Checks the Calendar...Eleven days late...SHIT...fuck it.
HAPPY NEW YEAR MY DEAR READERS!
With the new year comes a number of new things. Including a new position in my company which may change my schedule that could open up more free time for myself to write more.
This chapter was supposed to be 6k words, but ended up being 10K soo I'm just going to stop worrying about chapter length and just write until I'm done.
Thank you for the people who answered my short stories question and after considerable thought, Short Stories will remain attached to shorter chapters. (Unless it is a very special short story that warrants it- This will be something that happens in the future)
Anyways with that enjoy the chapter.
Reviews Like before there were quite a number of reviews, so I answered some of them via private message.
Patrickthenobleman: Yeah, I didn't make much efforts that Hikari would meet Eri, the surprise here was Kouta and Water Hose. (Like said Alternate Universe, ya gotta make those changes) You know especially know what I'm talking about.
IronDruid93: Downtime is important, this is a slow burn story after all, and I really want to develop the characters even if its only for a bit as we prep for the Sports festival. Alex was told to give his trainees hell so he will do so, but he also understands the two and knows that their attitude will affect their performance and curbing that sooner than later will only benefit them.
JCHudson: In canon, we don't know much about Kaminari's family, but for this fic. Yes Kaminari's family has a villainous background which will come up later, for plot and development.
Jetstar77: I'll just say this. Not a spoiler, Hajime is not Ryu's father and it is Nishimoto who has red eyes. Glad you enjoyed the rest.
Unsuspecting: There are other fics that have a nicer Bakugou too, not just mine. Me personally I still heavily dislike the character, but I refuse to character bash on principal so I work with him like this, keeping his personality, while reworking him to fit in this dynamic.
Acw28: All I will say that this comment made me laugh in a good way.
Turbowolf: Welcome to the fandom, the answer to your first question has already been answered in later chapters, but in short. PS,RS,1FYR. (Probationary Student, Recommended Student, 1st Year Rep.) And second I had to look up the Pokemon. No, it would be more accurate to say that he looks a bit like Natsu Dragneel in his more dragonish form, from Dragon Cry, only without the horns and wings. Green, with hardened bony plate scales covering parts of his arms, shoulders and chest.
Guest: Well I'm happy that you gave me a chance. I know about the most common complaints about OC's and was determined to make sure not to repeat those common issues. If I may ask, what exactly changed your mind to give me a chance?
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My Hero Academia: Santa's Nutcracker By heroes1202
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My Hero Academia Untold: The Fafnir Knight
Saga I:Dusk
Arc III: The Sports Festival
Chapter XXXI: The Ghosts of The Past
"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone."
-Harriet Beecher Stowe
Izuku and Katsuki walked alone with the cleaning supplies they brought for the occasion. Despite slightly more somber mood the two boys couldn't help but chat a little more freely, since neither family nor other friends were there at the moment. It was a bit of a walk to reach their destination so they took complete advantage of it.
"I told you to confess to Kyu when you had the chance," Izuku commented with a tiny smirk etched on his face, doing his best not to laugh knowing that Katsuki was still feeling the sting of reality when Ryuko joined them today, and told them a little known fact that she was officially dating a gentleman by the name of Shinya Kamihara
Though neither realized it was Edgeshot in a very thorough civilian attire.
"If we weren't in a graveyard right now, I would beat your ass for that." Katsuki answered back through gritted teeth, clearly still annoyed by fact.
Izuku could almost see the blood vessel in his forehead ready to pop out, but knew that Katsuki didn't mean it. And besides he wanted a tiny bit of payback for all of the teasing Katsuki had done to him about Ochako, even if was crushing on her hard.
"Look at the bright side Kacchan, you're basically free now right?" The broccoli head shrugged, "and you've even dated a bit back in middle school so I'm pretty sure you'll find someone else." Izuku continued speaking offhandedly as if he was talking about the pleasant weather they were having that spring day.
Katsuki sighed, only to have a shit eating grin grow on his face as he remembered the story he had heard from Ochako and decided now was a good time to place some bread crumbs. Time for a little payback of his own.
"That's funny," Katsuki began slyly, "I could almost say the same about your princess from back in elementary," the blond looked aside to Izuku, "you finally given up on finding her, now that you have Uraraka?"
Izuku's face broke out in a shade of red so fast that even Katsuki worried that his friend would faint. "N-no-no, I mean yes...I mean...Ochako and I aren't even dating!"
"I don't know, you're still addressing her by her first name, adopted Eri," Katsuki began casually listing off with his free hand, enjoying the ever so sweet revenge he was dishing out to his best friend. "Hell, Ryuko caught you two cuddling together this morning."
"She promised he wouldn't say anything!" Izuku almost yelled out hiding his face which only made it harder Katsuki to hold back his laughter, "I-it was an accident! We were just tired from the whole day and just fell asleep when we were reading Eri her favorite story!"
"She didn't," he chuckled, giving Izuku a bit of a toothy grin, "I just took a guess from the face she made when she came back from your room, when auntie asked her to check if you were awake or not," he revealed before stopping in his tracks to lean on a lamp post trying not to die from laughter. He couldn't believe he had gotten it right while Izuku groaned from being fooled.
"So you have let that girl go? Are you free too?"
"That's not the point...I mean," Izuku added a sigh; "it would be nice to see her again after all this time." Izuku managed to say as he recovered from the embarrassment and motioned his friend to continue walking toward their destination. What surprised Katsuki however was Izuku voice was growing firmer.
"But, it's been ten years now, holding on to something like that is just desperate," He turned to Katsuki, "Like you and Kyu." Then started to walk ahead with a smile on his face.
"Motherfuc-" Katsuki actually had to bite his tongue to keep from yelling in the middle of the graveyard. But he cleared his throat, determined not to lose, "Ah I see...you make a good point...so I guess I'll just keep the fact that I think I found that girl from ten years recently."
Katsuki's grin grew again as he watched Izuku walk on.
'Three, two, one.'
Izuku nearly tripped over his feet when he stopped and turned around, "Kacchan I wasn't born yesterday," he attempted to straighten himself, "besides you've said that before over the years," he looked aside, "fell for those more than once."
"She's from out of town, and only recently moved back," Katsuki retorted as he took the chance to walk past Izuku as they were almost to their destination.
"And how would you know it was her then? You never seen her, and I could barely remember what she looked like!" Izuku interjected following his friend now.
"Let's just say, I overheard a very familiar story recently from her point of view...but if you really don't believe me. I have some hardcore proof."
"Let's see it then."
"Ah-ah! I want to prove something else first." Katsuki said though the tone of his voice became low as he turned the corner and arrived to the spot they had journeyed for. Shattered glass, burnt matches and scrunched up cigarettes surrounded a modestly sized marble gravestone though a passerby would barely be able to see the white stone with all the foul graffiti haphazardly sprayed all over it. The name on the stone read; Hisashi Midoriya.
