Izuka and Shoto were both smiling as they walked behind Endeavor, patrolling through the streets of Musutafu's City Centre. This was their first patrol as Young Heroes, and Izuka was vibrating with excitement. She hadn't been on a real patrol in a long time; not since she did some of her junior internships with Water Hose or the U.A teachers. The experience of patrolling with Endeavor was a lot different though.

Endeavor kept a neutral expression on his face, not looking directly at anyone unless they purposely caught his attention. Unlike most heroes, he wasn't pestered for autographs or selfies, since he was well known as an Anti-Social Hero, but due to his slightly improved personality, he at least offered a nod of acknowledgement to the few people who tried to talk to him, politely (and gruffly) informing them that he was on patrol, so he couldn't be distracted.

Shoto and Izuka were both recognised from the Sports Festival and got a fair bit of attention, usually from kind adults shouting good luck to them or little kids cheerfully waving at them. At one point, their patrol was interrupted by a trio of Elementary School kids asking for their Autographs. Endeavor declined as always, but allowed his two interns to sign... those three kids were the first people to get the autographs of Seraphim and Celsius!

After roughly an hour, once the people in the city centre had gotten used to the presence of the three heroes, Endeavor relaxed a bit and turned to his interns; "As Patrols go, this is the standard in high population areas like this. You'll rarely encounter much in the way of a serious incident in such a place, only the occasional car accident or some petty thug snatching a purse or robbing a convenience store. Heroes only patrol such places to help remind the people that we're here. It cuts down on crime when crooks see us ready to burn them to cinders." he explained.

"Strictly speaking, Heroes are government employees and are legally considered a part of the Judicial Branch of the Government, since we focus on enforcing the law and assisting the police. However, we are also classified as an Emergency Service due to our rescue work. Celsius, do you remember the three types of hero work?" Endeavor quizzed them.

"Combat, Rescue and Support." Shoto answered confidently.

"Good. Seraphim, what are the three types of Assignments?" Endeavor smirked. Izuka and Shoto blinked... did Endeavor just ask the same question again?

"I'm not sure what you mean sir..." Izuka answered, puzzled.

Endeavor smirked wider; "Didn't think so; a lot of novices get mixed up on that. Hero Work is divided into Combat, Rescue and Support, but our actual assignments are based on how we get the work rather than the content of the work. They are Live Events, Emergency Events and Bounty Events." he explained. "Live Events are what we're on the look out for. They're jobs that occur spontaneously during a Patrol. Basically just problems we stumble across and solve immediately. Emergency Events are similar, but they are the calls sent out to all agencies in the vicinity of the disaster. It's how the Emergency Services alert heroes; basically a call for help and people come running. Lastly, Bounty Events are long term jobs like helping in an investigation or tracking down a villain that's escaped; they're treated like Emergency Events but without the high level of urgency, and they're sent out on a much wider level, rather than being restricted to the district like Emergency Events. Strictly speaking, each job we complete as Heroes comes under nine classifications like "Emergency Combat Event", "Live Rescue Event", "Bounty Support Event" and so on. Depending on the nature of the event, once the situation is resolved, we write reports and submit them to the Government, where an independent committee reviews it, compares it to other reports on the same event, then pays us based on what we did. The Danger Level of the Situation effects how much we get paid, as well as our participation."

Shoto whistled, "No wonder our family is so wealthy... I knew you got paid for being a hero, but I always thought it was from merchandise and image rights."

"All-Might gets a lot of his money from those, since he's less active now. There isn't much Endeavor merchandise though, so almost all of his money comes from resolved cases." Izuka said.

