Authors's note :
here is your chapter. no wits today. learned I will lost my job by the end of the month.
will still continue to write.
Chapter 49 : The War of Hate : Kindling
Long after it happened, historians were divided about when the War of Hate happened: Some say it began after the Exegol Crisis and what followed afterward but some said it probably began before as there was some evidence the CRC, the ISP and the LoV began fighting each other before.
However a few historians choose a seemingly insignificant event which in retrospect made sense: the Sako's household siege as it was the first CRC's attack on a civilian target. If the small fights showed the war started before, it wasn't until that moment the War began impacting civilians.
—--
CRC's Sanctuary.
Purifier seemed unimpressive at first glance: he wasn't a mass of muscle, he wasn't with a flashy quirk and his brown hair and eyes made him unexpectedly common. It was actually one of the reasons why police had trouble taking pictures of him: he was simply a really common guy and he actually took great care of that.
However, he didn't do it to avoid scrutiny but because he liked to stay humble. Unlike Terraformars, while he also respected All For One, he didn't share his love for dramatic moments. In fact, Purifier wondered if All For One's heirs didn't represent one part of himself:
Terraformars was his ruthlessness and appreciation to hurt others and Tomura was his appreciation for a good drama and how he liked to style himself for others.
Purifier was something else.
"So, did you bring him safely?" Purifier asked while he checked his underlings' reports about their protection business and their drugs dealing with the Yakuza like this Overhaul. A nice man, honestly and one of the few people who seemed to understand how Quirk could make their owners evil.
"Yes, we managed to capture him, sire." Iwani said to his chief, happy to be one of his lieutenants. Under the previous management, the CRC followed the rule of the strong, not unlike the IPS. As a result, someone quirkless such as himself was supposed to be an eternal footsoldier.
However, ever since Purifier took the lead, he began to promote Quirkless people if they had good tactical ideas and senses. Iwani was not someone strong in battle but he was quick on his feets and knew how to drive unlike a lot of members. As a result, he often used the equipment in his truck to make sure deals were going fine and to extract his team if needed. As a result, his team made a lot of money.
This time, though, he was sent on a "Purification mission". A "Beast" was sighted and harassed and killed homeless people in Tokyo. The heroes were supposedly on the case but the homeless knew better than to trust the government and resigned themselves to their fate. Happily for them, the CRC had a lot of centers made to help them, allowing them to heal and recruit people for the cause.
Iwani and his team had to hunt the rabid mongoose mutant in the sewer. Probably a bad case of Trigger, one with botched quality. Either that or a Carnivorous mutant who let his animal instinct take control of himself. It was more common than what the government said. The doctors' data were all falsified as they were all in the complot to replace the population with mindless beasts, good for handiwork!
If they didn't act now to wipe out mutants, they would replace Japan's population and the elites would win!
Iwani believed in his holy crusade and he would dirty himself so others wouldn't have to.
His men brought the mongoose mutant who was enraged by the restraint; truly more animal than man.
"GRAAAAAA!" The beast said before trying to destroy his chains. Sadly for the mutant, the CRC's chains were specifically made with Western metallurgy techniques. Unless you were among the top tier of the mutants like Mizunaka or Gang Orca, you had no hope to break them.
"Permission to shoot him, my lord?"
Purifier stared at the man, disapprovingly. It was the old way, not the new way like he wanted to lead the CRC. He was a savior, not a petty thug.
"No. There is a man under this beastly skin and I shall save him."
Without a fear, as everyone in the main room stared at the spectacle, Purifier walked in front of the rabid beast who tried to maul his face.
The young man was unimpressed by the display of brutality and the sound of the maws trying to eat him.
"DIE!"
"No." Purifier said in a whisper, yet everyone heard him. Purifier hugged the beast with all of his might. Kindness in strength and a total lack of hatred or disgust in his action.
Everyone in the Sanctuary wept at the spectacle: their leader was hugging with love one of their enemies, one they despised with their heart. Yet, their leader's love for mankind and his credo that even under a beast skin there was a man were strong enough to make the beast back away.
Proof being the Mongoose slowly turning back into a human. A blond human who was naked while the hug continued.
