Chapter 11 – Before the Storm


"Toshinori this is serious! If All-For-One is behind the League of Villains then that means…"

"I know alright." The thin man, Toshinori Yaga, said to one of his closest friends. "If that is the case, I have no more time."

The detective standing across from the hero sighed.

This will not end well if it continued on Toshi. Naomasa Tsukauchi thought to himself. He had to say it, and very quickly.

The two men were standing in a small break room. They had been waiting in there for the past twenty minutes. It was still the early morning, but hopefully, this would be over soon. Then All Might could finally focus on finding his successor.

"Toshi, I know that you are still looking for the right person, and I know that recent events have only added to your list of potential inheritors, but… You must pick one before we can do anything else. That man is too dangerous. Even if he is in a weakened state."

"As the current holder of One-For-All, It is my responsibility to pass this power on to the next generation. That is my duty to the future as the symbol of peace." The sickly man said.

Naomasa looked at Toshinori, the number one Pro Hero in his true form. It was thin and small a complete opposite from when he went out to fight as All Might. Ever since that incident, he had been getting worse and was much weaker with each passing day.

If the villain All-For-One was really behind the League of Villains, then something had to be done about passing One-For-All onto the next generation.

"I am not trying to pressure you Toshi, but please think about it. The last time the two of you fought, it ended with both of you being gravely injured and several city blocks of collateral damage. All of us thought he died in that clash, but All-For-One has had years to recover in the shadows. Who knows how dangerous that man still is."

"I know, if I die now, then so does One-For-All."

The detective had to ask, "Then who will inherit it?"

"I still don't know."

The two's conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"We can discuss this afterward, but you have to decide before we move on the League's stronghold," Naomasa said. "Give us one moment!"

Looking over to Toshinori, in a brief moment of transformation his muscles seemed to grow and expand. He could see them the physical change happening. Standing in the place of the small thin man was a large muscular one, Toshinori's hero form All Might.

Looking at the door the symbol of peace said to the man on the other side, "Come in! We are ready!"

Opening the door was a heavily armed man in the black uniform of the Central Tokyo Detention Center. The man opened his mouth to speak.

"Detective, the interrogation cell has been readied. I know this was a last minute set up but please follow any directions that the CBRN unite gives you. We cannot allow the prisoner to have a breach in containment."

The guard turned his eyes to All Might, "And are you sure that it was a good idea to bring him? The prisoner will not have a pleasant reaction if she realizes that he is behind the observation glass."

"That will not be a problem," Naomasa reassured the guard.

"Fine then. The warden is expecting you. Please follow me."

With that, the prison guard moved into the hallway.

Walking to the door the detective looked back to his friend. "Are you ready All Might?"

"As I'll ever be. Let's go and see what she knows."


Yukari found herself seated at one of the few tables of the bar. Various members were loitering around the room, waiting for the return of their leader. The League of Villain's primary hideout was the same as always, except for one addition.

Despite everything she said, this was not what she meant by going back to work. She could feel him glaring at her from across the bar.

Why the hell is he just staring at me? Give it a rest already.

Yukari had no idea why her ex-childhood friend had such an interest in her. After arriving back at the hideout, she had run into one of her clones, apparently, the only one still alive from the batch created for the mission. The clone had updated her on what had happened between her leaving the field and the completion of the mission. After that the clone said she had something to do and left. Yukari entered the bar Bakugo had been given her a death stare the entire time since.

Ignoring him entirely Yukari continued to examine the Nomu in front of her as Toga Himiko talked about her new obsession.

"And he even has such a cool scar! Did you see it? It's so cute!"

Her new pet, the Nomu was setting almost like a dog. It was just like how she ordered it. The artificial human was still a good addition, she enjoyed its presence. It appeased her that it was all hers, even if Kurogiri had ordered it around last night.

"I can't wait until we meet him again Yu-chan. I'm totally going to get some of his blood."

"Um-hm."

Well at least now she knew how a Nomu was made. It had something to do with the All-For-One quirk apparently. Not only that but All Might had an artificial quirk as well. It was all very interesting but at the same time, it was still unfair.

Her employer had said that All Might's quirk was actually two quirks in one, one that built strength and the other to pass the quirk onto a new person. Somehow All-For-One must have used that same method to created artificial humans with multiple quirks, the creatures known as Nomu. At least with the information he had told her It was her best theory at the moment.

Considering that she had seen All-For-One's ability first hand, she was inclined to believe what he told her.

Toga poked at her check, "Hey, Yu? What do you think?"

