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Heyyuy second chapter!
So this one is a lot longer than I expected, I just got carried away
Anyway, don't forget to comment below
Byeeeee
Kamino Ward - 01:00
Kouta was called many things in his still young heroic career, violent, merciless, uncooperative.
For him, most of what the people said about him didn't matter. So what that he used "more aggression than it was necessary", villains didn't hold back when he fought them, so why should he?
"Zoning out again Kouta?" Kouta was snapped out of his thoughts by a strong hand landing on his shoulder. "Did this mission mess your scheduled beauty sleep?"
"Just psyching myself up to beat some villains senseless" Kouta scoffed and cracked his knuckles. "You are the one who's not taking this seriously Deku"
Midoriya laughed at his sidekick's trademark snarky attitude. "Calling me by my hero name, you must be tense. Is the pressure getting to you Barrage?"
Izumi Kouta
Pro-hero: Barrage
Quirk: Water Cannon
Kouta's quirk allows him to shoot pressurized water from his hands. Kouta can control the amount of water and pressure he adds for his attacks, being able to shoot a massive column of water or a thin and precise water blade.
Overuse of his quirk will leave him dehydrated.
When Midoriya started his hero career he wasn't sure about the prospect of having a sidekick, memories of the bloody relationship between his mentor All Might and Sir Nighteye popped into his head, he didn't want to involve another aspiring hero to such a blood filled tale, that was until a couple of UA graduates made him break his promise.
When they graduated both Eri and Kouta did everything in their power to be accepted as the 1º hero's sidekicks. While his relationship with them may have helped his acceptance of them, it was mostly how hard both had worked and their determination to be by his side.
It also helped that both were very well trained, with Eri becoming a close-quarters machine due to her training with Eraserhead and Lemillion, she even bested Deku himself on a handful of occasions. Kouta, on the other hand, became a long range aggressor with such a prowess to multiple different scenarios, thanks to his training with each member of the wild wild pissycats, his ability to keep a level head like Mandalay, his intimidating persona like Tiger and his incredible control over his quirk like Pixie-Bob, all gave him an edge that very few rookies had.
Even after Eri started her life as a real pro-hero and began to teach at UA, she still chose to remain at Deku's agency working during nights as a hero and as a teacher during daytime. While Kouta still remained as a sidekick, not because he wasn't good enough, on the contrary, Deku has offered him the promotion more than once but Kouta refused stating that he wasn't a hero yet, he said he didn't know how to behave around the public yet, "I'm just not a nice guy" he would always say. He was happy with staying in the sidelines, he never liked the spotlight or the public appeal.
"You gotta learn how to relax more Kouta" Deku stood in front of his sidekick. "Don't get me wrong trying your best at all times is good, but if your always tense you are going to make mistakes." He put a comforting hand on Kouta's shoulder. "People will never see you as a hero if you look ready to hurt anyone who steps in your way." Deku gave one of his signature smiles. "If they only see the you how I see you, nobody will doubt just how much of a great hero you are."
Kouta had to turn away to hide the embarrassment on his face from his mentor, lowering his visor that strangely resembled his signature red cap with two horns on its front. "Can't we just...focus on the mission."
They have been tracking a group of arms dealers going by the name of Hydra, under the leadership of six members, they've been selling illegal support items for villains and been held responsible for multiple kidnappings of undercover police members. It was only after several months of extremely slow research and the help of the 'Deku hero department', the police was able to capture one of the leaders and get the information about a future meeting between all of the 'six heads of Hydra' happening in Kamino ward, and with the help of Ms. Illusion they would be able to cover up the capture of one of the members.
"You should get going." Deku walked away from Kouta and towards a great number of police officers surrounding the building the meeting was supposed to take place. "Illusion must be already waiting for you at the rendezvous."
—
Dagoba municipal beach
If there was anyone who knew about expectations it was Hana Midoriya, everyone who knew her expected great things from her, be it because of who her parents were, specifically her father, or be it because she managed to reach the top score among this year's recommended students, she even looked like her father, bright green eyes and freckled cheeks her only difference was her hair, a light brown ponytail she mostly got from her mother.
