Chapter 45 -
(Izuku)
They had disabled and disposed of the third bomb when one of the slaughs flew (swam?) over to him, and started shouting.
"There's a shiny box!"
He groaned in annoyance, it made sense though, especially if they wanted to bring down the island. "Okay, take us to the next one."
Mei copied his groan. "There's another one?"
"At least we know what we're doing." Said Melissa. The third was set up exactly the same, so after figuring out the first two, the third was easy.
As they swam over, the bracelet wrapped around his right wrist became a deep red and pointed toward the direction of the tower. 'Shit.' He couldn't just leave the girls down here to disarm the bomb alone, could he? What if something happened while he was fighting? He couldn't just pop down here and help them. They also couldn't breath underwater for much long either, maybe 5 more minutes. As he was about to turn around and share his concerns, he felt an immense sense of curiosity come flooding over his connection with the dark pixies. "What's happening?" He asked the one floating next to him.
Like it was an everyday occurrence, it looked at him with impassive boredom. "Shiny box is blinking." It screeched in reply.
'Shit. Misaki!'
'[Sphere of the Water Pixie]!' A deep blue sphere appeared Melissa and Mei. Just in time too, as the bomb detonated and caused all the water around them to be displace. Utilizing his gravity, he swirled the water around him in a barrier. It didn't help with sight at all, but the worst effects of the shockwave were dampened.
The instant the water started rushing back toward where the bomb was, he was moving. 'Need a platform of earth from the bottom of the ocean. I don't care how much Mana it's going to cost. Make a rune scheme, now!'
'On it.'
Pointing a hand at the gaping hole, where water was rushing into, he began to cast. '[Cold Snap], Snake Nest!' Snakes made of condensed fire slithered out from his fingertips. They were burning bright enough that they boiled the water around them. Swimming over to the edges of the gaping hole, they made the shapes he needed. Create metal attached to a shape, linking, and size runes. 'How much longer?'
He doubted the metal he could create from the runes would be good enough to keep the island afloat for long. 'Almost there. Pull out a metal sheet.'
Doing so, he heated up his finger to the point where he could melt the sheet. As she began to push the runes to the forefront of his mind, he copied. Mei and Melissa swam over when he was half way done and watched as metal began to fill the massive hole.
Melissa's voice was heavily influenced by the fear she felt. "W-what do we do? The metal that holds up the island is a special alloy, only the maintenance crew has extra panels, and they're all dead!" That was a very sad thing to come across. They had found a couple dozen bodies floating in the water and near the holes that had been dug. Fishes and other sea creatures had begun to nip at the corpses.
He answered her without looking away from his work. "I'm going to make an island underneath this part of the island."
Mei, his ever faithful friend, didn't even question him. "Will it even be big enough to hold up the island?"
"Maybe? I've never really tried to do something like this before." As he said that, he finished powering the complex rune scheme, and put it beneath his foot. "I hope this works." Giving it a kick downward aided by OfA, it shot down with the speed of a bullet. His foot ended up breaking from the impact.
Quickly casting an [Emergency Aid] on his foot, he swam up to the island, and pushed. Surrounding himself with all of the power he could muster with his gravity, he shoved the sinking island back up. He could feel the island slow just a bit, but not much. The weight of the enormous thing was just too much. Which of course it was, the island was a legitimate city.
'Mana just bottomed out, Stamina is depleting. Rapidly.'
'How many rapid x3 runes did we put onto that plate?'
'Five, so maybe another minute before it hits the island?'
He didn't have a minute. 'We're gonna have to let it sink while I replenish my Mana.' That wasn't good, the island was slowly sinking faster and faster the more water rushed in. The metal that had been growing to fill the gap was already bent and broken.
'Do it. There's nothing we can do.'
With annoyance, he let his gravity drop away, feeling the enormous weight come off his shoulders. Getting into a meditative stance, he floated there and spoke to the two girls who were watching him. "My classmates are in trouble, and the island is sinking. The island I'm making will hit us in a minute, maybe."
Both girls floated next to him and 'sat'. Melissa was the first one to speak. "I-It's not your fault, we would have never known about the bombs if you weren't here in the first place."
Mei grunted. "Hell, if it weren't for you, the island would be sinking much, much faster than this."
"For being my first mission, this sucked." He muttered.
'Stamina at 40%, Mana is climbing, currently at 21%.'
Mei snorted, and was about to say something, but kept her mouth shut. "Yeah."
They sat there in silence for about 40 seconds before he felt an overwhelming sense of magic rapidly approaching from below. "Shit, we need to leave now." Snapping his fingers, he opened a portal and shoved them through, with him not too far behind. He managed to get through just in time as the island rose from the sea floor. When they landed onto the ground inside of Melissa's fabrication room, it was dark for a second before the lights automatically came on.
What greated him was worthy of Aphrodite trying to invade his mind.
[Allure of Aphrodite, does not take effect.]
[Allure of Aphrodite, does not take effect.]
Mei's normally baggy clothes hugged her frame and showed everything, including the fact she wasn't wearing a bra. Melissa, who was wearing a white shirt and pants, might as well have been in just her underwear for all the good it did. Turning away from the pair, he opened the inventory portal and pulled out a blue vial. He had reached roughly 55% mana before opening the two portals, and now was back to 32%. His Stamina was at 43%, and HP at 93%.
Pulling the stopper on the vial he had, he downed the contents. It tasted like a mix of mint, orange, and herbs, so altogether, horrible. The vial was a mix of Mana and Stamina potions, which did work wonders, but they tasted worse together than they did apart. Shaking his head, willing the taste to go away, he spoke to the girl's. "Lock the door until your clothes dry. I have to help my friends."
Snapping his fingers, he created a portal and jumped through. What greeted him was an army of bipedal dog/monkey hybrids mobbing a single man. From their maws, blood poured out in massive amounts. Their hands ended in long sharp nails that they used to skewer the man. Leading them was his classmate, broken and limp, crushed between two pillars.
Looking back due to Misaki's warning, he found Momo on the ground. The girl was dying. She was stabbed through the heart and bleeding out rapidly. Hoping that being near the fight wasn't considered combat, he ripped off what remained of her costume and extracted the giant metal spike. The instant it was free, blood splurged out and covered his hands and shirt. "[Emergency Aid, Medic's Respite, Deny the Reaper]." To his immense relief, neither of them was considered 'in combat'.
With his vice rep out of the deep end for now, he stood back up and turned to the man who was finally pushing back the monsters. 'Misaki, axe.'
'Yes, dad.'
Snapping his fingers, he opened a new portal and after two seconds, a steaming axe came flying out. Not caring about the heat, he took it in both hands and rushed the man. Without warning or a battle cry, he decapitated the man and stabbed him through the heart with the pole.
The army of creatures paused in their assault and looked at him for a second, before they shimmered out of view. With combat over, he ran over to Tobu and pulled the columns apart to free her. Gently picking her up, he began to cast healing spells, but they failed. Narrowing his eyes in confusion, he turned back around to find the man's head being pulled back to the body. The man's skin, a dark blue, started mending the instant the two pieces made contact.
Growling, he opened a portal and gently set Tobu inside. Running over, he did the same for Momo, before the body was fully healed. Just as he finished placing her inside, a metal spear attempted to impale him. '[Reaper's Shield].' His mental spell sprang to life instantly, as he closed the portal at the same time.
A small bone plate appeared where the spear attempted to pierce and grew outward enough to catch and encapsulate the spear in bone. Standing, he looked at the man, who was sneering at him. He used [Observe] on the him.
[Name: Mason Hughes
Nickname: Wolfram
Age: 32
Level: 48
Quirk: Metal Manipulation (A), Muscle Augmentation (D), Ouroboros Engine (B), Kinetic Battery (C)
HP: 10,560
Mana: 3,784
Stamina: 12,890
Statuses: Ouroboros Engine (-45% to mental stats and Max Mana), Kinetic Battery (71/100 charge), Muscle Augmentation (40% to physical stats)
A man with nothing to lose and everything to gain is a vicious foe.]
