Chapter 54
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Theme of All Might on Shakuhachi]
Time had passed since Sora's visit to Shoto's house, but most of it was spent on summer homework, and the occasional training that he and Izuku would do. In spite of the workload they had, the pair still enjoyed doing the work together. So much so that the month of June felt like a week to them, while they were approaching the end of July, having the same feeling.
However, today was going to be a bit different for the pair. First off, they were going to be heading back to U.A. for a class. School wasn't back in yet, but for those who still wanted to hone their Hero skills during summer break, there were a few 'special classes' that would help those people.
The boys were getting dressed in their school uniforms, while also checking on each other's appearance, to make sure that both of them looked like they normally would when going to school. Midoriya of course has his notebooks on him, and a few small trinkets for training during his free time in class, while Sora had Kairi's good luck charm and his crown necklace on him, as well as Axel and Roxas' charms in his pockets.
Before the pair left, they wished Inko well for the day, Sora sent out his daily message to his fellow Keyblade wielders, whom he still has not gotten a response from, but still holds out optimism that they're at least receiving these things, then the pair left to go to school.
While they were on the train, Izuku was on his phone, but something caught his attention while he was scrolling through the news. It was a retrospective about All Might, more specifically his time in the United States, where his early years of his Hero career were. He couldn't fully hold in his excitement, which caught the attention of Sora, and when the Keyblade wielder saw what his friend was smiling over, it got his curiosity. Sure, Sora knows a lot about Toshinori, and even a few things that not even the general public knew, but the boy never actually looked into Yagi's history.
Deciding to take an interest, he watched what he could of the retrospective with Midoriya while they were still on the train. He'd occasionally take his eyes off the screen to make sure that the pair didn't miss their stop, but after that, he'd be right back to watching it with Izuku.
[Silence]
At U.A. High, Toshinori walked into the teachers lounge letting out a small cough. "Morning."
Cementoss and Midnight noticed him "Perfect timing." Cementoss said.
"You're on TV right now. Some kind of retrospective." Midnight stated.
"About me?" Yagi questioned before he looked up at the TV monitor to see what was on.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST I've Come]
The TV played triumphant music as a narrator began to talk about the Number 1 Pro Hero of Japan and the world. "So, just how did All Might, the Symbol of Peace, become the Number 1 Hero of the World? Let's take a look back on his time studying abroad in America."
"YOU'RE SAFE, BECAUSE I AM HERE!" Said the All Might on screen, showing the Number 1 Hero in his prime, saving a family from something.
"That takes me back." Toshinori commented.
"How many decades?" Midnight asked, to which the Number 1 Hero replied with a few exasperated coughs, because he was either genuinely offended by that, or he didn't want to answer.
"I know that costume." Cementoss spoke up, recognizing the attire that the All Might on screen was wearing. "It's from your young age."
Yagi stopped coughing to confirm that. "Yeah."
"Well spotted." Midnight complimented.
"Oh, well thanks." Cemnetoss replied. "I've been a fan of All Might's since I was just a little kid."
"Well aren't you an inspiration." The R rated Hero said to Toshinori.
Yagi then buffed up. "NO! NOT AT ALL!" He said, as if to act modest, but he was absolutely faking it, considering that his trademark smile just made him look pretty smug about his status. Granted, he rightfully earned that status.
The narrator then said something else. "All Might wasn't acting alone while abroad. The sidekick who supported him was none other than a young David Shield."
As the narrator talked about David's achievements, Midnight realized something. "Wait. Does he mean THAT David Shield?"
"Birds of a feather and all that." Cementoss commented. "It's no surprise such elites found each other."
As Toshinori, who was no longer buffed up, looked at the screen with a nostalgic look in his eye towards the David on screen, his computer went off. "AN EMAIL IS HERE! AN EMAIL IS HERE!" The message showed a name. Melissa Shield and it was titled, 'GREETINGS FROM I ISLAND'
[Silence]
Then Aizawa came into the room and spoke up. "It's about time to begin the special class."
"I have a few notes about my costume." Midnight said.
"Not to worry. Everything is ready." Cementoss stated.
"Let's teach those wannabe Pros a thing or two about heroing." Yagi told his fellow teachers before they left to get ready.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Tartarus]
Elsewhere in the Kamino Ward, the League Of Villains were each doing their own thing. One of these things was flipping through the channels on the TV monitor that was on the wall, but when a retrospective of All Might came up, The Figure spoke up. "Don't change that." This got the League's attention, and they all looked at the screen.
The reactions were varied. Spinner seemed to look at it with a sense of admiration, seeing that Stain considered All Might a true Hero, and he would follow Stain's ideals in every way he could. Mr. Compress had similar feelings, seeing All Might as a non corrupt Hero, unfortunately, he was working with the corrupt, so he was no less guilty than them.
Dabi also saw All Might as a good example of a Hero, but just like Compress, he was just enforcing a society that regularly made people like him and the others that he shared this room with. Himiko kept her happy grin, but wasn't really excited about seeing All Might on the screen. She only cared because she knew that All Might would be a problem for her goals of a world full of things she loves.
Twice had split reactions. One was a nonchalant and uncaring reaction, as if this had nothing to do with him, but then the other was an intense hatred for the Number 1 Hero for having nothing but good happen to him in his life, like he was immune to having bad days. Magne shared a slightly similar reaction to Twice's, feeling both uninvolved, due to him not directly affecting her, but also a hatred for the unseen oppression of people like her that All Might fought for while claiming to help 'everyone'. Mustard mainly had the same reaction as Twice's second one, feeling nothing but malice for the Number 1 Hero and the empty promises he blubbers out, seeing him as nothing but a hypocrite.
Kurogiri saw this as an opportunity for Tomura to learn about his biggest threat, and was pleased that the Figure had noticed this before the channel was changed to something else. Any information that they could get would be useful, no matter how small it was. Shigaraki however, did not see it that way. He already knew that his goal was to destroy All Might, and if he really needed to get information about him, then he could just ask his master. So he spoke up. "If you want to watch this, then do it on your phone with some earbuds on." He took the remote.
The Figure then took it from him. "Since he's the League's biggest obstacle, I'm fairly certain that we should watch it."
[Silence]
Before Shigaraki could intervene, a knock on the door was heard, and the voice came from the one eyed broker. "I brought them."
At that point, the Figure gave the remote to Kurogiri, who set the TV to record the retrospective before turning off the monitor. The Figure went back to his seat, and then The warp villain spoke up. "Enter."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Vanguard Action Squad -Darkness-]
The door opened, and the first person came in. He was very large, and extremely bulky. He also seemed to be rather built, as his physique was very much muscular. Not quite All Might levels of toned, but clearly just as built. He wore a red tank top and black pants, and black boots. His most distinctive feature however was his scar on the left side of his face that went up to his hair, as well as the fact that didn't have a left eye. There was instead a large prosthetic one that was in the socket where his left eye used to be. "So, this is the place where they'll let me be me." He said with a sadistic smile on his face.
