Hello, everyone! Hope you enjoy!

Had a lot of trouble, but I eventually decided that I can't keep making a chapter about every day, so you might notice a time skip, or that it just skips time throughout this chapter. It might be too confusing, so I might have to edit it out.

Actually, a lot of this chapter might be confusing. I rewrote this several times, and I think I just took parts I liked and strung them together. That's a pain, for everyone here, so that also might get edited to be better.

I do not own My Hero Academia as it belongs to Kōhei Horikoshi and whomever else owns it.

"Terror of a continuation of the terrorist attacks a few weeks ago continue, despite police and hero association reports that there won't be another attack to happen again. We are here now with local hero, KinetiCoil." the reporter held the mic out to the hero, "Sir, would you say a few words for our audience?"

"Reconstruction efforts are still ongoing as we all recover from the villain attack that struck all over Japan. It is in these trying times that we remember our loved ones, our neighbors, and those that we have lost, so that we can continue-!"

With a click, the small TV shut down as Tsuyu frowned at the early morning news.

"Hey, Sis?" the little girl peeped into the room from the hallway, "The guy on the TV said that our house is being made again?" she must have been listening to the report, silently standing out of sight in her pajamas.

"... It is."

"Then can we go back?" her face became tense as her tiny hands gripped the corner of the wall, "I like it here … but I wanna go back and live with mommy and daddy."

"I'm sorry, Satsuki." after the apology left her lips, she became quiet. Staring at her sister sadly, there wasn't an answer she wanted to give.

Her little sister winced and made her way to Tsuyu's side to cling to her skirt.

"... It's okay, Sis. Even if mommy and daddy aren't here, you, Izuku, and Ms. Midoriya are here, so I don't feel lonely."

Their parents still haven't been able to get into contact with them after all this time. It only made Tsuyu fear for the worst.

"They love you, Satsuki, just as much as I love you, just as much as Samidare loves you … and just as much as the Midoriyas love you." she hugged her sister, "Now, how about we go get some breakfast? I'm sure that Mrs. Midoriya has something already planned." she put an emphasis on the "Mrs.", hoping Satsuki would notice.

"Mm … I hope it's eggs!" sadly, it passed over her sister's head as she pulled back, smiling widely, letting out a happy croak.

Satsuki squirmed as they waited at the light. Her hand was sweaty as Tsuyu held it. The little girl must have been nervous by being surrounded by so many people.

The signal to walk appeared, and the wave of people started flowing forward. Tsuyu held tightly to her sister's hand as they, along with Izuku, walked across.

"Sis …! Why're there so many-?"

"It's because their homes were destroyed, like ours." she didn't find it pleasant to be speaking about the strangers around her, but she wouldn't ignore Satsuki, "It might be like this for a long time, or maybe no time at all."

"Oh …? Wait! Isn't that-?! It is!" an older woman that was familiar to Tsuyu met them at the entrance, "It's little Tsuyu and Izuku!"

"It's nice to see you again, Ms. Hikoko!" greeting the caretaker, Tsuyu motioned to her sister, "This is Satsuki. She's going to be transferring here."

"Oh, is that so?! It's nice to meet you, Satsuki!"

"Nice to meet you, Hikuko-"

"Ms. Hikoko, Satsuki!"

"Fufufu … how nostalgic! I remember when you used to scold Izuku here for all sorts of things!" she smiled at the shaking boy, as he managed to mutter his own greeting.

"Please behave yourself. Our place is close enough to walk home, but if you want to wait here for us to pick you up, that's fine."

"... I'll wait." the frog girl was about to leave when she felt a tiny pull on her sleeve.

"S-Sis?" she could already tell it was going to be difficult, given the croak, "What about my friends?"

"... Unfortunately, your old school was unable to function because it was too damaged. Your friends will probably go to another school."

"... Will I ever see them again ...?"

"... I'm so-" "Of course you will!"

"Izuku!"

"Don't worry, Satsuki!" the boy ignored her stare and knelt down, setting a hand on Satsuki's shoulder, "You'll see them again! It's just that … for now, you'll have to wait a bit, so try to make some new friends here!"

"I … I don't want new friends, I want my old ones ..."

"Oh, don't worry, dear!" Ms. Hikoko tried to comfort the girl, "Everyone here understands what you're going through, and they'll want to be your friend too! Doesn't that sound nice?"

The little girl looked around the school area, and to the teacher, "I guess ..."

"We need to get going, Satsuki."

Seeing the frightened look in her eyes, Tsuyu knelt down for her sister, and she hugged her tightly. Pulling away, her sister turned to the boy, who at first was confused until he also gave her a hug.

"It's very nice to see you two doing well." Ms. Hikoko took Satsuki's hand in hers, "Don't worry! We'll treat your daughter well!"

"W-Wait! She's not-!"

"Don't get so flustered, Izuku! I know that she's Tsuyu's sister!" the teacher laughed at the stuttering boy, "I'm sorry! I couldn't help myself! It's been a while, but I still can't get enough of teasing the both of you!"

The teacher led Satsuki away, and the students started walking to the train station.

"Really … it really only feels like I'm the only one getting teased ..."

"Don't worry, Izuku, one day you won't be teased like that again."

"That day won't come soon, will it?"

"I'd be able to let you know nine months in advance when that day would come."

They walked for a bit before she saw him visibly pale and stare at her with wide eyes.

"... What are you talking about?"

"It was nice to see Ms. Hikoko again after all this time." she pretended to not hear him.

"Hey, you didn't-"

"Did you remember her at first, or were you struggling?"

"E-Eh … I … I didn't really remember her name, so ..." finally distracted, he turned red in embarrassment.

Sighing, she received a glance from her friend.

"You can remember every detail of some obscure hero, but you can't remember the name of one of your first teachers?"

"I-It's not like I didn't remember her, I just couldn't-!"

"You're really something, Izuku ..."

"I … I'm sorry ..."

"Don't apologize, since everything was obvious from the beginning."

"You mean …?"

"She knew you forgot her name." she couldn't help but feel a little amused from how hard he took that piece of news.

The train was stuffed, but there was a seat available to one of them. Insisting, Tsuyu had tried to sit Izuku down into it, but he pressured her by stating that he would be far more embarrassed to be seen sitting while she was standing.

In the end, neither one got a seat and they had to stand. She was being pressed against the window, which may have been more preferable to Izuku's position, which was between her and the other passengers.

Trying to escape her current situation by viewing the scenery, she saw that there were reconstruction efforts underway, and a few familiar heroes were busy repairing the damaged areas.

There were many others that were helping out in any way they could, but it was hard to see any specific action since the train was going so fast, and Izuku was rubbing against her in a distracting way.

"Would you like to volunteer?" stepping off the train hurriedly, dragging Izuku with her, Tsuyu managed to find an area without a stampede threatening to overtake them.

"I think someone was touchin- what was that?"

"I think it might be a good idea to volunteer, to help repair the cities."

"What about the kids?"

"They might agree to help out as well."

"And our studies?"

"It wouldn't take all day, Izuku. We can help out for an hour or two."

"... Yeah, that sounds good to me then! Should we ask Mr. Aizawa about it?"

"Hm … it doesn't seem like something he would do, unless he would be able to rest while we gain valuable experience in rebuilding damaged areas."

"It's because it's off school grounds, isn't it?"

"Too much trouble, he might say. What I would say is that, rationally, it's a good idea."

"Alright then! Let's ask him about it." they started walking to school, but she noticed that the boy was walking weirdly.

"What's wrong?"

"I … I just don't feel right. I think someone was touching me on the train ...

"You'll be okay."

