16 I Don't Need Friends, I Have Family

AN. Sorry I haven't been active recently. College just started, so I'm still adjusting. Anyways, like always, if you have the time, make sure to give me them spirit stones and that sweet collection submission. And also give this fanfiction a review overall, so I know how I'm doing. (Bruh can't believe I'm doing 6-hour labs. ;-;)

Here's Deku's new costume.

Without further ado, let's begin,

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He was driving on the toll rode. Seeing the Ranzan-Ogawa IC starting to get closer, he changed lanes until he was in the farthest left lane.

While All Might in the spotlight may have been the goody two shoes that could do no wrong. But in their free time together, his mentor would teach him to drive. He told All Might it was illegal for minors to drive. But he laughed it out and said boys his age in the US could already drive.

Fixing up an old truck they found on the beach, he and All Might used it for their 'joyrides.' While he was scared at first to drive, hours of studying the handbook as well as practicing behind the wheel made him comfortable enough to multi-task while driving. After that, he had taken a liking to trucks.

At one of the JDA meetings, he casually said something about wanting to be able to drive a truck. Of course the comment was forgotten by him by the the time the meeting was done. But not even a week later, there was a small package in the mail that granted him special permission to drive under the age of eighteen as well as car keys to a truck that would be promptly modified and shipped to him in the following three days. Ever since that accident, he's been careful as to what he say's to avoid something like that happening again. But he liked the truck.

So here he was in his red Tacoma pickup truck driving to pick up his little cousin for summer vacation.

Driving on the curved road, he finally was able to see the large swath of farmlands and greenery the rural countryside as the sun entered late noon. There was grass and trees for miles on end. Down below he could see the rice paddies and several people either using machines or picking the rice by hand. The houses were either sparse far apart or bunched up in little neighborhoods that were scattered along the roads. In the distance, he could make out a railroad station.

Slowing down, he used his the semi-recognizable landmarks and streets to reach his Aunt and Uncle's house. Soon, he could see the familiar traditional-style house that looked slightly outdated. He remembered his mother telling him that her grandfather had built it by hand before it was later reconstructed by her sister, his aunt, to be more modern.

Pulling into the driveway, he saw a group of girls standing outside with one boy. He parked the car before turning it off.

But as soon as he got out of the car, he felt something hit and grab onto his lower body. Looking down, he saw a girl with a violet hair and two pig-tails. The girl grabbed onto the hem of his shirt while looking up at him expectantly.

"Hello there, Ren-chon." He said with a smile. "Did you get taller this year as well?"

Nodding her little head, she used her hands to demonstrate how taller she got. "I had Nee-nee measure me every month." Still looking at him with a determined glint in her eyes, she raised her arms up, waiting.

Seeing her like this, he chuckled a little bit. "Aren't you getting too old for this, Ren-chon?"

The little girl shook her head. "As long as I'm younger than Hikage-nee, I can't be old." Deciding not to argue with the girl, he picked her up by her arms before placing her on his shoulders.

Getting comfortable on her seat, she made a pose. "I am Ultraman! Take my Ultra Slash!" The girl shouted, swinging her arms in the air.

Walking the group of girls, he greeted his older cousin. "Hello, Kazuho-oneechan."

Like Ren-chon, she had violet hair. But over the years her eyes had gradually seemed to look more and more tired. She smiled at him before giving him a hug. "I hope the trip wasn't too bad."

"It wasn't too bad, just had to pay a little more to use the toll roads." He said. "Where's Hikage? Is she still at school?"

"She's suppose to be coming home soon." His cousin just shrugged. "She'll arrive here when she does."

He sweat dropped seeing his cousin acting so nonchalant about the matter. Turning to the rest he greeted them. "Long time no see, you guys."

The guy with glasses gave him a wave with a smile while the short brunnete gave a small wave as well. One of the girls looked at him eagerly. She had orange-red hair that is messy in a half up half down do. "Hachioji, when did you get a car?!" She exclaimed. "Can you drive me in it? Wait, can I drive it! Please!" It seemed she was not the only one interested in the car as the others stared at it as well.