"…Hey there uncle...it's been a while hasn't it?" The blond spoke gently to the gravestone.
Izuku paused for a moment when he turned the corner,"What did you want to prove Kacchan...?"
"I swear on my master's grave that I'm telling you the truth." Katsuki said firmly with a straight face, with his hand placed on Hisashi's grave tensed, he knew now that Katsuki was serious since he would have never done that lightly. So unless Katsuki made a genuine mistake, Izuku was convinced that Katsuki was at least sure that he knew the girl.
"Okay Kacchan, I get it...I believe you. So can you tell me who she is?"
"I thought you said it doesn't matter."
Izuku face became red once again, but almost as if to prove his point. He mimicked his friend and followed up by placing his hands on his father's grave.
"It doesn't, but I would still like to see her again before I ask Ochako out after the Sports festival." Izuku answered with the most serious look on his face possible, despite how red it still was.
Katsuki simply listened as Izuku continued.
"I wanted to thank her for making me feel like a hero, like a knight in a time that I was having doubts...but I also want to let go of the past." Izuku's face cooled down to his normal tone, "I was too focused on the past, spent too much time hiding because of my father. I can't keep doing that," he straightened up, "I want- no I need to focus on the future now...and after everything that's happened...and I'd like Ochako to be part of it."
Katsuki sighed, admitting defeat for the battle but was determined to win the goddamn war. Still he had to stop himself from laughing at the irony. And he wasn't gonna lie, the romantic part of him was now a little more determined to make it happen.
"About time you grew some balls."
"Faster than you when it came to Kyu," Izuku shot back just as fast, swiftly learning a karate chop from Katsuki on top of his head.
"Ow...you're not Iida." Izuku squeaked as he rubbed the top of his head.
"And you're normally not a smart ass what else is new?" Katsuki retorted with folded arms. "Still I'll tell you who it us...when you beat it out of me at the Sports festival."
"Kacchan!"
"Hey, you wanna win, and I wanna fight for real. You said you'd catch up to me right? It's been nearly a year since that slime fucker remember? So you beat me, and you get your answer...and it will be just in time for you ask Uraraka out after you meet that girl again."
'I gotta remember to film this shit and up my bet against Yuu and the Old Hag.'
Izuku looked at his friend with a newly found determination and a large smile on his face and held out a hand.
"Deal."
Katsuki took it with his own with wicked grin on his face to match his friend's own determination that excited Katsuki and sparked his own drive to win. Even if he won against his friend, he could still give him a helpful tip in the right direction. No matter what, this was going to be one hell of a Sports festival that people would be talking about for years.
"Alright then...now let's fix up uncle's grave for everyone else." Katsuki said after breaking off their handshake.
Once again the Draco Knight Investigation Team gathered up to pull up what it had so far. Hopes were high as both the police and political wings of the investigation had some important updates to share. Nezu once again pulled up Sir Nighteye on his laptop in addition to the latest member to join his political staff.
"How's the new office Gran?" All Might asked his old mentor who sat next to Sir Nighteye; wearing a well-fitted brown suit instead of his normal outfit or costume.
"Boring, but I get to have access to the microwave anytime I want, so I say it was fair trade." The retired pro said with a light cough. Officially Gran Torino was now an advisor to Sir Nighteye; unofficially the man was pulling double duty as both additional security and working on making friends within the halls of power.
"Is this it for now?" Endeavor asked impatiently looking around the room noticing that a few of the regulars were absent today.
"Edgeshot and Ryukyu will not be joining us today," Gang Orca said with a groan as he took a seat in Principal Nezu's office. "They have a prior engagement, so I'll take care of informing them of what will be discussed today."
"The same could be said for Tsukauchi. He's currently working on something with his department and couldn't find the time to join us." All Might added with a nod as he sat in far end of Nezu's desk.
"Very well," Nezu responded with a nod before motioning their police wing to begin the meeting. "Chief Kiriyuuin if you could please start us off."
"Yes sir. First my apologies that it took longer than expected gentlemen," Kaoru began saying as he pulled back his white mane of hair; he looked completely burnt out with dark heavy bags under his eyes and his suit looked unpressed and worn out.
"The Commission is playing it safe when it comes to what the investigation wants to reveal to the public, compared to what it has actually uncovered so far with the USJ. At the moment they have all confirmed that All Might was indeed their main objective according to all of the minor villains we managed to round-up, everything else was secondary."
All Might put his fingers together and bowed his head. Everyone at the USJ had suffered because of him and he barely did anything about it.
"However it isn't the only thing we're dealing with," He added while straightening his tie, "unfortunately with the near collapse of The Eight Precepts of Death there has been an increase in drug trafficking with rival gangs both big and small trying to muscle in and fill in the gap that has opened up in the underworld."
"I hear that," Gang Orca interjected. "The amount of busts I've been involved in for drugs like Trigger in its various forms has been causing a number of headaches for everyone." He let out a bittersweet sigh, "Reminds me of the first wave of the narcotics hitting the scene five years ago. I've personally had to crack some skulls from various small time thugs and even had a run in with some eastern dragon boys that were hanging around in southern phoenix territory...I was sorely disappointed."
"Disappointed that none them could actually fight like Draco Knight I imagine," Best Jeanist commented calmly with a small smirk hidden behind his denim coverings. Reminiscing his time of having to control the two eternal rivals in their homeroom class as their class representative.
"WEAK SHITS! I want a real fight with a true Dragon once again! NONE OF THEM COME CLOSE!"
"Ehem!" Kaoru cleared his throat to get them back on topic. "As I was saying various gangs are currently making a push for territory that belongs to the Eight Precepts of Death," he held up a finger, "however since Overhaul is still in our captivity, is where I fear things can go wrong since Kai Doumeki was chosen to transport Overhaul to Tartarus."
"Are you serious?!" Endeavor exclaimed nearly rising out of his seat; "despite with what happened with Stain?!"
Tensei leaned in, knowing this information already however he was curious about what Gang Orca had said. 'Southern phoenix territory?'
"Actually it was Kai Doumeki himself who volunteered for the assignment and will personally oversee the field operation."
"Wait what? Kiriyuuin are you serious?!"Sir Nighteye asked in disbelief, the same shock was felt by almost everyone in the room; save Tensei.
It was something that never happened, a commission member with the rank of Chief-Superintendent personally going out in the field to lead an operation was just unheard of as most only happened for show in severe cases.
However in those situations the top brass members normally remained in the back of the line and in full view of press to make themselves look good. Kai was doing this for a secret operation in full gear alongside his rank and file.
