"While I do understand that you only had Young Hiroshi's best interests in mind, it is very concerning that you chose to use your Quirk to spy on David's and Hiroshi's conversation, even if it was for understandable motives," All Might said, as Setsuna's eyes went to the ground. At the cafeteria, he and Principal Nezu had taken her aside to talk about how she spied on Hiroshi's and David's conversation. Hiroshi and David were standing nearby, since they wanted to give their piece. "Especially since this has been the second time you've done something like this."
"There won't be any official punishment or mark against you for this, considering the circumstances, but we do hope that you don't repeat this again," Principal Nezu, still smiling like usual, though this time a bit more sternly.
"I'm sorry, All Might, Principal Nezu," Setsuna said, biting her lip. "I was... I was just too curious for my own good again..."
"Don't get too mad at her," Hiroshi said, coming to her defense. "Honestly, I would've just straight out told everyone about the conversation even if she hadn't spied on us or if Gymaira hadn't appeared."
"And I wasn't thinking about the future when I asked him to hand Hero over," David said, rubbing the back of his head, still ashamed of what he said. "If anything, I'm glad that she did something like that to snap me out of it."
"It's exactly why this isn't an official punishment," Principal Nezu assured them.
"Even so Young Tokage, it would be best if you only reserve using your Quirk for spying on villains, not your peers or innocents," All Might reminded her. "People won't trust a hero who'd be willing to even spy on those who might not deserve it."
"Of course, sir," Setsuna said, nodding as she and Hiroshi walked off. "Thanks for standing up for me," she whispered to Hiroshi.
"No problem. Wasn't gonna let you get in trouble for something I would've said in the first place," Hiroshi said, lightly nudging her arm as they rejoined their friends.
"Everything alright, you two?" Ochako asked, looking at the two as they sat down.
"Yea, it's nothing too big," Setsuna said, waving it off. "Just a little scolding for what I did... Honestly, it's something I shouldn't let happen again, no matter how suspicious I get."
"Let's not dwell on that," Hiroshi said, shrugging. "After all, it's something I'd have told you all about to begin with. And we got our visit to Gomess to look forward to tomorrow!"
The Second Day of David's and Melissa's Visit
"Wow, a real life giant monster! And this one's from an alternate Earth, right!?" Melissa said, as she and the First Year Hero Course students stood on the observation tower nearest to Gomess's temporarily home, with All Might, Principal Nezu, and David standing towards the back.
"Yea, Gomesses are usually very aggressive, but this one's been pretty levelheaded and calm," Hiroshi said, as they watched Gomess walk among the trees. "So I-Island and its sponsors are really thinking about making a monster sanctuary?"
"Yep!" Melissa said, smiling. "The fact that you have Gomess now is just a bigger incentive for them! Hopefully you'll be able to save more monsters and aliens!"
"Hopefully," Hiroshi said, sighing to himself. "It would be nice to not have to kill every giant monster and alien we fight, and to just take them all to that monster sanctuary."
"Makes me really wish I had studied under Cosmos before going on my first solo mission," Hero said.
"How far is construction on the monster sanctuary island, anyways?" Fuka asked, turning to David.
"It's actually been underway after we got the news that Gomess was captured peacefully," David said, smiling a bit as he looked at the giant monster. "The moving island itself has been basically done, but before they got started on making cities and anything, aliens were revealed to exist, and the idea of turning it into a monster sanctuary was proposed instead. Right now they're making forests, mountains, saltwater and freshwater lakes, and an outer ring of buildings for the scientists being assigned there and their families."
"That's great!" Izuku said, getting giddy at the prospect of their world studying giant aliens and monsters. "But how will we transfer Gomess to that monster sanctuary?"
"Hero and I can probably carry him there," Hiroshi said, putting his hand on his chin in thought.
"I'm sure that they'll move I-Island and the monster sanctuary island closer to help shorten the distance," David said. "It should be completed with a week or two after I-Expo."
"Speaking of I-Expo!" Melissa said, clapping her hands together. "How would you guys like to go there as early VIPs?"
"Really!?" a majority of the Hero Class said, excitedly.
"Yea, since I'm the daughter of one of the head scientists there, we can get some of you early VIP tickets!" Melissa said. "And we talked about it with Principal Nezu! He's allowing it since it's only for the weekend before your special training camp!"
"Not too many, though," David chuckled, disappointing many of them. "Can't exactly take around 40 students there, even with my position."
"I actually got a bunch of VIP tickets, actually," Hiroshi admitted, laughing a bit while he rubbed the back of his head as everyone stared at him. "Our parents and older siblings are invited often, and we were our siblings' plus ones. But I also won the Sports Festival, so I got another from that. And some of the I-Island sponsors even sent me some 'cuz they want to meet Hero. So I got like... 4 now. And each of them has a plus one, so I effectively have 8. I was actually gonna keep one for myself and give 3 of them to you guys if you were interested. It's just that with everything that's been happening, I've forgot to bring it up."
"My parents do the same as well, and this year I convinced them to let me bring two friends as well," Momo said.
