Sorry for having to start this chapter off with an author's note, but this is something I feel like I need to address. A lot of people, it seems like, are under the impression that Izuku basically just told Miruko, "Let's date." In chapter 41, Miruko's Fight. And while I can understand how that could be thought looking back on the chapter, I wanted to clear up what I meant to imply with that scene. Miruko did say "I want to get to know you more so I can understand these feelings for you," but Izuku didn't really take it the same way I think people interpreted it. When he said he didn't dislike her, that didn't mean he had feelings for her, it just meant he literally didn't dislike her. Him saying that he'd like to get to know her better as well was less of a, "I want to date you," and more of a, "You seem like a good person and I don't want to just shut you out from my life." I apologize if it came off as him simply declaring his love for her, I didn't mean it that way. I meant it more as a friendly gesture, he was too nice to simply tell her no. In character, he at the very least wanted to remain friends with her and get to know her more. Obviously, the relationship will develop, but it didn't start off that instantaneously. For those confused about why Yaoyorozu is okay with it… she kinda isn't… Yeah she doesn't get mad at Izuku or jealous, but she also basically declares Izuku to be hers and hers alone, she's so confident that she'll win his love that she doesn't really think to be jealous about it. I thought I did my best to establish these points in chapters 41 and 42, but apparently not, so I apologize and hope this clears things up.
"N-No…" Uraraka said, her hand moving to cover her mouth as her legs shakily carried her backwards.
The Association Agents began moving forwards, intending to grab her, but Beru, Igris, Hyo, Tank, and others popped up to interrupt them. They glared and scowled at Izuku, but he didn't falter. More noticeable was Nezu, whose smile never faded in the slightest.
Izuku addressed his Agency, "Everyone but Uraraka. Leave."
A few looked like they wanted to protest, specifically Midnight and Aizawa, as they had taught this girl and never once gotten any dangerous intent off of her, but Izuku's gaze was enough to tell them he'd handle this. Even Miruko made certain that herself and Yaoyorozu left the room.
Once the gym was empty except for the Agents, Nezu, Uraraka, and the Shadows, Izuku stared directly into his new employee's tearful eyes. "Uraraka, did you have anything to do with the Villain attack committed on UA High?"
She shook her head lightly, still disturbed by the footage she had been shown after Izuku handed the phone to her. "I… I would never do something like that to my friends."
"Her heartbeat, her breathing, every twitch of her muscles…" Izuku smiled, "I believe you." His Sense Stat had become useful for more than just detecting danger. While he couldn't specifically sense lies like Tsukauchi's Quirk, he could detect emotions and intentions. Uraraka was being honest.
"And I believe you as well!" Nezu chimed in.
Hope glimmered in Uraraka's eyes alongside confusion, but Izuku was the first to ask, "You do? Then why come to accuse her at all?"
Nezu raised one finger into the air, "Technically, they were accusing her," He pointed at the lead Agent, "However, I went along with their accusations because I wanted to see your honest reaction to her. Now that you have sided with her, I'm an additional five percent certain that she is innocent. As such, I am now here as a helpful principal, ready to do whatever necessary to clear her name. I wanted to ensure that everyone remained calm and level-headed to achieve that goal."
"So then what do I need to do?" Uraraka asked.
"Unfortunately, for now, you must go with them and answer their questions."
"But you just said-"
Nezu interrupted Izuku, "While shapeshifting and mind control are nearly unheard of Awakened powers, there are plenty of examples of them within Quirks. That alone was enough to convince me that it was probable that she was innocent, however, it is not concrete proof. The authorities will not accept evidence like that, so her only option is to go with them and answer their questions."
Izuku stood on the clear side of one-way glass, looking inwards at Uraraka handcuffed to a table, "Were the cuffs really necessary?" He growled to a man in a business suit and slicked-back hair. Surprisingly, he was an active Hero named Nighteye. His Quirk allowed him to see possible futures just by touching someone, unfortunately, he couldn't see their past.
"Don't be illogical Mister Midoriya. She is a suspected terrorist." Nighteye pushed up his glasses, "Not to mention her possible motives. As someone of her economic stature, enough money will convince her to do anything."
