"RING!" the bell sounded.
"Alright everyone. I've been given word that you're not going to be here at school for the rest of the week." Dogma said standing at the doorway to the classroom. "Just remember to stay safe, study, and don't go out looking for trouble. These criminals that got away will be brought to justice."
Still needing to change out of their hero costume's the students all headed to the locker rooms. After more conversation about the day and Ahsoka swiping her lightsabers when a soul wasn't watching, everyone walked through the halls towards the exits.
As Tano strolled through peacefully thinking to her herself, All Might rounded the corner and stood in front of her.
"Ah, Tano! Just the girl I was looking for. Would you mind if we had a little talk?"
"That would be perfectly fine." she responded.
"I'm sure you are aware that young Midoriya is resting in the nurse's office." All Might said.
"Yeah." Ahsoka acknowledged. "I pray he'll be all right."
"Don't worry about that. Recovery Girl has healed the boy up. Though, wanted to talk to you about him."
Ahsoka raised an eyebrow in confusion. "What do you mean by that?"
"Let me skip to the point." All Might said. "I want you to help train him. The boy is full of potential to do great things. He just needs guidance. And who else is better than someone his own age."
"What would I be able to do? Everytime he uses that quirk, his body breaks."
"That's it." All Might pointed. "I and many other teachers know that his body is to weak to handle that much power. I want you to assist in harnessing the quirk."
Ahsoka looked at All Might as if he was crazy. "I'm not sure how I'm going to do that."
All Might wasn't done yet. "I don't mean in a physical way help him with the quirk, but mentally. He could honestly use a friend that is as smart, confident, and with such great power."
There was a long pause coming from Ahsoka as she pondered the idea of helping Midoriya. The few days Tano had known him, she could tell he lacked self confidence, especially around Bakugou.
"I mean... I guess I could start by being more friendly to him."
"Great!" All Might said gleefully.
"But why are you doing this for Midoriya?" Ahsoka asked.
Without skipping a beat, All Might answered with a bit of a white lie. "Midoriya shows great potential. I know I'm not supposed to play favorites, but I want him to have a fair chance against everyone else's quirks. Learning to control his punches can help him not lag behind the rest of the class."
Ahsoka thought about her decision some more. Aiding Midoriya would take precious time from homework and possibly helping her master fix the ship. But it could also be significant for her on the way to become a jedi knight.
"Okay. He, and many others in the class gave me their phone numbers. I'll call him tonight."
"Thank you Ahsoka! And good luck with your studies tonight!" All Might said. "Now I can fix my other issue."
"What might that be?" she asked.
"I've got a task for your masters."
(X)
Anakin's mood was somewhere between impressed and annoyed. Currently, he was sitting at a desk beside Power Loader, grading quizzes. On the other side of the room, Mei Hatsume torched a piece of metal into god knows what as R2 stood by ready to hand her more tools. Unlike the rest of the class who walked out the door as soon as the bell rang, Mei decided to work on.
"Does she do this all the time?" Skywalker asked his neighbor without looking up.
"Yup." Higari said. "Before you came, she was and still is staying for hours after school."
The noise didn't drive Anakin nuts as bad as it could have. Years of jedi meditation had taught him how to block out distractions well. But, he still didn't particularly care for it. "Go home Mei!" he wanted to say. "I'm sure you have homework for other classes."
Then again, he had to tip his hat to her. The amount of dedication to build over a few dozen support items in just the first couple weeks of school could make any teacher and parent proud.
"How does it go?" a way to familiar voice said.
Turning to the doorway, both teachers noticed Obi-Wan leaning against the doorway stroking his beard.
"Ah! I'm glad you came to visit me." Anakin smiled.
Kenobi scooted out of the doorframe. "Actually, meeting you at the apartment was my plan, but someone needed your attention."
Peaking his head around the corner, All Might showed off his usual teethy grin. "Hello teachers! Anakin, we need to have a quick private chat."
Skywalker looked over to Higari.
"Hey man, take your time. I don't mind." he said.
