"Wow, A Giant Villain!"

Izuku's enthusiasm at seeing what is obviously going to be a fight between heroes and villains has never diminished, Majestic notes as the three of them, Tokage, Midoriya and himself, pushed through the crowd gathering near the Tattoin train station.

"Make way, Hero coming through," he belts out, forcing the crowd to part as they approach the platform.

Already the local hero team of Kamui Woods along with his fresh faced sidekick Mount Lady were dealing with the giant figure, with mixed results. Without missing a beat, Majestic looked at the crowded platform and cries out, "Everyone, back away from the tracks. This situation can get out of hand quickly," just as he starts summoning his rings and throwing them to create a barrier between the gathered people and the super powered battle. At the same time, another barrier made of semi-solid water appears, showing the arrival of Backdraft to the scene.

"Majestic," the firefighting hero greets his fellow. "You're in town early today."

The Magic Hero smiles from underneath his oversized hat. "Escorting my trainees this morning. Was picking up another at risk student on the way to school as well. She's on the train there."

He gestures to the trapped vehicle currently being fought over by the villain and Mt. Lady.

"Think he's after them?" Backdraft asks.

Majestic considers, looking around. "While I doubt it, best not to assume anything. Damn, so long as that train's there, Kamui and the new girl have their hands tied."

Looking to the platform roof above it, the silhouette of Kamui Woods clearly is trying to find an angle of attack, probing with a branch here and there to test.

This apparently ticked off the villain, who spins in place, hands over his head in preparation for a double axe-handle strike.

The hero glances down, and realizes the danger to the train below the platform immediately. By instinct he reaches out and grabs a nearby pole, pulling himself away, but it is too late.

Unaware of the danger, Mt. Lady grapples the villain, knocking him into the train platform. Concrete fractures and crumbles, the exposed train still below.

A movement out of the corner of his eye and a shout of "Himiko!" is Majestic's only warning.

"Midoriya!" he yells as the boy uses his quirk to vault over the barrier in record time.

Tokage curses and starts to move, only to be held back by her mentor. "Not you too. Damnit!"

Rushing as fast as his legs could carry him, Izuku quickly assesses the situation. Two giants battling, a train right below them, a platform about to collapse. On either side, buildings and the sound barriers.

Thrusting his hands forward, two beams of black shoot from his hands, grabbing the support beams for the sound barriers, one on each side of the train. Hopping up, he wraps two more around his legs, extending them outwards, directly at the train.

In a rush, the ichor beams contract, pulling Izuku directly at the train at high speed, green sparks of energy bleeding off of him.

The conductor, seeing this blur of green sparking black energy racing at the train, releases the brakes just as contact is made.

With a lurch, the train rocks back, away from the platform, moments before the structure finally collapses.

Kamui Woods spots the train, and smiles within his mask. Freed from the concern of the train and its passengers, he yells out, "Lacquered Chain Prison!"

Hearing her partner, Mt. Lady releases the villain, jumping back just as the wooden shackles trap him in place.


As the paramedics check him over, Majestic stands there next to the police officer currently scolding Izuku.

"You are very lucky that you didn't break any bones, young man. What made you think you could help?" the officer demanded.

The boy shrugs a shoulder, curling in on himself slightly. "I don't know. I just saw and my legs moved before I realized it."

Sighing, the officer looks to the hero. "He's fortunate you were with him. With the new insurance laws, I don't want to imagine."

"Thank you officer," the hero says before turning back to his trainee. "What am I going to do with you, little hero hopeful? Clever idea on reinforcing your legs, by the way. Been practicing that in your spare time?"

Izuku shakes his head. "No, it just came to me while I… um…"

"Rushed in to kick a train?" Majestic says, half a smile on his face.

Nodding, the boy agrees. "Yeah, that."

"Now, I cannot praise you, as much as I wish I could, because what you did was very reckless. If you weren't with me, you'd likely be facing a vigilantism charge, and that would be a black mark on your record. No hero school would touch you then without a willing sponsor," the hero explains.

Hanging his head, Izuku admits, "I know."

"But you still charged in. Were you counting on me or something?"

Shaking his head, the boy tells him, "No, I just… didn't want to see those passengers hurt. Not when I could do something about it."

"Fortunately for you, the impact was not too severe. No worse than the coupling or decoupling of a car for the people inside. If you'd hit much harder, you could have caused some serious injury to them." Then the hero's face softens. "I'm proud of you."

"All clear," the paramedic finally gets a word in. "Some minor bruising, but nothing to worry about. But if you feel dizzy or lightheaded, go to the emergency room right away."

The hero nods. "Understood. Thank you."

"Come on, Tokage and Tomura should have let your school know you'd be late," Majestic tells him.

Izuku's eyes go wide. "I'm late!"


