See the wait wasn't that long, right… Right? Well, anyone this one is as per usual another long one. Sorry I get too ambitious with these chapters. So, heads up this is of course another Ben Ten inspired episode but like the last one I took some creative liberties for one of the characters; you'll know which one when you see them.

***ATTENTION!*** Also it has come to my attention that many readers think the Road Trip Arc is just filler. Well, I would argue that around 90% is not. Why? Cause elements from every chapter whether it's minor or major will reappear throughout the rest of the story. Some might have small roles later and others will affect the story and/or characters in different ways. Basically, a lot of the Road Trip Arc is setup for later chapters, events, arcs, and plot points. They just haven't fully played out yet. Key word being YET.

*There is a side story that is canon to this story, and it is called "Heroes Never Die; It's Hero Time, Anytime." You will find an assortment of one shots that take place in the canon of this main story.

*This story has a TV Tropes page so feel free to check it out.*

*Disclaimer I do not own the rights to Ben 10 or MHA.*


"Yeeeaaah! Haha Ha!" A speed boat races atop the ocean's dark surface with only the moon and starry night providing any light off its surface while a tall, muscular thief laughs defiantly into the night. "Haha Haha! So, long Japan's prison system! And hello to the bikini clad babes of Hawaii! Haha Haha!"

The thief is wearing a black, full body wetsuit with shoulder pads, accompanied by gray gloves and armor-like boots. He has a pale, noseless, white face with grooves under the eyes, sunken eye sockets, and the lower jaw pushed underneath the upper region, giving his face the appearance of a skull. Adding to this are blue eyes with white pupils, red markings on the cranium, a wide set of lipless teeth, and a gold, armor-like piece surrounding his entire lower head. He also wears a belt with his face's design.

Hanzo Suiden drives the speed boat forward with a maddening grin. "We're home free now boys! Haha Haha!" In his free hand he raises up a heavy duffle bag that weighs down like it was filled to the brim with rocks.

Suiden's two partners grin back at him from the front of the point. One being a young man of average height and build, and ash blond hair. While the other has the appearance of a humanoid shark, possessing a fin along with sharp teeth and a long jaw. His eyes are yellow, his skin is light blue, and his hair is dark blue in color.

"Your plan was genius, Suiden!" praises Oxy-Man. "We should've done this a long time ago!"

Sharkyonara agrees. "Yeah! Now this is a killing, unlike that last job Giran handed us."

"That won't happen again, boys!" Suiden reassures while scanning the horizon. "Starting today we take what we want. No more handouts! No more heroes. No more League of Villains! And no more overpowered teenagers!"

The two break into wide toothy grins.

"Now be on the lookout! I don't want any stinkin heroes sneaking up on us!"

The two goons respond with an enthusiastic salute. "Aye!"

And they race off into the night, putting as much distance as they can between them and the heroes. They've actually been cruising along for a good while now to the point that Japan's shores can't even be seen. And the boat's GPS unit can confirm that they're far from any dock. All the while they all keep a lookout, looking for signs of ships or heroes that they'll have to avoid.

While looking out to the horizon, however, Sharkyonara spots something odd floating in the distance. "Hey? What is that?"

"Eh?" The others peer over and do a double-take as they take in the icy sheen of the almost mountain-like object floating in the middle of the ocean.

Oxy-Man stares up at the ice mountain in shock and awe. "Is that a glacier?"

Suiden breaks into a devious grin. "Eh. Perfect." He redirects the boat and takes off for the glacier where he pulls up beside it, and anchors them to the icy mass.

Suiden states. "This is perfect, we'll float along with the glacier until we get clear." They'll let the current take them, it'll get them away from Japan and they can save their fuel supply for their boat.

"Good idea!" Oxy-Man hops atop the glacier, nearly slipping on the snowy-icy surface.

"For sure." Sharkyonara pulls himself atop the glacier as well. "We can hide out here for a while, especially with our Quirks."

"Exactly!" Suiden agrees. "For now, let's check out the new digs."

They go ahead and climb up the rest of the glacier, making their way to the top. The top is mostly flat with a few, seemingly smooth masses of ice poking out from the icy surface.

The three trudge forward, having themselves a look around. Sharkyonara heads towards one of the nearby masses of ice only for the ground to give out from underneath him, shattering away with a crack.

"Waaah!" He screams out in surprise as he free falls down into the glacier, coming to a fast stop as he hits something hard, causing a loud metal clank to echo out!

He shields his head as the overhanging ice layer shatters away creating a small crater inside the glacier.

Suiden and Oxy-Man rush over to see what happened.

"Quiet idiot!" Suiden chides angrily. "What if Selkie or Gang Orca are out looking for us?! They might have heard that!"

"S-sorry." Sharkyonara moves to push himself up but stops as his hand presses down on something smooth and cold to the touch. "Hm?" He feels up the metallic surface, sweeping away the shattered ice.

Oxy-Man tries to see what he's up to. "What are you doing?"

Sharkyonara waves them down. "Check this out!"

Suiden and Oxy-Man share bewildered looks, but they don't hesitate to slide down the side of the crater to join their partner. They hurry over and find that Sharkyonara has dug out some kind of weird futuristic-looking hatch from inside the glacier.

Oxy-Man pokes at the hatch. "What is that?"

The devious grin on Suiden's face says that he has an idea of what. "Today might just be our lucky day, boys."

"Huh?"

"There might be some long-lost treasure in there. Or some secret government weapon." He moves to open the hatch. "And if there is, someone's gonna pay a pretty penny for it."

He raises his hand, manipulating water to spring forth from the ice and ocean to form a watery gauntlet. He slashes his arm down, tearing the gauntlet into the hatch and ripping it open!

Suiden smirks victoriously but he along with the others are taken back as fog and steam pours out from the hatch along with a tall slender figure who is clearly a woman tumbles out with a groan.

The woman collapses to the ice, seemingly weak and exhausted after being so rudely awoken.

Oxy-Man backs away as if the woman was hazardous. "What the hell?!"

Sharkyonara is just as confused. "It's some dame!"

"Yeah." Suiden eyes her form, his sneer becoming lecherous as he kneels down to greet her. "What's a wallflower like you doing here?"

She doesn't answer and instead peers up at him with a trio of thin rose-pink pupilless eyes.

"Giving me the cold shoulder? Is that really a way to thank your saviors? Why not reward us with a kiss? Haha!"

Her thin narrow eyes glare back, insulted by his callousness.

But Suiden merely smirks back in return. "What's with that look? Relax, we're just looking for a bit of fun." He reaches out to touch her.

In a blink of an eye, she has his hand locked in her grip, as she glares a hole right into the villain's skull.

Her thin slits for eyes glow within a pink aura.

And before Suiden can even react he finds himself slammed into the ground by invisible force, hitting the ground so hard that it cracks and breaks under the weight.

Oxy-Man and Sharkyonara are taken back by the woman's unprovoked attack.

"You bitch!" Oxy-Man lunges at her. "Rah-BLEH!" He's taken out, smashed into the wall by a chunk of ice that seemed to move all on its own!

Not sure what's happening, Sharkyonara cowards away. "Waaah!" He scrambles up the crater and out onto the glacier where he takes off back towards the boat.

He can see it, he can jump and he'll be on the boat!

But as he's about to jump, he finds himself surrounded in an eerie rose-pink aura. It's like a veil that surrounded his entire being, making him weightless yet paralyzed. Unable to move despite how much he struggles or flails his arms about.

He's spun around, coming face-to-face with the creature's intensely dangerous glare. "P-please! I-I was just doing what I was told!"

"Then do as I say." She scowls, as if finding his mere presence disgusting. "Where can I find the Omnitrix?"

Sharkyonara quivers in fear, his brain unable to work or process what she said.

The woman scowls in anger and launches him away!

"Waaaahh!" He screams into the distance, presumably to land back into the ocean.

"Useless." She spits in frustration. "Like most humans."

She scans the horizon and quickly comes upon the villains' boat. She approaches it, hopping aboard the vessel and having a look around. She quickly discovers the GPS unit, before noticing the stuffed duffle bag seated beside the steering wheel.

Curious, she pulls up the bag and opens it up to find a collection of diamonds stuffed inside; each one gleaming under the moonlight, mirroring the stars.

She quickly concludes that they were stolen, and scowls in disgust. "I hate thieves." She approaches the side of the boat that's away from the glacier. "Betraying their own people. Taking what isn't theirs." She takes the bag and drops it over the edge, allowing the bag and its contents to plop into the ocean, washing away into the dark depths. "Never earning anything for themselves."

Meanwhile, a bruised and bloodied Suiden remerges from atop the glacier. He glares down at the woman, summoning a mass of water to engulf his arms in terrifying gauntlets of water.

He lunges at the woman, aiming to strike her down while her back is turned.

She spins around and stops him midair, surrounding him in a pink aura.

Suiden is at a loss for words, his claws are inches from the woman's head, yet she doesn't even flinch. She shows no signs of fear, treating him like an annoying bug that's done nothing but buzz in her ear.

"Thieves." The woman growls, pulls him closer, keeping him in place like he was a statute. "They should all have their hands removed." She slides her four-fingered hand across his still watery gauntlets. "Wouldn't you agree?" She asks, not caring for his answer in the slightest.

As she grabs his wrist, Suiden unleashes a blood curdling wail that echoes out into the night sky. "WAAAAAAaaaahhh!"


Cannon Busters Opening - Showdown

(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, and Wildmutt.

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, Bullfrag, Cannonbolt 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.

Rojo folds their arms together and smirks as the camera rolls past.

Sunder raises his axe at the ready.

A Techadon 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 Rojo below! Rojo 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!)

Gran Torino zooms past, his grin wide, as he slams his feet into the Techadon! The Techadon 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 Sunder soars after her. Sunder his axe 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, Tsuyu, Hatsume, Kaminari, Jiro, Tokoyami, Shoto, Mina, Hagakure, and Ochaco!

You don't wanna show out

Close up of a smiling Hisashi.

Cut to a closeup of Chopper.

Cut to a closeup of Kraab.

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, Chopper, and Kraab posing before the setting sun, their shadows casted far off over the ground towards the camera.

(Illustrated by CreateGunner1209)


Ch.58 The Visitors

The Tavern of High Charity, an oasis, a rest stop for aliens to hang out and be themselves before moving on with their travels. It is usually a bustling place with swarms of aliens partying it up, drinking, or just purchasing supplies. It's the kind of place where you're bound to meet all sorts of characters.

Too bad that's more of the night scene, as the mornings are as different as apples and oranges. The Tavern is well lit with soft amber lights, it's quiet, relaxed, and with very few patrons milling about enjoying a quiet Saturday morning. The Tavern is more like a regular family cafe than a bar with how peaceful it is; the perfect setting to enjoy a nice warm breakfast.

Coincidentally, the Midoriyas are doing this themselves, or at least half of them are.

A clearly grumpy Hisashi Midoriya just radiates an air of irritation, his gaze cold and furious, as he chomps down into his eggs like they personally aggravated him before drowning them in scalding coffee.

Sitting across from him is Izuku who nervously watches on as Hisashi takes his annoyance out on the poor eggs and hash browns. Not wanting to provoke him, Izuku just sits there sipping on his blue milk. Apparently, the tavern didn't have any regular milk so they gave him this, and honestly, it's not that bad. It kinda tastes like blueberry yogurt with a hint of peach.

"This is so lame!"

Izuku casually peers down at Kraab, who's bodiless head is propped onto the table.

Kraab makes his displeasure known. "I thought you guys said we were going to a nightclub?! Not this! This is so boring! Where's the music?! The dancing?! The BOOZES!?"

Izuku sighs, putting down his glass. "Did you really think they'd have all that stuff when it's only 10 o'clock in the morning?!"

"Well, not at first." Kraab admits. "But then I thought: oh, maybe these guys are actually cool! That they were gonna party, no matter what time it is!" He visibility deflates. "But no, you guys are just as stuck up as I thought you were."

Izuku frowns at that. "You begged us to bring you here, you know."

"Yeah, but that's cause I'm bored!" Kraab's voice drips with sad disappointment, so much so that if he could shed tears then he would be. "After you humiliated me, and turned me into nothing but a head, you bastards locked me up and kept me in the glove compartment! It's not just humiliating but it's boring! I'm essentially a hostage who can't even pick his nose!"

"YOU DON'T HAVE A NOSE! Also, you're technically under arrest since you are a criminal."

"Shut up!" Kraab snaps back, with imaginary tears in his eyes. "You know I used to be somebody. I was a killer, an assassin, a bounty hunter. I was feared and respected across the galaxy, traveling the stars for the biggest and baddest bounties out there…"

Izuku could only imagine said bounties Kraab's targeted and places he's gone. "Huh, that actually sounds pretty cool."

"It was!" Kraab shouts out before deflating again into his depressing slump. "But look at me now. All my personal upgrades and modifications are all gone. Ripped away and turned into molten scrap by some prepubescent boy!"

"Now that was uncalled for!"

Kraab ignores him, however, as he continues to sob about himself. "I'm without purpose! My rep, my career, all down the drain. I mean who would hire a bounty hunter that became a teenage virgin's hood ornament?!"

Okay if Izuku wasn't offended before, he sure as hell is now. "I'm right here you know!" He yells out with an embarrassed blush.

But Kraab ignores him, continuing to sulk in his own pity party.

Izuku watches him closely, feeling just a little guilty. He may be or was a bounty hunter, a contract killer for hire, but now he really is nothing more than a decorative piece that can talk.

His guilt gets the better of him and so Izuku tries to see if he can at least cheer the android up, even just a little. "Did…did you like bounty hunting?"

Kraab peers up at Izuku, he is hesitant to answer but after a moment of consideration and seeing no harm in it he goes ahead and humors the boy. "Of course, I did! What kind of question is that?! When I was a bounty hunter, I was living life on the edge, doing what I wanted, when I wanted, taking down targets like a badass just because of it!" He pauses, reconsidering his last statement. "Well actually if the price was right, I mean."

"That…sounds cool." Izuku plays along, ignoring the fact that Kraab was indeed paid to kill. "So those modifications you mentioned."

"What about them?"

"Did you really make them yourself?" Izuku is genuinely curious about this, after all it's not everyday you have a cyborg locked away in a cabinet.

"I sure did!" Kraab confirms with a boast. "I don't mean to brag but I'm something of an engineer myself. I mean nothing like that pink-haired freakazoid but still."

Izuku assumes that the pink-haired freakazoid is the one and only Mei Hatsume. "That's still really impressive though."

Kraab's ego instantly inflates. "Of course. It's what separates me from the rest. Cause of my cybernetic body I was able to adapt faster than anyone else, I could take on any situation with every upgrade. I was evolved, evolved to take on nearly every target!"

Izuku can't help but point out how untrue that is. "Until me that is."

Kraab would drop his head if he could. "Yeah…until you that is…"

Realizing he made him feel bad again, Izuku tries to reel the conversation back. "But I still can't believe you turned your entire body into a machine. Talk about willpower. You must have been really into the idea."

Kraab…doesn't outright acknowledge Izuku's statements. He's hesitant, turning quiet, taking a pause, losing himself to his thoughts. "Yeah…I guess."

Izuku frowns at Kraab's lack of response, finding it both curious yet concerning. "Um, hey, Kraab?"

"Yeah, what now?"

Izuku awkwardly taps his fingers together, trying his best to word his next question. "Why… Why did you become a Bounty Hunter?"

"Why did I?" He stops to think, mulling over it himself while staring out into the distance, lost in the few memories he does have.

Izuku instantly feels guilty, thinking he might have brought up some long forgotten traumatic or even sad memories. He really wants to pull the conversation away but doesn't want to force it in case he were to upset the bodiless cyborg any further.

And so they sit, Izuku goes back to finish his drink while Kraab stares off into the distance.

By the time Izuku is ready to call it quits on the conversation, it's actually Kraab that manages to pull him back into it.

"So, um," Kraab coughs, clearing his throat. "What's with him? He wake up on the wrong side of the bed or something?"

Izuku peers up back towards his Dad who is still in a grouchy mood while angrily tapping his fork against the empty plate.

Kraab almost finds Hisashi's irritated expression funny if it weren't for the fact the Plumber might take his anger out on him if he were to say anything. "He looks like someone threw his favorite Hawaiian shirt into the toilet."

Izuku can't help but sheepishly smile at that. "He's been like that since last night."

"Really?!" Now that's a surprise for Kraab. "What crawled up his butt?"

"I don't know." Izuku admits, trying to recall when it happened. "All I remember is that he got a text during all the commotion yesterday." But since Izuku had his dad's phone on him pretty much the whole day, Hisashi didn't see it until they called it a night. "When I gave him his phone back it was there and ever since he read it, he's been like this." He gestures to the irritated Hisashi.

"What was on that text that offended him so badly?"

Izuku gives him a shrug and a shake of his head. "I have no idea. All I got was that he was gonna meet with someone today. Apparently, they wanted to "catch up" or something like that. So, we're gonna meet them somewhere nearby."

Kraab reflects over the info, leaving him with only one question. "Wait. Who's the guy we're meeting?"

It's Hisashi that cuts in and responds, answering in a low, almost threatening voice. "A true-blue bastard of a man." His fiery gaze is able with a righteous fury, his expression grim and vindictive, like a man who's out to get revenge no matter the cost. "And after today, I'll finally show him what's what."

Izuku and Kraab both let out silent gasps! 'Are we going to a GRUDGE MATCH!?'

Did Endeavor challenge him to an all-out fist fight in some random back alley, away from prying eyes?! Is it some old Ex-Partner whose back for revenge after he betrayed the Plumbers?! Or did Principal Nezu text him saying they need to talk about pay cuts?!

Hisashi shoves himself up from his seat, his chair scraping against the floor loudly. "We should get going, we're meeting up here in the Adachi-district." There's a dark look in his eye, similar to a mobster who, after years of searching, finally tracked down the rival gang member that shot his wife and kid. "I don't want to keep the bastard waiting so we'll get there early." A creepy, almost psychotic grin stretches across Hisashi's lips. "I wanna get a good look at his senile face when I show him up."

Izuku's heart stops at the sight of his father's face, shivering in place as he holds Kraab in his hands.

Both of them watch on as he leads them away with only one raging question in their heads. "Just who is this guy?! And what did he do to you?!"


Meanwhile, Ochaco is strolling on through another part of the Adachi-district with its narrow winding streets, run-down buildings, and general lack of people whether they be human or otherwise.

"I can't believe I'm in Tokyo!" Ochaco beams before falling into a state of sulking. "Too bad it's nowhere near the sights."

And instead, she finds herself in probably the sketchiest part of town where nobody comes out except for maybe during the middle of the night. And even then, you'd be lucky to come across anybody.

"Whatever. It'll be fine. Besides, I'm almost there."

She checks her phone's GPS to make sure, yup she's almost to the meeting location, the Candy Barrel. Apparently, it's some shabby bar-like place that specializes in sweets, candy, and the like. It's also the only reason Ochaco willingly came to this part of town; who can say no to all you can eat sweets?

As she scrolls though her phone an alert pops up; telling her that she got another new message.

Ochaco frowns, her eyes dripping with uncertainty as her finger hovers over the play button. But she swipes the message away, adding it onto the unread pile. All under the name: All Might.

Ignoring the guilt and confusion riding up inside of her she continues on. And soon she finally arrives in front of the creaking old building that looks like it might tip over during the next windstorm. "Looks like I made it."

"Well look who decided to stop by." A gruff yet amused voice calls out from a nearby bench. "How's it going girly?"

Ochaco waves over to him. "Hey, long time no see! How've you been holding up?"

"Not too bad, not too bad."

Ochaco strolls over, taking a seat beside him. "So, you wanted to talk?"

"I did but let's wait a minute. I'm waiting for at least one more to show up." He scowls in annoyance. "Tch. But they're freaking late, typical."

Ochaco sheepishly smiles, a sweatdrop sign at his response. "One more?" She frowns, becoming hesitant and somewhat nervous as a hit of guilt boils up inside.

Taking note of her question, he gives her a very curious frown. "It's not who you think it is. Besides this one's really nothing special." He breaks into a devious malicious grin. "They're just some no good punk that I had to set straight. Hehe."


Hisashi stomps forward, grinding his teeth, his back hunched, and hands stuffed into his pockets. Even with his red Plumber suit on he manages to look like a delinquent who's out and about, just looking to pick a fight.

It's so off putting, Izuku makes sure he stays several paces behind.

Izuku has himself a look around and notes that there aren't any people about. But in all fairness many of the buildings look run down and condemned most likely to be torn down and rebuilt at another time by the city. So, for now they just sit, silent and empty. But either way if there were people about then they certainly are the types to keep to themselves; not wanting to draw attention whether it be from heroes, criminals, or police.

Izuku picks up the pace but again makes sures he stays far enough back from Hisashi; not wanting to give him any reason to be provoked. In doing so Hisashi unintentionally races ahead and around the bend, leaving Izuku's sight for now.

While Izuku picks up the pace to catch up, a pair of thin rose-pink eyes disdainfully watches him from atop a nearby rooftop before slinking back and out of sight.

Kraab lets out an exaggerated sigh. "This is so humiliating." He deflates while strapped to Izuku's back with a spare duffle bag strap that they used to tie around him.

Izuku peers back at him from over his shoulder. "What's the problem?"

"The problem is that you're carrying me around like a backpack!"

"Well how else am I supposed to carry you around? At least this way people think you're a really shiny fanny pack or something."

"How is that any less humiliating?!"

"It's…not." Izuku admits with a sheepish grin, feeling guilty but yet finding the whole thing kinda humorous.

Kraab sighs again and deflates, figuring he might as well enjoy the fact that he's at least outside.

A large shadow overcast them making Kraab look up.

He lets out a terrified gasp, yelling out in a panic. "Dive forward, now!"

Upon hearing the urgency in Kraab's voice, Izuku doesn't even hesitate as he dives forward just as something very heavy chunk of metal slams down onto the street, narrowly hitting him.

"WHAT THE HECK!?" Izuku cries out in shock as a smashed car lies where he once stood.

"Good thing you dodge!" Kraab breathes, just as panicked.

"Yeah! T-thanks for saving me."

Kraab would blush if he could. "Well, I didn't do it to save you. I did it to save myself, cause if you got smashed then so would I."

Izuku doesn't comment on that but instead draws his attention to the figure hopping down from the nearby rooftop.

The person in question is a woman who is either an alien or a human with a reptilian-like quirk. She has a slim frame with mint green skin with two tentacles protruding out from the base of her skull, and a trio of thin rose-pink eyes. Her hands are composed of four long fingers, a long tentacle-like tail swishes down past her bird like-ankles and feet. While also wearing a tightly form fitting blue jumpsuit.

Izuku scrambles up to his feet, back away in case the reptilian woman means any harm. "A friend of yours?"

Kraab gives a shake of his head. "If she was, I don't remember her."

The reptilian woman scowls, her trio of eyes glowing pink as she raises her four-finger hand upward.

At the same time Izuku finds himself surrounded by the same rose-pink aura and a second later his feet leave the ground as he's hoisted into the air.

"Woah!" He yelps, trying to hold his balance despite not being in control. "'Telekinesis?! This would be kinda cool if she wasn't attacking me!"

"Focus, kid!" Kraab snaps back, worried about their or at least his own safety.

The reptilian woman tightens her telekinetic grip, holding Izuku in place. "The Omnitrix, where did you get it? Answer me!" She snaps, demanding an answer.

'So, she is an alien.' Izuku concludes before snapping back at her. "I got it at the local Best Buy!" He dials for the right alien. "Too bad for you though, it's all out of stock." With a press he transforms. "But luckily for you, there is a surplus of Dittos on sale!"

Ditto sneers with a grin back before producing two clones that launch out from the sides and tackle the reptilian alien down!

"Waah!" She goes down as the two clones produce more and more clones to dog-pile her.

Released from her grip, the prime Ditto, with Kraab still attached to his back, lands back onto the ground.

"Well, that was easy." He snidely remarks, watching his many clones pin the alien down. "Man, it's like Vilgax isn't even trying anymore. Talk about easy."

Suddenly the dogpile of Dittos are blasted away by a burst of pink telekinetic energy, The reptilian alien stands tall as Dittos rain down across the empty road.

"Uh…." Ditto (1) visibly deflates, because in that moment he knew that he fucked up.

Kraab sighs in disbelief at the kid's stupidity. "Didn't anyone tell you not to gloat?"

"Ehhh! I'm sorry!"

The reptilian alien scowls; she then levitates the smashed car and tosses it at the main Ditto.

"Waah!" Ditto (1) dives out of the way, scurrying away while scoping up any of his fallen clones back into him.

Having initially missed him the reptilian continues to toss the car in Ditto's (1) direction.

"Grab her!" A trio of Dittos grab her by the tail and legs.

"We got you now!" Ditto (2) gloats.

Ditto (3) tries to pin her leg down. "Yeah, good luck getting rid of us!"

Ditto (4) holds on tight to her other leg. "Y-yeah, we're not letting go no matter what!"

The reptilian smirks. "Is that a promise?"

She then begins to levitate herself up into the air, rising higher and higher with the Dittos now clinging for dear life!"

"Woooaaah!" They scream. "This is too high!"

The reptilian smirks. "Ride's over, boys!" With a twist and flurry of her tail she flings the Dittos away.

"Waaaaahhh!" They cry, leaving streams of tears in the sky as they fall to their demise.

"Don't worry!" Ditto (1) calls out from below. "We'll catch you!"

As he says this a myriad of Dittos begins to pile up atop of each other, forming a large pyramid until WHAM the trio of falling Dittos crash right into the mass.

The pile breaks down as Dittos collapse atop each other, each one groaning and whining at the pain.

"Oww!

"That hurt. Ugh"

"My leg!"

"I see bright light. Granny, is that you?!"

"We never met our Granny! Whoever that woman is, don't go to her!"

"Ugh…my squeedlyspooch! I-I think it's broken-Ugh!"

"We don't have squeedlyspooches! Or…do we?"

"Tell my mother…I loved her."

"Hang in there, you'll be okay!"

"Medic! We need a medic over here!"

Ditto (1) stares deadpanned at his clone's various and dramatic exaggerations. Yeah, it hurt but Ditto is so squishy and light it kind felt like when someone chucks a pillow into you really hard. It hurts but also…not really.

Kraab watches the scene unfold with the same deadpan reaction. "Wow…you're a drama queen."

Ditto (1) shrinks into himself in embarrassment, unable to come back with a proper retort.

With a rush of wind, the reptilian alien swoops down and lands behind the terrified Ditto (1).

Ditto (1) fearfully turns around, his body shaking under the alien's piercing glowing gaze.

"The Omnitrix." She growls in seething fury. "Give it to me or else."

Ditto shrivels back as his clones abandon him to reimage with him. "S-sorry, but it's grown attached to me. L-literally."

That's not a problem for her. "I'm not opposed to tearing it off."

Ditto (1) starts, freezing under her threat.

Kraab silently glares back at the woman, feeling more useless than ever.

The reptilian barely makes a move, before her eyes are drawn away as if sensing danger. She leaps back, away from the small alien, just a stream of fire blasts the pavement where she once stood.

"Stand down!" Cinder cuts in, sleeping between his son and the alien. "Or I will use force!"

"You already have!" The reptilian shouts back but pauses as she takes in the red Plumber suit. "Stay out of this Plumber!" She snaps as if he were nothing but a disobedient child. "The situation is beyond you, therefore this is none of your concern!"

Hisashi's irritation grows. "Listen, I was already in a bad mood. But attacking my boy, well I'm just about ready to snap." He grinds his teeth in frustration, fire speeds from between his teeth, even smoke pours from his nose, like a dragon that's discovered a lesser being tampering with its treasure.

"D-dad!" Ditto (1) nearly sheds tears, he's so happy to see his father run to his aid.

Hisashi or rather, Cinder glares back at the alien, his fists shaking in frustration. "Not to mention, if I'm late that old bastard's never gonna let me hear the end of it."

Ditto rightfully facefaults onto the pavement, reeling in the fact that his dad is more concerned about being punctual than an actual villain attack.

The reptilian is clearly irked and quickly losing her patience. "You're not gonna step aside?"

Cinder holds firm under her wrathful gaze. "Not until you explain yourself."

"I don't have time to explain!" She rushes forward. "Just hand it over!"

Without a thought Cinder unleashes a wave of flames so hot it makes the pavement glow orange.

The reptilian responds in kind, taking the flames in her telekinesis and spinning them around, tossing them right back at Cinder!

