Chapter 35: Burning Bravado
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back at it again
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Shouto Todoroki had no illusions of stopping the reality warper with a tin layer off ice.But the initial gesture would send his intentions.
He walked through the frozen corridors, senses sharpened by a decade off training, ready for anything...
Or at least he believed he was...
Belief which was easily shattered by a boisterous, unbelievable, behemoth of a redhead -who wouldn't in a thousand years be a treat to Shouto If it wasn't for a single mindboggling fact:
He was on fire !
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"Burning bravado !" Ejirou yelled, felling the thrill of his life.
When Iroko said she was gonna set him on fire, he honestly almost pee himself, but this felt awesome. No pain, or even warmth, as he imagined - instead he felt like he had just overdosed on energy drinks.
He felt powerful.
He felt unstoppable.
Todoroky kept distance sending waves of spiky ice in his direction, only for lance after lance shatter and liquify under Ejirou´s burning fists. He barely felt any pressure from the ice-user´s attacks, it was like the crimson red flames involving his body like an armor actually denied todorokis offense instead of just melting it as regular fire would ... Anyway, it felt freaking awesome.
he was a few seconds away from punching Todoroki´s face when he felt a tone shift in said face.
The stoic teen seemed ... angry.
Not the shallow, shouting kind of anger Bakugou seemed to wear as a hat, but a frustrated revolted anger. The kind that gave the impression the other teen felt offended about something.
Tham the ice came. Not a barrage of spears like before, but a wave. a wave that covered the corridor.
It carried him carrying little about his supper awesome fire armor -and his back broke the wall.
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Momo was feeling scared. She knew she logically should not be, considering Todoroki and her were at the same side in this exercise, and even If they were not, All Might would not let anything bad happen to his students.
Even so seeing the glacier that formed from the three meters tall whole in the wall blooming in all directions in an ice-speared-sharp monstrosity, was... unquieting to say the least.
" How can Kirishima even breath in there?" She wondered out loud, worrying about the boy she saw be slammed into a building in one second, and buried in several tons of ice in the next
" Don't worry he is ok. His armor will melt him out of there in a minute at most." A familiar sleepy voice said from behind her, and she was happy she managed to contain the startled welp.
Iroko was here. Not five feet way from her, standing straight in a vertical wall in way that would make Spider man envious, holding a fighting staff.
"Oh my."
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Chapter 36: You can do it, Momo !
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Momo was, for lack of better words, freaking out.
After seeing Kirishima get blew out of the building and getting found out by Iroko in the fire escape stairs, her brain was fuming with too much adrenaline to let her think straight. And as any living being the prime directive of the organism took over in the face of threat-
Survive.
And so she did, by creating a smoke bomb big enough to cover the entire alley.
With cat like agility and the power of panic she managed to get back into the building in few seconds to try to find her way back to Todoroki.
" That was smart, but what to do when you cannot avoid the confrontation." Iroko's voice came from behind her.
Momo must not have looked back for more than 1 second, but when she turned her gaze upfront again there was a wall of ice closing the hallway.
" Are you trained in any art?" A, kind(?) voice echoed.
Turning around she met one of the most gentle encouraging faces ever to smile at her. For some reason her mind conjured the image of her grandmother, patiently teaching her to use her quirk.
Taking a deep breath she answered:
" I am familiar with Aikido, Kendo, and Kenpo Karate. Plus my long staff combat is pretty good." By the end of the sentence she already had created a staff of her own.
The smile on that gentle chocolate face grew wider and, for the first time, Momo notice how pretty Reimu truly was. She took her stance blushing.
The dark skinned girl answered in kind, but took a stance Momo did not recognize.
" It seems Young Iroko will be following your example young Midoriya." All Might s baritone commented.
" She loves martial arts. Probably doing it as much for fun as for giving Momo a chance."
"Interesting. Remember Class : a hero should not be only reliant on their quirk, but also be a proficient strategist, tactician, and know how to handle a hand to hand and armed combat.
What fighting styles does your cousin known Young Midoriya?"
Izuku scratched his jaw as trying to remember.
