Chaos (Epilogue)

Most of the group laughed as Denki cracked a joke. The sun had set and the party had moved inside. Eri was sitting on the couch in between Momo and Chris. The rest of the friend group was nearby, either on the couch, in chairs, or on the floor. The parents and Shoto's siblings weren't too far away, but they were enjoying their own conversation. Tokoyami stood up. "I better get going. Dark Shadow acts up the later it gets." Denki sighed. "...alright, I might as well go with you." He leaned to the left and kissed Kyoko before getting up. Iida stood up. "I've also been here for quite a while. I'll see you all back at the dorms."

All Might received a phone call. Then Endeavor. They both answered at the same time. Chris wasn't paying much attention, but his heightened hearing allowed him to hear the change of tone in All Might's voice. "Naomasa? What happened?" Endeavor wasn't happy as he spoke into his phone. "This better be important." Chris listened in on their conversations, barely looking over his shoulder to not give away the fact he was eavesdropping. Kirishima noticed and very subtly elbowed Jason. Jason looked at him, and then looked at Chris, before finally watching Endeavor and All Might, assuming it was important if it had gotten Chris's attention.

All Might froze up. Endeavor's anger quickly faded. All Might's eyes slowly widened. Chris dropped the red cup containing his drink as he stood up out of his seat. That got the attention of the rest of the group. Endeavor hung up the phone. "I have to go." He made his way to the door. As soon as Shoto stood up, he pointed to her. "Stay here! All of you!" He left in a hurry. Jason looked back at Chris, who now seemed horrified by what he had heard. He ended up turning to All Might for answers. "What happened?" The entire house was silent as All Might tried to find words. Jason took a step forward. "All Might. What happened?" The former hero looked directly at Jason, sweat starting to bead down his face. "...The… the League of Villains… just stormed Alcatraz…" Mina narrowed her eyes. "Alcatraz?" Momo looked at her. "Alcatraz is a high security federal prison, built on an island inside of the San Francisco Bay." Denki nodded, a very serious look on his face. "I've been there once, when we were escorting Wake and Compress there. I was told the worst of the worst are held there." Jason's eyes widened as he finally realized what Chris had heard. The weight of the situation seemed to hit Kirishima next. "...All for One was held there… wasn't he…?" The parents didn't know much about the league of Villains, but every single one of them knew how close Chris, Jason, Momo, Mina, Kirishima, and Shoto had come to dying at the hands of the villain who nearly killed All Might. Itsuka stood up. "All Might, sir, what happened to the other criminals kept there?" All Might stared at the floor. "...they went with the League of Villains…" Jason glared. "How many?" All Might didn't answer. Jason raised his voice as he took a step towards All Might. "How many?!" All Might slowly raised his eyes to meet Jason's. "...all of them…" For a long while, nobody moved. The news of 3,000 of the most notorious and dangerous villains the world had ever seen joining Shigaraki and the League of Villains was too much to comprehend, even for the most experienced of the group.

All Might turned to Chris. "We're out of time." Chris stared at the floor. Then he looked up. "No, All Might, I'm not. If anything, I'm needed here now more than ever." All Might was pleading now. "...Chris… please…" Beverly stood up. "I'm sorry, what's going on?" Chris looked at his mom. "All Might has been trying to convince me for a while now to take me away from UA to train me personally, to help me perfect my power. However, every single time he brings it up, it's because of things happening that require my full attention." Denki nodded. "Yea, with all due respect All Might, now that Jason lost his quirk, we need Chris here. He's our strongest fighter." Everyone nodded in agreement. Well, almost everyone. Jason and Momo remained silent. Momo looked up at the others and spoke first. "If that's the case, then Chris should focus on getting stronger." Jason nodded. "Let's go home and get Chris's bag packed. The sooner the better." Chris was shocked. "What?!" Beverly shook her head. "No! I won't allow it!" Jason shrugged. "Fine." He turned to Tokoyami. "Hey, we need a ride back." Beverly quickly gave in, realizing how determined Jason was to make this happen. "Fine, fine. Just, at least let me drive you all."

Chris argued with Jason the whole way back to their home. Jason didn't say a word in response. Shoto didn't know what to say. Kirishima followed close behind in his truck, with Mina and Momo riding with him. The others had gone back to the UA dorms to prepare. When Beverly parked her car, Jason reached up and took the keys from her. "Stay here. I need to talk to Chris alone." Jason and Chris got out of the car. As the rest of their friends piled out of the truck, Jason gave them a quick 'stay back' gesture as he walked up to the door and unlocked it. He and Chris entered and Jason locked the door behind them. Chris turned angrily. "I'm not going to run away again, you son of a-" Jason grabbed his best friend by the throat and slammed him into the wall. "Shut up! This is bigger than either of us! If you would shut up for more than a second, then I would have time to explain it to you!" Chris remained silent as Jason let go of him. "Go get packed, go train with All Might, and master One for All." Chris was going to say something, but Jason kept talking. "...Denki's right… I'm quirkless now… I went from being the strongest fighter we had to the weakest… otherwise it would be me going out there to fight All for One…" Jason looked back up at Chris. "...I meant it when I said you're our last hope against All for One… so go train with All Might… master One for All… we'll keep up the fight here, and buy you as much time as you can…"