A warm hand was placed onto Tomoe her head touching her soft silky pink hair. Tomoe twitched slightly at the sudden feeling of her head being touched and turned her eyes towards Kenichi in confusion. It felt nice though, being patted like this. She gave Kenichi a small smile as he began to talk.

Kenichi comforted the petite girl from her sadness. She needed this right now. What he said was logical, she shouldn't talk like this. If she just stated her intentions with Acion normally to others people shouldn't take it the wrong way, right? Maybe her talk with Hitomi in the morning didn't help out either with this situation. Tomoe nodded at Kenichi.

Hitomi and Acion probably noticed it as well after she had showed it in poor manner to them. If she was clear to them it wouldn't have ended this way most likely. Tomoe nodded again as she turned her eyes away from him for a moment.



Tomoe turned her eyes back to Kenichi again as she straightened her neck this time around. She was feeling more prepped after thinking about it that way but still gave him a somewhat nervous and worried look.

Kenichi his point of view about Jett and Roy was that they were men and had to do it their own way? Tomoe didn't really understand why they couldn't just, not act stupid and just make up but, she just had to let them go for a while. Tomoe gave a soft sigh and a troubled look with it.



Tomoe gave Kenichi another small smile before he suddenly closed his eyes and waggled his finger. Why was he acting so weird all of the sudden. Tomoe gave him a confused look as he suddenly jumped back, Tomoe did the same and got very defensive suddenly. What was he doing? What did she do wrong?...

It was because she didn't know his name that he was so mad? Tomoe was taken by complete surprise. The main character? Wait. Was he? He was doing weird Japanese poses which made it clear that he was not serious at all. When he was done Tomoe stared weirdly at him for a few seconds before letting out a soft weird out laugh.



She struck a straight up pose while pointing out her finger at him with her other hand in her side. He would never get her, she was clearly the weirdest and most random here.

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Once Tomoe was gone, Hitomi realised that not only was she alone with Acion, but now she had to explain herself to him. She blushed and all that snappy aggression dissipated as she sheepishly shuffled her feet and looked down shyly. "We didn't really have an agreement. Well we did. See, Tomoe's my roommate, and she likes to sleep on people's laps. I told her to make an exception and not sleep on your lap, because...um."

Hitomi coloured even more, before taking a deep breath and just deciding to come out with it. She raised her head and looked Acion in the eyes. "Are we dating? If it's not official, I...I want it to be...That semi-date we went on to get groceries was fun, and...I like you."

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Seiko, calmer after his meeting with Sakura, was heading back to the boy's dorms, when he came on a curious scene involving three other 1B students; Lysander, Fujino and Persia. Persia had just tackled Lysander to the ground and the two were on the floor. After discreetly taking a picture on his phone, Seiko approached the three and giggled, before giving the two students on the floor a broad, irritating grin.

"Oh my! What's going on here?"

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"Of course I do!" Kenichi drew himself up proudly, jabbing his chest with his thumb. He had, as a matter of fact, been trying to memorize the class roster so he could remember everyone's names! "It's Kishimoto Tomoe!" Having defeated her challenge quite handily, he smiled and pointed right back at her just as dramatically.

"If ya wanna be my RIVARU for the Main Character seat, you'll have to do a lot better than that!" Then he laughed, and once more patted her head jokingly.

"But hey, glad to see you're feelin' better now! And glad to meet ya "officially," and all that." He looked down the hallway. He wondered if Roy and Jett had left the Training Room with Ms. Mako yet, and if that meant he'd have some time to get some weightlifting or bag work in before he headed to the dorms to get something to eat. But now came the awkward part, where you weren't really sure how to part ways with someone you had been talking to without making it awkward. "Uh, but your friend Hi-chan, I don't guess I know her? I think I've seen her around and all but she's not in our class. Is she a different department, or one of the B-class kids?"
@liferusher

Mia quickly followed suit of mako, as her sisters mentioned they needed to use the bathroom first. Taking the bag of food for Yukari, she popped out of existence and outside the building, trying to catch a glimpse of the smooth man who stole the heart of the the master thief. Though she didn’t want to intrude too much. With not seeing much she continued towards the dorms.

Popping in through the front door she noticed the group of girls at the table talking. Which Yukari was apart of. She gave a big grin as she poofed once again, saying “YU-” Popping up once again to the side of them. “-KAR-” Placing the bag of food on the table between the girls and popping off once again, only to appear behind Yukari -I!” and slipped her arms under armpits and lifted her easily out of her chair. Hugging her as tight as she could. Which she loved because she was so rubbery she could handle a real hug from her. She shook the girl back and forth like a little girl with her teddy bear. Pressing her cheek against the smaller girls cheek.

“I missed you you little cutie! We brought you some of moms cooking! Your favorite!”

She sat her back down gently as she let out out a sigh. Looking to Dulga and Kaida. “Hiya! I’m Mia!” She got distracted as she noticed Mina sitting next to Ruby and smiled. She popped out of existence once again and reappeared between the girls just a few feet off the chair allowed gravity to drop her onto the chair with both her arms around both girls. She crossed her long her legs as she pulled them both closer.