"DIE DIe… Die?"
It was as if a fog was lifted on his mind as he stared at everyone in the room. He felt… Cold. Weak. Sane.
He lifted his hands and saw fingers, actual finger. Not paws, no claws… Fingers he could move.
He was…
"Human."
Purifier smiled at him with a pure and heartwarming smile as the man discovered his own human body, free from his mutation quirk. He was pure.
"Can someone bring a mirror to this man?" Purifier asked, still holding the man's wrist.
Quickly, someone brought a full sized mirror. The blond man wept at the sight in the mirror.
"What… What…"
"Calm down. I know this is a shock. The Beast is gone, my friend. This… This is my gift. I can erase any quirk as long as I hold the person. In the case of mutants, it frees them from their mutation."
The Man was shocked. He kneeled, weeping.
"I was… I was under control of the savagery inside me! I don't know what happened!"
"What is your name, brother?" Purifier asked with compassion. He knew exactly what happened and the man suffered a lot. He pitied him.
"I think… My name was Serizawa." Suddenly, he got some flashes of his memory and promptly vomited on the ground, terrorized, "OH GOD, I ATE SOMEONE?!"
"The Beast ate someone," Purifier corrected, "Not you. You are innocent, Serizawa. Calm down. It is going to be okay."
The man, on his knee, was weeping as he was seeing what he did during this period where he lost his humanity.
"How can you be so sure?! I am a…"
"You are human. Anyone who denies you deserves to be shot on the spot." Purifier said, with steel in his voice. Serizawa was staring at him, not believing his ears.
"Please. I don't want to hurt anyone. I don't want to be a beast."
"I know my friend. I promise you. The Beast will never come back again."
"Ho… How?"
"Inhale. Focus on my voice and only on it. Close your eyes and think about a happy moment in your life… Or maybe a dream?"
"... I remember when I was leading a scientific team to learn more about the radiation and how it makes quirks evolve."
"Let me guess. Florida?" Purifier was also quite interested in the subject and he remembered reading a thesis by Dr Serizawa.
"Yes. Considering my mutation, I thought I was stronger than what was there." He cried once again. "I was so wrong…"
"But you were happy." Purifier redirected his thoughts, "You were with a team, your friends."
"I met my wife there. She… We had a son. He has her quirk, radiation manipulation: he can heatwave his milk with his hand!"
"Now I want you to focus on your family. How happy you will be to meet them as a human. Imagine, your son hugging you and not some fur…"
"I… I see," Serizawa was smiling when his neck broke, killing him instantly and painlessly.
"Thank you Sakura." Purifier said to his Executioner. The young woman with pink hair nodded her head, solemnly. Taking a life was a hard decision, one that must never be easy as Purifier said.
One tear fell on her cheek.
Purifier released his grasp from the dead doctor. His body didn't turn back into a mutant. He hated killing people he wanted to save. However, his quirk only worked as long as he held people… Unless they died their quirk suppressed. Then, they stayed human. Pure.
"REMEMBER! UNDERNEATH THE FUR, THERE IS A HUMAN SUFFERING. WE KILL NOT BECAUSE IT IS FUN BUT TO SAVE THEIR SOULS! THIS! THIS IS OUR HOLY DUTY!"
Purifier stared at the good doctor and crossed his arms on his chest.
"Dress him and send him back to his family. He deserves to be wept by them."
"YES SIR!"
Tomura was dramatic. Terraformars was cruelty.
Purifier was conviction.
"Sir! The Shie Hissekai asked for our help resolving an issue!"
Purifier raised a curious eyebrow. He was one of the few people aware of Chisaki's project to create a permanent anti-quirk drug. Purifier was extremely interested in it as it would allow him to… You know. Save people by actually saving them, not killing them. He was one of his biggest sponsors and trading partners as result.
"... Big issue?"
"Extremely. He said his project would suffer a significant setback if he doesn't solve it."
Purifier grumbled as he knew he didn't have any strike squad ready as of now. His lightning attempt on the LoV recently diminished his ability to attack.
"Do we have an attack team we can spare?"
"I can do it, my lord." Iwani helpfully said before Purifier shook his head.
