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Ako spent the days locked up in her room, either doing a research and studying - but mostly, she was screaming in the pillow, hiding her extremely flustered expression from her roommate.

Two weeks had passed ever since Todoroki's confession, it made Ako more aware of him - and she cannot stop it at all. This is the first in her life. The first time someone confessed to her, face to face!

He even declared that he'll make her fall in love with him! Ako didn't know whether to be amaze by his confidence, or to get scared by his bold statement.

Today's the UA Sports Festival, and she's not mentally prepared to face Todoroki yet!

Ako groaned in the pillow, before she screamed again. Koharu who had been watching Ako from that point on became very worried for her friend.

"Ako-chan, are you okay? Do you want me to call a psychiatrist?" Koharu asked.

"I DO NOT! I AM NOT CRAZY, DESU WA! JUST HAVING A HEART ATTACK!" Ako unintentionally shouted at Koharu, which made her flinch in surprise. 'Woah, what made Ako-chan like this?' Koharu thought in amazement.

"Okay. You should probably get ready now Ako-chan, we have to get to school early." Koharu softly said, arranging her clothes. She packed different things in her bag, which is a pair of their PE uniform, a bandaid, and her suppressant - so she could her pheromones from leaking out, since there would be a lot of people who would see her today.

Ako groaned and sat on her bed, still in a flustered state. "This is bad for my heart, desu wa.." She whispered which didn't go unheard by Koharu.

"Why, Ako-chan? Do you seriously need to go to the hospital?" Koharu worriedly glanced at her bestfriend.

Ako shook her head, "No. I don't need that. It's just - Todoroki confessed to me and I don't know how to face him." When Ako dropped the bomb, Koharu lost her grip on her bag.

It created a loud thud, "Koharu, you're bag fe-"

"H-H-He finally confessed to you!? Since when?!" Ako was surprised when Koharu suddenly appeared infront of her, grabbing both of her shoulder while also looking at her in anticipation.

Ako sighed, "I'll tell you later on, we have to get ready for now. Since we'll be moving out tomorrow."

Koharu restrained herself and calmed her racing heart down, nevertheless - she's excited to hear what happened between Todoroki and Ako that made him confess his feelings to her! She's excited! But it could wait!

A lot has happened the last week. After informing the principal and their teacher of their situation, they agreed on taking Yurika on a test which she easily passed. After that, there was a meeting between the teachers - including Koharu, Yurika and Ako - and the meeting was mostly discussing on what to do about Ako and the two princesses' situation.

The whole teacher discussion honestly made Ako mad, because she had said that the other teachers can't know about their situation. They have no choice though - since the whole other world ordeal is gonna be a very difficult thing to handle if they keep it a secret from the ones who could also help them. Ako could only agree.

They agreed on making a device that could jump into two different worlds, with the help of Ako's intelligence and Yurika's knowledge of their world - they started making it possible. But it is said that it would take a long time to finish the project.

They considered this a huge project, because part of the main reason why the principal helped Ako is to get into a diplomatic relationship with the Slor Kingdom. And with the development of the new device that could travel to another world, it would surely be a big change in this world. And for the people in Eflir as well.

After the meeting, Yurika was introduced to the class via groupchat - which surprisingly existed. It was out of Ako's knowledge that there was such a thing, because one - she doesn't give her number to her classmates. And two, Koharu also doesn't know how to use her cellphone.

Everyone welcomed Yurika in class 1A with open arms. There's no response from Bakugo though. And finally, the information she gathered about the villain that attacked USJ.

When she mentioned of this matter, she was immediately requested by Aizawa to go to the police station with him, so she could write down the informations that she gathered. Unfortunately, she didn't get to know where the villains' hideout were located is. But the information itself, is enough prood how valuable Ako is to the heroes and the police now.

She's basically nicknamed as the 'Super AI.' Both to the police and the heroes, and gained some of their respects as well. There a few heroes who respected her, which is All Might, Midnight, Hawk, Vlad King, Eraserhead and Cementoss.

Now, back to the present. The moving out of house was delayed because a villain attacked Yurika's mansion, so she had to fix it before they could move in. Ako trusts that they crushed the villain, because if not she'll crush them herself.

"Ako-chan, we're here." Ako snapped out of her daze when she heard Koharu's voice beside her.

"I-I know!" Ako pouted and stomp her way inside the waiting room of Class 1A, "Goodmorning, everyone!" Ako greeted, which was unusual since she doesn't greet anyone in the morning.

But one thing is for sure, they can see the nervousness in her face.

'Is she perhaps, nervous as well?!' They all thought simultaneously, and felt relieve that even the strongest in class can feel nervous as well - so they started feeling confident, greeting her in a very determined manner.

"Goodmorning!"

"Saotome-san, let's do our best!"

