The Heroes Council

In the spacious conference room, there was an oppressive silence, occasionally broken by the soft hum of the lamps. The panoramic windows offered a breathtaking view of the nighttime landscape of U.A. Academy. 

In the center of the room stood a massive oak table, illuminated by soft yet cold light, creating an atmosphere that blended warmth and tension. 

Around it sat all the heroes, who had just returned from an important mission a few minutes ago, except for All Might, who was busy saving people. Each of them sat in a comfortable chair, with coffee cups placed in front of them.

Among the attendees were Vlad King and Ectoplasm. Their faces reflected hints of confusion, as they were the only ones who had no idea why this secret meeting was called in the middle of the night. 

The only ones missing from the full faculty of the hero course at the Academy were Snipe, Cementoss, and the organizer of the meeting — the Academy's principal, Nezu. 

The tense silence continued, and even those who knew the purpose of the gathering avoided eye contact, recalling the events of the recent mission.

Suddenly, one of the attendees, Vlad King, broke the silence. He slightly pushed his chair back, creating a muffled sound that echoed off the walls of the room, and irritably crossed his arms over his chest.

"Maybe one of you will finally explain why we were woken up in the middle of the night, especially now, right before the academy opens for the first-year students? I just barely managed to go through that incredibly large pile of paperwork, reviewed all the applications from the new students, and finally fell asleep! And I only managed that after a few sleeping pills, which I practically spend my entire salary on!" 

A few pairs of eyes turned to him, but no one was in a hurry to answer. Ectoplasm, sitting nearby, only gave a slight nod, as if confirming that he, too, was curious about this question.

However, as always, he remained silent. His nature didn't lean towards unnecessary words — he usually preferred to observe rather than intervene unless he felt it was necessary. 

The tension was broken by Midnight. She slowly exhaled and glanced at the empty chair waiting for Nezu. 

"I think the reason is that the conclusion of our recent mission was... far from ideal, and something happened there..."

At that moment, Eraser Head intervened, interrupting her, frowning and noticeably leaning back in his chair. 

"The mission was a complete failure! It wasn't even close to ideal, Midnight! And all because of the main task Nezu gave us: 'inflict as few injuries as possible so we can turn them to our side'... and we almost got killed! Then, Kimika, who turned out to have some unknown psychotic demon living inside her, swore to kill us all! And the only thing that stopped her from doing so was All Might's involvement in the mission! Then, she did the unthinkable — she sent us into the past!"

The room was once again filled with silence, but this time it was not just tense, but grave. Everyone who had been on the mission recalled everything that had happened. 

It was especially difficult for Present Mic, who didn't even manage to understand how he got hit, a blow that nearly killed him. And as they told him, had Kimika struck just a little harder, he wouldn't be here. 

Recovery Girl also remembered those black claws, as deep as an abyss, that were only an inch away from her face, and those eyes… that looked at her with pure hatred, along with the deadly aura she seemed to feel once again, sending a shiver through her body.

And it was as if she had forgotten how to speak, silently wishing for the meeting to end as quickly as possible so she could go home. 

Ectoplasm and Vlad King tensed, realizing that the mission, carefully planned by the most brilliant being on the planet — Nezu, which involved three of their colleagues as well as All Might himself, had almost ended in tragedy. 

Suddenly, the door quietly opened, and Nezu's voice was heard as he entered, smiling.

"Well, well, it's not that bad, Aizawa. We managed to capture Toga, and thanks to the cameras on your suits, we obtained information on both Kimika's and this 'Hatred's' abilities, as well as a sample of her physical form." 

With him entered Cementoss and Snipe, who seemed to know much more about what would be discussed than anyone else present. They walked to the table and sat down, remaining silent. 

Nezu, maintaining his carefree expression, approached his chair, pressed a button under the table, and with a loud clank, the panoramic windows were sealed with steel plates, making it clear to everyone that this conversation was to be highly classified.