Walking into the classroom, Izuku is suddenly bombarded by a wall of noise as everyone starts applauding. In utter confusion, he looks to the teacher, standing there smiling.

"Well, it's the hero of the day," he tells the tardy student. "Saving one thousand and twenty eight passengers on that train this morning. Needless to say, seeing you having U.A. down as your first choice of school was no surprise to me."

Without looking, Izuku already knows a pair of red eyes are boring into him.

"Y-yes sir," he squeaks out.

Waving a stack of papers, the teacher just smiles and gestures for the boy to go to his seat.

"Now that Midoriya is here, let's get things settled on the second battle of Azukizaka…"

As the boy sits down, the voice of Izuku's cousin behind him goes, "Hey, teacher gave you hell?"

"Nope," Izuku admits.

A whisper in his ear then says, "Check your desk, loverboy."

Pushing Setsuna's disembodied mouth back in her direction, Izuku groans. Reaching into his desk, he pulls out a keyring with a small All Might figurine on it.

"Himiko wanted to get you something for saving her, so we grabbed that on the way to school. Thank her later," his cousin tells him.

Looking across the room, he sees the smiling face of Himiko looking at him as the teacher drones on about Tokugawa Ieyasu's attempt to combat the growing threat of the Ikko-ikki.

All the while, Izuku can feel the buzzing in his head, alerting him to the raw anger from the boy sitting next to him.


"And then he went woosh! And then the train went aahhh! And the tree man yelled 'plaquered pain risen'! And…"

The teenaged looking boy chuckles. "No Eri, he said, Lacquered Chain Prison. That was Kamui Woods, one of our clients."

"Sorry Grandpa."

"Well, that was exciting," Irinaka says.

The boss sighs. "I knew that those Trigger distributors were getting desperate, but that was a hell of a gamble."

"One which did not pay off," the black masked man next to Eri says, his arms folded in front of him.

Agreeing, the old man turned boy says, "It still was too close for me. I'd like you and those eight bullets of yours to put in some legwork. Let's show them not to try that again."

Chisaki nods, staying silent.

Noting his underling's lack of an answer, the boss asks, "Is everything alright, Kai?"

"We know that the last time it was the Villain Factory, but something... it feels wrong, you know? Like there's some other factor we're not seeing," the yakuza admits.

The boy nods. "Like you're not seeing a piece on your shogi board. I feel the same way. No matter how much the bloodhounds in the media try and call this 'Six' the mastermind, he's nothing but a puppet. I'm with you, his strings are being pulled by someone else, someone we don't see."

Irinaka coughs, to get attention from the other two men. "The attack was brazen, but it may have been incidental. We did everything to hide our use of the train today. And there were over a thousand other passengers onboard."

"That giant attacked precisely when our car was under the overhead platform. No, this was intentional, I can feel it," the boss says, his cold eyes watching the world move by from inside their armored limo.

"But, ah, who was the one who pushed our train out from under that bad guy?" the little girl pipes up, looking between her grandfather and Mr. Irinaka.

Sighing, her grandfather's aide says, "The press haven't released his name yet. All we know is that he is a trainee under the hero Majestic."

"Majestic?" the man sitting next to Eri says, surprised.

Irinka nods, then considers the man. "Didn't you talk to Majestic last summer, Chisaki?"

"Yes, to apologize for the kidnapping attempt that roped his trainees in. The boy's name was… Midoriya. I remember, he had green hair, so the name is easy to recall," the man wearing a simple black mask says.

The boss nods. "Midoriya, huh? Kid had guts, I'll give him that. Did they take the apology."

"Reluctantly. I tried to recruit the boy," the masked man admits. "He helped take out four of our associates without difficulty. Seemed like a good idea to at least float the idea past him."

Considering, the boss says, "Recruit, huh? Good thinking, Kai. Keep an eye on him. Heroes need sponsors now, after all. Eri could use a bodyguard, rather than going with her old grandfather everywhere."

"But I like going with you," she protests.

He laughs. "And I with you. But you're old enough for school, and shouldn't hang around an old man like me all the time. We're just thinking how best to protect you, that's all. After all, we don't want anything to happen to our little miracle, do we?"

Chisaki's eyes narrow slightly.

"Ah, we're here. Come now, Eri. Let's see the doctor for your quirk counselling appointment," the boss says, smiling at the little girl.

She smiles and waits for the car to stop before unbuckling her seatbelt.

Taking her grandfather's hand, the pair walk into the clinic and up to the desk.

The secretary takes one look and stands up, pressing the door open button before bowing. "Sir, the Doctor is ready for you."

"Thank you Kawayami," the boss says, not even glancing at the woman.

As they pass through, the doors close behind them, revealing the name placard etched into the glass. 'Doctor Tsubasa'