Key: "Normal Text/Speech"
"Flashback"/'Thoughts'
"Many Speeches at the same time" or Phone/Letter messages
"Primal Language"

A Few days later~

"Five hundred and ninety-nine...six hundred..."Izuku counted as his arms burned and his chest feeling warmed up. Getting up from his push-up exercise, he immediately got into his boxing stance and started throwing that same combo that was meant to get into his system by the end of the week.

It was Saturday now. Saturday night to be specific. Izuku could feel how different it was compared to Monday, he was making progress but it was still not enough to where he needs to be.

Throwing a few more left jabs and finishing it with a straight right. His form had drastically changed and improved since Tuesday. Even Nezu was surprised, he had expected him to be spending another few weeks on this but it seems that Izuku was ready for the next step: Footwork.

On Thursday, Nezu taught him how to use footwork to his advantage in any confrontation. Keeping himself light on his feet Izuku really felt the difference when moving around. Back during the fight with Muscular, his feet were always planted and heavy with the amount of energy he generated from his body.

Izuku was faster for sure. His feet would skip with ease. Footwork saved him a lot of time and energy. Skipping around the heavy bag, Izuku threw his combo and practice weaving as if he was dodging himself throwing the jabs and straights.

The teen did a few more reps before he was interrupted by a knock on his door...

Going over to the door, he turned the air pressure back to normal and breathed in a sigh of relief. With the warm temperatures due to his own training and the restriction due to the low air pressure, his body was covered in sweat underneath the weighted clothes. It would take a while before the room temperature went down.

Opening the door, he was met with his apparent "date" for tomorrow as Nezu put it...

"Hey, Midori! I just wanted to check in with you to see if your good to go for tomorrow?"

"You could have just called my phone."

"I have tried many times but you don't answer." She puffed her cheeks in annoyance, Izuku found it kinda cute despite his stoic expression present.

"Anyway, 1:00 pm, right? Downstairs in the lobby?"

"Glad you still remember! You always so busy training in your room that I didn't think you would go."

"It's just a thing I have to do," Izuku says wiping the sweat off his forehead.

"Well anyway, see you tomorrow!" She runs off with a wave.

"Yea."

Izuku closes his door and makes his way towards his bedroom. Sitting on the bed, he looked at the mirror in front of him where the countertop had his clothes for his date tomorrow.

He sighed again with some exhaustion...

All might was seriously a pain about this.

"You have a date?! With who?" The blonde woman exclaimed as she smiles with a large smile on her face.

"Some pink girl in my class," Izuku says as he throws a few rounds of jabs and straights.

"Here ya go All Might." Nezu offers a cup of tea, the blonde woman nods thanks to the hybrid animal. All Might reaches over to look at her roster for classes that she will be teaching Izuku.

"Mina Ashido. An average student in grades but seems to have a bright personality. I approve." Yami gave the thumbs up to Izuku who was still doing his boxing training.

"So do you have any clothes to wear for your date?" She asks the teen.

"Yea...the clothes I brought with me to U.A."

Yami shook her head. "Those are not causal clothes Izuku. Look you can't just go on a date with a girl with those outfits."

"What about Nezu's weighted clothes?" Izuku asks, practicing his weaving and dodging.

"I wouldn't recommend it. Your not training and if you run into some kind of trouble like you did with that Muscular guy. The weighted clothes will weigh you down and even taking them off his a struggle for you." Nezu added.

Izuku growled as he finishes his round with shadow boxing. "Then I will just wear the clothes I use for hunting."

"No, I will ship all of the clothes that I got for you, which you never bothered to wear anyway, to your room, and set them up in outfits so you won't just throw something on that doesn't work well together." All Might says with her disproving nod. Izuku groaned at her.

"I don't get what the hell is the point of this "date"? Aren't we just spending the day together? Why go the extra mile for this causal wear-bullshit."

All Might was about to speak but Nezu put up his hand.

"Dad, a "date" is usually an activity that couples do to see if they are a match for one another. If all goes well then the two will continue their relationship and develop it further in different ways."

"So what? This Ashido-San, wants to see if I qualify as a mating partner?"

"To put it bluntly yes, but mating would be a bit of a stretch, to say the least. I mean, most girls your age don't think about having long-term partners, but more so think about the fun they would enjoy spending time with the person they are attracted too. Mating could be part of it, but in most cases, it's never planned. It just sorta happens between people."

"I am already disliking the concept of this pastime..." Izuku says as he plops down between All Might and Nezu.

"Dad, just think of it like this. Would you rather have allies that can help you find Tenka, or enemies that will stop you from finding her? It's a bit black and white but answer me honestly."

"Almost a year ago I would have said enemies but seeing how I am now, I rather have the allies."

"There you go. Now in order to have Ashido-San as an ally, you need to befriend her or do something with her to have you to be on good terms. In this case, the date on Sunday."

Izuku only nodded with an annoyed expression on his face.

"I know you don't like it, but trust me, this makes the situation a lot easier to handle. So go along with this and actually make the effort to get to know her." Nezu says as he gives Izuku a cup of tea. Izuku thanks him and nods at his reasoning.

"Okay...I guess I will give it a shot." Izuku relented with a tired sigh, not knowing if he would look forward to this date.

"Trust me Izuku, you will have a great time. Just keep in mind that these girls didn't grow up like you so you have to be patient with them." All Might offers a smile, Izuku rolled his eyes before finishing his tea...

Sunday~

It was an hour before the time to meet her. Izuku finishes changing into one of the outfits that All Might organized for him. Wearing a navy-blue T-Shirt with some jeans, a watch to help him tell time(when he already has a phone for that!), and some red shoes.

"Are you ready? You still got an hour left?" Nezu asks as he looks into Izuku's closet to put the newly shipped clothes in order.

"Yes. Figured I would do some more shadow boxing before it was time to show up."

"No training, you just got out of the shower. You need to be hygienic in order for this date to go smoothly."

"The hell Nezu, first clothes, now I cannot train?"

