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Click.
"We are outside the Japanese Branch of the Chaldean Agency, hoping to catch a glimpse or interview with some of the departing heroes as they leave for the rescreening at their original agency all the way in Antarctica. So far, reports from all over the world have shown that seemingly overnight all Heroes have vanished from the agencies overnight! Chaldea had been known to be secretive, shown in how their elusive and outspoken director had been hiding and lying to the public-OH! It's the Priest Hero! Amakusa!"
'We ask that you speak not slanderously of our Director. It does us no good to speak ill of our neighbors...and Mori is about to combust as well."
"Fuck you all! You don't understand shit!"
"We merely wanted to ask you a few things before you head of-"
"Goodbye, we have nothing to say to anyone. We can only hope that things do not...end up messy. Come along Mori. We've stayed long enough to entertain them."
"Yeah! Yeah!"
"W-wait! Please we only want a statement-!"
Click.
"We are now entering the first week of the Chaldean Exodus, as many heroic experts are calling it. A divide seems to have formed in the wake of this mass parting of some of the most violent heroes in our generation. Many seem to find it a step backwards in the way of heroism, while others believe it to be a step forward. Many older generation hero experts are calling this something we will end up regretting in the future while the more open and liberal experts are calling it a good for society. More on that in today's story."
Click.
"The case of the Hero Killer, amidst the usual rounds of hero interning for all top heroes schools, can be attested to Okada Izo, one of three Chaldean heroes given special acceptance to continue on with his heroing. Reports indicated that Izo attempted to kill Stain, and has him saying that he, quote 'was stealing the rightful name and title that he attempted to keep all those years ago.' End Quote. The Hero Killer is currently in critical condition at Tartarus Prison. Has Chaldean actually been harboring villains and mass murders this entire time? More on this topic to come."
Click.
"Chaldea has been spreading rumors of the interference of three UA students coming in too butt in on the case of the hero killer. While not saying any names, Chaldea has spoken for the first time in the wake of their leave, saying that the students should have listened to Izo, the man still under investigation for his comments, and left the scene. Reports show that the students got caught up in the battle between the two proclaimed swordsmen, the Shinsengumi Hero Hajime attempted to herd them off before he too was thrown into the fray. The Grim Reaper had not been on the scene, having left to deal with the three Nomu's running amok in Hosu at the same time. Conflicting statements have been made by the Hosu police department, but Chaldea, as blunt and crass as they have been seen to be, have never once shied away from the bloody truth...so who do we believe?"
Click.
"The Grim Reaper, or Utsumi Erice, has refused to comment on the suspicion that Chaldea is molding children into child soldiers. But she made quite a scene when someone said that they were in the wrong for stopping the people who went into the Indian and Russian Agencies. Erice, who has been known for her endless and saint-like patience went off on the civilians, calling them uneducated and unaware of the troubles Chaldea has faced in the past. She was stopped by Hajime, one of the famed Shinsengumi Trio members, who told off the civilian for not understanding of heroic politics. And it does bring up a topic...what do civilians know of the hero world?"
Click.
"Mass protests have been occurring over the last week since the Chaldean exodus, with many protesting against the treatment of the Chaldeans and calling the latest inquiry into them unfair! People have decided to make a stand, creating a website amongst themselves to give out testimony as to how the Chaldeans helped them in ways other heroes wouldn't have. They have banded together in a world wide effort to create a site where people share their own stories. Link is on our official website."
Click.
"Reports of the alleged sexual assault and misconduct of Chaldean heroes have all proven to be false as records of planning on how to create such believable allegations have been uncovered! The heroes accused of such actions are in fact married and have adopted children of their own, having no interest in other men, women or however any one would identify them as outside of their own partners! Mass exams have proven the innocence of the Chaldean and the guilt of the accusers. Not even into the second week yet and the Chaldean Exodus is already proving to be something that has seriously changed the world."
Click.
"The refugees here of Haiti are filing official complaints with the UN and Commission, saying that the pull back of Chaldean aid has devastated their community and made them take a leap back. Many children are running out of food that the Chaldeans managed to scrounge last minute before they were forced, yes forced, out of these refugee camps they made for the survivors of the hurricane not even a week before the sudden call from their director. Many parents, especially, are worried how they will make it through this tough time as most medical aid and relief came from Chaldea. Rescue and Relief heroes are attempting to get resources and supplies, but they are falling short of the amount Chaldea was able to provide. Sources say that Chaldea grows and makes everything in house and does not rely on third parties to provide. Which has validated many hero experts in saying that Chaldea was the epitome of a heroic agency."
Click.
"There is growing concern of the mass disappearances in the rural areas of most countries, many of which had not reported crimes due to the lack of hero activity. Chaldea was known to patrol those areas and have been a staple there for months, preventing these types of things from happening. Many fear that the truly shady underbelly of the underworld is rearing its head now that Chaldea is no longer patrolling the less walked streets of heroes. Drug smuggling is up about 50%, the air and water no longer being tightly controlled and monitored anymore by the seemingly sleepless crews. Many people worry how this will affect the large number of at-risk children all over the world."
Click.
"Many internet sleuths have begun to try and contact Chaldea, whose servers have officially been down for 2 weeks now. There is growing concern over the refugees in Haiti, the medical facilities that Chaldea operated that were making breakthrough medical advances in Cancer, Alzheimer's, COPD and many other debilitating diseases without the need for quirks. Without them most funding has dried up fully or slowed to a drip and progress has slowed to an all time low like before Chaldea showed up. Could this be a sign of the good Chaldea has been doing in the limelight, but ignored by the masses to be blinded by propaganda of Anti-Chaldeaist?"
Click.
"Many people are divided at the moment of arrest of notorious Kingpin Sammuel Davidson, accused of horrendous acts such a murder, extortion, human trafficking, organ trafficking, child prostituion, kidnapping and the sexual abuse of multiple minors resulting in their deaths. Many are calling for his death as his crimes are too numerous and would result in several life sentences in Tartarus jail. As many know, the death penalty has been outlawed for many years and people have become desperate for the aid of Chaldea to dispose of the man...which….which is horrible...they aren't contracted killer or executioners! Is this how we treat-"
Click.
"I-Expo will be setting off in a week and many people are anticipating the return of the Chaldeans. It is expected that the Director, Fujimaru Ritsuka, and his personal guides will be attending the event with a mass of others in a show of faith. Many heroes have scrambled to get tickets to the exclusive event in order to speak to the Chaldeans in hope for their aid in many operations that have proved to indeed be too dangerous for them. Heroic experts originally on Chaldeans side have not proven optimistic, as the heroes of the facility including their director are shown to be notoriously stubborn. This marks the end of the third week of the Chaldean Exodus and over 40 children ages 5-15 from all over the world have been reported to have been snatched from their towns. We can only hope that they change their minds."
Click.
"Fuck."
'Director?"
"We fucked up."
It was silent in the room.
UA
Izuku could only sigh as he scrolled through multiple forums of the multiple problems popping up that Chaldea had been overseeing before their exodus.
"Brother owes his life to Izo and the other two," Tensei admitted to them one day. "He was nearly killed by the Hero Killer before they intervened and held him off...maybe they aren't so bad...I was wrong..."
Izuku could understand him...but it was getting out of hand.
Class A-1 and B-1 were completely divided, more so than usual and of course it was because of their former teacher.
B-1 was Fujimaru's favorite class of all hero classes after all, and he made no effort to hide it all.
And they liked to flaunt it in A-1's face all time, along with their homeroom teacher who despised Fujimaru-sensei.
A-1 didn't even get to touch the artifacts, because Aizawa pulled them out of Fujimaru's class so early on and they missed so much they weren't deemed responsible enough and they were the only class to stay within the classroom on his last day. He said nothing to them, they had no project to hand to him as Aizawa forced Fujimaru to drop that from them as well following the USJ incident. It was silent as he regarded the one class that was kept away from him the most with an impassive face before he sighed.
And left the room.
They did not get a word of goodbye from him at all, no pat on the shoulder, no smile or hug like all the other classes.
They got a disappointed sigh and the rest of the class had a free period as he left the Campus as they were his last class...Mina and the other girls with Kaminari and Kirishima called out to him from the windows as they saw him walk away with Count.
He had stopped, hearing them for sure. The girls smiled happily when his head moved to turn and gaze upon them one last time before it stopped not even being able to see them before he straightened himself and left without even looking at them.
He didn't look at them despite their calls.
