Collector Hero: Synthesis Chapter 28 (Patreon)

Hey friends and fans! Kairomaru is bringing you another chapter of Collector Hero: Synthesis! Well, Stain was arrested, that’s good news! But Izuku and Todoroki did go against their instructions from Endeavor. However, Stain was not harmed by either of them, so no police involvement necessary. There is still the matter of the punishment they’ll receive from Endeavor though. How are the girls doing as the Internships come to an end?

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Chapter 28 – Punishment and the end of Internships

“Make it shine!” Burnin ordered Izuku and Shoto with a stern look on her face. She kind of wanted crack a joke right now, as was more in-line with her personality, but what the two interns had done warranted actual punishment.

“Yes ma’am.” The two teens responded as they continued to scrub the floor of the training room with a single hand brush each. Shoto may not have the best relationship with his father, but he’d been spot on in the punishment that they’d been given by Endeavor.

The main training hall of the Endeavor Agency was over two-hundred square meters of floor space. Cleaning it with two buckets and two hand brushes was going to take most of the day, especially when they had to change out the water in the two buckets multiple times. They also had to write an essay explaining what they’d done wrong in Hosu, give their reasons for disobeying orders, and then explain what the proper response to their sighting of the Hero Killer should’ve been. It was going to be a very long day for the two teens, but neither of them regretted saving Native’s life.

“Do you think we’ll still have training and patrols tomorrow?” Izuku scrubbed the floor not too far away from Shoto.

“Yes, but it’ll be a harder training, focused mostly on control.” Todoroki spoke up after a moment. “My father is likely to drill us on control until we improve to a degree that he’s satisfied with.”

“I did want to learn how to better control my Fire Breath Quirk.” Izuku smiled at the thought, but he quickly lost his smile when he saw the look on his classmate’s face.

“You say that now.” Todoroki gave Izuku the flattest look possible. “You won’t once the training begins…and continues…and continues…until you’re barely able to stand.”

“Uh…Todoroki…are you okay?” Izuku asked at the other boy’s reaction to what would be occurring tomorrow.

“I’m fine…just…memories.” Todoroki took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly. His father hadn’t forced him to train since his first year of Junior High. A change that he’d not cared to notice in his loathing of his father, until one of his sessions with Hound Dog had made him face it. “I doubt he’ll make us collapse. Just be prepared to have everything you’re doing be questioned. Until you get it ‘right’, my father will continue to drill you on your use of a Fire Quirk.”

“Right.” Izuku went back to scrubbing the floor. He wondered how strained the familial relationship was, but it wasn’t his place to pry into Todoroki’s family life. The dual-toned teen probably wouldn’t appreciate it either.

-Selkie’s Agency-

Tsuyu breached the surface of the water at speed, rising a couple of meters above the water’s surface. She whipped her tongue around, the lengthy appendage blurring from the speed as Selkie emerged from the water as well. The Spotted Seal Quirk user breached even higher than Tsuyu had done, easily dodging her whipping tongue, and launched a punch at the girl.

“Guh!” Tsuyu guarded, but without any footing to brace herself, she was sent flying back into the water.

“Come on, Froppy! You can do it!” Selkie encouraged his intern as he dove back into the water to continue their spar. Tsuyu had wanted to improve during her internship and Selkie had approved of her spirit. As a fellow Animal Type Mutant Quirk holder, he knew the best ways to help the girl improve her physicality, her reaction times, decision-making skills, and even how to help her improve her Quirk. ‘Hmm? Where’d she go?’ The Pro Hero looked around under the water but didn’t see the verdette girl. He used his whiskers to try and sense vibrations in the water and only got the girl’s location a second before she slammed into him from behind with her powerful legs. “Blrbgh!” Bubbles flew from Selkie’s mouth at the blow as Tsuyu’s long prehensile tongue wrapped around him.

‘Got him!’ Tsuyu kicked as powerfully as she could, dragging Selkie to the surface with her. When she breached the surface, she threw her head and upper body to the right, and used her tongue to throw Selkie out of the water and into the air.

