Chapter 36:
Shit is about to hit the fan.
Mineta woke up in a field of flowers. He was confused for the most part. The last thing he remembered was narrowly surviving a clown attack. "Am I dead?"
"Minoru…" He heard a familiar voice call out to him from the meadow. He turned around and saw her.
"Rumiko…" He said, looking at the girl in front of him. She was taller than him. Her black hair flows freely with the wind. Her golden eyes sparkling as it always did. She still had that beautiful smile on her face.
"It's good to see you aga-"
"Wait a fucking minute," Mineta stopped her from talking. "You're not real! YOU'RE MY PAST IMAGINARY GIRLFRIEND! I'M DREAMING!"
"I'm real."
"No, you're not. Watch this." Mineta concentrated until a revolver with 'Live and Let Die' engraved on it appears on his hand. "If seen return to Civil War…what? Who the hell is Civil War? Never mind."
Mineta aimed the revolver to his head, ready to fire. "Goodbye, Rumiko."
*BANG*
"GAH!" Mineta awoke in a daze, gasping for breath. Awase was quickly on his side.
"Whoa, holy shit. You're finally awake, bro. Calm down, you're fine." Awase told him. Mineta looked around the room, recognizing he's in a hospital. The IV Bag is still connected to his arm. At the corner of his eyes, he could see Ibara, looking on the floor, expressionless. He looked at Awase for any answers but before the welder hero-in-training could answer him, he noticed someone missing.
"Yosetsu, where's Bakugou?"
With the Shiketsu Students...
"Everyone with us?" Nagamasa asked his classmates while doing a headcount. They were all in the hospital room containing a still unconscious Trish. The toxic gas did her in and the doctor said she'll be out for a while. "Shishikura, where's Murry?."
"He is currently accompanying Kodai and Honenuki. He felt responsible for their injuries. I managed to stop Murry and Kodai's internal bleeding before it could get any worse but Recovery Girl told me to leave the rest to her." Seiji was quieter than usual. Nagamasa speculated it was from seeing Murry with multiple bullet wounds while carrying a bleeding Yui and an unconscious Juzo. The smoker collapsed just as he reached the camp lodge and Seiji was lucky enough to be there to use his quirk and stop any internal bleeding.
Nagamasa felt responsible for what happened to his classmates, with him being the Class President. Not only that, the Vice President has been abducted from them. Never has he seen Camie this angry at herself. He could see her brooding in the corner. Chifu is also at another corner, upset that she didn't go with Camie to save Izuku. Kenshi only had minor injuries that healed quickly.
"I'M TERRIBLY SORRY FOR BEING USELESS!" Inasa bowed in front of everyone, feeling guilty that he didn't do anything. Kenshi was the first to speak up.
"You did what you're told, boy. You have nothing to be guilty about."
"Yeah, motherfucker. Calm your shit." Chifu was among the most injured, having to fight against a powerful version of Tokoyami's Dark Shadow. It was only after she forced Todoroki to use fire that they were able to take down the beast within Tokoyami.
"I'm going to get him." Camie stood up from her brooding. Nagamasa could feel her anger become replaced by determination. She wanted her best friend back. "I already lost one best friend. I don't want to lose him too."
"I can't allow you to do that," Seiji stepped in and got right up Camie's face. The two had an intense staredown. "We let the heroes handle this one, Utsushimi."
"I can get him out of there. I can easily trick those-"
"And if you fail? You'll be another hostage the heroes have to rescue, or worse, a new body to bury." He explained thoroughly to her. As much as it frustrates, they should stay out of the way. Camie disagrees.
"Don't you care about your clas-"
"Don't pull that card on me, woman. If you die out there, do you think Midoriya will forgive himself? You're being impulsive and irrational." They were on each others' faces now. The situation was tense, and a fight is bound to happen. Nagamasa finally stepped in.
"Camie. Shishikura. Calm down." He forced himself in between the two of them. Kenshi got in front of Seiji while Riku got in front of Camie, making sure the two won't fight.
*Ring ring*
"Ah, motherfuck. I got a call from the Grand Priest," Chifu held up her phone showing who's calling her. "I'll be outta this room. Y'all better not do some infighting bullshit, okay?"
