This My Life Now

by Lucifer S Moringstar

All Roberto Rodrigo Robles wanted to be since he was 13 was a hero. Now he is attending UA Academy, this is the story of how he achieved his goal!

2. I am Satsified

A/N: Okay from here on out the titles all begin with 'I am' originally that's was not the intention, just so happened to end up that way. Open you enjoy this series please by all means review. Also shout out to all the new subscribers, "How ya'll doing?" That's all for now Tra La! ~Lucifer

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I am Satisfied

Reading this you are probably thinking, 'Okay, we get it, you're a badass, which I won't deny. Toot, toot. So how did I end up like the start of our story? When, where, how? Two words 'Sport's Festival', I didn't really do well in the tournament, simply put, because there are actually better fighters than I out there. Students that are actually much more than the sum of their quirks. My class is no different, however, UA is constantly in the media, due to The League of Villains attacking us, yatta, yatta, yatta. So the other schools that participated in the festival, well… I found out that, they, were way more prepared than I first anticipated, heheh. I was knocked out in the third round and was actually genuinely surprised I lasted that long.

So that covers the when and where now for the how. First off in my prefecture and according to the law, the age of consent, believe it or not, is thirteen. No joke, yeah it sounds like some Arkansas pedophilia -type of bullshit- but it's indeed true. Now all those doujins, anime, and hentai make a lot more sense now huh? I was fifteen almost sixteen at the start of the festival, just knocked out of the tournament, and not to mention dumped by my beloved Tsu. I was in a bad place, not because of the loss, but, as I said before, I was more than impressed that I lasted that long, 'Ha, ha, yeah, pause.' But I'm getting a little off track now; I met Mrs. Bakagō by accident on my way to the locker rooms. At first, I thought it was Baki dressing in drag, and I thought he looked good in it too. She was sitting off to herself so the height threw me off at first. As I drew closer and was about to tell Baki he looked good when I realize it wasn't him.

"Beat it!" She told me and I suddenly shook my head.

"Umm excuse me?"

"I said beat it!" She stood up for the first time and she was a bit taller than I expected. I moved toward her when she activated her quirk and I slipped.

"Cheap quirk Mrs. Bakagō." I rolled to the side and got my footing, "I am actually on my way to the locker room." She didn't hear me as she moved to attack, "Welp, I now know where Baki gets his charming personality." Dodge, dodge, parry, parry, "Please stop I just want to go change." more dodging, more parrying, this sparring session was getting annoying. My mind wasn't really in the fight and she knocked me across my jaw. I fell to the ground, then lifted my hands in surrender feeling something soft, "Damn, nice, but damn." I cringed falling victim to another trope. She was not at all- minding? I opened my eyes seeing her more embarrassed than furious. I forced myself to release her assets.

"Had your fill boy?" she was struggling to keep her composure.

"Honestly no." What can I say, I am a bit of a smart-ass.

"Little shit."

"Indeed I am." I gave a sarcastic bow, "- but, I apologize for feeling you up." I winked, stupid sarcasm, I knew I was only making this situation worse. "Moreover, now that you are not attacking me anymore, I thought you were Baki in drag."

"Baki? You mean my son?" She chuckled at the nickname, "In drag?" now she was laughing picturing her son in full-on drag, "Heheh, the daughter I always wanted!" I took advantage of her laughter and made my way to the locker room when she grabbed my arm. I reacted instinctively countering and throwing her over my shoulder to the awaiting ground.

"Oh shit." I closed my eyes, I could feel her eyes on me.

"You little shit!" she spat back, I didn't even try to defend myself as I released her. She slapped me, I deserved that, then grabbed my collar. "Little shit!" I suddenly felt her pull me in, my eyes still closed expecting the worse. I suddenly felt her lips upon my own. I opened my eyes, she kissed me, I broke it and shrugged my shoulders. "Really?" I nodded my head as I got up pulling her to her feet with me.

"I am not comfortable" she looked away, "I smell," she looked back at me as I continued towards the locker room. "You coming?"

"Not yet." She smirked, as stopped dead-in-my-tracks, I looked back over my shoulder slyly.

"I can fix that," I replied as we disappeared into the dark hallway.

The locker room was occupied and honestly, I was very horny, so somehow (yeah riggght) we went past the locker room, then exited the stadium. No one batted an eye as I got in her car and together we left. Traffic was near nil due to the sport's festival going on and we made it to her house in record time. I didn't know till later on that the Bakagō's were going through some marital problems. Honestly, I didn't give a damn, my hormonal teenage needs trumped everything. Here was an attractive female, whom I guess was in her late twenties-early thirties, had a banging bod, succulent breasts, and burning need to get down with the get down.

"This way you little shit." 'Little Shit' I was beginning to like this name, or rather I was just too horny to give a rat's arse. As we made our way to the bathroom, clothes were dropping as if it were a competition. Before she could undo her bra I stopped her. She looked at me as if I was having second thoughts of what was about to occur. I gave her a coy smirk and narrowed my eyes waving my finger 'no'

"Oh not yet." I gave her a lustful smile, to which she shared "I want to enjoy that part to its fullest." She closed her eyes in understanding, I looked at her legs then let my gaze travel up her entire body. She shivered in response, I smiled again as she took my hand then slid open the bathroom door. I could not tell how the rest of the home looked like, nor did I care. However, I could see what I was after. I saw the sink and the mirror that hung above it. I rushed behind the object of my carnality, my hands moved up her legs, as she let out a hushed breath when I grabbed her back end. I squeezed and she moaned, then I continued onward up her sides securing my prize. In one swift go, I lifted her bra releasing them from captivity in a single drop. I smile devilishly as I took in the reflection smiling in satisfaction.

"Naughty." was all she could let out before I kiss her neck and massaged my prize. I release one of them and swiftly unsnap the undergarment tossing it aside. "I see this is not your first time."

"With an older woman yes, sex no." I smile and we make our way to the bath. She opens the faucet and I slap her ass. Both of us laughing in pleasure as she filled the tub. "You're beautiful." my words cause her to pause with the sincerity behind them. She kissed me again as I reach for the shower.

We never made it to the shower.

From there- we started a whirlwind affair, no love, only want and need, give and take, our relationship was nothing more than the carnal lust we had for each other manifested in physical form- nothing more, nothing less.

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16

Satisfaction- is something that's hard to achieve and forever sought after. It sometimes comes in like a flood and other times in long or short spurts. I could not tell either way- I could only live in the moment. Right now that moment was currently thus; I had my beloved Tsu back and, was, for the moment, satisfied living for the day. Little did I know I would be slung into a war, a war with the yakuza of all things and one Kai Chisaki aka Overhaul; quirk: Overhaul (I know so creative). His quirk, not his name does the following:

Overhaul (the quirk) focuses on quickly dissembling his targets to kill them, or reshaping the terrain around him into such as a barrage of spikes to attack his opponent. He reshapes the ground to maneuver himself around the area, as well as counter incoming attacks. The ability to instantly rearrange his vicinity grants Overhaul (the villain) multiple methods of dealing with his opponents, making him a massive threat from all ranges.

I have never been so terrified of anything or anyone till I met this creature in human skin.

My class was off the next day and I was still steaming off the three douches, namely Tōgata. I hated how helpless he made me feel, as my class got it's collective asses turned to grass and then mowed down, one by one. Only he didn't get me but got dammit in my mind he, he defeated me- he took out my beloved Tsu and I was just about as helpless as the rest to do anything about it. This would not do, nor would I ever let it happen again.

I was on my way to Gym Sigma, for it was equipped with droids that could just about imitate any quirk. Hopefully, they could simulate the three that took out my class. Lost in thought and in my own anger I hit what seemed to be a brick wall. Unthinking I punched it as if were the cause of my current state.

"Urgh…" It grunted in pain and I was temporary at loss as to why, "Young… Robles" OH SHIT!

"OH FUCK!" I had punched the brick wall in the dick! "FAWWKKKK!" In fact, the brick wall wasn't a wall at all.

"Younggg Rrroblesss.. why?" FUCK, FUCK, FAWWWKKKK, "Wwwwhyy?" I FUCKING PUNCHED ALL MIGHT IN THE DICK! FAWWWKKK! Apparently, you could be superhuman, but still have that one vulnerability that plagues all males. Suddenly all I could see was a puff of smoke. "Rragh…well damn" I didn't hear his last words for I was too busy trying not to shit my pants.

"Oh, shit!" was all I could say as I began to mutter like Midoriya, "Great I exploded All Might, the hero with zero weaknesses!" My world was spinning and I couldn't breathe.

"Robles."

"Of course my dumbass had to find it! Just punch him in the junk and wipe him from existence! Simple as that, he's gone in a poof!" I was losing my mind minute by minute.

"Robles."

"Villains that have risen and fallen by The Number One Hero…" I was pulling my hair out at this point. I could not believe what I have just done.

"Robles."

"Could have just taken him out with one swift kick to his pinche huevos!" My anxiety shifted me to Spanish as my world began to spin.

"Wait my what?"

"Un chingazo en los meto huevos y ya no more All Might." My speech had gone into rapid fire word vomit, Mexican edition! All Might had finally grabbed my shoulders and began to shake me. My mind was lost in a whirlwind of warp speed Spanish word vomit.

"Chin, met, ROBLES!" Upon finally hearing my name, I snap out of it, only to see a frail skeletal twig of a man.

"¡AYE! ¿Que Diáblos hance esté esqueleto aquí?" I stumble back muttering and cursing in Spanish falling on my ass at the sight of him. All Might looked at me with confusion.

"What?" He raises an eyebrow, "You're acting like you've never seen me in this form? Didn't you watch the news Young Robles, when I fought All For One?" I pause a moment with a blank stare on my face, then give him a cheesy grin shaking my head no. He hacks up blood at my reaction. I jump back, what the hell?

I finally get sorted out, "I was- doing something else at the time." I chuckle rubbing the back of my head like some basic rube in a battle shounen anime, All Might thinks a moment.

"Robles." his eyes narrow as he lingers on my name, I shrug my shoulders. "How long were you with Mrs. Bakagō?"

"Since the sports festival, sort of just happened and I regret nothing." I shake the remaining derp out of my mind and dust myself off. "Bueno pues, if you excuse me sensei, I will just be on my way." I give a respectful nod and walk past him.

"Young Robles." I stop and take a breath, "A moment." He puts his hand on my shoulder and I prepare for the worse closing my eyes. "You truly are amazing."I open my eyes and turn to face him. "You really are."

By now it was quickly spreading through the school about my class' interaction with the UA's Big Three. More specifically my victory over Togata. Though I did not see it as a victory, my Tsu still got hurt. However, now the UA teachers knew my big secret, I was quirkless. So far everything had been on the up and up. Still, though, I felt as though I was on borrowed time. "Robles." That was the ding and I snap out of it.

"So- can I say goodbye to my classmates at least?" I sigh feeling defeated and bow my head.

"What?" All Might looks at me confused and I sigh again.

"It was a fun ride, I loved every minute of it." I loved my life at UA, the thought of leaving was unthinkable, I was sinking fast.

"What are you talking about?" He kneels grabbing my shoulders like some sort of father symbol. I didn't want to leave, I loved it here, I loved my class, they felt like family to me.

"The reason you are talking to me right now. The UA staff all know now, I am not stupid." I would lay down my very life for them, even more so for my beloved Tsuyu was why I was going to go beyond like our school motto. The Big Thr… Tōgata. He disgraced us all, I could not let that go, that would not stand, nor would it be forgiven. As I was going through this the weight of what was about to occur now overtook me, cue the drowning bubble noises.

"Excuse me who said you were Young Robles?" All Might's voice was soft and sincere.

"Please do not patronize me,- not you,- please. I am quirkless and they sent you to tell me I am to vacate the campus." I could feel my tears welling up in my eyes. I don't want to go, I want to be a hero. I want redemption, I wanted what my class lost back- even more so than breathing.

"WHAT! NO!" All Might proclaimed, "You belong at UA, why would we dismiss you?" I snap out of my self-loathing, did I hear him right? "Young Robles where would you get that?" I shake my head, I could tell All Might could see what I was going through. I had to bounce back, so my greatest defense rose up to protect me. Sarcasm.

I gave him a smirk and started counting out on my hand, "I am a quirkless, sex deviant, that has no problem pushing the limits of faculty and staff by engaging them in combat to prove my point?" All Might busts out laughing leaving me dumbfounded.

"Normally that would be the case, however- you are an anomaly. You've proven yourself and impressed those faculty members that you engaged, that, quirk or not, shows you can and will be a hero." I was in shock, "Young Robles you made history, against all odds, you've proven and continue to prove that it's not the quirk which makes a hero, but the person themselves. Have you any idea of the magnitude of this revelation in tells?" I shook my head no, for this was just my day-to-day. I wanted to be a hero and I was going to be one, quirk be damned, nothing was going to stand in the way of my goal. Thank you All Might I am truly humbled and grateful for this. I was going to be able to reclaim what I lost, what my class lost- its dignity.

"So let me get this right. I am not expelled?" I raised an inquisitive eyebrow.

"NO! HEAVENS NO!" All Might bursts to his hero form, "Young Robles, Spectre, you are the embodiment of an indomitable will. Rough, passionate- sexually insatiable- I have seen your desire to help others and a fervent distaste for those who've wronged them, be they hero or not." He placed his hands on my shoulders for the last time, "I have complete faith in you Young Robles, I simply wanted to tell you that."

"Thanks, sensei, I- I needed to hear that." He removed his hands, "Thank you, but I must be off." I once again bow my head respectfully.

"One more thing Young Robles." I look at him, "Why were you so angry?" My eyes narrow as I relive that day, what Tōgata took, what that bastard did to my Tsu.

"My class was taken out." My answer was colder than Todoroki's ice-powered half.

"But you took out Young Tōgata." All Might was not buying it, "What are you not telling me?" He saw right through me, the image of Tsu lying there and I was helpless to do anything about it. I clenched my right fist causing it to pop then shake.

"My Tsu." I look away, "I failed her and she got hurt."

"Robles." All Might had put it together, granted it wasn't hard to do, our relationship was no secret. "We cannot expect to be perfect, even those who expect us to be, more often than not we forget we are also human. That is why we save as many as we can, it's a hard life we've chosen, we can only continue to strive to save just one more."

"That's why I am headed to Gym Sigma." Well one of the reasons, I had to push myself harder than ever. Not just because of my need to avenge mine and my class's honor, but because I have to. I will be the hero without a quirk that will continue to disprove the masses.