"... Shouldn't you be more worried? I don't know if I'd like it if someone was touching you-"

"It was me."

"... Eh?" stopping, he stared in shock at her.

"What's wrong?" tilting her head, Tsuyu put a finger to her lips, acting confused.

"I-I mean, um ..."

"Didn't you get your fill of touching me?"

"T-T-That's not something I could control-!"

"But … I wasn't in control either, Izuku ..." as she slinked closer to him, he staggered backwards, "It's really rough ..."

"T-Tsuyu ..." she slowly stroked his cheek, and then she pinched him.

"You were really pressing me against the door. It hurt."

"S-Sorry ..." his voice slightly distorted, he grimaced in pain as she pulled on his cheek.

"Volunteer?! That sounds like a great idea! Have you spoken about it with Mr. Aizawa?!"

"Yes, he said he'd talk about it with the other teachers. I'm … not really sure how our schedule would be, but I think it might be nice!" the frog girl slightly envied Tenya. Izuku was capable of holding a steady conversation with him, but floundered and stuttered when he spoke to her.

"I think it's super cool! We'd be helping others out and it'd be fun as well!" Ochako was always positive, even when speaking about something that she knew first hand was terrible.

"These people have lost their homes and loved ones, so I'm not sure if you should be-" she clamped her mouth shut.

"O-Oh, I didn't mean any-" Tsuyu sighed and held up a hand to interrupt the flustered girl.

"No, I'm sorry. It was the first thing that popped into my head, and I know you meant well." she didn't mean to say it. It was a momentary lapse in concentration.

"... Hehehe! It just means we're close, doesn't it? Ah, speaking about being close, shouldn't we go have lunch with some of the others?" Tsuyu nearly hugged her friend. Ochako really was a positive force in the world.

Thinking about it a little, Tsuyu could see that she was a little distant from her other classmates. It would also do Izuku some good to be more sociable as well, considering how reclusive he could be.

"I agree! As class president, it's important to maintain ties with my peers! Who should we eat with today?"

"Actually, could you take Izuku with you to meet with some of the boys? It'd be easier for him to talk with them than it would be to talk with girls."

"Er, what?" the boy in question didn't seem keen about her idea.

"Midoriya, you have trouble socializing?"

"I wouldn't call it trouble, but ..."

"I see! Very well, we shall eat lunch separately! See you back in the classroom!" the two left them, but Izuku kept looking over his back at her which was slightly irritating.

"Aw … I like how Deku really-!"

"He's too dependent at times. He needs to be more friendly." reflecting on her words, she could say the same about herself.

They were able to get a group together and it had been pleasant, talking with a new crowd.

Momo's words were a bit harsh, but having more conversations revealed to Tsuyu it was the result of living in a strict, but loving environment. Like herself, she was unused to having many friends.

Kyouka was similar to herself, but she wouldn't hide or censor herself for others. It was nice, to have someone be honest, but Tsuyu got the impression that Kyouka had friends, but most may have been male.

She decided to head back first, and in front of the classroom, she found Minoru standing by himself.

"Ah, how was mingling with the others, Tsuyu? Tell me, what kind of lewd things do you talk about? Who's the hottest in the class or something like that?"

Sighing, she had hoped he wouldn't notice her, but that would've been a miracle.

"No, we talked about how serious some people could be. You know, since we're seriously trying to be heroes."

"Hey, I wanna be a hero just as much as you or any of the others want to be!"

"... Right." he stepped in her path, barring her from entry, "Move it, Mineta."

"I had to babysit your boyfriend! He's so hopeless, and you're throwing him to the wolves!"

That was odd. Tenya had said he'd watch over him.

"He's not my boyfriend. What happened?"

"Mr. Class President saw that Bakugou doing something he didn't like and left him there! Cmon, you should have known that straight lace would get distracted!"

"What about the others?"

"If you haven't noticed, people are already forming their little cliques!" he crossed his arms, and tried to speak to her as if she was a child, "Would you like to guess where Midoriya fits into all of that?"

He should have been able to fit in, but Tsuyu knew why he didn't.

"... He didn't try."

"Can you blame the guy? He's downright neurotic without you!" he removed himself, and gave way to the door, "Seriously! Guy was all alone till the end of lunch!"

"That's not true."

"Whadda mean?"

"He had you, didn't he?"

"W-What the hell are you on about?! It's me, after all!" putting a hasty hand on the door, he prepared to open it, "He's crazy and suicidal ... but he's a good guy. That bastard can make better friends than me."

"A friend is a friend, Mineta." he rushed inside, leaving her alone, "... you're the one who underestimates himself the most."

"Sis? How do you do this?"

"Give it a try first, and then I'll help you."

Satsuki pouted up at Tsuyu before looking down at the paper on the table. The sisters sat in one chair, the younger of them sat in the older's lap.

Their brother had gone out to a friend's house. When pressed on who the friend was, he had become defensive, but Tsuyu let him go. It still worried her about where this friend was, but she couldn't keep a leash on him forever.

Peering down at the algebra problem her sister was doing, Tsuyu wondered if it was a little too hard; however, her sister was doing very well in school, and she was placed in a more advanced math class for her age group.

"Want some fruit?"

"Nah ... na na na, banana ... no. I'm good!" her sister continued to sing nonsensically about fruit before holding up her homework, "Done! Check it, please?"

"Okay." setting the paper back down on the table, Tsuyu muttered an apology as she leaned forward, her sister's head pressing against her chest as she held the paper down.

She grabbed an eraser from the side.

"No ...! No, no, no ...!" her sister cried out as she slowly erased one of her answers.

"Check your work a little more. You're skipping a step."

Satsuki sighed, her breath coming out in a hiss, and then she started working on the problem again.

"... You said you'd help me if I did it first."

"I am helping you! Check your work!"

Tsuyu watched as her sister's frustration rose, and she also sighed.

"Check it really carefully, Satsuki. What are you forgetting to do?"

"... I don't know!"

The little girl was always passing over the step she missed, so much that Tsuyu wanted to point it out and tell her about it.

The front door opened, and since Izuku had left to go check on his mother, she assumed it was him.

"Dinner will be ready soon!" the boy came into the front room, carrying a bag.

Two jelly snacks were placed on the table for them and Tsuyu took them both.

"Sis!"

"Finish the problem first, Satsuki!"

"Ah!" Izuku was looking over her homework, pointing at the mistake, "You forgot to multi-"

"Izuku!"

It was too late. The little girl quickly saw where he had been looking, and in a flurry, fixed her mistake.

"Jelly~!" looking up with wide, gleaming eyes, Satsuki smiled at her sister.

"... Here you go."

Her sister let out squeal of joy, and ripped the container open, and gladly sucked out its contents.

"After you finish, you can fix the other mistake!"

At her questioning glance, Tsuyu pointed at the same problem. In her haste, she had made another error.

"And don't be so quick to point things out, Izuku."

"S-Sorry ..." turning away, he put some of the books they needed to look through for their own studies out on the table, "Where's Samidare?"

"At a friend's."

"Really? Have you met them?"

"I have!" Satsuki spoke up, jelly still in her mouth, "She's nice, I think-? Ah, I wasn't supposed to talk about it!"

"I'll give you my jelly if you tell us more."

"Tsu-!"

"Done!" taking the offered jelly, Satsuki dumped it into her mouth and hummed in delight.

"She's-"

"Finish eating and you can tell us all about it." interrupting her sister's distorted speech, Tsuyu watched her friend sit across the table, spreading his books around his area, "You can sit here, if you want."

She pat the seat next to her. Izuku looked at it and back to her, wearing a concerned expression. He then reached over the table, and pat Satsuki on the head, receiving a content croak for his effort.