"You are getting ready for a date, dad. It's not something you want to take lightly until you have many experiences with it. Look just because Tenka and I became nose-blind to your smell, it doesn't mean that these girls cannot smell your stinky-ass."

"Oh haha. So what am I suppose to do for an hour? I already hunted my food just in case I show up late when we come back. I don't have a lot of things to do."

"Well sit done and listen. Because I don't want you to fuck up this date with Ashido. You need to leave a good impression so act like this date puts your life on the line!" Nezu points at him as Izuku shrugs and sits down on one of the workout benches.

"Rule one: Always give her attention. This activity is focused on both of you. You cannot act selfishly with her, well maybe you can but not like total selfish-asshole level. Rule Two: Do not talk about deeply personal subjects, from what I have seen in my experiences dealing with high school kids in these past four years is that they all go off in the deep end when assuming that their partner of only one month or two, is worthy enough to hear some personal bullshit. Do not do that! I know you are the type of guy who doesn't care about that but consider the girl's feelings, she just wants to have a good time and get to know you. Not here your life story and personal baggage. Finally, Rule Three: Always be kind and polite to her, I know your kind, but you are not polite. You don't have to force your smile or anything just let her say or do to you without feeling it's a threat. Also, side note but this needs to be addressed, don't go jumping the gun and mating with her on your first date! Only after you establish some bare minimum of friendship is when you can do that."

"Nezu, you realize rules two and three are basically rule one." Izuku deadpanned.

"Just listen and remember what I am saying to you. Anyway, let's run some practice scenarios. I will pretend to be your average schoolgirl and ask you some questions and you ask me some."

Izuku unsure what to expect nodded but was immediately grossed out when Nezu pose with what assumes to be a seductive pose

"Izuku-Kun~ Does this dress look like fat on me?"

"Yes, yes it does!" Izuku shouted in disgust, starting to hold back a gag.

"You fucking idiot, that's not how you are supposed to react! You're supposed to say "It doesn't look fat on you Nezu-Chan~" or if it does look fat say "It doesn't matter if your fat or not. I will always appreciate you~", you have to say something like that!"

"Not when you are posing like that in front of me!" Izuku says covering his mouth, his mind was slowly getting scarred.

"Okay next scenario. Izuku-Kun~ what's your favorite hobby? Mine is reading."

"Seriously?! You're changing your voice now?! It still sounds like a guy's!"

"Just answer the fucking question Izuku-Kun~" Nezu or in this case Nezu-Chan growls "sweetly" at him.

"I don't know. Ugh! I like to workout! I guess?" Izuku says feeling the situation just got really nasty for him.

"Oh wow~ It would explain why your rippling muscles~"

"..."

"You have to say something Izuku-Kun~"

"Uh...Thanks, I guess...?"

Nezu-Chan does another pose for Izuku making the silence all that more disturbing...

"You have to compliment me now, you asshat!" Nezu-Chan yells in his "sweet" voice.

"You have nice fur..." Izuku compliments with a nauseous face.

"Oh why thank you. I make sure to brush it every morning~"

"Are we done?" Izuku asks wanting this to be over.

"Nope! Now it's your turn~"

"So...what do you like?"

"I like cooking, making tea, spending time with my dad and auntie, and reading books~" Nezu flashes an attempt at a cute smile which only made Izuku want to leave the room even more.

"Are we done now?"

"Unlikely, you and I will go through hundreds of different scenarios until you can answer all of them correctly! Isn't that fun Izuku-Kun?~"

Izuku could only groan in pain as the hour went by forever...

A long hour later...

Izuku waited downstairs, his date hasn't even arrived yet and he felt tired. That whole session with Nezu made him feel dead on the inside. Over and over, every time he got it wrong, Nezu would correct him in the stupid voice.

It made Izuku want to reconsider this whole thing and ditch the girl but Nezu told him it's better to have friends than enemies. So Izuku will just play along for now.

Waiting downstairs on one of the tables, Izuku waited for Mina to arrive. His thoughts trailed away as a person took a seat next to him.

"Hello, Midoriya-Kun." Looking for his side, he saw the small girl from the dinner table a few days back.

"Mineta-San." Izuku nods.

"Where are you off to now? You always leave the forest do your thing but nothing else."

'Be polite and kind...'

"I am waiting for my date right now."

Mineta narrowed her eyes which Izuku noticed as a bad sign. "Is that right? With who?"

"Ashido-San," Izuku answers finding the girl to be more and more annoyed with him. What was he doing wrong?

"Well, I hope you have a fun time with her." Mineta suddenly smiles before getting off of her seat and walking away leaving Izuku alone.

'Okay, that was odd...'

Izuku didn't bother trying to think too much about since his date had arrived a few moments later.

"Hey, Midori!" Izuku looked at the girl before sniffing the air. The perfume wasn't strong but it did have the smell of some of the plants back at home that only grew during spring.

Mina wore a white long-sleeve with jeans, some sneakers as well, and some wrist jewelry of some kind. Izuku got up off his seat to meet her halfway.

"Did you wait too long?" She asks with a tilt of her head.

'Say what they want to hear...'

"Not at all, I just got here," Izuku says with a shook of his head.

"I'm glad!" Mina says with a smile.

"Oh, I brought the stuff for the date!" She says showing her the bag in which Izuku nodded and thanked her.

"Let's get going then." She grabs Izuku's arm and leads him along.

The trip to the park was a mediocre one. Izuku played it frosty as he answered questions that Mina would ask him about the various things they had passed by such as did Izuku eat out at this restaurant? Or did he ever play at that arcade? Maybe even read stuff from a nearby manga store.

By the time they reached the park, it was somewhat busy. Many people in this place spending time with loved ones. Izuku walked with Mina following him, his objective was to find a place nice and quiet for the two of them to sit down and enjoy. Soon finding a place near the large pond of the park.

Izuku asks Mina for the bag which she gave. Izuku set up a large blanket for them to sit down and relax. Once the took their place the two continued their conversation.

