And we are back!
(XX)
"Alright, let me see if I understand this correctly." Shigaraki said, "I told you to cause trouble in your assigned area."
Invisible Wall – why was he called that, he was a chameleon man – nodded.
"And you decided to rob a restaurant." Shigaraki continued.
He nodded again.
"And then you got beaten to a pulp by two girls on a date."
He nodded a third time.
"I really want to shake your hand right now."
"R-Really? Thank-"
"With all five fingers."
"Oh." Invisible Wall gulped, "I-In our defense, they were kids from the USJ."
"Really?"
"Yeah!" Another one of his underlings shouted, "One of them was that girl that can make stuff, and one was the frog girl that kicked Sharkyonara's ass."
"I think she kicked him in the face." Invisible Wall countered.
"It's a figure of speech!"
"It's the wrong figure-"
"Shut up!" He slammed a hand on the table, "Alright, whatever, you ran into the kids from the USJ, whatever, you are supposed to be getting stronger! How the fuck did they beat you so badly that guy's concussion has a concussion?"
"Good so feeling not am I." The guy with his head bandaged said, giving a thumbs down.
"Yes, no, I'm sorry or good for you." Shigaraki sighed, "Alright, listen here, go to Stain, tell him what happened, and tell him to train you extra hard." They all gulped, "Oh don't you give me that, I already have shit to deal with. That Midoriya bastard is playing Hero society like it's a fucking fiddle and meanwhile five of you couldn't beat six Heroes-in-Training."
"Actually two- I'll shut up."
"Thank you." He growled, "Get the fuck out of here." The five scurried off, dragging the guy who was still giving him a thumbs down. "Why the fuck am I stuck with a bunch of useless henchmen…" He went to grab a plastic bottle, only for the bottle to squirm out of his grasp and stubbornly walk away, hissing at him in displeasure, "I hate that cat so fucking much." He grumbled, watching Monster Cat in bottle form run away.
"So, uuuh, can we discuss the elephant in the room?" Dabi asked.
"There is no elephant in the room. Though there is an elephant Noumu in the Doc's lab…"
"Shigaraki, I'm talking about miss 'I'll stab you with a fork in the eye if you touch me' over there."
Shigaraki sighed, "Yeah, I know. What do you want me to say, Hina got laid, what do you expect me to do, throw her a 'End of the Dry Spell' party?"
"First of all, blergh. Second of all, this is unsettling."
Hina was sitting at a table, the biggest grin on her face as she stared into nothingness. "I don't see the issue?" Shigaraki said, "This seems a 100% improvement. Maybe I can even escape a session of face moisturizing today."
"A what- Nevermind. I'm worried for what happens once she realizes it was a one-night stand and she is not in a relationship with Miruko and Nagant. What if she becomes twice the bitch she was before?"
Hina laughed. "Oh don't worry Dabi, it won't happen."
"Really?" He asked, skepticism all over his face.
Shigaraki sighed, "See Dabi, you were worried for nothing."
"Of course. It wasn't a one-night stand after all, it was the beginning of a beautiful, torrid love story." She grinned again. Shigaraki looked at her, then slowly turned to Dabi, who just gave him a 'god have mercy on us all' look, before turning to Hina.
"It wasn't a one-night stand?" The fire user asked.
"Of course not."
"They said you were getting together."
"Not so bluntly, of course, but when we made love for three hours…"
"I didn't need to know that."
"At least you weren't stuck waiting for her to finish." Shigaraki replied.
"What else could that be, but the beginning of a love story?" Hina continued, ignoring Shigaraki's exasperated sigh.
Dabi pinched the bridge of his nose, "Are you sure they didn't mention the fact it was a one-night stand?"
Hina frowned for a moment.
-x-
"So, interested in a night of fun?" Miruko asked the short, brown haired girl. "Nothing serious, mind you."
-x-
"Aaaah, I really needed one night like this…" Nagant hissed.
-x-
"Ah, fuuuuuuuck, this is the best one-night stand of my fucking life." Miruko said, "Mmmh, keep going right there…"
-x-
Hina shrugged, "Nothing at all."
"So they gave you their number?"
