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Izuka stood out on the beach as she practiced with her Quirk. She was currently focusing on creating the other creatures with her Quirk. Already she had succeeded in making bats and was trying with rats. A part of her mind was on the strange villain that her dad had crossed paths with and helped Endeavor faced off against. From what he told them about and from what he could get out of Endeavor the guy seemed to show advance shapeshifting, strength, no blood, and a strange weakness to fire. She was suspicious on if this might be another one of her siblings.
There was no point in thinking about it right now though. If she wanted an answer she could ask Albedo about it. Right now she could focus on using her abilities she knew and see if she had any others. Appearing out of shadows was the swarm of rodents walking around before turning to her. "Hmm, perhaps I could create a move were I summon up all three of my shadowy creatures."
Some heroes had named attacks with it becoming some of a tradition among the hammier of heroes. Even though most heroes weren't like that it had become such a trait that many heroes ended up naming at least one technique. "You know I never once asked but can you actually see through them or what?"
Izuka turned to Hisashi as he walked out his attention on her rodent creations. He had never once questioned how her creations worked. The silver-haired girl looked at her creations before shaking her head. "I can't directly see through them though I can feel where they are and know what they are doing" Izuka's rodents faded away as she noticed some of the passersby talking to themselves about the rodents on the beach. "Though Albedo did tell me that I could create a clone of myself which I can't seem to do with my shadows."
"Wait, you can create a clone of yourself?" Hisashi was surprised to hear this. Even with all the abilities that Izuka's Quirk gave her Hisashi was still surprised to learn that they were not the end of them. He actually wondered just who could even have made not one but eight beings like this. 'Come to think of it I think that I should look into that villain from yesterday call it a hunch but something about him seemed just unnatural for a single Quirk.' Perhaps he could ask Albedo to help him with finding out it if he was one of Izuka's siblings. "Now that seems like it's coming out of left field."
Izuka rolled her eyes at this. Leave it to her dad to talk like this. "I don't think it's a literal clone as Albedo did say that she wasn't sure about it other than that I can create a copy of myself while the rest of the information was incomplete."
"So, it might be something along the lines of your shadow creations?" Hisashi revived a nod from Izuka at this.
Explosions ripped out in a junkyard as Katsuki trained with his Quirk. Smoke came off his arms as he looked at his next target. He pointed his hand out towards it and focused on what he had wanted to happen. Cupping both his hands into a funnel shape he let loose a condensed explosive shot focusing the blast in such a way to tear through a pile of garbage. 'I still need to work on getting it just right.'
He was trying to come up with new ways to use his Quirk in battle. A problem that he had run into at first was the difficulty of controlling parts of his explosions on any part but his hands. After several failures, he just scraped any attempt to properly shape an explosion outside his hands. "I need to get stronger so I can show that I am number one!"
"I had wondered why there were complaints of explosions in the junkyard," Katsuki turned around to be greeted with All Might who was standing there with casual clothes on. The Symbol of Peace had his arms crossed as he looked at him. "You do know that it's prohibited to use your Quirks in public right?"
Katsuki rolled his eyes. That law had numerous exceptions. Self-defense, supervision by high ranking government agents or Pro-Heroes, and what he was doing. "Training you Quirk in a secluded location is not against the law."
All Might looked at the junkyard. While it was a messed most people don't even think of coming here. Sure those passing by could hear the explosions but for all tense and purposes, this was a secluded area. "You are right about that young Katsuki."
The ash blond turned back to the junk in front of him. Holding his arm out he placed his hands together before putting them down. All Might was still standing behind him. "Is there something you want?"
"Yes, I was wondering if you know were Izuka lives?" Katsuki stopped and clenched his fists in anger.
He wondered why he was going to go see Izuka. His first thought was that it had something to do with her helping him during the USJ attack. That made him furious. He was the one to fight Nomu until he got there but no Izuka got all the praise for helping All Might defeat him! "I'm not going to talk about it!" He returned to blasting apart the junk in front of him. 'Why do I have to tell him where to find her?!'
All Might had a thought that this was going to happen. As he left Katsuki to continue his training he pulled out his phone and made a call to U.A. "Hey, Cementoss you think you can see if we have Izuka Midoriya's address in our records?"
"... You do realize you could have just looked at the record when you were here right?" Cementoss was just shocked that All Might had forgotten about that. Then again he was just rushed into being a teacher at U.A.
All Might laughed at this. Sure it was stupid of him but at least he can use this to learn. "Yeah, I have no idea where they are."
After getting the address All Might returned to his true self. He was going to have to take the subway to where he was headed. He looked at the time when his subway would be coming by and saw he was going to be waiting for a few minutes. Toshinori looked for a free seat and found it next to a young woman with black feather wings and horns. "Excuse me but is this seat taken?"
