Puppetry

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Kuroza gets off the bus at her stop, checking the shopping list from her mom once again, and makes her way to the store. She walks through the store getting what is needed, not paying much attention to what's around her, that is until she bumps into someone, "Woah, you okay?" Kuroza looks at who it is, surprised by who it is, and gives a thumbs up. "That's good. Nice seeing you outside of school Roza" Kuroza nods, and pauses her music, noticing that Kirishima has something odd in his basket, and gestures at it, "Oh, my hair dye. Yeah... my hair is black normally, I decided to dye it before UA. I noticed you aren't wearing your mask" Kuroza nods, wishing she brought something to write with. "You didn't bring anything to write with, did you?" She shakes her head, and then takes her phone out and writes on the note app "I'm dumb. Forgot I have this" "Haha, so why are you here? I was just getting a few things, but it looks like you need quite a lot" "Mom had me come do some last minute shopping for dinner" "Ah, I should let you go then, nice seeing you" "Yeah. This was a pleasant surprise" "If you don't mind me asking, I noticed your shirt, what exactly is that?" "A band I listen to, it's their logo" "Which band? I'm kinda curious now" Kuroza blushes lightly, not expecting him to be so curious about her taste of music "I honestly don't know if you'd actually like their music, but here" She sends him the band and the song that she had playing when they bumped into each other, before saying goodbye and walking away. After paying, she texts her mom saying she's on her way back, and get's on the bus heading back towards where she lives.

"Oh, you're back, thank you again for doing this sweetie" "No problem mom, it wasn't that big of deal" "You ran into someone you know, didn't you?" "Yeah, it was Kirishima" "Oh~ Was it now?" "MOM! Really?" "What? It's a mom's job to tease her kid about a crush, isn't it?" Kuroza stays still, "Oh come on, I'm just happy you got over that last guy" "Yeah... about that" "He's at UA, isn't he?" Kuroza nods, but shrugs "I got over him, no idea why I liked him in the first place" "Well, Shota said that the USJ visit is in a week, right?" "Yep" "Sounds fun, you could use the practice for rescue anyway" "Yeah, Uncle Shota can only do so much for training" Her mom nods and grabs the groceries to start on their dinner.

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Kuroza is standing next to her uncle at the bus, waiting for the others to show up, when she hands him her notebook, with one simple sentence "Something feels wrong" "What do you mean?" "I don't know. I just have this gut feeling that something is wrong" "You're not the only one honestly... just be on your guard, and you have permission to use your quirk if need be. But only to help your classmates" "Even Iida and Bakugo?" "Yes. Even those two. Like or not they are your classmates, and if Nezu convinces the board about it, you'll be living with them" "You're kidding me. Dorms?" "Yeah" Kuroza sighs and pulls up her mask when she sees the others walking up. "About time. Get on the bus." The class gets on the bus and find their seats, and start a conversation about everyone's quirks as the bus starts moving.

"Not gonna lie Midoriya, you're quirk is cool, even if it does hurt you. Better than mine at least. Yours is a flashy quirk, more so than mine" "What are you talking about? Yours is awesome Kirishima! You can defend those who can't defend themselves! You're a walking shield" "I guess that's true, but I still need to improve" "Kiri, calm down. You didn't notice what was going on until it already happened, it's fine, I was able to help them" "Woah woah, hold on a sec. What are you two talking about?" Ashido sighs, "If it wasn't clear at this point, me and Kiri went the same Middle School. During the second to last week, I think, a couple of girls I knew were being cornered by some weirdo, I noticed, stepped in and scared the guy off. I later told Kiri what happened, and he felt bad about not noticing what was going on since he took that same path home that day at roughly the same time as me" "What matters is that someone noticed, regardless who" "That's what I keep saying!" "It's the hero's job to notice things like that. If you couldn't even help someone you knew in Middle School, who's to say how well you do as a Pro?" "Be quiet Iida. It's not your place to judge. Plus, he wasn't even enrolled in UA yet, he was still a civilian by technicality, you want someone to judge? Judge the Pros who were in the area at the time" "Shoji's got a point. Why did a Middle Schooler have to step in, when it's the Pro's job to do that?" Kaminari looks over at Iida, who simply states "They were probably busy and didn't see" "Whatever man"