"Like Hiroshi said, our parents and siblings are planning to take me, so I'm good," Fuka said, shrugging. "But that means that I'm Kana's plus one, and since Hiroshi's got all of those VIP tickets, Hayate decided to bring his girlfriend this time around."
"My father told me that he was asked to go, but is too busy, so he's sending me and Burnin' in his place," Shoto said, looking to the side. "I also have a plus one, but my siblings are busy."
"My entire family was invited, but I and my brother are the only ones free to go. But I'll be able to have a plus one as well!" Tenya said, adjusting his glasses.
"Oh yea, me and Ardiana got some, too," Rigel said, pulling out two tickets from his pocket. "The people who sent them were nice enough to explain what I-Expo was in a letter. Been keeping Ardiana's since she doesn't have pockets."
"You were just carrying those on you?" Sen said, raising an eyebrow.
"... Is that weird?"
"Yes."
"Oh."
"In any case, Rigel and I can give the other one away," Ardiana said.
"So we have 3 from Hiroshi, 2 from Yaomomo, 1 from Todoroki, 1 from Iida, and 1 from Rigel and Ardiana," Ochako said, trying to keep track of how many they have. "That means we have... effectively 8 tickets right now! And the ones that have plus ones make that 12!"
"You gotta take me as your plus one, Hiroshi!" Setsuna said, shaking the Ultra host around. "I've never been to I-Expo before since you were always the plus one, and I-"
"O-Of course you're going to be my plus one!" Hiroshi laughed, grabbing her by the shoulders to stop her from shaking him. "It's gonna be fun going to go there with you for once!"
"YES!" Setsuna said, fist pumping. "Ticket SECURED!"
"So how are we going to decide who gets-" Fuka started to say, when she saw everyone grouped together, fists above their heads.
"ROCK PAPER SCISSORS SHOOT!" the others cried, all of them throwing their hands down.
Later...
"So the ones who're getting my extra tickets are Pony, Kuroiro, and Kendo," Hiroshi said, typing it down on his phone to remember to give them their tickets. Pony hopped around in excitement, her winning rock in the air, having achieved her rightful crown as Rock-Paper-Scissors Champion, while Kuroiro's toothy smile grew a little wider, and Itsuka nudged Yui, giving her a sly smile.
"And Uraraka and Jiro are my plus ones. Or, well, plus two I suppose," Momo said, as Ochako and Jiro gave each other a high five (a high four in Ochako's case).
"I'll be taking Yanagi," Shoto said, as Reiko nodded, silently proud of her victory.
"And I'll be bringing Asui!" Tenya said, swinging his hands around robotically.
"And Kirishima is getting our second ticket," Rigel said, handing his second ticket to Eijiro.
"So who're going to be your plus ones?" Mina said, giving the ones who got the extra tickets fluttery eyes.
"I'm going to get my boyfriend Danny to be my plus one!" Pony said, pulling her phone out and texting her boyfriend. "Oh, but I don't know if he can get a plane ticket in time-"
"We can send him one, don't worry!" Melissa said, letting Pony sigh in relief.
"I still can't believe she's actually dating someone," Fuka muttered, still caught off guard by the fact after she told them all at Lake Lambda.
"Same," Setsuna replied, but she smiled and patted Pony on the back. "But I'm looking forward to seeing him in person!"
"Me too, he looks like a cool guy," Hiroshi said, remembering the pictures Pony showed them.
"I... want to bring Komori, if that's okay," Shihai said, almost whispering it. "I-I mean, it's alright if you don't want to, since it might be weird-"
"Are you kidding!? Of course I'd love to be your plus one!" Kinoko beamed, practically bouncing at the idea. She hugged Shihai, who turned his face away to avoid her seeing his blush.
"And Yui's mine!" Itsuka said, putting her arm around her best friend, who gave an appreciative "Mm!".
"Hey Bakugo, wanna be my plus one?" Eijiro said, waving his ticket around. "It'd be nice to have some bro time, right?"
"Tch, fine by me," Katsuki grumbled, who was still frustrated over the fact that he managed to lose a simple game of Rock-Paper-Scissors.
Mina immediately became dejected at the fact that she wasn't considered to be anyone's plus one, as well as the rest of the class who weren't going to go.
"Hey, don't worry guys!" Melissa said. "Remember, me and dad can give you guys some!"
"I've already given All Might one, so I think we can give out three more," David said, putting a thinking hand on his chin. "Without my sponsors and the I-Expo organizers getting too upset at least."
"Young Midoriya, how would you like to be my plus one?" All Might said, looking at the green-haired boy. "After all, you are my protégé, though I think when we're there we must keep your status as my plus one a secret."
"O-O-Of course! It'd be an honor, All Might!" Izuku said, big tears welling up in his eyes. Meanwhile, the others began to another round of Rock-Paper-Scissors to see who'd get the three other tickets.
"Hey Shiozaki," Nirengeki said, looking at the vine-haired girl after winning the first ticket. "Want to join me?"
"It would be an honor, Shoda," Ibara said, nodding.
"Alright, seems like it's me who won," Yosetsu said, crossing his arms after throwing the winning scissors. "Hm... Hey Koda, wanna join? We could form up Team Jiro again that way!"