“Not yet!” Selkie grabbed her tongue as it unwound from him. Using his impressive strength, the Pro Hero yanked Tsuyu out of the water and into the air. A kick sent the Frog Quirk user rocketing back down into the water, throwing up a huge splash in the process. Selkie dived back into the water and came up with Tsuyu a moment later. “You alright, Froppy?”

“Yes, sir.” Tsuyu nodded while rubbing her jaw. “I wasn’t expecting you to grab my tongue like that.”

“Sorry about that.” Selkie let the teen tread water on her own now that he knew she was alright. “But when it comes to grapples like that, you need to be quicker when you release your hold, otherwise you leave yourself open to get grabbed as well.”

“Hey! That’s thirty minutes! It’s time for a break!” Sirius yelled from the pier, her hand around her mouth to amplify her voice a bit.

“Good spar today, Froppy, you’re really improving.” Selkie praised his entire with a smile, making his ‘cute’ expression again.

“Thank you, sir.” Tsuyu smiled back. ‘Adorable.’ She thought of the cutesy act in her own head. The two swam back to the pier and climbed out of the water.

“I saw you toss Selkie right out of the water, Tsu, that was great.” Sirius laughed as she handed them both towels.

“Yep! She really got me that time!” Selkie laughed heartily as he toweled off. “Her camouflage ability has really started to improve with all of this practice!”

“Kero.” Tsuyu blushed lightly with a happy smile on her face.

“You’re so adorable, Tsu.” Sirius giggled at the teen.

“Almost as adorable as me!” Selkie, once more using his ‘cute’ face, declared.

“For the last time, you’re too macho to be adorable!” Sirius pointed at Selkie with a shake of her head.

“Impossible!” Selkie denied as he crossed his arms. “The kids love my adorable features!”

“I’m telling you that they’re laughing at you, not because of you!” Sirius facepalmed at the large man’s refusal to see the truth.

‘Adorable.’ Tsuyu grinned at the byplay between the two Pros.

-Gunhead Agency ~ Patrol-

“Uravity, do you have eyes on the target?” Gunhead questioned his intern through the coms they had.

“Yes, sir!” Ochako confirmed, floating in the air and using the small air jets in her boots to fly. “He’s heading down Hachiban street, if you take the side street coming up on your left then you’ll get ahead of him!”

“Got it!” Gunhead confirmed as he dashed around the corner and into the side street. Thankfully it wasn’t very crowded and he could maintain his speed. Just as he emerged onto Hachiban street, he saw the Villain rushing in his direction. Quickly checking that the area was clear of civilians, Gunhead raised his arms and used the gatling gear that augmented his Quirk. He fired a spray of keratin bullets in front of the Villain as a warning.

“A Hero?!” The Villain nearly tripped over himself as he tried to stop his sprint.

“Drop the stolen items and keep your hands where I can see them.” Gunhead ordered as he got closer to the Villain. It was a simple case of snatch-and-grab theft at a local jewelry store. The Villain had used his Quirk, reported by the shopkeepers as a Body Hardening Quirk of some type, to smash the displays and grab as much as he could carry in the backpack that he had with him.

“Out of my way!” The Villain’s ski turned rigid and almost metallic-looking as he threw a punch at Gunhead.

“Resisting is only another crime added to your arrest record, you know?” Gunhead easily dodged around the wild punch with some simple footwork. He grabbed the extended wrist with his left hand and pulled the arm downward, rotating it through its full-range of motion while his right hand grabbed the back of the Villain’s neck and forced him face-first towards the ground.

“Ow, ow, ow!” The Villain cried out as Gunhead held his right arm painfully upright behind his back while the Hero’s knee was placed on his back to keep him on the ground. His body may be tough, but his joints weren’t nearly so. Not to mention he didn’t get any kind of strength boost from his Quirk. When compared to a rough-and-tumble scrapper like the Pro Hero Gunhead, the Villain was barely more than an untrained civilian.

“Uravity, do you have the stolen merchandise?” Gunhead questioned as he looked over his shoulder.

