This chapter was freaking 135 pages! Sheesh, when I wrote the outline it looked so small and I barely added things to it but I guess each scene was bigger than I thought. Seriously I need to figure out what to cut out and what not to.
But hey I am NOT a professional writer. I never even took a creative writing course before. I'm just someone that likes MHA and Ben Ten and wanted to share a story with you all. So all of this is a learning process for me and so I can only promise that I will try to deliver.
**New Opening Theme!** So if you've been wondering why Drag0n5on hasn't written up a new OP for this arc yet, that would be because of me. I wanted to give my own shot at an OP for this story. But because of how late I've been with previous chapters I never got around to finishing it until now, so I hope you guys enjoy it. Also you will find that some characters have been silhouetted out in the OP that is because I wanna hide spoilers for now and they will be revealed as this arc goes on.
There is a link for the song on this story on the AO3 site.
***New artwork by "Voidv25" on Deviant art called "Henzu(Monster)" it's great! Finally you guys will have a full on visual and image of what Henzu A.K.A. Nue looks like! Woah! I worked closely with Voidv25 on this one, even provided my own draft of Henzu as reference. So what you see is how I imagined Henzu to look like.
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Disclaimer I do not own the rights to Ben 10 or MHA.
The Rustbucket speeds down the countryside road, with no other motorists in sight Hisashi Midoriya gets to cruise right on through the road with no issues. The road is calm, no cars in sight, no chaos, it's just nice and peaceful. And most importantly quiet.
^Wa! Wawa Bzz-wap!^
Well mostly.
Seated at the RV's table, Izuku Midoriya sits sideways so he can focus on the little astro mech before him. His gaze is focused, and his ears are alert as the droid begins to speak.
^Wa wa.^ Chopper beeps out and pauses, allowing what he said to sink into Izuku's mind.
Izuku doesn't react, he just holds his stoic indifferent yet focused and analytical expression; listening.
^Ba-bop.^
^Bo-bzz wap.^
^Wa-wap! Bzz-wooo!^
"Seriously?" From atop the table, Kraab's head lets out an exasperated sigh. "I can't read your face, like at all. Are you actually understanding anything he's saying?"
Izuku's focused expression washes away as he becomes very self-conscious. "Um, I think I'm getting every third word or so…maybe."
"Maybe? Alright, what was he talking about then?"
"Um, he said he… Wanted an Oil Change!" Izuku blurts out without thinking!
…
"I FREAKING KNEW IT! YOU HAD NO CLUE WHAT HE WAS SAYING!"
"Hey! I'm trying! Binary's hard to learn, okay!"
^Woo Woo!^
From the driver's seat, Hisashi spins around and shouts! "Hey, turn the volume down back there!"
The three children do as they're told.
Hisashi chuckles. "No need to rush kiddo, it'll take some time to learn. It's going to take a little patience before you're golden."
Izuku frowns, slumping back in his seat.
^Wa wap!^
Izuku embarrassed, looks for some help. "What did he say?"
Kraab doesn't even miss a beat. "He called you a moron."
"That's it!" Izuku lunges forward aiming for Chopper!
"Quiet down please!" Hisashi shouts!
Izuku stops and falls back onto the seat.
Hisashi sighs. "Don't bother getting upset, Chopper likes to antagonize. Besides you'll figure it out eventually."
"But I've been at this for hours! And I still haven't made any progress!"
"There's no need to rush things. Just take your time, go at your own pace, and you'll figure it all out. You can't always just jump into something and think you know better. The trick for binary is to listen and with some patience; it'll come to you."
"Speaking of patience." Izuku gets up and hops over to the passenger seat. "I've also been waiting patiently for our next stop."
"And?"
"And? I was wondering what we'll be doing there."
Hisashi smirks to himself. "With any luck, I'm going to teach you a little bit more about patience."
Cannon Busters Opening - Showdown
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(Beginning Instrumentals)
An open road, a bright sun illuminating the beautiful summer day, and the rush of wind in one's ears as the Rustbucket cruises by moving across the road like a sports car before zooming past with grace.
We got places to go, things to do, people to see, and we got to get it done right away.
Izuku adjusts his hoodie, tugging it down over his body. All before gripping the dial of the Omnitrix and giving it a shine with his fingers.
So if you on the crew, guess we a team. Thicker than thieves and we all tryna help find a way
Hisashi buttons up his Hawaiian short, before grabbing his respirator and dawning it over his maw. He then snatches up a few loose tickets and pamphlets before tucking them away.
If you know the destination, we making conversation. Time is ticking, sun is setting, we got no time for waiting
Chopper latches his leg to his body, readjusting it. Before his arms pop out and flex about making sure they're working properly.
Might be the showdown, Looks like it's 'bout to go down
Bust through with the cannon, at the hoedown
(Instrumentals)
Izuku slams down on the Omnitrix! In a flash of green the screen scrolls down to reveal his aliens: Feedback, XLR8, Grey Matter, Four Arms, Ditto, Ripjaws, Terraspin, Water Hazard, Lodestar, Buzzshock, Diamondhead, Big Chill, Heatblast, Stinkfly, Wildmutt, Rath, and Wildvine.
Transition into title sequence: HEROES NEVER DIE; IT'S HERO TIME
So we won't fall, until gravity is gone
Izuku grins falling through the air alongside Rath, Wildvine, and several other inhuman silhouettes! As the glow of the sunrise illuminates U.A. in the background!
We've been on this road too long, so long
Hisashi and Izuku stand back to back looking away from each other as the scene rotates around them.
The scenes flip in rapid succession with characters standing back to back!
(Instrumentals)
To Thirteen and Ochaco!
To Ochaco and All Might!
To All Might and Gran Torino!
And to Gran Torino and Hisashi!
And I can't stop, we can't stop
I'm so far away from home
We've been on this road too long, too long
A legion of villains have their backs to the camera but as the camera slides through their lineup, each of them turn to acknowledge the audience.
Kraab's claw flexes and clamps nearly clipping the camera.
Silhouette (A) folds their arms together and smirks as the camera rolls past.
Silhouette (B) raises their weapon at the ready.
Silhouette (C) stands tall and proud, towering over the camera.
Nue bares a sharp tooth grin, his eyes gleaming with malice before the camera zooms away and up into to the forbidding sky, through the void of space, through the walls of the command ship, before halting before an all observing Vilgax.
Playing with fire (Fire!)
Take me higher
From up in the air Cinder releases a cloud of flames down upon Silhouette (A) below! Silhouette (A) cuts through the flames before rocketing up and clashing with the hero in midair!
We're on our way, we're on our way
Undivided (-Vided!)
All Might zooms past, his grin wide, as he slams his fist into Silhouette (C)! Silhouette (C) crashes into the ground, kicking up smoke, but it rises again, unharmed.
And ignited
We're on our way, we're on our way, yeah!
From the smoke cloud, Ochaco leaps back in a spin as Silhouette (B) soars after her. Silhouette (B) swings their weapon at her but she counters it with a Ryou Sphere!
On our way, we're going
Nue grins madly as he stares down Deku who grins back just as determined and manically.
And no mistakes while we're rolling around town
We just came back round
The Rustbucket bursts forth zooming down the highlighted highway, gracefully zooming past Bakugou, Kirishima, and a number of silhouettes!
You don't wanna show out
Close up of a smiling Hisashi.
Cut to a closeup of Chopper.
Finally a close up to a grinning Deku!
Might be a showdown
Deku's hand slams down on the Omnitrix, the alien green light swallows the screen!
Woo!
Freeze on the image of Deku, Cinder, and Chopper posing before the setting sun, their shadows casted far off over the ground towards the camera.
(Illustrated by CreateGunner1209)
Ch.50 Off the Hook
Hisashi steps out of the Rustbucket, his face beaming in excitement as he takes one big whiff of the moist air. "You smell that?"
Izuku steps out and sniffs, his face scrunching up in disgust. "Bleh! It smells like rotten eggs. Where are we?"
They've parked the Rustbucket beside the lake not too far from where the fishing docks are. By the large wooden docks lie a number of fishing boats, a few bait shops, a gas station, a restaurant, and a rundown hotel. All situated at the foot of one massive lake!
"We're at Lake Nal Hutta!"
Lake Nal Hutta, just saying the name makes the place sound icky and swampy. There also appear to be a few homes in the area, but they're all scattered around the lake. The water is murky and filled with stirred up mud, and a heavy fog is constantly sitting over the water's surface. The lake also appears to have a number of outreaches and a river that stretches into the mainland, creating the perfect conditions for swamps and wetlands, which also explains that occasional whiff of rotten eggs in the air.
Hisashi grins as he stares out at the ominous and rather creep lake like it's an old friend. "This place is the hotspot for fishing, let me tell ya! I used to come here a lot with my grandpa and boy did we catch some big fish!"
No surprise really. This place may seem disgusting and muddy but it's the perfect conditions for all sorts of aquatic life. Thanks to the swampy terrain and the lake's vastness there are plenty of places for young fish to live and survive to adulthood where they move into the deeper water. And thus become the perfect targets for hard core fishermen.
"Fishing?" Izuku grimaces, dreading the idea of fishing. He really can't stand just sitting around and waiting for something to happen. "Um, is there anything else we can do?"
"Nope!" Hisashi responds with a grin!
And like that, Izuku's hopes are dashed.
The grinning Hisashi turns around, addressing the little droid sitting at the Rustbucket's doorway.
Chopper looks cautious and wary, hesitating to hop down the last step as he scans the lake and the nearby swamps.
"You coming Chop?"
Chopper shakes his head in a clear no! ^Wa-wop!^
"Got ya, well you have fun then."
Izuku turns a beat red, embarrassed as anything Chopper said went over his head again. "Um, did he say he can't swim?"
"No. Although that is true. But no. He just doesn't want to get swamp muck stuck in his joints."
"Oh…" Well he tried.
Hisashi slings his arm around Izuku, squeezing him against his shoulder! "Now let's go!" His face is beaming with delight, his eyes sparkling like Christmas lights as his stupid grin beams! "I'm finally going to live out my dream of going fishing with my boy!"
Izuku frowns. "Please, can't we just go swimming instead?"
"Later. After we catch the whopper to beat all whoppers!"
And so Hisashi drags the begrudging Izuku away towards the boat house where they can rent out their own boat for the day.
Chopper watches them off before grabbing the door and shutting it closed with a loud slam!
He rotates himself around only to find a very quiet and nearly empty RV waiting for him.
Kraab stares back at him as an awkward silence sets in with neither knowing exactly what they're supposed to be doing.
"Sooo…what do you want to do now?"
^Bop-wap.^
Izuku concentrates, his eyes locked onto the bobber that floats across the water's surface. He's tense, his gaze hardened and focused, as he eyes his target "Ah! I haven't even gotten a nibble!"
So much for concentrating!
Hisashi chuckles from the back of the rowboat they rented out. "Haha, don't be like that, it hasn't been that long."
"We've been out here for hours!" Izuku whines.
"I know, isn't it great?"
Izuku pipes down, exasperated. They've spent the entire morning out on the lake; they haven't had any signs of fish: no bites, no nibbles, nothing even breaching the surface. Absolutely nothing. And what's worse is that it's so boring!
Izuku reels in his line and tosses the rod back. "There's gotta be a better way of doing this."
Hisashi frowns, thinking, before he remembers something. "Well I might know of another way."
Izuku finally shows some enthusiasm as he spins around! "Really?!"
"Yup." Hisashi grins. "Hold out your hand."
"Okay!"
Hisashi grabs Izuku's palm and places something very small and slimy onto his palm. As Hisashi removes his hand he reveals that he attached a leech onto Izuku's palm!
"AH! Ew! Why would you do that?!" Izuku cries, trying to rip off the leech!
Hisashi grins, chuckling as he remembers that he had a similar reaction the first time too. He ignores Izuku's whines as he places several onto his hand and allows them to latch onto his skin.
"Here let me show you." Hisashi leans down and dips his entire arm down into the water, his arm completely disappearing in the murky water. "It's an old trick my grandpa taught me, called noodling."
"Noodling?"
Izuku sits in silence as he observes his Dad's every moment, which are none. Hisashi is solely focused on the task at hand, but unlike Izuku he appears relaxed. He looks like he's going to nod off any second, but he doesn't instead he sits there with his eyes closed, breathing steadily, and totally relaxed.
After a little while longer Izuku starts to get antsy again. "Is something supposed to be happening?"
Hisashi smiles, shushing him quietly. "Shhh."
And so they sit and wait for what feels like hours! Or at least from Izuku but in reality it's only been 2 minutes! But either way he sits in silence while fighting off the urge to start tapping his foot.
But then, it happens.
In a split second Hisashi goes from calm and relaxed to serious and alert. And like a jaguar pouncing upon his prey he moves quickly and reflexively as he suddenly springs to his feet and something huge is pulled out of the water!
And like a triumphant hunter, Hisashi stands tall and proud even though he has a giant catfish latched onto his arm!
Izuku is totally astounded! His jaw dropped as his eyes widened at the sight of the glorious beast that's latched onto Hisashi's arm! The fish is huge! It's nearly as long as he is tall!
"A beauty isn't it?" Hisashi grins as he pries off his prize. "This fellas gonna be some good eating for later, that's for sure!" Hisashi licks his lips as he kicks open the cooler they brought and plops the catfish into it, although it's backend sticks out comedically due to its large size.
With a smile and a good sense of accomplishment, Hisashi smiles down at his boy. "Alright, your turn."
Izuku scowls, determined to get one too. He eyes the leech on his hand with disgust, but he sucks it up and leans over the side of the boat, sticking his entire arm into the water.
After a few pathetic minutes of waiting, Izuku finally loses his patience!
He springs to his feet, calling it quits! "This could take all da-OOF!"
From the depths of the murky water a slim catfish pounces from the water. It was aiming for the leech on Izuku's hand, but it ended up slapping him in the face instead!
"Ah! Ow! My face!" Izuku grains holding his face as the catfish flops and flails before propelling itself back into its home.
"Oh boy." Hisashi chuckles, albeit a bit sympathetically. "Don't be like that, you should have given it a chance."
Izuku frowns, sitting up as he rubs his aching cheek. "I'll tell you what." With his patience low, he springs to his feet, gripping his Omnitrix. "I'll give my way a chance first."
And that way is via a transformation! "Water Hazard!"
Izuku's Orishan form appears, he turns and jumps off the boat, plunging into the depths of the murky lake water!
Water Hazard blinks, scanning the depths of the lake. The water is of course murky, but he can actually see a fair distance away and it's certainly a lot deeper than he first thought as he can't really see the bottom through the settling muck and mud suspended in the water, mixing in with the tallest of the aquatic vegetation and sunken logs and debris.
Water Hazard prepares himself as he begins to suck in the water around him through his palms. The water begins to rush towards him, building in speed. When he's built up enough momentum he spins and spins creating an underwater whirlpool that sucks in anything nearby!
Hisashi watches from above as a whirlpool forms off the starboard side of the rowboat. And then BOOM a geyser of water spews out from where the whirlpool was from!
Hisashi takes cover as not only water showers down on him but an entire school of fish rains down as well! The fish batter and flop in the boat or back into the surrounding water, their bodies flopping around and their mouths gasping for air.
Hisashi frowns at the fish flopping around in disappointment.
Water Hazard's head pops out from the water. "Now this is fishing!" He cheers, a bit proud of himself.
Hisashi frowns. "Yeah, it's quite the haul." He says, sounding rather disappointed.
"See Dad. I told you my way was better."
"If you ask me it's cheating." Hisashi frowns. "Earning a catch after demonstrating one's own patience and skills is a lot more rewarding."
Water Hazard frowns feeling rather sour after having his way be put down like that. "Yeah, well it got results, right?"
Before Hisashi can put up an argument a sudden and spontaneous wave disturbs the surface of the water: jostling the boat and Water Hazard!
"Woah!" Hisashi grips the boat, falling to his knees as he waits for the current to settle down. "Did we hit something?
Water Hazard shakes his head, he peers down at the water around him and sees that even more muck and mud have been disturbed up to the surface. "What was that?"
"Hey, Champ, I think it's time to get out of the water!"
"Yeah, you might be right."
Water Hazard turns and begins to swim his way towards the boat not wanting to stick in the water for any longer than he has to.
"WHA?! Huh…?" Water Hazard stops moving, his blood goes cold as paranoia begins to settle in.
Hisashi sees him stop. "What's the matter?"
Water Hazard scans the water but there's no signs of anything. "I think something hit me!"
"Something?" Hisashi frowns, this can't be good. "What?"
"Don't know!" Water Hazard continues to search, but nothing. "Maybe it was just a catfish."
Water Hazard stops moving, his eyes widening. "Huh?"
Hisashi calls out! "What is it?!"
"I think-WAH!" Water Hazard is pulled into the water, his body disappearing under the murky waves!
"IZUKU!"
From beneath the surface, Water Hazard can hear his father's distorted shouts but he's unable to answer as he's pulled further and further into the depths.
He can't see anything! It's worse than before there's too much sentiment and debris in the water for him to make anything out!
But he can feel something has his leg. Something…BIG.
Not wanting to be dragged down into Davy Jones' Locker, Water Hazard aims his palms down and fires away torrents of boiling water!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!"
A low rumbling screech pierces Water Hazard's ears, making his own brain shake as his ears would be bleeding to the deathening screech!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!"
And with that final screech whatever grabbed him finally lets him go.
With his leg free, Water Hazard aims his arms down and fires off jets of water, propelling himself up towards the surface at record speed!
Water Hazard breaches the water, using his streams of water as water jets to aim himself up to the boat where he lands with a loud slam!
Hisashi springs to his feet, gripping the side of the boat tightly. "What happened?!"
Water Hazard is gasping heavily trying to catch his breath. "Something's down there!"
And that something shakes up the surface of the water again! Huge waves and turbulence shake the water's surface causing wild and random surfs that shake and throw around the little rowboat!
"Waahh!" And with one giant tidal wave the rowboat and its riders are going for a swim!
Hisashi and Water Hazard are tossed into the water, their catches raining down with them as their boat is flipped around into the air!
And with a crash they're both plunged into the water as the wave comes crashing down on them!
Hisashi gasps for air as his head breaches the surface! "Izuku! Izuku, where are you?! Are you okay?!"
Water Hazard pops out beside him. "I'm fine!"
From the corner of his eye the transformed Izuku catches movement. He peers over and sees…a fin? And it's huge! Is there a shark in here or something?! Maybe it's a bullshark? They travel into fresh water sometimes, right? There is a river so maybe it connects to the ocean somewhere?
"But that thing won't be." With his glare hardened, and not wanting for this thing to get away, he dives down after it!
"No, wait!" Hisashi calls out but it's too late, Izuku's already under the waves. "I've got a bad feeling about this."
From underwater, Water Hazard locks onto the beast or at least he thinks so. Clouds of disturbed muck and sentiment plum from afar, like in a trail as something big disturbs the lake floor. From within the disturb muck he thinks he can make out the silhouette of the shark, it's a lot bigger than he expected.
'Here goes nothing.' Water Hazard takes aim and fires!
Jets of water burst out and disappear into the clouds of muck and debris, towards the target.
"RWEEEEEeeeee!"
He got it! If that screech or roar is anything to go by at least.
'Alright, have another-WHA?!' Water Hazard gasps, hesitating, as a massive tentacle breeches the disturbed muck and races towards him!
Water Hazard counters the tentacle with a large blast of boiling water!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" With that last screech the tentacle retreats.
With the attack over for now, Water Hazard analyzes the situation. 'Is this thing a squid?! How did a squid get in here? Then how is it-AH!'
From within the cloud a second tentacle lashes out and slams down on top of Water Hazard!
Water Hazard is thrown down, his body slammed into the lake's bottom!
The slam is enough to propel a massive cloud of debris and disturbed muck into the water!
'That's one big squid.' Water Hazard groans as the giant tentacle snakes away and disappears into the obscured waters.
"Rweeeeeee…"
A low rumbling growl echoes through the water, seemingly from all directions.
Water Hazard is immediately put on edge, it's clear to him that he's being hunted by this shark-squid thing.
"Rweeeeeee…"
Water Hazard waits, staying on his metaphorical toes, as he waits for this thing to appear. "Come on, I'm here!"
Water Hazard fires into the cloud surrounding him but there's no response if anything he's made his visuals worse.
"Show yourself!" Water Hazard screams panicking, spinning around and firing into the depths with no results.
"Where are you?! Water hazard screams out into the depths!
If he had turned around he would have noticed the massive maw hovering just behind him. "Rweeeeeee…"
"GAAHH!"
Water Hazard finds himself pinned between massive rows of fangs and teeth as the creature rips him through the murky waters!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!"
Water Hazard flinches back as his ears split apart, bracing himself as the monster thrashes about in the water, pulling him along for the ride like a wild and unstable rollercoaster!
Between the struggling and the harsh ride Water Hazard is able to free one arm! "Yes!"
He slams his palm into the beast's side and fires!
The water jets out and surges around his hand and across the creature's maw, the separating streams wash away the nearby muck and sentiment revealing a large pearly blue eye staring back at him.
For a brief moment, Water Hazard hesitates, his water blast subsiding as he locks eyes with the beast.
*Fwooooosh!*
A thin lance of bright flames breach through the water steaming and burning into the water before singing the side of the beast's face!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The creature screeches, opening its maw wide and allowing Water Hazard to jet himself away quickly!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The cloud of muck and the silhouette of the monster trail away into the depths as it gives its final screech.
And so Water Hazard remains afloat beneath the waves waiting for its return but as the debris and muck settle then he can confirm that the encounter was over.
Water Hazard swims way back to the surface, popping out and immediately scanning for his Dad.
"Izuku! Izuku!" Hisashi calls with his Cinder Respirator on.
"I'm okay!" He breathes. "I'm okay." Water Hazard swims over and grabs onto his Dad, allowing him to hang on to him since he's currently the adept swimmer. "Thanks for that by the way."
"No problem." Hisashi taps the respirator. "I'm just glad I pocketed this thing today."
"Yeah…" So that explains the flames, but Water Hazard figured it was Cinder.
Cinder frowns. "What was that thing? What were you fighting?"
"I wish I knew…" That eye that pearly blue eye…just what did it belong to? Water Hazard can only speculate.
An unfamiliar voice calls out to them! "Hey, are you two alright?!"
The two Midoriyas turn around to spot a very expensive looking boat speeding towards them. Heck the boat is more like a small yacht than a speed boat with big bold letters painted on its side: F.O.F.
From the boat's deck step out about six individuals or so with one more at the helm making it a total of seven crew members.
One of the crew members, possibly the captain, steps forward as their boat pulls up to the Midoriyas. He turns to his men and waves them over. "Quickly, pull them aboard!"
The crew help the Midoriyas on board, they get the two settled down on the deck with bottles of water and towels.
The captain steps forward. "We saw the commotion and your boat flipped over, so we came to check it out." The captain frowns, concerned. "Do you mind telling us what happened?"
The quiet Water Hazard peers up at the man, examining him.
He's a tall tanned man with a stern face despite his kind smile. He has short reddish-brown hair and a spiky goatee to match. He's wearing what must be a uniform: a cyan jumpsuit with lack accents and matching boots.
His crew are wearing the same outfits, all of which are labeled with F.O.F.
Hisashi slumps in his seat. "To be honest we're not quite sure about that ourselves." He looks to his son, making sure he's alright. "Right?"
Water Hazard doesn't respond, instead he sits quietly lost in his own thoughts as that pearly blue gaze swirls through his mind.
The captain frowns but with a shrug he's back to a smile. "Well we'll take you both back to shore."
"Thank you." Hisashi smiles in appreciation. "That's offly kind of you."
"It's no problem, really." The captain smiles back. "I'm Jonah Melville by the way."
"An American?"
"Yes, actually, I'm originally from Florida, U.S.A."
"Florida? You're a long way from home aren't ya?"
"Yes, but I'm used to traveling abroad."
"What brings you to Japan then?"
"My work." Jonah admits with a smile. "I'm the founder of Friends Of Fish." He gestured to the F.O.F. on his suit. "We're here conducting an environmental study."
"What kind of environmental study?"
"The collecting of samples, mostly the biological kind."
"Like fish."
"Like fish."
Water Hazard blinks curiously, he asks Jonah for his thoughts. "So then do you know what could have attacked us?"
Jonah frowns, pondering the question. "Based off prior knowledge I think you two encountered a bullshark. They've traveled up the river before from the ocean, it's nothing to worry about. If there's a bullshark in these water's we'll find it and," He peers over to his crew members and smirks, "document it for our research."
Water Hazard can't help but feel a bit hesitant, for some reason. A bullshark? That's what he thought too but…now…he's not so sure. He wants to say that Jonah's wrong! But he doesn't, there's something holding him back, making him hesitate. Almost like he can't trust the official with what he saw… Then again would he even believe him…?
"A bullshark, huh?" Hisashi frowns, he's heard of them traveling upstream before, but this wasn't like anything he's heard. "Never heard of them causing such waves."
Jonah simply smiles on as he explains. "It's rare but it happens." He scoffs. "Animals. They can be such a nuisance sometimes. You never know what's going through their heads."
Hisashi frowns, not really feeling all that comfortable with Jonah's last statement.
But he doesn't air it instead he appreciates the ride back to dry land.
After making it back to the docks, the Midoriyas bid the F.O.F. for their help. And the captain Jonah had a bit of a surprise when Izuku transformed back into his old self.
Jonah chuckled saying his Quirk was a Transformation type Quirk too before they cast their boat back towards the lake.
So after Hisashi paid for losing the rowboat at the rental place the father and son duo headed over to the local fish and chips place to collect themselves.
The restaurant is more of a bar, but they serve food and that's good enough for them even if the place looks like it's seen better days. The walls are lined with mounted fish, pictures, and sailing memorabilia giving it a very docks and marine feel. The entire place is full of fishermen and sailors all gruff and old, but they keep to themselves and the Midoriyas follow suit as they take a table towards the back of the restaurant.
