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.

37. Ch:36 Stained

Here it is Ch.36 I hope you like it. It's a lot like Ch.18 Exposition Ex Machina in the sense that it stays close to the anime and has a lot of info dumps and explanations. I tried my best to make it interesting, so I hope it proves to be enjoyable.

*And hey no glitch this time! Isn't that great?!

*Below is an Opening Theme generated by "Drag0n5on" please check it out, it's very well written.

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"Okay, can you hear me in the studio?" A field reporter grips her headset as she peers down at the flaming city below the helicopter, her cameraman sits by her side, his camera trained on the destruction. "I'm reporting to you live from the skies over Hosu City. It's unclear what's happening below but take a look!"

The camera zooms in on the plumes of smoke and the glow of the flames.

"Large clouds of smoke and fire are rising from different locations in the area. Is this due to a series of accidents? Or have villains taken the streets? Currently we have no info on the situation here," She turns to look at the camera as to directly address the audience. "but our station will continue reporting as this breaking story unfolds."

"And cut!" The cameraman cuts the feed, lowering his camera as they both resume observing the flames and smoke.

Without taking her eyes off the chaos, the reporter delivers very direct orders. "Don't you dare stop filming."

The cameraman hastily gets his camera back up and rolling, aiming down at the flaming Hosu City.

And then she sees something. "Wait… What in the world? Look."

The cameraman doesn't see it. "Uh? At what?"

"Right there." The reporter points her finger. "Check out the building with the water tower on top. Zoom in!"

It takes him a minute, but he finally spots the water tower and zooms in on three figures standing atop of it. "There's people-three of them!"

That's odd. "Bystanders? How did they get up there?" And what are they doing there of all places?

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Tomura Shigaraki peers through his binoculars scanning the city for the Nomus.

Even from here he can see Draco's dead corpse lying in a pool of its own blood.

The sight makes him scratch at his neck in irritation.

He keeps scanning, watching as police and a few heroes put Squirrelanoid in restraints before hauling it away.

His scratching increases.

And finally there's the Shellshock Nomu who's smoking corpse is being collected by the no-good heroes, they're even retraining the body in case the regeneration somehow kicks back in.

His nails threaten to break through his own skin, especially as he homes in on one last sight. Or at least he tries to. Even from atop the water tower Shigaraki isn't able to see what had become of that freaky jetpacked mutant. That guy or whatever it was tried to haul off with that brat before getting his ass done in by the Hero Killer. Just what was that guy? And why did he kill his Nomu?!

Out of frustration the binoculars Decay and break away in his grip.

Shigaraki doesn't even turn to address Kurogiri or Nue. "We're leaving."

Kurogiri's mass begins to expand. "Are you satisfied with the results, Tomura Shigaraki?"

"Depends on tomorrow's headline, moron."

And just like that the three members of the League of Villains vanish within a black void. With nothing to show for their efforts other than meaningless destruction and chaos.

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A. Lyrics

a. Scene

(Play "Sora ni Utaeba" by amazarashi)

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A. Kyojitsu wo kirisaite souten wo aoide tobitatta tokoshie

a. Izuku crashes into the ground hard before getting up and running forward only for the process to repeat over and over again.

B. Sora ni utaeba

b. Izuku is breathing heavily as he struggles to get up.

C. koukai mo iyaou naku

c. Suddenly a hand lands on his shoulder catching him by surprise.

D. Hitsuzen hitsuzen narubeku s*** naru mirai da sore yue, agake

d. He looks up to see Ochaco smiling at him. Slowly he returns the smile and gets up. The two charge forward together and deliver twin punches forward destroying the screen.

E. (Instrumental)

e. The title appears across the screen as multiple planets surround it.

F. Shinkirou namida no kawa wo kogidashite ikuseisou

f. Izuku is helping out around Gang Orca's agency while getting into shenanigans with the other residents. Gang Orca gives them an order which they all roar out too.

G. Sayonara yukazaru wo enai nani wo ushinatta tote

g. Ochaco patrols the streets with Torino passing by Charmcaster causing the two girls to stop and turn to look at each other.

H. Wasurenai

h. Shoto looks down at his left hand as images of his mother appear behind him.

I. kuyashisa mo

i. He fades revealing Izuku as he recalls memories with Henzu and the day on the roof with All Might before ending on his conversation with Tenya.

J. kutsujoku mo

j. Tenya looks down as he grips his fists.

K. Mune ni kazatte

k. His eyes look upward revealing his hatred as his hero costume comes on.

L. Kyojitsu wo kirisaite

l. Tenya charges forward and sends a kick that Stain blocks.

M. souten wo aoide

m. Shoto jumps into the air and sends an eruption of flames towards the Hero Killer

N. tobitatta tokoshie

n. Above them Ochaco dukes it out with Charmcaster who smiles at her sinisterly.

O. Sora ni utaeba

o. On another roof Izuku battles Sixsix before leaping backwards to dodge a blast from the bounty hunter.

P. koukai mo iyaou naku

p. He looks up and glares at a gallery of villains.

Q. Hitsuzen

q. Tomura and Henzu look at him and snarl.

R. hitsuzen

r. Vilgax simply narrows his eyes.

S. tachikiru ni wa mabushi sugita

s. The Omnitrix glows as Izuku selects a transformation.

T. mirai e,

t. He smiles as he slams his hand onto the watch.

U. Agake

u. The watch activates, and everything is engulfed in a flash of green

V. Instrumental 1

v. It shows Class 1-A and 1-B preparing for battle ending with Katsuki blasting the screen.

X. Instrumental 2

x. Izuku walks forward as he brings the Omnitrix up and grips his fist.

x. There's a flash of green that fades to reveal Izuku standing along with his class with the shadows of his transformations on the wall behind them.

[Illustrated by Drag0n5on]

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Ch.36 Stained

*Knock. Knock*

The door to the hospital room slides open and Ochaco Uraraka sticks her head in cautiously. "Morning. Is it safe to come in?"

The three inhabitants of the hospital room peer up from their beds and welcome her in.

Izuku Midoriya sits up on his bed. "Yeah, you can enter."

Ochaco pulls back the door, just like the rest of them she's adorning the hospital gown as well, but unlike them she was able to get her own room. But after a restless night worrying about Stain, the Nomus, and her friends she couldn't hang out in that quiet space by herself any longer.

Tenya Iida gives a curt nod in greeting. "Uraraka."

She graciously returns it. "Iida."

Shoto Todoroki sits off the side of his bed. "Did you sleep, Uraraka?"

Ochaco shakes her head, frowning as she grips her arm. "No, not really."

"I figured. Me neither."

Izuku sighs. "Yeah, same…"

This morning is so warm and sunny allowing for a calmer and more peaceful atmosphere, the total opposite of the night before. And even though the hospital beds are rather comfortable, a goodnight's rest had eluded them all. How anyone expected them to actually get some rest is just idiotic.

Thankfully the only reassuring fact about the events from last night was that by some miracle there were no fatalities of citizens or heroes. Of course there were still a number of those, especially heroes, who were injured but fortunately no injuries were life threatening. Even Dholak, who had been taken down by Shellshock at one point, is going to make a full recovery. Heck his elongated limbs are already starting to grow back after being ripped off. So that's reassuring.

But it's hard to celebrate a victory after coming face to face with the…with the Hero Killer.

Izuku leans back in his bed trying his best not to let his wounds bother him too much. "Thinking about that fight now, we did something pretty amazing."

Shoto nods, solemnly. "Yeah, I agree."

Ochaco frowns sorrowfully, remaining silent but agreeing with them fully. What they did was amazing but not because of their flashy moves or teamwork, but the fact that they actually managed to survive such an encounter.

Izuku continues. "After everything that happened back there, it kinda feels like a miracle we're even alive." Especially when you consider the fact that Izuku was forced to fight without the Omnitrix.

Peering down at his left wrist, Izuku is sad to report that the doctors were unable to remove the brace. It is still firmly attached to his arm and preventing any access to the Omnitrix. They had tried various power tools and such but gave up in favor of letting Izuku rest for the night before trying again later today.

But even so it's a bit frustrating and sad to know that a lot of their wounds and pain could have been prevented if he didn't let that bounty hunter get an upper hand on them. "Without One Man Army, I was an easy target." Evident by the bandages around his leg, and shoulders. "They…any of them could've killed me if they really wanted to."

Shoto looks down at his own bandaged arm and leg. "Yeah."

Ochaco silently worries, gently rubbing the bandages around her head and waist.

Shoto averts his eyes towards Tenya. "I'm impressed by you though, Iida."

Tenya remains silent, sitting atop his hospital bed with both his arms in casts, Stain's blade had done quite the number on his shoulder that's for sure.

"The Hero Killer was actually trying to murder you, but you stood tall."

"That's not true." Tenya can't even look them in the eyes, instead his vision falls downward in shame and regret. "I was…a fool…I…" His voice fades away unable to speak anymore of, his guilt and shame choking him up.

Feeling the air of sadness, the others stew in the silence not wanting to upset their friend any more than he already is.

"Then again you weren't the only one being targeted, weren't you?" Shoto isn't speaking to Iida, but rather to Izuku.

And just like that all the attention has shifted towards the nervous greenette.

"Wha?! What me?!" Izuku points at himself, even though he knows full well he's the one Shoto's referring to.

"Yeah." Shoto's eyes narrow in suspicion.

Izuku gulps worriedly. He understands exactly what Shoto's getting at, but…can he afford to say anything? Can he tell him or even Iida for that matter about…everything?

"That guy the one in the high-tech armor…he was after your support gear, wasn't he?"

Izuku's breath hitches and so does Ochaco's as the realization of what Shoto's getting at finally crosses her mind. As for Tenya he just looks more concerned with the fact that Midoriya was also a target.

"It was just like back then." Specially Shoto's referring to the U.S.J. and how Tetrax demanded to know the whereabouts of the so-called Omnitrix. "That guy was after your watch too. You even kept his hoverboard. What's with that?"

Okay Izuku's really in a bind here. The hoverboard, okay easy it was a gift or something, but…the rest of it. God will Shoto even buy anything he says. Heck would he even believe the truth?! Oh, man…

"Tell me Midoriya." Shoto looks Izuku straight in the eye and says. "Why are all these villains targeting you?"

Izuku…doesn't know what he can say for himself. Every option just…doesn't seem like the right one. On one hand he can tell Todoroki about it all, there's no other way to explain why villains would be after the Omnitrix unless he explains what it is and that means…alien. But the other option is to…well, lie and honestly Izuku feels even guilty referring to his powers as a "Quirk," and now if he tries to lie, he essentially has to pull something right out of his ass and hope it's believable. Somehow knowing himself, he'd mess that up, wouldn't he?

Then maybe…maybe he should tell him. How much harm could it do? Heck it might be nice to have someone else around that knows, someone else that can help both Ochaco and himself deal with it all.

"Todoroki-"

The door sliding open cuts Izuku off. "Oh, so the injured youngins are awake."

Izuku jolts up in surprise, his mouth clamping shut.

Ochaco spins around and nearly screams out in shock, her heart racing in anticipation of Deku's response to Shoto. "Gran Torino!"

All four of the U.A. students turn their attention to the doorway where Gran Torino and Manual have entered.

Iida quickly takes notice of the other hero. "And Manual too."

Shoto leans back, letting his interrogation go for now, now that there is an audience.

Izuku is grateful for it, letting out a sigh of relief. Honestly, he'd be much happier putting this conversation off for as long as he he doesn't want to disobey Nezu or Thirteen, last thing he needs is to be scolded for going behind their backs.

'Oh, sweet salvation!' Thank goodness the heroes arrived, though, to save him from it all.

"YOU MORON!"

"Ahhhh!" Okay, maybe the hero's arriving wasn't his sweet salvation after all.

"I SHOULD DEVOUR YOU MYSELF!"

Gang Orca rushes into the room and before anyone could process it, he's up and over Gran Torino and Manual, and then as he reaches the boy instead of greeting him with concern or compassion, he goes about it a different way. Without a hint of concern, Gang Orca slams his foot right onto the bed, smashing it in half and launching the poor injured boy right up into the air. He doesn't get far as Gang Orca's massive claw catches Izuku by his face!

Izuku's friends yelp out in shock. "MIDORIYA/DEKU!?"

But they're all drowned out by the mighty predator of a pro hero. "WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF!?" Gang Orca roars out so loudly it undoubtedly had woken up the entire hospital.

Izuku cries out as his body hangs limply in the air. "I'm sorry!"

"THAT'S NOT GOING TO CUT IT!"

Gang Orca shakes him around like a rag doll, a rag doll that just so happens to scream, a lot.

