Amity looked at Willow with a smile, "I think I owe it all to Luz for fixing our friendship,"

Willow smiles back, "Yeah. Though I wonder how things been different if you weren't influence by your parents,"

"Well we've seen how Ghost would have done for us," She looked at the Eyecon in her hand, its blank but it resonated with her for some reason, same with Willow. Wondering what wondrous things are going to happen to everyone. Her childhood friend gave the Blight a giggling look,

"Knowing you, you would follow Ghost like a kitten,"

"What?" she blushed, "W-What are you talking about?"

"Well considering that you before dating Luz, had these crushes on pretty boys from the mangas we used to read,"

"It was a phase…" Amity denied,

"But you were reacting to Fourze and-"

"Willow… I have a feeling that people won't accept me for being bisexual. I know that Mrs. Noceda has accepted Luz and all but Luz is a brave girl that won't let hate. But me? I couldn't even stand up to my parents. I let one mistake keep me from helping you guys in the grugby match, and I was a coward and a bitch when I was holding on this persona of being the best of the best…"

Willow comforts her, "Amity, that was in the past. You're a lot better person now,"

"Am I? Then why am I still afraid?" she argued quietly,

Phantom got their attention, "Alright! Next one is an AU of Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, this one belongs to a good friend of mine. He goes by the name darkraizerGX1 or Raizer,"

"Oh! I remember reading his fanfics before! I was getting excited for the Kamen Rider chapter but that never came…" Luz then realized, "Wait, you don't mean!?"

Phantom said nothing as the screen started playing, but then he said this, "Oh and this is his favorite rider series."

Not all men are created equal, that's the lesson I learned at age 4.The first incident was in Qingqing city, an extraordinary baby was born who radiated light.After that, reports of people with superpowers popped up across the globe. No one knew what was causing these quirks.Before long the supernatural became totally normal, dreams a reality. The world became a superhuman society, with about 80% of the population possessing some uncanny ability.Our streets looked like scenes from comic books. As city's swirled with chaos and confusion, a new profession dominated our collective consciousness.

"Wait, is that what I think it is?" Luz muttered,

"No way," Percy added,

"Awesome," Max chimed

"Come on, you almost got him!" cheered the voice of a young boy.

This is the age of heroes.

"No, don't! You're too hurt. It's too risky!" cried a young girl.

I have seen many inspiring heroes protecting the innocents with bravery and assuring smiles on their faces.

"My Hero Academia!" the trio cheered,

"What?" the boiling isle residents asks,

"Is this one of your anime things?" Camilla asks,

Phantom explained before the childhood trio does, "My Hero Academia is a series about a superhero society and that is what I am going to say. I'll have my manga library available if you have any questions,"

"Don't worry. I've got this, leave it to me!" said a young man's voice.

I too…wanted to be a hero.

"This. Is. IT!" A messy green-haired teen with black tips, wearing a black hoodie with neon green accents, a pair of gray trousers, a pair of neon pink headphones around his neck with the same green highlights cried as he raised his hand up in determination and brought it down…on the attack button on his handheld gaming station.

"Oh my god, he's a cinnamon roll!" the girls of Hexside commented,

"This is Izuku Midoriya," Phantom said, "A smart, analytic young man…"

On the screen, the little Mighty character unleashes a powerful kick on the boss monster and in a bright, colorful flash it was destroyed. The character safely landed on its feet. A moment later a victory jingle began playing as Mighty pumped his fist into the air in victory, the words 'Stage Clear" in bright yellow letters appeared on screen.

"YEAH!" the teen playing as well as the crowd of children watching cried in joy.

"Wow mister, I've never seen anyone ever beat that level before!" one of the children said.

"You are the greatest gamer ever, mister." a little girl said.

"Ah come on guys your making me blush." The teen said with a smile. He then noticed the time on his console and his eyes widened in shock. "Oh no! I need to go now!" he said as he packed his console in his yellow school bag, he got off the bench he was sitting on and ran off.

"Izuku-nii! We'll see you at the launch party later today right?" one of the children, a young boy called out to the teen. The teen turned to the boy and smiled.

"You betcha Souta-kun." Izuku Midoriya said to his neighbor son, Souta. He then picked up speed as he waved goodbye to the kids.

"He seems to be good with kids," Camilla commented,

"One of the best traits of being a hero is being one with the public," their host said, "Something that you will see further down the story."

My name is Izuku Midoriya. I'm an average 16, middle school student. That so happens to live in a world filled with people with superpowers. However fate is truly a cruel mistress as I am among the small 20% of the human population that are born without quirks. Quirkless are what we are called. Even without a quirk my dream to become a hero still goes strong. In fact it seems fate works in strange ways as today a motion of events will forever change my life in ways I've never predicted.

"Well this is unfortunate," Edric said while getting punched in the arm by his twin, "Ow!"

Location:?

"Perfect Player IZ (Ezy), real name: unknown." A man said from behind a desk, on the des were several files and across the room is a flat screen tv with several images of a young man wearing a black hoodie with neon green and pink highlights, the hood up covering his hair, he wore a black face mask and a pair of dark sunglasses, he wore green neon gloves with pink accents, black trousers and red sneakers. In some of the images, the young man appears to be playing video games in a tournament and some are of him receiving awards and trophies. "He has won multiple tournaments both nationally and internationally in the past and holds many world records in several different games in several different genres. Often regarded as a 'Genius Gamer' by fans and developers alike." The man read out loud. He wore a gray business suit with a blue tie, he has dark blue hair with strands of gray showing his age.

"So what's so special about a 'gamer'?" the plant track student asks since she is curious about video games, same with everyone else from their realm,

"As explained, he is considered a Perfect Player, a prodigy," Max answered, "Video Games are often about skill and knowledge that make you think outside of the box."

"He is by far one of, if not the best candidate we need for the driver." Said a younger man who is sitting on one of the sofas in the room, in front of him is a coffee table with different files as well. He wore a white shirt with a brown vest, black pants and white shoes. He has a lighter shade of blue hair.

"See didn't I say he is the perfect choice." Said a cheery young girl. She has curly black hair and is wearing a white shirt with blue flower decals and a pair of blue jeans and black shoes.

"That may be Asuna but his identity is the issue." The young man said, "He only registers his initials in every tournament and gaming event he ever participates in. The organizers of those events won't tell us what he looks like on IZ's request." The teen sighs in frustration.

"That much of a secret identity, huh" Gus tilted his head at the privacy of this gamer,

"Some people like their privacy," Percy answered, "Hell some authors in manga usually kept their identity under a mask and their names under pseudonym,"

"Why is that?"

"Let's say humans can be so uncivilized."

"Calm down. If any luck he should be attending today's event." The older man said. "After all, only a handful of people were given the VIP pass in our last tournament." This made the teen and Asuna nod. The man then turns his attention to black case on the coffee table.

"Asuna, you know what you need to do?" the man asked. To which Asuna smiled and nodded.

"I do, head to the Mighty Action X game launch event today, mingle the VIP guests and find IZ among them." Asuna said, to which the older man nodded. With that Asuna grabbed the case and left the room. As the door closes the teen turns to the older man.

"Are you sure this is a wise decision…father?" the teen asked. The man turns his seat around and looks out his office window.

"We have no choice… 'He' is making his move. I fear that 'they' are the only ones that can stop it."

The human rider fans knew what was going on as they have seen this scenario before while the teens from the demon realm are curious to see what is coming next.

Location: Gaming Expo

Izuku stood in line for the Expo. He is excited for the new Mighty Action X game, the latest installment in their famous Mighty Action Series, that is about to be released. The game has been held back for 5 years due to some technical issue with the games software and the fact the gaming consoles it was supposed to be played on weren't strong enough to properly support the game. So GENM cooperation built a specialized console to play every game in the market. However his mood was a little down due certain events that happened earlier.

-Flashback-

Izuku was packing his things away, class just ended and he really wanted to leave as soon as possible. Just as he was about to keep his notebook, it was snatched off his desk. Izuku turns to see a spikey ash-blonde hair teen with red eyes and a viscous scowl on his face. This is Bakugo Katsuki, Izuku's former childhood friend and number one bully.

"He Bakugo whatcha got there?" ask one of Bakugo's lackeys.

"Hero note for the future? Ha what a loser." Another lackey taunted.

Bakugo scowls harder as he tsk. He places the notebook in between his palms and activates his quirk, Explosion and burns the book badly, he then throws it out the open window.

"Listen here you useless Deku, I want to you to forget going to UA cause only I'm allowed to go since I'm the only in this damn school that has the quirk and talent to get in." he the grabs Izuku by the collar of his school uniform and knees him hard in the stomach, this made Izuku bent over in pain as he held his stomach, Bakugo's lackeys laugh at his misery. As Bakugo and his lackeys leave, as he turns his head and gives Izuku a sinister smile.

"If you really want a quirk so badly. Then pray for one in the next life and take a swan dive off the roof." He said as he and his lackeys laughed and walked away.

-Flashback ends-

Willow glared at the screen, having to deal with bullying by Borscha, Bakugo instantly got into her blacklist.

It was safe to say that Izuku no longer sees Katsuki Bakugo as a friend. But that was not all that brought him down. A few minutes later he was attacked by a sludge villain but was saved by a hero that was chasing said villain. That hero was the very hero that inspired him to become one in the first place, All Might. He signed his burnt notebook and was about to leave, Izuku seeing that it was his only chance to talk to his idol latched on to the hero's shirt as he jumped away. They landed on a nearby building roof, Izuku let go and asked All Might if he could be a hero without a quirk. As he asked, All Might had steam coming out from his body and his body began to shrink revealing his weakened state. Izuku remembered after he explained his injuries…the answer to his question.

"Holy!" Emira yelled, "How!?"

-Flashback-

"To be a hero without a quirk...I would be lying to myself if I said yes. But no you can't be a hero without a quirk." All might said with a pause. "It's OK to dream but make sure it is realistic. You can still help society by being a police officer or a doctor." With that he left Izuku alone. The green hair teen stood there, he clenched his teeth and fist tightly.

-Flashback Ends-

Camilla shakes her head then mutters something in Spanish about the insensitivity of the situation.

Izuku sighs as he tries to forget those memories but he won't deny that it hurt him greatly. His respect for All Might has dropped quite a bit. Don't get him wrong he still looks up to All Might but he now no longer sees him as the idol he once saw. His thoughts were lost when he heard several familiar voices.

"Hey Mister, remember us?" A familiar voice called out to him. He looked back and saw the group of kids from earlier before being held back by some security guards.

"Oh hey guys! Hey it's ok, they're with me." Izuku called out and showed them his VIP Pass. The guards check it and when they confirm it is real, they release the kids. The kids rushed over to Izuku.

"Hey guys how's it going?" Izuku with a grin. He gave some of them high fives.

"We're doing awesome. I can't believe that you have a VIP Pass Nii-san." Said one of the boys.

"Yeah I heard that these are super hard to get." Said one of the girls. This made some of the other VIP Members look at Izuku, since most of them are well known gamers, some from other countries even. Izuku turned towards them and they noticed the headphones, this made their eyes open wider in shock. Izuku wink at them and they nodded their heads in excitement.

"If they are hard to get, how did Izuku get one?" Gus asked.

"Who knows? Maybe he won it in a contest?" Willow said.

"Perhaps but why did those other gamers look at him in shock?" Hunter said.

Phantom suppressed his laughter as he let them figure it out themselves.

"Let's just say that I was very lucky to get one." He said. Izuku noticed that someone was missing. "Hey where's Souta-kun?" as he said that the kids face sadden slightly at the mention of their friend.

"He's not coming." One of the girls said dejectedly.

"Huh, not coming, why, he was so looking forward to this." Izuku inquired.

"Well, earlier at school he was feeling a little sick so when it got worse his mom came and took him to the hospital." The first boy explained.

"Poor kid," Amity said,

"I wonder how you humans treat other humans." The healing track girl said.

"Hospital…" Izuku was shocked, was it really that serious that he would have to miss coming to the gaming event of the century. The children began talking about how they could bring him a souvenir after the event, but Izuku was too preoccupied to listen, his little buddy suffering in the hospital was all he could think about. He then turned to one of the VIP members.

"Hey, you mind watching these kids for me?" he asked to which the person nodded.

"Sure man." Izuku thanked him, he stepped out of the VIP line and headed to the hospital.

Location:Mustafa General Hospital

"Yes, he should be in Room 107." A nurse said at the front desk of Mustafa General hospital.

"Thank you very much." Izuku replied politely before striding down the hallway to the specified room. However, he heard Souta's voice before he even got there.

"But it's not fair, why do I have to stay here!" Souta cried, much to Izuku's concern.

"Please sweetheart, you have to understand it's for your own good." A voice Izuku recognized as Souta's mom replied.

"No, I'm not staying, you can't make me!" He rebuked stubbornly just as Izuku was about to reach the room. Suddenly, Souta burst from the open door and rushed down the hallway to the exit.

The mother of the group sighed and shook her head in amusement while Luz, Percy, and Max were lowering their heads as they remembered how they acted as kids. Eri giggled because she remembered how her dad felt about hospitals.

"Huh, Souta-kun?" Izuku said quizzically as he began to advance, only to stop before crashing into Souta's mother.

"Oh, Izuku-kun, what are you doing here?" She questioned him.

"I heard about Souta-kun, is he ok?" Izuku questioned.

"Please, he's getting away, help us catch him!" She replied frantically.

"Uh, right!" Izuku said before bolting after the young boy. He was out of sight and so he went outside and looked around, finding Souta already crossing the street.

"Souta!" He called out to him.

"Izuku-nii!" Souta said with a smile happy to see his friend, however, that smile fell when he saw his mother and the nurse follow after him, making him immediately run away.

"Souta-kun, wait!" Izuku cried as he ran after him, having trouble closing the gap the boy's head start gave him.

"Come on Souta-kun, wait, I just want to talk!" Izuku kept calling, but Souta just ignored him and kept running. He turned a corner and just barely missed a casually strolling Asuna, who lifted the black case she was carrying to keep the boy from running into it.

"Oh, that was a close one." She sighed with relief as she turned back around to keep running, only to be met with Izuku running at top speed into her. The two fell to the ground painfully, Asuna's case falling out of her hands and spilling its contents onto the ground, one such item was a strange neon green device with what seemed to be a neon pink lever switch closed onto it, and the other was a little pink device with a strange glass part sticking out of it. Souta looked back at the sound of the crash, but the first thing that caught his attention was the pink trinket on the ground.

"Huh, is that the driver for this rider?" Amity said.

"It's…colorful to say the least," Viney said.

"Very radical, reminds me of that game system I bought at a secondhand shop," Percy said,

"Oh right, I remember seeing that one in your room," Sumire pointed out,

"Ugh, oh, I'm so sorry, are you ok?" Izuku said frantically as he stood pack up, rubbing his bottom from the fall.

"I'm fine I guess, ow my bum." Asuna said as she rubbed her bottom.

"Uh, here, let me help you up." Izuku offered.

"Oh no need, I can get up myself." Asuna insisted before nimbly leaping back up to her feet, much to Izuku's surprise.