"No, but naturally, the Number Five and an ex-Hero can't be found with a Villain's number on their phone." Hina replied, "I mean, what would people think?"
"That they have a terrible taste in women?" Shigaraki asked.
"Oh, Shiggy, you are so funny sometimes."
Shigaraki shivered, "Alright, I agree, this is unsettling." He replied, "Hina, you are not in a relationship with Nagant and Miruko."
"Oh, I know."
"Oh thank God…"
"I'm in a relationship with Nagant, Miruko and Yaritezawa."
Shigaraki took a deep breath. "Alright, who the fuck is that?"
"Her university crush." Dabi replied, "You know, the girl that has a restraining order against her!" He shouted, Hina snorting.
"Oh, Dabi, Yaritezawa just needs time to realize we are a polycule now." She laughed again, "Actually, scratch that, they are my lesbian harem. I'm the queen of this relationship after all."
Dabi looked up at the sky, begging for mercy from the gods, then turned to Shigaraki, "Say, you are the expert in delusions, do you think if she keeps coming up with them eventually they will hit critical mass and explode, turning her back into a normal woman?"
"Why am I the expert?" Dabi raised an eyebrow, "Well fuck you too! I'll have you know, I prefer her this way! At least she has dropped off the race for Beros, so now I'm the only contender."
"Yeah, 'only'…" Dabi muttered, but before Shigaraki could ask what he meant, Hina turned toward them.
"What? Of course I'm going to add Beros to the harem!" Hina said. Dabi and Shigaraki stared at her, and she smiled wickedly, "I'll have you know, as the only woman that has ever had the pleasure of sleeping with both Lady Nagant and Miruko, that I have realized my calling."
"You didn't need to specify the part about sleeping with those two."
"I have realized," Hina continued, pointedly ignoring both of them, "That I, Hina Komori, am a goddess of love. As such, I can't limit myself to two or three women. I need a vast, exceptional harem that can withstand my extreme skills in bed and as a lover."
"Oh god…"
"I shall have a thousand, no, a million girlfriends! I will single-handedly conquer every woman in this country! I will be remembered forever as Hina the Woman Eater! I will *censored*, *censored* and *VERY censored*!"
"Eeeeew!" Both Shigaraki and Dabi shouted, "Can you keep that for yourself?!"
"No! Everyone should know!" She stood on her chair, slamming her foot on the table and clenching her fist, "I'm Hina, the woman that had sex with Miruko and Nagant, future leader of a harem of beautiful, attractive women of all kinds! I am going to conquer every female Hero in Japan! And then every Villain! And then everyone else! Mwahahahah!" She started to laugh maniacally.
"I think she has reached critical mass." Dabi said, "Unsurprisingly, that just made her crazier."
Shigaraki was pondering every decision in his life that had led to this point, when someone cleared their throat next to him. He jumped back.
"Boss?" Rody asked.
"Jesus Rody, how long have you been there?"
"I entered when at 'I will have a million girlfriends' and had the misfortune of listening to her long enough to be scarred for life." His gaze lost focus for a moment, "I wish I wasn't learning Japanese so well right now…" He shook his head, "Anyway, I have the report for yesterday night."
"Great, how did it go?"
"Well, overall. Well, no, very badly? Is 'well' the right word if something was a success for Villains?"
"Rody?"
"Yes boss?"
"Shut the fuck up and tell me."
Rody coughed in his fist. "Alright. Well, we didn't lose anyone, and most groups completed their stated goal. We killed ten Heroes, all low rankers like Funk Man, and robbed several banks, museums and the like. General chaos on the streets, lots of injured…" He groaned, "How is this my life?"
"Toughen up, bitch." Shigaraki replied, "So that was a success. Are you ready for the next step Rody?"
"… Sure. Is this about targeting that Valiant guy?"
"Step one, for sure. But actually, I want to dab on the Hero community in general and turn their big event in the worst shitshow they have ever seen."
"Please never say the sentence 'I want to dab on the Hero community' again."
Shigaraki rolled his eyes, "Fine, I want to T-pose on them and assert my dominance. Is that better?"
"Not really?"
"Stop complaining or I will turn you into dust, is that better?"
