"Ugh! I hate studying!" Mina shouted, slamming her desk in frustration. Sukuna glanced at her.
"Your grades were top 10 in our class last year back in middle school. I think you'd do well this time."
"Yeah but that doesn't mean I enjoy studying!" Mina puffed up her cheeks at him.
"And you think I do?" Sukuna smirked in amusement.
"That's straight up cap! You make it look like a breeze everytime!" Mina argued.
"If you want to, I might be able to assist you, Mina." Momo suggested. Mina's mood changed immediately, with her grinning at the black haired girl.
"Yaomomo! You're such a lifesaver! I have a bunch of things I don't understand!"
Momo smiled nodded. "Don't worry, I can help with that. How about we study at my place?"
"Hey, Mina! You can't just hog Momo all to yourself!" Denki pointed at her, Kirishima beside him nodding in agreement. "Some of us have our own challenges too!"
Momo laughed at their antics. "You guys can join too, the more the merrier. In fact, the whole class is invited."
"How the hell are the 20 of us gonna fit in your damn house?" Bakugo questioned, somehow forgetting the fact that Momo was wealthy.
Momo only smiled.
"Don't worry, I'm sure it'll be enough space for all of you." Mutters of agreement to joining Momo's study group went around the class. Even ones like Iida, Todoroki, Izuku and Sukuna, who already have amazing grades, aren't passing up a chance to study with the smartest girl in class.
"Uh huh... sure..." Bakugo snorted. Momo had an excited expression on as she looked at her friends gathering around her.
"In that case, since you all are joining, I must tell mother to freshen up the hall for the weekend! Oh and what kind of tea are you all partial too?" She excitedly asked.
"Hall? Tea?" Uraraka tilted her head at Momo.
"Mhm! In my family, we always drink Harrod's and Wedgwood. So if you have any preferences, do let me know."
Uraraka glanced at Izuku who only smiled and shrugged.
She was going to regret this, wasn't she?
...
"That should be the eighth..." Sukuna muttered to himself, after swallowing the eighth finger that had appeared in his possession days before, when we was still in Hosu.
" I should really stop forgetting to eat them. I swear this shit gets smellier every time it appears..."
That day, Sukuna achieved a new record of brushing his teeth consecutively for a total of five times. Truly, he is the toothed one.
...
"Momo sure knows how to be humble with how she described her house back then." Sukuna commented, as he and all of his classmates stood in front of a giant gate, with most of them having their jaws dropped in shock.
It was the weekends, and as planned, class 1-A had gathered at Momo's place to study. What they didn't expect to see was a large estate.
"It's like there's a country behind this place..." Izuku muttered, observing that beyond the main residence which was a mansion, the estate included manicured grounds, formal gardens, a swimming pool, a tennis court, and even a small patch of agricultural farmland.
"Oi nerd, ring the doorbell already! We look like creeps standing out here!" Bakugo shouted. Some were wondering why Bakugo would accept help from Momo, but they churned it up to him trying to turn a new leaf and be humble for once.
Izuku hastily pressed the doorbell, jumping a little as Momo's voice sounded through the small intercom.
"Oh! You guys are here already? I've been waiting! Please, come in." The gate automatically opened, revealing what looked like a road to her mansion.
"Is it too late to back out now?" Uraraka laughed, feeling out of place already.
"Yup." Everyone agreed in unison, all looking around like they had stepped into a magical world.
"You would think a place like this has a ton of bodyguards." Kirishima commented.
"She probably has All Might on speed dial." Denki joked as they arrived at the large wooden front door of the mansion.
The door opened, and out came Momo wearing casual clothing, a little out of place due to her luxurious surroundings.
"Hello everyone! Please, come in, the hall is already prepared."
...
"What is it?" Momo asked as she walked in the hall while pushing a cart full of luxurious teacups.
"Nothing." Her friends replied in unison, smiling at her like their environment was normal.
"Well, if you say so." Momo giggled as she served them tea, passing it around to the.
"How about we start of with the math chapter we learned the other day?"
"Sure." The replied in unison again, still smiling at her. Momo tilted her head at them.
'They must be really excited to learn huh? Then I have to go all out! Plus Ultra!'
...
"Who made this?!" Bakugo shouted as he gobbled down the food, which was spaghetti carbonara. Currently, they were all taking a break, when Momo suddenly left and came back with her maids, serving all her friends lunch.
"Well, I did. My chefs taught me long ago, and I made it before you all arrived here." Momo tilted her head, eating elegantly with her fork. "Is it not to your liking, Bakugo?"
"I don't believe you can make something this good!" Bakugo accused. Momo blinked, before smiling.
"Thank you."
"That wasn't a compliment damnit!" He shouted, though internally he decided to ask for the recipe later.
