Smoke 14

Smoke grunted in pain, one equal side of his body from the shoulder down crumpled like a tin can as the Nomu ploughed into him. His body screaming in agony, he managed to utter the words 'Ignition Situation Critical' and he activated his quirk.

Ignition was an enhancement technique, Harry had developed shortly after his death match with Professor Quirrel. It had manifested as his hands glowing redraw, smoke following his gestures and whenever he grabbed something the natural moisture evaporated causing the skin to crack and dissolve. All at the cost of boiling the water in the blood and the fat reserves in the body.

Situation Critical, was a technique that allowed Harry to convert his fat reserves and water into smoke, coupled with his acquired habit of smoking or vaping landed him with a nice excess of power to use in a combative setting. Fortunately, Harry had spent most of the time maximising what he could do with the little reserves he could store.

He concentrated, the power surged through him. He saw All Might land and move to assist him. "STAY! BACK! VOLCANO CANON!"

All Might and Shigaraki stared! One in awe and the other in horror as the young man forced his unbroken hand and arm into the mouth of the creature. For a moment nothing happened and Shigaraki began to cackle, but, a scream replaced the cackle. Nomu froze, Smoke hung in its arms, one arm trapped in the Nomu's mouth as its body began to blacken and then lance as streaks of red energy pulsed through the Nomu from the mouth, down the throat and wind-pipe and into the body, it began to change from dark blue to black, then black with red. Skin began to blister and burst as the regeneration quirk kicked in, it only began to burn faster. Shigaraki began to scream orders to the Nomu, but, it wasn't responding to his orders. The blistering fusillade reached Nomu's hands and Smoke was free, supported only by his arm in the mouth.

"Boom!" Smoke growled as Nomu transmuted into a pile of ash and smoke as an orb of flame exploded from where it had stood. Shigaraki watched in horror as the flames consumed the ash adding a smokey texture to them only for them to condense, and coalesce into smoke renditions of wings with flames and ash making the membrane. Arm broken, shoulder broken, hip cracked, femur, tibia and fibula also cracked with internal bleeding, neon green eyes glowing, Smoke faced the Mastermind in charge.

"Nomus is terminated. Anti-All Might, maybe, not me. Now, Shigaraki Funeral Rites: Phoenix Night: Consume All." Smoke concentrated and the constructed wings turned into whipping tendrils with spines, designed to perforate, shred and sunder the young man.

None of the attacks landed. Shigaraki had been pulled away and Shigaraki gulped, Nomu had been defeated! UA had an outside player! And it wasn't fair. Smoke watched the villain retreat before sagging slightly, Snipe rushed down the stairs and caught the teen before he hit the floor "Hold your horses, there, cowboy. You did good."

Harry groaned "Thanks…How's Eraserhead?"

"I'm okay, Smoke. A few cracked ribs, bruised diaphragm and potentially a concussion. You?"

"Fucked Femur, Tibia, Fibula, cracked hip and pelvis, humerus, radius and ulna also broken, scapula feels like a crushed tin-can and I'm dying for a joint, takeaway and my sofa…so…in response…probably two days until I'm good to go."

Aizawa looked at him with a raised eyebrow "Two days? That's more like weeks or a month."

"Was part of a programme to become the British Equivalent of All Might…accelerated healing is part of the side-effects of this."

"Smoke, I should be writing you up for insubordination and reckless self-endangerment of yourself" Aizawa stated.

Harry chuckled "It's inherited and honed. It was different, this time, normally, I'm on my own most of the time in this sort of situation. I had a teacher backing me up."

Snipe and Aizawa shared a look, they'd need to talk with Smoke about this and the fact that they were legally obligated to report this to the Police and the Hero Public Safety Commission. "Get some rest." At that moment Snipe and Aizawa felt the student they were supporting go limp, after struggling momentarily to remove his helmet, the first thing they saw was Smoke's eyes in the back of his head. He was unconscious.

The students were transported back to UA, all in degrees of shock. Jiro, however, was petrified. She'd watched as her boyfriend chucked himself without preservation prevarication and prompting into the fray whilst they, the rest of Class 1-A, froze in fear. She grabbed his hand and refused to relinquish her hold on his hand. "Kyouka…" She looked up to see Aizawa making his way over to her.

"Sensei…I…He's…"

Aizawa smiled thinly "He saved my life. This, feeling of helplessness, is a common feeling for heroes who are involved with one another. Jiro, do not try and compare yourself to him and say 'I should have done more', the fact you came out of this experience alive…is a testament to your skills."