" That I am aware... I would say she got a good grasp on : Krav Maga, Aikido, Baritsu, Muay Thai, Pankration, Kujin Style, Boxing, Bojutsu, Zenkai Aculputure, Renewal Taekwondo, Combat Shooting, Niko Style, old French swordmanship, Kenjutsu, forms 3 and 4 of Jedi Combat, Gun Kata, air and water bending, Inaba Style, and Gouhl Rinkaku combat" ( that with a humanoid body, he added mentally )
"..."
" Oh, and the basics of Russian Adapto-Systema, you know, to deal with quirks."
" Well... Back at the exercise... What do you kids think young Todoroki should do now, considering all the ways to the next floor are blocked with ice, hmn ?"
" He probally could get out of the building and make an ice ramp to help him get up, kero."
" Nice assertion, Young Asui."
Izuku just giggled and continued to watch the fight.
Momo was pretty good, and considering how much grandpha was holding back, she might have a chance.
after a few cautios hit and run clashes, the fight began to heat up.
in their third high clash Momo swiftly applied a disarm move into Iroko´s lefth arm, breaking somewhat the white eyed girls guard. As a follow, she striked Irokos face with a couter actack blow, making the girl dop the weapon with an mighty thrust to the ribs.
Reimu did not stay dazed for long thou. She fastly dodged Momo´s next blow by dropping to the ground and kicking both of the taller girls legs, bringing her to a perfect position for a mounting.
Momo, realising the disadventageous situaition, and a bit high on the combat adrenaline, used her quirk to create a big tranquilizer dart. Sneakliy stabing it a Reimu´s hips, she managed to surprise the other enough to let herself free.
" Ha Ha, good move ! What is in here. " Reimu asked.
"Tranquillizers." Momo said, her brown twisting in guilty. "You should be down in 15 seconds at most."
" He he."
and that laugh was all Momo got before getting kick in the chin.
While dazed momo did not see the kick to the knee that braught her down, but she saw Reimu getting on top of her for again.
She thought of making pepper spray to get Reimu out and than use a mace to knock her down. Brutal, but effective. Also unescessary since Reimu´s grip fastly loosen and her eyes started to close. In 3 seconds after getting to the ground Reimu passed out
the black haired girl did not wit another second before warping the capturing tape around Reimus limp rists. making mock-handcuffs as All Might sensei instructed.
"Iroko Reimu has been captured !"
"Yes!" Momo cheered, blushing.
WHAT ? Todoroki internally screamed. How? Yaorozoru did not present herself at that level of capability. How did she do it ?
" Found You ! " A, still flaming, Kirishima yelled, from the alley.
Todoroki was almost getting to the 3 floor window with his ice-colum and did not see a need to give Kirishima more of his time. He junped to the inside of the building and meted the comlum before kirishima could get to the middle of the thing.
He was about to get down to the second floor when he heard " Hero team wins !" echo through the building.
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Chapter 37: He Wants to Overcome Me Like a Obstacle
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The rest of the exercises passed on without much fuss ( compared to the first 2).
Uraraka and Asui managed to beat Iida and Sero witha surprise attack through the window; Iabara´s quirk overpowered Jirou and Kaminary with ease; and thanks to Monoma and Shinsou impressive ability to get under their opponents skin, they had Aoyama and Ashido captured by the 3 minutes mark.
All the time Izuku kept analyzing his classmates in silence and making notes in his phone. Thanks to his enhanced memory the notes were disnescessary, but he still did it because it brought him pleasure - Grandpa thought it was a sign of autism.
Reimu at the other hand, talked to her new classmates as much as she could. She noticed and mentally recorded that : Ibara was saintly peaceful, Shinsou had a talent for sarcastic comedy, Monoma had self steem issues masked as egoscentrism, Iida was a funny robot, Uraraka was a living marshmallow, Asui was charmingly blunt, Ashido and Hakagure had a lot of positive energy ( probably to compensate insecurities about their mutations ), Tokoyami was a edge lord ( and probally had a crush on her), and Ojiro would be fun to spar with.
It was nice, having so many new people around. But also made Azathoth kind of ... nervous ? Is that the word? It felt a bit weird. The feeling made him reminisce of his first years. Communicating was really intimidating- thinking about consequences and interpretations of each phrase was horrible.( It still was not easy)
" Iroko, we are heading class, aren't you coming?" Uraraka asked
There was just one person that worried her...
