Aftermath

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The Guild of Gamers: The Tamer

Chapter 07: Aftermath

Waking up, I immediately realise that I'm gonna need to be careful with the power I got from Shaymin, because if just the Cleansing Heal was enough to knock me out, I don't want to think about what bringing someone back from the dead would do to me.

"Oh, you woke up?" Yu asks, her voice making me sit up slowly as I look around in confusion. This isn't the hospital wing or my room, and I spot her sitting at a vanity station. "I didn't know where your room was, and Recovery Girl is still busy thanks to the Kaiju attack, so I brought you to my room. Guess it's your lucky day."

"Heh, guess it is," I say, giving her a long look. She's changed out of the casual clothes she was wearing before into a much more revealing purple nightie, almost completely transparent as it leaves most of her creamy white skin exposed, only really covering her frankly massive breasts, and even then it's only partial coverage.

A lot of cleavage is on display, and while the nightie does go more opaque at her breasts I can see a hint of nipple. It only reaches her upper thigh, leaving some very long legs exposed.

She's wearing a matching purple thong, completely visible thanks to how see-through her nightie is, and both of them look a size too small on the tall woman as she smirks at me.

"It's already very late, you might as well spend the night," Yu says with a sultry smile.

"Makes sense to me," I say, making no move to get out of her bed as she moves forwards, turning off the light and joining me.

She fidgets for a moment as she gets comfortable, her nightie tossed aside as her practically naked body presses up against mine.

At some point she stripped me to my boxers, so there's not much separating us as I feel her breasts pressing against my chest.

"You know, I'm a very vain person, I'm not really proud of it but it's true," Yu whispers, making me chuckle.

"With looks like yours, who wouldn't be vain? Modesty is for people with nothing to be proud of," I scoff, making her giggle at my blunt words.

Seriously though, fuck modesty. That's a life lesson from Uncle Shiro, and as he would happily tell you, he's always right.

"True, though many heroes would disagree," Yu agrees, her hand snaking down my chest and into my boxers, slender fingers grasping my manhood. "So when that stupid turtle left me with scars even Recovery Girl couldn't fix, it hurt more than the wounds themselves, and then you just casually fixed them with a wave of your hand."

"Not exactly casually, I did knock myself out in the process," I say, making her giggle again.

"Very true, which means I certainly owe you for your sacrifice," Yu teases, kissing me gently. "Don't get the wrong idea, I'm not as easy as Midnight, this is just… some gratitude, for both healing me and killing one of those bastard Kaijus, heroes deserve to be rewarded after all."

With that said, she slips under the quilt entirely as I feel my boxers be pulled down, her lips immediately engulfing my cock as she starts to bob her head slowly, the quilt moving with her movements.

Pulling the quilt off her, she smiles up at me as she rewards me, pink eyes locked with mine as she worships my cock, her tongue writhing against my shaft as she vacuums her cheeks.

It's almost unfair to say, but she might actually be better at giving head than Midnight, but I get the feeling that Midnight prefers to be the one receiving oral.

With the quilt thrown aside, I've got a perfect view of her almost naked backside, supple buttocks on display as she speeds up, taking my dick to the base, her lips pressing against my crotch for a moment as she deepthroats my cock.

Pulling back, she smirks up at me as she moves up and wraps her massive breasts around my cock, now lubricated by her saliva as she starts to bounce her chest.

"I saw you staring at my giant tits, don't worry, everyone does," Yu teases, pushing her breasts together, the pillowy mounds engulfing my cock entirely. "My outfit got torn during the fight, and half the comments were about my boobs, not the fact that I wrestled a Kaiju and won," she says with a laugh.

"Half the comments on this fight are about how cute Shaymin is, instead of the fact she brought back the dead," I counter, making her snort in laughter.

"Fair enough," Yu says, still bouncing her chest as she smirks up at me.

Pulling back, she maneuvers us both so she's laid beneath me as I kneel over her stomach, my cock trapped between the valley of her breasts as she pushes them together.

"Go on, fuck them," Yu encourages as I start to thrust, humping her chest as my cock slides between her somewhat-lubricated cleavage.

Pistoning between her impossibly soft breasts, I grunt as she leans down to kiss the tip as it barely peeks out between them.

"That's it, hero, use my fat titties, paint my face and tits with your seed," Yu whispers, and I have to say dad was right.

Being the hero does get you laid, which I think is the only reason he ever does anything good.

I can feel my balls start to churn, my cock twitching as it prepares to blow my load, and I don't see a reason to try and extend this as I let out a grunt of satisfaction, thrusting between her tits one more time as I cum.

Most of it gets trapped between her massive mammaries, coating her tits with my seed, but some escapes the pillowy prison and splatter across her waiting face, making her grin up at me.

