[Sports Festival Stadium - Workshop - Toru's POV]
Various members of Class 1-A stood inside a small workshop, staring down at table while Mei and Power Loader worked in the background.
'They really made an entire workshop in the stadium just for Metal, I wonder where they get the money from.'
"Dude, that fight was gas!"
"Yeah! Bakugo was like 'Kaboom?' and then you were like 'Hasta la vista, baby.'"
"Please, don't remind me of those movies..."
Yaoyorozu looked at Jiro with curiosity.
"Isn't that line from the second movie? I assumed you only watched one since you got frightened."
"I couldn't help myself after the first one, but how do you know that?"
"You piqued my curiosity, so I decided to watch the first three movies."
Ashido threw an arm around Jiro's shoulder while bouncing in exciment.
"Oh! We should, like, totally do a marathon with the whole class!"
The upper sleeves of Toru's uniform moved as the girl moved her arms in protest.
"Bad movies also have their charm! Like Fast And Furious 3857X3!"
"She's not wrong, though I'm more curious as to why you have data on that."
At Kaminari's question, Metal's now repaired screen changed to display a growing list of movies.
"I thought you could see the whole internet."
A laugh escaped from Kaminari's lips as he started poking Metal's pointed nose with his index finger while cooing at the sight. The other students decided to slowly retreat from the workshop.
"I-I think I'm gonna go check on Bakugo, Kirishima should be there too."
"I'm afraid I remembered that I have to call my father regarding some... imported ice-cream shipments, yes."
"There's this dude selling music discs outside the stadium, I'll be taking a look at that."
None of the three teeangers bothered to even close the door as they all sprinted down the hallway.
"Metal! I told you to remain still!"
Clang, clang, clang.
Kaminari's finger paused once he heard the heavy footsteps stopping just behind him, the boy didn't even need to turn around to realize his fate and simply closed his eyes in resignation as a clawed hand gripped the back of his gym uniform.
"Hagakure..."
"Yes?"
"Ask Mineta to throw my computer into the deepest lake he can find."
'I don't even wanna know why.'
Toru stepped aside as poor Kaminari was thrown out of the workshop, spinning through the air before slamming back first against the wall of the hallway, the boy's upside down body slowly slid down until his head finally met the floor with a soft thud.
"Boom-boom boy blew up half of the arena, remember? I have a bit of time."
The invisible student hopped onto the table, taking a seat besides Metal's head while watching Hatsume dragging the headless body back to its previous spot.
"Hatsume, is your Quirk a strength enhancer?"
"Nah, I just can zoom really far away, that's why my eyes look kinda funny."
'Note to self: Don't play arm-wrestling with Metal's mom.'
"Do I need a reason to visit my very injured bestie??"
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"Fine, fine, you got me, Sherlock."
Toru leaned forward with her elbows on her knees while glancing at Metal from the corner of her eye.
"Some advice would be nice, since you're supposed to be smart and stuff."
"That's not what I meant!"
"Actual ethical advice."
"Well, yeah, but you never know, she could have some weird Quirk that ends the match in a second or something."
"We're ready for the second match of the day! Make your way to the arena, girls!"
'Damn, Cementoss works fast.'
"I guess that advice will have to wait."
Metal's lens followed Toru as she pushed herself off the table and walked towards the exit.
If the machine had his thermal vision on, he would have been able to see the heat gathering on Toru's face as the girl stopped her walk just in front of him.
"Y-You're getting way too casual about my clothing, buster!"
"I mean, yeah, but come on! You can't just go around telling me to get naked, plus that pervert midget is arou—"
"...You know you could have said all this from the start, right?"
Metal's lens turned off, making Toru roll her eyes as she made her way out of the workshop.
'Now that I think about it, he didn't protest when I called him bestie.'
'♪Metal's a Dere, a Tsun-Tsundere~♪'
"That's my boy!"
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[Sports Festival Stadium - Class 1-A Seats - Ashido's POV]
"Just so we're clear, We haven't seen Kaminari all day. Got it?"
"Gotcha."
"It is unfortunate."
"Can you all stop acting like i'm not here?..."
'I still hear his voice.'
"Hey, Midori, who do you think is going to win"
The mentioned student looked behind him as Ashido peeked her head over the back rest of his seat.
"W-Why are you asking me?"
