Fastest Hero Academia

Anon-Echo98 · Nov 3, 2019

Colin Yeo said:
Stain Snippet

....I'm sorry, but are we ignoring the fun-sized principal who knows you're a reincarnation?

Heck, even beyond that, you're forgetting one key detail: Stain wasn't trying to kill Izuku.

Seriously, the lone fact that Izuku checked all of Stain's "True Hero, must protecc" boxes was a big help, since that forced Stain to hold back on a powerful combatant. And sure, Izuku's bloodtype being O was a big help in letting him get back to the fight faster, but the paralysis-time being shorter doesn't really mean much if Stain is out to kill ya.

So yeah, this plan of going after Stendhy is......ill-thought-out, to put it politely.

Colin Yeo said:
"Whirlwind Hero: Tempest! That is my name!"

.....I mean.....it's not the worst name, but I feel like it gives off the wrong impression of you having a Wind Quirk....Granted, Overclock's not available either, and Quicksilver and Flash are probably either already taken or still under copyright...

That said, and a few grammatical issues and typos aside, really liking this fic so far -the bakugo stuff is oh so sweetly cathartic-, and wish the best of luck to ya.

Colin Yeo · Nov 3, 2019

DarkLord98 said:
So yeah, this plan of going after Stendhy is......ill-thought-out, to put it politely.

Well, Genko isn't some Super genius that has contingency after contingency. Add to the fact that Canon has butterflied away which renders her knowledge of the arc semi-useless, and you get a hastily changed plan that she didn't has time to think things through.

Also, the fact that she didn't even considered getting Nezu's help a bit of her budding hero complex in the works.

DarkLord98 said:
.....I mean.....it's not the worst name, but I feel like it gives off the wrong impression of you having a Wind Quirk

I honestly has trouble with her Hero name. I originally wants it to be Mercury(Hermes's Roman name) but then I found it dumb-sounding and gives off the wrong image, so I ditched it. And Tempest can be synonymous with storms, which has lightning.

Anon-Echo98 · Nov 4, 2019

Colin Yeo said:
Well, Genko isn't some Super genius that has contingency after contingency. Add to the fact that Canon has butterflied away which renders her knowledge of the arc semi-useless, and you get a hastily changed plan that she didn't has time to think things through.

Also, the fact that she didn't even considered getting Nezu's help a bit of her budding hero complex in the works.

Yeah, fair enough, but I do hope Nedzu will at least bring this point up later on.

Colin Yeo said:
I honestly has trouble with her Hero name. I originally wants it to be Mercury(Hermes's Roman name) but then I found it dumb-sounding and gives off the wrong image, so I ditched it. And Tempest can be synonymous with storms, which has lightning.

Yeah, hero names are such a pain to come up with, since not only do you need them to be short, easy to pronounce, but also something that isn't a PR nightmare.

And yeah, I figured that was the logic for itm and granted, it's not like I had any ideas...

....Hmmm, maybe Laelaps, after the greek hound that always caught its prey? Or Talaria, after Hermes' winged sandals?

Colin Yeo · Nov 4, 2019

DarkLord98 said:
maybe Laelaps, after the greek hound that always caught its prey? Or Talaria, after Hermes' winged sandals?

They could work, if there's a plan for a hero name change in the future. Although, they are quite difficult to pronounce, like most Greek words can be.

Colin Yeo · Nov 19, 2019

Chapter 23: Hero Internship begins

After the whole debacle about Hero names, with Bakugou finally relenting to using his last name as his temporary Hero name, Aizawa issues us a list of Pro Heroes for us to choose from for the upcoming Workplace Internship. Those of us that got drafted got an additional list that listed all the Pro Heroes that has scouted for us. We are to submit our pick by this weekend.

Which brings us to lunch and me talking it over with Taikou and the rest of our little circle of friends. Shinsou, sadly, didn't show up at all. He did message me that he would be busy with some things, but still…

"So, which Heroes drafted you?" Taikou asked me.

"There's a quite a few well-known names here." I noted as I flip through the list I was given. Air Jet, Backdraft, Uwabami, Wild Wild Pussycats, Kamui Woods, Rock Lock, Snatch, a lot of these names were on the news at one point or another. Not on the level of the top ten, but definitely up there.

My eyes then wander to one name, Ingenium.

I have a feeling he would draft me after how he has spoken to me in the Sports Festival. Honestly, it might work to my advantage. Ingenium's agency, Team Idaten, is situated near Hosu City where Stain's latest kill was found. And not to mention that Ingenium is definitely on the Hero Killer's list of 'fake' Heroes, so there's a chance he would target the Hero if given the chance.

I feel a little guilty about possibly using my dad's old student as bait, but he is best shot I have right now.

"Hm?" A certain name on my list caught my eye, "Hawks…?" As in the number three Hero, the youngest Pro Hero to make it to that level and future double-agent? Why is his name here?

"Hey, Genko."

I was brought back to reality when Taikou snaps his fingers in front of my face, "You okay? You were spacing out there."

"Huh? Oh, it's nothing." I assures him, "Just thinking about which Hero to pick for the Internship."

"Must be nice to get scouted by the Pros." Tetsutetsu grumbles as he eats his gyudon, "The only ones in our class that got drafted the most are Kendo and Taikou. The rest of us didn't even get one offer."

"Kendo-san only got like ten offers, though…" Taikou noted.

"How many offers did you get, Taikou-kun?" Tsuyu asked curiously.

"About three thousand…ish?"

"That's a lot!!" Kirishima cries out, "Dude, you're up there with Bakugou and Todoroki!"

"Midoriya-san as well." I added in.

"Yeah, he's our class's hero, that's for sure." Tetsutetsu noted, "Heck, he even got the attention of Endeavor."

"The number two!? You're really making waves, man!!"

"He is Class 1-B shining star!" Pony declares happily.

I nod to her words. Taikou is definitely going up in the world, especially with that super flashy fight with Bakugou. Although I did think that him giving up the match would hurt his chances a little. I guess I think wrong.

"So, who are you guys going to pick?" Tsuyu asked.

"Fourth Kind, that's for sure!" Kirishima declares to us, "When you think manly, there's no one else quite like him!"

"Oh, he's my pick too!" Tetsutetsu stated with a grin, "That's great! It'll be awesome working with you, bro!"

"Me too, bro!"

And cue the manliest handshake since Armstrong and Curtis.

"I'm still thinking about it, though." Pony tells us, "What about you, Tsuyu-chan?"

"Maybe somewhere near the water?" Tsuyu noted before turning to me, "Genko-chan, how about it? Which Hero are you picking?"

"Hm, maybe Ingenium?" I noted, "I mean, he did come to talk to me back in the Sports Festival. What about you, Taikou?"

"Me? I'm not sure…"

We discussed the topic to its fullest until the lunch bell rang. By the end of it, I think every one of us has made a decision on it.

"Support lab no.4… Support lab no.4…"

I scan the passing rooms' door plates, trying to find the room that Aizawa has refer me to.

It is now after school, and after getting the blueprints for the add-ons that Tetsu has emailed me just this afternoon, I decided to ask my homeroom teacher if I can make some changes to my Hero costume. I couldn't make heads or tails about his blueprints; all I can tell from it is that it will be gloves at least. Not sure how it is going to help me with my quirk's handicap.

But it is made by my brother, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Aizawa then refers me to the labs at the Support Department building, where any changes to our Hero costumes are to be issued there. Normally, no one would make any changes to their costumes this early in the semester, especially first-years like myself, but he is willing to make an exception for this.

And with the way Tetsu has written in his email, this might be crucial for the remaining term, especially with the Workplace Internship coming up soon.

Now, if only I can find that darn lab…

"Tatsuya?"

A certain two-toned haired teen walks up to me in the corridor much to my surprise.

"Oh, Todoroki-san?" I greet him, "What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to make some changes to my costume." He tells me, "My fight with Midoriya has open my eyes a little. And it made me want to change, starting with my costume."

"I see…"

This must be where his half-frozen costume gets a huge overhaul. Guess Midoriya has really made a huge impact on him for him to make such a huge change.

"And you?"

"Oh, me? Back at the Sports Festival, my quirk's weakness is made very apparent to me. So, I asked my brother for advice and he came up with an add-on to my costume that can help compensate for it."

"I see."

"Yup."

"…"

"…"

Well, this is awkward. I guess we didn't really talk much before all of this, with him and his daddy issues and me with trying to make sense of the plot and places I wish to make some changes.

"So… which lab did Aizawa-sensei refer to you?"

"Lab 5."

"Oh, same as mine! Want to head there, together?"

"Sure."

The two of us slowly make our way down the corridor, looking out for the door plate all the while an awkward silence echo between us.

Oh god, this is so awkward…

"Can I ask you something, Tatsuya?"

"Hm? What is it?"

"Back in class, when we're coming up with Hero names, you brought up wanting to be a Hero like your father. Do you really mean it like that?"

"Huh?" I'm confused by his words, "Why do you mean?"

"Your father, do you really want to be like him?"

I'm just confused at that, before remember his little trauma and issues with his own father. I guess someone who wants to emulate their parents in some way is confusing to him, especially when that parent is a Hero.

"Is this about Endeavor?" I asked curiously, getting a nod in response, "Well, I don't think it is right to compare my dad with him. He is way better than Endeavor, not to mention much nicer and the way better Hero."

"Hermes didn't even make it to the top ten rankings, though?" He pointed out.

"Eh, rankings don't matter! For me, the best Hero would forever be Hermes! I mean, All Might is cool and all, but Hermes is way cooler than him!"

"I… see?"

I felt my cheeks heating up at his flat but bewildered response before letting out a few coughs to try and dispel my embarrassment a little, "The point is, I don't think me trying to become a Hero like dad meant anything to you and your father's relationship. You don't have to try to become him, you know."

"Yeah… I guess…"

"Besides, I don't think you are suited for the whole ruthless persona like him." I noted, "You're more of the icy yet warm persona than anything else. Oh, here's an idea for your future Hero name! The Cold-Warm Hero: Icy-Flames! Eh? What do you think?"

"Heh, maybe." He noted with a smile.

Holy shit, he looks so cool! Those eyes, that smile, that perfect chin-line! He has the perfect face for a host! A model even! Oh man, how is the gruff and rough Endeavor related to him!?

"Hm? What's wrong, Tatsuya?"

"O-Oh! N-Nothing! Hey, look! Lab 5!"

We made it to the lab without any more trouble, but the image of Todoroki smiling is seared into my brain now.

The week passed by within a blink of an eye.

Besides school, I have been using my spare time after school to prepare for the upcoming internship. Practicing my forms, sparring with Taikou, trying to beat my fastest speed, working on my movements and so forth. I didn't waste a single moment to improve myself, even image training with what I could do to take down Stain.

Of course, I didn't neglect my schoolwork and still studied for the midterms that would definitely come after the internship.

Soon enough, it is time for the internship.

"You all got your costumes, right?" Aizawa tells us as both we and Class 1-B are gathered at the Musutafu train station after a small briefing at school, "Obviously, wearing them in public is strictly prohibited, but be careful not to drop them."

"Yeeaaah~!"

"Don't slur your 'yeah', Ashido." He warns her before turning to the rest of us, "Now, all of you, I expect you all to be on your best behavior, do you understand?"

"Same goes for you guys too." Class 1-B's homeroom teacher, Vlad King added in.

""Yes, sir!""

"Good, now go on. Don't be late for your internship."

Everyone all starts to part ways with one another, some heading to a different line while some are buddied up with each other.

With a huff, I adjusted my heavy haversack and checked my hero costume's case before heading towards the train line heading towards Hosu City. This is it, the start of the arc. Whether or not Stain gets taken down, it'll all depends on what I can change from here on.

"Hey, Genko."

To my surprise, Taikou suddenly walks up to me before I could enter the gantry, "What is it, Taikou?"

"I… just want to say that I've got your back if you need it, okay? If you need any help, just call."

"…Of course. Thanks, Taikou."

I know he has my back. I know that all too well.

But that is why I can't tell him about my plans. I can't risk his future, especially with how much progress he has made so far. Too much is at stake for him, not as much as me.

And so, with a heavy heart, I walk through the gantry and towards the train departing towards Hosu City.

As Taikou watches his childhood friend heads for the next railway line, he hopes that she would be alright.

Over the week, he has noticed something off about her. A certain abnormal drive to improve has driven her to train harder than before. And this isn't just about her quirk either.

During sparring, there's a sense that she is fighting someone else, someone extremely dangerous with how she is desperately moving about. For every movement, she has this look in her eyes that doesn't bode well with him.

Whatever is driving her right now, it feels like it would just bring her more harm in the process.

He wanted to help her, and the fact that she most likely wouldn't allow him to do so is chewing at him.

'Just… don't do anything reckless, Genko…' With a final wistful look, he walks back to the station towards his train.

He has an internship to go to.

…
To Be Continued…

Omake
*Sorry. No omake this week…* TT_TT

Okay, so this is it. The Hero Internship arc has officially commenced! The arc that I have been semi-dreading for a while now.

Sorry it took so long. I have trouble with how I want to go with this chapter. I was intending to be longer, but I fear it might take too long and just ruin the whole chapter all together.

Also, for those who read this on SpaceBattle and SufficientVelocity, you can now see what Hero I ended up picking!

With that, I thank you for reading this!

Blaflaix · Nov 19, 2019

Colin Yeo said:
I feel a little guilty about possibly using my dad's old student as bait, but he is best shot I have right now.

Keep in mind, the difference between "bait" and "victim" is that bait has backup.

Colin Yeo said:
"Oh, same as mine! Want to head there, together?"

"Sure."

"So... where is it?"

"I thought you knew!"

Colin Yeo said:
"Your father, do you really want to be like him?"

I'm just confused at that, before remember his little trauma and issues with his own father. I guess someone who wants to emulate their parents in some way is confusing to him, especially when that parent is a Hero.

"Is this about Endeavor?" I asked curiously, getting a nod in response, "Well, I don't think it is right to compare my dad with him. He is way better than Endeavor, not to mention much nicer and the way better Hero."

"Yes, I want to be just like my father. I also suggest the same for you!"

"I don't want to be like Endeavor."

"Oh fuck no, nobody wants you to be like Endeavor. You should be like my father, Hermes! He's way better."

Colin Yeo said:
Oh, here's an idea for your future Hero name! The Cold-Warm Hero: Icy-Flames! Eh? What do you think?"

Icy-Hot. Soothes the pain and relax it away.

Seriously, you need to give him a jar of this, just to see his expression.

"I have the perfect present for you..."

Colin Yeo · Nov 19, 2019

Blaflaix said:
Keep in mind, the difference between "bait" and "victim" is that bait has backup.

"So... where is it?"

"I thought you knew!"

"Yes, I want to be just like my father. I also suggest the same for you!"

"I don't want to be like Endeavor."

"Oh fuck no, nobody wants you to be like Endeavor. You should be like my father, Hermes! He's way better."

Icy-Hot. Soothes the pain and relax it away.

Seriously, you need to give him a jar of this, just to see his expression.

"I have the perfect present for you..."

Oh man, I should have written those in instead!

Colin Yeo · Jan 24, 2020

Chapter 24: Hero Internship

It took at least a couple of hours long train ride till I got to Hosu Station.

When I got there, I was greeted by Ingenium's own head-secretary and was ushered into a car before we drove off into the main streets.

"Ingenium wanted to personally come get you, but he is pretty busy recently, so I was asked to fetch you instead." The cat-eared woman in a black business suit tells me, "I'm Nekorin Chita, by the way."

"Nice to meet you. I'm Tatsuya Genko."

"A polite one, huh?"

Soon enough, we made it to Team Idaten's headquarters.

The HQ is quite far from the major districts, built at the edge of the city with roads sprouting out from it that leads right into said districts. The main building itself consists of a large wide building about ten stories tall with its first four stories extended outwards from its sides, with the agency's logo on a billiard at the top floor. On its right is a carpark that has several trucks parked next to one another, all having the same logo printed on its side. All of it is surrounded by a metal and concrete fence with a lone metal gate to let people in and out.

With how many sidekicks they employed, I'm surprise the building isn't any bigger, or an entire compound of their own.

"Welcome, to Team Idaten's headquarters."

As I'm escorted into the main building, I am greeted by the sight of several costumed Heroes wandering about the foyer, with many civilians by the receptionist counter, hauling trays of paperwork or just holding them, with some even on the phone as they ran.

"This building houses all of our sidekicks and civilian staffs." She explains to me, "Ingenium's office in the top floor, and the living quarters is at the back. If you follow me, I'll-"

"Everyone! Clear the entranceway!"

Everyone in the foyer quickly move aside as couple of them ran to open up the double door. Within moments, something fast dashing right through the opened doors before Ingenium skids to a stop right in the middle of the foyer with as much style as a skidding motorist.

"I'm back, guys!" He greeted.

"Welcome back!" Many of his sidekicks greeted back, some with a casual wave.

"Welcome back, Ingenium, sir." Nekorin bows to him as he walks up to us before gesturing to me, "Your intern for the week has just arrived."

"Tatsuya Genko! Glad to have you here!" He cheerily states as he reaches out his hand for a handshake, which I gladly give him, "Man, I didn't think you'll really choose here for your internship. I was sure that you'll pick a more famous Hero Agency."

"I was going to, but I feel I'll improve more if I interned under you." I responded. Of course, that's only part of the reason, besides my plans of possibly stopping Stain. "Plus, you did extend a personal offer."

"True, true. Guess that makes me going all the way Yuuei worth it in the end, huh?" He chuckles, "Come on, let's go to my office, and let me tell you more about Team Idaten along the way."

Together with Nekorin, he brought me into the elevator where it slowly rises up with floors one at a time.

"As you might be well-aware, Team Idaten is founded on the principal of teamwork. We are willing to hire all sorts of sidekicks and then deploy them to where their quirks would suit the situation." He explains to me, "Front line, support staff, navigators, patrollers, etc.; if there's a way your quirk and skills could help, we would deploy you accordingly."

"So, what about me?" I asked.

"With your quirk, it would be best put on the front lines with me." He added, "You'll be shadowing me into every case I get into. So, I want you to be prepared, because this isn't going to be like in school."