"Was there any stretch of time before or after the attack on UA that was lost to your memory?" The interrogator asked her
She shook her head, prompting Nezu to say, "That rules out mind control… unless the user was skilled enough to implant new memories in place of the missing time."
"Did you come into physical contact with any suspicious characters anytime before the attack? Or did anyone attempt to steal something that would contain bits of your DNA, hair, nail clippings, etc?"
Uraraka began to shake her head, but quickly stopped and reversed the action, nodding fiercely. "I was walking to school when a man tripped and caught himself on my shoulder. He apologized and brushed off the spot." She narrowed her eyes, trying to recall any more details, "It looked like a clump of mud, which I remember thinking was odd since there wasn't any stain on my uniform. Then he picked it up off the ground and rushed away."
Nezu beamed, "That could signify the formation of some sort of copy."
"Could you please describe that man?" The interrogator asked as another man entered the room with a sketchpad.
"He was… blonde, had greyish-blue eyes, some stubble…"
The rest of Uraraka's explanation was drowned out as Izuku began sensing something. His Mana was dropping. That meant one or more of his Shadows were being destroyed. But right now, the only Shadows hidden with a person were the Shadow Nomu stationed on Miruko, Yaoyorozu, his mother, Sakura, Ryukyu, and Endeavor, as well as Esil who was with Eri.
[Skill: Share Senses has activated.]
Izuku first looked through Esil, but saw nothing out of the ordinary. Then his mother, she was just watching TV. Then his sister.
Nighteye felt the temperature of the room drop by several degrees as Izuku's bloodlust leaked out in tsunami's of rage, piercing through into the interrogation room and freezing everyone in place.
"M-M-Mister Midoriya… W-W-What are y-y-you doing?" Nighteye croaked out.
Izuku responded with only one word, "Exchange."
Twenty Minutes Earlier:
In an unused classroom at Sakura's middle school, a blue Gate swirling with dangerous energies appeared. It did not obey the law of seven days before breaking open and instead, it immediately released its predator. A single creature, a human, with a black and white bodysuit.
"Why the hell do we have to clean this room?" A male voice asked as the door opened.
"Because you thought it was a smart idea to place that… thing, on Miss Higari's chair!"
"It's totally unfair that the two of us have to join you. We just laughed."
"How on earth can they d-" The first boy grew silent as his eyes tracked to the back of the room. Through the pile of chairs, he could've sworn he saw someone moving.
"I'm sorry about this," Someone said from behind him, "No we're not!" He flicked his wrist and a sharp, whip-like object snapped outwards, cutting through their flesh and bone no different than how it cut through air. The three boys fell to the ground, dead heaps of blood and flesh.
"No time to waste!" The man shouted cheerfully, "We've got plenty of time to relax," He contradicted himself, a sort of split personality showing itself. His hand slapped down on his chest and a small pile of mud fell off of him, growing quickly in size until it formed a perfect replica of himself, bodysuit, weapons and all.
That duplicate and the original repeated the action and another two clones were made, then again and another four, then again.
The process repeated until 128 duplicates began spilling out of the classroom, their sharp whips at the ready and the children in the halls completely unprepared.
"H-H-Hello?" A tearful voice asked, "I-Is this the Agency Association?"
"Yes, that is correct," The woman responded calmly, as she had been taught. She used to be a 119 dispatch Operator and had handled dozens if not hundreds of calls that would make most normal people want to curl up into a ball and cry.
A/N: 119 is the 911 emergency number of Japan according to google.
Eventually, she transitioned to helping with emergency Hero calls as there didn't seem to be many qualified for the role of managing Hero teams for dispatching.
"T-There's Villains at our school. He's everywhere. He… just appeared in one of our classrooms."
The woman immediately began directing a team of stand-by Heroes to the origin of the call, "Where are you calling from?"
"I-I'm in the bathroom." Her voice shuddered as salty tears streaked down her face, "I was… with my friend… but…"
"What do the Villains look like?" It was an important question. Depending on what type they were, it would require far more effort to kill them.
