Herolight Tech PT2-The Alchemy Twins
-A Few Minutes Later-
Reina sat on the stool as she had been getting treated by Michiko with the help of a first aid kit, and a couple of alcohol patches, even though it was just a cut. "Michiko-san, I already told you I'm fine." Reina said, "It's just a small cut."
Michiko replied, "Even the smallest cut can kill, Miss."
"Must you call me Miss?" Reina said.
"I am so sorry!" Victor said, as he bowed, "I thought I had gotten the correct calibrations on the jetpack and worked out the bugs! But then again I shouldn't have expected it as much, considering it's still in the prototype stages."
"THAT DOESN'T EXCUSE THE FACT THAT YOU NEARLY KILLED HER!!" Katsuki shouted at him before turning to Violet, "THAT GOES FOR YOU TOO!"
"Hey, I did say I was sorry!" Violet retorted.
Michiko gave them both a bonk on the head, before saying "SORRY DOESN'T HELP IF SHE ALMOST DIED!"
"We're sorry already!" Violet and Victor shouted.
"Are they always like this?" Reina asked Futsuno.
"Only when they're designing their new equipment." Futsuno said, "And occasionally hit one or two people due to faulty."
"OCCASIONALLY!?" Reina, Katsuki and Michiko exclaimed out of confusion.
Violet soon let out a sigh before she cleared her throat, "Okay, okay, let's forget about the rough introduction!" She said, "Let me be the first to start over!" She soon spun around taking them back, "Hello there Reina Nouki, Katsuki Bakugou! I'm Violet Genno--"
"--And I'm Victor Genno!" Victor said doing a spin himself.
The very minute they stopped spinning, they performed a stylish pose. Violet had both her hands on her hand; one on top the other on the bottom while hips her on the side. And Vector with his hand in front of his face and his hand to the back,
"NICE TO MEET YOU!" They both shouted.
Reina and Katsuki just looked at them dumbfoundedly while Michiko had her jaw wide open. "Did they just…" Reina started to say.
"... Oh good lord…" Katsuki said facepalming himself, "Not another one… Two even…"
"WHY THOSE TWO POSES OUT OF THE OTHER?!" Michiko Yelled As she got her quirk out ready to kill.
"What, it's our favorite!" Violet said with a smile.
"Yeah, like duh!" Victor added.
"Michiko-san please…" Reina said as she shook her head, "Wait--You read the series too?"
Michiko blushed out of embarrassment as she said, "Y-yeah back when Bossman and I were kids."
Katsuki soon let out a groan, "Kill me…"
Futsuno couldn't help but laugh, "I wish I had a camera, your expressions are so funny!"
"DON'T YOU START THAT SHIT TOO!!" He shouted at Futsuno.
Violet soon laughed too, "Okay, okay!" She said stifling a giggle, "In all seriousness, we're both glad that you're here in Herolight Tech with us!"
Victor soon let out a chuckle, "In case you haven't noticed, we are your biggest fans!"
"We established that already!" Katsuki said.
"Yet, albeit, it's still surprising." Reina said, "I mean, I always assumed Floyd-kun would be the one with all the fans."
"Yeah, I mean sure he's alright in all, but you two--!" Victor said, "You two went beyond expectations in the Sports Festivals, not to mention, your Quirks are freaking amazing! Violet and I have never seen anything like it!"
Reina turned red while Katsuki just looked surprised as they looked to on another; both of them had completely taken back at the fact that they had fans; Futsuno had been about what she said before
. "Okay… THAT'S surprising." Katsuki soon said.
"You really are fans?" Reina said.
"Uh… How can we not be?" Violet said surprised herself, "I mean--You two are incredible! We're really looking forward to working with you, while your interning with Best Jeanist!"
"And boy, wait till you see the toys we got for you!" Victor said before he started to saunter over to one of their many desks, "Come on!"
"We got 'em over here!" Violet said, taking Reina and Katsuki's hands, "In our lab!"
The two of them found themselves being dragged by the two of them over to what appeared to be a jointed room. The lights had been on brightly nearly blinding them as they were met with what looked to be devices and such hanging from a set of cables. They saw what looked to be weapons, metallic wings and what looked to vehicles on each of the tables looking like it had been half finished or had metallic skeletons.
Though they also couldn't help but notice a couple of Shonen Jump Mangas scattered on each of the tables and what looked to be futons on the floor.
"Apologies for the mess." Victor said, kicking away a couple of the books and empty soda cans, "We like to stay here overnight in case we work too late."
"Which is basically everyday." Violet said with a smile.
"So in other words this is your second home?" Reina said.
"Well to be fair, we do spend more time here than we do in our own house." Violet replied with a smile.
"Jesus…" Katsuki said as he noticed the smell and open takeout on the tables, "... Would it kill you to at least clean up after yourselves!? It smells like I'm walking through a goddamn dump!"
"Huh, odd I don't even remember ordering that." Victor said, "That's probably a bad sign."
"Yeah, probably." Violet added as she scratched her head, "And also, we're not brats, we're thirteen so we're technically teenagers."
"Makes no difference to me." Katsuki said nonchalantly.
Michiko examined some of the equipment and couldn't help take notice of the logo on each of the half built machines. There looked to be logos on each of them small yet visible. Each of them possessed a mark that appeared to be in a light blue color as it looked to have a Greek letter of the alphabet, which had been known as Sigma.
At this her eyes widened before she--
"EEEEEHHHHHHHHHHH!?"
The group had jumped as they turned Michiko and saw that she had been pointing towards the logo on the machine. "Michiko-san?" Reina said, "Is everything alright?"
Michiko soon turned over to Violet and Victor, before saying "I know that logo anywhere… You two… Are you guys the Alchemy Twins?!"
Katsuki and Reina looked shocked while Futsuno, Violet and Victor just looked surprised. "You… Know our Vigilante names?" Violet asked.
"Alchemy Twins?" Reina and Katsuki said.
Michiko soon replied, turning to Katsuki and Reina, "Yeah, they're well known for that exact symbol right there!"
"Well, I guess that cat's out of the bag for the two of you." Futsuno said.
"Looks that way." Victor and Violet said at the same time.
"You two are vigilantes?" Katsuki said surprised.
Victor and Violet looked at one another before they shrugged. "That's right, Victor and I are both vigilantes." Violet replied, "As hard as it is to believe we have lives outside of this office too."
"We've always wanted to help not only Pros that come by here every now and again, but help and save people with our tech." Victor said, "And it works like a charm, despite the fact we have to avoid the police all the time."
"We maybe Quirkless, but… That doesn't mean we can't fight bad guys too!" Victor said pridefully.
The twins soon noticed stunned expressions on their faces, and they couldn't help but feel embarrassed as they both blushed. "Sorry, it must sound pretty ridiculous to hear. I mean, no one expects a couple of Quirkless people to do anything useful, am I right?"
"... Actually… To be honest, the one we encountered in USJ turned out to be a bad guy that almost killed the Symbol of Peace and tried to kill Floyd-kun." Reina said, "So it's nice to know there's people that are Quirkless and are actually good guys."
Michiko flinched at this before she said giving off a scary aura, "WHAT?! WHERE IS HE?! HOW DARE HE ALMOST KILL THE BOSSMAN!"
"STOP CALLING THE INKHEAD THAT!!" Katsuki shouted.
"NO!" Michiko yelled, "If the Bossman was almost killed by a villain like that Guy then it's My Job that i deliver the justice so that he'll never do that Again or to anyone else!"
"A Villain without a Quirk?" Futsuno said, intrigued, "Now that's a new one."
"I'll say!" Violet said, "You know aside from trying to kill I'd like to meet the guy!"
"Me too!" Victor said, raising his hand.
At this Michiko gave them a good slap on the head, "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU TWO?!"
The twins had been silent for a moment before they answered, "... Yes."
"Don't make me end you two." Michiko said with a glare.
"Again, are you a vigilante or yakuza!?" Katsuki yelled.
Futsuno, Violet and Victor while Michiko let out a gasp before she slapped Katsuki, giving him the backhand causing him to fall over and Reina to jump. Michiko shouted angrily, "What the hell's wrong with you?! ARE YOU TRYING TO GET ME, BOSSMAN AND EVERYONE I KNOW KILLED?!"
"BUT YOU TOLD US YOU WERE A VIGILANTE STRAIGHT OUT!!" Reina and Katsuki yelled.
"YOU EVEN TOLD US YOUR REAL NAME FOR GOD'S SAKE!!" Reina soon added.
"STILL--!" Michiko shouted.
"You're a vigilante too?" Futsuno said surprised..
Violet and Victor soon looked at their appearance again, as they couldn't help but notice her weapons. "Wait a minute…" Violet started to say.
"Don't tell me you're…" Victor soon said.
Michiko shook her head as she told the twins, "You mean you haven't noticed?"
"Not at first but now--" Violet said as she tried to put together what she wanted to say; Though she ended up slapping herself in the head, "--Like, oh my God!"
"You're the vigilante of colors!" Victor soon added, "You're Reflected Blade! Though you look different in your civilian clothes than your vigilante clothes." Reina and Katsuki only looked shocked at this as they looked at Michiko who couldn't help but heat up with embarrassment again.
"Reflected Blade?" Reina said, "That's your Vigilante name?"
"Ye--Yeah, it is!" Michiko said as she sounded embarrassed, "is it too much?"
"Holy crap!" Violet said, "I remember seeing you on several jobs!"
"Yeah!" Victor said, before he stated awkwardly, "Not to mention you almost got us killed that one time."