”ANNNNNNNNNNNNNND how are you two lovely girls? We gotta hang out sometime.” She said with a wink and grin towards Ruby and then looking at Mina. She leaned close and said softly. ”You make out with Jett yet? Cause he’s been talking a lot about you lately. ”

”Hah! Those nurses just don’t realize how powerful you really are. Just you wait, in a couple of months at the Kolympics, the world will see what you’re capable of!” Mamoru entered the room and set the melon down near a flat table top. It was then that she noticed Yoshino was also here; Mamoru didn’t expect to see him here. She knew he had gotten hurt, but didn’t think that he would be visiting Reina. Or possibly that he and Reina were sharing a room? Now that she thought about it, she hadn’t seen Yoshino all weekend. But as she looked at him, she also noticed he was missing an arm. For a moment Mamoru’s smile faltered. ”That’s just how things are sometimes.”

She quickly recovered and turned to cut up the melon into bite sized portions. ”Sorry I couldn’t visit sooner! We heard about the attack and I asked questions when I noticed a bunch of the others not being back, but none of the teachers let us know until recently. For our own safety and all, you know? I mean I understand, but I couldn’t exactly just pretend nothing was wrong for the past three days! At least that’s the excuse I gave since I didn’t finish my homework and all but yeah… Oh that reminds me! I have some notes!” As Mamoru finished slicing up the melon, she cleaned her hands and handed Reina a notebook. Inside were notes from the various classes they shared today. Mamoru’s handwriting was fairly good, her notetaking… Well it was obvious that Mamoru doesn’t usually keep notes. She seemed aware of this.

”I tried to make sure to write down everything the teachers told me but well… I’m kinda hoping you’re smart enough to figure out what I managed to get down. Sorry! But I did my best! And don’t mind the doodling. I get bored easily.” Mamoru brought the melons over to the bed and pulled up a chair. She looked over to Takeshi and nodded towards him. ”I don’t remember what classes we shared, but I can write some notes for you too! Least I can do since you’re teaching me karate and stuff too.”

@Aerandir@Riegal

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Donny washed the tomatoes under cold water as NIa tried to engage in some light banter. He didn’t want to drop anymore heavy backstory on her shoulder, so he was going to do his best to keep the conversation light. ”Since I was a kid, yeah. My quirk lets me eat anything and anything I eat tastes great. I could eat garbage and I wouldn’t get sick and it’ll taste perfect for me. But it also let me identify different flavors and such in like… A very accurate way, I guess? Like if you gave me sandwich while I was blindfolded, I could tell you exactly what it’s made of, even what type of bread or condiments.” He started to peel and slice up the tomatoes, and in between cuts he also reached out to heat up a sauce pan and put some oil in it.

”Cooking helps me focus and stay calm too. Can’t be panicky while you’re cooking. That’s how you forget things, make mistakes, and the food taste terrible. Sure, I can just eat it no problem, but food tastes best when eaten with others, and if they can’t eat it than the food doesn’t taste as good, yeah?” With the tomatoes peeled and diced Donny put them into the pot alongside some herbs and spices. Now it’ll need to slowly simmer. Donny would occasionally add more spices and herbs as he felt was needed. Next was the dough. This was the fun part.

Unlike an american style pizza, an italian style pizza is made for a single person. They were somewhat smaller, and more like an open face flatbread sandwich, but it was a traditional pizza nonetheless. It’s been some time since Donny had tossed dough. Usually he plays it pretty safe and just rolls it out, however tossing it gave it a better texture when it was baked, not to mention it’s faster. He had plenty of dough, so he might as well try and make this one special. Taking a piece of thawed out dough, Donny put it into a bowl of flour and made sure it was properly coated. He gently put the dough ball onto a clean, clean counter top and started to spread the dough out with his fingers.

”What about you Nia-san? How long have you been growing fruit? I bet your quirk makes it super easy. I tried gardening once but… Didn’t really have the patience for it.” He chuckled a little as he prepped to toss the dough around his hand.

@liferusher

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As Fujino approached Lysander, she saw Persia out of the corner of her eye crash into him and landing into a compromising position. Shortly after, Seiko arrived. He seemed fairly chipper, which either meant Sakura hasn’t talked to him yet, or he didn’t care for what Sakura had to say. Fujino merely turned her attention back to Lysander and cleared her throat. ”Mordred-san, if you’re quite finished with this rom-com scenario, there’s something I need to discuss with you about your class transfer and some complications that have arisen because of it.” Fujino said pointedly. She didn’t want to talk about this in front of the others, but she hoped that by saying this much Lysander would at least try and listen to her in earnest. ”As a member of your class counsel,I’d like it if we could discuss this in private, for your sake at least.”

@Experiment 249@pkken@Silver Carrot

@Lucius Cypher@pkken@Silver Carrot

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Lysander stuck his tongue into his mouth and was about to step closer to Fujino before being absolutely decked by Persia. He was off balance due to posing his body in a way he figured would be hot, but before he could complete the pose the girl crashed into him and knocked him to the floor with a heavy thud. A few of his wires poked out an inch or two, but quickly retracted. He shook his head in shock, looking up at Fukino and then down at Persia and then smiling, his eyes squinting slightly.

"I see all that combat training has been treating you well Persia, but if you wanted to sweep me off my feet, I would suggest... you know, picking me up. Floors arent' the most-" But he was cut off suddenly. There he was. His dream girl, Seiko. The other wire quirk user. His rival in training and his current love interest. He was cute for a boy, cute for a girl, and 100% his type. No other student at Komei had the same heroic ideals as the two of them, it had to mean something!

