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“Yo yo yo!! It’s ya mans Present Mic! Bringing my listeners all over Japan a new wicked broadcast!! And today, as promised, I have with me a very special guest from the Great UA High! In our annual “First Year Interview”, I bring with me the one and only students who seems to actually get my good friend Eraser Head on the mood to be competent at teaching, Mawata Fuwa!!”

The girl sat in the radio booth, nervous and having a sweatdrop due to Present Mic’s words of just now, she simply stared at her teacher as clapping noises came in from the other side of the sound mixing room, she let out a soft laugh that showcased her emotions, before composing herself.

“T-thanks for inviting me here, Mic-sensei… I’m really happy to have come join you in all of this.”

“Well that’s good to know, honestly! A lot of students tend to complain about it, so it’s a nice change of pace!”

“I see.”

“Now, I got a few things to ask ya, Lil Miss Fuwa-chan!”

“That’s a mouthful.”

“I know, it’s my style.” The girl just chuckled at this as Present Mic smirked. “So how’s the year been treating you so far?”

“W-Well… honestly it’s been… weird, to put lightly. First day I get kicked, a day later I’m reinstated into the school, and I was basically by myself for three months straight.” Mawata says, her mind really was surprised to remember just how much time it has been since.

“I did hear ya impress Shota Shots by pulling some crazy stunt saving some kid, what was it like?”

“C-Concerning… I actually thought I was going to die then and there, but… Well I couldn’t let him be hurt.”

“That’s the spirit.” Present Mic gave her a thumbs up. “Now, UA’s a place with all sorts of things, but above it all is a school, meaning gossip is very common in it, they say a certain little listener from the school is who ya saved, is that true?”

“Huh? No…? he’s not in UA.”

“But he has ties to it, don’t he?”

“…Y-yeah, technically, we did become friends after that.” Mawata just stared at him.

“Could that lil listener be the same one people say ya tackled to the ground in this year’s School Festival?” The smirk in his face was unforgivable, it ticked a side of her brain that made her nervous.

“Huh!? How do you…?!”

“That’s right, after a downright AMAZING~ performance, Miss Fuwa came across a boy she tackled down and apparently hugged in broad daylight, ya scandalous girl you…!”

“D-don’t get ideas!”

“Come on girlie! If he’s just your friend than it wouldn’t matter that much, would it??”

“Well yes but… It’s just… you’re making it sound like there’s more to it?”

“But I’m not, yer thinking that cuz there IS more to it, ain’t it?”

“I…!”

BEEEEP!!

“M-Mic… I think you’ll have to stop this, we need you to announce an urgent bulletin!” a voice at the sound mixing room said, it was clearly worried, and soon enough, a projection appeared in front of them in the table.

Mawata and Mic stared at what was in front of them, their eyes widening at the sighting as the light pink haired girl covered her mouth in shock to the sighting. No words could come out of her at first while looking at the screen, before she noticed something, better said, she noticed someone in the midst of the chaotic footage being shown to them.

“…dragon…”

“KEEP IT ORGANIZED, PLEASE!”

“DON’T PUSH AROUND! JUST KEEP ON MOVING PEOPLE!!”

“SIR THE STREET IS CLOSED, WE NEED YOU TO BACK UP!”

Vehicles drove away from the area while seeing the destruction, some media helicopters began approaching the area while filming as endless crowds of people were rushed out of the skyscraper residences surrounding the smoking tower, their eyes could only look at this as they kept on moving away from the area, some stopped to film the scene or even take pictures of the destruction around the streets caused by the pieces of debris that fell from the unexplainable detonation. The chaos in Kureya started with said explosion on the Millennium Tower before the sudden Superstorm formed over the entire prefecture began drawing much more panic, the Police Force and Heroes, at seeing this, began evacuating the fastest they could out of concern of what was going on, but most stopped under something.

Blip

Falling on a Hero’s hand was a drop of water, his eyes staring at it before looking up towards the massive unexplainable storm coating the skies, from one came two, then three, and then the streets all across Kureya began seeing endless rain fall down, the eyes of everyone across the city could only look towards the dark skies where only the moon made presence above the Millenium Tower, the drowned stares could only look at this was a distant cracking noise was heard, the eyes shifted towards the tower, a golden blur flew out of the rooftop as a Pro Heroes’ eyes widened.

“PROTECT THE CIVILIANS!!!”

BOOM!!!

The top three floors of the building exploded, water leaking out of them in mass quantities only comparable to a dam opening its gates as the crushed bodies of multiple villains could be seen turned into paste under the water pressure.

BOOM!! BOOM!! BOOOM!!

It didn’t stop at those floors, the next three followed, even more bodies flung out while some people were alive, yet their screams of terror drowned the entire place as water kept on flowing down.

Then, it sped up and didn’t slow down at all, all 100 floors of the Millennium Tower continued exploding, mass quantities of water, no longer comparable to a dam, but the tidal waves of seen in the pacific pouring out of the building as it began collapsing under the thousands of cubic tons of water that tore through the Tower, the pressure and quantity of the water was so much that it began crushing nearby buildings, making them collapse under the titanic weight of the waters as some were ripped out of their foundation by the sheer pressure of the water alone.

Heroes broke into a panic as they tried their best to protect as many civilian lives as possible, some capable of creating barriers did their best to stop them, but the massive oceanic-like waves of water sweeping the streets swallowed them and crushed them to death, the few heroes with elemental quirks of sorts tried using their flames or ice, but those with flames ended up being extinguished and those with ice quirks only ended up making the equivalent of icebergs that began tearing through buildings.

The helicopters could only keep on filming, the News Crews sharing horrified glances to everything going on below them as they saw anyone capable of flying or getting off the ground doing their best to retreat as many people from the streets as possible. Below them was pandemonium, and it had barely began.

In the distance, about 13 kilometers far from the coast and from where they were, could be seen another building bursting through the sheer pressure of water, it’s body collapsing as massive tidal waves formed from all the way there. 20 Kilometers east from the Millennium Tower, another building exploded as well, unleashing another massive wave that began tearing through the busy streets of the mall, the eyes horror in people were unbelievable as Heroes tried their hardest to evacuate the entire Megacity was being drowned in screams and rising waters that ravaged through entire districts.

Kureya is about 500 square kilometers in size, and no matter where you look across the place, the entire city could only be encased he pouring rain grew more intense, it’s blaring waters falling upon the drowning city as the alarms blared from the coastal region, the populace almost froze as they saw towards the ocean while the deafening noises of the sirens broke the chaos further.

A massive Tsunami, easily 60 meters in size approached Kureya from its coast as whatever calm remained across the entire prefecture died then and there. This was beyond any situation anyone in this whole world could ever be prepared for, everyone was trying to evacuate, to run away from the terror as the wave made impact in against the coast, tearing through the entire city as houses were ripped off their ground, buildings shattered into fragments and endless lives were being lost by the second.

Calling this pandemonium was an understatement anymore, right now, down in Kureya, the ends of times were being witnessed as everything was torn from its foundation and reduced to rubble, hundreds of lives being lost by the second as the over 10 million inhabitants within Kureya, over 25% had already been massacred by the ocean’s wrath.

The World Hero Association held witness to this from New York.

The Top 10 Heroes from all across the globe stood in that building looking at the massive screens in front of them with their eyes filled with horror at what the news of Kureya were showing. The Top 10 Japanese Heroes had their own reactions, a mix of horror, rage and agony could be seen on their faces, yet the most shocking was All Might, whose body felt to his knees as a tear began coming down from his eyes to what he was forced to see.

“…No…” It was all he murmured. In a time when his people needed him, he’s not there for them. He felt like a failure.

Tsukauchi and Aizawa stared at the screen in front of them, neither of them could say a word as they saw the destruction annihilating the entirety of Kureya as an innate fear triggered within the detective.

“…Th-this is…”

Not a single Member in the Trailer could say anything, they were too shocked to even think straight anymore as anger began overtaking most of them.

“M-Mom…”

Asami stared at their television along with her mother, both of them stared at this terrified as the green-haired girl turned towards her mother, holding onto herself as a shiver went down her spine.

“…D-Did we do the right thing?”

“…my baby…” Her body collapsed, Inko fell to her knees as she began hyperventilating, making Asami instantly start checking on her.

Mawata stared at the screen in front of her, as Present Mic spoke.

“…We-we are sorry for interrupting… but… we have been informed of an ongoing emergency in Kureya City, floods all across consuming the building and its people, desperate heroes trying to battle against it and… a sudden Tsunami along with the Superstorm… Oh my god…” The man was disheartened by what he was witnessing as he stood up. “…I-I can’t stand here, I have to go there, now!”

Mawata could only look keep on looking, searching for any sight of her friend who she just saw as a brief blur in the cameras.

3 minutes.

That was all it took for this to become Global News.

From the moment that tower exploded to the Superstorm forming it was a total of 12 minutes, where only the Japanese Public was baring witness to this, but soon enough, in the span of three minutes, over 50% of the worldwide population had come to learn about this news and were actively bearing witness to the destruction going on. Many couldn’t believe what they were seeing and how sudden it came to be, whatever remained of the city was being drowned out by the water, as any survivors of the sudden attack did their best to save others, even resuscitating them before it was too late, but despair had conquered the land.

“Hagakure!” Izuku screamed, still in Ground Form while shaking her. “Hagakure please!”

“M-Miss Toru…?”

Izuku had landed safely with them, but the sudden continuous waves of water drowning the city made the building they stood on collapse, it took Izuku a little too long to react, but he managed to get them all to safety, problem was that in the midst of it, Hagakure had taken in water and took a hit for Eri on the head, the water problem was solved, but the injury.

“Do you need help??” A voice yelled, it was the Sea Rescue Hero Selkie, along wwith a group of varying Pro Heroes arriving to the greenette. “She’s injured! She needs treatment quick!!”

“We’ll take care of her!” One of them said, crouching down to pick up Hagakure. “It’s going to be hard seeing she’s invisible, but she should be fine still…!”

“Is there any safe haven right now??”

“No! But emergency protocol in the city indicates using the Speedway for Tsunamis!”

“It should be able to handle for some time, but we’ll need an evacuation if the storms and waters don’t stop!”

BOOOOM!!

The screaming civilians could be heard as a not-too-distant building busted to the pressure of water.

“Dammit! We don’t even have time to breathe right now!” One of the pros said, taking air and flying the fastest he could.

Selkie looked towards the Golden Dragon Warrior, whose eyes kept on looking around in the destruction as he stared at him.

“You’re the one who stopped that villain Ingenium faced, ain’t you?”

“…” Izuku stopped briefly, looking back at the Pro Hero.

“I don’t truly care if you’re a Pro Hero or a Vigilante, but your help would be very much welcomed in a situation such as this one.” Selkie told him, staring at the armored boy in front of him.

“…I will… but the problem is the source of this…!”

“Is it a quirk user on TRIGGER?” A hero said, starting to tend on Hagakure’s injury.

“No…” The greenette finally felt it, turning back as he stood up.

“AGITO!!!!”

“…It’s so much worse.”

The scream silenced the city for a moment, it’s echoing howl reaching endless destinations, the eyes of the survivors looked towards the source, cameras aimed towards the figure which much to the shock of those in SAUL, could be seen in the cameras under the blinding moonlight. It’s dark eyes staring down as it began walking down from the heavens as if there were stairs in front of it, it kept on looking towards the greenette with a massive grin.

“I PROMISED YOU SOMETHING, AND OUR STAGE HAS BEEN SET!! YOUR DEATH WILL BE WELCOMED, BUT I HOPE YOU GIVE ME MORE OF A FIGHT THAN SIMPLY DYING IN A MEASLY STRIKE LIKE ALL THESE SINNERS AND AGITOS I’VE ERASED IN SECONDS!!”

“….”

“…Who… is that…?” Part of the Pro Heroes were terrified as they saw him continue to approach.

The greenette crouched down, grabbing Eri and staring at her.

“Eri, I know this is too much, but please… Trust these people, they will protect you like Miss Toru did before.”

“B-but…!”

“Eri… I don’t want you to be hurt anymore, you’ve been through enough for a lifetime, so please, trust them.” His eyes looked towards Selkie and handed him over Eri, who at first froze, it took a second or two before her mind was eased under the seal man’s soft hold. “Protect her, tell every single Pro Hero and Sidekick you can reach out to and tell them to focus all of their efforts in rescuing anyone they can, got it?”

“…Yes, but what are you going to do?”

The greenette turned back towards Tevat still walking towards him, things changed, not only has their fight grown in scope then the usual, but the monster has killed so many lives in the matter of seconds that holding back has become no option. The greenette understood very well what all of this meant for him, but there was no care for him to give, he wasn’t going to go down here after all of this.

“…I’m going to avenge every single life he’s taken… Now go!”

Without much thinking, Selkie, along with the other Pros, listened to the greenette as they began running away from the scene and towards the Speedway. Izuku was afraid, more than ever, he didn’t feel like he was strong enough to do any of this, yet he wasn’t planning on backing out when so many lives have been lost, and so many more are in danger. He didn’t care how many cameras and eyes were looking at him, tonight was the night Izuku will answer not just himself, but the world, the question he’s been looking an answer for.

What am I?

All cameras were now looking at the Golden Dragon Warrior, standing in the building while looking up towards his opponent as the entire world was in awe, it was him, the one from Gaia Tower, the High-Speed Chase and the intense battle in Mie Prefecture. Now he stood here, in the torn remains of Kureya while staring at his opponent walking in the heavens.