"I'll go over some of the stuff while you help Satsuki." Tsuyu cradled her sister tighter as the little girl nestled further into her lap, "We'll study together afterwards."

"I'm sorry that Samidare wasn't here to eat dinner."

"That's fine! If he comes home hungry though, let me know and I'll make him something!" the mother gleefully washed the dishes as Izuku was trying to control Satsuki. The little girl ran around the apartment, seemingly looking for something as the boy struggled to keep things tidy.

"Please, I don't know what you're looking for, but if you tell me, I'll help you!"

"Sis said I couldn't tell you cause you'd get upset!"

"That's more of a reason to tell me what would make me upset!" he continued to chase her as she started going to the other rooms.

"Could you tell me more about my mother, Mrs. Midoriya?"

"Oh ..." the mother paused before setting her work down in the sink, "You're still interested ..."

Drying her hands off, the matriarch took a seat by the younger girl, wringing her hands in worry.

"Well ... where to-"

A short scream rang throughout the apartment, and before they could get up, Satsuki ran into the room, a familiar notebook in her hands.

"Sis! I found another story!"

Izuku arrived afterwards, sweating and scared.

"W-Wait, Satsuki! T-That's ...!"

"Oh, it's one of Izuku's little ... stories ..." the mother seemed unenthused at the sight of the book, possibly because she had seen many of them before.

"... It's not something to scream over."

"I-I ... I wasn't that loud ..."

"She can keep it, can't she?"

The three stared at the younger girl, who with teary upturned eyes looked to the boy pleadingly.

"Please?" sniffing and croaking, she held the notebook close to her chest, "I lost my other one ... so could you be so kind as to let me have this?"

"What's with that kind of lan- wait! What do you mean you lost your other-?!"

"She doesn't have any other books aside from school textbooks."

"Izuku, surely you're not using it, are you?"

The boy was close to tears as he stared at the notebook held by Tsuyu's little sister.

"... Uuu ... you can have it ...!"

"Yay!" flying towards the boy, Satsuki tightly hugged his midsection, "Thanks so much, Izuku! I can't wait till Sis reads it to me!"

Tsuyu's and Izuku's eyes met.

"... You're going to read it to her?"

"Well ..."

"In that case, why don't you give her the others?"

"There are more?!"

The frog girl was slightly impressed at how expressive Izuku's "shocked" face could be.

"...No ... I uh ... I don't think that's-!"

"Don't be so unkind! Look at Satsuki! Don't you think your stories would be better off with her than in your closet?"

Said little girl looked ecstatic at the mention of more reading material.

"Pretty please, Izuku?! I'll treat them super nicely!"

"I-It's not that, b-but Tsuyu-"

"Why would I matter? It's okay to give her the notebooks."

"... I'll help you take them to your room ..."

The defeated looking boy dragged his feet to his room while a squealing girl followed after him.

"... Who's side are you on, Mrs. Midoriya?"

"Ufufu ... I don't know what you mean? I'm on my son's side." wearing an angelic smile as if she had done nothing wrong, Tsuyu admired how strong the mother had become, "It's not like they're bad ... but they might be a tad embarrassing."

"Still, do you think your son appreciates me reading about his ... how do you ... his dark side?"

"Tsuyu, dear ..." she took Tsuyu's hand in hers, "Aside from me, you're the one who's seen him at his worst, well, his more embarrassing moments. This is nothing, right?"

"... Yes, you're absolutely right."

"I can still hear you!" Izuku passed by, holding a stack of notebooks in his arms, crying, "Please, be a little more considerate!"

"I am, honey! Don't you worry!" Izuku's mother called out to him as Satsuki followed him out of the apartment.

"... Would you please tell me more about my mother? I know it might be uncomfortable-"

"Oh, I'm so sorry! I was just so caught up-! I ... I suppose that it wouldn't hurt to tell you about her."

"I also wouldn't mind if you told me more about father."

"He's ... I knew your mother when we were young, and we met Ganma later on, in middle school."

"How long have you known mother?"

"About ... before grade school. There was a daycare, and well ... I knew your mother because she would always be at there very early and would leave very late in the day."

"... Why?"

"There wasn't really a place she could go back to because ... she was an orphan, Tsuyu ..."

"Um, Mr. Aizawa? Wasn't All Might supposed to meet us here?"

"Don't worry about him." the instructor motioned to the other teacher, 13, to go ahead.

"Okay, class, it's time to break into groups!" Aizawa stood next to a box filled with paper slips. The class took turns, pulling one out at a time until they were all assigned a group.

Class 1-A stood at the entrance of USJ, the site where they had been attacked by villains, but this time, they hoped they would be able to complete their lesson without any life threatening situations.

"You're all in two separate groups! The rescuers, and the victims! The victims will have some time to hide throughout USJ, while the rescuers have to go find them!"

"Hey, this is just like hide-and-seek, isn't it?!"

"I wish you would treat it more seriously than that, Ashido!" after admonishing the pink girl, he relaxed his expression, however much he could behind the bandages, "Victims! Go and hide, but remember not to actually put yourself in danger! We'll only practicing!"

"God fucking damn it!" the only one to show their dissatisfaction was Katsuki, who gripped his victim slip angrily.

It was in an area covered in trees and other foliage that had fallen onto the artificial path that she had found her friend.

"Found you, Izuku!" calling out to him, she caught his attention as she made her way to him, "You know, you should try hiding in an area that won't be so … difficult for you."

Tsuyu watched as the boy tried clambering to his feet, but slipped a few times, causing her to let out a few croaks, in amusement and worry. The area was designed to simulate a flash flood zone, or some sort of land slide as the terrain was not only rough and slippery. There were plenty of buildings made to look as though they had been buried beneath a tide of mud and rock.

"I-I just thought ..." stammering in embarrassment, probably from falling over, he took the hand that she offered him, "That there might not be many people to come over here. You know, since … well, this is really only your element."

"I admit, there's easier places to hide, but you don't have to go out of your way for me."

"Um … on that note, what made you think that I would have been over-?"

"There's nobody else around here either, so where are you supposed to go now that I've "rescued" you?" she started to make her way to the exit, intending on rescuing more of her classmates.

"Mr. Aizawa told us to report back to him," he followed behind her, not in the least perturbed by her interruption, "So, I guess I'll follow you back. Maybe you've missed someone here?"

"Unlikely, since I've turned this area over. Oh, by the way, I noticed your tracks since the beginning. It was kinda easy finding you." at that, the boy sighed and scratched at his head.

"Wait, so you've been playing around?"

"No, I was watching you squirm in the mud."

She could feel his unease, even if she couldn't see him, but she could also feel a slight rumbling beneath her feet which caused her to stop.

"... I really wish you had come to me sooner-"

Even as he walked into her back, she didn't respond to his apology as she still tried to figure out if there was an earthquake that was about to hit them.

Shushing him with a wave of her arm, Tsuyu crouched down to put her hand flat against the earth.

"W-What's wrong?"

"I dunno … the ground's shaking."

"Really? I don't-"

She grabbed onto him as the ground burst open, jumping over the changing terrain and landing briefly in a mound of mud before she had to move again to avoid whatever was attacking them.

In the distance, she could hear the sounds of explosions, and it wasn't limited to one area. The entire USJ grounds lit up in a series of tiny clouds, telling her that they weren't the only ones in trouble.

"Silly little stu- I mean, heroes." a masculine, flighty voice resounded throughout the area, making it difficult to track the attacker, "To think that none of you would have ever checked the grounds for more of us!"

"That's impossible!" Tsuyu could already hear the beginnings of a mumbling, "I know for a fact they scoured the area, they had taken ever precaution before letting-!"