Albedo pulled herself from her phone as she looked at the skeleton looking man. For a moment she wondered if he was well with such an appearance but couldn't be so sure given that this world of Quirks. 'Wait, is that blood out the corner of his mouth?' That solved that little question. "Oh, sure."
Albedo moved her wings to allow Toshinori to sit on the bench. As he sat down Toshinori pulled out a bottle of his medicine mixed with liquid painkillers. He really hated the taste of the mix being surprisingly bitter with a sour aftertaste. Now he had to take this twice a day according to Recovery Girl. He turned to Albedo whipping the blood from the edge of his mouth. "So, which train are you waiting for?"
"I'm waiting for the eleven ten train you?" Toshinori looked back up to see the latest changes to the times of each train.
When you have occasional miss uses of Quirks, villain battles damaging rain lines and just normal technical problems some people tend to look to make sure their train was still on time. Toshinori knew that better than anyone else thanks to being a Pro Hero. "The ten fifty."
Nezu looked at the police report that was handed to him. Being one of the smartest, if not the smartest, beings around the police did ask him to help with species cases. The latest one from yesterday was Quite the surprise. Endeavor along with the then off duty Firebreather had managed to run off a being who from the reports sounded like someone with an extreme Mutant Quirk. 'Either that or they happen to have had a run-in with another of All For One's little creations.'
He wouldn't dismiss the thought until absolutely certain. The trail of murders from the last few days seemed to fit with them being the culprit. "So, it seems that he's from the dead ship that came into port."
One case that was now solved. Still, that meant that one should be able to track him from the port where the ship came from and perhaps find if he did indeed have a lab that he came from. If they could confirm it then Nezu was going to have a long talk about getting All Might to confront him. A knock was heard at the door to his office pulling him out of his thoughts. "Come in!"
Naomasa walked in with his hat in hand. The detective had a finalized report from the USJ incident in his hands. Having finalized everything Naomasa was ordered to hand it to Nezu to make sure it was all in order. "Sorry, for the disturbance but we have the report for you to go over," Naomasa looked at another report file on Nezu's desk. He had heard about the fight between the number two hero and that thing. "I see the police is asking you to help us with that particular case."
"Yes, I must admit I am starting to believe that this villain may be responsible for more death then we are lead to believe," Nezu knew that Naomasa was one of the few people who had an idea of who All For One was. The higher-ups in the government knew that such a man did exist as well though they more of though him dead over the many years since the dark times of when Quirks first appeared. "Naomasa I think they might be one of All For One's creations."
Naomasa thought to his current charge. The detective was under orders not to talk about Cocytus until they decided he could. He had a feeling it was because the Police Commissioner wanted to keep an eye on him for either a potential threat or as part of his attempt at reforming the Police Force. It was no secret that he had the belief that the Police could do more to help fight villains and massive crime organizations compared to how it usually just ended up playing support to the heroes. 'That makes one with us in the police, one who's a villain, and one training to be a hero.'
The last person was Izuka Midoriya. Knowing that one of the students of this fame school was a creation of the so-called Symbol of Evil seemed rather ironic. Though her actions with the lowlife villains were unsettling even if it wasn't unheard of for heroes to do it. Pushing these thoughts aside they had to focus on the task at hand. "If that is the case then I will have to raise the danger level and put a petition for several high ranking heroes to be on the alert for him."
Nezu nodded his head in agreement. Having a dangerous being like that on the loose also got him thinking of about his students. With the upgrade to security, he had wondered if it was possible to institute the school boarding program both he and his predecessor had been wanting to perform. Most of the other hero schools had long since had it after a current incident a few decades back. All except for U.A.
Hisashi just barely dodged a thrust from Izuka's lance before retailing with a punch which Izuka blocked. Hisashi took a deep breath and readied a stream of fire before Izuka let out a blinding burst of burning light as he instead targeted the ground below them and jumped up and away. "Ok, that almost had me there!"
The two of them were having the usual light training secession. This time he wanted her to test out using her lance in battle with him. "Well, you did say you didn't want us to go all out but to still try."
Hisashi looked up the sun as he tried to gauge the time of day. It was well passed noon perhaps somewhere between one and two. "I guess we should get back home," Hisashi took a step to the side and heard the sound of a can crashing under his foot. He looked at the tossed aside can and then at the people walking on the beach and tossing their trash on it. "But first I have to teach a few people a very important lesson."
Izuka rolled her eyes at this. If there was one thing Hisashi hated it was people littering the beach that he practically spent cleaning himself. Honestly, with some of the things he and occasionally she had seen tossed into the beach it looked like they were planning on turning this place into a junkyard. 'It would be a shame if that did happen as I quite like this place.'
