"Don't get too worked up about this." Aizawa suggested, calming the interns down. "The Big Three, even Atsuhito in this case, are one thing. They're strong enough to hold their own out there with the pros. But the rest of you will be minimally involved." He explained, then turned his attention to the other first years. "Asui, Uraraka and Kirishima. You didn't volunteer for this, and you're not obligated to participate in this, it's your call."
Uraraka got up from her seat.
"Mr. Aiz- I mean, Eraserhead. After everything we've just heard, I can't imagine not helping out, sir!"
"Yeah, if you're gonna let us be apart of this, I'd like to help however I can!" Tsu added.
"The heroes asked you to be in that meeting." Said Amajiki. "I don't think they would've want you guys there if they didn't recognize your abilities. I mean... I've seen for myself that a first year can shine much brighter than me." He looked down.
"You're gonna have to let that go at some point, y'know." Hado suggested.
Kirishima punched his fists, hyped up.
"If I can use my power to help that that girl even a little, then count me in Eraser!"
"Heh, with a team like this, Chisaki won't even know what hit him." Kaito grinned, excited.
Aizawa nodded in agreement.
"As long as you all understand. Our scope here is limited for now. Our only goal is to rescue Eri, we won't step in further than that. Given the recent events, neither the police nor Nighteye believe the League of Villains and the Shie Hassaikai have formed a partnership, so the chances are relatively low that the League will be involved in the raid. But if turns out they're mistaken about that and the League does end up making an appearance, you guys are out."
"Understood sir!"
~~~
A few days after the meeting... everything seemed to have returned to normal back at U.A, but for Kaito and the others involved in the raid, it was far from it. The rest of the class could sense that they were different, even so, they couldn't talk about anything.
Kaito felt a mix between worry and pumped up for action. After the first classes, he met his classmates at the cafeteria. He was wandering off, thinking about what happened when one of them spoke up.
"Hello? Earth to Atsuhito." Kaminari called his attention, laughing. "Are you ok? You look a bit off."
"Hm? Oh... yeah. I'm fine. Just thinking about something." He resumed to eat his lunch.
"You've been acting strange lately." Observed Tokoyami. "Midoriya too."
"Midoriya?" Kaito glanced over his shoulder, Midoriya was at another table. "Maybe I should talk with him?" He thought.
"Hawks said that you won't be returning to the Work Study for a while."
"Yeah. I'll be working on something else for the meantime. Nothing too serious." Kaito explained. "So... how's your new move coming along?"
"Working on it." Tokoyami replied. "After watching the replay of my matches during the last round of the Sports Festival, it helped a lot."
"Did it?" Kaito was surprised. "Maybe I'll do the same."
Kaito noticed that throughout the day, Midoriya looked anxious, and worried, he decided not to talk with him at the school, so he waited for the nighttime back at the dormitories. Midoriya would train every day after school, so Kaito grabbed two drinks and went outside to meet his classmate.
They were sitting on the stairs right in front of the dormitory.
"So... it's been two days." Kaito spoke up. "It's too quiet. The tension is killing me."
"Y-you too?" Midoriya was surprised to hear that.
"Yep. Who wouldn't be?"
"I-I mean... you've always been able to keep your cool during stressful situations."
"That's not entirely true. I have feelings too Y'know? It's not because my quirk uses pressure that I'm immune to it." Kaito added comically. "Listen... when the time comes, and trust me it will, she's gonna need you to keep your head on your shoulders. Don't worry about what happened in the past, keep your mind on what will happen, we will save her. Your friends got your back." He gave Midoriya a reassuring smile. "You think All Might would be glooming over this?"
"O-of course not!"
"That's right! He would be like! 'AH HA HA! I AM HERE!"
The two started to imitate All Might's laugh, just having a bit of fun, something that was needed during a time like this.
"Thanks, Atsuhito... I really needed that."
"Don't mention it. Now come on... it's getting late."
Kaito did what Tokoyami suggested, and pulled up on his PC his fights during the Sports Festival, to his surprise, there were a lot of views and a bunch of encouraging comments, a lot of comments drooling over Todoroki for some reason too, but anyways.
He noticed that during his fight against Todoroki, he managed to escape his massive ice attack, breaking free from it, he pondered on that for a minute.
"I melted all that ice away? In a couple of seconds?"
Kaito then pulled up the finals fight, between Todoroki and Bakugo, even the explosion boy himself with his powerful explosive quirk took a minute to escape from the ice attack.
"I understand being able to melt the ice away... but this sudden boost of speed? Where'd that come from?" Kaito looked at the ceiling, thinking. "Maybe there's more to my quirk than I think? I would ask mom, but it's not like she uses as much as I do. That speed boost... looked almost like." He remembered of Midoriya using his full cowling. "I'm not using my quirk to it's fullest it seems... I'll talk with All Might and Midoriya, if there's someone who can teach me a thing or two about that it's those two."
Suddenly, his phone vibrated, indicating he recieved a message. Kaito picked it up to read, and guess what?
"They found her."
Kaito marched out of his room, being careful not to wake anyone up. He met the others downstairs, they all recieved the same message.
"Everyone's here?" He questioned, looking around. "Good."
"You got it too? Great." Said Kirishima.
"It's happening." Midoriya added.
The next morning, after a quick breakfast, they headed out, meeting Aizawa and the Big 3 on the way to the objective. A bullet train trip later they arrived at the police station where the preparations for the raid were taking place, needless to say, a bunch of pro heroes were already there.
Nighteye was in the middle of a briefing about the raid when they arrived.
"Huh? They're keeping this Eri girl at their stronghold?" Rock Lock questioned.
"And by stronghold you mean..." Added Fat Gum.
"The headquarters of the Hassaikai? Their leader's residence." Nighteye concluded.