It would be a common mistake to assume she would inherit her father super strength and have an easy way into UA, but as fate would have it, she ended up with a rather underwhelming quirk, her potencial was only reached after years of intensive training, that not only elevated her control over her quirk to a degree that put other people her age to shame, but also gave her enough experience to be considered a sidekick already, and speaking of training.
Hana dodged another blow from her usual sparring partner and lowered herself to try and sweep the legs of her opponent. "You know even though I already got accepted into UA, I'm still kinda nervous." She tried to land a kick behind her opponent's calves to bring him down, only for him to jump her attack and come back down attempting to stomp Hana. She rolled out of the way got up to her feet, putting some distance between the two of them. "Sometimes I wish dad could say something, I know he's always busy been a top hero and all but…" she dodged another punch. "It sometimes makes it feel he doesn't care."
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH!" Hana wasn't able to dodge the strike to her face that send her flying, spiraling in the air until her face met the sand below.
Hana has to dig her head out of the sand to meet one of her mentors angry red eyes. "Of course that loser cares about you…" Katsuki Bakugou growled between his clenched teeth. "You would believe how much that nerd cried when you were born."
Katsuki Bakugou
Pro-hero: Ground Zero
Quirk: Explosion
He sweats a nitroglycerin like substance and can ignite it from his hands, creating massive explosions in the process, he can even fire rapid bursts like a machine gun with enough concentration.
He's currently placed as the top 2º hero.
Bakugou extended a hand for the teenager to grab. "Don't go giving him crap just because he's doing his job"
"I know uncle Katsuki…" Hana reached for his hand and pulled herself up. " I guess it's just the nerves getting to me."
Hana Midoriya- 15
Quirk: Tractor beam
She is able to remove the gravity from an object and pull it towards herself like tractor beam, she can do the contrary and pull herself towards a spot within her line of sight no matter how far.
However she has a weight limit of how much she can pull, if the object surpasses her weight limit she can only pull herself towards it, her limit is directly connected to her physical strength. Her current limit is just over 2 tons.
Once on her feet Hana dusted herself off, this late night training session she asked for was more to help her cope with this next stage of her life than an actual training session, fighting was one of the only ways she knew she didn't have to hold back anything on her mind.
"You should rest, there's only a couple of days before the classes start." Bakugou turned his back to Hana and started to walk towards the exit of the beach. "Come on I'll take you back home, your mother said not stay here till late, and I don't trust Uraraka with Yoshiko for too long."
Hana sprinted after Bakugou, he was right she needed to rest and clear her mind, she was going to UA afterall.
—
Kamino ward
To say that Kouta was surprised when the bodyguards of the "six heads of Hydra" allowed both him and Ms. Illusion to enter the highly decorated meeting room, would be a light understatement.
Ms. Illusion managed to cover both Kouta and herself in a layer of her illusion mist, making herself appear as the captured member of the Hydra leaders and Kouta appear like a bodyguard. Their mission inside was to collect information while in the meeting and when the time was right, send a signal for Deku and the police to barge in and arrest everyone.
"Apologies for summoning all of you so abruptly" One to the members, who seemed to the main leader among them all, said at the edge of the rectangular mahogany table they all sat. "I am sure you are wondering with I insisted for a meeting with everyone."
There were collective agreements along the table. "Why don't any of them know the reason of a meeting. It must've been an emergency if only one guy knows what's going on." Kouta started to speculate in his thoughts what could possibly have provoked panicked among one of the strongest arms dealing groups in Japan.
"Yesterday I've received an invitation." The big leader continued his history. "A man that only went by the codename 'Employer' has reached out to me with a proposition of, as he called, partnership, and I believed you would all want to debate over this matter before anything"
"Just that?" Another one of the head sounded unimpressed. "You didn't call everyone just because of some guy wanting a partnership"
"There's more than that." The first one started again. "This 'Employer' did not ask for weapons nor he offered something for us. His proposal was about the forming of a team as he put it, he said 'you can keep all of the money you manage to loot, I only want your man power to help me on my quest.' He also said to meet him in the Tokyo port side if we agreed to join him."