Moving her eyes to look at the blond-haired serial killer, she had to ask. "About Shoto Todoroki?"

"Yeah, what would you rate him? You know his looks?"

Yukari really didn't know why Toga was so attached to her. It was kind of annoying honestly, it's not like friendship was even a real thing. Friends meant nothing in the long run, they were only a way for people to act like they were better than others who were friendless.

"I guess if I had to rate him he would be…"

He was handsome, was that it though?

She wasn't sure how to judge a boy in that way, this was her first time experiencing a conversation like this. One between two girls over a boy's looks, it was strange.

"A five?"

Toga tilted her head, "Out of five or out of ten?"

"Sure?" The assassin responded. She didn't really have that much of an interest in how Toga Interpreted her answer.

Suddenly a male's voice spoke up, although he had been calling out for quite a while, she had been filtering him out. "Stop ignoring me, you fucking bitch!"

She could feel her eye twitch at that comment. Yet she continued to ignore him, Shigaraki would not be happy if Kacchan ended up gutted before the older boy had a chance to talk to the UA student.

It seemed that the other residents of the bar felt much the same. He had not stopped yelling except to regain his breath every once in a while.

"Hey, hey, Yu-chan? What kind of boys do you like?"

None.

Why would she ever want to feel an attachment to another human being besides her mother? She had only ever done that for three people, and two of them had betrayed her. Connections to others only ended in disappointment and pain.

Looking over to the boy that had bullied her for years, she replied to the other girl.

"Toga, no matter how I look at it, I don't think I could ever like someone. I dislike almost everyone. No matter how much I want to, I will never have anything like that. Friendship and romance are things I'll never be a part of."

Jumping to her feet, the girl across the table moved over and draped her hands around the other girl's necks. She moved the back of Yukari's head and rested it on her chest.

"That's not true Yu-chan. After all, I'm your friend."

Tilting her head up, Yukari looked into the unhinged golden eyes above her.

"Does it hurt to be so alone in this world? That feeling, it's why I want to make the world an easier place to live. I won't abandon you, because we're friends now."

She could feel herself stiffen under the touch of the other girl.

Humans lie.

It was the simple truth, the only one she had ever known. Humans hurt, lie, and hate anything different from themselves. No matter how unreasonable or illogical, that was always the case. She had learned that lesson all her life, over and over again.

Every time she opened up it only left her exposed to more pain in the following moments, why would this be any different.

Friendship is just an illusion, something used by others to keep up social appearances. Friends just used each other but never really cared about what happened to their shallow connections. In the end, the moment they see you are different they always turn on you.

And yet.

"You and I are alike, our smell is the same. We both care so deeply for others." Toga said. "I want to be like others because I love them and I want to be them. You want to be like others because you desire to enjoy life, you can't help but hate them, can you?"

She could feel something, but it was an emotion that she didn't recognize. It wasn't fear or happiness, but it was pleasant.

"It's all the same in the end. To hate or love, you have to care deeply for that person."

Toga removed her hands and took a step back from her.

"I want to know more about you, I want to know everything about you. That's why I will always be by your side even if you end up hating me to my very core."

Gold eyes stared into her, like a predator stalking prey

"I..."

"Stop! Ignoring me you bastards!"

Oh, that is it!

Standing up the girl grabbed something from the bar top counter as she stormed her way over to the teenage boy.

"Oh, so you finally come to talk to me huh bitch?" The blond boy said as she approached. "Well let me tell you something you useless bastard! I want to know why you are even here De…"

Shoving the metal contraption into his face, she reached around and clicked the leather strap into place.

Taking a step back and looking at her work, Yukari couldn't deny the pleasure from putting the scum in his place. The dog muzzle fit perfectly on the teen, that was to be expected, however, she had waited so long to shut him up with it.

"You know, from this angle you almost look like a stray dog."

In front of her, Bakugo was thrashing about and attempting to scream through the metal muzzle covering his mouth.

"Nomu come."

The hulking monster moved at an inhuman speed to reach its master. Following behind it was Toga.

"That's no fun! I want our friendship moment back!"

"What do you think Toga, should I have my dog break this mutt's legs?"

"Yu-Chan that's so mean! There won't be any blood that way!" the girl said as she examined their guest.

"That's ironic." A voice from the man seated at the bar said.

Yukari couldn't help to tsk at that.

"To think, this is what it came to. You two can't restrain yourselves can you?"

Toga moved over to the man, "Dabi, I told to not to be mean to us anymore."

