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As the green-haired boy woke up, his eyes were stunned by the blaring light of the sun coming in from the window, making him clean his eyes while trying to make sense of his surroundings. He was confused, honestly, he didn’t know what more to do as he cleared his eyes and tried to stand up.

But he couldn’t. His eyes looked confused as he began to process it, this wasn’t his room. Once again, Izuku tried to move, feeling something keeping him down as he looked to his wrists were the struggle was found. Underneath his sheet, there was something cold gripping onto him, something that if Izuku had to guess were handcuffs.

He panicked at seeing this, beginning to move drastically while his breathing grew heavier as he heard some steps coming towards his door.

Suddenly it opened, revealing behind it Detective Tsukauchi.

“Y-You are…!”

“Detective Tsukauchi, the guy who was with All Might and Eraser Head in that parking lot.” He said, taking off his hat properly and closing the door behind. “Don’t worry, I’ll take them off in a second.”

“Why am I handcuffed?? Wh-what did I do??” Izuku asked, still panicked as Tsukauchi reached into his pockets.

“You…” Tsukauchi stopped briefly, looking at him weirded out. “…don’t remember?”

“Remember what?! One minute I was in the parking lot hearing that… that Unknown Creature speak up and then… waking up.”

TRUE!

“….” Tsukauchi kept on looking at the boy after seeing his quirk go off. “Do you remember what it called you?”

“I… I do.” Izuku said, staring at the detective. “I don’t know why but, it called me Agito.”

“And that’s where you blacked out, right? When he called you that?” The detective said once more, resuming his walk towards the greenette as he held onto the keys for the handcuffs.

“Yes. H-How is the girl that was with me?? A-Actually how are All Might and Eraser Head?! Last thing I saw All Might got stabbed and Aizawa was unconscious, I think!”

His questions became frenetic, but the detective understood why, as obviously if he doesn’t remember much after that, it means he doesn’t know Aizawa and Toshinori are alright and treated. But he seemed to understand what happened, maybe hearing the word Agito was a random trigger, or perhaps it was something else relating to the Altering, as the creature called it, that appeared around his waist. Either way, something snapped from the greenette, and it may have been a consequence of the creature trying to kill him.

This did once more bring some questions that have been lingering on the man since yesterday, and amongst those questions were the stuff related to all Izuku did and the creature. But if he doesn’t remember, then…

“They’re all okay. All Might and Eraser Head were discharged earlier today and Mawata Fuwa said she may come by to visit you.” He answered the greenette, bringing ease to his heart.

“Thank god…” Izuku dropped back to the bed, his eyes staring at the rooftop. “…Why am I in a hospital bed? And why am I handcuffed? D-Did he injure me with something? O-or was it because of the headaches?”

Seeing he was calmer, Tsukauchi found it only senseful to answer him truthfully.

“I’m going to answer your questions one by one, calm down kid.” Tsukauchi said, grabbing a nearby chair and sitting down next to the greenette as he took off the handcuff. “You, I don’t know how you did it, transformed into something.”

“…Huh?” Izuku sat straight in bed near instantly, looking confused towards the detective.

“I don’t know how else to put it but, a belt appeared all of a sudden in your waist. You pressed some buttons on it and suddenly you transformed into an Insect-Like Man, or would dragon be more fitting? I don’t know, it’s kind of a hybrid if I’m honest.” Tsukauchi continued, as Izuku stared at him, perplexed by what he was hearing. “What matters is, you transformed and… killed… that Unknown creature.”

“…I-I did… what?” The greenette was almost in tears at what he heard, this had to be a lie, right?

Tsukauchi could see it in his eyes, he felt bad for the kid. And of course he did, because he didn’t even make a choice here, he simply killed him because his body acted on its own and in self-defense.

“…Look, Midoriya, I understand your reaction… Killing isn’t- it doesn’t feel right to take a life. I… I’ve been put in that situation before and, honestly, I’ve never felt worse in my life.” Tsukauchi says, he could only grimace at the memory. “I can’t even blame you for reacting like this, in fact I get it, it’s… you woke up and suddenly you hear you killed someone? Of course it’d be horrible! It’s not… not what you want you’d like to hear first thing in the morning.”

“…” The greenette tried to come to his senses, but nothing he did could let out a word. Suddenly, Tsukauchi began to massage him in the back.

“…I-I thought it be better if I was honest to you… kid… I get if you feel angry or sad or even depressed, I can’t blame you. But, ugh, maybe I should’ve waited until All Might or Eraser Head got here, they’re better with kids than me…” Tsukauchi muttered, not letting go off the green-eyed boy yet. “I genuinely think I’ve done nothing but make things worse.

“…N-no… I… I understand why you did it…” Izuku was still at the border of crying, but he was just hanging in there by a thread as he stared outside the window, letting him see the bustling city. “And if I had to guess that’s… why I was handcuffed?”

“…Yes… I hope you do understand, kid.”

“I definitely do. I… I committed murder so I guess it’s… only fair.”

“…” Tsukauchi just sighed, looking towards the nearby window. “You know, sometimes even All Might has seen the need to be that drastic against very terrible people. It’s not… what’s right, obviously, but sometimes it’s the only way to deal with certain threats present in front of you.”

“…”

“It’s… a key part in life, understanding when you make the hard decisions and why. But I just wished taking such a hard decision didn’t come so early to you, kid.”

Izuku kept silent, his eyes never let go of the window as he took in a deep breath. He wanted to relax after what he heard, but it was hard, even if the words of Tsukauchi have in fact helped even if a little, the greenette couldn’t help but feel… terrible. Even if thinking back to yesterday showcased that had he not done something that drastic, he’d probably had died, the feeling only kept present.

“…Were the Police able to even figure out what it was…?” Izuku asked, as the detective stayed quiet.

“Well, no… Because you exploded him.”

“…” The greenette frowned in annoyance. “First you say I transformed somehow, and it also turns out I made him explode somehow?”

“I know its hard to believe, but everyone else in that Parking Lot saw you do exactly that.” Tsukauchi said, looking back at Izuku.

“…D-Did I awaken a quirk somehow?”

“We tested that, because All Might had told me you were quirkless, so we thought maybe that belt or form of yours had to do with a quirk, but no. You’re clean of any piece of the Quirk Genetic.”

“…Clean?” Izuku turned towards Tsukauchi confused.

“Maybe you’re never truly teach you this in middle school and even in most colleges, but within everyone’s body resides these sparks that have proof of what we can basically call the soul. That remnant of it is present in everyone during the 40 weeks of pregnancy, and it’s what is later formed into a Quirk. Even quirkless people tend to have it in some way, and in most it manifests in the form of the extra joint.”

“So, you’re saying that quirkless technically have a quirk… and that’s the extra joint? How do you even know this?”

“You could say that’s the case, but it certainly is a mutation consequential of the Quirk Gene not awakening within their body and basically becoming like a fizzled fire.” Tsukauchi says, looking at him briefly about the second question. “Also, you come to learn a thing or two when dealing with… deranged people.”

“…I don’t want to imagine what kind of crimes you’ve had to see.”

“Do yourself a favor and don’t.”

The man was being… pretty nice to him. Tho Izuku was being filled with a few more questions.

“So, I transformed according to you, with backup word of not just Fuwa-senpai, but All Might and Eraser Head, after some weird belt appeared on me.”

“Yes.” Tsukauchi reached into his pockets, taking out from it a notepad with stuff written down and handing it to the greenette for him to read everything the unknown creature said. “It called it the Altering and referred to you as THE Agito.”

“…Is he implying there’s more like me?” Izuku read through the paper, seeing the words and even what he said towards All Might and Eraser Head. Something about divinity and referring to them as “you humans”, Izuku couldn’t help but find a lot of this weird.

“I have a working theory right now. And that comes back to his comment about Agito.” He says, pointing at the particular line in the paper. “My theory bases itself on something All Might told me a little before we helped you and Mawata Fuwa.”

“And that is…?”

“That he said you suffered chronic headaches since childhood.”

Izuku stared at the detective briefly, he didn’t expect All Might to even bring him up at all. But apparently, he had told the detective in front of him everything about his headaches.

“W-What does that have to do with this?”

“Eraser Head and I were dealing with a crime… a very nasty one that we believe links back to that Unknown Creature you, neutralize? Is that okay for you?” Tsukauchi said carefully, as Izuku sighed out in frustration.

“I-I think is better if you just say I killed it, because there’s no reason to deny I did that.” Izuku said he felt like he needed to be reprimanded by hearing that word was the best way to move on.

Tsukauchi thought about it briefly if to agree to his terms, before thinking back to an old teaching method of the pre-quirk era, during the pinnacle of America’s War on Terror a decade before quirks appeared, he heard that what military drill sergeants used to do was imprint into their soldiers the fact they’d have to kill as to prepare them for the day they truly have to take a life, innocent or not. Maybe this was the wrong way to go about it, but it was the best method to let the boy be more eased with his previous transgression.

“Alright then, the case we were working on, we thought it was related to the Unknown Creature you killed, during it we found ourselves seeing medical records of some of the victims and, not only were all of them quirkless, but just like you, they suffered Chronic Headaches since they were four years old.”

Izuku’s ears perked up at hearing this, as Tsukauchi and the greenette made direct eyes contact.

“You don’t mean…??”

