章 1153: 3
[Itsuka Kendo Lvl 8 Monk. Big Ass Fist Style]
In just over a week, Itsuka had gained another level. For Izuku, it was impressive as it was frustrating. But she was absolutely beaming with pride and joy, so he couldn't help but feel happy for her. The fact that they were meeting up for the first time in public since that day and she was wearing casual clothes that made her look adorable and spunky had nothing to do with it.
Okay, maybe it had a lot to do with it.
"Thanks for the coffee," Itsuka hummed blowing onto the steaming cup with a soft smile on her face. It was amazing just how different she looked when she wasn't in her martial artist clothes. A simple blue jean jacket, burnt orange dress that traveled all the way down to her knees, and black leggings just made her look like...
Like...
Like they were on a date. They were sitting at a park on their day off drinking coffee and tea. This had to be a date right?
[404 quest: Date with Itsuka! Not found.
Try growing a pair]
His face felt warm again. Great. Just great. He was probably blushing now. It didn't help that he knew that she had a habit of using their party chat feature whenever she was in the bath. That or she just spent a lot of time in "Ungabunga Mode"; she probably couldn't see debuffs or things like that yet. Or if she did, she just accepted the fact that when she got naked, she entered "Ungabunga Mode."
Still the fact that he was talking to someone that he had talked to while they were naked and it was a girl did not make this much easier.
"Don't mention it," Izuku mumbled staring down at the table that was between them, his own cup of tea was still steaming, but he really didn't need that to feel warm right now. What if someone saw them? Would they think they were on a date? Did Itsuka think this was a date? "Consider it a congratulations for leveling up. Again."
"Hehe, thanks, I worked my butt off." She reached into her bag and pulled out a notebook, flipping it open to the first page. A big red question mark was at the top of the page followed by a +5000. Dozens of other numbers ran along one side with small notes for what each of them was for along side a running total spilled over from one page to the next. "I've been keeping track of my experience and trying to find out how I can gain more. So far beating that big bad guy gave me the most. By like a lot."
Same for him, but he only got 100!
"Wow, this is impressive Itsuka." He tried to do something similar in fifth grade. But then when he kept staying at level two, he just kind of gave up on tracking it. It didn't matter how much Exp he gained when he was stuck at level two. He needed to not be so jealous. So what if his quirk liked Itsuka more than him. He liked Itsuka more than his quirk!
She smiled and flipped to the last page. "I don't know how close I was to level seven, but I added everything up and came up that I gained a total of 7455 Exp before I got to level eight. I think that you need one thousand Exp per level in order to level up, but I won't know for certain until I get to level nine."
"That's great news, but how are you gaining so much exp?" The most he ever gotten at one time was one hundred and that was when Itsuka beat that villian. Normally it was little bits like 5 sometimes ten, really it depended on what was giving the experience.
"Oh!" Itsuka pointed towards a +10 on her book. It was for a math test. "So, when I do a test it gives me five for completing it. But for doing it perfectly I got an extra five."
He knew that.
"But the big points come from extra credit." She pointed towards a few larger numbers, many of them were closer to fifty. "Extra credit gets converted directly to Exp, and one of my teachers loves to give out extra credit for random things so long as you've done all the work. So I've been milking her."
He didn't know that. "So all this is extra credit?"
"Not all of it." She pointed towards a set of 25s. "I got these for tutoring some of the other students in math, and then I also got a bit more for being the class president. I think helping others gives a bigger boost than normal, but I'm not sure. But the biggest Exp source is my dad."
"Your dad?" Wait, didn't she say her dad was a pro hero?
Itsuka gave him a great big grin and nodded. "Yeah, even when I lose against him I still get a good chunk of Exp. He's been happy that I've been wanting to spar so much with him lately. He just thinks it's because I'm getting ready for U.A. which is true."
Huh, so sparing was like fighting and Itsuka was gaining upwards of 100 Exp whenever she sparred with her father.
"Oh, I also recorded-" She turned the page to one that was filled with some letters and numbers, there was a B, W, H, and- "Not that page! Sorry! Next one!" She flipped to a page that had more simple math on it and a picture of big hands and little hands. "I figured out my strength bonus to damage."
"You did?" Why did it feel like she put more effort into understanding his quirk than he was? He'd been spending most of the last week trying to unlock the skill section of Itsuka's page and then hopefully the feat as well. So far he hadn't managed anything. "Can you explain?"
"Yeah, it's really awesome!" She pointed to a bunch of numbers below the small fist. "Basically when I'm actually trying to strike someone I do anywhere between 5 to 10 damage. But really I think it's 1 to 6 plus 4. But then, when I use my quirk that damage goes up to 11 to sixteen, I'm hoping that my quirk gives me 1.5 x my strength bonus as opposed to just a flat plus six."
She was able to gather all that information with two sets of numbers. What the fuck had he been doing with his quirk? Oh, right, not actually using it and giving up because he was upset that it was mean to him. "You've put a lot of effort into this."
"Yeah," Itsuka took another long drink of her coffee and just seemed to get even happier. "It's nice ya'know, seeing numbers, knowing that you're making progress. I feel like I'm trying even harder now that I get a reward like experience when I do stuff like my homework." She placed her cup down and frowned. "But, I can see why you kind of gave up on it. Seeing those rewards pop up constantly and never actually improving must have sucked."
Did she just sum up at least half his childhood trauma with a single sentence? "Yeah."
She gave him a pathetic smile and shrugged pushing her hair back behind her ear. He really needed to stop having a giant freak crush on his first female friend. Well technically, she was his first friend since he entered highschool, he really needed to thank Kacchan for that one.