Cinder scoops up Ditto and dives out of the way as the flames blast away into the street side!


Ochaco's head snaps up in worry. "What was that?!" At first it started with the sound of a car crash but that was the sound of an explosion.

A gruff voice scoffs, sitting back into the bench like he can't be bothered. "Probably some hoodlums causing a ruckus."

Ochaco frowns at that, jolting up as more blasts echo through the streets. Becoming increasingly worried she rushes off towards where she thinks they're coming from.

He calls out to her. "Where are you running off to?!"

While still running off, she shouts back. "Someone might need our help!"

He watches her disappear around the nearest bend, before breaking into an approving grin. "Running headfirst into danger just to save others."

And so with a huff he shoves himself off the bench. He grips his cane and wanders after her, taking his sweet ass time doing so. Like there's no need to rush after her in the slightest.


Smoke disperses away to reveal what became of the combatants.

Ditto is squatted up on the top of an awning, Cinder stands at the ready on the street below, while The reptilian alien floats before them with several items floating around her from a pair of trash cans and a mailbox.

She makes the first move, launching the projectiles at Ditto.

Ditto (1) leaps away, launching a chain of Dittos forward with the last Ditto (2) landing on a nearby awning as the rest of the Dittos morph back into Ditto (2).

"Hold still!" She launches the last two projectiles forward.

Kraab, who is still wrapped around Ditto's back, yells out in warning. "Watch out!"

Upon hearing his warning, Ditto chain jumps again and again, launching himself onto a roof and then up and over to the other side of the street.

Following his movements, she spins around to take aim again.

"Not so fast!" With her back turned Cinder unleashes a wall of flames to cut her off.

The flames catch her by surprise, forcing her back, and lower to the ground, away from the searing heat.

Noticing a nearby fire hydrant, she rips it out of the ground with her telekinesis, and water gushes out like a geyser into the air. She refocuses her mind's grip to maneuver the water to her will, and like a water bender she launches the water right at Cinder.

He initially dives away to dodge but she circles the water around, slamming it right into his back and knocking him prone.

Ditto screams. "Dad!"

He makes a move to go towards him but before he can the reptilian bends the water right at him, slamming it right into him, and knocking him off his perch!

"Gah!" Ditto plummets, landing on his back right onto a tin awning before rolling off and falling to the ground.

As he hits the ground, Kraab falls off and slides away. "Gah! Careful!" He shouts as he slides to a stop in the middle of the street. "Watch the merchandise!"

Ditto shouts back in apology, although his back and head are aching like there's no tomorrow. "S-sorry…!"

Kraab glares back but then gasps when he sees the alien's next move. "Look out! She's up to something!"

Literally. As Ditto peers up to find that she's lifted up all sorts of debris, trash, and other projectiles up in the air, ready to launch them all down like a rainstorm.

And she does, launching the projectiles all at once down upon the boy and bot.

"Waaahh!" Ditto screams about and immediately panics, multiplying as he does so with each clone makes more clones as they all scramble and run away, taking cover and diving away from the incoming attacks.

A plummeting mailbox makes a beeline right for the defenseless Kraab.

"Aaahh!" Kraab cries out in terror!

"Yoink!" A Ditto slides in and scoops him up, dashing away before either of them could be crushed.

Ditto slides beyond a parked car, while his clones are busy distracting the reptilian woman.

As they hide, Kraab blinks up at Ditto as if seeing him as some kind of stranger. "You…you saved me?"

Ditto peers down at the confused Kraab and merely smiles as if to say; doy, of course I did.

Kraab's eyes gleam with admiration, like a starstruck child gazing up at their hero…but it quickly fades away to a very suspicious and irritated chagrin. "How much?"

Ditto blinks back, oblivious and confused. "Huh?"

"How much you want for saving my life?"

Ditto gaps, not able to comprehend what he's hearing. "What?! Nothing! Geeze! I didn't save you to get paid!"

That gives Kraab pause. "Then…why?"

"I don't know!" Ditto shrugs, honestly not that sure how to explain it. "Cause…I guess…I just wanted to."

Kraab gives him a weird look.

"Look! My body just…moved on its own. Okay? So, don't think too much into it."

Kraab falls to silence but he can't exactly quiet his mind, however. Their little moment is rudely cut short as the car they hide behind glows and rises to the air.

"There you are." The alien growls, preparing to slam the car back down at them.

Cinder yells out at the top of his lungs. "And here I am!"

He rushes in, leaping up and delivering a flying kick into the alien's side!

She goes down and Cinder takes the opportunity to blast her with his flames.

She leaps to her feet, bracing her arms together as she's swallowed up by the flames.

Ditto can almost feel the hope rising up within him. "Did that get her?!"

It did not.

"SON OF A BANTHA!" The alien roars, parting the flames like a furious reptilian she-devil. "That's it! I've been holding back because you're a Plumber, but no longer!" She bends the flames around her, forming a spiral of wrathful hellfire. "Give me the Omnitrix. NOW!"

And thus, with a wave of her hands the fiery inferno descends upon the Midroiyas and Kraab like hell itself has come for them.

They look on in horror upon their incoming demise, with the radiating heat burning down upon them. They can't make a move; Ditto can't move fast enough, and Cinder cannot block such flames. They'll be burned to a crisp!

"VENUS SMASH!"

A shining pink comet collides with the mass of flames, and a massive whirlwind banishes the flames dispersing them to the wind.

The Midoriyas' jaws drop in amazement as their glowing pink savior descends onto the ground with a not so graceful stumble.

Ochaco smiles back at them, her fist clearly strained from the punch.

Ditto's eyes pop at the sight of her, she being the last person he expected to show up out of the blue!

Kraab is just as lost but for a different reason. "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU!?"

Ditto blinks up at her. "Uraraka?!"

Kraab blesses him, thinking he sneezed. "Gazoontite!"

Ochaco peers down at Ditto, her eyes wide in surprise to see him too. "Deku?"

They both point a finger at each other. "What are you doing here?!"

Ochaco shakes her head. "Never mind that! What the heck is going on?!" She points over towards the furious reptilian-like alien. "Who is she?! And what did you do that made her so angry?!"

"Hey, don't look at me!" Ditto defends!

Kraab nods in defiance. "Yeah! We're innocent! That crazy bitch attacked us first!"

Ochaco's face falls into a horrific scream as she finally notices the decapitated droid in Ditto's hands. "WHO THE HECK ARE YOU!?"

"I ASKED YOU FIRST YOU KNOW!" Kraab snaps back.

"Enough!" A pissed off reptilian alien shouts. "No more distractions! You're all in my way!"

Swinging her hands up she lifts them all up into the air, dangling them high above the ground.

With a simple wave forward, Ditto rockets forward, coming to stop just a foot away from her.

"Let us go, bitch!" Kraab shuts from between Ditto's grip.

The reptilian scowls, batting him away!

Ditto cries out as he loses Kraab. "No-Gbleh!"

She grabs him by his neck, choking him as she pulls him in. "The Omnitrix doesn't belong to you." She growls as her free hand reaches for the alien device.

Suddenly a yellow blur zips in, kicking her hands away with expert precision while also scoping up the Ditto and pulling him away all in a blink of an eye.

With her concentration broken Cinder and Ochaco are freed from her telekinesis. With Ochaco using her Zero-Gravity to float the two of them down.

As they float down, the yellow blur zips to the ground where it safely drops Ditto off. "You okay, boy?"

"Y-yeah." Ditto nods, peering up at his savior. "Hey, wait, I know you!"

Ochaco calls out as she lands not too far away with Cinder. "Gran Torino!"

As the reptilian regains her composure she pauses as if taken back for a moment. "Gran…Torino?"

Meanwhile back on the ground, Cinder scowls at the mention of the name.

All the while, Gran Torino mockingly grins back at the three. "Now, aren't you happy to see me? Hehe."

Cinder visibly scowls harder.

Ochaco however is elated to see him here. "You came!"

"Of course, I did!" Gran Torino snaps. "You punks wouldn't survive a second without me!"

In the meantime, the reptilian alien lands softly onto the street across from the humans.

Sensing her landing, Gran Torino turns to face her down. "Now to deal with-" His breath escapes him as he freezes in place, eyes wide with shock and disbelief. "-you…"

The alien eyes him warily as if in disbelief as well.

They just stare at each other for what feels like hours, the others all standing back unsure of what is going on.

She makes the first move by stepping forward, slowly, cautiously, with almost no intention to strike.

Cinder and Ochaco still jump to conclusions. Readying themselves for what must be some close-quarter's combat. While Ditto scoops up Kraab off the ground.

Her gaze never leaves Gran Torino with every step becoming more confident and surer, before she stops just meters away.

She reaches her hand out, hesitantly, before drawing it back as if scared to know the mystery behind a metaphorical veil. "S-...Sorahiko?"

Both Ditto and Ochaco look on in confusion. "Sorahiko?" Who the heck is that?

Cinder, meanwhile, remains at the ready, but while still watching the situation closely.

Gran Torino drops his cane; it clatters to the ground, forgotten, as all his attention is on the alien. "It's you." He breathes, voice shaky in disbelief and yet hopeful, so much so he breaks into a soft smile. "Hello…Xylene."

The alien, Xylene, smiles back. "Hello, Sorahiko."

She kneels down to Gran Torino's height. He smiles back, placing a hand against her arm, and then the two embrace each other like old friends that haven't spoken in decades.

Everyone's brains glitch out for a moment, before rebooting and fully processing the new situation.

Kraab, however, can't help but sigh as if disappointed. "Wait, so is like the fight over?" He whines. "But everyone is still alive! Lame."

Ditto is just a little irked by his comment.

Cinder stands down, although he does remain on edge as he approaches the two embracing friends.

Xylene pulls away from Gran Torino and scowls up at Cinder as he makes his approach.

But he just stands there, frowning down at her like she's the annoyance. "Now, are you gonna behave?"

She springs up to full height, making her presence and authority known as she spits in Cinder's face. "Quiet, Plumber. This is not your concern!"

Before the situation can escalate, Gran Torino cuts in with a sense of patience and understanding. "Xylene. You should listen to him. He may be a punk but he is a Plumber. And he has more authority over this situation than you know."

Xylene scowls in frustration but ultimately chooses to stand down.

With the danger mostly gone Ochaco butts in with a very important question. "Hang on! Do you two like know each other?! What's going on?!"

Xylene's face scrunches up in disgust in response to Ochaco butting in. "Sorahiko, who are these…" Her judgmental gaze scans the teens from head to toe. "Children?"

Said children scowl back in annoyance.

Far off police sirens can be heard, and Cinder momentarily panics as he imagines Inspector Tezuka's furious gaze. "We can sort things out later!" He cuts in. "We should leave the area immediately."

Gran Torino couldn't agree more. "We need a less obvious place to talk this out."

"I know a place." Cinder signals for them to follow behind him.

Gran Torino makes a point to take Xylene's hand, leading her after Cinder while the teens look on in confusion. Their minds racing with questions but for now they'll bite their tongues and follow behind, not wanting to deal with the police or heroes.


Far from the shore, a cloudy sky casts a vast shadow over the seemingly quiet ocean. The warm air mixes with the cold ocean breeze causing a thick layer of fog to blanket the entire horizon.

A single spotlight from a speedboat shines down upon a icy shore before an anchor is tossed down, piercing into the ice.

There's a plop and a splash, before Sharkyonara crawls to shore upon the drifting glacier. "This is it." He keeps himself low, his eyes peeled for any movement within the fog.

Oxy-Man walks by, stopping at his side. "We found it."

"Are you sure this is the same glacier?" Asks a tall, lean man. "I mean it could be a different one?"

The man is wearing a dark green sleeveless bodysuit with a white belt and black boots, while wearing a very familiar skull-shaped mask over his face.

Oxy-Man takes in the familiar crater left behind at the top of the glacier. "Yeah, this is it."

The tall man, Tesla, takes in the foggy view of the glacier. "So, this is where you guys got your asses handed to you?"

"Hey, shut it!" Sharkyonara snaps back. "You weren't there! That thing-" He stutters as a shiver runs down his spine. "it…wasn't human."

Tesla gives him a very skeptical look. "Right."

A pair of heavy footsteps shake the ground as a hulking figure approaches the group from behind.

Tesla peers back to find Habit Headgear. A man of an enormous build with unusual muscles that extend from his shoulders and over his head, giving it a hood-like appearance. His face is largely concealed within this hood, only showing round, white eyes and a large mouth.

"Whatever that bitch was." Habit Headgear slams his fists together and growls in excitement. "I'll be sure to teach her some manners."

The last member of their party, Suiden, leaps down from the boat and growls out. "Don't be getting a big head. Forget teaching her a lesson. When we find her, that she-devil's gonna get what's coming to her." he raises his arms up, and a pair of massive, jagged hooks shine in the fog, embedded where his hands used to be. "One way or another."

Tesla eyes the hooks warily, wondering to himself just what kind of psycho, other than them, rips a man's hands off. "Dude, it's been a week. You really think she's still hanging around here?"

"No." Suiden admits, albeit undeterred. "But she must have left a clue a behind; something that would tell us where she went."

"Yeah, I guess."

But either way, they all spread out and search the glacier for any and all clues to her whereabouts.

Sharkyonara begins his search by the crater, peering down and finding the open hatch to the she-devil's cocoon.

Tesla comes up beside him. "Is that where you found her?"

"Yeah."

Tesla eyes the hatch curiously before sliding down into the crater.

Sharkyonara shouts after him. "Careful!"

Tesla, however, waves him off. "Relax."

He then proceeds to inspect the strange metallic hatch for any clues. He slides his hand against the side of the hatch until his fingers press against a web of loose wires.

Figuring that this hatch must be electrical in some way he decides to give it some juice. And so he generates electricity through his body, up his arm and into the wiring.

Electricity surges through the wires, down through the frozen ice, following along every wire like an interconnected web through the maze of ice and metal.

As electricity surges through it enters the remains of a spaceship that's frozen deep within ice, inadvertently starting it up for the briefest of moments. Lights flicker, the engine roars, and turbines glow; all the light at which penetrate through the ice, illuminating the entire glacier like a disco ball.

The villains all halt, jaws agape and eyes wide as the ice glows from under their feet.

However, from inside the ice lies the remains of the ship's haul, in which the electricity surges into a sealed chamber. The electricity sparks and dances through the chamber illuminating and sparking at the massive machine inside. The machine's faceplate sparks to life, as if rebooting and turning back on. The massive machine pivots its head, taking in its surroundings before it begins to shake and rumble, prying itself free of its bonds.

Meanwhile, Tesla finally cuts off his connection to the wires and light from under the ice fades away back into darkness.

Sharkyonara shouts down at him. "What the hell did you do?!"

"Dude!" Tesla reels back and shouts. "There's something inside!"

Oxy-Man frowns. "In the hatch?"

"No, the ice! There's something inside the ice and it's huge! Like-like a plane or something!"

Suiden cups his chin curiously. "A plane?"

Tesla frantically shakes his head. "Yeah, I mean I can't say for sure but it's gotta be! I mean what else could it be?"

Suddenly, something thunders within the glacier causing it to rumble and shake fiercely.

The villains all brace themselves, holding their balance until the rumbling stops.

Habit Headgear peers around for the source of the rumbling. "What was that?"

The thundering and rumbling begins again, more violent than before. So much so it knocks even Habit Headgear to the floor.

But then like before the rumbling ceases, quieting down as the glacier becomes still once again.

Tesla picks himself up and begins to dust himself ff. "Relax. You're all paranoid. It was just the ice settling."

*CRASH!*

A massive metallic hand crashes through the ice, just beneath Tesla's feet. The hand grabs him by the leg and with a single pull it drags him under the ice.

"AAAAAAAAaaaaaaahhh…" His scream of terror pierces the sky before fading away into the frozen tomb.

"Tesla!" Sharkyonara shouts, his feet unable to move from under him, knowing that it's useless.

*CRASH!* A hulking figure bursts through the ice like a giant rising from its slumber.

Sharkyonara cowers at the sight of it. "It's a monster!"

Habit Headgear lunges forth at the metallic monster. "It's deadmeat is what it is! RAAAGGHH!"

He brings his hands together and swings them down onto the monster's head, throwing it down. He then proceeds to go ham on the metallic monster, his fists pounding away at its hide like a hammer.

"MWAHAHA!" Habit Headgear howls in glee as he pounds away at the seemingly defenseless monster. "I'm gonna pound you to a pulp! RAAAGGHH!"

He brings his fist in for one last punch, and his fist collides with metal, however, it's caught in the monster's palm.

With Habit Headgear's fist now in its grasp the metal monster begins to squeeze down on his hand, crushing it.

"MWAAAHHH!" Habit Headgear cries out in pain as his bones snap within his hand, his muscles tearing and becoming noodles in the monster's inhuman grip.

The hulking monster rises up and swings up at Habit Headgear's arm.

"MWAAAHHH!" He howls, tears in his eyes as he watches his own arm bone snap out through his skin!

And then the hulking monster slams its massive foot down on his face, smashing the villain's head right into the ice. At which Habit Headgear goes limp under the monster's weight.

The monster then peers up to find that Sharkyonara has scrambled back towards his remaining allies: the clearly just as terrified Oxy-Man, and the hook-armed Suiden.

Suiden stands his ground and summons veils of water up to him, forming massive gauntlets of water with massive claws that are meters long, each one poised to tear through flesh and metal. "You want to take us on! HUH!? Bring it!"

The monster takes up the challenge as it takes a massive step forward.

"I won't go out without a fight you know!" Suiden roars. "I ain't some hack!"

The monster steps closer.

"I'm not going back to jail! I'll be a free man!"

It steps closer.

"I WON'T LET YOU STOP ME!" Suiden lunges forth and swings at the monster's chest, his claws slashing through the piercing its armor like tin.

Oxy-Man and Sharkyonara let out joyous gasps. "You got it!"

Suiden smirks, feeling mighty proud of himself.

However, the monster remains unfazed as if it didn't even notice nor care that it was attacked and instead it peers down at the trio.

They immediately freeze.

Oxy-Man pulls at Suiden's shoulder. "We should leave."

Suiden however remains in place, scowling up at the monster.

Figuring it's a lost cause, Oxy-Man takes off, running away at a full sprint back towards the boat.

"W-wait for me!" Sharkyonara cries out, chasing after him.

"You cowards!" Suiden roars. "Come back here and fight!"

The monster instantly reacts to their movement, raising its arms up, aiming its limbs right after them and in a flash of red beams both Oxy-Man and Sharkyonara go down. Silent and still as the smell of burnt flesh begins to pollute the air.

And like that Suiden finds himself before the monster, alone, and without a sliver of hope to survive.

Even so he trunks and faces the monster head on, raging on, refusing to cower before this demon.

And with his massive watery claws and sharp emtala hooks he lunges at the devil. "Raaagh! I'LL KILL YOU! YOU MOTHERFU-GRAHHH!"

And a rocket powered fist to the face silences him tenfold, teeth scatter, blood splatters, and his skull cracks as the fist collides and slams him head first into the glacier.

His head is buried into the ice under the devil's fist, going silent and limp upon impact.

And thus silence befalls the glacier with only the metallic devil standing.

The machine pries its fist free of the ice, its knuckles dripping with fresh blood. And with the threats neutralized it peers around at the glacier and foggy ocean, as if looking for a specific target. When it doesn't find it nor senses it, it then peers up towards the sky.

It's interior program and systems reach to try and scan for its target but a strange jamming signal hinders its results. And so it reaches out further until it discovers the planet's global interwebs. It instantly browses through thousands upon thousands of reports, news media, articles, and the like for its target. For any sign, any mention, for any clues.

And with a ping, it has its target's location.

The machine stands upright, the bottom of its feet aglow with flames and heat as it begins to rocket itself into the air. Rocketing itself away from its icy prison, leaving behind the only ones that knew of its presence here.


Once again, the Midoriyas find themselves back at the Tavern of High Charity. They even took back the same table, even though more aliens are milling about the scene than before.

Despite not being in full swing yet, Ochaco's eyes wander with curiosity from the aliens, strange drinks and food, and odd unfamiliar music. "What is this place?"

Hisashi answers while carrying over a tray of food. "It's the Tavern of High Charity. Think of it as a gas station, hotel, and bar all wrapped into one for both traveling and resident aliens."

"I see."

Happy to see that she understands, Hisashi turns to the rest of the table. "Now is anybody hungry?"

Ochaco smiles. "You bet! I had a light breakfast this morning."

With a generous smile Hisashi drops the tray down on the table. "Here you go. A nice serving of Oozing-Squid nachos for everybody."

On The tray sits a massive bowl that's overflowing with cheese and chips while the blue leathery tentacles are attached to a still living alien squid squirm about.

Ochaco gags. "F-funny enough, I'm suddenly not hungry."

From across the table, Xylene's tongue shoots out, scooping up some of the dish before swallowing it whole. "Hm. Delicious." She hums, gently wiping her mouth with a napkin.

Izuku and Ochaco visibility shake and gag, their faces turning green from the sight.

Gran Torino chuckles at their reactions before smiling up at his long-lost friend. "I still can't believe you're here."

"Neither can I, Sorahiko." Xylene hums while placing her hand atop of his. "Although it may not have been intentional, I am very happy to have run into you again."

Ochaco eyes them two warily, like a scientist closely observing her subjects, before it finally clicks. "No way!"

Everyone turns to her, startled by her outburst.

She screams out in shock. "Are you two like a thing?!"

"We were a thing." Gran Torino corrects. "A long time ago. Actually, Xylene here was the first extraterrestrial I met."

"So she's why you know about the Plumbers?"

"Figured that out on your own did ya?" Gran Torino chuckles, sarcastically.

In response, Ochaco pouts in annoyance.

Hisashi, however, scowls, rubbing his head in frustration. "So, she's the reason you've been a pain in my ass all these years."

Without missing a beat, Gran Torino whacks the older Midoriya over the head with his cane!

"OW!"

"Quiet boy!" Gran Torino scolds, waving his cane in the air. "Nobody asked you!"

"You jerk!" Hisashi screeches. "You're always like this! You just have to make everything harder for me, don't you?!"

"Of course, it wouldn't be any fun otherwise."

Damn, Hisashi set himself up for that one.

Izuku's eyes drift from Hisashi and Gran Torino and back again before finally piping up. "Do you two know each other, too?"

Judging by the annoyed scowl on his father's face, he'd have to say that that's a yes. "When I was a student I did my internship under Gran Torino."

Ochaco is stunned. "Wait, but I thought you only taught one other person, other than me!"

"Are you kidding?" Gran Torino chortles, immediately, shooting down her theory. "I had my teacher's license for over forty years. What? You think you're so special that I'd just let it sit there all that time? Hahaha!"

Ochaco slumps down in her seat, kinda sad to admit it but she did think she was a special case.

Gran Torino does admit this, however. "I mean I will admit that I haven't had a lot of students mind you. Nezu mostly pawns off those that want to become Plumbers like Thirteen and this punk here." He half-hazardly waves towards Hisashi like he's not even worth acknowledging by name. "He sends them my way cause he knows I'll beat the lesson into em."

Ochaco can certainly agree remembering her own internship and what she was told about All Might's time with him as well.

Hisashi remembers too but not as fondly as Ochaco. "Beat the lesson into me?!" He snaps, bursting out in anger. "You didn't teach me a thing! During my first internship with you, you dumped me off in the middle of the woods and told me good luck!"

Not even feeling bad, Gran Torino just tsks, airing his disapproval. "Typical, nothing but complaints. You were just a punk that I got saddled with. You needed to learn proper survival skills and thanks to me you did. Ungrateful punk."

Hisashi slams his hands on the table and shouts. "Ungrateful?! I was wandering those woods for a week! I had to eat mealworms and learn to make my own shelter!"

Izuku perks up in his seat. 'So, that's why he has such a weird palette! I guess it started there then.'

Meanwhile Hisashi continues with his rant. "And now you're Uraraka's mentor?!" He glares at Gran Torino as if accusing him of foul play. "Just what kind of training are you giving her?"

Gran Torino humphs, folding his arms together and turning away. "Different students have different needs. You were a punk that needed to be put in his place. And Uraraka needed to learn to better control her power, so her training was different. What? Did you wanna be coddled?" He taunts cheekily.

"I don't want to be coddled! I want respect!"

"You want respect?" Gran Torino smacks him over the head again. "Earn it!"

Hisashi growls in response, shaking his fist like he has to forcibly keep himself from physically fighting back.

Gran Torino gives a disapproving shake of his head. "I still can't believe it, you know. Someone like you is a father now? HA! It's a miracle your boy turned out the way he did."

"Don't go there!" Hisashi barks back. "I was a different person back then, alright?!"

"Were you? Cause to me you're still the same punk who couldn't keep his mouth shut if he tried."

The two stare each other down, leaning closer and closer with their furious gazes locked onto each other, so much so threatening sparks fly out, clashing midair between them.

All the while, the teens look on in semi-horror, having no clue where all this amnesty came from. 'It's like watching a grandfather and father fight over how to raise the kids!'

As the two bicker, Ochaco's eyes drift over towards Xylene who is silently glaring at the Plumber from her seat.

Having sort-of forgotten about her, Ochaco tries to redirect the conversation back to what matters. "So, um, Ms. Xylene."

Xylene frowns, turning to her as everyone else begins to listen in.

"What exactly brought you to Earth after all these years?"

She immediately points across the table towards Izuku's wrist. "That!"

Izuku immediately pulls his wrist back, clutching the Omnitrix protectively. "I knew it! You are working for Vilgax!"

"Vilgax?!" She shoots out from her seat in a fit of rage. "How dare you imply such a thing! I wouldn't work for Vilgax even if the entire universe depended on it!"

Hisashi peels himself away from his glaring match, adopting his usual calm and professional demeanor. "Then why are you so interested in it?"

"Why wouldn't I be interested in the Omnitrix?" She asks sarcastically. "I'm the one that sent it to Earth."

Astonishment sweeps the table as everyone is taken back by her reveal.

Seeing their stunned faces, Xylene goes ahead and explains herself. "I was transporting the Omnitrix when I was attacked by our old friend."

##########(Flashback)#########

In a galaxy far, far-actually in a galaxy very, very close… so close in fact that it's the same galaxy, two spaceships are locked in an epic chase.

A large menacing ship with lava red sacs around the temples and a forward gun that makes up the frontal half of the main haul is firing lasers upon a small blue ship with green markings. The tiny spacecraft swiftly dances around the shower of lasers. However, despite its speed the large cruiser is able to keep up and land a few solid hits. That said the tiny ship is not without its own means of attack. The speedy spacecraft simultaneously aims two lasers at the large haul carving into its side resulting in a few explosions.

From inside the spacecraft, Xylene is quickly thrown out of her seat from all the laser fire. But despite all the laser fire she can hear the sound of drones melting through the door behind her!

She spins around just as a few of Vilgax's hover drones laser-cut their way through and into the bow of the spacecraft.

Xylene's three eyes glow as she uses her telekinesis to blast the drones back.

With them disposed of, she hurries through her ship, passing by a large chamber that's been reinforced several times over. She eyes it warily but ignores it, running past for more pressing matters.

As her ship rattles and shakes under heavy fire and as the tail end of her ship goes up in flames, she arrives at the Omnitrix. Having it suspended in the air via a magnetic pull she brings forth a spherical metallic pod and with a press of a button the pod swallows up the Omnitrix, sealing it inside. Before a torpedo-shaped casing encompasses the pod whole as extra protection.

After she completes that she rushes over to secure herself in her own secure hatch.

Meanwhile, the battleship's main cannon finishes charging and fires a large beam at the blue ship. 80% of the ship is blown away leaving the main haul somewhat intact. Just before the haul is ripped apart by the vacuum of space a silver pod is launched out of the haul. The pod flies through space until reaching the atmosphere of the blue and green planet below. The spherical pod crashes into the ocean, where a strong current begins to push the pod towards where it's meant to be.

While at the same time what remains of Xylene's ship takes a nosedive down at the planet as well. Blazing through the atmospheres before crashing and burning into the arctic ice!

Upon impact the ice breaks and falls apart, becoming a glacier as the melted water freezes back over her ship, encasing her inside. As the glacier begins to drift off towards the vast sea.

########(End Flashback)#######

"I realized that I could no longer protect the Omnitrix from Vilgax." Xylene explains before continuing. "So, I placed it inside a special pod and ejected it to the planet below for safekeeping. And I crashed and my body fell into a hibernative state until about a week ago when I was awoken."

