Heroes Never Die It's Hero Time

by Guardian-Sigil

One would think that in a world where everyday people possess impossible abilities nothing would really be a surprise. Izuku Midoriya, who upon the age of four was diagnosed as quirkless, was denied of his dream of become a hero that can save everyone with a smile. But fate gives him a chance; allowing him access not to one but a universe of powers and abilities.

34. Ch:33 Magical Girl Uravity

Alright, Alright, Alright. This will be the last original chapter before we move on to the real MHA stuff. So I really hope you guys enjoy this one.

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Ch.33 Magical Girl Uravity

"Woah! This is so exciting!" A fully costumed Ochaco Uraraka steps out of the taxicab with a fire in her heart and excitement in her voice.

Gran Torino waves the paid taxi off. "Haha! Relax will ya? Save that energy for the crooks." He shifts his gaze to their new hunting grounds: Dathomir City.

Dathomir City if described in a single word it would be…spooky. The architecture of the buildings are a little more gothic and Victorian in design with gargoyles, dark colors, rusty light posts, old statues, cracked roads and sidewalks, and weedy yards. Giant withered trees litter almost every corner and roadside casting darker shadows on those below the wilting and broken limbs. There's an ever-present eerie fog casted across the city, huge dark clouds hang overhead casting a shadow over the buildings, and it seems a lot of light posts are installed with red lightbulbs that dim in the fog.

Even though the city has the appeal of old-styled buildings and architecture, the city isn't exactly rolling in money. In fact it's seen a drop in its local economy and as such crime is a bit more prominent here. Which according to Gran Torino, makes it perfect for crime fighting.

"Alright girly!" Gran Torino grins up at his intern. "You ready for your first patrol?"

Ochaco throws her fist up into the air. "You bet!"

As she bounces in place, Gran Torino notices something new attached to the small of the girl's back. "Hey, what's that there?"

Ochaco blinks before realizing what he's talking about. "Oh, this?"

She reaches behind her and unhooks the disc-shaped device from the back of her costume.

The disc kinda looks like a toy U.F.O., it's about 9 inches in diameter, and it sort-of looks like plastic but that's just the effect of the pink color shine. There are three ejection holes aimed in separate directions of each other with narrow passages that spiral towards the center of the disc. But just what is this little device? And what's it for?

"It's a new support item I…sort-of asked the Support Department to make for me a while back."

Actually Mei Hatsume basically took it upon herself to design it, make it, and do everything else before pawning it off to Ochaco but hey it's hers. "It's called the Gyro-Disc!"

Gran Torino's a bit lost here. "Gyro? Like the sandwich?"

"No!" Shaking her head, Ochaco's cheeks turn red in embarrassment. "It's supposed to help me fly."

She is not at all ready for Gran Torino's reaction. "WHAT!?"

"Wah?!" Ochaco flinches back in fright as Gran Torino just goes off.

"You can already fly! Why in the world do you need that then?!"

It's true he saw her flying around during her match against Bakugou and Midoriya, so why would she need some cheap piece of plastic to do so?

Ochaco sheepishly scratches the back of her head and holds the Gyro-Disc a little closer. "Well, I can't exactly rely on One For All to propel me around. This Gyro-Disc will help me move in the air without hurting or straining myself."

Basically she means this. Like in the Sports Festival, Ochaco can use her own Zero-Gravity to levitate herself in the air. But using One For All to move around is way too strenuous and exhausting to do. Not to mention if she loses focus, she could cause some real damage not just to herself but to those around her and property. And that's where the Gyro-Disc comes in.

The Gyro-Disc activates when the wearer's center of gravity changes. When it senses changes in movement and balance it activates its internal thrusts that produce a stream of air from the necessary exhausts. The device actually doesn't need that much power since Ochaco has to be weightless to use it, it doesn't have to use up as much force to propel her. In a way it's a one-of a kind jetpack specifically made for Ochaco.

Gran Torino doesn't seem all that impressed. "Sounds cheap to me."

"It may be cheap." Ochaco smirks and throws finger guns at the old man, trying to act sarcastic. "But it works."

"Whatever just be sure to keep up alright."

"Don't you worry about me, old man." Ochaco rehooks the U.F.O.-like device as she confidently states the following. "I doubt I'd need any help."

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"Help! I need help!" Ochaco's arms are uselessly flailing at her sides as her entire body is spiraling out of control in the air above.

The Gyro-Disc thrusters propel her in every direction with her struggling to gain control.

All the while a purse snatcher is quickly gaining ground down on the street below.

"Gran Torino help me!"

But Gran Torino does nothing but stand there watching below with his dopey-grin and acting all senile. "My doesn't that look fun."

The flailing Ochaco snaps. "I know you're faking it!"

But whatever with a heavy sigh Ochaco manages to clap her fingers together and she can feel the pull of gravity dragging her back down to Earth.

She hits a few dead branches on the way down before landing atop a bush. Before quickly springing to her feet and acting like nothing was wrong despite the leaves and twigs stuck in her hair. "Nailed it!"

Gran Torino, with his dopey-grin, claps non-sarcastically as if Ochaco really did pull off the landing.

The purse-snatcher's still making his escape running down the mostly empty dark street the only reason Ochaco can even see him through the thick fog are the red illuminated lamp posts lining the road.

He's too far away and her "landing" did a bit of a number on her, but even so she's determined to see this through. 'I got this!'

Ochaco holds her hand forward, palm open, and she grips her wrist to steady her open hand. She takes a firm stance, breathes in and then out, and focuses on what she needs to do. She allows One For All to flow naturally through her entire being but only allowing the smallest amount of excess power to be expelled from her palm. Not a lot though, she doesn't want to destroy a building, but enough to take the criminal down. And just like yesterday, a pink sphere swirls around her open palm.

And so with brimming confidence Ochaco unleashes her newly acquired attack. "You're not getting away!"

The pink sphere of energy basically blasts itself right out of her palm, before racing right for the back of the purse-snatcher.

"Haha!" Ochaco couldn't be more thrilled. This is going to work! She's going to catch her first perp as a (sort-of) official hero!

Even the purse-snatcher can sense the inevitable as the orb flies closer and closer.

But then a miracle (for the purse-snatcher) occurs. The pink orb, for some reason, floats up and away from him. Like a perpendicular curveball that goes upward instead of to the side. Flying up and up completely missing the thief altogether.

Ochaco can feel nothing but shock and despair, she totally should have had it! Why in the hell did that happen?! Was her aim off or something? Was it the wind? Maybe the thief was too far out of range? Maybe?

"Why didn't that work?!"

The thief could care less why it didn't work; he's just thrilled that it did. "Hehe, stupid bi-GAH!"

"Watch your tongue!" Gran Torino scolds the thief from under his boot. "There's a young lady present." He decided to intervene after that spectacular failure of an attack.

Gran Torino smirks down at the thief but frowns when he notices that the freaking wimp passed out! He got knocked out by one kick to the head! Just one kick! How boring.

Gran Torino steps off the weakling. "They just don't make crooks like they used to. Back in my day it took more than a kick to the head to bash their heads in."

Ochaco is a bit horrified after hearing that comment. 'He's not being serious, is he?!'

"But one could say the same about…YOU!" Gran Torino nearly pokes Ochaco's eye out with his accusing finger!

"ME!?" Ochaco pulls away grabbing at her stinging eyes.

"Yes, you! What the hell do you call that back there?!" Specifically that weak sauce of an attack and not to mention that horrible display of flying.

Ochaco knows this but for some reason she just tries to play dumb, hoping that will somehow save her form the inevitable scolding heading her way. "W-what do you mean…?"

"You know exactly what I mean?!"

Ochaco cowers, wincing in fear as if expecting a slap on the head

"That had to be some of the worst flying I've ever seen!"

Ochaco shakes her head in denial. "I-I don't know! It's not my fault! I'm not used to this thing yet." She points to the Gyro-Disc on her back.

It's way too sensitive, it keeps activating whenever Ochaco leans in any direction! It's way too complicated to figure out!

"No excuses!" Gran Torino takes a breath calming himself down before pinching the bridge of his nose. "Look I've got nothing against support gear, heck there are plenty of heroes whose whole thing is to use support items. However!" He snaps his accused finger at the hero student. "Understand this girly! A hero is not as good as their gear but rather how well they use it! Understand me?!"

And Ochaco, for some reason, answers with the most calm and deadpanned tone. "I guess."

Gran Torino, in disbelief, face faults onto the ground. "You GUESS!?"

"Whah! Sorry, I mean I get it! I get it! But…still…it's just all sort of frustrating you know. I may have won the Sports Festival but…I that doesn't mean I'm even close to the top. I still have so much more to learn, and it sometimes feels like even when I make progress there's just another wall waiting for me."

Gran Torino doesn't respond; he can understand the girl's frustration. It's hard to feel confident when just after accomplishing so much you only end up encountering another obstacle that is even bigger and more challenging than what you've previously faced.

*Ping!*

Gran Torino's attention is drawn to his phone which has an alert notification on it.

Ochaco, the ever curious, speaks up. "What's up?"

Gran Torino flashes her the phone's screen. "Oh, this it's the Hero Alert System."

"Hero Alert System?"

"Guess they haven't covered it in class yet." Gran Torino holds up the phone showing off an app displaying an overview of all of Japan. "The Hero Alert System is a special program that only pro heroes have access to. It grants heroes information on regional crime rates, active crime scenes, and disasters, S.O.S.s, and villain sightings. Heck you can even alter the setting to only alert you about small time action." And it's not just an app, the app is just a part of the system.

"Impressive." Ochaco is truly surprised, she's never heard of such a thing, although that may explain why certain heroes are able to report to certain crimes so quickly. "I didn't think you'd have something like that."

Gran Torino doesn't take any offense. "I may be old but even I enjoy having a smartphone. But anyway lookie here."

Ochaco leans in reading the screen. "Suspicious looking people have been spotted near the Dathomir Museum." She raises an eyebrow at her supervisor. "Are you sure this is something?"

Gran Torino just smiles as he stuffs his phone away. "Well we won't know until we get there. And besides you can get some more practice in with your new fancy toy there."

Ochaco considers it because she's not too keen on being humiliated and thrown across the sky again, but that seems like a weak excuse. Plus maybe she can save some dignity if she can actually do something and stop a villain.

"Alright, let's do it!" She'll stop these creeps, master her Gyro-Disc, and her new move! "Besides what's the worst that could happen?"

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A tour guide is currently leading a group of ten through the Dathomir Museum. The museum isn't anything too grand but it's enough to warrant tour guides apparently. Although it's far from a welcoming atmosphere being just as dark and spooky as the rest of the city. All across the large room are ancient relics, statues, and displays showcasing ancient civilizations from all across the planet.

The elderly tour guide positions herself next to a small glass display before turning to her tour group. "And behind this impenetrable glass is the ever mysterious and recently discovered Charms of Bezel."

The tour group leans in examining the strange ancient looking talismans. There are five circular talismans each one decorated with very exotic and unique engravings. The talismans sit across an ancient looking neckpiece, leading the group to assume they were meant to be some sort of jewelry.

"It is said that these charms grant unimaginable power to those who wield them. But that's all we know about these artifacts. Our archaeologists have not been able to properly pinpoint where it was created or by whom. It's proven difficult to tell what these artifacts are even made out of and we are having trouble carbon dating them." The tour guide gets a faraway look as she begins to ask the big questions. "There's so much we don't know. Who made them and why? Is there a mystical power surrounding them? Are they a treasure of a long-lost civilization too advanced for us to understand?" She sighs in contempt, pushing up her glasses as she refocuses on the group. "But we can say for certain that they do not grant any…um, mystical powers of any sort."

The lights dim and a strange ominous wind swirls through the museum as a haunting voice accompanies the cold wind. "I beg to differ."

Every guard and visitor turns towards the ajar entrance that's been burst open with a gale of wind. Under the flickering lights of the entrance stands a cloaked figure.

The cloaked figure steps forward and the people gasp as they see his face. The grey-skinned man is adoring a tribal like garb that's red and black in color, with black pants, and black bandages wrapped around his legs. But the most disturbing part is the man's face: he has a skull tattooed to his own face as if his presence wasn't disturbing enough.

The guards spring into action jumping between this stranger and the tour group.

The cloaked figure holds forward his oddity of a staff. The staff is wooden with the adornment of a raven skull with a gold ring running through it.

The stranger slams the end of his staff down onto the earthen floor, as the slam echoes through the building red cracks break through the surface until lava spews forth and floods the nearby area.

The guards wail and scream, jumping back towards the tour group as to try and get away from the molten lava.

With them all in position, the stranger swings his staff forward and a powerful cold wind rushes over the lava, hardening it, and then slamming into the guards and the tour group knocking them away from the display case.

With nothing hindering his path, the stranger steps forward walking across the cooled and hardened lava without fear until his skull-tattooed face smiles up from his reflection from the glass display.

The stranger taps his finger against the glass, and it crumbles away into dust allowing him to reach into the display without any hindrance. "Finally, the ancient lost Charms of Bezel are rightfully mine!" He holds the Charms up in the air before draping the talismans around his neck.

The moment the talismans rest around his shoulders the engraved runes give off a soft glow like they've finally awakened after centuries of slumber.

The thief grins like a madman as he throws his hands out. Flames burst from his left hand and lighting cracks from his right, the dual elements burn and flash across the museum. The people scream and take cover as flames and lighting crack just above their heads.

The intruder begins to rise off the ground, levitating up as the flames and lighting thrash about, a whirlwind swirls around the museum picking up anything and everything that isn't bolted down.

All the while the mad thief savors his newfound power. "Hahahaha!"

Despite the turbulent winds, cracking lighting, and burning flames a calm and somewhat sarcastic voice manages to pierce through all the chaos. "Well you sure look like you're having fun."

The thief's smile fades away and is replaced by a scowl as he looks up towards the nearby balcony, there standing by the railing with a hand on her hip is a girl.

The girl seems to be in her late teens with long silver hair tied in a low ponytail, amethyst eyes, and her lips are purple from her favorite lipstick. She's wearing a magenta coat with purple trims with dark purple latex pants and matching purple boots. Strapped to the side of her waist is a monstrous-looking purple bag with the zipper acting as a mouth and loose buttons as eyes.

The floating cloaked madman frowns at the sight of her. "Charmcaster. Did you take care of the security system?"

The young woman, Charmcaster, brushes her hair aside. "Of course I did, Uncle Hex. But we should probably get going before some hero shows up."

"Watch your tongue girl!" The mad man or rather Hex snaps at the girl who for a brief moment winces in fear. "With the Charms of Bezel in my possession no hero could possibly take me on. Not even All Might!"

"Really?" Asks a very overconfident voice.

Both Hex and his niece turn towards the door to find two new party crashers,

"But are you a match for, Uravity?!" Ochaco cockily smirks up at the villains as she tries her best to look as cool and imposing as she can even with dirt and leaves stuck to her in various places because of her crash landing just a few moments ago.

Gran Torino stands nearby and is totally ready to throw down. "Something tells me he is."

