Chapter 47:

(Okay, Merry Christmas! It has been a while, but I hope u guys have been well! I hope y'all have a Merry Christmas later in the month! I turned 22 on the 2nd! That's super cool, y'know? Thank You, God. Anyways, time to get back into it, enjoy!)

Lucas had been walking with Shoto, alongside Endeavor and his sidekicks from the agency. Enji was showing the two of them around on patrol.

"This is integral to know the area around you, as you've no doubt realized by now. I believe we can take a bit of a step further: Himawari." Endeavor looked at the boy, "You have the ability to read minds, no? Can you use it like some sort of radio scan?" Endeavor suggested. Lucas nodded his head, and said nothing. He then opened his mind to see if there was any potential threats to this part of the city.

He could read the minds of a few people nearby. Most of them seemed peaceful, and some were fanboying about Endeavor being in the vicinity. It was when a few people were running up toward the heroes that he could see clearly.

Lucas opened his eyes, and looked at his mentor. "There's an attack up northeast of here. So far, the police are in the area while the offender is at large." Lucas explained.

"Any hostages?" Shoto asked, "None, but there are several people there at the attack, still." Lucas explained, "Excellent work. Now, let's head over there. Shoto and Himawari, you'll be on crowd perimeter." Enji ordered them, Shoto looked ahead and nodded, "Understood." Lucas ran ahead. "Ah—Himawari, don't get reckless." Lucas then held back before he realized he would make that mistake with what happened to Aizawa-Sensei. "I-I apologize." Lucas said, looking to his side.

"In case this situation goes south, I'll need YOU on medical demand for any hurt civilians." Enji had explained to the boy. "Understood. Shoto, I have an idea for defense measures and you're capable of helping me out." Lucas had explained. Endeavor looked at the boy curiously, Shoto nodded his head. "Got it. Let's hurry, people need our help!" Shoto had shouted at his father, the two running ahead.

(I figured we'd see these two in more action)

Lucas had rushed ahead, "I'm relaying it to you now, Endeavor. Me and Shoto will build a wall of to minimize the range of the villain's rampage. Your job will be to take him down within the confined space." Lucas explained to Endeavor.

"Understood, I'll give a signal for when you'll both make the wall." Endeavor explained, "You three are with me on combat, we'll need to outnumber the threat."

Lucas ran in. This was it. The chance he needed to prove his worth to his friends and family. The chance he could do good with. Shoto had never seen his friend so determined to fight before, "What's the villain's Quirk?" Shoto asked, running in with him. "I think it's an Emitter, it can absorb metal from what I've seen in the thoughts so far." Lucas explained.

There they saw the villain avoiding arrest. Police officials were busy trying to evacuate the people to safety. "It's Endeavor!" Some of the people cheered and shouted at the Number Two Hero being here finally, "Everyone to your positions!" Endeavor had ordered them, before he and his sidekicks headed to the battlefield to see the villain.

"Himawari." Shoto had said, "Get to safety, everyone! Hurry!" Lucas shouted the people, leading them to the outskirts of the area.

"H-Help me…" Lucas heard someone calling out for help and he ran to help the civilian. "It's gonna be okay. I'll help you out!" Lucas said, healing the injuries and carrying the civilian to safety. Shoto helped block off any incoming projectiles from the damage with his ice. "Get out of here, now!" Shoto had said with the citizen running away.

Endeavor and his sidekicks tried to handle the villain causing the havoc. The villain had grabbed a nearby car and it melted as if it were mercury, he grew bigger by what he had absorbed. "All right, now!"

Shoto had used his right-side to slide with his ice as he created his part of the wall. Lucas had shot ice out of his hand to help build his part of it. Endeavor ordered his sidekicks to deal with this villain.

"Civilians have been evacuated!" Shoto had called out to his father. The villain's arm had melted into mercury once again and tried launch it at Endeavor.

"Himawari! I need you to use your powers to contain him!" Lucas had nodded and used his psychokinesis to try and hold the villain down.

"Shoto! You need to freeze him in place!" Endeavor had shouted, with Shoto coming down to help. "I don't know if it'll hold him for long, but it's clear this one can't be near any source of metal." Shoto had said, stomping his foot to freeze the man in place.