"I am a bit surprised. I didn't expect you to prefer the park more than the disco club I had in mind." Mina says as she leans on Izuku, the latter of which found it kinda annoying but he only hid his annoyance in an effort to befriend this girl.

"I like nature, I grew up around it." Izuku shrugs causing Mina to lean in and continue talking to him.

"Really? I never would have taken you for nature-loving type."

"More like nature respecting type." Izuku corrects as he takes his turn to ask Mina about herself.

"Do you like clubbing?"

"If it has a dance floor than yes. I do like clubbing."

"How long have you danced?" Izuku asks her, gazing out at the pond.

"Since I was a little girl. I think four or five, but seven is when I actually took classes."

"That must be nice. Do you dance with a group or by yourself?"

"At first it was with a group but then I wanted to do my own thing. I even went to a lot of dance battles around my neighborhood, it was fun."

"Dance battles?" Izuku asks with his thoughts thinking of two people trying to kill each other with dance moves.

"It's like a contest to see who has the better moves than the other. So they dance in front of a crowd, usually, and see who has the better style and coordination."

"Was it difficult for you to learn?"

"Not really, I loved dancing so it was easy to learn over the years, especially hip-hop when I was a little girl."

"Do you still practice it?"

"Yea, every single day. It's in my system, something that can't be erased from my being, ya know?"

Izuku nods with a smile on his face, it was like hunting, the only difference is that back when he first started, he hated it. Now he loved it, how it meant that he was taking his place in nature and not abusing the resources for his own desire. He had a passion that grew over the years, eventually, it became a part of him. Part of who he was.

"Yea. I know the feeling."

Mina turns her head to face him. It was odd, she only knew the boy for a week and hardly spoke to him but they were speaking as if they friends for a long time. Truthfully she was kinda expecting to be a bit bored with the idea of going to the park since being at a club wasn't Izuku's scene it seems. But she was wrong in some regard, Izuku felt comfortable from the way his body relaxes against hers.

"Say Izuku, you don't like talking to others? Does that include me as well?" She teases him with a pout of her own.

Sensing she was only teasing with him, Izuku answers with a forced smirk. "Yes, especially you." He leans in and whispers in her ear. Mina blushes before pouting.

"And since when do you call me by my first name?" Izuku says leaning with some aggression.

"Well, I gave you permission to call me Mina. So it should be fair to call you Izuku."

"Such a friendly person you are," Izuku says leaning away as Mina huffs.

"So? How about it?"

"Not so fast. We don't know each other that well. Plus I rather call you Tanuki than address you as Mina." Izuku inwardly laughs at Mina's reaction.

"T-Tanuki?! What the hell?! What makes me look like a Tanuki?!" She glares at him as Izuku smirks.

'Tease her a bit...'

Izuku reaches over and pulls her closer. "Cause those eyes of yours makes me believe that you are part Tanuki, plus you got the hair of one," Izuku says as he places his hands in her pink locks which makes Mina glared at him with a purple blush.

"Hmph!" She crosses her arms and puffed her cheeks, looking at the pond instead of him. Izuku smiled before looking at the pond as well.

"So...what do I call you?"

"Anything but Izuku...but if you want another name to give me, just call me Zo."

"Zo? Is that sort of fat-joke that I am not getting?"

"Don't know. A friend of mine gave me that nickname so I just went along with it." Izuku says as he lays down with Mina looking at him again.

"Well, I don't see anything that gives you the name Zo, unless~" Izuku caught her gaze looking at his lower region. He was somewhat expecting her to be more curious but Izuku reminded himself that he shouldn't expect much from girls when it comes to mating.

"So tell me...how big is it?" Mina asks with a smirk on her face.

"Why don't you just look at yourself and decide if it's big enough for you?" Izuku shoots back with his own smirk.

"Do you take me for an easy girl?" Mina says dropping her smirk for a frown.

"You were teasing me, so why not tease back?"

"Doesn't sound like teasing more like your testing me," Mina says with a glare.

"Don't girls do that to guys as well?" Izuku asks looking at her.

"Depends on what the girl is testing the guy on. Could be the girl wants to hint the guy that she likes him or something more causal to see if the guy actually pays attention to anything a female friend would say to him." Mina explains. "It seems like your testing me."

"Take how you will, I don't care how you see it." Izuku states as a mischievous glint in Mina's eye appeared.

"How about some fun? Maybe something that can get me soft and wet? You interested?"

Izuku gave the girl a blank expression as he was not looking forward to what the girl's idea was. He knew she wasn't the type of girl to be committed, but there was something else that she had in mind.

"Sure." Izuku accepts as Mina gets up urging Izuku to stand up as well. Mina quickly took his hand and ran towards the pond. Once their feet were deep in the water, Mina smiles before splashing waters in Izuku's face.

Feeling competitive, Izuku returned the gesture as Mina laughs at being soaked by the boy. Izuku was met with another splash at him.

"Let her enjoy this moment..."

Izuku kept at it as Mina continues to get wet, this time she was on the losing side. Laughing as she shields her face from the incoming splashes.

This continued on for another few moments before Mina suddenly leaped at Izuku, the boy knew he could dodge her but decided to let her take the hit. Both of them collide and fell on Izuku's back.

Down in the pond. Izuku was underwater. Looking up, he was met with amber-yellow eyes and a wide grin. Mina was on top of him underwater. Both curly hairs moving slowly before Izuku decides to get himself upright. With her still on his chest, both of them took a breath before the pink-skin girl laughed out loud. Once she opens her eyes, she stops with a surprised look on her face.

"What is it?" Izuku asks.

"You have a nice smile you know that?" She says.

Izuku didn't notice how his own smile went upwards. It was small but still noticeable to the girl. Mina still looked at him with curiosity, still eager to get to know him.

"Achoo!" Mina sneezes before shivering. Izuku instinctively for her out of the pond and back to the blanket. He sat her down and begins to undress her.

"Hey! What are you doing?!"

"Listen, your clothes are soaked right now. Removed them before you can get sick."

"But we are in a park..."

