Chapter 2 and about time! Sorry for the wait everyone!

I have this huge list of animes and mangas I have to go through and find references for for this story.

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Chapter 2: Team Up!

*Pony POV*

Pony's eyes had been shining with excitement the entire train ride and when she stepped out onto the platform she was desperately trying to not scream in delight. Izumi had taken her out shopping, both looking for clothes and essentials, but afterwards she had promised to take the American girl to Akihabara and they had finally arrived!

Pony had always wanted to come here, especially since it had a multitude of stores dedicated to manga, anime, and games. Basically it was THE place for Pony to absolutely geek out! Pony couldn't help but start to trot off in uncontainable excitement but her friend's voice stopped her.

"P-Pony! Please don't wander off, I don't want you to get lost!" Izumi called, running to the blonde's side.

"Ah sorry Izumi, I was just so excited," the girl began before a thought occurred to her, "Here let's hold hands! That way we won't get separated." She suggested, holding her hand out for Izumi to take.

"W-well it's so you don't get lost so..." the glasses wearing girl blushed, taking Pony's hand carefully.

Pony smiled happily, "Can we go there first?!" She asked pointing her friend's gaze to a tall black building with all sorts of figures in the window displays.

"O-of course, let's go Pony!" Izumi smiled and the two made their way through the sea of people and entered the building.

Pony peered around gleefully and dragged her green haired friend to and fro. There were so many tings that the horned girl just had to look at!

"They have Bubblegum Crisis, oh and Maison Ikkoku, wah even Gundam!" Pony marveled at the collection in the classics section. The blonde caught eye of another group who gave her an enthusiastic thumbs up and she returned one of her own with a smile. Pony peered over to what Izumi was looking at, "Ooh Macross, Revolutionary Girl Utena, and PreCure!" The girl gushed, standing beside her green haired host.

"They have some Vocaloid products further down too." Izumi let her know, and Pony grinned happily.

"I saw some Fooly Cooly stuff too," Pony replied happily, before suddenly feeling inspired, "Maybe I can use my horns like weapons! If I detach them and hold them by their points then I can use them like clubs or something!"

Izumi eyed her questioningly, "I suppose, wait why did Fooly Cooly make you think of that?"

"Cause Haruka sometimes swings her guitar around." Pony answered immediately. "I hope they have the soundtracks." Pony added, looking around for them.

"They're probably at a different section of the store." Izumi informed her.

"Can we go look at the figures and the manga?" Pony asked Izumi, wanting to go together.

"Yeah let's go, Pony." the greenette agreed.

"Right! Off we go!" Pony beamed, once again taking her friend's hand.

"P-Pony, slow down!" Izumi stuttered, the blonde marching with her friend in tow. This was the best day ever, Pony thought.

-break-

Finally having returned home after hours of shopping, Pony placed her new items in her room while she hummed the Yu Yu Hakusho OP. Once she arranged things the way she wanted she headed off for Izumi's room.

"Hey Izumi? Can we go for a walk?" Pony asked peering into the opened door.

The greenette looked up from her desk, "Oh yeah that's a good idea actually. You aren't too familiar with the area yet." Izumi nodded, standing up, "Do you want to go now?"

"Is that okay?" Pony questioned, not wanting to interfere with what her friend was doing.

"Yeah, let's get our shoes on."

Izumi guided Pony around the area, the blonde doing her best to remember all of the new surroundings. As they kept going, something caught Pony's eye.

"Izumi, what's that over there?" She wondered, pointing to a large heap of something.

The greenette got a small frown on her face, "That's Dagobah Beach, apparently it used to be really pretty but the currents brought a lot of trash onto the sands and then people started dumping their unwanted items there."

"What! That's so terrible, ugh!" Pony ranted angrily, she hated when people littered! Perhaps they could so something about it, "Izumi let's clean the beach up!"

"What? W-well I guess I don't really mind but what brought this on Pony?" Izumi answered back.

"Ah oops," Pony chuckled, switching back to Japanese, "Well I mean we can clean the place up and practice our quirks! We only have a few weeks before the entrance exam."

"T-that's a really good point," Izumi nodded, "Okay I agree then."

"Great! I don't think we can do all of it before the exam but we can at least get a good patch done!" Pony explained, "Then once we pass we still have 3 months to clean the rest!" She continued, not wanting to leave the job partially finished.

"Good idea." Izumi stated, "Do you want to start tomorrow?"

"Let's do our best!" Pony cheered, pumping her fist with Izumi copying her.

-break-

It had been two weeks since the duo had started cleaning the beach and they had already cleared a solid little portion of it, well as much as they could in two weeks, but it was a start. Now they had decided to take a quick break from cleaning to work on some special moves.

With a yelp the two girls were sent crashing into the sand again. Pony had assured Izumi that these two team up maneuvers were going to be important for both of them but currently the pair was becoming unconvinced.