He put his hands on Persia's hips and pat them twice. "Sorry, babe but apparently I- Fujino just tell me now, I have- there's too many- I... want to talk to Seiko about something important too so just get on with it!"

Lysander was looking past Persia, though he was making no effort to remove her. He was a teenager with a girl laying on him, there was no force in the universe that could bring him to remove himself from the situation. Even the fact he was gearing up to ask Seiko out. Even the fact that Fujino was stacked, blessed with big tiddy. He was stuck by the laws of teenage hormones.

When Mako was coming out, she could see him standing under a tree in the distance, there was a collapsible table that was set up, with a tablecloth dishes and lit candles. He was standing in a white shirt, with the first button undone and his sleeves rolled up, black slacks with just barely visible grey pinstripes on them. To just below his elbow. He was standing with a slight red on his face. It had been a while since he did anything like this.

When she walked out he sighed, Seeing how beautiful she was it relaxed him slightly. He smiled. “I have no words that can explain how sorry I am for not calling you sooner. Something had came up which is why I couldn’t call, but I couldn’t wait any longer. “

He indicated to the food, “Would you do me the honor to have lunch with me?”

"I like you..."

Even as it was made as clear as the bright sunny day, Acion was still taken aback by the three words or eight letters as he turned his head around as a flush of red appeared on his cheeks. The fact was just thrown right at his face that Hitomi had a crush on him, and now the event had turned from being a normal chat and friendly conversation had turned into a confession. All of this was backed up by the fact that he wasn't too concerned with the idea of having a romantic partner. Most of what he had in mind was all about becoming a hero in his own righteous way. He hadn't been concerned with the idea of establishing deep connections with his friends, even though it did, let alone having a girlfriend.

But then again, would it be a bad thing?

Now that he thought about it, Hitomi was a very caring girl. From the moment she took care of his cut after he hurt himself in the kitchen, to the time he found himself on the balcony of her room, against the rule of course. To the time she went all the way outside to have a picnic with him after he had been kicked out, and that date they all shared. She wasn't a playgirl who liked to mess around with boys, or a cold-faced one witha good heart. She was a nice and kind girl, beautiful outside and inside. And to think about it, he may have...

No, he had to make sure of it. There are things that should be prioritized first.

"I've heard your feelings clear." After a bit, Acion turned back to Hitomi. "And despite not knowing my feelings well, I think I feel the same."

But as he looked deeper into her eyes, his voice turned serious.

"But my devotion of time is still on becoming a great hero. A great deal of that in fact. And in turn for that, there may be times that I will not be able to spend time around you. So I just want to know now. Do you want to pursue it with me, even with it?"
[@Silver Carror]

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Time itself seemed to stop while Hitomi awaited Acion's reply. She'd boldly made the step and was glad she did, but what happened next was probably going to knock the wind out of her lungs either way. Whether it would make or break her was the question. Acion acknowledged her confession and thought about it for a few agonizing seconds, during which the sheep girl inadvertently held her breath. When he told her than he felt the same, she let out a breath she didn't knew she was holding and, tough it was too soon to celebrate, waves of relief washed over her. He wasn't going to to tell her he didn't feel that way about her, like she feared.

But then he looked into her eyes with a serious expression. And uttered the word 'but', and for a split second Hitomi started to feel dizzy. Oh no. Please let this be a condition or a concern. An outright rejection would make her faint right now. She listened intently, with her own anxious worry showing in her eyes, as he carried on talking, which lessened as he elaborated. By the time he was finished, they actually looked little irritated.

"Of course I do! We're at a Hero School! Of course your priority is becoming a Hero! Don't worry me like that! I thought you were going to reject me! Baka!"

By the time she was finished, she was blushing furiously, and pouting adorably. Her irritation gave way to genuine relief, and her expression softened into a smile, as she sighed. She still felt a bit ffy that he essentially told her she'd be put second, but Hitomi had her own dreams, and if she ever had to choose, she wouldn't compromise them for Action's sake either, so she understood.

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Upon seeing Jean dressed smart yet casual, next to a romantic table for two, set up in the Komei Academy courtyard, Mako stopped in her tracks, stared at the scene for a few seconds, and chuckled, before carrying on walking up to him. She was also blushing, despite her confident air. However long it had been since Jean dated, it couldn't have been as long as Mako. Her last date was before she went to prison!

"I figured something must have come up, but I won't pry. Still, this is quite an effort you've made, if unorthodox. If the students see us having a candlelit dinner in the middle of the courtyard, they'll start talking. In short, yes. Of course I'll have lunch with you. I trust you've brought food with you."

Mako sat down, before continuing. "I've been waiting for this 'date' ever since we met at the hospital. It's a chance to redeem myself for making the wrong choice all those years ago."

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Mina was listening intently to the other group now. She she didn't have Ruby's ears, but sufficed by slowly and stealthily scooting her chair closer to the other group, and sharing glances with Ruby every time something interesting was said. Dulga was currently talking about an all girls training exercise in the mountains. Mina heard her name and Ruby's both mentioned, and to be honest, Mina would like to go. She does need to get stronger, and learning the weaknesses of the other girls in her class could be good for the Tournament. Dulga's last comment was concerning, though. Having to play nice with Beaumont in a confined space for several days might be challenging.