"No. You are needed to plan the next attack to kill the LoV."
Purifier hoped to get Chisaki's bullets but Sensei's ability to take quirks was another solution he wanted to explore.
Unlike this fucking Terraformars, he hated killing and he couldn't wait for the day he disposes of this beast!
As for Tomura… Well, the man seemed actually like a better person than what he heard initially. He had nothing against him but his death was a necessary sacrifice, one he was willing to make.
"What is the issue exactly?" Purifier asked the messenger while he looked through the message.
"Apparently the "Eri" got stolen, sir."
Purifier nodded; understanding why Overhaul asked for help. The mutant girl. The necessary abomination and cursed child to save the world. Losing her would be a huge setback, yes.
"Overhaul promises that if the operation is a success, we will get 50 free bullets, sir."
Purifier smiled as he saw Chisaki knew the rule: You obtained something by asking politely, sure, but you could get even more if you offered something in exchange.
"Tell Cloak and Dagger they are in for an extraction mission. Tell Chisaki we will answer the call. Do we have some leftovers from Purity's era?"
Purifier smiled as his lieutenant nodded. It was always fun to see some racists get trashed.
—--
"How is holding the little one?" Ryo was a mission first guy, but he wasn't heartless. Especially as the girl was finally safe and a very important witness for the investigation.
Inko was busy bringing tea for everyone in the room, meaning Ryo, Rappa, Rumi, Compress and herself. Which was quite the firepower in the room. Otsu was staying in Miruko's gym to protect it, just in case.
Compress would have loved to call the Levellers to help but they were busy at the moment: Gentle was doing his best to show they were active and it was also a good opportunity to see how much Gentle learned under him.
(In the background, the news spoke how Gentle Criminal was busy fighting Wash and Orca live, after he broke into a diet member's manor and stole things inside of it and what was suspiciously looking like an enamored woman with him.)
"She is getting cuddled by my son. He has summoned a bunch of cute beast to drown her in fluffiness and happiness," Atsuhiro explained with a smile, "She should be fine and be safe with him."
"The summon guy, right? I remember his fight against my intern. He isn't bad." Rumi mentioned but she preferred Katsuki viciousness in a fight and bloodlust. She was waiting impatiently for his return to train him even harder than before. Yui was definitely training even more as a result.
"I wonder if I can ask him to summon another me to punch me in the face…" Rappa had his priorities and it was a good fight. Compress sighed with Ryo while Inko grumbled.
"So, what can we expect? Yakuzas I guess?"
"If my profile on Overhaul is correct, he probably asked for reinforcement from his client. We have rumors he worked on a product that could destroy quirks. Rappa?" Ryo was clearly the brain in their trio.
"He has a bullet that can suppress your quirk for a few minutes. The definitive version is almost completed from what Chronostasis wrote." Rappa explained while carefully drinking his tea offered by Inko. He still remembered how angry she was when, in their younger years, he tried to be a macho man in front of her and spilled some tea.
Never again.
"So, they are definitely coming for that girl and then going to hide after killing us all." Inko wasn't dumb and she was going to be the one with the girl, most likely.
"Miruko, you will give Izuku the authorization to use his quirk, right?" Compress asked. At this point, he was wondering if his secret identity was still a secret and if he shouldn't just be a hero full-time.
"Well, we are technically inside your house and he is technically allowed to use it there. But yes, if the big bad guys arrive, I expect the young Izuku to use his quirk to protect everyone in the apartment."
Compress and Ryo began to think. So… How would they do this?
—--
Tomura and the other members of the LoV were trying to catch their breath in their new hideout.
Toga was laying on the couch, dead tired and not even trying to lick the blood from her face. Too many fucking insect mutants. Hell, even the burned stench was going to stick if she didn't find a way to get a shower soon. Shit, it had been hard to explain to Tamaki twice why she smelled weird when they met up at the mall while spying on their friend's crush.
They totally didn't stop following them to do their own activity which was basically trying some food stalls for weird quirk eaters.
Dabi was smoking against the wall. The one time where a porcupine bastard almost shot him through a window was a good enough lesson to never do it again. ("If you do a stakeout, Touya, never light a flame next to a window. You will be a target").