Being the hero isn't bad at all.

Sighing, I move back as she looks down at her cumstained chest, wiping some of the cum off her face and licking her finger clean lazily.

"Guess I need another shower," Yu says as she stands up, stretching with a grin as she walks towards the bathroom with a sway to her hips. "Well, are you coming or not?"

I don't need a second invitation as I join her in the shower, making her smirk at me.

"I'm not fucking you, not tonight at least" Yu says as I enter the shower, the hot water pouring down on us. It's actually pretty unusual for me to have to look up at someone but Yu is tall even when she isn't using her quirk. "My pussy is off-limits, so is my ass before you get any ideas," she says teasingly as she pushes me against the wall, dropping to her knees.

"For tonight at least?" I ask, repeating her words back to her as she laughs, even as she nuzzles my rapidly rehardening cock.

"For tonight," Yu agrees, kissing my shaft. "Like I said online, if you can beat Gameciel, I'll become your personal heroic harem girl, and you can use and abuse me however you want, but for now you'll have to settle for this," Yu says, and before I can reply she takes me back into her mouth, swiftly taking my entire length between her soft pouty lips as she presses her lips against my crotch, staring up at me in lust and amusement.

That fucking turtle is living on borrowed time.

— Next Morning —

Waking up next to Yu, I reluctantly sit up with a groan. I'm not exactly a morning person, and the comfort of cuddling against a very hot woman makes getting out of bed much harder.

"Mhmm, morning," Yu groans, sounding equally dissatisfied at the arrival of the morning. "You grope in your sleep by the way."

"It's instinct from having such a sexy body pressed against me," I say easily, watching her get up, jiggling in all the right places as she giggles.

"Ah, I suppose it's my fault then," Yu says teasingly, bending over an unnecessary amount to open a drawer, pushing her ass out towards me. "What are you planning for today?"

"I want to go train with my team, but given what happened yesterday I'm probably gonna get bothered all day instead," I sigh, making her laugh.

"You played a massive part in the death of a Kaiju, and unlike the last Kaiju death, which was a complete disaster, barely anyone died. You're probably the most popular man in the world at the moment," Yu says, and despite her attempts to hide it, I do sense some jealousy in her tone as she gets dressed. "Half the world is going to want to talk to you."

I suppose I overshadowed her own debut, and she does seem like she's pretty obsessed with her own image.

I don't necessarily mind that, she's clearly powerful and who cares if her reason for getting strong is fame or glory, as long as you are trying to get strong.

"Wonderful, how do I get them to fuck off," I say simply, making her snort at my blunt tone.

"I'm afraid it isn't that easy, the more you try to avoid your newly adoring public, the more enticing you'll seem, or they'll just turn on you," Yu says in amusement, making me scoff.

Tch, I just want to fight monsters, get strong and get laid, why do I have to care about PR?

"You know, there's heroes out there that would sell their soul for your newfound fame, who have worked for years, even decades, and not managed to get a fraction of what you got on your first battle," Yu points out, watching me sigh in annoyance.

"At least I've shown off what my monsters can do, I was kinda worried that a bunch of dumbasses would pick a fight with me over me using the enemy," I scoff, making her laugh.

"You were worried?" Yu asks disbelievingly, as I chuckle at being called out.

"Okay I was kinda looking forward to it but I wasn't looking forward to people whining at me after I kicked their asses," I admit as I dress myself.

"Fair enough, the only whining I get is when I destroy a little too much when I'm using my Quirk," Yu says with a sigh.

"You turn into a giant, right?" I ask, remembering the videos I saw. "I can see why that would be a little destructive, but who gives a shit about a little property damage in the grand scheme of things?"

"Yup, but I can only go to my max size, no in between. It's a bit of a problem to be honest, too many situations where I can't grow and without that I'm just a well-trained woman with no other powers," Yu admits with a strange tone to her voice, and I immediately see where this is going.

She wants a monster.

"And having one of my monsters would give you that versatility in battle," I add, making her freeze as she turns back to me, raising an eyebrow even as she looks a tiny bit nervous.

"You gave one to Midnight, right?" Yu says, not denying my point.

"Is that why you jumped into bed with me?" I ask, somewhat amused as she appears genuinely annoyed and insulted at the question.

"No, that was because you're hot and I wanted to thank you, I'm not dumb enough to think that just sucking you off would get me a monster, you'd have half the heroines in the world lining up outside U.A. if it was that easy, plus some of the heroes," Yu says defensively. "Plus, if I thought that would work I'd have actually slept with you, but I'm not that easy or cheap."

"Fair enough, my bad," I say, genuinely believing her.