"Yeah, just go ahead I want to deal with something. "
... Todoroki.
That boy's psychology was worrisome. He certainly would not grown into a mentally healthy adult at this rate. ( Neither would Bakugou, but fuck that little Pomeranian)
The Daemon Sultan was not sure why she cared... Maybe Izuku was rubbing on him. What her grandson had said when they met The Hero Killer?
** Heroes but in where they are not called ! Someone that can not ignore someone in need of saving , that is a hero ! **
Hehe, he was very passionate while discussing with that serial killer... We should visit Chizome in the sanatorium by the way. He was cool !
With her mind made, she walked a little faster to get to the dual-haired teen.
" Todoroki, can we tal -
" I will overcome you !" He cut, with cold determination.
" Wait, what?"
" You did not even think me worthy of confronting. You sent Kirishima after me while playing with Momo !" He says, not exactly being loud, but certainly louder. " You be here to have fun, but be warn, I am serious about becoming the number one hero and I will overcome even you ! And your cousin to !"
With that he walked away, heavy with burdens a child should not have.
Well... that went well...
That compassionate hero thing is gonna be harder than I imagined.
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Chapter 38: Fear
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Izuku was exited for the USJ Field-trip.
Sure, He and Eiyu had trained how to "rescue" and Heal "people" from debris and fires before, but this was oficial hero training.
Which doesn't actually translate to superior quality learning. Eiyu said, in their shared mind.
Look, I am not gonna start another discussion about this, just let me be exited for once. Izuku answered.
Ok, ok , sorry to bother. The construct refrained. But you at least try to socialize a bit while you are at it. The girl at your left had been staring at you and your grandfather since we got into the bus. Eiyu said, and Izuku could just feel the little smirk in his voice.
Izuku jolted to the side just to meet Asui´s large eyes. And , as brief and discreet as it was, his shriek and blush did not go unnoticed.
Heh.
Shut up !
"Midoriya-chan..."
Why the ´chan´ instead of ´kun´ ?! I am a god , for christ's sake. Pfftt - Hah.
" ... I generally say what I think, and , although people call it been blunt, I like it better that way."
And isn´t this a hell of a conversation start ! I like this one.
"The thing is ... I think there is something really bizarre about you... " she said keeping her nasalar monotone. "Even If it is really hard to tell what."
" Oh - I- Uhm _ It's_ "
"Bizarre like what, Asui-san?"Reimu asked, inclining herself so she could look at Asui.
The boy mentally thanked his grandfather for thanking the attention away from him, so he could think.
Even with all the training Izuku was still flawed when it came to talking to girls.
I told you to get more levels more in bard. It sucks to fail charisma checks.
Please stop.
" Call me Tsu... And is hard to say. The best way to describe is like the feeling you have after waking up from a dream and not remembering what it was about ... but really wanting to remember it?"
" hmn ... " Reimu hummed, looking pensive.
" Comon Tsu-chan, even If it's not an insult, it is still not nice to say that." Kirishima tried, yearning himself a smile from the blind god.
" Alright, problem children, we are here." Aizawa's tired voice came from the front of the bus.
The Unforeseen Simulation Joint was enormous. Probably more than a couple of city blocks could fit in the dome like building.
" Again, how much freaking money do they put on this hero training shiz ?! Wouldn't it be smarter to invest all this cash in artificial reality like the matrix to do all the training without having to build monumental stuff like this?"
" Iroko, do you want a detention? " Aizawa asked flatly.
"Sorry." Azathot said in good impression of a meekness.
Sapce hero thirteen fake coffs to call everyones attention.
"Welcome everyone," they say in a voice that makes it impossible to guess the gender or age and spread their arms wide, "to the Unforeseen Simulation Joint. " They gesture at the massive dome. "In here, you'll experience a variety of environments to simulate rescue operations. Please, do your very best."
"I love Thirteen," Uraraka says, grabbing Mina and Hakagure's hand and dragging both up the stair faster.
Izuku follows, watching Asui unceremoniously walk at his side... close enough they could be holding hands... Woah there partner. This is not Shoujo manga.
Don't.
Heheheh. Don't think line's like that If you do not want to be made joke of.