"Ahhhh!"

In a way this is just Gang Orca's way of expressing his concern while making sure Izuku learns his lesson.

Ochaco isn't sure whether to step in or not, would it look bad if she tried to stop a top ranked hero?

"Idiot."

She jolts, a shiver running down her spine as Gran Torino glares up at her.

The fuming Gran Torino scowls. "I could yell at you for hours right now."

"S-sorry."

Before anyone else receives any more "punishment", a calm and rather cherry voice manages to calm them all down. "Now now, these young students have been through a lot and I think they've all earned a nice long rest."

Everyone's attention turns back to the door, where a little white chimera of a mouse, dog, and bear is smiling up at all of them.

"Principal Nezu?!"

It sure is, Principal Nezu waves his little paw up in a friendly hello. "Haha! Yes, it is me! How delightful, isn't it?!"

While Principal Nezu enters the room, Gang Orca mercifully releases Izuku from his death grip, thankfully dropping him on a not-smashed up hospital bed.

Izuku takes in a nice breath of fresh air, bathing in the relief that his face isn't being squeezed in. "Wh-what are you doing here?!" He pauses realizing how rude that sounded, especially towards an adult authority figure. "If you don't mind me asking."

Nezu adjusts his little tie as he climbs up onto a nearby hospital bed. "Well, I am your principal, and you are my students, as such I am required to be here as well." He stands atop the bed and gives the student a cheeky look. "Especially when my students find themselves in quite the pickle."

Said students have enough sense to look ashamed, being called out like that.

"I just had to make sure everything was alright and to make sure no consequences befall to you all."

Wait, Ochaco caught that. "Consequences?" What is he talking about? And why does she feel so nervous all of a sudden?

"Yeah." Gran Torino turns away and looks towards the entrance. "Your visitor can explain more"

"Visitor?"

And sure enough there is someone else there at the door, in fact he was there when Nezu first arrived, but he waited patiently allowing the principal a moment to make his own presence known.

Gran Torino goes ahead and introduces the unfamiliar face, the unfamiliar dog-like face. "This is Hosu's chief of police. Kenji Tsuragamae."

Tsuragamae is a very tall, sturdily built man with the head of a beagle. The area around his eyes and his ears is a dark brown, the two sides separated by a tan line which runs down his forehead, widening at his muzzle, which is flecked with pale brown. He has a large, black nose and dark eyes, and, although the rest of his body is of normal human shape, his skin appears to be the same tan color as most of his face.

He wears a suit, consisting of a dress shirt, and waistcoat, over which he wears an unbuttoned black blazer and matching dress pants underneath. He has a belt with a large buckle and a black and white tie that resembles a dalmatian's coat.

Izuku lets out a small gasp in surprise. 'Tsuragamae? The-The Chief?!' Of all the visitors it's the Chief of Police?!

Ochaco, Tenya, and Shoto all stand up to greet him, giving the man his respect. Izuku tries to follow suit, even with his injuries.

Tsuragamae is quick to stop him. "No, please, stay seated, woof."

Izuku is more than a bit thrown off by the Chief's tic. 'Woof?!' Is it just like Tsuyu's ribbits?

Tsuragamae takes a moment to examine the young heroes. "So, you're the U.A. students who brought down the Hero Killer, huh?"

"We are." replies Shoto. 'The police chief came all this way. And the principal, too. Why?' Something's up and he's got a feeling that it's not anything good.

Tsuragamae dives right into it, he is a busy man after all so he can't always have the luxury of making pleasantries. "Stain has some serious injuries. Severe burns and several broken bones. Right now he's in under strict guard, woof."

The students silently sit in an ever-growing sense of worry, just where is the Chief of Police going with this?

"Here's a lesson you should have already learned. When Quirks became the norm, the police force sought to maintain the status quo. They decided we wouldn't use Quirks as weapons."

Tsuragamae looks to the three pro heroes currently present. "That's when heroes came in. They could do what we couldn't, if they were licensed, of course, woof." And as it stands none of these children have those, they're not even close to owning one yet. "It would be impossible for the police to condone the use of deadly Quirks. After all, we're here to stop such harm from being done. The only reason pros can use their powers now is because of the strict code of ethics that the early heroes chose to abide by."

And with all due respect, the students weren't exactly restraining themselves with their Quirks during their battle. They all saw the aftermath, the destruction, blood, and damage they had done not only to the Hero Killer but to the battlefield that was an alleyway.

Tsuragamae continues. "That's why it's against the law for uncertified people to use their Quirks to cause injury. Whether you were up against the Hero Killer or not, none of you had the authority to harm the villain." His frow narrows. "Either of them."

Izuku squirms in his seat, not liking the fact that the Chief of Police is aware that another villain, a bounty hunter, was part of the battle.

"That means the four of you, and your supervisors: Endeavor, Manual, Gang Orca, and Gran Torino should receive hash punishments for this gross abuse of your powers."

This all seems to rub Shoto the wrong way, making him upset and resulting in him speaking up. "Now wait a minute."

Everyone turns their attention to the upset scared-faced teen.

"If Iida had not stepped in, Native would've been murdered. And if not for Midoriya, both of them would be dead." And now the authorities want to punish them for saving lives?! Shoto's not having this, not at all. "No one else even realized that the Hero Killer was in Hosu. Are you saying we should've just stood by and watched people die?"

Ochaco gets up from her bed, blocking the path between Shoto and the Chief. "Calm down, Todoroki."

And just like that Shoto snaps at her instead. "And what about you?!"

Ochaco wobbles back not expecting such an outburst.

"Don't tell me you're okay with this!"

Tsuragamae is surprisingly calm while a boy with the capability to freeze or burn any of them alive snaps out at them. "So it's okay to break the law as long as it goes your way?"

Shoto scowls upset by Tsuragamae's jab. "But sir, isn't it a hero's job to save people?" Let's see the hound turn this logic back on him.

Tsuragamae closes his eyes in exasperation. "This is why you're not a full-fledged pro yet. It's obvious U.A. and Endeavor haven't been teaching you near enough."

Okay now Shoto's taking this personally, not for Endeavor's sake but for U.A.'s.

"What a shame."

"You damned mutt." Shoto marches ready to confront the jerk head on.

Tenya quickly calls him out. "Todoroki. Listen, he's right."

Izuku and Ochaco both look like they want to jump in and stop him before he does something stupid but with their injuries and worry, they remain silent and stunned.

Thankfully, Gran Torino steps up, blocking the boy's path with his hand up.

"Stop there, kid." It works, Shoto actually takes a moment to stop. "You'll wanna hear him out till the end."

With the go ahead, Tsuragamae continues on. "What I've said is the official stance of the police department." And with that his tone changes, as he humbly scratches the end of his sniffer. "But any punishment would only be necessary if this went public."

The students are…confused, to say the least.

"If it did, you'd probably be applauded by citizens everywhere. But there's no way you could escape from being reprimanded."

Basically in the eye of the public, they are wonderful heroes in the making, but they could potentially have their future careers cut short thanks to the strong arm of the law and justice system. And…it would take a miracle to get out of it unscathed.

Tsuragamae however is ready with a way to avoid all the drama. "On the other hand, we could say Endeavor saved the day. Stain's burns would support this story completely, and we could pretend you weren't involved, woof. Thankfully, there were very few witnesses. This could be the last you heard of any punishments." However, there is a bit of a catch sadly. "It would mean no one would know about you, though. You'd receive no acclaim at all. The choice is yours."

Tsuragamae offers them a kind smile. "Personally, I know where I stand." He gives them a big thumbs up of encouragement. "I don't wanna damage any promising young careers. Not for a mistake like this."

Manual sheepishly smiles in the background, his eyes welling up with tears. "Either way, we'll need to take responsibility for being negligent as supervisors."

A pang of guilt pierces Tenya's heart, especially after Manual went out of his way to try and steer him from making a mistake, only for him to go against the pro's back and do it anyway.

And so gathering his courage he gets up and marches forward until he stands in front of the man he wronged, and bows. "I'm sorry. I should've listened."

Manual lightly chops the boy's head but does so more as a friendly gesture than one of anger. "Yeah! You caused us a lot of trouble. Remember that, and don't do it again."

"Sir."

"But…" Manual smiles softly in relief. "I'm glad to see you're alright."

Tenya wasn't expecting such kindness, but he accepts it, smiling back.

Ochaco bows as well, she's just as guilty of running headfirst into danger as Iida is. "I'm sorry too."

Izuku bows his head too. "And…I apologize as well."

Shoto, not wanting to seem ungrateful, bows as well, more as an apology than out of respect. "Me, too. We'll leave it to you."

And there's their answer, it's really a no brainer. Besides they can live without the credit, and just be happy that they can walk away without causing any more trouble for anyone.

Tsuragamae understands. "I know it's not fair. You won't enjoy any of the fame and praise you probably would've received otherwise. But at least…" He bows, out of respect for these fine young heroes. "allow me, as the chief of police, to thank you."

Shoto admittedly feels a bit abashed right about now, here he was calling the Chief out on not standing with them, only for him to look like the real fool. "You know. You could've started with that."

Ochaco chuckles. "Oh, come now. Just admit it." She playful smirks at the dual-haired boy. "You overreacted."

Shoto turns his head away not meeting her gaze, but Ochaco's pretty sure she can see his ears glow red.

Izuku chuckles at the two as do Tenya, but more or less they're just happy they can put all this behind them now. Without any worry of it ever coming back to bite them.

So that's it no one outside this room will ever know what they did, and that's fine. They'll always know and that's all they'll ever really need. The praise and recognition are definitely something they can live without.

Principal Nezu looks like he has something to add. "There is, however, a potential caveat."

"What?" And just like that the students are thrown for a loop. What else could there be to discuss? They thought it was pretty clear.

Tsuragamae rubs his forehead as if this is going to cause a headache. "Technically speaking only three of you broke the law, the other did not."

Ochaco blinks. "Wait…"

As does Shoto. "One of us?"

Tenya is at a loss too. "…Didn't?"

Izuku's head tilts to the side. "But who…?"

… After a brief moment of silence the realization crashes down on the students like a wave. "You mean Midoriya/Deku/Me?!"

Tsuragamae nods. "Correct, woof."

Izuku is shocked, shocked because it doesn't make any sense, Didn't he break the law too?! "But how?! Why?!"

"Weren't you listening?" Gang Orca frowns, disappointed with the boy's incompetence. "The law states that an unlicensed individual can't use their Quirk against others. And you…" He draws off as if waiting for Izuku to finish the thought.

Which he does. "Oh, I never used my Quirk!"

"You're just now realizing this?" deadpans Gang Orca.

Gran Torino snickers, leaning towards Ochaco. "This one's not too bright, now is he?"

She chuckles sheepishly in response.

Shoto, however, keeps the ball rolling. "What does that mean? Why is Midoriya exempt from this rule?"

Everyone looks to Tsuragamae for a further in-depth explanation, which he graciously provides. "It's as Gang Orca said, Izuku Midoriya did not breach any codes of conduct, he didn't misuse his Quirk, nor did he use lethal force against the villains." Tsuragamae sighs. "Not to mention he technically had permission to confront the villain."

The students gasp. "He/I did?"

The other three quickly snap at Izuku after hearing his obliviousness. "How could you not know?!"

"Eh?!" yelps Izuku.

Gang Orca goes ahead and clarifies. "It was during the start of the attack. As some of you may be aware, but a hero can grant permission to individuals to use their Quirks based on situational circumstances."

Gran Torino looks up at Ochaco, addressing her. "Which is what I technically have you do back at Dathomir City."

Oh, that would explain why the police never said anything about it back then, because Gran Torino must have told them that she had the go ahead. "So, it's like I had a permission slip and you signed it."

"Exactly!"

Gang Orca nods, agreeing with the metaphor. "I ordered Midoriya to pursue a villain. But from a more legal standpoint, I technically gave him permission to not only use his Quirk but to confront a villain. In other words…"

Shoto's eyes widen. "Midoriya didn't break the law but was following it."

"See the cool one gets it."

Ignoring that comment from his mentor, Izuku pipes up. "But…why?" Everyone turns to him, waiting for him to finish. "Why does that matter?"

Principal Nezu mentally prepares himself for the childrens' reactions. "Because…it could mean you can receive the credit for…defeating the Hero Killer Stain."

…

"WHAAAT!?"

Tsuragamae has to cover his sensitive dog ears in response to the sudden screams of surprise. "Yes, sort-of speak there is a third option available to us."

Everyone, especially the students listen intently to the man's words.

