A Worthless Quirk

Chapter Thirty - Storage Shed

Hello World! I never thought I would make it to thirty!

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Now that I'm here, I realize it's not that big of a landmark… The word count is probably more important…

(Disclaimer: While I will not admit to owning Boku no Hero; I will admit that if I did own Boku no Hero, I would admit to owning it.)

"They're not doing very well." Tiger said bluntly, "They don't have any of the coordination we saw at the festival, there seems to be some drama going on between them right now."

"I can second that…" Mandalay added, "They're both trying to figure out what they are to each other."

Ragdoll tilted her head, "This conversation is confusing… Can you explain what's going on in simpler terms."

Pixie-bob translated, "The two are in love with each other but still won't accept it."

Ragdoll perked up, "I see! So basically, we need them to get over the relationship bump!"

Mandalay nodded, "But we need to be very careful. This is a delicate matter! If things go poorly, we could ruin their friendship and any chances of them partnering up as a hero team."

"Puh-lease. We don't want to fix their friendship! We need to upgrade it!"

Tiger nodded sagely, "The best way over a relationship bump is a baby bump."
"Rejected." Mandalay said instantly, being the voice of reason.

"I think Tigers on the right track." Pixie-bob said, licking her lips, "If we can get them in the right situation."

"Rejected." Mandalay continued being the one and only voice of reason, "You guys really don't know what delicate means…"

"Delicious?" Tiger asked.

"NO! Fragile! If we haphazardly try to get them back on track their relationship will break. And from what I know of Izuku, he will break as well!"

"I see…" Pixie-bob scratched her head, "So we steal their clothes while they're in the bath."

"NO!" Mandalay yelled in exasperation, she then looked around, "Where's Ragdoll?"

"She left when Tiger suggested getting them to-"

"RAGDOLL!"

"Tiger, restrain her!" Pixie-bob commanded.

"RIGHT!"

Mandalay fought against Tiger's stretchy limbs angrily as Pixie-bob winked at her and went off to cause mayhem.

Izuku and Ochako found their rooms with relative ease, they were right next to each other and had "Izuku's Room" and "Ochako's Room" written on their respective doors. The plaques used looked hand crafted and very nice.

Apparently the Wild Wild Pussycats had quite a bit of time on their hands. Which makes sense! While mountain rescues are important, they didn't happen half as often as villain attacks.

"Well. I'll go on ahead." Ochako quickly grabbed her clothes and left before Izuku could start up an actual conversation.

Izuku picked out his own clothes and followed after her, albeit a bit more slowly.

"Ragdoll!" He said in surprise as he noticed the pro hero loitering around in the hallway.

"Izuku!" She said excitedly, "You off to take a bath?"

"Y-yes. If that's ok."

"Sure sure!" She bobbed her head, "But right now the girl's side is damaged, but I guess that won't affect you all that much!"

Izuku nodded, "Well, I'd better hurry. I still need to plan with Ura-"

Ragdoll shot him a look.

"-chako what we're going to do about Tiger."

"Well, good luck with that!" Ragdoll said encouragingly as she continued down the hall.

"Thank you!"

Izuku made his way to the changing rooms and went into the boy's side.

"Come to think of it, where is Ochako gonna…" He saw a bin holding Ochako's clothes.

Izuku promptly redressed and exited the changing room.

He then looked at the sign marking the room as the male side. It was hastily taped on top of the female sign.

He sighed and walked away.

"HOLD ON A SECOND!" Ragdoll rushed out of her hiding place, the actual boy's changing room, "This scene didn't play out correctly, you were supposed to walk into the actual bath section!"

"I would have to be a dense idiot to do that!" Izuku complained "That was clearly the girl's side!"

"Fine. We actually only offer co-ed bathing."

"THAT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SAID BEFORE!"

"I lied!" Ragdoll lied.

"Never mind, I'll just skip the shower."

"I command you as your legal guardian to go into the onsen!"

"Since when did you become my guardian!?"

"Did you not read the fine print when you signed up for this internship?"

"I did! And there was nothing about adoption."

Ragdoll looked astounded, "You actually read it!? There were 40 pages in Times New Roman size 8 font!"

"You counted it!"

"Touché…"

Izuku sighed and leaned against the wall.

"I'll wait until Ochako is done!"

"No can do, I'm gonna go in after her." Ragdoll countered instantly.

"Fine, after you."

"No can do, Pixie-bob is going in after me."

"Who's after her?"

"Mandalay, then Tiger, then Kouta."

"WHY ARE YOU TAKING BATHS IN AN ONSEN INDIVIDUALLY!?" Izuku exclaimed, "IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE COMMUNAL BATHING!"
"Izuku?"

Ragdoll and Izuku turned to see Ochako exiting the changing room, her hair was still slightly damp from the onsen.

"Tch, you're too late!" Ragdoll told Izuku.

Izuku was too enamored with the sight of Ochako right after a bath to retort.

"Oh well!" Ragdoll said cheerfully as she entered the changing room, "My turn!"

Ochako looked back and forth from Izuku to Ragdoll, "Did I miss something?"

Ochako continued to wonder what happened while she was in the bath on her way back to her room.

"Ochako!" A voice cheerfully broke her out of her thoughts.

A blonde woman wearing a blue version of the Pussycat costume peeked around the corner.

"Um… You were… Pixie-bob?"

"Yup yup! So unfortunately, it appears that your room was hit by a landslide."
"Eh?" Ochako asked, confused.

"Yeah! I know right? Anywho, I went ahead and moved your stuff into Izuku's room, I'm sure you two will be fine sharing!"

"S-sh-sharing!?"

Pixie-bob winked at her, "Go get 'em! I'm rooting for you!"

Ochako rounded the corner to her room and saw that it did look like it was hit by a landslide, the entire room was full of dirt.