The Top 10 Heroes in America knew who this was, either as the vigilante that’s been making the rounds on the internet or the man who has been a part of great events recently, but All Might saw something else, he saw his student, his friend even, standing against unmeasurable one-sided odds while putting away every ounce of fear in his being. All he could do was stand there, looking at the ground as he closed his eyes shut as Stars and Stripes could only place a hand on his back softly, just as concerned to what they were witnessing.

‘I’m so sorry for leaving such a battle to you… Young Midoriya… I truly am…!’

Aizawa and Tsukauchi were concerned, they had been calling up heroes to begin helping on the evacuation of survivors and assisting on anything, but all of that went out of their path as they saw the greenette ready to battle. The both knew what was going to happen soon, and it was going to be the worst thing to witness.

“…I trust him…” Hikawa said from the driver’s seat.

“…I know…”

“…But I’m afraid, Tsukauchi…” Her hands tightly grip the wheel. “…I don’t want to lose someone who calls me a friend… I-Is that so wrong of me?”

“…” He closes his eyes. “No, it’s not.”

Mawata was making her way towards the bullet train station in Shibuya the fastest she could, she needed to get back to Musutafu and check on Inko and Asami who she knew would be at least worried to death about their youngest family member, but as she did, she noticed in one of the massive screens near her the footage going on. The crowd surrounded her as everyone witnessed it.

“It’s the vigilante…!”

“What is he doing there?”

“Is he planning on fighting??”

“Is that flying dude the one who did all that…?!”

“…Dragon…” Gripping tightly onto her shirt, the girl bit onto her lips while holding back tears. “Don’t you dare leave me.”

The two stared at one another, there was silence, just the distant crashing waves of the ocean to be heard as their eyes kept on looking at one another, even from where he stood, Izuku saw the sprinkles from his back appear, overcharging themselves while staring at one another as he stood there, taking in a deep breath. The greenette was still drowning in his own emotions, but he just needed to control them, he needed them to work in tandem with him at a time like this one, he needed every part of him to help him in this fight.

“Let’s begin.”

Bo-BWOOOM!!

It was beyond hypersonic; it was sheer instinct that Izuku even managed to land such a kick on his opponent’s face as the building below them was split open like a nut, its contents spilling everywhere across the street as the shockwave of the impact split the nearby water into high rising columns as any nearby windows that remained bursts form the force itself.

Tevat smiled, looking at the greenette’s eyes who glared back at him. Just by seeing his look, he knew this was going to be a fun fight.

Recomposing himself, the Dolphin Unknown quickly charged up his back once more as his branchias generated yet another burst of power, tackling the greenette as both could be seen tearing through multiple buildings, the remains of which flew all across the place before a sudden shockwave came in, it was an axe kick from the Agito that changed Tevat’s trajectory straight into the ground beneath them.

Izuku still kept momentum, so he wasn’t surprised to fly right through a window as he recomposed himself, pressing the side of his belt and transforming into Storm Form. The greenette didn’t have time to get fancy and he knew this, so he quickly extended the Storm Halberd and began spinning it relentlessly, he needed to take advantage of the already intense precipitation brought by the Superstorm to try and battle in as equal grounds as possible with his opponent.

Running and jumping out the window, the greenette was met with the Dolphin Spear, which he parried away before throwing the Storm Halberd downwards to his opponent emerging out of the water.

Due to the already present weather, the greenette had triggered a sudden cyclone in the middle of the waters, rippling everything into Tevat who began being struck by objects moving at hundreds of kilometers per hour, yet they were nothing but steppingstones for him to get out of the way and scale towards the greenette. But that wasn’t needed, as Izuku arrived with a kick straight onto the Unknown’s face, making it laugh as he was sent down to the ground once more.

Bmp… FWWWWWTTT!!

Like a whistling bullet, Tevat came flying out of the ground, his speeds shattering the cyclone created by the greenette as sparks suddenly flew out of his armor. He hadn’t seen it, but in such a quick strike from his opponent, he had been struck multiple times, sending him flying up the collapsing Cyclone along with his opponent, making a small yet notable hole in the Superstorm above them. Tevat’s strength was ridiculous; to put it lightly, it made him wonder just how exactly that Agito he keeps on screaming about defeated the Unknown Lifeform that Tevat so much wants to become.

He didn’t have time to think, he needed to act before his opponent, and as such, the greenette was quick to summon a secondary Storm Halberd, beginning to spin it at much greater speeds than before, so much so that the building not too far from them began being pulled towards him. The winds were strong, it was almost like a black hole with all it was destroying, but the most interesting part was how the rubble and destroyed remains he was pulling towards him were beginning to conjecture themselves into a massive sphere of debris.

VORTEX COMPRESS

Suddenly inverting the spin direction while accompanying with centrifugal force, the massive ball of rubble was fired off towards at unprecedented speeds, but it was nothing Tevat couldn’t take, as he created enough water pressure to slash through it in one fell swoop. The pressurized water didn’t stop there, however, traveling right through the rock and slashing through buildings while aiming for the greenette, who suddenly threw a slash towards it.

BRNK!

The Halberd shattered, but the intense pressurized water completely ceased under such action of his. With whatever strength the winds had, the greenette pulled a piece of rubble towards himself, letting him stand on it before leaping forward, letting him crash land onto one of the nearby rooftops as he began running across it. Tevat flicked his wrist holding his Dolphin Spear, making a powerful wave suddenly slam onto the side of the building and shattering its foundation. Knowing he had little time, the greenette leaped off the rooftop and began moving to the next one.

Tevat just kept it going, flicking his wrist as the waters suddenly picked up speed, enough to take down the buildings in which the greenette kept on jumping through. Noticing the Agito was beginning to gain distance, Tevat propelled himself forward on the direction of his opponent, seeing him suddenly fall into the water, it didn’t take much before the Dolphin Unknown spun its weapon over his head, creating a vortex in the water to reveal the greenette, holding group of injured civilians whose faces showed fear at the creature above them.

“Got you!”

“GET TO THAT BUILDING!!” Izuku quickly threw the people in his arms above the water, letting land far from where he was as Tevat came in with a slam, stabbing onto his opponent’s back before slamming him onto the bottom.

The civilians looked at this from the top of the waters, worried at first, but deciding to follow his instructions as the vortex began to close behind them.

“Let’s see how well you handle a million tons of water.”

The roaring oceans began falling upon them, Tevat still staring at the greenette who took as massive of the deep breath as possible, that’s when he felt every part of his being be crushed under the weight of the water, his body was crushed onto the concrete beneath him, digging him deeper and deeper onto it as he felt the world vanish from all sense of reason.

‘I need to do something….! This is not even the full thing and it’s already killing me…!’ The greenette was feeling desperate, his body altruistically trying its best to press the pad on the Altering, it wanted to transform into Flame Form before he could even think a strategy. ‘How do I defeat him?? He surpasses me in every way and I can barely manage to scrap him as it is!! So how?? How?!’

Power

‘Yes! Of course I need more power! But how do I even…?!’

Ground

Storm

Flame

“….” The greenette kept silent, his body was losing strength, and he could feel himself barely reaching for the pad as Tevat laughed at the drowning waters. ‘I need time… not just for myself, but for everyone trying their best to survive this disaster!’

Click

‘I just need… MORE!!’ “FLAME FORM!!”

The waters began bubbling as the civilians looked at this, their eyes confused as all of a sudden the water shook into a loud explosion, the column of boiling water sent everywhere as they could only cover themselves, seeing the Dolphin Unknown fly over the area, a smile on their face as from the waters came out a blood ruby Agito, striking his opponent with the Flame Arm square on the chest, it could only cough out briefly, staring at the greenette as the building behind them suddenly melted.

The skin of the man Dolphin Unknown was dried by this, without thinking much, the greenette grabbed onto Tevat’s head, beginning to strike him with his knee onto the stomach relentlessly before slamming him onto the melting and collapsing building.

“You’re trying your all now!! Good!!” Tevat said, swinging his spear towards the greenette who simply redirected the attack onto the ground before delivering a kick onto his opponent’s face. “I was beginning to think you’d go down a little too easy!!”

Suddenly holding the Flame Saber, both the Agito and Unknown Lifeform clashed onto one another before flinging themselves out of the area. Their fight had barely begun.

HERO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION HEADQUARTERS. TOKYO. – Same Time.

“How much time until heroes arrive…?”

“ETA 40 minutes, ma’am. Even our fastest heroes will be there in 30.”

Madam President says to be prepared for any and all situations, having been the head of the Hero Public Safety Commission for an entire decade since the day her predecessor was executed by Lady Nagant under reasonable pretense, she’s seen a lot of things happen across her years, including having to witness All Might’s horrific injury before it became a proper scar much more bearable to look at, or even the disgusting crimes against the world performed by the same man who left that injury upon the current No. 1 Hero. She’s been witness to so much, yet nothing could’ve ever prepared her, or the Japanese People, for what they held witness to right now.

A catastrophe unlike any other unleashed Kureya, one that is actively fighting against the very same vigilante she and her organization have been looking into and finding literally nothing of other than the nickname of “Golden Dragon Warrior”. No name, no face, no nothing had been seen of this individual, a thorn that suddenly appeared in Gaia Tower and has been doing his own thing fighting against creatures kept under the title of Unknown Lifeforms.

That is all she knows, that is all the Hero Public Safety Commission has understood so far, but now they see it with their own eyes, just what exactly this single individual is fighting against. A Natural Disaster.

“We can’t hide anything from the media.”

“Uh… No??” Her Vice President, Yokumiru Mera, was wide awake compared to how sleep deprived he usually is, so he was looking at her with a very dumbstruck face. “This is Global! The WHA is actively seeing it! You think we can just cover up something like this?! That damn vigilante is doing what we can’t do because we’re there! So it’s downright stupid if you think we can do something to him right now!”

“…I prefer when you’re sleep deprived.”

“Everyone does because I’m a very opinionated man when sober!!” The man kept on looking at her. “No matter how you see it, this vigilante has always been in the good eyes of the public, even if they Judged him for his acts of killing those other Unknown Lifeforms he’s fought before… But it’s clear it was for a reason.”

He points at the screen, where footage of both Tevat and Izuku trading blows was being displayed as they kept on fighting relentlessly.

“No matter how you see it, he’s been adverting disaster the only way possible, and the one time things seemed to have slipped out of his hands, we end up with the worst of the worst. Depending on how his duel against this thing ends… He will either be remembered fondly or praised for his action.”

“…” Madam President sighed, because she knew he was right. For a single Vigilante to do battle with someone who just created a disaster such as this one, he’d basically get immunity from the Public, and even heroes would question the logistics behind arresting someone like this even under the pretense of Illegal Quirk Usage. Plus. “Even if we did, that damn oaf Maruki will probably let him go seeing it may be one of his men.”

“All we can do is witness this fight, ma’am. And unless we figure out what exactly makes these Unknown Lifeforms so dangerous, we are tied and can’t do shit.”

“…” She just gave him a side eye. “…You really are completely different when wide awake…”

“Can I be blamed when my job revolves around maintaining a Hero Society from deviating into chaos?” Sipping his coffee, the man almost crashed out. “God I hate my job at times, but all we can do pray for good luck to that vigilante, because right now he’s the only one capable of doing anything about this monster.”

“…Shit…” They really had their hands tied back, with no chance of things even going on their favor. Any attempt to discredit this will just get them in trouble with everyone. There really was no other choice than just witness as someone did what their Hero Society is supposed to do.

“…”

“Tomura Shigaraki.”

“…yes…?”

“You seem… concerned.”

“Do I, now?” His red eyes turned towards the purple cloud of smoke not too far from him, staring at the man as the screen kept on flashing in front of him.

“Indeed, it’s oddly uncharacteristic of you to have such a reaction.”

“…Well it’s just…” Looking back at the screen, the news could only keep on yelling within the bar as his eyes didn’t let go off the what was being shown. “I don’t know what to expect of Heroes these days.”

“We have to back up! We can’t keep ourselves in this line of sight or we’ll be taken down!” The News Reporter yelled, her cameraman still filming the mess going down. “Oh my god, I’ve never seen something like this…!”

“Even less of vigilantes like those.”

“You can’t expect the world to be filled with nothingness in an era where everything can happen, Tomura Shigaraki.”

A new voice came through the intercom, the man’s eyes shifted towards the smaller screen where someone in a tuxedo could be seen standing around.

“But, it is very intriguing, I have never heard of any of their likeness before.” Tomura couldn’t help but roll his eyes, he knew what he was about to say. “Such intriguing quirks with endless limitations to them, the ability to shift the atmosphere so drastically and seemingly manifest water through condensation is truly interesting, it partly reminds me of Water Hose, but at the same time… it seems like something so much more unique. How much I want it.”

“…Sensei… what can you say of the other one?”

“Other one?”

‘Like I thought…’ Tomura’s eyes shifted back to the screen. “The armored one fighting him.”

“Ah, that is what is causing those deformities in the air pressure, huh? A clash between two powerful Quirks. I suppose they are intriguing, to hold their own against such a monster is impressive. But I am curious to what his abilities may be.”

“Same…” Tomura kept on witnessing the screen, ‘You and your villains you fight are really intriguing to me, Agito, and I can’t help but grow more curious about you.’

“When no one believes in you, or even when everyone does. You must Believe in Yourself, and walk towards the future, for yourself.”

“…honestly…” He just smiled, staring at the Television. “…he really is cool.”

“Let us simply bear witness to his actions, then.”