"I was going to ask how the whole lending monsters to other people thing works, but I know I'm just one in a long line of people who want a monster after your showing yesterday," Yu admits as she finishes dressing.

"True, but as one Kaiju fighting badass to another I might be convinced to let you skip the queue, when I start loaning them out properly. So far I've only given Midnight one as a test, I don't have enough monsters to be giving them away at the moment anyway," I explain, watching her brighten up at my words.

"Totally get that, now that I'm healed I want to make some public appearances anyway, can't have them thinking the bastard turtle took me down for too long," Yu says, smiling at me as she grabs a piece of paper and a pen, writing something down. "I'm gonna go get my clean bill of health from the docs, but I'll definitely see you around. My number, give me a call sometime."

Taking the paper and my phone, I (not so) quickly enter it and send her a quick message so I can save her details and she can save mine, noticing that I have quite a few messages myself

"Will do, but it looks like I've gotta face the music," I chuckle, seeing a message from Nezu.

"I'd wish you luck, but I'm pretty sure you'll be fine. Just try not to punch any reporters and you should be okay," Yu jokes, making me pause.

Those are the annoying guys with the cameras that tried rushing me after the fight, right? If that's the case I probably won't be fine.

"I'll try my best," I say, making no promises.

— Momo Yaoyorozu —

Kaito had killed a Kaiju.

Her Kaito, maths-hating Kaito, who hadn't been started at U.A. yet, had killed a fucking Kaiju.

Sure, people were already saying that 'Teostra' was a weaker Kaiju, but weaker or not it was still a Kaiju that was doing serious damage until Kaito arrived, until he analysed its weaknesses and alerted everyone to the fact that the flames from Endeavour and his team were only making things worse (she didn't blame Endeavour like many people did, they were the only heroes there at the start and it wasn't like they could just abandon the city even if they had known from the start.)

It was just logical that Endeavour couldn't actually be blamed for fighting the Kaiju that was attacking his home. Maybe, just maybe, the old crush she might have had on the former Number 2 hero might be influencing her thoughts, but she wouldn't admit that out-loud.

Kaito analysed the horrific beast, his combat monsters turned the tide, he joined search and rescue and was credited for saving dozens of lives, and then his adorable flower hedgehog brought back the dead.

The hedgehog, Shaymin, that she'd already made a life-sized plushie of. Her power was useful like that.

She also had a massive Blue bean bag, a Primeape poster and maybe a Kaito bodypillow but she wouldn't be admitting that to anyone either.

But this has led to a slight problem, because Kaito was a face basically everyone had seen recently, he was on pretty much every news channel and newspaper, not to mention online, which means her parents had seen him.

Her parents, who already knew of him because they'd found out about her tutoring a new student, and that the student had helped her with those older boys after their leader tried to press charges.

It got laughed at of course but her name being brought up meant that her family found out and her mother had already been teasing her about her knight in shining tank top.

The teasing had gone from slightly embarrassing to far more serious because her father had already implied that he'd be happy to have Kaito as a son-in-law, encouraging her to get close to the Symbol of Victory who would definitely be a top ten hero in the future.

The Symbol of Victory, a title up there with All Might's Symbol of Peace, and he was only around her age. It felt almost wrong to say but she honestly believed Kaito would be the next number one hero if he continued this way, dethroning All Might from his long held position.

They were supposed to be meeting later today, but that probably wasn't going to be happening today, or maybe ever again.

He wouldn't need her anymore, a celebrity like that could definitely get a better tutor, assuming he was even still going to U.A.

He was probably going be out on some elite anti-Kaiju squad and-

Her phone vibrated, making her jump, shaking her head as she picked it up.

'Not gonna be able to make it today, stuck dealing with some shit. You still on for this weekend?'

The first part of the message confirmed her doubts before she paused, reading the end.

'You still want to meet for tutoring?'

She hoped it didn't read as desperate as it sounded in her head, she didn't have many friends and genuinely enjoyed their little sessions together.

'Yeah?'

His simple response (which took longer than hers, was she replying too quickly?) sounded like he was stating the obvious, she could almost see the look on his face asking 'why would you ask something so obvious.'

'Won't you be busy now that you're a Kaiju Slayer? I don't mind if you want to get a professional tutor instead.'

She absolutely minded and she knew it.

'Turns out killing a Kaiju doesn't make you magically better at maths, and I still need to know this shit. Why would I want a different tutor? I have you.'

She definitely wasn't blushing, hugging the Kaito body pillow to her face at his blunt statement. Honestly what did she expect, she knew Kaito, why did she think he'd suddenly change because of this?

'Then yes, I'm definitely ready for Sunday. Don't worry, there's no maths involved this time.'