At that point, Mia Haven entered the room and teleported up to the table. After hugging Yukari and greeting the other two, she disappeared again. Mina knew what was going to happen before it did, and braced herself. Sure enough, Mia popped right beside her and pulled the petite girl into a one armed hug, with Ruby in the other arm. However, what Mia whispered to her gor a bright red blush out of Mina and stunned her briefly, but she cleared her throat and brought her blush back under control.

"We have not, but out of interest, what has he been saying?"

After making a scene exclaiming that Kenichi didn't even know her full name she was struck back by Kenichi exclaiming he knew her full name. What!? Did he really, awkwardly she already drooped her posture. Kenchi did know her full name! Tomoe suddenly dropped her finger towards him giving him a defenseless stare. She done goofed, Tomoe didn't take in account that he did know he name after hearing that he didn't know Hitomi her name.



Tomoe fell to her knees in defeat seeing how he pointed his finger up at her. She had to become better then this to rival him in this game! Tomoe had to think up a good way to do that before she would meet him again. Kenichi patted her head again, this was her punishment.

Tomoe stood back up rubbing the back of her head as she somewhat laughed as well. She was okay now, this made her feel better. Dumb conversation.



Kenichi his gaze went towards the hall, Tomoe followed up besides him and looked towards the hall as well attempting to think what he was thinking. He must have been troubled by Roy and Jett as well. They haven't heard from them yet and frankly she wasn't up for that either. Kenichi got her attention again as he spoke.

Yukari was starting to sound a bit hesitant and Dulga described the rather... Harsh conditions. Granted Yukari was no stranger to living sparsely during her time at in the circus, but she's also gotten quite comfortable with the luxuries of having a home and school. Still it was only for a weekend. Yukari won't break down just because she has to rough it for a few days. "Sounds challenging Dulga-san, but I won't back down! I'll definitely have to go do some shop-" In a flash Yukari felt a strong pair of arms squish her. The scent and sound that came afterwards was familiar to Yukari as she wriggled her head out. "Mia! I didn't know you were visiting!" As soon as Yukari was set back down, she reached out and ate one of the snacks inside: crab rangoon. Yukari especially liked them with a buttery crispy that made the cheese and crab mix even sweeter. It was a good thing Yukari's quirk allowed her to easily manipulate her body shape, because if she had a choice she would eat nothing but these things and turn into a complete lard.

Taking a few more bites Yukari stood up. "Sorry to cut this short, but I'm going to go chat with Mia. She's something of a sister to me! And... Thank you, Dulga-san, Kaida-san. Let's chat again sometimes." Bowing to the two girls Yukari went over to Mia who was talking to Ruby and Mina. They seem to be talking about Jett, so Yukari just stayed quiet for a moment to listen in.

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"Oh nah, I don't need to go or anything. Was just thinkin'." Kenichi said. When Tomoe insisted she was fine, he nodded and gave her a thumbs up and a smile. "Course ya are! I told ya everything was alright, didn't I!"

If he was going to the Training Room, or even back to his dorm room for a workout, the bluette decided he might as well grab a bottle of water from a vending machine along the way. That presented a good opportunity to do something nice for Tomoe as well, now that he knew a little more about Hitomi and felt he had pieced together some of the issue.

"Here's an idea, why don't ya grab Hitomi-chan and Acion-kun some juice or somethin' and go back to 'em? I'm sure they're not mad at you, so y'all can make up with a toast or somethin'! C'mon, it'll be my treat!"

So saying, he started down another hall towards the cafeteria. Although if Tomoe had other ideas it wouldn't hurt his feelings any. After a short trip, he fished a couple of yen out of his pocket and started over the door--only to grab the doorframe before his foot came down on the wet floor. Ah, whoever was on after-school cleaning duty hadn't finished yet.

Kenichi looked around the dining area until he saw the boy with the bucket and mop and waved to get his attention.

"Yo! Sorry to intrude, man, just gettin' some drinks." He looked around at the rest of the cafeteria, wondering how long this fellow had been here. Must suck to have cleaning duty on a Friday afternoon. "You uh, need a hand with anythin'?"
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The girls giggled as Mako hopped the desk and ran off to have lunch with the man who gave her that rose. Tempted to go follow, but Eva said quickly, “I need to use the restroom really quick.” She said in a small voice, turning her wheelchair towards the direction of the nearest one. “You can go on ahead!”

Emma shook her head, “Nope I’m coming with you.” Handing the bag she carried to Mia, “ We’ll catch up.” Before following her twin sister.

“Alrrrrrighty! Ill see you guys there!” She said as she popped from existence with a big grin on her face. Wanting to see who the soon to be lucky guy was.

Roy put his hoodie back on as he left the training facility, he’d rather not have people see the bruises and blows that he received in the fight. The boy pulled his hood over his head as he made his way back to the the dorms...well that was the plan before the thought of the others seeing his bruises and battered appearance came to mind.

Roy took a hard left towards the main building, pulling the strings on his hoodie to cover his face so hard to the point that it was difficult for himself to see things. Surely he would garner the attention of a few students and faculty but he didn’t mind as long as it meant he could avoid speaking on the event that happened not too long ago.

The boy quickly ducked into the boys bathroom, ripping the hood off his head as he assessed the damage on his body. There was a few cuts on his check as well as a bit of dried blood on his chin and around corner of his lips. Roy grabbed a handful of water and splashed his face, washing away all the blood. The water that went down the drain was tainted a light pink before becoming clear, signaling that the boys face was clear. The blonde grabbed some paper towels and dried his face while patting the areas that had been injured.

