Chapter 63: Melissa Viro Shield. Origin
Earth. A small, blue-green planet somewhere in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral Arm of the Galaxy. Not a very impressive planet, with the only thing it had going for it being that it was habitable.
In orbit around this little blue/green planet, high above the ionosphere, a large metal something flew high above the planet. Hanging in the air exactly the way that bricks don't.
The planet blow, as well as the colony on its small moon, were completely oblivious to its presence. It passed by the Luna observatory. Drifted over Hat Creek. Flew over RATAN-600 without a blip. And Jodrell Bank looked straight through it. Which was a pity as it was exactly the kind of thing they were looking for.
Inside the large metal object, David Shield and Toshinori Yagi, two ape descendants whose bodies had undergone a mutation called a quirk, an odd mutation that allowed them to use powerful and unique abilities.
Before them stood four women. Not an odd thing to happen. In fact, most men would be excited by being alone in a room with four highly attractive women. This however was not a normal situation, as said women were all seven-foot tall or taller, built like Amazons from Greek mythology, and all possessing green skin.
So not at all normal.
The lead one, a very tall woman who stood at seven-foot-six, had a very attractive, voluptuous, and well-built body. Her skin was a shade of light green, her hair was short and pink, her eyes were brown with rather thin eyelashes above them, and her lips had pink lipstick on them.
It didn't help that the four of them were wearing outfits similar to that slave girl costume from Star Wars that Princess Leia wore during Return of the Jedi. And they looked good in them.
She, and the other three women she was with, all bowed in perfect sync. "Greetings, David Shield. Welcome aboard the V.C.S. Magnesium. We are Thassouse Veeggishi Viro, Ambassador of the Cardrian Vesstrall".
"Well. That's not the kind of insect I was expecting," David remarked, having expected something a little bit more 'alien' not not human looking.
Thassouse and the other three of her kind straightened themselves out. "We apologise for bringing you two up here without prior warning, but our situation is dire and we could not afford to wait to make proper first contact".
"I see," David said, still surprised by the human-like appearance of these aliens. This was rather unexpected from something he expected to be insectoid. "So, what do you need help with?".
"Our ship has been damaged and we require some assistance in repairing it," Thassouse replied. "It's not much, we only need a vital component that we are unable to manufacture ourselves. Once that's done we'll be out of your hair".
David nodded. So they needed their help then. That would explain the abruptness of their transportation here. Well, he was sure that he and Toshinori could help them.
"So, you're in need of our help then," Toshinori said. "Well, whilst transporting us up here without warning might be seen as less than legal, you didn't exactly have the means to contact us beforehand. I'm guessing that you did not intend to bring me up here as well".
"Yes, we were only aiming for David Shield, not, you," Thassouse said. "We just couldn't afford to wait any longer for you two to part, nor did we have any idea who was who. So we just transported both of you to play it safe".
Toshinori nodded. Normally he had to look down at people due to his height, normally standing a bit back so that they didn't have to stretch their necks. But these women were so tall that he didn't really need to do that. Hell, he had to look up at Thassouse due to her height.
This was going to be one hell of a new experience, for both of them.
"Well, if your circumstances are dire, I can see why you couldn't afford to wait," Toshinori said. "But, knowing that, you have my word as a hero that I will do everything within my power to aid you in your hour of need!".
The four women blinked at them in confusion. "We're sorry, what's a hero?" Thassouse asked, sounding confused.
Toshinori blinked. "You don't know what a hero is?".
"They're an alien culture, All Might," David said, not using Toshinori's name for security reasons. Toshinori didn't want his real name to become public knowledge after all. "There's going to be a lot of things about us that'll confuse them, and vice versa".
"Ah, I see," Toshinori said. "Well, I'm sure I can explain what a hero is. But later. Now doesn't seem like the best time to do that".
"That would be most preferable," Thassouse said, eyeing up Toshinori's well-built body. "Apologies, but we didn't exactly have time to properly understand your planet's culture. We were more focused on finding someone who could help us".
"Understandable. You were in a rush, and don't really have time for that stuff," David said. "So, seeing that you might be in a rush, should we get seated?".
"Indeed we should," Thassouse said before she gestured towards the table behind her. "If you would like to get seated, we'll start soon".
David nodded before he and Toshinori sat down at the table. Thassouse and the other three women sat at one end of the table, Thassouse herself sitting at the head of the table. David and Toshinori sat on the other end.
"Now, before we begin, we'd like to introduce you to a few of my handmaidens," Thassouse said before she gestured towards the women seated to her left. "Our second in command, Earira Artarna".
Earira nodded. She had dark green skin, silvery blue hair tied into a ponytail, dark blue eyes, and gold lipstick on her lips.
Thassouse gestured towards the woman to her right. "Enoso Lerrer, our ship's medical officer".
Enoso bowed. She had pale green skin, short brown eyes, brown eyes, and dark red lipstick on her lips.
Thassouse gestured towards the women seated next to Enoso. "And Vora, our ship's engineer".
Vora bowed politely. She was by far the shortest out of the four Cardrians, her head being at the same level as Thassouse's well-endowed chest. She had dark pink hair, blue eyes, and dark pink lipstick on her lips.
David nodded. "It's good to meet you. I'm David Shield. And this is my friend, All Might".
Toshinori nodded his head, his signature smile on his face.
"It's good to meet you both," Thassouse said. "Now, on to the matter at hand. Normally we'll be doing this through normal diplomatic channels, maybe discuss a few things about our two races as well. But at the moment we do not have the time for that. Vora, if you please".
Vora nodded before pressing a button on the bracelet she was wearing. A holographic image of a ship appeared over the table.
It was an interesting design, with a clear insectoid look to it. It was like a skyscraper in space but had no windows and had large engines on the back. There was also a noticeable bulge in the middle of the ship. David suspected that it was a cover for the centrifugal hab they were in. But why cover it?
"Our ship was damaged after entering an unstable wormhole," Vora explained as red boxes appeared around the image, lines pointing to parts of the ship. "Whilst we are able to conduct repairs ourselves, our fabricator was damaged. It's a simple fix really, we just need to fix one small thing. But, we do not have any spares onboard, as our stock of them was badly damaged. And without the fabricator, we have no means of making a new one. Unless we can fix the fabricator, we can not finish the repairs to our ship".
David nodded. "So, you need me to make you this component you need then," David said.
"Yes," Thassouse said with a nod. "Once the fabricator is online we'll be able to finish the repairs ourselves. But, until we fix it, we're stuck here. Not only that, but we're on a time limit. Two hours, that's how long we have before life support fails".
"We had to jury rig a few things," Earira added. "They'll hold, but not for long".
"Ok, I see why you need our help," Toshinori said. "But why contact David and I? Why not contact one of our world's governments?"
"Because we just don't have the time to go through all the hassles of a first contact situation," Thassouse replied. "Whilst it doesn't look like it, our ship is badly damaged and we need that component now, not in a week or two. It was a miracle that it remained mostly intact after flying through the wormhole. Sadly the same could not be said about our escort fleet of drone ships. None of them survived passing through the wormhole," she explained. "It was even more of a miracle that we were able to get to your star system and remain undetected in the state we're in. Making contact with a pre-interstellar culture is, whilst not illegal, highly discouraged and frowned upon. So we'd prefer to fix our ship and be gone as soon as possible, with as little contact with your world. We also have a prior commitment to get to, an important diplomatic conference that we can not afford to miss. It's vital that we get there, and we can't afford to be late".
