Chapter 7

"What?" Izuku asked, his voice shaking. He took a step back, trying to gather his bearings. How the hell could she know he was from another world?

"You are from another world." Cologne said, her staff getting closer to Izuku's face. "I knew of you the second you entered our world. I don't know what hell you crawled from, but I will not allow you to harm anyone else. The damage you have caused with your arrival!"

Izuku leaned forward, his eyes locked with Colognes. Shampoo was still leaning on the table, keeping herself propped up, but when she heard her grandmother's words, her eyes widened. "I didn't crawl from anywhere." izuku simply said, "I was forced into this world."

Cologne continued to advance, though slower now. "I think you best explain yourself."

Izuku sighed before taking a seat. He had to walk the whole way here and his calf was on fire. He could feel a little blood seeping into the bandages. He might have to take Ukyo up on her offer to replace them if need be. Taking in a deep breath he began to explain. "I come from a world where people have some form of quirk or power. Only twenty percent of the population are quirkless." Cologne sat down as well, her eyes never leaving Izuku. "In this world, superheroes and supervillains are a normal thing, constantly at battle with one another. I am a hero in training, working to become the best. However, there is a villain I have to stop before I can do that." Izuku sighed again, "that villain is the reason I was sent here. He made one of his minions hunt me down and when I had bested her, she exploded as I tried to convince her to return to the good guys. I don't think she knew it was happening. When she exploded, I found myself here, in this world. I awoke in doctor tofu Onos' care. I was brought there by Ranma Saotome, I was unconscious at the time and he saved me from hitting the ground."

That little detail made Cologne's eyes widen. "So, son-in-law saved you." she said, her eyes closing in thought.

"Ya, i gue… wait, son-in-law?" Izuku stopped mid sentence.

Cologne smiled for the first time since Izuku had run into the amazons. Cologne laughed for a moment before she began explaining. "Ranma is fated to marry my Shampoo. Our traditions demand it, yet the boy is fraught with several other suitors, including Akane Tendo and Ukyo Kuonji." Izuku nodded for a moment before he started to open his mouth. Cologne, however, knew what he was going to say and thus started speaking again, "Ranma has three suitors currently vying for his attention. Out of the three, Ranma feels that Akane has the biggest claim, having been made his fiancee first. However, shampoo has just as big a claim on him as that violent girl does. Shampoo has to marry Ranma, or else be punished by banishment for life."

Izuku placed his hand upon his cheek, trying to piece everything together. This was not the conversation he thought he was going to have. "I'm sorry, but I can't help you with this." Izuku said, "It's Ranma's choice in the end, isn't it? Doesn't he get a say in all of this?"

Cologne shook her head before speaking, "no, this all happened because of Genma Saotome's meddling. If he had not promised his son off to multiply women, Ranma could marry Shampoo and peace would finally return to our lives." she sighed before setting down her staff. "Sense moving to japan, it's been one thing after another with that family. Shampoo has no choice but to marry Ranma, she chose him. That is the law." looking over at the Amazon in question, she was still listening to the conversation before turning away from them.

"I'm sorry." Izuku said again. "It all seems so complicated. Are you saying this is because of ranma's dad?"

"Part of it. The other part is the boy. Ranma doesn't want a relationship, or at least, he claims he doesn't. However, he's willing to move heaven and earth for Akane Tendo. It's clear where his loyalty lies, though that girl doesn't see it." Cologne sighed. She hated speaking about Ranma's infatuation with the Tendo girl, but for Izuku to understand their position, she had to tell him. "That's part of why we attacked. Your arrival could spell the end of our goals to claim Ranma. You have been something akin to an obsession and that is driving the boy further. He's becoming stronger to fight you, even now. After his victory over you a couple of weeks ago, he's been working on becoming even stronger. If this keeps up, shampoo will become out classed and unable to win him." Cologne stood upon the table, looking Izuku dead in the eye, "and above all else, your arrival has upset the balance in the world. I and the other amazons can feel it. If you stay longer than is absolutely necessary, something far worse just might follow you here. We can feel it, something rippling in the dark, just beyond this world. It's trying to break in."