They sit down and order some food and a drink each before they fall back into a silence with only the chatter of the sailors and other fishermen filling the quiet void.
"Izuku…" Hisashi frowns, eyeing the quiet Izuku who's been gazing down at the table like he's in a trance. "What was it? Really?" He knows that he saw something down there and whatever it was…it's haunting him.
"I…I don't know." Izuku admits "I…I don't know. Maybe a…s…squid?" He shrugs, not really buying his own explanation.
Hisashi raises an eyebrow. "A squid?"
"Well I thought it was a shark but…" His mind plays out the way those massive tentacles moved through the water. "Then it attacked me with tentacles."
Hisashi gasps a little too loudly! "Tentacles?!"
From nearby out from the dark corner of the restaurant, a lone sailor sits up in his seat.
Izuku continues not caring about his volume! "Yeah. Big ones! They were like the size of tree trunks!" What else did it have? Oh! "But it had teeth! Squids don't have teeth, right? And its eye was huge, it looked right at me!"
Hisashi frowns, cupping his chin and mouth as he tries to consider what kind of creature could fit that description. "Hm. Maybe you saw a Mutation type Quirk."
"What?"
"You know, perhaps you get into a fight with someone abusing their Mutation Quirk." It is possible in a day and age where everyone (mostly) has superpowers.
Izuku, however, isn't so sure. "I…I don't, I did." It didn't seem like a Quirk… "That…thing. It was aware but not intelligent. You know what I mean?" It was aware of Izuku's presence and what it was doing and yeah it was able to probably read him and get a jump on him. But not intelligent enough to communicate in any way… Like how an animal can learn and adapt especially when it's against another animal but they don't bother trying to talk the problem out first. Not like they can. "It just…wasn't…human." Izuku states with finality.
Suddenly Hisashi becomes very worried, leaning in and whispering. "So like a visitor?" He subtly points upward with his finger.
"Maybe?" But Izuku's still not sure he can even call it an alien. Nothing about that thing feels right. "Or maybe it was a-"
*Skreeeee!*
Izuku and Hisashi both grimace and grab at their ears as the sounds of nails dragging against a chalkboard ring from nearby!
The duo round only to find a dark figure cloaked in the shadows sitting in the opposite corner. His hand dragging down on the chalkboard that's displaying the restaurant's specials of the day.
The man lets the chalkboard go; his large pink tongue pokes out the corn of his mouth before disappearing again. "You don't know me. You don't know what I do. And you don't know what I am." The man is old judging by his voice, his voice is coarse and old almost like he has a frog in his throat. "But I can tell you what I know. And I know what you found out there boy."
Izuku, taken back, starts as the stranger catches his attention.
The old man stands up moving into the light. The old man…is an old frog, literally. He looks like a red toad version of Popeye. Seriously just hand him a can of spinach and it would complete the look!
Izuku, a bit nervous, is too curious to turn away. He needs to know. "What? What did I see?"
Hisashi frowns, skeptical of the elderly frog's demeanor, but he stays quiet figuring that he might as well hear the old sailor out.
"Firstly," The frog man smacks his lips, eyes Izuku with a hint of poor judgement and disbelief. "you should consider yourself lucky that you were even able to get away with your life."
"Why?"
"Why?" The frogman croaks, speaking lowly and ominously like he's delivering a grim warning. "Why, because, what you saw was a beast more terrifying that anything you see in your nightmares."
Izuku gulps, his hands becoming clammy and sweaty as the fear begins to set in.
"It drags anything and everything under the waves: boats, ships, submarines, nothing can escape its grasp. And any and all men that become unfortunate enough to encounter the beast are never heard from again. The beast feasts on any sailor's flesh, only leaving their bones and skulls behind to decorate its lair."
The old sailor creeps closer cautiously yet in a hurry before gripping Izuku's shoulder and shaking him! "What you saw has been the bane and dread for many a sailors." He warns with a dire tone. "It's the devil of the deep, the phantom of the depths, it's death itself for those that dare challenge the world's waters."
Izuku gulps, shaken to his core. "What? What did I see? What was it…?
"Boy, you've encountered the Monster of Lake Nal Hutta." The sailor leans in close and croaks out in a low fearful whisper. "The Krakken."
Izuku's eyes widen, shaking as what he saw of the beast replays in his mind, "The…K-Krakken?"
"The Krakken!" The sailor shoves Izuku back into his seat with a loud roar! "The bloody beast has ended all that unknowingly crossed its path!" The sailor slams his hands down onto the table, a mad grin on his face as his eyes glow with a crazed bloodlust. "And I'm going to be the one to slay it! I'll hunt it. Skin it. And mount it for the world to see. I'll chop it and destroy every last bit of it!" With a slam on his hand, he turns and leans close, his smelly breath breathing into Izuku's stunned face. "The head. The tail. The whole damn thing. I'll destroy the beast that I can."
'He's intense!' Izuku panics. 'And crazy!' But he…somehow makes sense. Izuku has no idea what he saw, maybe…maybe it was a Krakken? 'No, that's crazy. A real-life cryptid, haha yeah that'll be insane… But then again…what if it's not?'
As Izuku loses himself to the possibility a new yet familiar voice cuts in, scolding the old sailor. "Hop Pop, quiet it out. You're freaking him out. Kero."
Izuku starts. 'Kero?!' He jolts up and spots the new arrival. "Asui?!"
Tsuyu Asui gives Izuku a blank stare but by now he can tell that she's a bit annoyed. "I told you to call me Tsu." She corrects.
"We're here too, you know." From behind Tsuyu a boy that looks awfully similar to her pops out.
A little girl, even smaller than her brother, pops out behind him and her big sis. "Hm, he didn't notice us." She pouts.
Izuku blinks, recognizing them as Tsuyu's younger siblings. But what were their names again?
"Kids!" Suddenly Hop Pop's entire demeanor does a 180 from creepy and intense to delightful and kind upon his grandkids' arrival. "Good morning! Did you sleep well? Do you need anything?"
Tsuyu responds. "No thanks, Hop Pop, we're fine thanks."
"Are you sure? I can make you something. How about some fresh hot off the stove pancakes? Oh! Would you like strawberries with it, and maybe some bacon? Oh! I know! How about-" While Hop Pop was distracted Tsuyu led her siblings over to Izuku to introduce themselves properly.
"Hi, I'm Satsuki! I'm six years old!" Tsuyu's little sister squeaks up excitedly. "You're in Big Sis' class!"
"You were so cool in the Sports Festival!" Cheers Tsuyu's younger brother, he appears to be about ten years old. "Oh, I'm Samidare."
Izuku is more than happy to make their acquaintance. "And I'm Izuku Midoriya, but I guess you already knew that, huh? Anyway hello and yeah, thanks."
At the same time Hop Pop freezes in place as despair begins to creep in after he's been ditched by his own grandchildren.
Satsuki grins as she eyes Izuku's fluffy hair! "Hey, you're green too just like us!"
"Yeah, I guess I am. My name even means green."
"Ooooh!"
"Hey! Hey!" Samidare grabs at Izuku's arm, tugging it excitedly. "Transform into something! Become something cool!"
"Now, now." Tsuyu chides in a motherly fashion, grabbing her siblings' attention. "Don't you two need to say something to him?"
"Oh right." Samidare lets go of Izuku's arm as he takes his spot besides his younger sister.
The two little groggy siblings blow their heads and say. "Thank you for saving us that one time!"
Izuku blinks not sure what they're talking about until he finally recalls when he saved the Asui kids from a speeding truck as XLR8 about a year ago! "Well you're very welcome. I'm just glad you're all okay."
"They're ignoring me!" Hop Pop cries, falling to his knees.
Hisashi pats his shoulder, sympathetically.
"Oh, why are kids so cruel?!" Hop Pop cries. "Do they not love their Hop Pop anymore?!"
Satsuki looks at Tsuyu as she points at their grandpa. "Big sis! Hop Pop's being dramatic again!"
"I know." Tsuyu walks over, squatting down and offering a hand to her senile grandpa. "Don't be upset, we're going to be spending the whole day with you anyway."
In an instant Hop Pop's head snaps up. "Oh, I forgot" And in a blink of an eye he springs to his feet, beaming with joy, no hint to his earlier despair could be seen. "Then let's make like the frogs we are and jump to it, kids!"
"Yeah!" Cheer the youngest of the Asui kids!
Tsuyu's kind smile breaks as she lets out a low groan.
Meanwhile, Izuku lights up. "That was a pun!" He cheers mostly to himself.
Tsuyu turns her attention back towards her classmate. "So, Midoriya. What brings you here? I certainly wasn't expecting to see anyone from class here. No offense but you don't seem like the outdoorsy type."
Well he can't deny that. "My Dad and I are out on a road trip and he decided to bring me here."
Tsuyu remains silent as she eyes Hisashi almost warily.
Hisashi sheepishly smiles back and gives a small wave that she doesn't return. She remains silently examining him, warily and cautiously. She drifts back towards Izuku and back towards Hisashi before going back again. She then nods her head as she finally accepts the situation.
She turns back to Izuku.
Hisashi's smile falls but he can accept her reaction, last they met she heard about his…absence in his son's life after all.
Meanwhile, Tsuyu continues her conversation with her classmate. "Funny enough we're doing the same, in a way. Kero."
"Huh?"
"If you haven't figured it out yet, he's my Hop Pop, or grandpa, on my Mom's side." Tsuyu points to her grandfather while he's chatting away with his other two grandkids.
Izuku smiles as he eyes the amphibian family. "I think I see the resemblance."
"Well, he lives here and so we come by to visit him every summer. My parents think it's good for us to get away from the city from time to time."
"Aw, that's nice visiting family for the summer and at a lake." Izuku pauses his smile fading as a sense of trepidation sets in. "Although one that's apparently haunted by a lake monster…"
Tsuyu frowns, a bit concerned and exasperated for her classmate. "Midoriya, please don't listen to what Hop Pop has to say. The Krakken's nothing but an urban legend, a myth. It's fake, it's just as real as monsters and aliens are."
Izuku shakes in place, biting his lip and feeling just a wee bit guilty since he can totally prove that aliens do exist.
"The Krakken is real!" Hop Pop spouts, overhearing Tsuyu's denial. "I've seen it!" He rushes over so quickly that Izuku stumbles back out of surprise but Tsuyu remains ever stoic and calm even as the old man begins to spout on about the beast. "It has fangs as big as boulders! Tentacles as thick as tree trunks! And it has pearly blue eyes!"
Izuku gasps. "Pearly blue eyes…?"
Tsuyu frowns. "You're not buying this are you?" She eyes him critically before sighing. "No, you totally are? Aren't you?"
Izuku doesn't dare to answer.
"He's silly!" Satsuki laughs!
Her brother, Samidare, laughs. "Yeah but so is Hop Pop."
"I'm not silly!" Hop Pop screams before stomping his foot on the ground repeatedly. "Oh, you kids got me hopping mad now!"
Tsuyu groans.
Meanwhile, Izuku breaks into a grin. "Another pun!"
"I'm telling ya, Tsu!" Hop Pop shouts! "The beast is real! Me and my friends seen it way back in our younger years!"
"Hop Pop." Tsuyu chides. "No, offense. But Oldman Frogger and Mr. Kermit are just as old and delusional as you are."
"So?!"
"So your memories are not exactly the best."
Hop Pop wheezes out a painful gasp! "GAH!?" Oh how the truth hurts!
Tsuyu sighs before trying to change the subject. "So, did you two come here for the fishing?"
Hisashi goes ahead and answers for them. "We did but we've lost our boat at sea as it were."
"Oh?"
"Yeah we actually had a supposed run in with a bullshark out there and it flipped over our boat." Hisashi explains. "Izuku actually fought the thing off for a bit."
"A shark?!" Hop Pop croaks, his voice laced with accusations! "Are you sure it wasn't the Krakken?!"
Izuku begins to stutter and stumble back, too nervous to answer and too afraid of his own answer to actually reply.
"Hop Pop, stop it." Tsuyu interrupts with a blank yet exasperated expression. "You're being weird again."
Hop Pop pouts, the sadness of dejection setting in.
Tsuyu turns back to Izuku and Hisashi. "Well if you've lost your boat do you want to come with us?"
Izuku blinks, uncertain.
Samidare explains. "Hop Pop's got a big fighting boat! You guys can come with!"
"Yeah! Yeah!" Satsuki cheers excitedly. "It's big and has nets and an anchor and sails and-and-and it's so cool!"
Hisashi smiles, he's not one to turn down such a kind offer after all. "Well if that's the case we'd be delighted to." He smiles over at the old sailor. "If you're okay having a few extra crew members for the day."
"Of course I mind!" Hop Pop snaps, clearly upset! "I don't need no footwalking landlubbers on my ship! No! No! No! I won't allow it!" He snarls, slamming his fist against the table. "My mission is to hunt the beast. I don't need no inexperienced scallywags getting in my way!"
There's a small tug on his coat that draws his attention.
Satsuki pouts up at her grandpa as she tugs on his jacket, her big beady eyes tearing up at him. "Pwease, Hop Pop! Let them come! Pwease!"
Samidare nods. "Yeah, he's so cool! Let them hang out with us!"
"Aw!" Hop Pop cues, giving in to their innocent please. "I just can't say no to you kids." He pats their adorable little heads. "My little tadpoles, you just make me so happy. You make me jump for joy!"
Izuku frowns to himself. "Wait didn't he use that pun already?"
"Alright!" Hop Pop claps his hands together! "You two can come with, but I don't want any funny business ya hear!"
"Ay sir!" Playing along, Hisashi salutes.
"Especially from you!" Hop Pop shouts pointing an accusing webbed finger at Izuku!
Izuku jumps back, startled. "I don't want to see you pulling anything out there, boy. I don't need any teenage mischief out on those waters."
"Y-yes, sir!" Although he's not sure what he means by teenage mischief?
"Good." Hop Pop scowls at his eldest granddaughter, trying to air a sense of authority over her. "Same goes for you missy."
"Kero?"
And with a huff he marches away.
Izuku frowns, thoroughly confused. "What was that about?"
Tsuyu doesn't respond nor does she show any outward reactions. Instead she moves on and changes the subject. "Don't mind him, he's got a very wild imagination. The cons of old age are that his delusions have gotten worse." What she says sounds harsh but her voice hints that it's just her way of showing affection: a jokingly type of teasing if you will.
Hop Pop stomps his foot, his head steaming in anger. "Who you calling delusional, missy?!"
"Also don't let his poor attitude fool ya, he's just a big softy. Kero."
"What?! I ain't no softy! I'm a cold-blooded amphibian!"
Satsuki giggles. "No, you're Hop Pop!"
Hop Pop's anger washes away in an instant as he smiles down at her. "Yes and that too sweetie."
Tsuyu actually cracks a small amused smile. "See what I mean?"
"Gah?!" Hop Pop gasps, feeling betrayed!
Izuku chuckles thinking to himself that this might be a lot more fun than he first thought.
Satsuki grips her life jacket tight as she awes up at Hisashi who's getting the fishing poles ready. "Are you really a hero?"
Hisashi grins, tying up a lure before moving onto the next rod. "I am, the name's Cinder!"
Her brother, Samidare raises an eyebrow. "Never heard of you." He states rather bluntly.
Hisashi waves it off like it's no big deal. "Yeah, I'm kinda one of those lesser known heroes to be honest. But hey I was never in it for the fame!"
Samidare deadpans. "That kinda sounds like a rehearsed response."
Hisashi can't help but respond with a sheepish grin.
"Oy!" Hop Pop snaps from the helm of his fishing boat! "Make sure those kids keep their life vest on! I don't want any of them going overboard!"
Hisashi waves it off, guiding the kids away from the edge of the boat. "Don't worry we're all good here."
"Who said I cared if you were?"
"Ha…" Ouch.
From the opposite end of the boat, Tsuyu isn't sure to sigh or laugh at her grandfather's ways. She scans the lake, admiring the swampy yet calm and beautiful lakefront. She may give her Hop Pop a hard time sometimes but that's just how they show each other that they care. But coming here every year always puts her at ease, it feels like home. And no not because she's a frog, but because of the memories.
Too bad some people can't appreciate the lake's beauty and are too busy staring into space: like one, Izuku Midoriya.
Tsuyu watches with a concerned frown as Izuku is busy scanning the waters with a hint of trepidation and wariness. He has a line in the water but it's clear that's not what he's watching.
"Midoriya?"
"AH!" Izuku throws himself away from the boat's edge in a panic, his arms flailing around! All before he realizes who actually called him. "Oh, Asui it's you."
Tsuyu frowns, annoyed.
Izuku starts. "Woops! I-I mean Tsu!"
Tsuyu smiles and nods as she joins him. "You catching anything over here?" She asks as she casts her own line out into the water.
"No, not yet." Izuku frowns, turning back towards the water, a bit of fear and confusion laced in his voice as he eyes the water. "I haven't seen anything yet."
Tsuyu frowns. 'What does he mean by seen?' What is he looking for? "Well you're not going to see the fish; the water's too murky."
Izuku finally realizes his foully. "Oh, yeah, I knew that!"
Tsuyu frowns, she thinks she knows what's getting to him. Watching the water, acting scared and nervous, he's got something in his head that's for sure. "Did my grandpa's story get to you that much?"
"What?"
"The Krakken. You know it isn't real right?"
"Yeah…I know…" Izuku doesn't sound so convinced after all what else could explain what he saw? "But then…what did I run into?"
Tsuyu shrugs nonchalantly. "This lake is filled with all sorts of debris from sunken ships to trees, it's murky and muddy, and the fish get pretty big here too. It's possible you ran into a bullshark but got confused by everything else in the water too." Basically a classic case of misidentification and mistakes in perception.
Izuku frowns. Maybe she's right. Maybe he just got his bearings confused. But…
"Hey! What are you two scallywags doing over there?!" Hop Pop roars from his post! "You two shouldn't be that close!"
Izuku starts, sheepishly smiling back at the old sailor. "Oh, is that a fishing tip?"
Tsuyu couldn't be more grateful that Hop Pop's delusions went over Midoriya's head. "Don't mind him, his mind likes to wander a lot."
Hop Pop scowls. "Stop calling me delusional!"
"But I didn't… That time."
"Aye! I knew it!"
As the two frogs interact, Izuku can't help but laugh, finding their antics amusing.
Something small tugs on the bottom of his hoodie.
"Hey Mister!" Samidare smiles up at him. "Turn into something cool!"
Satsuki nods her head excitedly in agreement. "Pwease! Pwease! Transform! Transform!"
"Um?" What should he do? Should he transform? Sorry but this was kinda out of nowhere for him. So he's a bit startled.
Tsuyu frowns. "Hey you two. You're overwhelming him. Be kind alright."
"We are!" Samidare argues!
"Yeah!" Agrees Satsuki. "We just wanna see his Quirk!"
"Well it's rude to just tell people to show you their Quirks." Tsuyu scolds. "You need to ask nicely."
"Oh.." The kids hold their heads in shame.
Izuku offers up a kind smile. "It's okay, I don't mind showing them."
The kids instantly light up.
"Midoriya you don't have to."
"It's fine, it doesn't cost me anything." Izuku grips the Omnitrix. "So which one do you guys wanna see?"
"A cool one!" Samidare cheers! "That lizard one!"
"No!" Satsuki whines! "I wanna see the cute one! The one that can make more friends!"
Izuku understands. "Oh, you guys mean XLR8 and Ditto! Well I can only choose one though."
"Then you pick one." Tsuyu offers up as a suggestion.
"If you insist." Izuku smiles as he dials up an alien. "I know, I just got a new one."
Tsuyu tilts her head to the side. "A new one?"
"Yup." Izuku grins as he gets ready to slam his hand down on the alien watch! "Say hello to Wildvine!" And he disappears in a flash of green!
Tsuyu and the kids frown. 'I thought he said he had a new one?'
"Ripjaws?" Ripjaws blinks, staring at his webbed hands. "Uh, I mean of course I mean Ripjaws. Tricked ya didn't I?" He tries to play it off cool, like he meant to do this.
Tsuyu gives her classmate a critical look. "This was an accident wasn't it?"
Ripjaws doesn't even bother to deny it anymore. "Oh, yeah, totally. Did not mean to be this 100%. It was a total goof up." Maybe he hit the dial wrong? But he could have sworn he picked Wildvine. "Huh?" Ripjaws blinks down beyond Tsuyu's legs.
The Asui kids cower behind their big sis, they're quivering in fear, peeking their little heads out from behind her. "S-sc-scary."
"Gah! No, wait, I'm not scary, promise!" Ripjaws tries to step closer to comfort them.
"Wahh!/Ahh!" The two yell, hiding behind their sister!
Tsuyu frowns, bowing her head. "I'm so sorry about them, Midoriya. That was really rude of them."
Ripjaws sighs, accepting it. "It's fine. I know Ripjaws can be a bit unsettling." It still hurts though. "But really it's fine I prom-AAHH!" Ripjaws leaps back as a sharp and rusty harpoon is shoved at his face!
Hop Pop growls, gripping his harpoon tightly. All he saw was a green flash and then spotted the monster lurking over his grandkids! No way was he going to stand by and let them become fish food! So he sprang into action without a second thought!
"I told you Tsu!" He grabs Tsuyu, shoving her and her siblings behind him, placing himself between the strange fish creature and them. "I told you the monsters were real!"
Tsuyu gasps! "Wait, no that's not-!"
"It's not the Krakken." Hop Pop admits, but he keeps his harpoon poised and ready. "But I'll send this beast of the depths back into the abyss!"
Ripjaws begins to panic as Hop Pop prepares to fire! "Wait! Wait! Wait! Ah!"
Hop Pop is just about to fire when a calm hand slowly pushes the harpoon downward.
"Hang on now." Hisashi smiles, giving off an air of easiness.
"What are you doing?!" Hop Pop screams! "That thing was going to eat my tadpoles!"
"Well you were about to shoot my tadpole."
"Huh?!"
"Hop Pop!" Tsuyu shouts! "That's what I was trying to tell you! That's not a monster that's my friend, Izuku Midoriya, remember?"
"Is it now?" Hop Pop growls, tucking back the harpoon. "Eh, I knew you were a fishy one."
Tsuyu groans both at the pun and at her grandpa's continuous leaps in conclusions.
Even Ripjaws seems exasperated. 'You know I think I'm starting to see why she doesn't like puns.' Hop Pop uses them more often than he does.
Tsuyu turns to her quivering little siblings. "Come on, you two need to apologize. It's not right to judge people based on their looks." She frowns, disappointed by their reactions. "You should know better."
The kids rightfully lowers their heads in shame, before bowing their heads in apology.
"It's fine really." Ripjaws reassures. "Neither of you have to go that far, besides I should have warned you about some of my forms…" He pauses, heaving for breath. "are a bit" He gasps again. "gnarly to look at." And again he gasps for more breath.
Tsuyu quickly takes notice of Ripjaws' lack of breath. "Hey Midoriya, why don't you jump in?"
"Hm?"
"Well that form needs water to breathe right? Maybe you should jump in until your time is up."
Ripjaws eyes the water warily, shying away when a few random bubbles ripple to the surface. "Um, uh…" If Ripjaws could sweat he definitely would be as he tries to play off that he's fine. "I think I can wait a little longer. I can last a lot longer now. So I'm good, I'm good. Besides I'll scare the fish away if I jump in and we don't want that now do we? Just give me a water bottle or something. That's all I really need." And so Ripjaws mutters on, rambling from one excuse to another.
As he rambles on, Tsuyu easily comes to realize why he's so hesitant. "You're not scared. Are you?"
"No!" Ripjaws responds rather too quickly! "What is there to be scared of?"
Without missing a beat, Tsuyu hits the nail on the head. "The Krakken."
A cold shiver runs down Ripjaws' spine.
And the frog girl takes notice. "I knew it. You fell for his story didn't you?"
"Well maybe" Ripjaws gaps for breath. "I did." He breathes again.
Tsuyu sighs, and here she thought her siblings were the childish ones. "I never thought you'd fall for fairy tales."
Ripjaws sweatdrops.
"Hehe." Hop Pop chuckles taking his place back at the helm now that things have settled down. "Your friend's a smart one. There's sometimes truth in fairy tales, Tsu." Every myth and fairy tale has some basis in reality. "But seeing is often believing. That's why I'll be sure you lay your eyes on the beast." Hop smiles but it's one filled with a sad and worn sympathy for the world. "This way you'll finally learn that this old shrinking world still has secrets to share."
Tsuyu ponders for a quiet moment. 'World still has secrets…?' She contemplates this thought for a moment but the heavy and labored breathing from Ripjaws pulls her out of her thoughts.
"Would you just get in the water already?" Tsuyu questions, annoyed.
Ripjaws shys away, not answering but still having trouble breathing.
Hop Pop sighs, looks like he gave the boy too much credit too soon. "But you're also a dumb one, boy."
"Eh?"
Hop Pop releases the helm and marches over towards the transformed Izuku. "If you need water to breathe…" Without any warning he delivers one hell of a kick, kicking Ripjaws right off the boat with one strike of his powerful froggy leg! "THEN JUST GO AHEAD AND DIVE ON IN!"
"Ah!" Ripjaws shouts as he's thrown into the water!
He plunges down before popping his head back out, gasping for breath. But after a moment he begins to calm as he gets his breathing under control again.
Tsuyu leans over the side of the fishing boat. "Better?"
"Yeah…" Ripjaws admits albeit a bit on edge as he wades through the water.
And so they continue on their way with Ripjaws following the boat from the side, not wanting to go too far if things get…crazy again.
"I know a great spot not too much further from here." Hop Pop calls out from the helm! "And believe me we'll catch monsters other than the Krakken!"
"I'm ready, captain!" Hisashi states proudly as he readies his fishing pole and net. "What about you, Izuku?!"
"Uh, yeah sure…" Ripjaws hesitates, wondering if there's a way to get out of it. 'Maybe I can do some fishing as Ripjaws instead?' It'd certainly be easier and faster.
