~ Chapter 44 ~

"A newspaper?" Class A questioned.

Y/N who's holding Anjali was confused on what did Aizawa mean by that.

"Yeah. A newspaper wants to do a feature on you all."

"Isn't that amazing, Y/N?" Ochaco exclaimed in excitement, leaning close to her.

"Yeah... I guess..."

"It's kind of embarrassing." Denki spoke.

"Why?" Eijiro asked.

"The sports festival was broadcast around the country, right?" Mashirao said.

"Mina, we'll be in the paper! We've gotta look our best!" Toru jumped around excitedly.

"Yeah!"

"You don't have to do much, though, Hagakure..." Kyoka commented.

"Don't get too excited." Aizawa's stern voice cut off their chatter, making them be quiet. "The article is supposed to be about how you students are doing in the dorms you just moved into. The principal thought it would be good for your parents and guardians to see you all living happily in the dorms, so he gave permission. That's why..."

"Do you think the reporter'll be a woman? A woman newscaster?" Mineta asked, making Y/N's eyes twitched in annoyance.

"He said it was for a newspaper." Hanta corrected.

"If you think about it, 'announcer' sounds like 'bouncer' which sounds like 'bouncy boo--'"

Aizawa cut him off by wrapping his long scarf tightly around him.

"So you better not do anything like that."

"You don't have to be like that, Mr. Aizawa." new voice said.

Everyone looked over to see a tall, slender man with black, wavy hair that hangs on one side of his face and short sideburns on both sides. His face is angular with high cheekbones. He wears thin-framed glasses with large, circular lenses, contrasting with his thin, grayish-blue eyes with mismatched pupils, one white and one black.

He sports a beige blazer over an untucked black dress shirt and dark slacks. He also has a black camera that hangs around his neck when he's reporting.

"I want to report on the U.A. students in their natural state in the dorms."

"Mr. Tokuda, I didn't say you could come in yet--"

"I was told I could be here from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. It's already time." Tokuda said, showing his watch.

Aizawa paused, watching him and lowered his scarf. Tokuda came and stood next to Aizawa.

"Oh, and before we got started, I have a friend of mine who's also coming."

As if on cue, the door opened as footsteps was heard and everyone looked over. They gasped when they see a rather familiar man except for Y/N. There stood Ian Malcolm.

He smiled and walked in, standing next to Tokuda.

"Good to see you, Malcolm. You're right on time." Tokuda greeted.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world." Malcolm greeted back.

Tokuda turned to the students.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Tokuda, a reporter. Thanks for having me here today."

"I'm Malcolm, a mathetician. Thanks for having me here today."

"Nice to meet you!!"

Class A bowed to Tokuda and Malcolm.

"You don't have to do anything special. Please just show the camera how you normally live. I might ask you questions occassionally, so I'll be counting on you then." Tokuda said before giving them a charming smile.

"Oh, he's so delightful and handsome!" Mina squealed.

"Not a woman, huh?" Mineta huffed.

"Like Tokuda said, just show how you normally live. I would like to ask you some questions about dinosaurs you guys have encountered recently. I like to hear it myself if there is a way for the dinosaurs to live and to be rescued since us humans have this great technology in their hands and have shown to be unable to control it." Malcolm said and smiled. "I'll be counting you as well."

"Unable to control? That's what caused the dinosaurs to roam around? What have the mad scientists been doing??" Izuku mumbled in question.

"More like what's gotten into that bitch Wu for suddenly started creating something far more dangerous..." Y/N mumbled.

Anjali looks up at Y/N in concern if she's feeling okay. Ian Malcolm immediately noticed Y/N with Anjali in her arms. He raised his eyebrow in curiosity, knowing he will ask her later after he ask other students.

"I'm sure you've already heard from the principal," Tokuda turned to Aizawa. "but please do not interfere with my reporting or Malcolm's questioning. He also had a story he would like to tell them about. I want--"

Aizawa raised his hand to stop him.

"I understand. If you two need anything, please let me know."

"I won't need anything."

"I'm good. Thank you for your concern."

"Everyone in Class 1-A is a promising candidate to become a hero in the future, right?"

"Iida, if there's a problem, let me know immediately. Got it?" Aizawa said.

