Bonus Story: The Teleporter Boy & The Creation Girl 01

"Good morning class," droned Aizawa. "Today we're going to do 2v2 battles like you did at the start of term. With random pairings."

Class 1-A buzzed with anticipation. Lately their training had been very rescue-focused, and it had been a while since they had challenged each other in combat.

"The goal here is to see how you have improved across the board since that initial battle trial. Strategy, quirk usage, teamwork… all of these things shall come into play. Now, you all know how I feel about wasting time. Get into your costumes and head down to the field."

Several minutes later, Yaoyorozu Momo was quietly putting her costume on in the girls' locker room, as the other five chatted with each other.

"My winter costume takes longer to put on," Mina was complaining.

"Can't relate," Toru fired back in a teasing manner.

"You're gonna freeze, ribbit," said Tsu.

"Nah, I'll be alright. The way my skin cells trap light and redistribute it actually helps me keep warm."

"I don't have that luxury, ribbit. You warm-blooded creatures, you…"

"Hehe, all these new upgrades I've been getting on my costume are still taking some getting used to," said Ochaco as she struggled into a boot.

"Why all the upgrades, anyway?" asked Jiro. "I mean, I'm thinking of new sound equipment all the time, but your Quirk doesn't really…"

"Well, I just figured I may as well have some more tools at my disposal," Ochaco answered. "Be a well rounded hero, like De…"

She shut herself up, but it was too late. Mina pounced on it like a cat.

"Midori, huh? Well, go ahead and wear those upgrades, Ochaco-chan! I'm sure he'll pick up on it eventually!" She and Toru laughed, while Ochaco flushed red.

"It's…it's not like I'm trying to get his attention…" she mumbled. "Although hero-related stuff is basically the only way I can really get him to notice me…he doesn't seem to get excited about anything else…"

"Please stop bothering her about Midoriya," Momo cut in, causing Mina and Toru to fall into silence. "It's tough enough on the poor girl as it is."

"Oh come onnnn, Yao-momo," Mina drawled. "I get that it's for your Quirk, but don't tell me that outfit isn't meant to make boys notice you a LITTLE? Like…Todoroki, for instance?"

Momo flushed. "Not in the slightest." She'd had a crush on Todoroki for a while, but it had grown clear very quickly that he wasn't interested in that sort of thing. These days she was just sort of… floating.

Mina pouted. "Whatever. You guys are no fun. Someone needs to hook up with someone else already. We're in dorms now, it should be much easier!"

"Why don't you make that someone yourself?" Jiro suggested. "Surely there's a guy you like."

The acid user seemed to give it some thought. "Not at the moment, no."

"Okay, well…" the punk rock girl made a sour face. "Stop pestering other people about it, then."

Momo couldn't help but retreat into her thoughts. I've seen most of the boys in our class in far too many vulnerable moments. We've fought villains countless times. Instead of classmates, it's more like we're all war buddies, or something. Starting a romantic relationship would just be strange.

Plus, my family would probably not approve!

With a shake of her head, she followed the others out of the locker room.

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"Here are the pairings," Aizawa announced. Flanking him on either side were Midnight and Ectoplasm, who'd be helping monitor the exercise.

"The word pairings makes it sound like we're about to be shipped together," Kaminari whispered to Sero, but Momo overheard. "I hope I end up with one of the girls this time!"

Sero laughed it off in a kind of half-disgusted sort of way. "Just for today, try and think with your brain, Pikachu."

"First up," said Aizawa, pulling some slips of paper out of a box. "Kaminari and Aoyama, you'll be fighting Bakugo and Asui."

Kaminari wilted. "No freaking way."

"Hehe, let us shine out with our bright powers, monsieur!" Aoyama did a pirouette.

Sero clapped his friend on the back, chuckling. "Have fun! And be careful what you wish for!" Kaminari only wailed in response.

"WHAT?! Frog Face?" Bakugo snapped in shock.

"Let's work together well, Bakugo-chan," said Tsuyu, offering her hand.

