On the television, a shaky camera that is being held in someone's grip turns from staring at a wall to looking into the bitches face. "Hello everyone! My name is Himiko and I'm here to bring you our weekly execution! We got a cutie joining us today that look so much better now that I was able to play with them for a little, though Shigarki said I had to save some for him. Just remember the same rules apply, if you don't find us by next week, Shigaraki wins, and we all know what happens when Shigaraki wins." This had been going on for a few months now, every week wed get a new tape in the mail, they would execute a civilian and put another one up as a wager. Wed comb the video for clues to their whereabouts. If we won, they didn't execute the second civilian they kidnapped. If we lost, we'd find a corpse. All of my classmates were getting very good at seeing the small details, though no one was as good as Midoriya.
"I'm very excited about today because it's been too long since I've been able to play with one of my best friends. We've been friends ever since we met at summer camp, it was an instant connection as we bonded together with my BFF. I met my crush there too!" There. A quick pause of the recording showed a Just behind her head was a small glimpse out the window. It was night, and yet you could see the stars, that meant wherever they were the light pollution wasn't too bad. That eliminated a few places. I sent this to our analysts, probably someone had already identified that, but we couldn't take the risk that we would miss something because someone assumed it had already been mentioned. Resuming the video, I noticed next there was a lot of pipes, meaning an abandoned industrial complex. An Industrial area with no light pollution that was abandoned narrowed it down a lot further. If I could just get a look at what it was building or mining or whatever the purpose was we'd probably have it.
A horn sound in the background. I paused again and noted the time before sending it to the analysts, maybe the sound analysts could narrow down what type of horn it was. "Now! Let me introduce Tsuyu!" No. The camera turned and there was Froppy. Chained to the chair. "She and her little friend here we're playing a little too close to us, so we got rid of our last playthings and started over because well, can you blame us?! Look at her, she just so damn cute!" The camera zoomed in on Tsuyu, and we could see that she had several cuts all over her face as well as a muzzle covering her mouth. She looked pale, probably from the blood loss. This was a trick, they didn't have Tsuyu. It was twice. The Tsuyu imposter was blinking a lot. Twice's copies always imitate their originals, it was probably blinking morse code. I sent that off to the analysts too and resolved to learn it at a later date so I could work with Froppy better.
"Now now Himiko, I let you have your fun already. It's my turn to fight the mini-boss and see if they can beat the puzzle minigame." Shigaraki stepped into view, his hand drifted down to Tsuyu's face, four fingers tracing down her cheek before cupping her chin. " None of that now, it's cheating." She shrieked as Shigariki laid the fifth finger for a split second. The top layer of skin on Tsuyus chin cracked and fell apart. When Tsuyu didn't turn to goop, the truth hit me. I was going to watch one of my friends die. "You claim to be the Symbol of Hope young Deku, but if you can't prevent your party members from dying, you're a pretty shitty player." The finger drifted closer back to Tsuyus face, who only glared at Shigiraki. "You've got one week to beat this level Deku before the NPC joins her." It connected and I watched as Tsuyus face disintegrated. The camera stayed perfectly centered as one of the kindest people I ever knew died. The camera drifted over, to a kid who could only be ten or eleven struggled in his bonds.
"Young Kota Izumi and I are eagerly awaiting you Izuku-kun. Don't keep me waiting! In the meantime, we're just gonna play a little." Himiko took a knife and carefully placed a cut down the boy's face. Her face darted into view and she licked the newly made cut. The screen cut to black.
The world was far too bright when I first attempted to open my eyes, but upon repeated attempts, the world slowly came into focus with a slightly more tolerable intensity. I was in an area I didn't recognize, which sent all the wrong messages to me. I bolted upright. "Woah, slow down there kid, you had a rough time of it, but you are safe now." Sitting beside me was the real form of All Might, though why I was seeing him was confusing. "It's alright Kid, I'm All Mights assistant, Yagi Toshinori. He asked me to watch over you after you and the little girl arrived here last night. Can you tell me what happened?" That's right, this was before Kamino before All Might had died, I was in the past.
"Ehhh, um..." I hadn't thought this through at all. What was I gonna say? "Could I have some water first please?" Silently All Might passed me one of several water bottles on his coffee table. Clearly he had anticipated this, which was way more than I could say, fuck. The water was actually quite soothing, I hadn't realized how thirsty I actually was. I could not afford to make an enemy of All Might, and while I couldn't trust him with everything, I could at least trust the Symbol of Peace with Eri. "My Uncle and I found out about the little girl I came with yesterday. There was no time, we had to save her. I barely got out alive, the Yakuza will be looking for her." Yagi just listened, didn't interrupt, clearly paying attention to everything I was saying. A small glance showed Eri to be on a couch near me, a fuzzy blanket wrapped around her as well. "My Uncle, The Most Interesting Hero, he was with me, have you heard anything from him?"
Yagi hesitated. "I'm sorry kid, I don't know anything about your Uncle right now, I'll have to ask around. I need more about what happened from you kid. Please, start from the beginning." Okay, that didn't mean anything, it's a big city. Uncle Charlie was a phenomenal hero, he'd be fine. Okay, truth, but from a certain point of view.
"My Uncle's Quirk pulls him to where he needs to be." Yagi nodded, probably he was familiar with the more well-known heroes. "He randomly told me we had to go, pulled me into a cab, and then dropped us off at this location. We dropped into a sewage tunnel that was not a sewage tunnel and then my Uncle navigated us through this underground hideout. We stumbled into a room and found her there. Her room was locked from the outside and she was clearly terrified. That's when the Yakuza found us and attacked us. My Uncle told me to take her and run, but I was captured by the Yakuza leader. He tortured me, but I think my Uncle tackled him off me. I managed to stumble to the surface with her, we got in the cab, and I blurted out the first place I thought we would be safe. I lose track of what happened after that till now." All Might's eyes flickered to look behind me for a mere moment, but it was enough to make me desperately twist to look behind me.
I found the detective from... Yesterday? At least I thought it was yesterday. The detective was there with his hands up in an attempt to be non-threatening. He glanced at All might before nodding slightly. "It's okay Mineta, I'm the one that All Might called when you arrived last night, along with the paramedics. Luckily you both were completely fine, no evidence of any injuries found on either of you." There wouldn't be with that blasted quirk. "I am beginning to think you inherited a deviation of your Uncles quirk, only it makes you be in the wrong place at the wrong time."
I definitely had neither, I wouldn't still be alive if I had that, and if I had Uncle Charlie's quirk I'd be much more effective as a Hero. "Saving her was not the wrong place at the wrong time. End of story."
The detective winced. Yagi spoke up. "No my boy, it most certainly was not. That was an act of true heroism. There are several important things we need to discuss at this time. If your Uncle didn't manage to escape their clutches, it will leave you without his protection. You may very well be a target as well now. All Might will use his authority as a Hero and owner of this property to shield Eri here. Before we can decide whether or not to offer that protection to you, there is an issue that must be resolved. What do you know about the Villians that attacked the USJ and why did you lie during the interrogation?"
A/N Sorry for the late and short chapter, I just got home after being away for a couple of months so other things are taking priority.