The second person came in, and was dramatically different compared to the first. He was not as large as the first person, but still fairly tall compared to the other members of the League. His build was lanky though, like he was a walking set of sticks with a head. Speaking of that, his head was currently covered all the way except for his mouth and eyes. He wore prisoner attire, but it was clear that his guy was not a normal prisoner. "Euhhhhhh...huuuuu...ah..ahhhhhhh..."
Then came in the guy with the eyepatch, who had two folders that he would give to the Figure, before introducing the two. "The big guy here has a large number of dead bodies and blood pools under his name."
"Goto Imasuji." He said his name. "Call me Muscular though." As soon as he said that, something happened to his right arm. It briefly expanded, before the skin on it began to tear, then out of it came muscle fibers that bulked up his arm. "You guys said you're gonna make a world where people get to do what they want right? Well I wanna let loose with my quirk. This whole system of what's right and wrong is stupid. I should just be allowed to do what I want. If you don't like it, then fucking fight me."
That made some of the League members feel a bit unsure about including this guy, but for others like Tomura, Toga, Magne and Twice, it was an answer that pleased them. Then the next person was introduced. "This guy came from death row. He actually escaped it. I don't really think I need to say anymore. Except for maybe a name. He responds to Moonfish."
Moonfish then uttered out "ughhhhhhhh...I'll..follow you...as long as I get...to eat...just let me eat...I'll do whatever to eat..."
"Eat what?" Kurogiri questioned.
A rat suddenly scurried in through the still opened front door, but it didn't get far, as a blade pierced through it, causing it to squeal in pain before more blades went into the rat, killing it. The blades came from the Moonfish, whose teeth were now extended and acted as blades as he answered "...Flesh..."
The Figure already knew the answer but still asked anyway. "Do I take them, Tomura?"
"You know the answer." Shigaraki.
"Figured I'd ask anyway." The Figure got up and opened up a dark corridor. "You're gonna show me just how violent you two are. Follow me." He stepped through the dark corridor.
"Oh I'll show you something alright. And you'll show me your blood." Muscular commented as his left arm bulked up in muscle fibers while he walked through the corridor.
"Euuuuuuuuuh...must...show strength...then...flesh after." Moonfish uttered to himself before stumbling his way through the corridor. It then closed behind him, leaving the other League members alone with the one eyed broker.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST U.A. Reporting For Duty]
Back at U.A. Izuku Midoriya, Katsuki Bakugo, Shoto Todoroki, Ochako Uraraka, Tsuyu Asui, Tenya Iida and Sora were present for this special class and sitting in their regular spots. The group had no idea of what to expect, aside from the fact that it was Hero course related.
Aizawa then spoke up. "We'll be running this course multiple times with small groups from your class. Today, it will be the seven of you. Just so you know, this will be harder than a regular class. Prepare yourselves." As the students wondered what it would be, the homeroom teacher continued to speak. "In this master class, you'll be tasked with saving innocent bystanders, and capturing a villain."
Izuku and Ochako accidentally spoke out of turn, due to excitement. "We're not just studying, we're playing Heroes!" they exclaimed in unison, before Aizawa glared at the two, shutting them up instantly.
"This should be obvious..." Aizawa began. "But villains commit many different types of crime. You seven will be dispatched to a scene and will need to determine what happened there. Whether or not a Villain was actually at fault, whether or not you should fight, we will be judging your ability to assess the situation as well as how well you diffuse it."
Sora quietly whispered to himself. "Thank you Centipeder for those deductive lessons."
"Welcome your instructors." Aizawa said before the back door to the classroom opened and out came…
"I AM HERE! SNEAKING IN THROUGH THE BACK DOOR!" All Might announced, catching the students' attention.
"All Might's teaching us!?" Midoriya excitedly questioned.
"You're looking extra muscly today, yowzah!" Uraraka said as she flexed her arm similarly to All Might, who simply took the compliment with pride.
"He's not the only one today." Aizawa got the attention of the class again as the remaining teachers came in through the front entrance to the classroom. "Cementoss, Midnight and Present Mic will be assisting. They'll be acting as special trainers. Let's get started. Head to ground Beta, and we'll begin."
[Silence]
In the remains of a section in a remote mountain forest area, a dark corridor opened, and out came the Figure, along with Muscular and Moonfish. When the dark corridor closed behind the three Muscular looked at the place and commented "This place looks like it had some carnage happen here before."
The Figure turned around to face the two and said. "Do you need a moment to prepare, or are you ready to start?"
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST The Spear and Shield Match]
Figuring that he couldn't afford to toy around, Muscular reached into one of his pockets and pulled out something. He then took out the prosthetic eye that was in his left socket and then replaced it with what was in his hands, which was a different prosthetic eye that looked more like a blood red iris. "Ready to break you now." He said as the rest of his body swelled up in muscle fibers before immediately attacking the Figure.
As the Figure jumped back and back flipped away from there, he noticed Moonfish's teeth already extending out of his mouth and continuing to grow at an unnatural speed. Some of the teeth plunged into the ground and they acted like posts that pushed Moonfish's body up into the air, while the rest of the growing teeth blitzed towards their target. As soon as the Figure landed the teeth were already inches away from him.
He quickly summoned his Blade and blocked the barrage of teeth, but then he noticed Muscular blitzing towards him at an ever greater speed. He once again had to move and jumped to the side to avoid Muscular's attack. As the large man hit the ground, he ended up making an impact crater from the force.
The Figure already saw that this fight was going to be more difficult than the others, as while he was in the air, he had to block and evade another barrage of sharp blade teeth coming for him. As this was going on, he noticed Muscular watching his descent, and once the man saw where he was about to land He blitzed towards the spot, ready to strike.
As soon as the Figure was about to touch the ground, Muscular was already there, and the large man threw his punch so fast that the Figure didn't have time to block it, feeling himself get hit in the left side of his stomach area, before being launched back into the trees, while Muscular himself laughed at his first successful hit.
The force of the hit was so hard that when the Figure made contact with a tree that was in the way, he actually broke through it. Then soon after, another tree, then another and another, until he finally descended to the ground, but dragging on it so hard that it ended up making a small trench-like streak in the ground that ended where his body stopped.
For a brief moment, the Figure had a flash of a memory come to him. What he saw was himself in a desolate canyon, with his body inside a similar type of trench looking obstruction of soil that was made by his body being hit so hard to cause that. But off in the distance he could see who did that to him, a large figure in a set armor.
That image paused for a moment, and the Figure, for the first time in months, was frozen in disbelief. He wondered if everything that he was just doing was just a dream he had before waking up to see 'him' again, but then he heard the sound of Muscular laughing in the distance and that made him realize that it was this that wasn't real.
He snapped back into reality and pushed himself back onto his feet when he saw a bunch more blade teeth coming towards him, which he was forced to dodge. However, one of the blade teeth ended up switching its trajectory and ended up going inside the hood of the Figure, scraping something inside the hood. A cracking sound was then heard.