Tomura sighed internally, rejoiced at the fact he wasn’t met with intense wording of his master. Want it or not, the man has always been someone that Tomura has disliked since he took him in, his mind couldn’t forget the endless thoughts that overtake him every once in a while relating to his past, the ever-echoing memories that reside within him and says to have forgotten, yet every time he sees them, they become clearer and clearer to him. It was almost annoying how they were doing so, but it wasn’t something he would like to fight against and forget, even less with how his master loves behaving as so almighty and unstoppable with a desire to pass on such a will upon him.

The more he thinks of it, the more he hates it, and the more he wants to destroy him before he tries some insane shit with him. He wasn’t going to let him have his way with him, and that was a given to the █████ light blue haired man.

KRRRRKKKOOOOOMMM!!!

The thunderous strikes echoed everywhere as the entire district in which both fought was reduced to yet another massive lake, the greenette felt his blood leaking out of his mask in the form of a mist as he tried to recompose himself midway through his flight, he couldn’t manage however, even less as his opponent used a massive oceanic wave to strike him, consuming him into the water before ramming him right through a building.

The wave subsided soon after, taking half of the building with it as the Agito tried his best to stand up, his eyes looked around in worry to see if there was anyone, but all he could see were the bodies of people that had been left behind by the wave’s impact. His eyes continued looking around as a growing dread and anger began to surround him, one born from his failure to save all of these lives, he knew best to not let it win over, he understood very well that if his anger dominated him, he’d blindly go into his enemy and end up killed.

“I just need time…! I need to think…! I need to do something dammit!!”

FWEET!

The greenette, once more on instinct, jumped over his opponent’s attack, seeing him fly right through the building as it was brought down on top of the greenette who didn’t even hesitate to punch the roof above him to open way out of the building. With a piece of the building in his feet, the greenette had footing to once more leap forward, going back into Flame Form as he used his saber to stab onto the side of the building he landed on.

He looked up, noticing he was hanging onto the lower levels of Kisaragi Tower, Kureya’s biggest tallest building, one reminiscent of Willis Tower and owned by the Yaozora Corporation. This placed has been holding out the best it could during this conflict, within it holding some people that Izuku could see rushing their way out of the building along with heroes in the hopes of not getting in his way, such act made him tried to think the best he could, for starters, he needed to ground this fight.

It’s telekinetic abilities and the branchia propulsion trick of his was making of this battle much more destructive then it had any right to be, then again the entire city was already sinking under Tevat’s tidal waves. The two are capable of deforming the terrain and tearing the place apart, but the sole reason so much of Kureya had been destroyed by both, were those two things. Had it been for Izuku, he would’ve forced Tevat to fight him solely on that rooftop where it all began, yet the power of the Dolphin Unknown proved to be too much to hold them in place, then that’s the key to things right now.

Suddenly, the greenette’s eyes saw something not too far from him. The Toshitsugu Intercontinental Speedway, not even a kilometer from where he stood, he knew that place was being filled with people, and if he wanted this fight to not get any worse, he needed to keep Tevat as far away from it as possible.

‘The telekinesis problem can wait; I need to get it’s branchias…! That’s the only way the Speedway isn’t at risk!’

BRMMM!

From the destroyed building below him came out Tevat, flying towards the greenette who quickly broke the glass, tackling a couple trying to leave the floor at Tevat flew right through the room. The greenette did everything he could to keep them safe as the rumbling stopped, letting him stand up and looking at both who stared at him shocked.

“Get them out of here, quick!” He yelled to the nearest hero as he held tightly onto the Saber. “Go!”

Standing up, the couple didn’t even think twice in listening to the Agito, beginning to run towards the hero who stared at the vigilante concerned as Tevat crash landed next to him. Swinging his weapon towards him, Izuku parried the spear before going in for multiple swings at the throat and legs, he needed to incapacitate him in any shape or form, he needed him to be put on a corner if he wanted to damage his Branchias.

The two started trading slashes, long enough for the heroes to grab the remaining civilians and evacuate towards the Speedway. Tevat, looking at this, tried shooting them down but was quickly stopped by Izuku kicking him on the side and out of the building, quickly he went back to Ground Form, jumping out and performing an Axe Kick that sent Tevat barreling down into some of the damaged buildings.

Triggering Storm Form, the greenette started spinning wildly, increasing his own density as he flew straight towards his opponent, bringing down the Storm Halberd with all strength he could muster and making contact directly with the Unknown’s weapon. Such force was loud, detonating into torrential winds that pushed back the water surrounding the building, the which could be seen collapsing further down into the tidal waves.

“It seems like you’re finally trying to fight against me, Izuku Midoriya.” He mocked, the floor beneath him had caved in as his feet dug into the rooftop, yet he remained unharmed. “Allow this fight to truly begin.”

“Got you…!”

A windstorm struck the back of Tevat, much to his shock as the cycling winds returned towards the Storm Halberd with such intensity that the branchias dried out, this is when Izuku took the opportunity to drop back and take a stance.

“What did you…?!”

A rock suddenly came in, slamming onto the Unknown’s back as he gained a confused stare, then it felt it, it’s injured branchia, now stuffed with a shard that tore into its muscle, he could even feel part of it scrapping the insides of its body as he stared with greater confusion.

“Your greatest mistake was creating the Superstorm… creating absolute darkness in a time where it is already hard for you to see and even adding endless hurricane like rains was a bold mistake of yours, it blinded you of your surroundings, but up until now that didn’t matter, did it??” The greenette got right onto his opponent’s back, unleashing the full power of the Storm Halberd with such precision and force behind it that it converted into pure Alter Force, unleashing itself as a beam of blue light that slashed off the branchias.

Tevat could only scream in pain as sparks came out of its body, the now cut off branchias fell of its body and turned to ashes as he rolled across the ground, trying to bear with the now clear injury placed on him.

“All along you were boosting yourself, tearing through everything and devastating your surroundings as if they were nothing, the speed along with the propulsion generate evaded any and all damage the Branchias could gain and as such you ran no risks. But all I needed was to get you to stop for a single second, force your body to stop on its tracks so I could get a clean shot at your back. That’s why you were using them the whole time, weren’t you? Because you knew your branchias were your weak spot.”

“Y-You…!! Agh!! You damned Agitos…!!” He began standing up, using water to keep his injury closed.

“Your other abilities are hard to stop once you begin using them, but your Branchias had to constantly be active so I could never get a clean shot on them.” Izuku said, getting into a stance. “As to how I managed? Well, you should know the abilities of an Evolved Agito like me, right?”

Starlight Mode, the vision of an Agito while transformed is naturally enhanced to the extent they can nearly see behind their own backs, but when you see the eyes of an Agito shine their red color instead of opaquing under darkness, it means they are capable of looking in the darkness without consequence or detriment, while their red eyes can illuminate a place, the compound eyes can mainly allow its user to see even better than those he guides with his eyes.

“…Then that just means no more running away from either of us…!” Tevat said, tightening his grip of his spear as he was beginning to get used to the pain. “We have a real fight, here and now!”

“Yeah… but I got you a question.” He didn’t relent his pose while looking at Tevat who just snarled at him. “Why, if you look like a dolphin and all that jazz, do you have Branchias instead of a blowhole?”

“Stop questioning the design choices of my Lord and get fighting!” With a strong thrust, Tevat pushed the Agito back as he tried regaining his footing, all before striking him with enough strength to send him flying towards the rooftop of a nearby building.

“Ugh… aggravating your already angry opponent is stupid…” Izuku said, rolling aside as he saw Tevat slam right next to him. ‘With the Branchias done for, he now needs to use his Telekinesis to move around, and that’s good, while strong, its not faster than he was using his Branchias…!’

CLNK! CLNK! CLASH!!!

 The greenette was kept down just slightly, pushing against the Dolphin Spear of his opponent with clear struggle in his eyes.

‘That doesn’t mean he’s still not strong…! But at least it’s more manageable!!’

Breaking out of their standstill, the greenette began spiraling the Halberd before throwing two more energy slashes similar to the one before, these ones parried away by Tevat who didn’t relent on his thrusts against the which Izuku did his best to manipulate away from him through the swaying vortex coating the Storm Halberd.

The winds weren’t enough, still, Tevat himself would try to shatter them through creating water bursts with enough pressure to shatter the winds, thus allowing him to double the damage of his strikes upon the greenette, but that didn’t mean Izuku would relent in the slightest as he pushed through and began nailing slashes of his own, while they should’ve been of about a millimeter in size, the accompanying winds expanded the blade’s sharpness, allowing for bigger area of effect.

The news crews filming this could only look in awe, what had been such a destructive battle was so easily reduced into a one-on-one duel that showcased two monstrous warriors with seeming years of experience. Perhaps Izuku doesn’t have years, but that nature of his Agito self as the Golden Dragon Warrior allowed him to fight with much more grace than what a novice would. This let him understand why the belt is how it is, the way it makes him fight, it’s not for nothing, it’s because it knows the true threat placed by the Unknown Lifeforms, it is a survival tool guiding him in the dance of death, one that Izuku has played around with multiple times.

The belt wasn’t preparing him for this, it was simply warning him how to battle against these merciless beings who see of people like him as hunting prey to toy with for as much as they say to be going by the hand of their lord. It was a reminder to Izuku why he fights, why every day he thinks of that couple that died in front of Orudera, why he remembers the man’s pleading words and why he can never forget the glistening eyes of Itsuka Kendo as she saw him succeed in defeating the Unknown. There has been no day in the last few months where he doesn’t stop and think of every life he’s saved and those he’s failed, how those losses fuel his desire to continue fighting and the grace of those who he manages to protect make him wish for strength.

BOOOM!!!

Clashing into the building, the greenette stood up, pushing toward through the building while keeping his distance from his opponent firing out powerful water jets breaking down the concrete in the structure. As he kept on running, Izuku noticed one be fired in front of him, making him stop as he saw felt the entire segment of the floor he was in beginning to cave in, then it stopped briefly, it was Tevat’s doing.

CRNKL!!

Barely getting out of there, the greenette saw as the where he stood was turned into a ball of rubble the size of a football. His telekinesis is no joke, but Izuku’s keen eye let him see that it may be unable to affect any organic matter that isn’t himself, that’s why he’s not tried choking him from a distance or something alike. Good news, really good news. With that in mind, the greenette started jumping around the building, causing sparks from Tevat to fly everywhere as he quickly began following behind the Agito, their clash could only be seen as sparks by everyone, nothing more tearing through the building as the cameras tried their best to record what was going on.

“Hey… T-That vigilante has a chance right?”

“I hope he can manage… this has been going on for so long I’m surprised he’s not tired!”

“Please… Please tell me my family’s alright…!”

“Why did All Might have to be in America now of all times!”

“What monsters…”

“W-Why aren’t heroes helping him??”

“If he loses… will the rest of Japan be next?”

CRAAACK!!!

Out of the side of Kisaragi Tower, came flying Tevat who crashed into one of the nearby buildings. Izuku went for him, just to hear the noise of metal breaking apart, looking up, the greenette took note of one of Tevat’s water jets cutting down one of the antennas at the very top of the building, letting it fall towards him as the greenette landed on the side of the building and sprinted upwards before lifting onto the nearby rooftop.

His eyes looked back, seeing the massive antenna tear right through the building and into the streets hidden by the oceanic waves as the water shook under its impact. He looked forward, instantly being met with nothing much to his surprise, before hearing a piece of the tumbled building next to where he stood be slashed, letting a whole corner of the building fall down upon him. It would’ve done something, had the greenette not used his own winds to create a dome to protect himself of any debris.

“Tell me, do you understand what despair is?” Tevat was next to him, having used the slashed segment of the structure in his favor to try and sneak attack the greenette, who he kicked straight into the stomach and sending him flying towards the other side of the street.

The greenette noticed Tevat catching up to him with his telekinesis, even using the water beneath them to boost himself towards the Agito who instantly began trading blows with his opponent as the momentum died down.

CRNK!

“Humanity defines it as losing hope.”

CLANK CLANK!! TLNK!

“But I understand more our of it…” Both Tevat and Izuku landed on top of a building he ripped off the ground to give each other footing. “Despair brings the best out of us, it showcases what we truly believe in and exposes lies and gives us a path we are desperate for.”

TRRRRR!!!

The metal of their weapons vibrated on their attempts to tear each other’s defenses apart, all as the greenette stared at his opponent who kept on speaking.

“Without drowning in such emotions for the last decades, I would have never reached the strength I now have at my disposal. It’s a guiding force, one that will light a path to us towards what we want to get a hold of and use it.” Breaking out of their stalemate, the Unknown kicked the greenette, lifting him off the ground as a shockwave could be seen coming out the other side, Izuku got a hold of his leg as he tried to stab the Halberd onto it, but he was quickly rejected after Tevat slammed him onto the ground and dragged him across the building’s rooftop, causing the building to start collapsing. “With that said…”

Tevat lifted off, taking towards the Kisaragi Tower as Izuku stood up the fastest he could and took leap towards his opponent who kept a taunting look towards him. The building crumbled into the waters, Izuku using the winds still in the Halberd to boost his jump distance and begin clashing midair with his opponent once more. The rain had not stopped drowning both of them as thunder struck across the prefecture, it’s blinding light illuminating each other as they kept on trading their blows.

The two kept on rising, it was hard for people to not see where they fought as their shockwaves were visible, it was like seeing explosions going off blow after blow. Suddenly, Tevat allowed himself to be slashed, making the greenette’s eyes widen beneath his helmet as he saw the blade be stuck under the muscles of the Dolphin Unknown who yet again gained that “smile” of his while looking down on the greenette.

