The Emperor's Dragon

The Straw

Because he'd gone to bed early last night, Izuku woke up early and he realised he'd been going about everything all wrong. He'd fallen asleep thinking about the text message on his phone and if he should answer it. It was from an unknown number but looked to come from Tomura.

He didn't have to risk it though. The Doctor hadn't been captured, or rather if he had, then the authorities had kept that very, very quiet, so Izuku was more of the belief that the Doctor had gotten away. And even if he hadn't, the Doctor was a Doctor and he could pretend to be a patient when he contacted the Doctor. He was 16, that was still two years below adulthood, in the eyes of the law. Japan had lowered that age from 20 to 18 just before quirks had come into existence and had kept it at that all this time. Some people had argued it should be returned, or lowered but 18 was the age most countries had.

While that didn't mean much, it would mean so long as he wasn't using a quirk, and therefore subject to hero laws, he would be fine. Before he even got up he picked up his phone and texted the Doctor. He knew better than to wait for a reply. Doctor Garaki would either be working or asleep, and either way he wouldn't be necessarily near his phone. If he'd been working non-stop since the fight then he might have crashed into sleep.

This was one of the times where he had to be patient. As he was getting breakfast, and preparing his lunch for the day, Izuku thought about the story he should tell his classmates about... he needed some way of referring to that event.

'The Fight' didn't really appeal even if he knew that was what most of the world would probably come to call it. If he used that then... he really didn't want to use a term that would always be his dad lost 'The Fight'. Maybe it should be something like 'AMiaB'. Except... he couldn't exactly tell anyone else what that meant. All Might is a Bastard wasn't something people would appreciate. And then if he was pushed he'd have to say where the term originated and... Yeah, that couldn't be a public name.

CTSD, Consequences of Tomura's Stupid Decision just made him see red and... Most of the terms he wanted to use, he couldn't use in public. Izuku sighed. He was distracting himself. He'd just have to go with 'The Fight' and remind himself that it was only one round. He'd make sure his Dad won the next round, even if he had to fight himself.

So what would he tell his classmates? Something simple. Actually why was he thinking about this? He'd tell them he had a long talk with his mum and dad and felt a lot better this morning. End of story. He hadn't done that of course, but he wished he could have. It was better to leave it at that simple explanation.

And he didn't owe them an explanation anyway.

He shook his head and packed up his lunch before he looked over at the time. It was still early. Though... there was probably some homework he could do and Mei would be at school and he hadn't really had time for a good chat with her. If he was staying in school, for the moment, then it was best to get back to normal.

-ted-

Setsuna had just gotten into position when Mitei left his apartment block. The Principal hadn't told her his exact apartment, just the block and for her first mission, she figured she'd start early. She didn't think she'd be just in time.

How early did Management students start?

She shook her head. It didn't matter. She just had to keep track of him. She'd been aware of Mitei Chui since he competed in the Sport's Festival. After the Sport's Festival their entire class was aware of him! Aizawa had told them point blank that in his eyes, the Management Student had defeated most of them.

That had hurt. She'd made it through to the Cavalry Battle but... She shook her head. It had hurt her, but it had downright terrified some of the others in the class. It should have. They were- They meant well but they just seemed so unfocused. Except, when it counted, they did. It was a bit surprising but she liked her class.