NOVEL WEB 32 – Proverbs 6:24-25
Proverbs 6:24-25
to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;
After completing the written exam they were finally let out of the auditorium. James was almost entirely sure he would get 100% on the written test though he left open some possible missed points since some of the questions weren't multiple choice and instead required a written answer regarding things such as ethics and heroics. Given his skill at manipulation he suspected he aced those too, but one could never be sure.
James, Momo and Himiko were forced to split up. Momo because she wasn't actually participating so she stayed back. Himiko due to being in a different testing group.
They actually had to get on busses to be ferried to their respective combat centres. That's how ridiculously large the U.A. campus was.
There were actually almost 50 people on the bus for his testing area. Upon entering the bus he quickly scanned the other faces there to find he wasn't actually in Midoriya's group since he couldn't find him nor Ochako among the participants.
He did notice a few people he recognised. Katsuki Bakugo, the explosive guy who permanently looked like someone had pissed in his cereal as he had expected. Tsuyu Asui, the innocent frog girl was there too. Hanta Sero, the tape guy. Mashirao Ojiro, the one with the tail. The thing that took most of his attention was something he had never seen before though. There was also a cute girl with wild untamed green hair that looked like a ghost. He could actually see the headrest through her head. After a moment of consideration he was fairly certain she was Toru Hagakure the invisible girl.
The reason he suspected this was because he was fairly certain he was actually seeing her soul allowing her to still see her despite her invisibility even if it was a little harder to see her. Finding out he could actually see her despite the invisibility only made things more enticing knowing her penchant for going naked to make use of her quirk. If she didn't her quirk became effectively useless after all. The seat beside her was actually free so he ended up sitting with her.
"Hey there. How are you doing?" he asked with a charming smile stretching out his hand towards her for a handshake.
Noticing him looking into her eyes she actually looked away blushing not used to people looking her in the eyes, let alone someone that handsome.
"I-I'm doing okay," she responded timidly.
"Wait there's actually someone there?" he heard from behind them.
It was actually Tsuyu who was seated behind them. Due to only Toru's clothes being visible she had complete missed that someone was sitting in front of her until James started talking with Toru.
"Erm... yeah?" Toru said hesitantly.
"That's interesting," Tsuyu said her finger tapping her cheek as if she were in thought.
She ended up shrugging before continuing "Well it's nice to meet you. I'm Tsuyu Asui, but please call me Tsuyu!"
"I'm..." James started saying.
"Busujima James...right? I can't believe you're actually here," Toru said with a blush.
"That's right," James said with a smile.
"Oh do you know each other?" Tsuyu asked curiously.
"No, he's a little famous." Toru answered becoming less timid talking about something she was interested in.
"He's a famous model. He only works for his mother's company though. They have some amazing clothing lines. I have a bunch of the magazines he is in." she continued growing more confident again.
"....and some of the posters..." she mumbles quieter.
'Well it makes sense for someone that can only use clothing to express their appearance to be really into clothes,' James thought watching her excitement grow.
"Oh... well it's nice meeting you Busujima-san," Tsuyu said.
"If you're going to ask me to call you Tsuyu how can I not have you call me James," he said with a warm smile.
Tsuyu blushed for a moment, but it faded pretty quickly to her regular expression.
"Ok. I will, but you better do the same," she responded.
"Of course. Why wouldn't a want to be closer to a cute girl," he said with a smile.
Toru pouted "So when will your next shoot be. What's your mother planning for the next clothing line?" she asked trying to get his attention.
"Ah. Unfortunately, I can't say. Confidentiality and all that, I'm sure you understand," he responded with a teasing smirk.
"But it should be relatively soon, sometime this year unless things change," he said.
"Mhm... that works," she responded while nodding.
"So... what do you guys think of the test? What are your quirks?" Tsuyu asked curiously.
"Oh that was rude, I shouldn't ask about your quirks without sharing my own." she continued before they could respond.
"My quirk is Frog. It gives me the qualities of frogs. I can stretch my tongue, stick to surfaces and my feet are more powerful." she explained.
"I think you can see what mine is. Or rather not see, that's all I can do with it," Toru answered.
"I have wings so I can fly and am a little stronger than normal," James answered revealing underplaying his ability.
"Oh, that's cool. I don't see any wings though," Tsuyu responded her curiosity peaked.
"The wings can be collapsed into my back," he explained.
"I didn't know that. Now I want to see... why don't you use them in your modelling? Could go with the whole angel look." Toru asked excitedly. She seemed to be getting lost in her ideas.
"The clothes would need to be modified or it would have to be shirtless..." he explained.
"What's the problem with that?" Toru said blushing again.
Tsuyu just gave the girl a deadpan look.
Before they could continue the conversation the bus already arrived at their battle centre forcing them to get off. In front of the bus was a gigantic concrete wall and gate surrounding what looked like a few city blocks in an average downtown metropolitan area.