"My name is Asuna Mijun, it is a pleasure to meet you!" She greeted happily, as if completely oblivious to their circumstances of meeting. Izuku struggled to find the words to respond when Souta walked back and picked up the pink trinket.

"Hey, it's Mighty Action X!" Souta said in surprise as he read the label on the trinket. "What's it doing here?" He wondered out loud, gaining the attention of the two teens, specifically Asuna.

"Mighty Action X? Is that a video game?"

"Yep." Phantom said.

"Oh, pardon me, little boy, but that belongs to me." Asuna said politely, yet she quickly snatched the device away from the boy and quickly began to gather up her things.

"That game comes out today, hey you think you can let me play it? Please, just for a bit?" He pleaded, clasping his hands together.

"I'm sorry, but I cannot let you do that little boy." Asuna replied as she secured the game and the device back into the case. "You see, this isn't just an ordinary game, it is very important that I deliver this to a certain someone as soon as possible." She explained, Souta looking down sadly at her response.

"Uh, Souta-kun are you ok, why did you run away like that?" Izuku questioned as he put his hand on the boy's shoulder. Much to his shock, he pushed his hand away rather violently, refusing to look up at the older boy.

"I can't… play it…" Souta said dejectedly. Suddenly, Souta moaned in pain as he grabbed his head, suddenly feeling dizzy. A moment later he fell to the ground unconscious.

"Souta-kun!? Hey Souta-kun, are you ok, what's wrong!" Izuku cried as he kneeled down and tried to shake Souta awake. Asuna looked over as well just in time for the both of them to see strange black blobs come out of the back of Souta's neck leaving behind a strange rash that looked almost like… pixels. "Huh, what was…?" Izuku wondered but was suddenly pushed out of the way by Asuna.

"What the Heck!?" Everyone yelled then Eri held on to her father.

"It can't be…" She said as she kneeled down and put on a strange looking stethoscope, though instead of pressing it to the boy's back, she hit a button on it, a screen appearing displaying Souta and a strange star icon right around where the rash had appeared.

"Oh no, these symptoms…" Asuna mumbled to herself with great concern. Izuku looked up and saw the screen, but didn't know at all what to make of it. "Hurry, we have to get this boy to a hospital, please help me!" Asuna said to Izuku, only increasing his concern.

"Those symptoms…" Emira then turned to the humans, "Is that normal?"

"No." they answered.

Once Izuku had carried Souta back into the hospital, the boy was immediately moved to an intensive care unit that seemed almost quarantined from the rest of the hospital. Izuku, as the good Samaritan that helped out was allowed through, as well as the boy's mother, who looked on helplessly as her son was frantically examined by multiple doctors, all spouting medical nonsense that neither she nor Izuku could understand. Eventually they were forced to wait outside, Izuku thought that he should probably say something to comfort the worrying mother, but with himself just as worried he could think of nothing to say. After what felt like hours of waiting, Asuna came out of the ICU and approached them.

"His conditions have stabilized and is resting right now." She then turned to Souta's mother, "Are you the boy's mother by chance?" to which she nodded. "I need to speak to you in private. A specialist will be arriving soon."

Souta's mother nodded again, she then turned to Izuku, "Please keep my precious baby company."

"Don't worry. I won't let Souta-kun be alone." Izuku assured her.

"So admirable," Hunter whispered,

Luz heard that and spoke, "That is what makes him so cool,"

With that Asuna led the woman to a plain looking office, inside they were greeted by a light blue haired teen, who was sitting on one of the chairs and reading a file.

"Asuna you arrive good. You must be Souta-san's mother, correct?" the teen asked. To which Souta's mother nodded. "Right my name is Retsu Kuruto, I'm considered a specialist for your son's case."

"Please tell me what is wrong with my boy." She asked desperately for an answer.

"Very well. Your son is infected by a sentient virus known as 'Bugster Virus'." Retsu said.

"A-a-a s-sentient virus!?" Souta's mother exclaimed in shock.

"A Sentient Virus!?" Emira said in shock, "Why would anyone create such a horrible thing?"

"Wow, sis. I never knew you would take the Healing Track so seriously?" Amity said,

"Of course, this is something that could kill us if we aren't careful!"

"Indeed it was manufactured by a villain organization about 10 years ago. Pro heroes were able to deal with said organization but the leader and the samples of the virus were never found. We believe that your son was infected by this virus. The Bugster virus itself infects their host and slowly assimilates their body into its own."

"Assimilate… his body…!" She repeated.

"Yes, if left unchecked… there is a very real possibility that your son will die and the Bugster will take his place." Retsu said in a grave serious tone.

Everyone from the Boiling Isle was in shock and horror at what they just heard. They imagine their own bodies being broken down in agonizing pain and forceful reshaping it to a new form, effectively killing them.

No… no, no, this can't be happening!" She cried as she stood up and began pacing all over the room tears spilling from her eyes.

"Ma'am, please calm down. The virus effect accelerates based on a person's stress level if your son saw you like this. It would worsen his condition." Asuna said as she tried to calm her down.

"So true, the last thing you need to do is make the patient ever more stressed."

"We do have a counter measure available, but at the moment it is not operational due to the lack of personnel." Retsu informed them. Asuna glanced back at the black case she had brought with her.

"Then… Then what do we do?" The mother pleaded.

"For now we just keep your son in the ICU and stave off the virus, I will have my associates speed up the preparation process and have our countermeasure ready in a few days… I'm sorry, but it is the best we can do." Retsu said apologetically.

The mother didn't reply, she just sat back down in her seat and began crying into her hands.

"…I'll let you know if anything else happens ma'am. But right now you need to be strong not just for yourself but for your son as well." Retsu said as he placed the file on the table. He places a comforting hand on her shoulder and gestures to Asuna to leave.

"So far they are just hoping the thing doesn't act violently," Viney said,

"But there is an off chance for it to react regardless," Emira mentioned

Asuna was extremely saddened at the sight of the crying mother. She looked back at the black case and narrowed her eyes in determination, taking the case and walking to the door.

"Don't worry ma'am, I promise your son will be fine." She said in a chipper voice, much to the mother's surprise as she looked up at her. "I'll go and bring Perfect Player IZ here and he'll beat that virus no problem, you just wait!" Asuna assured with a bright smile before leaving the room. The mother just looked at the doorway in confusion.

"Huh, Perfect… Player?" She mumbled to herself, the title seeming somewhat familiar to her.

"Wait, how will a gamer help them fight the virus shroom?" Emira asked.

"Maybe it has to do with the Driver." Edric said.

Meanwhile the rider fans are humming, knowing what is going to happen next.

Meanwhile, once all of the doctors had gone, Izuku went in to see Souta, who was lying in a bed in the ICU, surrounded by screens monitoring his vital signs.

"Souta-kun?" He said softly in case he was asleep.

"Mm… Izuku-nii?" Souta replied.

"Hey buddy, how are you feeling?" Izuku asked as he walked over to his side. Souta was silent, looking down sadly as he pulled out a key ring with a little trinket shaped like Mighty on it.

"That's the key ring I won for you at the arcade right?" Izuku said, recognizing the little prize.

"I really wanted to go to the launch party today." Souta lamented.

"…Hey come on, I know it sucks, but it's not the end of the world." Izuku said, trying to cheer him up. "Tell you what, I'll buy you a copy, and once you're good to receive visitors we can all…"

"There's no point if I don't go to the launch party!" Souta cried, slamming the key ring on the bed in frustration.

"Now that is not how a young man should treat his situation." Camilla said.

"Souta-kun…?" Izuku said quizzically at the boy's reaction.

"…I wanted to do something lasting before the end of the month." He admitted.

Izuku raised an eyebrow, confused by his young friend's words. "What do you mean Souta-kun?"

"…Mom told me that we are moving to Tokyo next month due to dad getting a new position there due to his job. This was supposed to be my last chance at making lasting memories with my friends with you Izu-nii." Souta's eyes began well up in tears but he was stopped by a sudden shooting pain in his head.

Luz remembered that feeling when Max and Percy moved, she was lucky that she was able to enjoy her time with them and say her farewells. She can't help but think about what happened similar to the little boy on the screen. She reminded herself of the big 'what-if' she has to say goodbye to her friends in the demon realm.

Her thoughts were quickly gone as she felt the hands of the boys she considered as brothers were on her back, relieving her of the negative thoughts.

"Souta-kun!" Izuku cried in concern. The boy's words resonated with Izuku greatly, memories flashed in Izuku's head of the time he too moved away from his other home. Izuku was born and lived in Mustafa for the first 5 years of his life however he and his mother moved to Kyoto because of …something his mother never told him about, anyway he made a friend when he was living there unfortunately when he was 11 they had to move back to Mustafa. Izuku knew the pain Souta is going through.

"Am I… going to die?" Souta asked him.

Everyone couldn't help but feel sorry for the kid. No child should be asking that kind of question. Max held on to Eri as his parental instincts kicked in. Camilla saw that and felt the same sentiment.

"…No way, and you know what, you're not missing that party." Izuku replied, with a determined smile on his face.

"Huh, but…" Souta began.

"So you're a little sick, big deal, and you know what I always do when I'm sick to feel better?" Izuku asked playfully.

"Play games!" Souta replied.

"Exactly!" Izuku replied before his smile softened and he took his friend's hand. "Don't worry, I promise you'll be playing with your friends in no time, us gamers have to stick together after all." He promised sincerely, the two friends smiling at each other.

"So he is going to take the kid to this launch party?"

"That doesn't sound like a good idea. Sure it was nice of him but still not a good idea."

After waiting in line for hours, the convocation center finally opened and fans flooded into the room where the Mighty Action X Launch Party was being held. There were merchandise booths set up everywhere, as well as demo booths for those who wanted to try the game before purchasing a copy. As soon as they were allowed in fans already scrambled to start a line for the demos and began shopping around for Mighty memorabilia. The scene was chaotic enough that many didn't notice the man, he wore a gray business suit with a blue tie, he had dark blue hair with strands of gray, and walked onto a stage set up on the far wall of the room, a large monitor flashing to life behind him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my apologies for the wait." The man announced, his voice emanating from the speakers grabbing everyone's attention. Many recognized the man as the CEO of Genm Corp himself, Orga Kuruto, who would always attend these sorts of events personally despite his high position. "It's been five long years since it was originally announced. Now, the long awaited legendary game… Mighty Action X is finally complete!" He announced dramatically as the game's logo appeared on the screen behind him. The crowd burst into applause at this announcement and immediately after the demo booths sprang to life and fans quickly started playing.

"Hang on a second, I just noticed something." Hunter said, "This man is the same man from earlier that Retsu and Asuna talked to earlier and is Retsu's father right."

"Yes, that is indeed correct." Willow confirmed.

"And they both know about the Bugsters right." Hunter continued.

"Yeah," Gus said.

"Why does a gaming company CEO and his son know about this virus in the first place?" Ojiro said.

This made everyone realize that he is right and begs the question why does the GENM CEO know about the Bugsters. The witches turned to Phantom as he did mention that he himself watches over this specific Kamen Rider version of Izuku. The young adult watcher turns to them.

"Not telling it's a secret." He said with a cheeky smile.

Not too long after the main event had started, Asuna walked into the party and examined her surroundings with a childlike wonder, she had never been to such a crowded and fun looking place before, it almost made her forget the reason she came.

"No, no, no, pull yourself together Asuna Karino, a little boy's life is at stake, and the only person who can save him is somewhere in this room… at least, I hope he is, he has to be." She said to herself as she scanned the room. Honestly, she didn't really know what she was looking for, she didn't know Perfect Gamer IZ's real name or even what he looked like, she had no idea where to even start looking. However, as her gaze passed over the line for the demos she had to do a double take as she saw a familiar head of green hair as well as the yellow jacket of a familiar young boy. "Huh… AHHHHH?" She cried as she rushed over to the line.

"Little boy!" She cried out, gaining the attention of the group of children that Souta was speaking with, as well as their teenage chaperone. Souta looked both surprised and worried at the sight of the ginger haired girl, and Izuku seemed just as shocked.

"Looks like someone is in trouble," Edric said.

"Huh, what are you doing here?" He asked her as she stood before them.

"That's just what I was about to ask!" Asuna replied. "Why is this sick little boy not in bed at the hospital?"

"Souta, who is this girl?" One of Souta's friends asked.

"I thought you said you were all better." The girl of the group added with concern.

"I am, I am, I don't need to go back to the hospital!" Souta replied, turning around mid-sentence to Asuna, shooting her annoyed glare.

"Oh I am certain you do, little boy Souta, you are very, very…" Asuna began to lecture before Izuku covered her mouth.

"Wait, didn't Asuna mention that the virus accelerates due to stress right?" Viney said. To which her answer was answered with nods. "Then why is she trying to make Souta stressful, isn't that counterproductive."

"Ehh, sometimes people forget the important stuff," Phantom said.

"Ah, will you excuse us for a moment, don't mind us, you guys just keep waiting for the game, I'll be right back." Izuku said awkwardly as she guided Asuna off to the sight out of earshot. "Look, I'm sorry for sneaking Souta out of the hospital without permission, but he really wanted to come to this event." Izuku began to explain himself. "Please, just let us off the hook this once, I promise I'll take Souta back as soon as the Launch Party is over." He pleaded, clasping his hands together desperately.

"Absolutely not, that little boy is very, very sick, he needs to be taken back to the ICU as soon as possible." Asuna insisted.

"Oh come on, so he gets a little dizzy sometimes, one afternoon playing video games with his friends isn't gonna kill him." Izuku tried to rebuke.

"I'm sorry, but you just don't understand the situation that boy is in." Asuna replied. "If his illness is left unchecked, his life, as well as those he comes in contact with, will all be in danger." She explained.

"…What?" Izuku nearly whimpered with a shocked expression on his face, he had no idea that Souta-kun's condition was that serious. He looked back over to the group of children silently, all giddy to finally get their hands on this legendary game, did he really just put all of their lives in danger? Once it seemed like Izuku would no longer protest, Asuna walked back over to Souta and his friends.

"Man talk about laying it hard," Edric said.

Luz huffed at this, she remembered that first episode of Ex-Aid and how it played out. She was annoyed by her attitude considering the treatment she gave to the original Ex-Aid. What she was doing is counterproductive and making him go back to the hospital will just stress him out even more.

"Souta, we're going back to the hospital." Asuna said as she grabbed the boy by his wrist.

"Let go, it's nearly our turn!" He protested, refusing to move from his place in line.

"I'm sorry, but this is for your own good." Asuna insisted as she tried to pull him away.

"It's just for a little bit, let me play!" Souta pleaded desperately. Suddenly, he felt a shooting pain in his head, closing his eyes and grasping it as he moaned in pain.

"Hey, Souta, you ok?" Souta's friend asked.

"You really are still sick, aren't you?" Another one stated.

