An elevator doors open revealing Detectives Bakugo and Kirishima entering an office waiting room, the two quickly advance towards the receptionist's desk stopping right in front of her. Sitting at the table was a woman with short purple hair, she wore a pair of glasses with a scar right over her left eye, and she was wearing what looked like a simple suit and had plugs sticking out of her ears.
"If they don't have an appointment, Ganbaru-sama won't receive them." Declares the woman without taking her eyes off the computer screen, which made both of them snort.
"And if they are two old friends Jiro-san?" Asks Eijiro making the woman stop in her work before lifting her head to observe the two detectives, with that she waved at them with a smile of her own.
"Bakugo-san, Kirishima-san, it's a pleasure to see you again… what are you doing here?" Questions Kyoka friendly.
However, her expression soon changes when she notices how the two exchange a look and quickly look around before their eyes meet hers, which made the girl, sigh tiredly.
"I should not be surprised..." Murmurs Kyoka before pressing a button on the phone next to her.
"Jiro-san, I believe I had the whole day free to take care of my own affairs today." Comments a familiar voice to the trio that makes the redhead laugh softly to himself.
"It is good to see she never changed..." Eijiro teases making the line go dead before a sigh echoes from her.
"They can come in."
With that, Kyoka hung up the phone and stood up before opening the door revealing a gigantic office with a large window at the back. With that the trio entered the room with Kyoka locking the door, with that the two detectives advanced to the table in the middle of the room.
Sitting on the chair was a woman in a suit with long black hair and eyes of the same color, she was sitting looking at them calmly before giving them a wave, this was Ganbaru Momo, formerly Yaoyorozu.
"Bakugo-san, Kirishima-san, it's a pleasure to see you again, but what do I owe your visit to?" ask Ganbaru making the two adopt a more serious face.
With that, Katsuki removed a bag with a torn fabric from his coat once that done, the blonde-haired person quickly handed the bag to the woman who stared at him with a raised eyebrow.
"And what should that be?" Questions the woman making Bakugo stare at her.
"Looks like we have a vigilante out there, or rather a ghost who fights for everyone." Upon saying that, Kyoka and Momo's eyes widened, as they understood the implications made by him.
"H-hey, what's this Bakugo-san!? He is dead, we all know and we saw the explosion occur!" Exclaims Kyoka advancing towards the blonde, however Eijiro places himself between the two with his hands raised
"We know, we were there when the U.A exploded, we all were, but if our suspicion is right and he's still alive, he's going to need help." Explains the redhead making the woman stare at him angrily before looking at her boss who was looking directly at the cloth.
"Okay then, I will look at this and see everything I can find out, I will let you know anything." Guarantees the woman before the two detective's wave and walk away.
Once the two left the office Kyoka let out a growl clenching her fists, earning a worried look from Ganbaru.
"Kyoka?" Asks Ganbaru looking at her friend before the purple woman takes a deep breath and stares at her colleague.
"I'm fine Momo, just…tell me if it's really green beans." Asks the purple one before leaving the room leaving the other woman there alone, making Ganbaru sigh before sitting down and looking at the piece of fabric.
"Well, you always had this terrible habit of bringing all the weight of the world to your shoulders, didn't you Izuku-kun?" Comments the woman with a melancholy smile on her face.
(Scene break.)
"Aniki? It is true?" Questions a girl wearing a school uniform, she had white hair tied in a ponytail with a fringe that covered her left eye, in addition she had red eyes and a yellow horn on the right side of her forehead.
The girl stopped in the middle of a room that had a man wearing simple clothes that showed some muscles and scars on his body, in addition he was blond with blue eyes without pupils. The boy let out a sigh sitting on the sofa before looking at the girl.
"What exactly Eri-chan? I haven't really been watching the news." Asks the blonde making the girl frown at him squeezing her fists.
"A vigilante, are you talking about a vigilante defeating the villains, like in the old days, like him, the heroes are coming back?" Questions the girl making the man have a frown on his face and stare at her.
"No and they never will, stop thinking about it." Declares the man getting up and going to his own room.
"Mirio-aniki!" Exclaims the girl; however, the blonde-haired person completely ignored her disappearing in the corridor.
Eri frowned, since Deku had died her adoptive brother completely lost his hope and simply completely abandoned the mantle of Lemillion, being one of the first to surrender to the league of villains. After he lost his title of hero, the blonde-haired person managed to adopt her and even sold his own quirk for guarantee to the villains.
