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Ch. 26: U.A. Students

Aizawa sat in a holding cell within the U.A. school waiting for the police to arrive. He couldn't believe she lied to everyone, but the fact everyone believed her. His hands turned to fists growing angrier the more he thought about it.

He paced the small room until the sound of keys jingling about caught his attention. Nezu stood on a stood unlocking him from his cell.

"What are you doing? Aren't I the traitor?"

"It appears not," He sighed, "Nature has escaped."

"What? What happened?"

"According to Mic, she tricked him and handcuffed him to the sofa in the family room. I'm afraid she's going back to the league."

"What an idiot, did anyone try to stop her?"

"All Might went after her, but the circumstances are strange..."

"What do you mean?"

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Nezu and Aizawa sat in front of a computer screen with footage from several cameras upon it.

The angle first started with Tigris, transforming into an animal and pushing herself out of the family room. The more she transformed the more confused Aizawa became. She began taking out cameras which the views then switched to others. Her sized increased until she began a full-sized lung dragon. The last camera went out and the screen went black.

"What the hell was that?"

"That was Mother Nature."

"That thing wasn't her, it looked like some kind of —"

"Dragon?"

"It just doesn't make sense. She can only change into animals that exist and aren't extinct."

"Exactly, animals that exist, Eraser. As it seems, the ancient lung dragon is a thing of reality."

He crossed his arms, "Hmm, so that's what they want her for. What now?"

"We lure them out."

"And how the hell do we do that?"

"At the incident, they were after the children it seems. The next generation. I propose we suit up real heroes in UA attire, gym, or school. We'll have All Might lead them off on a field trip into the city."

"They'll never attack if they see All Might."

"Who says he'll be in his full form?"

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Tigris landed, out of breath, her body crashed onto the dirt. This was an area Dabi often took her to for training. He also trained her himself in his spare time.

It felt strange to her, not having her neck zapped for such a long period of time. She didn't realize right away, but hours had passed along before sunset came. She sat up in the dirt and looked around.

The league had to be looking for her, but as long as she was away from her friends they'd stay safe. Her fingers traced over the skin-tight collar. The only difference she could feel was the metal that moved like skin and her own warmth. Her fingers lightly picked at the edge that met her skin, a claw forming to find some point of release, and it did, but it was a stronghold and pulled her skin with it. It wasn't much but it was a start.

"Well well well. Look who I found." Dabi spoke.

"Dabi, you're here, oh thank god!"

"Huh?"

Tigris stood to her feet holding herself, "It took a while but they didn't follow me, no one did."

"What happened?"