Soon enough, the bell chimed the top floor and the elevator doors opened to reveal his office.

It is a large room with at least three different tables with two of them currently occupied by two costumed heroes who greets him as we walk by. At the end of it, right in front of a large window that looks out over Hosu City, is a large table filled with papers and files along with a computer setup with a monitor that has the agency's logo on its back.

"Give me a second here…" He tells me as he searches his drawers for a bit, before handing me a keycard, "Okay, so this is your access keycard for the place. Try not to lose it. The people down in HR are kind of pissed from all the missing keycards lately…" I chuckle at that and pocketed it immediately. "Chita, mind showing her to her room later?"

"With pleasure, sir."

"Thank you, Chita. After you unpacked, meet me back here, okay? I'll explain your internship then."

"Oh, sure."

Nekorin escorted me back down the elevator to a different floor, where we walk pass a connecting bridge into what I can safely assume is the living quarters. The hallways are empty, as expected of a late morning at a Hero Agency, with several doors lined up in a row, each with a number and letter on them.

"The living quarters are divided into four blocks lettered A to D." She explains as we walk down the hallway, "Your room is in the D block, and room number would be D-12." She shows me the door, where there's an electronic card reader under the doorknob. I slide the keycard through it, its light turns from red to green with a click to indicate the door unlocking.

I push the door and walks into the room.

It is a pretty decent sized bedroom with white plain curtains over the window as well as white sheets over the single-sized bed with white pillows. There's even a cupboard next to it that has a full-length mirror.

After a word from Chita to head to Ingenium's office as soon as possible, I proceed to change out of my uniform and into my Hero costume, which includes a couple of add-ons by my brother; A pair of black gloves with white carbon fiber plates sewed on the back of the gloves, its palms are white and layered with some kind of scale-like pattern.

According to him, the scales are made from nylon and are layered in a way that they rub against each other every time I move any part of my hands in any way possible, generating static electricity for me to absorb.

And already, I felt the effect working as just twitching my finger a tiny bit has me absorbing some level of charge from the get go. Not enough for me to increase my speed, but it meant that it is working as intended.

I've got to hand it to Tetsu-nii, he definitely knows how to innovate and design Hero gear; even if it made the job harder for Power Loader.

After a few more adjustments in front of the mirror to be sure I'm wearing it right, I exited the room and retrace my steps back to the office where Ingenium is waiting for me.

"So that's your hero costume?" He commented when I returned to the office, "I wasn't expecting the jacket. Won't that create drag when you run?"

"That's why it is a bolero." I stated with a grin, "Small flaps, less drag."

"Huh, guess that would make sense…" He chuckles before getting up from his seat, "Come on, let me give a tour of the place as we discuss our schedule for the week. Ah, what is your Hero name, by the way?"

"Tempest."

"Sounds… breezy."

"Was that a wind pun?"

"Maybe~?"

Well, guess he is way more of a friendly guy that I have thought…

The facility of Team Idaten isn't that out of ordinary. It's almost what I would expect from a civil defense HQ would be like, only with costumed Heroes instead of uniformed officers walking about.

For the rest of the morning till noon, Ingenium has showed me pretty much every place I would need to know about the compound, from where the office cafeteria is, the communications room, to even where the emergency exit is in case a Villain attacks the place. Not sure why they would need one, considering that there are very little chance for a Villain to try to assault the place before getting swarmed by the amount of Heroes within minutes.

Then again, some Villains has shown been pretty destructive and might level the place if given the chance to.

"And this is the training grounds."

He brought me to a separate building at the back of the compound, a large at least two stories high building connected to the main building by a concrete path with a blue arc-like roof. When we enter it, it reveals to be something similar to a sports hall complex with its own race track where people are running laps around.

Heck, there's even some gym equipment and gymnastics course available on ground. Some were being made into good use by some of Ingenium's other sidekicks' quirks; one is even using its large gelatinous body to lift and work with six different dumbbells all at once, three on each 'hand'.

"This is where you should go if you want to train up your skills, or just want to get some exercise." He explains, "Weight lifting, Gymnastics, Track, Cardio, and so on. We try to give everyone something to use to work on. I personally use this place every morning."

"Whoa, amazing…" I noted in awe. I wasn't expecting an actual training place on the compound itself! Man, Team Idaten must be loaded to able to allow this to be created.

"Actually, why don't we have a little training session right now?"

"Right now?"

He nodded before walking towards the tracks as he took out a pair of racing shades from within his costume, "Let's have a little race to test out how well your quirk work. I'll even make this interesting; First one to finish six laps wins, and the loser has to pay for lunch later."

"Oh, it's on! I have to warn you, I'm a rather big eater!"

"I like your confidence! But be prepared to eat your words!"

With that being said, the two of us proceeds down onto the tracks, where the other runners quickly stop running and left the field to stand on the sidelines. Soon enough, almost everyone stopped what they are doing and is watching us.

"Hey, who is that kid?"

"Ah, she must be the new intern from Yuuei. The first-years are doing their week-long internships, right?"

"I didn't think we're even accepting any."

"Wait, isn't she that girl that got third in the Sports Festival?"

"Whoa, I think you're right!"

Murmurs like those starts echoing among the walls, which is kind of expected seeing as their boss is basically challenging the rookie to a race.

"Hey, Enigma. Mind starting us off, will you?"

"Sure, why not?"

The large gelatinous blob of a Sidekick slithers… or is it slugging…? Anyway, they move towards our starting area before raising a single blobby tentacle.

"Ready…"

I clench both my fists; the action seemingly generated enough static electricity for me charge up to accelerate myself. A few more finger twitches and I'm fully charged up.

"GO!"

The moment the tentacle is swung down, I felt the charge flows into my nerves as I dashes down the track as fast as I am able. Ingenium seems to have the same idea from the similar sounding engine rumbling next to me.

"Haha! Not bad!" He stated as we complete the first lap still neck to neck, "It has been a while since I have someone match my speed!"

"Just you wait! I'll overtake you yet!"

The next few laps are still the same, we both are still match to match in speed with neither of us managing to pull ahead of the other. Thanks to Tetsu-nii's gloves, I'm able to maintain that speed just be twitching my fingers every once in a while, though the action has me slow down at certain moments which nearly cost me the draw a few times.

"Come on, Ingenium-san! Show that newbie who's boss!"

"Don't give up, new kid!"

"Don't let some student show you up!!"

"500yen that Ingenium would leave her in the dust!"

"Oh, you're on!"

The audience that has surrounded us has started cheering us on, bets are being distributed around to my chagrin. This is a Hero Agency, isn't it? Is that even allowed?

And when the last lap came…

"Sorry, Tatsuya Genko! But as the head Hero of this agency, I can't afford to lose to a student! RECIPRO BURST!!"

At the last stretch of the track before the finishing line, he activates the same technique Iida used in the Sports Festival, speeding past me as his elbow's exhaust port extrudes blue flames. Oh right, they have the same quirk, don't they? It would make sense that they would have the same acceleration method!

Well, I'm not going let him take the lead!

"YAARGGGHH!!"

With a loud shout, I channel all of my charge into accelerating forward. My surrounding immediately blurs and the wind blow against my fast as I speeds up after him in the same manner as when I chase after Midoriya back in the USJ.

Within moments, I speed right up to him just as we race past the Enigma; the blob-like sidekick immediately raises his tentacles up to signal the end of the race. We both quickly slam on our metaphorical brakes, our soles skidding against the concrete floor as we slow ourselves down.

"O-Oh shit!!"

"T-Tempest!?"

I then realized that I has gone way too fast and isn't slowing down fast enough, skidding past Ingenium who has slowed to a stop. I force my feet down onto the ground as hard as I can to try to add more friction, but it wasn't enough with the concrete wall slowly coming closer with each passing moment.

"A-AAAHH!!" This is going to hurt!!

"F-Fuusenko!"

"On it!"

One of the watching sidekicks suddenly appears in front of me and inflates up like a balloon, allowing me to crash into his soft body like a large air bag. I let out an audible sigh of relief as he deflates like whoopie cushion as we both sink onto the ground.

"Are you alright!?" Ingenium calls out as he ran up to me, "Anything broken!?"

"Nothing, thank god for that…" I tells him before turning to the sidekick who saved me, "Thanks for save, um…"

"Just call me Fuusenko."

"Fuusen-Oh, because of your-"

"I know, I know, not the most inventive name; but you can't deny that it fits."

"Oh, most definitely."

"That's a huge relief…" Ingenium sighs before chuckling as he helps me back onto my feet, "At least we know we have to work your braking skills."

"Yeah, can't deny that." I giggled, "Didn't think I'll faceplant into a wall after middle school…"

"It happens to the best of us at times."

"So… who won?"

"Huh, that's a good question." He turns to Enigma, "Hey, who won the race?"

"Sorry, sir. Can't really tell…" The glob sheepishly chuckles.

"Now that's a bummer…" I sighed. Not going to lie, I wanted to see if I could outmatch one of japan's fastest Heroes, aside from Hermes that is. It would be a good measuring point for me to use as reference.

"Eh, why don't we just call it a draw for now?" Ingenium tells me, "But I have to say, you are way faster than I gave you credit for."

"As fast as dad was?"

"Let's not get too ahead of ourselves now."

We both shared a chuckle before the other sidekicks came to talk, some even congratulate me on being the only other costumed Hero to match Ingenium in speed of recent. Even with the threat of Stain possibly looming around, I'm definitely looking forward to my time here.

Taikou wasn't sure why this Hero even extended an internship to him of all people.

If anything, he was sure that he would be the last person that should be on this guy's radar, but here he is, standing in her office after being asked to changed into his Hero costume.

"I'm glad you accepted my offer." The Hero stated as she sat on the desk looking through some papers, "Got to say, you are definitely more well-build than when you are on TV."

"Thanks, I guess…?"

"Come on, what's with that polite attitude? Where's that fiery attitude in the semi-finals?" She asks as she walks up to him, "And your costume? Simplistic and practical all in one. It could use more color, though."

He wasn't sure what to make of that sentence.

Genko has mentioned about adding some colors into his costume when they brainstormed about their costumes, but he felt that his flames are bright enough without his costume being too blinding.

In that sense, his Hero costume consists of the most simplistic design he can come up without it getting too flashy or too emo looking.

A white sleeveless jacket that has a blue fire emblem sewed into the back of it under a black skintight turtleneck shirt, with a pair of matching white pants with a couple of blue stripes along the side of the legs that cut off under his knees and held tight around his legs by a pair of white knee protectors.

Along with a pair of red shoes with white soles, there's also a pouch that is tied to a belt on his back as well as a pair of white gloves that covers up half his forearm with black knuckle guards, with a pair of blue tinted aviator shades to finish the look off.

"But what am I to say about aesthetic choices?" She added walked back to the desk, retrieving a sheet of paper from its surface, "Do you know why I offer you an internship with me?"

"Not really, no."

"Well, it's because I saw something back in the Sport Festival. A spark, a burning passion that I can relate to." She turns back to him, "In your fight in the semi-finals, I saw an undying drive to kick that guy's ass to kingdom come that you push yourself to the limit to do, to go plus ultra on the blond bastard. But then you forfeited in the end and… well, let's just say I'm more than a little disappointed at that."

"Wait. Are you disappointed at me, or praising me?"

"A little of both, to be honest." She stated as she pokes her finger on his chest, "Which is why I offer my internship to you. You got potential and the drive, which I'm going to force it out of you in our one-week internship together. I hope you are prepared, because I'm not going to make it easy on you."

Taikou felt a shudder goes down his spine at her words. Never in his life would he felt this much fear towards someone that is shorter than him that isn't Genko in a bad mood.

"Now then! I hope you love parkour, because that's what we're going to do right now! Let's head to the roof!"

For being called the Rabbit Hero, Mirko sure isn't like his childhood friend's favorite animal in the slightest.

…
To Be Continued…

Omake
[Sorry, can't think of any this time either…]

Yeah, sorry for taking so long. Writer's block and all that. I'm just glad I've managed to finish this chapter at all.

At any rate, newest manga chapter spoilers alert, it is now revealed to everyone that the Villain Kurogiri is actually a Nomu formed from the dead body of one Shirokumo, Aizawa's late closest friend and the reason he even managed to become a Hero in the first place. Not going to lie, that came out a left field and has everyone either liking the surprise, or hating it.

Me? I'm leaning to shock than anything else.

And another thing, a time skip will be happening in the latest chapter with an ominous feeling of dread for the hero society in the whole. Can't wait to find out what that is.

Now, to the fic, you all must be wondering why I put Taikou with Mirko of all people. Well, not much is known about Mirko other than she is a no-nonsense Hero who isn't afraid to speak her mind about everything.

And thanks to that, I get to write my own version of her, with is basically a more subdued version of Bakugou minus the inferiority complex. Add the fact that she focused more on kicks, and she is the perfect mentor for Taikou.

That, I really want to write her into the story.

With that, I thank you for reading this!

Colin Yeo · Feb 23, 2020

Chapter 25: Mayhem in Hosu

"Hey, Tempest! Heading off for your first night patrol?"

"Yup, that's right."

"Good luck with that. Coffee is available in the cafeteria if you want. Not free though!"

"Hehe, I'll keep that in mind!"

I greeted the sidekick a good evening before stepping into the elevator and pressing the ground floor, letting the soft tunes washes me over as I check over my costume one more time.

It has been two days into my week-long internship, and still no sign of any movements from Stain. Everything had been rather peaceful, all things considered. Today, the third day, might change that.

During all that time, I've worked with Team Idaten and Ingenium on their patrols and even helped out in the crimes that took place; most of them are small-time crimes too, either purse snatchers or speed maniacs on the highway.

The last one was a rush on the morning of my second day. Some guy with ostrich legs just starts running through the busy highway leading out of the town and disrupting traffic. Ingenium was immediately dispatched for it and I followed along with him. We immediately rush out onto the highway and catches up to him in no time at all.

Funnily enough, it turns out that the guy was just in a such hurry to deliver some documents to a client located in the next town over that he couldn't afford to wade through the heavy traffic. After some warning about breaking the traffic laws as well as having me deliver the documents in his steed, we have the case closed just as the afternoon sun struck.

That was the most thrilling part of my two days, and I'm not sure what to make of it. If anything, this all feels like the calm before the storm.

I know Stain is still out there, but there has been no sign of him doing anything. No sightings, no injured Heroes, nothing at all.

Not sure if he is bidding his time, or if the League of Villains got to him, but it has been bothering me for a while. And with today being the canon day in which Stain got captured, I'm betting that something might happen.

But right now, I'm about to head off on my first night patrol.

"Evening, Tempest." Ingenium greeted me when I entered the entrance hall, "Ready for your first night patrol?"

"Ready as I'll ever be!"

"Good! I hope you like coffee, because that's what you'll be craving after this!"

Ingenium and I exited the compound, the sun already dipping into the horizon by the time we enter the city proper and began our usual patrol route.

"Night patrols aren't that different from the ones we did in the day." He tells me as we walked along the sidewalk, "The only real difference is that there's a higher chance of encountering a Villain during the night than the day. Can you tell me why?"

"It is because there's lesser chance of getting captured than in the morning?"

"Correct, but that's not all. With less people about, there's lesser witness of call them in than in the day. Now, just as a reminder, you are not to engage in any Villains on your own; you are still a student and a minor, not to mention you haven't got your provisional license yet. If you are to encounter one, signal us on the comm set and don't fight them. Run if you need to."

I nodded in acknowledgement as I felt the walkie clipped on my belt.

Team Idaten has a private comm link system that linked up the support crew's command center back at the compound with the Heroes and Sidekicks on the field. Every sidekick has a walkie or headset that they carry around whenever they go out on patrol, some even has them customized so that it wouldn't clash with their costume; Ingenium himself has a set of headphone and speaker built in his helmet.

Due to my intern status, they decided to issue me with their standard issued walkie which they issue to all new sidekicks. It's not as bulky as the ones used by the police with a single button to press whenever I wish to speak into it. There's even an emergency button that sends an SOS to every comm link in the system.

"Oh, as a side note, keep an eye out at the alleyways."

That sentence got my attention. Alleyways are the territory of Stain; his guerrilla/ninja styled methods are well-suited for it. For him to mention that…

"Is it because of Stain?" I asked.

"Yeah." He nodded, "One of the local Heroes got attacked and hospitalized last week. As a precaution, I've made sure that everyone keeps their eyes opened for him and to report if they spot him. So far, we haven't encountered him and there hasn't been another attack for a while."

"But considering his pattern, he would strike again soon."

"Precisely. That's why keep a look out, but don't engage him."

I nodded before taking a look around.

Engaging him or not, Stain is definitely a dangerous individual to be left lurking around in the shadows. His killstreak and quirk aside, what is most dangerous is his twisted ideology, one which can be seen as right if looked at a certain angle.

That doesn't make him killing off Heroes left and right correct, though.

As we carry on with our patrol, the skies start turn dark while the street lights are being turned on as the late evening sun fully set. The streets are still relatively crowded with both night workers as well as students from regular high schools. There are even other Heroes patrolling about as well, some we encounter and greeted in our patrols.

Some of them look like the ones that would soon get involved in the fight against the Nomus. That just worries me more with each passing minute. If this goes according to canon, we would have a large city destroying disaster in our hands soon, with Stain in the background killing off another Hero.

If that's the case, do I help out with the Heroes or head off to look for Stain?

I mean, the Nomus would be dealt with when Endeavor would with no doubt show up to the scene and take care of them within minutes with or without my help, and Stain would add another Hero into his purge of 'fake' Heroes if I don't stop him.

Even so, how do I even go about finding him? I can't search every alleyway and expect to get lucky with him. Midoriya has plot going for him, so that method works for him, but not for me. Not to mention that my very existence could butterflied his location to somewhere totally different, or could have him killing a Hero BEFORE the Nomus began their attack.

Either way, I'm stuck. Let's hope that Shigaraki could be rational and calm and not pull a city wrecking temper tantrum after Stain rejected him.

"Oh, Manual-san."

"Evening, Ingenium."