"Just wrap the blanket around you..." Izuku says taking off the girl's shirt. He serious, he remembered back when Tenka or Nezu would spend to much time in the riverbank back at home and would catch a cold, leaving them vulnerable for a few days, which was precious time lost. He did not want the same thing to happen to this girl. Sickness was never something he wished upon someone. It was miserable and painful in some cases.

Taking off her jeans, shoes, and socks, Izuku ignores the girl's protest as he wraps the girl with the blanket and started padding it. Helping the girl dry off.

Once he got most of it, he looked at the girl's face, she held a mean glare with an iliac blush across. Izuku sighs before taking off his shirt and taking the girl's clothes to hang on a tree that they sat in front of. After that was done, he sat down next to the quiet and clearly angry girl.

None of them said a word until the girl calmed down a bit.

"What the hell was that?" Mina looked at him as Izuku had his stoic expression on his face. Izuku took a moment, looked at the angered girl then back at the pond.

"Forgive me, it's an instinct that I have. You reminded me of my old life before my mother took me back to city life."

"What did I remind you of?"

"My sister..." Izuku says with some hesitation, he was about to say "son" as well but he remembered Nezu's request of him to keep their relationship a secret.

Mina's eyes soften with confusion. How did playing at a pond and having your date undress you suddenly remind them of their sister? "Look I know you were into some kinky shit with your sister, and I honestly think you need some help. But don't go undressing some girl because of your taste. As I said, I am not an easy girl!"

"That's not it. It's when you sneezed and shivered in the pond." Izuku says meeting the girl's eyes. Mina saw it, for once it didn't have genuine annoyance and irritation or even that weird stoicism, this was an actual concern.

"So...we were wet what you expect? That I could get sick and never get better?"

"Yes," Izuku says with a dead tone that shook the pink-haired girl. Another moment passed as the almost nude boy looked at the blanked covered girl. Her eyes already telling him to explain his reasoning.

"Back when I was living with my sister, we didn't live in an urban environment. There were no hospitals, clinics, or even doctors to look after us. Everyone was for themselves, my sister and I were all we had. So you can guess the number of diseases that can appear in a rural environment in the country-side with no medical assurance at all."

Mina softens her look almost entirely, she didn't know that. How could have she known? This guy barely talks to anyone and doesn't have the desire too. She could only imagine what it was like to live dirt poor.

"There were times when we would get thirsty or needed to clean ourselves. We would always use this river to help ourselves. But sometimes when we linger for too long, usually my sister would fall ill to a cold."

"That doesn't sound so bad..."Mina added with some hope.

"Mind you, we needed to get our food through hunting. So whenever one of us gets sick, we are unable to hunt as well. Only to be left wide open for the animals that can prey on us." Izuku says with a grim tone. Mina looks away with some shame.

"I am sorry...I didn't know." She grimaced at Izuku's next words.

"No, you didn't. Why would you though? We barely just met and actually talk to each other..." Izuku says.

The situation felt tense after that. Mina wouldn't try to make any jokes or teasing Izuku in any manner in fear of being up against some bad memories. It was decided in a silent agreement, that once their clothes had dried off, they would head back to U.A.

The trip back was a silent one, there was no enthusiastic manner from Mina, just a quiet one. Every few minutes she would ask Izuku if he was alright, the boy would say he is fine and would ask the same question to her. With her not sure how to respond back.

They were strangers that went out together. While it was fun for the most part, the last bit really caused some awkwardness for Mina. Izuku didn't seem to feel that same vibe but refrain from starting any small talk with the cautious thought of not revealing too much about himself.

As the pair walks back the dorms. Izuku stops in front of the stairs with Mina stopping too.

"Tanuki. I wanted to ask. Can we be friends?" Izuku says with his inner being cringing at the prospect of making allies but it needed to be done.

"Huh? Why ask that now?"

"Look I know what I did was extreme and I shared a bit too much about myself. But I was hoping out of this outing with you that I can at the very least have a friend." Izuku inwardly thanks Nezu for the hour of gruesome preparation otherwise, he would have not been able to say some of the lines that came out of his mouth this afternoon.

Mina was taken by surprise. She expected Izuku to be even more reclusive after this outing but not eager to pursue a friendship with her. Mina guesses that this was a better alternative than having the boy be a loner for the remainder of their high school years.

Turning to meet him completely, she smiles. Mina could always use a friend, after all, she wasn't that popular with anyone in middle school due to her appearances. But she was definitely friendly to those who were willing to give her a shot at being friends. Especially now that with the girls, her friends list increased by the double digits! She was now friends with her entire class! And she wasn't going to treat Izuku any different from the rest of them.

"Of course. Let's be friends Zo!" Mina rushes and grasp Izuku's hands and smiles with a dark blush on her cheek. Izuku returns the smile as the pair of them walked into the dorms together.

Just before anyone in the lobby comes and asks what's going on between the two of them. Izuku dismisses himself from Mina's side but thanking her for the date which Mina gratefully welcomes him.

As Izuku walks away from the crowd that swarmed Mina, he couldn't help but felt himself smile again, glad he got the date done...

The following morning...

Izuku made sure that the uniform was correctly worn without the tie. He never will ever like ties. The feeling of having a collar in the presentation of fabric for formal clothing. It was a shackle in disguise.

Picking up the two pairs of weighted cuffs. Placing two on his ankles and the other two on his wrist. Checking is fainted reflection on the window to see he didn't leave anything else out besides the notorious necktie.

"You look handsome Izuku-Kun~" Izuku grins as he turns to see his son enter the office with his tracksuit.

The little hybrid animal went out for a fun around the facility, Izuku woke up early to get himself mentally ready for the bullshit that was classes.

"Why thanks Nezu-Chan. So how does it feel to be active again?" Izuku asks as he sits down while Nezu gets the warm kettle.

"Fantastic! I feel great to move around again. Give me a couple of months and I will be able to spar with you." Nezu declares as he pours the warm tea in the two cups.

