Chapitre 2105: 35
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Izuku was confused, but he knew what city he was in now, so that was good. The woman who had kidnaped him? Maybe or it was Shade. He really hoped it was Shade. Whenever he tried to question who she was, she interrupted him talking like they were a couple. He could just blast her with his quirk, but if she was Shade, then he really didn't want to mess up whatever she had planned. Maybe it was a test? Nemuri had told him some underground heroes were kinda weird.
The woman led him into a bar and waved to the bartender who was setting up for the coming night. The man waved but didn't question Izuku's presence which was concerning. He followed the woman down the steps into the basement, and as the door shut, the woman sighed loudly. "Damn, kid, you suck at acting. We'll have to work on that as well."
Izuku blinked. "Wait... what was that? You're Shade, right?"
The woman blinked and looked at him, confused. "Did you not know? Eraser should have informed you about what was happening."
"He said you were picking me up at the station. I thought maybe you were a kidnapper."
Shade pinched the bridge of her nose. "And you didn't resist? You followed me for so long."
Izuku blushed a bit. "Well... I uh. I wasn't sure if you were just some person or if you were Shade, so I figured I'd just go with it and knock you out if you weren't Shade."
Shade stared at him for a few seconds before sighing. "Ok... don't ever do that again. Just knock them out next time someone you don't know grabs you."
Izuku nodded as he stared at the floor, feeling a bit foolish. "Yes, ma'am."
"Good. Now get changed, we're gonna spar, so I have a baseline, then we'll get to work on your quirk, and if you show you're good enough, I'll take you with me on an upcoming mission."
Izuku smiled, feeling his spirits lifting. "I won't disappoint, ma'am."
Shade clicked her tongue. "You already did by letting me kidnap you. Now you have to make up for it."
Izuku sighed as he followed Shade. "I'll do my best."
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Toru screamed as she was thrown across the sparing room by one of StarBurst's attacks. "That was almost impressive. You're very stealthy Prism, but you hesitate too much when you go to attack. I told you it'd be fine. My armor is rated to take my own attacks at full power. I've seen the shots you fired. I'll be fine."
Toru groaned as she got to her feet. "Yes, ma'am, I'm sorry. I won't hesitate next time."
"Good now-" StarBurst stopped as the door to the basement sparring room opened, and a woman a little taller than Toru entered. She had shining green eyes like Izuku and short crimson hair with an undercut.
The woman smiled. "Yo Star, there you are. Oh, is this the intern Prism?"
Toru was about to speak, but she saw StarBurst glower and march up to the woman. "Where have you been, Flare?"
Flare's smile exuded a cocky level of confidence. "I was out patrolling and ran into Plasma. She held me up. Sorry."
She didn't sound sorry at all to Toru. StarBurst didn't seem convinced either. Curiously, Flare jumped a bit when StarBurst grabbed her wrist and dragged her off. "Prism, stay here for a moment. I need to talk to Flare."
Toru nodded and watched the heroes walk off. Flare's face was red, but she didn't seem angry, and StarBurst looked more annoyed than angry. Toru hummed quietly and rocked on the balls of her feet as she waited. After a couple minutes, she made her costume disappear and used her stealth training to get close to the door.
"Honestly, Yuki, I told you I needed you today, and you spend it running around doing extra hero work and hanging out with Plasma," StarBurst said, sounding exasperated.
"I said I was sorry, Star-" Flare's breath hitched, and after a moment of murmuring from StarBurst that Toru couldn't make out, Flare said in a quieter voice. "Sorry, mistress."
Toru felt her face heat up, and she immediately back-peddled from the door. Whatever they were talking about was not for her to hear. In fact, she didn't hear anything, and at no point did she move to the door and eavesdrop. Toru did her best to calm down by doing a thing Izuku said he sometimes did when his mind was wandering. He picked a hero and would take their quirk and fighting style apart.