Before Ripjaws can really give an answer, the fishing boat comes to a slow stop.
Looking up Ripjaws finds that a floating rope and a line of floating barriers have been set up, blocking access to the rest of the lake to all other boats.
Hop Pop cries out at the indecency of it! "What in the world?!"
Hisashi frowns at the barrier. "It looks official, maybe we should turn back."
Meanwhile, Ripjaws eyes on the nearby floating barriers spotting a set of letters on its side. "F.O.F.? Oh, I know what this is."
Tsuyu's confused. "What is it?"
*HOOONK!*
"Ahoy there!" Jonah Melville calls out as his crew bring his expensive looking speedboat closer to Hop Pop's fishing boat. "Sorry folks but we're conducting our environmental study past this point. I'm afraid you'll need to turn your vessel around."
Tsuyu eyes the crew curiously. "Who are they?"
"That's some fancy-pandy supposed Friends of Fish chums." Hop Pop grumbles in response. "They showed up a week ago acting like they own the whole goddamn lake! But no one tells me where I can and can't go!"
Hisashi passes by the enraged Hop Pop, waving over to the other boat with a friendly, calculated smile. "Ahoy there! It's nice to see you again!"
Jonah needs a second to remember him. "Oh I remember you. Back out on the water already I see?"
"Yeah, nothing can keep us away."
"I can see that." Jonah states with a forced smile.
Hisashi continues to prob, sensing something's off about this character, "So tell me. Have you catalogued anything good?" Hisashi eyes the deck of the expensive boat until he spots a crate hooked up on the deck. "You must have found a lot to fill an entire crate?"
Jonah frowns, before waving for his crew to cover the caret with a tarp. "That's nothing I'm afraid." He smiles. "Just some canned goods."
"Canned goods?" Hisashi raises an eyebrow. "That's an odd thing for a biologist to have aboard their boat."
Jonah clearly doesn't appreciate the questions, but he continues to smile and shrug it off. "We have our reasons."
Jonah's more than done with this conversation as he allows his attention to drift away.
And then he spots it. The strange jagged tooth fish creature wading in the water below.
"What is that thing?!" Jonah grimaces before breaking into a sinister grin and shouting at his crew! "Quickly we have to grab it!"
His crew scramble as they grab and pull at their nets!
Jonah smirks, eyeing Ripjaws so excitedly that one could almost see dollar signs in his eyes. "That is one ugly fish."
Ripjaws frowns, lifting his head out of the water. "You're not a looker yourself either pal."
"Ah!" Jonah gasps disgusted yet intrigued. "It can talk!"
"Talk?!" Ripjaws growls, offended. "We live in a world of Mutation Quirks, pal. Have some human decency." Ironic that an alien has to be the one to say it though.
"Oh, a shame." Jonah settles down, seemingly disappointed, gesturing for his men to stand down. "Thought you were some rare undiscovered fish species…that hadn't been documented yet."
Hisashi's not so sure that's why he seems so disappointed. "You seem rather disappointed by that."
Jonah brings back his smile. "The discovery of new unique species is the dream of any great environmentalist."
"Psh." Hop Pop tsks, skeptically. "Environmentalist my foot."
Jonah smiles over towards Hop Pop. "Is there a problem sailor?"
"Yeah there's a problem." Hop Pop snarls, thrusting his harpoon up in the air in protest! "You're in my way at the biggest game of my life! You won't stop me from getting what's mine!
"And what's that sailor?"
"The Krakken!"
Tsuyu grumbles and groans, tucking herself away in embarrassment.
Her little sister laughs. "Hop Pop's silly."
Samidare chuckles. "Yeah he is! Hop Pop's crazy."
Listening, Ripjaws frowns hoping that he's not crazy too.
Meanwhile, Jonah has broken into a fit of laughter. "Hahaha! Well I do apologize for the inconvenience, but I can assure no such creature exists in these waters or any others."
Hisashi knows something's up now. After all this guy's being a hypocrite after all he didn't question Ripjaws' existence. He seemed all too excited about grabbing one mysterious creature…
Hisashi turns back to Hop Pop. "I think we should set out captain."
"What?!" Hop Pop's stunned! "I ain't no coward! I don't croak under pressure you know!"
"He's right, Hop Pop." Tsuyu interjects. "There's got to be more fishing spots in the rest of the lake. We should leave." After all, if they're conducting an environmental study then they shouldn't get in their way. Besides, she can't help but feel like they've caused enough trouble as it is, and enough embarrassment for her.
Hop Pop clearly wants to argue but he quickly gives in to his granddaughter's demands. Turning the helm, begrudgingly.
Jonah watches with a satisfied smile as the fishing vessel begins to turn away. But his smile turns to a frown when he notices that the strange jagged-tooth fishman was still watching him.
Jonah kindly waves over towards the fish mutant, holding his facade.
Ripjaws doesn't wave back, feeling uncomfortable and weird, before he dives into the water and splashes away after the others!
Jonah watches with a serious frown as Ripjaws takes his leave.
Ripjaws soon catches up to the fishing boat, leaping out of the water repeatedly before coming to a slow to swim besides his friends.
"I don't like this." Hop Pop grumbles.
"You don't like anything. Kero." states Tsuyu.
"True." Hop Pop admits with a thoughtful grin.
Hisashi takes a moment to walk over to the side of the boat, leaning over the side so he can talk to his son privately. "What do you think?"
Ripjaws takes a moment to think about it before responding. "Something's…off about that Jonah guy."
"Yeah." Hisashi agrees before going for what he really wants to discuss. "But did you see the way he looked at you?"
"I did." Ripjaws responds, seriously and warily.
"He wasn't surprised."
"Um, I think he was."
Hisashi shakes his head. "No, he wasn't startled by you. His eyes…they light up with excitement.." Hisashi frowns, how can he put this? "He was expecting something like you but not you."
Okay, he's lost Ripjaws here. "What does that mean?"
"It means…there might be more truth to the story than we realize." Hisashi eyes Hop Pop as he states this. "There's some truth in myths after all."
"Truth in myths…" Ripjaws repeats in contemplation.
Before he can really think about it a loud crash and the screams of multiple men echo through the air from behind them!
Ripjaws, Hisashi, and the Asuis all spin around at the sounds of a disturbance. And sure enough they find the source of it: the F.O.F. boat!
The F.O.F. and its crew are being thrown around the water, being knocked back and forth by a series of crazy and seemingly random waves!
Tsuyu leaps to the back of the fishing boat in a hurry to see what's happening! "What's happening?!"
Hop Pop rushes forward, his harpoon in hand! "It's her!"
"Who?!"
"The Krakken!"
Tsuyu shakes her head. "Hop Pop. There's no such thing! There's no such thing as a Krakken!"
Ripjaws' jaws drop, his breath escaping him for a moment as he spots something…big. "You might want to rethink that."
Tsuyu would like to disagree but she follows Ripjaws' line of sight, and she doesn't quite understand what she's seeing.
They watch the waters tear and crash around the boat, but underneath the waves…a large obscure shadow snakes through the murky water, disturbing the surface in its wake causing another series of waves to crash into the F.O.F. boat, Jonah, and his crew.
Samidare grabs his little sister protectively as Hisashi grips them both just in case the waves come their way. "What is it?!"
"It's the Krakken!" Both Hop Pop and Ripjaws cry out simultaneously!
Tsuyu snaps, in total denial! "I'm sure there's a logical explanation! Maybe it's a school of upset catfish!"
"No. It's not." Ripjaws states with finality.
He then spins around and calls for Hisashi! "I'm going!" But he technically needs permission to do so.
Hisashi understands, granting him the permission of a pro hero. "Go! Help them!" He then looks over towards his son's classmate. "You too! Those people need help."
Tsuyu hesitates, stepping away from the boat's edge. "But…using my Quirk without a license is illegal."
"Not unless you have permission from a hero. And guess what? I am." With a wave of his hand Hisashi calls the students to action! "Save them!"
Upon being driven forth by Hisashi's command and confident presence, the hero students kick it into high gear! "Yes, sir!" They both call out as they dive down into the water without a second thought!
The adults and the children watch them go from the boat, as they watch Hop Pop scoffs at Hisashi. "What about you, hero?"
"My Quirk wouldn't be much help in this case." Hisashi admits he got lucky earlier when Water Hazard was attacked but Water Hazard can take his flames. Regular humans can't especially if he were to miss. "But I can still help if you get us close. We need to give the kids our support."
Giving his granddaughter support, he doesn't need to be convinced any more than that! "Aye aye!" Hop Pop spins the helm, spinning the boat around!
Meanwhile, Ripjaws and Tsuyu race closer towards the raging waves and the struggling F.O.F. boat.
Ripjaws spots the shadow racing towards the boat from the far side. He eyes it, racing forward trying to beat it, but he gasps when a large fin breaches the water before disappearing again into the murky depths.
"It's coming!" Ripjaws screeches to a halt!
Tsuyu gasps, slowing down too. "What is?!"
"The Krakken!"
"Midoriya!" Tsuyu scolds, annoyed with his paranoia. "There's. No. Such. Thing!"
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" An ear-piercing screech, rips through the air, forcing everyone to cover their ears! "RWEEEEEeeeee!" And from the murky depths a large serpentine creature rises above their heads: everyone's mouths drop as their eyes widen in shock and awe at the creature.
Ripjaws' hands are shaking as he too takes witness. "Oh, yeah, why don't you tell that to him!"
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The Krakken unleashes its blood curdling roar, announcing its presence to the world in full!
The Krakken is a giant, bipedal creature which has clearly evolved for life under the water. Its hands and feet are webbed, and its tail has a large tadpole-like fin at the end offering it great mobility in the water. It has the striking pearly blue eyes, jagged yellow teeth, and three sets of gills along its long muscular neck. But its most striking part of its appearance are the tree-trunk thick tentacles growing out front the sides of its jaws! The tentacles are thick yet flexible, swinging and twisting around the air as the beast towers over the F.O.F. boat.
"RWEEEEEeeeee!"
Tsuyu is at a loss for words. "The Krakken…is real?"
"I knew I wasn't crazy!" Ripjaws cheers doing a flip into the air!
He's not the only one celebrating.
"There she is!" Hop Pop cheers as he turns the boat around!
Hisashi eyes the Krakken with intrigue but also concern. 'So there was a cryptid here.' He turns to Hop Pop. "Get us in close, captain!"
"Aye Aye! We'll bag the beast and hoist it up for everyone to see!"
"Belay that!" Hisashi barks "First we save those people!"
"What?!" Hop Pop cries out in disbelief, already gripping his harpoon. "But she's right there!"
"Hop Pop!" The two Asui kids cry out! "Big Sis needs our help!"
Hop Pop looks torn, as he looks from the Krakken down to his granddaughter in the water below. "Oh, alright." He puts the harpoon down. "But you won't escape for long, beast."
Meanwhile, the Krakken isn't attacking the boat, at least for the moment.
Instead the thing is slowly circling from below like it's cautious or at least taking its time, like it's planning.
But that's fine, since it gives Ripjaws and Tsuyu the opportunity they need to get to the F.O.F. people!
Ripjaws grabs one of the crewmates out from the water, hoisting him up as he himself leaps up and out of the water and onto the boat. "Is everyone okay?" Ripjaws questions as he sets the crewmate down.
"We're fine." responds Jonah as he helps the crewmate onto his feet. "And thanks, but we've got things from here."
The giant monster in the water would beg to differ.
Tsuyu had her tongue wrapped around one of the crew members that was knocked out of the boat, she hopes aboard and pulls up the crew member. "We need to get your boat out of here! And quick."
Jonah frowns, turning to eye the circling Krakken.
One of his men asks for his directions. "Boss?"
"She's right." Jonah admits. "We need to escape."
"Problem!" One of his crew members rush's out from the helm. "The engine's dead! It took on too much water and got damaged with all the jostling around!"
Jonah scowls, spitting under his breath. "Damn, monster."
Ripjaws frowns, finding the man's grumbling odd and unsettling.
Tsuyu frowns, eyeing the beast that defies all logic. "The two of us can't get you all to shore in time. Not with that…thing trapping us here."
She's right, if they make a move that thing will surely strike, taking them all down.
Ripjaws scans the water until he spots the fishing boat trying to approach from their rear, but they're still too far away. "And they won't be able to get any closer either."
Any closer and they too will be attacked.
Ripjaws scowls. "We need a distraction."
"Any suggestions?" Tsuyu ponders.
"Yeah." Ripjaws states with confidence and finality. "Me!"
"Midoriya!"
But her calls go ignored as Ripjaws plunges into the lake!
"He's too rash. Kero." Tsuyu watches him go, full of worry and fear but she remains calm and instead focuses on her job. "Alright, everyone just hold on!"
She hops into the water! Her head pops out and she shoots out her long tongue that wraps itself around the front railing of the boat! She turns and begins to swim as hard as she can while tugging the boat behind her.
It's a slow process, the boat being too heavy but she's keeping a steady pace. Even so her mind isn't focused on her task at hand but for her friend. "Be careful, Midoriya."
Meanwhile, from beneath the waves Ripjaws comes to a stop, baring his fangs and claws at the ready. "We meet again, Krakken."
"Rweeee." The Krakken emits a low growling hum from its throat as it digs its webbed claws into the bottom of the lake, it has clearly gained an interest in the strange fish before it, its pearly blue eyes staring right through the muck and algae to the alien.
"I was right. Those eyes, I'll never forget them." They're so beautiful yet haunting, so mysterious yet inhuman…to the point that he couldn't believe his eyes. "When I was told about you I was hesitant to believe, but I guess what I heard was true."
"Rweeee."
"There really is some truth in myths." And if his memory is correct the Krakken is known for taking down legions of ships, and their men. "So come on!" Ripjaws prepares for battle. "Let's make this an Alien vs. Monster!"
Whether or not the beast understands, it responds in kind letting out a shattering roar! "RWEEEEEeeeee!"
And thus the battle commences with Ripjaws making the first move by charging straight in like a torpedo that's been locked onto its target!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The Krakken responds in kind, its maw hanging open, ready to gobble up the pest in one bite!
They charge, aiming closer and closer, both ready to deliver the first strike and then SNAP the Krakken's jaw slams down but misses its target as Ripjaws spins past its maw and around it's body before arriving at its tail!
With its tail in reach Ripjaws bites down onto its tailfin!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The Krakken screeches in pain, before it starts to thrash about in the water in a mad attempt to shake off the alien!
But Ripjaws keeps himself locked in place, holding on tightly.
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The Krakken sends its two tentacles forward!
Ripjaws releases the tail, shoving himself away before the tentacle could even graze him.
"A swing and a miss!" Ripjaws laughs! "Haha-Woah!" He thrusts himself up avoiding a swing from the second tentacle!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!"
With its prey higher up the Krakken kicks itself off the lake bottom and races upward, its jaws and massive teeth ready to tear through the pest like he was a light snack. "RWEEEEEeeeee!"
Thanks to Midoriya's distraction Tsuyu's made it pretty far by now even as she tugs the boat and its crew behind her.
She can hear the crashing waves and underwater roars from here but it is safe to say the fight is a distance away meaning Midoriya probability led the Krakken a further distance away.
"Good job, Asui!" Hisashi praises as they finally reach her.
Asui lines the . boat besides the fishing boat giving the crew more than enough room to jump aboard her grandpa's fishing boat.
Hisashi scans for his son. "Where's Izuku?"
"He's distracting the…the Krakken."
Hop Pop pops in, grinning widely in excitement! "See I told you it was real!"
"Not now, Hop Pop."
Hop Pop sulks, pouting at being out down.
Hisashi calls out to the F.O.F. members. "Come on, everyone on board! We'll get you all to safety!"
Before that Jonah barks out a set of orders to his men! "Come on, men. And bring the goods!"
The six of his men all rush to the deck of their boat towards the large crate they have aboard. They each grab a corner and lift, hauling towards the fishing vessel.
"Leave it!" Hisashi shouts! "It's just canned goods!"
"Mind yourself!" Jonah warns, bitterly, before he spins back around and barks out more orders! "Get it aboard now!"
Hisashi scowls. 'Just what is inside that crate that could be so important?'
He could of course demand answers right now, but a little patience may reveal more answers in time than trying to rush for them now. And so he allows it, for now, figuring any more disarray between them will only slow them down further.
Tsuyu leaps onto the fishing boat. "What about Midoriya?!"
"Your friend?" Jonah frowns, looking towards where waves are crashing in the distance. "Let him distract that thing while we get away."
Hisashi scowls, taking back command. "No." He turns to Tsuyu. "You're faster than we are. Help him and get him back here while we make our escape." He turns back towards Hop Pop. "I doubt that thing will follow us if we get in range of the docks." Large predators often avoid larger human settlements after all so hopefully the same logic applies here.
"I'm on it!" Tsuyu shouts, ready to plunge back into the depths!
"Tsu, wait!" Hop Pop shouts!
Tsuyu spins around in the water only to gasp, her tongue lashing up and instinctually catching the harpoon that was tossed to her.
Tusyu stares at the weapon, concernedly, before peering up at Hop Pop for an explanation.
"For the monster." He explains before adding in. "Just in case."
Tsuyu is hesitant but she takes it, afterall you never know if she might actually need it. And so tucking it away she dives down into the murky water before racing off back towards her friend.
Hisashi waves to the others as Jonah's men finally bring the crate aboard. "Come on let's get everyone out of here."
"What?!" Hop Pop snarls, gripping another harpoon. "But the beast?!"
"Can't sailor." Hisashi gestures towards the two small children. "We have precious cargo aboard."
Hop Pop sighs given in. "Aye Aye." And so he drops the harpoon and takes back the helm.
As the fishing vessel begins to turn away, abandoning the F.O.F. boat, Jonah watches from the deck as the battle between beasts rages in the distance.
Ripjaws speeds through the murky waters, leading the Krakken on and away from the boats. But it's a harrowing task as the Krakken lunges for him again and again, chopping away at him with its massive giant fangs!
"Too slow!" Ripjaws cheers, diverting himself upward otherwise he'd be missing his tail. "Haha! AH!"
A tentacle slams into Ripjaws' side, and thus Ripjaws loses control, spinning through water uncontrollably!
Ripjaws slows his spin, coming to a stop, and shaking his head. He grabs his head but gasps when he finds the large maw of the beats bearing down on him from above!
"Oh, come on!" Ripjaws screams out in a panic!
But then a stretchy pink appendage wraps itself around his waist and pulls him out of the way! And just in time before he becomes fish chum!
Ripjaws follows the sticky long tongue to its source! "Tsu!"
"Are you okay?" Tsuyu calls out as she reels him in closer before releasing him.
"I'm fine! What about the others?!"
"They got away."
Before Ripjaws can ask more, the Krakken begins to circle back around, it takes a more cautious approach as it circles back since there are now two foes it must take on.
Tsuyu readies herself. "But now it's our turn to escape."
"Escape?" Ripjaws eyes the beast, watching as it slowly claws along the bottom of the lake, its eyes staring right back at them with a cold calculating gaze. "Actually that's not a bad idea."
"Have any ideas how?"
Ripjaws frowns, his eyes drifting over towards Tsuyu. "We need to block its vision and then make a break for it. This thing is powerful but it's not speedy. If we can get out of the reach of its tentacles we'll be fine."
"We'll have to move fast. Kero."
"Yeah, real fast."
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The Krakken's lost its patience, lunging forward!
Ripjaws and Tsuyu each dive to the side, avoiding the charging beast and even spinning around its pair of tentacles before they could be grabbed!
As the beast races by, Tsuyu spots something from the corner of her eyes, she takes a better look and she spots a large shipwreck of a fishing boat lying on the lake bottom not too far away.
"Midoriya!"
Ripjaws swerves past a lashing tentacle! "It's Ripjaws!"
She ignores him and instead points to the shipwreck. "Look! We can use that!"
"Perfect!" Ripjaws grins.
"Rweee." The Krakken lets out a low growl as it circles back around for another run.
Well if they're going to make a move then they better get to it now! "Let's go!"
"Kero!"
And so they spin around and take off at breakneck pace!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" And with its prey fleeing the Krakken gives chase!
The two hero students race through the water, right towards the shipwreck all the while the Krakken gets closer and closer so close its nipping at their heels!
They force their way faster and faster even so the Krakken also gains speed as it digs its claws into the mud, forcing itself forward as its tail trashes from side to side, propelling it forward!
The shipwreck is soon upon them and with the Krakken so close behind them the two students beeline it right through the busted-out haul of the ship like darts through hoops!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" With its massive size and momentum working against it the Krakken chase into the shipwreck headfirst!
The shipwreck explodes upon impact as muck, mud, and algae are dispersed into the water, hiding the beast from view! But in exchange hiding the teens' presence as well!
"That's our que!" Ripjaws shouts!
And so the two-turn tail, taking advantage of their head start, and bursting through the water as fast as they can towards the direction of Hop Popp's fleeing fishing boat!
Thank goodness they got their head start as the Krakken's already freed itself from the debris and disturbed muck.
It scans the murky depths until a sheen of light grabs its attention. Through the muck it spots the sheen from a harpoon, a harpoon being carried by the strange frog.
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" With its targets in sight the Krakken takes off after them!
"It's gaining on us again!" Tsuyu cries out, but just in the distance she can make out the underside of her Hop Pop's boat!
"We're almost there!" shouts Ripjaws! "We're gonna make it!"
Tsuyu looks back to check and what she sees shakes her to her core! "Behind us!"
Ripjaws spins around only to have his jaws drop in shock!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The enraged Krakken's already upon them!
"Split up!" Ripjaws screams as the massive teeth come bearing down on them! "It can't follow us both!"
And so with a kick the two teens split up in opposite directions as the Krakken crashes past them from between them!
The Krakken's maw slams into the muddy ground, it shakes its head having become discombobulated by the crash. It raises its head searching for its prey before the reflexive light of Tsuyu's harpoon grabs its attention.
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" And off it goes, chasing after her!
Meanwhile, Ripjaws comes to a stop, spinning back around to check on the state of things. And it isn't good, in the distance he can see Tsuyu racing for the boat but behind her and gaining is the monster!
"Tsu!" He kicks forward hoping to catch up before she becomes fish food! "Tsu!"
He can make it! He knows it! "I'm on my way!"
*BEEP. BEEP. BEEP!*
And with a poof and a flash of red, Izuku finds himself deep underwater and, most importantly, without any AIR!
'No!' Izuku grabs at his neck, panicking, as he desperately kicks for the surface, for air! "Bah!" The moment his head breaches the surface, Izuku takes a deep gasp for lifesaving air! He coughs and chokes for breath, spitting out spurts of water and muck.
He calms down as he catches his breath but when he does he finds himself in the middle of the lake without a life vest, boat, or friends in sight.
"This really sucks…"
Tsuyu's made it to the boat, leaping out of the water with a loud splash! "It's behind me!"
Just then the Krakken's massive head breaks the water's surface behind her! "RWEEEEEeeeee!"
Tsu's siblings scream in horror! "Big Sis!"
Suddenly a stream of flames lash out and slam into the creature's side!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The Krakken screeches in pain as its flesh is burned and scinged!
"FIRE WALL!" Hisashi breathes, generating a wide jet of flames, creating a fiery fan-shaped barrier between them and the monster!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!"
Jonah's at a loss for words, he's thrilled if his toothy grin is anything to go off of. "There you are." As his grin widens his teeth morph becoming sharper and more knife-like.
"RWEEEEEeeeee!"
The Krakken backs off from the terrifying wall of flames, its pearly blue eyes glaring through the fire and heat at the sources of its disdain.
But then it catches the site of a large wooden box sitting upon the boat's deck.
The Krakken goes quiet as it dives back down under the waves.
Jonah rushes to the boat's ledge. "Did you get it?!"
"No!" Hisashi states with dread and trepidation. "It's just taking cover."
A loud splash echoes from behind them, they all spin around to find the creature towering over them from behind!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The beast dives down, aiming for the boat's deck!
"I got you now!" Hop Pop springs into action, swinging up his harpoon and giving it one hell of a throw!
The harpoon harmlessly bounces off the monster's monstrous fangs like a needle bouncing off a stone. "Rweee."
Hop Pop begins to sweat very nervously. "Hehe." Guess he should have aimed a little higher maybe.
"RWEEEEEeeeee!"
"Out of my way!" Jonah rushes forward, shoving Hop Pop aside!
He moves with incredible agility and purpose! He rushes past Hisashi and as he does so Hisashi spots it: Jonah's hand has transformed into a scalier and clawed version of itself, like that belonging on a reptile's.
As Jonah rushes past he grabs and breaks off the chain holding the boat's large anchor! "You stupid beast! You can't have it!" And with an incredible display of strength he swings the anchor around and around with its chain, spinning over his head before releasing it forward!
The anchor soars through the air and slams into the Krakken's skull with a loud BANG!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The Krakken cries out, its skull pounding with pain from the powerful and heavy strike of the anchor!
Hisashi gasps, amazed by his strength, as is Tsuyu who is at a loss for words. He managed to hurt the beast with one blow!
"Come on!" With a pull of the chain, Jonah thrusts the anchor back towards himself, catching it in his opposite hand that's also transformed! "Let's see those teeth you abomination."
The Krakken glares down at him, growling lowly and dangerously, it's hesitant eyeing the deck almost desperately, but with a fire breather, more frog creatures, and the monster onboard it can't take the risk.
And so it dives back into the murky depths, retreating.
And so the inhabitants of the boat take a breath of relief, calming down.
"Wait, where's Mr. Midoriya?" shouts Samidare, hastily scanning the boat for any signs of him.
Tsuyu pales. "Didn't he make it back yet?' She quickly scans the lake and sure enough she finds him! "Over there!"
They all look, and they too spot him! Izuku's stuck in the water, he's too far away, and it's clear he's struggling to swim his way towards them!
But that's not the issue, the real issue makes their blood run cold and their hearts to stop when they spot the silhouette of the Krakken circling its way from below, making its way towards the struggling Izuku.
