Arc 5: Actions speak louder than words

Location: A U.A. teacher's room.

"Huh, you guys get personal offices; that's cool."

"I assume you guys don't have that back home?"

"Personal offices at my academy? No, it's more like these small cubicle things like they have in offices in a really big lounge. Not like it matters; the only teacher we tend to speak of is the, uh, how do you call it? Home teacher? Like the main one, like you with the A-class and the blood guy with the B-class"

"His name is Sekijiro Kan, and I would recommend you remember his name since that is a sign of respect; you being uncaring and calling us the eye guy or the blood guy could leave a really bad impression." I was scolded. I couldn't escape my bad behavior and manners, it seems.

"Sorry."

"Regardless, I am here to talk to you about what Toru has told me. I am sure she let you know everything as well, right?"

"Oh yeah, you guys distrust me, and that's a fair thing."

"Good to know you are aware at least; you do understand why as well."

"If I had to assume, it's because of that French kid that retired from school, right? The spy guy? Mineta told me about him."

"Is that it?"

"Hmmmm..." I would think about if I have done something non-lewd that's worrisome. "Oh! The Deika city incident."

"Yes. That's another reason I was given a quite lengthy document, 54 pages in total."

"Jeez, I always get 10-12 documents... So that's how it feels to work under Trivia; less paperwork for me, I guess."

"Please be more serious about this topic. I haven't gone through the document, and I can already see so many legal defenses and work here. This whole document is basically a 'you cannot sue us' sheet. Whatever went down there also got us involved in an incident at the city. We are just lucky it hasn't become national, but the video that it shows really discredits and hurts the image of the U.A. heroes and also leaves a lot of Nemo's work aside, which can be seen as... I am not sure how to describe it properly so I will use the word doubtful."

"Doubtful? In what way?"

"In the way that it's not heroic what you guys did—direct, sure, and got the person arrested—but you got sent to the hospital with grave injuries, and although most of the other U.A. students involved in the fight are practically fine now, they still got involved in it. I wasn't allowed the whole film of the encounter, but I heard some of the students saying that you got thrown around in a brutal manner, almost as if they were trying to kill you."

"WOAH NO NO. If Draw wanted me dead, I would be dead haha."

"That's the thing; regardless of what was shown, that's not okay to do. You can fake a fight or two to try and distract a villain, but you got grave injuries and wounds, and they practically gave us a scare, Toru said she saw you puking out blood today." Shit she really gave out all the info she could.

"I had thought of calling up Mirko and Best Jeanist as soon as I heard about the fight, but as I was calling them, the fight was over. We cannot take chances like this. And sure your classmates were defeated and went to 'jail' for a few days but from what I saw only one of them was actually captured, the other was overwhelmed and one gave up willingly, if they had been actual villains we might have had a crisis. I understand your school works in secrecy almost like an actual military agency, but these secrets ended up hurting us as well. In the news they call us inefficient and untrustworthy and then the blow up that they were actually heroes, not villains, make us look that we were trying to stop what they were doing, this type of misinformation hurts us terribly and I cannot take my chances." I almost could hear behind his voice that he was going to send me back to the island. I was fucked; I was absolutely fucked. Wait, Sirli is smart; she can force him to make me stay under some legal loophole, right? RIGHT? "But... That's why I am talking to you right now. What you guys are doing, is it really for the good of the country?"

I was unsure; I am not fully aware of what was going on, but Draw did give me some clues, and then there is my dad... "Yes. I am not involved in it, however. I honestly came here to do two things: help my dad build a hero agency and be an exchange student, but as soon as I found out my dad was kind of a psycho, I cut contact with him. I can show you my messages if you want. Really, he was planning something about making heroes into pop stars or TV stars or normal celebrities and ensuring the world doesn't need heroes anymore. It sounds like a good deal, but I am sure that he means no good really... But I am not sure what Trivia and the others were doing, if I am honest. They said they were here to investigate my dad, and I gave them as little info as I could... I honestly am not informed about it because Trivia doesn't like me or trust me either, so he thinks of me as a nuisance. I—I am just enjoying my time here... I like it here; I like everyone... Is it fair for me to say I don't want to go back to Nemo?"

"I have no authority to actually send you back home" I sighed in relief. "But Jack, I must ask you to help me here. I cannot work on this problem if I don't even know what the problem is, so I want to give you a chance to prove yourself. Is there a way you could perhaps get me any type of information on what your classmates are working against or, perhaps even better, get the idea for yourself?"

"For myself?"

"As in see it with your own eyes, this document has a lot of holes and blanks that are hard to fill; they are leaving a lot of information behind with the sole purpose of me not being able to find out what's going on, at least not on time."

