Shenanigans In 1-B: Episode 42: Christmas!

Now on Wattpad. Literally the whole story so far is up there, I just got out of habit of ing here.

TW: Mild bad language, alcohol abuse

Word Count: 6070 (excluding Author’ Note ect.)

Time taken: 7 days

Summary: Christmas!

Author’s Note:

Before things start... I am an omnipotent body that can change the flow of the story if you so much as Go-Gos in my direction, so keep that to yourself. The original characters and base story beats were made by Horikoshi, I’m just relaying things in 1-B and making some changes to spruce things up.

Any correlation between the OCs and something else is a coincidence.

Hopefully you understand this before I piss you off in any way. Let me repeat that. This is my story; I am bored so I wanted to make something for fun, so fuck off if you get annoyed at me because I miss-measured the size of Dabi’s fleshy burns.

And before I forget, I’m writing this for my friends first so expect a few inside jokes that you won’t get.

So without further ado... I present the forty-second episode of Shenanigans In 1-B! WOO!

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A bit of extra little info:

Words within ** is a note made by the individual recounting this story. It’s a fourth wall break.

Words in ^^ are thoughts.

Words in “^^” are in a different language, and so far, it has only been English. They’re in Japan, so they speak Japanese.

A /-/ represents a scene change. The scenes can have a range of lengths.

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A wiki page will be made for most OCs, some are one time or just irrelevant and therefore will not get one.

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"Mama? What are you doing?" Kakumeiso asked, looking round the corner of the room. Her mother was busy at work in the garage. She turned and gave a friendly smile, coming away from the highest cabinet.

"I'm just doing some work. Is everything okay?" Mei was picked up by her maternal figure.

"Yes! But what are you doing?"

"If you want to know, I'm just working on some business stuffs. A new cemetery is going to be built and I need to input."

"What's a 'Sematary'?" The child asked, the received friendly smile was warm and comforting.

"It's a place where we respect our dead as they are turned to ash, ing on into the afterlife."

"Like Heaven and Hell?" Kakumeiso asked innocently. "Are we going to Heaven?"

"Yes you will. You're my little shapeshifter!" A kiss was planted on her forehead and Mei giggled. Her mother put her down. "Why don't you go and find Moroshi! I'm sure he want someone to play with!"

"Okay!" She smiled back as she left. Before she went too far, another question popped into her head. Going back into the garage, she saw a monster standing there, towering over her as it reached up and collected something from upon the highest cabinet. It turned and locked eyes with her.

"Mei? Didn't Moroshi want to play?" It spoke, the something in its large hand was a bag of some sort and was speckled with red splotches. No reply came from her mouth as Kakumeiso woke up with a cry. Her hair was draped around her and she turned a light on.

"Ugh..." She grumbled as she swung her bare legs over the side of her bed and stood up. A knock at the door got her attention and she opened it. A sleepy Rin was stood there. "Rin-kun, what is it?" He was looking sleepily into her eyes, ignoring her short sleeved pyjamas.

"You're screaming at three in the morning." Rin deadpanned.

"I am? Sorry. Just had a nightmare's all." Mei rubbed one of her eyes as she apologised.

"Okay," a thumbs-up was thrown her way. "See you in the morning."

"Okay, night Hiryu~" She closed the door and got back into bed.

^It wasn't a nightmare, was it?^ Kai asked, also being awake.

"Nope. It was a memory."

^One before me?^

"Yes."

^Okay. So our mother's been in this business since before me. Huh.^

"Apparently. Anyway, bedtime, again!"

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Guess where 1-B was? That's right. They were in their classroom. It was cold outside and most were thankful to be out of it and in the warm. But some still felt cold, so they looked to other means of warming themselves. Kaibara had a giant trench coat on, Fukidashi had a heater under his seat, but these somewhat logical ideas paled in comparison to what Togaru was doing.

The sizzling of oil and meat was constant and the smell of cooking had taken their noses, as he cooked some food in class. It wasn't the most absurd thing to have started the day off, so it probably wouldn't be too much of a slap on the wrist.

"Why are you cooking?" Yanagi asked him, taking clear interest in what he was cooking.

"Just a nice breakfast. Cereal wasn't enough today." He explained. "And before you ask, I do intend to share... with you." His voice trailed off as he realised what he said, hoping that no one picked up on the undertones of it.