Ochaco or rather Uravity is a bit hurt by Gran Torino's lack of support. "You're supposed to be on my side…"

"What is this?!" Hex snaps at the heroes as he floats overhead. "How dare you approach me mortals!"

"Allow me, Uncle Hex." Charmcaster is about to jump over the railing when her dear uncle cuts in.

"No! This is the perfect time to test my new abilities." Hex floats forward, glaring down at the heroes with the intention of ending their lives.

Gran Torino recognizes that look and he's more than happy to answer it. "You're one for the dramatics aren't ya?"

Hex scowls. "You'll find that my abilities are far from a show, old man."

"Old man? You're the one that looks like a skeleton."

Hex must have a short fuse because he swings his staff forward and from the mouth of the ornament flames burst forth.

Both Uravity and Gran Torino jump out of the way of the burning inferno. But Gran Torino not only jumps out of the way, but he speeds his way right towards the villain socking him right in the face.

Hex shakes it off as Gran Torino zips away again before he tries to blast him with a bolt of lightning that thankfully misses.

With Hex distracted, Uravity quickly gets to the terrified tour group.

"Everybody out!" She directs them along with the guards to the exit and thankfully they all make it out quickly without anyone getting harmed.

Uravity spins around to go help Gran Torino but instead she finds Charmcaster standing before her path.

Charmcaster smirks, her piercing eyes scanning the girl's hero costume and figure. "Aren't you a bit young to be playing hero, Little Girl?"

Uravity scowls in annoyance. "You're not that much older than me!"

"Perhaps, but" Charmcaster flips back her silver hair and poses with a hand on her hip. "I'm for sure way more mature."

Uravity takes that comment rather harshly, her cheeks puff out making her pout seem more adorable than intimidating as she lets out angry cute girl noises.

Charmcaster grins, more than satisfied with the effect. She opens up her purse and pulls out a handful of small capsules filled with water and then she tosses them at the upset Uravity. A pink pixiedust fumes out of her hand, enveloping the capsules, and then out from the pixiedust-cloud three large icicles race forward.

Uravity snaps out of her aggravation and hastily jumps away just before the icicles impale the spot she was occupying. "I-I s-see your point." Suddenly Uravity's face goes pale as reality sets in after hearing the pun that just escaped her lips. "I've been hanging out with Deku for too long…"

While Uravity questions her sanity, Charmcaster pulls out a silver ring and throws it like a frisbee towards the hero course student. The ring too disappears behind a cloud of pixiedust and then a giant ring about the size of a car spins like a buzzsaw out from the cloud.

Uravity swerves to the side but as she moves out of the way she grabs the ring from the inside, she spins, and tosses the giant ring right back at its owner.

Charmcaster throws her hands down and a shroud of pixiedust floods to the ground and then a massive chunk of the Earth bursts out of the ground, intercepting the giant ring and effectively stopping the attack.

Charmcaster remains behind the Earth shield as she searches her bag for more supplies. "Alright I'll admit you're good. But I should have figured since you won the Sports Festival."

Uravity suddenly becomes very shy, holding her cheeks in embarrassment and awe. "You saw me?" She just won't ever get used to being recognized and praised there's just this sense of pride and flood of shyness every time someone brings it up.

Charmcaster smirks finding this girl's reactions amusing. "Yeah, I did. And I know your Quirk hurts you." She steps out from behind her shield with a pair of strange stone carvings in her hand. "And that means I know how to beat you, Little Girl."

And with that she drops the two carvings right onto the ground, but not a thing happens.

Uravity eyes the rocks on ground before raising an eyebrow at her opponent. "Um is that it?"

Charmcaster smirks as she thrust her hands down and out from the tips of her fingers the pink and purple pixiedust rushes out and envelops the carvings like a fog machine.

As the fog of pixiedust clears away Uravity is more than surprised to find a pair of Stone Creatures growling and snarling at her.

These Stone Creatures look like a mix of dogs and golems with magenta runes glowing from the engraving across their bodies. They're made completely out of stone but they're alive! Moving and breathing and snarling like an animal!

Charmcaster pats one of the Stone Creatures' heads. "Surprised?"

Yeah, Uravity is surprised. "Just what the heck is your Quirk?!"

Charmcaster lips curl up into a cocky smirk. "Who said I was using a Quirk?" She doesn't give Uravity a chance to process her statement, because with a snap of her finger the pair of Stone Creatures attack.

Uravity leaps back as the Stone Creature slung at her with their sharp claws and massive jaws. These things may just stand below her waist but even she knows not to underestimate an opponent based on their size.

One of the Stone Creatures pounces but Uravity ducks down allowing the creature to jump over head. As it does so she grazes her fingers against its underbelly allowing Zero-Gravity to take hold.

And it does, the Stone Creature flails and tries to grab for support as its body floats up into the air acting like a small dog when someone holds it just above water.

Uravity smiles up watching the struggling creature before she hastily jumps away as the second Stone Creatures tries to take a chunk out of her leg.

The Stone Creature repositions itself, growling and snarling at Uravity who slowly backs away.

The girl's eyes trace upward and then back down to the Stone Creature. A sly smile graces her lips as she brings her hands together. The Stone Creature is about to lung at her but then its own companion smashes into it from above. The floating Stone Creature was high enough for it to build up enough speed to smash and break both itself and its partner apart.

The smirking Uravity turns to the stunned Charmcaster who clearly wasn't expecting her to escape her pets so easily. "Is that all you got?"

The villainess scowls before brandishing a ribbon and lashing it out at her as a cloud of pixiedust bursts out from her fingers.

While the girls fight it out, the old men are flying above throwing attack after attack at each other. As of now Hex has been blasting flamethrowers and lightning bolts at Gran Torino who's been zipping and bouncing around the entire room like a ricocheting bullet.

"Avoiding me is futile!" Hex casts another blast of flames but they too miss. "Death is inevitable for the likes of you!"

Gran Torino latches himself to the side of the upper balcony's railing. "I may be up in years, but I still plan on living far longer than you." Using his Jet Quirk, he kicks off the railing and races right for Hex, aiming to strike him hard and fast.

Hex gasps before casting a spark of lightning out from his hand but something else occurs. With his opposite hand he swings his staff and the cracking lightning let's out a humongous BOOM! A roaring thunder explodes out from all around Hex knocking away Gran Torino before he could land a hit!

That push back hurt, but Gran Torino repositions himself and catches himself by grabbing onto a statue. "I gotta admit that's quite the Quirk you got there."

Hex for some reason laughs as if Gran Torino said a joke that was just so hilarious. "Hahaha! This is not the results of a measly Quirk!" With a wave of his hand items, relics, and anything not bolted to the ground floats up levitating all around Hex's own floating form. "This. Is. Magic!" Hex throws his hand forward and all of the floating debris rains down on the elderly hero.

Gran Torino though is more than capable in dodging each projectile, zipping between them with his Quirk. "Magic? Then how about a disappearing trick?"

Evidently, Hex doesn't appreciate a good sense of humor. "I'll make sure you disappear. For good." He aims his open palm down at the hero and flames begin to flicker from his palm.

"Nothing but show." Before Hex could even blink, he finds Gran Torino's boot right up against his face. "But I guess for a magician that's a good thing."

Blam! The kick smacks Hex's head back making the villain groan and wince in pain as he grips his possibly broken nose.

After the pain fades away a bit, the infuriated Hex roars out in an explosion of fury. "I. Am. A. Sorcerer!" Flames burst out from all around him and with a swing of his hands the flames rush forward like a wave.

The heat is so intense that even Uravity can feel it but she's in a heated situation of her own right now. She is currently taking cover behind one of the bigger displays as Charmcaster casts magenta fireball after magenta fireball at her.

"Come on!" Charmcaster reaches into her bag and throws another capsule that, after passing through a veil of pixiedust, reappears as a flaming ball that bursts out like a firework when they slam into the display. "You've faced worse than this! So come on!" She throws more fireballs.

'This is crazy!' Uravity needs to stop this chick and help out Gran Torino out of the two of them that skull-faced creep seems to be the most dangerous so he should be their priority.

Crawling across the ground, Uravity makes her way around the large display.

When Uravity gets to the opposite side, she peeks out from the side of the display and she's happy to see Charmcaster is so into casting fireballs that she didn't notice her target slipping away.

'Okay make this count, Ochaco.' Uravity takes a breath steadying herself as she aims her hand forward.

It seems to be getting easier for her to allow One For All to flow through her and after a moment the pink sphere forms over her open palm.

And then with a steady breath and a thrust of her hand, pew! The sphere goes flying right towards her intended target.

However, from the corner of her eye Charmcaster spots the pink energy coming her way and with a last-minute swerve she manages to dodge the speeding sphere.

Uravity gaps but the sphere continues its path and curves upward right towards Hex. The sphere slams into his back and bursts into a small explosion that swallows up the sorcerer. Smoke and energy flash before their eyes as Hex is blasted up into the air.

"Ahh!" Hex screams as his body slams into the ceiling before the Zero-Gravity fades away and he collapses onto the ground with a loud crash.

As he lands onto the ground one of the talismans breaks away from the neckpiece and rolls away coming to a stop by the stunned Uravity's foot.

Charmcaster gasps at the sight of her uncle. "Uncle!" And she takes off to see if he's alright.

Uravity stands up ready to follow but as she takes a step she steps right onto the talisman. She looks down noticing the odd item and how ancient it looks. She picks it up examining the strange carvings finding it just oh so fascinating, there's just something about it that makes it feel so familiar to her. She shakes her head; she needs to focus and so she pockets the talisman into a compartment in her belt figuring she'll return it to the museum later.

As she pockets it, she fails to notice that Charmcaster was watching her pocket the item, before she turns to her downed family member. "Uncle, are you alright?" She reaches to check his pulse.

Hex swats her hand away like one would a pesky fly. "I'm perfectly fine." He sits up and as he does so he reaches for the Charms of Bezel around his neck, he gasps, and his eyes widen when he realizes that there's one missing!

"You won't be for long."

Hex snarls up at Gran Torino who's standing just a few feet away from the thieving family.

Uravity soon stands by his side with her fists at the ready.

Gran Torino's smile comes off as wicked and devilish. "Now don't go pulling a Hundi now I'd hate to mess up your pretty face." He cracks knuckles. "And I'm not talking to the girl."

Hex is shaking with anger, snarling and grinding his teeth, but before he can make a move the sound of police sirens reaches his ears.

And so with very little options left Hex decides now is not the time to fight. "Your time will come." A light suddenly surrounds Hex and his niece, blinding the heroes.

When their vision returns, they find the museum empty of any thieves.

Gran Torino scowls. "Damn, I guess they did know a few vanishing acts."

Gran Torino may just be joking but Ochaco can't help but feel like there's just might be some truth there. Were those two…really using magic? How else could you explain those Quirks of theirs? Heck were they even using Quirks?

She just can't make any sense of it! Ochaco grabs at her head, she can feel a headache setting in and the loud police sirens aren't helping matters.

As she furiously tries to figure out just what those villains' Quirks are, she fails to remember the ancient talisman hidden away in the compartment of her belt.

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Just outside Dathomir City, hidden away in the woods, stands a little abandoned church which thanks to the years of abandonment and abuse looks more like a place for the arcane to gather. But today it hosts some very…mystical practitioners.

"Rahhh!" A levitated Hex uses telekinesis to throw a table right against the creaking wall, breaking the table into millions of splinters.

Strewn across the collapsing church lies debris, burn marks, and other smashed objects. Clearly Hex has been throwing a bit of a tantrum since they had to retreat from the museum and Charmcaster has already found it a bit exhausting to watch. "Will you just calm down?"

Hex snaps his attention to her, his eyes screaming with fury making her flinch under his glare.

Hex eventually breaks his glare and floats overhead, calming himself down.

Knowing she's in the clear, Charmcaster let's go of the breath she was holding.

Hex soon hovers just in front of a large stained-glass window, that somehow has remained intake after all these years allowing a ray of reds, yellows, and greens to illuminate the empty church. "Excuse my…outburst. After all thanks to your folly we've lost hold of one of the Charms!" Hex breathes in reigning his temper. "We'll have to return to the museum. They undoubtedly would have recovered it by now."

Charmcaster smirks, glad she has something over her uncle. "Or maybe they haven't."

Hex eyes her with a hint of danger but intrigue.

"I saw that girl, the one that won the Sports Festival pocket the thing."

Hex smirks, this may be interesting. "Did you now?"

"Yeah, I saw her pick it up." Charmcaster's feeling a bit more secure now. "If you'd like I can go get it. It shouldn't be a problem for me."

Hex turns back to the stained glass. "I beg to differ."

"Hey, I'm more than capable! My powers are more than enough for her! Heck I'm more than enough to take you on!"

And that was a mistake and she doesn't need her uncle's furious gaze to explain that.

Charmcaster cowers away, knowing she overstepped. "Wait, I-I didn't mean-"

"Are you challenging me, girl?" Hex's voice is dangerously low, and it somehow causes even more fear to run down the girl's spine. "Are you questioning my power?"

"N-no…uncle. I didn't mean any harm. I just thought…that I-"

Hex roars out in anger. "That is your mistake!"

Charmcaster flinches, holding her body tight as her uncle begins to scold her.

"You are nothing but a child not yet ready to think for yourself!"

"Yes, uncle… I know…"

Hex glares at her as if trying to find any lies in her words before finally relenting. "Good." He turns away again. "We will retrieve the Charm. And you will be sure to play your part, correctly. Is that understood?"

With her head hung low Charmcaster almost whispers her response. "Yes."

"Very well then." Hex floats back up to the stained window. "Pray tell what was the girl's name again."

"I think it was…Ochaco, Ochaco Uraraka." Charmcaster thinks back to the girl's entrance. "But I guess her hero name is Uravity or something."

"Hm, that is tragic."

"What is?"

Hex grins down at his niece as lightning cracks from his pal, the lightning discharges across the church until it inevitably cracks through the beautiful window. "She possesses a hero name, a name she won't have the pleasure of using for very long."

---

Gran Torino wobbles his way from the police officers having just finished up his report. He spots his young student leaning against a nearby tree waiting for him no doubt. "So! What'd you think of your first patrol?"

Ochaco frowns in embarrassment. "Humiliating…"

"Haha! That's great!"

"No it's not!" Geez! Why can't he ever be on her side?

"Why of course it is!" Gran Torino brushes his thumb against his nose. "Feeling defeated like you do just demonstrates how seriously you're actually taking it."

It takes Ochaco a few seconds to truly get what he's saying. "I guess that's good but it's still bad the villains got away."

"Yeah, that was totally your fault." Wow, he could have shown a bit of sympathy there.

Ochaco deadpans. "You could share some of the blame."

"Yeah, I guess I could. Haha!"

Is it bad that Ochaco feels a bit more humiliated? "But…there is something I don't understand."

Gran Torino mercifully stops laughing. "Oh, what's that?"

"Those thieves they're…Quirks were just so…unexplainable! And they kept talking about magic and stuff…" To anybody else they would just chalk it up to some kind of Quirk but Ochaco isn't normal, she knows that aliens exist so what's to say magic exists too?! "Do you think that maybe they…really were using magic?"

