Chapter 26: Slice of Life

{Mina Text has an Underline, Suijin's is normal.}

Recap:

Suijin finished analyzing himself.

'Overall a 6/10 performance. Though I have some questions for Dad when I get home.'

With that, the rest of the games went rather quickly. Yuga and Mina attacked in a long rage and defeated Sero whose tape was burned/melted, and Ojirou who couldn't do anything from long range leading to the villains winning.

Yaoyorozu once again did the analysis.

In the last match, things were more competitive. With Mina's group result, the Heroes and Villains both had a 2-2 tie. The first and third had Heros win and the second and fourth were villains.

Via power, Suijin would have given it to Hero's but he didn't want to underestimate the Pres, and how right he was.

Suijin saw Pres spread out water making the floor wet, then once Sato and Tokoyami appeared Kaminari lit the floor up.

Tokoyami's quirk appeared to be afraid of the light and didn't protect himself from the lightning. Leading to Tokoyami being paralyzed.

Sato powered through but came down with a rubber bullet shot from a gun. Then a taser incapacitated him leading to a sweep through and the Villains won overall with a 3-2 lead.

All Might did get to do an overview at the end which ran on for quite a long though.

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"That seems to be it."

'Thank God.'

Suijin looked around the empty room with only the three of them inside. The class had ended long ago.

Aizawa who was supposed to 'supervise' them left the moment the class ended saying that they were the three most responsible in class and to not cause him any trouble or they'd be running laps on their day off.

So Yaoyorozu, the Class President, and Suijin and Ida, her Vice Presidents had been discussing matters their lazy teacher left to them.

'Even Shoji abandoned me once we finished our classroom cleaning.'

Issues mainly relating to their upcoming field trip, and materials the class needed like extra pens, papers, Highlighters, etc.

Suijin himself mentally wasn't unused to such boring tasks but the 10-month-long break seems to have made him less sturdy against them.

"Yaoyorozu once again going over the plan, next week we'll take a trip to the USJ or the Unforeseen Simulation Joint. When there we'll be placed in unexpected situations to learn how to use our quirks properly."

*Sigh*

"Shimizu, please Momo's fine. To answer your question, yes that's the current plan."

"Ah, s-sorry."

Rubbing the back of his 'head' Suijin thought.

'Uncomfortable, I'm not used to such treatment. I mean when such a powerful person in both name and reality is next to you it's only natural to feel like a rock next to a gem. Hell, i'd prefer using Honorifics but she denied that as well.'

"That's fine."

Momo rubbed her upper arm with her hands, looking sad.

'Idiot.' Suijin admonished himself.

'Is this a situation where some important figure feels discouraged by being ostracized from people she wants to be close to? Although using the information I got from a Manga is dubious.'

Suijin looked up once again confirming his previous thoughts of her feeling saddened.

'Ah, whatever.'

Suijin stood up in a bow, surprising both Momo and Ida.

"No, it's not. Momo, I apologize and will call you your preferred name from now on, and I'd be delighted if you'd also be less formal and call me Suijin."

"O-Ok."

Standing up once his apology was accepted Suijin turned to look at Ida as well.

"I'd be grateful if you did as well Ida."

"I second that."

"Then please call me Tenya, Suijin, Momo.."

"With pleasure."

Once that fiasco was finished the three sat back down and got back to work.

"Since we left off conforming, Momo can you run down our individual task for Monday."

"Sure! Tenya you're on bus duty, making a seating chart for who's to sit where on the bus ride to and from the Usj."

'Though I'm not sure if that would actually work out with Bakugo being in our class.' Suijin kept that information to himself though.

"Suijin, you're on lunch duty, you need to get a tally of who's bringing their own lunch and who's not so we can give Lunch Rush a large order the day before we get them."

"I myself will be confirming the time with the teachers as well as dealing with any other matter that comes up, I'm also responsible for distributing that information to the rest of the class."

*Mutters*, "Huh, then this Saturday should be perfect timing."

"What'd you say Suijin?"

'I said that out loud!'

This Saturday Mina, Myself and a couple of others are going to the mall so I can get their information then.

"~a couple others…"

'Sh*t.'

"It's just a little gathering…"

Suijin noted his words were not working so he switched tactics.

"Actually Mina said she couldn't find time to get either of your numbers so she asked me to get them for her."

Suijin had a nervous look on barely anybody would be able to tell as he thought she may have seen through his crappy lie.

Luckily both of the two seemed to lack social experience and didn't suspect a thing.

"SURE!" Momo seemed to perk up at that and eagerly got her phone out.

"It's late notice but I should be able to do something, brother may have taken time off but he shouldn't mind resting instead of training me."

'I didn't mean to go that far.'

'I-It's not that important to miss training with a pro-'

"A bonding activity without classmates isn't anything to joke about! Besides, I can gather information on how they act in public and further my comprehension of them and make the seating chart even more accurate."

Suijin couldn't argue with that logic and got both of their numbers before finishing up the meeting.

As they walked out of the building Suijin had his jaw dropped.

A limo was waiting for an embarrassed Momo and the pro-Ingenium was waiting for Tenya.

Before Suijin could get an autograph he overheard the conversation the duo had about an emergency so Suijin wisely waved at both before trekking on his way home.

Pulling out his phone Suijin opened the message tab with Mina's contact.

Mina

You're gonna be there on Saturday right?

…I was gonna train

I said 'You're gonna be there on Saturday right?'