She then turns to Izuku who grips the Omnitrix nervously.

"After I awoke I made my way to the mainland and due to my previous visit here I was able to use your country's social media and internet systems to find out that you were somewhere in Tokyo."

Kraab, who's been quietly listening all this time, looks up at Hisashi and says. "You should really do something about that?"

Hisashi sighs in defeat. "Yeah, we should."

Ignoring them, Xylene continues "And from what I've seen today it's a miracle Vilgax hasn't already claimed the Omnitrix for himself."

Offended, Izuku nervously tries to defend himself. "I-I can take care of myself you know."

"Please if you had any clue about how the Omnitrix worked you would have transformed into something like a Gourmand! Or anything else that would have at least given me a hard time."

Izuku blinks back, desperately trying to defend himself. "Well maybe I do some things differently."

"Perhaps." She shoots out of her seat as if to lung for the device. "Or perhaps the Omnitrix doesn't belong in the hands of a child!"

Izuku reels his hand away and Ochaco shoots up as well, ready to defend him.

Seeing tension rise, Gran Torino pulls Xylene back down. "Now, now, Xylene. You should listen to the boy's side of the story."

She frowns but adheres to his advice.

With all eyes on him, Izuku does his best to present his case. "Well even if you wanted it back, you can't."

"And why not?" She growls dangerously.

"Cause it's literally bonded to me. Like on a cellular level."

Xylene is genuinely shocked by this. "A genetic meld?"

"Exactly." Hisashi reaffirms. "We don't have the means to remove it even if we wanted to. And so the best way for us to protect it has been to train Izuku how to use it."

Xylene folds her arms together in protest. "And what of Vilgax's tracking systems?"

"The Majister has already created a jamming program specifically designed to disguise the Omnitrix's signal."

"And his agents?"

Izuku's the one to respond. "None of them were any issues for us."

Kraab rolls his eyes, offended by the statement. "Wow. Was I that easy?"

Izuku immediately backtracks. "No! I meant the others! Not you!"

"Save it. I don't need your pity."

Ochaco sweatdrops at them. "Either way." She turns back to the matter at hand. "None of them have been able to stand up to us."

Izuku raises an eyebrow at her. "Us?"

Ochaco smugly grins back. "You're not the only that's had an exciting summer you know." She still needs to tell him about Sunder after all. "Oh, that reminds me. We met your not-really uncle yesterday!"

"My not-really what?!"

Before Ochaco could go into detail, Hisashi cuts them off. "Never mind that." He then readdresses Xylene. "The Omnitrix is perfectly safe in our care. And as it has officially fallen under Plumber jurisdiction. Meaning, it is no longer your decision on how it is used or what becomes of it."

However, Xylene clearly doesn't appreciate the claim. "I beg to differ."

Izuku frowns at their exchange, finding it rather odd. "Wait, I just realized." he turns to Xylene and asks. "You're not a Plumber?"

She answers, brushing it off like it's no big deal. "Plumbers have to go through too much red tape for my liking. It slows them down and prevents them from taking action. Unlike me."

Gran Torino cuts in and adds. "She's like an underground hero if you want a comparison. She stays out of the limelight in order to complete her missions."

"I see."

But if she's not a plumber then… "How…how did you get the Omnitrix?"

Xylene watches Izuku curiously.

"Do..do you know who-"

"No, I don't know who the creator is."

Everyone falls silent in either disappointment or defeat.

Izuku especially as he was hoping that she might have an answer for him. "Then how did the Omnitrix end up in your possession?"

"I found it." She states rather bluntly.

"What?"

She rolls her eyes, annoyed that she has to keep explaining herself. "There were rumors. Rumors that a genetic weapon of mass destruction was being constructed and assembled." And with Vilgax out and about she couldn't let such a weapon exist. "The Plumbers, having their hands full could not look into mere rumors, but I did. I spent years, decades, tracking this weapon down but I could never find any major leads. Until one day I finally managed to track it down."

She has everyone's attention, each of them listening tentatively. "The Omnitrix was being transported by a Chimera Sui Generi."

Ochaco's face scrunches up in confusion. "A what?"

Hisashi has to explain. "It's Vilgax's race."

The teens gasp, figuring that this person must have been one of Vilgax's agents.

With that cleared up, Xylene continues her story. "Figuring she must have stolen it from its creator, I had her arrested and sent off for transporting illegal genetic weapons." After which she had the Omnitrix in her possession. "Unfortunately, I could not rest as Vilgax immediately appeared with his battleship and attacked. Knowing that the Earth's system was nearby I came here and thus here we are."

Izuku stares at the Omnitrix with a mix of fear and wonder. "So…the Omnitrix is a weapon?"

"Of course, it is!" Xylene's hand reaches up as if wanting to snatch up said weapon. "Which is why it shouldn't be a plaything for an inexperienced child!" Her critical gaze lingers over the boy. "Who only received the device out of sheer luck."

Izuku reels back, putting his wrist down in defeat, her comment having cut deep. He slink back into his seat, wishing he could disappear.

Ochaco glares up at Xylene, upset on her friend's behalf, as is Hisashi.

Gran Torino watches from the side, watching as tension begins to rise far beyond what's comfortable. "Look clearly, neither side is gonna budge on this topic any time soon. We all need some time to breathe and collect our thoughts." He peers around, noticing just how crowded the Tavern is starting to get. "What we need is a change of scenery."

"Agreed." Hisashi scoops up Kraab and beacons them towards the exit. "We need some fresh air."

Gran Torino turns to Xylene, placing a comforting hand on hers. "Let's go. We can use the time to catch up."

She breaks away from her scowl to smile down at him. "I'd like that."

Gran Torino smiles, leading her away.

Izuku lingers behind the with his head low and gaze locked onto the Omnitrix. The device he received out of luck…

Ochaco watches him leave, feeling worried and sorry for him. But not before throwing Xylene one more nasty scowl. She sighs, letting it go for now before hurrying off after them.


Meanwhile, a massive hunk of metal descends atop Tokyo tower. It's gaze peering out towards the vast city below.

Slowly it scans the city looking west and then east and back again for any signs of its target. But it is still unable to track its signal.

It remains ever still, gazing out towards the distance as if contemplating what next steps to take.

After a moment it begins to hack its way through the city's camera systems. Filling through them at breakneck speed for any signs of its target, only stopping on a scene when mistaken. And so there it stands, silent, and in waiting for its prey.


Ochaco raises a very skeptical eyebrow. "This is what you've been living in?"

Izuku begins to sweat nervously. "Yup."

The Rustbucket is a real guy's crib: the fridge's door is held up by tape, the AC is leaking, stains litter the carpeted floor, and laundry is strewn about. All in all it looks more like a college dorm than a humble abode.

Ochaco turns back to Izuku with a forced cheery smile even though it's clear as day she's disgusted with the place. "Well…who am I to judge?"

"You're judging me right now!"

^Bp-wap.^ Chopper bumps Izuku's leg from behind.

Ochaco waves to the little droid in greeting. "Hey, Chopper."

^Wo-wop!^ He waves back.

Ochaco continues to survey the Rustbucket, stepping over an empty bag of Fritos. "You know when you told me you were going on a road trip in an RV I thought it was a cover that you were actually staying in a disguised spaceship or something."

"I wish…" Izuku grumbles dejectedly.

"HA!" Kraab laughs from atop the table. "As if these posers could be that cool."

Ochaco eyes the cyborg curiously. "Hey, Deku, I've been meaning to ask but what's with the talking ashtray?"

Kraab snaps "ASHTRAY!?"

Ignoring him, Izuku replies with. "That's Kraab."

"Crab?"

He repeated again. "Kraab. Spelled K-R-A-A-B."

"Ooohh!" She peers over at the bot. "That's a boring name for a droid."

"I'm not a droid!" Kraab barks, offended. "I'm a cybernetic bounty hunter, thank you very much."

"Bounty Hunter?!"

"Well not anymore." Izuku explains with a sheepish grin. "Since I kinda…destroyed his body."

Kraab would smack him if he could. "Destroyed?! You vaporized it!"

Ochaco gasps, horrified to hear that Izuku nearly killed him. "You what?!"

"Not on purpose!" He defends.

"What? You mean it wasn't on purpose?" Ochaco picks up Kraab's head and displays it like it was evidence. "This looks intentional to me!"

"I…well…I guess."

Kraab sighs, closing his eyes in shame. "Why did I lose to you of all people?"

Ochaco spins him around. "And they just kept you locked up in here?"

"Uh, ha."

"That's mean." She then throws Izuku a disapproving scowl.

He shies away under her gaze.

Ochaco peers down at Kraab and asks. "So, did Vilgax send you?"

"Don't know." Kraab admits without a hint of shame or embarrassment. "Since I was captured, my programming blocked my memories so I couldn't even say. Not that I would tell you, though."

From nearby the door to the Rustbucket hangs open, allowing them a perfect view of the wood line just outside the abandoned parking lot Hisashi took up as a makeshift camping spot. It's just barely outside the city but still close enough to be considered Tokyo.

Through the open door the teens can see Gran Torino and Xylene strolling off into the nearby woods.

Curious, Izuku steps outside to find his dad sitting on a nearby lawn chair. "Where are they off to?"

He shrugs. "They haven't seen each other in decades. They just want some time to catch up."

Izuku sways back and forth before curiously bringing up. "I didn't know you interned with Gran Torino."

"I don't really like to bring it up." Hisashi admits, leaning back and taking a sip of his lemonade. "Since I was training to become a Plumber, and I already knew how to hold myself in a fight, he made it his goal to teach me basic survival skills and the like instead."

Izuku gives his dad an incriminating look. "Just curious but you weren't planning on doing that to me were you?"

"No! I'm not him!"

Believing him, Izuku moves on. "But I had no idea you guys hated each other so much."

"What?" Hisashi looks genuinely confused. "We don't hate each other."

It takes Izuku a second to process that. "Huh?"

The older Midoriya repeats. "We don't hate each other. Actually, I couldn't be more grateful to him."

Izuku can't believe it! "But-but-but all the yelling! The insults! And everything! I thought for sure you guys were gonna be at each other's throats!"

Ochaco rapidly nods her head in agreement.

Hisashi let's out a chuckle. "It would seem that way. But that's just how we tend to act around one another. You know?"

"I guess I do." Izuku thinks about how there's the way you act at school versus when you're with friends or in front of your parents. Neither one of the ways you act is necessarily fake or anything, it's just how you act around certain individuals. So, in this way Hisashi's and Gran Torino's "bickering" is their way of showing that they care. Maybe. Well it makes sense when you think back on how Gran Torino technically did compliment how Hisashi's son came out to be. And Hisashi didn't actually say anything that harsh, more liked complained and was pointing out things to or about Gran Torino.

But that still leaves a lingering question.

"So then…were you really a…punk back in the day? What was that about?"

Hisashi suspiciously can't look Izuku in the eye. "I have no idea why he called me that. He must be getting his memories all mixed up, the poor sensile old man that he is." As to not answer any more questions he begins to sip up his lemonade in a haste.

Izuku and Ochaco give him deadpan stares. 'Oh, yeah, he's definitely lying.'

He finishes, tossing the glass aside and getting up to his feet. "Well, you kids have the run of the place." He rubs his already aching head. "I'm gonna report-in to Nezu and see what he thinks of all this."

And so he hurries off into the Rustbucket to give Nezu a call.

With him gone Ochaco and Izuku peer out towards the woods where Gran Torino and Xylene headed off to. Still not fully trusting the lizard lady, they feel uncomfortable and uneasy about it all. But knowing that she was an item with Gran Torino of all people, well that's gotten to their curiosity.

And now free of prying eyes the two teens share a look; both of them coming to the same conclusion on what to do next.


Winding through the thickets of trees and shrubs, Xylene strolls a little ahead of Gran Torino as she takes in the beautiful scenery. "The youngsters, I never thought you'd turn out to be the domestic type."

"I ain't the domestic type." Gran Torino half-heartedly defends with a small teasing grin. "I might have just gotten attached to them, that's all."

"Don't you miss your hero days?"

"Well, we still get our fair share of excitement around here." He laughs. "And believe me, those brats know how to bring the fun."

She smiles at that. "You haven't aged at all since I last saw you."

From within the nearby trees, one of the trees somehow gags in disgust. "Gleh!" Wildvine gags feeling like he might puke. "If this keeps up, I'm gonna hurl, sap."

"Shh!" Ochaco shushes him from inside his trunk, which he opens up to have a look at her. "Quiet" She chides. "Don't ruin this for them." Even though she doesn't exactly like that woman she can agree that it's such a nice scene between them both. "Also, when could you turn into a plant?"

"Wildvine. I'm not a plant. I'm Wildvine." The transformed Izuku corrects before giving her a smug grin. "And you're not the only one that's had an exciting summer."

Ochaco rolls her eyes in response. "Haha."

Now it's Wildvine's turn to shush her. "Shh. Listen!"

They settle down, listening in on Xylene's and Gran Torino's conversation.

"Your fighting spirit hasn't died down at all has it?" Xylene cups her hands together like a shy teenage girl who's about to admit to their crush. "Do you remember the day we met?"

"I do." Gran Torino admits with a smile, peering up to the clear blue sky in fond remembrance. "All For One was making his move, and I had just sent my only student at the time off to America to train for his own safety. Leaving myself behind with what little heroes we had left to deal with the monster ourselves." It was such hard times back then, honestly back then he wasn't sure just how much longer he could hold out on hope. He had just lost his beloved friend. Sent his own student away for his own safety. And All For One practically had all of Japan in the palm of his hand. There was very little to be happy about back then. "But I remember going out on patrol one night, when the moon was full, I came across a woman fighting for her life against a band of villains. I swooped in expecting to save her but instead she blasted the villains and me away with one telekinetic blast!"

Xylene giggles into her hand. "Hehe. I did apologize, later, I thought you were just another one of those crooks."

He smirks back at her. "And I'm still upset you thought someone as handsome as me was a villain."

Wildvine gags, sticking his tongue out in cold disgust.

Ochaco punches him from below, signaling him to shut it.

The smiling Gran Torino continues with his story. "And then you ran off."

"And you gave chase." Xylene's so happy he remembered. "I had a hard time shaking you."

"That you did, but not good enough. I mean imagine my surprise when a bunch of freaks in matching white armor ambushed you?"

"Hehe, you beat them to a pulp all to save me."

"I sure did. Poor Patelliday still whines about it to this day. Haha Ha!" he settles down and continues. "And that's how we met. It was the day my eyes were opened. I'll never forget it."

There was so much confusion and fear on his part, it felt almost…earth shattering. But then it became clear the burden he now bore, and the importance it had. And the more time he spent with Xylene and more he felt like there was hope. Hope that heroes will appear one way or another and that there are still those out there that need heroes to protect them.

"It was the day I remembered that there's more to fight for than myself."

Silence befalls the two as the two silently reminisce in their memories.

After a moment, Xylene shyly, almost fearfully asks a question she may not want to know the answer to. "Do you…do you still remember that night?"

Gran Torino throws her a very coy smirk, one that makes even Wildvine gag. "Which one?"

She giggles, slapping his arm playfully. "Not that one." Her smile fades and she becomes very reserved under his gaze. "No, I mean…do you remember the night that I…left?"

He turns away, looking back up towards the vast sky. "Yes. I remember."

##########(Flashback)#########

It was a clear starry night with a full moon shining down on them from high above.

Xylene's ship stands before them, it's engine roaring to life and churning up the air, causing high gusts of wind to blow about. Plumbers circle the ship and surrounding area, keeping it clear of any curious eyes.

A young Xylene, wearing a grey skin-tight suit, stands before the ramp of her ship, her twin head-tails swaying in the wind. "Rumors are swirling that there's some new DNA weapon out there." She asks her next question hesitantly hoping for the best-case answer. "Sure, you won't change your mind and come with me?"

Before her stands a tall and handsome man of a well-built physique. The man is a pro hero from his black eye mask to his yellow suit and billowing cape.

The Young Gran Torino considers the offer. "Tempting. But until I bring All For One down, I have a job to do here. There are people counting on me to be here, and I have no intention of letting them down." He has to be here for Toshinori, he promised both him and Nana that he'd be here by his side. And he would rather die trying to keep that promise than abandon it outright.

Xylene bows her head in defeat knowing full well she won't be able to change his mind.

"Gran Torino!"

Both he and Xylene turn to find a young Patelliday approaching them with a rustic-blaster in hand. "Sorry, cut it short but she needs to take off now." He eyes the nearby woodlands. "It's too risky to be out here. The longer we're out here the sooner we're all exposed!"

"Right." Young Gran Torino turns back towards Xylene. "I guess this is goodbye, Xylene."

She gently rubs the side of his face. "I'll miss you, Sorahiko."

"As will I." He smiles reassuringly. "But we'll always have Imado."

Knowing this might be the last time, Xylene leans in and delivers a heartfelt kiss.

Young Gran Torino returns in kind, holding her close as if not wanting to let her go.

But what felt like forever to them was mere seconds as she moves away and hurries into her ship.

Young Gran Torino regrettably watches her leave. Watching on remorsefully as her spacecraft begins to lift off into the air before zooming off and vanishing from sight. And with it's disappearance so too does his love.

########(End Flashback)#######

Even now it still hurts that he turned her offer down. He had a chance, a chance to stay by her side and he said no. But he made his decision, and he doesn't regret it for a second. It was the right choice; he knows that full heartedly.

Xylene grabs his hands, cupping them together in hers. "With All For One out of the picture there's nothing keeping you here any longer." She shys away before going in with another offer. "I could use your help out there."

Gran Torino pauses knowing his decision shouldn't be taken lightly. "Another tempting offer."

Hidden away within the camouflage Wildvine, Ochaco's breathe escapes her as a sense of dread begins to well up inside of her.


Ochaco and Izuku head back towards the Rustbucket in silence, both feeling rather dejected and out of sorts.

Ochaco especially. "She…wants to take him away. I mean Gran Torino clearly likes her and they were a thing, so there's nothing wrong with that. And I should be happy for him but…I'm not happy."

"It's cause he might leave." Izuku tries to reason. "He might leave and…we might not see him again."

"I…want him to stick around though. I still need help with One For All. And All Might!" She pauses, reeling back from what she just said, like it was unexpected of her. "A-All Might…All Might still needs him too. We need him."

Izuku frowns, eyeing the Omnitrix, the device he was merely lucky to receive. "Ultimately, it's Gran Torino's decision. And if he decides that he should go then, it's not really our place to stop him."

That's very much true but it doesn't make her feel any better.

As they stroll up to the Rustbucket Hisashi steps out of the RV after an extensive talk with Nezu. He sees the teens and quickly takes note of their gloomy expressions. "Where did you two run off to?"

Izuku nearly panics, trying to make up a good excuse. "We were bored! W-We thought we'd go for a hike or something. Since you know, there really isn't much else to do out here."

Hisashi partly wants to call him out but figures it'd be best not to. Instead, he tries to offer them a thought. "Well, if that's the case. Why don't you two head off to the nearby temple?"

The teens break out of their dejection just enough to take interest. "Temple?"

"Yup." Hisashi nods. "It's not far, probably just a half an hour's walk from here."

Izuku awes. "That's not far at all!"

Ochaco agrees. "We might as well check it out."

"Perfect." Hisashi smiles while sending them a pin to the place. "I had plans for Izuku and I to go there ourselves but because of yesterday's fiasco we had to skip out on it."

Ochaco frowns. "Fiasco? What kind of fiasco?"

Izuku smiles sheepishly as he recalls yesterday's events. "I'll tell you on the way."

He motions for them to leave but before they can go Kraab shouts out from atop the picnic table. "Hold it!"

The teens stop dead in their tracks.

"You weren't thinking of leaving me behind were ya?!"

Izuku doesn't even bother to turn around and look at him, instead opting to stay turned away and not answer. But his silence all but gives his answer away.

"I knew it! You were gonna ditch me!" Kraab cries in outrage. "At least bring me along too!"

Now that's instantly a bad idea in Izuku's mind, but not really wanting to be the one to say no he looks to his dad for help. "Dad?"

"Hm." Hisashi takes a moment to think about it. "I don't see why not."

Izuku nearly falls over at the fact that his dad totally didn't get the hint!

Hisashi looks at Kraab and warns. "Just keep your mouth shut while you're out there."

Kraab gives a condescending hum of agreement. "Fine. It beats sitting around here all day and staring at your ugly mug."

Hisashi sighs, letting the insult just roll off his back. "Take him."

"Haha!" Kraab laughs as Deku slings the strap around him again, hanging Kraab over his shoulder.

And so with a heavy sigh Izuku gets the ball rolling. "Well we're off I guess."

He turns to leave with Ochaco in tow.

All the while Hisashi waves them off. "Have fun and take your time. I'll have dinner ready when you get back. I'm making a casserole."

"What kind of casserole?" Izuku shouts back.

"Well with Gran Torino around I'm feeling nostalgic, so I was thinking mealworms and macaroni."

Izuku nearly trips, his face turning green just from the thought alone.

"What?" Hisashi ponders, wondering what could have made Izuku react the way he did. "Oh, do you not like macaroni?"

Not even bothering to explain how that is in no way correct, Izuku instead hurries Ochaco along and away from the impending meal.

Ochaco stares back at him with a mixture of concern yet sternness. "Deku, what exactly have you been easting on this trip?"

"It's not all bad." Izuku admits with a far-off look belonging to a man that is dead on the inside. "A few days ago, we had crickets. So, I just closed my eyes and pretended it was popcorn."

"HOW HAVE YOU BEEN SURVIVING THIS LONG!?"

As they hurry away, Chopper hops out of the RV and moves to go after them. ^Wo-Wo!^

"Oh, no you don't!" Hisashi grabs him by his head, holding him in place. "Where do you think you're going?"

^Wo-bop. Bo-ba!^

"No. You're staying here with me."

^Wo-Wo!^

"Why? Cause I need at least one more player to play Dejarik with."

^Booo-bop.^

"And no cheating this time!"

^Woo-woo!^


From atop Tokyo tower the massive machine remains ever still like a statue peering out towards the horizon. Pigeons are perched across its broad shoulders, peacefully taking in the warm summer sky.

The machine jerks as if awaking from its slumber, causing the birds to flee into the air.

The monstrous form stands straight, arms folded down as it begins to ascend into the air, rocketing away into the sky with the thrusters located under its feet.


In a word, the temple is beautiful.

Once you enter through the gate that's been beautifully overrun with vines and flowers it feels like you've entered a whole other world. World that beautifully balances the natural world and the material world with gardens that somehow seem both beautifully managed yet left alone to grow and thrive as they wish as long as they don't overtake any structures.

Two main lecture halls sit parallel to each other, creating a wide path towards the main hall. The temple's pagoda stands tall and mighty with flowering vines weaving up its walls.

Other buildings and places of worship are hidden away between the gardens, meshing wonderfully with the surrounding flowers and plants. With such large trees, flowers and shrubs the temple's yard feels grander than it actually is as its walls are overtaken by plants that one cannot see them upon their first inspection. In the distance a cemetery lies, its tombstones and statues ridden in soft green moss. The pathways lie flat and smooth with stone as statues of various creatures and yokai line the paths. And occasionally a deer or two will pass on through, strolling off from one section of the garden to the next until disappearing into the nearby woods.

Ochaco marvels at the temple's splendor. "Gorgeous."

Kraab chimes in, his voice laced with distaste. "Eh, that thing is ugly."

Ochaco glowers at him.

"What even is that thing?" Kraab asks, referring to the tiny human-faced statue sitting between the fern.

Izuku chuckles sheepishly. "That's a Jizo."

"Gazoontite." Kraab peers around, noticing more and more of these statues hidden away in the gardens. "They're everywhere! It's an invasion!"

Several other tourists point towards the kids as they talk to themselves in hushed whispers. "Is that boy a ventriloquist?"

"Maybe. I think he was talking to that toy."

"Huh, I wonder if it's some new Japanese toy."

"Ehehe." Izuku chuckles nervously, clamping a hand over Kraab's mouth and hurrying away with Ochaco in tow.

Although the temple is on the outskirts of the city it still has quite the crowd of tourists; mainly Americans who definitely have a romanticized and stereotypical view of Japan.

"Could you keep it down please." Izuku begs.

Kraab humphs in annoyance. "You can't tell me what to do."

The trio make their way through the temple and stop at a small garden of yellow and blue flowers that surround a lone statue of simple design; one of that of a woman with her eyes closed, has massive earlobes, and an illustrious crown of sorts adorned on her head.

"Who is that supposed to be?" Kraab asks, eyeing the statue curiously. "Is it your country's queen?"

Ochaco laughs at that. "No. That's Kannon the goddess of mercy."

"A goddess of mercy? Sounds like a load of Bantha droppings."

Izuku frowns down at the cyborg. "Why do you say that?"

Kraab turns his head away in defiance. "In my experience mercy is nothing but a lie. Show a target mercy and they'll stab you in the back first chance they get. Beg someone for mercy and they're more likely to dangle your freedom right in front of you just to torment you. Trust me kids, it's better to be cruel than to be let down."

Izuku's heart swells with concern, his grip tightening around the strap as if to hold onto Kraab tighter. "Are you…speaking from experience?"

Kraab doesn't answer nor does he look either of them in the eye. But after a moment he does respond albeit rather quietly. "What's it to ya…?"

Izuku and Ochaco share a concerned look, but they don't ask for more, coming to the conclusion that it might be a sore topic for the cybernetic.

And so, they move on through the temple, past the other visitors and tourists, and past the halls. Once they make it past the main hall, they find themselves in a large courtyard.

And it is breathtaking as koi ponds both big and small wave in and out between the gardens, structures, and pathways. Sakura trees sit sparsely between the connecting ponds as the spiraling paths all lead up to a massive pool of water in the middle of the scenery.

The pool is shallow, maybe ankle deep, with water so clear that it's like a liquid mirror, reflecting back all the wondrous colors of the surrounding trees and flowers. The pool itself is as long as three school buses, and in the shape of a dodecagon with every corner being guarded by a small statue representing each of the zodiacs.

The teens are blow away by it all and even Kraab's eyes brighten from the sensory overload.

He whistles under his breath, impressed. "Gotta hand it to the designer here, they really didn't hold back."

Izuku and Ochaco nod in agreement, unable to take their eyes off the vibrant plants, gentle trees, and serene koi ponds.

They wander between the ponds and trees, making sure to stay on the path so as to not disturb a single leaf of this hidden garden. They reach the massive dodecagon pool and walk alongside it, watching their reflections stare back at them off the water.

"Gorgeous." They breathe as a gentle breeze whistles through the air.

The teens are definitely glad they decided to come here. They can let their minds go quiet and forget all about Xylene, the Omnitrix, and everything. They can just be in the moment, enjoying the peace and quiet.

Or they would be if it wasn't for the crowd of tourists all gathered at the opposite end of the pool.

"What is this?"

"Maybe it's a performance."

"That'd be cool!"

"But where's his sword? I thought they were supposed to have swords."

"Excuse me! Are you available for pictures?"

Izuku and the others peer over towards the crowd.

Kraab is the first to ask the question they're all thinking. "What's got them excited?"

Izuku gives a shrug. "No idea."

They continue to watch on until the crowd eventually parts the way, giving the kids a perfect view.

Their jaws drop as a giant of a samurai stands before the crowd.

The samurai is massive with a large muscular build, standing at about fifteen feet in height alone! His helmet being egg-shaped with a black visor encapsulating the entire head, and a silver maedate adorned on its forehead. It's blue and black armor is lined with metal plating that encompasses his entire frame hiding every part of the wearer's body.

Upon seeing the costume both Izuku and Ochaco are drawn in much like the crowd. "Now that's cool!"

Kraab, however, eyes the samurai suspiciously. "Weird…" It's weird, that armored knight-thing kinda…kinda looks familiar to him. But why, he's not sure.

The samurai seems to be scanning the crowd until it peers out over the water and immediately locks on to the teens.

Upon being noticed, Izuku politely waves at him with his left hand.

The samurai doesn't return the gesture, however but instead seems locked onto Izuku's waving hand.

"Be careful." Kraab warns, eyeing the samurai like it's a feral mutt.

"Huh?"

"That thing… I don't know why but… It's dangerous." Kraab says with finality.

Izuku frowns. "What makes you say that?"

From across the pool, the samurai raises his hand forward, his palm out and open towards the trio.

"See he's waving back." Izuku smiles, waving his hand high in the air. "Hi!"

