Chapter 209

Waking facing a sleeping Kyoka, Izuku took a moment to admire her cute face and lithe figure, sporting torn fishnet stockings, a leather belt with rein-like fastenings, a purple choker with a leash attachment, and a pastel purple t-shirt with the text RUIN written across the chest.

"You're cute when you pretend to be asleep..." whispered Izuku, causing Kyoka's brows to twitch and a faint but deepening blush to permeate her cheeks. 

Resisting the temptation to play a 'prank' on the ever-adorable girl, Izuku kissed Kyoka's forehead before holding her close and humming one of the many songs they had composed(plagiarized) together. Izuku could feel her heart begin to quicken, but before she could join him in an impromptu duet, something cold and wet grazed Izuku's ear as Luna nestled up to him from behind and whispered, "If you're trying to make me jealous, it's working..." before licking his cheek.

"I wouldn't care..." replied Izuku, carefully rolling onto his back so that Luna had enough time to make way before she and Kyoka snuggled into his embrace. Like Kyoka, Luna also had a choker around her neck, but it was bright red and more closely resembled a collar. As for the rest of her outfit, or lack thereof, she wore a bright yellow t-shirt with the image of a panda wearing sunglasses on its front, beneath which was the name of the associated band, ANIMAL.

"Last night was incredible..." muttered Luna, tracing the nail of her right index finger along Izuku's abdomen. Kyoka remained completely silent, but as she thought back to the things they had done the previous night, the blush in her cheeks deepened considerably. She was usually a pretty passive girl, but since she and Luna had hit it off due to their mutual love of her father's music, she let herself be influenced by the older girl a little more than she should have...

"A night spent with either of you is incredible..." said Izuku, affectionately caressing both girls' asses as he expressed, "Holding both of you...I feel like the king of the world..."

"That silver tongue of yours could belong to the Devil himself..." mused Luna, licking Izuku's neck and jaw as she drew up her leg to rub it against his thigh. She typically wasn't the type of girl to be raring to go first thing in the morning, but Izuku's scent and the memories of their time together compelled her restraint and reason to take a back seat and go to town on one another. Fortunately, it was a Sunday, so while Izuku had places to be and people to meet, neither Kyoka nor Luna had class, giving them ample time to sleep in, cut loose, and unwind, both in the real world and utilizing the dreamscape...

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After spending a solid three days with Kyoka and Luna, followed by an additional ten with the latter when they were relaxing in the bath, Izuku did his usual morning routine of patrolling the city, picking up groceries, and stopping by the Samehada residence to lend more than just a hand to Fumino. Izuna and Ginka also crowded him, but Izuku dealt with all three shark girls' sexual urges using the dreamscape so things wouldn't be too awkward for Genji and their younger brothers, the seven-year-old Hiroshi and five-year-old Kotaru.

Fortunately, depending on how you viewed things, Genji didn't have the most 'expansive' range of emotions. He didn't care in the slightest that Izuku was boning his mom and both his older sisters, only that they were happy and safe. He 'did' threaten to bite Izuku's head off if he hurt them, but the latter assured him he would do everything in his power to protect the Samehada family as if they were his own. That was more than enough for Genji, and since he had voiced his promise aloud, Izuku received quite a few bite marks by the time he departed the semi-submerged dwelling to meet up with Bakugo, Kirishima, Kaminari, and Tokoyami at Gym Gamma...

"You smell like fish," Bakugo remarked, prompting Kirishima to sniff Izuku directly before affirming, "Holy cow, man! Did you spend the morning at a fish market...!?"

"It's become part of my morning routine," replied Izuku, shrugging with an untroubled smile. Ever since he acquired the dreamscape, he had become calmer outwardly, but that wasn't the only effect.

"Why are you floating? More importantly, 'how' are you floating...?" asked Kaminari, considerably confused as Izuku wasn't wearing his cheat-like Sky Regalia. Well, he was, but they resembled custom-made tennis shoes in their base form and were currently inactive.

Staring down at his feet, Izuku smiled and casually replied, "Oh, I gained the ability to fly when I was facing off against that self-replicating female Nomu. And that's not all. Here, check this out."

Extending his right hand, palm facing upward, Izuku waited for everyone to focus on it before unleashing an explosive burst of dark purple smoke via Smokescreen. Bakugo and Tokoyami actually managed to react to it, leaping backward at high speeds, but Kirishima and Kaminari were caught completely off-guard as Izuku, hacking, coughing, and waving their hands despite there being no irritants within the smoke.

"Relax," said Izuku. "This isn't tear gas or anything, so you can breathe just fine. You 'should' be more alert, however. There are plenty of people with Quirks that can camouflage themselves as others, so for this coming month, you should stay on your toes and be prepared for anything."

Clearing the smoke by opening his hand quickly and generating a burst of wind pressure, Izuku playfully revealed, "I'm pretty lucky in that regard. Not only do I possess the Intuition Perk, but I recently awakened a Quirk called Danger Sense. It can be a tremendous pain at times, but I can now sense crimes in progress and instinctively react to dodge attacks."

