AN: Chapter 5, here we are again, I am surprisingly happy with how this turned out, thank you for the support, it is truly a pleasure to know that people are actually enjoying my work. I hope you continue to enjoy. Now then time to answer some comments.

sardarhassan503: Unfortunately, I do not watch MegaMan star force, the concept you wrote seems fun and maybe if I ever want to do an Agito fic I may take your idea, plus I'd have an excuse to binge a show so win-win in my eyes. Thank you for the continued support.

ahein9937: Glad you are liking the fic and thanks for the support! I hope you enjoy how I am utilizing the HPSC in this fic, and I hope the wait wasn't too long.

CCSakuraforever: Me alegro de que te guste la historia. La organización hizo que Izuku luchara contra Mirko y ahora tenemos un encuentro entre ellos. Mirko está bien, sólo se ha pinchado, se recuperará. No tengo ni idea de cuándo será el examen de la UA, estoy tratando de no apurar demasiado mi línea de tiempo, pero está trazada, todavía tenemos 4 años en el fic antes de la UA.

(Glad you are enjoying the story! The organization made Izuku fight Mirko and now we have a meeting between them. Mirko is fine just punctured, she will recover. I have no idea when the UA exam will be, I am trying not to rush my timeline too much, but it is mapped out, we still have 4 years in the fic before UA.)

Light Hero Kaiser: Glad you enjoyed the chapter!

WeAreTheWord: Glad you are enjoying the story!

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Izuku walked through the door, deactivating his transformation, as Melissa quickly tackled him into a hug.

"IZU! You actually won! Are you okay? How bad are you hurt? How well did the suit hold up? Do yo-"

"Mel, I'm fine. Very banged up. Never want to fight her again, zero out of ten do not recommend. Now would you please help me to the couch so I can lay down, and maybe a little first aid?"

"Oh! Yeah sure! Let me help you, your Mom is out getting ingredients for a victory dinner by the way, she was very worried for you. I was too, I can't believe the shield broke like that, not to mention how you had to change mid fight, maybe we should ha-"

"Mel, it's fine. We planned well based on the data we had, it didn't work so I had to think on the fly. If anything this fight was a good test of recognizing the win conditions. I'd hate to imagine that fight without hedgehog or Mirko underestimating me"

"To be fair, she was kicking your butt."

"And she would have won if she didn't try to boast, hopefully she learns from this, I'd hate for an actual villain to take advantage of that.

"Well now she knows"

"And now, I sleep" he said, promptly collapsing on the couch

"You idiot" she said with a soft smile on her face

The next day, Izuku and Melissa were waiting under the tree at the meeting point. Izuku had Pirate-Lock equipped, Melissa standing next to him. Having a short conversation going over data from the fight before Hawks landed in front of them. "Hey hey, Kamen Rider, how's it hangin', talking to a fan while you wait?"

"A fan? I don't know Mel, are you a fan?" He said smugly

"Oh, please. We both know the answer to that" She responds

Hawks blinked and shook his head "huh? Am I missing something here?"

"Maybe, I did say pick us up yesterday."

Hawks blinked before responding "You son of a gun, you have a partner in crime!"

"Not a crime when you don't break any laws"

"Touché, multicolor man, touché. Whelp, I guess I'll lead the way, think you can keep up?"

"Please, it's not like your hard to miss, you're a bright yellow bird with red wings"

Hawks then smirked and took off, with Izuku and Melissa following down below. Until the trio eventually made their way to the headquarters of the Hero Public Safety Commission. Hawks led the two up several flights of stairs and into a small office that oversaw the city, the lights were low, and the chair was facing outwards, away from our entering pair.

"Soooo, are you going to turn around all dramatic like? Or are we gonna be talking to a chair? '' Izuku joked.

Melissa facepalmed, and nudged him in the side "Why can't you at least try and make a good first impression"

"To be fair, I think my first impression was of the fight they saw last night. And based on the fact that I'm not in cuffs and that Nagant in the corner there hasn't put a bullet through my head means that it was already a decent one"

Nagant spoke up shrugging "He's right you know"

The chair then turned around, the public safety commission president now facing them, speaking "Welcome Build, may I ask who your friend is? I'm assuming that she is the brains of you two based on how you speak"

Izuku gasps in mock offense "Hey! If you must know it's actually fifty-fifty of who has the brains, we are two halves of a whole genius team if you must know." He then looks over to Melissa and asks, "Would you like me to introduce you or do you have it?"