"Speaking of the truck," His older cousin said. "Last time I checked, you were still 16." She gave him a raised eyebrow while she crossed her arms.

Not wanting to make it public, he diverted the topic. "I'll tell you later, Kazuho-nee." Seeing her nod, he turned to the only unfamiliar face among the group.

"Hello, I'm Hachioji Naoto, are you new around here?"

The girl had neat collarbone-length black hair with bangs hanging above her forehead and swept to the right. Bowing she greeted him. "Hello, I'm Ichijo Hotaru, and my family recently moved here for work."

"Alright," Miyauchi-nee said, clapping her hands together. "It's already late, the rest of you should head home." After saying their goodbyes, the group dispersed and went home.

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After playing with the girl after dinner, he decided to sit outside for a while. One of the perks of living in the country side was the lack of light pollution. He could see so many stars out tonight.

"Hey, I heard you were in town." Looking up, he saw a girl with long blonde hair and maple eyes on a scooter. "Oh, hello there Kaede." When he visited the town during his summers, he would hang out with Kaede a lot before she had to focus on running the candy shop.

"You should've stopped by the shop if you were in town, you know." She said smiling. Getting off the scooter, she sat on the porch with him. "The second-year is too cool to hang out with the candy store lady, now?"

He chuckled at her deprecating remark. "Don't worry Kaede, you're coolest person I know." Unknowing, his compliment made the older female blush. Luckily, it was too dark outside to notice.

They spent time getting caught up with each other before Kaede handed him something. Curious, he looked inside the plastic bag.

"I had some leftover curry, so I made some for you and Ren-chon for tomorrow." The woman said, trying to play it off coolly. He smiled brightly at the Kaede. Knowing her, she probably made a whole new batch just to give it to them. He leaned in to give his friend a hug. "Thanks, Kaede. Me and Renge will make sure to eat it all."

The women blushed before hugging back. "It's just some leftovers, no need to make a big deal out of it." Reluctantly letting go of the hug, she stood up. "It's already late, I have to open up shop early tomorrow. See you around?"

"Yeah, bye, Kaede."

"Bye, Naoto."

Waving to each other, he watched as she drove off on her scooter before turning back to look at the starry sky.

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The next morning.

The sun slowly rose from the horizon, illuminating the small countryside town in the morning light.

Waking up, he tried to move his arms to rub the drowsiness out of his eyes, he found something else blocking his visions. Blinking his eyes a couple of times, he found that a violet head was snoring on top of him.

He smiled at the small figure. "She sneaked into my futon again?" He asked out loud quietly, making sure to keep his voice low. Carefully moving Ren-chon aside, he went out of the covers to prepare for the morning.

Finishing breakfast, he heard a couple of footsteps coming down the hall. Looking up from the stove, he saw it was Kazuho and Ren-chon. "Good morning, you two."

"Good Morning." "Morning."

After eating they ate the wonderful 'ALL-AMERICAN BREAKFAST (bringing even bacon in a cooler),' he and Ren-chon prepared to leave.

"All set?" He asked, looking down on the girl holding a small suitcase.

She nodded her head. "Nao-ki, I brought my legendary sword," she said, holding up a stick. "Natt-sun gave it to me." She started attacking the cocklespurs nearby.

"...That's good? He said, giving the girl a confused smile. Getting in the car, they waved to Kazuho before staring their journey back to Hayama.

The eldest Miyauchi daughter watched as the car drove away, smiling. Soon, she heard the familiar engine of a scooter stop by.

"Oh, Kagayama, you just missed them." The violet haired women said.

"Darn, I'll just greet them when they get back after summer, then." Slightly frustrated, Kagayama stomped her feet a little. Both just watched as the car got farther and farther away.

"When are you going to tell my cousin you like him?"

Sighing, the blond haired girl looked down. "I don't know... maybe I'll never will."

"Aren't you afraid that someone will snatch him during summer?" Kazuho wondered.

"That's what I have Ren-chon for."

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"Shiori said she ate friction in the fall."

"Wait, what?"

