"Oh man, this is not good. This is really not good!" Midoriya mumbled as he paced around his room. A worried expression written all over his face.

"Izuku, it's really not that big of a deal." Tokage tried to calm him down.

"Not that big of a deal?!" The green haired boy then turned to her while pointing to his neck. "I have hickeys all over me. I can't go see your dad looking like this!"

"I already told you, he won't even care."

"I don't know that for sure." He retorted.

"Trust me, he won't."

"But still…" He then turned to face his mirror once again to inspect the damage. True to form, the entire right side of Midoriya's neck and part of his chest was covered in small bruises and bite marks. A product of the shenanigans from the previous night. Now that he thought about it, his mother was going to see this too. The woman was already liable to cause a small flood at any given moment. Seeing her son covered in hickeys would surely throw her over the edge.

"Look, I'm sorry okay." Tokage then wrapped her arms around his shoulders. "I got a bit...carried away last night."

Probably the understatement of the year as far as Midoriya was concerned. But as much as he wanted to be mad at the girl for essentially marking her territory all over his body. He knew that he himself was equally to blame for not stopping her. "I can't even cover this up if I wear a collared shirt..."

It was obvious to the girl that it was a lot more than just the hickeys that were plaguing the boy's mind at the moment. It was the added stress of trying to make a good impression on her father that was getting to him. Although she was certain beyond the shadow of a doubt that he had nothing to worry about, she needed to find a way to remedy this as quickly as possible. Especially since they needed to catch their train in a little over an hour.

Luckily, a rather simple but ingenious idea popped into the girl's head.

"Look, all we need to do is slap some makeup on it and no one will even know." Tokage suggested.

"Do you really think that will work?"

"Yeah!" She beamed confidently.

"Do you have any that we can use?"

"Psht…" The green haired girl scoffed. "Please, my natural beauty is all that I'll ever need."

"What about the other girls in our class?"

"The only person in our class that's into that kind of stuff is Koko." She said, referring to the 'mushroom' quirk user. "But she's at the mall with Kuroiro and Shoda right now. The rest of the girls don't use it."

"Damn." Midoriya clicked his teeth.

For about a minute, Tokage racked her brain to see who they could call on for help. Her first instinct was to ask one of the girl's from 1-A for some assistance. But the only person she knew that was into the whole makeup thing was Ashido. And she doubted that the girl with pink skin had anything even remotely useful for this situation. It was only after a few more seconds of thinking did she figure out who would be their best option.

"I know who to call." The girl stated while pulling out her phone and scrolling through her contacts list.

"Who?"

"You'll see." Was all that she said, her fingers already flying across the screen. "But...you might not like it too much."

-(o)-

About ten minutes later, the two greenettes were patiently waiting inside Midoriya's room for their savior to arrive. He had no clue who Tokage decided to reach out to for help. But Midoriya had faith that whoever the girl chose would be good enough to take care of the inconvenient situation that he found himself in.

Suddenly, a rather loud and energetic knock came from the boy's bedroom door. Looking to finally see who it was, Midoriya quickly opened it up and was met with a sea of sky blue hair wildly waving in the air.

"Hadou-senpai?" He blinked.

"Izu-kun!" The third year student said in a happy tone. "How's it going? I haven't seen you in days! I saw the news footage from that terrorist attack. That was pretty crazy, huh. Are you okay? Hey, hey, did you see Mirio-kun fight Overhaul?" The blunette began assaulting him with questions.

Before he could try and respond, another voice made itself known from behind Hadou. "Nejire, I don't think we really have the time for a Q&A."

"Haya-senpai, you're here too?"

"I was with Nejire when your girlfriend texted her." The redhead teen replied casually before stepping towards him. Without missing a beat, Haya took the liberty of placing her hand next to the boy's neck to see what they had to work with. After a couple of seconds, she shot a dry and disapproving glare towards Tokage. "Geez, you really need to learn some restraint."

"What can I say." Tokage shrugged smugly. "Thanks for coming."

"No problem."

"Oh wow, you have hickeys all you. And some bite marks too. That's not good at all. Y'know, this is really going to make people question the innocent and cute reputation you have going around the school. The whole right side of your neck is all red too." Hadou said.

"I know…" Midoriya practically deflated.

"So, do you think you guys can give us a hand?"

All Haya did was hold up a rather large sized box with light blue fringe running along the outside of it. "Just be glad that me and Midoriya-kun have the same complexion."