"Are you alright with sharing the recipe with me, Momo? My sister has been getting into making spaghetti lately." Todoroki requested. Momo nodded, smiling at the half and half man.
"Sure! I'll share it on WhatsApp later. Oh, and tell Fuyumi-san I said hi."
"As you wish." He nodded, before he continued eating silently.
"I'd like to learn it as well. My mother wants to try my cooking more lately." Sukuna added, before finding himself receiving stares from his classmates.
"What? Can't a guy cook nowadays?"
"You never told me you could cook." Mina's eyes sparkled in amazement, staring at her boyfriend. "I need to taste it!" She demanded.
"How about a bento tomorrow?" He suggested. Mina nodded excitedly in response.
"I'd be delighted to share it later, Sukuna." Momo giggled, finding herself surprised at the class president. The class could tell, it was like he was a completely different person after the week of internship.
"Now how about we continue studying?"
" Calm down Yamomo! We haven't finished eating yet!"
"Oops! My bad!"
...
"Now that I think about it, I've never seen this outfit from you before." Mina commented as they walked home, having finished their study session with Momo. Sukuna hummed, looking down at his clothing.
"It was my mom's first hero outfit when she studied in UA. She really didn't have an idea for a proper design back then, so she just rocked with a gakuran for a while." Sukuna explained. He was wearing a black, long sleeved gakuran fitted with long, black colored baggy pants and red shoes.
"So you took inspiration for your own hero outfit from this? That's sweet." Mina commented, smiling at him. Sukuna nodded.
"You've actually never told me how your mom and dad met, ya know?"
"There's not much to tell you in the first place. They just gave little details here and there. If you ask me I think they just forgotten about it." Sukuna replied, amused. Mina pouted.
"Bummer..."
...
For the new few weeks, Class 1-A went through non-stop studying, holding tons of study group sessions after school at weird places like parks and restaurants. Lastly, they had burned the midnight oil for the last week before the finals.
It was three days of written tests. Three days of hell and tons of head scratching moments. But they felt confident in their chances of success. Even Denki felt that he'd get flying colors on some subjects. It doesn't matter the rankings they will receive later, all they want at the moment is to be able to go to the summer camp.
And finally, it was time for their practical test, held the next day after the final day pf the written test.
"Good, you're here. The test will begin shortly." Aizawa muttered as his class stood before him, all in their respective hero outfits. Beside the sleep deprived teacher stood the teaching faculty of UA.
"Midnight sensei, Thirteen sensei, Ectoplasm sensei, Cementoss sensei... Even Snipe and Power Loader sensei are here, but why?" Izuku mumbled to himself.
"I think you kids already know that you can't fail this test either. So I don't want to see any pitiful blunders from you brats." Aizawa commented, stern as always.
"But why so many teachers..." Jiro wondered. Did they really have to call everyone to watch them?
"I have no doubt you all have learned what you could about this test from your seniors, so you all have a vague notion of what your next course of actions are..." He commented, noticing some surprised expressions from his students.
"Oh don't act surprised." Midnight laughed. "We were all once students just like you all. We know what you were up to behind our backs. We also panicked to know about the contents of the written and practical tests too before, so what you guys did wasn't anything new." She teased.
"And due to various reasons, we're changing the contents of the test, effective immediately!" Nezu declared, popping out of Aizawa's scarf, surprising the kids with his sudden appearance.
"This is all for a good reason. Due to the recent surge of villains, we have decided to up the quality of our training methods in order to increase the students' battle experience. From now on, U.A. students will be having battle simulations similar to real-life battles! And you, Class 1-A, will be our first live test subjects!" Nezu declared joyfully.
"Well, can't say I'm surprised." Momo sighed, rubbing her forehead. UA does have an extensive track record of doing whatever the hell they wanted.
"We will have you form pairs to engage in combat with one of your senseis standing with me." Nezu explained, adding tension to the moment.
"The pairs have already been decided, as with which teacher you are going to be fighting against." Aizawa said as he stepped up, raising his hand.
"Todoroki, Yaoyorozu, you're with me." He declared, pointing at the two who looked at each other with wide eyes.
"This next team's a little special. Midoriya." Aizawa pointed at Izuku who jumped a little, straightening up.
"You're with Bakugo and Sukuna. And as for who your opponent would be..." He grinned evilly at them, as a familiar laugh boomed behind the students.
"HAHAHAHAHA!!! I am here!" The trio widened their eyes, immediately turning around to look at All Might walking towards them, his muscular form already giving off an intimidating aura.
"Come at me, young ones!" All Might raised his clenched fist, his grin widening. The trio all looked at each other, speechless. Just when they think their day couldn't get any worse...
All Might is here!
To be continued...
(Even if 20 fingered Sukuna would be stronger than All Might, he's still the greatest of all time. And I think the Sukuna of my universe would agree.)