Chapter 32: Island Aftermath

A/N:

So, this chapter is another cooldown chapter after the heavy action of the movie chapter. We get some aftermath to everything including the fact that the students can be legally credited now. Let's see how this goes!

"So, are you sure I can stay here?" Melissa asks again as she and I are in the elevator up to my apartment. I nod as the elevator opens, "Yes I am sure, Kyoka's idea, plus you are innocent and if you stayed on the island, you would be ostracized worse than ever before." I say as I carry her luggage, I am bandaged up but still pushing myself as Melissa nods. "Kyo is trusting you by the way, letting you come with me alone." I tease as Melissa blushes, "Her parents wanted her home after seeing the news report huh?"

As the first stop after the airport was dropping Kyo off, as well as apologizing to her parents. "yeaaaa... that was not fun" I chuckle weakly. "Well, I promise to not be a burden." She smiles as I show her to her room. "You will be sleeping here, my room is the door on the left at the end of the hall, your bathroom is the door across from me." I say as Melissa sighs softly. "You know, my dad would normally be over the moon with me living with you." She tries to tease me as I laugh. "Yea, but maybe not in this situation." I agree.

"Welcome back sir, you have a few messages." Tempest says interrupting me and Melissa. "Woah, is this Tempest?" Melissas eyes sparkle at me as I nod, "Meli meet Tempest, Tempest this is Melissa Shield." "The pleasure is mine" Tempest says softly as Melissa can't help but smile. "Well, I should shower, I haven't had a chance since we left the Island." She says as I agree. "I should as well, if you need help ask for Tempest." I tell her before heading to my room.

When I enter the room and close the door, I let my back rest against it and slide down. 'Tremor is locked up again... All for One has a plan for me, I need to keep Meli and Kyo safe...' I think to myself as Tempest appears in front of me in a holographic orb. "Sir your messages you should check them." "Okay read them off while I shower" I say as I undress as I look at myself in the mirror, I have some more cuts and bruises as I also have a cast on my foot.

Tremor did some good damage to me, him having a second quirk really messed me up. "I hope things slow down a bit." I sigh as Tempest sighs, "Sir you need to keep your mouth shut." He says as I turn on the shower and get in. "First things first, an incident report to Nezu and Aizawa is being requested." I nod and scrub my body, "Figures. Next." I ask as Tempest continues, "Next you have an insurance claim to file with the HPSC, since you gave quirk usage to multiple students, you have to file a claim and a report with them to see if the usage was warranted."

I groan heavily at this, "Fucking politics" I sigh and sit on the shower floor, "One more message from the HPSC, until the claim finishes, you are not allowed to do Hero work unless specifically cleared with them or requested for a high-profile mission." Tempest says as I wince the hot water burning my new injuries. "Sounds about right, given the amount of damage that was done." I agree with Tempest as I wait to hear the last one.

"Lastly, we have an invite from that same night news station as before." I nod as I enjoy the water, "Let them know I am willing for an interview." After the incident it was filed that while the students' names will be public records, the account of how much they did will not be, as a safety measure to ensure fairness when they try and get their licenses. "Will do sir." Tempest then listens to me as I verbally file my reports and claims.

On the other side of my home, Melissa stands in her shower sighing. 'What am I going to do? I have no one here besides Sen.' She sighs and washes her hair trying to see the bright side of this, 'Well at least I have Sen to myself, even if he has Jirou, it is good to be around him again.' She smiles to herself as she washes her body. She looks at her light skin and her curves.

'Does he even find me attractive?' she asks herself, remembering the beach party my class threw as a late birthday party for me and how I couldn't keep my eyes off Kyo. She presses on her chest, 'Are these too much, well I know he likes this.' She says and holds her own butt for a second. She caught me looking when we were younger and even when we had that beach party still. 'I still can't believe Jirou pointed it out to him too.'

Melissa blushes as she hears a knock at the bathroom door. "Meli, I am going to cook something for us, I also left some clothes on your bed to get comfy." I call out to her, as it seemed I finished my shower. "Thanks Sen." She calls out as she hears me walk away as she finishes up. She heads into her room to find a pair of my sweats and a shirt of mine as well, she blushes as she chuckles to herself.

'He remembered...' as when I lived with her for a month, she got into the habit of stealing my clothes when she felt down as I always had the comfiest clothes, or so that is what she told me. In reality it was due to her crush on me. 'I missed him, but the price to have this...' She holds back tears as Tempest calls out to her. "Please dress soon, as young master Sen will come looking for you, and I would not want to have to call an ambulance for blood loss.'

Tempest jokes as Melissa left her room door open and she is still naked other than the towel she is wearing. "Oops sorry about that Tempest." She giggles and changes into the clothes I left her and goes to find me. Her nose leading her as she smells the food I am making and her mouth waters.