"Cause you kept muttering in the battle trial! I also saw a little of that notebook you always carry around, It looked pretty cool!"
"Really? Y-You think so?"
"Yeah!"
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"Sooo... about the match..."
Midoriya's face turned red as he shook his head to clear his thoughts before clearing his throat.
"U-Umm, well, I guess the obvious choice is Hagakure as she is more experienced, even so we don't know what her opponents Quirk is, so there's a chance she'll lose, I'll say its a seven out of ten in Hagakure's favor butthatcouldbewrongmaybeheropponenthasaspecifi—"
'Is he having a seizure?'
Uraraka tapped the broccoli boy in the shoulder, breaking him out of his muttering spree.
"S-Sorry..."
'His head is a brocoli but his face is a tomato, salad boy!'
"Hagakure has it, especially since she's copying Metal now by the looks of it."
Sero leaned back in his chair while putting his feet on the empty seat in front of him, making the class resident robot boy protest.
"I wonder why she didn't use that on the battle trial, it seems pretty useful."
"I don't think she was aware of that ability."
"Sounds like you know something, Shoji. Ribbit."
Shoji nodded his head at the frog girl in the seat beside him as he crossed his arms.
"A while ago I was training at the gym, and I heard Hagakure and Metal talking, I looked back to see what they were doing and all I got was a flash to the face, Hagakure herself sounded pretty confused after that."
"I still think Hagakure will win, I mean she's our classmate so we have to cheer for her, right?"
Iida cleared his throat after finally convincing Sero to put his feet down.
"We should have faith in our classmate as any proper student would!!"
"That's literally what I just said, plus there's no way to hit something you can't see in the first place."
Kirishima smashed his fist against his palm as he spoke up.
"She has good chances! How do you even hit something that you can't see?"
"...Guys, are you ignoring me on purpose?"
"Wait... doesn't that mean... Yaoyorozu! Please! You have to make something so I can see Hagakure! I can't lose this chan—"
Thwack!
"You're disgusting."
All the girls nodded in sync at Jiro's words.
"Alright, folks! The fighters are in place, so let's start this match!"
"Finally!"
Ashido leaned back on her seat as she, along with her classmates, focused on the platform in the field below them.
"Guys? Hello...?"
'I swear I just heard Kaminari... nah.'
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[Toru's POV]
Inside what seemed to be an empty tunnel stood an invisible girl bouncing on her heels as a way to try and calm herself.
'Deep breaths, Toru, you can do this, it's not like you're about to be completely naked on national television.'
"Inhale... exhale... inhale... exhale... It's not working!"
"Let's welcome our first fighter! Is she a ghost? An illusion? Our heads playing tricks on us? No! It's the invisible lady from Class 1-A! Toru Hagakure!"
Toru shook her head before slapping her face with both palms at the same time.
'Just imagine that everyone is blind and done!'
The girl took one final deep breath as she walked out of the tunnel and into the light. Toru looked around the stadium as she made her way to the platform, as expected despite the noise the crowd was making due to Present Mic's introduction, no one could actually see her.
'See? That wasn't so hard! Now I just have to make sure to not embarrass myself, and then I'll get a lot of internship offers! Maybe people will ask me for selfies after this!'
"Hagakure, are you actually there?"
"Yes, Ms. Midnight!"
"Don't call me 'Ms.' I'm not that old, also I really appreciate your boldness!~"
Nobody was able to see the embarrased girl trying to bury her head in the cement.
"No one knows what she can do, but if she got so far then there's definitely something going on behind that mean expression! I personally believe that unknown songs are the best! From General Courses we have Chikuchi Togeike!~"
"Nice one! It's good to have someone who actually wants to commentate!"
♫No problemo~♫
Toru recomposed herself to focus on her opponent. The girl had dark brown hair styled into a set of low, curved pigtails along with two bangs coming down each side of her face. Her eyes matched the color of her hair, but her most prominent feature was the heavy scowl on her face.
'Her face is like Metal's, I really hope her personality isn't...'
Midnight raised her feather fan above her head as she glanced at both sides of the arena.
"Are you two ready?"
"Yep!"
"Yes."
Whip!
"Start!"
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A pair of invisible feet moved slowly across the platform as the girl sneaked towards the other student. Toru did her best to keep her breathing even as she approached her target.
"You're friends with that thing, aren't you? Both of you are quite pathetic if you ask me."
'Just wait till I get to you...'
Togeike adjusted the top of her gym uniform as she scoffed, meanwhile Toru's hands clenched tightly at the girl's mocking words.
"I think you shouldn't even be here since you only passed the second round because of that robot."
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"Are you so desperate that you need a machine to be your friend? You realize it doesn't feel anything, right?"
'Relax, Toru. This is nothing compared to Bakugo's annoying voice.'
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"Can't you see it's only using you? It's not even trying to hide it, all of us are just tools, remember? Not to mention that weird girl acting as if the festival is just publicity, are you really okay with being treated as a clown?"
'I am definitely telling Metal that this girl just insulted his mom.'
The General Courses student remained in her spot as she kept talking and questioning Toru's actions, but she didn't get an answer as the other girl was purely focused on sneaking through the platform.
"You're not going to respond?"
'And blow up my advantage? I'm not THAT dumb.'
Toru reached the spot she was looking for, which was Togeike's left side. The brown-haired girl didn't seem to notice the invisible individual standing a few steps away since her eyes focused forward.
'She doesn't look that strong from up close... okay, here I go.'
"It makes sense, but you shouldn't be worrying about that since it could be bad for your focus."
'Your rambling is bad for my focus!'
Metal's bestie crouched slightly as she prepared to pounce on her opponent with the objective of restraining her.
"Also..."
A soft, almost imperceptible sound came from beneath Toru's soles as she jumped forward with her arms outstretched.
'Gotcha!'
"I know everything."
Two invisible arms closed around nothing as Togeike took a quick step back. Toru didn't have time to process her opponent's actions as the brown-haired girl quickly lifted her right leg.
"Ngh!"
A sound of protest escaped Toru's lips as her invisible body fell sideways into the concrete with a loud thud. Togeike didn't seem to be one to miss an opportunity as she ran forward and stomped on the ground. Sadly for her, Toru managed to dodge the attack by rolling away.
"So, uhh, how are we supposed to commentate this, Mic? It looks like Togeike is just attacking the air."
"The stadium cameras do have thermal vision, or at least I think they do, I wasn't paying attention when Nezu and Power Loader explained all that."
"First of all, should you be admitting to that in public? And second, that would blow Hagakure's cover."
'At least there's someone considerate around here...'
Toru slowly stood up and used her left hand to rub the spot on her midriff where Togeike's kick landed.
'Ouchie, she does hit hard.'
After finishing that line of thoughts, Toru moved her left hand away as she focused on who was staring straight at her.
'What's up with her eye?'
Much to Toru's confusion and slight amazement, Togeike's left eye had turned completely golden, but the feature that stood out the most were the two needles and the small white spots inside the girl's iris.
'Hatsume, Metal, Ashido, and now this, does everyone get cool eyes around here?'
"You should give up, you won't win against me."
Togeike's cold, matter-of-fact tone snapped Toru out of her thoughts.
"Hey! Just because you can't see me doesn't me—"
'Wait, is she seeing me naked?!'
Thankfully for Toru, her opponent rushed towards her before the embarrasment could fully settle in.
"Eeek!"
An involutanry squeak escaped from the Hero Course student as Togeike swung her right fist in an arc in front of her, aiming for Toru's head, which the invisible student dodged by stepping back, but the brown-haired girl kept up the pressure as she raised both fists in front of her face in a boxing stance.
'Please tell me that's just for show!'
The cold, indifferent expression that Togeike started the match with didn't change as she dashed forward and positioned her right feet on the ground just between Toru's legs.
Thwack!
"ACK!"
'It's not for show!'
Toru grimaced in pain as Togeike's left fist impacted against the right side of her stomach, almost driving the air out of her lungs, though she didn't have time to dwell on that as she was forced to block more hits.
"Togeike is shadow boxing in the middle of the field!"
"Her technique is actually decent, it has a lot of errors, but I can see she has at least taken a few lessons before the festival."
"Get off me!"
Togeike closed her eyes a second before a burst of light exploded from the forearms of the girl she was attacking.
'Now!'
In the next second, Toru sent her left fist forward in a straight jab aiming for Togeike's face, which missed as the General Course student tilted her head to the right.
'I wonder if they'll hire me at the circus?'
The invisible girl prepared to endure another hit as she was left with her guard wide open, but much to her shock Togeike jumped back just a second after dodging.