"We of course can't allow the news that you three participated in the confrontation, that part still stands, woof. However, that does not apply to Mr. Midoriya and as such …" He looks the young man right in the eyes as he states. "he can receive credit for fighting off the Hero Killer."

Another jolt of surprise and shock course through the kids, some out of delight and others not so much.

Tenya is first to let his feelings show. "That's wonderful! Well done, Midoriya!" Seriously no joke Tenya's happy for the greenette this could be so great for his career and he's more than proved his worth.

Ochaco is in full agreement. If anyone deserves it, it's Deku." Sure it would be nice if they got some of the credit too, but who cares?! Deku did get the most injured and did the most out of all of them, he's more than earned it, it's rightfully his to take.

Shoto feels similarly even though he doesn't really express it. "I agree."

Principal Nezu smiles softly at how quickly his star students are so willing to give their dear friend his dues. "My my so quick to support your friend, friendships truly do grow when they're put to the test." His eyes meet Gran Torino's. "Don't they?"

Gran Torino smiles back, knowing full well how true that statement is.

Gang Orca slams his hand onto Izuku's back. "Well congrats, kid." Is that a hint of pride in his voice? It sure is. "Look at you at the start you were nothing but a shrimp, and now you're a big bad fish of the deep."

Ochaco claps her hands together in celebration. "Congrats, Deku!" Her cheering ends abruptly when she notices that the one, they're praising isn't joining in on the celebration.

And everyone else has seemed to notice it as well, quieting down, hoping for Izuku to explain why he seems so quiet and solemn.

Izuku takes a shaky breath before finally addressing the room. "This is a really big honor and I thank you for the opportunity." he chokes up, his eyes averting away as if thinking over his answer one last time. "I'm sorry, but…I rather not receive any credit."

And with that all thoughts of celebration and pride wash away and are replaced with concerns and questions.

Tenya chokes. "Midoriya…why?"

"It…just won't sit right with me." Izuku looks to Tenya, then to Ochaco, and finally to Shoto. "We all defeated the Hero Killer…I can't in good conscience take all the credit that you guys also deserve." He shakes his head to show how much he can't accept that fate. "I can't, it wouldn't be right."

Shoto scowls, disappointed with Izuku's choice. "Don't be stupid."

"Todoroki!" admonishes Ochaco, he could use a little more tack, but he continues anyway.

"We don't care about the credit, but don't throw this opportunity away."

"He's right." nods Tenya. "Think about your career, here. This would be great for you, especially after we all leave U.A."

Shoto is quick to add in with full seriousness. "Don't waste it."

Izuku looks from one to the other, and from their eyes he can tell just how serious they are about this. "Todoroki, Iida…"

"Yeah." Ochaco nods, remaining firm on this as well. "For once Deku, it's okay to be a little selfish."

"You guys…" He's really lucky, isn't he? Just a year ago he could count the number of friends he had on one hand…and now. It's so nice. But…he can't do it; he can't deprive them of their victory too. "I'm sorry but…I can't." He addresses Tsuragamae, knowing that he has the power to truly decide this. "That's my final answer."

The other three slump in their seats, disappointed by Midoriya's choice but they can respect it…maybe.

Tsuragamae, however, accepts the answer. "Very well."

Izuku nods appreciating the respect. "Thank you." He bows symbolizing how truly grateful he is.

While his back is turned his so-called friends quickly share a few whispers between each other making sure Izuku doesn't notice their shenanigans.

"Well, I must certainly have to say." Tsuragamae looks to Principal Nezu. "Your school's done well in raising this one."

Nezu smiles proudly. "Yes, we have."

Tsuragamae bows his head at Izuku as well as his friends. "I can respect your decision, woof, and might I add what an honor it's been to meet the next generation of heroes. I'm sure you'll make us all very proud."

Izuku smiles back. "Thank you, sir."

Off to the side, Gang Orca huffs. "Damn, the kid's so damn noble." Despite what he says he's still proud, maybe even more so now.

Tsuragamae turns towards the door, before gesturing for Manual to follow. "Now come along Manual you can help me get a head start on the reports."

"Of course." Manual goes ahead and follows him out, but before he does, he throws one last wave to the U.A. students. "Take care, heroes."

Tenya smiles. "Yes, we will."

Manual's grin widens as him and Tsuragamae make their way to the exit.

However, before they can actually make their leave Shoto nearly jumps out of his seat as something important resurfaces in his mind. "Hang on, a minute!"

Everyone stops, waiting with bated breath for the young man to air his concern.

"What about that other villain, the one that was targeting Midoriya?"

And like that the air has shifted, becoming deadly serious and foreboding.

"That villain in the high-tech gear was…after Midoriya. How come?" Shoto's eyes narrow with suspicion. "And why have you all refused to even bring it up." Throughout the whole discussion they only ever really referred to the Hero Killer, but not that darn assassin.

Both Izuku and Ochaco intensely tense up as worry courses through them, making them pale and frozen in place. It's one thing if he gets answers but it's another if it's pro heroes and the Chief of Police!

The two look to Majister Nezu for help but the little chimera just smiles on, oblivious to their plight.

Their worry only worsens as Tsuragamae turns back around to address the young man's questions. "Ah, yes. In truth, we thought it best not to concern you with the details." He frowns, his eyes narrowing with seriousness. "We didn't want to cause a scare after all."

Both of the space cadet's eyes widen. A scare? Oh, no. Did…did he find out? Oh, god, what do they do? How'd the police even find out?

Shoto blinks. "A scare, sir?"

Tsuragamae continues "According to our databases, you all encountered an international assassin who goes by the alias SixSix."

It's safe to say that both space cadets are at a loss, blinking like they've just seen the Chief grow a second head. An international assassin and he was on their database?

Izuku's eyes drift down towards the little mouse/bear/dog man. 'No, he did something.'

Shoto frowns, confused. "Why would that scare us?"

And so Tsuragamae goes ahead and explains. "We believe that SixSix was targeting Mr. Midoriya…because he was hired too, by the League of Villains."

Izuku and Ochaco gasp while sharing a concerned look; does the League know about aliens? And how did they even get in contact with one?

"Yes, I know, it's quiet the shock isn't it, woof?" asks Tsuragamae. "But that's only our theory, as far as we know, SixSix is apparently known for taking on hired work, namely assassinations, from other villains. And considering he attacked while suspected members of the League were present in Hosu, well it's safe to say that's why he attacked."

Izuku and Ochaco blink. 'Oh, so…' Their eyes trail over to Nezu. 'that's how he was able to hide his true nature.'

Gran Torino goes ahead and throws in his concerns. "And from what we know about the U.S.J. attack and the Sports Festival, they got it out for you kid." He elbows the side of Izuku's leg, making the boy jolt a bit with worry, like he has a guilty conscience.

Shoto is quiet, allowing all this information to swirl around in his mind before sinking in. "Makes sense, actually."

The space cadets silently scream out in shock. 'He's buying this?!'

Well why wouldn't he? As far as Shoto knows they couldn't understand SixSix because he was a foreigner. He probably has a lot of connections which is how he had the tech that he did. And if it was the League who hired him, then it makes sense they would target Midoriya, it was thanks to him and his Diamondhead form that they were able to defeat them back at the U.S.J. and that Shigaraki seems like someone who would carry such a grudge.

Shoto nods, coming to terms with the reasoning, before turning to the boy in question. "It was thanks to you that we were able to hold them off back at the U.S.J. And you ranked high in the Sports Festival as such, they probably see you as a threat."

Izuku cowers away a bit out of nervousness. "You…think…?"

Tsuragamae nods in agreement. "Sound reasoning, and that's what we believe to be true as well."

Principal Nezu offers up a comforting smile to the space cadets, to anyone else it seems like he's trying to be gentle with them but to them they know it's a cocky smile, a smile that read: I've got this covered you noobs. "Which is why we didn't want to bring up the bounty hunter. We didn't want to cause any more stress for you students as it is." He frowns with concern. "You're all so young, there's no need for any of you to be targets. That's why we will also be withholding the knowledge that any of you were targeted." In other words the media should not know about that little detail.

Tsuragamae cuts back in. "U.A.'s already in a bit of heat after the attack, adding on the fact that an assassin was hired to kill their own students could amplify the League's credibility and statues."

It makes sense though, the League's already done enough damage as it is. Adding more fuel to the fire that is the panic and fear that's surging through Japan won't help matters.

Principal Nezu smiles over at Shoto. "I hope this has answered your questions, Mr. Todoroki."

The dual-haired teen frowns, he nods accepting the explanation, but not before throwing one last subtle look of suspicion in Midoriya's way.

"But I don't think there's any more need to worry." Principal Nezu grins up at the students. "The assassin failed, the Nomus are in custody, and you defeated the Hero Killer. I doubt they'd try anything again any time soon, not after the great heroics you all demonstrated."

Half of the students present visibly relax but as for the other two…they have the feeling that things wouldn't be that simple. When considering, well, everything.

With no other questions it seems, Tsuragamae has no other reason for sticking around. "If there aren't any more questions, I'm afraid I must take my leave."

Nezu waves him off. "Farewell, Mr. Tsuragamae."

The Chief politely returns the gesture. "Farewell, Principal Nezu."

With one last nod of approval to the students and other heroes, Tsuragamae leaves. Manual follows him out, waving goodbye.

Principal Nezu turns to address the greenette. "Now as for you."

Izuku nervously backs away in his seat, a bit nervous by Nezu's facade of a kind smile.

"How would you like to have One Man Army back?"

Without even thinking, Izuku shouts with joy. "Very much so!"

"Haha! Well come with me, I got a little something that should fix our little issue." Principal Nezu taps the pesky metal brace, the one he intends to remove to free the Omnitrix.

Gang Orca goes ahead and grabs a nearby wheelchair and sets it down for the boy, as he grabs it the other students quickly crowd together and speak with hushed tones. "Don't overdo it, kid. Can't have you be taken down by a slippery floor."

Izuku chuckles as he lowers himself down onto the wheelchair, after getting himself situated Izuku looks up expectantly at the killer whale.

Gang Orca raises an eyebrow at him. "What? You expect me to do it?" He's almost offended that Izuku would even consider he'd stoop so low as to be an escort. "Don't get so high and mighty just because you received some praise." With a huff Gang Orca marches off.

Izuku chuckles figuring its Gang Orca's way of caring. "Where are you off to then?"

"I won't be far; I'm going to check on Dholak." Gang Orca smirks. "Got to make sure he didn't kick the bucket." And with that he leaves as well.

"Haha…" Izuku really hopes that was a joke.

Meanwhile, the other students break away from their little huddle, giving Gran Torino the opening to grab Ochaco's attention. "Alright, now time for you to go too."

Ochaco blinks down at the elderly pro hero. "Me?"

"Yes, you." Gran Torino gestures for her to follow him. "Come on the doctors want to have another look at your head."

That's odd, the doctors said there was no need to worry, she did get a concussion. So why do they want to check on her? "Why? Are they worried about something?"

"How should I know?" Gran Torino shakes his head as he wobbles his way to the door, before he leaves, he throws a cocky smirk back at her. "They probably want to make sure there's no brain damage. Although it might be too late."

Ochaco pouts as she leaps up to her feet. "Ha ha very funny."

"Hahaha!"

And so she follows him out, throwing one last look to her fellow classmates who nod back before she shuts the door behind her.

She follows behind Gran Torino down the hallway until they arrive back at her own hospital room. He moves aside to allow her to enter first, she does, stepping forward and gripping the handle before sliding it open.

Her eyes widen like plates as she finds who's standing beyond the threshold. "Um, what are you guys doing in my room?!"

Izuku's entire face turns bright red, steam even rises from his forehead when he realizes that he's in her room!

Principal Nezu stands beside him, looking rather amused and proud of himself. "So we can talk of course."

"Talk?" Ochaco realizes that Nezu must want to discuss the true nature of SixSix, but… Her eyes worriedly shift down towards Gran Torino, the non-Plumber of the group. "Do you mean privately or-"

Gran Torino doesn't even let her finish that thought. "Stop trying to be subtle, kid. You're not good at it."

The brunette cowers back, feeling dejected and even more nervous.

"Besides this concerns me too."

"Huh?" What…?

Ochaco looks to Izuku to see if she heard the hero right, and if she's going by his shocked face that she totally did hear him correctly.

Not bothering to address it, Principal Nezu goes ahead and turns the spotlight onto Izuku. "Now then." He places a soft paw atop the metal high-tech brace.

Izuku frowns, it's a fool's errand to try and open the brace, "Good luck, the doctors tried everything." They tried smashing the brace, slicing it open with a buzzsaw, they even tried to melt it at one point, and they all failed.

