Butei Heroes and Returns

Chapter 6

Like I said, this is going longer than I originally thought. What I had planned on stopping here has now changed to needing at least another 6 chapters. Not sure if that's good or bad, but I'm going with it. Now though, Izuku's going to be saved by the girls. Bit of a departure from the Aria story, but I feel it's about right. So on with the show.

(No POV)

Ayame's flames continued to roil as Juki tried to figure out where the photo had been taken. "Okay so, I think this is in one of the storage sections of the Logi and Amdo department. Guess that makes some sense given who we're dealing with." Juki says while looking at the photo Hino had sent.

The ninja girl was about to leap off and fight the girls in question, but Juki stopped her. "Look there are ten different storage areas, are you just going to search them all?" she asked with a raised eyebrow. Ayame pouted and said, "no. But we still need to find him. Any ideas?"

Juki hummed before noting that it would be easier if they had a connect ally. Given they could hack into the various cameras and give them details on who has gone where. Ayame looked down before saying they could just go meet with some from Connect.

"I think there were some who were exceptional. Let's go," she said. Sprinting off ninja style and leaving the American in the dust. Henry raised her eyebrow at that before hurrying off herself. And found herself needing to stop Ayame from roughly questioning everyone. "And here I thought they'd be intimidated by me. Look take it down a notch and maybe we can get somewhere."

"Well it's just…. I don't know…. A lot of the other departments. I only knew about you because Izuku mentioned you were making a weapon for him." Ayame defended before deflating. Juki understood that she was worried, and told her that running around in a panic wasn't going to help Izuku.

That was when a new voice spoke up. "Pardon. I had been listening for a bit. Monsieur Midoriya is in trouble?" The two girls turned to see Jeanne D'Arc. Who not only looked at the pair sheepishly, but also enviously. Namely Ayame's chest and Juki's height.

She pushed past though and reiterated her question. "Yes! Yes, Izuku's been taken by a group to the Amdo section. Can you help us?" The silver haired girl's eye twitched as Ayame's breasts bounced before her eyes. But she agreed and asked what details they could give.

"Right, uh. He's being held in one of the Amdo sections. By a trio of girls. One is from Amdo, but the leader is Hino Reiko. And she's from Assault." Juki said before handing over her phone and the image that was sent.

Jeanne though only needed to look for a moment before heading to a Connect computer station. Rapidly hacking into the system and then the accounts of the three troublesome Butei students. "Okay, I have him. Looks like the fourth storage section and down to the fifth floor. Lots of places to hide down there. I'll guide you."

The French girl grabbed a couple of earbuds and passed them to the girls. Juki takes one while Ayame looks at Jeanne with some suspicion. "Why or how do you know Izuku?" she asked with narrowed eyes. And the suspicion increased when Jeanne blushed.

"Not the time girl. We've gotta move. Though, you might want some extra gear." Juki said while looking Ayame over. Who looked down before considering what she was getting at. With a sigh she asked, "can you get or make me something quick that could be hidden in ninja gear?"

The taller girl smiled before saying she might have just the thing. The two head back to their departments, Ayame a bit more reluctantly so. But they prepared quickly to find Izuku amid the equipment and armament of the Amdo storage.

"I'm still lost on what all the point is to this. Why are you trying so hard to one up or be better that Juki? Does it really matter that much?" Izuku asked while tied up. His eyes looking around for any possible way to escape.

Reiko and her goons though wouldn't be swayed. Or rather Reiko wouldn't. The other two seemed to just be interested in seeing how the fight would go. And if they'd get some fun fights too.

'Okay, one's with Logi. Looks like she's got a bunch of gear and gadgets. The other, I think… an SSR? And Hino I've seen in passing in the Assault classes. She's good, but Henry is better from the few fights I've seen.'

The blonde said that it wasn't his concern and turned in a huff while muttering to herself. Izuku raised an eyebrow at this before noticing something subtle. 'You have gotta be kidding me. No, wait. I don't have full proof. But if I'm right, then I may have more options than I thought.'

While he was thinking about that one of her partners, Nakasorachi Nemu from Amdo (a dark-haired girl who felt overshadowed by Juki), reported that the Juki had arrived. "She's alone. Good. I'll deal with her myself." Reiko said while loading her gun. She told Nemu and the SSR Butei, Anna Ave du Ank, to keep an eye on Izuku.

Reiko kept her Glock aimed and ready to ambush Juki. Waiting for the girl to come out of the elevator. Only to be surprised by a buckshot round striking her and the area around where she was hiding. "I'm not stupid! I had a feeling you'd try to ambush me!" Juki announced before firing again and pulling out a single shot .410 pistol.

The girl snarls before rolling and shooting back with her pistol. Missing by a few centimeters. "Damnit! You're a big target! It should be easy to hit you!" Hino screams before firing again.

Though part of this was just a feint as she was also getting close to attack with her tonfa and knife. Sliding under Juki's next buckshot rounds and stunning the girl with her tonfa. Before she could be cut though, the American girl powers through and catches Reiko's knife hand.

"I'm not going down easy!" she said before headbutting her bully in the face and kicking her away. While her nose was bleeding, Reiko had enough mind to move quickly as Juki fired her .410 again. Both curse under their breath as they take a moment to dress any injuries.

While this had been happening, Izuku was keeping his eyes on his captors while looking for his moment. Though it would come to him in the most awkward and pleasurable way. Namely, Ayame falling out of the vents above him. As she was commenting that it hurt, she realized she had landed on his lap. With her breasts pressed into his face.

"I'd say this is getting old, but it's still nice." Izuku commented in a muffled tone as he felt his arousal growing and Hysteria Mode taking over. And while initially wanting to freak out, Ayame felt a sense of relaxed enjoyment at being where she was. 'Though…. I don't like the idea of him being tied up.'

She shakes her head before throwing her fans to disrupt the two other girls. And then slipping Izuku the karambit knife she had in her cleavage. "Thanks, Ayame. I'm guessing Henry-chan did pretty good, right?" Izuku said as he caught the knife with his pinky. Then spun it so fast and precisely that he easily cut through the ropes holding him. And then spun it to impact just above Anne's head.

Ayame got off of Izuku's lap and said she'd take the SSR girl. "No. There's no need for that. I can handle her." Izuku said while smirking towards the girls. His partner asked if he was sure before drawing her fan. He nodded and said she wouldn't have a problem with Nemu.

While the girl wanted to take offense at that, more of her knew that he wasn't far off. So, she got a distance away and set some traps with her gadgets. Ayame moved as quickly as she could while avoiding some of the traps. Only to be blinded by a hidden flashbang.

Nemu took aim with her long-barreled Ruger and fired. On instinct, Ayame quickly moved her arm and used something special that Juki gave her. Hidden wrist guns that were now part of her outfit. "Whoa! Okay, didn't know I could do that. Maybe it's a benefit of my training?" Ayame questioned aloud.

Her opponent wouldn't let her continue to ponder as she threw out more gadgets that she had taken from her workstation. With Ayame noticing something important. "So, you've got a problem with her because she makes reliable gear that is better received. And you. You make all sorts of funny gadgets and gizmos akin to what would be used in the Support courses of Hero schools."

"What of it?!" Nemu shouted before taking some shots at Ayame. Who brought her hands together before disappearing in a flash of fire and smoke. Nemu looked around before slipping out from behind the shelves to try and find her opponent.

The Amdo engineer looked around in worry before spying a flash of fire from a corner. Shooting at it with all of her ammo. But this was just a bluff, as it was one of Ayame's fans she had started on fire. "Time to finish this!" Ayame called out while holding two fingers before her face in typical ninja fashion.

