Chapter 17
The next days after the sports festival were supposed to be days to relax and recover from injuries, but to Izuku those couple of days were used on an unofficial investigation.
When they finally got ahold of Iida, he told them that his brother, Ingenium, was heavily injured by a villain the day of the sports festival, but he didn't explain what happened further. Nobody wanted to be nosy and they just told him that they hoped for a quick recovery from the turbo hero.
That night when the news about what happened to Ingenium finally reached the news Izuku wanted to vomit. According to the news he was attacked by the hero killer, losing both his legs after the fight, he barely survived the trip to the hospital. Izuku quickly started his investigation, one of the perks of being Nezu's student, is the knowledge of where to look and gather information in the deepest and darkest parts of the internet, after some hours Izuku had a pretty good idea of who this Hero Killer was.
He was previously known as the vigilante Stendhal. He had a reputation of killing villains, no mercy, and no remorse. After a fight against another Vigilante, he went missing for a few years with no trace of him anywhere, until last year.
Nobody knows exactly what happened, but when Stendhal returned, his targets were different, he was now killing heroes. The purging of fake heroes as some of the darkest pages and groups on the internet call it, has now cost the life of 43 heroes and had left crippled 12.
If Stendhal was bad, STAIN was a nightmare, all his kills were getting more and more savage every time! This irked Izuku because the news wanted to keep the peace and a lot of info wasn't completely out, they didn't credit all the killings to the hero killer to not scare the masses, they only gave him credit when a high-profile hero was attacked because they couldn't just say that a top hero was defeated by a common thug.
Now Izuku was on his way to UA, he could easily teleport there, after the USJ fiasco he put a few seals all around the campus, but he decided to walk to gather his thoughts before presenting his investigation and some plans he made to Nezu when a voice brought him out of his thoughts
"Good morning Midoriya!" Iida was power walking towards him "Why are you walking so slow you'll be late!"
"Late? Iida, we still have a lot of time to get there!" Izuku replied confused at the attitude of his friend
"UA Students must be always 10 minutes earlier!" after that Iida practically sprinted ahead of him, Izuku sighed and teleported to his locker startling the blue-haired boy who was entering the building "You shouldn't use your quirk like that Midoriya! We don't have our license yet you could get in trouble… and if you could just teleport here, you don't have an excuse to not be 10 minutes earlier!"
"Sorry Iida I just wanted to think some things while walking" Iida nodded and went to his locker after some thought Izuku decided to speak "Iida I don't have any idea of what to say to you, other than I'm here for you, whatever you need and I can help you with, you can count with me" Izuku saw the larger boy stiffens for a second before turning at Izuku
"Thank you Midoriya, I'm somehow coping… Sorry for worrying you," Iida said before turning around and leaving quickly, in those mere seconds when Izuku could see the rage and pain on Iida's eyes
Izuku was a little baffled at the absurd quantity of offers he got "I knew I will have a good number for winning the festival… but 7564 offers is just ridiculous!"
"Now for those who didn't get any offer don't worry you'll still internship with a pro hero… that's why you need hero names" The whole class started talking excitedly but quickly stopped when Aizawa used his quirk "The names can be temporary… but you have to be careful because you can end with a name that you'll regret in the future, Midnight will help you with this... you can wake me when you're done" after that Midnight entered the classroom and Aizawa went to his sleeping bag
Izuku couldn't help but smile at the cheery attitude of his classmates, who were worried about the decision of their names before Tsuyu, Alias: Froppy, make everyone cheer up. He could admit that everyone was creative on their hero names… even "Can't stop twinkling" which seems very on point for Aoyama.
Izuku almost burst laughing after "Lord Explosion Murder" appeared in front of them and how quickly and seriously Midnight refused his name, now it was time for him to present his decision. He as Tsuyu had his name selected for a while, with the approval of Fukusa sensei of course.
"The sage hero: Hokage" Actually it was Fukusa who suggested the name Hokage and Izuku quickly said no, but Fukusa explained to him that the Hokage was someone who protected their village with everything they have, it was a title of a protector, it was a title of someone who gave hope to his people and that was something Izuku wanted to be, of course, Izuku added the sage part to pay respect to his toad sensei
"That has a nice ring to it!" Midnight approves it and Izuku turned to Kirishima and Ashido who smiled at him knowing exactly why the sage part was added
After Izuku it was Todoroki's turn, he went with his name "Shoto", which made him smile a little at the serious tone of his hopefully new friend, but then his smile dropped at Iida's dejected expression after deciding he'll be just Tenya.
