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Ryuji POV
"Sigh...I got the gist of it" Detective Tsukauchi says
"He gave the boy a quirk...and took control of the family" All Might says horrified at all this
"The quirk was created a decade ago? The fact that the kid's sitting here in one piece...Tells us that he's not rigged to blow in case of betrayal, the way Nagnant was..." Tsukauchi says
Izuku, Toru, and I managed to get Aoyama and his parents into custody and took the three of them to the teachers...Where we're now in this situation...The Aoyama family tied down to chairs as the rest of the class stands here confused.
"May I ask you children...to leave the room?" Principal Nezu asks
"No. You may not" Todoroki bluntly says
"This makes no friggin sense?!" Kaminari exclaims
"What we're you planning to do if you weren't caught...?" Ojiro shakily says
"Follow whatever orders All For One gave" I angrily say as Toru is still calming herself down on my shoulder
"C'mon Aoyama! Tell us it's all bullcrap, dude!" Kirishima shouts
"Another one of us who started out quirkless...small world, huh?" Katsuki says
"Too many than I'd like..." I say
"Sadly we're still struggling to restore law and order. So you'll need to us every last thing you know about All For One" Tsukauchi says
"W-We know nothing...He makes his request, and we obey...that's all" Aoyama's father says
"Clearly..." I think while glancing over to Aoyama
"Should we fail? He'll kill us. If we lie to him, we're dead" he says
"Kill you? How?" Tsukauchi asks
"He gave us a demonstration of what happens to those who defy him...It was some lackey who surrendered to the police. They were killed soon after leaving prison. So they couldn't escape him...Yuga had no way of knowing what would happen!! Each time he followed those orders! He only knew that he mustn't fall under suspicion! We're the ones to blame!!" His father exclaims
"Follows those orders to a T apparently" I think
"Your deaths...could very well have been on my head, and yet...I found myself smiling alongside you all. As if we were truly friends. Then we learned that Midoriya was once also quirkless. Yet he faces the crushing task of standing up to All For One. I despaired when I realized how pathetic I am compared to him" Aoyama says
"Tsk, must be even more pathetic when compared to me. Someone who's still quirkless" I think
"Rather than express concern for Midoriya, I wallowed in my own misery...which sent me spiraling even deeper. I'm rotten. To the core...I, Yuga Aoyama, am a villain through and through..." he says
"Then why did you try to save Kacchan, Tokoyami, and Ryuji?!" Izuku shouts
The three of us in question quietly look at Izuku.
"And that cheese you left me that night...Did All For One order you to do that too? Huh?! Of course not! I'm kicking myself for not realizing that that was your S.O.S to me! And the reason that you're balling your eyes out right now, clearly isn't because you failed All For One! I happen to know a hero who was also manipulated by him. But even she didn't sell her soul to him! Her spirit was crushed, that's all!!" Izuku shouts
"I'm sure he's also getting manipulated by him..." I think while thinking of my old friend, Minato
"Doing something wrong doesn't make you a villain for the rest of your life!" He shouts
Izuku then reaches out his hand to Aoyama.
"Take my hand, Aoyama. You can still be a hero!" He shouts
"Maybe there is a way he could still do some good...He is connected to All For One after all" I think
"Not so fast, Midoriya. Sansa, go ahead and gag him" Tsukauchi says
The cat cop goes over to Aoyama and gags him.
"And no, there will be no hand holding. He's in police custody. Regardless of any extenuating circumstances, the fact remains that he conspired with All For One. Furthermore, we can't be sure that he's not booby-trapped like how Nagant. Until central hospital runs a full analysis, it's unwise to let the boy speak another word" Tsukauchi says
"Knowing All For One, that possibility is very high" I say
"Mr and Mrs Aoyama, why didn't you inform All For One about your raid in Kamino?" Tsukauchi asks
"We've never had a way to reach out to him, only when he came to us" Mrs.Aoyama says
"Probably so that he couldn't be tracked down incase you were caught" he says
"Detective Tsukauchi! We still can't find All For One. That's the current situation, right? They still get to make the opening move. That's why our side is calling up everybody we got, sheer numbers will give us a fighting chance" Izuku says
"I get it! If nothing else, maybe we can steer the way the villains join the fight!" Kaminari exclaims
It then suddenly clicks with me.