Endeavor nodded; "You've got it. You've learned about types of Hero Work in school, and I've told you about the classification system of our jobs, but when it comes to pay, it's all about Danger Level and Participation Level. For Participation, the levels are "Secondary Assist", "Primary Assist", "Secondary Main", "Primary Main" and "Solo" from lowest to highest. Secondary Assists are usually support heroes that help keep the area under control by keeping civilians out or keeping the enemy contained. Primary Assist are those that directly assist by helping fight or rescue. Mains are the people who actually defeat the enemy or resolve the incident; the only difference between Secondary and Primary Mains is that the Primary is the one that defeated the most villains or saved the most civilians, while all others are called Secondary. Solos are those who resolve an entire situation with no assistance from other heroes." the Flame Hero explained, "The Danger Level is much simpler; it's a letter grade that goes from D to A, then S to SSS. Hold on, I picked up a pamphlet..." the man took out a small pamphlet that he'd taken from the lobby of his agency and handed it to the teens.

The New Hero's Guide to Danger Levels!

D: Low Threat, usually petty criminals whose quirk isn't suited for violence. Usually handled by the Police.

C: Mid to Low Threat; slightly more dangerous and possess quirks that might prove damaging. The most common threat encountered by Heroes.

B: Medium Threat, professional criminals with dangerous quirks. Best dealt with by more experienced heroes or a duo of newer heroes.

A: Mid to High Threat: Usually members of criminal organisations. These criminals are all Villains and may present a significant danger to even heroes. Best handled by multiple heroes.

S: High Threat; Villains that present a danger to an entire city. Must be approached with extreme caution. Elite Heroes work together against these foes.

SS: National Threat: Villains that can pose a realistic problem to an entire country. Usually used as a danger level for dangerous villain organisations. Only the Top Heroes are able to face them.

SSS: Global Threat: Villains that are capable of causing world-wide devastation. This rank is outside the purview of heroes and is usually handled by elite military organisations from around the world.

Shoto scratched his head; "Types of Hero Work, Job types, danger levels, participation levels... this is all needlessly complicated." he complained.

"Most Heroes agree." Endeavor nodded, "But it's a necessary metric that the Government uses to pay us. When Monetising Heroism, they have to be very careful. I have a whole book of regulations somewhere in my office..." he muttered.

Izuka giggled; "I think I saw it. You were using it as a coaster."

Endeavor smirked; "Best damn use for it! Look, we're heroes, not bureaucrats. Just help the people you come across and take any jobs sent to you, then send in reports. Don't pay attention to the rest of that crap... except the danger levels though; they're really damn helpful for you newbies."

Izuka and Shoto chuckled and continued their patrol in comfortable silence, thinking about what Endeavor had told them. They were getting ready to head back to the Agency, as they had ventured to the edge of the district, when suddenly, their peaceful day descended to chaos.

As Izuka was walking past an alleyway, Endeavor and Shoto a few paces ahead of her, she was suddenly knocked off balance as a small child crashed into her side, having run out of the alley at breakneck speed. The child squeaked in surprise and fell backward to the ground, looking up at Izuka with terrified eyes. Izuka blinked in surprise, then knelt down beside the child.

"Ah! My bad! That must've hurt. Here, let me help you." Izuka smiled gently, holding her hands out to pick up the child. It was a little girl, only about six years old with pure white hair and pretty red eyes that reminded Izuka a bit of her Kacchan. She had a small horn on the right side of her forehead and it looked quite charming on the little girl, but after a moment of examination, Izuka felt her blood run cold. The girl was dressed in a tattered and dirty white dress with no shoes, and all four of her limbs were covered in bandages... the child was panting, exhausted and terrified, acting like a caged animal. Izuka felt a wave of fury in the pit of her stomach, but forced it down as she smiled at the girl.

"Hey now, it's okay. I'm here, so I'll protect you." Izuka comforted, gently hugging the girl. The little girl shivered violently, but slowly relaxed into the hug, her whimpers dying down to little sniffles. Endeavor and Shoto had taken notice and turned to see what was happening, when another person came out of the Alleyway...

"Look what you've done now, causing a hero so much trouble." the man scolded. He was a brown haired man with an orange beak-shaped mask covering his nose and mouth, and he wore a distinctive green coat with a furry collar.

"Come back, Eri." he ordered.

Izuka tensed up, subconsciously pulling the little girl, Eri, further into the hug. Shoto was glaring at the man suspiciously and Endeavor was in full on battle mode, vaguely recognising the man but unable to put his finger on who he was.

