The Emperor's Dragon

Domestic Abuse

Sir Nighteye nodded at All Might's assistant, Hisha, as he carried the folder past the woman. Hisha was the Number One Hero's assistant but really she was nothing more than a glorified secretary. She made sure that the appropriate paperwork was done, pre-filing out what she could and ensuring that Yagi was aware of the due dates of the bits she couldn't complete. The one thing that made Hisha special was that she had access to All Might's digital signature.

Without that, she'd just be another employee, probably checking contracts for merchandise. Despite it being almost six year since the battle with All For One, Mirai wasn't sure if Hisha knew Toshinori was injured. And if she did, he didn't know if she knew how bad it was. He suspected she did, because he also suspected she was on the Commission's payroll as well.

But... better the devil you know. He'd never put much effort into finding out and even if he did know for sure, then it really meant nothing. He'd still keep her because that was for the best. Not knowing kept him sharp though. It made him ensure that when they were talking about confidential items, they were actually speaking confidentially and that there were no unseen listeners.

Which actually made it somewhat absurd that he was going to discuss this in All Might's office but it was one of the most secure in the building, after his own.

Hisha nodded and made no move to stop him so Mirai showed himself into the office.

All Might was in his powered down form on a vid call. He glanced up as Sir Nighteye entered before looking back to his screen. "I'll call you back Chiyo," he said, giving the other Hero a nod.

"Before the end of the day," her imperious voice sounded from the speaker.

All Might smiled and nodded again as the call was disconnected. His blue eyes turned towards Mirai and fell on the folder he was carrying. He seemed to recognise what one it was.

"The case is finished?" the Number One hero asked.

"It is," Mirai told him, coming forward and placing the folder on Yagi's desk.

Toshinori reached out and opened it, taking out the photo of Izuku that was near the front. He sighed as he looked at the boy.

"What was the outcome?" Blue eyes speared back to him.

Mirai sighed. He really didn't want to discuss it but he knew he had to. "We told her," he said.

"You told her?" All Might seemed genuinely surprised.

"You thought it would go to court?" Sir Nighteye countered, trying to keep any accusation out of his tone.

"I thought the Commission was fairly adamant about not releasing the information," Toshinori told him.

"They were but, we've already discussed this," he reminded the Number One Hero.

Toshinori nodded. They had discussed it at length and he still believed that All For One was behind the case, in some way. Not in bringing it initially, that was all Inko but in funding it. His old friend sighed. "I don't disagree with you," Yagi admitted. "But-" he looked back at the photo of Izuku. Inko stood behind her son, with one hand on his shoulder. The hand on his other shoulder was All For One's. "If we forget the innocents, then we are no better than him," he said.

It was startling to hear Yagi admit that and it was a good opening.

Mirai acknowledged the statement with a nod. "We will never know if I made the right call," he admitted. "Not without having All For One around to question," he added, in a lame attempt to make a joke.

He wanted to talk to Yagi today, not fight, so he would have to give something here.

"He wouldn't answer... Or rather, he'd only answer if he thought it would cause pain," Toshinori said.