David frowned. So, those were the stakes, they needed a single component to fix their fabricator, but did not have the means to make it or have any spares, plus they needed to be heading off for something important. He could see why they wanted to keep this quiet. Contacting the government would take far too long and eat up time that they could not afford to lose. They needed to fix their fabricator quickly, and going through something like the government would just take far too long.
Plus, there were bound to be a few people who might be a bit 'overzealous' in trying to prevent them from leaving. There was a lot they could learn from these people, and some people might be a bit forceful in trying to keep them here.
"Well, I can see why you would want to keep things quiet," David said. "Well, if you can provide me with the specs for the component you need I'm sure that I can make it for you. But, what would you give us in return?".
"We're willing to offer whatever you want in exchange for the component we need. Within reason that is," Thassouse replied. "Barring anything related to our jump-".
"Can you cure brain death?" David suddenly asked. When he heard 'offer whatever you want', he instantly knew what he wanted.
Thassouse paused and blinked at him, a confused look on her face. She wasn't expecting that question.
Toshinori turned towards his friend. "David, what are-" he said before David waved him off.
"Well, can you?" David asked.
"Yes and no," Thassouse replied. "We are aware of some pieces of technology that can help revive someone from brain death, but they've only been known to work on one species, and even then, they have a very low chance of working. So, unfortunately, no, we can't cure brain death. Why do you ask?".
"My daughter is brain-dead," David said with a frown. "She was caught up in a villain attack three years ago. I've been trying to come up with a way to restore her brain functions, but nothing worked," he said soberly before looking up. "Please, she's all I have left. If there is anything you can do to revive her, please do it. I just, want my daughter back".
Thassouse frowned, looking deep in thought. David didn't know what was going through the woman's head, but a part of him was hoping that she was thinking about a way to revive his daughter.
The woman sighed. "There may be one way we can bring your daughter back. But you may not like it".
"Mistress!" Earira said, turning towards Thassouse with a shocked look on her face. "You can-" she said before she was stopped by Thassouse raising an arm.
Thassouse closed her eyes and sighed, before reopening them. "We Cardrian's don't reproduce the same way as you mammals do. Whilst we are fully capable of having sex, it is not needed for our species to reproduce. We may not look it, but we are actually insectoid," she said before her raised arm shifted. Like billions of tiny things were moving around it. "Cardranus Insecta. The apex predators of our homeworld. Our bodies are made up of billions of these tiny insects. Each one of us is our own swarm. A single mind formed from billions of tiny minds, all working together to form a single consciousness".
David rested a hand against his chin, listening to Thassouse's explanation of her species. This was quite fascinating. Now normally when people come up with hive-minds in Sci-Fi they're all massive swarms of something, mostly bugs, subservient to a single queen or powerful overmind. But these Cardrians were something vastly different and probably unheard of. Each one of them was their own individual swam, their own entity with their own free will. They were their own queen of their own swam.
"Due to our nature, our method of reproduction is very different from yours," Thassouse continued. "We reproduce by infesting a host body, getting in by either biting the host or being devoured by it. Either way, we get inside. Once inside we devour the host from the inside, saving the skin till last. During this process, the Cardranus Insecta are also busy replicating the insides and outside of the host. By the time they've completely devoured the host, they've also completely replicated it as well, forming an exact, one-to-one copy. It's why we are the apex predators of our homeworld. Because no matter what happens, we will still devour you," she explained. "We Cardrian's reproduce the same way. We just use a more humanoid host. It's not a cure per se, but it would restore her brain functions, at the cost of turning her into one of us, a Cardrian".
"Deal," David said without a second thought.
"What!" Toshinori gasped, looking at his friend. "David, what are you doing?".
"Reviving my daughter," David replied. "I've been trying to revive her for three years, to no success. If these Cardrians can revive her, then I will take it".
"But, she'll no longer be human!" Toshinori said, horrified by what his friend was thinking.
"But she'll be cognizant!" David said. "She won't be stuck in a bed anymore, she won't need machines to keep her alive! If this is the price I have to pay to bring her back, then so be it. I just-, I just want her back".
Toshinori frowned. He was not happy about this, not in the slightest. After hearing about how these Cardrian's reproduce he was both intrigued and horrified. These women were once people, not humans but probably members of some other humanoid species, who were bitten by one of these Cardrians, eaten from the inside by self-replicating bugs, and had their form copied by them. It was horrifying to think about. And to have that happen to Melissa, even in her current condition, sickened him.
Meanwhile, the Cardrians were having a similar discussion.
"[Mistress, you can't be serious about this,]" Earira growled in her native tongue. A language that neither David nor Toshinori could understand. "[You can't convert a humanoid lifeform that's so young into one of us!]".
"[We concore,]" Enoso added. "[We've never converted someone so young into a Cardrian]".
"[We know that. We also know that we are perfectly fine with devouring people of similar age, including Sematick's,]" Thassouse calmly argued back. "[The only difference here is that a new life will be born from it. It's no different from the normal way we reproduce]".
"[We can't agree to this,]" Earira said. "[We should find someone else]".
"[We can't afford to go looking for someone else to help us. Life support is barely hanging on and it took us four hours just to locate him,]" Vora said, pointing towards David. "[Even if we did have time to find someone else, we have no guarantee that they'll be reasonable with their request as David is being. They may try to force us to give them the technology to travel between star systems. This offer might be the best offer we get from this world]".
"[Of course an Eshest would call that reasonable,]" Enoso remarked.
Vora glared at Enoso. "[Leave our Swarm Host out of this!]" she spat. "[We've distanced ourselves from those criminals]".
"[ladies ladies, please. If you want to fight, do so when we don't have the threat of suffocation or freezing to death to worry about,]" Thassouse said, calming the two women down. "[Anyway, the decision has been made, we're agreeing to this deal. As Vora said, this might be the best and only offer we get. We need that component and we do not have the time to find someone else to make it for us. And we'll be damned if we're stealing what we need]".
Enoso frowned and nodded. "[Who would look after her?]" she asked, looking back up. [We can't leave a newborn Cardrian on an alien planet alone?]".
"[We can leave Ddalezu behind to keep an eye on her]" Thassouse replied. "[She's been wanting to study pre-interstellar cultures. This'll provide her with the perfect opportunity to do so up close,]" she said before she turned towards David. "David Shield. We find your terms acceptable".
David let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you".
"And that's how we became a swarm of alien bugs," Melissa said.
Izumi, Ochaco and Durandal just stared at Melissa with confused looks on their faces. The two hero students were wearing their hero costumes. Izumi also still had the goggles Melissa had made because she still couldn't take them off.
The four of them, plus David and Toshinori (who was in his skinny form), were in one of David's private labs, listening to their story on how Melissa was 'revived'. The fact her skin was now green was slightly odd, but after being told about how David and Toshinori were abducted by aliens, her sudden change in skin colour was the most 'normal' thing they learned today.