Melissa smiles "I got it covered" she bows "Melissa Shield, one half of Team Build, it's a pleasure"

The president's eyes widened "Shield huh, I don't suppose your father is behind Build then?"

"Only where it matters, legally he has authorized the project under his name as I-Island official research. Therefore, no we can't and won't sell you Build"

Chuckling, the president responded "good to know then, so that means our only way to Build is to get you two on our team I suppose"

Izuku then popped in "And that brings us to the point of this meeting doesn't it"

"Yes, it does. Now, before we discuss terms, threats, deals, and the other details of any potential arrangements, I have one question. Why are you Build"

Melissa smiled softly and looked to Izuku as he answered "Simple, I am Build because when I see someone in danger, I can't help but butt in. I am someone who has the power to help people, so I am going to use it to do so. I am aware of the loopholes in vigilantism laws, and I saw that as reason enough to keep going, knowing that what I do can't jeopardize my future, while I can keep helping people as much as I can. Whether it be from getting a pet out of a tree or stopping a robbery, there is no crime too small, no villain too big, no person unworthy of help that could stop me from trying to make this a safer place."

Everyone in the room smiled, Hawks spoke first after a whistle "Well said, multicolor man, well said."

The president nodded "Agreed, and I'll choose to believe that. Now, time for proper business. We want you, Build, as you've proven you can hold your own against a top ranked hero, but you clearly lack experience, so we'd wait on giving you a proper license"

"That's fine, wasn't planning on getting one for another eight years anyways, give or take"

"Eight years! Why so long dude?" Hawks asked

Izuku and Melissa chuckled before Izuku responded "Simple, can't enter UA until I'm eighteen, roughly four years to graduate, and four plus four equals eight"

Nagant responded her eyes widening and a small chuckle escaping "Holy shit, Mirko got her ass kicked by a fourteen year old"

Izuku shot finger guns at her in response, before Hawks bursts out laughing "I NEED TO TELL HER THAT"

"Your funeral birdbrain"

"A worthy death" Hawks replied

The president then speaks up "Getting back on track, with you both as minors can we even do anything here without your father Melissa?"

Melissa smiled and responded, "This is why I said legally earlier." She then pulls out a document signed by her father "As of three years ago, all legal decisions regarding Project: Build can have decisions made by either one Melissa Shield or one Izuku Midoriya"

"I assume Mr. Midoriya is the one behind the mask?"

"You assume correctly president; congrats you are the first to know my secret identity" Izuku replied

Melissa then pulls another paper out of her bag and lays it on the desk "Here is an NDA regarding his identity, I'm sure you understand. Given how popular Build has been I am sure several criminals and villains would love to take him down and or take our equipment, especially since he just took down Mirko"

The president sighed "Fair enough, however, given that we agree, can we see who is behind the mask?"

Izuku and Melissa looked to each other then back to the president, Izuku responded "Only after all three of you have signed" The three then signed the document and Izuku removed the bottles undoing his transformation. "Well, I guess it's time for a proper introduction" he bowed "Izuku Midoriya, the other half of Team Build, pleasure"

The president nods and continues "Alright, given how prepared you two have been I'm assuming you have more than that NDA in that bag of yours. Am I wrong?"

"Once again, you assume correct," Melissa confirmed, pulling out another document.

Hawks looked over at the two "Jeez, kids, how much did you two prepare"

Melissa smiled "Oh, don't worry about the details, isn't our first presentation after all"

Looking over the document the president then spoke "So, the gist of what you two want is our assistance as treating Build as a technical hero to avoid the legal headache until you get a license, a conversation with the principal of UA, and a bottle from all the heroes in this room. In return police, investigators, and heroes will get full cooperation of Build, additionally we would gain a means to contact Build in case we need reinforcements, and you agree that until at minimum a provisional license is obtained Build will not receive direct payment for their assistance"

"Man, no pay, kinda rough don't you think?" Hawks asked

Izuku shrugged "Not really, we aren't doing this for any money, just trying to help people"

The president then spoke up "Fair enough, one more question though, what is a bottle?"

