CH.6

NEXT DAY

7:30AM

Somewhere within the city, there was an apartment building. The area it was located in was known to be mostly deserted, as many of its occupants had long left the place when it was a hostile den for villains of all kinds. Hence, even with that being a thing of the past, no one had bothered to return home.

This was fine with its only occupants, especially as they were lived in said apartment building. The rent there was super cheap and the rooms were easy to live in. So for the life of Tatsumaki and her sister, it was good. In fact, right at the present moment, Tatsumaki walked out of the door in her school uniform and her bag worn on both shoulders and facing the door with a strict look on her face.

"Hurry up, Fubuki! We're going to be late!" Tatsumaki shouted.

"I'm coming! Just a few minutes, sister!" Fubuki shouted back.

Tatsumaki sighed and pinched her nostrils lightly. Her little sister can be academically smart, but she still had her faults as expected for her age. However, before Tatsumaki could say anything, she heard the door next to her apartment open and saw a familiar face which immediately upset her.

"Tatsumaki…You're up for school." said her only neighbor.

"Yes, I am, baldy! What's it to you?!"

The neighbor gritted his teeth and visibly showed a strained face. 'Not this again. This girl is really getting on my nerves.' He thought.

"Well…What do you want?!" Tatsumaki yelled. "Are you off to your fake job or are you going to lounge in your room again, you pathetic baldy."

"What's with you and me being bald!? I'm twenty-five years old!" The neighbor shouted with annoyance. "Also, it's Saitama! We've been neighbors for two years, Tatsumaki!"

"Yeah, and so what?! You're still a baldy no matter what!"

Saitama growled with a low tone. He so wanted to yell at her, but years of experience as Tatsumaki's neighbor has shown that it would be impossible. As such, the man turned from her and pinched the bridge of his nostril and sighed to feel at ease.

This is getting nowhere…" He said. "You know if you keep this up then you're never going to have any friends."

"Hmph!" Tatsumaki snubbed and looked away.

"By the way…" Saitama said and turned to her. "I saw the news yesterday…You saved two of your classmates, right? That was pretty cool."

"Whatever." Tatsumaki said uninterestedly. "Just don't mention it to Fubuki unless you want to eat the inside of the earth."

Saitama sighed and scratched the back of his head. Tatsumaki was always like this, always making threats that surprisingly she never carried out on him. It didn't mean he wanted her to do so; he just wished she would be someone better to approach.

"Huh…I wonder if that supermarket at that street has that bargain sale today." Saitama said.

Tatsumaki rolled her eyes and crossed her arms across her chest. The one thing she wanted to do right there was to leave before Saitama could say another word. Fortunately, Fubuki ran out with a smile on her face and closed the door behind them.

"I'm here, sister." Fubuki said. Then she turned to Saitama. "Good morning, Saitama. Lovely weather isn't it? How's Mr. Pikey doing?"

"Mr. Pikey?" Tatsumaki questioned.

"Yes. Mr. Pikey is Saitama's cactus plant that I named. Isn't that right, Saitama?"

"Right." Saitama said.

"Whatever." Tatsumaki rolled her eyes.

Ever since the green haired could remember, her little sister has always gotten along with Saitama. At first, she had tried to stop the little girl, having seen Saitama as a bad influence. However, with each attempt then, Fubuki had somehow figured a way to talk with Saitama without her knowing, and thus she stopped trying.

The walk to school was fine, with nothing major happening. Tatsumaki was holding her little sister's hand while the little girl was humming happily to a catchy song that she had heard a while ago. So when they eventually got to the gate of Fubuki's school, they stopped there before Tatsumaki faced her sister.

"Alright, Fubuki, take care of yourself." Tatsumaki said. "I won't be able to pick you up this time because of today's part-time job, so head straight home, you got it?"

"I will." Fubuki nodded. "But before you leave, I want to ask. Why do you hate Saitama so much?"

"Why do I hate him?" Tatsumaki repeated and looked away thoughtfully. "Huh…Why do I hate him? Well I guess it's because of that stupid face of his…and because he's bald…and he's so laidback that it annoys me just by looking at him."

"But Saitama does have a job." Fubuki insisted. "Saitama is actually a pro he–"

"Enough about him. He isn't here." Tatsumaki said strictly. And with that a thought came to mind and led her to bring out a flip phone and handing it to her sister. "Oh yeah, this is for you. I couldn't buy the latest android or whatever, but this should be enough to reach me if you're a trouble. I have my number of speed dial on it, okay?"

"Okay, sister. Thank you." Fubuki replied happily.

"Hey, Fubuki!" shouted someone.

Fubuki recognized that voice; however the same couldn't be said about her older sister. So when they reacted by turning to the voice, Fubuki smiled and waved at a group of children in the school compound waving back at her.

"The Fubuki group has assembled." Fubuki stated.

"Fubuki group?" Tatsumaki questioned. "Are those the group of kids you keep talking about?"

"Yup! Bye, sister!"

With that, Fubuki waved at her sister and ran over to the group of children. Tatsumaki waved back a bit, but her attention was still at the group of kids especially as they were rejoined by Fubuki group.

'The Fubuki group huh…I'll allow it for now. They better not be any trouble for her, especially that big kid…He looks like some mountain ape compared to the others.'

_(LINE BREAK)_

Now Tatsumaki was on her own; this time by flying above the city. The view gave her a chance to look about everywhere she wanted to as the wind blew against her ponytail green hair while her clothes flapping slightly against the breeze. But when she drew close to her school, she noticed a small crowd of people by the front gate and immediately got curious enough to fly down and find out.