Anakin had gotten up from his seat when Mei noticed.
"Come on! Your leaving already?! I still want you to show me how your hand components work!" she wined.
"Don't worry Mei. I'll be back." the jedi knight assured.
The two teachers strolled down the hall behind All Might until they were out of earshot range of anyone.
"Is there a problem?" Anakin asked.
"In a way, yes." All Might replied.
"Were all ears." Kenobi said.
The hero reached into his suit jacket pocket and pulled out two sheets of paper and handed one to each jedi. "After some convincing from my fellow hero Endeavor, one of the captured henchmen told the truth and nothing but the truth."
Reading the papers, the pair saw the address to a nightclub in the city with the name "Sake! Sake!"
"Let me guess. This club might have been a meeting ground for the recruits?" Obi-Wan guessed.
The hero laughed. "Don't you catch on quick. But yes, this is where some of the henchmen met their employer. The poilce need both of you to infiltrate the nightclub without being noticed and find intel on the two main men we are looking for. Maybe use that force ability of yours."
Anakin's eyes widened in anticipation for the question he was about to ask. "When do you want us to do this?"
"Tonight actually!"
This felt like a swift punch to the stomach. For the last two days, Padme and him were planning a friendly stroll on the beach. Now it was going to have to wait another day. Another day of work getting in the way of spending time with the love of his life.
"We will be happy to help." Kenobi said unaware of Anakin's distaste for the mission.
After saying goodbye, All Might walked somewhat quickly away coughing.
"Anakin, I'm sure you were missing the fight correct? Well now you have one." his master joked.
Skywalker rolled his eyes at the dumb comment. It was going to be a long night.
(X)
Skywalker was right, it was a long night. The attack at USJ then having to grade papers for class was an insult on its own. He would rather be concerned for his padawan, not quizzes.
Walking up to the nightclub, the jedi wore very unusual clothing for themselves.
Instead of the standard robes that would cover their identity when walking around in public, the new strategy was to blend in with the people.
Anakin wore a purple collared shirt with the three top buttons undone. Wearing blue jeans and a silver watch from All Might that barely fit, he looked more like a frat boy than a war general.
Obi-Wan had a more tropical look to him. A blue hawaiian button down shirt decorated with yellow flowers covered it. His khaki pants and black shades matched well with his older age.
"The plan is the same as usual my apprentice." Kenobi said.
"What? Quietly listen in on conversations without being noticed." Anakin said with somewhat of an attitude.
"First of all, yes. Second of all, where did all this sass crawl out from?" Kenobi said frowning his eyebrows.
"I'm sorry master. It's just that I would rather be doing things that could help us get home."
Obi-Wan laid his hand on the man's shoulder. "I understand what your feeling. Really, our whole group can, but All Might and Naomasa have already given us exorbitant amounts of help. Now we need to return the favor. It's only fair."
The jedi made their way to the doors where the yen entrance fee was paid. Immediately upon walking in, they were met with flashing lights, colorful drinks, and shitty trap music. To be honest, it reminded them both of the places in the Coruscant Underworld.
"Start at the bar?" Anakin asked.
"Of course." Obi-Wan said casually going through the cycles of the mission he's completed dozens of times before.
The two found stools and sat upon them.
"Hey guys! What will it be?!" the lady behind the counter asked in a loud voice trying to drain out other noises.
The disguises were working. At least for now.
The jedi then ordered some random beer they saw on the wall menu. Taking sips, Obi-Wan stuck his tongue out in discuss while Anakin seemed to rather enjoy the beverage.
Above the wall of whiskey, wine, and vodka behind the bar was a large television playing a soccer match.
"Let's watch the game." Kenobi said.
"Sure." Anakin replied in his "I understand the plan voice."
Instead of focusing on the two teams playing, the jedi honed in on the conversations floating about trying to find juicy information.
Even though they were seemingly calm and collective sitting on their stools, the mental force they were using would have been excruciating for most.
The voices became clearer as they searched.
