The Heart of a Hero [BNHA]

Chapter Twenty: A Day At The Beach

The finals were a breeze for Nikita with the help of the cheetah, she managed to finish with the fastest time in under one second. For their summer break, class 1A was to have a special training camp. Her classmates all wanted to be as prepared as possible and were training harder than they had trained for the Sports Festival. Mr. Aizawa told them all not to go anywhere for summer break as they'd be attending the training camp, but Nikita still wanted to do something fun with her friends. The majority of the class also wanted to do something fun together and were able to rally together the few reluctant students who didn't want to join in.

Nikita resisted the urge to cheer as the wind ripped through her hair. She threw her hands up toward the heavens and laughed at the free and weightless feeling the wind gave her as it rustled through her hair. She looked over at Craven to find him smiling in the driver's seat of his convertible. He'd agreed to drive her to the beach so she could spend the day with her classmates and let her put the top down so long as she promised to stay seated. It was proving difficult, she really wanted to stand up in her seat like people did in the movies.

"Hey make sure you call me if you need a ride home." Craven noted as he came to a stop at a mostly empty parking lot next to a relatively vacant beach. The waves at this beach were too rough for it to be a good swimming spot but seemed like a perfect spot for some fun and training for Nikita and her classmates.

Nikita noticed a few others had already arrived. Yaoyorozu appeared to have arrived with an entourage of people and was organizing them having them set up blankets, umbrellas and a buffet of food as well as some volleyball nets. She was really going all out.

"I will. Thanks for the ride, Craven." Nikita leaned over and gave her brotherly neighbor a hug.

He smiled and ruffled her hair affectionately. "Anytime. Have fun, kiddo."

Nikita hopped out of the car and grabbed her beach bag. She waved goodbye to Craven just as a somewhat familiar fancy car pulled into the parking lot. Her ears twitched as she picked up on a familiar heartbeat within the car. It came to a stop next to her. Shoto stepped out looking annoyed. The door opposite the one he'd just slammed opened and Endeavor stepped out of the car to shoot his son a scowl.

"We weren't done talking." He growled.

"We were." Shoto growled back before his gaze flicked over in Nikita's direction. His cheeks reddened as he looked at the cute leopard print bikini, she was wearing beneath a mesh black coverup dress.

Noticing Shoto's sudden embarrassment, Endeavor turned and spotted the cat like girl. "Nikita." He greeted her with a nod in her direction.

"Grumpy." Nikita nodded back at him with a mischievous smile.

Endeavor's lips twitched as he fought back a smile. "Come on, Niko." Shoto turned his back on his father and started toward the beach.

Nikita's ears and tail shifted to a jaguar pattern and she nimbly flipped over the car with her beach bag in hand and scampered after Shoto. "Bye bye, Grumpy!" She waved back at Endeavor with a giggle before linking arms with Shoto.

Endeavor sighed and got back in the car. Nikita noticed how tense Shoto was after a car ride with his father and smiled mischievously as she reached over and began tickling the tip of his nose with her tail. Shoto jumped and swatted her tail away but had a hard time resisting the urge to smile at her antics.

"What are you doing, Niko?" Shoto looked to her with a smile.

"Your face looked funny." Nikita giggled as she held her tail under his nose to make it look like he had a jaguar printed mustache.