"You know, I can forgive quite a bit, Mason, but trying to kill my classmates is over the line."
The man's sneer melted into confusion, before turning into a look of rage. "How do you know that name?"
He shrugged and used his gravity to bring his axe back to his hand. The weapon was slow and in no way fast on its way back. "I know you have four quirks, and I know you're dying. Do you mind telling me who you work for? If you do, I'm willing to try and keep you alive."
The man snarled and launched pillars of metal at him. Dodging to the right, toward the axe, he spoke to Misaki. 'Keep your eye on any moving metal around us.' She saluted him.
As he dodged, he tried to come up with a plan. This was a fight of attrition against the man's revivals. Each revival was slowly eating away at his maximum Mentals, which would make him brain dead. So his best bet was to keep killing the guy until his brain gave out. Channeling his fire into his fingertips, he let the fire become liquid and sent it crawling across the ground.
Using the flat of the axe to block a spear of metal behind him, he pointed his freehand at Mason. "[Cold Snap]."
With an audible crack, the man staggered as his skin froze over. That gave him just enough time to unleash his quirk, unabated. 'Singularity.'
'Stop!' He fumbled and had to dodge away from a spear. Coming out of his tumble on his feet, he asked her what was wrong. 'I smell Invisible Girl, she's still in the room.'
Letting out an annoyed sigh, he used the axe and bashed away several pillars. 'Activate Solar Aura, light only. We'll use the hard light to attack, and the light to look for her.'
Doing as commanded, she unleashed their inner sun, and lit up the entire room. 'Light Binding.' Chains of light shot from all around him and slammed into the shell Mason had made. Taking a quick look around him, he spotted a sparkly patch in his vision. Turning back to his opponent, he hefted the axe and swung it in an overhead strike. As it began to fall, he cast a spell Misaki created. "[Executioner's Grace]!"
[Executioner's Grace Lvl: 1 (Max)
Imbue your axe with the knowledge and history of all executioner's axes. This knowledge takes the form of a sharper and larger axe. Able to slice through nearly all materials, this spell is meant for killing.
Damage Multiplier: (Based on Axe Combat Skill)
Cooldown: N/A
Cost: 2000 Mana and Stamina]
As an orange magic ran down his arms and into the pole, the axe grew twenty times its normal strength and slammed into the shell. When they collided, the orange energy left the pole and went into the axe head. Making a whooshing sound as it swung through the air, the axe head sliced through the thick metal with ease. As the axe receded, dark red sprayed across the vault's metallic walls.
Not bothering to look at the newly painted edge, he ran over to Toru, and put her on his back. Using a bit of hard light, he attached her to his back with rope. Just in time to, as the metal forming the entire room condensed around the man's newly built shield. His Mana and Stamina were too low to perform Executioner's Grace again, unfortunately. The spell required a hefty portion of both. Not enough to put him on the back foot with a single use, but if he used it twice, then he'd be in trouble.
Holding the axe at the ready, he prepared for Mason to attack. Much to his confusion, it never came. Making his way over, axe at the ready, he started hacking away. Finally making it through the shell, he was greeted by empty space, and a hole going down.
He cursed under his breath. Without thinking, he jumped down and followed. The path of destruction was easy to follow and lead him to a new fight.
"Take this, Asshole!"
He came around a corner to find his girlfriend protecting an elevator car that was ripped out of the elevator shaft and sitting on the ground behind her. The two scientists, one of which was fighting the other over a briefcase, were on the ground. Jiro was out cold next to the two, while a barely conscious Ashido was helping Ochaco. His girlfriend, armed with a crude bat made of concrete, was smashing it into the metal pillars that went for them, but was losing ground.
"[Frost Giant's Spear, Momentum Bomb, Thundered Weapon, Strength of Hercules]." The instant the spear formed in his hand, he threw it as hard as he could. The spear took off with a shockwave and slammed into the man's back, piercing his heart, but not passing through. Aided by One for All, he was at the man's body instantly and ripped the man's head off.
His battle instincts honed through constant mass combat flared, and caused him to dodge and form a shield behind him. Three spikes made of metal slammed into the shield and shattered it almost instantly. He mentally made a note to make a new personal bubble spell that could block physical attacks. Landing into a roll, then onto his feet, he turned to find Wolfram barely on his feet. His body was already pulling itself back together.
Not giving him any time, he dashed forward and stabbed his hand into the open wound. "Turn to dust, Daybreak." No cry of pain accompanied the attack, just a low sizzle as flesh turned to dust. Luckily, he had the wherewithal to turn off the light, otherwise everyone in the room would be blind.
When the body collapsed, he turned to find everyone conscious just staring at him. The one who wasn't stunned was Ochaco, who was kneeling next to Jiro, one of his tokens in her hands.
One step toward them was all it took for all hell to break loose. A spike metal stabbed him through the heel of his foot, and straight through his leg, bone and all. He growled in pain, and with very little self-preservation, he ripped his leg off the thin metal spike with one viscous fluid motion. He saw everyone in front of him pale at the sight, but he couldn't care right now.
'Dad, HP is 42%, your leg is fubar and is imposing significant negatives to your Agility stat.'
He could only grunt in acknowledgement as he had to focus on everyone in front of him. The floor was turning into small spikes, each one hoping to skewer flesh. Reaching out with his gravity, he shoved all of them back into the elevator cart. With another shove, the elevator was sent careening downward. Ochaco could stop the elevator, so they weren't in trouble.
"[Stone Skin]." The spell just barely had enough time to protect his stomach during his forward flip as a spike attempted to pierce him. Turning up the heat oh his feet well past the boiling point for standard steel, he swept his bad lame leg out and cleared the surrounding area. Hopping and balancing on his one good leg, he cast [Emergency Aid] on the ruined one.
As he waited, the body of the man started regrowing. The only reason he didn't attack was because it allowed his leg to heal.
"You know, I feel like being your girl would be disastrous to my mental wellbeing."
He stumbled at the whispered words in his ear. Fuck, he forgot she was there for a second. She was invisible and light as a feather. "Sorry, I can't exactly get you out right away."
He felt a hand travel down the front of his stomach. "No rush."
Rolling his eyes, he warned her. "You know what he can do. Keep your hands behind me, I'll keep you safe."
He felt her nod and the hand was pulled back to her. Taking a quick glance, he noticed his mana around 55%. 'Okay, I need you to work on a dead zone around Toru.'
She saluted. 'Got it.'
(Miriko)
Everyone had heard about I-island by now. It was all news broadcasts could cover. Someone had tipped them off about some type of operation going on there and the whole of Japan, possibly even the world was watching.
Currently, she was sitting in her house, on her sofa, wrapped in a bathrobe. Her hair was longer than normal, which was actually saying something. Spending nearly a year in an alternate dimension without a proper salon would do just that. Her bunny slippers were propped up on the coffee table and she was sipping at a cup of tea before she fell asleep.
She was watching a live feed from I-island of a massive fight going on in what the reporter was calling the Botanical Garden. Massive rends were being taken out of the building, explosions, fire, and ice filled the empty space. It continued on until the camera zoomed in on a new hole that formed, and several small figures came falling out.
There was no new news from the building, so the reporter shifted her attention to the chaos in the streets. A massive army of robots were laying siege to the city, heroes in the street, fighting them off. All in all, it was pure unadulterated chaos. The report continued until there was lurch in camera angle and a loud alarm blared over the reporter's mic.
The mechanical voice of a female boomed over the intercoms. "Attention all residents and visitors of I-Island! An explosion has been reported in the maintenance tunnels and a massive intake of water has been sensed! Please evacuate to the nearest sinking evac point!"
This went on for nearly a minute, the reporter going crazy, spitting out information at a rate even heroes would be pressed to keep up with. Eventually, she was thrown off her feet as the island seemed to hit something. Knowing who was on the island, she snorted in laughter.
Her theory was confirmed when the camera shifted back to the massive building it was on before. Massive chunks of the floor was being condensed to one part of the building where light was going off in massive bursts. Several lashed out in massive arcs from the building, looking like pictures of solar flares from space.
