The Emperor's Dragon

Honour

Izu! I was a good girl!

Izuku smiled fondly at the text from Himiko. Now that he could talk to her again they were messaging frequently. You were? He asked. He knew she was doing something for Tomura but didn't know what. He hadn't asked.

I was! I saw someone with the pendant you gave me! And I left them, 'cos I knew you'd want that.

He looked at the message, reading it a few times before he understood it.

Himiko was doing something for Tomura, and that something had put her in contact with who? Mentally he ran through the list of people he'd given scales to.

Dad of course. Several actually. Gigantomachia too. He was debating giving one of Yakuni but hadn't. Hitoshi, Mei, Ochaco... It had to be Ochaco.

Ochaco was on a training camp. They were doing quirk exercises every day to strengthen their quirks and gain better control. It was the typical stuff for a hero course. Tomura had gone after one of the UA hero classes because All Might was there. Ochaco had been clear that All Might wasn't going on their camp so why would Tomura target them again?

Thank you! Izuku sent to Himiko. That does make me happy, he added as he thought. I think it was probably Ochaco. Do you remember Ochaco? He'd never managed to get a birthday with all of his friends there but for one of them, they had managed to phone Himiko. That was years back though.

No, but that doesn't matter! She knows you! Himiko sent back.

Izuku smiled at his phone. Himiko was such a good friend if she was prepared to do that, just because she knew he'd want it. Thank you, he sent again. You were very good! He knew better than to offer blood as a reward. That would give the wrong idea.

Did Tomura pay you? He added the question.

Yep! I got some really nice blood samples and cash!

He chuckled. He should have expected Himiko would have wanted blood as part of her payment but he had no idea what a really nice sample would be. He'd have to ask at another time. Given that Himiko had encountered Ochaco he really had to check on her and then... Maybe he'd message Tomura. Hopefully he'd say something. That's good! (* ^ ω ^) he sent back, before clicking to another chat.

Ochaco! Has anything happened? Izuku sent the message in the group chat. They had made a chat between all four of them - Ochaco, Hitoshi, himself and Mei. They didn't use it that often, given that they saw each other every day at school. He hadn't thought about adding Himiko simply because it had been so long since the others had spoken to her and Mei didn't even know her. It wasn't fair to do that until he'd introduced them all.

Ochaco was meant to be on a training camp but if Himiko had seen her then something has gone wrong.

He was thankful there was an almost immediate response and he waited on tender hooks as the dots blinked. Thankfully the phone told him it was Ochaco replying.

Villains attacked the camp, the text appeared. There were some injuries and we are back on campus, she added.

Are you okay? He typed immediately.

I'm okay, came the quick response.

Izuku didn't realise how worried he'd been until he read that. He felt the tension stream out of him when he read the words. That's good, he sent back but he could see dots that indicated Hitoshi was writing.

Why are you still on campus? Hitoshi asked.

Izuku blinked at the question. It was a good question. If villains had attacked the camp, if Tomura had attacked the camp then it would be okay to go home.