Gran Torino doesn't respond instead that dopey-smile of his remains plastered to his face for a few moments. Soon it drags on for too long to the point that Ochaco wonders if she broke him somehow, but then he finally reacts. "Hahahaha! And they call me senile! Hahaha!"

"I'm being serious!"

Fine he'll give her the benefit of the doubt. "Well, I have to admit they're Quirks were definitely on the unique side. And I definitely couldn't give you an accurate read on what they do, even the police seem like they're going to have a rough time identifying them." Gran Torino peers away into the fog illuminated by the red lights of the streetlamps. "Then again the world is a far bigger place than we think, you never know just how people will surprise you."

"Is that…a yes?"

"Ha, nope!"

Okay, she should have seen that coming.

"Who'd be dumb enough to believe in magic?! Heck, next thing you'll say is that you believe aliens exist! Haha!"

'They do…' Before Ochaco could say anything, she'd regret her stomach let's put the most obnoxious grumble it could give. 'My poor stomach all we ate were those pastries and they definitely weren't enough.' A jolt of shock and despair courses through her. 'And I don't have enough cash on me! Oh, man and Gran Torino probably won't offer to get me lunch. Even if I asked…' She almost wants to cry, it's just her luck she'd be humiliated and starved at the same time.

Unbeknownst to either of them the talisman in her belt glows dimly and almost instantly Gran Torino lights up as if an idea popped into his head. "Alright, kid. How about I show you one of the best parts of going out on patrol?"

Ochaco is a bit hesitant to respond. "Okay."

"Great, follow me!"

After a short walk the two arrive at the local park that's definitely seen better days. The grass lawns are littered with garbage and weeds, the trees are dark and wilted, and that darn fog is making the place even creepier than it has to be. And that cemetery nearby isn't helping matters.

But to be fair Ochaco was in for a bit of a nice surprise when they arrived. "I wasn't expecting this." She grips the philly cheese steak sandwich, examining its peculiar content.

"Hm hm! Tasty!" Gran Torino doesn't even wait for her, he may have bought the sandwiches, but he's just chowing down on his.

Ochaco gives the sandwich a sniff. "This is the best part?"

"Of course, street vendors serve the best stuff!" The old man throws a thumbs up towards said street vendor who happily waves back in appreciation.

And so Gran Torino goes right back into devouring his tasty meal.

Ochaco sniffs it again and figures it shouldn't be that bad and so she slowly and hesitantly takes a small nibble.

The moment the cheese and meat touch her tongue her eyes light up like a Christmas tree. "This is amazing!" And like that she starts going down on the delicious sandwich like a dog tearing apart a pack of hotdogs.

Gran Torino kicks back into the bench, his legs swinging up and down. "I know right? And it's all within a reasonable price range!"

Ochaco licks her lips clean of foodstuffs, and with stars in her eyes she holds up the sandwich. "I've seen the future, and it's street vendors."

And so they continue with their lunch enjoying the savory flavor. But as they eat, Ochaco can't help but let her mind wander back to those villains. After talking to the police and hearing the reports of the tour group, they learned that the skull-tattooed freak is called Hex and apparently his niece, the one with the silver hair, is called Charmcaster.

And admittedly Ochaco has to admit that those are some pretty fitting names. Especially if…they're names are literal. Were they actually casting spells and curses and that junk or were they just…lying and using some really weird Quirks?

Again she shouldn't just write it off after all she almost wants to consider Deku's Omnitrix as magical because how could a little device just turn someone into a different alien species?!

As she continues to think on the possibility of magic existing a cold eerie wind manages to pull her out of her own thoughts.

Ochaco peers up and she nearly chokes on her own breath as her eyes widen in surprise. "Um, G-Gran Torino."

Gran Torino is licking his lips trying to get any more flavor off his mouth after finishing his lunch. "What is it?" He hasn't noticed anything odd yet.

"W-We h-have company."

Gran Torino finally notices the nervousness in the girl's voice, and so he sits up and quickly realizes their guests.

Floating up in the air just above the tree canopy is Hex with four charms around his neck and his staff in hand.

Gran Torino jumps off the bench with a thrilled smirk on his face. "It appears we've got ourselves an encore."

Hex ignores Gran Torino and instead his gaze is drawn upon Uravity's. "You have something I want."

Uravity tucks her helmet on, her eyes never leaving from Hex's form. 'What's he talking about?'

Gran Torino however has some more taunting to do. "What's that? You want a knuckle sandwich?" He slams his fist together while a giant toothy grin adorns his face.

Hex is really getting tired of this elder's games. "Insolent old man." Hex raises his staff and the charms around his neck glow. "I will send you to your grave!" Lightning bursts forth from Hex's hand searing into the Earth like a laser as it traces its way towards the heroes.

"Look out, kid!" Grabbing Uravity's wrist, Gran Torino pulls them both out of the crackling bolt's path. Gran Torino throws Uravity to the side before zipping up and around to take on Hex himself but he throws Uravity a bit too hard and she ends up sliding across the dirt.

As Uravity winces and pulls her face up a purple high heeled boot strides just in front of her.

Looking up she finds Charmcaster smirking down at them. "Hey, Little Girl, are you ready for Round Two?"

Uravity springs up to her feet, raising her fists like a boxer. "Are you?"

Charmcaster grins as she whips out a long silky ribbon. Pixiedust veils around the ribbon as she whips it forward and out of the cloud a thin purple-colored chain lashes out at Uravity.

Uravity quickly jumps back but Charmcaster quickly goes after her, whipping the chain at her repeatedly forcing her to defend and jump back continuously. Uravity can see Gran Torino zipping around a very frustrated Hex who's blasting flames at the old man, but none are hitting their mark, thankfully.

Charmcaster reaches into her bag for something, she pulls her hand out as pixiedust leaks out from between her fingers, and when she uncurls her hand a magenta fireball ignites in her palm. She throws the fireball forward and it rams into Uravity slamming her against a large withering oak tree.

With her opponent cornered, Charmcaster reels back the chain, preparing to strike Uravity with what will undoubtedly be one hard slash.

Uravity flinches away, raising her hands to protect her body as much as she can from her downed position, unbeknownst to her the talisman in her belt glows softly in its compartment.

Before Charmcaster could whip her chain forward a crow of all things flies down from the tree above, swooping down at her and swiping its talons at the girl's face.

"Eahhh!" Charmcaster is so startled by the crow that when she lashes the chain forward it swings too far up and wraps itself around a withered hanging branch.

The crow caws and pecks at Charmcaster who's trying to swat the thing away while still holding onto the chain. "Get away you pest!" She throws the hand holding the chain forward to punch the crow.

But she pulled too hard because the branch snaps off the tree. The thick dead branch slams into the back of Charmcaster's head, knocking her down.

Uravity just stands there blinking into total confusion as the Charmcaster just lies there groaning and the crow mercifully flies off into the woods. 'Huh, that was lucky I guess…'

Charmcaster groans, rubbing the back of her head, she glares up at the brunette, but her eyes widen when she spots a red and black cloaked figure hovering above them both.

Hex snarls down at Uravity. "Give me the Charm!"

Uravity leaps back in surprise, she didn't expect to see him at all. "What are you talking about?!"

"Don't play coy with me." Hex aims the head of his staff at her.

Uravity fearfully raises her hands while wondering where the heck Gran Torino is. Wasn't he handling this guy?!

"Hey, I thought I was your partner."

Oh, there he is.

"You are infuriating!" Hex swings his staff around and a maelstrom of a whirlwind rages towards Gran Torino.

Gran Torino uses Jet to zoom away between the trees, but Hex is far from finished. He thrusts his hand forward and flames burst to life, roaring as they race towards the elderly hero. Gran Torino uses the trees as cover ricocheting off of them as Hex continues to fire flames and lighting at him.

Hex becomes more and more infuriated with each missed attack and so with a spin of his staff he slams the end of it into the ground. Almost instantly the ground shakes and rumbles as if he set off a miniature earthquake.

Gran Torino is thrown off as his feet hit the ground, Charmcaster struggles to crawl away as she too is thrown off balance, and Uravity miraculously lands on a bed of dead leaves completely cushioning her fall.

Hex strikes the end of his staff against the nearest tree. And like magic the tree's long withered roots sprout out from the ground like tentacles. The roots lash out and wrap themselves around the pro hero, before he could regain his balance.

With his opponent immobilized, Hex levitates forward with an overconfident grin, like he knows blood is about to be spilled.

'I've got to help!' Uravity gets up and runs forward, Hex is already far away as it is if she wastes another second there's no way any of this will end well. 'I have to use the Gyro-Disc! It's the only way to get to him in time!'

She kicks herself off the ground while using Zero-Gravity on herself. The Gyro-Disc instantly kicks in and a part of Uravity just knows that she's about to be thrown all across the park, but hopefully she'll get lucky and at least be able to distract the psychotic villain.

But wouldn't you know it, whether by sheer dumb luck or skill she can't be sure but she's racing forward. Gliding over the Earth like a bullet without any signs of struggle, heck if one saw her now, they'd think she's been flying this way all her life.

Not going to overthink it right now, Uravity reels her fist back as it begins to glow with One For All's power.

Hex is just above Gran Torino now and he's so distracted with his victory that he doesn't see the face of his defeat speeding towards him. Another stroke of luck!

He does notice eventually…when Uravity's fist collides with his face!

"Rah!" Hex is thrown across the park, crashing through thorn bushes and branches until he slams into a light post, bending it in place of his impact.

That impact definitely broke something and he's pretty sure a few of his own teeth were knocked loose. So, with a shaky, possibly busted, hand he grips one of the talismans. A soft glow envelops all around him and as the light covers his body Hex can feel himself healing. And after a few short seconds he is as good as new.

But not for long.

Quickly he casts a shield of light to encircle himself just before Gran Torino slams down on top of it.

"Ha, looks like there's still some life in ya." Gran Torino smiles down from atop the forcefield. "And here I was thinking you were starting to run out of tricks."

Hex snarls; he's in such a burning rage that he can't even form words other than curses, and not the magical kind.

Charmcaster gasps at the sight of her uncle's assault. "Uncle!"

"I got him. I actually got him!" Uravity's leaning her elbow on a nearby tree catching her breath after that rush of adrenaline and just reveling in her success.

Uravity turns her head and takes notice of the stunned Charmcaster, who also takes notice of the intern. And she is not happy to see her at all.

Charmcaster throws out about four stone carvings that after a pixiedust bath soon become dog-sized golems.

Charmcaster stands among her snarling Stone Creatures and points a single finger forward. "Rip her to shreds!"

Uravity stands at the ready very willing to fight them off but as luck would have it one of the charging Stone Creatures somehow slips on a small puddle of all things! And as a result it collides with its packmates so hard that they all crumble away, breaking apart until they're nothing but little clumps rolling forward and stopping near Uravity's feet.

"No!" Charmcaster grabs and pulls at her hair in frustration, infuriated beyond belief!

Uravity however is in much higher spirits. "Ha, seems like your pets aren't up to snuff."

"Be quiet! Grrr, it's because of that charm."

Uravity raises an eyebrow. "What the heck are you even talking about?"

Charmcaster bites her lip pulling at her hair so hard that it's a miracle it doesn't rip away before she lets it go and shakes her head in frustration. "I can't tell if you're that dumb or just playing…" She raises her hand like a feline displaying her claws as a small trail of pixiedust snakes upward. "No matter, my…magic will take care of you."

'There it is again…' Uravity caught that, Charmcaster called it magic not a Quirk! Is she really using magic?! "Now I'm not sure if your dumb or just playing."

Charmcaster gives a knowing smirk as she shakes her head. "Neither." She throws hands up and then swings them down and a cloud of pixiedust floods onto the ground.

As the magenta fog clears away earth-crusted spikes burst out of the ground one-by-one in rapid succession and racing right towards the brunette.

Acting fast, Uravity leaps to the side just as a spike sprouts out front the ground, thankfully missing her. Wanting to put some distance between herself and her opponent Uravity takes off running, she makes it out of the trees and to the nearby road. There doesn't seem to be any cars of people, but the thick fog could just be obscuring everything.

Either way the coast is clear so Uravity runs across the road so maybe she can lose Charmcaster and then circle around for an ambush.

It doesn't matter because a magenta colored chain wraps around her leg and pulls her foot right from under her, causing her to fall onto the harsh cracked road.

Rolling up on her back Uravity glares up at her capturer who pulls back on the chain trying to drag the girl closer. "You can't run, Little Girl!" She strides forward continuing to pull on the chain like she's harpooned a massive catch.

Speaking of harpoon, Charmcaster pulls out a handful of metal filings from her purse, she raises her hand up and from within a cloud of pixiedust a sharp metal harpoon springs from out of nowhere.

Uravity shivers at the sight of the sharp harpoon knowing full well what Charmcaster's intending to do.

Speaking of. "Looks like it's over for you, Little Girl." She raises up the harpoon in order to finish her off.

But luck is just not on her side.

*HONK!*

BLAM! A freaking delivery truck rams right into the poor unexpecting Charmcaster running her over like a deer in headlights!

Uravity can only watch in horror as in slow motion as Charmcaster's broken body is flung across the road as the speeding truck zooms by and disappears into the thick fog.

Uravity, however, was not the only one to witness the tragedy.

"NO!" Hex roars out in anguishing rage as the forcefield around him explodes outward blasting a surprised Gran Torino away long enough for Hex to fly over so quickly that one would think he teleported.

He scowls down at his niece's broken body lying on the cold road, she's bleeding, and her limbs are not pointing in the right directions, and oh god is that bone?!

Hex kneels over her and places a hand to her head as he grips the talismans around his neck. A soft glow flows down from the charm, through his body, and then into the dying or possibly dead girl.

Ochaco is in such a daze from shock and horror she can only watch in stunned silence as the soft light glows around Charmcaster's still form. And somehow even through her dazed state Ochaco watches on in shock as Charmcaster's body magically begins to heal itself. The cuts close up not even leaving a scar, the blood seeps away, and her limbs readjust themselves.

After a few moments Hex releases his spell and after a brief second Charmcaster's eyes blink awake.

"Are you alright, Charmcaster?" He actually sounds concerned but also annoyed.

Charmcaster coughs, sitting up and not even groaning, acting like she wasn't just run over a second ago. "I'm…fine."

Uravity continues to watch on, her mouth hanging open, she's in so much shock she doesn't even notice Gran Torino's arrival. 'How'd he do that?! Did he just…resurrect her or something?! That's impossible! Just what are their Quirks?!'

Hex stands up and with a wave of his hand Charmcaster's body floats off the ground as if being carried by an invisible stretcher.

When he's sure she isn't going anywhere Hex turns to the ones that dare to impose him. "This is far from over, heroes. I will have what is rightfully mine!"

A plume of smoke floods the street forcing Gran Torino and Uravity to shield their eyes. When the smoke clears both Hex and his niece are long gone.

Ochaco takes a moment to shake off her sense of shock and horror accepting the fact that she thankfully did not just witness someone dying due to a hit-and-run.