"You nearly did what?" Reina said surprised.
Michiko said as she sounded nervous again, "Yeah.. .I did, didn't I?"
"We were investigating a Hero's secret hideout, and she mistook us for the bad guys." Violet explained, "That was one CRAZY Thursday night."
"Can't really remember how we got out of that one." Victor said, scratching his head.
Michiko said after she laughed, "Ri-Right! Sorry about that!"
"Huh… Now that is a surprise indeed." Futsuno said.
"So… You guys know each other?" Katsuki asked, looking at the twins.
"Well other than the numerous attempts on our lives, we've agreed to disagree to work with each other whenever her and the other three vigilante companions come into our territory." Violet briefly explained, "We didn't really get along--Actually we still don't."
Michiko soon said, "IT'S BECAUSE YOU GUYS WON'T STOP BOASTING ABOUT YOUR STUPID TECH!"
"HEY, IT'S FOR A GOOD CAUSE!" The Twins argued.
Michiko yelled back giving off a scary aura, "IT'S THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR THAT GETS YOU TWO KILLED!"
"SAYS THE GIRL THAT ALMOST GOT US KILLED!" The Twins shouted again.
Michiko soon flipped them off as she barked, "IT'S BECAUSE YOU TWO GOT IN MY WAY!"
"Whoa…" Reina said before turning to Katsuki, "... And I thought you and Floyd-kun were bad."
"No kidding…" Katsuki said shocked, "... I think the Inkhead and her are related."
Michiko shouted to him as she turned red again, "HEY KNOCK IT OFF, BOSSMAN AND I ARE JUST FRIENDS...Unless he loves me…."
"What?" They both said.
At this Michiko let out a screech, "NONONO WHAT AM I SAYING?! IT'S THE BOSSMAN'S CHOICE WHO HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH!"
"Bossman?" Victor said, "Is that her Yakuza boss or something?"
"Nope." Reina immediately replied.
"Definitely not." Katsuki said, shaking his head.
Michiko shouted, "KNOCK IT OFF ALREADY, YOU'RE MAKING ME BLUSH!"
"... Now this is good entertainment." They soon heard Futsuno say. The group soon noticed tha Futsuno had been holding what looked to be a camcorder. "FUTSUNO!?" Violet and Victor shouted.
"WERE YOU RECORDING THIS WHOLE TIME!?" Reina exclaimed.
"Of course I was!" Futsuno said with a smile, "I have to capture the moment somehow."
"IF YOU POST THAT ONLINE I WILL END YOU!!" Katsuki yelled as his hands sparked.
"WHY YOU-" Michiko shouted as her quirk got out in the form of a pink blade "I'll slice you in two!"
"Oooh nice!" Futsuno said as she still had been recording, "That would go great for a horror film project I've been working on!"
"YOU'RE STILL RECORDING!?" The group exclaimed.
"TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF!" Violet and Victor yelled.
"THAT'S IT, FUTSUNO!" Michiko shouted as her blade turned Red. "YOU'RE DEAD!"
"GET IN LINE YOU YAKUZA WEIRDO!" Katsuki yelled as his hands sparked.
"OUTTA MY WAY, MUTT!" Michiko shouted as she pointed at his neck.
"TOODLE PIP~!" Futsuno shouted cheerfully before she started to make a run, skipping while she did and letting out a laugh.
"GET BACK HERE YOU DAMN DESK CLERK!!" Katsuki yelled rocketing towards her, "AND QUIT IT WITH YOUR LAUGHING!!"
"Did your blade turn red just now?" Reina asked curiously.
Before Michiko could join in on the chase, she turned to Reina and replied with a smile, "Oh yeah, sometimes it depends on my mood--" She soon turned her attention towards Futsuno as Katsuki continued to chase her throughout the lab, before she yelled, "--HEY GET BACK HERE YOU DAMN MORONS!"
"Try and catch me if you can~!" Futsuno said tauntingly.
"JUST HOLD STILL DAMN IT!!" Katsuki yelled trying to grab a hold of her, only for him to face plant onto the floor when she moved out of his way.
Thus she started to chase her down too, leaving Reina, Violet and Victor to stand there awkwardly.
"Well… At least they're a lively bunch." Violet said.
"I'll say." Victor said, putting his hands behind his head, "I haven't had this excitement in a long time."
Reina groaned as she couldn't help but slap herself, "... I just hope Floyd-kun is having a better time than I am right now…"
***
-Floyd's Internship-
Floyd didn't really enjoy his trip over to the agency he picked. Granted he had gotten the approval of his parents to intern at this agency in particular; though that didn't mean he would be going alone.
So… As you can imagine he had the unfortunate time of getting chaperoned by none other than his own parents, Josephine and Joji, and even his second grandfather Oda.
And he hated EVERY minute of it.
Floyd rolled his eyes as he walked in the middle of the three of them, occasionally having a fan or two of his parents approach them. Mostly they asked for a picture or for one of them to sign their notebook, or sketchbook.
He soon said to them with a groan, "Can we go now? This is already tiring!"
Josephine said to her son, as she gave him a pat on the shoulder, "Hey, it's best for the public to see the good side of Heroes!"
Floyd said annoyingly, "Yeah yeah.."
"Look son, I know you don't like us chaperoning you during your internship but it's the only way considering you,-know-who tried to attack you." Joji said to him, giving him a pat on the shoulder.
"Yeah but--" Floyd started to say before he had been cut off by the sound of girls squeeing.
"Look! Isn't that Floyd Aihara from the Sports Festival!?" One of them said.
"Oh my God it is!" A second one said, "It really is him!!"
Floyd looked to see his fangirls squeeing.
"Oh hey!" Floyd said with a wave, before the girls came running to him, taking his parents and grandfather by surprise at this.
"Oh my gosh, he looks so much more handsome in person!" One of the girls said.
Another girl held out what looked to be a notepad, "Can I get your autograph?!"
One girl even held out what looked to be a box of chocolate, "Please accept this Floyd-kun!"
"He--Here!" One of the others said as she held what looked to be that of a scarf, "Please take this for me Floyd-san!"
Floyd blushed as he said to the group of girls, "Ladies, one at a time, please. But I'll happily accept your gifts." He soon took the box of chocolate and scarf from the girls making them faint on the spot.
One of them soon took his hands into hers as she suddenly said, "WILL YOU PLEASE BY MY HUSBAND FLOYD-SAN!?"
Floyd did a double take at this as he couldn't help but yell, "HOLD ON, I'M ONLY 15 YOU KNOW!!"
Oda soon pushed the young girl away as he said, "Okay ladies okay that's enough fans for one day."
"TAKE MY VIRGINITY, FLOYD-SAN! PLEASE!" Another shouted, making Floyd's face heat up.
"Annnd with that, we're going!" Joji said as he along with Josephine, Floyd and Oda ran away while the girls started to give chase.
They were able to lose them quick in the busy crowd before they arrived safely at the place.
The family gave a sigh of relief afterward, as Floyd couldn't help but sink to the floor. "All these Villains and I'm gonna get killed by fangirls." Floyd said as he wiped the sweat off of his forehead.
Oda gave a laugh before he said to his grandson, "What can I say, your young. Who knows, maybe one of them will be your wife someday."
Floyd couldn't help but mumble angrily as he thought of a certain odd eyed girl and red eyed teen, "Yeah.. .if we don't end up on Jerry Springer first.."
"Now honey, did you remember to call Excelsior?" Josephine said, looking at her husband.
Josephine gave a smile as he replied, "Why of course!"
Floyd soon stood up before he asked his parents, "Say we are going to his agency, right?"
"Oh yeah!" Joji said, "Trust me son, you're not gonna regret choosing him to intern."
"You're gonna love him, after all I trained with the man myself." Josephine said with a smile.
Floyd's eyes brightened as he said, "How about Aunt Penny? Did she come here with you mom?"
At that mention of her name, Josephine and Joji couldn't help but be silent for a second before Josephine responded hesitantly, "Yeah, she came along."
Floyd couldn't help but have a skeptical look; he could've sworn they sounded off.
All of a sudden the door abruptly opened up. Coming out was a man who looked to be in his late 80s sporting a blue suit with red-white stars and stripes, along with sunglasses and white hair spiked to the side. Floyd's jaw dropped as he said, "That's… Excelsior…?"
Josephine said to the man with a wave, "Hey Excelsior!"
The man named Excelsior soon said, "Josephine… I heard about what happened during your volunteer job at USJ…"
"Eh?" Josephine said.
Josephine flinched slightly when she felt the man emit a scary aura and he glared over in her direction, making her shake.
"It seems to me you've been rusty lately, Jo. It's a good thing I came here to my agency here in Japan…" Excelsior said as he stepped closer to her, making her sweat, "... Cuz during your son's internship… I'm gonna have to retrain you back to the silver age."
Josephine laughed before she said nervously to the elderly man, "Hey now… Let's not get rough alright?"
"The same can be said about your husband too!" Excelsior said as he turned his glare onto Joji, making him turn pale.
"M-me sir?" Joji said.
Excelsior stepped towards him as he said, "Your daughter told me about what happened during the Sports Festival… I thought that problem had been taken care of…"
Joji laughed nervously as he replied, "yeah, to be fair we thought we did to--GAH!"
Joji had been abruptly cut off when he had been smacked right in the face, making him fall over like that of a tree.
It hadn't been long before he noticed Floyd as his eyes brightened, "Floyd! It's been a while since we last saw each other!"
Floyd grinned and said to the man gleefully, "Hey to you man! I'm looking forward to working with you!"
Excelsior let out a chuckle of Floyd's enthusiasm, as he soon ruffled his hair, "You definitely have your mother's spirit, and that of her sister's. I was so happy when Malcolm told me you were going to be interning here."
"Me too!" Floyd said, "I can't wait to learn from the man that taught my mom and Aunt Penny the best moves!"
Excelsior said to Floyd with a smile, " Of course! It's gonna be a marvelous week with you around!"
"Excelsior please." Oda said, "Whatever you do, don't go overboard with the training like you did with Josephine and Penolope. Last thing we want is for him to lose a limb."
Excelsior merely waved it off as he said, "Oh please, that's all part of the learning experience!"
"WHAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE!?" Josephine exclaimed.
Floyd's eyes brightened as he said with a smile, "Where do we start!?"
Excelsior merely replied as he lead him towards his office, "In my office of Wonder!"
"No, not the office of Wonder!" Josephine called out, though it proved to be futile as he had completely ignored her protests. Joji couldn't help but smile as he recovered from the hit, "Well, at least he hasn't changed after all of these years."
Oda had added, "Indeed he hasn't."
Josephine facepalmed herself as she said, "Oy vey.."
"Though seriously, we should go and follow them before they do anything crazy." Joji said. "Knowing that wacky old man."
They followed close behind Excelsior, eventually reaching his office. With the flick of a switch, Floyd had been blown away by the mere sight of what laid within it. It looked like that of a base HQ though it looked a bit more futuristic than it did in most of the agency's he's been to in his life.
I guess you could say, he had been blown away by the sight of it all.
"Woah… It's just something you see in Avengers Tower!" Floyd said with a smile.
"I made a couple of upgrades to the place since 2012." Excelsior said to him, giving him a pat on the head.
"I have to say… You're catching up with modern times quick.." Joji told him.
"Yeah, unlike the last time." Josephine as she rolled her eyes.
Excelsior gave a look over to Josephine making her flinch, before she said nervously, "Which was good was well..hehe"
Oda gave a sigh as he said, "Good to see you're doing well, Excelsior.."
Floyd said to the man with excitement, "So cool! Hey!" He soon noticed a red button on his desk, as he walked over to it, "What does this button do?"
Immediately, Excelsior's eyes widened before he said fearfully, "NO FLOYD! WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T PUSH THE RED BUTTON!"
Floyd looked to the button and than back to Excelsior as he had gotten closer to the button, "Yes sir!" Of course, they're jaws dropped when Floyd did the opposite--He ended up pressing the red button.
The next second Floyd was seen up a tube and all over. "OKAY! I THINK I MADE A MISTAKE!"
"MY BABY!!" Josephine exclaimed before she drew up a hammer, "I'M COMING TO SAVE YA!!"
Joji yelled at Excelsior, "WHY DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS INSTALLED IN YOUR OFFICE!?"
Excelsior said fearfully, "Just in case of emergencies!"
Oda shouted, "WHAT KIND OF EMERGENCY?!"
"THE KIND THAT MYTHICAL GODS MIGHT ATTACK!" Excelsior shouted.
"IN WHAT WORLD COULD THAT HAPPEN!?" Oda and Joji shouted.
"THIS ISN'T LIKE SOME COMIC BOOK MOVIE YOU KNOW!" Oda shouted.
"GET MY SON OUT OF THERE!!" Josephine shouted.
"Alright!" Excelsior shouted.
Using his quirk Excelsior jumped up in one of the tubes and tossed a rose inside like he was shooting webs, before reeling out Floyd who looked scared as a kitten.
Floyd mumbled loudly as he had been placed on the ground and started to rock back and forth, "I love my life. I love my life.. I love my life."
Oda gave Excelsior a slap on the head as he said, "You still haven't changed haven't ya."
Excelsior gave a nervous laugh as he said, "Seems so."
Josephine said as she hugged her son, "My Baby..Are you okay?!"
"I love my life.." He said as his body still shook.
"Now you see why we're chaperoning?" Josephine said.
Floyd couldn't help but nod as he said with his body shaking, "Y-yeah.."
Excelsior soon smiled before he suggested, "So… Anyone up for a club soda?"
Oda and Joji couldn't help but give him a smack on the head as they both shouted, "NOW'S NOT THE TIME FOR THIS!!"
Floyd shook as he couldn't help but wonder aloud, "This is gonna be a long internship huh?"
***
-Herolight Tech; Violet and Victor's Lab-
Katsuki and Michiko had slumped over on the seats provided in the lab while Futsuno stood looking rather unphased by the whole thing as she had been sipping from a water bottle. Reina, Violet and Victor on the other hand looked at the situation awkwardly as they still couldn't believe what had transpired.