The inside of the Figure's hood made the cracking sound a bit more before the inside glowed orange and the cracking sound stopped. The Figure's red eyes were now visible as they darted from direction to direction, quickly spotting and memorizing where all the blade teeth were and were going to be. As soon as he finished spotting them, he made his move.
He jumped up into the air as high as he could possibly go, reaching over five times the height that Moonfish was elevated to with his blade teeth. The Figure then saw Muscular bulk up his legs and jump off the ground, leaving a crater where he jumped from. The force of his jump was so hard that he was rapidly closing the distance, reaching the Figure within a few seconds.
The Figure however, was prepared for this and dodged Muscular's attack before jamming his blade into the man's muscles and sending out a wave of flames through the weapon and into his opponent's muscle tissue. Muscular at first felt the burning, but then he compensated for that by bulking up even more, layering his body to protect himself. He then swatted off the Figure.
As the Figure was in freefall, Moonfish's blade teeth were rapidly approaching him from below. He used his blade to defend himself, but the further he fell down, the more blade teeth there were for him to deal with. It was like he was falling into an ever increasing spike pit. Even when he managed to break a few, plenty more took their places.
As soon as he descended to Moonfish's height level, there were so many blade teeth that he couldn't defend against them all, feeling himself getting cut and stabbed in a few places before he reached the ground, only to see more blades coming from him in one direction, as well as Muscular charging from the other, as he landed and came back for more.
The Figure dodged as many blade teeth as he could, but he wasn't able to keep track of them all and Muscular at the same time. As a result, he got cut up even more and ended up being impaled through the chest, which halted him long enough for Muscular to land a devastating double punch that launched the Figure through more trees and into the ground.
Muscular was enjoying himself and laughing like a maniac before saying. "YEAAHHAHA! THIS IS AWESOME! COME ON NOW! DON'T TELL ME YOU WERE ALL TALK EARLIER!"
Moonfish then retracted the blade tooth that pierced the Figure and inspected the substance on it. "His flesh..." He tasted it. "Eagh! VILE!...vile flesh!?"
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Brawl]
The Figure, who was once again on the ground, saw another flash of memory. Once again, he was back in the canyon place with that same figure of armor in front of him. It slowly walked over toward him, but he couldn't get up. Once again, he was frozen in disbelief, but this time it wasn't because of seeing this image. It was actually because he realized that he was briefly reliving this image. Reliving what was a recurring cycle of this instance, over and over again that he had eventually escaped from.
The Figure had greatly underestimated the power that these two Villains had, and when they both attacked at once, not even he could keep up with them. They were more than worthy of joining the League of Villains, but that was not what was going through the Figures mind at the moment. Instead there was a burning hatred that was emanating from him. This hatred was so strong that he was about to practically explode. This hatred stemmed from the fact that he was not willing to relive the experience that he was forced to repeat enough times for him to lose count.
Muscular and Moonfish at this point expected that the Figure was either out cold or dead, but they soon felt a tremor below them that proved them wrong. Muscular got excited, bulking up his muscles as much as he could, before getting ready to blitz forward. Moonfish was prepared to overwhelm the Figure with his blade teeth again, and he was also ready to try and get another sample of flesh to see if it was a fluke or not. However, the tremor below them only got more violent until suddenly something extreme happened.
A massive pillar of dark aura erupted inside the forest, blowing away multiple trees, all the leaves in the area, and even ripping the grass out of the ground, leaving nothing but dirt and dead trees in that section of the forest, and in the center of it all was the Figure. The Figure looked directly at the two, and even though only his eyes were visible, and he was far away from them, the two could tell that he was both pissed off, and going all out. Neither of them backed down though ,instead choosing to go on the attack again.
Muscular blitzed forward once more, throwing his whole body towards the Figure, who took his blade and blitzed towards Muscular, slashing below the waist area and tearing off many chunks of muscle mass, causing the large man to stumble, but before he could retaliate, the Figure already blitzed past him and went straight for Moonfish. The death row inmate sent a barrage of teeth blades, but they were all instantly shattered before the Figure was right in his face.
The Figure didn't hesitate and broke off the teeth blades supporting Moonfish before launching him even further into the air and pursuing the skinny man. The Figure then slashed at Moonfish's stomach, ripping through his shirt and causing a gaping wound there. Then he slashed his chest, then his sides, then his back, then his arms, then his legs, until finally grabbing Moonfish by the face and plummeting down to the ground to slam it there. The Figure didn't stop there though, as he continued to slam it into the ground repeatedly until he literally had no teeth and his face was swollen everywhere.
The Figure then saw Muscular coming back towards him, and he met the large man half way and stopping in front of him. As Muscular threw a full force punch towards the Figure, he was surprised to see his arm go through his opponent, only to see him vanish. He hit an afterimage. He looked around to see if the Figure dodged to the side or backwards, but didn't see him. "Playtime's over." Muscular heard from behind him, and as soon as he turned to attack behind him, the Figure decided it was time to finish the fight then and there.
It was so fast that Muscular could see nothing but black blurs. He could however feel everything that happened to him, so he knew what the Figure did to him. He felt a blade cut off muscle fiber after muscle fiber, in such quick succession that it felt like eight people attacking him at once. He felt himself get launched into the air while still being cut up in every place. He felt his muscle fibers falling off of his body as he kept ascending into the air. He felt himself get slammed in his no longer protected stomach, before a burning sensation equivalent to an explosion hit him. And finally he felt his face hit the floor violently, before his replacement eye fell out of its socket.
[Silence]
The Figure landed on the ground and took a look at the state of both Villains, seeing that they were out of commission, the Figure went over to Moonfish, dragged his body over to Musculars, then raised his blade above them.
[Play KH3 ReMind OST Who's the Plus one? -cutscene-]
A small green hue washed over the two of them, and they both woke up. However, they both felt a stinging sensation all over their bodies, which made sense, as they were very much cut up, everywhere. Both pushed themselves to their feet, and then saw the Figure standing in front of them. Neither of them attacked though, because they didn't have the strength to.
The Figure then spoke. "You're in."
"Heh...figured that...since we're not dead and all." Muscular commented.
The Figure then raised his blade once more, which confused the two Villains. "What are..." Moonfish began, but stopped himself halfway as a large green hue surrounded the three of them.
Once the hue made contact with them, they felt their pain go away, their stamina revitalize, and their injuries heal. The pair saw the inside of the Figure's hood briefly glow orange before it covered his eyes. Then when the light faded, his eyes were no longer visible. "We're done here." He said before opening up a dark corridor and gesturing to them to go through it. The two did so and walked through the dark corridor, but before the Figure followed the pair, he took one last look at the area around him.