It shouldn't have stung as much as it did...but it seriously hurt them all.
Fujimaru sensei was strange, very strange in the end. He got along with some teachers, but Izuku could tell it was on a superficial level. He was only nice for the sake of being nice, he didn't care about the feelings of the teachers. He lied about being the vice director to get closer to the younger generations? No, that's a lie too. He wanted something from them, he wanted to see something from them and he got it from everyone but class A-1.
Izuku thumbed his phone, switching to his notes app to look at all the files he compiled of the man who seemingly changed the world.
He was quirkless, he showed his medical records to the whole world...then...what was that at the USJ? Lightning, Frost, such skill in weaponry and fights.
He admitted he wasn't a hero but he fought like one of his own heroes.
Izuku could still remember Gran Torino murmuring about Chaldean heroes butting in on things that weren't their problem and concluded he had some sort of conflict with them, as did most heroes around the world.
The Stain incident was fresh in his mind too.
Izo was scary, his infatuation with dealing with the Hero Killer by himself still scared Izuku more than the 3 Nomu's tearing up Hosu did. Todoroki, Iida and him didn't even have a chance to help as Erice and Hajime basically fought the things by themselves, managing not only to wound them, but make sure the wounds stuck and didn't heal either.
They were superhuman...or inhuman.
Shaking his head, he looked through his files and could only feel frustration at the enigma that was Director Fujimaru, a man who hid behind his own people who hid behind walls of shadows and mystery.
"It's all there, the answer you know," Fujimaru would always say whenever anyone would ask him about himself or his heroes. "It's right in front of you, but it's so obvious that people don't want to believe it."
"Oh," a voice that Izuku had become familiar with snatched his phone. "The hell you are looking at Chaldea for. Fujimaru sensei told me about you," Monoma sneered. "How you rejected every teaching he tried to teach you!"
"He was nothing more than a bully!" Izuku found himself saying.
"No he wasn't! He was a good man...you didn't even bother to understand him! Ever heard of tough love," he demanded, tossing the phone back into Izuku as his friends backed him up.
"We have, but Fujimaru sensei just likes to abuse his power," Ocahko snapped. "He was just a bitter man!"
"Abuse his...you didn't even know him! You hated his very class!"
"No we didn't! We just didn't have time to-"
"Hey...you guys," Itsuka began, hand on Monoma's shoulder as she pushed him back. "Is it true?"
"What," Ochako asked defensively.
"Huh," Monomas asked, looking at a tense Itsuka.
"Teams for the Chaldean Fest Dead Heat were announced today," Itsuka began, Monoma gasping as he scrambled for his phone. "I see some names I would rather not...but then again maybe I do."
"Are you kidding me," Monoma yelled.
1st Team: Neito Monoma, Itsuka Kendo, Setsuna Tokage, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, Ibara Shiozaki, Shinso Hitoshi
2nd Team: Izuku Midoriya, Ochako Uraraka, Tenya Iida, Shoto Todoroki, Tsuyu Asui, Yuuga Ayoama
3rd Team: Katsuki Bakugou, Eijirou Kirishima, Denki Kaminari, Sero Hanta, Mina Ashido, Mashiro Ojirou
4th Team: Mirio Togata, Tamaki Amajiki, Nejire Hado, Camie Utsushimi, Nagamasa Mora, Saiko Intelli
5th Team: Yo Shindo, Tatami Nakagame, Itejiro Toteki, Shikkui Makabe, Kashiko Sekigai, Romero Fujimi
6th Team: Mei Hatsume, Inasa Yoarashi, Seiji Shishikura, Hyuga Shimakura, Akyaka Ai, Akira Kurosu
"Are you shitting me," Monoma snarled. "What the hell! You don't like Fujimaru Sensei but you decide to go to his Agencies sponsored event! What bull is that!"
"They announced riders too, along with team names." Itsuka added as well.
1st Team Rider: Hitoshi Shinso & Tyrannical Shooting Star
2nd Team Rider: Izuku Midoriya & Electric Steam ft. Papa
3rd Team Rider: Katsuki Bakugou & Prefect of Public Decency and Monk Sanzang
4th Team Rider: Mirio Togata & Killer Demon of the Xth Heaven
5th Team Rider: Yo Shindo & Satisfaction H.:.T.:.E
6th Team Rider: Inasa Yoarashi & Desert Beauty
"Well I will take great pleasure in forcing you all to lose. After all, interference and sabotage is a requirement in winning," Monoma smiled. "I am sure ot have s fun time with the two...A-1 groups."