“I see you’re pretty smart, but yes, I believe that if the Unknown Creature was speaking the truth about only targeting these Agitos, then it means Quirkless People who suffer Chronic Headaches just like yours is a marking method of sorts, or better said in a way…”

“The headaches are signs that a Quirkless Person is an Agito.” Izuku said he was shocked at this, but that now brought a question.

It wasn’t just a question to him; it was to Tsukauchi as well. A very reasonable question, what exactly is an Agito?

As far as both of them knew, it was just a quirkless person who suffers headaches, but Izuku transforming says that there may be much more to this Agito term than the Unknown Creature brought up. Were all Agitos able to transform? Why are was it hunting him? What does it gain from killing him? And more importantly, how does no one in the world know what this is? Or… do they know?

“…This is going to give me a worse headache than any I’ve ever had…” Izuku said, dropping down on the bed while holding his head. But saying that made his eyes widen. “…Wait… M-My headaches…!!”

Tsukauchi snapped out of it, turning towards Izuku in surprise at his words.

“I-I usually have one whenever I wake up, but I’ve gotten none of them! A-and my glasses…” Izuku started to touch his face in shock, as even Tsukauchi couldn’t believe it. “I… I can see without my glasses…!”

“Could it be that he suffered an awakening?” The detective muttered, as he started to write down some stuff of what the greenette was saying. “It would make sense, that would explain why he couldn’t transform before and even the headaches… Maybe that’s their purpose?”

“The purpose of what?”

“The headaches. What if their purpose is something like a call to arms, or like I said, an awakening.” Tsukauchi told Izuku, thinking about it. This got Izuku in thought too, remembering something noted down of the Unknown Creature’s words.

“That would explain why it said I evolved as soon as I entered my trance. Not only that, but it means that Agitos suffer these headaches to see whose more… worthy? Or better prepared to get that Altering thingy?”

“It may also explain why it never appeared before in your life. Unless you don’t know.” Tsukauchi said, looking back at the greenette who began thinking about it.

“…No, not even in dreams or anything, I don’t even know how it managed to appear.”

“This only gets weirder the more we think about it.”

“…This is just the start of something bigger, isn’t it?” Izuku asked, stretching his face in annoyance at the realization.

“All Might said the same thing.”

“Speaking of, when I spotted you all in the Café, Mr. Toshinori was there, or do you… know?”

“Of his injury?”

“That says enough.”

The two chuckled at this, as all of a sudden, they heard some steps coming their way. Making both turn towards the door as they were clearly growing louder and louder, their eyes looked at one another before nodding.

“If they ask, you were injured in the middle of fighting and just woke up, and that the reason I’m here is to check on your condition and getting your testimony.” Tsukauchi says, suddenly putting a piece of paper in the greenette’s pockets.

“Yes sir.” Izuku answered, securing the piece of paper.

SLAM!!

“WHERE’S MY BROTHER/BABY?!?” The two women with green hair yelled out from the now opened door, startling the detective and green haired boy who just stared at them.

The two suddenly spotted the greenette, waving at them from the bed as Tsukauchi simply tilted his hat to the two. Without much thinking, the two were checking on the youngest member of the family and seeing if he was okay before properly hugging him tightly.

“Oh my god you’re all good Izuku!!” Inko Midoriya, his mother, yelled out holding tightly onto her son while here eyes were filled of tears.

“I was so concerned!! No one told us anything and once they did, they didn’t allow visits!!” Asami Midoriya, Izuku’s older sister by 6 years, yelled out while hugging her brother tightly.

Izuku just hugged them back softly, looking at the two as he gained a worried look.

“Y-You two did sleep, right?”

“Are you kidding me!?” Inko said, letting go of her son and making his head turn to her. “You think I could sleep knowing my son got injured in the middle of a villain fight?! Also, I brought you some fresh clothes.”

“S-Stupid question, sorry…” Izuku answered, with a sweatdrop running down his forehead, seeing his mother put a bag with his clothes in the nearby desk.

“Still, Izuku, how do you always manage to get in trouble??”

“Y-You’d be surprised to how many times I’ve asked myself…”

Asami’s eyes suddenly took notice of the man sitting in the chair, looking at his notes and writing some stuff down before putting it away. All she did was stare at him, surprised, until soon enough the detective took notice of her glance.

“Uhm… Apologies, Detective Naomasa Tsukauchi, I was just checking on your son and brother earlier, just asked him some questions about it.” He said, making both mother and sister stare at him briefly. “I’ll take my leave.”

“W-Wait I know who you are…! You’re the detective who worked side by side with The Crawler in solving the rampant TRIGGER Crimes in Naruhata, right??” Asami said, staring at him with a certain level of awe.

“…Y-Yes…” He said, looking away as Izuku stared at him.

“I can’t believe it! I’ve read all of your files on it!! It’s amazing to see just how intense some of the stuff you worked on was for as small of an operation as it was!!” Her voice was filled with enthusiasm that Tsukauchi never expected, and even less did she expect the next question. “Can I get your autograph?!”

PFFFT

Izuku tried to not laugh at all, as Tsukauchi only grew more embarrassed by the second, his eyes glaring briefly at the green-haired boy in the bed before turning away towards the door.

“I’m sorry, but I have to take my leave, I’m in a bit of a hurry right now.” He began to walk away before stopping on the door. “And Izuku.”

“…Y-yes?”

“You’re a good kid. Don’t give up now.” It was all he said, before walking off, leaving the greenette speechless.

Somehow, Naomasa Tsukauchi Police Detective working for the Metropolitan Police, did a better job than All Might at motivating Izuku to keep on going forward in life.

Tsukauchi now stood outside the hospital, he could only sigh defeated as he thought of everything just now. Izuku really was a smart kid, and now he’s tied to probably one of the most insane cases he’s ever been a part of. It raised a few questions to him, and even more it made him worried about whatever there was to come.

“Someone make this less painful to deal with.” Tsukauchi looked back to his notes, the words of the Unknown Creature left it clear to him, there were more than one of them, all of them likely as powerful as it, and God knows what next poor innocent life they’ll take in a horrifying way.

“Mr. Tsukauchi?”

The voice surprised him, making him turn to the source and seeing Mawata Fuwa standing on the sidewalk, holding with her a bag and wearing casual clothing. He stared at her briefly, a little confused.

“…Aren’t you supposed to be at UA?” He said, remembering seeing her in the uniform just yesterday.

“W-well yes, but… Mr. Aizawa expelled my whole class, including me.” She said, making Tsukauchi gasp.

Suddenly, he smacked his face, clearly cringing and groaning while looking at the ethereal darkness his hands made.

“God dammit, Eraser, is that what you did to rush out of the Campus…??” He was annoyed, because the Erasure Hero had promised him, he wouldn’t do it again but guess what just happened. “I’m sorry for bringing it up, I didn’t think he’d do it so early compared to other years.”

Fuwa suddenly gained a sweatdrop.

“O-oh so we’re not the only ones…”

“He’s been a teacher for about 4 years now. He’s now expelled 3 of his 4 classes.”

“…How does UA even have students…”

“Beats me. But whatever, if you’re going to see Midoriya, know that his family is here.” Tsukauchi tells her. “Please, try to not bring up what actually happened, he and I made a silent pact to not speak of it.”

“I see, and what did he say, by the way? Does he know how it happened?”

“He says last thing he remembers is being called Agito.”

“Wow, so he basically doesn’t remember much of what actually happened.”

“I’m going to have to get going, if you can keep contact with Midoriya and also not speak about this, than please do so. I feel like he needs someone more around his age to work things out of what’s happening.” Tsukauchi said.

“…You got that feeling we’re in a bigger mess, right?”

“Ugh… Why are we all so equally negative about what happened…” He said, beginning to walk away. “But yes, I’m sure this won’t be the last time we meet. So, if it’s not asking much.”

“I’ll keep an eye on him, Mr. Tsukauchi, don’t worry.” She said, bowing to him briefly.

“Dismissed.” He says, walking off towards his car. He had to make a bit of a long trip to Tokyo to tell his superiors about the ongoing situation and then make his way back to Mustafu before sundown.

Fuwa just looked at him, feeling bad for the man as she began walking into the hospital. Her mind couldn’t stop thinking about what happened yesterday, and really, she couldn’t stop thinking about Izuku and what he wrapped her into by accident. She couldn’t blame him, of course, but there were a lot of things she didn’t expect to see.

Like All Might’s true form, as the injury got the best of him and he deflated in front of her and Eraser Head, leaving both shocked at seeing what the Symbol of Peace truly looked like, well at least she showed to be shocked, as Mr. Aizawa seemed to have more of a “I knew it” face than a shocked one.

Putting all of that aside, she wanted to check on him, their talk of yesterday had to be put at a standstill due to the situation they got into, and really, she’s curious about talking to him a little more, even if it’s of unimportant things. But one thing did concern her, she was about to come across his family too, which was weird, they just became friends and she’s already meeting their family? That just feels like back when you’re a kid and meet some kid at a random party.

She just wondered how different they probably were from him.

UA CAMPUS, PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE. – 9:30 A.M.

“So, another group, Ey Aizawa?” A ball of white fur sitting in the principal’s desk said, sipping on his cup of tea briefly.

“You know my plans for them, Principal Nezu.” Aizawa sat in front of him, looking through some files he asked the principal to get for him.

“I know, I know. But still, the whole class? Not just a few?”

“How it is sometimes.” He answered, continuing to look through the files.