What was once a lush section of forest was now, nothing but dead trees that were uprooted from the ground and burnt grass. Scattered about the area was man made materials like used bullets and broken blades. Small sections of the ground had bits of blood, teeth and muscle fibers scattered about, with torn pieces of clothing, snapped straps and splatters of grey mud in a few specific places, while craters and trench-like obstructions in the ground were scattered across the area.
The Figure then turned around and walked through the dark corridor, letting it close after he stepped through. This once peaceful piece of forest was now a bloody wasteland, thanks to the new and improved League of Villains.
[Silence]
Back at U.A. High, The seven 1-A students were all in their Hero attire and grouped together in an alleyway in Ground Beta. Izuku, Sora, Tsuyu, Ochako and Tenya all poked their heads out of the alleyway. "I see cardboard police cutouts." Midoriya noted.
"This must be where the crime is taking place." Iida surmised.
Aizawa, who was also with the students, said "I'll brief you on the situation. There's been an attack in this jewelry store. The employees and customers have been taken hostage and are barricaded inside. The number of Villains and bystanders is unknown. As Pro Heroes, you've been asked by the police to intervene and resolve this incident to the best of your abilities."
Tenya then raised his hand and spoke up. "Excuse me, Mr. Aizawa. Our teachers. Are they playing the role of hostages or Vill..." he was immediately cut off by Aizawa.
"I won't be answering questions." The homeroom teacher told them. "Verify the situation yourselves and act accordingly."
"Yes sir." All seven of them said in unison.
"With that, let the capture training begin." Aizawa stated.
As soon as that happened, the five who stuck their heads out before did so again. "Okay. So what's our first move?" Tenya asked.
"That'easy. First we need to figure out how many Villains and hostages there are inside." Izuku answered.
"Uraraka. You go." Katsuki told her.
"Me by myself?" Ochako questioned.
"If we all run in, the Villains will notice us, but you can float up to the top window and not get caught." Bakugo explained.
"Yeah. You're right." Uraraka understood. "I'm on it."
"Hold on. Not just yet." Sora intervened. "If you try to float from here, you'll get spotted before you make it."
"Not unless we distract the Villains." Shoto pointed out, before he took out his phone and dialed in the number to the front desk of the store.
The line was answered by someone. "Who is this?...the buzz?"
Todoroki covered the mic on his phone and whispered "All Might's pretending to be the criminal." He then took his hand off the mic and spoke to the receiver. "I'm a Pro Hero, and you are?..."
As All Might was distracted by Shoto, Midoriya spoke to Ochako. "Tell us how many Villains on your right hand and how many hostages on your left."
"Yeah. Okay." Uraraka understood what to do, and then she held her breath and activated her quirk on herself.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Threat Incoming]
The girl floated over to the top window and looked inside to see the situation. While that happened, Sora overheard the conversation between Shoto and the 'Villain' "I only have one demand. I want the cops and the Heroes to get the hell out of here. If you don't leave, I'll guarantee you I'll slice up these hostages."
"Very well." Todoroki replied. "But first. I need information on who you've got inside. Is anyone hurt?"
"SOMEONE WILL BE IF YOU DON'T STOP TAKING YOUR SWEET TIME! HURRY UP AND GET LOST DAMNIT!" The 'Villain' ordered.
Ochako signaled that there was only "One Villain, and then three hostages." Izuku said out loud.
"Nice Uraraka." Iida whispered out to her. "Stay there. Wait for us."
Ochako then made a signal that told them to get out of sight, and Midoriya noticed. "Quick hide." he ordered the others, and they did what he said. The green haired Hero in training stuck part of his head out to see what was going on. "It's All M...I mean...the bad guy."
"He's checking to make sure that everyone's gone." Todoroki said as he also looked at the 'Villains actions.'
"In that case, we need to stay hidden." Asui stated. "We can't put those hostages in danger."
"How do we help them?" Tenya questioned. "Think there could be a back way inside?"
"The Villain would have used that to escape if that was the case." Sora pointed out. "For now let's wait until..."
"RRRAAAAAAAAAA! THIS IS STUPID!" Katsuki roared.
"Kacchan!?" Izuku was alarmed.
"Bakugo, calm down." Iida told him.
"You're planning to charge straight in?" Shoto questioned the wisdom of that strategy.
"Obviously." The explosive Hero in training answered. "I'll fire off a bunch of explosions and take down that Villain. You guys can save the hostages or whatever, I don't care!"
"No! You're not gonna do..." Sora tried to argue against that, but got interrupted.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Bombing King]
"THIS IS OUR CHANCE!" Bakugo roared out as he blitzed towards the jewelry store with his explosions.
"Dang it Sort Fuse!" Sora cursed before he activated his flowmotion and also blitzed towards the store.
"Of course." Aizawa commented. "I knew it'd go like this."
The other four quickly followed the pair towards the store. "We have to move now too!" Iida stated.
"Yeah!" Midoriya agreed. "Let's go!" He then noticed something. "The Villain's disappeared inside!"
"DAMN IT I WON'T LET YOU HAVE THOSE HOSTAGES!" Katsuki blew through the door.
"Please make it in time." Sora told himself as he blitzed past Bakugo and through the smoke. To then see something strange. "What?"
[Silence]
As soon as Katsuki landed, he was about to demand Sora where the Villain was, but then also saw what Sora saw. Then the others made it in the building and looked at where the pair was looking. "Wait...is that?..." Izuku spoke up.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Evil of Psychology]
What was in front of them was the body of the 'Villain' covered in blood from a wound on his chest, as well as a bloody knife right next to him. Outside, Aizawa spoke up. "Today's training is not what you expected it to be. I'm interested to see how you deal with this development."
"The Villain was...killed?" Midoriya questioned.
Sora walked over to the body. "I know he's faking it, but he's supposed to be dead for the purpose of the class."
Tsu walked over there too and used her hair to tickle his nose, just to make sure that he was faking it. There was a small response, but after that she stopped. Uraraka then came in and thought of how it might have happened. "Was it because of Bakugo's blast?"
"No way. It wasn't even that strong." Katsuki pointed out. "Weren't you watching? You were supposed to be our eyes!"
"Yeah, but I couldn't see anything because of all the smoke." Ochako brought up a valid point that Bakugo had no rebuttal for.
Sora inspected the body and thanks to his medical training with Bubble Girl back at the internships, he knew what type of wound it was. "He died from an open wound to the chest." He looked and saw the murder weapon nearby. "Caused by that knife."
"The building was surrounded by police, so we know no one went in or out." Tenya pointed out. "That means whoever killed the Villain, must still be inside."
[Silence]
Everyone looked in the room and saw that the only other people here were the tied up hostages. Then Izuku spoke up. "Hold on. Maybe, but it's too soon to know that for sure. We should listen to what they have to say first."
"He's right." Asui agreed. "We need to know how events unfolded."
"Alright. I'll stay by the body, see if I can find anything else on it." Sora laid out a plan. "You guys question the hostages, but keep them inside for now. One of us should also check the rest of the store for evidence."
