The Emperor's Dragon II

Adding to the Hoard

Izuku looked at the quirk containers. He had already given Gigantomachia the holder containing All For One. The huge man had taken it gently and had sniffed it carefully and Izuku knew by the way Gigantomachia felt that he would guard it with his life. Then Izuku had looked through the container his Dad had put his other quirks in. Himiko's wasn't there.

She'd just shrugged and given him a smile, saying that the regeneration one was good for now. She'd said that but Izuku felt vaguely disappointed but he knew it was just a matter of time before Yakuni had a copy of Himiko's quirk ready for her.

Now he was looking at the quirks Yakuni had collected for him. They were a myriad of colours. There were at least twelve different quirks and from just looking Izuku couldn't tell what they were.

The others were watching, as was the Doctor, though Izuku could feel that the man was faintly annoyed. He was ignoring that. He was annoyed with the Doctor so turn about was fair play. "What is this?" Twice asked. "I can already see!"

"This is a quirk holder," Izuku explained. "It's something that can hold multiple quirks," he added.

"Before the Shie Hassaikai, I collected quirks for Dragon," Yakuni said. "These are the ones I got him."

From the corner of his eye he saw Mr Compress and Dabi nod. He couldn't actually see Whisper but he assumed she was around somewhere. She was good at remaining undetected, which was made easier by her quirk but was also something she had obviously practiced.

"What are they?" Izuku asked. "I can figure it out but-"

"It's easier if you can get some names?" Yakuni said, slightly mockingly.

"A bit," Izuku admitted, giving him a grin. He remembered that his dad hadn't told Yakuni what the quirk the young man had been given did at the time. They'd had to experiment until they'd figured it out.

"I'll give you some hints," Yakuni countered.

Izuku chuckled. That was fair. "Okay," he allowed. He could order Yakuni to tell him but that was no fun.

"There's two that will allow you to take advantage of one of the quirks you took from the UA students," the young man said.

Izuku thought about that for a few moments before he realised there was only one quirk it could be. "I'd better get it back then," he said.

"You gave it away?" Yakuni asked curiously.

"I had no need for it," Izuku shrugged. Iida's quirk was tied to his mutation and Izuku didn't have a use for that.

"Okay," Yakuni said, shaking his head slightly. "There are two quirks that your Dad wanted you to have," he continued with his hints.

Hearing that Izuku felt warm and he smiled. His dad was always looking out for him and preparing the way and... He'd almost destroyed his father's plans completely with one act. Izuku quickly reminded himself that, while he had killed Tomura, thus ruining his father's plans to heal himself, he now had two possible ways of healing his father. That had to count for something. And if Himiko could get her quirk back, then it would have cost him nothing but the time taken to meet with the Yakuza. "What are they?"

Yakuni grinned wide at him. "They fit with your theme, Dragon," he said happily, "though I admit one of them did land me in jail," he added.

"What?" Izuku demanded.

"I told you that!" Yakuni waved one hand, dismissing the matter. "Once the cops figured out I was quirkless, they gave me a slap on the wrist and let me go," he said. "But I had the genetic sample," he chuckled.