Shota Aizawa had arrived from work earlier than usual today, surprisingly more tired than common, and instantly asked Nezu to pay him up one of the many favors the principal owed the hero. What was that favor? Simple, to tell him if a kid named Izuku Midoriya was joining UA and if he was, if he could see the documents given to join the exam.

Aizawa wasn’t surprised by seeing that, yes, Izuku wanted to join UA, having even taken the Mock Exam sent to his School Zone and coming out amongst the Top Students in it said zone. Really, he wasn’t surprised at all at seeing all of this, just by looking at the kid, he could tell he was someone special aside from the whole belt thing he’s got going on.

The only problem he saw, and it wasn’t really a problem, is the fact the boy is Quirkless. Meaning that a lot of people look down on him, they see him as a nuisance more than they see his potential at anything, this reminded him of everything he was seeing on the case relating to the tree, his mind was partly confused about it still, but it left him clear just how horrible of a position the Quirkless People seem to be especially here in Japan.

This wasn’t helped by yesterday’s long talk with Tsukauchi relating to the Suicide Rate and the possibility that it’s been used to cover up mass amounts of homicides, it made him think very deeply about his status and how it could affect the greenette. Probably a lot, maybe much more than he thought.

He just hoped Tsukauchi’s and All Might’s agreement actually reached the greenette.

“Talk to him? About what?” we flash back to earlier in the morning. Aizawa had already been let go of the hospital, and All Might was too, but he was a little weary of his stab wound and as such was waiting for Recovery Girl to give him a full green light.

“Isn’t it clear, Aizawa? We need to figure out exactly what that Unknown Creature wanted, and even more about what exactly an Agito is.” All Might told him, being in his true form.

To Aizawa it was weird to see him like this, but as the No. 1 Hero told him, he would’ve learned about it once he joined the School as a Teacher, so he was better off getting used to it already. But that didn’t matter.

“I’ll ask him a few things, tho I’m still thinking it may have to do with being Quirkless.” Tsukauchi said as Aizawa answered back.

“I don’t doubt it, now that we know the Blue Ring on its head was also the same as the one from Hiromasa Yuji’s death, it confirms there must be so many disappearance and suicide cases that creatures like it may be related to.”

“To think all of this has been happening and none of us had noticed.” All Might grimaced, clenching his fists tightly.

“So, we talk to the kid, and if he doesn’t know what happened, then what?” Aizawa asked, making both detective and No. 1 Hero look at him.

“Then we still ask for his help.”

“I’m sorry?”

“Aizawa, we both saw what he did to that Unknown Creature. Your Erasure did nothing to it and All Might punching it didn’t scrape it, it took him 3 blows and a kick to kill it, never mind that, he disintegrated his body in a single kick. You realize the incredible power it means he wields??” Tsukauchi said, as Aizawa couldn’t really argue against that.

“Put the power aside, the kid is smart.” All Might said. “Earlier in the day, when I saved him from that Sludge Villain I mentioned, I got to see a glimpse to the notebook he was carrying around.”

“…And what of it?”

“It was unbelievable what I was looking at, that kid is no older than 14 and he has the analysis skill professionals in I-Island’s Quirk R&D Team would be jealous of. If this kid were not aiming to be a hero, he could easily become one of the best researchers the world has to offer before he even graduates High School.”

“There’s no way is that good.” Aizawa didn’t want to believe it. But honestly, these newer generations, Quirkless or with Quirks, all carried unique gifts with them.

“Still, we need to keep an eye on him. Not only because of his power, but because he’s just a kid struggling who just like us doesn’t know what is going on with him. He needs help.”

“…Ugh… Are you trying to drag me into giving private lessons to this kid?”

“Not just teach him but guide him the right way of using this mysterious power of his.”

“…Fine… But if he disappoints me once, I’m leaving him to just All Might’s teachings.”

“Hahaha, don’t worry, I’m sure he won’t disappoint you, Eraser Head.”

“Okay now I may be asking a lot of you, All Might, but if we’re going to be interacting more often while dealing with this kid, I’d prefer of you to call me Aizawa.”

“Heh, sure. You can call me as you please then.”

Looking at this file, he couldn’t help but agree in his head that All Might was right, this kid was far from disappointing. There was really not much proof of his skills as an Analyst, but he was beginning to have no reason to doubt they’re as amazing as All Might told him.

That just left the wonder of what this kid could manage with his power and just how far he could go. There could be a hundred or so questions about it, but by now he just knew that whatever happened, this kid was definitely going to be a key element to all of this. It just made him worried just how much they’ll have to need this kid.

“Aizawa, if its not much asking, why exactly are you so focused on this kid?” Nezu asked, stirring his cup of tea.

“A friend of Tsukauchi told me about him, he says he has potential even tho he’s quirkless.” Aizawa answered quite truthfully.

“Ah, a Quirkless Boy with a dream of Heroism, now those are words I haven’t heard in a long time.” The chimera principal said, sipping from his tea. “Honestly, its sad. Most kids I’ve heard say that they were sadly met with a cruel world, but I never doubted their ability to make it into the world of heroes. It’s just sad everyone else did.”

“…Yes…” Aizawa closed the file on Izuku. “Now, I know I asked of you a favor already, but I really want to make sure of something.”

“About the space he grew in, right?” Nezu said. “I can arrange a “deeper inspection” into his background, if you wish.”

“While you don’t interact with him and near whatever schools he’s belonged and belongs to, then sure.” Aizawa says.

“But why tho?”

“I couldn’t help but notice something weird about his file. Not like tampering, but almost like there’s something intentionally missing on them.”

“And what do you think it could be?”

“Don’t we always get medical records of anyone who does the Mock Exam?”

“…”

Nezu stayed quiet as he grabbed the file with Midoriya’s name and began to look through it. And then again, and again, and again, until finally stopping and realizing why he said this.

“…They never sent his…” Nezu said, staring at the Erasure Hero.

“Don’t you find it suspicious that the Quirkless Boy doesn’t have his medical record?”

“I won’t count this as a paying up one of our favors, Aizawa. I will launch this investigation and see it through myself, as this is concerning information you’ve brought to light.” The principal explained, closing the file.

“Tsz… I just dropped the devil on whatever school he goes to.” The erasure hero muttered.

Nezu then cleared his throat, before looking at Aizawa once more.

“So, if it’s not much saying, I want to go back to the topic of the Class you recently expelled. Will you do your little play of the Sports Festival again? Or do you have a fancier trick this time around?”

“Well, I challenged them to prove me they’re worth being heroes in some shape or form. But I’ll also keep the Sports Festival choice open.”

“I see, and how do you think it’ll go?”

“They’ll probably succeed.” Aizawa says, leaning back on his seat. “After all, I already got one to add back into the Course.”

That surprised Nezu, who raised his eyebrows in curiosity.

“Really? And who might that be?

“Mawata Fuwa.” That surprised Nezu, honestly, not the name he expected to hear. “I saw her yesterday; she did not hesitate a second to protect a kid from a threat way out of her league, even while terrified, she stood her ground. Consider her the Leading Face of her Generation already.”

“That is… quite the phrasing from you.” That last part really surprised the principal even more.

“Say its too much or too little. I saw potential we’re lacking in the field recently.” Aizawa says, standing up from his seat and beginning to walk out. “Now if you don’t mind, I got some payback to do to Mic.”

“Please make sure to not break the Podium like last time.”

“Can’t promise I won’t do.”

Stepping out and leaving for the classroom where his High School Friend is at, Nezu couldn’t help but look back to the file of Izuku Midoriya. He couldn’t help but ask himself just what exactly Aizawa saw in the boy that so much has his attention. He doesn’t doubt that it’s some really special stuff, but he can’t help but wonder more about him.

Whatever, he was going to find out a little more about him once he got under the skin of this Orudera Middle School it says he belongs to. Oh, how fun it was about to be to tear down another school filled with terrible people.

WAKATSU RESTAURANT, SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE. – 12:40 A.M.

Fuwa was, to put it shortly, surprised with how kind the Midoriya Family was, she shouldn’t have been surprised. Izuku was already kind as he was, so why would it be surprising to hear the two family members who clearly had a deal in raising him into the person he is, but she didn’t expect them to somehow be even kinder than him!

After stepping into his room, she was met with the surprise of his sister and how similar she looks to him, while she couldn’t help but notice how badly the genes of his mother won on him. The shape of his face, eyes and even his nose were near 1 to 1 copy of Izuku’s mom, it really made her wonder what exactly of Izuku is part of his father, but as far as she can tell, it’s just the hair and nothing else.

But that is beyond the point, as soon as she stepped in, she was met with a lot of welcomes and thank you’s for protecting Izuku the day prior, not only that but there was a few teases from his sister saying how she may be a “significant other” he’s been keeping secret, but Inko simply deflected that into saying how thankful it is to see Izuku made another friend after so long. Especially a girl, seeing he has issues around them.

 That did kind of led to Fuwa remembering what Izuku had told her the prior day, about how he’s been bullied to really heavy extents. Internally she was screaming, she realized just how important every word she told him must’ve been to the greenette, because to him they were, in some shape or form, foreign terms he’d forgotten to time, and it made her worry further about the greenette.

Maybe it was the right call to tell him she’s willing to hear him vent. Because God knows how many issues he must have.

She had to put these thoughts away though, as not long after she arrived, Izuku was discharged from the hospital, and the matriarch of the Midoriya Family invited the girl to eat with them. It was an offer she didn’t expect, but one she didn’t want to pass by.

