Darkside

35.Cultural Festival

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Deku almost laughed when he saw the shocked face on Mirio as he turned around and saw who it was. Meanwhile Eri reached down and tapped Deku's head to get his attention. "I had wanted to see you but they told me you were on a trip and that you might go to a new school and not come back."

Deku raised his eyebrows and looked at Mirio who seemed nervous. "Oh well yeah, though I haven't decided if I would be staying or coming back. So, why did you want to see me?"

"Well I never got to say thank or even ask your name."

"Oh is that it. Well then allow me to finally introduce myself properly. My name is Izuku Midoriya, though most people call me Deku nowadays and I'm sure that's easier to remember. And there is no need to thank me, it was my pleasure to save you."

"So what exactly are you doing here," Mirio asked. "Like Eri said, we all thought you were on a trip and that you might not be coming back, so what exactly are you doing here?"

"What, is it a crime to come and watch the cultural festival," Deku asked innocently. "I mean as far as I am aware I haven't been kicked out yet and I wanted to see what my class had decided to do while I was gone. Besides, I thought you might come up with the idea to bring little Eri here and I kinda wanted to see her. I know what it's like to lose hope so I wanted to help cheer her up. Oh looks like things are getting started so let's stop talking. After all it would be terrible to ruin this moment."

Mirio hesitated, unsure of what to do. He knew that Deku had a point, if a single alarm was raised then everything would be canceled and he'd hate to do that to Eri. But Izuku was right there in front of him.

"Look, like I said I know what it's like to go through dark times," Deku told him. "I'm not going to put an innocent girl through like that. That is the reason I do what I do. Because I want to see a better world."

Mirio nodded his head, knowing that Deku wasn't planning anything and that he didn't want to ruin the festival.

A giant explosion appeared on the stage and the band began playing. At the same time, dancers began their routine and the rest of the class began with special effects. Deku gave a small smile as he noticed that the guitar that Jirou was using was the same one that he had left behind for her as a present, but that changed into laughter as Aoyama was tossed into the air by Shoji and started to shoot lasers like a human disco. Then a ice platform was created by Todoroki somewhere up in the rafters and Aoyama landed on it before dancing up there. Streamers and Mineta's balls along with other random items were thrown into the air and then frozen, creating icy walkways through the air.

Deku pulled up his hood over his face when he saw that Tsu was running along the path, using her tongue to hold Uraraka as she high fived people and floated into the air. "Well I am a part of this class so I guess it's time to get to work," he whispered. Before Mirio could fully realise what he meant by that, Uraraka passed overhead and Deku high fived her, her quirk making him float into the air.

Mina and a few others ran around and used Sero's tape to tether people to the platforms, but before they could reach him he shot weak flames from his hands to get out of their reach.

"Hey get back here," Mina fiercely whispered to him. "And I'm pretty sure your not allowed to use your quirk like that."

Deku laughed as he created a fiery sphere around himself but far enough away to avoid damaging his clothes, and he began to float around the room. To most onlookers other than Mirio and Eri he appeared to be a part of the performance. To Mina, those who saw what happened and the special effects crew were completely confused by what was happening. And the band and dancers just assumed that the special effects crew had added it in without telling them, though they did wonder who they had gotten to do it.