"Is it to repay me for letting you spend the night after you were too scared to walk in the dark corridors, last week when we watched those horror flix?" She questioned, taking the food he offered her.

"You what?!" Tokage turned to them with a smirk. Komori was also now with them, keenly listening. Feeling very flustered, he resorted to the thing he knew best.

"IT WAS BECAUSE..." he coughed to lower his tone. "It was because I didn't want to leave you alone after those scary films."

"It wasn't even scary though, 'Basement 5' is the least scary in the 'Basement' series, though saying the others are scary is an insult to scary things." Yanagi stated emotionlessly.

"You didn't want to leave her alone~?" Komori had found a new target to ceaselessly torment.

"Sounds like some toxic masculinity to me." Fukidashi butted in.

"Oof, don't be a patriarchal womaniser, Kamakiri-kun." Genyu turned around to look at him.

"Shut it, Genyu-chan." He kicked his chair. That moment was followed by the door opening. Kouhei and Fukidashi spat water out of their noses when they saw who it was.

^Holy shit, my nose just bled.^ Genyu heard his double say as Mt. Lady appeared and gave a small speech. Midnight was there too. Kan came in after them, a hot mug of something in hand.

"She's here to do some guest lecturing." He told them. "Better be nice."

"Yes Sensei!" Tetsutetsu yelled with spirit. The guest rose one of their cards with a subject on it, reading 'Media'.

"Today's topic is all about 'Media Exercises'! And as a rising star myself, I'm the perfect Hero to teach you how to work it!" Mt. Lady informed them. "C'mon kids! Let's do this with Plus Ultra attitude!"

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"It's 'Hero Interview Training'!" The Hero announced, arms wide. "I've done this with 1-A already, and so the stage is set!" They were all at a platform that held a very high resemblance to an actual interview platform. "Now onto the show!"

"Wonderful work out there today, Phantom Thief!" Mt. Lady held a microphone to Monoma as he was the first up.

"Why, thank you. It is all in a day's work for a budding Hero such as I." He swiped some hair out of his face arrogantly.

"Such confidence is a large part of being a good Hero, what inspires it for you?"

"Well, crushing that dreadful Class A first of all." Was the expected and received response from him.

"Yes, yes. What else." She nodded.

"If I had to really think... I guess it's because there's someone I want to impress." Monoma put a thoughtful expression on, it was the first time any of them had heard about it. Or he was just a good actor.

"Ooo! Can you tell us about her?"

"Why do you assume it is a girl? But, you guessed rightly. She is a calm, level-headed girl, caring for others and she has a good bosom!" He declared with pride in his taste.

"I knew he was a boobs guy." Tsuburaba muttered.

"Is a pervert something you aspire to be?"

"Obviously not. It is a stain to have that on my record, I just responded to your question. Any more?"

"I think it's time to let another have a turn." Midnight stated.

"Let your fears rocket away!" Pony thrust a fist up as she hopped on one foot, Mt. Lady gave a clap at her new motto, Kouhei seemed to have a stroke at the cuteness.

"Absolutely heartwarming and adorable!"

"NO BLOOD'S GONNA BE SHED BEHIND THIS WALL!" Tetsutetsu turned to steel.

"A 1-A guy said that already!"

"I have learned after being ridiculed for my appearance, that there is a demographic that I can represent." Shishida rose a finger as he spoke. "They have shown me that I can still be an attractive Hero in myself."

"How very open!"

"I'm culminating generations' worth of Heroism when I'm working! All to carry my family's extensive legacy!" Kouhei announced with confidence, lightning crackled in a handheld cloud.

"I'll look forwards to seeing you in the field!"

"Villains will be carved down before my blades of justice!" Kamakiri said sharply, blades coming out all across his forearms.

"What a sharp style!"

"Recent revelations in my life have lead me here." Kaikiban stated firmly. "I want to atone for my parents' sins and help the people of my hometown. That and I want to be more than my appearance."

"Ooo! What aspirational goals!"

"Sinners shall beware of my holy power invested within me." Ibara fired off an Ultimate Move as she said it.

"A positive spin on religious beliefs!"

"What does that mean?"

"Nothing!"

