"COME ON DEKU! GET YOUR ASS MOVING!"
A week has passed swiftly for the two teens, over their time together Izuku and Katsuki widened their circle by including a certain duo. While Izuku was still suspicious as to how the Rabbit felt so familiar, Katsuki was over the top nice? Well-behaved when Camie was around.
It was the time of their trip to Might tower, the fateful day had finally come and both of them had decided to include Rumi and Camie too.
To Izuku's surprise it was Katsuki's idea and execution that got them in on the plan.
Earlier that day
Izuku and Katsuki were having their lunch with their new friends, they were having a casual conversation, one in which Katsuki rarely chimes in. It was fairly recent and he hadn't confirmed it with the ash-blonde, but Izuku was considering inviting Rumi and Camie too.
"Hey Izuku, mind if I finish up that for ya?" Over the short period of time Rumi had proved herself to be a food stealer, well not much as a thief, just taking away Izuku's food WHILE asking the same question every single time.
"O-Okay"
"Hey Rums, why don't you order only carrots when you love Katsudon!?"
"I love his Katsudon" Usagiyama stated flatly as she gulped down a large piece of pork which Izuku had saved for his last bite…
Katsuki coughed and gathered their attention before Izuku could descend down into a blushing and stuttering mess "I know the nerd is already thinking it over, so might as well get it over with…" he sighed and noticed three set of eyes upon him. "Deku and I are going to visit Might Tower today, you two in?"
"Hell yeah!" the rabbit girl exclaimed while the fawnette nodded vigorously.
"And maybe we could go for Karaoke afterwards? It would be like, totes awesome!"
"That would be fun, remember how we once went there with Auntie Michhan she was so cool!" Izuku beamed while Katsuki just grumbled.
The bell rang indicating the end of lunch period, fortunately they all had ended their meals and one of them had done the favor for the resident greenette. They promptly placed their plates on the counter and went to their respective class rooms.
Unfortunately for them, the four had been placed in pairs in different sections, Izuku and Katsuki in one and consequently Rumi and Camie in the other. So the only time they had to hang out was during the break and sometimes after school.
As it turns out Camie and Rumi shared the same middle school and as a result were living together in a rent-controlled apartment quite similar to the arrangements Izuku and Katsuki had. They thought it might be a great idea to invite the pair but since the friendship was fairly new, some patience wouldn't hurt.
So now they were standing at the gates of their school ready to embark on their trip to All Might's agency. They heard in the newsletter that he had finished a fairly complex mission today itself and as a result the media was alerted to refrain from gathering around the said agency for interviews and let the man rest.
Luckily for them the administrative staff over at the tower were quite fond of hero hopefuls and locals who deeply cared about their hero and constantly brought some homemade goodies for him. They wouldn't let them breach the visitors area but it was quite a surreal experience to just be there, in that tower. People keep saying how there is a sense of safety around them when All Might is present and the exhilarating experience it is to see him walking down his tower casually and the surprises he pulls to satisfy his fans. Like one time he just stood there wearing an All Might mask, acting like a mannequin and when a small child inspected him he exclaimed and said his trademark line with the classic smile, 'I AM HERE' while picking up the child in his arms and dancing up and down.
In the hope of gaining such sights, all four of them were now walking down the street to the path that led to Might Tower.
"Hey guys, do you really think leaving our bags in the locker was a good idea? I mean, what if we need different books the day after tomorrow and we won't have our bags, then teacher will call us out, not that it is a rare occurrence with Kacchan around, but at least we always on top of our classes, and tomorrow is sunday what if the janitor found them, oh my god what are we gonna do-"
"Shut up Deku!"
Camie chuckled softly while Rumi thought it might be a right time to inquire about something that's been bugging her from the start.
"Oi Pomeranian! Why do you call him Deku!? I thought you were like a big-brother or something, ain't that like an insult!?"
Izuku was about to explain the reasoning behind the nickname but Katsuki beat him to it.
"First of all, stop calling me that!"
"I think it's totes cute and suits you!" Camie chimed in.
"Uhh... whatever… the thing is right from out our childhoods, the nerd have always been able to do anything he puts his mind into, so when he nicknamed me that annoying 'Kacchan'."
"I think that's even more adorable!"
"Only Deku gets to call me that! So as I was saying when I turned three I learned the word 'Dekiru' and after that, I nicknamed the nerd."
Rumi seemed satisfied by that explanation but she knew that it was more than what he was letting them on, before she could instigate further Camie perked up.
