A/N- Shoutout Tannermals, John_A_Mandrake and Seydeen for the powerstones!!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
As I slowly wake up, I shift around feeling a weight on my chest, like someone's laying right on top of me. Cracking open my eyes I come face to face with Katsumi fast asleep. Shit shit shit shit how TF did this happen?! Maybe he shouldn't have let her in last night, though he did feel a strange comfort having an extra heat source as the dorms are chilly in the morning to wake people up faster.
Careful not to wake her, I extracted myself before going to take a shower, feeling my muscles relax as the hot water ran down my scales. Huh guess I forgot to shift back last night. He didn't dwell on it as he brought out his wings and tail and gave them a good scrubbing, making sure each scale shined before he finished his shower.
By the time I'm finished changing into my school clothes Katsumi is awake and blinking slowly as she looks around at the unfamiliar room she's in. "Fucking nerd." She says as I come out of the bathroom, "Excuse me?" I raise an eyebrow as she points to my gaming setup in the corner. "We've played games together up until about three in the morning, your a fucking nerd." I said as she shrugged then stretched.
"So when are you gonna get out of my room?" I asked as I thought of how to burn the bed without setting the dorms on fire. "Nah, I'm pretty comfy here, nice and warm compared to my dorm." She said smirking as she wrapped my blanket around herself, daring me to take it from her. "You know I could snap your neck and burn the body right?" I asked but she didn't seem to care. "Yeah I know, but I also know that you won't do that, especially after letting me sleep over."
She had a point: of all the people he had met since coming to this world, Katsumi was the only one on this side of the planet he felt comfortable around. Maybe Nejire and Ryukyu, they weren't so bad. He wouldn't tell her that though.
"You still need to get out and go change, class is in an hour." I said pointing to the digital clock I had on the wall as her eyes squinted at it,and she shrugged again. "It's fine, I brought a change of clothes, figured I'd be staying the night." She said as she point to a small bag laying at the foot of the bed, Did I get fucking played?! What the hell??!! "So which idiot gave you this harebrained idea?" I asked as she froze, "I don't know what you're talking about." She said as I rolled my eyes, yeah right.
"Don't BS me, you would've never done this unless one of the other girls pushed you to do it. Let me guess, Ochako and Mina right?" She stared for a second and nodded "Yeah, I don't know why they kept wanting me too but here I am." I rubbed my forehead already, not happy to be back with these fools. "Are Midoriya and Ochako dating yet, or still prancing around like idiots?" I asked as she smirked.
"Deku still won't man the fuck up and tell her, but she won't tell him either. It's hilarious to watch them dance around it like it'll burn them or something." She laughed as she filled me in on all the gossip that had happened while I was gone. Kaminari and Jiro had gotten closer, along with Kirishima and Mina. Just like Izuku and Ochako they were all still avoiding talking about their feelings though. 'Bonds can be exploited and broken, an advantage AND a weakness!'
"But for real you need to take a shower and change, like now." I said as I dragged her out of bed and shoved her to the bathroom, throwing her clothes in after her. I didn't have to wait long before she was finished with everything and we started heading to class. "You're the only girl I've met other than Cathleen who doesn't take a million years to get ready." I remarked as we walked in, too busy talking to notice how people were staring at us, and me. "Well I don't have all fucking day! I got shit to do and asses to kick!" She yelled as we finally noticed everyone staring, and I noticed someone sitting in my chair.
I ignored the shock in everyone's mind as I walked over to the new girl who was sitting in my seat. "So you're my replacement huh?" I asked as she looked up from her phone. "Nah, the way these people talk about you I'd rather not. Nice wings, they look hella cool." She said as she stood up, "You can have your set back, my name's Emery." She said, holding out her hand.
"Name's Carter." I shook her hand as she looked back at Katsumi and grinned, "I got some tea about your little girlfriend later if you want it." She teased as Katsumi glared at her, but Aizawa walked in forcing her to stay down. "She's not my girlfriend, but I'll hear you out." I said as she nodded then took her seat. "Welcome back, you all did great during the school festival. Plenty of people reached out to us saying how much they enjoyed your show." He said as he sipped on his coffee, "As you can see, Carter is back with us, be sure to not bombard him with questions when you have the time." He said.
He went on to explain that since most of the class now had provisional hero licenses, they could actively help heroes on their internships, but that also held great responsibility since they would now be acting more like heroes and less like students. Bore he could say anymore an alarm went off as an automated voice blared throughout the room. "ATTENTION CLASS 1-A! YOU ARE TO PUT ON YOUR HERO SUITS NOW! A TEAM OF VILLAINS HAS HYPOTHETICALLY INFILTRATED THE SCHOOL THROUGH GROUND BETA, YOU ARE TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY!"
As the rest of the class panicked, Carter stayed calm as he could hear Aizawa's thoughts over how this was a drill and they should've been prepared, as real heroes are. "You heard it, get into gear and MOVE!" Aizawa yelled as the class sprang into action, rushing to change and get to Ground Beta.
I was one of the first to get there as I just threw on my robes, still haven't gotten around to going and having Mei design a new costume that won't get shredded by my quirk. I spot smoke billowing in the distance as the rest of the class arrives. "Momo, make communication devices for everyone so we stay in contact." I say as she gets to it, then I turn to others.