"Right." Most of them replied in unison to Sora's order. Bakugo stayed at the front entrance with Shoto, while Iida Tsuyu and Uraraka untied their respective Hostages and lined them up next to each other. Iida went to inspect the rest of the store, while the rest stayed there.
"Can you tell us your names?" Shoto spoke to them.
Cementoss went first. "My name is Ken Ishiyama."
Midnight then went next. "I'm Nemuri Kayama."
Then Present Mic went last. "Yo Yo YO! How can you not recognize me, the HOT musician Hizashi Yamada at first glance!?"
Most of the students, and the other 'hostages' gave him deadpanned expressions before Todoroki continued on. "We'll start from left to right. Tell us what you were doing before and during the incident."
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Ken went first. "I am but a humble employee of this store. A Villain suddenly appeared and threatened me. I handed over the jewels and then he tied me up."
Nemuri then went next. "I'm an advertising agent. I dropped by to pick up a few new pieces and the Villain was already here. He caught me while I was too surprised to resist him."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST We and Fu#kin Super Star]
Hizashi then spoke up, while spinning around and dramatically telling his side of the story. "Yo Yo my bros! What'd it do? I came to find a bomb ass piece of frosting for my hottie GF then that Villain laid me out flaaaaaaaat! i-hit was SO not dope!"
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"When the Villain first arrived, was this man already in the store?" Shoto questioned Ishiyama.
"Yes. He was browsing." Ishiyama confirmed. "That beast knocked him unconscious and he was asleep for quite a long time."
Todoroki then questioned Kayama. "And when you first came into the shop ma'am, did you see both of these men?"
"I didn't get a good look when I walked in." Nemuri answered. "But when he was tying me up, I noticed these two men had been in different parts of the store."
Shoto then began to analyze the information given to him. "So far, all their stories all seem to fit."
Midoriya then spoke to the witnesses. "Excuse me. We need to take a quick look through your wallets and bags." Kayama and Yamada handed Izuku and Ochako their wallets and the pair inspected them. "See anything of interest in there?"
"She's got a bunch of credit cards and cash." Uraraka told him.
"Present Mic's is the same way." Midroiya stated. "They both had enough money on them to buy jewelry."
"Yeah." Ochako agreed.
Katsuki, becoming very impatient, spoke up. "One of you killed the stupid Villain! Just come out and tell us or else!"
"A bit quick to judge, Short Fuse." Sora commented as he was still checking the 'corpse' for any other pieces of evidence that could help solve this crime scene.
"It's obvious, Toy Sword!" Bakugo argued.
"What's the motive?" Shoto took Sora's side in this, questioning Katsuki's conclusion.
"What?! The stolen jewelry you moron! Plus they're just bad guys!" The explosive Hero in training presented his evidence.
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"Even if that were the case, isn't it a little too reckless to kill the Villain when you're locked in a store?" Tsuyu pointed out. "You'd definitely be a suspect."
"Besides. The criminal dropped the jewelry." Todoroki added. "Yet no one took the bag."
"If the theft wasn't the motive then maybe..." Asui thought out loud.
"Another conflict?" Uraraka guessed.
"Yeah. If there were two Villains in here, and during the attack, they argued how to split up the loot, that could be the motive." Izuku theorized.
"If that's the case, then the hostages would have heard their conversation." Tsu stated.
Sora heard the conversation as he was inspecting the body, but before he could argue against that, Hizashi spoke up. "NAH GIRL I didn't hear anything like that!"
"Nor did I." Ken added.
"Me neither." Nemuri also added.
"Then you think the Villain was working alone?" Todoroki asked them.
"Yes." Ishiyama replied.
"I figured as much." Sora said to himself as he continued to inspect the body.
Tenya then came into the room again. "I've inspected every corner of the store. Sora was right. There's no back exit. All the windows were sealed too. It's impossible that anyone escaped."
"Then, the person at fault has to be one of these three." Ochako looked back at the 'witnesses'
"I didn't do it!" Kayama spoke up.
"I'm innocent!" Ken proclaimed.
"I'M NOT GOING DOWN FOR THIS! IT WASN'T ME YOOOO!" Yamada screamed out.
[Silence]
Outside, Aizawa kept tabs on the student's actions. "They haven't been able to find definitive evidence of who the killer is yet. It's time for their second big choice."
"Wouldn't it be best to call the police?" Asui suggested. "Sora may have learned some deductive skills, but an investigation team would be able to solve it much quicker than just him alone."
"Perhaps that would be wise, yes." Tenya agreed.
"This is so frustrating." Uraraka said what a few people in the room were thinking. "We know the culprit has to be one of these people."
Sora had an idea and stood up, but before he could say anything he heard an all too familiar crackling sound, as well as Bakugo's voice. "Simple..." He said, as he looked at the suspects with sparks coming out of his hands. "We'll just force them to start talking!"
Sora used his flowmotion and put himself in between Katsuki and the three suspects. "Stand down. NOW." He firmly ordered Bakugo. "We're NOT going to threaten them." After a brief moment of the two staring each other down, Katsuki begrudgingly complied.
Izuku was still in thought and the pair noticed this. Bakugo then spoke up again. "Hey. You damn nerd. You've got a new idea haven't you?"
Midoriya looked at the pair and then replied. "Well...something's bothering me here."
"While you present it, I'm gonna go check the witnesses." Sora stated as he walked over to the three and then spoke to them. "Sorry about him. He's not the 'rescuing' type of Hero."
"At least you have some sense in you." Ishiyama said. "That man nearly gave me a heart attack."
"He'll be reprimanded later." Sora promised. "For now though, can I ask you three for something?"
"What is it that you need?" Nemuri asked.
"Can you spread your arms out to the side?" The Keyblade wielder requested. "I need to frisk you."
"WHY DAWG?!" Hizashi questioned.
"Please, just trust me. It'll be quick, and it'll help prove your innocence. Okay?" Sora assured the three.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST I Don't Need Pretend Friends]
The three then did as instructed and Sora checked for any potential hidden weapons on them, starting with Yamada, then going to Kayama, then finally moving to Ken while Midoriya explained his thoughts to the group. "Why did the Villain barricade himself inside the store? You know? Cause if he wanted to, he could have just escaped with the goods earlier. So then why did he stay?"
"Timing wise." Ishiyama explained as he had finished getting frisked by Sora. "The authorities arrived as I was putting the jewelry in the bag for him. He had no opportunity to flee."
"Did you call the police?" Ochako questioned.
"I never had the chance." Ken responded.
"Someone outside the store must have seen what was happening." Iida concluded. "They're the ones who called the police."
"There's only one person who said she was outside when the robbery started." Sora remembered the stories. "Nemuri Kayama."
"It was her." Izuku stated.
"What? Me?" Nemuri replied, looking concerned at what he meant by it was her.
"You were the one who came into the jewelry store after the Villain was already here." The One For All user said.
"Don't be hasty Midoriya." Tenya spoke up.