She snorted. "Can't wait to see what that kid becomes when he gets to actually use his class."
(Izuku)
This was fucking ridiculous. That stupid fucking scientist decided that the fight was lost and was making his job three times harder. It would be so much easier if he took after Kat and started becoming a vigilante. If he could kill this stupid man, his job would be so much easier.
Grabbing Anderson by the scruff of his lab coat, he used [Observe] on the man as he threw the idiot behind him toward the elevator. There was nothing special about him, just another scientist, his quirk was fairly simple and was ranked F, but the Statuses on him were telling.
[Statuses: Puppetry of &:=#^ ]
He had a God screwing him over, of course he did. No mortal was this stupid, seriously. Toru screeched a bit as he did a mid air spin, slamming a spike upward toward the ceiling. He followed the kick with a burst of speed and sent a sun filled punch at the nearly dead man.
'Sunny Day Smash!'
Fire bellowed out from the blow, causing massive arcs to form. His opponent, who had three more deaths in him, was sent slamming into the ruined wall that was just now a pile of metal.
"If I wasn't in danger right now, I'd so be checking you out." Heaved Toru.
He snorted. The girl had been provided mid-combat banter for him the entire time and wasn't letting up. Misaki was enjoying it, so she was more than happy to focus on the field around the girl. Downing his last elixir, he waited for the thing to do its magic.
[Elixir of Life
This elixir is the concentrated power of a life god's magic. Drinking this will restore your body to peak condition. All gauges will be filled in five seconds. Substantial injuries will be sealed and healed over.]
That last part was why he couldn't drink it when he got stabbed through the foot. Having a massive gaping hole in his foot would have been annoying.
Before the five seconds were up, he jumped backward, away from an oncoming pillar and skidded to a stop. "Toru?"
"Yeah?"
"I don't want any roaming hands, got it?"
He knew her nerves were on edge right now, especially when she only nodded. With her still safely protected by Misaki, he activated Solar Halo. Two small balls of fire expanded into existence and his skin ignited to be nothing but liquid fire. Not only did he not want her hands wandering because he had three, possibly four, girlfriends now, but because the shield Misaki had placed over her wouldn't save her if she reached outside of it.
Pointing a finger at the man, who started shifting the metal at six different points, he sent a single sun forward. "Singularity 45%."
At his command, the sun collapsed on itself, and formed a miniature black hole. In an instant, the black hole expanded, and consumed. The small bit of the world in front of him vanished. Not only the man, but the building in front him. He only kept Solar Aura up to keep the effects going. The instant he let go of Singularlity, it would end and everything sent away would come back. Not how it originally was mind you, but irrevocably altered.
Metal would be twisted, charred, melted, expanded and shrunken. Rock and cement would be nothing but a fine dust that would instantly be taken by the wind. He had no idea what would happen to a human body, but didn't imagine it would be good.
As he waited, he hefted his axe. The next kill would be with [Executioner's Grace], marking the end of this fight.
"So question?" Pondered Toru.
"Yeah?"
"Feel free to lie, but are you dating multiple women?"
He raised an eyebrow. "Why do you ask?"
She shrugged. "You just seem like way too much for one woman. I could imagine two possibly being enough, but you don't seem the type for the minimum." Misaki snorted and went into a laughing fit.
He looked at her, the best he could at least. "Why in the world would you say that?"
He could tell she started counting on her fingers. "Your physique is something all men should strive for, in my opinion. You have a full body tan that shows you spend time nude outdoors, which is pretty hot. Your long locks look like they would feel magical to run my hands through. You're nice and caring as shit, which is amazing. When you're teaching us, you're understanding and make time for everyone. You also have the endurance of a bear, which can only mean you must be able to keep going forever."
As Misaki died of laughter, he rolled his eyes. "Enough. To answer your question, yes."
She stopped listing reasons and instantly started asking questions. "Ochaco knows?"
He could feel the Singularity about to end. "She's the one who started it."
Toru seemed completely unperturbed as the space in front of them started shifting. "Is Komori in it? She seemed very protective of you."
"She's trying." He readied his axe for an attack.
"How many are in so far? Is Kendo part of it?"
He stumbled as the ability ended and deposited the ruins in their original spot. "No! She's my best friend!"
The girl hummed. "I see. How many."
"Three, maybe four." The body started moving.
"How many are you gonna get?"
"They're people, not collectibles, Toru." As soon as the heart was fully formed, he sent the axe into a horizontal strike. "[Executioner's Grace]."
As the axe did its magic, bisecting the body in two, Toru snorted. "I know that. I was wondering what you were looking for in one of your girls?"
He felt Misaki's lust rising. "And why do you want to know that?"
She started whispering in his ear. "Mama want a taste."
'Fuck yes!' He rolled his eyes at Misaki's cheer, and let Solar Aura drop.
"Ask Ochaco. She's in charge." He jumped into the air, away from the spikes of metal that tried to skewer him. Pulling his free arm back, he started mentally casting spells.
"Oh, I'll be sure to ask. Just so you know." She leaned in closer, near biting his ear. "Before then though, feel free to cop a feel."
Images and fantasies, courtesy of Misaki, went flashing across his head. They were of him and Toru in public, with the girl doing unspeakable things with him while invisible. Shaking the images away, he lightly scolded his daughter for distracting him.
Adding flames to the end of the spear, that already had a multitude of spells cast on it. He bounced off an [Air Step] and went flying backward. Activating his Str boosters and OfA, he chucked the deadly weapon at the man, who had almost instantly reformed with his last life. At this point, Mason was gone, what was left was only a walking feral husk. It's only objective was to destroy everything.
Screaming as it went forward, the body tried to bring up metal walls, but the spear easily turned them to rubble. Slamming into the chest, right where the heart was, the body went flying back. Slamming into a massive chunk of cement, the body was pinned, and went still.
As the body laid there, it attempted to heal, but the quirk, Ouroboros Engine, had finally run out of power. Luckily for him, Kinetic Battery seemed to require the user to actually move. Which meant, for a fortress fighter like Mason, the quirk could only hold out for so long. Jumping over and landing next to the body, he let Toru down, who looked at the body with him.
"Is he finally dead?"
"Yeah."
"Good, this jerk hurt Momo and Tobu." Taking a step forward, she kicked the corpse.
They were interrupted by the sound of hurried feet and whining. "He-he can't be dead!" Both of them watched as Anderson ran over and started crying at the body.
Toru took a step away, and leaned against him. "Is he okay?"
Sighing, he shook his head. "Nope, there's something screwing up his head."
"Nerd!"
They looked over toward where the stairs had been. Bakugo and Todoroki were huffing, no doubt from having to run up the stairs since the elevator was down. As they got closer, Todoroki asked. "Is it over?"
He nodded. "Took a bunch more deaths, but yeah, he's finally down." He felt a hand land on his thigh, and gritted his teeth.
"That's good. We got everyone you sent down the elevator to safety. We came up to see if you needed help."
"And to get this bastard!" Bakugo stomped over as Anderson put the device on the corpse's head.
Thankfully, the device was useless for the man now. From what he read about the thing, it required brain waves to function. Mason was now completely brain dead, his dark blue, nearly black, body showing the signs of his constant reanimation. The most anyone could possibly do for him was to replace his brain, and there was no way in hell he was letting that happen.
Bakugo walked over to the man and pulled him away. "Okay dirtbag, you're going to jail!"
Anderson bawled and fought futilely against the hand holding him.
After that, everything had rapidly calmed down. Thanks to the advanced warning, very few civilians had been hurt, and the robot army had been subdued. The island he had summoned was still keeping the place from sinking, but it was on a timer. The surviving maintenance crew was gathered and escorted by armed guards to fix it. The higher ups weren't taking any chance with possible stragglers.
Once the authorities had arrived and bagged the husk, he opened a portal for them to leave. There was no way in hell he was going down the massive staircase, or falling off the side of the building.
As they made it to temporary HQ, they lightly talked about the day. Both of them, no matter how much Bakugo denied it, were saddened by the deaths of the heroes who helped them. Bakugo was also extremely pissed about his attrition and muttered something about overnight training. He wasn't going to stop his childhood friend, the guy was competent and knew his own body better than anyone else.
"Izuku! Meeting!"
He raised an eyebrow, but shrugged. Bidding his three classmates farewell, he followed Aizawa in a room down the hall. "Talk to you guys later."
His homeroom teacher seemed annoyed. No doubt because of the casualties amongst his classmates. He was just glad none of them perished. He was pretty sure Misaki would actually blow a gasket if one of them did.
'Damn right I would, those brats are mine!' He smirked at her overprotectiveness.
Continuing the small trek, they arrived in a conference room. Inside, an official from the WHA, principal Nezu, and All Might. The reason for the silence was to allow the rep a chance to read the mission report he had made up. When he finally finished reading, he sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "This was a disaster."
He nodded. "I was unable to account for the man's quirk and ability to create tunnels where none were before. We're still not sure how they got to the top floor unseen in the first place."
Mr Belmont nodded. "I understand, I'm not blaming you."
Nezu smiled. "In light of the initial assault, Izuku's plan worked perfectly fine, with the exception of Team Beta." Damn right, he was still pissed, annoyed, and saddened by the one, probably two deaths.
The rep nodded. "I just wish we had more time to plan for this mission. Less than 4 hours to not only maybe find bombs, but to prepare for what was only thought to be a couple of actors? This was ridiculous."
"It also doesn't help that I-Island's council doubted anyone could break in. We could have moved the device before all of this." Nezu helpfully supplied.
His and Aizawa's left eye twitched in sync with annoyance at that one. Those idiots had said the only place comparable to their security was Tartarus. This incident threw a major wrench in the trust people had in the prison now.
"The WHA will likely blame them for negligence, they won't come off lightly." Said Belmont.
Aizawa nodded, but he knew that they both personally thought the idiots deserved far worse for the amount of deaths.
"Now." Smiled Nezu. "How are our chances looking?"
Belmont rolled his eyes at the principal but nodded. "I'll personally push the paperwork through. Any hero who meets the standards set by the WHA will be fast tracked for a license at the end of the school year. Be warned however." He added. "They will more than likely be held under a tighter microscope than a normal hero. If they mess up, they'll lose it and have to regain it the old fashion way."
Nezu nodded. "Perfectly reasonable."
All Might, who had been silent the entire time, finally spoke up. "Mr Belmont, I'd like to put in for my official retirement at the end of this year."
The mustached man coughed on air. "All Might? Are you sure?"
The hero nodded. "I'm sure. I'll have the paperwork sent to you by the end of next week."
The man was stunned. "V-very well." Calling the meeting to an end, he opened a portal for the man to go back to the WHA office in Japan.
When he was gone, Nezu smiled. "That went swimmingly." All Might chuckled and he smiled.
"This mission could have gone smoother though." Said Aizawa.
He nodded, wiping the smile off his face. "I'm personally going to pay for the Deceased's funeral expenses and provide a sizeable donation to their estate. Next time, I'll try harder to prevent any death." Aizawa nodded once, stood and walked out of the room. He was probably fried and was going to look for a bed to sleep in.
Making their own way out, Nezu jumped onto his shoulder. "Is the axe going to become a part of your hero outfit?"
He pulled it off his back. "I wouldn't mind it. It provides me an easier way to subdue someone."
"It would also chop apples phenomenally."
He snorted. "It would." The three of them walked back toward the HQ, Melissa's lab, and talked.
"So you created a whole island?"
He nodded at All Might. "Took every bit of Mana I had and Misaki figuring out a stable rune scheme. If it wasn't for her, we'd be sinking right now." He felt his daughter's pride swell.
"What quirks did the man have?" Asked Nezu.
That reminded him, he turned to All Might. "He had help from All for One, he had four quirks. Ouroboros Engine, Kinetic Battery, Metal Manipulation, and Physical Augmentation. I'm fairly sure that we would've had a far worse time if he didn't start going crazy after he died a few times."
All Might sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "We'll investigate after this mess is done."
He nodded and went into the HQ to find police waiting outside of the small meeting room. At his raised eyebrow. Nezu explained. "Mr Shield is to be arrested and tried. We allowed his daughter to have a few words with him before then."
All Might placed a hand on his shoulder. "Do you mind keeping an eye on her?"
"Sure." He answered without knowing what he would even do. He also had a bunch of other things to do too. He needed to check on Ochaco, the rest of the girls, the teams, and start making payment arrangements.
Nezu hopped off and went with All Might to do something as he waited. He decided to open his notifications as he waited.
[Quest: Defense of I-island
Rank: A
The old sidekick of All Might, David Shield, and his assistant, have initiated a fake robbery.
Objective: Stop the robbery (Complete)
Hidden Objective: Stop the possible deaths of heroes involved (Failed)
Hidden Objective: Disarm all bombs (Failed)
Hidden Objective: Kill the ringleader (Complete)
Rewards: 100,000 xp, 2 Skill Tokens, and an elixir of Life]
All in all, the mission was a complete and utter failure to his quirk. The xp amount didn't even push him far enough to level up. Though, two of his quirks leveled up.
[Quirk level up! One for All Lvl: 29 - 30
New ability- Unlocked!
(Discover your new ability on your own)]
[Quirk level up! HelioKinesis Lvl: 26 - 27]
He sighed at the notification. He was really hoping that it had given some kind of hint, but it had never helped him before. Putting the two tokens that materialized into his pocket, he closed his eyes and waited. Inside the room, he could hear Melissa yelling and crying.
Fifteen minutes later, the door opened and revealed a puffy eyed Melissa. She looked at him with a small sad frown and walked past him. Following her without saying anything, he nodded to the two officers and they entered the room. It was to be a private and quiet affair with no cameras.
Following her into the elevator and then out of the building, he waited until she spoke to him, or at all.
'Let's take her away from here.'
He raised an eyebrow. 'Like where?'
'Anywhere! Who wants to be near something that one of their parents caused?'
She actually had a fair point. "Melissa?" The girl didn't turn, but she stopped and stared at the ground. "Do you want to go somewhere? Somewhere far away?" She didn't shake her head, so he continued. "I'd get in trouble if we were seen, but we could go anywhere far from people."
She turned, her eyes filled with tears. "The moon."
Misaki snorted as he looked at her confused. "The moon?" She nodded. "Okay then. Stay near me." He opened a portal. 'Create a sphere of livable conditions for a normal person.' When Melissa followed him in the portal, he dug through the inventory portal and found a pendant he got from the fifth floor.
[Pendant of the Survivor
No matter the environment, this pendant is able to provide.
This pendant is part of a set and alone can only provide one benefit.]
He handed it to her. "Put this on, it will allow you to breathe."
She slipped it over her head and looked around the giant forest that he used as a waypoint. When Misaki said she was ready, he opened another portal and held his hand out for her. Looking at it, she gently took his hand and followed him in. Keeping an eye on her, he smiled when her eyes widened in wonder.
The surface of the moon was boring. Having been here already and done his exploring, he mainly only came here when he needed to test his solar powers. It was nice for dates though. Staring up at stars, being alone together, just talking.
'Not a date.' Chimed Misaki.
'I know that.'
Pulling out a fluffy blanket, he laid it out and offered her a spot, which she took. Laying back, he stared up at the stars. Sitting down, Melissa pulled her knees to her chest. They sat for a while, just being away from it all.
Very softly, she spoke to him finally. "I feel lost." He didn't say anything.
Laying back, she looked at him. "Mei says you train in a different world? What's that like?"
Laying onto his back, he used a bit of Photon Molding to create a scene. Smiling, he started telling her. "The first time I went there, it was with two of my friends. The older one taught me to box and had me fight this slime thing, it was super squishy."
An hour later, she was asleep and lightly snoring next to him. She had fallen asleep when he explained the giant crevice filled with bugs. 'She has been up since she woke up yesterday.'