"Indeed I am," Kaoru answered solemnly. " Despite his age, he's still physically fit compared to most of the commission members and still maintains SWAT level training qualifications with all the standard issue gear, so there technically was no direct objection of him going to the field. Only I don't know when the transport job will actually happen as it has been listed as top-secret, only for Doumeki's staff to have knowledge of it. The only thing I know for sure is that it will happen within the next month."
"Saturday."
The room turned to Tensei Iida, who leaned back into his seat. "It's this upcoming Saturday, six days from now. My source in Doumeki's staff has already confirmed this with me."
Gang Orca threw back his head and gave out a deep booming laugh. "HAHAHA! Then it looks like I'm going as well! I just got the invitation for a secret Saturday operation, yesterday! I'm supposed to report in two days from now!"
"Interesting," Best Jeanist observed, "so we'll be able to confirm if Doumeki really has been involved in releasing someone with ties to this League of Villains or if the league are operating on their own." He looked over to Gang Orca, "He wasn't the leading the operation during the Stain job so that says quite a bit of how serious the man is taking this job."
"If I get so much as a whiff that Doumeki will release Overhaul," he cracked his knuckles, "I will personally beat the ever loving shit out of him."
Best Jeanist rolled his eyes. 'Some things never change.'
"The general fear right now is that the League will attempt to break out Overhaul in order to quell down the underworld infighting." Kaoru added.
"Makes sense." All Might interjected, "some of our best operations against groups like Yakuza happened during bouts of infighting, made it much easier to obtain evidence and gain leads for future plans when captured grunts begin to grumble with disapproval."
"Unfortunately that is all I got for now, my department has been tasked to continue dealing with these gangs and drug peddlers so I'm bit stretched thin in terms of what I can do for now investigation wise." Kaoru added with a frustrated sigh.
Tensei wanted to speak up about what the Section-Chief left out, regarding the three students...However he knew better than to step on the toes of their highest ranking friend on the police. So instead, he made a mental note to contact Kaoru privately in case there was something else he knew that Hajime didn't and to make sure that Principal Nezu knew at the very least.
"That is very good information, thank you Chief Kiriyuuin." Sir Nighteye said from the laptop. "Now from my end, I have some good news, recently The Neocons have been forced to reshuffle some of the committees they've had a monopoly on for years. This is in part that one of their allied parties had recently split off from their allia-"
"Get to the point Nighteye, we don't care where the bureaucrats and politicians go just get on with the results." Endeavor said with a huff, his fiery hair starting to blaze with impatience.
Even from the laptop, Sir Nighteye's glare could be felt as Nezu cheekily moved the screen to face the flame hero. "As I was saying...with this, members of my party got to join some of those committees...and one of them." He added with a frustrated sigh. "Joined the committee for the National Diet's finances and discovered a lot of number of oddities in the budget."
"Sounds like prior committee members might have been cooking the books." Nezu guessed correctly before taking a sip of his tea.
"Indeed that appears to be the case Principal, if what Representative Yoshi discovered so far is true, then we are looking at a budget deficit of at least a two billion yen*."
"HOW MUCH?!" Kaoru exclaimed as the rest of the Draco Knight team all reacted in the same matter.
"And that's just initial estimate, as he is still investigating the budget and is still finding holes, not to mention he needs to find out where the money is going and how it gets there to in order to make sure it stops."
"Holy shit..."
"Thankfully this is the evidence we've been looking for gentlemen...proof of Neocon corruption. Once the Representative is done with his audit, we'll have enough proof to launch a full blown public investigation. It has taken us six years, but we've finally struck gold."
All Might grinned, this was it. Progress -real progress in the investigation to get rid of the corruption and the six-year old truth will be made clear. If all went well, Draco Knight's name could finally be cleared this year!
"How long do you think the audit will take Nighteye?" Best Jeanist inquired as he fixed himself up from his earlier shock.
"It could be between two to three months at best."
'Almost near the end of the first term,' Nezu thought as he counted the months in his head. 'We might even be at summer break when it is done.'
"Stop joking around Nighteye." Endeavor grunted with folded arms, annoyed by the answer.
"Two to three months." Nighteye repeated as he held up the same amount of fingers, "Representative Yoshi has already been encountering resistance from the other committee members who still hold the majority. Then there is the fact that he still has his normal duties to perform as a Representative. Not to mention that there are the other committees to look over for corruption as well. Like investigating the H.U.C and the heroic licensing body. Not to mention the Public Safety Commission who voted for Draco Knight's downfall."
"And the Police commission needs to be looked over as well." Kaoru added with a firm nod.
"That is critical Endeavor, the sooner we can get some of the foreign pro-heroes who live in the country back on duty the easier it will be to have time to answer bigger calls." Best Jeanist interjected. "Not to mention that a more detailed audit would better to fix at the seams where the system tears, making sure it doesn't happen again."
"Bastards can't hide for much longer." Gang Orca commented as his hand scratched the bottom of his chin.
"Indeed, and since I don't want to spend the rest of my career in this place," Sir Nighteye said motioning to the office behind him. "I'd like to make sure that everything is fixed here before I take my leave of it. So I don't have to end up coming back to fix up it again."
"I think that will be enough for now." Nezu spoke up, "major progress has been made and the holes are slowing being blown open in the hull of the Neocon ship." Nezu placed his paws together as he sat there with quite a serious look on his face. "However, this is where we must act with the most caution and vigilance. The Neocons know that the noose is slowly starting to come around their necks and will surely try their hand to stop themselves from losing power when they hang. We need to make sure that when we compile the evidence it is done in a legal manner that the courts cannot dismiss easily and we should be ready to fight a full-blown legal battle when the time comes."
Nezu gave a knowing glance to Kaoru; unknown to everyone else, except All Might. The Chief arrived earlier before the meeting to share some very disturbing information about three students. Given that it only had circumstantial evidence relating to the Draco Knight investigation.
But the Mouse-Bear Rodent knew that just the one accusation could ruin the life of an innocent if he made an incorrect decision; assuming that there was a traitor at all.
The room began to clear out as the Pro-Heroes and Police Chief save for Tensei as he turned back at the entrance to see that his father-in-law hadn't moved, which made him nervous, the tension had been thick from before the meeting and shown by his general attitude throughout. Now whatever was eating at Endeavor was finally coming to ahead.
"Father we-" Tensei tried to intervene as he approached but the fiery man wasn't having it today.
"I'm staying for a moment longer, Tensei." Endeavor interrupted flatly, looking at All Might and the Principal. "There is something I need to address regarding my son's education here. Wait for me outside, this won't be long."
Tensei hesitated but knew Endeavor needed to get it off his chest. So he compiled and made his exit out of UA. It would be nearly half an hour later when Endeavor returned to the limo they used to get here. The man was pale and silent as all he could say was, "Get us back to my Agency."
