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Goose Attack
Well, at heart this is a comedy. I re-think most of my jokes, and sometimes I don't. I did not think long on this one, no one stopped me, and viola! All girls looking at Izuku's nine inches of justice, and calling dibbs on who gets to put moves on him. Also, chapters 18-20 WERE all filler chapters, of course, nothing much will happen. As for Iida and Ochako... Read on.

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I OWN NOTHING! I'M BUT A HOBO THAT SNEAKS INTO THE LIBRARY AND WAISTS TIME WRITING THIS INSTEAD OF WATCHING PORN!

"Hey there!" -regular dialogue
"Who is this guy again?" -inner thoughts
"I AM HERE!" -All Might muscle form
"Time limit is nearing!" -All Might muscle form inner thoughts

This chapter was edited by the wonderful editors at Epsi's Hoard. Thank you for your hard work!

Izuku honestly enjoyed his time with the Big Three. First, they checked around the new mall that opened up. Then they went for some BBQ, and Tamaki entertained them by suddenly changing his mouth into that of a cow, and scaring the crap out of Nejire, causing her to spit her water all over Izuku and Mirio. Mirio was fine, of course, even if he was shirtless for a second, while Izuku had to dry his shirt in the bathroom.

When he got back they paid and went to wander around town, with Tamaki managing to scare Nejire with mooing two more times, both resulting in her jumping on Izuku's back. After the second time, she refused to leave until Izuku promised he'd defend her from any cows, after which they argued who'd be left behind as a distraction in a cow apocalypse.

They were just about thinking about hitting a karaoke bar when Tamaki got a notification from Fat Gum, that he was needed. He also agreed to introduce the hero to Izuku, so he could ask some questions, albeit reluctantly. By now all were familiar with the muttering habit, and only Nejire could keep up with him in a conversation, once he got going. They decided to call it quits when Mirio was summoned by Nighteye for another training session. So that left Izuku, and Nejire, as they walked towards the train station.

"So, not flying away today?"

"Nah, I don't feel like it."

They walked onward in comfortable silence. It was nice, walking through the city together, and silently admiring its beauty. Before the silence was broken by the blue-haired ball of energy.

"Actually, would you mind if I show you something?"

"Um, sure."

"Ok. Get on my back please."

They slipped into a back alley, where Izuku grabbed onto her piggyback style before they slowly took off towards the low looming cloudy sky. Izuku was wondering if she wanted to show him a bird's perspective view of the city, but she kept going, straight up, and through the thick layer of clouds. And Izuku was at a loss for words.

The brilliant night sky opened up before him, with millions and millions of stars sparkling, unobstructed by the city lights. The moon was shining, not quite full, but not too far away either. And the absolute silence made him feel detached from the world and its problems. All that mattered was him and her, under the gaze of the universe.

"It's..."

"Incredible? Magical? Something that makes you want to smile and cry and yell and be silent?"

"Yes," she laughed, happy with his reaction.

"When I was first learning how to fly, there were times when I felt unmotivated. And on a very bad day, when the clouds were covering every inch of the sky, Ryukyu took me flying. It was nothing special, I've flown with her before. But then we passed the clouds, she showed me this. It was one of the true reasons she loved flying. This view was something only us two shared."

"So why show it to me?"

"Because you're my friend. And I've seen you try to be a better person, even if you still don't speak a lot about yourself. So maybe this will help motivate you as well."

Izuku was surprised by this. He avoided talking about himself because his classmates would just try to use that to hurt him more. But with Mirio, Tamaki, and Nejire, he really had a set of friends. Friends he could... Trust.

"What do you want to know?" Nejire smiled a little. She didn't want to screw this up, so she needed to be careful with what to ask.

"What is with your irrational hatred of bacon?"

"Oh."

"You don't have to answer-"

"No. it's alright. You showed me this, and I feel like you deserve at least one question." Izuku took a deep breath.

"As you already know, I'm quirkless. It's why my dad left my mom. But... He didn't leave immediately. Although he split his time between here and the U.S, when he was here, when we had breakfast, he would almost always eat bacon. Said the fat helped fuel his fire. And sometimes he'd give me slices when mom wasn't looking. He didn't go with us to the quirk doctor. And after mom told him, he left the very next day. I learned why he left when I overheard them talking on a phone. From then on, bacon lost all flavor for me."