She exited the hospital room quickly to answer her phone and everyone was back to being tense. Inasa stood there, watching but alert.
"Gran Torino said he will handle the situation. His student is kidnapped so he will participate in the raid." Kenshi revealed to everyone.
"Raid?" Camie looked at the wolf, bewildered.
"I do not know when it will happen, but they will save Midoriya and Bakugou. It was thanks to your friend, Toga, whose testimony assisted in knowing where to look. As for the nomu? Yaoyorozu planted a tracker on the nomu." Kenshi explained to everyone in the room. "What I told you never leaves this room. The heroes will handle it. Besides, they have All Might, Tornado, and Endeavor on the case."
Camie stayed silent but walked out of the room to cool off. She never felt this angry before. A large hand grabbed her arm, startling her. She turned around to see it's just Chifu smiling at her. "Chifu?"
"My good bitch, if you want to rescue Midoribro, I'm all up and available to help you."
"Huh? Why?"
"Just got a call from my Grand motherfuckin' Priest," She dangled her phone in front of Camie. "Rescuing Midoribro had somethin' to do with finding the 9th Messiah or somethin'."
"What does rescuing Izubro have to do with your religion?"
"I don't motherfuckin' know. Grand Priest only told me to have faith and I'll see for myself. It's all up and convenient that you want to break him out, right? How are we gonna find him?"
Camie thought about it long and hard. She remembered Kenshi talking about Momo have a tracker on her. "Momo got a tracker, Chifu. We just need someone to help us get to her."
With luck on their side, it just so happens that the Class 1A Vice President was walking by the hallways. "Yo! Shoji!"
"Hmm?" The Vice President, only a few inches shorter than Chifu, approached them after they called out to him. "Greetings. Do you need anything?"
"Where's Momo?"
"She had visited our classmate; Mineta. He was gravely injured after his fight with the killer clown. He had recently woken up." He looked at Chifu. "Chifu, are you well? Tokoyami has wanted to apologize to you."
"Nah, he doesn't need to." Chifu dismissed what Shoji said. "Enough about that, motherfucker. Can you lead us to Momo?"
Shoji narrowed his eyes at them for a moment, already having a vague idea of their intentions. He shook his head and gestured them to follow him anyway. Once they were in front of the room, Shoji was the first to enter.
"Yaoyorozu, there are two people that want to talk to you. In private."
"Thanks." Camie bowed to Shoji but the Dupli-arm user waved it off.
"Don't thank me yet," Shoji told them as Momo got out of the room.
"Momo! Baby, we got a favor for ya!" Camie went back to her bubbly self, in hopes to have an easier time persuading Momo. To her shock, the President of Class 1A shook her head.
"I'm sorry, but I can't allow you to go on your own." Momo already knew what Camie wants. It was already obvious that Izuku and Camie would do anything to save the other from any danger.
"Look, how about we sweeten the deal with saving Bakugou too?" Camie tried to negotiate but Momo still shook her head.
"I only said I will not allow you to go alone. Even if I refused, you would have gone somewhere anyway. It's better that I come with you to make sure you don't do anything that would endanger yourselves."
"Momo…" Camie was touched that Momo would go with them. Chifu smiled in approval, knowing that she's not the only one that will have to babysit Camie.
"Then I will go with you." Shoji stepped forward without hesitation, much to everyone's shock. "I was near when Bakugou was kidnapped. I could have done something. Also, I'll make sure to keep you safe. That's my duty as the vice president."
"Ahem." They all turned around to see Ibara glancing at them apathetically. Everyone in the UA Hero Course noticed that she's acting differently ever since Katsuki was kidnapped along with Izuku. "You didn't even bother to invite me?"
"I didn't think you'd let us go in the first place," Camie explained to her but Ibara glared at her.
"Don't think of it like that. Katsuki is gone because of me. I intend to save him. Without you, I would have gone alone. Well, not entirely alone." She gestured to her back which revealed that Awase was behind her this whole time and nobody noticed. He seems to be carrying a bag.