Ingenium greets the next Hero we encounter, the Normal Hero Manual. If this was canon, Iida would be interning under this guy. Instead, the guy's alone with no sidekick around as far as I can tell.

"Out for night patrol today?" The fish-themed Hero noted, "And not alone for once? A new sidekick?"

"No, unfortunately." He tells him, "This here is Tempest, our intern from UA."

"UA? Oh, I recognize you! You're that girl who got Third in the UA Sports Festival!"

"Y-Yeah." Man, are people still talking about that? You're the third Pro Hero to take note of that.

"And now you're interning with Ingenium? You're really moving up in the world. I didn't get any interns from UA this year, so I'm a little jealous of you, Ingenium."

"Haha, better luck next year."

Ah, right. In canon, Iida would intern under him with the intention of hunting down Stain. But with lack of that reason, he wouldn't have chosen his agency. Did I unintentionally ruin his chances? Whoops…

"So, any sights of Stain?" Ingenium quietly asks him, but not quiet enough to stop me from Eavesdropping, which I don't think is what he is going for.

"None." Manual sighs, "It's like he just up and vanished into thin air."

"That's disconcerting…" He muses, "It's not his MO to just end with just one Hero in one city. You have any ideas why that's the case?"

"Well, Endeavor has been patrolling the city for the past week. Maybe he scared him off?"

"Maybe, but is he really that easy scared of him?"

"Who can say? I mean, Endeavor is pretty scary."

Yeah, but Stain is insanely obsessed with purging the 'fake' Heroes from the world. Heck, the guy tries to pick a fight with the flaming bastard when he has a broken ribcage! You think he would be scared of him if that's the case?

"Any ideas to contribute, Tempest?"

"Huh? You're asking me?" I blinked in surprise. Why am I suddenly getting involved in this discussion?

"Yeah. You look like you have something to add." Ingenium noted.

"It's okay. Anything is good." Manual added.

I'm not sure how to go about this. Well, if they want my opinion on this…

"I highly doubt Stain would just leave the city after just one victim." I stated, "It is not like him to stop at one. He must either be scouting his next target, or is laying low till our guards are down before striking."

"Hm, that's a possibility." Ingenium noted, "Any idea who might be his next target be?"

"That's a flip of the coin, unfortunately." I pointed out. Although, he might still be aiming for Ingenium. Or he might go after Native now as per according to canon.

"Then we can only stay vigilant and make sure to keep an eye out, as usual." He concluded before turning to Manual, "Sorry for taking up your patrol time, Manual-san."

"It's fine." He noted with a smile, "It's not like there's anything major that needs my attention-"

*BOOM*

A sudden explosion can be heard erupting from further down the street. The screams of people running away from it as well as smoke rising from that direction are more than enough to tell me what is going on.

The Nomus! So Shigaraki has made his move!

"What was that!?" Ingenium shouted.

"Command, please come in!" The walkie on my belt buzzes which I quickly lift up to my ear to hear it properly, "This is Enigma! Villains have appeared at South Avenue and are wrecking the city! Requesting immediate backup-OH SHIT!"

There's a loud boom and the comms cut off.

"Engima? Engima!? Damn it!" The Turbo Hero grunted before pressing on his helmet's comms set, "This is Ingenium to Team Idaten command! Deploy an immediate perimeter around Sound Avenue and evacuate all civilians to the safety zones!"

"Roger!"

"Anyone closest to the site, head to the scene and back Enigma up! Me and Tempest will meet you guys there!"

"Big Bang and Fuusenko are on the way!"

"Let's go." He tells me before we both dashes towards the scene at our top speeds.

I knew Nomus are extremely dangerous, if the one in USJ is any comparison. They are horrendous and powerful monsters, bio-weapons of All-For-One that cause havoc and mayhem wherever they are deployed.

Knowing that, I am still horrified when we reached the scene of their mayhem.

The once busy streets of Hosu City are down in ruins. Street lights are either broken or straight up destroyed, a building is on fire while another has its roof completely blown off, trees toppled over, a bus on its side with shattered windows; it's like a hurricane has blown through.

And in the middle of it all, are three large Nomus of various grotesque design. One has wings, the other has very long limps with four eyes, one doesn't even have a proper head; all with their large brains exposed.

All the local Heroes are already fighting with them to no avail, some are just straight doing nothing to them. One of them even got grabbed by the long armed one and was sent flying.

"W-What are those things!?" Ingenium cries out in shock as we saw the long armed Nomu chases after the tossed Hero, "Are they even human?"

"I-Ingenium…"

A weak voice calls out, Enigma's blobby form is slouched against some rumble with an unconscious civilian woman in her protective grasp.

"Enigma!"

He quickly runs towards her, just as she releases the civilian from her blob tentacles into his arms before changing back into her human form; a short woman with black braided pigtails and the same blank look face as her other form.

"What happened here?" He asks her.

"Those monsters… They come out of nowhere…" She mutters out tiredly, "Nothing… the other heroes do… could hurt them…"

"Ingenium!" One of the Heroes at present, the one with insect wings on his forearm, calls out to us, "If you want to assist, now would be a good time!"

"None of our attacks are working!" Another shouted out, a female hero in a white and green body suit with a red scarf.

"Damn it, what is even going on…?" Ingenium mutters.

"Nomu…"

"Tempest?"

I quickly turn to him and explains, "They look like the monster that attacked USJ! The same thing that took All Might all he has to take down!"

"Seriously!? And now there are three of them!?"

"No, I don't think they are on the same scale. If anything, these three looks physically weaker."

"Then we might stand a chance against them." Ingenium noted.

"We're here!"

A loud voice shouted as the familiar face of Fuusenko runs onto the scene with his partner Big Bang who has his armored arms red and steaming and ready for action. "What's the situation?"

"Bad, really bad." Ingenium hands the unconscious civilian to Fuusenko, "Tempest, get Enigma."

"Got it." I rush over to her and slung the female sidekick over my shoulder, "Can you walk?"

"A… little…"

"Fuusenko, you and Tempest are to bring those two out of here and to the perimeter's medical site." He commanded, "After that, Tempest is to join in the evacuating team and get every civilian out of South Avenue."

"Roger!"

"Big Bang, you are with me. We have to at least keep them here, at least until Endeavor shows up!"

"Gladly!" He slams his fists together, the armored limbs letting out a hiss of steam in response.

With our orders received, the two of us rushes out of the scene just as Ingenium's engines roared to life from behind us.

"Tempest, over here!"

I follow Fuusenko to the perimeter Team Idaten has set at Hoth Boulevard; the trucks and vans all forming a wall of sorts with several sidekicks and an area where the medical teams are helping out with the injured civilians. There're even some curious by-standers all trying to peek into the perimeter to see what's the commotion is about.

I quickly lie Enigma on one of the laid-out mats as a medic quickly got to her and starts looking her over. She doesn't look too beat up with just a few bruises here and there and the intense fatigue she had built up from staying transformed in such a weaken state.

"Is there anyone not yet evacuated?" I ask one of the sidekicks on standby.

"Most of South Avenue has been cleared." He tells me, "But there's still some at the business district not accounted for yet."

"Got it. I'll go take a look."

And just as I was about to leave…

"Please! You've got to find her!!"

One of the by-standers shouted at us, a young woman crying out as she grabs onto the sidekick's costume, "My daughter is still in there! You have to find her!"

"Ma'am, please calm down!"

"Please! Kirinko is all that I have left!! I can't lose her too!"

As she cries her heart out, I turned to both of them and gave the sobbing mother a nod. "I'll find her." With those promised words said, I flex my hands a little to build up charge and quickly rocketed down the streets.

"Kirinko-chan! Kirinko-chan, please answer me!!"

It has been at least a couple of minutes since I started looking, but no matter how much I shout her name or search the streets, I can't find any lick of anyone. I'm getting really worried for her. With the Nomus running amok, who knows what Villains would take advantage of the chaos for their own devious deeds.

And with a scared young child lost and alone… I don't want to connect the dots even if I know what that might imply.

There's also Stain still on the loose, but he only targets Heroes, so the girl is safe from him at least. At least, I hope…

So far, main streets are empty with no sign of anyone at all, not even any Heroes running about to help with the evacuation. The places I have left to search are the alleyways between the buildings, the hunting grounds for the Hero Killer.

Would she even run into an alley to hide? Was the though that run through my head when I think of the possible locations she could have gone.

Seeing no other choice, I dashes into the alleys as fast as I could.

The back alleys of Hosu City are pretty clean for the most part; I passed a single trash bag when I ran through. At each corner I turn, I try to keep a look out for any signs of a young kid in hiding. Any clothing, lost hat, sobs, anything that could help pinpoint her location.

Then, as I about to turn another corner…

A red scarf, wrinkly eye mask, many knives on his belt, wielding a katana with a jagged blade, all of it indicates one person in mind. And in his hand, is an injured Hero in an American Indian inspired costume who goes by the Hero name of Native.

On the floor next to them, is a young girl with two giraffe horns poking out of her hair cowering on her knees with tears streaming down her face.

"Get…out of here, Kirinko…! …run…!"

"Acting heroic now? A little too late for that."

"Na-Native…!"

When I saw his angles his blade for a slash, I know I have to act.

I speed up as fast as I could and dashes right at the Hero Killer.

The Hero Killer immediately took notice of my actions and swung his blade towards me. My reflexes kicked in as I duck under his swing; I square my shoulders and raises my fists, and then jabs one into his face, knocking him back down the alley and releasing the injured Hero in his grasp, who slumps onto the floor.

I skid to a stop next to Native, "Are you alright?"

"W-Who…?"

"I'm Tempest. I'm a Hero intern from Team Idaten."

"Intern…?"

I turn to the sobbing child next; her shoulders are shaking with each sob and tears are still streaming down her cheeks. "Are you Kirinko-chan?"

"Ho…How do you know my na-name…?"

"Your mother has asked me to find you."

"M-Mommy…?" Her sobs worsen at the mention of her mother, "Mommy… I want my mommy…"

"A kid playing Hero…?" Stain scoffed as he got onto his feet, I got into a ready stance in response, "Buzz off, girl. This is no place for children."

"Quick, grab the kid and get out of here!" Native shouted at me, "It is me he's after!"

"What about you?"

"My body can't move! I think it is his quirk!"

Damn it, so he has already got to him… This is bad, I don't have the strength to carry both him and the young girl out of here. And that's not mentioning needing to get away from Stain as well. I can't do this on my own.

"Get lost, girl!" The Hero Killer points his sword at me, "You're in my way!"

"Go, Tempest! Forget about me! Just get the girl to safety!!"

What should I do!? Grab the girl and abandon Native to his fate? Logically, that is the correct choice of action, but to just leave someone to die like that?

My hand then grazes something hard on my belt and I remembered. My walkie! That's it!

I immediately pick up my walkie from my belt and press emergency button, "This is Tempest to command! I've encounter Stain!"

"This is command. What is your location, Tempest?"

"It is at-AH!"

The communication device is knocked out of my hand by a swing of the Hero Killer's beat-up sword. The walkie tumbles about on the ground, sliding to a stop next to the wall close to Stain who simply walks up to it and stomps on it, crushing it into pieces under his metallic sole.

Crap! That's my only way to call for back-up!

"So, you're not a kid…" He stated with a scoff as he readies his blade, "But another fake 'Hero' in the works. Another trash to purge."

This is bad! Now I'm completely alone in this with no back-up coming! And not only that, I think I've just gotten myself added onto his blacklist! What do I do!? What should I do!?

"Tempest, run!" Native shouted, "Grab Kirinko and run!!"

"M-Mommy…"

The little girl sobs did nothing to my nerves, but it did get me to steady myself and stop panicking.

No, wait… even if command didn't know my location, the fact that Stain is spotted should have them sending search parties for me. I don't know how long they are going to find me, but I have to stall him until then. That's the only way everyone here is getting out of here alive.

"O-Onee-san…?"

"There's nothing to fear, Kirinko-chan." I turns around to face the sobbing girl and give her the brightest smile I could muster at the moment, "I won't let the scary man hurt you."

"Tempest, what are you doing!? Just get out of here!!"

Ignoring Native's words, I turn back to face the Hero Killer as he scoffed at my actions, "You should listen to him."

"Sorry, but that's not possible. After all,"

I flex my fingers, building up enough charge before clenches my fists and getting into a fighting stance.

"What kind of Hero would leave someone to die?"

…
To Be Continued…

Omake

"Taikou, this is a bad idea."

"Relax, it is not like we're committing a crime."

"Yeah, but it is not right."

"Hey, you're the one who wanted to do this in the first place!"

Shinsou sighs as he turns to the currently brainwashed Genko staring blankly into the distance, before commanding, "Open up your shirt and do a belly dance."

She obediently obliged, casually opening up her school blouse and revealing her grey sports bra and tone stomach. Her hips then start to sway from side to side as she dances to an imaginary tune while showing off her nice hips.

Thankfully, they are on the roof during lunch break when no body is around to witness the slight immoral act of indecency being performed.

"Okay, so far as usual. I guess dancing doesn't count." Taikou noted, "Try something else."

"Sure." Shinsou nodded, "Sing a song."

The girl just keeps on dancing.

"Guess singing is counted as one."

"Yeah, unfortunately. But at least I know about my limitation."

"Yup."

"…"

"…"

They both look at their dancing friend, whom is starting to sweat a little. Her swaying hips draw their attention to them as they both swallow their spit they didn't know was building up.

"Okay, okay, stop, stop!" Shinsou cries out, "Stop and close up your shirt!"

The girl did exactly that, letting the two boys to let out a sigh.

"…Let's never speak of this again."

"Oh yeah, I'm bringing this to the grave with me."

Oh yeah! Time for the Stain arc to properly commence! Nomus are on the loose, Stain is killing Heroes, and Genko is now in a tight situation! Oh no, what is she to do?

So yeah, Kirinko-chan. If you aren't weebs or know basic Japanese word place, kirin is not sure the name of a mystical monster, but the Japanese word for giraffes, thus the little horns. Not my proudest name, I admit, but for a one-off character, it is good enough.

As for why I include the kid in, it is to add tension to the scene. Iida from canon chases down Stain for revenge, something which Genko isn't doing. If anything, she isn't actually actively chasing Stain down, just being cautious of him. After all, she has no idea if she has butterflied the Stain plot by saving Tensei or just delay the inevitable.

And, well, Heroes saving kids is a cliché for a reason.

With that, I thank you for reading this!

Young Pyromancer · Feb 27, 2020

Right, excellent plotting, but you need to vary your descriptors more. It's especially obvious during fights, but you only ever call people by their name or a nickname based on their hair or something. That's fine, but since you only use the two, it really ruins fight scenes for me as I can't help being distracted by the poor prose, and it completely breaks any tension that's being built.

Colin Yeo · Apr 1, 2020

Here's a little preview of the upcoming chapter!

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I don't know how long we both has been sizing each other out, but it felt like hours had gone by. And the whole time, my sights never left on the serial killer once; focusing on both the sword in his hand and the many knives strapped all over his body.

Stain can easily take me out with a single smudge of blood, which means that I have to extra careful with any of his attacks, surprise or not. Besides my wrists and hands along with some padding around the more vital areas, my body isn't that well protected against blades which is bad against someone like him.

Add the fact that he might actually really proficient with his weapons for a crazed serial killer, and I might get one heck of a fight on my hands.

"Hero?" He scoffs, "Yeah right. If you want to call yourself that, at least get that kid away from here first. I hunt only the fake 'Heroes'. I have no interest in spilling children's blood."

I felt my eyebrow twitch at his words. "Yet, you're fine with killing in front of one? You're a bit of a hypocrite, aren't you? Besides, the moment I leave, you'll take the chance to kill Native. No way I'm letting that happen, not on my watch."

"You wish to save them both?"

"Naturally. It's what Heroes do."

"As such, you decided to fight me? And you call me a hypocrite?"

A glimmer of reflected light from his hand is all I need to see to react and I barely grab the knife being thrown towards the semi-unconscious Native out of the air. I turn back to see his katana slashing towards me, aiming for my neck.

I quickly raise the knife in my hand to intercept, only for it to be knock away out of my hand while the force behind his strike knocked my hands up in the air, leaving me full exposed. Stain didn't waste the opportunity and slashes downwards towards me as fast as he can.

He didn't get me though, as I twist my body in response to dodge it before countering with a roundhouse kick right onto his chest as hard as I can manage. That knocked him back a little as I took a few steps back. After gathering enough charge, I charge forward and slams a fist into his solar plexus at top speed, knocking him a few steps back.

I hop back a few steps till I'm back in front of Native and Kirinko as I bounced on the balls of my feet. Alright, so far so good… his blades haven't touch me. Let's keep this up until backup arrives. Or until Native's paralysis wears off.

"…tch. You got lucky."

He clicked his tongue at me before got into a low stance, arms wide apart with his sword in a reverse grip ready for a swing.

Is he aiming for my legs? Well, he's going to regret doing that.

I flex my fingers a little to build up charge before daring him to attack with a finger nudge. A moment later, and without a moment's hesitation and while gritting his teeth, he response to my taunt and dashes at me. His sword flashes and he swing at my legs as expected. I took a step back to avoid the attack before moving to the side with my fist pulled back to strike him down-

A sharp pain exploded from my thigh causes me to flinch from it and nearly trip over myself. Skidding to a stop, I look down at my leg to see that my left shin has a bloody gash on it.

"You're fast." Stain raises a dagger, blood visible on the jagged blade, "But you move too monotonously."

"Shit!" He got my blood! I quickly get up and speeds towards him as fast as I can. If I can grab that dagger before he can-

My body suddenly stiffen up, causing me to drop and crashing onto the ground as my chin bruised from skidding against the hard-concrete floor. Damn it! I was too late!

"That makes your movements very predictable." He pointed out as he walks up to me. "And you have shown me what a hypocrite you really are."

"What are you-GAH!"

His feet stomps on my back hard as he continues, "When you knock me back, you didn't even try to pick up those two and make a break for it. With your speed, you could easily make it out into the main streets with them in tow. And yet, what did you do? You stay and fight."

How is that being a hypocrite!? I'm not the strongest person around, and carrying both Native and Kirinko to safety wouldn't have worked!! I'm not fucking All Might!!

"All that heroic talk about not letting anyone die?" A sharp pain erupted from my shoulder causes me to let out a cry of pain, the burning sensation worsen as I felt him twisting his blade in my wound, "Those were just EMPTY words! You just wanted the credit of taking down the 'Hero Killer'. You're no Hero, just another glory hound hungry for more prestige."

I gritted my teeth at the situation. I was too careless! I thought I have the upper hand with my knowledge of his quirk, but he is way more skilled that I've anticipated! This is bad! This is really, really bad!!

Then, I felt his sword removing from my shoulder. A glance up shows him raising his sword up with the blade facing down, preparing to stab me with it.

"And such fakers need to be purged."

"Tempest!"

"Onee-san!!"

Damn it! So close! Think, Genko, think! What can you do to stall him!? What should I do!? Think!!

"SMASH!!"

My train of thoughts is stopped by the sounds of fist hitting flesh as I feel the Hero Killer's weight left my back.

"I'm here to save you, Tatsuya-san!"

Another glance up to see that Midoriya has appeared, skidding to a stop in front of me while cloaked in green lightning.

Colin Yeo · Apr 3, 2020

Chapter 26: The Hero Killer

"It is at-AH!"

"Tempest!? Tempest, please response!!"

But no matter how much Tensei shouts into the intercoms, no one replied. "Damn it! Command, trace Tempest's location, now!!"

"On it!"

The emergency button of the comms was built in as a security measure when the previous Ingenium, his father, nearly lost a sidekick to a Villain due to difference in strength. It sends a SOS to all active comms and allowed two-way communication to every active member on the field. Tensei couldn't count how many times the system has saved his sidekicks' lives.

And now, his intern, a student no less, is in trouble due to it. Worst of all, she not only is she currently engaging the Hero Killer, she couldn't inform them her location in time.

"Ingenium, focus!!" Manual shouted as he directs a blast of water towards one of the rampaging Nomus; the faceless monster charges through it unfazed and punches towards the Turbo Hero, he dodging the attack that shatters concrete.

"I know! I know!" Tensei slams a turbo assisted punch into the side of the hulking beast's head, but it didn't even register to it, "These things are way too tough! And these are weaker than the one that All Might took out?"

"Then we just have to hit it harder!!" Big Bang yells as he lands a red-hot armored fist into his gut, "And release! Nova Impact!" A bright and fiery explosion erupted from his fist and enveloped the monster in bright flames.

The shockwave sent the two of them flying off as they skid to a stop in front of him while Big Bang gave a victorious cry, "How's that!?"

Despite his confidence, the Nomu is completely uninjured from the attack as it just wades through the flames like it was nothing, "Damn it, even that wasn't enough!?"

"Ingenium, Tempest's comms is offline!"

Tensei grimaced at that fact, 'Of all the luck… Stain must have broken her comms…!'

"Gather all available sidekicks and sent out a search party! The enemy is the Hero Killer! We can't spare even a second!"

"On it!"

'Tempest, please hold on!'

In his worried and panicked state, Tensei didn't notice a green haired costumed teen dashing away into the city.

I don't know how long we both has been sizing each other out, but it felt like hours had gone by. And the whole time, my sights never left on the serial killer once; focusing on both the sword in his hand and the many knives strapped all over his body.

Stain can easily take me out with a single smudge of blood, which means that I have to extra careful with any of his attacks, surprise or not. Besides my wrists and hands along with some padding around the more vital areas, my body isn't that well protected against blades which is bad against someone like him.

Add the fact that he might actually really proficient with his weapons for a crazed serial killer, and I might get one heck of a fight on my hands.

"Hero?" He scoffs, "Yeah right. If you want to call yourself that, at least get that kid away from here first. I hunt only the fake 'Heroes'. I have no interest in spilling children's blood."

I felt my eyebrow twitch at his words. "Yet, you're fine with killing in front of one? You're a bit of a hypocrite, aren't you? Besides, the moment I leave, you'll take the chance to kill Native. No way I'm letting that happen, not on my watch."

"You wish to save them both?"

"Naturally. It's what Heroes do."

"As such, you decided to fight me? And you call me a hypocrite?"

A glimmer of reflected light from his hand is all I need to see to react and I barely grab the knife being thrown towards the semi-unconscious Native out of the air. I turn back to see his katana slashing towards me, aiming for my neck.

I quickly raise the knife in my hand to intercept, only for it to be knock away out of my hand while the force behind his strike knocked my hands up in the air, leaving me full exposed. Stain didn't waste the opportunity and slashes downwards towards me as fast as he can.

He didn't get me though, as I twist my body in response to dodge it before countering with a roundhouse kick right onto his chest as hard as I can manage. That knocked him back a little as I took a few steps back. After gathering enough charge, I charge forward and slams a fist into his solar plexus at top speed, knocking him a few steps back.

I hop back a few steps till I'm back in front of Native and Kirinko as I bounced on the balls of my feet. Alright, so far so good… his blades haven't touch me. Let's keep this up until backup arrives. Or until Native's paralysis wears off.

"…tch. You got lucky."

He clicked his tongue at me before got into a low stance, arms wide apart with his sword in a reverse grip ready for a swing.

Is he aiming for my legs? Well, he's going to regret doing that.

I flex my fingers a little to build up charge before daring him to attack with a finger nudge. A moment later, and without a moment's hesitation and while gritting his teeth, he response to my taunt and dashes at me. His sword flashes and he swing at my legs as expected. I took a step back to avoid the attack before moving to the side with my fist pulled back to strike him down-

A sharp pain exploded from my thigh causes me to flinch from it and nearly trip over myself. Skidding to a stop, I look down at my leg to see that my left shin has a bloody gash on it.

"You're fast." Stain raises a dagger, blood visible on the jagged blade, "But you move too monotonously."

"Shit!" He got my blood! I quickly get up and speeds towards him as fast as I can. If I can grab that dagger before he can-

My body suddenly stiffen up, causing me to drop and crashing onto the ground as my chin bruised from skidding against the hard-concrete floor. Damn it! I was too late!

"That makes your movements very predictable." He pointed out as he walks up to me. "And you have shown me what a hypocrite you really are."

"What are you-GAH!"

His feet stomps on my back hard as he continues, "When you knock me back, you didn't even try to pick up those two and make a break for it. With your speed, you could easily make it out into the main streets with them in tow. And yet, what did you do? You stay and fight."

How is that being a hypocrite!? I'm not the strongest person around, and carrying both Native and Kirinko to safety wouldn't have worked!! I'm not fucking All Might!!

"All that heroic talk about not letting anyone die?" A sharp pain erupted from my shoulder causes me to let out a cry of pain, the burning sensation worsen as I felt him twisting his blade in my wound, "Those were just EMPTY words! You just wanted the credit of taking down the 'Hero Killer'. You're no Hero, just another glory hound hungry for more prestige."

I gritted my teeth at the situation. I was too careless! I thought I have the upper hand with my knowledge of his quirk, but he is way more skilled that I've anticipated! This is bad! This is really, really bad!!

Then, I felt his sword removing from my shoulder. A glance up shows him raising his sword up with the blade facing down, preparing to stab me with it.

"And such fakers need to be purged."

"Tempest!"

"Onee-san!!"

Damn it! So close! Think, Genko, think! What can you do to stall him!? What should I do!? Think!!

"SMASH!!"

My train of thoughts is stopped by the sounds of fist hitting flesh as I feel the Hero Killer's weight left my back.

"I'm here to save you, Tatsuya-san!"

Another glance up to see that Midoriya has appeared, skidding to a stop in front of me while cloaked in green lightning.

"M-Midoriya…-san…?" I was confused at his sudden appearance. Why would he come here? Unlike Iida's obvious revenge connection, there's no link between me and Stain. Not to mention that this meeting is purely coincidental. "Why are you…? And how did you…?"

"I've overheard Ingenium talking about the Hero Killer, and your name was brought up." He explains, "After that, I remember the news talking about how 60 percent of the Hero Killer's victims are discovered in blind corners in deserted areas. So, I scoured the back alleys near where all the chaos is happening, all to find you!"

Ingenium brought me up? Oh, of course! The walkie's emergency button also has an air-all function! It must be trigger on every active comms, including Ingenium's!

"Can you move!?" He asks me, "We can just make it to main road, we could flag down some Pros for help…"

"I can't." I tell him, "It's the Hero Killer's quirk. He can paralysis anyone by consuming their blood."

"Consuming blood? They were talking on TV about that… so he needs to blood to activate it?"

"Tch, good guess…" Stain grumbles.

We have to stall for time. If I remember right, Stain's quirk's effectiveness lessens depends on the blood type, with type O being the least affected. My blood type is A, so it wouldn't take too long for it wears off. If Midoriya can stall Stain till the effects wear off, we can grab both Native and Kirinko and escape!

"Buy us some time! His paralysis has to have a time limit!" I tell him. It's the partial truth, but I can't give away the fact that I know how his quirk works, "When one of us can move, we are to take Native and Kirinko and run!"

"There's a time limit?"

"How does she…? Bah, it doesn't matter. I'll end her all the same. But you." Stain points his sword at Midoriya, "Are you willing to stand in my way? It is my heroic duty to purge the world of those two fakers. If we're forced to fight, then naturally the weaker of us will be culled. So, what would it be?"

Midoriya flinched a little, obviously scared by Stain's demeanor and overall aura; his legs are even shaking a little. But he seems to steady himself and move to a loose brawling stance, "I'll fight. After all, as All Might once said, it's a Hero's duty to give help even when it's not asked for."

Stain seems to grin at his words as Midoriya dashes towards the Hero Killer with green lighting trailing behind him.

'Buy them some time… I don't have to beat him, just buy them some time…'

That was what Midoriya is thinking as he dashes right at the Hero Killer clad in Full Cowling.

He knows how dangerous the Hero Killer is, and with both a Pro Hero and his classmate down from his paralyzing quirk with a defenseless kid in the fray, he knows he is out of his league. Hopefully the reinforcements Ingenium is sending would arrive on the scene soon.

Though, as a precaution, he has stealthily sent his location onto his class's group chat. More people know of this place, the better…

His straightforward approach to the fight is easy for Stain to react as he swings right at the speeding Midoriya. However, the freckled teen sped up at the last moment, catching in close to him where his katana can't reach him. This doesn't deter the Hero Killer one bit as he instantly went for one of his many daggers strapped on his waist and draws it out.

Midoriya then ducks under the attack and slides through between the gaps of Stain's leg, getting right behind him. The Hero Killer immediately twists his body around and swings his katana right at where the green-haired Hero-to-be would be.

Midoriya was faster, however, and jumped before Stain even starts to swing, getting into the Hero Killer's blind spot as pushing off the wall and lands a flying knee right into his face, causing him to drop his katana. He did not stop, however, as once he landed, he got in close and cocked back his fist.

"DETRIOT SMASH!"

He lands a sucker punch into his gut, sending the Hero Killer flying back and slamming into the wall, and away from the three casualties in this fight.

'Alright, this maneuver works…!'

His new movements are an amalgamation of his childhood 'friend' unique maneuverability, his current mentor, Gran Torino's own, and Class 1-B's Naru Taikou's. It was a new style of combat he was working on with the elderly Hero before all of this.

According to him, his Full Cowl is a step in the right direction, but he isn't fully utilizing its unique properties, one being his overall increase speed and agility. He isn't as fast as Iida or Tatsuya at their top speeds, but he can make up for it with some creative thinking and ingenuity. He needs to, according to the elder, think less like All Might.

So, basing his new style after Kacchan and Gran Torino midair movements with Naru's maneuverability, he manages to come up with a way to both move fast effectively and attack quickly without losing much of his advantages.

There're still a few kinks to work out, like not being able to move as fast as Gran Torino or as fluid as Naru and Kacchan, but if anything, it is proven effective in application.

As he thought so, he notices the Hero Killer raising his blade, one what looks like it has a small red stain on its blade. 'When did he-Oh no, his quirk!'

He dashes right towards Stain in an effort to stop his movements, who reacted instantly by throwing a smaller knife at the freckled teen who quickly dodges it. However, the slight delay cost him as the Hero Killer lifts his knife and lick the small smidge of blood off its jagged blade.

The effect was instantaneous as Midoriya felt his body froze mid dodge and drops onto the ground on his side painfully. 'Just from that small amount is enough…!?'

"You definitely have power, but not enough." He tells him as he picks up his katana, "But you did track my movements. You make use of my moves to get into my blind spot and tries to take me down with a good hit. I've encountered many fools who are nothing but talk, but you are worth keeping alive. Unlike those two…"

He walks up his still paralyzed classmate, sword raised and ready to swing down at her.

"N-No! Stop!!" Midoriya screams as loud as he can, fearing for her life.

But the Hero Killer was interrupted once more when a blast of flame heading right for him; Stain swiftly dodging it before it even come close. "Tch! One after another…!"

"You need to be more detailed with your messages, Midoriya. I almost didn't make it in time."

"Todoroki-san…!"

"Todoroki-kun!? How'd you… and your left…!"

The two-toned teen walked up towards them, flames burning strong on his left side, "'How?' That's my line. It took me a few seconds to figure out your group text with nothing but your location." He steps forward, ice cracking under his right foot, "Because sending out meaningless messages isn't your style, I figure it must mean: 'I'm in trouble, please help!'."

Ice flooded the floor and speeds towards Stain, who quickly jumped up to avoid Todoroki's icy assault. As it did so, the ice also flooded under the downed Native and his two classmates, as well as little Kirinko, and extrudes up at an angle.

"Don't worry! The other Pros are on their way!"

As he says so, Todoroki sends another blast of flames right at Stain who was still in the air from his jump; the Hero Killer easily dodges it by kicking against the wall. The blast was also close to the ice that allows the heat coming off it to slightly melt its surface, which thaw them out of it and slide down the slippery slope towards Todoroki.

"It's just liked the reports said so…" He noted as his classmates and the downed Hero skids to a stop around him, the young girl stopping against Tatsuya's stomach. "Sorry, but you're not killing any of these guys tonight, Hero Killer."

"Todoroki-kun! Don't let him draw blood!" Midoriya warns him, "He paralyses people by ingesting blood!"

"That explains all the blades. So, I have to keep my distance–"

He barely was able to dodge a thrown knife which manages to nick his cheek, the Hero Killer charged towards him with his other knife in a reverse grip.

"You've got some nice friends, girl!"

Todoroki manages to summons an ice pillar to block his knife. When Stain glanced up, he also followed his gaze to notice his katana spinning in the air. 'Did he throw his sword up the same time he threw the knife…?'

But little did he know that that was just a diversion as the Hero Killer grabs his collar to his surprise and extends his tongue towards his bleeding cheek. The two-toned teen quickly unleashes his flames around him, forcing the killer to step back to avoid getting burnt.

"That was a close one…" Todoroki muttered in both relief and disgust, 'Each move is made to set up to multiple attacks…' He unleashes another wave of ice at him, Stain leaps into the air to avoid getting frozen and grabs his falling katana. With a heavy swing, he slashes down at the two-toned teen; he barely manages to raise another ice pillar to block it as blade manages to cut into the ice like butter, forcing him to dodge it.

'How is a katana doing that!?'

"Todoroki-san, the paralysis has a time limit!" Tatsuya tells him, "We don't know how long, but you need to stall him till it wears off!"

"Stall him? Easily said than done…"

Todoroki unleashes fires a massive wave of ice towards the Hero Killer who leaps back to avoid it. A few moments later, Stain slashes wildly through the wave of ice, "Obstructing your own vision when up against an opponent faster than yourself… that's poor thinking."

"You'd like to think so–GRCK!"

Todoroki raises his left arm up, igniting it up a blaze ready to fire another blast, only to get a couple of knives impaling said arm.

"You're not bad either…"

"Above…!?"

The two-toned teen looked up to see Stain descending from above, his sword in a reverse grip and aiming right for the downed Pro Hero. He would have taken his target, if weren't for Midoriya who, after a couple of wall jumps, got up to the Hero Killer before grabbing him by his scarf and drags him out of the air and throws him into the wall.

"Midoriya? You can move already?"

"Yeah, it seems so." He noted as he lands, Stain crashing into a pile of garbage bags, "For some reason, the paralysis wears off of me first."

"Then, there isn't a time limit?" Todoroki stated.

"No, I think there still is. But I think there's more than the time limit than who got hit first." Midoriya explains, "I can think of three possibilities. It's either based on how much blood is consumed, how many people he paralyses, or by his victim's blood type."

"Blood type…?" Native noted, "I'm type B. Tempest?"

"I'm type A."

"And I'm type O." The freckled teen noted before concluding, "His quirk must have less effect against type O blood. I was hit last, after all."

"Hoho… good deduction." Stain smirked as he got off the bags, "That's right, it is based on blood type; type O being the least effective. Not that knowing that would change anything."

"He's right." Todoroki stated, "He's quick enough to react to both my ice and fire. Even if we stall him long enough for either Tatsuya's or Native's paralysis to wear off, I'm not if we can even escape with either of them and the little girl."

"Agreed. Our best option right now is to keep him at bay and keep dodging until the Pros get here." Midoriya noted, "You got too much blood exposed, Todoroki-kun. I'll draw his attention, and you provide support from the rear."

"A pretty risky plan…" The two-toned teen noted as he pulls out the knives from his arm, "But it might be the only one we have to work with…"

The two got into position in front of the two still paralyzed Hero and Hero-to-be, and the scared little girl who is now hiding herself behind Tatsuya.

"O-Onee-san…? W-Would we be o-okay…?" Kirinko fearfully asked her.

"It'll be fine, Kirinko-chan." She assures her the best she could, "They won't let the scary man hurt you."

"Two-on-one, huh?" Stain noted, "At least you're not naïve."

Without another word, Midoriya invoked Full Cowl and dashes towards the Hero Killer, with Todoroki following suit by unleashing a wave of ice after him.

Stain easily jumped into the air to dodge the icy assault, only for the freckled teen to maneuver to his blind spot via wall jumping and tackling him into the wall. After dodging another blade that almost slices through his gut via leaping off the same wall, Midoriya proceeds to leap about left and right, up and down, bouncing all over the place in hopes of disorienting the Hero Killer.

Stain, however, wasn't having getting fooled by his movements and easily dodges a punch from his blind spot. As he raises his sword to strike back, Todoroki fires a wave of ice towards him and repelling him away from the freckled teen. The two-toned teen followed that up with a blast of fire that the Hero Killer leaps out of the way.

"Tch."

Clicking his tongue, Stain dodges blast after blast of flames, which leads him to the ground where Midoriya is dashing towards with a punch cocked back. The Hero Killer anticipated this and slashes right into the freckled teen shin, drawing blood onto his blade.

"Midoriya!"

Todoroki unleashes a wave of ice that pushes Stain away from his classmate, but the damage is already done. Wasting no time, the Hero Killer drapes his tongue over the blood on his blade, activating his quirk on Midoriya who flinches as the paralysis kicks in before falling to his side, "Sorry, Todoroki-kun!"

"Tch!" Todoroki clicked his tongue before unleashing a wave of ice towards Stain, who maneuver through the spikes and slices right through the frozen wall he has put up against him. With a loud cry, the Hero Killer prepares strike down at Todoroki who quickly repels him back with another blast of flame which was swiftly followed by another wave of ice.

"Ice… and flames…" This time, Stain easily maneuver through the icy attack before charging right at Todoroki. He quickly fires a blast of flames at the Hero Killer, who easily duck under his flames. "Hasn't anyone told you? Relying too much on your quirk makes you sloppy."

Within moments, he draws in close; his blade slipping through the flames and aiming right at Todoroki's chest. 'H-He's a monster!'

"I won't let you!"

A spark of lightning and a fist slams down into the blade, snapping it clean in two. In his shock of his weapon breaking, Stain wasn't able to defend himself against a fast jab into his face that ratters his brain, which was then followed up with a sucker punch to his gut that sends him flying back. After hopping back to regain his balance, he spat out a small glob of blood before gritting his teeth at the latest nuisance.

Tatsuya Genko, aka Tempest, has return for more.

I let out a sigh of relief as I flexes my fingers a little, feeling the cracking of my stiff joints under my gloves. I honestly didn't think my karate chop to his sword would actually break it, but considering how busted it looks, I guess my hit was what broke the camel's back, so to speak.

"Thanks for the save, Tatsuya." Todoroki tells me, "I owe you one."

"It's no big deal." I assures him with a thumbs-up, "We all know you're not the best in close quarters."

"Something to work on, I suppose…"

"Tatsuya-san… sorry…"

"I'm tagging in, Midoriya. Just rest up and wait for the paralysis to wear off." I got into my fighting stance, fingers flexing within my fists to build up charge, "Once it wears off, we are grabbing everyone and running!"

"R-Right!"

"So now you want to run? A little too late for that, is it not?" Stain scoffs at my words, "Say all you want, I know your true nature. You're nothing but a glory hunting hypocrite that spouts empty heroic words for your own selfish desires; a 'fake' who priorities personal fame over everything else, a cancer that plagues the system!"

"So, you're a fundamentalist? Get with the times." Todoroki stated annoyingly, "Tatsuya, don't even listen to his so-called reasoning."

"I know." I nodded. I'm not going let his words get me. They are just raving of a psychopath, after all.

Even if some of them are painfully true…

"Hopeless… all of you…" Stain growled as he adjusts his grip on his dagger. Todoroki immediately fires a blast at him which he easily dodged up, landing on his sword that he stabbed into the concrete.

"His movements changed a moment ago." He tells me as the Hero killer leap off his perch of a sword and towards us with a knife at hand. He would have stabbed us if Todoroki didn't unleash a wave at him that repels him back, "I think he's getting desperate to kill you and the Pro Hero. If anything, he'll come at us with more ferocity than usual."

"Yeah, I can see that…" His eyes look to be burning, after all. If anything, this guy has a fierce tenacity that borders on insanity. "But being desperate means that he'll most likely make more mistakes for us to exploit."

"Quite confident, are you!?" Stain shouted at he throws a knife at Todoroki, which I speedily intercept. The two-toned teen fires another blast of flame right at the Hero Killer, who quickly leaps off the wall and lands before charging right at us with his broken sword and knife at hand. "But the outcome would not change! You will be purged!!"

I toss the knife in my hand aside and dashes forward to face him at full speed. A quick glance over his shoulder has me noticing a spark of green lightning in the dark alley behind him, signaling to me into who is coming up. I let loose a toothy grin before crying out, "Is that so!? But sadly, this fight is over!!"

With one final step, I pump all of the charge I've built up into my speed as I raised my fist and cocked back for a punch. The Hero Killer raises one of his arms up in order to block my punch, which I immediately feint out of into a punch into his solar plexus hard. At the same time, Midoriya leaps out from the shadows and lands a haymaker into the back of Stain's head hard.

The combined attack was enough to stun him for a short moment, but it was long enough for me to grab Midoriya out of the air by his arm, jabs Stain in the temple for good measure, and run back to my other classmate, "Todoroki! Flame him!!"

"Ah, I see…! On it!"

Todoroki unleashes a blast of fire towards the stunned Hero Killer, the blast hitting and engulfing the upper-half of his body as he raises his arms to block it away from his eyes. With Stain distracted, I let go of Midoriya's arm as he shakily remains upright using the wall as support, as I hurry along towards Kirinko and Native, "Can you move, Native-san?"

"No, I-Wait, wait…!" Native wiggles his fingers a bit before grinning, "Yeah, I can!"

"Great! Help me grab Midoriya-san! I got Kirinko-chan!"

Native quickly got up and ran towards Midoriya, while I kneel down before Kirinko-chan with my arms out, "May I?" She shyly nodded and got into my arms, "Okay, ready!"

"Same here!" Native calls out with Midoriya on his back.

"Todoroki-san! Ice wall!"

"Got it!"

Todoroki stops his flames before unleashing a glacier of ice half the size of the one he did against Midoriya that covers most of the alleyway. Once he did, we all make a dash towards the main road.

"That won't hold him back for long!" Native calls out.

"As long we reach the main road, it doesn't matter!" I call out, "Stain's MO only work as well as he did because we are in a confined space like that alleyway! But once we're out in the open…!"

"He has lesser tricks to pull!" Todoroki concluded.

"Exactly!"

Within moments, and with still no sigh of Stain attacking, we made it out of the alley and onto the empty streets. Judging by the closed shops, this must be back of the business district close to where South Avenue is located.

"Follow me! The medic point is this way–"

"None of you are leaving!!"

"GAH!"

"Onee-san!!"

A sharp pain erupted from my thigh as I drop to my knee. I look down to see a knife sticking out the side of my thigh. "Damn it!"

"Fakers will be purged, with no exception!!" Stain screams out as he leaps out of the alley with knives at hand. His bandana is completely burned away, revealing his burned and scared face with a chopped off nose.

"Get lost already!!" Todoroki fires a blast of fire right at the Hero Killer, who easily sidesteps it and ran past him and towards me, "Tatsuya!!"

I quickly frees and raises one of my arms towards him, a hiss of pain slips out my mouth as I felt his blade stabbing into my forearm. He then raises his other arm, broken sword ready to stab into me. "Now, perish!!"

"Tatsuya-san!!"

"Tempest!"

I could only watch as his blade plummets towards me; with my only remaining arm still holding onto Kirinko, I'm completely unable to defend against myself. As I brace myself for most likely a fatal attack…

"Recipro Burst; Rocket Kick!!"

A kick from a white-armored leg slam into the Hero Killer's face, knocking him off me while leaving his knife imbedded in my forearm. The owner of said leg skids to a stop next to me as his engine revs down, "You alright, Tempest!?"

"Ingenium!!"

"Tch! Another faker!?" Stain growled before he was hit in the back by a white blur who zips back and forth in the air before slamming into Midoriya's face. The blur reveals himself to be a short elderly Hero, one who's yellow cape I know the freckled teen would recognize all too well.

"GAH! G-Gran Torino!?"

"I've told you stay in your seat, boy!!" The elderly Hero shouted at Midoriya, "Bah, you and Toshinori are two peas in a pod…!"

"Over there! Isn't that the Hero Killer!?"

"And aren't those kids!! Native too!!"

"Quick, surround him! We can't let him get away!!"

One after another, Heroes of all sorts as well as the sidekicks from Team Idaten filled into streets and has formed a barricade between us and Stain, while forming a perimeter around the Hero Killer and cutting off all possible routes of escape.

"It's over, Hero Killer!" One of the Heroes shouted, "There's no escape for you this time!"

"Tch…!" He growled back as he got up onto his knees and readies his broken sword.

"Can you stand, Tempest?" Big Bang asks me.

"Not at the moment, no…" I then gestures to a shivering and sobbing Kirinko in my arms, "Can you take her? Her mother is at the perimeter and well, with my leg as it is."

"Got it." He reaches for Kirinko, only for the sobbing girl to tighten her grip on me.

"It'll be fine." I assures her with a wide smile, "He may look scary, but Mister Big Bang over there is a Hero too. He's going to bring you to your mommy."

"Oi, oi, what does that supposed to mean?"

"B-But… what about you, onee-san?" She asks me.

"I'll be right behind you. Now, don't you want to see your mommy?"

"Mm, I want to see mommy." She nods and loosen her grip, allowing Big Bang to carry her into his arms.

"Good girl." I smiled.

"Everyone, get down!!"

Gran Torino's warning alerted everyone as the flying Nomu from South Avenue came flying right towards us, one of its eyes gone with blood dripping out of its empty socket.

"A villain!? Did it escape from Endeavor!?"

Without any warning, it swoops down and grabs Midoriya off of Native's back before flying back up into the air.

"Midoriya-san!!" I cries out as everyone who isn't protecting us or surrounding Stain moves in to try and rescue him. Shit! I can't believe I've overlooked this part!! And with my legs wounded, I can't even get to him!

"This society overgrown with fake Heroes…!"

And within seconds of me thinking that, the Nomu suddenly stops flapping its wings and starts falling towards the ground.

"And criminals who waves their power idly…!"

Just as that is happening, Stain leaps into the air and stabs his broken sword into the monster's exposed brain, bringing it and Midoriya down to the ground.

"They all shall be purged… for the sake…"

With a nasty twist, he drags his sword through the grey matter before pulling it out, letting the blood pour out of the wound.

"…of a better and just society…!"

I swallowed my spit, left stunned by the Hero Killer's actions. Not the reasons behind his actions, that was pretty obvious the way he says his creed just now, his actual movements. He is beaten pretty badly, bruised and burned, and obviously really exhausted, but he still manages to slip past the Heroes, leap up to the FLYING Nomu and then kills it so easily.

"Why're you all bunched up together like that!?" A loud voice screams at us, as the flaming bastard of a Hero that is Endeavor enters the picture, "One of the Villains should've headed your way!"

"Endeavor! You're already finished!?"

"More or less, I had to get a little rough." His attention then turned to Stain, who still has Midoriya in his clutches, "Wait, is that…?"

"…Endeavor…" Stain growled as he readies his knife and broken sword, "You… faker…!"

"Hero Killer!"

The flaming Hero readies his flames just as Stain charges towards him. The Hero Killer tosses his knife towards Endeavor who easily dodges it and fires a spear of fire at him that pierces right through Stain's sword wielding arm, burning it clean off him. But despite that, he kicks his sword upwards and bites into the handle before charges right at Endeavor.

The No.2 Hero was left stunned by his actions, left himself open to have Stain leap onto him and bury that sword down to its hilt into his collarbone. Grunting at the wound, Endeavor lands a flaming punch into the Hero Killer, sending him flying off him and skidding into the streets. Stain, despite his injuries slowly got back up.

"I must make things right…!"

His eyes, his fierce and insane glare has all of us frozen on our feet, unable to move a muscle.

"Someone… needs to be stained with blood…!"

With each step, with each breath, his bloodlust fills the air.

"I must… take back… what it means… to be a Hero…!"

With one final stop, he glares at us, fist clench, teeth gritting and eyes glaring death right at us.

"Come!! Just try and get me, you fakes!!"

Even Endeavor took a step back from him.

"The only one who is allowed to kill me is the only true Hero: ALL MIGHT!!!"

I couldn't move. I can hear the sobs from Kirinko beside me, but I couldn't even move an inch to comfort her. I've never felt that amount of malice from anyone before, so much that I almost lost control over my bowel movements…

Then, the bloodlust cut off.

My tense muscle all released at the same time as I let out a breath that I didn't even know I was holding.

"This guy… he's… unconscious…!"

Endeavor words has us all looking at Stain in atmost horror and fear. Still standing, the iris of the Hero Killer has no doubt rolled back into his skull.

"That's… the Hero Killer…" Ingenium noted, a noticeable stutter in his voice, "He's… unreal…"

And with that, the Stain Arc has come to a close…

…
To Be Continued…

Omake

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So yes! Finally done with this chapter!! Holy shit, this is one heck of chapter to write! The longest one for this fic, I believe. From changes to the fight, to different dialogue, everything has to be revamp or altered.

But I've made it! It took a very, very long time, but I did it. So, what do you think? Hopefully I didn't overdo it with how insane Stain can be in a fight. I have to think of how certain changes in the earlier chapters is going to butterfly into this, like Midoriya being less dependent of fists.

With that, I thank you for reading this!

Young Pyromancer · Apr 3, 2020

Has some grammar mistakes you might want to fix. Descriptions were also not the cleanest.

Colin Yeo · Apr 15, 2020

Young Pyromancer said:
Has some grammar mistakes you might want to fix. Descriptions were also not the cleanest.

Noted. Mind pointing out the grammar mistakes if you can?

Colin Yeo · Apr 15, 2020

Chapter 27: Hosu Aftermath

It is the late morning, the day after Stain's arrest.

Right as he fell unconsciousness, the Heroes on the ground send a call for an ambulance and police officers to come pick him up, as well as take a look at us. Big Bang took this chance to bring Kirinko back to her mother, who is no doubt still panicking and worrying over her.

The unconscious Hero Killer was arrested on the spot, all remaining weapons that he has hidden on him were confiscated and his stump of an arm patched up. I was half expecting him to jolt back into consciousness during all of this and attack the police officers before fleeing into the night, but thankfully that didn't happen.

It still could happen though… Losing an arm didn't stop him from stabbing Endeavor in the shoulder.

Me, Midoriya and Todoroki were all sent to the Hosu General Hospital to get treated for our wounds. Due to our different genders, I was given a different room from the two boys so I didn't get to know how bad their injuries got.

As such, I was left alone on the hospital bed in a spare ward, dressed in a loose hospital gown with bandages covering all the injuries I have sustained from the fight. Stitches on my left shoulder, left shin, right thigh and left forearm, with a possible scarring from the shoulder and forearm wounds; which didn't really bother me much seeing it can't really be seen from under my Hero costume.

I can still move my left hand and fingers well, so I guess I didn't get any lasting nerve damage from the rusty knives. From what the doctor told me; Stain has just barely missed them when he stabbed into my shoulder. Talk about a lucky break.

I did suffer from a minor blood loss though, so I'm still a little lightheaded.

I wasn't able to get much sleep the night before, only a couple of hours of shuteye and nothing more. My mind keeps thinking back to what the Hero Killer has called me, a hypocrite.

"You just wanted the credit of taking down the 'Hero Killer'. You're no Hero, just another glory hound hungry for more prestige."

"You're nothing but a glory hunting hypocrite that spouts empty heroic words for your own selfish desires; a 'fake' who priorities personal fame over everything else, a cancer that plagues the system!"

Those words keep echoing in the back of my mind over the night. At the time, I thought that was just talk of his warped perspective of the modern Pro Heroes, but as I think about it over the night, the truth of his words starts to become clear to me. Despite how I look at it, how I want to justify my actions at the time, I know he is right.

I could have given the information about Hero Killer to Nezu, leak it online, or do anything else. It would have been an easier solution, and wouldn't have cause this much of a legal problem.

But I didn't.

I could have followed Native's instructions and fled with Kirinko, or even try to escape with both of them if given the opportunity. It could have saved at least one of their lives.

But I didn't.

I've convinced myself that I have to be the one to put the stop to him, that I'm the only one that could do this, but in the end, all I wanted was to be the one to stop Stain, the one to put the end to the Hero Killer's career and the glory that comes with it. That's all it has been.

That's all it has always been…

"I truly am a hypocrite…"

*Slide*

"Pardon me."

The ward's door slides open and in walk Ingenium without his signature helmet on. "Ah, you're awake, Tempest."

"Yeah, couldn't really sleep…"

"Rest is an important part of staying healthy, you know." He noted, "It wouldn't do you any good if you don't sleep enough. Especially with what you have gone through last night."

I flinched at his somewhat off-handed comment, "I know that. But…"

He lets out a small sigh in response, "I'll lecture you some other time. You got a visitor."

As he says so, he takes a step to his side as another person walked in, a man in a full black business suit with the head of a dog who I immediately recognized.

"This is the Hosu City's Chief of Police, Tsuragame Kenji."

I knew it!! This is the part where the whole reality of the legality of this whole situation comes crashing down on my head. The highest-ranking officer of this city's police precinct coming to speak to me, a student!? That has future bad rep written all over it! Oh man, did my insertion into Iida's role in the plot somehow makes the legal works even worse!?

"Hm, is something the matter, woof?"

"Ah, no!! Nothing wrong!!" I screams out in a panic, before realizing what I did and let loose a small whimper, "Sorry, sir…"

"It's okay. Just try to relax, woof. I just wanted to ask you some questions."

"I'll…try…"

At least his unique way to speaking has calmed my nerves a little…

"So, you're the first one on the scene, correct?" He asks me, I nodding in response, "Native has sends his report, and he has mentioned you saving him from the Hero Killer, woof. Is that accurate, so far, woof?"

"Y-Yes…"

"And he also mentions you defending him and a civilian child from the Hero Killer, correct, woof?"

"Yes, that's right…"

"When we arrested the Hero Killer, he was suffering from several broken bones among his many serious injuries, woof." He pointed out, I grimaced at his indication, "And your records at UA has mentioned that you have been trained in unarmed combat, woof. Am I right, so far?"

"…Yes…"

This is it! I'm definitely going to get screwed over!!

"…I am sure you are aware of the laws concerning the usage of quirks, woof. The same laws that gave rise to the profession of 'Hero'. The reason this authorization of the use of such powers, powers that could so easily kill, was wildly supported by the public is because your predecessors acted accordingly to said laws, woof. But those without permission, without the explicit permission from the police and powers that be, inflicted harm upon an individual, even if that individual is someone like the Hero Killer, such actions would be a stunning breach of the law, woof."

"As such, you, and your Pro Hero mentor Ingenium, must be dealt with strictly and impartially. Am I clear on that, woof?"

"…Yes… sir…" I swallowed my spit before speaking up, "But… if it's fine with you, can Ingenium not get punished for this…?"

"I am pretty clear that this must be dealt–"

"I'm the one that acted against his orders!!" I cried out, "I'm the one that engaged with the Hero Killer first without informing anyone! I'm the one to be blame with all of this, not him! He has followed the rules accordingly, not me."

I've chosen Ingenium for the sole purpose of taking Stain down. He didn't deserve to go down with me like this…

"A sidekick's actions, even an intern's actions, are the responsibility of the Hero that hired them, woof. He is partly to blame for not disciplining you enough."

"But he…!"

"Tempest, calm down." Ingenium tells me, "Let him finish."

"Eh?"

"Well, that sums up what I'm obligated to say as part of the police." The dog-headed chief stated, "The real issue is whether or not to deal with this issue publicly, woof. If we let the story out as it is, you and the two boys who were with you would be lauded by the public, but you wouldn't be able to avoid punishment."

"However, if we keep all this nasty business to ourselves, the Hero Killer's injuries will support the story of Endeavor was a key operative in taking him down. He'll receive all the accolades, woof. Thankfully, you managed to get him out into the open and there are many witnesses to his arrest that would support that story, woof. But in that case, all your decisive actions and achievements will remain unknown to the general public, with the exception of a few people."

He is most likely referring to Kirinko and her mother. After all, it's not like you can bribe a kid to remain silent. Although…

"So, what do you say!?" He states with a thumbs-up, "I'm an understanding man, and I'm not one to purse charges over this admittedly massive indiscretion, woof! Especially to such a promising young lady!"

I let out a small sigh of relief at the idea, before bowing to him, "Thank you, sir. For everything."

"…the world is an unfair place." Tsuragame stated, "You'll receive none of the commendations that you might have otherwise. But, at the very least…" He bows his head to me, "As someone invested in keeping the peace, I thank you."

"A-Ah! I-It's fine!" I assures him nervously. For the chief of police to bow to me of all people…? I'm not sure what to think of that.

"I'm best be off, woof." He tells me as he walks out the ward, "I have to inform the two boys of their shared fate, woof."

I'm not sure what to think of that comment, so I stopped thinking about it.

As the ward's door slides close, I'm left alone with Ingenium.

"…"

"Ingenium, I–OW!"

A chop from him slams into my head hard.

"That's for your actions." He noted, a trace of anger in his tone, "What were you thinkning!? I gave you specific instructions to inform us and then run if face with a villain, not the other way around."

"I-I know. But I saw Native was about to get killed, and I just… reacted."

"Hah… not sure if I should commend you for acting like a true Hero, or scold you for your reckless actions…" He groaned, "Listen, you are a student, a minor who has no license and the authorization to act as a Hero. Thankfully, Chief Tsuragame is nice enough to swipe all of this under the rug, but you could have gotten into a lot of legal problems for your actions. I'm sure Tatsuya-san has taught you that in school at least."

"Y-Yes sir… I'm sorry…"

"Well, that's it for me. You'll need to write a report for me by tonight, so here's a form to get you started." He took out a folded form from his pockets along with a pen and my phone, "You also might want to check your messages. It has been ringing nonstop for the past hour or so."

"Ah." Don't tell me…

I took them from him and unlocked my phone. Sure enough, there are at least several dozens of messages from Tsuyu, Taikou, Shinsou, Kirishima, Nemuri-nee, and my dad; with dad contributing to a good third of them.

*PING*

And just as I read through my message box, another of the same message from dad popped up.

Dad: call me. NOW

"Oh boy…"

"Yeah, I kind of figured it would be that…" Ingenium nervously chuckled, "I have to head back to HQ, so I'll leave you to it."

"O-Okay."

"And Tempest." He stops at the opened door before turning to face me, "Whatever that Hero Killer told you, know this. What you did back there saved two lives, lawfully correct or not. That's not being a hypocrite, that's called being a Hero. And don't let anyone say otherwise, okay?"

I found myself choking up at his words. I've gone against his instructions, nearly got him into legal trouble, and yet, he still considers me worthy of being a Hero. I… I…

I rubbed away the tears before turning to him and bowing. "Thank you…"

"No problem." He smiles at me, "Now, you might want to call your dad. He has just messaged me to do just that. Word of advice, you might want to turn down the volume. He can get really loud."

I let out a nervous sigh at that as he leaves the ward. I look down at my phone, took a deep breath before dials his number and brace myself.

A single ring later…

"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?"

"I'm sorry!! I wasn't thinking!!"

"DAMN RIGHT YOU WEREN'T!! Ingenium told me everything, and I have a lot to say to you!! First of all…"

I spent the rest of the morning just listening to dad lecturing me over the phone. My ears wouldn't stop ringing for at least an hour after that…

"What is with you and not asking for help? I could have headed right there if you have called."

"I've left my phone in my room. Besides, aren't you on the other end of Japan right now?"

Taikou groaned into his phone, glancing around at his current location that is Tottori city, "That's true, unfortunately… How are your injuries?"

"They aren't that serious, all things considered. Some need a little stitching up, but that's about it." His childhood friend informs him, "There might be a scar left behind, though."

"Considering that you just tussle with the Hero Killer, a scar might be a small price to pay for not being dead."

"It's not really that visible unless I remove my clothes, so it's fine."

He let loose another groan at her words.

When he saw the news that morning, he immediately sent a message to her and urgently waited a reply. He did not expect for her to call back some time in the afternoon and inform him that she tussled with the Stain of all people. Seeing as she was somewhat expecting something to happen during this week, he wasn't that surprised.

"You know, Nemuri-san is going to freak out when she finds out." He pointed out and let loose a chuckle when he heard her gasp.

"Oh lord, have mercy…"

"I'll be there at your funeral."

"Don't jinx it!!"

"Hehehe." He chuckles, "So, seeing that you are hospitalized, I take it that your week-long internship is over?"

"Not quite. I still got to fill in my report of the incident, and I still have the last day to pack up."

"Ah, paperwork. Still can't believe that's part of being a Hero too."

"Oi, Blazer!" His mentor, the Rabbit Hero: Miriko calls out to him, "Get off your damn phone! It's villain time!"

"Got it!!"

"Blazer? Really?"

"It's good name! Urgh, I'll call you back!"

He hung up before following the rabbit-themed amazon down the roof of the skyscraper they were perched on just moments ago. With a step on the glass window, his feet blaze to life as he follows his mentor towards the following building, Miriko jumping from building to building without any effort.

"So? How's your girl?" She asks him.

"My what!?" He shouted while nearly stopping his flame output from sheer shock.

"From what it sounds like, you are talking to your girlfriend."

"Oh, Genko is NOT my girlfriend!"

"Ah, one-sided, huh? Heh, that's rough, buddy."

"We're not like that!!"

He couldn't convince her otherwise for the rest of the week.

…
To Be Continued…

Omake

"Oh my god, what did you do!?" Midnight screams in horror when she saw her 12-year-old niece walked into the house with her bangs a completely uneven mess.

"She tries to cut her bangs." Her childhood friend tells her.

"Are you serious!? You couldn't even go to a salon for it!?"

"I didn't think it would be that difficult." She shrugs her shoulder.

"Urgh!!" She pulls her out of the house by her arm, "Listen, you are a young lady now, so you have to start taking care of your looks! Your face, your hair, your skin, you need to take good care of all of those!"

"That sounds like a huge pain!"

"That it is, but it is worth the effort, I assure you." She tells her, "A Hero has to look her best 24/7 after all. And a Hero worthy of Hermes has to look stunning to match."

"Ah…"

"Now, after you get your hair done, we're going to get you some hair products. And a facemask. Oh, some moisturizer would be nice!"

And done! Wow, didn't think I would finish this chapter this fast! Then again, it is on the shorter side, but there's not much I can say about the aftermath of the arc, especially with the epic as hell fight from the previous chapter.

So, yes. This chapter is pretty short, but the aftermath of the Stain arc is pretty short, all things considered, so I guess it's fair.

I was planning on placing in a scene where Genko apologizes to Midoriya and Todoroki, but I feel like that is a little too out of character for her to do. And I couldn't really write the interaction well enough to be readable, so I sadly has to remove it.

That being said, I pray for everyone to take good care of yourselves, wash your hands, practice social distancing and try to stay home if you aren't working, and stay healthy!

With that, I thank you for reading this!

Young Pyromancer · Apr 15, 2020

I'm on mobile, so I only quoted the first ten or so. Most of the errors seem to be caused by the fact that you are writing in present tense, which is not commonly used for a reason. Past tense is much easier, and I see you slip into it occasionally for that reason. With that said, here we go!

Colin Yeo said:
I greeted the sidekick a good evening

Tense error here, alongside the good evening part not fitting. Maybe cut it and just say, 'I greet the sidekick...'?

Colin Yeo said:
It has been two days into my week-long internship,

Two days of

Colin Yeo said:
The last one was a rush on the morning of my second day.

The crime was a rush? I think you mean the crime caused a rush, or the crime was someone rushing.

Colin Yeo said:
We immediately rush out onto the highway and catches up

Catch up.

Colin Yeo said:
we have the case closed just as the afternoon sun struck.

Afternoon sun struck? That's not a saying.

Colin Yeo said:
Not sure if he is bidding his time,

Spelling error here. You mean biding.

Colin Yeo said:
"Evening, Tempest." Ingenium greeted me

Tense error here. Slipped into past again.

Colin Yeo said:
Ingenium and I exited the compound,

Same as above.

Colin Yeo said:
With less people about, there's lesser witness

Less witnesses.

Colin Yeo said:
his guerrilla/ninja styled methods are well-suited for it

Style methods, and them, not it.

Colin Yeo said:
hat's why keep a look out, but don't engage him."

You should keep a look out, but not engage him.

Colin Yeo said:
I nodded before taking a look around.

Slip into the wrong tense again.

So yeah, most of the mistakes in the section I covered could be corrected by switching into past tense. It's the standard tense of writing fiction for a reason. For the others... you'd probably need to find a beta, or else take some kind of English course online. A lot of them are just one-off mistakes, so I can't really help you find a pattern aside from the fact that you occasionally use pronouns wrong/too often/not enough, or use the wrong form of a verb or two.

Now to read your new chapter!

Colin Yeo · Apr 15, 2020

Thanks, I'll try and change them when I can. Hope you enjoy the latest chapter!

Immortal Lurker · Apr 16, 2020

This is pretty good stuff. Might be nice to see some more butterflies, but the structure of MHA doesn't play nice with them for the first couple arcs.

Colin Yeo · Apr 25, 2020

Chapter 28: End of Internship

The elevator doors open with a soft ding and I walk into Ingenium's office, a slight limp in my steps.

It is now the final day of my week-long internship.

The doctor has given the OK for my release from the hospital just this morning, with a warning to not do any strenuous activity for at least a week, and I've finished the required report writing for my tussle with the Hero Killer the night before.

So here I am, after packing up everything from my room and changing into my school uniform, to say a final farewell to my temporary boss.

"Hey there, Tempest." He greeted me as he finished another of his papers, "I take it you have everything packed?"

"Yes, sir." I nodded, "Thank you for your guidance this past week. And… sorry for all the trouble I have caused."

"Glad that you're still aware of that. You have no idea how much a hassle your tussle has caused me. Oh hey, that rhythmed." He noted with what I can only hope is a mischievous grin, "Joking aside, this has been an interesting week. I'm glad to have you here, Tempest. The next time I see you, it would better be either as a full-fledged Hero, or as Team Idaten newest sidekick. We can save you a spot if you want. Fuusenko has taken a real shine to you."

"I'll think about it."

"Hope you do. Oh, that reminds me."

He reached into his desk drawer and drew out a folded piece of parchment paper.

"What's this?"

"Why don't you open it up?"

My curiosity peaked at that statement; I unfold the paper to see what looks like to be a childish crayon doodle of what I think is me in my hero costume holding hands with a doodle of a familiar looking girl. At the bottom, are the words in bright yellow crayon.

[THANK YOU, TEMPEST]

"Looks like someone got herself a fan~" Ingenium's teasing has my face flushing red. "One of our team was handed that by a little girl yesterday, saying that she wants to thank the one that saved her life."

"Kirinko-chan…"

To be honest, her life was never in danger.

But to be thanked for it anyway… now that's a complicated feeling…

"I know I'm repeating myself, but your actions have saved lives. Remember that, alright?"

"I will. And thank you."

"Don't mention it. You'll be a great Hero someday, I know it."

I gave him a thumbs-up and a grin before entering the elevator. As the doors closed shut, I can barely make out him giving me a two-finger salute. Ha, what a lovable dork…

Several hours of train hopping felt like days when you have an injured leg.

Not to mention that it is now late in the evening when I reached my home station. That means that the station is crowded with all sorts of people coming from either work or school.

I barely make it out of the crowded train and is struggling to maneuver around the massive evening crowd while not trying to agitate my injuries even more. That is proving to be a difficult task to accomplish; I struck my toes against the walls more time than I can count.

"E-Excuse me! Please, pardon me-OW!"

I grimaced when I was pushed around and ended up putting way too much weight on my bandaged leg. Winching from the pain, I limp to the side of the entrance before sitting down by the steps to massage the wound in hopes of making the pain fade away. Maybe I should have accepted dad's offer to pick me up after all…

"Genko?"

I looked up at the voice that called me, Taikou is standing there in his school uniform and bags in his arm.

"Oh, hey, Blazer."

"…You're never going to let that go, huh?"

"Not even the slightest!"

His groan makes me chuckle before I let out a hiss when I pressed my foot down too hard again.

"You okay?" He asked me.

"Yeah, just peachy." I stated as I got back up, "Nothing to be concerned about."

"Not from where I'm standing. Can you even walk?"

"Hey, I made it here fine, didn't I?"

He let loose a sigh before moving his bag to his front and handing me his costume case. After I receive it, he knelt in front of me, "Get on."

"…I've told you I'm fine, Taikou."

"You want to worry your dad even more?"

"…"

I let loose a grumble before wrapping my arms around his neck and getting on his back. With a mighty heave, he lifts me up on his back with relative ease.

"You really need to ask for help if you need it."

"Yeah, yeah, I know…"

I really do need to fix this habit of mine…

As we proceed on towards my house, I can feel some people gazing at us. A quick glance around has me seeing some old ladies chuckling, a couple of high school girls squealing at us while taking pictures with their phones, some of the high school boys are glaring death at Taikou for some reason, and a woman pointing at us while discussing something with her boyfriend.

Is this act something to be amazed about? I mean, it just a friend piggybacking on another friend. There aren't any romantic indications here.

"…Hey, Genko."

"Hm? What is it, Taikou?"

"Have you gained weight? Because you're heavier than usual-OW!!"

I slaps his head as hard as I can for the question.

"What was that for!?"

"What kind of question is that!? You can't just ask a girl about her weight like that!"

"It's a just normal question!"

I scoffed at his answer before readjusting my grip, "So, how's your week? You've interned under Miriko, right? Is she as hardass as they say?"

"Not really." He tells me, "If anything, she reminds me a lot of like that asshole Bakugou, only without the explosions and the massive ego."

"A female Bakugou? Urgh, I don't want to imagine that."

"She's not as bad as him, though. If anything, she is a badass than a hardass. And I think she might be an adrenaline junkie…"

"Really?"

"Yeah, most of my time were spent parkouring over cities and fighting villains day in and out. She also seems to enjoy leaping off tall skyscrapers just for the fun of it."

"Sounds intense!"

"You're one to talk, miss-fight-the-Hero-Killer."

"…Yeah, that's fair."

"Was Maki-jii angry at you?"

"Furious." I shudder as I rubs my ears, "I can still feel my ears ringing from his lecture…"

"Which you rightfully deserved."

"Don't you start, too!!"

Our banter continues on until I dropped off at my house.

The next day, classes officially restarted for us Hero Course students.

Dad, in his ever-increasing worry over my injuries, decided to chauffeur me to school today, much to my embarrassment. I think it reminded him of his own knee injury… sorry, dad…

After a brief check-up from Recovery Girl, with a reminder of my exclusion to the practical Hero Studies, I made my way to my class.

The moment I open the door, everyone who has arrived stopped talking and turn to face me; some of them have a small grimace in their expression.

"Um… morning…?" I greeted them as I limp my way to my seat. What's with the sudden change in atmosphere?

"Morning, Genko-chan!"

"A good morning to you, Tatsuya-san!"

At least Hagakure and Iida doesn't seems to be bothered by it.

"M-Morning, Tatsuya-san." Midoriya greets me back with a meek wave as he walks up to me with Todoroki next to him. "Are your injuries…?"

"Not permanent, if you are wondering. Just have to be exempted from practical for a week or so." I tells him before remembering something I didn't get to do back in the hospital. "You know, I never did get to thank you for your help that day, Midoriya-san. You too, Todoroki-san. I wouldn't have made it out alive weren't for you two."

"It's no problem." He stated.

"Y-Yeah!" Midoriya nodded, "It's no big d-deal!"

The door slides open once more, and I hear Kirishima and Sero burst out laughing.

"HAHAHAHA!! Rea-Really!? Really, Bakugou!?"

I turn to the commotion before laughter burst free from my lips at the image of the explosive teen's gentlemanly hairstyle. It is way more hilarious than in the manga!! Like, those spiky bangs are actually staying down!!