"Yet, I don't remember agreeing to that psycho. Anyway, don't do that. The boss will not be happy if you hurt him." He paused for a moment. "Oh, and can you two be quiet as well? I would prefer not to have this much noise."

"Okay!" Toga said raising her hand into the air.

The rest of the gather villains just seemed to go back to their own things. Magne was outside doing who knows what. The stain fanatic, Spinner, was over in the corner on a phone. Finally, Mr. Compress was working on a replacement mask for the one broken last night.

"To think," Dabi added. "The black mist guy freaked out when he heard the JSDF was mobilized in Tokyo. I wonder when those two will be back."

It was going to be one of those boring days, wasn't it? And so the wait for Shigaraki-sama's return continues.


As the group made their way down the hallway, Naomasa noticed the increasing security. At first it was the prison's riot squad, but as they got closer to their destination the black uniformed men were slowly giving way to soldiers in fatigues.

All Might and he had just past the second set of Self-Defense Force troops.

"This is quite the sight; don't you think so Naomasa?" The Pro Hero said as they continued their walk.

"It's what the ministry of defense requested for a visit with her. Although she is physically weak, her quirk is highly lethal. It's just a precaution."

Still, he did have a point. This was far more men than what was usually needed. Judging from some of their equipment, at least half of them were not even a part of the Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear threat unit.

Yet someone had clearly authorized the extra manpower, and in only a few hours as well.

"Sir," their guide said to get his attention, "The warden is inside that door to the left, it's the surveillance section of the visitor room."

All Might approached the door, "Thank you for your hard work!"

Opening the door, he held it so Naomasa could enter.

Stepping into the room he could see there were two people inside, a large three armed man in a suit and a white-haired woman in a camo jacket. Upon seeing them enter the man in the suit crossed his arms and approached the police officer.

"A pleaser to meet you All Might," with two of his arms still crossed, he extended his third hand outwards. "I am Warden Masuma, director of security for this facility."

"Nice to meet you!"

Taking a closer look at the middle-aged man, Naomasa could see the slight awe in his eyes. Turning to face him after completing the handshake the Warden said. "And you are?"

"Detective Naomasa Tsukauchi. It's nice to make your acquaintance."

Nodding to the man, the warden moved over to the black window of the room. The woman tracked the movements with her eyes.

Moving over to the observation window, she said. "Lieutenant Sakai, I am the commanding officer of the JSDF CBRN team. I'll be overseeing the interview and reporting it to the Minister of Defense."

"It's good to meet you." He said. "Can you open the room for viewing? I would like to confirm the prisoner's condition."

"Of course." The women said as she pressed the button. "The cell was specifically made for her, it has its own contained air supply and is completely sealed off from the rest of the facility. It's the same standard as her living quarters."

After pressing the switch, the blank window flicked and then displayed the other side. The room was grey and empty except for a table, a chair, and three humans. The female of the room was seated in front of the table. On either side of the women was a hazmat-suited military man, both were carrying type 89 assault rifles.

The woman's pale skinned shined in the lamplight. She had long silk-like dark blue hair. It covered her face as she rested her head on the table. Her build was tall, overall, she give off the appearance of a foreigner. The criminal was dressed in a standard white prison jumpsuit.

"Oh my?" Raising her head she looking towards the one-way mirror. "Has he finally come?"

Deep crimson eyes locked onto the position of where All Might was standing.

This is already taking a turn for the worst.

"How does she know he's here?" The Warden said.

The women moved to stand, as she did the two soldiers took a step back and raised their weapons.

She spoke with a smooth and even tone, "I can feel you over there… All Might"

Approaching the window, Toshinori took in the sight of her. All Might despite his smile, there was a strain on his lips. Memories of his past encounters with her must have surfaced to the forefront of his mind.

"Sit back down now!" Ignoring the threat from the solider, the villain approached the window with her hands still cuffed behind her back.

"To think, the one person who is immune to my quirk is radiating an aura of death. My noble lord and master must have done quite a number on you before going down. Is it almost time then? Come to have one last chat with an old acquaintance?"

"Let me speak to her." All Might said to the warden.

The JSDF officer replied almost immediately, "that isn't a good idea. I don't know how she knows you are here but confirming it will make the situation worse."

The two soldiers behind the villain continued to point their guns and attempt to gain control but were unwilling to touch or restrain her. Their fear of her quirk prevented them from doing anything. From the corner of his eye, Naomasa could see All Might tighten his fist as he continued to look into the woman's red eyes.

