Chapter 19: F*ck Reporters

In a small bar sits a young man drinking from a whiskey glass. Weird disembodied hands wrap around his body. He takes a sip from the glass with his parched lips and scratches at his red, blistered neck. He puts the glass back down as it slowly turns to dust. He takes the hand sitting on the bar and puts it on his head.

A cloud of blackness dressed up as a butler mans the bar, sweeping up the glass dust left from the cup.

The handy man speaks up in a scratchy voice,

"Hey."

He turns around on the stool he's sitting on and faces a shadow in the doorway to the back of the bar.

"What do you think would happen,"

A hulking figure slowly appears in the doorway.

"once the symbol of peace,"

A 243cm figure with pure black skin fills the door, slowly ducking down to fit through the door.

"got snuffed out by villains?"

The figures face comes into view. An elongated, beak life face comes into view with big jagged teeth. Its brain is exposed, with bulging bloodshot eyes coming directly from the brain. An uncharacteristically high-pitched screech comes from the mouth as the boy covered in hands starts laughing maniacally.

"Hmhmhm… Hahaha… HAHAHAHAHA! ALL MIGHT! YOUR TIME HAS COME!"

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As Kasumi gets to school the next day, she is bombarded by people with cameras, microphones, and entitled attitudes.

"What's it like having the symbol of peace as a teacher?"

Kasumi looks at the middle-aged woman in front of her and says,

"I dunno, what's it like invading people's privacy? Get out of the way already."

She notices Uraraka being bombarded by a man with rolls in all the wrong places. She sees that Uraraka is embarrassed of having a camera shoved directly in her face and walks over to her. She grabs her by the arm and pulls her away and notices the man following them.

"SCREW OFF ALREADY, MICHELAN MAN!"

She sends a nearly invisible stream of energy towards his leg and trips him, making him fall and break the mic. She chuckles a little to herself and gets Uraraka beyond the gate.

The two greet each other and head to their class, which Tsu is already in. Kasumi walks over and gives Tsu a hug, earning a "wait… her?" look from Kaminari. Tsu doesn't acknowledge this and chats with Kasumi and Uraraka till Aizawa walks in.

"Alright, hope you've all rested from yesterday's… class? Anyway. I took the liberty of looking at your marks and evaluations."

He takes a page and looks at Bakugo,

"Bakugo. Stop acting like a 7 year old. You're wasting your own talent."

Surprisingly, Bakugo lowers his head and says,

"I know…"

He then looks at Deku and says,

"And you, are you always planning on breaking your arm, Midoriya?"

He then gets an angry face and says,

"If you keep going 'I can't adjust my quirk so I have no choice' you'll never get far. I've said it before. Don't make me say it a third time. Once you've cleared that hurdle, you'll be much more flexible."

"YES SIR!"

Then he turns to Kasumi,

"And you. What were you even thinking? Not only did you jump in during the middle of someone else's trial, you even got knocked out for the entire duration of your own. You're lucky your team had three people on it, so they weren't at a disadvantage. While it's commendable to risk yourself for the sake of another, it's not if the person you're helping is perfectly capable of defending themselves. Had this been an actual battle, you would've abandoned your teammates in favor of assisting another hero who may or may not even need your help. It also doesn't help your case that your team ended up losing, which in real life, could mean death. I am thoroughly disappointed."

Kasumi just keeps her head down during all this and makes a mental note to work on her impulsiveness, as well as tactic crafting. She spent her entire night last night making notes on the battle and what she could've done better. If it were an actual fight, her, Deku, Uraraka, and Tsu would likely all be dead. She went over what All Might had told her and figured that, had she blocked his attack with her energy, she would've been able to keep fighting and none of them would have died.

"I'll take time to reflect on this. Thank you for the instruction."

Uraraka, Tsu, Deku, and Ida all look at her like they've seen a ghost. Kasumi is actually very respectful of authority so long as they're respectful of her. She knows Aizawa was only hard on her because he needs to be.

Aizawa claps his hands together and says,

"Alright, now that that's out of the way, let's get on with home-room announcements.I'm sorry to spring this on you all so randomly but…"

He pauses for a second, making everyone think it's a pop quiz.

"WE NEED TO PICK A CLASS PRESIDENT."

People randomly start shooting their hands up, stating that they want to be the class president. Notably, Kasumi, Uraraka, and Tsu all have their hands lowered. Then, Ida speaks up,

"BE QUIET! This is a task laden with responsibility where you must carry and pull everyone else's weight! Just because you'd like to do it doesn't mean you're a good fit! It's an office that requires the esteem and trust of those around you! The only worthy leader will emerge from a democratic choice, reflecting the will of the people! Which is why we need to settle this by vote!"

His entire presidential speech would have been rather convincing, had his hand not been the one reaching the highest.

Tsu croaks out,

"It's still too early to have developed any trust between us."

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Kasumi nods her head sagely as if she were the one to tell him.

The red haired kid, Kirishima, speaks up after,

"Everyone will just vote for themselves anyways."

Ida then nods his head and continues,

"And that's precisely why the person who does manage to earn multiple votes will be the appropriate person for the task, no? IS THAT ALL RIGHT SENSEI?!"

Aizawa, who is already in his yellow caterpillar cosplay speaks up,

"As long as you decide by the time class ends I don't care."

They all take time putting their votes down on a piece of paper and putting it into a kleenex box at the front of the class. Kasumi puts down Ida's name. She tries to see what Uraraka put in but Uraraka covers it and sticks her tongue out playfully.

After all of the names are put in, Ida goes to the front of the class and starts doing a tally.

"Midoriya. Momo…."

The first pick for president is…

"Kasumi-san…"

Ida falls to his knees and says,

"One vote…"

Kasumi rubs the back of her neck and says,

"Y'know, I never agreed to being class president. I never even raised my hand."

Everyone looks at her and collectively, "haaaaah?!"'s. Kasumi shrugs her shoulders and says,

"Your faults for not noticing."

Uraraka's face gets covered in a blush as she realizes Kasumi pointed that at her and Tsu. Tsu looks down, disappointed.

Uraraka sighs and says,

"Then I change my vote to Deku."

Tsu says,

"I'll change mine to Momo."

And a feminine voice coming from the back says,

"I'll change mine to Midoriya."

Kasumi turns around and looks at the invisible girl,

"Oh! Didn't see you there."

Kasumi can't see it but she swears the girl gets an exacerbated look on her face.

"Hah. Original."

Kasumi blushes and lowers her head,

"I'm sorry… But what's your name?"

While the rest of the class is discussing the fact that Midoriya somehow won, Kasumi and Toru Hagakure chat with each other.

Eventually, Kasumi pops the question everyone wants to know,

"When you put something inside you, does it disappear as well?"

The girl's face… area… seems to have an ethereal pink fog around it in Kasumi's mind. Her sleeve comes up to her face area and she lets out a little *cough*.

Kasumi tilts her head. Then, she gets an idea of what the girl is thinking,

"Like when you eat. Not when… that. I am curious, but I'll save that question for when we're close haha."

The girl stiffens up and says,

"Ah, yeah. It disappears when I close my lips."

Kasumi chuckles to herself at the word lips and says,

"Ah, cool!"

Eventually, the class accepts that a shaky unripe carrot is their president and a hot stereotypical secretary type is their vice president.

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