The Emperor's Dragon

Fun Day Out

Izuku sat on a platform, looking down at the melee that was going on over the lake. It had become something of a tradition at the Kasumigara Bay Quirk Use day. Those with flight quirks had a very energetic game of tag but they were divided into teams. Those with wings, and those without. It had started a couple of years back when he and Inasa had first come.

That's what he was doing now. He would join the melee on the side of the no wings, but only after Inasa arrived. To be fair, there were a couple of people with wings who were waiting to join the mock battle as well, so it wouldn't be like one team was going to get a leg up when the two of them joined. And, it wasn't like there were any rules. Sometimes those with wings took out their teammates, just the same as those without did too.

So long as everyone was having fun, no one seemed to care and no one should care.

"Izuku!" the call was joyful.

"Inasa," he cried, looking down at his friend who was rapidly rising to meet him. Izuku patted the side of the platform beside him, indicating that his friend should sit with him.

Inasa flew up beside him and took the insubstantial seat. It said a lot that the brown haired teen trusted him enough to be supported by his quirk.

"How have you been?" Izuku asked, grinning at Inasa. It was kind of odd. His friend was still so much taller than him.

"Good. You?"

Izuku actually considered the question before he nodded and gave his friend a smile. "I'm not too bad," he answered honestly. "Though I don't know if I will be able to come to the Quirk Use day later in the year," he said.

"Hmm?"

"Exams," Izuku answered. "You've got them too, don't you, or does sponsorship get you out of them?" he asked with a laugh.

At that, Inasa's expression clouded for a moment. "There's exams even if you are sponsored," he said. "I have to pass UA's entrance exam but not the practical one. I think I have to give some sort of demonstration or pass a private test," he added. "They don't let you in if you are stupid, even if your quirk is great."

Izuku nodded. "You'll do fine," he reassured his friend.

"We'll see," Inasa said with a big sigh. He turned his black eyes to Izuku, looking down slightly. "Shadowcrawler can't really teach me to use my quirk. He relies on stealth and I'm not- well," the brown haired teen gestured to himself, and Izuku snickered, picking up on the implications. Inasa wasn't fat but there was a lot of him. "Most of his allies aren't that flashy either. Magneteé can sort of fly but she's not that great at it."

"She can fly?" Izuku was intrigued. He'd looked up the hero and her quirk. It was, as Inasa had told him once, magnetism of people, which she was good at using in creative ways. But there was no record of her flying.

"Keep it a secret," Inasa said, suddenly looking worried. "She's working on it as a new move," he added.

Izuku nodded. "How does she do it?" he whispered theatrically, even though they were surrounded by nothing but empty air.

"It's got to do with some support gear that lets her make a north and south pole and use them to attract each other while rejecting the ground and... It's kind of complicated. It would be easier to use a hover pack," Inasa laughed.

"They are teaching me a lot though," Izuku's friend said carefully and Izuku gave him a sharp look. There was something in his voice.

"You want to ask something?"

Inasa sighed again. "I do but I don't want to offend you," he added.

"You're my friend," Izuku said, as if that explained everything. Inasa couldn't offend him with a question.