Chapter 42

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Robbed banks and jewellery stores. Mingled with cold-blooded criminals. Fought in an underground fighting circuit, and sent numerous heroes in the emergency room with his calculations on Quirks...

And yet, he still didn't have the confidence to talk to a girl!

"Usagi? As in 'Rabbit'?" Toru asked before gushing.

"Aww! That just makes you even cuter!"

Tsuyu then stepped up to him with a blank, yet curious expression. "So, Usagi, how'd you get down here?"

"Oh! I, um...I got a VIP pass!" Deku fidgeted around his pockets to grab the pass he swiped from Slugger, holding it out for everyone to see.

"My aunt and uncle got it for me, so I was just looking around."

"VIP?" Momo spoke up as she looked at the card in the boy's hand. "I didn't know they were giving those out. I thought they were going to forgo them this year, for safety."

"I-I guess they figured it would be all right, what with all the heroes on patrol around!" Deku played off with a chuckle.

"I guess..." The creation girl mused, unsure about the sudden change.

Deku started to get nervous. The school had disallowed VIP passes for this year's festival, on account of the USJ attack.

They didn't want to take any chance of any possible villain getting past security and attacking the students.

But, this girl was proving to be more inquisitive than the heroes outside. He tried to think of something to say to sway the creation girl's doubt.

But luck, in one of its rare moments of cutting the young villain a break, decided to intervene, as footsteps drew the girls attention to the other end of the hallway.

Coming their way was Itsuka, the big-hand girl, dressed in the same cheerleader outfit as the rest of them.

However, she also wore a disappointed look on her face, her eyes cast downward as she held herself in her arms.

Being a victim of abuse and mistreatment himself, Deku immediately knew from her body language alone, that someone had hurt this girl's feelings...Bad.

"Itsuka? What are you doing here? Is your fight finished?" Ochako asked, concerned with how her friend was looking.

"Oh! Hey, guys..." The redhead tried to smile, but it only made her look worse. "Yeah, I just finished...and, I lost."

"Say what?!" Mina exclaimed in shock. It was at that moment that another pair of footsteps came to their ears.

They all turned and saw Itsuka's opponent, Hitoshi Shinzo, making his way toward them, with the same dead-eyed, uninterested look on his face.

Itsuka physically shivered at his gaze, Shinzo not seeming to care in the slightest. He cast his eyes over the rest of the girls, stopping for a moment on Deku.

The young villain looked back, with his the same dark-ringed glare back at the brainwasher.

Whether being out-stared at or just losing interest, Shinzo turned away and made his way down a stray corridor.

An eerie silence fell over the boy and girls until Mina broke it by speaking up once again. "But, your one of the strongest people in our class! How could you lose to a 'Gloomy-Gus' like that guy?"

"He must have used his quirk on her before she could make a move." Deku deduced out loud, causing all the girls to turn back to him.

"That's right..." Itsuka clarified, albeit regretfully. "When the match started, I was about to attack, when he started talking." It was then that she gripped herself a little tighter. "He said...he said a lot of...pretty hurtful stuff about me...about how I looked." A tremble came to her voice as she struggled to go on. "He said that...that I looked like a...!"

All the girls immediately rushed to her aid, as the redhead finally broke down crying.

Deku watched as the girls all huddled together, offering Itsuka all of their sympathy and care.

He looked from the girls to where the brainwasher boy disappeared to, his eyes narrowed to a slit.

"The next thing I knew...I was outside the ring...!" The redhead sobbed. "I...I didn't even get a chance...!"

"Why are all the guys here such jerks?!" Jiro snarled as she held Itsuka tight. "Why would he even say that kind of stuff?"

"Ojiro warned me about him before the match started," The redhead managed to get out through her sobs. "He told me not to speak to him if he attempted to talk to you. He figured that his quirk would activate if you talked back to him."

"That must be why he said all those horrible things to you!" Momo figured out. "He goated a reaction out of you so that he could use his quirk to brainwash you, and ordered you to walk out of the ring!"

"It's pretty smart if you think about it." Tsuyu bluntly stated. "But, not all that becoming of a hero if you ask me."

"We should tell one of the teachers!" Toru piped up. "There's no way we can let him get away with saying stuff like that, even if this is a competition!"

"No!" The big-hand girl denied. "No, don't! Tsuyu's right. He had a strategy, and it worked. There's no point in getting so worked up over it now..."

"Oh, Itsuka..." Ochako clung to her big sister figure tightly. "I'm so sorry."

"Hey, I know what'll cheer you up!" Mina beamed excitedly. "We just came across the cutest guy we've ever seen! He's like a little lost puppy! I bet he'd be more than happy to let you hug him!"

"Mina!" The gravity girl chastized.

"Oh, c'mon, Ochako! She needs this! And don't deny, you wanna, too!" The acid wielder smirked at the rosy-cheeked girl's sudden blush and babbling. The pink-skinned girl then turned to where Usagi was standing. "Hey, Usagi-What the?"

But he was no longer there.

The rest of the girls looked around for where the nervous boy went, but there was no sign of him.

"Where'd he go?" Ochako asked aloud in confusion.

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A thunk and a clatter let Shinzo know that his can of soda had just dropped from the machine he was using.

He reached down and picked the can up, cracking it open and taking a few gulps. As he enjoyed his fizzy beverage, he noticed something out of the corner of his eye.

Looking to see what it was, he saw the green hooded boy that was with the gang of 1-A girls he passed a while ago.

However, what set off the alarm bells in his head,d however, was the dangerous look in his eyes he was shooting at him.

"...Hey," Shinzo called out to him, hoping he'd take the bait for his quirk to work. He was not in the mood for dealing with anyone right now.

Deku didn't say a word. He stayed where he stood and kept his mouth shut.

Yaoyozuru had come up with a pretty good theory...time to put it to the test.

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