"H-He looks like a man, every time his hand touches his body, another one of himself pops out."
The woman's eyes widened, "That's a Quirk… he's not from a Gate! Then how did he get inside the school?!" She took a swift breath, "Are any of them nearby?"
"I-I don't know."
"We have several Hero teams currently being dispatched to your location, so for now, I just need you to remain calm and as quiet as po-"
"EEEEEEK!"
The dispatcher's blood turned to ice as the phone picked up another voice, "Are you the Shadow's Sister?" Silence held for a moment, "Nope!"
The woman had heard many atrocities committed before as she was forced to remain helpless on the phone. All that time spent listening had taught her a few things, but one in particular stuck out to her right now. The slicing of metal through flesh.
Sakura huddled against a wall, clutching one of her friends in her arms as they shook with fear. They had barricaded the room with all of their desks and chairs. Against a school shooter, it would've been an excellent defense, but against a Villain, it was hopeless. The pitter-patter of footsteps drew closer and before long, a dozen figures stood outside their doors.
The blockade was smashed like it wasn't there and one of the identical Villains strode inside, causing one of the braver, or perhaps dumber, boys to rush him, wielding a chair like a weapon. He was cut down with no problem.
At the same time, another boy sprinted over to the classroom's other exit, but before he could begin clearing the barricade they had set up, another silver whip sliced through the wall from the other side, cutting him in half and even more of the Villains began pouring in from that way.
"Looks like this is my lucky classroom!" He shouted too cheerfully, his attention focused only on Sakura, "I've found my prey!" Not even his split personality would argue with that statement.
He swung his arm, his metal whip moving to cut through all seventeen of the students at once, but just before it could reach the first girl, a Shadow stood up from the darkness and took the blow head-on. The students gasped as they recognized the ant-like Nomu of Jeju Island.
Another four stood alongside their brother as he pulled the whip from his body. It had cut halfway through before stopping.
"Well well well! Let's have some fun!"
"KIEEEEK!" The Nomu shrieked back as the dozens of copies began rushing into the room.
Forming a semicircle around the students, the Shadows did their best to hold back the storm of whips or rush of bodies, but the Villain seemed indomitable. They were High-Level Knight Grades, making them nearly worthy of the S-Rank Title, but against an endless sea of clones, even they were to be pushed back.
Every time they jabbed their claws into a heart, or punched off a head, two more duplicates appeared to take their place. Eventually, the swings of their whips grew stronger and it no longer just bit into their side, it cut them clean in half, slowing them as their regeneration tried to keep up.
The way this Villain fought, his powers and strengths, it was enough to remind the Shadow Nomu of their own master.
The original Villain cracked his whip one more time, cutting off all the heads of the Nomu at once and completely incapacitating them for a few moments as they regenerated. He stalked forwards and grabbed Sakura by the throat, choking her as he lifted her into the air.
Her hands helplessly clawed at his arm as her feet dangled in the air, growing weaker and weaker.
The Villain smiled underneath his mask, "Master, I have fulfilled you wi-"
An impact separated him from Sakura, sending him crashing back into his own army and even destroying a few as he passed through them, turning them back to a wet mud.
Sakura's savior caught her in his arms before she could fully fall to the ground. Hacking and coughing, she attempted to look up to see who had rescued her at the last moment, but the calming hand that cradled her head told her all she needed to know.
"You're safe now," Izuku said.
The Villain swiftly recovered, pulling himself up off the ground and walking back to the classroom, "I gotta say-"
"You." Izuku spun around, one finger levied at the man as his aura distorted the very space around him, "Shut up and wait."
Well, the start of this chapter had a less than exciting Author's note, but this one is a bit more fun! I wanted to know what you guys thought about a one-shot smut chapter for Izuku and his girls! Regardless, I'm going to write the chapter and it probably won't be released for some time, but I did want to hear what you all thought about a chapter like that! Anyways, I hope you enjoyed and I'll see you next time! Oh! One more thing! I am aware that Twice's Quirk doesn't allow him to control the duplicates he creates, don't worry, like most things, I have a planned explanation for it all!
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