I'll be using the hero names for the future heroes from here on out. It's a way to have them separate from the present group.
In the future...
The Toshinori Hero Agency.
Founded by Deku and Uravity after they graduated from U.A., the facility housed four pro heroes: the Number One hero, the Number Three, the Number Six, and the Number 7th. Deku and DynaMight led the agency's criminal investigations and combat divisions, responding to more public crises where heavy hitters were needed. While Uravity was also a combat hero, she was also head of the support and rescue operations. Anti-Gravity was a useful tool in many disaster situations. And finally, Creati led the more logistical members of the agency. Her genius intellect helped the agency decipher the Chaos King's more complex illegal activities.
Despite being a hero agency, and by default, working on their own, they cooperated more than any other hero agency. Deku and DynaMight coordinated with other heroes in stopping the Chaos King's more destructive activities. When it came to sharing intel regarding the Discorder Organization, Creati passed information around, keeping many heroes and law enforcement personnel in the loop.
Inside Deku's office was the Number Six pro hero: Uravity. She sat at his desk, a fine rosewood partner desk with gold handles with the drawers. A green mat covered the desk, and several pictures were facing the young hero. The pictures ranged from Deku's days at U.A., his summer vacation at I-Island after All Might and Deku defeated Wolfram, a few pictures from his time at Nabu Island, and even some relaxed shots of his time off with members of the class.
One picture was bigger than the others.
The biggest picture on Deku's desk was one of him, All Might, Uraraka, and even Bakugo, all flexing at Takoba Beach. It was a day that would be forever engrained in their minds. It was their last picture before All for One and Tomura Shigaraki attacked Tokyo two weeks later. Uravity sighed as she glanced at the picture before returning her attention to the stacks of paperwork on Deku's desk.
While most of the papers were letters of thanks, others were copies of police reports of the jobs he had taken. There were letters from sponsors for the Tokyo Relief Fund, letters from the head of the said fund, and a few requests from different organizations to sponsor them.
All of that didn't include the bills.
It had been weeks since Deku and the Chaos King disappeared, and nobody was coming close to finding them. The Discorder Organization grew quiet when their boss disappeared, and without the Symbol of Peace, DynaMight and a few other heroes had to pick up the slack, including Uravity. The people noticed that Deku was missing right away, and it was beginning to take a toll on the agency.
As she combed through the endless stack of papers on Deku's desk, the intercom in the office buzzed. "Uravity, you have a visitor," the male voice on the other end said. "It's Pinky."
Uravity's face lit up as she set the papers down. "Great! Where is she?" She asked.
The door to Deku's office opened, and Pinky entered the room. Her costume didn't change from her days at U.A., except for the jacket, which she wore more often now. Her hair was significantly shorter than during her U.A. days. Mina wrapped her left hand in training bandages. She wore a utility belt that hung loosely on her waist. When she spotted her anti-gravity best friend, she threw her arms wide open. "Ochaco!"
"MINA! So good to see you!"
The two embraced in a hug. "I didn't know you were back in the country. How was Egypt?"
The acid-throwing hero sighed. "Too hot. It turns out the Chaos King did have a sponsor in the region: the last remnants of the P.L.F," she said.
"You're kidding..."
Pinky shook her head. "They were flying the flag, and they had a portrait of Shigaraki. We stomped them, no problem, but I'm worried that maybe there's more out there," she confessed.
Uravity nodded. "The sooner we shut down the Discorders, the better," she said. "I know Yao-Momo is cracking that hard drives we nabbed from the Chaos King with the others right now."
"Yeah, I heard...how are you holding up? With Midori being gone for so long," Pinky wondered.
"Well...I'm not used to the house being quiet. I sent Eri and Kota to Mandalay in the Beast's Forest for safety," she said. "I don't want them to get hurt...again."
Pinky nodded and looked past Uravity to look at a picture of Deku and Eri posing for a picture up on the wall. "Ochaco...I can't say sorry enough for what happened..."
"It wasn't your fault," Uravity said. "When we find the Chaos King, however, I think he'll be the one saying sorry."
Pinky smiled. "Hey, let's get you out of here. It would be best if you had a walk, and I need to shake off that turbulence," she said.
