Opening the room, Izuku and Gine entered thinking this was an average hotel room. The blinds showed the sunset rays beaming through the window. Putting the bags aside a nearby table, Izuku walked up to the blinds, he pulled them up. His eyes marveled at the sight of the island. Tropical trees covered most of the location followed by the glistening waters of the ocean. He could see the fighting ring in the far corner to his right.
"Anything interesting?" Gine curiously asks leaning over her boyfriend's shoulder. Izuku nodded with a smile, letting the Sayian take in the sight. She let out a small gasp. In all her life outside of space, Vegeta wasn't necessarily the nicest place to say in comparison towards Earth. Even with her low-power level, she could never travel all that much to other planets.
She really thanks whatever gods that she stole that pod and left.
"Amazing ain't it?" Gine nodded. Both teens took a moment to appreciate the view. Once a couple of minutes past, both martial artist unpacked for the night.
Apparently, the preliminary matches started around ten-forty-five in the morning. That's also around the time when visitors and spectators would be able to arrive.
With only a few hours left before nightfall comes, Izuku took the time to start training his KI again. He through simple mediation while Gine going over some of her stances. Both of them didn't say much, however the comfortable silence it was not unwelcome. The competition was tomorrow and they really need to win. Staying focused really was on their minds, well for the most part anyway.
Izuku felt his mind wander a bit with Mina. His confusion and concerns were rather dawning at him. To him, he had some theories as to what that being Muu was. Given she was from space, maybe there are motives behind the Majin's sudden appearance. Especially with that one ability. She froze everyone's space, so much that they didn't realize the passage time. That explains why the heroes didn't arrive until later on during the USJ incident.
Given how she spoke, Izuku was seriously at a crossroads about believing the extraterrestrial. Maybe those images of his demise and the others were nothing more than fabrication to get him to second guess himself. Nevertheless, Muu did pose a threat, even if she was coming off as a neutral player, her aid with the league of villains said enough.
Thinking back to when Izuku first went into Mina's mind, the gaps of memories were so long. In hindsight, Mina should still be just a child. It would make sense since out of all his classmates, she was the most childish in terms of behavior. It would explain why she was the most active ridiculer of the girls. Even more so, it does explain her lack of understanding with their normal classes and the gushing excitement for the hero/active ones.
The being, Muu, must have taken control of Mina's body for about a decade or so. What concerned Izuku was what happened in the span of time. Ten years is enough for things to get done. The teen hoped that nothing could happen, but that's all he could do at the moment.
"Izuku?" The feminine voice called. Izuku opened his eyes and turn towards Gine, who was creeping part of her body out of the bathroom.
"I'm finished. You can come in now." Izuku nodded but was surprised at how long he meditated. Finishing his training and then stood up before making his way towards the bathroom. Once he made way inside, he saw his girlfriend still drying her spiky-hair. The steam was thickly visible and so heated that the boy immediately took the opportunity to shed his clothes after reaching for a towel to wrap his lower body around.
Once he put his clothes aside near the shower and started the water. Izuku unclothed himself, before shuddering against the cold water. Unlike him, Gine preferred hot baths more than showers. She never exactly had the luxury of a bathtub during her time before coming to Earth, so it did allow her to try different things.
Izuku was not a fan of hot water. He personally didn't like the lukewarm sensation on his skin. Or anything hot for that matter, except Gine.
"Hey, Izuku? You alright?" His girlfriend asked him. Even inside the glass that prevented anyone from seeing in or out, Izuku still saw the towel that hugged nicely against Gine. He wasn't a pervert like the rumors declared but he did appreciate the beauty the Sayian had. Or maybe that's what he told himself. Damn it Master Roshi!
"Yea, I'm fine. Why? Something the matter?"
"It's just that you seem a bit thoughtful, I was curious, as you never meditated that long before."
Izuku scrubbed his curly locks as if to make sure he needed to word what he said properly. He really didn't need Gine to get worried on the account of what he had witnessed today.
"It's nothing, just a bit tired from school work is all."
"Oh? Well if you're tired why don't you take a few days off?"