With his hand extended forth, the samurai's hand folds in on itself forming into an arm cannon that begins to charge up with a red laser.

At the same time, Izuku's smile drops to that of horror.

The samurai FIRES.

In a split second, Izuku shoves Kraab into Ochaco's hands and then vanishes in a flash of green.

The red beam hits its mark with such force and power that Ochaco is flung off her feet.

The beam refracts and powers through its target who manages to break through the beam unscathed!

"Diamondhead!" Diamondhead smiles down at his hands. "Yes! I finally got him!" And he wasn't even aiming for Diamondhead specifically, so this just makes it all the better.

Everyone is stunned, jaws open in shock, eyes blinking in disbelief of what they just saw.

Diamondhead glowers at the samurai. "Hey, man! What's the big idea?!"

"That's not a man." Kraab states from between Ochaco's grip.

Ochaco gasp. "What?!"

"It's a droid!" Kraab shouts as bits and pieces of his memories flash through his mind, making him wince under the incoming headache. "Er, I-I think it's after the Omnitrix!"

"A droid?" Diamondhead turns and watches the steam smoking out from the samurai's arm cannon before it seals it and reforms its hand.

"A Samurai Droid?!" Ochaco considers the name and then screams out. "It's a Samuroid!"

The Samuroid steps into the shallow pool and begins to march forth.

Kraab begins to panic as it makes its slow approach. "We should run!"

Diamondhead moves to do so but stops. He frowns, his mind thinking back to Xylene's comment: '"Received the device out of sheer luck."'

He stops and turns right back around, determined to face the threat head on. "Uraraka."

Ochaco slides to a stop. "Y-yeah?"

"Make sure to keep everybody clear." He stares down the marching behemoth. "Things are gonna get messy."

Ochaco hesitantly nods while gripping onto Kraab.

Kraab rolls his eyes and blatantly comments. "Well, he's dead."

Ignoring, Ochaco rushes off to herd the tourists and spectators away.

Diamondhead marches out into the pool only stopping when the Samuroid stops. The two stare ahead at the other, squaring off, awaiting the other to make the first move.

Meanwhile, Ochaco does her best to shepherd the tourists back. "Everybody! For your own safety I must ask you to stay clear of the scene!"

"Why? What's happening?"

"Is this part of the tour?"

"Oh, is this one of those live reenactments?!"

"Uhhh." Ochaco's mind goes blank as she tries to come up with a good cover up. "Y-yeah! But p-please stay back for both your own and our p-performers' safety."

She keeps her attention on the crowd while Kraab is slung over her shoulder, his eyes locked on the combatants.

Diamondhead glowers up at the challenging Samuroid. "This is your first and final chance. You can walk away" His arms shift into thick blades. "or you can crawl."

In response the silent Samuroid leans down, preparing to fight.

The two stand-off, standing on the tips of their toes, waiting for the other to strike first, waiting for the moment to use the other's opening to strike back.

Even the crowd falls silent as everyone holds their breaths, awaiting the moment for the tension to release.

And wind whistles by, carrying a lone leaf. As the wind washes away the leaf floats, spinning in the air, until it gently falls onto the water's surface with a gentle drop.

And like that the two combatants charge! Diamondhead swings his bladed-arm forward as the Samuroid thrusts its fist forward.

In a blink of an eye their attacks collide and they each sliding past the other and sliding to a stop across the water.

As they both hold their poses a lone slice suddenly appears across the Samuroid's chest.

Diamondhead breaks into a confident smirk.

But the smirk is whipped off his face as the Samuroid reels around and slams its fist into his smug face, knocking him to the ground with a single punch!

"Woooooooo!" The crowd of tourists cheer out in excitement, watching the crystal guy go down.

"Way to show him samurai dude!"

"Kick his ass!"

"Come on! Get your ass up! Don't tell me that's all you got!"

"You can do it, crystal guy!

Ochaco hurries to usher the people back, as they keep trying to encroach closer and closer to the fight.

As she holds them back, she peers back at Diamondhead's downed form. 'Get up, Deku.'

The Samuroid marches forth, towering over the prone Diamondhead, raising its arms up high, and about to deliver the final blow.

It swings down, but sensing the incoming impact Diamondhead shoves himself out of the way leaping to his knees as the machine's fists smash into the water.

The crowd immediately breaks into cheers.

"My turn! Raagh!" Diamondhead swings his blade arm up and into the machine, slicing away at its thick metal armor.

But he doesn't stop there, he reluctantly attacks again and again, slicing away at its armor, not giving the monstrosity a second to breathe.

"Raaaaghh!" And with one last swing to the head, the Samuroid is thrown back, stumbling away.

It stumbles to a stop, gripping its head to reset it in place. It then straightens up before its shoulder pads lift up and out comes a barrage of small missiles.

Diamondhead slams his hand down onto the ground and out comes a wall of diamonds, which shield him from the incoming blasts.

As the missiles wash away, Diamondhead charges forth, and leaps up, his fist morphing into a giant hammer! "DIAMOND HAMMER!"

Like Thor's own mighty hammer, he brings the attack down onto the giant's dome!

The Samuroid goes down, smashing into the pool like a hunk of scrap metal.

"WOOOOOOOO!" The crowd rings out in cheers.

Winded, Diamondhead stumbles back and away from the machine. It doesn't appear to be getting up and so he turns away, thinking he won.

But as he begins to march away, the Samuroid stirs and begins to rise.

Diamondhead glowers back at the rising machine. "You want some more?"

It of course doesn't respond but instead it does something rather unexpected and odd.

The machine reaches towards its stomach and from an internal hatch a hilt of some sort is produced.

The Samuroid grabs the hilt and rips it out of its own body. It rises to its feet, brandishing a massive katana-like sword.

The crow cheers and claps in response to the cool looking sword.

The katana-like sword is nearly six feet in length with a thick blue-metal hilt. The blade looks divided, like each part was made of different sections that were all somehow melded atop of each other. With the blade itself being as thick as the Buster Sword from Final Fantasy.

But despite that Diamondhead can't help but chuckle at the thing. "A knife? Ha! That's not even gonna scratch me." Diamondhead's hide is way too thick to be affected. After all he's basically invulnerable when he's like this.

And so with that in mind, Diamondhead taunts the Samuroid to attack. "Go ahead, I'll give you a freebie." He stands there smugly, chest out and arms at his sides, clearly inviting the machine to attack.

It takes the invite and charges forth, katana-like blade in hand, and slashing it down at the still alien.

As the blade swings through the air, it vibrates subtly, resonating with itself right before impact.

And CHOP the blade chops down into Diamondhead's shoulder.

"Graaahh!" Diamondhead cries out in pain, in actual searing pain, pulling away and clutching his pierced shoulder.

Having witnessed the attack, Kraab cries out in shock. "KID!"

Diamondhead stumbles back, clutching his shoulder. "I'm alright. It's just a flesh wound." But it still hurt like hell though. "But what was that?"

He eyes the blade as the Samuroid brandishes it by its side.

"Hang on"

As the Samuroid tilts the blade Diamondhead notices that there is a second blade running along the first with the narrowest gap possible between the two blades. And as the Samuroid brandishes the blade forth and gives it a swing at its side as if to test it, Diamondhead takes note of the soundwave-like vibrations generating off of it.

"It's like it's resonating." And then it clicks. "It's like a tuning fork!" No, not like, it is a tuning fork, a giant bladed tuning fork. But if a tuning fork was able to chip away at crystal, then that must mean that. "Diamondhead must be weak to certain frequencies!" Suddenly Diamondhead doesn't feel so invisible. "That thing is some kind of Resonate-Blade."

The Samuroid throws its head back as if roaring, before charging forth with the Resonate-Blade at the ready.

Diamondhead tries to defend by generating a wall of crystal, but now that the Samuroid has a better handle over the Resonate-Blade it slices right through the top of the crystal wall, before breaking through and swinging at Diamondhead's head.

Diamondhead dives out of the way and just in the knick of time. "I guess soundwaves really are my kryptonite!"

He leaps back, the blade just barely inches form his body as he dodges.

Ochaco and Kraab watch from the sidelines. Ochaco desperately wants to help but the enraptured crowd keeps pushing forward, wanting to get closer to the action.

Diamondhead leaps back and begins to fire a barrage of shards at the dastardly machine.

The Samuroid, however, counters by launching its own missiles in response: blowing away the incoming shards.

Diamondhead growls, cutting off his attack. "No good. Need a new tactic."

The Samuroid charges, swinging down at him with its Resonate-Blade.

Diamondhead dives out of the way as the blade impales the bottom of the pool. 'I'm slow, but it's even slower.' He thinks to himself, while making sure to keep his distance for now. 'If I can out maneuver it, I should have it beat.'

The Samuroid charges in for another attack.

Diamondhead, however, realizes that and quickly generates enough crystals behind his feet to launch him to the side.

The Samuroid misses him by a mile, and proceeds to give chase. However, Diamondhead keeps at it, launching himself this way and that with sudden quick bursts of speed, using the generating crystals as make-shift springboards as it were.

The Samuroid tries to keep up, slashing and hacking away at nothing but air as it misses, becoming more and more unbalanced with every missed swing.

Diamondhead grins, seeing his opening. He slams his feet down and suddenly a wave of crystals race him over the water, allowing him to rapidly circle the behemoth. Around and around, he goes, aiming his arms out and firing down a shower of shards. "CRYSTALLIZED HAILSTORM!"

Massive shards race in from all sides, surrounding the machine entirely. The Samuroid desperately tries to fend off the shards, managing to slash through a few of them and blast away others with its missiles but it's not enough. The shards pierce through its armor again and again from all sides, making it look like a pincushion of shining crystals. But they keep coming piercing every ounce of the machine until it's not even able to lift or swing its blade.

And so with his enemy immobilized, Diamondhead creates a crystal launchpad to toss himself into the air.

"Raaagh!" And with a mighty roar Diamondhead brings his bladed arm down right through the Samuroid slicing it in half and as his blade pierces the ground below a massive burst of piercing diamonds burst out. The massive wave of crystals basically explodes through the machine, tearing it apart in a second in a brilliant display of shards, water, and shining blue metal.

And thus under the shining evening sun, Diamondhead stands victorious before a gorgeous display. The diamonds shimmering off the now calming pool shine like a rainbow as the water and shattered shards softly drizzle down like dazzling sparkles.

Diamondhead lowers his head down in respect for his fallen enemy, sheathing his bladed arm, acknowledging that the battle has been won. "No fear, no hesitation, no surprise, no doubt."

On que, the Resonate-Blade falls from the sky, landing meters away with the blade impaling the ground, allowing it to stand tall above the water, like presenting itself as a trophy to the victor.

A silence has befallen the crowd as everyone's breaths were taken away. And then after one big inhale they all burst out into thunderous applause. "WOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAHHHH!"

They cheer and clap, praising the show and it's performers.

"That. Was. EPIC!"

"NOOO! I had the lens cover on!"

"Aw, man! My finger was blocking the camera!"

"Those guys were amazing!"

"A robot Samurai! Only in Japan my dude!

"God, I love Japan!"

"This place is like so totally getting 5 stars on yelp."

Ochaco watches on from the side now allowing the cheering crowd through.

Kraab finally releases the breath he was apparently holding. "The kid did it."

Ochaco giggles just as relieved to see Deku alright as Kraab is.

Diamondhead peers through the cheering crowd and manages to spot his friends, who wave him over, signaling that they should leave.

He nods and moves to go after them but not before the shimmer blade of the Resonate-Blade catches his eye.


Upon the Dejarik board one of Chopper's holographic monsters takes out one of Hisashi's own, gaining him the lead.

"Nice move." Hisashi comments, leaning back in his chair. "But-" He begins to move around his peons. "Victory. Is."

Chopper slowly reaches for the extension cord that's leading into the RV.

Hisashi cheers out in victory. "Mine-HEY!" He shouts in protest as the board shuts off and all the peons vanish.

^Wha wha wha wha!^ Chopper laughs, waving the cord in the air.

Exasperated, Hisashi sits back in his seat, and gives a slow shake of his head. "You're such a sore loser."

^Wo-wo!^

As Chopper laughs, Gran Torino and Xylene return, coming back into view after their nice stroll.

They hike towards Hisashi who waves them over from his seat beside the RV.

Gran Torino shakes his head in shame. "Don't tell me this is what you did in your spare time?" He then gestures to the Rustbucket. "When you have this junkpile you could've been working on?"

"Hey! the Rustbucket's not junk." Hisashi defends, shooting up from his seat and giving the old girl a pat. "She's a classic."

The bumper unceremoniously falls right off.

Hisashi bits his lip but stays committed to his stance. "And…she's got character."

"Uh huh." Moving on, Gran Torino has himself a look around. "Where are the brats?"

"Oh, I sent them off on their own."

"You what?!" Both Xylene and Gran Torino cry out in protest.

Hisashi jumps back at their screams. "What's the harm?!"

They both shout out over each other. "The harm is that you allowed the Omnitrix out on it's own!/You let two teenagers go off by themselves?!"

Ignoring Xylene, Hisashi chooses to address Gran Torino's concern only. "What? They're teens." he defends figuring they're old enough to not need a supervisor just to visit a temple.

But Gran Torino sure doesn't see it that way. "Exactly! You sent two hormonal teens off on their own? Talk about irresponsible!"

Hisashi blinks, offended on said teens' behalf. "Okay, first off they're not like that! And secondly, I didn't send them off on their own."

"Oh, really, who'd you send with them?"

And like that Hisashi realizes that he should have even brought that point up as he shrinks back in freight. "I sent…the ex-bounty hunter with them."

He was right to be afraid as Gran Torino immediately whacks him over the head with his cane.

"Ow! Sheesh, I get it!"

Gran Torino just glowers in annoyance.

Chopper's antenna picks up on something and he immediately begins to make a ruckus, gesturing wildly towards the shrubby woodlands. ^Wer-wo Wer-wo!^

Hisashi kneels down beside his bot. "What is it, Chop?"

On que, Izuku and Ochaco burst out of the shrubs. Both of them winded like they just ran a marathon with their clothes and hair disheveled while they have a panicked look in their eyes.

The grown ups, mainly Gran Torino and Hisashi, just stare at them with deadpanned judgment and suspicions. After all, two teens running out of the woods with messed up hair, clothes, and they're out of breath. Damn, Hisashi can hear Gran Torino's lecture already.

But the teens don't pick up on that at all as Izuku rushes forward as something large and narrow is strapped to his back along with Kraab. "Dad! Dad! Dad! Dad! Dad!" Izuku rushes forward, only stopping when he finally reaches them. "You're not gonna believe what just happened to us!"

Hisashi drops his head at his own shame. "You're right I can't believe it."

"What?" Izuku's rightfully lost here but he ignores it and moves on. "Look!"

He rips off the Resonate-Blade off his back and presents it to the adults.

Hisashi's eyes pop as he takes in the six-foot blade. "Where did you get this?"

Ochaco finally catches up and chokes out. "It was the Samuroid!"

Gran Torino looks at her like she just said something insane. "The what?"

"The Samuroid." She repeats between breaths. "It was this big, massive samurai looking droid. It was huge! And it attacked us! And it hurt Diamondhead! Diamondhead! Can you believe it?!"

Izuku rapidly nods his head. "Yeah, and it used this!" He shoves the blade forward again.

This time Hisashi takes it, eyeing it curiously, examining every detail of it for any clues of where it may have come from or what it's made out of. "I don't know of any battle droids that use this kind of weapon."

In the meantime, Xylene silently observes from the background. But her suspicions grow as she eyes the blue-hilted katana.

From behind Izuku's back, Kraab chimes in very hesitantly with an answer. "It was a Techadon…"

Silence befalls the entire group with tensions so high one could hear a pin drop.

Kraab hesitantly repeats himself. "It was…a Techadon."

Xylene is immediately put on edge as she demands an answer. "How can you be so sure?!"

Izuku hates to agree with her on this, but she does have a point. "Yeah, I thought you lost your memories."

Kraab shakes his head and tries to clarify. "I never lost them. It's more like they're locked away. But when I saw that thing…the Techadon, things just came back to me."

And judging by how reserved and hesitant he's being, Izuku can only assume what he remembered might not have been worth remembering.

Ochaco, the ever curious, pipes up. "What's a Techadon?"

Although he is acting rather off and hesitant, Kraab still obliges her with an answer. "Techadon Robots are weapons created by the Weapon Masters of Techadon and their Inspectors. They're weapons that are meant to be sold off to the highest bidders. Who often use them as security details and soldiers."

In the meantime, Hisashi tries to remember what else he's heard about them. "I've heard about them, but I've never seen one before. All I know is that they're extremely dangerous."

Ochaco peers over at Kraab. "You sure remembered a lot."

"Not… everything." He closes his eyes in frustration as he tries to summon forth more memories but can't. "Honestly, I feel like…I feel like I'm forgetting an important detail. But-..." It's no use.

While they talk, Xylene rushes up and grabs Izuku by the shoulders and begins to shake him, demanding answers. "Quickly! Did you defeat it?! Did you destroy it?! Tell me! Now!"

Izuku shoves her away so he can breathe. "Yes! Okay! We destroyed it!"

"Yeah!" Ochaco defends. "Deku blew it to smithereens!"

"Good." Xylene says that but they can tell that she might not actually believe them.

Gran Torino cups his chin in thought. "But what's a Techadon doing here? Do you think Vilgax hired it out?"

"He did." Xylene responds. "And it's here because I am here."

The group gasps. "What?"

"When I first retrieved the Omnitrix I tried my best to go into hiding. However, Vilgax's first attempt at claiming the device was by sending a Techadon to retrieve it. It hunted me down for months, but I managed to capture it and deactivate it aboard my ship." She had it all locked away in a specialized chamber too for later dismantlement. "It must have been rebooted after I escaped the ice."

Izuku can accept that but still it took her months to defeat it and yet she wants to take the Omnitrix? Something about that just gives Izuku a bad taste in his mouth. "Well then it's a good thing we took care of it then. After all, it took us only a few minutes to deal with it."

That was a clear jab at her skills if it wasn't clear enough. And she knows it too.

"I am not leaving without the Omnitrix." She promises without a hint of hesitation.

Izuku turns away in protest. "Then I guess you're gonna be sticking around for a while."

The two stare each other down as if to will the other to give in to the other's demands.

But despite their sour demeanors, Ochaco is actually a little relieved. If Xylene does stick around that means Gran Torino will too…

Xylene pulls away first, turning to Hisashi and telling him bluntly that he needs to raise his spawn properly. "You should teach your child the importance of respecting their elders."

Gran Torino let's out an amused scoff. "How could he when he doesn't?"

Hisashi glowers at him.

Done with them all, Xylene marches away but not before throwing back one last comment. "You better have destroyed it."

Izuku glares back. "I did."

"I sure hope so." And with that she marches away, hoping deep down inside that what the child is saying is indeed correct.


Within the thicket of the temple's many gardens lies the sliced head of the Techadon. It lies in ruin, its head split in two, its visor cracked and smashed in while its armor is strewn about the temple in pieces so small it would take decades to fit them all back into place.

However, despite the total obliteration and destruction the Techadon flickers back to life. The metal within its armor morphs and bends like liquid veins and arteries.

The metallic veins flow out of the sliced head pieces and fuse together, pulling the head back together and sealing it seamlessly, leaving nothing but an unscathed albeit severed head.

From out of the thickets of flowers and ferns, its fully repaired hand crawls forward. From nearby its now intake leg hops through the vegetation, clearing a path for the remaining fragments of its armor.

The fragments and limbs protrude out with metallic veins, meshing and molding them all together. And the Techadon slowly reshapes and becomes whole once again.

Not every part of it returns but with every lump or dent the bot manages to repair itself and fix as its metallic structure bends and seemingly regrows itself. All until it stands tall above the flowerbed with no signs of ever being demolished, present. Almost like it never even occurred.

But it did occur and the Techadon knows it.

In fact from inside, it's AI begins to recollect the battle, down to the smallest of moments to the biggest of actions. Analyzing every one of the targets moves, its attacks, its techniques. Beginning from the target's activation to the Techadon's own defeat. Not a second of memory is overlooked, everything is taken in for every second of worth.

As it analyzes its target, the silver maedate upon its forehead reshapes itself, the ends extending further upward, becoming more prominent much like a samurai's.

Upon its completion, the Techadon peers around and takes note of what it is still missing: it's Resonate-Blade.

It turns its head up towards the sky, broadcasting a low discrete signal. And PING. With that it has its weapon's signal, and it appears to be moving.

With its target locked, the Techadon marches forth, crushing the flowerbed below and shoving through the thicket of trees like their plastic. Its gaze locked on ahead, towards its sword, to its target.


Izuku leans back with a heavy sigh watching the sun just beginning to set in the distance, just barely hiding behind Tokyo's skyscrapers. The treetops sway in the soft wind spraying a few leaves up and beside Izuku as he sits atop the RV's roof.

The severed head of Kraab sits beside him, having been tossed up earlier by a pranking Chopper. Izuku meant to get him down but after climbing up he decided to hang out there as well, taking some time to reflect.

And the quiet is sure what Izuku needed especially since it gets him away from Xylene who hasn't stopped glaring at him since they got back from the shrine.

But the silence is anything but peaceful for Kraab who keeps hesitantly peering up at Izuku. "What's eating you?"

Izuku's eyes drift down towards the ground where Hisashi and Chopper are examining the Resonate-Blade while the ever-critical Xylene hovers over Hisashi's shoulder.

With an exasperated breath, Izuku replies with. "Her."

"Ah."

Izuku turns away, peering back out towards the sunset. "It's just that I can't get over what she said."

"About what?"

"About this." He holds up his wrist and the Omnitrix glimmers under the warm setting sun. "How I was just…lucky. That I was never meant to have it."

Kraab can understand that on some level for sure; after all everybody is lucky one way or another whether it's bad or good. "Yeah, I mean, what are the odds you'd be the one to find it?"

"Exactly…! But now that I have it I've been able to do so many things. I was able to join U.A., I can be a hero, I can save people but…" Izuku was only able to do all those things because the Omnitrix fell onto his lap. "It's not like I did anything to earn this for myself…I just got lucky."

Kraab doesn't say a word, not interrupting the clearly distraught boy.

"This Omnitrix is a blessing…and a curse. Sure, I've done some good with it but…look at all the trouble it's caused." He thinks back to all the bounty hunters he's fought like SixSix and Kraab, the psychotic aliens he's clashed with like Ragnarok, the robots he destroyed like the Techadon, and every one of them came here because of him…because of the Omnitrix. "Maybe…it was bad luck that I got it. Maybe I really shouldn't have it."

That is food for thought, but Kraab can't help but think of it a little differently. "It…it was all up to chance."

"What?"

Kraab would be giving a shrug if he could. "Chance, luck, fate call it what you want but whatever the case it was luck. You had some fucking bad luck." he tells him flat-out without a hint of sympathy.

"Y-yeah, I know."

"Good, then shut up and deal with it."

"Huh?!"

"I said shut up and accept it." Kraab repeats with just as much tact as a hammer. "Shit both good and bad, happens to everybody, and people can deal with it differently. You can either whine about it, say you don't deserve it, and all that woah-is-me bullshit. Or you can accept it and move on with dignity. Even if it wasn't meant for you the Omnitrix is yours, no questions asked, it's a done deal."

"But…"

"Look, life deals out crap none of us want. But in our case, we use what life's given us to our advantage." Whether they like it or not. "Life set us up so we might as well use what it gave us to get ahead."

That certainly does give Izuku something to think about, but his mind can't help but pick up and hook itself onto something else Kraab said. "Us…?"

"What?"

"You…you said…us?" Izuku clarifies while eyeing the cyborg curiously. "You said "life set us up.""

"Huh…" Kraab drifts away, becoming silent and far off. "I guess I did." And that's all he has to say, saying nothing more nor explaining himself any further.

Izuku curiously wants to dig deeper but holds himself back; not wanting to offend or aggravate. But instead he begins to think of what Kraab meant by that. That they were both dealt bad hands.

'Just what hand did life deal him?' That is the thought running through Izuku's head as he examines the cyborg's shiny plated skull and robotic features. 'Just what kind of blessing and curse did you receive? How are we alike?'

While Izuku contemplates these questions, he himself is being watched over by Ochaco who's eyeing him worriedly from the ground below.

She's been wanting to talk to him especially after everything Xylene said and she is just about to call up to him when she's interrupted.

"Uraraka."

Ochaco rotates back around. "Oh, hey, Gran Torino." She smiles waving down at the little old man. "Crazy day, huh?"

"Yeah, crazy."

"I bet you're happy. You got to reunite with a friend." Life set us up "I'm happy for you."

"Thank you." Gran Torino may say that but he is not smiling, rather his expression is serious and disciplined. "But right now I would rather not discuss myself or even Xylene. I wanted to talk to you."

"Um, sure." Ochaco looks up at Izuku and Kraab. "But can it wait? I was actually gonna talk to Deku real quick."

Gran Torino peers behind her and spots the mop of green sitting atop the RV. "The kid's fine, he just needs some time to himself." He peers up at Ochaco. "Besides right now someone else needs to hear from you too."

Ochaco frowns, not sure what he means. "Who?"

Gran Torino just waves her over, gesturing for her to follow.

She does, following him into the woods. They don't go far though just enough to be out of earshot but still close enough that they're still in view.

Gran Torino takes a seat upon a downed tree while Ochaco sits across from him, sitting crossed legged on the ground.

Gran Torino leans his cane to the side and begins. "Do you know why I called you here in the first place?"

"Uh, oh, you mean why you invited me over to Tokyo!"

"Yeah. It was so we can talk about what happened during your Final Exam."

'Oh, right.' To be honest Ochaco was kinda dreading that and after everything with their visitors, Xylene and the Techadon, she was kind of hoping Gran Troino had forgotten all about it. But looks like there's no getting out of it so she might as well explain what happened. "It wasn't Deku's fault. Look what happened was that-"

"That All Might's poor judgment cost him the respect of his students." Gran Torino finishes as he stares right back at her. "And his pupil."

"Oh…" Looks like he already knew.

Gran Torino leans back and explains how he came to find out what happened. "All Might reached out to see me a little while ago…and he gave me his side of the story."

##########(Flashback)#########

Gran Torino sits back in his chair while a hot plate of taiyaki sits on the coffee table. He picks away at them, helping himself to them and his warm tea.

But his guest doesn't seem to partake in the sweet treats, instead opting to just stare into their tea as it grows cold.

Gran Torino can't help but notice just how sunken in Toshinori Yagi looks. Even looks more depressing and skinner than he ever has in his weakened form. He honestly looks like a skinny tree that'll fall over with the next breeze.

Knowing the treats and tea are a lost cause, Gran Torino sets his down and gets right to business. "So, what's tearing at you this time?"

Toshinori stares up at him in surprise, surprised that he knew something was bothering him.

Gran Torino explains how he knew. "You don't pay me a visit that often so the only reason you're here now is cause something's bothering you, right?"

Toshinori lowers his head in defeat. "Yes. As usual, sir, you are correct."

"So, out with it."

"I…made a mistake."

And so Toshinori spills his heart and guilt out. Explaining everything he can in full detail. From his suspicions of the boy, Izuku Midoriya, to his unjustified assumptions, his actions and words during the disaster that was supposed to be a Final Exam, and how now the guilt is eating away at him from the inside.

And at the end, Gran Torino can only sit back and listen while taking in everything Toshinori says.

"Hm." He hums to himself while deep in thought.

Toshinori grows more anxious in his seat. "Please, say something."

"Okay. You fucked up."

"I know that!" Toshinori shouts not expecting Gran Torino to be so blunt about it. "I know that… I failed that boy, I…betrayed his trust. I failed him both as a hero and as his teacher." Toshinori rubs his neck before adding on. "It hasn't just been him though. I also realized that I haven't exactly been the mentor Young Uraraka's needed either. I mean I trained her, helped her build up her strength but it was really you that helped her learn to focus her power." In truth he's been stumbling through his teaching responsibilities when it comes to both of those kids, especially Uraraka. "I just pawned her off to you."

And then came his disastrous handling of Midoriya's justified outburst. And even though he tried to make amends and apologize, both the boy and his pupil told him outright that they are not quite ready to forgive and forget.

Toshinori lets out a sullen sigh, his head hanging low like a starving pooch. "And after what happened…I know I lost her trust as well."

Gran Torino allows him to finish, sipping his tea before responding to Toshinori's tale. "What have you done to fix it?"

Toshinori doesn't answer, instead shrinking into himself.