"Nemo works mostly with the government, so we tend to keep high confidentiality. That's how we get all those sweet international deals so easily—do as the one that owns the country tells us to do... Very mercenary-like... Or it was at least. Since Trivia became the symbol of heroism back at the island, we kind of do whatever he says. If it doesn't align with heroism and Trivia finds out he will get mad" Not even the directives go against his word, to be honest. Sure, there is some bureaucracy back there at the school, but sometimes I feel like Trivia is threatening them quite often... I cannot believe this, but I will be talking so much with Sirli today or tomorrow. "I won't say he owns the school more like, he has the power to change things by will"

"I see... Then perhaps could I get a last request out of you?"

"Sure!"

"Could you get me somehow a moment to talk alone with Trivia?" I felt my chest being stabbed; that was harder than me going out and finding out what we were facing, but...

"I think I know how to do it, yes."

"Then that's all for today; sorry if I got you worried."

"AHAHAHAH Greatly worried... Yeah."

"I will trust you with this."

"Oh... Just like that?"

"Yes, I hate to say it, but it's just a gut feeling."

"Uh—wow, okay, I shall not waste this opportunity and question it."

"There was someone I met, someone that had turned fully evil, but even as a bad person, he still wanted to help those he cared about; he always wanted to help everyone else... He was a great person even till the end. You can also be a great person if you focus on what you would like to do and who you would like to be, Jack. Don't forget that only you can make the difference in your own world."

"--- Am I getting pep talked?"

"Please leave."

"I ruined the moment." I stood up. I honestly took those words to heart. I really needed to tell more of this in detail to Tsuyu and Momo and the others. I left the teacher's room and made my way to the dorm rooms with a worried expression. A loud SNAP was heard as my rib readjusted itself permanently. "Oof, okay, that's almost done there."

"What's almost done, Jack?" That made me jump, as I was scared out of nowhere, Toru, who was hiding behind me, suddenly said. "You alright there?"

"I am as fine as possible!" I stopped for a moment to focus on my quirk to see what expression was she doing but I felt some discomfort on my chest so I stopped "Man, I can't wait till I am fully healed; you won't be able to sneak past me again. Nice gloves by the way"

"Heh, I actually cannot wait either! I like the idea of being seen more often."

"Yeah, you are quite cute if I am honest."

"A-are you flirting with me?"

"What? No. I mean, not really? I don't think so. I believe calling someone cute is not a flirt. I think a lot of the guys are cute too."

"Can you tell me more about how I look?"

"Hm? Do you not know how you look?"

"I kind of do, but it's hard to get all the details. I've never seen myself in a mirror properly. The last time I had to use a full face mask to get all the details of my face, but if I am honest, I don't like picturing myself with a green beauty mask all over my face whenever I stare at the mirror, especially when I cannot see my eyes."

"Huh, you want to be seen so badly, hah— "I went quiet again as it hit me with some really bad, nasty memory. "Sorry, I know this is probably a very serious thing for you; I shouldn't make fun of it. I will help you make you see yourself."

"Oh, it's not that serious."

"No, no, it is, I know it is. Can we go outside? Somewhere with more dirt." Toru followed me behind.

LOCATION: Outside of the School, Training Grounds.

"Are you sure you should be using your quirk, Jack? You are still hurt."

"This is dirt; I can focus on healing and shaping dirt. It's not hard. The hard part is making it permanent, so whenever I am done, I will ask you to remain quiet, please."

"... Hey, how did it go with Aizawa?"

"It went fine, but I don't want to think about it. Fill you in later?"

"You kind of always say that."

"I am bad at facing people with serious topics."

"Then let's change topics. Hmmm... Oh, how about your family?"

"Terrible topic, try again please."

"S-sorry... What about your classmates?"

"Ttr-try again, please." She was quiet for a moment.

"How about... uhm, your love life?"

"Tsuyu is mad at me, and Momo is trying to cover for me, so perhaps ask me about that topic a week later."

"Gah! You make your life sound so troublesome."

"Yeah, I think the best part is my sex life at this point, haha!"

"H-how about animals? Do you like one?"

"I hate dogs and bugs; the rest is nice."

"Dogs? That's odd."

"I have... trouble with dogs."

"I am now so curious to ask why you have so many troublesome topics, but I feel it would be overstepping your privacy."

"I can talk about them; it's just that not right now, please. Once I am healed, like really healed... I'm almost done here, so perhaps remain quiet for a bit. I want to make this permanent." I focused on making the shape as perfect as I could to her body and then showed the figurine to her—"It's missing colors; could you fill me in on that?"

"I thought you knew what colors I had."

"Yeah, the only colors I am able to distinguish with my ability are black and white; the rest are impossible for me."

"Well, Aoyama said my eyes were sparkly and my hair green, and Mineta said so as well... I assume my skin is beige, my eyes... I'm not sure."

