So, little late, I know, but HAPPY NEW YEAR!... or I would say that if 2021 didn't take one last person from the world that made it that little more tolerable.

RIP Betty White

So yea, a new year means a new chapter! and we can finally get started on the Hero Killer arc... OH BOY! :D and I do mean that with enthusiasm as I have some plans.

Before I get to the reviews, just as a heads up, I've decided to re-upload and edit my original story, and its new title is "Phantasia: Errated", currently only one chapter is up now and the second chapter is waiting to be edited upon, so don't expect constant updates, as I do with Bearer.

Regardless, if you like D&D, Warhammer, and Heavy Metal, give it a read, or find the original (though very cringy at times and very unedited) called "Phantasia", because I will tell you from chapter 3 on, things are changing :D

Onto the Reviews!:

Wingzero512: I honestly found no issues with the final ending of Endwalker tbh, and that issue was "solved" at the end regardless so not like it would show up in MHA. But thanks for the suggestion.

fallendemon248: It's understandable that there would be a few hiccups with Eri's training, and the least "scary" one for her would be turning the lizard back into an egg and.. who knows ;)

Sage and Reaper are a good ways off and I have something cooked up for both of them, considering how Reaper powers work.

Silvanium: When I saw that ending, I was like... "HOLY SHIT THEY SET THAT UP PERFECT FOR ME!" XD

As for Zenos, we will just have to wait and see, and I honestly couldn't see him trying to train up Izuku to eventually fight him, since Zenos never did that with the WoL anyway.

the metaphysical god of heroes: It's pretty hard NOT TO kill him not going to lie.

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to My Hero Academia and Final Fantasy XIV, they belong to their copyright holders.

Chapter 47

Decisions Made...

'Well, that went about as well as I was expecting.'

Nabriales had thought to himself as he was once again looking over the area known as Hosu, far above its many streetlights and buildings to remain hidden within the darkness of the night sky.

He crossed his arms over his chest as he could see the hero killer, Stain, jump from rooftop to rooftop, expertly keeping to the shadows and on the lookout for prey. His usual smile had long since faded as the Ascian sighed heavily.

"What a fool… to weed out the so-called 'fake' heroes because of a little thing like greed and fame? To bring back some sort of age-old notion of 'true heroism'? Pathetic." He spoke aloud to himself as he vanished into a dark portal, only to appear back inside of the Nomu manufacturing plant, staring up the near-completed "Ifrit" that was floating within the liquid substance that was keeping the thing 'alive' for the most part until it would awaken.

"Perhaps…" Nabriales had spoken softly after a time his clawed gauntlets placed themselves upon the glass tube housing his Primal, "Perhaps a test to see how far along the 'reawakening' is…."

The Ascian soon turned his head towards the other three large containers housing other Nomu, though they were basic in their design and not augmented with the 'gifts' Nabriales had bestowed upon his currently prized creature. He kept staring at the three of them, realizing these were going to be the Nomu that would be unleashed upon the city at the behest of the foolish Shigarki's whims and wants of revenge against the hero killer for turning him down and nearly ending him then and there.

As the smug smile he was known for crept back along his chapped lips, the otherworldly being began to cackle madly within the silent and large warehouse.

A low groan escaped past Izuku's lips as he pushed himself off of the floor of Gran Torino's living room, sweating profusely as this had been the… well… he lost count of how many single-handed push-ups he was doing while wearing all of his magitek gadgets on his arms and legs.

The TV was on with the aforementioned pro hero sitting back in a slightly beaten-up old recliner while eating some takoyaki. Currently, the old man was watching the hero news network, and after swallowing his latest mouthful of food, he spoke up, "Brat! Name me three of the current top ten heroes and their quirks, excluding the oaf, GO!"

"Endeavor! Quirk: Hellflame!" Izuku grunted out as he switched to his other hand, lowing himself down and was panting hard, "Miruko! Quirk: Rabbit!"

Izuku panted, gasping for breath as he was about to name the third one, when he collapsed onto the ground with a shout of pain. He groaned as the familiar sounds of the special footwear Gran Torino worn could be heard making their way to his aching body, "Well, not bad… over six hours of pushups and still being able to think reliably, still need to work on your reaction time, especially for tomorrow."