After every one, sans Bakugo, had decided their hero names for their internships Izuku was called to the principal's office
"Nezu sensei I have something you need to see!" Izuku said as soon as he entered the office
"Oh, please tell me Midoriya what is so important that you requested to see me as soon as I had time," Nezu said smiling
"I have a list of the next possible victims of Stain" Nezu's smile disappeared in a second "After what happened with Ingenium I decided to investigate about him" Izuku passed a paper to Nezu "This is based on Stains methodology and current MO, he is hunting heroes who he deems as fakes, and that's almost every hero on his mind" Nezu nodded for him to continue
"He is smart but straightforward and I think he has some… selected sins as people on the internet call them, which he hunts first over others. His prime victims are heroes that have been captured by the media… either ignoring or failing heroics, then fame and gold diggers and so on, of course, that doesn't mean he won't attack every hero he encounters"
"What do you mean with failing heroics?" Nezu questioned
"Heroes that don't give their all, those who prefer to wait for someone with a better quirk to resolve the problem after they couldn't solve it once or didn't even try it… you can see a lot of that in the news… his latest victims apart from Ingenium were seen doing that. Azure Wings didn't try to save a man that was about to throw himself off the roof because it was raining and he said that his wings lose a lot of mobility whit the water, but he didn't try anything else"
"Luzz didn't help when the Robo-villain T-1999 was attacking the mall she was in because she was in a dress filming a commercial, she didn't try to evacuate the people, she stood there just complaining about not having another hero close to them"
"Ember guy saw people almost drowning with the quirk of the villain group Cider house and didn't act because he would just be a liability against people with water quirk… he could have done so much but just decided to step aside and let the villains escape… and all this was recorded and transmitted on TV and all the internet"
"The list goes on like that, of course, there are heroes with other "sins" but these kinds of heroes are the ones that are his primary victims" Nezu nodded and looked through the list "Those heroes there are located in Hosu… and if my deductions are correct the ones that I think are more in danger than anyone"
"Native, The Fly, and Slugger the three of them have appeared on social media or tv with the traits I mentioned earlier" Izuku concluded
"I see… this very concerning Midoriya, if you're right these heroes are in great danger" Izuku nods "I'll make some calls and warn them to not do their rounds by themselves… but this certainly rise the opportunity to capture the hero killer" Izuku still looked concerned
"There is still the chance that Stain attacks them even if they're in group… he has never done that, but if he is put against the wall…" Izuku let his sentence linger
"Is a possibility, but at the moment the heroes and the police in Hosu have no idea where to start looking for him, and he hasn't stopped attacking heroes in the meantime, so this is probably the best shot we have" Izuku nodded and was about to leave when Nezu stopped him
"Midoriya, have you chosen who you will intern with?" Nezu asked suddenly
"No, I haven't had time to look at the list… there are a lot of names there" Nezu smirked
"That's good because you will not go interning with any hero on that list" Izuku raised an eyebrow "You'll be interning with me, in a special advanced program" Izuku's eyes widened
"What are you talking about sensei?"
"Midoriya you're ahead of your peers… you and I know that, and this special advanced program is to determine how ahead you're… along with other few things" Izuku gave him a deadpanned look "This internship with me will be a little different from your friends but it will still give you what the core of the internship wants… field experience, you'll only take a different approach"
"So… that means I can't refuse it?" Nezu shook his head with a kind smile that looked weird on his normally cunning face
"Of course, you can, I wouldn't force you to do anything… but I want you to trust me when I say that this will be an experience you will regret if you refuse" Izuku smirked and shook his head with a fondly smile, how can he say no to his sensei after that
"You do know how to sell something sensei" Both chuckled a bit "Okay I'm going to intern with you, what do you have planned?"
"Not yet, come here the day your classmates leave for their internship… say goodbye to them and everything because you'll be radio absent for a week!" Izuku frowned a little but nodded "Nezu sensei has always been mysterious… but I can't say I'm not intrigued" Izuku left the principal's office feeling excited about what was going to happen on his internship… and scared of what Nezu's mind could plan
The day of the internships arrived and Izuku was walking with Ochako towards the train station both talking excitedly about what expect of their internships
"I can't believe you're working with the principal! I didn't know he takes interns!" Ochako said excitedly
"He normally doesn't but he has been teaching me for a while and he decided to make an exception… I fully expect to be subjected to some kind of torture or something" The brunette giggled "How about you! Are you excited to go with Gunhead?"
