It is time. It is finally time. IT'S HERO TIME! Woooooaaaaah! How long has it been?! Seriously, that's a real question. How long has it been since I lasted updated? It seriously feels like forever but here it is! Although I'm still not done with Part III (it may take another week to finish) Parts 1-2 are more than ready and have been ready for some time. So, let's stop the clock and get to it!

"Here."

"We."

"Go!" – Joker (Keith Ledger) 2008


A young girl no older than seven years old peers through the window of her family's SUV. Her reflection staring back at her as she gazes out to the towering skyscrapers and fantastical buildings. A bright smile stretches across her face as she brushes back her long brown hair away from her face. Pushing up her glasses to ensure she gets to take in everything as much as she can.

"Take a look girls. We finally made it to L.A.!" Her Papa smiles from the driver seat, turning back to smile at his daughters.

Mama rolls her eyes humorously. "Oh, finally I didn't think this Road Trip would ever end."

He feigns being insulted. "Ah, what? Why do you say that?"

Her little Sister laughs from beside her. "Because Papa, you kept going the wrong way!"

"No, I didn't. I was exploring." Papa laughs, defending himself. "I mean if I wasn't we would have never found Sparksville!"

The young girl laughs at her Papa's antics. "Papa, that place was a Tourist Trap!"

"I know that, Cathy. But I liked the giant lightbulb!" He defends.

"We know!" Mama exaggeratedly exclaims. "You were staring at that thing forever!"

"I couldn't help it! I swear it felt like it was alive! Promise!"

Mama snickers, shaking her head at her husband's antics. "Well, I for one prefer visiting a big city like when we went to New York or Chicago! They're nothing like our little town of Bellwood."

"And they were great. But you have to admit, we had a great time in Yellowstone."

The young girl, Cathy, leans up, chiming in. "I really liked Mt. Rushmore!"

"Me too!" Her little sister cheers. "I loved seeing the aliens!"

"Sweety those weren't aliens!" Mama chides. "Those were just nice heroes arresting a villain."

Papa frowns. "But now that I think about it, I didn't recognize them. Eh, but they did have some cool uniforms. White armor with a single Red Spots, not bad. Simple, but not bad."

"Don't you start!" Mama chides. "Not when you wanted to wear that atrocious shirt all summer."

"But Hawaiian flowers on a red shirt is a classic! I still regret letting you make me leave it at home."

Cathy and her little sister burst into fits of giggling as their parents jokingly argue in the front. All in all, they couldn't be having more of a great time than now, just being together.

As they all settle down, Cathy turns back towards the magnificent view of L.A. Her eyes inevitably draw upwards to the clear blue sky that feels like it can go on forever. And then they catch her eye a pair of powerful Bald Eagles are soaring high above the skyscrapers and along with them, seemingly there to join in on their flight, a California Condor!

Cathy watches in amazement as the three mighty birds of prey soar over L.A., their massive wings sprawled out, catching the wind and warm sun. And with it she takes in the calm yet exciting atmosphere the city has to offer.

*BOOOOM!*

In the distance just a block away a casino goes up in flames as an explosion rings out, tossing a massive cloud of dust and smoke into the once pristine blue sky.

Papa slams on the brakes causing the car comes to a screeching halt. "What's happening?!"

Mama shivers. "I-I think it's a villain!"

And she's right it is, because out of the smoke a large villain who's the size of a two-ton truck leaps out from the smoke and begins a monstrous charge through the wide city street. His six massive arms provide him with massive strides while his blue skin, and small red eyes help to sell his monstrous persona so much more than his support vest, jeans, and black mask.

Riding atop of him like a mount is a smaller, thinner villain. A slim man who has blonde hair and a long-pointed nose. He is clad in a red, skin-tight, full body suit designed with white marks and an "R" across the face mask.

"Hahahahahaha!" The slim villain cackles with laughter while having huge bags of money all piled up behind him.

Cathy grows nervous as she watches the villains charge their way towards them. But her fears are soon washed away as a sudden barricade of police cars enter the scene, cutting the charging villains off.

And then to top it all off, a pair of pro heroes jump onto the scene.

A giant grin stretches across Cathy's face as she watches one of the heroes fire lightning, actually lightening at the villains.

The villains leap out of the way and the lady hero turns into a cow-like creature and charges right at them.

"Hahahaha!" Even from there Cathy can hear the villain's cackle, and worse she can see his arms transforming into a pair of cannons before firing out a pair of rocket missiles!

The rockets explode into the ground, nearly taking the Cow Lady with them.

And if that wasn't bad enough, the massive villain manages to launch himself high into the air, way above the police barricade! And with a single bound they come plummeting back down towards the stopped traffic, towards her family's SUV.

The realization hits them all like a crashing wave, and when it does it's too late, there's not enough time to escape!

"Papa! Mama!" Cathy screams while holding onto her little sister.

"Sis!" Her sister balls while clinging to her.

"Hahaha!" The villain cackles, his voice sending a terrifying shiver down her spine. "Don't stop! Just crush them!"

The family, her family, cry out in terror as they watch on helplessly as their last few moments draw to an end.

'Mama! Papa! Sis! No! Someone. Please. Save my FAMILY!'

Just as she's given up hope, and the warm sun disappears behind the incoming villains, something, maybe a missile, strikes the monstrous villain so hard and fast that Cathy swears it had to be a bolt of invisible lightning!

The villains are propelled away, thrown so far back they fly across an entire city block before they crash to a stop in a brilliant explosion of flames so bright and magnificent it's like peering into the sun.

And there standing before the flames is someone, a hero, one of which she's never seen the likes of before. He's young, on the edge of becoming a full adult. Two bands of his hair stretch over his head in a V, but to her they resemble blonde bunny ears. She cannot see his face; however, she can make out the back of his blue jacket even as the flames and wind cause it to whip around. It reads, PLUS ULTRA.

"Fear not citizens. Everything is fine." The young Hero grins back at her and her family, revealing his determined young face and deep blue irises. "You're safe. Because I am here!"

Cathay can't help but to smile, losing herself in utter wonderment and amazement. He saved them. This hero, this hero saved her family! It's…he's a miracle!

"Really?!" The slim villain's shrill cackle causes Cathy to jump. "And just who the hell do you think you are?" The slim villain snarls as his partner crawls out of the flames and debris.

"A hero from Japan." The Hero answers with a confident grin. "Who just so happened to be passing by."

"HA! I'll send you back home in a coffin!" The L.A. villain's arms morph into cannon and he fires a barrage of rockets at the hero while cackling. "If they can find your remains!"

"Hiyah!" The Hero folds his arms into an X and then swings out, generating a wind so strong it blows back the missiles, causing them to explode like fireworks. "I'm sorry, what was that threat-?"

But much to the hero's and Cathy's surprise, the villains are gone. And after looking around Cathy can see them bounding away atop of buildings.

The Hero frowns, watching them escape. "Running away already?!"

Before he can move, and much to Cathy's amazement and surprise, a red futuristic rocket car zooms onto the scene while the driver yells out to the hero. "You got ahead of yourself, Toshi!"

Cathy blinks, taking in the other young man in the driver's seat of the open red vehicle.

He's young and looks to be the same age as the Hero with straight, shoulder-length brown hair which is swept backwards. He's wearing a red hoodie under a gray lab coat, with dark gray pants and black sneakers.

The Hero, or if Cathy heard the Driver right his name is…Tooshie or something. 'Weird name.'

As the red vehicle slides to a stop, Tooshie hops right in while telling the Driver to step on it. "They're fast. Follow them, Dave!"

"You're impossible!" The Driver, or Dave, laughs. "Your body always moves before you think!"

The vehicle roars, its wheels screeching as it takes off, making a quick U-turn before rocketing away after the fleeing villains.

Cathy watches in amazement, her eyes glimmering with excitement as she watches them zoom away. Her heart is pounding, racing, like a fire's been light up inside of her. Compelling her to move and before she even can process it she's already jumped out of her parent's car and takes off running after the heroes.

"Cathy! Cathy!" Her Papa shouts with worry, as he tries to open his door but to no avail.

Cathy runs and runs but it's useless, they're already gone. But she can't give up, she has to see him. She has to see that hero, The Hero, save the day!

And so she presses a hand to her chest and shouts. "Cathleen Bate can fly!"

And she jumps, flying up through the air like a fast-traveling balloon.

She rises higher and higher, the wind taking her and carrying her along over and through the city until she finally sees them. Not that it's that hard since the villains are trying to escape via rooftops.

She watches on as the Hero launches himself off the future car and into the air, his jump was so strong not only does he reach the top of the skyscrapers, but he also sent that car flying back as well!

The L.A. villain snarls and fires more rockets. "You just don't give up, do you?!"

Cathy gasps thinking they got him, after all he can't move while in midair!

But the grin on his face says another story. "Ha! Detroit Smash!"

He throws a punch, a crazy powerful one at that, into the air, causing a massive whirlwind to burst out and cause the rockets to crash into each other and explode into a brilliant ball of smoke and flames.

The explosion and whirlwind send out a powerful shockwave that nearly trips the villains up and off the side of the buildings they're clinging to.

As the ball of smoke dissipates, the Hero kicks himself off the nearest buildings, launching himself forward and through the smoke!

But he doesn't see them, he doesn't see the rockets flying in on the side as he soars through the smoke.

Cathy screams at the top of her lungs. "Look out!"

Whether he spots them thanks to her is unclear, but he manages to throw another one of those supercool Detroit Smashes and blow up the final rockets. But they're too close and the explosion swallows the hero up.

"NO!" Cathy cries out in anguish.

But then he appears, rolling through the flames and smoke as his jacket and pants burn to ash, only to reveal a brilliant costume with an awe-inspiring cape.

"You just don't know when to give up, do you?!" The L.A. villains, having had enough, cry out in fury as they leap towards him, aiming to end this chase once and for all.

But despite the odds. Despite his disadvantage. The Hero smiles on, embracing the challenge head on.

Excited to show off, he begins to spin and spin and spin before shouting out for the world to hear him say. "CALIFORNIA SMASH!"

His fist collides with the incoming villains, launching them straight downward to the street below.

WHAM!

They crash into the ground like a meteor, throwing up tons of debris, dust, and cash into the air.

And as the smoke and wind die down, they reveal the L.A. villains deflated and defeated inside a massive crater, unable to move and unable to resist as their life as free criminals comes to an end.

From the street below people quickly gather around the crater. Their eyes are wide with amazement, still unable to process such power and feats that were just displayed.

Cathy lands nearby, nearly stumbling into the crater as she does.

"Hahahaha!"

Cathy's head snaps up and instantly she spots the Hero standing atop a rooftop, his cape billowing in the wind as he lets out a hearty laugh.

From all around her people gather and question who he is. "Who's that hero?"

"I've never seen him."

"But he's amazing!"

Cathy smiles, grinning up at the Hero. 'He's the coolest!'

"He's an exchange student visiting the states from Japan."

Cathy and the rest of the crowd look over to find that Dave-guy addressing them from inside the cool car.

"You can call him by his hero name, All Might."

Everyone turns to stare up at the young Hero. "His name's All Might?"

"All Might…?" Cathy breathes, taking in that name and engraving it into her mind. "Wow."

Feeling a set of eyes on her she looks over and starts when she finds Mr. Dave smiling at her.

"Take him in." He directs mostly to her than the rest of the crowd. "Someday that name will be known by everyone in the world. Someday he will be our world's Symbol of Peace."

Cathy peers back up at the Hero, at All Might and breathes. "The Symbol of Peace."

And from the rooftop above, All Might grins on towards the city like he's the city's own personal guardian angel. No, like he's the world's guardian angel.


"Haha…d-don't worry…I'll…buy…lunch." Toshinori Yagi smiles in his sleep as he loses himself to his memories. Ah, those were the days, him and Dave taking on the world and every villain they could. Oh, to be young again.

"A-All Might…? All Might… Hey, are-...are you asleep?"

Several pokes to his shoulder snap him awake and out of his reminiscing. Rubbing his eyes he looks over to the one that disturbed him. "Something the matter, Young Uraraka?"

Ochaco Uraraka grins up at him, lost in her own excitement as she turns and presses her face to the private jet's window. "Look, we can see it! It's right there! It's really there! I can't believe it's really I-Island!"

And how could they miss it? A massive artificial island that stands high above the Pacific, made big enough to support what looks like four separate cities! Three of which are placed in a triangular shape while the fourth city with the tallest of towers stands in the middle. Fresh blue water surrounds the cities while artificial land bridges connect the island together.

Ochaco's breath is taken away at the sight of it all. "I can't believe someone like me is really here!"

Toshinori smiles at her reaction. "I'm so glad you're excited. Glad I invited ya." He smiles sheepishly, almost nervously. "And I'm glad you accepted."

Admittedly, there's still some awkwardness between them. Don't get him wrong he's glad, relieved even, that she finally reached out to him. And they were finally able to talk normally, somewhat. It was still very awkward and even now it feels like he's walking a bit on eggshells around her, not trying to upset her. But they've been doing alright so far, having even spent part of the flight catching up about their summers. Like how she nearly drowned in an underwater city and how he himself took down a ridiculous elephant villain that could grow to the size of a skyscraper when he eats peanuts.

"Um, All Might? Are you sure it's okay that someone like me tags along with you? It's not gonna be a problem, is it?"

Toshinori waves off her worries. "Don't even think twice about it. The invitation was clear and I'm welcomed to bring whomever I wanted as my guest."

"But doesn't that usually mean a family member or-"

He cuts her off by holding up a finger. "I think you're forgetting that the two of us are connected by something far thicker than blood, Young Uraraka. We will forever share the bond of One For All."

Ochaco smiles and nods. "Yeah."

From over the intercom their pilot announces that they'll be landing. ["Attention passengers the plane will soon begin its descent to I-Island."]

Toshinori gets up from his seat and lets out an already exhausted sigh. "This is gonna be monumentally exhausting." His body begins to shift and expand against his jacket. "Once we've landed and GO OUT IN PUBLIC-" All Might rips off his jacket, revealing that he's already wearing his full hero costume. "I MUST MAINTAIN MY MUSCLE FORM CONSTANTLY." He grins, not showing any signs that he's struggling to hold the form for now. "NOW IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR YOU TO CHANGE AS WELL. YOU DID ASK U.A. IF YOU COULD BRING YOUR HERO COSTUME ALONG WITH YOU, RIGHT?"

"Yes!" Ochaco smiles, while hiding her bag, and hurrying over to the back changing room.


[PLAY "Demon Slayer - Opening 3 | 4K | 60FPS | Creditless |"]

(Beginning Instrumentals)

With his eyes closed Izuku's face flashes before the audience before cutting away to his aliens starting from Feedback to Ghostfreak before turning back to human. Izuku opens his eyes and the universe expands out in a glorious blaze of colors.

(Da-dara-dara-da-da Dara-da-da, dara-da-da Da-dara-dara-da-da Dara-da-da, dara-da-da-ra)

Izuku stands back to back with Ochaco and Melissa as the camera circles around them before zooming away and showing the audience the entirety of I-Island as the title card "THREE HEROES" pans into view.

Taga sode ni saku genka

Izuku smiles with stars in his eyes as he dash though I-Island with Kraab on his back while Hisashi and Chopper follow.

Tada soko ni ai wo otoshita

Ochaco rolls her eyes as All Might get bombarded by fans.

Hade ni iro wo tokasu yoru ni

Melissa hops around on her pogostick while David watches with a serene smile.

Ginshu no tsuki wo soete

Melissa comes to a stop before Izuku and Ochaco. They each look at each other in surprise while the shadows of Hisashi, Toshinori, and David stretch out behind them.

Korogaru you ni kaze wo kitte

Bakugou screams at Shoto while half of Class 1-A class watches on with humorous looks.

Tsumazuku koto ni tsuyoku natta

Mina grins as she throws her cards down causing Hagakure and Sero to groan in despair while the Tsuyu and Tokoyami look on with amusement.

Hikari mo itami mo ikari mo zenbu

Wolfram and his team march through I-Island, Wolfram looks down at his phone to see a sinister yellow circle on the screen.

dakishimete

Wolfram presses the screen and the city goes red with a lockdown.

Eraba renakereba erabeba ii

Izuku and his friends look around with determination before charging forward.

Koe yo todoroke yoru no sono mukou e

Ochaco and Cannonbolt charge forward against hordes of red robots alongside Shoto, Bakugou, Iida, Momo, Jiro, Kirishima, Denki, and Mineta.

Namida de nijin deta

Heatblast grins as he, Katsuki, Shoto and Kirishima face off against Scrambler, Daigo and Nobu before they unleash an explosion of flames.

Anna ni tooku no keshiki made

Mina leads the charge against the robots with Tsuyu, Hagakure, Sero, Sato, Tokoyami, and Shoji right behind her.

Hibiki watare

Cinder jumps in front of the students and unleashes a raging inferno upon the Dalek-like drones.

Nani wo kanadete?

Izuku morphs from one alien to another while running through a meteor shower of metal.

Dare ni todoketakute?

Ochaco flies through the metal onslaught before a large pillar comes at her, only for it to shatter against her fist.

Futashika na mama de ii

Melissa types away at a massive computer alongside Kraab before calling out to the two of them.

Donna ni kurai kanjou mo

Wolfram cackles as a mysterious red shadow stands behind him. All around him black metal covered in red lines moves to his will.

Donna ni nagai kattou mo

Everyone looks on as a pink and green comet zooms towards the villains.

Uta to chire zankyou

With a roar Deku and Uravity let their fists fly forward.

(Da-dara-dara-da-da Dara-da-da, dara-da-da Da-dara-dara-da-da Dara-da-da, dara-da-da-ra)

Kraab with his new limbs jumps on Izuku's back, surprising him, causing Ochaco and Melissa to laugh. Slowly the other students and adults walk towards them with varying expressions of pride and excitement. They all turn around and look towards the rising sun of a better tomorrow.

(Illustrated by Drag0n5on)


Ch.62 Three Heroes Part I

After landing the two were escorted through the I-Island Airport and its security, which is a moving sidewalk where they just have to stand there while the security system scans and identifies them.