"Ako-chan! Goodmorning!"

They all had a very determined and confident face when they greeted Ako, which greatly confused her at the moment. "Eh? What's with you all?"

Koharu cannot help but stifle her laugh. 'She's so cute, it's silly!'

Ako shrugged the weird atmosphere away and searched around the room, there's Bakugo and there's Midoriya, and also there's Iida and Ochako, but there's no sign of Todoroki here. She felt quite disappointed that he's not here but shrugged it off anyways.

She sat on one of the chair and took her cellphone out, wishing her friend a good luck.

Saotome:
Shinso, let's do our best! I'll be expecting you to beat me, okay? Just always remember you're strong! Goodluck!

Hitoshi<3:
Lols. I can't say i'll defeat you though. Thank you for encouraging me, Saotome. I wish you goodluck too.

Ako grinned, setting her cellphone back to her pocket. She was about to stand up and buy a drink when she heard Todoroki's voice, declaring war on Midoriya.

"I'm going to beat you." His words made her turn and look at him in curiosity, the way he said those words is really similar to how she also said that in the past. But there's a difference between his and hers. Ako's were pure jealousy and hatred, while his were pure determination and confidence. It's the type of declaration where there's no hostility on both sides. He's just stating that he acknowledged Midoriya as his rival.

"Someone told me, that I had to take the first step to become stronger. And i think that defeating you would be the first step i would have to make. You catched All Might's interest, right? I'm not one to pry on other people's business, but I want that person who reminded me of who I am to acknowledge me."

His speech ended up sending shivers in all over Ako's body. She never felt so appreciated in her life before this.

Ako felt her eyes getting warmer, she's so happy for Todoroki right at this moment.

She didn't get to hear what Midoriya said because she was so busy trying to dry her eyes, to stop the tears from falling. And before she knew it, they were already stepping out of to the crowd. Upon Present Mic's extravagant introduction of Class 1A, they walked out in fashion. Some were nervous, but mostly are definitely calm and confident.

Ako was one of the calm, and Koharu were nervous. Also Yurika, who arrived late is fanning herself with her black fan. "Barely on time, huh?" Ako grinned at Yurika.

"It's not my fault my three vessels are making a fuss before i left." Yurika grumbled. "Quite a handful, your vessels huh?" Koharu warily smiled, since she experienced it first hand - she understood how overwhelming it is to have overly concerned servants.

"Fufu. I'm glad my servants are just at the level of normal loyalty, desu wa!" Ako lowered her voice but enough to he heard by the two.

They just sweatdropped and eventually faced the front where Midnight came out from the tunnel, wearing her R-18 costume on.

"Is that even allowed? She's in the high school department right?" Yurika squinted her eyes in disgust, she's not completely a fan of overly showy costumes. "Well, i do wonder about that..." Koharu muttered before she was silenced by Midnight's whip hitting the ground.

"Saotome Ako." She flinched when she was suddenly called, "Eh?" She totally did not expected that. But then she remembered she placed first in the heroics entrance exam. Understandable.

She walked with grace, walking to the podium with her head held high and a graceful smile adorning her face.

Yurika proudly smiled when she finally saw the princess that she wants to defeat, the princess that Ako is showing right at this moment.

"As you all may know, not everyone is lucky. Not everyone is born with good talents, so we are all bound to do our hardest than anybody else. I still don't know very much how a hero should be, i don't know very much how you all suffered - but the fact that you are all standing on your very own feet, forging a path for your dream is already a very admirable trait for a hero. We are all students, humans who dreams of achieving bigger dreams that may drag us down eventually - but know that if you have ambition, find a way to grab it! Ambitions aren't only meant to be dreamt, they are meant to be fulfilled! Only ourselves can make that happen. Create an opportunity for yourself and push yourself forward! Plus Ultra!"

Her clear voice resonated in all over the place, it resonated in everyone's heart who have a dream they want to fulfill, and her speech encouraged them to chase for that dream - just like her voice, it made them clear their heads, and the goal they want to accomplish flashed in their mind.

After a deafening silence, everyone roared at the top of their lungs. Including everyone who was watching the live, everyone on Japan roared. Her speech was such a powerful thing, that it made hopeless people to dream again.

It was the power of a princess. And Yurika knew of that power Ako held. Whatever she says, whether she has the ability or not - her words always manage to pierce their heart and mind. Yurika experienced it first hand, it was a very precious moment for her.

And now, the whole Japan of every aspiring heroes knows of Ako's amazing speech.

To be continued....

Unedited.

I hope it didn't made you cringe, because I was honestly not the best in speech - i just thought of what would Ako say in this situation, not really me. I am but an awkward potato bean.

Okay. Hope you enjoyed reading this so far!

Word count: 1917 words.

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