"Hey lady, can I buy you a drink?"
"The boss is making me work an extra two hours tommorow..."
"Kamui Woods has always been kind of cute to me..."
"C'mon dude, let's play some pool!"
"Honestly starting to hate the girl I'm going out with..."
"You think there are aliens living among us?"
"My friend got arrested at the USJ today."
Anakin tapped on his masters thigh. "Guy in the far corner table."
Taking a quick glance Obi-Wan saw a massive spiky mohawk on a man with the body of a toothpick. Sitting across from him was a purple haired guy wearing a black leather coat with no shirt underneath.
"Listen in some more before we make our move." Kenobi instructed.
"You talking about Reo?" purple haired guy said. "That sucks. Always liked playing cards with him. He had a horrible tell."
The two took a swig of their whiskey before continuing the conversation.
"I warned him that what he was doing was reckless. All Might is far more powerful than the next top five heroes combined. You could say I had time to mourn before he ate shit." mohawk explained.
"Whose grand idea was this to start?" purple haired ask curiously.
"That's not important." mohawk guy said clearly annoyed. "But I said no to the offer unlike Reo. Now he's probably facing five to ten."
Kenobi looked over at his apprentice. "Alright let's book them"
The two got up and made their way to the corner table with intent on handcuffing the pair.
"Excuse me gentlemen." Obi-Wan said removing his shades.
Mohawk gave the older man a look of confusion. "What do you want buddy?"
"Let's skip to the point BUDDY." Anakin spoke up. "We heard what you said and now were ready to take you in."
Kenobi shook his head. "He always goes with confrontation."
"What... How!" purple haired guy said. He could have sworn the two were on the other side of the room the whole time. How could they here their conversation with how loud it was. It must have been their quirk.
"You work for the police or something!" Mohawk said angrily.
"With. Now it would be appreciated to move your hands behind your back so I can slap the cuffs on." Obi-Wan said.
"Okay." mohawk guy said giving off a suspicious grin.
When Kenobi took a step forward, the unthinkable happened. The front two spikes on mohawk guys head shot out directly toward Obi-Wan. Luckily, the jedi master dodged it in just the knick of time. Although he wasn't hurt, the fight had only just begun.
Purple hair man squeezed the opportunity to escape and flipped the table into the air toward Anakin. Unlike Obi-Wan, the jedi knight had more time to react allowing him to whip out his lightsaber and slice the table in half.
By now, the people clubbing were panic-stricken and screaming while running towards the closest exits. In the chaos, mohawk guy's two missing hair arrows grew back allowing him to fire off more rounds before sprinting off. This time, the master was scraped by one on his waist. Just like a knife, the hair had cut his skin letting a small amount of blood to leak.
"I'll get him master! You take down the other slimeball." Anakin shouted running in the direction the criminal had disappeared.
Turning toward purple hair, Obi-Wan noticed he stood in a defensive fighting stance. He didn't want to kill the idiot so Obi-Wan threw a right hook only to have his fist slam into a green transparent wall. The villain had crossed his arms like an X which created a rectangular barrier in front of his body to appear.
Kenobi decided to ignite his lightsaber and swing at the wall. When he made contact. The barrier held up but was cracked where the lightsaber hit. Obi-Wan did the same move and another crack formed.
"You're more tedious than you are tough." the jedi master commented with a smirk.
Meanwhile, Mohawk guy was now outside the club running as quickly as his little skinny legs could. Every ten seconds or so he turned around expecting the jedi to be right behind him, but he didn't see him. Must have lost him in the crowd.
Reaching his car, the villain opened the door and started the engine. Right then, an inflamed jedi sprinted at his vehicle with the intensity of a cheetah.
Luckily for the villain, he put the pedal to the medal just in time leaving the hero with a stream of dust.
After a couple coughs, Anakin searched for other options of the illegal sort to catch him with. BINGO! In one of the parking spots a red motorcycle shined under a street lamp. "Thank the force!"