And with that out of the way she can really ask the big questions. "Just…what are they?"

Gran Torino shakes his head in complete defeat. "To be honest, I'm begging to consider that magic theory of yours." He cups his chin before looking up at his intern. "Hm, but more importantly they think you have something they want."

Ochaco is quick to defend herself. "But I got nothing!"

"Are you sure?"

Ochaco blinks up trying to think of anything those creeps could be talking about… It slowly dawns on her that she does have something that they might just be looking for after all. And as a result her face slowly begins to become a nervous tomato.

Gran Torino lets out an exasperated sigh at the sight of her red face. "You do have something, don't you?"

Ochaco gulps before reaching for the compartment in her belt. "Y-Yeah, I-I picked it u-up at the m-museum." Her face looks like it's going to explode in embarrassment as she holds up the very talisman Hex's been looking for. "I-I…forgot I had it."

Gran Torino can only smack his own face in response, shaking his head in denial about the girl's forgetfulness. "A stupid piece of jewelry. That's what their after, seriously?"

Ochaco eyes the charm, rubbing her finger over the smooth round design and ancient yet mystic or alien looking runes. "What'd he call it again? A…Charm?"

"Yeah, I think so. The museum said something called the Charms of Bezel were taken by the Hex creep." Gran Torino continues to rub his chin in thought. "But why are they so determined to get it?"

Ochaco nervously gulps, she starting to feel stupid asking this but she just…has to be sure. "You don't think it's…actually magical, do you?"

A part of Gran Torino wants to laugh, and another part of him wants to smack the girl upside the head, but…right now even he can't rule out that possibility not after witnessing…a resurrection. "Doubt it, but…at least now we have some sort of an advantage."

Ochaco is a bit lost here now. "What?"

And just like that Gran Torino is back to being his confident self, giving her a condescending smirk. "Don't you worry about it. Just relax for a bit. I gotta talk to the police for a second."

He waves her off as he waits for the police to arrive. If the sound of their approaching sirens are anything to go by?

And so Ochaco is left alone with nothing but her own thoughts and worries to give her company. Well there is the Charm, too. 'What is this thing anyway?'

She rolls the Charm round in her hand observing its soft glow of the mythical runes engraved into the stone. No stone's not the right word it's far too smooth and it almost feels like some sort of metal but if it's an artifact then why hasn't there been any more damage done to it? Like erosion, cracks, rusts, or anything? Heck even the runes aren't engraved or at least that's what it feels like. Even though it's a perfect circle Ochaco just can't reasonably accept that a human was able to make something of this nature.

And like that a realization dawns on the girl.

Ochaco scrambles for her phone, snapping a phone of the Charm and sending the pic over to someone who just might be able to make sense of all this.

---

Thirteen is a bit preoccupied at the moment, they're too busy manually scanning through the Plumber Base's computer systems for any signs of tampering or attacks. So far there's been no sign of anything wrong but after SixSix was able to sneak in so far into the base it's only necessary that they check the systems.

Thirteen's sweating with stress as they scan through every bit of data. 'Damn, this is why we need more Plumbers.'

Sure One-One's great with monitoring, repairs, maintenance, programming, and well everything but there's no way to tell if SixSix even tampered with his systems too. That's another thing, they don't even have someone to go track down the bounty hunter. Hopefully he doesn't cause any trouble out there otherwise Thirteen's going to be hearing it from Nezu later on.

Sitting atop a desk nearby is One-One who's been waiting patiently for Thirteen to finish the inspection and sitting beside him happens to be Thirteen's phone, its screen lights up as an alert signals a text message.

And One-One just so happens to notice it. ^You have a message!^

Thirteen doesn't even turn away from the screen as they continue to type away. "I'll read it later! Kinda in the middle of something here…"

One-One decides to take the initiative as he holds up the phone.

Glad-One eyes his other half. ^Should we answer it?^

Sad-One is of course ready with an appropriate response. ^It's be pretty rude not to…so we shouldn't.^

^Oh, I'm going to answer it!^ Glad-One goes ahead and calls up Ochaco.

After a moment Ochaco picks up. "Hello. Thirteen?"

^Nope! This is One-^

^-One…^

"One-One?" Why is he answering?

"^Yup! And you're our dear friend, Uraraka! How are you?^

^If your calling for a bail out, sorry but if you're in jail you're probably there for a reason…^

"What? Uh, no! Where's Thirteen?"

One-One peers over at Thirteen who's very hard at work. ^Thirteen's a bit preoccupied at the moment, but maybe I can be of service.^

^Or you can hang up and ghost us.^

"I guess that's fine."

^Wait, so you are going to ghost us?^

"What? No, I'm talking about the first thing."

^Oh…how disappointing.^

^So what can we help you with?^

"I…found this weird item from a museum and I was wondering if it could be…" She leans into her phone and whispers. "alien."

^Well let's have a look, shall we?^

"I've already sent a photo."

One-One briefly scrolls through the messages and finds the photo. He quickly scans it and then runs it through a quick database search and after a few seconds he's got his results. ^Oh, my…^ Glad-One directs his attention to his other half. ^Were you aware of this?^

Sad-One shakes the collective head. ^If you don't know, how could I know?^

Ochaco can hear them over the phone. "What? What is it? Is it bad?!"

^It's not bad per say it's just…^

^Dangerous and possibly…deadly."

"WHA!?"

^Well if we want to be more accurate it's actually a highly advance and rather ancient piece of...alien technology.^

"So, it is alien!" Well now things are beginning to make sense but…then again that just brings up even more questions. "So…how'd it end up in a museum of all places?"

^Well, an archaeologist will go out and dig up artifacts to bring back to the museum and-^

"…Okay, that question's on me. What I mean is how did this alien tech end up on Earth and in the possession of a museum?"

^Well this device is just one part of exploration tools.^

Okay that was not what she was expecting to hear. "Exploration…tools…?"

^Yes. You see what you have there is level twenty technology that was used to aid an ancient civilization of aliens to explore the cosmos!^

^Or they were seeking out conquests.^

"That's crazy!"

^Not really, aliens have been visiting Earth since its entire existence! Fun fact many of your planet's god-like figures and fairytales are just accounts of visitors from the stars!^

"Woah!" Okay now that's pretty cool! Wait no now is not the time to delve into how alien contact shaped human cultures and societies. "Wait, but what about these…charms?"

^In any case this device or…charm rather proved to be rather handy for ancient explorers.^

"How so?" How could fire and lighting be used for exploration?

^Well this device telepathically connects only with the one who wears it. And it consists of five separate parts with each one serving a different purpose.^ One-One takes a deep breath before continuing with his lecture. ^You have the system for pyrokinesis which the explorers used to make big campfires! So they could make smores and roast hotdogs!^

^Or burn people at the stake…^

"Wait, so it was just meant to be used to generate heat?" Ochaco thinks about all the flamethrowers Hex was casting and she can't help but think it was a bit of overkill.

^Yup! And the system or charm for electrokinesis was just meant to help recharge the alien's other technology and ships incase of a lack of energy resources.^

Okay that makes sense actually. It's good to have a source of fuel when going somewhere that may not have discovered electricity yet.

^Even the charm for telekinesis was used for anything more than to lift and transport materials.^

"Huh, but what about…bring people back from the dead?"

^Oh! That would be the charm of resurrection or rather healing. It was created so the explorers could go anywhere without fear of losing their own life!^

^That's so unnatural.^

"Wait…THERE'S TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN DO THAT!?" Now that's magic!

^My! There's a lot of technology that can heal you up to perfect health.^

^Yeah, but even then a lot of its experimental and can result in some…not so fine results.^ Seriously, there have been reports of aliens making full recovery in mere minutes but they perish either because of horrible mutations, cells implosion, digestive failure, brain tremors, loss of sanity, and so much more.

^Plus not all planets have access to such technology in fact in some cases it's been banned.^

"Why's that?"

^Population control or something…^ And the side effects listed above but Ochaco doesn't need to know that right now.

"That's insane!"

^It sure is!^

Ochaco takes a moment to process everything. 'No wonder Hex and Charmcaster think this thing is magic, the thought of this being alien tech hasn't even crossed their minds. Talk about dramatic irony.' That makes her feel so much better because then if this thing isn't actually magic then those two must not be using magic at all! They must be using some kind of emitter-type Quirks! But why lie about it? Heck why are they so desperate for this charm in particular? "And this charm? What can it do?"

^That one, my that one's the best of them all.^ responds One-One. ^That there is a charm of probability or in other words LUCK!^

"Luck?! As in good luck?!"

^Of course!^

"How? How can it cause luckiness? Resurrection is one thing but manipulating luck?!"

^It shouldn't be that surprising. There are aliens that can control time and even reality, so it's not that surprising an alien species can figure out a way to manipulate luck.^

"I guess…" Ochaco's head is beginning to hurt.

^Anyway the system or charm literally reverses Murphy's Law, meaning it grants the wielder supernaturally good luck, literally causing anything and everything to go their way!^

^But only if there was a possibility of it going their way in the first place. Meaning if you walk into a busy road there's a good chance, you'll still be runned over.^

Woah! Okay that explains…a lot actually. Gran Torino getting her lunch, the crow attacking Charmcaster, the Gyro-Disc working correctly, and that…truck. But that also begs the question if she's only been getting by all this time through luck? Did she really fight off the villains or was it just luck? Did she use the Gyro-Disc correctly or was it luck? Did she use One For All correctly or was that luck? Did she deserve One For All or was she just lucky…?

Ochaco takes a calming breath. Now is not the time to put everything into question, now is the time to get answers. "Is there any reason someone would…want these things?"

^Well exploring for one thing.^

^Or destruction.^

"What was that?"

^Well one reason these things aren't around anymore is that they're banned.^

^Yes, the explorers often lost these items and the natives of the planet just couldn't understand how it worked and so it often led to some…^

^Mass destruction and chaos.^

Ochaco's entire body goes cold. "I have to get those charms!"

^You should such an ancient and high-level piece of technology should not be in the possession of a human. If you can get them just hold on to them for now.^

"Can't you guys come and get them?"

^Not at the moment.^ One-One looks towards the hallway where the destroyed catwalks precedes. ^We have our hands quite full here at the moment.^

"Oh, okay well I guess I'll be sure to take good care of them I guess." She can just hold onto them until she gets back to U.A.

^Is there anything else we can help you with?^

"Not really, I guess-"

An old man's voice echoes out through the phone and into One-One's ear. "Hey girly! Come on I got a plan to catch these freak shows!"

Ochaco is quick to nod before turning back to the phone. "Oh, I gotta go! Anyway thanks One-One you're the best!"

^You're quite welcome.^

And she hangs up allowing One-One to drop the cell phone back onto the desktop.

"Phew, what a relief!" Thirteen sighs, falling back into their chair.

One-One looks over at Thirteen. ^How's it looking boss?^

"I think we're in the clear." Nothing stands out as corrupted, broken, missing, added, or out of place. 'Perhaps I stopped him before he could actually pull anything off.' That's actually such a relief, for a while there Thirteen was considering a total cleanse of the systems but that just be more hours of work and even longer hours to reprogram everything. But either way SixSix may have gotten away but Thirteen can rest easy knowing that the bounty hunter might just have failed to reach his objective. "Oh my that is good! I mean could you imagine the repercussions if that menace managed to tamper with our systems?"

^I don't know but I bet it would lead up to some sort of climax.^

Thirteen's mind still can't find peace with the fact that a top tier bounty hunter, SixSix, is running around in Japan somewhere. Why is he here? And what is he after? Perhaps they should send out an alert to all the resident aliens to be on the lookout? Yeah, that might be a good idea.

But what about the kids, Midoriya and Uraraka?

After taking a minute to sit on the idea Thirteen decides not to tell either of them. Why worry them now, they're at their internships and those should be their main focus for now. Besides it's not actually their responsibility yet to do Plumber work, they can't even officially do hero work. And there's no real worry they'll even cross the bounty hunter, they're spread across Japan and that's too big of a place for one bounty hunter to cover. Also with their jamming signal there's no chance in hell he'll find Izuku.

And so the only thing left to do now is report to Nezu about their unwanted visitor, but Nezu's off doing important U.A. stuff or something so it may be a while. And after that maybe Thirteen could go out and track down the bounty hunter, if they can or at the very least be on standby for an alien resident to report him in.

So for now Thirteen decides to get up and get back to their laptop so they can finally send out the edited Sports Festival.

Thirteen sits down and begins to prepare the video file, reading to send it out to every ally planet, Plumber Base, and selected individuals for viewing. Hopefully with the inclusion of two recruit Plumbers, and the fact that they performed amazingly, they're little Japan branch might just get some much-needed upgrades especially in staffing. Seriously it'd be so great to have this place just full of Plumbers from all across the galaxies. Heck, this might help to inspire some future Plumber recruits down the line. Who knows?

Before Thirteen sends it out one last thought crosses their mind. "Hm? I wonder how he'll react to it?" Guess there's only one way to find out, and so with a press of a single button Thirteen finally sends out the recording of U.A.'s Sports Festival.

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"I'm not happy." Ochaco has no appreciation for a nice planned out ambush.

Gran Torino pokes his head out from behind a nearby tombstone. "It doesn't matter if you're happy. What matters is if this works."

Ochaco shakes her head while she just stands out in the open in the middle of an abandoned cemetery. "And what makes you think they'll just fall for this?"

"Villains nowadays are too simple minded, they'll come."

Ochaco sighs, she can't believe Gran Torino roped her into being bait to reel in Hex and Charmcaster. And why a cemetery of all places? The fog, weeds, and crumbling gravestones are nothing but creepy and scary. The nearby forest is thick with withered trees whose branches twist and turn looking like thin skeletal arms and veins all twisted together in a mess of horror. And sure they have some backup from the local police, but they're all hidden away, and she's just left exposed and creeped out.

Ochaco grips her arms shielding them from the chilling wind. "I still don't think this is going to work."

Gran Torino whispers out from behind his hiding place. "Don't worry it's working."

"How do you know that?"

A bolt of thunder flashes through the thick fog, drawing Ochaco's attention to the floating cloaked figure hovering just above a massive tombstone with a broken cross.

Ochaco cowers under Hex's foreboding glare as the thunder subsides and a chilling silence falls over the entire cemetery. "Nevermind…"

Hex grips his staff tightly as he scowls down at the young hero. "Hand over the charm!"

Uravity readies herself for a fight, trying her best to seem composed and confident. "You didn't ask nicely."

Hex raises his staff to ready an attack.

"Hang on now." Slam! Gran Torino's foot slams against Hex's side before he zooms by.

Gran Torino skids across the ground, his fingers claw against the dirt bringing himself to a full stop in front of a squad of policemen all at the ready.

"You're surrounded, give up now or we'll have to use force." Gran Torino grins up at the villain. "And for full disclosure I much prefer if you chose the latter option."

In response, Hex actually smiles like he's amused by their display of rebellion. "Foolish old man, did you really think I wouldn't recognize a trap when I saw one."

Uravity actually backs away at the smiling villain as Gran Torino's grin falls away and becomes a scowl.