'Huh? Why did she do that?'
Toru adjusted her stance as she shook her numb arms while staring in wonder at her opponent, who opened her right eye with caution before fully opening both.
'Alright, so I have no idea how her Quirk works, which is great!'
The Hero in training raised her left hand up to her face and scratched her cheek with a finger.
'Metal is always rambling about data, so I guess I should try to figure it out, but does it even matter? She can see me, end of story.'
Toru moved her hand a bit higher to rub her forehead in circles.
'Ahhh! I'm getting a headache! Can't we just go back to fighting? Wait, speaking of fights...'
Togeike remained motionless in her spot.
'Why isn't she attacking?'
A peace sign, thumbs up, heart hands, vulcan salute, and lastly a middle finger.
'I blame Metal's influence for the last one, anyways, she can't see me?... I guess there's only one way to make sure.'
"Hey, what kind of boy is your type? If you're into girls that's fine t—"
This time Toru didn't squeak as Togeike rushed forward, instead she simply focused on dodging the attacks. Once her opponent failed to get a hit on her ribs, Toru took the chance to aim a kick at the left side of girl's hips.
'If she can't see me then how?'
Toru almost let out a huff of frustration as her kick missed, since Togeike jumped back just a second before Toru could fully extend her leg. The invisible girl tapped her forehead with two fingers as she strained her brain to find out a clue.
'Come on, come on, come on.'
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"I know everything."
'That had to mean something.'
Various moments of the fight flashed through Toru's mind as she tried her hardest to recall her opponent's actions.
'She keeps reacting just a second before my moves are actually completed, then again it could be that she has good reflexes like the pomerian, let's test it.'
Toru made sure to not make any sound as she positioned both hands in front of her with the palms facing Togeike.
'Normally I have to charge it a bit, which creates a small light before the release, but for a little tiny flash like this...'
Togeike closed her eyes.
Thwom.
"This is pointless, it's impossible to catch me off guard."
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'You have to be kidding me, either she mastered Ultra Instict or she knows the future and I'm leaning more towards the second option going by what she said about knowing everything.'
Toru clicked her tongue at the unfairness of whatever system was in charge of giving out Quirks, meanwhile Togeike's eyes remained closed for another two seconds before she opened them.
'Relax, Toru, all Quirks have limitations, so there has to be a weak spot somewhere. If she actually knew everything the match would've been over minutes ago, so what could it be? Maybe a time frame? Some kind of strain? Knowing the future does sound exhausting... uhh what els—'
"Am I wrong in assuming that you figured out my Quirk?"
Togeike's indiferrent tone interrupted Toru's thought's, forcing the girl to focus on her.
"You don't sound too concerned about it."
The brown-haired girl shrugged without a care in the world.
'She's not even bothering to hold her stance...'
"Why would I be? I know what's going to happen."
'Yeah, that settles it but her tone is getting on my nerves!'
An unseen vein strained against Toru's forehead due to the overly relaxed way that her opponent used to deliver her words.
"Then why haven't you won yet, Ms. Know It All?!"
"That's for you to find out, isn't it? Still, I'm impressed you even noticed the small details since you don't sound that smart."
"I'll skewe—"
Seeing Togeike rushing towards her, Toru prepared by mimicking the girl's stance as best as she could.
'So she doesn't see me, but she still knows what I'm going to do.'
Toru blocked Togeike's right fist with her forearm, then she tried to grab her foe by the wrist, but the brown-haired girl quickly pulled her hand back even before Toru's hand could get close.
'But how does she know? How does she perceive the future?'
An invisible palm shot forward aiming for Togeike's stomach, which she responded to by side-stepping to the left and sending a kick towards Toru's neck, forcing the girl to duck in order to avoid it.
'I don't get it at all, if she knows the future then she should know her attack is gonna miss.'
Light gathered on Toru's back before exploding upwards, but as always Togeike closed her eyes a second before the release.
'Why does she keep doing that?'
Once more Togeike had jumped back with her eyes still closed, confusing the invisible girl who slowly got back into her stance.
'It makes no sense for her to create distance when her advantage is at close range, so there has to be a reason.'
The brown-haired girl took a small peek of the arena with her right eye. Seeing that the coast was clear, she then fully opened both.
'That's natural, anyone fighting me would be careful when opening their eyes, so why does it feel like something's off?'