"What are you making?" She asks, as her nose is telling her something, but she wants to make sure. "Your favorite." I tell her as she looks over my shoulder to see me making some pork chops and some mac and cheese, her favorite comfort meal. Her heart tugs as she looks at me. "Why?" she asks as I just chuckle. "Kyoka may not be here, but she did give me one job." I say as Melissa blinks and tilts her head. "Here, let me, Tempest please dial My Little Music Note."

I ask Tempest as he rings Kyoka's phone, "Hey Lightning Bolt what's up?" She asks as me and Melissa can hear her parents playing in the background. "Can you tell Meli what's up? I am a bit busy with your job for me." I say as Melissa can hear Jirou pout and sigh, but her tone lightens. "Melissa, you're a strong girl." Kyoka starts as Melissa is confused but listens on, "However, I know you just lost basically your entire life, and well technically also lost Sen."

She says a bit matter of factly a bit smug, Melissa pouts, "no need to rub it in..." Melissa whispers as Kyoka chuckles, "So I know how hard you must be trying to hold yourself together." Kyoka sounds a bit sad as Melissa blinks and takes a breath, "I am fine Jirou, really I am." "Keep telling yourself that, but I know, because Sen knows." Melissa looks at me as I cook, and really focus in so I can let them talk.

"He told me he is worried about you, and I know how much you mean to him... so just for tonight, I am letting you have him... so you can just let it go." Kyoka says softly as Melissa freezes, tears starting to build up as she is about to ask why. "Before you ask, I am doing this for Sen, and a little bit for you. All you have is Sen left for now, I know how that must feel. He was with you first, I never had to deal with someone taking him."

Melissa takes a deep breath, "Sen is the last of your old life, and the start to your new one here, so I am going to let him take care of you tonight, let him help you start the healing... I want you to know, you have more than him now." Kyoka says softly as Melissa starts to cry holding back her sobs. "So, Sen, you lightning bolt of mine, make sure she has a good cry, and she has a shoulder." Kyoka sounds a little conflicted and worried.

"Yes, my Music Note." I respond and turn to Melissa her food ready on a plate for her, as Melissa hears Jirou say, "Just do not make me regret this, he is still my boyfriend..." she says as Melissa holds her hand over her heart. "Jirou thank you..." Kyoka can hear Melissa trying not to break down on the phone as I take over. "Kyo, I love you; I really do." I say as Kyoka chuckles.

"I know you big dummy bolt, I love you too. Now go help a girl in need." Kyo says hanging up the phone and putting it to her chest thinking, 'I am too nice...' She says as her mom walks around the corner. "You really do love him huh?" She asks as Kyoka blushes and nods, "You trust him like I do your father, he won't betray that trust." She comforts her daughter as back in my home, Melissa is currently breaking down ugly crying in my arms as I hold her trying to comfort her.

-The Next Evening-

Melissa and Kyoka are at my apartment talking about how last night went. "Honestly, I just cried in his arms, ate a little bit of food, cried some more and then fell asleep there." Melissa says blushing as Kyoka pouts a bit. "No funny business right?" she asks as Melissa shakes her head, "As much as I wanted to, I wouldn't betray you and Sen like that."

Melissa says honestly, "I may like Sen, maybe even love him, but he is your boyfriend." Melissa says as Kyoka takes a breath of relief. "I'm sorry if I seem... edgy I just, Sen is something amazing and I don't want to lose him." Kyoka sighs as she is being very open for once with someone not named me. "I understand and trust me if the situation were reversed, I would do the same for you." Melissa says as on the tv they both hear, "Tonight's interview is a special one everyone!"

The announcer states as the camera zooms in on me, "We have Impulse here once again, the savior of I-island with an exclusive interview about the events of what happened!" She sounds excited as both Melissa and Kyoka turn to watch the news. "Hey everyone, glad to be back!" I say and sound perky, my visor already off as I let the storm in my eyes dance for the camera.

"Still making waves we hear!" the woman taking my interview smiles at me as I chuckle nervously. "I guess you could say that, just happened to be in the right place at the right time." I say honestly as she waves me off. "Oh, stop being modest." She says as both Melissa and Kyoka pout as I get a cold shiver. "You alright Impulse?" She asks me as I nod. "Just a little chilly, but I am not being modest, as I am sure you are aware I had help in all this."

All of my classmates watch the tv with bated breath, they are aware I am allowed to say just not say names. "That we are aware of! You and your classmates thwarted the heist of this generation!" The interviewer sounds excited, "No one has ever even been able to sneak into the island, let alone even try to steal an invention." She goes onto a tangent as I chuckle and let her go.