"Taking on multiple quirks is challenging even for pros Young Robles, I wish you well." He paused, "Wait." I paused, "Hand me your ID." I do so, "I am giving you third year access, however, the 3 levels will not unlock until you've proven yourself capable to advance." My mouth drops as he finishes up. "Go beyond!"

"Plus ULTRA!" I smile as I declare it proudly.

17

I tore into the training, I could not access simulations where the quirk control was at the 'Big Three' and pro levels- yet. For now, I was stuck at level two quirk control, which was fine I guess. The way Gym Sigma worked was the droids analyzed and graded your abilities, as well as the tactics you used, how often you used your quirk and to what extent. The grading structure would also decide how many droids it would let you access in "free mode" through the previous droids assessment. All in all, it was quite an efficient training program. All Might filled in my quirk as high tactical awareness to bypass part of the droids' programming. Which was fine by me, so long as I got what I needed.

At level one the user was first given an overall assessment of your stats through your typical physical challenges (hit these targets, sprint this far, etc.). From there it will give you a maximum amount opponents you can currently face under its parameters, whether head-to-head, scenario-based combat, search and rescue, or various other battlefield scenarios. The final test would be a random hero scenario with a random real simulated villain at that level's maximum difficulty.

Level two access was based on the results from the previous level's final results. From there your training was completely user choice, from quirks to scenarios. Its final was based on an algorithm of your weakest areas and least use choices. It forced you to turn your weaknesses into strengths, frustrating me to no end.

Level three access and attributes were the same as the previous level. Its final was a sort of a boss gauntlet of the previous levels' finals in random order and scenario. Followed by the third level's boss, also in a random scenario, and then finally facing all three at once at the simulation's max difficulty. This gauntlet had to be done in one go with no rest in between. Its reasoning was that it was simulating reality, villains gave no quarter, so neither would the simulation.

I used up my retake allowance for the day after failing to pass level two's exam for the fourth time. As I said I was stuck on this level; I could only use free mode or redo the training simulations. Was I frustrated? A little, I wanted to beast through the levels, but hey, cannot always get what you want. For now, I was content at level two. The training helped nonetheless and it allowed me to vent without consequence; one-on-one sparring with a real person was good and all but can lead to major injuries to both parties. This way I could take out a droid like a savage and it would just be replaced with another, no problem. I was about to leave when I saw Mei enter the gym.

"Hatsume!" I called out to her, "Hatsume!" I see her turn, she sees me and I think I see a flash come from her eyes as she runs towards me. "Maybe…"I am lifted off the ground and the wind is knocked out of me. She tackles me to the ground, "WHOA, WHOA!"

"Robby!" she smiles, "Robby, Robby, ROBBY!" She hugs me tightly, her embrace is friendly, guess she knows. "I'm so glad you got back together with Tsu!" well that confirms that. "I got some new babies for you to try."

"Any of them involve flight?" I ask sarcastically.

"Ooo-" She muses, "No, but I have something that can replace your cape and give you better gliding ability."

"Mei-you and your sweet, sweet madness." I hug her tightly and kiss her forehead. She giggles and I swear I see a sparkle in her eyes. "I also have a request for you, but show me your new babies first!" She smiles and tilts her head with curiosity.

"Come on, we have to get to the roof." She takes me by the hand and leads me on.

On the roof of Gym Sigma she hands me several pellets, "Mei these aren't new."

"Tch, tch, tch." she waves her little finger, "Com'on Robby you know me if something works I can only add on to it." she points at the glowing light line going around the entire pellet. "Red is a flashbang, blue is a stun grenade, yellow is knockout gas." I smile and hear something behind me, I quickly toss a red pellet, it goes off almost immediately when it strikes the ground. The flash ignites away from the user automatically. "Normal flash bangs ignite indiscriminately, I changed that." I hear a familiar shout. Mei uses her quirk seeing past the smoke, "Heheh, looks like you got-"

"Aizawa sensei" I finish her sentence, "And he does not sound too happy." She slaps me on my back and I feel something wrap around my chest in an 'X' I then feel some sort of flexible tubing extend from the object on my back to my arms and legs.

"Quick jump off the building!" She shouts at me.

"This that replacement?" I ask as I look at her like she lost her damn mind.

"Hurry think of how a flying squirrel glides!" I look at her in confusion as she leaps off. Her arms and legs closed then spreads out revealing…

"A WINGSUIT!" I follow her and join her in the wind, "MEI HATSUME I LOVE THAT BRILLIANT MIND OF YOURS!" She smiles proudly, "It's PERFECT!"

"Nope, I'm already thinking of improvements." I raise my eyebrow curiously, "You said you wanted to fly didn't you?"

"If I wasn't in love with Tsu I'd marry you in a heartbeat!" She squeals at my confession as we land near 1-A's dorms. "Sensei is going to be so pissed." I laughed to myself

"How do you know if we did wrong in the first place?" I look at her inquisitively, "For all we know, he was just looking for you."

"And I just threw a flashbang at his face." I point out and she cringes.

"Yeah, on second thought- you're fucked." she chuckles and starts to scamper off.

"Mei!" She stops and looks back at me. "That request I have for you." She picks up on the change in my voice.

"I'm not going to like this am I?" Mei's eyes grow soft, as I take a breath. "I have an idea…"

"By now you probably know huh?" I don't want to ask her but she is the only one I can trust with this.

"About your secret, yea, I've known since we first met." I smile shaking my head, I never doubted her intelligence. "Lay it on me oh quirkless one."

"I need a worst-case scenario, only activated…"

"If you are at the end and need a permanent solution?" Yeah, she knew what was coming.

"Mei…" She moves faster than I could react and hugs me tightly. "Mei…" She shakes her head and says nothing…tears.

"Dammit, Robby." she finally speaks, "I should not be surprised, but dammit."

"I understand if." I close my eyes, who was I to ask her such a thing?

"I'LL DO IT!" She kisses my cheek, "I just pray it'll never come to that."

"Honestly I cannot promise you that, the life I- we, at UA have chosen," I say solemnly but get cut off.

"I get it, I do, I just don't like to think about it." Mei rubs her arm looking away.

"That why I am coming to you, it has to be injectable and instantaneous, I do not want to die knowing that a monster like that will live on." The 'monster' I was referring to would be my would-be murderer, if such a villain would arise.

"I cannot create it here", Mei's eyes returned to my own, "However, I made some contacts since the sport's festival." I smile, she was going to love my second request.

"That comes to my second request, better than the first I assure you, and I think you'll want in." Mei's eyes brighten.

"ROBLES!" I hear a voice that I am all too familiar with, Mei giggles and runs off. I take a breath and turn to face him. "Every time, I…"

I cross my arms, "Not my fault I have good reflexes." Sensei just growls and I get ready for an impromptu sparring session.

"No, not today Robles, I was just looking for you." I sigh heavily, "No you did not do anything wrong, except hitting me with a flashbang." I smile a bit, "Tch, I see you have some new equipment, good." I look at him curiously, "You've been approved along with the rest of Class 1-A to take The Provisional Hero License (PHL) Exam." My eyes light up.

I won't bore anyone with what happened during the exam. It was hell and I barely passed, but I passed nonetheless receiving my PHL. Todoroki Shoto and Baki failed, we were all shocked over the former but not really surprised at the latter. Better luck next time guys. We were allowed to go home for a few days and I could not wait to tell my guardian. "Ribbit." a voice called from behind me, I closed my eyes smiling. My Tsu, my smile turns to an evil smirk, as soon as I feel her hand on my shoulder I strike. I counter spinning her in my arms and- peppermint, the taste fills my senses. Till I look up and drop Tsu. "Ow, Ribbit." I loose color in my face, "Oh yeah, ribbit ribbit." Struggling I look down at my beloved Tsu.

"Well, my little lotus lily." My voice is soft and pleasant.

She looks up with her finger on her chin, "Lotus lily, ummm, I like that Ribbit."

"I am soo pleased you do my dear." I look back up swallowing hard, "Tell me…"

"Meet my parents, ta dah, gero." She smiles.

"Yup, kinda figured, well I screwed this up." I let out a cautious chuckle.

"Royally, Ribbit, ribbit." Tsu giggled, "Love the kiss though, ten-ten would do again."

I was quaking with fear now, "Sooo glad I could oblige you my little lotus lily." I could not tell if the Asuis' were pissed but my eyes never left theirs. "So my love…"

"Your love?" 'CRAP!' Her mother spoke. My mouth went dry and a load of stupid vomited from my mouth.

"Indeed Mrs. Asui I am actually indeed completely and utterly in love with your daughter." 'FAWWKKK, shut up!' "I pray this first encounter… err… impression does not put you and your wonderful husband off." 'No new expression, dammit just shut up Robert!' I cringe into oblivion as I slowly die on the inside. "I love Tsu…"

"Tsu?" Lightning shot down my spine! Her father's voice was bold and robust as he croaked.

"Yes Tsu, sir, we are dating." More stupid flows out of my mouth and my soul weeps bitterly.

"DATING!" He croaks again.'FAWWKKKKKK!' I looked down at Tsu, she was loving every single moment of this! I look at her desperately. WILL. YOU. HELP. ME. WOMAN. She shook her head 'no.' I could sense and hear the anger in her parents' voices.

I'm shaking as I looked back up at them, "We met a few days after the entrance ceremony and I guess I caught lightning in a bottle." The word vomit would not stop, "There been ups and downs, we mad…" Tsu jumped up faster than I've seen her do to cover my mouth. She smiled back at her parents dropping her hands, "I cannot picture my life without her." at these words Tsu looked back at me, her eyes softened, "I mean it, I love you my beloved Tsuyu Asui." She then ignored her better judgment and pulled me in kissing me fully.

"Gerooo." her mom's voice croaked softly.

"Really, Beru, rooo?" Her dad was not impressed, "We hardly know anything about him, gerooo." I break the kiss and look at Tsu. "He's already broke her heart once." I cringe as does Tsu. I look at her and she humphs looking away, I roll my eyes, 'fair enough.' "Young man, what makes you think…"

"There's no excuse for what I did, I'm a whore for it." They both gasp, "No, I am not fit for her or her love."

"You are not helping yourself." Beru croaks accusingly and Tsu face-palms.

"I'm human, young, dumb…" Her father shoots his tongue at me and I catch it and wrap it once around my arm. "and for the most part average." He raises an eyebrow, I feel something heat up on my arm and release. Before he reacts I am right in front of him. "Qurikless." He swallows hard, "But I'll be damned if I'd be that foolish again." My straightforwardness impresses him, he then looks me up and down the croaks.

"Humm, he's bold isn't he Beru?" I steady my gaze, "You're not average son, gero, far from it." he spits and I see the ground sizzle. 'Acidic, poison maybe?'

The whole time he was speaking his eyes never left mine. I loved Tsu, so I was not going to back down. "I know average, and you are not it, a deviant maybe, but I have to say you hurt my little girl." I understood where he was coming from, I made a huge mistake, I should have trusted Tsu. I was not going to ever do that again, come Hell or high water. I had to show Mr. Asui that I learned from my mistakes. "Bring your guardian and yourself over for dinner at our house tomorrow at 1900hrs." I think Tsu's mother smiles at me as they leave us, it was hard to tell to say the least. As I ponder it further Tsu knocks me on the head. I look at her, only to see her sticking her tongue out at me. I pull her in.

"Peppermint." she smiles and I kiss her.

I get home just in time to see my guardian heading out for her shift, "Hey Ribbit, congrats we'll celebrate Saturday." She heard me talking to Tsu on the phone for the first and last time on speakerphone. I thought I was alone, alas I was not and she heard her call me 'Ribbit.'

"Thank you…" I said hesitatingly, "Wait!" My guardian paused. "We were invited to dinner tomorrow at 1900 hrs."

"Roberto…" Her voice softened as I spoke.

"I need you there, it's my girlfriend's parents." I was genuinely scared.

"The one that came to our house nude?" She raised an eyebrow.

"What! No!" I didn't understand why this was a surprise to me.

"She was rather cute." My guardian giggled.

"She was never my girlfriend," I assured her as I began to blush.

"Fooled me, at least you got some!" At this, I became beside myself, how?

"SERIOUSLY!" I shout, my eyes widened and crazed.

"Oh grow up, I saw her 'do me eyes' she knew full and well what she wanted," she stated as a matter-of-factly this cause me to repose. I gathered my wits about me and took a breath then exhaled.

"I am actually more shocked that you let it happen." I retorted trying to regain ground.

"Roberto, so long as you practice safety, I really do not care too much about your sex life. " My eyes widen in shock, "Girl, guy, both, it matters not, I want you to have experience, but for now I got to go to work."

I grab hold of her shirt, she stops in her tracks, "Please."

"Robert…" she gets it but her eyes shoot downcast, "We'll be eating with her parents." the question seemed more like a statement, as I nod my head 'yes'. "Rob…"

"Nightshift huh?" she closes her eyes, it's killing both of us, "What do I do?"

"You love her don't you?" I answer 'yes' and swallow hard as my mouth goes dry. "You know."

I knew what she was getting at, tough calls will have to be made in the line of duty."I'm gonna face this too as a hero huh."

"If I've been a salarywoman it would not be an issue but I'm…"

"A hero and people could die if you don't report for duty as an officer of the law." It's hurting her as it is me, I don't hold it against her. I never would, just bad timing. She hugs me, this was the second time she has done this. I hug her back as tightly as she does me.

"I love you, you horny little bastard." She punches my shoulder as I laugh, I guess she really does know me, "If I could I would move heaven and earth for you to be there."

"I believe you, but dammit this sucks!" I say exasperated.

She giggles and lets me go, "Tell them I'm a cop, if they don't understand, then they are not worth their weight in salt." I laugh at this and hug her again, "My next off day after this one we will have them over, I promise." I look at her with a raised eyebrow, "I will put in for it so it won't be denied."

"Love you too, be safe out there."

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Entr'acte- The Guardian

I started my patrol like normal, I love my job and I am damn good at what I do. Tonight, however, I was distracted. My dear Roberto, I love the little guy, well- he's not so little anymore. I would do anything for my son, yes, I consid- scratch that, he is my son. I know I hurt him today because I was dying on the inside as well. It may not seem like a big deal to others but to me it's devastating. I know he wanted me to be with him when he met his girlfriend's parents for dinner, but duty can be an asshole sometimes. I shake my head pushing the thoughts back and away. "Roberto…" Too late my mind reminisces to when he came into my life.