Rody nodded, huffing, "You are just as… intractable as your father."
"Don't try to suck up to me." He ignored Rody's disbelieving look and continued, "Now, here is the great plan…"
-x-
Himiko's phone rang for several seconds, before Izuku picked it up. "… Sorry, I have to take this, one second guys. Hi Himiko! How are you?"
"Doing well, Izuku! How are you? Coming home soon?"
"Sorry Himiko, I won't be home for a while unfortunately. I'm in Kyushu currently, and will stay here for a while. We are going to try and investigate the Clan's connections in the port areas of Fukuoka, Kitakyushu and Kumamoto. Maybe Kagoshima too."
"Can't you just ask the Clan where those are and 'leak it' to my brother so he passes it to Miruko?"
"I can't…" Izuku sighed, "Plus, we need to make Overhaul and the Hassaikai try to guess which Heroes will be involved in the raid against them, so we are trying to keep at least a few members of the raid team away from Honshu, or at least from his bases there."
"Oh! So you will be on the raid team?"
"I don't think the HPSC President… Come on guys, one second… would give me a choice anyway. Valiant has to be at the forefront of this."
"Oh I know. Actually, have you read the newspaper?"
"… You read newspapers?"
"No, but Hiryu showed up this morning asking me to congratulate you for the incredible move that has made you even more respected by both the Hero community and the general public."
"… What did I do this time?" Izuku asked with that resigned tone that made Himiko chuckle. He was so adorable.
"Apparently you mentioned something about the meeting being a thing that could have easily been held online, and the press is having a field day saying that 'If people listened to Valiant, many lives would have been saved in yesterday's League attack'. Online popularity polls show you are currently the third most liked Hero after All Might and Hawks, you know? Which means to beat you one has to be either the Symbol of Peace or the most active Hero in terms of public activity and online presence."
"Wait, what?! But I'm not a Hero yet!"
"I think people would disagree. You have been saving a lot of folks out there. There is a whole playlist on HeroTube of people saying their thanks to Valiant." Himiko replied.
Izuku for a moment couldn't say anything, too stunned was her guess. Then he just sighed, "Fine. Fine. But enough about me. How is school, Himiko?"
"Very good! The dorms are a fun place, though I kinda miss spending time with you."
"I know… I'm really sorry Himiko, I'll try to see if I can be back to school- I said one minute! – next week. Frankly, studying while I'm out of school is not the same."
"I wish I could be there with you, instead. It sounds like fun!" 'And I wouldn't have to sit in class, which is a nice bonus to spending time with my dear Izuku.'
"Yeah, but you will have to wait until they do the Provisional Licenses Exam. I hope 1-A gets to participate, usually it's for second and third years but maybe they'll make an exception." He sighed, "S-Sorry, that was my side of things again. Uhm… How are you doing with… you know…"
"Ah! No, no, I'm doing well. I have supplies in my room."
"Alright. Have you considered my suggestion?"
Tell the teachers and ask for advice. Yeah, Himiko wasn't inclined to do that, not if she could still manage it. Things were going better after all. She just needed to keep her cravings under control by always drinking blood, but the doctor could easily supply it under the guise of 'family food'. They couldn't sneak in Kurogiri, unfortunately, but… Well, she would find a workaround. "I thought about it." She said. It wasn't a lie, she had thought about it and decided to not do it, "Either way, when you come back we are going on a date, alright?"
"Absolutely! A-Although, would you be ok with a double date?"
"Oh my, Izuku, are you planning to finally go for the harem option-"
"N-No!" He shouted, and Himiko chuckled. Yeah, she didn't fancy the chances of those girls from other schools at convincing Izuku to date them too. And she hoped they didn't think they could just steal him… "A double date with Masuchan and Hagakure. I don't get to spend much time with him lately."
"Sure! Next week, right?"
"Yup. Remember the advertisement we saw for that Summer Fair? It will be starting next week, so we figured we could go together the four of us."
"Sounds fun!" She said with a genuine smile. She didn't know Hagakure as closely as she did Momo or Uraraka, but… "Oh! Actually, do you think we can make it a triple date?!"