The anti-gravity girl nodded. "I'll get changed and ask if Yao-Momo wants to join us," she said. "She's been working twice as hard."
Pinky nodded. The two left the room, and Uravity locked the door behind her.
Creati was hard at work, breaking through the Chaos King's security on the hard drives. Her office wasn't too different from Deku's, with the same partner desk as he got; she had many elements from her old home all over. She had many Russian dolls on a bookshelf on the left side of the room; many of them had depictions of her old classmates in them. As a joke, she put a small Uravity doll lying face-down in front of a large Deku doll and sent the couple a picture of it.
As a result, the two sent pictures of their middle fingers raised at her. The photos were printed, framed, and placed on the shelf next to the two dolls. She and DynaMight were proud of her little prank. It was one of the few times the two bonded over something.
Besides the dolls, there were also pictures from U.A. hung on the walls. The photos ranged from a few action shots during training to band practice and even a picture of her hugging Midnight after a lesson with the R-rated Hero. A replica of Midnight's mask was framed with a small plaque that read: MIDNIGHT, THE MIGHTY HERO.
Her desk had a few trinkets that the Everything Hero made out of boredom. Most were dolls; some were little statues, mini robot spiders, and even a small drone with a helmet next to it. Creati sat at her desk with her computer on with one of the hard drives plugged in. She sighed as she focused on her monitor. "C'mon, please work," she muttered as she pressed a button to execute another attempt.
As she watched the computer do what it was supposed to, Creati leaned back into her chair and pinched the bridge of her nose. She reached over to the office phone she had and dialed a number. "This is taking too long," she muttered.
She waited a moment before she got an answer. "Hello?"
"Abi, hey. Sorry, I hope you're not too busy," Creati said.
"It's a slow day, thankfully. What's going on? You sound tired."
Creati nodded. "It's this stupid drive we grabbed from the Chaos King. I've been running program after program, and they keep crashing," she said.
"Sounds serious. Are you using a good password recovery tool?"
"That was the first thing I used," she said.
"Brute force won't cut it either, I imagine. I think I have something you can use, though you would need to use a computer you have no intention of using ever again," she said.
"You have something from the old days?" She wondered.
"Sort of. It's an old program I used to break into the U.A. servers back before we became friends. I'll need to give you a hard copy of it, though, so it'll take a while," she admitted.
"You still have that? I thought you dumped everything after graduating from U.A.," Creati said.
"I got bored one night and rewrote most of the program. The core of it is still the same," Abigail said.
Creati nodded. "Let me know when you can send it. We'll catch up!"
"I'd love that. Gotta go!" Abigail cut the line immediately, leaving the Everything Hero to her business. Creati sat back in her seat and watched as the program failed to break through the Chaos King's firewall.
She groaned and started to shut everything down. As she did, her door opened, and the two young heroines entered the room. "YAO-MOMO!" Pinky exclaimed.
Creati looked up with tired eyes, and a life filled her face as soon as she recognized her. "MINA! I didn't you were back in town!"
"Just got back. We're going on a coffee run. You wanna come?"
Creati's smile got wider. "Give me a minute to shut everything down. I'm right behind you," she said.
Uravity smiled as she turned to walk out of the room, but she stopped and eyed her bookshelf. She saw the Russian dolls and chuckled. "You're a nerd for framing those!" She exclaimed.
Creati shrugged. "You're surprised?"
Uravity shook her head. Creati finished wrapping up her work, grabbed her civilian clothes from a rack behind her, and shooed the anti-gravity hero out. "I gotta change. Shoo!"
Uravity left, leaving the Everything Hero to change in peace.
Once they left the agency, the trio walked through the streets of Musutafu. The agency was in the inner-city area, not far from the U.A. campus. While not as impressive as Might Tower, the Toshinori Hero Agency was still a beautiful building consisting of mostly glass panes and steel, allowing anyone walking by to see what the residents were doing. On one occasion, civilians watched as Deku threw a water balloon at DynaMight as he was coming out of the bathroom with Uravity sneaking up behind him.
While their antics were seen as child-like and not fitting the profile of the Number One hero, it also showed that they were just as human as everyone else. They didn't pretend to be gods.