Nejire didn't know what to say. She thought it was something silly like he ate too much of it and threw up or irrational fear of cholesterol. But...

"I'm sorry, Izuku."

"Don't be. He is gone, and will never return. He is much too busy leeching off my sister."

"You have a sister?"

"Yea. She's six years older than me, top American hero, Tornado of Terror." Nejire could just hear the admiration in his voice. His hero otaku persona shining through.

"You guys ever talk?" she could feel the cheerful mood drain from the air. Great job Nejire. You blew it.

"She doesn't even know I exist."

The awkwardest kind of silence fell between the two. Nejire slowly lowered them back on the ground, and they continued their trek in silence. At the station, they had to split, but Nejire did not want to leave things hanging like that.

"Izuku. Tomorrow, when you go to the internship, would you mind if I came along?"

Izuku wanted to say no. He really did. He already had it on the tip of his tongue. But... he was already holding enough grudges. So he should let go. Right?

"No. I wouldn't mind," he spoke with reluctance. And was rewarded with seared coronas, because of the sudden smile that illuminated the closed station.

"Great. I'll see you tomorrow then." She rushed to her train, throwing one last smile, and a wave at him before it departed. Izuku couldn't help but wave back, before heading over to his platform. Tomorrow was the start of internships. The day he'd meet one of the best pro heroes, Ryukyu. His otaku senses were flaring.

"Alright, you brats. You all have your costumes. After I call your name, come get your train pass." Aizawa looked dead on his feet. Who knew it would be so hard to escort a couple of teenagers toa train station. Luckily all he had to do was give out train passes and he'd be free! Well, he still had a brat to teach, but he could just give him exercise sets, and sleep in-between. He was a genius.

Ochako was worried about Iida. He had something dark in his eyes today, and he still avoided her. But she managed to see where his internship was. Hosu city. The last known location of the Hero Killer. She tried to say something, but Iida gave her a robotic farewell and walked towards his platform. She tried to think of something until she saw a familiar mop of green hair making its way towards the platform.

"Izuku!" She rushed after him, not noticing Tenya turning around and glaring at the greenette.

"She will say goodbye to him, while you get nothing."

"I don't have time for you." The Engine user turned back around and walked towards the train that would take him to his destination. The thoughts of revenge kept him going, even as his guilt at ignoring Ochako ate away at his sleep. No backing down. He would return honor to the name Ingenium.

"So, basically, if you and Ryukyu ever swing by Hosu, please check on Iida." Izuku was surprised. Uraraka came out of nowhere, explained that things have been tense between her and Iida, and asked him to check in on the guy. Nejire meanwhile had more important things on her mind.

"Who are you? How do you know Izuku? Is he your boyfriend? Who's Iida. Where are you interning?"

"Um... I should go. I got my own train to catch. talk to you later." Ochako rushed away from the flood of questions, leaving Nejire and Izuku in awkward silence. Luckily, awkward silence had a four times weakness against Nejire.

"So, what you wanna talk about?"

"I dunno."

"Wanna check this guy I'm meeting for coffee on Wednesday?"

"The one in a man-bun?"

"No, that guy was boring. I found this really funny ginger-" after boarding the train, they continued checking out Nejire's dating app, ate their bentos, and then she told him about the time Mirio ended up crashing the national news program. Apparently the villain sought refuge on the roof of the filming studio, and Mirio forgot that ceilings weren't as thick as the floor. He fell straight on the weather reporter, and then made a joke about raining men. Luckily the station didn't sue, but he caught hell for it from Nighteye. That reminded Izuku.

"Do you think Mirio is training too much these days?"

"Hum. Maybe. Why?"

"It's just that, yesterday was your off day, and yet he got called in for training anyway."

"Well, Nighteye was All Might's sidekick, maybe he wants to have Mirio as ready as possible to become the Symbol of Peace."

"You're probably right. How far away are we?"

"Another 5 minutes or so. Then it's a 10-minute walk from the station to the agency."

15 minutes later

"Wow."

"I know, right?"