Three years ago the prefecture put him in my care, needless to say, I was in no way ready for such a thing. All I knew was that Roberto had been a ward of the state ever since he was six, wasn't till later, after he had a nightmare, did I know why. I could have gone two ways on how to raise him. I could have felt sorry for him and just been his caretaker till he turned eighteen letting him be. Or I could have shown some interest in his life and helped him adapt to the real world. I am glad I choose the latter.

The kid was smarter than most of the kids I have seen from my time on the force. He picked up on things remarkably, well ridiculously fast, was this his quirk I wondered? No, it wasn't, rather, after he opened up about himself after the first year, he was with me. He said he really had no choice but to- survive… My heart broke when he said that word, 'survive', no child should have to think about such things. Even though he had been with me for the past year he never unpacked his stuff, ready 'bug-out' at a moment's notice. So I decided right then and there to harness that instinct, it was no picnic let me tell you. I think it got easier when I finally took him on a ride along, he literally helped my partner and me on closing a case. So I took a chance and told our precinct's chief about him and my idea. He threatened to fire me and then promptly dismissed me from his office. That didn't stop me, nor did it stop Roberto.

He showed up at the precinct, it wasn't unusual for the department to see him. They all knew he was my foster and that he was very polite to everyone. He snuck in behind the chief to get access to the bullpen, acting like he was following him for something. No one batted an eye, not even the chief. He figured he came in with me, but I was already on patrol. He did not bother anyone other than saying the polite 'hello' to the staff he knew, pretty much no one was the wiser. He did this for about a week, the same routine, every day.

During this time he would hang out at my desk like he was waiting for me, no one would question him, as per usual, he then took a folder from one of my case files and read it. He would go through that case during that whole week and the following. He would place it back with the other files and go about his day, meaning he would coyly glean off information about seemingly random things about law and procedure from my fellow police officers. To them, it just seemed like the foster was just interested in a career in law enforcement. No, my son, already knew from the start what he wanted to be, a hero, he just wanted to be a cut above the rest.

The case he was working on under the nose of everyone was a robbery case that boggle everyone's mind. It had been frustrating the hell out everyone who touched it and was now passed off to me. The suspect would only take the cheapest items from every place they hit. Normally cases like this were filed forever away, but the fact it was the same person over and over again at several spots, convenience stores, supermarkets, small jewelry stores, and electronic suppliers. Pretty much he was annoying several owners now he/or she had to be put away. He found the pattern of the Chinese Zodiac, but he was trying to figure out the why. Looking back over he picked upon something, granted all the items were cheap however, he added up the prices and they led to the price of the next item in secession. Also by the locations, he saw how we got his territory, but he also saw other places struck outside it.

Distractions he figured, the same conclusion we got, sloppy work, or so he thought. The territory was a circle so why go outside it? Stars, not just any stars but constellations that represented each of the animals on the Chinese Zodiac. Each robbery was done when that constellation's main star was directly above it. In between the dates to the next symbol's brightest star approached the next target, the stores around it were vandalized. To top it off, the suspect made sure to rob outside the circle, not as a way to throw the police off but to mock them. He noticed the robber had one zodiac left, the dragon. Adding up the items stolen he saw what he was after next, however, the item had the same numbers as the math but with extra zeros attached to it. He was after a jade dragon.

Roberto wrote the date down along with the target and just dropped the file on the chief's desk. He didn't say anything and just walked out of his office with a self-assured smirk on his face. The chief was confused at first but then quickly turned to anger, why the hell was a fourteen-year-old kid looking through police files! However, before he release his ire upon me, his curiosity got the best of him. He looked at the file, the information, the backing up of said information, then the date and target. Everything followed procedure, well at least very close to it by a kid his age at least. So on the date in question, the chief figured might as well see if the kid was right. The jeweler was not far from the station, confirming that the suspect was taunting them and laying out a challenge. I was with him when it went down, at midnight the suspect struck, the alarm rang out. He wasn't even afraid, he boldly went through the front window! We caught him! Got dammit we caught him. The next day the chief pulled him out of the middle school he was in, and placed him right into the academy!

The chief had and has ridiculous connections, so technically, he was in middle school but not really. At night he would do his basic education for any normal middle schooler, but in the day he was at the academy. Every course required for a new boot, he took every test, every physical training, and self-defense course. If the new boots were doing it so was he, no one looked down on him. Quite the opposite really, my son just integrated with the rank and file like second nature.

Roberto made sure to make the most of the opportunity given to him. Top marks in the investigation, evidence gathering, and intelligence. He had to be the best, not for self-promotion, but for me and the chief. My son is not much for beating around the bush and made it perfectly clear why he was there. Surprisingly enough, the new boots were behind him, they had more faith in him to be an actual hero than even I did. The fact of him being there to understand the law and work with it to become a better class of heroes spoke volumes.

The physical aspect was a bit more intense, my Roberto knew how to fight obviously from being raised in the system's foster units. Before me, he would tell me that in the beginning there were times he went without food. The foster parents viewed their charges not as humans, but as government checks. Food was brought out but it was survival of the fittest. I remember being awoken many a time by his nightmares, always ready to fight, screaming, "Try if you want to, but I will end you!" I had to reteach him on how to slow down when eating, no one was going to take it from him and there was plenty more for seconds, even thirds.

The self-defense classes taught him to channel his street style to something akin to a doctor in surgery. The surgery being precise and calculated strikes to end a confrontation quickly. Takedowns that immobilized suspects sometimes painfully and other times painlessly. He expected no handicap and received none, by the end of the academy he could engage several opponents at once and come out on top.

Upon completion, his entire class showed up at our precinct, in full dress as he was given his certificate of completion. He could not be in the class's official ceremony, because well, he was there, unofficially, to begin with. The chief was full of pride as he gave him his certificate. Stating upon his high school graduation, IF he wanted to make law enforcement his career, he had a place there. He would always have a place at the precinct, he would have to take a refresher course but the job was there.

A sudden call snaps me back to reality, I take it and meet up with a hero from the Fat Gum Agency. This will be a night I will never forget.

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18

I woke up to the front door being banged upon, "What the hell?" I look at my cell, "0300?" I shake the sleepiness from my eyes and answer the door.

"Robles." I look at the police at my door, he's a Sargent and I am now fully awake and afraid of what was coming next.

"She…" He cuts me off.

"There's been an incident I am here to take you…" I walk away and already heading back to my room stripping off clothes and finding new ones to wear before he even finishes his sentence. "Robles…"

"Almost done." I return under a minute fully changed and we are off to the hospital. I don't ask what happened, so we rode in silence all the way there. When we arrive the Sargent takes me directly to her. I see her laying on her side as she sees me come in.

"MOM!" the words just come naturally out of my mouth as I run to her. She gasps at my response. I hug her tightly as she takes it all in. "Mom I was so worried." too late for me to take it back now, but I don't care. My guardian, this wonderful woman, truly is my mother.

"I am alright, tch, tch." She grimaces, I hug her tighter, "I'm actually fine, just a bust gone a rye." I release her and she looks at me, "Mom huh?"

"Yeah, so,…baka." I cross my arms and she pulls me in. "Like that huh." she smiles rubbing her cheeks on mine giggling. I don't stop her, to be honest, I welcome it. "If you are fine, why are you here?" She stops what she was doing immediately the blushes. "Mom?"

"I love it! Call me it again!" She beams ear to ear.

"Mom seriously, what happened?" Her smile fades.

She whispers while looking away, "I got stabbed in the ass, left cheek." she cringes as a sharp pain hits her and I fall to the ground laughing, "Its not funny Roberto, it was deep." she blushes again holding in her laughter. "I love you too son, here." she hands me a key, "I was saving this for a special occasion, take it as a gift from our family." I take the key with a smile, "I have to stay here for a couple more of days." I shake my head in understanding, "You'll be fine." I hug her once more.

"Did you apprehend the suspect?" my eyes turn hard.

"No, but the Fat Gum Agency did." She paused, "Well a kid with some type of armor quirk did, really saved my life."

"Armor quirk?" My curiosity was peaked, "Did he happen to have red hair?"

"Yes, went by Red Riot, he was just a kid, but damn he took him down." I smiled at the name to myself and say my good bye. The Sargent drove me back home.

The next day, we still had off, so I called Eli over, he was more than happy to oblige. He was early but I figured he would be, I answered the door, he was dressed handsomely. "Hey Roberto wassup." Without a word I pulled him in and hugged him tightly. "Rob?" I was overwhelmed and the tears just flowed out. "Everything alright bro?" Still holding on to him I lead him to the living room. Suddenly he saw her picture, then one of us together. "No way!" I nod my head, "Its her, she's the cop I saved."

Tears still in my eyes, "Thank you, Red Riot." He blushes, "I cannot thank you enough." Eli left after a few hours well compensated, I would have had him stay the night but I had plans with Tsu. It was almost 1700 hrs, Tsu had emailed me her address and the best route to get there. So I took a shower and clean up extra nice. I opened up the locker with the key my mom gave me revealing a very expensive sake. "Well damn, that'll do swimmingly." it was almost 1800 hrs as I went out the door only to see the same Sargent from last night, "Oh God no." He raised his hands gesturing for me to calm down.

"She's fine, she just asked me for a favor." I exhale relived to know all was well. I hopped into the front seat and away we went. It closer than I realized, well rather closer by car anyways. We pulled up to Tsu's home and we got out

"Why?" I look at him curiously.

"She wants pictures," he said smugly as he pulled out a camera and I groan. We make our way to the door. She lived in a simple two-story home, white with black trim, very normal by Japanese standards. Nothing special about it, just very normal. I could see the balcony from the sidewalk. I saw an outline of my Tsu as the light cast a shadow of her through the curtain. We reach the door and I knock, I swallow hard as her dad opens the door. 'Ah crap.' He clears his throat as he sees the cop and his eyes go narrow. "Mr. Asui, he's not here because of trouble I was asked by his guardian to drive him here." Mr. Asui's eyes blink then looks at me.

"My guardian is a cop sir." He blinks again, guessing that threw his game off a bit, "I deeply apologize that she could not be here today." He remains silent taking all of this in. "She sends her deepest apologizes and offers your family this gift." I pull out the sake and his eyes widen jackpot.

"My dear boy, this is very generous." He takes it as the Sargent snaps a picture. Mr. Asui smiles and pulls me beside him, another picture, I guess that broke the ice. I give a soft smile-Thank you mom. "Beru come, come, Tsuyu, everyone come." In an instant, I meet the whole family. Tsu grabs me and pulls me to her side smiling. The Sargent was loving this, as was the family every time he took a picture. I was smiling outwardly but was dying slowly, painfully from embarrassment. "I take it your guardian…"

"Mom." I say meekly, he smiles as his gaze softens, I was breaking through.

"Your mom is on patrol, if you like we can reschedule."

"My mother would perish from shame, no, please. She would like to invite your family over when she recovers."

"Recovers, what happen my dear boy?" This threw him off even more, why was I here? His face went through several emotions, unsure what to think. Granted he commended me that I showed up and apologized for my mom. However, on the other hand, if she was hurt, I should be by her side, this didn't sit right for him. Then again, if I canceled and didn't show up, he would have taken it as a slap to the face and disrespect. Would have he accepted his explanation after what he did to his little girl? No, he probably would not have, this brought a feeling of shame upon him. He looked at me, here I was, my mother in the hospital and I still showed up. My actions won over his favor. He heard a cough and snapped back to reality.

The Sargent spoke up "Nothing serious, injured in the line of duty." Mr. Asui was mortified, "She's in good spirits recovering in hospital."

"My word, I am so sorry son taking you away during this time." He bowed his head apologetically. I try in vain to get him to stop, but he persisted.

"It's alright Mr. Asui, she really is fine, the injury, was not life-threatening I can assure you. As a matter of fact, one of our very own classmates prevented the matter from becoming far worse."

"Ribbit who?" Tsu was curious as she was concerned for my mom.

"Eli." I smile and wink at her, she instantly blushes and knows.

"I am glad she is alright please send her our sympathies and thank her for her service." The Sargent takes one last photo and leaves. Mr. Asui ushers us inside and to a feast. "This sake is perfect for tonight's dinner, thank you so much Robles."

"Please Mr. Asui, call me Robert, I would prefer it, please all of you feel free."

"Well you are my daughter's boyfriend, so very well Robert." He sees Tsu cling to me and squeezing her eyes shut with happiness. "You can call me pop." Silence, everything stopped. "You have shown yourself respectful and honorable, and still came here despite the incident with your mother." Tsu's mother drops her chopsticks, " I believe you to be a good suit for my little girl wouldn't you agree my love." Her mom smiles and nods her head.

"If my dear husband approves of you I do as well, Roberto roo." Tsu smiles and it's all I need, "You may call me mom as well." My eyes water as I hold back my own happiness. "It's okay dear." I shake my head and hug my beloved Tsu. Suddenly I feel two little bodies grab either side of me separating me from Tsu.

"Well hello there."I smile at Tsu's younger siblings.

"Onii chan?" My heart skips a beat as they call me big brother.

"Yes, I guess I am." I give them both hugs as they welcome me as one of their own.

"Rooo, look Ganma, looks like we have a new family member." Tsu's father holds his wife close and smiles pridefully sounding off a croak of approval.

"Indeed, Roberto Robles rooo." I laugh as the little ones play with me and Tsu. I stay the night since the train stations were now closed. Nothing goes on during my stay but it ended up being the best night of my life.

19

Everyone was pumped when school started back up, homeroom we, those of us that had our PHL, received offers for work-study internships. I was surprised to see how many official offers I received. From high-end agencies like Endeavour Agency, uh nope, to ones I have never even heard of. My buddy Midoriya walked over to my desk, "DEKU!" I get up from my seat and high five him, he smiles.

"I have gotten several offers Rob, but none stick out to me."

"Any ideas as to what you want?" I look at him with curiosity, then a light bulb goes off. "Why not ask Grand Torino for advice!" My buddy smiles as his eyes light up. Before the PHLs, Deku told me he trained with All Might's mentor, and how he helped him develop his Full Cowlling even further. He high fives me again as the lunch bell rings. "Wanna join me for lunch?"

"What about Tsu?" He asks.

"All good bud, she wanted to do some training today, I offered to spar with her but she said it would probably end up in sex and no real training." my friend's eyes widened and his face went flush.

