Chapter 1

Zero Hero

A/N: I'm so excited for this story! Tiger and Bunny is my new obsession and I actually had a long mental battle over which of them I liked best. I decided on Yuri (not even part of the team) but this is a Oc/Bunny story. Kotetsu(tiger) fans don;t panic. He gets his chance too. Might make this a two part story.

"Welcome to Sternbild, Miss Blackwell. I hope your flight was pleasant."

The woman sighed as she tucked back some of her long dark hair and glanced around the helipad. "It was fine. Would have loved to get here sooner but I heard there was a serious attack on the city."

The man smiled as he grabbed her bags, "Yes, but of course our heroes managed to handle it, no problem."

She smiled back at him, "That's good to hear."

The man showed the woman the way down to the street and piled her things in the trunk of the sleek black car before opening her door. She slipped in and pulled off her gloves as the car hummed to life.

"Judge Petrov has given me orders to bring you to the Justice Bureau to see him immediately upon arrival."

She smiled, "That's perfectly fine with me."

Her chauffer glanced into the rearview several times, "If you don't mind me asking miss Blackwell, how do you know Judge Petrov?"

Illiana chuckled, "It's a long story, I'm sure you don't want to hear it at length. So long story short, he's protected me for as long as I can remember."

The man nodded at the sincere look in her brown eyes as he pulled the car over. "Here you are Miss Blackwell, I'll be taking your things up to your quarters. Do you need any assistance?"

She smiled as she climbed from the car, "No."

Illiana approached the building and entered the large doors. They swung open easily and she stepped into the grand lobby. Her heels were dull against the floor and a few people eyed her as she passed. She barely glanced at the statue of Mr. Legend and continued to the front desk.

"Can you tell me where Judge Petrov's office is?"

The young girl behind the desk smiled brightly, "You must be Miss Blackwell."

Illiana nodded and the girl continued to smile and handed her a card, "This will get you past those bars, Judge Petrov's office is on the sixth floor, three doors from the elevator to the right."

"Thank you."

"A coach?"

Agnes crossed her arms and frowned, "I was just told myself. Apparently Judge Petrov thinks we're losing the sight of justice with Hero TV and he assigned all of you a coach. She'll be taking over giving you orders."

"She?"

Agnes nodded, "She'll be arriving soon. I'm told she's in the building."

Karina frowned, "Well what is her job exactly? I'm still confused."

Agnes was too frustrated to explain, "I'll let her explain it when you meet her."

The gym fell silent as the woman left, and the heroes looked at each other. Karina was the first to speak up again, "Do we really need a coach?"

Barnaby ran a hand through his gold locks, "If our superiors think we need one, we should follow her lead."

Kotetsu grinned at the man, "Maybe it's not really a woman you know? More like a female bison hybrid."

Antonio knocked the tiger soundly over the head and screamed, "I don't find that funny!"

Lin frowned, "She doesn't have to be like that to be a coach. She might just be a tomboy…like me."

"A pretty tomboy." Ivan's face lit up pink and he hid behind Nathan to avoid the girl's confused look.

Nathan shrugged, "I don't understand the big deal. Agnes isn't being replaced; they're just putting in someone better suited for combat situations. I mean really, can you guys honestly say that Agnes thinks about anything else other than her ratings?"

The heroes all fell silent and thought about that truth. "I promise that ratings are not my concern."

The woman standing in the gym was nothing like what they had tried to picture her. She wore her white dress shirt un-tucked from her dark denim pants and rolled up to her elbows. Her dark hair hung completely straight to her hips and her eyes were a simple shade of chocolate brown.

She smiled sweetly and uncrossed her arms, "My name is Illiana Blackwell, and I'll be the woman in your ear from now on."

Yuri smiled a bit to himself as he set the folder filled with Illiana's information on his desk. Her picture smiled up at him and he admitted to himself that he missed that smile.

"Yuri!" Illiana immediately wrapped the man in a hug when he stood form his desk, startling him.

He gently hugged back and looked down at her, "Welcome back."

She chuckled, "Four years did end up being longer than I thought. Why is it so dark in here?"

The judge took his seat as she went about opening the curtains, "Yuri it's dusty too! Is this how you've been keeping this place? Goodness and you're so pale! Good thing I'm here because you probably haven't been eating properly either, you can't cook to save your life."

He simply smiled as she went about his now adequately lit office, picking up papers and books.

All the fussing he did over her when she was younger was now being thrown back at him and he couldn't say he disliked it. He'd kept to himself for far too long.

"Judge Petrov…" Mr. Maverick sauntered into his office and blinked in the light, "Open curtains, books put away?"

Yuri stood from his desk and put a hand in his pocket, "Just a little cleaning."

"Well, I heard she's arrived. I hope this woman is the remedy you claim we need Judge."

"You can trust me Mr. Marverick."

"My ratings better not fall because of this woman!" Agnes slammed her hand on Maverick's desk.

He narrowed his gaze on her enough for her to calm herself then adjusted his glasses, "Our ratings will go nowhere. Let the Judge make a few changes, he has the authority to do as much. You will still guide them in terms of the show, Miss Blackwell will take over in matters of combat."

"The people don't care about combat!"

"And that would be where you are wrong Agnes. Our heroes are becoming a joke to the criminal world. No more than a gang of variety TV actors."

Agnes sighed, he was right. This Lunatic person was getting more respect than the Heroes were. That didn't change how she felt about the newcomer, "I still don't want her in my broadcasting room."

"She won't be. She'll be on site and in her own area receiving different signals and vital information."

The woman was only a little relieved, "If my ratings drop even a little. I want her gone."

Maverick smirked, "You'll have to talk to Judge Petrov about that. But I doubt he'll fire her."

"Why?"

"They seem to have a…history."