"Earphone Jack, Tentacole, you two sweep the area with your quirks, Ingenium you're with me, we're going to be first responders to any villains." Momo finishes with the comm units and hands them out. "We've got a collapsed building by the river, it's also on fire." Tentacole said as I nodded. "Shoto, you and Red Riot go deal with the fire, take three more with you. Call out if you see civilians or villains, but focus on the fire first." Shoto and Red Riot nod before going, taking Pinky, Tsukuyomi and Sugarman with them.
As they leave the rest of us spread out, keeping a block between us as we sweep through the mock city, making our way towards the fire when Earphone Jack calls out, "We got a disturbance a few blocks away, it's heading towards the burning building!" We pivot and head that way as the fire teams call out, "We have a villain here! As well as a civilian being swept away by the river, please assist!" I motion to Ingenium and we take off as Momo starts to organize the others, sending Froppy and Grape Juice to help the civilian in the water.
As we near the building I see that the 'villain' for this exercise is Nejire, who looks kinda goofy in her villain costume but still proves to be more than capable of handling the fire team as she pushes them closer to the water. "I'll grab her attention, you take any potshots you can." I say before shooting up towards her.
I get within a few meters of her before she notices as she dodges to the side. "Haha, you can't stop me hero!!" She yells as Tamaki appears from another building, not at all happy to be there. Seeing how Carter and Nejire are fighting in the air makes him nervous as he wants to go back home, but Carter notices him before he can act on it. "Capture that villain! And send a few people to make sure the bridge doesn't collapse!" He yells as more students arrive as Ingenium and Explosion Queen (Katsumi) rush Tamaki forcing him to fight back.
While this is happening, Emery is busy helping keep the bridge from falling on top of Froppy with Uravity helping her. They had managed to get the civilian (Mirio) to safety but the shockwaves of Nejire's quirk 'accidentally' threw him back in the water, coincidentally a few vehicles exploded atop the bridge forcing Shoto to go deal with it as it weakened the bridge enough to where it was likely to collapse.
"So what's with Carter and Katsumi? Are they a thing?" She asks Uravity who looks at her like she's crazy. "A several ton bridge is about to collapse and you're worried about who's dating who?!" Uravity yelled as she felt weak under the stress of helping keep the bridge up, Froppy was almost to the shore though so they didn't have to hold it much longer. Emery shrugged, "Well I saw them-" BOOM!! The turn and see that the building that was previously burning on the ground, had just been buried under another building. "WHO THE FUCK TOLD YOU TO COLLAPSE THAT BUILDING!" They heard Carter yell, both through their comms and his actual voice which carried over to where they were.
Ochako shuddered as Froppy dragged Mirio over and started checking for injuries. "I feel sorry for whoever he's about to yell at." She said as Emery picked up where she had left off. "Anyway, I saw them giving each other looks, or rather Katsumi giving him looks as well as them arriving to class together." She said as Ochako sighed. "It's complicated, Katsumi really likes him, like a lot A LOT. But Carter just doesn't seem to have any feelings for her past being friends, though he has threatened her before." She said as Froppy spoke up from where she was covering Mirio with a towel to dry off, "Yeah he's not big on relationships. Ribbit even friends are a stretch, Kirishima seems to be right in the sweet zone though, right up there with Katsumi." She says as they carry Mirio to a safer spot further away from all the fighting.
Carter felt like pulling out his hair, he had explicitly told them several times to not get in the way and STILL, Pinky ended up captured as Nejire wrapped her up in her capture gear. He didn't let that slow him down though as he started throwing chunks of concrete from the collapsed building at Nejire, forcing her to dodge as he slowly wore her down.
Over on the other side of the building, Tamaki had already been taken down by Deku, Ingenium and Explosion Queen and Red Riot and Charge Bolt race towards Nejire, eager to show off their skills. Katsumi grabbed them before they could do that though as Carter eventually got bored and tired of messing around, so he turned into his nightwing form and plucked Nejire right out of the sky as the exercise came to a close.
—-------------------------------------------------------
AT LUNCH
Carter ate more food than usual that day as it had been decades since he'd last seen Lunch Rush, not for the first time he wondered about kidnapping the guy just to have him cook for him all the time. Kirishima and the guys kept cracking their jokes and laughing as Katsumi and Emery made small talk. From the little he'd been paying attention he knew this about her. She was from New York City and went to a decent hero school, but when she was given the chance to come to U.A she jumped ship and now is here. Her quirk was the most interesting, consisting of levitation and a few other things that reminded him of the Scarlet Witch from Marvel.
She was a bit chatty and drank WAY too many redbulls but she was starting to grow on him. He could do without her constant questions though. "Dude, why are you glaring at me, I'm not gonna steal you girl." She pouted as he heard her mind clear as day. 'Oh he's dating her for sure' "I'm not dating, is that so hard to believe?" He asked as Katsumi chose that moment to explain how he could not only turn into a dragon, but he could also breathe fire, ice and use freaky magic. While also being able to read minds. "That is so not fair dude." She grumbled as he finished the last of his meal.
"Suck it up buttercup." He shot back as he went back and got another tray, he didn't care that LunchRush was starting to charge him for every extra plate, for food this good any price was worth it.