"Umm." Izuku chuckles uncomfortably.

"Sorry, bud, anyways you down?" He shook his head, yes and we left the class room. "I'm feeling good Izuku, lunch is on me." We left the main building and head for the cafeteria. As we walk suddenly the last person I want to see warps in front of us. I grit my teeth like a rabid dog, "Tōgata Mirio." I say his name like a disease, surprisingly both me and Izuku instantly go into a fighting stance side-by-side. Without saying a word I feel the heat of his Full Cowling and the electricity sparking off his back and upon mine. He stares at us for a moment. "You remember?" I ask to which Izuku nods.

Our 'sen-pai' lifts his hands but we don't buy the bullshit he's selling. "I need to talk to both of you."

"Piss off!" I bark.

"Why should we give you an ear," Deku replies as I nod approvingly.

"Look if I wanted to attack you I would have already done so." He tries to point out. I am already pissed at the very sight of him and I pop my neck and right fist.

"And I would once again perform surgery on your dumbass." Tōgata cringes remembering their first encounter. "I told you, challenge me…"

"I am not challenging you!" He shouts and I lock my jaw, this asshole was not taking the hint.

"Being here in front of us tells a different story from my point of view." I can feel Deku wanting to strike, I look at him and shake my head no.

"Seriously, I just want to talk." He pleads, I'm still no buying it.

"Let's go Izuku, he's wasted enough of our time." Tōgata puts his hand on me to prevent my advancement.

"Robe.."

I backhand the taste out of his mouth, "We are not friends, so keep my name out your mouth."I point at him as his blood splatters on the ground. He tenses and I ready for his counter only for him to wipe his lip.

"Fair enough, no disrespect, Spectre." His voice was different now, more humble. "I request an audience with you and Deku."

"Denied, you want an audience you'll have to earn it." I motion to Izuku and we walk past him. He stands there, his back to us as we walk on with our back to him.

We get about ten meters away and I whisper to my friend, " Lunch is canceled, go get our class, tell them to be at Gym Beta in full costume."

"You baited him didn't you?" I smile at him revealing my answer, he shakes his head laughing. "You are not going to let that go."

"He hurt Tsu, my Tsu and cheap shotted our entire class." I look at him, "Hell no I'm not gonna let that shit slide." Izuku stops laughing and gives a sigh, "Tell them what is about to go down, go, now, quickly." Izuku nods and bolts away in full cowl. I then text Mei to meet me at the gym.

I arrive at Gym Beta and see Mei with a large case, several in fact. "I got some new babies!" I smile devilishly, "Are you ready for this pa-pi?"

"You bet chica, what you got?" She removes the circular device from my chest that contained my wingsuit. She then crushes it in her hand that was inside a gauntlet. Without warning she then removes my shirt, "Mei I am…"

"Really Robles?" She shakes her head, "As much fun as that would be I am not that type of girl." I laugh in spite of myself and she removes my pants as I blush. "You are enjoying this too much." She then slams a new device in the shape of a diamond on my bare chest. I hear it whirl then lift different plates and click away. Titanium weaved fabric shoots out the sides of the device wrapping around my entire body. "Spectre V3 body armor and costume."

I suddenly see a green flash, "My newest baby, a kinetic energy canceling shield." I give her a look of confusion, to which she pulls a gun on me and fires, WHAT THE FUCK! The bullets hit the shield and just drop. "It sucks the kinetic force out of anything and stores the energy for later use, for like say- a finishing blow?" I smile evilly. "Hold out your right arm." I obey and she places a new gauntlet on my right arm, its black with green lights surrounding it making it glow. I hear it click and seal into place. "Its equipped with an on-board cpu with a holo-screen display and keyboard. On the top of the wrist is a new grapnel, so no need for the gun anymore."

"Aww I liked the gun." I pull it out and cradle it as if it was my own child.

"Fine you can keep it." I smile as she motions for my other arm. She then places another gauntlet on it, it mirrors the first. "This doesn't have everything your right one has, but both give you easy access to your current projectile arsenal." A cowl suddenly covers my head save my face, "Two choices, visor or a cowl that can cover your eyes and give you smart-lenses." I raise an eyebrow. "Both do the same thing, but your choice."

"Visor." she smiles at my answer and a holo-visor shoots from my temples over my eyes revealing my new HUD system. "Excellent."

"Still no flying yet but I added a booster pack to the wingsuit, solar powered with a battery that will last 87 hrs before needing to be recharged." I give her a hug,

"Now you don't have to leap off a building, the booster will launch you into the air."

"You are so good to me, why Mei?" I look at her my hands on her shoulders.

"Because you want us to start our own hero agency." My mouth drops, "Am I right?"

"Yes, I guess you figured me out, Spec Ops." Mei eyes tear up knowing why I chose that name. "Take it you approve." She kisses my cheek and wraps a new belt around my waist.

"Same as your old one but with more storage and an extra power source for long missions." I look at her, if I only met this wonderful girl before Tsu. Suddenly her eyes grow sad, "I finished it." I go to her and give her another warm hug, "I pray you never have to use it Robert." She tells me to come by her house to pick it up after I mop the floor with Tōgata. She then leaves wishing me luck.

I look at my new costume, its main color scheme was black with an alien green trim that glowed. This was the suit's cooling system but gave off an eerie glow, no doubt it was a intimidation feature. The suit was made up of titanium weaved fabric over class 7 Kevlar armor. Mei had gone all out on safety for me, but kept the armor in sections to maintain flexibility. It fit like a glove, speaking of which I checked the gauntlets, made from the same fabric and Kevlar but over ceramic armor plates, the palms could scan evidence and log it in directly from a crime scene. The top of my wrist on my right hand had a grapnel and an onboard computer. Movement in both gauntlets felt natural, zero hindrance. There was no more shock emitters around the gloves, the kinetic canceling shield aftershock ability made them obsolete. Spectre V3 had advanced over leaps and bounds, and I couldn't wait to test it out.

I entered the gym some of my classmates were already there, Izuku had not informed them yet of what was about to go down. As I look around I see other classes in the gym as well. Yuga and Mina were in the top bleechers along with Koji and Rikido. I waved them to me, they waved back as they made there way down. "Roberto nice threads, wassup my man?" Rikido high fived me.

"Well Tōgata approached Deku and I." was my opening statement.

"Ah hell." Mina groaned, "I can't stand his ugly mug."

"My sentiments exactly, he wanted to talk so I told him he'd have to earn it." I looked at her then heard a Yuga's tongue click.

"Merde." Yuga cursed.

"The others should be here soon, you all go suit up." I told them as they stared at me in utter confusion.

"Suit up?" Koji look disturbed as I nodded.

"I'm taking him out, if he tries something or his lackeys I need everyone ready," I explained as their faces turned hard, they had my back.

"You baited him didn't Robert?" Mina looks at me as I just smile. "Dammit Tsu is so fucking lucky!"

"Well if you look to your right, there's someone who would do just that for you too, huh Yuga." He swallows as Mina looks at him and blushes. "I can't set you up better than that Naval Laser." He looks at me then at Mina who nods. "Save it, he's here, go, now." I see the other classes exit the room as I walk to the center of the gym's arena floor. Tōgata wasn't alone, the other Big Three members came in behind him. From the locker rooms I see them as a big smile creeps up my lips. My class, in an act of solidarity had shown up with Deku and Bakagō leading them, followed by Tenya, my Tsu and the rest of Class 1-A. Tsu leapt up and off a wall with a flip landing right behind me facing The Big Three.

"Love the new costume, Mei?" She asks already knowing the answer.

"You know it." I smile.

"Oh this is gonna be good, Ribbit." She grins. "Kick his ass, hold nothing back Roberto Rodrigo Robles." I assure her that I won't as she calmly walks towards the bleechers. I stand there my back still towards them.

I flip on the voice modulator, Mei knew me all too well. "One-on-one, one v two or three I warned you that I will end you." My voice now had a sinister robotic tone to it. Mei knew that fear would be my ultimate weapon.

"Come on Spectre, I just want to talk to you." Tōgata didn't seem to be phased by my voice. From behind him Nejire Hado came into view with a rather smug look on her face.

"Seriously Robl…" I snap my fingers and Tsu nails Nejire with her tongue.

"You don't have the right to call me by my name princess." I turn off the modulator. She looks back at Tsu who is back up by Momo, Jiro, and the rest of the girls.

"R-Spectre please." This was Amajiki aka Suneater, my beef wasn't really with him, he actually tried to broker for peace during the onslaught on my class.

"Tōgata knows my terms." The leader of The Big Three warps out of his uniform and into his hero uniform. He scanned his ID on a kiosk that was on the end of the arena section I was in. The words 'accepted' appeared on the kiosk's screen as he stepped into my domain. He was followed by his now girlfriend, Nejire Hado, scanning the Kiosk, she was right by his side.

"You're outnumbered R-Spectre." At her words I turn around and face them.

"But you are both clearly outmatched." my words are like ice with all of my disdain for them dripping from my lips. My class cheers me on at my retort.

"ROBLES!" I knew he could not resist.

"Why my dear Bakagō, care to jo…"Before I could finish he blasts out of the bleechers, scans his ID and joins me at my side. "Bakagō." I see the corner of his eye, I had his attention. "Do you trust me?" He growls then scoffs as he looks at our opponents.

"Against these ass clowns, completely." The last word finishes with an evil smile on his lips. "You have a plan?"

"Better. A deal." I said sweetly.

"I'm listening." Bakagō had a feeling it was gonna be worth his wild.

"Follow my every order to the letter and I will give you the final blow." His hands sparked wildly at the notion. "I take that as a yes partner."

"Partners." The offer was too good to pass up, now they had already lost. I toss him a communicator, he catches it and places it in his ear.

"Seriously Spectre, we don't have to do this." Tōgata tried again only for Hado to cut him off.

"Forget it Lemillion." Bakagō and I froze at Tōgata's hero name.

"This guy serious?" Bakagō was cracking up.

"That's his name, Lemillion?" We both burst out laughing, "What a tool! "

"So be it Spectre, I will be heard." Lemillion was done talking.

It was on now as I tap my gauntlet, "At my word blast the floor sending up as much debris and especially smoke and dust into the air."

"Got it." My partner gritted his teeth, he was still unsure to way I ordered this.

So I give him an answer,"He has to hold his breath to use his quirk." I follow suit, he was going to pay.

"Suffocate the bitch." Bakagō could taste Lemillion's demise, it was driving him rabid.

"Exactly." In sync we stepped forward.

"SPECTRE!" Lemillion and Hado charged in unison.

"NOW!" Bakagō roared as he blasted forward and into the arena firing at the ground. He set off an explosion that rocked Gym Beta to its foundation.

20

One week ago…

Tōgata walked into The Sir Nighteye Agency, he was still stiff from his recovery. The memory of his defeat still fresh in his mind, he kept replaying it over and over. "I should have explained myself further before I attacked." Flashes of Roberto striking his face, snapping his arm, and then hyperextending it, mindlessly he rubbed his arm still feeling the phantom pains. "That kid, my god." Further flashes of him watching Roberto taking on the others, though barely conscious he witnessed his teammates become unmade. "He systematically broke us down." He sat down in a chair covering his head with his hands.

"Who?" Tōgata, looked up upon hearing his boss' voice, "Tell me." This was Nighteye, real name: Sasaki Mirai, the agency's owner and namesake, quirk: foresight. Sasaki was a tall lean cut man of 6'7, 160lbs, with yellow eyes behind thin framed glasses. His skin was light with no visible scars or markings, nor any distinct facial features save his dark green hair with yellow blonde highlights. He wore a simple grey two piece suit with an odd red pokadot tie. His young charge looked up at his boss' stoic expression. "Mirio, tell me who is this person?"

Tōgata swallowed hard, he had been absent for a few days recovering, Nighteye knew it was due to an incident at school but none of the details, other than he was seriously injured. "Well, um…" He was hesitating, "Robles Roberto, hero name: Spectre, quirk-well."

"So that's the quirkless one's name, the one that fancies himself a hero." Nighteye mused a bit. "Send an invite to him and the other one Midoriya." Tōgata swallow hard and tensed his neck. "What? You don't want him here?"

"Its not that Sir Nighteye, it's well- complicated." Tōgata took away as the memory replayed in mind.

"This Robles took you out, if this is about your pride, stuff it!" Nighteye's voice was like a steel trap going off.

"No, it's not like that!" Tōgata raised his hands snapping back to reality, "He just wouldn't give me the time of day." Nighteye was not having it.

"How does that qualify as compli…" Tōgata cut him off.

"I took down his girlfriend." Tōgata bowed his head, "I did not know it at the time, but he watched me cave her." Nighteye's eye widen then quickly returned to normal.

"Well- that does make things very complicated indeed." Nighteye took a breath then adjusted his tie and glasses, "Make it work Lemillion."

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The present…

Tōgata came at me strong, he was already holding his breath before Bakagō blow up the arena floor. He then disappeared into it before I could make my next move. "Bakagō, concentrate on Hado for now." Tōgata shot out of the floor as I dodged just in time. "Do not, repeat do not knock her out."

Bakagō switched his attention to the wave motion emitter female hero. He could see her spiral energy coming and met it with his own blast sending up a cyclone of power. "Nice try cupcake!" He blasts full speed ahead as she fires again, with a blast of his hand he maneuvers up and returns fire.

"Get her Bakagō!" Tenya calls from the stands followed by the cheers of my class.

"Conserve your blasts, get in close." I tell him over our comm, he grits his teeth, "Final blow Bakagō remember, your going to need that fire power." With a roar he hones in and slams his fist across her face. Hado is sent flying and tumbling out of the arena. "GET AFTER HER!" He sprints sending a flying kick to her right arm with a powerful crunch dislocating it at the shoulder. She screams and nails him with her own blast. Bakagō is send back, his hand digs into the ground to stop his momentum. "Time her blasts." He growls, every order cutting into him. "Bakagō these bastards took you out." With that motivation his eyes seem to be set ablaze, "SHOW THEM NO MERCY!" Hado gets to her feet, too late Bakagō is there! She tries to parry but he nails her in the side knocking the wind out of her. "Keep her conscious!" He flips her over his shoulder but she blasts the ground recovering flipping to her feet.

We could hear our class cheering us on, "Take them down!" It felt good to hear them, I dodge another attack from Lemillion. "You all can do it, FIGHT ON!" I check in on Bakagō, he was bringing it so I let him be for now. I had my own battle to win.