And as such, here we are. In a Sushi restaurant were Izuku could be seen devouring a pile of Sushi while Inko and Asami talked to her.

“So, your teacher just… expelled you?!” Asami was surprised, Inko much more shocked, at what she had heard from Fuwa. “How can UA just do that??”

“I… I don’t know. It’s such an unorthodox school, but I think it works very well when it comes to the Hero Business.” Fuwa said, taking a bite out of the piece of Sushi in front of her.

“I guess it would. While UA is one of the reasons, we have a hero like All Might, it also made the likes of Endeavor.” Inko said, coming out of her shock. “I guess it is only fair they step out of the traditional method to prepare Pro Heroes of all kinds… but still, expulsion? Not even hours into your first day? I think that’s outrageous.”

“Yeah, I mean, I was too shocked about it I ended up stumbling onto your son by accident.” Fuwa chuckled, that really was what started this, huh?

“I bet he was distracted in his own thoughts too.” Asami said, looking at her brother who was still eating. “And I also guess he didn’t eat much yesterday other than that cereal he made himself in the morning, because Jeez Izuku, I think we’re gonna have to split the bill with you!”

“S-Sorry…!” The greenette said between munching, passing down his food and cleaning himself up. “Though if you actually want to do that, then I have no problem with it.”

“No, we’re not doing that, Izuku.” Inko said. “You’re just hungry because your stomach has basically been emptied for 24 hours as of now, you need as much protein to get back up.”

“Yeah, but still, this is my third dozen.”

“And that doesn’t change my mind in paying for your food too.”

“But-…”

“Apapapap!! We’re all here to eat, do not worry about me paying a little extra. Got it, Izuku?”

“…yes mom…”

That was surprising to Fuwa, she didn’t expect of all things to happen at a time like this to see Izuku almost go as far as doing that, especially when the main reason they’re in the restaurant is because his mom said the food was on her this time around. She could only guess he didn’t want to cause her problems, but still.

She could only look at Izuku, who went back to eating a little more calmly as if he had been scolded, which he had not been.

“Anyway, I truly appreciate what you did for my brother, Fuwa.” Asami said, looking at the girl with a smile. “He must’ve been having it rough, knowing how dickish everyone is at his middle school.”

“…So you know he has problems in it?”

“A lot.”

“But why don’t you just take him out?”

“It’s simple. We can’t. They’d blacklist him.”

“What?!”

Fuwa now was confused, things took a weird turn of events relating to Izuku’s issues with school life. Inko then sighed in clear frustration as she looked at her.

“Orudera Middle School, for as crappy as it is, has a lot of big names stringed to it which is the sole reason it hasn’t collapsed upon itself.” Inko explained. “I’ve tried demanding them for the threat of blacklisting Izuku if he were to leave their school, and it was bounced back, completely canceling any attempt at taking them to court. As far as I’m aware, the brutes that run the school want him there because he puts a “good image” relating to the Quirkless Standards.”

“…S-so they’re using Midoriya as a Marketing Ploy to pull in more Quirkless Students??” Fuwa couldn’t help but hold a shocked expression to what she was hearing.

“That’s right and seeing my boy’s grades are amongst the highest in his School Zone according to Orudera’s principal, they use each and every action he takes in an Academic Level to bring in more people for the sake of profit without actual regard for him.” Inko said, looking to Izuku who simply kept on eating. “Because of that, stuff like my son suffering of visual impairment was only labeled as a “external issue” when it was very clearly done by someone within School Grounds. By whom? I personally don’t know, because my son doesn’t speak about it, but I know for a fact it was done by a student.”

“…” This just made it worse for her, does this mean every time Izuku is injured he just has to walk it off? Is that why he still had some blood on his nostrils yesterday? Why his nose wasn’t treated in the slightest? How many more of these injuries does Izuku have? A part of her, internally, began to panic at the realization. This was much worse than she imagined.

At first, she thought it went as far as the average bullying acts of insulting one and hurting them, but now it turns out that it may be a much more brutal case. She really didn’t want to imagine how bad things must get for Izuku.

Speaking of, she couldn’t help but take notice of something relating to him. His nose was fixed in place properly, he lacked any injury of the sort, and he seemed to be struggling with the glasses, leading her to something. Did the belt’s appearance have to do something with this?

Probably, I mean, it appeared from literal thin air, so what says it doesn’t have the ability to heal any existing injuries in some way. But still, how would you explain getting your vision back all of a sudden? That must be, better said is, Izuku’s thought process about it. He’s probably still confused about what happened to begin with.

“So, Fuwa? If you’ve been expelled out of UA, what exactly will you do about it?” Asami asked. “I’m just curious, because I honestly wouldn’t know what to do at all if I were you.”

“Oh that.” Fuwa stopped on her tracks as that question came in, she hadn’t even told her parents, how would she even know what to do after being kicked out of the most prestigious school in Japan. “…We’ll see, but I should get going on it.”

“Fair enough.” Asami said, looking back to Izuku. “By the way, you haven’t gotten any headaches all of today, Ey?”

“Y-Yeah…!” Izuku says, chuckling to himself. “Honestly it feels… Nice. 10 years of constant headaches does get annoying after… a day.”

Asami just chuckled at that, ruffling her brother’s hair.

“Well, lets hope it’s not a one-time thing, shall we?” She said, smiling at her brother.

“…So do you know why his headaches began, Miss Inko?” Fuwa decided to ask the matriarch, who just nodded at her.

“Not at all, they began a few days before we took him to a Quirk Analyst to see if he had awakened a Quirk of sorts and the headaches were perhaps a drawback. But as it turns out, they simply were happening as a consequence of stress and trauma.” Inko answered. “But I am happy that for once my son catches a break from them. There’s been no day of his life in the last 10 years where he didn’t suffer at least one.”

“That sounds…”

“Annoying? It’s more than you imagine.” Inko’s eyes suddenly looked at the roof. “At first all headaches were unbearable for Izuku, it took until he was Six to get used to the milder headaches, but he’d still complain about some that had his head throbbing in agony.”

“I really can’t imagine how painful that process must’ve been.” The more she heard of Izuku’s life, the more she asked herself how he managed to make it this far without breaking apart. “…Guess that’s part of his charm, being a tough cookie.”

Asami and Inko couldn’t help but laugh at that, as Izuku frowned in embarrassment. The pink haired girl simply looked away, realizing she spoke her mind out without meaning it.

“Well, you sure are right.” Asami said as she kept on laughing.

“C-Come on its not…”

“Its okay to admit it, Izuku. You’re pretty strong mentally.” Inko said, slowly calming down. “Though I gotta say, comparing you to a cookie reminded me a lot about that one time you were dipping one on milk, and you began crying the moment it turned into mush in your hand.”

“That was different.” Izuku said, looking away.

“He cried for an hour thinking he killed the cookie!” Asami said that her and Inko could only start laughing once more, this time however, they were joined by Fuwa.

Hearing that word made Izuku stiffen, however, though it wasn’t really that notable to most.

Part of him still found itself affected by his actions. Even if he doesn’t remember, knowing he actually took a life made him feel disappointed in himself. He wanted to put it aside, but that would continue ringing in his head for a while longer. It did make him wonder if the way he’s been reacting to this is… right, even more, it made him wonder why Tsukauchi didn’t just hand him over to the police, but he had a guess.

A guess he’d get answers about later today.

METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, KANTO, TOKYO. – 1:00 P.M.

Commissioner Fujikawa Maruki has worked in the Police Force of Japan since a very early age of his life. Most of his precious memories, stem or have origin from this job. He was there in the rougher times when cities would go for days completely ravaged by villains, where the Police was barely of any use against the Villains that rampaged across the land, plunging and ransacking everything, when Heroes were barely established appropriately and as such it was hard to tell who Vigilantes were and who were Pro Heroes.

He remembers the day of All Might’s debut in Japan, he was there in those fires and rubble, his eyes looked in awe as a single man was responsible for saving hundreds of lives on his own in the matter of seconds while moving mountains and clearing fires with nothing but his bare fists, he was willing to dirty if it meant a life would be protected.

He remembers perfectly when he was assigned his rank as one of the Top Officers in the Nation, becoming amongst its highest ranking as the bill for the NPF, National Police Force, was put in motion. Where Policemen from all across the country would work as a single organization, allowing for active jurisdiction in any Prefecture under the ability to work with heroes and allow for successful arrests of villains at any point in time.

And yet nothing prepared him and his fellow Policemen for what they heard and were looking at.

“…Not even All Might could…?” Maruki was stuck on those words from Tsukauchi, his eyes looking at the detective in front of him who had next to him the blade used by the Unknown Creature to stab the No. 1 Hero.

“If it wasn’t for what I can only call divine interference, things could’ve ended a lot worse.” Tsukauchi expressed, closing his notes after reading out all that said, except for a few things. “So far the case has proven to be much bigger than anyone could’ve imagined, and due to it I count with a few requests of what we could do.”

“…Take it away, Tsukauchi.” Maruki told him, trying to hide the nervousness he was feeling.

“So far, these Unknown Creatures, Lifeforms or whatever you wished to call them, have proven to be a threat much bigger than we could imagine, and as such I suggest our first source of action should be starting a Unit dedicated to researching any and all information about them to figure out a weakness of sorts.”