The man was ignoring the two male heroes, focused entirely on Eri and Izuka. He was watching Izuka closely, a hint of recognition in his eyes. "Sorry about my daughter, Hero." he said, "She's been playing around too much and gotten herself all scraped up. Honestly, she worries me sick!" he added, a false jovial tone to his words.

Shoto stepped forward, "I'm no doctor, but you don't get bandages like that from just playing rough. Plus, why'd you let your kid run around bare foot and in such tattered clothes?" he said suspiciously.

"He's not my daddy..." Eri whispered. Her terrified voice drove another blade into Izuka's heart. Izuka looked up at the man trying to take Eri and glared furiously... this whole situation hit too close to home for her; this man reminded her of All for One.

Izuka began to silently open a link, as Endeavor finally recognised the man; "Now I know who you are!" the Flame Hero declared; "You're Kai Chisaki! Villain Name: Overhaul and leader of the Criminal Organisation known as the Eight Precepts of Death!"

Izuka froze; the Eight Precepts of Death!? That meant that this guy was working with the League of Villains! Chisaki sighed and the look in his eyes turned predatory; "I should have known that a big shot pro like you would recognise me... But to think you have such an awful case of Chronic Heroism." he looked to Izuka, "I know you, Phoenix. I know what you possess... and I'm going to take it away. I was pretty pissed when Eri ran away, but it looks like she lead me right to you. Come quietly now... or I'll kill you a few times." Chisaki threatened, beginning to take off the odd medical gloves he wore.

Eri immediately started struggling in Izuka's grip, as if she was trying to escape. When it became clear she couldn't get away, she looked up at Izuka with pleading eyes, "No! His hands!" Endeavor and Shoto looked to the girl with confusion, but Chisaki was already running at them, and before either could react in time, Chisaki slapped his hand against Endeavor, just as Eri screamed in terror.

Nothing happened.

Eri stared wide eyed as Chisaki was forced to dodge back from Endeavor's counter blow. The Villain was just as confused as the little girl, until both he and Eri noticed a few drops of blood streaming down Izuka's cheeks, like bloody tears. Izuka's eyes were bloodshot and bleeding, the irises had turned red and her eyes remained trained on Chisaki.

"A quirk that requires you to touch us with your hands? I've dealt with that before..." Izuka smiled confidently, using her Link with Aizawa to erase Chisaki's quirk. "You won't hurt Eri ever again!"

Overhaul cursed quietly; he forgot that the Phoenix Girl could use the quirks of those she linked with, but even if he'd remembered, no one had told him she had linked with freaking Eraserhead! Still, it was pretty clear by her bleeding eyes that Phoenix couldn't keep this up for long.

Enduring the pain in her eyes, Izuka mentally spoke with Aizawa; "Aizawa-Sensei! Thank you for lending me your quirk. Endeavor, Celsius and I have engaged Overhaul, the leader of the Eight Precepts. He was trying to kidnap an injured child! Send us any support you can! We're located on the south end of Gunrei Street in the Musutafu City Centre!"

"Izuka, hold fast, I'll alert All-Might and get some heroes to you as soon as possible. Let Endeavor do the real fighting and focus on protecting the child!" Aizawa responded, already running to gather help for the trio.

Izuka nodded and looked to Endeavor, who was using a wall of fire to stop Overhaul from retreating or attacking, since Izuka's eyes were no longer fixed on him. "Endeavor, I've contacted Eraserhead! Help is on the way!"

Endeavor smirked; "Good work. You and Celsius protect the girl, I'll deal with this villain!" he declared.

Overhaul growled; "Don't be so arrogant, "Hero"... I'm not a weakling." and with that, instead of going through the fire, Overhaul touched his hand to the wall of the alleyway and reconfigured it, causing the stone of the building to warp into a giant, fanged mouth that tried to bite down on Endeavor. Without missing a beat, Endeavor shot intense heat beams from all the fingers on his right hand, cutting the building to pieces while Celsius began using his ice to block off the area so Civilians weren't caught up in it. Thankfully the destroyed building was just a disused office building, so no one was inside, but Izuka wasn't willing to take any risks; she flew up to the roof of the building across the street, still cradling Eri, and fixed her eyes on Overhaul, ready to nullify his quirk the instant it looked like he might catch Endeavor or Celsius.