Principal Nezu snickers, not at all surprised by the doctors' results. "Oh, did they now? But I have something they don't."

Izuku awes, becoming intrigued: could Nezu have brought along some sort of cool high-tech piece of alien technology?! Oh, he can only assume it's something amazing and complex.

Nezu traces his paws across the surface of the brace, as if feeling for something. When his paw makes it just before the start of Izuku's hand, Nezu has one lone finger press into the side of the brace for a few seconds.

Everyone remains silent, not trying to interrupt the odd scene, Izuku and Ochaco shrug at each other not sure what he's doing.

*Beep.*

From the brace, a circle illuminates and swirls around Nezu's paw, mechanical sounds can be heard from within the brace and then.

*Clang!*

The brace pops open, releasing Izuku's wrist and falling to the ground. From off the floor the brace shifts and folds in on itself until powering down completely.

The confidently smiling Nezu bends down and props up the folded piece of alien tech for them all to see.

There's only one thing the students can say. "Eh…?!"

"Hahaha!" Nezu bursts into a mad laughing fit, greatly amused by their dumbfounded expressions!

Ochaco's mouth hangs agape in complete disbelief and denial. "How?!"

Nezu calms down enough to explain. "It's like I said, my dear. I have something you humans don't, my intelligence! Hahahaha!"

Ochaco and Izuku face fault in response, feeling a hard jab to their pride as intelligent humans.

As Nezu laughs his ass off, Gran Torino hobbles forward, his old eyes trained on the shiny coat of the Omnitrix, with much intrigue. "So, that's the Omnitrix. Hm, it doesn't appear like much, but that's usually the case when it comes to level 20 tech."

The space cadets take a double-take. 'What did he say?!'

"Imagine it, that little device can transform its host into any alien." Gran Torino smiles in awe of such a device. "Now that's fascinating."

Almost instantly the space cadets' breath hitch, they both freeze in place, paling in worry.

Izuku chokes, giving a nervous smile to seem like everything's normal. "Alien…?"

Ochaco joins in on the play-dumb act. "What are you talking about…?"

"Oh, give it a rest!" Gran Torino has officially lost his patience with these two, snapping at them. "I know all about you…" He smirks teasingly at them both. "space cadets."

Finally, the realization of what Gran Torino knows sinks in.

"Hahaha!" Both the old man and Nezu bursts into laughter in spite of the kids' stunned expressions.

Ochaco is ready to burst out in surprise. "You knew?! You know about aliens?!"

Gran Torino scowls. "No, I'm just into crazy conspiracies. Of course I know!"

"Then why didn't you say anything?!"

"It wasn't important."

"Huh?!"

"You came to intern with me to better hone your skills, not to do so-called Plumber work." He frowns with disapproval. "That's such a terrible name."

Ochaco nods, sadly agreeing with him. "I know right…"

"Wait, so…you're a Plumber too?" Everyone turns to look at Izuku who's finally been able to process it all.

Izuku slowly turns to address the little chimera. "I thought you said there was only really you and Thirteen?"

Gran Torino quickly jumps in. "Nezu wasn't lying, kid. By all means, I'm not one of you." It's true he never officially became a Plumber. "I'm just your average pro hero, who just so happened to find out about aliens a little late into his career and has been lending a hand here and there." he ponders the best way to say this. "I'm more like a substitute-Plumber, stepping in whenever Nezu or Thirteen needs a hand."

"But…why?" asks Ochaco. "Why didn't you say anything?!"

"Because…I wanted to see your reaction when you did find out." replies Gran Torino. "And it's great, haha!"

While Ochaco tries to understand what's so funny, Izuku is a bit more concerned with another potential…issue. "Wait, um so…"

Everyone quiets down, the worry in the boy's voice is obvious, and so they are more than willing to grant him a moment to speak.

"So you know all about aliens and the Plumbers and us, right?"

Gran Torino nods. "That is what I said, try to keep up."

"Right… But…you're also All Might's mentor, correct?"

Gran Torino briefly eyes Ochaco, figuring that she must have been the one to tell the boy about that little fact. "Yes, I am."

Izuku cups his hands together, wriggling around in his seat uncomfortably. If Gran Torino was All Might's mentor, then… "So um like…does that mean…All Might knows too?"

Gran Torino doesn't even hesitate to respond, speaking with full confidence. "No. I'm not sure how much Nezu has said but we never divulged that information to All Might."

The man's too absorbed in his work, adding on other worldly people into the mix and he'll work himself to the grave trying to be their Symbol of Peace too.

"Actually I might have, but All Might was away training in America, and when he returned, he was far more…concerned with other important matters." Gran Torino closes his eyes trying to hold back those harsher times. "And as such we chose not to tell him until the time was right, but by the time things settled down well he became the Number One Hero and he took on the great burden of being the world's Symbol of Peace."

The knowledge of aliens would only drag him down, he would willingly force it upon himself to bear the aliens' burdens, after his injury he can barely keep up the facade for Japan let alone an entire universe. It'd be too much, and although they can be sure All Might would have accepted and done well…they couldn't in good conscience knowingly subject him to those burdens.

Izuku looks very satisfied, sort-of glad he doesn't have to worry about All Might finding out how he really got a "Quirk."

While Izuku takes it in, Ochaco throws Nezu a condescending look of suspicion. "So, is there anyone else we should be made aware of? Like anyone that knows about aliens and the Plumbers."

Nezu smiles up at her. "Of course."

"Are you going to tell us?"

"Eventually?"

"You just like being the smartest person in the room, don't you?"

"Hahaha, am I that easy to read? Haha!" She should have figured that she wouldn't get a straight answer out of him.

"Okay, but can you at least answer me this?"

Nezu stops laughing, becoming serious and intent. "I already know, allow me to guess that it has something to do with Mr. Tsuragamae's report on the bounty hunter."

"Yeah! What was that?! I thought the guy, um, SixSix was an alien or something?!"

Gran Torino scowls. "He is."

Instantly Izuku and Ochaco listen with eager ears.

Nezu explains. "What Tsuragamae said about SixSix was nothing but a fabrication of ours. Thanks to One-One we were able to tamper with the police's database and come up with that little alibi."

They were able to create fake files and data that highly suggested that SixSix was an international assassin with a mutation type Quirk. Those fake files are so detailed that they list off a birthday of June 6th, he's a Gemini, he's from Brazil and speaks Pirahã hence why the kids couldn't understand him, and they even fabricated a fake news article about SixSix breaking into I-Island and stealing his high-tech weapons.

Ochaco's jaw drops in amazement. "Oh, wow, you guys sure worked fast then to get things covered up huh?"

"Not quite, actually." states Nezu somberly. "Just a few days ago, SixSix actually managed to sneak into Plumber Base."

The space cadets let out a surprised gasp. "No way?!"

Ochaco immediately recalls how she tried to call up Thirteen, back when she got the Charms of Bezel, during that call One-One mentioned Thirteen was preoccupied… Was it because of SixSix?

Nezu continues. "I'm afraid so, Thirteen managed to stop him before he could tamper with anything." Nezu ponders for a moment before looking up at Izuku. "It's possible he was searching for the Omnitrix, thinking it could be there with you."

Izuku frowns with worry. "So how did he find me? I thought we were jamming any signals that can track the Omnitrix's frequency."

"We are and from what we can tell our system hasn't been compromised. If anything SixSix used more old-fashioned means of tracking, you down." Social media, camera security, news outlets, are all still viable means of tracking individuals. Plus the boy did save a city from a villain so he was on the news recently enough for SixSix to see it.

"However, this still greatly concerns me." The air of cheeriness and confident wisdom surrounding Nezu vanishes, taken over by a sense of foreboding. "It would seem Vilgax is well aware that the Omnitrix is still here on Earth. And as such he's sending more agents to try and retrieve it."

None of Nezu's explanation takes long to sink in, especially for Izuku. So SixSix was really after the Omnitrix, the one of a kind device stuck to his arm. "So, it was because of my…it's partly my fault for putting my friends in danger."

"Stop that." scolds Gran Torino. "That's not going to help us one bit, I can promise you that."

"But-!"

"No!" snaps the veteran pro hero. "This is in no way your fault: you didn't ask for the device to attach to you nor did you know a bounty hunter would be after your sorry ass." Gran Torino looks the boy in the eye and states. "You are an unfortunate victim, that in no way means it's your fault, but the fault of others that seek power and selfish goals."

That was well said, so much so Izuku is at a loss for words because of how right they are. He shouldn't have to blame himself, he's alive and so are his friends so there's no need to despair not now.

Gran Torino smiles, nodding in approval at the sight of Izuku's understanding expression. "I have spoken." And like that the discussion is done with.

Ochaco peers over at Nezu and asks a very important but simple question. "What do we do?"

"For now, we remain calm and levelheaded." replies the Majister/Principal. "Getting all worked up and in a panic won't do us any good. However, we should be far more vigilant against future encounters. But that's a job for us to figure out." Nezu states reassuringly gesturing to himself and the other pro hero. "And as it stands, I'm expecting some news that should help us with such a feat."

Izuku tilts his head. 'Help? What kind of help?' He can't help but wonder.

"I'm sure you have many more questions, but I need to make sure the police don't come across anything they shouldn't." Nezu gestures for Izuku to follow him. "Mr. Midoriya, I think it best you come along as well, you should get some much-needed rest."

"Right." Izuku wheels forward as he does; he gives Ochaco one last wave. "I'll talk to you later, I guess."

"Yeah." replies the brunette.

And so Nezu leads Izuku out of the room and back to his own to rejoin with Tenya and Shoto, leaving Ochaco behind with her current mentor.

With everything she just learned about these secrets there's still one last secret on her mind; One For All. "Hey, Gran Torino?"

Gran Torino turns to her. "Yes?"

"Can I ask you something…about One For All?"

He wasn't expecting such a question, but he's willing to hear her out.

"Well I guess it's more about who knows about One For All."

Gran Torino frowns, uncertain where this conversation is going.

"As far as I know the list is you, Recovery Girl, Principal Nezu, All Might, and me." Ochaco averts her eyes, feeling shy and slightly self-conscious. "But I was wondering if I could add someone else to that list?"

Gran Torino doesn't even have to guess who it is. "You mean Midoriya, correct?"

Ochaco nods. "Yeah, well, he's really smart, he's given me so much advice, and he's even introduced me to a bigger world…or universe I guess." Deku's been an amazing friend; he saved her life multiple times now, helped her figure out the best way to harness her power, and has trusted her with his secret. And here they are hiding one last secret from him. "And it sort of feels wrong to hold this secret from him."

Gran Torino frowns, not daring to interrupt her, she's clearly going somewhere with this. "So, I was kind of wondering if I could tell him… about it…?"

Gran Torino doesn't answer, not right away at least, pondering her request. "What's your mentor have to say about this?"

"He's…hesitant…"

"Hesitant?"

"Yeah, he really didn't want me to say anything to Deku, he seemed really concerned when I almost let it slip out once."

Gran Torino frowns, he can't help but wonder why that is… Perhaps he should give Toshinori a long overdue call.

Remaining quiet, the old pro hobbles his way over to the open window, peering out into the bright blue sky. "Well to be honest I don't think you really need my permission. Ultimately, it's up to you. One For All's yours now it's up to you on how you choose to use it. Or who you want to share it with."

Ochaco smiles a bit, feeling a bit more confident.

"Just remember this." adds Gran Torino. "One For All is kept a secret for a reason, the more people know the more likely it's integrity will be at risk." There's an air of sadness and regret around him even as the warm sun shines down on them and birds chirp just outside the window. "Those who bear the knowledge of this long-kept secret become targets themselves. Not just by those that would seek out this power but by those who are threatened by it." He peers back at the poor naive young woman. "Sometimes a little secrecy is necessary to keep those we care about safe, even if it hurts us in the end…"

Ochaco understands it's like Deku and his Omnitrix; the more people know, the greater the risk of those who'd desire that power will come to seek it out. But she can trust Deku, she knows she can.

---

A few hours have gone by, but Izuku can move around without a wheelchair. But after being checked up on for the hundredth time, Izuku finally managed to get a few minutes alone, taking a stroll through the large hospital for a change of scenery from his shared room.

And that's how Izuku's found himself in the main lobby where patients and visitors can gather at the various tables, desks, and couches while enjoying the large windows looking into the nearby woods and gardens.

Izuku specifically enjoys the view of all the flowers, fluttering insects, and songbirds. It really helps him to be at ease just by watching nature at work.