He took another look of himself in the mirror making sure they he was somewhat presentable before leaving the bathroom. As he did so he noticed a cold damp feeling on his wrists, the boy looked down to see what it was only to find everyone's worst nightmare when washing their hands with a long sleeved apparel, their sleeves getting wet. As he checked both the sleeves of his hoodie, he was too distracted to notice that he was about to run into a girl in a wheelchair. Luckily he caught it last second and made a quick juke to the right. Managing to get out the way just in time, well at least his body did. As for his foot….

Shit shit shit

Eva let out a squeak of fear as a boy suddenly appeared out in front of her from the boys bathroom expecting to run into him, but he managed to get out of the w---no never mind. She put her hands over her mouth and said, “OIMSOSORRY are you ok?” She said looking up to the blonde hair boy. “I-i-i-i wasn’t paying attention.”

“You can be so dangerous on that chair Eva.” she bopped her on the head. Emma chuckled. She thought the whole situation was funny. Cute boy gets ran over by girl in wheelchair.

Roy hopped on his decent foot a few times before kneeling down and rubbing his shoe. “No no it’s my fault, I should’ve been watching where I was going, I definitely deserved it.” The boy said grunting in pain before standing up, “I’ll be fine just got to walk it off” he said giving a painful smile to the girl in the wheelchair. As he got a good look at her his smile became a bit more inviting. The girl before him was gorgeous, the boy turned to his left to look at the girl standing next to her, his smile growing even more as he found a girl equally as gorgeous.

Hehe twins

“You two don’t attend Komei academy do you? I feel as though we would have already met if you did, then again I could be wrong” Roy said, his tone changing as he tried to make the best out of this moment.

Eva groaned slightly as he said he would be fine, just to walk it off. Giving her a painful smile. Which honestly made her feel worse. But he did smile more genuinely after that. Asking if they attended the academy. Both the girls giggled in almost unison. Shaking their heads.

“Nope! We are just visiting some friends and family.” Emma said, She didn’t want to ruin it by saying they were still middle schoolers. It always ruined things when they said that to a cute older guy. She placed her hands behind her back and leaned forward. “Unless you saw us somewhere else?” She cocked her head to the side. “This is our first time here.” She grinned.

Eva looked at his face and saw some marks. Pointing to her own face, because its rude to point at others… She asked, “Are you ok?” Indicating his cuts on his cheeks

They seemed like nice girls, but then again thinking that way can get you into some bad situations. When they said they were visiting family he wondered who. “That’s makes sense, if I had seen either of you girls somewhere I’d have definitely known.” He said chuckling, that was when Eva pointed out the cuts on his cheek in which Roy hesitated for a bit. He would have wished to not talk about the wound he received from the earlier altercation.

“Oh this? I’ve gotten pretty used to getting injured like this, I’m in the hero course so expecting not to get hurt would be naive.” He chuckled nervously as he was thankful that they couldn’t see ALL the injuries that he has.

“You two said you were visiting a few people, I might know them. I could help you find them if you’d like.”

“Ooooooh” Eva said, She nodded, He was alot like Jett, who would shrug off a lot of the injuries he got like that. Having the same mentality. Still she didn't like it though.

Emma smiled, “Ooooh thats sooo cool! You must be really strong to be in the hero course.” she said with a flirty voice. she put her hands behind her and bent forward with a big grin. Putting her best flirty smile on. There wasn’t many blonde boys in Japan. Well and foreign guys as well. So instantly he was muuuuch cuter than 90 percent of the guys here.

Eva giggles. “Oh yeah we came here with our other sister to visit our friend who is like family. She’s in the hero course too! In A:1!”

Roy chuckled at her comment about him being really strong, he wasn’t quite used to receiving compliments like that yet but it did feel good that his hard work was being noticed somewhat. “You’ll just have to find that out for yourself” he said flirting right back. He then turned to the girl in the wheelchair who said they were visiting someone in class 1-A with their other sister, his eyes lit up a bit,flashing yellow out of curiosity.

“Well if their in 1-A I definitely know them, what’s their name?”

Emma blushes and giggled. More than she should have. Going on full gal mode. “Oh do you?” They both thought this was going to be good. Jett finding out they were flirty with his classmate? This is even better. It always riled Jett up when there was a boy flirting with his little sisters.

Annoying sometimes but funny most of the time.

“Oh reallly?! A-1? That’s amazing!” Emma said and Eva nodded. “You must be really really good then! Her name is Yukari! Cute little girl who is the best hugger? She came to live with us for a bit before school. She is like another big sister to us.”

Eva then asked, “do you know where she is at?”

Roy’s smile faded away once the twins told them whom they were visiting, flashbacks of what had transpired in the training rooms quickly spoiled his mood. He stared off to the side dejected and ashamed of what he put the poor girl through. “Oh...I see you guys are friends with Yukari. I actually have to go see her as well…” he wondered if they would hate him once they found out that he caused their friend so much grief.

“They’re probably at the dormitories right now, I could take you there if you’d like” he said halfway turning before stopping.

“Oh I didn’t get neither of your names yet.”

Both tilted their head when they noticed his smile go away. Confused clearly, wondering what they said that would cause that. Emma then said, “Oh good. Yes if you can take us that would be great! Also, I’m Emma,” She then placed a hand on her sisters head. “And this is Eva.” She smiled big as to hope to get him to smile again. “What about you? Whats your name?”

