It was a completely new feeling for him.
The joy not of just doing something he genuinely loved, but excitement at the prospect of doing it again.
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"Have you ever jumped a height like this before?"
"A few times." She admitted.
"It was fucking terrifying the first time I did it, and to be honest, I never really liked jumping off of buildings the way mom does. I mean… It's a great way to move about, but… Well, it's also really fucking dangerous. Not to mention it's also reallllly tedious to prepare for it."
Izuku blinked, and he felt asked in a genuinely curious tone. "Tedious? Really?"
"Oh yeah. Holy shit it gets tedious. Like… You're really lucky that you have it inbuilt into your quirk. Just do it, and that's that, no downsides. Me and mom though… Well, the web-shooters are great… But man it's a chore to actually deal with it."
She tapped the glass piece that covered her right eye.
"First of all, we have to wear these lenses to protect our eyes while we swing, which isn't that bad, but it gets really annoying having to wear them all day long. And then there's the fact the web is… well it's sticky. So we have to wear special gloves that both allow us to grab it, while also allowing us to let go of it without issue."
Izuku had noticed that for today, Mina was actually wearing gloves, but he hadn't really thought to ask why figuring it was probably to make her look like her mom.
"Not to mention that I can't use my acid while I use these web-shooters. At all. The stuff they shoot is pretty damn strong, but it's not acid-resistant at all, so if there's so much as a drop on my hands or wrists, they become downright useless and really dangerous to use."
"Huh. I hadn't considered that."
"Yeah, mom makes it looks so easy to use, but it takes prep work. Especially regarding hair and skin."
At that comment, Izuku just stared at her in confusion.
Mina was able to tell what he felt despite the mask though.
She chuckled.
"You don't think our long hair is very compatible with webs, do you?"
Her hand went up to the root of her large mane, and then dramatically ran her fingers through it and out to the side.
She did so for goofy dramatics as she liked to do.
Izuku thought she looked stunning.
The high he had gotten on the way up here was wearing off as they talked, and he suddenly noticed how Mina was absolutely covered in sweat, something that mixed with the way she moved her fingers through her hair made her look like she was an actress in some work out ad.
A particularly attractive one too.
As she continued, he suddenly felt really, really happy that his face was covered by a black mask.
"Every time we want to use the web, we have to coat our hair with some specially made stuff that makes it so that the webbing can't stick to it. It's a pain to do."
"Huh…"
He'd never even considered that. But it made perfect sense. That probably also explained why no one outside of Black Cat's firm used the web launchers.
Ignoring the fact that their family-owned the patent on the stuff, there should have been a market to sell it to other heroes.
But if it really took this much prep work and maintenance to make it viable, he could see how many just would not be interested in it.
"Yeah that… That makes a lot of sense. So… Do you… Plan on using them full time like your mom?"
Mina cocked her head.
"Not sure. It would depend on how things go. I might have to though."
She grinned at him.
"After all, I'll need to keep up with you."
This time, Izuku actually picked up on the change in the air.
"I mean… You were freaking amazing with how you swung around the city. It's like you were born to do it."
Treacherously, Venom chose that moment to dissolve his mask, revealing his blushing face for Mina to see openly.
Damn him.
He swallowed. Then desperately tried to think up something to say to that.
"Oh… You… You were pretty good yourself."
Inside of his skull Venom snorted.
Mina just smiled though. That sly smile she had when she was planning on flirting.
"Well, thanks for the compliment. That's really sweet of you to say, bu-" "BOOOOOOMMMMM!!!"
The sound of massive explosions burst through the peaceful sky of the sunset.
Both Izuku and Mina snapped their heads around, but the whole thing had come from the opposite side of the building.
They gave each other one glance, then nodded before they headed around the entire thing at massive speeds.
As they ran, Izuku heard more explosions go off.
As they came to the other side, they found Black Cat standing on the edge back turned towards them.
"What's going on?" Mina blurted out, her own eyes going down to look out over the city far, far below.
"Terrorist attack I'd say. Too many explosions to be a simple heist gone wrong. Not to mention it's too spread out."
Her voice was incredibly calm all things considered as if this was just another lesson.
As Izuku scouted the scene of the city with his own eyes, he felt his heart go cold.
He counted around 7 spots around the city where he saw both fire and explosions, not to mention that his excellent hearing was beginning to pick up the faint sounds of screams.
As they stood there, the sun finally went down across the horizon, the orange faded, and night took it's hold over Japan.
"Well. Seems you kiddos will get a crash course in dealing with villains directly. Again."
"Wait… Mom that guy, he's-" "He's got his brain exposed, aye. Just like the man who attacked your school. Nomu."
Izuku's blood went cold, then he looked at the flame where Mina was pointing.
He barely saw anything beyond the faint shadow of a being moving about, contrasted by the flames.
He had never really realized how much better Mina's eyes were than his.
"Well, I want you two kiddos to go deal with him. Then once you've dealt with him, move on to another one of the attackers."
She hesitated briefly but then pointed towards one of the flames, one of the ones furthest away.
"But not that one. Stay the hell away from that one. I'll handle him once I've dealt with the leaders. The one with white hair and the one misty head."
Izuku froze. The one who hated.
Was he here? If so, and the presence of more guys like the one that had fought All Might… That meant that this was another invasion by the League of Villains.
Thoughts of the Rhino and Shocker danced through his head.
Were there more people like them here?
Mina, though, focused on something completely different.
"Wait, you're not coming with us mom!?"
"No."
She then pulled up her phone, and after pushing on it a bit she said in a strong and loud voice.
"I, Hardy-Ashido Felicia, the Pro Hero Black Cat, give permission, as is my right by law, for my interns Hardy-Ashido Mina, and Midoriya Izuku to use their powers as they see fit from 19.53 on the 27th of May, to 09.00 on the 28th of May, the year 2217!"
Then, she pushed something else, a click was heard from the phone before she put it back in her belt, then with the parting words "Good Luck" she then jumped off the roof, leaving the two of them behind.
The two of them stared after her. Then at each other.
"Well… That escalated quickly."
"Yeah… Showtime I guess."
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