Jiro nodded weakly, she felt a light pressure on her hand. She turned to see Harry beginning to groan. "Harry!" She exclaimed knocking her chair over, causing a reverberating crash to be heard in the infirmary. Harry's eyes opened revealing bloodshot green eyes.

"Hey."

Kyouka flushed "Hey! That's all you can say? I saw you get rag-dolled by that monster! Then…then…you annihilated it, you got beaten into a pulp! All you can say is 'hey'." She snapped.

Harry laughed "Right…my… nonchalant mannerisms aside, I'm used to that. It was a novelty having my classmates and teachers on my side." He winced as he reached out for her hand. Kyoka grabbed it and squeezed it.

"You scared me asshole! Please…let me know next time."

Harry chuckled at that, thanks to the venom and tears in his system he could already feel his ribs healing. "Where do you think you're going?" A sharp voice called. Kyoka had a grin on her face as she began to record, she would later upload it on to HeroTuber with a caption of 'My BF getting busted at UA!' "Recovery Girl! Erm how are you? As for where I'm going…sofa, food, bed and more food."

Recovery Girl tapped her cane on the floor "I would recommend you stay…"

Harry shook his head "Recovery Girl, if I call my Guardian to come and pick me up and I leave that way, would that be acceptable?" The old healing hero nodded. Kyoka quit recording and dialled Sirius's number.

S: Hey Jiro-chan, what's my Godson gone and done now?
K: Hey…He's in the hospital.
S: What! Is he okay?
K: Broken ribs…will explain. Can you come an get him?
S: Be 45mins, gotta talk to Midoriya
S: … Inko!
S: Your mother says hi and that she wants to meet your boyfriend, your dad as well ?

K: … Does Harry ever call you an asshole?
S: Multiple times a day.
K: You're a major one.
S: You keep my Godson from injuring himself more, I'll pick you up.

The duo weren't waiting long, Harry had managed to drain the battery and burn out the coil of his vape, using the inhaled smoke to further accelerate his healing; he rolled out of bed and realised that his costume was in tatters "RG, do you know where the rest of my costume is?"

"What you have on is all that you have left, the rest was taken into evidence…"

Harry paled "Oh…that's…really not good."

Recovery Girl cocked her head "Why not? Didn't you fill in the form for UA to repair it?"

"I…don't think I did. Also, I've had the suit since I was eleven, I…made it, and repaired it religiously…the material my suit was made of stored excess amounts of my quirk, basically allowing me to use my quirk for greater durations."

RG nodded, meanwhile Aizawa grunted finally attracting the attention to him "Smoke, Potter… I'll see what I can do about getting the remains of your suit back to you. However, you're going to serve three days of detention with Mic, Midnight and I…for not handing in the specs of your suit, the fact you made your suit and disobeying my orders back at the USJ."

Harry nodded "Hai sensei."

Aizawa smirked "It's more of a talking thing and preparing your defence from the HSPC."

Harry paused "That's…Government isn't it? Oh shit."

Aizawa sighed "The best way to get on top of this is to tell me everything, I'll hand it to the Principal and he'll deal with it. Especially because you're technically an exchange student and thus have to adhere to your home nation's international laws."

Harry smirked and swiftly murmured, "I'm allowed to do what I can and what is necessary with reasonable force to get myself out of a situation."

Aizawa nodded "I'll come by and get your statement sometime over the weekend."

Harry nodded "Remember, my house, my rules…more or less. Depending on when you arrive, there is every chance you won't leave until you've eaten." Aizawa grinned at the transfer student.

"I shouldn't but I'll take you up on that offer, Potter."

Harry smirked "If you're willing to take me on for Work Experience, then, we can label it as Hero-Sidekick Administration Meeting…I'll even get my Dogfather in as a witness."

Aizawa nodded, and then, Harry's phone went off. The Erasure Hero sighed as he recognised it for dismissal "Make sure you email Power Loader the schematics for your new suit. Harry…just try it. You don't need to hide behind secrecy and obfuscation to get what you need."

Harry nodded "I'll…work on it."

Aizawa grunted, a grin hidden beneath his capture scarf "You'd make a brilliant undercover hero, you know that?"

Harry chuckled "Sensei, it's imperative that all students get a taste of as much Heroics as they can."

Aizawa snorted "I'll be over with the paperwork."

