Aizawa opened the door to Nezu's office with a groan. While he needed to have this discussion with Nezu at some point, he really would rather not do it right now. In general, talking to Nezu was something he'd prefer to aviod, especially with how cryptic the rat tended to be. It was as if he was trying to get on Aizawa's nerves.

Never the less, Aizawa sat down in one of the chairs, facing the principal. "It is wonderful to see you, Aizawa! Would you like some tea?" Nezu said, an erie grin on his face. Aizawa shook his head, "You know I don't like tea."

"I've come here to talk about the Sports Festival" Aizawa stated. Nezu gave him a curious glance, prompting him to continue, "I think we shouldn't hold it this year. Whether we find Midoriya or not, villains attacked the USJ and kidnapped a student. It wouldn't be smart to host the Sports Festival this year, especially since if the League knew the student's quirks during the attack, there would likely have been even more injuries."

Nezu hummed in consideration, "While you do make good points, how would we manage the internships if we don't hold the Sports Festival?"

"The same way we do with students who don't get offers. We give them a list of agencies open for interns, and have them pick one" Aizawa answered, voice flat.

Nezu nodded, "I will take it into consideration!"

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Hisashi sighed, "You might have already figured it out, but I use light magic - well, I used too." Midoriya blinked at him owlishly. That wasn't really what he had been expecting, although now that he thought about it, he could sense a small trace of leftover magic.

"Anyways, Inko found out about it on your fifth birthday. She... well, let's just say she doesn't really like magic." Midoriya nodded at that, "When she found out, she accused me of making you quirkless, and she kicked me out. I've wanted to tell you about it, but.. she wouldn't let me."

Midoriya nodded slowly, "I... can't really say I'm surprised she did that, honestly." Hisashi nodded, and they ate the rest of their breakfast in silence, unsure how to continue the conversation.

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Yamada was concerned, too say the least. Not only had Shinsou not come to school today, but earlier he had been spotted by the police station, just after Neko reported Midoriya's escape and the League's location. While it could easily just be a coincidence, Yamada couldn't help but wonder if there was a connection here. Was Shinsou working with Neko or something? He would have to ask Shinsou about it the next time he saw him.

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Uraraka stared at the spot of light on the map in shock. The first time she had used the tracking spell, it said that Midoriya was in Kamino.. But, now it said he was in Hosu. That didn't make sense, though. Why would he be in Hosu now? Had he escaped from the villains? Or had they moved him? What if they had found out about her spell, and moved to Hosu so that they wouldn't be found!

She sighed, opening up the messaging app on her phone, and leaving a message for the O:MSR group chat. She pocketed it once more, and stood up, slipping on her shoes, before exiting the building.

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Midoriya's location changed to Hosu. I'm going to tell the police about it, they might be able to help :Uraraka

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Midoriya sighed to himself, hanging his head. He was sat on Hisashi's couch, thinking about everything that had happened while he was in the League's base. He had actually considered taking the League's offer! He couldn't believe himself, he'd been so, so selfish to even think that it was a good idea. And to think he was trying to be a hero! There was no way someone like that could actually save people...

"You alright, kiddo? You seem upset about something." Hisashi said, sitting down on the couch next to him. Midoriya nodded slowly, "Yeah... Yeah, I'm fine... It's just, um..."

"Well, you know about magic enhancement potions, right?" he asked, and Hisashi nodded, "Well, um... When I was at the League's base, they uh... they tried to get me to join them, by bribing me with magic enhancement potions.. Thing is, um, between that and the fact that they took my magic... I um, I actually considered joining them.."

Hisashi nodded slowly, humming in consideration. "Look, kiddo, dark magic like yours is a bit... weird, I guess. Makes you want to have it at all times if you use it too much. It's not really something you can control or get rid of without stopping using dark magic completely. It doesn't mean that you're a bad person, or whatever it is that you might be thinking."

He hummed in response, processing the words. That.. that would explain why he seemed to get so angry whenever his magic was threatened. But while it was probably supposed to be comforting, it seemed very similar to what Shigiraki had said about him... "So what you're saying is that my magic makes me power hungry?"

Hisashi looked surprised by the question, but after a moment, he shook his head, "No, no. Well... sort of, I guess, but you aren't a bad person because of it. If you use the power that your magic gives you for good, then as long as you aren't hurting people to do it, it doesn't make you bad to try to get more of that power. It only makes you a bad person if you use it to do bad things. Does that make any sense?"

Midoriya thought about it for a moment, before nodding slowly, "I guess so, yeah..."

Hisashi nodded, and reached out to ruffle his hair, causing Midoriya to giggle.

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Shinsou awoke from his nap with a groan, stretching like how a cat might, before standing up. He felt a buzz coming from his pocket, and after a few seconds, he reached for the phone in his back pocket, turning it on. Multiple notifications bombarded him, most of them from Present Mic, wondering where he was. He sent a quick text to him, saying that he had been napping because he stayed up all night. Technically, it wasn't a lie. He pocketed the phone once more, going into the kitchen to start making his coffee. Hopefully, this wouldn't affect his grades too badly. That wouldn't be very good, not if he wanted into the hero course.

Although, that would be hard to do if the Sports Festival didn't happen. Hopefully, Midoriya would find his way back soon...

Shinsou might have to go patrolling in Kamino to see if he could find him.

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Tsukaochi was looking over his evidence once more, when he heard a knocking on his office door. He looked up at it, "Come in?"

The door opened, and Uraraka, one of UA's students, came into the room. "Hello, detective", she said, a serious expression on her face. "I have some information that might help you find Midoriya."