It was sad and inhumane, but one of All for One's policies was to strip the quirks of many of the old heroes, except for a few who had quirks so weak and useless to them that they were ignored, and some had enough money to keep they powers. She still remembered that day, when the last attempt of resistance of the heroes took place, the great battle in the once greatest school of heroes in the world the U.A.
Many heroes died, among them Deku himself, many lost hope including her, but now someone finally had the courage to fight the villains again, a hero was still alive. Suddenly the image of his first guardian appeared in his head, Eraserhead, his adopted brother, Lemillion and his greatest hero, Deku.
Slowly a glint appeared in Eri's eyes and with that, she quickly ran towards her room locking the door, her childhood was exactly like now, but everyone felt the same as she did before Deku appeared and saved her. With the new vigilante, people started to gain more hope, but it was not enough and Eri had the perfect idea for that.
She carefully grabbed a chest from under her bed and pulled it open before opening it, revealing a uniform, her hero Deku's uniform. Eri picked up the cloth mask and stared at it for a few moments before tightening the fabric and a determined face appeared on her face before she lifted her gaze to the window.
"I promise Deku...I will save them, like you saved me all those years ago." Promises Eri in her head.
(At the same time.)
Mei opened a door and entered in what looked like a small dojo and in the middle of it was Izuku shirtless practicing several blows on a wooden dummy. The pink one let out a sigh before approaching him and stopping close as she watched as he continuously hit the doll until he broke it with a punch.
After that, the man took a heavy breath before his gaze went to the pink one, which made him sigh before grabbing a towel to dry his sweat as he approached her. As soon as he got close to her, he received a bottle of water from Mei, which earned a raised eyebrow from him as the boy started to drink.
"We need to talk, or rather; Chizome-san wants to talk to us about tonight's attack." Reveals Mei making the green one wave before following her.
The two walk together and in silence towards the room where Chizome was looking at a map of the entire port area. Seeing this the younger two sat down on the couch across from the older man who gave them a quick glance before turning back to the map.
"I hope you have a really good idea to face these guys, if we are not going to die, I got new information, the hero hunter will be there as a representative of the league of villains, in addition they will meet with Shiroi Zugaikotsu and all of us we know what that means..." Declares the man making Izuku frown and tighten his fists.
"The traitor..." Izuku murmurs angrily, something that Mei noticed who put her hand on his shoulder, as well as earning a look from Chizome.
"Yes, it is one of the most likely probabilities to occur, but what matters is that it seems that it is something that our friends at Shiroi Zugaikotsu are going to offer to the league as a peace offering, but nobody seems to know what it is." Chizome informs when Izuku suddenly got up with a serious look.
"I already have a plan made; I will take care of it myself." Izuku declares, moving away making his two companions stand up to talk to him, but the boy suddenly stare at them with an empty and serious look, freezing them. "I'll take care of it."
With that, the green one leaves them, leaving his two companions standing in place before Chizome sighs and looks at the pink one.
"He still has not gotten over..." Asks Chizome before noticing Mei's downcast look as she shook her head.
"No... Even after all these years he's still bitter about it... and I don't think I'm even over it yet either."
(Flashback.)
Mei pushed a large piece of concrete away from the back studio door, who knew all those explosions she accidentally caused would help her survive something like this? A small, painful laugh escaped her throat before realizing that despite everything, she was one of the few who survived, around her were several of her former colleagues crushed and burned among the rubble.
The girl then noticed that next to the door was the broken helmet of her old teacher Powerloader, it was completely cracked and broken with large pieces of concrete behind it with a pool of blood accumulating underneath it.
Despite her fear, Mei managed to gather the strength to continue walking through the pieces of concrete, fire and smoke that surrounded her; she continued walking for a long time before hearing a scream, which made the pink girl freeze before limping quickly towards the noise.
After a few minutes, she finally arrived at what seemed to be the completely destroyed cafeteria, full of holes and fire, right in the center of the place was a crater that contained a very familiar figure for her.
Mei's eyes widened before immediately going as fast as she could to the body, as soon as she reached him she was shocked to see Izuku Midoriya wearing Deku's uniform with wounds all over his body and blood pouring from him at an alarming rate.
Suddenly a tremor hits the U.A making Mei scream in fright, earning a pained moan from Izuku who manages to open one eye and stare at her despite his exhaustion.
"Me-Mei?" Questions Izuku in a weak voice that the pink one almost could not hear him.
Another tremor hit the place causing parts of the ceiling to fall around them, after which Mei grabbed Izuku before putting him on his feet supporting him with her shoulder before starting to limp away. At that moment, Stain broken down a door, he was as injured and dirty as they are and when he notices the situation of the green man, he quickly runs to him before helping the couple to escape from the cafeteria.
