"So, Red Eyes, how is this momentary addition to his costume supposed to help him with his quirk?" Mei asked as she carefully adjusted a few things on the vest.

Enso's eye twitched and he had to resist throwing something at Mei, "Don't call me that. Another idiot already does..."

"Oop, sorry then. But back to his quirk. How does it even work?"

Izuku had his eyes closed since he didn't want to see Mei's assets right in front of him, but he answered.

"My quirk is called Ikari. It has a few... different characteristics to it."

"One is it boosts your strength and speed, right? That was the first thing I saw about it." Mei said as she went behind Izuku to work on the back.

Izuku opened his eyes, "Er, yeah... B-But then, there was a second part that I didn't know I had for a while..."

"That black stuff, right? What was that anyway?"

Enso spoke up as he sat in a chair, "That was pure energy that developed in Izuku via anger."

Mei paused with a questioning look, "Made from anger? Anger from this guy? I thought he went berserk and angry during that battle because of his quirk, but his anger was the actual cause of him and his quirk blowing up like that?"

"N-Not exactly..." Izuku stammered. "Y-You see Mei, m-my quirk actually has a... mind of its own."

"Huh!?" Mei nearly moved a screw wrong. "You mean it's alive!?"

"To an extent. Ikari just seems to be a separate consciousness in Izuku's head. But whatever he is, Izuku's anger brings out power from him to use onto the battlefield. This is usually when something highly important is at stake. However, Ikari can end up taking over Izuku's actions to accomplish whatever wish the boy is facing by using pure violence to solve it... Going more than overboard in the process."

"B-But, I actually talked to Ikari, and he said that he doesn't mean to do it! H-He's just as influenced under anger as I get... Y-You could call him my manifestation of anger, but he actually doesn't seem to be that way. In fact... he seemed rather nice and understanding."

"Huh, you could talk to your quirk? Cool! When did you first do it?"

"Actually, I was first able to actually speak to it when I passed out during Enso and Kacchan's battle."

"Kacchan?"

"Er, Kacchan as in Bakugo."

Hearing this, Mei froze, remembering what she and everyone else heard during that fight. "Right..."

Deciding not to bring that up, she asked something else. "Can you still talk your quirk now?"

"Not really... I've tried to see if I can speak to him while I'm sleeping, but nothing has really worked. That's why I need to learn to control my quirk so that maybe I can bring him out and speak to him."

"And that's with this equipment is for?" Mei got back to work, tightening the vest.

"I'm planning to have pain help to increase Izuku's anger when he wants so that he could possibly bring out Ikari easier and on his own terms. The pain won't cause him to get angry by itself, but it can help it grow in situations." Enso explained.

"Ah, I see. But... Are you really okay with taking that kind of pain?"

Izuku had a sad smile on his face. "Yeah, I was used to it already, so it should be fine."

Mei stopped once again, feeling uncomfortable by what he implied by that, already connecting it to Bakugo's battle with Enso.

"Oh..."

"If Izuku learns how to use the second part of his quirk, then it would a breakthrough in his abilities. To be able to form the energy of his anger to mimic quirks or manifest what he wants, it's such a powerful ability."

Mei suddenly had a thought as she momentarily stepped back from Izuku.

"Wait, if his quirk creates energy..."

She suddenly dashed right in front of Enso with a grin and stars in her eyes.

"Can that energy be used to power things up!? Like what if we put it in my babies!"

Instead of pointing out how wrong that sounded, Enso seemed to be intrigued by the point she brought up.

"To use the energy of Ikari to fuel machines... I wonder what would happen? I don't believe it would work, but it seems like something interesting to try out... Can we even contain some of his energy? What would happen?" Enso had a hand on his chin in thought.

"Am I gonna be some sort of battery?" Izuku asked with a blank stare.

"Maybe. We'll have to test this when you get a better hold of Ikari." Enso didn't hesitate.

"Oh, boy! I can't wait!" Mei bounced around.

"Get back to work, please." Enso sighed.

"Whoops, my bad!" Mei rushed back behind Izuku to finish the adjustments.

As she worked, Enso brainstormed out loud. "Ikari's energy seems dangerous, as it is formed from anger, so it may be difficult to contain easily. I may have to make a special container for it, especially because when the energy does separate from Ikari, it'll disappear at a point of contact with something else..."

Enso's eyes then widened as another thought came to mind.

