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Tenko Chabashira reveals that she can't swim, and so goes to Aoi Asahina to try and fix that, while taking Mikan Tsumiki with her.

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In the academy, there are a wide variety of subjects for the students to do. While this seemed strange to the Ultimates at first, they eventually got used to it. Besides due to the strange backstories of some of the kids, this was required for the most part so then they could become functioning members of society. Thankfully for some of the less able students, it wasn't required to be amazing at them, due to how the test works but the teachers were still pushing them to be able to at least do the basics. Another reason why both the teachers and students needed these lessons was so then the students could bond. This was needed for students who had childhoods where they didn't have much social interaction, students who simply struggle with social interaction or don't understand social norms.

In case you're wondering why I just told you all that, that's because the three classes are doing the group P.E lessons they do once a week and it's also the reason why the students have to go into at least some of the classes, otherwise they'll be expelled. But back on track, the girls were listening to Usami, as that was the only female teacher, excluding Monophaine, but she doesn't count. "OK everyone, it's time to start practicing your swimming skills, so then we can all go to that island one day!" Usami was pretty excited for the lesson, although most of the women didn't react much to the magic rabbit, mainly mingling within themselves.

Himiko wasn't having much fun, being the laziest student in the school, or at least in the running for that reward. She was looking around the room, looking for something. "Nyeh, I don't see Chihiro, why doesn't she have to come to these things." The first response to this was a sigh, before Kyoko spoke up.

"Chihiro has personal and physical reasons for not showing up. She still does take time to exercise so it wasn't too hard to convince the higher ups to let her stay out of class." As firm as she always is, she gave the explanation, judging by the reactions from her and the other students, it was clear that this was not the first time it happened.

"Oh yeah, like being short? She's really just having sex with her egg toy while we're all suffering isn’t, she." A wave of disgusted noises ran though the room, and Kyoko could feel the disappointment running though her, although she had enough self-control to not respond.

Himiko was covering her mouth, muffling out, "Nyeh, I'm sorry I even asked."

"E-Everyone, it's time to learn OK, so c-can we leave Chihiro's emotional state out of this please..." The bunny was pretty much sobbing at this point and Chiaki tried to comfort her. Soon all of the ladies were calm enough to listen to the poor magical bunny girl once again. "OK everyone, so we need to have a swimming test, so please, just try to swim as much as you can, and don't feel bad if you run out of steam."

The order when from the A class to the C class. Aoi pretty much crushed the competition, even if it wasn't a competition and everyone did pretty well, or at least as well as expected or better than expected.

Until it got to Tenko Chabashira, who in fact was the last student to go. She was beginning to sweat quite a lot, but everyone chalked this up to her being last. After all, she was the Ultimate Aikido Master and her body was in peak fitness, so everyone had high hopes for her. Her name was called out by the rabbit and she began to shiver but kept a look of optimism on her face. She looked at another student and gave her a thumbs up.

Then she began to swim. Calling it swimming would be giving her too much credit, which everyone noticed. As she moved from the shallow end to the deep end, the speed that the slope the water was going down in was just slightly faster than how she felt though. It didn't take long for the girl to be barely above water, and then her entire body was underneath. She kept pushing forward although everyone in the room knew it was a fruitless effort.

"I-I'm sorry Tenko, but I can't l-let you do this anymore!" There was a meek and quiet voice popping up, with a shy girl with purple long hair and lots of bandages on her body. This was Mikan Tsumiki, an extremely shy Ultimate Nurse. Normally she wore a pink shirt with a hospital vest, along with bandages around one of her arms and one of her legs, but right now everyone is wearing blue swimsuits with the Hope's Peak Logo. The nurse quickly dived into the water and got Tenko out, who thankfully was still conscious. "I-I'm sorry I got you out of the pool even though you clearly wanted to complete at least one round, you probably hate me now or something." Despite saving a life, Mikan was reduced to a blubbering mess, which wasn't unusual for her.

Tenko then looked at the girl with a lot of happiness. "No, it's OK! You just wanted to help; besides you were great out there!" She was generally giving the nurse good vibes, which definitely cheered her up.

"T-Thank you..." Mikan was clearly overjoyed at the praise that the Aikido Master gave her, although now everyone else was more worried about Tenko and her lack of abilities.

However, a voice proved that worry wasn't the only thing that was on the other girls' mind. "Wow, you're even more pathetic in the water than that pig stain Mikan is normally, that's pretty amazing, for losers like you!" A small female with super long blond hair was now making fun of the two, and her name was Hiyoko Saionji, and everyone pretty much paid her no mind, apart from Mikan who became a timid sobbing mess once again.