"So, did you make any progress with unlocking skills?" Why did it look like she was about to rip the band-aid off with that question?
"Not really, I tried to get new achievements," little things like going a whole day without eating, making his bed every day in a row, holding his breath, talking to another girl - that one didn't actually pan out - and even trying to sit through a scary movie. Alone. At night. Still had nightmares about that one. "But they're kind of random."
"Oh, well, I think I might know why you can't see the skills or feats yet." Itsuka sucked on her bottom lip and hunched her shoulders. "You see, I think it might be because you don't actually have any skills."
[You have taken 10 points of psychological damage from Itsuka Kendo.
You are now feeling inadequate.
Your self worth has been lowered.]
"That and your quirk's kind of a dick." Itsuka mumbled slinking further down in her seat. The cold air of winter's end blowing between them. "Sorry."
"It's alright, I think that you might be right." He half expected an achievement to appear right then telling him that he had just made some kind of a revelation. "I mean, I don't think I'm really skilled at anything. And I really haven't done anything that could be considered a feat or anything either."
"That was what I thought!"
[You have taken 8 points of psychological damage from Itsuka Kendo.
You are now feeling inadequate.
Your self worth has been lowered.
Your self worth cannot go any lower.]
Itsuka sighed. "Sorry, does that actually hurt?"
"Not really, I'm kind of used to it." He sighed with her and let out a groan. Though who knew what kind of psychological damage he was actually taking. Being told by the girl he liked that he had no skills, feats, or any other redeeming features probably didn't do a whole lot of good for him. Even if it was true.
"Good." She leaned forward, her coffee filled breath made him aware of how close they were sitting. "Because I have an idea."
"Is it getting a skill?"
"Yep."
"How?"
"By trying to learn something until you think you're skillful at it!" Itsuka smiled placing both elbows on the table. "Or if we find something you're already skillful at. Can you think of anything? Like me, I think I'm pretty skilled at martial arts. So, maybe it's something you're already doing?"
"Unless self-doubt and sarcasm are a skill I don't think so."
"Honestly with your quirk I'd be surprised if they weren't." Itsuka closed her notebook, and sat up straight. "But, I also think that's why you're still a level two weakling. I mean that in the nicest way possible. But, you're uhh, well, you also kind of are?"
"I'm starting to think that you're trying to deal psychological damage to me." He sighed, resting his head on the table. "But I guess you're not really wrong either."
"Hey, Izuku, look at me." Itsuka tapped him on the head, drawing his eyes up to her verdant teal eyes. Why was she so nice to him again? She was so pretty, if it wasn't for his quirk they probably wouldn't have ever talked.
Maybe he should start looking at that as the positive it actually was.
"Your quirk is an asshole, I know that I wouldn't want it to be my quirk. But don't you think it's time you stop letting it kick your ass?" She held out a hand to him, now standing at the bench. "I want to help you Izuku. But, you need to start by helping yourself first. What do you say? Do you want to actually start trying to level up?"
"How?"
"Shut up and trust me."
[You have chosen to blindly trust Itsuka Kendo.
+10 relationship points.
Chance of bodily harm increased by 50%.]
XXXX
[Izuku Midoriya: So what exactly are we doing here?]
Izuku looked around the kitchen Itsuka had drag him to. He had a feeling this had been her idea the whole time. Actually he was beyond certain that it was exactly what she had wanted. Maybe manipulation was one of her skills. Other people talked around large workstations that had more appliances than his mother owned.
[Itsuka Kendo: learning to cook!]
Itsuka bounced over to him and placed a large white chef's hat on top of his head. Her jacket was gone. In its place was a brown apron, and she had her hair pulled back into a ponytail that flowed flat against her back. She looked so domestic, and she still smelled like coffee. Did she always smells like coffee?
[Izuku Midoriya: Why? How's that supposed to help?]
He fastened the strap of his own apron, and adjust the chef's hat that only about half the class was wearing. What on earth was going on? How were they already enrolled here? Why didn't it cost him any money? Did Itsuka pay for this? Why was she making him cook? Was this a date?
[404 quest: Date with Itsuka! Not found.
Take a hint.]
Oh shut up.
[Itsuka Kendo: Because cooking is a skill that everybody can learn. And in video games, food is OP!
Izuku Midoriya: Really?
Itsuka Kendo: Yeah, did you not play any video games or something?
Izuku Midoriya: Not really, they reminded me of my quirk. Did you?]
Itsuka nodded her head while sucking on her lip.
[Itsuka Kendo: More than I'm comfortable with admitting.]
[+10 trust with Itsuka! Ask her what her main is]
[Itsuka Kendo: But, anyways. Food is so important in RPGs and other video games. Most of the time they heal you, like a lot. And if there's a chance that eating a burger can heal a broken arm then I think it's worth the chance. They can also give buffs, sometimes it's even an Exp buff or other stats.]
Itsuka's face went red when that message sent and she tried to look away from him, pulling up her dress just enough to hide her face. "Sorry, I uhh, got kind of excited about it."
"Don't worry about it. It's uhh kind of cute knowing you're kind of a nerd."
[You have just shamelessly flirted with Itsuka Kendo.
Itsuka Kendo is now confused.]
Hopefully she didn't see that message.
"Thanks, but uhh, please don't tell anyone. Not that I have many friends to tell or anything. But yeah." She laughed easily scratching the back of her head. "I uhh, think we should start setting up."
"Right!"
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