"Really? They changed the location of the camp?" Mina asked Sukuna, as the both of them were towing their luggage after receiving them from the baggage carousel.
"Yup, after the incident at the mall, the principal wanted to take extra precautions. We won't know the location of the camp until we get there." He replied, having been the one to inform his classmates via their group chat after receiving a text from Aizawa. Mina shrugged.
"Meh, it's just gonna be another random forest anyways... Wait is that Midoriya?" Mina paused, pointing at a certain green haired boy in the distance standing beside a certain number 1 pro hero.
"Huh... He's here with All Might, so I guess All Might must've invited him or something. Why am I surprised but also not surprised." Mina narrowed her eyes, a little weirded out.
"Let's just greet them." Sukuna sighed as they headed towards the pair. Izuku noticed the two approaching, before waving at them enthusiastically.
"Hey, you two! Glad seeing you here!"
"Yo Midobro, how in the world did you get invited to the Early Access Event?" Mina greeted before asking. Izuku laughed nervously, scratching the back of his head.
"Well, All Might was actually the one who got invited, and he wanted a plus one, so here I am." Izuku explained truthfully.
'Do they think I'm young Hagakure or something?' All Might thought, standing awkwardly around the teenagers as they chatted away. He then cleared his throat.
"Ahem. It is a wonderful coincidence meeting the two of you, but uh... We kind of have to go..." All Might glanced at the adoring fans chasing after him along with the paparazzi.
"They really like him here huh..." Mina commented as All Might and Izuku ran away. They watched as the horde passed by in pursuit of the Number 1 Hero.
"C'mon, let's go find a hotel." Sukuna held Mina's hand as they continued walking.
The technological paradise was not short of hotels. Initially, Mina suggested a cheap hotel for them. It was still comfortable, but they wouldn't have to spend too much of their money. But Sukuna, wanting Mina to have the best stay in I-Island and had the money to make it a reality, dragged her all the way to the nearest five star hotel they could find.
"Nuh uh babe!" Mina shook her head, stopping Sukuna before they could even enter the hotel. Sukuna turned back to look at her.
"Mina? What's wrong?" Mina sighed, cupping his cheeks with her hands.
"I really really appreciate your effort, but it simply costs too much. Like, 43 thousand yen per night is a lot ya know? I don't wanna waste your hard earned cash even though you've got tons. It just... doesn't feel right ya know?" Mina looked away, knowing that it also wasn't right to dismiss someone's effort. Sukuna stared at her silently before sighing. He always folded under zero pressure if it came to her.
"Alright then, let's go find a cheaper one. But promise me we'll try out this one next time we come here."
"Mhm! Promise!" Mina nodded with a smile as they walked away hand in hand. Meanwhile, some passerbys stared at the two with their mouths agape.
"When can I have that?" One scientist muttered to himself, his day ruined seeing the happy couple.
"Hello, how may I help you?" The hotel receptionist greeted them politely as Sukuna and Mina approached them.
'Ah, a couple.' She thought to herself before immediately continuing.
"The couples room is 30% off." She stated.
"Ah, then we'll take one for the whole week, please." Sukuna smoothly replied, as Mina stared at him, her jaw dropped and face bright red at his words.
'He wants to sleep with me?!' Mina shouted in her head, feeling like she was about to faint on the spot. They've held hands, she kissed him on the cheek tons of times, but isn't this already skipping tons of steps?! They haven't even kissed each other on the lips yet!
'He definitely does!!!!' Mina felt her body heating up as she stared at her boyfriend smirking down at her. Sukuna received the card, before dragging the stunned Mina.
"Let's go, babe~"
...
"Seems the bed's enough for the two of us." Sukuna whispered as he set his luggage down at the corner of the room.
"Y-yeah..." Mina whispered.
"Hey." Sukuna was suddenly in front of Mina, looking down at her.
"Are you okay? Do you need to rest? Maybe it's the jet lag." He muttered, placing a palm on her forehead. Mina quickly shook her head.
"I'm fine, really. Maybe I'm a little hungry, hehe..." She laughed a little, rubbing her belly. Sukuna nodded.
"How about we eat for a while before we explore the island? I'd like to go to this Pavilion the brochure was talking about."
"Sure!" Mina agreed, as they headed out their room. After having a delicious lunch, they walked to the Pavilion together, having entered a beautiful blue museum first.
"Oh wow, all the newest support items in one spot. There's so many of them." Mina muttered in awe, staring at an exhibition of a diving suit that allows the wearer to dive up to 7 kilometers in the deep sea.
"Hey. I wanna see your invention." Mina requested, as she glanced at Sukuna observing a heads-up display.
"Most of the things here are made based on David Shield's patents. My name's not that high up yet for them to be displaying my stuff here like that. Besides Mina..." He looked at her.
"Who wants to stare at a kinetic redistribution boots exhibition all day?"
"Well...I probably would..." Mina whispered back. Sukuna blinked.