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[Three Days Before The Festival - Nighttime - U.A. Cafeteria - Toru's POV]
"So howsh doessh it work?"
Toru swalloed her salad before pointing at the small plushie, currently sitting in the middle of the table, with her plastic fork.
"Mutations, like how do they relate to the body?"
"Be nice for once! You said my Quirk was a possible mutation, so I just want to know a bit more!"
A piece of lettuce landed on Metal's face before slowly sliding down.
"I said be nice!"
'Is he my dad or what?'
Metal's lens flickered for a moment as two people appeared on each side of his screen.
'Ojiro and Ashido?'
"Uhhh, okay, and?"
Toru tapped the tray with the tip of her fork.
"I dunno, you're the professor."
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"Acid affect's pigmentation?..."
"I don't think he's 'normal,' what about his hair and eyes?"
Metal's screen changed once again to show various images of Class 1-A.
"Anhs alsh this meash?"
The images on Metal's screen flickered as the two usual red orbs replaced them.
The only present girl nodded while swalloing.
"And what about me? You told me something about reflecting and absorbing light."
"Dumbed down version, pretty please."
The plushie shook his head while speaking up in that same unfitting sinister voice.
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Toru finished her salad before clapping her hands.
"Thanks for the lecture, professor!"
"Best I can do is a half-chewed gum."
"Actually, one last thing, why does Ashido have horns? That doesn't look acid-related at all!"
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[Present Time - Toru's POV]
'Details, details, details...'
Unseen to everyone in the stadium, Toru's eyes narrowed as she took in every detail of her opponent's appearance, starting from the girl's feet before slowly going up.
'She looks perfectly normal, I would even say she's as plain as Midoriya aside from the weird looking eye—Wait just a moment...'
"Just give up already, you're boring everyone."
Toru ignored Togeike's words in favor of leaning forward and squinting her eyes. Now that she finally focused on it, Toru was able to see the details she was looking for, the white spots on Togeikei's left eye were actually Roman numerals, on top of that the invisible girl also noticed an additional line that she missed before.
'It's ticking, her eye is like a clock! Oh my gosh, I might actually be stupid, the answer was right in front of me the entire time.'
"You don't exactly know the future, do you? You only see it."
Togeike's hands clenched at her sides while a small frown formed on her face.
"You kept saying you knew the future, so I got side-tracked, at first I thought you simply knew everything that was going to happen around you, but if that was the case then why would you step back when I force you to close your eyes?"
Toru started walking forward, but this time she didn't bother herself with concealing her footsteps.
"I'm going to take a wild guess and say that everything you see is from your perspective, you dodge my attacks not because you see me but because you see yourself getting hit in the future."
"So what?"
The invisible girl stopped walking once she was standing right in front of her opponent, no one could see it but hearing the irritation in Togeike's voice, Toru couldn't help but smirk. Since both of them were the exact same height, they stared straight at each other's eyes.
"All that doesn't mean anything when you can't hit me, eventually you'll get tired and I will win, so just do the both of us a favor and step out of the platform."
"You expect me to believe your Quirk doesn't have a drawback? What is it? Mental strain? Your eye gets dry? Maybe nausea?"
The veins on Togeike's neck strained against her skin as the sound of a yawn reached her ears.
"Doesn't matter to me anyway, I don't plan on just waiting around until you can't use your Quirk anymore, that would be soooo lame."
"Enough of this!"
Togeike got into her stance once more before sending a flurry of attacks forward, unfourtanly for her none hit their mark as the opposing student simply weaved through the attacks while talking.
'So its true people get sloppy when you get on their nerves, eh?'
"There's still something I haven't figured out, and that's how far you can see into the future, but I guess at this point that's also useless, plus it can't be more than a few seconds if you get so startled everytime you close your eyes."
"Grr! Stop moving!"
"Hey, hey, quick question, how do you know where to aim? Like, are you just throwing punches hoping one lands anywhere, or do you actually have an idea of where you want to hit me?"
The brown haired girl didn't respond this time and instead chose to execute a low-kick with the hope of making her mocking enemy fall, but the attack just missed like the rest.
"Aren't kicks banned in boxing?"
"Shut up!"
'What a temper, and here I was picturing her as a female Todorki, welp I think I know how to end this now.'
Light particles popped into existence in front of Togeike, at first it was just a few bright spots but slowly more and more started appearing.