Their driver quickly bowed his head and turned on the car.
Tensei could see that the man was shaken, which only made Tensei curious. What kind of conversation did Endeavor have with All Might and Principal Nezu? that would leave him so stunned?
"Tensei," the veteran pro-hero spoke in such a soft tone, Tensei wouldn't have believed it came from his mouth if he hadn't seen it come from his very lips.
"I can't tell what you about what happened in there...all I know is that we need to get this case done as soon as possible."
What Tensei didn't know is that Enji Todoroki had just learned of All Might's greatest secret and now knew that the rank of number one wasn't far away from his grasp. The end of an Era was coming and when it arrived they all had to be ready for it.
To many All Might was almost like a god, admired and respected around the world, but common people often forget that in the end, he was still a mortal man and mortal men grow old, get sick and eventually die one day as all mortal men do.
Though as much as Endeavor coveted that spot on the charts, he knew that the world still needed All Might to shine brightly, and now he knew that light was dying and sooner or later;
He had to be ready for it.
Izuku and Inko sat on their knees upon the mat in quiet prayer as the incense burned, with the tiny offering of a salmon riceball placed in front of the marble white gravestone. The noon hour sun shined overhead the recently cleaned grave making it nearly glow a pearly white marking the good work the two boys had done in such a short amount of time. A mark that Inko was grateful for as she knelt in prayer especially since Katsuki had volunteered to help Izuku clean it.
'Oh Hisashi...I wish you could have been here to see everything now.' Inko said in her prayers, 'I know that you would have loved to see Izuku and Katsuki at UA, making all sorts of new friends. I also know you would have been delighted by our recent edition to the household.'
Inko turned to see in the off distance was Ochako and Eri taking a walk around the cemetery grounds, unfortunately there wasn't enough space for everyone to offer their annual prayers together so they decided to take turns in pairs to offer their respects to the deceased pro-hero. Ochako insisted that they would be last, out of the respect for everyone else came that actually knew Hisashi in life.
'Mitsuki and Masaru are sorry they couldn't come visit you, but Ryuko, and Shinya are here. Along with Katsuki, Yuu and someone who's a big fan of yours Hisashi...could you believe it? Even now you still have fans!' Inko breathed out a silent sigh.
'I found your final letter honey...I'm so sorry I never delivered it like I promised I would do...know I don't know how I would be even able to deliver your final message to Kai...I maybe could try contacting Saya? Unlike Kai, Saya never seemed to share the same sentiments of whatever happened between the both of you thirteen years ago.'
Inko looked at grave of her deceased husband.
Hisashi Midoriya
"Find comfort and strength within courage and love."
D.O.B. 194 Q.E. - D.O.D. 228Q.E.**
She turned to face her son, who still seemed into be deep in his own prayers.
'I swear I will deliver it for you, like I swore to you on that night. The final night that I saw you alive, I make sure that Kai gets it. Whatever happens from there is left to heaven.'
"Are you all done Izuku?" Inko asked quietly as not to disturb the peace of the hallowed grounds. Izuku turned to face his mother, looking almost serene as he answered.
"Almost...well I'm saving the last thing I want to say, when Ochako and Eri comes to see him. I can't be rude and not introduce them right?" It made Inko smile warmly, Izuku was growing more and more confident in himself and she couldn't be happier for it.
"Okay, I'll go get Ryuko and Shinya, while you check up on Katsuki and Yuu alright?"
Izuku hummed his response as the two rose up together.
"Oh my goodness, she's such a widdle angel!" Alex exclaimed looking at a picture of Eri during the petting zoo segment from the last night's episode of Animal Buddies.
Much to annoyance of his two trainees, especially Reiko who already had her fill of Eri during her daily surfing on the internet; the girl had pretty much set the internet on fire with pledges to protect her.
Hitoshi however hoped that Alex was too distracted with his phone as they continued their assault on their trainer.
Alex however even when using his phone, continued to skillfully dodge, block or countered almost every hit with his unused hand. "And those fluffy bunny ears on her head, oh god, it just a cuteness overload!" Alex said almost mockingly with a large shit eating grin as he kicked away Hitoshi's last attempt to strike him.
They had been at this for the last few hours; Alex wanted them to actually land twenty successful strikes.
So far they only managed six.
"Now Yanagi!" Hitoshi yelled out as he quickly got up from the ground.
"Right!"
Hitoshi and Reiko moved for another double team attack, this time going for a pincer move.
Reiko coming up to his right with an assortment of floating objects she was using as makeshift weapons and threw them, while Hitsoshi charged again with a quarterstaff on hand, unfortunately neither were skilled enough in execute the plan, as all Alex needed to do was take a few extra steps toward the Mind Binder and grabbed the staff with his spare hand before he could even swing it, pivoting the boy to face Reiko and use him like a human shield against the projectiles and forcing Reiko to back off.
"Just look at that adorable little face!" Alex said placing the cellphone screen up to Hitoshi's lightly bruised face as he got into his personal bubble. Hitoshi only had a mere nanoseconds to see a white haired girl with blood red eyes and a small horn on the right size of her forehead dressed in a dark red overall dress with large bunny ears holding a tiny white bunny rabbit.
Only for him to then feel a tug at the other end of his quarterstaff.
"Oh shi-" Was all Hitoshi could say before he was flung overhead by Alex who used the quarterstaff as leverage and landed right on top of Reiko who had just gotten close enough to strike.
The American took a few steps back, switching his phone to camera mode and took a quick picture.
"Oh lord! You two should control yourselves!" He exclaimed with a wolf whistle, "You know there is a time and place where you guys can make out in private right?"
The two liaisons had basically landed face to face, they looked at each before looking at Alex then back to each other as both their faces had a dashes of red appear plain as day, made the two scramble to get off each and get back up, unable to look at each other from the embarrassment.
"Aww...and here I was hoping to add another ship to my list," Alex teased with that same grin now resting Hitoshi's quarterstaff on his right shoulder, and still holding his cellphone with his left hand.
"Silence pedo," Hitoshi commented as he got into position again, red tinted face notwithstanding.
"Whoa there cowboy," Alex stood as he held up the staff threateningly. "Them's fighting words, ain't no one touching that little angel inappropriately."
"Then why you so interested with her?" Reiko questioned still eyeing the American with suspicion, while still recovering from her own blush.
Alex defended his spot by saying, "This is Eri, and she's the girl who saved my life when I was in a coma. I'm pretty sure you guys have seen her here before." He added as he pulled up an article of last night's episode again that featured a picture of the girl in question. The two liaisons looked at the screen, after a few moments it was Reiko who answered.
"She was with 1-A...with Draco Knight's son right?"