"Nothing?!" Gran Torino scolds.
Toshinori shakes his head in a panic. "No, not nothing! I've…I've tried more recently to call her but she hasn't answered." He's been trying every day for the last week in fact. "She's…she's been ghosting me."

"Hm. And what of the boy?"

Once again, he has no answer.

Gran Torino frowns in disappointment. "I see. So, why bring this all up to me?"

"I…I need someone that could tell me what to do." Toshinori bows his head lower, begging Gran Torino for his help." I need to know how…I need to know how I can reach my students?"

"Hm. Let's start with the girl then."

"Well like I said I've been trying to reach her."

"Have you seen her since the Final Exam?"

"I did." Toshinori explains. "I comforted her after she had a run in with Tomura Shigaraki."

Gran Torino nods, recalling the incident. "Ah, yes. I heard about the incident from Tsukauchi. So, then when did you try to reach out again?"

"I…finally worked up the courage a week ago." He lowers his head acknowledging that his efforts haven't been fruitful. "I wanted to speak to her. I wanted for us to reconnect, and I got the push after I got an invite."

"Invite?" Gran Torino frowns. "To where?"

Toshinori gives him a slow shake of his head as if it's not worth bringing up. "It doesn't matter, really. I mean it would have been great if she could come along but if she doesn't even want to hear from me then I shouldn't even mention it."

"But that's beside the point." Toshinori continues. "She…she's lost trust in me. They both have. After all, I just accused her closest friend of being a villain." He looks ready to lie in his own grave. "Her own teacher didn't trust her judgment."

Gran Torino thinks it over. He can understand how often adults overthink and worry over their juniors, but in this case, it may have gone too far. "Teachers should always be looking out for their students. But they shouldn't try to control them, rather they need to be there when their students fail and succeed. To be there when they make their mistakes and be there to catch them if they fall." Gran Torino looks his former student in the eye and tells him straight up. "You failed that basic principle."

In response, Toshinori's face rides up with honest cold guilt.

And Gran Torino can see it written all over his face, so there's no need to hammer that point in. "However, I can understand why you thought the way you did. Especially after everything we've gone through." His eyes drift down towards Toshinori's stomach, where that nasty wound is hidden away underneath his shirt. "But we're all human. We get emotional and sometimes we let our emotions get the better of us." Like how All Might let his fear get to him or how Izuku allowed his anger to take him. "As for Uraraka, she doesn't hate you, that's for sure. If anything, she's not sure how to act around you anymore." She's confused and uncertain, she's not sure how to handle this kind of situation. "She's avoiding you because she's afraid of how she'll be disappointed again."

"I need to make things right with her. With both of them but I can't just force myself onto them!"

"You're right, you can't." Gran Torino takes a moment to think. "In Uraraka's case she has to come to you. No matter how she feels about it now, you are her mentor. So she's gonna need you." Maybe he, Gran Torino, should at least nudge her in the right direction. "Be patient but be persistent too."

"What do you mean?"

"For now, keep reaching out. At the very least it'll show her that you still want to be her mentor. And that you still care."

"But what about Young Midoriya? Should I…should I do the same?" Toshinori seems hesitant, worried that he'll upset the boy again whether it's through his presence or a slip of the tongue.

Gran Torino frowns. "Well I can't say I know him that well if at all but I can say he's a good kid. A good head on his shoulders and yeah after what I saw he's definitely gonna make a fine hero someday." That said there's still the matter of how to deal with the boy. "But from what you told me; I think there's only one real option on how to move things forward with him."

Toshinori sits up, hopeful that his teacher will have the answer he needs to fix all of this. "Please, tell me."

Gran Torino looks him in the eye and says. "You should stay away from him."

Well, he certainly wasn't expecting such a response.

"I don't mean that in a cruel way." Gran Torino clarifies. "I mean that in a respectful way. The kid blew his lid and I'm sure he feels guilty and that's exactly why you should stay back." How else can he explain this? "The kid's trust is like a well-built house. And you came in and punched a hole right through it." Essentially, he broke in and violated the kid's trust. "And now after mistakes were made, the boy needs to take his time to fix his house. It needs to be filled back up and put back together again. He needs time to repair, to become stronger at least mentally and emotionally."

"But then shouldn't I help fix the metaphorical house? Shouldn't I be there?"

"No. You were the one that broke in and smashed the place. It's not easy for anyone to invite that same person back inside, is it?"

Toshinori can't help but agree; it's like asking the guy that robbed you to come over for another visit. "No, I guess it wouldn't be."

"You need to respect the boy's own space for now. Until he's ready to allow you to come back inside the house."

Toshinori gulps, afraid to even air his next concern. "And what if…what if he never forgives me."

Gran Torino, however, immediately waves the worry off. "The kid will forgive you. If he's anything like his old man, then his heart won't allow him to stay angry forever. But ultimately it'll be up to you to really show him how much being his teacher and hero means to you."

Toshinori curiously frowns at the mention of Young Midoriya's father, but he doesn't dwell on it, figuring right now it's more important to stay focused on the essential topic.

And after taking Gran Torino's advice he can confidently summarize his points. "So, I need to be patient and gentle with him for now until he's ready to move on. And when that happens, I have to somehow show through my actions that I care. An 'actions speak louder than words' kind of approach."

Gran Torino nods in approval, glad his old student understands. "You get it. When the time comes you need to show him how you feel. And that you want to go forward with him as well."

Toshinori feels a little bit better but still he has his concerns. "But…when will that be?"

"…I don't know."

########(End Flashback)#######

"There you have it." Gran Torino claps his hands as he finishes his retelling. "That's why I reached out to ya."

Ochaco frowns, letting his story sink in. "Why? So, you can tell me to get over myself?"

"No." Gran Torino leans forward, keeping his attention on her. "I wanted to hear your side of things."

Ochaco raises an eyebrow at him, finding this all to be rather odd. "You're mediating?"

"Yeah, I am. I mean, you must realize that it isn't good that you're pushing your own mentor away."

Ochaco can't deny it; she has been ignoring All Might ever since the incident. "I'm…I'm not angry with All Might. I'm just…disappointed and confused is all. On one hand I understand why he was so paranoid the way he was. But on the other hand, he didn't trust my judgment nor Deku." And it hurt especially as she could only watch as her best friend lost control and attacked her misjudging mentor. "I- I want to talk to him but I'm afraid that-that I'll say something I don't mean. Or that I'll end up regretting."

Gran Torino can understand those fears, certainly, however. "The only thing you'll regret is not meeting him halfway. You can't avoid him forever; it'll be better for you both to work through this together."

"But what about Deku?"

"The kid needs time until he's ready to face All Might again." How much time even he's not sure though. "But seeing you move forward will inspire him to move forward as well." Gran Torino peers up past the setting sun and to the moon that's just barely visible behind the parting clouds. "That's all we can do, carry forward along with the weight of all of our decisions."

Like how sometimes, just sometimes, he wonders what it would've been like if he never said NO to Xylene that day. But he did say NO and he's stuck to that decision ever since.

As Gran Torino reminisces and drifts away, Ochaco hesitantly peers down at her phone, slipping it out of her pocket. On her screen she finds 24 unread messages all from the same address: All Might.

Gran Torino spots the phone. "So, then are you gonna move forward or stay where you are?"

Ochaco grips the phone tightly, trying to will herself to open the messages and to finally respond. She takes a breath and reaches for the screen.

*CRAAASSSHHH!*

A thundering crash booms across the woodlands as a massive dust cloud sprouts up into the sky.

Ochaco and Gran Torino immediately jump to their feet watching as the dust cloud rises above the campsite.

Ochaco gasps, forgetting about the messages for now. "That came from the RV!"

"Hurry!" Gran Torino shouts, scooping up his cane before hurrying off along with Ochaco.

They make it back to the RV in record time only to be stunned to find the fully repaired Techadon standing before Xylene, Hisashi, and Chopper after retaking its Resonate-Blade. It has its free arm extended forward, formed into a cannon. It appears to be scanning the site before it locks onto the astonished Izuku who sits frozen atop the Rustbucket.

It immediately swings its arm up and over, the cannon now aiming right for the boy.

But before it can fire Xylene rushes forward as her eyes begin to glow.

With a swing of her hand the Techadon rises within a glowing aura. And before he can process the root cause of its levitation Ochaco leaps up and delivers a powerful SMASH!

Her fist smashes through the bot's stomach and launches it away where it crashes into the ground.

With the bot down, Izuku slides down the RV with Kraab in hand as everyone else rushes over.

Xylene is seething with rage, grabbing Izuku by his shoulder and spinning him around. "Liar! I thought you said you destroyed it!"

Izuku throws his hands up in defense. "I did!"

"I thought you meant you incinerated it!" Xylene barks, clearly annoyed with Izuku for not somehow reading her mind. "I thought you meant you melted it down!"

"Why would you assume that?!"

"Because Techadons," She grabs Izuku by the head and pulls him around towards the downed bot. "can self-repair!"

On que, the Techadon rises from within the crater with a massive gaping hole in its chest. Upon rising back up, the chest wound molds and folds into itself until it becomes whole once again.

Kraab winces as if he just felt a pain in his head but even so he still manages to get snippy with the lizard lady. "You know you really should have clarified that earlier!"

The Techadon prepares its blade and charges at the group.

Xylene shoves Izuku back and throws her hands out, halting the Techadon's movements within her Telekinesis.

As the Techadon struggles forward, Ochaco rushes in and slaps her hand against the machine's arm.

Zero-Gravity takes hold just as Gran Torino zooms in with his Jet Quirk and slams into the bot knocking it back with ease.

As the Techadon is flung back, Ochaco releases it, and it tumbles to the ground bouncing off it like a pebble on water before crashing into an abandoned billboard that's been left to rot in the abandoned parking lot.

As it rises to its feet, it is met by a veil of flames courtesy of Hisashi.

Meanwhile, Izuku hangs back along with Kraab and Chopper, watching uselessly from the sidelines.

Upon watching his friends going into battle for his sake, Izuku places Kraab onto Chopper's head. "I beat it once I can do it again!"

Chopper rattles and beeps in response. ^Wo-wa Be-wo.^

Izuku shakes his head. "It's not gonna be my funeral!"

Kraab rolls his eyes. "I'm with Chopper on this one. It's definitely your funeral kid, but hey I'm just a head so not like I can stop ya."

Izuku rolls his eyes in response. "Thanks for the vote of confidence, guys." He begins to sprint forward. "Just sit back and enjoy the show!"

As Izuku runs off Chopper shouts after him. ^Wo-wa wa-bp!^

"Yeah." Kraab jeers along with Chopper, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "We're dying with anticipation!"

As Izuku dials up an alien he charges headfirst towards the battle and as he preps to transform he finds his body locked in a pink aura.

"Stay back!" Xylene shouts, cutting him off and tossing him back with a forceful push of her mind.

"Woah!" Izuku flies backward, hitting the ground and sliding across the weedy parking lot until he slides to a stop at Chopper's feet.

Chopper and Kraab look down at him from above.

"Well, what do you know, that was a show." Kraab teases while Chopper begins to laugh.

Izuku scowls up at them but chooses to ignore them as he aims his anger at the one that threw him. "What was that for?!"

As the others hold the line against the machine, Xylene glares back at the boy and shouts. "Stay out of this! We can't risk the Omnitrix falling into Vilgax's hands."

"But I can-"

"Shut it! Just be a good child and stay put!" She then rushes off to rejoin the fray.

Kraab hisses in feigned pain. "Oh, ouch, even I felt that sting."

As the others engage in battle, Izuku curls his hand into a frustrated fist "I can't just sit here and watch, can I?!"

"HA! Welcome to the club."

Kraab's teasing is not what Izuku needs right now. He's already so frustrated. First All Might now Xylene! They're both treating him like a child that's way over his head! Neither of them trust him! But-but he can help! He can!

With a shout Izuku declares out in frustration. "I'm going in!" He then begins to dial up for an alien.

Kraab, still taking this as a joke, sarcastically shouts back. "Go get 'em Tiger!"

"I sure will or rather." Izuku finds the alien and transforms within less than a second before a loud booming voice roars out. "Rath will!"

Rath flexes his arms before leaping forward without a hint of hesitation.

As Ochaco dives away, just narrowly avoiding the swing of the Techadon's blade Rath zooms in and arm drives the machine down onto the ground much to everyone's astonishment!

Rath stands atop the bot, shouting at its face as he begins to wail his fists into its massive frame. "Lemme tell you something, you giant pile of rusting tin cans! Rath is gonna rip you piece by piece by piece!" He continuously slams his fist down into the Techadon, tearing through its armor with his piercing claws. "Rath is gonna tear you apart so much that it'll take you a hundred years to put yourself back together! And when you do, Rath is gonna tear you apart again just for laughs!"

As he continues to pound away at the downed bot the disturbingly calm android watches him closely, watching his fists thrust into its frame again and again without a hint of fear.

"RAAAWWWR!" Rath roars out like a mighty beast as he drills his fist down towards his prey's head.

But his claw never connects as the bot catches his fist in its iron grip.

"Let go, you rejected Terminator concept art! Or Rath is gonna-WAH!"

The Techadon swings him up and over, slamming Rath into the ground before swinging him over and down into the ground again and again before tossing him aside like a sack of potatoes.

"Woah!" Rath cries out as he slides to a stop. "Ow…" He moans, rubbing his aching head.

As the Techadon repairs itself its shoulders protrude up just as it fires a rain of missiles at the down Appoplexian.

"Move child!" Xylene shouts sliding in and deflecting the missiles with her Telekinesis. "You're only in the way!"

Rath let's out a beastly growl. "Shut your yaphole! Rath can deal with this honking hunk of stinking metal without you! RAAWWR!"

Hisashi calls after him! "No, Izuku!"

But his call goes unheard as Rath rushes in and takes a nasty swipe at the Techadon's chest. "Rath is gonna rip your greased up heart and eat it like a kebab!"

The Techadon doesn't defend itself; instead, it watches on as Rath's sharp claw harmlessly slides off its armor.

"Huh?!" Rath's jaw drops, he didn't even leave a scratch. "But how?"

The Techadon grips it's blade and raises it high above its head.

Rath let's out a terrified meow. "Uh, oh…"

The Techadon swings its Resonate-Blade down at the tiger.

"DEKU!" Ochaco screams out, zipping through as a pink blur and plucking Rath away in the knick of time.

But without her Gyro-Disc nor having used Zero-Gravity on Rath they both tumble and fall to the ground, bouncing across the weedy parking lot before grinding to a stop.

Not one to show mercy the Techadon moves to go after them, but he's cut off by a blur of red.

The Techadon raises its blade, defending itself from the blazing spear now blocking its path.

"Amenonuhoko: Dual Burn!" Hisashi declares as he grips his fiery spear after having Chopper fetch it from inside the RV.

Hisashi spins the spear about, its flame-tipped ends glowing through the air like a pair of glowing orange blades. "You're not getting past me!"

The Techadon rightfully takes that as a challenge, swinging its Resonate-Blade forward.

Hisashi meets the blade with his burning Amenonuhoko! And the two weapons bounce off each other before they're both swung forward, clashing against each other again and again as flames and vibrating waves echo off with each clash.

As the two struggle against each other, Gran Torino zips in and takes a swing at the bot's head with his cane. Although it doesn't do much it does manage to break its hold over Hisashi allowing the Plumber to get a few burning stabs into its knees.

The Techadon stumbles and nearly falls over as Gran Torino continuously zips in and delivers hard hits to its back and head. It makes to cut the old man in half but its blade is halted by Hisashi's burning Amenonuhoko.

As the battle of the melee weapons continues Xylene rushes in as well trying to use her Telekinesis to slow the android's movements.

Meanwhile, Rath shoves himself off the ground and finds himself barking into Ochaco's face. "Lemme tell you somethin' Ochaco Uraraka! Rath didn't need your stinking help! Rath had it all under control!"

Ochaco glares back at the ungrateful transformation. "Lemme tell you something, Rath. Ochaco Uraraka doesn't think you did!"

Rath shrinks back, not able to take his own speech thrown back at him in stride.

As the fight rages, the Techadon spots the Omnitrix bearing Appoplexian, and it focuses its attention onto its intended target.

Determined to complete its mission, the Techadon flexes as if trying to roar out. Upon doing so it unleashes a barrage of missiles down upon Hisashi, Gran Torino, and Xylene.

The three don't have enough time to defend themselves or to deflect the missiles and are instead forced to dive out of the way. But in the case of Hisashi and Xylene neither escape in time and are blasted off their feet.

With the obstacles removed, the Techadon locks in onto the Omnitrix, marching forth while its soul focus remains on the Omnitrix.

Rath and Ochaco stand their ground as the massive weapon approaches.

Rath swings his fist up and shouts. "You want some more?!"

The Techadon stops, not raising a hand nor its blade, but instead it locks onto the Omnitrix and as it does so the long silver maedate upon its brow glows gold in color.

*BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!*

Upon the maedate beginning to glow, the Omnitrix flashes red and Rath vanishes from sight, replaced by the not as intimidating Izuku.

Izuku freezes in place, his mind blank and unable to process what just happened. "HUUUHHH!?" He frantically rubs his hands over his body as to make sure this isn't a dream or a trick of the mind.

Ochaco is just as panicked as he is, her eyes trialing towards the red glowing Omnitrix. "What just happened?!"

"I don't know!"

From the sidelines hides Chopper and Kraab. And although Chopper is trying to remain out of sight, Kraab watches on. At first with mild interest but after witnessing the Techadon's moves and Izuku's detransformation, this battle has his full attention. His eyes remain locked on the Techadon, only looking away as his head begins to flash and sends shocks of pain throughout his mind. "In-...Inspector…"

While Izuku continues to make sure that he's not dreaming, the Techadon prepares the final blow with its blade.

"Um…can we talk this out by any chance."

The silent Techadon's hamlet gleams almost like the android is trying to taunt him.

But before it can take a swing Ochaco grabs Izuku by the hood of his hoodie and pulls him back just as a missile rams into the Techadon, blasting it back a ways.

"Get away from my boy!" Hisashi roars as he presses down on his car keys.

The RV's engine roars to life as the Rustbucket races forward all on its own. Charging forward and slamming itself into the Techadon!

The Techadon throws its hands forward and pushes against the Rustbucket but it's of no avail as it is pushed back.

Ochaco's jaw drops at the sight of the self-driving weaponized RV. "I thought that thing was just a rustbucket?!"

"It is!" Izuku laughs, but he's still weirded out by his sudden detransformation.

Hisashi and the others rush over towards the teens.

With Hisashi immediately dotting over his son making sure he's not hurt. "Izuku! Are you okay?! What happened?! I thought you couldn't transform back on your own?"

"I can't!" Izuku explains. "Or at least I don't think so!"

Xylene scowls down at the DNA weapon. "If the Omnitrix is acting up we can't afford the risk. Stay here and out of sight for now."

"But-"

"I will not repeat myself again."

Everyone frowns at that, even Gran Torino has to admit that her tone is becoming rather grating, especially the unwarranted aggression towards the poor boy.

While that's happening the Techadon frees itself of the Rustbucket's path, shoving itself to the side and allowing the vehicle to race past.

Upon seeing the Techadon free itself Gran Torino hurries off. "We'll figure out what's wrong with it later, for now we got other problems to deal with!" And thus, he zips away with Xylene in tow.

Hisashi is just about to hurry after them but not before stating. "If the Omnitrix recharges you can help but for now stay put."

Izuku wishes to protest but he can understand Hisashi's logic. "Okay."

With that being addressed, Hisashi turns to Ochaco and smiles teasingly. "Let's go, if the old geezer's gonna kick the bucket then I want to be there to see it."

"Quiet you!" Gran Torino shouts as he zips around the Techadon before leaping back as the Rustbucket zooms in for another ramming. "We all know I'm gonna out live you! Haha!"

Hisashi laughs, albeit a little annoyed as he and Ochaco rejoin the fight.

As for Izuku he is desperately gripping the Omnitrix trying to will it to work again. "Come on! Why are you acting up now?!"

The Omnitrix recharges, turning green in his hand. "An instant recharge? Cool!" That's great but whether it was thanks to him or the fact he wasn't Rath for very long is still in the air. "But then why did it reset?"

He tries to come up with the why but is interrupted as a massive red beam blasts into the woods.

Izuku stumbles with the dial. "Less talking more transforming!" And so he does, disappearing in a flash of green!


Ochaco slings a Ryou Sphere at the incoming Techadon but it does little against its near impenetrable armor.

As the Techadon charges at the girl, Hisashi cries out in warning. "Everyone get back!"

They do just as the Rustbucket races in and slams its battering ram into the android.

The Techadon holds its ground, keeping its body low and center giving itself enough leverage to pry the RV up and onto its side.

Hisashi cries out in anguish. "NO! MY RIDE!"

The Techadon redirects its attention and fires another barrage of missiles.

Xylene soars forward and deflects incoming explosives.

While she's shielding them, Gran Torino rushes over to Ochaco who shouts out. "It's too powerful!"

Gran Torino shakes his head in frustration. "How did you kids beat it last time?!"

"Deku out sped it! It couldn't keep up!"

Hisashi eyes the android, watching its clunky slow movements at work. "Is that so?"

With a plan now in mind the three spread out and surround the android from all sides. Ochaco fires a barrage of Ryou Spheres as Hisashi unleashes fiery flames from the other side of the bot. Gran Torino zips in and out, slamming his feet against the bot's legs while Xylene begins to hurl chunks of earth and cement at the slow android.

The Techadon desperate swipes and swats away at their attacks, unable to keep up with their movements or strikes.

Upon seeing it struggle, Ochaco lets out an excited cheer. "It's working!"

Or so it would appear, the Techadon stands holding its ground, enduring the attacks and taking note of how their battle plan is strikingly similar to the Petrosapien's own strategy.

It watches as fire, Ryou Spheres, and rubble fly to from all directions before it takes its Resonate-Blade and swings it around, slashing away each projectile in one strike!

Ochaco's jaw drops in surprise. "How'd it do that?!"

Floating up above, Xylene scowls in frustration. "This is strange."

Ochaco looks up at her and asks. "How?!"

"When I fought with it…it was never…this adaptive." It never had a blade nor was it nearly impenetrable, nor was it this strategic and analytical.

The Techadon locks its sights on Xylene and Ochaco and charges with its blade high above its head.

The two prepare to defend themselves as the Techadon swing sits blade down!

But the Resonant-Blade's hilt slides through its fingers remaining in the air.

"No, more toys." From behind Lodestar glares up at the Techadon as he holds the blade in place. "Let's do this mano a mano. Or mano a magno." He smirks as he tosses the Resonate-Blade aside and out of the Techadon's reach.

The Techadon instantly locks its sights on the Omnitrix wearing Biot-savartian and moves to attack.

Lodestar halts its advance quickly, using his magnetic pull to lift the Techadon high into the air.

As it rises up the android fires a shower of missiles but each one is bounced away by a magnetic field.

Lodestar smirks, wagging a finger/claw at the bot before swinging his arms around and tossing the robot aside. "YAH!"

The Techadon flies off, crashing through the trees before slamming into a boulder and bouncing to a stop.

Ochaco sprints up to Lodestar, very much amazed to even be seeing the alien in action. "Woah! You recharged already?!"

"Yeah!" lodestar grins. "Maybe I'm finally getting this Omnitrix thing down!"

The Techadon pries itself out of the rubble and logs, marching forward like a metallic giant.

Xylene prepares to fight it off. "It's getting back up."

"I got this." Lodestar passes her by and locks onto the smashed-in billboard. He aims his claw and takes control of the metal, levitating it up and launching the piercing pipes and poles at the Techadon. "It's over!"

The Techadon watches closely as Lodestar maneuvers the metal pipes, watching as he uses his magnetic pull to launch them forward.

After a quick analysis, the Techadon thrusts its hand forward which begins to vibrate and shake violently in place. Doing so the Techadon unleashes a shockwave of sorts that creates a barrier of air between itself and the incoming projectiles.

Upon hitting the invisible barrier the metal projectiles either bounce back or are held in place, floating in the air against the controlled shockwave.

Everyone's jaws drop as they watch this bot use its own version of mage hand.

While still levitating the projectiles, the Techadon peers back at the defiant humans and aliens. It then decides that they deserve to have the projectiles back as with a flick of its wrist the metal pipes race back towards the group!

"MOVE IT!" Gran Torino screams, grabbing the kids and pulling them away.

Everyone dives out of the way as the metal shard pierce and bounce off the ground, nearly hitting them all in the process.

With its opponents down the Techadon takes a moment to locate its Resonate-Blade. There, it appears to be embedded in a tree not that far away. But instead of walking over to retrieve it, the android sticks its hand out towards the blade and using its controlled shockwaves of air pressure it is able to pull the blade free of its tomb and launch it back right towards its hand; all without even laying a finger on it.

With its weapon back in hand, the Techadon locks its sights back onto its target, Lodestar. And once again the silver maedate in its forehead glows gold in color.

*BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!*

In a flash of red Lodestar takes his unwilling leave, leaving a horrified Izuku behind. "What? No! Not again!"

With everyone's guard down the Techadon aims its arm cannon and fires.

Xylene leaps into action, using her telekinesis to rip the weedy parking lot's concrete apart, lifting it up and bending it towards the sky, creating a wall between them and the laser beams.

Ochaco covers her head as rubble flies overhead. "Deku, what is going on with you?"

"I don't know!" Izuku screams, just as confused. "One second I'm an alien and the next I'm not!"

Kraab shouts out. "It was the Techadon!"

Everyone spins around to find Chopper wheeling up to them with a panicked Kraab on his head.

Izuku blinks back at the droids. "What?"

"I saw it." Kraab begins to explain. "The Techadon it's releasing some sort of interference. A jamming signal of sorts!"

Izuku gasps. "Wait, so, it has like an…Omnitrix Disrupter?!"

Kraab frantically nods his head. "I think so! It can reset the Omnitrix and prevent you from transforming just by looking at you!"

Before they can process anything more the Techadon smashes its way through the barricade with a massive punch.

Upon breaking its way through it once again lunges for the wielder of the Omnitrix.

^Wwwooo!^ Chopper cries out in terror, throwing his hands up in a panic.

Just as the Techadon is about to snatch him up, Ochaco leaps in and launches it back with a powerful attack! "VENUS SMASH!"

The Techadon is blasted back, bouncing off the flipped over RV before crash landing atop of the picnic table, smashing it to bits under its weight.

Seeing an opening, Gran Torino roars out. "Quick while's down!"

Hisashi takes it upon himself to do the honors, rushing forward and unleashing a massive wave of glowing orange flames. "WILDFIRE FLARE!"

Hisashi unleashes all that he has, creating his biggest and most powerful Firebreath yet. Generating flames that spiral and consume the Techadon in a wave of crashing flames.

Everyone stands back, impressed by the sight but are stunned as the Techadon begins to rise out of the flames.

While the others prepare to take on the Techadon once again, Izuku frustratingly fiddles with the Omnitrix trying to get it to work again. "Omnitrix Disrupter or not I'm not just gonna sit here!"

Kraab starts shouting for Izuku to cool his jets. "Hang on, kid! I think that's-"

He's cut off by a flash of green and a gust of cold air as a lanky blue moth spreads its wings and takes off into the air. "Big Chill!"

Kraab sits back on Chopper's head, dejected and defeated. "-a bad idea…" He can only assume that this is not gonna end well. Oh well he tried to warn him, not his fault if the kid dies…right?

The Techadon manages to push through the last of the flames, coming right up to Hisashi, aiming to cut down the source of the flames.

Gran Torino zips in and pulls Hisashi out of the way as the Resonate-Blade smashes against the ground, leaving behind a nasty gauge in the earth.

Gran Torino props Hisashi on the ground, where he lies and tries to catch his breath.

The Plumber gestures to Gran Torino in thanks. "Thanks for the save."

Gran Torino turns his nose away. "You should pay better attention to your surroundings! What are you getting slow in your old age?"

Hisashi's nerves are instantly provoked. "Can't you just take the thanks?!"

The Techadon marches towards the two, towering over them like a behemoth.

"Stand back!" Big Chill glides in overhead, high above the Techadon. "It's time we put this running refrigerator on ice!" He takes a massive inhale of air before exhaling with all his might while batting his wings as hard as he can in a downward manner. "NORTH WIND!"

A sudden blizzard befalls over the Techadon, pounding it with icy snow and chilling wind that quickly begins to encompass it. Ice forms all around it, clinging to its armor before expanding more and more until the Techadon is completely frozen in place within a solid block of ice.