"He's making too much noise." Hisashi breathes, terrified, and they're too far away to do anything!
"Let's get this ship moving captain! Immediately!"
Hop Pop doesn't need to be told twice! "Aye!"
Jonah however isn't as ready to contribute. "But that thing is still out there!"
"So is my son!" Hisashi barks back!
As the boat turns back around, Tsuyu steps over the side! "I'm going back for him!" She screams, tossing the harpoon aside and leaping back in!
Izuku's having a real hard time at keeping his pace as he swims, the distance being too much even for him. And so with his breathing labored he has to stop and rest, floating at the top of the water's surface. As he catches his breath he peers up and spots his friends and the boat, but instead of it retreating it's turning back around and heading for him.
'What are they doing?! They need to get out of here!'
"Midoriya!"
Izuku spots Tsuyu diving up and out of the water again and again as she speeds towards him. "Tsu?!"
She screams as she breaches the surface! "Look out! It's in the water! It's below you!"
Izuku pales, peering down only for his heart to fail him as a dark shadow looms just meters below his feet.
In a panic he fails in the water, desperately kicking himself forward in a desperate attempt to escape!
"Hurry!" Tsuyu screams, still too far away to grab him! "Hurry!"
They each swim with all they got, trying to reach the other as the dark shadow follows close behind the boy.
Soon they will be in reach and Tsuyu can use his tongue to grab him! But as Izuku swims forward the Krakken breaches the water, it's maw wide as giant fangs block Izuku's path and the upper jaw begins to close in from above!
Izuku pales, his blood running cold as the massive jaws begin to close down around him.
Tsuyu, reacting on instinct, fires out her tongue, the appendage makes it through the giant fangs just before they close and the Krakken swallows the boy whole in one gulp!
With its prey in hand, the Krakken dives back down under the water!
Tsuyu braces herself, with her tongue wrapped around her classmate and wedged into the monster's jaws, she gets dragged along the water's surface as the Krakken dives away!
She pulls and pulls, trying to hold out as best as she can as her head is pulled under the waves again and again!
The Krakken circles from underneath changing directions, pulling Tsuyu along behind it, as it begins to race towards the incoming fishing boat.
From said boat, Hop Pop and the others can see Tsuyu being dragged across the water at a breakneck speed.
Hop Pop screams! "Tsu!"
Satsuki cries into her hands! "Big Sis!"
Samidare pales when he notices that his sister's tongue's is in lined with the creature's head. "Oh, man! I think it ate him!"
Hisashi rushes forward, cupping his hands together to make a funnel and then he fires out a jet of Fire Breath! The Fire Breath shoots out as a thin line of intense flames, much like that of a fiery lance!
The lance flies through the air, aimed right for the incoming beast, before piercing the water!
The Krakken however swerves to the right, avoiding the searing attack.
Hisashi fires more and more fire lances but the Krakken only continues to charge forward whether the lances struck it or not. It is on a mission, a mission for them and their boat.
As the Krakken charges Tsuyu is desperate to keep holding on, she's gulping down tons of lake water and she's getting brutally battered by the waves and the momentum, draining her stamina and her will.
Hop Pop calls out, grabbing his spear as the monster and his granddaughter get ever closer! "Hang on, Tsu!"
"I'm...trying!" Tsuyu cries out before she's dragged under the water!
Before the Krakken truly reached the boat it dove down further into the depths, dragging Tsuyu along as well.
"Tsu!/Kids!" Hop Pop and Hisashi rush to the ledge of the boat, but all they get in response are a few trails of bubble floating up to the surface,
And with them both so deep in the murky water both her and the monster disappear from sight completely.
The air becomes tense as an ominous and dreadful silence takes hold. No one from Jonah's crew or the Asui family dare take a breath as they wait in terrible silence for the monster to inevitably appear.
And it does, or at least its massive tentacle appears from the waters at the opposite end of the boat!
The tentacle twists and thrashes in the air before lashing down, grabbing hold of the F.O.F.'s large wooden crate!
"NO!" Jonah hurries to the crate as the tentacle pulls it away!
His hands morph into scaly claws, his teeth become jagged and sharp, and even his spine, his actual spine, begins to protrude and pierce again the back of his shirt!
"That's mine!" Jonah roars, slashing at the tentacle!
But he's too slow as the tentacle rips the crate away and pulls it back into the depths!
And with its prize in hand the water settles, and chaos subsides as a dreaded silence befalls them once again.
Hisashi, Hop Pop, and the kids all hold their breath as their hearts pound with a silent fear and worry for their loved ones. Where are they? What happened? Is it coming back? Are…are they dead…?
*SPLOOSH!*
*Cough! Cough! Cough!* Tsuyu coughs and wheezes as her head breaks the surface!
And wrapped in her tongue, floating beside her is a coughing and wheezing Izuku who happens to be covered in saliva and aquatic vegetation that obscure his face and features.
"Tsu!/Big Sis!" The Asui's all cry out at once, tears in their eyes, as their hearts fill with relief.
Hisashi hurries over tossing over a ladder. "What happened?!"
"Don't know!" Tsuyu coughs as she climbs up the ladder, dragging Izuku along behind her. "It just…let go!"
"Let go?" Hisashi scans the water but there's no sign of the Krakken, guess it finally retreated. "How's Izuku?!"
"Here!" With her on the boat Tsuyu lifts and drops Izuku onto the deck.
Izuku is dropped down, plopping down with a gross squish: he looks like a giant wad of spit, covered in grime, drool, mud, and algae from being dragged along in the creature's mouth.
"Ew!" Satsuki grimaces, turning green and backing away from the gross entity. "Icky!"
Her brother joins her. "Yeah, talk about gross."
Izuku tries to shake it all off but it's no good, instead he grimaces and gags as he desperately tries to wipe away the monster drool.
Hisashi, albeit a little grossed out, is just relieved to have him and Tsuyu back. "Glad to see you're both alive."
"Same." Tsuyu sighs, plopping down, exhausted. "I was worried we wouldn't make it for a minute there."
Izuku nods, unable to answer as he tries to catch his breath.
Samidare steps closer, intrigued yet disgusted, sniffing the air around his sister's friend. "Gross! You smell really gross." Like algae and rotten fish!
Izuku tries to shake off more of the drool, it's beginning to work as he can now move his arms about a little bit more. "Hey, believe me, it smelled worse from the inside."
Tsuyu starts, her eyes going wide. "Your voice…?" That's not Midoriya's voice, it's weird, it sounds deep and almost smooth.
Izuku tries to wipe away more of the grime. "What about it?"
Even Hisashi's picking up on it now, growing down at his…son? "Izuku?"
"Yeah?" Izuku finally manages to wipe away a good amount of drool and grime from his face. With a shake of his head he can finally see and what he sees is everyone from the Asui's, his Dad, and even Jonah and his crew staring at him with baffled stares. "Why's everyone staring at me?"
"Woah!" Samidare's eyes light up, beaming at him! "I didn't know you were like us!"
The greenette frowns. "Like you? Oh, the green thing, right?" The Midoriya means green and frogs are green. It's what they talked about earlier, right? Why's the kid bringing it up now though?
"No!" Samidare's smiles, shaking his head! "You're like us!"
Okay, now Izuku's really confused. "How so?"
Tsuyu's at a loss for words, staring at her classmate in bewilderment. "You look like a…fr…" Her voice trails off as she mutters something under her breath.
Izuku frowns, he didn't quite catch that. "I look like what, sorry?"
"Izuku." From the boat's railing. Hisashi gestures towards the water. "Do you mind taking a look?"
"Okay." Izuku gets to his feet. 'Did I get taller? Eh, whatever.' He shrugs and strolls over to the ledge. "But I don't know what you want to show me."
And so he peers over the ledge, staring down into the water not sure what he's supposed to find.
And what he finds reflecting off the water's surface is a froggy face staring back at him.
It's a frog man! With three-fingered hands and two-toed feet. He's tall and athletic with pale green skin and a very defined jawline. The frog man's wearing some sort of jumpsuit align with a big pair of rather cool looking sunglasses.
"Who is that?" Izuku questions, staring into the reflection. "Is this a relative of yours Tsu?"
She and her actual relatives all shake their heads slowly.
With no answer, Izuku stares back at the reflection, and he ends up staring at it for a good minute before the gears in his head finally snap back into place. "Wait! That's ME!"
Hisashi grabs at his head! "You're just now realizing this?!"
Izuku stares down at his body which is now free of all drool and grime, and sure enough he transformed into a frog alien man! What?! 'Guess the Omnitrix's Fail Safe mode kicked in.' That would explain why he transformed so soon and why he's a new alien.
Tsuyu shakes off her surprise, staring at the froggy Izuku curiously. "I never knew you could copy me."
"That's because I couldn't." The deep voiced Izuku admits as he continues to check himself out. "And what is up with my voice?" He grips his throat before smiling. "I like it. Oh, yeeeeaaahh." He drags out the word yeah as he tests out his own voice.
Tsuyu rolls her eyes, but she's glad to see her classmate back to his usual sometimes goofy self.
"What?!" Hop Pop shouts out, confused and stunned! "What is this?! Who are you?! What happened to the boy?!"
"Hop Pop, that is the boy-er, that is Midoriya." Tsuyu explains. "He just…transformed."
Jonah, having turned back to normal, frowns. "Transformed, huh?" He eyes the two teens warily before something clicks in his mind. "I know you two. You're kids from U.A." He explains with a hint of contempt.
"That's right." The froggy Izuku folds his arms together trying to act cool and like he deserves the cool new shades. "You got a problem with that?"
"Not at all." Jonah gives a forced smile. "I'm just glad to have such promising heroes out there today to save us."
Hisashi isn't so sure about that. "I think it's time we leave."
Hop Pop nods, taking the helm before the Krakken decides to return.
After a rather quiet and tense ride, they finally all made it back to the docks relatively safe and sound.
Jonah's the first off the boat as it docks, followed by his men. "Thanks again, you all really saved us out there." He smiles, ready to take his leave as soon as possible.
The transformed Izuku leans over the side of the boat. "Hey no problemo." He smirks, acting all cool as he cups his chin and leans over the side. "It's just what we do."
Tsuyu eyes him with a deadpan stare. 'What's with the smugness? Maybe it's the new voice and transformation?'
Jonah waves them off. "Well thanks again, but we still have a lot of work to do. Especially with a Krakken hanging around."
Hisashi eyes him suspiciously. "You seem excited."
"Of course, a new species has just been discovered." Jonah's smile turns just ever so sinister. "Who wouldn't be excited?"
Hisashi frowns, not really liking that answer.
"You all better stay away!" yells Hop Pop angrily. "The Krakken's my kill."
"Sure sailor." Jonah shrugs him off with a smirk as he begins to walk away. "I'm just doing my job is all."
'His job, huh.' Hisashi thinks, critically. "That crate must have been offly important."
Jonah stops dead in his tracks as Hisashi continues to egg him on.
"Important enough that a monster would go straight for it. What was in there that it could possibly want?"
Jonah doesn't respond nor does he turn back around to face them at least not right away. But after a moment he turns back around and flashes a kind smile. "Our collection."
"Collection?"
"That crate was where we were storing all of our cataloged fish species. That creature probably thought it was food and grabbed it. It was nothing more than a mistake."
The froggy Izuku doesn't like this either, those answers seem forced and what happened to the crate being filled with cans? Something's not right. "Well maybe you can-"
He clamps his mouth shut when Hisashi gestures for him to hold off.
The alien looks ready to argue with his Dad but one look from Hisashi says it all: have some patience.
Izuku looks ready to snap back but Hisashi's eyes drift behind him.
The alien takes a look to find that Hisashi's gesturing to the two innocent and defenseless Asui kids.
And thus he understands if they push things too far especially with someone as suspicious as Jonah then things could get real hairy. And the last thing either of them want to do is put kids at risk.
And so with a frown the transformed Izuku backs off.
"If that's all, we'd like to head out now. If you don't mind?" Upon not having any more questions thrown his way Jonah takes his que to leave. "Take care my friends."
The fishing crew watch on in silence as Jonah as his men leave.
Hisashi watches them critically, as if memorizing each of their faces, features, and even uniforms.
Hop Pop spits in disgust watching them leave with a nasty scowl.
And the transformed Izuku looks annoyed, wanting more answers than what they got, but being forced to stand down is only growing his frustrations.
With a sigh he spots Tsuyu and decides to thank her for her help. "Thanks for saving me."
Tsuyu starts, she was watching the F.O.F. and didn't expect to hear Midoriya's unfamiliar voice. "You're welcome. And I know you'd have done the same. Kero."
The alien smirks, nodding, silently admitting that yeah he would have. But either way he still appreciates what she did.
Tsuyu eyes his form, blankly, but one can tell if they looked close enough that she's both baffled yet curious. "So, when did you get this form?"
"Not sure." The transformed Izuku shrugs. " Just now."
"Just now?"
"My…Quirk sometimes acts on its own. Especially in life and death emergencies, like a failsafe."
"So you instinctually became a new form to protect yourself?"
"Uh, yeah, that's it!" That sounds like a good explanation as any, not like he has any other explanations.
Tsuyu fidgets like she wants to ask something else but she's hesitant; she's curious about something but…it also seems like she'll even regret asking. But after a moment she decides to come out with it. "So…have you thought of a name yet?"
The transformed Izuku starts. "Excuse me?"
"A name, you name them don't you?"
"Oh, right!" Between the monster attack and being dragged out from its maw, he forgot. "Hm, what would be good?"
Satsuki hurries over, her brother in toe, her eyes filled with innocent curiosity. "You…name them?"
The transformed Izuku nods. "Yeah, I like to name my transformations."
The two kids awe and gap excitedly!
The alien smiles. "Want to help me think of one?"
"Yeah!" They both cheer!
"Okay, so what ideas do you have?"
The kids instantly begin to ponder and think of ideas but it's clear that this might be a job that's a little over their heads.
Their big sister, Tsuyu, tries to help them out. "Well let's think he's a toad, or rather a frog…or a bullfrog?"
Samidare excitedly lights up! "I have one!"
The transformed Izuku smiles, more than happy to hear him out. "Let's hear it then."
"Bullfrag!"
The alien pauses. "Bullfrag?"
"Yeah!" Satsuki cheers, eyes alight! "I love it!"
"Right!" Samidare nods. "It's supercool!"
The alien isn't sold on it though; all they did was change one letter. "Bullfrag, really?" There's got to be better options.
"Yeah!" They both cheer!
"Okay, but maybe we can-"
Tsuyu immediately cuts in, acting oh so delighted. "That's a really good name. Kero." She sticks her tongue all cutesy as she praises her little siblings' creativity.
The alien gasps, betrayed! "GAH!?"
"Don't you think so Midoriya?" Tsuyu smiles up at him with a calculated yet compassionate look. "It'd be incredibly rude to reject their idea, it might hurt their feelings."
The alien clenches and grimaces, he's been played for a fool! And so with a heavy sigh, he gives in. "Well looks like I'm now…Bu-Bull-" he takes a deep, reluctant breath, and relents. "Bullfrag."
"Yay!" The kids cheer out oh so happy that their suggestion is going to be used!
Tsuyu has a big smile on her face too, happy that they're happy.
"I see what you did there." Izuku, or rather Bullfrag, adjusts his sunglasses giving Tsuyu a very judgmental look. "But aren't you the one annoyed by my puns and my nicknames?" Although he at least now understands why that is (Hop Pop).
"I am." Tsuyu admits but her smile doesn't fade. "But after what we went through it's good to see them so happy."
Bullfrag watches the kids who are still smiling and cheering, overjoyed by the name. And sure enough it too brings a smile to his face.
He turns back to his classmate. "Fine, I'll keep the name. For the kids."
Tsuyu chuckles before throwing a joking jab at him. "Let's be honest, it's better than whatever you were going to come up with anyway." She teases. "Kero."
"Gah?!"
Something tiny tugs on Bullfrag's leg. "Excuse me."
Bullfrag looks and finds Satsuki peering up at him with her big adorable eyes. "What's up little lady?"
"I have a question." She says innocently enough.
"Well, shoot."
"Um." She becomes shy, looking away and fidgeting in place. "So…um…"
Tsuyu squats down, trying to encourage her. "Go ahead, Satsuki, don't be shy."
"Um, if you transformed into a frog does that mean…?" She trails off again, her shyness pulling her back, making her fidget even more.
Bullfrag tries to encourage her too. "Does that mean what?"
"Does that mean if…" Satsuki shyly peers up at the tall frog with innocent wonder and fascination! "If Big Sis kisses you will you turn into a prince?!"
…
"Eh…? Eh? EH!?" Bullfrag cries out in shock, turning beat red!
Meanwhile, Tsuyu looks like there's a corrupted file in her brain, making her freeze in place with a dumbfounded and unresponsive expression.
"No one's kissing nobody!" A wild Hop Pop appears, enraged and steaming mad! "No, one especially some amphiboy is going to lock tongues with my Tsuyu!"
"HOP POP!" Tsuyu cries out, mortified!
Bullfrag's too embarrassed to even respond!
"So! Will you?"
Bullfrag starts nearly screaming out as Satsuki grips his leg.
"Will you become a prince?!" Satsuki smiles up at him with bright innocent eyes. "Will you?"
"Ah!" Bullfrag screams! 'She's too pure!'
Tsuyu sighs, grumbling in embarrassment. "Sorry, Midoriya. The Princess and the Frog is her favorite bedtime story…and movie." Ironically, it was her own fault for showing her that stuff.
Bullfrag can only hope that the Krakken would decide to attack in that very moment, at least to save him from answering.
After that brief moment of levity the group convened back outside Hisashi's RV and thus the events of the day all came back throwing the group into a state of quiet somber thought.
Tsuyu is especially feeling the true weight of the day's events as she sinks into the picnic bench. "It was real…I had no idea."
Hop Pop blinks, becoming annoyed as he outcries! "No idea? No idea?! I've been telling you your whole life that it was real!"
"But I never thought you were serious." says Tsuyu without even trying to sound considerate, but that is in fact what she thought; or at the least he was being delusional.
Hop Pop let's out a loud pained gasp, feeling the sting of betrayal!
From the opposite side of the picnic table, Samidare frowns up at their grandpa. "No offense, Hop Pop, but we thought you were just being crazy."
Their little sister nods. "Hm! Hm! Yup, just silly!"
Hop Pop turns away, clenching his fist in frustration. "Darn kids."
Hisashi frowns and tries to veer the conversation back to what's actually relevant. "The Krakken isn't the problem. That Friends Of Fish group is."
Tsuyu frowns as she recalls the F.O.F. "That guy with the goatee…he seemed really sketchy."
"And for good reason!" Izuku kicks open the door to the Rustbucket, an open laptop in his hand, as he jumps out of the RV. "I just did some online searching as it turns out that Friends Of Fish organization doesn't even exist!"
Tsuyu starts. "It doesn't exist?"
Hisashi scowls; he should have figured as much.
"And that's not even the worst of it." Izuku drops the laptop onto the table, spinning it around for everyone to see. "Check this out."
The laptop glows with forums, files, and various pictures of Jonah accompanied by some big game animal and judging by the animal's postures and lifeless eyes they are certainly not alive.
"I searched across some forums and police sites and I found out that Jonah Melville is wanted for multiple cases of illegal big game poaching and smuggling." Izuku scowls. "He's a poacher and a successful one at that. So much so he's earned the nickname Apex."
Tsuyu scowls. "That's a bit on the nose."
"Right." Izuku frowns, it's be a cool name if it didn't belong to someone so scummy.
Satsuki tugs on her sister's shit. "What does big game mean?"
"It means…" Tsuyu pauses trying to think of a gentler way of putting this but…there isn't any. "He kills rare animals for money."
She gasps! "That's so mean!"
Listening in from the side, Hop Pop has been boiling with anger with every new bit he's learned and it all explodes! "It's not right! Why I oughta show that airbreather who's the apex around here!
The kids gap, surprised! 'Oh he does cares about animals!' Surprising since all he talks about is killing one.
"Now he's after my Krakken! I won't stand for it, I tell ya!"
They all frown, exasperated. 'Oh, that's why he's upset.'
"No way I'm letting some no good, cheating, knave take a shot at my prize! I won't stand for it!" And with a spit and a huff Hop Pop spins around and marches off back towards the docks.
Before he can get far, Hisashi calls out to him. "Where are you going, captain?"
"If he wants that beast then he's gonna have to beat me to it!"
Izuku ponders. "Beat you to it?"
"Aye! I'm gonna finally bring that beast in myself!"
Satsuki gasps, running up and grabbing at her grandpa's shirt trying to hold him back! "No! Hop Pop you can't! That's mean!"
Hop Pop gives her a soft smile as he pats her little head. "Sorry sweetie, but Hop Pop's got a job to do."
Hisashi is quick to intervene, finding his actions to be very unwise. "I don't think killing it is the answer."
Hop Pop growls, glaring at the older Midoriya. "What?"
"That creature's probably been living peacefully here a long time, maybe even centuries! But think about it, if it was actually aggressive, why haven't more people found out about it in all that time?"
No one has an answer, at least not outright but after a moment of consideration Tsuyu offers up her hypothesis. "That's because it's not naturally aggressive."
Hisashi smiles, nodding, confirming she's right.
Izuku frowns, considering the theory. "But it is now. Why?"
"Why does any animal attack humans?" Hisashi offers up. "Because it was provoked. And I think it was Jonah and his men that provoked it."
Izuku shrugs. "Okay, but what did they do to it?"
"That's what we have to find out."
"Find out? How?"
"Well, we look for answers." Hisashi turns away from the group, looking out towards the foggy swampy waters of Lake Nal Hutta. "And I think we'll find our answers out there."
Izuku starts. "If we're going to find anything I bet it'll be where Jonah blocked off that section of the lake."
"Exactly."
Before the two Midoriyas can begin forming a plan Tsuyu interrupts. "Okay, but I don't think Jonah's just gonna let us walk up and check it out." Something tells her that he isn't afraid of crossing ethical lines if he has to.
Hisashi understands. "That's why he won't find out. We make our move tonight, use the cover of the night and the fog to give us the time to search."
Izuku lights up, ready to help anyway that he can.
"Hang on now." Tsuyu interrupts, interrupting the moment. "Should we be telling this all to the police and the heroes?"
Hop Pop spits, grumbling. "No way I'm gonna have the police nor some fancy hero sticking their nose in this!"
Ignoring the old frog, Hisashi explains why they can't. "I don't think handing this over to the police will work out so well."
"Isn't that a bit irresponsible."
Hisashi nods, not even denying it. "It is but hear me out."
Meanwhile, Izuku isn't sure if he should laugh or be concerned. 'So he admits it's irresponsible.'
Hisashi glowers, explaining his thought process. "Even if we notified the police…would you say that they'd believe us?"
"No…" Tsuyu shakes her head, shyly. "No." She says a bit more firmly.
"Exactly. Afraid telling them that there's a lake monster being hunted by an international poacher wouldn't exactly call for their attention. Besides the moment the police show up I wouldn't be surprised if Jonah clears out long before they can get anything on him."
"I see." Tsuyu still isn't convinced, and she's hesitant to jump into action, unlike her classmate. "But we're just students, we're not allowed to fight…villains."
"You can with a hero's permission." Hisashi smirks, almost sympathetically. "Don't worry. I don't intend for us to get into a fight. All we're doing is searching for answers, once we have them and we have a better understanding of the situation then we'll know exactly what to do and who to call." Speaking of, he better make sure he still has that number. "So, we won't fight unless it's truly a last resort."
Tsuyu hesitates, and one can tell the gears are turning in her head as she internally debates with herself whether this is right or not. After considering the fact that Mr. Midoriya is a pro hero and he essentially gave his permission already then technically she's not going to be committing any felons.
And so she hesitantly but yet firmly nods her head. "Okay."
Hisashi smiles. "What about you captain? Care to help us out or do you still intend on capturing the beast?"
Hop Pop pauses before giving into their wills, but that may be because his eldest granddaughter's more willing to go with their plan than his. "Well, I might as well get you all out there. Besides we may find the beast's lair and if that's the case then there'll be nowhere it can hide from me."
They'll take it! Besides, they need the ride out there.
"Yeah!" Samidare sheers, starting everyone! "This is gonna be so cool!"
Satsukie nods her head frantically and excitedly, bouncing in her seat.
Tsuyu sighs; not wanting to ruin their fun but also wanting to be responsible. "You two aren't coming."
Samidare gasps! "Wha?!"
"But why?!" Satsuki whines!
"It's too dangerous." She explains.
That isn't a good enough explanation for them, especially Samidare. "But we want to help!"
Satsuki nods her head, pouting. "Hm! Hm!"
Hop Pop approaches, resting a hand on each of their shoulders. "Sorry, kids. But your sister's right."
The two kids pout and sulk, giving into the adults' will.
Hisashi can sympathize. "You two can stay here if you like."
"That's okay." Tsuyu waves his offer off. "We'll get them back to my house for now and we'll meet you at the dock."
"Sounds like a plan."
The kids' pouts grow more irritated and sad. But they keep quiet and instead listen as the adults make a plan.
Izuku shuts the laptop; he's ready to get going. "So, we're going right now?!"
"We have to." answers Hisashi. "The sooner we find those answers the sooner we can stop Jonah."
Izuku grins, finally they can stop waiting around and do something about all this!
As they work out the finer points of the plan, the adults fail to notice the shared look the children exchange between each other. Their eyes filled with childlike mischief and judgement.
Hisashi grips his full face scuba mask as the fishing boat slows to a stop. "We're here."
And good thing too, it's still dark out although in another hour or so it'll be daybreak. The only reason they can even see is thanks to the light of the moon reflecting off the water's surface.
"Are you all ready to go?"
"Yup!" The Asuis respond wearing the same clothes as before.
Izuku trudges up, he's decked out in a full on scuba suit with an air tank and all; courtesy of the rental place in town.