"Yes indeedie," Alex answered as he put his phone away. "I think she is his adopted sister? I honestly don't remember all of the details other than she came here for a bit to do a quirk evaluation with Mr. Aizawa."
"Is that even safe to do? Draco Knight's family adopting a kid?" Hitoshi observed, remembering the raised concerns in regards to Izuku in aftermath of the USJ.
"Midoriya is an alright kid," He quirked up an eyebrow, "don't tell me, you've been avoiding him now?" Alex questioned with a slightly sterner look. "I heard from my former classmates that a lot of the general class population has been avoiding him lately, moving to the other side of the hallways, sitting as far away from him at the cafeteria and other things of the like."
The indigo haired teen simply shrugged his shoulders. "To be honest, aside from our joint classes, we tend to avoid the hero course classes in general," Hitoshi answered honestly before getting back into a defensive position and adding, "so it isn't like we avoid Midoriya on purpose...but it does mean less competition for us though."
Alex's stern gaze turned into one of confusion. "Hold-on, time out," He called out halting their training, "What do you mean?"
Hitoshi and Reiko looked at each again, as if thinking about what to say. Then, with a small nod between them it was Reiko who answered first; relaxing her stance.
"Several of the non-hero course students plan to drop out of the Sports festival before it even starts, some out of protest but mostly out of fear of Midoriya."
"...Seriously?" Was all what Alex was able to say incredulously as his eyes widened.
"Seriously, but like I said, I'm not going to complain since among those dropouts are some of our own rivals for the liaison spots who kept saying they would replace one of us; they've pretty much shut-up about taking our spots now that Midoriya's secret is out," Hitoshi interjected with a rare smile.
"Interesting..."Alex said quietly to himself as he leaned on Hitoshi's stolen quarterstaff, 'Think Principal Nezu might need to hear this.'
"I know that the business course students almost never bother to participate in the festival," Alex couldn't help but smirk at that, "and most of the Gen Eds tend to hang back unless they're liaisons or gunning for liaison or hero course spots," Alex commented remembering his own experiences throughout his tenure, "But for a planned mass drop-out like this before the festival even starts? That's completely unheard of..."
"The vice-rep from Class 1-B has been making a big deal of it," Reiko added on with a wave of her hands, "he's been stirring up the crowd using his friends in general studies to call for a boycott of the Sport Festival if they don't get their way of being permitted to drop out for safety concerns."
"That's the only annoying part, since it could interfere with our possible promotions to the Hero-course," Hitoshi sighed as he finished up.
'OK...Nezu is really going to want to hear about this.' Alex thought. 'Class 1-B's vice rep...who was that again? Damn it I'm still having trouble remembering some things from the past couple weeks. No matter, Nezu will know who it is.'
"Alright guys," Alex checked his wristwatch, "I think we're done for today," much to the disappointed looks on the faces of his trainees.
"It's still early though." Hitoshi commented looking at the barely overhead noon sun.
"This Sunday was only a half-day given that we only officially started your training yesterday," Alex answered, "Sundays are your planned rest days so you don't overwork yourselves. However since tomorrow is the start of golden week holiday from school," he stretched out his arms, "we'll continue our training at the UA's Omega site gym, Nezu and Aizawa gave me the okay to use it during the week." He finished up with a hidden wicked grin.
Reiko sighed with some relief as she rubbed her shoulders while Hitoshi though not as tired seemed to accept the answer.
Alex however didn't want them to feel like the rest of the day was a complete waste so he threw in a rather generous offer.
"But if you guys want, I can take you both out to eat and we can talk a little more about your plans for the sports festival, you know get some early planning while using me a resource...plus I'll cover the tab." He added, he had received his final paycheck from Comicman, 'With Anima throwing a little something extra'; in addition to the TV contract bonus for his time on Animal Buddies and he was golden for his return back to the states.
Both trainees seemed to gain a spark in their eyes when they processed the offer made to them.
"I could eat." Reiko breathed out, thinking on what she would like to get for lunch.
"And I could definitely use some pointers for the festival."
"Excellent! Let's clean up and hit the showers, once we're all refreshed, we'll meet up and head out." Alex proclaimed, hoping to gather more information on this possible protest of the Sports Festival because of Izuku.
He owed UA, and the Midoriya's for saving his butt so he would be damned if he didn't help them back when he could.
"Would you like a drink?" Kai asked as a rather drowsy Ryu entered the room. There was a full tray with a pot of strong coffee that he could smell from this distance.
Ryu seated himself in across from the desk of his adoptive father who had caught him before he had left to go visit his foster siblings. It was strange, the two had barely spoken to each since the USJ incident, and their relationship had come to a strange turning point. Kai had become less cold toward him and Ryu, in appreciation for when the man and his wife who helped him around the house at the height of his recovery, had been less snarky and more respectful even in private.
Still, business was business and Ryu didn't know what to expect now that Saya had returned to work and they were alone once again.
"Yeah...I could go for a cup." Ryu answered cautiously, while Kai simply hummed in response and poured him a cup. Ryu accepted and took a sip of the bitter drink, it did help wake him up from the lack of sleep thanks to the nightmares and stress.
"Yesterday, I got out of the meeting with The Commission, and many things were discussed," Kai added as he held up a file copy, "Including you," he slid it across to the boy, "I have no doubt that UA will be informed and your past ties to your father will be known now."
Ryu put down the cup and reached for the file with some hesitation. Opening it he could see the report of the night when the disgraced Representative Takumi Saito committed suicide twelve years ago; burning down his own estate with only one survivor found in the wreckage.
Ryu sighed with relief. It was nothing new save for the added notes that the ties could be linked to a possible attempted assassination at the USJ.
"However, it also revealed our ties to you so UA will most likely be keeping a closer eye on you. I have no friends at UA and that idiotic move that Representative Kimura made against your American upperclassman using H.U.C only made things worse."
Kai added pulling up the news reports on his phone and showing them to Ryu. The feed showed headlines links like;
Neocon favor continues to fall!
The New Democracy Party splits from the Neocon alliance! Neocons forced to reshuffle several committees with other rival parties to maintain power!
American Ambassador Sarah Diaz continues to condemn the continued mistreatment of foreign Pro-Heroes and Foreign Exchange Hero Course students! Seeks added appeals to the Prime Minister for review.
Representative and Big Neocon boss Hideyoshi Anno has refused to comment on growing concerns!
"You're not the only one that UA will be keeping an eye on however, your friend Kaminari is on the list as well," Kai continued, sliding another folder to Ryu who looked at the man questioningly before looking the folder with the boy's name on it.
"Wait, why Denki Kaminari?" Ryu asked to be sure he was seeing and hearing things correctly. "Why the fuck would UA be keeping an eye on him?"
"Read it the file if you want to know why."