On a nearby couch, their backs to Izuku, are a pair of high school students; one in particular is plastered to his phone with much interest. "Whoa, they arrested the Hero Killer! Awesome."

His friend gasps in delight. "Seriously?"

"Yeah!"

Izuku smiles, delighted about the news. It appears the police finally released a statement about the Hero Killer and how he was arrested. And it doesn't matter if it is Endeavor receiving all the credit, as long as that villain is behind bars then he's happy.

"Who took him down?"

"That's the thing, it was a kid!"

And like that all of those warm fuzzy feelings disappear as Izuku freezes in place.

"No way!"

"Yeah, he's a high schooler too."

"What?!"

Izuku refuses to turn around, but his vision is blank as all of his senses are focused on his ears and what those boys are saying. 'They…they can't be talking about me!' He knows for a fact he told the Chief of Police not to credit him that capture.

The students continue to awe. "Yeah, he was the one from the Sports Festival. You know the one that can turn into those crazy looking monsters."

"Really? It was him?"

He props up his cellphone. "Yeah, it says it all right here: U.A.'s Rising Star takes down Hero Killer."

Izuku is in full on panic mode, he wheels around and spots his face on the screen! 'IT IS ME!' But how and why?! That wasn't what they discussed!

While Izuku has an episode, many other patients and visitors have crowded around the two boys, they're all very interested in the news.

"Amazing! I can't believe a kid stopped him."

"Well he does go to U.A. and he fought against those League guys so it's really no surprise."

"He's so cool!"

"Deku, huh?"

Izuku slowly steps away, his face trained on the wall while his back is turned towards the others, trying his best to seem like part of the background. He doesn't want to deal with anyone until he knows exactly what's going on, so for now he just needs to sneak his way back to his room.

When he thinks he's far enough away, Izuku turns around to try and make a run for it, but there's a little hiccup in his plan. Specifically, there's a small human blocking his path.

A small boy with dark marks around his brown eyes and messy, blond hair. Is smiling up at him with awe, his sharp shark-like teeth grinning up at him just-like Izuku would grin up at pro heroes.

Izuku backs away a bit, if he doesn't play his cards right this kid could end up giving him away. "Um, hello, there…"

He played the wrong card, because the boy immediately bursts out in excitement. "Woah, you're the guy that stopped the Hero Killer! You're Deku!"

Izuku pales, the little shit gave him away! With much trepidation, Izuku shakily turns back around to have a look at the lobby.

The entire lobby has fallen under a harsh silence with all the inhabitants focused in on him. And so they stand still as Izuku stares at the large crowd while they stare right back, neither sure of how to react.
And then like moths to a flame, a mob of fans and admirers swarm the poor body in an instant, surrounding him and swarming around him each wanting to give him praise and hear how he defeated the Hero Killer.

"Oh, my gosh it's really you!"

"Woah! It is!"

"How'd you beat the Hero Killer?!"

"You're so cool!"

"Hey, wait! Give me a minute!" Izuku struggles against the jostling mob but there's too many of them, there's just no hope of escape, they won't let him. And it doesn't help that they're all screaming in his ears.

"I wish we could have seen it!"

"Which form did you use? Was it that flaming guy?"

"Can I have your autograph?!"

"I bet All Might's teaching is paying off, huh?!"

"You're amazing!"

"Are you single?!"

Izuku tries to shake them off, but it's no good. And so with little to no options he grips this last hope. 'Come on Omnitrix, help me out! Big Chill would really be handy right about now!'

And with a slam of his hand, a flash of green light swallows him up while blinding the massive mob, forcing them to flinch and back away. They soon recover their vision; they are surprised and disappointed to find that their hero has vanished even while surrounded by all of them.

"What was that?!"

"Where'd he go?"

"I think he activated his Quirk."

"Then where is he?"

"Maybe he's invisible."

'Or maybe he's under you.' Grey Matter scowls as he scurries across the floor, weaving in and out between the people's feet, trying his best not to be spotted or stepped on. 'Man, the first time I use this thing in days, and it gives me the wrong guy.'

Maybe it's mad at him because it missed out on the action the other day? Ha! Yeah, right this thing can't even think.

Thankfully Grey Matter's luck holds out and allows him to make it to the nearby elevator. He had to climb up the wall to activate the button, but he did it and after being nearly run over by a wheelchair Grey Matter makes it to his hospital room. Thankfully the door is already slid open, and as he gets closer, he finds that Ochaco is there chatting with Shoto and Tenya. They've all been healed up for the most part, but Iida's arms are still bandaged up as is Ochaco's waist.

"Guys!"

The three U.A. students spin around, they search for the source of that little voice before they finally land down on the tiny Galvan. "Deku/Midoriya?"

The tiny alien glares up at them in annoyance, he's expecting a certain response.

Ochaco knows what it is and rolling her eyes she says it. "I mean Grey Matter." Curse Deku and his need for his aliens to be called their names.

Grey Matter grins, nodding in approval before leaping up onto the nearest bed. "You guys are never going to believe this!"

The three blink at him, they have no idea what he's talking about, so they wait for him to explain.

"Mr. Tsuragamae, he went against his word!" shouts Grey Matter. "The phone, the news, everyone knows about the Hero Killer! And they think I stopped him!"

Judging by their expressions, they now understand what he's talking about. But unlike him they aren't reacting, they haven't yelled out nor do they seem remotely upset or even surprised.

"Why aren't you guys freaking out?! Huh!" It hits him hard, they betrayed him! "You did this. You guys went behind my back."

It's not a question, it's an accusation, and these three are guilty and they're not even trying to hide it. Ochaco laughs sheepishly while Tenya turns away as to not to make eye contact, and Shoto well he just looks as indifferent as always, like an adult witnessing a whiny child's tantrum.

Ochaco tries to explain herself. "Well, we thought you deserved it."

"But I said-!"

"We're well aware of what you said." Interrupts Tenya, pushing up his glasses, trying his best to seem knowledgeable and cool. "And we recognize your reasoning, but we elected to ignore it."

"Traitors!" snaps the morphed Izuku. He turns and leers up at Shoto and his guilty, indifferent, face. "And what's your excuse."

Shoto doesn't even hesitate to respond. "Consider it a thank you."

"THANK YOU!?"

"You're welcome."

Grey Matter shakes his head in disapproval, glaring at each of them like he's someone to be feared.

"I am sorry Midoriya, I really am but," Tenya's eyes cast down, an air of shame surrounds him as a sad frown adorns his face. "I merely wished to show you my appreciation, for everything."

Grey Matter's scowl softens, he knows Iida means well, but still.

"Afterall you were a real hero, unlike me."

Grey Matter frowns with worry.

The air of shame and regret veils over the speedster as he recalls the night before. "When I came across the Hero Killer, I stopped thinking rationally. The first thing I should've done was call Manual. But I got lost in my own anger."

##########(Flashback)#########

"So busy with your grudge you forgot about him. You plan on using your Quirk only for yourself. You're completely blinded by a selfish desire for revenge." Stain smiles as he holds his sword tighter knowing this will really get to the delusional fool. "You're about as far away from being a hero as I can imagine."

########(End Flashback)#######

"I hate him so much, but I can't deny he spoke the truth. That's why I need to become better, not my skills, but I need to work to become a better hero. To embody what a hero truly is. Only then can I forgive myself for what I did."

Grey Matter frowns in sadness, remembering how he had a chance to talk to Iida on several occasions about how he was doing after his brother was attacked; but he never made any headway. 'Maybe…if I'd been a better friend back then…' He shakes his head. 'No. Stop it. He's already accepted what happened. It would be selfish to make this about me like that.' Iida's trying to make things right and if he feels like this is a step forward in the right direction then so be it.

Grey Matter springs up onto Tenya's arm, grabbing his attention. "Iida, I feel the same way."

Tenya's eyes widen.

'I know what it's like to feel like you brought nothing but trouble.' Grey Matter looks up at Tenya, refusing to let him look away. "Let's become better heroes. Together."

Tenya nods, agreeing to the promise.

Grey Matter nods back in approval.

From the side Ochaco and Shoto look from the pair to each other.

Ochaco offers up the dual-hair teen a confident smile. "I guess that goes for us too."

Shoto smiles back. "I guess it does."

Tenya offers an apologetic smile down at the little creature, "We are sorry we went behind your back, please believe it wasn't an easy decision."

Grey Matter sighs, waving it off. "It's fine. I can't honestly stay mad at you guys. What's done is done."

So he might just have to accept it. This is not what he wanted but it's here and there's no way he could turn back time to fix it. Sure Izuku would have been much happier if they all got the credit.

But the reality is this: as far as the public knows, he defeated the Hero Killer Stain. And that's just how it's going to have to be.

Hopefully the unwanted attention won't come back to bite him later. He can only hope.

---

"Now, our continuing coverage." Two news anchors appear on the giant screen hanging over the city block, and immediately grab the attention of parents who peer up at the large screen with interest. "Three villains were captured in the Hosu riots. Their identities and motives are yet unknown." Pictures of all four Nomus appear: you have the U.S.J. Nomu along with Squirrelanoid, Draco, and Shellshock. "Based on their distinctive appearance, however, and the presence of three people our reporters filmed nearby, many are speculating they're connected to the League of Villains that attacked U.A. High last month." Two more photos appear one is hazy, but you can make out three figures standing atop a water tower and the other photo is of the arrests made at the U.S.J.

The woman news anchor takes over. "The Hero Killer Stain claimed many lives. In fact, he has more victims than any other criminal since All Might burst into the scene."

"With his arrest, everyone in the country can rest a little easier tonight."

A certain young man eyes the screen silently in the background before he moves on, splitting himself from the crowd.

"There was reportedly another villain on the scene but there's been no confirmation of this as of yet."

As of this moment the same story is being broadcasted all across Japan.

From the looming mountains.

"The seriously wounded Hero Killer is currently receiving treatment at a villain hospital under heavy police guard." The news echoes out through a little radio. "Officials are awaiting the recovery of several of his victims before further investigating the villain's motives."

To the silent suburbs.

"We're back talking about the man who has surely left his mark on Japan, if not the world." Speaks the podcast. "The Hero Killer Stain. Why did he do it? What did he hope to gain? Don't be shy, we're taking calls and wanna hear your thoughts."

And to the dark corners of the cities.

"I'm coming to you live from Ekou Street in Hosu City." announces a reporter off the TV in the corner of the bar. "Last night, just after 8pm, the Hero Killer Stain was arrested by the young Hero Student, Deku, on this very blo-" The TV goes dark, powering down.

Kurogiri puts down the remote, Shigaraki's already mad as it is, he doesn't need the TV to add more fuel to the fire.

Tomura Shigaraki eyes the newspaper in his hands with disdain. "He's all they're talking about." He crumples up the newspaper in anger. "What about my Nomus?!" He tosses the trash aside; it rolls off the ground before stopping at a towering Nue's feet.

Shigaraki hisses in anger as he recalls his own proclamation.

##########(Flashback)#########

"Haha haha!" Shigaraki grins down at the city like it's a sandbox where he can reign supreme, destroy anything that he wishes to, all without any harm to himself. "Once this night is over, the world will have forgotten you ever existed, Hero Killer."

########(End Flashback)#######

"Not only have they not forgotten, but we didn't even make the front page." Damn, you, Hero Killer!

Nue remains quiet peering at Shigaraki before turning his attention down at the crumbled ball that was the newspaper. The paper slowly unravels revealing a photo the U.A.'s Rising Star on the front page.

Nue snarls, his jagged teeth barred as a tendril slides down and pierces the paper, the conductor at the end sparks igniting the paper, and Nue watches as the boy's face burns to ash.

---

Of course because of the news, many other heroes have taken it upon themselves to take action.

"It's possible some villains were inspired by what happened in Hosu." And that seems like a good enough reason for Best Jeanist to go out on patrol. "That means they could be feeling bolder. This may just be a patrol but keep your guard up."

"Yeah, yeah." Katsuki Bakugou trails behind him as they patrol the city streets.

Bakugou has not been having a good time in Best Jeanist's agency. Just the other day the pro hero spent an hour combing Bakugou's spiky hair patting it down until it was "smooth and sleek." He did such a good job that Bakugou's now stuck with his hair combed down, and the more he thinks about it the more stupid and annoyed he feels.

Best Jeanist eyes the boy, he needs to teach him something important before their time runs out. "Here's a question for you. Patrols are mainly meant to deter villains from committing any crimes. But they also have a secondary purpose. What is it?"

Without hesitation Bakugou replies with a maniacal grin. "If we see some bad guys, we can beat 'em up on the spot."

"Incorrect." Honestly Best Jeanist should have seen that coming.