Izuku's mind began to race. If something was trying to break through, could it be All for One trying to reclaim him? Now that he wasn't in there world, did he try to follow him? "What's keeping this darkness at bay?"

Cologne sighed again before sitting down, "I don't know. What I do know is it has something to do with you. The darkness surrounds you every day, never leaving you. You are keeping an anchor here, giving it the chance to break through the very fabric of our world." cologne looked down grimly, before looking up again, "you are the only thing that can stop it, how or why? I don't know, but my only lead is your demise would remove the anchor. So, either you die or return to your world."

Izuku stood from his chair, a look of panic on his face. "I'm not going to die! I have to go home! I need to! I just don't know how yet!" he shouted. "I have a theory on a way to go back! But I can't right now. I'm still recovering from the first explosion. If I can recreate the events that sent me here, I might be able to return home."

Cologne nodded along with Izuku's words before she stood in her chair. "Then allow me to help send you home. We want you out of this world as soon as possible. If we can assist in anyway we will.'' For the first time since being in this world, Izuku almost felt his feet give out from underneath him. Someone was willing to help him, even though they had just tried to kill him. He felt relief flooding his body. He looked at each of them. He gave a bow, his eyes tearing up, "thank you, elder." was all he said.

Cologne's face slowly let up, the glare disappearing. She jumped from the chair before making her way to the counter of the cafe. "Where are you staying?" she asked.

"Mostly on the roof of buildings. I can't afford to stay anywhere, really. So I've been sleeping outside in the local parks and buildings." Izuku said, scratching the side of his face. That's when he realized he was still wearing his mask. Reaching up, he took the mask and face guard off, allowing them to see his proper face instead of the mask.

Cologne's eyes narrowed for a moment before she sighed. "You can work for us. Make some money and find a place to stay. You are going to need to be nearby if we're going to help you."

Izuku shook his head, "I can't do that. I have to continue my patrols. If I'm not-" he got cut off again, this time by a smack to the head by Cologne's staff. He gripped his head in pain, looking at her in bewilderment.

"I hate to tell you this, but your heroing is over. If you want our help, you will have to stop roaming Japan looking for trouble." Cologne said, pogoing her way behind the counter. "If you need to recover before attempting anything, then you need to slow down." she said, pouring herself a cup of tea.

Izuku's eyes fell to the floor. Stop heroing? He couldn't do that. He had thought he had finally found someone to help. He gave a small bow before saying, "then this is goodbye. I have to continue on. If what you said is true, then I have even more of a reason to continue. If he comes after me, I have to be ready." Izuku turned to the front door of the cafe, making his way out. As he did so, he knew that they would come after him again. If they couldn't assist him in returning home, then they would have to eliminate him. That's just how it was.

Cologne watched Izuku leaving. She closed her eyes before shaking her head. So stubborn. He was willing to risk everything to be a hero. "Great grandmother?" Shampoo asked, her voice weak, "are we going after him?"

Cologne smiled at her granddaughter before shaking her head. "No. he will come for our help in time. In the meantime, we will keep an eye out for him. We just might have to stop him ourselves if he doesn't slow down, if only for a moment." Cologne didn't know what she was going to do with the other worlder. She offered him a job and he turned it down. Someday, he'll be back, she was sure.

At school, Ranma was kicking back, his feet on his desk. It had been rather dull the last couple of days. He had been fighting boredom with practice. Every once in awhile he would battle with Ryoga and Moose, maybe the odd ones out here and there. Just the other day he had been dealing with Tsubasa Kurenai and the misunderstanding between him, Ukyo, and Ranma himself.