“…Shall I give you despair?”

Being punched in the stomach, the greenette felt the need to puke out blood, but he held it within himself as Tevat got a hold of his neck and tossed him onto the side of the building. He regained control of himself and noticed something, he had gone back to Ground Form. He noticed that Tevat held onto his Storm Halberd, or at least the pieces that remained as he made sense of what just happened, the Unknown hadn’t grown stronger all of a sudden, He doesn’t know if he can say it’s adrenaline, but he certainly could tell all Tevat did was simply up the intensity of their already violent dance.

"FLAME FORM!"

Transforming, the greenette instantly got a hold of his Flame Saber, heating it up and letting him stab onto the side of the building before killing off the heat, leaving him hanging from one arm as to counteract any weight issues, he basically kneeled against the wall, with the only thing keeping him from falling being his Saber stuck to the wall. With his enhanced vision, the greenette could see Tevat, standing in the wall while looking down on him while that eerie “smile” of his kept presence the whole way through.

“Let it win over, and see how far it takes you before death, Agito.”

Stabbing his spear onto the side of the building, the greenette saw the hand gestures of the Unknown as they were extended outwards, it began lifting them up slowly as, even if vertically, the greenette could see two giant rising waves not too far from them that seemingly got a hold of two buildings, ripping them off the ground with ease as the waves sped up towards Kisaragi Tower. Izuku knew that Tevat was holding back on using his Hydrokinesis he says to be capable of wiping all of humanity but seeing it in action did give him a stinge of that despair the Dolphin Unknown hopes to instill on him as he saw entire rows of buildings be crushed under the billions of metric tons of water while it kept on holding onto those two.

Soon enough, one rose higher than the other, the first one slamming onto the very top of Kisaragi Tower while the other slammed at the very bottom of, the entire building shook under the powerful crash of both buildings and the massive waves, as those witnessing the act could only stare in horror and shock at this.

CRKRKKK!!

Izuku noticed it quickly, his eyes staring as he saw the shattering concrete and churning metal of the top of the building. It was collapsing, and the whole thing was aiming to fall on his and Tevat’s direction.

He took in a big gulp, finally getting rid of whatever blood was still in his mouth as the taste of iron still lingered on him, but he needed a clear breathing path for what he was about to do, which was- to put it lightly- absolute insanity born in this fight. Pressing the pad for Flame Form again, the greenette summoned a second Flame Saber, thing he didn’t even know was possible, but he had to try something, that did give him an idea, but right now it wasn’t time to execute it, with the size of this tower and its weight, the consequential weight had a high chance of striking against the Speedway, which is the last thing the greenette needs in the midst of such a moment.

35 floors.

That is how many Tevat counted of the tumbling segment of Kisaragi Tower, he could only look at the falling structure as he got a hold of his spear and looked back at the greenette, whose feet dug into the side of the building as he prepared himself. He knew his plan, all he needed was a quick glance to the boy to see what he planned on doing, it was respectable, but it would also ruin his fun at the moment.

“Here, let me make this more intriguing for both of us!”

With a slash from his spear and the powerful strength behind it, Izuku saw as the entire piece of the building coming down towards them suddenly exploded into four equally big segments, making its way towards the ocean beneath them. Izuku clicked his tongue at this, preparing himself as debris, dust and god knows what more was beginning to fall down towards them.

Putting all strength into his leg, the greenette took leap, the side of the building were he stood shattered to pieces as he began doing the same over and over again, his feet destroying the building as he kept on jumping upwards and heading straight to Tevat, who was consumed by the cloud of debris, yet Izuku knew perfectly that he would begin moving towards him as well. His rush continued, adrenaline pumped through his body as Izuku climbed and climbed the before being met with the debris in front of him.

He slashed and cleaved through it, tearing through the massive building with all of his strength as the pieces were being reduced to ashes or could only be broken down to pieces, either way it was better than the full-frontal force of this, yet the greenette could tell he wasn’t fast enough to destroy everything, this was going to damage the Speedway want it or not, but he could reduce what could be an otherwise fatidic damage to the structure. He didn’t slow down; he had to speed the process the most he could and make his way through most of it the best he could-

CHNG!

He saw sparks coming from the smoke, and soon enough, he spotted the source. Tevat, wearing the closest thing to a smile his lipless body could muster while staring at him mid-free fall. If they could look at each other, it was a matter of time, so Izuku took action, flying towards his opponent and tearing through massive chunks of concrete before meeting him on a clash during free fall.

Nothing could be seen around them, just the two of them clashing and striking relentlessly and without thinking, both danced around one another with their blades, the forces of flame and water clashing with endless grace and fighting instinct as their already shattered surroundings tore through the place, fragments of destruction falling all around them and destroying  where they stood, making them constantly shift around the falling building in a desperate fashion due to how thin the spaces were growing every few jumps they took.

The smoke cleared out around them as splashing water was heard beneath them; the cameras could see the intense blade dance between them before they crashed straight onto the waters beneath them. As Izuku had thought, the impact created a massive wave, one travelling towards the Speedway which made as many heroes as possible capable of defense to prepare the place for the incoming impact. From the waters beneath Izuku came flying out, using remaining debris to jump up and climb the building before crashlanding onto the very top of the destroyed buildings, he landed, letting go of one of his Flame Sabers in the process as he felt the pain and stress on his body during all of this situation begin to win over him. He honestly could do nothing more than hang in there as he tried standing up.

He heard him coming, Izuku rolled out of the way as the spear came flying from the ground beneath him before Tevat stood straight at the same level as him, the greenette looked at his opponent as he stood up, suddenly being met with constant strikes that began pushing him back to the edge of the building.

SPLAAASH!!!

Izuku saw as the wave clashed onto the side of the Speedway, seeing the lights of the building flicker as the screaming from the people within it echoed all over the place, the heroes tried their best, but the wave was still too much for them to stop singlehandedly, he could see people being moved out of the way, and amongst this, was Eri and Hagakure, who now seemed in a better condition, hanging in there from the rooftop of the building along with the Pro Heroes and many other survivors, the rain kept on falling and making it hard for them to see, but the eyes of the two girls were set on Kisaragi Tower.

He grit his teeth, breaking the defenses of his opponent as he began doing desperate attack after attack in the attempts of pushing him back enough for one more hopeful strike that could win him the fight.

He kept on pushing him back, the clashing sparks flying everywhere as the Agito didn’t relent in the slightest, he needed that opening and he needed it…

“NOW!”

Suddenly switching his hand, he pushed the Unknown back, Tevat looked confused as he saw Izuku grab onto the blade of his Saber with the Flame Arm and increase its heat to its purest form, flipping pass him, the greenette faced him and then the flash of light happened, the 24 afterimages of his swing made presence as the greenette appeared behind his opponent, and unlike any other time, a loud deafening bullet whistle boomed forth.

“…” The greenette’s eyes looked back to his opponent, seeing him frozen in the spot while holding his weapon. Spark Blink actually hit him.

Tevat turned around, showing to have a massive slash across his chest and that part of his Dolphin Spear had been melted onto, its top half fell down, leaving the dolphin tail to begin rusting away as the Dolphin Unknown put a hand on his chest and stared at himself, and even then, his smile somehow grew wider.

“Impressive.” Izuku’s eyes widened as he noticed it, the slash wasn’t that deep, if comparable in human terms, it was no different than a papercut. In the brief window that Izuku performed his skill, Tevat was smart enough to have his Dolphin Spear take the main blow, thus reducing the effectiveness of the proper slash. “Truly a prodigy you are, Izuku Midoriya.”

“…fuck…”

“Very wise choice of words.”

KRAKOOOOM!!!

The what remained of Kisaragi Tower exploded, its glass shattering and falling towards the waters below as from there, everyone could see a figure flying at great speeds towards the Speedway, the heroes didn’t even think about it twice in moving people out of the way the fastest they could, all as Izuku flew right into the rooftop. First impact was in very edge where Heroes and Civilians stood, second was halfway through the massive dome, and the final one had Izuku tear through the rooftop before his body stopped.

He tried moving, but soon enough, the creaking metal made him stop where he was as he looked towards the dome. It’s core shattered, part of it falling down towards the racetrack beneath as any people still inside were met with an entire area of the Speedway bursting into dirt and dust, another huge part was torn off, that being were the greenette tore through before being stopped as the hanging piece collapsed and collided onto the stands beneath him, barely grabbing onto the side of the dome, Izuku stopped himself from falling down, his eyes seeing the panicking people inside of the building desperately trying to find safety somewhere in this place, and yet, no matter what they do, they are trapped, confined to this building that was slowly filling up with water and the darkness brought by the lack of electricity.

He grit his teeth behind the helmet. He needed to stand up, but his body was at its limit. Soon enough, he’ll detransform, and not only will his face be revealed, but he’ll become a free kill for Tevat. He had to move, he couldn’t let the Unknown Lifeform responsible for ending millions of lives escape, even less come out of here victorious, a part of Izuku felt anger at that thought, that this disgusting thing he’s fighting walks away from this, proud of his achievement. Something about such a thing didn’t sit right with him, and even less did he plan on letting it happen.

“Master…” Stars and Stripes looked at the screen, cringing to what was in front of them while feeling certain weight within her.

“…That boy fights something we don’t understand… He took on a responsibility comparable to mine without thinking about the repercussions… only thinking of protecting the lives of those in need…” The No. 1 Hero whispered, he couldn’t look at the screen. “Forced to witness this…!! I’m so pathetic…!”

“…” She just closed her eyes, whoever is behind that mask, must truly be someone her master knows and cares for. To Cathleen, that nailed her greatest fear, having to see those who matter die in front of her.

“…w-we can’t do anything…” Tsukauchi said, clenching onto his seat in rage.

“….” Hikawa grit her teeth, screaming in anger as she hit the pedal the hardest she could, yet no matter how much she did, she knew she couldn’t help that optimistic boy.

“…” Aizawa covered his face briefly, keeping silent as he held the tightest he could to his hands. “…I don’t care how evil you are… I don’t care what you think of his people… or what you think of us… Just listen to me, you who sits above us, and spare him…”

The streets around her were silent, not a single person had even moved an inch across Shibuya, their eyes staring at the massive screen in front of them. Mawata’s eyes were starting to fill with tears, her breathing was shorter than ever before as she bared witness to her greatest nightmare.

“…”

Clap

She put her hands together, closing her eyes the tightest she could as she did the only act that felt helpful in the slightest. Praying.

Thump!

“Ah… honestly… what a fight you’ve given me, Izuku Midoriya.” Tevat said, looking at his surroundings while enjoying the screaming of people beneath them and even in the rooftop, the rain not slowing down as the water started falling inside the Speedway. “I thought I’d kill you with ease and move on with my plans, but no! You proved me why our Lord wants Agitos gone!”

“…s-shut up…!” Izuku yelled, barely managing to stand up.

“I’ll do you a solid one in the end… So, ask me.”

“…Huh…?” Izuku’s body fell to one knee, he was starting to get back together, but he wouldn’t manage so any time soon.

“Ask me anything, and I’ll answer.”

“…”

It felt like a fad, but it was very clearly a mockery of his opponent to him, granting him the answer to what he wants in his fleeting moments. Endless questions that have been eating at him for the previous months since his battle began, and in what seems to be his final moments alive, he is to be gifted an answer. But to what? The questions flooding him were endless, but he fell to one, one he needed to understand the most.

“…What makes Quirk Humans… Sinners?” Those were his words, the noise of Heroes running towards them, yet he knew it was futile at a time like this.

“Ah, nice question. Very good one indeed.” Tevat smiled, staring at him. “Tell me, how many Agitos do you think are in the world?”

“…About a billion… minimum…” His opinion of this was still based on the Quirkless Percentage of 20%.

“And you’d be right, perhaps not fully, seeing the numbers keep declining all the time because of our good job.” Tevat mocked, gaining a snarl from the greenette. “But, what if I told you that in the past, the Human to Agito ratio was bigger? Much more equal even?”

“...”

“You see, 191 years ago, the Agito Problem in Japan had grown out of control, there was a weird sudden influx of Agitos brought forth by where your power comes from. An entire Cruise Ship filled with civilians, all given this sudden power and setting off an unforgettable chain of events, the at the same El of the Water, Ensa, would take them on and try to kill everyone aboard, sadly he failed in his mission, but now there was a new set of Agitos, and amongst them, was one who evolved just like you.”

“That Agito along with what I’d call a “failure prototype” fought like true warriors on their own path to walk, not a single person in sight to help him other than each other on unwilling times and their strength. But soon enough, he was met with his demise, one not brought by the El of the Water, but by our Lord, who was forced to sacrifice his physical body to kill both of those warriors.”

“But… that threw off the balance, the Agito Seed began spreading after their consequential deaths in what we thought was the assured destruction of the Altering, but it spread out like a disease, it began surrounding the world, but it stopped itself from targeting much, only growing in numbers until it arrived at something it could bless. The Newer Generations.”

Izuku’s eyes, even if hidden by the helmet, could only be seen widening, his mouth opening as he understood what he meant.

“S-So you’re saying…!”

“Yes, Izuku Midoriya. Quirk Users were destined to become Agitos, but one factor intervened, the one thing out of everyone’s control. Evolution.” Tevat said, it’s smile growing. “First it was simple telekinetic abilities, but soon enough, the human DNA began reshaping the seed, corrupting its sanctity and molding the Esoteric Nature of the Philosopher’s Stone residing within every human soul into lightless Agitos, simple husks without divinity and authority of the heavens. It was perfect! The Agitos had euthanized themselves without meaning it!”