Gine wasn't blind to the issues that Izuku could be facing in his social life. She could relate, after all, is considered one of the weakest of her race. Ridiculous behavior and discrimination were always going to be a factor in her old life. Before the massive neglect that is.
"No it's fine, besides, this-next week, the sports festival is coming up. Speaking of, do you think you and mom can make it?" Izuku asks as he is finishing up in the shower.
"Well, of course, you have that event coming up and yes, your mother and I will come. Why would we miss it in the first place?" Gine playfully assured.
She was in the middle of drying her body when Izuku stepped out of the shower. Really she couldn't help but blush at the sight. There was a time, long ago when the same boy who she loves was nothing like the person right behind her. While sure the obvious change would be the physique. From the skinny boy turned into a tone stud he is now. The confidence that followed Izuku's aura rocked her expectations. Just like his KI, he wielded it with nothing but humbleness and good intention.
As a result, Gine is very proud of her boyfriend.
Stepping next to her, the human did nothing but dried off. Once he was finished, he went into the bedroom and got changed into his sleeping outfit. Gine did the same once it was okay for her to change.
Both teens got ready to turn in for the night. Sleeping together on the same bed. Originally every fighter has their own room, but considering that Gine had to go look around for hers, Izuku offered to have her stay in with him. Besides, this isn't any different from how they lived at home. Both teens shared a room in a two-bedroom apartment.
Watching the night sky through the cracks of the blinds. Izuku thought about tomorrow, he needed to win as well as Gine. Still, with what happened during lunch earlier today, it gave the teen a hard time to sleep.
Gine, who unconsciously noticed her boyfriends worries, turned around and hugged him. Her tail slowly climbed on top of their bodies. Making the warmth all the more comforting.
With a smile and a tired sigh, Izuku returned the favor before closing his eyes and falling asleep. Easing into his girlfriend's warmth.
The Next Morning~
"Come on brat! Don't you want to cheer on Izu?! He is competing in the tournament!" Mitsuki exclaimed with such heated excitement. Enough so to get a chuckle out of her husband and grumble out of her daughter.
The blonde woman was looking forward to this more than the sports festival, to be honest. She always loved combative sports and fights. Now when hearing your best friend's son is competing in such of an event. Mitsuki couldn't help but swell at the thought. She hadn't seen Izuku in several months now so this was a chance to see how he was doing.
Leading her family of three, Mitsuki took a visitors boat to the island. She and the rest of the spectators were chatting about waiting to see how this tournament was going to be played out.
"Goddamn hag. Why do we even need to come?!" Katsuki cursed aloud at the sight of her mother talking on and on about this World Martial Arts Tournament. Which she never heard of before!
"You know your mother, always never misses a chance to see a fight. Besides, Izuku is going to be in the matches." Masaru explains with a good smile.
Both parents had taken their days off in order to see this event. If it hadn't been for Inko, they would have never even heard of it. After all the Worlds Martial Arts Tournament had only recently been publicized.
"Ah! There's the island!" One of the passengers yelled. A couple of cheers went by. Katsuki was thankful for one thing, they would be getting off this boat. After all, sitting on your ass for one hour with nothing but ocean around you can get really annoying.
At the Main Entrance~
Inko had been waiting for her friend's family to show up. She had just wakened up. Noticing the time, it was close to eight in the morning. The matches would start around noon.
"Inko!" The green-haired woman looked at a beaming Mitsuki. Before she could greet back, the blonde tackled her into a hug.
'Thank Kami for Gine's training!' Inko mentally exclaimed. Otherwise, she would have collapsed under the sheer excitement of her best friend.
"How've ya been?! I haven't heard from you in months! How's Izuku! Were is my godson?! I got to see him!"
"Honey! Slow down and let her speak!" Masaru worriedly exclaimed. Followed by Katsuki reaching and pulling her mother back a bit.
"Oh! My bad! Haha. Guess couldn't help myself there?" Mitsuki sheepishly apologized. Inko breathed in but smiled at her old friend. She had missed her as well.
"Izuku should be inside, he is eating breakfast now." Inko gestures the family to follow her.
At the Diner~
Munching down on some of the food offered by the island. Given the looks and stares come from the others, Izuku and Gine felt like the odd ones out.
The monkey-tailed couple ate more than enough to be considered a buffet worths of food. Spending more than twenty minutes eating their breakfast, both teens happily chowed down onto the free food.
"Sweet Kami..."
"They don't even look full..."
"Is there going to be any food left for later on?"
These were the few of many comments of the fighters and spectators. It was a sight that bewildered, horrified, and even disgusted.
No man or woman should be able to eat a total of fifty-full-course meals, as for breakfast!
Drinking the last bit of her soup, Gine sighed a relief. She was famished. Setting the bowl aside before leaning back to relax as she looked at her boyfriend who was currently finishing up a cooked boar.
"Geez, what pigs." Gine's ears perked up. She turned and glanced at some girl with short blue hair. The voice came from another table adjacent from theirs.
Gine frowned before shrugging at the statement. "Pigs? Look at our tails."
"Oh great! Your apes! That makes things a lot clearer." The blue-haired teenager huffed before a boy with pigtails intervenes.
"Akane what's your deal?"
"Ranma don't you see that table?!" The girl pointed at the monkey-tailed couple. There was a pause, Izuku at this point swallowed up the rest of his breakfast.
"Wait...Ranma? As in the Martial Arts Prodigy of Nerima?" Izuku spoke. Getting the girls and the other boy's attention.
"Wait you know him/me?" Gine, Akane, and Ranma asked.
With a nod, Izuku explained. "Yea, Master Roshi spoke of many different martial art schools that we would have to face. One of the most popular was the anything-goes-martial arts school. It particularly had one heir to it who was infamously known across Japan. Funny thing is that heroes can't catch this certain individual and his bandwagon of friends because they were so skilled in their arts." Izuku looked over to Ranma who was basically shivering in sweat.
"Master Roshi? As in the Turtle Hermit? That Roshi?" The pig-tailed teen walked over with each step weighing a ton. His female companion was lost in confusion of the sudden shift of tone. Many fighters were also shocked.
"No way!"
"That's this generation of Turtle School?!"
"NANI?!"
Izuku and Gine were confused. Was their master someone famous? Infamous? Both? So many questions.
Getting up, the couple saw Ranma in front of them. He was nervous. Which was uncharacteristic of him, from what Izuku heard off, this older teen was really confident, a true prodigy, he learned many techniques from several different arts, and yet...standing nervously in front of Izuku.
"Is something the matter Saotome-San?" Izuku was formal in his question but it didn't lack concern.
"Please, Ranma is alright." The pig-tailed teen suggested. This got a smile from Izuku.
"Well, then Izuku is fine." Offering his hand to a fellow martial artist. Ranma returned it, his nervousness had quelled a ton. Like a weight lifted off his body.
"Hey! Ranma why are you being humble?! You can take these guys down no problem" The blue-haired girl questioned Ranma who was now starting to get nervous again. Fearing something else entirely.
"Akane! Stop! You don't know your talking too!" The pig-tailed teen chastised.
Letting go of the handshake, Ranma took Akane and left. "See you at the competition Izuku!"
"Yea! Same here!" Izuku wave off the departed duo.
Looking over to his side, Gine was nowhere to be seen. His eyes wandered until he eventually found her talking to Inko, who was by the entrance of the diner.
Feeling her boyfriends gaze, she motioned him to come over. Izuku briskly walked over, at this point the stares were stronger than he liked to be. Some held apprehension while others expressed aggression.
"Mom? Isn't Master Roshi supposed to be with you?" His questions were responded but not by Inko.
"Izuku!"
Someone else.
"Auntie?!" Surprised at the surprise attack. The embrace caught him off guard. Resulting in at Gine giggling at the comedic pain expression from Izuku.
"Oh, how've I missed you! How's my little sweet nephew?" Mitsuki cooed as she pinches Izuku's cheeks while kissing his forehead. The seen alone made Gine uncomfortable, her once amusement was replaced by a subtle apprehension. Almost wanting to pull her boyfriend away.
Gine slightly widens her eyes. What was that about? Shaking off the thought. Maybe it was just unfamiliar to her of any female besides her and Inko to show affection towards Izuku. Yea that's got to be it.
"Auntie, how did you know about this event? I never told anyone." Izuku looked over to Gine who shook her head then looked next to him. His mother smiled, so she was the one who told Auntie Mitsuki.
Izuku didn't mind that of course but it just came off as surprising.
"Oh right! Masaru, Katsuki! Come here!" Auntie called out to the other two people outside of the diner. One was a man with dark brown hair wearing glasses, Izuku's uncle. Then a girl that all to well recognized, Katsuki.
"Inko! Izuku! It's been a while, how've you two been?" Masaru asked with a kind smile.
"We have been well, thanks for coming on your workday."
"It's no big deal, haven't seen Izuku in a while so might as well call out of work and take this chance." Masaru turned to Izuku.
"Your competing? I never took you for the combative type nephew." The man put a hand on the teen's shoulder, while Masaru was still very much taller than Izuku, he felt somewhat surprised and intimidated by the teen's frame that not even Mitsuki realized yet.
"And working out too? Your not the same boy I saw a year ago."
Izuku nodded his head with confidence. "Yea, it's been busy, sorry I haven't come to visit you guys."
"It's no big deal kid." Masaru brushed off with a father-like smile. Seeing the girl behind his nephew he took interest but not before getting his daughter to say hello.
"Tch. Hey Auntie, looking good." Katsuki noticed the lighter frame on Inko. The chunk was still there but on its way out.
"Thanks, Katsuki, I have a dear young lady to thank. Say Izuku, why don't you introduce her?"
Izuku shifted and gestures to Gine, who saw and walked forward and wrapping her tail around his. That didn't go unnoticed by the adults.
"Oh right, this is Gine. She lives with us and is my girlfriend." Izuku introduced. The Sayian blushed a bit at his growing confidence in their relationship. It was not common for people to know about them. Only Inko and Fuyumi(Gine told) knew about their relationship.
That last sentence really shocked the Bakugo Family. Mitsuki and Masaru were positive that Izuku would end up dating Katsuki, after all, they didn't know about the history the two teens shared. That was thanks to Izuku never telling anyone. So seeing Izuku with another girl wasn't a bad thing, actually, the godparents were actually supportive of this newfound development.
Katsuki, she was shocked. No, appalled. The boy she grew up with, knew him in and out, who never told on her, that never talked back to her, never demean her, appreciated her, and even going as far as to love and save her. Was now with another girl. The idea had not fully set in yet. Maybe this girl was just some skank that wanted to boost Izuku's confidence. Katsuki will admit that she was a bitch to Izuku, but there were reasons even though her actions.
After finding out Izuku was Quirkless, Katsuki made it her life's duty to prevent Izuku from entering the heroic force. After all, what could a Quirkless guy do in a world full of phenomenal individuals? At least that how it started out...
Over time, the more Izuku resisted the more desperate Katsuki became to stop him. It was like a game of tug-of-war. Izuku was pulling for his dream while Katsuki was pulling to take it away.
Then as time went on, the pride and arrogance grew. She was ashamed of it, but that made her strong in the first place. With her combat experience from bully's and molesters in the past, she overpowered the assaults. Nothing could stop her. That is for one single person.
Year in and year out, Izuku would prove her efforts to be useless, nothing worked. Verbal demeans, physical abuse, and even social isolation. She had the powers and the stature. Everyone in their school recognized Katsuki as the alpha and Izuku the omega.
Then the sludge event happen. She was assaulted and for once helpless. That's when Izuku appeared, she never wanted him to get involved but he did so anyway. Seeing him ending up getting thrashed around like some plaything. It hurt her and the pride she has grown for so long.
Next, that followed was that the same girl who Izuku was dating save them both. Now at the time, Katsuki didn't think much of it until All Might came around, instinctively the obsession she grew for Izuku was weighing down on her. Seeing a broken boy who never betrayed or even attempt at leaving her was now laying in front of her. Things couldn't get more complicated after hearing the desperation in not only her voice but Gine's as well.
Thinking back the blonde didn't really care at the time. She only wanted Izuku safe and healed. Once All Might took all three of them to the hospital was when she started noticing how concern this random girl was of Izuku.
Laying in her own hospital bed, she was left to own thoughts of shame and guilt but it didn't weaver the amount of pride she still carried. So when Izuku comes in her room and saying all this stuff of admiration and respect, Katsuki was at a loss. Then the "L" bomb drops and things went out of control. On the surface, she looked angered but on the inside, she was happy. Sucks that she couldn't express that part of her properly. In hindsight, if she had done things differently, she would have accepted Izuku's confession and done her best to reciprocate those feelings. Although she knew the truth, if she had accepted his love, it meant she would lose him to the hero world forever. That would be the greatest defeat she could ever obtain.
Then the USJ happened. Seeing him on life-support was the equivalent of caring guilt that weighed a ton. She tried to help during the attack but alas it was a futile effort. Being stalled once more, overpowered again only to watch as the same boy face violence in the face.
So when Gine comes in with Inko, that's when Katsuki noticed it completely. This girl meant something to Izuku and vice versa. Seeing her keep hope in the midst of her boyfriends last breathes, that's something Katsuki envied because by that point she too just like the others had given up. Pulling Izuku out of the hospital bed that was keeping alive at that point and taking him with her. Gine was the one who didn't give up and she wasn't a hero. Just some bystander that somehow had the same abilities as Izuku in terms of flight.
The following week, she learned that Izuku was alive and well. Many had asked him how he gets better, but all he said was: "My master healed me and let me rest." Katsuki was skeptical at first but brushed it off, Izuku was alive that was what mattered. Now she still had time to apologize to him and be a better person. If she intended to.
Now this, Izuku had someone. Someone to love and talk too. That could've been her. The blonde still had the doubts sure, after all, she knew Izuku a lot longer than this "Gine" ever did. Probably just one of those relationships that were all about passion and lust. Yea that's it, maybe this girl didn't love Izuku as Katsuki did.
There was still time. She still had a chance.
"Hello everyone, my name is Gine. Yes, I am Izuku's girlfriend. It's nice to meet you." The Sayian bowed politely getting the Bakugo's to tell her that there was no need to be formal.
While Gine held a smile for the whole interaction as she talked to Mr. and Mrs. Bakugo. She was deep down holding the anger and displeasure for the blonde teenager eyeing Izuku. The Sayian knew that the girl was refusing to acknowledge her presence and Gine didn't care one bit.
For the life of her, she could never understand how can someone be so cruel and disheartening to a loyal friend. It wasn't right of her to do so, Gine had looked further into Izuku's memories back in the nurse's office when he was hospitalized.
Katsuki Bakugo, the bane of her beloved's existence. Gine was full of disgust the way she had treated Izuku over the years. Slandering his being and isolating him from peers and friends, berating him for his lack of powers, and assaulting him on a daily basis.
Much to Gine's confusion, why would Izuku even proclaim his love for this girl? The one person who knew him, who even bothered to talk to him(even if it was insulting) just threw his feelings to the side and stomped on them. Katsuki Bakugo, the reason why Izuku couldn't grow up to be happy, he never had the pleasure of having a friend until the Sayian came along.
At least with Gine, she had good friends in the past, but they were in a better place right now.
"You must be Izuku's childhood friend, it's nice to meet you." Gine offers a hand.
"Sure whatever, nice to meet you too." Katsuki accepted the handshake.
'Yea right! If this wasn't a reunion, I would blast you into oblivion monkey slut!'
'I need to make sure she doesn't try and hurt Izuku anymore than she already has.'
Both girls send glares to each other for a split moment before Izuku broke them away.
"Hey, Auntie, Uncle, have you guys eaten yet? Or are you trying to get to your seats?"
"Oh, we already ate before we came, thanks though. We need to get going anyway this place is packed as it already is. Come on Katsuki!" Mitsuki said before shouting at her daughter to follow along. The teen grumbled but walked along.
Once the Bakugo's left, Inko had to depart as well, she needed to find Master Roshi and stay with him so they could watch the teens compete in the match. Izuku and Gine nodded then the Midoriya matriarch had gone as well.
For a few moments, there was silence, Izuku had an idea why was that. After all, he felt the uneasy feeling of anger and displeasure from Gine and the shock and disgust from Katsuki. That and the fact that Gine's tail would curl up more around his every few seconds.
She was tensed.
Instinctively, Izuku grasps Gine's hand, much to the Sayian's surprise and embarrassment, and led them to a secluded part of the island not far from the fighters ring.
"Izuku?" Gine asked before getting pin to a wall. Her suddenly aggressive boyfriend started kissing her with such slow passion. It made the girl moan slightly before she whined at the position. Izuku's knee crept between her legs keeping her in place with the help of his hands pining the girl's.
"W-Wait!" She spoke in between breaths, Izuku knew it wasn't a plea to stop, because deep down Gine liked being the submissive one.
His tongue-tied with hers, drool traced down her mouth to her chin. Both teens felt bothered but they knew better, Izuku stepped back a bit letting the both of them get some air in their systems.
The matches haven't even started yet and Gine was already sweaty. The boy saw the beads of sweat crept down beneath the Sayian's Gi. Leaning in, he moved the top a bit, letting the top of her chest exposed revealing her cleavage. His tongue licked her and kissed her skin, Gine let out another moan this one more hearty. She wrapped her arms around the teens head making sure he continued.
Some kisses where hard and would leave some love bites but Gine was glad for it. She truly felt appreciated by Izuku.
"Gine," Izuku spoke when getting the Sayian's attention.
"Tell me what's bothering you." Gine let go of Izuku and the teen rises up to meet her gaze. The girl had a blush on her face. She lost the sensation of pleasure and was soon engulfed in anger. Gine knew that Izuku knew what was troubling her yet he wanted her to say it.
"Why would you love someone like her?" Gine felt insecure, she didn't know why.
"Have you heard of the saying: "The lonely would cling on to anything or anyone just to not be alone anymore, no matter how terrible that thing or person may be"?"
Gine shook her head but understood what he meant. Looking at his memories, he was alone, the need to be around someone anyone who could at the very least bear his existence alone was truly saddening.
"She may have bullied me in the past, but she was all I had aside from my mom. Although I couldn't tell her about Kaachan's behavior or else that would make the only person that can stand around me disappear. So I endured it. Year in and year out, it never end but I didn't care. She acknowledged me that's what mattered, and eventually she was all I ever known. The example of confidence and power, I admired those qualities more than the facts of her assault against me. Eventually those turn into the fabrication that I called love. Do you understand?"
Gine was silent but she nodded. Maintaining eye contact was easy now. She understood even more about her boyfriend's past mindsets.
"That's why I don't care your an alien from space. I don't care your part of a warrior race that has done nothing but hurt others for their own benefit. As far as I am concern your not them, your you and I love you for that. So please don't feel insecure, ashamed, or even doubt the feelings I have for you."
"Ashamed?" Gine gave a questionable look of concern.
Izuku stroke her spiky hair, funny enough, it was actually softer than his curly locks. With a smile, the teen leaned in once more to kiss Gine.
"The Gine I know would never let some old crush from her boyfriend doubt the feelings him and her share." Izuku leaned into her ear before whispering something else.
"Otherwise, that boyfriend is going to show some extra loving with or without people around to see." Izuku nib on Gine's ear slightly. The Sayian winced before letting out a gasp. Her blush darken.
"Izuku~" she wined.
"Hehehe...just making sure you understand baby~." Izuku kissed the girl on her lips before smiling brightly at her with a blush of his own.
Gine pouted before hugging him, she too smiled in happiness. She got so worked up over a interaction. It wasn't even a life or death one, well maybe not yet.
"Shall we head back." Izuku offered his hand and tail.
"Yes." Gine accepted both with no hesitation. The two walked close shoulder to shoulder with Gine leaning on Izuku.
The couple wanted to enjoy this moment for now, as the rest of the day would have them back in action.
AN: Hello everyone! Sorry for the delay, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It's more or less Drama and centered around the bond and trust Izuku and Gine have for each other, hopefully that doesn't disappoint some of you. Don't worry the next chapter will dive straight into the action.
Also P.S. for those who have been PM about the shipping, it's strictly Izuku x Gine, no harem.
Anyway have a nice day and see next update.
Until Next Time on Superior Race With Deku! (Had to do it)