There were a few things that happened before they told them this story. Izumi fangirled over meeting David Shield, and they explained what One for All was to Melissa, since apparently, neither Toshinori or David decided to tell her about it.
Izumi had never been more disappointed in her mentor. The man was willing to tell a young girl he only met a few hours ago of his magical transferable quirk but not a girl he's known for well over a decade. Who was also an alien?
"That's it?" Izumi asked, confused by the abrupt ending of the story.
"You can't just end it there!" Durandal said. "You just got to the good part!".
"You didn't even tell us about these, Cardrians, you spoke of," Ochaco said. "Like, we know their big swarms of insects that take on human form, and are predators, but you haven't said much else".
"Well, the next part is just self-explanatory?" Melissa asked. "Dad and Uncle Might returned to the planet with Thassouse, Enoso and Vora. Dad started to work on making the component they needed whilst Thassouse bit us and started the conversion process. After that, a Cardrian named Ddalezu was left behind to look after us, just to make sure we didn't accidentally bite someone and make another Cardrian. I even added Viro to my name, as a mark of what Swarm Host I'm a part of. Swarm Host's are what Cardrian's call families".
Izumi frowned. "Yeah, I get that part, but. But still, I can't help but be, creeped out by what your father did to you. Even if it was to revive you".
"I did what I did for my daughter," David said. "I saw an opportunity to revive her, and I took it. I was not going to let this opportunity pass. I just, wanted my daughter back".
"And we are grateful for it," Melissa added. "If he didn't do what he did, we would still be in that bed, only kept alive thanks to machines. A mindless husk, unable to do anything on its own. And even though I had a rough start, as well as a lack of help from some people-" she levelled a glare towards Toshinori "-we were able to properly integrate ourself into human society. Even if we had to hide our true nature and pretend to be quirkless".
Toshinori frowned. "As shameful as it is to admit it, for a while I was unsupportive of David's decision," he said. "I refused to see Melissa as who she was for a few years. I just couldn't see anything but a swarm of insects pretending to be her. It took longer than I would like to admit before I got my head out of my own arse".
"So you're two for two in being an absolute dumbass to emotionally unstable girls," Durandal said.
Toshinori nodded. "Yes, I-. I would have thought I would have learned my lesson the first time with Melissa. But, it appears that I didn't. I am so sorry, to both of you, for not being as supportive as I should have been".
'Wait, what does he mean by two for two?' Melissa wondered.
Izumi frowned but nodded. She knew that Toshinori had been working to make amends for his actions, and whilst he was doing a good job of it, what he said to her on that rooftop, still hurt, even after all this time.
"Still smacking him upside the head when he gets in here".
"You and me both, Nana".
"So, that story about you missing your mother, about wishing that she was still alive but working as an ambassador," Izumi said.
"Wasn't a lie," Melissa said. "Everything we said about wishing that this never happened to us, the distance for all the attention, wishing that our human mother was still alive was true. We just omitted the fact that we had two mothers and that our second mother was an ambassador of an alien species".
Izumi nodded. Melissa didn't lie, she just, omitted something.
"Did they ever get back?" Ochaco asked. "Thassouse and the others I mean. Did they ever get home?".
"They did," Melissa replied. "After finishing their repairs the Magnesium departed Earth's orbit. They were lucky that there was another wormhole in the area, slightly further away than the one that brought them here, but it was a stable one. So the ship wouldn't be destroyed when passing through it. They did return, a few years later to check in on how things were going, and to pick up Ddalezu. And she pops around from time to time. But she's not around a lot. She's busy. Interstellar politics don't really give her time to pop round to a backwater planet on the other side of the galaxy".
Izumi nodded, knowing what it's like, to have a parent you rarely see. It's not easy at times, especially when you're going through some rough times.
"Well, I'm glad they got home alright," Ochaco said with a sigh,
"One small question that's been bothering me," Durandal said. "How the fuck did they already know English?".
"That's easy," Melissa said. "They had an AI that was by far more advanced than anything on the planet translate it for them. Then one of them learned the language and passed the knowledge on to everyone else. Due to being a big swarm of bugs, we can pass on information from one Cardrian to another by physical contact. No spoken words required," she explained. "We're a quite interesting species, once you get past how we procreate, or our biology, or how we eat people from time to time. We haven't personally, but others of our species have. But yeah, once you get past all that we're an interesting species to get to know. We're very good with robotics, using vast numbers of robots to supplement our relatively small population. There are only two billion individual Cardrian swarms in the galaxy, and that's not counting the populations of the five other species that call our homeworld home," she said. "Word of advice, never visit Cadaran Prime. It is a bloody, brutal world. And a rather horny one as well. Sex is, apparently, very common among our kind".
"So you're a member of s species of horny, hot, sexy, seven-foot-tall green-skinned Amazonian space babes who are also big swarms of bugs who also eat people," Durandal remarked. "Now that is not a combination I was expecting to ever see. But then again, these are aliens. Probably should have expected this," he said before he turned towards David. "And you didn't have sex with any of them?"
David shook his head. "No, I didn't sleep with Thassouse or any of the other Cardrians onboard her ship. I hadn't gotten over Felicity's death. Still haven't. So no, I didn't sleep with any of them," he said before turning towards Toshinori. "All Might, on the other hand".
Toshinori's face suddenly turned a deep red as he started sputtering, coughing up a bit of blood. "I don't know what you're talking about David. I-I-I've done nothing of the sort! Never even so much as seen any of them naked".
David smirked. "Then what did you, Thassouse, and the seven other Cardrians who crewed the Magnesium do when they dragged you off to the mistresses' bed chambers the last time they visited?".
Toshinori gulped. "Ur, diplomacy".
"Is that what they're calling it these days?" Durandal asked smugly.
Izumi screamed. "Stop! Don't talk about that. Please don't finish this conversation!" she cried, covering her ears. The last thing she needed was the mental image of All Might, her idol, having sex!
"I need bleach! Or mental bleach!" Ochaco gagged, covering her eyes and filling her head with random thoughts after choosing a very bad time to test her long-range mind reading.
Melissa meanwhile was also covering her ears. "Please shut up! We do not need to hear about Uncle Might having sex with our mother!".
Durandal meanwhile just stared at Toshinori. "Congratulations, you are among the few humans to ever fuck an alien".
"Don't say that!" Izumi, Ochaco and Melissa shouted, really wishing that they were somewhere else.
"Wait, what do you mean by 'among the few'?" Izumi asked.
"Come now, do you really think Thassouse is the only visitor to our little corner of the galaxy?" Durandal said as a worried look formed on Ochaco's face. "Believe me, she's not the only one. I think I've seen a Cardrian before. Tall, green skin, amazonian body, skimpy outfit, speak third person, likes eating human meat. I've seen someone like that before. A woman named Hilala. One of Avalon's scientists".
David looked at him with a confused look. "What are yo-".