“But of course, there were outliers, there were people whose souls rejected the Esoteric Agito Seed, remaining as the True Humanity of times long gone, and there are those who became one with the Agito Seed, thus becoming True Agitos, such as yourself. Then, the problem arose, at first we thought it was all going well, a great achievement in this step of Forced Evolution for Humanity! Until it continued growing, and growing, and growing, before soon enough… The Human Species was dominated by these lightless Agitos, they began to be fascinated by these husks, these remains, loving and embracing such unholy abilities of theirs! Creating a Society that lives by the foundations of these accursed powers and turning their back on our Lord! He witnessed it, he wept as he witness his humanity being reduced to slaves for these husks! For these sinners!!”

It all made sense now, he finally understood what they had been missing about this battle.

“You’ve learned just what you needed to understand to see what the world you live in truly is.” Tevat said, starting to walk towards him. “Now… I believe it’s time we put an end to this.”

Izuku tried standing up, but his body faltered under this action, even with all that time used in speaking about the truths of this world, the greenette’s body was simply too tired to move. Not even after fighting for hours straight had he been brought to this much exhaustion, but it probably may have to do that compared to that Armadillo Unknown, Tevat is an absolute monster leagues beyond it strength wise.

It didn’t matter; he needed to move! He needed to beat him! He got the information like he tends to, so now it’s time for him to flip the tables and win!

But his body isn’t answering appropriately, it’s still healing  as he feels at the limit of his current condition. He wasn’t going to manage, and that was bad, was he actually going to fail his mom and sister? What about Mawata? And Tsukauchi, and Aizawa, and Toshinori and… and…

“Consider yourself blessed, not many could say they’ve survive all of this and gained a true warrior’s death…” Tevat said, smiling at the greenette, its mouth opening wider and wider while staring down at Izuku, it wanted to bite his head off, it wanted to make sure he died here. “…So embrace it like you should.”

He had no choice anymore, autonomy felt out of the window as his eyes looked at his opponent, craving him like a perfect meal. Izuku wanted to feel regret, but he couldn’t, deep within, he really didn’t think that was needed-

“No, wait!”

“YOU PROMISED ME SOMETHING!!” Hagakure screamed out, holding tightly onto Eri. “YOU PROMISED ME WE WOULD GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER ONCE WE WERE DONE HERE!! THAT YOU’D TALK TO ME AND WE WOULD HAVE A BETTER INTRODUCTION SOME OTHER TIME!!”

“…” clung onto the girl tightly, her eyes filled with tears as memories of that warmth came back to her, that green haired boy who tried to protect them from Chisaki and just how loving it was even in such a dangerous situation.

“DON’T FAIL ME… I HAVE TRUSTED YOU WITH MY LIFE SO MUCH, AND I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO IT A MILLION TIMES IF IT MEANS I GET TO KNOW A PERSON LIKE YOU EXISTS IN SUCH AN UNFORGIVING PLACE!! SO PLEASE… STAND UP!! MOVE!! FIGHT!! IF NOT FOR ME, THEN FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CAN ONLY BEG YOU ONE THING!!!”

Eri looked towards the Golden Dragon Warrior, her and Hagakure taking a deep breath as tears fell down their eyes, and they yelled out one sentence.

“SAVE US, AGITO!!!”

…

“Hey… come on stand up!” A man amongst the crowd said, looking desperate. “I know you can do it!! You saved my sister before, so I don’t doubt you!!”

“…Y-You protected me when that man tried to cut me open like a lizard…! I know you can still do this!”

“You have strength! Use it! Fight it! Listen to yourself and stand up, Agito!”

Mawata looked around the crowd, her eyes staring at this as more people began getting riled up and screaming.

“Come on! Vigilante or not, you have to live!!”

“You can fight it! So don’t stop now!”

“Even when no one else could, you saved me! So please!”

“Please! Have my strength if you can! You can do it!!”

“You’re probably someone who got rejected on a Hero School, right?? Prove em wrong! Stand up!!”

“Don’t give up, Agito!”

“Don’t hesitate right now! Win!!”

“Come on!! Save the day!!”

Tears began streaming down Mawata’s face even more intense then ever, to the point she was starting to hiccup under what she was hearing the people in the crowd yelled out. They were cheering her friend on.

All Might looked at the screen, the screaming heroes giving their prayers to the vigilante growing louder than ever before. His breath hitched as he remembered that day in the rooftop, that promised day when they met.

“Can someone become a hero without a quirk?”

“…Young Midoriya…” The tears streaming down his face were unheard of, but that smile that began forming on his face said it all to everyone. “Thank you, for proving me what you are…!”

Tsukauchi and Aizawa were seen praying, looking at the screen as they heard the radio chatting from Pro Heroes and Policemen across the nation, both of them held smiles of their own as Tsukauchi grabbed the radio, his voice to be lost amongst the endless screaming.

“Thank you… all of you…” Tsukauchi felt the tears falling down his face as he kept his smile. “…for believing in him…!”

The four of them felt their throats tighten, the smiles on their faces at seeing the world admit their dear friend and student with open arms. The flashing memories of the time with Izuku Midoriya appearing in front of them as they all let out a singular scream.

“YOU CAN DO IT, AGITO!!”

TCKKK…!!!

The Unknown’s Jaw was stopped from biting onto the greenette’s head, his eyes stared at the dark void of Tevat’s eyes as he began fighting back against it. Pushing him back with whatever strength he could muster, Izuku began pushing back against him as the metal beneath them cries under their force as the lights in the building beneath them flickered.

“AAAAAAHHHHH!!!”

Striking his fist onto the Unknown’s stomach, Tevat was sent backwards, rolling before finally coming to a stop as he stared at the Agito in front of him. He couldn’t believe the sudden regained strength on the greenette, even less as he stared at him and could feel a burning flame unlike any other within him. The greenette was running on nothing at the moment, his eyes staring at his opponent as his mind recalled something, the only thing worth telling Tevat at a time like this.

“You are a scourge on humanity, and I’m going to take you down!”

“…With what strength…??”

GROUND

STORM

FLAME

“With this one…”

Standing as straight as possible, the greenette took a deep breath as he prepared himself once more, suddenly slamming the pads at the side of the Altering, but this time it wasn’t just one, but the two of them at once. The belt suddenly lit up, all three cores of the Altering blaring at their greatest light in the longest, but unlike other times, none of them died down, they only grew more and more intense as mirages and winds began surrounding his body, all of it swirling around him and covering his being. The Flame and Storm Arms made presence, and yet the armor itself kept its golden chest.

It took no time for everyone to hear it, a noise everyone knows, something you know, it played, it echoed, and it signaled the end of this nightmare. Because the Guitar Riff played loud and clear.

“In a moment of despair, you learn a lot of things about others and yourself, these moments, for as unforgiving and cruel as they are, lead people to gain a path to follow. Whether you take it or not is your choice… But if anyone gets lost, I will use my light or my winds or even my steps! And walk through despair to guide the lost towards hope!!” the greenette struck his combat stance, glaring at his opponent. “That is the purpose OF THIS TRINITY!!”

トリニティフォーム
TRINITY FORM!!!!

“Don’t think that’-…”

It was sudden, it was swift, and it was powerful. The strike from the greenette surprised everyone, as they saw hell begin to be unleashed upon the Dolphin Unknown who could barely even think, everything about this form was monstrous, it was overwhelming, and even more it was deafening to deal against. He didn’t allow him to think, Izuku didn’t plan on stopping until his mission was done for good, and he didn’t stop being the first to throw a punch even if it meant something bad would happen to him. It didn’t matter, he just wanted to put a stop to Tevat for good.

Suddenly, a wave grabbed the Unknown much to his shock, pulling him towards the Ocean as he stared at his opponent, seeing his stunned look. He couldn’t believe how sudden the tables had been flipped.

“…Fine…!! I GUESS I’LL END WHATEVER REMAINS OF THIS PLACE ON MY OWN ALREADY!!!” The waters began pulling him away, Tevat was beginning to be consumed by a sudden strike of anger as the waters around him began forming into a shape similar to a Leviathan. “LET THIS BE YOUR TRUE END, AGITO!!!”

“…Come on, let’s end this dance.”

The Cross Horns opened, the Agito Crest manifested below his feet as the eyes of hundreds of millions could only be witnesses of this, the clear breathing of Izuku as the energy began to syphon at the sole of his feet, but with it, came along a cyclone and cinders flying all around him. The Agito stared at his opponent, moving frantically and tearing everything while rushing towards him as the Pro Heroes knew they were better off protecting themselves right now. Buildings collapsed under the Leviathan, the screaming of Tevat echoing all across Kureya as eyes could only bear witness to the final chorus that played from the Speedway, Izuku kept complete concentration as his eyes looked directly into his opponent, who only kept on screaming like a maniac.

The sole of his feet released a golden light, the strength in his body had multiplied to levels they never had before as he was focused straight onto his opponent. The metal beneath him churned as he waited. And waited. And waited. He saw it tear apart the place, making its way towards him until it came down to him in an attempt to eat him alive. It’s bite chewed onto the metal of the dome as Tevat looked at this confused, all before spotting a golden light above him.

His eyes stared at it, reflecting such golden power that came down upon him, not in the form of a single kick, but a greatly empowered drop kick just inches away from its targets, with the only thing the Dolphin Unknown could hear was Izuku’s battle cry.

“ORYAHH!!!!!!!”

The Drop Kick came flying in with great powers, the moment of impact against its chest instantly collapsed the Leviathan Beast created by Tevat under the blinding pressure and light of the Agito’s kick, the two froze midair, the sheer power generated by the strike, its blinding light making people cover themselves as the waters beneath them stirred like the wildest days of the seven seas, the flaring flames and the strong winds amongst the winter began generating so much force that the heroes witnessing it were at awe.

“W-WHERE DID THIS STRENGTH COME FROM…?! YOU COULDN’T HAVE BEEN THIS STRONG ALL ALONG!! IT’S NOT POSSIBLE….!!”

“You underestimate evolution if you believe it takes hundreds of years to do it’s bidding!!” The greenette yelled, feeling the Unknown’s body crack further under the strength of his kick. “Every fleeting second, humanity grows, it surpasses that which they were a moment ago, we tear down the barriers under the pretense of doing what we want! And unfortunately for you… WHAT I WANT TO DO IS WIN!!!”

It was a detonation unlike any other, the wind pressures dragged Tevat against his will as his entire chest was fractured, light emanating from every corner of his being as he was dragged deeper and deeper into the torrential oceans. The Agito landed, striking a pose as he began turning slowly, his Trinity facing towards the Pro Heroes and civilians who looked at him with awe behind their eyes hidden under the endless rain from above, as they heard his final cry.

“AGITO!!!!!"

BWOOOOOM!! BWOOOM BWOOOOM!!!!!

Three explosions, each one more powerful than the last one tore through the entirety of Kureya, the eyes of everyone around the city stared at this in silence as Izuku stood his ground, his eyes looking forward as the rain died out in the matter of seconds. After endless noise and turbulent waters, the world went dead silent, the only sign of victory.

To say relief overtook the entirety of the Top Heroes in the WHA’s Hero Meeting would be an understatement, so many finally caught a breath of things. The intensity of this battle had brought everyone to the edge, and All Might certainly was one of them, who now was able to relax as he closed his eyes, he was already thinking what million ways he could reward the greenette for his hard work just now.

The Trailer usually isn’t loud, but right now it was nothing but screaming inside of it. Tsukauchi and Aizawa grabbed onto one another while screaming at the success of their friend and student as Ozawa bared with the ear ringing, smiling in joy to the success of the greenette before she noticed something.

Mawata had collapsed to her knees in pure relief, the world had gone silent around her, yet she could see that the people all around her blew up in cheers, celebrating the victory of the Vigilante. But Mawata’s relief came from knowing her friend was alright, and that like always, he managed to go beyond and survive the battle. She stared at the screen, a smile coming to her as she cleaned off the tears from her face, now she could do what she wanted to do-

“I-Is he…??”

Her eyes looked back to the greenette, widening as she saw it, her friend’s body began collapsing, tumbling on its actions as he neared the edge of the building. She stood up, panicking under the what went down in front of everyone as some began gasping, expressing out the worse turn of events as Mawata tried her best to keep herself together, but almost couldn’t once she saw her friend collapse onto the darkness beneath.

BUMP! RIIIP! BUMBUM SPLASH!!!

His body bounced through the metal segment, all before crashing into the waters beneath him where he laid down, any semblance of strength within him had seemingly vanished as he felt the Altering call in for a rest after an hour long fight, even if momentary. The armor vanished, leaving the greenette without the only thing stopping the world from seeing his identity as the soaking water began to cover his clothes, even his ripped open sweater, leaving a cold feeling in his stomach.

He heard splashing noises all around him, it was heroes and civilians approaching him, his body struggled to move as he finally allowed himself to cough after this whole fight, a gurgle of blood spilling out of his mouth with every struggling cough as it vanished into the water beneath him. He tried moving once more, but it was hard to keep himself standing, he could barely manage to breathe as he felt the water and blood on his lungs making things even harder for Izuku, who just stared tried looking around.

