Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!
StrikerTj; Thanks very much! I couldn't spoil that about Yami, we'll have to wait and see what she does next.
ShadowUzumaki55; Thanks! They did yeah, and yeah, desperate times, but he trusts them enough to tell them what's happened to him. In a way, Izuku did empathize with her, and it did seem like she was questioning herself a little bit. She did yeah, Yami let out the secret about All Might's possible death. Yup, Sakura's joined Fat Gum, and Irina's growing in her own way with Nejire. Lets hope they can yeah~
KarmaChaos5; He did yeah, he can trust them. A little bit, he can see why she became the way she has, while not agreeing with her actions, he did feel empathy for her. They did yeah, Yami seemed to have tortured him a bit to gain the information, and Sir still remembers that. She is yeah, we'll be seeing Sakura's debut in a chapter or so. Reaper's gonna help protect Izuku from her, knowing others wouldn't be able to do that. And yeah, their Quirks, and a few others.
Chiaki Forever; He does yeah, he knows they're good people. A little bit, she was treated badly by her family, so Izuku does feel sorry for her in that sense. Yeah, past memories of what she did, still haunt him it seems. She is yeah, Sakura is beginning to learn to dial back in her excitement. Yup, Sakura and Fat Gum will have a nice relationship. Irina and Nejire have a good dynamic with one another~ He knows that he'll have a very high chance of dealing with Yami should she try anything. Yami's gonna be doing something dangerous alright. It is dangerous, I can't reveal what it is yet, but it can be dangerous.
Infinite Love 14; Thanks for the votes! I do have plans for them, I can't reveal much about it yet, but Kenji will one day be reunited with them.
Guest 1; Perhaps, I can't reveal it just yet.
Guest 2; I haven't yet, because if I did, it would giveaway a plot point later on.
Guest 3; He didn't really have much time to do that last chapter, but it will come when they have a heart to heart, how Yami reacts...well, I'll leave it until then. Well, we'll have to wait and see what she does in the future. The Meta Army could want him to be apart of their group. If they fought, Yami could beat Re Destro. That would be quite the scene huh.
lord web of life of destiny; Yeah, it seems like to be an interesting arc it's going into in the anime. Yeah, it's gonna be quite the fun arc when we get there.
Silver crow; Thanks! Yeah, it seems that they have a nice rapport with one another. Yeah, while she's not as old as All For One, she's older than the likes of Gran Torino, so end of the first, to the beginning of the second seems quite accurate. Yeah, Mirio like a true Hero understood he couldn't make a move and had to act naturally. Yeah, it could end like that, I can't spoil it~ Maybe they have done, Kenji speaks about it this chapter. Yup, he's alive, for the most part. He did yeah, he knows Nighteye and Mirio are good people. Yami cuts people with a twisted version of the truth, she doesn't necessarily tell lies to hurt someone, but frames it in a way where the truth can hurt. Yeah, it's sad that he was tortured by her huh. Oh yeah, she's not changed her mind, she just finds him entertaining more so than other One For All possessors. They aren't paired with anyone, Sakura doesn't think about romantic love, she loves being friends with people. Something similar to that yeah. And yeah, he's not given up on his love for her. Haha, she might do just that. I'd probably do it in the Aang era to begin with, and those ideas seem awesome to me. Yeah, maybe it could be a chapter of them hanging out with those kids, it would be pretty funny. Yeah, they could have a fondness for him. Chi blocking was always cool in that series, probably helps that Ty Lee is one of my favorites from Avatar.
Guest 4; It wont be permanent, I just have a few things going on in real life that takes up quite a bit of time.
Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!
The Kidnapping!
Sitting on the rooftop of U.A, All Might overlooked the school, and the burning yellow sky. He could see a variety of Hero's running on by, doing their duties, and his expression was a mixture of a happy one, and also a dejected one that he couldn't do the same thing now.
However, as he was contemplating a few things, a hand reached out from behind him, and he let out a small sound.
"I'm going to kill you, All Might."
All Might shuddered at the sound.
But then he turned, and saw Reaper having a half smile on his face.
"D-Don't do that! I didn't recognize your voice then!"
"Yes, that's my more intimidating voice, I had to develop it over the years." He responded, sitting down next to All Might. "So, thinking about anything interesting?"
"Nothing really, I keep seeing a few Hero's going by. By instant, my body tells me to go...but, my head knows that I can't anymore. An adjustment like this can be difficult huh."
Reaper shrugged.
"I suppose it would be, we all reach a time when we have to stop. But, Toshi, I came to tell you, Yami made a grab for Izuku today."
Alarm bells rang through his head.
"W-What!? Is he-"
"Fine, yes. He's safe, and he's heading back to the dorms as we speak, being escorted back along with my son. I came to tell you so one, you don't freak out, and two, you can get a jump on telling Izuku about your predicted death."
All Might winced at the thought of that.
"...She told him, didn't she?"
"She told him, and we thought it be best if you explain it to him in more detail. You know how devoted he is to you, and would be able to accept it easier if it came from you than from any of us."
"...Yes, I'll go and speak to him soon. But with Yami..."
"Don't worry, I'll keep my eyes on that boy, and make sure she doesn't get One For All. Since if she did get it, then hell would break out."
All Might gave a humbling expression.
"Thank you, for protecting him on my behalf. Without my power, it seems my role has become more of an observer than anything. Also, as time passes, I can see Young Midoriya is growing stronger and stronger, both physically, and mentally."
"You're thinking you wont be needed?" All Might widened his eyes ever so slightly. "Well, you're still needed to inspire people. You might not be the Number One anymore, people still respect you and admire what you've done in the past. Even I have to admit, if you did disappear, I'd miss our conversations."
All Might wore surprise on his face that Reaper admitted that so easily.
"Yeah...I would as well. But lets not look on that side. So Yami's stepped up her goals now, has she? I wish that I could do something against her...damn woman, she's scarier in ways than All For One was. He just straight up kills you or taunts you, she can manipulate you psychologically."
"Yes, she might be less in power to the mass of Quirks he's gathered, but when it comes to manipulating the emotions of others, she's a pro. But she's going to make a slip somewhere, and when she does...we'll get her."
"I hope so...haha, I guess I'll have to go and speak with Young Midoriya. This is going to be a colourful conversation."
"Yeah...I suppose that it would be. Good luck to you. I had a similar conversation, rather than the future, I spoke about my past with Hikari to Kenji...and for some reason Bakugo."
"She wouldn't leave, would she?"
All Might deadpanned, Reaper let out a small laugh.
"Exactly, she wouldn't leave."
The two began to laugh together, while thinking about silently regarding All Might's death, and if Sir Nighteye's prediction is going to come true.
After the days events, Kenji and the others returned back to the dorms. Speaking with Izuku about what had happened, Izuku let out an astonished breath.
"I just can't believe it...Yami today was..."
"Scary?"
Kenji guessed, but Izuku shook his head, but then nodded after a few seconds.
"She did scare me, but...Ken-kun, I actually began feeling sorry for her."
"Sorry for her? I'm surprised."
Kenji had to admit that, Izuku on the other hand developed a slightly sheepish look.
"...I don't know how to explain it. I just feel like...All For One, did something to her mindset. She probably was just a normal girl at one point...but, she reminded me of you, who was also treated badly because of their Quirk. I know she's a Villain...but, if circumstances were different…"
"It could have been me." Kenji muttered. "Yes, I know that she was probably groomed by All For One into becoming a monster. Though I do feel sorry in that aspect, I also feel that she has done a lot of things that can be called unforgivable. She's my Grandmother, and yet..."
Kenji's mind wandered to Yami.
It truly did feel as if he was staring into a dark reflection of himself with her.
If he didn't have Hikari, his Mother, then he wouldn't know what he could have become.