"I can find anyone, anywhere at anytime!" Setsuna stated proudly, splitting herself apart to prove her point. "Espionage is my specialty!"

"I want you on my side." ^Not just for the skills either~^

"To be a Hero means to protect, and what's more protective than metal?!" Kinzoku smiled, digging the attention.

"A few things actually."

"Oh."

"You are all fantastic interviewees!" The Pro beamed at them after they all had their turns. *Not going to show them all for obvious reasons.*

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A few more days ed and U.A. split up for the Christmas break. The day after was the final day for the other schools in Musutafu, so Atsuki had a genius idea.

"Hey, remind me why I'm coming with you?" Kaikiban asked.

"Because you're an attractive guy and I want to cause some chaos."

"Are you gonna make me do more 'Blushy Crushy'? Was the concerned reply.

"Obviously not. That comes second. I just want to see Sophie's classmates' reaction to you picking her up." Was the nonchalant reason.

"Why did I feel like that would be the reason?"

"Because you're my bro."

"True that, true that." Within a few minutes more of walking, they'd arrived at their destination. A normal looking middle school. "So what do you want me to do? Just say, 'Hi! Your brother wanted me to pick you up and give the teenage girls heartache?'?"

"Nah, just lean on this wall with me while we wait." They did just that. Atsuki checked the time on his phone and they heard a bell from within the school ring. "Unless I really fucked up the time, they should be coming out now." A deep rumbling came from somewhere. A memory clicked in Kaikiban's mind. "Whoa! An earthquake?"

"No. Shiketsu."

"Kai, I don't think an entire school can move like that."

"No, I mean students from Shiketsu."

"Can any of them create an earthquake?"

"Do I look like I know the answer?" Students from the school began to come through the gates. At the forefront, was a girl with white braided hair and bright yellow eyes.

"Well, there's my sister." Atsuki nodded towards her. In that moment, a blue cloud appeared beside them. "Oh! You meant THOSE Shiketsu students!"

"Yes. I meant-"

"Oi, Steam Train! Merry Christmas!" Came the loud voice of Moroshi as he emerged from the cloud, a gift in hand. A large coat wrapped him up and two new horns were on his crown.

^Shit, forgot my gift.^ Kai cussed, getting a laugh from Mei. "Moroshi, it's good to see you again."

"And Jessica!" Came the next cool voice, and Atsuki's sister stepped through. The just leaving students were onlooking, before one pointed and screamed.

"Villains!"

"What?" The two elder siblings' mole-Quirked friend poked his head through the cloud. "Where're the Villains?"

"There's another!"

"She means us." Jessie sighed, the cloud disappeared just as the guy retracted his head.

"Yes! We are super evil Villains!" Moroshi exclaimed, his arms wide. "We will siege your school for no apparent reason!"

"Knock it off, Moroshi." Kaikiban jabbed him in the side.

"Ow!" Jessica sighed again and just leant on the wall with Atsuki, watching as the two Genyus fought.

"Sophie!" She yelled over to her younger sister.

"Do you know those Villains?" One of the girls with her asked.

"Unfortunately. The two leaning ones are my siblings, the others are family friends." She explained.

"Can you get me the hottie's number?" Another winked.

"No." Sophie waved goodbye and crossed the road to them. "What are you doing here?" Putting her hands to her hips.

"Well, I was here to pick you up." Atsuki explained, "Kai's with me and Jess just appeared."

"I saw." She pouted. "^Why are you picking me up anyway? I can take care of myself.^"

"^Because I want to take care of my lil' sister.^"

"^You almost caused a riot.^"

"^That was those two.^" Jessie pointed two fingers at the fighting brothers. Electricity crackled up her hands and two lines shot into them; the 'kzzzt' of shocking was heard. "That's enough arguing. You'll bring back my migraines."

"Sorry, Jess..." Moroshi puffed before collapsing back, the observing students laughed.

"Anyway... sorry about Dad arresting your parents." Sophie bowed slightly to Kaikiban.

"Don't worry about it, I'm certainly not anyway." He bopped her on the head.

"I know! Want to come back to ours and hang out?" She asked hopefully.

"You get Moroshi for that. I'm needed back at the Barracks." Kaikiban explained. "Our illustrious President Kendo-sama's asked me to help with decor. Ciao."