She made sure to have days where they studied things that didn't involve maths, Kaito really didn't like maths especially when letters got involved.

Pausing, she typed out a second message before he could reply.

'By the way, my parents want to meet you. My mother wants to thank you for your help with those thugs before, would you like to have our next session at my house?'

She wasn't naive enough to not recognise that she was crushing on Kaito and was definitely lining herself up for some heavy teasing from her mother.

'Sure, works for me. See you Sunday then?'

And of course Kaito just casually accepted, unconcerned with the idea of meeting her parents, but then what was Kaito concerned with?

'Definitely! Looking forward to it.'

On a whim, she sent him a selfie of her smiling at the camera, just a tiny hint of cleavage on display thanks to her silk pyjama top not quite fitting as well as it once did.

Of course, she forgot who she was dealing with as she got her response.

Kaito, clearly fresh out of the shower, sent a selfie back (probably his first given how confused he looked, which was cute).

He'd obviously accidentally messed with some settings because the picture was poorly taken, but that didn't stop her cheeks from growing red at the sight of him, still wet and topless, probably naked just below the camera angle, his perfectly sculpted muscles glistening with droplets of water.

It was both incredibly alluring and somehow endearing, the poor quality of the picture reminding her that Kaiju slayer or not, Symbol of Victory or not, Kaito wasn't this perfect figure, he still needed her help and she'd happily give it to him.

But first she had to remake her body pillow, she got some of the proportions slightly wrong.

An angry howl made her pause, glancing towards her computer where a stream was playing.

Ah, Primeape had started a fight with… a large rock. Naturally the entire chat was filled with comments like 'Monke Punch!' Or 'Monke Gang'.

The Ape-ppreciaters were a strange breed. She was more of a Cult of Shaymin girl herself (even if she wished they'd take the cult part less literally, she had a plushie but some of them had an entire shrine dedicated to the hedgehog).

Shaymin herself was frolicking through the flower fields that she had in her enclosure, occasionally rolling around and getting more flowers stuck into her fur, just generally being utterly adorable.

Blue was underwater, occasionally absorbing the entire pool of water only to blast it into the air, he did that sometimes.

Caterpie was… swinging around the trees with its string spray, doing flips and tricks as it swung and let go at the perfect time to go flying into the air, before catching itself at the last second in an amazing show of skill.

Caterpie was an odd one, whenever Kaito was on screen Caterpie acted like… well a caterpillar, slowly moving around and eating leafs.

Then he left and it immediately started a circus act/training regimen.

Shaking her head, she moved to her closet, it was a little early but she wanted to make sure she had a nice outfit picked for Sunday.

— Kaito —

Walking through the school building, I pause as a system notification pops up in front of me mid-step.

Congratulations on your first Kaiju battle, ending in a slain Kaiju no less!

Teostra was on the weaker side of Kaijus (thank whatever God you want that Lunastra didn't join him) but it would have still burnt the city to the ground and killed Endeavour. Go you!

A little delayed, but I'll take it. Lunastra, huh? That's not ominous at all.

As a reward for a successful Kaiju battle, you have been granted a reward set. Please choose from the following.

[Personal Empowerment]

[Monster Empowerment]

[Ally Empowerment]

Ally? That wasn't their last time.

By granting [Ekans] to Nemuri Kayama, you have shown a willingness to share power (you'd be surprised how rarely this comes up), and unlocked a new skill set.

Ah, that makes sense.

And why am I not surprised that it's rare amongst the guild? Heh, some things never change.

Out of curiosity, I'll take Ally Empowerment since it's new and I like new things, plus it should help with this whole hero thing I'm currently doing.

Perk Added

[Quirky Monsters (Lesser)]

When a monster is granted to a Quirk-user, they will gain access to a weaker version of their new master's Quirk.

[Quirk Manipulation (Lesser)]

You have gained the ability to modify Quirks, altering them for better or for worse. When touching a Quirk-user you can alter their Quirk in a variety of ways that depend on what the original Quirk was capable of.

This has a considerable cooldown, preventing you from changing the same power in quick succession.

Huh.

Well, I guess I'm about to be in even higher demand.

Upgrading Quirks?

Fuck it, same rules as monsters, I'll do it for people who I think deserve it, I'm not handing out free power-ups to just anyone.

If they don't like it they can kiss my ass, my Kaiju-slaying ass.

Not that I feel like a Kaiju Slayer, Blue and Primeape did the work while I wandered around and played search and rescue, I'm not gonna feel like I deserve that title until I end or tame one of the fuckers with my own two hands.

And I will, you can count on that.

Shaking my head, I enter Nezu's office without knocking, he asked me to come here anyway so I'm expected, and the… what is he?

The lil dude just waves me inside, teacup in his tiny hand.