"This is going to be great," Itsuka grinned. "I better tell Hitoshi!"
"See you at Chaldean Fest," Monoma sniffed. "The rest of what I have to say...I'll express it through the race," he smirked, walking away as the students began to whisper at the reveal of the race participants. "Enjoy I-Island, because after that...it's all about us!"
Class A-1 couldn't help but feel as if it was aimed at them in the end...and that it was true.
EXEMPLUM CHALDEA (CHALDEA 3.0)
"What do you need Merlin," Ritsuka asked as he walked across the little Japanese style bridge over a creek that Exemplum Chaldea had in it's expansive flower gardens. He led down to pick up a Spider Lily, looking over the Hyacinths and Lotus also littering the creek.
"Nothing, nothing...you seem to be taking our new allies with a great amount of stride," he commented, smiling his usual smile as he made the flower in his hand glow.
"I was shocked when Elaine, Mother of Galahad and Wife of Lancelot was here," he hummed. "But not as shocked as when I learned that our newest Foreigner was Mycroft Holmes."
"Sherlock was positively red in the face when he caught sight of his brother," Merlin laughed as he came beside his master and looked down into the small creek. "I would have assumed he already knew, but they are of the same type of mind and they know one another too well."
"Didn't help that Mycroft went to beat the shit out of Holmes cause he was hopped up on his medicines and practically delivered him to Rehab that Nightingale had been trying to force him into.
'He has to know it's not going to work," Merlin scoffed. "I mean it's Sherlock!"
"A brother can always hope," the man in question stated as he came out of the shadow of the wisteria tree to their left. "Master."
'Ritsuka or Fujimaru if you must," he sighed, tossing the spider lily back into the water. "Master is something that is usually reserved for the hardcore warriors. As I recall...you hate legwork," he smirked as Mycroft snorted lightly before conceding his head. "And what do you say now?"
"I have been monitoring things like you said," he smiled. "It's as you expected, they don't know a good thing until it's gone."
'Still trying to contact us?"
"Yes," he nodded, allowing his master to pass along with Merlin who side eyed him.
"I feel bad...because the Commission is dragging their feet and it is hurting the people. Not that I mind truly in the end, it's like back in the day, no Merlin?" Ritsuka turned to the Magus of Flowers who nodded.
"I will admit this is nice," he hummed. "Be back with everyone, you never realize how much you like to speak to someone face to face until you're all separated." He nodded to himself, even though he only ever admitted such things to his master and no one else.
"I feel...complete," Ritsuka breathed before groaning.
"Master?"
"Ort and Sefar are not happy at the moment….too much discord in the air is causing them to stirr ," he coughed before shaking his head. "Nothing we can do...not until they finish looking through 300+ heroes."
``You don't know how many you've contracted," Mycroft scoffed.
"I know your names, that's more than enough for me," he smiled as the Foreigner smiled.
"Of course, names or numbers," he hummed as they walked to a small table where tea and snacks were laid out. "If this is how things were before I can see why you love it. A chaotic family….was your like this?"
"Most certainly not," he giggled, covering hsi mouth to not show his smile.
"I wonder what it would be like to see them after this," Merlin contemplated before Ritsuka still in his stride to his seat. He closed his eyes as if in pain, sighing before continuing with solemn words.
"I went back to Japan...to visit and see….see if my family was back," Ritsuka admitted, sitting down and filling up for himself.
"Oh," Mycroft hummed as Merlin shifted uncomfortably.
"They were fine," he assured them both...or maybe himself. "Perfectly fine...didn't remember a damn thing. To them 4 years had passed and I simply stayed in Chaldea without a word to them. Wasted my High school years, my father said. Ruined my opportunities, my mother griped. Missed out on her track meets, my sister whined," he looked so far off as he stirred his tea. "They always had something to complain about."
"Master?" Mycroft asked.