"Glad to hear it. We are going to have to be in our best shape possible when the time comes to rescue Tenka." Izuku comments as he was handed a cup. Drinking slowly as Nezu sits down in the opposite chair.

"That goes without saying. Kinda wish I was active for the past four years. I am even rustier than you are."

"Just keep at it, it will eventually come back to you. Plus side is that we can still use Primal. So I am not that worried, aside from the other Seirei Dobutsu in U.A. Speaking of that, do you know who is a Seirei Dobutsu? Just to give me a heads up."

"From my memory alone...we have two faculty members, both are female and your teachers, your upperclassmen in her third year. That's about it. I have to do orientation later on in the morning in order to smell out who is a Seirei Dobutsu. But Dad, beware of the two teachers. One of which you met before."

"Really? Well, I will be able to sense her when the time comes." Izuku held a thoughtful expression on his face as Nezu drinks his tea before looking at the clock.

"It's almost time dad. Remember, you don't need enemies but allies. It makes the whole academic year smoother to go through. Plus we don't know how long until we get information on Auntie Tenka." Nezu reminds as Izuku nods slowly before drinking to rest of his tea and grabbing his backpack with some difficulty with the weighted cuffs.

"I know. Yesterday went alright with Tanuki, so why shouldn't the rest of the girls be easy to befriend?"

"We will see how long your patience will be tested. Good luck with your first-day dad." Nezu waves goodbye as Izuku reruns the wave before leaving the principal's office...

Going down the hall, Izuku didn't have any trouble finding his assigned classroom. It wasn't much trouble, he stopped to hear noises in the classroom.

"Bakugo-San! Don't put your feet on the desk!"

"Don't tell me what to do four-eyes!"

"Baku-Chan! Don't be so rude!"

"Can it shitty-hair!"

Izuku shrugs as he opens the door reveling some of his classmates. Kirishima-San, Iida-San, Bakugo-San, and a few others.

"Oh, Midoriya-Kun!" Izuku turns his head to the seat behind Bakugo-San. Skip another seat there was Mineta-San waving for him to come over. With nothing better to do, Izuku waltz past the three girls and took his seat behind Bakugo-San.

Feeling his back being tapped on, Izuku turns his head to meet the shorter-than-average girl.

"How did your outing go? Was it fun?" Izuku saw a mean glint in her eye. Izuku was not sure how to handle it besides offering his hand to her.

"Say, Mineta-San. Want to be friends?" Izuku asks casually. Misaia looked at his hand before grinning but never losing that angry glare. She took his hand and shook it.

"Oh, we can more than just friends~"

"Is that so? Well glad to hear it." Izuku nods taking his hand away before answering her question.

"As for the date, it was fine. Tanuki and I became friends which good enough for me."

"Tanuki? I thought you went with Ashido-San?"

"Yea, I just call her Tanuki."

The small girl began to laugh at the nickname, Izuku tilted his head not understanding what was humorous about the nickname he gave Mina.

"Can I get a nickname?" The short girl asks as Izuku takes a look at her features. Short, smells like sweat and shame, and overall has a scavenger-vibe.

"Nezumi," Izuku says.

"Nezumi...I like it." Mineta says to herself some imaginations going into her head.

"Nezumi-San, any reason why you wanted a nickname?"

"I guess so I can feel special when you can call me by a nickname~" She leans forward with a perverted smile on her face. Izuku did lay any mind after that. Merely just relax as the rest of his classmates came in one after the other. Soon once the class was filled the door opened again to view a woman in black baggy clothes with a long scarf around her neck.

"Alright class, since you are already in your seats which is already a good start. I want you all to wear this P.E. Uniform and meet me outside in the field. Changing rooms are at the end of this hall, there are names on the lockers and with a key. You have five minutes, any questions?"

A hand raised up. "Yes, Tenya?"

"Sensei, I have a question the gender separation, does Midoriya-San share the same locker room as us?"

"No. It would be unethical to have both genders share lockers. Midoriya here will use the boy's locker room. Just cause we have more female students doesn't mean we don't have to accommodate the male ones. Now then anything else?"

No more questions ask.

"Good. Now get changed and meet me on the field."

With that, the class went to the locker rooms. Izuku opens the door to an empty locker room and soon founded his own. Izuku found it kinda odd that he was the only one with the name since this locker room was meant to have forty lockers. Izuku looked around and found a locker with a name on it. Jurota Shishida it read...

Once he was finished changing, Izuku was out on the field with the rest of his class. Their teacher about to say what comes next...

"Alright, we will be having a Quirk Apprehension Test. Though there are two parts to it. One with quirks and the other without."

"What about orientation?" The brown-haired girl says.

"Here at U.A., we don't need to follow pointless ceremonies that you have grown accustomed too. Anyway...Bakugo, how many meters could you through a softball back in middle-school?"

"67 meters." The blonde, spiky-haired girl spoke up as their teacher tossed her the softball.

"Use your quirk this time," Aizawa-Sensei demands as Bakugo walked forward into a circle on the field. She warmed up her throwing arm before taking a step and shouting...

"DIE!" A blast from her quirk sends the softball flying and seemingly unharmed before landed a couple of meters away.

"463.5." The teacher showed the score as Bakugo went back with the rest of the students.

"Damn that so cool!" Kirishima-San cheered.

"Yea this is gonna be fun!" Mina shouted.

"Fun?" Aizawa-Sensei questions with a dark tone. Her hair shadowing her eyes. The whole class went silent.

"Heroes have to deal with natural disasters, Villain attacks, and even catastrophic events. By no means is that "fun". If you are looking for that in this profession you might as well check yourself out of U.A. and look for a different passion. Because you won't be saying heroism is fun when civilians are being killed right before your eyes or before help even arrives. You won't be saying it's fun when you cannot save people from a natural disaster. You especially will not say it's fun when you lose your composure and that cost the lives of how many innocents. Thankfully though, U.A. is meant to breed the next generation of heroes to surpass the previous generation. So if you are still committed to being the world's newest heroes, then give me a Plus Ultra effort."