This angered him even more.
Spinner, meanwhile, was busy freaking out at the situation. Don't worry Spinner, you will get to make new friends for the cause! It will be an easy mission, you will see! No risk to be involved in a bloody succession war for the right to be the Quirk Thief's heir! He just wanted to go back to his girlfriend, really.
Loony Toon was currently having the time of her life: she got to kill fools without any kind of limitation. Even Tomura said so: bastards like them didn't deserve to live, they were the worst and they were weak.
It was always fun to make a portal against the wall, run through it and when the enemy tried to follow her… Stopping the quirk, making them hit the wall hard.
Then, of course, she would smash their head with her new hammer, the Foolkiller. It was fun!
Then all of their break suddenly came to an end when Twice managed to fix the TV in their lounge:
"We are in direct from Musutafu where the Yakuza and some heroes apparently battled out furiously!"
"Boss? Isn't that the apartment where your totally not cousin lives?" Twice pointed out making Tomura suddenly pay more attention to the TV as he was forced to see that Twice had a point.
So, Tomura did the smart thing.
—--
Munchkin: ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!
SmallMight: Shit, you already know?!
Munchkin: YOU ARE ON THE NEWS, DUMBASS! What do they mean by YAKUZA SIEGING YOUR FUCKING HOUSE? WHAT DID YOU DO?!
SmallMight: Funnily enough? Not my fault.
Bomberman: Bullshit.
SmallMight: No seriously, it was Dad's fault. He rescued a little girl and brought her home. The Yakuza had an issue with that.
Bomberman: Fuck. That must have been a fun fight.
SmallMight: Miruko said she had a blast.
Bomberman: THAT WAS A FUCKING AWESOME FIGHT AND I MISSED IT!
Munchkin: … You have issues kid.
SmallMight: :stare:
Bomberman: I am perfectly fine!
Munchkin: Still. What the fuck.
SmallMight: So, basically, the Yakuza came with like 40 people and a few strong quirks. Like their boss, he actually destroyed half of the building in one touch!
Bomberman: Izuku, you live in a 13 floor tall building.
Munchkin: Even I would have trouble doing that. *And I wear limiter.*
SmallMight: Took him like 15 seconds. Mom almost got caught in the slide. Hell, firemen are still looking through the stone.
Bomberman: Fuuuuuu
SmallMight: Thankfully, he wasn't fully a dick. Either that or he knows that killing indiscriminately people would bring a lot of heat on him. He had a subordinate gather everyone in some kind of bubble with an air way.
Munchkin: Good tactic: heroes and rescue people will focus more on saving the people than chasing after him, if he escapes.
SmallMight: He escaped. However Miruko apparently knows who he is and she is arranging an emergency raid on his place. All-Might's assistant himself is planning an emergency raid.
—--
Nighteye was sitting in front of a bloody Miruko, the red fluid flowing from her head and from a half broken ear. He was pretty sure only 10% of the blood belonged to her and it was both reassuring and frightening.
"By All-Might, how the fuck did you mess with MY INVESTIGATION?!"
"Please," Miruko said, smiling smugly while eating a carrot. She crossed her legs in front of a Nighteye trying to comprehend the report next to her, "MY investigation was a success. I got a mole…"
"HOW THE FUCK DID YOU CONVINCE RAPPA TO BE A MOLE?!"
"... If I told you the reasons, you wouldn't believe me, virgin four-eyes."
Miruko got hit by a water bomb launched from outside thanks to an opened window. Mirai actually saw she would be highly infuriating and planned beforehand for stress relief.
"HEY!"
"Try me."
"FINE! Rappa is an old friend, I met Knuckle Duster thanks to him when I was younger. We stayed in contact and I introduced him to his now girlfriend."
Mirai's face showed his lack of belief mankind could be saved by that point.
"What."
"She is my secretary."
"... Rappa, the huge brute of the underworld, fell in love with a meek secretary?"
Miruko showed her smartphone to Mirai, presenting a video. In it, Otsu was fighting violently with someone who looked suspiciously like Gang Orca with a fake mustache. She lost the fight but managed to bring the huge mutant to his knee a few times until he had to use his sonic attack.