Misaki appeared in his vision and sat on his stomach. "Do you plan on dating her?"
He snorted. "No, why?"
"I see what you see, stupid. I see where you look. I see what you think."
He rolled his eyes. "Sue me. I'm a guy looking at a pretty lady."
She shrugged. "I personally wouldn't care, we need more mature women in our harem."
"Mine, not yours. The instant we figure out how to get you a body, you can make your own."
Narrowing her eyes in thought, she finally nodded. "I want a redhead. Kendo is pretty cute, but not enough freckles."
He smirked. "Yeah? What else are you looking for?"
"Someone like Aki would be nice. A super pervert on par with me? I'd enjoy that."
"I'm sure you would."
"A long dark haired beauty would be amazing too. A short blonde haired girl with 'step on me' energy is a must." She hummed happily.
"Only the three?"
"At a minimum. At a max, maybe five? I'll have to see."
"So kids won't be in the books for you?"
She made a gagging sound. "Ew, no. My siblings are going to be bad enough."
He smiled. "What happens if your girls want kids?"
Shrugging, she vaguely gestured to her crotch. "Not like I can do anything about that, they'll have to get used to it. Maybe I'll just find girls who don't want kids."
"I'm sure you'll figure something out."
They lapsed into silence, before she broke it with a question. "Do I have to go to school? I'll be the daughter of a god, doesn't that exempt me?"
He wagged a finger at her. "You'll go to school, even your mom would say you have to."
She whined and rolled off him. "I'm going to be so bored though! I'll already know everything they'll teach!"
"We'll get you into a nice school with an advanced program, you'll be fine. If we send you to an all girl's school in a different country, you'll probably be able to find members for your harem."
She crawled over to look him in the eyes. "Really? You mean it?"
Shrugging, he nodded. "I don't see why not. I'll have the money to pay for it easily."
She let out a cheer and faded from view. 'When we get back home, can we look at schools?'
"Sure. Wake me up when Melissa wakes up."
'Sure thing.'
Closing his eyes, he fell asleep.
When eight hours hit, he woke up to Melissa glued to his side and wrapped around him. Solar aura was on and provided a low comfortable heat for the girl. 'Mornin.'
'When did this happen?'
'About three hours ago? She gets touchy when she's knocked out. She started tracing your abs with a finger while mumbling to herself.' After a pause, she added. 'You got a message from mom, she says she saw what happened on tv and wanted to make sure everything was alright.'
He pulled out his phone. 'I have reception on the moon?'
Misaki snorted. 'No dumbass, Aki.'
'Ohhhh.' Swiping his fingers, he brought open the messaging window and replied.
I: Everyone from school is fine, no major injuries.
'So, we waking her up and heading back?'
He mentally shook his head, not being able to do so when her head was shoved into his neck. 'We'll let her wake up when she wants. There's nothing that needs to be done as of now, so we'll let her relax.'
She groaned. 'Fine, but you have to play a game with me, I'm not sitting here in silence for another four hours.'
'Fine.'
When they got back to I-Island, it was in chaos. Emergency services had been working all day to help the people injured by the robot army. He'd have done it, but there were just too many and too far spread out.
Making their way to Melissa's workshop, they were greeted by a massive ensemble of people who all wanted a ride back to Japan. Misaki snickered as he opened a portal and sent them all back. Aizawa and Nezu told him they'll see him on the first day of summer camp, and the girls just wanted to go back home. He could tell the vacation spirit was gone now, and they just wanted to rest.
'Maybe I should have left them out.' He felt bad, he ruined their trip.
'They would have been pissed if you left them out.'
He conceded. "You're right, but we need to do something for them."
'Beach episode, you and a bunch of girls in the vacation house?'
'Not a bad idea, but I'm not sleeping with any of them.'
'You say that now…'
He rolled his eyes and closed the portal when the last girl went through. Turning, he saw All Might talking with Melissa. Mei was standing off the side, bored as could be. Letting them talk, he went over to Mei and leaned against the wall with her. "What's up?"
She shrugged. "Annoyed. I didn't get to do anything, besides disarm a bomb."
"What did you want to do?"
Giving it a second of thought, she answered. "I kind of wanted to see more inventions, but with the EXPO cancelled, that's not possible. The next best thing would be setting up our company, or getting a behind the scenes tour of this place."
"I'd rather not subject her to a tour of the place her father worked. How about we set up some equipment at the company? I bought all that stuff on the list you gave me."
"Really? Everything?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, the press was hard to find for a reasonable price. When I told the guy who was selling it that I'd get it myself, he agreed to a slightly lower price."
She turned and looked at him seriously. "Who cares about the stupid press. You got the computer?"
He raised an eyebrow. "Yes?"
"How?"
Slowly. "I bought it?"
"Izuku, that computer would have cost over 700 million USD. I put it on there as a joke."
Misaki let out a low whistle. 'That explains so much.'
"I was wondering why my accountant was freaking out."
"Is it set up?"
He nodded. "Building finished last week. They call it, The Golden Kami. When I was talking to the guy, I kind of just told him to make it as advanced as possible."
"How much money do you have right now?"
"Last I checked? Under a million. I have some gold that I'm going to be selling off here soon. My accountant is in talks with several world governments about buying the gold directly from me. It'd make my account fill faster."
"C-can we go?" Her eyes were wide.
He shrugged. "Sure." He looked over at Melissa and All Might. "We're going to go to our company."
Mei ran over to Melissa, whispered something to her that caused the girl's eyes to go wide and stare at him. "I'll go with you."
"More the merrier." He looked at All Might. "Do you want a portal back?"
His mentor smiled at him. "Before that, I think we should clear out our hotel rooms. We probably won't be coming back here."
That made him remember something. Going into the inventory portal, he pulled out a marker and a picture portrait of All Might. "The front desk lady asked me for a signature. Do you mind making out a message to Emily?"
All Might chuckled. "Anything for a fan."
With a signed picture, he went back to the hotel rooms and cleaned everything out. All Might already dealt with the flowers and chocolate. Most of them went to the hospital, the little that remained, mostly chocolate, was stored away in the inventory portal. Collecting their bags, he dropped the picture off, and checked out.
When he got back, Melissa had several suitcases packed. "Are you staying the night?"
"I work for Midsume Support and R&D." She smiled. "I'm going to be Project Manager and Superintendent."
'Oh! Can I choose the work outfit?'
As he opened a portal, he asked her. 'What did you have in mind?'
'Business casual, but Melissa has to wear a tight miniskirt.'
'Veto.' The girls and All Might walked in.
'Don't tell me it wouldn't be nice.'
He opened two portals, and pointed to the one for All Might. 'Oh it would, but I'm not getting sued for sexual harassment my first month of having a new employee.'
Misaki hummed as they went to their company. 'How about we get a slutty secretary?'
He rolled his eyes and opened the door for them. "Computer is on the 7th floor, it's super cold down there, so put a jacket on, there are some extras next to the door." Both disappeared instantly.
Going to the top floor, he found a corner office that was a decent size and dropped Melissa's bags off. He'd get her a hotel until she got a work visa. Making his own way downstairs, he went to the first 'safe' floor and started dropping off equipment. Some of the larger pieces were quite annoying, but making the portal large enough, he could jump in and carry them out, no issue. When he finished, the girls were walking up with massive smiles.
Mei walked directly up to him, wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. When she pulled away, she asked him a question with a playful seriousness to it. "Wanna make a baby?"
Leaving the girls to play around, he went to the 9th floor. He hadn't spent much time doing anything here, the most he had done was inspect the entire dungeon. It was the whole 9th and 8th floor, 2 massive labs, 8 smaller labs and two massive testing chambers. The whole thing was armoured up and in ruins. Support beams were broken, massive rends in the cement were everywhere, and plates of metal were missing.
The mobs could be slightly cute though, depending on what configuration was made. He had figured out how they were made, which was interesting. The large testing chamber on the 9th floor contained a mass of scrap wire and metal. If you killed a servo, the mass would ungulate and spit out a new one. They were pretty stupid normally and when they talked, it would be a single chime from a speaker, then they'd walk away. He killed a single one as a test and watched as the mass sparked, grinded, then spit out a small spider-like servo.