"I wonder... how will it interact with other people and their quirks?"

"And done!" Mei stepped away from Izuku and placed the screwdriver on the table.

Enso stopped his brainstorming and stood up, "How is it now?"

Izuku zipped up his costume and stood up, indeed feeling the vest pressed against him, although not too tightly. He started doing some stretches and moved his body in different ways to see if his vest remained pressed against him, which it did.

"Remember that to activate the needles, you have to clap your hands together. That method seems to be the safest way for you not to accidentally activate them. Once activated, you'll get inserted needles for a few seconds, and then they'll automatically retract back." Enso explained.

Izuku stared down at his palms, the trigger for this new addition of equipment.

"And another thing to note, the level of penetration that they'll cause will depend on how hard you clap your hands together. So you won't inflict the same level of pain each time to you and Ikari." Enso added.

Izuku froze as he realized that Ikari indeed shared his pain when summoned, so if he did use these needles to bring him out, then his quirk may feel the lingering pain of getting stabbed by tiny needles too.

Enso noticed his expression. "Is something wrong?"

"Ah! W-Well..." Izuku stood quiet for a moment to think about this. "It's just that... Remember how I said that Ikari feels the same pain that I do? So... Isn't it a little selfish of me to just add these changes without... at least discussing it with him first?"

"Izuku, I'm having these changes so you can talk to him. I'm sure he'd understand, especially if he actually wishes to speak to you again. Once you both can properly communicate with each other, you can understand how to control Ikari. When that happens, you won't have any need for these extra equipment."

Izuku didn't look too sure as he kept his gaze on his arms.

"You don't want what happened at the festival to happen again, do you? What if it happens in a public area?"

Izuku's mind flashed images of himself during his fight with Enso, where he saw blood from his shattered arms flying with each attack. "N-No... I don't want it to happen again..."

"Then make sure it doesn't happen, try to use this method to bring him out so that nothing like that happens. It's the best idea I've had for getting you in contact with Ikari willingly..." Enso gazed down at the ground.

"That's right... Enso thought carefully about this idea. No doubt, he doesn't want what happened at the festival to occur again. Whether it's out of worry for the public, or because he doesn't want to see me go through that pain again..."

"I-I'll try my best! I'll learn to control Ikari so that we can use his power to help people! I'll make sure to be able to control him by the time we're finished with the internships!"

"I sure hope so..." Enso thought.

*SQUEAK!*

They all froze as they heard that eerie sound.

"What was that?" Enso questioned.

"Er, I think it came from behind me?" Izuku said, keeping still out of worry.

"Is it still the vest?"

"But I'm sure I got it down!" Mei pouted.

"It may be something underneath the metal plating. I don't think we have that much time left, so just fix it while Izuku keeps wearing it." Enso sighed.

"Can't we do this later?"

"Nope."

Izuku sighed, starting to back up to sit back down on the stool.

"Actually, sit on the desk right there, Muscles." Mei pointed as she went over and grabbed her screwdriver.

"Eh? Okay?" Izuku listened and carefully pushed himself onto the sturdy desk, letting his legs dangle in the air with his hands at his sides. He unzipped his upper part of his costume once again to reveal the vest and let Mei get to work.

Mei got on the table and scooted behind Izuku, sitting in a cross-legged manner as she started working.

"Hm... Looks like some things moved around." She pulled out some black tweezers and started gently moving things around.

By this point, Enso was getting bored of standing around, so he asked Mei something.

"I'm gonna take a look at your other inventions to see if there could be anything useful. Do you have a place where they're organized?" Enso asked her.

"Hm? Oh yeah! In the back storage room right over there!" Mei would've jumped in excitement by his interest if she weren't working on Izuku right now. She pointed her finger to a door in the back of the room.

Enso walked over to the door and grabbed the handle, turning it and opening it up.

Only for him to disappear entirely in a wave of gadgets.

"ENSO!?" Izuku's eyes comedically bulged out.

"Hold still Muscles." Mei said, not even fazed by Enso getting engulfed in machines.

A hand weakly stuck out of the massive pile of gadgets, and that hand followed by the rest of Enso pulling out his upper body while panting.

"*Huff* You call this organized!? This is *gasp* enough to drown someone..."

Mei stopped for a moment and grinned, "Yeah! It's organized! That area over there is where the armor is, that area over there are blasters, over there is-"

"For the love of god, I'm gonna fix this mess and actually organize it."