"They didn't change, but I did," he murmured silently. "I thought that the visit would be simple, like a college student heading back home for a visit to his parents...but no it wasn't. I had forgotten the pressures of a normal life..I didn't understand them and my parents didn't understand me...I scared them. They became scared of their own child." he clutched the cup tight in his hand as the faces of his mother and father flashed before his mind. "My sister...she became scared of her older brother, an older brother who is supposed to protect her…"
"You must have always known that a normal life for you will never be the same," Mycroft began, taking a biscuit and taking a quiet bite. "I am sorry you had to face such reality in such a harsh manner."
'They feared me...they still fear me," Ritsuka was shaking now as much as his voice was earlier. "Me….I did everything to bring them back the second time around. I wanted my family, my biological one, back...but in the end I lost them because of who I became...I lost who I became again here."
"How so master," Mycroft asked, sipping his tea now without much thought.
"I wanted to show these heroes that it is okay not to save everyone, that some people do not deserve to live to the end of their time, that sometimes being a bit greedy is what you need to continue on...but no," he sighed, leaning back. "This world wants superheroes that have no faults, and by damn do they try their hardest."
"Well, I do not blame you," Mycroft began. "The modern era is all about saving as many as you can, but even then there have been...clerical errors when it comes to certain people...I would know," he coughed, smiling as his masters smirk. "I do find myself a bit troubled with the amount of people they allow to live, considering their crimes and all," he sniffed. "I mean...Moonfish?"
"Hmm…They want to hide their evil side...but that just makes their fall harder," Ritsuka breathed.
"And you on the other hand...you make it no secret that the evil side you've come to gain throughout your journey is very visible, unlike most heroes you have your charm, your wits and other aspects that can easily conceal it without much fanfare," Mycroft smiled as Merlin shot him a warning glance. "Very human of you."
"I won't deny that I am a bastard in many senses of the word," Ritsuka smiled. "But I can't help but want to be one in the wake of this overwhelming feeling of Golden Heroism."
"Hmmm."
"I'm merely peeved that we all got labeled as murderers and thugs when we've only killed about 200 high profile killers and traffickers combined," Merlin began, munching on some sponge cake angrily. "In the last year only 200! And yet we've come to be known as the 'Murderous Agency! It's outrageous," he grunted, grabbing another cake. "Not including seraphix, but then again those are people who fought us or had no one to go too besides a life of crime.
"Not Villainy?"
"They don't know real villains," Merlin sneered. "They were thugs, that's all."
"Their witch hunt, so to say, has been a bit intense," Mycroft nodded, moving the plate of sponge cake away from the angry half incubus. "I will concede to that," he murmured.
"Good! Because it has been!" Merlin pouted as he crossed his arms and leaned back into his chair.
"They are not without any evidence," Ritsuka admitted, placing his tea down. "And I will admit I let us run amok for far too long...but I couldn't help it. Up until this point we have been waiting to be attacked by the Association. Our use of Rayshift was heavily monitored and all we could do was lounge around and mock fights...We got antsy."
"Not the best way to blow off steam but drug and human trafficking has been down a record 500% in this world since you've shown...and now its' back up 1000% due to the lack of Chaldean presence."
"Their heroes don't kill and capture if possible. We will kill to save all those innocent children," Ritsuka murmured. "Save them from untold and unknown horrors that await them in the arms of true monsters."
"Good."
"I will admit...I do prefer the Association to these bastards," Ritsuka began, leaning forward to stare into their eyes. "They were bastards, but they made no effort to hide it. The commission needs every little person on the planet believing they are a force for good, hyping themselves up. The association, they lied, they tried to make themselves seem nice. But in the end...it's all a ruse for them to get what they want."
"The commissions don't care about the people, much like the Association, but I guess that's what made the latter more bearable than the former. I still hate them both," Merlin grumbled as Mycroft hummed. "They didn't really bother to hide it too much…"
"As much as hearing about the two is fun," he turned to his master who nodded and spoke what was on his mind. "We have bigger issues?"
"Though the fact of the matter stands, we have at least 5 rogue servants and the threat of the papers still looming over our heads as we prepare to head back to I-Island," he began, getting up. "They are going to attack that place and knowing the true threat of those papers we can't hide anymore."
"Master...you can't," Merlin began. "To go all out with our magic and powers…"
"Of my 11 most trusted and all the casters that I will be taking, I expect the full use of your powers during that time," he turned to Merlin who nodded. "I will expect that you all try with all your might to ensure that the people's minds are protected."