"YES! I'm so pumped up; I need to level up my game if I want to kick your butt in the next tournament!" Izuku smiled at her who suddenly started giggling "You know is funny to look at your hair and see the Gamabu's eyes peeking from it" Izuku just sighed the small toad rarely left his side these days, but she has been docile and hasn't sprayed him or Kirishima since her arrival so Izuku didn't minded
"Yeah, she likes to be there. My hair reminds her of the grass on Mt. Myōbokuzan" That make Ochako giggle again and nod in understanding, he was about to say something when both saw Iida waiting for his train
"Iida, just what are you planning… I know for a fact that you had a lot of good options of internship… why to go with Manual" Izuku was sure his friend was trying to do something stupid… but at the same time he couldn't just picture Iida doing something that out of character "I have to trust him…"
"Iida are you ready for your internship?" Izuku asked, the tall boy stiffened for a second and turned around with a smile that didn't reach his eyes
"Yes, I'm ready to learn as much as I can in this opportunity the school is giving us! I hope you do the same and come back with more knowledge from this experience!" Iida turned around again "It seems that my train is arriving, I wish you safe travels!" Iida started walking when Izuku stopped him with a hand on his suitcase, Izuku noted that Iida practically yanked his suitcase away and looked at the place where Izuku put his hand
"Take care of yourself, Iida, I know you're hurting but please don't forget that we're here for you" Iida just nodded stiffly and walked away. "Thankfully I learned how to move the Hiraishin seal"
"Do you think he'll be alright?" Ochako asked concerned
"We can only hope Ochako" both teens walked towards Ochako's lane with a gloom aura around them
"My train is about to leave… that means I'll see you in a week Izuku" Ochako smiled softly "It's a bummer that you'll be radio silent for all your internship but I guess that's what you get for interning with the principal" Izuku chuckled and nodded
"I'll miss you, take care of yourself please" Ochako nodded and in a surge of bravery she hugged him tightly, Izuku returned the hug. A few seconds later a very red-faced Ochako broke the hug and ran into her train, when the doors of the train closed Izuku couldn't stop the dumb grin that appeared on his face and just waved back at her… she had a similar expression on her face
It was 9 p.m. and Izuku stood at a top of an abandoned building looking at his objective. When Nezu said that it would be a new experience he hadn't expected to be sent on a solo mission to stop one small ring of drug dealers.
Flashback
"What do you mean I'll be on a mission alone?!" Izuku asked bewildered
"Exactly how it sounds Midoriya, you'll stop a small band of drug dealers!" Nezu said excitedly
"You do know that I don't even have a provisional License… and that I need to be with a pro hero to do that kind of thing without it right?" Nezu's smile turned into a savage grin
"Of course, I know about that! And you will have full permission to do it… after all, I'm also a pro hero, and you wouldn't be alone… kind of" Izuku was starting to hate when he says that, Nezu presented him some small devices "These two are special surveillance cameras, one will be on your shoulder and the other on your chest to let me monitor you and this one is a long-range earpiece where I would give you instructions if I deem necessary"
"This feels unsafe" Izuku deadpanned and Nezu just laughed "Where do I even start?" Nezu passed him a folder
"You will treat this as an active investigation from start to end and I'll grade you according to your results" Izuku started reading the information on the folders "Of course, nothing will happen if you can't capture them or stop them, another agency will take it from where you left it but I can say that you'll be pleased if you manage to complete this mission" Izuku looked up from the folder with a raised eyebrow but nodded
It seemed like it would be a good learning experience
Flashback ends
So now here he was on his third day of internship, with a small frog on his head and finally ready to act against this group of drug dealers after he gathered enough evidence to act against them. Izuku sighed and started reciting what he knew to Gamabu while preparing himself for his mission
"The leader Saotome Riko was the most dangerous of the six men group with a quirk called bone darts, he could shoot small but deathly bone darts from his fingers, he was a failed hero student, expelled due to his rather sadistic tendencies. After being expelled he turned into a common thug for a couple of years and then he met his right-hand Tanaka Akumo"
"Tanaka Akumo another student expelled but this one was from a school that was dedicated to science, his quirk is called the periodic table. He can measure and manipulate with pinpoint accuracy the chemical components of any substance or object. He was expelled after being caught making and selling drugs in school"
"Both met on a bar and after sharing their stories they decided to start an adventure together. Trigger is one of the most common drugs on the black market and had a lot of demand in the underworld. With Akumo's quirk making a really powerful trigger would be easy but the materials to make it were difficult to acquire, that's why they sell the low-quality kind"