"Yes, sir!" Tenya stood straight up. "As the class representative for Class 1-A, I, Tenya Iida, will carry out my duty--"

"Okay, then, um... What would you usually be doing now?" Tokuda asked.

"Having breakfast!"

Tokuda and Malcolm looked on in shock at how very polite Tenya is.

"You don't have to be so nervous. Just pretend we're not here..."

"There's no need to be polite. Just be who you are." Malcolm added.

Aizawa looked over at the two, feeling that they're up to something, but they don't smell criminal. He'll just let them do what they want.

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As Tokuda promised, he started taking pictures of them having breakfast. Malcolm didn't ask them yet and didn't want to bother them. Y/N felt a little weird to have someone take pictures of everyone and finds it creepy as well as Malcolm who's staring at her with unknown expression. Tokuda even took pictures of Anjali as Y/N explain him about her with Malcolm listening. Y/N even whack Katsuki in the head for scaring Tokuda and they had a little fight. After breakfast, everyone headed for another day of school they're prepared for. Anjali had to stay in the dorms since Y/N wasn't allowed to bring her much to her dismay, but Y/N reassured her that she'll be back.

Tokuda kept taking pictures of them as he took some notes about them and their Quirk while Malcolm ask them some questions about dinosaurs during their break or lunch as they happily told him, adding Y/N in it who helped them. He was impressed.

Malcolm looks at the time to see that lunch time is almost over. He stares at his thumb drive as he had been thinking for a while if it's a right time to let the students know about Jurassic Park that was once alive until it was ruined. Tokuda advices him to do it since they've been surviving from many dinosaur encounters as well as villain attacks. He then eventually asks Aizawa if he can teach them for their last class to show them something. Aizawa find it odd and had a talk with Nezu and he agreed. So after lunch was over, everyone is seated as Malcolm walked in to where Aizawa had stand.

"Hey class, I know this is sudden, but I've been given permission to teach you guys about dinosaurs. Not the full history 'cause I know you guys might find it boring and long...." Malcolm joked, making some of them chuckle.

Y/N wondered what he wanted to talk to them about.

"I think it's time that you all need to know about the truth about dinosaurs. You may not heard of this, but Jurassic Park was a very first park full of real dinosaurs that has ever been brought back to life." He said, setting up the screen behind him as he clicked the remote to show some pictures.

Everyone looks on in interest. The screen showed the skeleton T-Rex logo with the title 'Jurassic World'. He then clicked on to the next one that showed Jurassic Park.

"I was invited to go there for the opinion. At first, I thought it was rather fascinating to see real live dinosaurs walking around the land freely. But when I met the scientists and how they were brought back as well as seeing the Velociraptor paddock, I realized they lack of humility before nature that's being displayed there on staggers. They're a lot worse. They don't even see what danger they're in. Genetic power is the most awesome force the planets ever seen, but you're wielding it like a kid that's found his dad's gun."

This made them shiver at a thought of that. He went on as he clicked onto a next screen that showed T-Rex on loose and the Jurassic Park completely abandoned and in ruins.

"I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power that they're using, it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and they took the next step. They didn't take any responsibility for it. Science has always said that it may not know everything now but it will know, eventually. But now we see that isn't true. It is an idle boast. As foolish, and as misguided, as the child who jumps off a building because he believes he can fly." He continued.

Screen showed a lot of dinosaurs on loose.

"Dinosaurs had their shot and nature selected them for extinction. But what they did wasn't so great about discovery that it's a violent, penetrative act that scars would have explores what they call discovery. I call the rape of the natural world. How can they know anything about an extinct ecosystem and how could they ever assume that they can control it? Well, they don't and that's the problem. They're playing with fire, and they pick them because they look good, but these are aggressive living things that have no idea what century they're in and they'll defend themselves violently if necessary."

Another screen showed people hunting down the dinosaurs and caging them in. Y/N looks on in rage, clenching her fist as they turn white. Katsuki noticed that and wondered if she's okay. Then another one showed Jurassic Park being recreated into Jurassic World in Isa Nublar.

And then showed it into ruins once again just like Jurassic Park.

"It would have been a complete disaster. Yet, it could have gotten worse when I saw this."

Screen showed the volcano that's going to explode in the island the dinosaurs are in.

"I warned them not to save them and they didn't listen. We have no control and yet, they still want them for their selfish greed."