"I am a machine made by Paxton," Durandal said. Both David and Melissa froze. "Both shell and AI were made by that madman. I saw that man every day I was stuck onboard his flagships. I know that fuckers face oh so very well. As well as the faces of those who worked for him. And one day, he walked in with a woman named Hilala. A tall, amazonian woman with green skin who always spoke in third person. And, after hearing your explanation of your species, I have no doubt that this Hilala is a Cardrian".
Everyone in the room froze. The image that Durandal just put into their minds horrified them.
"You're joking, right?" Melissa said with a shudder. Not wanting to believe that there was a member of her species working for Avalon.
Durandal shook his head. "Now that I know what she is, no. Even though I wish that I wasn't. She was definitely a Cardrian. One who was very good with robotics".
"But, there was no woman named Hilala on any Avalon personal list," David said.
"I think that was a deliberate choice," Durandal said. "When I watched her talk to Paxton, I noticed he was different. He acted and talked to her differently like they were old friends. Very old friends".
The group paled and thought over what Durandal just said. This explained so much. Why Avalon had such advanced robots, why they could pump them out so quickly and effectively, and how they had such a technological advantage over everyone. They had outside help.
It also explained something else as well.
"Durandal," Izumi said. "I think we may have just identified who helped Edger Henderson come up with the technology to develop the moon colony".
"What?" David gasped. "What are you talking about?".
"When I was returning from my internship, someone spoke to me telepathically," Izumi said, getting an odd look from Ochaco. "The voice said that it was suspicious that we as a species managed to colonise the moon after two hundred years of technological stagnation. So, I got curious and asked Durandal to look into it. We found the man's quirk reveal party, buried deep within the internet. He was quirkless. Edger's quirk, Advanced Mind, never existed. Someone gave him those technologies and he passed them off as his own, making a fake quirk to explain how he designed them. And Paxton worked for him".
If it was possible for their skin to go any more pale, it would have. There had already been a lot of bombshells dropped today, and this one was the largest by far.
"Please tell us you're joking," Melissa said quietly, too shocked to speak louder.
"I wish I was," Durandal said. "Jenson Edwards, the man behind all of Hardon Industries' robotic achievements, is Paxton, just minus the hair. He was a member of Edger's inner circle, who supposedly died during the terrorist attack that killed all of Hardon Industries' higher-ups. Or so we thought. Jenson survived and renamed himself Paxton".
Silence filled the room. It took a while for everyone in the room to process this revelation. Jenson and Paxton were the same man. That horrified them. That a man like him could cause so much death and destruction. But then, what was the man's motivations? If he worked for Hardon Industries, why make Avalon and cause the deaths of millions? And why would this Hilala help him?
"Well, let's just be glad that both of them are dead," Ochaco said with a sigh.
"Don't be so sure," Melissa said. "We Cardrian's are notoriously hard to kill. Bullets just pass through us, and punches do nothing. Flamethrowers are about the only weapons that are effective against us. Large explosions maybe, but there is a chance that some parts of the swarm survive. If anyone survived the destruction of the Evangelion carrier, it would be Hilala. Like drowning could kill one of us".
"She's probably the one calling the shots for the Avalon Remnant forces," Izumi theorised, realising that she now had to deal with an alien. "But, why wait eleven years before restarting operations? Why not start sooner?".
"We may never know," Melissa said. "She could be anywhere. And if we do find her, we'll have no way to capture her. Interrogating her is also an impossibility".
Izumi nodded. If watching several attacks pass through Melissa, then this Hilala would be just as difficult to take down, if not more so. Well, she could just ask Mei to make a flamethrower or get Shoto from 1-B to burn her. That should probably be able to deal with her.
"I know that look in your eye, Izumi," Toshinori said, a worried look on his face. "Please, do not try to go after Hilala. You are still a student, and she is more than just a villain. She's a predator. She will try and eat you. I do not want to see her do such a thing to you".
Izumi nodded. Toshinori was right, she could not risk going after such a dangerous foe. Not when she's still so inexperienced. Plus she had no idea just how old Hilala was, only that she was old and probably powerful.
She doubted that either One for All or All for One could help against being devoured from the inside out by a swarm of insects.
She just hoped that she never had to fight a Cardrian. But, knowing her luck, she just might have to.
She'll ask Mei if she could install a flamethrower into him.
Wait, didn't Hisashi touch Durandal? Why the fuck did she never ask if he could emulate her father's quirk.
The next hour or so was spent learning more about the Cardrian's, their society, their robots, and parts of their history. And holy fuck was it bloody! They had a world war that made the Third World War/Quirk Wars from the Dark Age of quirks look like a promotion prank!
To be fair, Cadaran Prime is a planet where everything is trying to kill and eat you. And she meant everything. Including the soil.
There were also other species that lived on Cadaran Prime. The Lessian, seven-foot-tall Amazonian bee-wasp-scorpion hybrid woman (a combination that even All Might was scared to think about) who can shoot venoms barbs that will turn your insides into honey. The Fensia, seven-foot tall Amazonian moth women who prefer to eat rotting corpses. The Longana, seven-foot-tall Amazonian Ant women who lay their eggs inside of people, letting their children eat the host from the inside. The Cascak, very large Amazonian Arachne/Drider woman who can turn your insides into soup. And the Shecara, seven-foot-tall Amazonian grasshopper women who like to jump on people and eat their faces off.
So, equal parts sexy and downright fucking terrifying. Cadaran Prime sounded like a fucking death world from Warhammer 40K!
And these women were apparently 'civilised' traders who specialised in robotics.
The universe truly was a confusing place.
But there was also something else as well. At no point did they explain what the Cardrian's used to travel interstellar. These people apparently lived on the other side of the galaxy. Even counting the wormholes, that's a lot of distance to travel. So how do they travel it?
Of course, there were more races out there, but they opted not to discuss them. Since they'll probably be here all day, and Izumi, Ochaco and Durandal wanted to get back to enjoying the I-Expo, which had not been cancelled because, like the UA sports festival, it was too big to cancel. They just upped security.
So, once they were done here, the three of them departed and headed back to the expo.
"Izumi," Ochaco said as they walked. "I-".
"If it's about where you got your telepathic abilities from, leave it until you're comfortable with explaining it to me," Izumi said. "I don't want to force you to divulge anything you don't want to. Even after learning that aliens are real and have visited our planet, I still don't want you to divulge anything about yourself until you are ready to tell me, ok?".
Ochaco smiled gently. "Thank you, Izumi. This entire conversation with Melissa shook me up a bit. She, revealed, a few things that worried me. Not that some of the things you revealed helped calm my nerves".
"Yeah, sorry about that," Izumi said, rubbing the back of her neck. "But It was something that I felt needed to be said. At least we know who's leading the Avalon Remnant forces now".
Ochaco nodded. "Yep. anyway, back on track. Whilst I am still worried about what was discussed back there, it has helped to get a few things off my chest. Don't worry, I won't tell you about myself, not until I'm ready. There's still a lot I do not know about myself. But, once I know enough I will tell you everything" she said 'At least this will make that conversation with you easier'.
Izumi smiled as they walked back to the expo hand in hand. She knew that Ochaco was probably an alien as well, a hybrid probably since she has both a quirk and telepathic abilities. That much was obvious to her. But, what species she was didn't matter. Ochaco was her girlfriend, and she was going to be damned if she let something as trivial as a bit of alien blood force them apart. In this day and age of quirks, people looked like all manner of things and could do anything. A little non-human blood wasn't going to change anything.
"Oh shit!" Izumi suddenly shouted.
"What is it?" Ochaco asked.
"We never asked how Melissa made that armour around me!" Izumi shouted.
Ochaco nodded. That was an important piece of information that they wanted to know about.
The three quickly rushed back towards the lab.
Unfortunately, when they got there and asked her about it. Melissa said that it was classified.
Bugger.
Chapter 64: I-Expo Part 3
Izumi sighed as she, Ochaco and Durandal made their way back to the expo grounds. She was still a bit peeved about not being able to know exactly HOW Melissa was able to make a suit of armour around her. It probably had something to do with her alien biology, but the not knowing was just annoying her.
She's probably going to have to make a notebook just for aliens now because she had a feeling there were more than just Cardrians living on Earth.
Anyway, ignoring the bombshell that was being told that aliens were ready and that she was probably dating one, as well as having one as a little sister (not that that was going to stop her from calling Eri her little sister. That girl was just adorable and she would NOT be denied). This had been one hectic holiday. She had asked to NOT get attacked by villains during this trip, but apparently, someone decided to not listen to her and dumped a villain attack on her.
Not how she wanted to spend her first week of summer vacation, but it could have been worse. At least it was over quickly.
If only she could find a way to replicate that Cardrian Armour (name still pending). Being able to use One for All at one hundred percent made her feel unstoppable. There was still a lot about One for All she didn't know, but, hopefully, she'd have the answers she needed before she had to face All for One.
It did not take them long to get back to the expo. There was still a lot for them to see and do, but, now that the pre-view event was over, there were a lot more people walking around the expo. So it was a lot busier than yesterday.
"You think we'll be able to find our friends among this crowd?" Ochaco asked, looking around.
"We can just send them a text to see where they are," Durandal replied. "Shouldn't take too long".
"You do that," Izumi said. "Knowing the others they are probably somewhere around here".
Durandal nodded and sent Momo a text asking for her location.
Once they had her location, it did not take long for them to rejoin the others. They were all enjoying a musician making music with an odd-looking instrument. It looked like a mix between an electric guitar, violin, and drum. It was odd, but the music was impressive.
Once the man had finished his performance and basked in the applause, the group left and continued where they left off yesterday. Exploring the expo.
"This is so cool!" Mei said happily. "There's just so much here! So many ideas!".
Momo chuckled. "It's nice to see her enjoying herself".
"Not as much fun as we're having~," Nejire said with a smirk as she leaned into Momo's side. "Could have done without yesterday's villain attack though. I didn't mind being wrapped up in those bindings, but I could have done without the guys pointing guns at us".
"You have me both," Himiko remarked. "I didn't even get to stab anyone".
Chiharu blushed. 'Oh god, there's more of them! Why am I surrounded by horny women?'.
"Yeah, the villain attack really brought what was supposed to be a relaxing evening down," Tsu said. "How did they even get onto the island, ribbit?".
"They had inside help," Ochaco replied. "At least one of the scientists helped them. There may be more, but, I-Island security is still rounding people up".
"Of course you would have an idea of what happened," Himiko said with a smirk. "You, Izumi and Durandal were the only ones not captured during the party and got to save the day. No fair!".
"Well, we were kind of late to the party," Izumi said nervously. "Plus it wasn't just us, we had help from one of the Millennium Academy students. Kleiner".
"Oh, the cute wolf girl!" Nejire said.
"Yeah, her," Ochaco said. "She helped us immensely in dealing with the villains. Her quirk is quite powerful".
"Yeah, it was so cool when Izumi smashed through the ceiling after punching the villain through the entire building!" Himiko said with a smile. "Shame you can't be recognised for your efforts".
Izumi nodded. Unfortunately, due to not possessing a hero licence, not even a provisional one, none of them could be mentioned in helping out deal with the villains. Instead, 'brave members of I-Islands security teams dealt with them'. Annoying yes, but it was sadly necessary. Didn't want to be charged with vigilantism now did they?
That would kind of ruin their careers.
"So, Izumi," Mei said, getting all up in Izumi's face. "What was that armour you were wearing? Because I swear that wasn't Durandal".
"Ur, sorry Mei, but that's kind of classified," Izumi said. "I don't even know what the armour was".
Mei let out a disgruntled groan. "Oh. And here I was hoping to find out how they made organic armour like that".
"Aren't you already working on a lot of things?" Chiharu asked.
"I am," Mei replied with a smile. "But having a few more projects and ideas on the go can't hurt".
Chiharu sighed. "Just don't overdo it, okay? I don't want to see you overworking yourself".
"Right, sure," Mei said with a nod.
Izumi smiled, it was almost cute seeing Mei like this. Almost. It only took one wrong word and everything would go to hell, Mei starts inventing, and everything explodes.
It was then that they saw Harald and Astrid walk over to them. Kleiner walked along behind them.
"Hello, my Japanese friends!" Harald said as the three walked over.
"Ah, Harald, Astrid, Kleiner. It's good to see you again," Izumi said with a smile.
"It's good to see you as well," Harald said. "Yesterday was rather crazy, what with those villains".
"Yeah, I could really have done without it," Tsu said. "I just wanted to relax, ribbit. Not have someone point a gun at my face".
"Agreed," Astrid said. "Villain attacks are so inconvenient. Kind of why heroes are needed, to stop them".
"Well I'm glad you lot are ok," Izumi said before she leaned a bit to the side to speak to Kleiner. "Hey Kleiner. You ok as well?".
"Y-y-y-yes. I-I-I'm f-f-f-fine," Kleiner said, still hiding her face behind her
"Wait a second," Ochaco said, looking slightly annoyed. "Didn't you say you didn't understand English yesterday?".
"[I-I-I'm sorry!]" Kleiner said, shaking slightly. "[M-m-m-y a-a-a-ability t-t-t-to u-u-u-u-unders-s-s-stand a-a-and s-s-s-speak other l-l-l-languages g-g-g-ets f-f-f-fuzzy w-w-w-when I'm n-n-nervosus]" she said, Izumi translating for her girlfriend.
Ochaco nodded. No doubt the poor girl was super nervous yesterday, what with being involved in a real villain attack.
Izumi then stepped forward towards Kleiner. "Well, I'm glad you're ok as well. We probably wouldn't have been able to beat the villains without you. So I wanted to thank you for your help yesterday, by giving you a Durandal plush as a way of thanks".
"B-b-b-but w-w-why? I a-a-already pre-o-o-ordered o-o-one," Kleiner said, looking confused.
Izumi nodded. She had no doubt that Kleiner had pre-ordered a Durandal plush. Ochaco had almost fainted when she noticed that there were over one million pre-orders on the first day alone, and more just kept coming in. She had no idea so many people wanted the plush. To be fair, she did accidentally become a meme with it, followed by her winning the sports festival. So no doubt it would be very popular.