"In a messed up way, this could actually help us in our fight" I say
"Looking at it from another angle, as of now, there is only one person who could possibly device All For One" Yaoyorozu says as we all look at Aoyama
"Hold up! Slow your roll, kiddos. Jumping the gun much?! A crimes a crime. And I hate to say it, but you all are the biggest victims here. Can you really trust this guy now?" Present Mic asks
"That...is all in the past. The responsibility also
lies on us for not being able to perceive what lay in his heart. Which is precisely why...when we witness our classmate in despair, our urge is to reach out to him as friends. To allow him to take our hand. Because that is the only way we can once again...make him our equal. Our peer" Iida says
"The crap I went though cause of him...Five good blasts of my howitzer should make us even" Katsuki threatens
"A little extreme don'tcha think?" Sero asks
"Not even a little. The stuff I went through when I was kidnapped is something I wouldn't want anyone else to go through. And all I want to do right now is just beat Aoyama till his tear ducts don't work...But I'm not a child anymore, if Aoyama is our best bet in order to help bring back the piece, then I've got no choice but to accept that and put my trust in him" I say
"The two of us will definitely get back at the League for having the stones to kidnap us" Katsuki says to me
"Let's bring 'em hell" I smirk
"Aoyama, you thought you were helpless against All For One, yeah? That's why you obeyed! But things have changed! You tried to get your folks to put an end to this bad deal, didn'tcha?! That's right! When we went to grab Midoriya off the streets, did a single one of us give him crap for being quirkless at one point?! Do any of us put Takashi down or look down upon him for being quirkless?! No! Aoyama, we can still be strong together!!" Kirishima shouts
"Settle down...Sorry to break up the excitement, but in terms of Aoyama family cooperating with our search, they've already told us that All For One won't believe any lies. I understand how you feel, but let's keep a cool head about this" Tsukauchi says
"Midoriya, do you have a concrete plan in mind?" Mr.Aizawa asks from an iPad that Present Mic is holding
"Um...Not really" Izuku says
"Sheesh, didn't think so...Detective Tsukauchi, I didn't see through the ruse either, so I'm responsible too. That said, I feel the same way the kids do" he says
"Aizawa!!" Present Mic says
"Aoyama, I still have so intention of expelling you" he says
"That would be a dead giveaway that we found out about them if Aoyama was expelled" I think
"As class A's homeroom teacher, I have an idea. Detective, cover the Aoyama family's ears for a minute" he says
After all their ears are covered, Mr.Aizawa explains his plan to all of us.
"We'll need to inspect each and every location..." Present Mic says
"It all depends on him..." All Might says
"It certainly seems plausible" Principle Nezu says
"But will it work?" I say
"It may be worth a try...Sansa" Tsukauchi says
Sansa gathers all of the Aoyama's and starts escorting them away.
"I'd like to continue this back at HQ. The rest of you keep this in the strictest confidence. Got it?" Tsukauchi says
And with that, we all go back to our dorm house and all sit in the common area in silence for a moment.
"We'd better prepare..." Kirishima says, breaking the silence
"I must do something about my costume. Since it was torn to pieces" Iida says as he heads for the door
"Same here..." Izuku says as he walks with him
"This will work, yeah. This'll bring him down" Toru says with a newfound determination
"Yeah, it will" we all agree now all extremely angry and pissed off
(Use your imagination to think of a angry Ryuji ￣∀￣)
"I've gotta quickly finish my preparations, I'll meet you guys in a few moments. I'll be quick" I say
"I'll come with you, I've gotta talk to you about something real quick" Toru says
The two of us quickly head up to my room and once I'm in there I quickly get into my computers.
"Arvin, quick status report, I'm in a hurry" I say
"The All For One-Buster has been fully repaired with the backup arms you've provided as well as fully completed. And I ammore than pleased to inform you that project "Number one engineer" is practically completed. All that's left are some tests" he says
"Heh, All For One won't know what hit him" I say
Toru POV
"Ryuji...I wanted to talk to you about something" I say as I watch him look at things on his computer
"What's on your mind?" He asks
"It's just...I wanted to apologize for not being there for you...I feel awful for just yelling at you and leaving" I say
"Nah, you've got nothing to be sorry about. I actually needed something like that, along with some stern words from Arvin" he says
"And I'd do it again, sir" Arvin says
"Still...I just want to let you know that I do lov-" he cuts me off by putting a finger on my lips
"Hold those words, I don't deserve them yet. For now, let's just focus on the mission ahead. Besides, I've gotta have something to look forward too once we beat All For One and his lackeys" he says as he moves his hand away
"Then I look forward to saying those words to you again" I say
"Now then, let's go an meet back up with the others. I don't wanna keep 'em waiting" he says
Ryuji walks over to the wall where his suits come out of and as it opens, that same huge suit he brought when we were bringing Midoriya back to U.A comes out and opens up so that he can get inside.
"Woah...I didn't really notice it before, but that's quite big and scary" I say referring to his new suit
I walk over next to his suit as he grabs ahold of me.
"Heh, it's my most attractive feature" he jokes
He flies out the top of his sunroof and heads over to the rest of the class...
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That does it for this chapter. I hope you all enjoyed it and I'll see you all in the next one (: