The Emperor's Dragon

Investigation

There is a peculiar weight to the glare someone intangible has. Hisashi could feel it from Kurogiri's gold eyes.

"What is it?" All For One drawled. There was weight in Kurogiri's stare but it was the weight of annoyance, not the weight of something that has truly gone wrong. It was nice sometimes, to deal with annoyance and not the usual disasters his underlings brought to him.

"You might have told me," the misty man hissed.

"I did tell you," Hisashi countered.

"Only after I had to deal with Tomura's hands," Kurogiri retorted.

The first time Kurogiri had been protective towards Tomura, All For One had been surprised, until he realised this was exactly what he wanted. Tomura was a nascent plan, one that could go several ways. And at least one of those ways would require Kurogiri. If that plan failed, Kurogiri would return to him.

"He shouldn't have tried to disintegrate Izuku," Hisashi countered.

The other man didn't have much to say about that.

"Do you have any idea how difficult it is to bandage someone who disintegrates the wrappings?" Kurogiri grumbled.

Hisashi sighed. "Tomura should be thankful that his lesson in caution has come so early." He had heard all about the incident.

Izuku had said something about wanting to be a hero - he still hadn't grown out of that phase - but the comment irritated Tomura who reached out to touch him. Instead of taking his quirk, as Izuku had done previously, and had been told not to several times, Izuku had instead released a small gout of flame, burning Tomura's hand. It was a reasonably superficial burn and Kurogiri was more than skilled enough to treat it but it stung and would be itchy and irritating. Plus, Tomura could not hold his game controller.

That was probably what was annoying the other boy the most.

Kurogiri couldn't really refute All For One's statement. "It is a reasonable defence mechanism." It sounded like every word was dragged out from between clenched teeth.

"There, you see. Tomura get's a lesson and Izuku has a defence, all with one quirk." Hisashi already knew Kurogiri would not be pleased with the answer. He could tell that while the Warp Gate was annoyed with him for Izuku's quirk there was something else annoying the man.

"Tomura gets a lesson and Izuku has a defence," Kurogiri agreed. "But what about the mess?"

From his servant's tone, All For One knew this was the core of the matter. "Mess?" He queried. He hadn't heard about any mess.

"Izuku's birthday," Kurogiri began.

That had been yesterday, which explained why Hisashi hadn't heard about any mess yet. He had visited Izuku in the morning and later in the evening, when Izuku was sleepy. His son had been happy to see him. He wouldn't disappoint Izuku at this impressionable age, but he wasn't going to attend anything as infantile as a party. "Yes, it was his birthday yesterday," Hisashi commented. He'd been sorely tempted to give Izuku another quirk but Dr Garaki indicated that he would like Izuku to fully absorb Fire Breath to give him a baseline before another quirk was entered into the mix. As a result, All For One had simply spent the morning with his son analysing Quirks. They had even managed to get to a Hero fight. He hadn't enjoyed that, but Izuku had been thrilled, as if he'd arranged the fight just for him.

"And he was excited when he came for lunch," Kurogiri almost growled.

Hisashi had returned from spending time with Izuku in time to return him to Kurogiri for a late lunch. "He had just seen Saberwind fight," he provided the explanation.