My Hero Academia: Graduation

Chapter 30: Lightening the Mood

"So he got himself captured?" Nucleon asked, rather disappointedly.

"It seems that way." Promethys answered.

Both of them now stood on top of a low roof, no more than a four story building in the suburbs before the bigger cities.

"What kind of fool lets himself get arrested after one test?" The reactor-villain asked.

"One who has better judgment of his business partners. And one who has already won. That test was successful. Now most of the world's greatest warriors are powerless." Promethys said. "This 'test' will result in some...beautifully disastrous consequences worldwide."

"But, Master. We still need him. He used all the disease at the festival. There are still dozens more heroes and forces that can stop us." Nucleon complained.

"Patience, my disciple. All we have to do is free him. There was no easy way of escape where our Inflictor was. But where he is now...is ready for harvest..." The towering otherworldly villain bellowed as he looked on toward the distant skyscrapers, watching the sun slowly descend behind Mount Fuji.

"As I left you in that prison for a year's time I learned many things about your world." Promethys went on.

Nucleon joined him at the edge of the roof, watching the sunset and listening.

"I saw many things change. And I saw many things remain the same. And some, I observed, may have been the same for a long...time." He sighed. "Of the planets I've claimed, this one will surely be a challenge. It's why we enlisted the help of Inflictor, it's why I will not take it like I've taken others. There are still mighty warriors who stand guard. Some of the strongest enemies I've encountered."

Nucleon smirked. "Master, if you're referring to that twerp Deku and his half and half friend, then I hate to say it but-"

"Every world has a warrior...stronger than the others...who stands for a worthy cause. The only thing that stands a chance against me is a cause as mighty as mine." Promethys explained abruptly. "Izuku Midoriya, Shoto Todoroki, and so on."

"You seemed to first tell me about Midoriya with anger in your voice... Why is that?" Nucleon asked.

"...He has no birth-powers. His mother could attract objects to her, his father could breathe fire. I watched him battle me at speeds faster than eyes move yet I could see nothing inside him."

"What the hell does that mean?" Nucleon asked, feeling a slight sense of dread with this information.

"There is something about him that angers me... His cause, his strength, his tricks. He has the strength to stop me." Promethys declared.

Nucleon's eyes grew large. "D-Don't worry, Sensei! I will destroy him before he gets the chance!"

"As we carry on with our plans, we must keep a special eye out for Izuku Midoriya," Promethys's voice grew louder as he continued. "And I will find the source of his power even if I have to tear his body apart molecule by molecule!" He roared out with a booming voice that rattled the closest windows.

Nucleon collapsed to his knees and bowed submissively to the giant.

"Get up. It's time to move." Promethys ordered.

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Izuku and Ochako walked around the convention center, hands clasped with fingers intertwined. They tried everything to enjoy the festival and their time together, but the overall atmosphere was much lower than it was earlier, before the attack.

Nobody could use their Quirks so much of it was all talk and no show.

There were many heroes from all over the world with incredible costumes, names, and reputations. But any attempt at demonstrating Quirks was met with individual pain that made them turn red and bend over clutching their stomachs.

Izuku helped many of those people from just falling over.

"I have an idea." Ochako perked up after seeing her husband help yet another hero from collapsing.

"What is it?" He turned and asked.

"You should spar with Todoroki! Show these heroes what you both can do!" She offered.

"Me and Todoroki? Oh but people already saw us spar in the sports festivals, remember?" Izuku said.

"Yeah, but this place could use some Quirks, and what more impressive and flashy Quirks than yours and Shoto's?" His adorable wife asked, seemingly making her eyes look bigger and twinkle.

Izuku blushed and looked away. "Ochako..." He chuckled. "O-Okay. Okay, I'll ask him."

"Hell no. If anyone's sparring with you, it's me!" A familiar intimidating voice hissed loudly at the couple.

Izuku turned his head to see Katsuki marching over in his hero costume. "I was stuck patrolling the city until they let me come here. They caught most of the escaped convicts now so I can finally relax. That is until I found out they didn't prepare right and put all the toughest heroes far away from where an attack actually did take place."

Ochako lowered her head.

"If any of us were here, the same thing would have happened to us as well, Kacchan." Izuku informed him.

"It was in a gas, right? All you had to do was hold your breath and take out the villain faster."

"Easy for you to say." Ochako glared at him.

Katsuki wanted to retort at her but stopped himself. He learned his lesson about picking on someone he thought was Quirkless before. Now Ochako was basically Quirkless. And although he knew her to be one of the toughest girls he's ever met, he figured she didn't need that kind of insult right now. Not something he would take well if it happened to him. Izuku had a point, as much as he hated it.

"Anyway I can see that not many of us have our Quirks. And I want everyone here to see me beat you with my Quirk. So what do you say, Deku?" Katsuki asked rolling his eyes.

Izuku looked from Ochako to his rival. "I accept." He said giving the blonde a familiar look of determination to win.

Ochako gulped. She never liked seeing them go against each other. But at least their relationship has never been better, even if they aren't exactly friends.