"Ken-kun, I...I'm sorry about today, being caught by Yami. It was...I didn't even recognize her at first, she went through a lot of lengths to just get to me...yet she didn't even take me either. I don't get it...was she trying to toy with us?"
"I can't know what she's thinking, I'm sure that if she tries anything, then eventually she'll slip up somewhere. And it seems that my Dad has also decided to protect you, Deku-kun."
Izuku felt himself becoming a little more braver with the thought of having Reaper, one of the strongest Villains, protecting him from the shadows, and it made it all the more reassuring that it was Kenji's Father who ended up protecting him.
"I know it sounds weird...but, having the former Number Two Hero beside me, makes me feel quite good inside."
"Haha, I'm sure my Dad will make sure you're safe. Also, are you going to talk to All Might?"
"Y-Yes...I'll speak to All Might about it. It seems...serious, doesn't it?"
"It is serious Deku-kun. But I'm sure he'll tell you all about it, if you ask." As he said it, his eyes scanned the area, and couldn't see any of the kids. "Hmmm, seems like they're not here...I'll have to go and make sure they're alright. Anyway, see you later Deku-kun, don't worry about what Yami says, she hurts people by playing on their insecurities, she's very crafty like that. She can guess what you're feeling by getting to know you, and uses that to hurt you in ways that hurt more than just physically."
"Maybe you're right...either way, I'm going to continue doing my best!"
"Haha, yes that's the best thing you can do right now."
Kenji waved and walked away to find the kids.
Parting from Izuku, Kenji went towards his room, to see if Eri was there along with Naoto, Misaki, and Sakura. It seemed like he couldn't find them in the living area, he thought they'd be there since they usually hung out there together.
But when he got there, he was suddenly hugged by Sakura, who seemed to be quite excited about something. Looking past her, he saw that Misaki and Naoto were sat together with Eri showcasing her bright smile though Eri also seemed to be wincing ever so slightly, she was good at hiding her pain after all thanks to what Chisaki had done.
"Whoa there, what's going on Sakura?"
"You wont believe it, I got a Works Studies! I got it with Fat-chan!"
"Fat-chan…? Erm...Fat Gum?"
Kenji could only think of Fat Gum with that kind of name. Though for her to call him Fat-chan, he found it rather weirdly cute that Sakura was like that.
"Yes! That's right! He decided to take me on!"
"I see...that's amazing, I'm so proud of you Sakura."
Showcasing a smile towards her, Sakura's grin grew.
"It was amazing Papa, I showed my stuff to Fat Gum-chan, and he was totally impressed by it! Haha, I'm going to be under him now~ Did you know that he's cuddly? It's true, his body is so squishy, and comfortable that I want to hug him forever~ He even said it was okay if we hug sometimes~"
Kenji showed a soft smile for the young girl.
"I'm happy for you, I'm sure that you'll do amazing work. But be careful Sakura, it can be very dangerous out there. I'm sure Fat Gum will make the right decisions, so make sure you keep yourself safe, alright?"
Sakura showed a bashful smile.
"I know, you're worried about me aren't you? It's alright Papa, I can handle anything that's going to happen to me! I can fight, I'm even trying to turn my Quirk into a super offensive one as well!"
"Offensive? I thought your Quirk held little offensive capabilities."
Kenji thought that was true, but Sakura winked.
"Don't worry Papa, I can do it~ I've got a few ways to go about it. I want to be strong enough to make sure that Hajime, and Aki come back to us. So when Papa goes to rescue them, I'll be right beside you Papa, and making sure the bad guys don't get anyone."
Though he was worried about her, he knew she was capable of doing many different things, and being able to fight strong enemies.
"Yes...I'm sure you'll do amazing. But don't worry about Hajime, and Aki. Allow me to worry about them."
"But Papa..."
Kenji knew she wanted to be helpful, but he just couldn't place her in that kind of danger. If anything he took away from what happened to Izuku, is that Yami would go to any lengths to get what she wanted, even using innocents, and he couldn't place her in that kind of situation.
Adopting the kindest smile that he could, he began explaining to the young woman about his worries.
"You've been through enough Sakura, allow me to be the one who worries about getting them back. You just live your life. Live a life you hadn't been able to before, and allow me to worry about things like Hajime and Aki, it's alright to rely on me. Being with Fat Gum, it's going to be amazing Sakura, I'm sure he'll teach you quite a bit about being a Hero. And if you need any help, call me, and I'll come as fast as I can, alright?"
Sakura gained a bright smile nodding so fast Kenji thought that she was going to break her neck.
"Yes, I know you will Papa! But don't worry, I'll prove exactly what kind of Hero that I can be! I'll make you proud of me!"
Kenji gently petted her head, and showed a satisfied smile on his face.
"I already am proud of you, Sakura."
Kenji gave Sakura a calm smile, which made her feel good inside of her chest.
Though he was worried about her, he knew that he couldn't stand in her way, and had to make sure that she was able to live the kind of life she wanted, though he was going to make sure that she was going to be safe.
While he was doing that, he saw that Eri had an uncomfortable look on her face.
It seemed that she was trying to hide it, but Kenji could tell by the way her face was scrunching together ever so slightly.
"Eri-chan, is something the matter?"
"Ken-chan...my horn, it feels really weird..."
Kenji glanced at the horn, and he could see the increase in size.
"I see...is it hurting you?"
"A little bit..."
She admitted, so he walked over towards her, placing a hand on her top of her head.
"Don't worry, I'll help you out right now."
Kenji began using his Life, and Death Quirk to help her, and make sure that she didn't feel any pain from it anymore.
After a minute, his Quirk went through Eri harmlessly, and caused her horn to shrink down to a normal size. Eri's eyes went towards Kenji who gave a soft smile.
"Thank you, Ken-chan."
"How come you didn't say anything? You can always tell me anything."
"Ken-chan's been so busy...I didn't want Ken-chan to have to worry about me..."
Kenji let out a small laugh, bending down, and gave her a comforting smile, while the other kids watched on with smiles also.
"I'm never to busy for you, or Naoto, or Misaki, or Sakura, or anyone. If you're hurting, come and tell me, okay Eri-chan? I'll do my best to make sure it doesn't hurt anymore."
Eri's cheeks turned slightly red, as she hugged him tightly.
Kenji chuckled lightly, petting the back of her head.
"Ken-chan...why does my Quirk hurt me sometimes…? I don't get it..."
Kenji could understand it would be so confusing for a child to go through these kind of situations.
Even he as a young child had to understand his power.
Unlike Eri, he had his Mother and Father's guidance since they possessed similar Quirks.
Eri though didn't have that.
But, that didn't mean Kenji wouldn't try his best to help her out.
"Well, your Quirk is very unique, and we're still discovering things about it. As far as we know, your Quirk grows in power overtime, as indicated by your horn. The bigger it gets, the stronger your Quirk becomes. But, we aren't sure what it is accumulating exactly. But as long as I'm here, or Aizawa-sensei, or anyone like us, we can stop your Quirk, and reset your power back to normal."
"Ken-chan...my Quirk, is good, yes?"
"Of course, very good. I know sometimes it hurts, but as you age, and practice with the power, you'll be able to control it. Perhaps you can release the Quirk yourself one day when you're older. Until then, if you're hurting, make sure to tell someone, okay? No one's ever too busy to make sure you're okay."
Eri nodded strongly, continuing to hug Kenji as tight as she could.
"Ken-chan, I'm glad...that we can...be together."
Kenji's mind was thrown back to Chisaki, and what he could have done to her, and vowing to not allow him to do that again.
"Yes, I'm glad as well. All of you."
Naoto, Misaki and Sakura showed wide smiles, and jumped Kenji, pinning him down as they hugged onto him tightly, something that made Kenji laugh.
