Tooru Hakagure had a troublesome quirk in her opinion. It had its upsides certainly, there were few quirks more suited to stealth and infiltration out there. It gave her a solid advantage in any close combat encounter as her moves were unreadable and overall she was certain she could use it to become a great hero... On the other hand it meant she had to do much of her hero work and training naked, something that had taken many years to get a proper grip for. The teasing throughout middle school hadn't helped that process either... there were little things too, like how she could properly do her hair as only she could see it but she had no reflection in mirrors. There was also the fact though no one else could see her, while good in hero work was bad in social situations. she'd gotten used to people 'guessing' where her eyes were and using more exaggerated arm movements or vocal inflections to get her point across...

That was until she met Neito Monoma.

The blond boy just happened to have a quirk that would all him to see her. For 5 mins at a time at least. She'd hadn't believed it at first but after confronting the boy and seeing it in action she was overwhelmed with the idea of it. Due to being in different classes she'd been left to stew on the idea for days without being able to confront him again. It was exciting but also scary. Having him maintain eye contact with her was embarrassing. Seeing him react to her own reactions that were normally hidden made her feel more exposed than she ever did in her 'hero outfit'... but there was excitement as well. That fact she could make a real connection with someone... that someone could see her for what she really was. It didn't hurt that he was cute too... She asked Mina about it and she had said that he had seemed weird and crazy, having ranted at them during the tournament in the stands. But that didn't sound right, he may have been a bit snarky but he was otherwise a really nice guy. That only furthered the mental debate. The war continuing off an on in her mind throughout class and back at her home. Considered she'd gotten an offer from the festival she didn't have much else to focus on... She'd never heard of Veritas, but if they wanted to try her out based on what little she'd been able to show she'd gladly take up the offer.

By the time she was heading out for her internship she had come to a decision, by the time she'd gotten back to school she would talk to him again... Much to her surprise she'd been seeing him sooner rather than later. Life is strange like that sometimes…

The two teens entered the Veritas offices, a step behind their guide. It was a modest office, barely even a dozen people working there separated into four different offices. Most were in civilian clothes looking over folders or discussing topics in muted tones. They didn't linger long enough for her to satisfy her curiosity continuing onward to the main office at the end of the hall. The door was open, inside was one man skimming through a folder with a pair of headphones on. He was older, somewhere in his mid 30's, dressed smartly in a dress shirt and pants. His short black hair slicked back, his eyes baring oddly shaped pupils. He scanned rapidly through the contents in front of him with a focused expression.

This was Takeshi Ohba, The Truth Seeking Hero Veritas. The head of the Veritas Hero Agency. The one who'd requested her to come here despite not making it past the calvary stage. She tightened her grip on her bag, keeping her anxiety to small subtle movements so it couldn't be seen by others, a habit she'd perfected long ago...

"You okay?" Monoma whispered from her side causing her to jump slightly and look his way, he was looking right at her with a modicum of concern. Her chest tightened and her breath caught. They were still within his time limit... despite her practiced movements her face had betrayed her. The now familiar sense of vulnerability hit her once again, tinged with that strange excitement of being noticed. She took a shaky breath in hope of calming her beating heart and fluttering stomach.

"I'm fine, just nerves." she whispered back managing a smile. That seemed to placate the boy as he turned his gaze away... he was looking a little red in the face. why would that b-

"Sorry about that, Was just reviewing a case" A man's voice broke her concentration, turning her attention forward. Ohba was placing his headphones aside. His voice and expression portraying a similar apathy she'd grown familiar with in her Homeroom teacher. He took in the three of them with a raised eyebrow. "I don't recall recruiting two invisible trainees".

"Oh um," Monoma spoke up and straightened up. "Sorry sir." somehow despite not having a visual signifier it seemed he had deactivated his quirk, becoming visible to the pro. She bit her lip feeling a small tingle of jealousy but knowing that was just how things went.

"Ah, so you were Copying Hakagure-san's quirk. Interesting. This could make things very interesting." the ghost of a smile seemed to sneak onto the pro's face. "Monona-san, come over here for a second."

"Um yes sir," The blond placed his luggage down and approached the hero, who waited with an unreadable expression. As the blond approached he gave the boy a nod and put out his hand, along his palm was an open slit surrounded my a raised lip of sort. It almost looked like the receipt dispenser on an atm.

"I want you to copy my quirk. We need to test something."

"Er, yes sir." Monoma reached out after a moment and with no visible activator a slit appeared on his own hand. Copying quirks with physical changes… that must feel strange. Though the boy didn't even flinch only looking at the new slit in his hand with curiosity. "So, what is your quirk?"

"They categorize it as photograph." The Pro began. "I can take a visual memory and convert it into a physical photograph. A simple quirk, fortunately I have an eidetic memory makes gathering evidence." he said with the ghost of a grin. "Your time limit is 5 mins correct?"

"Yes sir."

"We need to see if the quirk works outside of that scope. I want you to close your eyes and think of any clear memories to have from earlier today. Anything from before you copied my quirk." he instructed firmly. The blond was quick to follow, closing his eyes and focusing. "Once you have a clear image 'move' it toward your hand." he continued as the boy frowned slightly, considering the odd instruction. After a moment there the sound of sliding plastic… something inching slowly out of his hand.. It was blank at first but slowly began to fade into view. Revealing Akemi-san holding a sign with his name on it from when she'd picked him up earlier. "Very good, that will make things much easier." The strange machine-like sound continued as her fellow student made more pictures with the borrowed quirk.

'Monoma's quirk is so amazing... all I can do is...' Toru clenched the handle of her suitcase tighter and shook her head, she couldn't get wrapped up in things like that. She had to stay positive.

"What about me sir?" Toru raised a hand up and waving it in hopes of attracting attention. Ohba turned his gaze her way and chuckled.

"Oh don't worry, there is plenty of work for an invisible investigator Hakagure-san." Something in the way he said it brought a chill up her spine... Fortunately Akemi was still here and broke the intimidating atmosphere with a clearing of her throat.

"But we can hardly have them jump straight to field work Ohba-san"

"...I suppose that's true." the older man gave a sigh. "Need to make sure the rest of your skills are up to snuff after all."

"Eh?"

"Indeed, just a few exercises to test your memory and observation skills." Akemi said cheerfully even as the invisible girl slumped forward.

"Even out on workplace training they have pop quizzes?" she groaned as she slumped over her luggage theatrically. "The outside world is cruel..."

"Now now, it's nothing too academic." akemi did her best to cheer up the despondent student. "Field work requires a sharp eye and attention to detail as well as a good memory. Such skills can also serve you well in regular herowork too."

"Really? well..." images of her messy room back home from the frantic search to find what she wanted to pack for this trip...

"We're both UA students, we'll be able to handle whatever exercises we need to." Monoma spoke calmly with a little smirk of his own as he came back to her side. The confidence was comforting even if she was still worried about her potential performance. She looked up to the Blond with a smile he wouldn't see. she was really lucky to be here with someone she could rely on.

"Right!" she said sounding much more confident than she was. She'd have to be is she wanted to be a hero.

Despite all her worries the exercises were not that bad, indepth to be sure but nothing resembling a quiz. The memory test held two parts visual and audio testing their recall and retention... There rest were little find the difference activities you normally would see in the back of children's magazines, and held a very similar visual style... just with the detail difficulty ramped up WAY higher. Where did they even find these?

Fortunately once those were finished they were giving a bit of background on the office side of things from the Secretary, showing off a case they had recently contributed to. It had been an expose on a retired pro who'd been doing some shady deals on the side. it had been all over the news... but Veritas hadn't gotten any mention at all but it seemed like they'd put in a lot of the leg work alongside police. it hardly seemed fair but Akemi assured the younger girl they had gotten what they'd been after. The Truth.

Those words remained with Toru throughout the rest of the day. Until they were brought to their lodging for the week... The two UA students stood in front of a somewhat rundown looking hotel, the old brickwork and stout height looking almost out of place among the more modern landscape of downtown tokyo.

"Ummm, we're staying here?"

"Are you sure this is the right place?"

"I know it looks a little... Rustic," Akemi said after a mulling over it for a moment. "But I can assure you the rooms are quite nice."

"And Cheap." Monoma snarked as his arms crossed.

"And cheap! E-eh." Akemi parroted before catching herself, the blond smirking.

"Monoma-kun," Toru admonished with a stiff punch to the boy's shoulder. "No need to be a jerk, they didn't have to get as rooms at all ya know."

"Yeah yeah...Sorry" he muttered rubbing his shoulder and turning his gaze away. Her companion appropriately chastized Toru turned back to Akemi and smiled brightly.

"Sorry about him, we'll be fine here." she assured the older woman with overwhelming positivity and a salute, knowing her expression was wasted.

"Thank you for understanding." the pro hero assistant said with a slight bow. "Ohba-san normally doesn't send out requests after the festival, after all most of the events are focused on villain capture and competition... so to have him send out two and you both accept well, it put things into a bit of a scramble." she admitted, her professional aura cracking for the first time all day. She allowed a small sigh before collecting herself and handing each student a keycard and a small package. "So your rooms should be next to each other on the first floor. Ohba-san also left you with something to help pass the time tonight."

"Pass the time?" Monoma muttered dubiously

"Oh, Thank you!" Toru

"I will be by in the morning to pick you up, So be sure to get plenty of sleep." there was a bit of reluctant agreement before Akemi hopped back into her car and headed back into the city proper. Left to their own devices both students exchanged a glance, monoma's being slightly off but it was an admirable attempt to make eye contact. She offered her hand ,hoping he'd take the hint. He turned his gaze to follow her sleeve, a moment later it clicking and he carefully touched her open hand… In an instant the boy zeroed in on her face 'seeing' her properly for the first time in hours. Her stomach flipped as she felt the now familiar excitement/ vulnerability. Once again she had a direct connection with the boy and she didn't bother to fight the smile that came to her face…

"So what do you think about the agency?" she asked brightly. The Blond turned his gaze up, looking thoughtful.

"It's not bad I guess, Seems like a whole lot of work to get so little credit..." he muttered sounding less than impressed.

"I guess so, your not really battle villains or saving the day..." she looked down at the ground. "But, are they kinda?" she turned back to the boy with a curious look. "Those heroes that are good at fighting villains, they're not going to be able to find the sneaky ones... the really dangerous ones that need to be caught. Like that hero killer guy the news has been talking about."

"True... I just don't know if this is really my thing." Monoma admitted with a shrug before picking up his bag. "There's still a whole week to get a grip on things and see how it goes." he said as he started into the building

"Mm, true!" She replied following a step behind, her pink luggage rolling behind her. The old man at the front desk gave a double take as the two walked in and stared puzzled as they walked past. He finally turned away with the shake of his head, muttering to himself and going back to his paper. Stares was something Toru was used to, especially when she and her dad walked together. In general the more invisible people walking there are the more odd the sight. "So, got any plans for the night?" she asked casually only to see him glancing back toward the desk with a frown. "Monoma-kun?"

"ah, sorry. Mind was wondering." he apologized with a smile. "What did you ask?"

"I asked if you had any plans tonight." she pressed giving him a light elbow. "Or if you were gonna turn in early like an old man." she added with a grin.

"Oh," he gained a bemused look. "Are you offering to show me around?" despite the teasing tone she could feel the heat hit her cheeks like an inferno as her heartbeat sped up.

"W-Wait what?!" she managed to squeak out, turning her face to the ground Unable to look the boy in the eyes. "I-I didn't mean it like that dummy." she stammered out, though she'd be lying if the idea didn't sound appealing in some ways. Fortunately for her poor heart the boy's snickering did summon up some anger to help counter the crippling embarrassment. She glared up to his smirking face.

"Not that I'm not flattered by the offer but I'd rather just unpack for the night. Maybe another time." he added an extra wink causing anger and embarrassment to flare even higher.

"Like I'd want to go anywhere with you! Jerk!" she fumed only getting him to chuckle more. He stuck his keycard in the door in front of him getting a click. Toru blinked and looked at the number realizing somehow they'd already made it to their rooms. He was already halfway in the door when her attention turned back his way, giving a little wave.

"Sleep well Hakagure-chan~" he said lazily and with another click she was all alone in the hallway. She slumped forward into the door... The swirling a emotions leaving her somewhere between excited, defeated, and pissed. Still trying to reign it all in she opened her own room and headed inside. flopping onto the bed. The covers cool to her burning face...

This was going to be a LOOOONG week. She needed a distraction. She retrieved her phone from her luggage and set to scrolling. Her feed was full of updates from her class after their first day of training. There was a lot to take in but there was only one person she needed to talk to right now...

Invisagirl: Save me!

AlienQueen: Why? what happened?

Invisagirl: Monoma is here! He's training under the same hero is me!

