The Emperor's Dragon II

Half Time Break

"What's wrong with her Doctor?" Izuku asked frantically.

With Twice's clone copies causing a distraction, they'd gotten away easily. And one of the clone groups had flown out too, which had further confused the issue for the Police. It wouldn't be obvious that he'd flown away, though they'd suspect that. He'd dropped them in a quiet, suburban street before calling Kurogiri who'd warped them to Kyudai.

That was several hours ago and Himiko was still unconscious. She wasn't that weak and the wound wasn't that bad. The Doctor had patched it up and then said he had to run tests. Izuku had given him the gun with the other bullet.

"She's just sleeping now," the Doctor told him.

"But what is wrong?" Izuku demanded.

The Doctor turned his goggled eyes to him. "You should be able to sense it," he said before turning back to his screens.

Izuku stiffened. He didn't use Dragon's Hoard to see quirks around him all the time but when he took them or gave them back to someone then he did and he could see quirks as little points of light. Well, some of them were and some were spread out, through their owner. When he'd given back Gunhead's quirk, he'd been surrounded by clones of Twice and...

"No!" He objected. "They couldn't have!" He snarled.

"I knew about it," the Doctor said. "The Yakuza asked to see Dragon a couple of months back and I sent Yakuni to talk to them."

"You told me this already," Izuku reminded him. He hadn't been happy but it had explained why he hadn't seen the other man.

"He reported back that the Shie Hassaikai were working on some sort of blackmail scheme involving quirks."

"You said he was kidnapped!" Izuku reminded the man. He hadn't said anything about blackmail involving the removal of quirks! "You might have mentioned this earlier," Izuku growled.

"You weren't going after him then," Kyudai shook his head. "The Yakuza have some way of giving the quirk back after you pay the ransom," he said.

Izuku blinked. "So there's something to reverse this?" he whispered, feeling a burst of hope. He quashed it. He'd felt this before and he didn't want to rely on something that might not work out but-

"I believe so," the Doctor told him, turning around again.

Izuku glared at his goggles. He should have been told about this earlier but he knew there wasn't time to tell him everything. And if there was something which could reverse it then...

That bullet was meant for him. Himiko had saved him 'cos if he lost his quirks... He shuddered. Quirks weren't everything. They couldn't solve every problem. He knew that but for what he was doing, a quirk, his quirks, he needed them.

"Where are they?"

"Where are they?" the Doctor repeated.

"Where is Yakuni?" Izuku clarified. "He wasn't with the Yakuza," he added.

"Oh, they are somewhere in the city," Kyudai said casually.

"Anything more exact?" He pressed.

"I'll get the address," the Doctor promised.

"Now," Izuku said. "I need to get the cure and Yakuni before the Yakuza clear out."

The Doctor looked at him.

"The discussions were a failure," Izuku told him, from between gritted teeth. "I grabbed their quirks but there was a Police Raid too. The Yakuza will know their boss has been captured and probably blame me," he explained.