"They infiltrated, and started their heist, but not only that, they also planted bombs as their back up plan, is this correct?" She asks for clarification as I nod. "That would be correct, they wanted to have a way to get us heroes to back off if things went sideways, they didn't count on All Might himself being there, or me taking lead of the main fight, freeing up All Might to disable the bombs."

I give the interviewer what she wants as I smirk softly, "So it was you who took command of the situation, reports did say that, but to hear it straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak" She says trying to not offend me as I laugh and wave her off, my confidence showing as Kyoka smiles and blushes. "He is such a natural charmer, isn't he?" Melissa sighs happily as Kyoka nods.

"That he is, it is already estimated he is going to easily be in the top 50 when the next rankings come out." Kyoka says as Melissa checks her phone, "Actually 25, the incident with the island and his interview now is skyrocketing him." Melissa shows Kyoka as my hero stock is currently flying. "Woah..." Kyoka says as they tune back into the interview.

"Taking command of the situation must have been hard, given the situation." I shake my head, "oh no not at all, I had the best team I could have hoped for." I say this as the interviewer smirks and tries to get me to slip up, "So you did give your classmates the authority to use their quirks?" She asks as I nod, "Yes, I could not do this alone. I would have failed, but with my classmates by my side I pushed farther than I could have alone."

"We do have some footage from some bystanders at the shopping center, would you mind commenting on this?" she asks, thinking she has me cornered as I nod. "Go ahead it would be my pleasure." I say with my own smirk, I know she is trying to get specifics left out of the report. The footage shows the massive twister of metal wires and steel coming up as multiple lightning strikes and explosions. As well as flames and distorted air can be seen from the video footage.

"Me and a classmate had gotten to the top of the tower, this is shortly after stopping their escape. Feeling cornered the villain used the stolen device, as well as a second villain who we did not know was there took our brief moment of respite against us." I explain as the interviewer motions for me to continue as I smile. "At this time, my other classmates were on the way to assist as me and the one with me took the fight to them."

I go on to explain in good detail the fight that unfolded as the footage plays out with the last thing before the video footage shows is a blue lightning storm. "That was me pushing past my limits, as my teacher and school says, went Beyond, Plus Ultra." I say as the interviewer claps, "my oh my, you have done so much. At any point were you worried you would fail?"

I scratch my head and nod, "at one point yes, the villain who did show up out of nowhere, he was the one who put me on my journey to be the hero I am currently." Melissa and Kyoka both freeze up a second, this is a big step for me. My reasons for coming to Japan have been withheld from the media, my history was revealed during my last interview only.

"He has grown, so much." Melissa says smiling and taking Kyoka's hand, "a good part of that is due to you girlie." She teases as Kyoka blushes softly, "I may have helped, but he wanted to grow on his own." she says admitting she may have had a hand in it but that me wanting to grow is what even allowed her in.

"What do you mean? How could a villain set you on a path of heroism?" She asks intrigued as I chuckle. "When I say that, I mean, the villain in question, his name is Tremor." I name the villain so I can just say his name. "Tremor was someone I ran into during one of my last missions in America, he unfortunately took down and murdered a younger hero than I, that I was training up." The interviewer pauses a bit shell shocked.

My classmates who didn't know the story all freeze up as well, Bakugo himself blinking. 'Fuck, I am a dick...' he thinks to himself as I continue, "He almost got my as well, without my teammates in America saving me, I would have let myself die there as well." I say keeping a straight face. "Tremor made me doubt myself, made me second guess most everything I did, and that's when my mentor Iron Man sent me here. To regroup, to remember why I wanted to be a hero." I say with a smile as the interviewer looks at me.

"So, what is that reason?" She asks as I look from her to the camera and say with full confidence, "That while I may stumble, I will always get back up again to fight for what I believe in. For those who may be lost and forgotten due to how they look or how their quirk functions, I will fight to make sure everyone is able to have a hero. No matter who they are or what anyone says about them." I make a little bit of my spark dance on my suit.

"I want to be a hero for everyone, not for myself but for those who need someone. My friends and classmates, have taught me. No one man can hold the weight of the worlds, well besides All Might." I correct myself, "So to be the hero I want to be, I need to help my fellow heroes learn their path." I say as the interviewer fans her face just like the last time.

"My, first the words from last time, now this. You know how to really set a tone." She giggles as I nod. "I want everyone to know, me and my classmates, me and my fellow heroes and heroines. That we will back each other up to help push us to new heights." I smile as the interview ends there.

Melissa and Kyoka both have the goofiest smiles on their faces as our Class 1-A group chat blows up, trying to reach me to make sure I am okay. To let me know that they have my back, and to as well thank me for everything I have done for them and even before. "He really is too much at times." Melissa laughs as Kyoka agrees, "You love him, don't you?" Kyoka asks as Melissa freezes up.