"Not now, Izuku. Focus on what's here." she looked from where she had jumped from, but whatever had attacked them was gone.

She didn't dare let go of her friend as she took several deep breaths, her eyes scanning their surroundings and trying to sense any of the vibrations she had felt before the attack with her legs.

"... I see. A mutant shape, and the other one isn't too capable of fighting, is that right?"

The voice came from one direction, and looking to it, she saw a thin man, maybe her height, observing them. He wore an unusual getup, with what looked like glass covering his entire body.

"He's shown himself." crouching, ready to jump, Tsuyu didn't like how fast he was to reveal himself.

"... That means he either thinks it doesn't matter if he shows himself, or there's something more to it ..." and her friend voiced a couple thoughts she shared with him.

From what he had told them, it sounded as though he didn't consider them to be threatening, and if that was the case, there was even more of a reason to escape.

He spoke about how he would capture them and present them to his leader, and how pleased he would be with his performance. He also mentioned that he would go on and capture all of their friends.

"Izuku, you said that they had searched all of USJ, correct?"

"Yeah ..."

"So, who do you think he is?" he was still going on about how they would continue and kill All Might, and all of the other teachers at UA.

"I have a few ideas, but … I'd need to see his quirk first."

"And now, my precious - I mean - my unfortunate victims!" he raise his arms, with little barrels jutting out of his palms. At the sight of that, she felt Izuku twitch in her arms, "It's time to perish!"

"Jump away, Tsuyu! Now!"

As soon as he said jump, Tsuyu followed. She saw thin needle-like projectiles fly into the earth, and when the touched the ground, it swelled up and exploded.

"It's ShatterShot! His quirk is-!"

"I kinda feel like I know what he can do!" as she landed, the rumbling in the earth sent alarms ringing through Tsuyu's head, and she used her tongue to grab a nearby tree and pull herself to it before she felt the earth explode behind her.

"Did you see what it was?" her voice distorted by her tongue stretched out, she made sure she wasn't being shot at by the other man.

"Yes! It's a woman! She came out of the ground and tried to grab us!"

Standing on the branch, Tsuyu looked to the man named ShatterShot as she set Izuku down. He stared up at them, with a hand up to the side of his head.

Taking account of her surroundings, Tsuyu knew it wouldn't be too hard to get away from them. There were plenty of trees, and going by how they weren't being attacked by that ground lady, it was actually easy-

"There's more than two."

Putting a finger to her lips, Tsuyu tried to understand how he knew that.

"That woman, I think it was … Vicera." she could honestly say she didn't like that name, "Her quirk isn't to tunnel through the ground. And ShatterShot, I don't think he can project his voice in the way he did- u-um, but I mean, maybe he's talented or something-!"

"There's too many signs."

"H-Huh?" it was his turn to be confused.

"Not only that, but they're not going for us now. They're just watching, waiting to see what we do next."

Silently, he cradle his chin with one of his hands as they thought about their current situation.

"This isn't good. There's too many different variables here. How many are there in total? How many are we fighting now-?"

"We'll review later, but right now, we need to get to the others."

"... You're right." he quit his solo questioning, "Right now we also have another advantage!"

It took a moment of staring at him for him to understand that she didn't know what that was.

"They don't know my quirk-!"

"Don't use it."

"But-!" it took another moment of staring harshly at him for his resistance to die down.

"Don't!" she wrapped her arm around his waist, "I'll get us away from here for now, but-"

"How's it feel to be dead weight?" it was ShatterShot's voice, but it was the same as when he first spoke, it felt all around, and Tsuyu realized that it wasn't projected into the world, but directly into her head.

It was in that moment of surprise that a tiny, white spike thunked against the tree, and the adrenaline that started to race through her body allowed her to see the wood swell up and expand, to the point of bursting, which it eventually did.

Tsuyu was flung from the branch, trying to hold onto her friend. The landing was rough, but even so, she maintained her grip. The pain made her vision go dark, but even if she couldn't see, she had to maintain her hold.

Up until the boy was wrenched from her hands and her neck was caught in a vice.

"Forget it kid!" it was a woman with a cool voice, to the point of being frigid, "Just relax and let yourself be caught! This was all you could do, after all!"

Tsuyu opened her eyes and she finally got why the woman was called Vicera. Her hands were large, large enough to cover Tsuyu's mouth and hold onto her neck. In fact, it felt more like the woman's flesh had bent around hers, in a way that had kept her pinned to the ground.

And as she thought about the ground, she realized that it was parting beneath her, slowly swallowing her up and dragging her down below.

"Poor baby girl!" she realized that Vicera's voice was not actually cold, but emotionless and sardonic, "I bet even if you were surrounded by allies, you'd ... still … be … all … alone …!"

"Tsuyu!" the ground was wrapping around the side of her head now, and after she was caught, her friend would be next. It gave her a tiny jolt of resistance, born from the panic and worry for Izuku, but it wasn't nearly enough to throw the woman off of her.

"In the end ..." the glint in Vicera's eyes showed no compassion for her, "this is all you could do alone! It's a punishment, really, and soon, your friend will join you in the dirt! Suffocating and -!"

The woman stopped suddenly, and it was then that Tsuyu not only noticed that the ground had stopped shifting, but there was now a bit of shade covering her head.

"So, the trigger is vision!" she heard Izuku exclaim from the side.

And all at once, she could feel Vicera get dragged away from her, gasping as she let go of the girl.

Izuku's face appeared above her, a nervous smile on his face.

"We've got to get going!" he lifted her up out of the dirt, allowing her to see what had happened to her captor. She was halfway buried in the dirt, as if someone had dug a hole and dropped her into it and dumped the dirt back into it. There was a large piece of the bark from the tree they had been on settled above her, buried in the same hole as the woman.

Vicera, for her part, was silent as she stared up at Tsuyu without any expression.

"Thanks, Izuku." she picked him up and jumped, entering the tree canopy. Thankfully, nothing exploded as they exited the area.

When they reached the entrance of the forested area, she let the boy down onto his feet. They had moved about in silence, hoping that would help hide their position.

"... Tsuyu, I … I know you don't want me to use my quirk, but … say, for example, you were in a position where-"

"Let me get captured."

"No! Why would I do that?! Even if you didn't want me to get hurt, do you think I would stand by and let them take you?!"

"... No. You'd do your best to make sure that everyone would be alright."

"Then-!"

"Everyone except yourself, Izuku! So ..." noticing that she had been raising her voice, she downed her yell to a whisper, "... don't use it, please!"

He didn't say anything. Izuku looked down, not with a frustrated expression on his face, but a troubled one.

When she started walking, he followed after her. Guilt stabbed into her, since she knew that she had no right to tell him when and where he should use his quirk, but even so, she couldn't bear seeing him hurt himself again.

"Wouldn't it be better to tell him to quit?"

Ana's words stung, now of all times. It was one thing to say it, but to actually be here, in a situation where he would use that quirk of his again, was difficult. She was expecting him to do it, and when he did, she didn't know if she could keep herself calm.

"... I could use it strategically, right?" muttering at her side, he continued resisting.

"Mr. Aizawa said to not become a hindrance. You can't rely on others to help you."

"Then what am I supposed to do?" his voice was weaker, and she could practically hear the tears forming in his eyes, "I mean … Tsuyu …"

She hated herself now. They were training to become heroes, and here she was telling Izuku he couldn't be one in an indirect way.

A long sigh eased out of her and she turned to look him in his teary eyes.

"... Only when it's absolutely necessary."

"Ts-!"