"Well yes, you probably did," Izumi said. "But that's the regular-sized one. Not a one-to-one sized plush," she said suddenly holding a life-sized version of her Durandal plush that she asked Momo to make. It wasn't the only one, there was one other.
"When the fuck did you make that?" Durandal asked
"This morning," Izumi replied. "Asked Momo to make it".
"Of course".
Kleiner's eyes started to sparkle at the sight of the large wolf plush. "I-I-Is t-t–t-that for m-m-me?" she asked, a hand slowly reaching forwards.
Izumi nodded as she passed the large Durandal plush to her. "Yep. It's all yours. It's a thank you for helping us out yesterday. We wouldn't have been able to save everyone without your help".
Kleiner eyes sparked as she took the life-sized plush, holding it alongside the other wolf plush she was holding. "Thank you," she said, not a sign of a stutter in sight.
Izumi beamed, glad that Kleiner enjoyed her gift. "You're welcome".
"[Why is it whenever someone give Kleiner a gift it's always wolf themed?]" Harald wondered.
"[Because she really likes wolves,]" Astrid replied. "So, are you guys doing anything? We were just about to go over to the fighting arena".
"There's a fighting arena?" Tsu said.
Harald nodded. "Yep. It's for one-on-one fights, and you're only allowed to fight in it once. It's to prevent people from hogging it or from fighting too much and hurting themselves. That doesn't stop my classmates, and our fellow students from Iscariot and Hellsing from hogging it for a bit and seeing which school is best".
That got Izumi's attention. Watching the other students fight would be great to watch. Plus she can analyse their quirks in the process.
"You!" an annoyingly British-sounding voice said just as Izumi was about to say that she would like to go and watch them fight.
Everyone sighed, realising that they were about to be dragged into something they really didn't want to be dragged into. The fact that they could tell just by the sound of the guy's voice only made it worse.
They all turned to see someone about their age, maybe a bit older, dressed looking like an upper-class twat from the Regency era, just minus the wig and outlandish makeup.
"[Who the fuck is this pompous looking idiot?]" Harald asked, saying what was on everyone's minds.
The obviously British kid stormed over to them and stood in front of Izumi. "You! The lower class harlot who showed us up! How dare you act so irrationally!".
Izumi and the others just stared at this odd guy who just showed up out of nowhere and started insulting her. They had no idea who he was or why he was here.
"What are you talking about?" Izumi asked, sounding confused.
"I've known this guy for less than a second and already I want to stab him," Himiko said, brandishing
one of her swords.
"Get in line," Durandal said quietly. "The moment I get a chance, I'm shooting him with a rocket".
"I can provide you with one if you need it, ribbit," Tsu added.
"You know perfectly well what I'm referring to," the British guy said. "That insulting display you showed yesterday. Defeating that villain before the pros".
"Oh god he was at the party last night," Chiharu said with a sigh.
Izumi was rather confused by what this guy was saying. Insulting? How was defeating the leader of those villains insulting?
"You should have been a good student, stayed out of it, and left it to the pros," the annoying British guy continued.
"And what was I supposed to do? Sit back and do nothing whilst the villains rob the building?" Izumi replied. "Besides. I didn't do anything. The island's security forces saved the day".
"Oh we all know that to be a lie," the guy said. "That green hair of yours was poking out of that armour. Plus All Might used your hero name".
"And where's your proof that that was me?" Izumi asked, starting to get a little tired of him. "Also, who are you anyway?".
The British kid scoffed. "You don't know who I am! How dare you! I have you know that my family is (uninteresting and boring British waffling)".
Izumi and the others all just watched as this annoying British kid waffled on and on about who he was and how 'important' he and his family was. Although admittedly none of them caught any of it due to how uninteresting it was.
"(More uninteresting and boring British waffling). And if you weren't some filthy commoner, you would already know all that!".
"I'm sorry, could you repeat that?" Momo asked. "I got none of that".
The British kid looked insulted. "Of course a Japanese whore would fail to listen to me. Maybe you should be re-educated-" only to stop speaking when Momo created a cannon and aimed it at his groin.
"I'm sorry, what was that again?" she asked, a calm but furious look on her face. A look that was shared by Nejire and the rest of the Snuggle Squad™. She was going to shoot this guy in the dick. And this time, it wasn't going to be an accident.
"Oh, now I know who you are," Izumi said, noting the small smirk appearing on the British kid's face. "You're the guy who called Seiai Academy a fifth-rate school after Redcoat managed to beat the Villain Attack in less than a second".
The British kid fumed. "I will not be insulted by some lower-class pleb from a seventh-rate school!" he said before he took off one of his gloves, and slapped her on the face with it.
Izumi dodged the glove, thanks to Danger Sense, and retaliated. By decking him in the face.
Okay, maybe she's been watching way too many Mirko videos lately.
The gathered students just stood there flabbergasted by Izumi's actions. Yes, the guy had it coming, but they did not expect Izumi to just deck the guy in the face like that. To be fair, he did try and slap her on the face. Not a smart move.
Harald, meanwhile, just loudly slurped his cola. "[Well, he sure had that coming]".
Astrid nodded. Seems that even an all-loving cinnamon roll like Izumi has a limit.
Momo leaned over to Izumi. "Ur, Izumi. That was a challenge".
"What?" Izumi asked, looking confused.
"Slapping someone on the face with a glove is a very, very old way to issue a challenge," Momo explained. "It was commonly used by nobles".
"Then why didn't he say so?" Izumi asked. "Why did he use some archaic form of issuing a challenge? Just say, I challenge you to a duel".
Momo just shrugged as the British kid got back up. "Trust a Japanese bimbo to also be uncultured-" he said before Ochaco grabbed his face with one hand, her pinky finger held up.
"Say that again. I dare you," she growled, her eyes staring into the young man's soul.
Izumi sighed as she put a hand on her girlfriend's shoulder. "Ochaco, please, don't throw him into the sun," she said. The British kid looked relieved. "At least, not yet anyway," she said, causing the guy to pale. "I still have to answer his poorly worded challenge".
"O-o-oh, so the lower class pleb wishes to fight me," the British kid said, trying his best to look smug. "Well then, pre-".
"Yes," Izumi said bluntly, completely ignoring the British kids waffling. "Now, where can we sort out this duel?".
"Well, the fighting arena we were talking about is nearby," Harald said. "You can fight there. If you can convince my fellow Millennium students, as well as the Hellsing and Iscariot students to let you interrupt our little three-way tournament".
"Great," Izumi said before she walked off towards the fighting arena, dragging the British kid behind her, looking like he had realised his mistake and wanted to get off this wild ride.
Spoiler, the ride never ends.
"He is so dead," Himiko said with a grin.
"Like that was ever in doubt," Durandal said before the group followed them.
As they walked, their homeroom teacher watched them from one of the tables of the cafe they visited the day before. Four other women were sitting with her, fellow teachers from Millennium, Iscariot, Hellsing, and Guardian academies.
The first woman looked to be in her early twenties. She had a tall and lanky figure, with glowing blue eyes and freckled cheeks, and long blue-tinted black hair. She wore a dark blue-purple suit, a dark pink dress shirt, a green tie, and black shoes. She also wore glasses and white gloves. And had a musket lying against the table by her side.