They had stopped by the family dinner after their journey back to Hayama. Seeing that they haven't had a real meal since the morning, he decided to stop by his work for some food. He had a burger while Ren-chon had chicken nuggets with fries. Currently, Renge was working on her coloring sheet while he was drawing something he dreamed about last night.

"Nao-ki, how do you say this word in english?" Looking down, he answered for her. "It's [flag]."

Tilting her head, she asked out loud, "Their flag is a soda? No wonder the Americans love their flag..." Seeing his cousin about to go down her rabbit-hole thought process again, he was about to correct her when he heard a voice.

"Hey, it's senpai." To his left were Nagatoro and her friends dressed in summer wear. Not wanting to be impolite, he gave them a wave. But he then realized that his notebook was out. Quickly putting his arms over the notebook, he hid it.

"'Sup, senpai?!" Nagatoro shouted. Walking closer with her hands behind her back, she leaned forward slightly. "What are you doing here?" She asked. Noticing the girl in the other booth, she waved to her. "Are you senpai's little sister?"

Looking up from her coloring paper, she saw the unknown girl standing near the table. Ren-chon gave the girl a blank look before greeting the tanned girl.

"Nyanpasu." Renge said, raising a hand.

"Nyan..pasu?" Nagatoro repeated back.

Renge nodded before she remembered something the candy store lady told her to say. She promised her more candy from the shop if she did.

"Nao-ki has AIDS." The little girl said loudly.

"..." Soon, he felt the gazes of everyone else turn towards him. Nagatoro and her friends were shocked that the girl even knew the word.

Quickly pushing all his stuff into his bag, he put some yen on the table before throwing Ren-chon over his shoulder.

"Hey!" The girl exclaimed, giving him a annoyed face. She began beating down on his back. "I wasn't done making my Coca-cola flag to start a war with Mr. Fatty!"

Repeatedly bowing and apologizing for the commotion, he and his cousin exited the family diner.

Watching as he and the little girl leave the restaurant, Nagatoro noticed a notebook lying in the bench. Knowing that it belonged to her senpai, she was curious as to what had inside. So she opened the notebook and flipped to a random page.

The first thing that popped out was a drawing of a cat-girl that uncannily resembled-

'-Is that me?!' Nagatoro shrieked inside her mind. Dazed and blushing, she continued to stare at the notebook in her hand. Not long after, an impish grin grew on her face.

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"Are you going to tell me why you said that?"

"Nope, as a lawful police officer, I am not allowed to disclose of that information."

"You only have a pink handcuff."

"Not even Nattsun can escape from these!"

He was chatting with Ren-chon as they walked back. Because his house didn't have a driveway, he had to park it inside a parking structure, leaving only walking for the both of them. Luckily, his house wasn't that far away.

As they chatted, Renge got tired quickly after the long day, so he let her nap as he gave her a piggy-back ride. From experience, once the little girl had fallen into the sweet embrace of sleep, she wouldn't easily wake back up. She looked like a koala, drooling on his shoulder as she slept.

"Senpai!"

Turning around, he saw Nagatoro running towards him, with something above her head.

'Wait a minute, isn't that my notebook?' But no confirmation was needed when she got close enough for him to see that she was holding it open to a certain page.

"What is this?" The girl repeated over and over again, happily.

'ISN'T THAT THE FANART HE DREW OF NAGATORO?!' He thought. He had carelessly forgot to put in his notebook away! No way was he getting out of this unteased. So he was left with one option. Run.

"I-I don't know!" He said, running while making sure not to disrupt the passenger on his back. "It's not mine!" But because of the pace he had set, Nagatoro had quickly caught up to him.

"What's this? Cat ears? Is this me?!" She said all too gleefully.

He gave her his excuse. "It's not mine."

"I'm taking this notebook, then!" Saying that, the girl ran off.

"W-Wait! I changed my mind! Come back!"

And with that the day was over.

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"I'll play with you just like a cat..."

Walking down the street, Renge was singing one of her songs. Dressed in a beach dress that covered her swimming suit, she waved her sandcastle bucket back and forth as she walked next to him.

