"As you well know, the beach camp was a trap set up by the enemies of Atlantis" Aizawa said
"But why?" Kirishima asked
"What did we ever do to them?" Iida asked
"It was because of me, they were enemies of my father, so they attacked us to disguise their true intentions: to kill me" Izuku said
"No way" Uraraka said
"What about those in hospital?" Jiro asked
"Ashido and Hagakure will be in there for a couple of days observation. Their injuries weren't bad; Hagakure was subjected to oxygen deprivation and inflammation of the joints due to Siren's tendril pulling her, Ashido in be in there a day long thanks to her arm nearly being chomped off"
"And Mineta?" Sero asked making Aizawa pause and look down, the teacher really didn't want to convey what had happened, but they needed to hear it
"Mineta suffered the worst of it, 89% of his bones were either broken or shattered! he also lost a quarter of his overall blood supply meaning he is in a coma however the chances of him actually waking up is less than 10%" Aizawa said making everyone go silent. Izuku just felt empty inside; he felt responsible because his father's enemies targeted him and his classmates got in the way of them. Izuku just wished he would be eaten by the Trench right now, Yaoyorozu and Bakugo seemingly knew how he was feeling
"And also, you are not allowed to talk to ANY of the press until the school has issued a statement, understood!" Aizawa said
"Yes sir" the class said
"My king?" Vulko asked as he and Mera swam up to him as he floated about a reef.
"Find them" Aquaman said
"Find who my king?" Vulko asked
"Black manta, the Dark Reef, this new Ocean Master, FIND THEM AND BRING ME THEIR HEADS!" he shouted
"Orin!" Mera shouted
"I know you are upset" Vulko said
"Upset, Vulko I am not upset, I get upset when I can find my keys while I'm back home, I'm upset when Metropolis Meteors beat the Amnesty Bay Admirals, I'm upset when I stub my toe, I'm upset when anyone I love is upset, no I'm not upset, I'm livid, I'm furious, I'm feeling like I want to find Black Manta and rip his bare hands off myself" Aquaman said as he turned back to the open ocean "At least tell me we have his helmet"
"It was lost during the recovery" Mera said
"Shit" Aquaman said
"Hey, you okay?" Yaoyorozu asked as she walked up next to Izuku
"Oh Yaoyoro" Izuku started before she placed a finger to his lips, she softly smiled
"I believe you know me enough to call me Momo, plus you did see me in a state no gentleman should" she said
"Ok Momo, to tell you the truth, I'm not" Izuku said
"That's the sentiment going around right now, all the school knows is that we were attacked, the identities of our assailants, the injuries our classmates took, everything were unreleased to the public" Momo said
"Until the school makes a statement; not even dad has made a comment about the attack yet" Izuku said
"Maybe he is just deciding how to word it, he is a king after, making you a prince" Momo said softly
"Some prince" Izuku said "I couldn't even stop my brother's killer from getting away"
"You're older brother?" Momo asked
"He was my younger half brother actually, he was born roughly two years after me and then he was killed a year later. He was killed by having his neck broken, he was barely talking" Izuku sighed "Some brother I turned out to be, I didn't even know he was alive and I didn't find out about him until after he died"
"I'm sorry to hear that" Momo said as she looked up and saw the press at the gate "Can't they leave us alone?"
"I don't think so" Izuku said "But we will have to face them when we're pro heroes" Izuku said
"That is true" Momo said
"My queen" Kaldur said as he swam up to the queen as she was in the royal gardens
"Kaldur, what are you doing here?" she asked
"I had heard about the attack on Prince Dehku" Kaldur said
"Yes there was an attack" Mera said
"I see, it was lead by my father wasn't it?" Kaldur asked
"Yes, not only that but my sister Hila and Nanaue" Mera said
"Siren and King Shark, are they okay?" Kaldur said
"Three were sent to the hospice, two with light to moderate injuries while the last one is unlikely to survive" Mera explained
"I am sorry to hear that, if I was not on this quest then I would gladly join his highness, all of us would" Kaldur said
"I'm sure you would" Mera said as Kaldur bowed to return to his quest for the Quindent
"Okay, so when should we issue the statement?" Aizawa said
"Shortly" Nedzu said "I'm just waiting here for Aquaman"
"Knowing him Orin will want to kill Black Manta" Midnight said
"Any attacks on the adventure camp students?" Nedzu said
"Negative, just the beach camp" Snipe said
"We were able to grab a piece of Black Manta's tech from the beach, but we're sure what it is; so we gave it to Power Loader to analyse" Midnight said
"You gave it to Power Loader?" Aizawa asked shocked
"Yeah why?" Mindight asked
"Oh great that probably mean she got her hands on it" All-Might said
"So, I'll check out who they're coming along" Midnight said "Just in case"
"You okay pal?" Kaminari asked
"I'm just nervous" Izuku said
"About the press, don't worry man we can handle them" Kirishima smiled
"We've got you back" Iida said