Walking into the testing chamber, past the mass of scrap, a doorway opened on the wall behind the pile. Being the owner of the dungeon, he was the only one who could enter this room. Inside, the only thing was a single computer, sitting in the center of the room. On the monitor, a black screen with a single flashing green cursor. Interacting with it like he would one of his screens, a window appeared in his vision with the dungeon interface.
[Dungeon : Midsume Vault
Level : 1 XP : 5.0%
XP gain: Monster Kills
Entry: Locked
Floors: 2
Elements: Steel and Electricity
Monster Aggression: Docile
Boss: Electrobug Swarm
Minibosses: 1
- Upgraded Servo
Common Monsters:
-Short Servo
-Battery Bat
-Steelvolt]
He came across a Battery Bat after he killed the servo. A single cylindrical body with skeletal wings made of electricity and steel. They were docile, even with aggression set at higher levels. Steelvolts were drill-headed moles that dug through the ground, set to docile, they ran from him when he approached. He hadn't seen the Upgraded Servo or the Electrobug Swarm yet, you needed to kill a certain amount of the servos to get the pile to create them.
"Dungeon Status." At his command, a new window appeared.
[Midsume Vault
Durability : 20.44%
Source Quality :
-Steel : Fine
-Electricity : Poor]
Source Quality was fairly self explanatory and to improve it, he needed to refine them. The steel was the easy one, but that was for later. Selecting Durability, a smaller window was brought up.
[Midsume Vault is currently in danger of being destroyed, permanently. To restore Durability, please provide materials for reconstruction.
Repair/Cancel]
"Dump it."
Without a word, Misaki created a portal and upended it. Like a scene out of a cheesy robot apocalypse movie, the portal created a waterfall of metal and chunks of cement. When the last of it spilled out, the massive pile of crap laid next to him. Selecting Repair, the pile of stuff started dissolving and the door to the room slammed shut. It took a decent amount of time and alongside the Durability meter going up, he could hear the sound of grinding metal and crumbling cement.
Misaki appeared in his vision. "Can we finish the axe today and go test it out?"
"Let's finish this off, kill the mobs here and level it up at least once. After that, we can finish off the axe and go to the sixth floor and let you loose." They hadn't gone there yet, and as far as he was aware, neither Miriko or Akito knew what was on it. The older woman had refused to go down to the floor with Kat, and his girlfriend was never told what was on there, so he was in the dark.
"Really?"
"I need to work on my control of your anger, so yes."
She cheered and started messing with fake memories. Her current work was on her moms. He ignored what the imaginary girls were doing and opened an inventory portal. Digging out the final tiny bar of Starmetal, he tapped Source Quality (Steel).
[To refine a Source, please provide necessary materials.
*Quality will refine the Source, while Quantity will upgrade the Source.
Do you wish to consume {Starmetal Nugget}?]
Selecting yes, he watched the ingot disappear into sparkles and a new window was brought up.
[Starmetal Nugget consumed.
Quality : +176%
Quantity : +.0005%
Quality upgraded! Fine - Good - Great
Great = All drops and monsters gain a 50% boost to Quality!
Progress :
-Quality : 8% toward Superior
-Quantity : 0.0005% transitioned toward Starmetal
*Consuming a new material will reset the Quantity progress]
"Are we going to a dead star?" Asked Misaki.
"I'd rather avoid it, but it looks like we need to. Do you think the metal pile will change to Starmetal when it finishes?"
She shrugged. "No idea, what do you think?"
He looked over and saw 'Ochaco' tied up and suspended from the ceiling with Sosaki whipping her. Off to the side, Komori was hogtied and Aki was sitting on her face.
Sighing, he shook his head. "One, why? Two, Komori isn't even my girlfriend. Three, Why have the visions been getting more kinky?"
Smirking, she blinked out of sight and filled his mind with visions. Her voice was omnipresent in his head as she spoke. "One." The four girls morphed and were surrounding him, stark naked and wrapped in knotted rope. "My moms are the hottest things in the world, I don't need any other reason. Two." Komori, being the shortest of the four, wrapped her arms Ochaco and started making out with her. "Komori has a huge thing for you and has dedicated her life to you. You're telling me you don't want to get a taste? Three." Shino and Akito started rubbing their bodies against him. "Do you not like it daddy? Are you more vanilla, or do you like naughty girls?" Her voice was getting sultry.
His eyebrow twitched and he snapped his fingers, causing the visions to disappear. "Misaki, stop. As your father, you are to never act like that toward me ever again, understood?" She harrumphed and stayed silent. After another minute of silence, a window appeared in his vision.
[Dungeon durability now at 100%]
Exiting the room, he was greeted by a completely different site. The massive junk pile was morphed into a machine that hung from the ceiling with a funnel toward the ground. Pulsing with blue sparks, it spun for a few seconds until it spit out a servo that was more whole. Sleek and refined, the servo looked like a metal octopus and drifted across the ground. Its head was a smooth metal chassis with three cameras as eyes, its tentacles were braided wire with small taser ends. "[Observe]."
[Short Servo
Level: 1
HP : 150 / 150
Mana : N/A
Stamina : N/A
Condition : Construct (This being can attack endlessly at a full power as long as it has HP. Mana and Stamina are Null.)
Str: 4
Con: 15
Dex: 2
Agi: 2
Int: 30
Wis: 5
Cha: 2
Res: 14
Luck: 10
Owner: Midoriya Izuku
A base monster of Midsume Vault.]
'Not bad.' He raised a hand and cast a silent [Mana Bullet]. A multicoloured ball of mana went careening into the thing and shattered it into smithereens.
[Enemy Defeated!
You have defeated a single enemy in one on one combat!
XP earned: 1
Level progress: 207,965 / 299,199 (69.5%)]
'This is going to take a while.'
Misaki didn't answer.
Little over an hour later, he finally killed enough small mobs to spawn the boss. The swarm of tiny electric bugs stood no chance against the burst of heat he unleashed. When the last bug sparked and popped, a window appeared.
[Dungeon leveled up!
All mobs and drops are now level 2!]
He hadn't received a drop yet, but he doubted it would be anything good at this level. Leaving the dungeon to replenish itself, he made his way upstairs to Mei and Melissa. He was a bit surprised to find them sitting around a table and just talking.
"What's up?"
Both of them hid what they were working on. "Nothing. You can't see until we finish." Said Mei.
He rolled his eyes. "Fine, I'm going to leave." He handed Melissa a card to a nearby hotel. "I called a nearby furniture place and got you a bed and a few amenities. They're set to be delivered tomorrow, tonight you have the option of finding somewhere to sleep here, or going to the hotel. If you decide to go to the hotel, just tell them I sent you. I already called ahead, Mei has the business card, get the details from her and get yourself a ride to and from."
She took the card with a smile. "Thanks! I think I'll take the hotel tonight. There's not exactly a shower here for me."
"Sounds good." He looked over at Mei. "What about you?"
"Hotel, I'll be staying here until school starts up."
Shrugging, he snapped his fingers and opened a portal to UA's support department. He had already called Power Loader and got the okay to be there during the break. "I'll see you guys in a few days. Have fun."
Giving their goodbyes, he walked through the portal and closed it. In Power Loader's workshop, he found the man tinkering with some gadgets. "Hello sir."
The man gave him a grunt of acknowledgement, but didn't bother with more. Walking over to his bench, he pulled out the axe and the barrel of acid he had in the inventory portal. Dipping the axe in, he waited for a minute, and rinsed it in a water barrel he had ready. After drying, he repeated the process a few times until the axe was properly finished. When it finished drying, it pulsed and shone with an ethereal glow that threatened all around it.
Power Loader walked over with a whistle. "What are you calling it?"
"Star Cleaver."
"Cool name, do you plan on getting it authorized? It will take a minute to get approved."
"I do, but there's a problem with handing it over for inspection."