“But how could we do so? You’ve proven to us that Cameras cannot film them and that they can simply go invisible even if we could. So, what do you think could be done?” One of the Commissioners whose body had some rock-like skin said, looking concerned.

“I believe Eraser Head and I could take a step into this situation, and not only that, but I have a feeling I know how to reach the “Divine Interference” I mentioned earlier.” Tsukauchi answered.

“So, you know who it is?”

“No, sir. But for that, Eraser Head and I will begin to look into this case by ourselves, all I wish for is to get reinforcements when dealing with these Unknown Lifeforms.” Tsukauchi had to lie, he did not plan on revealing who it was. At least not yet.

“We will have to discuss this with the rest of the Prefectures, but we promise to get you the best helping hands we can manage. If possible, even get help from the Prime Minister.” Another Commissioner with bandages across his eyes added, and then Maruki interfered.

“We could go to him, but while we lack evidence of these Unknown Lifeforms even existing, and while we have obvious reasons to believe, we cannot get to the Minister with just word of mouth.” Maruki’s words made sense, there’s a reason the Meta Liberation Army coming back in recent years wasn’t taken seriously at first, and it was because it started as a mere rumor circulating since the printing of Destro’s Biography. “Because of this, and as much as we know you’re telling the truth, Tsukauchi, we need much more proof of the danger posed by these creatures.”

“…I understand, but maybe by the time we do, it could be too late.” Tsukauchi was clearly not liking where things were going already.

“We know, but we need hard evidence that can convince them to give us aid.” He replied to the detective.

“…Very well… My next request is a deeper investigation into recent Suicide Cases of Quirkless Individuals.” This confused some at first, before he continued speaking. “The footage shown earlier about Hiromasa Yuji’s supposed suicide is undying proof that someone has been covering up multiple murder cases no different than these ones, and the sadistic ways these Unknown Lifeforms seem to take out their victims, leaves it clear to me that it wouldn’t just be homicides covered up as suicides, but disappearances.”

“…So, you’re suggesting that the reason the Global Suicide Rate for quirkless is so high is…”

“Yes, that these creatures have been killing them.”

“…My god, you weren’t kidding when you said this is way beyond what we imagined…” Maruki said, covering his face in concern.

“There is much more than just these Unknown Creatures taking action, there’s an entire conspiracy we are to solve, but this is a much bigger scale than just a few names.”

“We understand, Tsukauchi, but that would be even more difficult than your previous request.” A Commissioner with a Shark-like body said.

“I know, but… it could be the key to understand what these creatures are and their end goal. Now for my final request.” Tsukauchi turned back to the ancient blade the creature wielded, showing it towards them once more. “I want a team of Researchers looking into this weapon, I… don’t know how to put it, but ever since I saw it with my own eyes, I couldn’t help but feel like I was staring at something…”

“…Mystical, right?” Maruki finished his sentence, leaving Tsukauchi silent as he nodded in agreement. “I couldn’t help it too. Its design is unlike anything I’ve seen, yet it feels familiar for some reason. It makes me wonder if its either the materials it’s made out of or simply the design choice… but… This can be done with ease.”

“Can it be possible for the Researchers to work directly with me?”

“I think it’s the best choice.” The Commissioner said. “You have interacted with these creatures and know the “Divine Interference” that seems capable of stopping them. As such, the best call to action would be to have them join you in your research along with Eraser Head.

“Thank you, sirs.” Tsukauchi said, giving them a bow. “I’ll take my leave; I need to meet with Eraser Head to get working on this.”

“There is a concern within me I’d like to share with you before you leave, Tsukauchi.” Maruki said, making the detective look at him. “It relates to Heroes joining this Operation.”

“…We’ll have to keep it low or only to Underground Heroes like Eraser Head.” Tsukauchi answers. “This is something the public cannot see yet, because the day they do, things could get out of hand.”

“Especially with how Extremist a lot of people are about the Quirkless Folk.” Maruki answers. “I understand All Might was there when this happened, so let him stay in the operation with you, if possible, just try and keep it as hidden as possible.”

“…It’s not impossible… So, I guess I can manage.”

“And one more thing.”

“Yes?”

“Do you think this Divine Intervention of yours will actually help us?”

“…I’m not sure, sir…” Fixing his hat, Tsukauchi remembering the green-haired boy once more and their talk at the Hospital, when suddenly, he remembered a part of his talk with All Might before he was discharged.

“He wants to be a Hero. If we ask him to help us, even if just as a researcher, he will probably accept in a heartbeat.”

“What makes you say that?”

“…Because his body moved on its own to protect…”

 “I know.”

His words were filled of assurance and clarity, one that brought certain levity to the room filled of Commissioners and Police Officers of all kinds who saw Tsukauchi leave the room. Now they understood something, there were some serious cases at hand, some that already went down and may hide the truth, while others could be a key factor in understanding what exactly the enemy is.

“…What do you think we can get out of asking the Prime Minister for help?” The Commissioner with a Shark-like body asked Commissioner Maruki.

“Our best source of aid can come in one form. The Reinforced Exomuscle & Exoskeleton Combat System.” All of the Policemen in the room were surprised by this answer, as some gained shocked expressions.

“How could it?? One of the Police Officers looked confused at this more than surprised. “The First Generation was a complete failure, and the Second Generation were turned into the Unmanned Drones used by UA and Tartarus for Defense Purposes! Plus, what could a machine do against something that could stop All Might barehanded?!”

“…Just like Quirks, technology grows with the passage of time, but we’ve stagnated our greatest helping hand after the birth of the Superhuman Society. We’ve put Quirks in the forefront and left technology behind, but amongst us, there are Brilliant Minds capable of boosting technology forward another 100 Years.” Maruki says, standing up from his seat as he began to walk upfront. “We once thought machines would dominate our world, how they’d be capable of taking us to the stars and perform tasks that humanity couldn’t do on its own before quirks. If it did so in the past...”

His eyes looked at his fellow men, gaining a stern look.

“…Then what says it can’t outperform us once more?”

“…But how would we be able to do anything if we don’t truly know what we’re dealing with…?” The same officer said, now more comprehensive of the Commissioner’s words.

“For that we’ll rely on Tsukauchi’s Investigation and the assistance of an R&D Team with our best members across the country. Hopefully, we obtain the rights and plans to the previous Generations of the Reinforced Exomuscle & Exoskeleton Combat System, and from them give birth to the Third Generation. One that is capable of facing what not even the greatest Pillar of Hope humanity has ever seen, could.” Maruki states. “Let us get started, ladies and gentlemen. We have a Unit to form to face a threat unlike anything seen in history.”

“…” Everyone stood up quickly, all facing towards the Commissioner.

“We will face something that has possibly been lost to history, but we will not hesitate to protect the lives in the line. These people they call Agitos are no different than us, they’re human, and they deserve to live as our own without judgement! We must not allow the actions of these Unknown Creatures destroy lives of anyone!” Maruki’s eyes looked towards the ancient blade in front of him. “No matter the cost, we must protect our people, it’s what we vowed to do the moment we decided to wear these badges on our being!”

As Tsukauchi walked out, he looked through the notes before closing the pocket notebook in his hands. He stared at it, seeing the words he wrote on its cover. The name for this cover mission he’s now taking part in.

“Let Operation: ΑGITΩ begin!”

“YES SIR!!”

This was the beginning of something bigger than them, Tsukauchi has been saying that since yesterday. But he couldn’t help but wonder to himself, just what exactly was to unleash upon them in this world. Whatever, right now he had to do something. Make his way back to Mustafu to meet with Aizawa and Toshinori, why?

To prepare Izuku Midoriya for the upcoming task.

NEAR TAKOBA MUNICIPAL BEACH, SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE – 5:00 P.M.

Izuku and Fuwa were silent next to one another, the two of them were walking down the street, not knowing what exactly to talk about between each other, but having a few thoughts in mind.

“Why did they have to say that…?” Izuku muttered to himself, as we flash back briefly to a few hours ago.

“Is it alright if I go with Fuwa-senpai?”

“Hm? Why do you ask?”

“W-Well I just… thought it be right to take her home. She came all the way here and I just… y’know.” He was embarrassed, but he had to come up with an excuse to leave with her.

“Oh! Oh, I see~ My son like always loves being such a gentleman to any woman he meets, but I must respect your choice.”

“M-Mom…”

“Just make sure to not forget about us, Izuku, because those eyes of yours get SO easily lost in things you like.” Asami had to join in and only make it worse, making the greenette feel flustered. “Let him come back to us in one piece, Fuwa-chan. I know he looks like a good chew toy, but we only take refunds when they’re in mint condition.”

“Y-Yes…” She had to admit it; she too was getting embarrassed by the comments made by Asami and Inko.

“It’s… nothing to complain about… I mean that’s how family is, ri-right…?” Fuwa says, trying to up the feelings of the greenette for good.

“Yeah, but I don’t think that’s the kind of stuff you say when the person they’re talking to just met their son and brother…” Izuku answers, scratching the back of his head.

“Well in that, I think you’re right…”

Both once more fell in silence, but at least it showed they were still very comfortable with the situation. The problem is, it took them nearly 2 hours to actually speak to each other again, they walked all the way from the Wakatsu Restaurant to Takoba Municipal Beach, and at no second of their long walk did they usher a word towards one another, because it was very clear both were still embarrassed about the words said by the matriarch and his older sister.

But Fuwa wanted to change that, and as such, she decided to bring up something.