"Don't!" she took his hand and squeezed it tightly, "I don't want you to use it until you're able to not hurt yourself … but we're here to become heroes! You need to be careful, okay?"

"... Right! I'll be careful!" his face lit up and his tears disappeared as he smiled.

Tsuyu stared at him for a few seconds before she put a finger underneath his eyes and pressed against his cheek.

"U-Uh?"

"Do you cry like that to make me feel guilty or is it real?"

"S-Sorry." she pinched his cheek, but given the size of her hands, it looked like she was caressing his face.

"... Let's get going. It's best we quickly find the others before something else happens."

She didn't feel like talking as they walked to the closest area, but she allowed him to mutter a few apologies as he took her hand in his.

The closest area to them was the windy city environment. They had discussed if they should head to the center, since it was more likely their classmates would head there, but they also thought that their friends might be in trouble like they had been, and decided to help them out first.

When they entered it, a sharp gust blew out from the entrance, chilling them quite a bit as the artificial rain lightly covered their costumes.

"... I'm slightly regretting my choices, Izuku."

"Come on, it's not that cold!" but even as he said those words, the sudden drop in temperature had made their slightly warm bodies shiver, "A-And if it gets a little too cold, then, um ..."

He started to pull the zipper down his jumpsuit, a very dark blush swelling up to his cheeks. His hands were shaking and she could see from his now slightly exposed neck that he was starting to sweat.

"My wetsuit's fine, it's my face that slightly bothers me." tempted, but not seduced, she put a finger to her chin, "You should wear your mask."

"R-Right-"

As he started to pull the zipper back up, she grabbed his hands and shoved her face into his chest. It was insane how much he sweat beneath his costume. She thought it would be better for him to put in a request to make it breathe, but instead of voicing her thoughts, she inhaled deeply as he shook in her grasp.

"Sorry, it's kinda cold in there. Thought I'd warm us both up a little." it was an excuse, but a believable one. He was already melting as she pulled away.

It was windy, cold, and now it was darker than she thought it would be. At some point, she had put her goggles over her eyes, but they were made to see through deep waters, not showered by water. It did make her head a bit warmer, but it was getting hard to see. She thought of using the flashlight attachment on it, but Izuku warned her it would make things easier to see, but it would also expose them more than it would help them.

It took a few minutes of wandering, but they finally stumbled across an area that held answers for them. Around the buildings, tape was strewn about, fluttering in the wind. The walls and parts of the artificial road were covered in tiny purple balls.

And there were two figures standing in an area covered with these two things, but it was hard to make them out.

"Mineta and Sero were here ..."

"You think that's them up there?"

"I don't know, but it's best to remain on guard, Tsuyu."

"Right!" nodding, they slowly approached the two figures, but they quickly realized they weren't their friends.

For starters, one had a womanly shape. In this training exercise, Tsuyu knew that no woman would want to be anywhere near Mineta, so they wouldn't search for him, who was labeled a "victim"." The other was too tall to be either Minoru or Sero, and he had a ball firmly attached to his foot.

"... Friends or foes?" Tsuyu wiped the glass on her goggles, trying to see better.

"They're ...-" he suddenly pushed her back, away from the two people. The feminine figure had gotten close enough to see, but she was once again obscured by the wind and darkness.

"Izuku! What is it?!" stumbling, she regained her balance and questioned her friend, but taking one look at him let her know something was wrong.

His body was shaking, and looking into his eyes, they were searching the area wildly, as if he couldn't control them. His mouth opened only slightly, but he could only gasp as the hand that had pushed her back remained where it was, shaking violently.

Tsuyu's tongue shot out, wrapping around Izuku's waist as she pulled him to her. Shadowed, but visible, the taller of the two figures finally got free of the ball, and rushed towards the two.

And then a shower of tape and balls blocked them from advancing. Some of it did fly their way, but the wind blew it too far up, onto the buildings.

"That's-!" Izuku gasped for air, "I know who one of our enemies are!"

"Wheeey!" she almost whipped out her tongue to attack whatever strange creature had snuck up on them, but before her tongue smacked it, she stopped.

Denki held his hands out, clenched with the thumbs sticking up, had a strange look on his face. Drool dribbled down his chin before it was blown away by the wind.

"Are you okay?! Where are the others?!" calling to him, she picked Izuku up and ran to the blonde boy's side.

"Huuurrrp!" his hands started rocking back and forth, but he started to hobble away.

"... Is he okay?"

"He must have run out of energy. I stalk- watched him a few times during practice, and it seems he- we've got move! They're not going to be stuck forever!"

"Are you guys utterly brain dead?! I swear, you must be as dumb as Kaminari is right now!"

"Hey, chill out, Mineta ..."

The greetings they received were mixed. The purple midget was bleeding from his head and Sero was sitting, leaning back on the wall beneath the window. For some reason, both of them looked haggard, and their clothes were wet, but also burnt.

"W-We came to see if we could help ..."

"That was the only exit to this place and instead of getting help, you waltz right into them! You've got to be kidding me!" Minoru's breathing was too panicked and he started pacing, "At this rate, we're done for! Just when I thought it was all over, why does this place keep kicking us in the balls?!"

"Calm down, Mineta. Don't be like you were last time."

"Oh, I forgot, you don't have balls, but shouldn't your ovaries be-!"

It earned him a slap laced with pain poison, which sent him to his knees screaming.

"What happened here, Sero?"

"Oh, um ..." the boy took a cautious look at Minoru, who was still screaming in pain, "Well, we thought it'd be a nice idea to cool off here, you know? It's kinda hot outside, and this place is great once you get used to it."

"... Your quirks are terrible for this area."

"Well, we didn't expect to be attacked, Asui!"

"You can call me Tsuyu, Sero." she took a seat, helping Izuku down.

"Hm … okay, but can you call me Hanta?" grinning, he rubbed the back of his head.

"Wheey!" Denki stood still, next to the window as it blew freezing rain onto him, shaking his arms back and forth.

"How did everything go down, Sero?" she used her tongue to sit Denki down, to at least block some of his body from the cold, but he wasn't short enough. The wind now blew directly onto his face. He made a tiny noise and she forced him to move closer.

"No chance, huh?" she pretended to ignore the slight despair in his voice as he lowered his head, "Well, we were hanging out, talking about girls-"

"Were you all pretending to hide?"

"Uh ..." he was hesitant, but eventually he shrugged his shoulders, "Yeah, we were."

"You idiot … !" Minoru was starting to regain his senses, "Don't tell her!"

"I think she kinda knows what we were doing anyway. Well, we were talking-"

"About girls." she interrupted, making him wince slightly.

"Yeah … and we were suddenly jumped by those two outside! We tried fighting back, but the wind, you know? Also, Kaminari over here-"

"He tried using his quirk and he burned the hell outta everyone! It's the only reason why we were able to get away in the first place cause he dragged us! Unwittingly, I might add!"

"Wheey ..." despite his decreased faculties, Denki seemed to understand that he had hurt the other two.

"... I wouldn't go so far as to blame Kaminari for your situation, Mineta." Izuku, who had been quiet for some time, piped up.

"Why not?! All of a sudden he goes, "Let's get'em, guys!" and unloads all his stuff all over the place! It sucked!"

"One of those people, I know their quirk."

"Huh?" "Whey?"

"Her name is … um … how should I say it? Unapproachable Maiden Everclear ..."

Tsuyu and the other boys stared at him in confusion for a few seconds.

"... She also goes by Ume."

"How do you know the villain's name, Midoriya?"

"And the other one, if that's Ume out there ..." he ignored Minoru's question, "... It must be InerTian-" "Hey, don't ignore me, asshole!" "-Tell me, did he seem … super fast? And if he ever touched anything, did it seem to … uh … fly faster? Or float?"