Lucas had released the grip when the villain had been fully incased. Lucas slid down and realized another thing they needed to do. "He absorbed that car door, we need to get rid of all the metal around in this area and the police need to find a detainment that isn't metal, either." Lucas had explained, thinking about what was next.

"Very good. We'll take out anything in this enclosed space." Endeavor had suggested. "I'll ask the police outside if they have any detainment equipment we use on this one." One of the sidekicks had said.

Lucas had walked over to the sidekick, "Here, I'll help you get over there." The boy offered, getting the boost he needs for jumping out of the wall of ice. Lucas had thought about where Endeavor had been doing patrols around.

"We're near Hosu City. It's safe to assume villains could be taking advantage of the panic the Hero Killer has created." Lucas had thought about why this man seemed more dangerous than any usual villains that attacked on the streets. "It's more or less easier for them to terrorize more citizens if the Hero Killer has caused such an uproar." Lucas continued to think to himself before heading back into the enclosed space of ice.

He felt his thoughts drift back to his speedster friend. "Tenya…I'm begging you not to do what I think you're trying to do." Lucas had thought. He then slid back down the ice and slipped when he hit the concrete ground. He picked himself up quickly, and readied himself for a fight if needed.

(After that)

Endeavor had helped with the arrest and detainment of the villain. They made sure to only have his cell be made out of cinder. "Excellent work so far, you two." Endeavor had praised the two of them.

"We'll let the police handle that one. Now then, I hope you observed how he showed his restraint with certain attacks back there." Endeavor had realized that his Quirk wasn't going to help against that villain and his sidekick had handled it, instead.

But this was a lesson the two of them could learn. "In the heat of that moment, he looked for a better opening to release his full power." Endeavor had said. "Strength is all well and good to have, but it is meaningless if you don't assess your threats and look for the best weak points to exploit." Endeavor explained.

"It makes sense. Adapting will mean nothing if you don't have the strength to take down pressure points." Lucas thought to himself, "So far, this experience is helpful to both me and Shoto, this internship has thankfully been helpful. Still…" Lucas felt his fist clench involuntarily when he looked at Endeavor. He then looked at Shoto and then he remembered what he told him about his anger. "He's right. I need to focus on the job at hand." Lucas thought to himself, deciding to focus on getting back to helping out.

(Meanwhile)

"That's it! Keep One For All flowing throughout your entire body." Gran Torino had said to his intern, "If you can move around while maintaining this…then you'll be on a completely different level than you were at the sports festival."

Izuku kept a strong grip on the flow, the green lightning emitting from his body. He grunted through the threshold of control. "So, kid, think you can handle it?" Gran Torino asked, smirking and holding up a stopwatch. "We'll begin with three minutes." He then said, "Okay. For what?" Izuku asked, watching the Pro stretch his legs. "That's the amount of time you have to try to hit me with a smash." Gran Torino then used his Quirk to bounce around the room like a ricocheting bullet.

Izuku had prepared himself for when he could see Gran Torino attack, and he turned around behind him too late as the Pro had managed to kick him in the face. "Crap, he's fast." He thought to himself, realizing he couldn't see an opening. "Pathetic." Gran Torino had called him, berating him for not being able to hold his own even against an old man, questioning how Izuku will be able to protect those in need since he hadn't landed a punch yet.

Gran Torino had bounced right behind him again and Izuku turned around too late once again. He had been kicked in the back of the head, and Gran Torino had bounced off of the chandelier.

"Someone praised by the Symbol of Peace himself should be able to complete this challenge easily." He said, continuing to bounce off of the walls.

Izuku clenched his fist and reactivated One For All, before getting hit in the chin while trying to fully harness the flow. "I need some time to get it going through my body again." Izuku realized Gran Torino was moving too fast to see when where he would come from next.

He ducked under the couch to buy time to access his power. "Don't be stupid. I can still see you. If you're trying to buy time…It won't work." Gran Torino said, closing in on the couch.

He was surprised when it was launched at him instead. Izuku used it to push it toward him. "Now my chance!" Izuku had shouted to himself, now regaining the flow of One For All through his entire body. "So you were just trying to keep me off you for a minute. Now that was a good idea." Gran Torino admitted to the boy, impressed.