"He got it!" Ochaco celebrates upon seeing the android's rampage halted.

Gran Torino throws Big Chill a big thumbs up. "Nice going, kid!"

Big Chill smiles, hovering down to admire his handy work. "See you weren't so tough." He taunts, placing his hands around the frozen Techadon as if it could still see him. "I mean you're just another robot."

"KID!" Kraab flips out, screaming at the top of his lungs from down below. "Get away from it! Now!"

Big Chill frowns in confusion. "Why?"

Before Kraab can respond the Techadon begins to glow a hot red orange. Steam then begins to rise off the ice which begins to melt and crack from within before the ice crumbles apart!

Shards of melted ice shower everywhere as a wave of heat radiates out, making Big Chill flinch in response. As the shards fade away, he pulls down his arm just in time to come face to face with an iron-hard punch to the face!

Big Chill goes down as the now free Techadon begins to cool itself down allowing the red-hot glow of its armor to fade away.

"DEKU!" Ochaco cries out, racing in to save him.

But The Techadon stops her, blocking her way and forcing her and the others back with a hail of missiles.

"Ough…" Big Chill groans in pain, rubbing his aching head in an attempt to clear up his foggy mind. "Did anyone get the number of that bus?"

He peers up and screams out in horror as the Techadon hammers it's fist down onto him again!

Dust and concrete shot up in a little cloud as its fist makes impact. However, Big Chill is perfectly fine floating up through the Techadon's arm while his body is phased out. "That's a good way to break your hand."

The Techadon peers down and pries it fist out of the ground, only to discover its hand has been frozen in ice and smashed in by its own strength.

"See, told ya." Big Chill snickers.

Xylene, having seen Big Chill taunting the android instead of fighting, snaps in anger. "Freeze it, don't talk to it!"

"It's called banter!" Big Chill snaps back before bringing his attention back towards the bot. "And I was already gonna do that!"

He dives in, his plan involving his ability to remain intangible, allowing him to pass through the bot while freezing it from the inside out.

The Techadon stands there, watching closely, analyzing how Big Chill's intangible body shimmers under the dimming light.

The phased out Big Chill dives headfirst, aiming to end it quickly. But as his forehead hits the Techadon's armor it bounces off, hitting his head hard before falling to the ground.

"OW!" Big Chill moans in pain, holding his pounding head. "I'm gonna feel that one for weeks. Wait, I-I felt that?! But how is that-Bleh!"

While still remaining intangible the Techadon grabs Big Chill, picks him up, swings him up and over, and slams him against the ground. Holding its grip tightly around his frame, making sure the bug can't wiggle itself free.

The phased out Big Chill tries to free himself, beating his wings and trying desperately to pull the iron grip apart with his scrawny arms. "L-let go! H-how are you even able to grab me?!"

Instead of responding, the Techadon gazes down at the Omnitrix before unleashing its Omnitrix Disrupter once again.

*BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!*

And after a flash of red, Izuku finds himself stuck in the giant's iron grip. Unable to move or unable to defend himself.

With its target pinned, the Techadon takes its Resonate-Blade, raising it up with the tip aimed down, ready to bring it down onto the boy's skull.

WOOSH! It brings the blade down at the boy.

Izuku shuts his eyes and turns his head away, waiting for the inevitable agony before the sweet relief of death to wash over him. But it never comes.

Izuku opens his eyes and is amazed yet terrified to find the tip of the Resonant-Blade just inches from his face.

Xylene focuses with all her might on the blade, holding it in place as the Techadon tries to hammer it down onto its target.

From behind her, Gran Torino zips past, racing forward and slamming himself against the blade knocking it away and out of the Techadon's grasp.

The Techadon swings its free hand out, intent on using its Controlled Shockwaves to bring its weapon back to its hand. But as it looks away, Ochaco slides in and presses her hand against its back. She then grabs the Techadon and lifts, using all her strength to toss it into the air. "Yaaahh!"

The Techadon is flung into the air where it begins to float in place, but it still has Izuku in its clutches.

But not for long as Gran Torino zooms up and kicks Izuku free, before scooping him up and speeding them both back towards the ground.

With Izuku and Gran Torino now cleared of the bot, Hisashi tries his Special Attack one last time. "WILDFIRE FLARE!"

In response to the crashing wave of flames soaring up towards its the Techadon responds by firing its laser cannon, parting the flames and blasting them back, while unintentionally rocketing itself higher into the air.

Upon witnessing it dispel the flames, Ochaco presses her fingers together and shouts. "Release!"

The Techadon begins to fall back towards the Earth, hopefully where it will crash. But it shoots its feet down, activating its rockets underneath its feet, allowing it to hover and fly itself safely back onto the ground.

Xylene charges in but is blasted back by a shove of its invisible shockwave.

While the others fend off the bot, Gran Torino drops Izuku off beside Chopper and Kraab. "Watch him."

Chopper gives him a salute as Gran Torino zips away again.

From atop Chopper's head, Kraab peers down at the winded Izuku. "You're not hurt, are you?"

"No. I'm fine." Izuku gives him a gingerly smile, trying his best to ignore the bumps on his head. "But thanks for asking."

"Oh, I didn't ask because I cared."

"Huh?"

Without warning, Kraab throws himself at Izuku, hitting the boy atop the head.

"OW!" Izuku rolls back on the ground, grabbing at his aching forehead. "Why?! It's a miracle I don't already have a concussion! Ow…!"

"You idiot!" Kraab fumes in anger even while his head lies upside down on the ground. "I tried to tell ya but you didn't listen!"

Izuku shouts back. "Well how was I supposed to know it could grab me?! Heck how was it even able to do that?! Or that heating up thing? Just how many weapons does this robot have?!"

"That's what I'm trying to tell you!" Kraab stops, taking a breath while Chopper flips him back over. "Look, the longer this fight drags out the worse it's gonna get and the more powerful that machine's gonna become."

"What do you mean by that?"

"LISTEN!" Kraab roars out, having lost all of his patience; no, not patience, he's acting like they've already run out of time on some invisible timer. "We literally don't have time for this! You need to take out its power source! Drain it!"

"It's power?" Oh, he understands! It is a robot after all, it must be powered by something! So take away its energy and they'll win for sure.

With a smile Izuku begins to scroll through the Omnitrix just as it turns green once again. "Then I have the perfect alien for that."

As Izuku looks for the perfect alien, the Techadon aims its laser cannon out and fires!

The blast of the laser beam catches the zipping Gran Torino off, knocking him off his course and scorching him causing him to crash onto the ground.

Everyone cries out in worry, especially Xylene. "Gran Torino!/Sorahiko!"

Izuku gasps as well before hurrying through the Omnitrix's dial. "Alright, Omnitrix you've been giving me what I wanted so far! And I really hope you do it again!" He raises his hand and slams it down onto the device, transforming into the perfect alien.

"Yeah, alright!" Feedback breaks into a wide grin. "Heck yeah, you're on a roll today Omnitrix!" He just hopes it's not a fluke and the Omnitrix is just being nice to him for the day.

But he has other things to worry about as he races off towards the fallen Gran Torino.

The Techadon quickly takes notice and fires a shower of missiles at the speeding Feedback.

Feedback ducks, dodges, and weaves his way through before racing by and scooping up Gran Torino in his long arms. Carrying him away before they're blasted by the missiles.

The Techadon watches closely as the Conductoid hurries the elderly human off to the set of mediocre droids.

Feedback gently sets the Gran Torino beside Chopper. "Are you okay, sir?"

"Er." Gran Torino winces in pain. "I'll live, so that's good."

Feedback turns to Chopper and says, "Chopper, keep an eye on him okay."

^Wo-Wo.^

"Thanks."

Interesting. The Techadon locks onto the group, aiming a laser cannon at them while it begins to charge up.

Gran Torin spots the red glow of the charging cannon. "Look out, kid!"

Feedback spins around and upon spotting the cannon he quickly realizes that they need to move NOW. "Grab onto me!" He moves his arms and tendrils around the droids and Gran Torino in order to pick them up.

"NO!" Kraab defiantly shouts. "Stand your ground!"

Feedback's jaw drops. "Are you suicidal?!"

It doesn't matter because the Techadon fires.

Hisashi, Ochaco, and Xylene all cry out as the laser beam races towards them at breakneck speed. "LOOK OUT!/SORAHIKO!"

'IT'S TOO LATE!' Feedback panics, but his fight or flight instincts kick in, forcing him to throw his hands and tendrils out forward towards the incoming beam. "AAAAHHHH!" Feedback lets out a terrified roar as the laser beam crashes down on them.

Or so it would see if it wasn't for the fact that the laser seems unable to move past Feedback's hands and tendrils.

"AAAAHHHH!" Feedback's heart pumps so fast it's almost like it's not pumping at all as he stares down at the red beam of light that's just inches from incinerating him and the others whole.

His biology takes control over him, working overtime to absorb the beam as it comes until the beam all but vanishes, leaving nothing but a scorch mark lying on the earth.

To say that everyone is shocked would be an understatement.

Even Gran Torino seems baffled yet amazed by the feat. "Wh-where did that beam go?"

Kraab lets out a cocky huff. "He absorbed it."

"I what?!" Feedback stares down at his hands and sure enough he can feel it, the energy coursing through him like lightning. "I had no idea I could do that." He breaks into a wide grin, realizing that he's way stranger than he first thought.

He then looks over towards the Techadon. "This is gonna be sweet."

He aims his hands and tendrils out and fires a massive beam of lightning that tears through the Techadon, even ripping through part of its armor and arm in the process.

"Woah! Ho-ho-ho!" Feedback laughs amazed by the surge of power. "Now that's some fire power!"

At the same time, the Techadon begins to repair itself, becoming whole once again in a matter of moments.

Gran Torino scowls as it reforms its arm. "But it's not enough."

Kraab watches on, his gaze fully focused on the mechanical monstrosity. "You have to drain it of its energy. Do that and it'll shut off for good."

"Right." Feedback looks towards the others and calls out to them. "Get me an opening!"

Hisashi and Ochaco nod in understanding. "You got it!" And they race off along with Xylene towards the android.

Upon their charge the Techadon swings his mighty Resonate-Blade in response, trying to fend them off.

But Hisashi blocks the swing with his burning spear! "Amenonuhoko: Dual Burn!"

While it struggles against Hisashi's spear it is unable to defend itself as Xylene takes a hold of its entire body with her Telekinesis: immobilizing it in place.

As the Techadon struggles against its bonds it gazes up to find Feedback charging towards it. In response its Omnitrix Disrupter begins to glow again.

"Not this time!" Ochaco zooms in, plowing her fist right through the silver maedate. "VENUS SMASH!"

The Techadon's head is thrown back by the sheer power of her attack, its maedate shattering upon impact while its forehead is smashed into its own metal skull.

With the Techadon now fully immobilized, Feedback leaps forward, embedding his fingers into the bot's armor while his tendrils and tail weave all around it, binding it in place before piercing through the armor as well.

He begins to absorb all the Techadon has, taking in every ounce of energy and power it has for himself! "BLACKOUT SURGE!"

Electricity dances off Feedback as he just takes and takes and takes everything the Techadon has until it has nothing left to give.

As its visor glows dark, and it becomes silent, going limp before collapsing onto the ground like a heap of worthless metal.

Feedback pulls his tendrils away, his breath labored and brow sweaty from the powerful feeding frenzy. "Did we get him?"

Chopper wheels forward with Kraab in hand. "Yeah, you got him."

And like that everyone lets out a relieved exhale. They are glad that it's over and proud of themselves for surviving it. This was truly a job well done.

Gran Torino smiles up at Feedback as the group gathers together. "Way to take the fight out of it, kid."

Feedback grins back in appreciation.

Ochaco worriedly hovers over Gran Torino. "How are you though? That blast nearly did you in!"

Gran Torino lets out a hearty laugh. "Ha! Are you kidding? I'll be fine, it was nothing but some light bruising."

Xylene crosses her arms in protest. "Even so you are very lucky."

Hisashi nods, adding himself into the conversation. "We all were." He then turns his gaze towards the alien, giving her an accusing look. "Xylene, why didn't you warn us about the Techadon's arsenal?"

"Because I didn't know about it myself." She admits being just as confused as Hisashi. "It never showed such strategy or weapons when it pursued me."

Feedback frowns in thought. "Yeah and then, there was that Omnitrix Disruptor thing. Why didn't it use it during our first fight?" If the Techadon had used the Omnitrix Disrupter back at the temple there's no way he would have gotten away so easily. "I mean if it had it definitely would have finished me off then and there."

Unexpectedly, Kraab is the one to chime in by answering Feedback's question. "Because it hadn't fully analyzed you yet."

The others turn to find Chopper holding up the cyborg's head.

Hisashi blinks down at the bot and asks. "What are you talking about?"

"That Techadon…it was from the JLU series, specifically the S1:EP29 model." Kraab explains with a soft, almost wary voice, as if even mentioning the machine's name and model will awaken it somehow.

But everyone just remains confused, not sure what to make of those numbers: JLU S1:EP29.

Feedback shrugs. "Which means?"

Kraab sighs, annoyed that he has to explain. "It means that this Techadon was designed to learn and adapt, to analyze its target's powers and abilities and generate strategies and its own weapons to counter its target's every move."

Feedback let's out a sharp gasp. "So, every time I fought back against it-...?!"

"Yeah." Kraab gives him a slow nervous nod. "It learned and adapted, creating counter measures to combat you specifically."

"B-but why me?! Why didn't it come up with any countermeasures for anyone else?!"

Xylene frowns, her eyes widening as it dawns on her. "Because it only has one mission: one target. To retrieve the Omnitrix no matter what."

Kraab nods, agreeing with her point. "I think so too. It has to be. I mean, it was so one track minded. The only reason it even fought the rest of you was because you were actively interfering with its mission."

Feedback realizes that, in summary, every weapon and move the Techadon did was in response to his own. The Omnitrix Disrupter was made after analyzing how Izuku transformed, the increased durability was because of Rath's strength and claws, the Controlled Shockwaves were a response to Lodestar's magnetic fields, and the Heating up of its body and the increased density to its armor were to prevent Big Chill from harming it. And then there's the Resonate-Blade! That thing was tailored made for! It wasn't a coincidence that it had such a blade, rather it made it then and there to perfectly fight Diamondhead!

So if he had kept transforming and using other aliens it would have only gained more experience and come up with new ways to counter him.

Even the concept sends a chill down Gran Torino's spine, of all people. "Talk about a nasty piece of work."

"No, kidding." Feedback turns to Kraab and asks. "Is that what you were trying to warn me about earlier?"

"Yeah." Kraab nods.

Feedback frowns, eyeing the bot curiously. "That's a lot of details for someone who has his memories locked away."

Kraab looks like he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar, quickly turning away and acting like nothing's out of sorts. "Yeah, well, some things have started to come back to me."

"Like what?"

"It doesn't matter." Kraab's voice becomes soft and reserved as he silently sulks in his own memories. "Just some shit life threw at me."

Feedback frowns at that. His curiosity and concern only grows, desperate to know what exactly happened to the Bounty Hunter to make him the way that he is.

While they all regroup, they fail to notice the Techadon jerking awake, revitalizing itself, summoning forth the power it stored away after analyzing Feedback absorbing its laser beam.

Upon seeing the group's back turned towards it the Techadon lunges forth, crashing forward like an iron wrecking ball.

Kraab screams out in terror. "LOOK OUT!"

The Techadon reaches for Feedback, but the alien is kicked out of the way by a speedy Gran Torino.

But in doing so, he leaves himself open, giving the bot the chance it needs to grab him instead in its iron grip.

Everyone cries out. "Gran Torino!/Sorahiko"

The youngest, Ochaco and Feedback, leap into action firing off Ryou Spheres and sparks of lightning respectively.

However, with a swipe of its sword the Techadon dispels the attacks. And with its vision clear it locks onto Feedback and activates the Omnitrix Disrupter, causing its maedate to glow bright gold.

Izuku is left defenseless as he falls back onto his rear while Ochaco prepares another round of Ryou Spheres.

"Stop!" Xylene sprints ahead of them, sticking her arm out and cutting them off.

Ochaco screams in her face. "But it has Gran Torino!"

"I know but look."

They turn to watch as the Techadon holds the struggling Gran Torino close. Holding him close to its body like a meat shield.

Izuku pales. "It's using him as a hostage."

Xylene and Hisashi glare daggers at the bot. Xylene's eyes glow pink with rage while fire leaks from the corners of Hisashi's maw. They are preparing not just for a fight but to save their dear friend.

However, it appears the Techadon has other plans as it begins to rocket up into the air with Gran Torino still in hand.

They all just watch on, dumbfounded and unsure of what to do.

Ochaco has half a mind to leap after them but with a hostage in play she hangs back. But even so she can't keep a leveled head. "Um, where's it going?! And where's it taking Gran Torino?"

Izuku is just as freaked out. "Why'd it take him?!"

"Because of you." Xylene growls, turning her angry gaze onto the boy. "It took him as bait."

She shakes with anger before letting it all spill out. "This. Is all. YOUR FAULT!" She roars, her eyes a glow, and rubble rises to the air. "You stupid child! If you hadn't been so reckless as to attack the Techadon repeatedly it wouldn't have grown as powerful as it has!"

Izuku tries to defend himself even as he shrinks back under her fury. "But-but I didn't know…"

"Exactly! You don't know! Because you're nothing more than a child that doesn't even deserve the Omnitrix."

Izuku chokes up, unable to defend himself.

Xylene slides her hand down her face in exhaustion. "I'm tired of all these excuses. I think we can all agree that the Omnitrix will be better off in my care."

Hisashi scowls in protest, stepping between her and his son. "No. We don't all agree."

Xylene stands her ground against the plumber. "Then you are a fool. Look around! Look at this destruction! Or how about the fact that that monster just took away Sorahiko?! Look at what your spawn has caused! After what I saw today, I know for a fact that that child is only gonna lead you all to your own destruction!"

Izuku shrinks back, his eyes drawn towards the alien weapon attached to his wrist.

Ochaco, worried about her friend, steps up to defy the obnoxious lizard lady. "For someone who says they do good, you sure do complain a lot."

Xylene throws a nasty glare Ochaco's way. "You better watch that tongue of yours."

"No. You need to watch yours." Ochaco protests, confronting her without a hint of fear. "I mean you claim that you would do a better job keeping the Omnitrix safe, but you haven't. Otherwise, we wouldn't be having this discussion now would we?"

With an annoyed scoff, Xylene waves her away. "I don't have time for this! Sorahiko needs my help!" She turns back towards Hisashi and Ochaco. "Now the three of us will go and rescue him."

Ochaco's teeth grind together. "Did-did you just ignore me?! And what about Deku?!"

"He will not be coming!" Xylene barks, not bothering to hear her out. "He is nothing but a liability."

Once again, Izuku can feel his insides churn.

"Agh! Enough!" Xylene yells, marching off towards the woods. "We are wasting time!"

However, as she marches forth, intent on saving her friend, she stops when she finally realizes that not a soul is following along behind her. "You're not coming? Do you not care what happens to your friend?"

Hisashi frowns down at her. "We care, but we have no intention of working with you."

That gives Xylene pause. "Excuse me?"

Hisashi repeats his statement adding. "We'll save Gran Torino on our own, without you."

Xylene scoffs, calling his bluff. "You can't be serious? With him?!" She throws a hand towards Izuku, acting like he's a stray dog that should be left outside.

But despite her rationality, Hisashi's expression remains ever stoic and serious. He has no intention of leaving Izuku behind.

Xylene rubs her aching forehead. "What did Sorahiko ever see in humans? None of you understand what's at stake! Do you not have any sense of responsibility?!"

Hisashi chuckles at that. "You know, Gran Torino always talked smack about how I'm not responsible." And for a time that was very much true, actually that's a story for another time but anyway. "But really he should have been saying that to you."

Xylene's totally taken off guard by that. Stumbling for a second as Sorahiko's own words are thrown back at her.

"If the Omnitrix shouldn't be in our possession, then the fault of it being here is on you." Hisashi explains.

"What?"

"Don't act like you don't understand. Even if Vilgax had a hand in it, it was you that decided to launch the Omnitrix down to Earth." Hisashi becomes louder and louder, growing more and more sure with every statement. "You were the one that brought it to our planet. It was you that couldn't defend it from Vilgax. So, if you want to talk about responsibility. Then let's talk about how you can stop complaining about it and step up to help defend it now."

Xylene eyes the Plumber like he just said something profound before her eyes drift over towards the boy's inquisitively. "Are you saying I should just let him keep the Omnitrix?"

"Yes."

"You are mad!" She shouts breaking into another outburst. "It doesn't belong to him! He never earned it! And even though I shot it down here it doesn't mean it's his. He just got lucky! He doesn't deserve it!"

Ochaco has had quite enough, her expression turning sour as she snaps at Xylene. As she steps forward her mind travels back causing her to repeat an old line that her…that her mentor once told her. "There's a difference between being lucky and deserving. One is a present, the other a reward."

Everyone falls into silence, entranced by her words.

"And Deku deserves the Omnitrix." Ochaco states with finality, letting her know that she won't be able to argue against it. "He's earned it! Not by chance but because he chose to use it! To use its power to help everyone!"

Xylene is now glaring daggers at Ochaco, looking at her like she just insured her intelligence.

"And I know for a fact Gran Torino thinks the same way."

Xylene grinds her teeth at that. "You couldn't possibly know what he's thinking?"

"No?" Ochaco taunts. "Could you? I mean when was the last time you've seen him?"

And like that Xylene shuts down, although she remains shaking with fury, she is unable to make a retort.

Ochaco got her, and oh boy does it feel good.

Even Izuku feels a little better: his friend and father stood up for him and Xylene got put in her place. But…he watches Xylene closely, watching as she shakes with anger…and frustration. But then…why is she so frustrated? Why has she been so hostile to them, to him from the start? Why?

As he thinks on this the answer quickly dawns on him. "There is one thing I can't deny though."

Everyone pauses, rotating around, giving Izuku their full attention.

Izuku shrinks back under their gazes but holds his ground, doing his best to speak his mind. "It…it was lucky that I happened to be the one that found the Omnitrix."

Ochaco blinks worriedly at him. "Deku…"

He continues, doing his best to speak with confidence. "But that also means it's lucky for everyone else that I did." He peers down at the Omnitrix, the device that literally leapt at the chance to be his. "Ever since this thing latched itself onto my wrist, I've had to constantly prove to myself that I can use it, that I can have it. That I can properly wield it and sometimes it feels like I am over my head. That I might have signed up for something I really shouldn't have. But at the end of the day, all I can do is try my best. I'll show everyone what I can do and prove to everyone that I can save them!"

Despite his encouraging speech, Xylene still remains shaking, her fists clenched in frustration.

Izuku looks her in the eye, stepping forward, speaking softly and gently letting her know that he understands. "And…I know that's what you really want too."

Everyone is taken back, Ochaco and Hisashi spinning around and staring at Xylene astonishment, unable to believe it. But by judging the expression on her face it is safe to say that Izuku hits the nail on the head.

"We keep arguing but really we're on the same side. You just want to protect everyone the best way that you can. And right now, I bet you actually feel pretty guilty that a kid like me is now stuck with this burden." he gestures to the curse and blessing that is the Omnitrix. "You don't have to feel guilty. You did all that you could to protect it." He grips the watch without any fear or trepidation. "And now, it's my turn to do the same."

In a word, Xylene is stunned, astonished even. The child figured her out. Now she'll be the first to admit that she's never been good at communicating her emotions; it's just not some things she does too often. But he's right, she is frustrated. Frustrated that she failed her mission. She failed to protect the Omnitrix. She failed to stop this…innocent child from bearing her burdens. From bearing the Omnitrix and the target it paints on his back.

But she's amazed by his resolve. He has dealt with every obstacle Vilgax, and others have thrown his way. And yet he is still willing, wanting to do good for others… Huh, he sort of reminds her of Sorahiko in that way.

"You know back when I first met Sorahiko I asked him a question."

Everyone pauses, confused, unsure what she's suddenly talking about. But nonetheless they allow her to continue.

Xylene continues, losing herself to her memories. "I asked him, why does he bother with being a hero? Why risk your life for those that'll betray and abandon each other for their own survival? Why risk your life for them?" She peers up at the humans and asks. "Do you know what he said?"

They do not.

She smiles, founding over the memory. "He said, "Who I help doesn't matter. Just that I can help does." She shakes her head, but in a fondly manner as she keeps smiling over the memory.

"I never understood his answer, seeing as how alone and miserable he felt back then. But now I understand. He stayed because there are those worth protecting here. Those that'll grow to be just like him."

Everyone takes a moment to consider her words. Just like him, huh? Hisashi can't help but inwardly laughs at the thought. It almost seems nightmarish but also…it has been something he strived to be at one point. A hero that helped others because he was a hero.

Xylene relaxes, bowing her head slightly at Hisashi. "You were right, Plumber. I do need to take responsibility. I caused this mess. It's only right that I now do what I can to assist you."

Hisashi begins to hope. "Are you going to work with us?"

"Yes." She states with a great deal of confidence and reassurance.

She turns to Izuku, looking to him for permission. "If you'll have me?"

Izuku smiles. "You're a lizard lady able to move things with her mind? Yeah, I think we want you with us."

Xylene bows her head in respect. "Thank you."

Hisashi smiles as does Ochaco, both impressed at how well Izuku handled himself and Xylene.

And now that the tension has been swept away, Hisashi draws everyone back to the matter at hand. "Now we just need to rescue Gran Torino and stop that Techadon before it decides to go on a rampage."

Xylene turns to Izuku. "What are your thoughts, chil-..." She pauses trying to remember his name but comes to realize that she only remembers what the girl was referring to him as. "Um, what are your thoughts, Deku?"

Izuku pauses at the name but continues to think about his answer. "Well, it's probably trying to lure us into a trap right?"

Kraab, who's been silently listening in alongside Chopper, rolls his eyes. "Duh, that much is obvious."

Everyone else turns to him, some having forgotten that he was even there.

"It's one of the oldest tricks in the book." Kraab explains, not at all interested in his own speech. "Take something the target cares about and use it to lead the target into a trap. It's not exactly subtle, you know."

Izuku kneels down, putting himself at Kraab's level. "Kraab, if hypothetically this were you, and you kidnapped Gran Torino, how would you go about it?"

"Hm." Kraab takes a moment to think. "I'd want you to come alone. Where we'll exchange the hostage for the Omnitrix. But in this case, I'd probably try to kill you, take the Omnitrix, and then maybe kill the hostage."

"Right. So, what we need is a good plan." He smiles back at the others. "With people I can trust to watch my back."

They all smile back in return.

Kraab, however, is hesitant. "Yeah, sure. But that involves coming up with something that'll actually work."

"Well, I'm open to suggestions."

No one has a plan at the ready, each of them going quiet as they try to think of one.

And out of everyone to come up with a suggestion, none of them were expecting it to be Kraab, "I…I could hack into it."

They all peer back at him in confusion.

Izuku blinks. "What did you say?"

"I said that I could hack into the Techadon."

"You can?! How?!"

"Long story. But either way, I can't really do anything due to my physical limitations." he is of course referring to the fact that he doesn't have a FREAKING BODY!

Izuku, however, doesn't seem all that bothered but instead the outline of a plan begins to form in his head. "Let's say we were able to get around your situation. What would you do when you hacked into the Techadon?"

"I can stall it, slow it down, maybe reprogram it or even set it to self-destruct."

Xylene eyes the bot suspiciously. "Maybe?"

"Hey, I don't know!" Kraab defends. "But at the very least I can stall it, buying you chumps time to rip into it."

Izuku nods, liking the idea so far. "We can work with this."

Hisashi chuckles at Izuku's concentrated expression. "Want to include us in your plan, Champ?"

"Sure, but first." Izuku looks down and addresses the droid for once. "Chopper."

Chopper jerks up. ^Wo!^

"You wouldn't happen to have any of your own spare parts lying around, would you?"

^Wo-wo.^

"Could you bring them here? I'm gonna need them. Or rather…" With a smirk Izuku takes the Omnitrix, that's just recharged, and transforms. "Grey Matter will!"

Grey Matter cheers, hopping up onto Choppers head.

He then grabs Kraab and hops down while Chopper wheels himself away.

Ochaco watches Grey Matter curiously. "Deku what are you-"

Grey Matter unknowingly cuts her off. "Do we have something that belongs to Gran Torino? Anything that would have his scent."