“You both can call me Roy.” the boy said before opening the door that lead towards the dormitory, he looked back at the girls clearly avoiding eye contact. “Right this way" the boy said holding the door open for the ladies.

@aerandir

It really seemed like the two girls were warming up a bit after the initially rather cold introduction which was typical for their respective character. It was an unusual scene for the catgirl, but she surely wasn't against it. While not expressing that attitude outwards, as usual; Ruby did enjoy this little conversation of theirs which had shifted greatly from the start- Such friendly and idle chatting about someone who shared some interests, even if not the same ideologies, appealed even to a more introverted personality like Ruby's. Truth be told she was amazed by some of the other students' motivations for becoming heroes. They were like multi-page essays compared to her empty sheet with only one sentence. It almost felt like her reasoning was lacking in comparison to her classmates; But luckily Ruby was not the type of character to fall down into such a depressive ideological sinkhole so the catgirl could quickly brush the thought aside and keep her focus on the other girl.
One word which Mina mentioned was "Tournament" and it had sparked Ruby's interest to an extend where her ears twitched slightly upon picking up the soundwaves.
Though before she could really ask for further explanations, they both got distracted. Ruby was taken back to the reality that this was indeed the girls' dorm's common area meaning that anyone could enter at any time. A fact that the neko would be reminded of again very soon.

Their conversation basically abruptly ended as Mina seemed interested in listening in on the ongoing conversation in the other group that was there sitting on the other side. She even, not so sneakily attempted to listen in by moving in closer inch by inch. Naturally Ruby did not have such issues as she could hear them clearly although the self proclaimed well-mannered girl did not do so at first out of respect for their privacy. Once her name was audibly dropped next to Mina's, even Ruby began listening in-
It didn't sound bad at all. While she had barely ever spoken a word to Dulga, she seemed like the type of person who would do a proper efficient almost boot-camp like trip to train their abilities- Especially the last sentence spoken by Dulga got to her. "No Drama, just fighting" An offer the neko could hardly refuse. She never shied away from extra-phsyical training to improve her own body and, judging by Mina's interest in the conversation, the self-announced lightbulb possibly wanted to go as well. But even then... Ruby did not know how to approach them! How does one approach another group of girls that they hardly know? It sounded like it would require at least 5 levels of social skills! The poor catgirl hardly had one. For someone who was not afraid to get shot at, this social situation posed a huge threat considering it was her who'd have to approach someone and not the other way around like it had always been up to this point. Ruby trembled a bit and gulped before looking over to Mina again.
Mina.... Mina! She was her opportunity; Her chance! She clearly seemed interested so maybe they could just go over there together and Mina would happily announce their interest in the trip to which Ruby would have to do nothing but follow the lead and everything would work out nicely.

The catgirl played the scenario out in her mind and was just about to lean over to talk to Mina before someone else decided to make an appearance... Someone who brought up memories.
Seeing that very overwhelming girl shriek her presence into the room and bearhug the poor innocent girl from behind. What a scene! The neko was practically trembling in her chair again. Last time they interacted Mia had abused a power pointer to completely embarass the catgirl and her feline characteristics... a slight blush had appeared on Ruby's face by now.
Maybe she would not notice them though! Maybe Ruby still had a chance before-
"Oh Fu"
The neko thought to herself before she was pulled into a very warm and light squeeze.
In an attempt not to lose her composure, Ruby was notably stiff which the affectionate Mia would likely notice and the wink did not exactly help either. Nonetheless Ruby would keep her manners, keep up her good behavior and be at least greet someone who seemed so delighted to see the two of them.
"H-Hey Mia... it is nice to see you. I am good; I hope you are as well."
Mia could possibly feel something furry brush aside her as Ruby made her tail move to the opposite side of Mia so that the bubbly girl could not do any feline-abusive shenanigans again. Especially not in front of so many people!
Sitting with one arm around her Ruby's attention was dragged away from the camp rather quickly; Though she'd be sure to return to it soon together with Mina hopefully. The purple-haired neko didn't really listen in to Mina and Mia's conversation though with ears as sensitive as hers it was difficult not to.

@Silver Carrot @Aerandir

”Hah! Those nurses just don’t realize how powerful you really are. Just you wait, in a couple of months at the Kolympics, the world will see what you’re capable of!”

Reina smiled as Mamoru walked into the room, closing the door gently behind the pink-haired girl. The Komei olympics... not something that had been on Reina's mind at all the past while. The thought of being on a broadcast like that made her stomach flutter, though maybe not as much as she would have expected. A short sound of musing escaped her lips as she thought further on Mamoru's words.

The girl spoke again soon enough, explaining why she hadn't visited yet. Reina gave a small shake of her head to indicate it was no worry, as she didn't quite have the chance to speak before Mamoru was onto another topic.

"Ah." Reina took the notebook with her good hand with a smile, cradling it in her slung elbow to flip through the pages more easily.

"Thanks, Mamoru-chan," she said before giggling upon seeing one of the doodles just as Mamoru was mentioning it. "I'm sure I'll be able to understand them. I... I went to a good high school for a year before Komei, actually, so catching up when it comes to studies isn't something I really struggle with..." Reina trailed off a bit, having used the moment to reveal a bit more about herself to the other two in the room--the two peers she trusted the most in what felt like forever. "I kind of got lucky with my uncle being the principal here, among other things. I wasn't ever supposed to have a chance at a hero school--I got rejected by every single one I applied to during my last year of middle school."