A group of high school girls spot the top ranked hero. "Hey, it's Best Jeanist!"

"Thank you so much for keeping us safe!"

Best Jeanist waves back at them, causing the girls to gush and squeal in delight.

Best Jeanist continues. "The answer is: to remind people who we are. Our presence gives the public a peace of mind."

Bakugou growls in annoyance.

"This helps weave a tapestry of trust between the protectors and the protected."

Bakugou scowls. "I think you just like getting recognized."

"Hey!" A little kid with his two other friends points up at Bakugou. "I've seen that blonde guy on TV before!"

Bakugou frowns. 'Great he saw the Sports Festival too.'

"Yeah, an ooze villain caught him, and he almost cried like a baby!" The boy's friends snicker at the teen's expense.

"What did you SAY!?" Bakugou wheel around, his hair exploding out back into its usual spiky self!

His yell and explosive nature immediately terrifies the children, as they quiver, and tears threaten to spill out.

Bakugou grimaces, not expecting them to start sniveling.

A disappointed Best Jeanist watches on. "Have you forgotten everything I've taught you? Talk with them like a pro."

"Yeah, fine." Bakugou marches over to the kids. "Listen up!" He leans over them, and the kids backway in fear. "I wasn't helpless. I was just coming up with ways to fight him. Sometimes a hero has to pretend he's been caught. You really think I would lose to a villain?" His scowl intensifies. "You'll eat those words when I'm the new Number One Hero! YOU DUMB KIDS'LL NEVER LAUGH AT ME AGAIN IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU."

"Wahhhh!" The boys scream out in terror as tears and snot stream down their faces.

'He has too much pride.' chides Best Jeanist. 'It would be one thing if he channeled all that passion toward becoming a hero, but at this rate, he could turn out quite poorly.' He watches as Bakugou stands there dumbfounded as the children continue to wail.

"So, then, what do I do with him?"

Eventually Best Jeanist was able to calm the little boys down enough and send them on their way. And afterward he was ready to bind Bakugou up in strands of string, but instead he led the boy away. Ending the patrol now would only upset him further, what he needs is guidance.

Bakugou sulks as he follows behind the pro hero. "Damn, snot nosed brats."

Best Jeanist stops, turning around to face the young man in the face. "Tell me."

Bakugou stops, uncertain and wary of the pro hero.

"What's the cause of your unraveling?"

The ash-blonde scowls. "What the hell are you talking about?"

"Ever since the news of the Hero Killer's Arrest you've been far more irritated and explosive than usual. Care to explain?"

Bakugou huffs definitely. "No."

This entire time he's been observing the boy's reaction to certain things: he knows he's prideful, especially in relation to his Quirk and skills, probably due to his upbringing. He even did some personal investigating and found out that both him and Midoriya went to the same Jr. High. And so with some background information and a look into Bakugou's current state, Best Jeanist can confidently say he knows the real issues that are eating away at the boy.

"Fine, then I will. The cause of your unraveling is that your classmates have begun to rise above you."

Bakugou's eyes widen, his head snapping at Best Jeanist in surprise.

He really did figure this boy out. "I always make sure I'm updated on all major crimes and resolutions by other heroes." he flashes his phone displaying the most popular news outlet. "U.A.'s Rising Star takes down Hero Killer." He continues rolling through the site. "He also saved an entire city from complete annihilation at the hands of a bug villain too. Then there's also this." He holds his phone up again. "Hero Student, Uravity, defeats Wicked Witch. And if I'm correct, she's also the one that won the Sports Festival" His eyes narrow at the boy. "the one that beat you."

Bakugou scowls, turning his head away in rejection.

"You can feel it, your pride is tearing at the seams trying to understand how they've already surpassed you."

That's it, the mad bomber finally snaps. "Those losers won't surpass me again!"

"As I thought, you feel insignificant, inferior to them."

"Ha! There's no way Deku's better than me!"

Best Jeanist's eyes narrow, examining the boy and taking in his every word and reaction carefully. "Humor me, but what do you think it means to be a hero?"

"What? It's being the strongest, the one that always wins, duh."

"Really? Then by that definition, you aren't a hero."

Bakugou snarls, not appreciating the jab at all.

"No, a hero is someone who uses their talents and skills for the sake of protecting others. Which is something your…friends have stitched into their very beings already."

Bakugou's teeth grind together, but he manages to bite his tongue.

"During the Sports Festival you displayed magnificent control over your Quirk, you're in peak condition, and you have a brilliantly strategic mind even able to use your classmate's Quirks combined with your own."

Bakugou throws the hero a confused look. "So? A hero has to be able to win all on their own."

"Do they?"

"Huh?"

Best Jeanist displays his phone again. "This Deku didn't defeat the bug villain all on his own, his mentor and the police all participated in the search and gave the boy the chance he needed to save the day. Uravity worked together with her mentor to defeat a pair of villains that attacked Dathomir City. And I doubt that she was completely alone in the Sports Festival, if anything she used those around her to help drive herself forward." She listened to her friends' advice, encouraged them and they in turn encouraged her, and as a result she came out on top.

Bakugou doesn't like it, this guy is questioning everything he believes in. But if he's so right then how can he explain this. "What about the Hero Killer? Deku beat him all on his own." It hurts to say Deku did something so amazing, but if his beliefs are true then by logic Deku couldn't have been alone in that fight!

"I'm…not so sure."

"What?" Not sure about what, exactly?!

"If you read the article then you would know that some of your other classmates were caught in the crossfire. But what the article doesn't mention is how your classmates supported and encouraged Deku through his battle. To keep him alive and aware, to help drive him to victory."

Bakugou scowls, this guy really does have an answer for everything.

"My point is this, your friends' understanding of what makes a hero is different from yours."

"What does that have to do with anything?!"

"It has to do with everything." responds the top ranked hero. "They seek to protect and aid others, you seek your own goals. They are willing to work together, you are not. And they are willing to seek out and listen to those around them, and you…" He trails off wanting Bakugou to finish the thought.

"Could care less…"

"Exactly." That's the core difference. "But there are things between you three that are similar."

The blonde straightens up, surprised and intrigued.

"You all have the same drive to become the best, that is both an admirable and a worthy goal." He watches for the boy's reaction. "You have talents and skills but in order to become better than you are now you must be willing to work with and for others. Do you understand?"

Yeah, believe it or not he does understand. He doesn't like it though. But…he's supposed to be the best, he should be the one receiving all the praise and glory, but he's not. If he wants to get better than…then he really needs to understand how he should better himself.

---

"Uh! Midoriya wrote me back!" Eijirou Kirishima stares at his phone while in the Fourth Kind agency's locker room. "That location he sent was in the middle of the action in Hosu. That's why he messaged us; he was calling for backup. Man am I glad I reported it." He grins amusedly. "But then again not like he needed it!" He saw the news, and woah what Midoriya did sure was manly!

"Hey!" chides Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu noticing the cellphone. "Put that down before Fourth Kind sees you. We're gonna be late."

"One sec. I wanna reply."

*BONK!*

Fourth Kind snarls down at the two rockheads as his fists lodge themselves into their heads. "What did I say about punctuality?!"

The two cry out. "Right. Sorry, sir!"

"Come on. Time to patrol."

"Yes, sir!"

---

Uwambi is seated as she watches the newest commercial reel advertising new hair-care products. She was of course the main star, but she pulled some strings and allowed her two interns to participate in the commercial as well. Although if one was paying attention, they could tell that both Yaoyorozu and Kendo look hella awkward while being on camera, clearly neither of them expected to be on TV.

As the commercial ends Uwambi immediately begins praising it. "They sure put that together fast. This is just the first cut, so it'll be another month before it airs. It needs lots of CGI."

Her two interns stand to the side, feeling awkward and a bit at a loss here.

Itsuka Kendo tries to lighten the mood. "So weird. We'll be on TV."

Momo Yaoyorozu looks sick, almost like she's ashamed by the commercial. "We're heroes. This is just what it takes to be a pro."

Then again, it looks like her classmates are making far better progress in that regard compared to her. The news has exploded with both Uraraka's and Midoriya's adventures: saving cities and arresting the Hero Killer. And, where was she? Shooting a hair commercial of all things.

And that's not the only source of her frustration.

Yaoyorozu reaches into her belt and pulls out a tiny shard, given to her upon request from Midoriya. 'I still haven't made headway in this either…'

And she's been trying to make out this crystal's composition but it's proving far more complicated than expected. She has an entire notebook dedicated to making out the crystal's molecules and structure.

But maybe just maybe this can give her the boost she needs to get better.

While Yaoyorozu ponders about her progress, Uwambi gets up from her seat. "So, how 'bout we go patrol."

Both girls gasp in surprise, looking to each other as if to ask if they heard her correctly, before they both light up and chase after her. "Yes!"

---

Shota Aizawa is outside at U.A.'s courtyard, nearest the running track. His attention is currently focused on his phone, specifically the news of his students' "escapades."

As he reads through the reports, he can hear the sound of running footsteps. Looking up briefly he adjusts the binder in his arm. The binder reads "All-American Dream Plan: The Patriot Version."

---

Just inside the U.A. building a phone call is trying to get through to a certain hero.

*A PHONE CALL IS HERE!*

*A PHONE CALL IS HERE!*

Inside the teachers' office area, Yagi Toshinori reaches for his phone.

*A PHONE CALL-!*

He answers it. "Yes, hello?"

Sitting just across from him: Present Mic, Midnight, and Cementoss all stare at him in bewilderment. 'That can't seriously be his ringtone.'

Toshinori springs out of his seat, fear in his eyes and a bit of blood spits out the corner of his mouth when he hears who's on the other side. "Wha-?! Hi, sir!" He's panicking, shaking in his boots as Gran Torino scolds him.

"You coulda warned me about Ochaco Uraraka." chides Gran Torino from the hospital payphone. "I know it probably couldn't be helped, but thanks to her, I'm getting a pay cut and my teaching license is being suspended for six months."

Toshinori can tell he's mad, grateful he's several cities away.

"Her tendency to jump into situations without thinking is just like yours, Toshinori." And hers, too…

Toshinori is sweating buckets, becoming more nervous as Gran Torino speaks. His coworkers watch on in concern and confusion, wondering who it could make even the Symbol of Peace this terrified.

"I humbly apologize, sir." Toshinori covers his mouth to keep the call as private as possible. "It's because of my insufficient teaching." He looks like he's going to hurl. "I can't believe my protege caused you so much trouble." He wobbly hurries for the door. "Oh, man this is bad."

The others watch him take his leave, wondering if they should ask if he's alright or not.

"Well, I don't care about my teaching license anymore." states Gran Torino. "You're the only reason I got it. And that was so I could keep my promise to your predecessor, Shimura."

Toshinori strolls through the empty school hallway, whispering into his phone. "And I truly appreciate all you did for me. It's only because of your wisdom and guidance that I'm the Number One Hero today."

"If that's true, then why don't you ever visit me?"

Got him. "Well, it's just that my new life as a teacher keeps me so busy." Shit, even Toshinori knows the old man won't ever buy that excuse.

"I actually called to talk about the Hero Killer." And with that the conversation becomes deadly serious. "I saw him only briefly in person but in that short amount of time, he shook me to my very core." That killing intent was…overwhelming like a demon rising up to the living plane. "There is such hatred inside of that man."

Toshinori makes it to the empty teacher's lounge. "I can't believe he was able to frighten someone like you, Gran Torino." He shuts the door after making sure no one sees him entering. "He must have already been tied up, so what scared you?"

"It probably stemmed from his fanatic ideology." Gran Torino thinks back to the Hero Killer's convictions and proclamations. "There was something very intimidating about his obsession."

Toshinori takes a seat on the couch listening intently to his old mentor.

"I'm not trying to praise him or anything, but he's got the same determination as you when it comes to your "Symbol of Peace" thing. There's similarities."

"What do you mean?"

"To put it simply, you've both got charisma." And that's the problem. "As the investigation continues, his ideology and opinions will be all over the media. Everyone will wanna know his motives. The age we live in, for better or for worse, is one of suppression. There will be people across the globe who are influenced by these new ideas." And that's truly terrifying because it means anyone literally anyone could be inspired to take action, to try and become the next Stain.

"If that's true, and he inspired copycat villains, they'll probably strike out on their own. Heroes will be able to stop 'em, just like they did last time." That's at least what Toshinori thinks after all a child was able to stop the real Hero Killer, so surely more can be handled.

Gran Torino isn't so optimistic. "That's where the League of Villains comes in."

Toshinori gasps; caught off guard, it never even occurred to him.