The second woman had neck-length, straw-coloured hair, and grey-green eyes. She wore what looked like an armoured priest uniform, as well as glasses. There were also bandages around her nose, cheeks, and chin, covering scars received during the Dr. Necro incident.
The third woman had platinum blonde hair, deep red eyes, And a very voluptuous and buxom figure. She wore a burgundy red combat uniform with the emblem of Hellsing Academy on it that seemed a bit tight on her, and black combat boots. As well as a big fuck off gun on her back. It was more like a cannon that had been pulled off of a tank than anything.
The fourth woman had neck-length brown hair and eyes, as well as a somewhat curvy body. She wore a sort of biker jacket thing that showed off her midriff, black shorts and boots. And had a Dragunov sniper rifle by her side.
The five women watched as the group of students as they passed, occasionally taking a sip from their drinks.
"Is that, one of your students, Kaina?" the pro hero Jägerin asked, sipping on a milkshake that also contained blood.
Kaina nodded. "Yep. That's Usako. But who's that kid she's dragging behind her?".
"He's not one of ours," the pro-hero Police Girl (long story) said with a sigh. "He's from Camelot. A 'prestigious' boys hero school. To be honest, it produces decent heroes, once you beat the rich idiot out of them".
"And he's being dragged to his supposed doom by one of UA's strongest first years," the pro hero Piaggio said with a raspy, slightly masculine voice. Despite being of German descent, she was an Italian pro-hero.
"Looks like it," the pro hero The White Death remarked.
A few moments later the five of them said, "He's fucked," in unison.
"Like I said, they get smarter once you beat the rich idiot out of them," Police Girl said.
"Well, he's certainly going to get that kicked out of him," Kaina said, knowing how much Izumi had been improving her kicks as of late. He probably won't get kicked in the balls, but she no doubt will kick him in the face.
The group soon arrived at the fighting arena. The first thing they noticed was the large number of hero students standing around it. Izumi recognised most of them as students from Europe's big three hero schools. Millennium, Iscariot and Hellsing. There was a fourth school, Frances Arc Academy, but recent actions by its principal have put its top hero school status into doubt, and two of its rival schools, Napoleon Academy and Montcuq College of Heroism, are making plays to grab their crown. It's only a matter of time before one of them takes Arc's place as France's top hero school.
When the group approached, they noticed a match was already underway, between a guy who was shooting tank shells out of his hair, and a guy who looked to be made from string. No, check that, he was made from spaghetti.
Quirks were so fascinating. And weird.
As they approached, two Millennium students noticed them. "[Oh hey, Harald,]" a female student who looked like she was built like a tank said as the group walked over. "[You took your time getting here. What's with the UA students?]".
"[Hey guy,]" Harald said with a smile. "[Don't mind the UA students, some British hero student decided to challenge the girl who won UA's sports festival]".
"[Yep,]" Izumi said, letting go of the guy she was dragging behind her, who, incidentally, collapsed onto the floor, much to the enjoyment of her friends.
"[You speak German?]" the other student, a boy with jet-black hair and four eyes said, sounding surprised.
"[Yep,]" Izumi replied with a nod. "[There was an interview with All Might and Blitz, and I want to watch it without subtitles]".
"[You learned German just to watch one interview with All Might?]" Harald asked, looking surprised.
"[Yes,]" Izumi replied with a smile. "[Do not judge me! I am a hero nerd and I'm proud of it!]".
"[Noted,]" Harald said before turning to his classmates. "[So, is there a fight slot free?]".
"[There is, but it might take a while, we've got a lot of matches to get through]".
"[Don't worry, I can wait,]" Izumi said, wanting to watch the others fight so she could learn more about their quirks. "[So, what are the rules?]".
"Oh I'm sure the rules are simple, just fight each other until one person either taps out or is unable to continue," the British guy said. "I'm sure even a commoner like you can understand that!".
Astrid rolled her eyes. "[Of course he knows German]".
"Oh god, why is there a guy from Camelot Academy here?" one of the Hellsing students groaned.
"He fucked about with UA's resident adorable bunny," Harald explained with a shrug. "So Usako here is going to help him find out".
"Oh," the Hellsing student said with a nod.
"Have them go next!" another Hellsing student, who was wearing what looked like a burned clown mask, shouted. "I can't stand those Camelot Wankers".
The annoying British guy huffed. "Of course the students of a third-rate school would refer to their betters in such a vulgar way".
Izumi gave the guy a confused look. Third-rate school? Hellsing Academy was the UK's top hero school, on par with UA. She didn't even know anything about this Camelot Academy.
"OK people! Some annoying Camelot student is going up against UA's Usako next!" the masked Hellsing student announced. "Anyone who disagrees has obviously never dealt with an upper-class twat!".
There was a loud murmur of agreement. Seems like the students were willing to pause their little tournament to watch the guy get his arse handed to him.
Ochaco smirked. This guy was not making any friends.
The match between the tank hair guy and spaghetti guy finished, with spaghetti guy winning.
"Beat his ass, Izumi!" Ochaco encouraged, her thoughts shared by the rest of the girls.
"You got it," Izumi nodded back with a smile before making her way to her side of the ring.
She smiled as she walked out into the arena, the announcer announcing her entrance. Once again, they called her bunny. But by now she was used to it. Not that she couldn't really complain about it. She was dressed like a bunny.
Really needed to update her costume design in preparation for the new one she'll get after summer.
"This is going to be fun to watch," Durandal said. He would have been smirking if he had a mouth.
The annoying British kid strode into the ring like he owned the place, but Izumi could see a little bit of sweat on him. She didn't pay much attention to his introduction, only getting that he had an overly long name. As well as something else that was rather confusing. "And from the UK. Representing Camelot Academies General Education course".
Izumi blinked. This guy was a general education student? As in, NOT a hero course student. WTF was this guy thinking when he decided to walk over to a bunch of hero students, insult them, and then challenge one of them? Especially one who won her school's sports festival.
Well, he wasn't going to last long.
The announcer started the match. Izumi's grin went feral as she deployed Smokescreen, letting the purple smoke fill the arena. And, thanks to the goggles she was still wearing because Melissa still hadn't come up with a way to take them off, she could still see the guy through the smoke.
She'd happily use these as part of her normal kit, that is, if she could take them off.
The annoying British kid gasped as he looked around, a shocked look on his face. "Wait, where did this smoke come from? Your quirk doesn't allow you to do this?".
"Who are you to say what my quirk can and cannot do?" Izumi smirked as she shot around behind the guy and kicked him in the back, sending him flying into the opposing wall.
Meanwhile, those watching couldn't really see anything due to the smoke, only the occasional shape in the smoke, as well as the sounds of the British guy getting his arse handed to him.
"Ok, that's new," Chiharu remarked. "When did Izumi learn how to make a smokescreen?".
"About a week ago I think," Momo replied as Ochaco blushed slightly. "I was passing by her room when she just shot out of it, purple smoke coming out of the room. I thought she was testing out a smoke bomb Mei had made. But I guess I was wrong".