The girl walked over to the stand next to the head of the bed and placed the notebook down, picking up a slice of the watermelon.

"That's... part of the reason why I don't feel like I belong at Komei." Reina paused, gripping the watermelon a little tighter. "You two have helped a lot with that though, I think, and I don't feel that way as often anymore." A sincere smile appeared on the girl's lips.

"So thank you, Mamoru-chan, Take-kun."

She sat back down in her spot on the bed, taking a small bite of her food.

"I know I've been difficult in the past, and I'm sure I will be again in the future... so thanks as well, for putting up with that. I'll... keep giving it my all to improve."

A thought coursed through her mind, regarding her reasons now to become the most powerful hero she possibly could. It was not all noble, and it would almost certainly be cause for concern in the future, but for now she killed the thought, wanting to enjoy the great happiness she was being afforded.

Reina took another bite of watermelon, her unusually bright smile persisting the moment of doubt.
_{@Lucius Cypher @Aerandir}

Persia whipped her head around with a rather wide smile at the sound of Seiko asking what was going on, with Seiko appearing that relieved her the trouble of finding him. "Ko-ko kun!" she said gleefully as she greeted the trap, that was when she noticed a pair of hands make contact with her hips in which she trailed with her eyes back to the owner. Her smile was still sincere but the aura she was giving off was anything but, not only did he have his hands on her hips but he called her babe! Just stick with the program. The brunette grabbed Lysanders hands and removed them from her hips, but not without tracing her mark on his outer left hand. As Persia got up off the boy she gave him another sweet smile,

"Watch where you put your hands or ill see to it they got lost in the dimensional gap, kay?"



Amane sat quietly on his phone catching up on the news, a certain story that he had been reading happened to catch his eye following as a family of 4 were found dead in there home. Once people took notice of the kids absence from school and the parents from the work they paid a visit to their home and found their bodies in their home, the thing was all that was left of their bodies were empty husks, devoid of any fluids.

Amane looked up from his phone to notice a small runt waving over at him, it threw the guy off that he was asking if he needed any help, let alone waving at him in the first place. "I don't need your help, if you want to do your part make sure to clean after yourself" it was clear the guy did not want any business with the little runt, in fact he prayed that he would leave or else he'd end up just getting in the way of things.

@Zeroth@Silver Carrot@Experiment 249@Lucius Cypher

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Seiko continued to revel in this scene. Would it be rude to take a picture? Yeah, that would probably be going too far. If he was in Persia's position, and somebody took a photo, there would be no corner of the school safe for them until they deleted it. Still funny, though. Lysander's mention of something important did intrigue him, though. Would it be relevant to the prank, or Amane's revenge, or would it be a sparring challenge? Or would it be something else? Lysander's crush on Seiko was not subtle, and it hadn't stopped when he had learned Seiko's true nature, which was surprising to the idol, to say the least. Did Seiko even swing that way? Could he reciprocate those feelings? Seiko, despite his lifestyle, was firmly cisgender, but his sexuality was something hadn't given quite as much thought too.

He could think about this later, however. Persia had gotten to her feet and was addressing him. There was something about her manner that made him think she wanted something. "Persia-chan!" he chimed in response, right as Persia chewed out Lysander for being overly familiar. Seiko shook his head as a comically large bead of sweat appeared on his face. Lysander was hopeless.

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Takeshi sighed inwardly while Momo entered the room. He felt annoyed, which surprised him, he was rarely annoyed. He took a step back mentally and looked to Rena who was accepting the notes from Momo. It was only after they were interrupted.

He pushed the feeling away and looked back when she spoke to him. He raised his only hand to decline. ”Thank you but I’m good. I’ve actually already gotten my notes and assignments from my little sister, she took the liberty to go to the teachers and gather what I missed. “ he said with a small smile.
Despite being the one responsible for her and raising her, she acted just the same for him at times.

”As for the lessons, I can do that at any time…” he paused and looked to Rena. At least until she was healthy again.

She began to speak as well, so he didn’t add that bit. She made mention of her feeing she didn’t belong here. He was about to protest, but she added that they helped her. Thanking them. He smiled and nodded.

“As I said before, I don’t ‘put up’ with you. I and I’m sure Akasha-kun here both are your friends because we saw the real you. So what ever happens, through thick or thin, we will be there to support you.

He smiled at her, enjoying her genuine smile of hers. ”Speaking on the olympics, if you only put a fraction of the effort you showed me during that fight… I’m sure every single one of those schools would be regretting their decision. Honestly I think you might steal the limelight. he said honestly. She took on Rakasha, enough to make him actually be on the defensive. She could wipe the floor of every student out there with the right confidence.

Sparks only smiled more at seeing her red face. Even though she still walked over confidently. The hesitation was the cake though, seeing how she reacted only gave him more confidence.

When she explained she figured it was something that came up he gave a tiniest of shrugs. She could say that. Fact was, she probably have seen his reason on the news. Not that anyone would know it was him.he was grateful she wouldn’t pry, not that he wouldn’t tell her. But not even starting the first date and dropping the big reveal that he was Defiance, the “ #1 hero vigilante. “ and that he just took out a mob boss and his crew.