Tsu eyes the green and black swimsuit, finding it odd and out of place. "No transformation this time?"
"Not this time." Izuku confirms as he dawns the full face scuba mask. "Last thing I need is to run out of time while we're down there."
Tsuyu understands; drowning isn't exactly fun after all.
"This is it, crew." Hisashi locks his mask in place. "Keep your eyes peeled for anything and try to stay close."
The other three stand tall and salute! "Right!"
And so with everything set they go ahead and plug head first into the cold murky depths.
Once in the water Tsuyu and Hop Pop pull out the underwater lanterns they brought with them, swimming ahead with the Midoriyas behind them, lighting the way.
And so the fishing boat is left unattended in the dark of night, floating silently and alone as the light of the lanterns disappear under the murky waters.
And so with the coast clear a pair of plastic barrels sitting by the side of the boat's deck shake and topple over.
"We're here to help!" The youngest Asuis cheer out as they pop out of the little barrels.
"Huh?" Samidare blinks, finding no one there to greet them.
"Where'd they go?" Satsuki wonders aloud.
How are they supposed to help if there's no one to help?
Meanwhile, back below the waves the group of four divers continue with their search, following along the muddy lake bottom for any clues. But they haven't found anything related to the Krakken or Jonah yet. In fact they haven't even spotted the Krakken itself yet, not that it's an issue but still it'd be nice if they had a clue where it was too.
But after a while of scouting out the waters something catches their attention, something big and gangly; the sight of a ship graveyard. With the powerful lights breaking through the water, the four find themselves amongst the wreckage of sunken ships, boats, and vessels scattered about the lake bed.
But what's odd is that the wreckage seems to be circles around one point in the center where a pile of wreckage and rubble sit like an underwater citadel.
Hisashi eyes the pile, waving the group forward as he does so.
And so they follow, slowly and quietly, they crawl from the bottom and slowly float their way up the citadel until they reach close to the exposed top.
The group hesitates, they feel tense pressure building up because they all know that if they're going to find any clues; it will be now.
And so for the answers they seek, they look.
The top of the citadel is open and wide, big enough for the Krakken (which isn't there) if it wanted to curl up in. And lying in the center of this crevice are two perfectly spherical rocks. The rocks are a swap green in color, covered in a bit of algae and muck, they also look to be the size of a large medicine ball and just as heavy.
Izuku blinks, eying the rocks curiously. "What are those?"
Tsuyu's eyes widen in surprise and almost wonderment! "Eggs." She breathes.
"Eggs?!"
Hop Pop frowns at the large spherical eggs. "What would the beast be doing with eggs?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Hisashi questions, scanning the waters for their mother. "Those are its eggs." As he scans the nest he spots something rather peculiar amongst the rubble making up the structure. "Look! That's the crate Jonah had!"
Izuku follows his Dad's finger and sure enough there's a pile of busted up wood that once made up a large crate: and he can even make out the word cannery on the side too.
"Hey you're right." says Izuku, remembering that Jonah's crate has the same word on it. "So if that's Jonah's crate then what was inside?"
"Jonah's a big game poacher." Tsuyu repeats for them all. "And he can't take on a full grown Krakken." She frowns, both in disgust at Jonah but in sympathy for the poor animal. "But he can steal an unborn one."
Izuku scowls. "Disgusting."
What kind of disgusting creep would pick on the young to get ahead?
"Come on sis!" Samidare calls his lil' sis over towards the edge of the boat. "We need to keep a lookout."
"Okay." Satsuki trots her way over, gripping her life jacket as she nervously eyes the lake, the heavy fog that's setting in is seriously starting to mess with her as the swamp and trees all begin to disappear behind the mist. "But what if the monster comes back?"
"Then we warn them." Samidare responds, like it's the most obvious thing.
And so they each take position on the same side of the boat, Satsuki too nervous to go too far from her brother. But they watch the water for any signs of Jonah or the monsters, but the heavy fog only creeps in closer until they can just barely see the surface of the water itself.
Nothing but the sounds of the small waves, nocturnal creatures, and the moon above giving them company.
And so they fail to notice the silent approach of a very expensive looking speed boat approaching the fishing boat from the opposite side. The boat creeps closer, docking just feet away from the fishing boat.
An unfamiliar voice calls out as a set of heavy steps jump aboard the fishing boat. "What do we have here?"
The kids panic, their breaths hitching, as they spin around to find a group of masked goons glaring down at them from behind.
The goons are wearing some heavy set swimsuits, grey in color, with high tech goggles that definitely help with night vision as well as giving them intimidating looks.
"Aren't you kids a little young to be out on a fishing boat all by yourselves?"
Samidare gulps, placing himself between them and his terrified little sister. "Yes, yes we are."
The goons all exchange a look before they turn back to the terrified kids…
"So Jonah's after the eggs." Izuku leans back, backing away from the nest, becoming very aware of just how deep they are in the Krakken's territory. "Just one of those gotta be worth a fortune on the black-market."
"No wonder he wants em." Tsuyu nods, swimming down the outside of the nest to join Izuku. "But what do we do now?"
Hop Pop joins them at the bottom of the lake next along with Hisashi.
Hisashi frowns as he starts back up towards the top of the nest. "I think it's time I make a call."
Tsuyu starts. "The police?"
"Not exactly, but I think I know a group that handles this kinda stuff. They'll be better equipped to handle the situation." Although he'll need to dig out their card first, it's gotta be in the glove compartment. 'Hopefully.' Hisashi prays.
With their attention away from the nest the group fail to notice the silhouette passing them by from far above their heads.
The silhouette is about the size of a human but bigger and through the light of the moon shining down one can see the reflective glimmer of claws passing by before a long tail snakes by as the silhouette swims forward.
The silhouette digs its claws into the nest, crawling forward like a predator, skulking towards the eggs.
As the moon shines down through the water, one can see the sharp tooth grin of the silhouette as it caresses one of the eggs and snatches it up in its claws.
The silhouette shoots straight up towards the surface with its prize, its powerful tail propelling it forward! And just in time because Izuku decided to examine the eggs one more time.
He peeks his head up from the side and gasps when he sees one's missing. "One of the eggs is missing!"
The others gasp, rushing up after him. "What?!"
Tsuyu frantically scans the large nest for it. "Where'd it go?"
Izuku looks and looks before he finally happens to look up. "Hey, guys, we have company."
The others stop in their search before looking up as well. From above they can make out their boat's still silhouette but they can also make out the silhouette of another boat and of someone rushing out of the water and back onto their boat.
Tsuyu scowls. "They're here?"
Hisashi nods, clenching his fist. "Guess they moved up their time table."
"They gotta have the egg!" Izuku shouts, kicking up towards the surface.
The others shoot up after him, all in a hurry to get out of there before things go south.
But in their haste they fail to notice the pearly blue eyes shimmering in the moonlight, slowly approaching from in the distance.
Izuku and the others quietly poke their heads out of the water, pressing themselves against the bottom of the fishing boat for cover. They quiet down trying to listen in on anything that's going on.
From above, they can hear Jonah handing off the egg. "Secure this and make sure it stays secured this time."
"Yes sir!"
Jonah turns his attention back towards the familiar fishing boat and instantly his mood takes a nose dive. "What is this?! What's with the brats?"
In that instant Izuku, Tsuyu, Hisashi, and Hop Pop's blood run ice cold.
One of his men answers back. "We found them aboard the boat, boss."
Tsuyu swings over towards her grandpa, harshly whispering under her breath. "I thought you took them home."
"I did." Hop Pop whispers back.
Hisashi almost wants to chuckle as he shakes his head in disbelief. "They must have snuck aboard." That's the only other way to explain it.
Izuku quietly swims closer towards the rope ladder they threw over the boat's side earlier. "We have to save them."
Hisashi quickly grabs his arm, stopping him. "Wait."
"But-"
"Patience." Hisashi harshly and hastily breathes. "We wait for the right moment and then we'll save them."
Izuku shakes his head in disbelief. "But how do we know when's the right moment?"
"Good question." Hisashi gives him an almost taunting smirk. "We just have to wait and see."
Izuku rolls his eyes but he settles back into the water.
They quiet back down, trying to listen in some more.
From above they can almost hear Jonah analyzing the kids. "I know you two? You came here with the hero students? Where are they?"
There's no answer, not even a squeak from the kids, no doubt they're trying not to give anything away.
"What about your gramps?"
Still no answering only the sound of terrified whimpers and sniffs.
"Hm. Not giving them up huh?"
One of Jonah's men speaks up. "What do we do with them, sir?"
Jonah eyes the brats, considering what to do. "Things here are starting to get heated. We got one of the eggs already so no need to stick around." He pauses before continuing with a harsh uncaring tune as he calls out to the rest of his crew. "Toss the kids overboard! We're heading out as soon as we get back to the canary! And burn this floating trash heap too, I don't want any signs that we were here!"
"Yes, sir!" His men respond!
Izuku can't wait any longer, the kids are in trouble! "Let's go!" He whispers back in a panic as he grips the Omnitrix.
Hisashi is there once again to stop him, grabbing his arm. "No, not you."
"What?!"
"I want you to wait back."
"Not more waiting?!" Izuku sighs exasperated.
"Yes, more waiting." Hisashi harps, not letting Izuku's right arm go.. "Stay back and wait for us to create an opening for you and then I want you to grab the kids and Asui and book it out of here."
Overhearing, Tsuyu is quick to air her concerns. "But we'll be leaving you two behind."
"That's fine, I'm a strong swimmer and so is the captain. It's fine besides we might be able to save the boat too." Hisashi looks to Hop Pop for some reassurance.
Hop Pop scowls, uncertain. "We can try but I care more about my grandkids escaping than the old girl." He states while thumping the side of his fist against the boat's haul.
Hisashi turns back to Izuku, whispering into his ear in a haste. "When you get back, notify Nezu and he'll notify the proper authorities. Tell him everything that's happened."
Izuku frowns, but he knows that he can trust his Dad on this; even if he doesn't like it. "Okay."
"Good." Hisashi turns his attention back to his boy, softening his grip before offering up some words of encouragement and sympathy. "And hey I know waiting's hard but sometimes a little patience can pay off in a big way."
Izuku understands he does but it's hard to sit back when people are in danger. As Izuku settles back into the water he catches some movement out of the corner of his. In the distance, he then spots the unmistakable fin of the Krakken gliding through the water, the fin swerves back towards the boats using the heavy fog as cover.
Izuku gulps, shaking. "Um, the wait might be over."
Hisashi frowns, his brow furrowing. "Why's that?"
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" From the opposite end of Jonah's boat the Krakken emerges, its head snaking up high over the boats!" "RWEEEEEeeeee!"
Hisashi and the others gasps, lurching away!
All the while Izuku almost shrugs on. "Yeah, it's…" he pauses before continuing, correcting himself. "she's here."
From atop the decks Jonah and his men are thrown into a panic!
Jonah roars out! "Keep that thing away from us!"
"Yes, sir!" His men get right on.
Five out of seven of his men all rush over and arm themselves with some high tech looking staffs. The staffs resemble a thin metallic spear but with a twist of their hands the tips of the spears glow with electricity.
As they all arm themselves one of the seven rush to their speedboat where they have a harpoon canon mounted on top the deck! But it's unloaded and so the goon scrambles to load it. As for the last member of Jonah's crew he's gripping the egg tightly, cowering away from the beast before him!
Jonah chops the air with his hand as he roars out his command! "Get it!"
The large tentacles all dive down towards the one with her egg but as they approach the men all charge forward, protecting their comrade and their prize by jabbing the electrical spears into the beast's limbs!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The Krakken shrieks and pulls back every time it gets zapped by a powerful shock. But it keeps on coming despite the onslaught of jabs and shocks.
"Waaaahhhh!" The Asui kids cower and shake holding onto each other as their ears ring in pain!
Jonah spins around until he spots his last man finally loading the harpoon cannon. "Fire already, goddammit!"
Not wasting any more time the goon spins the cannon around, taking aim right for the beast's head.
The Krakken veers over, its eyes locking in on the all too familiar looking weapon.
"FIRE!"
The massive harpoon launches forward, piercing the air like an arrow!
But the Krakken is much too slick as it panics and throws itself backwards, avoiding the projectile, its heavy size crashing into the water before it fully submerges itself.
Hisashi quickly seizes their opportunity. "That's enough waiting. Now!"
"Kero!" Without wasting a second, Tsuyu springs into action!
She leaps over the side, finding two of the distracted goons before her. And in one swift motion she delivers such a strong kick that launches one of the goons into the other, knocking them back!
The kids instantly light up! "Big Sis!"
"Hey! I'm here, too!" Hop Pop croaks as he too jumps aboard!
One of the standing goons growls and with his spear in hand he marches towards the geezer.
"You're in for an ass whooping now, boy!" Hop Pop's long thick tongue splurts out and grabs onto the goon's entire face!
"Hmph! Hmph!" The goon screams under the slobbery and sticky tongue, grabbing at it, desperate for air!
One of his comrades rushes the old frog! "Die old man!"
Hop Pop glares, he gives a powerful thrust of his head backwards, launching his victim forward! The trapped goon slams into his friend from behind, knocking them both down.
Hop Pop retracts his tongue, smirking as he wipes away some drool. "Kids today, they just don't know how to take a licking."
Meanwhile, Tsuyu dives to the side avoiding a thrown spear, the moment her hands and feet hit the deck she kicks herself the opposite way, avoiding a second spear! The goons are between her and her sibling and nothing's going to stop her! And so with the two goons unarmed she leaps forward, spinning her body around!
"BLAH!" One of the goons lets out a pained groan as Tsuyu's feet slam into his gut!
And at the same time she wraps her tongue around the other goon's head and as she launches the first goon back she pulls and swings the other around, tossing him aside!
"Big Sis!" Her siblings cry!
"I'm here!"
"Grahh!"
"Woah!" Tsuyu leaps back just before a muscular scaled fist could slam into her!
Instead the first smashes through the deck of the fishing boat, leaving a small hole shattered with splinters.
"No!/Sis!" Her siblings cry out!
Tsuyu backs off, readying herself against the one who's placed himself between her and her siblings.
Jonah pries his scaled fist out of the deck, while he throws up one nasty scowl. "I'm gonna tear you apart little girl! Grah!" Jonah charges his hands becoming thick and clay with claws that can easily tear through flesh!
As Tsuyu evades Jonah's slashes, her siblings are left to cower alone.
"We have to help her!" Satsuki begs!
Samidare scowls, frustrated. "But how?"
They watch as their sister is forced back!
Tsuyu accidentally slams backwards into one of the goons, who happens to be the one holding the egg, causing him to drop it!
Jonah goes in for a right hook, but Tsuyu, acting fast, grabs the goon by his shoulder and forces him in front!
Jonah's fist slams right into his own man's face, and it definitely broke the guy's nose too.
The kids continue to watch as Jonah tosses his own man aside before he continues his pursuit after their sister! But their attention is pulled away as the large medicine ball sized egg rolls by, coming to stop against the boat's railing.
The kids quiet down before sharing a knowing look.
At the same time, Jonah forces Tsuyu into a corner, her back towards the helm and Jonah at her front, blocking the way.
Jonah glowers. "You know I heard that brats from U.A. were pain in the asses." He spits, flexing his grey scaled hand. "But I always figured that was nothing but hot air." He stomps forward, his scowl glistening with the glimmer of sharp knife-like teeth.
But he doesn't so much as make it a foot before a stream of flames intercepts his path!
Jonah yelps, jumping back away from the searing flames.
"Careful." Standing atop the deck is Hisashi with a taunting smirk. "I'd hate to see you get burned."
"Grrr." Jonah growls but his scowl turns into a smirk as his men gather themselves and rush Hisashi!
"Yaahh!" The men howler and shout as they charge the pro hero, their spears in hand and aimed to kill!
Despite the numbers being five to one Hisashi remains remarkably calm.
As a spear is lunged at his head, he simply leans his head back allowing the spear to harmlessly pass on by. He grabs the goon's arm, twisting it and forcing him to drop the weapon that Hisashi then catches with his free hand. He then delivers a nasty elbow job in the goon's gut!
Another one of Jonah's men takes a swing at him from behind! Hisashi twits the spear in his hands, spinning it around before gripping it vertically, intercepting the attack. He kicks the end of the spear up, pushing away his opponent's weapon all before breathes out a puff of fire! The flame isn't huge but it's strong enough to force his opponent back!
As the goons keep coming, Hisashi calls out to his son's classmate! "Go, now!" He sucker punches one of the goon's in the face before spinning around and swinging the spear up into another's head, sparks fly as the electrical tip slams into the goon's head! Hisashi does all this before releasing a stream of flames that push back a charging henchman. "Go!"
Tsuyu nods, rushed forward and through the determined and sturdy goons! "We'll hold them off! Just get out of here!"
Without even thinking Tsuyu rushes past! "Aye, sir!"
With one hast skip, she makes it to her huddle sibling! "Are you both okay?"
Huddle together, like they're gathering around something, her siblings nod and smile up at her letting her know that they're okay.
Tsuyu sighs, holding them as he lets out a relieved sigh. But as she holds them she can't help but notice the extra weight. "What ya got there?"
Her siblings share a smile before grinning up at her and presenting their gifts! "The egg!"
Tsuyu's eyes widen as she stares at the monstrous egg.
From across the boat, Jonah spots the egg too through all the chaos. "That's mine!" He charges head forward toward the Asui kids!
Hisashi makes a move to stop him but he's caught off as the stubborn goons block his path.
But he need not worry as Tsuyu, not willing to let this villain lay a scale on her siblings, uses her tongue as a whip, lashing it and cracking it at Jonah's feet forcing him back!
Jonah glares daggers at the Asui brats, clenching his scaly fist as his sharp teeth grind together. "That doesn't belong to you." He growls.
Samidare peeks out from behind his big sister, throwing the creep an angry scowl! "It doesn't belong to you either!"
Satsuki sticks her tongue out, from their big sis' opposite side. "Bleh!"
Jonah's anger only grows, his fists shaking in anger as his skull begins to produce forward ever so slightly. "Snot nosed brats! I'm gonna-Gah?!" Jonah's transformation is cut short as a glob of green goop slathers down on him and sticks him in place!
"It's just snot your day, huh? Hehehe!" The rapid beating of wings can be heard from above and a foul stench sinks in as a giant bug flies overhead.
Tsuyu breaks into a grin! "Midoriya!"
"Stinkfly!" Stinkfly corrects, as he circles back around over the boat. He couldn't wait anymore, figuring he waited long enough as it is, and good thing too as now he's got a full ten minutes to get them out of here.
He lands beside the Asui kids, lowering himself and presenting them with his back. "Time to go!"
"Right!" Tsuyu nods, grabbing her siblings one by one and placing them atop her transformed classmate. "Hop on!"
Samidare holds the egg tightly as Tsuyu throws him up after Satsukie.
Stinkfly's top eyestalks curl around to his back where he spots the large egg. "Woah! Is that the egg?!"
Samidare nods, as he and Satsuki hold it tightly.
"Give it to me." Jonah growls, his skull continuing to protrude out, especially his jaw as he too becomes taller and more muscular as patches of grey scales begin to form. "NOW!" he tears through the slime, roaring an animalist roar as his muscles bulge and even his entire spine begins to poke through the back of his shirt!
In unplanned succession, Satsuki and Stinkfly both throw Jonah an akanbe. "Bleh!" And with their bottom eyelid pulled down and their tongues out Stinkfly zooms up away into the air.
"After them!" Jonah roars, his transformation stopping halfway and subsiding. "I want that egg!"
And so his men shove Hop Pop back as the others scurry away from Hisashi, they pull each other back in a hurry, scrambling back onto their own boat!
Hisashi rushes forward to stop them but Jonah is quick to hold him back by launching a barrel at him!
Hisashi is forced to jump away as the barrel bounces off the deck!
With Hisashi distracted Jonah leaps aboard his speedboat and just in time as his crew pull up the anchor and have already started the engine. "Hurry it up! They're getting away with our retirement fund!"
And so the boat lurches forward, quickly spinning around and speeding after the kids!
With their enemies gone, Hisashi spins back towards the old captain. "Get this boat moving, captain! We gotta catch up to them!"
"Aye!" Hop Pop rushes to the helm. "We'll catch up in two shakes of a catfish tail!"
Hisashi rushes to the side of the boat, and he can do nothing but watch helplessly as Jonah's boat speeds up after the kids. The boat's so fast it's going to catch up in a matter of moments if they don't do something!
But then a disturbance, a shadow in the water catches his eye. And he watches as a large fin breaks the water, trailing after the speed boat.
Hisashi gulps, gripping the electrical spear tightly. "Oh boy. That's not good."
Stinkfly happily gives his head a shake as he zooms over the lake surface, his wings beating against air, disturbing the water below! "Woah-wo! We're home free!"
With the wind whipping at her face and whipping her hair around, Tsuyu starts as her ears pick up on a running motor.
She turns around and gasps. "Not yet we're not!"
"What are you on about?" Stinkfly sticks his head down, his eye stalks swinging down to see.
And there catching up at a breakneck pace is Jonah! The man's snarling, gripping the front of the speeding boat like a crazed animal as he snarls, his eyes glowing with unbridled fury as they lock onto Stinkfly and his passengers.
"You brats!" He roars before turning to his men! "FIRE!"
Upon his command his goons fire using their harpoon cannon!
"Woah!" Stinkfly jerks to the side narrowly avoiding the harpoon!
Tsuyu grips her siblings tight as they each hold onto the egg. "He sure is persistent!"
Stinkfly's eyes bend around for another look, they widen with surprise. "Hey guys, what's faster? A monster or…a Krakken?!" He screams, pushing himself to move faster!
The Asui siblings spin around and they soon wish that they hadn't as the all too terrifyingly familiar form of the Krakken itself bursts from the water!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The Kraken thrashes against the waves, closing in just behind Jonah's speed boat!
Satsuki breaks into a grin! "Yay! We can give the mommy back its baby!"
Samidare shakes his head. "I don't think he's gonna let us!"
And he'd be right as Jonah scowls, fury bleeding from his eyes. "Damn, monster!" His attention drifts from the egg to the Krakken. "Go after the egg! Shoot them down if you have to! The rest of you fend that thing off!"
"Yes sir!" His men scramble across the deck, reloading the harpoon cannon and readying their electrical spears.
Tsuyu leans forward, indirectly begging for Stinkfly to fly faster! "We gotta shake them!"
Stinkfly doesn't have to be told twice and he swerves around and towards their right, beelining it for the swamp!
Jonah's boat and the Krakken all make the turn too, all of three of them zooming past in a single file as one chases the other!
As Stinkfly zips and swerves past thick marshland trees, his four eyes scanning the lake and swamp for ways of escape!
As he catches an option he tries to call back to Tsuyu his plan but she in turn tries to shout out her own idea, too! "We can lose them in the cattails!/Go north there's a ridge there!" The two shout over the wind and the whipping of leaves, simultaneously! "North?!/How do you expect to lose them in cattails?!"
As the teens bicker, the kids peer back and gulp. "Um, Big Sis/Mr. Bug!"
"What?!" They both shout! "Waaah?!"
As Stinkfly dives to the side, avoiding an incoming harpoon, they crash through a layer of the canopy, with Stinkfly spinning out of control! Tsuyu grips him tight, pinning her siblings between her body and him, until he's able to regain control!
"Oh, kids!" Jonah calls out as his men ready another harpoon. "Make this easy on us all and give us that egg!"
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The Kraken roars out as if in protest to Jonah's demands as it crashes and smashes its way through the marsh and trees like a runaway train engine!
Jonah fires another harpoon at the kids but they swerve, spinning in the air, to dodge!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The Krakken takes a shot, lunging forward past the boat and having its tentacles lash forward at the giant bug!
In the panic and chaos, Samidare instantly goes and grabs one of Stinkfly's eye stalks! "Go left!" He screams, pulling on the eyestalk!
"Yawp!" Stinkfly yelps as he shafts to the left!
"No! No!" Satsuki screams, also in a terrified panic, grabbing the other eyestalk and giving it a hard tug! "Go right!"
"Yawp!"
Samidare pulls on the eyestalk again as another harpoon whizzes by! "Go right again!"
"Left!"
"Right!"
"Up! Up! UP!"
Stinkfly begins to tear up even as he continues to fly, holding back the need to swat the kids' hands away from his face!
Tsuyu swats their hands away from his eyes! "Stop it you two!" She scolds before peering back up and letting out a terrified gasp!
Without even thinking Tsuyu grabs the two eyestalks and pulls up like they were the reins of a horse! "Go up! Go Up!"
Stinkfly is forced higher in the air, and just in time as a massive tentacle swings by and slams into a tree!
"Hey! Hey! Hey!" Stinkfly cries, shaking his eyestalks free of her grip! "No backseat flying! Got it?!"
Tsuyu bashfully let's go, she didn't mean to do that, before scolding her siblings. "Behave, you two!"
The little siblings instantly turn on each other! "But it's her/his fault!"
"No, it's yours!"
"No yours."
"But I wanted to drive!"
"I wanna drive?!"
Tsuyu sighs, admonishing them both! "Satsuki! Samidare!"
Stinkfly shakes his head, trying to ignore the commotion and arguing, but he soon loses all of his patience! "Hey knock it off, all of you, or I will turn this bug around!"
"You bastards!" Jonah screams with a fiery fury as his boat swerves and slices through the water! "Shoot them already!" He roars at his men! "I don't care if we have to sell monster-sized scrambled eggs, I want them dead!"
Stinkfly gulps. "Oh, huh, never mind. Bad idea."
He swerves downward, avoiding the incoming harpoon. "How is he still on our tail?!" He screams!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The Krakken speeds up, swimming parallel to the speedboat, it moves in to push the boat out of the way but the boat takes cover behind a row of thick trees!
The Krakken turns its attention back towards the bug, its tentacles whipping forward as it lunges towards them with its jaws open wide!
Tsuyu pales as she stares into the monster's gullet! "Must go faster! Must go faster!"