"Souta-kun!" Izuku cried as she rushed over to him. But as soon as he was in reach Souta pulled out of Asuna's grip with enough force to not only send Asuna, but Izuku to the ground a few feet away. Souta cradled his head in his hands as the mirage of a strange creature momentarily appeared over Souta, but vanishing as soon as it came. Souta couldn't take the pain anymore and let out a scream, the same black blobs from before now covering his entire body and morphing into what can only be described as a giant black golem. The entire room erupted in panic as the sight of the monster began to stampede away and out of the room, including Souta's friends. However, Izuku, Asuna and Orga could only stare in horror at the creature as a strange white mask with blood red markings and two round yellow eyes materialized on the creature's "face" and it began to swing its large club-like limbs at whatever was around. At that moment three pro heroes showed up. The three heroes being Death Goro, Kamui Woods and Mount Lady, the trio started to fight the monster but their attacks didn't seem to affect it at all as a Miss hit box would appear where they strike.

"OH MY GOD!" Gus screamed in shock. Everyone is in shock by what they saw.

"What is that!? A giant meatball!?" Hunter screamed,

"So it has been completed." Orga said in worry and anger, as he was escorted away by his bodyguards.

Izuku in anger grabbed Asuna's shoulder with unintentional force. "What is that? What is happening to Souta-kun!? Tell me!?" Asuna noticed that Izuku's emerald eyes flash blood red for a fraction of a second.

"Did his eyes change colors?" Amity asks Luz,

"Yep but that never happened in the manga…"

Seeing as she had no choice, she told him the truth. "That is a sentient computer virus made by a villain organization many years ago that acts like an actual virus. It evolves by coming into contact with and infecting humans… we call it the Bugster Virus." She elaborated. "Once infected, the virus multiplies and assimilates the cells in the host's body until… it completely turns into a Bugster." She concluded as she looked back at the convocation center, where the Bugster Union was still rampaging.

Izuku's eyes widened in terror at this new information as he let go of Asuna, he looked back at the convocation center and listened to the sounds of the Bugster Union battle with three pro heroes goes on, he couldn't believe that hidden somewhere in that monstrosity was his little buddy Souta, and what's more, it was all his fault that he ended up like that.

"…So then Souta-kun…h-he is…already…" Izuku said and he dropped to his knees in despair and then falling over onto his hands as he fought back the tears. He screwed up, what kind of hero would put innocent people in danger, maybe Bakugo and All Might were right, maybe he should give up being a hero.

"Don't give up, Izuku!" the fans yelled,

"No matter what! Keep coming back up!" Luz shouted,

"You can do it!" Eri joined,

"No…not yet but we still have a chance." Asuna said. Izuku looked at her in shock and relief.

"Really!? Souta-kun can still be saved. Quick tell me how to do it." Izuku said. Asuna looked at him with slight concern knowing full well the danger of the method to deal with the Bugster.

"Are you sure? This is very risky and may even be fatal." Asuna asked, her voice clearly showed concern. She knew the consequences for those that couldn't handle the method. Izuku nods without hesitation, he has a determined look in his eyes.

"I'm sure. It's my fault for this happening in the first place. My dream is to become a hero and what kind of hero I would be if I'm not risking my life to save someone." Izuku said. What neither noticed was a certain skeleton blond haired man hiding not too far from them, he heard everything and is deeply touched by what he heard and he also felt ashamed for his words to Izuku, this is Toshinori Yagi also known as All Might.

"Guess someone is starting to regret their choices," Gus said,

"That commons in more fanfictions," Percy said to the human appreciation member,

Asuna looks Izuku in the eyes, she nods to him. She kneels down and opens up the case she had with her and takes out the driver and device from earlier.

"With the Gamer Driver and Rider Gashat, we can operate on Souta and remove the Bugster from him. Become a Kamen Rider to save Souta." She said as she handed him the devices.

"Kamen…Rider." Izuku mutters, for some reason that name…that title, it resonated with him as if it was calling out to him. Izuku then slaps the Gamer Driver on his waist and a black belt forms around his waist.

"Sometimes, heroes answer the call when someone starts to run without even knowing. That action comes from their hearts and responding to that action is a mark of a hero," Phantom said to the audience which put them at awe as he continued, "That is the call of the Heisei Kamen Riders where they believe to create justice in their world of injustice."

"Please be careful, that game is very dangerous, I'm not sure you could even use it." Asuna warned again.

"Game?" He said quizzically as he looked at the Gashat in his hand. It did indeed have the logo of the newly released Mighty Action X, but it couldn't be…

Mighty Action X!

The Gashat announced as Izuku hit the black switch on the top right of it. Suddenly, a holographic screen resembling the home screen of the Mighty Action X game appeared behind him and a modernized remix of the Mighty Action jingle rang throughout the area. The world around him suddenly began to change, a pulse of energy rippling out and turning the area around him into a blocky, pixelated version of itself, before quickly reformatting into its original appearance, the only difference being that there were now square blocks of what seemed to be chocolate sporadically placed all over the place, some on the ground and some floating in the air.

"That's strange." Amity said,

"Ahh good times." Luz said.

"What the heck!?" Mouth Lady screamed as she avoided the blocks. The other pro heroes were confused by the sudden change of their surroundings.

"The Game Field!?" Asuna said in shock. What she didn't notice was a slight breeze blowing past Izuku's face as a confident, almost excited smile graced his features.

"If it's a game, then you best leave this to me." Izuku said with so much confidence, much to Asuna's confusion. "I'll change Souta-kun's fate…with my own hands!" he added as he sang the Gashat around in a transformation pose.

"Okay not gonna lie. That is a pretty cool thing to say."

"Henshin!" he cried out before flipping the Gashat so the glass end pointed downwards and switched it to his left hand and inserted it into the first slot in the Gamer Driver.

Gashatto!

Let's game, meccha game, mucha game, whatcha name!

The Driver announced that a virtual ring appeared around Izuku, followed by a multitude of icons that showed various armored characters. Once the icons stopped spinning Izuku chose the one that resembled Mighty, his body glowing with pixelated energy before the character icon phased into him.

I'm a Kamen Rider!

In a flash of bright light Izuku's transformation was complete and standing in the place of the quirky golden-headed boy was… a rather ridiculous looking mascot-like character that vaguely resemble Mighty. The only indication that this was in fact Izuku was the Gamer Driver that was around the character's waist.

"…What?" was everyone's response to the rider now on screen.

"Bhahaahaha, oh my Titan he looks so cute." Emira said,

"Everyone, this is Kamen Rider Ex-Aid," he gestures to the character on screen.

"Huh, Whoa! What is this? Huh, what, wha…?" Izuku said as he tried to adjust himself to his new bulky armor.

"…What?" Kamui Woods said in confusion as he sees the new Rider, the other heroes have the same confused expressions on their faces as well.

The Bugster Union seemed to notice the new "threat" and winded its big arm to attack.

"Look out!" Asuna warned.

Izuku looked up and saw the attack coming, immediately leaping out of the way, a little jumping sound effect leaving his feet as he did. The Bugster's arm smashed the ground where Izuku once stood, the suited boy landing right on top of the large fist, only leaping off when it tried to shake him off. The Bugster raised its arm to slam him again, but Izuku once again leaped out of the way, landing on the creature's head in a mocking pose. The creature took the bait and reached for him, only to slam its own head once Izuku leaped out of the way.

"Well, his looks don't match his skill," Phantom said smugly. Everyone was surprised at how agile and fast Ex-aid is despite his appearance.

"What but how!?" Amity said in complete shock. She admits that she didn't have much expectation of this rider due to his appearance but clearly Ex-Aid blew that out of the water.

They did giggle at the part where the Bugster Union hit itself.