"Don't you make us look like a bunch of idiots." Katsuki growled.
"He's right though." Sora agreed with him. "She's the only one who could have called. But then after that, she went into the store. Before you ask why, I think she's the reason that he barricaded himself here."
"Yeah. I was thinking the same thing." Izuku agreed with Sora, before he turned to Kayama. "Midnight. You knew the man on the floor before this incident, didn't you?" Nemuri looked distressed and slightly regretful while Midoriya continued. "And not just as an acquaintance. You knew he committed crimes. You saw him and knew he was going to rob the jewelry store, so you called the police the moment you went inside so you would stop him."
Sora then spoke up next, continuing from where his friend left off. "But before they showed up, you decided to run in there yourself. When he saw you, he was caught off guard, but he also knew why you were there."
Midoriya then took over again. "Even so, the Villain continued the robbery and tied you up like the others. While he was doing that, the police arrived, and he was forced to barricade himself in the store."
[Silence]
"No!" Kayama denied the story. "Why would I willingly put myself in danger like that?"
"Because you thought you could convince him to stop." Sora answered for his friend. "Because you cared about him, you thought that if anyone could change him, it would be you."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST I Absolutely Won't Use the Heat]
Nemuri was shook at that answer, before she began to show even more regret on her face, as Izuku took over again. "No matter how many times you tried to convince him to step away from crime, he wouldn't. So you made sure that this time, he'd be forced to change his ways."
"Hold on Deku, Sora." Uraraka spoke up. "Even if it happened like you two said it did, why would she kill the Villain?"
"All she wanted to do was get him arrested." Todoroki agreed with her.
"Yeah. That's right. She has no motive to kill him." Iida also agreed with the others.
"That's because she didn't kill him." Sora told them.
"There was no motive for her to kill him." Izuku stated.
"And after checking them for any weapons, and knowing that they have none..." The Keyblade wielder began.
"Could it have been..." Asui began to see where this was going.
"Suicide. Right?" Shoto finished for Tsuyu.
"...Probably." Midoriya replied. "Once he figured out what Midnight's intentions must be, it's likely he still expected to escape as planned...But then we Pro Heroes showed up on the scene."
"He refused to be taken alive." Tenya concluded.
"No." Sora spoke in a soft and somber tone. "It wasn't because of what would happen to him when he got arrested...It was because he was terrified of what would happen to Nemuri, when their relationship would be found out after his arrest." The Keyblade wielder looked at Kayama, who had tears starting to form in her eyes, as he said "So he stabbed himself in the chest in hopes that his life would never be looked into, and that she wouldn't have a dark future because of his choices."
Nemuri struggled to not cry as Izuku took over. "Midnight didn't say anything because she realized what he was thinking when he took his own life. The sacrifice that she was making so that she could live."
The dam finally broke and Kayama fell to her knees and cried, mourning for her lost lover. Ochako then asked something. "You think...Midnight and the Villain were that in love?"
"When you really care about someone. You'll do whatever it takes to keep them safe, no matter how much it hurts." Sora said, as he had one hand on the center of his chest, remembering how he himself had done this action before as well.
Uraraka and Iida both saw where Sora's hand was, and then remembered how Sora told them of how he did the same thing that this Villain did, which caused the pair to understand and accept this motive as the truth. It was a bitter truth to accept, but they had no choice other than that.
"That's so sad." Asui then spoke up, with some tears in her eyes. "Midnight was only trying to help the criminal because she cared so much about him."
"And the robber was trying to save Midnight, because deep in his villainous heart, he loved her as well." Iida added.
"They were both just trying to look out for each other." Shoto stated "That's ironic, isn't it?"
Bakugo just looked annoyed at the fact that this was basically a tragic tale of love.
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Sora crouched down to Nemuri's level and placed a hand on her shoulder. He still had that somber tone in his voice as he consoled her. "I am so...sorry for your loss Miss Kayama." Nemuri looked towards the boy, still having tears in her eyes, and saw his genuine sadness and regret in his face, which shocked her. "I wish I could have gotten there faster. Maybe...I could have saved him from this. I...I don't know if we can ever make it up to you, but...I hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive us for doing this to you."
Hizashi and Ken watched how Sora talked to her, and were also taken aback by this. His genuine sorrow and regret for failing to save the 'Villain' from his own demise. This was a training exercise, so nobody was actually hurt or killed, but the fact that Sora treated it like it was fully real, showed them that this was far from the first time he's dealt with this situation. Even Aizawa, who had walked into the building, didn't expect to see the boy do this.
Before the homeroom teacher could speak up, Kayama replied to Sora. "It's fine." She wiped away her tears. "You did your best, and that's all anyone could ever ask."
"If my best results in one person dead and another one in misery, then I don't deserve to be a Hero." Sora told her. He then placed his hands around her hands. "I failed you as a Hero. But I promise you, It won't happen again. I'll make sure that when I save people, nobody else will through the pain you experienced today, and I'll make sure that if I ever save you again, you never, ever have to feel it either."
Everyone in the room was visibly taken aback at the promise that Sora made here. Even though this was a training exercise, he treated it like a real incident, and he didn't just feel bad for this victim. He personally consoled her and allowed the blame for the suicide to be placed on him for provoking the 'Villain' into committing it. Then vowing to never repeat that mistake as a method of comfort for her as well as the other two witnesses. Empty or not, the fact that he said that means that he's willing to take that responsibility.
Nemuri in that moment wrapped her arms around Sora, hugging him both in response to what he said, and in an attempt to comfort him as well. The Keyblade wielder responded to this with a comforting hug of his own. Yamada actually broke character upon seeing this and said "Holy crap..." Ishiyama almost broke character too, but managed to keep playing his part and just watched as the event in front of him unfolded.
[Silence]
"Okay." Aizawa finally spoke up. "That's enough."
Kayama and Sora broke from their hug, but Nemuri kept her hands on the boy's shoulders. "Hey. Are you okay?" She asked him.
"Huh?" The Keyblade wielder was confused at first, but then realized why she asked him that. "Oh. Yeah. I'm fine. Just...took it a bit more seriously than I needed to."
"I get treating it like the real deal, but jeez man. You cranked up the feels dial from 20 to like 500." Hizashi commented.
"Still, in spite of that, you did what you could to console a victim after her recent loss, even taking some responsibility for it." Ken added. "A very noble thing to do."
Nemuri then took her hands off of Sora's shoulders and stood up. "You're a good kid, Sora." she complimented him. The Keyblade wielder softly smiled at their praise before he stood up as well.
"Thanks, you three. You're all done here." Aizawa told them. "Save your strength for the next group." As the three left, he turned to face two specific students. "Midoriya, Sora."
"Sir." Both responded in unison.
"Your combined deductions were exactly what we had scripted for this scenario." The homeroom teacher told the pair. "The Villain did stab himself with his own knife. It was smart work getting to that conclusion by asking a logical series of questions." That was mainly directed towards Izuku. "It was also smart to keep the situation as level as possible, while also checking to make sure that there was no room for doubt." That was directed to Sora.