At the same time, Kenji's cousins had arrived in town, with Hana going into a secluded area to train them briefly with their Quirks, among other things, but as the sun was setting in the sky, she released a small breath.
"Alright, tomorrow, we'll be working on a little teamwork exercise, since the day after tomorrow we've got a meeting with your Aunt and a few others. With the recent events happening, it would be better if we do things like this. You two have good teamwork already, but you'd have to be prepared to work faster."
"Yes, Mom!"
Miki said with a bright smile on her face.
Yasuo folded his arms while glancing at his wooden sword.
"Is this going to help us improve in power? I don't want to be weaker than Kenji and U.A."
Miki lightly poked her brothers forehead.
"Honestly, I thought that you had resolved your worrying feelings."
"I have resolved them, I just wish to be strong, that's all Miki. Even you can understand that, can't you?"
"Geez, making it sound like I don't understand it. Naturally I do understand it, so keep calm and don't freak out or anything like that."
Hana shook her head at the kids antics.
"Anyway, come along. We've got plenty of things we need to do-"
"Heh, so these are the people related to Kenji, are they?"
They all paused when hearing that noise, and turned to see that Stain was walking closer and closer to them. Gasps rang through all three of them, and became increasingly disturbed as he stuck out his long tongue, and ran it up and down his thin lips.
"...Stain, the Hero Killer."
Hana murmured, who began moving ever forward. Both Miki and Yasuo were frozen by the stare of the Hero Killer. They could feel their bodies shivering, their eyes freezing over. They hadn't felt this level of killing intent before, it was as if they were feeling their own deaths.
"What's wrong kids? It seems that you're frightened. Don't worry, I wont let you feel that much fear. I'll take care of you now."
His hand went towards his sword, but Yasuo, despite feeling afraid, leapt forward, and brought out his own wooden sword, coating it with his Energizing Quirk, and pointed it towards the enemy before him.
"Don't make a move, we will defeat you!"
Stain noticed that despite Yasuo's bravado, he was still shaking at the sight before him.
"Heh, alright then kid. You can try, but you wont succeed."
Hana pulled forward, placing a hand on her chest.
"Why are you here? Are you here to kill us?"
"For the time being, it seems that the Witch wishes for you."
Hana's mind began to work, and the only one she could think of as being a Witch was...
"...The Witch? You mean...Yami, don't you?"
"Yes, that's right. She wishes to see you, and I can't think of anything better than this right now. I've heard that you're the sister of Hikari, and that makes you related to Kenji, right? If that's the case, are you guys strong?"
"Strong enough for you!"
Yasuo charged forward as Hana yelled "No!" but Yasuo didn't seem to hear, and got close to Stain. Slashing with his wooden sword, the blade cut through the air, and got before Stain, and came at him with his light sword covered in energy.
However, Stain clashed his own blade with Yasuo's, and created a shock wave between them. Stain noticed that his own blade had a crack within it due to the power that he was releasing at this moment in time.
"Nice, it seems that you aren't weak after all."
"I'll show you how strong I am!"
Stain watched as Yasuo jumped backwards, sticking up his hand, and gathered his energy into a single point, and shot it forward in a ball. Stain used his quick reflexes to dodge out of the way, only for Hana to get behind him, and took out her own large staff.
"Have this!"
Using her Quirk, Enhancer, she could cause the senses, and sensitivity of others to be heightened, so as she came at Stain, she attempted to increase his pain receptors to dangerous levels to knock him out with a single attack.
But he was faster than she thought he was, and managed to dodge upwards, while tossing a blade at Yasuo. Yasuo's wooden sword blocked the blade, but then he saw up above that Stain's blade was slashing down towards him.
"Stay away from my son!"
Hana got before Yasuo, and blocked the attack, sparks coming off between their weapons as Yasuo skidded around, and expanded his hands, creating energy within the air, energizing said air, and shot it forward towards Stain's body in an attempt to knock him out.
Miki also saw her chance, and shot off her own Quirks energy, Sensory Link, to bind them together, and turn her eyes away from the fight, causing Stain's own vision to be away from the fight also, he couldn't see what was happening.
"W-What…?"
Stain couldn't fathom why he was seeing something other than what he was looking at before.
All he could see was a few trees in the distance, and he couldn't know where he was going to be attacked from, his senses had been messed with. He was even hearing things that didn't make sense, it sounded like music, and that was because Miki had put in headphones so Stain couldn't use his hearing to find the place that Yasuo was attacking from.
Thanks to that, Stain received Yasuo's attack head on, and blasted him out of the sky, smashing him into a nearby tree, causing him to wince at the feeling, and his senses came back to normal once more, seeing the grass before him, and seeing that Yasuo was coming in with his sword.
Just as he was going to block, Miki managed to hit him with the Quirk once more, and his eyesight turned back to a sea of trees, and his hearing turned back to music once more, and despite knowing that Yasuo was coming in for him, he couldn't predict where since his senses were going weird.
"Damn it, this Quirk is dangerous. If I can't see, or hear the opponent, I'm going to be receiving too much damage. But when I received the attack, my senses got back to normal. Is pain the way to snap my senses back to normal?"
As he was thinking about it, he randomly swung his sword outwards, but Yasuo avoided it, and got close with his blade. Knowing he can't use his Quirk to do too much damage, he allowed his power to come out with a large explosive power, and slam hard into Stain's upper body, with Hana using her Quirk to enhance Stain's pain receptors, and caused him to yell out in pain.
He hadn't been in so much pain before.
Even when he had received the attacks from Izuku and the others back then, but even then, he stayed conscious through the pain. He hunched over with the pain he felt going through his body more and more.
He panted all the more as his vision returned.
Hana looked at him in mild surprise.
"Being able to stay awake, that should have knocked you out."
Stain glanced up at Hana, and began to laugh a little bit.
"Seriously, you think that will stop me?"
"Your face tells me different, you look violently ill. And one more attack will stop you."
Hana charged up her Quirk at the tip of her staff, and came at the Hero Killer before her, with her incredible strength going forward, and aimed hard for the man's upper body, when he blocked with his blade, and knocked it away, only for Yasuo to unleash a hailstorm of energized air for Stain.
He went to dodge out of the way, but Miki pointed her fingers forward, and shot off multiple shots of her Quirk to share senses with Stain, but Stain leapt away from the shots that he was going to receive, and went up into the trees, jumping around between them.
"Damn, he's moving so fast, I can't tell where he's coming from..."
Hana murmured, as Stain came down from behind Yasuo.
Turning quickly, Yasuo went to slash him down, when a knife was dropped from up above heading right for his head, forcing the young man to block it with his sword, only for Stain to bring out a knife and get in close with said knife to the boy's cheek to cut up.
"Get lost!"
Unleashing his Quirk around him, the energy shot out and unleashed a wave of energized air, just as the knife was going to slice the young man's cheek. Forcing Stain backwards, Hana came in with a barrage of attacks, with her staff moving so fast that even Stain was impressed, forcing him to block over and over again.
"You're not bad, you certainly do live up to the expectations of the Number Six."
"Heh, Number Six, I'm aiming to become higher than that!"
She took a stance with her staff, swinging it forward as Yasuo stuck out his hand, and allowed the staff to become energized, increasing its striking strength, which Stain saw just as he clashed with his sword, cleaving the blade right in half, and caused it be shattered, and the staff continued heading for the Hero Killer, who received a harsh blow to his body, and the intense pain grew all the more with Hana's Quirk activating.
But while he was being hit, he managed to land a cut on her arm, which she winced at.
Stain was lunged backwards, and smashed into a tree.
His body erupted with pain. He felt it growing all the more by the second. His body convulsed on the floor, his eyes became wider with the pain erupting inside of him, to the point that even someone like Stain was on the verge of producing tears, it felt so painful like that.