Ryu looked at the file, eyes widening as he read the initial report. "Wait...there's no fucking way!"
"There is no solid evidence to prove it, but given his own past. It is possible." Kai commented solemnly looking at boy with a piercing gaze. Ryu shook his head almost wanting to laugh, he knew it wasn't true. It couldn't be true.
"Kaminari is a good guy," Ryu paused, "and I mean this in the nicest way possible...the guy is a massive idiot," couldn't help but scoff, "there is just no way that he could be a spy for the villains that attacked us. No matter who is the father is, trust me...I know you got the wrong guy." And Ryu slid Denki's file back to Kai.
"And believe it or not, I agree with you and right now the Commission is more or less convinced that the bounty placed on your heads was more a ploy for revenge, but we needed to consider all possibilities."
"Revenge?"
"An example could be your ties with your dead father."
Ryu actually chuckled upon hearing this tidbit, "My old man's ghost will haunt me until the day I die. What else is new?"
"Kaminari's villainous family history," Kai grunted, "And in the case of this boy," he slid one last file to him.
"Now, I'm personally not too familiar with him, but I know he is the nephew of one the higher ranked Representatives of the Neocon movement. These could all be valid reasons for villains to have a grudge against one or more of you."
Ryu opened the file and was immediately annoyed by the picture that was featured. "Oh that pretty boy fuck from 1-B? Wait how the hell did I not know about this?" Ryu questioned as he now looked at Kai with an accusatory look.
"The Mizuoji family isn't directly involved in politics," Kai took a sip of coffee, "but they are a rather wealthy and influential family much like the Todoroki and Yaoyorozu families," Kai answered without skipping a beat.
"Only their families aren't aligned to the Neocon movement."
"But his is, so he is to be left alone," Kai warned, "The Neocons are in a lot of hot water right now and since our relationship as father and son is public now." He held up a finger, "so you should avoid pissing off that family as much as possible."
Ryu nodded, if he was to keep all of his plans in order, then he would need to play ball with a bunch of blue bloods as annoying as that sounded to him.
"Which brings me to my end point, The Sports Festival," Kai leaned forward. "What are your plans for it?"
Ryu drained the remainder of his coffee before answering.
"I don't care about being a pro-hero so I'm not concerned about gaining a top level internship so I was planning to just laying low, pretend to do my best and most likely just fail during the second round where most hero course students tend to lose; I'll lose on purpose," Ryu motioned for Kai to refill his cup, continuing as Kai began to do so.
"You said that UA would likely be keeping a more watchful eye on me...so if that's the case then it would just be best for me to lay low so why not do that?" Ryu finished up and took another drink from his refilled cup.
"Good answer." Kai responded with a nod as he placed the pot down and leaned back in his seat. "We're almost done here, but I wanted to address one last thing with you."
"What?" Ryu questioned with suspicion upon hearing Kai's tone of voice become surprisingly gentle.
"I want to say I'm sorry that you got mixed up in this." Kai said sincerely looking back that the boy, it was only recently that Kai had realized that he might have been more harsh and cold toward the boy due him being a constant reminder of his past. Even how Saya had treated him, was a painful reminder of the man. Ryu really did seem like Hisashi's ghost. Taking the man's place and not just the man's original last name, but even the guest bedroom in his house, when he had first moved out of his cousin's house.
Given how the two never reconciled since Hisashi's confession that night thirteen years ago, it was easy to see Ryu as a continuation of that grudge. Yet it wasn't until the last meeting he had with Hideyoshi that in hindsight Ryu hadn't really done anything to warrant such treatment. The original snarky and snappy Ryu he had met was clearly a response to his own initial attitude towards him.
"Are you alright old man?" Ryu responded now confused as hell, not knowing where the man was going with this, again Kai ignored the comment focusing on what he needed to get off his chest.
"When I read the USJ report which included the statements from the classmates you saved...I was surprised by your actions."
'Shit,' Ryu thought, was he going to be angry for saving them? It was the chance to really screw over UA politically and he fucked it up.
"You did a good job...it was an idiotic move to risking your life like that...but you did a good job."
Ryu's brow narrowed with confusion, did he hear that right?
"Pardon?"
"I said you did a good job." Kai repeated himself with the same soft expression on his face.
Yep, Ryu was really confused now. The boy placed the coffee cup on a saucer and placed them on the desk before answering.
"But I fucked up! If I had let them die then the Neocons would be better off politically right?"
"It wouldn't have been worth it. You're all just children," Kai admitted, the lives of children became too precious to just throw away for a simple advantage, the only reason he accepted Ryu for this job was because Hideyoshi had forced his hand.
"When we first met, I honestly thought of you as more of a drone, ready to follow Hideyoshi to the letter. You gave the appearance of a sneak and a cheat," Kai hummed. "You proved me wrong when you stepped in and saved their lives despite there being no real benefit for you. And as far I know you haven't been recognized for this act of valor...so I will at the very least."
"You're making me far sound more noble than I was," Ryu grumbled with folded arms. He was no hero; Kai had it right the first time. He was a sneak, a cheat, a bastard who had to claw his way up in the world.
"I...did consider it you know?" The boy admitted shamefully sighing as he looked down. "Leave them there to die, how could I be praised when I had to think it over? A decent person wouldn't have hesitated."
"You didn't let them die. That's the difference between thought and actions. You can think shameful things, but it is your actions that prove your worth," Kai answered him, "Your actions saved people, be proud of that."
Remember what you are. The real you.
Remember who you are. The real you.
"I simply concluded that my action would have been the best result for everyone," Ryu retorted with a lie, trying to sell the point by scoffing at Kai's words.
"You're talking about your life insurance policy aren't you? Was that why you were willing to throw your life away like that?" Kai leaned forward on his desk again as if trying to gauge the truth from the boy.
"If I croaked everyone would have been happy," Ryu answered with the most logical excuse he could think of on the fly, "UA loses the spy watching them, you get rid of me, the Neocons get a rallying cry and...my actual family gets secured financially." Ryu seemed a little more comfortable with this lie, wanting to detach from the actual emotions he had felt at that moment. "Plus...it was one life for the price of six it was just the logical answer," He added as if that were icing on a cake.
"Your foster family wouldn't have been happy, Saya wouldn't have been happy." Kai answered back with an exhausted sigh, making Ryu freeze as he was reminded of the fact, "And I wouldn't have been happy with that result, and I'm not referring to you as me losing a spy," Kai hummed again. "Circumstances aside, I'm still legally your father and...It would pain me to see you die in such a manner."
Ryu face went blank as he processed what the man had said.
'What the fuck is going on?!'
It seemed like sheer madness to Ryu, first Saya and now Kai was trying to cozy up to him? Was it a trick? Was it real?
He lies, they're all liars.