You are a man, If you like the girl Just say it, do not fluster over stuff like some Beta male.
I am going to be ignoring you today
And so he did .He listened intently to Thirteen go over the many environments in the building and applauds when she talks of using their powers responsibly to help others no matter how scary their powers might be.
Scary...
He glances at Reimu and catches her gaze.
During his time with his father side of the family, he learned that what is fearsome is an entirely subjective matter.
Fear instincts can be ove run with a mere thought process...otherness can be beautiful instead of scary ... the dark can be warm and safe.
Still...
Izuku Midoriya takes a moment to ponder how wrong and Ugly his beloved ones true faces might be for everyone he knows.
He remembers Yog's tale about the young god named Hypnos.
*** When the one mortal's called "The Lord of Dreams", a being who realistically could have become king of earth, becomes confident that he can become the King of all reality, and ascends even further through our borders in the dream lands, eventually reaching the first of my gates he was driven insane by what he experienced in, what for me wouldn't be more shocking than a blooming garden, and by the faint sound of a flute that played gentle lullabies ...
He died not longer after, frightened of sleeping ***
Fear that can kill...
Unprovoked, unintentional, but still...
Even If I save everyone, My smile would still ...
*** Wilbur almost never left the farm. Jeremy... Could not leave. ***
Can I truly live the rest of my life in a mask?
Can I really become a her-
Think about your insecurities later!
"What is that ?" Some one shouts.
At the plaza, a dark portal opens
The villains are here.
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Chapter 39: Anger
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Shinsou Hitoshi was not a optimistic person.
He had been having abnormally good times since the entrance exam.
He got every old school nerds fantasy fallen to him from the sky's like god was trying to compensate him for the last 10 years of shit his new classmates were for the most really shiny happy people who did not seemed to realize he was not one off them; and he got to be in the same class than the geeky, awesome, crazy angel that gave him a light saber.
Things were beautifully good.
Like he was on top of life.
Which meant that the low was gonna hurt like hell
Like his mum always said : " life is a bit like a roller coaster "
There is always highs and lows.
He was just waiting for the low...
"What is that ?" Someone shouts.
Suddenly, in the middle of the plaza, an Inky, black fog swirled and a few dozens of terrifying people got out.
Well that seems abysmally low...
The man in the middle, who was probably their leader if you judged by the large hand motions, the butler and the oh my shit, what the fuck is that?! Was tall, skinny, dressed in black, with a lot of hands strapped to his person, that was really uglier than anything else.
He knew what they were long before any of his classmates said anyhting, before Aizawa decided to jump and protect them. It was like the force was screaming it to him :
Dark.Dark.Dark. Danger
Hitoshi watched as the villains got out of the warp gate, and filled up the plaza.
"Stay put, those are real villains! Thirteen, take the students and go. Kaminari, try to contact the school." Aizawa said as he put on his goggles.
Please do not tell me he is jumping there on his own.
Even If he could nullify all their quirks permanently ( which he cannot ) there are dozens of them. He is unarmed for god's sake. He could die.
We all can die...
He started shaking, hand almost unable to grab his the handle of his light saber
He almost dropped it before another, darker and smaller, hand grabbed it as If trying to solidify his hold.
He looked to the side to see Iroko looking at him compassionately
" Trust the Force Shinsou... . Do not hesitate! Act !"
Her eyes were white and older than the oldest soldiers.
" Stay together, and flee! That is an order!" with that he jumped into the fight.
It won't work, there's too many of them.
Hitoshi thinks as he follows his teachers and fellow students towards the exit.
Suddenly that same inky substance appeared in front of them and a pair of yellow eyes looked out from it in an almost curious way.
"Do you have any knowledge about the whereabouts of All Might? We believed him to be here?"
"What do you want with him?" Thirteen said positioning herself between the villain and the students.
"We came here with the intention to kill him. But, seeing as he's not here, my young associate will have to settle for you golden eggs. Prepare to perish."
The dark cloud took the shape of a wave preparing to drown them in his void.
Bakugou and Kirishima stupidly started to charge in its direction. Getting in the way of thirteens attack line!
Hitoshi acted on instinct.
Arms opened as If trying to grab nothingness
Stopping both of than in their tracks.
