Tea In A Bar

Chapter 21: Take the kid out for a spin

When it was seen that Midoriya was likely taken by the league of villains one of the first things that Shouta did was make sure the area was secure. He felt a weight lifted when it was seen as secure and there were no signs of villains anywhere. Also Nedzu himself has said it was unlikely there would be an attack considering the extra security measures they took in scheduling the training.

The training camp continued.

Shouta was told to refrain from telling his class that Midoriya was kidnapped by the league. Seeing as his class was full of conniving children that cared a lot about their resident green-haired freckled boy. He wouldn't put it past them to go on a search for him. Especially once they found out that villains had him.

He didn't need any more missing children.

So all class 1-A and 1-B knew was that Midoriya Izuku was missing.

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Two days after Izuku realized that he had missed the training camp trip Dabi sat down next to him and said, "Congratulations princess. You're officially missing."

He looked at Magne and Spinner sitting on the couch across from them.

Spinner smiled, "Congrats little dude, quite the accomplishment."

"Yeah," Magne said. "Not every day you're pronounced missing."

"What the fuck is wrong with you guys?" Shigaraki asked while he walked by.

"What's wrong with you, you dusty bitch?" Dabi sneered.

Izuku saw Shigaraki's jaw clench while Dabi still had his smile. The green-haired boy knew that both Shigaraki and Dabi did not necessarily get along and Dabi never let an opportunity to mess with the other. So it wasn't the first time he found himself between the two of them having a standoff.

Luckily Kurogiri always managed to prevent someone from getting decayed. And so when a small warp gate appeared once again, Izuku looked over the back of the couch back at the bar and gave Kurogiri a small nod and smile.

He was happy to see he got a nod in response.

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The next day when everyone was just laying around, Kurogiri was out getting food. Twice, Toga, and Izuku were on the floor. Spinner and Magne were on the couches. Shigaraki was sitting on the ottoman. Dabi was in his self-proclaimed seat while Mr.Compress was in another seat. Each made no sign that they would be moving anytime soon.

From her spot on the floor next to Izuku, Toga sighed.

"I'm bored."

"You could always attack class 1-A like Shigaraki did earlier in the year," Dabi suggested. Although he sounded like he was making fun of Shigaraki if the smile he had told them anything.

Toga huffed and scooted closer to Izuku. "But Izuku-kun is right here."

"Yes she has a point," Mr.Compress said from his seat. "I do believe that one young hero is more than enough. Also, I believe the other young heroes would be much more troublesome than Midoriya here."

"You're right," Shigaraki said, not looking up from his game console. "All the other ones looked fucking annoying, including that explosive brat."

"So attacking class 1-A is out I'm guessing?" Dabi asked.

A resounding 'yes' was what he got in response.

Twice sighed from his spot on the floor next to Toga. "I'm bored!"

Izuku couldn't help laughing at the ridiculousness of the situation. Especially when there was a flurry of movement once Kurogiri returned with the food.

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Shigaraki paused when he came across Toga trying to teach Midoriya how to throw a knife. Spinner was also there with them.

All three of them seemed to be a good distance away from the wall and Toga was showing the boy what should be proper form. Toga actually looked quite serious as she showed him. Although she was still smiling and squealed when Izuku managed to make one of the knife's blades stick in the wall for a second before it fell.

Seemed like he was making improvement.

"Alright my turn!" Spinner took up a stance with a knife as well.

Shigaraki remembered that Spinner was more skilled in fighting with a sword, not knife throwing like Toga. Like Midoriya, Spinner managed to make the blade stick in the wall for a few moment before it fell out.

Both Toga and Midoriya praised him.

Shigaraki took a seat at the bar and continued to watch them. Toga, it turned out was a good teacher when it came to the knives. No surprise there, she was passionate about them and seemed excited to share her knowledge. It probably helped that both Spinner and Midoriya looked like they were genuinely interested. The both of them listened carefully and Midoriya didn't seem afraid to ask questions.

"Kurogiri," Shigaraki said, drawing the attention of the man behind the counter. "How many times has she tried to stab them?"

Kurogiri continued his cleaning of a glass. "Only 5 times but both times Spinner and Midoriya managed to evade it. They did not seem bothered by it."

Of course, they wouldn't. Tomura remembered how Midoriya had simply asked Toga to not throw knives at him when he was eating the first time he was at the bar. And Spinner always liked Toga's knives and was good at dodging them.

Over the next hour or so, both 'students' of Toga seemed to improve. And when they were done both Toga and Spinner decided to show Midoriya a friendly fight.

The boy's eyes were bright as he watched Spinner and Toga fight. Toga was quick with trying to come close and slash Spinner with her knives while Spinner used his sword to block and occasionally try his own attack. Kurogiri took care of the stray knives and Midoriya came by the bar to collect them while still watching the fight.

It didn't take long for Magne and Mr.Compress to come and take a seat at the bar as well while Twice went over to Midoriya to look at Toga's knives he had. Dabi was the last to join them and just smirked when he saw the fight, neither individuals skilled with blades seemed like they would be stopping soon. It looked like Midoriya was having the time of his life watching.

"Looks like the princess likes watching sword fighting and knives," Dabi said.

At those words, Midoriya's bright green eyes turned on him and Dabi felt like he had just made a mistake.

He was sure he did because the next minute he was subject to Midoriya's analysis on both Spinner's and Toga's fighting styles and his questions on what possible utilization of their quirks there could be. Midoriya's rabble only grew more fervent when he saw that Spinner crawled up the wall to get a knife that had gotten stuck up on the ceiling.

Nobody commented on the red light that was lit on the television.

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"What exactly are you supposed to be doing right now?" Spinner asked Izuku while he was enjoying a cup of tea.

"Training my quirk. Probably tearing some muscle and breaking a bone or two. Just normal training stuff," he said before taking another sip of tea. What he said was the truth. That's what had happened when he trained before and the training camp trip was supposed to push them even further. He was sure that if he had gone he would have already broken a bone (maybe he would try some full cowling later, he still wanted to work on it and it didn't hurt).

At the silence, Izuku turned to look at Spinner and the others as they had stopped their chit-chat as well. The expressions looking at him reminded Izuku of when he first came to the bar.

"What?" he asked.

Once again Shigaraki muttered 'What the fuck', and everyone else agreed.