Izuku and Melissa smirked before simultaneously speaking "We are so glad you asked"

Izuku held up an empty capture bottle "Now, Hawks this is the bottle that I said I would explain later. And remember as stated in the NDA that you all signed none of our personal information, identities, equipment, technology, or anything else relating to Build is allowed outside of the people in this room unless we specifically allow them to know."

Melissa continues "What Izuku has in his hand is an empty capture bottle, to be brief these bottles can take quirk cells, and use them to power up build granting abilities based on the quirk sampled."

"Which is why you wanted a sample from all heroes in the room, a blanket statement to maximize the amount of bottles you get without revealing too much, but due to Hawks guaranteeing at least one" Nagant responds "But if the president signs, you get two. May I ask how many you two have"

"With the one obtained from Mirko last night, 10."

The president then asks "Would you be willing to provide a demonstration of how the bottles themselves work to 'power Build'?''

Melissa smiles and responded "Once you sign the contract, we will be willing to provide a full demonstration of Build, save for the bottle conversion process that we wish to keep under wraps, the less people who know the better."

"Before I sign this, I have one addendum to make" The president then wrote down an additional condition in a blank spot above the signature line

Izuku looks over and reads it out loud "The hero commission will provide Team Build with proper resources to train and observe Build's progress. This training will include on site facility access, and combat practice, among other aspects that can be discussed between both parties at a future time and/or location" He then raises an eyebrow "You are willing to provide us training?"

The president smiles softly "We already provide a similar offer for those who take part in our Heroes of Tomorrow program, I see no reason to not offer the same to you two. Additionally, this will help us cover that lack of experience that we observed in your fight against Mirko, you have power but lack practice, we can help remedy that."

Izuku looks over at Melissa and smiles "I think we have a pretty good deal here; don't you think?"

"I believe we do" Melissa responded

The pair and the president then signed the contract, Izuku took a blood sample from both Nagant and Hawks, and walked out the door, Melissa bowed before saying "We will return tomorrow at one of your training facilities to demonstrate Build in action with the new bottles after we have refined them, have a nice day" she then followed Izuku

Hawks is the first to speak after they both leave "Sooooo, how much of that do you think they planned?"

The president chuckled and responded "Given that they intentionally left me plenty of space to add my extra condition to the contract, and how composed they were the entire time. I believe that this played exactly as they predicted"

Hawks' eyes widened before looking at the empty door frame "Remind me never to piss them off, they are scary for fourteen year old kids"

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The synthesizer door blasted open, smoke billowing out of it, Izuku and Melissa raced to see what they'd gotten. Melissa pulled out the three bottles, and looked them over "Rabbit, Hawk, and Gatling. Huh, seem pretty self explanatory of who is which to me"

"Well, at least we have another inorganic to show off tomorrow, about time"

"You don't want to now?" she questioned

"Mel, as much as I would love to, we, and mostly me, are both tired both mentally and physically. I do not have it in me right now to test anything, because knowing myself, I will go over the top trying to figure out what all three of those bottles do, now I am going to attempt to sleep before my curiosity overrides my common sense" he then left the room

Melissa blinked and muttered to herself "holy crap, I actually got through to him for once" she then set the bottles down and followed.

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The HPSC president, Nagant, Hawks, Izuku, and Melissa all stood in a private training room in a Public Safety Commission facility. Izuku stood apart from the group, facing them while Melissa stood off to the side tablet in hand.

"As promised, here's a demonstration of Build" Izuku starts

"Build functions on the bottle system designed by Izuku here, the bottle system boils down to two bottles go in, one suit comes out. The suit takes two types of bottles that we have categorized as organic and inorganic. Organic being living things, inorganic being the opposite. These types are based on what the bottle comes out as, we cannot determine what type of bottle will result from the quirk cells, which leads to our sad nine to three ratio of organic to inorganic bottles." Melissa continued

"What was the ratio before Nagant and myself?" Hawks asked

"Eight to two" Izuku responds "Speaking of which, thank you Nagant for our third inorganic bottle"

Melissa then continued her explanation "Now, the bottles do more than have types, they also have synergies, each bottle has a theoretical second bottle that synergizes perfectly with it, we have dubbed these combinations as 'Best Matches'."