She then pushed off of the wall of shadows she'd been hiding in and knocked her opponent into the air. Ayame then quickly turned and leapt up with her body surrounded by her purple flames. Spinning like a saw into Nemu before both returned to the ground. "That's that!" Ayame declared while tossing up her fan and catching it in her opposite hand. As a new pillar of fire erupted under Nemu.

As the fight between Nemu and Ayame was commencing, Izuku was glaring down his opponent. She snarled before leaping at the boy with clawed gauntlets. He smirked though as he could easily make out how she was attacking. Deflecting strikes before easily disarming her of her weapons. Even the guns she had hidden, Izuku slipped them off of her.

"How did you do that?" she ask with a minor "wau?' sound. "Fairly easily. Which is how I'll stop you now." Izuku said while keeping his confident stance. The look in his eyes made Anna shiver and she tried to run. But that just left her more open for what Izuku had in mind.

Namely, he got to her back and then gently ran his hand and fingers down her spine. Increasing the shivers and stopping Ave du Ank in her tracks. He then attacked her ears and neck, bringing her down to her knees. So all Izuku had to do was tie up her limbs as she turned her stomach toward him.

Once she realized what happened though, she called "no fair!" The boy just shrugged and said all was fair in love and war. "Though I do wonder how you'll perceive that from here on," Izuku said with a coy smoldering look. One that made Anna blush bright as she turned away from him.

"Huh. Guess you didn't need my help after all." Ayame said as she met up with Izuku again. Who agreed before noting they needed to meet up with Juki to fight Reiko. And the two were in something of a deadlock. Though Juki was more hurt than her opponent.

Reiko made her way out of the section she'd hidden in and put a few more shots out. Before dodging Juki's buckshot return fire and getting close to fight hand to hand. Getting her stun tonfa close and causing the larger girl to freeze up. At least until she crumpled under the blows Reiko put into her.

Juki was on the ground as Izuku and Ayame approached. With Reiko celebrating at beating her rival and proving she was the better woman. "Are you sure about that? Isn't most of this just a sad attempt to prove your mother and the other women of your family that you can be more? That you aren't as empty as your name suggests?"

Izuku said this while gesturing for Ayame to hold back for a moment. He pushes his thoughts more, about how Hino's family was semi-legendary for being exceptional women. How they would always prove to be the best among both genders. And how they would attract women to their side to aid them.

What he finishes with sends Reiko over though. "You've gone against the principles of a Butei here. You aren't worthy of the Hino name. Rei." This makes the blonde snap, and she points her gun at Izuku. Juki then calls out for him to catch and tosses the Kukuri she'd made to him.

Izuku catches it in time and cuts through the bullets in the air. And while his opponent is shocked, he rushes in to disable his foe. Though Ayame assumed it would be a gentle take down. Instead, Izuku caught Reiko's hand and started with a strong knee to her stomach. As she went down from that, he followed up with a few punches to the face and one last haymaker. Knocking his foe out.

Ayame's jaw was dropped, and she asked, "uh Izuku? Are you out of Hysteria Mode?" Izuku shook his head, and his eyes told her that he was still in that state. She then asked how he was able to hurt a girl like Reiko. "Because she is actually a he." Izuku says before lifting up the "girl's" skirt. Showing "she" had the parts of a boy.

"So, how did you figure it out?" Juki asked Izuku while they were walking out of the storage area as the teachers were leading Reiko's group away. Izuku looked to Reiko or rather Rei with some sadness.

"At first it was because I noticed his Adam's apple and he felt off while he had me. The way he desperately talked about what the women of his family did. How they had been the top of many aspects of Butei life. My guess: since he was born a boy, they treated him poorly and like he was a failure."

Juki looked to Rei with some sympathy. Thinking about how desperately he seemed to try and fight her and others during sessions. And when that failed, he took to pressuring her and others into not giving their all or backing away. All to prove he wasn't… nothing or a zero like his name would say.