The teacher raised an eyebrow. "What's that?"
He set down the axe, causing the bench to creak and groan. "It's condensed metal to start with, and I condensed it even further. This thing weighs in at nearly 3 ton. The only reason I can lift it is because of my strength and quirk. I've been using my gravity to make it lighter."
Higari nodded. "That will be a problem. Go ahead and put it on the main work table, I'll get the suits to come here and take a look at it. Worse comes to worse, you'll have to be the one to move it when they want it moved."
"Can I use it tonight? I want to go train a bit before break is over."
The man shrugged. "I don't care, I haven't even told them that the thing exists yet, go wild." He walked out of the workshop and into his side office.
Picking the axe back up, he admired it. A 65 cm bladed edge, as thick as his hand and layered with a star pattern. The axe was folded a ridiculous amount of times and the runes etched into the metal shone with pale white light. Besides it's ridiculous weight, the axe was sharper than a scalpel, even with its thickness. On the flat of the axe head, he carved 'smash' in ancient Japanese. The handle was a staff of Starmetal, the only thing capable of holding the axe head. Enhanced with its own enchantments, the staff glowed white and had the word 'Destroy' carved into it.
Reaching into the inventory space, he pulled out one of the rewards he got from the trek through dimensions.
[Time-Warpped Coin (One-Use)
(Legendary)
Breaking the coin will reset the cooldown of any ability you wish, no matter the time remaining.]
Snapping the coin, he targeted the timer for making a magic item.
[Congratulations! The time for a new magic item to be born has come!]
Using [Observe] on the axe, he spoke its name out loud. "Star Cleaver." At its name, the axe pulsed and the sharpened edge became white hot. The soft white glow was replaced with an unnatural heat that began radiating.
[Star Cleaver
Quality : Artifact
A handmade weapon crafted by Izuku Midoriya. Containing over 10,000 folds of runes and magic, this axe contains the power to kill a god.
Properties :
500% of Str is added to attacks
Unbreakable
Growth
When wielded by Izuku Midoriya, or his descendants, this weapon gains the property World Cleaver.]
[World Cleaver -
When hitting an entity that resists more than 50% of damage from an attack, gain a stack of Cleave. 50 stacks max. All stacks are lost if momentum is lost.
Cleave - For every stack of cleave, this weapon gains a percentage of piercing, which bypasses all defenses.]
The timer went back to a year, which was now set in stone, he didn't have any more of those coins. As he was about to put it away, a new window appeared.
[Star Cleaver has been granted the rank of Divine by the council of crafters.
Only those of divine rank may wield the weapon.]
The axe immediately dropped to the ground and created a dent in the floor. "Those sons of a bitches!"
Misaki, for the first time since he yelled at her, finally spoke. 'I swear I'll kill them all.' Nodding his agreement, he took an inventory portal and scooped the axe into it.
Going about fixing the floor, he cursed out loud. "I'm killing every one of the crafter gods when I get godhood. You hear me! You better stay hidden if you know what's good for you!"
Still pissed, he walked over to Power Loader's office and explained what happened. The teacher could only laugh at his expense. Leaving the laughing man behind, he portaled away and went back home.
A couple of hours later, after having dinner with his mom, he was floating in space and floating slowly toward the sun. It was hot, way too much for any rune or material to survive the heat. Hence, why he was completely nude, and trying to gain heat immunity.
The entire purpose for this was to be able to approach a neutron star. Currently, he'd turn into a crispy overcooked potato chip if he tried.
'This hurts.' Whined Misaki.
'We're almost done for today. What do you want to do?'
She mumbled something, but his enhanced hearing skills didn't apply to thoughts. He turned his mind inward, finding himself in her 'apartment'. Sitting on the coach, Misaki was curled up into a ball and gave him a suspicious stare. "Tell me."
She let out a sigh. "I want a body."
He raised an eyebrow and sat down next to her. "Okay, what's going on? You've been wanting a body more and more."
She bit her lip, closed her eyes and sighed. "I really just want to experience life on my own. I don't mind being with you and everything, I just want to be able to spend time with people instead of watching the world through a window."
Now he felt terrible. Returning back to his normal sight and being, he snapped his fingers. The portal that appeared took them to the open ocean where he instantly cooled his body.
'Where are we going?'
Pulling himself out of the water, he told her. "Give me the coordinates to my room."
He felt her confusion. 'Uh, okay.'
Once back home, he got dressed and meditated for a few seconds to recharge his mana. Once it was decently full, he told her. "We have a week before camp, so we have until then for us to come up with a way to create a body for you."
He could feel her excitement start bubbling. Though, before she could say something, Shiki came crashing through his door and slammed into his cheek. "Daddy!"
He smiled and patted her. "Hey sweetie, how are y-." He had an epiphany at that moment.
Opening Shiki's stat sheet, he was greeted by the notification from that day at the warehouse.
[Your familiar has consumed enough foreign mana to advance!
Would you like to begin the advancement?]
Selecting yes, he was greeted by a new window.
[The familiar known as Shiki has four available advancements:
Naiad
Nereid
Nixie
Undine]
He needed to look these up so he didn't accidently create a monster. "Shiki, do you want to hang out?"
She nodded happily. "Can we go to the pool?"
He snorted in laughter. The last time he took her, she nearly threw a tantrum when one of the lifeguards tried to tell her not to splash. "How about I build a pool in the backyard?"
She let out a cheer.
'Mind making a rune scheme?'
Misaki happily nodded. 'Sure.'
As she got to work, he got his laptop and made his way to the 'backyard'. In fact, it was just a second lot that he had bought and torn down the building in. It was expensive as all fudge to do, but he did it.
Walking over to the large grassy area that was there, he drew the rune scheme on the ground and activated it. After shaking for a few seconds, the ground started hardening and condensing into stone. It then sank down and formed a rectangular hole in the ground. He looked at Shiki, who sat on his shoulder. In the dark of the night, her form let off a slight blue glow. "Do you want to fill it?"
She nodded and fluttered into the air. Channeling some mana, her glow deepened and the air became moist. It took a few minutes, but with a small cloud and a couple hundred gallons of water, the pool was finally filled.
The small pixie started vibrating, and was about to jump in, but he stopped her. Grabbing her wings, he held her up to his face. "Shiki, I don't want water everywhere. Small splashes, and small waves, got it?"
She grumbled, but nodded, so he let her go. With a small high pitched squeal, she flew up and dropped into the water with a small droplet sound.
Taking a seat not far from the pool, he opened his laptop and did some research.
About an hour later, a bit past midnight, he reopened the window and made his selection. He didn't warn Shiki, he doubted he could actually explain what was going to happen.
The pool glowed a deep blue, then shimmered into multiple colors. He was about to walk over, but a notification popped up.
[Familiar transformation in progress:
0.05% of 100%
Time til completion: 23 hours 59 minutes]
"Well, shit." He turned his attention to Misaki. "Time for you I guess. Let's get to looking."
She happily nodded and started helping him search through different myths and legends.
It was morning by the time his mom found him and the new glowing pool. She gave him a curious look, but asked the immediately important question. "Where's Shiki? I made her breakfast, but she didn't come."
He closed the laptop, rubbing at his eyes. He may not have needed sleep, but his eyes still felt strain. "She's undergoing a transition, she'll be out at midnight, roughly."
His mom looked a bit worried. "She'll be okay, right?"
He nodded. "Just a bit of an upgrade, she'll be stronger and probably bigger."
"What's she turning into?"
He smiled. "You'll have to wait and see tomorrow."
After giving the pool a worried look, his mom nodded and went back inside with him. "What's your plan for today?"
"I'm going to be working on Misaki's body."
They were in the kitchen by the time his mom turned and gave him a very confused look. "What?"
He sat down in a stool as she prepared a small plate for him. "Misaki wants a real body, so I'm going to start working on one."
"Uh-huh, and how do you plan on doing that?"
He shrugged and took the plate she offered. "No clue. I'm going to try and make one with my fire."
"You can do that?"