"This is still a work in progress and it could go wrong, but my bestie told me that hesitation is defeat, so who am I to ignore his kind advice?"
'A regular flash dissipates too quickly so I just need something that last longer.'
All the attacks that were coming Toru's way halted as the one sending them took a step back, for the first time in the entire match the whole stadium was able to know where the invisible girl was as a bright feminine silhouette appeared on the field, the light shimmered a white color around her entire frame as if it were a second skin made out of tiny fireworks.
"Has an angel descended from heaven?! Looks like the invisible princess of Class 1-A might actually be the one with the most flashy Quirk!"
'Angel, hm? Not a bad thing to be called.'
Toru flicked her long-wavy hair with one hand, letting the glowing strands flow against the wind for a moment.
'Feels good to show off for once, but I don't know how long I'll be able to maintain this... what a bummer.'
The light surrounding Toru started glowing with even more intensity while a quiet humming sound originated from her skin, the other girl standing in front of the phenomenon shut her eyes tightly and tilted her head down to face the floor.
"Uh, I think you should cover your eyes, everyone!"
"Pose for the photo!"
THWOOOOOM!!
A bright white glow engulfed the entire center of the stadium with enough force to even bother those who covered their faces with their hands, while for those watching at home they just saw their entire screens turn completly white.
"Ergnhhn..."
Toru's still glowing body rushed at the groaning girl in front of her with maybe a little too much enthusiasm.
"Let me brighten up that future of yours!"
'Right hook!'
Smack!
Spit flew from Togeike's mouth as her head tilted to the left courtesy of the fist that impacted against her cheek.
'Left hook!'
Smack!
"Ack!"
The brown-haired girl's head tilted to the other direction, causing her to wobble for a moment before she shook her head and covered her upper-body with her forearms.
'Kick to the calf!'
Thump!
Togeike's guard fell as she stumbled forward the moment Toru's bare feet made contact with the muscles in the back of her lower leg, but much to her luck the invisible girl wasn't mean enough to just let her fall face first.
"And uppercut!"
Whack!
Toru's right fist forced Togeike's jaw shut as it hit the girl square on her chin while slightly lifting her feet off the ground for just a second until finally falling into the hard cement.
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"Agh..."
A pained gasp escaped Togeike's lips as her body met the floor, landing in the position one would use to make a snow angel.
"Be ashamed, Togeike."
The light pushing against everyone's eyelids finally started dimming, allowing the General Course student to take a small peek only to find a pair of teal and yellow eyes staring down at her as they slowly disappeared.
"You are weak."
'Maybe i'm spending way too much time with Metal... nah, no one talks smack about my bestie and gets away with it.'
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[Sports Festival Stadium - Workshop - Metal's POV]
[Humans and their habit of missing what is painfully obvious, not to mention that need to talk and give clues about your abilities.]
"Did she win?"
Mei asked as she used an automatic screwdriver to tighten a bolt under Metal's right armpit while Power Loader stuck a dent puller on Metal's left forearm.
The small tab displaying the fight inside Metal's HUD closed as the medical robots carried Togeike away while Midnight complained about her eyes.
"This thing won't buff out...!"
Power Loader groaned as he grabbed the device by the handle and tried to pull on it, but while the suction cup kept its grip, the hard material refused to bulge. Mei, seeing her teacher struggling, dropped her own tool and pushed him out of the way before grabbing the handle with one hand.
C-Creak, Pop!
"...Metal, do you know if Hatsume takes any supplements?"
The screen of the spiky head on the table displayed two yellow X's at the Pro Hero's question.
"What are you feeding her then?"
"Oh! Oh!"
Mei bounced as she detached the dent puller from Metal's body.
"Metal makes some really good chicken! These weeks have been torture without it!"
The pink-haired girl threw the small device at her teacher, who caught it easily, the man stared down at the thing in his hands for a moment as he muttered.
"Must be a chicken worth killing for..."
Slam!
The two humans and the machine focused on the man that kicked open the door, the individual carried two large pizza boxes.
"Hey everyone!"
Kyosuke dropped the boxes down on the table just beside Metal's head.
"Sorry I'm late. It's a jungle out there, I had to beat an old lady with a stick to get these pizzas."
Ring... Ring...
"Metal? Who are you calling?"
"It was a joke!"
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