22.04.2020
Quick question - what do you think about the slightly misleading teaser's for the next chapter at the end of the previous ones? I'm talking about the part where I go 'Also, will something happen? will something not? and why do I even bother explaining?'. Tell me what you think in the comments! Speaking of-
The comments!:
RiceCakePlayz - I'm happy that you enjoyed reading the story so far!
RandomReader867 - Well... She's all the way in Shimane and Hero Killer is still in Hosu so... Not this time ;D
Nabe-chan - Seems like a plausible explanation and I have not enough energy to dwell on this subject any more
CarEnthusiast - I read so many fics, some good some bad, that only change Midoriya's Quirk and a few more important details, but overall they were just the retelling of canon. I wanted to switch it up for this story and add some of my ideas, but I think that in the next story I'll do the retelling too, just changed a bit ;D
GunBlade2020 - Yup, The Technocracy is my original group that attacked USJ instead of LoV. They have their part to play in the big scheme of things, but not now
The chapter!:
Midoriya woke up the next morning in a relatively good mood, despite the incident from yesterday. Dwelling on it any longer wouldn't do him any good, so his best bet was to suck it up and go with the flow.
After his morning stretches and a jog around the neighbourhood, Izuku headed to the cafeteria to join the present Heroes for breakfast.
Midoriya quickly learned that common meals in the morning and evening were the only times when the day shift and the night shift could mingle with each other. Most Heroes at Blackout's agency did both shifts interchangeably, but there were obviously ones that prefered to work in darkness or in the light, be it their Quirks or personal preference. Kind of like Retro usually did Mall Duty.
The cafeteria wasn't as packed as it was on Tuesday, but he still could count about a dozen Heroes. He made his way over to the table that Kairo and Kuse were sitting at to join them.
"How are you?", the woman asked with a small smile on her face.
"Good", he answered quickly and then turned to his mentor. "What are we doing today?"
Kairo gained a serious look and focused on his food for a bit before looking up at his sister for some kind of confirmation. After few more moments he turned back to his intern and started speaking in a quiet voice.
"Another organized group has been making moves recently. They started off as a small collective of outcasts, but quickly recruited new members and grew in power. The word is that they teamed up with the Hero Killer and are plotting something in Hosu"
Midoriya silently took in all the information provided by the Pro. Another organized group of Villains coming to the spotlight this year doesn't foreshadow anything good. Ever since Endeavour became Number One, the organized crime rate went down significantly. Weren't they scared of him anymore?
"Many agencies from prefectures in close proximity to Tokyo were contacted, this includes us. They want at least one team to patrol the city from each agency in hopes of derailing the Villains' plans. Listen, this is some serious stuff and I was more than tempted to just assign Retro or just anyone that isn't you to this"
The greenette probably should feel insulted, but yesterday's incident reminded him that he was merely an intern and had no real experience.
"But, as luck would have it, I had to assign Retro and a few other high ranking Pros of mine to the mall heist. That's why me and Kuse are going to Hosu and you are tagging along for a bumpy ride, understood?"
"Yes sir!", Midoriya answered immediately with a determined smile and a clenched fist.
"Glad to hear it. We will spar after breakfast for a few rounds, then we relax and take the evening train to Tokyo. It should take us to Hosu about an hour early so we can contact other teams"
The intern nodded and stood up to order his own food. He probably should order something more than usually, this did seem like one hell of a day to come.
"Alright, we did only Quirkless sparring so far, but today I want to demonstrate you how my Quirk works. Let's head to my personal arena", Shihai instructed and motioned for Midoriya to follow him through a set of doors that were located on the far side of the gym.
The room they entered was filled with all kinds of things. It look more like a dump than a sparring arena. TVs, dishwashers, microwaves, you call it and there it's probably here.
"Come to think of it, since his Quirk allows him to control electronics to some extent it's only reasonable that his personal arena looks like a dumb", Midoriya thought as he followed his mentor to a clearing in the middle of the room.
"Now, let me prepare for a minute", the Pro smirked and closed his eyes.
Humming started immediately, but Midoriya couldn't locate where it was coming from. The appliances started moving shortly after, converging in front of the Pro. It was really weird, watching a microwave suddenly sprout eight, spider-like legs and wobble its way across the floor.
The different pieces of junk started piling up and connecting with each other, rising higher and higher until they reached a height of approximately three meters. A flat screen TV at the front came to life and displayed a digital smiley face.
"Behold, my special move! Miniature Scrap-Metal Mech!"
"This is supposed to by miniature?!", Midoriya yelled as he collected his jaw off the floor.