"Thank you, I really appreciate it." The green haired boy gave the other two students a polite bow.

"Don't worry, we'll have you all fixed up in a few minutes."

"Oooh, we should do his entire face while we're at it! Don't you think, Yuyu? I think we can make Izu-kun look ten times cuter than what he does now. I betcha I can make those freckles of his really standout. Hey, hey, does anyone else find it weird how they form a perfect diamond on his cheeks?" Hadou continued rambling.

"I t-think that we should just stick to covering up my neck." The boy backed away slightly. Not looking to become a guinea pig for the blunette's cosmetic experiments.

"Hmph." Hadou pouted.

"Anyways…." Haya interjected. "Let's hurry up and get started."

The late afternoon train ride over to Saitama Prefecture was a bit of a nervous one for both Midoriya and Tokage. Naturally, the boy was still trying to compose himself in preparations for meeting his girlfriend's father. While on the other end of the equation, Tokage was feeling a bit anxious about seeing her boyfriend's mother again.

The girl took extra precautions to make sure that appeared and clean and proper as possible. She was sporting a nice looking royal blue dress that cutoff just above her knees. Along with a pair of black flats and belt wrapped around her waist. It was a bit more conservative than what she was used to. But in this situation, it wasn't a good idea to show a lot of skin.

While for Midoriya, the boy was wearing a simple black collared shirt with some blue jeans and his signature red shoes. The entire look was completed by an olive green sweater. Thankfully, he had enough foresight to get his haircut in effort to make sure that he looked as presentable as possible.

After leaving the train station, the young couple quickly found themselves standing in front of the door of the Tokage household. Urie and Kayama were already inside from what they knew. Nanao should be arriving any minute. And Inko was on the way over. The whole party should be present in less than thirty minutes.

Not looking to waste anymore time, Tokage pulled her key out from her pocket and opened the front door to the house. Midoriya let out one final breath before following his girlfriend's lead and entering the building.

"Hey, we're here!" The girl announced while kicking off her shoes.

"Well, it's nice of you to finally show up." The two teens turned to their left to see Kayama approaching them. The black haired woman was sporting a rather heavy red sweater and some black leggings. Along with her hair tied into a messy bun. Midoriya still found it a bit odd how conservatively the "R-Rated" heroine dressed in her free time. Especially since it was such a far cry from her hero costume.

"How long until the food is done?"

"About twenty minutes." Kayama answered. "Can you two help me set the table in the meantime?"

"Sure."

"Ah, is that Setsuna and her boyfriend?" Urie Tokage questioned as he stepped out of the kitchen.

Almost instantly, Midoriya felt his blood run cold. As quickly as possible the boy recomposed himself before turning towards the blue haired man. "H-hello Tokage-san, thank you for inviting me into your home." He said with a polite bow.

The man eyed the boy for a brief second before extending his hand out to him. "Well thank you showing up, Midoriya-kun. It's been a while since we've seen each other. I saw you on the news during that whole Derelicta fiasco. I must say, I was quite impressed."

"Thank you, sir."

"So...has my daughter been treating you well?" He then asked. "I know that Setsuna can be a handful at times."

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" Tokage scowled at her father.

"Only that you have a tendency to cause trouble when you feel like it. A trait that you certainly didn't get from me..." Urie's eyes drifted over to a certain black haired woman.

"Yes, I sometimes wonder where the poor girl ever picked up on such a thing. It's truly a mystery." Kayama feigned her innocence with a hand over her cheek.

The group continued chatting for a few more minutes before Urie made his back into the kitchen to finish getting the food ready. While he did that, Tokage, Midoriya and Kayama took the liberty of getting the table ready. Everything was going smoothly so far. And Midoriya managed to not make a fool of himself yet. So it looked like the night was going to go off without a hitch.

Some time passed before the sound of the door opening up caught everyone's attention.

"Hey, we're here!" Nanao shouted, making her presence known.

"We?" Tokage wondered.

The girl quickly got her answer when another person walked in behind her older sister. Someone that she certainly wasn't expecting to see here of all places. Standing there was a young man with black hair styled into a bowl cut and pink eyes dressed in an orange sweater and black pants.

"Unohana-san?" Midoriya's eyes widened.

"Midoriya-kun?" The quirkless teen said in an equally surprised tone.

"Whoa, what's going here?" Tokage asked.