"Ah, Kaito, come in and take a seat." Nezu says cheerfully, Nemuri giving me a wave from her own seat.

Ekans is wrapped around her arm contentedly, making me smile. I can see Ekans is happy with its new master.

That doesn't stop it from slithering over to me, licking my cheek as it hisses, making me nod at it. I don't understand my monsters perfectly, it's not like I hear words in my head, but I get the gist of what they're trying to tell me.

"Ekans started hissing just before you arrived, but I couldn't work out what it was trying to say," Nemuri says, making me nod as I scratch under Ekans' head.

"Yeah, I know buddy," I say, before turning to her. "Ekans noticed a slight change in its abilities, my power evolved and now… well it'll be easier to show you, what do you say Ekans, feel up to it?" I ask, making Ekans straighten up and open its mouth, spraying a small but familiar violet mist out.

"Wait, that's my Quirk," Nemuri says, her eyes widening as Ekans closes its mouth and slithers back over to her.

"Yup, once I assign a monster to a Quirk-user, the monster gains a lesser version of its master's quirk, neat huh?" I say, seeing the shock in their faces.

"Very neat indeed. Does your power evolve often?" Nezu asks, making me shrug.

"It depends on the situation, if I just lay around all day then nothing will change. I'm pretty sure this boost came from taking part against the Kaiju. It's weird, I know," I say, shrugging. I don't see a point in trying to lie, that's for the other smooth-talking silver-tongued Guild members who can't say good morning without lying twice. "Beyond that, I got the ability to modify Quirks, which is cool."

— Nezu —

"I'm sorry, could you repeat that?" Nezu asked, taking a sip of his tea as he stared at Kaito.

"I got the power to modify quirks? Not used it yet obviously, but I have an understanding of my powers," Kaito said easily, uncaring of his incredibly bold claim.

And yet, he believed Kaito. It was a simple truth that children often had Quirks similar to their parents after all, but what was All for One's endgame?

"And how do you believe it works?" Nezu asked calmly, not showing his deeper thoughts.

"I need physical contact with someone, and then I can modify their power in different ways depending on what the power originally did. I know I can make Quirks better or worse, but like I said I hadn't used it yet so I don't know much else," Kaito admitted, making him nod.

"And this is permanent?" Nezu asked, watching as Kaito paused before nodding. For a brief moment Kaito seemed to be focusing on something that wasn't there.

"Nemuri, would you mind?" Nezu asked, seeing Midnight pause for a second before she smiled softly.

"Of course, I trust Kaito," Midnight said simply, before smirking. "And it's not like we haven't had plenty of physical contact," she continued lasciviously, but he'd worked with Nemuri too long to be put off by her lewd tone.

"Kaito, I take it you don't mind?" Nezu asked, normally he wouldn't rush testing like this but he had a good grasp of how Kaito worked, he wouldn't want to upgrade people he didn't know, that he didn't think deserved a power-up. "This sounds like something I need to see in action."

Nemuri obviously held Kaito's affections, which was a useful thing for them.

"Sure," Kaito said, reaching forwards and touching Nemuri's cheek. "I can make the gas more potent, make it so it works on skin contact instead of needing to be breathed in, give you control of the gas or make it so you can make different types of gas instead of just sleep gas, your choice."

"How about all of them?" Nemuri joked, barely managing to hide her shock at Kaito's reply.

"Sure, just as soon as the cool-down wears off. Once I make a change I can't change the same Quirk again for a while, and I don't know how long that actually is. I think the bigger the change, the longer the wait," Kaito replied, making Nemuri freeze at his answer.

"I- oh," Nemuri said, and 'Oh' was a very good way of expressing his own feelings towards that revelation.

If All for One had his hands on this, they'd have lost already (even if the cool-down was years). It could make any Quirk into a truly deadly weapon with only time.

His theory of Kaito's parentage was making less sense, there was no way All for One would send Kaito into their arms with such a weapon unless he was missing something truly massive.

Was Kaito a trap? A Trojan horse? Even if he was, they couldn't send him away after his showing yesterday and while Nezu knew he wasn't infallible, he genuinely believed that Kaito was being honest with them.

Kaito wasn't some master of deception, he was a teenage boy who loved fighting and training his monsters, Nezu genuinely believed that.

"They all sound good… what type of gases would I be able to make," Midnight said after a long pause.

"I think that's going to be up to you, working with it to develop different gases, that's the biggest of the changes, I feel like it comes with some kind of energising gas but it's vague," Kaito admitted, making her pause. "The others are easy, that one is going to require some effort on your part."