"We'll try and get the kid some help. And maybe put some pressure on that family of crazy bitches to ease up on their psycho Amazon tendencies." Earp said behind the kids. Who barely noticed him at first and freaked out when he was suddenly behind them.

He smiled down at the teens and complimented them on their good work. "I'd say, you've more than earned this Izuku." William says before pulling a box out of his coat pocket. Izuku gently opened the case and saw his new gun. As asked, the weapon could hold ten rounds of .357 ammo.

Etched along the side of the silver guns, were intricate designs of bush clovers. In red and black. "A lot of my gear has a gambling theme. So, I thought I'd make this beauty more aligned with Japanese gaming. Namely, Hanafuda cards. So what you've go there, I call it Tane Hagi." Earp explained while Izuku looked over his weapon. Including the design of the grip and the smooth action he felt as he pulled the trigger. Let alone the rifling in the barrel that would let it fire long distances.

His admiration of the gun though was disrupted by Juki leaning over his shoulder to see the weapon. Drooling a bit as she looked at the craftsmanship that the older gunman had put in to make the weapon. "Do you want to check it out?" Izuku asked while trying to ignore the wet feeling on his shoulder.

"Can I!?" she asked with her eyes filled with stars. Izuku held the weapon towards the young Henry to inspect. And she took it as gingerly as possible. As though the weapon were made of fine glass. "Well, looks like you found yourself a good friend. And technician if those knives are anything to go on." Willaim said with a gaze towards the two blades in question.

Izuku looked at Juki with a smile before giving Ayame a look. As if to ask if she was okay with a full-time partnership. She pouted at first, but upon looking at her hidden guns she sighed and agreed.

"Henry-chan? You got a second?" Izuku asked as the girl was inspecting every inch of the gun Earp made. She blushed at him calling her that and snapped back to her senses. "Uh, yeah. Yeah, I've got time Izuku. What can I do for you," she said while handing the weapon back.

Izuku spun the gun once before holstering it in his jacket. "What would you say to working with me and Ayame full time? Maybe, we could be like a team." Juki looked to him with surprise before asking if he was sure.

"I mean, a lot of people avoid me because of how I look, how big I am, and where I'm originally from. You sure you want me?" she said somewhat sheepishly. Izuku took her hand before smiling and saying, "there's no one better in my opinion than you. Juki Henry."

This brought the blush back in full and the girl felt a measure of admiration for the green teen. First treating her like a friend and then trying to help her when she had trouble. So she quickly glomped him and said, "if you… you say something like that…. How am I supposed to refuse."

Izuku just smiled while pressed against her chest. While he could feel his arousal growing, it was damped by the gratitude he could feel in her embrace. Ayame though was trying to pull the two apart in her jealousy. Earp just smiled from the sidelines before it fell while thinking about what could be coming in the next year. 'If those criminals are right about someone looking to target UA….. then they may need more help than we thought.'

Yeah, that happened. Went with an idea that I felt was plenty believable. It wouldn't be the first time there's a story like "Reiko's". Even if it's more common for the inverse, where the guy turns out to be a girl (Masazumi Honda, Oscar Jarjayes etc).

Fact is, despite what some idiots (extreme feminists) might say, they have just as much capability for crazy levels of cruelty and oppression. And with how Raika's whole arc is around accepting both her sides, I felt having a person dealing with the pressures from others could be a decent story.

Also, there is a difference between saying you are the opposite gender and actually being that inside. In this situation, and in a similar case to Yamato from One Piece, they are just saying they are the opposite to fit within a role they wanted or needed to fill. Yamato wanting to be like Oden, and Rei feeling he needed to be a woman to fulfil his "obligation" to his family.

But the big score here is Izuku getting his engineer and working as a team with her and Ayame. Can't be a Holmes or a Lupin without a good crew. And now Juki is a bit of muscle and technical skills and abilities to round out Izuku's cunning and reason, and Ayame's stealth and mysticism. Please review!