"Wow! Praise from Mr. Aizawa." Ochako cheered for the two of them.
"Extremely well done you two." Tenya complimented the pair, who both took the compliment.
"But...you all overlooked one major thing, therefore you earned...Zero Points." Aizawa told them their score.
"HUUUUUH?!" Most of the group screamed out.
"YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING!" Katsuki roared out.
Aizawa looked at what they missed and simply said. "Observe."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Slapstick]
The students looked to where their teacher was looking and saw what they missed. "What?!" Uraraka said.
"The Villain's body is gone!" Midoriya exclaimed.
They heard All Might laughing away as he made a run for it. "He's alive!" Izuku and Ochako said in unison.
"Are you serious!?" Sora screamed out, practically fuming with anger.
"I'M FLEEING THE SCENE AND RUNNING TOWARDS FREEDOM!" All Might announced as he kept running.
"GET BACK HERE!" The Keyblade wielder demanded as he used his flowmotion to blitz towards All Might, only for the Pro Hero to pick up the pace and leave Sora in a cloud of smoke. The boy coughed up a storm before he used his Aero spell to clear the smoke away, only to see that he lost All Might.
Aizawa then stated their mistake. "You were all under the assumption that the Villain was a corpse, so you didn't tie him up. And that's why you all failed."
"Is that even allowed?" Bakugo growled.
"Didn't you realize that All Might gave you a hint about the truth?" The homeroom teacher pointed out. "He tried to help you. When Asui tickled his nose. He reacted, didn't he? You thought it was a mistake. Sora even jumped to that conclusion beforehand, instead of checking to see if he was faking it. But he was actually alive." he then walked away. "That's it for your special class. You're dismissed."
"Oh man." Izuku felt unsatisfied with his results.
"That's a DIRTY TRICK..." Bakugo was also fuming with rage.
"Wait a second!" Iida realized something. "If the Villain was alive then...he pretended to kill himself and looked for a chance to escape the whole time! He didn't stay there for Midnight!"
"Midnight misunderstood and thought he did everything because he wanted to protect her name and honor." Tsuyu summarized.
"But their love story!" Uraraka continued.
"It was…!" Midoriya had almost finished.
"Never real." Shoto finished for them.
"I hate this test..." Bakugo growled before he let out a rage induced scream. "AND THIS LOVE STUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUF!"
[Silence]
It was so loud that it actually cracked and broke the glass windows. "The window!" Ochako noticed it, but it was too late as the glass broke and some of the building's structure came down, leaving the group in a cloud of smoke.
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Even though Sora was a fair distance away from the group, he still heard what they had realized, and that just made him even more angry than he already was. This 'Villain' used someone else's feelings towards him for his own advantage and got away with it. He could barely stop himself from letting out his own anger fueled scream, but he still somehow managed.
Even so, he was still visibly pissed off. His fists were clenched so tight that he could practically feel his fingers digging into his palms. His face was so red and hot that he could probably cast a Blizzard spell on himself and still feel like he was burning up. His arms were trembling so fast that they looked like they were vibrating.
Sora at this point could only think about finding Yagi and beating him to a pulp for toying with everyone's emotions like that. He didn't care whether or not it was a training exercise. Nobody should get away with that kind of action. Then, unbeknownst to him something very startling began happening to his body, and thanks to the smoke covering the other students, they didn't see it happening to him either.
Sora's skin started to emanate a black essence around him, and his body began to briefly glow a dark red aura, and his eyes briefly began to change shade from their usual blue to a piercing golden yellow. Then, Sora suddenly felt a cold rush, which snapped him back into reality and made him realize what was happening to him, prompting him to stop this before it escalates into something much more dangerous.
The boy then took deep breaths and calmed down, which made the red aura around him fade, the black essence no longer come out of him, and his eyes went back to their normal color. "Jeez. Get a grip. It's just a training exercise." He told himself. The boy looked back and saw that the smoke from the building was still covering the students, which prompted him a sigh of relief. "Glad they didn't see that. I don't want to have to explain…'that' form to them."
The Keyblade wielder at first walked over to the smoke to clear it out, but before he did, he summoned and looked at the Kingdom Key, noticing that a smidge of black was on the hilt, but it quickly evaporated off of the Keyblade. After a few more breaths to make sure that he was fully calm, he cleared out the smoke with another Aero spell. "Come on guys. Let's go." He told the group.
As the group left, all of them, except for Katsuki had noticed that Sora looked calm, yet still stressed, but they chalked it up to him just holding in his frustration at the fact that they were all duped by All Might. With that, the students left the training grounds, having mixed feelings about this special class.
[Silence]
As the class was over and the students were heading home, Toshinori had gotten back to the teachers lounge. He coughed for a moment before commenting. "Staying in my muscle form for so long is excruciating." He then went to his computer. "Oh, that's right. I had an EMail. Hmm. It's from Melissa?" He opened up the message.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Each of Their Goals]
It read. "Dear Uncle Might. It's been such a long time. Melissa Shield here. I bet you're surprised to get a message from me. I'm writing you because I-Expo will be held on I-Island soon, where Papa and I live. Schools in Japan are on summer vacation right now, right? You should come see papa. I'll send you a formal invitation to the Expo later. 'A Japanese Hero who fought Villains while studying abroad reunites with his American friend after so many years.' Don't you think it sounds dramatic?"
"P.S. This is a surprise. He'll be so shocked if you show up out of the blue. Can you imagine the look on his face when he sees you again?"
Yagi looked up for a brief moment, before he made his decision regarding Melissa's request.
[Silence]
Over at the development studio, Moogle was with Power Loader and Mei. The two adults were checking up on her latest 'baby' and making sure that it doesn't explode when turned on. Suddenly, the pair heard footsteps and Moogle went to check out the approaching noise from out the door. Once he poked his head out, All Might in his muscle form blitzed past him, while holding a suitcase.
"Whoaoaoaoaoaaaa! Kupo!" The speed and shock of that pass made Moogle literally spin like a top until he eventually fell to the ground from dizziness. "Ugh...what's got him in such a rush, Kupo?"
"Dunno." Power Loader answered. "Hey. Moogle. You look pretty beat. I can help Hatsume for the rest of the day if you wanna head out."
The merchant gave an appreciative gesture towards the Support course teacher and said. "Thanks. I'll check up on my stuff before I head out."
"Got it." Power Loader responded as he went back to helping out Mei.
Moogle then went to his small locker and then grabbed a phone out of it. He unlocked it and went to check up on an order that he placed for more synthesis materials, but then something caught his attention. An ad. He opened it up.