Seeing the silent understanding that everyone realized the importance of the information to be discussed, Nezu satisfiedly pressed another button, activating the projector. 

On the screen in front of everyone appeared a map of the city, with the theater — the site of their recent mission — clearly marked. The theater was circled with a black marker, and several colored zones extended around it. 

The red zone covered 1 mile from the theater, the yellow zone extended 3 miles, and the green zone reached 5 miles.

"This is the approximate area where Kimika is likely to be. Given her physical and emotional state after everything that happened, she couldn't have gone beyond this zone. Hound Dog is already actively searching for her in these areas, so, Aizawa, we still don't know how this mission exactly ended." 

Aizawa, though silent, visibly twisted his lips, and in his eyes, it was clear that he was filled with questions.

How could Nezu be so confident that Kimika was in a state where she couldn't leave these zones? They all returned to the past, finding themselves in the same condition they had arrived in—without a single wound, resilient, and not exhausted. Even the fact that they all remained in their original positions until Kimika sent them back in time raised even more questions. So why was she in a different place? Why wasn't she visible when they surveyed the area? And what was stopping her from leaving these zones? 

However, understanding that Nezu had likely already thought through these questions, Aizawa decided to keep them to himself for now. 

Nezu, noticing the expression on Aizawa's face, simply smiled. With strange calmness, as if nothing had happened, he mysteriously pulled out a cup of tea from who knows where and began sipping it slowly while advancing to the next slide.

On the screen appeared Kimika's silhouette in a standing position. The red lens markers focused on the large black horns, the open golden third eye, and the black eyes that shimmered with small glowing stones. The girl's hands were armed with black claws.

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Name: Kimika Tanaki 

Age: 14 

Danger Level: B+ -> A++ 

Quirk: Time Manipulation, Hatred 

Chance of joining the hero side: 74% (23% under Toga's influence, -100% considering Hatred) 

Partners and trusted individuals: Toga 

Hatred infection: 3%

Special Moves and Abilities: 

Kimika: 

• Enhanced regeneration, strength, and endurance

• Slowdown and Acceleration: Uses her left blue eye for slowing down and her right red eye for speeding up. When activated, each eye glows with its respective color, and everything that is slowed or accelerated also begins to glow in that color. 

• Inverse Eye Color: When needed, one eye takes on the color of the other, significantly enhancing the abilities of the acquired eye.

Upon selecting the future eye:

• Future Sight: Ability to see a few moments into the future.

Upon selecting the past eye:

• Unknown.

• Echo Strike: Freezing the effects of strikes, accumulating them, and then instantly releasing them for a single powerful blow. Effective against opponents with strong armored quirks.

• TIMEFREEZ: In a small radius around Kimika, an area of absolute deceleration is created, affecting everything within it. Weakness: When creating super-fast movement within the zone, the eye and horn may not withstand the pressure, which can lead to damage. Additional unconfirmed weakness: If there are a large number of objects requiring deceleration, it could result in overload and damage to the horns.

• Third Eye: Stops time for a few moments or rewinds time back. When using this eye, Kimika is covered in a golden glow and disappears, reappearing in another location, also surrounded by a golden glow. Theory: Requires a significant amount of energy to use.

Hatred (parasite/quirk):

• Physical form: A black substance with its own personality, female in gender, mentally unstable and sadistic. It desires to take control of Kimika's body.

• Control takeover: Hatred can take control of Kimika's body, though this process has only been demonstrated once, according to Hatred itself, achieving this is difficult. 

• Recoil: A ability that allows limbs and possibly objects to return to a previous state, regardless of their current condition, using the left eye.

• The Aura of Hatred: Hatred can amplify all negative emotions within a certain radius, weakening the emotional resilience and willpower of people. Its effectiveness depends on the strength of will of the targeted individuals.

