Iruma looked at the massive gate in front of them, a single turn left and right confirmed it didn't end in the horizon. "So they live on a field?" Or was it a really big park, like yellowstone. "Must be a long walk to the house, all I can see is a driveway and trees."
"Iruma, do you know what a mansion is?" Asked a very tense Ochako, who looked at the gate with a gleam of greed in her eyes.
"A really big house?" He was half certain about his answer.
"Yes … except you underestimate how big." Hagakure said. "They own everything inside of this gate. It's all the Yaoyorozu's property." What?
"Really? People can own this many trees, and fountains, and horses, and golf courses…" He listed off everything that they've come across the entire walk. "Wow, Momo's family must really know how to save their money. This is everything my parents wish they could buy with my paychecks."
"I must admit even I am … impressed with the spread." Iida commented. "My family may be well off, but it's nowhere near this level of money."
"I wanna ride one of the horses." Ashido smiled and waved at a rider, who winked back.
"Koda might have liked the birds here." Kaminari looked at a flock of them nesting in a tree.
"So do we just … knock?" Jiro asked as she looked at the door.
"I feel like there should be a doorbell we should press..oh, here it is." Sero found one on the side next to the diamond encased door knob. So that's what jewels were meant to be used for. He pressed it, causing what sounded like church bells going off.
"FUCK! MY EARS!" Jiro hit the ground. Shoji also looked uncomfortable, shaking in place. "Damn it, who needs a doorbell this loud!"
"Oh, reminds me of when I worked at that church dusting off those giant bells!" He yelled to his friends while the ring was still going off. The hunchback was really nice! He taught him how to swing from ropes!
After three minutes of waiting around Momo came out with a worried expression. "I'm so sorry, I really thought you weren't going to come for another hour. I would have sent the limo to the front if I knew."
"It's fine, you didn't know, right?" Toru stated. "Although you're going to have to apologize to her." She pointed at Jiro, who was on the ground and twitching.
"Oh, sorry Jiro! I forgot to change the settings for those with sensitive ears." Momo helped the girl up before typing on something inside the house. "There, that should take care of it." Suddenly it sounded like some sort of quire singing out to the opening of something grand and holy.
"Much … better … ow." The girl slowly got up as Shoji stopped rubbing himself. You can change what doorbells sounded like? That was super cool.
==
"Seriously, this is your dining room?" Jiro asked, staring at the massive structure with chandeliers and shiny dining wear.
"It's bigger than my apartment!" Ochako shouted. "It might be bigger than my mom and dad's house!"
"So shiny and pretty." Iruma looked around with a star struck gaze. "So this is what a normal dining room should look like? I don't spend a lot of time with my parent's to know for sure."
"No, absolutely not." Asui told the boy. "This is way too large."
"Really?" Momo asked. "I had no idea … I guess my concept of money is a bit inflated." She could say that. Here she was, standing in between a girl and a boy who were innocent about how money worked for completely different reasons. No wonder Iruma and Momo got along when they read that sappy romance manga.
"It's fine Momo, we still love ya." Ashido hugged her. "Now let's get some snacks and party!"
"You mean study." Iida reminded them.
"Who says you can't do both?" Most people would, Ashido. This is why you're in the Bakasquad with Jamm-with Kaminari. Damn it, she still hasn't apologized yet.
She opened her mouth, and then a carter of butlers came in. "My mother made some snacks for everyone. Dig in." Momo smiled at them.
"Don't mind if we do." Kaminari went over and popped what looked like a cookie into his mouth without any form of manners … and his face scrunched at something. "This is … really … good."
"Oh, I didn't think you'd be a big fan of the Caviar. I'll make sure to tell the chef to bring out plenty." Momo said with an innocent delight on her face.
"Isn't that fish eggs?" Sero asked as Kaminari did his best not to throw up in front of the girl. "I'm not sure if..hey, where'd it go?" Every single tray and cart of food disappeared in an instant.
"So good~~~" Iruma spoke in a blissful tone, his eyes watering as he savoured every bite of the food he probably couldn't even pronounce the name properly of. "Momo, your fancy food is the best!"
"I actually got a cart specifically for you." She smiled. "Half out of concern for your health and half out of concern you'd take everyone else's food." Well she was honest. And she had a point.
