The remote slipped from Mina's fingers as she stared at the screen. She almost laughed. Surely what was on the screen was just one big joke.
"That's your boyfriend, right Mina?" Midnight commented, not believing her eyes.
"No...Not that's not..." The pink girl's words almost sounded amused. There were a million questions running in her mind. Primarily, how was HER MAN at Hosu?! And how does he always get into random situations like these?!
"Oh he better have a good explanation for this!" Midnight stifled a laugh, noticing the pink girl's eye was twitching.
"Ah, young love..."
...
"Well, I didn't expect that..." Meanwhile at the Ryomen household, Jin and Kaori stared at the screen. The camera was panning at their son, who just jumped down the strange creature wreaking havoc. Kaori buried her face onto her palms.
"He better have a good explanation prepared when he gets home..."
...
Back at Hosu, Sukuna watched as the heroes scrambled to evacuate the civilians to designated safe zones. The Normal Hero: Manual rushed towards him, almost breathless.
"You are the hero Iida's interning under, yes?" Sukuna inquired. Manual nodded in response, but Sukuna quickly sensed that something was amiss. Where was Iida? Shouldn't he be staying close with his mentor.
Just then, the walkie talkie, an item Momo had made before they went to the USJ(recap), one he always made sure to keep in his pocket started making noise. He took it out, staring at it as the voice from the other side started clearing up.
"Sukuna!" He heard Izuku's voice shout.
"Was that you that I just saw?" The green haired boy asked.
"Yes, I take it you're here too. Where are you—"
"I'm going after Iida! He ran off somewhere to find the Hero Killer!" Sukuna narrowed his eyes. Wow, shocker. Just then, Tokoyami flew over him.
"Sukuna, I see two more of those Nomu heading this way!" Tokoyami shouted.
"Can you handle him?" Sukuna spoke to the walkie talkie.
"Wha—"
"If you find Stain, can you handle him, Izuku? Yes or no? I'm in the middle of something urgent here." A silence followed.
"I'll try my best." He heard Izuku's serious voice reply to him. Sukuna ended the conversation before looking at Tokoyami. He was about to say something before Hawks appeared beside the gothic knight.
"Hold your horses, you two. You two are still interns, as such I can't in good faith allow both of you to step in. That was good show and all Sukuna, but you can leave it to the pros now." Hawks stated sternly. Sukuna narrowed his eyes.
"You're wasting time, Hawks. There's people out there in danger and all you can think about now is stupid laws? Where was this when you told me to fight the Juggernaut?"
"That was different, you were under my supervision back then."
"Well I seem to be doing just fine." Sukuna glanced back at the black Nomu. He then looked back at Hawks still staring at him.
Sukuna's gaze narrowed, his eyes piercing Hawks. "Intern or not, when I see someone in trouble, I will jump in, consequences be damned. Because unlike you, Hawks, I would rather be reprimanded than responsible." Hawks widened his eyes at his declaration. The staredown continued, before they heard another explosion not far from them.
Hawks turned around, watching as an inferno rose from a building with wide eyes.
"He's gone." He widened his eyes at Tokoyami's words. Turning around, he saw that the pink haired teen had already disappeared.
"Crap..."
How was he going to explain this to Madam President?
...
"Shit! It's getting away!" One of the pros shouted, watching as a winged Nomu flew away with one his comrades, grabbing him with the talons on its feet. Another hero tried throwing a stone spear he created at its head. The winged Nomu was faster than it, dodging the spear before flying off.
The two pros on the ground gasped, watching the Nomu's wings were suddenly shredded into pieces by an invisible force. They then felt a gust of wind blow past them from behind. A figure leaped towards the Nomu, grabbing the unconscious falling hero under his arm before landing on the ground.
Sukuna watched as the Nomu crashed onto the road, its wings destroyed courtesy of him. He looked as the two pros ran towards him.
"Get him to safety, rescue as many as you can." Sukuna muttered. They looked at each other, wondering if they should take orders from a child, before shrugging, deciding it was best to just go with the flow.
