Sorry for the delay! I meant to upload this before I went to work but ended up waking up late. Anyways here we go!
The trip was peaceful, taking a train ride across a big chunk of the country. Passing by cities, seeing different people and Quirks as he went. Though he was somewhat nervous, a few people recognized him from when they reported on the injured students from the USJ incident. And this was his first time out of town by himself, his first trip without his father.
"I wonder what she wants to talk about," Adachi thought to himself as he stepped off the train. "The more I think about it, the more I think this isn't just a check up... I mean, I haven't spoken to her since I made it into UA, so maybe that has something to do with it?"
Despite his suspicions, he kept walking. Making his way through the city, not paying too much attention to the world around him as he thought more about the upcoming sports festival. People around him were chattering up a storm, and police were patrolling the streets more so than usual but he paid it no mind. It wasn't until his phone began buzzing in his pocket that he was brought back to reality. He saw it was his father and quickly answered it, "Hey, what's up?"
"Kaiji! Are you alright?" A frantic voice asked quickly.
"Uh... Yeah, why what's going on?" Kaiji could hear the concern in his voice, and stopped at the next intersection.
"Thank goodness... News reports have been going all morning about villains all over that district!" He exclaimed, "The normal trains are stopped for now, so you can't come back yet unless you catch the bullet train later, but maybe you should just stay put until this blows over?"
"Villains..." Adachi muttered, looking around at any nearby screens displaying current urgent events, "I uh... Yeah, yeah I'll home as soon as I go see Mom."
"Kaiji, I really think you shouldn't be out tod-"
"Sorry Dad, I didn't come this far for nothing!" He interrupted, hanging up quickly. Instantly dreading the decision, "I am so grounded when I get back..."
The moment the light changed, he made his way across the street and kept heading for the Prison. Adachi paid close attention to what people were talking about on the way, even checking some of the reports on his phone as he went. According to the news, the crime wave was widespread. Police were spread thin at the moment, and Heroes were working all over the city. Luckily the events were pretty spread out, so his path to reach the prison was clear and safe, so long as no new events sprung up.
The nature of the crimes was perplexing, large groups of thugs that seemed to have no real attachment to one another. They weren't gangs, and the crimes were so random. Hostage situations, robberies, shootouts with police, a few even claiming to have filled a building with bombs. Each of these crimes were putting innocent people in danger, forcing heroes to hesitate for fear of hurting civilians...
It was so strange, almost coordinated...
"Whatever, I'm sure the Pros have already figured that out," He sighed, approaching the gates to the prison near the city center, "Hi uh... I'm here for a visit?" He asked, greeting the guard stationed beside the gate.
"ID please." He said lazily, taking the boys card and running it through the machine, "Oh," His interest perked a bit, "You're from UA right? Class 1-A?"
"Great..." He mentally sighed before nodding, keeping a polite smile, "I am yes, Kaiji Adachi." He said, tucking the ID card away as it was handed back.
"Nice work on beating those villains at the USJ," He said with grin, shaking Adachi's hand, "You're here for Jade right? Yeah I'll have them bring her to the meeting area, go on in." He offered, the massive steel doors sliding apart.
"Thanks, you guys must be busy today with all the crimes." Adachi noted, wondering if he could coax any information out of the man.
"I mean, yeah we've got people coming in like crazy... What kind of idiots commit crimes in a city centered around a giant prison?" He scoffed, shaking his head, "Not the smartest criminals, it does kinda stink though... We've had an impressively low crime rate, usually all our prisoners come from out of town, but oh well... I heard All Might could be on his way to resolve them quick, I'd love to meet him but you probably get to see him all the time at that school." He chuckled.
"Yeah, he's kind of a goofball honestly." The boy chuckled, "A really righteous, amazing goofball." With that, Adachi made his way inside the facility.
The prison was built to hold powerful villains, walls a hundred foot high around the giant pentagon shaped building. Cells of all kinds were found within, divided into sections for specific criminal types. Five sections for the major Quirk types, with the main office, cafeteria and Wardens tower in the center overlooking it all.
Adachi had met the Warden once before on a visit. An intimidating older man, he had an Erasure Quirk similar to Mr. Aizawa but it worked somewhat differently. His power was activated through touch, not sight, and lasted for a set amount of time. It was great for keeping down any rowdy prisoners without much effort. The old man was rough, but nice to him as far as he remembered.
As he walked the inner halls, nearing the center he noticed not many guards in the area. There was a line that he passed by with a row of restrained thugs, surrounded by police.
"Car chase down fifth ave, come on they need men to help set up the blockade!" Someone shouted, rushing out the door with several officers behind him.
"This is chaotic..." Adachi noted, reaching the desk to the visitors area, "Hi, I'm here to see Shisui Adachi." He explained to the lady behind the counter.
