Chapter 55: Excitement For The Upcoming Festival, Eri Arrives To U.A!
With Ryu, Principal Nezu's Office
"So, do we have a deal?" Ryu asked the small principal as he stood across from his desk.
"Hmmmm, I am very happy that you are also concerned for our students and the others who will be attending the festival, an aspect of an aspiring hero. Though tell me, what is your reasoning behind adding one person as a guard to replace the handful of security that will be established during the festival?" Nezu asked Ryu.
"You've read his file. Ever since the last time we met, he's apparently been taking anger management classes and has found his sense peace, whatever that is." Ryu said while crossing his arms across his chest. "Is that a deal? Because if not, I'm still going to have him patrol." Ryu said while turning towards the door.
"Seeing that you'll do that with or without my permission, I'll grant the request, on one condition..." Nezu said with his playful smile as Ryu stared back at him in confusion.
Back At The Dorms
"YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN OUR PERFORMANCE!?!?!?" Everyone in Class 1-A, except for the ones in supplementary class, all yelled in excitement as Ryu had an annoyed look on his face.
"YES!!! I'M JOINING IN YOUR STUPID ROUTINE!!!! NOW SHUT UP AND TELL ME WHAT PART I'M DOING ALREADY!!!" Ryu said as he stormed towards the couch and sat down in frustration.
"Well before that, we're still deciding on everyone else's roles. So, what do we have?" Mina asked.
"Thanks to my etiquette training as a child, I'm quite familiar with the piano...Would that skill prove useful?" Momo asked.
"Synthesizers are essential to club music. Yaomomo, you'll be a huge help!" Jiro said as she assigned Momo to play keyboard.
"I'll do my best!" Momo said enthusiastically.
"Heyyy, we said girls were gonna dance!!" Mina whined while pulling Momo's skirt like a child. "But that's cute too, so it's okay!!!" Mina cried out in realization of how cute she would be playing the keyboard.
"Since I'll be doing the bass, we just have guitar and vocals left." Jiro said as everyone gathered around to hear who was in what role.
"So everyone else will dance?" Ojiro asked.
"Hmm...Is this all it usually takes to get a party going...?" Iida asked while holding his hand up to his chin in thought.
"What about that thing that gets people rowdy?" Todoroki chimed in.
"WE HAVE TO ADD STAGIIIIING!!" Mina said playfully while twirling around.
"Yeah, that." Todoroki agreed as everyone was confused.
"Staging?" Everyone asked as she typed up a storm on the laptop before showing everyone a video of a rowdy and wild concert.
"For example, this!" She said as she paused the screen to show a whole bunch of interactions coming off the stage. "Things like sparklers, streamers, or a disco ball. Anything that's essential to creating the atmosphere is called staging!!" She explained to them.
"Let's make it look like a disney parade! One that really involves participation!!" Toru said in excitement.
"Did you say we're borrowing the gym?!" Ojiro said in shock of their location.
"Yes, Aizawa-sensei has already made the arrangements." Momo said.
"So, for example, for example, Uraraka will make Todoroki and Kirishima float, right? Then Kirishima will chip away at Todoroki's ice! And then, since Aoyama will be the disco ball..." Mina trailed off as Aoyama grew a cold-sweat when he heard the sudden news. "Light will flutter all over like stardust! TEAM SNOWMAN!" Mina declared their team up.
"Is this that "teaming up" we talked about before?!" Sero yelled.
"Honestly, I think it's good! It's the perfect gimmick to get everyone hyped up!" Toru agreed with her plan.
"I'm the disco ball?" Aoyama asked with a questionable face. "It's not good." He said while pointing out his finger as the others paid him no mind.
"If we're going through with this, we'll need someone running behind the scenes." Iida said before the door to the dorms suddenly opened and the rest of the Supplementary class, Midoriya, Uraraka, Tsuyu, and Kirishima, and 21 all came in with relieved faces.
"Yooo!" Kirishima sighed out in pleasure.
"Supplementary classes finally finished for today. Now we can finally participate!" 21 said in a bubbly manner as she ran over and hugged Mina who giggled and hugged her back.
After briefing them on the roles and who was doing what while they were gone, Uraraka noticed a component she thought would fit into the performance.
"Huh? Jiro, you're not singing?" Uraraka asked while pretending to hold up a mic.
"Oh no, we still haven't..." Jiro trailed off before she was interrupted as Kirishima, Aoyama, and Mineta all popped up behind her.
"It it's vocals, let us handle it! We'll be a hit!" Mineta stated.
"In addition to being the disco ball, I can sing." Aoyama chimed in.
"Alright! I can't play any instruments, but if it's singing, I'm confident!" Kirishima said with confidence before he broke out into a lyric. "CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP, YOU BASTARDS TOOK IT AWAY~!" He sang loudly and not-so-gracefully.
"Wrong genre?" Jiro muttered.
"AHHHMNSFASAIAAAAGLAAAAHAAA!" Mineta came up with some ungodly noise while screaming into a mic.
"Aren't you just screaming?" Jiro asked.
"HAAAAAAAAA~~!!" Aoyama failed to hit a certain note.
"Falsetto." Jiro said to him as Toru popped up and wrapped her arms around 21 as she rested her head on her shoulder.
"I also think it should be Jiro-chan! 'Cause earlier when she was teaching me in her room, her singing was amazing!! " Toru said with excitement as Jiro was flustered by the comment.
"Hey--Don't make things more complicated." Jiro tried to calm down Toru.
"It's fine, it's fine." Toru waved her off as she put a mic in front of Jiro.
"To disregard the cries of our souls...what kind of people are you? What is this!?" Mineta cried out from his singing being ignored.
"I want to hear Jiro sing! We're counting on you!" Kirishima cheered her on as she took a breath before letting out a note that was like music to everyone's ears as Aoyama and Mineta's pride were hit hard and it was like Kirishima saw the light of music in his eyes.
"My ears are in heaven!!" Mina cried out as everyone watched in amazement.
"Such a husky, sexy voice!" Uraraka yelled in amazement.
"It's unanimous!!" Everyone yelled as Mineta and Aoyama were on the ground, ridden of their pride and Jiro looked even more flustered.
"Ngh...! Okay then, that's that...Now!! We need two guitarists!! Two of them! I WANT TO DO IIIIIT!!" Jiro declared.
"PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT IS SO COOOOL!!" Kaminari yelled out.
"Let me do it!!!" Mineta yelled as he got back up.
"I think I've had enough stringed instruments." Kirishima muttered before Bakugo barged into the conversation.
"I don't care if you want to do it! Do you have the guts to get it done?!" Bakugo yelled in Kaminari's ear.
"I do, I do, I really do!" Kaminari said with a wide grin as he and Mineta were handed guitars. "Guitar is the center of the band, isn't it!?" He said as he strummed the strings once.
"........" Mineta had a somewhat displeased face as his stature was so small, his hand couldn't reach the strings when holding the guitar correctly, and he dropped the instrument in disgust and walked away. "I can't reach the fret board because of my body type...!" Mineta said as a single tear fell from him.
"Dancing's good with me!" Sato said.
"Me too! With my tail, I can move to some extent." Ojiro said while wagging his tail.
"Me too!" 21 said as she popped up close to him and wagged her tail as well, but also managed to catch the eye of Ojiro who turned red and looked away while slapping the ground with his tail frantically as 21 had a confused smile.
"I wanna help out with the staging using my tape!" Sero said with excitement.
Suddenly, a hand was placed on the dropped guitar and the strings were strummed as everyone turned in shock when they saw Tokoyami playing and their jaws dropped from the somewhat dark tone of the instrument.
"Tokoyami!??!" Kaminari yelled in shock.
"Why are you putting out that forlorn sound...!?" Mineta asked.
"You play!? Why didn't you say anything?!" Kirishima asked.
"I had to free myself from the burden of the F chord first." Tokoyami said with a hurt face as he remembered the difficult time of mastering the F chord. "Mineta, if you won't play, then I'll strum your parts." He said as Mineta was facing a wall.
"Have it your way, dammit." Mineta muttered as he wallowed in his destroyed pride. "This is bullshit, bullshit. Just end already, cultural festival. Everyone's talents be damned." Mineta muttered while rocking back and forth hugging his knees and Uraraka and 21 stared at him confused faces.
Uraraka and 21 glanced at Mina before Mina sighed and went to Mineta.
"Mineta! Will you dance if we give you a harem part?" Mina asked Mineta let hopeful tears fall.
"Of course. Just come already, cultural festival." Mineta said as everyone got to work.
"Ryu, you can work staging with us." Todoroki said as he scoffed.
"Whatever, better than the other groups." Ryu said as everyone began to move and get started on how to plan and perform their performance.
Later That Night, 10 O'clock
"ALL ROLES...ARE DECIDED!!!" Iida yelled in victory as he had tired, bloodshot eyes from the work they did all day.
There were three teams for their performance. The first would be the band team who would perform music. This team would consist of Tokoyami on the guitar, Momo on the keyboard, Kaminari on the guitar as well, Bakugo on the drums, and Jiro who would play the bass and sing. The next team would be for staging. They would consist of Todoroki, Ryu, Sero, Koda, Kirishima, and Aoyama. Them finally was the dance team consisting of everyone else. Mina, Uraraka, Mineta, Ojiro, Sato, Tsuyu, Iida, Midoriya, Shoji, Toru, Aoyama again, and 21 for the dancers.
"Tomorrow's gonna be a busy day!! Make sure to get some rest! Everyone, to bed!" Iida announced as everyone dispersed.
Just as they were about to leave for bed though, someone had knocked on the door and caught all their attention.
"Who could that be at this hour?" Momo asked as everyone shrugged.
"Maybe it's Aizawa-sensei..." Mina suggested.
"No...He would be asleep..." Midoriya said as Iida went to the door.
As he answered it, he was surprised when he saw a mail man who visually looked tired and had bags under his eyes.
"Delivery for Ryu Shiozaki." The mail man said as he yawned and just handed over a box to Iida.
"Um, sir, I'm not--!" Iida was cut off when the mail man turned around and began to leave.
"Goodnight." The man waved as they all stared at him and watched him leave before they closed the door.
"What was that about?" Toru asked as Iida looked down at the box.
"I don't know, but..." Iida trailed off as he walked towards Ryu and showed the box. "This is for you." He said as Ryu was confused.
"I didn't order anything." Ryu said as he took the box and stared at it.
The box wasn't a very big one and Ryu held it with one hand as he held it up to his ear and shook it to hear something rattle inside. Instead of growing curious, he tossed it over his back and onto the couch as everyone stared at him in shock.
"Hey! Why didn't you open it!?" Kaminari asked as Ryu put his hands in his pockets and began to leave.
"I'll look at it later, but now is my training time. Don't bother me." Ryu said as he left to his room.
After he left, 21 walked over and took the box and tore off the brown wrapping that wrapped the box which was revealed to be the color red and it had a red lid.
"What do you think it is?" Ojiro asked as Mina came through and snatched the box from her.
"Wha--!! Wait! Mina!" 21 yelled as Mina giggled and looked at the box interestingly.
When she opened it though, she grew a confused look at what she saw.
"There's a note..." She said as she removed the note, she saw a bottle with two strange objects inside. "What are these?" She asked as she handed the note to Iida who came forward and she took out the bottle and placed it on the coffee table to see.
"Those look like jewel shards." Shoji said.
"From what jewel though?" Uraraka asked while peeking over Midoriya's shoulder as he stared at the shards in interest.
"We will simply await for your return to the island. Take these as they may help in retrieving Y/N-san...from the clutches of evil..." Iida trailed off as everyone stared at him as he stared at the shards. "What is this...? Retrieve Y/N..." He trailed off as they all stared at the shards.
"...from the clutches of evil...?" Mina repeated.
"Who is this from?" Momo asked as Iida looked over the note, but didn't see a name.
"There's no name...But it says that when your in a time of desperate help and need someone, the stone will read your heart and answer your prayers." Iida said as Mina flipped the box upside down and another secret lid fell off as two objects fell out from it as well and she looked down to see a pair of earrings.
"What are these?" Mina asked as she picked up the earrings and showed everyone.
"Earrings? What for?" Kirishima asked as he took one and placed it next to his earlobe in interest.
"Look, there's another note inside." Uraraka pointed as Mina looked in the bottom of the box and saw another folded note.
She took out the note and when she unfolded it, she read it out loud.
"This is a new baby I want you and Y/N to try! Please do it for me! Love you! Your future wife~" Mina read the note. "So is this from that girl in the support course?" Mina asked.
"Oh, Hatsume-san." Midoriya said.
"She made these for the two of them? Is it a support item?" Kirishima asked as 21 walked over and held out her hand.
"I'll hold onto the earrings. And I'll take one of the jewel shards as well." 21 said as she took the earrings and one of the shards.
"Wait, we don't even know what those shards will do. You shouldn't just take those." Iida warned her as she closed her fist around the shard she took.
"If they sent it to Ryu, then obviously it's to help him, right? No one else has this address besides school staff, our friends in other classes, and our parents. I'm going to hold onto these." 21 said before she turned to Momo and stared at her before taking the other jewel shard and walked towards her. "I want you to hold onto one too." She said as she took Momo's hand and placed it in her palm.
"21-san..." Momo muttered as 21 looked at her.
"This way, you can save him too..." She said as Momo stared at her with her jaw slightly opened before she looked down and held the jewel to her chest closely.
"Yeah..." Momo mumbled.
"Where are you going to put those? The pockets on your clothes don't look like they have much room." Kirishima said as 21 looked at herself.
She stared at her clothes pockets before coming up with an idea. She pulled her shirt forward and dropped the jewel in between her breast which made them bounce as everyone gasped and dropped their jaws as she giggled and stuck her tongue out while winking.
"Teehee~" She winked as Mineta shot up with a nose bleed.
"IT'S NOT PROPERLY SECURE IN THERE! I'LL FIX IT!!" He yelled before he was punched away by Jiro. "WAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!" He yelled as he went flying towards the ceiling and got stuck by the balls on his head as Iida sighed and walked into the center of everyone.
"All right. We've been up way too long. Everyone, to bed. Goodnight." He said to them.
"Goodnight." Everyone said together as the boys and girls split to their separate sleeping halls to rest after the long day.
Saturday Morning, Day Off
It's was a bright Saturday morning, and with classes for both regular and the supplementary students all having a day off, everyone in Class A had the day off to practice and rehearse for their performance for the cultural festival. The music group was practicing hard after finally deciding what music to do.
"PRACTICE TILL YOU DROP DEAD!!" Bakugo yelled in anger as he scared Kaminari and made him more nervous.
The dance team was outside practicing their moves and getting the choreography for the dance that they would do.
"That's not it, Midoriya!! You gotta do it more like this!! The lock in locking is spelled L-O-C-K!" Mina scolded him as he tried to figure the moves out.
Meanwhile, the staging team was inside sitting at the tables while discussing on how the stage interactions would go down.
"Oh, I see! That's a good idea! Let's put out a feeler to the dance team." Sero suggested to his group.
"Hold on, if we do that, we won't have enough hands on deck." Kirishima mentioned.
"It doesn't matter, just tell me the heavy things I need to hold and I'll do it. And if anyone of those bastards annoys me, I'll put them down in the dirt." Ryu said as the whole group stared at him.
The entire class of Class A spent the whole day training and by the time afternoon came around, the dance team was still outside practicing their moves and just as Midoriya turned around, he saw someone poking out from the bush near the entrance. When he looked closer, he saw much to his surprise that it was Togata.
"Ah! Togata-senpai!" Midoriya called him as Uraraka and Tsuyu both turned towards where Midoriya was looking.
As they were staring though, they saw a small figure walk out from behind the bush and were somewhat stunned.
"...Is that..." Midoriya muttered before the three of them all went wide-eyed. "E-...Eri-chan!!" The three of them called out in shock of seeing her.
"Deku-san." She said as she looked at him and everyone outside turned their attention towards the girl as Mirio was for some strange reason sticking his butt out from the bush.
"What?! Wait, wait, is that senpai's kid...!?" Ojiro yelled in shock as Aizawa suddenly appeared as well behind the two who arrived.
"What are you doing?" Eri asked and tilted her head as Tsuyu and Uraraka were overjoyed at seeing her.
"What a gweat wittle outfit." Tsuyu complimented her.
"SOOOO CUUUUTTEE!!" Uraraka squealed.
"SHE'S SO ADORABLE! I COULD GOBBLE HER UP RIGHT NOW!!!" 21 said as she had hearts in her eyes and began to drool while panting heavily as Eri hid behind Togata.
"We got permission from the principal. Just to make sure she doesn't get shocked or panicked, we're bringing her beforehand to get used to the place." Aizawa said as everyone began to come forward to see her.
"Eri-chan...Oh, the child from the internship! I'm Iida! Nice to meet you!" Iida said as he greeted her in a friendly way.
"I'm looking forward to meeting you again in ten years! I'm Mineta!" Mineta said as he received a smack on the back of the head by 21.
"You're Tereya-san, right?" Togata asked as he mis-remembered Iida's name.
"Tereya-san, you say?" Iida had a frozen look on his face.
"In any case, I'm planning on walking around U.A. with Eri-chan now. Midoriya-kun, how 'bout you come with!?" Togata suggested before the door burst open and the staging team came out.
"Heyyyy, dance team! We want to talk about...HUH? ERI-CHAN!?!?" Kirishima yelled in shock before scurrying over to see her. "Hey, hey! Do you not know who I am?" He asked her.
"Well then, let's take a break! Tea time!" Mina announced as everyone went on break.
"Eri-chan, let's go." Togata said before he noticed Eri looking around the place like she was looking for someone.
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"Where is he?" Eri muttered as Mirio and Midoriya both stared at each other.
"Where's who, sweetie?" 21 asked as she crouched to her level and held on tighter to Mirio's pants.
"Ryu-san..." She muttered as 21 was surprised for a moment before smiling and holding out her hand.
"Let's go find him. Okay?" 21 asked nicely as Eri was a bit hesitant, but slowly placed her hand onto 21's palm and the two walked around the dorm building.
As they were walking, 21 couldn't help but smile and look down at Eri as the young girl was captivated by the sights around her.
"Seems he's left an impression on her...you surprise me more and more each day, Ryu-kun..." She thought before looking ahead.
As they reached around the back of their dorm, Eri's attention was caught by the strange structure that was found in the back.
Just then, the door on the front began to lower and from inside came Ryu who walked out without a shirt and was covered in sweat. He walked out while wiping his face and he had caught Eri's full attention.
"Ryu-san." She called him as Ryu stopped and turned towards them.
When he saw Eri, he was shocked and rushed over to kneel to her level.
"What are you doing out of bed? Are you okay?" He asked worryingly.
"Yeah. I'm okay. The principal who looks like a dog said that I can come here early. Deku-san and Lemillion-san wanna show me around, but..." She trailed off as she stared up at Ryu's eyes. "Can you come too?" She asked as Ryu's heart suddenly skipped a beat and his face turned around as he hid it.
"F-Fine! I'll go! Just wait in the front with the other two...I need to get my uniform..." Ryu said while looking away and 21 grew a smug face.
"Ara Ara~~~? Ryu-kun, is it possible that you--BWAH!" She gasped as Ryu punched her in the gut and knocked the wind out of her. "...message heard..." 21 gave a thumbs up and muttered before collapsing on the ground and the life left through her mouth as Ryu took Eri's hand and walked inside with her.
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After getting himself changed and cleaned up, Ryu joined Midoriya and Togata who were showing Eri around U.A. as classes of all kinds were getting ready for the cultural festival. As they were walking, Eri held onto Ryu's hand the whole time and Mirio was fixing his uniform jacket while explaining what was happening to Eri.
"Today's a day off, but because of the new boarding school model, lots of people are continuing with their preparations." Mirio explained as two students from the business department was walking in the other direction they were going.
"Well, if it isn't Togata!" One of them called him.
"A kid?!" The other student asked while carrying a box. "What did you do during your break...!? Don't tell me you..." The student muttered as Mirio just gave him a strange stare. "Hey, say something...! I guess it must be true then!!" He exclaimed as the other student came towards them with pamphlets for their activity.
"Okay, putting jokes aside, this year's class is killing it. You better come, too." He said as he handed one flier to each of them.
"Amazing. What a beautiful flier...!" Midoriya praised the work of another class.
After exploring inside, they wound up outside where the majority of the activity stands would located and set up.
"Grab that nail for me." A student holding up a piece of wood said.
"Ahhh, wait, don't stick that poster there!" A girl yelled while running across the working field.
"Even though it's still a month away, it's so busy!" Eri heard while walking pass some students.
"Everyone's bringing a plus ultra attitude to their tasks even more so than last year!" A girl said in excitement.
Just then, a dragon head suddenly popped up in front of Midoriya and scared him.
"UWAH!!?" He cried out loudly as Ryu just glared at the head.
"'Scuse me...Wait, it's Midoriya from Class A!! Ryu too!" The heads of Tetsutetsu, Monoma, and Awase popped up from behind the fake head.
"Wait, wait, wait, wha!? Chitchatting in a place like this? You got that much time on your hands?" Monoma spoke in his usual condescending tone.
"Eri-chan, are you okay?" Midoriya asked in a shaky voice and she and Ryu just stared at him while they were cool and collected.
"Oi, Oi! You ignorin' me?! You think that's okay!? You guys are putting on some kind of live performance, I hear!? I WONDER HOW THAT'LL GO! THIS TIME I'LL TELL YOU STRAIGHT UP: WE OF CLASS B ARE GONNA BE BETTER THAN YOU! "Romeo, Juliet, And The Prisoner of Azkaban: The Return Of The Kings" Class B's original super special fantasy play!! BETTER GET READY! WE'RE GONNA SHAME YOU TO TEARS! I'LL HAVE A HANDKERCHIEF FOR YOU WHEN IT HAPPENS!!" He yelled insanely before Awase struck him in the back of the head with a stick and knocked him out.
"He has more to say every time he speaks...!" Midoriya said in shock of how much he told them.
"Sorry, Class A. Kendo's not here, so he went unchecked." Awase said as Midoriya looked around.
"There was this image of Monoma-kun on a set..." He mentioned to Awase.
"This time, it's different. He's running for Miss Con, though he's being forced against his will." Awase explained while picking up Monoma.
"Miss Con!?" Midoriya thought in surprise of the event.
"Maybe not Monoma, but let's give it our best!! Here we go!!" Tetsutetsu yelled as Class B ran off.
"Sensei didn't say a single word to us about Miss Con." Midoriya said.
"Sorry for suddenly showing you U.A.'s bad side, Eri-chan." Mirio apologized about Monoma as Eri was just confused.
After heading back inside, the four of them wound up near the third year classes and stopped by an equipment room as he heard someone he knew would be inside. As he reached the room, he burst open the door and spoke loudly.
"Speaking of Miss Con...That's right! She's also fired up this year." Mirio said as Midoriya was confused while walking in.
"She?" He asked before turning forward and gasping at the beautiful sight that was in front of him.
"Last year's second place finisher, Hado Nejire-san!!" Mirio announced her proudly as she was having her photo taken.
Hado's attention was caught by the visitors and when she saw Eri, she used her quirk to float over to them to see her.
"Hey, hey, why is Eri-chan here? Strange! Why, why!? So exciting!" She said while floating over them.
"Even her quirk is flashy. Her...face, too...and her p-p-p-propo-pro...proportions. We have even have senpai's like this, huh?" Midoriya said as his face was completely red from seeing her.
"That's right, but listen!! Are you listening? Each year, I've never wonnn! There's this amazing girl...! The champion of Miss Con!! Third year class G support team. The dazzling Zaki Bibimi-san." Nejire explained.
"A...Amazing." Midoriya said in shock.
"This year, she's gonna appear in a commercial that'll make her fanbase blow up. Kendo-san will be there as well. Hado-san's getting fired up for it, too." Amajiki said as he chimed into the conversation, but suddenly fell to his knees and held his stomach. "To perform in the presence of the public...Just thinking about it...ow, oww...my stomach starts to hurt..." He muttered due to his social awkwardness at the thought.
"Like YuYu says, the first step is just about making an appearance...but one way or another...it becomes both exciting and terrifying..." Amajiki said as they all looked at their classmate, YuYu, who was just fixing her jacket.
"That's why, this year, I'll definitely win!! It's my last one, after all!" Nejire said in a bubbly and happy tone.
"You can do it!" Mirio and Amajiki said to her in support.
"Let's go. There's someone I think you'd like to meet." Ryu said as he escorted outside of the equipment room.
After leaving the third year classes and other rooms behind, Ryu and the other three found themselves at the development department, home to the support class students.
"The support department!! All of the grades hold a technology exhibition together!" Mirio said.
"I know this one! They always get media attention every year!" Midoriya said in excitement before he felt a hot breath breathe down the back of his neck.
"That's right! The cultural festival is the support team's moment to shine!" A familiar voice said as a pair of arms wrapped around Ryu.
"Is that Hatsume-sa...WAHHHH!?" Midoriya yelled when he saw the insane contraption behind Hatsume.
"Great, another one of her insane contraptions." Ryu mumbled while crossing her arms.
"WOAHHHHH!" Midoriya gasped.
"Amazing!" Mirio praised her.
"The ideas keep gushing forth! It's so exciting!" Hatsume said as she twirled around Ryu and Eri before going towards her contraption. "For the hero department, the sports festival was already the second place to garner attention. BUT! This time, it's us that've been given the opportunity to be the main attraction! A ton of companies will get a careful look at my child! I better not rear him to be shy!" She said as she patted the metal sheet and made the machine shake a bit.
Ryu looked up at the top of the machine and saw sparks flying a bit and some smoke come out as he stared back at Hatsume and just sighed as he pulled Eri closer to him.
"More importantly, how have the iron soles been doing!? If anything ever comes up, please let me know, ASAP!" Hatsume told Midoriya.
"Okay, thank you...uh-" Midoriya was cut off when the head of the machine suddenly burst into flames and caught everyone in the room's attention.
"BABYYYY!?" Hatsume cried out in shock.
"WAH! HATSUME, AGAIN!?" A fellow support student yelled.
"WATER! WATER!!" Hatsume cried out in desperation to save the machine.
"Hatsume-chan, I'm sorry! Let's go, Eri-chan!" Midoriya said as he pushed along Ryu and Eri.
"Yeah, that was surprising." Mirio said while marching out with them.
After exploring and seeing everything and everyone, the four of them found themselves at the cafeteria where they took a break and Ryu got Eri a cup of juice that she was sipping through a straw.
"Well, that's basically it. Will you...be okay with this? What did you think?" Mirio asked her.
"...I don't really know...But...So many different people are trying their hardest...So I want to know how it will turn out..." She said as she stared down at her cup of juice and Mirio and Midoriya stared at one another with excited smiles.
"We call that feeling "excitement." A voice called out as they were all surprised from the sudden reply and turned to see Midnight and Principal Nezu eating at the same table as them, but farther down the seats. "Seems like it was worthwhile, don't you think?" Midnight asked as Principal Nezu was devouring a triangle of cheese.
"Principal Nezu!!! Midnight-sensei!!!" Midoriya yelled in shock. "He's eating cheese...!!" He thought while staring at the principal as he finished his cheese and wiped his mouth.
"I'm also excited for the cultural festival!" Nezu spoke.
"Especially since we've gotten into various issues with the police..." Midnight mentioned while crossing her arms.
"Watch it, Kayama-kun!" Principal Nezu said while pointing his paw at her before he suddenly got up and hopped off his seat to leave. "Well! I'll be going now. You all! Enjoy the cultural festival to your heart's content." He said while leaving as Midnight sighed and finished her plate before getting up.
"...I can't say for sure...But the principal seems to have worked pretty hard...getting this result after butting heads with a higher up." Midnight said.
"That's rough..." Midoriya said.
"Of course, I prepared very hard on my end so that doesn't happen! I even dispatched Hound Dog to watch over school premises." Midnight told them.
"Dispatched...!" They thought in shock of seeing one of their teachers act like a guard dog.
"Oh, yes! Talk of Class A's program has even made it to the staff room! Work hard, young ones!" Midnight said as she left them.
"We will...!" Midoriya replied to her.
"What are you doing, Deku-san?" Eri asked him.
"We're doing a dance party with live music! I'll be dancing! I'm doing my best so that you can have a fun time, too, Eri-chan. Please come see!" Midoriya said as Eri stared at him and Ryu saw she wanted to go see as well. "Sorry! Break time is almost over, so I'll see you later! Let's go, Ryu-kun!" Midoriya said as he Ryu sighed and got up.
"You be good, and be safe." Ryu said as he patted Eri's head before heading towards the door.
"AHHH! For your information, I'm looking forward to it, too!" Mirio yelled as he and Eri watched as the two left to get back to work.
One Week Later....
"Midoriya..." Mina spoke lowly as she and a few of the dance team were stood behind her before she firmly placed her hand on his shoulder. "You're fired." She said as the life left Midoriya's eyes.
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Meanwhile, In A Dark Alley, Play Song At Top
A man with a monkey's tail was thrown against into a set of trash cans and groaned as he tried to crawl away while his legs were both bent and broken. He wept and cried as a set of footsteps came closer and closer to him.
"Please...let me go...I don't have any money...please--AGH!!" The man cried in pain as he was grabbed by the tail and dragged back.
He was then grabbed by the head and press hard against the wall by his skull as the person holding him laughed.
"Hahaha, I don't care about such things as money...No...I'm interested about your quirk...I've been watching you for some time...I've learned about you...Your gigantification quirk is quite remarkable..." The person said as the man mustered the will to grab a trashcan lid that was next to him and smash it against the person's face.
The man made the assailant stumble back and drop him as he heard something fall. The victim looked and saw a broken small white chip fall and looked up as the person groaned.
"That wasn't very nice...This mask helps me hide my identity...You dare expose me? You will pay greatly." The assailant said as he walked out from the darkness and terrified the man with the look he gave.
"N-No...! Not you...!" The victim said in a scared tone as you walked towards him and grabbed him by the throat and pressed him hard against the wall that it cracked.
"Now tell me...Your quirk...You can't control it, right?" You asked as he nodded weakly. "What is it that you need to do in order to transform?" You asked.
"Th...There needs to be...a full moon...my body...agh...! It absorbs...the blutz waves that come from the moon...that lets the glands in my tail activate...and triggers the transformation of me turning into a giant ape..." He explained as you tightened your grip around his neck and looked to the side.
"So it needs a full moon huh? Actually..." You trailed off as you stared up at the sky and saw the shine of the sun pass over the buildings you were in between. "The moon just reflects the suns light...Tell me, do you just need to reflect the light off of something that can act like the moon in order to absorb these blutz waves you speak of?" You asked as he groaned and nodded weakly. "Hahaha...Hahahahaha...! Perfect! Now I won't have to wait until sun fall. Thank you, sir. You will be an excellent contribution to my plan..." You said as your arm that was holding him suddenly began to distort and pink flesh began to flow towards and onto the man.
Your victim couldn't even scream as the pink flesh consumed him and absorbed him completely before returning to your body. Suddenly, from the back of your waist, a tail sprouted and you grinned at it as you wrapped it around your waist and began to walk away.
"I'm going to have so much fun with this...Hahahaha....HAHAHAHAHAHAHA....!!" You laughed as a bright white energy ball shined and irradiated in your hand and you disappeared into the darkness as the light faded away.
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