Soon the swimming class was over, although Tenko was forced to stay out of the class, for her own safety, which she didn't enjoy. Then it was dinner time for the girls, and Tenko was sitting down with her meal and Mikan. Sadly, for Mikan though, Tenko was clearly upset, and she pretty much knew what she was upset about, even if she didn't want to see her friend upset. "I need to learn how to swim. I have to learn how to swim! Otherwise those degenerate males will make fun of me!" The pinwheel flower wearing girl stood up and then rushed off, confusing the daylights out of Mikan, who tried to follow, although tripped along the way.

Tenko ran up to Aoi Asahina, who was peacefully eating donuts and stared intently at the girl, who was soon unnerved at the other girl. Aoi was called the Ultimate Swimmer, for pretty obvious reasons, although she prefers to be called Hina by her friends, which is pretty much everyone. She was wearing a red vest and blue shorts with the longest ponytail imaginable. After what seemed like forever, Tenko spoke up, although sadly for Aoi, it was less spoke and more shouted. "Aoi, can you teach me how to swim, please!?"

Aoi was in shock for a few seconds, causing both Tenko and Mikan, who had just caught up to panic inside. The three remained in silence, before Aoi began to chuckle. "I don't mind, I mean, you seem excited, and I've always wanted to train someone!" Tenko then hugged the Swimmer, shocking the poor girl, although she just accepted it after a while.

"OK, can we go after the lessons for today are over, me and Mikan will met you at the Pool! I would take Himiko, but she's going to her punishment thing..." The last part was a sound of annoyance, but the Nurse was focused on something else.

"M-Me?"

"Yep, besides I need someone to have my back for support, and I know you're awesome at that Mikan!" Tenko gave her a friendly pat on the back and Aoi was nodding her head in agreement.

Clearly the nurse was overjoyed, as she was giggling. "Thank you, I'll help you whenever you're in danger!" Then the two finished the classes and went to the pool together where they found Aoi.

"Alright, so we have to start from the beginning most likely, so let's start with some simple front crawl!" Aoi then jumped into the water and quickly swam from one side to the other making sure Tenko got a good look at her body as she did so. "Alright, it's all in the technique, all in the Arm movements, but remember to keep kicking your legs for extra speed!" Tenko nodded with great enthusiasm and jumped into the water... in the shallow end. This did cause Mikan to scream in fright, but otherwise it was OK. Then Tenko started to swim, and thankfully it was an improvement, although both of students were worried. It was closer to flailing about rather than the composed way of swimming that Aoi had shown, however it was still enough to keep the aikido master afloat, so it wasn't a total flop.

Mikan walked up to Aoi shyly. "I-Is it alright if I stay in the water with Te-Tenko..." She was faffing with her hands and sweating a lot, which Aoi knew was completely unnecessary around her.

A calm smile was on Aoi's face at first "I mean, of course. If it makes you more comfortable then you should do it." Until it turned into a pout. "No need to be so scared, I'm not that bad." Mikan apologized a lot before going back and getting in the pool with her friend, while Aoi called out to Tenko. "Just keep your arms close to you, and make sure to tilt your head to the side so then you can breathe!" Tenko looked shocked at this news, which both of the others picked up on, and looked incredibly scared.

Soon Mikan was swimming with Tenko, just in case if she was doing something bad for her health. Thankfully for everyone involved, this also meant that Tenko was able to try and copy Mikan's actions in real time.

Soon she was able to get it down to a somewhat accurate replica, although by then, Mikan had something to say. "Ex-Excuse me, I think we should stop now. We've been doing this for a few hours, and I think it's a good idea to get some rest, if we do exercises for too long then you won't get as much out of training!"

Tenko got into a huff at this, but Mikan simply looked at her and held her hand, causing Tenko to relent. "Alright then, Mi, I can't say no to you." This caused Mikan to smile, but Aoi was already drying herself, and heading over with towels for the girls, so she overheard this.

"Oh, you two have nicknames for each other, right? That's sweet, although I'm kind of jealous now." Surprisingly Tenko got worried at this and rushed out of the water.

She placed her hands on the Swimmer's shoulders and looked directly into her eyes, admittedly freaking her out a little bit. "L-Listen, you can't tell anyone about this, Pe-people might think we're dating, and I don't want any denigrate males or Hiyoko making fun of us for it."

It took Aoi a second to calm down from Tenko's panicking before she managed to calm down. "Well, I mean I don't see the problem with you two dating, although I guess I can see Hiyoko being a problem. Besides if you're not dating, you're still obviously close to one another, like how Makoto and Chihiro are the only two people who don't think they're interested in one another. But if it's a problem, I won't speak about it!" Tenko began sweat drop from Aoi's comment, although Aoi was smiling happily.