"YOU BASTARD!" She fires to Bakagō's left distracting him then nails him with a low roundhouse to the ribs. He takes the hit like a champ then slams his elbow down on the side junction between the knee and the calve. "RRRRAGAGHH!" Hado forces herself to twist nailing Bakagō in the head with her good leg. She follows through sending her whole body weight down on him. Being off balanced, Bakagō falls as Hado comes down with an elbow of her own. Her right arm and shoulder snap back in place. She fires another blast at his side just enough to get clear. Bakagō roars from the hit, slamming his fist on the ground as he gets up. Wasting no time he fires a blast behind him to gain speed. Hado fires two short blasts at Bakagō then takes to the air. He takes the first hit and takes note of its lack of power. 'It's weaker.' He also sees her breathing hard.

'Shit, he hits like a Mack truck!' Hado takes a deep breath, 'But so do I, ragh!' the pain in her shoulder and left leg burns like wildfire. 'Mirio seems to be holding his own, but rrrr, I have to end this quickly.' Distracted Bakagō was already on her, before she could fire he knocks her arms upward then headbutts her. Her blast hits a rafter sending dust into the air.

"Perfect!" as the fine dust falls around them Bakagō ignites it, the explosion sends both of them flying away from each other. "DAMMIT!" They both flip in unison and push off the bleecher walls. Rocketing towards each other their fists meet and begin to trade blows, parries and blocks, "You're mine!"

"Don't count on it!" Their fists seem to ignite and strike opposite ends of their faces. "RAGHH!"

"MOTHER…" Bakagō growls as blood drips from the corner of his mouth. He was injured but gritted his teeth digging in. He would not be taken down again or ever by anyone. Their fists ignite again but Bakagō misses and takes the blunt force of Hado quirk to his solar plexus. Blood flies out of his mouth and sprays Hado's chest, he struggles to maintain consciousness. Hado looks over him as he takes a knee, her face covered in blood, sweat, and bruises. He was fighting to stay conscious, his body ached, muscles worked, bones cracked. He did not want to go out like this, not again!

"KACCHAN!" Deku shouts from the bleechers, his voice infuriates him. He roared back to his feet. Hado clenched her teeth, he was not going down. She had hit him with everything she had.

"I. WILL. NOT. FALL." His feet rocket forward as he send his right foot directly under the chin of Hado. The after burn engulfs her as he proceeds wail on her body and face. Blow after blow, kick after kick, Bakagō shows no mercy. Hado kicks out but he parries it with his leg sending it to the outside, then comes down in an angle shattering the knee.

Hado screams but he covers her mouth, her eyes filled with utter terror, "You're not worth the trouble it would take my fist to finish you!" He pulls her in close so she could clearly hear his every word. "You're not worth the quirk energy it would take to extinguish you." Bakagō's left eye was swollen shut, yet his other remained sharp and focused empty of any and all sympathy. "You are an empty, empty shell of a woman." He then slammed her to the ground, "THIS IS WHERE YOU BELONG!" The impact dislocated her right shoulder again as her screams remained muffled in Bakagō's hand. "Target neutralized Robles."

"Status?" I ask over the comm.

"Just be ready to hold up your end of the deal." He releases Hado, her scream echoed throughout the arena. It was over, he completely and utter defeated her, leaving her, burned, immobilized, but conscious. He looked towards Robles and smiled, "For our class, kick his ass."

21

Lemillion was holding back, it was never his intention to fight me. I, however, could not hold back my rage, this upperclassman, this would be hero owed me a debt. I chose this, today was going to be the day I collect my pound of flesh. Most of my suit's upgrades were on standby, not yet. I still did not fully know everything senpai could do. Are you willing to go the distance? He warp through the floor as I readied a flashbang. "This is foolish Spectre, enough!" He shot himself into the air and came down with a haymaker, I cross my arms blocking it.

He's strong, I then release the pellet and polarize my visor. He breaks concentration and I attack sending a knee into his side. He gasps as I strike with a right-cross pushing him back. He swings blindly as I charge grabbing his arm and sliding in split in between his legs. I pull, flipping him on his back, then move to an armbar. I pull with all my might, he grits his teeth while sucking in a breath. He's free, he immediately shoots up and his knee strikes me dead in my back! "RRAGHH!"

"You won't win Spectre!" My back is on fire but I push on and kick him in his face rotating up, my mom was right about the ballet. He grunts taking the blow as he tries to inhale, but I am already on his shoulders and chop down striking his throat. I fall back locking my legs around his neck. Activating my booster I gain momentum and burn Lemillion in the process. The boost gives me the centripetal force needed to pull him down and slam him into the arena floor. I hear my class cringe in sympathy as I release him. He suddenly explodes up, "I've tried to be reasonable!" I look at him, "But you just can't let shit go!" I narrow my eyes as my muscles tighten, my fists pop and crack as I get into my fighting stance. He charges, using his quirk to gain speed warping in and out of the floor. I suddenly stand and tap my chest, I hope this works Mei. My actions infuriate him, "AM I JUST A JOKE TO YOU!" I smirk as he wails back and sends his fist directly to my face. He connects with the shield stopping his power dead in its tracks.

'Aftershock ready level 1.' I smile as I read my HUD, "Yes, yes you are." Lemillion is left stunned and confused. My right fist clenches and vibrates as power gathers in it, before Lemillion can react I plant my foot and slam my fist into his gut. The aftershock activates instantly doubling my own power with that of his own. His eyes widen as he vomits up his lunch all over my arm. I remove my fist and send my left elbow down on his back. He falls face first into the ground trying to gasp for air, I flip him over and straddle him. His eyes in horror, I unleash my anger on him, sending blows to his face and lower torso. I give him not one moment to breathe much less block.

"NO!" I pause and look towards Hado and Bakagō. She is screaming for me to stop. Suddenly I feel nothing but the ground, clever. I roll to the left as he shoots up past me. I rise and drop a smoke pellet, he lands missing me with a haymaker and is engulfed in smoke. My grapnel is silent as I fire it up into the rafters and pull myself up. The smoke fades and Lemillion is searching for me, but to him it appears I have vanished. I observe him as I set up my next attack, the pain in my back has wane most likely due to the adrenalin coursing through my body.

"SPECTRE!" He calls out, "WHERE ARE YOU!" I fire off a blunted dart, its dense enough to knock him down to a knee. He warps into the ground then fires up to the rafters. As soon as he lands I knock him off and leap upon him. We trade blows due to my shield charging after my last use. He doesn't use his quirk the whole time we are in the air. Fists, knees, parries, blocks and kicks anything just secure victory for ourselves. We grapple one another spiraling towards the ground below, the impact knocks the wind out of both of us as we hit the ground on our sides. My body screams in agony as does his, we both share bruises over most of our bodies.

"Yield" he takes in a breath, "Spectre." he exhales almost exhausted.

"Not." I share his predicament, "Happening." my body burns, my shoulder is dislocated as is Lemillion's.

He swallows a gulp of air,"You've proven your point."

"You" I get into a fighting stance and move to a turned up piece of the arena, "don't get to make that call." Lemillion eyes light up in anger. "You" I breathe in, "humiliated us." Lemillion grits his teeth and charges. I slam my arm into the debris snapping my arm back in place. I roar in pain as more adrenalin fires off giving me focus. I drop a flashbang but he warps underneath it. "Gotcha!" I slam a tear gas pellet down as he pops up his mouth is open inhaling most of it. I straighten my hand and stab it into his throat, with my other hand I send my palm into his collar bone shattering it.

"That's for Yuga and Fumikage!" Two strikes to the right and left shoulders, "That's Mina and Denki." Three strikes to the solar plexus, center mass and nose, "For Mezo, Hanta and Mashirao." I kick out his left knee and send my forearm into the right side of his neck, "Mineta and Momo." I grab his dislocated arm and flip over my shoulder, he screams as I pull up and slam my foot down on his back, "Remember their names, Rikado, Shoto, Tenya." My class rose on their feet as I broke Lemillion down.

"YAMATE!" Hado screams as she bares witness to Lemillion's unmaking. I pull him to his feet, tries to get his footing but I headbutt him then backhand him. "YAMATE I BEG OF YOU!"

"Elijiro, Ochaco, Koda." I run and send a flying kick to his chest he falls and warps through the floor. My shield activates in time to receive the blow, 'Aftershock ready level 1.' He was not going down so easily, he could take a beating. Adrenalin had made his broken collar bone go numb, though he still could not use his arm. He then came down with an axe kick my shield absorbed it as he jumped back. As he lands I meet him kick for kick, "My best friend Midoriya, the next in line for number one!" I send a roundhouse to his right side. I get in close and slam both my hands on each of his ears, "Jiro." He staggers 'Aftershock level 2 ready, maximum output achieved' "It's over Mirio Tōgata!" His eyes widen as I slam my left fist into his gut, "You touched her." I slam my right digging in as deep as I could go, "You hurt her and for that I will never forgive." I clench my left fist as the power surges through it, "Tsuyu Asui." Lemillion cannot move, he cannot get away, "BAKAGŌ!"

"FINALLY!" Bakagō blasts towards us and time seems to slow to a crawl.

"RI-SING DAWN!" I send my left fist soaring in a mighty uppercut activating both levels at once launching Tōgata skyward. Bakagō smiles as he follows suit.

"I got something special for you ass clown." I can see Bakagō's fist ignite, "ATOMIC!" Hado looks on in horror.

"Ya-YAMADO!" She screams.

"SMASH!" Bakagō's hits its mark sending Lemillion crashing back down in smoking heap as he lands so does Bakagō, who pulls his grenade gauntlet's pin. The explosion sends Lemillion into coma. Hado reaches out for him as she screams his name.

The dust settles and its over, everyone is stunned to silence. Amajiki falls to his knees with tears in his eyes. Hado tries to reach out for Tōgata, her body was broken along with her spirit. I walk towards her, "You could have stopped." She says in between sobs, "He was beaten, you monster!" I look down at her in silence, "I will never, never forgiv…" I cut her off there.

"Now you know how it feels to see the one you love laid out and be powerless to do anything about it." She gasps at my words, "This debt is settled, you can keep your forgiveness." Her eyes tremble along with the rest of her body, Bakagō walks towards us then stands beside me. "Thank you Bakagō."

"Our goals aligned." I simply nod, "You… " I raise my hand, "No, you avenged us Robles, for that you have my respect." I raise my fist to which he bumps with his own.

"We." I tell him, "We did it, I could not have…" Suddenly his eyes shift.

"YOU SICK BASTARD!" I roll my eyes, he saw right through my plan, "YOU KNEW I… GOT DAMMIT ROBLES!" He screams at me some more then stomps out. My gaze then returns to Hado. She wept bitterly when Momo and Jiro ran towards us.

"Momo we need a stretcher." She nods and begins to form one, I reach for Hado but she bats my arm away. "So be it." I look at Jiro who nods and waves Mina over to help as well. Before I could look back at the bleachers I catch Tsu in my arms, my legs buckle and I fall to my knees. I embrace her as we share a kiss, "My beautiful, beautiful Tsuyu Asui." I hold on to her for what seems like an eternity and then much to her protest I release her. "I still have to do one more thing." I force myself to rise to my feet and walk towards Mirio.

"DON'T YOU TOUCH HIM!" Hado yells, "Amajiki!" Suneater responds and dashes towards me. I grab Mirio, but Amajiki is on me.

"I will not leave him here, now stand down!" He's about to eat something but I catch his throat. "Don't even think about swallowing." Suddenly Suneater is surrounded by my remaining classmates. He spits on me and I tighten my grip causing him to choke, "I deserved that." I then push him away releasing my grasp. I then return to Mirio grabbing him by the back of his collar, my body screams but I push through the pain dragging him out of Gym Beta.

As I exit and make my way to the nurse's office, I am surrounded by the cacophony of gasps. I see flashes of phone cameras going off, I polarize my visor hiding my eyes. My shoulders are wrecked, both of them but I push on. I can hear the other students saying to get a teacher and "is that the leader of the big three?" Followed by, "That's Robles, he killed him", behind my visor I close my eyes. "The Big Three took out his class, so he returned the favor!" A teacher stops me.

"You finally did it huh Roberto?" I instantly knew who it was even before I opened my eyes.

"Check the Gym Beta log," I reply to my favorite teacher.

"You think we haven't, we were watching from the principal's office." Mr. Aizawa simply shook his head, he knew this was coming since his class' first encounter with Tōgata Mirio. He just hoped his 'favorite' button-pushing pupil would go about it the right way. He overlooked me backhanding an upperclassman due to our history. Sensei was just grateful that I had enough sense to read up on training protocols.

"I followed protocols." I could request a full-contact exhibition match between heroes, but I needed the approval of at least one 3rd year and a teacher or two 3rd years. No doubt he got the ping when I scanned my ID and submitted my request. The terms of the match were 'Fallen Angel' rules, meaning, the exhibition would be a scenario in which a hero turned. All bets were off so long as both parties consented to the exhibition.

"Indeed." Aizawa sighed he wasn't annoyed just stuck in neutral. "Is this matter settled?" I simple look towards Mirio's unconscious body, he nods grateful it was over.

"With respect Sensei, I have to get him to the nurse." Yeah, I despised Lemillion but he didn't hold back and fought his very last.

"Huh no, after that battle an ambulance is waiting at the front gate for both of you and Ms. Hado." I shook my head, ambulance or not, I knew better than to be in the same vehicle as Hado.

"I can get there on my own." I drop Mirio and fall to my knees. Mr. Aizawa doesn't even attempt to catch me. I chuckle, "Thanks for that." I force myself back up and see a tree, sensei takes Mirio as I prop myself upon it.

"Sure you can manage?" I look at him and give him a weak smile with a thumbs up. Still unsure but sees that Mirio is in worse shape and takes off. As soon as he is gone my back slides down the trunk and I sit.

"Fawk me."

22

I lost consciousness and woke up in hospital to my very pissed-off mom. "Are you fucking insane?"

"Love you too mom." She smacks me with a newspaper, "Jesus!" All the pain that was being numbed by my adrenalin was gone now. Son of a bitch, I was hurting like hell as she hit me again. "YAMATE!"

"You cracked six of your ribs, bruised both your kidneys." Mom's eyes were watering now, "A concussion, hairline fractures throughout your legs and arms." I laid there silent, "Got dammit Robert you were in surgery for almost a day, they put screws in your hips for Christ's sake!" Her tears were free-flowing, "For what?"

