"Sir," Bubble Girl called out as Mirai moved through the main lobby of his office, "we have some information about-"

"No calls," Mirai said coolly, marching past her.

"But there is word that the Shie Hassaikai-"

"They don't matter," Mirai declared.

Bubble Girl tensed before suddenly leaping to her feet, creating bubbles that Mirai could only assume had some rather noxious odors in them. She narrowed her eyes, ready to attack, and Mirai let out a huff, pausing at his door, one hand against the frame.

"I'm still me," he assured his sidekick. When she didn't stop he said, "The All Might Bobble Head on the upper right shelf is a custom." Though that was their key word to let her know that he was himself, a fact only the two of them knew, Bubble Girl still stared him down. "I meant that they don't matter right now." He let out a weary sigh. "I have… other things on my mind that I need to focus on before I can hope to focus on our case."

He could feel her eyes on him.

"I'm glad you were so quick to react, though," he said. "You know what I am like and a deviation from the norm would normally signal that I was replaced. I just…" And oh how he hated having to say the next words, "…am not mentally prepared to deal with our cases at the moment."

There was a long moment of silence and then Bubble Girl let out a sigh of her own. "I'll go dispose of these."

"Thank you," he stated. "Gather up everything you hear and have it ready for me for tomorrow. I'll look at it then." With that he went into his office, shutting the door before letting his eyes roam over all of his All Might collectables. The posters, the statues, the toys, the lunchboxes and pens. Action figures including rare never before produced ones. A tribute Christmas album on both CD and Vinyl. Plushies and keychains.

A thousand beaming smiles swarmed around him.

'Toshi… what have you done?'

Mirai went over to his desk and sat down, booting up his laptop (NOT the one that was connected to his agency… even with the best protections in place someone with a hacking quirk could have easily got in and that was something Mirai couldn't afford) and taking a moment to pull out a water bottle and a some aspirin; he felt a headache rising and wanted desperately to kill it dead before it could explode across his skull. By the time the pills were down his computer was up and running and he pulled out the news articles about the newest hero.

There she was, smiling in victory next to the Symbol of Peace himself: Star Might, the just revealed daughter of All Might.

'Lie,' Mirai thought to himself. 'Toshi would never have been able to hide her from me. Not unless he hadn't known about her himself. And the press conference made clear that he knew about her and was protecting her. So she isn't his daughter…'

It was a clever ruse. People would wonder why they had similar quirks so claiming that she was a blood relation would certainly help with that. She resembled him a bit, what with the same hair and the black and blue eyes, but that could have easily been faked. He himself knew of at least three different people within a 30 minute drive of his office that had quirks that could alter hair colors, skin pigments, and eye color. Ordinary citizens and criminals made use of them, with the former paying good money to get the latest trend (a decade back All Might's hair had been all the rage) while the latter used them to hide after a major crime spree. So he could believe that Star Might had gone to such a person, getting her hair changed to match Toshi's.

The Quirk though…

'You found a successor,' Mirai thought to himself. 'An unknown to give your quirk to.'

He should have been happy. His falling out with his friend had been caused by All Might refusing to do exactly that. Believing that he could just continue on as if nothing had happened rather than accepting that All For One had hurt him too greatly and he needed to rest… lest he die. Mirai had SEEN him die.

But… Mirai wasn't happy.

'I offered you the perfect successor. And yet… you chose this woman. Who is she, Toshi? Why is she so important that you gave her your quirk?'

He narrowed his eyes.

'And is she worthy of it?'

~MC~MC~MC~

Sidekicks quickly made themselves scarce as Enji raged.

The only consolidation any of them could feel was that the Number 2 Hero had at least learned the news in one of his training rooms and not the office; while much of the Endeavor Agency was designed to withstand heat and flames the raw power that Enji was pumping out would have reduced much of his specially made office to slag.

"A daughter?!" Enji roared. "A fucking DAUGHTER!?" He slammed his fists down into the ground, more flames churning from his flesh, whirling about him in a chaotic cyclone of outrage. "That beaming lying bastard!"

He had worked so very hard… so very hard! Found the proper woman to marry, produced child after child until he'd found one that had the quirk that he desired. Flame and Ice… and though normally it would have angered him to believe that ANYONE had flames more powerful than his own he was delighted that Shoto did.

Assuming the brat would actually USE them.

He could feel his fires within him and even stunted due to lack of use Enji just knew that they would be powerful when his son finally stopped his rebelling and embraced his destiny. He would be the most powerful hero ever and cement their legacy for all time. Enji had already begun to scout out women Shoto could be with, whose quirks would only add to their family's dynasty. A wind quirk or an earth quirk… perhaps lightning. Fire, Ice, and another elemental… if done properly he would be seen as the father of a long line of powerful heroes, worshiped as gods among the weak and scared citizens of the world.

And then… that grinning blond bastard had shown up with his DAUGHTER…

"That cheating, underhanded, fraud!" Enji roared, whipping around and attacking a training dummy, not even bothering with his flames but instead pounding it with his fists. He imagined that every hit was knocking more teeth out of All Might's smug face. "Hiding that child, making us all believe that he was all of his line! And then announcing her like that!"

Already there were some calling her the next Symbol of Peace. Enji was sure that when the rankings came out she would be in the Top Ten. In a single press conference he had taken all of Enji's hopes and crushed them down.

He would show All Might. And the rest of the fucking world. He would just go all the harder! He'd been lax… coasting now that Shoto was old enough to attend UA. But he needed to work even harder!

Endeavor paused.

Perhaps… perhaps it was time to also seek out a new bride… a back up plan if Shoto proved too weak.

In his mind Star Might's grin flashed.

And what greater revenge… then taking All Might's daughter…

~MC~MC~MC~

"Star Might…"

The man known as Stain smiled as he stared at the image of his idol's daughter, standing triumphant and proud with her father after defeating the villains that had tried to slay the Symbol of Peace. For the first time in ages he felt true hope.

He had wanted to become a hero after seeing All Might only to become disgusted by the so called 'heroes' that were being churned out by Hero Schools that treated the entire thing as a chance at fame and money. Models and celebrities who cared more about the cameras than they did saving their fellow man. Men like Endeavor who were little more than glorified villains who were allowed to maim and kill because the government wanted to use them for their own ends. All disgusted him and had made him realize that the world needed to return to a time of true heroes.

Thus he had created his Revival of Heroics Doctrine, his path of the true hero. Not quite a religion but rather a set of tenements that preached what it meant to be a true hero. And later, when he had found people unwilling to listen to what he had to say… he had discovered his true self: Stain, the slayer of false heroes.

But Star Might? The child of All Might?

He smiled.

"You are a true hero… I know it," he said to himself, watching the replay of her first battle on his phone. How she had worked first to protect the innocent, then engaged that strange villain in order to protect others. He had been startled at first by her snapping his neck but when it had been made clear that the villain, Nomu, was still alive and had a healing quirk he had been pleased with her cunning. She was a true hero but also knew that sometimes heroes had to go to extreme measures to shake people out of their apathy. That sometimes the only way to get people to open their eyes was to startle them.

Star Might had done that.

Oh yes… he would be watching her career with great interest…

~MC~MC~MC~

'If that bastard weren't already dead…'

Kai was not in a good mood at all. He knew that he was supposed to be calm, collected, in control of his emotions. He was the acting head of the Shie Hassaikai and thus was supposed to be the rock that everyone else leaned upon.

And yet in that moment, with the news coming at him so quick he could barely keep track of everything… all he wanted to do was tear every one of his useless minions apart atom by atom and reassemble them into something that would actually be fucking competent.

'Eri,' Kai thought to himself with bitter disgust. 'You problematic little brat… you just couldn't stay still, could you?'

How she'd managed to get away he had no idea… it didn't matter now, of course. Where in times past he'd sought to learn how she had escaped so he might fix up the weaknesses and ensure that they couldn't be used ever again now it was… useless. Meaningless.

Because the girl was dead.

Cameras had shown her disappearing into an alleyway, chase by Cho, and then the League of Fucking Villains had attacked and reduced the buildings to rubble. Many dead. Just more proof of how evil quirks were and how the world would be so much better without them… and yet the key to seeing that dream become a reality was gone.

Kai grit his teeth together before pulling out his phone. "Who are they?" he demanded, not even giving a greeting.

The Information Broker he had hired to look into the new group, to his credit, didn't stammer as he answered. "The lower level members are just your standard thugs. You can find them on any street corner."

"Are any of them one that have worked for my organization?"

"They are a few. I've sent over the names."

Kai smirked darkly at that. He would enjoy teaching the drug pushers and money hustlers why it wasn't wise to betray the Shie Hassaikai. They believed that they could have their protection and then work for these upstarts? Oh… Kai would make examples out of them. Their suffering would be long, their deaths prolonged, and in the end their meaningless lives would amount to one thing: lessons for everyone that you did not ever think you could have split loyalties. Not with him in control.

"And the others?" Kai asked.

"That… is where things get interesting."

"What do you mean?"

"The warp gate creator and the one called Nomu… there are no records of any one person having those quirks or appearances."

Kai frowned at that. "Villains that have been hidden by birth?"

"Or," the Broker said, "something else. I am getting some… interesting information out of my contacts with the police. Nothing I can share at the moment-" Kai growled at that; he hated when information holders played games like that, "-but if what I am hearing is true then it changes things greatly."

"And that is?"

The Broker clearly considered how much to say. "Made to order villains."

"…hmmm," Kai said, leaning back in his chair, considering just what the Broker was suggesting. He knew that breeding for certain quirks still happened, despite it being seen as illegal by nearly every government in the world. But this… if what Kai was thinking was true… that would change the game… "And their leader?"

"Shigaraki?" the Broker asked. "Someone with delusions of grandeur, using the past to try and build himself up."

That… made Kai frown. It wasn't like the Broker to give such a statement. It almost sounded like an opinion but he knew the man and he dealt with facts.

When he said as much the Broker let out a huff. "Have you never heard the name Shigaraki before?"

"Can't say I have."

"Hmmm… you should study up on your history."

"That's why I have you."

"True," the Broker stated. "Shigaraki is the name of a Boogeyman. A supposed criminal overlord from the Dawn of Quirks. I had to dig hard to find that and ended up deleting everything I found but yes… the name of the Boogeyman." He quickly added, "He's long dead and certainly isn't this boy. No… this is no different than a villain choosing to use the name of a long dead criminal to try and build up his prestige."

"Then he should be easy to crush."

"Perhaps… but those he's gathered around him-"

"That is my problem. Keep digging."

Kai hug up and looked about his office.

'You cost me Eri… I will make you pay, Shigaraki, or whoever you truly are."

~MC~MC~MC~

Rikiya stood in front of the window that looked out on a park that was just outside the office building he had selected to run his empire. He knew down there were children that were playing silly little innocent games. Tag. Dodgeball. Maybe throwing balls or playing on jungle gyms.

He also knew that none of them were able to fully use their quirks freely because of the restraints placed upon them by their foolish and fearful society.

It was for them that he did all this.

"What do you make of her?" he asked the members of his inner circle that were currently meeting with him to discuss the attack.

"Star Might?" Chitose asked, it clear that she was smirking. "Oh, I have SO many questions about here! All Might has been a naughty boy, hiding her from us…"

Tomoyasu let out a scoff. "We don't care about what All Might does in the sheets. All that matters is if this Star Might will stand with us or against us."

"She'll stand against us, of course!" Koku declared. "All Might is too much of a stooge of the Hero Commission to have a daughter that will be anything but the same!"

"We thought he was too much of a goodie goodie to even have sex," Chitose pointed out. "And yet now we know he was sneaking around having secret children."

"Child," Tomoyasu stated.