Trust the force.
Well.. here goes nothing.
"Hey mist man, Wanna see what happens when I pass my light saver through your gasie face?"
"Light saber? Is this so-"
" Get out of the way !" The purple haired boy ordered, no drop of fear in his tone.
In a instant the mist wall shrunk and moved to the side.
The class stared for a moment before getting a hint and start moving to the exit.
With one big explosion Bakugou took the doors down allowing everyone to get out of the building.
" Yeah we did it." Kirishima cheered racing his fists in the air.
Shinsou almost started celebrating with him. Only to have his voice interrupted by a inhuman Shriek.
In the world of quirks, good parents teach their children to never say the word "monster" , it became a politically incorrect word of sorts... even so... the purple skinned, 2 meters tall, bird biked individual in the entrance...
His lifeless eyes ... they would hunt the boy's dreams that night.
Highs and lows have never been so fast to shift. Hitoshi thought numbly, waiting for his end to come.
The thing moved so fast it was as it teleported.
Hitoshi felt a push
An gust of air
And just like that Shinsou was on the ground.
And Midoriya was twisting the monsters' wrist.
"Get everyone out of here ! I will take the kids gloves off !"
The last thing the purple haired boy saw before being teleported away was the hooded green head's eyes. They turned from green at to yellow and blue and the more he looks the more colors he sees and some aren't natural, they aren't colors he is supposed to be able to see and there is ultra-violet streaking by and there is gamma radiation in starburst fractals.
Those eyes are not just angry - they are anger and rage and death.
And Hitoshi Shinsou feels really glad hi is not one of the villains
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Chapter 40: Who the Heck Are You?
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Tomura Shigaraki was pissed.
And with good reasons this time around.
Firstly : Even with what their mole assured them, All Might was not here - ALL MIGHT WAS NOT FUCKING HERE ! His presence in this stupid place was the sole reason for the operation
Secondly : Kurogiri had somehow found a way to fuck a simple task as teleporting a bunch of brats. And If the brats escaped Everything he planned would result in nothing at all. Nulo. Fail. A game without a single point scored. And wasn´t that fucking frustrating.
So he did the only thing he could do :
Sent Nomu to terminate all the brats - fuck moderation ! this day sucked!
At least Nomu would be competent enough of a weapon to kill at least most of the brats so that the league's would send their message the public : Heroes suck ! This system sucks ! You Sell your souls , freedom and minds to a system that can´t protect you ! Beware of The League of Villains!
He managed cracked a smile to that.
Smile that died out when Nomu went flying through a wall and landed a few meters behind him ... with his... his arms missing.
" The fuck ?! "
" What did you do to that man ?" A voice, deeper than anything he ever heard, yet still high enough to make his ears hurt, entirely repulsive in every sense of the word, yet clear to a point he could not avoid understanding every f, asked from behind him.
He turned slowly to see : It was just a kid...
1.60 meters tall at max, dark metal suit, hood and cape that looked a awful lot like Doctor Doom. But most importantly...all of his cronies were passed out on the floor, atr the kids feet.
" What the fuck ?!"
" Midoriya, What are you still doing here ? " Eraser Head yelled, not so far way.
" Aizawa Sen- Mhmn- Aizawa Sensei, they are making some sort of -of ... Monstrous thing to give people more quirks ! "
" What ?!" The pro hero asked.
"How did you fucking know ?"
The brat fixed a abnormal green - and yellow and blue and purple and red and a bunch of weird impossible colors - gaze on him, looking very angry.
" So its true ! You messed up that man's body , destroyed his mind, and twisted him into becoming THAT !" The bizarre brat pointed to Nomu , that just now was getting up... still without arms.
" His healing factor is not working ?!" Tomura yelled freaking out. What is going on ? What the fuck is going on? What is going on? SEnsei please help!? Sensei -
" You are going to tell me how and who did that to him ! Now ! "
Shigaraki Tomura - whose neck was bleeding hard from so much scratching- managed to snap out of his own spiral of thoughts to say one single phrase.
" NOMU , KILL THESE TWO ! NOW !"
the arm less beast moved like lightning in Izuku´s direction... only to stumble in a purple-ish wall of energy.