The first to act were some civilians, grabbing his shoulders softly and beginning to lift him up, he really couldn’t move right now, but he just needed a little more time before his body finally reacted. One of the civilians, a medic if he had to guess, used a light on the greenette’s eyes, checking if he still kept his consciousness at a time like this one.

“…He seems fine… but he must be exhausted…”

“There’s probably more water clogged on his body, we need to get it treated.”

“He-hey… doesn’t he look a little too young?”

“He looks no older than my kid…”

“Is this… the guy who defeated that creature…?”

“…j-just a kid…”

“Damn it… Y-You’re telling me we let a kid do this…??”

Izuku’s body began regaining some control, he felt his lungs pump out as much water and blood as there was in them the only way it felt possible, that being vomiting everything. They saw him bear with the straining pain of such an action, the greenette struggled briefly before putting a foot down, holding his ground while staring at the people around him, who kept on looking at him with certain shock and awe in their eyes, he knew they could see who it was, they could see the man beneath the mask, and there was nothing he could do about it.

The greenette felt certain fear within himself, part of his insecurities began dominating his body as he thought of every other case he’s dealt with people who hate what he is, who despise the fact he’s just a quirkless boy with nothing more to his name other than the fact he’s a nobody in this world filled of everything unique, and even with his powers, he sometimes can’t help but feel like he’s still that supposed nobody in this world where everyone is special.

“…Kid… Are you alright?” One of the Heroes, the Magic Hero: Majestic asked, crouching down to his eye level, and while his eyes were bandaged, the greenette could feel the emanating concerned look on him. “…You did great out there but… are you alright?”

“…yes…”

“You don’t really sound… rest up from this point on…” He said, the greenette frowned, surprising the Pro Hero.

“…I can’t rest…” The greenette got off the civilians’ grip, stumbling on his steps as he took a deep breath. “…There’s still so many who need our help, and I don’t care how tired my body is, I’ll go beyond and break apart if it means assuring the safety of everyone in this city.”

“Kid, please leave it to us…!” Majestic told him, most couldn’t stop looking at the greenette who stumbled on his steps, he was trying his hardest to keep himself in his two feet as the man felt a stinging pain on seeing him do this, he was pushing so far and yet even he didn’t feel this was right. “You’ve done more than enough for us… So please…!”

The greenette suddenly pointed towards the roof, using every ounce of strength in his being to keep standing as he looked back to the Pro Heroes and civilians around him, their eyes staring at him in surprise.

“…My Boss’ Grandmother said this… No matter what condiment, no matter what ingredient… there is something greater. And that is the love of the person creating the food.”

Most gained a reasonably confused look, thinking it was exhaustion, but Majestic saw the meaning of these intriguing words, he understood what the greenette was telling him using such wording on a time like this one. No matter his condition, no matter his strength, Izuku Midoriya’s true mission is to protect these people and avenge those lost to evil, and while he just completed one of those two things, he plans on achieving his goal of saving no matter what.

“…We need help clearing this place up, we’re trying to secure at least the lower ground along with the rooftop of the Dome so we can use it for taking people out.” Majestic spoke while walking up to him, his eyes looking at the greenette who kept on looking at him. “If you’re capable of carrying people to the rooftop and help us with diving searches, it would be very much welcomed.”

“…I see…”

“And kid.”

“Yes?”

“Your secret’s safe with us.” The Magic Hero said, the rest of the heroes and civilians around them giving him the promise of doing so with nods or their own words, most were holding out a smile towards the greenette, who couldn’t help but gain a weak one himself.

“…” He took in a deep breath.

His eyes opened, and once more, for a moment, sparked up into a beautiful jade green while staring at the distant crowds of civilians and heroes in the darkness. His arms were suddenly crossed at the height of his left hip, he left his left arm holding his hip before his right arm extended forward and retracted back, positioning itself above his chest as his heart started beating calmly.

Then it happened, just like many other times before, it manifested itself upon his waist as the Belt of Esoteric nature took form around him, tightening around his clothes as his lingering eyes focused on those who needed help, all as he extended his right arm out. A standing by noise began being heard, it waited for him, it wanted to hear him call it, but it wasn’t going to wait any longer, because like him, it didn’t want to stay with its arms crossed when people needed of their help in a situation such as this one.

“HENSHIN!!”

CLICK

VRRRMMMM!!!

With a blinding flash of light gaining the attention of those at the top of the dome and within the Speedway could only look towards it in awe, their eyes seeing as from the core of his belt sparked outwards a bright light capable of illuminating the entire Speedway. The people didn’t hesitate much, looking towards it as they began approaching him, it embraced them warmly, in the midst of this freezing cold, it opened a path for all of them as they could only stare at the Golden Dragon Warrior in front of them, one they could only identify as a single thing.

The beacon of hope in the midst of despair.

KUREYA. TOTTORI PREFECTURE. JAPAN. – 6:30 A.M.

“There...! Northeast 45!”

“Focus on securing them, get a Helicopter to them and take them to the FOB.” Ingenium said, his eyes looking around the area that was filled with heroes to the max of their efforts.

“Here’s another group! I found them near the Millennium Tower!” Mt. Lady yelled, carrying above her a group of civilians inside a raft.

“We have made sure the Commercial District is clear, begin search of the Industrial Area!”

The destruction was massive, an entire city wiped out with its floating ruins for all to see, the annihilation of this place was unexpected, no one could’ve been prepared for it no matter how many contingencies the have for the universe to deal with. Of the 10 million people who lived in the city, a total of 45.6% of the Population was killed, their bodies swept away by the ocean or kept hidden at the bottom of the remains of the city. This was a disaster without precedent, but it was something heroes managed to stand up from by giving it their all to protect the millions of innocents that still remained.

The Hero Public Safety Commission and even the Japanese Government were quick to give an announcement of the situation, explaining why such an event came to be and rightfully putting the blame on the terrorist cover-up they had used for the Tatooin Incident of just a few days earlier. It wasn’t exactly a escape goat, but simply the best way for them to hide away the fact everyone simply didn’t know of the appearing threat, as there were no warnings, and just a straightforward attack that annihilated Kureya City.

The world as a whole was yet to know, in all honesty, only people who truly know what happened were the vigilante of the hour, and the two girls he saved from the Shie Hassaikai. Speaking of, having look everywhere, Pro Heroes came across the crushed remains and bodies of hundreds of villains, kidnapped victims and people thought dead, to the tragedy of most, every one of them was dead, but as they came to understand, these were all the first victims of the creature when it struck the Millennium Tower. It’s only survivors being Hagakure and Eri, along with their savior, of course.

Most people who survived this disaster had suffered injuries of sorts, only managing through thanks to the help of their own quirks or the decision of others to help each other live another day to tell the tale. Those rescued clamored the heroes that did so, yet most were looking for one thing, that spark of light in the middle of this biblical storm they witnessed, most looked for it, yet none of them found him, some amongst the crowds being evacuated said to have seen him, while others grew curious to the who this was.

The Japanese Self Defense Force had been deployed, a huge part of the city found itself with helicopters flying all over the place as they mainly focus on taking any civilians still stuck within the city out and towards the auxiliary bases in safer land. It would take hours for this to finish, but no one said it be easier to evacuate millions.

“This is Sawa Yoriumi of the NHA! We bring you an early report from Kureya City! The evacuation efforts are still on the go and have not slowed down since the defeat of the unidentified villain responsible for wiping out the livelihood of so many. Since the arrival of the JSDF, the displacement of people has only been increasing by the hour! The injury count is still far beyond anything expected or even documented, but-…!”

SPLAAASH!!!

From the side of structure, came the Golden Dragon Warrior, landing on top of the dome while holding onto a fairly older woman who held onto him tightly, her leg was broken, almost facing towards her back as in her hands was yellow scarf damaged all across it. Even with that helmet on, a certain sense of tragedy was found within him as he walked along the building, the eyes of many turning to him as he softly kept his walk.

“…I’m sorry for taking so long, ma’am…” His voice echoed, those emotions permeating through him. “…I wish I could’ve been faster…”

Some members of the Self Defense Force and Pro Heroes approached him, seeing the injured woman as they began to check on her. She didn’t let go off him no matter what, her body showcased a clear pain not just from her leg, but an emotional one unlike any other, the Agito’s eyes noticed the not-too-distant gurney, letting him continue before stopping right on it.

Crouching down softly, the greenette laid the woman down, her tears falling down her as she made contact with the cold cushioning gurney. She panicked, grabbing onto the arm of Izuku, who kept on looking at her, he felt her hand reached out to him, extending out the yellow tattered scarf in her hands to him, leaving the greenette to stare at it. She nodded, smiling at him as she kept on sobbing.

He grabbed it the softest he could, and the woman released it, she kept her eye on him as he stood up and nodded at her. She didn’t want him to be cold after this.

“…Y-You did your best, hero…”

“…” Izuku began walking away, the calm winds tugging onto the yellow scarf as the bright rising sun could be seen at the other sides of the mountain.

Some steps approached him, his eyes turned to the source to see none other than Ingenium standing not too far from him without his helmet on. The man kept a straight face while looking at the greenette, whose red eyes kept a calm look.

“You did great.”

“…Not going to apprehend me?”

“You’ve done a job greater than most heroes ever could, and you haven’t stopped in hours.” Ingenium told him. “You’re doing more than you should in your battle.”

“…How do you know…?”

“When All Might saved me, he told me a little of who you were, how your enemies are something extraterrestrial, and that you carry a weight in your shoulders no man should carry on its own.” He suddenly gave him a bow, gaining the attention of everyone around the place. “So allow me to thank you, for everything you’ve done from the shadows to keep our lives going.”

“…”

“As a token of appreciation, let us handle the rest, allow us to show you your battle isn’t something you have to face on your own… and that even if we can’t fight alongside you, we heroes will help you however we can.” The hero told him, his eyes yet to let go off the Agito. “Please, it’s the least we can do for you.”

“…” The greenette looked up towards the sky fading into its light blue, the grip on the yellow scarf tightening it as he turn away from Ingenium. “Ah… I did promise my family I’d be back by the morning.”

“Heh… Well you didn’t disappoint anyone here, so don’ disappoint those close to you.” A chuckle came out of the greenette.

“Have you ever been told you’re good with words?”

“A few times.”

“…I trust your judgement then…”

“And I trust you.”

The Agito began walking away, suddenly being met with more steps running towards him, this time from a reporter who just stared at him briefly. She took in a deep breath as the camera looked to the golden warrior who stopped at the woman’s actions, her eyes staring at the red bright eyes of his armor.

“Before you go… I have one question to you.”

“…What is it?” Izuku wanted to comply, it’s the least he could do right now.

“What are you?”

…

What am I?

a friend

a student

a pupil

an idiot

a son

a brother

but above all

I am…

The woman kept on looking at him, many of the Pro Heroes and civilians kept on looking at the greenette after hearing such a question arrive all of a sudden. By this point many called him a vigilante, others a hero, some still thought of him as a villain for killing his opponents, but the question remained to everyone, just like it remained on him before this battle. The Golden Dragon Warrior began walking again and made his way pass her, leaving her worried at first as the he suddenly stopped, his eyes staring at the bright light up front that began making presence upon Kureya, the cold winds surrounded the place as he gave his answer, one he had desperately tried to find for months.

“Agito.”

His eyes turned towards the camera, looking straight to it.

Sawa Yoriumi had been alive for long, long enough to learn a lot of things in the world, to love and hate and to see all sorts of heroes come and go, yet one name always resonated within her being, one she read about when she was young, and was so fascinated that her Final Project before graduating as a Journalist talked of it, an urban legend of times long gone, a name that inspired her to do better, a name of a legend that had been reborn in front of her.

“Kamen Rider Agito.”

Furuhashi had woken up early to see the ongoing news of Kureya, they were worried about it since they knew some family was there visiting, so they really hoped they managed to make it out of there safe or were rescued by the heroes, she just hoped-

ready to go, count zero

ready to go, count zero

Their eyes widened, they looked around to find the source of the singing voice, yet they saw nobody. Quickly standing up, Furuhashi rushed outside to try and pinpoint where the song could be coming as the piano kept on building up each and every note of it, but soon enough, they found themselves realizing what it was, a chorus so clear, beat unlike any other, and a source so distant that it was unbelievable they could hear it as if it was serenating their ears.

Then it clicked on them, they knew who this was, they knew who it belonged to, because there has never been anyone else whose song from their soul had lyrics, and even less, had there been someone whose song changes, but at this point they didn’t put it off him. They knew he was special, they knew he was unlike any other person they’ve ever met, and they know, this is Izuku’s soul singing.

READY TO GO, COUNT ZERO!
KAMEN RIDER AGITO!

SAKENDE IRU KOKORO NO SPEED

YOU CAN DO IT, COUNT ZERO!
KAMEN RIDER AGITO!

IMA, KIMI GA INAI TO… GET ON!!

He flew through the roads, the winds swerved around his body while his torn off sweater waved under them, on their neck the intact Ame-No-Uzume collar sparked under the sunrise, that white shirt worn beneath dried up by the speeds at which he drove while his eyes looked forward, yet around his neck was the scarf given by that woman, swerving and tracing around the world as his eyes kept on looking up front. The Firestorm’s engine roared as he traversed the empty roads, his grip on the vehicle was tight with every ounce of strength within him, the distance to traverse were long, yet the greenette didn’t intend on slowing down in the hopes of arriving home.

HONK HONK!!!

The greenette saw the Trailer of SAUL, staring at it surprised as he drove pass it, that’s when he heard screeching tires behind him as he saw the whole thing do a complete 180 turn in such a brutal fashion that h couldn’t help but be surprised that it didn’t end up flipping over, but soon enough it was now behind him, the greenette smiled as his radio suddenly went off.