"The biggest I've ever created it was about fifteen meters!", Blackout stated proudly. "I thought a Villain with some sort of enlargement Quirk in a dump, so I rewired half the scrapyard to battle him. It didn't end well for the guy", he recalled with a smirk. "Anyway, how do you like my Quirk?", the Pro asked, his smirk shifting into a full grin.
"It's waaaay too overpowered… But I suppose it's very situational too, so I guess it's somewhat balanced?", the greenette answered while dropping into a combat stance.
"And you are waaaay too rational for your age!", Blackout shouted with fake irritation.
"You are not the first and probably not the last person to point it out to me!", Midoriya yelled back and started studying the mech for any obvious openings.
"Kids these days, I swear…", the Pro mumbled, before ordering his construct to attack. "Let's get this show on the road!"
Midoriya was very, VERY thankful for the free afternoon. Turns out that fighting big mechs with your fists and legs is NOT a very good idea. Even with the Full Gauntlet and his combat boots absorbing most of the impacts, every kick and punch hurt.
The mech itself was quite simple to understand. His feet were made from microwaves. Said microwaved could open their doors and sent a heatwave as an attack. The greenette might have lost a bit of his right eyebrow after getting a little bit too close to the heat.
His legs were a combination of several appliances with two dishwashers as turrets in its thighs. Midoriya still couldn't comprehend where all these plates came from, as he was pretty sure that they were empty while the mech was forming.
His torso also was a combination of random junk, but the flat screen TV on the front wasn't a weapon. It only showed various digital emojis, like smiley faces or frowns. The speakers on top of the mech though, were sonic weapons through and through. Izuku was wondering if someone is ringing a doorbell to his room or is it the aftershock of being hit by a sonic blast. Then he remembered that he didn't have a doorbell.
His hands were connected to the body by all sorts of wires that would snap from time to time and act as independent whips before reattaching themselves. Two washing machines that acted as the mech's hands were turbocharged to create strong gusts of winds that would knock him back, into a wall or a pile of rubbish.
It also made his hair fly all over the place and become even fluffier than it usually was! That's one boon of having to fight that monstrosity.
The funniest part about this whole 'sparring', if you could even call it that, was how after they were done, Blackout just ordered the mech to go into a corner, before releasing his control over the appliances. The construct fell apart in a matter of moments and became just another pile of junk.
Midoriya glanced at the clock on his nightstand. He still had over an hour to get ready, so he let his mind wander.
Iida was acting somewhat normal. He was the first one to ask if anyone else heard about the mall heist in Yamanashi, where The Technocracy seemed to be involved. Momo was the one that spilled that Midoriya was actually interning in Yamanashi and even was at the mall when the heist began.
Needless to say, almost all of his classmates started spamming questions about his status. He did his best to calm their worries and it seemed to work as his friends let out a collective sigh of relief.
He was starting to feel a little bad, knowing that he was probably going to be in danger again soon, but he had no time to worry about it.
A knocking on the door to his room pulled him from his thoughts. Kuse's head popped into the room a second later. "We are leaving in an hour", the normal energy that seemed to follow her no matter what she was currently doing was gone. If Midoriya wasn't already aware how serious this was, then he would be notified right now.
"I was about to take a shower actually", the greenette answered and got up from the bed, stretching his back and arms.
"You want me to keep you company?", Kuse asked with a confident smirk.
"Sure, the more the merrier", he stated and went to his private bathroom, not missing how her face lit up like a Christmas tree.
"You are cruel…", Nana spoke up when he turned on the water.
"It's not my fault that she was not prepared", the green haired intern answered out loud. Showers were about the only times when he didn't bother speaking to the conscious in his head mentally.
"My point still stands", the black haired not AI huffed and stayed silent for the rest of the shower.
"I just hope that Iida will stay out of trouble", Midoriya thought to himself while trying to combat the boosted fluffiness of his hair.
He was slowly getting tired of this serious atmosphere. He followed the Shihai siblings to the train station and not even a single word was ushered between the trio. This was making him slightly nervous if he had to admit.
Despite this overcoming feeling of slight fear, Midoriya stayed quiet even as the train stopped in Tokyo. Their destination was one of the rundown warehouse near the pier. It was far enough from Hosu, that if the Villains checked, they wouldn't notice the meeting take place.
The trio entered the seemingly abandoned warehouse and took in the inside. It was a totally different place! Computer screens were lined up on the wall in the far back of the room, with various camera feeds being displayed on them.