As she watched her adoptive father yell at the bystanders for littering she caught something out the corner of her eyes. Before she could turn around someone had landed on the sand next to her. That someone being All Might. "Hello, Izuka Midoriya!"
His entrance caught the attention of a few of the far-off visitors of the beach. Izuka just ignored them as she focused on the Symbol of Peace who was standing in front of her. "All Might, what are you doing here?"
"Why I had wanted to come by and thank you for assisting me in defeating the villain from the other day!" No sooner as he said those words did the people around them started muttering in surprise. A few of them had watched her practice with her father, who wouldn't as it was rare to see a Pro Hero openly train their child, but they didn't know that she was apart of U.A.
Hisashi walked over with a chuckle at this. "Wait, you actually helped All Might defeat what did you call it," Hisashi snapped his fingers as he tried to remember the name of the villain. "Oh, right Nomu."
This just continues to cause the onlookers to talk to themselves. Izuka saw several phones that were out and few of them typing on to them. It wasn't going to be long before rumors started to spring and theories about her. Izuka ignored them as she had something else to deal with. "Yeah, though I thought it was nothing."
A roar of laughter escaped All Might's mouth. It seemed that Izuka was either rather humble or actually didn't care all that much about her action. "You don't give yourself enough credit," He turned over to Hisashi as a thought crossed his mind. "If you both want I'm sure I can pull some strings so the both of you could train at U.A. after school consider it a gift for helping me with Nomu."
That was a tempting offer. U.A. had many things that they could use to train. Especially in order to help figure out what she can do with her Quirk. Looking around though she wasn't so sure about taking the offer. After all, there was several people listening into their conversation. 'Wouldn't take long before everyone in class hear about it.'
That included Katsuki and the thought about just looking at his reaction was tempting for Izuka to accept it. Though on the other hand she was rather found of training at the beach. After ten months of training with her father for the entrance exam, it felt like a bit of a betrayal to move to U.A. for it. "I'll think about it."
All Might gave her a nod of understanding. He looked at the watch around his wrist and saw that he only had ten minutes left in his form. "Very, well if you make up your mind feel free to call the school now if you excuse me I have somewhere else to be," He turned around and gave Izuka a wave. "See you in school on Monday!"
With that said he jumped up into the air leaving the onlookers there to try to take pictures of him moving. Hisashi turned to Izuka as he looked at her with a curious look. "So, you think we should take him up on his offer and start training at U.A?"
Izuka turned to her father with a shrug. "I'm not too sure right now though it is nice that we have the option if we want too."
Katsuki returned home as he heard the news on the tv. A Quirk Specialist was on the screen as he was talking about something. The ash blond listened to the words on the screen though he wasn't completely into it. "So, you were talking about Second Stage Quirk Mutation?"
"Yes, a rare phenomenon it is," The Quirk Specialist spoke as they begun to talk about the rather rare subject. "A few people end up developing a new ability with their Quirk sometimes one that complements their Quirk and other time a radically different ability that can still in some way be tied to one's Quirk previous abilities."
Katsuki caught this and wondered about if he had a Second Stage Mutation. If he did then he won't have that much of a gap between him and Izuka to cross. He rolled his eyes at these thoughts. It was a rare phenomenon meaning there was no way it was going to happen to him. 'Would be nice though.'
As he got himself a drink he turned over and saw that the news was finishing up on this segment. They were now going over the after-effects of the USJ. Katsuki was only barely paying attention about how it was going on about the other hero schools in the nation taking steps to prevent what happened to U.A. from happening to them. The media just kept running the whole attack story even when the ash blond felt it had run its course in the news.
Once he got into his room Katsuki got an update on his phone. He stared at it is as All Might thanking a U.A. student has gone a viral. The student being, of course, Izuka. Katsuki felt his anger rise before he managed to suppress it. 'Of course, All Might was going to see her and now she's getting glory once again.'
He was starting to almost become used to this. How he loathed this more than anything. He just placed his phone on the nightstand as he looked out the window. He clutched his fists as he tried to suppress his anger. As he did that he felt something within him raising up as a strange heat and wave of energy boiled through his body. Katsuki looked down noticing an almost glowing green glow coming through his veins.
Katsuki looked at his arms for a few moments before it disappeared. The interview from before echoing through his mind. A smirk formed on his face before it turned into a full-blown smile. The glow dissipated as he clutched his fists as he lighted a small explosion. Instead, he was shocked by the size of it. He had only wanted a small firecracker and hot something akin to a mini smoke bomb going off. "I have a boosting effect to my explosions?"
If there wasn't anything he wanted more it was this. An ability to boost his explosions was the kind of buff he needed. He wanted to go and confront Izuka now but stopped himself. Izuka had become too much of an obsession for him. 'I shouldn't just keep running at her,' That and he was still, suspicious about her powers. 'I need to wait, train, and learn what I can do with this and then face Izuka again I will win!'
