Alley Cat

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"Vampy nice, nice! Good person!"

Everyone's eyes shoot upwards as they try to locate the owner of the voice, landing on what seems to be another Midoriya Alternate. This one is at least wearing the same UA uniform as the rest of the class, though they wouldn't be an Alternate without being at least a little different.

Case in point, their class' cinnamon roll's fluffy green hair -though the Alternate's has streaks of black- being topped by a pair of green cat ears, with a just as fluffy green tail poking out from a hole in his pants expressly made for that purpose. Ojiro has a similarly modified set.

He looks down at them with bright green eyes and a wide happy smile. He pulls one hand from the ceiling and gives everyone a wave. "Hi, same but different classmates! Look same, smell odd." They nod their head with closed eyes at their odd words while tapping their nose. "Eyes ok. Nose better. Always trust. Unless trick. Then go to Shadow Realm! Lesson from Shadow Mommy!"

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The class and the other Alternates just stare at him in confusion for a few seconds, none of them knowing how to respond to the words nor the disjointed way of talking. Eventually though, Midoriya starts off the introductions.

"Um, hi?" He waves, getting an excited 'HI' back and even more excited waving. "I'm Izuku Midoriya, and, well, so are you?" He says it like he's not sure, which would make sense considering that neither of the first two Alternates had anything obviously different about them he could see. A far cry from the clear animal quirked Alternate hanging out on the ceiling.

But to the assembled surprise -no more so than Sunpo- the cat boy shakes his head. "No no! Not name! Bzzz!" They cross both their arms, letting everyone see the claws extending from his nails, and a few students cry out thinking that he's about to fall. But somehow he remains standing. "Name Alley Cat! New name Broccoli Bush! Rabbit Mommy give after shot by mean man in uniform. Mean man not mean after Shadow Panic!"

A few people turn towards their resident darkness enthusiast in the hopes of figuring out what the Alternate is talking about only to get a shrug in reply. "Reveling in the dark does not mean one understands it. Darkness holds many mysteries which are beyond our understanding." He nods his beak in Broccoli's direction. "It appears that this version of our friend has delved far deeper than I."

Suddenly Broccoli vanishes from the ceiling, getting a round of gasps, only to appear behind Tokoyami. "Bird Kidnapper!" He gives him a hug, ignoring the squawk of protest before giving him a few sniffs. His tail droops as he lets go, vanishing again and appearing leaned across Mina's desk and eliciting a startled shout from her.

"Smell more different. Not friends. Not Vampy tricks. Where friends? Why strange?" He looks up at her with sad and confused eyes, causing her to be filled with the overwhelming desire to see the neko boy happy. She glares at Sunpo.

"You heard the cutey, he's lonely! Send him back!"

Sunpo stares at her with her jaw dropped, about to tell her that if she sends him back then all of the Alternates get sent back, only to jump when Broccoli appears in front of her with their noses practically touching.

"Not know! New smell! New friend?" He looks at her hopefully, and Sunpo is subjected to her own version of cuteness overload.

"Uh, s-sure. We can be friends, I guess?" She answers hesitantly while taking a step back to give herself some more space, not sure how he'll react.

He beams at her jumping up and down while clapping his hands. "Yay! New friend! Vampy advice good!"

Quirkless, the hero Alternate, clears his throat, drawing Broccoli's attention. "By 'Vampy', you wouldn't happen to be talking about Himiko Toga, would you?"

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