"Hmm? Oh you must be her little boy," She smiled, "Go on in, she's already waiting for you." She assured, hitting a button to unlock the doors.
Adachi smiled and nodded, heading through the doors. He had to descend some stairs, a few guards idly hanging around overhead for safety. The main room below had a few large tables with plenty of chairs for visitors to meet prisoners. As Adachi reached the bottom, his eyes lit up as they locked on his Mother.
She was a beautiful older woman with sharp features, she had been taking care of herself well in this prison. Her skin was somewhat pale but she had toned muscles, and beautiful long jade green hair bound into a pony-tail. She was wearing the simple orange jumpsuit the Prison offered with her sleeves rolled up and the front unzipped showing her white shirt underneath. Her own bright green eyes locked onto him as he approached, "Kaiji! I'm glad you were able to make it safely." She greeted warmly, standing up from her seat, "Was afraid you'd chicken out!"
As he stepped forward, she pulled him into a tight embrace. The two shared the hug for a moment, "Its great to see you, I've got so much I couldn't explain in a letter." His voice muffled a bit against her shoulder.
"I wanna hear everything," She replied, releasing him, "It'll be a welcome distraction to all the chaos here today... But first."
*BAM*
"Hey!" The guards began shouting as she punched Adachi on top of the head.
"It's tough love!" She shouted back at them harshly, placing her hands on her hips and glaring at Kaiji, the boy whimpering and holding his head where she'd punched him, "What were you thinking hiding your Quirk like that?! You're lucky you weren't expelled!"
"Tsss, geez that smarts!" Adachi grumbled, already feeling a bump, looking back at her and laughing nervously, "S-Sorry, I know I messed up... I was being stupid and was afraid of what others might think if they saw me... Like that."
"Tch, damn, what has that Father or yours been teaching you?" She sighed shaking her head, "I knew I should have gotten training time in once your quirk manifested..." Shisui grabbed him by the shoulders, forcing him to hold eye contact with her, "You listen to me Kaiji! Don't you DARE hide who you are! Be proud of what you are capable of! Got it!?" She demanded, voice loud and abrasive as ever, "Because you're my son, and you are awesome! And if anyone has got a problem with you I'll kick their teeth in!"
Adachi sweatdropped, her wording was as terribly blunt as ever. But he knew this was how she showed she cared, "Thanks mom, but that'll be kinda hard to do locked up in here won't it?" He joked.
"Hmm, yeah we'll get to that later... Now sit! Lets talk about that fight you had in the USJ." She smirked, walking around to her side of the table and sitting with her arms crossed, "And how exactly you left it, in what was basically a full body caste."
Kaiji felt his smile returning, taking a seat at the table, "It was pretty rough, most of the criminals there were just low level thugs! But there were a few scary ones, one was called Shigaraki I think, he could turn things to dust just by toughing them!" He exclaimed, "He disintegrated both my arms!" He noted her rather surprised expression, and changed his tune a little, "Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself... So there we were, just arriving to do some rescue training with the hero 13!"
Shisui listened with rapt attention, as Kaiji went on explaining his battles with the Wolf Pack, and Kodiak alongside Ojirou. She seemed impressed by his ability to overpower the bear man. When he got to the part in the courtyard, where things got more serious she remained calm as he explained. Shisui was carefully watching his expression, noting changes to see if he had been at all traumatized by the event. Pleasantry surprised by how upbeat he seemed, the kid had a knack for crime fighting and his desire to beat bad guys was only emboldened by the USJ attack.
Neither of them seemed to notice the guards listening with interest over head.
"None of us were a match for Noumu, that big monster flattened two of my friends in seconds, they were lucky to still be alive." He explained, eyes burning with intensity, "But thanks to Mr. Aizawa, I just... Let go, and unleashed everything my body could handle... I managed to hold off Noumu long enough for All Might to arrive, but I passed out before I could see anything, though I guess he cleaned up after that." He chuckled nervously, "I missed one heck of a fight though."
"What, no crazy details about your fight with the monster?" She asked, smirking as she crossed her arms, "That certainly seems to be the moment you're most proud of."
"Heheh," He bashfully blushed, "To be honest, I wasn't much of a match for him, with no experience using that form I was basically just a punching bag..." He explained with another nervous laugh, "He beat me into the ground without much trouble, but I did learn that I can breathe fire, so that was cool."
"You breathed fire?" She blinked in surprise, putting on a big grin, "Well would you look at that!" She reached across the table and grabbed his hand firmly, "My little man's taking right after his mother!"
Kaiji blushed with embarrassment, "Th-Thanks Mom..."
