The Emperor's Dragon

People Are Cruel

The tail end of summer was still hot so Izuku was thankful that he had managed to snag a place in the shade to sit at lunch. Ochaco was with him and they were waiting for Minato and Kazue to come from their class. They weren't in the same class this year, but that was okay, since they were all still at the same school.

Ochaco called to the others when they emerged from the building and they both hurried over.

"Izuku! Ochaco!" Minato greeted them.

Kazue nodded at them both as the two sat down. They all unpacked their lunches.

"And again, Little Dragon has a bento from Kurogiri!" Ochaco teased.

"It was so nice to meet him!" Kazue said. "Thank you for inviting me to your birthday!" She added.

"Yeah! It was great!" Minato said.

"The air-conditioning was divine!" Ochaco sighed as if it had been the most luxurious thing she'd experienced.

The others nodded.

Izuku grinned. "We'll turn it up next year!" He joked.

That got a giggle.

"Little Dragon, does Gigantomachia really work for your dad?" Ochaco asked.

"Yes, he's my dad's bodyguard," Izuku said.

As they were only six, none of them really knew what the word bodyguard meant and what it entailed.

"He's huge!"

"I think it has something to do with his quirk."

"What is his Quirk?" Kazue asked.

Izuku shook his head. "I don't know," he replied because he realised he didn't. He'd never actually written notes on Gigantomachia before, so he didn't know what the man's quirk was.

"It's gotta be something rock related," Minato said as he ate his sandwich.

Izuku nodded but there were so many rock related quirks. Which type did Gigantomachia have?

"And Kurogiri," Kazue said. "I don't think I've ever seen someone with a quirk like that!"

"He can create warp gates," Izuku said.

"Warp what?" Ochaco was confused.

"Warp gates," he confirmed. "Sometimes, instead of taking the train, or the car, we get Kurogiri to take us places," Izuku added.

"What?" Minato shared Ochaco's confusion.

"It's Kurogiri's quirk," Izuku said.

"Little Dragon, Kurogiri has a transport quirk?" Ochaco asked, eyes wide.

Izuku nodded.

"Do you have any idea how rare that is?"

He nodded again. Transport quirks were about as rare as healing quirks and anyone with one could do almost anything they wanted. "Dad says it's necessary," Izuku shrugged.

"You said Kurogiri takes care of Tomura?" Kazue asked.

"He does. That's what he does most days."

Kazue looked to Ochaco, and then to Minato and then the three of them shrugged.

"What?" Izuku demanded.

Minato and Kazue looked to Ochaco and the other girl sighed, realising she'd been nominated to be the one to tell Izuku. "Tomura wasn't very nice," she said softly.

"Oh." Izuku took a few breaths, taking the time to eat one of the grapes Kurogiri had decorated his bento with. "Tomura is like that," he said diplomatically.