"Wasn't your quirk Earth Manipulation?" Ochako turned back and asked Pixie-bob suspiciously.

Pixie-bob began whistling, she was surprisingly good at it.

"Is it ok if I just sleep in another one of the rooms?" Ochako asked.

"Nope… Sorry, we only cleaned the two rooms you two were gonna be staying in."

"I'm fine sleeping in a dusty room."

"I could never let you! My honor as a host wouldn't allow it!"

"But you would allow two teenagers to share a room!?"

"Forget room! You two need to share the bed!"

"WHY!?"

Ochako was quickly becoming tired of dealing with the Wild Wild Pussycats.

"Ochako? Can you hear me?" A voice asked in her head.

"Mandalay?" Ochako spoke out loud.

"Darn it! Tiger was supposed to cover her head with aluminum!" Pixie-bob glared at Ochako, "Don't move! I'll be right back!"

Ochako watched as Pixie-bob then ran away, presumably to find Mandalay and to put a tin foil hat on her.

"Mandalay… Pixie-bob is coming for you…"

Mandalay sighed, "Of course she is. For now, try to avoid her, Ragdoll, and Tiger."
"Ok?"

"Trust me. Also, you're gonna want to wrap up your relationship problems with Izuku as soon as possible."

"What relationship problems?"

"Don't play dumb with-" There was the sound of static and Mandalay's voice was cut off.

"Mandalay?" Ochako asked, "Are you still there?"

"OCHAKO!" Tiger's voice suddenly echoed throughout the building, "GET OVER HERE!"

Ochako took 22 miliseconds to consider her options.

1. She could go find out what Tiger wanted her for.

2. She could go fall asleep on Izuku's bed.

3. She could go and ask Mandalay what's going on.

4. She could go eat mochi.

5. She could actually listen to Mandalay's advice.

Since number four wasn't a real option, she settled on number five.

Ochako ran.

After Ragdoll finally got out of the bath Izuku took his turn, considering Pixie-bob was no where to be found.

He took his shower and sank into the warm waters of the onsen, "That feels a lot better…" He sighed in pleasure, still aching from various bruises.

He heard the door to the dressing room open and turned back, fearing who he was gonna see.

"Kouta?" He asked when he saw the horned cap(Yes, he did wear his hat into the onsen), "Thank goodness, I thought you were someone else."

Kouta scowled at him, "What the hell are you doing in here extra?"

Izuku suddenly wondered where Katsuki was, "Just cleaning up, Tiger put us through the wringer."

"Hmph. You guys are idiots." He proclaimed as he showered off(No, he did not take off his hat).

Izuku frowned, at both the hat and the statement, "Why's that?"

"You're training to be heroes? How stupid is that? Heroes are just lame cosplayers who catch a few guys then get killed by stronger villains." Kouta ranted angrily, "Who the hell wants to be a hero?"

Izuku got up and walked over to the boy, "I want to be a hero… I want to be a cool hero that kids can look up to and say, 'I want to be just like him when I grow up!'" He took off Kouta's hat so that his hair would actually get cleaned, "I want to reach out to a scared kid, and I want to tell them that everthing will be ok!"

Kouta scoffed, "You're not invincible. A strong villain can still kill you."
"Which is why I'm training here."

"No matter how much you train, you still have weaknesses."

Izuku nodded, "But that's why I'm here with Ochako" He said without stuttering, "We're training to be a hero team, so that we can cover each other's weaknesses." He left out how the training wasn't moving along very smoothly.

"It doesn't matter if you have a partner! Both of you will die!" Kouta's tears blended in with the water streaming down his face, but Izuku still saw them.

"Then that's ok."

"What?" Kouta finally turned around and looked him in the eye.

"That's ok!" Izuku repeated, "If I can save even one person, then I'm ok dying."

Kouta looked away again, "You really are an idiot."

Since Kouta seemed to be done with the conversation, Izuku decided to go back to his room.

"Man… I'm really lucky Ragdoll didn't steal my clothes, I wouldn't put it past her…" He rounded the corner and saw that Ochako's room was full of dirt.

"What on Earth!?"

He didn't have time to investigate, because as soon as he spoke, he saw Tiger at the end of the hallway.

"THERE'S ONE OF 'EM!"

"GET HIM!" Ragdoll was there too.

Izuku let instinct take over and leashed himself to the wall. His quirk pulled him out of the was just in time to avoid Tiger's arms that wrapped around the space he was just standing.

"ACCEPT YOUR FATE!" Ragdoll yelled.

"WHAT FATE?" Izuku screamed back.

He didn't hear the answer, he was too busy pulling himself away to dodge Tiger's second attack. He then noticed an open window and slipped through it.

"GET BACK HERE!" Tiger screamed as he tugged himself through the widow. While he had a much larger stature then Izuku, his quirk allowed him to squeeze through the tiny window.

Izuku ran.

"I need to find a place to hide!" He stopped when he saw a storage shed, "THERE!"

He opened the door, slipped in, and closed it behind him.

"Izuku?"

In the darkness, he could barely make out the figure hiding in the corner. But he would recognize her voice anywhere, "O-ochako?"

There was a clicking sound.

"Welp! Looks like everything is locked up! I should be heading back!" Ragdoll's voice carried through the locked door.

"RAGDOLL!" They both yelled at her.

She ignored them.

"Operation: Accidentally lock them in a storage shed together is a success!"

Heh heh heh… Yes, I did that cliché…

And now looking back… I wrote the Pussycats as a very weird cast… Like, surprisingly strange.

Anywho, hopefully you guys won't mind the OOCness of it! I feel like they are pretty minor characters so it won't matter that much… But who knows, maybe some of you guys are die-hard Pussycat fans.

-TitaniumDragon22