"I retract the last statement. Fuck. If I had known, I would have asked your agency for help earlier."
"So… What about the raid on the Yakuza's remnants?"
"I am planning it. As far as our network can tell us, Overhaul made some panicked calls. Probably calling in huge favors. However, no one seemed to come. He is probably preparing to bunker down for a final stand."
Mirai knew that Overhaul's research was cruel, sickening and also utterly brilliant. Given to someone like David Shield, it could help untold people with their quirks. Some would be appealed he was thinking like that but Mirai was among the people who thought the Americans had a point by exfiltrating Nazi scientifics to the U.S.A. post WW2.
Then, the earth shook hard and the windows that weren't open exploded, the shockwave sending both pro heroes on the ground.
Both of them got back on their feet quickly and both wondered… What? What happened?
—--
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, THE YAKUZA'S BUILDING EXPLODED ?!"
—--
Purifier was looking at Cloak and Dagger. Both of them were heavily battered by what happened to them, presenting clear signs of electrocution, fire and various other wounds.
"Cloak. Dagger. Report."
"Your friend the Yakuza was right about the fact the house was inhabited by heroes," the huge man who was wearing a cape around him. His power allowed him to generate a warp zone between two surfaces under the shadows and if he had a line of sight. Very useful for ambush and kidnapping.
"However, he failed to indicate the kid was rescued by the kid who went to town with Wolfram on I-Island." Dagger pointed, groaning, as she slammed her dagger against her arm.
Purifier winced at the sight before seeing the previous wound heal. Dagger's quirk was fucking weird: if she hurted you, it would heal. If she tried to heal you, it would hurt you. It was extremely useful for kidnapping too, as it allowed the target to not kill by mistake. Also, knowing she couldn't hurt with her knife allowed her to put the knife against the jugular without any kind of hesitation and any truth quirk would register her willingness to slash it as hostility and being highly serious about her threat. Win win.
"The kid that can summon things? Damn. What did he summon? Heroes? Giant monsters?"
Both villains starred at themselves, before explaining…
—--
Warper were either long range but slow to charge or short range but you could spam it as long as you had endurance.
Cloak was proud to think he was most likely the best short range warper in Japan and probably in Asia.
They met up with Chisaki before conducting the raid on the apartment. Chisaki was to attract the heroes' attention with his small army while the two villains conducted a special raid to kidnap fast and clean the little girl.
"ERI! COME DOWN QUIETLY AND NO ONE GETS HURT!"
A few seconds after that, Dagger heard the distinct sound of a cactus being thrown at someone way below. Probably the Yakuza who dared to speak.
The two of them infiltrated the building quite easily actually. They went inside before everything went to hell by teleporting themselves inside a car which went in the underground parking linked to the building. After that, they teleported themselves several times on the top of the building to have a good idea of what was happening outside.
Now, they were chilling on the roof, waiting for the best moment to attack.
"That's actually impressive, you know? To see Miruko, Rappa and this Hawaiian guy going into the field to fight the Yakuza." Cloak said while eating some food. He wasn't going to wait without anything after all.
"Quite. However, I don't think they are idiots enough to let the kid stay without protection." Dagger pointed out while pulling out her dagger and Chisaki's radar. Eri's signal was below them. Probably a few floors down.
Both of them pulled their CRC masks and robes before getting ready. It was a quick Snatch and Run. What was the worst that could happen?
—--
Inko wasn't a fighter anymore. She didn't have a fight in years after all. However, she still had good senses. As a result, she was ready to demonstrate why a frying pan was a powerful tool in the hand of a mama bear. She knew, however, she was like their before-last line of defense if some people passed the heroes. It was a possibility and part of the battle plan after all.
Compress, meanwhile, was busy lying in the shadow with several marbles, ready to unleash them on whoever tried to harm his family.
Atsuhiro had been alone most of his life but now he had a wife, a son and probably an adorable daughter.
So when the first Yakuza emerged from the stairs, exhausted by having to run through the stairs, Atsuhiro didn't quip for once.
The Yakuza, upon seeing the man's angry face, knew he probably had better odds with Rappa and Miruko, before hearing his own arms break.