"That we know of!" Chitose pointed out. "He could have more out there… and we don't know what Star Might will be like. After all… we are all upstanding members of society who would NEVER work against the government…"

Chitose had a point and Rikiya nodded in agreement. "Yes… we need to keep an eye out, see if she truly is her father's daughter… or if his hiding her away created cracks we can exploit. A young woman like that, thrust into the spotlight?" He chuckled. "Chitose, perhaps you should seek out making friends with her?"

"Oh, now that would be delightful!"

"What of the League of Villains?" Koku asked. "Their acts can not stand. That attack… it is making people talk about the wrong things."

"They will be dealt with," Rikiya stated coldly. "Our sources state that most of them are low life dregs. The homeless, the petty thieves, the desperate wretches who think that they can make more of themselves if they follow with these few that make grand promises." Rikiya placed his hands behind his back, still staring out the window. "I want to know every single one who managed to escape. Their names and what they do when they aren't making trouble. Their families, their friends, anyone they might have met even in passing. And then I want hits put on each and every one of them."

He turned and glared at his inner circle.

"When you are breeding a race horse you put down the weak mares that will give you weak foals. If we want a great society we must put down the weak that would threat us. I want the League of Villains to serve as our investigators… letting us know who must die."

~MC~MC~MC~

"Fucking cheaters! All of them! It was supposed to be a raid party and it became PvP!"

The man known as All For One (for he had gone so long not using his first name that it was meaningless to him, much like one of his favorite villains from the old pre-quirk Sci Fi films he and his brother used to watch… moronic redemption at the last minute utterly ignored) let his student rant and rave. Despite all he had done to try and get Shigaraki to understand patience the boy was still, well, a boy, and prone to fits such as the one he was having. And while it would have been easily for All For One to make the boy calm down, using his very presence to make him clamp his jaw shut, sometimes what the child needed was a chance to vent.

"Bringing in that bitch… who the fuck was that?!" Shigaraki demanded.

"All Might's child, apparently," All For One stated, more to himself.

And that… concerned him.

He had worked hard to monitor All Might. It was how he'd come to realize that he was injured, weakened by their great final battle. That he had managed to wound the man just as he had wounded him. He knew that such an injury was worse than just a physical wound; it was a wound upon his soul. All For One had one himself… the damage of All Might's strikes had left his face such a ruin that the only way to save him was to sacrifice all of his face from his upper lip to the top of his skull. The good looks that he'd used to charm so many were gone. His eyes were forever trapped behind flesh left scarred and swollen. He could hear so at least he hadn't lost that but still… it was a horrible thing, to have an injury that limited you.

'He was a painter who had lost his hands. A musician rendered deaf.' The quote about that pre-quirk villain once more flowed through All For One's mind. That is what All Might had done to him… and what he had done to the pesky holder of his brother's quirk.

He had prepared for this moment for years. Even before his battle with All Might he had been prepping Nana's grandson to be the ultimate weapon against his foe. Their battle and their mutual injuries had only further motivated him to prepare the boy. He had thought that All Might, in his arrogance, had refused to do similar.

'And I was wrong,' he thought darkly as Shigaraki continued to rant. 'I should have looked into him more… should have investigated his past. Seen this child coming.' He frowned, thinking on what he had been told of her. 'Has All Might given her One For All? Or… or is it possible that it has duplicated? Passed down to her and now splintered into two? Or created a Child Quirk?'

It was his worst fear, that his brother's quirk might find a way to either further elude him.

"Do not look at this as a failure, my boy."

Shigaraki frowned at that, his anger ebbing down. "Sensei?"

"Think on it… the daughter of All Might is inexperienced. This was her first battle. We weren't prepared for her, yes, but now we will be. And… now she becomes not his strength but his weakness."

He smiled.

"After all… what could be worse than losing one's child?"

"…of course." Shigaraki cackled that yes. "Yes… I just need to gather together better party members. Then isolate and destroy. Break her off from the Boss and drain her HP. And when I do that will remove his shields…"

All For One tuned the boy out, his mind racing with his own thoughts.

He would claim Star Might. Use Quirks and torture and all manner of other items he had at his disposal to break her. Turn her into his ultimate lifeform. The greatest of Nomu.

'How sweeter would it be to destroy you All Might… with your own child?'