"Yeah, now that you mention it, he did something weird with Mineta's balls!"

"Uh … that kinda sounds like a crime ..."

"No, you know what I mean!"

"S-Sorry! What did he do?"

"They stopped sticking to him."

"... Yeah, that sounds like it makes sense! So, we're fighting against Ume and InerTian!"

"Who are they?"

"I don't know why they're here, but I do know what their quirks are! I think I've got a plan for us to get away!"

When they moved out, preparing for their parts, Tsuyu observed their opponents from the side of a building.

The two were standing now at the entrance. There must have been some sort of communication between the others and these two. That would explain why they weren't covering the entrance when she and Izuku had entered.

Tsuyu's part was simple: attach Hanta's tape to the villains and rush towards the entrance. They had come up with a way to give Denki some power, by rubbing Hanta's tape together and pressing it against the boy's head. It worked, somewhat, and he had become more coherent, but he told them it wouldn't be enough to take them out.

Which was alright. They only needed to stun them briefly and make their escape, but it all came down to how fast Minoru and Izuku could move and how fast she could pull the others to herself. There were several points on her body where Hanta's tape had been attached, each serving a different purpose to help them achieve their goals.

She crept down the wall, seeing her two friends make their way towards their opponents. The man, InerTian, started towards them while Ume kept her distance.

The woman's quirk was vision based, so as long as she couldn't see anyone, her quirk wouldn't take effect. Her comrade's quirk relied on touch, and it was extremely dangerous in these conditions, but as long as he didn't touch them directly, they should still be okay.

Izuku and Minoru had made makeshift shields to defend themselves against Ume's quirk. Izuku had said that she could control another person's senses just by looking at them. Fear could come in an instant, and even bravado could well up in anyone she looked at.

InerTian broke out into a run. The two seemed to notice as they stopped.

Holding the tape in her hand, she prepared to take down Ume, but something gripped her heart.

Ume was looking right at her.

Tsuyu almost slipped off the wall. She took one of the tape ends and tugged at it. She was lucky enough to be a good distance away in this weather, or else she was sure Ume's power would have been much stronger.

She could see Minoru shake, and he spoke to Izuku, who nodded back. InerTian was already upon them.

Flinging his shield at the man, Izuku took Minoru's and the little purple boy started running at max speed towards Ume. InerTian avoided the shield and it landed to his side.

The woman's sight was taken off of Tsuyu and she turned to Minoru. She seemed surprised that the boy didn't stop, and instead, he ran even faster, with drool dripping from his mouth.

Ume's quirk was scary in that it could control emotions, but Minoru was scarier because his lust was stronger than her quirk.

InerTian tried to stop the boy, but Izuku tackled him with the shield. The boy broke away from the man, sticking a piece of tape on his foot and another on Minoru's shield as InerTian tried to take the shield off of him.

He could remove the adhesive property of Minoru's balls using his force control, which allowed him to control how strong a force was, but it would take a while due to how many of the balls had been attached to him.

Tsuyu dipped down as Minoru reached Ume, who had started panicking. Slapping the tape quickly onto the woman's back, she picked up Minoru and grabbed Izuku with her tongue.

Giving a quick tug on another piece of tape, they three took cover behind a building as their friends began their part.

Their opponents had quickly recovered, with InerTian removing the shield from himself and Ume was recovering from her shock, but they both froze as a strong current ran through the tape.

A few seconds later, Hanta swung down from one of the buildings, Denki firmly attached via tape to his back.

Taking Izuku in one arm and Minoru in the other, Tsuyu's tongue shot out and grabbed the two before she jumped towards the exit.

A great weight forced her tongue to the ground, and she felt a sharp pain where she still held the two boys.

InerTian still had the tape attached to him, so he must have used it to increase gravity's strength on them, something Izuku had told them but she hadn't fully believed in it.

Struggling, she tried twisting in the air to land, but given the two in her arms, there was too much of a weight difference and she had underestimated how strong the gravity effect was. Her leg twisted on landing, causing her to slip and fall hard on her knee.

"Sero! Cut your tape!" Izuku slipped out of her grasp and started to pull at a piece of tape in his hands.

Tsuyu, wincing at how hot her leg had become, saw Hanta struggling to tear the tape that Denki still had attached to his arm.

By now, Ume already had them in her sights, and Tsuyu felt the beginning of a great terror rise in her heart.

Before one of their shields slammed into her back, sending her to the ground. Looking to Izuku, she realized that he had pulled in the other shield to take the woman out. Normally, it would be extremely difficult, to pull something like that from this distance, but the wind must have helped send it into their opponent.

As he helped Minoru to his feet, Tsuyu thought that it had been extremely fortunate that it had flown into Ume.

"Can you stand?!" Izuku held a hand out to her. Hanta and Denki were quickly approaching, but so was InerTian.

Taking his hand, she tried to rise, but her leg was extremely weak. Trying to put her foot under her, she gasped as it refused to move, instead, it started throbbing numbly.

"I can't!" she was about to let go of his hand, to tell him to run, but he shoved his arm into the ground, scooping her knees up and twisting her so her neck rested on his other arm.

It was extremely painful, and through the haze of pain, she could hear him apologizing profusely as he ran.

"Hurry your asses up!" it could have been Minoru or Hanta, but the girl was too distracted by the pain.

Soon, a burst of light blinded her briefly before she heard the sound of metal doors closing.

The pounding at the doors finally stopped after a few minutes.

When they had escaped, Minoru and Hanta were quick to block the door as much as they could with their quirks. Some balls would fall and tape would flutter to the ground, but InerTian must have given up. There was a tiny mountain of purple and clear material to go through, so he probably didn't think it was worth the effort.

Meanwhile, she winced as Izuku set a splint on her leg.

"I don't know if it's broken or sprained, but it's best if you don't use it." grimly, he tried to give her a reassuring smile, but it didn't help.

"... If I can't use my leg, Izuku-"

"No, no! You still have your tongue and poisons! We can't leave you!"

"... I was going to say it means you have to carry me. What, were you thinking of leaving me behind? I wouldn't blame you."

She heard Minoru sigh as Izuku took a few minutes trying to explain how he wouldn't leave any of them behind, and how she shouldn't think like that.

"Dude, she's messing with you!"

"H-Huh?"

"You think she really thought you, of all people, would leave her behind?! Seriously, it's so hard being around you two!" the purple midget threw his hands into the air, "Now can we please move already?! I really, really want All Might to show up and blast these guys away so we can go home!"

"... Yeah, we should head to the main plaza ..." Izuku had a odd look on his face, "Moving around with this many people would certainly improve our odds, but by now, everyone … everyone should be there, but ..."

"Mineta's right. We should really get moving, Izuku." hesitantly, she voiced her approval of Minoru's plan, "So, pick me up already."

"Uh, right!" he picked her up the same way, but as the others started walking away, she told him to wait.

"What is it?"

"... Give me a piggyback ride, please."

"Huh? Why?"

"... Don't you think this is a little embarrassing?"

He was carrying her in a way a knight would hold a princess, or so she told herself. It was almost humiliating because she didn't like how helpless it made her feel.

"T-Tsuyu, carrying you in any way would kinda be embarrassing ..."

"Just give me a piggyback ride, please?" she stared up at him, her head down a bit. She made sure she whispered her plea in a pitiful way.

"... Fine ..."

Arriving to the main plaza, they didn't see as many of their classmates as they had hoped.

"Tsuyu! Deku!" bouncing over to them, Ochako hugged the two, but it was a little awkward, having the bright girl's face only a few millimeters away from her own.