Moving to the mic, Naomasa knew he had to resolve this.

"Tama Setsushi, I am requesting that you please step back from the window and retake your seat."

Her eyes flickered off All Might, it was clear she didn't know the detective's location on the other side of the one-way mirror.

She can only sense Toshinori.

After a moment of consideration the villain, Viral, did as she was instructed.

"So," The prisoner said as she sank down onto the solitary chair, her eyes gave off a faint glow as she looked towards All Might once more. "I haven't had a chatting buddy in a while now. What could have possibly reminded you all that of my existence?"

"I have a few questions for you about the current events going on in the underworld…"


Ochaco Uraraka seat in the waiting room of a hospital. One that was specially designed to heal and save injured Pro Heroes. The injured students from the camping trip had been sent there straight from the campsite.

The staff had been very effective in the treatments of the injured. With the arrival of Recovery Girl everything turned out okay. Even Jiro had been stabilized, and that filled her with relief. Ochaco herself had been recovering from her own stab wound.

I couldn't do anything.

Currently, she and some of her classmates were waiting in the room to make a visit to their friends. Most of the students that passed out from the gas attack were still resting. Shoji and Jiro were comatose, no one was allowed to visit them yet. Todoroki was also badly hurt, after passing out at the campsite he had been asleep for the past few hours.

I am not strong enough to protect everyone, that has to change. I will become someone that could save everyone.

Ochaco was currently looked towards the television screen mounted in the corner of the waiting room. It was playing the news, and what had happened last night. The option of the public was mixed, and no one knows what to think of the progressively bold attacks by villains.

"Uraraka! Shoto is awake."

Thank goodness, he's alright.

Looking over towards the hallway she could see five others. The one who called out to her was Denki Kaminari. Next to he was Momo, Tokouami, Iida, and Kirishima.

She raised from the seat and was about to make her way over to them

"Wait." A voice called out behind her. Looking for the source she saw him.

It was a purple-haired boy, Hitoshi Shinso of class 1-B. He had transferred from the general department after the sports festival. He seemed to hate all of her class, so she didn't understand why he would want to tag along.

He moved and closed the distance to her. "Please let me come with you."

She wanted to deny him, but at the same time there was to reason to say no. Plus she wasn't sure if he would just force his way anyways if she did say no.

She stood up and moved to follow her classmates down the white hallway of the building. Before reaching the corridor, she turned around and motioned for the 1-B student to follow her.

With that, the group moved towards a door and went inside.


"It's good to see you're awake Todoroki," Momo said. "I am glad you are alright."

On the bed and in serious bandaging was Shoto Todorki. It seemed like quite a few of his classmates had come to see how he was.

"Thank you, Yaoyorozu. How are you holding up?"

"I am well, but Jiro is still unconscious." The girl closed her eyes, "It was the same villain from the mall. She hurt Jiro again."

How am I even supposed to respond to that? He really didn't know.

Tokouami was the next to speak. His voice was weak but full of sincerity, "I caused you trouble, I am sorry Todorki. Thank you for saving me."

"It was no problem. I'm glad I could help rescue you."

The bird boy nodded his head.

"How are you?" Uraraka asked him.

Looking towards her the redhead replied. "I should be able to leave the hospital tonight, that is what the doctors told me."

"That's good." She responded.

"Bakugo is not here. It's not good."

Uraraka and he could he Yaoyorozu from her side react to that.

"This is my fault if only I had been better." He continued.

He could see the pain, the emotional pain, on their faces. Shoto could also feel the pain in his own heart as well. He had made the decision to become a hero of his own will, yet that hadn't worked out how it was supposed to.

"I could not do the one responsibility of a Hero."

Momo moved to stand closer to the bed, "Todoroki. I…"

"This isn't your fault," Kirishima said near the door.

"What?"

"Shoto Todoroki, this is not your fault. It isn't any of our fault for what happened. It is the villains who are responsible. So stand up and save him this time. Save Bakugo like you saved that child!"

"I agree." A voice spoke out. "You did save a life that night, do not forget that fact."

Shinso locked eyes with him. "I have treated you all so badly over the past weeks. I am sorry, but we have a plan."

Iida moved to between the two. "What is he saying Kirishima?"

"I approached him with a request for help. I thought with his quirk it would be a good idea. Momo, tell them."

"Awase from class B was injured by the Nomu. He saved me from harm, but before it retreated, I was able to get a tracking device on it. The police and All Might already know about this, they are planning to take action."

That was good.

"So what is the problem?" Shoto asked.