"S-Sure. Who else?- Alright, nevermind, I have to go. Call you back soon! Love you!"
"Love you too Izuku!"
-x-
"A t-triple date? But why are you a-asking me? I don't have a boyfriend…" Uraraka looked noticeably in every other direction besides Himiko, who's cattish grin didn't show any signs of receding from her face.
"Really? You can't think of anyone you would take with you for this? Not a person? Nobody?" She asked, leaning in more and more. Uraraka felt her face burn, as red creeped in her cheeks.
"W-Well, I can totally invite a friend."
"Does the friend's name start with S and end with hoto Todoroki?"
"N-No! I'll prove it right now." She turned around, "Iida, do you want to come with us to an amusement park next Sunday?" 'Eheh, this will show her I don't have an interest in Todoroki.'
"Sorry, Uraraka, I already have plans for that day. Sero has invited me to something called 'a mixer' with students from Seiai."
"… You what now?" Uraraka asked.
"Indeed! I do not know exactly what it entails, but my brother seems to believe it would make wonders for socializing and 'breaking out of my shell', and given they are students from another Hero school, I'm sure we will be able to enjoy our time there!" He bowed, "So I thank you for your offer, but I will have to respectfully bow out! However, do not worry, I believe Todoroki is not busy next weekend, so I'm sure he can take my place!"
Uraraka heard Himiko hold back a laugh behind her, and wasn't sure if that was because of the last comment or due to the image of Iida at a mixer. "Th-Thanks Iida, and have fun!"
"I sure will!" The young man said, missing Sero, who was eavesdropping not too far, burst out laughing.
"Alright, now can we invite the person you want to invite?" Himiko asked.
"… Fine." Ochaco said, sighing. They walked up to Todoroki, who was talking with Tsunotori and Tokoyami about something else. He looked up, "Uhm, so, Todoroki, we were planning to go to a summer fair, and I wanted to know if you'd like to come." She asked.
"Sure, sounds fun." The bicolored boy said, no recognition whatsoever about what being invited by a girl might actually entail. Why did she even like him?
"Yeah, it sure does…" Ochaco replied, ignoring the thumbs up Tsunotori and Dark Shadow sent her. Himiko patted her on the back.
"You know, I thought I had the dense one." She whispered in his hear.
Ochaco didn't find it in herself to disagree.
-x-
"All done boss!" Rody said, walking in Shigaraki's bedroom, thankfully finding his boss just in the middle of a retrogaming marathon, currently playing some old game he just called TotK, "I have Twice, Batto and Emperor on the job. Are you sure this is gonna work?"
"Do they know what the full plan is?" Shigaraki asked, leaning back on his gaming chair.
"Nope." Rody replied, "Just what you told me to tell them."
"In that case, we are officially starting 'Operation Fuck with Valiant'!" Shigaraki declared.
Dabi coughed in his fist, leaning in from the open door, "So… Like… Do we get you a room, date first…"
"What the fuck are you talking about?" Shigaraki asked.
"Well… I mean… You are Handjob… And want to Fuck with Valiant…"
"Finish that train of thought and I will murder you. No ifs, no buts, I will just put my hand on your skull and laugh as you vanish slowly and painfully. No, nevermind, that's too fast, I will throw you under a car driven by Compress, have him back on you, have him go forward again. Disintegrate the car, have Compress ball you and the ashes of the car, and throw it under another car, that I will then crash against a third car making sure they both explode." Shigaraki replied, with the most serious tone Rody had ever heard from him.
"… Right. I'll just… go…" Dabi replied, closing the door.
Shigaraki shook his head, "As I was saying, Operation Get Valiant Angry…"
"Wasn't it called-"
"Operation Get Valiant Angry…" Shigaraki growled, Rody quickly nodding in acceptance. Uh, it was easy to convince people to agree to what you said if you had authority over them. He wondered where he had picked that up from.
-x-
"What is it boss?" One of the ex-Humarise soldiers on All for One's side asked.
"I don't know." All for One said, passing a hand over his face, "I just felt… pride, for some reason. I can't figure out why?"
"Because you just killed over a thousand Humarise members and officially destroyed over ninety percent of their base, along with any Hero that has tried to stop you?"