"U-Uraraka! Have you seen the rest?" Tsuyu didn't miss the jealous muttering coming from Minoru, but she didn't want to think about it as she felt Izuku's blood begin to boil.

The only ones here were the students that did better than the rest. Katsuki, Momo, Tenya, Eijirou, Mina, Kyouka, and Ochako were the only ones here.

"... Does that mean that the others-?"

"Good job making it this far, "heroes"!"

It was a man's voice and it didn't take long to see who it had come from. A figure landed a few meters away, sending dust flying into their faces.

When it cleared, Tsuyu could see a large, mask wearing man kneeling.

"Good, I was getting bored with these losers crying their asses off!" Katsuki grinned violently as he looked at this new arrival.

"This is bad ..." from his shoulder, she heard Izuku muttering, "With everyone we've faced so far … this means that this is …!"

"Such attitude! I think I'll enjoy showing you the true meaning of pain!" rising to his feet, the man towered over everyone, and it gave them all a good look of what he held in one of his hands.

"T-Todoroki!" she didn't know who had shouted, but she was felt the same amount of shock.

Tsuyu didn't know him personally, only seeing him do a few things, but never speaking to him, but he was supposedly the strongest boy in the class. He kept to himself, but he was still one of them.

Hanging limply in the stranger's hand, Todoroki looked beaten and battered.

"Ah, this one? He put up quite a fight, but as you see, I think he'll serve nicely as a meat shield!"

Even Katsuki, that strong, violent, and arrogant boy seemed to hesitate now. It wasn't good when the opponent had a hostage, and not only that, but somebody that wasn't easy to take down.

"... What's the matter? You all looked so eager to take me on," the man started waving their classmate, their friend around in the air, "but it looks like it was nothing, wasn't it-?"

With a burst of motion, Katsuki flung himself towards the man, trying to shove his hand into his face. The man prevented the hand from making contact with his forearm, but the following explosion covered his head.

"Get going, you trash!" screaming back at them, he catapulted himself over the man, and tried to strike at the back of his head, but the man had moved, or he must have because now he was behind the airborne Katsuki, "Go …-!"

All of a sudden, he was lying on the ground, a foot on his chest as the ground cracked.

"Yes, it seems like your only choice is to run, isn't it, little students?! Against an overwhelming force, that's the only thing you can do!"

"No, no, no …! There's … maybe, maybe there's something that we can do …!" entering full-blown mutter mode, Izuku struggled to find an answer, "Only … time! We need a little more time! Kirishima!"

"Shit …! Midoriya, what is it?!"

"Keep him distracted with Katsuki!"

"Got it!" either not knowing what else to do, or simply because the idea appealed to him, Eijirou rushed toward the man.

"Get lost, small fry! Didn't you hear me?!"

"I did!" hardening his arm, he threw it with everything he had at the stranger's gut, but when he hit, the man didn't even seem to notice, "But between running with my tail between my legs, or fighting together with a bro, I think it's clear-!"

The boy was slapped, and that simple action sent him flying back, but flipping over, he dug his hand into the ground as a makeshift brake.

"Ugh … let's do this, Bakugou …!"

"Tch!" despite his attitude, the volatile boy smiled, "Fine! Try not to get … in … my way!"

Pressing his palms against the man's leg, his arms twitched violently before consuming the boy of them in a giant explosion.

"Yaoyozoru!" moving on, Izuku tried to get more support for the two, "Can you make an electrical generator?! Possibly solar powered?!"

"That's … I can …" faced against this fearsome opponent, and possibly due to Todoroki's defeat, she was more shaken than Tsuyu thought she would, "What's your plan?"

"... If that's who I think it is, the only way we can win is if we work together! With everyone here!" the frog girl could now feel him shaking. It was starting to irritate and hurt her leg, "We've got a few good people here, so I think it's possible, no … it is possible!"

"... Okay, I'll make one!" seeing his determination must have filled her with some sort of hope, "I … let's do our best!"

"Hey, Deku! You've got a plan, don't you?! Tell me what I should do!" Ochako approached with the others.

"I don't know if whatever you got can take that thing out, but … well, I suppose having something's better than my nothing!"

"Yeah, what Mina said!" Kyouka and Mina haven't worked with Izuku in the past, but seeing a few of the others trusting him must have convinced them that his plan was at least worth attempting, "Midoriya, what can we do?"

Tsuyu pursed her lips. She felt like dead weight and it was very unpleasant.

As Momo tried to create a battery, she had to admit that it wasn't possible for her to make a solar powered battery that was strong enough to charge Denki, but with Mina's help, they managed to make a battery with her making the generator, they quickly hooked Denki up to it. According to Momo, it would probably take a while for the boy to get a high enough charge.

Kyouka hooked her earlobes to her boots, and per Izuku's instructions, waited for the signal to blast the man with enough noise to disorient him.

With explosions and Eijirou's support, Katsuki was successful in keeping the stranger's attention. Smoke constantly covered the fighting so they couldn't see what they were up to. Knowing how well Katsuki knew Izuku, he knew that there was a plan in the works, and it wouldn't be long before it was put into action.

Tenya delivered material around the field, setting up their trap. He also had the job of transporting Ochako to the stranger so she could complete her duty.

Hanta and Minoru were using their quirks to capture the stranger around the perimeter, via the Tenya line.

Meanwhile, Tsuyu was hanging off of Izuku's back.

"What should I do?"

"... Hang on, Tsuyu." he looked back to the fighting, probably hoping that everything would work out, "You've got a very important part coming up."

"What?"

"As you know, the plan is to have Uraraka float that guy, but the only way we can trap him is if we send him flying into the fence."

"So, you want me to propel him?"

"Hopefully, yes ..." he anxiously gripped her shins a little more tightly, "But ..."

Their talk couldn't continue. By now, everything was set up, but the two fighters were also slowing down.

"It's too bad ..." the smoke and explosions were beginning to die down, "... that the best laid plans are always torn to pieces!"

A great gust of wind ripped through the area. As Izuku struggled against the force, Tsuyu saw that most of their fence had been destroyed.

Katsuki and Eijirou lied on the ground, but they were still conscious. Todoroki still hung limply from the man's grasp.

"Now, Iida!"

Their friend picked up Ochako and sprang towards the stranger. At the same time, Kyouka used her boots to send a disorienting wave towards their opponent.

It worked, to some degree, but the man waved his free hand and sent the runner to the side and he did his best to shield Ochako from the ground.

"Now … prepare your-!"

There was a weird, mechanical sound, as if metal was sliding against metal, and a large metal ball hit the man in the gut.

"Guh …!" it had an effect, but he quickly straightened himself, before blocking the next projectile.

"This won't keep for long! Hurry!" Momo had made a motar launcher, but she must have removed any explosive element, in order to not hurt Todoroki.

"Deku! Sorry I couldn't get closer!"

"I-It's my fault, Midoriya! He's too strong!" Tenya and Ochako wore remorseful faces, since their roles were the most important.

"It's okay! … We haven't run out of hope!" he froze, before placing trying to hand her to Tenya. He had been considerate, but it only irritated her slightly since they were pressed for time.

"Tsuyu … I'm sorry, but … I have to use my quirk."

She stared blankly at him while the Tenya and Ochako looked at them in confusion.

" … Why?"

"Because it's necessary! I … I can't think of any other-!"

"Why did you listen to me, Izuku?"

"... I didn't want to upset you. My quirk mangles my body, and I knew that you were only worried."

Staring at him, she felt pain in her gut, and she knew it was guilt.

"You fool."

"E-Eh?" she managed to stun the three.