That's where Y/N was that made her wish she could forget it. Eijiro saw that and frowned as everyone else are beyond shocked at what they are seeing and hearing from Ian Malcolm. Aizawa looked on in silence.

"I'm talking about man-made cataclysmic change. Changes like death. You don't know what it looks like until you're standing at the gates."

Last screen showed all dinosaurs in Japan that are roaming around with people who are seeing it as well as Mosaurus in the surf wave as they could clearly see the figure of it. Tsu' breath hitched to see it again.

"Life cannot be contained. Life breaks free. Life... finds a way. These creatures were here before us and if we're not careful they're going to be here after. We're going to have to adjust to new threats we can't even imagine. We've entered a new era. Welcome, to Jurassic World."

With that, he ends his presentation.

"Any questions?"

Momo raised her hand.

"How are we going to survive with all the dinosaurs that are roaming around freely?"

"That we don't know. But that's why I'm here if there is a way and after hearing this from all of you. I think you kids are our only hope to stop this chaos and help those dinosaurs. These dinosaurs are here for a reason."

"We will do whatever it takes to save them. These dinosaurs we have encountered are the most extraordinary things we have ever seen and it would be a shame to see them gone again. They need to live to be like us if we're ever going to be treated as equal." Y/N said in determination.

"She's right." Kyoka nodded in agreement along with Mina.

Everyone else agreed. Malcolm smiled.

"Then, I'm counting on you. Not just you Class A, but everyone in U.A."

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School was over as everyone went back to their dorms. Malcolm and Tokuda are sitting on a table with a computer and several pictures on it. Five males and one female. That female is Y/N who won first in the Sports Festival. Malcolm had some notes he took when he question them and now his thoughts is on Y/N and that baby Indominus Rex Gen 2.

"Your presentation had went quite great. I'm sure the students will understand what danger they're in."

"They need to know and be more rational about it if they're going to help the dinosaurs that are putting themselves in danger out in the open." Malcolm said. "So, got any mind on who All Might would've considered?"

"I already had someone in mind from the start. It was a simple process of elimination. Katsuki Bakugo's abilities are on par with those of pro heroes, but in middle school, he declared that he would surpass All Might, so it's hard to imagine him as All Might's successor. Shoto Todoroki can also be eliminated. After all, his father is the number two hero, Endeavor. It's hard to think he would let his son be All Might's successor. The only ones left then are Fumikage Tokoyami, Tenya Iida... Or the victor of the festival, Y/N L/N."

Tokuda watched as a certain green haired boy was outside with Y/N who approached him with Anjali in her arms which Malcolm noticed it and watched. She held Anjali towards Izuku who stammered with blushes on his face until he eventually got a hold of her. Anjali started to playfully pull Izuku's hair by the mouth after she crawl up to his shoulder.

"My instinct, which has gotten me many scoops, is telling me... It has to be one of them. Izuku Midoriya or Y/N L/N." Tokuda thought.

"I should go and have a talk with L/N..." Malcolm thought.

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"Anjali, don't pull Izuku's hair like that. He's not a toy." Y/N scolded her, trying to release her.

"It's fine. I'm sure she's just playing." Izuku assured her.

Hearing footsteps approaching, they looked back to see All Might with a plastic bag in hand and an umbrella in the other. He gave them a smile and greeted.

"Yo."

"All Might!" Izuku beamed. "What's up?"

"Actually, I was just at the hospital for a regular check-up, and since I'd been there since morning, I was a little hungry." All Might said, explaining what happened when he was heading towards the shop when the man who was working was a big fan and let him have all the buns and the umbrella he was holding right now. "So I brought these to share with the class."

"That's nice of him. For someone who's a fan and respect you." Y/N said.

"Haha. Yeah."

All Might handed the bag to Y/N.

"As expected of All Might." Izuku mumbled in awe. "You're so popular. It's only natural, though. You are the number one hero. Protecting the people this whole time, fighting against evil villains, you were the symbol of peace who brought courage and smiles to many..."

All Might puts his hand on Izuku's shoulder. Y/N couldn't help but smile.

"Next, it's your turn— No," All Might stopped and placed his other hand on Y/N's shoulder.

"It's all of your turns."

"Right."

"Yeah."

"I will train you hard again starting tomorrow, okay?" He said to Izuku.