"I invited Unohana-kun over." Nanao explained nonchalantly while holding up a rather large bottle of wine. "It was kind of a last minute thing. But he wasn't doing anything today. Plus, I might need him to take back to my apartment in case I get a bit too drunk during dinner."

"Wow...you just turned twenty and already on your way to becoming an alcoholic?" Tokage joked.

"Well I think that I'm being rather responsible, runt." The short haired woman shot back.

"I didn't know that the two of you were such good friends." Midoriya then turned the attention over to the black haired boy.

"Yeah…" Unohana rubbed the back of his head. "Nanao-san and I hang out quite a bit when we're not in class. She helps me a lot when it comes to my English assignments."

"Well, we're glad to have you join us for family night." Kayama said to the boy.

Tokage took a moment to lean over to Midoriya and whisper into his ear. "I bet you a thousand yen that nee-chan's trying to get in his pants."

"Y-you think so?" He whispered back.

"Totally, she does have a thing for younger guys after all."

-(o)-

After Unohana greeted the girl's father, everyone moved over to the dining room and sat themselves down at the table. While Kayama was helping Urie get everything ready. The teenagers were simply catching up on everything that had been going on in their lives. As expected, Unohana was doing great in school. And apparently he had the top grades in all of his math and science classes. Which wasn't a surprise considering the boy was a certified genius.

As for the elder Tokage sibling, the girl was also doing rather well in all of her classes. Neither of the two teens were familiar with rigours of being a psychology student. But based on what the woman was telling them, Nanao certainly had her hands full.

While in the middle of their conversation, a knock at the door caught their attention.

"I got it." Tokage stood up and immediately made her way over. Seeing as the only person missing was Midoriya's mother, the girl decided that it would be best for her to greet the woman at the door. The 'lizard tail splitter' user took a brief moment to straighten out her hair and flatten out the wrinkles in her dress in an effort to look as presentable as possible.

"Midoriya-san, hello!" The girl greeted the woman in a confident tone while showing her a polite smile.

"Tokage-chan, it's lovely to see you. Thank you for inviting me." Inko bowed. The green haired woman was holding a container of food. She had no idea what was inside of it. But judging by smell, Tokage could tell that it must've been good.

"The pleasure is all mine! Please, come inside. Dad and Aunt Nemuri are just about done with the food."

"Thank you."

With that finally out of the way, Tokage walked her boyfriend's mom over to the dining room to meet up with the others. Thankfully, they were able to avoid any awkwardness as the woman took the seat to the left of her son. But Tokage made it a point to send a death glare over to Nanao. One that practically screamed, "Don't fucking embarass me in front of Izuku's mom!"

-(o)-

"I must say Inko, this katsudon is amazing." Urie complimented the woman as he took another bite.

"For real, you should open a restaurant." Nanao followed up.

"Oh, you're too kind." Inko slightly blushed at the praise. "Katsudon is Izuku's favorite dish. And it's been awhile since I made it on account of him living in the dorms now."

"Would you mind giving me the recipe later? I would love to try my hand at making it."

"It would be my pleasure."

With the dinner already underway, everyone was getting along rather well. Urie and Inko were surprisingly friendly with each other right off the bat. Which was a good sign for the young couple. And despite everyone stuffing their faces, the conversation had been smooth with no issues at all.

"So Unohana-kun, how do you and Midoriya-kun know each other?" The blue haired man asked the quirkless teen.

"He volunteers over at the orphanage I lived in before moving to the school, sir. We've been friends for a little over a year now."

"Oh really?" Urie gave Midoriya an approving grin. "I had no idea that was something you did in your free time."

"Yes sir, I used to go over there at least once a week before starting school. But I haven't been able to go over there as much as I'd like these days." The boy replied.

"Well, that's to be expected given how rigorous the hero course is at U.A.. I know you have to commit a lot of your time to classes. Especially since Nemuri is one of your teachers."

"I'll have you know that I'm an excellent educator." Kayama huffed. "I haven't had a single person fail my class yet. And I'd dare say that I'm most of my students' favorite teacher."

"Yeah, most of the boys." Tokage quipped. That comment being enough to earn a few laughs from around the table. The topic of the conversation then shifted over to the young couple.

"How are you two holding up in class?"

"I'm doing pretty well myself, sir. But I still can't beat out Setsuna when it comes to school. She does have the highest grades in the class after all."

"I do my best." Tokage simply said. Trying not to sound too sure of herself in front of Inko.