"You can use your quirk. I was the one being stupid."

"Y-Your concern isn't stu-"

"Is there anything you would like us to do?" asking, she already knew there wasn't anything else that was within their abilities.

Izuku wanted to argue some more, it was obvious, but he knew they didn't have time so he sighed.

"Gah, this barrage is relentless! I'll just have to-!"

"Not a chance, you blind moron!"

With an explosion, Katsuki managed to make obscure the man's vision, allowing the cannon to avoid his arm and slam against his stomach. He hunched over, and the boy took this chance to grab Todoroki and free him from his grip.

At that moment, Izuku brought his hand up, and flicked towards the man. It was brief, but she heard the flow of power, like the roaring of a storm, before the gusts created by that simple action filled the area.

When things cleared up, she could see that he had sent the man into the remnants of their trap, and he was stuck against the tape and Minoru's balls.

"Kaminari!" the pain was audible in his voice, but he didn't stammer, "Do it!"

Lightning surged from her side, and traveled down the tape. The man was subjected to all the power that the boy was able to gather in a short period of time.

After he ran out, the group approached the man, preparing to make sure he wouldn't be able to chase them.

"H-Hold on, everyone!" the man removed the mask, "It's me, All Might!"

They proceeded to vent their frustrations out on the hero, both verbally and physically, but a few of them refrained as they saw Aizawa and 13 approaching.

"It seems that only some of you managed to make it to the end!"

The entire thing was a training exercise. The people that had attacked them were heroes from different areas, and now as she stood with her classmates, her attackers stood in front of her with people she didn't recognize.

"... According to my "colleagues"." he motioned to the heroes, "Most of the trouble was because you haven't worked with each other much in the past!"

Apparently, many of her classmates had been captured earlier. She was among the few that had escaped the initial attack.

The ones that they had met up with in the main plaza had passed the first trial. Katsuki and Tenya had been "rescued" by Ochako, while Momo had rescued Kyouka and Mina. Eijirou hadn't managed to find anyone, but he was able to stand up against his attackers.

"Admittedly, you were up against pro heroes, and we had a lot of extra help." this time, Aizawa motioned to two heroes that had been instrumental to the exercise.

The two were women wearing clothes that resembled a cat costume.

"Ugh ... controlling the earth so much ... what a pain!"

"Hush! Try to remain professional, or else they'll have us do more training!"

"... This was not only an exercise for you! This was also a learning experience for the heroes as well!" it was obvious that their teacher was doing his best to ignore the nauseous looking women, "We agreed to help the Hero Association train some of their least combative heroes."

He looked around at them. Tsuyu noted that many of her classmates were crestfallen, probably because they feel as though they had disappointed the teacher, but they should recognize the strength of the heroes. Instead of feeling down, they should use this as a learning experience.

"Alright, we're going back to the school! The people with injuries will go see Recovery Girl as soon as we get back!"

A few were injured enough to require Recovery Girl's services. Fortunately, Tsuyu's leg wasn't broken and one kiss from the nurse had her walking again.

Izuku, Katsuki, Eijirou, and surprisingly Tooru needed help. The three boys had been injured in their fight with All Might, while Tooru needed help because the hero who had gone against her, Mount Lady, had stepped on her. The hero had apologized profusely, and was punished accordingly.

Tsuyu waited until Izuku was done. Katsuki had scoffed at her as she left, and she said her goodbyes to Eijirou.

Tooru stayed behind. She sat next to Tsuyu on the bench outside the school.

"Hey, Tsuyu?"

"Yes?"

"What do you do for fun?" she had no way of reading the other girl's expressions, aside from the fluttering of the school uniform.

"... I study."

"Really?! We really gotta get you a hobby or something!"

"Studying can't be a hobby?" it was odd that a student would shirk off one of their responsibilities so easily.

"No! That's a chore! Something your parents do so you don't end up stupid!" the slight bend gave Tsuyu the idea that she was stretching backwards, "Mmm ... do you go out?"

"Nope."

"What about when you went with us to karaoke?"

"It's ... my situation at home is a little different."

"No more going out?"

"Not for a while."

"Hmm ..." bending forward, Tooru gave off a thinkers pose, "Gee, if only there was some sort of topic, or boy, I really want to know more about ..."

"... You can ask whatever question you'd like."

"Is that so?!" gleefully, Tooru must have clapped her hands together, "What about Midoriya? What's he like?"

"What do you mean?"

"Like ... you know? What's he like? You've known him since forever, right?"

"Izuku, he's a little ... odd."

"Really?"

"Sometimes, he's so timid and shy. He gives off the "I'm prey" sorta feeling."

"... Rea~lly?"

"And ..." Tsuyu put a finger to her chin.

"And~?"

".. And then he does things that make me sigh."

"In what way?"

"Exasperation. Sometimes he thinks, and thinks, and sometimes he doesn't think at all. He does ridiculous things that I ... would rather he not do."

"Such as~?"

"Like hurting himself, or doing something so reckless that I think it's insane that he would even consider doing it."

"Why?"

"... What do you mean?"

"Why does he do those things? I mean, he strikes me as a "nerd" sorta character."

"He is a bit of a- no, he is a nerd through and through. He does these things because it's just who he is."

"And who is he?"

It caught the frog girl off guard. She couldn't really put into words who the boy was.

"... He's a hero."

"What makes you say that?"

"He saved me and Mineta during the attack."

"Does that automatically make someone a hero?"

"Some would consider that."

"Do you?"

"... I think that it certainly makes someone a little more qualified."

"But do you think he's a hero because of that?"

"... He's stubborn, and sometimes stupid." a few thoughts floated through her mind, "He does things that makes me wonder, "Why did he do that?", or "Really, making me worry so much!". At times, he really irritates me, but ..."

"But~?"

"... He's incredibly kind, and thoughtful. He's good at reading people, and he does things you never expect him to do."

"... Ehehe!"

"What's up?"

"Oh, nothing~! I got one more question!"

"Nothing I've said has stopped you so far ..."

"Why do you like Midoriya so much?"

"... Excuse me?"

"Oh, come on! It's clear you care about him! But, I was just wondering, if someone else were to be the same way as Midoriya, what would be different about him?"

"I'm sorry, I don't think I understand. Are you implying that I have feelings for Izuku? If so, I'm completely unawar-"

"Alright, alright! Um, just what would be different? What makes him stand out, since, uh, you know? He doesn't really stand out."

Tsuyu thought a lot about Izuku, and who he was. About how he acted, and how he made her feel.

"... Have you ever seen Izuku?"

"Uh, yeah. He's not invisible like me."

"I ... don't know how to put it entirely into words. When you're around him, you ... feel as though he does everything to the best of his ability. Whether it's studying, fighting, spending time with your siblings, ... to some degree, talking. He ... tries his best, and it makes you feel like doing your best as well. Izuku ... he makes me want to be better. To not just be a better me, but to be the best me that I can be."

It took a few moments until the shame set in.

"He tries really hard and I think it's only fair that I also try just as hard."

"Oh ... uh, sure, Tsuyu." she could even feel the invisible girl's embarrassment, "That's ... kinda intense."

She didn't like this. It was too awkward now. Things like this always happen when she doesn't pay close enough attention to her mouth.

It felt like forever until the boy got there. As she left with Izuku, she could hear Tooru giggling behind her.

The invisible girl was a lot scarier than Tsuyu thought she was.

Hope you enjoyed! Let me know what you think!

Originally, I wanted it to be an entirely different scene, but I kept it as heroes training heroes. Another villain attack would be super insane!

Plus, Izuku would be super wrecked by the time the sports festival began. That's how badly he would have been injured.