"I had to take him down!" She pulled out a mirror, my eyes widen for I could not recognize the person in the mirror as me. I ruptured the blood vessels in the whites of both my eyes, I thought I was staring at a demon. My face was swollen and both my eyes were black, the rest of my face was more of a gradient of blue to purplish-green.

"Take him down, take him down?" She was livid, to say the least, "WHY ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH?"

"The fucking bastard demolished my entire class." I looked at her my face ached, hell my whole body was in pain. "Would you have not done the same for your own?" Tears continued to come down my mother's cheeks, "I failed them, I failed her."

"So you risked it all, for your own selfish pride." Mother heard the last part but ignored it.

"Pride? You think this was for my own pride?" She was right, to a point, my pride was hurt but that was only a small part of it. "He came at to us under false pretense, claiming he was going to tell us about work studies, but instead USED US to stroke his own proverbial dick." My mom was furious, "It was more than just my pride, I wanted…"

"Vengeance." Her voice was like steel, cold and emotionless.

"In short, yes, mother." I met her steel with my own, "He hurt her."

"Tsu." At her name she understood.

"I was powerless, everybody was taken out faster than I could even begin to ever comprehend what just occurred." I clench my fists, barely, "Then Deku fell and I saw her there, laid out, my world unmade." Mom remained silent, "In that one moment, he broke me. You have to understand, reality struck and I just had to eat it. You cannot even begin to understand how helpless I was. This senpai did not use his quirk for our betterment, he took us out because he could, he use us to show off."

"Aizawa told me you won though."

"Our battle, yes, but it was far from any sort of victory." My eyes returned to my mother who was still in her wheelchair, "I just could not let this go, I had to do it. And I will not apologize for my actions."

"You and that other one, Bakagō, put him in a coma." She pointed out in desperation, "Hado will forever have one of her legs shorter than the other and will never regain full feeling in her right arm."

"A consequence we all will have to come to terms with, I've made my peace with it." My answer was cold and to the point.

"How? Do you even hear yourself right now?" I lift up my arms and cringe in pain as I try to move my hips.

"The matter was settled and the debt paid." I struggle to get comfortable, "My injuries will heal, but they will never forget what they learned that day." Mom surrendered.

"I love you my son, but this was- I don't even know how to process this." She empathized with my reason, but its execution was a dark gray area she had never seen before. "I know you went about it the right way but does that make it just?" Just then I heard a woman crying in the next room. "That's his mother." With that, she quietly exits the room and I am left with only a mother's tears as company.

A month went by, then three, Recovery Girl came in every three days to help speed along my healing process. By the end of the month, I was in therapy, I hated every moment of it. The weighted bands, steps, ragh I hated it all, but I had to keep moving. Babying myself would not get me hero-ready, so I pushed myself just a bit further every day. The screws in my hip were thankfully not permanent, so by the middle of the fourth month, thanks to Recovery Girl, I got them removed. My flexibility, however, would never be back to 100%, it didn't stop me though I trained just as hard as I did before. I could not let up while I healed, I had to keep myself moving and elastic, yoga, stretching, cardio, anything that kept me using all my muscles I did it.

Lemillion was a different story, he stayed in a coma for about a month and a half. Then after he woke up he had to be medically induced, I promised Bakagō the final blow and he made it count. I could not even begin to list off the injuries he suffered. I shook my head as I entered his room, the first time I did this his family was there, bad timing. At first, they thought I was a friend, I told them the truth and was yelled out of the room. I kept coming though, I timed his family's visitation accordingly so as not to cross paths. I would sit with him and used him as a soundboard. I didn't know why I just did. Here laid the bastard I so despised yet, I faithfully sat with every day. Was I doing this out of penance, of pity, or pride, maybe gloating? I hadn't the foggiest idea.

"So you gonna finish the job or continue using me as your personal bitching wall?" My eyes rose up to meet his, "Cause got damn I cannot take this torture anymore." I start laughing, "Just kill me already please!"

"And send you on a vacation, hell no." I stop laughing, "So you could hear me."

"Not at first, I thought it was just another one of my classmates, then I heard my family cast you out with volley after volley of profanities." I chuckle, "Robles." I shoot him a look, "Stuff it! I earned that right asshole." He points at me clearly in pain, I take a breath.

"I suppose you did." I mused, he was right I'll give him that.

"Damn right, Robles" He looks at me, "So why are you here?" I crack my neck and pull my chair closer to him. "Just so you know."

"Does it look like I care?" He swallows hard as I lick my lips, I get in closer my eyes never leaving his. Now inches away from his face, "You're not my type."

"Excuse me?" I lean back and cross my arms with a humph. "WHAT?" I could tell he was confused and a bit hurt by my answer.

"It's your eyes they're creepy and ugly as hell." He shook his head not knowing what to think. "To answer your previous question- I have no idea."He snapped back to reality, "I guess till I figure that out, you can finally tell me what you wanted."

"What?" It took him a minute but he remembered

"As you said you earned that right," I replied sarcastically.

"So this is going to be an ongoing thing?" Mirio scowled matching my sarcasm word for word, "If I want to talk to you, we have to damn near fight to the death- every time?"

"Interesting idea," his eyes widen, "but no, that matter has been settled."

"You mean you got your pound of flesh." He corrected me, I just shrugged, "Geez, are you always such a douche bag."

"Only to enemies and bullies." I fire back with venom in my voice as I stand.

"And which one am I?" He crossed his arms and rolled his eyes.

"Well you are no longer a threat, so I'll let you take your pick." I shift my weight and cross my arms as well.

"Look I am sorry I didn't explain myself better." He blurted out.

"You destroyed my class." I fire back with a slight edge in my voice sitting back down.

"Come off it man, your class had nothing to do with our beef." He could see past my justification, at least he wasn't a total baka. "It was your girl, I DIDN'T KNOW!"

"You're a total fool aren't you?" I get off my chair and slam my hands on his bed moving inches from his face. "You really don't get it do you Mirio?"

"Hey!" His eyes widen as I use his first name.

"I've earned that right too, I owned your ass." He growls, "Shall I explain it to your Simple Simon lookin' ass?"

"Please do, the smell of peppermint on you is making me nauseous." I grab his throat, as I hear his heart monitor spike, "Go ahead, hero, end a defenseless man." I release him throwing him back on his bed.

"There it is Mirio you just said it." A light goes off in brain, "Have you any idea what you did to me?" I feel my rage building, "I was left alone- watching- as you took everyone I cared about and destroyed them right in front of me." My fists pop and my knuckles go white, "But- you didn't stop there did you?" He bows his head, "Don't you dare look away!" I was fighting to keep myself rational, "You took the one I love." I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes. "Leaving me powerless to do anything about it." The gravity of his actions hit him, "For what?" I muse rubbing my chin, "To show us what exactly?"

He remained silent, "Exactly that" I point at him, "Nothing! What did you expect Mirio, what did you expect would happen?" I move towards him, "That I would just sit there like a good little kouhai and take that bullshit?" I was once again at his bed, "You broke me, this outcome was inevitable." His heart monitor spiked and anger filled his eyes as he recalled the end of their battle. "Yes, I did the exact same thing to you," Mirio wanted to lunge at me but could not, "Hado watched just like I did, as I broke you down to your bare-bones." He remembered her cries telling me to stop.

"You're a monster." He spat back with his own venomous words.

"Took one to make me one papí." I rose to my feet, "That being said I might take up Nighteye's offer." His eyes widen, "Huh, I guess that's what you originally wanted," Mirio looked confused at my sudden revelation, "The answer to your first question, I wanted you to know why."

"So pleased I could accommodate you, Robles," Mirio said through gritted teeth.

"Please, call me Roberto, like you said you've earned it Mirio." I started to walk out but turned back to him before closing the door, "This matter is now closed, just so you don't forget." With a quiet click the door closes.

23

It was another month till I was able to go back to school and an extra month to actually return to hero work. Tsu, along with my mother, helped me throughout the six months I was recovering. I didn't see Mirio again for a while, our epic battle/beef was still the talk of the school. I had beaten the number one contender for number one, this wasn't my intention. My intention was to break Mirio Tōgata, revenge- for all its intended purpose, was what I wanted and its what I got.

I still had therapy to go to but now I could actually get there on my own. I was on the come up and determined more than ever to achieve my goal. My mom on the other hand made a decision, that after she closed this 'quirk steroid' case she would step down for a different position. She took the exam, passed like I knew she would, and would be accepting a Desk Sargent position. It wasn't because of the injury she received, though I think that was partially it, but rather when she heard me call her 'mom' it caused her to reevaluate life. She wanted a more stable schedule, she wanted to come home and be there for me, rather than leaving at all different shifting hours. Granted no way in hell would she go soft and be a helicopter parent. I for one supported her completely, I loved her just as much as she loved me.

The 'quirk steroid ' case turned out to be a far greater threat than anyone hero or police officer realized. The person that injured my mother had quirk that was never that developed, nor was he originally that crazed. The drug sent the user's quirk and mind into overdrive, completely overhauling what it once was. The case now required both the police and the hero agencies to work in tandem to solve. Why was this so? What made this particular case so important and special? All the trails were leading to a specific crime organization. One that for the better part of a decade or more went silent since the advent of quirks-The Yakuza, namely The Shie Hassaikai and its new head, Chisaki Kai aka Overhaul both name and quirk.

I went to class as usual only to meet Sensei Aizawa, "Robles this came for you." I took it, it was an offer from Sir Nighteye Agency. I looked at sensei who moved to the side and I walked into class. Each one of my classmates greeted me, including Bakagō, I was back. During my therapy, I was taking remedial classes to catch up and successfully I might add. I took my seat only for Tsu to jump in my lap. "Hey beautiful." I embraced her and she kisses my cheek then looked at the offer in my hand.

"You gonna take it? Ribbit." She looked at it then at me.

"I should at least see what he has to say." Honestly, I thought I missed my opportunity with all my offers. I put it to the side, I look up and see Midoryia.

"We should go he's been hounding for us."

"What do you mean, I thought by now you'd already taken an offer?"

"No. I."

"Izuku."

"He wanted both of us… and I…" I smile putting his mind at ease and raise my fist, he bumps it.

"I don't know what to say, but six months man?" He gives me a cheeky smile, "Well seeing that smile, I guess I have to now huh babe?" I look at Tsu and she croaks approvingly. Sensei gives Tsu a look and begrudgingly she leaves my lap then takes her seat as class begins.

I meet Midoryia after school, "The station is…" I shake my head and tap my chest. Spectre V4, I met Mei by accident on my way out and she took the diamond-shaped device from my chest and crushed it. She then replaced it with a red diamond one. Same material and armor as the first but now the gauntlets were integrated with the rest of the suit. I didn't have to strip to put it on now it was all self-contained and would automatically switch my clothes storing them within the diamond. The color scheme was changed from alien green to crimson while the rest was tactical black. "Nice." I smiled and launched into the air, she granted my wish.I see my friend light up, quite literally, "Full Cowling." I smile as my wingsuit spreads and I take flight.

We raced to the agency, he won, but I could now fly. I land and deactivate my new hero attire and was back in my school uniform. We stood at the building's entrance and took a deep breath then entered the building. We were greeted by Sir Nighteye's assistant/ sidekick/ secretary, Kaoruko Awata; hero name: Bubble Girl; quirk: you guessed it Bubble. Her quirk allows her to produce bubbles filled with an aroma that she has smelled at least once before. She can make both sweet-smelling bubbles and foul-smelling ones. "Finally! He's waiting for you both, go right in." The door opens and we dodge what looks like a paper seal? We look behind us and the wall has a small hole in it. "Oh dear, he's in a mood."

"A mood?" we both question followed by dodging several more seals.

"Six months you've dodged my invites, why would I not.?"Nighteye crossed his arms. "So tell me, why now?"

"You wanted us, so answer your own damn question." I reply as I catch another seal, 'What the hell, arghhh!' My arm drops, 'Is this his quirk? Gorilla strength?' Nighteye remains stoic, Midoryia looks at me, "Shits are heavy." Another seal flies at us Midoryia catches and has the same reaction. "Told you!"

"Disrespectful kids why did I even bother." I tap my chest switching to my hero costume. "Interesting." I look at Midoryia who nods activating Full Cowling, I slam a smoke pellet down as my signal. Nighteye narrows his eyes and looks side to side, he blocks my first attack then Midoriya's. I bounce back and my friend cranks it up leaping off the walls he tries to nail him but is countered at every turn. I find my chance and toss a dart, he catches it and throws it back.

"How is he doing this?" I toss a flashbang and he grabs my friend and uses him as a shield. 'Dammit!' Deku is blinded and for the briefest of moments, I see his eyes change from purple to yellow. 'That must be a quirk reaction, but what the hell is his quirk think Roberto think!' Deku is tossed to the side, I look at him as he looks at Deku, his eyes change then go back to yellow. I readied two more darts, I charge throwing one he catches it but I get in close. Before he can start to throw it back I send my second dart into his forearm.

"Nani?" He drops it but I nail him in the side with a kick. Before he can grab my leg or any part of me I leap back and toss a stun pellet at him knocking him back. "Enough." I cease but stay back, my hip hurts but I don't show it. I then see his icy steel stare. "You are as clever as Lemillion said." He adjusts his glasses with his middle finger. I take a breath and noticed an All Might figurine, then I finally notice his office.

"All Might fan?"

"Fan? Robles, I was his partner."

"Grand Torino can confirm." I make my way to Deku keeping my eyes on Nighteye. He was struggling to see again as I finally make it to him.

"Take it you figured out my quirk?" I smirk, I hadn't the slightest clue! "I won't attack."

"Heard that one before from your protege." I spit back, he takes a breath crossing his arms.

"So I've heard, I am not him."

"Proteges are mirrors of their masters, yours could use Windex."

"Too bad you broke it."

"Twice." that brought a smirk to his face, it creeped us out. "Stop that please." Midoryia and I took our seats as he ignored my request.

"Funny, I like that." He looked a Deku and his eyes went cold, "So you are the inheritor?" Deku nodded as I remained silent. "Give me your best impression of him." I raised an eyebrow at his request. Deku froze for a bit then intimated his face and smile. I thought it was pretty good, Nighteye saw different and began to touch his face and look into his eyes. Purple. Deku was too thrown off to see it, He then moved towards me but I raised a dart.