The veteran hero isn't surprised, Toshinori was never the quickest to pick up on these kinds of things. "The Hosu incident suggests that Stain and the League are connected somehow."

Toshinori thinks back to Shigaraki, Kurogiri, the first Nomu, and of course that Nue fellow he fought.

"That means….the League will go from being thought of as a bunch of juvenile delinquents that attacked U.A. to being recognized as a group with an ideology." They have a goal and reason to believe in, and rally behind. "In other words, these new converts will seek them out. Even if each individual is insignificant, if that evil gathers under one banner, it'll swell to unstoppable proportions. If the villain in charge knew this would happen from the beginning, then he is a brilliant strategist."

Toshinori's worry and anguish grows and grows as Gran Torino continues to speak and explain the horrible outcome this could all amount to.

"He's steadily getting rid of any obstacles one by one, trying to create conditions that will favor his own purpose."

Toshinori's frustration and worry begins to spill over, he hates to admit but if Gran Torino thinks so then it just might be true. "When I heard from Tsukauchi that Nomu had multiple Quirks, I had a bad feeling." He clenches his fist, gripping his pants to try to keep himself calm. "What if he's back?" What if he's been back?

"You're concerned it could be the man who killed Shimura, my sworn friend, your master, and the previous holder of One For All. The man who opened that hole in your stomach." Gran Torino's right he's absolutely right, and unfortunately, that isn't a good thing. "You're afraid the villain named All For One is on the rise again."

He hit the nail on the head.

"For him to've survived such injuries, though… I don't wanna imagine it's possible."

Gran Torino breathes, he doesn't want to admit it either, but if that man is alive then there's something that must be addressed and soon. "Toshinori. That child looks to you for guidance, she trusts you full heartedly. You should find the time to tell her everything concerning you and One For All. Be honest. She deserves to know the truth."

Toshinori understands he does, but…what if it scares her? One of his hopes for his successor was that they'd never have to deal with that terrible terrible evil, All For One.

"You need to trust her with everything, Toshinori. And trust that she will make the right decisions."

"Sir?"

"She told me about her friend, Izuku Midoriya, and how you claimed he wasn't trustworthy."

What?! She told him about that?! "I never said-!"

"I know you Toshinori, you just told me yourself that you had your suspicions." Mainly that he suspected All For One alive, and it wasn't hard for Gran Torino to figure out what All Might's first assumptions were about the boy's powers. "Why won't you trust her to make her own decisions?"

"I do trust her, but that boy…"

"If you're thinking he's in All For One's pocket then you can forget it."

Toshinori is surprised, Gran Torino seems so adamant about this.

"I saw the boy after his clash with Stain, he was really giving it his all to save his friends, never backing down. Honestly, he's just like you and Uraraka, running in without a care for your own safety."

"But sir his One Man Army is…"

"A unique Quirk, just like One For All." Gran Torino turns around and peers through the large windows, looking up at the sky to the invisible stars. "The world is a vast place, there are all sorts of abilities and people out there, and Midoriya's one of them." Then again, this world and many others are full of bad people too. "But if you're really that worried then be sure to keep an eye on him, I bet he could really use some guidance from the Number One Hero. After all you never know, if All For One is alive then that boy just might be the best ally for you and your successor."

Toshinori isn't so sure, but if Gran Torino said so then maybe…

"Take some advice from an old man, at some point you got trust that the youngins will step up when the time comes."

---

It's been another two days since the Hosu incident, and things seemed to have calmed down for the most part.

A little too much for some, however.

"Y'know, lately, it's been hard finding people to do business with." Whines a heavyset broker. "My buddies all complain about not being able to sell stuff. It's a real pain." He takes a sip of his alcoholic drink, trying to drink away his worries.

He's been hanging out here in this bar for most of the day already, mainly because this bar actually serves drinks and doesn't have a giant monster lying about.

Giran smirks at his fellow broker from across the table as he caresses his personal pistol. "That's 'cause it's a serious crime to develop or sell support items and costumes if you don't have a license."

"Here." A glass is plopped down right in front of Giran.

"Thank you, sweetheart." Giran smirks up at Charmcaster as she takes a seat beside him.

She looks annoyed with him, but she currently has nowhere else to go so she's stuck with him for now.

As she takes her seat she goes ahead and interjects herself into the conversation. "Anyway, I've actually heard rumors that legit support companies have actually been selling gear on the black market to those with the right amount of cash."

"And those rumors are too true, my dear."

The broker groans. "Ugh! Man, I miss the days before All Might. And I was still small-time back then. Remember when villains were wild and impulsive? Everyone thought they could take over the world. It was a real good time."

Charmcaster smirks. "Sounds like my kinda place."

Broker slams down his drink. "You bet it was! But when All Might showed up, everything changed and got so damn boring."

"That's how it is, can't have any fun when the pillar of so-called justice is around. Now can you?"

"He, yeah, you get it."

Giran sticks a cigarette in his mouth before aiming the end of his pistol at the butt, with a flick of the tiger a little flame ignites from the barrel's end, lighting the smoke.

The broker is dismayed, unhopeful about his career. "Maybe it's time for me to finally call it quits."

Giran cuts in. "Don't be rash. Listen, just between us, I know of a way to make some real cash." He reaches into his pocket, looking for something.

The broker waits while Charmcaster throws Giran a questioning look.

"Keep this on the down low, I'm only telling you because I know your guys have quality goods to sell." He pulls his phone out and aims the screen at the broker, displaying a video of some sort. "Have you seen this yet?"

The broker hasn't. "Huh? What's that?"

"A phone, moron." taunts Charmcaster.

"I know that! I meant the video!"

Giran snickers. "It's a video of the Hero Killer. He's hot right now." Without waiting for permission he goes ahead, and hits play.

The video begins to roll, displaying Stain in his fullest: his red scarf, sharp blades, and freaky tongue. All as drips of blood turn the screen red just as the narrator takes over.

"The Hero Killer Stain. Real Name, Chizome Akaguro." States the narrator as photos of Stain's arrest play on the scene. "As a child, he was greatly inspired by All Might's debut. He enrolled in a private hero high school but was dismayed by what he viewed as the educational system's skewed understanding of what it meant to be a hero."

"Throughout his teenage years, Chizome advocated for a return to the early days of heroes, but quickly realized that words had no power. For the next ten years, he trained in killing techniques in order to fulfill his self-appointed duty. During this time his parents passed away, in what police eventually ruled as a tragic accident."

Images dance off the screen: of Stain on the hunt, perched on rooftops, and him even attacking some poor defenseless heroes.

"His focus was on a return to the old days. He believed heroes should not seek compensation. That one should epitomize the idea of self-sacrifice. He believed that present-day pros were frauds. Through his violent purges, he hoped society would eventually side with him."

As the video plays, the broker and even Charmcaster are spellbound, almost like they're starstruck by the video, unable to even look away.

Soon the video changes, cutting into the feed from a security camera that was overlooking Stain and his confrontation with a group of pro heroes.

[Like a man possessed by the angel of vengeance, Stain glares as his eyes glow brightly. It's like the grim reaper himself has descended down to Earth and he has a deadly grip on anyone's heart. Just one move from them is all it would take for their lives to come to a tragic and bloody end.

"These streets…must run with the blood of hypocrites!" Stain roars out. "Hero! I will reclaim that word!" He takes one last stomp forward, blood dripping down his maw, his eyes glowing blood red under the red moonlight, and the killing intent holds the helpless cowards in place. "Come on! Just try and stop me, you fakes!"

Stain's too far gone, to mad with bloodlust, his eyes shake with exploding fury. "There is only one man I'll let kill me. He is a true hero. ALL MIGHT IS WORTHY!"]

And the video is done.

Like breaking from a spell both the broker and Charmcaster gasp and reel away, they were so hooked on the video they didn't even know they were holding their breaths.

Giran smirks satisfied by their reactions. "This keeps getting uploaded and immediately taken down online. But they can't stop it. It's not hard to see. This guy is really stirring something in people. From villains with countless convictions, to felons on the run, all the major players, including me, are watching."

The broker smirks intrigued and excited. This just might be it.

"It's infectious. Do you feel it?" Giran sure can that's for sure.

At this very moment all across Japan villains are beginning to stir in the darkness.

"I don't think the heroes realize what's awakening. The evil that was once quiet and scattered now has a rallying cry that's calling out to it. Individual criminals are seeking out the organization that the Hero Killer Stain was connected to." Giran's smirk widens. "They're all headed to the League of Villains."

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In truth Stain's convictions have reached further than what Giran's even able to fathom. As the commander of the spacecruiser has also just observed the same video, downloaded off Japan's internet.

He's been awake since his bounty hunter reported the Omnitrix's location but there's been no word as of yet from SixSix. And soon it became very apparent that it was a failed mission. Oh, how he wishes to tear into the wielder of the Omnitrix himself, but alas he must bid his time.

But that doesn't mean he spent all that time withering in anger, no the hours were for naught, as Japan news media fill in the passing time. Each one speaks of the Hero Killer and his ideals and motives, but also his connections.

The doors to the command center slide open as, not a drone, but an alien underling approaches his master,

This alien has a skeletal appearance. His body is white with his head fin being white and outlined with three black stripes, his lips and eyes sockets are black while his pupils are a crimson-red. He wears a sleeveless black robe and brace-like armor.

The skeletal alien bows at his master's healing pod. "Master I have finally arrived with your requested…enhancements."

The commander leers down at the whelp. "Psyphon your timing could not have been more ideal."

Psyphon peers up at the commander. "Master?"

"I have a mission for you."

Psyphon immediately jumps to conclusions "You wish for me to retrieve the Omnitrix, sir?"

"No, you are far too weak for that."

Psyphon grimaces but remains silent, bowing in respect.

The commander peers back at all the other news media. "Perhaps it's time to stop outsourcing. If my allies can't retrieve the Omnitrix then we shall seek out those that can."

"Sir?"

The commander leers down at his underling making him quiver in fear. "If this Hero Killer is as they say he is, then perhaps we require more like him." He eyes the news media again. "We require those that can stand up to Earth's champions, we need Hero Killers." His eyes land on one final image. "We need the League of Villains."

Displayed in front of him are images of hideously grotesque monsters known as Nomus along with compost sketches of the League's leaders: Nue, Kurogiri, and Tomura Shigaraki.

"Seek them out Psyphon. Don't fail me."

Psyphon cowers before his master. "Of course, master, I will not fail you."

The commander eyes the displays again until his eyes land back on the Hero Killer video. This broadcast was extremely insightful, perhaps Earth's civilization is not as stable as he had first thoughts. And now, now the Plumbers and their allies will suffer greatly for this planet's incompetence.

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While the Hero Killer video is all the rage around Earth, there is still another broadcast flying through the endless void of space, taking galaxies by storm. Sweeping through the stars like the big bang.

^Wah brz ehhh.^

"I'm hurrying, alright. No need for harsh language."

A lone figure makes his way up to the cockpit of his vessel where a midsized droid awaits him.

"What is it?"

^Brr rrap bzz.^

"Oh, a message from Earth?"

The droid aims his holographic project up and a holographic screen pops into existence. Immediately the message plays and it's a video of all things. As the video rolls it contains the edited reel of the U.A. Sports Festival. But there seems to be heavy screen time for a boy with messy green hair and freckles.

"Oh my." The figure smiles as he watches the boy transform from one being into another. "Now that's a sight for sore eyes."

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And that was Ch.36 Stained, I hope this was enjoyable even though it was a lot of talking and no action for you guys. I still tried to make it enjoyable and plus I did set up quite a lot of future elements for upcoming arcs and chapters.

*Also I will have an important Author's Note/Announcement for everyone in the next chapter.

*I am aiming to have Ch.37 up on Thanksgiving, which will be the one-year anniversary of me posting this story!

Responses for "Guest" reviewers from Ch.35:

Atom king: Hey just a heads up the site being a bit glitchly with some stories not showing their new uploaded chapter or brand new story not appearing at all so be careful when you upload the next chapter

CreateGunner1209: Thanks for the heads up. I noticed the glitch too but at the time I saw some stories still able to update after a few hours so I thought it would work for me. Obviously it did not.

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Aztec 13: Hey I just got back reading the story from the other site you posted on I got to say this chapter is the action pack I have ever read o can't wait to see the aftermath of it like the our four young heroes hanging out at the hospital, please continue

CreateGunner1209: Thanks, I hope this chapter was able to meet your expectations.

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Atom king (again): This is a great chapter I love the epic fight between six six and Stain and the best part of the fight for me is when stain ate Six-Sixs blood to try and paralyzed him only for it not to work since he's a alien, I hope to see more things like show up like a Ben 10 alien villain shows up and fight Eraserhead only for his powers not working or all for one try steal one of Izuku alien power only for it to failed I can't wait.