The trio of heroes made their way to a coffee shop not far from the agency. The shop was small and humble with a regular crowd of customers. They were recognized as pros as soon as they arrived, but instead of using their fame to slip through, they stood in the back of the line.
"-grabbed a picture of it, but I couldn't focus on it before we got jumped," Pinky said. "This guy with a massive, rocky body towered over us and swung at us like bugs. He didn't like the acid I threw at him, but that didn't stop him from causing a lot of damage."
"And your partner?" Uravity asked.
"KO'ed when the guy showed up. For someone with an armor-type Quirk, he went down quick," the acid-throwing hero said.
"Well, the armor doesn't guarantee strength, right?" Creati wondered.
"That's what I thought!" Pinky exclaimed. "But no. Poor guy got his first internship, and he gets the sand knocked into him."
"With some more training, he'll definitely be a heavy hitter in the region. Maybe if Midoriya held training classes, he could definitely get the help he needs," Creati suggested.
Uravity nodded. As they got closer to the front of the line, Creati's phone began to ring. Uravity and Pinky signed some papers given to them as the Everything Hero answered. "Hello?"
"Yaoyorozu! Is Uraraka with you?" Abigail Winters exclaimed.
"Yeah, we're here. Mina's here too. What's going on?"
"Come to Hatsume's lab. We're going to be waiting for you guys. I think we have a solution to your problem," she said.
"The hard drives?" Creati asked.
"No...Midoriya. I think we have a lead."
Creati hung up the phone and eyed her friends. Uravity and Pinky both heard the call, and with a nod, they quickly took their orders and left as soon as they got their coffee.
After graduating from U.A., Mei Hatsume interned with SHIELD Support Technologies, headed by the young Melissa Shield. Their time together proved fruitful as the young inventor climbed her way to the top, inventing alongside renowned support engineers. After 8 years, Mei bid the company a fond farewell and started her own Support business. Hatsu-Technologies produced much imaginative support gear, ranging from capture gear to Quirk-enhanced gear and surveillance technology.
While roughly 4 years old, Mei did not essentially work in the main building, designing support gear with other inventors she had trained. Instead, she bought an old auto repair garage and improved it so she could design and test in peace.
When the trio arrived at the lab, they were surprised to see a young woman with short, silver hair standing in front of the building. She wore a simple white lab coat with goggles hanging on her neck. Her arms were dressed with armored gauntlets, and underneath her coat was a padded shirt with a caduceus on it.
Pinky ran toward the young woman. "ABI!" She called out.
"MINA! So good to see you again!"
The acid-throwing hero tackled her in a hug. Creati and Uravity closed in as Pinky let Abigail down. "Girls, thank you for coming on short notice."
"You sounded urgent on the phone. Thankfully we didn't have to wait long for our coffee before heading here," Creati said.
Abigail nodded. "Come inside. Mei should be done right about..."
An explosion rattled the building, startling the three heroes. Abigail, however, was unfazed by the event. "Now. C'mon then."
The silver-haired inventor opened the door to the lab and led them through a small hallway outlined in steel. They entered through another door and found the whole lab engulfed in black smoke. Abigail flipped a switch, and several fans roared to life, dispersing the smoke. As the smoke cleared, they saw an entire lab in shambles, and Mei Hatsume slammed into a wall, covered in soot.
The young inventor cracked open her eyes to see Abigail and the three heroes behind her. Immediately, a smile formed as Mei launched forward. "IT'S ABOUT TIME!"
"It's a shock that you didn't go into the bomb-making business," Abigail said as she dusted the soot off of Mei.
"Bombs aren't as fun to make as my babies, mind you," Mei said. "Buuuuut it looks like I'm gonna have to shelve those hover skates. Anti-gravity servos with the wrong propulsion system can be disastrous."
"You're making hover skates? But what about your hover soles?" Uravity wondered.
"Too clunky. I want them to be used out in the field by heroes who aren't very mobile. These new ones are supposed to be sleek, subtle, and fashionable. My electromagnetic soles are in the right area, but I need these to be perfect!" Mei exclaimed. "I was hoping Midoriya would be back by now so he could test these, buuuuuut..."
"Yes, we know," Creati interjected. "That's why we're here. You said you have a lead, Abigail?"