So it began...

Izuku zoned out for most of the dialogue, really paying attention until his name was called up. The first test he took was a one-way sprint. not His opponent was Katsumi Bakugo.

Considering that they were supposed to use their quirks, Izuku opted to use Primal to give him an edge at the very least.

"Get set...GO!" The robot issued the start for the race. Izuku immediately activated Primal and took off in an instant! Katsumi was left surprised for an instant but she used her explosions to keep up with Izuku.

Once the two had reached the finish line the robot calculated the scores...

Izuku Midoriya: 1.76secs

Katsumi Bakugo: 4.13 secs

Izuku exhaled before his Primal receding. Turning to walked back to the starting position, he didn't fail to catch a glimpse of an angered expression from the blonde girl. Not seeing the issue, Izuku just walked back to his starting position and waited for the test to start again.

"Holy shit!" Kaminari-San called out in surprise.

"Damn! He even surpassed Iida-San!" Kirishima-San cheered.

"Truly, that is All Might's son." The girl herself, Tonika Iida, commented with pride.

The second race was repeated this time the difference was set in stone. Izuku didn't use Primal for this second part as his opponent was forced to refrain from using her explosive quirk.

Once the dash was completed. Izuku turned to a slightly breathless girl as the score exclaimed...

Izuku Midoriya: 5.3secs

Katsumi Bakugo: 8.6secs

Katsumi looked with surprise and anger. How did she let some Quirkless nobody beat her, number one hero's son or not, she should have been able to beat him.

Izuku gave her one last look before turning to leave the dash so the next pair can use it.

"Oi!" Katsumi called putting but Izuku didn't pay attention to her. Getting into a running pace she put his hand on his shoulder but was immediately stopped as his left hand grasping her right wrist.

"Can I help you?" Izuku turned halfway his green pupils meeting her red ones.

"How did you do that? That shouldn't be even natural for someone who is Quirkless. Speaking off, you do have a quirk don't..."

"Enough Bakugo. Just fall back in line." Aizawa-Sensei called the two teens' attention. Izuku let go of her hand and continued on his way until a distinct smell hit his nose...

With a quick sound of something racing unbelievably fast. Izuku turned around quickly to see if his nose wasn't lying to him.

Red-skin, vascular veins, muscles more define. It was for a quick moment but he did catch a real glimpse of his classmate using Primal.

Tsuyu Asui: 1.86secs

Ochako Uraraka: 7.15 secs

Standing up straight, Tsuyu receded her Primal before walking back to the starting line with Ochako breathlessly following. The two took their places and raced again.

Tsuyu Asui: 5.58secs

Ochako Uraraka: 9.8secs

Just like him, she wasn't breaking any kind of sweat. Walking towards him, Izuku could sense that something was amiss. As if she wasn't using her full capabilities. Left him wondering how big the gap was between her and Tsuyu.

Now standing face-to-face. Some of the class didn't pay any mind to the pair while the others did.

"What do you want?" Izuku asks in his primitive tongue.

"Just getting a good look at you. Those weights slowing you down?" Tsuyu asks letting

"That's not any of your concern," Izuku says as his body was starting to feel nervous in front of this frog-girl.

Izuku and Tsuyu maintained eye contact as the frog-girl pointed her index finger on her cheek, making thoughtful expression before she whispered for only him to hear.

"It will soon be in your best interest that you take off the weights Midoriya-San."

With that being said. Tsuyu walked passed Izuku where the boy caught a good whiff of her scent. His skin began to sweat, he knew it. It was like that other girl that attacked him in the forest, only this time far worse...

The test continued on. Izuku did his best to keep to himself after that exchange. The only time that Tsuyu showed him up was one other test.

A grip test...

Makoto Shoji: 540.0kg(Quirk Use)
46.0kg(No Quirk Use)

Izuku Midoriya: 336.0kg(Quirk Use)
112.0kg(No Quirk Use)

Tsuyu Asui: 990.0kg(Quirk Use)
110.0kg(No Quirk Use)

Izuku was nearby when the robotic announced the frog girl's grip score. He looked at her. She had her Primal activated but one eye was kept looking at him. It was different this time. Izuku could actually feel the gap between the two of them. The only noticeable physical difference between earlier and now was the eyes. Tsuyu's pupils resembled like a toad. Although that wasn't the only thing, the white sclera in her eyes became pitch black only leaving those toad eyes glowing green for him to see.

Izuku visibly felt uncomfortable, he knew from that point forward, he was completely outmatched.

Don't focus on her! That's what she want's you to do! Concentrate on training yourself and if she does decide to come after you, just brace yourself for the worse... Izuku thought you himself as he regained some of his composure.

The last test was before them.

Uraraka-San had gone and scored a comedic infinity.

"Midoriya you are the last one. Take your first throw without your quirk."

Izuku stepped forward as Aizawa-Sensei tossed him the softball. Catching it, Izuku immediately smelt the scent of another person like him and Tsuyu, he gave a quick glance at his teacher but decided to just get the throw over with.

Throwing as how he remembered back in the forest he managed to get him a good score.

Izuku Midoriya: 172.4 meters (No Quirk Use)

Getting ready for his last throw. He activated Primal and positioned himself into throwing it.

"I wonder what score would Zo get this time?" Mina asks aloud for some of the other girls to speculate.

"It doesn't matter what he gets! Let him throw the damn ball so we can get on with the test!" Katsumi shouted before any of the other girls could say their thoughts.

"Hey what's your problem!" Mina shouts at her.

"The bastard over there is not Quirkless that's what!" Katsumi shouts back.

"Maybe he didn't want to say what his quirk was." Mina defends.

"Will you two shut up before I put you both six feet under, Kero," Tsuyu says causing the blond and pink-haired girl to stop their short argument to look at the frog-girl.

"What the hell did you say to me?!"

"I told you to shut up before I strangle you!" Tsuyu vanishes to appear behind the blonde with her tongue already lapped and binds around the girl's neck. Katsumi was shocked, she didn't see her move. The others were speechless as to the exchange.

"Asui! Let her go!" The woman flared her quirk at the frog-girl.

"Sure Sensei..." Tsuyu unwrapped her tongue off of Katsumi and walked back to her spot, keeping an eye on Izuku.

"Continue Midoriya," Aizawa-Sensei commands the young teen who was still in his Primal state. His Sensei holding the phone in her hand ready to press something. Just before he throws the ball. Aizawa clicked the button.

The cuffs around Izuku's wrist and ankles blinked read just before the teen collapsed to his knees with him coughing out some blood.

"Zo/Midoriya-Kun!" Both Mina and Misaia shouted in worry.

"What..." Izuku said as his body felt an immense amount of pain.

"What did you..."

His Sensei walking over to him, helping sit upright.

"These cuffs are not just weighted cuffs. They are special cuffs for detaining criminals who have the ability to use Primal. The principal wanted me to teach you since you have potential and I am starting to see it myself. However, that doesn't excuse the fact that you cannot be a hero if you keep exploiting that ability."

"It's just a mere hunting technique..." Izuku growls in pain as his Primal receded. Aizawa-Sensei merely chuckled at that response.

"It more than just a hunting technique...it's an ability granting through certain conditions that can make you almost unstoppable. With a price of course. But as far as I can see, you have only reached the first stage and let us keep it that way Midoriya."

"...?" Izuku couldn't bother making any more words due to the pain.

"Just keep in mind that a lot of people will come after once they find out what you are. Regardless of your the supposed son of All Might. Now take your throw so we can end the test." Aizawa pressed a button on the phone again, the cuffs didn't blink red anymore and the pain was gone. Exhaling deeply from the pain, Izuku got up and into his position. He was hesitant to use Primal again but his Sensei didn't seem to wait for him.

"Hurry it up."

Izuku nods before getting into his primitive state and thrown the ball one last time. With blinding speed and power, the softball flew into the sky to the only land several more hundred meters away.

Izuku Midoriya: 517 meters(Quirk Use)

The announcement said before Izuku deactivated it.

After a couple of minutes of chattering and waiting for their teacher. Aizawa showed up and pulled up the scores for the class.

Quirk Use:

Tsuyu Asui

Izuku Midoriya

Momo Yaoyorozu

Shoko Todoroki

Katsumi Bakugo

The list went on, eventually, Izuku stopped paying any attention. Knowing full well where he stood.

"Now for the non-quirk use."

Izuku Midoriya

Tsuyu Asui

Shoko Todoroki

Katsumi Bakugo

Tonika Iida

"Keep in mind where you stand as of now. Considering that most of you do show promise from the get-go. I won't bother trying to expel you like last year's class. However, that doesn't mean you can slack off now, I will give you hell as your teacher so be prepared for the worst. That's all for now, there will be a syllabus for you on your desk and you spend the rest of homeroom however you want."

With that, the class went back into the changing rooms. Izuku left thinking about the experience, there was equipment to prevent a person from using their primitive state? It left him cautious at the thought of how many weapons could exist for that purpose alone. Well, at least his Sensei wasn't a foe to worry about. However, there was the subject of Primal having many stages and him only able to use the first one for now.

He would have to talk to Nezu come lunch period. Heading into the locker room, he opens his locker to get ready to change into his uniform. However, after taking off his top and shoes, he felt a sudden shift in the air. The locker room door slammed shut and the lights went out.

Izuku calmed his nerves as a familiar scent filled his nose.

"Kero..."

Toad eyes looked back at him. Izuku was cornered, he immediately got into his boxing stance and activated Primal bracing for the worse to come...

"Asui-San?!" Izuku didn't get a response as he dodges a fierce attack, breaking the locker to his left. Izuku felt his eyes adjust to the dark a little bit which allowed him to see his surroundings better.

The pair of toad eyes still floated in the void, never leaving his sight. Izuku heard a whipping sound as something was coming at him with high speed. Weaving to the right, he smelled saliva for a brief moment before the thing retracted back to Tsuyu. Her tongue.

Not taking any more chances, Izuku stepped in fast as he prepared a one-one-two combo. His first two jabs were dodged with ease but his straight landed but didn't connect. His fist had an immense amount of pain shooting in. Pulling his right back, he held his fist, blood, bone...

"You were close but the skull is a great defense against bare knuckles. Kero." Tsuyu instructs as she shoots out her appendage around Izuku's neck, not wanting to give him a chance to defend or breathe.

Izuku felt the wet tongue circle around his neck and immediately ducked down to the floor and leaped at her. Preparing to the same move again, he threw his jabs, the first one hit somewhere in her abdomen which felt smooth but Izuku didn't have time to think about that. The second jab was used as a feint for his straight right again, this time it didn't even hit as Izuku felt his chin go upward from the strong kick. Izuku flipped back before hitting his face on the ground.

"Are you done? Would you like to run away? Go ahead you have two seconds." She asks.

Izuku pushes himself upward, his Primal aching at him to run away and for once he was willing to follow his instincts. With all fight thrown to the wind, the flight was all that took over as Izuku dashed.

"Two." Izuku just before reaching the handle to open the door, felt his ankle being wrapped by her tongue. With all his strength, he clawed and stomped on the wet appendage, before having his body being slammed all over the room. Hitting the steel door lockers with enough force to break them off of their hinges. Being slammed into the ceiling where the lights shocked Izuku and Tsuyu but that didn't stop the girl's assault. Then finally, being thrown deep into the locker room and through a glass door straight into the showers.

"Ack!" Izuku felt his Primal recede for the fifth time today. His body covered in cuts, burns, and bruises. Turning with his chest facing the ceiling, he heard the soft footsteps stepping on the tile.

He didn't need to look at the predator that was standing above him. Tsuyu did him a favor as she flipped the light switch to reveal her in all her nudity.

"It's a shame that you are the son of a great hero. Otherwise, we could've have been good friends regardless of how weak you were." She places her barefoot on his throat. "But I can give you a fair warning this time around considering your still alive after your encounter with Setsuna."