"Understood."
"How is the real System Mnemosyne?"
"Da Vinci has concluded it is fritzing out like before with the Case File incident. So the papers will prove to be a problem..which leads to another problem…"
'How one paper got into my bed on I-Island," Ritsuka hummed as he looked at Merlin who nodded solemnly. "I don't even have an answer for that…"
"It must have been in Seraphix and reacted to all the blueprints of the System when we were first on the Island," Merlin offered up, looking unsure. "That is the only possible conclusion I could make since the Shikigami could have only come in contact with you when you went to Seraphix to speak of Archimedes!"
'What do you think we can expect?"
"I doubt we will be experiencing anything like Patchwork London, from what I could glean from the reports of that time and seeing it from the memory bank you keep. It won't be something like that...initially," Mycroft began, leaning forward with a serious glint in his eyes. "But...We can't rule out the adverse effects it will have on the people."
"That's a given...but does this have the potential to become a singularity,' Ritsuka pushed.
"Hard to tell from the info we have now. If the rumors of there being many more papers than we believe...then yes. If they are distributed before we can stop them, then most certainly. Since I-Island is an isolated place with a population then it will become a Patchwork Island for sure,' Merlin commented, eyes flicking from his tea to his master who rubbed his temples. "But even then, you would know better than any of us if it has the potential to become a singularity."
"I remember missing this feeling, the ache in my head as we tried to figure out what the FUCK is going to happen...now that it's back...not so much," he grumbled, grabbing a sponge cake and nibbling on it. "As for the singularity bit...I would prefer to be wrong."
"Ahaha! I know right master," Merlin could already sense the overtime that he was soon going to be facing along with Skadi, Waver, his adorable caster Artoria and Tamamoe.
Ah...just like old times...well he was already facing overtime...but this would be more like the old times.
He could already feel the ache in his bones and fatigue.
"Enough of this Singularity talk. Now back on track...how are things with everyone? I've been holed up in my room for a bit, so I do apologize for making you both monitor everyone." Ritsuka asked, sitting back down.
"Lots of sex going on," Mycroft coughed. "A lot of it."
"Not our fault this world is soo prudish on relationship and sex between heroes," Merlin laughed as Ritsuka enjoyed the banter. "Like idols, seemingly we can't have normal relationships if we're really in the limelight."
'Well there really is nothing to do here aside from IT if you have someone to do it with," Ritsuka grumbled as he closed his eyes, leaning back and basking in the soft light of the garden and the shade of the tree.
"Too bad, Chaldea doesn't give any fucks!" Merlin laughed as Mycroft sighed.
"Before things get out of hand..How is Mashu and the rest of the Staff in Stasis?"
Merlin fell silent as Mycroft sipped his tea in stony silence.
"About that…"
"What," he asked.
"We have some reports of suspicious activities outside of Seraphix…"
"Explain."
THE NEXT DAY, UA
Izuku looked like the newest student of A-1 as they assembled for the last few days of class following their rather...explosive final exams.
Hitoshi Shinso. Quirk: Brainwashing. Recommended Student of Fujimaru Ritsuka during the first week of school, just transferred out of Gen Ed to the Hero Course.
His eyes flicked down to a familiar symbol and could only swallow as he saw it.
Two diamonds interlaced with one another, with one being broken at the bottom, the same one Fujimaru Sensei wore on his neck all the time.
Chaldea's Symbol.
Everyone in the school knew that Hitoshi Shinso was the favorite of Fujimaru, for some reason even the boy himself didn't know. He didn't get any more special treatment from Fujimaru than most aside from the man pushing for him to take Mineta's empty spot, even striking a deal with Nezu before he left.
Which results in now-
"I can feel you staring. What do you want," the brainwasher asked as he turned the page of a history book most of Fujimaru students were given. The Golden Age of Heroics, was the title.
Made specifically for the students of UA.
"I...I was wondering if Kintoki ever trained you. I know that you and him were close," Izuku began as other students quilted down to listen. "You were pretty impressive during the final exam….your hand to hand was pretty….pretty amazing to be honest."
"YEAH," Hanta gasped as he looked at his partner. "You saved my butt out there and my grade," he swallowed. "You really managed to get the jump on Midnight Sensei. Kintoki must have trained you hard!"