The only issue was that Flare and StarBurst were the only heroes she could think of right now. Toru sighed and tried to think about StarBurst's quirk, which was named Star Burst. The hero's quirk allowed her to build up energy inside her and expel it from her body in a burst of energy. She could also concentrate the burst and make it come out of her feet or hands. She used it for vertical mobility and offensive attacks against villains and debris. Her expert control was a big reason Toru decided on her for the internships.
The two pros entered, and Toru was glad she was invisible, so they couldn't see her blushing. Neither of the heroes looked any different than when they left.
StarBurst smiled brightly. "Flare is all ready to spar with you, Prism. I'll watch from over here and remember, don't hesitate. Flare can handle the shots you'll be firing."
Toru nodded and did her best to focus on the fight and not the hero's relationship.
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Mina rolled away from Xeno as the hero aimed a kick for her stomach. Mina coated her right arm in a thick viscous layer of acid and threw up a veil of acid in front of her as purple flames roared from Xeno's mouth. Mina had removed one of her gauntlets after Xeno had suggested using a free arm to make a thick shield of acid.
Mina stumbled and cursed as some flames landed on her leg. Xeno's quirk Purple Flame didn't burn or destroy what it touched. It simply drained away the stamina of whoever it hit. Mina splashed some acid on her leg, snuffing the fire out before turning and narrowly avoiding Xeno's tail. "Don't get distracted, Acid Queen. The fight's not done yet."
Mina jumped back and panted as she tried to ignore the kids yelling. Xeno and Mina were training in the barren patch of land between two apartment complexes, and over by the street were Xeno's sidekicks and a small gathering of kids who had stopped to watch the hero's spar.
Mina raised her left arm and, using her gauntlet, fired a stream of acid that Xeno dodged before blasting fire towards her. Mina backpedaled and realized too late that the fire wasn't even going to get close to her. It was just a smokescreen. The kids yelled with excitement as Xeno's tail wrapped around Mina's ankle and yanked her off her feet, and she was quickly pinned.
Xeno laughed and waved at the kids. "That's all for today, kids. Be safe on your way home."
The kids cheered and said goodbye as Mina groaned and got to her feet. Xeno smiled as he walked over to his sidekicks. "Alright, let's get back to base and go over Acid Queen's performance, then we'll head out on patrol."
Everyone agreed in their own casual manner and followed the boss to the apartments as Mina went over the fight in her head before the breakdown of it could happen. The second day had barely begun, and she felt sore, but the prospect of getting to patrol sounded nice.
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All for One watched Tomura as he watched Sports Festival footage over and over again. The third-place girl Toru Hagakure had apparently been the one to kill the nomu at the USJ, and All for One's successor was livid at seeing her again. He was glad to see the boy so full of hate, but the lord of darkness wasn't sure if it was directed at who he needed it to be directed at. Honestly, to some degree, any of the four that had placed could be All Might's replacement.
Tomura stood suddenly and said. "Kurogiri, have you found him yet?"
Kurogiri nodded. "Yes, sir, would you like me to bring him here now?"
"Yes," Tomura said, and All for One watched his best creation disappear from the bar.
He watched as Stain appeared and confronted his student. Most teachers would have stepped in and helped their student, but most teachers were idiots in All for One's opinion. Tomura needed to learn many lessons, and those lessons would only be learned through trial and error, and if Tomura survived them, then he would acquire greatness.
As Stain walked through the portal, Tomura waited until it was closed to scream before getting up and digging out the first aid kit. All for One knew his student would probably ask for his help soon, so he double-checked his microphone to make sure it was off before turning around and asking. "Doctor, how many nomu do we have that can be used in combat?"
The doctor hummed and tapped away at his computer. "Three are done with their adjustments, and you have two more set aside to go after that explosion boy you've taken an interest in."
All for One chuckled. "Yes, we do need to go after him soon. Let's see what Tomura wants to do before we send our nomu out."
The doctor grumbled about Tomura being a brat, but he did not try to go against his master's wishes.