Kyouka was dumbfounded, she'd just observed her boyfriend and their Homeroom Teacher cover a lot of topics in a few sentences which effortlessly confused her. She blushed as Harry subconsciously took her hand and escorted her to the car, Kyouka wasn't a car girl but even she could appreciate a flatback four-seater Mitsubishi when she saw one.

"Hey kiddos. Get in, we can chat about what happened if you want."

Harry nodded "Kyouka, my Godfather, isn't going to judge us. He's done just as many equally dumb and dangerous things when he was our age." Sirius pouted good-naturedly at his Godson.

"Now I'm not the one who jumped in an extremely sketchy flight-tech prepped car and crashed it into a sentient Willow Tree. Although, I don't believe I've congratulated you enough on such an epic stunt."

Kyouka looked at Harry from the front passenger seat "You never told me that!"

"I've given you a cliff notes and you were more impressed at my feats of diving out of the windows of the Tower Dormitory and my spectacular sporting crashes." Harry replied from the back seat, puffing on his vape. Sirius didn't mind Harry vaping or smoking but not in the front passenger seat. Kyouka did smile at that "I still want evidence of your first game where you hit the pitch floor and bounced."

Harry sighed "We'll get that eventually."

(Hogwarts)

Albus Dumbledore stood up "Everyone, before we have our well-deserved dinner I do have a swift announcement to make."

The school was sombre, three-quarters of the school looked up with hope in their eyes. Umbridge had swiftly become unbearable and Snape was still Snape.

"I have been in contact with Principle Nezu of the prestigious High School Yuuei in Japan and the Principle of Ketsubutsu High School providing the talks are favourable they would be agreeable for an exchange programme of sorts."

At the Gryffindor Table, the Fifth Years quickly broke out into hushed whispers "Hermione." Lavender Brown called out.

"Yes?"

"Didn't you say that Harry had gone to Japan?" Lavender asked.

Hermione paused "I was informed by Katie Bell, who bumped into Harry just before school started and she said that she'd be sorting something out for him…something about a contact who happens to be her cousin. You'd be better off asking her."

Katie who'd been in a discussion with Alicia snapped her head around almost causing whiplash, the students near her winced as the cartilage popped suddenly. "You asked for me, Hermione?"

Hermione nodded, out of the women in Gryffindor Tower, Katie was one she was closest with. Due to the fact that they interacted with Harry on a constant basis and it helped that talking about him had led to a closer connection. "Harry being over in Japan."

Katie grinned "He's having the time of his life. He told me that he'd be in contact soon, something about an investigation."

Hermione gulped and the Gryffindor table fell silent. Gryffindor Tower had always had a vibrant and entertaining atmosphere to it and somehow with Harry gone, it had died off considerably. Outside of Quidditch, Harry tended to be doing some activity and roped in a considerable crowd; some wanted to participate and others just wanted to see what was happening. Then during a monthly Holiday party or Quidditch Win or even Exams Completed Party, Harry would reluctantly but with utter dignity would participate in a stunt of some sort. "What d'ya mean he's involved in an investigation?" Seamus blurted out. Seamus and Harry didn't always have the best of relationships, out of the boys in Hermiones' year Harry and Seamus were the most turbulent; Seamus didn't know when to stop and Harry would say somethings gone to far and the pair would spar, Harry dominated Seamus and the pair would serve a detention together and then they'd be on good terms until the next incident "Sure, Harry and I don't always get along and I had to argue with my mam to get her to allow me to come back especially after the fact Harry wasn't. He's under an investigation?"

Katie let out a whistle of exasperation and inadvertently shattered her goblet "I don't know much, but, what I do know is my Cousin and Harry were in a Hero Rescue Class and it went horrendously wrong.

As the Gryffindor table all began to huddle around Katie and the Quidditch Team for news on possibly their most powerful member, other discussions across the other tables were more interested in the prospect of the exchange programme. In particular, on the Slytherin Table, the Slytherins were whispering about the wealth of opportunities to develop their families the Dark Lord's tendrils of influence. The Dark Lord had summoned his remaining followers and the Eldest Children to him and had informed them that the Dark Lord had plans to take over the rest of the world and spread the belief of pureblood heroes and the superiority of British Heroics onto the rest of the world.

"Are you sure this is a good idea, Albus?" McGonagall asked.

Albus smiled beneath his beard "It would be a good idea for the students to gain…perspective."