--Monday, August 31, 2172
After stepping out of an elegant black sedan, Momo and Nejire clung to the arms of Kai, who had his hands in his pockets, and together they advanced toward the enormous gates of UA. But just as they were about to enter, Kai stopped and looked back over his shoulder. Curious, Momo and Nejire—and even the cats on Kai's shoulders—followed his gaze, at which point Nejire asked, her eyes shining with curiosity.
"What is it? Is someone coming?!"
"You could say an acquaintance." Kai replied with a calm smile, and right at that moment, a black sports car turned around a nearby corner and then approached at high speed.
Soon, the car skidded skillfully to a stop just a few meters from Kai and the girls. At such a display, Momo frowned slightly, while Nejire cheered happily the instant the driver's door opened and a brilliant head of blonde hair emerged from the car.
"Melissa!"
Seeing the beautiful blonde in the UA uniform, Nejire raised her hand and waved loudly with an enormous smile. Melissa turned to look at Nejire and pressed a key a couple of times, then tucked it into her pocket and came closer.
"Hello everyone, it's a pleasure to be able to see you all again."
As the impressive car drove off by itself, Melissa greeted them with a cheerful but formal tone. Momo unconsciously squeezed Kai's arm and greeted her back with an equally formal tone.
"It's likewise a pleasure to see you again, although you never let us know you were already in Japan."
"Fufu, I thought you knew. I arrived a week ago with my father, and Uncle Might and the Yaoyorozu Group helped us a lot throughout the whole process." Melissa explained with a smile while subtly glancing at Kai. Momo looked at Kai with a calm smile that conveyed displeasure, which led Kai to comment, amused.
"One, I wasn't in charge of that; two, nobody asked me."
Momo let out a small huff of displeasure the moment Nejire jumped to hook her arm around Melissa's and commented with a cheerful smile.
"Well, that doesn't matter anymore! More importantly, what class are you in?"
"Class 3-A." Melissa answered with a smile, which made Nejire's eyes shine, who soon exclaimed, delighted.
"Awesome, you're in my class! Come on! I'll take you! I'll introduce you to Yuyu, Togata, and Amajiki!"
"Thank you very much." Melissa replied in a formal tone, but with a cheerful smile on her face, as she felt her shoulders relax completely.
Being in an unfamiliar country, with another language and culture, had her quite tense and worried, but being able to count on someone as cheerful and affectionate as Nejire filled her with the confidence to face it. At that moment, Kai looked at Melissa and offered, in a calm voice, while watching the pair of men hiding in the distance staring at Melissa.
"By the way, your workshop won't be ready until next week, so if you want, you can come to mine for the time being so you can get familiar with everything. I think that pair of stalkers will be more at ease that way."
Hearing Kai, Melissa, Momo, and Nejire followed his gaze and soon spotted the great Symbol of Peace and a handsome man with glasses clumsily hiding behind a wall, looking in their direction. Upon being discovered, the pair of men hurriedly hid, which made Nejire and Momo laugh, while Melissa let out a small sigh before murmuring, somewhat defeated.
"That was the first thing I told them…" Melissa soon shook her head and turned to look at Kai, commenting formally.
"I'll be very grateful, Kai-san."
"Well then, let's go in! We can't be late to the ceremony!" At that moment, Nejire exclaimed loudly and quickly ran to cling to Kai's arm as before, though without letting go of Melissa.
After being dragged along by Nejire's tremendous strength, Melissa turned to look at Kai, which let her see Nejire clinging to the young man's arm and to her own, somehow making her part of the strange dynamic the trio shared. Seeing a subtle blush form on the blonde's face, Momo frowned and soon scolded seriously.
"Nejire, don't drag people like that; you could hurt her, and it makes her uncomfortable."
"I'm sorry!" Nejire apologized loudly and turned to look at Melissa before asking with a smile.
"Does anything hurt? Do you feel uncomfortable?"
"No, not really, I was just a little surprised…" Melissa replied with a hint of shyness in her voice, which for some reason widened Nejire's smile. Nejire soon stepped forward and announced loudly.
"Perfect! Then let's go in!"
"…Say something to her."
As they entered together, Momo gently elbowed Kai and demanded in a dissatisfied voice. Kai turned to look at his sulking fiancée and spoke in an amused voice.
"Let her be. I brought Melissa and her father, so they're my responsibility, and Nejire just wants to help me with that."
"…"
Hearing Kai, Momo could only fall silent and glare at Nejire, who looked back at her with a proud smirk. But having known the seemingly innocent bluenette her whole life, Momo could easily get an idea of what she was thinking, so she quickly warned seriously.
"No weird ideas, Nejire. I mean it."
"Weird ideas? What are you talking about?" Nejire asked with an innocent and curious smile that filled everyone who saw it with tenderness. Momo shot the beautiful bluenette a scornful look and spoke firmly.
"You've been warned."
Meanwhile, Kai and Melissa looked at the pair of beauties sharing a cryptic conversation, somewhat confused, then looked at each other with questions shining in their eyes. But seeing that the same doubts lived in the other's eyes, the pair of geniuses simply shrugged their shoulders and gave up, then walked inside calmly.
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After the quiet opening ceremony, Nejire ran along, dragging Melissa, to reach Class 3-A. As she approached, Nejire raised her hand into the air and waved loudly with an enormous smile on her beautiful face.
"Hi, guys!"
""Hi, Nejire-senpai."" Most of the young people in Class A greeted the cheerful blue-haired beauty, who laughed adorably.