"Stop laughing!!" He shouted at the two howling teens, "It is stuck like this even after I gave it a good washing! Keep that up, and I'll murder you!!"

"Yeah, I like to see you try, pretty boy!!"

"WHAT WAS THAT!?"

"Ah! It turned back!"

I couldn't stop my laughter even after his hair blew back up into its usual spikes as he went on his way to grabble at the two. Oh man, that was epic! I really needed that laugh!!

The tense and gloomy atmosphere from before immediately dissipates as everyone all returned to their usual conversations. I noticed Tsuyu seems to gave me a worried glance before going back to her conversation with Ashido and Jirou. I hope I didn't worry her too much like I did with Taikou…

"Speaking of exciting experiences, you can't get any more exciting than those you three." Kaminari pointed out.

"Oh right, the Hero Killer!" Sero noted.

"I'm just glad you guy are still alive." Kirishima stated.

"I was so worried." Yaoyarozu stated with sigh.

"Me too, kero." Tsuyu noted.

"I'm sorry for worrying you all…" I apologized to them.

"Endeavor managed to come and save you, right? That's our number two for you!" Sero stated with a grin.

"Yeah… we were saved…"

I don't think Todoroki is taking the cover story that well…

"I'm just glad that you're doing fine, Genko-chan." Hagakure tells me, "When I saw you on the news, I was really shocked!"

"Ah, right, they did show it on there, huh…" Taikou did mentioned something like that.

From the scene in which Stain is about to stab me while his knives are impaled into my leg, to the loss of the Hero Killer's arm by the hands of Endeavor, somehow the news chopper managed to videotape all of it and has played it on the news.

Iida walks up to me and lower his voice, "My brother has told me everything. While I don't agree with your breech of the Heroic Laws, it is undeniable that you managed to save lives because of it. And I respect that."

"…thanks, Iida-san."

"Please don't try to do so again."

"So, I've saw it on the news…" Ojirou decided to join in the conversation, "They think the Hero Killer is connected to the League of Villains, right? I hate to think how things would've turn out if a scary guy like him had showed up at USJ at the time…"

"Hold on. Sure, he is scary and all, but did you watch that video, Ojirou?" Kaminari asked, "That tenacity and one-tracked mindset, not to mention that he managed to harm Endeavor even after his arm was blown off. That's kind of… cool, don't you think?"

"Kaminari!"

"A-Ah! S-Sorry, Tatsuya! I didn't mean to…"

"No, no, it's fine." I assure him, "As much as it pains to admit it, he can be pretty amazing. And he is right, for the most part…"

"Then it is up to us to prove him wrong, right?" Todoroki, of all people, pointed that out, "We just have to become Heroes that even that bastard has no choice but to accept."

"…Wasn't expecting that to come out of your mouth, Todoroki." Sero noted.

"Yeah, no kidding…" Kaminari nodded, "For you of all people would say that…"

"I have a change in perspective, that's all."

Huh, I wonder what brought upon that change…?

"Alright, enough talking!!" Iida shouted over the podium, "Homeroom is about to begin! Get to your seats!"

Morning classes flew past us in a flash, and soon enough…

"Alright, I am Here. And the reason for that is… your basic Hero Training! Welcome back, boys and girls! It has been a while, hasn't it!? How is everyone!?"

Here we are, standing in front the giant door that leads to one of the other training fields around UA. In front of it stood All Might in his more current hero outfit, which Midoriya is geeking out over.

Although…

"Not much of an entrance, huh?" Sero noted, "I've kinda expected more after the break."

"Maybe he ran out of shticks?" Tsuyu wonders.

"I guess so?" I shrugged my shoulders, "I mean, there're only so many ways he can use the 'I am Here' line till it gets pretty dull."

"Run out? Never! My supply of shticks is inexhaustible!"

All Might suddenly declares to us for some reason. Guess he heard us, huh? With some reddish tint on his cheeks, he let's out a small cough before continuing on, "Now, as an immediate follow-up to your internships, today's activity is a playful one; a rescue-training race!!"

"Sensei!" Iida raises his hands high up in the air as he asks, "Shouldn't rescue-training be done at the USJ!?"

"That place is specifically for disaster rescues, not for what I'm planning today. This place is Field Gamma! It's a dense spread of factories that winds together to create an intricate network of mazelike alleys! You'll split up into groups of five, with each team going one at a time! I'll send a distress signal from somewhere inside, and you'll all start at the border and make your way to me. Whoever reach and 'rescue' me first, wins! Easy to understand, yes?"

I nodded since I knew that this lesson is definitely going to be here. Also, the idea of a distress call within a mazelike weave of alleys kind of reminds me too much of what went down in Hosu with me.

"Of course, you have to keep collateral damage to minimum! Understand?"

We naturally all turns to the most destructive person in our class, Bakugou growled out an "I got it." under his breath.

"Also!" All Might points at me, still wearing my school uniform minus the blazer which I've tied around my waist by its sleeves, "Tatsuya-kun, you are exempted from all practical for the rest of the week, so I expect you to behave."

"Yes, sir." I nodded.

With that all said, the groups are distributed among us and the first team is up, which consists of Midoriya, Ojirou, Iida, Ashido and Sero. The rest of us all waited outside and watch the whole thing unfold from a large video screen.

"All of the class's mobility experts are on this team." Yaoyorozu noted, "Well, excluding Tatsuya-san, anyway."

"Hey, wanna bet who would be first?" Kirishima asked, "I bet Sero would take the first win."

"Yeah… but don't count Ojiro out." Kaminari stated.

"I'm thinking Mina!" Hagakure cries out excitedly, "She is crazy athletic!"

"I have a good feeling about Iida-kun." Uraraka stated.

"Deku's last!!"

No need to explain who said that.

"Well, I think Midoriya might snatch first." I noted, glancing at Bakugou who only scoffs at the idea. Just you wait and see, Bakugou…

The signal soon goes off and everyone made their move.

Ashido using her acid to glide across the pipes and melt grabbling spots on the walls.

Oijro makes use of his tail's strength to push himself off walls and grab pipes.

Iida pushes his engine to the limit and maneuver around the sharp corners and tight spaces.

Sero, being the most advantageous among them, uses his tapes to pull himself up into the air and over all of it like a discount spiderman, and is clearly in the lead.

"See!? In a cramped space like that, overhead's the way to go!" Kirishima cheered, "This place made for someone like him!"

"That puts Sero at an advantage." Shoji noted, "He's great at staying airborne."

Not too long after they said that, a green blur flashes past the screen before the camera refocus on to reveal the person that I have placed my bet on.

"W-What the hell!?" Bakugou shouted.

"Holy shit, is that Midoriya!?" Kirishima cries out in shock, "He's jumping all over the place!!"

"Man, I didn't expect him to be so good at this!!" Kaminari noted in awe.

"Wow, he's bouncing about, like Bakugou!" Uraraka noted.

"Has he gotten faster?" Tsuyu pointed out.

"Hm?" I look closely at his movements, "Yeah, I think he did. And those movements…"

When I took a good look, it is not just Bakugou's midair maneuvers he is using. For a second there, it looks like he's copying Taikou's own moves as well. Tucking in his knees in the air, kicking off the walls and pipes, he even wall run at one point! When did he become a master at parkour!? Did Gran Torino train him in this!? Can he even train him in this!?

As I watch him leap through the air, I can't help imagine that the long ripple effect this might have for the whole canon timeline.

And I fear what is going to change because of it…

…
To be continued…

Omake

Genko looked down at the accursed machine in her bathroom, a drop of sweat rolls down her cheek. "I couldn't have…"

Nervously, she raises her leg, and steps onto it.

A few tense seconds later, a beep can be heard and she reads the number being displayed on the screen.

55.8KG

"No way, I really did!!"

Hey, hey! Here's another fast one for you! Man, quarantine really gives you a lot of time to yourself, huh? It didn't help that there aren't much to write from the time leading up to the finals.

With that, I thank you for reading this!

Young Pyromancer · Apr 25, 2020

Colin Yeo said:
"No way, I really did!!"

Curse you, hospital fooooood!!!!!

Colin Yeo · May 17, 2020

Chapter 29: Finals Hell begins

A week has passed since the Hero Internship has come to an end. My exemption from the practical Hero studies is lifted today and I'm ready to jump back into training.

But then, this morning is when Aizawa decided to drop a massive bomb on us.

"Uh, summer vacation's close at hand. Of course, it would be completely irrational for all of you to take a whole month off." He states to us, "As such, you all will be doing a summer training camp in the woods."

"Hell freaking yeah!!"

"Truth or dare!!"

"Fireworks!"

"Curry, yes!"

"What does that have to do with summer camp?"

One by one, all of us in the class all cheers at the prospect of a summer camp for the Hero Course. For me, on the other hand, it only serves as a cruel reminder of what is to come.

The Summer Camp arc is the prelude of the end of the Era of All Might, where the League of Villains attacked the secret campsite and captured Bakugou. It is the beginning of the end, as a matter of speaking.

I have been making plans on this arc since the moment I remember everything, and I still have not finalized it at all.

"However!" Aizawa gave us his anti-quirk glare and we all quiet down immediately, "Anyone who doesn't past the upcoming finals is in summer school hell, right here with me."

""DO YOUR BEST, YOU GUYS!!""

Kirishima and Kaminari cheer us on, which only just increase the tension of the upcoming finals even more.

This arc is the final stopper arc before everything went crazy. Wild Wild Pussy Cat's Rag Doll would be attacked and stripped of her insanely powerful quirk, Bakugou would be captured and be the catalyst for the final showdown between All Might and All-For-One, and would mark the end of an era which the world is not ready for.

I need to consider what I need to do to prevent those tragedies from happening, and possibly prevent All Might from retiring too early.

And before I can do that, I would need to pass the finals first.

Lunch period soon rolls around, and me and my cliché of friends gathered at our usual table and discuss the upcoming terror that is the finals.

"I can't believe I forgotten about the finals…" Taikou groaned into his hands, "I'm so going to flunk it so badly…!"

This somehow feels like deja-vu… had this happened before…?

"Come on, it's not that bad." I noted as I bites down on my tempura shrimp, "You just have to study a bit harder."

"Says the one that could ace her exams with her eyes closed." Shinsou noted with a sigh.

"I have to agree with Naru on this one, Tatsuya." Kirishima stated, "I mean, you aced those mock exams with no trouble at all. Not to mention that you are in the top ten in the midterms."

"You are very smart, Genko-chan." Tsuyu tells me.

"I-I suppose…" I can feel my cheek blushing from the compliment.

"Me on the other hand…" Taikou groaned, "Calculus will be the dead of me…"

"You're telling me." Kirishima groaned.

"You try getting English right." Shinsou stated.

"For me, it's Japanese Literature." Pony noted with a heavy sigh, "Why does the Japanese writing system has so many variants…?"

"Science is my weak spot, kero." Tsuyu added.

"History, man…" Tetsutetsu stated, "Who cares what happened decades ago!?"

Oh boy, looks like everyone has their own weak subject. And at this rate, no one can properly pass the exam…

"So, Genko…" Taikou turns to me, "Study session at your place this weekend?"

Pony flinched at the corner of my eye, but I ignore it. "The usual, then?"

"Why am I even surprised…?" Shinsou sighs, "Then, mind if I join as well? Not sure how different the subjects are from the Hero Course compared the General Course, but I sure could use the help with my calculus as well."

"Sure." I nodded, and then I turn to the rest of our little group, "Why don't you guys join us? It would be easier to help each other study then alone, right? And, to be honest, Japanese Literature is kind of my weakness…"

"Y-Yes please!" Pony stated very excitedly for some reason.

"Yeah, let's do that!" Tetsutetsu cheered.

"Eh? But to go to a girl's house like that…" Kirishima muttered with cheeks stained red.

"It's not like you're going in to her room." Tsuyu noted.

"Yeah, but won't it be disturbing…"

"Eh, don't think about it too much." I assures him. I then notice Taikou staring at me, "Taikou? Is something wrong?"

"Oh, no, it's nothing. There's just some rice by the edge of your mouth."

"Really?"

With that settled, we all agree on a day for our group study session.

Taikou yawns as he checks his watch. 'Just a few more minutes…'

It is now the weekend, the day of their group study. They all agreed to meet up at the station where he will lead them to Genko's place, the host herself is preparing for their arrival.

For now, he is the first to meet up.

"Yo, Naru!"

He turns to the voice as Kirishima runs up to him with a bag on his back, dressed in a red short sleeved hoodie over an animal patterned shirt and a pair of green Bermuda shorts with a pair of red sports shoes.

Taikou's own casual wear consists of a blue short-sleeved polo shirt with a pair of pale jeans and a pair of white and blue running shoes.

"Am I late?" He asked.

"Nope, you made it just in time." Taikou informs him. He then turns to the uninvited guest, the pink haired girl waves at him while standing next to the redhead while dressed in her pink picture shirt and short pants.

Apparently, Ashido Mina has overheard them in the cafeteria and asked if she could join in the study group as well, to help with her studies. He thinks Genko knows what she actually wants in this when she accepts her.

"Sorry again for intruding in like this." She light-heartedly laughed.

"Eh, it's no big deal." He tells her, 'You would have barged in, regardless…'

"Good morning, everyone."

"Sup, guys! Hope we didn't keep you waiting for too long."

Pony runs/gallops down the stairs with a cheerful wave, dressed in a spaghetti-strap top with pair of a jeans over her horse legs and a pair of hoof-styled shoes; the translator box is strapped around her neck.

Right behind her, walks Tetsutetsu with a backpack strapped on his back. He is dressed in a black shirt with a large white kanji of 'tetsu' printed on it and a pair of white slacks along with grey-white shoes.

"You didn't. I just got here myself." Kirishima tells Tetsutetsu as they fist-bumps each other.

"So, um…" Pony walks up to Taikou as she combs through her blonde hair, "W-What do you think?"

"About what?" He asked.

"W-Well…"

"We're here."

She was interrupted when the last two people of their study group walked out of the station towards them; the American exchange student let loose an annoyed sigh.

Tsuyu is dressed in a simple green stripped tank top and shorts with a pair of black sneakers and a light green cap, while Shinsou is in a black shirt and dark blue Bermuda pants along with a pair of red sports shoes.

"Right. Come on, Genko's place is this way."

Taikou leads them down the streets towards where his childhood friend's apartment is, all the while the others discuss among each other about various topics, from Ashido talking with Tsuyu and Pony about Genko's possible wardrobe to Kirishima talking about possible training methods with Tetsutetsu.

"Quite a crowd." Shinsou commented.

"Yeah, it is." Taikou nodded, "Still surprised that Genko invited them all for the session."

"Is it that strange?"

"Genko never tries to invite anyone else to our sessions." He stated, "Even if I invite some of our classmates back in middle school, once Genko is involved, they would decline all the same."

"Ah, now that you mentioned it, I was the only one she invites for this besides you."

When they made it to the apartment complex lift lobby, they run into the one person who should be at home right now; Genko dressed in a loose fitting white and red polo shirt over a pair of white shorts and slippers.

"Genko? Why are you doing out here?" Taikou asked, "You messaged me that you're at home just half-an-hour ago."

"Well, I just realized that I have run out of snacks so I went to the convenient store at the next block to get some." She explains as she raises her two bags of sweet and salty goodies for him to see, "See, I have about five varieties of potato chips and–"

"Okay, okay, I get it." He noted with a sigh. 'A glutton as always…'

A ride on the elevator later, Genko unlocks the door and let them all into her home, "Welcome to my home."

"Sorry to intrude."

They all echoes out as they enter the living room. Genko places the two snacks-filled plastic bags on the kitchen counter before turning to them, "Dad are sleeping after a late night, so I greatly appreciate it if you guys don't make too much of a ruckus."

"Tatsuya-sensei's home?" Ashido moans, "I was kind of hoping if we could sneak into his room to check for the exam questions…"

"It wouldn't be much help for us, anyways." Genko tells her classmate, "He's in-charged of the third years' papers."

"Well, let's all get started!" Kirishima shouts out, before quieting down when Genko hushes him, "Sorry…"

It must have been a few hours since we begin our group study.

As usual, I helped out with Taikou's calculus issues and Shinsou's English. Being a former physic major in my past life definitely helped. I also assisted many of my friends' other problematic subjects the best I can, and they in turn helped me back.

It turns out that Tsuyu is really good with Japanese Literature when she begins to help me and Pony with the ins and outs of the Japanese writing system.

Kirishima isn't having much trouble as I thought, but he truly appreciates my assistance in his calculus. He is pretty average scorer in terms of our position in the class academic ranking. Heck, he is the one that is assisting Tetsutetsu with his history.

As for Ashido…

"I told you, you have to use this formula right here!"

"…Wha?"

I let loose a tired sigh as the pink skinned girl gave me a blank stare. This is the sixth time I have explained the same physic formula to her for the past hour, and the sixth time she gives me the same blank stare. I can see how she ended up at the bottom of the mid-terms ranking with Kaminari.

"I knew Mina is bad at studying, but I didn't think it would be this bad." Kirishima noted.

"Mina-chan does seem to be someone who leaps before looking." Tsuyu stated, "Remember her fight with Tokoyami-kun?"

I let loose another sigh. "Ha… forgot it, let's just start over. This question-"

*GROOOWWWLLL*

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"…she ate all those pocky sticks, though…"

"…Loud as always, huh?" Shinsou snickers to my increasing embarrassment.

"Whoa, it's already well past noon!" Kirishima noted in shock, "We must have been at this for quite a while."

"That might explain the growling stomach." Taikou noted with a grin.

"S-Shut it, you!!" I shouted at him.

"I am feeling rather hungry." Tsuyu noted, "Why don't we take a break and have lunch?"

"Agree~!" Ashido cheers. Of course, she would like a break…

"Same here." Tetsutetsu agrees with a light groan, "My shoulders feel stiff after sitting here for so long…"

"Should we order take out?" Pony asked, "I remember seeing a bento shop on our way here. Their offers are quite tasty looking."

"Is it the one at the corner of the shopping district?" I asked.