"Nah, this isn't my first tango, all of this is actually a bit dull." He shrugged, "Eh, I'll find out eventually. Now, I believe there was one more target."
"W-Well sir, yes, but it's a Quirkless kids' orphanage where we believe the director is a Humarise plant. By all accounts, he is like a father figure for all the children."
"Well that's fantastic." All for One said, "If they are orphans, it means they are already used to losing parental figures. Let's go." He grinned. And they said he never thought of the children of his victims.
-x-
"… Is a go." Shigaraki said, "I am going to show that bitch who is the Villain he should be worried about!"
"… Yeah, alright. The Kaijus should be back about now, I wonder how they did."
"Perfect! I would love to see his face! He must have been terrified! Come on, let's go to the main meeting room!"
-x-
Valiant looked up. And up. And up. And up. Gojiyama grinned, imagining the thoughts going through his mind. 'Oh, this was supposed to be a normal day, how could this happen? I'm not sure how this is possible, or why I am looking up at a trio of Villains, each about as tall as Mount Lady. Different Gigantification Quirks, all of them?! That's terrible. And to think today started so normally. Patrol, investigate, patrol some more… Then the police receives a call from an anonymous source, claiming the Wild Villains are making an exchange with some other gang. Of course, Miruko all but dragged me here… only to find, instead, three people in trench coats, who promptly grinned menacingly, scaring me to my core and transforming. Help.'
Yes. He had to be struck by fear by their imposing presence.
"I am Gojiyama." Said the first one, a dinosaur-like man with sharp teeth.
"I am Okameda." The second one added, a turtle-like one, grinning menacingly.
"And I am Eno." The third one, a giant gorilla, finished. "We are the League of Villains' Kaiju squad. Tremble in terror Valiant, because today is the day of your…"
His phone rang. The watched as he checked to see who it was, and noticed his eyes go wide. He glanced at Miruko, who moved her hands to her chin for a moment, before giving him a thumbs up. "Please wait." He told the three Villains, answering the fucking phone. "Sorry, I have to take this, one second guys. Hi Himiko, how are you doing?"
"Is he for real?" Gojiyama asked.
"Sorry Himiko, I won't be home for a while unfortunately. I'm in Kyushu currently, and will stay here for a while. We are going to try and investigate the Clan's connections in the port areas of..."
"I think he is…" Okameda scratched the back of his head and glanced nervously at Miruko, "Soooo, not going to attack us?"
"Nah, I'll let Valiant have this one. If he can't beat up you chumps it means I haven't trained him well enough." She shrugged, "Plus, I like how the kid is getting more sure of himself. He's growing!"
Eno huffed, "Well, this won't do! Are you done already kid?!"
"I don't think the HPSC President… Come on guys, one second… would give me a choice anyway. Valiant has to be at the forefront of this."
Gojiyama growled, "This is ridiculous! This is supposed to be the hope of Japan's Heroic future? As a Japanese citizen, I find this behavior from a Hero absolutely inappropriate! We have been waiting for our big debut for hours, and what does he do? Get on the phone with his girlfriend! Are you done already?!"
"…I'll try to see if I can be back to school- I said one minute! – next week."
"Unbelievable." Eno said, crossing his arms and shaking his head. "Are you really fine with this? Isn't this like, endangering civilians or something?" He asked, turning to Miruko.
"Eh, if you three were harming someone or something, I would expect him to hang up, but I know it woul. As it is, you three are just being nice and waiting for a beating, so I won't judge him for looking at you three and deciding you are non-threats. It's how I taught him to react to glory seeker that come after you personally, so long as they don't threaten people and are harmless." She looked them up and down, "Frankly, I think he is spot-on."
"Hey!" Eno shouted, "I am strong! I fought Captain Celebrity once!"
"Did you even land a hit?" She asked the giant gorilla man. He awkwardly shuffled his feet and coughed in his fist.
"That is beside the point. Also, we will just start wrecking shit then!" Eno shouted, Valiant's eyes narrowing as he said so.
"If you did, and he didn't immediately pounce at you…" Miruko grinned, "Well then I suppose I would have to."