Izuku narrowed his eyes at the girl as he tries to take the foot off his throat but even with all his will, his body was too shaken by the fear of this young lady above him.

"Understand Midoriya-San. I don't hate you. Thus there is no personal grudge for me to go after you. But your nothing compared to me. Honestly, it's really a let down that your this helpless when you are supposed to have the genetics of a top-tier hero."

"Get...to...the...point." Izuku felt his struggle against the foot that was now pressed against his windpipe.

"Inpatient. It's a wonder how did Ashido-San have to deal with you yesterday. Anyway, my point is that if you don't drop out of the hero course by the end of the month, I will personally see to myself that you won't be able to mate again. Understand?" She threats placing her other barefoot on top of his crotch, pressing down fiercely as Izuku screams in agony. Tsuyu didn't have to worry since the locker rooms were all soundproof.

"It's what you males live for yes? To leave something behind in the hopes of the next generation surpassing you. Which is why that's the first punishment after a month. The second month will be your limbs, one after the other. Then if you aren't dead yet. Your life will work just as fine as the last punishment."

"Why...so...much...time?"

"I am being generous with you. Who knows, you might be of some worth once it's time to pay for the first punishment. I could use the entertainment since Setsuna is having her fun. I might as well have mine."

Just as she released him and walked towards the entrance. Izuku was nearly passing out from the amount of pressure that was on both his groin and throat. He tried to get up but his body was shaking in fear...no it was just him. He was scared...

In the last week alone he was terrorized twice...the first time was not so bad, he was just physically wounded but eventually accepted that he needed to be stronger.

This time, it was different...this time he was prepared at least. He had trained, even if it was for a week. Unfortunately, he had to run away, he learned that from the first time with that other girl. Tsuyu was far worse than the previous girl, by a wide margin. The previous girl was excitable but merciful. The frog-girl, she was almost expressionless, unreadable which made it harder to understand.

Clinching his fist and hitting the floor, he was mad, scared, and weak, even though he didn't want to admit it again. All because he was associated with that damn woman! Why did this shit have to happen to him?! Why couldn't he have been killed that day five years ago...

The situation was against him, even though he had some sort of advantage over most of his classmates. Izuku crawled over to one of the shower stalls and turned on the showerhead. Coldwater rising down his bruised, burned, bloody, and most certainly broken body.

He lost count of how many fractures did he have this time? The cuts from the glass door and broken steel lockers. Burnt skin from his impact with the ceiling lamps.

After rinsing himself off, he managed to climb up to the wall and use it as a crutch to get to his locker.

Putting on the clothes was a pain. His weighted cuffs and a damaged body made it difficult just to even put on his uniform correctly. He knew that once he leaves the locker room, he couldn't go back to the class. His next steps were towards the nurse's office...

Chiyo was looking over some physicals that the third years had turned in prior to the start of classes when Izuku came in walking through the door. His body limping and some blood got on his uniform.

She didn't hesitate to help him and immediately released the cuffs and sat him down on the bed. Quickly disrobing him, she assessed the damage and it was mild, to say the least, at least for a Primal User.

Kissing his cheek, she looked at the boy who was groaning as his body healed. Whatever was not healed completely, she would bandage it. Offering to let Izuku stay for the rest of the period. Izuku accepted it wordlessly as he lay down.

Chiyo sat down and took up some reading material until Izuku spoke up...

"Do you have to deal with injuries like this often?" He asks.

"If it's for those who can use Primal then yes. Yes, I do."

"How long have you been doing this?"

"I started this job sixty years ago. When I was a young girl aspiring to be a hero of my generation."

"Sixty years ago? You don't even look past thirty." Izuku says in disbelief.

"Call it a benefit of being a Seirei Dobutsu. We tend to live well past the second century."

"No way...I never knew that." Izuku says as he looked at the youthful hero.

"It's not common knowledge amongst you youngsters until you reached your forties," Chiyo says with a smile.

"Hmm." Izuku hums as he lays down with a tired look on his face.

"I take it you had a run-in with another Seirei Dobutsu?"

"Yes..." Izuku winces at the fact.

"Why do get the feeling there was something more this time around?"

"She left me with a choice..."

"Oh really? Well if you want a willing ear, then I will happily listen to your troubles." Chiyo offers a smile as she closes her book and pulls her stool next to the bed. Waiting patiently for Izuku. The teen told of what he experienced. Chiyo looked at the boy with a thoughtful look as he spoke of how much the gap between him and his classmate.

"I see...it really does sound difficult for you. But I suppose you aren't the only case I had with that same issue." Chiyo finishes her thoughts as Izuku looks at her.

"I don't get it...I had Primal since I was nine. I had more than enough time to train it. Then she tells me that there are other stages..."

"Midoriya, I don't think the issue is that you trained your ability for all this time. But it's more so, you never had anyone to help you progress it."

"What do you mean? How do I progress the next stage of Primal?!"

"It varies from person to person. Some achieve it through intense training but that takes years, others eat certain animals or in other cases people with Seirei Dobutsu, but the last one..."

"The last method?" Izuku asks.

"It's rare but not impossible to get. Some will get a revelation of sorts. Like a switch that suddenly turns on and never turns off. But it's really rare." Chiyo looks at Izuku.

"Considering your circumstances, the choice is yours. I am all for helping my clients and students back to full health but how they decide to use their recovered bodies, is up to them. That especially goes for people like us. I cannot help you, only give you some ideas to try."

"Tch!" Izuku clenched his jaw, he immediately got up and dressed.

Just before leaving, he thanked her with a bow for healing him.

"It's no problem dearie. Just remember to be careful from here on out. I will see you next time when you need my services."

Izuku nodded and closes the door leaving the nurse alone.

"I wonder what will become of him? Will he perish like the rest? Or thrive with the few that can pull through. Be careful Izuku..."

Author's Note:
Tanuki: Raccoon-Dog in Japanese
Nezumi: Rat in Japanese