"I got a bag filled with Mineta's balls. We were going to get Bakubro with or without you anyway. Mineta's not in a condition to fight, so we just asked for launching materials." Awase shook the bag of balls carefully. "It's on repel mode, so it'll bounce off each other. If I weld it together and then release it, it launches far. A single pair launched Bakugou about ten meters high."
"So, there's six of us motherfuckers comin' to get him. Last chance to back out now." Chifu warned everyone. Nobody backed out. "Heh, great."
The Tornado of Terror...
Tatsumaki was dressing up. She didn't know her little brother was in danger until it was too late. While he was getting kidnapped, she was busy spending the night with her…friend.
"Sorry about your brother." Hawks tried to console her while he's still laying on the bed. She glared at him but he replied with a playful smile. "C'mon, Maki, All Might and Endeavor got this. You don't trust them to save your brother?"
"No."
"Straight to the point. Heh, that's why I liked you."
"Screw you." She snapped while blushing heavily.
"You just did last night." He winked at her, causing her to blush even more.
"Just shut up, Keigo!" She bursts through the wall and flew away, leaving a hole in Hawks' apartment. After five minutes, Hawks finally got up.
"Man, might as well visit my support guy. Maki did rip my jacket apart." He dressed up and flew through the hole of his apartment. "And I'm gonna have to get that fixed."
Men of Fire and a Bird...
"Hisashi." The man on fire entered the engineer's workshop. He wasn't wearing his costume right now, having scheduled its weekly maintenance in Hisashi's workshop.
"What? Oh hey, Enji. Come in." Oddly enough, when Endeavor spilled his secret to the man five years ago, it did not put a strain on their odd friendship. "Weekly maintenance."
Hisashi didn't waste time checking Endeavor's costume. Rumor has it that Hisashi's flames were hotter than his, but they are usually proven wrong. After a few tweaks, the costume was ready again. Hisashi handed it back to his friend/client with care.
"About your son…" Endeavor said awkwardly.
"I know," It bewilders him how Hisashi is oddly calm about all this. "Inko has been livid with the UA and Shiketsu teachers. If you ask why I'm not pissed, I am. Someone just needs to stay focused on this family. Otherwise, it'd be a bad influence on Fubuki."
"Admirable how you haven't thrown a fit of rage." Endeavor would be lying if he said that he wasn't impressed about Hisashi keeping a cool head in this entire situation.
"I would, but since you and All Might are part of this, I'm only a little anxious," Hisashi explained to his friend while going back to whatever machine he's working on this time. "Besides, if it's not you, I would have done it myself. I got the armor for it."
"You don't have a hero license."
"I'll turn myself in after I burn them to ash." Hisashi's expression darkened when he glanced at Endeavor, causing the number two hero to flinch. It only lasted a second before returning to his cheery state. "It's a good thing I can rely on you. How's the family going?"
"Bad."
"Ah. Wife still in the mental institute, your sons hate you, your daughter is trying to fix it, and one is dead. Yeah, I get you. I got a father like that too. I already told you the story."
"He kicked you out because you didn't want to be a hero. The Tatsuma Clan is indeed sensitive when it comes to their legacy."
"Yeah, but it didn't ruin my relationship with my little sister. Is Ryuko doing well? She hasn't visited in weeks."
"Ryukyu is doing well in her hero work. It seems that the costume you made for her is doing wonders."
"Good to hear. You best be going now, Enji."
"Wait. I need to ask you a question."
"Hmm?"
"After what I told you years ago, why are you still…"
"Okay with you being in my shop? Well, you remind me of my father. The difference being, I don't want your kids to hate you. Look where that got the old man. Old and miserable. Besides, you've been my friend for years. I'm not gonna abandon you if you're at least trying to fix what you broke."
Endeavor stared at Hisashi, deciding that the engineer was telling him the truth. "I see. I'll be taking my leave now. Don't worry, your son will be in safe hands."
As Endeavor left, another client flew in. "Hisashi, my guy! I got laid!"
"Really, Hawks?" Hisashi shot up instantly, looking at his younger client. "With who?"
"Can't really say her name. One clue is that she's a fellow hero." Hawks bragged to Hisashi, who listened intently while doing his work. "I'm talking doggy style. Uh, doggy style. Uh, she's on all fours and I'm pounding."