"OOhh, I want a nickname for you too… umm let's see... " she stroked her cheek while Katsuki listened intently. "I know! What about Baku-bae! It's perfect, it rhymes and it's cute!"
"Whatever" he shrugged while a faint blush dusted across his cheeks.
"Usagiyama…? I feel like I know you from somewhere. Like, I have seen or read about you" Izuku questioned the rabbit girl who was walking beside him.
"OH! I know she was like totes famous bm-humm-" Camie was about to spill the beans when Rumi covered her mouth mid sentence.
"A story for another day."
They walked further in peaceful silence, when they interjected a de-fated Fatgum eating takoyaki and staring into the distance, while the other three wanted to just let the man be, Izuku did not…
"Excuse me, you are Fatgum right!?"
The man turned his head towards the teens and gulped down the food "I sure am!"
"Wow, I have heard so much about you, you were responsible for putting so much drug dealers behind bars and your incredible way of staying incognito in your 'Standard weight form', which I guess i ruined it now but you said that you were Fatgum than that must mean you are not on a mission right now. I recently read about the heist you stopped by teaming up with All Might and Endeavour-"
"I-Is he always like this?"
Rumi sighed, she had been around him enough to get that this was a regular occurrence "Believe me, this is him toning it down."
"O-Oh I am sorry sir, I tend to do that a lot apparently. C-Could you please sign this?" out of nowhere Izuku produced his pocket notebook and presented it to the BMI hero.
The hero chuckled at his antics and signed a blank page in his notebook "So what are you children upto?"
Camie raised her arm "We are going to the Might Tower sir!"
"Oh a trip? That's swell, where're you guys from?"
"We go to the Isamu highschool nearby!" The greenette spoke up.
"Elites huh! Nice, you want some Takoyaki?"
"Hell Yeah!"
"Baku-bae, I didn't know you liked it so much."
Noone had noticed that the Rabbit girl was dangerously quiet and was staring into the distance, Izuku was about to ask her if she's alright.
"Well, I gotta leave, enjoy Tokyo fellas!"
"Thank you sir!" The faunette bid him goodbye while Katsuki munched down on the plate full of the steaming fresh dish.
Rumi spoke softly, consequently it was only heard by Izuku "Just caught a whiff of my favourite thing."
"Huh? What is it? Takoyaki? Cause I don't think Kacchan would share."
"It's the scent of blood and sweat in the air."
"...?"
"There is a battle nearby..."
Before Izuku could reply Rumi intertwined their hands and sprinted down the road with Izuku barely trying to stay alive.
Katsuki was about to run after them when Camie interjected "Calm down Baku-bae, she's going to the fight club nearby."
"Wha...!? How do you know?"
"Cuz that's what she always does and don't you run after them, you just ate two platter worth of Takoyaki…"
Katsuki wanted to ditch Camie's demands but even he knew that using his quirk in public and running after eating this much is just inviting trouble, not to mention he can't be sick for tomorrow's parental visit!
"Yeah, okay… but we still gotta get there."
"Sure Baku-bae!"
"OH WOULD YOU CUT THAT OUT!"
Some moments earlier
"PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR NEXT MIGHTY WARRIOR, THIS MAN NEEDS NO QUIRK TO TAKE LIVES, LIKE A COLD UNFEELING MACHINE, HE SLASHES! HE STABS! HE SLITS! THE ULTIMATE DOOM FOR THEIR ENEMIES! GRIPPING A FANG OF STEEL, WITH FIVE WINS AND NO LOSSES, GIVE IT UP FOR…
"The RIPPER!"
Upon the man's introduction, he came into view sporting a tall, lean-but-muscular stature with rather sharp and elongated features, his costume consisted a simple black wrap-around mask tied over the top of his head, a tight-fitting dark shirt, jeans, boots, and a long trench coat.
The man who was better known as 'Sir Nighteye' was ready to fight…
An hour earlier at Police headquarter's roof
The senior detective, Naomasa Tsukauchi was called out by a certain hero regarding a mission he was going head-first into
"There, that parking lot, connected to that shopping district, that's where they hold their events"
"Right there!? Talk about a blind-spot in the urban landscape…"
Mirai adjusted his glasses and explained the detective about his mission, "The Underground Masquerade Fighting Tournament, that pits amateurs against each other and run the book for betting audience, there's been multiple wounded and missing cases related to the same"
Tsukauchi pinched the bridge of his nose, "So you want the force to swoop and arrest them?"
'No point in that"
"Whaddya mean!? I got a squad set up for orders!?"