"I gotta say, you two are really good at running!" Futsuno complimented before tossing the empty water bottle away in the trashcan provided, "Though you might want to work on your stamina and your insults while you're at it."
"Don't… Tell me… What to do…" Katsuki said as he had been out of breath.
Michiko added, in between breaths, "Yeah..."
"Hey, I'm just saying, it's something you gotta work on." Futsuno said innocently.
"DON'T SOUND INNOCENT DESKIE!!" Katsuki yelled.
"Huh, he's still got his energy." Victor said, surprised.
"Well, now that you've gotten all of that out of your system--" Violet said, "--It's about time we unveil your new toys for when you're out in the field!" She soon turned to her brother, "Victor, if you please?"
"With pleasure Vi!" Victor said with a bow.
With that he sauntered over to one of the tables that had been covered. "Katsuki Bakugou--" Victor said, "--May I present to you, you're weapon against enemies! I give you… The Thunderstorms!" He pulled back the sheet as they were both taken back by the sight of the machine.
It looked to be a set of gauntlets like his, except one thing; they both looked to have ammo compartments that resembled that of a machine gun.
"Holy shit…" Katsuki said as he was actually speechless by this.
"Like 'em huh?" Victor said, "These babies are legend-freaking-dary! I got the idea after playing Borderlands and watching a bit of RWBY. Great go tos for inspirations! The bullets in these babies each contain the capture weapons that are made of carbon fiber. Each compartment is filled with a total of 20 rounds, and the best part is… The weapons run on your Quirk. It'll store up your nitro-sweat to give you the fire power you need to take on a Villain. And all you gotta do is pull the trigger; That's your safety mode, and if you want to keep it from getting messy. But if you don't have time for that, you can switch off the safety mode and use your Quirk to fire the weapon."
Katsuki couldn't help but smile at this, "... I like the sound of that."
Michiko couldn't help but eye the weapons with a spyglass as she said, "The design of this is incredible."
"Oh, now you're not paranoid?" Reina said amused and with a raised eyebrow.
Michiko soon said to Reina, embarrassed, "Well, not all the time, miss!"
"Oh, so you do admit your paranoid?" Violet said.
"Why don't you give it a little test run?" Victor asked as he lifted one of the gauntlets off the table with effort, "Just to make sure everything's working in all."
"Kay." Katsuki said as he went to put it on, though before he did--
"What a goddamn minute!" He said, retracting his hand, "How do I know this isn't going to blow up in my face?!"
"Oh don't worry about that, I can almost guarantee that it won't blow up!" Victor said before stating awkwardly, "And if it does we'll cover the medical expenses, and apologize in advance if you happen to lose an arm in the process."
Katsuki's brow twitched, but ultimately ended up complying as Victor helped him to slip it on after removing his other ones. With a push of a button, some of the tables moved on a conveyor belt which the office had provided, before the target came down as it had been hung by a cable.
Violet picked up a monitor with a camera attached to it and handed Reina, Futsuno and Michiko a set of earmuffs and goggles.
"Alright we're all set!" Violet shouted, since she had on the ear muffs, "It's pretty straightforward Bakugou, just aim and hit the bullseye!"
"The gauntlets come with their own scope!" Victor soon added, "I wasn't sure which one was your dominant hand, so I just installed them in both, but feel free to use those if you have trouble shooting! Just give it a shake, and it'll pop up!"
Katsuki tested the weight of the gauntlets before he gave his right arm a shake.
POP!--Went the scope, taking Katsuki back a bit as he jumped a little.
"So all I gotta do is point and shoot huh?" He thought to himself, as he clenched his hand, "Guess it works differently than usual." Using his other hand, he supported his right hand and got into a stance as if he was using his original gauntlets.
Violet soon pressed a button on the monitor and it started to beep a red light on the upper corner.
"Okay, you may fire when ready!" Violet said before she snickered, turning over to Reina and Michiko, "I always wanted to say that."
Reina shook her head with a smile, while Michiko said begrudgingly and rolling her eyes, "This is gonna turn out well."
Katsuki took a deep breath and aimed with the help of his scope. The gauntlets lit up with red, and he went to pull the trigger that the gauntlet provided.
BAM!
Katsuki found himself flying back by the unexpected recoil; the group jumped when the target had been hit and in the next second it had been tied with the same kind of carbon fiber that Shota uses as a scarf.
"Holy crap, it worked!" Violet exclaimed as she removed her goggles and ended the recording.
"Katsuki-kun!" Reina exclaimed before she ran over to him, throwing off the earmuffs and goggles.
Katsuki groaned as he sat up, rubbing the back of his head as he had hit the table just behind him, "Are you okay?" She asked worryingly.
"Shit…" Katsuki said with a laugh, "... This thing packs one hell of a punch!"
Reina couldn't help but laugh with him, "Seriously?! That's all you have to say?!"
"What!?" Katsuki said, ruffling her hair a bit, "It's the truth, Lollipop Head!"