Wall that, in a second, was joined by 5 others, effectively , locking the artificial human in a cube of purple magic.
" Wh-what ? No fair ! Yo-your using cheats ! You can´t ! "
A punch to the stomach brought the young adult to his knees alloying the hooded kid to grab him by the shirt.
" Cheater ! Who even are you ?!"
the young hero expression morphed from anger to malice, dark smile making him look the part of the terrifying avenger.
"Who indeed? I am the last son of the great dream, born from the soul of the first court, Child of the Dark Pharaoh and the quikless kid that defeated you. You can call me Deku and for my next trick I'm going to introduce my fist to your face."
And he did.
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Chapter 41: Aftermath
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"So... care to tell me what the fuck is went on?" Hisashi - Nyarlathotep asked eyeing down his son and his father in a very parent like way.
" Terrorists -"
" In the school excursion-"
" And I teleported the class away -"
" They had an army and a artificial supersoldier- "
" Made from a corpse-"
" It had no soul -"
" and Izuku broke some crackhead face."
" And Grandpa wanted to steal one the guys quirks"
" But then Izuku scanned the mind of the hands man, and he-"
" Turns out he was related to All Might s former master -"
" And raised by some evil quirk thief that looks like a potato-"
" That All Might make us promise to keep secrecy off- "
" But we got to do something about it because All Might is to weakened to have a chance-"
" And I still think we should just give him a temporary power boost to-"
" It isn't a good idea, becau-"
" Dealing with it ourselves would raise to much suspicion !"
" But -"
" Okay enough!" He deadpanned raising his hand between the two.
Aaargh, being the adult around is way harder than being the Court's mensager. I get what the whole " enjoy your youth" talk is all about now.
The Crawling Caos whined to himself.
" Ok.. Start from the part you had the villains defeated..."
They Looked at each other and to him again.
And Izuku Took a deep breath
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" How long can you keep this barrier ?" Aizawa Sensei asked as he stared at the caged nomu.
" A few days." He answered absently, as containing the beast was not a feat. Under his foot , the lanky blue haired villain laid unconscious. "Now that leaves the portal guy..."
"And where is - wait , Midoriya?" Eraser Head called the boy that just flashed out of his view.
Up in the entrance:
"Good, Shinsou's quirk is still active. Makes me wonder how long the effect lasts and what it takes to make it stop? Also how many tasks can Shinsou give then? And after finishing the task they will always stay on pause like that? Mumble Mumble Mumble..." The boy contemplated, for long enough to his teacher to climb the stairs.
" How shall we go about containing him?" The teacher asked.
Snapping out of his own mind he turned and stuttered:
" A, sensei- I - I mean... We probably should keep him unconscious I-If possible... he does not seem to be vulnerable to anti-quirk tech thanks to his fluid form, a-and being that his body itself turns into the warp I- "
" We could just take his Quirk away." A melodic voice suggested.
In the entrance Azathoth stood in his white cape and young curious face.
" Gran- I mean- Reimu! How is the class?"
" Yes, Midoriya said you warped then away. Where did you took then? And why didn' t you brought any help, problem child ?"
"I - Oh, oops... I took everyone to U.A. doorstep and made sure to talk to the principal and All Might... but... well I kinda forgot to bring him before teleporting back..."
The glare Aizawa fixed her with could have made horrors of unknowable power fidget in embarrassment." Look Sensei, in my defense I kinda of subconsciously knew that Dekiru could take care of the situation."
" Dekiru?" Aizawa asked, eyeing Midoriya. " Anyway, independent of one's power level to not bring reinforcements to an surprise enemy attack is illogical- especially If you do not know the enemy 's numbers, objectives or quirks." He scolded, without much enthusiasm ( the villains had exhausted the shit out of him and Midoriya had baffled the last bit of energy in his sleep deprived mind ).
" Sorry... but shouldn't we focus on arresting the guys right now?"
Smart diversion.
Eraser sighed, mentally and actually, before moving to the Mist Man, Eyes on the villains metal neck guard.
Behind him the two cousins ( grandfather and grandchild - not that he knew) bickered about what to do next, and the 30 year old pro hero felt old.
This kids are the hero industries future ... May god have mercy on us all.