"Grahhh!" A Stone Creature slams its head against Gran Torino and causing Uravity to leap away in surprise.

Gran pushes himself away from the creature, using Jet to zip away, bounce off a gravestone and slam himself into the Stone Creature, smashing it to pieces.

"Grahhh! Grahhh! Grahhh!"

An army of Stone Creatures are running about the cemetery pouncing, snarling, and clawing at the unexpecting policemen who have long forgotten about Hex and are now focused on defending themselves.

Uravity slams her One For All powered fist right to the head of a Stone Creature before she slams her opposite fist into another one that tried to leaps up at her from the side.

Hex watches on with a smile as he stretches his hands out and a spiraling column of flames rage forth.

The unknowing Uravity jumps away from an attacking Stone Creature but as luck would have, she falls right back into an empty grave. The large pit was obscured by overhanging weeds and the thick fog, completely obscuring it from sight and creating the perfect pitfall trap.

It makes a great fire shelter though since the flames don't get anywhere near her.

Hex continues the inferno blasting to where he saw the girl last but a kick to his arm from a flying Gran Torino brings an end to the flames.

Gran Torino latches onto one of the more impressive tombstones. "You really are a glutton for punishment aren't ya?"

"Spare me your taunts old man." Hex swings his staff to launch another attack.

Meanwhile, Uravity is busy pulling herself out of the pitfall. It may have been good luck that she fell into it but bad luck when it came to keeping clean.

As she finally gets her upper body up onto the grass Uravity finds a smirking Charmcaster standing just a few feet in front of her.

"That's a good place for you." Charmcaster cracks her whip, a whip that just so happens to be on fire with magenta colored flames.

The scowling Uravity leaps up, her hand forward trying to use Zero-Gravity on the older girl.

Charmcaster lashes out with her flaming whip, but the young heroine just keeps on running, ducking and swerving right past the flaming whip.

With her opponent so close, Charmcaster releases a plume of pixiedust producing a magenta colored smokescreen for herself.

Uravity runs right through the smokescreen but she didn't slam into anything solid. Spinning around she watches on in surprise as the smoke clears away with no Charmcaster inside. Hastily scanning the cemetery Uravity spots said villainess booking it for the treeline!

And of course, Uravity gives chase. Running after Charmcaster just as she disappears within the dark foggy woods.

Uravity jumps in sprinting through the woods, scanning each and every direction for any sign of Charmcaster. But every twig, withered branch, and rustle of leaves throws her off distracting her and freaking her out more and more, keeping her on edge the whole entire time.

But then from afar a dull magenta light peeks out between the trees. Recognizing that hue Uravity takes off running until she finds herself at a little clearing. Looking out into the small clearing is Charmcaster who's holding a little magenta fireball in her hand.

Uravity steps out into the clearing, her fists raised for a fight.

Charmcaster however doesn't seem like she's looking for a fight. She's quiet and her posture reads of submission, she looks calm but there's this air of fear around her.

Making Uravity very wary of her as well. "You could have gotten away if you didn't use a light."

Surprisingly, Charmcaster doesn't bite back at the taunt; instead she just shamefully looks away, gripping her arm for comfort as she lets the little flame die out. "I'm…not trying to get away."

Alright, Uravity was not expecting that. "What are you playing at?"

"Nothing I just…want to talk."

Uravity doesn't reply, she just holds her ground, her fists raised in case she tries to pull anything, but after a minute Ochaco decides to let her guard down. She should at least hear the girl out before jumping straight into a battle.

Charmcaster slowly reaches for her bag and instantly Ochaco's fits begin to glow pink.

Charmcaster pulls her hands away from the purse, showing she isn't a threat, before she quietly reaches for the purse again. But she doesn't open it; instead she unclips the purse and let's it fall right onto the grass.

She props the purse onto her foot before kicking it aside.

Ochaco finally puts her fists down but she's going to keep her distance for now, just in case.

Charmcaster hugs herself, looking away nervously as she tries to work up the courage of what she has to say. "I…never meant to hurt anybody. My uncle made me do it…"

Okay that's just sus as heck. "Why should I believe you?"

"You've…seen what he's like, right? He's cruel, unforgiving, and prone to violence not to mention power hungry." She sighs in annoyance. "And he really can't take no for an answer."

"Really? Then if he's so cruel why did he save you?" Specifically heal her.

"He didn't do that out of the bottom of his heart or anything." A scowl forms on her face like she knows for a fact that's the truth and it infuriates her. "He's just using me. He sees me as a tool that he can use to get what he wants."

"And what does he want?"

"In a word…power."

"Really?" She can't be serious, can she?

"I am, my uncle believes that those with power are the ones that have the right to force their will over others and society. To change things as he sees fit."

Ochaco still doesn't like where this is going. "And by change you mean destroy?"

"Y…yeah… My uncle's not exactly right in the head if you know what I mean."

"I still don't see why I should trust you though."

"I'm just a victim in all this! And I want to set things right." Charmcaster gets all nervous again tucking her hands away. "And I thought that if I could get to you, I might just have a chance to be rid of him."

Ochaco can hear the truth in her voice, she really just wants to stop Hex. But what if she's lying? What if this is all just a ploy? How can she trust this criminal…? If Ochaco can't be sure about trusting her, maybe she can at least try to get some info, at least this way she can walk away with something useful and possibly game changing.

"Before I trust you, I need to ask you some more questions."

Charmcaster doesn't seem that surprised. "Please…feel free."

"Okay…" Ochaco takes a deep breath, knowing full well that what she's about to ask could be either a catastrophe or really embarrassing for her. "Are you really using magic?!"

Charmcaster blinks out of all the questions Ochaco could ask, she went with the one she was not prepared for. "Well in a way, yeah."

Ochaco's jaw drops in shock. "You can't be serious?!"

"Well I mean not technically."

"Huh?"

Charmcaster shakes her head. "Okay look admittedly I just like that idea of magic and I figured telling people that I use magic will just throw them off from figuring out my real Quirk."

'I'm an idiot!' Ochaco really should have realized that from the start, of course magic doesn't exist! What is she an idiot?! "Wait! So what is your Quirk anyway?"

Charmcaster is a bit more hesitant, but who wouldn't be? A Quirk is like everyone's own secret weapon and exposing it could mean trouble for anyone who isn't a hero. "I…guess I can tell you. My Quirk is called Alchemy."

"Alchemy?"

"Yeah." Charmcaster tries to think of a way to best explain it. "It's kinda like your classmate's Quirk. What was her name? Um, she's the one with the big ponytail and the…" She briefly scans Ochaco's figure, her eyes topping at her chest area. "more mature physic."

Ochaco's face turns red as she tries to cover herself out of pure shyness. "Y-you mean…Yaoyorozu?"

"Yeah, her! Alchemy works kinda the same way. It allows me to create almost anything as long as I have the right materials." The silver-haired girl picks up a little pebble off the ground. "Here look."

Charmcaster holds the pebble put in her open palm for Ochaco to see, she then points her finger at the pebble and a little cloud of magenta and sparkling pixiedust gushes out, veiling over the pebble. As the pebble washes away it is revealed to have been replaced or changed into a little crystal.

Charmcaster holds up the crystal. "It's a bit more complicated but as long as I have the right chemical components, I can create any item made of the exact same material and even expand the chemical composition to make the things I create bigger. And like your friend I need to understand the composition of what I'm working with in order to turn it into something else."

Ochaco's mind flashbacks to all the times Charmcaster pulled stuff out of her bag during their last two battles. "Wait so the stuff you were grabbing from your bag-"

"Were ingredients." finishes Charmcaster. "Those icicles earlier were made from capsules of water, and my flaming whip was from a ribbon laced with flammable chemicals for added measure. Heck my chain from earlier was also a ribbon laced with metal filings."

"And those…Stone Creatures?"

"Oh, yeah, so I can make all sorts of animated objects too as long as there's something organic mixed in. Those Stone Creatures are nothing, but clay dolls mixed with some dog fur." \

Ochaco blinks, that explains the creatures' dog-like behaviors and snarls. "Wow, that's both gross and cool." She chuckles imagining what having one as a pet would be like.

Charmcaster chuckles too. "Yeah, I know, right?"

Ochaco walks up to her as the tension fades away but just as it does, she gets serious again making sure to keep her guard up. "Okay and what about your…uncles?"

"Uncle Hex's Quirk is called Calamity; it allows him to manipulate the elements of nature to his will, but he seems to be only capable of making natural disasters." She waves her hand nonchalantly like this isn't that important to consider. "You know high winds, lava, tornados, thunder, that kind of stuff."

"That sounds really nasty."

Charmcaster's smirk returns. "It is but he has a weakness too."

"What is it?" Ochaco steps closer out of intrigue.

Charmcaster feels a bit more secure and steps forward as well. "His staff. He needs it to control his Quirk otherwise his own disasters will turn on him too."

"I see, that is interesting." Ochaco flashes Charmcaster a smile in appreciation, and the older girl is happy to return the gesture.

Ochaco frown. "Okay I have one last question for you."

"Shoot."

Okay here comes another question that could end terribly for her. "The Charms of the Bezel do you really think they're magic?"

Charmcaster frowns not because she's surprised but out of confusion. "Aren't they?"

"I don't know! That's why I'm asking?!" Internally Ochaco's actually sighs with relief. 'Oh, good she doesn't even suspect that they're alien.'

Charmcaster continues, trying to explain her reasoning. "Remember when you asked about my Quirk and I said it's sort-of magic."

"Yeah?"

"Well aren't all Quirks just…magic?"

"Huh?" Okay now that's a new one.

"I mean, come on, you can manipulate gravity! And with a single punch you can take out a freaking train!"

"Well I don't know about that…" She hasn't tried that for one.

"But whatever the case can you scientifically explain how you can do that?! It just doesn't add up!"

"What are you saying?"

"I'm saying this. Is it possible that our Quirks originated from magic?"

"W…what?"

"Think about it. Where did Quirks come from? How do they work? Why do we have them? How can they do what they do?! It's just got to be magic." Charmcaster holds a hand to her heart. "That's what I chose to believe anyway."

"But what does that have to do with the charms?"

Charmcaster continues. "Because the charms are like Quirks. My uncle read about them in some ancient texts; mysterious sorcerers who were granted powers and abilities beyond human comprehension helped to forge our earliest of societies like Egypt and stuff."

Ochaco is actually making sense of things now. 'Okay the sorcerers would be the aliens One-One was talking about.'

"I believe those charms are magical and that they just might be the key to figuring out how and where Quirks came from! Perhaps sorcerers granted everyone with magic of their own. Maybe it was destiny. Whatever the case I need to know, I have to find out where they came from. So I can understand what they are and why we have them. In a way I just think that magic is my way of saying that there's an aspect of science that we have yet to understand or discover." A soft smile graces Charmcaster's lips. "And if I can finally understand what they are…I might just be able to change this world."

Ochaco is just lost for words right now! So when Charmcaster's saying magic she just refers to technology or science greater than level three! Beyond Earth's or human's understanding and to the understanding of what aliens have already achieved. "That's a lot but I think I see your point."

"Thank you." Charmcaster gets all shy and nervous again hugging herself for support. "Look I know I caused you a lot of trouble today but in order for me to finally pursue my dream the right way we need to stop my uncle."

Ochaco doesn't need any more convincing. "Alright, I choose to believe you."

Charmcaster's honestly surprised, delightfully so, as tears threaten to spill out. "Thank you!" She's so grateful she leaps out and embraces Ochaco in a grateful hug.

Ochaco was definitely not expecting it, but she returns it nonetheless, glad she could provide hope to someone who's in desperate need of it. Her heart is swelling with a sense of warmth like she can reach out to this person and save them.

Charmcaster's hold tightens. "You really are a hero, aren't ya?"

Ochaco blushes, her face becoming red hot in embarrassment, but she doesn't exactly hate the compliment though.

After another moment Charmcaster finally pulls away and Ochaco is able to fan away her red face.

After her normal complexion returns, she tries to fill in her new role as this girl's savior. "Alright, let's get moving. Let's get you somewhere safe and then we can figure out how to stop your uncle."

"Thanks so much!"

Ochaco really is so proud that she can touch someone else's heart and be able to be their hero. It's such a great feeling to help others, it truly is.

Unfortunately all good things must come to an end and there's no one better to ruin them than him. "Making new friends, Charmcaster?"

A flash of lightning announces Hex's presence, as he hovers above the small greasy clearing. "You ungrateful child! How dare you betray me, your own blood!"

Charmcaster cowers away in fear she grabs her purse and holds it so tightly that her knuckles turn white.

Uravity quickly places herself between Charmcaster and her terrible uncle. "Don't come any closer!"

Hex scowls in annoyance. "I do so despise children."

With a flex of his fingers a telekinetic hold grips Uravity's entire body, and with a wave of his hand she is flung aside like week-old leftovers.

Hex floats down and with a light tap of his staff onto the ground as his Calamity Quirk creates a fissure! It cracks and rumbles through the Earth before swallowing up the downed Uravity.

After witnessing her hero being eaten up by the earth itself, Charmcaster tries to make a getaway running back for the woods.

Unfortunately, Hex easily steps between her and her freedom. "It appears you require more discipline, child."

"U-uncle H-hex please I-Ahhh!"

Hex levitates her up into the air, keeping a tight grip around her with his telekinesis.

"Put the girl down!"

Hex turns to see Gran Torino zooming in, jumping off from tree to tree with his Jet Quirk.

Hex generates a ray of light and fires it at the fast approaching hero. Gran Torino leaps down and races forward avoiding the ray completely. But before he could land a hit, Hex swings his staff around and a rushing whirlwind repels Gran Torino away.

Meanwhile, Uravity climbs out of the pitfall. "What's with all the pitfalls today?" She sees the immobilized Charmcaster floating in the air with a terror-stricken face. "Let her go!" With One For All powering her legs Ochaco rockets forward, reeling back her fist to deliver one powerful strike.

Hex smirks just before a bolt of lightning strikes the very ground before him, blasting Uravity away and blinding both her and her mentor.

And when they look up again, they discover that Hex has disappeared once again and this time he took his niece with him, by force.

"No!" Ochaco wails in anguish. How could she let this happen?! She was supposed to protect and save Charmcaster, not let her get taken!

Gran Torino quickly gets to her side, his face written in worry.

"He took her! He took her!" Ochaco is just ranting, she's just so ashamed and frustrated with herself. She failed to be a hero. There's no arguing that.

"Woah, woah, slow down and explain."

"Charmcaster! She's just a victim, she's being forced to commit crimes! And Hex just took her against her will!"

"Is that so?" Gran Torino, for some reason, doesn't seem to be all that convinced.

"Yes! We have to save her! Her uncle's crazy, she said so herself!"

Gran Torino raises an eyebrow. "She…said so?"

"Yes!" Why isn't he taking this seriously?!

"You two talked then?"

"Yes!" Ochaco's starting to get frustrated here, they are wasting time! The longer they wait the worse Charmcaster will be in.

Gran Torino continues with his questioning. "Kid, where's that relic?"

"That's not important right now!"

"Humor me."