"For today's show… I will make some assholes disappear."
Compress said with no fun and pleasantness in his voice, as the Yakuzas began to flow in the stairs.
Truth to be told, Compress wore a mask to hide his expressions when he was working because he was highly expressive. The bad guys were currently seeing a true demon, ready to do what was needed to defend his family.
Soon, people in the building were hearing loud and audible cracking noises, followed by screams.
—--
Izuku Sako, born Midoriya. As of now, if you were to refer to the official UNO's power chart, he would be a lower Class Six. That information was known only by a few people. Garaki, All For One, All Might, Nedzu and David Shield. The last three decided Izuku deserved to be among the Class Six after discovering Optimus' head.
A Cybertronian, something that didn't exist before and now it fully existed in their world. David was busy trying to reverse-engineer the technology but the implications were incredible.
They were also incredibly worried if Izuku were to summon bad creatures, evil things.
However, currently, Izuku Sako was busy making sure Eri was fine. How? Well, by hugging her softly, promising the cute girl that everything was going to be okay. The fact she was relaxing in soft mane was greatly helping.
Also, thanks to his training and UA, Izuku now had nerves of steel. He was hard to surprise. So when two assholes appeared in front of him from some shadow gate, he wasn't surprised or worried.
"Shush! Don't make noise, Eri is sleeping."
Izuku's big brother side had been triggered by the little girl and he was ready to do a lot of things to protect the little one.
Dagger and Cloak didn't smile as they took a battle stance while Izuku was busy playing with Eri's hair.
"GIVE THE…"
Suddenly, Dagger was interrupted by a blue blur which sent her flying against the wall. Cloak barely had the time to react before being lassoed and thrown on the opposite wall.
Izuku wasn't smiling to them as his hands were playing with several decks of cards.
"My name is Izuku Sako. I fought some villains on I-Island a few days ago. I went and won against a class S villain with an emergency deck, something I have when I don't expect trouble."
The two CRC's villains saw what attacked them and didn't believe their eyes.
"We are in my home. In my room. I took off all of my All Might's goodies because I expected a fight. However, you are literally in the place where I have everything I need."
Rainbow Dash and Applejack stepped out of the shadow, apparently not happy at all. Curiously, seeing cartoon ponies in the real world made them extremely creepy. The fact they were growling at them was also an intimidating factor.
"Thankfully for you, I wanted to show only cute things to Eri. Otherwise, I would have summoned an Endeavor to torch you." Izuku said, before letting the ponies beat up the bad guys.
People from the old times created too many card games to be fair.
—--
"You got beaten up by… ponies." Purifier was wondering if the two were pulling his legs, but they weren't. At all.
"We only managed to escape because of what Overhaul did afterward." Dagger explained, while stabbing multiple time Cloak to heal him.
—--
Chisaki was many things but patient wasn't one of his qualities. Methodical, clinical? Sure. Patient? No. It was the reason why Emilia had better grades than him when they studied under Garaki, as she took her time for her experiments to mature. He would use his quirk to accelerate the procedure, often with… Consequences.
So, when Chisaki saw a blast coming from one apartment, most likely the Sako's, he knew the CRC's squad triggered some kind of trap.
In front of him, Miruko, Rappa and the third guy with blue flame and who fought like some kind of Street Fighting Hero were holding down most of his men.
The battle was most likely lost.
Still, Overhaul couldn't… He WOULDN'T LET THE HEROES WIN.
Chisaki let a roar out of his throat and began to jump in the frey, touching all of his men as he went on and on.
Very quickly, Miruko, Rappa and Ryo were facing a small Kaiju sized Overhaul, who then proceed to fuck up the building in one hit, causing a massive landslide.
"ERI IS MINE!"
—--
Munchkin: So, wait. The reason about how he managed to destroyed a good chunk of the building was because he went full fusion dance with all the unconscious people on the ground? THE FUCK IS THAT QUIRK?!
SmallMight: The hell if I know. That quirk is op!
Bomberman: … All I got is you let ponies beat up people to protect a little girl. Adorable. Why do you even have such cards?
SmallMight: To protect frightened little girls.
Munchkin: … To my great surprise, I validated that answer.