He smiled more and looked around saying the students would start talking. “Let them them speak it to the world.” He said with a grin, then shook his head. “Nope, just wanted to show you I could set a table properly...” After she asked if he brought food. He had a large grin on his face. ” Of course I did, spent all morning preparing this for you.It’s a little taste from my home in France. “

He started to dish up the meal, which he had packed in the picnic basket, as she said she’s been waiting for this date since they met, he smiled. But when she mentioned making a wrong choice, he didn’t know what to say. As much as he wished he could have dated this lovely woman before. If he did, he might not have gotten back with his sweetheart, and had his beautiful daughter.

”Mmm I do admit, I always thought what if I tried a little harder back then. If things would have been different. Both of us might not even be where we are now if we did go on that date.”

As he finished serving up her food he poured her some “sparkling grape juice” at least that was what it said on the label. “I have been counting the minutes to see you once again as well.” he said as he smiled and sat a crossed from her.

He looked at her for a bit before saying. ”But it must be fate for us to come across each other once again...at the hospital, and the fact my niece just started here as well.

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Kaida looked down while dulga mentioned that’s the very reason she should go. While true, she doubted she could overcome it. Ice and snow/ burned her like fire would to other people. She felt her healing skin sting and tingle at the thought.

Then dulga said she will drag them, that it wasn’t a choice anymore. Her eyes wide in fright. She pulled her legs onto the chair and hugged her thighs to her chest. Curling up into the fetal position. Letting out a groan of desperation. She wanted to go, but the fact there could be a chance she would hurt herself more. Scared her.

She decided to tell dulga later no… or just run. She would fly away if she had too. It sounded even worse if Mina would come, she had noticed her trying to scoot closer ever few moments. Clearly she was interested.

Dulga mentioning to leave the drama at the school, she huffed. Glaring at Mina for just a moment. But then she heard the door open.

Kaida was majorly confused when someone started saying Yuikaris name every other second. Quickly looking around seeing blips of black smoke here and there, then looking back and seeing yukari out of her chair being squeezed by a blonde girl. She could literally see yukari bending out of shape due to the strength behind the hug. Her eyes wide but a smile on her face. It was adorable when she wiggled her head out to speak to her. yukari seemed to enjoy it as she spoke excitedly calling her Mia.

It sounded too much like Mina, she knew of parents giving children similar names, but if she knew yukari, she doubted she was Minas sister. But then it clicked, she looked similar to someone else, Jett! Yukari mentioned knowing Jett very well, so it would make sense his sister would too. To be honest… she didn’t even know he had a sister.

She smiled when she introduced herself, but before she could reply she blinked from existence. Reappearing and plopping down with her arms around both Mina and Ruby, mentioning something but she only heard Jett. Mina blushing at the fact and asking what he said.

Her eyebrows furrowed. Jett was talking about Mina to his sister? She pursed her lips as she looked back to yukari who was digging into the snack Mia brought her. She then said she wanted to visit with Mia, and that she was like a sister to her. They were that close? Was she that close to Jettt to be like a sister to him? She didn’t ask as she smiled and said Of course! Go visit we will talk again.

Unsurprisingly it didn't seem like Yukari or Kaida liked the idea of a harsh training regime in a snowy mountain. Dulga scratched her chin a little thinking maybe she took her little joke too far. While she did intend to be serious about this training, she didn't want them to think she was just going to torture them. But Dulga would keep it to herself for now; better that they think she's a hardass than a softie. Shortly after a woman who looked a bit like Jett suddenly appeared to hug Yukari. Dulga barely blinked before the woman was gone again to talk with Mina and Ruby in the distance. It didn't take long for Dulga to figure that maybe she was related to Jett. Didn't help that she was obviously teleporting too. "I guess it runs in the family." She says dryly as she stood up. "Yeah go on and I'll see you later."

She glanced over at Kaida, trying to get a gauge on her thoughts. Dulga knew that when the going gets tough, Kaida was a strong person. But seeing her so quiet and passive made Dulga wonder if Kaida lacked the drive to do things on her own initiative. This bothered Dulga; she didn't like being idle and waiting for things to happen to her. She had a lot of issues with that. But at the same time, if Kaida doesn't want to change, Dulga really can't force her. Even if she tried, all Dulga would do is cause a lot of damage with very minimal gain. Sighing Dulga touched the burn scars on her face, feeling the cold dead flesh. "Go at your own pace I suppose. You have your limits and I have mines. I'm going to my room." And with that Dulga left.

Locking the door behind her, Dulga gathered her guns and went to her work bench. She hadn't had time to properly maintenance them since she came back from home, and she knew she needed to. This was the most abuse they've gone through since her mother was alive. She knew one of her guns was effectively FUBAR, and her shotgun had some bite marks in it as well. Her mother's rifle wasn't looking too great either since Dulga had used it so haphazardly. And after that it would just be cleaning and inspecting the rest of her firearms. It made her think; if these wolves could shrug off her current equipment, what are the chances that greater villains would be effected by it? What if they were fast or tough enough to take a bullet to the skull? It was a scary thought to Dulga; she was usually pretty confident that as long as she gets the initiative, she could put down anyone and anything. But coming to Komei had been a reality check for her. She needed to do a lot more than just improve her self and her people skills. She needed to upgrade her gear. "I need bigger guns." With a sigh Dulga took out her first gun, cleared it of any bullets and began stripping it clean.

@Heartfillia@Ryonara