“Yes, sir!” Ochako picked up the fallen backpack and held it securely. Seeing the martial arts that Gunhead was teaching her in action was impressive. It was quick, simple, didn’t cause unnecessary harm, and completely invalidated the Villain’s Quirk.

“Great, the police should be here shortly.” Gunhead was smiling, but his mask made that impossible to see. One of his Sidekicks led the police through the gathered crowd that had witnessed the takedown of the Villain. These crowds always formed when Pro Heroes went into action. No matter how many PSAs were done to try and prevent them, the civilians loved seeing their favorite Pro Heroes in action up close.

The flash of cameras from the various phones in the crowd nearly made Ochako blush. This was the first patrol they’d done that she’d assisted in the capture of a Villain and now it might make it into the local news! The thought was a little nerve-wracking since she was just a first year Hero Course student.

‘Calm down, this is normal, you’ll have to get used to this when you go Pro after U.A. graduation.’ Ochako thought to herself as the police were handcuffing the Villain and speaking with Gunhead.

“I’ll take that, Miss Uravity.” An officer smiled at the intern as he motioned to the backpack full of stolen merchandise that she was still holding.

“Oh! Right! Here you go!” Ochako nearly flailed at being broken from her inner musings. “Sorry about that.”

“No problem, you did great today.” The officer chuckled as he took the backpack and placed a sticker on it, marking it as evidence. “We’ll be looking forward to working with you in the future when you go Pro.” He saluted and Ochako smiled happily at the recognition and praise.

“Thank you, sir.” Ochako nodded as the officer turned to head back with the rest, the arrested Villain in the back of one of the squad cars already. This day was going great!

-Edgeshot Agency ~ Patrol-

Duck. Side step. Pivot. Get out of the opponent’s range. ‘Now create!’ Momo outmaneuvered her opponent and from her arm the glow of her Quirk created a steel chain. The swing of the same arm saw the heavy chain wrap around her opponent and made her stumble.

“What the hell?!” The woman cried out as she tripped and fell to the ground. Her Claws Quirk couldn’t slice the steel apart and the weight had thrown her off balance.

“One more.” Momo hands glowed as she placed them above the female Villain’s. Without a sound, capture foam coated the dangerous claws and then swelled up to completely encase them in the soft foam.

“You little bitch!” The woman cursed at Momo as her Quirk was nullified.

“Your words don’t mean much.” Momo let the insult roll off her easily. Edgeshot had taught them that they should just roll with such things. Getting distracted by what a Villain said could spell certain defeat or worse for a Hero in the field.

Camie was dealing with her own Villain, a woman that blasted small, but powerful, balls of water from her hands. This group of female Villains had been moving throughout the large metropolis committing various crimes from theft, to assault, and several others. It was their bad luck to encounter Edgeshot and his interns as they fled from their latest crime scene.

“Damn it! Where are you?!” The Villain nearly screeched as she fired at another Camie only to disperse the illusion again. She was getting sick of this came of cat-and-mouse! Every single time that she thought she’d hit the teen, it was always a fake!

A strong arm wrapping around her neck in a chokehold while two strong legs pinned her arms to her sides was her answer. “Right here, fam.” Camie spoke as her weight toppled the woman and put them both on the ground.

“You…bisch…” The Villain’s words were barely coming out through Camie’s chokehold. A few more of the water balls were fired in desperation, but with the way Camie’s legs were pinning the woman’s arms, the shots had no chance of hitting her. The balls of water splashed harmlessly against the concrete a dozen meters away.

“Go to sleep, alright?” Camie tightened her hold further while breathing out more of her Glamor. The Villain saw over a dozen Camies standing over her now and even knowing about the illusions, she still struggled less at seeing she was ‘surrounded’ even if it was more a psychological thing. The Villain’s sight faded to black as she passed out a second later. “Whew, that went pretty well.” Camie grinned as she took the woman’s jacket off of her. Using the jacket, she tied up the woman’s hands in a bundle. The waterproof nature of the garment would actually help quell the Villain’s Quirk until the police arrested them. She patted the woman’s face a few times and smiled when the woman was clearly breathing on her own. You had to be careful with chokeholds, too long and the person would not only pass out, you could end up actually strangling them to death.