However, Mikan was taking it pretty badly. "Wh-Wait, everyone else has an idea about it, d-do you think we should be honest?" Tenko just nodded and sighed waiting for Mikan to explain.

Mikan unfortunately was in too much of a blubbering mess to explain what she wanted to, so Tenko took up the reins instead. "Alright, me and Mi, we've been dating for about a week now. Honestly she's been one of the most sweet and kindhearted people ever on this planet and I'm so happy she chose me and wanted to hang out with me and oh my gosh I love her more than anything and-" Tenko began to rattle on, causing Mikan to blush endlessly, while Aoi gave out the towels as she was listening to Tenko's happiness.

It took a while for Tenko to calm down from her hyperactivity, but when she did, Aoi was able to ask another question. "Oh, congrats you two! How did you two get together anyway?" Mikan was panicking at the question as Tenko took a very deep breath.

"Well..." Tenko began to explain in so much detail that it was possible for Aoi to see the situation.

So Tenko had to go to the nurse's office in order to get patched up after a training accident, which was pretty embarrassing for her as she is supposed to be the Ultimate Aikido Master, despite the sport being much different to Tenko's preferred style of it. As it turned out, this clearly wasn't the first time, as Mikan seemed to be more comfortable around Tenko than she would be with most other people. "Sorry about bothering you again..." Obviously embarrassed, the Aikido master simply sat still.

Unlike how most people would react, Mikan was pleased to see Tenko once again. "Hehe, It's no issue, this way I can take care of you and keep you all to myself, I-I mean, whenever you praise me it feels nice, you know, and we're in different classes, so I don't get to see you much. I-I'm sorry, I'm bothering you like how I always do; I should just keep on going!" Mikan then teared up and decided to shut up, however Tenko was reacting strangely.

"Hey... So, I was thinking, you've always been so helpful and kind, and you're right, we don't get to see each other much, so I wanted to ask..." The room went quiet as Tenko was struggling to put into words what exactly she wanted to say. Eventually she managed to get something out, with a quiet voice, she asked, "d-do you want to be my girlfriend..."

Silence. That deafening silence, that's all anyone could here. It was the worst feeling in the world, Tenko knew she had messed up, what if Mikan didn't like her that way, her shock does mean she wasn't expecting it, maybe she should had popped the question after the healing was done. Then at least the two could have an easy out if it wasn't going to work out. Even though she couldn't show it, Tenko was in suffering. Every second felt like an hour in torture.

Thankfully for both parties, Mikan finally broke the ice. "Wh-What!? I mean, why would you want to go out with trash like me, you're amazing Tenko you could go for anyone and you pick me, how is that even a fair deal?" She was blubbering now, but the response was enough to lift Tenko's mood.

Tenko then managed to give the Nurse more praise. “Mikan, you're the Ultimate Nurse and you've healed me more times than I can count! Plus, you're so sweet and kind that it is an unfair deal, I don't deserve someone as great and modest as you!" Both of them were cheered up by Tenko's words, somehow equally.

Mikan then managed to calm down, and yet she somehow looked vulnerable but in total control of herself. "You... promise to not leave me then." Then, all it took was a look into each other's eyes.

"I promise." After the words of Tenko, the two hugged and it was official, the relationship had begun, much to the joy of both girls.

Now we return to present time, where Aoi was taking it all in. "Woah, OK, that must had been an experience for you two. Anyway, we've stood around for a while, so let's go get some dounts!" Aoi managed to snap out of her trance and kept on moving and the three got changed. "Huh, it's surprising how long we in there for. I'm really hungry now, guess I'll have to treat myself." Aoi then chuckled, looking at the fact the three where in there for three hours, but they were able to get changed in less time, which Aoi and her stomach greatly appreciated, and the three went to the dining hall.

On the way there, they saw Makoto, who had a look of pure bliss and joy on his face, which took Aoi by surprise. "Huh, he's cheerful, but not in that way, guess the food must be really nice!" The other two didn't really notice what was different about the Ultimate Luck Student, so they disregard her comment. At the dining hall, Sayaka Maizono was sitting by herself, and curiosity overtook Aoi. She walked along the tables and stood next to the Ultimate Pop Sensation, who was wearing a blue school outfit. "Hey, Sayaka! Don't mean to pry, but Makoto looked different, do you know what happened?"

"Oh! Hello Hina, yeah he's not very good at covering up his emotions." Sayaka gave out a little giggle, before continuing with her explanation. "Well, he just asked me out on a date." She remained calm at this statement, unlike the three other girls, who reacted in shock.

"HE WHAT?!" All Sayaka could do at this shock was smile.