Izuku then launched himself into the air. "One For All. Full Cowling!" He thought to himself, trying to land a hit on Gran Torino, but the Pro had avoided the hit and all of his canned goods were sent flying off the nearby shelf! "Almost!" Gran Torino had said to him, encouraging that he was getting closer!

Izuku had saw him jumped to the wall behind him. "You already tried to counter like this before. Remember, kid?" He asked him in his head, almost close to for another attack. Izuku had moved out of the way this time. The man grunted in shock, he looked up at the determined Midoriya.

Izuku had bounced himself off of the ceiling, now focusing on the punch. "SMASH!" He ran in for another punch, but Gran Torino had evaded it once again. It was cutting it close that time!

"He dodged that, too?!" Izuku asked himself, before he saw the Pro jump off from where his kitchen was to push Izuku to the parallel wall.

Izuku had been pushed back against it with such force, he grunted as he got back up. "Your time's up." Gran Torino had said, looking at the stopwatch. "Oh, man. It's hard to keep it going like that. I guess I still have a lot of work to do." Izuku had said, rubbing his hip. "Nice work." Gran Torino said to him, which made the boy gasp.

"You managed to attack me while I had my guard down thanks to your analysis. You must spend a lot of time thinking about strategy and how to fight." Gran Torino had assessed from him. "You've already grown since yesterday, and this was just our first go at using One For All this way." He continued to explain, rubbing a cut that Izuku had left of his cheek.

"It's been a long time since I've had to seriously dodge an attack." He said to himself. "This kid might turn out to be a real monster." He looked at him thinking to himself. "No time to rest. Let's keep training!" Gran Torino said, happily. "Yeah! Please! What's next, sir?" Izuku asked. "Something very important. We haven't had any breakfast this morning."

Izuku was a little baffled, but he agreed with Gran Torino. "So, why don't you go and heat up those pastries again!" He said, running and seeing that his pastries were on the floor. They were contaminated, "They're all ruined!" He said, aggravated and upset. "Don't worry, I'll go buy some more!" Izuku tried to calm him down!

Izuku ran ahead to the store to go get more pastries! "I've still got a long road ahead, but I can see where I'm going!" Izuku had smiled looking up at the sky, triumphantly. "One For All Full Cowling! That's the next step to making this Quirk my own!"

(We won, guys! IzuOcha! …also, a montage)

Ochaco practiced her form, she threw her punches alongside Gunhead's other sidekicks. "Don't just go through the motions. Make sure you're focusing on each individual punch." Gunhead explained to his sidekicks and intern. "Remember, the most important thing is your basic physical strength." He then said, making a cute-looking pose to Ochaco.

"Look at how cute that pose is!" She thought to herself, continuously baffled by how different Gunhead was prior to her expectations.

"This is lukewarm. Can't you two dense idiots even make a decent cup of tea?" Fourth Kind scolded his interns. "We wanna impress clients who visit our agency." He continued to scold them,

Tetsutetsu and Eijiro were shaking in their boots. They both activated their Quirks when he tried to punch them both. "Is this the kinda crap you serve them, too?" He asked, "Sorry, Mr. Fourth Kind, sir." The two of them had said to their mentor. "Geez. Those powers of yours sure make it satisfying to hit you." Fourth Kind had said, feeling his arms are sore. "Thank you, sir!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu said, taking the compliment.

"To be a good pro, your presence must calm those in danger and give them peace of mind. You must be capable of course, but there are others things to consider." Best Jeanist said to Katsuki as he adjusted his hair, "Your physical appearance, speech, and actions must all be elegant." He explained, telling the boy he must give off the aura of a hero.

"Do you understand?" He asked, finishing the stylizing. Katsuki flinched as his spiky hair was completely pushed down. "Another perfect style, Best Jeanist!" All his sidekicks had said.

"D*t I came to the wrong hero agency." He thought to himself, realizing he thinks he made a mistake. He then felt all of the Pro's hard work come undone and thankfully his hair returned to normal.