Tsukaochi nodded slowly, prompting her to continue. "Me and some of my friends were trying to find him on our own, and I used a tracking spell to try to find him. The spell said that he was in Kamino, so we looked for him there, but today the location changed to Hosu."

"Thank you, that helps a lot"

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Midoriya walked along the streets, the breeze causing his robes to flutter about. The sun was painting the sky a beautiful orange as it set, and he couldn't help but wonder if he'd be able to see the stars in Hosu. He was going for a peaceful walk, and planned to return to Hisashi's house by the time it got to be late. It had been awhile since he was last outside - not counting when he had been running away from the League's base, of course, so it was nice to breath some fresh air once more.

He smiled to himself, watching as the clouds drifted in the sky lazily. It was a nice day for a walk, too.

Little did he know, that peace wouldn't be lasting for much longer.

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Iida walked through the shadows, trying not too make too much noise with his armor. If he was correct, Stain would be attacking one last victim in Hosu, before he went to a different city, meaning that this was currently his best chance at getting revenge for his brother. Although he wasn't supposed to take his hero costume out of UA, he figured it only made sense that he did. After all, since he was going to stop Stain, he was being a hero. It was only fitting that he dressed like one too. Plus, the armor would most likely be helpful in protecting him from Stain's blades.

As he lurked the alleys, he heard a cry ring out from somewhere not to far from where he was. He poked his head out of the alley, to find that the city was being attacked by multiple Nomu. He would go to help take down the Nomu, but now was not the time.

Right now, he had to find Stain.

Right now, he had to avenge his brother.

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Midoriya gave a yelp of suprise, seeing the monsters from the USJ, and instinctively transformed into his darkness beast, giving a hiss of warning to the Nomu. Several more shrieks of fear came from civilians around him after seeing him transform, and almost everyone was scrambling to evacuate. The Nomu had only been here for around a minute, but they were already causing loads of destruction.

Luckily, the heroes were already on their way to stop the Nomu, but they hadn't delt with these things before, while he had. Of course, he had help the last time he fought one, but still! Hopefully, his chokers had recharged enough that they could supply him with extra magic.

It was weird, though. Shigiraki wasn't anywhere in sight, and from what he could tell, the Nomu only did things when Shigiraki gave them an order to do it. That must mean that either Shigiraki was hiding, or these Nomu were rouge.

One of the Nomu turned to look at him, and stopped it's distruction instantly. It blinked twice, before rushing at him, and he instantly realized that if it caught him, it would be bringing him back to Shigiraki, and he didn't want that to happen. He gave a flap of his bony wings, barely avoiding its disfigured claws. He landed on its back, forcing it to slam onto the concrete. He dug his claws into its shoulder, and it gave a pained shriek. He tugged his claws out before it tried to regenerate around them, but after a second or two, he realized that it wasn't going to regenerate. "These Nomu aren't like the ones from USJ.... They have different quirks" he muttered to himself, before mumbling out a spell, and manipulating the shadows around them to trap it. Then, once he was sure it couldn't move, he stabbed it in the brain with his claws. It was a yucky feeling, but the Nomu went limp underneath him. One down, several more to go..

It was a good thing the heroes were here to help. He was about to fly over to a different Nomu, when one of the heroes, Manual, looked over at him, "Hey, that's the kid the League kidnapped!! Get out of here, Midoriya!"

He shook his head, "No, I can help!"

So Midoriya continued fighting, and as it got darker, he found that he started to grow larger. Although he didn't question it for now, it helped him in fighting the Nomu.

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The sun had set by now. The moon and stars were out, and it only made sense that the Hero Killer had waited till now to strike. Iida had heard a scream from Native, and came to the alley way, to see him slumped against the wall, unmoving and bleeding out, while Stain stood over him, about to go for the kill. "Stop right there, Hero Killer!" Iida shouted, and Stain turned to look at him.

"A child in armor? You should not be here. Go on, run away." Stain hissed, pointing his katana at him. Iida was furious at that. Didn't he know that Iida was going to put an end to his villainy?!

"Don't you know who I am?!" Iida screamed, although he didn't give Stain a chance to answer, "I am Tenya Iida, brother of a man you destroyed not too long ago!! I have come to avenge him!!"

Stain scoffed, "You came for revenge? You are no hero. I'll give you one last chance. Leave now, before I kill you."

Iida scowled, and powered up his engines, launching himself towards him and aiming a kick. Stain easily jumped out of the way, however, and Iida kicked down a nearby trashcan instead of Stain. "Pathetic and unheroic. You will die tonight."

Iida growled at him again, rushing at Stain once more, but he dodged it again. They kept at it for awhile, Iida charging and Stain dodging, until eventually, Stain seemed to get tired of it, and slashed his sword at him, easily cutting through the armor on his back, as well as his skin. He yelled in shock, and turned to face Stain, whose sword now had blood on it. Then, strangely enough, he licked the blood off of the blade. Only seconds after Stain licked the blood, Iida's muscles froze up, and he fell down, completely paralyzed other than his mouth and eyes. Stain must have a paralysis quirk, then.

Stain towered over his unmoving body, blade held high above him, ready to stab him right on the neck, and kill him in a second. Iida was really going to die. He had come all this way, but he was going to die in vain.

Before Stain could put the blade in his back, however, heavy footsteps came up to the alleyway entrance. Iida moved his eyes to look at the newcomer, only to find Midoriya standing in alley in his darkness beast form, only ten times larger than normal. He quickly realized he wouldn't fit, and shrunk down to his normal form, except he was still much larger than he'd normally be.

"Get away from my friend."