Sukuna watched them run away before turning his attention back onto the wingless Nomu, slowly getting back up.
"Oi brat, get out of the way."
Sukuna raised an eye before he turned his body to the side, letting a flame spear fly past him, as it pierced straight into the Nomu's brain. The Nomu didn't even make a sound as it fell on the ground with a thump.
"Look who came to steal the show." Sukuna had a sly smirk on as he glanced at Endeavor, then at Todoroki right behind him.
"You're late."
"And you're not supposed to be here." Endeavor replied, glaring down at him.
"Where is your mentor? Get back to him this instant."
"Don't you think we have better things to worry about?" Sukuna glanced to his right, noticing a pale green Nomu dashing towards them. Endeavor huffed, as fire crackled on his palm.
"Don't!" Endeavor hummed, glancing at the previous two heroes who were carrying their unconscious comrade.
"Our friend here blasted his laser quirk at him, but his attack got returned back to him! If you fire your attack, it'll just return it back and probably would hurt a lot of people." One of the heroes warned him. Endeavor looked around, noticing civilians near the area.
'Absorption and release? But it looks damaged, so it isn't a complete absorption—' Endeavor widened his eyes a little as the Nomu suddenly increased its muscle mass, cracking the ground below it as it ran towards them.
'So it has multiple Quirks like the one at the USJ—' Endeavor widened his eyes for the second time as Sukuna disappeared, before appearing high in the sky, dropping down towards the giant Nomu.
He stomped it on the head, slamming it headfirst onto the road, crushing its brain as its whole body then came crashing onto the asphalt, cratering it.
"There, problem solved." Sukuna muttered, glancing at Endeavor.
"I had it handled." Endeavor glared at the pink haired teen, his pride couldn't take it.
"You were taking too long. And didn't you hear what that guy said? Emitter Quirks aren't effective against this guy." Sukuna stepped off the Nomu.
Endeavor was about to say something, possibly wanting to argue with the teen, when they heard another giant bang across the street.
"Oh? Seems we're not done." Sukuna muttered. Without wasting another second, he, Endeavor and Todoroki rushed to the scene.
They arrived a moment later, noticing a bloodied man holding broken katanas lying on top of a destroyed car, groaning in pain. Sukuna glanced at the alleyway, watching as Izuku and a somewhat bloodied Iida walked out, faces serious as ever.
"Thank you, Midoriya, for making me realize my mistakes. I would like to apologize for being impulsive..." Iida whispered. Izuku only smiled and patted his shoulder. Iida smiled in return.
"The Hero Killer..." Endeavor muttered, looking down at the villain, all bloodied and bruised, not moving a single inch. He looked at Izuku and Iida.
"You two did this?" He asked before he turned around, looking at Stain slowly getting up, holding his broken katanas.
"Lookie here... another fake..." He growled out, as he released a malefic aura that froze Izuku, Iida and Todoroki. They didn't notice that a bunch of reporters swarmed the area, all recording Stain.
"Fakes like you... alongside criminals who sprinkle their power...for the sake of a just world, they all deserve to die! The word 'hero' must be restored!" He declared, as cameras flashed. Endeavor narrowed his eyes, raising his flaming hand. Stain laughed at him.
"What's wrong? Scared?" He taunted, before coughing uncontrollably. He looked up again, this time he noticed Sukuna staring down at him with his four crimson eyes.
"Wait... I know you..." A sick grin appeared on him as he stared more and more at Sukuna.
"You're the kid that brat keeps yapping about..." He was beginning to hallucinate. As he kept focusing on Sukuna, his image of the teen was replaced with a giant man with four arms, and a monstrous four eyed glared.
"I see... You truly are a demon in human form... A monster like you on their side... Justice is in good hands..."
He stood there, having finally fallen unconscious. They would learn later that the only reason he lost consciousness was because his lungs were perforated by a broken rib.
Sukuna stood there, staring at Stain with wide eyes and an unreadable expression, his mind repeating the villain's words that struck a little too deep.
Were his nightmares really not prophecy?
To be continued.....