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Izuku grunted and hit the mat again. As he was going to jump to his feet, Shade descended on him and pinned him to the floor. Izuku quickly let out a burst of gas from his exposed arms and legs, but Shade's control over smoke was too good. A cloud of gray smoke quickly intercepted Izuku's gas and kept Shade safe. "Do you yield?"
Izuku struggled and writhed as he tried to get loose or slip his quirk past Shade's defenses, but he couldn't find a way to win. With a defeated sigh, he laid his head on the mat and said. "I yield."
Shade smirked and used her quirk to clear the room of smoke and gas as she got off of Izuku. "You're improving. Though your fighting style is still predictable. I suggest learning a few more styles to give you more variety. Also, work on the amount of gas you can produce. The speed of your output is good, and you can cover a wide area pretty quickly, but you don't have enough for sustained fights."
Izuku nodded, making a mental note of what he needed to work on. "Also."
Izuku looked over as Shade grabbed a canister off a table and hit the release switch. The dark green gas of Izuku's quirk sprayed out, and Shade smiled. "So it doesn't disappear in a day if it's in a canister. Once you're back at UA, you should run some experiments and see how long your gas will last when it's put in a container."
"I'm glad your idea turned out to work, ma'am. I hadn't ever thought of making gas grenades or other projectiles before." Izuku said as he stretched and drank some water.
His time with Shade had been odd so far. Whenever they were underneath the bar, she was all business with training and testing him on a variety of things, from his acting ability to quirk and combat proficiency. They mostly left at night to patrol, and that was when Izuku got to see her hero costume. It was completely black in color like most underground heroes.
Shade wore a sleeveless shirt with a bandoleer of smoke grenades on her chest. She also wore cargo pants tucked into steel-toed boots. Izuku wasn't sure what she kept in her pockets, but she said they held everything she needed, and the final piece was a black cat mask to cover her face.
The odd part of his time with Shade came whenever they were out but not patrolling. She put on the cheerful persona she had used to kidnap him. After the second time, Izuku managed to ask her about it, and she said it was to keep people from learning she was Shade.
Apparently, in her early years before graduation, the underground hero she was interning with got found out, and villains came for him and his family. After his death, she vowed to never let that happen to her, and so Kawada Asa became a cheerful flirty girl who worked at a bar while the underground hero Shade was known for being cold and blunt while in the field or meeting other heroes.
As Shade put away the last of the equipment they had been using, she asked. "Hypno, if you were to run into Katsuki Bakugo, would you be able to arrest him? Or would you pursue your own form of justice for what he's done to you?"
Izuku stopped and looked at the hero for a moment before looking down at his hands. "I... I would arrest him. Back when things first went down, and his punishment was being decided, I pushed for a lighter sentence and leniency, thinking he could be a good hero if he just worked on his issues."
Izuku took a deep breath and sighed. "Even after we stopped running into each other, he still ended up like this. I don't know if there's hope for him or not, and I don't think it's my place to decide. He needs to pay for what he's done, and a gentler approach obviously isn't going to work with him, so I'll let the police and others handle it. Like I probably should have in the first place."
Shade nodded and hummed. "Your original idea wasn't a bad one. It was a kind and gentler way to try and solve a problem that most wouldn't have done, and I believe it would have worked on others. It's a shame it didn't work this time, but there's nothing we can do now except bring Lord Explosion to justice."
She turned and faced him with a serious look in her eyes. "On that note. Hypno, we're going to Hosu tomorrow, and we're going to work with several heroes to arrest the vigilante, Lord Explosion."
Notes:
I got ideas to talk about. well, one idea and there's not much to it except the idea of Thirteen adopting the twins Tenko and Hana after an accident took their family. Tenko's quirk activated like canon and took his family but instead of killing Hana as well he only took her arm by accident so she has a prosthetic. they go to UA and are gonna be a rescue duo when they get older. I was also thinking of Izuku living with them and having Thirteen be his aunt.
I don't know if I've ever said it but if any idea you see here strikes you and gives you inspiration to write something then be sure to let me know so I can check it out.
other than that... I want a new job or at least a raise of some kind.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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