Hosu Attack!

Come next morning, I made breakfast for Eri. Just a simple bacon, eggs-in-a-nest, orange juice.

Odd for a japanese person but still a hearty meal.

Seeing Eri munch on the food cutely, was a treat in and of itself.

After breakfast, I called Himiko and Haruto over to meet their new family member.

"Papa!" Haruto cried and ran up to me, jumping in my arms.

"Darling~" Himiko cooed, upon seeing me, only to fall silent at the sight of Eri, who had hidden behind me.

"You picked up another kid, didn't you?" She asked.

"Hehehe. You know it!" I said.

"What's her story?" She asked.

"Well, her name is Eri, and as for what happened to her, why don't we have a seat first. Then I can tell you all about it?" I suggested.

"Fine. But there had better be a good reason for this!" Himiko said, playfully pouting.

As we sat down at a secluded little cafe, I explained Eri's backstory to the both of them, though mostly to Himiko.

After all, for all Haruto knew, he was getting a new little sister, and he was jumping in joy at it.

By the end, Himiko was in tears.

"You poor, poor baby!" She said, closing Eri in a bear hug.

"Uhmmm!" Eri protested, only to be ignored.

"Don't worry, Mama will take care of you from now on!" Himiko added, as Eri softened, and broke down into little sobs, sniffling away, with Himiko comforting her.

Thankfully, it was after the lunch rush, and we were the only customers in the small cafe.

Yet, the cafe staff had overheard Eri's story too. And they were sympathetic and understanding about the scene.

They even gave Eri a free slice of cake!

Once Eri had calmed down and eaten her cake with great relish, we got down to business.

Buying clothes for Eri!

Or at least that's what Himiko and Haruto did.

Me on the other hand? I had other things to occupy my time.

And a hero killer to hunt.

I walked into the city centre and spread out my spirit sense across Hosu. Within seconds, I found him.

He was cooking a late lunch in an abandoned building in the southern corner of town.

Good.

Now it's time to wait and prepare the filler.

I pulled out my camera and mic, and began to walk around, interviewing people.

"Hello ma'am, if I may have a minute of your time?" I asked a middle aged housewife returning from the supermarket.

"Are you from a news channel?" She asked.

"Yes. I would like to ask, what do you think about the recent attacks by the hero killer that have taken place in this city?"

"About that, ...."

And so I spent the day, gathering testimonials, doing street interviews and filming the locations of the attacks as I slowly closed in on him.

As the curtain of night fell upon the city, Stain left his hideout, heading for the downtown area.

About an hour into his search, he came across his target, the hero Native.

Bingo! Now, I just have to pretend to run into them while filming.

I made my way to the alley where Stain had cornered the hero and walk in, looking as if I was engrossed in filming the streets, and didn't even notice the things happening in the alley before me, as I walked right into Native, stunning him into silence for a moment. Capitalizing on his silence, I began my plan.

"Uh, oh sorry! I didn't mean to, ..." I acted, seeing the blood on the hero, and panicking, "Oh no. Are you okay? I didn't think you would start bleeding from bumping into me! Just hold on a minute, I think I have a first aid kit som-"

"Run!" Native said, interrupting me, pushing me away.

"It's the hero killer! Run! And call for help!" He said.

I pretended not to have noticed Stain, raising my head in terror, looking behind the hero to see the man hinself.

"Stop villain!" I said, filming the whole encounter with my camera that I had happened to place on the nearby trash can at just the right angle to capture everything.

"This is a citizen arrest!" I said, activating my quirk, and immobilized stain down to the very tips of his fingers.

Next, I called the police, and informed them of my work and propped Native up by the trash can with ny canera on it.

"I recognize you!" Stain said, "You're Haru! The boy who gave the speech at the UA sports festival. Why are you stopping me? Don't you recognize this yourself? Didn't you say that there are too many fake heroes? All I'm doing is disposing of the trash! The fakes need not live. They pollute the idea of a hero, just by existing! Don't you understand? Society needs more people like you, real heroes, not fakes like Native or Endeavor."

"You're right, Stain. And I do understand you, believe me I do. But tell me, Stain, would a real hero let you kill someone in front of them, even if they were ideologically opposed to the victim?" I said, pumping up my chest and standing between him and Native as gallantly as I could.

"HehehehehhahahahahHahaha! Yes! That's what a real hero is like! You're as good, no, better than I expected! Shikimori Haru! You really are a true hero!

But unfortunately, I will still have to kill Native. Fakes cannot be allowed to exist, to desecrate the name of a hero!" Stain said.

Suddenly an explosion rang out behind me and all across the city as well.

The Nomus attack on Hosu had begun.

"Eheheheheh! Hero! Are you going to just stand around and let the explosions go unattended? Don't you have people to save?" He asked.

I acted as if I was conflicted about it.

Then, I thumped my fist on my palm in realization.

With a flourish, I tore off my shirt, revealing the lean, tough muscles and 8 pack abs underneath, in full view of the camera.

I then proceeded to fashion the torn shirt into a rope, that I tied Stain's hands with, behind his back.

Propping him against a wall, I disarmed him, putting his weapons in the trash can, and put my phone in Native's hand and told him to wait for help, as I ran towards the nearest explosion, leaving my camera behind.

All according to plan. I was sure that Stain would escape his bonds and then take the camera to post this encounter online, raising my fame to a whole new level.

Meanwhile, the other citizens would record and post their own testimonials of how I stopped the Nomus singlehandedly and saved the city soon.

But for that, I have to first stop the Nomus.

And to that end, I rushed to the first Nomu, the one that was attacking a train.

I stopped it before it entered the train proper and prevented the train from derailing. Now with his attention on me, I released the Nomu and fled the scene with remote control on my muscles, passing by the alleys until I found the winged Nomu and with a run up a nearby building, I landed on it, the pale nomu from the train close behind.

As the pale Nomu jumped after me, to climb onto the winged one, I jumped off and landed on the street, but not before immobilizing the two in mid air, restricting every possible quirk dispensal point, be it the mouth, fingers or even the wings.

As I landed, I noticed people filming my fight with the Nomus and smiled for the camera.

"Now please evacuate to a safe location please, and someone call the police to catch them. Tell them it's a citizens arrest and that the quirk use was done in self defense. Thanks." I said, before running up the side of another building till I spotted the third and last Nomu, not far from where I was.

I stopped that one too, including its fire breathing mouth as the local heroes subdued it.

All without the help of Endeavor, thus robbing him of the credit he unjustly gained for it in canon as well as reducing the destruction done to the city.

This wasn't just a win-win scenario.

This was a win-win-win-win scenario!

Then as the police arrived, minutes later with the Capture Maidens for the Nomus, I slipped away into the night, fancying myself a silent guardian, a watchful protector, a dark knight!

Or at least that's the batman impression I pulled off on a suitable skyscraper a couple blocks away.

Why? Cuz it's fun! That's why!

And I damn well deserved to have some fun after a whole day of playing mastermind.