With a flip in the air Izuku landed a couple of feet away from it safely and soundly. He took a momentary look at his surroundings and quickly deduced that it would be more effective to be on the other side of the Bugster. And so he literally rolled under it, the Bugster desperately trying to step on him the whole way until he made it to his desired location. He unrolled and stood up straight letting out a cocky chuckle as he unconsciously summoned his weapon. It started as an icon on a ring surrounding him, but eventually materialized into a little white and black hammer with a pink A button and a green B button on one side. On the other was a large, black slot and on top it had what seemed to be a spiky pink mohawk.

"Gashacon Breaker!" The weapon introduced itself as Izuku took it in his right hand.

"I'll clear this game without any problems!" Izuku declared as he pointed the Gashacon Breaker at the monster. Once the monster acknowledged the challenge, Izuku, with a determined grunt, raised the weapon in the air, turned on his heel… and began running away into the intricate bridges connecting the various buildings of the convocation center.

"Why is he running away?" Hunter asked,

"What closely and find out," Max answered to the grimwalker.

"Come on, over here, over here, come get me!" He taunted the monster chasing after him furiously, breaking some of the chocolate blocks that floated overhead.

"Hey wait, where are you going?" Asuna called as she tried to follow at a safe distance.

"Hey get back here!" Death Goro called out as he and the pro heroes followed them.

"This is just how you fight in Platformers… you jump around the stage, collecting items… and then strike at just the right moment!" Izuku explained as he leaped from bridge to bridge, platform to platform, jumping on and off chocolate blocks to avoid the Bugster Union's flailing attacks. Asuna couldn't help but get a little dizzy watching the little character leap all over the place, was this really the most effective way to battle this Bugster.

"I see now, Taking advantage of his environment to get the upper hand on the monsters,"

"Yep, something that helps a lot in combat."

Eventually, Izuku saw that its movements were slowing down and the time to strike was approaching. He leaped on a couple of chocolate blocks to get to the highest one he could get to and broke it apart with the Gashacon Breaker, revealing a yellow glowing medal that depicted a black figure running at top speed. The item phased into Izuku's body, making him glow as well.

"Got an item, Speed Up!" Izuku announced as he unleashed the power of the medal, zooming across a set of floating blocks at blinding speeds, hitting the Bugster as he passed by, too fast for it to respond. Each time the Bugster was hit, a little graphic that said "HIT" in bright yellow font appeared, this truly was a game. As the power up was beginning to fade, Izuku landed one last powerful hit to send the Bugster out into the open, landing just within range to get hit. The Bugster noticed this and took the bait, going to hit him only to have all of his strikes knocked away by Izuku's weapon. Once the Bugster seemed to be getting tired, Izuku leaped up into the air, spun in the air and then slammed down on the creature with the Gashacon Breaker; he did this a couple of times before he saw that its form was beginning to lose shape.

"This is it!" He cried as he landed one last powerful smack of his hammer, the Bugster melting away and then exploding into a series of black pixels. A little victory jingle played in the background as Souta appeared in the aftermath of the explosion, falling to the ground unconscious.

"He did it!" Everyone else cheered,

'Not over yet' while the others know what's next.

"Wow he did it." Mount lady said in shock.

"We couldn't even scratch it but this kid could beat it like it was nothing." Kamui Woods added.

"Souta-kun!" Izuku cried as he rushed up to the boy. He kneeled down and tried to touch him, only for his hand to pass right through him, noticing that his body was transparent and sparking with pixelated energy. "What the… why?"

"The game isn't over yet!" Asuna stated as she joined him.

"But Deku beat the Bugster?" Willow was confused by what she said.

"No, what he beat was the union of the host and the Bugster," Phantom said, "You see the form just now was called a Bugster Union. Bugster Unions are formed when a Bugster-infected patient experiences enough stress, the Bugster viruses inside multiplying rapidly and overtaking the patient's body, forming a giant orange virus form around it; the Union's shape seems largely irrelevant to the Bugster's appearance. Bugster Unions can only be defeated by a Kamen Rider in Level 1; the reason why is unexplained, though it may be because other Levels are too strong and may injure the patient inside the Union."

"Level…1?" Kosei asked.

"Ex-aid current form." Luz pointed out, "Riders that use this form have the ability to extract their patient from this fused state. Afterwards they 'level up'.

"What!?" Izuku cried.

A few feet away from them a bunch of little orange specks began to come together, fusing into a multitude of enemies. The majority of them were strange little foot soldiers, with black bodies and orange heads that look like chickens for some reason. One of the Bugster stood out from the rest and seems to be the leader. The Bugster has a snail like motif mostly blue and seemed at least partially mechanical, wearing a black top hat and matching cape.

"Puny Level 1. Your aren't worth my time biting into." The creature mocked as he stroked his snail-like appendage on its left arm. Suddenly, the foot soldiers changed appearance as well, now seeming to be dressed as chefs with various utensils as weapons.

"That's…the Bugster?" Emira said.

"Yes, that is a Bugster." their host said, "There are multiple Bugsters each with their own personalities and abilities."

"Wait, that's Count Salty!" Izuku yelled out as he pointed at the Bugster as he recognized him.

"…Who?" Mount Lady asks.

"What she said, who?" Edric asked,

"He's a game character from that world's game series called Mighty Action. He is basically the first boss and last boss fight throughout the game as he is the main villain. If I were to make a comparison, I would say he is a mix of Bowser and Ganondorf in terms of Boss fights." Phantom explained.

"He's one of the most iconic Bosses from the Mighty Action series since his debut in Mighty Action 1. He is famous for being the first Boss in nearly every game and is also the famous last Boss at the end of each game. He is practically loved by fans as much as Mighty himself." Izuku said but the eyes of his helmet are now stars.

"Wow…I didn't know I liked it so much." Salty said, clearly embarrassed by the reveal of his popularity.

"Wow, I guess even a monster can feel embarrassed." Hunter said.

"Even I know who Count Salty is." Kamui Woods said. To which his comrades gave him a surprise look. "Don't judge me. Mighty Action Mobile is a great stress reliever."

"Anyway…I just need to defeat him and clear the level right?" Izuku said as he turned to Asuna.

"Yes, but be careful, leveling up might just be too dangerous." She warned.

"Well fist boss Salty's isn't so tough, so this is gonna be a cake walk." Izuku said, "But I do need a bit more attack power to even things up." He admitted as he reached to the side of his belt and hit a button on a strange green slot.

Stage Select!

The driver announced a ring of images featuring different areas appeared.

"Yeah the Gamer Driver can do that," he mentioned, "Mostly because most retro video games have a stage select screen where their character goes first,"

Gus is now taking notes about video games and wondering if they will get the chance to play later.

"Nope, that's the Stage Select." He deduced as he let the images disappear without selecting anything. He then reached to the buckle of the driver, noticing the only thing on it was the large pink switch lever.

"So I guess it's this then. Don't worry about it, just sit back, relax, and watch the skills of Perfect Player IZ in action!" Izuku stated. This made Asuna's eyes widen in shock, some of the gamers from the event that were hiding nearby heard Izuku declaration and cheered for him.

"What!? Your Perfect Player IZ!" Asuna said in shock.

"3,2,1." Phantom counted down.

"WHAT!" Everyone besides Luz, Percy, Max, Sumire, and Eri screamed. They just found out the identity of Perfect Player IZ.

"Yeah in this world, Izuku is a gaming prodigy and one hell of a strategist,"

"Dai-Henshin!" Izuku cried as he posed heroically, or as heroically as possible with that ridiculous looking body. He then pulled the lever out, revealing the Gamer Driver's screen with an image of his second Rider from on it, the other side of the cover having the words "Gamer Driver" in bright, colorful font.