Yesterday, he got a call from Nagatoro asking if he wanted to hang out at the beach later. Seeing that Ren-chon also wanted to go to the beach as well, he decided he might as well kill two birds with one stone.

He had made sure to pack lots of items for himself and his cousin, carrying the umbrella, two beach chairs, towels, sunblock, and etc.

As they neared the rendezvous point, he heard laughter. As usual Gamou and Yoshi were the one's laughing.

"Wow," Gamou said, "Paisen actually showed up."

"That's hilarious!" Yoshi said.

Looking at the figure next to him, they saw the little girl from yesterday.

"Who's the girl?" Gamou asked. "Hayacchi, is that his sister?"

"His sister?" Yoshi echoed.

As he neared the group of girls, he rubbed his neck while smiling apologetically. "Sorry, but my cousin was looking forward to going to the beach as well, so do mind if I brought her along?" Next to him, the violet-haired girl stepped forward

"Nyanpasu." Renge said, raising her hand with her plastic bucket of toys. "I'm Renge Miyauchi. It's nice to meet you." She finished with regional 'non.'

Seeing how adorable the little girl was, they awed at her cute greeting.

Nagatoro gave a wave. "It's no problem, the more the merrier, right?" She said, looking at her friends.

"Paisen, you didn't tell me that you had human cousin." Gamou said, smirking.

"Human cousin!"

"Stop assuming I'm not!"

They began walking down the road to the beach, which was a thirty-minute walk from their meeting point.

Crossing her arms, Gamou gave him a condescending smile. "Man, you're the last person I'd expect to see on the summer beach."

Pointing at him, Yoshi snickered. "Out of place!"

Looking at the bigger girl, Renge also began to point at him as well. "Out of place!" Seeing the little join in on teasing him as well, the other girls laughed.

"Ren-chon! Why are you copying them, too!" Tilting her head, she continued pointing at him. "It looked fun. Out of place!"

"Not necessarily," Nagatoro added. "Senpai would be one of those thing scuttling around the rocks."

Thinking, Renge face was considered before it lit up in realization. "I know!" She said, slamming her hands together. "It's a sea lice, I read about them in my science book. They scurry around and hide under rocks." Hearing the young girl's response, everyone but him burst into laughter.

"Sea lice!" Nagatoro shouted, making two antennae's with her fingers.

"Cackle! Cackle!" Chorused Gamou and Yoshi chorused.

Getting closer to him, Gamou put a hand near her mouth as if to make sure that he heard her words. "Hear that? Sea Louse Paisen!"

"Sea Louse Paisen!" Yoshi repeated, pointing at him.

As they walked down the boardwalk they continued to tease him as Renge looked for a good stick for her future sand castle.

After finding a spot on the beach, he started to put down the two umbrellas he brought along with the beach chairs.

"That should do it." He said, setting up the last chair. He then went to help Renge with her swimsuit, taking off her beach dress and applying two layers of sunscreen on her skin. She grimaced as he rubbed the lotion on her face.

"Hey, Paisen, are my knockers a bit too much for a virgin?" Gamou asked, holding her arms under her breasts to emphasize them. "It can't be help that you would envitablely ogle them." She said as if she was expecting it all along.

'What!' He thought. 'I wasn't even looking at her!' But that didn't seem to convince the other girls.

"Ogling!" Yoshi said.

"I-I'm not even looking your way..."

Staring at the scene, Nagatoro's face was devoid of any emotion as she dead-eyed the events unfolding before her.

"I couldn't hear you." Holding her breast up more, she walked in closer to him. He turned around to look away at the girl's indecent actions, only to be greeted by Yoshi. "Boo!" She shouted, swing her body along with her breast in front of him.

Blushing, he started to take steps back.

"He's like 'Uwah!' So funny!" Gamou said, giggling.

"So funny!"

"Nao-ki, look at me!" Confused, he looked down at his cousin. She was wearing a one-piece, pink flowery swimsuit. She was also holding her arms like Gamou. But because nothing was there, it seemed like she was only folding her arms. "Ha, now I will beat you in the ruler game using this technique, Nao-ki." Sweat dropping at this, he turned to look at the girls who showed his cousin this.