"Please do!" Izuku shouted.

Anjali who was in Izuku's other shoulder licked All Might's face, causing him to chuckle and pat her head.

"I'm sure you will take good care of her, Young L/N. Train her well."

"I will."

All Might then walked away. Tokuda and Malcolm walked in.

"You're working hard. Training on your own before dinner, too?" Tokuda said to Izuku.

"Huh? Um, yes..."

"I see that you decided to give your little friend some air." Malcolm said to Y/N.

"Yeah." She said, removing Anjali from Izuku and passed the bag to him.

"Something smells good."

"They're meat buns... Would you like one?" Izuku asked.

"Yes, please." Tokuda nodded.

"I'm good." Malcolm declined. "I like to have a talk with L/N in private, if you don't mind."

"Huh? Um... sure." Y/N nodded as her along with Anjali and Malcolm walked down the stairs and started walking as Izuku and Tokuda are sitting down, talking.

"So what do you want to talk about?"

"About your Anjali. I heard that she's created by Wu again."

"Yeah... He's forcing me to raise her and become a killer like the Indominus Rex was, but I'm not going to let that happen."

"Do you even have what it takes to control her? There's going to be complicated things that will cause your life."

"I'm fully aware of that. That's why I'm prepared. And I believe there's always a way, even for the dinosaurs. They deserve to have a better life and a second chance. But those humans out there will not understand and will only think about using them for stupid money and attractions. I need to put an end to this and show them that they're wrong and stupid."

"Yeah... I try to reason with them and you know what happen... Are you sure you can take care of her? She will be dangerous."

"She's my child. I'll treat her like one and will make sure that she protects those that cannot protect themselves."

Malcolm stare at her for a moment and smiled.

"Then, I pray that what you're doing is right. I'm counting on you and your friends as well as everyone to save us all and the dinosaurs."

Y/N smiled back at him.

"I promise. And please call me Y/N."

Malcolm nodded and gave Anjali a scratch to the chin, making her purr.

"Well then, my work here is done. See you on the other side." He said, walking away with a wave.

"See you."

Tokuda came after as he walk past her, catching up to Malcolm. He stopped and looked back at her.

"Do your best, Dinosaur Whisperer."

Y/N chuckled. "I will."

It was the end of the time they were allotted, but Tokuda and Malcolm left without even saying goodbye to the class. Y/N looked down at Anjali and gave her a light kiss on the head, heading back to the dorms where Izuku was still as he stand up from bowing and smiled at Y/N. The door opened to reveal Ochaco.

"Deku, Y/N, it's time for dinner."

"Oh, sorry. We'll be right there."

"Deku, what were you talking about with the reporter earlier? And what were you talking about with mathematician earlier while walking, Y/N?"

"Um, well..."

"It's personal, Ochaco."

Before Ochaco could ask, she smelled something.

"I smell meat."

"Huh? Oh, All Might brought snacks for everyone earlier. He said to eat it with everyone."

"What is it?"

"It's meat buns." Y/N said as Anjali attempt to eat them.

"Meat buns?" Ochaco asked in excitement. "If we don't bring it to everyone soon, they'll get cold."

"Yeah."

"Then, let's hurry."

Izuku, Y/N with Anjali, and Ochaco walked back inside the dorms with everyone else.

"Everyone, there're meat buns! They're from All Might!"

"Thank you!!"

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Y/N in her room was sleeping with Anjali in her arms when she started twisting and turning as if she's having a nightmare.

"S-Stop... stop it. Leave her alone...!"

In her nightmare, it showed a little girl with white long hair with red eyes and one horn on her right forehead. She noticed there are bandages on her arms and legs. Y/N tried to reach her when she saw a rather shadow looking person with a bird plague mask that's hovering over her like she's trapped. As she attempt to reach her, she was pulled back by unknown force.

"No! Please! She needs help! No!!!"

Y/N gasped and instantly got up, panting with sweats all over her face. She looked around to find herself in her room and looked down to see Anjali who had woken up from her outburst looked up at her in worry. She sighed, taking a deep breath and hugged Anjali close to her chest.

"Who was that girl? She looks hurt and vulnerable almost like me..."

She looked out the window with many questions and thoughts. The vague unease from All Might's retirement... It will eventually become reality... and become even greater.

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