But speaking of Izuku I love his omni shield I hope to see him use the shield like Captain America, I can't wait to see what upgrades will Izuku add to it.

Shoto and Tenya just saw six six have green blood and target Izuku specifically so I think the two particularly Shoto would like to ask Izuku and Ochaco some questions about the omnitrix and maybe where Izuku gain the hoverboard.

The lizard-winged Nomu know Izuku nickname deku so I think it was one the kids that bullied Izuku when he was a kid, I wonder with Dr Animo mutating their DNA is giving the nomu some sense of intelligence ?

Anyway I know the site has been glitching for the past days I actually read the chapter on the other you mentioned but from what I learned the app is working fine with the new chapters and stories appearing, just letting you know.

Awesome chapter can't wait for the next one I hope in the next chapter All might embarrass himself while investigating Izuku and I also hope Izuku calls him out for it. Please continue

CreateGunner1209: Thanks! I got other things in mind don't you worry. And like I said I have plans to upgrade the Omni-Shield as time moves on. I hope Ch.36 Stained was able to answer some of your questions and be enjoyable at the same time.

And yes Draco was the same kid Deku knew as a child. It was confirmed by Horikoshi himself. I do plan for Izuku and All Might to eventually hash and talk it out but for now this chapter is what we got.

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Ty: I don't see the new chapter

CreateGunner1209: I know the website was glitching out so no one was able to update.

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DarkPokemon: Have you had the chance yet to read the Ink Tank's comic 5YL? I feel it really does the Ben 10 fandom justice and it's honestly amazing. They also have a newish YouTube series called And Beyond where they explore the lore of the alien species. They've recently done a Halloween special where they showed the entire Anur System and its aliens.

CreateGunner1209: I haven't read any of their chapters. I have been watching their content mostly the "And Beyond" series stuff. Which I loved the Anur System video. I actually really like the zombie-like OC alien.

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Shark: This chapter was amazing and loved seeing Izuku fight quirkless. It was a stroke of genius only you could have come up with, honestly. The three way battle was ona different level and done wonderfully. You've honestly made me like Izuku and Uraraka in this series more than the main series lol. I've also been wondering will the Omnitrix recalibrate itself like it did in Alien force?

CreateGunner1209: Thanks I thought having Izuku fight Quirkless would be a good touch and a nice way to keep the tension, which clearly worked. And I have plans for the Omnitrix to develop as well.

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xorion: Hey, can't you see the new chapter or what?

CreateGunner1209: The website glitched out, literally noone was able to update properly. There was nothing I could do and I tried.

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Guest: Another beautifully done chapter! I know this is a looong way off in Ben 10 canonically but will aggregor show up in the story eventually?

CreateGunner1209: Nope, I have no plans to include him. Sorry

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Guest: I have a good about i-island arc for the first appearance of upgrade and way big? The upgrade can effectively deal with the machines there,and the way big will be fine if we get out of the last battle.

CreateGunner1209: I already got some major plans for I-Island that I've had planned out since I started writing this story.

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Guest: I have but 2 questions

To quote Hemlock thing the first will others like Todokori find out about the omnitrix?

Second thing is professor paradox or azmath making an appearance and if they do it will be a while yes.

CreateGunner1209: Yes, no, maybe… Sorry but eventually others will find out. I rather not say who, when, or where that will occur.

And finally Yes Professor Paradox will appear and of course Azimuth. But not until way later.

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Guest: I know midoriya is going to partner with rook and I will like how they get along

CreateGunner1209: I will too

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Guest: If midoriya belonged to the office of the ,unlike the story we know,lt could be described as nighteye's eye on midoriya's way of fighting,and his humor is quite relatable.

CreateGunner1209: Of the who? I'm assuming Sir Nighteye, but I think they'd get along well too.

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Guest: Another masterpiece of a chapter. I was reading the comments and had a suggestion for the ultimate aliens, they could be for a movie plot or something similar with an attachment enhancing the omnitrix that gets damaged beyond repair or something similar, that way you could use them and bring them back if they're ever needed in the future but you won't have the OP setting available all of the time. Also is Rath going to debut with the Wild Wild Pussycats, I just think that would be thematic and funny. Love your work so far and cannot wait to see more.

CreateGunner1209: Maybe, that is a thought I'll consider it, thanks for sharing. And no Rath is not planned to appear during the Wild Wild Pussycats. I have a set of rules and conditions for how Izuku gets new aliens and as such Rath does not meet them during that time. But don't worry I really want to include him and I have it all planned out on when and where he will appear. Thanks again for the kind words

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Dark Pokemon: Have you had the chance yet to read the Ink Tank's comic 5YL? I feel it really does the Ben 10 fandom justice and it's honestly amazing. They also have a newish YouTube series called And Beyond where they explore the lore of the alien species. They've recently done a Halloween special where they showed the entire Anur System and its aliens.

CreateGunner1209: I have not read them, I mostly watch their "And Beyond" videos and videos that explain the Omnitrix.

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Atom king (again, again): Hey it's me again first thing I like to say is that the site is back to normal awesome, the second thing is as I was reading the chapter I noticed something I missed Gran Torino mentioning that six six is exposing himself out in public in front of the other heroes that means he's either knows about the existence of aliens living on earth or he's one of the other plumbers that is awesome, I think the person who told him where to find the kids is one one, now question is does he knows about Izuku and Ochaco being plumbers cadets and he was messing around with Ochaco in the last chapter or he wasn't informed about them yet?

Ether way this going to a amazing surprise for everyone especially All might if he finds out that his old teacher was also a space cop, now I can't wait for the next chapter.

CreateGunner1209: First off, Endeavor told Gran Torino where to go remember? He told him the street address because Shoto told Endeavor to send pros there.

But anyway I hope Ch.36 Stained was able to answer a lot of your questions.

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DeadCool14: Hey good news is working again.

If you are gonna add those transformations, like Snark Tanque, Squirtapiller and Decagon Vreedle can you also consider adding Alien Z, Antigravitesla, Plantapocalypse, Rocks, Squidstrictor and Decimus Prime, that one could also be a cameo of Transformers Animated for when you do that multiverse spin-off. Also you could add the Cartoon Network transformation from a promo, just for fun wiki/Cartoon_Network_Alien.

CreateGunner1209: I know, right! I'm still debating on the transformations I think I'd rather include the main series aliens first. As in aliens that Ben appeared as in the show.

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Guest: Man what a battle! First, we have that three way fight between Sixsix, Stain, and UA interns. Then we have Deku force to fight quirkless and still coming out on top. And their teamwork and coordination reminded me of their battle against the League of Villains which was in its own right awesome. Is wrong to like your fights more the actual canon fights? I mean compare MHA fights to other popular anime, they come off as rather dull. No disrespect MHA, their fights are great but b/c story they tell and how they build the characters. Still I like them to have a bit more action and strategy similar to DBZ and Fullmetal Alchemist. This was a great chapter and I can't wait for the next. Still I wonder who would win between Sixsix and Stain? How is Draco going to factor into the story?

CreateGunner1209: Yup, yup, and yup! I thought it would be great! And thank you for such kind comments. As for Draco the reason I had did what he did was just a nod for fans that know who he really is (a childhood friend of both Deku and Bakugou). And to help establish SixSix as a cold-blooded killer to help amp up the stakes.

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Guest: Yay, new opening! I wasn't expecting one until after the internship arc but still great. If you're ever going to make another one, can you add elements from the openings from the Ben 10 classic series?

CreateGunner1209: I would talk to Drag0n5on they wrote all of the openings

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DC17: Great story! I gotta asked, will you be including Albedo, Khyber and his pet (the idea of Bakugo adopting Zed sounds pretty cool), Malware, and Dr. Psychobos.

Also, if you think about it, can you give Mellisa Shield Rex's powers? We already know that nanotechnology exists in the MHA world because of her and, with a little alien tweeking, she could get infected by Nanites and become Generator Mellisa. It's not the first time someone thought of it (deviantart blueike /art /Commish-Generator-Melissa- 811717574).

And, when you eventually do Zs'Skayr's plot, ca you include other Anur aliens as his hencmnt aside from the werewolf, the mummy, and Dr. Viktor?

CreateGunner1209: Albedo, yes (eventually I would rather introduce Azimuth first and then him). Khyber, possibly (it depends it would be way off in the future). Malware, yes. And Dr. Psychobos is another maybe but a heavy lean towards yes.

The idea of giving Melissa Generator Rex's powers is cool but I'm not going to do it. If I was doing the Evo route I would just write an entirely different story from the start. Besides I have something else in mind for her.

As for Z'Skayr I have something in mind for him as well. I do have a set plan for it but I am still considering a few small suggestions so maybe another henchman would be worth it.

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Guest: Shoto is getting point what midoriya is hiding from him about omnitrix just go tell thirteen if it's ok to tell him about omnitrix and aliens and have you watch ink tank about krypton and saiyan that could be a great arc if midoriya have saiyan transformation and learn how to use it

CreateGunner1209: I have not watched that video, but I don't think I would add kryptonian or sayan DNA. Sorry but I feel like there's no need with how many transformations Izuku will already have and I'm trying my best to balance between just 14 of them

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Guest: Great chapter like always! Seriously, the bad part of this fanfic is I have wait for the next chapter to come out. Love how you're handling Uravity's character and making her more than she was than in canon. After the tournament, she demoted to an extra and started to become just a satellite love interest. Also, about One for All, I didn't get and like how Deku was able to access more quirks. I mean what makes him special enough to get get them. Here, I'm really hoping that it could be avoided and put your own spin on things. But it is up to you and I hope you continue this great work!

CreateGunner1209: Sorry, if I was able to write in one day I would. And I agree with the Uraraka comments after the Sports Festival she just fell away. But too be fair Horikoshi has to juggle between a huge ensemble of characters so some of them would be dropped here and there. But just so you are aware I am planning to include the other Quirks into OFA, but with a twist for sure especially for one of them.

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SilverKirito: Holy sh*t I just returned from being off the grid and what do I see 3 new chapters. As always amazing chapters well written and making us beg for more and i several questions.

will be interested in Izuku for the fact that he has multiple powers and if she does will their meetings be like the cat and spider.

the term nomu is given to those who have multiple qurks would all might and ochaco be considerd ones as well (all might said that izuku could be one).

gran torino know about alians.

is just an idea you can use it or not i just want to put it out there before I forget it... deku transforming into wildmut/blizwolfer infront of eri and her yelling puppy and pets him or deku giving ship as her pet and does the same thing.

CreateGunner1209: Well welcome back. As for your questions…um who are you referring to in the first question? I think something got cut off. And I don;t understand what you mean by cat and spider.

I don't think All Might and Ochaco would be consider Nomus. Because Nomus are actually beings that have multiple Quirks and their bodies CAN'T handle them. Whereas Ochaco and All Might can.

Yes, Gran Torino knows about aliens.

Finally, that is an adorable idea and I like it.

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Dreadbot: this is the best Ben 10 my hero academia fake I've read I have a question are you going to incorporate any of the aliens from Ben 10 5 years later by the ink tank

Dreadbot again if you do choose to incorporate an envy aliens from 5 years later I think you should go with outburst the choice is completely up to you though

CreateGunner1209: Thank you so much!

And no, I rather include the main series aliens first way before that. But you never know I may change my mind eventually. TO be fair I'm already trying my best to juggle between 14 aliens soooo adding OC aliens into the mix would really be a struggle to balance between

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Guest: So when are you going to have Shoto watch Avatar: The Last Airbender? I really want to see his reaction and relating with Zuko.

CreateGunner1209: I wasn't going to write it out or planning to address it but I can try to add a quick line about him watching it when it fits.

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Guest: This has been recommended before but you could give melissa shield generator rexs powers it would work melissa is smart enough to use them very well and the tech isn't that wild for mha.

Plus it would be really cool when you think about omnitrix izuku all might and generator melissa fighting together at the end of two heroes as the symbolism of three quirkless people who gained incredible power and used it to become amazing heroes is really cool

CreateGunner1209: Sorry, but no. Is it cool, yeah, but I rather not. If I did go that route I'd probably rather write a whole different story anyway, plus I have something else in mind for the final battle.

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Guest: hey when will Vilgax come down to earth to claim the omnitrix

CreateGunner1209: Eventually. Sorry but major character and event stuff I will not reveal in fear of spoilers

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Guest: /1lMEple03Xk

CreateGunner1209: Thanks, I saw it before and I love their work.