"RWEEEEEeeeee!"
Before she can reach them the sound of metal piercing flesh echoes through the air before the monster reels back in pain, unleashing a painful shriek! "RWEEEEEeeeee!"
The Krakken turns away, revealing the metal harpoon lodged into its side!
Jonah's boat cuts into view. "Shoot her! Shoot her!" He roars as his boat speeds towards them, firing another harpoon!
The Krakken's eyes widen before diving away from the painful projectile!
With the Krakken taking cover for now, and Jonah's attention temporarily drawn, Stinkfly manages to cover some air!
With so much weight on his back he can't gain too much height so he changes directions, back towards the open lake.
As he tries to gain more distance Stinkfly calls back to his passengers for an update! "Are they still chasing us?!"
As if in slow motion Stinkfly watches in horror, the Krakken breaches the water that's directly in their path! Its jaws open wide, ready to intercept him and his friend!
With too much momentum to swerve or slow down, out of the way, Stinkfly and the others can only scream and pray as the gigantic jaws begin to close around them!
And then like a bullet whizzing through a hole, Stinkfly barely manages to pull them right through the jaws just before they chomp together with a slam! His tail-stinger received a powerful nick of the monster's fangs, enough so to throw them into a forced spin!
"Woah! Woah! Ahhhh!" They scream as Stinkfly loses all control! "Mayday! Mayday! We're going down! Eject! Eject!"
Tsuyu immediately receives the message, he can't regain control with this much weight! And so she grabs her siblings, hooking them tight, as she leaps away from Stinkfly!
Her siblings hold the egg just as tightly as they all plummet towards the cold dark lake!
And with a loud splash the four kids are all plunged into the cold brisk water! The force of their fall is so strong that the kids lose their grip on the egg!
Tsuyu's head breaks the surface first followed by her little sister and brother, both of which are coughing for air, and finally a gasping and coughing Stinkfly flails his head over the water, struggling to keep himself afloat.
Tsuyu scans for the monster but instead she spots the egg floating by. But before she can even blink Jonah's boat speeds past with Jonah hanging off the side, scoping on the egg in one fell swoop! "Hahaha! Have it! Now get us out of here!"
As the boat circles around to its next destination the Krakken emerges once again from the depths, pursuing the much faster boat! "RWEEEEEeeeee!"
With Jonah escaping with the egg, Tsuyu hurries to Stinkfly's side! "We gotta hurry! Before they get away!"
"I…can't!" Stinkfly's wings beat against the water but he doesn't so much as move an inch into the air. "I can't fly! My wings are too wet!"
And so with no way to catch up, they can no longer pursue Jonah and get the egg to safety.
Which means…they lost.
As dawn begins to peek out from the horizon Hisashi and Hop Pop are finally able to locate the kids, and they move quickly to get them out of the monster infested waters.
Hop Pop helps Satsuki onto the boat as Tsuyu leaps aboard with her brother in her arms "You kids alright?!"
Izuku, now fully human, pulls himself onto the boat. "Not really, but thanks for asking."
Hop Pop gives him a cold stare. "Well I wasn't asking you."
Izuku gasps, hurt emotionally by the dismissal!
Tsuyu sits herself down on the deck, leaning against the railing, exhausted and drained. "They got away. Jonah…he took the egg and escaped."
Her sister plops down beside her with a concerned frown. "Did he get away? Wouldn't the mommy catch him?"
Samidare shakes his head. "Don't know. She did get hurt so it couldn't keep up for long, maybe."
Hisashi frowns, he still holding onto that electrical spear, now shut off, as he cups his chin in thought. "So we have an injured mother Krakken and a poacher with the biggest score of his life." Now that's a recipe for disaster: an injured monster desperate to rescue its child is dangerous and a mad man bent on greed is just as dangerous.
Tsuyu looks to him for answers. "What do we do now?"
No one has an answer, at least not immediately.
And so even with their recent failure hanging over their heads Izuku tries to instill some encouragement. "We're going to stop Jonah and save that poor egg."
"But how? Our last plan went up in smoke. We couldn't save the egg and now that we have more information it'll be too late. By the time we report it Jonah'll be long gone, especially now that he knows we're out to stop him."
'She has a point.' Hisashi thinks. If he were Jonah and he knew heroes, even hero students, found out about his operations he would book it out of there too. And unfortunately calling for backup is never a speedy process.
Looks like there's only one thing left to do. "Then we skip a few steps." Hisashi announces, drawing everyone's attention. "This time we go straight for Jonah himself. We stop him, we stop his operation, and we save that egg. By. Our. Selves."
Hop Pop scowls, shaking his head he can admire the man's spirit but still. "But we don't even know where he is."
Izuku frowns, nodding and shrugging in agreement. "That's a good point."
Hisashi grins. "I have an idea." He recalls the label on the side of the crate and what Jonah had told his men earlier about a canary. "Hey, captain."
Hop Pop stands at attention. "Yes?"
"Was there ever a factory or some sort of canary in this area?"
"Hm." Hop Pop needs a moment to remember. "There was one up and running decades ago but it got shut down real quick after a contamination spill. Why?"
"Why? Why, because that's where we'll find Jonah."
Izuku sits up as his eyes light up with thought and an underlying sense of a scheme forming in his head.
Tsuyu breathes, her hopes rising, but she's hesitant to believe. "Okay, we know where he is but…he has us outnumbered, he has weapons, and he technically has a hostage." After all he was willing to destroy the egg just to kill them, so who's to say he won't cross that line too?
"We're not outnumbered!" Samidare yells out definitely! "We can help too, sis!"
Satsuki rises to her feet, standing beside her brother! "Yeah! I wanna save the baby too!"
Tsuyu offers up a sad smile, placing a hand on each of their shoulders as she looks them in the eye. "Thanks you two, you're very brave. But it's way too dangerous for you."
The two pout, their smiles fading away into sad frowns.
Hop Pop strolls over offering his sympathies. "You sister's right. We're outgunned and outnumbered."
Hisashi grips the spear as he contemplates what to do. "We need a way to sway the odds in our favor." Like a weapon, or a genius plan, or help from someone that Jonah wouldn't expect. "We need some sort of wildcard."
And just like that the final piece of the puzzle snaps into place within Izuku's brain. "I think I know the perfect thing."
Everyone stares at him wondering what he could possibly be talking about.
Izuku turns to Hop Pop and the kids. "And I need your help to get it."
Hop Pop and his grandkids are rightfully confused.
Tsuyu especially. "What are you talking about? They can't help!"
"Tsu. I won't lie, my plan is crazy, and dangerous but they're the only ones that can pull this off while we go after Jonah."
Tsuyu frowns, uncertain, but she's seen first and what happens when Midoriya gets like this about one of his plans and so far she has yet to truly see them fail.
Hisashi eyes Izuku curiously, like he's trying to figure out the plan if he could somehow read his mind. "Izuku, just what do you have in mind?"
Izuku can't help but smirk. "Have a little patience, Dad. I'm getting to that."
The canary is a large factory sitting atop a lone dock with the lake sitting just twenty meters below. Tied below, anchored before the dock, are two speed boats: the first one is dark and armed with harpoon cannons and the second is white with the logo F.O.F. As for the factory it has clearly been abandoned for decades, unkempt and rundown, but still sturdy enough to house the villains that dare to use it as their base of operations.
Jonah snarls, grinding his teeth as he barks and marches from one end of the open part of the dock to the other. "Hurry it up! We leave within the hour! Hurry! I don't want there to be any signs of us being here!"
"Yes, sir!" His seven goons shout back as they all hurry to pack and carry their supplies to the boats.
"And secure the egg!" Jonah roars, pointing to the large medicine-sized egg that's been locked away into a cylindrical water tank. "I don't want it to slip through our fingers again! Hear me! If we lose it I'm gonna tear each of you apart and sell your organs to make up for the losses!"
Even from behind their high-tech masks and scuba suits one can tell that his goons' faces are riddled with panic and fear. Hurrying to complete their task!
Jonah leers at the egg as one of his men props the tank onto a cart. "I hate the fact we couldn't get the second one, but this baby is worth a fortune just on its own." He carries the tank, eyeing the egg like it was made of solid gold. "After we sell this off we'll be kicking it back seaside in the Bahamas."
Not unless certain individuals have anything to say about it.
For at the same time Izuku, Hisashi, and Tsuyu have snuck their way underneath the high standing dock where a ladder hangs down into the water below.
Tsuyu peers up, she tries to peek through the floorboards but she can't make out anything through the cracks but she can definitely hear Jonah barking orders.
"You were right." She comments to Hisashi as he begins to climb up the ladder behind her. "They were hiding here."
It's Izuku's turn to grab the ladder. "Perfect." He smiles, climbing up. "Maybe my plan will actually work."
Tsuyu makes it to the top, thankful the passage is hidden away beside the factory and away from the goons. "Maybe?!" She shouts in a shed panic! "Maybe your plan will work?!"
Izuku gives her a sheepish grin as he make sit up too. "It will! It will work!"
"It better. Kero."
Meanwhile Hisashi presses his back against the building, gripping the electrical spear tightly while making sure it doesn't make a sound. "Come on, both of you, hurry." He waves them over, signaling for them to hide themselves against the factory.
"It will work!" Izuku whispers back as he places himself in front of Hisashi.
They all quickly scan the area before moving forward, towards the front of the factory. "Trust me alright? I have a feeling that this is all going to work out, trust me."
They round the corner quickly, quickly coming to a stop as they are immediately spotted by Jonah and his crew who just so happen to be walking out of the factory at that very same moment.
The two groups blink and stare at each other for a moment, unsure of what just happened.
Tsuyu slowly leans closer and huffs. "It's going to work out, huh?"
"Please." Izuku begs. "Tsu, not now."
It takes a moment but Jonah finally snaps out of it and immediately turns hostile. "You again?! Rwa! Don't you kids have literally anything better to do?!"
Izuku actually breaks into a smile, albeit a terrified one, but a smile nonetheless. "Now what could be better than stopping a kidnapper and his posse of creeps?"
Jonah scowls, growling as he shoves to the front. "I really have had enough of you, especially of that mouth of yours." His glare hardens so that one could see just how bloodthirsty he is as eyes glow of the hue of blood red. "That's why, I'm gonna rip your vocal chords right out of your fucking throat."
"You know what I think?" Izuku grins, dialing up the Omnitrix. "I think my friend Diamondhead has something to say about that!" And in a flash he transformers! "Here we…go?!" Izuku frowns, staring down at his newest form; the Incursion. "Woops, looks like I got the new guy."
Tsuyu raises an eyebrow. "Um, can you explain how you can mess up your own Quirk like you do?"
He cannot actually. And she can tell by the embarrassed look on his face.
Jonah tsks, his fists clenching at his sides. "You really think you're some hotshit don't ya?"
Bullfrag smirks, folding his arms and leaning back, trying to act suave and cool. "Well, maybe a little."
Tsuyu rightfully rolls her eyes, but she can't stop the smile on her face, while Hisashi snickers into his hand.
"Well I hate to break it to you." Jonah's body shifts as patches of grey scales begin to form, his nails grow out, and his teeth become sharp and jagged. "But you're not the only one around here with a Transformation Quirk, kid!"
Jonah's body begins to crack and convulse, shifting and morphing from within as his muscles bulge and grow, breaking through his shirt. His skull shifts and rearranges itself, the jaw especially protruding out more. His arms stretch as his claws become more defined, his legs becoming muscular as his sharp talons rip through his boots. All the while a layer of thick grey scales envelope his body as a long flat tail sprouts from his lower back. But the most distinct feature is his spine, his spine breaks and shoots out from his back, becoming that of a sail that's blood red in color! In all he looks like a grey scaled Spinosaurus mixed with a human, his red hair is now a streak of scales running down his back and his sharp goatee has merged into a red marking that lies under his lower jawline.
Bullfrag gasps, stepping back in shock and awe. "What the heck? And I thought my transformations were gruesome."
Hisashi nods, gripping his spear. "No kidding."
The humanoid dino Jonah, no, the villain known as Apex grins. "What's the matter? Did you just realize?" Apex's sharp tooth grin widens. "That you may have bitten off more than you can chew?"
He truly is a monster, the Apex hunter of poachers.
Hisashi is actually intrigued by the development. "Your Quirk. I must admit it is quite the sight. And frankly I'm rather curious to see what it can do."
"Hehehe." Apex chuckles, his muscles bulging under his thick clay hide. "Well I'd be more than happy to show you what my Spino Sapien Quirk can do! RWWR!" With a slam of his tail against the dock, Apex launches himself forward, his jaws wide and ready to tear through their tasty flesh! "You'll now see why they call me the Apex hunter!"
Everyone leaps into action with Bullfrag leaping back before Apex could sink his teeth into him! With Apex's attention on the tall frog man, Tsuyu locks onto the egg and tries to jump her way through Apex and his men!
However, Apex senses her intentions, spinning around and intercepting her path with his wide tail that slams into Tsuyu! And with a spin he throws her back!
Bullfrag gasps as Tsuyu's thrown back! "Tsu!"
"Don't look away!"
From behind a pair of strong scaly arms wrap themselves around Bullfrag's neck.
Apex's sharp teeth lean in close. "I want you to see this coming!" His jaws open wide ready to savor the taste of his amphibious catch.
"Hey ugly!"
Apex scowls, peering over to find Hisashi standing before them with the spear in hand.
"Have a taste of this!" Hisashi unleashes a thin stream of flames!
"Rwwwrrr!" Apex wails in pain as the flames sear into his scales, forcing him to release Bullfrag so he could shield himself.
Bullfrag leaps away, falling to his knees as he rubs the base of his neck. "Thanks, that was terrible."
Hisashi helps him up. "Yeah, he's got some mighty sharp teeth."
"Um, I was actually talking about his breath." It smelled like rotten eggs and dried fish.
Apex can feel a blood vessel pop. "Rwwwrrr!" He pounces, leaping up as he brings his sharp claws down upon them!
With a spin of his spear, Hisashi intercepts the claws, using the spear to parry them away.
Apex jumps back, landing in a squatting position, snarling up at the fiery bastard.
Hisashi prepares himself to fight as Bullfrag takes his side, holding the spear at a readied stance.
With Apex's attention on the Midoriyas, Tsuyu takes her chance to retrieve the egg!
The other goons have been standing back for now letting their boss handle the heroes. But between them Tsuyu can spot one of them carrying the egg away in a hurry!
So with too many of them in the way Tsuyu lashes out with her tongue! The strictly pink appendage swiftly slithers and snakes through the goons before wrapping around the escaping goon's leg and giving it a pull, tripping him up!
"Gahh!" The goon goes down, while losing rip on the cart!
The cart swerves to the left before slamming to the side of the factory; the tank containing the egg bounces off, collapsing to the ground with a loud clank!
Tsuyu grins as her tongue retracts but her smile is dashed as the other goons are soon upon her with their spears and harpoons in hand!
"Kero!" She leaps up and over them, landing onto the wall of the factory, and just in time as their spears and harpoons impale the floorboards! "You guys are too slow."
The goon flares up at her, frustrated that she's out of their reach.
"Coward!"
"No good Bitch!"
"Come down here and fight!"
Tsuyu tilts her head to the side, as if to be cocky, but her blank calm expression dashes the facade. "No, I don't think I will."
There's movement out of the corner of her eye, followed by the sound of a cannon!
"Kero!" Tsuyu jumps away just before a large harpoon smashes through the factory's wall like a rock through paper!
From the air she spots that one of the goons has made his way to the boats where he's manning the harpoon cannon!
"Guys! The boats! The harpoon!" She shouts!
Hisashi is struggling to hold Apex off with his spear as the two struggle to push the other back!
Bullfrag uses his Dad's shoulder to thrust himself forward, delivering a precise kick into Apex's face, knocking him back!
With Apex held off Hisashi rushes over to the edge of the dock. "I'm on it!"
After a deep inhale of oxygen Hisashi unleashes a shower of flames upon the speedboats!
The goon manning the harpoon cannon squeals and scrambles away, throwing himself overboard before the flames can get him! And good thing too as within an instant the boats are completely consumed by Hisashi's flames.
Apex's eyes widen as he watches his boats go up in smoke. "You bastard! Do you have any idea how much that all costs?!"
"Nope!" Bullfrag leaps in close, swinging his arm back for a right hook! "And frankly I don't care!"
His fist slams into Apex's skull so hard that one could hear from across the lake!
Too bad Apex barely felt it standing there with the fist pressed against his face. His deadly glare piercings through Bullfrag as a venomous grin stretches across his face.
If Bullfrag could sweat, he would be sweating buckets. "You know I imagined that going better in my head."
"Oh, I'm sure." Apex grins before swatting the fist away and lunging forward!
"Woah!" Bullfrag leaps away as Apex's jaws chomp down in the air!
Bullfrag ducks avoiding the swing of Apex's tail! All before leaping away as Apex spins around and takes a slash at his midsection!
He jumps and dives away as Apex lunges after him again and again with his claws, teeth, and fists!
"What do I do?! What do I do?!" Bullfrag begs, he's not used to this alien yet; so what is he supposed to do?!
Meanwhile, Tsuyu hops above the factory, staying out of reach of Apex's henchmen. "Lick him!" She shouts!
Bullfrag gaps! "Lick him?! I hardly know him!"
"That's not what I meant!"
Bullfrag's face turns red with embarrassment. "Oh." He turns his attention back at Apex, firing out his tongue like a whip!
Apex isn't fast enough to dodge as the powerful tongue slams into his head, forcing him back!
Bullfrag smirks, retracting his tongue. "That worked better than I thought."
And so he tries again, lashing his tongue out like a whip!
Apex snarls, sidestepping and catching the tip of the elastic tongue in his grip! "Can you taste it?" He snarls with a wicked grin, his grip tightening around the appendage. "This is what victory tastes like."
Bullfrag begins to sweat, pulling back against Apex's grip with no luck.
Hisashi fends off a pair of goons, before dashing towards his son. "I'm on my way!" But his path is intercepted by a fresh pair of henchmen. "Damn you. Out of the way!" Hisashi swings the spear forward, charging in to meet them!
With Hisashi held up, Bullfrag is on his own. And it certainly isn't looking good as Apex pulls and tugs on his outstretched tongue, pulling him closer.
Apex snickers. "What's the matter? Gotta frog in your throat or what? What happened to all those snarky remarks?"
Bullfrag so wishes he could talk back but he's literally tongue tied right now!
He glares at Apex and then down at his outstretched tongue before an idea pops into his head! And so Bullfrag releases himself from the ground, leaping forward while using the tension of his caught tongue to propel himself forward like a lure on a string!
Apex can only gasp as Bullfrag's skull comes flying in towards his face! "Ahh!" Apex reels back in pain, letting the tongue go, holding his nose!
"Ahh, my head!" Bullfrag whines, rubbing his skull. "Ow… Note to self, no one wins with a headbutt. Ow…"
"You bastard." Apex growls, rubbing his nose. "I'm gonna punch your teeth in for that! Rwwrr!" Apex reels back his fist but a slender stinky tongue wraps itself around his arm, holding it in place! "What?"
From across the peer Tsuyu struggles to pull him back. "Kero… Stay away from him."
Apex's face twists into a gruesome snarl. "Why you bitch?" He grabs her tongue and pulls, pulling Tsuyu in! "I really have had enough of you all!"
Apex roars as he slashes down at her!
Unable to retract her tongue, Tsuyu scrambles to leap to the side as the sharp claws come flying in! "Ahhh!" She gets nicked as the claws slice the side of her arm!
"Tsu, no!" Bullfrag rushes Apex , springing his feet forward and delivering a flying kick into Apex's gut!
"GAH!" Apex gasps for breath, letting Tsuyu go and giving Bullfrag the chance he needs to grab her in his arms and kick himself off of Apex's gut!
Bullfrag spins in the air, landing on his feet in a squatting position. "You okay?"
Tsuyu nods, gripping her arm as she's dropped to her feet. "I'm fine. It's nothing but a scratch."
"A scratch?!" Apex roars, rushing them with such a burst of speed! "I'm gonna slice you both in two!"
The frogs leaps away avoiding the pair of flying claws but they soon land just at the edge of the pier. The two stare back into the murky water before turning back towards the rest of the pier where the boats burn, where Hisashi is fending off the goons alone with his spear and Fire Breath, and where Apex looms.
Apex lurks closer, his claws hanging low, his long tail snaking behind him. and his jaws in a mad grin. "Hahaha! Look at you, just two little frogs for me to snack on." He licks his sharp teeth with his reptilian tongue. "I won't bother frying you up. I'm just gonna eat you raw."
Bullfrag gulps, readying his fists like a pro boxer. "Sorry, I'd taste terrible."
"Funny guy." Apex taunts with a creepy smile. "Tell me funny man, I want a good laugh, but what exactly was your plan here huh? Was this all some twisted joke? I'm dying to know."
Bullfrag's insulted! How dare he? "You know I'm kinda hurt. I actually consider this to be one of my more out there plans so far."
"Cry me a river." Apex hisses, his claws shimmer with the reflection of the flames and smoke. "Either way it was thanks to your plan that your friends are going to die!"
"You make it sound like that was part of my plan."
"Isn't it?"
Bullfrag's face cracks into a cocky smirk. "Who said my plan was to win?"
Apex's grin falters for a second. "Huh?"
Tsuyu actually breaks into an almost cocky smile too. "Like he said this is one of his more out there plans." She gives her friend a confident yet concerned look. "And I've seen some of his earlier works."
Bullfrag breaks into a smile.
However, Apex doesn't understand. "Why's that?"
"Well, because we have a wildcard… Several actually." Bullfrag adds with a nonchalant shrug. "I just need to show some patience before they got here."
Apex frowns. "Got here?"
Both Bullfrag and Tsuyu break into mischievous grins as they point out towards the lake behind them.
Apex actually goes ahead and peeks around their shoulders only to gasp as his eyes widen in surprise!
Bullfrag's smirk grows even more cocky. "Don't you see Jonah? My plan wasn't to win, I was just buying time."
Buying time for Hop Pop and the kids to arrive.
Hop Pop works the helm forcing his fishing boat to give it all it's got as it speeds through the water!
Standing at the front of the boat's deck are the two Asui siblings and in their hands they hold the second Krakken egg!
Samidare shouts over the whipping wind and waves, clutching the egg tightly as he scans the lake! "Hurry Hop Pop! Faster!"
Hop Pop spits, gripping the helm and pushing the motor to its limit! "She's giving it all she's got!"
Satsuki leans her little head over the edge, peering down at the disturbed water trailing behind them. "She's here! The mommy's here!"
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" She sure is, and the ear piercing screech is more than enough to confirm it.
The Krakken lunges out of the water, chasing after the fishing boat, desperate for its young to be returned!
From the pier, Apex starts, gasping in shock. "You maniac! That thing will tear this place apart!"
Bullfrag nods. "That's kinda the idea."
The fishing boat speeds towards the pier with the Krakken hot on its tail as they approach the dock the boat makes a hard swerve to the left, trialing the beast along! As they turn the Krakken's pearly blue eyes lock onto its first egg laying captured on the pier before its sight locks onto the familiar smelling lizardman.
The Krakken's eyes narrow with a fiery vengeance. "RWEEEEEeeeee!" And so she changes course, charging right for the pier, Apex, and her egg!
Bullfrag inhales before shouting out! "There she blows!"
Thanks to Bullfrag's warning Hisashi sees the beast coming and so he parries an incoming spear with his own before sliding underneath and slipping away!
The goons immediately spin around to give chase but they all freeze in place as a dark shadow quickly comes in from above.
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The Krakken slams itself into or rather through the pier, smashing a section of it into splinters! "RWEEEEEeeeee!"
"Ahhhh!" Three of Apex's men are thrown to the water as the floorboards give out from under their feet!
"Ahhh! Kill it! Kill it!" The goons remaining panic, aiming their spears and harpoons at her!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" With a swing of her head her tentacles slam and grab the goons tossing them into the air!
"Ahhhhh!"
"No! No! Please-Aahhh!"
"Wait! Wait! Wait!"
"Don't eat me!"
"RWEEEEEeeeee!"
Apex can only watch as his men are swiftly and easily defeated, swatted away by the massive beast like pesky flies. "Fucking monster." He growls, claws digging into his palms to the point he draws blood.
"RWEEEEEeeeee!"
Hisashi watches from around the corner of the canary, an impressed smile playing on his lips.
As the monster rampages and thrashes about against the pier the cylindrical tank containing the egg begins to slowly roll away towards the flaming speedboats.
From his position Hisashi quickly spots the egg rolling away towards the inferno, but with the rampaging Krakken in the way he can't reach it!
"Izuku! Asui! The egg!"
Tsuyu nods, turning to her classmate. "Mind giving me a leg up?"
Bullfrag squats down, cupping his hands together while leaving his palms exposed. "Let's do this."
Tsuyu hops up and Bullfrag grabs her foot before spinning around and throwing her on an upward angle! At the same time Tsuyu kicks herself off propelling herself further into the air thanks to the combined power of both the throw and her jump!
Tsuyu spins as she soars in the air, high above the rampaging Krakken who is too distracted by the screaming goons to notice. Tsuyu lands on the other side of the beast and she immediately shoots her tongue out! The sticky appendage wraps itself around the cylindrical tank, catching it before it could roll off the edge. "I have it!"
In the meantime, Bullfrag turns to the water just as the fishing boat passes by 20 meters away. And so with a great demonstration of a standing long jump, Bullfrag leaps and lands atop the boat's deck!
Samidare and Satsuki awe up at the frogman. "Hey it's Bullfrag!"
"Hey, it's Samidare and Satsuki." Bullfrag laughs back before spotting the egg in their hands. "Good work guys." He praises as the kids hand him the large egg. "You did your sis proud that's for sure."
The siblings blush, their eyes sparkling in delight.
Bullfrag turns to address Hop Pop. "Stay back, in case things get hairy."