The turtle giant coughed awkwardly in his fist and looked at Eno. "Come on, you know how it is with a girlfriend." Okameda said.
"No I don't know, you know I've never had one."
Gojiyama rolled his eyes, "And this is the guy Handjob is so worried about? Looks like he is more worried about his little bitch at home than fighting us."
Izuku froze, "- Alright, nevermind, call you soon! Love you!" He closed the call and turned toward them. "What did you just call my girlfriend?"
"I called her a little bitch." Gojiyama said, "Are you mad- where did he go?"
"Oh, he jumped and is going to punch you." Miruko said.
"He wha-"
"15% DETROIT SMASH!" A voice shouted to his right.
"Oh." A punch to his cheek sent Gojiyama flying. As he sailed above the water before smashing into it, he decided he should have really asked more questions about why no one wanted to fight the guy. "I hate my job."
-x-
"… You failed." Shigaraki said. And after he had prepared the strategy room and everything! How dare they!
"So sorry boss…" The self-proclaimed League's Kaiju Trio, now back to normal size, said with a whimper, "The kid hits hard."
"Of course he hits hard! Did you assume I named him my nemesis just because he acts all cute and nice? That guy is a monster! A snake in a bunny costume! An entity devoted solely to taking over Japan's Hero and Villain communities! Of course he is dangerous!"
"We are really sorry boss! We will do better next time!"
"Sure you will." He sighed, "Did you at least piss him off."
"He was... really angry."
"Nice. Now scram." The trio shuffled off and outside the meeting room. "So, who do we send next?"
"Muscular? Moonfish? Or maybe the Serpenters?" Compress suggested.
"Muscular and Moonfish are our only S-tier pulls currently, if we waste them then they will likely get taken away and we will have wasted all the effort to farm them. I need to keep them for the big quest coming up, or at least until we do some other high pulls. The Serpenters though…" He nodded, "That could work. They are very good A-tiers, but not irreplaceable."
"I hate the fact that our strategy meetings are all worded like this." Compress muttered, before raising his voice, "We could also use the rioters from last time. Most are in jails, but if I, Dabi and Kurogiri work together, we could cause a prison break from the lesser prisons."
"Not a bad idea Compress, but that will instantly aggro the Police and Heroes, and we already did that with yesterday night. If we do anything flashy again for a while, they might decide to prioritize our Quest over the 'Destroy Hassaikai' one, and we don't want that. It's not worth it just for some possible pulls. Not to mention the really good ones get sent to Tartarus, and you are not breaking into that one."
"Maybe we should…"
"Hello everyone!" Himiko said, walking in, "Sorry, I had to come back home to retrieve some clothes. Some of my t-shirts got burnt in today's training. Oh, I here Izuku beat up some guys about an hour ago by the way, so cool right? … What are you guys doing?"
"Strategy meeting."
"Cool." Himiko smiled, "Oh, right Tomura. I wanted to know if you had seen a new HeroTuber I discovered, I think you'd like him."
"Is he a let's player?"
"No."
"Thank fuck, I hate those people with burning passion unless they are 'the good ones'. What does this guy do?"
"Oh he is a Villain. Streams his attacks on the site." She flipped the phone, "Looks fun! Kaminari showed me. The guy as a whole thing for 'forbidden content'."
Shigaraki stared at the phone. As he watched the video, a devilish idea came to his mind. "Rody, call Kurogiri. We are going for a recruitment pitch."
(XX)
So! Been a while uh? I hope you will enjoy the new chapter! As we move forward, I decided to go a bit into Valiant and Handjob's day by day. Valiant on one side has to balance his school life and Hero life, while Handjob, as we can see here, has no problem committing to the Villain side fully if needs. Such is life.
Of course, we are moving closer and closer to the Summer Fair Date, Overhaul showdown and the Final Exams at UA, which in turn move us closer and closer to the I-Expo, which in turn... well, you will see from there. For now, enjoy the new chapter, as Hina chooses for herself a new goal, Valiant shows he is bulking up, Shigaraki plans his moves and we move forward.
And I am so sorry for this whole month of wait. I hope it won't ruin your enjoyment of the story.