"Well, I've never been afraid of a little hard work, but it would also have the longest 'cooldown'," Nemuri said mostly to herself. "How about the control, that would make using any gases I can make later much less situational," Nemuri finally said, and without a word Kaito acted.

A brief glow from where they were touching made Nemuri shiver, pleasure apparent on her face.

Without a word, she let some of her gas out and Nezu watched in deep thought as the gas shifted and swirled unnaturally, eventually making a heart shape before dispersing.

"About a month, roughly. That's how long it'll take until I can alter your Quirk again," Kaito said, showing more understanding of his power now that he'd used it.

"I'm going to ride you so hard," Nemuri said simply.

"Perhaps wait until you aren't in my office for that, can you use your power again on another Quirk?" Nezu asked simply, for once actually making Nemuri blush ever so slightly.

"Sure, want me to prove it?"

— Later —

"So, this works?" Yu asked, back in her Mt Lady costume.

Kaito picked her as the next test subject, he didn't use those words but Nezu found amusement in seeing humans as the test subjects for a change so he labelled her that in his head.

He didn't ask why Yu, he could smell the answer. Though he did believe that Kaito also respected the heroine, that was clear from the way they talked.

"It does, Kaito just proved that with me," Midnight said, in her own outfit as she made some shapes with her gas. It was pretty well known she used her fans to send the gas towards her targets, so this was a clear upgrade for anyone who knew her and Yu clearly did.

"Fuck it, show me your magic touch," Yu said, making Kaito grin.

"I did, last night, but I suppose if you want a repeat-"

"Once again, not in my office," Nezu said, watching Nemuri and Kaito laugh as Yu blushed slightly, Kaito moving forwards and touching her cheek.

"Oh, that tingles, is it supposed to tingle?"

Humans, how did they get anything done when their breeding season was 24/7?

"So, easy change is to give you some more control, which would let you decide how big you go instead of just having 'normal' and 'fucking massive', as well as let you change a single body part instead of the entire thing," Kaito said, making Yu's eyes widen. "I can also increase your strength and endurance, in both forms, let you shrink as well, or increase your max height even further."

"The control. The rest are nice but I'd like to be able to actually use my power in more situations," Yu said quickly, gasping as his hand glowed once more.

"Done, same as before, about a month or so," Kaito said again, making Nezu nod as he made some notes.

Yu grew, but thankfully for his office instead of shooting up and destroying his roof and furniture, she simply grew to around ten feet tall, kneeling to crouch slightly as Nezu nodded.

"Holy fuck… I'm going to-"

"Not in my office," Nezu interrupted, making Yu blush at his very blunt tone.

Humans.

— Later —

"So, I know I derailed things a little but what did you want again?" Kaito asked, as they sat in his office.

Yu and Nemuri had both gone to test their modified Quirks, though they'd already realised that Ekans could also control the gas it produced, and equally interestingly Nemuri could control the gas it produced as well.

"First, would you mind seeing what you could do to my Quirk? I'm curious to experience this myself," Nezu said.

At least now he's seen it in action twice with seemingly no downsides, having no guilt over using Midnight and Mt Lady as his test subjects.

Kaito paused before shrugging.

"Sure, you're cool enough for a- no seriously what are you?" Kaito asked as he approached, putting a hand in Nezu's head.

Naturally, he'd never tell.

"So, I can make it so you can focus and perceive everything in slow motion, allow you to have two parallel thought processes, or allow you to shift into a much larger beast form, you got an interesting one," Kaito said, making him chuckle.

"I believe I'll go for the first choice, that certainly sounds useful," Nezu said calmly, shivering as his fur stood on its ends at the strange sensation of Kaito changing something within him.

As Kaito went to pull back, Nezu watched as Kaito's hand moved at an incredibly slow speed, before he focused, and time returned to normal.

He focused again, switching his new power on and off in amusement.

He'd have to test his reactions while he was focusing, but his thought process remained the same speed even while he was experiencing time in slow motion.

Now if only he could experience time in fast forward, it'd make the endless meetings Kaito had caused him go by faster.

"How interesting, you have my thanks," Nezu said simply. "Now, the reason I wanted to speak to you before you once again threw conventional logic out of the window and piled work on my shoulders was about the consequences of yesterday," Nezu continued.

"Consequences, my least favourite word," Kaito muttered quietly.

"Indeed, however, in this case the consequences are my problem. Firstly, normally you'd have more time for this but given your reputation you'll need to pick a hero name immediately before the press pick one for you. Believe me, you don't want that," Nezu said warningly.

"Tamer, simple and easy to remember," Kaito replied.

"Your powers are a little more than just Taming," Nezu pointed out, making Kaito grin.

"And if anyone makes the mistake of underestimating me because of that, it's their funera- jail time?" Kaito corrected, remembering the whole 'don't kill people' thing.