"Wait! Gift!" Moroshi gave it to him.

"I'll give you yours on Christmas." He responded, steam rose from his self-made clothes and wings grew.

"Ciao, again." He took off away from them.

"He can fly now?"

"He can fly now." Atsuki nodded.

"How did he learn to fly?" Sophie tilted her head quizzically.

"Likely through trial and error, experimentation and failure. He likely understands how a bird flys and everything related, his mass, the added mass of the wings, the thrust he needs for take off and the power needed to stay up." Jessica told her, "though, it is just a wild guess."

"It's a good guess." Moroshi rubbed the back of his head. "His flight makes the most sense out of all of ours."

"Growing wings and flying makes sense?" Atsuki smirked, turning to head back to his family's house. "Then again, I'm basically a Storm God."

"God is overselling yourself." Sophie jabbed, landing a critical hit on his pride.

"Ouch." Jessie commented, needlessly.

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Snow drifted down onto U.A. as the sun rose. It was all very quiet, animals were hibernating, birds had flown to warmer pastures and students were asleep, for about five more seconds.

Both Seiotsu and Manga lay on their back snoring in their respective dorms, their bodies sprawled across their own beds. The cold weather and the snugness of their beds rendered them to the furnitures' mercy. That was until a ray of sunshine split through their curtains and into their eyes, wherever that was for Manga. Both were awake in an instant.

"YEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!" Came the simultaneous screams of the two excited boys. Roux, who was having a morning jog, covered her ears at the sound of it. Mercy was to befall those that were indoors. "CHRISTMAS TIME!!!"

"YEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Came the reply scream from Present Mic.

"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Came the very angry voice of Miss Genyu, who was not happy at being awoken at eight in the morning.

Christmas was here, and 1-B were celebrating like crazy. A Secret Santa had been formed and everyone had taken their gifts to the Common Area for the grand happening. Ibara tied all of the presents together with her Quirk and they let the festivities began. Until the power went out and left them in darkness, the curtains were closed so to not allow unwelcome guests vision in. There was an unmasculine yell as it happened and a few of them laughed.

"Someone turn the lights on!" Kaikiban demanded, letting them know who was yelling; they heard the hiss of his steam and he began to glow.

"Still afraid of the dark?" Kamakiri laughed at him.

"Yes!"

"I'll go and check the fuse box." Yosetsu told them, using the flashlight on his phone to find his way.

"Should I put on 'Krampus'?" Reiko suggested.

"What's 'Krampus'?" Shoda asked hesitantly, being one of the handful that disliked scary things.

"It's a Christmas Horror Film." She elaborated.

"Definitely not." Was his response.

"Seconded." Kai nodded, not that they could see it too easily.

"Don't be wusses." Kamakiri scolded. "We'll watch the film."

"So you can snuggle with Reiko more?" Komori laughed.

"Guys, let's just calm down and open a curtain." Kendo suggested, doing just that. The bright light made them squint for a few seconds before the lights flickered back to life.

"Oh, thank the Budda." Kaikiban breathed a sigh of relief.

"Been a while since we've seen you like that." Atsuki smirked.

"I'll sew a dick onto your favourite shirt." Was the response.

"How is sewing going, actually?" Rin asked.

"It's something I can do to an okay degree, but it was more of a one time thing. Thanks, Kamakiri-kun."

"You're welcome."

"Now that the lights are on, let's get to preparing the food!" Atsuki declared.

"Why wasn't it prepared already?" Tetsutetsu asked.

"Because it's important not to leave foods overnight, it can diminish the taste and texture." Was the responded point from Ibara.

"Then, let's get cooking!"

And so they cooked, well, the ones that could cook did. The others put out picky bits that were easy to prepare and handle. Kaikiban couldn't cook, so that was where President Kendo-sama put him. Just turned the main character into essentially a maid... for the second time that term.

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"MERRY CHRISTMAS!!" They cheered simultaneously, the festive mood was in full swing as they began to chow down on the feast that they'd just prepared. The chatter was loud and it made Kaikiban quite uncomfortable, too many people talking at once. They'd all dressed in matching Christmas outfits, all red and fluffy. An individualised Santa's cap donned their heads, the decoration for each of them was different. There was fake champagne again, Atsuki had made the quick fly home the day before to pick them up; though even he was unsure of why his parents had twenty-three bottles. Kai sat with Shihai, Tsuburaba, Fukidashi and Komori as they chatted.