Ochaco shakes with excitement, clinging to her duffle bag tightly as she takes in everything about the high-tech airport. She's already changed into her hero costume, minus the helmet but she does have her Gyro-Disc attached to her back.

"LET'S TEST YOUR TRIVIA YOUNG LADY." All Might smiles down at her as the system begins to scan them. "WHY WAS THIS ARTIFICIAL ISLAND CREATED?"

"Oh, well, um-" While sweating bullets Ochaco turns away with a guilty and shameful grin on her face while she pulls out the Island's brochure from out of her bag. "I-Island was built so that the world's brightest minds could gather together to research Quirks and develop new hero support items. The island was engineered to be movable in order to protect the scientists and their top-secret research from villains. Its security system is on par with Tartarus Prison and thus crime is virtually non-existent here." Also according to the brochure, the island is even divided into separate control systems to ensure no villains or other groups can ever take full control of the island, but she sees no need to add that in for now.

"WOW, YOU REALLY DID YOUR RESEARCH DIDN'T YOU?"

"Ha, ha! Y-yeah!" Ochaco quickly crumbles up the brochure and stuffs it back into her bag before he notices.

["The Immigration inspection is complete."] The security system auto recording announces over the intercom. ["The island is currently holding the pre-opening of I-EXPO. An event that showcases research and development projects our teams have been working on. Only those with invitations may attend the preview."]

As the announcement draws to an end, Ochaco and All Might arrive outside and thus have officially entered I-Island.

And Ochaco is blown away, amazed by all the sights and sounds to be had. Magnificent almost fantastical buildings and attractions are everywhere to be seen. Each one displaying and incorporating technologies she's never seen and could only dream of. Even the buildings look like they're entirely made with some high tech doohickey incorporated into them. The whole place is like someone took a city combined with an amusement park and rolled it up in futuristic tech. It's a marvel to be had.

All Might looks out noting all the people and visitors to the island. "I CAN'T BELIEVE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE BEFORE THE EXPO'S OFFICIALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC."

"This place is amazing! It's like I stepped into the future!"

All Might can't help but to agree. "UNLIKE BACK IN JAPAN PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO USE THEIR QUIRKS HOWEVER THEY WISH ON THIS ISLAND." The points over to some of the nearby buildings. "THE PAVILIONS ARE JAM PACKED WITH ATTRACTIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS. MAKE SOME TIME FOR THEM LATER."

"You bet I will!"

All Might stops to check his phone. "NOW LET'S SEE THE HOTEL SHOULD BE NEARBY."

While he scrolls for the hotel a nice Attendant walks over intending to help them. "Welcome to the I-EXPO-" Her smile fades and soon turns to delightful surprise as she gasps up at the pro hero. "Is that you All Might?!" She asks, her eyes glimmering with glee.

Everyone from visitors, other attendants, and of course camera crews that are all within earshot and beyond hears the news and immediately runs over.

"Is he really here?!"

"Wow! The Number One Hero!"

"We need an interview."

"Let's get closer!'"

Soon an entire sea of people has All Might surrounded as they all cheer and sing his praises. Each of them asking for pictures, comments, autographs, and some just wanting to thank him for saving their lives or someone else's.

"HAHAHA! YOU'RE ALL WELCOME! HAHA!" All Might bellows with laughter totally unaware that his student and protegee is currently being trampled and shoved away by the crowd like a ball being tossed around by crashing waves. "FORM A LINE FOR AUTOGRAPHS, PLEASE!"

The people cheer even louder as more and more of them begin to surround him until not even his hulking form can be seen within the mix of people.

Meanwhile, another odd pair has just arrived on I-Island as well with the youngest running up and immediately losing himself to all the sights and wonders around them. "I can't believe we're here! I-Island!"

"Hahaha. You like it?"

"Like it? I love it!" Izuku Midoriya cheers, spinning around so fast his hoodie bellows behind him. "The photos and magazines don't do this place justice!"

Hisashi Midoriya chuckles, glad to see Izuku so happy.

"Pinch me, I must be dreaming! OW!"

Rubbing his arm, Izuku jerks his head around and glares down at Kraab who's strapped over his shoulder.

"Look at that you're not dreaming. Hahaha." Kraab laughs while flexing his one metal pincer.

"You jerk."

Kraab shrugs off the insult like it was nothing. "I don't get what there is to get excited about."

"You don't want to see I-Island?!" Izuku gasps, feeling like Kraab's just trying to ruin his fun. "But it's the home to thousands of scientists that are all working on the newest of technologies!"

"Kid, I hate to be the one to tell you this, actually that's a lie cause I actually do want to tell you this. But honestly you should be embarrassed with Earth's technological level. Like for real you guys are way behind on the intergalactic level."

Izuku gets all flustered and embarrassed for all of humanity's sake. "W-well, that's cause we lost a lot of t-time when Quirks first appeared!" There were quite a lot of societal issues and chaos that just brought nearly every science to a screeching halt, including engineering.

"Kid, some of you humans still use flip phones. FLIP PHONES!"

Losing the argument, Izuku turns to the only person that can save it. "Dad?"

Hisashi really wishes he wasn't brought into it as he sheepishly admits. "Yeah, he's technically not wrong. Earth just barely passed Level 5 and according to intergalactic policies Earth can't really be considered an advanced civilization until at least Level 10."

Izuku visibly deflates much to Kraab's amusement.

"Sorry, kid but your world's greatest minds would still be considered average even for Galvans."

Annoyed, Izuku pouts and grumbles. "Wow, you know I thought you'd be a little more appreciative that we brought you along for this." He pauses as the thought sits in his head. "Wait, why did we bring him along?" He turns to Hisashi before his eyes drift to the other plus one hidden behind his legs. "And him?!"

^Wa wa!^ Chopper waves, wheeling out from behind Hisashi.

"What's the harm?" Hisashi smiles and shrugs. "I would have felt bad if we locked them up in the Rustbucket, so I figured why not bring them along."

"But won't people have questions?"

"Nope." Hisashi turns and faces the artificial island and declares. "We're on I-Island, Champ! Ain't no one's gonna question any robots wandering around. And besides I had them checked in as Support Items in Development. Which will help explain any issues they cause."

"Wa wop.^

"Yeah, C1-10P. He's talking about you."

^Bop bo!^

Izuku lets out a sigh, feeling like the magic is somewhat gone from the island. "Not gonna lie hearing how far ahead other aliens are to us it kinda puts a damper on things."

His Dad gently slaps him on the back. "Don't let it. I-Island is still a one-of-a-kind place. With all sorts of fun, cool attractions, technology, and privileges. Did you know that we're allowed to use our Quirks here as much as we'd like? Well, as long as we don't cause trouble that is."

"Yeah, that is pretty cool." Izuku smiles, wondering if he can get some time in as some of his aliens. "Wait, is that why you're wearing your Plumber suit too?"

Hisashi chuckles, gesturing to his full red Plumber suit, minus the respirator which is strapped to his neck rather than over his mouth. "Well, it's highly recommended that visiting heroes wear their hero costumes. So, I thought I'd wear mine."

"Then why don't I have mine?" Izuku frowns, examining his own plain t-shirt, pants, red sneakers, and iconic Omnitrix-matching hoodie.

But Hisashi just stares at him, his eyes wide and dumbfounded before he finally asks. "Wait, you mean that isn't your hero costume?"

"DAD!? Of course, it's not! Heck I don't even have my support items with me like my hoverboard and Omni-Shield!"

Kraab frowns while listening in. "What about your S.A.G.E. Gun?"

"I left it back in the RV because I didn't think I could bring it here!" Ah, man, it would have been cool to wear his costume again. It's been a long while since he last got to wear it.

"Oh, my bad!" Hisashi apologies. "I thought it was! I mean you wear it so often so I just thought-oops."

"Ah!" Izuku groans while grabbing at his hair in frustration.

"Hahahaha!" Kraab chuckles, finding this all oh so very amusing. "If you feel left out just put on some PJs and put your underwear on the outside. Hahaha!"

Izuku bows his head in defeat. "Can we just get going already?"

"We sure can!" Hisashi mercifully gets them going by immediately turning in the wrong direction.

Izuku starts, worried he's heading the wrong way. "Huh?! Isn't our hotel this way?"

"It is but we're gonna make another stop first." Hisashi smiles, not at all worried about getting lost. "There's someone you should meet."

For some reason Izuku starts to get a little nervous. "Who?"

^Wa bo-wap!^ Chopper responds while wheeling after his master, but not before purposely bumping into Izuku's leg.

Izuku frowns in confusion at Chopper's answer. "Thanks, Chopper. A scientist really narrows it down."

Hisashi pats the excited droid's head before filling Izuku in on why they're here. "Principal Nezu contacted him about seeing us. So, we can finally get some answers about…that." He gestures towards the alien watch that's fused to his son's wrist.

Izuku immediately feels both excitement and trepidation bubbling up inside. "Answers? About the Omnitrix? Like what?!"

"Don't know. That's what we're here to find out.'

Now Izuku's excited but he also can't help but wonder about this scientist. 'Just who is he? Is he a Plumber? Maybe-maybe he's an alien?!'

"Well, we're not gonna get answers by standing here. Let's go!" Hisashi claps his hands, leading them away.

Izuku follows while asking. "Should we grab a map?"

"Na, no need. I know where I'm going!"

"Are you sure?"

"Definitely!"

And so, they head off into I-Island with their heads held high and hearts ablaze for answers and adventure.

As they make their way through, they spot a large sea of people all crowding around and cheering about something. But there's so many of them cheering and shoving that it's kinda hard to make out what they're saying. But either way they seem excited.

Izuku watches the crowd curiously as they make their way past them. "Huh, I wonder what's going on over there?"

"No idea." Hisashi shrugs. "It's probably not important. Now let's hurry! We don't want to keep the man waiting, do we?!"

"Nope!" Izuku cheers and the two hurry off with a wooing Chopper in toe.

As they make their run through the island, Izuku looks off to the distance and spots someone odd. Or rather what they're doing is odd. For a moment he spots a girl, a little older than he is maybe, hopping by in a high tech looking pogo stick.

He stops watching her go by as her blonde hair bounces in the wind as she hurries along.

"Hey, kid. Stop gawking and get moving!" Kraab warns not wanting to be left behind in a place where he could be mistaken for a souvenir.

"R-right!" Izuku blushes, hurrying after his dad.

"You really need to learn not to stare."

"S-sorry!" Izuku apologizes, forgetting about the girl already.


Ochaco gasps for air, her heart pounding while her sides ache from being shoved and elbowed around so much.

"OH, WOW I DIDN'T THINK I'D GET STOPPED FOR SO LONG. I'M AFRAID AT THIS POINT WE'RE IN TERRIBLE DANGER OF BEING LATE." All Might grins on, also glad to be free of that massive crowd.

Ochaco frowns up and asks. "Late to what? The I-EXPO hasn't started yet."

"AH, I WANTED TO DROP IN ON A DEAR OLD PAL OF MINE WHO I HAVEN'T SEEN IN QUITE A WHILE. SORRY TO SPRING IT ON YOU, BUT WOULD YOU MIND COMING ALONG?"

"You mean I get to meet someone from your mysterious past?" Ochaco smirks, with a glint of mischief in her eye. "How could I pass up the chance?"

"THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYE SCARES ME, BUT I'M GLAD YOU SAID YES!" All Might leans in and whispers into her ear. "THERE'S JUST ONE THING YOU SHOULD KNOW FIRST. I HAVEN'T TOLD THEM ABOUT ONE FOR ALL OR HOW I'VE PASSED THE QUIRK ONTO YOU. SO, KEEP EVERYTHING UNDER WRAPS, OKAY?"

Ochaco gives him a very judgmental look. "And here I thought you were a hypocrite for telling me not to tell Deku about One For All. Guess you really do keep secrets from your friends."

All Might has enough honesty to feel shame at her comment. "YOUNG MIDORIYA IS AN EXCEPTION. AFTER ALL MY FRIEND DOESN'T EXACTLY REACH THE SAME POWER LEVEL AS YOUNG MIDORIYA. AND THE REASON I NEVER TOLD HIM WAS ONLY BECAUSE DANGER TENDS TO FOLLOW ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE TRUTH ABOUT MY POWER."

"I know…" Ochaco frowns, becoming somber and serious. "It's for their safety."

"EXACTLY."

*BOING!*

*BOING!*

*BOING!*

*BOING!*

The duo look over following the sound of that odd Boing sound. And as they find the source All Might's grin widens with joy.

Bouncing her way over on a high-tech pogo stick is a blonde girl with glasses who shouts over at them in glee. "There you are Uncle! Finally, Haha!"

She throws herself forward, grabbing onto All Might in a hug that he happily returns as they spin around and laugh.

"Welcome Uncle Might!"

"HAHAHAHA! IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU, MELISSA!" All Might greets, holding the girl up like she's a kid, while his smile stretches far beyond what Ochaco thought was possible.

"Oh, my gosh it's been forever! I can't believe you're actually here." The girl, Melissa, giggles.

"I'M TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THE INVITATION. I ALMOST DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU. WHEN DID YOU GO AND GET SO GROWN UP?"

"Well, I am seventeen now, you know? Much heavier than the last time you saw me."

He jokingly lifts her up and down into the air. "ARE YOU? NO."

They both laugh and All Might finally sets her down where they continue to chit chat and catch up much to Ochaco's own confusion.

'So, this is All Might's old friend? There's no way!' Ochaco flips while taking in this Melissa person.

She does have to admit that Melissa is rather shapely and attractive with pale-skinned and an above average height with quite a round face. She has wavy blonde hair which reaches halfway down her back, two shorter pieces she leaves over her shoulders, side-swept bangs that frames her face, aqua-blue eyes with notable upper eyelashes, some slightly longer ones extending on each side and pronounced lower eyelashes. She's sporting a white short-sleeved dress shirt with plaid cuffs, a large bow of the same design at her neck, and a dark raspberry pink waistcoat. Accompanying these are pale gray Capri pants, under which are a pair of plaid pink socks as well as a pair of heeled brown boots. She's also wearing a wristwatch and pink, oval-framed glasses.

'Is she really All Might's friend?' Ochaco thinks skeptically, watching the two interact like they're family. 'If she is there can only be a few explanations. Like perhaps they met when she was really young. Or maybe she has some Quirk that stops her from aging. But she said she was 17 and not older. So, that leaves only one other explanation. SHE'S ALL MIGHT'S SECRET LOVECHILD!'

It feels like she's cracked the case! And already she's taking mental notes of every detail. 'They both have blonde hair. She's about the right age. And they're acting so casual and familiar around each other! IT'S THE ONLY EXPLANATION!'

The sound of All Might's booming voice snaps her out of her thoughts. "AND DAVE, WHERE'S HE HIDING?"

"Oh, he's in his lab." Melissa explains. "He said he's on the verge of a breakthrough in the research he's been focusing on for years. Actually, he said this last year has been the most promising for him. Also, he has no idea you're even here. So, this is just a little surprise to celebrate his work."

"SO, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. GIVE ME THE SCOOP THEN, WHAT IS HE COOKING UP THIS TIME?"

"Sorry, Uncle Might but it's very confidential. He hasn't even told me what he's been doing."

"SCIENTISTS AND THEIR SECRETS."

Meanwhile, Ochaco's still eyeing the two like she's trying to connect the dots of a great mystery. 'I wonder if I should get Todoroki's help on this?'

At the same time All Might seems to remember that she's there. "OH, RIGHT YOUNG URARAKA. ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY FRIEND DAVE'S DAUGHTER."

Melissa smiles at Ochaco. "It's really nice to meet you. I'm Melissa Shield."

Ochaco eyes her skeptically. "It's nice to meet you, Melissa." Ochaco forces a smile while still eyeing the girl. "Maybe this Davie guy's a front, meant to hide her from All Might's enemies?"

Melissa tilts her head, not having caught anything Ochaco said. "What's that?"

"N-nothing!" Embarrassed for saying all that aloud, Ochaco quickly shakes Melissa's hands. "I said I'm glad to meet ya! I'm a first-year student from U.A.'s hero course, Ochaco Uraraka! But my hero name is Uravity!"

"In the hero course?" Melissa considers before coming to an understanding of sorts. "So, that's how you know Uncle Might."

"Uh, yeah. He's, my teacher." Technically, that's not a lie.

"SHE'LL BE A GREAT PRO ONE DAY." All Might explains with pride.

Melissa beams with excitement. "Oh, I can't believe I'm meeting someone that Uncle Might teaches. You must have a promising future!"

Ochaco smiles sheepishly in response. "Hehe, y-yeah, maybe. We'll see. I-I still got lots to learn, ya know?"

Melissa begins to circle Ochaco in order to examine her costume closely. "So, what kind of Quirk do you have, Ura-Uravity?"

"It's a hybrid Quirk." Ochaco responds while trying not to be creeped out at how Melissa's examining her form. "One part gravity and the other power."

"The costume's cool. It's very bright." Melissa comments before her eyes land on the Gyro-Disc attached to Ochaco's back. "And is this your Support Gear? It's so well designed, but it could use some modifications. Maybe a lighter weight material that's also more durable. And maybe wings to help balance and guide you while you float. Or maybe-"

All Might coughs, cutting her off. "UM, MELISA. SHOULDN'T WE GET GOING?"

"Oh!" Melissa snaps up in embarrassment. "Sorry, I got distracted." She hurries off, grabbing her high-tech pogo stick which folds up and away like magic into her pocket! "If we hurry, we can surprise Papa in his lab. This way, Uncle Might! It's right over here!"

Ochaco and All Might share a look before grinning and following after her.


Despite the light of the sun illuminating the entirety of I-Island, shadows still seem to linger like cobwebs to remote corners. And in those webs lies a swarm of venomous spiders awaiting their next victim.

That is the atmosphere airing around the pack of strange men. And that is especially true of their leader who's busy gazing out into the bright buzzing island.

His phone buzzes and vibrates in his pocket to which he answers. "We infiltrated the EXPO without a problem. So, when do the goods arrive?"