Koji nodded happily, signing yes excitedly. Kyoka, Tsuyu, Nirengeki, and Ibara smiled as they patted Koji's back.
"Alright, ladies!" Minoru said, smugly looking around at the classmates after winning the last ticket the Shields were giving. "Who wants to fight to be my-"
"Nope," Mina said. "I'd rather suffer my summer school hell right now than do that."
"Nuh-uh," Toru added. "I'll just buy a general I-Expo pass in that case."
"Wha- But I have a plus one!" Minoru cried, staring at the two. "All of the other girls are coming! Don't you want to join them!?"
"Sorry, but you're not gonna get either of us to come with you," Mina said, the two girls crossing their arms, and the other girls shook their head in exasperation at Minoru. "Even if it is I-Expo. We're not desperate enough for that."
"... Kaminari, do you want to be my plus one?" Minoru said, defeated by their firm denial.
"Hell yea, dude, that sounds great!" Denki said, not caring that he was going to be Minoru's plus one of all people. He lowered himself to the ground and whispered, "Besides, we can check out all the fine ladies at I-Expo when we get there!"
"Sorry that we can't give you all more early VIP tickets!" Melissa said, rubbing the back of her head. "Hopefully we'll be able to get more for you all next year!"
In the mountainous forest
"God... this fucking sucks," Germ moaned, falling to his knees and onto his face after finishing another trip to the bar and back. "When can we do some real fucking training!?"
"When you finally get the hang of it all," Virus said absentmindedly, as he scrolled through his multiversal remote, looking at his catalogue of giant aliens and monsters he had ready. He put it away, only to pull out a tablet-like device from the same pocket, and began to scroll through that, looking at pictures of different aliens.
"What are you doing?" Illne said, crossing her arms as he searched through the list.
"Just looking for some hired help for a little competition coming up," Virus chuckled. "There's going to be a little... heist that's happening, and the item that's being targeted for it is a very interesting contraption. I offered my services, but they denied it, so now I'm just going to do my own."
"So is it only going to be just you and this hired help doing this?" Disze asked, watching Worm and Bug finally join Germ, also exhausted.
"Yep! No direct shadow teleportation, though, so I'm going to have to take it the 'human' way," Virus explained. "And this person hired his own mercenaries, so why not do the same? Besides, you can keep an eye on our new recruits and their training."
"If it means less work for us, whatever," Maladi said, swinging in her shadow hammock. "So what alien are you going to hire?"
"Hm... let's see..." Virus muttered, scrolling through the list of aliens, before stopping down on a black skinned alien with four blue eyes, yellow cybernetic parts, skeletal-like armor, and a large cannon on his right arm. "Masocre Sado, Alien Gapiya mercenary who underwent cybernetic surgeries when his rival Sadeath did so he could get the same customers... Well, I'm sold on him."
Virus stood up, and pressed some coordinates on his multiversal remote. "I'll be right back, everyone! Shouldn't take me too long!"
"Hey! I said that I want to know when we get to do some real fucking training!" Germ demanded, slamming his fists onto the ground as his arms enlarged. "I'm sick of this teleportation crap!"
"Oh, if you're so eager to train before you've gotten used to the basics, I suppose we'll have to oblige," Virus said, flippantly. "Disze, Illne, Ceteria, fight them and get them to use their shadow powers. No killing. As for you three, if you want to use shadow powers, try not to use your Quirks. Maybe that's the issue."
"Finally!" Bug cried, as Virus opened a dark blue portal and disappeared into it. He extended his bear claws. "It's time to show off what we can fucking do-"
Illne instantly appeared in front of the towering Bug, and slammed her foot into his gut. He grunted at the impact, and was sent flying into the air, before coming back and down and landing on her fist. She grabbed hold of him, and slammed him onto the ground.
"I cannot reiterate how good that felt," she muttered to herself, as Bug wheezed and coughed. "Too bad I can't take the next step and just get rid of you all..."
"Hey, bitch!" Worm shouted, getting Illne's attention. He whipped out his hair, aiming to bind her wrists, when Ceteria intercepted him, grabbing his hair and igniting it with fire and energy that reached his scalp. "GAAAAAAH!"
"I thought dear Virus said to try not using your Quirks," Ceteria said, shaking her head. "Seems like you've ready failed on that."
"Fucking hell!" Germ cried out, enlarging his arms. Unlike before when he was human, his arms seemed to not only grow in size, but grow armor-like plating and spikes on them. "You think we're fucking pushovers!? I'll show you! Take this! My Hawaiian Punch-"
Disze grabbed his punch with ease, and slamming him against the ground in a repetitive arc, before swinging him around and breaking several trees with Germ's body. Germ coughed, winded from being tossed around like a ragdoll as Disze held him in the air, before being swung down onto the ground one last time.
"Hmph, is that all?" Disze said, picking Germ up by the head.
"N-No," Germ weakly moaned, raising his free hand. "T-Take this, my Alaskan Pu-"
Disze slammed Germ onto the ground again. "Are your Punches supposed to be your version of All Might's Smashes? No wonder Virus said for you three not to use your Quirks. No imagination, no skill, no drive to be your own. Just inferior versions of us and others."