"In other words, you've become even more bullshit OP..." intoned Bakugo, rejoining the group with crossed arms and sporting a moderately annoyed look.

"Considering what we're up against, it's better that as many of us be over than under-powered," contended Izuku. Then, as the group had yet to tell him the reason they had called him over, he took a look around and asked, "So, what's up? We here to spar...?"

"Actually..." responded Kirishima, scratching his head nervously as he revealed, "We thought about what you said a few days ago and decided to follow your advice. You know, to find a person or thing that we could risk our lives to protect. But since we couldn't afford to laze about all day, we wanted to ask you for a favor..."

Getting straight to the point, Bakugo revealed, "We want you to meet our girlfriends, have them join the Party, and then let us use that dreamscape of yours for training and stuff."

"Mmm...well, it's not impossible..." replied Izuku, his relaxed smile gaining a hint of wryness. It wouldn't be a problem if the girls in question already had a favorable opinion of him, but it would be 'exceptionally' awkward if he were required to increase their Bond Levels directly...

Seeing through Izuku's thoughts, Bakugo rolled his eyes and droned, "The world might be ending, and some of us might not even be standing here a month from now. We've already explained to them what's going on, so just do what you need to do and be done with it..."

Exhaling through his nose, Izuku's expression became a neutral mask as he met the gazes of the other three boys, asking, "Are you absolutely sure about this? We may not spend much time together, but I consider most of you friends...I don't want to ruin that..."

Pointing to himself, Kaminari exclaimed, "Hey, what do you mean, most of us!? I'm the odd one out, aren't I...!?"

"I mean...you've definitely made a lot of progress..." replied Izuku, smiling wryly as he added, "But we've never really hung out or anything. It's hard to call you a friend when more than half our interactions were you getting annoyed with me for being popular..."

While Kaminari visibly deflated, Tokoyami, who had been steeling himself for the upcoming trip to Peru, stated, "I would be lying to you and myself if I said I wasn't bothered by the prospect of you...engaging with the one I love. But these are desperate times, and we've already vowed to stand beside one another until the final stars in the night sky burn out, yielding to darkness..."

Resisting the urge to cringe or grimace, Izuku nodded affirmingly in response to Tokoyami's edgy words, his expression serious as he met Kirishima's gaze. The latter was someone Izuku had come to respect greatly, so after the fiasco with Mina...he was apprehensive about the prospect of wronging the spiky-haired youth a second time.

Adopting his characteristically broad and friendly smile, Kirishima rubbed the underside of his nose and assured, "Hey, no worries, man! I trust you, and I believe in mine and Kayane's feelings for each other! We're going to be an 'unbreakable' duo...!"

Nodding again, Izuku extended his hand to bump fists with Kirishima, smiling as he promised, "I won't cross any lines I shouldn't. But, once this is over, I would appreciate it if you slugged me at least once...the heavens know I deserve it..."

"I will if you insist," replied Kirishima, his smile broadening as he held up his right fist, his skin becoming stone-like with jagged knuckles. He didn't punch Izuku then and there, but while the smile on his face was genuine, he also agreed that, deep down, his green-haired friend deserved at least a minor beating...

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After parting ways with Bakugo, Kirishima, Kaminari, and Tokoyami, Izuku found himself in the locker room adjacent to the gym, specifically the one belonging to the girls. There, he encountered four girls wearing the upper halves of UA's blue and white gym uniforms while their lower halves were adorned with spats or form-fitting gym shorts.

Noticing Izuku's entrance, the four girls fell silent while one of them, a petite girl with predominately orange hair, bright green eyes, and dog-like ears protruding from the top of her head, gulped audibly. She also had a curled tail similar to Shiba Inu, while her hair, which was long, wild, and grew to the small of her back, had brown streaks on top and became pure white halfway down. At 144cm, she was the shortest of the girls present, but, more importantly, she already had a Bond Level of 88.

Passing his gaze over the other three girls, one of whom was fairly plain-looking and had long, silvery-white hair and thick-rimmed glasses, Izuku made no attempt to conceal his relief as he breathed a sigh and revealed, "Looks like you're all qualified to become members of the Party. I'm sorry you had to go through all of this..."

Tilting her head in apparent confusion, a girl with remarkably owl-like features that included a fluffy 'mane' of feathers, literal wings for arms, and clawed feet, tentatively asked, "Then...you're 'not' going to massage or try to have sex with us...?"

Shaking his head, Izuku replied, "You're the lovers of people I regard as friends. Since you're able to join my Party without the need for that kind of thing, it's best-"

Leaving Izuku a little speechless, the owl-like girl, Lyril Fukurokusa's 81 Bond Level abruptly decreased to 77. As a Heteromorph who struggled to find a partner she considered attractive, she had been looking forward to at least having her breasts and body touched by a boy regarded as one of the most handsome in the entire school. She certainly liked Tokoyami, but like many pubescent girls, there was a difference between what her heart, mind, and body wanted. Thus, Izuku promptly found himself in a pickle as it would arguably be worse to let the other three return and just have Lyril remain...

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(A/N: Owl girls can be remarkably fickle xD...)