"Minor telekinesis, Wood Skin, Claws, strength amplifier are the quirks of the rest of the Saotome's group. They are the ones that take care of the distribution of their drugs" Izuku sighed and adjusted his haori and prepared to start his mission when suddenly the door of the building opened and saw Saotome's group of thugs carry boxes towards their van, behind them Saotome and Tanaka were talking about something. Izuku stopped and decided to observe what they were planning everyone got in the van and started driving away
Izuku waited to see if Nezu had anything to say, and after 5 seconds of nothing he decided to go after them, it seemed that he has a little more investigation to do. He tailed the van for a few kilometers, frowning slightly when the van entered an abandoned warehouses site close to the coast. They stopped in front of a warehouse took everything they had and got inside
Izuku jumped on the containers beside the warehouse and entered from an open window; cloaked by the shadows he stood immobile waiting to know why all of them left their base so suddenly. In the ground were Saotome's group and another group that Izuku didn't recognize. There were five of them, all wearing weird bird masks. Izuku didn't know what it was but he could feel that something was wrong with them, especially the one with the purple fur collar
"We're quite happy that you want us to work together Overhaul," Saotome's said to the man with the purple fur collar "We've brought a batch of our finest trigger please take a look" he motioned to his thugs to present some of the boxes they brought with them. The leader Overhaul turned to look at one of his men, who quickly moved towards the box taking a flask of trigger and put a device in it
"It's an amazing crafted drug, all of it is done perfectly, the quality of the material they used is the only reason that this trigger is not that powerful" Overhaul nodded
"Good job Chrono, now I want to answer some questions before our… business trip starts" he motioned towards another of his men
"My name is Shin Nemoto, as my boss said I'll ask you some questions please be honest with me" Izuku could feel the venom when the man said the word honest "How did you manage to create a trigger of this quality?"
"Ah that's easy," Saotome said "That's thanks to my friend Akumo over here, he has a scientific quirk!" Akumo just shook his head exasperated
"My quirk is called periodic table, I can identify, measure, and manipulate the exact chemical components of anything, I also used to be in school with an amazing lab when we researched trigger I just memorized the measurements to make a perfect one" Shin nodded
"Why do you want to join us in the market of trigger, after all, you can save for a while to buy better quality material and start making some better drugs"
"Ah that would take a lot of time, we need to start making more money to make our organization grow and start taking all over Japan" Saotome answered, but then he furrowed his eyebrows. To Izuku that looked like he said something, he didn't plan to say.
"I see… final question. Would you be willing to betray Shie Hassaikai after you make your organization grow?" Everyone in Saotome's group tensed after that question
"Without a doubt" his eyes widened after realizing what he just said "Wha- What the fuck I didn't want to say that! What the fuck did you do to me?!" He aimed his hands towards Shin who just shook his head
"My quirk is called confession you can't hide anything from me" Before Saotome could say anything a big hand clasped on his head, The biggest guy of Overhaul's group trapped him, after a minute struggling his body finally ceased to move, nor Akumo nor his thugs moved a muscle, terrified at the sight
"We don't like traitors… or future traitors," Shin said "Now I ask you again will you betray us?" everyone in Saotome's group said no "Good that's all the questions" he returned to his previous place behind Overhaul who walked towards a terrified Akumo
"I know you probably won't trust us after that, but it doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is that we need your quirk" Akumo nodded terrified, he didn't have another choice but comply, he just wanted to avoid being killed. Overhaul handed him a small box "Use your quirk in that"
Akumo nodded and opened the box, took the small vial, and used his quirk. Thirty seconds later he raised his head with eyes wide open "This… this is the opposite of trigger but… more powerful… this could theoretically…" he couldn't end the sentence Overhaul did it for him
"It can erase quirks" Izuku's felt a shiver of horror on his spine "At least for a while at the moment, we're working on making it permanent" Izuku had to know more about this, that drug is more than dangerous
"I want you to use your quirk to help us make that happen" Akumo wanted to say no, turn his heel and run away but he knew he wouldn't get that far before being killed
"It's possible… but there is a component there that I can't identify completely, which is weird because that hasn't happened before. I would need a fresh sample of that before I could say that I can" Overhaul looked at him for a minute without moving, finally, he raised his hand and another man appeared, he was wearing a kimono and in his arms was a… little girl