Carnage hid within the shadows as he healed from the effects of the flames from his fight with Endeavor and Hisashi. After that fight, several heroes with fire and heat based Quirks were called up to help the police track him down. Carnage was amused by this but he already had two fire users on his kill list. "I'm starting to feel a bit hungry for some human meat!"
No one would care if he took a hobo off the streets and eat them. Well, there won't many hobos around here so he'll to make do with the second most uncared for group of people. Carnage just had to find him a few of the lowlifes. 'I much prefer something grander like a hero but what can you do?'
He saw what looked like a man with a beak walking down the alleyway. On closer look, it wasn't an actual beak but instead some kind of mask. Whatever it wasn't like he was going to be living much longer. Carnage waited for his ambush unaware that he was walking into a trap.
Kai Chisaki, known to many in his line of work as Overhaul, looked around with his eyes. He already had his followers at the ready to help him take out the being dubbed Carnage. From the notes, he head from the actual leader of Shie Hassaikai knew of a project that the Symbol of Evil, the Supreme Crime Lord in the nation and one of the strongest in the world, was working on. Capturing one for himself would strengthen himself both in the Shie Hassaikai hierarchy and in the eyes of this Symbol of Evil who they paid homage too. "Well, look what we have here?"
Overhaul looked around as he stood on guard. The white surgical gloves covering his hands broke apart as he activated his Quirk. 'Where is he coming from?' Overhaul got his answer when Carnage came swing off tendrils from his wrist his only hand an ax aimed for his head. Overhaul dunked as Carnage landed. Overhaul wasted no time with a counter attack. Touching the ground it broke apart before being reformed into large spikes that pieced into Carnage. 'He didn't even dodge that.'
That was extremely reckless of him to do. That is until Carnage started to laugh at the spike piercing right through him. "It tickles you know," He grabbed on to one of them and ripped it out of the ground. "Here why don't you try!" Carnage was about to toss the improvised spear when a gun sound was heard. Carnage pit it down and billed out a dart looking bullet from his back. "What in the world?"
Overhaul took that as his chance and raced up and made contact with Carnage breaking him apart into a sludge. He looked around as the Eight Expendables along with both Mimic and Chronostasis. Chronostasis put away his gun as the temporary Quirk suppressing bullet had managed to do it job. The bits of Carnage, however, started to wiggle before being pulled back together. "Now, that is some power you got there!"
They all turned as Overhauls eyes widened in shock. His Quirk broken things apart rendering them down so that he could reassemble them. Never once had a person managed to pull themselves together after being rendered down. Not even a Regeneration Quirk could do such a thing! "Impossible your Quirk should have been suppressed."
Carnage laughed at this before staging himself with his claws and pulled out nothing from his chest. "I don't have organs or blood you know so if that had a fluid to inject me well sad to say it failed!" Carnage looked at the assembled villains in front of him. "Now, it's time that I eat and I have so many meals to choose from!"
A warp gate opened as Kurogiri appeared out with the cloak covered individual. The mist man was surprised to learn that one of All For One's creations had called out to them. Then that was overshadowed by the knowledge that he was going to get him. In front of them, All For One was standing with his mobile life support system on as he greeted Subject Twenty. "I am overjoyed to see one of my children has come to me."
The cloak covered Subject Twenty seemed to have given him a bow. A voice was heard in each of their minds, an act which confused Kurogiri while All For One remained unaffected. "I am filled with joy as well though I do bring sad news that one of my siblings works against us."
"Yes, we have had suspicious about it for a while now," All For One was going to have to tell him about Shalltear as well. There was also Tomura who had to be informed about this and vice versa with Subject Twenty. Hopefully, the two of them can work together. "You mind removing your cloak and telling Kurogiri your name?"
Subject Twenty did so as they tossed the heavy cloak off his body. Subject Twenty looked like a bipedal, humanoid creature with some feline features that was primarily gray with a long, purple tail, with two short, blunt horns, and it has purple eyes. A tube extends from the back of its skull to the top of its spine, bypassing its neck. Each of their hands had three digits and like his feet had spherical tips. Its tail was thick at the base, but thins before ending in a small bulb. "I am Subject Twenty the last of the eight to be developed," Their mouth didn't move at all as they telepathically spoke. "I am Mewtwo."
Yeah, I had planned for Subject Twenty to be from the start. Now there is only one last one to reveal. Who will it be? You will all see. Also, as for Katsuki new ability its a booster type of deal temporarily boosting the power of his explosions. He kind of needed the buff you know.
Cya all next time. Go Beyond Plus Ultra!