Hopping onto the bike, the jedi concentrated his energy into starting it. Since the bike wasn't his, Anakin could only hope he could ignite the engine by using the force to turn the keyhole. A second later the motorcycle rumbled and roared. Smiling like a kid in a candy store, Skywalker zipped out the parking lot and down the street. The villain though, had a favorable twenty second head start.
Back at the club, Obi-Wan had finally broken the shield wall after eighteen strikes with his lightsaber. Now with nothing but air between the two Obi-Wan forced pushed the villain firmly into the wall knocking him off his feet.
"Your lucky I went easy on you. It could have been a lot worse." the master said holding the villain still.
Purple hair tried moving his arms and legs to no avail. It scared him to know this hero could beat him with such little effort applied. But that power. That power tingled around his body like it was alive. Of course now he knew that this was one of the heroes who defeated Kamui Woods in that "test" a week or so back. But WHO was he?
"You'll have to excuse me sir." Obi-Wan said with a gentle voice. "But I have a phone call to make." With that said, Kenobi walked up to the villian and socked him in the face knocking him out.
Happy with how things went, he smiled before taking out his hologram communicator and calling his apprentice.
Skywalker picked up a few seconds later looking as if he was riding a vehicle of sorts.
"Anakin, I have captured the other villain, where are you?"
"Typical high speed chase. Take your guy to the station and I'll meet you there."
"Excuse me what!? Anakin tell me your location so I can help you!"
"I don't even know master. All I know is that I'm gaining on this man and he can't stop me."
Kenobi shook his head at his apprentice's aggressive tactics. He needed to stop or one day he might bite off more than he could chew.
"If you can, try to contact Naomasa. He'll know what to do." Anakin said. "Skywalker out."
Dragging the knocked out villain by the wrists, Obi-Wan mumbled to himself. "I'm not happy about your untimely death master Jinn but it sure did save you a lot of stress."
(X)
Anakin had finally caught up to the villian. His plan, jump on the car of course. Though that was easier said than done.
Mohawk was surfing left and right giving the jedi zero windows to take a leap. On top of that, the skinny man whipped out a revolver and began firing on Skywalker with wild shots.
Speeding down the bustling city streets, people were barely dodging the two who were destroying every known safety law as they zoomed through red lights and stop signs. The bullets being fired from mohawk's gun came close to hitting bystanders as some of his shots weren't even in the same timezone as Anakin.
Skywalker decided to unsheathe his lightsaber in an attempt to disintegrate any of the lead bullets that touched the sword, and so he did.
"DAMMIT!" the villain yelled realizing he had just run out of ammo. "I'm in deep shit" There was nothing he could do except speed and pray. Sadly for him, the prayer didn't do anything.
Taking a leap of faith, Anakin used the force to jump through the sky directly into a traffic light. Looking over his shoulder, Mohawk Man let out a delighted sigh thinking he had lucked out. There was no way that hero was going to be able to recover from a blow like that and be able to catch him.
Anakin on the other hand, knew exactly what he was doing. Everything was going according to plan. The jedi grabbed the horizontal pole and used his momentum to fling himself even higher into the air. Like a hawk diving for its pray, the knight landed on the car's roof shaking it slightly. Reigniting his lightsaber, Anakin cut a circular hole and readied himself to grab the runaway.
Immediately after the hole was cut, three pieces of hair shot out which would have hit the jedi if not for his quick reflexes.
While the jedi tried to find an opening to subdue the villain, horror caught the corner of his eye. They were running out of street, fast. The intersection formed a T and the building in the middle of it was a restaurant with live music performing on the patio.
Despite the situation, Anakin repeated to himself, "Stay calm. You can save everyone."
Using the force, Skywalker pulled the criminal up slashing his hair in the process removing the quirk ability. Now that the car had no driver, it wobbled at high speeds drifting left and right. Realizing time is of the essence, the jedi force pushed the villain off the car roof slamming him into a mailbox.
Jumping off the car himself, he landed on his feet and immediately used the force to pull the car back. But it was to little to late.
