Shikigami Dance: Naruto/BNHA Crossover

To Be The Better Person

The next morning...

Todoroki woke up bright and early as was his habit. Running his hand through his messy bedhead, he looked around the office dorm reserved for the staff and their interns. He noticed the bunk Haru had been sleeping in the night before was empty and neatly made.

Where'd he go? Todoroki frowned. He was still a little perturbed about his friend (he still couldn't believe that Haru considered him a friend now that he thought of it) was staying at his father's agency. Considering that Haru had beaten his son publicly at the sports festival, it could be expected that the number two hero would hold a grudge against the redhead.

The bicolored-haired boy got up and got dressed in his usual training outfit. Endeavor had told both of them that they'd have a morning spar before breakfast so they didn't need to wear their hero costumes yet.

After he finished getting ready, Todoroki made his way over to the training room a couple of floors below, taking the staff's private elevator.

The Endeavor Agency owned the whole building. It had been designed to fulfill every need the employees could ever need. Living quarters for those unable to find a home nearby, specially reinforced training rooms for Quirk training, high-tech security to ensure privacy in staff-only areas. No expense had been spared.

Yet another thing that made Todoroki bitter was how his father almost treated his employees better than his own family.

He opened the door to the assigned training room they were instructed to meet, his mood already ruined for the day.

The sound of soft, calming music echoing in the large room filtered into his ears, making him freeze in his tracks. He blinked in confusion at the sight in front of him.

Haru, dressed in a traditional charcoal grey kimono shirt and hakken pants, was performing a series of slow, flowing movements to the music playing from his phone. His eyes were closed, but he moved with perfect awareness. All around him, several sheets of paper curlicues, flowers, and shapes formed and faded away in sync with his movements.

"Care to join?" Haru broke the near silence, pausing his movements.

Todoroki felt himself get tugged forward by several pieces of paper before he could refuse.

"Just follow my movements," Haru flowed into the next kata, "Picture your energy as a stream of water and let your body relax."

Todoroki complied and tried to imitate his classmate's movements. For the next couple of minutes, the two of them performed in silence with only the accompanying music filling the room.

"You're unfocused," Haru opened his eyes look into Todoroki's mismatched ones, "You're trying too hard to imitate me and you're letting your thoughts wander. It makes your form stiff."

Todoroki frowned, stopping his movements, "What's the point of all this?" he was not asking rudely, he was legitimately confused.

Haru let out a focused breath, "Where I come from, meditation is used to hone and expand our chakra. Tai Chi is a martial art that is designed with meditation as one of its core foundations."

Todoroki tilted his head, "So I meditate?"

Haru held out a hand, "Meditation is a practice where an individual focuses the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity," a small flame ignited in the redhead's palm, "Let's try to control the size of the flame."

Todoroki looked uncertain as he raised his left hand. A burst of flame appeared on his arm, threatening to burn his clothes.

"Focus in containing it. Picture how you want it to look," Haru instructed.