["3 pm."] A distorted voice responds over the phone. ["You'll find them at Gate 66."]

"Then we'll be waiting." He smirks as the screen of his phone glows yellow. "All of us."


From inside I-Island's Central Tower, a man sadly reminisces as he watches an old video of a young All Might taking down the L.A. Villain.

The man is tall and of an average build, with notable wrinkles on his forehead and defined nasolabial folds and tear troughs. He has small sky-blue eyes and short, unruly honey brown hair with two prominent tufts curving outwards from the top of his forehead, a short goatee on his chin and wide-rimmed square glasses on his face.

He's wearing a plain dark blue shirt with a single breast pocket, the two top buttons left casually undone, and the sleeve-cuffs unbuttoned and rolled up to just below his elbows. Along with a pair of pale gray-blue jeans, a dark belt with a silver buckle and navy-blue sneakers with white soles, decorated with a red stripe near the toe.

The electronically sealed door to his lab slides open and the man's assistant walks in. "Excuse me, um, Professor?"

David Shield looks up to find his assistant Samuel Abraham standing at the door. He's an older, heavier man with short blond hair and blue eyes, which are normally kept closed. His typical attire consists of a suit and tie outfit with slacks, suspenders and dress shoes.

"I finished putting the equipment away just so you know." Sam explains with a kind-tired smile.

David smiles, glad to hear the news. "Already? Thanks so much Sam."

They both exit the lab and enter the main office of their facility.

As they do Sam offers a suggestion to his boss. "Why don't you get out of the lab today and go have some lunch with Melissa?"

"Can't." David responds. "Don't you remember? I'm expecting some colleagues to drop by. Although they seem to be running late. And besides, she's busy today at the academy."

"Oh, I thought they were on break for I-EXPO?"

"Yes, but she's doing independent research."

"You know me, I am my father's daughter." Melissa suddenly announced from the open doorway "For better and for worse."

"Melissa? Hey." David greets, surprised to see her here.

A surprised Sam greets her as well. "Miss it's so good to see you."

"Right back at ya, Sam." Melissa smiles, while hopping into the room. "Thanks for always taking care of Papa since he does nothing but work here constantly."

Sam chuckles much to his boss' expense.

"Oh, come on, I'm not that bad." David sheepishly grins before returning his attention back to his daughter. "To what do we owe the pleasure?"

"Oh, you'll see." Melissa teasingly grins. "Since you completed the first stage of your research I invited someone to celebrate with us."

"Who would that be?"

"A person you dearly love." Melissa answers while looking back towards the doorway

Confused, David follows her line of sight and lets out one astounded gasp.

"YES! I AM HERE! SHAKING WITH EMOTION FOR OUR HEARTFELT REUNION!" All Might poses before the doorway, his smile brimming like the sun.

"Toshi?" David stumbles, stunned to see him here. "A-A-All Might?"

Even Sam is taken back, not expecting the pro hero to show up out of the blue like this. "Is…is it really you?"

"HAHAHA!" All Might booms with laughter, running up and scooping up his old pal in a massive bear hug. "I CAME ALL THIS WAY JUST TO SEE YOU DAVE OLD BUDDY!" He lets David go, but the man fumbles and falls over, losing his balance to how much shock he's in right now.

A smiling Melissa peers over All Might's shoulder. "Well, Papa, are you totally surprised?"

By the expression on his face, yes, he is definitely surprised. "Ugh, yeah." He takes a breath and smiles. "Completely astounded."

All Might helps him up to his feet. "WE BOTH HAVE MELISSA TO THANK FOR THAT. MAN, HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?"

"Ah, now come on. Don't make me say it, I already feel old enough you jerk."

"HAHAHAHAHA!" They both laugh out loud just like the old friends they are.

"YOU DO HAVE A POINT! GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MY FRIEND."

"Agreed. I've missed you too." David offers up his fist happily.

To which All Might returns, and they fist bump. "NOW I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND BUT I BROUGHT SOMEONE I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET." All Might turns back to the door where a young girl in a pink and purple costume has been waiting patiently, not wanting to ruin their reunion. "YOUNG URARAKA, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOMEONE INCREDIBLE, DAVID SHIELD."

"David Shield…? David…Shield?" Ochaco lets the name swirl in her head, wondering why it sounds familiar, before it finally hits her, and she lets out an audible gasp. "I know you!" She points in amazement. "You're…a really famous scientist!"

Oh, awkward so much so All Might almost wants to shrink away in embarrassment.

David however has no hard feelings about it, in fact he probably finds it really amusing. "Yes, that I am."

"THAT'S RIGHT. HE EVEN WON HIMSELF A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE! AND HE WAS MY PARTNER IN CRIME FIGHTING BACK WHEN I WAS SCHOOLING IN AMERICA! AND THEN IN HIS SPARE TIME HE EVEN MADE EACH ONE OF MY SIGNATURE COSTUMES!"

"OH! So, that's why they're so cliche." Ochaco says aloud as she recalls the costume, she's seen All Might in from their super bright colors to their massively overdone and impractical capes.

Melissa snickers in the background. "See I told you those costumes were dated."

"What are you talking about? They're classics." Her father defends. "And pardon me for falling into the style of the time." Despite the insults he's still smiling humorously.

While they happily reminisce and become acquainted with each other, a group of confused voices echo out from the hallway; their familiar yet unfamiliar voices are muffled by the door but yet perfectly clear to those inside.

"Okay, this is the last time I'm asking this but are you sure you're not lost?"

"I'm not lost. I'm just…getting the lay of the land."

"Naw, admit it, Poozer. You have no idea where you're going. Typical humans."

^Wa wop.^

"Hey, you're supposed to be on my side, buddy. Oh, oh, look! See? I told you I'd find it!"

Someone jostles the door from the other side as they grab the handle and swing the door open at full force.

"The life of the party has arrived!" Hisashi shouts at the top of his lungs while he and Izuku burst onto the scene with massive smiles and exhausted looks.

The occupants of the room just stare in utter confusion as well as the Midoriyas to blink right back, just as confused and surprised as they are.

"Eh?"

"Eh?"

"EEEHHH!?"

The two holders of OFA yell out in shock. "Deku?!/YOUNG MIDORIYA?!" The two holders of OFA yell out in shock.

"Uraraka? A-All Might too?" Izuku shrieks, astonished to see them.

"Uraraka?" Kraab perks up and looks around and quickly spotting the other Plumber recruit but then his gaze drifts up towards the hulking being towering over them all. "Holy shit! Something's wrong with that Tetramand! He's-" Before he could finish Izuku clamps a hand over his mouth to shut him up.

Izuku then turns back to the others and horridly ask. "W-what are you guys doing here?"

"I was about to ask you the same thing, Deku!" Ochaco shouts back.

Melissia frowns at the mention of the strange green boy's name. "Deku?" Her eyes trail down the boy's frame from his mop of green hair to his hoodie, down his arm, and finally landing on the strange black and green watch wrapped around his wrist. "Wait, you're-"

"My guests." David cuts in, hurrying to cover for the Midoriyas' sudden appearance.

Everyone including Izuku turns to him in surprise.

"I'm so glad you're finally here, I was starting to think you were lost, Cinder." David greets, gesturing for the two to step inside.

"Us? Lost? Never." Hisashi smiles on, acting like it was all under control.

'Liar.' Izuku thinks with a pout.

Hisashi is quick however to change the subject by introducing Izuku to the person they're here to see. "Izuku please meet-"

"Professor David Shield!" Izuku's eyes glow bright as his fanboy side takes full control of the steering wheel. "You're a top scientist in the research world and even received the Nobel Quirk Prize. He was All Might's partner when he lived in America. And he's a genius when it comes to costumes and support gear! I'd never thought I'd meet him in real life!"

David smiles, internally laughing at how the two kids' reactions to seeing him were so different. "It seems I don't have to introduce myself."

"Gah! Oh, wow. I'm sorry." Izuku instantly apologizes out of embarrassment.

"No, don't apologize. In fact, I've been wanting to meet you for a long time now, Izuku Midoriya.

Izuku beams with excitement.

"Wait, wait, wait!" Melissa cuts in all flustered and confused. "I didn't know they were your guests!"

Izuku frowns at the girl. 'It's that girl.' The one he saw outside when they arrived. "I'm sorry I don't think we've met."

"Oh, right, Hi, I'm Melissa Shield."

"It's nice to meet you, Melissa. I'm-"

"Izuku Midoriya, hero name Deku." Melissa finishes for him. "I know, I've heard a lot about you."

That's news to him. "You have?! Like what?!" Suddenly he's feeling very nervous about what she's been told.

Melissa giggles, deciding to tease him a little. "Wouldn't you like to know?"

"Yes, yes I would!" But before that he turns to his classmate and asks. "But, um, why are you here Uraraka?"

Ochaco blushes, becoming nervous and unsure how to respond. "Oh, well I was invited too."

"Huh?"

"I INVITED HER." All Might explains. "DAVE AND I GO WAY BACK, YOU, SEE? AND I WANTED YOUNG URARAKA AND HIM TO MEET."

Izuku lights up for a moment as he recalls that old piece of trivia. "Oh, that's right you two worked alongside each other back when you traveled to America."

"YOU GOT IT! MELISSA INVITED US SO THAT I COULD REUNITE WITH MY DEAR OLD FRIEND. BUT IT APPEARS THAT A LITTLE COINCIDENCE HAS OCCURRED."

"Right, that'd be because of me." David explains but before he continues, he spots some movement from behind Hisashi's legs. "Hang on, is that?"

Chopper pokes out from behind his master.

"Ah, it's you!" David immediately beams.

^Wa wopbop!^ Chopper happily rushes over like a dog meeting his long lost owner.

David kneels down while patting the droid affectionately. "A good old reliable C1-10P, man don't you take me back?"

Izuku needs a second to process this. "Hang on! You know Chopper?!"

"Know him? I made him."

"HUUUUH!?" Izuku gaps, unable to process that at all. "You created Chopper?! Then why'd you program him with such a bad attitude?"

^Wap!^ Chopper slaps Izuku's leg, hard.

Meanwhile, All Might watches them in confusion, unsure of what to make of all this.

David, seeing everyone else's lost expressions, goes ahead and tries to clear things up.

"Let me catch you all up. The Japanese Defense Force personally requested several projects from me. And one of them was to develop an AI with the sole purpose of providing its human with mechanical assistance. And hence I developed C1-10P, or as he's been nicknamed, Chopper."

Ochaco gasps as if he finally understands everything going on. "Oh, so you guys are here for a droid checkup?"

"Actually, that's not what's here for a checkup. But that is." David points down, right at the boy's wrist.

"HIS WATCH?"

"That watch…" David pauses before boldly stating. "Is my invention."

All Might, Izuku, and Ochaco all give him the most blank yet questioning looks. "HUUUUH!? IT IS!?"

From over Izuku's shoulder, Kraab scowls, eyeing the scientist skeptically.

"I'm not surprised you didn't know, after all it was a request from your father. He asked me to develop a support item that would help you control your Quirk, One Man Army."

That's a clear lie and Izuku knows it. 'So, then he's not the true inventor.' But that just about confirms one thing, however. 'So then… he knows! He knows about aliens!'

"WHAT A SMALL WORLD." All Might exclaims, totally buying into David's tale. "YOU NEVER KNOW ALL THE WAYS PEOPLE CAN BE CONNECTED, NOW CAN YOU?" Just as he says this the Number One Hero begins to cough and wheeze, albeit he manages to muffle it before anyone could really notice.

Except for David who immediately picks up on it. "Well then how about this." He quickly calls attention to himself by trying to get the other away. "Melissa can see them to my lab and begin the system analysis process? In the meantime, I'd still like the chance to catch up with All Might. I'll join you real soon, don't worry."

"Of course!" Melissa then turns towards the others. "If everyone would follow me?"

They go ahead and follow the route as Ochaco keeps pace with Izuku and whispers to him. "Why didn't you tell me you were gonna be here?"

He whispers back. "Why didn't you?"

"Touché."

As they leave Chopper hesitates, wanting to hang back with his creator, but he ultimately follows. And as they head out Kraab continues to eye the scientist as if expecting him to stab them in the back on their way out. But it never comes, and they soon disappear into the hallway.

Upon their exiting, David addresses his assistant. "Sam."

"Huh?" The man frowns.

"You should take a break too."

Sam frowns but decides to listen and head out.

And just in time too as All Might begins to cough while steam pours off his shrinking body.

"Hey! Are you alright, Toshi?" David cries, making sure his friend's okay.

A skeletal Toshinori collapses to his knees while wheezing into his hand, using it to catch any blood he may cough up. "Thanks…for catching it… The amount of time I can keep my Muscle Form has gotten even shorter."

David hovers over him worriedly, acting like one touch might break Toshinori's weak frame. "You said it was bad in your email, but I had no idea it was this serious."

Toshinori continues to cough and wheeze much to his friend's worries…and growing concerns.


Melissa tinkers with the computer, her glasses gleam with the reflection of the massive screen as she prepares the data analysis process.

"There we are." She finishes up and turns to the others. "In just a few minutes we'll have all the data we need."

Izuku fidgets nervously in his seat while having his left arm resting on a high-tech scanner. The scanner looks close to alien tech, and it probably is as a green beam scans around the Omnitrix in rapid succession. "Just like that?" Izuku wonders. "Won't something like this take a few hours?"

"Well yes it would but this is just the first round of scanning." Melissa explains. "Just to get us started. Think of it as if we're peeling back the layers of the Omnitrix one layer at a time."

"Like an onion." Ochaco mutters to herself in the background.

Izuku continues to fidget in his seat, becoming nervous and shy, especially when Melissa leans in way too close for his comfort, making him blush.

"So-so, can I ask f-for clarification? Are you, um, like a Plumber…? Or, um, by chance are-are you, um, do you know-?" He lets the question hang as if testing to see if she knows what he's talking about.

Melissa, however. knows exactly what he's trying to ask. "Don't worry I know all about you and your alien watch." She giggles before looking over towards Ochaco. "And I actually knew who you were too. But I thought it'd be better if I acted like I didn't."

"So, then are you like a Plumber cadette too?" Ochaco asks.

"Not officially, but my Papa is. He's what you would call Plumber Tech Support. Meaning he has jurisdiction and knowledge of various alien technologies, inventions, and more."

"Woah!"

"Yeah, he doesn't really want me to be officially involved with much of it but he does let me help him from time to time." Melissa gestures to the lab as if to say like right now.

"No way!" Izuku gasps, spinning around towards his father. "Why didn't you tell me that David Shield was a Plumber?!"

"Because it's not supposed to be common knowledge." answers Hisashi. "Mr. Shield has a very special job here so it's best to keep our connection to him as little as possible."

"And that job is?" Ochaco asks only for the man in question to step into the lab and explain it himself.

"To guide humanity's technological level to the next stages of its development." David answers with a kind hopeful smile.

Chopper jumps up and hurries to his creator to which David happily pats his head. "As you all are probably aware of, Earth's technology isn't exactly on par with most of the other civilizations out there."

"See I told you." Kraab teases, irking Izuku.

David frowns at the bounty hunter but moves on figuring that it's not his business. "Well can either of you tell me why don't the Plumbers or other aliens of authority just gift humanity with their technology?"

Ochaco tries to think of an answer. "Um, because, because… Huh, I-I don't know? Because it's illegal?"

Hisashi chuckles that she's technically right. "But why is it illegal?"

The two teens shrug.

"It's because humanity's not ready for that kind of technology yet. Humans as a whole only have a basic understanding of developing technology. For example, years ago a piece of Level 20+ Technology landed in America. Where it was uncovered by three pro heroes. Unfortunately, due to their lack of understanding they perceived the tech as a threat and were unable to defeat it, causing a lot of property damage and injuries. But little did they know that the grand weapon they were fighting was nothing more than a children's toy for the Naljian species."

Izuku freezes, unable to fully imagine what kind of kid's toy could do that. "It was a children's toy?!"

"It was." David answers with a sad shameful frown. "Humanity isn't ready to wield such technology. And that's where my efforts come in."

Melissa cuts her weigh in on the explanation. "By developing Earth's technology, the right way, through hard work and understanding we're trying to help Earth catch up and eventually reach Level 10!"

"And what happens then?" Izuku can't help but ask.

"Don't you pay attention, kid?" Kraab sarcastically asks. "Once a species reaches Level 10 technology, they can join the intergalactic scene. But then again not sure what a dirt hole like this planet can offer."

David nods. "Your friend there is correct. In fact, it's my hope that in the next few generations humanity will be ready to reach out to the stars." Assuming that his work will fast forward humanity's progress that is. "And with it there will be so many more technologies to help people, heroes, and our own world."

The others can certainly get behind a goal like that. And why wouldn't they? Progress for the sake of a better, safer future is always an admirable goal.

However, Kraab seems to be the only one not onboard with this plan. Or rather he can get aboard with the scientist himself.

There is however something Izuku still doesn't quite get. "But what's this have to do with the Omnitrix? I mean you didn't really invent it, did you?"

David is quick to clarify. "No, no I did not. But I'm hoping I can help figure that out."

Ochaco perks up. "What? Really?"

"I guess I should catch you up to speed." Hisashi figures before filling Ochaco in. "After our little mishap at the Mt. Fuji Plumber Base, Majister Nezu thought it was high time we finally tried to really study the Omnitrix. And who better to do that than our very own Professor Shield?"

Ochaco pauses, being hung up on the first part. "Back up, did you say Mt. Fuji…Plumber Base?"

Hisashi continues. "So, Principal Nezu reached out and organized for us to come here and deliver the Omnitrix firsthand for the first round of analysis."

"You-you haven't answered my question yet."

And he still won't. "We're hoping that by studying and analyzing the Omnitrix might bring to light more info."

Izuku eyes the watch curiously as the scanner finally goes quiet. "Like what else can it do?"

"Yes." David gently pulls Izuku's arm out from the scanner, holding the arm still so that he may personally examine the Omnitrix. "But also, where it came from."

"Like who created it?"