Gachan!

Level Up!

The Driver announced as the image on the screen blew up into a life-sized hologram that Izuku dashed through. He glowed with pink energy as the image fused into him.

Mighty Jump!

Mighty Kick!

Mighty, Mighty Action X!

The Driver sang as Izuku jumped high into the air and threw out a flying kick. Finally, the rest of his body completely fell apart, leaving only his face, and out from behind it popped a body resembling the image on the screen; Izuku now wore a pink bodysuit with black lines running down either side of his body, with a gray chest plate that resembled a game controller with four multicolored buttons on the right hand side and what seemed to be a life bar over two command buttons on the left hand side. Of course, his helmet still made him resemble the Mighty character, but it's more humanoid appearance almost made him look like a fighting game character.

"Introducing Kamen Rider Ex-aid Level 2, more or less his default form." Phantom said

"So pink…"Edric is reminded of Revice,

"It takes a real man to make it work," Percy said which made his girlfriend giggle.

Izuku landed in a kneel, pausing for a moment before standing back up and raising his right fist into the air with his other hand on his waist in Mighty's iconic pose, the words Level Up appearing in bright yellow font. Penny looked in amazement at Izuku's Level 2 form, though the Bugster seemed unfazed, though it would soon be sorry. Izuku let out a cocky chuckle before cracking his knuckles and summoning the Gashacon Breaker once more.

"As I've said before, I'll clear this game with no regrets." Izuku said as he charged into the small army of Bugsters, bashing any that came into range, each one taking one or two hits to disappear into a burst of black pixels.

"Wish i could help but its bigger form took too much out of me." Kamui Woods said as he finally dropped to his knees in exhaustion.

"Yeah, same here." Death Goro said as well as he sat down and held his right chest, "I think I broke a few ribs. I don't think I could fight much longer anyway."

"I wish I could help him but I think I would just get in the way." Mount lady admitted she knew that she relied on her quirk too much in her fight to get an advantage but it doesn't look like that it would help much.

"The feeling is mutual," Amity agreed,

"Aww sweet potato, you're not in the way," Luz gave her a hug to make her feel better. Luz gained +3 in charm.

Eventually the fight spilled into a nearby parking lot, giving the genius gamer a lot more room to work with. He was surrounded and outnumbered, but Izuku effortlessly avoided their attempts to strike him, leaping around the battlefield with acrobatic ease as he hammered down each Bugster one by one, slowly wedeling down their numbers. Eventually, Izuku leaped out of the crowd of creatures, standing at the perfect angle for them to be all lined up before him. Spinning his weapon in his hand confidently, he rushed in, bombarding the Bugsters with powerful strikes, knocking them all over the battlefield before they burst into nothingness. Once he made it to the last one, that didn't seem to be paying attention, he gave it a moment to guard its head with what seemed to be a cooking bowl, before slamming his weapon on to it, killing the creature anyway. Suddenly, a second wave of Bugsters materialized, though it did little to deter Izuku as he tapped the A button on the Gashacon Breaker.

Ja-kin!

The weapon announced as the mohawk unfolded and extended into a blade.

"A hammer that turned into a sword?" Camilla tilt her head as this wasn't the most craziest thing she sees today,

"Hey, some weapons transform into a cellular phone."

"Ja-kin!" Izuku couldn't help but repeat as he brandished the Gashacon Breaker in Blade Mode. He then reengaged the Bugster, skillfully slashing at them while blocking and countering any attack thrown at him. He leaped around the battlefield easily dispatching the second wave of Bugsters.

"Oh, spicing things up are we?" Salty said from his perch, "I don't say this often but I am impressed with your skills. If things were different, I would have liked to recruit you to my army." He then leaps down onto the parking lot, haughtily laughing and gaining the gamer's attention.

"Have at thee!" He said as he dramatically threw his cape behind him and charged towards him. Izuku simply leap over him, much to Salty's surprise, the Bugster tried again and Izuku, without even looking, back flipped out of the way over him again much to the Bugster's irritation but it did give a little sense of joy that reminds him so much of his rival.

Izuku landed within range and slash at the Bugster but Salty block the attacks with his snail like appendage and chuckled menacingly as sparks began to travel down Izuku's weapon.

"Gah!" Izuku cried as he was shocked by the sparks making stumble back a bit. Salty didn't give him any breathing room as he began to fire bolts of lightning at his feet, making him dance.

"Whoa. Okay, easy there now." Izuku said to dodge the arcing electricity as best he could. He is honestly surprised, he knows that Salty could manipulate Electricity in the games for large area attacks in desperation as first Boss. He figured that it would be more practical in a real life situation but he didn't expect it to be this effective. Salty was about to fire another bolt of lightning at him, Izuku quickly swatted the appendage away with his sword and countered with an upward slash to his torso that sent the bugster rolling on the ground.

"His video game knowledge is pouring into his fighting skills," Max commented,

"Probably wouldn't happen in real life but hey this is Kamen rider where we can easily go to the moon and date cute aliens,"

With Salty now staggered, he leaped up onto a nearby floating chocolate block and then came down on Salty with a powerful downward slash just as he got back to his feet. He followed up with a high horizontal slash, which Salty ducked under, but he immediately swung back around and nicked him with a slash to the face. Izuku then took a moment to tap the B button on the Gashacon Breaker twice before landing an extra powerful slash across Salty's chest, two HIT graphics appearing to signify the extra damage. Before Salty had a chance to recover Izuku tapped the button again and slashed once more, followed by two more normal slashes that ended up with him standing on the other side of Salty. Izuku could see that they were nearing the end and so with a loud battle cry he began jabbing Salty with his blade, each jab keeping him in the air as they traveled across the lot and once Salty had come back down Izuku let out one final slash that sent him flying back across the battlefield.

"Gah! Curse you!" Salty said as he tried to get back up.

"Well Salty it's been fun but now it's time to finish this." Izuku said.

Gashun!

The Driver said as Izuku removed the Rider Gashat from its slot and blew into it like an old fashioned game cartage before sliding it into the slot on the side of his belt.

Gashatto! Kimewaza!

The slot was announced after Izuku hit the button. There was a standby noise as colorful graphics like energy began pulsating from the Gashat and collecting onto Izuku's foot, glowing green like his boots.

"Alright, here comes the finisher." Izuku said as he climbed up, getting into a stance as the energy began overflowing from his foot.

"Oh here it comes!" The latina girl giggled as she enjoyed this part.

"It is not over…. yet!" Salty said as he charged at Izuku to try and stop his attack.

Mighty Critical Strike!

The slot announced after Izuku hit the button once again, the eyes on his visor glowing momentarily before he leaped into the air and landed a kick onto the Salty Bugster. However, he stayed in the air and delivered a series of leaping and spinning kicks, the HIT graphic occasionally turning into GREAT as he did more complex looking kicks. Eventually, he let out one last powerful kick, which earned him a PERFECT graphic, and Salty was flung back by its sheer force.

Kaishin no Ippatsu!

The holder cried as Izuku landed with a kneel on the ground and Salty writhed in pain before exploding, not even leaving behind any pixels. Realizing he was victorious, Izuku slapped his knee and stood back up, striking Mighty's pose triumphantly.

"Flawless victory," the white haired spoke which made his friends laugh while everyone else is confused,

"Well that was something," the illusion student liked the fight between Ex-Aid and Count Salty, it was very animated in his eyes.

"Indeed, though the pink is a bit mu-" Edric's mouth was shut by his twin

"ALRIGHT!" Izuku announced with glee at his victory.

Game Clear!