"Man, once again, Atsuki's knocked it out of the park." Tsuburaba declared, taking a bite out of a giant brussles sprout.

"How can you just eat that?" Komori asked curiously.

"I open my mouth and bite into it."

"That's how you eat anything." Shihai deadpanned, seemingly unfazed with Komori being next to him.

"At least it's not prune juice." Kaikiban took a sip of his champagne. "This is stronger than last time."

"Maybe he got twenty-three bottles of the real deal?" Fukidashi joked, laughing; Komori downed her glass at the prospect, also laughing. A 'pop' occurred and they looked to Awase and Kaibara, who'd cracked open a Christmas cracker. "Think we should use those?"

"Yes!" Komori exclaimed immediately grabbing one and holding the other end for Shihai to grab. He did so and he pulled on it too hard, not opening it and pulling Komori onto himself. Going his deep red again, he began to stutter out an apology as Komori got off him. "I didn't know you could pull that hard, Kuroiro-kun!" She giggled.

"I'll bet he's trained for that moment." Kaikiban said before eating, receiving a glare from the guy.

"Why don't we just get a bottle each, so we don't have to get up to constantly refill?" Tsuburaba suggested, already on his feet. "Kodai-chan's already doing it." They glanced over at the black haired girl being made to drink out of a champagne bottle by Setsuna, Shiozaki was demanding her to stop.

"Nothing like a good bit of peer pressure." Kaikiban smirked, Fukidashi was watching her intently.

"I might her." He stated thoughtfully.

"You still think she has the Golden Ratio for her sizes?" Komori parted her hair.

"Absolutely! And she braided her hair a bit too! My heart almost stops when I look at her!" Speech-Bubble Head was very non-discreet about his opinions on her, and once again, she was in full earshot... because she was sat next to him. "In fact! Kodai-chan!" He caught her attention, she looked to him, being a bit red in the face. Her eyes looked a bit unfocused. "Can I you?" A bottle was in his hands, she considered for a few seconds before nodding. They then lost Fukidashi to the girl who's now apparently his drinking partner.

"Fake or not, that's not healthy." Komori looked at the bottles' contents. She widened her visible eye. "I need to talk with Kouhei-kun for a minute."

"O-okay." Shihai nodded and watched her go to the kitchen area as Atsuki checked on the turkey.

"You need to confess." Was the first thing Tsuburaba said.

"Really?"

"Come on, it's obvious. And the last time the five of us sat and ate together, we had a similar conversation."

"Just... let me figure something out then...?" Shihai made an unconvincing face.

"Mhm." Kai said without an expression.

"Hey, uh, Kouhei-kun?" Komori went up to Atsuki.

"Yeah? What's up?"

"I think you messed up."

"In what way? The turkey went in on time and it's almost ready."

"It's not about the turkey. It's about our drinks." Komori showed him the bottle she'd taken for proof. "I don't think it's fake champagne." Atsuki's face went grim.

"Where's Kendo-chan?" He looked across the room and spied her. "Thanks for the heads up, Komori-chan."

"No problem!"

"Manage what you drink tonight if it's real."

"No promises." She giggled and went back to Shihai and Kaikiban. Going behind Itsuka's seat, he leant down.

"Hey, can I talk a moment." He whispered, she nodded, following him away a bit. "I fucked up."

"What now?" Itsuka rose an eyebrow.

"The champagne's real." She immediately buried her face in her hands and let out a noise.

"Yui and Fukidashi-kun have both downed an entire bottle each. Ibara's not been drinking in moderation herself and Tetsutetsu-kun's on his second one." Was the response from the Class President.

"Should I tell them?"

"Yes."

"And should I tell Vlad King-sensei?"

"Yes."

"Alright."

"Thanks for realising the mistake, I guess." Itsuka sighed, going back to her friends. Atsuki decided 'no time like the present'.

"Everyone, I have an announcement to make!" They all looked to him. "In a lapse in oversight... the champagne you've been drinking is real. So... don't drink too much."

"It's a bit late." Kodai wavered before belching. Fukidashi laughed.