“Are you both finished?” Edgeshot questioned his two interns. “Any injuries?” Wrapped up in the extended fingers of Edgeshot’s left hand, the ‘leader’ of the Villainess Trio was forced to walk forward. Her Gigantification Quirk (tripling her height rather than something like Mt. Lady’s Quirk) had proven a bad match up against Edgeshot’s own Quirk. Even now the Villain could barely walk and whatever the ninja-like Pro Hero had done while passing through her body had left her arms numb.

“No injuries here.” Camie gave a salute with her index and middle fingers touching the brim of her cap.

“I’m uninjured, sir.” Momo nodded as she pulled on the chain around her Villain. The woman was still growling out curses at them all even now.

“You both did excellently, I’m very proud.” Edgeshot smiled, though the only way to tell was by the movement of his eyes. “You’ve taken what you’ve learned to heart and applied it well.” The sound of police sirens approaching got the attention of the group. “Ah, good, the police will be here momentarily to take these three into custody.”

“We’re becoming good kunoichi, eh Momo?” Camie grinned at the ravenette.

“The tactics are very effective, but I don’t think that makes us kunoichi, Camie.” Momo shook her head at her friend with a smile.

“I still think we should buy the outfits.” Camie wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.

“Camie…” Momo blushed as the police cars rounded the corner. With a shake of her head, the redness faded and she was back to being professional. Camie quickly straightened up as well, having a lot of respect for the police force since both her father and grandfather were part of it.

-That Night-

“YOU DID WHAT?!” Camie, Tsuyu, Ochako, and Momo exclaimed on their four-way video call with Izuku. He’d just told them about what had happened with the Hero Killer in Hosu and this reaction was about what he expected.

“Why would you go after the Hero Killer?!” Camie gaped at Izuku like he was insane. “Are you alright?”

“That was so dangerous!” Ochako was clearly worried about their boyfriend. “You didn’t get hurt, did you?”

“Are you okay?” Momo questioned him, leaning closer to her screen to try and get a better look at Izuku.

“You are okay, right?” Tsuyu looked to be on the verge of worried tears.

“I’m fine, I promise! I’m sorry for worrying you, but I thought it would be better to tell you face-to-face rather than over a text.” Izuku bowed his head to his girlfriends. “We didn’t actually fight him or anything. We weren’t crazy. Todoroki distracted him with an ice wall, and then I separated him from Native with a barrier, that’s it.”

“That’s…that’s not as bad as what I was thinking.” Camie admitted, calming down a bit as she let out a relieved breath.

“Not fighting him directly was definitely a good choice, Izukun.” Tsuyu wiped the tears out of the corners of her eyes.

“I’m glad you’re safe, Izuku.” Ochako smiled beautifully at her boyfriend.

“Thank you for telling us directly, Izu.” Momo also gave him a warm smile. She leaned against Camie a little since the two were sharing their screen at the Edgeshot Agency.

“Still, you guys saved a Pro Hero and brought in the Hero Killer, that’s amazing.” Camie gave praise where it was due.

“It is, even if it was reckless.” Momo’s smile shrank a bit as her eyes narrowed on Izuku. “We’re only students right now. We really shouldn’t be going after A Rank Villains.”

“I know, but we couldn’t just let him go on killing Heroes.” Izuku rubbed the back of his head with a sigh. He knew it was reckless, but he and Todoroki had done everything possible to limit the danger that they were in. Still, if anything had gone wrong…. “I don’t plan on making this a regular thing. I know it was dangerous and I’m sorry that I startled you with the information.”

“I’m glad you told us yourself though.” Ochako shook her head lightly. “I prefer to hear it from you, rather than read about it online tomorrow.”

“Same here, thank you for telling us and letting us know that you’re okay.” Tsuyu’s smile was adorable and Izuku felt himself smile back immediately.

“Same.” Camie smiled softly at her boyfriend. “Don’t go scaring us though, or we might have to take away some boyfriend privileges.” She teased to help lighten the mood.