"I mean, come on! My boyfriend's invention is on here, I have to be proud of him somehow!" Mina pouted at him. Sukuna only smiled back, huffing a little. He patted her head gently.
"H-hey, not in public..." She mumbled, enjoying it more than she probably should.
"Um..." The both of them turned to look at a pair staring at them.
"Oh, Izuku. You're here too?" Sukuna commented, pulling his hand back while Mina cleared her throat, composing herself.
"Ah yeah... What a coincidence huh?" Izuku laughed awkwardly, pretending like he didn't just saw what Sukuna did. Sukuna nodded, before glancing at a blonde girl standing beside him.
"Oh uh..." Izuku quickly looked at the girl accompanying him. "Melissa, these two are Ryomen Sukuna and Ashido Mina, they're my classmates from UA." Izuku introduced the pair to her.
The girl smiled at them. "Hello, I'm Melissa Shield! Nice to meet you two!" She reached out her hand, as the pair shook hands with her.
"So you're the Ryomen Sukuna huh? My dad talked about you the other day, you're quite the hot topic in I-Island ya know?" Melissa commented, pushing up her glasses with a smirk.
"When you mentioned your dad, you mean David Shield, yes?" Sukuna questioned. Who doesn't know about David Shield? The man is one of the top scientific minds of the world and earned Nobel Quirk Prize for his contributions to society while at it.
Not to mention that he was the developer behind All Might's iconic costumes, engineering them to withstand the intense, destructive power of the Symbol of Peace.
"Yup, he's my papa!" Melissa nodded proudly, before she went back to the main topic. "He said the other say that you wear your own inventions. Is that true? Are you wearing them right now?" Melissa asked, her curiosity getting the better of her as she stared at the outfit Sukuna was wearing which was an all black gakuran outfit.
"Um, Melissa..." Izuku sighed a little as he watched Melissa getting a little too close to Sukuna to examine his outfit. That had happened to him when he first met the girl, with her analyzing his Costume Delta up close.
"Are you sure this isn't your hero costume? The fabric is really high grade." Melissa mumbled.
"Nope, this used to be my mother's second hero costume."
"Oh! The Domain Hero: Kenjaku, right? I'm a really big fan of her you know! Tell her I said hi!" Melissa smiled at him. Sukuna nodded a little. It seemed that even if almost 2 decades had passed, his mother was still in the people's hearts.
"Ahem!" Melissa jumped a little, as she glanced at Mina raising an eyebrow at her.
"Getting a little too close for comfort, don't ya think?" She questioned. Melissa immediately jumped back to Izuku's side, waving her hands in a panicked manner.
"My bad!" She apologized profusely. Mina stared at her before laughing.
"Relaaaaxx! I'm just joking, Melissa! Or am I..." Her joyful expression shifted into a serious one, scaring Melissa.
'She's like one of those possessive girlfriends from the mangas!' Melissa shouted in her head, slowly hiding behind Izuku who only watched in amusement.
"You look like you're having fun, Izuku." The green haired boy turned his head, laying his eyes on Uraraka in her hero costume, smiling sweetly at him, though internally she was screaming in jealousy.
"Uraraka! You're here too?" Izuku approached her while the others watched.
"Who is she?" Melissa asked, turning to look at Mina.
"Oh, that's Uraraka, she's also our classmate. And I think she has a thing for Izuku, but I can't confirm it." Mina whispered the last part.
"I see." Melissa muttered, staring at the two silently.
"But serious talk! You're like, very cute! And your face is glowing! I need you to drop the skincare routine now!" Mina grinned at Melissa as they chatted away, leaving Sukuna by himself.
"They look like they're having fun." He turned, noticing Jiro and Momo also wearing their hero costumes.
"Why the hell are you guys here? And why the hell are you all wearing your hero outfits? Is there something I'm missing?" Sukuna asked as they approached him.
"Well my family got invited they have stocks in some of the I-Expo's sponsors. My mother and father couldn't attend as they had important business back at the mainland, so I decided to bring the girls with me." Momo started.
"We decided who will go using rock paper scissors. Tsu and Toru lost, but they'll be here tomorrow when the expo opens to the public." Jiro continued before shrugging.
"Not like it makes a difference or anything, we're just one day early before them." She mumbled. Momo nodded in agreement.
"Then what about the thing with the hero costumes?" Sukuna questioned.
"Oh that? There's like a ton of events here like rescue simulations, villain attack simulations and more. We're allowed to bring our costumes and can use our Quirks in public. I'm surprised you don't know about this." Jiro pointed out, pointing at him with her earphone jacks. Sukuna shrugged.
"I'm here because of a business meeting with some of the sponsors and scientist, the letter didn't tell me to pack anything like my hero outfit. Well it's whatever, my mother's suit will do." Sukuna looked down at his outfit, a tinge of pride in his eyes. Mina then raised her hand.
"Y'all wanna go to a cafe?"
To be continued...
(He's still eight fingered Sukuna by the way, I'll have him eat the ninth after the I-island incident.)