"Damn, I put in a good deal of power into that, he should feel as if his body had been shattered...yet, he's still awake. Just what kind of monster is he?"
Hana was amazed though that he was staying awake from receiving that amount of damage, on top of being attacked like he was beforehand.
But then Stain, despite his agonizing state, lifted up his knife, and showed the blood on it.
Hana gasped, and shot forward to stop him. Getting before him in speeds that even Stain was surprised by, he went to lick the blood, when Hana's hand grasped his own, and tightened it along with using her Quirk, causing pain to ripple through their connection.
"Y-You're one tough lady, I'll give you that..."
"And you're very persistent. Now, give me that damn knife!"
She attempted to peel the knife out of Stain's hand, while he withdrew another. With shaky hands, he slashed for her, but she raised her staff, and blocked it completely, while another knife was whipped at her at the same time that he slashed, heading for her chest to incapacitate her.
He thought that he had gotten her, but she simply kicked upwards, knocking the knifes handle to a new trajectory, which pierced Stain's arm, causing him to slightly wince, as she had added her Quirk onto it.
"Definitely, you're very good. But I've got a mission to accomplish, and that's to wipe out all the unworthy Hero's. You...I can't say if you are worthy or not. But, at least, you're worthy enough to duel me!"
Stain, quickly moving his hand, took out what seemed to be a bomb, causing Hana to quickly yell "Take cover!" and dash to her kids, pulling them back as Stain dropped it onto the ground…
But then as it hit the ground, it didn't explode.
It just erupted in smoke, Hana's eyes widening in fear.
"Tricks, aren't they great?"
"No-"
Stain licked the knife, causing her to drop down to the ground, paralyzed from Stain's Quirk.
"Sorry, you lose lady."
Stain said with a sadistic sneer.
"Mom!"
Miki freaked out, rushing towards her, while Yasuo growled, turning his sword onto Stain.
"My cousins fought you, didn't he?"
"Heh, quite knowledgeable kid."
"Well, if he can take you on, then I can to!"
"N-No...Yasuo, it's too...dangerous..."
Hana muttered, trying to move but couldn't.
Yasuo shook his head with strong eyes.
"I can't give up now, I need to fight to keep you safe, Mom."
"No, it's too dangerous...run!"
Hana cried out, but Yasuo didn't and took up his wooden sword, gathering the energy around the wind, and then swiped it forward, unleashing several crescent shaped waves for Stain who regained his balance, and dodged multiple times, the waves cleaving into the ground, Stain however couldn't dodge the last one so he took out a blade to block it.
But the energy seemed to prove to be powerful, and knocked him down into the ground, while shattering the knife, with Yasuo moving forward, and went slashing towards Stain's body at such a quick speed that even Stain held surprise on his face.
But Stain quickly moved backwards with a few flips, avoiding the slash along with the energy wave that had been released while tossing several knifes towards Yasuo, forcing him to dodge and block the incoming blades.
One sailed by his face, but Stain used that chance to get in close, moving at speeds that Yasuo didn't think was possible for a normal human, with the blade heading closer and closer to Yasuo's face…
"Stay away!"
Miki jumped in and sent a barrage of kicks towards Stain, which Stain reacted to, and blocked the kicks several times, but Yasuo used that chance to energize the air, launching it forward for Stain who was caught up in the attack, and flung him backwards, revealing in the moment he was going to receive damage, he managed to use a blade to mitigate the damage as much as he could.
Yasuo let out a small breath.
"He's definitely fast for someone without a Quirk to enhance the body, no wonder Hero's died to this man."
"Yasuo, we have to take Mom and run away. If he gets in closer, then we will be finished off all together..."
"Together? Finish off Stain? What kind of foolish thoughts are you thinking of?"
Both froze with the voice.
Turning around, they saw Yami showing a deranged smile.
"You..."
Yasuo clutched his blade tightly, as Miki looked towards her Mother, seeing the pain on the young woman's face.
"Oh, we've not officially met, have we children? My name is Yami, you may call me Grandmother if you wish, because technically we are related through marriage with Hikari of course." Yasuo continued clutching his blade, his anger was growing higher and higher by the second. "I met your cousin, Kenji today. Such a growing boy he is~"
"You stay away from our cousin you monster."
Miki threatened her, but Yami shrugged her shoulders.
"Sorry, Miki-chan, I can't do that just yet. But right now, I'm not after him, I want you."
Miki gasped, while Yasuo felt his hand clutching the sword so tightly that the wood was splintering.
"You wont get the chance! I'll make sure you end up in prison!"
Yasuo channeled all of his power into his blade, and came at Yami.
Yami gave a bemused laugh at the sight before her.
"Come on then boy, show me what you've got."
Rallying his powers together, and showcasing his incredible control over said power, Yasuo couldn't hold back anymore, he had to do something against this woman, he had to take her down, and he had to make sure that she was going to be put away for a long time.
Perhaps it was foolish, but Yasuo didn't care.
Here was the reason his Father was confined to a wheelchair for life.
"Yasuo...don't do it..."
"Big brother, please, we need to get out of here!"
Despite the protests from his Mother and sister, he couldn't hold back anymore.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Yasuo shot for Yami, knowing that it was going to be dangerous, but felt like he didn't have a choice, came down with his blade, and just before all of the energy was going to hit her, Stain got beside Yasuo, managing to cut his cheek, and lick the blood, dropping him to the ground instantly, with the power erupting upwards into the sky, destroying the night clouds that had formed.
Miki began shaking while seeing Stain bend down.
"Nice try kid, I'd like to fight you one on one next time."
Yasuo glared up to Stain, while Yami turned to Miki.
Miki flinched at the sight before her, as Yami moved forward.
"Now dear, don't resist, I'm going to make sure that everything is better..."
Miki began backing away as Yami's hand moved forward.
She tried to move, she tried to escape…
But in the end, all three of them were captured.
Hikari, was currently working on Mr Brave, after what had happened to him.
She had been for a little while now, after dismissing her interns for the day, and allowing them to head back home to the dorms, after she took them herself.
Checking over his body, making sure that his injuries weren't life threatening, but as she was working on him, she came to a startling discovery.
A discovery that she wished that she hadn't come to.
Double checking to make sure that she was correct, she then quickly made sure that he was going to be okay, and didn't have anything else majorly wrong with him, before allowing the nurses to take over and finish up.
Exiting the room, she walked down the corridor, and met up with Sir Nighteye who looked curiously on.
"Did you discover anything?"
"I had to double check it, but yes I believe I understand something's about what Yami has been doing now."
Sir raised an eyebrow.
"What did you find out?"
"Well, whoever did it must have been a very good surgeon. There's a few small scars on various parts on his body. However, once examining him, it was clear that he's recently had surgery."
"Surgery? What kind of surgery?"
"I can't be sure without some tests which I should be getting the results soon enough. However, I have some suspicions about it. You said that Yami had Mr Brave's Quirk, yes?"
Sir nodded.
"Correct, she used it in our recent fight."
Hikari exhaled with a worried look on her face.
"...I see, then perhaps Yami's found a method to replicate the Quirk of a person through their DNA. It must take time for her to do it though, so she has to take them, though that's mere speculation on my part, and she's got some other method of obtaining someone's Quirk. Perhaps they've made a Nomu to replicate someone's Quirk, I've seen them combine Quirks together before with Nomu, so it isn't impossible that they've made one to replicate the powers of others...but it must take time and effort, and can't be done so easily like how All For One does it, or even Kenji, that's why they took Mr Brave. I'm surprised she didn't kill him though."
"Yes, if that's the case, then we have to find that Nomu, and kill it. Honestly, she probably just kept Mr Brave alive to mess with us, she's the type of person to do that, like she did with me."