Midoriya quickly spotted Big Brother shouting orders at police officers put under his command. He smiled slightly and scanned the rest of the room. The smile on his face widened slightly when he spotted a few familiar places.
"You are free for now Cybrex", Blackout stated and turned to his intern. "Puppeteer and I are going to check in with the rest of the teams, I'll find you when we finish our business here"
Shihai siblings walked off and vanished in the crowd, which was quite the feat to do with their brightly colored hero costumes. With nothing better to do, Midoriya decided that he might as well make his presence known.
He maneuvered through the crowd swiftly and quickly made his way over to the unmistakable bi-colored hair of his classmate.
"Hi Snowflame", Midoriya greeted with a smile.
"Cybrex, shouldn't you be resting after yesterday?", questioned Todoroki as he turned in his classmate's direction.
"You know me, I can't stand to sit and do nothing", the greenette joked and they both smiled.
"Shit, you guys are here too?", they heard someone call out to them and turned to see Jiro standing almost next to them. "I suspected that Todoroki will be here since his father was called in, but you too Midoriya?"
"Yeah, the Pro I'm interning with has been a little short staffed at the moment, hence why he decided to let me tag along", he explained and his friends nodded in understanding.
"Death Arms said that it'll be dangerous, but I might something valuable during all of this", Kyoka added as she twirled one of her jacks around her index finger. "Aren't you guys nervous at all?", the girl questioned.
"I just don't show it, but I'm definitely shaking a little on the inside", the green haired Class Representative of 1-A admitted. "I'm pretty sure that Snowflame is doing the same"
"Not gonna argue with you on this one", Todoroki confirmed with a slight nod.
"I just remembered, have any of you seen Iida?"
"No, I think that only Heroes from outside of Tokyo are here. It would seem suspicious to lessen the patrols in Hosu"
"Anyway, how are your internships so far?", Midoriya asked with a smile, hoping to take their minds off of the big event at least for a moment.
It seemed to work as after a few minutes of talking with each other they appeared to be slightly less nervous. They also knew now, that their friends will be there with them, so they didn't have to worry as much.
"Alright everyone, gather up!", a detective shouted to gather the attention of present Heroes. "Thank you for answering this call on such a short notice. Now, we don't know much about the League's plans, but we are sure that whatever they prepared will take place tonight. Endaevour will lead a ground team that will patrol Hosu when the sun sets. Ryukyu will be in charge of the response team. Our main goal tonight is to minimize any damage that the Villains are trying to cause. While out there, be on the lookout for our secondary target, Hero Killer: Stain. Our intel suggests that he is still in town and will probably use the commotion as a distraction to attack. Don't split up and always move in pairs at least. That's all from me!"
A group of policemen entered the crowd as soon as their colleague finished his speech and started handing out sheets of paper. They made their way even to the interns in the back.
Both Jiro and Todoroki were assigned to Endeavour as the main team, while Midoriya was put under Ryukyu's command. They were about to split up, but were stopped when a Pro approached them.
"Cybrex, what's your assignment?", the vividly colored Hero asked and his intern obeyed.
"I'm to stay here and follow Ryukyu if the response team gets called in"
"Fuck…", Blackout grumbled under his breath as Kuse appeared behind him.
"What's wrong?", she questioned seeing the worried expression on her brother's face.
"They are splitting us up", the Pro stated and explained the situation to his sister and intern. "It's probably because we aren't as mobile as Cybrex. This is not an ideal scenario in any way, but there's nothing we can do now. Cybrex, on behalf of the Pro Hero Blackout you are authorized to use any means necessary to protect yourself and those around you. Just don't overdo it, because I'm still responsible for everything you do"
"Yes sir!", the Augmented Hero gave a salute with a determined smile.
"Be careful out there", Puppeteer reminded him and walked off with her brother towards the entrance, where Endeavour was splitting his men into smaller groups.
"I guess it's time to say goodbye for now", Todoroki commented after a few seconds of relative silence.
"Do your best out there, but be careful", Midoriya said to his classmates, which nodded in confirmation and bid their farewell before following the Shihai siblings. The greenette was left alone in the room full of Pros and waited patiently for further orders. "I hope that everything goes well…", he thought to himself, but deep down he knew one thing.
He was right when his gut told him that something about these internships was fucky…
So... the Hosu incidents didn't really start in this chapter, but the next one is going to be it I promise! Unless I come up with a spin-off filler xD
Also, I changed Todoroki's hero name from Shoto to Snowflame, heard it once, liked it and decided to include it
Also, will everything go well? is something about to get fucky? and will I finally stop procrastinating the action some of you are waiting for?
Find out in the next chapter!