"Manners." Shiozaki copied them both.

"It's very late for that reveal." Hiryu told him, he hadn't touched his drink.

"Yeah, I realised." Atsuki scratched the back of his head. "Be responsible is all I have to say. Now I have to tell Kan-sensei. Pray for me." With that, he headed out to the teachers' dormitory.

"He is going to die." Kaibara said bluntly, getting a variety of reactions.

"He died for our sins!" Fukidashi celebrated, going for another bottle before being stopped by Shishida.

"So, when're we doing the Secret Santa?" Tsunotori asked hopefully, seemingly unfazed over the apparent danger that her boyfriend just found himself in.

"We can do it now, before we're smote by Kan-sensei." Shiozaki suggested, getting nods. "Bless'ed be Atsuki's soul."

"Who cares! Let's get to pressies!" Komori exclaimed.

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Atsuki strode to the teachers' dormitory and breathed a few times, knocking on the door and waited. Ectoplasm answered it.

"Oh, Kouhei-kun, is something the matter?" He asked curiously. Atsuki found the guy kinda freaky without a mask on.

"Yeah... can I see Kan-sensei for a sec?" Was the question. The teacher stood aside and opened the door for him to enter. The others were sat having a merry time, Roux and Nico were with them as well; since they lived there.

"Vlad-san, one of your students wants to see you." Ectoplasm informed his Homeroom teacher.

"Kouhei-kun? What is it?" Kan asked suspiciously.

"How much trouble would I get in for accidentally giving my classmates real alcohol instead of fake stuff?" He asked, picking the words carefully as to not sound too guilty.

"How many people did you get drunk?" Vlad asked directly.

"At least three." Atsuki itted. Present Mic began to laugh.

"That's a doozy of a class you've got there, Vlad!"

"Is Kendo-chan drunk?" The vampire-wannabe asked.

"No, last time I checked, at least." Kan got up and prepared to go with him.

"We'll see what kind of damage you've caused, come on."

"How irrational." Aizawa stated tiredly.

"It's part of being a kid. They make mistakes." Midnight told him.

"But getting an entire class drunk is a pretty big mistake." Cementoss announced. "How did he get his hands on so much alcohol to begin with?" The question couldn't be answered by the teachers.

Kan and Atsuki got back to the dorm and saw everyone celebrating with presents. Either that or they were over by the sink throwing up, like an unnamed kudere who might have drank too much and a very short guy that didn't have a visible mouth to puke out of.

"I was gone for five minutes..." Atsuki muttered.

"You're cleaning this all up." Was the decreed punishment.

"Makes sense."

"Yo, Vlad-King!" Tetsutetsu staggered over. "Have you even been told that, that, that you... you know?"

"Four." Atsuki muttered. Rin looked their way, a lipstick stain was on his cheek.

"Shiozaki-chan kissed me." He deadpanned. Kan picked up a bottle and looked at the percentages.

"Twelve percent, and, hopefully, all of you don't drink much... so there're a lot more drunk people here than you think."

"Fuck." Atsuki hissed under his breath.

"Mind your fucking language, Atsuki." Ibara called over to him, very red in the face and had the same shade of lipstick on her lips; there was a makeup set in-front of her and gift wrap under it.

"You swore too!" Tsuburaba pointed out quickly.

"Oh yeah." She hiccuped

"Your present's over there!" He pointed from Atsuki to the remaining wrapped gift. An unsteady Shishida gave it to him.

"I knew it was real but didn't tell anyone." He whispered.

"Thanks." Atsuki deadpanned, opening the gift. It was a manga about 'Quirky Hunters'. "I don't need to guess to know who this is from."

"I got a lizard." Kaikiban showed his present, a bearded dragon was in his lap.

"Tie a balloon to it so you don't lose it." Pony instructed.

"At least most are conscious?" Atsuki gave a pained grin to Kan, who was taking it all in.

"That's the bare minimum. But it's too late, so... I'm going back to the teachers' dormitory. But I'm instructing Roux-san and Nico to not come by, I don't think this would be a nice sight to see." He looked to Ibara getting comfortable next to Hiryu, who was trying to figure out what to do; not embarrassed, but slightly concerned.