"T-tomorrow, sir?" Izuku gasped, slowly lifting himself up and sitting on the ground, his arms and legs screaming in pain as he looked at the diminutive older man.

"Yep, your other mentor will be here with his own sidekick to help train you up; you'll also be able to use the full extent of your powers against the punk because from what I hear, you'll need it."

"W-who is the sidekick?"

"Not telling ya, as that would give you time to plan and strategize." Gran Torino smirked smugly at his pupil, who groaned and hung his head, "Now hit the showers and then suit up! We are going to Hosu tonight."

Izuku froze at the mention of the name, staring at the old pro for a few solid moments before the old-timer sighed heavily, "No, We are not going to be joining in the hunt for Stain; they got enough boots on the ground for that. Our job will be to support them in handling smaller disturbances that come up so the others can focus on hunting down the hero killer."

The green-haired boy blinked for a moment, his brow furrowing, "T-This is about Iida, isn't it…? Why we are going out there in the first place?" Izuku asked, watching as Gran Torino moved off of his recliner towards the kitchen with a smirk as he hobbled past him.

"Maybe, never know who could show up to ruin someone's suicidal revenge plan, eh?"

Izuku simply kept staring at the old man before a smirk slowly crept along his lips with a determined look came across his face before nodding and heading towards his room to shower and change.

As the young man did this, Gran Torino's smile slowly began to fade as he pulled out a cellphone hidden underneath his scarf, pressing a button to speed dial a particular person regarding his pupil.

"Yes?" the high-pitched voice of Nezu spoke across the receiver, as if he was expecting the phone call and almost sounded eager from the old man's point of view.

"Me and the boy are about to head out on that patrol, and I just want to make it one hundred percent clear… He can use his "powers" out in the field, right?"

"Only if you allow it, Mr. Torino, after all, you are the pro here." Nezu spoke while the sounds of tea being poured into his cup could be heard through the phone, "I am sure Mr. Midoriya has given you the full rundown of his kits, correct?"

"Yea, he did his little 'fashion show'." grunted the man as he went to the fridge to get himself a bottle of water, "I'll be honest with ya, some of those weapons of his seem a tad overkill."

"The gun?"

"Nah," Gran Torino said with a wave of his hand, "The gun I'm fine with, especially after stating he made rubber bullets for the thing, it's the really odd ones that take the cake, like that other gun… sword… thing he has."

"Well, you could always ask him to not use that particular kit or the others you deem to be unsafe for the public currently."

"Rather not do that, considering he may come across Stain tonight."

"Oh? What makes you think that, Gran Torino?" Nezu asked with a mirthful tone to his voice.

"Eh, call it a hunch, after all, you told me before all this and what I got out of the kid with all the bullshit that's happened to him since he got his powers." the old pro spoke before he heard a clatter coming from his pupil's room and as well muffled shouts of swearing. "... Oh right, there was another thing I wanted to bring up since you told me to look for it."

"I heard that crash even from here; Mr. Midoriya hasn't been disruptive, has he?"

"Nah, a little irritable at times, but never at me. But, the boy has been losing his cool at times when he's really flummoxed on something." Gran Torino said that caused the dean to sigh heavily.

"I feared this would happen, well, the bad news is that it's not something we can handle currently until he returns to UA, but the good news is that it just proves a theory of mine, and we can adjust things to better accommodate the boy for the future."

"I'm afraid to even ask."

"That would be for the best, yes."

Izuku sighed heavily as he rolled his head around and walked out of his current lodgings wearing his full hero suit, the nearly identical green uniform to his mother's original design, although the material used was made with better quality materials.

However, the latest additions onto his person were what really stood out. They were silver in color but tight-fitted to his arms and legs that naturally felt like they were a part of his body. Izuku's hands were covered in an almost futuristic-like gauntlet that had bright blue light shimmering at his knuckles, which also dotted the joints of his fingers and arm. The tips of the fingers were pointed, almost claw-like in a way, though blunted to be more for show than anything else.

His feet and calves were similarly decorated, though the casing around his iconic red shoes was black in color and seemed thicker in the material around the toes and heel. And after a few flicks of his foot to make sure everything was working correctly, or at least assumed they were.

These were built with Mei's help, so some sort of explosive failure was always a worrying point.