(End of flashback.)
Chizome gave a wave to the pink one as she got up and walked away from him, he would be lying if he said he did not know what they were feeling; after all, he fought alongside the heroes in the war with All for one, before all this happened.
(...)
The police station was completely crowded with people coming and going, something very common since the end of the heroes, and it was at that moment that detectives Bakugo and Kirishima appeared in the place. Upon noticing him, another police officer stopped to greet them.
"Bakugo-san, Kirishima-san, it is a pleasure to see you again and so how was the result of your investigation? Is it true there's a vigilante out there?" Questions the police officer making Kirishima release a tired sigh.
"No, unfortunately we didn't find anything relevant, just more paperwork for us." Answers the redhead with the blonde waving.
However unbeknownst to them, this earned them a look from another person who followed them as the pair walked to their desks and began working on some documents.
They stayed like that for a few moments before the person who was watching them sat down between their tables making both of them turn towards the person. She was a pretty woman their age with short brown hair with the back tied in a ponytail with bangs in the front, her eyes were also brown, plus the woman had a permanent blush on her cheeks, she too he wore an ordinary police uniform with a vest.
"...You can lie to all our classmates, but not to me, we studied together and went through the police academy together too, I know when you lie so tell me the truth." Declares the woman with a serious look making the pair face each other.
"...We still don't have anything solid, but Katsu thinks that Deku is still alive and facing the villains." Reveals Eijiro softly to the woman who widens her eyes before she turns to the blonde-haired person.
"Bakugo..." Asks the brunette in a completely fragile tone which makes the blonde sigh.
"It's a guess Uraraka, we still don't have anything guaranteed, but everything points to it." Reveals the blonde-haired person making the woman widen her eyes and cover her mouth with her hands as she flinched with small tears accumulating at the edge of her eyes.
"Is he... is he... is he still here?" Murmurs the girl trying to swallow a sob while the two looked at her worried.
"As we said, we have nothing guaranteed yet." Comments Eijiro making Ochaco take a deep breath before wiping her tears and facing them seriously.
"If you are sure, you can count on me for whatever comes and comes." Declares the brunette before walking away from the two, with more confidence than before.
With that the two share one last look before starting to work on their roles again.
(Scene break.)
Kyoka was sitting on a sofa in her apartment looking directly at her coffee table in the middle of the room, on top of it was her old hero uniform, she remembered her previous desire to be a heroine and a music star, two things that she abandoned after Deku's death. He had helped her during the cultural festival many years ago, helped her put together her notes and even though it was somewhat stupid, it really meant a lot to her.
All of her friends, including Kaminari, laughed when they heard about her notebook and notes about music and instruments, even saying that it was cute was something that bothered her a little whenever they brought it up, but not Midoriya, he had taken the matter to heart and really helped her without judging or laughing once. After the festival, the two had become very close, discovering that they had many similar tastes, especially musical ones; she met the heroic, cute and good taste in music boy.
Then everything came crashing down when the war happened, she saw several of her classmates die, so when Deku died, Jiro gave up fighting, and if it had not been for Momo she would have given up a lot more than that. But now Midoriya seemed to be still alive, her former friend, a tightness afflicted her chest making her grunt as her vision blurred with tears falling from her eyes again as she clenched her fists.
"It's good that you're alive Green Beans… then I'll just have to decide whether I'm going to hit you or hug you…" Kyoka thinks with a melancholy look.
(A few hours later, in port.)
"Deku-Ghost? How is the situation there?" Asks Mei into the earphone of the boy who was wearing his Deku Ghost outfit on top of a crane looking through a small binocular observing the place.
On the floor there were several people around with a black armored car in the middle, however what most called attention to them was the drawing of a white skull on the face of each one and on the hood of the car, this was the trademark of the Shiroi Zugaikotsu, the biggest gang in town.
"They are waiting, if our guess is right, she must be in the car with the load..." Comments the Deku-Ghost before noticing another car approaching. "…And it looks like the hunter has arrived too."
The new car stopped right in front of the other car before the back doors opened and a man very familiar to the Deku-Ghost stepped out, he had white hair with several pieces of metal trapping a sickly pale skin in a totally burned skin and purple, he wore a black overcoat with simple clothes underneath it. He is Dabi, the man that hunted down and killed countless heroes during the war.
Someone Izuku hated almost as much as he hated Shigaraki and All for One.
At that moment two completely white creatures with an exposed brain of the same color accompanied the man, they had a skin resembling a dried shell with sharp claws and teeth, these were Nomus drones, the infantry of the league of villains. The Deku-Ghost's eyes narrowed as he recognized the type of Nomus there, they were the weakest yet the most savage to face.
