Chapter 20 - Brains and Brawn (1/2)

Team training.

In actuality, Naruto would say this, for his first lesson his uncle had actually been placed in charge of a pretty unique and cool test. It was well thought out, nicely designed, and overall... there was no way his uncle actually made it up on his own. Naruto could tell this was a U.A. tradition of sorts, but all the same, it was a well designed first lesson. With 20 students in class, everyone was able to split up into even teams on 2, with 10 teams being formed. Half of the teams were playing the roles of villains who were guarding a nuclear bomb, and it was their job to defend the job, beat up the heroes, or just defend the weapon until time was up. Sadly, ”All Might” had needed a cheat sheet on this test to explain it to the class, which had shown Naruto that he hadn't thought it up.

This placed all of the hero teams at a disadvantage, while giving every advantage to the villain teams, including the fact that they were inside of old buildings, which meant heavy combat on the hero part meant risking popping the bomb open.

Team C - Naruto and Momo

'Her costume... doesn't leave much to the imagination...' Naruto glanced at his partner as he sat on top of the nuclear bomb, it was a fake bomb obviously. If it weren't for the two large belts around her waist, and the large book on her behind, then there would have been too much exposure for most people. With her costume, she was sure to become a popular hero among teenage boys for sure. Not to mention she had a body that was far more mȧturė than it should be at her age, not that he could say anything to having a mȧturė body.

She was walking around the room, trying to think up a plan.

”After watching Midoriya and Bakugo, I have the gist of this-” Momo saw that Naruto raised an eyebrow. ”-right, you designed to warm up instead of watching the others test.” Momo realized that Naruto was among the few students who decided to do something different, instead of watch his classmates battle. Naruto didn't care to watch battles, when he needed to prepare for his own battle.

Naruto thought on it.

”Izuku won?”

”Bakugo went ballistic against Midoriya, and beat him up too harshly, but the heroes still won. I'm thinking we should barricade the doors.” Momo stated as she turned away from Naruto and opened up the front of her leotard. Exposing herself to nobody, she didn't look at Naruto, a hammer and nails, as well as wooden planks started to form out of her stomach and ċhėst. She turned her head and looked back at Naruto as he seemed mostly uncaring about what she was doing. ”My costume-”

”You need to have a lot of skin exposed to use your Quirk better, right?” Naruto asked her knowingly, and she blinked, before she nodded. Naruto jumped off of the bomb, and put his hands behind his head.

She seemed surprised.

Naruto hummed a small song to himself as he hammered the planks into place, and she was a little surprised at how willing he was to go along with her plan. Actually, he seemed to not be looking at her on purpose as well. He was showing her respect, so that she could expose herself and keep doing her role to the best of her ability. So, she got back to work and made more materials for them to work with.

She didn't know what else to say.

He broke the silence.

”We're versing Sero and Kirishima... Sero shoots tape from his elbows...” Naruto tried to remember everyones Quirks from what he had seen during the fitness tests. Naruto used all of the planks she made to board up one of the two doors into the room. He glanced at Momo when she closed her front again, and was able to turn to him without showing her goods.

He was thankful he was in fox form, because she was a very attractive girl.

She nodded.

”Right, his Quirk is good for capture, and with his range he just needs to have a straight line of sight on the bomb. Are you not worried about Kirishima?” Momo asked, since Naruto only mentioned Sero. He mentioned nothing of the red haired boy, which could mean he wad underestimating Kirishima.

Naruto nodded.

”We've been friends, and we train together. His Quirk is Hardening, but stamina is his weakness, and if you break his body, it's hard for him to get hard again. He's strong, but I have the advantage against him.” Naruto knew him too well, and he knew his own strength as well. The problem was Sero, since Naruto didn't know how the teen fought, and if they were a good match or not. He walked over to the bomb, before he placed his hand on it. ”Can you make a copy of this?” Naruto asked her.

Her Quirk allowed her to transform her fat cells into different objects by changing them at an atomic level, and while she could create more matter than fat, she still had a limit to how much she could make before she used up all of her fat cells and became malnourished. Thankfully, her body built back up fat cells easily because of her Quirk, and that had been a challenge in, in of itself since she had to stay physically fit to become a good hero. She had to keep her body healthy and athletic, while also maintaining a healthy body fat.

”I could, but I wouldn't be able to use my Quirk very much. Why?” Momo questioned, it would be a few minutes before the hero team made their way to them.

Naruto looked thoughtful.

”... Screw it, you come up with a plan. You seem really smart, so I'm going to trust you. Just tell me what you want me to do, and I'll do it.” Naruto extended his hand to her with a smile. His plan was to make a fake bomb, and hide the real one. That way they could pretend to get beaten, and let the heroes take the fake bomb, before launching a surprise attack. They could capture both of them in one fell swoop without risking the bomb, but if she couldn't do it, then he wouldn't ask anymore of her.

Momo smiled a little.

”You're nicer than you look.”

”... I look mean?” Naruto asked with some confusion and hurt as he pointed to himself. Regretfully, Momo had to nod to that, before she took his extended hand and gladly shook it.

”When I first saw you, you seemed like you like your mind was somewhere else. If you would like, I would be glad if we could become friends formally.” Momo let go of his hand and bowed.

She would like a friend her own age.