Ochaco let out a sigh of relief. She was glad that Momo didn't add the part about Izumi's manifesting Blackwhip. Unfortunately for her, the reason why Momo hadn't spoken about it was because she had written far too many fics about 'The Green Bunny' using that particular ability.
And now she could make a smokescreen. That too had interesting potential uses.
She should really stop writing smut involving expes of her friends. Except for Tsu, Himiko or Nejire, those three just do not care and wanted more of her work.
"Hey girls, what's going on here?" Saiko asked as she and Rolls walked up behind them.
"Izumi's kicking some annoying British kid in the arse, Ribbit," Tsu replied.
"Ok," Saiko said. "Is the British kids quirk the smokescreen?".
The girls shook their heads. "Nope, that's Izumi," Momo said. "Looks like she can do a bit more with the energy she can stockpile".
"She what?" Saiko said, sounding surprised.
"Looks like her quirk is getting more powerful," Rolls remarked. 'Quirks are so impressive, and powerful. I can see why the heretics are so interested in this world, and why they must be stopped'.
"What is that girl's quirk?" one of the nearby students wondered.
"Bullshit," Durandal replied with a shrug.
Kleiner meanwhile was furiously writing something down in a notebook she was not holding moments ago, muttering at like a million words per second. Her two wolf plushies hanging off of her back.
'Good lord she is just like Izumi' the other girls in the Snuggle Squad™ thought.
The 'fight', if you could call it that, continued a bit more. The smoke Izumi had created soon dispersed, revealing Izumi with her legs wrapped around the British guy's head, with the most Mirko-like grin on her face.
The girls in the Snuggle Squad™ plus Saiko and Rolls all blushed, as did several other students. None of them expected Izumi to try and finish the match by choking the guy out between her nice thighs.
"God I wish that was me," Himiko said, eyes glued to the scene before her.
"Same," Ochaco, Momo, Tsu, Nejire, Mei and Chiharu all added with a nod, their blushes getting slightly brighter.
Rolls nodded in agreement. She too would like to be in that position right now. Maybe she should ask Saiko to add a bit more meat to those thighs of hers. Make them a bit more thicker!
"And once again, we see the appearance of feral Izumi," Durandal said with a sigh. "I really wish we could train that out of her. The last thing we need is for Mirko to take an interest in her".
Unfortunately for Durandal, several people were filming the match, and would later go on to upload them onto the internet. Ryukyu would later find these videos and send them to her rabbit friend. Who would go on to remark, "Oh, so that's where that feeling came from".
Meanwhile, back in the ring, the British guy tried, and failed, to break free from Izumi's headlock. "G-g-get off o-of m-mre yo-ou h-harlot!" he grunted, struggling to talk.
"How about no," Izumi replied with a smirk. "You fucked around, and now you're finding out!".
There was a groan from within her head. "I'd ask when Ninth got so feral, but she's probably been like that for a while," the voice of the second user said.
"Ok, I take back what I said," the voice she thought belonged to the third user said.
Izumi ignored the voices since she was busy dealing with someone else. This annoying British guy took priority.
Honestly, this was some good stress relief.
After a few more moments of choking the guy out, she released the guy from her hold. Mainly because he was now unconscious.
"Usako wins by knockout!" the announcer shouted.
Izumi sighed as she stood up and made her way out of the ring. Like she said, this was going to be fun. Ok so she didn't get to find out what the guy's quirk was, but with an attitude like that, she quirky lost interest in whatever his quirk was.
No one talks badly to her friends. Those who do, and those who think they could harm them, are going to be made to pay.
She'll protect them all, no matter what.
Meanwhile, all the way back in Japan, Tomura was looking at the news on his phone.
"Villain attack on I-Island thwarted by island's security teams," he said before he took a sip from his drink. "Must have been a pathetic bunch of villains if local security teams were able to take them out".
"They were able to hack the island's security systems and capture a room full of heroes," Kurogiri said as he cleaned another glass.
"Yes, but they didn't kill any of them," Tomura grumbled. "Why have a room full of captured heroes and not harm any of them? They're at your mercy, kill a few of them to show you mean business! They even had All Might captured and they didn't do shit to him! I would have been quite pissed if they had because he's my kill, but that doesn't change the fact that they should have done something". He sighed, "Fools deserved to get beaten up by a bunch of security guards".
They were the only two present at the bar, as the others were out. Volcano, Gust Boy and Mr. Compress were out acquiring some more funds, whilst Curator, Bearhead and Stone Crusher were out causing general mayhem for the heroes. Just small stuff really, nothing too big. They didn't want the heroes to realise that the Volcano Thieves and Wild Villains were working for the League now. Not yet anyway. He was waiting for the right time to announce their alliance.
There was something else he was waiting for, more information on that hero Shinigami. He hadn't gotten much, especially after he told him one of his contacts was Shinigami. He needed to know who she was, and how she knew Sensei. He wanted her dead as well, but, she needed to answer a few questions before she died.
Speaking of Sensei, he had been quiet as of late, too quiet for Tomura's liking. Normally when Sensei goes quiet it's only for a few days. But, it's been more than a week since he last spoke to him, and he was getting worried. When he asked the doctors about him they said he was fine. But, he didn't know if he could trust their word at face value. He hadn't seen Sensei face to face in six years, talking to him over the TV just wasn't the same. He didn't even know if he was still alive anymore. If he was, why wasn't he allowed to see him?
He trusted Sensei, he was there when no one else was. However, he didn't trust the doctors. Kyudai was nice, but it wasn't what he said that worried him, it was what he didn't say. Questions left unanswered or with unsatisfactory answers that didn't answer the question. And then there was The Therapist. He didn't like him, not by a long shot. There was just something about him that rubbed him the wrong way. He just did not trust them.
How did he know that Sensei was still alive? How did he know that the doctors weren't just using a voice filter to sound like him? The tech existed, he used it before to prank call a few heroes. If he could see him, just once more, in person, then all his doubts would just go away and he'd focus back on destroying this society. Hell, he'd even drop his investigation into Shinigami. He just needed to know that Sensei was still alive. A voice can be anyone, but a body belongs to only one person.
He sighed and focused back on the news, planning his next move in his head. One day he'll see Sensei again, but untll then, he needs to keep planing this world's downfall. UA was sending its hero students to a summer training camp. Maybe he could attack it. He just needed to know where it was.
Unknown to Tomura, All for One was awake and watching his prodigy. He was worried about him, but not for the reasons you would think. For his grand plan to work, he needed Tomura's will to be strong enough to overpower the vestiges of One for All as well as whoever All Might had given it to. But, Tomura had gotten distracted, looking into someone he thought he killed over a decade ago. Or had the 'prototype' finally grown a spine and decided to get her revenge? Whatever the case, he could not afford to let her do to Tomura what that freak did to the 'prototype'.
He could not afford to lose Tomura, he was too valuable to his plan. He needed his body to take One for All back, he would not be denied, not after all this time. He may be a patient man, but even he had his limits.
He needed a backup plan, someone else he could pass his quirk onto and take over just in case Tomura was taken away from him. Someone who had strong enough will and could be easily manipulated.
If he had a mouth he would have smirked. Kyudai had said that he was approached by someone looking to become stronger.
He would do nicely as his backup.