Uwabami was posing for a photoshoot, with Momo and Itsuka standing off in the back. "After this photoshoot, she's scheduled to be a guest on a radio show and then she has a quick magazine interview." Momo had looked through the schedule.

Itsuka chuckled a tad, "I feel like we're her entourage, not her interns." She said, "This is part of what it takes to be a hero." Momo said, defiantly. "It's unavoidable given the age that we live in. And I'm sure there's some important lesson we're missing here." She then shut the book and then the two looked at their mentor. Uwabami was posing for the camera again, "Right? Maybe?" Momo had said, "Poor girl's deep in denial." Itsuka thought to herself.

(Meanwhile…wait, this isn't an internship.)

Detective Tsukauchi and Toshinori had sat in the lounge for a sudden discussion. "I'm sorry to show up unexpectedly. Hope you don't mind." Tsukauchi said to his companion. "Please, it's always a pleasure to see you, Tsukauchi." Toshinori said to the man, preparing a cup. He had asked how the investigation was going.

"Well, there were a number of villains who attacked the USJ. But we're puzzled by one. The one you fought who they called "Nomu."" Tsukauchi began to explained, a frown on his face. Toshinori then went into his thought, remembering that strong bird guy. "Principal Nezu's son had a theory regarding him."

Toshinori said, "Does he? I'll go ahead and explain what we found, then. We went ahead and ran some tests on Nomu's DNA." Toshinori looked intently at the detective. "And what exactly did you find?" Toshinori asked.

"First: We're not asking you to help us with the case. I suppose I don't need to, but I will remind Principal Nezu that he cannot use his son to conduct the investigation. Anyways, this is technically a leak." Tsukauchi explained that he felt he owed it to the Number One Hero to let him know.

"It could lead us to the one in charge." Toshinori looked at him while the detective explained. "After several attempts at interrogation, we realized Nomu can't speak. He shows no reaction to anything. It's as though he literally can't think for himself. No matter what's going on around him." Tsukauchi explained, then he pulled up a picture of a man. "As for his identity: We discovered that he used to be a low-level thug with a record of assault and extortion."

Toshinori looked on, thinking about Young Sakai's theory. He needed more information if it were true. "Why do you think this'll lead us to the mastermind behind the League?" Toshinori asked. "Here's where it gets interesting. Our reports show that he's been altered drastically. When we analyzed his genetic makeup, we discovered four different people's DNA." Tsukauchi explained.

Toshinori put his hand up to his chin, "Someone combined people's DNA to make this guy. So is he even human anymore?"He asked, "The transformation is a result of drugs and other unknown methods. To oversimplify a bit, he's been modified so that his body is able to hold multiple Quirks at once." Tsukauchi then went on about how Nomu's brain's lack of processing power most like card form the burden that causes. "It's like Sakai said…He believed Nomu was genetically altered when he could read what remained of his mind. He couldn't sense the villain's will." Toshinori explained.

Tsukauchi, "Even he notices it then. However, Nomu shouldn't have more than one power. Even if new DNA's introduced, that shouldn't give a person multiple powers. Not unless it's completely integrated into someone's body. Not all Quirks work like One For All. But maybe…" Tsukauchi then got to the point, with Toshinori realizing it himself. "…there's someone out there with the power to pass different Quirks on to other people."

Toshinori had gotten up and couldn't comprehend the idea. "It can't be!" He said, "Given the evidence, I think it's a reasonable conclusion. S'why I came, I had to let you know immediately." Tsukauchi said, Toshinori looked out the window and clenched his fist. "No. It's not possible." Toshinori had been begun to transform, steam coming off of him.

All Might's frown had returned. "Don't tell me he's back again." He said, feeling a sense of trepidation. "As I've mentioned before, it's a reasonable conclusion, but this case is still open to interpret. In light of this new evidence in this case. I wanted to suggest something to the Principal regarding Lucas Sakai."

(A murderer, a smoky barkeep—wait that one makes sense—and a blue haired lunatic are all chatting in a bar)

"So you want me to be a part of your crumbling little league." Stain understood what they wanted now, "But you won't accomplish anything if you don't have conviction and desire." Stain told the young man, claiming that without, one becomes an aimless weakling that achieves naught.