Enso forcefully pulled the rest of his body out of the pile and landed on the floor with a relieved sigh. He then got up and grabbed a broom, separating the gadgets into piles while grumbling.

Mei shrugged and continued working while Izuku looked somewhat impressed by all the gadgets she made.

As a few minutes passed, Mei seemed to frown, "Dang it..."

"What is it?" Izuku didn't look back.

"I can't really get this part right here... I think I'd have to work on it from the other side."

"Other side?"

Izuku didn't get to question this as Mei suddenly placed herself right onto his lap, her knees beside each of his legs as she raised herself up.

"Wha-MEI!?" Izuku instinctively tried to back up, but the girl used a hand to firmly grab his right shoulder to keep him there.

"This will only take a couple of moments, Muscles." Mei smiled without too much thought of what she was doing. She used his knees to raise herself up while pulling the boy's head down so she could get an upward angle of the inside of the metal plates.

"Wh-Why can't you just work behind me?!"

"I've got a better angle from here." She paused for a moment, "Although... I can't really reach this part right here, I'm gonna have to get closer... One second, Muscles!"

She leaned forward to reach over Izuku. However, when she did so, her babies pressed up against his face.

"MMPH!?" All of Izuku's skin turned red, his head started steaming, and he completely froze with his eyes wide open. Although Mei wasn't necessarily suffocating him, her breasts were still very pressed up against Izuku, allowing him to feel just how soft they really were.

But he also discovered a new fact.

"SHE'S NOT WEARING A B-B-B-BRA!?"

He shut his eyes and tried to keep his breathing calm.

"No way, no way, no way! Don't think about it, Izuku, don't think about it! Don't think about how soft they are, don't think about how nice she smells, don't about how you're buried in them! Don't... think... about..."

He opened his eyes in realization.

"CRAP, I'M THINKING ABOUT IT!"

"Just a bit more..." Mei mumbled as she worked.

"Please finish, please finish!" He closed his eyes again and just tried to keep his head clear, but was miserably unsuccessful.

"And... done! Phew!" Mei let out a breath of relief and let herself sit on whatever was right underneath her, which in this case, was Izuku's lap.

"EEP!" Izuku flinched as he felt the girl's behind against a delicate area.

Mei leaned back, and her assets were removed from the boy's face, to which Izuku turned his red face away from her in silent embarrassment.

"Hm?" She innocently tilted her head with a smile. "What's up Muscles-?"

It was suddenly Mei's turn to become silent as she felt something rise under her.

"Eh?" She blinked with a blank expression, her mouth even partially opened. She slightly rose and felt the object raise with her, glancing down between herself and Izuku. "What's this?"

She saw a bulge in the center of Izuku's pants pressing up against her.

"Um..." She glanced back at Enso, who wasn't paying attention to the two due to focusing on organizing her gadgets, sweeping them up into piles based on what kind of machines they were.

She then turned back to Izuku, finally noticing the shade of red his body had formed while the boy used both of his hands to cover his completely flustered face.

Despite everything, Mei still had a look that resembled her usual smiling expression.

"So..." She tilted her head. "Care to explain?" She asked, light blushes in her cheeks with her blank smile.

Izuku let out a whimper, speaking the quietest he has ever spoken. "I-I-I'm sorry, M-Mei... I-I... Th-They just kept p-pressing up against me..." He lowered his head while still covering his face.

At first, Mei said nothing and could only repeatedly blink as she processed the situation, glancing from Izuku, to the area below him. Being the genius inventor always tinkering away with devices, she had always ignored any guy she came across or that had made an obvious move on her, leaving her with not much experience with them.

"Er... I guess I should take this as a compliment?" She lowered her voice to a whisper, not wishing to get Enso's attention.

Izuku was too embarrassed to speak, just remaining silent and refusing to look at Mei. She probably thought he was disgusting right now, she probably thought that he was some sort of pervert and that she didn't want to help him anymore.

So Izuku was surprised when he felt both of his wrists grabbed, then following by them being pulled to expose his face.

"E-Eh!?" He opened his eyes and was shocked not to see any sign of negativity on Mei's face. In fact, there seemed to be a newfound look of curiosity on the girl's face.

"Hold still, just let me see you real quick." Mei grinned, keeping Izuku's hands away from his face to admire it.

"Wh-Wha?" Izuku shivered, still completely red and confused as he stared into the girl's yellow, crosshair eyes.