Hikari gently placed a hand on his back in a comforting manner which Sir Nighteye appreciated, then gave her thoughts on the matter at hand.
"I think the more time that All For One is away from her, she's delving into a mental state that's causing her to be more dangerous with her actions. If we don't stop her soon, she might even start randomly killing people."
Sir Nighteye also thought about it like that.
It definitely would be terrifying.
"…Anyway, did you get the results back on the bullet?"
"Unfortunately, I did."
"Then suspicions have been confirmed, haven't they?"
Hikari let out a small sigh.
"...Yes, it's Eri-chan's DNA. He weaponized that little girls Quirk through her blood."
Sir rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"Damn it, I didn't want it to be her...but, the likelihood was more that it was her than it wasn't. It just gives us another reason for us to keep going forward. Also, your estranged husband made a call to my office today, after helping drive Yami off."
"Haha, is that so? What's that man up to now?"
Hikari played it off with a small laugh, earning a surprised expression from Sir Nighteye.
"You seem casual, something I'm unaware of?"
"Nothing really. By the way you're speaking, you distrust him, right?"
Hikari guessed that based on how Sir Nighteye was speaking.
"...It has been a long time since he was on the side of good, we can't trust him so easily can we?"
"Trusting is something every individual has to do on their own, and come to the conclusion if they can or can't. If you're asking if I can trust him, then I'd say that yes, I can trust him, and I know that whatever he's doing, it's for the best. For a long time, I couldn't trust him, but I've seen my husband and his loyalty to those that he cares for."
"He's said that he'll protect Izuku Midoriya, do you believe it?"
Hikari could understand the hesitation within him.
"Hehe, why not use your Quirk on him? Then you'd know, right?"
Sir couldn't dispute what she had said.
"Perhaps you're right. He knew that I could do that, so he wouldn't say it if he was being truthful. If you think you can trust him, then I'll trust you. Though in light of recent events, as you're aware, I've called a meeting of a number of Hero's, but I've moved up the date to the day after tomorrow so everyone can arrive."
Hikari inclined her head.
As they were talking, a nurse came by and handed the test results to Hikari, who overlooked them.
"Hmmmm...it seems that there has been some surgery here, and there's damage to some of his internal organs..."
"Is it permanent damage?"
Hikari shook his head.
"I don't believe so, from what I can see, I'll need to repair it though in case it causes anymore problems. But seriously, whoever did this type of damage, did a...good job, knowing exactly where to make each incision without risk of too many complications. I'd say that they'd be a surgeon of my caliber, possibly even better…even then, I'll do what I can. With my Quirk assisting me, I should be able to do this."
"Then I'll leave it to you. Also, I've asked your sister to come the day after tomorrow for the meeting, she should be arriving tonight, according to what she told me."
"I see, then I'll see if she can help me here before the meeting in two days."
Sir turned and began walking away, while Hikari looked on with a curious expression on her face.
She then took her phone out, and rung her sisters number…
But it went right to voicemail.
"...That's weird."
Hikari sent a message [Are you okay?] and waited for the reply.
[Yes, I'm fine. Just a little busy with Hero's Duties.]
Hikari didn't see anything suspicious about that.
[Alright then. Are you free tomorrow? I'd like to meet up to discuss a few things about this case I'm working on. I heard you were in town.]
Hikari waited for a few moments, before receiving a reply.
[I wish that I could, I'm swamped tomorrow with some meetings. I'll help in a few days, if it can wait that long.]
Hikari hummed as she overlooked the message.
[I understand completely, I'll see you the day after tomorrow.]
With that, Hikari hummed, and then quickly ,went down the corridor to meet up with Sir.
"Sir, it seems my sister isn't available, could it be possible if I borrow Kenji tomorrow? He has some knowledge that I will need to help me help some of my patients."
"Yes, I understand. I'll still have Mirio, and Midoriya overlook some areas, but it seems unlikely that Chisaki is within the city that we're searching for. I'll leave Mikami with you, Hikari-chan."
Hikari nodded in thanks, and quickly got back to work once more.
Later that night, Kenji had to go and make sure that Mr Compress' arm was alright, on the request of Tomura.
Using his Life Quirk, he managed to begin undoing the damage that Chisaki had done to his arm.
Kenji kept thinking about what had happened that day with Yami. He was convinced that Tomura wasn't working for her right now,
While he was checking over Mr Compress' arm, his eyes locked onto the young man's himself.
"Just because you're helping me, it doesn't mean that I have to trust you."
Kenji raised an eyebrow as Mr Compress began moving his arm, in some sort of defiance to Kenji being there. But Kenji quickly held onto the arm of Mr Compress', and made sure that he didn't jolt around to damage it even more than he already had done.
"You don't have to trust me, I'm just here to make sure your arm doesn't get any worse, so I'd appreciate it if you kept your arm still while I'm healing it. Thank you very much."
Mr Compress looked on as Kenji ran his fingers up the man's arm, and used Life to repair the man's ligaments among other things.
"What do you hope to gain from being here? Do you want Tomura's trust? His friendship? What is it exactly you want?"
At the demands, he kept moving his arm, so Kenji gently held it in place.
"What I want right now, is for you to keep still. This is very delicate work, if I make one false move, then your arm is going to be unusable. You don't want that, do you?" Mr Compress let out a small sigh, shaking his head. "Then please just let me work on your arm. I'll make sure it works as much as I can."
Mr Compress huffed, and did as he was asked.
"Then I'll comply for the moment. But don't think that because you're doing this, my trust is going to be gained. You can't gain my trust, I'm still suspicious. You're going to do the League dirty and betray us at some point. If it comes down to it, I'll compress your arms, and make sure you can't harm any of the League."
Kenji, knowing that Mr Compress wishes to try and scare him, didn't back down for even a second, and just kept on his expression that basically said "You can't scare me." which was surprising for someone like Mr Compress.
"You're convinced that I'm going to do anything like that, that you can't see that I'm only here to make sure that your arm is safe? Tomura-kun asked me to come here, I didn't come here of my own accord. It was all for you."
Mr Compress didn't say anything, and just kept watching Kenji work his Quirk on the man's arm. He had to admit that the more Kenji used the Quirk, the more that his body began to feel better, and the usage of his arm was becoming more and more usable.
Once Kenji was done, he exited the room, and walked down the corridor.
While he did walk through the corridor, he came across Tomura within a far off room to the right hand side, beckoning him closer, so with intrigue, he moved closer, and closer. Getting inside of the room, Tomura folded his arms, and exhaled deeply.
"Kenji-kun, hows Mr Compress' arm?"
"It seems to be coming along rather well. I still think that he'd be better seeing a real doctor than me, but I'll do the best that I can with what resources we have here."
"I'm sure it will be fine." Tomura said it while glancing out of the window. "You know, Overhaul truly has pissed me off. What he's been doing, has been getting under my skin for a good while now, and I feel as if I should express those feelings for Overhaul to see..."
Kenji could hear the dark undertones within his voice.
It did seem as if Tomura was doing something that Kenji was unsure about.
"Tomura-kun, what's going on? Has something happened?"
"Yes, you could say that something has been said. I've decided to do a deal with the Shie Hassaikai, Kenji-kun."
Kenji looked visibly stunned.
"You're going to work with them?"
He couldn't be sure.
After what happened, Kenji was convinced that Tomura wouldn't want to deal with them. But this was surprising.
"Haha, not for the reasons you might think. I want to take revenge on them for what they've done, nearly taking Compress' arm, and attempting to kill a few of my League members. He needs to be paid back, tenfold. So that's why I'm going to find out exactly what he's doing, and then when the time is right, strike him."
Kenji wasn't so sure about it.
It seemed dangerous to deal with Chisaki.
"Are you sure that's wise? Chisaki wont simply just let himself be revealed."
"I know, don't worry. I have a few ideas on how to get around Chisaki, and how to make sure that he's stopped all together. For now though, I have to make sure that he's taken down. Laughing in my face with his damn men, almost taking out my comrades, and then saying that we're even for his downed shield. As if, Mr Compress is worth more than that. Anyway, I'm going to be meeting him very soon."
Kenji truly wondered what Tomura was going to accomplish through doing this. It was seemingly crazy to him, dealing with Chisaki.
"Be careful, whatever you do. He's always got something up his sleeve, that damn Chisaki."
"Speaking from experiences?"
Tomura said with a raised eyebrow.
Kenji shrugged.
"I've dealt with him before, it can be difficult when he's attacking you, that's all."
"Haha, I'm sure that it can. Don't worry about me, I'll handle any situation as it comes about. Trust me, have some faith."
"Are you sure, you don't want me to come with you? I could assist you..."
Trying to get as many details as he could for Sir and the others, Kenji thought it would be best if he could get into that meeting.
But Tomura shot him down.
"It's fine, don't worry about that for now."
Kenji showed a small smile, though internally, he thought if he could try and track Tomura, then it would lead him to Overhaul. But doing that would be difficult, more than likely, Chisaki would take every precaution possible.
So, Kenji knew he also had find Chisaki before it got too out of hand, and if that was to get some information from Tomura somehow, if he could find a general location that Chisaki was in...then Kenji was going to do his best.
The next day, Kenji went towards the hospital, and sat with his Mother, as he was being briefed on what was happening, he could also see the bullet that he required when he got it off Chisaki, when he fought
"Mom, that bullet, have you found out about it? How it operates..."
"Yes, I know how it works. It targets a persons Quirk Factor, but unlike Aizawa-chan who shuts off the Quirk Factor with his eyes without permanent damage, this erases it out of existence, like how Eri-chan can rewind the human body, he's manage to make this target a persons Quirk Factor specifically, if he wasn't an evil...person, I'd say it is quite ingenious, though only monsters could be capable of doing things like this."
"Could we replicate that?"
Hikari shook her head, something that caused Kenji to look a little disheartened about it.
"Unless I have another viable sample, then I'd say not. Doing tests on this has degraded it to the point that it would be unusable, and even if it was, it would be a very weak effect. The only other way to get more, would be to extract DNA directly from Eri-chan...and doing that would be...I'd never even attempt to do something like that with Eri-chan."
"I wish there was something I could do...I feel so useless that we haven't found Chisaki...and yesterday with Deku-kun and Yami, if she had truly got her hands on him, there's no telling what could have happened..."
Hikari bent down towards him, placing a hand on top of his head.
"You don't have to worry about things like that my sweetheart. You're doing your best with me here, and now. We can still do many different things."
"Still...I wish there was a way to stop Yami. If I could fire that bullet at her, then we could take away her Quirk, so she can't do any harm to anyone."
"If only we could do that. I wouldn't want to try that with Eri-chan. While I am beginning to understand how this is made, being able to replicate it would mean more genetic material from Eri-chan and doing that...I don't think that I could do it. Anyway, since I'm going to be busy for the next few days with the operation for Chisaki, there's a few things that only my Quirk can handle with certain patients that I have, so could you come and help me with the more minor ones? I'm afraid I wont be able to get around to them otherwise. I asked Hana, but she seems to be busy. Afterwards, perhaps you could help me with Momo-chan and Itsuka-chan's training? I'm also helping them out with medical training, it seems that Momo-chan has taken an interest in that due to the nature of her Quirk, and Itsuka-chan is learning more hand to hand techniques from myself."
"Yes, of course, I don't mind helping out."
Hikari clapped her hands together.
"Splendid, then I'll leave it to you~"
Kenji gave a small smile and left to go and deal with some of the patients.
He went around to a few of them, and began some routine examinations for his Mother, nothing to complicated. Since he held a similar Quirk to her, he could use that on minor injuries, and make sure that the people that needed more treatment than thought before would go to his Mother.
As he continued on, he went into one of the private rooms, after knocking.
"Hello, my name is Kenji Mikami, and I'll be filling in for..." As he looked into the room, he got a surprise in the form of Camie being there. "C-Camie-san, what are you doing here?"
Camie showed a cheerful wave.
"Hey there~ So I was like, asked to come in and do a check up from my weird situation with the League~"
"O-Oh, that's quite...I see, yes. Then I'll give you a check up quickly."
As Kenji went forward, Camie placed her hands behind her back cutely.
"Soooooo, Kenji-kun. What's going on?"
Kenji glanced upwards.
"Oh, nothing really."
"Hahaha, you can try and be a sneaky boy to others, but you can't fool me. I can see you having a serious expression, so tell me what's going on inside your head? Are you thinking about girlfriends perhaps~ It must be difficult dealing with cute girls~"
Kenji had to admit being around Camie always brought a smile to his face, no matter what kind of situation he was in.
"Truthfully, I'm just thinking about my...I'm thinking about Sakura, and if she's alright. She started a Hero's Work Study today. It's probably just me being overprotective or something, she definitely can handle herself if she was getting into a fight with small time criminals."
Camie smiled happily, and gently brought Kenji's head against her bust, his cheeks turning slightly red at the softness he felt.
"Don't worry about that, you are just overprotective~"
Kenji sweat dropped.
"...Hehe, I guess that I am."
"Well, it just means you really care~ As long as you're not crazy with being overprotective, then you're all good~"
Kenji continued to smile, attempting to pull his head away from her chest.
But she wouldn't let him go, and kept a hold onto him.
"Silly boy, don't worry about things like that~ You can keep your head there~"
"W-Well, I actually have to continue over your check up..."
Camie stuck out her tongue.
"Oh yeah~ Like, go for it~"
Kenji showed a light smile, and pulled backwards, and continued going over Camie's body with his hands.
While he did, she let out a cute gasping sound.
"Ooh my, that feels good Kenji-kun~"
Kenji was surprised by the way that she was suddenly making slightly erotic noises she was suddenly making.
Shaking his head, he continued on examining her.
But then Camie let out a small sigh.
"Also Kenji-kun, when I was caught by the League of Villains..."
"Hmm? Do you remember anything more about it?"
Camie shook her head side to side.
"No, I don't remember much about it. But, I feel responsible for every time they have used my Quirk. Like, I heard about an incident involving that wicked Yami lady and she totes used trickery. It wasn't said much about Mr Brave, but it was said that he appeared after a cloud of smoke came from him...according to some news headlines. Was that...I mean, the cloud of smoke..."
"It isn't your fault, Camie-san."
Kenji comforted, but Camie looked down about it.
"Even then, I feel as if it is my fault. It's my Quirk, that they're using..."
"It might be your Quirk, but it isn't your problem. You didn't ask for this to happen, you didn't will them to use your Quirk. I'm sure they'll eventually run out anyway. They allowed you to keep your Quirk, so they don't have full access to it. Eventually, they wont be able to use it anymore."
"But, if that's the case then...what if they come after me again? And this time, they try and take my Quirk..."
Kenji could understand that being a worry within her.
Even he is worried about being taken.
"I can't lie to you and say everything is going to be fine, and that they wont come after you. But, I'll try my best to make sure that Yami is stopped, and they can't come after you again. I wish that I could take your worries away, I'm sorry that I can't."
Camie began blushing slightly at the words that he spoke.
She did like that, that he wasn't going to lie to her.
"N-No, you don't have to apologize..." Kenji's mind began to work, something that Camie began noticing. "...Kenji-kun, is something the matter?"
"I'm just thinking, they keep using your Quirk...why can't we do the same thing?"
Camie tilted her head in wonder.
"Does that mean you wish for me to go into battle?"
Kenji shook his head immediately.
"No, I wouldn't ask you to do that...but Mom should still have the Nomu from Mr Brave. Perhaps, if we use it somehow...maybe we could turn the tables on her. She wouldn't expect it coming, and unlike my Mother, Irina and myself, she wouldn't be able to see it coming if we disguise it well enough."
Camie's face curled upwards.
"Yeah, that would totally be awesome Kenji-kun! Then finally, my Quirk can be used to help, rather than hurt innocent people..."
Kenji leaned over, and gently held the young woman's hand.
"Camie-san, your Quirk already has done. If it wasn't for you back in the Forest Training Camp, then it could have ended much worse, with Mr Compress, and other things. It was thanks to you that we managed to pull off the plan to keep us all alive, remember?"
Camie let out a small laughing sound.
"Perhaps you're right, thanks Kenji-kun, that's made me feel better. I just hate what the League has done. I want to be a Hero, and they've used my Quirk to hurt people..."
"I know, I feel the same way about how they used me to hurt my friends and family. Controlling me with that damn Nomu thing, and forced me to hurt the people that I love...but, neither of us have anything to worry about. It wasn't us that did those things, it was the League using us."
Camie's hand gently held onto Kenji's own.
"Totally, a hot guy that's also very sweet~ I think I hit the jackpot~"
Kenji flushed at the confession from Camie.
"I don't know about that, Camie-san..."
Camie showed a cute smile on her face.
"But I know~" She bent down and lightly kissed his cheek, causing a small blush to adorn his cheeks. "Thanks Kenji-kun, for making me feel better~"
Kenji rubbed his cheek ever so slightly.
"N-No problem, Camie-san."
Camie put her hands behind her back, and then grinned.
That grin, was quite infectious, as Kenji soon began to grin as well.
Camie just had that effect on him.
After helping out in the hospital, Kenji walked around the building, to the outside training area (it seemed like his Mother had made this place near the hospital to help people train) and moved towards it.
When he got there, he saw that Momo and Itsuka were seemingly talking with one another, with Naoto in the middle. He couldn't see his Mother around the area, so he wondered what was going on with the girls.
Itsuka suddenly turned to Momo and looked on with a strong stare.
"Momo-san, it's difficult, when being compared to you."
Momo blinked curiously.
"What do you mean?"
"Ever since the Sports Festival...no, maybe it's because we both are working under Hikari-sensei, people have been comparing us, though I don't feel as if I've earned that title just yet, you have better grades, and objectively, your Quirk is better than mine is."
"Kendo-san, that's simply..."
When Momo tried to speak, Itsuka flipped a hand through her ponytail.
"But also, you have a closer connection to Mikami-kun than I do."
"Aah...that's because we were childhood friends, after all."
Momo reasoned that to be the case.
But Itsuka wore a complex expression on her face.
"Even then, that barrier wont stop me. In becoming a Hero, I'll even surpass you one day Momo-san with my Quirk."
Momo wore astonishment on her face, while Naoto looked between them.
Kenji then walked forward, showcasing a small smile.
"Hey Momo-chan, Itsuka-san, what's going on?"
Both Momo and Itsuka turned to Kenji with surprise.
""What are you doing here?!""
Kenji was stunned for a moment at how they managed to be in synch with one another.
"Didn't Mom say anything about me being here?"
""No! But since you're here, how about training with me?""
Kenji had to admit that them being in synch was very surprising to say the least.
"So, you want me to train with both of you?"
Momo and Itsuka glanced at the other, before shrugging their shoulders.
Kenji then looked towards Naoto who gave a shy smile.
"Naoto, you stand out of the way, okay?"
"Y-Yes!"
Naoto quickly dashed off to the side, as Kenji got into a stance. Itsuka and Momo also got into a stance, and then Kenji smiled.
"Lets begin then."
Immediately as he said that, Momo and Itsuka seemed to have a battle hardened ready expression on his face.
"Then Kendo-san, lets do this together!"
"Got ya!"
Itsuka rushed forward first, with Kenji summoning his Death, shooting it off into a wide blast for Itsuka to take her down. But Itsuka jumped out of the way, surprising Kenji by how she managed to avoid the wave.
It was true that he wasn't going to seriously harm her, but he didn't waste time with the speed, and shot it forward at people known to be fast.
"Mikami-kun, your Mother has been training our bodies, so we've been increasing our speed!"
Itsuka enlarged her hands, and flapped them downwards, so heavily that a bit of air pressure came forward, and allowed her to propel herself. It wasn't anything crazy like what Izuku could do with his Quirk, but it managed to help her gain a good higher ground, avoiding the Death wave completely.
At the same time, Momo also had avoided the wave, and summoned with her Creation Quirk various objects, but also created a mini catapult inside of herself, shooting them at Kenji with high speed precision.
"Amazing, Mom's been able to help you create things quicker than before."
He said, avoiding the heavy metal objects launched at him. They looked simple enough, but Kenji could see if he had been hit with one of them, then undoubtedly, he'd be at least bleeding with being hit by them.
But while dodging it, Itsuka got closer, using her Quirk to enlarge her hands, and grab the objects that Momo had launched, and threw them at Kenji once more from a different location while Momo continued firing off the metal objects.
"It's really good, these two have developed a good teamwork, Mom definitely has taught them quite well."
As he thought it, Kenji stuck out his hands, and created a dome of Life, then added Death around it, becoming the ultimate shield around him, and blocked the incoming attacks with as much power as he possibly could do.
With the heavy duty objects raining down on him, he mused that their plan was probably something about cornering him, so before allowing that to happen, Kenji sent his Death Wave out all around him, and the shock wave began destroying the ground below him.
"Momo-san, it seems that he's attempting to do that kind of move to stop us!"
"Right, then I'll stop that right now!"
Momo quickly summoning a cannon from her torso, something that surprised Kenji, as she shot off a large cannonball for his body.
Seeing she wasn't playing around, he shot off his own Death Quirk to destroy the large ball before him, but he noticed that it was having a difficult time in destroying it so easily.
"I see, so you've made it out of a material resistant to my Quirk. Naturally, since you know me quite well, along with my Quirk...fantastic."
"Ken-chan isn't the only one who's been training hard, I've also done the same thing with your Mom, and have improved since the Sports Festival."
Kenji put in more effort to destroy the cannonball, but as he did, suddenly Itsuka came in with a large fist coming down on top of him. He also noticed on her hand, was some sort of gauntlet that wrapped around her large hand.
Kenji raised an eyebrow as he stuck up his hand to shoot it down with Death.
"So, you've got an upgrade?"
Itsuka smiled at the comment.
"Yeah, something like that. Now, have this!"
Itsuka came down with the heavy fist, as Kenji shot off Death at close range. The gauntlet moved to before her body and began taking on the Death power, something Kenji had to admit was rather interesting to see.
"I guess you and Momo-chan have been working together quite well, it seems."
"Of course!"
As Itsuka said it, Momo came skating close by, and threw a flash bang at Kenji. He went to react, but it dazzled before his eyes, causing his eyes to be stung by the incredible light, and in that time, Momo managed to create another cannonball, shooting it right at Kenji's body.
"Damn my eyes..."
Kenji murmured, feeling something coming for him, so he turned his Life hand outwards, creating a barrier in the air, to block off the cannonball, but suddenly, Momo created what seemed to be a large shuriken like weapon, and fired it off towards Itsuka's Death battle, cutting the Death in half, allowing Itsuka's fist to clench the rest out of existence.
With his vision obscured, he had to rely on his other senses, to hear what was going to happen.
But Momo thought of that as well.