“So, the glasses.”

“Hm?”

“I couldn’t help but notice that you were struggling while wearing them, is it because your visual acuity is 20/20 again?”

“…Yeah… When Tsukauchi went visit me and I noticed I had not gotten any headaches, I had it click on me the fact that I was seeing really clear without my glasses.” Izuku says, taking them off and staring at them. “Meaning I don’t really need them anymore but…”

“It’s not something you can explain without raising questions, right?” Fuwa says, looking at him and grabbing his glasses, looking through them briefly. “And I see why, how bad was your vision really?”

“20/70.”

“T-That much?!” Fuwa said in surprise as Izuku scratched his neck.

“Yeah… I’ll probably have to get some 20/20 glasses to keep up the act I still have visual impairment.”

“…I’m actually speechless and quite mad at hearing that…” There was an angry undertone to her voice as she gave him back his glasses.

“L-Let’s move on from this! I uh… What I did to that Unknown Creature…” Izuku said, he had been wanting to ask from another perspective to the situation, and if there was a good moment to do so, it was right now. “…How I…”

“Killed it?” Fuwa stared at him, making Izuku flinch. “Sorry, I just didn’t know how else-...”

“No… No, it’s all right, I need to understand what I did and not sugarcoat it, but I wanted to ask you…” He looks at her, worried. “D-Do you think what I did… was wrong?”

“…Killing is bad, sure… But due to the situation you were in, I don’t think it truly matters. We were put on a corner with no way out and if you-…”

“If I didn’t act, I’d probably have died, I know! But I just…! That doesn’t take away from what I did!”

“…Izuku…”

“I… I never wanted to take a life! I still cannot believe I ended there but, I…”

Stopping on their tracks, the greenette was began to stutter. He understood why he did it, he knew it very much so, but that wasn’t his problem, no, right now his problem was something else, something that was slowly bringing him to tears.

“…Is it okay to feel no remorse after taking a life?”

“…”

Now she felt like she understood what was happening, Izuku’s real problem wasn’t that he killed no matter how much he said that was, his problem is that he doesn’t remember doing so, the disgust or disappointment he feels was never actually towards his action, he visualized it that way because it was the easiest to comprehend it, but this is all because of a lack of feeling any sympathy for what he did.

“…I…” She didn’t have words that could actually help him, and as such she preferred to keep quiet, though she felt like doing so would only worse what Izuku was feeling. “…I feel like how you feel is right.”

“What you did is something you had to do. A decision that separated life and death, had you taken one second longer, you… you wouldn’t be here anymore. There isn’t much more I can say because, Tsukauchi probably told you all of this while at your hospital bed… But your mother said it best.”

Grabbing his shoulders, Fuwa made the greenette turn towards, even grabbing his chin and turning his face towards her, letting their eyes make direct contact with one another.

“You are mentally strong, probably the strongest out there, that means your mind has inadvertently prepared you for situations like these ones. You’ve seen how cruel people can become and because of that… You know how to face these things without you knowing, but there’s this part in your heart that doesn’t believe it, I’m not saying the reaction is wrong. I think it’s the most logical reaction to have.”

“The problem here is, you only admit on being the Executioner, when your body only took action after Judging your opponent. I know from this brief time knowing you that, even if in a trance, you wouldn’t have taken action unless you saw a threat, and that’s what you saw… A threat that you had to defeat, by any means necessary.”

“…” Izuku’s eyes once more looked away from her as he suddenly felt his chin be pulled.

“Eyes on me, Izuku Midoriya! I’m telling you my opinion like you asked me! And I want you to look at me!” She said, glaring at him. “You did everything in your power to protect others, and even if that led to that creature’s death, you took that action one you understood better than everyone, that we needed saving.”

“…” Izuku’s eyes softly widen as he looks back at her, he was surprised by her words as he didn’t even usher a single word. Would he think Eraser Head need saving? Where could his mind have thought Tsukauchi had to be protected? Why would he think All Might of all people would need saving? Was it doubt?

No. No it wasn’t doubt, his heart didn’t waver at it, he had hope in all of them to survive, but a part of him was afraid after seeing those two be injured, his mind thought of what would happen to Fuwa if she stood in the way of the Unknown Creature or if Tsukauchi decided to try and fight it on his own. Seeing this, and feeling this, that’s what triggered it.

That’s what made him evolve, isn’t it? The fear of failing others.

“…I see…” Izuku’s mind felt more at ease now, his eyes were still looking at Fuwa, who without much thinking he hugged. “…Thank you… I… I think I finally get it.”

“Y-Yeah…” She was taken aback by the hug, her hands still holding onto his shoulders. The only thing her mind could note is that Izuku was really warm.

COUGH!

“I hope I’m not interrupting much.”

The two turned to the source, spotting none other than Detective Tsukauchi looking at both of them with a deadpanned look.

“But we have something to discuss.” The detective said.

Almost instantly, Izuku and Fuwa separated from one another, once again embarrassed as they turned towards the nearby walkway, a straight shot towards Takoba Beach.

“Y-yes, sorry Tsukauchi, sir!” Izuku yelled.

“Understood!” Fuwa also yelled.

Maybe he interrupted something. Now he felt like a prick. But whatever, he started to walk down the path as the two walked behind him in silence. It was a bit of a long walk, as the start of it was easily a hundred yards from the actual Beach, but finally, after a bit, they got there.

And why were they here? Because of the paper Tsukauchi handed the greenette before he left his hospital room.

Meet us at Takoba Municipal Beach. All Might, Eraser Head and I would like to talk to you about the situation and about a request we have. If possible, bring Mawata Fuwa with you. -NT

That is as it said, and Izuku really couldn’t let go of it. As such, after eating with his sister and mother, he decided to bring Fuwa with him after showing her the note, it was clear they were called here for a good reason.

Arriving properly, the two were met by the sighting of endless piles of trash, mostly scrap in massive amounts, pieces of oxidized metal were littered all across the sand, mountains of it could be seen all around the place and amongst the mountains could be seen entire fridges, car parts, plane engines and so much more junk that it was no surprise this place had been nicknamed after a Star Wars planet known for being an absolute fucking disaster.

Fuwa and Izuku looked at one another, the shocked expression on both said it all, and even more was said when they looked at Tsukauchi.

“…I don’t remember there being so much.” He said, lifting his hat and scratching his head due to the absolute shock of the mountains of junk in front of them.

Suddenly, the three spotted something, one of the mountains of junk being lifted into the air. That left them confused for a second as they rushed to see what that was about before their eyes widened seeing what it was.

“You know, your strength shocks me.”

“Why is it?”

“Well, for starters you’ve grown weaker in the last six years, right?”

“Yes?

“Then how can it be that you somehow lift EVEN MORE than you used to?”

“HAHAHA! Because one must always stay in shape no matter what!”

The two teens and detective met with the sighting of the No. 1 Hero and Underground Hero chatting with one another. All Might found himself beneath a massive plate of metal with a mountain of scrap on top of it while in his Buff Form, using both of his arms to lift it up and down like a weight, as for Eraser Head, he lay on top of a fridge at the pile of scrap while facing towards the ocean and having a nearby radio talking about the climate in the late hours of the day, he was wearing his goggles as to enjoy the view of the sunset in the distance.

“You just forgot to remind me to eat my spinach, Popeye.” Eraser Head said half-joking.

“I like your humor, Aizawa.” All Might said, still lifting the pile with ease.

“So, when it comes to lifting strength you’re still as strong as before?”

“To an extent.”

“Does it mean you can still lift an Executor?”

“Easily.”

“I believe it. Also, they’re here.”

“Huh?”

Rolling out from below the massive metallic plate and letting it fall to the ground, All Might stood up and looked towards the concrete hill that separated the Beach from the rest of the park. Due to this, the pile of trash collapsed on itself and was flattened out, and even then Aizawa remained unfazed on top of the fridge as it slid right next to the blonde man who puffed back to his true form.

“Was I right?” Aizawa asked, standing up from the fridge and turning off the radio as he took off his glasses.

“Right on the money.” Toshinori answered him, waving at the greenette and pink haired girl looking at them.

“I don’t think I’ll ever get used to that…” Fuwa said, still impressed by how easily All Might can turn buff and skinny, before jumping over the railing and sliding down the wall to a safe path on the sand.

“We probably will.” Izuku answered, as he followed behind her, doing the same thing.

Tsukauchi just stared at them and sighed as he began walking down the concrete stairs to the beach. People sure love being extra at times.

The two Pro Heroes, Detective and two students were walking through the small pier towards the very edge of it. Looking as the distant sunset kept on going down to mark the end of the day as a small chat was opened up relating to the situation.

“I see, it looks like the Police Force is moving quickly about this.” Toshinori expressed, looking at his friend next to him.

“We want to keep this as secretive as possible, the public knowing of the Unknown Beings could be a serious problem, and even more with the MLA out there.” Tsukauchi says, looking through his notes once more.

“Those bastards would worship those creatures, that’s for sure.” Aizawa said, looking back to the two kids who were just there hearing. “And it be a given they’d target Midoriya.”

“I already have enough with my middle school…” Izuku muttered to himself. “…I don’t need some Insane Darwinists behind me.”

“…” Fuwa just stared at him briefly, it was an understandable point of view. “But if the operation is on go, why did you call us here?”

“It’s as the note says.” Tsukauchi answers. “We want to talk to both of you and ask for something as well.”