The silver-haired inventor nodded. "Take a breather, Hatsume. You'll need healing when I'm done," she said.
"Nah, I'm fine. This ain't my first broken butt-bone," Mei said.
Abigail groaned. "I'd force you into a chair, but that would make it worse, wouldn't it?"
Mei smiled. With the soot off her, the heroes got a better look at her outfit. She wore a sleeveless lab coat (the sleeves were torn off) and a black tank top underneath. She wore gloves, and a pair of goggles were hanging on her belt. She wore dark green cargo pants and boots. Her pink dreadlocks were slightly shorter than her U.A. days, coming down to the tops of her ears.
Abigail motioned for everyone to follow her to a small space at the far end of the lab. Everyone walked normally while Mei waddled with a huge grin on her face.
When they settled in the small space, Mei took her place beside Abigail while the heroes sat facing them. "Alright, so...about Midoriya," Abigail started.
"It's not uncommon for him to go dark, right? I gave his new boots a massive steal upgrade and all, so at first glance, he's still on the job," Mei said.
"Right...except there are a few things that say otherwise. Firstly, the night he disappeared, there was a massive spike of energy around Otawa Bay. Some of this energy was recorded before I arrived at U.A., right?" Abigail asked the heroes.
Uravity nodded. "Deku and I were caught in a rift in space and time and sent to another universe," she explained.
"And as great as it is that Multiverse Theory isn't a theory anymore, it raises a serious observation: a new rift may have opened," Abigail concluded.
"And it wasn't my fault...yet," Mei commented.
Pinky snorted. "Which leads us to another problem. If we can confirm that a rift opened up over the bay, it must be possible that Deku and the Chaos King were caught in its event horizon and sucked in," Mei said.
"So they were sent to another universe? We can use the Janus Stone to get them back then, right?" Uravity wondered.
"The...Janus Stone?" Abigail wondered.
"The amulet that Deku and I used to get back. You remember Marinette and Adrien?" Uravity asked her.
Abigail stopped to think for a moment. Her eyes widened as she snapped at the heroes. "That gold thing with the ruby, right? Oh, that thing!"
"We can't use the Janus Stone either," Mei squeezed in.
The three heroes gave her a confused look. "Why not?" Creati asked.
Instead of answering directly, Abigail turned their attention to the monitor behind them. "About 20 minutes ago, right before I called, I was going through some old recordings I made during my first year at U.A. Most of them were training simulations, a few QICD test videos, a stupid reaction video, surveillance footage from inside Project: 0P, and so on," she admitted.
Creati's eyes widened. "W-Wait...surveillance footage?"
Abigail nodded. "You guys didn't sneak into my robot without me knowing. I saw you guys coming a mile away," she admitted with her cheeks turning a light pink.
"B-But...that means..."
Abigail smiled. "They looked nice, by the way. Not as big as I thought, though that may've been your costume causing them to appear-"
Creati raised her hand and looked away. "W-We're talking about this later..."
The healing hero nodded. "Anyway...I was going through those old videos when something just...popped up."
"What do you mean? 'Popped up'?" Uravity wondered.
Abigail pulled out her phone and swiped up toward the monitor. A video popped up of Ground Beta being used. The urban playground they used during 'the good ole days' brought back so many memories for everyone in the room. There were obvious signs of destruction, suggesting training in progress.
A second later, they all saw why Abigail called them in.
The camera shook, and a cloud of dust suddenly appeared. The girls watched as a young Izuku Midoriya leaped in and out of the shot with his focus on the ground. As soon as Midoriya exited the frame, the video slowed down as another blur entered the shot. Thanks to the slo-mo, they all saw who it was: an older Izuku Midoriya clad in villain-esque clothing.
Uravity's eyes widened. Abigail turned to the three pros. "Does anyone here remember the Class 2-A Final Exam?"
I'm cutting this chapter into two parts. The next one will be coming soon. I'm quite sorry for the delay, and this time, it's not about school. We had a passing in the family, and my grief actually helped me finish this chapter and the next one. I'll post the next chapter in a few days. I might as well keep going while I have the momentum. Don't worry; I'm spending time with my family as well. Until next time...
GO BEYOND!
-Newage