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To get to Nabu island, it’s a couple hours on a ferry. Aizawa is there to see them off at the dock, but he convinced Fukukado that they’d be better off staying on the main land. Still… Mina really wishes her favorite teacher would be joining her on this trip, even if it’s only a few weeks. She pouts on Kirishima’s shoulder as their boat drifts away. “Stupid Aizawa…”
Kirishima pulls her close, waving to their teachers out the window, “Why don’t you just text her?”
“I’ll be fine.” She wraps her arms around his waist, squeezing him tight. “I have you.”
“And I definitely know how to treat PTSD.”
She bites his cheek. She gasps, “I found the cure.”
“Wha?”
“It’s your flesh!” She nibbles on his neck and shoulder, “OM NOM NM NM NM!”
Kirishima blushes, not because of his girlfriend attacking him, but embarrassment, because he notices Setsuna staring over from her seat alone. He mouths to her, “Sorry.” He shows no remorse to Kaminari who’s sat right next to him.
Setsuna shrugs and turns her attention back to her phone, she texts Pony, “I just realized there’s two couples with me on this trip…”
“You should totes hang out with Izuku and Ochako! They super nice!”
Setsuna glances over at the couple who’s already snuggled up, and seemingly asleep in the seats ahead of her, “I don’t know… I think I’ll just end up annoying them talking about how much I miss you the whole time.”
“Yeah, but you’re gonna do that to everyone you talk to!”
Setsuna snorts, “I’m gonna annoy you so bad when I get back.”
“I can’t wait ;3”
“What are you going to do today?”
“Harass forest animals.”
Setsuna’s almost positive that’s not what Pony means, but she takes it at face value, “Don’t tell Koda.”
“;P”
Dark Shadow slinks through the cabin, “What up Tokage?” He holds out his shadowy fist.
Setsuna’s talked to Dark Shadow a couple of times, but never without Tokoyami present, she didn’t think about it earlier, but she wondered why Tokoyami didn’t sit next to her. Still she touches knuckles with the shadow. “Just texting Pony.”
Dark Shadow gasps, “Tell her I said hi.”
Setsuna snorts, “Okay.” “Dark Shadow says hi.” “Does Tokoyami say hi too?-” As if in response she hears puking coming from where Dark Shadow’s trail leads, and her first thought is Rude.
“He gets really sea sick.”
“Ohhh.” Setsuna pets Dark Shadow. “Well tell him I said-” Her head falls off her shoulders. “Got it?”
Dark Shadow snickers, “I don’t know that I can tell him that, but I’ll try.”
Before he slinks back, Setsuna shows him a text from Pony that says “Hi Dark Shadow! \o/” If he had feet that would put a spring in his step, he heads back, almost tripping up Iida on his return.
Iida finally takes his seat next to Izuku after double checking every safety feature the boat had to offer. Though this time, it’s slightly less about his compulsion, and more about his fear of the boat sinking. His engines are non-functional underwater, so if they’re attacked in the ocean, that’s something he needs to be prepared for if he’s going to provide any assistance. He’s already wearing a life vest. He’s about to speak up when he realizes they’re both fast asleep. He wonders how they fell asleep so fast, How are they tired at eight in the morning??? With that bit of context, he considers maybe he should wake them. . . Though, this is the first big assignment he’s had with them in a while, he doesn’t want to sour the mood so early. He chooses to let them sleep!
Kodai is not so fortunate. She’s suddenly woken up in her seat by the sense, that someone is staring at her. She looks around, not particularly concerned by the feeling since she got it often, but still curious to find her culprit all the same. Next to her is Nirengeki, watching some buff guy anime with his headphones in. Probably wasn’t him. She looks across to see Sero and Awase, who seem to be getting along about something. Setsuna’s sat in front of them, but she’s lost in her phone too. She looks behind her, and locks eyes with Kaminari.
“Hey Kodai. What’s up?”
“Were you staring at me?”
Kaminari stammers, “Uh- no?”
Mina rats him out, “He was hard staring at you Kodai. I think I heard him muttering to himself about how cute you are.”
“Ashido!”
Mina imitates him, “Kaminari!”