To the kids, that was a little concerning, but at the same time they had their reasons to trust whatever they’d ask.

“Right now, the operation is basically flightless. They approved of it, sure, but we still require a few key things for it, for starters, we need the R&D Team is yet to be put together, and even then, we’ll need to fight Unknown Being, Lifeforms, whatever.” Tsukauchi sounded annoyed as he continued speaking. “The point is, we would have to interact with them in combat in some way, and if their whole unionized goal is still to kill Quirkless they label as Agitos, we’ll have no other choice but to take them out.”

Suddenly, Tsukauchi stopped, looking at his pocket notebook and shaking before turning towards the four behind him, letting them see his frustrated face.

“Can we choose what the name for them will be?? I’ve been saying “creatures” and “lifeforms” and “beings” and I’m growing fucking tired!”

“Tsukauchi swears?!” Toshinori said taken aback by it.

“Don’t even start Toshinori! My point is, I want you four to help me come to a unanimous term for them. So go on! Vote! I put it on Unknown Beings!” Tsukauchi said as the other four looked at one another.

“I vote for Unknown Lifeforms.” Aizawa says.

“I’d say lets leave it at Unknown.” Toshinori said.

“I think I’ll go with Unknown Lifeform for the full term, but Unknown as the abbreviation.” Fuwa said.

“I agree with her.” Izuku said.

“…Fine! Officially they’ll be documented as Unknown Lifeforms, but we can simply call them Unknowns for the sake of brevity or at least keep that name until we get the real name of theirs out of one.” Tsukauchi said, calming down as he held onto his head and turned back up front. “God, I feel much more relaxed now.”

“You really stress over nothing sometimes.” Aizawa says, grabbing onto the guardrail at the end of the pier. “Now lets get to the real topic.”

Tsukauchi sighed as he decided to speak up.

“I kept Midoriya’s name out of this.” That surprised them, especially Izuku.

“W-Wait what??”

“No one in the Police Force knows you were the one who saved All Might and Eraser Head. I simply told them form of “Divine Interference” appeared out of nowhere and saved them from the Unknown. I wanted to keep your name a secret because, while I want to say I hope you keep you out of this, I know it won’t be possible. But I wanted to win you time.”

Izuku stared at him confused, as the two pro heroes turned back to the two students. Toshinori and Aizawa looked at Tsukauchi, who simply nodded at them.

“We want to train you.” Aizawa said, very straightforward and much to the surprise of Izuku.

“We saw what your power could do, and while a part of us is terrified that you’ve been granted such thing… We have a judgement that trusts you’ll do right with it.” Toshinori said, looking at the greenette.

“…H-hold on… what…?” To say Izuku was out of words would be an understatement. He was looking at both heroes with that surprised expression, and he didn’t know what more to do other than stare at them.

“Kid, it is irrational to approach things this way seeing your young age, but we know for a fact due to its words that it wasn’t the only one of its kind. And as of this moment, you are the only thing that managed to successfully defeat that Unknown.” Aizawa expressed, yet to look at the greenette. He felt dirty having to ask a 14-Year-Old to do this. “We have no other option but to ask of your cooperation in taking them down, all in the hopes of stopping any other Quirkless People like you from suffering the same fate others did.”

“…” Fuwa’s eyes could only stare at the greenette, concerned at what she was hearing.

“I understand if there is hesitation, we are trusting you with something… No one your age should be, but it stays right now our best and only option to saving innocent lives.” Toshinori was no different, he hated these words. They made him feel pathetic. “I need it left clear, we’re asking you, not forcing you at all, to do this. If you do not wish to do so, we will respect your choice, because we know this isn’t something anyone should have in their hands. Not this sudden and early.”

“But I want you to understand, that we won’t let you fight this alone. No matter how much stronger these creatures are than us, we will do everything in our power to fight alongside you.” Toshinori continued. “Once more, I say, we would understand if you chose to not do so… but even if you don’t… I feel like I should take my chance to rectify something I told you.”

Suddenly, Izuku lifted his hands, he wanted to say something, speak out anything. Yet no matter what he did, nothing came out, not until he said certain things.

“…W-What do you think of me… for killing that Unknown?”

Tsukauchi’s ears perked up as he suddenly turned around hearing those words, all while Fuwa briefly gasped at hearing them again. Aizawa and Toshinori were surprised by this as they looked at one another relating to the question. Both the teen girl and detective knew perfectly that their words to him had an impact on the greenette so far, but what truly comes to decide Izuku’s final choice, was whatever both Heroes told him.

“…I’ve been put in a lot of corners myself and been forced to take the choice of living…” Aizawa began speaking up. “I’ve ended up with career ending injuries, survived getting ran over multiple times, dislocated my body just to see tomorrow… and yet every time I’ve been cornered to a wall with no way out other than fight to survive, I couldn’t help but ask myself. Do I have another choice? If there was any other way, should I take it? What if I talk them out? Or what if I give up? What would happen if I didn’t need to get my hands dirt?”

He turned towards the greenette, starting to walk towards him.

“No matter what I ask, no matter what I think, I cannot let go of those times feeling horrible for what I did. Feeling like there was a better choice, but sometimes there isn’t. Sometimes your best choice is to try and fight against fate, but it doesn’t always end pretty… As such… blood has ended in my hands.”

He suddenly grabs his shoulder, making Izuku flinch and stare at Aizawa.

“Do I feel nice knowing so? Of course not. I hate it. But… It’s nice knowing that no matter how horrible my action was, at the end of the day I managed to protect those that couldn’t fight against fate. Because that’s what heroes do.”

“…”

Aizawa let go of the greenette, who kept silent while looking at the ground. Giving him some space, the Erasure Hero walked towards Fuwa, stopping right next to her and looking at her. He didn’t say anything, but there was something about his eyes that encapsulated how relieved he felt at saying these words to Izuku.

“…I have been forced to make that choice… a plethora of times.” Toshinori said, beginning to walk towards him. “As Aizawa said, making the choice is the answer to survival or leaving this world behind, but… There is something I came to understand when taking this action. Sometimes, we must shed blood, for unpleasant and painful as it may be, to protect we must give every ounce of ourselves against the walls in front of us.”

“Taking such action, costed me dearly, and the injury that has haunted me for six years lives as proof of it, but It was something that had to be done not just for a greater good, but because if I didn’t, then God knows how many more lives that unholy evil would’ve costed us.” Closing his eyes, All Might continued speaking. “Time and time again, one has to take choices they wish no one else has to, but if it means I get to protect the smiles of others. I’d walk through Heaven and Hell just to do so.”

“What determines what is right or wrong, is the why you did it. Does it feel meaningless? Do you feel like it ended up going nowhere? One tends to feel like that when they’re not sure if what they did was right. Which is why I ask you again… Why did you do it?”

“…” The greenette opened his mouth, granting an answer. “Because I… I was afraid to see you all die.”

“Then, was your action just?”

“I… I believe so…?”

“No. Right now you have to stop believing in us, stop believing in the opinion of others and listen deep within yourself, I want you to hear what it says in the back of your mind, and answer me. Was your action just? Or was it not?”

“….”

No

Of course, not

How could you even think it was

It wasn’t

It shouldn’t be

It’s wrong

This isn’t what you believe in

This isn’t what you know

It’s not it

.

..

...

….

“…I believe…”

You don’t!

“…I believe it was…”

STOP LYING!!

“…Because what I did was…”

FORGET WHAT THE DEKU IN YOU THINKS!!!

“For my petty fantasy”

IT WASN’T!!

“Because I knew I couldn’t live with it”

YOU COULD HAVE!!

“Because I…”

“…I…” Tears began streaming down his face, as if a faucet open as Izuku’s face began to be filled with his crying as he fell to the ground. “…I want to be a Hero!”

All Might stood in front of the boy, smiling as he cried his heart out, with the honesty of his cause at the forefront of his words.

“And you will become one, Izuku Midoriya. Please, chant your words once more, ask me the question where my answer was proof of my failure not just as a hero, but as a person.”

“…” Biting his lips, Izuku looked at the hero, between sobs he struggled as the sunset covered All Might in front of him. “C-… Can someone like me… become a hero just like you?”

Clearing the tears off his face, All Might stood in front of the boy still in his true form, his smile growing wider as he helped Izuku stand up from the ground while staring onto his blue eyes.

“You’ve proven me it to me already, Young Midoriya. YOU CAN BE A HERO!”

A smile formed on the greenette, his eyes staring at the man front of him as he struggled to keep his smile straight. Tilting down his hat, Tsukauchi hid a smile and the few tears in his eyes at hearing Izuku’s honest heart finally speak up, a part of him couldn’t help but be glad at hearing those words be ushered.

Fuwa stared at this, she only smiled when all of a sudden, Aizawa grabbed her shoulder much to her surprise.

“…Tell me, how does it feel knowing your answer was right?”

“…H-Huh? What do you…?”

“…Ah… I guess you didn’t notice it, kid. But not like I can blame you.” His eyes turned to her, as from his scarf he suddenly pulls a badge and hands it over to her. “I asked you if you’d give up or stand strong, and yesterday you gave me an answer.”

Turning it towards her, Fuwa’s eyes widened at seeing what she had been given. It was a Newly Printed ID to enter UA Campus, with the engravings of the Hero Course on it.