"I hope so" Izuku said as he opened the door and headed out the gate, his friends firmly behind him as he walked out into a media frenzy with them all asking questions about the attack at the same time confusing the students, Izuku knew that he would have to face this one day but he didn't think it would be so soon
"PISS OFF!" Bakugo shouted as created a massive explosions, he looked like he was about to aim at the media when Izuku place hand on his shoulder
"Bakugo easy, now I know about the attack on the beach camp that happened to us, but we are unable to say anything at this point because we do not have all the facts, nor have we been given the go ahead by the teachers. Class 1-A will then give an interview with selected member of the press. Now if you excuse us we would like to head home, relax, play some video games and binge on junk food before finally doing our homework, thank you" Izuku said as the media were stunned at what he said
"Well spoken" Iida said
"Yeah" Izuku said unaware of one of the reporters smiling
"Not bad, but off the record you could have done better" a woman said as she stood next to Izuku
"Who are you?" Izuku asked looking up seeing this woman's vibrant red hair blowing in the slight wind
"My name is Iris West-Allen. I know you father" Iris said
"You do?" Izuku asked
"Yeah, he works with my husband on a pro hero task force devised to make sure super villains and other threats most heroes can't handle"
"The Legaue of Super heroics" Izuku said
"They prefer the Justice League" Iris said "Anyway I know about what you are going through" Iris said
"Which is?" Izuku asked
"Hero guilt" Iris said
"Is that what's it's called?" Izuku asked
"Yeah, it's when a hero feels guilty about certain, they end up saving the day but thinks go astray" Iris said "It happens from time to time with all heroes, but for a hero in training to suffer from it is rare" Iris said
"I didn't know about that" Izuku said
"It's okay, every hero has their rough days" Iris said, but in the end everyone has good days and bad days. So you have to keep on working as a hero to make sure that there are other people out there who won't get bad days worse than the average annoyance or bad headaches" Iris said getting up after leaving a can of soft drink for the young hybrid who was now softly smiling.
"I'm home" Izuku said
"Izuku!" Inko said hugging the boy
"Ease up Inky, you're going to choke him" Arthur said as he hugged his own
"How are thing in Atlantis?" Izuku asked
"Turbulent" Arthur said "We lost a piece of Black Manta's tech
"I think our school's support class teacher has it" Izuku said
"That's good, but hey I saw you on the news today, good job being diplomatic" Arthur said smiling before slapping Izuku on the back
"Thanks dad, by the way do you know an Iris West?" Izuku asked
"Iris, what is she doing here?" Arthur asked
"I don't knwo what does she do?" Izuku replied
"She's a journalist from Central City" Aquaman said
"We had a chat, and I think she gave me some good advice" Izuku said
"Glad to hear" Arthur said "And remember, you're just a hero in training; better to deal with this kind of things now and not in the future and feel worse" Arthur said
"Yeah, thanks dad" Izuku said smiling
"No problem" Arthur smiled
"Now I've got dinner in the oven, so let's sit down and have a nice meal together, shall we?" Inko asked
"You got it, Mera said I should be here for awhile" Arthur smiled
"remind me to thank her later" Izuku said
The next day at school things were quieter thanks to Izuku's message to the press, but he could still feel a storm of something was coming but he didn't know what it was
"HEY!" a random girl with pink dreadlock like hair said
"WHOA!" Izuku said being shocked and blinking "Um who are you?"
"I'm the girl who's got the lowdown on the helmet they grabbed from the beach" she said
"You mean?" Izuku asked
"Sure thing, I'm the girl who fully analysed Black Manta's helmet" she cheered
"Lead the way" Izuku said as he followed the girl.
"It is a shame they managed to grab your helmet" 'Ocean Master' said
"It is, but I do have another one" Black Manta said
"But for our plan to fully work we need to recover it and our friends in their cells; but a major thing is to deal with that pesky All For One" Ocean master said "And to discard this title I have given myself"
What do you mean?" Black Manta asked
"Ocean Master is a second hand name used by a failure, but a master isn't as grand as what I want" he said
"So what is your new title?" Black Manta asked
"Call me The Sea King!" Sea King said as his eyes flashed purpled as he darkly laughed.
G'day Guys Grizz here and that was the first aftermath chapter, this one I feel is dealing more with the media reaction, Aquaman's rage about Black Manta's escape and Izuku's guilt about what exactly happened, and don't worry Mina and Toru will be back shortly but Mineta might not be back and could be replaced by another character who is either a well known character or a new character I'm not sure. But I'll probably have Mineta come back in one way or another
So next chapter will be the second fallout chapter and we'll meet 1-B, Shinso and Mei, who will act as a sort of tech advisor to Izuku
So until next time I'll catch you on the reefside