Again, he shrugged. "No idea, going to try though."
She nodded. "That's good, I'd like to properly meet her. Her mom is Shino, correct? I still need to meet her properly too. The only time I really saw her, she was just a worried teacher."
He raised an eyebrow as he swallowed a bite of food. "Really?"
She nodded. "I need to speak to the woman who seduced my baby boy."
He rolled his eyes. "Pretty sure it was the other way around."
"Even better then! I get to tease her relentlessly until she goes red as a tomato."
He shook his head, feeling bad for Shino. "I'll ask her if she wants to come over, but probably not until after camp. She's a bit mad at me right now."
Into frowned, placing her hands on her hips. "What did you do?"
"Nothing!" He put his hands up defensively. "I met another girl t-."
"Izuku!"
"I swear, I didn't mean like that. The girl was one of my students and had a crush on me. She ended up gaining power like mine and pledging her loyalty to me. Shino got mad that she couldn't do it, but Komori could."
"Do what?" His mom asked.
"Pledge her present and future loyalty to me."
His mom sighed. "Is she the fourth?"
His sigh matched his mom's. "I honestly have no idea. It's entirely up to the girls. I think Akito is good with it, and maybe Ochaco, but I have no clue about Shino. I personally am only okay with it as long as all of them are okay with it."
She nodded sharply, "good." She made up her own plate and sat down across from him. "I hope it ends up okay. You four aren't even married yet, I'd hate for you to have to deal with these types of problems."
'You do still plan on marrying all of them, right?'
'Yeah, I'll figure out something.'
A couple hours later, he was sitting in the warehouse inside the glass box. He was nude again, not willing to burn up any clothes and working with his fire.
His basic idea for a body had come from both comics and actual myths. Plenty of stories had been made or written down of beings created of elements, their very being created from the will of their parents. Those stories are good and all, but there was something to be said about creating a living being out of fire and gravity.
It was fucking impossible.
At least as far as he knew, and tried so far. Maybe he just needed to practice more? Sighing, he let the 'fetus' he had formed dissipated and fell backward..
'You'll get it some day!' Encouraged Misaki.
He smiled. "I'll keep working on it when we have time. Let's go collect Shiki and prepare an actual vacation for the girls." Flipping onto his feet, he got dressed and went home. It was nearly time for Shiki to finish up, and his mom was asleep. She had left Shiki a massive plate of all of her favorite foods, guessing she would be hungry.
Walking into the backyard, he stood by the pool and waited for the countdown to finish. 'Do you think she'll be bigger?'
"Maybe, we'll see."
They had originally considered putting Misaki into a pixie and giving her a body that way, but it wouldn't work. They both remembered his first make-out session with Akito, and she'd just be stuck in a new person's head.
When the timer hit zero, the pool flashed once, and the light winked out. He peered over the edge into the water, but saw nothing. His darkvision didn't pick up anything and he only saw the crude bottom of the pool. "Shiki?"
His senses flared and he jumped backward, just barely dodging the massive column of water that went for him. Misaki snorted as he landed and watched a small girl float to the surface with a scowl on her face.
Her skin was a shark-like pale grey, and her hair was a pitch black that ran down her back and touched the floor. She crossed her arms and pouted at him, allowing him to see the fins on her arms and the sharp claws on each digit. "Mean!" When her mouth opened, he saw rows of sharp, shark-like teeth. "Ice cream!"
[Your familiar has successfully advanced!
The familiar known as Shiki has advanced from a Water Pixie into a Undine!
Undine are spirits of pure water and command the element with unparalleled power.
Undine have the following abilities:
Hydrokinesis (Spirit Grade)
Abyssal Calling (1/week)
Amphibious Form
Aquatic Transportation Mastery
Elemental Form (5/day)
Progress to next advancement:
0/1,000,000,000 Foreign Mana]
He sighed, and swiped away the notification. She wasn't advancing for a very long time. "Come on, let's get Ice Cream."
Shiki let out a cheer, and raced for the house and then to the front door. That's when he realized. "Shiki! Don't go outside! Stop! You don't have clothes on!"
He had to wake his mom, who stared at the girl, but when Shiki walked over and gave her a hug, calling her grandma, she broke. Hugging the girl, she started fussing over his daughter, still weird to say. He let her know he had to go somewhere to buy some clothes for her, and only got a small dismissive wave.
Right as he was about to open a portal, he got a slightly evil idea.
I: Hey.
A: Hey yourself. What's up?
I: We need to go shopping for our daughter.
He didn't get a reply for a long while. As he waited, he went to pick some ice cream for Shiki. Her favorite, which was a bit too on the nose, was a weird octopus flavor that his mom gave her. Luckily, they had it at a convivence store not far from here. Buying three canisters of the stuff, considering she ate a whole one when she was eight inches tall, and some others for himself and Aki, he made his way back home. When he opened the door, he finally got a reply.
A: I don't remember giving birth
I: You just don't remember. It's okay, I'll be a single dad.
A: Where the fuck are you?
I: Home, I got ice cream. It's chocolate almond.
There wasn't a reply, but he assumed she was excusing herself for a moment. Shiki and his mom were gone, no doubt somewhere deeper into the house. Bath time? Setting down the two bags of stuff, he walked into the backyard where a portal opened.
Walking out of it, Akito gave him a suspicious frown, her eyes narrowed. "What in the world are you talking about? Also, ice cream first."
He smiled and lifted her, giving her a kiss on the cheek. "It'd be rude to have a snack without her, we'll wait until she finds us."
The look of confusion grew even more, but she didn't resist. Letting her down, he led her into the kitchen, where she hopped on to the counter. "What happened with I-island?"
Sighing, he started to explain the trip.
By the time he finished his tale, his mom had appeared. At her side, was a small shark girl dressed in a familiar All Might oneself. "You kept that?"
Inko nodded, a massive smile on her face. "I kept most of your kid stuff."
Shiki had gone rigid upon seeing Aki, and his girlfriend had frozen in place, staring at the girl in shock. "Mama?"
He internally cheered that she finally listened to him. He had been trying for weeks to get the small pixie to call Aki mom. Outwardly, he just smiled. "Yep, that's right." He nudged his frozen girlfriend. "Say, hi."
She slowly raised one hand, still bewildered. "Um Hi." She looked at him. "Izuku, I'm really freaking out, who is this?"
His mom gained a look of confusion, but then the realization set in. "Izuku!" She threw a slipper at him that bounced off. "Why are you torturing the poor girl!" He couldn't hold it in anymore when Aki's look became even more confused. Letting out a laugh, which Shiki copied, he let his mom explain.
She huffed a breath of air out. "This is Shiki, Izuku did something to her and now she's grown."
The confusion didn't fade, at all. Turning to him, she opened her mouth to say something. However, nothing came out.
His laughter subsided when she didn't even get annoyed with him. He looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "What?"
She was about to say something, but didn't. Wordlessly, she hopped off the counter, grabbed all but his ice cream from the freezer and walked over to Shiki. The small girl looked up at her and smiled. Snapping her fingers, the pair fell through a portal that shut instantly, ensuring that he couldn't follow.
His mom looked just as confused as he felt. "What just happened?" She asked.
Shrugging, he sent a message to her, but didn't receive anything but a short reply.
A: I'll bring her back in a week.
He looked at the message in confusion and surprise. "I'm not entirely sure. She says she'll bring her back in a week though."
Hesitating, his mom finally nodded. "Maybe she just wants to spend time with her." It wasn't a question and his mom walked back to her room. That left him alone with a pint of ice cream.
Shrugging, he grabbed it and a spoon. "I guess we'll set up a dorm building for the girls, maybe if I invite the team, Pixie can help me."
Misaki, who was equally as confused as him, took the offered distraction. 'Get to it then, we don't have long until camp starts up.'
Chapter end!
This might not be everyone's favorite chapters, but unless I really overpowered the villain, none of these guys could put up a solid fight against Izuku, so I made them craftier and more diverse. Hope you did enjoy that though! Next chapter is mostly done, so expect that some time soon. :)