“Congratulations, Mawata Fuwa.” He pats her shoulder, before starting to walk off towards Tsukauchi. “Your Hero Academia awaits for your return.”

“…” As if seeing Izuku cry already didn’t make her want to cry, being handed this had her break into sobs, tears beginning to form on her face as she walked towards her green-haired friend who looked at her. “H-hey… L-Look at what you did, Izuku…”

“M-me…? I did nothing… A-All you did… was be my hero, ya know.” He said between cries.

“Hahaha… Y-yeah…!”

Without much warning, the two hugged one another, crying relentlessly while holding each other and feeling a flame within them lit up once more. Their hopes of becoming a Hero weren’t just burning up, they were starting to shine brighter than any star.

“L-lets be heroes… Mawata…!”

“…S-Sure… Izuku….!”

“The emotions are beginning to win me over too…” Toshinori said, cleaning some tears appearing in his eyes while comically sobbing at the sighting.

Cough!

“I know and understand this means a lot to both of, but we need an answer from Izuku at least on the topic brought up before.” Aizawa said, seeing as both let go of one another and tried to clear off tears, at this he sighed as he reached into his belt and took out some handkerchiefs, handing them to the two of them. “Jeez, you two are crying so much you’ll end Climate Change with the amount of tears.”

“I-I’m sorry…!” Izuku said, trying his best to make it stop. “We-weird family genetics…”

“They never fail, Ey…??” Fuwa was trying her best to breathe in while laughing.

After a little bit, Izuku took a deep breath. Looking at the three adults standing in front of Mawata and him.

“My answer is yes.” He was very straightforward about it, with tear marks still on his face. “Yes, to both fighting the Unknown and being trained by both of you. No matter how hard the path to gaining control of this mysterious power I’ve gained, no matter what the outcome of my fights are, it doesn’t matter how many of them I lose or win… I don’t intend to give up, I will give it my all until my fantasy of heroism is reality.”

All Might and Aizawa smiled in their respective ways as Izuku looked at his fist while lifting it towards him, the greenette stared at it before tightening it the hardest he could.

“Even if all you weren’t to believe on me… All I need. Is to Believe in Myself! Plus Ultra Style!”

“…Now those…” Aizawa showed his weird smile towards the greenette. “…are promising words, so you better not disappoint me when it comes to training, Problem Child.”

“Eh?” Izuku looked confused, why did he call him that.

“It’s a perfectly fitting name for the kid who’ll be giving me the most issues for the following years. Because God forbid you don’t make it to UA, then I’ll have to kick your fucking ass myself.”

“…I-I think I set off something on him…” Izuku couldn’t help but back out a little in fear to his threat.

“Lets just leave it at saying he’s excited to teach you.” Tsukauchi says

“I’m not.” Aizawa answered behind his weird smile, bringing a sweatdrop to Toshinori.

“Anyways, uh. If that is the case, Young Midoriya, then we must make a plan to prepare you for the incoming task. For that, Aizawa and I will work in separate matters for training you.” Toshinori said. “Where I will assist you with trying to grow physically stronger, Aizawa will be in charge of the matter of your combat training.”

“And what exactly would that training be…?” Izuku asked, curiously.

“Tai Chi.” Not the answer he expected, which is why he looked back at Eraser Head. “During your trance, your body followed every step of it, taking each and every part of it with extreme concentration before creating what I’d like to baptize as the Agito Crest.”

“…Right! Before he did his final kick, that light symbol appeared beneath him!” Fuwa said, remembering the warmth the symbol spread around the area when it appeared.

“Once you’ve gotten a grasp, or even master it to an extent, we can move on to a different martial art, but my guess so far is that your body requires mainly of concentration and balance created through Tai Chi.” Aizawa says. “If you wish, we can start more with Qigong, or if you want me to put you through hell, lets do both at the same time.”

“…I see… I guess it makes sense.” Izuku answers, before turning to Toshinori. “A-And what about your training?”

 “As I said, I’ll mainly focus on working with your physical condition in the form of gaining muscle mass and understanding your body further.” Toshinori answers. “One of our main goals is helping you understand this power you gained by becoming an Agito, and that begins by finding out how you can bring forth that belt again.”

“I see… I guess it’s not a bad start…” Izuku said, holding his chin softly.

“I honestly would call it a key factor.” Tsukauchi said. “We don’t know when the next Unknown may strike, and for all we know as we stand around, they’re going around doing their business, so the faster you manage to figure out how to call out for the Altering, the better.”

To that, everyone nodded. It honestly was the top priority right now.

“I’ll still have time to teach your appropriately for the following months.” Aizawa suddenly said. “After that, it’ll slow down, but I believe we can use the Summer to our advantage to put your training at 200%. Plus Ultra Style like you said.”

“Why is that?”

“Simple. Because I won’t have many students until August.”

Suddenly, Fuwa felt it strike her like a truck. The reason he said this is because he kicked everyone out in her class, meaning his schedule isn’t as packed because by all technicalities, the only student he has at the moment, is her. Which also means she’ll probably spend the following months of UA studying and learning on her own.

“No matter what, he’s still insane…” She muttered.

“A question to you, Young Fuwa.” This made her turn towards Toshinori.

“Yes sir?”

“Would you mind joining us in this training?”

She didn’t expect that question, for some reason, but she had to guess she was here for other reasons aside from the fact she too is tied to this mess.

“Oh uhm… I’m sure I can manage, but-...”

“Good.” Once more the Erasure Hero interrupted her. “This would make easier the training, as that means I can say since you’re my sole student, that the reason we’re not in UA Grounds in the first few hours, is because we’re taking lessons outside of Campus.”

“…Y-you can do that?” Fuwa asked, surprised.

“No.”

CR-CRACK

A noise similar to a window breaking echoed as the answer made everyone turn black and white as he continued speaking.

“But Nezu owes me enough favors for me to make this be the case.”

Everyone went back to normal after hearing this, though that did bring a question to Tsukauchi. How many favors did Nezu owe to Aizawa? And why was that? Well doesn’t matter, they work as perfect scapegoats for these situations.

This, whoever, did mean that Fuwa basically had no excuse to say no, as this meant she could take the following months to train alongside Izuku. She didn’t know what made her happy, the fact this means she can still hangout with Izuku, or that she’ll be able to get stronger thanks to this.

“Speaking of Nezu, Midoriya is there anything bad about your middle school we should know about?”

“…W-why do you ask?”

“Because Nezu is planning on doing an investigation of it himself.”

“…Well shit…” Said Tsukauchi. “That school is closing doors by April next year, for sure.”

“I hope it dies.” Fuwa says as Aizawa stares at her.

“And you know?”

“They are actively threatening to blacklist Midoriya here if he leaves the school because he’s a living marketing ploy to say, “ideal for quirkless kids” while… you can imagine how they are towards them.”

“Fuwa!”

“Sorry, but your mom told me all of that and I wasn’t gonna keep shut about it. Not when an Underground Hero and The No. 1 Hero are in front of me, and even less when the Principal from the Most Prestigious School in the Country is planning to basically raid them for information.”

“Hold on, let’s back out a moment. Midoriya, how bad is it?” Aizawa asked, looking at him with a fulminant stare.

“…Uh… It uh…” Suddenly, that personality from yesterday came back. “You know what, yeah whatever, just yesterday the teacher complained that a student broke my nose and made me bleed instead of vomiting because “its easier to cover up”.”

“….”

Eraser Head’s scarf began floating as All Might started buffing up. He could even see Tsukauchi open the chamber of his Revolver to check if it was properly loaded.

“Tell me directions.”

“I’ll follow behind.”

“W-WAIT CHILL!! L-let’s leave it to Principal Nezu, okay?? I… I think he’d get them a better punishment than anything you could.” Izuku said, as all three adults slowly began to put their weapons down.

The only reason they did so is because he’s right, Nezu was probably going to rain hell upon that school the moment he got this information and proved Tsukauchi’s words from a few seconds ago right. That school is closing doors by April next year.

“Alright… Then let’s focus on this again.” Tsukauchi then looked at Izuku once more. “Remember Midoriya, no one aside from us knows about the Altering and that you’re an Agito, which we still don’t really know what they are. Unless you wish to be honest and tell people, no one else will know the truth. This means you’d be a Vigilante without anyone knowing who or what you are.”

“…” Izuku thought of it briefly. “I… thinks that’s alright. Until we get more answers on the topic of Agitos and the Unknowns, I’d like to keep going with a secret identity.”

“It’s a bold choice, but the best one, in my opinion.” Toshinori said.

“Then we’re settled.” Aizawa said as he decided to give a quick rundown.

“For the following months, we’ll train Izuku Midoriya and Mawata Fuwa, hopefully managing to figure out how you can summon the Altering Belt in command, once that’s done, then we’ll begin to investigate further on the Unknown Lifeforms and hopefully with much more help from the R&D Team and Reinforcements the NPF is preparing for this.”

“A key point we also have to remember, is getting proof of the Unknown’s Existence further than just word of mouth and the one video we have.” Tsukauchi says. “So, while we may not be able to fight them, we should try and figure out how to find much more proof of their existence to get to the Prime Minister, all in the hopes of getting backup from even higher.”

“Very well then.” Toshinori says, making everyone look at him. “Phase 1 of Operation: AGITΩ completed. Phase 2, begins.”

Izuku: “Wait the operation is called Agito with an Omega symbol instead of an -O?”

Tsukauchi: “I… got a little fancy when writing it…”