"Are you okay, Shiozaki-chan?" The Chinese boy asked, his voice was more concerned than his appearance.

"Quite." Was her response, wrapping her arms around his and resting her head on his shoulder. Kosei was giving him the death stare.

"I'll clean this up tonight."

"Please do."

After Kan left, they began to exchange their own gifts to one another. Yanagi gave Kamakiri a whetstone with a small smile, that and a horror anthology. He returned the gifts with a horror series labelled 'Jacob'. *What an awful name for a horror film.* She wanted to put it on immediately, but they were to wait in line as Kinzoku unpacked an old fashioned VHS and a tape. It came with a few adaptors to help it be compatible with their television.

Due to the immense amount of peer pressure from Komori and a drunk Kodai, he caved and set it up with Awase. Kaikiban was sat in a new 'Tokage' branded shirt and Setsuna was sat in a new fashion label, 'Genyu'; made special from his Quirk.

"Okay! Let's get this VHS started!" Kodai exclaimed loudly, flopping down next to the sleeping Fukidashi and the apprehensive Kinzoku, clearly anxious about what was on it. "Who sent it?"

"I don't know. It didn't say, it just says 'From America'." He told her, puzzled. The TV crackled to life and a grainy image was displayed.

"Oh? A horror film?" Shoda wavered uncertain. "Did you send this, Yanagi-chan?"

"Of course not. I wouldn't give away a VHS and a horror film. Too much aesthetic." She returned.

"Is it on?" Came the hyper voice from the screen.

"Ooo! A foundflix!" Yanagi leant forwards. Then the image got a bit better and they saw someone struggling while strapped to a chair, a bag was over their head. "Torture-Porn?"

"What?" Atsuki looked to her confused.

"It is on, good!" The television played. "Hello, my audience of the Red Room!"

"Oh." Yanagi's face dropped. "This is real."

"Hello and welcome to my next stream! As you know, I am Jester and for your entertainment, I'm cutting up another Hero!" 'Jester' announced. Kinzoku's eyes widened.

"What a cheesy name." Fukidashi muttered, 'z's were floating around in his head.

"And here he is! A tough rascal to catch, Array, everyone!" Jester tore off the bag and revealed a man with brown hair.

"Turn it off." Kinzoku said, but he said it too quietly to be heard by others.

"Array here, tried to track me down and imprison me, and he almost did it, give him and round of applause!" With that, he snapped a finger, some of them visibly winced at that and the yell in pain. "You wanna know how I got these scars?" He showed off red lines on his arms. "His little Quirk did them to me, isn't that rude. I think he deserves some comeuppance, don't you?" The insane man leant his ear towards the camera, as if waiting for a response.

"This is sick." Kendo stated. "Why are we watching it?" Jester then picked up a knife and slashed out violently at the man, lacing cuts across him.

"Turn it off then!" Kinzoku demanded.

"Hold on, if this is a Villain, then it's got a deeper meaning." Atsuki held a hand towards him. "It might be a challenge."

"He's challenging me by showing me the recording of my brother's torture?!" The American demanded a response. The air was almost frozen by the reactions. Atsuki pressed the pause button on the remote.

"That's even worse." The drunk Ibara put a hand to her mouth in disgust.

"You have a brother?" Was Fukidashi's sleepy question.

"Had. He died a couple of years ago." The target itted.

"And this is how." Shishida pushed up his cool new sunglasses.

"I'll get Kan-sensei." The very sober Kamakiri got up and hurried away.

"So much for the mistletoe kiss I had planned." Kodai stated absentmindedly, comforting Kinzoku with an arm.

"I'm still here." Fukidashi widened his arms.

"Not the time for kisses." Kaikiban stood up and stretched. "So, your brother's been tortured by this guy, huh? You want us to stop watching it, or are you morbidly curious about things."

"I just feel sick. I know how it ends. It was drawn out, and he was disposed of in a dumpster. He had no arms or legs." Kinzoku was staring off, likely looking back on his memories.

"Take it out, Kouhei-kun." Kendo instructed, getting him to do it. "We'll hand this off to the teachers and see what they can get from it."

"Probably nothing. I'm sorry, I just need some air." Kinzoku got up, slipped his shoes on and left.

"Well, this is a Christmas to ." Tetsutetsu commented.