Sighing, he dropped his legs down from his desk. Speaking of Ukyo, she was late. It had been a couple of minutes since the bell rang and normally she would be here by now. Sitting there, he glanced out the window. They were about to start their lunch period. Where the hell was she? His answer arrived not too long after, with Ukyo charging through the door to their class. She was breathing rather heavily. There she was!

After the lunch period was called for, Ranma and Akane both made their way to talk to Ukyo. "Ucchan! What happened this morning?" Ranma asked, approaching her.

She smiled for a second before speaking. "Sorry about that, Ran-chan. I ran into Midoriya this morning." she said. "He was bleeding and in desperate need of a bath."

"He was bleeding?" Ranma and Akane both said, worried. "Was he ok?" Akane asked.

"I think so. Though, did you guys know he could float in the air?" Ukyo asked, her arms crossed.

"Wait! He can Fly!?" Ranma shouted before his head fell in exasperation. "Just another thing that guy can do. It's so frustrating!" he started scratching his head in agitation.

"Ranma, he was hurt. Doesn't that worry you?" Akane asked, her voice filled with disbelief.

Ranma stopped for a moment before looking Akane in the eye "well, not really. He was still moving around, right? He's fine, I'm sure." The look on Akane and Ukyo's face made him think twice. After a couple of minutes his eyes narrowed before turning away for a minute. "I'm sure he's fine. Just let it go." he said before walking away. Akane and Ukyo looked at one another.

"Was it something I said?" Ukyo asked. "Ran-chan seemed upset."

Akane gave her a look, "are you serious? Ranma's jealous. You're worrying over someone who's not him." she said, a frown of frustration on her face. "Honestly, he gets so upset over the dumbest of things."

Ukyo nodded. She didn't understand why Ranma would be mad. She was still Ranma's fiancee. That didn't change because she helped someone else. She felt frustrated. That boy was so hard to read some days. One day he's the nicest person in the world, the next he's walking around with a stick up his ass. Akane shook her head before following after Ranma with Ukyo right behind her. The three of them returned to their classroom, preparing to finish out the day. As they did so, Ranma kept glancing at his friend before shrugging to himself.

Why was he so upset? He knew the answer to it, but he didn't want to admit it to himself, so he wouldn't. He didn't need to admit it. Not today. After a couple of minutes, Ranma felt his eyes zoning out for a moment. After a few hours, classes ended for the day. Ranma, Akane, and Ukyo had once more begun to make the trek to their respective homes. As they walked, a comfortable silence fell upon them.

It was days like today they enjoyed the most. Nothing crazy, no blatant attacks. After a couple of minutes, however, that lovely day was ruined rather instantly by the shouts that seemed to come from behind them.

"WHAT A HAUL! WHAT A HAUL!"

The voice of the elder Happusie shouted along as the three were walking home. Turning around, they could see said elder running down the street, a large green sack slung over his shoulder, bursting at the seams with women's underwear. Bras and Panties flew from the small opening that was next to his head as he jumped every now and then from the stampeding horde of ladies that had their undergarments stolen. Death threats and challenges where shouted, brooms, stools, and just about anything in there path was being thrown at the old leech.

Akane and Ukyo's eyes widened, seeing Happosai once again at his old tricks. They planted their feet, Ukyo taking the large spatula from her back as they waited for him to get closer. Ranma knelt down on the fence, if Happosai tried to jump over them, he would make sure to get in the way of the dirty old pervert.

After a couple of seconds, Happosai noticed where he was running at last, his eyes opening a mere three feet from the three teens. With a glint in his eyes, he tightened his small hands on the oversized bag of stolen valuables and ran faster, his little feet pounding on the ground before suddenly he turned on the spot and jumped to the roof of the building. Ranma, expecting this, Jumped after him.

Both of their feet touched down on the roof at the same time, which Happosai noticed. "Well, Ranma, my boy. Come to help your master in his time of need?" he asked, raising one of his hands up to his head.