All the alarms in Izuku's head started blaring. He quickly used the emergency button Nezu gave him, then he stopped moving, hoping to gather enough natural chakra
He felt Gamabu leave his hair and perch herself on his shoulder his eyes widened at the sudden surge of natural energy, he looked towards the small frog that had her paws together, apparently, the small frog could help him gather natural chakra. "I thought only Fukusa sensei could do that!" Izuku focused again readying himself for what was about to happen
Chrono took a syringe and took the little girl's arm, which didn't move nor complained, and took some of her blood. Izuku used all his self-control to not just blow them away. Then he gave the syringe to Akumo who was pale and sweating
"Her blood is the main component of the quirk erasing drug, analyze that and tell me if you can do it" Akumo looked sick but complied, taking the syringe he used his quirk on it
"Yeah, I could do it… I can extract the exact component you need" he quickly returned the syringe, Overhaul seemed pleased "But I won't do it" the tension rose again "I won't use child's blood to help you with this madness!" Overhaul shook his head
"It's a shame, we can still do it now that you just confirmed us is possible. It's a shame you could have made our job quicker" Overhaul took off one of his gloves "Chrono, Shin take Eri to the lab" both quickly nodded took Eri from the Kimono wearing guy, and left, nobody moved until they heard the car driving away "Are you sure you don't want to reconsider?" Overhaul insisted
"You're sick in the head! Quirk erasing drugs made from the blood of a child!" Akumo was walking backward preparing himself to run when his back hit something. The massive man that killed Saotome was behind him
"A shame really" Overhaul extended his arm towards Akumo then suddenly a sharp pain made him stop "Aah! What the hell was that?!" a shield dome appeared above him while he glared at three shurikens that pierced his arm "Rasengan!"
The big man behind Akumo suddenly went flying through the wall of the warehouse. Everyone looked towards the newcomer, a teenager wearing a green jumpsuit, a dark blue flak jacket, and a dark green haori with black flames, looking at them with anger palpating from his toad-like eyes.
"An infected child playing to be a hero" Overhaul hissed, Izuku moved quickly and put a hand on Akumo's head, his Hiraishin seal appearing on his forehead
"Get out of here and go to the police, if you don't do it I will know it," Izuku said through gritted teeth "The rest of your group is already going there so I recommend you to do the same… If you make me go for you… you'll regret it" Akumo noticed that the rest of his group was nowhere to be seen and quickly nodded leaving the warehouse hopefully towards the police station, Izuku already had his hands full at the moment
"You just make your last mistake hero" Overhaul hissed, Izuku saw amazed at how he used his left hand to dismantle his right arm that was hurt and reassemble it, now it was fully functional "Rappa" one of the men that haven't moved ran straight towards Izuku sending a flurry of punches as soon as he was close
"Finally it's my time to fight!" Rappa said excitedly jumping straight at Izuku, who dodged and blocked his punches "damn If I wasn't in sage mode this guy would have punched me into oblivion" Izuku jumped to make some space and started his attack "Fire style: raging inferno bullets!" Izuku spit a barrage of flame balls that exploded against a force field
"HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING DON'T INTERFERE IN MY FIGHT!" Rappa shouted at the Kimono wearing man
"Those flames would have burnt your fist Rappa," The man said simply "and we have our orders, we're supposed to work together" Izuku used the opportunity to speed through them towards Overhaul who didn't expect that and almost received a powerful kick to the head. The kick was stopped by another force field that shook at the power of the kick. Overhaul sent his hand towards Izuku who disappeared before he could touch him
"Okay now I know how your quirk works" the three of them looked up towards the ceiling where Izuku was standing "Overhaul your quirk use your hands to dismantle and reassemble things, Rappa can punch quick and strong, maybe something to do with his joints and kimono wearing guy uses force fields… I don't know about the guy knocked down outside but he seemed strong" Izuku said shrugging
"It's a shame that you're sick, you're a smart one with decent analytical skills," Overhaul said "But it makes no difference that you know how our diseases work, you're going to die here"
"Oh, but it does make a difference… now I know who do I need to defeat first!" Izuku disappeared again in front of the Kimono guy "Rasengan!" the force field barely had any time to appear and almost cracked at the strength of the attack "Not enough huh" Rappa quickly punch Izuku who exploded in smoke
"Giant Rasengan!" The trio of villains looked up again to see Izuku going down towards the force field that exploded after the attack connected sending overhaul and Rappa flying "Two down" Izuku muttered and teleported the now defeated kimono guy away, then he quickly jump backward avoiding Rappa's punches