Xylene scans the area until she spots Gran Torino's cane left forgotten on the ground. "Here!" She throws her hand up making the cane float and fly towards her hand. She catches it and resents it to the Galvan. "Will this work?"

"That's perfect." Grey Matter grins wheel flipping Kraab over, exposing his loose wiring underneath.

Kraab tries in vain to flip himself upright. "H-hey, kid! What are you doing?!"

Grey Matter grins as he begins to fiddle with Kraab's wiring and circuits. "I'm doing what I can to save our friend."

Hisashi, Ochaco, and Xylene all break out into smiles. They are so grateful that Deku is so willing to help them save their friend and teacher.

Kraab, however, couldn't be more annoyed. "Cool, but that's not what I meant."


The sun has long set by now and the cool night air has brought in a rather thick fog that rolls off the Pacific coast. The fog rolls across Tokyo's port and shipyard, slowly washing through the stacks of giant metal containers, heavy machinery, cranes, and landed boats.

From within the mist, Wildmutt jogs through the maze of containers and machinery, trying his best to follow Gran Torino's scent, sniffing every which way with his massive gills.

"RRRRrrrr." He lets out a low growl as he continues on following the scent of tart taiyaki and prune juice.

"Yo, Fiddo." Kraab calls out while once again strapped to Wildmutt's back. "You've been sniffing around sewage pipes and back alleys since forever. Are we any closer to finding either of them yet or what?"

Conveniently Wildmutt runs out of time and Izuku is able to return, stretching his back as he stands back up. "He's close. I know it. But I'm not sure where exactly."

And so he continues on, going in the direction the scent was coming from.

He stays low, trying to remain just underneath the fog line as to stay out of sight but still be able to look around himself.

And as they sneak through Kraab continues to talk away into his ear. "Well, if it were me I'd put the hostage somewhere obvious for you to find. Probably out in the open so you can't run away or hide."

Izuku smiles back at the cyborg. "So, good thing I have you watching my back, right?"

"Please, it's more like I'm watching my front. The only reason I'll say anything is so I don't get blown up alongside with you."

"Fair enough."

Izuku hides behind every corner, using all the cover that he can as he presses forward. But even as he keeps his eyes peeled for Gran Torino and/or the Techadon his mind once again wonders. And now that he has a moment with Kraab he can't help but to bring it up.

"Hey, Kraab. Can I ask you something?"

"You just did."

"I meant something else!" Izuku takes a breath, making sure no one else is around before gently asking. "How come you know so much about these Techadons and their, um, creators?"

"The Weapon Masters."

"Yeah, them."

Kraab doesn't respond nor acknowledge the questions and just as Izuku is about to let the topic go, the cyborg finally gives him an honest answer. "It's because…they created me too."

Izuku is stunned, his eyes wide as saucers as he peers back at the remorseful cyborg. "Did your memories…?"

"Come back. Yeah at least the ones related to that time." Kraab's gaze turns clouded and cold, becoming sad and far-off. "But I remember it. I remember everything."

"Were they the ones that…"

"Turned me into a droid? Yeah."

"How-"

"Don't ask that." Kraab warns, and not in a mocking way. He honestly doesn't want to share as it'll most definitely not be something Izuku would want to hear about. "Just…just know that it wasn't exactly a spa vacay."

A shiver runs down Izuku's spine as he can only imagine what the process was like

But now that Kraab has begun to talk he can't seem to stop, probably an effect of just wanting to share his experience with someone. Especially to someone that might be able to relate.

"They wanted to turn me into a living weapon. Sort of an offshoot of the Techadon Warriors. They wanted the perfect blend of flesh and metal. But they got me."

"I'm…I'm sorry."

"Yeah, well, too late to change things."

"So, then, did they send you off on a job or did you like buy your freedom?"

"Neither. I was deemed a failure, and so they tossed me out like trash."

Izuku gasps, shocked to hear just how uncaring Kraab seems to be about that.

"But they're loss is my gain because I used their tech to become one of the most feared bounty hunters around!"

"You mean you were, though."

Kraab's expression drops as he fades into the rejection.

Realizing his blunder, Izuku tries to backtrack. "Well, it may not seem much to you but I'm glad you're here as you are."

Kraab, on his part, just stares back at the boy like he's seeing something strange yet fascinating for the first time. "You're…you're a real oddball, aren't you?"

"What?! No, I'm not!" Izuku snaps, embarrassed by Kraab's correct characterization.

"Haha! Yeah, you are. I bet you also used to get picked on in school too."

"N-no!"

Kraab gives him a deadpanned look.

Izuku sighs, giving in. "Yes…"

"Ha! I knew it!" Kraab laughs away and Izuku can't help but join in, glad to see that Kraab has cheered up.

From high above, Gran Torino's voice calls down towards the two. "Well, you two seem to be enjoying yourselves."

After wandering out into a large, cleared area of the docks, Izuku peers and finds a chained up Gran Torino dangling up off a tall crane. "Gran Torino! Are you okay?!"

"Oh, yeah I'm fine just hanging around. Of course, I'm not okay!" Gran Torino snaps. "What you think I put myself here on purpose?!" He calms down and gets to the real concern. "But more importantly what are you even doing here? Are you an idiot? You know that thing is after you, why'd you come?! Hell, how could your old man even let you come here alone?! The punk!"

"Don't worry I'm not alone." Izuku smiles, pointing his thumb back at the cyborg slung over his shoulder.

Kraab gives a little nod. "Hey."

"And we got a plan."

Gran Torino's voice drips with sarcasm. "Oh my, I feel safer already." But it's all in good fun as he smirks down at the two. "So, what is this plan of yours?"

Izuku smirks back. "Just watch."

And what does Izuku do? Does he cut Gran Torino down? Does he transform right away to ambush the Techadon? Nope he gets up, stands straight up, completely exposed without any cover and shouts. "Hello! You woo! Hey Techadon! I'm here! Come and get me!"

Gran Torino's heart drops at the sight. "Hey, I was joking when I said you were an idiot! Don't prove me right!"

Izuku just smirks back, much to Gran Torino's confusion.

From behind a tower of containers, the Techadon steps through the mist, stomping forward slowly only coming to stop just yards away from Izuku and Kraab.

Izuku stands his ground, trying his best to remain calm and confident. "Techadon, I've come to bargain!"

Kraab groans at Izuku. "You're here to what?"

"Just roll with it, I saw this in a movie once." Izuku whispers back before spinning round again and declaring. "I've come to bargain!"

But the Techadon remains in place, watching the boy closely.

Izuku on his part keeps going, trying to coax the android as much as possible. "I know that somehow you can understand me, or at least that you're waiting to see what I do. You're a weapon created by someone who is probably very smart. Just like this." He raises the Omnitrix, getting a small reaction of recognition from the Techadon. "You want the Omnitrix, and I want my friend back. Is there any chance we can reason about all this?"

In response the Techadon draws its Resonate-Blade off from its back, where it was magnetically attached.

Izuku lets out a heavy sigh. "You know, the whole witty banter thing doesn't work if you're not gonna talk back."

The Techadon prepares its blade.

"You're no fun."

While Izuku stalls for time, Kraab is on the lookout for any movement. There he saw it, and there's the signal. He leans up and whispers into his ear. "Alright kid, it's showtime."

Izuku's playful smile fades away as he begins to slowly step back and away from the android.

The Techadon prepares to move.

"Well, if negotiations have failed, then I guess I'll have to use force!" He quickly slams down on the Omnitrix, triggering the Techadon which sends an invisible shockwave flying at the transforming human.

The transformed Izuku calls out. "Cannon-BLEH!"

He's knocked back by the invisible force. "Ow…" The transformed Izuku groans, picking himself off the ground. "Come on, Cannonbolt should have taken that easily." As he rubs his head he stops in shock at the trio of sharp black claws and the skinny blue arm attached to them. "Wait." XLR8 peers down at himself and quickly realizes that he's not the right alien. "What?! Aah! Seriously?! You've been working fine all day and the one time, the one time we might actually die, and you decided to mess around with me?!"

Kraab stares at Izuku worriedly, afraid that he might be attached to someone who is legit psycho. "Kid…you're talking to a watch."

"Yeah, I know but it makes me feel better if I think it can understand me when I yell at it." XLR8 explains.

The Techadon opens fire, launching a powerful beam at the Omnitrix wearing alien.

XLR8 speeds away, putting a lot of distance between him and the beam in just seconds.

But the android is relentless, as it continues to fire away again and again but not one shot manages to hit its mark.

"Hahaha! Too slow!" XLR8 jeers, zooming here and there between the crates and machines. "What's the matter? Can't you keep up?!"

It changes its tactics, firing a barrage of missiles at the speeding reptile.

XLR8 races towards the missiles, snaking through them with ease without a single one even grazing his scales. He speeds forward, leaping up at the unprepared Techadon; he spins and slams his tail into the bot's head, smashing its maedate and by extension the Omnitrix Disrupter apart. "HA! Take that!"

The Techadon swings its blade at the alien, but it quickly zooms away.

Watching the speedster's movements, the Techadon projects its knee forward and out from its kneecap a metal sphere is fired out in XLR8's path.

While in slow motion, XLR8 sidesteps the ball, laughing all the while. "Ha! This is like moving in slow motion to me! You're gonna have to-"

Poof. The sphere explodes into a web of thin cables that fly out in every direction imaginable.

Few of the cables hook themselves onto XLR8's arm and the moment they do the other cables lash around him, tangling him up and binding his limbs together causing the speedster to fall and slide across the ground unable to move.

"This isn't good!" XLR8 panics trying to free himself.

From his back, Kraab gulps as a looming shadow towers above them. "Um, kid…"

The Techadon stands over them, sword poised above its head.

XLR8 gulps, shrinking under the machine's inhuman gaze. "Just say something cool before you finish me off."

It won't as it swings its blade down.

But it is cut off as a giant canister falls atop of it, crushing the Techadon underneath.

XLR8 peers up towards Xylene who is flying just above their heads. "Thanks for the save!"

"Think nothing of it." With a wave her hand she frees XLR8 from his binds.

She frowns at Izuku's current form. "What happened to becoming an Arburian Pelarota?"

XLR8 clicks in embarrassment. "Ah! The Omnitrix had other ideas!"

From within the smashed container, the Techadon pris itself free.

"It's getting loose!" XLR8 screams. "Uraraka hurry!"

"I'm hurrying!" From above the battlefield, Ochaco is slowly floating her way up towards the dangling Gran Torino.

When she reaches him, she uses her Zero-Gravity on him and the chains allow them both to float up towards the top of the crane.

As Ochaco leads him up, Gran Torino can't help but remark. "Where have you been?"

"Oh you know, around."

They reach the top where Ochaco releases, allowing them both to land on top.

Once there Ochaco immediately tries to undo the chains around Gran Torino. "Man, this is really on here tight."

"Hurry it up, girly!" Gran Torino peers down at the fight below. "Who knows how long they're gonna last."

Meanwhile, Xylene and XLR8 are forced to continuously move about avoiding the incoming spheres that explode and fire out cables in every direction.

As they bob and weave past the spheres, the Techadon takes aim once again with its laser cannon.

But then a burning spear forces its arm up causing it to fire the beam straight into the sky instead.

Hisashi grins before spinning about and landing several strikes against the android with his Amenonuhoko: Dual Burn!

As the Techadon reels back Hisashi tosses out several magnet tags that stick to the bot's chest.

"Now, Chop!"

^Wa!^ Hidden away behind several crates, Chopper presses down on a trigger and the magnetic tags begin to send electrical charges through the Techadon; stunning it.

XLR8 zooms over. "What are those things?"

"Restrainer bolts." Hisashi explains. "I always have a few on hand for when Chopper gets rowdy."

^Rere-ree wo!^

"You know why! You take things too far sometimes!

"Deku!" Xylene calls out from above. "Use these!" She levitates over a web of heavy chains.

XLR8 grins and zooms off, grabbing the chain before racing around the Techadon. He races this way and that, under its legs, between its arms, around its head before giving the chain a hard fast pull, binding the chain tightly around the electrified bot.

"I got it!" But he stops celebrating to address the cyborg on his back. "You ready?"

Kraab gives him the go ahead. "Just get me in close and I can shut this thing down!"

"You got it!" And he races forward, moving so fast he's nothing but a blue blur.

The Techadon easily spots him coming and reacts accordingly, by activating the Omnitrix Disruptor.

"Waah!" Izuku cries out as mid run he reverts back to human, he collapses sliding across the ground until he eventually slides to a stop.

As he hits the ground Kraab is flung off his back, sliding across the ground and coming to a stop at the Techadon's feet.

The Techadon then begins to heat up, so much so its body glows hot and the chains and restrainer bolts melt off.

Izuku cries out as the Techadon prepares to move forward. "Kraab!"

At the same time, Ochaco finally manages to free Gran Torino from his chains. "There!"

The two peer down witnesses Izuku revert back to human and lose Kraab.

Ochaco gasps. "Gran Torino!"

But he's already gone, zipping down at a record speed.

Just as the Techadon is about to crush the bodiless droid, Gran Torino slips right between the ground and its foot, snatching up Kraab in a blink of an eye. "I got ya!"

Kraab blinks, reeling back from the near-death experience. "T-thanks, old man. Man, you sure can move for someone with your…experience."

"You know it." He glares up at the Techadon as it continues its march towards Izuku, not even noticing Kraab nor Gran Torino. "Now what?"

"Get me close to that thing! I need to be able to touch it!"

"How?! Wherever I put ya it's gonna grab ya!"

A Ryou Sphere collides with the Techadon's side, drawing its attention.

"Go!" Ochaco shouts, firing another Ryou Sphere. "I'll cover you! Yah!"

The Techadon forces the sphere away with a shockwave, it then turns to face the girl head on.

As it turns it leaves its entire backside exposed giving Gran Torino an idea. "Hang on, crab cakes."

"It's Kraab! Not crab-CAKES!" Kraab's head whiplashes as Gran Torino zips across the battlefield.

The Techadon spins around, having heard Kraab's shouting, and fires out a set of metal spheres that explode into a web of cables, along with a shower of missiles.

However, both Xylene and Hisashi leap into action. Xylene propels the cables away with her telekinesis while Hisashi burns away at the missiles causing them to prematurely explode.

And with that Gran Torino has the opening he needs, slipping through the heat and smoke, zooming past the Techadon's head.

Unable to stop, Gran Torino tosses Kraab at the Techadon's head. "You're up!"

"Hahaha! This is payback, bitch!" Kraab cries out in malicious joy as he draws out his new arm, which happens to be one of Chopper's own spare arms.

As Kraab flies through the air, Izuku shouts out from the sidelines. "Say the line!"

Kraab, being caught up in the moment, shouts out the special move Izuku came up with. "SCREWDRIVER BLITZ!"

The thin metal claw pierces through the back of the Techadon's skull like a dart through tin. And the moment it's inside Kraab gets to work doing his best to connect himself to the Techadon's circuits and interior systems.

The Techadon jerks and sparks, wobbling and stumbling around for a moment as it loses its balance. It soon realizes what's happening and tries to reach for the small droid, but it is unable thanks to its large stocky arms.

As the Techadon thrashes about, trying to rid itself of Kraab, Hisashi shouts out as he avoids its flailing blade. "Shut it down!"

"I'm trying!" Kraab yells back, as he tries and tries to hinder the machine. "The-ER, it's programming has a lot of security systems and encryptions. It's gonna take me…a…while! Er-I think I can disable the Omnitrix Disrupter!" Mainly because he can actually reach the disruptor's systems from his position. But doing so will mean it'll take him longer to disrupt anything else.

Even so he tries anyway, hopefully buying everyone else the time they need to finish the job.

And Izuku definitely needs all the time he can get as he hides behind a stack of containers where he's frantically fidgeting around with the recharging Omnitrix. "Please, work. Please, work. Please, work!" He chants, begging the Omnitrix to give him what he wants as it finally recharges

Xylene floats down beside him.

Izuku softens, his gaze dropping and becoming dejected. "Well, I sure messed things up didn't I? Guess I was just lucky when I fought it before."

Xylene pauses, considering his words. "No." She then snatches up his left arm.

Izuku's heart begins to ace as he panics and tries to pull away. "You can't take it off!"

"I'm not trying to." Xylene admits, softening her grip, letting him know that she's not actually trying to hurt him. "We need a way to destroy the Techadon without there being a sliver of a chance that it'll survive." She then begins fiddling with Omnitrix herself.

Izuku watches her curiously unable to make sense of her fidgeting fingers, and instead is more concerned that she might break the Omnitrix instead. "What are you doing?"

"Giving you what you deserve." She stops fidgeting with the Omnitrix, her hand hovering above the now activated dial. She looks Izuku in the eyes, her gaze soft and honest before she asks. "Do you trust me?"

Even though he's not sure what exactly her plan is, he does know that she has one. He can trust that.

And so Izuku gives a shaky smirk, trying to play it cool yet coy. "D-do you trust me?"

Xylene pauses, finding his expression odd, but she gives him a confident smile in return. "Yes."

And with his trust she presses her hand down on the Omnitrix.

And immediately Izuku can tell that something is different about this transformation. His body shrinks on itself, yet it feels like his gut has expanded to impossible proportions. He can feel his skull, especially his jaw, widen and stretch. While the rest of his body seems to shrink in on itself.

As Izuku comes out of his transformation sequence he peers down at himself. Taking note of his round belly, stubby arms and legs, patchy green skin, and wide mouth. He's rather pudgy for being a rather short alien, and it's kinda slimy, and its teeth also feel crooked against his tongue…no, correct, against his multiple tongues.

The pudgy little alien peers up at Xylene in confusion. "Wh-what is this thing supposed to do?"

Xylene tells with finality. "You're going to eat it!"

The pudgy alien gives her a weird look; is she serious?

She restates her answer. "Literally eat it! That's your power."

'Well, okay then.' The pudgy alien thinks while giving his tummy a little rub. "Well, I am kinda hungry." But that might be because he never ate his Dad's mealworm casserole; instead, he chucked it into the woods when he wasn't looking.

Actually, he could really go for some real food. Maybe a pizza or a hamburger, or a nice juicy steak, or what about some Thai food, oh that sounds good but so does fried chicken. Hm!

His stomach growls and rumbles, as his mouth begins to salivate, even his tongues begin to stir and just as he loses himself to his fantasies his trio of tongues fire out unexpectedly. The three tongues act more as tendrils that shoot out and pierce into the side of the container.

The two aliens blink in awkward confusion as the pudgy alien tries to pry his tongues free with his stubby arms but he just ends up strumming the stretched-out tongues like guitar strings.

Xylene gives him a condescending look.

"Uhhh." The pudgy alien finally frees his tongues, slurping them back up into his mouth. He chuckles nervously, shying away from Xylene as he comes up with an excuse. "Just getting a feel for this new guy, you know?"

BOOM! An explosion rings through the docks, threatening to topple the containers over.

Xylene and the little alien rush to the scene as the Techadon tries to fry their friends by unleashing laser beams across the docks.

A laser nearly grazes Ochaco, instead blasting apart a forklift, the force knocking her back and she goes down!

"Uraraka!" The pudgy alien rushes over, hovering over her worriedly.

Ochaco groans as she picks herself up. "I'm okay. Thanks for asking De-Deku?!" She gasps at his new little form. "You have another new guy?!"

The pudgy alien grins. "Well actually I got like three other guys since the start of summer!"

"Really?!" Ochaco awes, her eyes sparkling in amazement. "Can I see them?!"

"Sure, there's-"

"Not the time!" Xylene cuts in, interrupting their fun.

At the same time, the Techadon finally takes note of the pudgy alien wearing the Omnitrix and it makes a move towards them: its shoulder pads opening up and preparing to fire.

Xylene warns them off the incoming missiles. "Alright. Like before, just stand your ground!"

The Techadon fires, sending all the missiles it has at the trio.

The pudgy alien shakes and quivers as the missiles draw closer. "Um, Xylene?"

"Trust me." She bends down, placing a hand on his shoulder. "You're more than capable."

The pudgy alien shakily smiles back before turning towards the incoming missiles with determination.

As the missiles fly in the pudgy alien recalls what Xylene said about his power and so he opens his mouth wide, wider, wider, too wide! His mouth just expands beyond what should be capable for a body of his size. And yet in one gulp, he chomps down on the missiles, swallowing them whole.

Upon swallowing them he pauses, unsure and silently freaking out before something inside his stomach explodes and his gut expands out as the inside of his stomach begins to glow green.

Ugh! A vomiting sensation begins to rise up from the back of his throat. And not wanting to puke he pries his mouth shut but it's' clear that no matter what he's gonna be blowing chunks!

"NO!" Xylene grabs him and aims him towards the incoming Techadon. "Aim there!"

He's sweating buckets as he tries to hold it in but it becomes too much as he lets out one of the biggest belches of his life! "BLEEEGH!"

And with his burp, his stomach hurls out a massive glowing green glob. The glob flies through the air and hits the Techadon and upon impact it explodes in a brilliant display of green energy!

The Techadon stumbles back from the blast, while the pudgy alien gasps in pleasant surprise of the powerful attack.

"Did you see that?" He asks excitedly while patting his belly. "I can hurl exploding barf?! That's so cool!" he turns, throwing his stubby fist into the air and declaring out to the world. "I got UPCHUCK power!"

"Ewww." Ochaco gags, sticking her tongue out at how gross that is. "That's disgusting! Who would find that cool?!"

On que, Gran Torino pops in from above with a shit eating grin on his face as he laughs. "Hahaha! Nice one, boy. Can you belch out another one? Ehehe!"

"You bet! Haha!"

Ochaco slaps herself in the face. 'Men.'

The Techadon stomps forward, snapping everyone's attention back towards its presence as it prepares to take a swing with its Resonate-Blade.

Upchuck bounces forward, mouth wide and his tongues lash out grabbing onto the blade. He and the Techadon struggle but his slimy tongues win out, reeling the blade into his jaws.

The Techadon stumbles back, stunned by the creature's outlandish attack. But it's soon back on the offensive as it draws out its laser cannon.

But Upchuck bounces up and chomps down on its arm, ripping it off before swallowing the cannon whole into his expanding belly.

"BLEEEGH!" Upchuck burps hurling a barrage of exploding globs at the android, blasting it back.

The Techadon regains its balance and focuses its signal on Upchuck as it tries to use its Omnitrix Disrupter.

But it fails as Kraab continues to hack away at its sensors. "Oh, no you don't! Not this time!" He continues to struggle against the bot's programming, unable to make any significant progress.

The Techadon's arm quickly reforms but it changes tactics, projecting its knee out and firing several cable spheres at the bouncing Upchuck.

The pudgy alien swallows the spheres whole much to the Techadon's surprise.

Upchuck grins mockingly up at the bot before his tongues lash out and pry off its own leg! He eats it whole before lashing out again and this time taking its opposite arm.

After two big servings of robot Upchuck readies himself as his belly glows brighter.

"Here's. A. Big One! BLEEEEGGGHHH!"

A massive wad of glow glob is catapulted forward, soaring through the air before crashing and exploding into the stumbling Techadon.

The Techadon is torn to shreds as it is blasted away, it's armor dented and scorched. But it slowly begins to rise as the dents and missing limbs begin to repair themselves and reform.

Hisashi, having watched Upchuck eat away at the bot, rushes over to rejoin the others. "It's still getting back up!"

Upchucks frowns. "Looks like nibbling away at it, it's gonna cut it. It's time I take a bite out of this one!"

Upchucks hurries forward to the struggling Techadon just as it regains its footing.

His three tendril-like tongues lash out and wrap themselves around its armor and limbs.

"UGH!" Upchuck pulls his head back, trying to reel the Techadon in but it resists, holding its ground firmly, not daring to move an inch forward.

Gran Torino waves everyone to attack. "Quickly, now's our chance!"

They all charge in racing past Upchuck and the Techadon, placing themselves right behind the struggling machine.

Xylene goes first, using her Telekinesis on the bot, trying to force it forward.

But after analyzing Upchuck's might the Techadon produces thick metal claws from its feet that pierce the ground, preventing itself from moving.

Gran Torino continues zipping around and slams himself into the Techadon knees, trying to make it buckle.

Hisashi fires out his flames, trying to at least burn away at its armor. While Chopper wheels around him and chucks extra restrainer bolts at the machine's feet.
But it's Ochaco that deals the final push as she races in, her fist glowing brightly at her side. "VENUS SMASH!" She throws her fist forward and the pressure of the attack, assisted by the others, launches the Techadon right towards Upchuck's waiting jaws.

The attack was so strong it knocks Kraab free, causing him to bounce off the ground where Chopper wheels in and scoops him up.

Upchucks reels the Techadon in, but it still has fight left in it, as it grabs the edges of Upchucks mouth, holding itself in palace just seconds from being swallowed up.

From above, Xylene flies in, her eyes aglow and filled with righteous fury. "This is for hurting my Sorahiko!" With a wave of her arms, she blasts the Techadon into the bottomless pit that is Upchuck.

Upchuck swallows and his stomach expands to an impossible size glowing brightly as it charges up with energy.

He panics, realizing he doesn't know what to do with the charged-up energy until he gets an idea to look up! "BLLLLEEEEEEEEEEGGGGGHHH!"

A massive glob beams out from Upchuck's mouth, shooting high up into the night sky, high above the docks and over the ocean blue.

BOOM! The glob explodes, firing out like a giant green firework! Lighting the sky up in a dazzling light show of green.

Everyone is amazed by the sight, each of them are grinning from ear to ear, their eyes sparkling with the reflections of the dancing green lights.

Ochaco breathes, admiring the gorgeous lights. "Beautiful." A blob of goop lands nearby, splattering her shoe. "Ew! And gross!"

Upchuck grins up at the sky before his time runs out and he reverts back into Izuku. Izuku begins to moan, holding his aching stomach. "Oh, man, my stomach." He pokes around in his mouth trying to lodge out something between his teeth. "Yuck, that robot was so stale and bitter! Can I get some mouthwash or something?" He burps and a little shard of metal jumps out of his mouth.

Embarrassed and grossed out, Izuku clamps his hands over his mouth, unable to process what just came out.

The little shard of metal wriggles and worms about, becoming larger in size. But Chopper wheels himself over and aims his little arm down at the shard and zapping it with bolts of electricity until it stops moving.

Xylene leans over and snatches up the metal shard. "And I'll hold onto this for proper disposal."

With the Techadon properly destroyed they all continue on, admiring the light show as it slowly comes to an end.

Suddenly, Hisashi jerks in place, he freezes as a terrible thought dawns on him. "Ughhhh, you know this isn't exactly covert is it?"


Sirens blare and red and blue lights flash across the docks as police cruisers race onto the scene.

Inspector Tezuka leaps out of the lead cruiser, along with her son, Fumikage Tokoyami, who's been riding along with her all summer.

Inspector Tezuka's jaw drops once she surveys the scene. "What the hell happened here?!"

Containers have been blasted apart, machines lie on their sides, and massive craters and blast marks litter the scene.

Tokoyami frowns, eyeing the remains of the battle suspiciously. "Hm, unknown forces clashed here, vying for the fate of our world."

His mother lets out a drawn-out sigh "That's it I'm taking away your Tokyo Ghoul manga."

"No! I won't allow it! DARK SHADOW!"

"Ahhh! No way! She's scary when she's angry!"


"That was a close one." Hisashi stops to catch his breath as they all make it to the Tavern of High Charity.

Meanwhile, Xylene orders a ride back to her home planet at the counter located in the Tavern's docking bay.

At the same time, Ochaco is in awe of all the ships parked inside the disguised warehouse and factories. Her eyes light with excitement as she takes in each one.

"Yes, it was." Xylene grins, turning away from the counter after ordering a flight. "But you were all impressive. Especially you."

Izuku grins up at her. "T-thanks. I try."

"Indeed. You have quite the handle over the Omnitrix and its aliens. However…" She frowns, cupping her chin as she reflects over Izuku's battling style.

Izuku becomes nervous. "However…?"

"Hm, you might be too reliant on the device."

"You think so?"

"Maybe."

Hisashi overhears and ends up pondering over the thought as well.

Ochaco steps up towards Xylene. "So, does that mean Deku can keep the Omnitrix?"

Xylene gives her an understanding smile. "Yes. I no longer see a reason to take it away. Not that I could if I wanted to." She smiles over at Izuku. "Clearly the Omnitrix is in good hands."

Izuku smiles at that.