Sighing gently to himself, placing some of his first-aid items into his belt pouches, Izuku had stopped when he had picked up his cellphone, eyeing it for a moment before flipping it open and dialing a number.

Back at UA, Kyoka was smiling down at her pseudo-daughter Eri, who was sitting behind a small little drumset and very carefully tapping out a small beat, when all of a sudden, her cellphone blared loudly to the lyrics of the latest "Deep Purple" hit made both of the girls jump in fright.

Grumbling at the interruption, the punk rocker was about to tear into whoever had called her, but her attitude shifted once she saw the name of who was calling. Bringing the device to her ear, she spoke softly, "Hello?"

"Hey, Kyoka!" Izuku's voice rang out softly from the earpiece, "How are you? How is your internship?"

Eri's head perked up when she could vaguely hear her papa coming from the device as Kyoka smiled down at her, moving close and patting her head before sitting down beside her daughter who immediately sat on her lap that caused Kyoka to grunt slightly. Hearing the noise on the other side, Izuku quickly asked, "Are you alright?"

"Nothing to it, Green, just had a unicorn sit on my lap." Kyoka smirked as she brought the device closer to Eri and placed it on speakerphone, "Say hi to your dad, Eri."

"Hi, Papa!"

"Hey, sweetie! How are you?"

Eri shifted within Kyoka's lap, her cheeks a soft pink as if in embarrassment, "I-I'm ok, papa… just… we did another thing today with Mr. Lizard's brother."

Kyoka wrapped her free arm around Eri's midsection, holding her close and softly whispering nice and loving things to help cheer up and encourage the small child. Izuku, on the other end, kept silent as if asking Eri to continue on at her own pace.

Eventually, thanks to the warmth of one of her mothers, Eri continued, "H-his tail was on him, my cr-quirk put his tail back on."

"Eri…" Izuku said softly as both she and Kyoka could hear the brilliant smile on their end, "That's fantastic! I knew you could do it!"

Eri was now beaming a bright smile herself, giggling gently at the praise coming from her papa. It was at that point that Kyoka had seen the time on her phone and looked down to the single-horned girl, "Eri, it's almost time for dinner; you should go and get yourself cleaned up while I talk with your father, alright?"

Eri looked up at her mother, a little sadness in her eyes as she was excited to hear from her papa after the few days she had been apart from him, but any of the protests she was about to say was instantly defeated when Izuku spoke up.

"She's right, Eri, and I do not have a lot of time as I'll be heading out on patrol shortly. I called to check up on you and let you know where I'll be tonight, so you don't have to worry."

Eri tilted her head gently in confusion at this, "Pa….Patrol?"

"It's when heroes walk the streets to keep everyone safe, princess." Kyoka said softly and hugged her a little more, "This way, the bad people behave themselves, you know why?"

"Because Papa is out there!" Eri said with so much confidence in her voice that she missed the choked cough of Izuku on the other line, but Kyoka had noticed and was smiling with a smug look on her face.

"Not just your papa, but pretty much all of us will be out on the streets to do patrols… that means that they will have to be extra careful because if Papa is out there, that means your mamas are as well, and we are a force to be reckoned with, wanna know why?"

"Why is that, Mama?"

"Because us four are the only ones that keep your papa in check." Kyoka looked at the phone as she heard nothing but silence coming from Izuku, which caused her to chuckle softly before moving Eri back onto her feet, "Now go get washed up, maybe you can see what sort of dessert Grandma has prepared for you today."

The mere mention of dessert caused Eri to quickly rush out of the room, causing the punk rocker to chuckle more before she put the phone off of the speaker and brought it up to her ear, "So, a patrol, huh? This isn't the same patrol that is going to go hunt down the hero killer, is it?"

"N-No… No, it's not." Izuku said with a slight stutter, and when the lack of any confirmation from Kyoka made him get defensive, "It's seriously not, Kyoka. But, yes, me and Gran Torino are going to Hosu as support, allowing the others to focus on tracking down Stain while we are doing patrols to keep the public safe."

"And to stop Iida, right?"

The silence was all she heard for a few moments before Izuku sighed gently, "If it comes down to it, yes… though I don't expect to see him there or part of the main search party. It would be reckless for his mentor to put a person with a tight connection to their target on the search team."