The Driver announced as the victory jingle began to play, a ring of faded game titles orbiting him before stopping on Mighty Action X, the icon turning fully visible and the words GAME CLEAR appearing on it.

Not long after Asuna drags Izuku and Souta to a more secluded area after slipping past the pro heroes. Souta sat in anticipation, Izuku untransformed by his side to keep him calm. Asuna scanned him again with her strange stethoscope. The screen only showed Souta's face, no graphic to suggest Bugster infection.

"Well, looks like you are cured and clear of the Bugster." Asuna said with delight, much to the two boys' relief.

"So the boy made a full recovery," Viney said, "Glad that was over,"

"No."

"Huh?"

"It is just the beginning…"

"Thanks goodness. Hear that Souta-kun you're cured." Izuku said with a big smile.

"Yeah thanks to you Izuku-nii." Souta said with a grin, Izuku was surprised as the young boy continued, "I saw you a little when I was inside that thing, you were totally awesome. Like a Hero, maybe even like All Might."

"Well I should expect nothing less from Perfect Player IZ." Asuna said.

"Really!?" Izuku said in shock, he blushed a bit, "I don't know about that but I couldn't just standby and not do something after, plus my body more or less moved on its own." As he said those words, a certain blonde-haired man, who was hiding from the group, felt his heart resonate with Izuku's words.

They see that doubts in All Might fade away as now the pro hero believes that Izuku has what it takes to be a hero like him. Phantom smiled as he remembered that moment when the anime premiered as memories of his previous life flooded into his mind.

Later an Ambulance arrives, Souta was placed on the stretcher and is being examined by a pair of paramedics and his mother is there as well.

"Hmm… you're right, he seems to be perfectly healthy now, but just to be safe we'd like to keep him overnight to run some further tests." One of the paramedics said.

"Yes, of course doctor, and this time Souta will stay put, right?" Souta's mother said in a pseudo stern tone.

"Yes, mom." Souta complied.

"Hey kid looks like you got some company." Said the other paramedic. As Souta's friends rush over to the stretcher.

"Souta!" They all cried in concern.

"Guys!" Souta said in shock at their sudden appearance.

"Idiot, the hell do you think you're doing!" One of the boys said.

"Why did you lie about not being sick anymore!?" The second boy added.

"We were seriously worried about you!" The girl stated, all three glaring angrily at him.

"Um… I'm sorry." Souta replied as he looked down sadly. "I just really wanted to go to the Lunch Party with you guys, since I will be moving away soon, this was our last chance…but I messed it up in the end. I'm sorry…" Souta said, feeling like he was about to cry. His friend's expressions softened a bit, realizing what this was all about.

"… Geez, you really are an idiot Souta." The first boy replied, Souta looking up in surprise at the declaration.

"You think that just because you are moving away it will stop us from being friends?" The girl asked rhetorically, with a somewhat disappointed look on her face.

"But…" Souta began to reply.

"Max. Percy. Thanks for keeping that promise," Luz said to them,

"No problem,"

"Like we ever want to forget our best friend and little sister!"

"Hey, since when I was a little sister?" the three shared a laugh,

"Sure we won't see you anymore but that doesn't mean we can chat online or play games online or even video chat." The second boy stated.

"Besides, we can always visit them during the holidays." Souta's mom said, "After all our grandparents, some of your aunts and uncles do live here."

Izuku watched the interaction from a distance and couldn't help but smile as Souta's worries faded away. He looks down at the Gamer Driver and Rider Gashat and wonders why these things felt so right in his hands and why they also seem so familiar. He then turns to Asuna and hands them back.

~EXCITE by Daichi Miura~

"Good music." Emira commented

"Wait till you hear Life is Beautiful."

"Here Asuna-san," Izuku said, "Thanks for letting me borrow these to save Souta-kun." Internally he is reluctant to return to such a fun and unique 'game'.

"Hmm? Oh no Perfect Player IZ, these are yours now." Asuna said as he handed the items back.

"Wait…What!?" Izuku said in shock.

"I'm sure you have a lot of questions, and I'll be happy to answer them, just follow me." She insisted as she grabbed Jaune by the wrist and "guided" away from the convention grounds.

"Whoa, hey, hey, grip, that's a strong grip…" He stammered as he struggled against her grip but eventually just submitted to following her.

As the two left the area, what they didn't notice was a black limousine park not to far from the where the battle took place, inside the limo, a young man around Izuku's age, he has brown hair with blue edges slicked back, he wore a white shirt with a black vest, black trousers and brown shoes. In his right hand is a blue colored Rider Gahset with a black handle and his left hand is resting on another Gamer Driver.

"What another one!?" Everyone said in shock.

"Oh did I forget to mention that the Gamer Driver is kind of a mass-produced type of driver as well." Phantom said.

"Hmm. So that's how Perfect Player IZ fights? Hmm…interesting I believe there is still room for him to grow before I call him my comrade." He then presses the Rider Gashat.

Taddle Quest!

In another area close to the battle, leaning against the guard rail of the upper pathway, a young man wearing a dark yellow shirt, a black scarf, camo jeans and army style boots. He has black spiky hair with a silver bang covering his left eye, he is also wearing a camo colored hat with two black horns on the front panel.

"Hmm…he may be useful but," he then pulls out a dark navy blue Gashat and aims it at the area Izuku was like a gun, "If he gets in my way. I won't hesitate to shoot him in the back. Bang." He said then pressed the button.

"Something about that man gives me the creeps," Viney cower at the young man pointing his Gashat like a gun, "Like a hunter ready to shoot his prey."

Bang Bang Shooting!

Inside the convention area, a young man with yellow hair with a black lightning bolt, wearing a black biker jacket with thunderbolt decals, a white shirt, red trousers and blue sneakers. He is also wearing a pair of black sunglasses, he stops walking and crouches down to pick up a discarded Might plushy. The teen grins.

"Looks like my pal is now part of the race," he said as he pulls out a bright yellow Gashat and spins it, "And I'll make sure we both cross the finish line." He then presses it.

Bakusou Bike!

The screen turned to black.

"Hey Denki is a Kamen Rider too!" Luz said,

"Yeah, me and my buddy think he has the most potential if he goes in the right direction," Phantom said, "Anyway what do you guys think?"

"It was fun and I really like the whole doctor idea with it," Emira enjoyed the show, everyone else agreed,

"So do you have these 'video games'?" Gus asked,

"Why yes. Why not take a hour break before we get to the next rider," Phantom opens a nearby door to reveal his video game collection, "Remember to play fair and have fun," which everyone got up and headed there. But…

"Hey Amity, you have a minute?" the young Blight turned her head to see Percy,

"Uh yeah. What do you need?"

"I couldn't help but notice your problem. So I wanted to lay in my insight," Percy said to her,

"What are-"

"It's okay. I'm bisexual too." Amity shuts up quickly and looks at the english boy, "It's okay to feel sacred,"

"I know but-"

"I know that there are people who will condemn you for liking two genders but not us," he said, "You're not alone, Amity and it's okay to rely on us if things get bad."

Amity just let out a laugh, "Why are you so nice to me? We only met like a day,"

"You're dating Luz. So by default make you my future sister-in-law" Amity started to laugh, "And in my family, we look out for each other."

"Well thanks. I didn't think you would help me with that" What she did next wasn't expected as she gave Percy a similar handshake to her counterpart in the Fourze world, "Well then hopefully you and Luz will teach me these video games." She said while heading to the game room with him,

"Sure, but warning you. My girlfriend is very good with rhythm games."

3… 2… 1…

Special thanks to my buddy darkraizerGX1 for letting me use his story. So next story will be another reaction to an AU, one that is still in need of an update. But it is getting there, I promise those who are waiting.