"F-Fuck off," Germ said, spitting at Disze, though he only successfully covered his helmet's visor in his saliva. "Aw, fucking gross..."
"Hm... when Virus gets back, we should tell him about getting some sort of Quirk suppressor or the like to force them to fight without their Quirks," Ceteria said, tapping her helmet's chin in thought. "Maybe that will encourage them to finally use their shadow powers."
"Makes sense. Until then-" Illne slammed her foot against Bug's gut, knocking out more wind from him, "- we'll be beating you senselessly until you learn."
At Pony's Bedroom
"A-Are you sure it's okay? I-I don't want to take an opportunity to go to I-Expo from your classmates," Danny said, fidgeting in place as he talked to Pony through video chat.
"Of course! Everyone understands that I want to see you in person again! In fact, they're looking forward to meeting you!" Pony assured him, smiling at her boyfriend.
"I-I still can't believe that THEY all want to meet me, even Ultraman Hero's host," Danny said, the horned boy rubbing the back of his head. "I mean, I'm like the least interesting person there is..."
"No you're not, Danny! You got plenty of interesting things about you! You love nature, you love to cook, you love to play games, you're always helping out everyone, and you love making art! You'll get along great with Hiroshi and the others! You just gotta be more confident!" Pony said. "Everyone's gonna get along with you, I know it!"
"Even if I can't speak Japanese?"
"Well, Hiroshi's learning how to speak English, and I can always translate for you! Even if my Japanese is still a little rough and all. It'll be a learning process for us all! Though I guess it would've been nice if Honenuki had been one of the ticket winners..."
"A-And you're sure that your rich friend won't mind giving me a plane ticket to I-Island?"
"She was the one who offered, so don't worry about it!"
"A-Alright, I guess I'll be seeing you at I-Island, then! Glad that we can actually see each other this summer!"
"Yea, I can't wait! Love you, Danny!" Pony said, giving him a kissy face.
"Love you too, Pony," Danny replied, chuckling at her face. He kissed his fingers, and pressed them against his laptop's camera before ending the video chat.
"Mmmmm one of these days I'm getting that boy to do a kissy face back," Pony said, pouting to herself.
I-Island, at a supermarket
Samuel tapped his foot as he shopped, still anxious about that unexpected meeting with Virus. This was bad. Really, really bad. It was one thing to have actual mercenary villains to come and steal back the Quirk Amplification Device, but now that an alien of all people was interested in it, the situation became far more dire.
What would an alien want with the Quirk Amplification Device to begin with? Aliens don't have Quirks (as far as he knew, at least), so would it even work on him? Was it for the human members of the Unearthly League he was a part of? That was frightening to think about, especially since he heard about how one of them had a disintegration Quirk.
The more he thought about it, the more he realized how much of a mistake he might be making now. But he can't back out. He's already given the mercenaries their down payment, the tickets, and the plans. There was no way he could recoup the costs without selling the Quirk Amplification Device. This was all spiraling out of control-
His phone began ringing, making the slightly overweight man jump in shock. He fumbled around in his pockets for a bit before pulling it out. "H-Hello?"
"Hey Sam! How's everything going with our backup presentation?" David said. Samuel's face became a scowl upon hearing his boss's voice.
"It's... It's going alright," Samuel said. "Actually taking a break from that and just doing some groceries."
"I see... Listen, Sam, I'm really sorry things turned out this way with our main project," David sighed, having heard the bitterness in Samuel's voice. "Trust me, I'm still upset about how it all happened. But maybe it's for the best they did, who knows how it might've ended if it got into the wrong hands?"
Samuel bit his lip at the mention of it getting into the wrong hands. If anyone's hands were wrong, it would be Virus's.
"We spent over 5 years working on it, Dave. We deserve at least some sort of compensation for it!" Samuel muttered.
"It would be nice, but I think getting the chance to work on the monster sanctuary would be compensation enough for me-"
"Not for me! I'm not happy with the fact that means I'd be leaving I-Island! I don't want to move everything from my condo to some island full of monsters!"
"I know, moving there might be tough, but considering how both I-Island and the monster sanctuary are both moving artificial islands, it might be possible to have them move in tandem so it can just be a quick boat ride-"
"Dave, that isn't good enough for me! Being given new work isn't compensation for having our old work tossed away!" Samuel hissed. He pinched his eyebrow. "... Listen, I'm still upset about all of this. I'll talk to you later when I've calmed down completely, alright?"
"Yea, I get it," David replied. "Talk to you later, Sam."
As he hung up, Samuel gritted his teeth. It was useless trying to find out the positives in a situation like this. Losing the Quirk Amplification Device, needing to steal it back, and make sure he and his mercenaries get to it before Virus does? It was looking downright hopeless right now. All he can do right now is move forward...
Mt. Agency
"I can't believe it! I actually got an invite to I-Island!" Yu said, looking at the ticket she had in her hand. "It was so smart of me to plan ahead and get that vacation approved just in case I did!"
"Why exactly did you get one?" Sano said, taking a sip of his coffee.
"Well, according to this letter, it's because I was Furinji's workplace mentor," she said, puffing her chest out in pride.
"Seems like they're more interested in talking to you about him rather than yourself, really..."