"Okay, at least tell me you knew her for a while. Personally."
"Always the dad figure, huh? Hell yeah, I knew her. Since her debut, too! Man, she likes it rough." Hawks reminisced the night before. He almost forgot why he was here. "Anyway, she ripped this thing off me." He handed to vest to Hisashi
"Is she strong?"
"No, it's her quirk."
"This is beyond repair. I'm gonna have to make you a new one. It'll cost you though."
"Hey, you make the best ones in this prefecture." With a wave, Hawks flew away. Hisashi looked back to Hawks' ruined costume, curious about how it got destroyed.
"Hmm, what quirk would do this? It's probably telekinetic or something. Eh, time to make a new one."
Number One's Worries
"Thank you for the information you have given UA and the Police Force, Young Yaoyorozu." Toshinori bowed slightly to his student. Momo did not know who he truly was but she has a vague idea that he is part of the school staff. He lied about being here on the school's behalf to thank her as she was never given any thanks when she gave them information the day before. He is doing this on his own merit. He walked in on the group consisting of Shiketsu and UA students in the hospital hallways. He was lucky enough to see Momo among them.
When he first introduced himself to them as Mr. Yagi, all but one were suspicious of him. The blonde girl seems to know him vaguely, even vouching for him. When he exited the room, she was by the door ready to confront him. "So you're the famed 'Mr. Yagi'."
"I certainly wouldn't call myself famous. I'm more of the principal's mystery assistant." He began walking away. He is needed somewhere else.
"If you were just that, Izubro wouldn't have told me about you" He stopped walking away, hearing a familiar name.
"Izubro?"
"Izuku Midoriya. He said you trained them."
"Are you his friend?"
"Best friend." She got near him and bowed. "Thanks for training him to be strong. I'm also sorry."
"Sorry for what?"
"When he told me about you, I thought you were a pedophile."
He coughed the moment that word got out of her mouth, causing her to lose the mask in favor of worry. He was coughing blood again.
"Oh shit! I didn't mean to be doing those tough talks, fam! I swear, I'm just messin' with you." She handed him tissue but he refused it, using his handkerchief instead. "You're not gonna die, right?"
"This minor thing will not kill me, I can guarantee you that, erm- what's your name?"
"Camie Utsushimi. Izubro's best friend."
"Ah yes, it's fortunate for Young Midoriya to have a good friend such as you. Though, I am shocked you would think of me as...that type of person."
"I know, I'm sorry. Just looking out for my best bro." She bowed apologetically again.
"Well, as much as I would love to talk, it looks like I will have to take my leave. When you see him again, be sure to tell him that I am very worried. If he needs a therapist, I could set one up for him." Toshinori told her as she listened carefully.
"You gotcha, fam."
The Reveal
Izuku woke up to a panicking Katsuki. He looked around the cell and realized that they were tied up to the chairs. Still, it's odd to see Katsuki scared. "This is too odd."
"Oi, Bakugou, breathe."
"S-Shinda!"
"Who the fuck is Shinda?" Izuku thought to himself as he grew uncomfortable with Katsuki's jittery form. The guy was struggling against the cuffs and chair holding him in place. "What the hell happened to you?"
"Oh, do not worry, he's simply having an episode. Trauma can do a large sum of things, even for the strongest of spirits." He heard a voice call out to them from outside the cell. Suddenly, hallucinations of death plagued Izuku's mind as he saw his own body covered in blood. He shook off the thoughts with the help of the previous users.
"Thanks for that one, Kira."
"Kid, the person you heard just now is my brother."
"Your…All For One?"
Kira remained silent when he asked that. This only confirmed Izuku's anxiousness. "No matter how much you try, you won't be able to take my quirk, All For One."
"Ah, so you do know me." From the shadows appeared a man in the mask. He wore a well-tailored business suit and his presence alone commanded power and fear. Izuku resisted the urge to vomit at the mere sight of the man. "Well, I would already know that you told me. All Might told you about me."