The car was moving too fast. It crossed the intersection closing in on the restaurant porch as customers leaped or fell from their tables in a panic. Anakin knew he had to keep trying as he counted the feet the car was away from impact. "Thirty feet, twenty feet, ten feet..."
"FWOOOOOOOSH"
"What the...?!" Anakin shouted.
A fiery fist smashed the front right tire of the vehicle sending it flying through the air in a deadly barrel roll. The windows and doors caved in on themselves when the car hit the ground. If anyone was inside, they would have easily been killed.
After the car rolled to a stop, the crowd that had gathered around clapped and cheered the savior.
The "savior" wore a mostly blue custome, a black belt held together by a yellow buckle, red hair, and looked to wear laced up basketball shoes. Though that was easily overlooked by Anakin as he was shocked by the fact he was on fire throughout his body. "Must be Endeavor."
The jedi had seen a few videos which included him. Sure he wasn't unaware of the man, but seeing him in person was still insane.
Finding the villian who was still dazed from the force push, Anakin slapped the handcuffs Naomasa had given him onto the man.
"Wha... what happened?" the villain mumbled in confusion.
"You are under arrest. And don't even think about using your quirk because I'll aim a little lower than before." Anakin said.
"Fiiiiiiiine." he replied clearly annoyed.
A pair of police cruisers had shown up and started securing a perimeter. Happy with how the night was working out, Anakin decided to greet and thank the fiery giant for coming in clutch. Handing the villain to one of the officers after warning him about the his quirk, Skywalker approached the hero who was already gazing at him.
"Hello Endeavour. I am the pro hero named Anakin."
Realizing he hadn't said his name to anyone besides student and staff, a funny thought came into his head. "Smooth move Ani, doing well staying under the radar."
Meanwhile, Endeavour looked unimpressed by the introduction. A grouchy face stuck out as he wrinkled his nose at the jedi in disgust. "So your one of the men who made a mess downtown that day?"
"Endeavour it was simply an-"
"Exercise set up by All Might. I also watch the news." he said back with attitude.
Anakin took a deep breath. "Okay. That is fine that you don't necessarily see eye to eye with me, but I did want to thank you for stopping that car."
Skywalker was quick to realize Endeavour was not a people person. He had heard a couple of stories about how he treated his fans and admirers with little respect. But there was no way he could find a compliment insulting.
"Did you not think I could stop it?!" the number two hero yelled angrily.
"What?! No! I'm just thanking you for-"
"I don't need a thanks from you boy. I've seen ten times more action than you ever have your whole life. To me this is a daily occurrence. The fact you feel an obligation to thank me on a minimal task is an insult."
The jedi tried to hold back his anger as he stood frozen with frustration. Endeavor thought he knew everything about him, he thought that the young adult was nothing more than a common hero who was having his fifteen minutes of fame. Well, that man couldn't have been more wrong. But Anakin needed to be a big man here and try to mend the awkward exchange.
"Okay, I feel like I may have come off badly to you Mr. Endeavour, but I don't mean it." Anakin said. A crowd had now gathered around the pair but kept their distance snapping pictures with every flash. "I'm a simple hero from America who was sent here by All Might."
Endeavor snorted at the sentence. "Great, an american. How does it feel not being a slave to corporations and government now that you're here in Japan?"
That was the last straw. Anger swirled within him.The jedi had bit his tongue for too long trying to be friendly towards the hero. But to call him a slave struck a cord with him that had been there since he was born. Now was the time to act a little uncivilized.
Endeavour noticed the hero gritted his teeth and didn't speak again allowing himself to walk off out of the circle of people.
"That's why you're only the number two hero!" Anakin yelled.
Endeavor stopped in his tracks, stunned by the fact someone had the guts to speak towards him in such a manner. "What did you just say boy?!" he questioned turning his head backwards.
"I may not be from around these parts, but I know an asshole when I see one!" Anakin cursed.
"ASSHOLE?!" YOU DARE CALL ME THAT?!" Endeavor roared.