"Well, looks like you have your work cut out for you then. Did you watch the news when they announced who was on the teams?" Kyoka asked as she picked herself up off of the floor and sat on her bed; when the confirmation that he hadn't because of his intense workout earlier, Kyoka relaxed on her soft mattress, "Apparently, they have Endeavor leading the search, probably because he is the number two hero, and despite his rep, he does bring in more villains than All Might. But also a bunch of low-ranking heroes are to help him out, including Manual."

The sudden crunch of metal, as well as an outburst of 'shit' coming from Izuku, raised Kyoka from bed, "What the hell was that?!"

"... I may have just punched a hole into my hero suitcase…." Izuku said with a grumble and muttering of more curse words, which caused Kyoka to raise an eyebrow at his reaction. Fair that anyone would be upset about the situation, but Izuku wasn't one to just destroy shit in anger, followed by cursing like a drunken sailor.

"Izuku, are you alright?" asked the purple-haired woman with a worried tone to her voice; admittedly, Kyoka had noticed a very slight change of her boyfriend's demeanor a couple of days before everyone left for their internships. In fact, this wasn't entirely unnoticed by the others when the girls had a small meeting with one another while Izuku was outside playing with Eri during those final days.

Izuku's exhale coming from the receiver caught her attention as he spoke, "I honestly don't know; most times, I just feel irritated at things quicker than I should be. It's like… an itch? If that makes any sense."

"You know, Tsuyu was acting a little different as well."

"She was?" spoke Izuku after a few moments of silence, and Kyoka realized what he was possibly thinking and frowned to herself as she spoke loudly into her phone.

"Don't you even start, Izuku Midoriya. You know how often Tsuyu tries to keep her emotions and that to herself to not worry us. Yes, it's annoying, but that's something we will have to get used to. I just hope it's something she'll share with us at some point."

"I-I'm sure she will… as you said, you know how she is." Izuku chuckled weakly, already knowing full well what was up with Tsuyu, and thankfully Kyoka couldn't decipher what he knew through the phone, "But, enough about that… How has your internship been going? I thought you'd be helping Present Mic get ready for his show tonight?"

"That WAS the plan," Kyoka said with a slight huff, "But Mic was another hero that was joining the search party, and he felt that it would be too dangerous to bring me in."

"You sound disappointed," Izuku said softly as he flexed one of his fingers to make sure the fit was still right.

"I mean, yeah, I get it… this is a professional villain that has been killing pro heroes left and right… but I can be useful too ya know!"

"Oh, I know that for a fact." Izuku said with a gentle smile on his lips, "Your hearing detection and investigation skills have really improved since we started at UA, Kyoka! Honestly, suppose we had maybe another year under our belt. In that case, you'd be right out there with Mic and could probably pinpoint Stain's location instantly!"

Kyoka blushed as her boyfriend continued to praise her for the hard work she had been doing; it was not often that someone would notice that she had been practicing her hearing skills, given how hard it was to actually show it unless she was announcing it to the rest of her classmates.

Thank god she would never reveal what she heard when she passed by Toru's room on the last night before the internships started.

Eventually, the conversation turned into other little things, such as if either of them heard about the others and how they were doing. Kyoka had mentioned that Momo and Mina had kept her up to date on their internships, with Momo complaining about her experience with Uwabambi, although apparently Class 1-B's Itsuka Kendo was there with her and had made the experience slightly tolerable. And with Mina, she had expressed all the fun dance movies that Jammin' Beats had taught her, as well as getting to know the other Class 1-B student there, Kinoko Komori. However, Kyoka did fail to mention the mushroom girl's crush on their boyfriend.

Sadly, aside from the single text sent to the class group chat that she was leaving port, no one had heard from Tsuyu while she was mentoring off with the Pro Hero Selkie.

Eventually, the sudden loud noise of a door opening on Izuku's end had to make them end their call in a hurry, but before the green-haired boy had ended the call, he could hear Kyoka give a half-serious, half-joking tone of voice that made Izuku smile gently.

"Don't do anything stupid!"

The street lights flickered on as sunlight began to fall behind the many buildings of the Hosu area, with many of the residents seeking shelter for the oncoming night as well as not to get in the way of the patrols of various heroes going about in their search for the "Hero-Killer".

One such duo was the currently placed No. 222 Pro hero named Manual, talking about some of the duller aspects of the hero world, given how often the schools failed to teach any students that there was a lot of paperwork a hero needed to fill out after every mission.