"HAHAHAHA you surely are an amazing fighter let's do this hero!" Izuku teleported to the ceiling again barely avoiding Overhaul's hand that attacked him from behind
"You're dead kid" Overhaul hissed and put his hands on the floor sending a flurry of rock spikes at Izuku
"Wind Style: Vacuum bomb!" the spikes exploded when the airball connected sending overhaul flying again, then Izuku threw shurikens towards Overhaul's arms making him scream in pain
"That'll stop him for a moment… If I didn't know what his quirk can do I would be really confused, that almost looked like an earth style technique" Izuku avoided another punch from Rappa who jumped towards the ceiling to attack him "Okay these two are powerful I need to end this quickly"
Izuku threw kunai at Rappa who blocked them with the metal gauntlets he wear, then Rappa jumped at Izuku who teleported away. Then he started teleporting around and throwing more kunai at the villain who could only block or punch them away
"COME BACK HERE AND FIGHT ME LIKE A MAN!" Rappa shouted angrily
"I don't have time for that" Izuku said in a cold tone "Sealing technique: metallic web" Rappa felt something tensing around him, his eyes widened when he finally noticed the wires connected to the kunai he deflected but it was too late to do anything as the metallic wires tensed quickly tying him up tightly
"WHAT IS THIS SHIT? THIS WON'T STOP ME!" Rappa started to use his strength to break the wires when Izuku talked again
"I know," Izuku said appearing in front of Rappa with a hand touching the metal wires "Lightning style: Thunderbolt" Rappa screamed in pain and kept struggling for a few seconds until he finally lose consciousness
"That leaves just-" Izuku was interrupted by another massive flurry of earth spikes. He jumped back but one spike manages to pierce his leg he gritted his teeth in pain… Rappa wasn't that lucky "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU JUST KILLED ONE OF YOUR-" Izuku stopped dead in his tracks when a shot rang all over the warehouse, overhaul used the spikes to block Izukus view and shot him straight in the chest
"I didn't want to waste a bullet in you, but you were more trouble than I imagined, now that I erased your decease is over hero," Overhaul said smugly, Izuku stood there stunned for a second then started laughing
"Oh man if that was a real bullet I would be in real trouble, thanks for not using one of those… I guess you used a quirk erasing drug in this one" Izuku took the empty syringe of his chest
"Any hero would have been in a real predicament right now but" Izuku appeared in front of Overhaul using a kunai that was on the floor under the villain. Overhaul's eyes widened "I'm not a regular hero Rasengan!"
"HOW ARE YOU STILL DOING THAT?!" Overhaul prepared himself to receive the hit but before the attack could connect Izuku was sent flying through the wall of the warehouse by a powerful punch, Overhaul looked at his underling and smirked behind his mask
"Good job Rikiya, this kid is dangerous, let's kill him and go back to the lab" Rikiya nodded then jumped outside and quickly grabbed a dazzled Izuku who quickly started to feel his energy going down
"You are a lucky kid. I think the serum I used wasn't strong enough to cure your disease even if it was just a temporary solution... This only means that I'll need to perform more rigorous experiments on Eri" Overhaul chuckled sadistically and looked at Izuku being held by Rikiya
"You feel it right, how your vitality is being drained" Overhaul walked towards Izuku menacingly "Rikiya's decease let him drain the energy of his victims" Izuku's eyes widened for a second. His chuckle caught both by surprise
"He really shouldn't be taking my energy at the moment" a grunt made overhaul look at his underling who suddenly looked a lot like a frog "If you don't stop that you'll end up as a frog statue" Rikiya quickly threw Izuku away, he skidded on the floor and then looked up at the changing villain
"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO TO ME?!" Rikiya screamed touching his deformed face
"Water style: Tidal Wave!" The massive torrent of water crashed against the villains sending them into a wall, Izuku quickly threw tags at the villains, Overhaul destroyed them but Rikiya who tried to punch them away got some on his arms "Sealing tag binding" The tags quickly activated and thin threads wrapped around the semi toad-like villain
Overhaul growled and went to destroy the seals of his underling when a kunai went through his arm. Overhaul growled while Izuku appeared in front of him and kicked him away from Rikiya
"And then there was just one," Izuku said teleporting the sealed Rikiya away, Izuku looked at overhaul that again reassembled his injured arm "You could have so much good with your powers"
"This is just a decease that I'll use to destroy the corruption of humanity and after that, I'll take my rightful place as the lord of the underworld… after I'm done, everything will turn back to the way it should have always been… you people are sick and I'm the cure" Overhaul hissed
"You're really messed up in the head, what sickness, what cure?! You are a psychopath that uses a little girl to make his twisted desires true" Izuku growled
"You wouldn't understand, you're just a sick child" Overhaul touched the floor again sending another flurry of spikes towards Izuku, Izuku teleported away "Your decease is really annoying!"