"Very well, now already multiple companies are fighting for the right to make merchandise of you and your monsters, naturally you'll get a considerable cut from this. With your permission, I'll handle the negotiations for that," Nezu stated, pausing as Kaito nodded.

"Better than me doing it, thanks," Kaito laughed.

Somehow, he believed that. He had a feeling that Kaito's negotiation techniques would involve hanging people out of the window by their legs and shaking until the other person agreed to give him whatever he wanted.

"The press are also clamouring to get access to you, I can hold them off indefinitely but the public is fickle and I would suggest at least speaking in a press conference, it would also make it less likely that you'll be mobbed when you leave the U.A. grounds," Nezu explained, seeing Kaito sigh in annoyance.

"Ugh, fine. Set up a 'conference', but I'm not wearing a shirt," Kaito warned. "And I'll strangle anyone who brings a tie near me."

"Noted," Nezu agreed easily. "Now onto the part that will interest you more than PR, the world governments have made it clear that they want you to grow as fast as possible, frankly they want to pull you from U.A. entirely, but…"

"I'd have basically no freedom if I went along with whatever they've got planned," Kaito snorted. "I don't blame them, they're desperate, but frankly they can fuck right off."

"Indeed, staying at U.A. will allow you to live a fairly normal student life, however we are arranging a transport with the sole purpose of escorting you to dungeons and Kaiju fights. It's optional of course but somehow I doubt you'll have an issue with having far more access to dungeons and Kaijus than any other student," Nezu stated bluntly, making Kaito laugh.

"You're alright, Principal," Kaito replied simply, an excited grin on his face.

"Quite. You will require an escort when you go to dungeons, and while I assure you that you'll never find yourself unable to get an escort as we already have a long line of volunteers who are no doubt hoping to get a monster of their own, you can also invite people to come with you, frankly expect certain rules to be bent or even snapped for your sake," Nezu said plainly.

"The benefit of being the 'Symbol of Victory', huh?" Kaito asked, making him nod.

"And yet it comes with considerable expectations, people will expect you to fight in every Kaiju attack you can reasonably reach, and some will complain that you didn't attend the ones on the other side of the world that you could never possibly reach in time, and they'll expect you to perform just as admirably in every attack. You've set a very high bar for yourself, and while many of the experienced heroes understand that you might not be able to clear it every time-"

"The public is fickle, right? You know damn well I'm going to every battle I can reach, I'll do what I can, if I fail then so be it, they can cry at me all they like, I'm just gonna get up, train my ass off and get back into the fray," Kaito scoffed, making Nezu smile.

"Indeed. I'm curious, if you don't mind, what do you think of your new title?" Nezu asked.

"I think it's some bullshit, I didn't fight at all, Shaymin did the healing, Blue and Primeape did the fighting, but whatever. The world needs its symbols, right? I don't deserve it right now but I'll just have to earn it," Kaito said with determination clear on his face.

No, he truly didn't think Kaito was some trap sent to them by All for One, but too much about the parentage idea made sense for it to be discarded.

"I do believe you'll fit right in at U.A. A truly plus ultra attitude," Nezu praised, going over some other less important things with Kaito as his mind raced.

What was he missing?

What if All for One was his parent but he wasn't behind the monsters? The Symbol of Evil had been missing for a long time, since shortly after the first Kaiju attack shattered Tartarus, so where was he?

What if All for One had made Kaito as a weapon against the Kaijus and monsters? Even All for One wouldn't want the human race extinct or world to be destroyed, you couldn't rule a lifeless pile of rubble.

Produce the perfect weapon against the monsters through immense experimentation, then drop Kaito where the heroes would find him, and take him in.

Kaito's personality made it inevitable that he'd want to go to the Kaiju attacks, where his skills would be discovered.

As bizarre as it sounded, was All for One trying to save the world?

Of course if Kaito ever tamed a Kaiju, most governments would bend the knee to any demand he made, if All for One reappeared and tried to influence his son towards tyranny and evil…

It was essential that U.A. enkindle Kaito's heroic spirit while he was with them, that he built bonds deeper than blood while he was here because if Kaito turned villain…

Shuddering, he took a sip of his tea. He wouldn't allow All for One's (potential) scheme to succeed, Kaito would become a hero deserving of the title the public had given him.

— All for One —

"Tomura, calm down," All for One said, palming what remained of his face.

"But Master, it's not fair, he's broken and I don't know how to nerf him, he's got to be hacking," Tomura shouted down the phone. "The Symbol of Hope is supposed to die, there isn't supposed to be a second Symbol!"

"Tomura, everything is going according to plan. Pull yourself together and stop whining," All for One said, less patient than usual after having to listen to his successor whine for nearly three minutes.