"Perhaps, but it'll take some time to go through the data." David frowns, peering up at Izuku curiously. "Tell me, what do you know of the Omnitrix's functions?"

"Um, it can transform me into 21 different aliens. Although how I get them, I'm not so sure."

"Okay. And what else?"

"That's it."

Everyone just stares at Izuku expectantly as if he has more to offer than that.

Izuku suddenly becomes very self-conscientious. "What?! I don't know! I mean all it can do is time out on me at the worst times! Oh, and it doesn't always give me what I want." He glares down at the watch as if it could understand him.

David cups his chin in thought. "Hm, strange. I mean it's amazing but it's strange. A device like this should be capable of so much more. Tell me have you ever tinkered with it on your own?"

"Huh?!"

"You know? Did you ever just…poke around and fiddle with it just to see what would happen?"

"Uh, is that really a good idea?" Izuku asks nervously.

"Maybe not but sometimes the best way to learn anything is to poke around and see how things tick." And judging by the playful smile on David's face he is very much guilty of doing that exact thing. "But it does help when you ask an expert." He opens his hand, offering to take the Omnitrix for a second.

And so, with a bit of hesitation Izuku offers it up, holding his arm still as David takes another second to admire the alien device.

"Fascinating." David breathes as he begins to fiddle with the device, his fingers turning and pressing against the Omnitrix's frame to a chorus of beeps and shifting mechanisms. "I must admit I have been absolutely fascinated by this device ever since Thirteen's first report about it. I especially paid special attention to how you used it during the Sports Festival."

Izuku blushes with shyness. "Oh, you saw that?"

"I did." David admits his eyes never leaving the Omnitrix. "And all I could ask myself is what other secrets does this hold?"

As he twists and turns the dial the faceplate shoots up while letting out several high pitched whistling.

Everyone jumps and stares in awe as the faceplate glows an eerie green while the hourglass symbol shifts into that of a green glowing diamond.

Izuku watches closely, almost in a trance, as the silhouettes of each of his aliens appear within the diamond-symbol one after the other. And before they know it the watch settles down, but the diamond-symbol remains there as does that eerie green glow.

"Did-did we break it?" Izuku blinks, unsure of what to do.

David smiles, finding the result very interesting. Very interesting indeed.

"Raagh!" Kraab launches himself at the Professor, jabbing the scientist's side with his claw.

"Ah!" David yelps while rubbing his aching side.

"K-Kraab?!" Izuku panics, grabbing Kraab and holding him back.

"What did you do?!" Kraab barks, demanding an answer from David.

"What did he do?! What do you think you're doing?!" Izuku shouts back in total disbelief.

"Quiet, Deku!" Kraab swings his claw in the air madly as he tries to escape Izuku's grip. "This guy's up to something! I know it!"

David throws up his hands in surrender. "Please, I don't mean any harm."

"Quiet! If there's one thing, I know it's to never trust a scientist. Especially ones with ambitions like yours." Kraab growls, his yellow eyes narrowing and glaring into the scientist's skull.

"I'm so sorry about him Mr. Shield, sir." Izuku apologies on the cyborg's behalf. "Kraab can be really grumpy sometimes."

"No, it's fine." David composes himself by pushing up his glasses. "If anything, I might have stepped over a line. We don't really know what the Omnitrix is capable of. For all we know I may have just set off the self-destruct command."

Everyone from the droids to the humans all yell out at once. "SELF-DESTRUCT!?"

David seems to be the only one not bothered by it. "Not to worry. If it was going to self-destruct it would have to charge up first in order to do so. And it's not giving any clues to a countdown so we should be alright. Then again, I don't see why any being would install that command to such a device. If it did self-destruct it may have the potential to destroy half the galaxy."

The entire lab shakes with booming cries of shock. "WHAT!?"

Kraab continues to glare harder at the Professor. "This is why I hate scientists."

Izuku, however, examines the glowing Omnitrix very nervously. "So, then what did you do?"

"That is for you to figure out." David offers up. "Like I said, you should tinker with it on your own. Study it and learn what it can do. And you can start by seeing what it can do now."

And so, with a shaky breath Izuku raises his hand towards the Omnitrix. He's so nervous he begins to sweat as shake, unsure of what will happen the moment he touches the watch. Even so his hand continues to move closer and closer until it reaches right past the watch and instead, he pulls his sleeve down over it. "You know what? I'll just wait until I'm outside. Don't want to turn into something that'll destroy your lab." He laughs sheepishly, trying to hide the fact that he would rather not blowup.

"Yes, that's probably for the best." David looks visibly disappointed, but he doesn't say it. "I have quite the work ahead of me right here as well." He taps the computer where the screen is already analyzing the scan of the Omnitrix.

David takes a seat, looking rather excited to get started. However, he also looks somewhat disappointed, after all his friend is waiting for him in the other room.

Hisashi, however, notices his conflicted expressions and thus offers up an idea. "How about this? Why don't Chopper and I go over and sort out the data. And in the meantime, you can go ahead and catch up with All Might."

David seems to like the idea except for one detail. "And what about them?" He gestures towards the teens.

Melissa, however, is the one to offer a solution. "Why don't I take them on a tour of the island?"

"Would you really?" Ochaco beams.

"It wouldn't be too much trouble, would it?" Izuku asks.

"Not at all." Melissa smiles. "I'd be more than happy to."

"It's settled then." Hisashi beams while taking a seat at the computer. "Go and have some fun."

"Don't worry we will!" Ochaco cheers, excited to finally go see the island.

Izuku grips Kraab's head tightly, making sure he can't get away "Are you gonna behave yourself if you come with?"

The bot rolls his eyes. "Yeah, I'll behave. Just get me out of this lab. This place gives me the creeps."

Izuku scowls but doesn't say anything, but he does consider Kraab's backstory and thus figures this is his way of dealing with it. So, he keeps his mouth shut and doesn't say anything about it, not wanting to upset the cyborg any further.

"Come along everyone." David grins from the doorway. "I'll see you all out."


Magnificent buildings, grand structures, and wondrous attractions are stretched across the landscape of I-island. Each of them towering tall under the warm summer sun, causing each one to gleam and dazzle even more than they have any right to be.

"Holy woah! This place is amazing!" Izuku awes finally able to have a good look at it all. "I can't believe the entire island is man-made, it's nuts!"

Melissa's glad to see him so happy especially after that little scare. "And there's normal city stuff for about everything you could need. The big downside is we can't travel."

"Really? How come?" Ochaco asks.

"Scientists and their families have to keep their work top secret. That ensures that there aren't any leaks."

Kraab scoffs. "Yeah, wouldn't want the whole planet finding out about their illegal experimentations."

Ochaco's ears perk up and she falls back into her early conspiracy habits. "Like illegal weapons? Or playing god?"

"You both concern me." Izuku deadpans, not liking that they're on the same page.

Suddenly the ground shakes due to a heavy set of monstrous stomps.

Curious Izuku spins around and gaps at the sight before him. "Woooah! It's the Monster Hero, Godzillo!"

Godzillo, like his name suggests, looks almost exactly like Godzilla. From his giant reptilian appearance, long tail and claws, and dark gray scales. His hero costume consists of a white coat with a high collar, ripped to match its tattered hem, and a pair of baggy white pants. Red flame patterns decorate his collar and most of the lower portion of his pants, all lined with yellow, and he wears a thick, golden belt with similar patterns around his waist. His clawed feet are decorated with bands of spikes, and he also wears silver-plated knee-pads.

Godzillo grins down at the crowd, flashing them a peace sign as he stomps on by.

The crowd immediately eats it up with cheers and applause.

"Wow, I've only ever seen him on TV!"

"His Quirk is so insane!"

"Mr. Godzillo! When can we expect your rematch with King Donk?!"

Even Melissa's surprised to see the hero here. "Nice, I bet his sponsor flew him out here for the EXPO."

"He's not the only one, look." Ochaco points out.

There are many other heroes from all over the world milling about the island.

Like the floating petite woman with green hair that naturally curls up on the ends. And a form-fitting black dress with long sleeves, and four high-cut leg slits that show off her shapely long legs and low-heeled black shoes.

Or the young hero with a blank and uninterested look on his face. Who happens to be dressed in a full-body dog suit with a red collar, with his face showing where the dog's mouth should be.

Then there are hero teams like the 5 Power Ranger rip offs that are based on ice cream flavors.

Or the dynamic duo of a pair of mechanically armored heroes whose suits resemble that of a green tiger and a red bunny.

"They invite heroes to show off new gear and sign autographs." Melissa explains while watching all the pro heroes walk by. "Looks like the events are in full swing."

Izuku's eyes are gleaming with sparkles. "This place is incredible!"

"A lot of the pro heroes will be at the big party tonight. Uh, but I'm sure you both already knew about that. Huh?" Melissa sheepishly grins while rubbing the back of her head. "I mean since you came all this way with Uncle Might."

'Oh, so that's why he emailed me to bring formal clothes.' Ochaco thinks. When she first got that little memo, she freaked out because she didn't have anything but thankfully someone offered to fix that problem for her.

They continue on their way until eventually finding themselves before one of the preview buildings.

"Let's go in here." Melissa suggests, pointing to the building that has UFOs and retro-looking aliens decorated across it. "There's a lot of amazing things in here especially because it's being hosted by Lex Corp!" Melissa giggles and rushes inside, and she's quickly followed by the other teens.

The showroom is huge and filled with alien theming albeit the more romanticized and cartoonish version of aliens but still the place radiates future earth vibes. Especially with all the different machines, gadgets, and inventions all on display to the awestruck audience filling through.

"Hey look over here!" Melissa's already racing ahead, already getting herself drawn into the excitement of the crowd. "You definitely have to check this out!"

She gestures up towards the massive industrial spaceship being displayed on the platform behind her. Apparently, it's a hypothetical model of what Earth's space travel will look like and it's being supported by the mining company known as Weyland-Yutani.

"So, cool!" Izuku awe.

Ochaco gains awe as well but in the back of her mind she thinks that the Razor Crest is cooler.

Kraab seems to think the same and seems to check out from everything.

But they move on checking out the Tyrell Corporation's Space Colonization program. Which was actually pretty cool since they had an interactive model of a minute space dome. Where they got to mess with all the high-tech gadgets and appliances inside.

They soon moved on to check out a set of Space Ranger astronaut suits, with green and white color schemes. Which for some reason gave Izuku some very nostalgic feelings.

And after that they strolled by the presentation being done by Oscorp. It was about using biomechanics and engineering to help humans adapt to environments on other planets.

It was all super cool, even with the knowledge that aliens are already out there and have the same equipment if not better. But still it was all in good fun, and it was still inspiring to see how much humanity is progressing. After all, progress never truly stops.

That is the thought going through Melissa's head especially as they go from one invention to the next. "You know almost everything here was created using different inventions that Papa patented." Izuku and Ochaco turn away from the machines being presented by the Union Aerospace Corporation in order to listen.

"Wow. I bet you're proud of him." Izuku states with a smile.

She is. "These support items will help heroes around the world. Who knows how many people will be effected because of his hard work?" She gestures towards the latest project from the Life Foundation to help prove her point.

Ochaco smiles, ignoring the vat of black goo moving around on stage. "You know, it's really something when you can look up to your Dad like you do."

"That's because it's my dream to become a scientist just like him." Melissa states with a proud smile as they come to a stop before Buy-N-Large's hypothetical space cruise rocket ship.

Izuku seems to recall something. "Oh, yeah? So, does that mean you're training at the school here on the island?"

"Mm, hm I'm a third year."

Izuku grins with excitement. "The I-Island Academy is where everyone who dreams of becoming a scientist wants to go."

Ochaco's jaw drops in amazement. "You must be like a super genius then?!"

Melissa gets all shy and sheepish at her compliment. "Oh, no I still got a lot to learn. Honestly, I should be studying much more."

"Then that means we're all in the same boat." Ochaco breathes as she stares down at her fists in deep contemplation. "Even though I have okay control over my Quirk it sometimes feels like it's not enough. It feels like no matter what I may never reach All Might's level." She may never be a symbol like he is…

Despite the somber expression on Ochaco's face, Melissa can't help but to find it admiral, because of its honesty. "Uncle Might really holds a special place in your heart, doesn't he?" Ochaco gives her a soft smile in return. "Yeah, I guess he does."

"And you?" Melissa looks to Izuku. "I bet it's pretty amazing having Uncle Might as your teacher. Am I right?"

"In a way, it kinda is. But for me it's a bit different." Izuku's sad to say as he thinks about everything that's transpired between him and the Number One Hero. "But I will admit that no matter how I feel about him, I can't help but fall for what he stands for. He's still everything I strive to be…a hero." And he wants to move past their…problems, he does. But when he saw All Might earlier, he couldn't even bear to look the hero in the eyes or even properly acknowledge that he was there. There was even a part of himself that wanted to leave the lab the moment his eyes landed on the hero. And that makes him feel ashamed, ashamed that he can't even see himself stand in the same room as All Might. But even so he does hope, a small part of him hopes, he can finally forgive him.

Melissa doesn't fully understand but what she does know is that they all have their personal struggles that they each need to get through. "We have a lot to live up to, don't we?"

Ochaco smiles sympathetically at that. "Yeah, we sure do."

"We'll make it, I know it. Someday…" Izuku promises softly, almost like he's whispering a wish. "You two especially." He washes away his own regrets in order to prove the brightest of smiles to the girls. "You're both amazing. And I'm sure you'll each go on to do amazing things."

Ochaco and Melissa smile, grateful to hear such kind words.

Izuku smiles back, glad to see all their spirits on the rise.

Someone slyly snickers from behind Izuku, making him freeze.

"Check you out. Who knew you could be such a smooth talker?"

Izuku spins around and is stunned to find the master of eavesdropping, Kyoka Jiro smirking up at him with her Earphone Jacks raised. "J-Jiro?!"

"Ahem." Momo Yaoyorozu coughs, grabbing Izuku's attention. "You seem to be having a good time, Midoriya."

Izuku shrinks back, wishing he could just vanish and disappear.

"Yaoyorozu!" Ochaco cheers, rushing over and getting the girls in a big hug. "You're here! You both made it!"

"Of course, we made it." Jiro smiles.

"Oh, this is so great!"

As the girls greet each other, Izuku and Melissa hang back unsure of what to do.

Kraab in the meantime watches on with mild interest. "Hey, kid. What's with the sudden harem?"

"Sh-shut up!" Izuku blushes as he stuffs Kraab into his hoodie in an attempt to save what little dignity he has left.

Melissa, who thankfully didn't hear Kraab, asks. "Are they from U.A., too?"

"Yeah, they're my classmates." Izuku explains as he finally manages to shut Kraab up. "And I kinda didn't tell them I'd be here."

Ochaco hurries to introduce Melissa to the group. "Everyone, this is our friend Melissa. Who's like really awesome! I mean she's giving Deku and me a tour of the EXPO."

"Nice to meet you." Melissa greets with a warm smile. "My Dad and Uncle Might are really good frie-"

"Waaah!" Ochaco and Izuku instantly cut her off in a panic. Ochaco even grabs her by the hand and ducks her away so she can quickly explain the situation. "Hey, so, could you not bring up that I came here as All Might's guest?"

"Uh, why?"

"Uhhh-"

"B-because A-All Might's not trying to show fav-favoritism." Izuku hurriedly explains while grasping at straws. "I mean I'm okay with it but not everyone might be."

"Oh, okay. Got ya." Melissa smiles figuring if they want to keep quiet about it then she shouldn't pry. "Your secret's safe."

And with that Melissa tries to do some damage control by providing the perfect extraction. "How about we all grab some tea at the cafe?"

Both Izuku and Ochaco pray the two say yes.


"Wow, you really got to work with pro heroes?! Like out in the field?" Melissa awes as she and the girls have a seat in the terrace of one of the island's cafes.

"Well, I guess." Ochaco replies with a shy smile. "I mean it wasn't anything special, just some summer tutoring with Thirteen is all."

"Well, I went to the Summer Sonic Festival." Jiro explains. "But get this, an idiot of a villain tried to take over the place just so he could get, and I quote his "big break.""

Momo gasps. "That sounds awful."

"Na, he was a real blow hard." Jiro laughs. "And the festival was still great."

Momo sighs with relief. "That's good. After the Aquania incident I was worried that maybe I had ruined your summer vacations."

Melissa frowns, not understanding what she's referring to. "Incident?"

"Yeah!" Jiro goes ahead and explains. "So, like some secret government robots attacked the resort we were staying at."

Ochaco rapidly nods her head while giving Melissa a subtle look. "Y-Yeah, they were so scary we thought they were aliens."

Melissa's eyes widen as she picks up on Ochaco's hint. "Sounds like an experience all the same. And it sounds like no one got hurt so that's lucky."

The girls agree and continue to talk about this and that. And Jiro event lets Melissa know that they wanna check out more of the Pavilions and the Academy's exhibit later to which Melissa is happy to share details about.

As they discuss and share their summers, Izuku sinks down at his own table and takes a moment to relax. The girls chatted the whole way here and it was kinda exhausting for him to keep up, especially when they'd kept stopping at every gift shop to do some shopping which he had to carry everything for them. But that was mainly his fault for even offering and Jiro jumped at the chance to have someone be their pack mule for the evening. Hence all the paper bags piled at his feet.

Even Kraab seems exhausted but that may have been because he was getting whipped around so much from Izuku trying to keep up.

And so as Kraab hangs on the back of Izuku's shoulder and Izuku himself takes a breather a tall cold drink is set down on the table in front of him along with a friendly voice greeting him. "Thanks for waiting."

Izuku immediately perks up. "I know that voice. Kaminari!"

Sure enough, it is Denki Kaminari who happens to be wearing a waiter's outfit.

The girls immediately snap their heads around at the sound of Izuku's voice and they are stunned to find Denki Kaminari in a waiter's outfit giving them all an amused grin.

But not only that the next sight nearly gives the girls a heart attack.

"Is that…Mineta?!" Ochaco gasps with worry.

