My Hero Academia: Voyage Through Time

Chapter 19 - The Junkyard

Reporter: "Good evening, and thank you for tuning into TNC, home of Tokyo's most trusted news. We begin tonight's coverage with a live broadcast from outside of the Tokyo Tower, where the former #1 hero, All-Might, is expected to give a speech pertaining to the alleged robbery committed by UA High School student, Izuku Midoriya. Let's check in."

The broadcast switches from the reporter to the live view from the Tokyo Tower. A podium is set up with several microphones, and a few people are still adjusting lights and sound systems. After a few minutes, All-Might takes the stage and is met with applause. He waves to the people who are watching him, which is a decent crowd.

Izuku watches the broadcast on T.V. along with Uraraka, Iida, Kaminari, Tokoyami, and Todorkoki in the dorm commons.

After several seconds of applause, the crowd calms down and All-Might begins his speech.

"Hello people of Tokyo, it is truly a pleasure to be here in front of all of you wonderful people. But I must confess, I am here to give a statement regarding one of my students, Izuku Midoriya." All-Might says.

Izuku's heart drops at the sound of his name. Despite knowing All-Might was going to talk about him, it still shocked him to have his name on national television. Uraraka notices the change in Izuku's face, and pats his arm, as if to say 'it's cool!'.

Periodically, the flash of the reporter's cameras goes off, and the click and clacks of the camera shutters are definitely heard.

"As you all know, many news organizations and media sources reported that my student had robbed and assaulted a store vendor earlier this week. I am here to say that those reports are false."

The crowd murmurs and talks amongst themselves. A person in the crowd yelled out, "How can you be so sure?"

"Because, he was with me when the alleged attack took place. Anyone who knows Izuku would know that this is not something that he would do, it's not something he would do even if he was forced to. Midoriya is a hero, not a villain. Do not let your perceptions be swayed." All-Might says.

All-Might salutes to the crowd and waves, then turns and walks off the stage just as a flurry of reporters rushed the stage to ask questions. All-Might had vanished into the evening before the reporters could even finish their questions.

Midoriya breathes a sigh of relief, believing that now his name has been cleared up. A shred of doubt remained in Izuku's mind, however, that the public still didn't fully believe him. This doubt was erased when Uraraka put a hand on his shoulder, looked him in the eyes, and said, "It's alright now, Deku." Izuku smiled and hugged her.

At a junkyard in the outskirts of Tokyo, Tim and Kim conversate with the manager of the junkyard. Piles of old, rusty cars form hundreds of small 'towers' of scrap. The junkyard manager appears to be in his 50s or 60s, as evident with the large amount of grey hair on his head. He wears glasses and is carrying a clipboard, inspecting the 1981 Honda Ballade.

"Eh..you said it was a what..? Ballade?" the junkyard owner asks.

"Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's what I said," Tim says, shaking slightly since he doesn't have a pack of smokes on him.

The junkyard owner raises an eye, unsure as to what the hell is wrong with Tim. He looks back down to his clipboard and fills in a few more lines on a paper with his pen.

"Anyway.. I can give you $1,450 for it, but that's as high as I'll go."

Tim nods his head several times, then says "Yeah! That works!"

"Alrighty then, just sign right there on the dotted line and flip around to the bottom of the other page and check 'I accept,' then sign again." the junkyard manager says, handing Tim the clipboard.