"Let's say green too. Are your mom's eyes green?"

"Dad's, but yeah, try green."

"There we go; this is you—a small version, at least." She grabbed it and hold it in her hands

I hand over the small figurine to her as she inspects it, unsure what her reaction is. "Do you like it?"

"I am... very pretty."

"You are beautiful, that I assure you, though your hair is messy."

"Your hair is messy too, you know" I heard some dislikeness in her voice as I chuckled.

"Yeah, but that's by choice, you know."

"... Could you brush my hair?"

"Hm? Brush your hair? I mean, I could, but I don't play much with my own hair." I used my quirk to show my hair suddenly becoming dreadlocks. "I can shapeshift, but I never cared much about how I look... well beyond how I look right now... No, this is me. Never mind, forget that; just no promises on making any fancy hair."

"I like that.... But maybe another time."

"Hm, sure, why not another time?"

"I kind of want to leave you to rest, and... I want to try something else with you."

"Something else?"

"It's just something I have grown curious about."

"Well, perhaps let me know about it?"

"I am sure you would like it, seeing what I know about you, although Jack, can I say something?"

"I am not covering your mouth so you can say anything."

"You should speak about your private topics with those closer to you; I feel it could help."

"... Will think about it."

"Makes me happy to hear… Can I keep the figurine?"

"Yeah, I made it for you, silly. I will try and make you a bigger one, like a plushie, for the future."

"Thanks, Jack." She went and hugged me. "Take care, okay."

"Sure..." I had now two options: go back to Sirli or stay at U.A. On one hand, Sirli was my best bet to find out what was really going on behind the so-called hero agency of my dad; on the other hand, I wanted to spend time with people from U.A., make friends, and enjoy myself, really. Also, seeing Sirli last night curl up and sleep on my bed, she looked so sad too... I think I should go there at least, right? Before nightfall. So I went to the dorm rooms instead.

LOCATION: Dorm rooms. U.A Heights alliance

I sent a text to Sirli that I would be coming home late; she just sent me a thumbs up. She was strange at times but at least got to hang around others. I saw Sato bake some cookies for everyone, talked with Fumikage, the bird guy, and checked on his health, got to play a little with Kirishima, and agreed to spar with him the other day. It was nice overall, but as night was falling, I thought it was time to come back...

Or so I thought as I was drinking some water in the kitchen; Ochaco approached me.

"Hi Jack!"

"Hi Ochaco! What's up? All's good?"

"Everything is, uhm—it's okay. " I noticed a hint of worry in her voice.

"Doesn't sound too okay."

"It's just that, uhm, I wanted to ask you something but I'm not sure how you might react."

"Shoot, it's been quite a laborious day, I must say."

"Well, I wanted to ask... C-could we cuddle together tonight?"

"... Is this like a keyword for"

"N-NO! No no. Just sleep together, that's all. Tsuyu is out, and I sometimes have some heavy nightmares, and it helps me sleep when close to someone."

"Oh. Can I ask why me? Not that I am against it! Just curious since you have closer friends... Like Izuku, you know." I smiled at her as she looked a bit upset at me.

"I just—Tsuyu trusts you to keep quiet about it, and you said that if I ever feel bad, I could come to you, and you can come to me, so I thought I'd call back on that." Oh, I did say that... Well, not those exact words, but something around that.

"Then yeah! I don't mind; it's not my first time with that."

"First time cuddling someone, I guess."

"More like working as a heavy blanket. I've had a friend that also had this problem, so having someone close to her help her when sleeping."

"... Is it Portis?" I went quiet staring at nothing for a while.

"Yes." Cut and dry, very charming as always.

"You keep saying that I look like her."

"Want to see her?—In a photo, I mean, want to see her photo? Not in real life"

"I don't think it would be possible for me to meet him today without her taking a plane"

"Funny enough her name has more to do with her quirk than what you think"

"I also don't think you showing people photos is a good idea due to last time."

"It will be fineeee; it's just curiosity, right? Its just to show you, besides she was a friend nothing more" I opened up my phone and showed her.

"Huh, she does look a little like me..."

"Yeah and this is her with a tan, you two are very look alike, more than what you think, but she is taller just so you know, but you are nicer and cooler if you ask me."

"You two aren't friends anymore, right? You said something among those lines"

"Yes, it was... something alright."

"How about we cuddle and talk about it, if you want?"

"That sounds fine with me really, I feel like venting out if I am honest and I am sure Sirli won't care listening to what I have to say but just let me send a text." I went ahead and typed to Sirli that I was staying at U.A. I was expecting some sad response or some frowny face or emoji or whatever, but instead got another thumbs up... Maybe she doesn't need me. That's good... Right?

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