The first one was simple but required Pony to run while carrying Izumi, Izumi to balance and shoot while moving, and finally a belt with stirrups on it. The goal was for Izumi to remain on the stirrups and essentially stand while firing her gun and Pony had to run while carrying her friend and using her horns. They were able to do it for a while but the shifting about tended to throw off Izumi's shots and Pony's focus. Even then it was still the easier of the two maneuvers.

The other one they thought of was for both of them to ride on Pony's horns. While Pony could fire off more than just 4 horns she could only control 4 at a time. With that in mind the girls decided they'd try and learn how to balance on only 1 horn each since riding a pair each was something they had gotten down competently enough already and then it also allowed Pony 2 remote horns to work with in a fight. Of course they could also have Izumi ride a pair of horns and then have Pony run on the ground but this method was a little more versatile. So for what felt like a dozen times already the girls ended up face first in the sand.

"SHIT!" Pony yelled out angrily, spitting sand out once again.

"How about we take a quick break Pony?" Her friend offered, sputtering sand out as well. Izumi tended to reply to Pony in English when the horned girl spoke it since it let her know that she had switched to her native tongue.

"Okay..." the blonde sighed in temporary defeat as she sprawled out, "We got 'Saddle Shooter' down decently well, we just need more practice on it, but 'Horn Drive' is still super difficult."

"D-do we have to give them names like that Pony?" Izumi questioned in embarrassment, apparently still not sold on the names. Pony thought they were pretty good.

"Izumi," the horned girl whined, "You're a magical girl and I'm your partner! We have to name our moves!" She exclaimed excitedly.

"I guess, but where did you even get the names? I understand 'Saddle Shooter' but not the other one." Her friend replied.

"Oh I got 'Horn Drive' because we ride on my horns and do a drive by!" Pony proudly stated, she thought it was pretty smart and to the point. She heard Izumi stumble all over her own words in response and simply laughed, "By the way Izumi!" the blonde called suddenly, drawing the greenette's attention, "You said said you weren't comfortable with lots of people knowing your quirk right?"

Izumi nodded in confirmation, "Y-yes, I think when I become a hero I want to keep my hero life and civilian life separate."

"Then you're quirk is perfect!" Pony explained, going on when she saw Izumi's questioning gaze, "Using your quirk you can make a hero persona! So maybe if you play yourself up a little in your magical girl form then you can keep your identity a secret."

Izumi eyes shined with understanding, "Yeah that's a good idea Pony! I mean I look pretty different when I transform. My hairstyle and hair color change completely and even my eyes get a little brighter, oh plus I have a visor on." She rambled before a small scowl tugged at her lips, "Ah but what about patrols? I can keep my transformation up for a pretty long time but I don't want to waste energy."

Pony's smile drooped a little and she put her finger to her head to think. How could Izumi keep her identity a secret without wasting energy? Hmm her magical girl form reminded her of Sailor Moon but- wait that was it, "STAGE TRANSFORMATION!" Pony yelled out in English, startling her friend.

"What?" Izumi questioned back at her outburst.

"IZUMI! TRANSFORM BUT TRY AND ONLY DO YOUR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE NOT YOUR CLOTHES." Pony eagerly urged the green haired girl, whose eyes lit up.

Standing up, Izumi raised her hand to transform and slowly pulled the circle down her body. Her hair was tied up in its red ribbon and had become the summer mint green color, and her eyes became a brighter shade of green with her glasses transforming into the visor. However, she was missing the rest of her magical girl uniform which remained as the same clothes she was wearing. "I-it worked, Pony it worked!" Izumi cheered, and Pony tackled the taller girl into a hug.

"Great job Izumi!" Pony cheered jumping up and down while she embraced the magical girl. Pony released her and looked up with a smile, "Oh, how does it feel?"

Izumi closed her eyes in thought, "Hmm I'm definitely using way less energy but I also feel...weaker? Either way it worked!"

The American girl beamed again, "I'm so glad it worked!"

"How did you figure it out Pony?" Izumi wondered, still in her semi transformed state.

Having heard the reply in English Pony swapped back to Japanese, "Since your quirk reminds me of the Sailor Scouts I thought maybe you could do different transformations. Like how Sailor Jupiter has a Super Sailor Jupiter form." The American girl explained.

"Oh why didn't I think of that?" Izumi cried, "Thanks for the save Pony."

"No problem! Now we just need to work on your hero persona." The blonde added.

Izumi undid her transformation and shifted a little, "How are we going to do that? I don't really wanna lie with my hero image..." She muttered, downcast.

"Don't worry Izumi! You won't be lying you just have to be yourself but more uhhh, theatrical? Dialed up? Confident?" Pony tried, waving her hands in the attempt to explain things, "Um l-look what I mean is you're already really nice, reliable, and helpful" the blond listed off, "so when you go into magical hero mode just do all your usual stuff with guts? Er...Spirit! Yeah, more fighting spirit! You already have a great personality!" The blonde praised.