At that moment, Mina, who was stretching lazily, looked at the beautiful blonde being dragged by Nejire and couldn't help blinking a couple of times, visibly confused. But upon confirming that she wasn't dreaming or mistaken, Mina raised a hand into the air and waved with an enormous smile.
"Hi, Melissa!! Did you transfer to UA?!"
"Melissa?" Kyoka Jiro, who was nearby, murmured a bit confusedly, but upon seeing the beautiful blonde, her eyes widened in surprise, and she raised her voice.
"What a surprise."
"Good morning, Melissa-san!!"
Toru raised her invisible hand into the air and waved with a melodious smile, while Uraraka frowned slightly and subtly glanced at Midoriya. Finally, Nejire and Melissa met up with everyone the moment the blonde stepped forward and greeted them in a cheerful and formal tone.
"Hello, guys, it's a pleasure to see you again. Starting today, I'll be studying with all of you at UA in third year."
"Impressive, I didn't expect that!!" Kirishima exclaimed loudly, while Kaminari looked Melissa up and down, a bit flushed, before murmuring.
"It's a pleasure to have you."
Soon, the other students approached to greet Melissa, including Midoriya and Uraraka. But while greeting her, Uraraka noticed Momo's subtle frown, which led her to look more closely, finally noticing that Melissa was standing quite close to Kai. Although it still didn't compare to Nejire or Momo, she was still quite a bit closer than she had gotten to Midoriya.
Having noticed this, Uraraka couldn't help looking at the beautiful blonde's chest, which, although it lost against Momo's, still competed quite well against Nejire's. Uraraka ran her gaze over Kai and then the breasts of Nejire, Melissa, and Momo, finally arriving at Momo's subtle frown, and came to a conclusion that let her release a sigh of relief.
(That blonde beauty is someone else's problem.)
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While a cheerful and relieved smile formed on Uraraka's face, a young man with straight blond hair and violet eyes approached with a smug smile on his face and soon commented.
"I already heard, Class A."
"Huh?"
Several couldn't help exclaiming in confusion and turned to look at the young man, who soon exclaimed loudly with an enormous mocking smile on his face.
"One of you failed the exam!!"
"Monoma from Class B." With more disgust than surprise, Sero commented as he took a step back, closely followed by Kaminari.
"As weird as ever."
"I bet you were the only one who failed, like in the final exam."
Kirishima commented in a somewhat challenging tone. Monoma, taking advantage of the fact that the others from Class B were walking nearby, leapt toward them, then turned and commented in a voice loaded with smugness, striking a pretty cool pose.
"We all passed. We've pulled ahead of Class A."
With a frown, Kai turned to look at Todoroki, who looked at the floor and murmured in a dark tone.
"I'm sorry, guys…"
At that instant, a beautiful young girl of short stature, with long blonde hair and bangs, large round Prussian-blue eyes, and a pair of enormous lyre-shaped horns atop her head, approached and commented with an innocent smile. But what she spoke was broken, hard-to-understand Japanese, with a strong accent that gave her away as an English speaker.
"According to Professor Vlad, we'll have classes together this semester. I can't wait."
The young girl finished with a beautiful, innocent, and excited smile on her lovely face, which—together with her short stature and large eyes—made her radiate an innocent charm not much inferior to Nejire's. At that moment, Melissa looked at the girl and greeted her in perfect English.
"Are you American?"
"Yes! You too?!" The beautiful young girl jumped excitedly and, having recognized the accent, asked back, also in English. Melissa showed a beautiful smile and answered.
"Yes, although it's been a long time since I left."
Soon, the pair of beauties began to talk in English the moment a heavy, cold voice resounded in the place.
"Make way."
The one who spoke was a young man with messy indigo-colored hair, who walked with a firm step. Upon seeing the young man, Mina immediately recognized him and ran to Momo to murmur in a low voice into her ear.
"Hey, Yao Momo, that's the guy from last time. Looks like he listened to you. He doesn't look like a scrawny otaku anymore."
"That's good; that way he'll be able to better understand other people's pain." Momo whispered back in a calm voice, though a hint of anger could still be detected in it. Kai, curious, turned to look at the pink-haired beauty and asked.
"Which time?"
"Nothing, don't worry about it. Let's get to class instead; we're running late."
Momo commented with a smile and then started walking. Kai began to walk with Momo, but as Nejire clung to his arm again, he looked at the indigo-haired young man with a cold light in his eyes, which earned him an annoyed pinch from Momo.
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"Alright, starting today we're back to normal classes, so focus on your studies."
In the Class A classroom, Aizawa announced in a calm and unusually not-so-tired voice and continued as he ran his gaze over all the students.
"That said, starting this semester, with your internships in mind, the training is going to be much harder, so be prepared."
"Internships?" Tsuyu asked, a bit confused, as she looked at Aizawa, who replied calmly.
"The internships are the main reason you got your provisional licenses. Just like the work studies you did a while ago, you'll be working with professional heroes. Using as a basis the offers you received after the sports festival, you can apply for an internship with a hero agency; you can even return to the agency where you did your work studies. In any case, it won't be immediate, and you'll be notified when they begin, but start considering it."
The explanation left the students deep in thought—time that Aizawa took advantage of to gather his things and head to the door, where he ran into Kai, who was also leaving. After greeting Present Mic, the English teacher, Kai headed to his workshop with the cats sleeping peacefully on his shoulders.
But when he was about to arrive, just as he'd expected, he could see a beautiful young woman with pink hair running toward him, carrying various tools and an enormous backpack. Upon seeing him, an enormous smile appeared on the young woman's face, and as her pupils moved like a mechanical microscope, she announced loudly with visible excitement.
"Saito!! I'm reporting for my first day of work!!"
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