"Fine!" Ochaco reaches for the compartment in her utility belt. "If this will get you moving then…I…don't…see…the…issue…" her voice trails away as shock and horror slowly creep upon her.

Because as her hand traces the compartment, she is horrified to discover that she no longer has the talisman! Charmcaster took it when they hugged! She lied to her! She tricked her! Just to get what she wanted!

"S-she…s-she…she-"

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"Played her like fiddle…or something like that." Charmcaster is feeling real smug right now as she raises the Charm of probability to her uncle. "Ha, her face was just so precious she really thought she was saving me. Ha! That's adorable."

Hex glares down from their perch, leering down at Dathomir City below from atop the gothic church tower. "Yes, you played your part well."

Charmcaster waves it off with a flick of her hair. "Of course I did, it was my idea."

Hex's stone-cold glare rages with a burning fury that instantly forces Charmcaster to shut her mouth and cower away. "Self-preservation often requires one not to stroke their ego."

"Yes, uncle. Apologies."

Hex turns away glaring down at the crumbling poisoned city. "Finally, I have acquired all of the Charms of Bezel!" He smiles as he places the last talisman back into position upon his garb. "Hahaha!" The charms light up the foggy sky like a beacon, as power surges through them and into their master.

Charmcaster watches on with both fear and awe as thunder clouds roll in from seemingly out of nowhere, a cold freezing wind bellows across the city, and the fog becomes thick and heavy despite the strong bone-chilling winds.

Hex waves his staff up into the air as the charms illuminate around his neck. "Hahaha! Yes! This is true POWER!"

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Ochaco and Gran Torino duck down by the roadside as the high winds threaten to knock them off their feet and other natural disasters begin to form all across the city.

Hail the size of golf balls rain down from the sky in different parts of the city, lightning bolts strike and beat down on the buildings, and the earth shakes and rattles with tremors causing all sorts of damage and chaos.

"Come on, kid!" Gran Torino zips up into the air, he's heading for a good vantage point to try and locate the villain responsible.

Ochaco cries out through all the wind and chaos. "Wait! I can't!"

Gran Torino zips his way back to her. "Why the hell not?!"

Her usual confidence is gone, now that she's without that charm she can't help but feel like everything she's done today has been nothing but luck. Was it her own skills getting her around or was it all luck? And without it can she even do what's needed? "Without that charm…I…I can't use the Gyro-Disc correctly…"

Gran Torino frowns with concern.

"It only worked because of that charm. So without it, how am I supposed to keep up? Not to mention I still can't use that new move correctly either. Heck, she tricked me so easily. How can I even stop them both?"

Gran Torino remains silent allowing the girl the chance to vent and air her concerns and doubts.

'It's impossible. Hex has the charm now, he's untouchable now. And just look at what he's doing to the city! How can I possibly compete with that when I can't even use a little piece of support gear? And there's that energy sphere attack that I still can't fully pull off, especially with the charm itself. So what can I do? If I use One For All way too much now and fail, there's no Recovery Girl nearby to fix me up! I just don't know-'

BONK!

"Ow!" Ochaco whines as she holds her aching head.

Gran Torino is fuming mad even after karate chopping the girl's head.

Tears leak out from the sides of Ochaco's eyes as she rubs her aching skull. "What was that for?!"

In all seriousness Gran Torino replies. "I was knocking some sense into ya."

'Is he trying to be funny?'

"Listen here and listen good!" He jabs a finger right towards the cowering girl. "Who are you?!"

"What?! I'm Ochaco, Ochaco Uraraka!"

"No! I said, who are you?"

"Ocha-OW!"

Gran Torino just kicked her shin for some reason, that jerk! "I said who are you!"

"I'm…U…Uravity?"

Gran Torino seems to like that answer. "And who is Uravity?"

"She's…" Who is Uravity? She's a daughter. A friend. A student. A Plumber in training. All Might's successor. No, there's more to it than that, Uravity is something that this world needs. "A hero."

Gran Torino's face contorts to accommodate a wide toothy grin. "That's right. And a hero doesn't rely on fancy toys or gadgets. No, a hero relies on their own wit and skills to use what they got to get the job done." He offers up a hand as if asking her to join him on a great adventure. "Now are you going to keep throwing around excuses or are you going to act?"

Uravity stands up unwavering against the winds, hail, and cold. "I'm going to act. I'm going to stop Hex and get back at Charmcaster for lying to me!"

"Then show me! Show me who you are!"

"I WILL!" Uravity activates her Zero-Gravity on herself.

The Gyro-Disc activates humming ferociously before Uravity kicks herself off the ground with a One For All charged jump, rocketing herself into the air.

The grinning Gran Torino soon follows bouncing off one building to another.

Uravity begins to lose speed and her flight's a bit shaky as she hits turbulence. She struggles to avoid the low hanging branches and tall light posts but the moment she makes it over the canopy she finally seems to get it down.

And it's absolutely amazing! The high winds propel her from behind making her flight smooth and speedy, and with her newfound control she can only find the experience both exhilarating and liberating. She just feels so free like she can roam the entire planet like it's her domain without any restriction.

"Welcome to a higher plane of existence, kid."

Uravity looks over and sees Gran Torino jumping up to greet her. "How's the view?"

"Amazing." Uravity chuckles as Gran Torino falls back down but with a quick burst of his Jet Quirk, he quickly rejoins her in the plane above.

Uravity scans the horizon and there not too far off, atop of a large church tower, there's a familiar glow like that of the Charms!

A smirk plays her lips. "Really amazing." Uravity points over towards the tower.

Gran Torino looks over and spots the church tower. "How bout a race?"

"If you think you can keep up, old man." Uravity leans to the side and the Gyro-Disc does its job flying her away and towards the church.

"Haha! Dang kid's got some spirit!" And so with a quick readjustment Gran Torino zips after her.

From atop of the large church tower Charmcaster spots the pink and yellow dots heading their way. "Tch, those two are so annoying!"

Hex takes notice of them too. "Fear not for they are racing towards their own demise!"

Hex swings his staff forward and the thunderclouds above the church swirl together becoming a funnel that eventual spirals down and lands upon the ground.

Uravity gasps in terror. "A tornado?!"

Sure enough, a tornado rages towards them, blocking their path.

Despite the imminent danger Gran Torino smirks. "Scared, are we?"

"No." Uravity gives the old man a nervous grin. "It's just a light breeze."

"Haha!"

Uravity and Gran Torino race forward swerving and evading flying debris of trees, branches, trash cans, and rubble.

Gran Torino uses the flying debris as platforms, ricocheting off of them to climb higher and higher into the air and moving even faster than Uravity even against the raging winds. At this rate they'll be past the tornado without any issues or delays.

"Impossible!" Hex thrusts his hand forward and from the sky a lightning bolt fires down.

Gran Torino jumps up and Uravity grabs his wrists, locking their arms, and she carries them away from the bolt just in the nick of time. "Gran Torino!"

"Huh?"

"The staff, get his staff!"

"What are you-?"

Before he could finish Uravity swings him around and throws him right towards the psycho with all her might.

With a boost from Jet Gran Torino flies through the air like a bullet and like a bullet he's heading straight for one target.

Hex hands flex open and flame begins to swirl in his hand. But from the corner of his eye he spots Uravity swinging around and tossing a dumpster right at him.

Quickly he blasts the dumpster away giving Gran Torino the opening he needed to kick the staff out of Hex's hand and off the tower.

"NO!" Hex roars out as he reaches for his fallen support item.

Gran Torino also falls away back to the ground without anything to intercept his path. "Go for it, Uravity!"

Uravity throws her hands forward and focuses allowing One For All's excess power to form around her palms. "One For All: Ryou Spheres!"

With a mighty throw she launches the Ryou Spheres right at Hex who can do nothing but watch on in horror as the sphere explodes in his face. A massive explosion of pink energy blasts into Hex, destroying part of the tall tower, kicking up debris and smoke.

But it's done. The Calamities all fade away into nothing as Hex collapses onto the broken tower's floor.

Gran Torino looks up from the street below as the sky begins to clear up and the tornado phases out.

Uravity, meanwhile, is floating up in the air, exhausted and spent after that finishing attack. All the while a dopey-smug grin plays on her lips. "Like I said earlier, you're no match for Uravity."

Back on the tower, a tattered and beaten Hex groans as he struggles to prop himself off the ground. Without his staff he can't bother to use his Calamity otherwise his own disasters will backfire and harm him as well. All he has are his Charms of Bezel but first he needs a bit of assistance in removing that pest of a child.

A step of a boot echoes behind him, turning around he spots a silent Charmcaster staring down at him.

"Charmcaster I require your assistance."

Her eyebrow furrow, glaring at him in silent thought.

Hex doesn't like that look at all. "What's the matter with you? I am giving you an order. Obey me!"

Her glare hardens, reeking in danger.

Hex nearly falls back over as he fails to prop himself back up. "You no good, undeserving, child. Answer me!"

A thin ribbon slowly drapes down from her hand followed by a light puff of pixiedust. And like that a flaming whip forms in her hand.

Hex nervously cowers away shaking in fear. "Charmcaster…? …Caroline?"

And that was the last straw. "Yahh!"

"Rahhh!" Hex cries out in pain as a bloody gash cuts through his chest and the Charms of Bezel are ripped away from his possession.

He groans as he collapses onto the ground, clawing his hand out at his niece as a weak attempt to strangle her, before he passes out from the blood loss and pain.

Charmcaster's eyes are glossed over as she glares down at his still unconscious form. "Sorry, uncle. But I'm taking over from here on out." She grabs the charms and places them around herself like a bandolier before turning her attention to the city.

She steps off the crumbling tower, but she doesn't fall instead she remains standing in midair as if there's an invisible platform supporting her. She lifts her hands up at her sides and huge fumes of pixiedust pour out like a fog. With the combined power of the charms, lightning discharges and rages from her palms, the lightning mixes with her Alchemy Quirk turning the lightning a magenta color.

Rays of lightning strike down at the city, electrocuting buildings, roads, trees, and cars. But instead of frying the targets they all transform. Gothic and crumble buildings become warped and brightly colored like bad modern art pieces. Cars become mechanical monsters that resemble Charmcaster's own Stone Creatures. Light posts become twisted and discolored. And even the trees become alive looking, with vibrant colors and spirals. All the while the citizens of the city panic and do their best to avoid the magenta lightning bolts.

"I will rewrite this entire city!" The lightning rages on even more as the Charms of Bezel power and fuel Charmcaster's Alchemy.

The descending Uravity blinks in confusion of terror everything's happening so fast. One second she was bathing in the glow of her win and then the next she sees is Charmcaster forcing her will upon the city!

She quickly flies back up, hovering across from the sorceress. "Charmcaster!"

Charmcaster turns ever so slightly smirking at the young heroine. "Aw, cute. You here to stop me?" Her voice is dripping with venomous sarcasm.

Uravity frowns. "What are you doing? Why'd you take the charm? What happened to being an innocent victim?!"

"Yeah… He." Charmcaster fails to hold back a snicker." I still can't believe you fell for all that. But if it makes you feel better, it wasn't all a lie."

"What?"

"I did mean it when I said I needed you to take down my dear uncle." She peers over at her uncle's still form. "He was in the way and after I saw what you could do, I knew you could bring him down."

Uravity is in total shock here, just how could a family betray each other so easily? She can't even process what a family like that must be like. "But what about pursuing your dreams?"

"That's what I'm doing. I'm still going to discover the source of all Quirks. But why not start changing the world now?" " Charmcaster aims her glowing palm at the heroine. "And maybe I can start with you."

Uravity doesn't react, she has to try at least one more time to reach her. Maybe she can still save her. "Are you sure…? Is this really how you want it to play out?"

Magenta flames poof to life within the silver-haired sorceress' hands.

Uravity regrettably has to accept the reality of the situation. "Have it your way. Just remember I gave you a chance to back out."

"Noted but not needed."

Uravity aims her hands forward. "Ryou Sphere!" She throws a pair of small pink-energy spheres at her opponent.

A field of lightning surrounds Charmcaster acting as a barricade between her and the Ryou Spheres that burst against the electrical field.

Charmcaster grabs some ingredients and whirls her hands together combining the magenta flames with her Alchemy Quirk forcing the flames to burst forth like a geyser. The flames roar and hiss spiraling and crashing into themselves as they take shape. Soon a serpentine dragon made entirely of magenta flames roars to life.

The flaming dragon screeches as it snakes towards Uravity.

Uravity deactivates Zero-Gravity allowing herself to freefall and allow the dragon to fly right past her, even so she can almost feel her eyebrows singing away under the intense heat of the dragon's fiery body.

The animated flames circle around the broken tower, bearing its fire lashing fangs.

After reactivating Zero-Gravity, Uravity's palm lights up with a Ryou Sphere. "Rahh!" The pink ball of energy rockets forward and blasts against the flame dragon's maw causing a massive explosion that blasts Uravity away.

She goes spinning out of control, but she quickly regains her balance. But she has no time to rest as Charmcaster bats her against the side of the tower with a levitated tree.

"Ow…" Uravity tries to push the tree away but Charmcaster has her pinned between the thick branches and the crumbling tower.

Charmcaster hovers down, standing before her opponent with a cocky smirk. "You know I wouldn't have this power without you."

Uravity gives her a response in the form of a nasty scowl.

"So I'll tell you what. Surrender now and I'll let you live. You could be my servant and if you behave, I'd bet you'd make a great bodyguard."

"No thanks, I don't like taking orders from witches."

Charmcaster clearly didn't like that. "I'm. A. Sorceress!"

"No, you're just a little girl playing a fantasy."

"Shut up!" Lightning and flames spark in her hands before she swings her hands forward.

"I've got ya!" From out of nowhere Gran Torino zooms in and snatches Uravity out of the way.

"Gran Torino!"

Gran Torino kicks off the side of the church and down to the street. "Sheesh, kid I leave you alone for a second and you somehow make things worse."

"I'm handling it!"

He lets her go and she rolls across the ground before hoping to her feet as Gran Torino lands down on a nearby car, denting the hood.

Charmcaster is furious as she glares down at the defiant heroes. She may be powerful but those two are becoming too much. No they've been too much from the start. But that's all about to change.

The silver-haired sorceress holds her hands out at her sides and she closes her eyes.

Some unseeable force begins to lift objects off the ground, no a telekinetic force is ripping things out of the ground. Streams of dirt and concrete flow upward, light poles bend and snap away from their posts, glass cracks and breaks away from windows flowing up into the air like a river, several trees are pried out of the ground, their roots tearing apart against the strong pull.

They all swirl and circle around Charmcaster who releases a massive cloud of sparkling pixiedust, swallowing up herself and the swirling mass of debris.

As the cloud clears away a massive creature smashes down onto street screeching and raising its limbs and fangs up in a display of terror. "Skrrrreeeee!"

A giant Stone Spider-like creature bares its fangs at the heroes. The giant spider's body is mostly made of stone and clay with magenta-hued runes. Its legs are long and thin made up of bending and twisting light posts, its abdomen is veined and twisted with the branches and roots of trees, and its fangs shine-made of sharp shattered glass, as its purple beady eyes light up. And fused to its upper half is Charmcaster, her lower half melded into the creature's stone body.