"Keep them there. My current target isn't the event itself, rather the suppliers of the 'Quirk boosting drugs' and I am heading there to secure some evidence."
The detective, while impressed by the man's confidence, was perplexed as to what he required from them.
"An escape route, that's what I would need from the force. I can dive deeper knowing you people are there to pull me out ."
"Sure"
"Any more questions?"
Tsukauchi wasn't sure if it were any of his business but it seemed a decent occasion to bring it up, "Are you going to reconcile with Toshinori?
Nighteye's face fell and without an answer he left the building and towards his mission of the day.
Naomasa took out his phone and gave the orders, "Tsukauchi here, we're on standby right now.."
"Roger that"
Back to the fight club,
After Nighteye's disguised introduction the announcer shifted his attention towards Mirai's opponent
"ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, IF HE'LL EVER MEET GOD, HE'LL PUNCH GOD, IF HE'D MET BUDDHA, HE'D PUNCH BUDDHA, IF HE'LL MEET YOU? I AM GIVING YOU A GUESS OF WHAT YOU'RE GETTING, WE HAVE THE UNSTOPPABLE WITH 20 WINS AND NO LOSSES HE'S
THE RAPPER!"
The two competitors entered the ring from either side,
Nighteye moved towards Rappa and exerted his hand towards him to shake it, to which the opponent slapped it off, but unknown to him Nighteye's job was already done.
"What are you gonna fight me with those noodle arms 'pretty boi"!?"
Giving in to the trash talk, Mirai decided to bite back "Bring it you mindless gorilla."
"Oh you are on!"
*Ting*
Rappa charged towards Mirai and prepared to punch the life out of him.
"You're dead meat 'pretty-boi'!"
To his surprise Nighteye or rather 'The Ripper' gracefully tilted on his heels and evaded his first set of punches, he was accurate in predicting Rappa's each move and also in evading it with ease.
"C'mon Sports-man, I thought you were gonna destroy me!?"
A normal person would be agitated by that comment but surprisingly Rappa was overjoyed and eager to prove Nighteye wrong, he again blasted a fury of punches towards him and Nighteye evaded it, but even with his 'foresight' he was now having difficulty to match the speed at which Rapper was blasting his fists.
Right when Rappa was about to end a set of punches Mirai found an opening, he ducked through his fists and with his knife slashed through Rapper's abdomen, enough to make him hurt but nothing fatal or permanent.
After the said move something seemed to switch off in Rappa as he mindlessly started to fire punches here and there. Nighteye knew that it was virtually impossible to find an opening now and that it might be a nice idea to step onto phase 2 of the operation.
"Hah! Nice you are doing great mister!"
'His precise repetitive motion, working off reflex alone, there's no decision making involved, it's a style that's adapted and evolved, forged by hard knockouts, here in the cage, a veteran battle worn pit-bull… what a fun guy…' Mirai thought as he prepared himself to take a soft blow to his head and get 'KOed'.
The audience roared when Mirai's rag doll of body fell on the ground, though Rappa didn't look satisfied by it, not one bit. The referee announced the winner and asked the staff to take Mirai to the infirmary.
In the infirmary
Out of the corner of his eye Sir could notice multitude of wounded fighters lying helpless on makeshift beds while 'medical staff' patched them up to the best of their abilities.
"That death-match was a sight to behold Mr. Ripper, victory may have escaped your clutches this time, but we of the underground masquerade would like to honor your efforts" a man dressed in white sports-jacket worn over a jet-black high-neck and white pants spoke up as two of his subordinates stood behind him, he also sported a black eye face-mask to hide his identity.
Mirai noticed the said man had a syringe in his hand which appeared to be filled with a purple substance.
"To help you nudge towards a rematch and a future win... we have prepared this."
Roughly the same time
The Rabbit girl sniffed while standing atop of a roof along with an exhausted uni-horned boy.
"Oh, there huh? That must be the place!" she exclaimed while pointing at a supposedly abandoned parking lot.
Rumi grew the biggest shit-eating grin as she crouched and again got a hold of Izuku, without a second thought she jumped through.
"How dare they leave me outta all the fun!"
Izuku could only brace himself for the impact that was supposed to come when they hit the surface.
'What have I gotten myself into!?'
Notes:
Heyyaa,
I hope I did justice to Mirai's fight with Rappa, some interesting stuff is about to happen soo...!
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Next Time:
Rumi invites trouble,
All for One makes his move,
Izuku just wants to sleep!
Notes:
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