Now, what did he mean by a second Symbol?

What the fuck had he missed?

— Mei Hatsume —

Monster bodies defied logic, anyone with a brain could tell that, and they gave her such wonderful ideas of what she could make with access to those parts.

But that came with some issues, to start with she'd have to hunt monsters who could kill her a hundred different ways, and more importantly monster parts disappeared shortly after the monster's death.

In almost every situation, except one apparently.

Kaito, the Symbol of Victory, claimed to be able to extract materials from his tamed monsters at the cost of some of their 'energy' (without hurting them in the process).

And he was going to U.A. where she'd be able to get a hold of him.

Symbol of Victory? More like Symbol of Innovation, the amount of babies she could make with access to his monster materials was astounding, countless ideas that would have been impossible with 'mundane' materials suddenly became possible.

So how was she supposed to wait a week or so for classes to start? When countless admirers and fans'd surround him? They'd get in the way of her work!

Sure, she'd probably get in trouble for breaking into U.A. but she'd tell them about the security flaw she exploited to get in and she was only here a little early so it was fine, right?!

Heading through the grounds, she headed towards where her spy- reconnaissance drone had spotted Kaito recently, avoiding teachers and other staff as she shook her head. They probably should be more alert anyway, it was rather disappointing really.

Naturally she wouldn't have long to convince Kaito before people showed up and interrupted her, so she had to choose her words carefully as she headed towards the room she suspected her new partner was in.

But that was fine, she was a wordsmith, she'd have him convinced before the teachers dragged her away to shout at her.

Opening the door, the large teen turned to her in curiosity as she approached him quickly.

"Hi, Kaito, I'm Mei. Let's make babies together!"

Okay, maybe wordsmith was an over-exaggeration but as he paused and looked her over, no doubt seeing the babies she'd brought with her and understanding her genius.

"Fuck it, sure," Kaito replied, making her beam happily. He knew something great when he saw it, none of that 'how did you get in here' or 'what are you talking about'. "When do you want to start?"

"Right now, obviously! You think I can wait to make babies- eep," Mei said, briefly confused as he grabbed her and bent her over a nearby table, before her eyes widened at the feeling of him gripping her trousers and panties and yanking them down to her knees, the cold air making her shiver as it hit her exposed backside and womanhood.

Oh right, there were two kinds of babies.

Perhaps she should have been more clear?

— Bonus Scene — Toshinori Yagi

"You're healed?! Izumi asked, shocked and clearly happy for him as he chuckled.

"Indeed, after years of searching for a cure, I found one, entirely by accident!" Toshinori said happily, posing heroically. "I was caught in the healing wave Shaymin did during the last Kaiju attack, due to dumb luck and good timing, and Shaymin healed my wound."

"Wait, should I give you One For All back then?" Izumi offered immediately, reaching up for her hair as he smiled softly.

He'd chosen well when he'd picked Izumi as his successor.

"No, regardless of my new condition, you are the new wielder for One For All, that hasn't changed," Toshinori said, patting her hair with a wide smile. "Besides, whatever Shaymin did had quite the effect, as the remnants of One For All are showing no sign of leaving me. I'd call it unbelievable but I watched people I know were dead stand up once more, so what is believable has changed considerably over the past couple of days."

The fact was they didn't know what Shaymin actually did, the abilities of monsters were unexplainable at the best of times, and while scientists had studied ground zero of the 'miracle wave', they had no real answer yet.

It reminded him of the stories of the first discovery of quirks, which changed the world completely.

Before, the monsters were always the enemy, the threat, Kaito had changed that and now people were asking what else they could be.

It was safe to say the monster researchers working with him would never have to worry about funding, after his showing at his unofficial debut.

He didn't have a hero name yet, he didn't even start at U.A. until next week, and yet he had more fame than some heroes who had been working hard for longer than Kaito had been alive.

Kaito would find himself the centre of an immense amount of attention, both good and bad.

People wanting his power, heroes, villains and governments alike, jealous heroes envious of Kaito sudden rise to fame, villains who saw him as a threat, obsessive fans (of which he was entirely too familiar with, sometimes they scared him more than All for One ever managed to) and a great many more types.

"So, what happens now?" Izumi asked, making him chuckle.

"I get to train you without frequently coughing up blood, but beyond that it means little for your training," Toshinori reassured her, what it did mean was that he didn't have to spend hours resting every day.

Now if only they had a clue how Shaymin had pulled this off, but Kaito barely understood how the very powerful (and cute) monster worked and he was leagues ahead of everyone else.

All he knew was that he owed that tiny hedgehog a lot, which made approaching and asking about the possibility of resurrecting Nana all the more daunting.