• Inferno of Hatred: An enhanced version of The Aura of Hatred. It activates when Hatred's physical form enters the body. This ability is most effective against individuals with low emotional resilience. With weak emotional strength or depending on the amount of Hatred that enters the body, the person can become a berserker, controlled only by hatred and anger.

• Creation and regeneration: Hatred can create horns and, presumably, create or restore Kimika's eyes. It is also capable of growing claws over the fingernails.

Weaknesses:

• Attachment to Toga: Excessive trust and attachment to Toga causes Kimika to risk her own safety. In the event of Toga's capture, she may attempt to rescue her at any cost.

• Energy consumption of abilities: Using powerful techniques drains the horns. Exhaustion or damage to the horns can temporarily render them unusable for abilities.

• Vulnerability of the eyes: Damage or neutralization of the eyes deprives Kimika of the ability to use her quirk, leaving her defenseless.

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When the list of abilities granted by the girl's quirk appeared on the projector screen, every hero in the room literally froze in place. Their eyes widened, and some even nervously swallowed. The number of skills the girl possessed was staggering and almost unbelievable.

These were not just super moves or simple names of powerful strikes to intimidate the enemy... each of her abilities seemed like a separate quirk. 

Suddenly, when the tension reached its peak, everything was interrupted by a loud bang. The heroes even felt a sense of relief that someone had finally broken the silence — though they wouldn't admit it.

They all instinctively turned toward the source of the sound, momentarily losing themselves in the distraction, which was, in fact, welcome. It was exactly what they needed — for someone to finally voice all the questions and astonishment that were turbulently swirling in their minds. 

It was Vlad King. He sharply rose from his seat, slamming his hands on the table. His face twisted in shock and disbelief, and his eyes burned with intensity.

"This amount of abilities! That in itself is something extraordinary! But… one of her quirks — Time Control? It... It gives her three eyes… past, future, present… This is already on the edge of the incredible! And even more — the third eye allows her to travel through time? Is… is that even possible?"

He paused for a moment, rereading the list as if trying to make sure he wasn't imagining things, but after seeing the same thing again, he sighed heavily and continued:

"But… Well, this can be explained by the fact that children with unique quirks started being born in our time, and eventually, someone like her was bound to be born… BUT Hatred? That's a completely different story! It's not connected to time at all! And even more — it's alive and intelligent, like another person! Who, as it's written here, wants to take over her body!"

Despite all the emotional turmoil and facts presented by Vlad King, one of the heroes remained surprisingly calm. It was Ectoplasm, who kept his usual composure.

"In our time, there are already smart quirks. For example, one of the applicants — Fumikage Tokoyami with his Dark Shadow. He, as one of those who got in based on recommendations, can also be considered quite incredible, especially considering that at night his quirk becomes so strong that in moments of emotion, he might lose control over it."

Vlad King fell silent for a moment, contemplating what Ectoplasm had said. His gaze was focused, and his thoughts still swirled around the girl's incredible abilities. He immersed himself in thought for a few seconds, repeatedly reviewing the list of her abilities.

"Alright... Hatred can exist in our world as a quirk... But... she has two incredibly powerful quirks at once! Who are her parents? Are they some legendary heroes we've never even heard of? Or... is this girl born as a result of those crazy marriages where the goal is to create descendants with extraordinary quirks? Like, for example, one of the recommended students with fire and ice... No! This still doesn't fit into any logical framework!"

He paused, his eyes focused as he tried to find some logical connection. Suddenly, his gaze stopped on Nezu, whose face had formed a strange smirk, making him consider other possibilities.

All the options he had considered seemed unlikely. But suddenly, one option surfaced in his mind — the most realistic and at the same time, the most terrifying. The option he once heard whispered in alleyways, where rumors spread about certain criminals attempting to manipulate genetics and create "beings" based on the crossbreeding of quirks from different people.

And to confirm this theory, he even heard that recently, people with strong quirks had started disappearing all over their city and in the surrounding areas.