Izuku saw the Dragon's Lair, Ryukyu agency before in pictures, and videos. They did not do it justice. In the middle of the skyscrapers and other tall buildings, there stood a castle-like building, complete with a drawbridge. As it lowered, the well-oiled chains were releasing eerie sounds, as if the gates of Hell itself were opening.

"Welcome, to the Dragon's Lair!" Nejire ushered him inside, to an inner yard of sorts, big enough to hold Ryukyu in her dragon form, with room to spare. Izuku looked around, trying to take it all in. Meanwhile, Nejire was looking up at the sky.

"Oh, look. It seems you're getting the show-off introductions."

"What is that?"

"You'll see."

Izuku startled from his pondering, by a roar that drew fear from the heart of most hardened criminals. He turned his gaze to the sky, to suddenly find himself gazing into the reptilian eyes of the creature from legends and fairy tales. The mighty beast circled her nest, creating strong winds that left Nejire's hair in wild disorder, while Izuku's was so messy, that it didn't look any worse than normal. When the heroine made her landing the ground shook, and Izuku could observe the shift from dragon to human, his eyes open wide in awe. Nejire clapped him on the shoulder and proudly spoke.

"Izuku Midoriya, meet Ryuko Tatsuma, better known as the no.9 top pro Hero, Ryukyu."

Toshinori was in the teacher's lounge, sweating bullets while staring into his phone. The caller was someone who he hasn't spoken to in months. It was his old teacher, Gran Torino. Knowing it wouldn't get any easier, he answered the phone.

"Good day, Torino-sense-"

"Don't try to butter me up, Toshi! Now, tell me why my offer to your successor was rejected?"

"Offer? You made an internship offer? To who?"

"That broccoli kind from the sports festival. Gotta say the lad is doing pretty great for himself, even if he has a no-good teacher."

"I'm not that bad though..."

"Please. I bet 5 boxes of Taiyaki that your advice included butt-clenching and yelling."

Yagi was hoping for the floor to open up and swallow him. His old teacher was right on the money. Hell, even Midoriya. Wait...

"Did you send an offer to Izuku Midoriya?"

"Yes, the broccoli kid."

"He's interning with Ryukyu."

"Scale Lady? How annoying. Thanks anyway, Toshi, I'll be on my way."

"On your way to whe- Hello?! Torino-sensei?"

Toshinori agonized over what to do next. And after reaching a conclusion, he did the smart thing. He worked on his teaching plan and tried to forget about everything that happened.

Mirio was drenched in sweat, as he repeated the drills Sir Nighteye designed for him. he had been running drills with minimal breaks. Phasing through the objects launched at him, smashing others with One for All, moving it around his body to different body parts, and then suddenly using Full Cowl to dodge a wall of projectiles from a random direction. He suddenly stumbled, his foot getting stuck into a stake on the floor he was supposed to phase through.

"Start again. From the beginning." Sir Nighteye was observing his student, the gleam of the lights reflecting in his glasses.

"Yes, sir!"

Mirio started the whole exercise again, while Nigteye's sidekick Bubble Girl observed with a concerned expression.

"Sir, isn't it enough?"

"No."

"But-"

"He can handle it. He MUST handle it. He will be the Symbol of Peace one day. This is nothing."

Bubble Girl stopped questioning her superior, but concern still showed on her face. Nighteye was known for his strictness, but this... This was another level. But Mirio did not complain. He took it all in stride, with a smile on his face.

"This is where you'll be staying. Your room is right next to mine. Isn't that great? We should totally morse code across the walls! Wait. Do you even know the morse code? I should teach you! A is-"

"Nejire, you don't even sleep here." Ryukyu's eyes showed sympathy for the poor greenette, likely having dealt with her fair share of Nejire over the years.

"But you're so boring! You always fly away home, and then I got nothing to do! Wait, now that Izuku is here we can totally have sleepovers without adult supervision! We're gonna watch movies, eat popcorn, gossip about guys, experiment- Wait, that's for sleepovers with Yuyu. What do guys do on sleepovers?"

"No idea. Never been to one."

Nejire gasped so hard, he got scared she'd explode like a big balloon. She did three loops in the air, to calm herself down from the outrage, and declared that she and Izuku would make up for all the years of sleepovers he missed. He was once again saved by the Dragon Heroine.