"That's how you got here." He said, holding Shigaraki to the floor. Tomura had two blades at both sides of his neck. One blade was stabbed into his shoulder, while the other at the floor. Tomura had breathed heavily due to the pain, "Hey, now. You're being a little rough, aren't you?" He asked the Hero Killer, "Kurogiri, take this guy back." He ordered his barkeep. "I'm sorry. I can't move." Kurogiri said, a cut in his arm. "It must be the Hero Killer's Quirk at work." Kurogiri realized what was happening.

"The word "hero" has lost all meaning in this society. The world is overrun by fakes and criminals like you who chase petty dreams." Stain believes that they must all be purged, and was bringing the blade closer to Tomura's neck. "What do you think you're doing?" He asked, trying to keep the blade from reaching his neck, he clenched the blade in his hand. "If you touch this palm… …I'll kill you." He threatened, the blade breaking into small brittle pieces.

Stain was not expecting it, "You sure talk a lot "Hero Killer."" Tomura said, more cracks beginning to form on the sword. "Conviction? Maybe I don't have anything loaded as that. If I had choose a desire, though…" Stain's weapon had turned to red dust in an instant. "Yeah, it'd be killing All Might. If the world wants to worship trash like him, I'll destroy their beloved symbol of peace and then crush them while they're in shock." He explained. Stain went onto be defensive when Tomura tried to grab him.

The Hero Killer stepped back and pulled out a combat knife. "The last of my injuries was finally about to finish healing, and now this." Tomura said, annoyed, "You should learn not to play with knives. We don't have a healer in our party, you know." He advised, scratching his neck like the time before.

"I see your nature. It seems our goals fundamentally oppose each other." Stain then proceeded to claim it wasn't in vain. "We agree that we need to destroy the present." Stain said, Shigaraki taking a step back. "I'm over this. Leave, drop dead." Tomura told the man. "I'm the kind of person you hate most, right?" He then asked, "I was testing your motives. People always show their true colors when on the verge of death. It's abnormal, but there is desire, a warped sprout of conviction, inside of you." Stain pointed out, sheathing his knife.

"How will it bloom in the end, I wonder. Maybe I'll let you grow. If you don't turn out well, I'll take care of you later." Stain said, deciding on how he would handle the blue haired man. Tomura grabbed his shoulder, clutching his injury, "You think you could get rid of me?" He asked.

Kurogiri then felt his arms nerves return, "I am free." He said, "Kurogiri. Someone as crazy as this would be nothing but a problem for the League of Villains." Tomura said, "Please reconsider. This man will be a great asset if he joins us." Kurogiri pleaded to Tomura about this decision, "I'd say this was a success." Kurogiri said.

"My business here is done. Now, you will return me to Hosu." Stain demanded, licking his lips. "There are still several false heroes I must attend to there." Stain had concluded.

(In Hosu City)

Manual had taken off his helmet and let out a small sigh. "Well, the nice thing about having the whole city on alert is that no villains will dare come out." He said to Tenya, who was taking off his helmet.

"Oh, yeah, sure." Tenya had said, then taking off his glasses. "Hero Killer Stain. It was obvious once I looked at your crimes." Tenya said, "In the seven places that you've appeared so far, you've always injured at least four pro heroes." Tenya then remembered the news reports.

"Maybe there's a reason for that, or maybe I'm just reading into things, but it looks like a pattern." Tenya realized that Tensei was the only person Stain attacked in Hosu. He could remember Tensei apologizing to his brother, believing to have failed him.

Tenya then began to open his eyes, "That means…it's very likely that you'll appear in this city again." Tenya could feel a lot over his shoulders. The want of vengeance. Anxiety, anger. It was all around Tenya. "Good. I'll dispose of you with my own hands."

(Okay, I'm done for now! I thought a good closing point would be right here with Tenya. It's a good way to start the next arc. I figured that crooks in cities near Hosu would be terrorizing citizens outside, taking of what was going down with the Hero Killer. Also, Tsukauchi has been theorizing about Lucas, wonder what that is? Anyways, stay strong and awesome! Merry Christmas! God Bless!)

James 5:14

Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: