Chapter 20

Midoriya POV

My trip to Recovery Girl was quick. I didn't get really injured this time except for the bruises and broken arm. She healed my arm mostly, but it still had to be held in a sling and with a temporary cast so it doesn't move around too much.

I arrived back at the seats where the rest of the class was just before the match started.

I watched as Kacchan and Uraraka walked into the arena and Alex walked on right after. Midnight cracked her whip and yelled, signally for the match to start. I thought Kacchan would automatically rush in, but he didn't.

"It seems he's taking this seriously," I mumbled to myself. Though, who could blame him. Alex is extremely intelligent, has a lot of experience, and is very powerful. Not to mention that we don't even know the full extent or even what their quirk is!

It seems like Alex said something that ticked Kacchan off. He rushed forward and pulled back his usual right hook.

"Wait a second, why are there no explosions," I mumbled again.

Kacchan seemed surprised as he looked at his hand in confusion. Alex kicked him seeming unfazed and they also seemed to enjoy it. No, it wasn't only enjoyment, it was also expectancy. Like a plan falling into place. Could this be their quirk?

"Could what be their quirk, kero?"

Tsu walked up next to me and sat down. I guess I was mumbling all that…

"Just now, Kacchan's quirk didn't work. It's like it never even activated in the first place. That could only be possible with some sort of quirk inhibitor or another quirk and it's not Mr.Aizawa's quirk. He wouldn't interfere with a match this prematurely. I suspect that Alex has a quirk similar to Mr.Aizawa's, but perhaps more advanced. A quirk that doesn't give any physical or visual signals it's in use. Though, something doesn't add up…"

"What's that?" Kirishima asked.

Startled, I looked up. Apparently, the class caught wind of our conversation since now everyone was crowded around us. I continued, "During our matches when Alex first came here, it seemed that they had a body enhancement quirk or some variation of one. We all saw their speed, strength, and heightened senses. So, this is peculiar, "I paused for a second. My eyes went wide, "Could it be?"

"Could what be?" Mina asked curiously.

"I have an idea, though it shouldn't be possible," I looked up towards my classmates, "There's a possibility that Alex could have two independent quirks."

The class gasped.

"But that's never happened in the history of quirks! Having two independent quirks shouldn't be possible!" Iida exclaimed.

We all turned our attention back to the arena. Alex was saying something though we couldn't quite hear it. Suddenly, Alex smashed down onto the ground with their right foot, sending Kacchan and Uraraka out of the ring. It seemed like they were still talking about something though I wonder what…

��BUT THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL ARE WE GONNA BE FRIENDS!" we all heard Kacchan yell from the arena.

We saw Alex shrug and wave as they walked out of the arena and to Mr.Aizawa who reclipped the bracelet onto their wrist.

Tsuyu POV

Friends? Is that what they were talking about? Was Kurosaki asking to be their friend? Then, if that's the case, maybe we were wrong about Kurosaki. I began to think, "It was made clear that they are in a rehabilitation program and that they wouldn't hurt us unless we committed a crime. Not to mention, they aren't a villain anymore...simply another student."

I looked at Kurosaki's figure as it went in the tunnel leading into the building

"They also used minimal force to knock out Uraraka and Bakugou," I put my finger to my chin as I thought carefully, "Maybe, we should open up to them."

I was apprehensive at first because they were a villain, though Midoriya, Denki, and Todoroki get along great with them. Perhaps, we just need to get to know them. I looked at my classmates and saw that Mina, Kirishima, and Iida all had doubt on their faces. Maybe I should talk to them later and see what they think.

*baby timeskip to after school*

I brought Kirishima, Mina, and Iida up to my dorm room.

"Why did you bring us up here Tsu?" Mina asked while sitting on my bed.

The other two nodded also wondering.

"It's about Kurosaki, I think we were wrong about them," I began, "Today's match proved that. In their match, they could've beaten Bakugou and Uraraka to a pulp, but they didn't. Another thing was when Bakugou yelled, he said that they would never be friends with Kurosaki, so that suggests that Kurosaki asked to be a friend rather than an enemy."

Mina and Kirishima nodded while Iida began to speak, "I think we did judge them poorly at first. I was also questioning whether to try to become their friend or not…"

Kirishima spoke, "Yeah, that was super unmanly of us to judge them. When you look at it they have no reason to hurt us and by now I doubt they have a desire too."

"Maybe, we should try to be their friend," Mina said happily, "and give them a chance to be an actual member of class 1-A!"

I nodded and smiled. Kirishima showed his regular toothy smile, "To Kurosaki's room!"

First POV

I changed into some sweat pants and a long sleeve t-shirt then plopped onto my bed. I wasn't physically tired, but mentally I was exhausted. After that incident with those two then having to fight them today was a lot. After all I've been through I should be tougher with my emotions and not really feel them right? Wrong. All that trauma did was make me a better actor, lier, and bluffer. I look tough or emotionless on the outside, but inside I still feel. I'm still a human.

I groaned and rolled onto my stomach, my face smushed into the pillow. In the middle of my existential crisis, I heard a knock on my door.

"Weird, we're not supposed to meet up at Denki's room for another hour," I thought as I pulled myself out of bed. Denki wanted to set up a movie marathon night and have a sleepover in his dorm so he wanted to make things special and have time to set up.

I opened the door with my eyes half-open. I saw the pink-skinned girl, the frog girl, Sonic, and the spiky red-haired boy, "What are you four doing here? If it's just to question me like that earphone jack girl then please lea-"

"That isn't what we came here for," the redhead cut me off.

I quirked my eyebrow, "Oh? Then why?"

"We wanted to apologize," pinky asked.

Ok, now I was even more confused. What would they even apologize for?

Noticing my confusion Sonic spoke up, "We wanted to apologize for treating you differently and a bit harshly in the beginning. It was wrong for us to do that just because of your past."

I crossed my arms and leaned on the doorframe, "Why the sudden change of heart?"

"It was your match kero," the frog girl said, "when we saw your match and how you handled it along with what Bakugou yelled earlier, we made our conclusion to try to become friends with you."

"And properly welcome you to 1-A!" the redhead exclaimed excitedly.

I-I didn't expect them to pull such a 180, maybe....maybe I'll actually be accepted here?