The Emperor's Dragon II

Toxicity

On their ascension through Tartarus, they had let various prisoners go ahead of them, but Izuku admired how his father kept Toxic Chainsaw with them. It was subtle. A word here and there and the man was still with them when others from the Fifth level had gone ahead.

It was actually better that some went ahead. While Izuku didn't think that the guards would have organised any defence, not with the Nomu outside, it was possible some of the heroes had made it to the island. He didn't think it likely, given that last night was the Billboard but it was best to be prepared.

The first prisoners rushed out into the open and nothing happened. And then they went out, the sun was still high and Izuku was a bit surprised before he realised the underground environment of Tartarus gave a very deceptive impression of time.

Izuku looked around. He'd helped to level the buildings, but the Nomu had actually levelled the rubble. When he surveyed the landscape, it was flat. There were some piles of rubble, but they were only a metre high or so. Steel reinforcing stuck up in some areas and there were I-beams here and there. The prisoners were exclaiming at the change and were probably wondering how they could get off the island. He wasn't worried, though he could tell that Kurogiri and Twice had closed the warp gates. They would open them when he called.

He was pulling out his phone when he heard the shout. Since he'd been taken off guard by the explosion, Izuku was still on alert.

So was Gigantomachia and his father.

The attacker came in from above with a flying down kick.

Gigantomachia's huge arm flashed into place above them and the attacker hit it with a thunk that was beyond simply meaty. The attacker was quick to recover, dodging the grab Gigantomachia made, and actually using the arm they had hit as a platform to launch from.

'Machia snarled and all the Nomu became alert as the attacker landed, splayed legged with one hand resting on the ground and the other raised in a fist.

The moment of stillness gave Izuku the chance to identify them.

Mirko. The Rabbit Hero.

Her hair was actually still falling by her side, and she was sporting a massive grin. Her ears twitched. "Heh," she spat. "Bodyguard is better than I thought," she added.

Izuku pulled his phone from his pocket. Given it had been in his quirk pocket it was unscathed. "Himi," he said, tossing it to Himiko, who caught it clumsily. She wasn't expecting it. "Call Kurogiri, while I deal with this one?"

That caused Mirko to laugh. "I like the attitude brat, but you are going down. You are all going down," she announced.

Izuku shook his head and took up his own stance as people cleared away.

"I've yet to see you fight, my Dragon. This will be interesting," his father said as he took a step or so back.

"I won't keep you waiting long," he replied.

He could end this right now by ripping away Mirko's quirk but thus far he'd managed to keep the fact that he could take quirks from a distance a secret from the Heroes. He thought all the recording equipment was destroyed but there was no need to take chances.

Mirko charged. She was trying to get around him to get to Himiko. Izuku intercepted her. Right now... Himiko was actually the most vulnerable since she didn't have regeneration.

The rabbit dodged his punch and veered off. Izuku didn't give her a chance to recover. He swung again and missed. She was fast, which just meant he had to be faster. Though, when Mirko kicked him, Izuku realised he didn't have to catch her all the time. She'd have to attack him to get what she wanted.