"And what does he want." The disguised Ms. Illusion asked, trying to make the man spill all the beans.
"To kill the number one hero."
Kouta felt his blood freeze over, no villain has tried a stunt that crazy, ever since debuting Deku seemed untouchable, every battle he fought was over before any villain could react, his speed and power were unmatched, he was pretty much a god among men, nobody could beat him, what made this guy thing he could. "But if this Employer is contacting people like the Hydra, that means he is not underestimating Deku and is asking for the help of big time villains. Does he actually have a strategy to kill Midoriya?"
Kouta slowly made his way to the door clinging to the wall, not wanting to draw the attention to himself. Once he reached the door, he turned his back to it and put one of his hands on it, focusing his quirk, he created a minuscule water jet that started to dig a hole in the door. If he was right, both Midoriya and the police should be just outside the door waiting for the signal to bust in and arrest everyone, and surely a water jet coming from the door should be enough of a warning.
The meeting room was filled with constant questioning and theorising of each of the members, comments of how this idea was insane or that it could have its benefits.
Hey, are you hearing something?" The bodyguard next to Kouta asked looking around.
There was a brief moment of silence when the sound of crackling energy started to fill the room.
"...SMASH!" Deku came crashing through the wall, a foot extended forward from having just kicked his way in.
Kouta followed soon after, extending his hands towards the two nearest bodyguards and shooting columns of water to knock them out.
The six members of Hydra couldn't even get off their chairs before Deku landed on the table and turned his body to land a spinning kick across each of the six members heads.
"There's no use in hiding your plans villains, no matter where you hide or go. I'll always be here to stop you."
Izuku Midoriya
Pro-hero: Deku
Quirk: One for All
A booster ooster quirk that has been passed down from generation to generation, it allows its user to store power along their live and use all that concentrated power at the same time for devastating attacks, the user can also pass down this quirk so that the next holder of One for All stores even more power in their life.
Izuku is the current ninth holder of One for All, having received his powers from the former pro-hero All Might, so he has the accumulated power of nine generations of heroes within him.
Izuku is also the current top 1º hero, a title he's held for almost ten years now.
—
The fight didn't last ten minutes even, the element of surprise along with Deku's overwhelming power caught the villains unaware, when everything calmed down, every criminal was cuffed and send to prison, a job well done.
Still Kouta couldn't shake of the feeling of dread since he heard that message. "I should tell Midoriya, if someone is put together a group to hunt him down he should know."
Before Kouta could even take a step further a pair of arms were grunt around his neck. "Smile for the camera, Kouta-babe"
Kouta couldn't even process what was said before a camera flash blinded him.
"That's a good one." Ms. Illusion's expert fingers quickly started typing/mumbling the title of her post at social media. "Sup, fam just me and Deku's sidekick kicking ass, it's lit out here"
"Really Illusion?" Kouta growled, trying to return his vision to normal.
Camie Utsushimi
Pro-hero: Ms. Illusion
Quirk: Glamour
Camie's quirk allows her to create illusions by exhaling a Illusion fog from her mouth, her Illusions also tend to work better when they are related to her target's desires.
She is one very popular hero due to her tendency to post her missions on social media.
"Yo chill, Deku jr." Camie flicked her hair behind her ear. "We won, let's party first round is on me."
"Already trying to steal my sidekick Utsushimi?" Deku materialized out of nowhere putting an arm on Kouta's shoulder.
"What can I say, Kouts here looks more like a pro than a sidekick to me." Camie nudged Kouta's shoulder.
Deku laughed when Kouta tried to hide the small blush on his cheeks, he really didn't know how to take a compliment.
"Hey uh…. Midoriya, can I talk to you for a minute" Kouta started to pull Deku by his arm to get them to somewhere more quiet.
Once they walked away enough from the mess of police and rubble, Deku decided to question his sidekick's behavior. "Kouta? Is there something wrong?"
"Midoriya, did you hear what they said in there?"
"No, we couldn't wire you two in case they made a check up on you"
Kouta looked around to make sure no one was listening, it would be good if they avoided panic for now.
"Izuku… I think you're in danger."