Ranma growled, his teeth barred at the old man, "No! I'm here to stop ya, Old Lech!" he growled before getting hit with cold water. Happosai dropped the bucket he pulled out of thin air, letting it fall down to the streets. Ranma Gasped as his curse transformed him into a girl. In the split second Ranma had, Happosai began bouncing away, cackling at Ranma's misfortune.

"Damn you!" Ranma screamed, his voice carrying quite a way. Far enough for the demon of japan to hear.

Izuku raised his head, his danger sense firing off in his head. His head felt like it was splitting open, that's when he heard the female scream. Quickly, he launched himself into the air, using Black Whip and Fa Jin to launch himself into the air. Looking about, he could see in the distance an older man running across the rooftops of Nerima being chased by a younger red headed girl. He could see something flying from the bag, pieces of cloth.

Using blackwhip, Izuku launched himself forward, making sure he landed in front of the elder man, blocking off his escape. Danger sense was still spiking, pointing out both of them to Izuku. He had to hazard a guess that the elder had just stolen what was in the bag. Now that he was closer, he could see inside the large hole in the top. It was clothes. More accurately, it was women's undergarments. "What is going on here?" Izuku asked.

Happosai stopped, seeing a dark green suit and face mask. He stopped, thinking of ways to make good use of the demon. His face broke into a devilish smile for a split second before he made his eyes water. "Oh! You're that guy playing hero!" he said, dropping to his knees. "I just took these from that girl! She stole them! Please protect me!"

Ranma's eyes widened for a second before stepping forward, "wait! No! He stole them! Im trying to stop the perverted old man." he shouted, pointing at Happosai.

Izuku's eyes flickered between the two, trying to analyze which one could be lying. Having heard rumors around nerima however? He knew which one was which. He lifted his hand, charging One for All to 35% preparing a flick. Happosai smirked his devilish smile as Izuku took aim. Ranma's eyes narrowed for a second. Before either could react, Izuku quickly shifted his aim at Happosai and flicking his finger.

The wind pressure was enough to crack the roof as Happosai jumped away from Izuku's flick. Ranma put his arms up to block his face from the debris. Quickly, Izuku was in Happosai's face. "DETRIOT SMASH!" he shouted as he threw a punch. It came inches from Happosai's face as the old man shifted his head. Just as quickly, Happosai pulled out a wooden pipe from within his Gi. he pushed it forward, hitting Izuku on the forehead, forcing him backwards. Izuku flew back before he started to float so as not to fly off.

Happosai landed upon a different roof before sticking the pipe in his mouth and taking a puff off of it. "Be honest, how did you know?" he asked, genuinely curious.

"The rumors around Nerima." izuku said, landing upon the roof next to Ranma. "An old man stealing wemons underwear. I put two and two together." he turned to ranma. "Are you okay, miss?"

Ranma felt his blood boil. "Im a guy dumbass!" he shouted, his voice becoming shrill. Izuku scratched the back of his head for a minute before shrugging.

"Either way. I'm going to have to ask you to return those to their proper owner." Izuku said, bending down before standing again. Ranma noticed he was acting like he was stretching in case Happosai was going to attack, but Ranma knew better. He had seen this. He had felt it. It made him smile to see. He couldn't wait to see the old leech be notch down a peg.

Happosai's eyes narrowed before speaking. "And give up these beauties? No way!" he shouted before pulling out a gray wrapped package, but before he could light it, Izuku acted. two black tendril appeared next to each Happosai, one on each side.

"FAUX ONE HUNDRED PERCENT!" Izuku shouted, launching himself forward. For the second time in his life, Izuku missed his target. Launching himself forward, he was inches from Happosai as the package in Happosai's hand exploded into smoke. With the distractions, Izuku couldn't see where Happasai was. He was able to stop himself from hitting a building, his danger sense was spiking. It felt similar to how it was when it had first appeared.