"Skrrrreeeee!"

Gran Torino looks over at Uravity. "You still got this handled?"

She gulps. "No…"

Charmcaster bares a maniacal grin as she swings her hand forward, in response the Stone Spider swings its thin leg out like a giant lance.

Both of the heroes leap back in time for the leg to impale the concrete. Gran Torino zips up the leg, bouncing off of it and slamming his boot against the side of the creature's head.

"Skrrrreeeee!" The Stone Spider hisses and lashes out but Gran Torino manages to use Jet to jump away.

While Gran Torino draws Charmcaster's attention from the front, Uravity is sprinting around the back, her hand glowing with a Ryou Sphere.

Charmcaster, however, spots her from her vantage point. She thrusts her hand back and a barrage of lightning bolts snake through the air towards the heroine.

Acting on impulse Uravity fires her Ryou Sphere which breaks apart the lightning bolts in a blast of electricity.

As smoke rises from the blast, a magenta fireball flies through the smoke cloud and slams into Uravity, knocking her backwards.

"Hahaha!" Charmcaster fires more fireballs as she turns around. "Come on! I wanna see that fighting spirit of yours!" She throws another fireball at Uravity who's forced to take cover behind a fallen semi-truck. "Where's that reckless abandon from the Sports Festival!" She tosses another and another. "Am I not worth the effort?"

Uravity tucks herself back away from the flaring heat of the fireballs. "Believe me I'm considering it."

The ground rumbles as the Stone Spider stomps forward, and on instinct Uravity leaps away just as a pair of long spider legs slam down on the semi-truck smashing it and denting it on impact. If she didn't move her skull definitely would have been smashed in.

Even though she missed, Charmcaster laughs at Uravity's helplessness. "Haha! What's the matter Little Girl can't play with the big kids?"

Gran Torino jumps and kicks off the side of the church. "I have you now!"

Charmcaster fires a barrage of light rays that move like arrows as they fly at the hero.

Gran Torino manages to swerve and twist his body avoiding the light rays but with a quick swing from the Stone Spider bats him away.

Uravity watches on from the side of the church, scowling in frustration. 'She's not giving us any openings.'

She needs an opening; she needs to lower Charmcaster's guard. Maybe if she can throw Charmcaster off somehow, she might be able to turn this all around. "Hey, Charmcaster!"

Charmcaster spins around at the call of her name.

Uravity stands out in the open making sure Charmcaster's attention is all on her. 'I got to make her mad.' Maybe then Charmcaster will lower her guard.

"I got something to show you!"

Charmcaster raises an eyebrow in confusion.

"Does this make me a magical girl, too!?" Uravity spins around on one leg, before skipping to a stop, and winking cutely as she throws up a V sign. "Magical Girl Uravity is here!" She forms a heart with her hands. "And she's here to save the day!"

Charmcaster…is at a loss for words. "W…what?"

Uravity smirks, she spins around all cutesy like but as she spins back around she fires off a well-timed Ryou Sphere.

It appears her distraction worked because the Ryou Sphere blows up right into Charmcaster's face.

As the blast goes off Zero-Gravity takes hold of the Stone Spider lifting it up into the air.

Charmcaster's face scrunches up in a nasty scowl as she swings her hands forward producing flames and pixiedust. "Rahhh!"

It looks like Uravity's ploy worked because Charmcaster's steaming mad and when one is prone to anger they are more likely to make mistakes.

Another serpentine dragon of flames bursts to life roaring and screeching in anger and anguish as it swirls in the air towards its prey.

Uravity doesn't run away or even flinch she does run though, right towards the flaming beast. She uses Zero-Gravity on herself and kicks off the ground with a One For All boosted jump before allowing the Gyro-Disc to propel her forward.

With this speed and power she takes a page out of Bakugou's book and she twists her body before spinning around like a twister. Her fists glow with One For All giving her spin a pink illuminated ring around it as she spins faster and faster.

The flaming dragon opens its massive maw ready to swallow up its victim.

Uravity's twisting body rockets forward, generating a whirlwind around her. "Saturn Smash!"

Her Saturn Smash drills right through the dragon blowing it apart with sheer force.

Charmcaster gasps in horror. "No way!"

Uravity's Saturn Smash rockets right for her.

Charmcaster lashes out and the Stone Spider thrusts its legs forward, but they're repealed and smashed away by Uravity's high velocity spin.

Charmcaster screams as Uravity's Saturn Smash crashes right into the Stone Spider and her, blasting the creature apart in a thundering boom. Rubble flies everywhere, glass clatters to the ground, and metal clangs against the pavement. And Charmcaster is sent flying into the air, she crashes down onto the church's weedy lawn before her back slams against the side of the church. And judging from that hit she isn't going to be getting anywhere quickly

Uravity collapses to her knees in exhaustion, her knuckles are red from deflecting the Stone Spider's legs and her head's still spinning even though her Saturn Smash is over.

With a shaky breath she spots all of the Charms of Bezel lying on the ground not too far away.

Uravity shakily wobbles her way to them, when she reaches them, she grips them between her hands before looking up to Charmcaster and back to the Charms, coming to a final decision.

Charmcaster forces her eyes open and just in time to witness the fate of her precious treasures.

Uravity places her fingers against the Charms making them weightless.

'It's like Thirteen said humans aren't ready for this technology.'

She then reels her hand back like a pitcher, and her hand glows with the strength of One For All.

Charmcaster's eyes widen with absolute horror and devastation as she realizes what Uravity's about to do.

With all the strength she can muster Uravity throws the Charms of Bezel up towards the never-ending sky. The Charms rocket through the air, flying higher, and higher, and higher until they become nothing but a spec. Soon after they disappear completely flying up into the endless void that is space.

It's finally over.

Charmcaster has to bite her tongue from screaming out. "Curse you…Uravity."

She can hear the police sirens in the distance and knowing full well how cruel the police system can be, the defeated sorceress unleashes a veil of pixiedust, before sneaking away in the smoke screen. And just in time as Gran Torino zooms through the smokescreen only to find nothing at all.

Meanwhile, Ochaco is grinning up at the clear sky, hued orange from the setting sun, happy she could return the charms back to the galaxy. Sure she was supposed to try and get them back to One-One but in all honesty, this was for the best. She doesn't need the charms and keeping them around will only temp others to come after them. This was for the best.

Gran Torino approaches her from the side, and he only has one question. "Why'd you do that?"

Ochaco doesn't even look his way, keeping her eyes trailed on the spot she last saw the talismans. "I thought it was for the best."

Gran Torino sighs, not appreciating Ochaco's cryptic response. "You know what? If anything that just puts this all to rest. I'll put my faith in you on this one."

"Thanks."

Gran Torino flashes the girl a smile. "You did good by the way."

"Did I?" Ochaco's mood falls away again. "I was played…"

"Yeah, but now you're that much wiser for it. Learn from your mistakes kid, failure is often a great teacher even better than me."

That makes Ochaco chuckle a bit, but he's right. She learned so much today and accomplished so much after her failures. So she can definitely say she walked away today stronger, smarter, and more experienced.

The sigh of an unconscious Hex being hauled away on a stretcher draws their attention.

Ochaco frowns worriedly at the sight of the nasty gash across the villain's chest. "Do you think we'll ever find her again?"

Gran Torino shrugs his shoulder. "Who knows? Nothing's for certain. But if she is out there hopefully, she's rethinking her life choices."

"Yeah, I hope so."

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A purple high heeled boot slams against a trash can. "Curse you…Uravity." Charmcaster tosses a fireball against the wall leaving a massive scorch mark against the crumbling bricks. "I had it all! The power! The city! Everything!"

"Guess it didn't work out like you planned."

Charmcaster scowls at the unwanted interruption.

The interruption comes in the form of a man of moderate height and build with parted grey hair, and a gaunt purple suit, and a light cigarette between his teeth. "Oh my, where's that fashionable uncle of yours? Is he not joining us?"

Charmcaster humphs in annoyance. "No, he's not." She throws a suspicious glare over at the man. "But what are you doing here, Giran?"

Giran chuckles. "Why do you sound so suspicious? I was the one who told you about your little trinket."

Charmcaster snaps. "But I don't have it do I?!"

The smirking Giran throws his hands up in defense. "Hey that's on you sweetie, I did my part."

The scowling Charmcaster whips her head away in frustration.

"So, what's the plan?"

The sorceress rolls her eyes. "Getting out of the city obviously."

"And then what?"

"Does it matter?"

Giran takes a huff of his smoke, finishing it off before reaching for another one from his pocket. "What about that gravity girl? She really kicked your ass huh?"

Alright, Charmcaster's had enough. "Okay, what's with all the questions?! You're after something aren't you?"

"Haha! Can't hide anything from you, but yeah I'm sort of working for another client of mine." He lights the new cigarette. "They're looking for some new members and I think you'd be a great fit."

"And why is that?"

"Because if I'm right you can get back at the gravity girl tenfold." He inhales the smoke.

Charmcaster looks down towards the ground where a little bug is scurrying across the pavement. She steps forward and with no effort crushes the innocent thing under her boot. "Alright, Giran. I'll hear you out."

Smoke leaks out between Giran's teeth as his wide grin signifies his elation.

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"Now I get it. You must be the ones who attacked U.A." The bloodthirst predator scans the little bar and its patrons. And from what he sees he's not that all impressed or intimidated.

Tomura Shigaraki is casually propped up by the bar while the bartender, Kurogiri, stands nearby, there's also the monstrous Nue hunched over in the corner listening in, and in the back a little screen is lit up but only things displayed are the words SOUND ONLY.

The predator is not impressed. "And you wanna recruit me to build up your little group again."

The predator is an intimidating, muscular man who walks with a distinct hunch, and has a flat, somewhat-triangular face without a nose. He has rather long, black hair, which he wears in a messy fashion; it would drape over his face if not for his headband and mask, and small red eyes with tiny irises.

He sports a dark combat suit, plated with metal armor across his body to holster his weapons, and a tattered blood-red scarf. The torso is sleeveless, so he instead wraps his arms in yellow bandages, all the way from just below his shoulders to his wrists. He also wears long black wristbands and a watch on his left arm, and his knees are protected with metal pads, the costume completed by black boots with steel armor.

"Yeah." replies Shigaraki, his voice dry and bored like this meeting is nothing but a formality. "It'll be great, you've got so much experience."

Well that's why Shigaraki wants him, but why should he join Shigaraki? "And what's your mission?"

"For now? I really just wanna kill All Might." The leader of the league snickers at the thought. "I like to destroy anything that pisses me off."

Shigaraki flashes a pair of photos taken during U.A.'s Sports Festival. One is a photo of a girl with brown hair and pink cheeks running through the finish line with a little grey frog on her shoulder. And the other is of a green-haired boy with a freckled face standing atop a podium wearing a silver medal.

"Like these little brats here." Shigaraki's red eye glares through the hand adorned on his face. "Game over."

Nue lets out a deep growl, baring his sharp jagged fangs in agreement.

The predator glares back, this was a waste of his time. "I was a fool to think you could offer me anything. It turns out, you're the type of person I hate most in this world."

"Hm?" Shigaraki wasn't expecting such a cold response.

Even Kurogiri and Nue look a bit put off.

"The goals of your league are those of a child." The predator reaches for his blades located below his arms, gripping the hilts tightly. "What meaning is there to killing if you don't have real convictions?"

Kurogiri watches on, he can sense the malice and danger emitting from this man. 'The Hero Killer Stain. Tomura Shigaraki cares only about wanton violence, so we brought this man in to guide him.'

The Hero Killer Stain unsheathes his blades, drawing them forward.

'Perhaps we made a mistake.' Kurogiri addresses the screen. "Sensei. Should I step in?"

A deep cryptic voice softly responds. "Let it happen. It's possible this is the only way he'll learn anything."

Shigaraki's fingers twitch in anger.

"He needs to think about the ways he must grow."

Stain stands at the ready with serrated blades up and ready to spill blood.

"How he can mature. Only then will he reach his potential."

Nue is up on his feet, hunched over and snarling like a beast waiting for any excuse to tear through anything made of flesh.

All the while the two photos are left forgotten on the floor where they'll no doubt be trampled and bloodied before the end of the night.

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And that was Ch.33, what'd you all think? Was it good? Was it bad? Was it magical? Was it confusing? And hey this is the first real chapter where Izuku didn't make a single appearance, huh weird, right? I also feel like I introduced a lot here: Gyro-Disc, Ryou Spheres, Saturn Smash, Hex and Charmcaster, and Stain! Wow! But it'll all be worth it in the long run for sure. And now we get to see how all of this gets to play out next time so stay tuned.

*The Gyro-Disc, if you can't recall, Ochaco asked Mei Hatsume about back in "Ch.19 Prepare Yourselves." Ochaco asked her for support gear that can help her fly without exerting herself and the Gyro-Disc is what we got. And yeah, it's been a while since then, but the Sports Festival took place between then and now and that Arc was way longer than I thought it would be. But I think it was well worth it.

*So just to be clear there is NO MAGIC in this universe. Sure Clockwork and Alien X can do crazy things but I'm not calling it magic. Magic, I feel is a deep rabbit hole that I can't afford to delve into for this story otherwise it will only derail the story so it will not be included. This also means that Anodites or Mana users aren't a thing either. Sorry but Ochaco is the parallel to Gwen with One For All and Zero-Gravity mixing to act as mana. But you never know I may make a work around to get Anodites in here somehow or someday.

*Speaking of magic, how were Hex and Charmcaster? It took me a while to come up with Quirks that I could disguise as magical but still make them seem like real Quirks. And I think I did well with them. Just to be clear Hex's Quirk is called Calamity and it allows him to generate natural disasters.

*Charmcaster's Quirk is called Alchemy which allows her to create anything she wants as long as she has the right chemical compositions, and when mixed with living materials she can create animated objects too.

*Also only a few people pointed it out, but these original cities are named and based off two planets from the Star Wars universe. Geonosis City is the planet "Geonosis" from Attack of the Clones where the planet is inhabited by bug-aliens and where the "Separatists" keep their droid factories. And in this chapter, I used "Dathomir," a planet in "Star Wars the Clone Wars" series where witches known as the "Night Sisters" live. And it's the planet "Darth Maul" originated from. Which Hex shares a similar color pallet with. Kudos to those that got the references right away.

Responses for "Guest" reviewers from Ch.32:

Aztec 13: This another awesome chapter, we get to see Izuku go on patrol with Grand orca and his sidekicks and we see appearance of clancy the bug man villain. Izuku learning on job and unlock a alien stinkfly sweet, and thirteen fight six six in the plumbers base awesome, can't wait to see what happens in the next chapter with Ochaco and Grand Torino now that Stain is showing up next, please continue

CreateGunner1209: I hope this chapter was just as good for you as the last one. I also enjoyed the Thirteen vs. SixSix scene and I hope the fights in this chapter were able to match up. Stinkfly is one of my favorites and I hope to utilize him well now that he's here.