Michiko said as she proceeded to help Katsuki up off the floor, "Come on… Up you go."
"Welp!" Victor said, clapping his hands, and examining the gauntlet, "Other than that recoil, everything is intact, so that is progress! Might have to fix up the calibrations a bit, before you take 'em to the field." He soon turned to Katsuki, "Though do keep in mind, this is still in it's prototype stages, so don't do anything too crazy with it."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Katsuki said, earning a smack on the head by Michiko, "QUIT HITTING ME YOU YAKUZA WEIRDO!"
Michiko merely flipped him off as she said, "I TOLD YOU I AIN'T YAKUZA!"
"Now than, for Ki-chan's present!" Futsuno said, "Violet? I believe you were in charge of this one!"
"Indeed I was!" Violet said, before turning to Reina, "You are going to love this!"
"Can't… Wait." Reina said, doing her best to sound enthusiastic.
Violet soon turned on what sounded to be that of a drumroll, as she clicked a button on a remote she had. "Prepare to have your mind blown…!" She began to say, "... Your jaws dropped, and eyes… Take one last look at the world as you know it, because it's about to change…!"
What looked to be a stage soon came up after there had been an opening in the floor, taking the group, minus Victor and Futsuno back as they backed up; another sheet had been covering the invention Violet had.
"... I present to you, the future for you as a Hero Nouki-san!" Violet said, gripping the sheet, "Behold… The Leviathan!"
She pulled back the sheet and Reina's eyes practically sparkled at the sight.
It looked to be that of a bike like something out of a sci-fi movie, as it didn't possess any wheels of any kind, that had been held up with the help of magnets on the bottom of the stage. It had a white paint job along with purple streaks that resembled that of flames and had different shades of it. On the side it looked to have that of a silhouette of a mythical beast.
"It's a bike…" Katsuki said, as his jaw dropped the second time today.
"Cheese and crackers…" Reina said as she went to the bike, just as Violet lowered the stage by pressing the button on the remote again, "... Where have you been all my life?"
"I figured this would be a better way to travel, rather than you taking a literal leap of faith all the time." Violet said, "I started working on it the moment I watched you in that Obstacle Race."
"... You did this all yourself?" Reina said in awe, "Violet-chan, this is incredible!"
"Why thank you!" Violet said with a smile, "The support course was kind enough to send me the blueprints of your gauntlets and I was able to base it off of that. Well some of it anyway. The bike is able to respond to your Quirk, but I've taken the liberty of adjusting it's calibrations so that you won't tire yourself out as easily as you do when you use yourself to jump up off the ground."
"Whoa…" Reina said, feeling the rim and the seat, "... This is… Really out of this world! It's like something out of Star Wars films!"
"What the hell are you waiting for, give it a test run!" Katsuki told her.
Reina nodded eagerly, before she went to climb on the bike; though before she could, she found herself being lifted off, courtesy of Michiko. "Hey!" Reina exclaimed.
"'I don't think so." Michiko said.
"Oh come on, really!?" Reina said, "It's just one ride!"
Michiko shook her head as she argued, "No… I have a bad feeling about that bike..:"
"You have a bad feeling about every single thing!" She retorted, "Just let me have this one ride!"
Michiko shook her head again, "Miss, reconsider."
"Relax Michiko-san." Futsuno said, "Let the girl live a little. It's not everyday she gets a bike made for her!"
"She doesn't even have a license!" Michiko retaliated
"It doesn't matter if she's a Hero in training!" Futsuno said.
"DON'T MAKE ME CUT YOU!" Michiko yelled.
"Look, it'll be just fine." Violet said, "We're only going to do a test run just to see if it can hoover, that's all."
"Yeah that's all there is to it!" Reina said to Michiko, "I promise, I'm not gonna hurt myself with it."
Michiko gave a sigh as she said. "If you say so, miss…" She said defeated, "... Just don't tell Eraser."
"Can do!" Reina said.
With a smile, she climbed up onto the bike, and placed both of her hands on the handle. "So, how does this work?" Reina asked Violet, "Is there a special method I gotta do?"
"Not necessarily." Violet replied, "In order for the vehicle to work, your gonna need to wear these."
Violet handed her a set of gloves that looked to be fingerless, yet wires had been embedded. Reina removed her gauntlets before slipping them onto her hands. "This way, you won't have to worry about the weight on the bike." Violet explained, "You just gotta focus on what makes it tick!"
"That does save time." Reina said.
"Alright! Let's test this sucker out!" Violet said with a smile, "Victor?"
Victor gave a wink and went over to a computer nearby.
"Okay, start using your Quirk, and when I say so, we'll turn off the magnets." Violet said to Reina.
"Got it!" Reina said, giving a thumbs up.
