"I am afraid I have little to report back about Keigo. I haven't been able to approach him since he returned last month." Daisuke says, leaning against the telephone booth wall. The dark-skinned man watches the passerby's while he chats with his friend on the other-line.
"But is he well? I feel like I let him down as a father once more."
"No one said being a parent would be easy, my friend. I pulled a lot of strings to get him there, and I don't know if I can do it again, but you have my word that I will do my best to keep tabs on him. I owe it to you and Reiko.
"Thank you Daisuke. Your friendship is all I have ever expected from you, and you have more than delivered that. Sometimes I wish I was still the naive exchange student following you around. I still can't believe either of us survived that summer."
"Oh, come on, Chuck!" Daisuke laughs, "you were safe-ish."
"Not hardly!' Professor shouts through his belly laugh. "I have a few instances that beg to differ!"
"Touché, my friend, but we wouldn't be here without it, so I wouldn't take it back for the world. And you married my best friend, for crying out loud!"
Professor's belly laugh turns to hot tears as he remembers the warm sun that summer day when he met Reiko. Gold tips on her red feathers glimmer in the hot summer sun next to her windblown red hair.
"Sorry, Charles. I miss her too. The world was a better place with her in it. I will make sure Keigo is okay. We both owe it to her."
"Be safe and watch your back." Professor X says as they bid each other farewell. He sighs and hangs up the phone, the warmer June air brought with it promise of the summer that was to come their way soon.
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In what was once a storage room in the now dilapidated office building, Bakugo and Deku crouch behind a metal shelf filled with boxes. Since he returned, Hawks was thrown back into work like nothing happened. He hoped it would be a good distraction from his problems but....
"It's a team-up mission with the number two hero!" Deku exclaims, his green eyes glowing with excitement.
What would she do if she was here-? Hawks' thoughts are interrupted when Deku gets shoved into Hawks' left wing.
"I said give me space, dammit!" Bakugo screams at his classmate. Heads of a few goons whip it their direction. Feathers shoot off to make noise opposite of their location drawing the goons away from them.
Hawks puts a finger over his lips to remind the two students they're supposed to be in hiding. "So here's the plan. We have to work together or we're not going to beat him. He's fast, but I'm faster. Listen up."
As Hawks prepares Deku and Bakugo for the mission, the villains scamper about the place checking for heroes as they get ready to move their loot. He glances over his shoulder briefly then back at the two UA students before him as he debriefs them.
*****
Professor Xavier makes his way back to his study when the phone rings again.
"Hello? Who I am speaking with?"
"Hi is this Professor Charles Xavier?
This is Principle Nezu from UA."
"Yes, been awhile since last chatted. What can I do for you, Nezu?"
"Indeed it has. Well you see I calling to ask if any of your students are interested in a program we're doing involving one of our class I think it would be a good chance for those your students who are interested in hero work to come along with."
Professor X listens to Nezu explain the idea to him. He nods his head.
"Hmm. An Island assignment. That's quite an offer. Let me ask them and get back to you tomorrow morning."
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Flying Free: My Hero Evolution Wings of Change (X-Men/My hero crossover)
قصص عامةWhile out on patrol Hawks comes across group of strangers to himself. As he takes time to talk with them, little did they all know that their lives were now forever changed from that one fateful encounter.