It still doesn't tell me how you dealt with that Overhaul fuck.
SmallMight: With a card.
–—--
"MOM!" Izuku didn't know at that time that Inko and everyone else was fine. Chisaki was mad and panicked but as said before, quite clinical. He knew he would need hostages and trapped civilians to increase his odds of successfully running away.
Izuku was, as a result, legitimately angry and pulled his Yu-Gi-Oh book of cards.
"GIVE ME THE GIRL AND I WILL…"
"FUCK YOU ! DE-FUSION!" Izuku yelled, while pulling a certain magic card. As he said before, his room was basically the place where he had the most opportunities to use his quirk and he had now more than a year to accumulate cards.
In addition to that, Momo held up good on her promise to help him find rare cards thanks to her family monopoly on card games… That and the Den of the Drake's network of neckbeards.
Izuku was proud to be a hero that could manage every situation with all of his tools.
Overhaul didn't appreciate to re-appear like a dumbass on the ground with a lot of confused people who were wondering why they weren't an angry monster anymore.
Then, they got smashed by very angry heroes who needed to pacify the place before rescuing the civilians.
—--
"Fuck. Nothing good came from it then."
"Yeah, about that… Did the Yakuza ever send you a photo from the kid?" Cloak said while being stabbed violently by Dagger.
"Only she was partially mutated and her quirk was highly out of control. Why?"
Cloak explained why. Purifier went pale, whiter than a skull bleached by the sun.
"I need to make a call. Right now."
—--
"I need your help and I am using my favor."
—--
"Kurogiri? Open a portal."
—--
Chisaki was sitting on the ground while his minions prepared a throne-like chair for their visitor.
He hated groveling in front of someone that wasn't a Yakuza like the Boss but their visitor wasn't someone you could trifle with.
Chronostasis was with him and obviously the man was sweating. Chisaki could understand why, especially when a shadow cloud appeared out of nowhere and from it emerged Kurogiri and a man with a huge dark mask.
"Aaaah… I haven't gone outside since…"
"Since last week, sir, to stretch your legs." Kurogiri helpfully provided for his master. All For One nodded and sat on the throne prepared for him. The man had a huge body and everything about him said he was in control. He was powerful and able to kill all of them, even in this disgraced form.
Chisaki stayed silent. His adoptive father told him how an audience with All For One went and how the man didn't appreciate what he perceived as disrespect. You didn't speak unless you were asked first. You were respectful. You prepared good wine if possible or the best saké you had if nothing else.
You needed to make the man a king. Only then would he propose a deal to have your soul in exchange for what you needed the most.
"So. You have asked for an audience. I have seen the news. What is your request?"
Chisaki, still prostrated, remembered what Garaki told him: once All For One executed someone for raising their head when they were not expressly told to.
"I humbly request your help to take back what is mine and protect my clan."
All For One stayed silent for a second. He contemplated the demand before speaking again.
"Do you have a picture of the child?" The Emperor of Evil asked in a warm voice, deceptive as a snake.
Chronostasis helpfully provided a picture. Eri was smiling in the picture, held by her dad.
"The picture is a bit old, however it is the best we have, sir."
Kurogiri took the picture with his smartphone, allowing his master to see it. The intel was correct.
The mask didn't help understand All For One's emotion. He coldly put the picture on the table.
"What happened to the man?"
"He was a victim of the cursed child's quirk. We believe he was rewinded to nothingness." Chisaki knew he was telling a lot but All For One could see through lies. Honesty was the only way out.
"I see. Small mercy then," All For One looked thoughtful as his hand reached his neck to scratch it, "What do I get from this?"
"My erasure bullets once they are done. My quirk too. With my medical knowledge, healing you would be a child's play."
"Also your men under my command until I deem as you have repaid your debt." All For One didn't propose. He stated the obvious.
Chisaki didn't move. It was easy. He was actually too frightened by All For One's aura to dare move.
"It is an excellent deal." All For One said, nodding quietly.
Chronostasis allowed himself a smile. Thank god, they were saved!
