A Villain Attack Course!

"What was that?" Izuku yelped, jumping up, and everyone immediately looked towards where they last saw Mei. She was still seated.

"Hmmm?" Mei asked, looking up from her notes. "...why's everyone looking at me?"

"Because we thought you went off and blew something up for a moment," Momo told her flatly. "...then again, that explosion was too small to have been you," she chuckled.

"Oh, that's just the Villain Attack Course, seems a competitor is going at it~!" Melissa said cheerfully as another small explosion rang nearby, and she pointed over the balcony. "It's basically a course where you try and hit all the robots to score a good time!"

Izuku looked over the balcony to indeed see the obstacle course as the one announcing it declared, "A clear time of 33 seconds!" One of the screens showed Kirishima standing over the wreckage of one of the robots, which had blown up from him hitting something important in them.

"Oh yeah, I was wondering when we'd run into him, given he had his trip here and invitation to the preview covered," Izuku noted to Mina, who grinned and nodded.

"Yep! And I gotta say, given the size of the course, and the fact he doesn't have a speed boosting Quirk, or ranged capabilities, 33 seconds is a great score!" she noted.

"...huh, nice outfit," Setsuna whistled as she and Ochaco were looking elsewhere. Indeed, the announcer, a cute girl, was wearing an outfit that showed a nice amount of skin, short pink skirt, a tube top, and a high cut open jacket.

"Oh yeah, it's cute, and pretty sexy too! Maybe we should shop for clothes and get some similar ones while we're here~!" Ochaco suggested cheerfully.

"Yes please!" Mineta immediately shouted, hearts in his eyes, momentarily stopping his work. Izuku and Iida both shot him looks, albeit for different reasons. He immediately pretended he hadn't spoken, and got back to work, whistling as he sweat heavily, remembering not to invoke Izuku's wrath, or get Iida on his back. Smart man.

"And now we have our next contestant!" the announcer declared, gesturing with an arm, and Bakugo stepped into view.

"Ack! Kaa-chan is here!?" Izuku exclaimed.

When the announcer gave the signal to go, Bakugo launched forward, shouting, "DIE!" as he blasted through the robots rapidly. Izuku noticed that he was also activating explosions from his feet, still taking Mirko's suggestion to heart, but somehow not losing his boots, boosting his speed further, and giving him an additional attack angle from his kicks. Each blast that took out a robot, he also used to launch himself towards the next. Izuku managed to get a closer look through one of the screens, and noticed holes in the boots, ringed with metal, venting the blasts. He blinked, wondering where he had gotten that upgrade to his costume so fast.

"Oh, he's already putting that baby to good use~!" Mei cheered as Bakugo finished the course. Well, that answered that question.

Bakugo took a deep breath as the announcer declared, "Thirteen seconds! New record holder!" Bakugo actually smirked at that.

"You made those boots? Seems like a bit of a simple project for you..." Izuku noted towards Mei.

"Oh, it was anything but!" Mei chimed cheerfully. "I had to line the inside part with materials that could not only provide comfort, but also withstand the initial explosion, plus, I had to have pretty precise measurements to figure out the optimal places to put the vents!" she explained.

"...surprised he even bothered to ask for comfort," Momo snorted.

"Oh, no, he didn't. I insisted on it!" Mei added. "You ever try to wear badly made boots for extended periods of time? It's hell!" She gesticulated towards her feet animatedly as she spoke. "And it does one's attitude no favors! And considering it took all of five seconds to get a feel for his personality when he came to make the commission, I figured his temper was bad enough!"

Her point, despite needing no proving, almost instantly was when Bakugo spotted Izuku. Cue him bellowing, "Deku!" and blasting up to the cafe railing, hanging of of it like a deranged monkey as he began demanding why Izuku was here, Izuku sweating heavily and taking a sensible step back.

"... Exhibit A," Mei gestured with an arm, everyone nodding in agreement.