"Huh? So you're telling me all that time we spent investigating was for nothing?"
"Not at all. We've gained plenty of new information as well." Nighteye clarified.
"How'd you confirmed she was there?"
Nighteye pulled out a pink, sparkly, glittery box.
"A member of the Hassaikai visited a nearby department store the other day. He purchased a toy favored by young girls."
"What?" Kaito question in disbelief. No way the guy just screwed up their plans by buying a toy.
"That's pretty sparkly." Rock Lock remarked.
"Listen! Maybe the guy just like sparkly stuff!" Fat Gum interjected.
"I was there when he made the purchase and overheard his conversation with the store clerk." Nighteye explained. "Using my quirk, I was able to look into his future and saw Eri."
"Huh... he really is All Might's sidekick after all." Said Kaito, impressed.
"Right!?" Midoriya agreed.
"We also worked with the police and already got a warrant to search the place!" Bubble Girl held up the warrant. "Next step is..."
"To barge in there!" Fat Gum enthusiastically completed.
"Aw man! That's my line!"
"Come on, Midoriya..." Mirio pulls his arms backwards, winding up for something. "We're all over this! Let's go rescue that girl! Take out some bad guys!" He moves his arms at incredibly high speeds, hyping himself up.
"Heh... Mirio's got the right idea." Kaito commented, watching the scene.
"YEAH!" Mirio yelled, raising his arm.
After that, the interns and the Big 3 headed out to put their hero costumes. Kaito checked his support items, everything was working just fine. He noticed Midoriya still looked a little nervous, but a lot better than before, he still patted his back, giving him a thumbs up.
"We got this." He said, Midoriya nodded in agreement.
Minutes later, they're ready to head out. The police officer in charge of the operation gave a quick briefing about the raid, passing along Intel about the Hassaikai's quirks, and giving a heads up about the territory that was mostly uncharted.
"Things are moving fast now, huh?" Kirishima observed.
"You're energetic considering how early it is." Said Amajiki.
"I'm getting nervous." Admitted Uraraka, looking around all the movement.
"No joke. First detective work, now we're working with the police? There's so much I don't know." Said Tsu.
"Right?" Added Hado. "So official."
"That's true..." Ryukyu joined them. "Schools don't always prepare you for investigations like this. It takes some time to adjust."
"All pros seem like really chill, huh? So brave!" Said Kirishima.
"Yeah..." Kaito agreed. He looked around for a second. "Not everyone is here, right?"
"I haven't seen Gran Torino around this morning." Commented Midoriya.
"Apparently, he won't be joining us today." Explained Nighteye.
"Tsukauchi has been keeping an eye on the League. According to him, looks like they're on the move. Fortunately we got plenty of heroes here, so we can afford to send Gran Torino."
"I see."
"Looks like you're gonna be our speed today, Atsuhito." Remarked Kirishima.
"Heh... I'll do what I can to match the old man's speed."
"Maybe we can take down the League and the Hassaikai at the same time!" Kirishima pointed out.
"Oh yeah! Let's go!" The three boys were hyped to go.
"Not yet..." Aizawa appeared. "I'm teaming up with Nighteye agency for this. Do you understand me?" He glared at Midoriya. "Do anything harsh and I'll send Atsuhito here to bring you back."
"I have my eye on you, Deku!" Kaito added.
"Now heroes..." The police officer called. "Things could get violent quickly out there. If you encounter even a hint of suspicious behavior or resistence, call for help immediately."
"Here, take this swordfish. Eat up." Fat Gum handed Amajiki a bag with swordfish snacks.
"You think I'll need it? Ok. Sure."
"Here, Steampunk." He handed Kaito a bottle of water.
"Huh? For me?"
"Kirishima said your quirk needs it to work properly."
Kaito looked at Kirishima, the Redhead replied with a thumbs up, grinning.
"Yeah. Thanks Fat Gum." He grabbed the water, saving it for later.
"We're up against gangsters who've avoided capture untill now." The officer continued. "It is imperative that each of you carry out your assignments and stay sharo in there." He saluted the heroes. "We will commence the operation at 08:30. Heroes, move out!"
They head out. On the way to the Hassaikai's base of operations, Eraserhead had a few instructions for them.
"Steampunk. Take the high ground. If any of them tries to escape, you know what to do."
"Copy that!" Kaito lowered his goggles, taking flight to a nearby building.
Kaito overlooked the operation from afar. The police was ready to enter the Hassaikai's stronghold. One of the cops went to ring the bell, unfortunately, out of nowhere, a giant arm punched him back along with the door. Fortunately, Midoriya and Aizawa were quick to help the police officers.
A tall, muscular villain appeared. He uses a plague doctor, mask covering his head. Wearing a black tank top, green jeans and massive gauntlets.
"What do you want?" He asked. "It's too early for visitors!" The villain goes for another punch.
Out of nowhere, Steampunk appeared, drop kicking his hand, redirecting his attack to the ground, saving a couple of officers.
"Woah, woah there, big fella! The sun's getting real low!" He said, pointing his palms to the villain, ready to attack.
"How do they already know we're here?" Rock Lock questioned.
"No time for questions, let's go!" Another of the pros got ready to fight, creating a blade with one of his hair strings.
"You're pretty fast. That's good. I'm waking up a little!" The villains arm that was already massive, grew some more! He got ready to attack!
"Oh crap..." Kaito looked around for a second, making sure nobody is in the villain's reach. He then blasted his steam to avoid the villains attack.
"Brace yourselves!" Ryukyu activated her quirk, becoming a massive dragon! Blocking the villains attack! "Listen to me! We shouldn't split up too many of our forces yet! The Ryukyu agency will take care of this villain! The rest of you go!" She ordered.
"You heard her!" Said Fat Gum. "Let's go!"
The raid begins.
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