It is. Standing beside his pal and wearing the same waiter's outfit is one Minoru Mineta. Who can't help but throw the girls a coy wink.

Jiro can't believe it. "What are you two doing here?!" She gives Kaminari especially a dirty look. "You following me or something, Perv?"

"I'm not a perv!" Kaminari snaps, offended by her jab. "This is my summer job! They needed extra wait staff so we signed up so we could get a free trip to the island."

A teasing smirk stretches across Jiro's lips. "Was your Mom heartbroken with her little "Night Light" when he decided to leave her?"

Denki's entire face turns red in anger and embarrassment as Jiro uses his mom's own nickname for him as a weapon. "Jiro! Stop messing with me!"

She laughs in response, nearly falling out of her seat as she does.

Ignoring them, Mineta smirks and begins to act like he's some kind of master strategist. "We get to explore the EXPO on our break, and we make some money." He smirks at the girls, his lecherous eyes quickly scanning over each of them. "Plus, there's a chance we'll have passionate encounters with some of the cute-Woah!" He locks onto the blonde glasses beauty immediately. "Oh, my god I think I'm in love!"

He and Denki immediately grab Izuku and haul him away like he's always been part of the scheme.

"Hey, Midoriya." Denki jeers while holding an arm over Izuku's shoulders. "Who's that high voltage hottie over there?"

Mineta leers and leans in. "Don't be greedy, introduce her to us."

Izuku so badly wishes he could shrink away but Denki was smart in holding him because he definitely would have run off by now. "Well, you see-"

*SMACK!*

"OWWW!" Both Denki and Mineta cry out, holding their heads where bumps are already starting to form.

Izuku holds his hands to his mouth in shock while a fuming Kraab has his one claw raised while he looks over the kid's shoulder.

"Why would you do that?!" Izuku shouts.

Kraab settles down, looking off to the distance with a faraway look, as he tries to actually figure that out himself. "I don't know. It felt like thousands of angry online commenters were yelling at me to…slap them."

"What are you talking about?"

"You jerk!" Both Denki and Mineta yell out before they begin shouting at Izuku for being hit on the head.

And while they demand to know what that thing is on Izuku's back and he explains it's a new robot support item he got over the summer, Melissa turns to the girls and asks them for a little clarification. "Are they your classmates?"

The moment she says anything, Denki and Mineta immediately forget about Izuku and Kraab to instead pose before the blonde.

"That's right." Denki smirks while trying too hard to look cool.

As does Mineta. "We're basically pros."

Before any of them could put them in their place the outcry from a speeding Engine beats them all to it. "Why are you two slacking off?! You wanted to make more money, didn't you?! But you're not willing to work HARD!?" Tenya Iida screams at the top of his lungs, zooming right through the terrace like a race car, and scaring all of them half to death in the process.

"Waaah!" Denki and Mineta immediately fall over and cower, a clear sign that this is not the first time they've been berated by their Class President.

Izuku shoots up to his feet in surprise. "Iida?!"

As does Ochaco, who kicks over her chair in the process. "Wait, you're here too?!"

Iida stands tall as he glowers down at the cowering idiots. "I come from a long line of heroes." He explains before spinning around with his arms moving up and down at his sides like he's a dancing robot. "It's to be expected that we receive an invitation to the EXPO. But my family was busy. So, it's just me."

Momo nods, fully understanding the situation. "I wondered if you'd be here. I received an invitation because my Father's a shareholder in some of the EXPO's sponsor companies. Like OCP and Roxxon Energy." She smiles, clasping her hands together. "It's so fun that we'll all get to go to the Preview."

Jiro smiles, grateful for the opportunity to even be here. "Yeah, and she had a plus one, so we basically gambled for them." Gambled as in had a Rock, Paper, Scissors match between all of Class 1-A's girls. "So, after a partial game of chance I ended up joining the fun as her guest." Good old Scissors won her the day.

Momo nods, confirming her story. "I would have liked to bring one more, but my father used the last invitation for himself."

Ochaco looks around wondering if she'll see Mr. Yaoyorozu hanging around. "Where is he by the way?"

"Oh, I'm afraid this trip is still business for him. So, he's off visiting other companies in the hopes of striking up future deals and projects. He's especially excited to begin business with the Wayne-Powers company from America. But I'm sure we'll see him at the Preview tonight.

Ochaco turns to the boys and fills them in. "And the other girls are here too, they just can't visit the Preview."

Izuku leans against this table as he considers that nearly half the class is already here on the island. "Oh, are they really?"

"Uh, huh." Momo replies. "We're all planning to get together and look around once the EXPO opens up to the public, tomorrow."

Upon hearing this a thought crosses Melissa's mind. "Here's a thought. Why don't I show you girls the sights?"

The girls immediately jump up in excitement. "Yeah, sure. You have time?"

Melissa smiles and gives them a big nod.

"That's awesome!" The three cheer out.

"Please, take us with you!" Denki and Mineta beg only to be immediately put down by Jiro.

But before she can really lay it into them a booming explosion rocks the entire island. And for each of them, especially the girls, thought the island was gonna sink.

Good thing Kraab is trapped to Izuku's back as he flails about trying to see where the blast came from. "Take cover! Unknown enemies inbound!"

Izuku ducks down at that and yells out. "What was that noise?!"

They look out to the horizon and smoke a pillar of clear smoke rising from one of the nearby arenas. And so worried that the island might actually be under attack they all rush off to find what the hell is going on.

Thankfully it doesn't take them long to arrive onto the scene, which happens to be an outdoor arena with a massive rocky cliff face in the middle while a hero, who Izuku recognizes as Amplifier, is announcing for some sort of competition.

["A clearance of 33 seconds!"] Amplifier cheers the excited audience. ["He's in 8th place!"]

On the two massive screens hanging above the arena appears the image of a fully costumed Eijiro Kirishima taking on a squad of robots inside the rocky arena.

Ochaco lets out a gasp as they all rush over to the railing overlooking the arena. "Kirishima?!"

Based on her reaction, Melissa jumps to an assumption. "So, I'm guessing he's from U.A. as well."

"Yeah, he's in the same class as us."

Amplifier calls out over the intercom. ["Please welcome our next challenger!"]

Curious, Izuku leans over the railing to see this next challenger's appearance. Only to have all the joy sucked out of him the moment he sees him. "Bakugou?!"

Good thing Katsuki Bakugou didn't hear him as he marches onto the field.

["The Ability Attack Course has been reset!] Amplifier cheers. ["Ready? Go!"]

The moment she says go Bakugou rockets into air with a savage grin plastered to his face. Racing across the air like a missile he comes across the first bot and blasts it apart with a single Explosion to the head. And with skills only he can do he uses that same blast to ricochet himself towards the next bot and the next. Pinballing around like a bouncing firework display as he blasts apart each and one of the robots to nothing until there's only one left at the top of the rocky cliff.

"DIE!" And Bakugou unleashes a devastating Explosion that rocks the entire stadium and results in the robot turning to nothing but shards of scrap metal for the recycling bins.

["Look at the time! Only 15 seconds, First Place!"]

And like a boss, Bakugou lands with a cocky smirk on his face almost like it's only natural he'd get first place. But upon noticing Kirishima grinning at him like an idiot he scowls and turns away, trying to play it cool. Like it was nothing more than an easy task for him to win.

Kirishima grins, ignoring Bakugou's reaction and instead turns to see the crowd's reaction. "Hey, isn't that Midoriya in the stands?"

Bakugou stops dead in his tracks and looks up only to see Deku's stupid face sheepishly waving at him.

And how does Bakugou respond? Be rocketing himself up at the railing and nearly biting Deku's head off like he's a caged lion trying to escape its enclosure. "Dammit! What are you doing here, DEKU!?"

Izuku leaps away and yelps. "Oh, uh, hey there B-Bakugou. J-just enjoying my vacation is all. Now why don't we calm-"

"DON'T YOU DARE TELL ME WHAT TO DO!"

Iida immediately cuts in between the two. "Bakugou, behave yourself!" He scolds but it serves nothing other than to provoke Bakugou to yell and throw curses at him instead.

Melissa watches on in the background while finding the ash-blonde's reaction odd. "Why is that boy so angry?"

Jiro shrugs as if accepting that it's the sad norm. "That's just who he is."

Ochaco glares and states with full seriousness. "He and Deku are fated rivals." Or at the very least they have a history.

Momo leans over the railing and calls out to their redheaded classmate. "So, Kirishima you two got asked to I-EXPO as well?"

"Naw. Uraraka gave us her extras."

"Uraraka?" Momo stares at the pink cladded girl in question.

As does Jiro. "You did that? Why?"

Ochaco braces herself, she knew this would come up eventually, but she didn't think it'd be so soon. "Uh, well I got them because I won the Sports Festival. But by the time I got them all of the girls already had tickets to come."

Bakugou tsks in annoyance. "So, she pawned them off to us. And then Shitty Hair and to go and drag me here!"

"What?" Kirishima grins sheepishly. "Just be happy we were her first choice."

Ochaco frowns, not sure what he's talking about. "Huh? I don't remember saying that."

"Huh?"

"Well, my first choice was actually my parents, but they were too busy." Ochaco admits, and this time it's actually truthful. "Then I wanted to give them to Deku, but his Dad told me they already got tickets." She accidentally texted the wrong Midoriya about them, but it ended up working out "Then I asked Iida. And then Todoroki."

Kirishima smiles nervously. "And then you asked us?"

"Well, that was more by chance since Tsuyu and I happened to run into you both at the beach that one time." Ochaco mentions offhandedly.

"We were after thoughts?" Bakugou can't help but be annoyed by that fact. They, or rather he, was nothing but an afterthought in this case. "You offered us those tickets because we were convenient?!"

Ochaco can't even bring herself to look him in the eye as she tells him how it is. "Well, if the shoe fits?"

"Damn you!"

Kirishima laughs, not having any regrets, after all they did get a free trip out of it. "You guys gonna do this villain course or what?"

Bakugou growls and grips the railing so hard it bends. "Don't even try it! There's no way any of you will get a better score than I did!"

"Yeah, you're probably right. Yup" Izuku nervously responds, not wanting to get into an argument right now.

Ochaco raises a playful eyebrow and smirks. "Huh, I'm not so sure. I bet we can beat it."

"Yeah, you're probably right. Yup" Izuku pauses as he realizes his slipup. "EH!?"

Bakugou finally leaps over the railing, marching over like a big shot, and shoving Iida out of the way. "Just hurry and get your pathetic attempt over with, you damn nerds!" He leans in quick and screams in Izuku's face. "Then you get out of here!"

Well how can he possibly argue with that kind of logic? And so the next thing he and Ochaco know they're all signed up for the competition.

["We got several new challengers coming in on the last minute!"] Amplifier excitedly announces before the cheering crowd. ["Will they come out on top? Or will they fail in front of the entire EXPO?!"]

Ochaco takes center stage with a shaky smirk as she tries to disguise her nerves. But as she gazes out towards the rocky cliff face, she focuses and allows One For All to flow, causing her body to glow within a pink aura.

Melissa leans over the railing, watching curiously as the pink aura surrounds Ochaco.

["The Attack Course is set. Ready? Go!"]

And Ochaco's off sprint at full speed, pressing her fingers to her arms and making herself weightless, before launching herself into the air like a missile. She zooms forward and slams into the first bot, bounces off and races off for the next one, gelding around easily thanks to the Gyro-Disc propelling her forward.

As she speeds up the cliff face more robots appear from each side. But Ochaco, thinking on her toes, spins and throws out Ryou Spheres in each direction, blasting the robots away.

Melissa watches closely as Ochaco goes through the course. There's a sense of familiarity and amazement as she watches Ochaco's Quirk at work. That speed. That power. That flare. It all seems so familiar yet different. 'It's just like Uncle Might's?'

Meanwhile, Ochaco manages to SMASH apart the last bot, completing her run.

["An incredible run!"] Amplifier cheers as she checks the scoreboard. ["She's in second place at 16 seconds!"]

The crowd cheers as Ochaco slowly floats over towards the railing, landing softly to the applause and cheers of her friends and classmates.

Jiro smirks in astonishment. "You killed it girl!"

"That was a spectacular showing, Uraraka!" Iida cuts in, feeling mighty proud of his classmate's performance.

"Aw, thanks guys." Ochaco blushes, grateful to have their support.

"What?!" Bakugou snaps in outrage. "That was nothing! You call that good! I swept that score hands down!"

Jiro rolls her eyes in annoyance. "Yeah, but only by a second."

"You shut your mouth, Earlobes! There ain't nobody that can beat my score!"

Suddenly the entire stadium shakes and rumbles as the temperature takes a sudden plunge. With the way the place is shaking you would think that there was an avalanche pouring down on them and their terror only grows as Amplifier let's out an ungodly scream.

["Eeeeeeekkk! This is insane! 14 seconds! This gentleman has just jumped to the top of the pack!"]

The teens all stare down, their jaws dropping at the sight of the entire cliff face encased in a giant glacier while Shoto Todoroki looks on indifferently as if he didn't just put a lot of effort into winning.

"Todoroki?" Izuku gasps. "He's here, too?"

"Um, yeah." Ochaco frowns. "I thought I implied that earlier?"

Melissa frowns while watching the dual-haired boy. "Another one from U.A.?"

Momo nods. "Yup."

"Your class is amazing." Melissa can't help but admire their Quirks and personalities. "You're gonna be such great heroes."

The girls all blush and smile in embarrassment, Momo especially. "Oh, please you're too kind."

Suddenly it feels like a bomb explodes just feet behind them but instead it's Bakugou who launches himself back down into the arena. "Out of the way, Icy-Hot Bastard!"

Shoto turns around with that ever-present indifference, finally noticing Bakugou for the first time. "Bakugou."

Bakugou slides into a stop as he gets all up in Shoto's face. "You can't just appear out of nowhere and show me up?!"

Shoto ignores him in favor of looking past and spotting the rest of their classmates up with the audience. "And I see the others are here too."

"Don't ignore me!" Bakugou snaps before letting out a low growl. "What are you even doing on the island anyway?"

"My father was invited so I'm representing him."

"Um, excuse me." Amplifier sheepishly cuts in as she tries to move them both along. "The next person is waiting."

"Shut up! I'm doing it again!" Bakugou screams, freighting the poor women.

"Everyone please stop!" Iida demands as he races onto the arena. "You're gonna make the world think that U.A.'s full of degenerates!"

As Iida tries to pry the raging Bakugou away Kirishima leaps down to help out as well before Bakugou decides to use Iida and Shoto for his next round of Explosions. Izuku also hops down to help but not before passing Kraab off to Ochaco.

"Hehehehe." Melissa giggles, enjoying Class 1-A's variety of characters greatly.

Too bad the girls don't as they all shrink away with embarrassment.

"Oh, sorry to laugh. I was just thinking you have a whole lot of fun at your school."

As she says this the massive screens project the image of Iida, Kirishima, and Izuku hauling a raging Bakugou off the stage.

Momo smiles in embarrassment. "Well, it's…never boring. I'll say that much at least)

Both Jiro and Ochaco bow their heads in defeat. "True."

"Let me go! I'm going again!" Bakugou roars while struggling against Iida and Kirishima.

"No way! You already went! Get over it, dude!"

Izuku laughs nervously as he hangs back, figuring that if he jumps in he'll actually make Bakugou even angrier.

Shoto walks over and tries his hand at small talk. "So, it appears you made to I-island as well."

"Yeah, my Dad got a special invite." Izuku smiles.

"Oh, you came with your father?" Shoto scans the audience for the man.

"He's not here right now. Afraid we kinda did come here on business more than vacation."

"Really? What kind of business?"

Izuku freezes while his brain scrambles for an excuse. "Oh, um, uh, important…business?" He says rather unsurely, praying that Shoto won't ask for any more details.

Shoto in response gives him a blank skeptical stare.

From up in the stands, Kraab slaps himself in the face while shaking his head in Ochaco's arm. "It's a real miracle no one's figured it out by now."

Ochaco shrinks back, feeling guilty because she can agree with him on that.

"Um, excuse me." A shaken Amplifier nervously approaches Shoto. "Um, so is there by chance you can like clear the stage, please." She gestures to Izuku. "Your friend here still needs to take his turn."

"I understand." Shoto raises his left arm which sets itself ablaze. And then with one swing he emits a massive wave of flames that melt and evaporate all the ice all at once.

"Oh, then we can-" Amplifier grins as she cheers into her mic. ["Get this competition back on!"] The crowd lets out a roar of applause as she gestures towards Izuku. ["Now please don't feel too intimidated! Those are gonna be some tough acts to follow!"]

Meanwhile, the rest of the teens snap their attention back towards the stadium upon Amplifier's announcement.

"Oh, cool it's Midoriya's turn now!" Kirishima grins as he finally let's Bakugou go and rushes over to the railing so he can get the best viewing point.

Jiro smirks over at the redhead. "Wanna bet which form he'll take? I'm guessing Feedback."

"Jiro!" Iida scolds while karate chopping the air. "Gambling is very much frowned upon! You are going to cause U.A.'s reputation to sink even lower than it already has!"

Ochaco immediately cuts in and excitedly states. "My money's on Rath!" That alien is just so much fun to watch. "Ooh, or maybe Upchuck!"

"Uraraka!" Iida gasps in betrayal.

"No way." Kirishima waves her idea off without even knowing what this Rath guy is. "I bet he's going with his new Plant guy."

However, Everyone else stares at them in confusion. "What are they talking about?"

Momo frowns and airs her confusion. "I'm afraid we don't know what you two are referring to? I mean, I don't think Midoriya even has a plant form."

"Pft." Bakugou scoffs while standing back away from the others. "What's so great about that form? It's super lame."

"Wait, you mean-" She and the others turn and stare down at Izuku expectantly.

The greenette becomes shy and nervous under their gazes. "Yeah, so my summer's been kinda…busy." And that's putting it very mildly. "But not to mention, I was gonna go with a different form you guys haven't seen yet!" He grins excitedly as he announces his next form. "And his name is Cannonbolt!"