"Ha! No, thank you! Kaiji," Shisui replied, pulling back her hand as she smiled at him, "I was really worried about what might happen to you at UA, because of me being your Mother I was honestly worried the Pros might be biased against you..." She admitted with a shrug, "But your teachers seem nice, and you're growing into a fine young man."
His chest swelled with pride, "You really think so?"
"Of course, I couldn't be more proud of you," She replied with a nod. Before her regular, mischievous smirk returned, "So, Ashido and Asui eh? Sounds like you've made friends with a few girls~"
His pride was replaced by a beet red face, "O-Oh please Mom! With all the crazy stuff that's been going on, that's the LAST thing I'm thinking about." He assured, mind briefly thinking about his training in the UA Pool, "Though... Asui certainly didn't look bad in that swimsu- STOP IT!" He shook it off, laughing nervously, "I'm more focused on the upcoming Sports Festival."
"I know I know," She waved him off, "I'm just teasing... To be honest, one of the reasons I wanted to know how you were doing so badly, was because I saw that big guy when they brought him in... Noumu, that freaky bird face gave me the creeps! I was afraid you may have been traumatized."
"Yeah, he seemed a lot less scary with my friends behind m-" He stopped, blinking in surprise, "Wait, Noumu... Is here!?" He exclaimed.
"Uh... Yeah, they've got him in maximum security containment." She replied casually, "Don't worry, there's no way he'd break out of there, besides the freak seemed brain dead anyways according to the guards." She shrugged.
Adachi felt his tension slip a little, "I... I guess you're right, sorry I just... You know," He chuckled nervously, "Last time I saw that thing it was trying to kill me so, didn't think I'd be in such close proximity to it so soon."
Shisui laughed a little at that, "Don't sweat it kid I understand, and I'm glad you're keeping it together."
"Thanks," He nodded his head to her with a smile, "So, was this all you called me here for?" Kaiji asked curiously, "I don't want to sound rude, just with the timing and everything Dad and I were worried something might have happened." He shrugged.
Shisui smirked lightly, "Oh really? Well, you're right the check up wasn't all I wanted you here for," She explained, "I was gonna make it a surprise... But Warden Komaji said I couldn't go home without a family member, or a police escort at the very least..."
Kaiji blinked, "Go home without a-" A switch flipped in his head, as he registered exactly what she was saying and his face lit up, "You're being released!?"
Shisui grinned and stood up from the table, "Thaaaat's right! My sentence was cut short a few times based on good behavior and few psyche reviews, I found out last summer I only had a year left but wanted to keep it a surprise."
"This is amazing!" Kaiji beamed standing up as well, "Dad's gonna be so happy! Oh man I can't wait for you to meet my friends too! So we can just go? You don't have to pack up or anything?" He asked, wondering how quickly they could get out of here.
"I gotta fill out a form or two, and change out of this, but I've already been taking care of a mountain of paperwork the last few weeks to make sure I could leave on time." She explained with a shrug, "Come on, lets go see the Warden and get that started, I'm dying to get out of this place!"
"Right!" Kaiji nodded, grinning from ear to ear as he followed her, glad he decided to come on this trip and even happier with how things turned out. Even after that mess at the USJ his life was just getting better. And he could only hope that it would last a long time...
. . .
Hours later, when evening swept over the country of Japan, Kaiji and his mother stepped off their train. And they were greeted by awestruck faces. Adachi had sent a message ahead, telling his friends and his father to meet him at the station when he arrived. Of course, he left out why, because he didn't want to ruin his mothers surprise...
From there, it turned into a late dinner outing together. As Kaiji introduced his mother to Kirishima and Ashido, and let her catch up with his father. He felt a strange new sense of completion, knowing he'd have his entire family with him now. And any reservations he may have had about people knowing his mother was a former villain were washed away with Shisui and Ashido chatting it up like good friends despite never knowing one another.
Of course, his enjoyment of the situation turned to pure embarrassment when they started talking about Kaiji.
Later that evening however, Shisui and Kaiji learned of a bullet they'd dodged. Apparently the attacks all over Tagua weren't random, it was all coordinated as part of a prison break lead by a famous villain from Southern Japan.
The Zodiac.
The gangs causing havoc in the city were her former minions, they'd somehow been communicating through her. The police expect it was through bribed guards or maybe a telepath in her crew, and an investigation was underway but for the moment she had completely vanished off the face of the earth with no trace and those who knew of the crimes she'd committed in the past were bracing themselves for whatever was to come.
But for now, that wasn't Kaiji's concern. With only one day left before the Festival, he intended to rest and focus on what was ahead. Memories of the USJ still fresh in his mind, and with the event in Tagua, he was more determined than ever to become a hero and protect people from the kind of chaos these villains were bringing. The world was becoming more dangerous, and he wanted to be ready to meet that danger head on...