Izuku spat on the floor, refusing to respond. Suddenly, the air began to thin around him, causing him to shorten his breath for an entire minute. "You should learn to speak to your elders, boy."
"Fuck off."
"Charming as always. Where's that cynical and sarcastic attitude of yours? Were it all a mask?" The masked man asked him but Izuku still refused to answer him. Katsuki is still having a mental breakdown in front of him.
"Poor boy, suffered the trauma of having the blood of an innocent in his hands."
"He killed someone?"
"Survivor's guilt. A child, no less. A situation very similar to this one." All For One explained to him. "Perhaps that's the reason he started growing up."
Izuku didn't know about this. He never imagined Katsuki would go through this kind of guilt. He imagined that kid was someone close but he never imagined anyone to be close to the normally angry blonde. Ibara Shiozaki, Minoru Mineta, and Yosetsu Awase proved him wrong in that regard. It pisses him off that he's in some way proud of his former friend.
"Tomura will be needing both of you."
"We won't join him."
"Oh, you're not a potential recruit. You're more of an unwilling volunteer for a public execution live on television."
"WHAT?!" Izuku did a double-take after All For One informed him of his future execution.
"Well, of course, you are! If I could never take One For All from you, I may as well make you the last user. I can imagine how much pain it would cause All Might if you were given a more pathetic death than your grandmother."
"Grandma died saving All Might."
"Is that so?" All For One stepped back to his desk and pressed a button. The wall behind him opened up, revealing a trophy case. Izuku's eyes widened as he screamed in horror.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Before him was the decapitated heads of all the previous users, including his grandmother's. "YOU SON OF A BITCH!"
"And so the cool mask has been broken. I'm more than excited about adding your head in this collection." A phone rang. It was All For One's. The villain smiled as he answered the call.
"Director? This is Nezu speaking." Izuku's mouth hang open as he heard the rodent principal's voice. Katsuki, who finally calmed down from his episode, also had a shocked look in his face. All For One's grin became bigger as he responded to the principal.
"Yes, continue," He pressed a button that formed a soundproof glass that prevented Izuku and Katsuki's voice from warning the Principal. "What's the situation on the kidnapped students."
"We are more than ready to do the raid. With the help of a student, we have also discovered the warehouse where the nomu are kept." All For One's smile disappeared for a split second. Izuku figured that wasn't part of the villain's plan.
"I see. Do what you need to do, I'm expecting satisfactory results." All For One put the phone down again and removed the soundproof glass.
"You-You're the-"
"Oh my, I guess it slipped," All For One told them mockingly. "How else am I supposed to keep an eye on potential threats, or even, All Might's training when he was a student? Transferring to Shiketsu was the smartest thing you did, albeit, unintentionally."
"You're Director Akira."
"The very one, although, Akira was more of a codename than anything, similar to All For One. You do not need to know my real name." All For One chuckled at Izuku's frustrated look. "You better be ready tomorrow. Tomura has a few words to tell you tomorrow night before he executes you the next day to that."
"I'll escape and rip that smirk off your face." Katsuki surprisingly got his shit together. Izuku could feel the old rage in his voice. Oddly enough, it's more controlled and refined than its previous form.
"You are welcome to try." With those parting words, All For One disappeared again.
"You got questions and so do I. Shut the fuck up and I'll tell you about Shinda." Katsuki was the first to face Izuku. "In exchange, you'll tell me how you know that Darth Vader rip off."
This Shinda has piqued Izuku's interest. If he's going to die, he might as well listen to a story.
"Fine."
{-To Be Continued...
Serious ending aside, how do you think would Hisashi react to finding out Hawks fucking his daughter?
Like come on,
Netflix: Are you still watching
Hisashi's Daughter, Tatsumaki:
WHAT A TOTALLY SHOCKING TWIST
Bakugou: I'm pretty sure half the people have forgotten that the Director even existed.
Shit. Yeah. Anyway, yeah, All For One is the Director. That's how the League knew about the USJ schedule. He only sent in Tomura on UA during those times the Reporters broke in just to make him think the dude did it himself.
Bakugou: Nezu didn't know?
Nope. He went under the rodent's radar. Anyway, leave a like, subscribe, and comment. PEACE!