"And you haven't seen anything! "Fire style: Giant fireball!" the massive fireball hurled towards Overhaul, he created a wall in front of him to stop it. The wall held for a second before exploding in pieces after the collision
"You are going to die today hero; your luck ran out with that bullet!" The slightly charred Overhaul send a flurry of spikes towards Izuku at incredible speed, the biggest one he could create "You deceased people think that only because you have a quirk you can become something you are not… but I'm going to show the world where it should be… under me!"
"Teleportation barrier!" The spikes crashed into an invisible barrier that swallowed them. Behind Izuku the warehouse they previously were exploded. "He is really powerful… is really sad that he is villain, I just have a minute left in sage mode, I have to end this" Izuku Jumped into the air and dived towards Overhaul
"What the-" Overhaul barely avoided Izuku's kick stumbling back a few meters "How can you still be alive!" he tried to retaliate but the last attack took a lot of him, his eyes widened when he saw the blue sphere on Izuku's hand "Who are you" Overhaul whispered
"My name is Hokage… the one who will put you in Tartarus… and the one who will save a small scared child from a monster" Izuku lunged at Overhaul, the villain tried to use his quirk to defend himself but Izuku was faster the attack finally connected right into Overhaul's chest and for the first time since Shigaraki, Izuku let the full brunt of his attack go until the end
Finally, Overhaul went flying and crashed against the debris of the fallen building, Izuku quickly ran towards him and put a tag on him "Sealing tag binding" The cloth quickly enveloped Overhaul while not covering his hands.
Izuku looked at the wrapped villain and shook his head "Lava style: Ash stone sealing" lava wrapped over the already trapped Overhaul "Better safe than sorry" Izuku muttered when his earpiece turned on
"MIDORIYA WHERE ARE YOU WHAT IS GOING ON!" Izuku has never heard Nezu scared "WHO IS THE PERSON THAT IS WRAPPED THERE!
"Wha- Nezu sensei haven't you been seeing all of this?!" Izuku screeched
"I saw you run behind Saotome's group van and then the signal shut down, I sent the nearest heroes towards your last location but I see they didn't reach you, I'm sending them towards where you're don't move and while you do that explain to me what happened"
"Ah yeah that's great I have three villains captured here… Nezu Saotome's dead and there is another villain that Overhaul killed, Overhaul is this guy wrapped here" Izuku heard Nezu gasp a little… that was concerning
"Did… did you say Overhaul Midoriya?" Nezu asked concern dripping in his voice
"Yeah, that's how Saotome referred to him. The captured ones are Rikiya something and…. Kimono wearing guy I actually didn't hear the name of that guy sorry, also the one who Overhaul killed was named Rappa… he didn't hesitate sensei" Izuku whispered the last part
"For a lot of villains most of their underlings are disposable" Nezu sighed "Midoriya I need you to come for me I'll need to explain a few things to some heroes and policemen"
"No can do at the moment sensei" Nezu didn't say anything but Izuku could feel the raised eyebrow of his principal "I still have to recover a little girl these monsters had captured"
"They have a kidnapped girl and you didn't rescue her?"
"You wound me sensei, of course, I rescue her… technically a few clones and Gamabu did but she is okay now and waiting for me. I had a reason to stop these guys I promise! but I don't have the time to explain right now so I'll go for you and explain everything after I get her okay" the line went silent for a few seconds but finally Izuku heard Nezu chuckle
"Do it quickly Midoriya you and I have a lot to explain" Izuku grinned
"I think I hear police sirens, so I don't have to check on these guys anymore… Aah before I forget! tell them that don't unwrap these guys without putting anti-quirk cuffs, their quirks are dangerous!" Before Izuku teleported away he heard Nezu groan
When Eri returned to the car after Overhaul took her blood, she considered for a second try to run again but Chrono was there beside her and that meant she wouldn't get far… she still remembered how bad it felt when her body moved slowly after she was pinched with his pointy hair
"I just want to be saved… I don't want to go back to Overhaul's lab… Please someone save me" The tears appeared in her eyes again, she couldn't take being trapped anymore.
