The King of Heroes: Null/Virtue

Shadowy Caverns

"Ya know, back on Earth, this would not look good."

The joke shook Izuku out of his slumber from the couch. But unlike Kendo on the opposite couch, who woke up with a great deal of difficulty, he was up in no time.

"What's...?" Kendo rubbed her eyes, finally looking up at who had said that.

Momo was standing there, having teleported into Enterion not long ago, and let in by Meryl.

Kendo briefly had a moment of panic. Unsure if that was a genuine complaint or not. "We didn't do anything..." She then noted Momo's growing smirk.

"You two are gonna have sex eventually. Don't worry about me, I get enough. I just thought it would make Izuku laugh." Momo took a look at the board game on the table. "No, this looks more like a children's sleepover. You two rugrats have fun?"

"'Rugrat?' Is that a sort of infestation?" Kendo asked, straightening out her clothes. When her groggy brain finally caught up, she followed it up with. "Or was that a Shifter term of endearment?"

"The latter, good guess."

"It was... enjoyable..." Kendo said, awkwardly averting her eyes.

"Still not comfortable around me?" Momo said, shuffling closer to her. "I am 200 years old, I've made my way around some women."

Izuku nearly spit out the water he was drinking from, completely unprepared for a line like that, even though he was aware that Momo had other partners before him.

But Kendo was even more reactive, turning bright-red at the proposal.

Momo giggled. "Sorry, I can't help myself sometimes. At my age, everyone seems so innocent. Saying the simplest things can get some cute reactions."

"You've been spending too much time with Nemuri," Izuku deadpanned.

Kendo blushed even harder. This was such a reversal for her. She'd never had anyone call her cute in her life, or ever imply anything romantic, much less sexual.

One might consider that she would be hesitant about the topic, given how she got a great deal of her scars. In reality, she was a soldier.

Despite all the 'Princess' and 'Queen' monikers, and the reluctance to send her into actual combat, Kendo killed plenty of soldiers on the battlefield. She shared nights in the forests with other men and women. Modesty and shame were not a soldier's concern.

But on the flip side of that, the soldiers were scared of acknowledging their new leader's body and scars. Even if they did think of her as attractive, she was still something special to them.

Kendo existed in a strange middle-ground during that period. Where she was one of them, but also their Princess or Queen. And the nobility left, or the ones who took that place, completely rejected her as a Queen of 'fairness.' She was just a brute in their eyes.

After all, she couldn't kill literally every noble in Enterion, it just wasn't feasible or effective for ruling post-war.

So all this attention was a little new for her.

"A-Are you just being nice?" Kendo asked.

"No, I'm just not picky!" Momo stated.

"Some would say otherwise," Izuku said with a smirk.

Then it was Momo's turn to blush, being reminded of her 200 year old crush on Izuku.

"Look! All the people I knew when I was kid on Earth were hybrids of humans and animals. She looks sexy by comparison, no offense to them."