"Still, I'm glad to see that you two are handling yourselves alright. I had quite a scare when Nemuri told me about that whole business with that terrorist group."

"Agreed." Inko chimed in. "I nearly had a heart attack when I saw the news footage the morning after. Thankfully, Fubuki-chan was there to make sure that you were alright."

"Yes, you two did a wonderful job at making sure those criminals were unsuccessful in their attempt. I don't even want to think about how chaotic it would have been if the heroes weren't there to put them down."

"The sad part is that a good number of them ended up getting away." Kayama then stated. "Most of them are in custody now. But this entire case is still far from over. The police weren't even able to find out the identity of their supplier. And they don't have any leads."

"Supplier?" Unohana questioned.

"Yeah, apparently some guy named Nitro is the one who was making all those bombs." Tokage answered him. "The guy's pretty much a ghost. They still don't know who he or she is. Or how he was able to do it. Even the forensics team down in Kyoto were stumped when they were trying to figure out how the explosives were made."

"How dreadful." Said Inko.

Midoriya was the next to speak. "From what Onee-ch- I-I mean Fubuki said, no one has ever seen his face. But the fact that he's still out there isn't good."

"I'm pretty sure that Unohana-kun can figure out what that stuff is made out of. Something like this is right up his alley. Especially with him being a genius when it comes to all that chemical engineering stuff." Nanao smiled.

All the quirkless teen could do was blush and wave his hands in front of his face. "I-I'd prefer to stay as far away from anything that blows up as possible. My current project is already stressful enough as it is."

"Nanao also tells me that you're quite the intelligent young man. Is it true that you've already received your own patent?" Urie then said to the boy.

"Really?" Midoriya gave the quirkless teen an astonished look. This was his first time hearing about this.

"Yes sir." Unohana nodded. "It was for my water purification formula. I've actually been in talks with a few companies from around the country on them hiring me because of it. After I get my degree of course."

"That's quite amazing."

"Yeah, Unohana-kun's a certified genius." Nanao said proudly, wrapping her arm around the boy's shoulder.

"It certainly seems like you have a very lucrative future ahead of you, Unohana-kun. What's a young man like you going to do with all that potential money?"

"I d-don't know about all that sir. But if I were to come across some cash in the future, I'd probably just continue doing what I am now. I don't really need a lot, and most of what I made from my last job went to helping out the orphanage."

"How very noble of you."

Midoriay couldn't help but smile at his friend. True to his word, Unohana spent the majority of what he made at his last job buying stuff for the other kids at the orphanage. Or helping out wherever he could. He made sure to keep a nice chunk of it for himself. But a large portion of his earnings went to buying school supplies and clothes for some of the younger kids when they needed it. Last year, he even worked a bunch of overtime hours to help buy small christmas gifts for everyone, including Kosai.

Things progressed pretty well from that point on. And it was looking like the night was going to breeze by without any issues. That is until Nanao decided to have a bit of fun at her little sister's expense.

"So...Midoriya-kun…." The elder Tokage sibling's voice lingered a bit. "It must be pretty nice living in the dorms with the runt here~."

"I'm sorry?" The boy looked up from his food.

"I mean, it must be great right? Two young adults living under the same roof with minimal adult supervision. Having ample amounts of time to spend with one another."

The short haired woman's not-so-subtle innuendo was picked up on by everyone at the table. An awkward silence suddenly fell upon the room and Tokage's skin began to crawl. To the boy's left, Inko turned towards her son. Particularly interested in how he was going to respond to that.

"O-oh yeah, I guess you're right." A slight bit of redness fell upon Midoriya's freckled cheeks. "W-we have p-plenty of time to study and train when we're not in class."

"You don't really expect me to believe that all you do is study and train, do you?"

Unsurprisingly, Midoriya had a hard time figuring out how to respond to the inquiry from his girlfriend's older sister. Obviously he couldn't tell the entire truth seeing as both of their parents were right next to them. But any further hesitation on his part would be a bad sign.

"I think you need to slow down on the wine there...dear sister." Tokage sarcastically smiled.

"Oh come on, we're all adults here. Well...most of us anyway. I highly doubt that the two of you spend all your time playing shogi and watching anime."

The awkwardness in the room elevated slightly higher at her continued prodding. Looking around the table, Tokage was quickly able to take in everyone's expressions. Kayama was trying to suppress a grin behind her own glass of wine. Unohana suddenly became very interested in the decorations around the house. Urie's face was practically unreadable, but it was obvious that he was waiting to see how the two of them would respond. And even though she couldn't see her face, the girl could practically feel Inko's eyes on her.