"Personal space please." He backed down, they went back and forth for a moment seeing who was the biggest All Might otaku. I just shook my head until he lifted a seal.

"Take this from my hand and seal your contract." I crossed my arms as Deku nodded. He gave him a short time limit to do it. Nighteye still was not feeling Deku as he begin to bounce off the walls and mess up his office. I was rooting for him the whole time but in the end, he failed. "Pathetic." He then explained why he failed.

"I wasn't exhausted, I just didn't want to hit the 10th-anniversary poster." He gasped as I smiled and pointed out how the rest of the All Might memorabilia was untouched. Fool no one was a bigger fan of All Might than his own disciple. Upon looking at his battle, Deku had figured out Nighteye's quirk and so did I. I heard the door and I saw the last person I wanted to see.

"Roberto." Senpai noticed me, oh joy.

"Mirio." My eyes went cold as Nighteye raised his hand and I nodded along with Mirio. I suddenly grabbed my stomach.

"Robles?" Nighteye looked at me with concern.

"It's nothing just the medication I am taking I-" I made myself vomit into a trash can. "Apologies- Nighteye. "

"I take you two's battle was… intense." He reached for me but I held out my hand to stop. "Very well, will you be able to come back tomorrow Robles."

"Yes sir." I assure him as best as I can.

"So Midoryia," He then looked at Mirio. "Tōgata, I'll take him." Mirio cheered as did his assistant, I gave a weak smile and a thumbs up. Deku cheered and we were dismissed with Deku assisting me out the door. As soon as we exit and when we were some twenty meters away we stop.

"What's your plan, Roberto." There was no pulling the wool over his eyes.

"Saw right through me huh." I gave him a cheeky grin.

"Only cause I know how your mind works." He chuckled as did when I stood up. "So what are your thoughts on Sir Nighteye?"

"I like him, sarcastic sense of deadpan humor, but."

"There's always a but with you." He rolled his eyes.

"He needs to be taken down a peg, take it you figured out his quirk?" I liked Nighteye, but I was not about to enter any type of test without prepping for it.

"I take it you did too or you would have not faked your illness", it was his turn to cross his arms, "convincing, by the way, using your medication as an excuse," I smile as he continues, "Foresight, I've heard of it, you saw his eyes right?"

"Yeah, he has too look at you as well as touch you to use it." I reply and reviewing my idea in my head.

"Yeah so what's your plan?" Deku was curious, this would be a challenge but I had an idea not a plan.

"I think I can negate it or screw it up somehow, but I have an idea." My friend bumps my fist, "Its a long shot but I know who can help me."

"Good luck then I'll be there for support." I smile at him.

"I'm glad you got in it's a great opportunity to study under your mentor's partner." I was sincere about this causing my friend to smile ear to ear.

"But Lemillion." His smile faded, I just shook my head putting his mind at ease.

"Learning under Nighteye is what is important here Izuku." His smile returned, 'I'm happy for you buddy I really am.'

I called my mom to tell her about Nighteye, she was just as shocked that my offer was still good. As I finished the call, I dialed Tsu.

"Hey, love think your parents could help me with something?"

"Depends."

"Has to do with my interview today, I need a favor." I hear her calling out to her mom and dad. They talk for a bit and her dad takes the phone.

"Roberto, son how can I help?"

"Mr. Asui" I hear him croak, "Sorry, a force of habit, mom raised me to be respectful, Pop." He ribbits in approval, "May I come over I rather ask both of you properly."

"Son you are always welcome here, we are about to have dinner, join us." He ribbits happily. "Is your mother at work tonight, we would love to have her as well."

"I can call her Pop, I'm sure she'll like that."

"Very well, I'll let you go, call us back."

24

Turned out mom was available, so I waited for her just outside a local train station. She drove up in a car she bought while I was away in hospital. "So I finally get to meet your girlfriend's parents, I brought you some decent clothes." The car was what Americans would call a Honda Fit LX. I took the clothes and changed in the back of the car then placed my new red diamond on my chest. I tapped it twice and was back in my casual attire. "I wanna meet her as well, seriously son, I swear, you have girls that would do anything for you."

"Can't help it if I live the life of a harem protagonist." I chuckle to myself.

"HA!" My mom laughed as we pulled up to the Asui's home. Mom then pulls out a bottle of sake as a gift. Before we even get to the door Tsu leaps off her balcony and runs into my arms. "Awww, you must Asui Tsuyu." She looks at my mom smiling, "It's a pleasure to meet you."

"She's hot." She looks at me and my mom blushes, "Pleasure to meet you Ms."

"No need for formalities you are my son's beloved Tsu after all." She does a piss poor imitation of me. "You can call me mom." I shake my head as Tsu laughs and my mom hugs her. "Peppermint." She then looks at me as I whistle innocently, "Well I just now discovered why you are obsessed with the stuff." Tsu gives me a smug look as does my mother. Tsu escorts us to the door and we are met with the rest of her family.

"ONII CHAN!" Tsu's brother and sister call out and run towards me. They hug me as my mom chuckles at us. They look at her, "Pretty lady."

"Why thank you." my mother laughs as they usher us inside.

Dinner was yet another feast with all sorts of grilled meats. "It's a pleasure to finally meet Roberto's mom." Beru opens up.

"Likewise, thank you for having us," My mother replies and gives Tsu's mom the sake.

"Ooh we loved this last time, thank you so much Ms…"

"No need I'm just Roberto's mom trying to make a good impression."

"So charming, we are so glad you came." The dinner conversation was pleasant throughout. I had to admit I almost forgot why I came.

"So son," My mom paused and looked at me then at Tsu's dad, "I approve of him as does my wife and accepted him as one of our own." Mom gave me a hug and laughed with so much cringe. "So tell me my boy, what do you need?" Mom looked at me and assured her they were the only ones who could help.

"I have another interview with the Nighteye Agency." I explain to them what happened with Deku. "I wish to be prepared if he tests me."

"Go on, please you have my attention."

"His quirk is Foresight." His dad raises an eyebrow and a suspicious croak. "Trust me I will understand if you decline."

"On the contrary, I am very curious to this request now."

"When we first met your tongue burned my arm and then you spit an acidic poison on the ground." I leaned in, "Is it only acidic or can it be hallucinogenic?"

"That would be me son." I looked to Tsu mom. "In short doses it would probably give you the edge you need."

"So you can see what I am planning." I smile mischievously.

"My dear boy, you are an amazingly clever creature." She croaks approvingly, "How would you do it?"

"Can it be absorbed into the skin or direct contact?" I further inquire.

"Roberto, you are seriously thinking of poisoning a hero?" My mother could hardly believe what she was hearing. I look at her tilting my head in acknowledgment.

"If I may, I don't see it that way." My mother looks are Beru, "Roberto here is just leveling the playing field." I'm in shock as well as Tsu, her dad nods his head with what seems like a smile. "My poison in small doses will not harm him, but I believe it will throw him off his game." She looks at me, "It's best when absorbed through the skin, and if dried on say a gauntlet will not affect its potency." I tap my chest and my hero uniform replaces my clothes. "Ara ara, I like this uniform. Hold out your hand son." I do and she takes it depositing a small amount of her poison on my hand. I rub both my gauntlet hands together and it dries instantly. I tap my chest again and return to my normal wear.

"Sometimes I think you are too clever for your own good my son." My mom chuckles as the others laugh.

"Its a clever mind that wins against the worse odds." Pop replies, "Its why you won against that 3rd year Mirio is it not."

"Yes but it cost me a good portion of my flexibility, and strength."

"So you must use your intelligence to overcome it." Pop countered, "Honestly though when you said "properly ask," I thought you wanted our permission to marry Tsuyu."

"That's not out of the question either pop." Tsu looks at me with her eyes wide and sparkling. "I am not against it my love, I love you with all my heart."

"Yes, but not now." Tsu's father says flatly.

"Pardon?" Mom and pop looked at each other then at me. My mother was stunned.

"I did not stutter son, just not right now, maybe after you graduate, or even after college." Tsu's parents looked at each other smiling in agreement, then looked at my mother.

"I have no objections." Tsu then leapt to my mom and hugged her, "I welcome you with open arms as my daughter." The rest of the night was awesome, it could have not been better.

25

Deku and I arrived back at Nighteye's agency the next afternoon, I decided to skip lunch and went in with an empty stomach. I wasn't completely lying when I told him that the medication was causing me nausea. I just exaggerated it a bit, but that wasn't why I chose to skip lunch. Mrs. Asui's poison was an unknown to me, and just in case I accidentally poison myself I didn't want my sick to going everywhere. I didn't tell Deku my plan, because why spoil all the fun? I told him to go ahead I needed a moment, I gave him a fist bump and he went inside.

I tapped my chest and my hero uniform manifested, as the holo-visor projected in front of my eyes a new screen popped up. 'Toxin analyzed' I looked at the window and the description opened. "Wow Mei, you out did yourself, the screen tracks my eye movement, nice." The poison was now part of my armor ready for use, I could activate it at any time. "Holy crap, what the hell?" Spectre V4 could replicate bio-chemical samples and then weaponize them for offense or defense, which ever it was best suited for. It took a day to do but damn that was pretty freaking useful. "Activate now." The A.I. complied as my armor gave off a purple glow then died off, the poison dried instantly on my shoulders, back and gauntlets as I entered the building. I was greeted by Bubble Girl and told to go on in Nighteye was waiting.

"Glad you made it Robles or shall I call you by your hero name, Spectre, was it?" he was sitting behind his desk but his hands were hidden.

"Which ever is fine Sir Nighteye, thank you for having me." I bowed and held out my hand, he looked at me curiously.

"Indeed, but why the handshake now or any physical contact?" He was suspicious, I need to but his mind at ease.

"When I am feeling ill I do not like physical contact, it makes me uncomfortable and also acts as a preventative measure, a just in case, so as not spread anything."

"I see so out of habit." He still did not move keeping his eyes on me then at my hand.

"Yes sir." He wasn't buying it…or so I thought, He moved from behind his desk and reached out with a gloved hand. 'Aw shit.'

Our hands clasp in a death grip, his eyes turn purple and I am staring right into them. "Heh, heh, heh." He smiles, setting me unease, "I got you, you are a very clever student Spectre." He continues chuckling, his laughter rising.

"Dammit." My face turns to the same deadpan look he gave me, 'What the hell am I gonna do, now?' It hits me as a smirk rises from the corner of my mouth. He looks at me confused, "You got me, so tell me, are you impressed?" He slowly comes around his desk and walks towards me, sweat seems slowly appear on his face, his eyes were still purple and he was breathing hard from his own laughter.

"I saw everything, and it was a brilliant plan." He blinks his eyes and takes off his glasses wiping the sweat from his brow, "Never in my years after running this agency have I met someone as calculatingly clever or boldly tactical as you dear boy."

"So spare us all and just give me the seal now, while you still can Sir Nighteye." I say sarcastically, his eyes quiver and moving side-to-side. 'Shit too soon.'

"Nani!" I could hear anger in his voice and he closes in on me, before I can react. He then fell back leaning on his desk and crossed his arms looking at me, confusing me even further. "And there's the punchline." He starts laughing hysterically "You were going to cheat yourself a victory!" His face went serious, for the life of me I could not get a read on him.

"No, as you said, I thought tactically and thus would have innovated a victory against a highly skilled adversary." He slid down his desk at my answer, so I crouched in front of him looking at him in his purple eyes. "I have to rely on my intelligence rather than a quirk, but you already know this." 'Antitoxin synthesized' a dart ejects into my hand. "You already know what this is, so I say again will you give me the seal?"

"Am I a joke to you?" Sir Nighteye says looking at the dart then at me.

"No sir, as you just said you're just the punchline." I flip the dart up with my thumb and he catches it, "A memento of our time together " I hit the intercom on his desk as I rise, "Ms. Bubble Girl." He the begins to laugh hysterically again, he was loving this.

"Who, Robles?" Bubble Girl seemed confused.

"Yes, Sir Nighteye is indisposed right now is there any peppermint tea?" Sir Nighteye could not believe my pompousness, He rose to his feet holding his forehead and gut laughing.

"Yes, are you feeling ill? Is Nighteye?" Growing concern was coming from her voice now.

"No, Nighteye is… occupied at the moment, but no, I am not, I just love peppermint tea." I make my way around to his chair but he stops me, it was best not to push my luck.

"I guess I'll make a pot for you and Nighteye. Is he okay?" She relents and agrees to my request.

"Honestly I have no idea, but please that would be lovely." I reply, I was telling the truth, the man was a complete unknown to me.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW!" She was defensive now, rightly so, I could tell she really cared for her boss.

"Tea first, then come straight away." I chuckle as I watch Nighteye lose his mind as he was looking at the dart now, "I might have over did it." I looked at him, to which he waved it off, his new memento now took up all his attention. Now was my chance, couldn't help it the chair looked so comfy.

"WHAT!" I didn't realize I was still on com, suddenly his office door busted open. Centipeder, Lemillion, Deku and Bubble Girl burst in. I look at Bubble Girl, "No tea?" They all look at Sir Nighteye then me behind his desk with my feet prompt up like I ran the place. Nighteye wasn't even fazed just transfixed on the dart I gave him.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO SIR NIGHTEYE ROBERTO!?" Mirio was seething as were the others save Deku who just facepalmed.

"In short nothing really, he's been like that for almost our entire interview." This was a lie but I could not help myself. Centipeder and Mirio were about to charge, "I wouldn't, unless you want to end up like him. Succumbed to the hypnosis of my trinkets." I point at them gesturing hand as if it were a gun. I then heard a cough-like chuckle from Nighteye, who intensified his gaze on the dart. 'Oh my god, he's playing along.' "I gave him the antidote so calm down." Nighteye continued the ruse

"How does that make it any better?" Centipeder said coldly with Mirio agreeing with him through gritted teeth. Deku looks at the others shaking his head.

"Same test?" I lift up the dense 11lbs seal shaking my head no.

"Took me about 45 seconds to pass though." I blush and holding myself, "I didn't know what that brute was gonna do to me." I looked away blinking making a kissy face and kawaii noises. Deku cringed as did the others, "I was like, Nighteye this is so sudden, I barely know you desu." Nighteye dropped the dart and embraced me in the most yaoi doujin way possible looking into my eyes and I in his. His eyes the went purple and we both realize the same thing. "AW SHIT!" we both exclaim!