"I'll take what I can get! Besides, they said that he's been invited too, so it'll be nice to chat with him and Hero again."
"Anything about the others?"
"Nope. Though I won't be surprised if he brought one of his classmates as his plus one."
"Maybe it'll be one of those girls," Sano joked. "He seems to be pretty popular with the ladies, if all of those online fan groups are any indication."
"I've taught him well," Yu said, a single tear rolling down her face.
Godzillo's Mansion, Los Angeles
Godzillo sat at his desk, tapping his fingers away as he watched footage of Ultraman Hero and all of the giant aliens he fought. Not to mention that Alien Hunter and his giant dinosaur ship Saiphza. It was almost unbelievable to think about, let alone see. To think that other aliens would be so willing to let their alien heritage be known.
He remembered the countless times that his mother had told him to never reveal his status as an alien. To never let his guard down once. That this Earth didn't need to deal with the existence of aliens on top of Quirks. Not to mention how the Hidden Extraterrestrial Life Protection Services helped him move to America where they could help him more easily with his life, since they had a stronger foothold there, unlike in Japan. Without them, his life probably would've never taken off like it did now. But now, with everything that's happening...
He picked up the giant framed photo of his Alien Repturn mother and his human father on his desk, and stared at them.
"Mom..." he muttered to himself. "Do... do you think that I could've been like that Ultra?"
Decades Ago, Godzillo's arrival
"This is our new home, Godzillo," his mother said, as they looked at the strange Earth. "An Earth where we don't need to hide, where we can just... be ourselves."
A young toddler Godzillo hopped up and down excitedly, as his mother landed the ship into a dense forested area of Japan. As they walked out, shrinking down to a more manageable size for humans, Godzillo breathed in the fresh air. He couldn't wait to start his new life here.
Years Later
"Mom, was it really a good idea to live here?" Godzillo asked, looking at his mother while she cooked. The 14 year old Alien Repturn sighed, as he poked at the flower vase on their dining room table while the TV played in the background. They were lucky to find a nice big house in the country where they wouldn't be cramped, but unfortunately the school nearby was... still rather small, both in size and in acceptance.
"Did something happen at school, Kaiji?" she asked, using his human name.
"Yea... Ikeda was picking on me again for being a giant lizard," he mumbled. "I don't get it. We came here for an easier life and to be just ourselves without hiding, but we still can't tell everyone we're aliens, and we still face discrimination for how we look."
"It can't be helped," his mother sighed. "Even if Quirks exist, there're still a lot of people who'd be afraid of aliens. I'm sorry that living on this Earth isn't as ideal as we would've liked, but I... I just needed to get you away from Planet Reptur and your father's Earth to keep you safe. You being half-human in our universe just made you a target for for the full-blooded Alien Repturns and anti-alien humans, and I... I can't lose-"
"I know... I wish dad was here, too... But it sucks that we can't even use our actual powers here! I wanna show off my Atomic Fire, I wanna show off my size changing! Not my photosynthesis!"
"I understand, but it's the price we need to pay for safety."
"Heroes get to use their Quirks..."
"Heroes are legally allowed to."
"... Mom, what if I became a hero?"
His mother stopped stirring her stew.
"Godzillo, that's-!" she said, unwittingly using his real name.
"I promise that I won't use any of our natural powers besides photosynthesis!" Godzillo said, holding his hands up. "I just... Maybe if I do something myself like being a hero, I can make people a little more comfortable with the idea of aliens... Or at least help people get over mutant Quirk prejudices... And that when the time comes, I can help connect aliens and humans together..."
Godzillo's mother sighed as she crossed her arms and closed her eyes to think. When she opened them, she saw her son, his arms and head on the table, just staring at the TV. "... I think that's a good dream, Kaiji. Just... just promise me that you'll be safe. It's what me and your father wanted."
"... I know, mom," Godzillo said, giving her a smile. If there was a chance to open up people's mind to the idea of aliens or giants, maybe it could be him.
The Next Year
"Tanaka, you ready to present your hero name?" Godzillo's teacher asked. Everyone turned to the large reptilian student, who gulped as he stood up and walked to the front. He took a deep breath, and presented his name.
"My hero name... my hero name is going to be Godzillo!"
Years and Years Later
Godzillo waved to the crowd as he walked through the streets, who took pictures of him. It had taken a long, long time, but he did it. He became one of Japan's most recognizable heroes. While not in the Top 10 like All Might (who was not only more popular but also stronger somehow; the man beat him fair and square at arm wrestling), he was still in a position where he could use his fame to help others. Of course, he decided to use his size-changing powers somewhat, making himself about 4 meters tall, justifying it as a 'Quirk growth spurt'.
With that popularity, he came to a decision. He'll reveal his status as an alien, and use his fame to help coax in a new world where aliens and humans can live together in peace. So that no one else needs to hide who they really are.
As he got to his agency, he opened his gigantic doors, and saw someone dressed in a suit waiting in the lobby.
"Can I help you?" Godzillo said, looking at the man.
"Dalton Donovan," the man said.
"Oh yea, that Hollywood director and producer who called me a few weeks ago..." Godzillo said, rubbing his chin. "Let's go into my office to talk in private."