"Yup! That's the one!"

Ah, that shop. I remember eating their bentos when mom was too busy with her cases, or after my morning workout with Taikou in the weekends. Their side dishes are so good and their variety is pretty vast.

Most importantly of all, they have a special menu for students!

"That's a good shop." Taikou noted, "And cheap too."

"So, who's going to go get the takeout?" Shinsou asked.

"Oh! I'll go!"

"Oh no, you're staying here, Ashido-san." I tells her with a firm glare; she sat back down immediately, "We're going to go over that question one more time."

"Eh~!?"

I'm going to get her to understand calculus, if it's the last thing I do!

"Allow me." Kirishima tells us, "I kind of need the exercise after sitting for so long."

"I need some exercise too-!"

"Ashido-san."

"…Mm~…"

"I'll come with you." Tetsutetsu stated, "There's something I want to buy along the way."

"Same here." Shinsou added.

After taking our orders and our money, he and the two hard boys went on their way.

"Now, Ashido-san… back to the question. Now see here, this-"

"What's your relationship with Taikou?"

I blinked as me and Taikou looked at each other, completely stunned by her sudden question. What does that have to do with anything we're studying?

"Ashido-san, what are you talking about-"/"What are you even talking about?"

"You two are more than just friends, that's for sure!" She shouted, "You two are always together, come to school together, eat together, all that jazz that only would happen if you guys are dating! So, are you two dating or not!?"

"Huh!?"

We both screams out at her before Taikou speaks up, "What are you talking about!? We're just friends! Spending time with her doesn't mean we're dating!!"

"But all the time? That's not just friends!" She stated.

"Can we get back to our studies, please?" I asked annoyingly.

"I-I also think there's more to it than just friends!" Pony cries out suddenly, "For the past week, Naru-kun seems to help Tatsuya-san out whenever they meet! There's one time I saw Naru-kun helping her take off her shoes!"

"Yup! Boyfriend actions right there!"

"He basically forced me to let him to that!"

Taikou has been really bothersome for the past week, despite me telling him to back off a little; especially when he tries to help me get my shoes off. I kicked him in the chin when he tries to help with my slipper on too.

I refuse for them to use that as an excuse to interpret our relationship that way!

"Kind of think of it, I saw Genko-chan piggybacking on Naru-san a week ago." Tsuyu noted.

"Again, boyfriend actions! It is official, you two are dating!"

"We're not like that!!" I screamed at her.

"I can't stand any of this. I'm going to get some water."

"Ah, me too!"

Anything is better than getting interrogated by those three girls. Seriously, is this the time to talk about others love lives…?

Me and Taikou got off the table and went into the kitchen. I open up the cabinet and hand his mug to him before reaching for my own. Maybe because my fingers are greasy from the snacks I have eaten, it slipped and falls out of my grip.

My immediately reaction is to grab it out of the air, but unfortunately the kitchen isn't that large and I ended up knocking my head against Taikou's face.

"OW!"

"Oh crap, are you okay-WAH!"

"Genko-WOAH!!"

The glass mug, which surprisingly didn't shatter, slips under me and I ended up falling forward and towards my childhood friend.

"OW!"/"Grgh!"

"Ah, Tatsuya-san, are you alright-EH!?"

"My, my."

"Oh, I'm taking a picture~!"

I grunted into soft floor that I have landed. I glanced down to see what I have landed on, only to find the wide eyes of Taikou staring back up at me with a hand up to his lips and beet-red cheeks. The remnants of warm on my lips and the aching of my teeth has my eyes widen in shock at what is happening right now.

For some reason, the world decided that it is due a rom-com moment and decides to have Taikou fall on me and to have our lips touch right at that moment.

Judging by the slight squeals, the girls must have rushed over and I can see Ashido with her phone out no doubt taking pictures of our predicament if the sounds of clicking is any indication. Tsuyu has the same blank expression but her pupils are slightly smaller, while Pony for some reason is glaring daggers at me.

Oh god, don't tell me that she likes Taikou…

"I knew there's something between you two~!" Ashido squeals, "Oh, I'm sharing this with Toru-chan!"

"Don't you dare!!"

Taikou was the one that shouts out as he reaches for Ashido's phone, who easily dodges his attempts as she run around the living room while avoiding his grasps.

"Well… that's one way to get my first kiss." I muttered under my breath as I watched the mayhem happening in my living room.

A quick glance over my shoulder confirmed me that Pony is still glaring daggers at me. Seriously, when did Taikou seduced her!?

"Hey, guys. We're back-What's going on?"

"Oh, Kirishima! Look at this!"

"Don't!!"

We eventually got lectured by dad minutes later…

Omake

Mineta stops writing in his notebook.

"I felt… a disturbance…" He mutters before growling, "Like… there's a normie getting some…!"

"Dude, you're kind of creeping me out…" Kaminari noted to his pervy friend.

…

Hagakure Toru stops writing when her phone beeps. "Hm? Mina-chan? What did she send me?"

She opens up her message, before squealing at the image of her classmate pinning down that one guy from Class 1-B and giving him a kiss.

"Oh~! I knew they would be a couple~! Got to sent this to the rest of the class!"

Yup. This is a bit slow, but with these school series, it's only bound to have some low action between arcs. And boy, this chapter is pretty tricky to write. Writing romance subplots isn't my forte, so I hope this is good enough.

Hopefully when the practical exam bit comes around, it would be much better…

Man, I wasn't sure if I want to ship Genko with Taikou, but they have chemistry, so… I'll think of pairings later down the line.

With that, I thank you for reading this!

Young Pyromancer · May 17, 2020

Right, I picked out some of the typos that are easier to correct. The main repeating issue is quotes. When someone is talking, you don't put a period in the quote, you put a comma. Similarly, you put a period after you state who's talking. This is what you're doing: "I need a beta writer." Colin Yeo said, "That would get me more readers for sure!" This is what you should do: "I need a beta writer," Colin Yeo said. " That would get me more readers for sure!" Your other big problems are slipping in and out of different tenses, as well as messing up the -d on the ends of words. I put some examples here, as well as some other typos. I don't have time to write out corrections for all of them, or point out the less obvious ones, but I hope this helps.

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a whole month off." He states to us,

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as a matter of speaking.

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moment I remember everything,

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gave us his anti-quirk glare and we all quiet down immediately, "Anyone who doesn't past the upcoming finals is in summer school hell, right here with me."

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just increase

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you are in the top ten in the midterms."

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"You are very smart, Genko-chan." Tsuyu tells me.

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Calculus will be the dead

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"Genko never tries to invite anyone else to our sessions." He stated, "Even if I invite some of our classmates back in middle school, once Genko is involved,

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I went to the convenient store at the next block to get some." She explains

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A ride on the elevator later, Genko unlocks the door and let them all into her home, "Welcome to my home."

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Genko places the two snacks-filled plastic bags on the kitchen counter before turning to them,

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"Dad are sleeping

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"Tatsuya-sensei's home?" Ashido moans,

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"It wouldn't be much help for us, anyways."

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"He's in-charged

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him, "Sorry…"

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I also assisted many of my friends' other problematic subjects the best I can,

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"Agree~!"

Colin Yeo · Jun 8, 2020

Chapter 30: Finals

It is now the week before exam week. It is here in which a lot people started to really panic.

Or in our class's case…

""I didn't study at all!!""

Ashido and Kaminari, the lowest ranked people in our class are having a freak out over the upcoming exam that they are very ill-prepared for, in completely different ways. Kaminari is agonizing over the fact that he forgotten about the exam, while Ashido is laughing it off rather carefreely.

Although if you look closely, her smile looks a little forced…

"Between the Sports Festival and Hero Internship, it has totally slipped my mind!!" The lighting teen cries out.

"Didn't you join us in our group study sessions, Mina-chan?" Tsuyu asked.

"Well, I didn't really get any of the materials…"

"All those hours… wasted…" I groaned out loud.

The past weeks of group study sessions with Ashido felt like I'm trying to teach a brick wall at times. No matter how much I tried to explain to her, she just gave me the same blank look every time. Add to the fact that she keeps bugging me about mine and Taikou's 'relationship' status every time…

How did she even pass the written entrance exam to begin with!?

"Midterms were, well… we haven't covered much since starting school, so they weren't all that tough." Satou noted, "But now we have all these other events, the finals are definitely going to much harder."

"And there's the practical exam to worry about." Tokoyami added, "The midterms didn't have one, so it is a mystery how is to be conducted."

It is a mystery, with exception to me at least.

"Let's do our best, Kaminari-kun, Ashido-san!" Midoriya encourages them, "It'll be great if we can all go to the training camp, right?"

"Yes!" Iida agrees with great vigor, "If you work hard, you are assured to prevail!"

"Haven't you been attending class?" Todoroki pointed out, "How could you possibly fail?"

"Argh! Words really hurt; you know!!" Kaminari cries out.

"Um…If it's academics you need help with, I could lend you two a hand." Yaoyorozu offers them, "The practical on the other hand…"

"Thank you, Yaomomo!!" Ashido cheered.

"Yaoyorozu-san, as a warning, Ashido-san isn't easy to teach." I warned her.

"You're just a bad teacher, Genko-chan!!"

"Am not!"

"Are to!"

"I-I'm not exactly bad as them, but…" Jirou bashfully walked up to her and asked, "Mind helping me out as well? Quadratic equations are kind of tripping me up…"

"Ah, me too! You're good with classic Japanese, right, Yaoyorozu?" Sero asked as well.

"And me too?" Ojirou shyly asked too, "There's somethings I still don't get…"

"O-Oh… OH! Y-Yes, of course!!" Yaoyorozu accepts happily, "Then let's hold a study session at my place! I'll have to get mother's permission to open the lecture hall for this… ah, what kind of tea do you all prefer? We always stock on…"

The moment the discussion turns to tea, I ignored the bluntness and difference in monetary status and turns to Kirishima, "So, one last session this weekend?"

"Oh, definitely. I think I'm starting to get physic equations down."

"That's great to hear. Oh, and Taikou wanted to know if you are down for some sparring practice afterschool today?"

"Sure. Same place, same time?"

"Yup."

I have also been using the past weeks to get my body and quirk back into proper working form. If I were to prevent Bakugou from getting captured by the League, I would need to past this exam and not end up in the supplementary group with Aizawa and Vlad King. Sero and Ashido would do great with trapping the villains with his tape, and Kirishima and Satou are strong tanks if they need to be.

And if all else fails, we can have Kaminari just kamikaze them.

Also, Kirishima turns out to have a good affinity with boxing. Considering his hardening quirk, that might be a good thing. He has a slow, but incredibly strong right hook.

"Hey, Genko-chan." Hagakure whispers to me, shocking me as I didn't realize she was that close to me, "Just wondering but… Do you have any idea what the practical exam is going to be like?"

"Oh… um… no?"

"So, you do know, don't you!?" She cries out, "I bet Hermes-sensei told you, didn't he!"

"Hey! That's favoritism!!" Kaminari shouted at me.

"No, no! Dad didn't tell me anything about the practical, I swear!" I assures her, "And even if I did, I wasn't allowed to tell anyone, not even my class!"

"Come on! Show us some kindness here!!" Kaminari cried, "At least give us a hint!"

"I told you, I don't know!"

Speaking of dad, he has been acting pretty weird lately… I wonder if that has anything to do with the exam changes…?

Then, after afternoon classes are over…

"Robots? Really!? Oh, that's a relief!"

I grimaced at Midoriya's info from Kendo as I packed my bag. I've heard the same information from Taikou as well, something we both already know that it would be case normally.

It was mostly curiosity when I was in middle school, but dad told me, and by extension Taikou, that the practical is basically pitting us against the robots from the entrance exam. It's mostly to gauge how much the students have grown over the months since their admittance into the Hero Course.

But that is before Nezu changed it in accordance with all the rising Villain activities over the past weeks into a combat exam against the teachers, against Pro Heroes. Something I knew that dad knows about but didn't tell me anything. The only reason I know of this is because of my memories of the canon timeline.

But seeing as my very existence has altered the canon timeline greatly, as with Ingenium still being on active duty and not confined to a wheelchair for life, I'm not sure how this is going to change.

Then again, this is just an exam, so I doubt there would be much change, like with the Sports Festival. But it would be nice if more people pass the practical exams. At least we have more people to rely on when the League of Villains inevitably attack the camp.

"Yeah! Against robots, we just let loose for an easy win!"

"Woohoo!! Summer camp, here we come!!"

I'm not really one to rain on their parade, but…

"I think it might change though." I pointed out, getting both their attention and pulling the metaphoric rug from under them as I continued on, "We have an infiltration in UA just two months ago, and Hosu city was attacked by a group of the same monsters. Do you really think that the practical exams would be the same as previous and more peaceful years after those two major incidents?"

That should be enough to convince them to not underestimate the practical exams. Hopefully.

"Y-You think so?" Kaminari stated, "But aren't you perhaps overthinking things?"

"Ah… Tatsuya-san does have a point there." Midoriya noted, "It wouldn't be strange if they would change the exam details to suit the current increased Villain activities… and that not mentioning the fact that-"

"Humans, robots, I'd just blast them all away." Bakugou noted as he packed up, "It makes no difference either way, so why's make such a big fuss over it, morons?"

"Who are you calling a moron, moron!?" Kaminari shouted at him.

"Shut up! You're the moron that couldn't even figure out how to dial back his own quirk after two months of training!!" That harsh remark has stunned everyone as he turns to Midoriya, "Hey, Deku! It seems to me that you're starting to manage that dumb quirk of yours. Either way, stop copying me!"

"Does he mean the other day when Deku-kun was moving about like Bakugou…?" Uraraka wondered.

"But he also moved like Naru-kun, too." Tsuyu pointed out, "In fact, I think he move more like Naru-kun than Bakugou."

"I'm not looking for some hollow victory like at the Sports Festival!" The explosive teen shouted angrily, "When it comes to our term grades, like or not, I'm going to crush you into dust! I'll open up the gulf between our abilities so wide, that it'll kill you dead! You too, half-and-half!!"

With those last words, he left the classroom, loudly slamming the door on the way out. You can hear the loud stomping of his steps echoing down the hallway.

"Yikes. Haven't seen Bakugou like that in a while." Kirishima noted.

"Is it uneasiness? Or perhaps sheer hatred?" Tokoyami pointed out.

"A little of both, I think…" I muttered under my breath.

If I remember the timeline right, this is one of the many moments down the road that Bakugou would have to face the fact that his misplaced grudge with Midoriya isn't good for his future. That he needs to curb his ego and get over his inferiority complex if he is going to get stronger as both a Hero and a person.

Hopefully, with Midoriya being way better skilled than the one I know of, it would change for the better…

The days flew past us and soon enough, it is exam week.

The written exams are split through the week, with each day dedicated to at least two subjects for the morning and afternoon period. Thanks to Yaoyorozu great tutoring (Which Ashido would never stop teasing me about), Kaminari and Ashido manages to get through them without a chance of failing.

And soon enough, it is the day of the practical exam.

Everyone is all geared up in our Hero costume, ready for whatever the exam is going to throw at us, all assembled at the bus stop where the teachers are waiting for us.

"Hm?"

I scanned the teachers that are to be our examiners for the practical. Most of the canon group is here, but I didn't see Nemuri-nee among them. That is odd. Did they have a change in staff? Is she going to be testing Class 1-B instead of us?

If that's the case, then most of the plans I came up with to counter her would be for naught…

"Now that everyone is here, let's prepare for the practical exam." Aizawa tells us, "It is, of course, possible to fail this exam. If you want to attend the training camp, then don't mess this up."

"That's quite a lot of teachers for one exam…" Jirou noted as she turns to me, "You might be right about the change in exam details."

"Shouldn't we wait for him?" Thirteen noted.

"It's his fault for the last minute change…" Our homeroom teacher grumbles before continuing, "Knowing you guys, you probably asked around and you might think you have a vague idea of how this will go."

"It's a robot rumble, like the entrance exam! …right?" Kaminari hesitantly asked.

"Not quite!!"

As if on cue, Principal Nezu popped out of Aizawa's scarf like a rabbit in a magician hat, "Due to various circumstances, we have revised the exam format!"

"A revision…?" Yaoyorozu noted in shock.

"Told you." I tell the two class idiots; both of them stunned still from the sudden difficulty spike for them.

"Well, you see…"

He then proceeds to explain to us how the exam committee, after reviewing the past exams and considering the fact that more battles against Villains are going to be the norm moving forward, come to the consensus that the usual robot rumble practical exam isn't going to cut it in the current Hero climate, especially with the League of Villains active and causing havoc.

And to their defense, the whole robot rumble idea was originally a way to avoid the claims and suspicions that people are harmed in the entrance exam.

"As such, from now on, we'll focus on battles against flesh and blood opponents. It is critical that our teaching simulates practical experience as closely as possible!" Nezu declares to us, "As such, you students are pairing up, and fighting our teachers here!"

"Against… our teachers…!?"

"Your pairings and assigned teacher have already been decided." He explained, "Your battle moves, your grades, your friendships with one another, all those factors and more are judged when picking them."

"Wait, then won't we have a pair left behind?" Iida pointed out, "There're not enough teachers for this to work!"

"No, it's just one of them is late, no thanks to his late minute suggestion…" Aizawa grumbled.

"Sorry! Sorry!!" A very familiar voice calls out as a blur zig-zags down the street and skidding to a stop in front of us, "I got too into warming up that I lost track of time."

Words are lost to me when I saw the last examiner I definitely did not expect to be here. Thankfully, Midoriya decided to say what I was going to scream anyways.

"H-Hermes-sensei!?"

Omake
Sorry. No omake this chapter… -_-|||

A short one, this chapter is.

…Sorry, I've been checking out the Star Wars lore for the past week.

Well, this chapter mostly a bridging point towards the next arc, so it can't helped for the short length of it. Hopefully, the next one would be better…

With that, I thank you for reading this!

Linkstore · Jun 8, 2020

You missed threadmarks on two chapters, man.

Colin Yeo · Jun 8, 2020

Linkstore said:
You missed threadmarks on two chapters, man.

Fixed. Well, that was embarrassing...

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