MHA: A Cat's Way

Ch 33 All Might and Costumes

In class, everyone gives me odd looks for some reason, but I ignore them. I couldn't have possibly done anything strange, after all. Nope. Definitely not. Anyways, the day goes by pretty quickly, and before I know it it's lunch.

The Cats are sitting with the Nyas while the Clan is at the table next to ours, leaving a peaceful atmosphere around everyone. Which seems to encourage some to ask me some questions about this morning.

"Well, Nya had a nightmare that led up to me and Mineta about to kiss. Then I woke up hanging from the ceiling by my claws."

A collective shudder goes through the girls at my words, and a few of them start to nod in understanding.

"Still though," Ojiro protests, "don't you think throwing him into a wall was a bit much?"

I shrug. "Purrhaps." But do I care? Not really. It's not like I wanted to throw him into a wall specifically. It just happened to be there when I threw him.

"I do think it was a bit of an overreaction for something he did in your nightmare, but I feel like there's something more to it. What was the rest of your nightmare about?" Momo asks the question that everyone else has lurking in the back of their subconscious.

I pause, chewing my food as I consider how to answer. Obviously I can't tell them about Ass Might's quirk, Midorinya would be the one to get the blame if that information started circulating since he's the one that was told. But I also don't want to lie, in case it gets caught later. So something true, but vague would be best...

"Nya dreamt that I let some prey I've had my eye on for a while escape." They don't understand, but that's the point. Knowing that Ass Might can turn into a skeleton man and has a quirk that can be passed on to someone else is major information. The question now is how I'll use it...

The rest of the day passes by quickly, and before I know it it's time for our first heroics class. Though I'm still not sure who the teacher is. Hopefully it's someone like Mr. Aizawa or Nyamuri. As long as it's not-

"I AM HERE, COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!"

"LIKE NYA YOU ARE!"

All Might bursts into the room with an over the top entrance, shouting something so ridiculous that I can't help but respond. But I don't respond in just words, no. The surprise and idiocy of the entrance, as well as this being my first time being near him, cause me to let loose some of my bloodlust for him.

Unfortunately this doesn't go unnoticed, a few of my classmates stiffening up at the unfamiliar pressure. But I manage to get it back under control after only a few seconds and they simply look around in confusion. They haven't experienced it before, so they don't know what they felt. No, the ones I have to worry about...

All Might looks over the room with a suspicious look in his eyes. Of course he'd know what bloodlust feels like, he's been a pro hero for decades. Luckily after a few seconds of looking over the class as they begin freaking out about him teaching us, he seems to shrug it off as his imagination.

Mr. Aizawa is not so easily fooled. But the excited chatter of the classroom makes it difficult for him to pinpoint where it came from, luckily for me. Apparently, my shout is also deemed to be unimportant, since nobody comments on it. Though it could also just be the fact that they're overly excited about Ass Might.

Seeming to give up, he instead decides to address the class, clearly irritated. "Why do you all seem so surprised? I told all of you he's teaching here yesterday."

A few of them exchange uneasy glances, trying to decide who's going to speak up. It's Kaminari who gets chosen as the sacrifice. "Weeeellll, we thought that it was another 'rational deception' to get us excited for the class."