The Emperor's Dragon

Love - For Beginners, Including Supervillains

Sir Nighteye looked down at his hand. He'd touched Toshinori earlier. It felt like he'd done this before. He had done this before. And all he'd gotten then was...

No. Things had to have changed.

Mirai didn't allow himself any further thought as he activated his quirk, plunging into visions of the future. He reached forward about a year or two though it was hard to be precise. Yagi was surrounded by teens wearing UA's uniform. A hero class, Sir Nighteye surmised. All Might didn't appear to pay particular attention to any specific child so he concluded that none of them were his successor. At least not yet. He would still be able to guide All Might to choose an appropriate one.

But that wasn't what Sir Nigtheye wanted to see. He skimmed through several visions, trying to hone in on one that he... he really wanted it to no longer be in the future but... With his vision in real time, sometimes it was hard to find the exact moment he wanted.

He only hoped in this case that he couldn't find the event because it no longer happened. He stretched forward more. All Might bowing to All For One's wife should not happen since the case was wrapped up and it was... embarrassing but at least Toshinori was alive. The second event was far more important.

He almost over shot it.

That was interesting. That was reassuring. He could not see past the death of the subject. The fact that he'd almost overshot that scene meant Toshinori survived. That was an improvement but he had to see what had happened to All For One.

Sir Nighteye focused and pulled back. The mission obviously involved other heroes, though he couldn't get too many details. There appeared to be UA student's involved. He didn't recognise the blond but this time, he did recognise the two toned hair of Endeavor's youngest child. He let his vision go past this, watching as All For One sent the other villains away and fought Yagi. The exchange was as he remembered it and Sir Nighteye jumped through the vision until he saw All Might punch All For One, sending him careening away.

He spun to face the area where the Dragon had appeared from.

The sidekick watched the debris even as his friend charged at All For One...

But nothing happened.

The debris didn't erupt. There was no green scaled Dragon lurking there.

He felt light with relief and shock. Something had changed. But, an old wariness entered Mirai. When he was younger, he thought he'd changed his visions but he hadn't. What he thought had happened at one time, actually happened at another time. It wasn't that he had delayed the inevitable, it was just that he had misinterpreted when the events happened.

He didn't think he'd done that here. How many times had his friend fought All For One in this debris but... He had to be sure.

Sir Nighteye looked back at the battle. The villain had managed to raise a defence and to fight back. He didn't appear quite as weak as last time, or maybe it was the knowledge that he did not have the Dragon on his side? Whatever it was, All For One managed to match All Might.

Almost.

All Might seemed to be stronger but Sir Nighteye knew how the villains of the world would view this battle. All For One was obviously injured, but he was holding his own against the Number One Hero. The image would be powerful that a man who was not in peak condition could stand toe to toe with All Might. It was not a good look for the strength of heroics.

He couldn't focus on that now. All Might and All For One continued to slog it out. The villain was aiming for All Might's left side and with every hit that connected blood poured from his mouth and steam from his shoulders but he held the form. Mirai hadn't been able to tell in his last vision if Toshinori had passed on One For All and this time, it seemed as if he hadn't but again, he wasn't completely sure. That type of detail was merely something he assumed.