Hop Pop gives him a salute. "Aye Aye!" And so he spins the helm, turning the boat away from the pier.
And so Bullfrag rushes to the end of the boat, before jumping off and high into the air, landing back on the pier with the egg in hand as the boat sails away.
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The Krakken lets out a roaring shriek as its tentacles thrash across the pier launching the last of the goons away!
Apex watches not only as the inferno consumes his vessel but as an inferno of absolute rage boils inside of him. He watched as his men were taken out, as his prize was stolen, as this monster rips away everything he's worked for. Well no more. "Foul monster."
Hisashi rushes to Tsuyu's side, leading her away from the Krakken. "Nice catch."
Tsuyu nods as she pulls the egg free of its containment.
"You guys good?!"
The two look up just in time for Bullfrag to hop down with the second egg.
Hisashi greets him. "Your plan worked out better than expected."
"Thanks." Bullfrag lifts up his egg, making sure it remains in one piece. "But now comes the tricky part."
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The Krakken whips around in a frenzy desperately searching for its young!
Bullfrag looks to Tsuyu and her egg. "You ready?"
"Yeah." She adjusts the egg in her arms. "Let's make things right."
And so they walk forward, eggs in hand, and with the soul intention of returning them to where they belong.
As the Krakken whips its head around it finally spots her eggs and the two froggy people holding them. She snakes down towards them, glaring, letting out a dangerous low growl. "Rweeeee." Her fangs chatter together as her tentacles slowly snake beside her, ready to snatch the eggs.
Bullfrag and Tsuyu come to a stop as the Krakken leans closer and closer until her jaws are just one lunge short of gobbling them up.
They share a look, take a breath, before gently holding up the eggs for the mother to take.
The Krakken starts, genuinely surprised and hesitant, wary of the frogs' intentions.
Bullfrag and Tsuyu silently push the eggs up, offering them up to the mother, while staring deep into her pearly blue eyes.
The air is tense but it calms, like a mist clearing away and the beast's pearly blue gaze becomes gentle and far more calm as if it can understand the frogs' intentions. Its tentacles slowly and warily reach forward to grab the eggs.
Apex watches from afar his sharp teeth grinding and his fists clenched, his muscles flexing and bulging as he pops a few blood vessels from sheer rage. "I'm gonna skin those brats. I'm gonna slay that monster." His skull, especially, his lower jaw begins to protrude forward, his sail spine grows and cracks as it expands and his claws begin to become larger in size! "Rwwwrrr!"
The calm peaceful Krakken is just inches away from retaking its eggs when suddenly a booming animalistic roar, not belonging to the Krakken, shakes the earth! "RWWWRRR!"
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The Krakken jerks away, bellowing out a painful shriek, as massive fangs bear down into its hide!
Everyone from the alien, to the frog family, to the Plumber are all thrown into shock and awe as a dinosaur sinks its teeth into the Krakken's flesh! It would seem that there was more to Apex's Spino Sapien Quirk than any of them had first thought!
Apex has transformed from a humanoid lizardman into a massive Krakken sized Spinosaurus-like creature! The dino-like creature is far from an accurate representation of a real Spinosaurus but it has all the trademarks. From the giant blood red sail on its back, the long tail designed for aquatic life, massive hind legs and muscular forearms, and with the signature long snout and jaws filled with rows of razor sharp teeth. Its grey scales are rough like sandpaper as a red streak runs down its back with the pattern of Jonah's goatee laying under its jawline.
"RWWWRRR!" The gigantified Apex unleashes a thundering roar across the lake, throwing its head back in challenge!
The Krakken's blue eyes widen in shock and surprise. However, she is a mother, a mother out to protect her young and no trespasser on her turf is going to steal her brood! "RWEEEEEeeeee!"
She slams her skull into Apex, pushing him back against the pier before she clamps down on his muscular forearm!
"Rwwwwrrr!" Apex screeches angrily, swinging his open claw forward for an upward slash!
The Krakken spots the attack coming, lunging away before snapping its jaws back at the monster.
Apex evades the bite before slashing again but she's quick backing her head away in the nick of time before pouncing forward!
Apex stops her, grabbing her by the neck but struggling to keep her back as she snaps at his face, trying to tear it off! Her tentacles lash forward crashing into his skull, forcing him to let go!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The Krakken stays back, keeping its distance, and has its tentacles lash forward, attaching the dino-monster.
Said dino fends off the tentacles, snapping at them with his massive jaws and fangs.
From atop the pier Bullfrag, Tsuyu, and Hisashi all watch on in horror as the behemoths fight it out! The teens cradle the eggs tightly, backing away quickly as Apex's giant body crashes through part of the pier!
Apex snarls, his tail slams against the pier as he spins around to meet the Krakken! "Rwwwwrrr!" Turning himself sideways he body checks the lunging Krakken away!
The Krakken's thrown back, losing its balance, and its defenses down, Apex bites down on its neck!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!"
Apex's teeth sink in further as he pulls and swings the creature around and tosses her aside!
The Krakken skids across the muddy water with a shriek before Apex's massive talons come bearing down on it, pinning it by the head and into the shallows!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!"
Tsuyu gasps, clutching the egg worriedly. "She's not gonna win! He'll kill her!"
"That's not happening." Bullfrag passes his egg off to Hisashi. "Here take this."
Hisashi takes the egg with a frown, eyeing the battle and considering hopping in himself but with his Quirk at such a disadvantage he won't be much help. "Then you take this." Hisashi reaches out to hand his son the shut-off electrical spear.
Bullfrag eyes the thin rod hesitantly.
Hisashi shrugs, shoving it forward. "Just in case."
Bullfrag nods, snatching the spear out of his hands.
Tsuyu steps forward, handing her egg off into Hisashi's free hand. "I'm coming too."
Bullfrag frowns down at her, concerned. "You sure?"
Tsuyu looks him right in the eye. "Yes."
That's all he needs to hear. "Alright then." He turns towards the water. "We'll be back."
Hisashi cradles the eggs, carefully, watching as the teens step closer to the end of the pier. "What are you going to do?"
"Anything we can." And with that the two amphibians hop to it; diving headfirst into the water and taking off for the battle.
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" At the same time the Krakken is desperate to free itself from Apex's grasp!
However Apex is not about to let it get away, pressing down hard as its claws dig into the creature's flesh. Apex hums a haunting laugh mixed with a growl as his large snout breaks into a cocky smirk.
"Kero!"
Apex's eye widens as the green frog girl from before hops into view just inches from his eyeball!
"This will hurt!" Tsuyu yells out before slamming her feet against the monster's eye!
"Rwwwrrr!" Apex bellows in pain his eye searing in pain. "Rrrwwwrr!" out of frustration he swats his massive claw at the girl but she uses his own body to leap away in time!
From behind Bullfrag leaps out of the water with the spear in hand. Activating the spear so that the top half glows with electricity, Bullfrag pounces and stabs Apex's backside with a painful shock!
"Rwwwrrr!" Apex spins his head around and upon spotting the frogman he snaps his head back, trying to catch Bullfrag in his jaws!
Acting fast Bullfrag fires out his tongue that hooks itself onto Apex's sail and like a friendly neighborhood frogman he swings away before Apex's jaws slam shut!
While swinging around Apex, Bullfrag calls out for his partner! "Tsu!" And without waiting he throws the spear high into the air, parallel to Apex's turned head!
Having swum down into the water, Tsuyu builds momentum before launching herself out of the water and catches the spear mid-flight!
And so as gravity brings her down she aims herself right for Apex's shoulder blades and with a single motion the spear pierces through Apex's thick hide!
"RWWWRRR!" Apex thrashes around in pain, he's far too large for the weapon to do any fatal damage but it still hurts!
Tsuyu clings to the spear for dear life, being thrown around as Apex flails, thrashes, and spins around desperate to shake her off!
"Ah!" Tsuyu loses her grip on the embedded spear, and all before it could be activated!
As she falls Bullfrag swings by, his tongue attached to the dinosaur's sail again, and swoons in to grab Tsuyu before crashing into the water.
As the two escape to the water's depths, the Krakken rises back to its feet, shaking its head of mud and grime now that Apex is too busy trying to rip the spear from its back to no avail!
Dazed, injured, and bloodied the Krakken decides to retreat for now or to at least back off and compose itself for another strike. And so she dives away under the waves in a retreat!
Apex gives up on the spear just in time to spot the Krakken swimming away. But fueled by rage and a damaged sense of pride Apex gives chase by diving into the water after her! His spine protrudes from the water like a sail, as its whole body snakes through the water like that of an alligator, with its tail swishing from side to side propelling him forward!
From beneath the surface he soon catches up to the injured creature.
The Krakken is able to make out the monster's shape even through the muck and so she spins around to greet him with a snarl! "RWEEEEEeeeee!"
"RWwwrrr!" Apex slashes down at her while his maw open up wide!
Tree-trunk sized tentacles fire out to meet him, tangling themselves around the monster's neck and arms!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!"
"RWwwrrr!
Thundering roars and ear splitting screeches echo across the lake as the beasts clash! Wrestling and brawling within the depths of the lake!
Hop Pop brings the boat alongside the pier. "Where's Tsu?! Where she'd go?!"
Satsuki scans the pier for any sign of their sister. "Where's Mr. Bullfrag?"
Hisashi jumps aboard, handing each of the kids an egg. "They're out there."
Hop Pop starts, spinning around and gazing out to the distance where a clash of titans is occurring.
Waves crash and roars echo through the air as the two giants clash and entangle in a gruesome clash for power!
Hop Pop's breath hitches. "Tsu…they're both…in THAT!?"
Swimming down under the crashing waves, Bullfrag and Tsuyu keep their distance, watching in shock and awe as the beasts clash and tear into each other, both sinking closer and closer to the lake bed.
"Tsu. Where's the spear?"
Tsuyu quickly looks for it before spitting the sheen of its metal exterior. "There!" She points towards the dino-monster's back where the spear is lodged between his shoulder blades.
Bullfrag peers around, forming a plan. "Alright, I think…I think if we can activate that spear and get it to taz the jerk that'll knock him out cold."
"We'll have to be careful, though." Tsuyu warns. "Or we'll get fried too."
"But it's a risk we have to be willing to take."
"If we want to save the poor animal." Tsuyu swims forward, leading the way! "Then we have to!"
In the meantime, Apex slams his claws down onto the Krakken, presses the injured mother against the muddy lake bottom. He shoves her down, pinning her tentacles with one claw while using his massive foot to pin her tail down! With his prey immobile he goes in for the kill, his jaws opening and aiming to slice through her neck!
From behind the two froggy teens shot through the water like torpedoes! "STICKY TONGUE LASSO!" In simultaneous succession their tongues shoot out towards the monster's jaws!
The tongues wrap themselves around his jaws, and with a pull seal his giant mouth tight!
As Apex shakes his head to try and get rid of them, but he's struggling and he can't use his claws otherwise the Krakken will escape!
While pinned, the Krakken watches as the two strange frog creatures come to her aid, she watches as they desperately cling to their tongues, trying to keep the intruder's mouth sealed.
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" With new found strength she rips her head free of Apex's grip and her tentacles race up and grab him by the neck! "RWEEEEEeeeee!"
She spins around, pulling Apex along with her, and tossing him straight into a pile of sunken logs!
"RWwwrrr!" An agonizing wail thunderous from within the dust cloud as broken logs, mud, and algae envelope the Spinosaurus!
Bullfrag's and Tsuyu's tongues retract, having released Apex as the Krakken began to swing him around. They smile and grin thinking they won when Apex suddenly rushes past!
Apex's tail swishes through the water, propelling him up towards the surface in record time.
Bullfrag cheers! "Ha! He's running away!"
Tsuyu frowns as she eyes Apex's current trajectory. "He's not running away." Her eyes land back on the pier in the distance. "He's going for the eggs! And then he's gonna run for it!"
There's no time to lose! They both kick forward as fast as they can, pushing themselves to the limit but with Apex's head start and his ease of mobility through the water there's no way they'll be able to reach him in time! He's gonna try to take his eggs back, cut his losses, and run off with the Krakken's young!
All because they won't get there in time! They're too slow!
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The mother Krakken roars from behind as she too pursues the thief but like them she won't possibly make it in time either!
As they desperately try to close the distance Tsuyu cries out for Bullfrag! "Launch me!"
"What good will that do?!" Bullfrag shouts as they cut through the water! "How am I supposed to throw you?!"
"No, launch me!"
After a moment, he understands and so he spins around until his legs are aimed at the retreating Apex rather than away. Tsuyu quickly circles around pressing her feet against his!
And so Bullfrag uses his powerful legs to launch Tsuyu at an upward angle they both cry out in unison! "LILYPAD SPRINGBOARD!"
And so with the combined power of both their powerful legs, Tsuyu fired right out of the water, soaring through the air like an arrow shot from a crossbow!
And with that burst of speed the escaping Apex is quickly within reach of her tongue.
Tsuyu locks onto the spear, embedded just past his sail, while his body curves and snacks through the water's surface.
Her tongue lashes out, whipping past the massive sail before wrapping itself around the spear! Tsuyu quickly maneuvers her tongue, even as she's dragged along by Apex's speed, her tongue desperately feels around before finally resting atop the activation switch.
And so with a victorious grin Tsuyu presses down on the switch before letting the spear go!
Sparks dance off the spear as the tip glows blue with the surge of electricity and then.
"RWWWRRR!" Apex unleashes an intense agonizing howl as sparks of electricity fly off his body from within!
Electricity surges through his entire being, sparks dancing off his water soaked scales, amplifying the shock!
"RWWWRRR!" Apex thrashes for release, for release from the agonizing pain, and with a twist of his back the spear is pried out against his spine!
The spear deactivates as it falls and Apex catches his breath as his body sparks and smokes.
"RWEEEEEeeeee!" The furious Krakken has caught up and while charging in at full speed she delivers one hell of a strike by slamming her thick skull into Apex's!
And with a giant splash and a loud clash Apex goes down! Waves crash around him as his body rises to the surface, unmoving, and out cold.
It appears that the wild Apex has fainted. If the swirling of his eyes are anything to go by.
The Krakken backs off, wary of the floating mass in case he is simply trying to lower her guard.
However, Apex's body begins to shrink and shrink becoming that dino-human hybrid form and then finally vanishing altogether into his more familiar form as Jonah Melville.
Bullfrag and Tsuyu let out the breaths they didn't know they were holding.
"Hahaha." Bullfrag leans back, allowing himself to float in the water. "Hell yeah. We got him."
Tsuyu breaks into a wide grin before spotting the high tech spear floating by.
In the meantime, Jonah's unconscious body begins to wash away but the tip of a long harpoon reaches down and hooks itself against his torn pants and belt, before hauling him out of the water.
Hop Pop grips the outstretched harpoon, locking it in place along the railing. "Look I finally caught a monster of a catch!" He laughs, hanging Jonah's limp off the deck's side.
Tsuyu sighs as she climbs aboard the fishing boat. "Hop Pop, please don't ruin the moment."
"Hahaha." Bullfrag chuckles as he comes up behind her.
"You guys did it!" Satsuki cheers, adjusting the egg in her arms.
"So, cool!" Her brother awes, holding the second egg.
Bullfrag and Tsuyu break into smiles glad to see that everyone's made it out relatively unscathed.
"Rweee…"
Everyone pauses as a low growl hums from behind. The crew slowly and calmly turn around to find the mother Krakken towering over the boat.
No one panics, no one even gasps or shouts, and this includes the creature who watches them all with interest and with a mix of trepidation as if unsure if it can fully trust the frogmen and humans.
Staring into her pearly blue eyes, Bullfrag immediately understands her plea. And so he gently gestures for the kids to come forward.
The kids hesitate, cowering away but a soft smile from their older sister gives them courage. "It's okay. She just wants her babies back."
And so the two summon all their courage they can muster and step forward, eggs in hand. Tsuyu grabs her sister's shoulders and Bullfrag supports Samidare and they all approach the edge of the boat.
The Krakken slowly lowers her head to greet them, her eyes starting through to their souls and her tentacles snake from behind as if in anticipation.
The Asui sibling takes a breath before they use all the strength they can to lift the eggs into the air for her to take.
The Krakken is hesitant, still unsure of them, however its tentacles slowly slither forward, the tips hesitantly opening up towards the eggs. She waits, eyeing them in case they pull anything, but with a final huff she takes back her young.
The kids break into huge smiles as do Bullfrag and Tsuyu while the Krakken examines her brood for any signs of harm. When she finds none she turns back to the boat and gives what appears to be the smallest of bows. And so with a flick of her tail and with her eggs tight in her embrace she dives sinks away back into the deep, disappearing beneath the muck and algae. Off to raise her young in peace.
"I'm telling you! There's a monster out there! The Krakken! It's real!" A fuming Jonah begs for anyone, anyone to listen to him!
The officer tightens his grip as he carts Jonah into the police escort with the rest of his goons. "You know buddy, you are aware that you have the right to remain silent, right?"
"I'm not making this up! You have to believe me! It's out there! Listen, I'll-I'll cut you in on the profits when we kill it!"
"Oh, sure." The officer laughs. "Then we can go hunt Bigfoot in America." He shuts the door and addresses the driver. "Take him away."
"I'm not joking! Wait! Wait! Listen to me-...!" And Jonah's shouts fade into the distance as the police escort him away from the town docks.
As for our heroes, they watch from a distance, regrouped by the Rustbucket to bask in their victory.
Izuku breaks into a smile as she watches the police cruisers pass by. "And there he goes."
Satsuki frowns, curiously watching the cruisers speed away. "Where are they taking him?"
"Where animals like him belong." Izuku breaks into a wide grin as he delivers the punch line. "In a cage!"
"HA!" Hop Pop laughs, slinging an arm over the boy! "Good one, boy!"
Seated on a nearby stump Tsuyu rolls her eyes, groaning, but she can't stop the playful smile from forming on her lips.
"Hey." Hisashi approaches, holding the high-tech spear in his hands.
"You going to keep that?" Tsuyu asks, eyeing the spear.
"I kinda like it. So I might." Hisashi admits with a grin. "But I came here to talk about something else."
Tsuyu sits up, ready to listen.
"I wanted to say thanks for your help. Things could have gone differently if we didn't have you today."
Tsuyu breaks into a smile. "You're welcome. But I didn't do it alone."
"You know you're really good."
"Pardon?"
"A lot of heroes they're, what you would call, lone wolves. They team up when they have to but they are hardly in sync with their allies or are so willing to team up in the first place. But you fit right into a team setting so well. You're calm, you can assess the situation and quickly come to a logical conclusion, and you're able to keep those around you calm and level headed. You can switch from support to the lead effortlessly. That's a great quality for a hero to have."
Tsuyu's eyes sparkle, her smile widening and becoming bashful thanks to all the praise. "Thanks."
Hisashi smiles back at her and they both turn away, watching as Izuku plays and celebrates with her younger siblings.
Tsuyu's smile turns soft as she watches Izuku smile away. "I didn't want to say it before and there wasn't really a good time but…I'm glad you two made up."
Hisashi starts, dreading where this conversation may be heading.
"When I found out you…left. I saw, well everyone saw, the way he acted." Tsuyu frowns, recalling just how sad her classmate seemed to be around his father during Parent's Day. "We could all tell that you two weren't getting along."
However a peaceful smile soon graces her lips once again. "But after what I saw today." She looks to Hisashi for an answer. "You two really trust each other, huh?" She's been witnessing it all day. "You trusted his plan and you supported him all throughout, you were there having our backs but also guiding us in the right direction." From advice, to plans, to allowing Izuku and her to take the lead when the situation called for it, but he was always ready to jump in if need be. "In all I'm glad to see you two getting along after all…" She smiles as she watches her friend and family smile and celebrate. "When there's no one else who believes in you, your family will still always be there."
Hisashi's smile turns somber and sad, one filled with regret. But his eyes burn with a need, a need to do better. "I was forced away, but that's not an excuse. The truth is that I did leave and now that I'm back I've promised to guide Izuku as best that I can. I-I know letting him fight giant monsters isn't exactly parent of the year but giving him the chance to grow as a person and as a hero is the best way that I can make up for all that time. And so I'll continue to support him no matter what."
Tsuyu smiles at the promise, knowing full well that he'll keep his promise.
"What are you two talking about?" Curious about their conversation, Izuku approaches.
Tsuyu, as blunt as ever, tells him straight up. "We were talking about you, actually."
"Really?!" Izuku suddenly becomes very self-conscious and nervous. "Well, uh, what did you say?!"
Hisashi's smile becomes a playful smirk. "Oh, she was just saying you looked really cool out there today." He wiggles his eyebrows in a teasing way. "Your new form really impressed her."
Tsuyu tucks away her face becoming blank as she freezes in place.
Becoming very flustered and embarrassed, Izuku shouts out! "Really?!"
Hisashi breaks into a fit of laughter at his boy's expense! "Hahahaha!"
As Izuku tries to compass himself, Satsuki grips his hoodie, grabbing his attention.
"Um, Mr. Midoriya, sir?"
Izuku kneels down so he's at eye level with her. "What's up?"
"I was wondering," She shys away before finding her question. "What's going to happen to the mommy now?"
Izuku blinks.
Hop Pop steps in to clarify. "She means, what are we gonna do about the beas-...Krakken now? We can't let it go around unsupervised can we? Especially if it's gonna have its own tadpoles running amuck in the lake."
Tsuyu eyes her grandpa; not trusting his motives at all. "Weird. I thought you'd be happier. You would be able to hunt three Krakkens rather than one."
"Yeah, well." Hop Pop turns away all embarrassed and grumbling under his breath. "What kind of monster would I be if I tore that family apart?"
Satsuki beams up at him, grabbing his leg in a hug. "Hop Pop."
The old frog chuckles, squatting down and returning the loving embrace.
Tsuyu turns to Hisashi for guidance. "But he has a point."
"Yeah." Izuku agrees. "Is there anyone we can call?"
Hisashi thinks about it before answering. "There is, actually."
Izuku gasps. "No way?"
"Oh, yeah, there's a whole team that specializes in studying and containing creatures like her." He aims his thumb back at the RV. "I actually have their business card stashed away somewhere." Where exactly? He can't remember but he knows it's in there.
Hop Pop stands back up, clapping his hands together, grabbing everyone's attention. "Well, Midoriyas, do you wanna stick around for breakfast? The local diner's breakfast ain't too shabby if I say so myself!"
Samidare lights up! "Yeah! Come with us!"
"Yeah! Yeah!" His little sister cheers!
Izuku grins down at them, accepting the offer. "Well how can we say no to that?"
As does Hisashi. "I'd love to eat before we get back out on the road."
Izuku freezes. "Huh? We're leaving?"
"Yeah, well, we're kinda behind schedule. Sorry, kiddo but summer break won't last forever and there's still so much we gotta see and do." They actually should have left already but hey they had important work to do. "So I'm afraid we'll have to set out afterwards."
Hop Pop nods, folding his arms together as he slowly nods. "I understand but for now breakfast is my treat."
The kids cheer out at once! "Yay!"
"Oh!" Hisashi strolls over towards the Rustbucket. "Before we eat I want to look for that card. I would rather make the call sooner rather than later."
"I can help." Izuku offers before addressing his classmate. "We'll catch up."
Tsuyu nods, grabbing her siblings by the hand and leading them away. "Right. We'll see you there."
And so Hisashi leads Izuku towards the RV. "Thanks, Champ. We're looking for an orange and yellow card." He grips the handle and gives it a push. "I really hope it's in the glove box…"
Hisashi trails away as he finds that he walked into a rather awkward scene.
Graph paper litters the floor as do several sets of multi-sided dice along with booklets featuring mythical monsters and a calculator.
^Wap wap. Wap-bzz bop!^
Kraab glares at Chopper from across the floor. "What?! Seriously?! A gelatinous cube?! Oh, come on, there's no way! You just tossed that monster in just now, didn't you?! You just want to see my character die!"
^Bop bop!^
"Don't deny it! I know you're lying!"
Izuku steps in, baffled by the sight. "Have you guys been playing D&D the whole time?!"
Kraab blinks up, finally noticing them. "Oh, look the fun's over. Darn and here I was hoping you guys drowned in the lake."
"Don't be like that." Hisashi chides stepping over their game. "You guys would have missed us."
And so ignoring the bots, Izuku and Hisashi begin their search for the card, checking every nook and cranny that they can for it.
"Sooo what happened to you two?"
"Hm?"
"You guys catch anything good?"
Izuku and Hisashi share a look and smirk before turning away. "Naw."
For some reason Kraab feels like they're lying.
After searching for a minute Izuku's curiosity begins to show itself the more and more they search. "Hey, Dad. These specialists, do they have a name?"
"They do actually but I can't really remember what it is. I know it was something kinda goofy. Hm…what was it?" Hisashi tries to recall but all he can vaguely reverb that it had something to do with a day of the week. "They were called the Mystery…Mondays? The Freaky Fridays? The…The…"
Izuku frowns, finding the suggestions curious, but as Hisashi lists out more he tries to offer up his own answer. "The…Secret Saturdays…?"
…
Hisashi spins away, shrugging like it's no big deal. "Oh, well, guess we won't find out until we find that card!"
And so they continue with their search and after a while Izuku begins to worry that they might be a little late.
In the meantime Tsuyu sits with her family at the local dinner. They've been waiting patiently for a little while now.
The dinner is relatively quiet with just them, a few other patrons, and the waitress making up the restaurant's current population. A small little radio plays a soft slow sea shanty from atop the dinner's bar giving the place a white noise sort-of background noise.
Tsuyu sighs, waiting for them to appear. 'I wonder if they found it yet?' If they do that'll be great and maybe the Krakken and her babies can live here in peace.
But peace never lasts especially as the peace and quiet of the dinner is ripped away. The radio screeches and static can be heard as the broadcast of sea chanties are shut down and replaced by an emergency bulletin.
A woman's voice calls out from the radio. ["This is an emergency broadcast!"]
Everyone in the dinner sits up, listening intently to the warning.
["We have received reports that there's been a prison break at Kuin Prison."]
Several gasps escape the patrons, and even Tsuyu finds herself gasping in total surprise. A prison break? How? Nothing like that's happened in years?!
["The prisoner has somehow evaded recapture as of now. The authorities warn that this individual should be considered armed and dangerous. Normal civilians should not approach and contact their local police and local heroes immediately."]
["Details are unclear on how the prisoner escaped, but authorities expect a third party to be at play. However, that cannot be confirmed nor denied at this point in time. Again I repeat, be on alert for the escaped prisoner. The escape should be considered armed and dangerous."]
Tsuyu's heart is pumping. 'Armed and dangerous?' Just who was it? What kind of villain is there that could escape a high max prison? 'Who escaped? And how?' She can't help but wonder.
["The prisoner's name is Akai Kitou!"]
THE PREVIEW:
Izuku: Time for the preview, again! I guess. Wow, did you see that?! What a day, huh?
Bullfrag: I'll say. It felt like a lot if you ask me.
Izuku: I know maybe we should stop off somewhere a little quieter next time.
Bullfrag: Yeah, I bet you'd love some peace and quiet right?
*PHEW! PHEW! CLANG!*
Bullfrag: What was that? Oh, geeze, I think the Rustbucket lost a wheel!
Izuku: Gah! Oh, man. The AC's on the frits again, too! Dang it!
Bullfrag: No offense but this old girl's a hunk of junk.
Izuku: I know but Dad says, "it's not how the car looks but what's underneath it that matters."
Bullfrag: Yeah, that answer sounds like a lot of bullcrap.
Izuku: That's because it is.
Izuku: Looks like we gotta get her fixed. Look, there's a mechanic!
*BOOM!*
Izuku: Ahhh! The garage! It blew up!
Both: Next time: Ch.51 Pitstop!
Bullfrag: My man. You really need to learn to keep your chill…
**New Opening Theme!** So if you've been wondering why Drag0n5on hasn't written up a new OP for this arc yet, that would be because of me. I wanted to give my own shot at an OP for this story. But because of how late I've been with previous chapters I never got around to finishing it until now, so I hope you guys enjoy it. Also you will find that some characters have been silhouetted out in the OP that is because I wanna hide spoilers for now and they will be revealed as this arc goes on.
The song for the OP is from Cannon Busters. Not the best show but I liked the intro song :Showdown."
***New artwork by "Voidv25" on Deviant art called "Henzu(Monster)" it's great! Finally you guys will have a full on visual and image of what Henzu A.K.A. Nue looks like! Woah! I worked closely with Voidv25 on this one, even provided my own draft of Henzu as reference. So what you see is how I imagined Henzu to look like.
This story has a TV Tropes page so feel free to check it out.
*While I was talking to one of my "editors" we were trying to figure out what to do about Jonah's (Apex) Quirk. And during the same conversation I mentioned that it'd be cool if there was a giant monster fight. And then my brilliant "editor" had the genius idea of taking a One Piece character's power.
(Look up Page One from One Piece).
And so Jonah's Quirk became "Spino Sapien!" Now to be clear he is not at all an accurate representation of an actual Spinosaurus but hey that's why the Quirk's called Spino Sapien, and not Spinosaurus.
*In my original plan (the one I worked on back in November/December) Izuku wasn't supposed to get a new alien but in more recent months I changed my mind. Hence why Bullfrag is now part of the Omnitrix's arsenal now.
*Speaking of new aliens. Not every chapter is gonna have a new alien. That being said, because I know a lot of you are gonna ask. Upgrade will not show up in the next chapter. I know:
"Boo! Boo! We want Upgrade! How could you?! Ahhh!"
Well before you curse me out, why not hear me out? The reason Upgrade won't be appearing next time is because I have a waaaaaayyy better idea on how he'll be introduced. And trust me when it happens you will be so happy that I waited to include him. Trust me.
*The Secret Saturdays. Yes they do exist in this universe. No, I don't actually have a plan for them. I have no ideas as of now and if I do use them it would at least be for a brief chapter or two. But I wanted to keep the possibility open in case I wanna use them later down the line (not during this arc but in a later one maybe).
*Lake Nal Hutta is named after the Star Wars planet "Nal Hutta." Which is the home world of the Hutts.
*So. I have noticed that I may have gotten really lazy and forgetful with PMs and responding to reviews. So please if I failed to contact you or even thank you for a review within a week please feel free and PM me for a response. Especially if you asked a question or had something you really wanted to share. With so many reviews I sometimes miss a few of them.
Responses for "Guest" reviewers from Ch.49:
Farouk: Being quirkless since four
Being beaten by bakugou and his lackey with their quirk for decades
Being mocked, taunt, and harassed by everyone
Being told and even threaten to gave up his dream
Being torment because of trying to help others
He doesn't have the chance to fight back
No one wants to help him
His father never been there for him
His mother maybe love him but never support him
His mentor told him to give up
No one ever tried to encourage him
And it all happened for a very long time
And you all wonder why did he crying to much
Why he always nervous
Why he always stutter
Why he always tried his best even though it's unnecessary
Why did he tried to do the impossible
Why he always be kind and polite
Why he wants to help them even though they hate him
Because the most tortured soul have the kindest heart
Because he turned his flaw into strength
Because he wants to get stronger to gain his happiness
And now you know why
CreateGunner1209: Yes yes know we know
Atom king: Well this chapter have everything in it, references to gravity falls I wonder if izuku will keep the hat, but the mystery of the campsite with the a scary legend surrounding it, the character building between izuku and Bakugou on how they both feel unworthy about heroes that the best part of the chapter for plus having Bakugou get a full taste of reality that no matter how better you think you are there will be others who can do it better.
The teamwork the two use while fight the Moshi monster and the fun Gus is great showing that the two are starting to rebuild their friendship it's a slow build but it's a rebuild nonetheless plus I think it's a great parallel to Hisashi and endeavor since their friendship is broken.
Can't wait for the next chapter with the lake monster and I wonder who else from UA is going to join in the adventure, personally I hope it's Tsuyu that shows up in the next cause I think it's a perfect scenario for her join in.
CreateGunner1209: I'm happy you liked it so much. From Fun Gus to Bakugou and Izuku. And I sincerely hope you liked what this chapter had to offer from the Krakken, to Tsuyu, to Jonah/Apex.
Guest: Huh was hoping Bakugo and Rath would meet this chapter. Also Bakugo is right, it is Deku's fault for screwing up the exam. Question, will you ever incorporate that Plant Dragon from the protector of the Earth video game into this story? It'd be cool to see it
CreateGunner1209: Like I said things had to be cut out from the chapter because I was originally planning for that to happen. And it will at some point just not now.
Also Plant Dragon? I'm afraid I am not familiar with it, I never played
Acceptable Ghost: Another amazing chapter, it was worth the wait. The villain was definitely interesting and it would be interesting to see more of him in the future. Also, it is nice seeing some character development between Midoriya and Bakugou.
One thing that caught my mind is how Heatblast would easily overpower Dabi. He could just absorb his flames, and from how you wrote your version of the power he would get stronger. That could change the Training Camp attack. But considering how you've written the story so far, I'm sure you will change something up.
CreateGunner1209: Thanks, glad to hear it was worth it! And I am so glad to hear that Fun Gus was so well received, not gonna lie I was nervous but it paid off. Yeah I will be changing up the summer camp, not in gigantic ways but they'll still be significant changes.
DeadCool14: Yeah, Wildvine! I loved that Groot reference XD. Also will he also have that camouflage power he used in The Visitor?
Yeah! Character development! Also another missed opportunity to show Kirishima's moms
I wasn't asking about Clyde Five too, I don't really mind if he's added or not, I was just pointing out episodes in which Aunt Vera appeared
Shame that Komori didn't show up but I get it, she really couldn't have done much since her Quirk would've been counterproductive.
And yeah for Diamondhead I meant the ramps and this watch?vmLAJRgZmPgA 2:35
You didn't answer this last time so I'm gonna ask again: Can you please add the Volcano Thieves and the Wild Villains to the story? I hope this doesn't come off as pushy or anything I would like to know if you either won't or you'll consider it, I'd just like a concrete answer. Sorry if I annoyed you.
wiki/Pop-Up_Trivia these have pop up trivia from episodes of the Classic Series, it has a lot of cool stuff and fun facts about the characters and the world, as well as answers to some plot points.
Are you gonna do a Ken 10 chapter?
I loved that Big Belly Burger reference but shame that it wasn't Burger Shack and that he didn't order chili fries.
Will Nanomech have the squeaky voice he has in canon?
Does Hisashi have an invulnerability to fire or at least some resistance too it?
There's one thing I don't understand, does the Omnitrix have two buttons instead of one to pop up the faceplate?
Does Hisashi smoke? To like help train his Quirk or something?
Will you give Todoroki a proper hero name? You don't have to tell me what it is, just if you're gonna do it or not.
If Henzu isn't Kevin then why did he have an 11 on his padlock necklace and his bandana during the USJ? Will that mean something later on or was it just for references?
In 5 Years Later they made Mole-Stache Scottish because Brainstorm already had a British accent, which honestly would fit since Mole-Stache's go-to move is punching; will you do that?
I think I just figured out why you gave Mina empathic powers and why she's part of the group now. Not a hundred percent sure but I got a good theory as to why.
Yeah that was my idea, but honestly I also wanted to ask if you could make The Ice Pack Big Chill and Uraraka's kids, like Necrofriggians can reproduce asexually but can also reproduce with others via osmosis so that the pregnancy goes faster. Because Glacier's look gives me some serious Uraraka vibes. wiki/The_Ice_Pack this is the 5YL wiki, it shows all of them since some of them didn't appear in the video.
Will Deku get the Tenn-Speed?
Could have a scene of Deku saying that he has very distant relatives in America and one of them is named Ben, and when you do your multiverse fanfiction Ben would mentioned that Deku reminds him of a distant relative of his in Japan? As a joke/reference to how they added new members to the Tennyson family out of nowhere, like Clyde Five, Grandpa Max's brother, sister-in-law and nephew, Sunny and Gwen's brother Ken.
CreateGunner1209: Hahaha! Yup I snuck a Groot reference in there! Thought of it as I was writing that fight actually. As for camouflage I am debating on that because Ben only used that once and then never again soooo not sure how to take that.
Meh, Kirishima's parents weren't needed for this besides I had to cut stuff out as mentioned in ANs (I think). Either way things had to be missed.
I am not all too familiar with the Volcano Thieves or Wild Villains (well I know them better thanks to Horikoshi's previous works). As of now I have one idea for Wild Villains but I make no promises because that would be straight up filler. And I have no plans for Volcano Thieves nor do I really have a desire to use them.
As of now, No Ken 10 chapter and if I did it would be for the spin-off.
Nanomech's voice is up to you. Like how I leave the image of the alien up to the reader, same for the voice. But personally I imagine him with the squeaky voice anyway.
Hisashi does not have a resistance to fire, just a tolerance to it.
As for the Omnitrix having buttons…IDK I thought it was a pressure system type deal
Yes Hisashi smokes but it is not because of his Quirk it was a habit he fell into. I was going to reveal this later during more tense and stressful times in the story
I was not planning on giving Shoto a proper hero name. Otherwise I would have by now
Okay Henzu "IS" Kevin just with a different name. Henzu is Kevin's doppelganger from a parallel universe (does that help?). He is Kevein but he was born in Japan rather than America and hence has a japanese name.
Mole-stache is an alien I may skip over all together if I can't fit him. And no I wasn't planning on making him scottish
As for the Ice Pack idea…I will not. Sorry but I don't even want to do that chapter I am only doing cause everyone wants me to (it will be pure filler)
I was not planning on Deku getting the Ten-Speed. He doesn't really need it when you can become several aliens that can either fly, move at superspeed, or when you have access to a spaceship. Plus I can't picture Deku riding a motorcycle like that anyway.
Nope! No references to Ben himself whatsoever! Don't want him in the story and even if I leave a tiny possibility that he exists people will beg for him to appear and I will have nothing for him to do so I rather not. Same goes for other Tennysons.
DeadCool14 (again): Please can you have this be Shinso's parents?
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Yeah you should watch it, it's amazing.
Can you have Ditto say Yakko Warner and 1987 Raphael lines, since he's voiced by Rob Paulsen? Like these: watch?vZlQSBb_7X5k watch?vysmBaTGewno also maybe break the fourth wall from time to time?
Will you have Uraraka do her fist pump more often? She often punches the air upward in celebration or to cheer someone on. You can see why on a flashback on the newest episode of the anime.
Oh and speaking about her, this is what I mean about her Kansai accent:
""She nodded, and scrunched her hands in front of her. "I know. I know you'd never become an evil villain like that, Izuku, but hearing you continue to stand up for Bakugo and defend him, think about how I feel. All I've really seen him do or be is be mean to yah or bully yah or attack yah. He told yah to kill yerself, and then insulted yah after yah rushed in tah save him. Sure he ignored yah afterwards, but after yah got inta UA alongside 'im 'e thought yah were a worthless bug that 'e could smash whene're 'e wanted. 'e tried to attack yah on our first day after ye'd broken yer finger fer gosh sakes! Ah can't undahstand why ye'd still go tah bat fer 'im aftah all 'is actions were villainous, not heroic at all!"
Izuku was staring at her, and Ochaco took in deep breaths. That had worked her up, but she was glad that she finally got that off of her chest. If today was a day of laying things out in the open, then this was just one more. "Ochaco…" Izuku began, his mouth widening and his stare becoming something of wonder. "You… have an accent."
"Eep!" the mouse known as Ochaco squeaked as she covered her face with her hands. "I'm sorry! I've tried to keep it hidden since I got here. I didn't want anyone to think I was a country bumpkin 'cause I was from Mie."
"No, don't," Izuku quickly amended. "I wasn't insulting it or anything. I was just surprised. And, well… it's kind of cute, actually." Ochaco uncovered her eyes. He was scratching his cheek again and looking at her bashfully, and the girl felt her heart squeeze. "You don't have to hide it when we're together if you don't want to."
He's not makin' fun o' it! He thinks it's cute! Ochaco, yah lucky girl!
"Uh, thanks, Izuku," she answered, not expecting this sudden turn. "That means a lot tah me. But don't think ye've escaped answerin' wha' Ah jus' said now, yah hear?""
It's from a fanfiction from AO3 called The Future Briefing Island by Shire_Folk. It's really good you should check it out.
CreateGunner1209: Honestly that's what I liked too but I had to cut stuff out during Parent's Day. But I do plan for parents to gather again at UA at a later time so maybe I can show them then.
Yakko Warner lines are a good idea.
As for fist pump I'll try but if I feel like it doesn't fit during situations then it won't happen. Oh and that makes sense but that also looks like way too much effort just to acknowledge that she's from the country side. My autocorrect is gonna go crazy if I do that too. But thanks for clarifying
Shark: Awesome chapter, this made me want to watch Kipo and the age of wonderbeasts even more lol. Can't wait until the next update
CreateGunner1209: You should it's great!
Jakesurfboy: Hey pretty good chapter, glad to see that Wildvine is now on the team and the way you made the villain was pretty good you wrote Fun Gus perfectly. And like I said last time don't worry about getting this on time I know what it's like to work more in the summer, now that I've graduated High School I'm working more days instead of just weekends so I know how it is. And yes Kung fu Panda is a Excellent movie and trilogy. Also I've got to say I'm loving how many movie and show references you keep putting in like the mystery shack,it doesn't feel forced since their brief and it just makes the story more interesting. Calling it now but I predict Ripjaws is next to be unlocked in the next chapter, how many aliens are you going to give Izuku because if you wanted to give a bunch now in your own arc would make the most sense because it's how you wrote and not trying to fit it into Canon story but I can't wait to see the next chapter
CreateGunner1209: I'm glad to have Wildvine too! Been wanting him to join for a while now. And I'm glad you like the easter eggs and cameos, theta re not meant to be complex and only use them when they actually fit in, I will not force an easter egg/cameo in if it seems out of nowhere. Also Izuku already had Ripjaws it's just been a while since we've seen him. And actually originally I wasn't planning on giving Izuku a new alien this chapter but a while back I changed my mind hence Bullfrag. And one main reason for this arc is to introduce new Omnitrix aliens and if you read the OP then you would know that more are on the way.
Guest: I loved this chapter. The dynamic with Bakugo and Deku was great. But i have a question, why didn't Deku unlock any alien when Bakugo touched or is that for later ;)
CreateGunner1209: I suggest you reread that scene carefully next time because Bakugou's entire hand was encased in fungus.
Dreadbot: I love this chapter I thought it was pretty funny when baka goes all deck you at the campfire and I loved how you included fun Gus I think is a very funny character and I like how you combined him with mushroom brain I loved how you introduced wildVine he is my second favorite Ben 10 alien first being hetblast I love this chapter can't wait to see where you go next please keep writing
CreateGunner1209: This is so great to hear! I was ready for people to be split on this chapter but so far it's been positive!
Guest: 4 things
1 so Hisashi has just turned into Grandpa Max at this point…love it
2 you can't NOT do On the Open Road! Make it an Omake but please do it ask the person who's openings u always use Dragonson (love those)
3 Actually do we have a new opening coming or are they slacking
4 Can't wait for the next chapter I'm loving the little previews at the end when Izuku talks to an alien u should do one with Wildmutt that would be hilarious
CreateGunner1209: 2. So I will have to do some Omakes soon so I will keep this in mind.
3. IDK if you saw my AN but I asked Dragon5on to back off on the OP for now because I wanted to try one. But I was late on it because I was trying to get the chapters out on time.
4. Thanks I might keep them or at least use them for this arc
Dreadbot (again): Again: I forgot to mention I like the super Mario references he had in there especially a part about crushing the goombas and getting coins out of it also the implication that fun gus was a creation of the doctor from the league of villains is interesting can't wait to see where you go with it please keep writing
CreateGunner1209: Glad you caught the reference.
Guest: I like this chapter personally i like this new relationship between bakugou and deku. Im mot goona lie I don't understand why deku be nice with him all the time and never tried to defend even one single time
CreateGunner1209: Thanks, glad to hear it! And yeah I can understand that sentiment
Guest: Great chapter real one of my favorites. But I have to ask will we be seeing Vilgax or the league setting up there alliance during this arc or will that be after? Also will there be any other new aliens during this arc?
CreateGunner1209: We will in a little while, sorry I sort of miss timed when they should be meeting for the story to make sense. I ain't a professional and even though I try to plan things out I can only do so much that I can. I will say that next chapter we will at least see Vilgax again. And hell yeah there are going to be more aliens on the way
One Above All: Deku finally develop and turning into a badass looking hero but some fan still treated him like shit. Still think he just a wimp and bakugou can beat him. Underestimate Deku.
Some author even keep writing story about deku being forced to be a sex slave, rape by class 1a, be a pet to Midnight, uraraka been stolen by Bakugou, been humiliated right Infront of his friends.
Deku got the development that he deserves but unfortunately he doesn't get the fandom and respect he deserves.
CreateGunner1209: People will hate what they hate my suggestion is to move on. Soem people gotta just hate things that are popular like how Lucario is hated because he's overused. Kinda the same deal: people hate things that are popular. Or they don't understand or they have some weird fetish.
Newborn miracle: Does all for one know about aliens?
CreateGunner1209: No
Guest: Who are the main casts favorite aliens? Here my guesses
Deku - Diamondhead or Four Arms
Iida - XLR8
Bakugo - Heatblast
Uraraka- Rath
Ashido - Wildmutt
Shinso - Ditto (only because it amuses him to see the clones bicker and fight)
Hisashi - Heatblast
Momo - Diamondhead or Grey Matter
Tsuyu - Wildmutt
Shoji - Four Arms
Kirishima- Four Arms
All Might - Diamondhead
CreateGunner1209: I'd say that's very accurate.
Guest: What an astonishing and incredible fight. Please continue writing
CreateGunner1209: Thanks and I will!
Guest: Will you be doing a time travel chapter like Ben 10000. Because that was one of my favorites.
CreateGunner1209: I suggest you read "Special Announcements" chapter
Guest: Sabes sería jenial que armodrilo aparesiera durante lzuku y sus amigos ban a rescatar a bakugo y que ditto aga lo mismo que eco eco de tranformarse todos debulta en izukus y atacar con diferentes aliens ala vez y que henzu pierda su forma mutada al redimirse
¿Anda que los solo uno de los hijos de big chill se quede solo uno por favor solo uno porfabor?
¿Oye me párese que humungusaurio ya espero bastante tiempo para apareser no crees ?
¿Sabes me acuerdo que water Hazard puede producir tanta agua fría como hirviendo
No recuerdo si aclarastes eso y si izuku ya lo sabe pero que no se te olvide?
Sabes un movimiento especial para el este sería su movimiento final que sea maremoto expulsa una colosal ola de agua del tamaño de un edificio lo cual inunda todo y noquea a su oponente
Un movimiento para RATH rígido el ase eso un potente rugido super sónico que aturde y le permite atacar y que RATH aga las poses de jotaro primero son mis favoritas
Sabes sería genial por acidentalmente kirisima se convierte en un híbrido petrosapien humano por una faya del omnitrix ¿ Podrias aser eso ?
¿Sabes no me acuerdo si Big chill también puede controlar hielo que no es suyo como por ejemplo si el estubiera en el polo norte podría detener una avalancha asiendo que se quede quieta sabes si pude Aser eso ?
CreateGunner1209: It would be cool but I have other plans and trust me I think you're gonna like them. Also i don't think Ditto can canonical do that split personality thing like Echo Echo can.
I wasn't planning on any of the Big Chill babies to stick around. They wouldn't serve any purpose really
And Humongasour will keep on waiting. I have a place for him to appear but it won't be during this arc
And thanks for the other suggestions and idea, I can't promise anything now but thanks fro sharing.
And no Big Chill can't manipulate ice
Beast Boss: Deku the character who always get bad luck and abuse in the series for no reason.
Get threaten by bakugou at the first episode.
Told to kill himself
Being told to give up by all might.
Being scolded by pro hero while katsuki get praised.
Being humiliated by Iida Infront of other during the exam.
Being dragged and scolded by aizawa at the first school day Infront of his classmates.
Nearly being killed by bakugou during hero training.
Momo state that his not good enough.
Everyone see him as a prey at cavalry battle.
Lose to todoroki.
No pro hero wants him as intern.
Nearly gety captured by a nomu.
No one knows that he beat stain with todoroki and Iida
Everyone thinks that hero name is weird.
Forced to team up with Bakugou to beat all might.
Bakugou nearly want to beat him up again.
Shigaraki scared him.
Get punched In the nut by a brat.
Nearly got killed in fighting muscular.
Iida punch him.
Nearly get bodied by toga disguise as camie.
Bakugou pick a fight with him.
He got punished for fighting even though it's bakugou fault.
His classmates disappointed and mock him.
He got his ass kicked by a naked weirdo.
Sir nighteye think his worthless.
Sir nighteye think his gonna die.
He got kicked out from the dance team.
Everyone thinks he wasting time even though he actually is fighting gentle criminal.
Hound dog pounce on him.
CreateGunner1209: It because the story is about overcoming struggle. Spiderman is the same way heck Stan Lee said Spiderman is his favorite to write because he can have such bad things happen to him for the sake of story and the readers able to connect with his struggle. The same goes for Deku
Guest: Is mineta is gonna make sexual statement about wildvine tentacles
CreateGunner1209: Perhaps but honestly I'm not comfortable with writing it
Guest: Can't wait to see class 1a rath and wildvine
CreateGunner1209: Same
Guest: The next alien should be upgrade he can upgrade their support item this could help hatsume and power loader
CreateGunner1209: Sorry but nope. All aliens are planned out ahead of time and I have the perfect spot for Upgrade to show up. Serisouly it is so good that you will be so thankful that I waited to include him. And no it's not the next chapter.
Insert name: I didn't really like Kipo that much, too idealistic for me (which is saying a lot, considering Steven Universe is one of my favourite series), but I do remember the episode with Fun Gus being one that I liked, and this chapter made him even more terrifying, in my opinion.
Cool, Wildvine is in! I prefer this alien for plant-based powers, since I didn't really like Swampfire that much as it felt like just a combination of Wildvine and Heatblast. Also, overuse. I prefer the underdog aliens, like ChamAlien, Spitter or Fasttrack.
It seems like the Krakken is next. I remember being an ad about Ben causing mischief in a camping ground in which he transformed into it. I know it's not probably going to make it, but it would be cool for Izuku to scan it. Then again, he already has Water Hazard and Ripjaws, so it would be a little unnecessary.
Also, I just started a rewatch of TMNT 2012, so I inmediately caught that reference in this chapter.
CreateGunner1209: I prefer Wildvine too and yup the Krakken has arrived! What'd you think? And although he didn't scan the kraken (which he can't because it's not an intelligent being) but we got Bullfrag now.
Oh and thanks I think you're like the second person to catch that TMNT reference. it's one of my favorite funny scenes from that show :)
S1Ayer4fun: Y'know sometimes I think that aizawa dislike towards deku is kinda unfair. I mean we have one boy who are so perveted towards girl, one with electric power that can fried his own brain that leave him defenceless, one who just can't stop shouting and get angry towards his classmates but they are rarely get scolded by aizawa but Deku on the other hand seems to be monitored by aizawa 24/7 heck he act don't give a shit when Deku get punched In the ball.
CreateGunner1209: I always took Aizawa's problem child stuff as a sort of "you cause trouble but I like you" kinda nickname. Besides he doesn't dislike Deku like at all I don't get that vibe. Sure maybe I haven't gotten that across that well but in canon that sure not how I see it
Guest: I just have this crazy theory. What if the reason why Izuku is short was because he doesn't reach puberty yet I mean this kid is so innocent af and too obsessed on hero than the regular hormone teen always see.
CreateGunner1209: Or, and this is crazy, maybe his genetics just make him short? I know I know that's a really out there theory but I think it has ground to stand on.