Mei recalled her previous thoughts about Izuku. Strong and tough, plain but cute, and the boy that gained popularity in the festival could give her so many chances to spread the word of her babies by using them.

"He's also been rather tolerant of everything I've done to him. Someone like that would be easy to work with. And he likes heroes with gadgets like Air Jet and is pretty smart and analytical... It might actually not be a bad idea."

Mei had a curious look on her face, actually contemplating on something she's never thought about before.

"I don't think he 'likes' me though, he doesn't seem to be the type to have a crush if he's focusing on becoming a powerful hero. He spends most of his time with Cold-Eyes anyways. And I don't really know how you 'like' someone either... Can I get him to like me?"

She glanced down once more at Izuku's natural reaction to her body, making Mei grin.

"But I think I can fix that... right? If he likes this, then that means keep on going would help him like me... right? Yup! It's a plan! To get my babies to spread to the world and have someone cute and reliable to always test them out!"

Izuku's eyes widened as he saw the new look the inventor was giving him.

"Wait, wait, wait! That... That look!"

He couldn't help but feel oddly scared as he recognized the look in her eyes. His mind instantly flashed back to the same look Mina had given him when she was sitting on top of his lap at the nightclub he went to on their date.

"Did you like them?" Mei suddenly whispered to Izuku with sly eyes.

Izuku flinched and turned his head away, "I-I... Um... Wh-What?"

Mei purposely leaned forward so that her head was closer, with Izuku shivering as he tried to lean back.

"My special babies? Do you like them?"

"H-Huh!?" Izuku turned his head back to her, shocked as he didn't expect that kind of question to ever come from her of all people.

"I don't know if this is working or not, but... This is surprisingly fun just to see his reaction." Mei giggled.

"It seems down there likes them." She let herself sit right down on Izuku's private region once more.

"W-Wait, hold on!" Izuku closed his eyes and instinctively pushed his hands forward to get the girl away.

*Squish!*

"Squish?" Izuku repeated in his head.

"Eep!" Mei let out a squeak as Izuku's hands touched her, the girl herself not having expected him to do that.

Izuku slowly opened his eyes and instantly began trembling as he saw what both his hands were grabbing.

Mei lightly blushed with an awkward laugh as Izuku's hands on her babies reminded her that she was missing something on them.

"O-Oh yeah... Sometimes I kind of... Forget to wear a bra cause I'm tight on time. Hehe..."

Feeling these forbidden fruits in his hands, Izuku's body finally had enough.

"ACK!" Izuku let go and fell back with his nose gushing out blood, the back of his head slamming to the table with completely white eyes.

"Eh!? Muscles!?" Mei cried out, raising her butt off him and crawling above him.

But by doing this, it looked like she was pinning him down.

"What the hell are you doing?" A threatening voice growled from behind.

"EEP!" Mei turned black and white with a chill up her spine.

She slowly turned her head in a robot-like manner, gazing at a menacing black silhouette with blazing red eyes standing behind her with a broom.

"H-H-Hey, M-Mr. Wouldn't Hurt A Fly!"

Hearing that, Enso slowly raised up the broom he had just been using to sweep.

"Well... shi-"

*CRACK!*

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~{Cafeteria}~

"Didn't you say he'd be here?" Kamui Woods asked somewhat confused as he and Nezu sat together in the cafeteria.

"Pooey, I was sure he would be. After all, who skips lunch? And with our school food at that?" Nezu pouted as he had to sit on some books to reach the table properly. "And here I wanted to surprise Enso-kun..."

"Can't we just head back to your office and call him there?" Kamui Woods asked as he waved at several students who noticed him and got excited.

"Lunch is nearly over, and I don't want to call him in the middle of class. We'll wait until right after school to discuss your issue with him."

"Huh?! So I've got to stay here for a couple more hours!?"

Nezu turned to him with an innocent smile that didn't match the malicious intent Kamui felt from him. "Is there a problem with that?"

Kamui flinched and turned back to his plate of food, "N-No..."

Nezu clapped his paws together, "Good! We can spend more time in my office! It gets rather lonely working on paperwork all day, but now I have someone to share that burden with me!"

Kamui's head fell as he let out a sigh, "So you just want to use me as a temporary secretary...?"

"Yep! So let's do our best, Kamui!" Nezu said with a paw in the air.

"*sigh* Yes sir..."

At the same time, a familiar angry blonde boy passed by their table, a boy that had Kamui look up in shock.

"Wait... That boy-!?"

"Hold it now, Kamui..." Nezu said with a complete change of tone. "Don't cause any commotion."

Kamui turned to him, "But isn't he-?!"

"Yes... He is."

The wooden hero's eyes widened, then narrowing as he turned back to the boy continuing to walk.

"I heard rumors, but I didn't think he'd still be attending this school after that battle... So... Why?"

He placed his hand on the table and turned back to Nezu suspiciously.

"Why is Katsuki Bakugo still in U.A?"

Nezu took a sip of tea, then gently placing his cup down and sighing.

"Kamui... You know Bakugo, correct? Or you had an encounter with him, at least?"

Kamui crossed his arms, "Yes... That day a little more than a year ago. Seeing him struggle within the sludge villain, the fire in his eyes, and seeing him fighting with no sign of backing down... I knew that he would be a strong student here."

Nezu nodded. "Correct. He's a boy with several issues. But one of the biggest ones has to be... his pride."

"Pride...? And is that pride that led to those allegations of bullying that were said during the festival? Allegations that apparently went on for years without anyone knowing?"

"The reasons for his bullying towards Midoriya are personal. It runs deep in their childhood."

"But that doesn't answer my previous question. Why allow such a student to remain here? I'm sure it'll hurt U.A's reputation."

"Perhaps... But there are a few reasons as to why I'm allowing Bakugo to remain."

He turned to Kamui and raised a finger of his paw.

"One, Midoriya himself didn't want Bakugo to get expelled."

Kamui was shocked, "The victim himself wished for his tormentor to remain!? But why would he-?"

"Personal reasons." Nezu interrupted him. He raised another finger of his paw. "Reason two, if Bakugo did end up getting expelled, then I fear that it may result in him in resenting heroes and even possibly turning to the side of evil."

That reason Kamui was able to somewhat understand.

"So you'd rather have him here where you can watch over him and set him straight rather than have him at home and possibly turn to the dark side?"

"Yes, but the third and most important reason I've decided to keep him here is..." Nezu stared down at his reflection in his tea.

"Hope."

Kamui raised an eyebrow at that, "Hope? What do you-?"

"That's all I'm going to say on the matter, Kamui. If you wish to understand more of the situation, then perhaps speak to someone else. But I'm sure you'll find that people will be reluctant to speak about it or won't have too much knowledge about it."

Kamui was silent at this now, wondering precisely what Nezu is thinking.

He stared down at his plate of food.

"Izuku Midoriya... And Katsuki Bakugo..."

He stirred his pasta with his fork.

"And then there's the matter of Enso Ureshi being the one to bring it up at the festival..."

He turned back to Nezu, "About Enso Ureshi, what exactly is his relationship with Izuku Midoriya? From what I've seen at the festival, he seems rather close to the boy."

Nezu started laughing, his teacup shaking in his hands as he did so.

"Wouldn't you like to know!? Perhaps if you get close to him, then he may actually tell you! Good luck with that!"

Kamui didn't look too surprised by that answer, he just remained staring at Nezu as all the class A females plus Kendo passed by him, the group having one destination in mind.

"Hm?" He turned his head to the females all walking together, feeling a rather fierce demeanor coming from them.

"..." He turned to Nezu, "Um-"

"Love interests."

"Eh?"

"They're all love interests." Nezu sipped his tea.

"Wha-? Huh!? Of who!? Don't tell me of Ureshi!?"

"No, of Midoriya." Nezu chuckled.

"..." Several question marks appeared on Kamui's head. "Eh?"

"It's quite impressive." The principal commented.

Kamui just rested his head onto the table.

"I'm... so confused."

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~{Development Studio}~

Mei was lying face-first on the ground with a large, steaming red bump on her head. Her body twitched in pain next to an innocent but broken-in-half broom that had been used by the one who made her this way.

Meanwhile, Izuku had tissue stuffed in his nose as he was now sitting on a stool still red and embarrassed but had somewhat calmed down.

Enso stood next to him, facepalming with a disappointed sigh.

"For a genius inventor, she's a damn idiot..."

"Are you sure you didn't overdo it? That really looked like it hurt." Izuku asked in a stuffy voice due to his plugged nose.

Enso turned to Mei on the floor, "Hatsume, are you alive?"

Mei shakily raised her right hand from the ground, forcing a thumbs up.

Enso turned back to Izuku, "She's fine."

"She's clearly not..." Izuku sweatdropped.

"More importantly, how is the gear?"

"More importantly, he says..."

Izuku sighed as he stood up and took the now bloody tissues out of his nose. He did squats, push-ups, a front flip, and a cartwheel, then standing up straight and smiling. "I think it's okay now."

"That's good then. We still have to wait for Power Loader to get back, so while we have the chance, let me bring up something else..."

He suddenly jabbed a finger on Izuku's forehead.

"OW, OW, OW! What was that for!?" Izuku shouted as he backed up with a red mark on where he was jabbed.

"It's apparent that although we've brought up fixing that self-confidence of yours, you still have another major weakness." Enso told him as he crossed his arms.

"Huh!? A weakness!?" Izuku was scared upon hearing that, ignoring the stinging pain in his head. "Wh-What kind!?"

Enso raised a finger up in the air, then lowering it to point at Mei.

"Girls."

Izuku turned black and white with a blank expression. "Er... Come again?"

Enso's hands clenched into fists.

"Time and time again, I've seen you fail to defuse situations involving the several females of your class. Unable to talk back, unable to push them away, not knowing how to smoothly explain things, it's happened so many times..."

Izuku started sweating nervously as he fiddled with his fingers. "U-Um, I-I mean... I-I don't really get mad-"

"This isn't about getting you mad. This about adapting to these situations. You clearly need more advice and experience with getting those friendly females off of you."

Izuku had a depressing aura around him as he stared down at the ground, looking rather ashamed. "Y-Yes, sir..."

Enso rubbed his eyes with a sigh. "Yare yare daze..."

"Eh?"

"I get that you're timid to a degree because of Bakugo, but I thought having you gain your confidence through training and praise from others would solve that... But clearly, that isn't the case." Enso moved his hand from his eyes and put both hands on his hips.

Izuku looked embarrassed.

"S-Sorry..."

"Don't apologize, it's not your fault. You've changed so much since we've first met anyway... From a pushover crybaby with a dream, to a pushover crybaby that became his dream, that became the hero he wanted to be, even if he still has a lot more room to grow."

Izuku glanced back up at Enso in surprise. "Enso..."

"And if you keep getting better and showing off more, then you can help me get even more popular!" Mei suddenly shouted right next to Izuku with a grin.

"KYAH!" Izuku jumped back several feet from her sudden appearance.

"Oh, you're alive." Enso pointed out.

"Yup! So now that we're done adding that equipment, we can talk about payment!" Mei grinned excitingly despite the red bump on her head.

"P-Payment!?" Izuku stammered in confusion.

Mei frantically nodded up and down. "Yup! I'm gonna need you to come with me to test my babies sometime!"

The girl dashed to the table where Izuku's uniform was, pulling out his phone from one of his pockets and tapping multiple things on it.

"Wh-What are you doing!? You don't even know the passwor-!"

"Got it! I'll just add my contact here and call you sometime!" Mei finished.

"Huh!? Wh-Wha!?" Izuku looked dumbfounded.

"..." Enso turned to Izuku and narrowed his eyes, "You didn't set your password to All Might's birthday, did you?"

"..."

Izuku hung his head in shame, making Enso facepalm.

"You idiot..."

Mei suddenly appeared in front of Enso, "I hope you invite me soon to build with vibr-whatchamacallit! I look forward to it Hot Potato-!"

"What does that even mean!?" Enso cut her off as he swung a fist and uppercut Mei.

"WAH!? She spiraled majestically in the air before landing right on her head, "GACK!"

Her body stiffened upon landing, then slowly falling forward to the ground with spirals in her eyes.

"Phew..." Enso shook his hand. "This really helps relieve some stress."

"DON'T MAKE THIS A HABIT!" Izuku scolded him.

"I won't." Enso glance at Mei on the ground. "Probably..."

He then turned back to Izuku. "Now then, Power Loader will come back any second, so change out of your costume.

"Oh, alright."

"But this time-!" Enso said as he started heading to the door, "You'll have to deal with her yourself."

"Eh?" Izuku blinked.

Enso opened the door, his back still facing his student.

"Consider this your first task for defusing a situation, whatever happens next isn't my fault. Good luck."

He quickly slipped outside and closed the door.

Izuku then heard some giggling behind him.