“Would you look at who it is!” Aizawa’s voice came through. “Next time you pull some shit like this, at least warn us a little!”

“S-Sorry…! But I knew that if I told any of you, you’d stop me!”

“While right, the slightest warning other than a vague answer to Tsukauchi would’ve been good.” Ozawa told him, her voice sounding much more stern than usual.

“I guess…”

“Now get ready.” Aizawa’s words confused Izuku, who just looked back at the driver, which was Hikawa with Omuro as her co-pilot and giving them a look that matched his emotions.

“For what?”

“We’ll deploy the ramp at the back of the Trailer.” Tsukauchi said, surprising Izuku briefly. “We want you to get in here and we’ll take you the remaining way back to Musutafu.”

“W-Why?!”

“WHAT IN THE FLYING FUCK DO YOU MEAN WHY?!” Literally everyone in the Trailer yelled out, so loud the greenette heard them from outside. He could even see Hikawa glaring at him for even asking such a question.

Before he could argue any longer, the Trailer moved in front of him at quite the pace, leaving him still surprised as he saw the back door open, and a ramp be deployed from the bottom of it as it extended just enough to hover mere centimeters from the ground. Tsukauchi and Aizawa looked a him as a mechanical harness extended to the very edge of the vehicle.

“We’re supposed to keep you on check from overexerting yourself!”

“You’ve done more than enough not just for this place, but for us! You deserve a minute to rest after all of that!”

“…”

“Move it, the author is running out of gas!”

HEY- whatever.

Without much of a second option, the greenette sped up just enough to rise up the ramp, feeling the mechanical harness grab the front wheel of his bike and pulling him upwards. He kept on sitting there as the door and ramp closed up, leaving him to suddenly feel the weight in his body, calling this exhaustion was short, he was probably going to end up hibernating after this as his body almost fell off the bike. He had healed up, he was pretty much back to a perfect condition, but the mental and physical exhaustion were two things you could only deal with sleep.

“Take it easy.” Tsukauchi said, helping him not fall face first into the ground, lifting him up and dragging him to a giant bean bag at the corner of the Trailer. “Now rest up the way back, we’ll wake you up once we’re at Shizuoka, so just rest up, got it?”

“…Y-yeah… I guess…” The greenette was nearly consumed by the giant bean bag as he laid on it, resting up his body for once as he notices something next to him. “...Tsukauchi, what's in the bag?"

"Oh! You're not gonna believe it, remember the Skinwalker we told you about?" Tsukauchi asked, sitting down on one of the chairs and turning towards him, kicking the bag.

"Yeah?” The greenette was worried all of a sudden.

"Hikawa ran it over on our way here." It was all he said, smiling as if he had been not guilty on his trial.

THUD!

“I-it was an accident…!” Hikawa said from the driver’s wheel. “I hit the pedal a little too hard for a second…!”

“You said it was a deer, which is the worst part.”

“It looked like one!!”

“What do you see a deer in a Skinwalker…?” Izuku asked, looking so lost at his own words.

“UGH!! Just fall asleep already.”

As Izuku planned on doing so, he noticed the news channel being shown in the screen displays they had across the trailer, his eyes took notice of the date displaying in the corner along with the time of day it was, making his eyes narrow

“…Today is the 24^th…” Izuku muttered, his mind really was taken aback by this.

“That’s also why you should rest… You don’t wanna be cranky for the Christmas Eve, do you?” Tsukauchi told him, smiling at the greenette.

“R-Right…! Mom told me you guys were invited.”

“…W-we were?” Tsukauchi and Aizawa, who summoned from god knows where a sleeping bag that makes him look like a caterpillar, stared at the greenette surprised.

“She told me a little after you went on your merry way, Tsukauchi… I-I was supposed to tell you all later that day but then the situation with Hagakure and Eri snowballed into all of this and I just… forgot…” Izuku said a little embarrassed.

Both Erasure Hero and Detective looked at one another briefly. Their schedule, due to very obvious reasons, had become very packed, with them having to attend a few things and getting reports about the situation to the NPF and the Japanese Government, but, by the late night, surely they should have some free time to do this.

“We can manage.”

“Yeah.”

“That’s good… N-Now… I’ll take up the sleep offer…” Izuku smiled at them, his eyes beginning to shut close. “…Oh yeah… I got an answ-…”

Soon enough, his eyes were shut, his breathing was calm, and his body relaxed as he drifted off to sleep. He couldn’t even finish his sentenced as he began snoring softly under his sleep while leaving everyone confused to what he was trying to say.

“…Rest well, Problem Child.”

AMERICAN HERO PUBLIC SAFETY COMISSION HEADQUARTERS. NEW YORK. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – 6:05 P.M. GMT-4

“These are all the heroes you requested, All Might.” Lilith, a member of the World Hero Association said to the hero, staring at him with curiosity.

“Very well, you are welcomed to stay for this, because it is very much important for all of you to listen.” Japan’s No. 1 Hero said, looking at the line-up in front of him.

A total of 40 heroes were in the room, each one from different ranks and positions from all across the globe, apart from most of the Japanese Top 10 for exception of Mirko and Hawks who were somewhere doing something, the worldwide heroes here were people All Might was willing to trust, from Stars and Stripes to Salam and even the likes of Big Red Dot, all of them had been brought here for a purpose most of them witnessed in the screens earlier ago, those news that have made their presence worldwide and the singular man who put a stop to the walking disaster.

“I’ll be straight to the point in our point of discussion. The attack at Kureya and Tatooin were connected, both performed by the same individual.” The Japanese Pros had their eyes widen to the news. “The one responsible, is what has been documented as an Unknown Lifeform.”

“W-Wait… are you implying that was an alien?” Ryukyu was the first to speak, but the eyes of everyone else were still showing a disbelief to his words.

“No… They are… much more than that. Speaking of it too deeply may break your trust in many things we believe in, and for that, I will keep information that we’ve figured out of the Unknown Lifeforms to myself.” That was concerning to most, but it seemed understandable. “These Unknown Lifeforms are plenty, they’ve been haunting humanity since times we couldn’t even imagine, and have proven to be a threat to us in many ways, but it starts in one simple way… These Lifeforms hunt Quirkless as if they were a Sport and maim their bodies in ways not even our understanding of Quirks could answer.”

“…” Endeavor heard this, his mind thinking about that one case brought by one of his sidekicks in Aichi telling him about people brutally combined onto trees. They were probably related.

“Their goal is clear, and they will kill anyone or anything that gets on their way.”

“But there is a catch, isn’t there?” Salam asked, growing concerned.

“…With nothing but a snap of their finger, they can nullify your quirk, they have showcased the strength capable of fighting against hundreds of heroes at once and basically unkillable through Quirk Usage.”

That was much more then concerning, it was the worst thing they couldn’t have been told about this. Their only method to fight, turned useless without even a need to try. Edgeshot stared at All Might, remembering something.

“Months ago in Gaia Tower, was that…?”

“The most public appearance of an Unknown at first. Yes. It said the reason it had to do all those killings that day… was because our Divine Intervention took down one of its people.”

“Divine intervention?”

“…You mean that Agito guy, don’t ya?” Stars and Stripes said, looking at her master who just nodded at her. “But if Quirks cannot hurt them, then how could it be that he could.”

“Who said he has a quirk?”

Yet another thing to take everyone aback, their eyes looking at him with shock on their eyes as everyone without exception had their eyes widen open to the reveal.

“H-he’s quirkless…?!”

“You’re telling me some quirkless guy has been defeating these creatures for months in Japan?!”

“But those flames and wind… and that belt…!”

“By all technicalities, the Divine Intervention is Quirkless, but his powers are something else, something that is why his cover-up name is what it is. He seems to share some sort of relation with the Unknown Lifeforms that even we ourselves don’t know, even with months of research, we have come across next to no information other than one thing.”

“And that is?” Endeavor didn’t want to admit it, but at this point even he was a bit terrified of the turn of events. Everything he knows and has is useless against these foes, and the most they can apparently do is stand around while someone else does heavy lifting.

“Our Divine Intervention has been disarming his opponents when the chances came around so we could study their weaponry and why exactly is it so powerful, upon further research into the topic, we discovered two elements never before seen that seem to be the source of its strength, but we also learned that if he destroys those weapons, they become useless, rusting away in the matter of seconds.”

“To have taken the time of disarming his enemy… I believe this Agito fellow is much more talented then we believe.” Best Jeanist said, a chuckle coming out of All Might.

“You have no idea…” His eyes then look forward once more. “But here’s the main reason I have all of you here, the NPF has been developing a way to fight back against the Unknown Lifeforms with help of the Japanese Government, but even then the funding for such weapon is near impossible.”

“And what would this weapon be?”

“It’s something you’re quite familiar, and while I’m not one to beg or ask for such things… we truly require as much help as possible for this endless fight we’re a part of.” Bowing down, the hero stared at the ground. “Please, grant me all of your help for the creation of the Third Generation of the Reinforced Exomuscle & Exoskeleton Combat System.”

METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT. KANTO. TOKYO PREFECTURE. – 7:15 A.M.

Maruki was looking at Madam President, whose eyes kept on looking down at the files she had been given by the Commissioner.

“That is the most you will have of this situation; you won’t get any more of me.” Maruki told her.

“…So these creatures have been killing us all along and you just covered it up…?”

“You think I don’t know how you little Commission works, Madam?” His eyes narrowed. “I’ve seen how many you sent onto the meatgrinder to kill that bastard All For One all those years ago, those men and women returned as husks, without their quirks and without a life! How many of them do you think are alive after that?”

“This is information the public should know!”

“Do you understand the pandemonium that would break out if they knew what these bastards do?! Aren’t you aware of the Meta Liberation Army still being around?!”

“Yes, but if-…”

“If anyone else outside of this room knew everything going on, the Quirkless would begin to be hunted down like a plight, murdered for crimes they never committed! I need you to know this! You would’ve gone your whole fucking life without knowing anything about this, but because of the Prime Minister’s decision to trust you into this just a little, I decided to give you the most basic of rundowns!”

“All you’ve done is jeopardize lives, and just because your little commission does things good enough to make them passable, doesn’t mean I’ll allow you to take a step into something much bigger than a few little game of hero.”

“Isn’t that what your little vigilante partner is?” Madam President retaliated, but that only made Maruki want to burn her down even more.

“There is a difference between playing hero and getting the job done, what the Divine Intervention has done for us up until now is stuff that went under your nose for years, and only now that we ourselves show it to your face do you realize what the hell your mistakes have been!” Maruki really wasn’t having her bullshit. Plus, he needed to free some steam.

“If you think your heroes can manage on their own, fine then, be my guest! Watch as people lose trust in your little heroes as they go straight to the meatgrinder instead of protecting the people that so much need them! No matter where you look, no matter what you try, I will make sure you do not near our investigation with your organization, and even less will I allow you to lay a finger on Agito for your attempts to use him for your volition!”

“If I even under the slightest of suspicions I hear for a damn second you approach him, I have enough evidence somewhere elsewhere to destroy your reputation, but you too have the ability to destroy us, but guess what? I don’t fear Mutually Assured Destruction and before you know, I’ll have you end in the exact same position your predecessor did after ticking the final nerves on Lady Nagant all those years ago! Now scram out of my damn building!!”

BAAM!!!

Madam President knew from the very beginning working things with the Police to gain even the slightest information would be downright impossible. Ever since the death of her Predecessor and some information came to light about him and how he used Lady Nagant to do his bidding, the relationship between the HPSC and the NPF has grown more and more sour, to the point making contact with one another- as it happened just now- could probably cause a war to break out.

Fujikawa Maruki had been a police officer who has seen it all, and she knew it, he doesn’t trust the Hero Society the HPSC is forcing Japan to live in and he’s very open about it, but he still respects its Heroes trying to work while following the values taught to them by All Might. It’s that exact thing which makes him the hardest wall for her to even do the slightest about the Unknown Cases, even more than the Prime Minister.

Obviously, it isn’t helped the display of the now named to the public Kamen Rider Agito, a man who singlehandedly stopped calamity and even after reaching his limit spent the following 10 hours rescuing as many lives as possible and recovering the bodies of those lives they failed to protect, had been seen not just by all of Japan, but the world. Mera was right with what she told him, her hands were tied from the very moment the fight between those two began.

RING~!!

Reaching to her phone, the woman saw who the caller ID was. Hawks, her little bird she’s had in the Hero Society giving a better image to her organization, even if he doesn’t mean it at times. She decided to answer.

~What do you want? Shouldn’t you be in the Hero Meeting?~

~I should but… came across a bunny issue.~

~…No…~

~Won’t go into detail then, uhhhh…. The other thing, I heard something from All Might.~

~And that is?~

~That I may know how we could fight the Unknown Lifeforms.~

BURAKU SUBURBS. SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE. – 8:00 A.M.

~Did you see?~

~Kind of hard not to.~

Kendo sat in the living room while looking at the news, Haru was alongside her while doing some homework in peace. The orange haired girl really couldn’t help but smile at what she was looking in front of her, the footage of Izuku’s fight against Tevat being shown while some people were debating about what happened.