The explosion user blinked. "Err… tsk." He averted his eyes dismissively, avoiding the handshake, but not blowing up at her either. "Of course. We're gonna win this easily."

Momo noticed Bakugo had mellowed out recently, but there was something else to it as well. The fact that he didn't really have any special connection to Tsuyu, and therefore had no reason to get all hot and bothered about working with her.

"It's been awhile since we've teamed up randomly like this," Jiro muttered next to her. "Bakugo and Asui is such a weird combination. I think everyone's settled into separate friend groups since the first time we did this. And since then, we've all gotten used to getting challenged and hyped up by… those people." She realized Momo was looking at her, and blushed. "Sorry. I'm rambling."

"No, I get it," Momo said softly. "I am also feeling something like that."

"The next match will be Todoroki and Koda… versus Ojiro and Uraraka."

"Huh?" Ochaco blinked, looking to the tail user.

"Cool," Ojiro said, scratching his neck. "I don't think we've ever worked together before, Uraraka-san. Let's do it!"

"Hehe, yeah!"

"Are there creatures nearby you can bring to help?" Todoroki asked Koda curtly. The larger block-headed boy shrugged.

"See?" Jiro pointed out. "That's weird. Just… strange."

"Uraraka and Ojiro seem to be getting on well though," Momo pointed out. "These sorts of exercises are good for team building. You never know who might be in the area during a situation, and may have to work with whoever's available."

"The third match will be Jiro and Iida vs Shoji and Ashido," said Aizawa.

Annoyance flashed over Jiro's face for a split second, and then Iida rushed to her side. "Jiro-san, let us do our best! We have not interacted much, but you are quite a capable individual from what I have seen!"

The rocker girl forced a smile. "Thanks, you too. Let's think of a plan, come on." With a silent help me glance towards Momo she followed the engine user away.

Iida isn't so bad, Momo thought. But they had a lot in common, she supposed. Both from upper class families, both with more sheltered and strict outlooks on their student lifestyle, both on positions in student government… still, why would Jiro find him so annoying, but tolerate her just fine?

It also occurred to her that her name hadn't been called yet. There were only eight people left.

"The fourth match will be…" Aizawa pulled out some more pieces of paper. "Kirishima and Hagakure vs Sato and Sero."

"Alright!" Sero whooped. "Let's do it, sugar boy!"

"Yeah!" The two of them high-fived.

"Front-line bravery and covert stealth? We complement each other perfectly!" Kirishima declared to his invisible partner. Toru giggled, clearly a bit enamored by all of this.

I guess I'm in the last group, Momo thought. But wait, who else hadn't been picked yet?

"Final match will be you four, but I guess I better decide the teams…" Aizawa picked out two more slips. "Midoriya and Tokoyami. That means Kagamine and Yaoyorozu are a team. Alright, that's everyone."

Momo's eyes widened. Kagamine?

She looked over to the boy in question, who she had spoken to very rarely. Blue eyes met her own grey ones. "Welp," he said in his frank, almost twitchy tone, "this was unexpected."

Kagamine Len was a strange person. He could be considered one of the "class clowns" along with Kaminari and Sero, but he spoke up a bit more rarely, often making his funny observations and comments in a very dry, self-deprecating kind of way. Mina and Toru found him hilarious, of course. He was also good friends with Tsuyu, as they both had blunt and off-color personalities.

He was on the taller side, with spiky blonde hair and aforementioned blue eyes. His Quirk was an emitter teleporting-type, which he used to warp himself or objects up to his own body weight up to ten meters in any direction, and occasionally further if he strained himself. The last time she'd really taken notice of him was during the sports festival, where he'd finished in the top four. His Quirk was crazy impressive, and he used it in a variety of creative ways…

He always wore that enigmatic half-smirk, as if he was thinking about something that he wasn't willing to tell you. And he often had long periods of time in which he wasn't talking to anyone at all. That was her best attempt at summarizing him in her brain, with her limited knowledge.

All in all, Momo felt intimidated by him. Not just his personality, but his skillset as well… she remembered during her low point after the sports festival where he was one of the ones she compared herself to. One of the ones that seemed like an impossible barrier to surpass. She'd thought, I'll never be that good. Even if I should be.