"On top of turning over a way to track the devices, I have also been monitoring it myself for the past few hours." She removed a device from her pocket.

"The Nomu has finally stopped moving, but before that… It has been to three other locations. I tried to tell the police of this, but they did not take my words seriously."

The class representative pushed up his glasses before asking, "What do you mean."

"The receiver is currently in Yokohama. That is where the Pros will most likely attack. It also was moved to another location within that city as well. The police know about both of those locations. However last night the Nomu's location was inside the Central Tokyo Detention Center for two minutes."

"Wait," Tokoyami spoke up. "Isn't that where…"

"All those criminals from the attack on the USJ are being held?" Iida finished for him.

"At least half of the Leauge of Villain's lower rank thugs are being held there!" Iida said.

"That is correct," Momo said. "The police believe I was mistaken about seeing that. They said there was no possibility of something like that happening and I was overreacting after the Nomu attacked me and Awase. Even with a teleportation quirk, it is nearly impossible not to be noticed someone entering a Quirk Prison. That is how it is supposed to be set up anyway."

Ochaco decided to speak. "That means."

"We have to stop them," The boy on the medical bed said. "I am assuming you have a plan Kirishima? If the Pros are preoccupied with the other two locations than that means they most likely are planning something. They will leave checking out the prison for later."

"It also gives us three leads to find Bakugo." Kirishima said

They had to do something if that many villains caused a riot, who knows what else might break out of there.

If the Pros cover the other two areas, we could also help.

"Stop! I will not allow this. It would be against the Law for us to interfere, we are not licensed heroes! It is as All Might said, this is something we should leave to the pros!"

"Iida," Uraraka said. "They didn't take that information seriously!"

"This is not our place to act!"

"You think we don't know that!" Kirishima responded. "I couldn't do anything to stop them from taking Bakugo! I will not just stand around and do nothing when I can stop them! My friend was taken, and I could not stop it! If I can't do anything again how can I call myself a Hero or a man! I can live will letting All Might save Bakugo, but if he is busy with that then what will happen at the Prison?"

"Calm down Kirishima." Kaminari said.

"Iida is correct," Momo said with her eyes looking towards the floor. "In the end, we can not interfere. We don't even know if what I saw is correct. I might have imagined it."

"That might be so," Todoroki said. "But I agree with Kirishima. I will not allow these people to do as they please."

"I agree," Kaminari said, "They nearly killed Jiro and I can't let that slide. Whatever they are doing, it has to be stopped."

"Then I will help as well, it's the least I could do." The purple hair by in the back of the room said. "I have treated you all poorly, take this as an apology. This incident has made me realize how childish I have been. As a gesture of good faith, let me help you with this. I am sure a few others from class B will have the same thought."

Iida stepped between everyone. "Are you all really okay with breaking the law, becasue that is what you are talking about right now. It's vigilantism!"

A knock at the door interrupted them.

"Excuse me, is Shoto Todoroki and Ochaco Uraraka in her?" a deep voice asked. It took him a moment to connect but by the time the door opened, it clicked in his mind.

All Might?

"I am sorry if I have interrupted something. I need to speak with your classmates everyone."

The number one opened and walked inside of the hospital room.

"Of course All Might," Momo hesitantly said. "Everyone, let's go to the waiting room."

Kirishima moved close to Shoto before leaving and whispered into his ear. "Will are going tonight, around six, just to watch out and report it if anything happens. I also wish to go to the warehouse as well. Get any leads I can on where my friend is. Meet us in front of the hospital if you are coming."

"I will."

With that Kirishima and the others left leaving only Shoto, Ochaco, and the number one hero.

Moving to stand before the symbol of peace said. "I have decided. I need to speak with each of you individually if that is alright."


Author's Notes: Wow, Yukari Midoriya makes her first friend in years! Even if it might not be the best option she could have picked. Also, the new character makes a more solid appearance and that is alongside the first appearance of All Might in the story. Other than the Omake.

I wonder what everyone will think about Viral, it should be fun to see what you all think as the story progresses. Oh and of course Shinso is here as well, so that will be interesting. I am not 100% happy with the last part of this chapter, but it got everything it needed for the next section of the story. Plus I didn't want to delay the story any longer.

Anyway, sorry about the delay, but I should be back to the schedule of updating every other week. This is also something that I am glad to be getting from this project, not only is it training my creative writing skills, but it is also training deadline habits. I hope everyone is enjoying the story and the direction I plan to take it. As always I can't wait to see everyone's feedback.