“B-Boyfriend privileges?” Izuku blinked at Camie’s words.

“Uh huh.” Camie nodded with her arms crossed and a grin on her lips even as Momo’ face started turning red beside her.

There was a knock on the door and Izuku turned just as Todoroki poked his head into the room.

“Midoriya, it’s almost lights out…oh, sorry…I didn’t know that you were still doing couple’s stuff. My apologies.” Todoroki closed the door behind him.

“C-Couple’s stuff…?” Izuku’s whole face just turned a deep red and he woodenly turned back to the video call. Ochako, Tsuyu, and Momo were all equally red in the face at what Todoroki might think they were doing.

“I mean…if I was at home in my room, I could lock my door, then maybe we could do some couple’s stuff.” Camie had a remorseless smirk on her face as she teased her boyfriend and friends (girlfriends? They would have to see how that went as they continued their relationship).

“CAMIE!!!” Ochako, Momo, and Tsuyu all cried out, and Momo looked like she was about to shove the fawn-haired girl away from the computer that they were sharing. Izuku’s head was practically steaming as his teenage mind played out imagined scenarios of what Camie had said.

“You were all thinking it!” Camie defended her statement even as Momo created a small pillow and hit her with it. “Ack! Momo!”

“Silence!” Momo swatted her with the pillow again, the rich girl’s cheeks still a bright red.

The rest of the call was quickly filled with laughter (as Camie had intended) while Momo tried to silence Camie with a one-sided pillow fight.

-The Next Morning-

“Alright, you two are staying off patrols today so that we can work on your Quirk control.” Endeavor stood before both Izuku and Shoto with his arms crossed.

“Yes, sir!” Izuku nodded, eager to get started.

“Yes.” Shoto was less enthusiastic, having seen the most brutal side of his father’s training in his youth.

“Midoriya,” Endeavor turned hie sharp eyes on Izuku first. “What about your Quirk are you most hoping to improve while you’re here?”

“Well, I’d like to gain better control of my Fire Breath Quirk.” Izuku replied quickly. “I can boost it with other Quirks, but I’d like to see how well I could control it so that I can get even more of a boost out of it when I need to.”

“I see,” Endeavor understood the desire to completely control the flames. He’d spent the majority of his life learning to control every aspect of his own fire. “We’ll test out the range of heat that you can produce with it at the base level and then I’ll want to see the absolute limit of what you can boost it to. Once I have that information, then I’ll be able to determine how best to help you.”

“Yes, sir, thank you very much!” Izuku gave a short bow to the man.

“Shoto, same question.” Endeavor turned to his son, his eyes still sharp, but with a series of emotions behind them that Shoto was only just beginning to see.

“I need to work on my flame control.” Shoto spoke as he ignited a flame in his left hand. “I can blast it out and use it to help regulate my temperature, but it’s lagging behind my right side. Ideally, I’d like to learn how to use both simultaneously without them compromising each other. I think that’s the best way to become the Hero that I want to be in the future.”

“Well said,” Endeavor nodded to his son. “I’ll do my utmost to teach you so that you can follow that path.”

“Yes, sir.” Shoto nodded slightly. A small shrinking of the chasm between them took place, but it was still a large distance before they could hope to truly understand each other.

“Midoriya, show me the base level of your Fire Breath.” Endeavor faced his Multi-Quirked intern and watched closely.

“Yes, sir.” Izuku inhaled deeply before spewing out the flames of his father’s Quirk. The burst of fire wasn’t spectacular, only extending from Izuku’s mouth about a meter or so, but it lasted until Izuku ran out of breath.

“Yellow-orange flames, so the temperature is about 1,100 C, that’s not bad.” Endeavor nodded after the demonstration. “You’re limited by your lung capacity, correct?”

“Yes, sir.” Izuku nodded to confirm.

“Now show me what I saw at the Sports Festival.” Endeavor requested while pointing at the far wall. “Don’t worry about burning anything, this room was made to withstand my flames.”

