Chapter 9: Rejuvenate

Some minutes later, the long-awaited animation finally started once again.

Still, to the shock of Nejire and Izuku, this time, the animation was going through the whole sea, and everywhere you looked, you could see a field full of stars. 

Last time, it was only a small lake, so it didn't bother anyone that much, but now that they fished at sea, it still goes through the whole thing, which was shocking.

"That will surely end in the news..." Izuku muttered, only for Nejire to nod her head.

[Congratulations, you used two Intermediate bait and successfully fished: 2 x Rejuvenate Medicine (1 year).]

[Rejuvenate Medicine (1 year): The consumer will get one year younger.]

Before Izuku could say anything, Nejire jumped onto him and quickly asked what she got.

"Well… You got two times the Rejuvenate Medicine, sorry." Izuku said with some regret in his voice. It wasn't anything Nejire could use, which made him sad for her.

'She worked so hard for that money!' Izuku thought to himself before getting surprised by Nejire when she exclaimed happily.

"That's perfect! Give it to me!" 

Izuku was confused by her enthusiasm but didn't think about it much. 

He pushed the two bottles into her hand, thinking that she would probably give them to her parents.

Nejire, even more surprisingly, didn't say anything further and instantly opened the two bottles, only for her to drown them completely.

"What?! What are you doing, Nejire!!" Izuku said in shock when he saw his best friend in front of him shrinking to the size she was two years ago. Even her breasts shrank once again to the former size she had two years ago.

"Nice. Fourteen years old once again! Finally, I don't have anything holding me down now!" She said before taking Izuku at his shirt, pressing him into herself, only for her to kiss him on his mouth forcefully. 

Before Izuku even understood what had happened, Nejire already pushed him away and exclaimed.

"Wow. My and your first kiss! Nice. I must say that it was a bit weird, but we can practice in the future! Of course, you have to take responsibility for taking my first kiss! When do you think we could marry? Never mind, we can still wait some years for that. Speaking of marriage, when do we have kids? I still want to have some when we are still young, but not yet. Maybe after both of us finished school? How do we name our first child? What would you rather have, a girl or a boy?" Nejire asked him with her normal hyperactive voice, but her words were getting more outrageous after every sentence.

"I'd rather have a girl. But even if it is a boy, I wouldn't care." Izuku said, absentminded and dazed.

"Wait. No. That's not the topic! What do you mean? Do you even like me?!" Izuku asked with some doubt forming in his heart. 

He liked Nejire more than a friend but never even considered it since he knew that Nejire was way out of his league, in his opinion.

Nejire looked at him weirdly and answered. "Of course I like you. I also know you like me. I am not stupid. The only thing hindering me was my age, but now that we are the same age, there is no problem. In the first place, I wanted to confess today anyway but planned it later after fishing, but now that these Medicines are pulled, I thought, why not? And I know that look on your face. You are a cute boy with a lean, muscular build, and I am sure I am not the only one with a crush on you. That is also one of the reasons why I had to quicken my pace, or one of these hussies would have stolen you from me! The thing hindering the others in your school is probably only the fact that they would get bullied by that explosion kid if they asked you out. So don't doubt yourself, please. You are now my boyfriend, and I am your girlfriend, so have some confidence!" Nejire said with a smile on her face.

She knew that Izuku had low self-esteem, so she knew she was the one who had to take the first step in their relationship, but it didn't bother her.

"You didn't need to take the medicine for me to accept you," Izuku muttered.

"Of course, I didn't need to, but I just wanted to. It looked like fate that I pulled out two of them." Nejire said with a smile.

"Anyway, one more advanced bait for me." She said with a smile while giving Izuku one more kiss.

"For luck." She said with a mischievous smile, seeing Izuku momentarily blanking out.

When Izuku returned to himself, he again turned to the water and cast out one more advanced bait for his new girlfriend. 

With that thought, a small smile formed on his lips.

Minutes later, the animations hit the sea again, and the following message arrived.

[Congratulations, you used an advanced bait and successfully fished the Armament Haki activation card.]

[Armament Haki (One Piece World): Also called Busoshoku Haki is a form of Haki that allows the user to use their spiritual energy to create, in essence, an invisible piece of armor around themself, providing incredible offensive and defensive capabilities. Notably, this form of Haki can be used to injure Devil Fruit users who are otherwise immune to ordinary physical attacks, such as Logia users. Divided into Hardening, Imbuement, Emission, and Internal Destruction.]

Izuku pulled out the card he had just got and gave it to Nejire. "Crush it," he said simply before Nejire took it and crushed it without hesitation as if she wouldn't believe in her now boyfriend.

She could feel a weird power and memory flowing inside her body and head. After a few seconds, she instantly understood what she had gotten and couldn't be any happier.

"Armament Haki!" She exclaimed happily before she instantly tried to imbue her golden spirals with the power of Armament Haki, only to fail.

"Seems like I still have to train it! The power boost will be immense! Finally, I can win against my friend Mirio, who always loses his clothes when fighting! Luckily, I saw you naked before him or my eyes would be tainted!" Nejire exclaimed with her fist raised into the air while Izuku flushed red at the memory of Nejire storming into his room without even bothering to knock on his door.

The sad thing about that is that it didn't happen only once.

She often stormed randomly into rooms, even the bathroom.

Sometimes, she even came into the bathroom and asked him to bathe together before jumping into the bath naked while he was still inside.