"Huh…I wonder what's going on." She said.

Unknown to the teenage girl however, the reason they were there would soon surprise her. She thought they were just a crowd of ordinary people, when really they were the people from the press waiting for a certain person to show up. Thus, without knowing their intention, Tatsumaki tapped the back of a guy and asked. "Hey! What's going on?! Is the school okay?"

The guy turned and immediately became excited.

"You're here! The sources were right!"

"Huh?" Tatsumaki was confused.

Next thing the green haired girl knew she was surrounded by the press with a number of them repeatedly calling her by her name and others flashing their cameras at her.

"Tatsumaki! How old are you?"

"Are you really about to pass middle school?"

"What's your favorite color? Obviously it's green, right?"

"Will you be going to U.A High? Sources says you wrote the mock test."

"Tatsumaki! Tatsumaki! Our readers want to know if you want to become a pro hero!"

"Tatsumaki, how were you able to accomplish such a feat yesterday by your lone self?"

Tatsumaki's eyes winced while she shield her face with her arms. The constant questions and multiple flashes of cameras at her face were getting too much. At the same time, the girl didn't know how to evade any of this, especially as she gritted her teeth and felt her temper rising.

Fortunately, something good intervened. It didn't come from Tatsumaki, but by a familiar male voice which shouted. "Look! All Might is here!"

And immediately, the press turned away with many clearly excited. A few already began to speculate that the famous top hero was there to meet Tatsumaki by himself. However, unknown to them, Izuku grabbed Tatsumaki by the hand and pulled her away.

"Come on, Tatsumaki, let's go!" Izuku stated urgently.

"Huh? What are you –"

Tatsumaki was interrupted before she could finish. The press was still active as before, so there was no time to waste. Thus, Izuku ran with Tatsumaki's hand in his own until they ducked at a tree where he then sighed in relief.

"Good. It looks like we lost them." Izuku said.

However, not all was well. He may have saved Tatsumaki, but when he turned to her he saw her glaring at him with her green body aura increasing and her hair levitating.

"Uh…Tatsumaki…" Izuku said fearfully.

You have some balls to hold a girl's hand." Tatsumaki said threateningly.

Izuku looked at their hands and immediately removed his hand from hers with a shriek. For a second, he felt embarrassed and a blush at both of his cheeks before apologizing to the esper, who then calmed down.

"Hmph! Whatever, idiot!" Tatsumaki said.

With that, the green haired girl walked away from Izuku without saying a word. Izuku didn't mean it though, because at that moment he sighed again and wiped a bunch of sweat off his forehead.

"Tatsumaki can be scary sometimes." He muttered. Then a reality came down on that made him blush nervously and look at the hand he held Tatsumaki's hand in. "I…I held a girl's hand. I did it…without think…and it was soft."

Izuku quickly shook his head to free himself. He didn't know why, but thinking about it made him feel weird.

So while Izuku was on his own, Tatsumaki was on her own as she walked through the hallway of the school building with an upset look on her face. Unknown to her, however, each student she passed gave her a look that was different than the usual ones they normally give her, with some murmuring with one another as they saw her walk by,

But still Tatsumaki was oblivious to it all as she muttered.

"Stupid, Izuku. Holding my hand like that. He's lucky I didn't throw him to a wall or something!" Tatsumaki complained.

And so, the girl continued muttering about the kid until she pushed the door of her classroom aside with some annoyance. But whether she noticed or not, her immediate presence caused the entire class to be quiet as all eyes went to staring at her even as she headed to to her seat.

"That's Tatsumaki." One boy whispered.

"Wow…And she's been in this class. How didn't I notice her?" asked another boy.

"I saw that video of her last night. She's really strong." said a girl.

"Whoa. Really? That video got over half a million views." replied another girl.

"Yeah, and it doesn't look like she was putting much of an effort." said another boy.

"Do you think she's surpassed Bakugou?" asked another boy.

"I saw that video of her last night. She's really strong." said a girl.

"Whoa. Really? That video got over half a million views." replied another girl.

"Yeah, and it doesn't look like she was putting much of an effort." said another boy.

"Do you think she's surpassed Bakugou?" asked another boy.

"Sheesh! Bakugou will hear you." shushed a boy close by.

Katsuki Bakugou gritted his teeth and snapped his pen. He didn't like the girl's presence in class, especially as all attention was on her than him.

'Tatsumaki must have been laughing her ass off from yesterday! That video got over half a million views online, and worse of all, since I came to class everyone has been talking about her! It pisses me off! Just look at her, acting like nothing happened!'

Tatsumaki sighed and sat on her chair. Again, she was unaware of the stares and whispers going about, especially as she was once again in thought.

'Huh…Maybe I should talk with Midoriya about yesterday. Leaving him alone with that guy yesterday probably wasn't the best idea.'

Just then, as if by coincidence, Izuku arrived in class. He was just at the door, when Tatsumaki stood up and looked at him with a firm look.

"Midoriya!" She called. "About yesterday, how did it go with All Mi–"

Izuku suddenly rushed at Tatsumaki with a panic look. He had a reason for doing that as he then grabbed her hand again and ran out of the class without a single word.

"Wow! Midoriya is bold!" exclaimed one teen.

"Oh my gosh! Do you think they're –" said a girl.

"I heard from a guy that she defended Midoriya from Bakugou yesterday."

"Wow! I never would've thought."

"Yeah. They must be an awesome couple."

=HAVE NICE DAY=