He's telling the truth. You know he has nothing to gain from lying to you.
He stands to gain a loyal new pawn.
Yet he knows you're not just a pawn. He said it himself.
Ryu shook his head trying to collect his own thoughts; trying to make up his own mind.
"You have a family now...all I ask is that you consider that before making any more rash actions," Kai finished up before turning his chair around, "I'm going on a long assignment, two days from now and don't expect to be back for at least a week so...would you please take of Saya for me?"
Ryu sat there speechless. He opened his mouth to speak, but no words would come out. His mind seemed focused on one word that Kai had said.
Family.
Stop with your delusions. They will ruin you.
There is nothing wrong with wanting a home.
'A home that I know I will never be allowed to have when everything is said and done.'
That one word had forced him into silence, no matter how many times he tried; he just couldn't find a proper response. In end Ryu simply stood up and managed to say.
"Yes sir." In a flat neutral tone, he got from his seat as aimed to leave Kai's office, when the man who spoke up again one last time.
"Be careful if you visit Anno's office...I fear that his growing paranoia may soon drive him to do something extremely stupid." He warned from behind his chair.
Ryu looked at his hand that had reached the door handle. Again with the same flat neutral tone he simply said, "Understood," and walked out the door.
He would have a lot to think about for the rest of the day.
Ochako walked alone in the cemetery grounds, having left Eri with Izuku who had some snacks for them to share. She would have liked to join in especially since Izuku had brought in Mochi for them, but she wanted to check something out. Time was limited since Katsuki and Yuu were already making their offerings to Hisashi's grave and the whole thing only took about ten, fifteen minutes tops.
It didn't hurt that she was also avoiding Ryuko's teasing from earlier this morning...as comfortable as waking up close to Izuku and Eri, it was also rather embarrassing.
Ochako had walked to the far side of the graveyard where she was with Eri earlier. She had seen something that caught her eye, but wasn't sure if it was a trick of the eyes. Walking down the stony pathway into the older graves with some having been left unkempt by the families who had long since stopped visiting or possibly long since died out.
'I know it was here somewhere...' She thought to herself as began seeing gravestones with more unique designs. Some were made out of multiple colored stones or featured beautifully elaborate images of various creatures both real and mythical.
These weren't common for average Japanese gravestones which were often simple and small in design. Only people with a lot of money or a lot of clout could have gone the extra mile for these kinds of graves. It was like making a large statement of about who these people once were in life.
'Here it is...'
Ochako stopped in front of the grave she found earlier that one that made her pause and come back when she had the moment. It was almost funny, one reason she had come here earlier with Eri was because of the unique graves that dotted this section of the cemetery.
Yet this grave, while larger than some of the others, was far more plain in appearance which seems odd as it was surrounded by gravestones that primarily featured dragons of both western and eastern designs. As well as birds, several kinds of birds in fact, but perhaps the one thing that surprised her the most were the names on the grave.
Keiko Kasei
D.O.B 174 Q.E. – D.O.D 207 Q.E
Suzaku Kasei
D.O.B 146 Q.E. - D.O.D 212 Q.E
She remembered the moment she saw the surname.
Kasei.
That strange surname that kept coming up in the strangest of places, it wasn't a common surname to begin with, especially not with that Kanji.
仮性***
A kanji that could be read as false or fake wasn't something that she would have normally paid attention to but that name had come up one too many times for her to ignore now.
Ryu was case zero.
That boy wasn't anything special and aside from looking like Draco Knight, but there wasn't much to his personality she could really latch onto. All she really knew about him was that he was a fairly nice person, and if what Eri and Fumikage had said about him was true at the USJ, he was a brave...if not a bit of a pervert as was discovered by the girls when he and his friends were caught with a questionable manga during lunch on the day he returned to UA.
It wasn't until she learned that Hisashi's original surname had been Kasei that something in her head clicked. Finding the same surname in Draco Knight's hometown temple graveyard seemed too much for it to be a mere coincidence now,
'But who do I ask about it?'
She may have been largely accepted by the Midoriya and Bakugou households, but she didn't want to be too forward about these sensitive topics so rapidly in order; remembering the sadness of Inko's face when she admitted about Hisashi's terrible childhood. Ryuko wasn't at the house often enough and was often with Inko. And forget asking any of the Bakugous, not after that whole song and dance she had do for the aftermath of the USJ.
As she continued to think she noticed something strange about the gravestone, a strange gap that spaced the two names. She crouched down and gently bushed some of the heavier grime and dust that covered the spaces. Only to be interrupted by a familiar voice.
"Mama," Ochako let out a squeak as she jumped at the little voice and turned to see Eri tilting her head in concern who then said, "Papa says it's time to see his papa."
At this, Ochako let a small chuckle as she held to her chest.
"Oh Eri...you scared there for a...moment." Ochako managed to say between breaths and bits of her continued laughter. Eri unfortunately didn't seem pleased with being the one who scared her surrogate mother, her welling tears were evident of that.
"I'm sorry mama...I didn't mean...to."
"Oh no sweetie, I didn't mean it like that!" Ochako swiftly said, sobering up from her initial reaction. They quickly learned that certain phrases or descriptions that Eri could perceive as negative about her was a quick way to set her off. Being called scary was one of them. She quickly scooped up the small child in her arms, and held her tightly.
"I'm sorry I meant to say that you simply surprised me Eri." Ochako whispered reassuringly as she gently rubbed her back. Thankfully Eri seemed to be soothed quickly, pacified by the warm feeling in her heart.
"N-not sc-scary?" Eri managed to ask with a couple sniffs of her nose.
"No, no…not scary at all sweetie. How could I be scared of an angel like you?" Ochako cooed as she began walking her back to Izuku, she didn't want to worry him and keep everyone else waiting. The gravestones were left forgotten with no one to read the additional markings that had been hidden on it.
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Keiko Kasei
D.O.B 174 Q.E. – D.O.D 207 Q.E
S
Suzaku Kasei
D.O.B 146 Q.E. - D.O.D 212 Q.E
Green and Pink.
For the last few days his nightmares has featured haunting flashes of green and pink; colors began to sicken him whenever they crossed his mind for they reminded him of the two brats who had kept him from his prize. He stirred awake to the buzzing of machines that produced nauseating beeps here and there; reminding him that life was still beating within him. He was laid flat on his back with the blaring white lights above, a constant reminder of his failure to get his prize back.
Eri.
Overhaul stirred as the young girl began swimming in his thoughts anger pulsing as he remembered that not only had she slipped away from him twice and that he had he been outplayed by a psychopath, but he was defeated by mere children! Children who stole Eri away! The very girl who was the key to all of his plans of curing humanity of the plague and getting the ultimate revenge against his long dead master, that girl's own grandfather.
The Rat.