Looking to clean this up as quickly as possible, Tokage was able to find the right words to counter her sister's devious attempt at teasing them. "Despite what you may be thinking, me and Izuku don't engage in any inappropriate acts at school."

"Yes...t-that is correct." The boy followed up.

"Right…."

"Okay Nanao, that's enough." Urie came to kid's rescue.

"Aww come on dad. You really think these tw- ow!" A sharp pain shot up the side of Nanao's torso before she could finish her statement. The green haired woman then looked down to see a floating hand with three fingers pinching the side of her abdomen. "Okay...I'll dial it back a bit."

"Thank you." The blue haired man simply nodded.

"Anyways, since we're on the subject of school. How's Tetsutetsu doing? I haven't talked to him in a while."

Desperately hoping to change topics as soon as possible, Tokage was quick to answer the question. "Metalhead's doing alright. He's crushing on this girl in our class named Kendou. But he's too chicken to ask her out."

"Wait, really?" Midoriya looked at her.

"Hmm, I thought that was the case. I did catch him staring at her during my class the other day. The boy looked absolutely lovestruck too. Ah, the power of young love~." Kayama mused.

Inko suddenly leaned over to her son and whispered into his ear. "I don't want to sound rude since this is my first time meeting them. But is Tokage-chan's family always like this?"

"Pretty much." The boy said with a wobbly smile. "But I think they're holding back since you and Unohana-san are here."

"I see." The Midoriya matriarch nodded before going back to her food.

Luckily for the young couple, that was last time they would have to deal with Nanao and her antics for the rest of the night.

-(o)-

Eventually, the party came to an end and everyone had to start making their way back home. Unohana and Nanao were first to leave since the elder Tokage sibling's drinks were finally starting to catch up to her. And since she wasn't on dorm duty this week, Kayama was going to be spending the night with Urie. Leaving the other three to say their final goodbyes.

"Thank you again for having me over, Tokage-chan. I had a wonderful time." Inko said to the young couple.

"Well, I'm glad that you enjoyed yourself." The girl smiled. "And the katsudon you made was excellent."

A brief silence passed over them before Inko decided to once again speak. There had been a notable tension coming off the woman for a good part of the night. But now that seemed to have vanished. However, it was obvious that the woman still had something on her mind.

"U-uhm…" The woman faltered for a moment. "I would like to apologize to you."

"Huh?" Both Midoriya and Tokage said in unison.

"I realize that I didn't give off a very good impression of myself the first couple of times that we met. I will admit that I was still having trouble coming to terms with the idea of my son having a girlfriend of all things. And because of that, I didn't treat you very fairly."

"I-it's alright, ma'am. I understand. I think any mother would feel a bit weird about the whole thing." The girl waved her arms in front of her.

"Yes, but it still wasn't fair to you. I may not be the most observant person in the world, but I could tell that you were trying your best to make a good impression on me. And for that, I'd like to apologize for having you worry over my approval."

"Well..I just wanted to make sure that you liked me." The girl said honestly while scratching her cheek.

"Well, I think that you're a wonderful young lady. And in my opinion, you are more than good enough for my son. I'm glad that Izuku has you in his life. Please take good care of my baby."

"Mom, c'mon...this is embarrassing." Midoriya flushed. From the way she was talking, it sounded like the woman was giving his girlfriend her blessing for marriage or something.

"You don't have to worry about that ma'am, I'll make sure he keeps his head on his shoulders." She patted him on the shoulder with a wide grin on her face.

"Please dear, call me Inko."

It didn't take long for Midoriya and Tokage to make their way back over to the school after saying their final goodbyes to Urie and Kayama. The two were currently heading towards the main road en route to U.A.. Walking side-by-side with their fingers interlocked with one another's.

Luckily, they still had over half an hour before curfew. So there was no need for them to try and rush back to their dorm. Instead, they decided to take their time and enjoy the night air.

"Man, that went a lot better than I thought it would." The girl said with a relieved sigh while snuggling up a bit closer to him.

"Mhmm." Midoriya nodded. "It got kind of scary there for a second with your sister."

"Remind me to spray a can of silly-string in her face the next time I see her."

"Noted." The boy laughed.

As they turned the corner to get them onto the next street, Tokage was quick to notice a familiar looking duo holding hands a bit further out in front of them. It took a second for her to figure out exactly who it was that she was looking at. But the peculiar looking appendages hanging down the sides of the shorter person's head pretty much confirmed her suspicions.