Upon him speaking the name, the eerily glowing Omnitrix glows bright under his sleeve and in an instant Izuku vanishes in a flash of green light.

Upon the flash's end, a very confused Cannonbolt stands where Izuku stood. "Woah, what happened? I never even touched it."

Every member of Class 1-A freezes in place, their brains unable to process what they just saw and heard.

They all rush the railing as they begin shouting down at him.

"Wait, what did you say?!" Jiro practically screams, still reeling in shock from Izuku's new form and odd statement.

Momo's just as confused. "What do you mean you didn't touch it? You mean your watch?!"

"Deku!" Ochaco rushes over the railing with worry written all over her face. "What's going on?!"

Kraab shakes his head rapidly, wanting to know too.

"Midoriya, what happened?!" Iida shouts. "And what in the heck are you?!"

"I know right?" Kirishima frowns while trying to hold back the oncoming headache. "And I thought that Plant Guy was weird."

"Plant Guy?" Cannonbolt frowns, throwing Kirishima a questioning eyebrow. "Kirishima, that guy's name is Wildvine."

Once again upon saying the alien's name aloud Cannonbolt vanishes and transforms, being replaced by a surprised Wildvine.

And if his classmates weren't confused before they surely are now. So, much so even their brains have shut off while trying to process it all.

Even Bakugou's at a loss for words with his jaw hanging open. Hell, Shoto's also stunned by the sight as he gazes up at the tall plant creature with pure astonishment.

Wildvine stares at his hands while processing the phenomenon himself. "No way. Did I just transform just by saying what I wanted?"

There's only one way to test it out and so Wildvine shouts out the next alien. "Grey Matter!"

He transforms instantly into the Galvian. "Diamondhead!"

"Cool." Diamondhead smirks as his arm turns into a blade. "This rocks!"

Without even saying the next alien's name he transforms. "Professor Shield must have unlocked some kind of Master Control or something." XLR8 thinks aloud as he admires his sharp claws and lengthy tail before transforming into Heatblast. "Now I can go hero-" He transforms into Big Chill. "Just by thinking it." He transforms again and this time he becomes Bullfrag, who smirks as he adjusts his sunglasses. "This is way cool."

"Um, excuse me."

Bullfrag nearly jumps in surprise, he forgot Amplifier was even there.

"I don't know what's going on but are you ready to begin?"

Bullfrag gives her a cocky smirk in response.

She smiles and gets the course going. ["Great! Here we go everybody! Ready. Set. Go!"]

Bullfrag vanishes and then a streak of blue zooms forward. And in a blink of an eye XLR8 reaches the first robot, transforms, and Four Arm's first slams into the bot's frame shattering it completely.

The red hulk then jumps over to the next bot and transforms in midair back into Wildvine. And before he even lands Wildvine shoots his arms out and grabs a pair of bots, swings them around and slams them into another poor unexpecting target. All the while he's falling back towards a lone bot.

Before he slams into the bot, Cannonbolt takes his place in a flash and ricochets off the robot, shutting it, and launching himself at the next bot. Upon which Izuku transforms again and this time into Upchuck who immediately gobbles up the robot in one fell swoop. And as the little chubby alien slides to a stop, he fires multiple plasma blasts at the remaining robots before blasting the ground and rockets himself into the air towards the final robot. To which he takes on one more transformation, Rath.

"Rawwwr!" Rath unleashes a beastly roar as he tears his clawed fist right through the robot's metal body.

Upon defeating the bot, the scoreboard flashes onto the screens.

["Would you look at that?!"] Amplifier gasps as she stares at the score. ["9 seconds! He got 9 seconds flat! It's a new I-Island Best! He's in first place! First place!"]

Everyone in the class feels faint, some even nearly stumbling over at what they just witnessed. And as for Bakugou he looks like even the lightest of breezes will shove him over.

Rath grins up at the ash-blonde and really lets his overeager pride get the best of him. "Let me tell ya somethin', Katsuki Bakugou, A.K.A. Ground Zero, who also happens to be an ex-friend that I am currently learning to tolerate again! Rath just showed you up, big time! Ha!" Rath flexes and grins, greatly enjoying his time on the two massive screens. "Rath is a total stud! Ha ha ha!"

Being made fun of was the perfect thing to snap Bakugou back into reality as he suddenly rockets back down into the arena again. "WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU SAY TO ME, SHERE KHAN!?"

Rath immediately throws the incoming bomb a finger. "Rath says whatever he wants! You got that, Katsuki Bakugou?!"

Bakugou lands with a reasoning explosion as he gets all in Rath's face. He's so enraged he looks like an angry Tiger himself. "I'll fucking kill you, Deku." He growls dangerously.

"Ha! Rath can take you on even with both claws tied behind Rath's back!"

"Then I'll take those claws and shove em up your ass!"

"Rath is gonna kick your hinny!"

As the two shout back and forth at each other everyone else is still trying to process it all. But there is something that is able to cross their minds at least. "HOW!?"

Melissa frowns, worried that they might have too many questions and decides it'd be best if she reigned in the damage. "In case you weren't aware. But my father, David Shield that is. Created Deku's Omnitrix, his support item, which helps him control his Quirk, One Man Army. So, we invited Deku here so my father could give him some upgrades."

A grinning Bullfrag jumps onto the railing, startling them in the process. "Upgrades? This is a game breaking hack!" He transforms back into a grinning Izuku who's feeling so exhilarated by the sudden rush of power, speed, and skill. Before with the limiter and the recharge it always felt like he had to make the most out of his time as a lien, but now, now he's free. "With Master Control, I can go Hero Time, All the Time!"


But now it's time for all of them to explore the rest of the EXPO.

And how else should they start their tour then by checking out Invent Co.'s Bubble Transporter? A truly marvelous and admittedly fun machine that encases passengers in a giant soapy bubble before letting them float up and over the island.

Jiro and Momo happily step up to the platform first. They awe as the machine activates and encases them in a foamy bubble before, they're gently lifted into the air by a controlled air current.

Iida steps up next while Shoto is encouragingly shoved forward by Ochaco. "I rather not."

Ochaco smiles as she shoves him forward. "Don't be like that! Enjoy yourself, Todoroki!" Besides, they already lost Bakugou and Kirishima all because the former didn't want to waste time on extras like them.

"It's perfectly safe." Ochaco promises as she steps back and watches as Shoto and Iida are swallowed up by a giant bubble.

As she watches them float away, Ochaco turns to Melissa and asks. "It is safe, right?"

"Of course!" Melissa smiles as she and Ochaco step onto the platform. But Melissa pauses as she recalls some earlier incidents. "I-I think."

Ochaco starts gripping the strap that's holding Kraab over her shoulder tighter as they're encased in their own giant bubble.

And up they go, joining the others as they harmlessly float over the island's many important facilities, high-tech buildings, and wondrous sights.

However, despite the marvelous view Shoto can't help but allow his mind to wonder. "Wait, who's Midoriya with?"

Iida starts, becoming incredibly worried that they may have left him behind by mistake!

But a sudden shake of the bubble causes him to stumble and fall.

Shoto helps him up as they both look to find a grinning Stinkfly laughing at them from outside the bubble.

Stinkfly buzzes away and he makes a point to fly in between the rest of the bubbles, figurating around them out of good fun. After circling them he transforms in midair and Terraspin immediately begins to plummet before adjusting himself to hover alongside them.

He lowers down underneath the bubbles and aims up, producing a strong enough gust to propel the bubble up. Not enough to endanger anyone but enough to speed up the gently floating bubbles much to the rider's delights.

"Woooaaah! Hahahaha!"

After gently being brought down from the bubbles the group decided to check out the Energy Usage Center where it's nothing but one giant laser show demonstrating the various capabilities and uses of lasers and other forms of energy for various purposes.

And what a shot it is with a variety of inventions and rays on full display for the general audiences. Such as an arc reactor provided by Stark Industries or the many -inators on display from some company from the Tri-State Area.

All in all it's a wonderful show except for one tiny problem: the infestation of Buzzshocks running around the place.

"Hahahahaha bzz!" The swarm of Buzzshocks all laugh and jeer as they each go about their own way of enjoying the inventions and lasers.

Some even managed somehow to make their way inside the arc reactor, and they're being spun around while laughing their heads off as if they were socks in a washing machine. "Hahahahaha bzz!"

Even more of them are messing around with the giant, ridiculously designed inators. That is until they mess around them so much that they tip over, falling over each other like a set of dominos.

"Hey, what's happening?!" A long nose pharmacist in a lab coat with a Drusselsteinian accent, cries out as he watches his prized inators come crashing down. "Nooooo! Curse you little electrical beings! Curse you!"

"Hahahahaha bzz!"

The rest of the teens watch on in horror and embarrassment as Buzzshock makes a mess out of the place. Iida especially is taking it hard, having turned as white as a ghost while his open jaw hangs limp.

"Hahahahaha bzz!" The rowdy Buzzshocks all gather around several blaster-like machines on display from Aperture Laboratories. "Hahahahaha bzz!"

The teens immediately rush over before Buzzshock can power up the machines. "No! No! No! No! No! No!"

After rounding up the wild Buzzshocks the teens decided to head over towards the Academic courtyard where students from prestige academies like Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and SFIT get to show off their talents.

And the SFIT displays were definitely worth their salt with such a genius array of tech and inventions being demonstrated.

Although the school's Lizard mascot was a bit annoying so much, so Ripjaws tried to scare him off, but all it did was have the opposite effect. Apparently, the guy wearing the costume is a big fan of monstrous heroes.

But after slipping away with Ghostfreak's help the group were free to explore.

Melissa and Jiro were instantly drawn to a Plasma Laser Cutter slicing through layers of brick. They were very much happy enough just watching it work, but then Diamondhead had to squeeze in and see if the cutter could slice him much to the girls' grief.

The results, no, but it stung, a lot.

After getting chewed out by Jiro, Diamondhead decided to join Momo and Shoto to go inspect a display of chemical compounds being encased into orbs of various bright cheerful colors.

But after the chemicals were processed into orbs they would just sit there.

And their bright colors and odd textures are too hard to ignore especially for a bug like Big Chill who glides closer towards one of the bigger sized orbs and slowly raises a finger to poke it.

Seeing what he's doing Momo instantly switches into mom mode and scolds him very sternly. "Midoriya."

Big Chill stops, his hand stopping in place.

"No."

His hand inches closer ever so slowly.

"No." She repeats giving him a warning look.

His finger's only an inch away.

"I said no!"

Even Shoto steps in to warn him. "You better listen to her."

His finger stops and he even pulse away a bit, much to their relief. But then he instantly goes against the and jabs it anyway.

"Midoriya!" The two yell out as the orb implodes and splatters a gaseous pink dust all over them.

As the pink dust settles Momo gasps as Big Chill begins to phase away into the ground. "Oh, no. You get back here young man, this instant!"

After losing them both, he decided to test check out a hyper acceleration bike that's propelled on a pair of wheels that uses electromagnets to increase speed and acceleration. Iida took much interest in it, and even took notes as he watched XLR8 try his luck at out speeding the bike.

And finally Lodestar took a great interest at a kid's various inventions revolving around magnetism, like his magnetic gauntlets and such. Even Kraab thought it was cool but too bad for him he was stuck to Ochaco who was way more fascinating in the kid's buddy robot. "He's like a giant marshmallow!" She squeals in delight as she gives the large white robot a hug.

The friendly bot gives her a friendly pat on the head. ^You are very good. Have a lollipop.^


A phone vibrates, echoing through the empty 66 dock port. Much like a lone cricket singing its eerie song in the middle of the haunted forest.

From inside the dock's control area, a man watches his men rush the area for any dangers before he decides to answer the buzzing phone. "I picked up the goods as planned." He pauses as he listens in to the other person on the line. "What? All Might's here now? … It doesn't matter. We can handle him no problem."

With that he hangs up, holding the phone at his side as he watches his men sort through the shipping container containing their supplies and weapons.

"Of course, he had to show up." He growls in annoyance.

His phone begins to ring again as the yellow screen turns back on.

The leader pulls the phone to his face and answers. "What is it now?"

He pauses as the phone whispers into his ear.

"Like I told him already. All Might won't be a problem. … Who is he?" The leader smirks. "Well, let me tell you."


David sits back with a heavy sigh as he leans away from his computer as the steady beep from the heart monitor provides the only break in the silence.

Meanwhile, Toshinori lies still inside a cold dark pod while various scanners hum and analyze his health, form, body, and overall power levels. He breathes steadily through his breathing mask and does his best to lie still although he hopes the examination will be over soon since he's already been lying inside the tank for an hour now.

David's screen signals the exam's completion and a graph pops onto the monitor revealing the results.

And they are devastating to see, David can feel his heart plummeting at the sight before him. It's as if he's had a part of his world shattered by a terrible truth.

Meanwhile, Toshinori pulls himself out from the pod and sits up as David comes to terms with the results.

"I-I don't get it, Toshi." David turns, gesturing towards the graph that's displaying Toshi's sudden drop in power. "Why are your power levels going down so dramatically?"

According to the chart in this last year alone there have been several major drops, and Toshinori can recognize each one. Starting with the day he passed on One For All to Young Uraraka to the Final Exam and Young Midoriya's outburst.

"I know you were seriously injured by All For One but to suddenly get these numbers is absurd. What in the world happened to you?" David asks with a shaky uncertain breath.

Toshinori lets out a blood-stained cough as he thinks about his answer. "I suppose if you're a hero for a long time your body starts to fall apart."

David clearly doesn't like that answer, and neither does he.

'I wish I could tell him the truth about One For All. But if I did, I'd risk getting him and Melissa caught up in the fight against All For One.' He can't do that to them, not to them. It'd be unfair to drag them into his fight, into his dangers.

And so he will have to live with the guilt that he must allow his dear old friend to live on believing that All Might will soon be no more.

"At this rate the Symbol of Peace will disappear." David quietly breaths in frustration, desperately trying to hold out for some kind of hope or sign. "The only reason Japan's able to keep its crime rate at 6% is because of your presence. Other countries hover around 20% and some are even worse than that." Not to mention All Might's presence alone deters even the world's alien population from becoming rowdier and more chaotic. And that's not even including the alien civilizations out there that could potentially see Earth as a target. What will happen when they, aliens and villains, find out that the world's greatest champion has weakened?

"Honestly, part of me wishes you never left. America could use you."

Toshinori understands, he understands his friend's plight, but even so they both have to face the facts. All Might is only a man, not a god. "There's no need to be so pessimistic, Dave. The world is full of capable pro heroes. Not to mention the good people like you who support them. Besides I can still be All Might for a few hours each day, I'm not dead yet." He chuckles, trying to lighten the mood with a bad joke.

"Come on." David scolds airing his frustration and pain. "What if a monstrous villain appears? And you're not capable of saving us again?"

Sadly, this is something Toshinori, on some level, has already considered and has already come to terms with. "Listen. Just in case that day comes, understand that I have no intention of stepping down." He knows that one day that every well may…will happen. So, there is no point in denying it, but rather to prepare for it. 'Besides there's still hope. For the future of One For All. And the Symbol of Peace. A new generation will rise to take my place.'


As the sun begins to set, an Automatic Message happily rings out and informs all the visitors and residences across the entirety of the island. ["The I-EXPO Preview will be closing at 6 PM. Thank you for coming, enjoy your night."]

After locking up the cafe for the night both Denki and Mineta collapse as their exhaustion hits them at all once. "Uugh."

Mineta lets out an exhausted groan as he collapses beside the electric blond. "The EXPO isn't even open to the public yet. If we're this slammed now, will we ever get to rest?"

"Shut up!" Denki cries while holding his aching head in his hands. "I don't want to think about it." He sniffs.

"Hey, boys." Ochaco calls out.

The two groan as they peer up and find Ochaco, Shoto, Jiro, Momo, Iida, and Melissa strolling towards them.

Shoto blinks in surprise, not knowing the two were indeed here.

Meanwhile, Iida flashes them a proud grin as his arm karate chops the air. "You should be proud of the work you've done today." He leans down and presents the pair with two small slips of paper.

To which Mineta and Denki stare at, so exhausted that they can't even make out the little script of writing on them.

Mineta tiredly looks up at Iida and asks. "What are these things?"
Momo answers. "Invitations to the big EXPO Reception later tonight."

The duo start in surprise as a great sense of joy begins to riddle up inside of them.

"There's a party?" Mineta asks in disbelief.

"These are for us?" Denki's just as taken back.

Even Jiro gives them some sympathy. "Melissa took pity on you for some reason."

Ochaco nods and chimes in. "She figured you could use a break."

Upon their praise, Melissa can't help but feel just a little embarrassed and shy. "I had a few extras. Please, I'd like for you to have them." She was even able to get one more just for Deku, too.

Mineta's so grateful he begins to shed tears. "Kaminari…"

"Mineta…" Denki sniffs before they both grab each other in a big hug and cry. "A beautiful angel has awarded us for all our hard work!" They both weep with tears of joy spilling down their faces. "Pinch me! I might be dreaming!"

"Carefulll. You might be having a nightmare insteaddd. Eheheheheee."

A chill runs down the duo's spines as the hair on their necks stand on end while a pair of cold dead hands slither around their stiff choked up necks.

They both shakily turn around in morbid curiosity only to be met with a terrifying translucent figure.

"Boooo."

"EEEeeekkk! A GHOST!" The two cry out in terror holding onto each other for dear life.

"Hahahahahaaa!" Ghostfreak laughs so hard it might actually kill him. Heck his haunting laughter might kill Denki and Mineta, they're so terrified.

"That's not a ghost." Jiro deadpans, already being done with Izuku's shenanigans at this point. "It's just Midoriya."

Mineta still trembles and shakes as the ghostly creature mockingly hovers over their heads. "M-Midoriya?!"

"N-not c-cool, bro! Not c-cool!" Denki shouts in outrage.

"Oh, what's the matterrr? Can't take a jokeee? Eheheheee!"

"Waaaah!" The two cower away as Ghostfreak leans in closer.

"Hehehe." Strapped over Ochaco's shoulder is Kraab who snickers at how Ghostfreak's toying them. "Man, I take back what I said. This kid's a real riot!"