"P-Pony, please slow down." Izumi begged, and Pony looked at her friend.

The girl's entire face and even her ears were going red in embarrassment, "Ah, don't be embarrassed Izumi! You're just really great and cute and everything!" She declared, her green haired friend covered her face with her hands and Pony swore she was going to start steaming. "I JUST MEAN...AH! IZUMI DON'T PASS OUT PLEASE!" The horned girl cried out, her own face a scarlet mess.

-break-

Pony separated some of the larger trash items and began grouping them. They only had about 5 more days until the entrance exam and while they had made good progress on their team up moves and the cleaning, she wasn't sure if they'd be able to use them for the test. With 'Saddle Shooter' it was still hard for Pony to fire off and control her horns while she carried Izumi and if she did then sometimes it threw the green haired girl off. They had a similar issue with 'Horn Drive' too, if Pony stayed on the ground and let Izumi ride on a set of horns then everything worked relatively well but they traded their group mobility for stability.

Pony sighed, walking over to group an old fridge with the rest of the large appliances when she was stopped. There was a face. A strange cartoonish looking face staring at her.

"So you're one of the good citizens cleaning the beach!" The face stated happily and Pony did what any sensible person would. She screamed.

-break-

*Izumi POV*

Izumi, who was already partial transformed, flared her quirk when she heard Pony scream. Whipping around she saw the blonde girl stumble back and without too much thought she a fired a weak but wide blast at whatever startled Pony. Connecting with the old fridge, the blast knocked over the appliance and Izumi stood defensively in front of Pony. The dust settled a little and a naked blonde boy stood there covering himself with a sheepish expression. A pervert!

"In the name of the gun, I will punish you!" Izumi yelled keeping the barrel trained on the stranger. Suddenly she saw another boy running up to them with dark hair and pointed ears. He was holding an extra set of clothes that he tossed at the naked blonde.

"Mirio...I told you you shouldn't do that." The dark haired boy sighed.

"My apologies Tamaki and to you ladies as well" The blonde, Mirio, apologized, quickly getting the offered clothes on. Izumi lowered her weapon slightly but still kept her eyes on the duo, Pony holding onto her shoulder and looking over.

The other boy caught Izumi's gaze and bowed, "I-I apologize for my friend here." He said quietly, perhaps he was shy or embarrassed? Izumi fully lowered her gun and turned to the blonde boy with an expecting eye.

Apparently he understood what she wanted, "My name is Togata Mirio, I'm a student at U.A! I heard that a pair of students were cleaning up Dagobah Beach and came to see if it was true!" Mirio directed his attention to Pony, "Once again I apologize for startling you. I used my quirk which allows me to slip through things, uhh even my clothes." He added, rubbing the back of his head.

"A-apology accepted, but don't do that again." Pony replied, still keeping behind Izumi.

Izumi chimed in, unsummoning her rifle, "Sorry if this is a bit rude, but now that you know we're cleaning the beach. Is there something else you need?"

"Actually yes! If it's alright with the two of you please allow us to assist you!" Mirio grinned widely and his friend Tamaki sighed again. What a weird turn of events.

-break-

"So you two are aiming for U.A as well?" Mirio questioned, easily moving the busted fridge by himself, Tamaki moving another large appliance. They had all introduced themselves, Izumi fully undoing her transformation, and the two girls explained their circumstances revolving around the beach cleaning.

"Yup!" Pony answered cheerfully, "But we've run into a few problems.

"Like what? Perhaps your senpais can be of help!" Mirio offered.

"Well we've been working on team up attacks but I don't know if we'll be able to use them during the test. We might not rack up points fast enough." Pony explained pressing a finger to her chin.

"Er that is a bit of a problem huh? Mirio nodded thoughtfully, "Ah but the scoring is based on villain AND rescue points so if you split up the jobs then it should work."

"R-really?" Pony asked with gleaming eyes, "Izumi we can totally do this! Thanks senpai!" Pony cheered along with Mirio, the two meeting for a high five.

Izumi and Tamaki stared at the sunshine duo and shielded their eyes. Too bright they both thought.

A couple things to go over.

100% Izumi is going to be in class 1-B and I'm thinking I'll either establish or nearly get there with their relationship prior to U.A.

I really wanted Pony and Izumi to have cool team maneuvers, plus Pony's hero costume has stirrups on it so I thought let's use that detail. Also Izumi keeping her civilian life and hero life separate certainly feeds into the magical girl vibe a bit more.

I couldn't help but throw in that "In the name of the gun, I will punish you!" I gotta have the Sailor Moon references. I'll definitely add more references be they quotes, or scenes from a ton of different animes/mangas.

Also I wanted to add Mirio and Tamaki into the story and Mirio has OFA in this one. Now we have double the energetic blondes and their less social best friends. I thought it'd be fun.

Anyways hope you enjoyed and look forward to more updates from me!