"Locking up your door at night aside, Midoriya. First, we will determine your skill level, then you and Nejire will go patrolling. Tomorrow we're gonna go see about helping track down the Hero Killer."

Nejire gave a mock salute, before flying to do whatever it is she did around here. Izuku quickly changed into his costume and met Ryukyu in the inner yard.

"Well then, no delays."

She quickly transformed into her dragon mode and roared aggressively at her intern. This caused Izuku to smirk, readying his stance.

"Bring it on, you overgrown gecko!"

AFTER EPIC FIGHT THAT TOOK BREATH AND CAUSED ORGASMS

The dragoness was slightly panting. And Izuku was standing, breathing normally. Safe to say none of the combatants were going all out, but Ryukyu was majorly impressed.

"I gotta say, Midoriya. You're pretty good."

"Thank you."

"I guess that clears that up. Go to the kitchen, you can use anything in the fridge that isn't labeled. Nejire did some shopping, I think she got something just for you."

Izuku nodded and headed towards the appointed way. The kitchen was very clean, with a blender, toaster oven, and a stove. Izuku looked around some cupboards, discovering some sandwich bread, and after opening a fridge, he saw a big pack of Canadian bacon, labeled with his name. Underneath, a sticky note from Nejire.

You have a good reason to like this. And it makes you, you. Hope you enjoy it. But I'm not eating any of it ;P

Izuku made himself some sandwiches, but, he didn't notice the smile that was dancing on his lips, the sandwiches being some of the best he ever had.

GUNHEAD HERO AGENCY

Uraraka was quite surprised by the hero's gentle demeanor, a polar opposite to his street reputation. But, she adapted quickly and took to combat exercises, and was taught some great evasion moves by the hero himself. In this scenario, Gunhead was the attacker, and she was supposed to execute a dodge, and redirect her opponent's force so they would lose their balance. But just before the hero charged, her mind flashed to Tenya and worried if he was alright.

Next thing she realized, there was a practice knife jabbed into her gut.

"What was that just now, Uravity? Your mind was so far away."

"O-oh. It was nothing, just thinking too much, that's all." Gunhead shot her a knowing stare.

"Is it a boy?" Her blush betrayed the truth, and the hero sighed, before sitting down, cross-legged.

"Wanna talk about it? It will help clear your mind." Ochako thought for a second, before nodding. She needed this, and the hero seemed like a good listener. Maybe he'd even have some advice. She sat down as well.

"Well, there's this boy in my class and..."

HOSU CITY

Tenya was already busy with observing the city while patrolling with Manual. He only paid half attention to the hero, who explained what they normally faced in a city and on patrols. The youngest member of the Iida family was wracking his brain for the spots where the Hero Hunter would stalk his victims. Manual soon noticed that and decided to confront him.

"I know why you're here, Iida." The teen stiffened his posture, trying to meet his mentor's gaze, but was prevented by his feeling of guilt.

"Don't get me wrong, we're happy to have you, but... Look. Stain took down many experienced and powerful Heroes, your brother among the strongest. Please trust the police and the pros to capture him." Iida looked down in shame.

"I apologize sensei! I will trust the police and other heroes on this matter. Just... Anger blinded me."

Manual was all too happy to console the teen and continue his explanation. But he was unaware of the conversation taking place inside his intern's head.

"See? No one thinks you're good enough. Not Uraraka, and not the heroes. Will you let them believe you are nothing?"

"No. I am Iida Tenya. No. I am Ingenium. I will prove them wrong. All of them. I will take Stain down myself. No matter the cost."

"WE will prove them wrong."

"That's right... We."

We are Legion, for we are many! Man, is Iida going off the deep end or what? Wonder what will happen... But yea. Almost one year since the first chapter has been published. For those who didn't know, I first posted a gag chapter, on April first. it was loads of fun. I hope to manage to prepare something for you for both anniversaries, but no promises. Also, you'll be pleased to hear, I am healthy, trapped in the house with my family, and we are all careful. I advise you caution as well and wish you all to stay healthy. Alright, I think that's about it. READ. REVIEW. Let me know what YOU think, and we'll read each other next time. NPGamer out.

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