Ochaco's not sure if she should take his pleasure as a good thing or not.

"Midoriya!" Iida speeds between the three and begins to scold the deathly being without a hint of trepidation. "I have tolerated your behavior up till now because I thought it'd be beneficial for you to get used to your new ability, but this is unacceptable!"

Ghostfreak glowers with a roll of his eye. "Okay, sheeshhh." In a flash of light, a laughing Stinkfly takes his place. "And here I thought I was a stinker, Hehehehe!"

"Uuggh!" Everyone gags and retches as Stinkfly's outride stink invades the air.

Even Shoto's turning a shade of green at the stench. "Midoriya, your jokes are offending our senses."

"Hehehe, sorry!" Stinkfly takes off into the air, his wings beating rapidly as they hoist him away along with his stench.

Denki can't believe what he was seeing as Stinkfly hovers away. "What's going on here?!"

"Yeah!" Mineta shouts. "Since when could he transform back-to-back like that?!"

Melissa steps forward as if to accept the blame. "My father, David Shield, was kind enough to unlock Master Control on Deku's support item."

"What does that mean?"

Stinkfly grins from high above. "It means that I can transform into whoever I want, whenever I want." He vanishes in a flash only for Big Chill to swoop down and land to a graceful stop. "Cool, am I right?"

"No, not cool!" Mineta cries. "It's not fair!"

Denki agrees wholeheartedly. "Yeah, I mean you're not just OP, you're broken!"

Big Chill transforms into Feedback whose tendrils slither around the duo before lifting them to their feet. "I prefer to say it's game changing."

Denki and Mineta immediately begin to shout and argue that it's not game changing; it's straight up hacking the system. But Feedback grins on, not letting any of it get to him.

Momo cups a hand to her mouth, taken back by his behavior. It's so out of character for Midoriya, so much so it's rather concerning. "Amazing, I never thought I'd see Midoriya let such power go to his head."

Ochaco isn't so sure. "I don't think so, I think he's just excited is all." Afterall he was-is Quirkless. The Omnitrix is the closest thing he has to having a Quirk, a powerful Quirk, but still. And with those powers still came a limit, a time limit. So even with powers he was playing on a leash, a long leash but still. Now, now with the limiter gone he's like an excitable dog that's finally been allowed off his leash. And now all he wants to do is frolic and play with all that his newfound freedom.

At the same time, Feedback snickers as he jabs Denki's side with one of his conductors, trying to see if he could absorb the Electricity right out of him.

Kraab gives the poor girl a pitiful glance. "Maybe a little too excited?"

Iida folds his arms as he tries to hang on to some semblance of control and patience. "I hope you'll at least behave yourself tonight, Midoriya. I heard there'll be quite a few pro heroes attending tonight's party as well. So, it's imperative we don't tarnish U.A.'s reputation. Understood?"

He transforms again, and Bullfrag flashes Iida a glimmering smile. "Hey, no problem. I'll play nice."

"That in no way gives me confidence." Iida deadpans before deciding to address the others. "We'll change into our formal clothes and go as a group. Everybody meet at lobby 7 of the Central Tower at 6:30 PM sharp. Don't you dare be late. I'll contact Kirishima and Bakugou and share this information. Thank you, you're dismissed!"

And without anything else to add, Iida immediately races off, his Engines roaring behind him.

Bullfrag smirks as he watches into the distances. "Look at him go. Talk about a smooooth getaway." He draws out the word smooth, as it plays well with his own smooth voice.

Jiro visibly gags. "Please, never say that again."

Momo snickers at her reaction before leading her away back towards the hotels.

"Let's hurry, dude!" Denki shouts in excitement as he grips the two tickets like his life depends on it. "There's no way we can miss this!"

Mineta's already running off. "Way ahead of you, buddy!"

Denki hurries after him."

Shoto decides to follow their lead albeit at a much calmer pace. "I'll see you all soon then."

Ochaco waves him goodbye. "Meet you in a bit!"

"Hey, Deku? Uravity?"

Bullfrag and Ochaco stop at Melissa's call.

The kind girl gives them a bashful smile before making a request. "Can I show you both something before you get ready for tonight?"

Bullfrag and Ochaco share a contemplating look while Kraab eyes the girl suspiciously.


"Why would I want to go to a party?" Bakugou grumbles as he flops down onto the hotel bed. "It'll just be a bunch of old geezers I don't know giving speeches. Sounds like a pretty lame night to me."

Kirishima walks past, heading over towards the closet. "But we can eat as much gourmet food as we want."

"Well, it's not like I brought any fancy clothes with me anyway."

"I figured you wouldn't."

"Huh?"

Kirishima grins, proud that he got one over on Bakugou for once, as he holds up a pair of handsome suits. "So, I brought some stuff for ya!"

"You gotta be kidding, you Spiky-Haired Idiot!"


Toshinori lets out a pained cough just as he makes it to the doorway, his costume hanging off his frame like a bag hanging off a stick. "Alright then I'll see you later." With a pop and a poof of smoke he takes on his grinning Muscle Form. "LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTYING WITH YOU."

"Same." David gently waves back just as All Might turns to leave. "Toshi!"

All Might stops just as he grips the door handle. "YES, DAVE?"

David smiles hesitantly before lowering his hand out of defeat or rather…guilt. "No, uh, never mind. See you tonight."

"HAHAHAHA." All Might humorously laughs, figuring David was just getting sentimental for a moment as he takes his leave.

As All Might closes the door behind him, David's smile falls from his face as his worries and fears amount. The chains of guilt and regret pull him down into his seat providing very little relief or comfort. And whether out of regret or hope he digs into his pocket and pulls out his phone where an image of a younger All Might is gliding through the air as he takes on L.A. villains.

He remembers taking that photo. He also remembers the day they met.

It was back when he was still a college student, he had been experimenting on a personal project all day in his student lab when someone's experiment went haywire and caused an explosion. He still remembers how his ears rang from being so close to the blast, and he remembers the blistering heat as the fire consumed the entire building.

He was trapped with nowhere to go except to cower and hide under his desk at least until someone, anyone appeared. And then he did.

There he was some grinning idiot in civilian clothes rushing in without even considering the flames. But in reality, he had been considering the flames the entire time, and that grin was a sign that it was okay, that he and everyone else were safe. And that was how David met who had to be the bravest man he's ever had the honor of knowing.

They were inseparable ever since.

He made All Might a brand-new costume just to show his thanks. It was one of his finest works too, fireproof, tear resistant, it was fabulous, a true work of art. But it didn't stop there he was constantly making new inventions and gadgets to help Toshi and his work from vehicles, to suits, and more.

And for David it was some of the best times in his life. He had the honor of witnessing Toshi's or rather All Might's rise. As he would save countless lives on the daily without a hint of slowing down or feeling burdened.

It was amazing. Every rescue, every villain defeated, was all towards creating a brighter, happier future for the entire world. It gave him hope. It gave him hope that Earth would have it's Symbol of Peace.

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

"The Symbol of Peace?" Young Dave wonders aloud.

Young All Might grins on, standing proud as he watches the beautiful ocean sunset before them. Its warm glow washes over them like a dazzling spotlight. "I want to see a society where everyone can smile without worry. I want to be the Symbol of Peace. And shine a light on this world."

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

And he did reach his dream. His light as the Symbol of Peace has reached the entire world, a true beacon of hope. But now that dream…is slipping away. As All Might's power fades away so too does the Symbol of Peace and all that it's brought. Soon it will be the end of All Might and the light that he shines.

But he already knew that. But he just can't bring himself to accept it. This is just like any problem he's had, and each one he was able to fix with his own two hands. And this one is no different.

And so with a heavy sigh David pulls himself out from under the unbearable heavy chains and sets himself to work. Starting with checking in on the data analysis of the Omnitrix.

"How's the analysis coming along?" David greets as he enters his lab.

Hisashi doesn't turn around as he slaves away before the massive computer screen. Chopper is seated beside him, inserted into the computer's port as he too pours over the data collected.

With a tired sigh, Hisashi slicks back his hair over his head in an attempt to wipe away the exhaustion. "It's taking a lot longer than we thought it would."

"Have you been able to make out anything specific as of yet?"

"Not yet. And I do apologize but this isn't exactly my area of expertise. Really Chopper's the only one of use here."

^Bo-wop.^ Chopper folds his arms at his sides while holding his head up expectingly as if saying, praise me.

To which David happily does so showing his gratitude for the droid's hard work with a pat to the head. "Tell me has the computer been able to locate any DNA signatures?"

"DNA signatures? Like one left behind by the creator?" Hisashi grows ever more frustrated as the computer fails to locate any unique DNA compositions. "I sure hope so. It's part of the reason I wanted to come here. Your lab is probably the only place on Earth that has the capabilities of finding it."

"Let's hope then." David stares up at the illuminated screen in awe as a massive image of the Omnitrix is displayed before him. "This device. It's something only a true genius inventor could ever create. The power to take on any form, any race, any ability all at your fingertips. Such a powerful device and yet it's fallen into the hands of humans. Fascinating. Extraordinary even. I can't even begin to fathom how it works or how it was even created. How is it able to transform one organism to another? How does it collect and store the DNA compositions? What other capabilities does it possess?" But those curiosities are trivial when compared to the one question of any significance. "But what I'd really like to know is who was the mastermind that created it?"

"That question has been on my mind a long time now." Hisashi stops typing away in favor of leaning back and admitting his own frustrations over the matter. "I don't know who made it. But if you ask me…it may have been too irresponsible to create such a powerful weapon." Whoever designed either never meant for it to be in their hands, in his son's hands. Or they were incredibly irresponsible. But then again, fate can be a tricky thing.

David can't take his eyes off the image, as if its secrets are nothing but hidden treasures just waiting to be discovered by him. "Why was it created? Why is it here? Why now? And how can it be utilized?"

Considering how monsters like Vilgax wish to utilize the device, Hisashi isn't as excited to see such technology fall into anyone's hands. "I'm afraid we're not gonna find out for a while longer. This data analysis is gonna take a few more hours, maybe even all night to complete."

"That's my fault." David admits with a heavy sigh as he finally pulls his gaze away from the screen. "I got distracted and so I couldn't oversee the analysis myself. My apologies. Not to mention, I'm afraid it also cut into your father and son time."

"No, it's fine. You were catching up with an old friend. I understand, trust me. And besides I'm sure Izuku's having himself a good time without me. Plus we still got the rest of the week here."

"Yes, that's true." David smiles, grateful for the Plumber's empathy. "Thank you for understanding. Now it's getting late, and I have to start getting ready, got a big night ahead of me."

"Ah, of course, the Preview. That's tonight, isn't it?" Hisashi stops to consider another option. "But are you sure you want to leave this alone? I could leave Chopper here if you want?"

^Wa Bz-op.^ Chopper bounces in place, showing that he's more than eager to help out.

David shakes his head but appreciates the thought, nonetheless. "No, it's fine. I'll stop by after the Preview and check up on it." He turns his gaze back towards the screen, its glow illuminating his glasses, shrouding his eyes behind a lens of light. "By morning we'll have all the answers we need."


A door shuts closed, silencing the muffled groans and cries of the bound up guards inside.

A man with a sword for an arm steps away, his face covered in a steel-made mask and black uniform. The rest of the men gathered across the security room dawn the same attire.

The lead turns away and communicates their status through his com-set. "We found five guards, but they're restrained now. The plan's a go." With a flick of his wrist, his sword reforms back into a normal human hand.

His boss' voice snickers and calls out from the opposite end. ["Timely work, Swordkil. Keep em bound but don't kill em. Start working on the security system."]

Swordkil gives the go ahead to his men.

And one of them a hacker with long grey hair and a red cybernetic eye gets to work on the system. "Yes, sir. Beginning infiltration now." However, another thought enters the Hacker's mind. "But what about the Security Sectors?"

["Don't worry. Once the plans a go it won't matter anymore."]


And with that the boss hangs up but he never pulls down the phone, but instead he keeps it close to his face as a malicious grin stretches across his lips. He snickers and cackles as he raises a metal fused mask to his face, its parts twisted and meshed together in a horrid display of welding. "Now the fun can begin."

As he speaks the phone close to his ear once again glows yellow, but the light soon focuses itself and compacts in the middle before expanding once again to form a single yellow circle amidst a black hollow screen. The circle is distorted and warped fittingly matched the equally corrupted and twisted soul to which is belongs to.

To be continued…


So, was the wait worth it? It's okay if it wasn't. I know this first Part may feel kinda week and predictable, but I promise it all builds up later. I will be adding my own twist to things I just needed the set up to get to them is all.

But either way I hope you enjoyed Part I of the "Three Heroes Arc!"

Now stay tuned because July 1st we will have Part II!

*Just to clarify. I will be updated on a bi-weekly basis. Assuming I can keep up with it.

*Also, I'm looking for more fanart, I'd love to post your guy's work on AO3 and please if you want to see what others have done then check out this story's "TV Tropes Page" where you can find links to images there as well as tons of info about this story from characters, aliens, plot development, and more.

*Easter Eggs: Buckle up because there are a ton in this one. And I bet I still missed one. Anyway, these are in order of appearances. Sparksville - Ben Ten episode Tourist Trap. And yes Cathy is from Bellwood the same hometown as Ben Ten. Naijians from Alien Force were mentioned. The Gelato Five from "Love After World Domination" was present on the island. Dog Man from One Punch Man was there too. And so too were Tiger and Bunny.

Companies present ion island include Lex Corp (Superman), Wayland-Yutani (Aliens Franchise), the Tyrell Corporation (Blade Runner), Space Rangers program (Lightyear), Oscorp (Spider-Man), Union Aerospace Corporation (D. .), Life Foundation (Venom), Buy-N-Large (Pixar/Wall-E), OCP company (RoboCop), Roxxon Energy (Marvel), Wayne Powers (Batman Beyond), Invent Co. (Meet the Robinsons), Stark Industries (Do I even need to say it?), Aperture Laboratroes (Portals), and SFIT or San Fransokyo Institute of Technology (Big Hero Six).

Also managed to sneak in a Doofinshmirtz cameo, been waiting to do that one for a long time now.


Responses for "Guest" reviewers from Ch.61:

Matrix: Ok I'm sorry if I annoyed you.

CreateGunner1209: It's all good


Shark: Awesome chàpter once again. Ghostfreak, one of my favorite transformations finally gets his time to shine. And I'm happy Ashido got to be involved, I feel like the main series could do more with her. Also what is your favorite and least favorite alien transformation in all of Ben 10(minus the reboot cause I haven't seen that one)?

CreateGunner1209: Thanks! I love Ghostfreak so I'm glad to finally have him here. So my favorite transformation is wither Cannonbolt or Upchuck and my least is probably The Worst. But he's kina obvious so I'll go with Echo Echo because I like Ditto better (he's more fun)


Guest: I just thought I would ask but Midoriya is going to have ghostfreak for a while right? I mean ghostfreak is not going to try and get out of the omnitrix for a few arcs?

CreateGunner1209: Yes, I want Izuku to hold onto Ghostfreak for a little while before he goes rogue. I already know when and how it'll take place.


Atom king: I have to say is ghost freak in this chapter is incredible along with mina using her alien powers , it's great to see the zombozoo show up showing just how dangerous his powers can be with him showing an person fears still the thing that caught my is at the end with ghost freak aka Zs'Skayr shadow appearing behind izuku, I hope that izuku is ready when zs"skayr escape from the Omnitrix.

CreateGunner1209: Izuku better be ready because if not he's in for quite the scare!


Guest: Good chapter, now we wait for the I-Island arc. At least we have the spinoff to maintain interest in the story.

Also I know that you won't give Izuku the Ultimates, but if Albedo makes an appearance will you give him and only him the Ultimates? It would make Albedo a huge threat due to him having basically better versions of Izuku's aliens and will force Izuku to be creative in order to beat him.

CreateGunner1209: I hope the wait was worth it! Also I am considering more and more if I should give Albedo the Ultimates. It's honestly not a bad idea, I just need time to stew over the idea is all


LuciferRedeemed: Love the chapter!

CreateGunner1209: Thanks! So did I!


DnDnMoarD: Love the MinaZuku moments, can we get more moments like this?

CreateGunner1209: Why not?


EmeraldDeku: Will the Three Heroes Arc impact the main timeline, like in real life the movies exist but don't actually impact the story at all. Some great fanfics managed to make it work and let them have a impact in their stories, but others don't and I'm always like "then what is the point?", you know what I mean, like the full gauntlet thing nvr comes back, Dr Shield never gets talked about again and Melissa just disappears. You are are of my favourite fanfic authors so please don't stop writing. Can't wait for the summer finale. Peace out author

CreateGunner1209: Yes, the events and characters will impact future arcs and events. They may not be right away but characters like Melissa and others will reappear and impact the story


MoarCheese: Hell yeah, Zombozo and the Circus Freaks are back with screams! Ghostfreak's here and he's gonna bring lots to the table, deal me in fella's cause imma go all in! Mina x Izuku moments are super cute can I get a refill of more of this stuff next time please? I like this more than Tsuyu Izuku actually :D. Finale's on its way and your movie arc is gonna come after a long 2-3 month break (hopefully no delays, all the best to you and your fam) Can't wait for moar HNDIHT! I'm so happy for Z'Skayr to show up are you gonna do the whole turn earth into a zombie world arc or are yu gonna do somthing different? Nvr mind don't answer that, surprise me! This story is so cool, I binged read this during my school break and now I'm all caught up. Can't wait for next week!

CreateGunner1209: Glad you liked it and I'm even happier about how excited you are! And believe me I have plans for Z-Skayr!


Magmaman: How long will it be until we get to see Khyber?

CreateGunner1209: A long while sorry, I do need to add new things later but not to worry he will be set up soon enough. Heck I've actually already hinted to him shortly after "It's Hero Time" chapters.


Dreadbot: I really like this chapter I like how you introduce ghost freak and asuka's reaction to him I liked all the Easter eggs and references you had I liked how you use Nina in this chapter can't wait to see where her character goes I really like the ending and that cliffhanger with zacare at the end can't wait to see where you go please keep writing and to answer your question I did notice the Dodge charger I just forgot to put it in

CreateGunner1209: Glad you enjoyed the chapter. And I hope you like what I have in store


Jakesurfboy: I have been behind a couple chapters, work has just been a killer but I'm glad I was finally able read chapters 62-66 and I've got to say those were some amazing chapters to read. Also thanks for this chapter as you posted it a day before my birthday so thanks for the early gift. I enjoyed spotting the different references and enjoyed how you write the characters it's just so good. I'm really looking forward to the next arc and I'm excited to see what you have planned and what new alien(s)will appear. If I read correctly it will take 2-3 months before the next arc and chapter but if it takes that long so it turns out great then I'm willing to wait. Also some things I'm hoping to see if not this arc then some arc, Zed and Ship the alien dogs being owned by Izuku or some other character, Izuku meeting Azmuth and getting Way Big, Rook finally making his appearance because I believe you said he would at some point (I don't remember), And finally some new aliens appearing like Atomix, Gutrot, Toepick, Kickin Hawk and Upgrade (if I said one that's already unlocked like I said it's been a while since I read the story so sorry if I did) and like I said these are just things I'm hoping to see but no matter how the story goes I'm positive I'll enjoy it so good luck making the story as great as it can be

CreateGunner1209: Don't you worry, I guarantee this new arc will be something. Although admittedly it might have started off a bit basic, but I promise it'll expand more and more as we go. Same for the rest of the story and new characters like Azimuth, Ship, Rook, and more. Oh so much more. Epically when it comes to new aliens.


Guest: Wow! Took a short break from this story and come back to an action-packed chapter with Izuku and Nue in the Null Void AND a chapter for Ghostfreak's debut! For 'Null and Void', we got some good focus and a surprise visit from Nue this time. Particularly getting a few glimpses into his and Izuku's past relationship while also looking at their dynamic in the present in how they both can cooperate and escape the Null Void. Fortunately for Nue (or unfortunately for our heroes however you look at it), he learned that despite having basically a mini arsenal of Izuku's transformations, he has to put aside his ego if he wants to achieve a bigger goal. Although Nue didn't realize it at first, Vilgax's (and Izuku's) statements are true. I mean, Vilgax practically rules an armada and is a galactic conqueror. Yes, Vilgax is powerful in his own right, but he certainly doesn't achieve his goals alone (hence why he is building this 'Negative Nine' team in the first place and making allies with All for One). But hey, I guess if the reason you didn't get eaten by a giant purple spaceworm was because you teamed up with someone, I'd let that lesson stick as well. Also, WOAH! I was not expecting for Ghostfreak to be possessing that worm! Was the one eye always described as purple earlier in the story? I'd have to reread again to make sure cause if so, that went completely over my head!

Speaking of Ghostfreak, this chapter was finally his debut! We also got to see Mina, her mom and Mr. Baumann at the festival, so it was nice to see some familiar faces. Now, the Circus Freaks and Zombozo were a bit of a surprise to see again as well, but very nice to see them feeding off of people's fears this time. (I don't know if that was also from the show but if not, very interesting take on them. It's kind of like the reverse of the ending from Monsters Inc.; instead of feeding on laughter, Zombozo is now feeding on fear.) I think it was also great of you to keep the 'inside' of Ghostfreak hidden. Yes, we the audience know what is underneath but the other characters (except Deku and Zombozo) don't. This gives it a very nice buildup to a satisfying reveal later on, which I will no doubt enjoy once that happens.

But yeah! I think you did a splendid job with these last 2 chapters that I had to catch up on. Next it is finally time to start the 3 Heroes arc! I think you said it would take you 2-3 months to write this one up? That's completely fine, take all the time you'd need. I would rather have you refine this story than rushing it and ruining the fun. I am honestly getting a blast out of this story and world that you decided to create and cannot wait to see where it goes next. (Especially now with Ghostfreak in the picture! I predict that we are either going to encounter Dr. Viktor somewhere on I-Island. With him being a scientist, I think it would make sense that he would currently reside there. Also due to Vilgax's radar signaling on I-Island for his next recruit). Sorry for the long review, just thought I'd rant about why I love this story so much! Great job!

CreateGunner1209: Yes! Yes, you get it! You absolutely got it! It's so great when a reader picks up on the character development like I intended. Awesome! And yes for the whole chapter I was describing the worm's eye as purple as to hint to Ghostfreak possessing it the entire time.

And I really hope that Ghostfreak really pays off in the end. Here's hoping!

And don't apologize for the long review, they're great reads for me to keep motivated.


I'm Hellboy: Will there be Alien Team Up's Class 1-B? because there are a few that can go good with each other
Kendo Itsuka-Four Arms
Ibara Shiozaki-Wildvine
Sen Kaibara-Armodrillo
Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu-NRG
Kuroiro Shihai-Ghostfreak.

CreateGunner1209: Hi Hellboy, I'm Dad. Hahaha but for real, No as of now I don't have any Alien Team Up with Class 1-B. I did consider the Mushroom girl for Wildvine's debut chapter and the ghost girl (names escape me at moment and I'm too lazy to look them up right now) for Ghostfreak's chapter. Even Ibara was considered too. That said I am open for more interactions with Class 1-B later down the line.


DeadCool14: YES! Kevin's car! I really hope it comes back later as well as that watch. Who knew the Demon King actually had a soft spot

The Nullvoiders are actually called Null Guardians, unless you already knew that and you're planning on revealing that later… yeah that sounds about right

Oh yeah, I just realized how I put it, sorry

Oh man, what a cool alien, I'm sure nothing bad will come from him besides that obvious foreshadowing, yep, all sunshine and rainbows from here

That is a really neat and fitting Quirk for Mr. Baumann XD

AHH! BEARO! And Ms. Cuddles! So damn good, I love these references

If you're gonna do Unearthed are you gonna have everyone be more disturbed to the fact that they beat up a baby? Specially Deku? Because I feel like they just glossed over that in the episode lol

Are you gonna add some IzuOcha during Three Heroes? Like Deku telling Uraraka that she looks beautiful in her without thinking and a scene of them dancing at the party at the end?

Will Iida give the spot as class rep back to Deku at some point?

CreateGunner1209: Oh for sure it's coming back. One way or another I will work it in.

Also I am well aware that the Nullvoiders are called Null Guardians. But if you check their FANDOM PAGE they are also known as Nullvoiders. And yes I will go into their true nature later.

Also yeah I've been needing to give Mr. Baumann a Quirk that was some honest oversight on my part but I like what I came up with.

If I do Unearthed I have a very different plot in mind for it. That said it would be a one-shot chapter for sure; maybe an OVA later.

Why would Iida give his spot back? Also what would that add? I rather Iida keep it especially since MHA never actually went full "here's superpower kids in highschool setting" Setting as in things we see in other anime that take place in highschool like Komi-san and such.

Also Izuku already has other responsibilities so adding that on top wouldn't be a good idea. He'd give it back in the end.


Dinobot: I did notice the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cameo I was just asking because that would be a cool Team up.

CreateGunner1209: I get it


DeadCool14 (Again): When Chromastone appears, can you foreshadow his power to flight when he jumps? Like Deku could say that it almost looks like he's flying. In a matter similar to Superman vs the KKK, where Superman represses most of his powers because he can't accept that he's an alien, but he subconsciously uses his flight powers whenever he jumps so that when he lands he doesn't make a crater, I really love that comic and that moment.

Are you gonna give Deku Ben's fear of peacocks too? It was in that episode where Billy turns him and Rook into kids.

Can you have Hisashi say this?
"[JJBATAS] The only way to defeat _ is to burn it compilation"
It's from a JoJo Abridged parody, it parodies the two OVAs that were made for part 3. If you wanna watch it just put JJBATAS on Youtube, it's really funny for something made 12 years ago. And while it's not 100% accurate to the manga, it does have some spoilers for the Part 3 anime, so be warned if you decide to watch it. Oh and the 5th episode got deleted, but there is this "Jojo's Bizarre adventure abridged 5 - sub esp" it just has spanish subtitles

Can you do this if Alan, Helen, Manny and Pearce end up meeting member of Class 1-A?
Kaminari: Hey Midoriya, how come these guy look like some of your transformations?
*all start to sweat*
Izuku: Oh! W-well that's because they're, um, t-they're uh-
Helen: H-his relatives!
Manny: Cousins!
Alan: Yeah! Distant cousins!
Pearce: Very, very, very distant!
*all smile awkwardly as everyone looks at them strangely*
Pearce: *whispering* was that too many "verys"?

CreateGunner1209: I have plans for Chromastone, trust me.

No, Izuku won't have Ben's fear of peacocks.

I have to check out that parody.

Funny line for the Plumber's helpers. I'll consider it.


Guest: The characters that appear in the movies like Melissa, Katsuma, and Rody will they have a bigger role in this story? I mean it's not just going to be they appear once and are then more or less forgotten about?

CreateGunner1209: Yes and no. So on one hand they will sort-of disappear from main story BUT I will have windows open for them to come back for each of them. For example, we will have mentions and contact with Melissa but she won't be joining UA or anything. HOWEVER, she will return for a full on arc later (much later) on where she may stay from then on. I also have a plan to even bring Katsuma back into the mix or at least to see him again. And I really like what I have planned for that, it's gonna be great. And as for Rody, I got something's that's just perfect for him

So, to extent we won't see a lot of them, but they will not be forgotten and we will see them again for other roles and arcs.


Guest: When are going to do the I-Island Arc and Camp Arc?

CreateGunner1209: Now. Also, if you want updates about story please check out my spin-off story for this fanfic on my profile. I give weekly updates there.


DrakeDragon: I just realized how similar Toga is to Nue. Both of them are teenagers with quirks that both affect their mental state and one day was sent over the edge by an outside source and their own actions. Both joining the league due to hearing about certain things in the under ground (Toga hearing Stain worked with the league and Nue hearing about a chance to make chaos). Plus both of them can gain access to new powers back when Nue was more human and toga with her recent developments. The main difference between them I see is Nue spent years being friends with Deku and Toga is going to die thirsty for broccoli if you keep the way she falls for him in the story with the damage to his body after his brawl with Muscular.

CreateGunner1209: Those are some really good points to think about. Especially since I will be delving into the villains' interactions and dynamics soon enough.


Guest: You do a lot of alien references from other shows how about Mark Cheng from the fairly odd parents I can see him and Midoriya being friends

CreateGunner1209: You got it.


Guest: I love the small date him and mina had

CreateGunner1209: Glad you did, it was fun


Guest: Have you ever thought about putting your stories in Wattpad you can do pictures in there

CreateGunner1209: Yeah, no thank you. I don't like Wattapad. It's hard to navigate and Guest readers can't enjoy it as much. Also, I've seen waaaaaaay too many stories stolen and reused on there. Besides I can add pictures to my story on AO3


Guest: I wonder how deku will feel when he had to share a room with ashido and uraraka for the plumber's boot camp

CreateGunner1209: That may or may not happen, we'll see. And if it does then they will definitely not be in the same bunks.


Guest: I know there gonna be a lot of drama when deku mina and uraraka when they face with aliens and one for all like how deku did in cannon

CreateGunner1209: Of course


Guest: Is he ever gonna realize that when aliens touch the watch it's get samples of it's DNA

CreateGunner1209: Yes


Guest: Why do I got a feeling that mineta and kaminari are gonna ask Midoriya to use ghost freak or big chill for something perverted deku will say "no" there gonna beg him then then the girls from A ends up beating up the two for asking Midoriya for that favor

CreateGunner1209: That would be a funny gag


Guest: Deku is now immune to Mr aizawa hard glare after seeing the inside of ghost freak

CreateGunner1209: Eh, Mr. Aizawa's glare is its own special brand


Guest: What is going to happen with Melissa? I mean after the three heroes arc is she just going to vanish and never be mentioned again like in the anime? Because I think she should be brought on as a permanent or at least a recurring character.

CreateGunner1209: Yes and no. She won't be a perminant character but she will be referenced and will pop up here and there. I also have major plans for her in a far future arc where she will play a big role.


Guest: If your not going to do the ultimates then you should just swap out echo echo with his ultimate form so he isn't just a carbon copy of Ditto(plus his ultimate form is a way better design in my opinion). Just a suggestion.

CreateGunner1209: More and more people suggest that and honestly…I'm beginning to really consider it. I do really like Ultimate Echo Echo way more than his regular version and yeah he is a copy of Ditto who I just like way more anyway. Let me sit on the idea for a minute, thanks for the suggestion


Guest: Since you're going to do the first movie are you gonna do the other two movies

CreateGunner1209: Yes and I already have plans/outlines for both


Guest: When is rath going to speak in Spanish

CreateGunner1209: He's not. I never liked when that happened, we lose out on Rath's iconic lines


Guest: Here's a fact when male frogs croak very load the female frog will go to the the croaks the loudest as their mate so when deku turn into bullfrag and croak tsuyu will be attractive towards him

CreateGunner1209: Interesting fact


Guest: Are you gonna do a body swapping episode like how Ben and Gwen did that one time

CreateGunner1209: I had no plans to


Guest: Deku should get the ultra matrix since you made uraraka OP with eight quirk's

CreateGunner1209: No. Sorry but I still stand by that I won't use Ultimate aliens for Izuku.


Guest: Why does Deku only call out the names of his transformations some of the time?

CreateGunner1209: He would like to all the time but the times he doesn't would ruin the flow the moment. Like calling out "Heatblast" before going rampage on All Might just wouldn't work. Would it?


Guest: Just a guess but the villain your going to introduce in three heroes is either going to be Malware or Alpha.

CreateGunner1209: Perhaps ¯\_()_/¯


Guest: You should use the Skraaldian from Men in Black the series. It would be fun to see them go after someone from UA.

CreateGunner1209: Yeah they would be


Guest: I really hope Albedo appears in this story in the future. Given how well you've portrayed many of the Ben 10 villains, I'm looking forward to seeing how you portray him in this story. He could be like the anti thesis of Izuku in almost every way. A true evil clone of Izuku in a sense. They both have a similar backstory in a sense. Izuku and Albedo have once idolized All Might and Azmuth respectively, but ended up getting rejected and disappointed by them. Izuku wasn't considered worthy to be a hero by All Might, and Azmuth didn't see Albedo worthy to wield the Omnitrix. The difference is that Izuku didn't allow All Might's words to drag him down and make him walk down a dark path. He's still hasn't fully moved on into forgiving All Might, but he's getting closer. Albedo on the other hand decided walk down that dark path. Looking forward to how their views and beliefs would clash with one another.

I know you don't have any plans to give Izuku the ultimate aliens which I fully agree on. Instead have Albedo be the only one who can use the ultimate aliens. I'm aware that this might get other readers to urge you to have Izuku have the ultimate aliens, but just ignore them if they do. This is your story, you decide on what to do for the plot. If you go for this idea, this would give Izuku a tough challenge. Albedo could be like the Venom of this story. A villain who has access to the same powers of the hero, only his is stronger and better in almost every way. This would create a strong difference between Henzu and Albedo's powers, where one is an amalgamation of eleven of the Omnitrix aliens with only having access to a fraction of each of their powers, and the other has full access to every alien Izuku currently has with the ability to enhance each forms capabilities. If your not going for this idea, I understand. I just think this would be a good opportunity for Izuku to face such a challenging foe.

CreateGunner1209: I do so very much want to add in Albedo. I'm just waiting on it for now. And yeah those are some really and I mean really good points to consider about their parallels and dynamics.

And people have been suggesting just give Albedo Ultimates and not Izuku and I think I might be more inclined to do so. But I'd like to think it over and make sure it works first. And if I do go for it, it for sure would provide a really big threat to overcome for our heroes and Izuku especially


Guest: Solid Deku Izuku Midoriya
Liquid Deku Albedo

CreateGunner1209: What?


S. Mouse: whatever you do...DONT SHIP DEKU AND ASUI

CreateGunner1209: Why? Not mocking just genially curious


JuryLobster: Hey man loving the story! its actually my fav fanfic. if i may make some suggestions
of adding echo echo you add Ultimate echo echo because Echo is just a better but a more boring Ditto, and it wouldnt make much sense for Izuku to use Ditto from that point plus it might make ultimate fans happy they got atleast 1 Alien.

ships i believe just keep doing what your doing, make lil teases and barely mention em, keeps everyone happy.
ALSO i counted the amount of times Izuku has used each Alien (not including the omakes and ovas tho) thought you might like to see the count! dont know if this is helpful or not lol
Appearance order to btw
FeedBack:16
XLR8:15
GreyMatter:16
FourArms18
Ditto:13
RipJaws:8
TerraSpin:11
WaterHazard:9
Lodestar:9
BuzzShock:5
DiamondHead:5
BigChill:6
HeatBlast4
StinkFly:8
WildMutt:4
Rath:4
WildVine:3
BullFrag:3
CannonBolt:3
UpChuck:2
GhostFreak:2

CreateGunner1209: You have no idea how happy it makes me to see that, Thank you

Also, a lot of you guys have been saying the same thing about Echo Echo and honestly I get it so I might go for it. And if I did do it he'd be the only alien I'd do it for. Let me mull it over

Actually, this list is extremely informative and accurate. And I should utilize it just to make sure I have a good balance of when aliens are being used or not so thank you


Guest: I really want him to use master control

CreateGunner1209: Wish granted


Guest: I can't wait for Izuku to fail his Provisional licensing exam.

CreateGunner1209: Why?


BlueRanger-Lyric: I hope that if Hisashi and Inspector Tezuka meet again and if it's during the Overhaul Arc and she tries saying to the other heroes and students taking part in the operation that Cinder helped a villain, I hope Sir Nighteye defends Hisashi by correcting her call this villain a "Supposed Villain" clarifying that there was no hard evidence or clear indication that that person was even was a villain making room for the students to defend him by pointing out all the good he's done and the lives he saved to ether shut her up about it or have her reconsider her thoughts on him, but what do you think?

CreateGunner1209: We'll have to wait and see