"Its strange." Hikage said in Izuku's head, "it's like he's overloading it with his presence." Izuku nodded his head before launching himself out of the smoke. A few houses down, he could see Happosai fleeing, with Ranma chasing after him.

Izuku growled before raising One for All high. Reaching 38%. He flew through the air towards Happosai. Happosai turned around, once again using his pipe to strike at Izuku. His pipe once again found Izuku's head, forcing Izuku out of the sky and onto the roof. Ranma jumped over Izuku, landing a punch into Happosai's face.

"Your emotions are taking over again." Daigoro said, his voice thin. "You keep this up, you will lose control again."

Grunting, Izuku raised himself off the roof, staring at the elder. His eyes were full of water as Ranma took a step back. "You are being so mean! I just want to enjoy my time with my Beauties!" Happosai wailed.

Izuku stood up before stumbling a little. His leg was stinging again. "You're a thief, stealing for your own goals." Izuku said. Staring the old man down. "Why? Why do you do it?"

Happosai stopped wailing for a second before speaking, "why, because they're beautiful. Womens panties and bras? They're wonderful! Best after having been worn! So soft and warm!" happosai said, pulling a bra from within the bag and clipping it to his head, with his nose in one of the cups.

Ranma stepped forward angrily, "You're just a perverted old man!" he shouted, his hands clenched, ready to attack again.

"And you, Ranma! Keeping me from my passions! And attacking me two on one! How cruel!" Happosai shouted, pointing his pipe at Ranma.

Izuku stopped, his eyes widening. Slowly he turned his head to look at Ranma, looking his female form up and down. The clothes were the same for sure. The mannerisms, the battle style. "No way…" he whispered to himself.

Ranma tried to ignore Izuku. He needed to worry about Happosai right now. "two on one!? That's rich coming from you!" he shouted before charging forward. Izuku quickly followed behind. Happosai raised his pipe, hitting Ranma in the chest before hitting him in the chin. Ranma flew backwards as Izuku came in behind him.

"SMASH!" Izuku shouted, attempting to kick Happosai. He caught the attack using his arm, but Izuku could feel it give a little. Happosai's eyes widened before he took the bag on his back and threw it at Izuku. Using black whip, Izuku caught it before it could cause a sort of smokescreen. The bag was lowered on the ground as he jumped at Happosai. His body spun in the air, One For All surging to 40%. "I'll go beyond!" he started to shout, "PLUS ULTRA!" he launched his kick downward. Happosai's eyes widened as Izuku's foot made contact with his face. The air itself pressurized as Happosai was launched downward to the streets below.

Izuku was breathing heavily. His body floating in the air. Happosai was still conscious, slowly crawling away, before slumping to the ground. He allowed One for all to lower before turning it off as he lowered himself down, to check on the elder, he left Ranma on the roof.

Ranma was on his butt, his gaze never leaving where Izuku and Happosai had been. He hadn't charged his attack when he had kicked Happosai down. He felt his hand shake. Izuku hadn't taken their fight seriously! He could see it here and now. Izuku had used his skills, that black tendril, the flying, the sudden increase in power. He ground his teeth in. He stood up for a moment before he punched the roof in frustration. His eyes flashed for a moment before he charged down after Izuku.

Izuku was checking Happosai, making sure he was still alive. He was breathing, luckily, but he was out now. Just as Izuku was reaching for Happosai to take him to the police he felt a spark come from Danger Sense. Turning, Ranma's fist came inches from his face. Izuku gasped before flicking his finger, sending Ranma backwards in desperation. "What are you doing!?" he shouted.

Ranma landed on the ground before he quickly stood again. "You… you didn't take me seriously! In our fight! And you… you still beat me!" he shouted before running forward. The frustration. The anger was boiling his blood beyond his normal anger. He threw another punch, hitting Izuku square in the jaw. The fatigue from the previous fight was waiting on Izuku, but Danger sense was making his head hurt more than normal.