"However, I have an issue," All For One said and immediately black blade emanated from the lord of crime, "Scratch that, I HAVE SEVERAL ISSUES!" He yelled quite angrily, as a shockwave partially destroyed the room and made the yakuza leaders fly against the wall.
Overhaul tried to get back up for the fight, not expecting that reaction as he was highly respectful during the whole thing but…
He got impaled next to Chronostasis faster than he could say anything and his hands were vaporized by a laser quirk from his hands.
Red lasers, while dark sparks runned through the highly diminished man. All For One was clearly going for the kill and destroying all of them, for a perceived slight. Chisaki had to know.
"Wh… Why?! Don't tell me it is because I experimented on a child!?"
All For One smirked audibly before decapitating Chronostasis.
"Fuck no. I have a teen I torture by forcing to play for his life in my cave. No, the reason is way more simple. The little kid and the green haired one." All For One wasn't going to let Chisaki die ignorant of his sins after all.
Chisaki tried to say something as All For One began to glow in a blinding purple light.
"What…"
"They are my grandchildren. I don't tolerate when people take my family away from me. As a punishment, I will take everything from you." All For One said as more and more energy emanated from him. He wasn't supposed to do things like that. It was highly idiotic in his state.
Seikyo didn't care at all about that: someone had hurt his family. Someone had hurt his granddaughter, one he would have cared for! One he would have made happy and raised as a princess of crime!
Also, he was pretty certain she could have healed him AGE AGO, FOR FUCK SAKE.
So, All For One decided to combine several quirks as an homage from an anime of the old time. He was probably the last person to remember it. Oh well, it was never too late for a reference.
"OH GOD NO, DON'T!" Chisaki tried to plead but All For One wasn't known for his mercy.
"I… AM… ATOMIC!" All For One said with a smile, as the energy suddenly went out.
Chisaki could only cry as he saw a blinding light destroy everything he ever loved in a powerful burst of energy, unstoppable and unforgiving.
The only mercy All For One granted that day, was a swift and painless death. The remaining Yakuzas didn't even know they died.
—--
"Kurogiri? Tell the young Monoma I decided to spare him a whole week. His quirk is going to be way more useful than what I thought." All For One was already pondering what he could do with Eri's quirk.
"Very well sire. What about young Purifier?"
"... He provided true information. He was faithful and more importantly, he was useful. I give him Machia."
Both of them missed the fact Chisaki didn't leave a skeleton but some kind of sludge behind him.
—--
Garaki's lab.
Emily's special project: Noumu Remote Control.
Chisaki cried, screamed his pain when Emilia took from him the remote control helmet. Fuck! The plan was simply to have the Noumu as a body double in case All For One tried to steal his quirk! All For One always found fun people who managed to escape his quirk! That was part of the plan…
Well, until All For One decided to blow the fuck up the Yakuza.
"CHISAKI KAI. YOU ARE HERE!" Emilia tried to ground him in reality, with a powerful hug. She needed to help him remember he was safe. Not there. Not with all of the dead Yakuzas.
Garaki, hearing the scream, came on his floating chair. He didn't expect such a scream as he helped Chisaki prepare for the meeting. It should have pleased All For One!
"What's happening?! All For One killed someone?"
"He…He…" Chisaki was bawling like a child, as he saw the Yakuza, his house. His home. The Boss… "Everyone is dead. He killed them all." He still felt the blast on his skin, Chronostasis' head falling beside him.
Garaki opened his mouth before closing it. Chisaki, for the first time in his life, was actively crying, tears streaming on his cheeks as Emilia kept him in her arms, in a warm hug.
His Boss was dead. His Father was dead because of him. Because he asked for All For One's help. He asked the Devil to save everything he cared for and the Devil took everything.
Chisaki was still sobbing, when he fell asleep, in Emilia and Garaki's arms.
"... Emilia? Change of plan. I was thinking of sparing All For One for his help, even if he didn't know he helped." Garaki said, his voice actually cold. Emilia nodded, as she knew what he was going to say.
"Fuck All For One?"
"Fuck All For One."
The Kindling of the War of Hate all began because a child was rescued and a Yakuza called for help.
It would have begun anyway but that act of kindness and that act of cruelty was recorded as having amplified what happened during the Cataclysm at the end of the War.