AlienQueen: Damn, what are the odds?

AlienQueen: WAIT, isn't this what you wanted?

Invisagirl: I mean yeah, kinda. But I'm not ready for all the teasing. Jerk...

AlienQueen: Teasing?

Invisagirl: Yeah! He twisted my words around to make it sound like I wanted to take him out on that date!

~ AlienQueen is typing ~

The thought of the whole thing caused her face to flush all over again, the D-word echoing in her mind. That little smirk of his and those blue eyes... she slammed her face into a pillow to try and refocus. she brought her attention back to the phone, realizing she'd zoned out a bit.

AlienQueen: Well I Mean he's not exactly wrong is he? ;P

AlienQueen: Now you've got a whole week to get to know him better.

AlienQueen: so When he was teasing... did he sound interested?

AlienQueen: hello?

Her transparent thumbs rapidly set to motion.

Invisagirl: Sorry, sorry... um I don't know. He was laughing at me but I guess he didn't seem malicious about it...

AlienQueen: Maybe he was flirting.

Invisagirl: Mina!

AlienQueen: I'm serious, if he does it in a teasing tone it doesn't come of as serious so if Your not feeling it he can laugh it off as a joke. Classic Tactic

Invisagirl: seriously? If that was the case then... I must have looked like a total dork in front of him. I was blushing like crazy!

Her face returned to the pillow and she gave a muffled groan... if Mina was right and he was actually asking… no, that couldn't be right. She had been asked out a few times in middle school but it had never gone anywhere. The fact she was invisible always seemed to cause problems... whether they were trying to catch a peep of her underwear through her neck hole or they were imposing their own beliefs about what kind of girl she was on her just because they couldn't see her. But Monoma knew what she looked like, could actually look her in the eye and see her reactions... if that was really true then...

"Gah, Mina you're polluting my mind!" Toru whimpered into the pillow before letting out a long sigh. She looked back to the phone again...

AlienQueen: Why would that matter not like he can see yo-

AlienQueen: Ooooh Right.

AlienQueen: Well, if he's flirting with you like that when he can actually see you all the better right?

AlienQueen: Right?

AlienQueen: hey you there?

AlienQueen: Earth to Toru!

~ AlienQueen is typing ~

Invisagirl: Sorry Back

AlienQueen: s'okay... are you going to be okay?

Invisagirl: I'll manage... I just really needed to vent that out there. Thanks for listening.

AlienQueen: No prob Girl.

AlienQueen: Be sure to keep me in the loop, it sounds like your training week is gonna be WAY more interesting than mine.

Invisagirl: Oh shush...

AlienQueen: Well I need to turn in, get some rest girl.

Invisagirl: Ok, night~

Toru stared at the phone reading back over it all. Just because Mina thinks it's true doesn't mean it is... she'd make herself look like a bigger idiot if she jumped to that kind of conclusion. For now she would just have to focus on her training and getting to know the boy better before thinking about dates or anything... The D-word echoed through her head once again, even as she tried to banish it. She began desperately looking around the room to try and find some manner of distraction.

"The package!" she smiled before crawling over to where she had parked her luggage plucking the wrapped package from on top of it. "Akemi-san did say they'd left us something to keep ourselves occupied." she noted happily as she undid the wrapping. it was a booklet with a note on top.

'I'm sure there's not much to do considering I picked out the motel with the least amount of amenities I could find so here's some more memories exercises to work on. I'll be checking your workbook when you come in tomorrow.'

- Takeshi Ohba

"He gave us Homework!" Toru groaned loudly into her pillow.

The world really was unfair...

AN: Tooru's POV is much brighter and spastic to Monoma's so it was fun to write.I think I'll keep going back and forth between povs for this fic. I hadn't intended the workplace training to be a long thing but it's now looking like it will be the next few parts. I'll do my best to keep it from dragging. Overall this is a lot of fun to write, nice and fluffy/silly lacking most of the serious issues. it's refreshing.

outside this story... I know of all my fics I have working right now this is probably the least in need of the update but I managed to get it completely first. the others need some look over by my Proof reader but he's having comp troubles. I'm also still having house issues to we're unlikely to get internet available at the new place for another week or so. At least we can now finally move in... anyway this will hopefully tyed you all ove runtil that gets sorte dout... New L&J chapter nearly done, Mineta fic is closing in on the 50% mark for the next chapter.