"I'm going to get drinks," he said with a calm voice, "and when I'm back, you better explain to her that she can't do that, alright?" He said, with a slight edge in his voice.

Suddenly, the two girls felt as if the whole world became dark. It was as if there was only the three of them in that void. Surrounding their senpai was a violently green aura that surged and gushed around him in a dangerous manner. They felt their body's natural instincts to run away or they would face an ultimate end.

But as soon as it came, it went away. They were back on the body, and the boy's previously deadly calm expression was replaced with a sheepish one. "I-I mean, just make sure she doesn;t do that again, ok?" He asked once more, but more embarrassingly.

"H-Hai," but girls said. They shooked their heads, remembering where they were.

"Oh, get me a drink." Gamou said.

"Me, too." Yoshi added, slightly more subdued.

Getting their confirmations, he went to go get drinks.

The two girls looked around, only seeing Nagatoro helping Miyauchi-chan build a sand castle. Chalking it up to their imagination, they walked to the duo building a sand castle.

Seeing him walk to get drinks, Nagatoro looked up and decided to her course of action.

"Senpai." Turning around, he saw a shirt fall down on the ground. Looking up, he saw Nagatoro blushing in her two-piece bikini. Because of her club activities, she developed a healthy tan that highlighted the pale portions of her skin that formed her tan lines.

"Something for me, too." She said, pointing at him.

"R-Right." Still not quite wrapping his mind around what he just witnessed, he continued his trek inland.

After getting all the drinks, the girls were refreshed and ready to swim. He decided to stand on land to supervise Renge, who was playing with a group of other children on the beach. They were digging a geometric-shaped hole with multiple canals under his cousin's instructions.

"All right, let's swim." The orange-haired girl said, stretching her arms.

"Swim. Swim!" Yoshi said, stretching as well.

Finishing her stretches, Nagatoro looked at her senpai. "Come on, senpai! Let's swim."

Raising up hands up, he replied. "Sorry, I'm not swimming." He said while pulling out his drawing pad.

"Huh?!" The three girls shouted in indignation.

"I have to supervise Ren-chon," he said pointing to her. "So, I might as well get some drawing in while I watch over her."

Looking at him, the group of girls watched as he began drawing.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Yup, he's definitely..." Gamou began, "... a loner sea louse."

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Looking up regularly from his drawing pad, he took in the view of the bench, scanning to make sure he could still see Ren-chon and see the girls. It seemed that the group of girls were racing. Acting as the referee was Yoshi.

"Hayacchi wins!" She shouted.

"Yeah!" The Nagatoro shouted, shaking the hair from her hair. He heard Gamou curse at losing. Looking back down, he went back to drawing a cloud.

But found a shadow covering him. Looking up, he saw that it was Nagatoro standing in front of him.

"What's up, senpai?" She asked him.

"I'm sketching."

Sitting down next to him, she turned her head to face him. "Are you sure you don't want to swim?" Then tapping her chin she said, "Or... is it because you're a pale bean stalk who can't handle the sun?"

"Who are you calling a bean stalk?!" He answered exasperatedly. He sighed. "I really can't. Who's going to watch her then?"

"Hmm, I have an idea! I'll be right back!" The girl got up and ran to the group of children. He saw her talk to one of the mother's nearby for a moment before she came running back.

"Senpai! I got them to watch Miyauchi-chan as well, isn't that great! You can swim now!" She said excitedly. "Come on, I'll put sunscreen on you."

Scooting away, he didn't like the sound of his kouhai putting anything on him. He tried to crawl away, only for his pants to be pulled down at her grasp, revealing what was hidden underneath.

"Hey, you did bring your swimsuit." Nagatoro said smugly.

He awkwardly shrugged his shoulder. "I brought it just in case."

Seeing this, the girl sighed. "This is this case."

Quickly pulling off the remainder of his clothes, he was only left in hi swim trunks.

Nagatoro was marveling at the second time she was viewing the body of her senpai. His body was still was delicious as the last time she saw him. Momentarily drooling as she blushed at him, she shook her head to get her focus back. "Okay, lie down flat."