Momo, who had made a giant speaker and blared the music, while beginning to eat a few things to make sure she had enough fuel for her Quirk, drowning out the sound around so Kenji couldn't hear.
At the same time, Itsuka came down with her strong and enlarged fist, which Kenji could barely see coming with his eyes adjusting back to normal, and barely could jump backwards, with the fist continuing and hitting the ground below them, shaking it a little bit with the power she had, which also shook Kenji's body.
In that moment, Itsuka gave a double punch towards Kenji, who's eyes returned to normal, and saw that the young woman's fists were smaller, so he thought that he'd be able to shoot off Death to knock her away…
But then Momo used some kind of slingshot to fire off several metal fragments for his upper body, so Kenji unleashed a mass wave of Death around him, and took down the metal fragments coming for him, but Itsuka still used her fists to go forward, and used two gauntlets now as her fists grew.
The Death grew higher and higher, destroying the gauntlets, but Itsuka's fists slammed directly into Kenji's upper body, sending him flying across the battlefield, Momo and Itsuka smiling at the fact, as Kenji flips in the air, landing on the ground.
"Damn, your speed has improved quite a bit. Mom definitely is a good teacher, I used my Death at a high level then, and still you hit me with enough force to send me flying. Haha, you both have amazing teamwork."
Itsuka and Momo both let out small laughs.
"We've been training of course, Kenji-kun~"
"Aah, she's right Ken-chan. Next time, we'll be able to support you in any fight you're going to be in."
Kenji couldn't hide his smile at the sight before him, he was glad that Momo and Itsuka were able to grow under his Mother like this.
"Yes, I'll be relying on you two in the future." Kenji smiled happily, seeing Momo and Itsuka proud of what they had accomplished. "If you'd like, I'll help you even more with training? I'm free for the rest of the day now, since Sir Nighteye's busy with...many different things."
The girls giggled ""Sure!"" which Kenji found quite cute, and sent the majority of the day with the two girls, and of course, with Naoto as well.
However, Hikari came about an hour into the training, seemingly she was out of breath.
"Mom...is everything okay?"
"H-Have you spoken to Yasuo, Miki, or your Aunt today Kenji?"
Kenji gave a suspicious look.
"No, why? Has something happened?"
"Your Uncle just phoned me. Hana, and her two kids haven't been answering their phones. They were coming here for the meeting tomorrow morning. But, he said that they didn't call after arriving here last night, and he's not been able to get into contact with them."
Kenji, Itsuka, and Momo all looked worried.
"D-Does that mean something has happened to them?"
Itsuka spoke with worry, Hikari bit her lower lip.
"I'm not sure yet. I got messages off her last night...I hope that it was her. It's odd for her to not call her husband. Either way, I'm going to have to alert the authorities and Hero's about this...damn it, what if it was..."
Seeing the worry on Hikari's face, Kenji understood quite well that she must be feeling anxious among other emotions like that.
Whatever had happened, they had to get to the bottom of it.
But deep down, they all knew that the person that took them probably was Yami.
Meanwhile, tied up within a dark room, Hana, Yasuo, and Miki were attempted to try and escape, but all of their efforts seemed to prove futile. Hana cursed under her breath about the situation, while Yasuo thought of the best way to get out of there.
"If only I could get my hands loose...then I'd be able to free us..."
"She knows how your Quirk works, Yasuo, so she's made countermeasures against you. Yasuo, Miki. Don't worry, we'll get out of this somehow. I wont let this Witch..."
As she was speaking, the door opened to reveal Yami walking forward.
"Are my ears burning? It must mean you're speaking about me. How flattering of you."
Her long black hair swayed as she made her way into the room, with Hana scowling at the young woman.
"Oi, let my kids go, right now!"
Hana demanded, but Yami rolled her eyes.
"Alright then, I'll get right on that."
"What do you want from us, you monster!?"
Yasuo demanded from the woman, as Yami snickered.
"Nothing from you dear, nor your Mother." Her eyes went to Miki who flinched. "You my dear, have a good Quirk for surveillance. You'll be able to help me, and tell me everything that's currently happening in real time. I really will be a fly on the wall, huh. Isn't that great? You'll be able to help me achieve my goals~"
"I wont help you! I wont do anything for you!"
Miki snapped, but Yami just began to laugh.
"Haha, you're quite strong willed. I'll have fun breaking you."
At the darkened tone, Hana shook violently in her tied up chair, while yelling at Yami.
"LEAVE HER ALONE! IF YOU WANT TO HURT ANYONE, HURT ME YOU DAMN BITCH!"
Yami smiled at the impassioned cry, and walked forward to Hana. Her fingers traced Hana's jaw, and gently stroked her face, causing Hana to cringe at the feeling, while Yami's sickly sweet smile was burning itself into the young woman's mind.
"Don't worry dear, I'll be having my fun with you soon enough. But first, I need a hand with your daughter."
Hana's eyes began to fall into despair, while giving into her sadness, and released a few tears.
"Please...Please don't hurt her...do what you want with me, but not my kids...anything but that..."
"You make me out to be some sort of monster. But all I want is a hand with your daughter. You see, they've hidden away something that I wish for, and I need a hand to discover ways to get what I want, so don't even worry about me hurting her. As long as she serves a purpose, I'll keep her safe."
"And after you've done with her…?"
Yami shrugged her shoulders.
"Well, we'll have to see about that, wont we dear?"
"No! You can't do this! Haven't you done enough?!"
"That depends on what's enough deary."
Hana didn't like the sound of that.
It sounded threatening, and terrifying all at the same time.
Hana tried even harder to break free of her binds, but she couldn't in the end.
Yami just gave a bemused smile.
"While their eyes were on Izuku, it seems that they didn't realize my real target was here. Though how could they know that? Well it doesn't matter, I'll just be taking what I want anyway. Come along dear."
She went over to Miki and undid her binds, pulling her up to her feet.
Miki's terrified eyes went into the Yami's own. The fear she felt was very real, it felt like it was pressing down on her chest, it felt really tight.
"...Please, don't do this..."
Miki begged, but Yami snickered.
"You people make me laugh. Come along Miki, we're going now."
Miki showed a fearful face, as Yami grabbed onto her hand.
"No! Miki! Don't hurt her, please!"
Hana pleaded, but it fell on deaf ears as Miki was dragged out by Yami.
Yasuo was frozen in time when seeing his sister being dragged away like he was.
Seeing his sister being taken away, broke his heart, and for Hana…
She felt as if she had failed to keep her children safe, vowing inside of her to get out of their captivity and save her daughter.
End chapter!
So, at the beginning, Reaper and All Might had a conversation once more, Kenji and Izuku also lamented on Yami and thought about what she had said to Izuku, along with Kenji worrying a bit about Sakura, though knowing that she'd be alright, and then helped Eri who's horn was giving her some problems, and explaining to her that she could always go to him or the others for help.
Kenji also helped out Camie with her check over, and reassuring her about what's happened with her Quirk, and it being used by Yami. Afterwards, Momo and Itsuka with their training, and seeing them growing stronger, while also keeping up a healthy rivalry between them, and showing their teamwork skills, then at the end, they learned about the kidnapping, and though not officially knowing who it was, they have a very decent guess.
Meanwhile, with Stain, as hinted at the end of last chapter, he had a mission all his own and ended up capturing Hana, Yasuo, and Miki, and it seems that Yami wishes to use Miki's Sensory Link Quirk to spy on a number of people along with using them.
Well, until next time, thanks for reading!
Kenji; Momo, Himiko, Katsuki (fem), Mina, Shoto (fem), Toru, Mt Lady, Midnight, Tsuyu, Jiro, Mei, Nejire, Itsuka, Ibara, Camie.
Izuku/Ochaco.
Daisuke/Tomoko.
Irina/Tokoyami.