After some time they arrived at the house and she saw Shin leave the car, while Chrono waited for him to open the door… but that never happened instead the car moved violently and she screamed in fear
"What- what the hell it's going on?!" Chrono said opening the door
"Wind Style: Vacuum bomb!" Chrono went flying towards the backyard; Eri was terrified of what just happened when suddenly a small purple frog appeared in front of her, Eri was mesmerized by the small frog when another person suddenly appeared on the open door
"Hey, little girl are you okay?" The green-haired boy asked her she nodded slowly "Good! Now we're going to wrap those guys before they could do anything all right? Gamabu take care of her" The green-haired boy left and the small frog jumped towards her hands
"We?" she whispered, Eri didn't understand what exactly was happening, so she moved towards the open door and her eyes widened at what she saw
In the backyard, four green-haired boys were wrapping Chrono and Shin in bandages… from head to toe, she looked at them until they finished and took a step back. Two of them took a red paper with something written on it from the bag on their back
"Seal" The bandages wrapped tighter around her captors "Two mummies ready to be delivered to the police!" The boys said while smiling at her. Suddenly the small frog that was on her hands jumped fast towards the front door that was opening
Her eyes widened again, the frog kicked mimic into a wall and then used its tongue to throw the small body of mimic towards the green-haired boys
"Ah another one… this one is really small," one of the green-haired boys said and then he looked at the frog who was staring at him intently "I get it not because he is small it means he is weak" The little frog croaked and jumped towards Eri's hands again
Eri watched again as the green-haired boy wrapped the small body of mimic and repeated the thing the others did with the red paper, when he finished he walked towards her and crouched
"My name is Midoriya Izuku… you can call me Hokage that's my hero name. What is your name?"
"Eri" She whispered, he smiled brightly at her "What a beautiful name! Now Eri are there more people in the house?" Eri nodded Hokage's eyebrows scrunched a little "Okay let's move the other us is wrapping everything up over there
"The other… you?" Eri asked confused, Hokage just laughed a little
"He'll explain everything when he gets here now let's change locations a little" Eri tensed a bit when he got closer, but then he extended his hands at her "I can carry you if you want" She hesitated for a second but accepted, after all, he defeated a few of her captors. The small frog jumped from her hands towards her shoulder and she was lifted carefully in Hokage's arms
Her tears almost started to fall again, his hands felt warm and when he brought her close she felt safe. Warm, and safe two sensations she didn't think that she'll ever feel. She felt the air hit her face and suddenly she was on the roof in front of Overhaul's house
"Wait for a few seconds here okay the other us will come here in a moment okay" Eri nodded slowly "Gamabu and I will stay here with you so don't worry we're pretty strong" saying that the other Hokages that jumped with them disappeared into a puff of smoke startling Eri
Gamabu sensing that jumped on her hands again. That seemed to snap her of the fear of most of her heroes disappearing, Eri brought the small frog towards her face still amazed at the small creature they stood there looking at each other for a few minutes when suddenly a soft voice stopped their staring
"Hey I hope Gamabu is on her best behavior" Eri's head snapped up it was another Hokage
"You're the other you?" Izuku chuckled at the weird question
"Yeah something like that, he is a clone of me" Eri tilted her head to the side "I can show you Shadow clone technique!" Four Hokages appeared in front of her eyes and they seemed excited to say hi to her, she felt overwhelmed but after a moment only the Hokage in front of her stayed the others disappearing in smoke
"The other of them is you?" Hokage chuckled again at the weird phrasing but nodded
"Yes, I'm the original!" Eri was confused but his smile reassured her "We have to go Eri, we'll go to get my sensei, and then we'll go probably to the police station… we should see if we can give you a quick check-up with Recovery girl" Izuku muttered, Eri shook her head quickly
"Overhaul… if he knows that I escaped… he is going to hurt you Hokage" Hokage picked her up and smiled brightly at her, she felt again the safety and warm
"I took care of Overhaul Eri, the same way the other me took care of those guys there" Hokage pointed to the trapped villains still in the backyard of the house, Eri's eyes widened at what he said
"You trapped Overhaul?" Eri asked in a whisper
"Yeah and he is going to jail now, and you'll never have to worry about him again" Something finally broke and Eri couldn't stop the tears as she lunged towards her hero and hugged him as tight as her little arms could. When he returned the hug Eri knew that she wouldn't get to continue without his hugs.
aahhhhhh this was supposed to be just freaking 4k long! But it ended in 7.5k damn. Well, you guys probably won't be happy with how quickly Izuku dealt with Overhaul and his crew but I think that if someone could take them like that is a Sage. Also, I love Eri and she'll have a good part in the next few chapters.
Honestly, I don't want to drag this fan fiction too much I already have an idea of how I want stuff to go and I have maybe 10 to 15 chapters more of this story… less if I keep making chapters this long
I hope you guys like this one I enjoyed writing it… even if I had to rewrite it like five times, as always sorry for my grammar still too poor to buy the premium subscription of Grammarly
See you guys in the next one