She'd regained some of her confidence since then, but that didn't make him any less intimidating.

Momo looked over to their opponents. Midoriya… a veritable wild card, and Tokoyami… who made a fool of me in the sports festival. The former was chatting in a low voice to the latter, very quickly.

"Midoriya is a strategist," said Kagamine, now standing next to her and looking in the same direction she was.

Momo nodded. "That he is." Her gut instinct upon being teamed up with him was apprehension, because he didn't seem to have an outwardly high opinion of anyone in the class, which must have included her. But he was behaving… normally?

"I know your Quirk works better when you come up with plans beforehand," he continued. "But I don't think we can out-plan Midoriya. It will be better to come up with things to create on the fly as the situation calls for it."

"I… agree," Momo said. "Unlike the last battle trial, there is no bomb objective. We are just fighting each other in the streets to submission. So every action we take should be focused on that."

"Since Dark Shadow doesn't like light, you could make flashbangs," Kagamine suggested. "Then again, Midoriya will definitely be aware that we'd try that. He's just… smart like that."

Momo smirked. "I could disguise the flashbangs as something else."

Kagamine's eyes widened. She realized quietly that that was the first time she'd ever seen him surprised. "Of course. Sorry, I…" Suddenly, he was blushing, pulling back into himself in a shy manner. "You know your Quirk better than I do. I didn't mean to take over the planning or anything, just offering suggestions…"

Momo's eyebrows went up. Who is this boy, truly? "It's alright. Perhaps if I can make flashbangs, or anything else, you could teleport them in toward Dark Shadow?"

"Yeah. That'd be good." He met her gaze again. "And I can teleport other objects around the area to try and drop on them, but it would do so little good I may as well be tickling them. Midoriya when he's… what's he call it, Full Cowl? And Dark Shadow, are both really strong. I… I honestly don't know what to do."

Momo felt strange. She remembered her final exam, in which she'd naturally let Todoroki take charge. Now, the positions were almost reversed.

"Midoriya will try to get in close," she said. "I can make things that will deter him, but…"

"If all else fails, I suppose I can use Warp Field," Kagamine mused. "Neither of us are powered in a way that improves our resistance to blows. Midoriya will hold back since he's a good guy, but a charged punch or kick from him would be devastating. I can't let him hit y… us." He coughed.

Momo felt heat fill her cheeks a little. "What's Warp Field again?"

The blonde boy blinked at her, and she felt an embarrassed strike in her heart. Oh God, he's mad at me for that I should have known better… 

"It's my super move," he said. "I spread my Quirk through my whole body at once and release, teleporting objects away from myself in a scatter. That includes people, so anyone in the radius is blown away from me. It's my defense, basically."

I should have known that. How have I never paid much attention to him at all? "And what about offense? I mean… say we do get Dark Shadow under control. We can overpower Tokoyami himself most likely, but that's only if Midoriya gives us the chance. How do we fight Midoriya?"

She had an answer herself, but she kind of wanted to hear from him first. His solution might be better than mine.

"That's what I'm still stuck on," he said sadly. "I can probably outmaneuver him for a spell, but that leaves you open. Which means…"

Momo winced inwardly. I knew it. He thinks he needs to protect me, and why shouldn't he? He's a lot more impressive in combat.

"... That I'm putting myself in your capable hands, Yaoyorozu."

She opened her mouth in surprise. "Wh-what?"

"I'm not the best at planning, to be honest. I'm better at thinking on the fly. When I saw that I'd be against Midoriya and Tokoyami, I got a little scared, but with you as my partner I feel better. I don't think I would have felt as reassured with anyone else."

She couldn't stop her face from going red. What… what is he saying? 

Kagamine Len continued on, oblivious, as if what he'd said was perfectly normal and wasn't the most substantial praise she'd received in a while. "The first match is about to start, we should head to the observation room and watch."

Momo found herself walking next to him back to the observation room. Even though they still didn't have a plan, she was feeling surprisingly… confident.