The crowd was roaring in a fearful excitement. No one had ever stood up to the hero's flat out rude attitude before. Now this young american no name was challenging the living legend.
"Maybe if you acted more like All Might you would have a larger fan base and better people skills!" Anakin said continuing his verbal onslaught of insults.
"You have a lot of nerves Anakin!" Endeavour yelled. He was furious. So furious that some of his flames on his body had turned blue. Smoke rose up from the ground as the asphalt melted under his feet. With rage in his eyes, the hero started walking menacingly towards the jedi knight.
To everyone's surprise, Anakin immediately did the same. To others, he was walking straight into the jaws of death, to Anakin he simply wanting to even the odds for Endeavour's disrespect.
Nobody knows what would have happened. Most that night went home saying to their friends and coworkers that Endeavour would have tore Anakin a second mouth. The thing was that a fight didn't have the chance to occur.
Another poilce car arrived on scene. Exiting the vehicle, a certain lanky detective stepped out.
"Okay that's enough people!" Naomasa shouted at everyone still standing within the crime scene. A couple of moans and groans echoed from the crowd but in the end, they did scatter.
"Get over here Anakin!" the detective yelled pointing a finger at the passenger seat of one of the police cruisers.
Before complying, the jedi gave one last glaring look at Endeavour. Focusing onto his eyes, not a hint of kindness emulated. How was this man one of the good guys? The jedi jumped into the car the same as Naomasa. "Why did you have to do that?!"
"I'm sorry detective. Something in me just snapped right there." Anakin reluctantly said only now starting to calm down.
Naomasa still scolded Anakin. "I'm not a big fan of Endeavour either, but not once have I ever tried to fight him.
Disappointed in himself, the jedi hung his head down toward the floor of the car. Anakin didn't feel like angering the driver further, so he didn't know whether he was being taken to the apartment or someplace else.
Detective Naomasa was still furious at the young jedi, but he could see where he was coming from. Endeavor had never been a kind soul to anyone except himself. The only reason he was liked by the public in the first place was because of how powerful he was. The world NEEDED him. Especially in times like now.
"Alright, I'm going to take you home. I am very disappointed you almost got laid out by Endeavour, but you did complete your mission. Thank you." Naomasa said in a neutral tone.
Anakin gave flash of a smirk. It comforted him knowing that the detective acknowledged Obi-Wan and his success. Though it was only for a second as the thought of the flame hero came back.
"Slave!" he heard Endeavour repeat. "Slave! Slave! Slave! That's all you'll ever be to anyone."
"Anakin." the voice inside his head whispered. "Control yourself."
(X)
There it was. If Dooku was correct, a whole different universe was right a universe laid behind a black hole the CIS could terrorize.
Ventress stared out the window of Grievous's flagship. Her mission was going to be difficult. But knowing what Dooku might do to her if she refused to take part in it was more dangerous.
The General was sitting in his command chair staring at the assassins back. To him, Asajj was a beautiful woman. Although, killing clones and jedi meant more to him than she ever could. Plus, he knew she despised him, and to be honest, he didn't care. That didn't mean he couldn't see the fear he eyes off the windows reflection.
"Fear not assasin. You're travels will forward the Separatist into winning this war!" The General raised his robotic fist in triumph.
Asajj only rolled her eyes. "I am well aware general." she replied monotone per usual.
After a couple of calculations on a map, a droid walked up to Ventress. "Mistress, your ship has been loaded and readied."
Without a word she walked off toward the elevator leaving the ship's bridge. As she passed, General Grievous sat up. "Good luck assassin! Hopefully I'll see you in a few rotations."
"I don't need your support general. But it is noted." she said with a smile before the elevator door closed.
(X)
Sorry this chapter took so long guys. I'll try to get the next one done sooner. I'm not depressed or not wanting to work on this, it's just that I have to focus on my classes and job. But have a happy October! Remember to comment, follow, and smash that like button or else I'll come to your house and abduct your family :)