"However, I must warn you that you must remain on your guard. As long as you bear the Omnitrix others will continue to come after you in order to claim it for themselves."

"Well, no matter what they throw at us," Izuku smiles over to his friends and family. "I'm sure we can take em."

They all smile back in return.

Izuku shyly rubs the back of his head. "So, is this goodbye then?"

"It is." Xylene admits with a sad smile. "I must return home and report in. I am also in need of a new ship and equipment so returning home is paramount. "And once I have what I need I plan on scouring the galaxy for the Omnitrix's creator."

Izuku's eyes widen. "You're gonna look for the creator?"

"Yes." Xylene reaffirms. "I'm sorry but I do believe that a weapon like the Omnitrix should not exist. And so, I must ensure that another one won't ever be produced."

"Huh… I…understand." A thought crosses Izuku's mind. "Oh, um, if you're looking for the creator then I might know someone who can help."

Xylene frowns, taken back by Izuku's proposal. "Who?"

"I have a friend, Tetrax, he saved me a while back. Right now, he's traveling space too trying to find the creator. He's also broadcasting a fake Omnitrix signal to lure anybody away. If you're looking for the creator you might want to find him, I'm sure he'll help you out."

"Hm." Xylene considers the idea. "I've never exactly been a team player as it were. But after today I'll take your advice into consideration."

"That's all I ask. Oh, and can you tell him I said hi. He hasn't exactly been calling in."

Xylene snickers at that. "Sure."

Hisashi steps forward offering Xylene a hand. "Thank you for all your help."

Xylene takes it. "I should be thanking you, Plumber."

Ochaco nervously rubs one of her bangs as she approaches Xylene in order to say goodbye. "Well, I guess we'll be seeing ya."

"Yes. And do take care of yourself."

"And what about you?" Ochaco nervously peers back at Gran Torino who's been suspiciously silent the entire time. "Are…are you leaving too?"

A heavy silence befalls the group as everyone awaits Gran Torino's answer.

Xylene approaches him gently, squatting down so they can be at eye level.

Gran Torino eyes her warily, his gaze sad and sullen.

Xylene gives him a sad yet understanding smile. "You're not coming, are you?"

Gran Torino lets out a somber exhale. "It's a big galaxy out there. But right now," He leans over to the side, smiling over at his students. "Those kids are my whole world."

They all smile back, even Hisashi who won't dare ruin this moment.

However, Gran Torino breaks into a taunting smirk. "Also cause they won't be able to survive without me. I mean you saw them out there, they're practically lost without me!"

"Boo!" Ochaco boos in protest as Hisashi begins to sulk.

All the while Izuku sheepishly laughs at their reactions.

Gran Torino chuckles before readdressing Xylene. "I am sorry, Xylene. But I hope you can understand."

She gently places a hand on his shoulder and smiles. "I do."

And so, with a hand on his shoulder, she slides it around his neck and slowly pulls him in and they both come together for a kiss.

To which Ochaco immediately turns red with innocent embarrassment as Izuku begins to gag at the sight of a lizard lady kissing an old man. Hisashi just gives a deadpan stare as he slowly covers up the kids' eyes.

Eventually they part and Xylene slowly pulls away and makes her way to her ship.

Everyone watches on, standing beside Gran Torino, as she climbs up the ramp. She stops halfway to turn back and stare back at them all, specifically at Gran Torino. Hesitant as if wanting to beg him to come with her. But she knows that this is for the best, that he is needed here. Even though it means she'll miss him and they'll be apart for who knows how long, at least she can always revisit him in her memories. After all…

"We'll always have Imado." And with that she turns back and disappears into the ship which promptly begins to take its leave; its engines roaring to life as the roof of the factory begins to part away for the ship's take off.

Ochaco smiles down at Gran Torino and says. "Thought we were gonna lose you, old fart."

"Naw!" Gran Torino laughs. "You can't get rid of me that easily you punk. You're stuck with me whether you like it or not."

"I'm glad. I'd…we'd miss you too much."

"We?"

"Yeah, me and…you know?"

"Yeah, I do." Gran Torino knows exactly who'll miss him if he were to up and disappear. "And I bet that he misses you too."

"Yeah." Ochaco shyly peers down at her phone where five new messages await. "I guess he probably does." And it's not fair to herself or to her mentor if she keeps on ignoring him. Maybe. Maybe reaching out will be for the best, for all of them, even Deku.

Gran Torino smiles, knowing that she'll take his advice to heart. "By the way."

She blinks, tilting her head over at him. "Hm?"

"How'd you know that Xylene asked me to leave with her?"

Both Ochaco and Izuku freeze, suddenly feeling like they've already been caught.

Ochaco immediately begins to crack under his suspicious gaze. "Um…I don't know… Woman's intuition I guess…?"

"Huh." Gran Torino cups his chin as he considers what to do. "I got to make a mental note for myself. Next time I decide to tutor ya I'm gonna have to teach you about respecting your elders."

Ochaco gasps, terrified as she's left to wonder what that means for her.

Even Izuku feels sorry for her. But also, very glad that he took up his internship with someone else.

Hisashi however tries to defuse the situation. "Go easy on her, will ya?"

Gran Torino scoffs, swatting his hand away, "Please, if I babied you, you wouldn't have survived as long as you have."

TWACK!

"OW!" Hisashi grabs his aching head, rubbing the spot Gran Torino bashed in with his cane. "Why I oughta-"

And so, the two break into yet another argument match with Ochaco desperately trying to break it apart.

Izuku stands off to the side, chuckling at their antics.

Out of his peripheral vision, he can see Chopper roll up beside him.

"Well, I guess I can say that I had fun today." Kraab states a matter-of-factly from atop Chopper's head.

Izuku smiles down at him as Chopper places Kraab down on the ground before wheeling away. "How's the new arm?"

"It's great." Kraab waves said new arm around before reaching behind his head and scratching away at the metal plating. "I've had this killer itch for like ever now, And I can finally reach it." He releases a very satisfying sigh of relief. "Oh, yeah~ I'm in heaven~"

"I'm glad." Izuku smiles, gently picking Kraab off form the ground and holding him up to eye level. "Hey, Kraab."

"Hm?"

"I wanted to thank you by the way. You really saved my neck out there today."

"It was nothing, kid."

"No, it wasn't nothing! You had my back. You gave me valuable information even if you didn't have to. And you fought on my behalf." Izuku's smile is purely genuine as he sincerely thanks the bot. "That's something only a friend would do, and I just wanted to say thank you."

Kraab quickly averts his gaze, suddenly becoming rather shy and embarrassed. "Woah! We're not friends! Got it! I only helped out cause I wanted to get payback on those Weapon Masters!"

"Okay sure, but either way. It was nice having you on our side."

Kraab turns his head away as if to hide a blush that can't even form over his metallic face. "Yeah, well, I guess if you really need my help again. I guess I wouldn't be opposed to it."

Izuku smiles, grateful to the little cyborg head.

Chopper the wheels in and rudely bumps Izuku from behind. ^Wo-wa bop!^

"Hahaha! You said it Chop!" Kraab uses his arm to jump out of Izuku's hands, landing atop of Chopper. "He is a sap! Hahaha!"

They both laugh as they wheel away.

"Ah! You jerks!" Izuku shouts after them but they just laugh and jeer back at him.

Izuku, however, lets it go, accepting that it's all in good fun.

And so, he turns and watches Xylene's ship finally begin to take off. As it slowly rises out of the hanger bay and begins to turn invisible.

As he watches it disappear, a sudden realization causes Izuku's heart to stop. "Wait a minute! I should have asked Xylene how she worked the Omnitrix! Ah! Quickly! Someone stop that ship! Ahh! It's too late?! No! She's already gone!"

"Dammit, boy! Gran Torino scolds. "Why didn't you say anything sooner?!"

"I forgot!"

Ochaco nervously laughs at his forgetfulness. "Well, I just hope we're not forgetting about anything else."

"We're not." Hisashi affirms. "I'm sure of it."


A lone scout drone hovers over the quiet ocean with only the moon's light guiding this way over the shimmering abyss. The drone comes to a stop above the water before it slowly begins to descend into the deep.

The water is pitch black even as it shines a spotlight through the depths, but nothing comes into sight. And so, it sinks lower and lower where it soon reaches the seaweed and trash littered ocean floor.

The scout drone patrols through the sunken containers, cars, and trash. Weaving its way through forests of kelp and seaweed until it finds the source of the strange yet familiar signal.

It shines its spotlight and there, it's found it. There lying between the sunken trash and seaweed lies the cracked helmet of the Techadon.

Vilgax's scout drone glides closer and closer, its claws slowly reaching out and cupping the helmet. And upon being disturbed the helmet's silver maedate…glows gold.


THE PREVIEW:

Izuku: Welcome to the team, Upchuck! It's great to have you!

Upchuck: Oh, gees, thanks. I promise to pull my weight, promise.

Izuku: I know you will. But hey sorry you didn't get much of a chance to show your stuff, especially on your big debut.

Upchuck: Eh, it's okay I know that readers will get a nice gratifying serving of me next time. Maybe. Actually, that reminds me where are we off to next time?

Izuku: Um, I'm not sure. Dad said he wanted to add a stop to our trip. Said he had an idea and that we should go.

Upchuck: Well, where are we going?

Izuku: We're going to Mt. Fuji! So, pack your hiking boots because this is gonna be one hell of a track! … Huh? What was that Dad? Wait… I can't use the Omnitrix?! Why?! Wait, do I really get to keep this?! You want me to what?!

Both: Next time: Ch.59 Don't Cave In!

Upchuck: H-hey, hey, hey! Don't point that thing at me!


And that was chapter 58. The Visitors. Which is based off the Ben Ten episode from Season 3 "The Visitor." So yeah, if you didn't catch that I basically gave the chapter away during the preview. But hey it's okay if you missed it. Also, this chapter must have had the most Omnitrix appearances in it! There was Ditto, Diamondhead, Rath, Lodestar, Big Chill, Feedback, Grey Matter, Wildmutt, XLR8, and Upchuck. And it was all done without Master Control. Also, relax, Izuku will gain Master Control at some point, but do keep in mind that i am not trying to fulfil a power fantasy here. Anyway, I have a lot to talk about for this chapter and the following chapters.

Firstly, 3 chapters. Only 3 chapters left until we reach Two Heroes or as I will be referring to it as "Three Heroes" since…you know. And then after "Three Heroes" I will finally be bringing the story back to Forest Training camp. There might be a transitional chapter in between but that oughta be short if I even do it. Anyway, start looking forward to that!

*So, if you felt that Ochaco and to the extent, Gran Torino were underutilized or didn't actually need to be here Then I do apologize for that. In truth I wanted to do more with this chapter, but I did have cut out one character to help narrow it down. And that character was…All Might. Yes, All Might was originally planned to show up and be involved with the events of this chapter. But after some thinking and logistical issues I had to unfortunately cut him from the entire chapter. Basically, All Might would have been trying to confront at least Ochaco about their situation. Which basically got replaced with a small flashback and Gran Torino stepping in instead. So yeah, parts of the chapter were supposed to have a very different dynamic, but this is the final result. Plus, it helps set up Ochaco accepting All Might's invite to go to I-island. So, in a way, it was necessary.

*Oh, also just to be clear the Techadon will return and has officially joined Vilgax's faction. Just wanted to make that clear in case it wasn't obvious.

Also, there was a neat easter egg and hint related to the Techadon. Did you catch it?

And no, it is the answer is not "The Samuroid" BUT if you understood that reference that you are partly on the right track to figuring this one out.

*Also, I have officially decided that Kraab will become Izuku's droid, in a way. And the processes has clearly just started.

*Also, if you felt cheated that we didn't get a flashback of Hisashi's younger years or Gran Torino's younger years with Xylene not to worry. I plan on having an Omake/OVA or two of those exact events over on my side story "Heroes Never Die; It's Hero Time, Anytime!"


Responses for "Guest" reviewers from Ch.57:

Guest: Sabes a veces sinto que podrían ser capitulos de relleno pero al mínimo tiempo no se ssienten como relleno se sienten creíbles y me los puedo comer

CreateGunner1209: They do feel like filler BUT I will argue that 90% of these chapters are not actually filler. Each one has an element or two that will reoccur one way or another later on in the story. Whether it's major or minor. Trust me, my payoffs just sometimes take some time to see. An easy example, Patelliday will return.


Atom king: This chapter is awesome with the appearance of pateliday I did like his fake background that he's related to izuku that's he's uncle I wonder if that's going to be running joke that any alien that has an form in the Omnitrix is going to say that's they're related to izuku cause I love it I can imagine the crazy moments with izuku trying to keep up with the lie, than billy I do like reference to the dimension 12 with Billy saying he's building a gate to other dimension though does exist and will show up in the story?

CreateGunner1209: Oh, it will for sure be a running joke. As for the Dimension gate thing it won't actually appear. That was just my way of off-handily make a reference to his origin from the main Ben Ten series.


Shark: An unexpected but welcome chapter. I'm really happy with the world building your doing. Bringing in Billy and patelliday was a stroke of genius. And I can't wait to see your version of the Two Heroes Movie

CreateGunner1209: Thanks, I thought bringing them in was a good idea too. And believe me I am dying to show you guys what I have in store for I-Island.


Guest: Pretty funny that despite losing alot of bodyfat from getting fit, Uraraka still has the round cheeks. Guess it's just how the genetic lottery works.

CreateGunner1209: Yup


Guest: What would you say is the biggest difference between this Deku and Canon Deku? I'd say yours is more headstrong

CreateGunner1209: I'd say that one has the Omnitrix and the other has OFA… Ehehe ;)


DeadCool14: This was fun. Ooh boy Hisashi is gonna get so many looks

Nice, Bobby is here, I really hope we get the episode when he turns a Ben and Rook into kids. I hope that he creates that robot girl he has in the show and that she resembles Uraraka to mess with Deku, also to be a reference to when Lex Luthor built a robot clone of Lois Lane. She could look like Uraraka's prototype design

Yes, Patelliday is here, he's such a cool character

Will Deku be obsessed with smoothies like Ben or will Mr Smoothies only appear when Blukic and Driba return?

You don't have to listen to people about the Ultimates, it's your story you can do whatever you want. I agree with what you say giving Deku Ultimates would make him too OP, it's better for Albedo to have them because that's his whole thing since Omniverse and it could be a good way to show Deku's growth by showing how creative he is with his aliens and how strong he's become to be able to contend with the superior version of his transformations.

Speaking of which, have you seen The Ink Tank's videos on Ultimates? They are so sick.
"Giving ALL Alien Force Aliens ULTIMATE FORMS!" and "Giving Classic Aliens ULTIMATE FORMS!"

CreateGunner1209: I think you mean Billy, but I get it. And yeah he will for sure have his cheerleader robot at his side the next time we see him. I cut it out here just to focus on him for now. Now if it will resemble Ochaco? IDK only time will tell. But it's not a bad idea.

At some point Izuku will at least be introduced to Mr. Smoothies.

And thanks, I've been getting a lot and I do mean a lot of opinions on the Ultimate Aliens to the point it's kinda overwhelming. So, thank you for respecting my decision. Also yes I did watch Ink Tank's Ultimate Forms video.


Guest: Okey ultimate aliens todavía no ahh lastima pero aún hay tiempo antes de lo de nine jeje me imagino que nine lo ibitdisan con adn alien sería genial y así también intenté robar poderes alienígenas

Pero neta ya quiero ver izuku vs bakugo en los dormitorios luego de eso las lisencias

Aparte de que todos enterándose de los alien será algo que supongo que ya Tienes preparado y no quieres dar espoilers

CreateGunner1209: Well again I warn not to get too excited as I may not include the Ultimate's at all. Plus, I have other plans for the fight against Nine. As for Bakugou vs. Izuku well that was very situational and we will have to see how my story plays out, won't we? :)


Guest: Funny that nearly all of Deku's classmates think highly of him and praise him but never when he's around. Pour guy needs a break

CreateGunner1209: Eh, it would go to his head… or at the least he'd get all shy and embarrassed about it


Guest: I hope that when Izuku and Ochaco reunite. She gives him a big old hug, nothing romantic, Ochaco just seems like the hugging type

CreateGunner1209: Dang it, missed opportunity


I'm Hellboy: Is there any chance that Symbiotes will be included later on and any Venomized Aliens and if there is which Alien would you want to be Venomized?

CreateGunner1209: No; maybe that can be an OVA for my side story at some point


Guest: I really love your story!

Is it possible for you to make a story where your mha cast and the original mha cast meets each other. Even in the OVA.

CreateGunner1209: Thank you! I really love my readers! Especially the ones that leave comments!

As for the OVA idea. Maybe it would be non-cannon obviously. But I don't think it would actually be that fun since everyone is true to their original characters. Basically, I'd be doing the same thing I have been.


Paradox: Now this was an intense chapter. It's incredible how much more tension you where able to create just by removing Izuku from the situation, really shows how strong and versatile he is. But it also showed how skilled his classmates are. Good use of Billy Billions, better than the show I'd say. I kinda want to see Izuku go up against him as Brainstorm because then it would be a match of minds and egos. I also want to see Armadrillo his powers are fun

CreateGunner1209: Yup, that's why I chose early on not to include him in this chapter. But that will be the last chapter (of the Road Trip Arc) where Izuku doesn't make an appearance. As we are on the final stretch to the finish line i.e. I-Island. And trust me there will be a point where Izuku and Billy finally meet.


Guest: Lo malo de esperar ahora es que tardas todo un mes en subir capitulos creo que tardaremos otro año para pasar a los dormitorios

Almenos que pase algo y puedas volver a subir capitulos mas amenueo la verdad a veses tienes planes sobre algo y la vida no te deja completar lo como quieres es lo malo aveses

Pero si susede algo que te permita subir capitulos mas amenueo denuevo avísalo sería genial

Jejeje izuku será una experiencia para izuku y su mentalidad estar transformado en un faltasma malvado.

Oye estaba viendo fuerza alienegena y recordé que vilgqx puede soplar un tomado de su boca lo pondrías apareció cuando azmut uso el omnitrix para enfrentarse a el

Y ultra T puede Aser descargas de electricidad creo me acuerdo

Y porfabor podrias Aser que menos sugerencias a Marvel y más a DC que son menos conocidas o ase las más indirectas por favor se siente raro nombrar a iroman y a Hulk
No sé nombra. A sientificos de DC que somenos conocidos

CreateGunner1209: You know that kinda of attitude doesn't help, ya know? And I do apologize for having a life and responsibilities outside of fanfiction. Yeah, I'll cancel everything and stop doing the other stuff I love so I can pump these chapters out twice a week or something

Okay but for real the only reason they are soooo long is because I am giving myself TOOOO much freedom. What do I mean? I mean that since I am doing more original chapters that were inspired by Ben Ten episodes I have this need to fill them with a bunch of cool ideas and then I get stuck and can't cut things out anymore so the chapter just grows, and grows, and grows. But I am certain that when we finally exit the Road Trip Arc things will speed back up again… Maybe, like I said I do have other things going on other than writing up my story.

Also BTW I do work on my story every day. That's not a joke, I put in an hour or 2 of work a day on it. But that said I would not expect anything drastic to change. Also, I would I be able to notify you since…you know…you don't have an account and I can't PM you?

Also I'm sorry but I don't understand your following questions about "evil foul" and the Vilgax part. I have to use google translate so confusion occurs a lot.

Finally, YES, I know I make too many references to marvel. But it's what I know best so it's easier for me to add in. I include what I like, you know?

BUT if you wanted a DC reference there were two of them. One was calling the Techadon a Samuroid. And the other was hidden in this chapter somewhere. Yes, it was there and it wasn't exactly obvious. Well it might have been for those that have an eye for certain details and are in the know. But I am not cruel so I will give you a hint. It was related to the Techadon. And it was kinda an important detail. Let me know if you think you got it :)


Doc: Amazing as usual! Can't wait for two heroes and interested in New dynamics like it the full gauntlet will be used and how ochako and izuku interact with melissa, speaking of which, will she know about the aliens because she is pretty smart

CreateGunner1209: Neither can I! Seriously it has been a nightmare to not spoil what I have planned for the movie.


Guest: No se si leeras esto pero tengo una duda aparecera Jury rigg en la pelicula de two heroes siendo desbloqueado por melissa que comienza a jugar con el omnitrix ya que no sabe que es exactamente presionandolo transformando a izuku en Jury rigg?

CreateGunner1209: I did read this. And I suggest you read the comment above because I will not spoil anything about Two Heroes.


Guest: If you give midorya the worst are you going to change the power set cause I think its's fine (being basically indestructible but feeling the pain)

CreateGunner1209: I had no plans in changing the powerset. And even if I did what would it even be? You don't have to answer I am just making a point, thanks


Guest: Se nota que cada vez mejoras, no muchas historias con esta temática son buenas del todo, pero tú hiciste algo bastante entretenido y por eso espero que sigas así, se nota que disfrutas lo que haces...

Post data: Mencionaste un capítulo donde el Coleccionista podría aparecer, mi pregunta es:

Será como el de las películas o será como el de "What iff"?

Digo porque considero que el de What iff es más "peligroso" por así decirlo...

CreateGunner1209: Thank you, that means so much. As for the Collector I would (if I added him) would be more like the movie version, not the What If. BUT he would be more active like the What If version…maybe no guarantees until I actually decide to add him in


Guest: Oye una cosa una ves te pregunté si hisashi le contara a izuku de como se convirtió en plomero y asta ahora solo a avido un flashback de como ase años detuvo aún robot alien gigante espero que en los últimos caps se cuente cómo se convirtió en plomero

En otras noticias Aras esa referencia a Rick y Morty, sería lo máximo

Unnn me preguntó que alienígena usará izuku cuando bakugo lo encare después de las lisencias sería jenial que fuera ruego pantanoso o artiguana,

Unnn izuku exitado por tener a cami ensima de el xd

Me preguntó por quienes irán los Villanos al campamento ¿Iran por bakugo como en la historia original? ¿Por izuku y su omnitrix? O ¿por los dos?

CreateGunner1209: Relax. We will see Hisashi's origin story but only when it actually fits into the story both narratively and in a way to progress the story. Basically, I won't reveal it until closer to the Pro Hero Arc. So please be patient with me. And hey don't say I didn't give you anything cause now you know that Gran Torino also trained Hisashi too.

And as for your other questions…I can't answer them in fear of too many spoilers. If you think you know what will happen then please share but I will not confirm nor deny anything


Guest: Una cosas espero no haya más capitulos originales por un tiempo luego que terminen estos no digo que no me gusten de echo muchos los disfrute pero creo que después de estos la historia se consentre en lo que es lo original de la serie por qué creo que ase mucho se retraso todo

Pero de igual manera espero que salgan capitulos mas seguidos de nuevo por qué si solo sigues sacando un capítulo al mes creo que está historia se tardará asta 2024 para sacar la película de nine o herues raisin

CreateGunner1209: Yes, that is true. BUT as mentioned at the beginning of the chapter this arc is not actually filler. But I will admit that because they are more original I put too much ideas into them and have a hard time narrowing the narrative properly to shorten my update time. But it is what it is and I have no regrets as I have been greatly enjoying each and every chapter

Also I do apologize for having a life and responsibilities outside of fanfiction. Yeah, I'll cancel everything and stop doing the other stuff I love so I can pump these chapters out twice a week or something

But I am certain that when we finally exit the Road Trip Arc things will speed back up again… Maybe, like I said I do have other things going on other than writing up my story.

Also BTW I do work on my story every day. That's not a joke, I put in an hour or 2 (on average 3 hours) of work a day on it. But that said I would not expect anything drastic to change. So if it does take till 2024 to reach Nine then it will take that long


Dreadbot: I like this chapter I like the references you had to alien and I like how you introduced Billy billions into the story you can definitely use them for misadventures for the cast can't wait for the next chapter please keep waiting

I forgot to mention this in my original post but I was surprised you didn't have a reference to the first two Bioshock games they would have fit in quite well

CreateGunner1209: Thanks, I thought this way of introducing Billy would work nicely. And it did. Oh, you know it's funny neither me nor anyone I know actually ever played Bioshock. Like we're familiar with it but not enough to pull a reference out form the top of our heads. Otherwise it was a missed opportunity to do so, sorry


DevilishMan87: Hey dude I have a question about Vilgax. Are you just going to make Vilgax just some big bad guy or are you going to maybe show a bit of back story to Vilgax that makes us sympathize with the villain and understand his motives? Like something related to Doctor Doom's origins about him taking down a tyrant and him deciding the universe would be better fit under his rule?

Also an idea I had for a later chapter like maybe before the camp attack you could show All For One's reaction to finding out aliens exist. Because I am curious how that went down and that would be interesting to see.

CreateGunner1209: I was planning on exploring Vilgax's…side of things. But again, at a later time. Now the specifics are…uncertain. I have a goal and a draft of an origin ready but I am siting on it so I can rethink and reevaluate it. You know, make changes to it as I think seems right or what seems better. Basically, I want to make sure that I get it right so I am going to take my time before I dive into it. But for now, he's just you're standard villain like Voldemort or Emperor Palpatine.

As for AFO's reaction. Relax the reactions will come in due time. I wanted to keep their interaction a secret because I didn't want to spoil the details of their deal/plans. Speaking of, I will admit that we will see a part of their deal next time. Or at least the results of said deal


Guest: Remember deku had to save kota from muscular
And save Eri from overhaul

CreateGunner1209: Um, thanks for reminding me? Even though it's hard to forget any of those events… But thanks anyway…I guess?


Guest: I just want to see him transform into pesky dust I know bakugou will laugh his ass off and some of the boy's

While mineta and kaminari are steaming with jealously of him getting hugs from the girls and even midnight

CreateGunner1209: For now, you can see Pesky Dust in your dreams because It will be some time before your dreams come to fruition ;)


Guest: Jet ray and swamp fire should be next

CreateGunner1209: Why? (not trying to be rude just being cheeky)


Guest: I do hope you put Khyber and the Nemetrix in this story. Both he and Zed would be a fine addition to be a part of Vilgax's faction since he is interested in hunting the wielder of the Omnitrix after all just for the sport of it. His personal goals in hunting Midoriya would be beneficial for Vilgax to recruit him. I wouldn't be surprised if Khyber was also part of this guild, you mentioned earlier in the story.

If it's not too much to ask, but would you consider expanding the number of Nemetrix aliens for Zed to use? I feel like Omniverse could have done more for the Nemetrix by just adding a few more new predator aliens. The reason I say that is because the number of Nemetrix aliens is very small compared to the number of aliens Ben has in Omniverse. It just felt really unbalanced to me. It doesn't have to be too much. I'm fine with having at least 5 to 10 new predators aliens to include. For example, the Root Shark from the episode Simian Says is considered the natural predator of Spidermonkey's species which would fit so well to be a Nemetrix alien. I would also have the panuncian be one of the Nemetrix aliens instead of it replacing Zed completely since it is the natural predator of Ditto's species after all. You could also create your own Nemetrix aliens by basing them off of other alien monsters from different franchises if you want to, like say the Zillo beast from Clone Wars. I also think the Metroid franchise would be a good place to look since most of the bosses in those games would fit so well to be a Nemetrix alien due to their animalistic and alien nature.

One last thing. Are the alien nanochips going to appear in this story? Not only are they considered one of the major villains in the Ben 10 franchise, but they are extremely crucial for Izuku to gain Nanomech. That form is more unique since it is a hybrid transformation that combines human and nanochip DNA.

CreateGunner1209: Well, I actually hinted to Khyber a while back. Vilgax made a reference to him sometime after the U.S.J. attack. That was my way of saying that some day, he will appear. And yeah if he appeared without the Nemetrix then honestly he's not really a threat. So yeah they'll both be here but not for a while. It's too soon for him.

But I was planning on adding new monsters/creatures to the Nemetrix. Like for example, I actually wanna do the Zilo Beast and say it's like this universe' top predator of Way Big or something. I mentioned this to one other reader but he quickly shot it down saying that's not right. But I was gonna ignore them and do it anyway. Mainly because I might not be able to have visuals/drawing at the ready for the monsters I make so I would like to pick and pull other monsters/creatures from other franchises.

Also. Fine. I will say this. YES. The Nanochips will appear. And yeah mainly because I need a way to introduce Nanomech. BTW I love that alien.


BlueRanger-Lyric: Incase you want more information to work with Alien X

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CreateGunner1209: Um, thanks. I mean I won't be using any of that info any time soon cause Alien X is such an endgame type alien. But still, I appreciate you looking out and trying to help me. So thanks : )