"Now that we are properly supplied with ample space and fuel for our brains, let us commence this study session!" Iida did the hand chopping thing as Kaminari started turning green. She'll apologize when he wasn't in the middle of being a moron.
==
"Bondo, you use glue, how do you not comprehend how your own chemicals react around iodine?" Monoma asked. He wasn't mad, he was just disappointed.
"I've never heard of iodine before now. I just used my glue whenever I needed to patch something up." Okay, that was a slightly fair point, but he should know just a little more about his own quirk!
"No Pony, you write it like THIS, otherwise it spells out bastard." Rin, one of the few english speakers, tried to explain it to Pony.
"Then why did Monoma tell me to say that to 1-A every morning?"
"In my defense, I had no idea it would affect her grades!" He called out before Kendo had a chance to hit him. She did it anyway, the jerk. It was worth it though, even if Suzuki didn't seem to get offended by it at all.
"It can't be as bad as Ibara. She's hardly studied at all this entire time." Setsuna pointed to the vine girl in a corner, looking a bit…ditzy as she clung a piece of paper close to her chest.
"My angel had blessed me with such divine words of grace. I've been set apart among the mortals, this is as close to heaven I've ever gotten in this physical existence." And people called HIM the dramatic one?
"Ibara, we get that you have a crush, but put it away. Everyone else did so." Monoma complained as people looked at him funny. "... What?"
"You say that like you know other people have crushes or something." Of course they did, the calls were obvious.
"Wait a second." He blinked, realizing how messed up it was. "Are you saying everyone has only noticed Shiozaki and Setsuna's crushes?"
"No duh, we know how crazy they are for Suzuki and Bakugo." Shishida shrugged.
"Hey, I don't have a crush. It was just simple flirting." Setsuna complained.
"Setsuna, I heard you moan when Bakugo was seen outside of the window training."
"And who wouldn't admire such a fine piece of work?" She was terrible at disproving his point.
"The two lesbians, the two with a crush on Todoroki, Kendo who views him as more of an asshole then a piece of meat, and myself due to my utter belief we're superior to 1-A in every way, shape, and form." Monoma deadpanned.
"Cease you blasphemy, Monoma Neito!" Of course, now of all time Ibara snaps out of her lovesick gaze, tangling him in her vines. It actually went to the point it was kind of comfortable since he was so used to it now. "My angel is far above whatever corrupted standard you judge the two classes by. I won't let another heathen taint his name again!"
"Hey, Suzuki is the only semi decent one in the class." He recognized 1-B after all. "I'm just calling it how it is, that everyone else has put away their fantasies and placed themselves into their work." He answered.
"Fine, I suppose you've earned leniency for now for raising a fair point." She relinquished. "If I'm to join my angel in his greatness, I mustn't slack in my personal duties." If it actually got her to help raise 1-B's GPA, then who was he to judge?
"Seriously, what was in that letter?" Kendo questioned as everyone got back on track.
"Oh, I was there when she got it, shroom." Kiniko answered. "Mainly talking about how strong and pretty her hair was and thanking her for helping him reach so far in the sports festival, shroom. Said at the end he wanted to be as good with his quirk as she was with hers eventually, shroom."
"The boy is an innocent ball of sunshine, isn't he?" Pony asked. The fact that she of all people stated it really said a lot.
==
"Fuck!" Denki banged his head against the table. So far Iruma was improving by ten points, and he only improved by one. It was just him, wasn't it? "Damn it, why does this have-OW!" He felt a sharp pain in the back of his head. "What was that for, Uraraka?!"
"You cursed in front of Iruma!"
"Bakugo curses all the time!"
"Yeah, but we can't stop Bakugo with violence." That … was a fair point.
"It's okay guys, it's nothing I haven't heard before." The class little brother said with that same look of innocent obliviousness. "People tend to say a lot of mean words to you when you work in retail and delivery. Plus Rabbit-Sama cursed at me all the time, and she gave great hugs!"
"You got hugged by Miriko." Mineta stared wide-eyed with him. "Teach me oh wise one."
"Not sure why she started doing it. It was on the first day and we were about to go to sleep and I got excited about not sleeping outside for a change, but she got worried for some reason and told me we'd share the bed together." The kid was unaware of his own power.
"So scaring a woman makes her comfort you-" Jiro stabbed Mineta. "AAAAHHHH!"