Kirishima realizes he made the right choice by sitting between them as they try to grab at each other’s faces.
Kodai’s pretty sure it wasn’t Kaminari. She goes back to sleep for, -what feels to her like two seconds, but had to have been a couple hours as they’ve arrived on Nabu Island. The reason Kodai knows this is because Miruko shouts at the top of her lungs,
“ALRIGHT KIDS! WE’RE HERE!”
A lot of half-hearted cheers go out across the ferry.
Miruko claps to try and keep all their attention as they’re standing up, grabbing their bags, “So! Some of you may be thinking, ‘we get to train with the number one hero all summer break!? This is gonna be awesome!!!’ I am here to supervise. Lightly. The main purpose of this assignment is to see if you can survive on your own, that means running an agency, feeding yourselves, -just being responsible adult children! If you need anything like, really urgent, like talking, whole island’s been lit on fire urgent, then obviously you can come to me. I’ll do check-ins from time to time, and if you want, then, MAYBE I’ll train you, some of you.” She sees most of them are ready to step off the boat, “Now, there is a crowd waiting to welcome you, this island hasn’t had any active hero agencies for some time. So they’re excited to see you, be excited to see them. Okay?”
A lot of the kids don’t really get that message, but give a much more hearty, “Okay!”
As they step off the boat the crowd is unanimously cheering, “MI RU KO, MI RU KO, MI RU KO!”
Kaminari whispers to Mina, “Yeah, they’re really hyped to see us.” He tries to start his own cheer, “Charge Bolt, Charge Bolt!”
Mina snickers at the absolutely zero response he gets to that.
The crowd is already swarming Miruko and Ryukyu for autographs and pictures as they step on to the dock.
Izuku smiles back at them, “Trust me, you get used to it.” As he says this, a little blonde boy rushes up with a pen and paper for Izuku.
“Mr. Deku! Ms. Uravity! Can I get your autograph!”
Deku’s heart is squeezed as he and Uravity give their autographs.
Kaminari messes up Deku’s hair as he passes.
When Kodai makes it on to the dock, she gets that feeling again. Though this time Nirengeki seems to notice her looking around, “What’s the matter Kodai?”
“I’m not sure it’s anything. Could be a ghost.”
Nirengeki was imagining she’d say she forgot something at home, he isn’t too sure how to respond to that. Even after a whole year of class with her, and even working some missions with her and Yanagi, he still has no idea how to talk to her sometimes. He tries to joke, “Yanagi didn’t come on this trip.”
“Hmh”
That was honestly the closest he’s ever seen to her laughing. He takes that as a win.
After the crowds clear out, the group then has to take a short bus ride half way across the tiny island to their agency, which is the agency of the last hero who worked here, so it’s an older building but still fully functional, thankfully.
Ryukyu decides to speak up this time. “Miruko and I are staying by the beach, I’ve put a note with a number you can reach us at on all the landlines here. Remember, it’s up to you to be responsible this trip. There likely won’t be any villains, but you should still be eager to try and help these people however you can. You have a lot of useful powers, so show them what you can do.”
Iida raises his hand, “Are we being graded on our performance while we’re here?”
Miruko chimes in to answer, “Considering your teachers pawned you off on us, and we’re not going to be watching you most of the time. Nope! As long as the island is better when we leave it than when we arrived, and we don’t get any negative reviews, you’re all good. -Obviously don’t go causing any trouble though.”
Mina nods, “Good thing Mineta got kicked out. We do still have Kaminari though…”
Kaminari recoils, “Mina what did I do to you???”
While they bicker, Miruko whispers to Izuku, “What’s a Mineta?”
Izuku whispers back, “He’s the perverted kid I told you about last year.”
“Ohhhh.” Miruko pats Kaminari on the back, “As long as you’re not harassing anyone, I think you’re okay!”
Kaminari wants to cry, that this is his first real interaction with the number one hero. “Thanks, Miruko.”
“Well bye!” Miruko grabs Ryukyu and vanishes out the front door with a trail of dust.
The failures of the rescue exam are left in silence for only a few short moments, though to them it’s an eternity of swirling panic, wondering what to do, who will take charge- and then the phones start ringing.