~So what do you think?~

~Well… I’m surprised, honestly not what I expected to happen seeing how they’re called Urban Legends.~

~You say it like that was no different~

~Well it very much was, you don’t see people talking of it, do you?~

~Yeah… but, what I wanted to tell you, I think I’ll do it~

~…Hah??~

~It’s a good move! Plus… I do feel like I don’t know much anymore, what’s hitting the book going to do wrong?~

~Okay… But what about the girl on your care?~

~What do you think I’m calling you for.~

The man at the other side of the line kept quiet, an annoyed and very loud sigh coming out of his mouth as if Kendo had to guess, he was actively pinching his nose.

~Just because I’m good with kids means I can do it the whole time. ..~

~You know, Agito usually fights here in Musutafu.~

~…uh huh…~

~I believe the news would pay you a lot for getting some pictures of him~

~….~

~Also I too would pay you, I’m not making you do this for free.~

~…Tempting…~

~Yes or No, Hajime! I can just get a babysitter in the time you take to answer!~

~…~ *sigh* ~Fine! And…!~

~Yes?~

~…You wouldn’t mind making me some Hot Cocoa? I still like how you make it.~

~…Heh… what a child.~

~You’re younger than me! Don’t start!~

MIDORIYA RESIDENCE. MUSTAFU OUTSKIRTS. SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE. – 12:30 P.M.

Fuwa sat silently on the greenette’s bed, it was… weird.

Yesterday when she arrived, she was briefly welcomed by the crying Asami and Inko who were rejoiced at seeing their son not only survived the nightmare but came out victorious against his powerful opponent. She stayed with them for the night, somehow ending on the greenette’s room where she just looked at everything she had.

Truth to be told, every time she’s been here, she has tried not to go into the greenette’s room out of sheer privacy, but after Inko and Asami insisted she should take his bed to rest up for the night, she had no other choice but to comply. It was a little uncomfortable at first, seeing the abundance of All Might Posters around it was at first very unsettling seeing how she knew the man a little more personal, but the funny thing is that apparently it had been toned down in recent months compared to how it used to be, which she really had to expect from her friend who since the first day she met, was very clearly a Hero Otaku of the highest order, specially All Might.

Apart from the All Might stuff, there were his Hero Notebooks, the which she thought he stopped filing with information, but truth is that they have even more than before. She also found his invisible ink one, where she was able to see the information hidden being stuff he’s theorized about his own powers, the Unknown Lifeforms and notes about his fights so far. It was interesting to put it lightly, and this room was certainly a comfortable one at that, bar All Might merch.

But even then, there was this part of her brain that was… let’s say… fascinated by sleeping there. She felt lighter than ever, her heart was at ease, her mind lost as any and all stress she felt over seeing him fight vanish, there was something about doing this that helped her simply feel better, and she couldn’t pinpoint what exactly.

She had spent most of her morning with Inko and Asami, who were preparing the food for the Christmas Eve celebration. She tried giving them a helping hand, but both were entirely against it, saying she has no reason to do so, and as such, Mawata did something she finds fun to do when there is nothing to do. Sit around and listen to music.

“Thank you for allowing me to shower here, Miss Inko.”

“Please dear, is the least I can do for you!” The woman said, looking at the girl who was wearing some fresh clothes, with one very particular item grabbed from her mossy friend. “It does fit you, right?”

“It’s uh… Kinda big but...” The girl said, looking at the green plaid shirt she was wearing over her clothes. It was surprisingly warm for something Izuku was wearing in the middle of summer. “…with Dragon being one to wear baggy clothes, I expected as much.”

“Hehe. That’s my brother alright.” Asami smiled, looking at Mawata who sat down in the living room.

“B-by the way… How did you figure out of his work…?” Mawata was very curious, because of course she came here to check on them because she knew Izuku not being here would probably concern the matriarch and sister, but when she arrived, she was met with cries of concern because their little baby fought against a villain on his own and won.

“Oh, simple.” Inko smiled, showing her a thumbs up. “When he helped Ingenium in his birthday, he did what his father always did after fighting off thugs during out college time and even arresting criminals, it’s a sheer natural reaction of his. One that gave him away.”

“…” ‘So that’s where his sharp instinct comes from. I thought it was his dad and his 2000 Skills.’ Mawata thought, surprised it took just that to figure her son out and just for how long she’s known.

“…-It’s like a schoolgirl! He almost fangirls about hearing about romance and you’ve seen him!”

“Yeah of course he does! His biggest experience with it was his sensei and her husband before he died!”

“Yeah but you have to admit, Toshi would kill for some romantic gossip to be told to him.”

“Oh definitely, he sometimes has that devious look asking for it.”

All eyes turned to the entrance of the Residence, all as they heard the chitchat going on outside from three voices they are quite familiar with.

“Ah! Wait I don’t have my keys! I left everything else with my mom!”

“Well knock!”

“R-Right… I’m just, not used to knocking at my own house.”

KNOCK KNOCK!

“M-Mom!! Sis!! You there??”

The eyes of the two mentioned turned to Mawata, who looked at them briefly and understood the message. She stood up and walked towards the door to open.

“Well, they’re not here, I’m going to Mawata’s.”

“Cease where you stand.”

The girl just felt a sweatdrop form on her at hearing this, but she quickly stopped that as she unlocked the door and opened it, making all three turn towards it as they saw her head poking out from it, she couldn’t help but giggle at their faces as they seemed confused by seeing her here, to which she said one thing.

“No need.”

“…M-Mawata?” Izuku was very much surprised at seeing her.

“Nice to see you in one piece, Dragon.” She said, opening the door wide, and revealing to the greenette she was wearing his plaid shirt. “We’ve been waiting for ya.”

“MAWATA?!” Now he was just taken aback by seeing her with his clothes, Tsukauchi puckered his lips and Aizawa turned back before getting to Izuku’s ear level.

“What were we saying about romance gossip just now?” He whispered, smiling beneath his scarf, the greenette tried gut checking him, but he stopped it.

“Come on, your mom and Asami are waiting for you.”

“W-WHY ARE YOU HERE?!”

“Can I not? Or do you want me to leave?”

“NO!”

“Then come on! We can talk on it later!”

The greenette felt flustered, but once he entered the house and got a smell of the cooking, he walked up to the kitchen and spotted his mother and sister, the two of them smiling at him with pride written on their faces.

“How’s our little hero?” Asami said, a bit of a teasing tone behind her voice.

“…t-tired, even if I slept on the way here.”

“I believe it.”

Suddenly, the greenette was taken into a tight embrace by both his mother and sister, the two of them holding him the tightest they could while smiling.

“You did great out there.”

“Y-You scared me… a lot… but you still did a great job dealing with that villain…”

“…I’m sorry… I just…”

“Don’t apologize, Izuku. You were giving it your all, weren’t you?”

“Yes but I probably concerned you so bad mom passed out.”

“Ah my son knows me so well.”

“Y-You did pass out??”

“No, but still, you sure know how to worry me… Izuku.”

“…Yeah… I guess I do.”

TAKOBA MUNICIPAL BEACH. SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE – 2:10 P.M.

Having eaten something and taken a very much needed shower, the greenette decided to take Mawata towards her house mainly just so she could get changed into her own clothes and prepare for later tonight, but before that, he took a detour that confused her.

“Why are we here…?” She asked, looking around as the greenette, now wearing his more common outfit and every gift given to him along with the yellow scarf, began walking to the railing separating the where they were from the main beach.

It was clean to completion, not a part of it had even a sheet of metal laying around or even the smallest of trinkets, the entire beach had been cleaned thoroughly by Izuku and Mawata during their 10 months of training, and it was hard to think this was the same dump were tons upon tons of metal could be seen laying around. His eyes were simply looking at this in silence as the noise of soft waves echoed all across the place.

“…I… wanted to talk to you.”

“…A-About?”

“Just talk to you, honestly.” Izuku answered, his eyes looking back at her. “I’ve spent three days in a coma, then I come back and instantly go fight my hardest battle so far and you just… didn’t hear from me at all.”

“…” Mawata walked up to him, looking forward to the beach. “I’m… not mad that you didn’t call me or anything, if that’s what you’re thinking, but I’m still worried, deep within I couldn’t help it but worry for my friend and his little suicide mission he probably told no one about knowing how he is.”

“…heh…”

“By the time I heard what was going on, I panicked at first, my first instinct was seeing if your mom and sister were okay…. Because I knew it would be futile for me to step up and stop anything… I hated that powerless feeling that dominated me, probably not the only one but I just couldn’t stand it, that fight, just watching it felt like an eternity, like every swing you took would be the last and that… my fears would become true.”

Mawata began caressing her own feelings, the red marks on her fingers were the signs of how hard she gripped onto herself in her desperate praying for her friend’s safety. Izuku just stared at her, all he did was close his eyes.

“I-I was afraid too… I thought just how cruel it would’ve been for the last thing to have told you being a promise I never completed, how bad it would’ve been for my last words to Tsukauchi to have been lies or that… I would fail on going back to my mom and sis and leave them…” The greenette hated only a single moment of his whole fight, and it’s when Tevat’s wishes of despair truly got to him. “…I didn’t want to die… but… for a second I couldn’t find any strength within myself to take action, it all felt fruitless until… Hagakure and Eri told me to save them...”

“…” The girl looked at the sand beneath them. “You did all of this to save someone, right?”

“...O-Of course… I just never thought it’d snowball into this mess, but...”

“I understand that, but still, you managed… you won… and you stood strong as long as possible to protect everyone in Kureya and even save those when they needed you.” Mawata shifted her gaze to him. “That’s what matters, isn’t it?”

“…yes…”

“Then stop sulking around, you’ve always known that you’re not some god, you’re still Izuku Midoriya, the green haired friend who always has my back and it’s always helping me out when he gets the chance.” Mawata said, rubbing his back softly. “Maybe more people could’ve been saved, yes, but you and I know we can’t always save everyone when the odds are against us…”

“…I just wish I could’ve.”

“And I wish so too, we all do.”

Splash…!

“That’s why I have my answer now, why I know what I’ll do for this world the best I can.” Izuku said, his eyes looking back at her. “I can’t be All Might, but that doesn’t mean I’ll let those lives lost be forgotten, I’ll fight for the lost and those who need saving, no matter the cost.”

“…” Her eyes noticed his determination growing by each word of his.

“The stability and rightful actions of this world don’t matter if there isn’t a world for you to protect, if there isn’t people who can mourn the lost and living who get to smile through pain and happiness, it’s worthless fighting for something like that, and that why no matter the cost, I’ll grow stronger, and I will bring happiness to all men, women and children.”

“…where is all of this coming from.” Mawata looked at him surprised.

“…Takeshi Hongo once said… Human life is more important than even peace and justice. Without a humanity to live for, peace and justice are meaningless, if you are willing to abandon the people for the sake of fighting in the name of peace and justice… than you’re just a charlatan who believes order and control are all. That’s what made Kamen Riders into heroes in the past…”

A smile appeared in his face, all as a thumbs up came from the greenette’s hands while looking at her.

“…and exactly that why I am a Kamen Rider.”

“…” The girl just smiled, staring at her friend in joy. “I’m glad to see you got your answer.”

“Yeah…” Going back to normal, the greenette took a deep breath. “Now… about my promise.”

“…Huh?”

“Wanna do it right now?”

She was surprised, staring at Izuku.

“R-right now?”

“Yeah, just a little drive, ya know?”

“…Well… if that’s okay with you.”

“Then come on.”

Before she knew, she was holding tightly onto Izuku’s hips, she felt off balance as the Tornador entered its Hover Mode and began keeping them off the ground. It felt weird to her, almost as if she was stuck midair after taking a jump, she struggled slightly as Izuku held her softly.

“Okay… just keep your foot there, is safer for you.”

“I-I didn’t think it be this awkward…” Mawata said, still holding onto him. “…How did you get used to it?”

“Oh no, I’m just a natural at hanging from places.”

“Of course you are.”

“Hehe… I’ll start speeding up, alright? I’m going to go slow, tell me if it’s too much.”

“A-Alright…”

Izuku began speeding up slowly but surely, he made his way into the beach and towards the water as Mawata was surprised. The feeling of this weight began to vanish slightly as he kept on increasing the speed, she just kept on holding onto him in case of whatever.

“Is that alright so far?”

“Yeah… Speed up if you want.”

“Alright. Be warned, this this is very fast!”

“Well you said you got from Mie to HEEEERREEE…!!!”

The increase in speed was ridiculous, the girl was pulled back briefly as she felt the speed push her back briefly, making her cling harder onto her friend who held her back tightly. The speed kept on increasing slowly but surely, Mawata kept on looking forward while she didn’t plan on letting go off him, she was so surprised as her eyes looked at Izuku, a little terrified as he could only laugh at her reaction.

“DON’T LAUGH AT MY MISERY!!” She just started hitting him briefly as he kept on laughing.

“S-Sorry… Is just… Man what a reaction!”

“…” She just frowned at him, still keeping a hold of the greenette as she looked forward, the breaking winds wrapping around them as they kept on driving forward through the blue waters and sky. “…this is…”

“Nice, isn’t it?”

“Heh.” The frown vanished from her, a smile forming on her as the greenette’s warmth embraced her body. “…Yeah…”

Soaring over the oceans, Izuku and Mawata kept a hold of one another, the noise of wind wasn’t a body as the Machine Tornador spread its wings for its journey forward, with the warmth of the sunlight accompanying them as their reflection could be seen casted against the waters around them, both smiled under this moment of calm between one another. A moment without doubt or care, simply a time when the two were with one another, where Izuku felt to be in one piece and Mawata had the whim to not let go of someone as valuable to her as him.

It was just what they needed right now.