"Nah. He's too strong for students and most heroes. He usually just sat around and talked about some of his interests...and his girlfriend who was always teasing him." He shrugged. "I never really trained with Chaldean Heroes aside from the ones who came here for everyone else," he admitted. "Not that special. As for the final exam...you just let your hormones get out of control and-"
"Cut the bullshit. All those heroes seemed to like you and the other hero class so how about you-"
"Well you never got to know them did you," Hitoshi cut Bakugou off with a glare. "Your teacher decided to take you out of a good and fun class with a nice teacher who people couldn't be bothered to understand. Being a hero is about trauma and being a director leading them is about trauma. He's had to make decisions that you have to follow. So be in his shoes for a moment and think!"
"He was an asshole," Bakugou snarled. "Plain and simple!"
"Well your a-" his phone began to ring and the boy hastily grabbed it, answering like many other Chaldean Heroes without looking. "Hello?...Fujimaru-Sensei," he gasped, others as well as contact with Chaldea has been 0 since the day the trio dealing with the hero killer left.
"Sensei," Denki hissed to Aizawa who was up in a moment when Hitoshi said that name.
"Yes...Yes I am in the hero course," the boy nodded. "Yeah I saw that I made it into the Race!...But I...are you sure?...Okay...I'll see you during Chaldean Fest?...Bye…"
Before he could hang up Aizawa snatched the phone from his hand and spoke
"Fujimaru," he began.
"Aizawa...what a pleasant surprise. A phone snatcher you are just like a little snitch you are. I haven't forgotten about your little look through with my tablet and the leak to the press," Ritsuka hummed. "Be a shame if I told someone about that."
"Look, we need to have a face to face meeting and soon-"
"I am afraid until our contract is fulfilled or voided in some way we will remain in Chaldea and off duty. Only roles of public service not related to heroics will we be doing. And...I'm not in the business of breaking contracts...bad luck."
"The people in the middle east and Haiti are suffering, screw bad luck," he hissed. "You seriously cannot expect us to pick up where you left off!"
"The supplies we left should have given you ample time to delegate and find ways to help them," Ritsuka's voice was calm and his reasoning logical. "If you can't come up with a way then your all incompetent."
He hated the man more in that moment.
"We can't keep up with the demand. We need more help," he growled into the receiver as Hitoshi tried to get the phone back. "We also need more help on the disappearances!"
"We did warn heroes that the areas we patrolled would be overrun soon with people taking advantage," Ritsuka sighed, sounding tired. "It's not our fault you always ignored such places."
"It's illogical to waste resources to places with a less than 1% crime rate-"
"Oh, even you know that to be bullshit," Ritsuka grunted as Aizawa trailed off. "They never reported it because they were too scared. Not because the area was safe. Like hell it was. That is where the darkest depths of the world festered, unchecked for decades."
"You can't keep this going," he finally settled on. "People need you."
'Funny...not too long ago people were saying they didn't need us...besides," he chuckled. "There are heroes all over the world. Contact them for aid."
"That's what-"
Click.
Shit…
Hitoshi snatched his phone out of his teacher's hand, glowering at him before going to his seat as Aizawa stewed over that conversation.
Shit!
EXEMPLUM CHALDEA
"He annoys me," Mycroft huffed as he blew out some smoke from his pipe as Sherlock rolled his eyes. He watched his master eating with some of his trusted vessels, murmuring to Mori who was no doubt saying he'd take the erasure heroes head for his master.
"He was persistent," the other commented. "But we're here because the world seemingly no longer needs us."
'This world never needed us Sheryl," Mycroft sighed as he lit his own pipe as his brother growled at the use of his childhood nickname. "You know that as well as I do. This world was fine, heavily flawed and idealistic, but fine."
"Chaldea is used to chaos, they just hid it too well," Sherlock shrugged. "I'm more worried about master...and when the staff come back."
"How so?"
"You haven't been here and I can't claim the same, I joined partway through the first adventure...but bringing them back won't help," he sighed. "Not in the way we are hoping," he admitted, eyeing Orpheus as he was cornered by the children and asked to play a song. He looked so lost in that moment as he whipped his head around for help, though all he received were laughs.