"Uh... I-I" She tries to get out as Kyoka shakes her head, "If you don't want to say it, that is okay you don't have too." Kyoka says and uses her jack to gently poke her cheek. "I won't tell you to stay away or back off, that isn't fair to you." Kyoka admits while Melissa blinks confused. "I am not saying anything, other than tell him. He deserves to know."

Kyoka sighs, "He is a bit of a brick wall when it comes to seeing another's feelings for him." "You are telling me, I tried so many times to confess after he first visited me, but he never got it." Melissa says shaking her head remembering, as Kyoka chuckles. "I could only imagine." Both girls stay silent for a moment as Melissa looks at Kyoka.

"Kyoka are you sure it is okay for me to tell him?" She asks as she doesn't want to cause a problem for mine and Kyoka's relationship. "I am sure, I know you or him will do anything to hurt me. If anything, we will all grow and learn from it." Kyoka says smiling at her. "Wh-what do you mean." Melissa blinks a bit confused as Kyoka shakes her head. "Another time, now let's welcome him home yea?" Kyoka stands up and heads to the kitchen as Melissa is left confused. 'How can we all learn and grown from me confessing to him?' Melissa may be a bit of a brick wall herself.

As in a bar hidden away from the world, a blonde teen is crying with a knife thrown into a tv. "Toga, what a matter sweetie?" Magne tries to comfort the teen as she has kind of taken the role of big sis to Toga. "I hate him, I know I hate him." Toga says running to the back room away from all the others. 'Hmm, seems she is complicated' Dabi rolls his eyes as he knows what such twisted love can bring. "Magne, can you calm her down, we need to replace the TV before Spinner and Shigaraki return, if they can't play their games, they will kill us all.

Mr. Compress says as Magne nods and heads to find Toga. "Sheesh, whenever Impulse is brought up, she gets all angry. This is the first I have seen her cry." A young man says in a black school uniform, as Dabi sighs. "She has issues, we all do. What we don't need is her to be a loose cannon, not with the job coming up." Dabi says as Mr. Compress shrugs.

"Her history is her own, seems Impulse is intertwined in them as well." He says as he goes to find a replacement Tv he knows that they have due to how many Shigaraki goes through due to his quirk. "Yea, yea, tragic backstory and all that." Dabi mutters sighing thinking 'as if I don't know that'. "Toga, where are you?" Magne tries to enter Togas room as all she hears is Toga fiddling with something.

"Big sis Mag?" Toga calls out through her tears as Magne sticks her head in, "Mhm, want to talk?" She asks as Toga sniffles but doesn't say no, Magne takes this as her invite. "Can I ask why Impulse is such a sore subject? He seems genuine in his message; he is a hero I can personally get behind." Magne says as Toga takes a deep breath and shows her a small locket around her neck.

"Remember how I said he killed my baby brother?" Magne does remember and nods, "She opens the locket to two pictures, One of me and Ren. It is obvious Ren took the picture without me fully noticing as I am taking a bite out of my food as I look at the camera. Ren has the biggest smile around. This picture is basically pristine and still looks as if it was just taken, on the other side of the locket was a picture of me Ren sent in my casual wear. The day Ren really got to meet me, Magne can see this picture originally had a heart drawn around it but now it was written over with the word Liar on it.

"The hero who he said died during one of his last missions... was Ren." Toga starts to cry softly as Magne gasps and tries to hug Toga. "Impulse, or rather Sen is his name, He found my brother as was the first person to not judge him based on his quirk, my quirk..." Toga says as Magnes eyes widen. "Sen showed Ren that he could be who he wanted to be, that he could be a hero that paves the way for people with 'evil' quirks."

Toga explains as Magne just holds her letting her let it out as Toga starts to cry as tears get on the pictures in Toga's locket. "Sen... he promised Ren, promised me that he would come save me too, he was going to take me from where I was and bring me to my baby brother." Magne looks at Toga and then to my picture with liar written over it.

"Oh honey." Magne stops Toga as she knows how hard it can be as Toga holds onto Magne like her life depended on it as Magne thinks, 'Poor girl wanted someone to love her, just like me... She had the chance, and it was taken from her.' Magne sighs as she doesn't fully blame me but knows. 'Impulse you will need to pay for hurting Toga... You need to know of what future you had taken away from her.'

A/N:

Another breather chapter down, more back story given. Magne is a character who I feel understands Sen wasn't at fault, but for a young girl like Toga. To have such a hard life, to be beaten down as such and have the last light of hope she ever saw shut on her face in the way it was. She knows why Toga is conflicted and she wants Sen to realize what he's done. As for Melissa, again leaving the door open. I have started to really fall in love with the way i am portraying Melissa. I want her to be happy, sue me damn it. Next time it is on towards the forest training! It will be a 2-3 chapter fiesta! Sen, Kyoka, and Toga all in the same place. Sparks to fly! Until next time!