"Don't you dare try that, you pervert." That was fair, even if he would mentally take note of this for later. "And Hagakure, don't you dare add her to the list. She's a top hero and obviously did well to train Iruma." He really hoped he wasn't on the list.
"I know…but I can still plan it even if I never get the chance." Was this girl suicidal? She was crazy, there was no doubt about it.
"Dang it, got thirty seven." Mina complained. "How are we gonna pass if we can't even do well on these mock tests?" She had a point, as it stood he was almost in last place, and Iruma was going to cover the gap fast.
"... Guys … should we … cheat?" He asked tentatively as everyone stopped talking. Now just staring at him awkwardly, some in surprise, others in anger, and others in … disappointment.
"Kaminari, I know the study period can be quite stressful, but you can't possibly suggest doing something as loathsome as cheating in a school of heroics!" Iida yelled in his usual tone of strict and proper private school student.
"Is that wrong?" Iruma asked legitimately. "I've seen plenty of people cheat back in middle school but nobody ever said anything."
"Really?" Jiro thought about it. "Now that you mention it, yeah, that did happen a lot. I think even the teachers didn't care that much about it either." She shook her head. "But yes, Iruma, it's wrong. Try doing something like that at UA will probably get you kicked out."
"But UA is the best thing to ever happen to me!" The boy panicked. "Okay, no cheating, no cheating, no cheating. Now to study!" He stared at the paper, then showed an image of a frog to Tsu. "This is a reptile!"
"Amphibian." The girl corrected him with a croak.
"Amphibian, got it!" The kid then drew a picture of what looked like a hundred apples. "Ah…half of these would make fifty apples, right? And multiplying it by five would be…two hundred fifty?"
"Right!" Toru cheered for Iruma. "Do the pictures really help you that much?"
"Ah, yeah, a little." Iruma shrugged. "I don't get it, but seeing something there helps me understand it better."
"Oh so you're a visual learner." He, Iruma, and Mina all turned to Momo. "It means visual representation helps you learn better."
"There's different types of learners?" The trio asked at the same time.
"Okay, so we might actually be able to save your summer after all!" Uraraka shouted. "Momo, get some papers, pencils, whiteboards, and markers. We're going to be doing a lot of drawing tonight."
==
Mrs Yaoyorozu, or Mamayo as the kids have called her, watched from the doorway as they poured their hearts out trying to study. "Come on Ashido, you know how division works now!" Uraraka showed her a white board with a few strange pictures on it. "If we're in the middle of a crowd fighting off three hundred and thirty three thugs, how many would we be fighting amongst ourselves!?
"Five. Todoroki would cream the rest."
"She's not wrong." The two haired boy answered. "What about dividing up make-up kits or flowers?"
"Oh, ah…lets see, evenly that would be…one hundred sixty-four…no, that's not right…one hundred sixty-six…and a half!
"There we go!" Uraraka pulled out a candy bar. "Reward and failure system says to give you a candy bar whenever you get it right."
"I feel that would work better on Suzuki." She pointed at the boy looking at a slideshow.
"So water-"
"You have to call it H2O, it's chemical name."
"Right, H2O is a … universal solvent?"
"Yes! Have another slice." By slice, they meant an entire lemon meringue pie the invisible girl fed to him. It was actually quite adorable to see the doting from the distance.
"Okay Kaminari, what animals have hollow bones?"
"Birds!" The boy answered easily. "Yes, thank you Koda, you living animal encyclopedia!"
"It seems you all are having a lot of fun." She smiled at the group, walking in. "I'm glad my darling little Momo has such lovely friends." She turned and looked at Jiro. "I like your style, it reminds me of a friend I had back in highschool."
"Oh really, thanks." The girl blushed, twirling her earphone jack in her hands. "You guys have a great look too. You really make the classical look work pretty well for you."
"Thank you." She gave a slight bow. "Oh, Kaminari." She turned to the boy. "Momo said you liked the Caviar cookies. I've made plenty for the road."
"Thank you mam." He seemed sweaty, must have been nervous from barely passing those questions.
"Oh, can I have some too? I love how squishy and crunchy it tastes." The boy with the cowlick asked with such a cute begging look.
"Of course, take as much as you like." She saw how much the boy ate, and he clearly wasn't even scratching the surface of how much he could handle. And call it motherly instinct, but Mamayo didn't want to rest until she knew he was full and satisfied.