"They are a mass group of humans, barring the Shielder girl of course-"
"They lived through everything our master has, though through a lens. They have been cut off from humanity for as long as Fujimaru has and while they didn't go through what he went through...the loss of the Original Chaldea hit them hard...especially since we lost more human staff," Sherlock began, his eyes flicked to Perseus who was currently strung up like how a spider would cocoon it's prey, smiling as he gazed at the three Medusa's who hissed at the man as Stheno and Euryale yelled at him to keep himself out of their stupid younger sisters room.
"Ah…" Mycroft made a noise of understanding. "They are a new breed of humans?"
"Indeed," Sherlock confirmed. "They have lived with all of this and us," he motioned to the area around him as a way to say Heroic Spirits. "For almost a decade...I doubt they understand normal humans anymore." Finally his eyes went to Elaine who was sitting with the other Arthurian Servants, ignoring Lancelot who looked lost as she gave him the cold shoulder, blushing over Jekyll and his stuttering.
Was King Arthur (Female, Original) holding Lancelot's hand back from grabbing his sword? Interesting.
"I agree," Mycroft nodded, drawing Sherlock's attention back to him. "I know master has struggled with understanding his own race for a while now."
"The last time something confused him outside of humans was in the Camelot Lostbelt...even then he was quick to understand the ways of the fae," Sherlock murmured worriedly. "He's becoming more inhuman the longer he stays here."
'Chaldea has its own branch of madness...and it's infected every human that still lives here," Mycroft surmised as Sherlock nodded.
"We never bothered to address it in the end because no one would be going back to their normals lives...in fact it seemed like they wanted nothing more than for things to stay the way they where," the detective pursed his lips as he contemplated the conversation they had before their sudden summoning into the world.
"What of master?"
"He was getting better...with his classes he seems to understand human children better than human adults,' Sherlock admitted, staring at his brother's pipe longingly. "I guess it's the natural magic that children tend to have before it vanishes."
"It makes sense, even if he was getting better at understanding humans he still was attracted to magic."
"Aizawa did us all a favor in the end," Sherlock sneered, leaning back and looking up at the ceiling. "A-1 had some of the most human children I have ever laid eyes on and they drove master mad just being near them. In the end it benefitted us and him more than the class."
"And what are you two talking about," Longinus asked as he approached, smiling as Erice and Voyager said they would get a table for the three of them.
'Nothing my friend," Mycroft smiled. "Just mulling over some things about mummy is all."
"I'm still her favorite."
"Like hell you are."
"I'm leaving," the lancer brushed off as they began to get into a verbal spat about their mother. "Have fun."
The brothers watched as he left, the two keeping their eyes one him before they turned back to each other.
"Do you have any idea as to why we were brought here? To this world?"
'No...unfortunately I don't and my...little friend," Mycroft coughed. "Has no idea either."
"Rouge servants?"
"The ones going up against us have no loyalty to All for One, that's for sure," his brother rolled his eyes. "Alter Ego has a bone to pick with a few people here, along with the Foreigner they have. With us I might inform you, Moriarty as well," Mycroft could see those gears turning. "Caster has their eyes on master and well...the other three they are wild cards for sure. They have their own interests...but I don't know what they are."
"Great," Sherlock bit down a curse before he grabbed his syringe.
"I would rather if you didn't," Mycroft hissed as he grabbed his brother's hand with his tailcoat. "I despise what you do to your body, back then and now."
"I can't help it," Sherlock rolled his eyes. "This mystery is a conundrum even for me!"
"I understand that. But getting high off your ass is not going to be helping anyone Sheryl!"
'Stop calling me that!"
"Stop acting like a child then,' Mycroft shot back as he released his hold to his younger brother. "Now...have you considered the possibility of the Alien God?"
"He's gone..dead."
"Sherlock-"
"I saw Master strike down his core years ago. I was in the command room with Da Vinci and Goredolf confirming his origin had vanished," Sherlock hissed. "They are dead!"
"Sherlock, this is gods and magic we are talking about. Modern technology can only detect and emulate it so much."
"It's not possible."
"It's not Sherlock? It's not?"
They remained silent as their master laughed at something, it was a conversation for another day.
SOOOOO! This is my longest chapter ever! And I am very, very proud of this! Comment on what you liked, what you think will happen! Feel free to PM me with ideas if you want to as well or theories of what will happen!