"Poor guy." Kosei said sourly.

"Well... it's not too festive at the moment, the turkey's... still in the oven. I forgot to take it out. But let's try and keep the festivities rolling?!" Atsuki suggested, trying to lighten the mood.

Kinzoku was sat on a bench on the U.A. campus rethinking his time in America. The news that his brother had been murdered had rocked him, and actually having a record of it now was horrific. It would definitely make Christmas a worse holiday for him, permanently. Someone came down the path towards him and sat beside him, they smelt of alcohol.

"It's cold out here." Kodai said swaying.

"You shouldn't be out here when intoxicated." He instructed.

"You're not my mum." She pointed an accusing finger, a smirk plastered her face. "How are you holding up?"

"Not good, funnily enough."

"Must suck. Brother being tortured and mutilated to death and you get to relive it." She wiped her mouth.

"How drunk are you?" Kinzoku managed a smirk.

"I'm not drunk." Kodai responded confidently. "I only had a bottle, I drank with Manga; you were there."

"Okay, you're smashed. I'm gonna take you back." He took her arm and stood up, getting a giggle from her.

"How gentlemanly!" She stumbled before laughing more.

"Please be careful."

"I'm fine! But are you?"

"You just asked me that."

"No I didn't."

"Yes you-" Kodai put her hand to his mouth.

"Shush you. I'm not drunk, you're not okay and that Jester guy's a turtlehead." *Look it up.*

"Oka-" He widened his eyes as she put her mouth to her hand quickly before pulling back immediately.

"I told you to shush!" She laughed, seemingly already forgetting what she did. His surprised daze was removed from him as Kodai went to a bin and promptly threw up into it.

^^At least it's in the trash can.^^ He thought, leading her back inside.

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The teachers couldn't garner anything from the video, only that 'Jester' was there in Japan now and had his eye on the lookout for Kinzoku, having been name dropped by the tortured Hero.

But New Year's Eve rolled around and the students were allowed to go home for a night, however Kaikiban's parents were in captivity and he had no nearby family to visit. Atsuki said he was welcome to stay round his family's since Moroshi had been crashing there for a few days with Jessica over the holidays. Nothing too notable happened, except the obvious question of why Atsuki's mother had twenty-three bottles of champagne on hand. The response was:

"Ask your father, I don't drink anymore, ?"

"They were Christmas presents... and you stole them and got your class drunk." Nimbus had responded to that.

"They're presents from after you started trying with your life." Mama Kouhei said matter of factly, looking down to her prosthetic. "And after Australia."

"What else happened in Australia?" Atsuki cocked his head.

"Brother died, lost my leg, the usual." She looked back to him. "But still, you should have checked the labels."

"It was a severe lapse in my judgement." Atuski grumbled.

"Shiozaki-chan relinquished her religion and attempted to court Hiryu, that's more than severe." Kaikiban pointed out.

"Idiot." Sophie smirked.

"Idiot." Jessica scowled in agreement.

"Wish I had been there." Moroshi said wistfully.

"No, you don't. A Villain sent our classmate a VHS of his brother being tortured." Kaikiban kicked him under the table.

"That's horrific." Mama Kouhei gasped.

"That's what we said." Atsuki nodded.

*Seriously, nothing else happened.*

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New Year's Day came and went and another round of the Work Studies came around. Kaikiban was able to do his under Edgeshot again. The now Number Four Pro had formed a team with Mt. Lady and Kamui Woods, called The Lurkers. *How can you lurk when you're twenty-five meters tall, Mt Lady?*

He, Kinzoku, Shiozaki, Mineta and Sero were all doing Work Studies together. They'd suggested that Kaminari do it with them, but he'd declined after considering the fact that Nimbus would help him with being an electric-type Hero.

"Okay, kids. We're going to be on the hunt these next few days." Edgeshot began. "We've been tasked with hunting down a prolific Villain that just arrived in Japan. I believe one of you has already had an interaction with him in a way. His name is Jester and we'll spare no heed to his games. Espionage and direct action will be needed. This'll be our primary focus of this Work Study. It's dangerous, so I will not hold it against you if you do not wish to partake." None of them said no. "Okay then, let's get started. A festival's coming up soon, and those always have Jesters. It's bad logic, but it's a starting point."