The machines began to beep louder and more rapidly as his blood pressure began to skyrocket. That was the only title worthy of the son of a bitch; his former master. On that night six years ago, when the man he respected turned into a government witness was the night Overhaul had decided to make his move.
It was his move to seize power, a chance to rid him all that stood in his way, the Rat, the Emperor and the Heroes who were there that day, and until recently he thought that only All Might had escaped that night, but he was wrong. The Emperor was still alive and still calling the shots from within the shadows.
The Emperor.
All for One, the one who made even the greatest of Yakuza, The Four Cardinal Kings bend the knee and brought to heel under his banner. It was why he was referred as the Emperor of Darkness, it was he who led the biggest decline of Yakuza influence throughout the years in the underworld with the unwitting help of All Might, with only the Kings managing to hold on to bigger pieces of the underworld pie that they were permitted to have, yet it wasn't enough. As all of the Kings had conspired one way or another to one day rid themselves of the Emperor.
However this would always bring up one key critical question. When the Emperor of Darkness was gone who would dare lay the claim to lead them all? To him the answer was obvious, it should be himself. It was his desire to be that leader as he was the heir to The Eight Precepts of Death and the one who had a clear image to restore the Yakuza way and lead to a new era of cleansing the population of the sickness that plagued most of them.
The Heir.
Yet...his plan wasn't flawless however as the Cardinal Kings often made their own power moves to make themselves bigger than The Eight Precepts of Death. A major part of his plan called for the use of the quirk destroying bullets he had been trying to develop with Eri's blood in order to even the playing field, especially when it came to dealing with the Western and the Northern kings.
Those two gangs had been making the most public moves of trying to gain more strength with their leaders having access to extremely powerful quirks; not a people to be taken lightly.
Yet it was the South and East that was the bigger mystery that always confused Overhaul. The South still hadn't named a new boss, no new Phoenix King has yet to be crowned for the last thirteen years, why?
When other gangs, including his own made grasps for southern territory, the Eastern Dragons would block them and protect the South, why? The Dragons could have overtaken the South at any time so why didn't they? Even with Tomura calling the shots, there would be no way that he could have that much influence over them. No there had to be another player on this game board, one with ties to the Yakuza who had the right background...but who?
"Come on now! You have a patient to supervise." A voice with a sickening sweet tone called out as the door to his holding cell opened and closed; snapping Overhaul out of his thoughts. Two sets of footsteps making their way closer and closer to him, until two figures loomed over him, a policeman and a nurse, or so he thought at first.
'Must be here to check over my blood pressure...' Overhaul thought as he steadied his breathing, making those nauseating machines calm their insensate beeping. From the corner of his eyes, he could see that the nurse was prepping a syringe; filled with what Overhaul wasn't sure as the nurse was partly turned away from him, while the officer with blood red eyes got to close to Overhaul's face, with a smile that only filled him with a familiar dread.
"Ah Overhaul! Don't worry, don't worry, we're friends!" The officer exclaimed, "Just let the nurse do her job and you'll feel much better!"
'Her?' Overhaul questioned mentally as he looked what appeared to be a male nurse came into view, was ready to inject. He was too weak to move and resist, too weak to even speak. He felt a pinch as the needle that went into his arm, it was only then he realized that the needle wasn't injecting something into him. No, it was draining blood out of him.
"Remember Himiko, we need to balance his humor**** of blood so we can't take too much!" The officer said with a chuckle, "of course our own dear plague doctor would know all about the humors no?" He added looking down on Overhaul, leaning into the side of his face. Overhaul grimaced and hissed as the man invaded his personal space, his breath touching his very skin; causing painful hives to break out on its surface.
"Next Saturday, Tomura will be sending our brother," he motioned to himself and the nurse, "To free you. In the meanwhile we're just collecting an advance on your payment for the service. Don't worry though." He smacked Overhaul's shoulder;"the blood will be going to a good cause heheeheh." He whispered with a wheezing laugh.
'Brother? Shigaraki has siblings?'
"I'm...done...Mimicry." The nurse said with a deep voice, yet meekly voice.
"Oh good! Just keep calm Overhaul; we can't have you strain yourself before you can get back into the action. Until then take care." The officer said pulling away from him with a small tip of his hat, all the while Overhaul managed to get a glance at the cop's nametag when it flashed against the lights above.
'Nishimoto...Tomura's inside man...he did say he had contacts within the cops.'
"Come on Himiko, I only have enough clout to give us a few more minutes, we need to be going or we'll get caught." The officer said motioning the nurse who looked like his skin was beginning to drip off, "Oh shit! Your makeup is running up already? I swear getting rid of your blood lust was one of the worst things to happen to you! Oh well you lose some, you win some I suppose."
Overhaul groaned with annoyance with the officer's mannerisms, grateful that the two were leaving.
'And I thought that Shigaraki was annoying.'
Still this was good news help was coming, soon he would be free and have another chance to get what he sought. His thoughts turned to that green haired brat, Draco Knight's kid, maybe it was fate that the two would clash and when he was out would clash again. Once he got rid of Tomura, he would make sure that Eri wouldn't far from grasp with that boy and girl from the USJ would shortly follow. He would force Eri to watch him obliterate the two that would teach her...indeed that would teach her the true meaning of fear.
Or least that is what he thought.
Author's Commentary.
Two Billion Yen* Approx 18.3 Million USD at the time of writing.
Q.E.**: Most fics that established a calendar year for MHA, tend to do the whole 22XX thing. In my case, I believe that quirks would have been such a shake up to the status quo that, the Era was changed to reflected this.
The Calendar now operates with B.Q.E (Before Quirk Era) and Q.E (Quirk Era) replacing both the religious and secular versions of A.D (Anno Domini/ Year of Our Lord) B.C. (Before Christ) and C.E (Common Era) B.C.E (Before Common Era)
And for added details the Calendar was change from July of 2014 (The year MHA was first published on Shonen Jump.) As Year 0 of the QE calendar.
It is currently April of 234 Q.E, in the story.
Kasei*** I spend ages looking for the correct name I could use for this surname. There are several ways and words that one could use in the Japanese language to say "Fake, False, etc."
Kasei was the closest one that was quite uncommon and sounded like a name. It is also an ironic name, if you knew the meaning of the name of every characters with the last name Kasei.
**** Humors: Humorism was once the most popular theory of western based medicine that was based on four human elements: blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. It was believed that illness was caused by an unbalance of one or most or these humors. This was still the most popular theory next to the Miasma theory that disease was spread by bad air, which is why Plague Doctors (The mask that Overhaul's beak mask is based on) wore to prevent bad air from being inhaled.
That's all for now folks. The next chapter. Chapter XXXII: Golden Week will be out as soon as possible.
As always with lots of love.
-X