"Hey, Jiro, Kaminari!" She shouted at the two 1-A students.

Much to the two 1-B student's confusion, the aforementioned pair seemed to be startled by that and immediately tried to hide their faces from them. Unfortunately it didn't work seeing as the unique black streak in Kaminari's hair was clearly visible to them.

"What the hell's wrong with you two?" Tokage then asked as they closed the distance in between them.

"Midoriya...T-Tokage...fancy running into you two out here." The 'electrification' quirk user greeted the couple shakily.

"What are you guys doing out here?" Jiro asked in a slightly calmer tone than the boy.

"We're just coming back from having dinner with our families." Midoriya was the one to answer. "What about you guys?"

"Oh you know...just hanging out. On our way back to the dorms."

"Yeah...hanging out." The purple haired teen echoed. Sliding her hands into her pockets in an attempt to seem as aloof as possible.

Tokage's eyes darted between the two for a few seconds. And that was pretty much all it took for the green haired girl to piece together what exactly was going on here. Although she wasn't a hundred percent sure about it. Her romantic instincts were usually right when it came to this kind of stuff.

"So…" She flashed Jiro and Kaminari a devious smirk. "Did you two have fun on your date?"

"What?!" Both of the 1-A teens' faces reddened almost instantly.

"Oh come on...it's obvious what's going on here. A guy and girl, out together this late at night, on a weekend, holding hands nonetheless. On top of that, you two trying to hide your faces after I called your names pretty much gave you away." The girl explained.

"That's c-crazy." Kaminari laughed unconvincingly. "The two of us were just hanging out is all. Nothing weird about that, right? Just two friends, spending some time together after a nice dinner and trip to a karaoke studi-"

"Stop talking, you idiot!" Jiro slapped her hand over the blonde's mouth. The purple haired teen took a moment to calm herself down before looking at Tokage. "Look, we would really appreciate it if you pretended that you never saw us."

"What for?" Midoriya questioned only a second before connecting the dots in his head. "Wait, are you guys trying to keep it a secret?"

"Yes." They both nodded in unison.

"Why?"

"Honestly...we just don't want our classmates knowing right now. We just started dating and it would be a pain if everyone found out. Especially Mina and Toru."

"I see." Tokage nodded. She didn't really see the point in all of this, but it wasn't her place to judge. However, she was definitely going to use this to her advantage for a project that she was currently working on. 'Weird, I totally thought this girl was a lesbian.'

"So can you guys do us a solid and not mention this to anyone else?" Jiro asked once again.

"Oh yeah, we can definitely do that. On one condition though."

"And what is that?" Kaminari gave her a skeptical look.

An ear-to-ear grin suddenly grew on Tokage's face, one that sent a chill down Midoriya's spine. He's seen that look plenty of times before. A look that told him that his girlfriend had some sort of scheme on her mind. "You two need to help me out with something."

"With what?"

"You guys know Yanagi, right?"

The following day was a rather special occasion in Japan. One that people from all across the country cleared their schedules for. At the moment, the entirety of class 1-B was gathered around the television in the common area. Patiently waiting for the national hero ranking ceremony to begin. Although the official rankings came out the day before, everyone was interested in seeing who would be fortunate enough to make it into the top ten.

"Ugh...how much longer until it starts? I'm fucking dying of boredom over here!" Awase groaned as she dropped himself onto the sofa in between Shishida and Kodai.

"It should only be a few more minutes." Kendou told him.

"I hear the rankings were pretty tight this time around." Tetsutetsu said.

"So, who do you think's going to take the top spot?" Shoda asked around.

"Endeavor, obviously." Monoma replied.

It had certainly been a topic of discussion around the school over the last few days. The 'Flame Hero' was all but guaranteed to take over as the new number one hero of the country. He had the numbers and popularity, that much was certain. Very few people could come up with an argument against him. And now that All Might was officially retired, he was the only logical choice.

"I bet Todoroki-san in 1-A is pretty pumped about that." Honenuki joked in his seat next to Tetsutetsu.

"No kidding." Awase agreed. "Having your dad as the top hero is definitely something to brag about."

"I wonder if Ryukyu-sama will be top ten contender again. Number nine spot was achievement last time for her." Tsunotori said.

"Hey shut up, it's starting!" Kamakiri growled at his classmates.

