I did it again! Sorry! I posted this chapter on AO3 and forgot to update it here again!
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Izuku shivered at those words.
Even with his Quirk shielding him, he could feel the power behind them, as if the words alone could tear apart reality and put it back together again. And with his own abilities, the way that he casts his magic, he knew that was entirely possible.
"To my knowledge, not even the vanguard and the guardians are aware of this place. So how does a child fumbling around with Hive runes have the luck and willpower to punch through one of the weak spots in my protective barrier?"
The blue-skinned woman chuckled, but it looked wrong. It looked like someone was piloting the body like a puppet on a string. And Izuku swore that he could see something lurking in the shadows behind the woman.
Izuku faced a dilemma. His drone didn't have a speaker on it, so he couldn't communicate with whoever this was, or at least the thing in control of the body. Which meant that to speak with them, he would have to enter through the mysterious portal.
His curiosity had been piqued. This… thing was powerful in a way that no guardian he had met was. It spoke as if it knew reality could not hold it. He could just poke his head through and take a peek…
Movement.
He saw it on the camera just before he stepped into the portal. A large dragon creature, or at least its face, came into view as he slammed his Quirk to full blast, the blue-skinned figure vanishing like smoke in the wind.
His Quirk pulsed as the drone picked up loud noises, and he could see that the giant-dragon-thing was… chuckling? That was the closest thing Izuku could think of.
Using his datapad, he took a photo of the runes he used to get there, and flexed his will on it as he made a fist, closing the portal.
His Quirk silenced immediately as he left the office in a hurry, looking for a drone with a communication module.
"You wanted to see us sir?"
Nezu nodded as he waved Aizawa into the meeting room. Midnight came in behind him and sat to his right, with Present Mic on his left.
"Yes, please, sit down everyone! We have two things on our agenda for this meeting! And as usual, everything in this meeting is a secret of utmost importance. Please look in the drawers of your table for an NDA to sign."
This was a standard procedure for meetings at UA. Shota couldn't even remember how many NDA's he had signed after becoming a hero, there were just so many of them. He grabbed the document and signed at the bottom before handing it to Nezu and sitting back down.
Once everyone was done, Nezu spoke up. "Wonderful! For our first order of business, we will be discussing our new staff member this coming year, All Might, and some… accommodations we will be making for him."
Shota grunted as he glanced over to the man. While he at the very least respected All Might for his work as a hero, the amount of effort he had dedicated, he hated the fact that he played in the spotlight so much, making it harder for Underground Heroes such as him to avoid the media.
And now they were going to be making 'accommodations' for him. That probably just meant that he was going to basically pop in whenever he wanted, say a quick speech that most probably would distract the kids from actual learning, and leave again, making his job even harder.
Or at least, that's what he thought before All Might, the strongest hero to ever live, the symbol of peace and justice… deflated. Like a balloon. Just… poof.
On complete instinct, as his conscious brain was still reeling from the reveal, his head snapped over to glare at Hizashi and activated his Quirk, saving everyone in the room from a scream as loud as a jet engine.
Instead, they got a regular scream.
"WHAT THE FUCK ALL MIGHT?!"
Shota glanced around the room and saw similar expressions of surprise on everyone's face except for Nezu's, which had a look of smug satisfaction. The damn rat probably either figured it out years ago, or was there when it happened.
There was panicking and chaos from the staff for a few more minutes before Nezu eventually got them all to calm down. All Might explained that he had been injured in a fight against a villain 6 years ago, and only had about 3 hours a day of hero work available to him.
And boy wasn't that a surprise. All Might, the man that Shota thought didn't take heroics seriously enough, had lost a lung while fighting a villain, and still kept up his persona as an invincible pillar, even to the detriment of his own health. While he wouldn't admit it, his respect for All Might had increased.
It took a little while, but eventually they moved onto the next topic of discussion for the meeting. He even had to sign another NDA, as this was apparently a totally different secret.
Pulling up a map of UA's campus with a few red dots placed in random locations, Nezu started talking. "Over the last few weeks, our sensors have been picking up spatial anomalies on campus grounds and in the surrounding area, specifically the Mustafu area."
"We are currently unaware of the cause of these anomalies, but they seem to be centered on small puffs of floating black and green smoke. It is fairly safe to assume that this is the result of a Quirk in action, but so far, we have not been able to find anyone with a matching Quirk in the database."
Taking a sip from his cup of tea, Nezu sighed. "We are continuing to investigate these anomalies, but I am hereby ordering you to report any sightings of the black and green smoke so that we might find a way to see where they come from."
They talked for a bit longer about the anomalies, and All Might's injuries, eventually moving onto small talk as the meeting ended. And while it was just the smallest thing, his gut was going haywire over the spatial anomalies.
Something told him that this year would be filled to the brim with problems…
And problem children...
"Banshee! Banshee!"
Banshee-44 looked up and saw one of his favorite customers running towards his little stall in the tower courtyard. Even with his somber and to-the-point way of talking, Izuku Midoriya had stilled wormed his way into his heart.
He squirmed his way past a pair of arguing titans and reached his counter, flashing him what Banshee guessed was meant to be a smile. He didn't have the heart to tell the boy that it looked like he was grimacing in pain.
"Hey kiddo, how'd that drone I gave you hold up during your tests?" He had a suspicion that Izuku wasn't using the drone he had given him for 'piloting practise', but at this point, most of the citizens of the tower knew not to dig too deep into what Izuku did in his quarters, after an event with an overzealous reporter.
Izuku gave the weapons master a bow. "It did wonderfully, Mr Banshee sir, but I was wondering if you had another model you could allow me to borrow? Preferably one that is equipped with a communications Module?"
Banshee raised one of his mechanical eyebrows at that. Izuku wanted to be able to talk through the drone? "I got a few out back kiddo, what do you need it for?"
He noticed the way that Izuku flinched at that and quickly followed it up. "Not that I need to know or anything kiddo. I got one you can borrow, but you gotta give the old one back."
Izuku nodded and brought out the old drone from his coat. "I have it here with me Mr banshee sir. Here you go!"
Handing the boy the new drone, he watched him scurry off back to his apartment to do who-knows-what.
Turning to a hunter as they approached his countertop, he pushed thoughts away from the strange boy and his odd habits.
'Odd kid, reminds me of… damn. Who does he remind me of?'
Izuku spoke, and the portal reopened.
Activating the drone, he connected it to his datapad and flew it through the portal. The video connected and he was met with the smiling face of the creature.
Lowering his Quirks defences slightly, he spoke into the drones microphone. "Creature. Speak your name and reveal to me what you are?"
There was a chuckle from the dragon-thing before he heard the soft, powerful voice in his head again.
"Greetings to you young one, it is good to officially meet you. My name is Riven of a thousand voices, and I am an Ahamkara."
Izuku could feel the importance of her sentence, somehow knowing that he was incredibly privileged to be privy to her species.
"And what does that mean, Riven of a thousand voices? How does a creature as powerful as you find yourself in such a hidden place?"
Riven chuckled, and it slowly built up to a full-blown laugh. "I see you are unaware of the circumstances surrounding us Ahamkara…"
"Sit child, and allow me to regale you with a tale of wishes, guardians…
"and the most powerful prey that has ever existed…"
AN: Mwahahaha! Hope you enjoyed this one! See you all next chapter!