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Atom king: Well this chapter is great , I like about is that Izuku during this whole is having a taste of real life hitting him with the city not having any heroes or law stopping him stopping him from using his power, I like it I hope more like this.

Now clancy that is surprise to see him showing up in the story, but thanks to him Izuku has unlock a new alien stinkfly and other thing he learns is people are quick to judge people by their appearances gives him another reason to protect aliens from humans.

Now the best part for me is six six breaking into the plumbers HQ and fighting thirteen, can't wait to see the aftermath of that encounter.

The next chapter is going to have Stain in it can't to see what happens with Ochaco fight against him.

CreateGunner1209: I thought the chapter did well in expanding on different elements too. And yeah I thought Clancy would be a good way to introduce one of my favorite aliens. And I totally agree that the ebay scene was Thirteen vs. SixSix for sure. It was short but it was fun, exciting, and I actually completed a lot of setups that will pay off later on too. And sorry but you got to wait one for the next chapter and then Stain will really do his thing. I'll try my best to get it out when I can. I'm really excited for his role.

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DeadCool14: Nice, and cool thanks. Are you gonna do Alien Swarm? Also is Toga gonna be crushing on Albedo? And speaking of him is he eventually gonna be like he was in Omniverse? An Ultimate Galvan, if so could please consider instead of using the M.O.D.O.K design could you use Dark Matter? He's from the reboot and I know you said you probably wouldn't use things from the reboot but just an idea, cuz he looks cool.

CreateGunner1209: I do want to do the alien swarm. Don't ask when because it'll be a surprise :) (I like surprises). So, I'm still working out details for Albedo so I don't have an answer for you yet. And When he does arrive he won't be in Ultimate form. Ultimate aliens are still on the fence.

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Guest: That was a really funny among us reference with sixsix going through the vents.

CreateGunner1209: Thanks and I'm so glad someone pointed out the Among Us Easter Egg.

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Shark: This chapter was so worth the wait, loved the use of this old Ben 10 character in the my hero verse. Honestly you picking Gang Orca as Izuku's mentor was a stroke of genius and I'm loving how your playing off their characters. Also I'm so happy you used Stink fly, he is honestly one of the most underrated aliens in the franchise and deserves some spotlight. Overall excited to see how Ochaco fairs against Stain and Izuku against six-six. Also I think Izuku will put up a much better fight than Ben since he's been training for these types of situations. Sorry for a long review, take care!

CreateGunner1209: Thanks I thought he'd be okay to throw in real quick. Also I'm so so so glad Gang Orca is working out so well with everyone. And yeah I totally agree, Stinkfly is one of my favorites I love design, powers, and voice. But now the original chapters are doen with for now and we finally move on to the real meat of the story, look for it to it.

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Dark Champion: What do you think of all these new aliens that have been showing up on the Ben 10 fandom wiki page? In particular Snark Tanque, Shadowman, Invincible, Stretcheleo, and Squirtapiller?

CreateGunner1209: Wait are these guys like canon? Because I kinda like Snark Tanque's powers and honestly I wouldn't mind maybe adding him. Plus they describe him so well I almost feel like he is canon.

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Guest: hey i just like to say that i really like this story you're a good writer and i like to put in an idea for your story, that is the reason why izuku omnitrix is more weaker than ben's and that because of izuku himself there is theory about the omnitrix being link to the user mind(master control) and izuku inner issues that cause the omnitrix to glitch more than ben og one which is why izuku aliens are nerf and with addend weakness and he needs to work on those issues to fix it and it a good motivation for izkuku to be better than before and in the manga izuku needed to work on his mentality to better use one for all and your izuku can do the same with the omnitrix, i hope you read this and if you do thank you and this is just a suggestion it you story you do great with it and have a good day

CreateGunner1209: First off, aw, thank you so much for the kind words. Thank you so much. And as for the suggestion, you bring up a very interesting point that I should take some time to think about. At least for the Omnitrix (Master control) part. I still kinda want to nerf some of the aliens. Reason: I'm not making a power fantasy and weaknesses help make a good story and add tension. Like whenever Lex Luther has kryptonite you know Super Man's going to be in some major trouble. But I'll sit on the idea because it's a really good idea. So thank you for sharing.

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SpaceDwarf: Great chapter! I'm really liking the power levels in your fic, and having Deku learning new stuff! Also so glad you added Argit into this chapter, he's so fun! I wonder if any other Ben 10 characters will show up, like Billy Billions, or Captain Nemesis, or that Kangaroo guy, or Professor Paradox.

Can't wait for more. You putting One-One into this chapter reminded me I have an Infinity Train x Ben 10 crossover to write!

CreateGunner1209: Thanks. I thought about the fallen heroes but I don't know, Maybe as cameos or maybe corrupted heroes…maybe I should add them? I'll think about it. If I do Billy Billions I'm just not sure how to make him an enemy of Izuku's. I have to figure that out first. And yes Professor Paradox will show up eventually.

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Guest: I like it you use that bug guy how his quirk by smell and stinkfly use his smell to beat him, keep the good job can't wait for next chapter

CreateGunner1209: Thanks I thought it was clever too.

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Atom king (again): how could i miss this, ancient looking amulet that would only mean hex and charmcaster are coming and the Charms of Bezel and Ledgerdomain are coming too, I can't wait to see how this plays out the possible chaos that magic can cause is crazy, I can't wait for Ochaco to discover how to activate the amulet but which one she found guess we have to wait and see.

CreateGunner1209: You were right Hex and Charmcaster have officially joined my story's ever expanding roster of characters! But if you read my Author's Notes magic is not a thing so by extension Ledgerdomain doesn't exist either. Sorry but I felt like it was for the best. Either way I hope my decision hasn't turned you away.

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Guest: Okay, one, I was not expecting response so it's a little awkward. Second, alright Stinkfly! The classics will always be gems. Really happy you decided to add him and loved the way he was used during the fight with Clancy. Second, I'm real happy to see Thirteen again and their fight with Sixsix was awesome.

I also loved how you wrote Clancy here than what you originally had intended. It makes him more sympathetic and shows the cracks of MHA's society. It was also a nice touch reference Henzu's line in the previous chapter. On another note, can't wait to see Nue again.

I really like how you handled Gang Orca's character in this chapter. The way he talks about how cruel humans can be seems he has first-hand experience. I mean the guy was voted third among heroes that look like villains. The guy is tough, but that kind hurts a little. I also just realize the Deku's aliens looks like monsters and so inhuman that they can easily be passed off as villains. That's another reason why Deku interning at Gang Orca feels much more fitting.

Deku getting more character development is a nice touch and far more interesting than canon. His costume reflects this as he becomes more of his own hero. His canon self felt more like an All Might 2.0 to me. I like Deku learning how flawed society and hero system are and desiring to change it for the better for humans and aliens.

Also Uraraka being a mediator between Deku and Bakugo, I'm sort of against it. Mainly b/c how you written the relationship between Uraraka and Bakugo in the previous chapters. Mind you both of the hate each other b/c Uraraka hates how Bakugo looks down on everyone and Bakugo hates her for standing up to him and his humiliating defeat in the sports festival. They are more likely to fight and make situation. Hell, Deku being the mediator sounds more fitting and believable.

One more thing, take it easy on yourself. We love the time and effort you put into making this story. Last thing we want you to do is strain yourself. Take a break when you need it.

CreateGunner1209: Sorry for responding. I tend to try my best to respond to everyone that leaves a review even if it's just to say thank you. You don't need to respond to my responses. I just do it to be nice.

Speaking of which I'm glad to hear you enjoyed everything the last chapter had to offer. I hope you got as much from this chapter too.

Also after talking it over I do have to agree with your point about Ochaco being a mediator and say it doesn't work. Not unless I do something within the next arcs to change their outlooks on each other.

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Sai: Did you just make an Among Us reference with 13?...

Kacchan's the imposter!

CreateGunner1209: Yes, yes I did. Also I'm voting Kacchan off too, he's definitely the imposter. And if he's not…oh well.

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Jackknifedrum: I loved this chapter and the previous one, Izuku interning with Gang Orca was definitely a surprise but a welcome one and I love what Izuku was doing with his aliens, especially that fight scene with Lodestar. I'm working on my own fanfic that has Ben 10 stuff in it and I haven't been able to figure out how to give Lodestar a good fight scene, but you've given me some ideas for a Lodestar fight so thank you.

As I said I love both this a chapter and the previous one, the characters are amazing and the fights are really cool. I saw those Among Us references you put in and they're really funny, I also like the segment with SixSix and Makes me wonder what else Vilgax might be able to do with that virus if he gets a bit creative.

That scene with Argent is pretty funny. Also the chemical plant that they went to it makes me wonder why they were producing a chemical that can kill humans, and why they would even have a giant machine that can pump a gas version of the chemical into the air outside of the plant?

By far my favorite scene is the fight between Izuku in Clancy in the chemical plant, especially when after Clancy is defeated Izuku just nonchalantly walks over to the control pad and just turned the machine off that's just hilarious.

Also stink fly was an unexpected transformation but not unwelcome since he was the transformation that was used to save the day.

I love this thank you for making such a wonderful story.

CreateGunner1209: That is fantastic to hear! You have no idea how much I was sweating over the fact that people won't like Gang Orca. Such a relief!

Honestly I kinda had a hard time coming up with how Lodestar should fight too.

I wouldn't stress over the chemical plant, it was there for plot convenience. I was going to be a bit political last chapter with other issues but that chapter was already oo bloated so stuff and details for things had to be cut. And to be honest I was just going to have Stinkfly gunk up the vents to stop the gas but then I'm like…wait! It's machine it can be shut off! It has to have a safety switch! So yeah that's why I did it.

I hope you loved this chapter too and if not I'm sure the next one will be more to your liking.

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DeathXanamon: I don't know if you saw this guy's comment but it's a really interesting idea so I want to show you it.

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This has been a very promising read from start to the current chapters.

Might I add an idea: Do recall that the Omnitrix's real purpose is for peaceful reason which is to allow alien species to become the other and have a clear understanding with each other.

So, in a possible chapter, have the Omnitrix malfunction and transformed Class 1-A into aliens.

Bakugou: He becomes Ripjaws so that he'll have an understanding just how Midoriya feels, a powerless being with no means to defend himself.

Mineta: Have him turn into Four Arms as a way to let him have fun with it i.e. to impress the ladies but then realizes he misses his old body when he has to take more damage than to his own liking.

Iida: Changed into Rath so as to understand Bakugou's issues as an angry proned kid.

CreateGunner1209: Thanks for pointing it out. Actually, I did see it and I actually responded to it last chapter if you want to see what I said.

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Guest: I can't tell if that was an alien or not. Either way Awesome Chapter

Can't wait to see what Ochako was doing. Looks like we might see some Forever Knights in the future. Not gonna lie I hope Stain isn't a part of their group if you introduce him. I don't like the idea of my favorite Anti-Villain(makes more sense then Anti-Hero since he kills heroes albeit for a more just society) being an alien hater

CreateGunner1209: If you're talking about the end scene then it was not an alien. It was Kurogiri locating and picking up Stain. And if you're talking about Clancy…no he's not an alien either.

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Guest: All this Original arcs is killing me! But in a good way. Your letting the characters grow in an awesome way that fits well with the story

I'm hyped for the fight with Stain I'm curious to see how he reacts to Uraraka who's not in the hero business for purely selfless reasons and how his words And actions will affect her. Not gonna lie a part of me hopes he sees her pocketing the necklace and misunderstanding her intentions as greed instead of alien research

CreateGunner1209: That's great to hear and I hope this last (for now) original chapter was able to do the same. And the Stain fight is quickly approaching ie. next chapter so get pumped! But he won't see her pocketing the necklace or Charms of BEzel since they're…gone.

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Some Dude: First off, another great chapter! Loved the inclusion of Stinkfly in this one. In one of the reveiws, you mentioned that you might bring in Eon later. If you do bring in Eon into this story, is he going to be an alternate Izuku Midoriya, or is he still gonna be an alternate Ben? Personally, I think it would be more interesting if he remains an alternate Ben because it wold be cool to see Izuku interact with a different person who has an omnitrix (or in Eon's case, HAD an omnitrix) than having him interact with different version of himself. It's kind of the reason why I didn't like the whole Ben war back in omniverse. It would've been more interesting if it was different characters or all new original characters with an omnitrix (Like omnitrix Argit, I WITH we saw more of him). Anyways, looking forward to seeing more chapters!

CreateGunner1209: First off, thanks! Second off, I love it too! Stinkfly is one of my all time favs.

As for Eon…I don't want to say. Not to be a tease or because I don't know, but because I have a really good idea for him and I rather not say because it will ruin the surprise. Sorry, but I think if I keep it to myself it will be so much more worth it when I finally get to him.

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Guest: You know I was watching the Ben 10 ultimate alien episode The Purge with the forever Knights hunting down every alien on earth to the point that they need to leave Earth, so if they are in this story I'm wondering how will they pull off the purge in this story cause I think it be a really scary idea is that what if forever Knights are the ones who created the hero association and Meta Liberation Army having a massive personal army to attack the alien community and other planets, now that is a scary idea, what you think?

CreateGunner1209: Honestly, I need to sit down and rework parts of the story later on because I'd like to delve into something along these lines. I sort of want to see how the next few arcs in the MHA manga play out before I can get something.

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SilverKirito: Great capter you made a good work on changing some ben 10 elements to work with bnha universe and not be prdicable or boring. The part when deku stop stoped the gas was anticlamatec but a good anticlamatec becuse i alwase wondred why the hero has to do something epic or pull a superman to save the day insted of pushing a simple butten. Keep up the good work and take some breaks before you burn out again.

CreateGunner1209: Thanks and I hope what i did in this chapter with Hex and Charmcaster was a good mix between Ben Ten and MHA, too. I hope to keep up the good work.

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Guest: Nice Star Wars reference. Swarms of bugs in a city named Geonosis. Didn't get that in my first read, but still pleasant that caught it.

CreateGunner1209: Thanks! So glad someone got the reference!

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BlueRanger-Lyric: Wow, once again, an awesome chapter you made for us, I really liked it a lot, and wow, I did not think you would use a Star Wars Planet as a name for a city, even though it surprisingly works, also for some reason, when Izuku was first interrogating Argit, I got some Spider-Man Homecoming vibes when Peter used interrogation mode on Daron that scene, was that intentional or was it just a coincidence, also I really liked the life lessons Deku got from all this, looking forward to seeing more, when it does come

CreateGunner1209: Thanks I actually hinted to the city during the first internship chapter but noone seemed to get it. Some of you did now this time through though. And also thanks for noticing the Spider-Man Homecoming reference I literally copied that scene with Daron.

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Guest: Love this story and am looking forward to the next chapter. I love seeing all the characters react to Izuku's new forms. I personally cannot wait for canonbolt he's always been a personal favourite and I think he would suit Izumi well

CreateGunner1209: I hope the wait was worth it. And I can't wait for Cannonbolt too. I've got a really fun chapter in store for his first appearance.

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Guest: I love your stuff please keep it up you are an amazing writer

CreateGunner1209: Thanks!