Once they were in his office, Godzillo went to his desk and began to look through some papers.
"Want anything to drink?" Godzillo said, pointing to a refrigerator next to the wall. "Don't worry, they're all normal sized. All the big ones for me are in the back."
"I'd rather cut to the chase, Mr. Godzillo," Dalton said, taking a seat.
"Right, right... so you want to talk about a movie deal or something? While that's interesting, I've got some big plans here for the moment-"
"Actually, it's more than just about a movie career," Dalton interrupted. "You see, I'm also the Head Director of an organization called HELPS."
"What is that, a charity? Sorry, but I already donate to a lot of charities in private under my real name."
"But I thought Godzillo was your real name."
Godzillo stopped looking through his papers upon hearing that. "I'm sorry, but Godzillo's my hero name. My real name is Kaiji Tanaka-"
"I already know quite a bit about you, Godzillo," Dalton said. "Do not worry, HELPS is here to lend a hand."
"... What exactly does HELPS help with?" Godzillo asked. "What does it stand for?"
"Hidden Extraterrestrial Life Protection Services," Dalton said. Godzillo's eyes widened at that. "We're a secret worldwide organization dedicated to helping and teaching aliens how to live on this Earth. Ever since the dawn of Quirks, HELPS was established by those who were aware of life beyond not just our planet, but our universe as well."
"... If you're so worldwide, how come I haven't heard about you until now?" Godzillo said, crossing his arms. "How do I know that this isn't a trick?"
"I know your secret, so you should know mine," Dalton said. He pressed on his tie, and to Godzillo's shock, his human disguise disappeared, revealing a golden skinned alien with a silver head, shoulders, and a blue cross-like eye. "My real name is Deim. As for why you haven't heard about HELPS, it's mostly because as worldwide as it is, it's kept to a minimum, and we have very few actual secret agencies in any country. Japan is one of those countries without a HELPS agency, which is why we weren't around to help you and your mother until you started making headlines. For that, I am sorry."
"An Alien Neril, huh?" Godzillo said, crossing his arms. "Only ever heard stories about you from my mother. Alright, I'm convinced. So what does HELPS want with me?"
"My fellow board members were getting worried about you, and wanted me to come and ask you some questions," Deim said, crossing his legs. "I've already talked to your mother and revealed myself to her, and she's told a bit about yourself."
"And I suppose you've deduced my intentions of revealing myself as an alien?"
"Indeed. I'm not against the idea of you doing so, but my fellow board members insisted that we stop you," Deim sighed, shaking his head. "Quite honestly, I'm with you on the revealing aliens to the world and helping them actually be accepted, but the others... the others are still quite on the fence with it."
"Didn't you say you were the Head Director? As in the one in charge?"
"Oh I am. Unfortunately, I received the position quite recently from the previous Head Director. I have yet to convince the others to join our perspective due to it, and I doubt that I will for quite a while."
Godzillo sighed, and pinched his forehead. "So I expect that you want me to withhold my heritage for now?"
"I am. Once again, I am on your side on this, but my hands are tied for now. And they thought that sending me, as Head Director, would placate you."
Godzillo swiveled his chair around, facing out the window. "It isn't."
"I know. But, I do think I have at least a suggestion," Deim said. "The Hollywood director thing? That's real. I think the best idea would be to make a bunch of movies, get into the spotlight for real. The only thing is that you'd need to move to Los Angeles."
"And why should I?" Godzillo said, turning around and glaring at Deim.
"Well, HELPS will be there to provide more support for you directly. We can move you into a bigger mansion that's more suited to you there than here. Plus, most cities in America after the Dawn of Quirks were remade to accommodate people with Quirks that made them giant."
Godzillo put a thoughtful talon on his chin. It was true, Japan's... not the roomiest place for him, and his mother was still in the countryside. She might not get picked on by people, virtue by being his mother now, but still, it wasn't something he was comfortable with knowing.
"I suppose you're right... but my mother would probably want to stay here, she's got a life here. I can't make her uproot-"
"It's alright, my studio and I will give you enough money that you can send back to her for a nice mansion here, while having a nice mansion there," Deim assured him. "Trust me, I'll do whatever I can to help you out. Especially for the day that you and I can just... walk around, without worrying about how people would see aliens."
Godzillo stared at Deim for what felt like a long time. While Alien Nerils were one of those alien races who don't have facial expressions thanks to their face shapes, he could tell how genuine he was regardless. He stuck out a massive finger to shake. "You got yourself a deal."
Deim chuckled, and shook Godzillo's hand. "I hope we can be good friends, Mr. Godzillo."
Present Day
"Mr. Tanaka, sir?" a butler said, opening the door. Godzillo looked up, jumping a bit from the unexpected creaking from the small door.
"Y-Yes, Walter?"
"Mr. Donovan is here to speak with you," the butler stated.
"Oh, let him in. Remember to not let anyone else in," Godzillo said. The butler nodded, and soon he was greeted by the familiar face of his friend.
"Kaiji, how're you doing?" Dalton said, grinning as he walked.
"Can we speak Japanese, I'm still a bit more comfortable with that language than English," Godzillo asked. "And remember to lock that door, so that no one can come in. Don't worry, the big door's locked as always."
"Of course, of course," Dalton said, closing the door behind him and locking it. He took a deep breath, and pressed on his tie, revealing his real form. "Man, it's always nice to take the disguise off when I'm in front of friends, you know?"
"Yea, it is," Godzillo said, as Deim took a seat on one of the smaller chairs.
"Been watching all that footage of Ultraman Hero, his host, and that Alien Hunter and his ship, huh?" Deim said, noticing the TV screen.
"Yea. So I guess your fellow board members are still panicking over at HELPS because of this?"
"Of course. It's been chaos ever since that Ultra came here," Deim sighed, shaking his head. "I should really thank that kid and UA, though. They really helped speed things through for us. It's taken far too many years since you moved here to get any traction, but now that people know that aliens exist, I'm getting more support from our liaisons in the governments and in HELPS itself that we should reveal just how deeply aliens are actually entrenched on Earth..."
"But there's a catch, I suppose?" Godzillo said.
"The fact that a lot of the members are still very worried about the fact that alien civilians don't want to be outed is still a valid concern, even among my supporters," Deim replied. "Not to mention that it might feed into the idea that, well, that any person with a mutant-type Quirk is just an alien in disguise, and that could lead to a lot of discrimination by some people."
"True, true..." Godzillo mumbled. It was the sad truth, honestly. Over the years he spent making movies and working in the States, he's come to realize how very complicated revealing the existence of aliens could be. He's worked with some pretty nasty actors who were prejudiced just because they thought he was just a mutant-type Quirk user, like one of the actresses who was angry that his name took up so much of the credits and called him some very nasty reptilian based insults when the cameras weren't rolling. Even though the movie was "Godzillo vs. Mechagodzillo" (it was weird seeing someone make a metal puppet version of himself with their Quirk). "But to think, the fact that this Ultra and his host just... did it..."
"The board members who denied my idea of actually creating proper secret HELPS agencies around the world are probably slapping themselves over the fact that we didn't have anyone to stop this from happening in Japan," Deim laughed.
"Not like you could really hide or use plausible deniability for giants bigger than any recorded Quirk in the world appearing out of nowhere from the sky, and also have a large variety of abilities than any Quirk should have," Godzillo said. "I... I need to meet them."
"I think that should be possible," Deim said. "Got word through a friend on I-Island is that Ultraman Hero, his host, the Alien Hunter, and the EM Being got invited by some of the scientists there for I-Expo. You're going there, right?"
"Really now?" Godzillo said, raising an eyebrow. "I'm glad I accepted that early VIP invitation, then."
"Got anyone in mind to bring there as your plus one?"
"Honestly with how big I am, I can be several plus ones."
"Ha, that's true!"
"Do you want to come?"
"Nah, HELPS is keeping me busy with all the panicking and debates," Deim answered. "Would love to come to meet them and their classmates."
"You think that they're coming?"
"They're friends with them. Would be more surprising if they weren't."
"Right, right... I'll make sure to chat with them just for you, then," Godzillo said, shaking his head. "Maybe throw in a reference to HELPS or something."
"Don't, I'm sure that my fellow board members would die of heart attacks if you revealed our existence," Deim waved off. "Especially Hartley and his four hearts."
The two laughed, as they continued to watch the footage of Ultraman Hero, the alien that shook the world.
Alternate Universe, Space Colony Faylis, Indigo Bar
Masocre sat at his booth, legs crossed as he polished his Gapiya Gator cannon, waiting for his next client. He grinned to himself. Ever since his stupid rival Sadeath and his even stupider brother Abel died, he's been getting a ton of clients wanting him to get rid of a target (since he's pretty much one of the few Alien Gapiya's who decided to copy Sadeath after he became cyborg and all). Political, personal, business, anything reason, doesn't matter. If the pay's good or if it's interesting enough, he'll do it.
He looked up when he heard the bar's door open, and saw an Alien Magic walking in. Perfect, that should be her.
"Are you Masocre Sado?" the Alien Magic asked, sitting down across from him.
"You see any other Alien Gapiya cyborgs?" Masocre joked, leaning back. "So who's the person you wanna get rid of?"
"It's my cousin. I want her dead. She took my rightful place as Queen of Sagetopia! Just because I'm from the branch family doesn't mean that I'm undeserving!"
"Ah, so it's a succession thing, is it? I get it. Want it to be violent, slow, look like an accident, or all of the above?"
"All of the above!"
"Sounds good to me! Now let's-"
"Excuse me?"
A strangely cheerful helmeted alien approached, taking a seat right next to Masocre. He slung an arm around Masocre's shoulder, laughing all the while propping his legs on the table. "You're Masocre Sado, right?"
"... Yea, and?" Masocre said, staring at the strange alien. This alien... something about him felt... off. In a lot of ways. Besides the overt friendliness, he's never seen this guy's race before. Being a mercenary like him, you see a lot of aliens over time, and seeing new ones is pretty rare. And he seemed to be hiding something with that... rather phony cheerfulness of his.
"Perfect! I have a job for you!"