The president then asked "And do you have any of these 'Best Matches'?"

Izuku sighs and shakes his head "As of before these three bottles no, currently we do not know if any of these three provide a 'Best Match'. But that is enough talking, so, let's begin the experiment"

Izuku then primes two bottles and load them into the driver

Pirate - Gatling

Izuku sighs "Dang, thought that would be one, oh well"

He then cranks the handle as frames begin to form around him, filling with fluids matching the colors of the bottles.

Henshin!

The frames collapsed on Izuku, forming the armor on him. Melissa then continues her explanation.

"Each bottle provides a distinct set of abilities, we will not go fully in depth on what each one does here; however, the main appeal to Build is the versatility of the system. As shown in the fight against Mirko, Build was able to change what bottles were loaded mid fight in order to equip a set that he deemed more optimal to counter Mirko's strengths and exploit her weaknesses. Izuku change out a bottle please"

Nodding Izuku took out the Pirate bottle and primed the Hawk bottle

"Now as you can see, it does not need to be a full swa-"

Hawk! - Gatling!

BEST MATCH!

Izuku and Melissa both paused and stared at each other before Izuku cheered "Oh YEAH! Now we are talking! Now this is an experiment!"

Izuku then cranked the handle and the organic tubes filled with an orange fluid. Izuku clenched a fist in front of him before continuing

Build Up

The frames once again collapse, a blast of steam shoots out of the seams and the driver projects a voice.

The Rampage of the Skies! HawkGatling! YEAH!

Izuku now stood there donning gray and orange armor, a set of orange wings adorned to his back, he looks up and stares at the group. He pumps his fist and cheers.

"Melissa! We got a Best Match! Isn't this great!" He then quickly runs over and sweeps her up in a hug

Giggling, she said "Izu, please, try to be professional. But yes, this is fantastic"

Nagant smirks before speaking "You know, it's hard to forget that they are kids until you see them get excited like this."

Hawks smiled in response "And to think it was both of our bottles that gave them this joy, but I have one question. If they have never had any Best Matches before, why was there a line for it"

Izuku stops spinning Melissa and sets her down before responding "Oh, that's easy, I pre coded in a learning algorithm that every time a bottle is loaded it pre prepares lines to say, as of now it has only been used for the basics but once a Best Match was loaded it created a line based on the two bottles inputted without me needing to manually add one."

"Is the dialogue really necessary though" Hawks asked

"Does All Might need to say 'I AM HERE!' everywhere he goes?" Izuku retorts

"Touché"

"Alright Izu, lets see what a Best Match can do"

"Right!"

Izuku then spreads his wings and takes off, it is slightly shaky at first but he quickly begins to adjust and get comfortable in the air, doing laps around the room, doing several airborne kicks through the targets set up, easily destroying them. All was going well, until Izuku tried to do a loop and crashed into the ceiling.

"Don't worry, I did that the first time too" Haws said

Muffled "Cool, I'm as good as Hawks!"

"Give it like 16 years then maybe you're that good" Hawks responded with a smile

Nodding, the president then spoke, "I will say this, Build is very impressive, the potential it has alone is a good enough reason to support it" Izuku gets himself free and crash lands, quickly standing up and dusting himself and Hawks who he crashed into off while she continues "But once again I am reminded that you lack experience, especially with the sheer versatility that Build can possess, you will need extensive training to efficiently use the bottles, but we have time to prepare you, and with our deal you will be getting field experience as well to help you grow" She holds out her hand to Izuku "Welcome to your next step to be a hero Build"

Izuku looked over to Melissa, who simply smiled brightly and nodded. Izuku then took the president's hand and shook it.

"Pleasure to be working with you, president"

Next episode preview:

President: Build I have a mission for you

Izuku: WOOHOO first actual job

Melissa: What does he need to do?

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