A silence fell over the class as everyone focused their attention onto the television screen.

"Ladies and gentlemen. Thank you all for being here today as we officially announce the rankings for the country's top heroes." The announcer calmly spoke into the microphone. "Now, I don't really see a point in wasting anymore time. So let us begin. First, coming in at number ten, the 'Dragoon Hero' Ryukyu!"

The blonde haired woman dressed in a dark red qipao graciously made her way onto the stage while waving to the crowd. She had a slightly sheepish smile on her face that was obvious for all to see. But she managed to keep her composure well enough.

"Alright!" Tsunotori shouted happily.

"She's down a spot from last time." Fukidashi's speech bubble spelled out.

"Yeah, she should definitely be a bit higher." Bondo agreed. Before anyone else had a chance to speak, the announcer continued on.

"Next up will surely be a bit of a surprise to most of you. Making her first ever appearance into the top ten is the 'Psychic Hero' Blizzard!"

Quite a few gasps could be heard from not only the students, but the people in the crowd as well. Blizzard made it into the top ten? That was certainly a curveball. However, when the camera panned over the seating section where all of the heroes were located the green haired heroine was nowhere to be found. This caused quite a bit of confusion before the announcer on stage spoke up.

"Unfortunately, Blizzard herself was not able to make it to the ceremony today. But her and her agency wanted to thank all of you for your support. And she promises that she will continue to do what she can to live up to your expectations."

"Well it looks like Blizzard is keeping up with the family tradition." One of the male commentators said in a joking fashion. "After all, the former number four heroine, Tornado, never once showed up to the ceremony before her disappearance. I'm fairly certain that was also the same statement that their agency gave out in previous years."

"So Izuku-kun, are you going to keep the family tradition going after we all graduate?" Honenuki gave the 'telekinesis' user a playful elbow to the arm while smiling(?).

"Eh, I really don't care about stuff like that. It's just one giant popularity contest after all." The green haired boy said with a slight chuckle. Years ago, Midoriya would've loved to one day stand in the position of number one hero. It was his dream for the longest time. But nowadays that wasn't much of a concern to him. All he wanted was to do what he could to save people. Nothing more, nothing less.

"Honestly, I thought you'd be a bit more surprised, Izuku-kun." Kendou looked to Midoriya.

"Fubuki told him last night that she made it into the top ten." Tokage then announced, much to the surprise of the others.

"It is still quite an impressive feat." Shishida adjusted his glasses. "From thirtieth place to ninth is a large leap to make in only a few months."

"The whole 'Hero Killer' situation and the bombings boosted her ratings a ton. Plus she did partner up with Edgeshot for a while. I'm honestly surprised that she isn't higher." Tokage explained. The students took her words into consideration and found that her newfound popularity made a lot of sense.

"Why isn't she there?" Yanagi turned to Midoriya.

"She doesn't really care about rankings. She said that going there was just a waste of time for her." The boy told her what his older sister told him the night before.

"Make sense."

The rest of the ceremony went by as one would expect. As just like everyone had predicted, Endeavor was officially the new number one hero. There was quite a bit of chatter about how this would play out. Especially since the 'Flame Hero' didn't have the best reputation when it came to public relations. But only would tell.

Once the festivities were concluded, the students of 1-B decided to spend the rest of their Sunday practicing their routines for the upcoming Cultural Festival. There were still quite a few kinks that needed to be worked out before they were ready to perform in front of a crowd. But with the big event merely a week away, they had to make sure that everything would go off without a hitch.

A/N: So apparently this ended up becoming somewhat of a shipping chapter for me. I intended for the dinner date to be a bit more comedic than what it turned out. But most of the conversations that I wrote out just didn't fit well into the scene. And yes, I am a Kaminari x Jiro shipper. And I was going to find a way to plug that into this fic one way or another before it was over. I'm pretty sure you guys can tell what that's leading up to.

1. I wanted to use this to show a bit of the reason why Unohana did what he did. He's pretty much using the cash that he earned from working with Derelicta to help out around the orphanage. I alluded to this quite a few times. We'll be seeing him again a few more times in the story.

2. So yeah, Fubuki is now the number nine heroine. I know that this goes out of order than it does in canon. But if I didn't plug that into the story here, I have no idea where I would've put it. It's going to be important for a scene that I have coming up in a few chapters. But you guys will just have to wait and see what that is.

Like always, thanks for reading and don't be afraid to leave a review/comment.