Seeing how determined she was to put the sunscreen on him, he complied, lying down on the beach towel.

He felt her pour a generous amount of the lotion on his back. Looking around, he found that some people were looking in there direction.

"Hey, Nagatoro?" He said to her. "Maybe we shouldn't be doing this. It looks like something a couple would do."

"Does it, now?" She asked.

"Y-Yeah, maybe you should stop, because would get the wrong idea."

She became silent. Thinking that his words worked, he was about to stand up when he felt something push him back down on the towel.

"Wh-What are you-?"

"You're right." Nagatoro said, looking down on her senpai. "We're not a couple, so I don't have to go easy on you. You'll have to handle it rough, senpai."

She started to aggressively rub the lotion with her foot. Smiling sadistically as she looked down on her senpai.

Meanwhile, he didn't know what to do. All Might or parents never told him what to do in this situation. So he stayed put, hoping that whatever Nagatoro was doing wasn't creating more attention then it already had.

While, Nagatoro was focused, Yoshi sneaked up to try what her friend was doing as well. Just as she was about to put her foot on the back, Nagatoro used her arm to block the girl.

"What are you doing?" Nagatoro asked, annoyed.

"It looked fun." Yoshi said, trying to attempt to get a foothold on their senpai's back.

"It's not fun." She responded.

"Are you sure?"

Nagatoro heard someone whistling. Looking down, she realized there were three feet on her senpai's back. Looking left and right, she found Gamou and Yoshi taking the sides with her taking the center of the back.

"Stop that!" She shouted.

"Oh, come on." Gamou complained.

"Come one!" Yoshi replied as well.

"I said no!" She shouted, trying to push them away to no avail.

"Why not? Just a little." The taller girl said.

"Just a little!"

"He's going to break!" Nagatoro shouted at the two.

Maybe if it was a couple minutes earlier that a girl's foot on his back would make him flustered. But now that he had three constantly pushing down on his back, he felt more annoyed than any other feeling. He felt that enough was enough.

Using his strength, he easily pushed himself up, toppling the girls backwards onto their butts in to the sand.

Getting their grasp together quickly, they were about to get back at their senpai for getting their swimsuit sandy when they took in the sight before them.

While Nagatoro was already had some resistance to seeing her senpai's body, the other two girl's did not.

The "bean sprout" senpai was nowhere to be seen. Standing before them was wide shoulders, solid pectorals, muscled and taut skin that stretched over body. Abdominal muscles that were well-defined. He looked like an underwear model.

Both Gamou and Yoshi were blushing at the unexpectant sight of their paisen, no... their senpai. It was on the trio's shock that they didn't notice the annoyance on the boy's face.

"You guys..." He muttered. "Now it's my time for revenge." He said, smiling wickedly at them. Throwing one girl over his right shoulder and two over his left, he picked them while they were shocked at how he was able to carry them all and ran to the water.

*Splash*

"Hey, what's the big idea throwing us in the water?"

"What's the big idea?!"

"Senpai, come back here!"

They shouted at him as he ran away laughing at them.

They played all the way up to sunset. Renge's newfound friends had already went home, so he decided to play with the girl for the remainder of the time left.

Looking at the others, he saw that they were playing volleyball.

Seeing how much fun every was having, he smiled.

'I hope we can have a fun day like this next summer, too.' He thought from the bottom of his heart.

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(African Continent)

Steps were heard inside a dark, underground tunnel. Every so often, dust and dirt would fill the air, worsening the already dim view inside.

But if one could see at all inside the tunnel, they would be greeted to the sight of grotesque figure. Standing at almost two meters, this humanoid ant had a set of human-like teeth in addition to two sets of ant mandibles. The nightmarish figure limped as it moved upwards in the tunnel.

After traveling for ten minutes or so, the humanoid ant finally saw a ray of moonlight finally reach the dark interiors of the dirt tunnel. Continuing on, the monster had reached the entrance way. It tilted its head, looking up at the moon.

"Soon..." A women's voice said, coming from the insect-humanoid. "..you will be born, my prince."

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College so much work. AH!!!

Next chapter idk, maybe next week?