Growling, Izuku charged One for All once more to 40%. "I don't have time for this!" Izuku shouted before kicking ranma in the side of the chest.

Ranma flew to the side, landing upon a small lawn. Gripping, dipping his hand into the dirt, Ranma didn't care how or why. He felt he had to win this. Here and now. Coming up, he threw the dirt towards Izuku. In surprise, he jumped into the air before launching tendrils down to the side. Launching himself at Ranma, Izuku was at his limit of emotion. "You want my best!? Fine! You will get my best!" Izuku shouted. He was so angry. With everything that had happened today, Ranma suddenly attacked him out of nowhere and used such underhanded tactics.

Izuku buried his foot into ranma's gut. Ranma gasped before Izuku said "smokescreen." and a puff of purple smoke exploded from Izuku's body. Spinning in mid air, Izuku kicked Ranma in the head, making his whole body flip on itself. Disoriented, Ranma stood for a moment before he felt something hit his back, then his front, then his side. In a matter of moments, each strike was coming from nowhere. He couldn't see it. When the smokescreen disappeared, he could see black tendrils coming from Izuku's back, like extra arms. Just like Ranma had first seen him.

"I thought you could help me." Izuku said, his voice was monotone. "I was wrong. No one can help me here." and then two of the tendrils flew from his hands landing behind Ranma. "Fa jin." and he launched forward. No scream, no shout. Ranma felt his body flying through the air. He slammed into a wall, his eyes becoming unfocused. Slowly, he lost consciousness, his female form slumping.

Izuku was still breathing heavily. He was trying to get his anger under control. He was half tempted to leave the two, but he knew he couldn't do that. Picking up the downed form of Ranma and Happosai, he floated into the air slowly. He won this fight, but he saw himself lose himself. He expected too much from Ranma. He wouldn't be able to help.

"I wouldn't say that." the first said. "Just take some time. You need to rest. You have been fighting for over two months now. You need to rest."

Izuku didn't say anything, floating through the sky. Finally, he arrived at the Tendo Dojo and dropped Ranma off at the front door, not exactly feeling welcome in the home. As he was rising into the air, Happosai steered. Without a word, he reached into his Gi and pulled another bomb out. He lit it before tossing it in front of Izuku. He was surprised for a moment before it exploded in his face. Not as strong as Ka-chan's explosions but enough for him to let go of Happosai.

The elder bounced out of his grip before making his way back to the dojo and seeing ranma's unconscious body. Before he could do anything, though he was licking his lips, the door to the house opened and Kasumi stepped out. "Oh my." she said, her hand flying to her hand. "Uncle Happosai. Ranma!" With the help of Kasumi, Ranma was brought into the house, Soun and Genma's eyes widening at the state of Ranma. It didn't take long for word to get around. How Ranma had just attacked the demon of Japan after he took down Happosai. That the demon was released upon Ranma Saotome and he didn't walk away for the second time.

A/N: gosh, its been a minute. Hey guys, so i ended up getting a new job and so my updates are going to slow down for a bit. It wont be every week like it was as i need time after work to do the things i need to, along with spending time on my actual novel. That being said, i figured i would make sure to release this like always, with reviews at the end of the chapter.

Feral creature: the old ghoul knows something, also ukyo best girl.

Kain: yes and yes.

Djinn: Great new chapter, look forward to seeing how the elder knew Izuku is from another world. In regardss to the amazons rival wise. Mousse would be ranma's rival due to shampoo's affection for him. Cologne is more of a teacher/shcemer to get ranma with shampoo. Shampoo is more of a rival to ukyo for ranma's affection. I enjoyed the short fight.

Kain: Thank you, I appreciate the review as always. I can't really disagree because your right. I have been told my best attribute when it comes to storytelling is a well described fight scene.

Rogers.5: Of course, the old ghoul would figure it out easily.

Kain: But of course.