“Alright, here I go.” Izuku took a deep breath as he began to compile Quirks together. ‘Enhance Function’, ‘Amplification’, ‘Gas Manipulation’, ‘Temperature Fluctuation’, ‘Heat Generation’, ‘Efficiency’, ‘Fire Breath’ the Quirks compiled quickly before Izuku through his head forward and blasted out the massive torrent of flames. Endeavor watched the firestorm roar for the whole time that Izuku was able to hold it. When the flames shrank and then guttered out completely, he spoke on his observation.

“Your temperature increases, but only by roughly 200 C from what I could tell.” Endeavor commented on the heat output first. “The flames begin to show a little white in them when you boost it like that. However, it’s clear that most of the boost is to the size and duration of the base Quirk instead of its temperature.”

“Is there a different way to use it that would let me generate more heat?” Izuku asked the Number Two Pro Hero.

“Of course, focusing on the temperature will be the first part, narrowing the flames and fueling them properly will make increasing the temperature much easier.” Endeavor spoke from his decades of experience. “Even with only two days left of your internship, we should be able to get your temperature up to about 1,400 C to 1,500 C where the flames will burn white.”

“Yes, sir, thank you!” Izuku bowed slightly with a wide smile on his face. This is the improvement he’d been hoping for during this internship.

“Shoto, show me what you can do with your left side, so far.” Endeavor turned to face his youngest child.

“Right.” Shoto nodded before flames blasted off his left side. The yellow-orange fire roared before he got them under control. The reduced flames shrank too much though and were on the verge of almost going out. It was clear that Shoto had very little control over his left side after years of neglecting it.

‘Another of my failures…’ Endeavor cursed his short-sightedness in the past and his obsession with All Might and being the Number One. His own son had shut off all connection with him, going so far as to refuse to use his own Quirk. ‘But I can still help him. I owe it to Shoto to make him a better person than I am. I owe it to all of them.’ He thought of Fuyumi and Natsuo, to his late son Toya, and to Rei…the woman that he loved and then hurt, all in blind pursuit of his obsession.

“It takes a bit to balance the output and temperature when I use it.” Shoto explained as the sputtering flames slowly grew until they were like a cloak around his left side again. “Once I have it though, I can use it pretty freely as long as I don’t go overboard.”

“We’ll work on control and temperature regulation then. It’ll be different from what Midoriya will need to do as he’s fueling fire rather than pyrokinetically creating it as we do.” Endeavor nodded to his son. “Can you use both simultaneously at all?”

“Yes, but it’s difficult.” Shoto’s right side began to emit frosty steam as ice appeared on his body. The young man was clearly struggling as he made minute adjustments to the output of both sides of his Quirk to keep them balanced. “I can’t really move or fight like this; it takes too much focus just to keep them both going at once.”

“Not unexpected, we’ll work on getting your control over your left side closer to the control you have over your right side. Similar levels of proficiency should help you in being able to balance each side with the other so that it doesn’t take all of your focus.” Endeavor quickly deduced as he watched Shoto maintain both sides of his Quirk.

“Yes, sir.” Shoto nodded as he stopped using his Quirk, letting the opposing heat and cold cancel each other out and leaving him at his normal body temperature. He didn’t show it on his face, but he was already very surprised at the difference in this lesson compared to the one’s he remembered as a little boy.

“Alright then, we have work to do.” Endeavor looked at both boys sharply. “No slacking off.”

“Yes, sir!” Izuku and Shoto both nodded to the Number Two Pro Hero.

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Punishment is essays and manual labor! These boys did good, but also bad. So, an appropriate punishment, all things considered.

We get to see the girls at their own internships, training and stopping Villains with the help of their mentor Heroes.

Izuku tells his girlfriends about the Stain incident before the news breaks. It’s much better to hear it from him directly than to learn about it on the news. Plus, he can show them that he’s just fine to help ease their worries.

Camie, the tease that she is, helps to ease the worry and tension with her innuendo. But you do have to wonder what exactly Shoto thought that they were doing on the four-way video call, huh?

After internships it’s back to U.A. for more classes. After all, it’ll be time for Final Exams before the students know it.

Will it be the same as Canon, or very different?

Keep reading to find out!

Until I get your reviews, later!