The Emperor's Dragon

Coup This

"I'll find out who has fighting experience," Giran promised All For One. "Then I'll have them ready for you. Three at first?" he asked.

"We will work up from there," the Emperor of the Underworld agreed.

"Okay," Giran said into his phone before he sighed. "Sir?"

"What is it, Giran?" All For One asked.

"As you requested, I have collected the information you need about Shuyona. What do you want me to do with it?" He wasn't an information broker but he knew the value of information. Still, All For One had already paid for this information but hadn't requested it.

There were a few moments of silence as the man thought. "Keep it for the moment but give it to my son, when he asks," the most powerful villain in the world said.

Giran blinked, knowing that the gesture wouldn't be seen but he understood what the man was doing.

"Gigantomachia," the broker heard All For One speak to his bodyguard. "Remind Izuku if needed, when you think he is ready for that."

That just confirmed what Giran thought. It explained why the man had let his son hear his report on how he'd been found by All Might. The woman was on death row, even if she didn't know it, and while she might not be the kid's first kill, the broker suspected she'd be among the first.

Not that he cared. She should have considered the consequences of going against All For One. "Of course, Sir, I'll keep it," the broker told the man.

"When would you like those with fighting experience?" Giran asked, returning to their previous point.

"As soon as you've properly established their credentials, and price."

He nodded. That was normal. Those who could fight wouldn't be like those his highness had practiced taking quirks from. They would have to be in charge of their faculties. They would remember. "I'll see to it."

"Good," the Emperor of the Underworld said before the connection was cut.

Giran looked at the screen for a moment before he sighed. The man was abrupt, but he paid well and... He was one of those clients the broker knew wouldn't betray him. At least, probably not. It was a possibility with everyone but All For One wasn't a new villain. He was old and established. He knew what he was doing. There were never any regrets.

He had learned a lot, while being paid.

That was the best.

-ted-

Izuku looked at his phone contacts. He had a listing for Himiko there but no number. He looked, occasionally and had even written to her but had gotten no reply. Her parents probably threw out his letter.

Even so, it was her birthday today and he thought he should do something for it. She might not know it, but he would. He missed her. He liked Ochaco and Hitoshi but Himiko was his friend too! And he missed talking to her the way he did with Mei and Inasa.

Izuku sighed. As much as he missed her, there wasn't a lot he could do about it. Nothing that he hadn't already tried. And... He'd send her a joke. She wouldn't get it, but he'd at least know he thought of her and maybe, one day... he could send the backlog of messages.

There was, of course, absolutely no question as to the type of joke he'd send her, the question was which one. He'd gotten more lately, though some were of the same type. Izuku felt his lips quirk at that thought. Type... Blood type... Himiko would have laughed. He looked down at his phone and typed the joke.

Why did the vampire get fired from the blood bank?

Tradition said he had to wait for a response before he sent the punchline.