"EEP!" He started shivering in fear, his body robotically turning back to see Mei rubbing her hands together with dim eyes and a scary grin.

She raised her head, eyes sparkling as she then raised her hands with her fingers pointed out like a predator preparing to pounce.

"Want me to look away?"

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~{U. A Halls}~

"Er..." Toru walked alongside Mina as she stared at her other female classmates and Kendo walking together. "Could it be... We're all going to the same place?"

"That depends..." Jiro turned to her with an eyebrow raised. "Are you all heading for the Development Studio?"

"I am, at least. I wanted to talk to Midoriya." Kendo spoke up.

"Oh, could it be you're concerned about... what you heard at the festival?" Momo asked her.

Kendo nodded, "Is he okay now? I know you guys are all closer to him, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was alright. But... I still want to at least talk to him about it."

"Midoriya-chan seemed to be fine. Many of us were still somewhat worried about him, but when we chose our hero names..." Tsu smiled. "We knew he'd be alright, kero."

"Oh? You guys chose your hero names too?" Kendo asked them.

"Yup! I got one of the cutest names ever! Go, Pinky!" Mina cheered with a grin while sticking her fist in the air proudly.

"Heh, it's cute." Kendo smiled.

"What's your hero name, Kendo?" Ochako asked her curiously.

To that question, Kendo's cheeks turned red as she awkwardly smiled and scratched her chin embarrassingly.

"W-Well it's... Battle Fist."

"Oh! So it's to reflect your quirk!" Ochako smiled with a clap of her hands.

"Heh, yeah. It seems really plain compared so some of the other names in my class..." Kendo admitted.

"Pfft! Plain? My name is literally Invisible Girl!" Toru laughed.

"Well, to be fair, hero names that reflect just the quirks themselves do tend to sound somewhat plain, but they're usually common and self-explanatory." Momo pointed out.

"And your hero name is great compared to others we've heard. I mean, someone in our class literally has a sentence as his hero name..." Jiro facepalmed, remembering the sparkling blonde male in her class.

"Hehe, now I kind of wish I was in your class to see that." Kendo giggled. Then she had another thought, "What about Midoriya? What's his hero name?"

The other females all smiled, except Jiro, who personally still didn't like the name after hearing so much more of Izuku's past.

"He chose a name that he hated at first." Toru said.

"A name that was given to him by someone..." Mina added.

"A name that he wasn't sure about." Tsu said.

"A name that grew on him during his time here." Momo smiled.

"A name that had its meaning changed..." Ochako continued.

Hearing them all say these things, Jiro sighed but formed a small smile.

"A name... that he's proud of now."

All the girls stopped walking, with the Class A females smiling at each other as they said the same thing.

"Deku, the Hero That Can Do It!"

Kendo stared at them rather surprised as she heard Izuku's hero name, the same name his reported bully, Bakugo, always called him every day. But... seeing the boy's classmates smile the way they were, it just gave her a reassuring feeling. It was clear that whatever happened while she wasn't in their class had helped Izuku already start to move on.

She closed her eyes and smiled, "I see... I guess I worried for nothing."

"It wasn't really for nothing." Momo patted her shoulder, "Anyone would be happy if a friend was genuinely worried about him."

"Heh, yeah, I guess so. I'm sure you guys know much more about Midoriya's situation with Bakugo, but I won't ask. If he's already pushing through his past troubles, then that's good enough for me. It's just reassuring to know that all of you are helping him out." Kendo grinned.

"Awww, that's Class B's big sister for you!" Mina laughed.

"Geez! I'm always called that! Even by the teachers!" Kendo suddenly pouted with a stomp of her foot. "You guys didn't start that about me, did you!?"

"Nope, but I think it's adorable!" Toru giggled.

Kendo sighed as she twirled some of her ginger hair. "Well, I can't do much about it now..."

"Oh, look, it's Deku!" Ochako suddenly pointed out with a smile.

The group turned their heads and caught sight of Izuku walking beside Enso. However, the boy was hugging himself with a red face while shivering unnaturally.

"Wh-Wh-Why did you leave me in there? W-With her!?" Izuku stammered to Enso, head faced down to the ground and not noticing the girls up ahead of the hall.

"Oh please, that was necessary for you to finally do something." Enso said, his gaze focused on Izuku with his hands in his pockets. "That was a lesson for you. You're lucky that Power Loader came back before anything too bad happened. I have no doubt that you're going to end up in more situations like that, and I'm no longer going to be interfering. Either let them ravish you if you're into that or actually do something to stop or avoid it."

"What the hell are they talking about?" The females all stared with blank expressions.

Enso then turned his head forward and saw the group, prompting him to stop walking.

"Oh."

Izuku stopped too and looked up, forming a look of surprise to see them there.

"O-Oh! H-Hi, everyone!" He shakily waved.

"Midori!" Mina ran over and dived at him with a grin.

After that experience with Mei, Izuku's eyes flashed as his instincts kicked in.

He dashed forward and went under Mina, a hand reaching up to grab her arm.

"Eh?" Mina blinked as in a split second, Izuku's back was facing her, and he was firmly holding onto her arms. "Wha-!?"

*Bam!*

She was slammed right onto her back, even bouncing up before falling back down and twitching in pain.

Izuku was over her with a momentary blank expression, then blinking as he realized what he had done.

"AH! I-I'm sorry, Mina! My instincts kicked in!" He apologized while still shaking and sweating.

Seeing him have done this, Enso gave him a thumbs us. "See? It wasn't that hard."

"Be worried about her!" Izuku snapped at him.

"Nice form Midoriya!" Kendo clapped with a laugh.

"Again, be worried!" Izuku stammered as he crouched down to the girl.

"I mean, to be honest, I'm surprised you hadn't done something like that yet." Jiro rolled her eyes.

Mina sat up.

*Sniff...*

Her eyes comedically burst into a fountain of tears. "Waaaaaaaah! Midori rejected my hug!"

"I-I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Izuku apologized several times as he helped pull Mina back to her feet.

They all sweatdropped.

"What are you all even doing here? Isn't lunch nearly over?" Enso asked the group.

"It seems few of us had issues to speak about with Midoriya, while the rest of us just sort of tagged along." Momo answered.

"E-Eh? Something to talk about with me?" Izuku asked confusingly as he pointed at himself.

"About Bakugo?" Enso guessed.

There was dead silence.

"W-Well, not for me." Mina suddenly stopped crying, being replaced with a feeling of nervousness about bringing up her kiss with Izuku.

Enso rolled his eyes, "Well, lunch is just about to be over, and I doubt he'd have time right now to answer any of you."

"And whose fault do you think that is? Why'd you guys even go to the Development Studio?" Jiro piped up.

Izuku and Enso both had different reactions of surprise.

"H-How did you know we were there?!"

"Monoma." They all answered in sync.

"Wait, how did he even-?"

"Did some unnecessary listening to you guys in the morning." Kendo answered.

"Note to self, be VERY careful about my surroundings..." Enso thought, knowing that he must've been careless.

"We were just in there discussing adjustments to Izuku's costume." he then told the group.

"Both of you?" Toru asked curiously.

"Y-Yeah, he just wanted to join me." Izuku answered.

"But why do you look so shaken up. Deku!?" Ochako pointed out in worry.

Enso bluntly responded for him.

"Oh, sexual stimulation."

A record scratched, and everyone besides Enso turned black and white. Dead silence filled the halls, shadows covered all the eyes of the females while their heads slowly turned to Izuku.

"Deku...?" Ochako started.

"What does he mean by that?" Jiro asked.

"And... with who?" Mina added.

Izuku quickly flailed his hands in surrender. "Wait, wait, wait! It's not how it sounds! E-Enso! Explain to them that-!"

Enso was already walking away.

"This is another lesson for you."

"YOU MONSTER! You said it like that on purpose!" Izuku shouted.

Enso waved a hand without turning around, "Defuse the situation or avoid it, good luck."

"Wait-!" Izuku didn't even take a step before he felt a firm hand grabbed hold of his arm, making him flinch and start sweating buckets.

He slowly turned around and saw Momo staring down at him with a rather scary glare.

"Midoriya, what kind of actions are you committing at school?"

"I-It's not like that!" Izuku stammered.

"M-Midori..." Mina looked heartbroken, eyes commercially watering.

"It's not like that I said! And why are you crying!?"

"It seems I've misjudged you Midoriya-chan. I didn't think you'd do something so shameful in school." Tsu said with a blank face.

"IT'S NOT LIKE THAT!"

All the girls had become black silhouettes with red eyes flashing.

"ENSO! SAVE ME!"

Enso ignored his cries for help as he carried on.

"He'll live."