The villain advanced towards the car in front of him before stopping in front of him and smiling. It was at that moment that the door of the other car opened and a new figure appeared walking towards the hunter, but this person was someone that the vigilante knew very well.
"Traitor..." The boy growls causing Mei on the other end of the line to swallow hard trying to ignore her own anger.
The person who got out of the car was a woman who was dressed in an elegant outfit with a black coat covering her shoulders. She had pink skin with onyx eyes and black sclera; moreover, on her head there were small yellow horns, which was Ashido Mina, the woman who betrayed the heroes and the leader of the Shiroi Zugaikotsu.
A long time ago he saw her as a dear friend of his and fellow hero who fought by his side during the war, no one suspected her especially not after Aoyama revealed himself as a traitor, one who redeemed himself by telling all the secrets he knew about the villains and fighting alongside them at the end. However, something the French did not know was that he was not the only spy for the league in U.A; Ashido was the other, the real spy.
She delivered everything the heroes said and decided, and collaborated for the death of everyone Deku knew, unfortunately, he found out too late and Kaminari had to pay the price for it.
(Flashback.)
"MIDORIYA!" Exclaims Kaminari to Izuku who has just been thrown into a wall by one of the Nomus around them, with that the blonde-haired person shot a small ray at the creature throwing it away.
At that moment, Nejire appeared flying to Izuku's side before lifting him by the shoulder and looking around the place wide-eyed to see that several of his teammates were being defeated.
"We need to retreat now!" Commands Nejire making all heroes wave before running towards them.
The bluish one points her fist at the wall behind her and fires a jet of energy destroying the wall, showing what looks like a tunnel, making everyone run, however Kaminari stood still before turning to the villains. He soon started shooting several beams at the surrounding Nomus causing Izuku to stop and look at his struggling friend.
"KAMINARI, WE MUST GO NOW!" Izuku shouted making the blonde wave as he retreated little by little.
"HELP! HELP ME!" Exclaims Mina among the Nomus, pushing them away with jets of acid.
Seeing this Kaminari's eyes widen before running towards her, Izuku seeing this nods to Nejire who nods before giving the greenish a kiss on the cheek and flying towards the blonde-haired person to help him.
The two easily manage to fight their way through the Nomus until they reach Mina who collapses to the wall in exhaustion before Kaminari kneels in front of her.
"Mina-chan, are you okay? We have to get out of here now." Declares Kaminari making the pink one smile at him.
"Yes... we really need..." Declares the girl smiling at the boy affectionately, something that is copied by him before the blonde's eyes widen and blood drips from his mouth.
He looked down and was surprised to see a knife buried in his chest, even more so as Mina was the one holding the weapon.
"Mi-Mina-chan?" Kaminari stutters before he falls to the side, with that Mina shoots her acid jet at Nejire who screams when his back starts to sizzle, which makes Izuku widen his eyes with that.
"NEJIRE-CHAN!" Izuku exclaims in horror at the tunnel entrance.
The blue one was thrown into the middle of the Nomus; she spit blood trying to get up as she was surrounded. Her back squeaked as the burns were showing, in that Nejire gave Izuku a look before pointing a fist at him and shooting a jet of energy at the ceiling, making the greenish one move away from the falling pieces of concrete looking at the girl who smiled sadly for him.
"I am sorry Izuku-kun… it looks like I can't go on, go ahead, I'll buy some time… I love you!" The girl laments before starting to fight the Nomus around her when the stones completely cover the entrance to the tunnel.
Izuku looked incredulous before falling from the heirloom throwing his hand on the stone; he could hear Nejire struggling, his Nejire fighting an army alone while he was standing there safely.
"NEJIRE-CHAN!" Exclaims the greenish one before everything goes silent, with that he is grabbed by Monoma and Ojiro who quickly lift him up and start running away with him.
(End of flashback.)
His anger increased every moment he saw the woman, he watched her walk with a friendly smile towards Dabi before opening her arms hugging the older villain before the two separated.
"Look, you grew up, little gremlin?" Jokes Dabi with a smile to the pink woman who smiles back at him.
"I could say the same aniki; it has been a long time." Mina declares smiling at him before a malicious gleam appears on her face. "But we didn't come here to socialize, let's start our business then?"
"Sure little girl, let's negotiate." Agrees Dabi smiling at the girl.
Seeing this Deku-ghost narrowed, his eyes making them glow a ghostly green, he had many, many deaths to avenge and justice to do, and it was time to work.