However, and doing so as not to be rude to his mentor, Tenya Iida, wearing his costume that looked like a cross between a knight and sports car, dutifully reaffirmed that he was listening to points, as well nodding his head to further sell the act.

Now, Tenya knew that Manual meant well, having found the hero to be a kind and supportive mentor, but the things the man would discuss were already things he already knew about, given that Tenya was born into a respected hero family.

But as Tenya "listened" on, his eyes darted too and fro between the darkened alleys that barely were touched by the warm lights from up above. Tenya had done some research on the various heroes that Stain had killed, finding a connection between the incidents that the villain tended to stalk and hunt down his prey within dark alleys, something that was quickly not recognized by those who hadn't bothered to actually investigate the man and his "methods". Something Tenya noticed that Manual was not privy to or preferred to be out in the open for the public to see him?

"You see," the voice of Manual broke Tenya's inner thoughts as the hero student looked towards the 'Normal Hero', "Even if we gotta do small tasks, like rescue kittens from trees or take down bad guys, we still need to show the public that we are still out here to help them no matter what, right Iida?"

"Erm, Yes, sir," Tenya said tentatively, clearing his throat a little as he hadn't fully listened to that particular part of the conversation, but as Manual was going to repeat what he said, the headset squawked to life as well as an explosive fireball could be seen a few blocks away from where the two stood.

"MANUAL!" an unknown hero's voice came from the device, "WE NEED HELP! SOME CRAZED VILLAINS ARE DESTROYING PARTS OF HOSU! ONE OF THEM IS LITERALLY TORCHING THE PLACE!"

"Copy that! Me and my sidekick are on our way!" The hero said as he looked to Tenya, who gave the pro a hard stare, "There are a bunch of villains causing a ruckus and burning down the buildings! We need to get there ASAP!"

"But what about Stain?" asked Tenya, one of his hands curling into a fist that was not seen by the water-controlling hero.

"There are others that can find him! We need to go help the ones facing the villains! Come on!" Ordered Manual as he began to make his way towards the giant plume of dark smoke set against the oranges of the setting sun. Tenya stood there for a few moments, both fists clenched now before taking a slow and deep breath and then sprinting off after his mentor, the cold fire in his eyes burning as he caught up to Manual.

It wasn't long for the two to reach the scene, and whatever mood Tenya was in shifted as soon as he saw what was causing the chaos before him, "N… Nomu…"

"What? Nomu?" Manual said, looking back at the student before turning his eyes towards the scene of two huge and abnormal-looking people… things? One of which was flying about with a vacant look on its face as it was dive-bombing several heroes, while the other was standing upon a semi-crushed car, muscles bulging and spewing out a giant blaze of fire from its mouth, before bringing down its huge fists onto the top of the vehicle to further smash it and rip off the roof to toss into another bunch of heroes.

"Manual!" a hero came running up, looking completely exhausted and parts of his costume being covered in burn markings, more than likely caused by the Nomu, "We got big problems! There was a third villain but went scampering off! And these two have been giving nothing but trouble! That fire-breathing one especially!"

"I can see that! Ok!" Manual turned towards Iida, who pulled himself together from the shock of seeing not one but two of the creatures he had seen at the USJ, "Iida! Keep an eye out and watch for civilians! I'm going to go try and get the fires under control! Do NOT engage those villains!"

Before Iida could respond, both pros had moved back into the fight. Iida stiffened as he watched the struggle continue, his mind going into dark places, considering he was on the sidelines again, similar to the USJ where he ran.

He knew he had to, Tenya needed to get back to the university and warn the staff of the villain's invasion, but ever since then, the blue-haired boy felt utterly useless. Not only that but also his rather lackluster performance during the final event of the sports festival, where that support student made a mockery of him.

A shadowing crossing the buildings above him had caught his attention as well as what looked like a tattered red scarf just slipping past the edge of the building. For a few moments, Tenya stared up at where he thought he had seen the hero killer pass him before looking back towards the chaotic scene before him.

Dashing off and following the surprisingly quick villain across the many rooftops, Tenya Iida knew he would face the consequences of his actions later, but right now, there was only one thing on his mind.

Ending Stain's rampage of killing as the hero 'Ingenium', one way or another.