"... If you haven't noticed, I already have a client who I'm about to seal the deal with," Masocre said, pointing to the Alien Magic across the table.
"Yea, and if you don't mind, I would like for this to be made official, so beat it!" the Alien Magic growled, her eyes glowing pink.
"An Alien Magic, huh? Someone that's a part of the royal family it seems... What a coincidence!" the strange alien said, pretending to just have now noticed her. "It's been a few hundred years since I've seen one. Not since I kidnapped one of the princesses, after all. Shame they never did cough up that Crystal Core Crown of theirs for her. Seems like they care more about protecting that instead of their own children. Shame."
The Alien Magic froze. She's heard about that story, about how her great, great something or another grandmother was kidnapped by a quintet of strange helmeted aliens with shadow powers unlike any they've seen before. The Mystic Royal Family antagonized over whether or not to hand over the Crystal Core Crown for months, but at the end, they chose that something as powerful as that was too strong to hand over, no matter how they personally felt. Once they made the decision, they never saw that princess again. But that was kept secret for generations, to avoid the populace from panicking over the loss of of one of the royal family.
So for someone like him, who not only matched the description of those abductors, but also knew their race's secret-
"Well, in the end I think I found something a little more interesting to use than that dinky old Crystal Core Crown."
"You-"
The strange alien lifted a shadow-covered hand, and made a pushing motion. Before she could blast him with anything, the Alien Magic was covered in darkness and pressed against the booth chair, flattening into a paper-thin version of herself before turning into shadow and disappearing in front of Masocre's eyes.
"Seems like you've got an opening now!" the alien laughed.
"W-Where the hell did you send her?" Masocre said, mildly intrigued.
"Into the shadow world that I use for local teleportation! I'll be picking her up before we go to the Earth I need you at," the alien answered. "Could always use a new poster after all!"
"Earth? Why the hell do you want to go to a backwater planet like that?"
"Oh, this one's very different from all those other Earths. I think you'd be interested!"
"... Well, since you just got rid of my current client like nothing, I suppose I've got nothing to lose by taking your offer. How much does it pay?"
"You'll be compensated for handsomely! And in the case that you die, well, I'll be sure to send it to your next of kin," the alien said.
"My family disowned me years ago."
"Well, I'm sure they'll be happy to see that you're dead and that they're getting money out of it."
"... Just who the hell are you?"
"Oh, me? I've got several names, some I love, some I hate. But right now, just call me Virus," the alien said, as a stylized V appeared on his face. "And as for the job..."
ORIGINAL AO3 NOTES:
- So it seems like the party's going to be a little bigger than in canon. How will this affect the events? We just got to wait and see.
- Kaijusentai on AO3 suggested that I bring up the fact that Setsuna spied on fellow classmates twice by now, and that they should address that. It's a perfectly valid point, since being a part of the main cast shouldn't excuse her from doing something like that. But while I'd say that while the first time was definitely more or less in the 'wrong' 'cuz they learned a big secret, it was kind of a group effort by her, Fuka, and Hiroshi, and that they immediately took responsibility for doing it. And in this case, I'd say that it wasn't necessarily as bad, if only because Hiroshi would've been upfront about the conversation, especially since it concerned All Might. Though he probably wouldn't have said anything about it directly to Melissa to spare her feelings.
- Alien Gapiya Masocre Sado's name comes from bsadomaso/bchism and massabcre/b, much like how Sadeath (or Sadis, depending on how you want to romanize it) is bsad/bist and bdeath/b. As how to pronounce Masocre, it's just 'massacre' but with 'maso' instead of 'massa'. And if they can justify repainting a costume of a character of that alien race that is SPECIFICALLY modified like Sadeath and his brother, I can too. I also picked Alien Gapiya 'cuz I thought that since I'm adapting a movie story, that I should use an alien that first appeared in a movie.
- If you wanna know, Kenji's/Germ's attacks are Punches, being pretty much a knockoff of All Might's Smashes. Except instead of it being the state, it's the demonym (ex. Hawaiian instead of Hawaii, Texan instead of Texas, you get the picture). Mostly wanted to do it for the Hawaiian Punch joke, but I figured it would be a good way to show that he's unimaginative and mimics someone else's naming scheme.
- You all were thinking that it was Mina that was the alien, huh? HA GOT YOU ALL IT'S GODZILLO.
- According to the MHA wiki, Godzillo apparently moved to the USA for some reason. I decided to make my own. It's so funny how in some of the fanfics I've seen Godzillo make an appearance in, he doesn't talk and just roars. Like I get it, 'cuz of the whole Godzilla reference thing, but I do think that's just him playing up a part. I think he's perfectly capable of talking. Also, Godzillo's surname Tanaka is a reference to one of the other creators of Godzilla, Tomoyuki Tanaka, and Kaiji is a sort of reference to Eiji Tsuburaya. And also because it sounds like Kaiju.
- I picked Alien Neril 'cuz I really like the design. Admittedly, in Max his whole thing was that he was one of the last Alien Nerils alive, but one does appear in Geed, so there's a chance that there're actually more out there, right? Deim's name is pronounced as "deem", sorta building off that the Alien Neril in Max was named Keef.