"Or... no, this can't be! Nezu, please don't tell me she's a genetically created human... an artificial product of some criminals?! If that's the case… we need to immediately find this place and destroy it completely! If they managed to create such a being once, the next one will be dozens of times stronger!" 

The subordinate's reasoning only made Nezu smile, and he calmly sipped his tea. He knew the girl was truly extraordinary, but nature always seeks balance and adds flaws, even to the strongest.

"Oh... no-no-no, what terrible things! Of course not... She's normal, a completely natural girl, with a normal family, the history of which I've already investigated, by the way. And aside from the fact that her grandparents are incredibly wealthy, and her grandfather is someone I know, I found some interesting information about her quirk..." 

He paused, giving himself time to clearly formulate the next part of the story, while also allowing the heroes to focus on his words.

"At first, it all began with the Tana family, who had the ability to manipulate the past... although in the early stages, this only manifested as a slight slowing of objects. But this was just the first manifestation of quirks in a world where they were extremely weak. At the same time, the Ki family also had a similar quirk, but one related to accelerating objects. These quirks were passed down from generation to generation, always preserved in one of the direct descendants... And then, after some time, these two families merged, forming several new families. However, only one family, the Tanaki family, managed to survive to this day, becoming the bearer of both quirks at once—and the only direct descendant was Kimika's mother, Yukiko, though in the form of being able to only accelerate or slow down objects.

Soon after, she married Takeshi, a renowned detective, and gave birth to Kimika, who inherited her quirk, which evolved into the now-known Time Control. And how interesting fate played out... Yukiko was the last descendant of these two families, the bearer of both quirks at once, since in Kimika they merged into a single powerful quirk, even giving her the ability to stop time... This process was completely natural and inevitable, without any special marriages or interference from criminals. So, as you can see, all of this fits entirely within the realm of possibility."

Without allowing anyone present to say a word, he immediately took the last sip of tea and continued, "But nature, as always, balances everything." 

He turned on the next slide, and everyone saw a slow-motion video of the moment when Kimika transported everyone back in time by a few minutes. 

Everyone who took part in the mission saw one thing they hadn't noticed during the time transfer: every single one of them, during the movement, glowed simultaneously with both golden and blue light, and it seemed as though one of Kimika's abilities—Recoil—was triggered on each of them.

But, on everyone... except Kimika herself. 

"She... She! Stayed in the same state!" — Midnight shouted, not believing her eyes. 

Nezu smiled, placing his tea cup on the table and pressing a hidden button. Even though all the heroes were watching him, waiting for an answer.

In the next moment, before the heroes' eyes, the cup vanished, and in its place appeared a new one, full of tea. Taking it in his hands, he took a sip, and with a smile, turned off the projector.

"Here's the answer to your questions, Aizawa. And right now, she's probably lying unconscious somewhere in one of these zones, and her wounds are likely bleeding, which will make Hound Dog find her by her scent. So, we just need to wait. And if he doesn't find her, you'll all know what to expect from her. But..." 

For the first time, Nezu removed the smile from his face and set the tea cup aside. His expression became serious, with a hint of sternness, and everyone in the room felt the shift in the atmosphere.

"Remember, this is a completely classified gathering, and every drop of information must stay between us. Because every criminal, absolutely every one, will be interested in her." 

As everyone nervously sipped their drinks, hearing such a tone from the director for the first time, he simply added: "Well then, I must leave you now," — and, pressing a button under the table, steel plates rose from the windows, filling the room with moonlight.

"And while you continue to rest and gather strength to be able to conduct the entrance exams for the new students, I must speak with the scientists who are actively researching Hatred in search of cures or methods of containment. After all, we still don't know if it can spread like a virus... It entered Kimika's body, so we need to be prepared for anything. Oh, and I also have to meet with our prisoner. So, I wish you all sweet dreams." 

The door closed quietly behind him, leaving the heroes alone with the silence, the same silence that had filled the room at the beginning of the meeting.

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