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"You are formally invited to the I-Expo, Kupo." He read out loud. "Come and see the results and advancement created by the residents of I-Island, Kupo. This invitation will give you early access to all of our events before it becomes open to the public, Kupo. We sincerely hope you come, Kupo." Someone sent him an invitation to an Expo. At first he was a bit skeptical about it, but then realized that while he was working at U.A. and making support items for people other than Sora, he might as well go to maybe get some ideas for future support gear and accessories. Maybe he can even advertise one of his own if he's lucky. "Eh...what the heck, why not, Kupo."
[Silence]
Elsewhere in a large room. A rather large group of people were discussing some sort of plan. A man with red hair and dark face paint on his mouth talked about some sort of plan. "Alright. So once the trap is set and we get to Shield and his buddy, we'll take that little science project of his and..." There was suddenly a ringing coming from his cellphone. "Huh?" He answered it. "Who is it?" After a brief moment, the man's face suddenly dawned a shocked expression, which soon turned to uneasiness. "All For...I thought you were dead." Another moment of silence before he responded to whoever was on the phone. "I...yes. I'll do that." He put his phone on speaker. "Boys. We got a call from the top Villain of old. Best show some respect, or you're out of here." He placed his phone on the table. "What can we do for you?"
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST The Power Of All For One]
"Actually...I was actually calling to ask what I can do for you." The voice on the phone corrected the man.
"Huh?" Another man with pinkish hair and tattoos spoke up. "YOU want to help us?"
"Swordkil!" The first man spoke up.
"Ah...sorry Wolfram." Swordkil apologized.
Wolfram then went back to talking to the voice. "Sorry about my associate, but he does bring up a good point. Why would someone as powerful as you want to help us?"
"I had heard that you were planning an attack on one of All Might's friends." The voice stated. "This had caught my curiosity, so I wanted to learn more, and lend my assistance if necessary."
"Well, actually the plan isn't ours." A member with a round head spoke up.
"Oh? Then who's plan was it?" The voice questioned.
"It was actually the same guy we were ordered to attack." A member with a scope on his left eye answered. "He wants us to pretend to be Villains and hold the place hostage while he steals his precious trinket back."
"But we plan to steal his little trinket and sell it to the highest bidder." A member who looked kind of like a goat added.
"Is that so?" The voice was very entertained by this piece of information. "Now I'm even more interested in assisting you."
"If I may ask..." Wolfram took over once more. "Why would you bother going out of your way to help us with something like this?"
"If All Might's friend wants to have a hand in something evil, I will assist in his fall from grace in any way that I can." The Voice stated his reason. "I regret only that I will not be able to see All Might's face twist in pain when he discovers the truth about the professor." After that answer was given, there was a brief moment of silence before the voice spoke up once more. "So, how may I be of assistance."
The members of the group all had the same evil smile on their faces when they realized just how lucky they were to receive this call. Wolfram then stated what he would need. "I'd say we've got the plan covered. But now with you backing us, I think that we'll only need one more thing to make sure that this plan doesn't fail. You got any of those super strong brain headed guys we could borrow when we blow our cover?"
"I think I can do you one better, Mr. Wolfram." The voice said. "How about instead of getting extra muscle in the form of one of them, you receive the extra muscle yourself."
"You mean...?" Wolfram began to ask.
"Yes." The voice confirmed. "I will personally give you the ability to do so."
"Deal!" Wolfram agreed to that almost instantly.
"Good." The voice was pleased with the cooperation.
[Silence]
In Mustafu Japan, it was sunset now. As Sora and Izuku were about to reach their home, they heard a voice. "I AM HERE!"
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Damn Cowardly School]
It was All Might, blitzing towards the pair with a suitcase in his hands. "WAITING TO AMBUSH YOUNG MIDORIYA AND YOUNG SORA ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM U.A.!" He stopped in front of the pair. "HI."
[Silence]
"All Might. What are YOU doing here!" Izuku questioned while Sora gave the Pro Hero the stink eye for what happened earlier today.
The Number 1 Hero debuffed himself and coughed up a storm before asking the pair. "Young Midoriya. Young Sora. There's a place called I-Island. You ever hear of it?"
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Damn Cowardly School] A.N. Start at the 43 second mark.
"Oh yeah for sure!" The green haired boy confirmed. "I-Island is amazing!"
"I-Island?" Sora repeated the name. "I remember Moogle mentioning it once, but I never really looked into it."
"Everycompanyintheworldthat'sinvolvedintheHerobusinessinvestedmoneytocreateatechnological .It'sincredible." Izuku muttered at an incredibly rapid pace.
Sora barely understood what was just said, but before he could comment on it, Toshinori yelled over the muttering "Do you both want to go there with me!?"
Both boys were genuinely shocked at what was just offered to them and they gasped. "Really?" The One For All user asked.
"You want the three of us to go together?" The Keyblade wielder questioned.
"I don't mean we'll just be goofing off." Yagi explained. "Young Midoriya. Now that you've officially become my successor, there are alot of tricks of the trade that you need to learn about. And Young Sora, if you're going to assist Young Midoriya in his quest to defeat All For One as well as keep your cover in this world, then you'll need to know these tricks too."
"You're doing this for us?" Izuku realized. "Are you sure about this?"
Toshinori gave a confident smile on his face and nodded to the pair, who both ended up gaining confident smiles on their faces as they nodded back to him. "Let's go!" both boys said together.
"Then you better run up to your rooms and pack your bags right away so we can jet." Yagi informed the pair. "Can't keep the plane waiting."
[Silence]
"Wait..." Sora just realized what Toshinori said.
"We're going NOW!" Midoriya also realized what he said.
"Yes. Hurry up, go!" Yagi ordered the pair.
"AH, yeah yeah! I'm going! Don't leave without me!" Izuku said as he ran to his house.
"That plane better have good snacks on it after what you just pulled Yagi!" Sora demanded as he followed his friend to the Midoriya household.
And HERE WE GO! This chapter came out much sooner than you anticipated, huh. And it's quite a long one too. I enjoyed writing this chapter for multiple reasons. First off, it was the beginning of the what I am going to call the Final Level of the Season Two story. Two Heroes is basically a second finale to season two of MHA, so I'm not wrong to say that this and the movie are the end of the Season Two segment of the fic. Once this is done, it's on to the Season Three segment of the story, being the third season, and the second and third volumes of School Briefs, as well as whatever other chapters I choose to add in. Before I get into this chapter though. I have to thank DaniBoy15000 for a SECOND, I repeat SECOND piece of fanart. I placed it in the fanart folder with the first piece he did. And I also have to thank comments like TheBeatles221 and Parcival Wolf12's as they not only make writing these chapters worth it, but they also give me inspiration to keep going. I also love the theories as to who the Figure is. Speaking of him. You now have more lore of his story. I hope you enjoyed it, because there won't be any more hints. In the next ark he appears in, he will reveal himself to Sora, so look forward to that. I do have to comment on the fact that for a chapter that covers the episode called 'save the world with love', there really wasn't much of it being thrown around at all in the chapter. In fact, it was quite the opposite. Pretty Ironic huh? I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, and are hyped for the next few. Until I decide to upload again. ;)