…I guess

Great!

-Yesterday

You ok, you've been a little off since the battle simulation.

-Read at 2:39

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'I'm, just gonna assume it's that time of the month.'

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Here's Momo and Tenya's contact info, make sure to add them to the mall group chat.

Momo?

Pres and Tenya wanted to use first names.

And the contact info

I accidentally let it slip about the mall info, not that it was a secret and to not make them seem down I told them you couldn't get a chance to get their info and that they could pass it through me to you.

…I could have gotten it, but those two give off some intimidating presences, especially Yaoyorozu.

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Suijin thought back to earlier, sure Momo seems a little still but she seemed to generally care about the class.

–

She seemed fine when I was with her, same with Tenya.

I'll take your word for it.

There she's been added

I got homework to do so I'll talk to you later.

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With that Suijin closed his phone thinking of the day while arriving at his house. Opening the door and taking off his shoes Suijin sees his mom cooking dinner, while his father is on the couch going over reports.

"How was school?"

"Good."

Suijin tiptoes over to the stairs trying to get away unnoticed.

"That's nice, did yo-"

Suijin came face to face with his mother's large wide eyes.

'Damnit."

"WHAT HAPPENED!"

He winced from the volume as she ran over examining his body for any severe injuries.

"How's it?" His dad asked, still sitting in his chair, not believing a high school student could get Hospital level injuries and still be calm..

"He's cut all over his arms an-...MY GOD ARE THOSE BRUISES."

'She reacted this much from the scrapes.'

Suijin was used to his mom's overbearingness but to react so much over scrapes he got while flailing around both in the morning and afternoon was a little too much.

Though he couldn't help but wince when she touched his rubs, they were still hurting even after being healed by a recovering girl since she said he didn't have enough stamina for a full heal.

"Anything broken?"

"No, only some slight pain, and scratches." It was Suijin who answered not wanting his mother to exaggerate anything.

"Medicine cabinet in the bathroom along with the bandages, tweezers, and pain medication."

Suijin has already used to his dad's blunt manner of talking and with his mom's attention grabbed by the food he escaped to tend to his wounds.

Once he finished Suijin along with his father and mother sat at the dinner table. Some Miso Soup was placed in front of everyone, with the boy's having been shredded to pieces to allow for easier intake.

"Itadakimasu."-X3

After praying everyone got into their food savoring the warmth and flavor of the delicious soup.

"Your wounds?"

"Dealt with, nothing major, some sleep and rest won't shake off." Suijin and his father ate through their suction holes allowing them to talk while eating.

Though Enkai kept his gaze on his son, prompting Suijin to answer more questions.

"I and Shoji had about this morning, a test of strength and he ruffled me up a bit."

"You won?" A hint of expectation was in his father's tone.

"Yeah."

Enkai with his not eating hand patted Suijins back, happy he had a topic he could rule over Akrai with for the next day.

"Though that wasn't it."

Both Enkai and Erena stopped paying attention to Suijins words.

"Later that day I fought Endeavor's son."

'Endeavor.'

Enkai didn't have too good of an impression of the #2, whenever he met and saw him, an arrogant and unhinged atmosphere hung around. Like a beast waiting for any prey to mistake it for a predator.

"We fought in teams, but to summarize he froze the building all at once, then defeated me even when I escaped his entrapment once again-"

"ENOUGH! NO HERO TALK AT THE TABLED!"

Her voice was so loud Suijin wondered if it was carried out even next door. Suijin was surprised but nevertheless compromised with his mother and finished his food.

Then walking over to wash he heard his father say to him, "Later in the basement."

He nodded and cleaned his plate before leaving, only the sounds of Erena's and Enkai's movements could be heard.

After some time Enkai arrived in their non-renovated basements, rampant with spiders but also great at keeping info in due to the walls.

"I need to have an automatic trigger." Suijin laminated on his biggest problems. He needed to manually press the trigger causing him to waste time when dealing with unexpected enemies.

He half expected a negative answer but his dad confirmed his positive results.

"You'll need to train. Like your glutes, you already have a foundation in moving it but now you need to start with exercises to consolidate your current control before trying to increase it."

'That..makes sense.'

"Every day in the morning, start off by twitching the nozzle. Then as your control increases you can instinctively try to fully compress it until it only requires your thoughts."

Enkai turned to leave the thinking Suijin but turned around on the last steps of the stairs.

"This basement has been proven behind the walls to withstand impact so practice to your heart's content."

With that, he left the budding Suijin and walked into his room finding his wife on the bed holding onto a family portrait.

A young Suijin about 6 or 7 was grabbing onto Enkai who sat the small child on his shoulder while Erena was holding onto his arm.

"I'm scared."

Enkai said nothing, letting her finish and sat next to her on the bed.

"Being a hero is dangerous, fighting villains all day. It's his second week and he's already been injured. What if…when he fights one day…he-"

Enkai grabbed onto her, holding her in a hug and rubbing her back letting tears fall down her face.

"I know it's hard. I can't say he won't face any danger-"

He faced her so that they were making eye contact before going into his home and opening the basement camera live feed.

Suijin, practicing tirelessly, could be seen through the night vision.

"But can we really afford to take that smile away?"

Erena said nothing, grabbing the phone and letting the video play while crawling under her blankets and into bed.

Enkai also did so after shutting the lights off.

'Suijin, I need you to get stronger, much stronger than where you are at now.'