Deku and the others look at us in shock, everyone for different reasons. "Roberto is he gonna be okay?" I stop, taking my feet off the table as Nighteye drops to the floor scrambling to find that dart, I pull myself to the desk placing my elbows on it and interlocking my fingers over my mouth but not touching it. I was trying to keep my composure.

I crack and without looking at Nighteye, "Guess you didn't see that one coming?"

"SHUT UP ROBLES AND HELP ME FIND THAT ANTIDOTE!" I snort surpressing my laughter and slowly slide off the chair and onto the floor my arms and posture never changing.

"He should have," Bubble Girl couldn't help herself getting a jab in.

I hear a kettle whistling "Ms. Bubble Girl if you please." As I call out to her from the ground, "Nice one by the way, got it!" I inject Nighteye with it as she nods and begins to leave.

"HEY! ARGH DAMMIT ROBLES!" Nighteye didn't approve of my injection skills.

"Go on, please, I really would like some peppermint tea." She looks at me on the ground and leaves in prideful huff. Centipeder and Mirio just look at her their eyes widen in shock. "It's okay Centipeder, I had to figure out a way to beat his quirk, but he saw through it. Says a lot about your boss' intuition and experience." His eyes twitch, annoyed that I returned to my spot behind Nighteye's desk. "Not happening, to the victor goes the spoils."

"That was no victory, I- you know… what yeah its a victory." Nighteye was getting a whiff of what the poison could do, I administered the antidote on-time, but he was not gonna go unscathed. I gave him a cheeky grin as I leaned back on his chair.

It was taking both Centipeder and Mirio everything within them to not attack me.

"You poisoned him!" They both shouted at me.

"No, he did that himself, did you both not enjoy our yaoi spectacle?" I bring my hands down striking the desktop, "Do tell me, I am all ears." Bubble Girl returns with two cups of peppermint tea. I put my hand over mine and let my gauntlet scan it. 'Clear' I then take the cup, blow on it, and take a sip.

"I have to admit that was pretty hilarious Spectre." Bubble Girl acknowledges and I gesture my hand towards her smiling, "unintentional but hilarious." My smile widens, the others look at her like a traitor. "Don't look at me like that, you know its true."

"Okay I admit it, now will you please." He rubs his forehead as I shrug my shoulders and come out from behind his desk. Centipeder looked at me with angry admiration. "So how long till it runs its course?"

"Honestly, I have no idea." They drop to the floor, "This was my first time doing this."

"So he is now your unintentional guinea pig?" Deku was beside himself, then Mirio popped up and loomed over me. I give them a cheesy grin and clap my hands.

"So who's hungry; this calls for a celebration." They look at me as if I am insane, "Come on Nighteye is fine, besides you have a new member among your ranks."

"I count four members." Centipeder remarks.

"And you are exactly right." I smile back at him.

"Roberto you completed his test its five." The others look at Deku, he was right, I just simply smiled. "You're declining it aren't you?" I nod and Deku seemed sad, the others relieved, then Centipeder coughed snapping us out of it.

"Deku is right, but might I inquire to why you are declining?" I gave Centipeder a smirk.

"No sir, you may not." Centipeder crossed his arms, as Mirio clinched his fists. "Once Sir Nighteye recovers I will tell him, you may listen, but till then how about pizza." I look at Nighteye who was pretty much coming down and returning to this planet. I point at him, "His treat." Nighteye, who only heard pizza, waves to Centipeder, who shook his head and pulled out his phone. It was a time to celebrate, Deku had joined their ranks.

I pulled Deku aside, then with a smile slug his arm, "Why Robby?" He flinches and rubs his arm.

"If you think hard enough you will know why." I was in my casual clothes now as I wrapped my arm around his shoulders, "Deku this is great opportunity for you man." He smiled at me and I ruffled his hair, "You will be learning under All Might's former partner."

"But I wanted to work with you too." He was still disappointed.

"We will, besides where I'm going will be painted perfectly red and will definitely be a riot." Deku's eyes lit up, "How could I not." I give him a wink and he gives me a bro hug. We then return to Nighteye's office, he was laid out on the couch as he began to stir. I was the first thing he saw when his eyes focused.

"Incredible." I could not read him, so I just smiled, "You are everything I hoped for." Was this praise, the others looked at him, then at me. "That was a good line as well, "the punchline," I loved it." I pour him some peppermint tea and hand him the cup.

"Its okay I did not spike it." He takes it and drinks.

"I here by welcome you…" I raise my hand, "But you signed the contract." I shake my head 'no.' The toss him a seal, "I don't understand."

"Thank you for the opportunity Sir Nighteye, your invitation honors me so." Nighteye could not wrap his head around it.

"But you came to the interview, why?"

"As I said I am honored by this truly I am, believe me but I have to decline." Centipeder, Mirio, and Bubble Girl didn't really believe I meant what I said beforehand. Nighteye just looked at them.

"So what if his tactics were to be uncouth." Now they were truly confused, "I knew he was exaggerating his nausea, I wanted to know what he was planning." He then looked at me, "And he didn't disappoint." I smile and bowed my head respectfully, I took a chance, though it failed, it still paid off. As my head was low I could feel Mirio's confused anger. "Calm down Mirio, please, forget the bad blood between you both for a moment." He genuinely cared about those under him, "Look at what he actually accomplished against guarantee losing odds." Mirio took a breath, "Honestly, he really had limited resources against my quirk, but he found a way."

"I get it he's smart, but sir." Mirio was beside himself.

"Mirio, you faced Robles twice, tell me, honestly, would you want him beside you against impossible odds despite your bad blood?" Mirio looked away.

"Lemillion," Mirio suddenly looked at me, "you know why I did what I did, trust me I would not call for your help unless I was in dire straits." Mirio looked at me his eyes burning with anger, "Would you not do the same?" He gritted his teeth, he knew I was right, "And would I not come running to aide you." His features eased, I may not like Mirio, but I would answer his call to arms in an instant. Suddenly I understood Gym Sigma's third exam, and how to beat it.

"Yes." He said his anger stifled.

"With that being said Robles, please can you give a direct answer." Nighteye was sent the video of our battle, he really wanted to remove the bad blood between us.

"Fat Gum Agency huh Robles?" I look at Mirio as does Nighteye, he did his homework, good on him. I smirked, he then turned to Nighteye, "Robles' guardian was the officer Red Riot saved. His work study is at Fat Gum."

"That's rather honorable Robles." He was about to touch me but realized my hero uniform was on and thought better of it. "Any way I can help you with this?"

"A recommendation should be all I need." He nodded his head then pulled out his cell. A few moments later he said they were very interested and would be waiting for me after I leave here. I bowed to him, humbled and grateful, as I did with the rest of the agency members including Mirio.

26

It was weird that the agency I wanted to apply at requested to see me this late, I mean it was 2100hrs. However, here I was flying to The Fat Gum Agency, oh yeah I was flying! Mei's upgrade was incredible, adaptable A.I., the Replication Analysis & Weaponization [RAW] abilities, I was becoming a regular one man army. My confidence was running high, becoming a hero was now a more obtainable goal than before, becoming more and more a reality than a pipe dream. I landed atop a roof of a building taking in the night air. The agency was in sight, man they stayed open late, then again being a hero means forever being on-call at a moment's notice. I wonder what this Fat Gum hero was like? Well, I was about to find out as I jumped off the building landing in front of the agency.

I was feeling myself, the new uniform was amazing to say the least so I didn't change out of it. I tapped my temple and my holo-visor disappeared, as I walked in there was no one, not even a secretary to greet me. Strange Nighteye said they were waiting for me, my eyes narrowed and my visor appeared over my eyes. I jumped back to the corner of the foyer, if they were 'waiting' for me I would force them to come at me from the front. My visor had 3 modes, Tech, Night, and Normal. Tech mode would turn my visor an alien like green and identify any possible support items, network wiring, as in CCTV, internet ports, etc., and power sources, such as fuse boxes, generators, and lighting. I switched it on and I could see the agency's entire electrical blueprint with sources highlighted in white with indicators of what the sources were in red symbols.

Suddenly the lights cut off, I switched to night mode but a sudden flash of red overtook my HUD. It blinded me as I was struck by two fists, luckily my kinetic shielding absorbed the impact. "The hell?" 'Aftershock ready, level 2' I hear the hum of the energy forming in my hands and legs. My assailants still unsure of what just occurred, my night mode came back online focusing on them.

"Hello Eli." I say calmly and look directly at him then at the other one, "You're new but…"

"Oh sh…" I hit Red Riot with a haymaker sending him through a wall,I still had one charge left. I then grab the second one sending my knee into his stomach

"W…" The impact is enough to incapacitate him, he wasn't prepared for the aftershock ability. I look around and see Red Riot barreling towards me at full speed, suddenly his body seem to explode.

"Oh shit this is new!" As I narrowed my eyes cursing my shield's recharge time.

"Oh yeah Spectre I got something real special for you." My mind was racing, whatever the hell this new ability Red Riot learned, it could not be good for me. I run up the wall and fire my jet booster, "GOT CHA!" He grabbed me out of midair by the jet and slammed me down. My eyes widened, I wasn't ready for that. I dodge a fist and take a double take on the impact crater beside my head. He comes at me again and I fire my flash bang pellets from my gauntlets. They go off instantly and I escape. From behind Red Riot I fire shock pellets at him, they only seem to annoy and piss him off further.

My shield was still charging when a tentacle slams me through a wall, "FAWK!"

"Now lets see what you are truly capable of Robles." I knew that voice instantly, dammit. The room I was in suddenly turned on its lights, my visor polarized in time and I was instantly on my feet. I see another tentacle and I pop out one of my new kunai from my belt, I needed a close range weapon that I could also throw.

"Bring it Suneater!" I dodge and also stab into the appendage ripping down its length. 'poison activated left hand' I hear Suneater shout and grip the open wound with my left. 'God I hope this works.' I see another tentacle coming at me, I dodge again sending my kunai at Suneater. Red Riot arrives taking the hit as it ricochets off of him. "Shit!" He charges and I slam tear gas pellets down activating my re-breather and slide to the side and trip Red Riot. He breathes in the tear gas and his new ability times out. 'Huh.' I turn towards Suneater, he's feeling the effects, "Hell Yeah!" My celebration is quickly castaway as I begin to see him eating everything in the room, "Oh fuck!" Suddenly I being bombarded with all sorts of things attached to tentacles. Suneater had gone straight loco! "RED RIOT!"

"Oh I'm not done w…" I furniture ridden tentacle hits him sending him flying into the conference room. "What the hell Suneater?" I soon join him as he deactivates his quirk and I make impact. "What the hell did you do?"

"Poisoned him with a hallucinogenic." I lift a finger up and drop my head.

"YOU GAVE HIM LSD!" I grin sheepishly and kind of dazed, "ROBERT ARE YOU MENTALLY RETARDED!" He grabs me flipping me on my back.

"Now is not the time for…" Suneater hits us as Red Riot activates his quirk sending us flying into a wall. As the tentacle retracts I see its bladed. "Well fuck me."

"You asshole, what the hell did you think you'd accomplish?" Eli was pissed to say the least.

"I thought I could beast through ya'll if I sent Suneater to La La Land." Red Riot eyes stared at me blankly, "Okay so I was wrong." Red Riot just shook his head with the same blank stare. "Yell at me later, right now see if that other dude is awake."

"Real Steel?" I tilt my head and look at him with an are-you-serious type stare, "Yeah for real." I face palm and pull him over me.

"Don't look at me like that!" He like it when he was on top but takes the hit and grunts in pain. "Shit how long?"

"My adrenalin is running low." My eyes narrow as I grin, "I'm not going to like this am I?" My grin widens as I pull out an Epinephrine shot from my belt, he deactivates his quirk while closing his eyes. I stab and inject it into his heart, he then roars to life, and his body explodes into living armor. I see Real Steel fumbling around behind Suneater. "SPECTRE!"

"RED RIOT CLEAR ME A PATH!" He complies and he charges Suneater, I run in behind him in his wake. I see Real Steel, then climb up Red Riot's back, take a leap of faith clearing Suneater. "Yo, Real Steel!" He look at me as I land in front of him, then activates his quirk as I raise my hands. He pauses as he notices Red Riot taking on Suneater.

"What did you do?" I sigh, "You fucked up didn't you?"

"Majorly"I explained the situation, he seemed to take it well.

"You dumbass!" he says as he backhands me.

"I deserved that, but I have the antidote, I just need to get close to him." He seems to understand and engages Suneater. With Suneater distracted I move towards them, I see my opening, run in and stab the antidote into his right ass cheek.

Suneater falls and starts to vomit on the floor, his quirk deactivates as does Red Riot and Real Steel's. The third year had really torn into them, I had to admit, homie was one tough vato. I make my way to the only remaining piece of furniture in the building and collapse on a couch. Red Riot and Real Steel land on either side of me, we are all breathing heavily when we hear slow clapping. We look up and see the CEO of Fat Gum Agency, The BMI Hero; Fat Gum, quirk: Fat Absorption.

Fat Gum's quirk allows him to make anything adhere to his obese body on contact and sink into his body fat. His fat can also store kinetic energy, which he can convert into offensive muscle at the cost of his fat, thus weakening his defense.

"I almost had a heart attack, geez."He looked at all of us with a toothy smile. "When I saw Suneater there go berserk after you poisoned him I was sure you were done for." I gave him an exhausted smile, it was now well into 0200 hrs. "You didn't give up though, you saw your mistake and you did not runaway." I wanted to say something but I was too tired. "Just listen for now Spectre." I gave him a weak thumbs up. "Red Riot wasn't kidding when I inquired about you." I was breathing heavily, "You've shown exceptional reflexes, tactical intelligence, as well as leadership." He chuckled softly, "You are brash and cocky though, there is a fine line between confident and egotistical, you're the latter, but if you are willing to learn." I forced myself to sit up and gave him direct eye contact. My body ached, I've never truly experienced a true drawn ou battle. "Heh, heh, I like that right there. You are willing."I forced myself smirk, "I could use you Spectre, tell me why me, why my agency?"

I rose to my feet,I heard my bones pop and crack as I stood up straight, "Red Riot saved my mother." Red Riot perked up at his name, Fat Gum looked at him as his eyes lit up.

"The officer." I nodded my head then solemnly bowed.

"I am the clay, you are the potter, form me into the best version of myself." Fat Gum was humbled by my words as he placed his hands on my shoulders.

"Welcome to Fat Gum Agency." I then promptly collapsed sending him into a fit of laughter.

End of Part Four…