She took a deep breath and placed both of her hands on the handles. She began to concentrate as her gloves started to light up with a white color. "Okay, now on the count of three, we'll release the magnets!" Violet said, "Are you ready for this?"
"Ready when you are!" Reina said, giving a thumbs up.
Victor and Violet soon got themselves ready as did Reina herself, and Victor began the countdown, "3...2...1…!"
With a press of the button the magnets shut themselves off, and Reina stumbled a little on the bike before she found herself steading herself. She couldn't help but smile and laugh at this, as did Violet and Victor.
"Whoo yes!" Violet cheered, "It works! It actually works!"
"And it didn't blow up!" Victor added, "That is a HUGE plus!"
"Woah!" Reina exclaimed, "... This feels amazing!"
"She's making that thing actually float?" Katsuki said.
"Yessiree!" Violet said with a smile, "I was told a little bit how her Quirk works, and designed the gloves myself. The wires embedded provide an extension for her to reach into the mechanism and signals, kind of like how your brain works with your nerves."
Michiko couldn't help but comment, "That is pretty helpful."
Reina couldn't help but say excitedly, "Oh man! I've always wanted to ride my very own bike, though Shota would never let me! This is the best day of my life!"
"If you think this is exciting, just wait till you try this out on the road!" Futsuno said.
"LET'S NOT GET CRAZY!!" Michiko yelled.
"Can't wait!" Reina said with a smile, "Now, how do I get off it, without it falling onto my foot?"
"Oh that's easy!" Violet said, "There's a blue button on the handle. Just press that and it'll have its own stand."
Reina nodded before she spotted the blue button just at the side of the silver and black handle. With a push of the button two pairs of stands appeared on the front and back. Reina deactivated her Quirk and it touched the ground gently. Reina removed herself from the bike and despite her being off it.
"This is so cool!" Reina said, turning to Violet and Victor, "Katsuki-kun and I really appreciate this! Thanks so much!"
"Yeah… Thanks I guess." Katsuki said.
"We're just happy to be of help!" Victor said, "Besides, we wouldn't want to miss the chance to work with future Pro-Heroes!"
"Glad to know you like the bike I made you." Violet said with a smile, "I actually got the idea after hearing stories about the Pro-Hero the Phantom Witch, when the staff was talking about her!"
Her smile was soon lost as Katsuki flinched at the name, while Michiko's eyes widened slightly. Reina felt a faint ring in her head as she tilted her head like that of a dog.
"Phantom… Witch…?" Reina said, "Who's the Phantom Witch?"
Violet and Victor looked surprised at this as they both gasped out of shock.
"Who's the Phantom Witch!?" Violet exclaimed, "Are you for real!?"
"She's only one of the best Heroes of all time, next to our own Symbol of Peace of course!" Victor explained, "She's the only known person who took on a whole army of Villains--By herself I might add! Plus she took down the head of a deadly Yakuza group and Mafia in America! Rumor has it she was tied to All Might in the number one spot in the top ten Hero list!"
"... Really?" Reina said, still confused.
"Yeah!" Violet said, "In fact--According to the news articles I dug up to build this, she actually had the same type of Quirk as you! Hence why I had a feeling that method would work with you."
Reina's eyes widened at this, "Seriously!? She did!?" She soon said to herself softly, "... I always thought I was the only one…"
"Well just because your type of Quirk is rare, doesn't mean that you're not the only one who can possess it." Futsuno stated with a smile.
"Wait a minute…" Reina soon said with realization, before she turned over to Violet, "... You said had. What did you mean by that?"
Victor and Violet both looked at each other as their expressions softened slightly. "Well that's because…" Victor started to say, "... A lot of people say that the Phantom Witch… Is dead."
"Dead?" Reina said, shocked.
"Personally I don't believe that sort of thing." Victor said, "Have heard how powerful she is!? There's no way she could die that easily! Again, she took down the head of a Yakuza and Mafia leader!"
Michiko soon said, "True… But from what I heard she was in trouble that one time right? There's no way she'd survive that.."
"Oh come on, really?" Violet said, "Where's your proof?"
Michiko couldn't help but argue, "I saw clips runt!"
"They could've edited that, you know!?" Victor soon said.
Michiko couldn't help but yell, "VIDEOS NEVER LIE!!"
"Personally, I'm neutral to the whole thing." Futsuno said.
"The Phantom Witch…" Reina couldn't help but repeat before she had a thought, "... Where have I heard that name before?"
Katsuki stayed silent the whole time, as he couldn't help but recall where he had heard that name before. The Sports Festival, when the Villains broke into UA, and tried to take Reina away. The woman with the scar across her face. The one they referred to her as the Phantom Witch.
Though he couldn't believe what he was hearing from them.
Stories… Dead…
Those were the words that stood out to him the most. He had been quick to draw his own conclusion in his head as he couldn't help but think only one thought alone.
"... They don't know."