Overhaul saw this and using the gap in the fire ring made by the building he'd touched, he ran around the flames and touched his hand to the ground beside a parked car, causing the earth below it to shoot up and launch the car at the two girls. "I'll bring you down to earth, Phoenix!" he roared.

Izuka activated her Angelic Aura (minus the flames) and smacked the car away with her wings, ensuring it landed safely in a heap at the base of the building she stood on. "I'm not a Phoenix any more!" Izuka declared, "I'm the Eternal Hero: Seraphim!" she said, punctuating her words by firing a wave of her flame feathers at the man, forcing him to dodge backward into Endeavor, who easily backhanded Overhaul into the ground. Overhaul rolled away from the follow up punch and was able to force some distance between himself and Endeavor by touching the ice that Celsius shot at him and reconfiguring it to instead hit Endeavor, who evaded it but ended up further away as a result. Celsius was purposely keeping away from Overhaul, coating everything in the vicinity with a thin layer of ice, since it wouldn't effect his father and Overhaul would be forced to alter the ice before effecting what was underneath it with his quirk. Endeavor easily took control of the fight from there, punching and burning Overhaul continuously, keeping the villain on the run.

"You're winning! The Heroes are winning!" Eri cheered, almost in disbelief.

"We are. We'll defeat him and protect you, I promise!" Izuka smiled warmly.

"T-Thank you, Sera- Sera thing?" Eri blushed, not able to properly pronounce the word.

"Seraphim." Izuka gently corrected her.

"I don't know what that is..."

Izuka smiled wider, flapping her wings and making Eri giggle as the gentle breeze ruffled her hair, "It means I'm a Guardian Angel." Izuka said. Eri looked at her with awe.

"An angel...! Does... does that mean you're MY Guardian Angel?" Eri asked hopefully.

Izuka's heart twinged again and she hugged the adorable child; "I want to be an Angel for everyone, but I'll be yours first!" she promised, making Eri giggle more. Eri felt her cheeks aching... she didn't remember ever smiling before.

Down in the battle, Overhaul was having a seriously hard time standing up to Endeavor, who wasn't even fighting seriously. The Number Two Hero was effortlessly knocking the Villain around, holding back so he could show off a bit in front of his son and Seraphim. Celsius was easily holding his own as well, keeping Overhaul from getting close to him or his father and continuously using his ice to manipulate the landscape to his favour. The whole thing was almost too easy, and it looked to be getting easier as another hero showed up to assist.

The black plate armour and spear was unmistakeable, as the Hero Gammon appeared, using his heat vision to melt his way though Celsius' wall and enter the battlefield. Endeavor smirked upon seeing him.

"Gammon! I take it Drake sent you?" Endeavor said, punching Overhaul away again.

"I came as soon as I heard my comrade was in a fight." Gammon said, twirling his spear as he moved to stand beside Endeavor, opposite Overhaul. Endeavor chuckled and turned to the villain.

"Surrender, Overhaul. You don't stand a chance against the two of us."

Overhaul smirked beneath his mask, the mirth in his eyes alerting both Izuka and Celsius that something was wrong. Suddenly, Celsius shouted out; "Father! Look out!"

Endeavor startled, dodging to the side as suddenly, Gammon lunged his spear at him. The spear was aimed at the Hero's heart and would have killed him had Endeavor not been warned, but as a result of his surprise, Endeavor wasn't able to dodge completely and the spear cut deep into his side, slicing all the way to the ribs of the Hero. The Flame Hero grimaced and stumbled back, shocked by the sudden attack. "Gammon!? What the fuck are you doing!?" he demanded.

"The right thing." Gammon said, his deep voice rumbling out like thunder. "I followed you because you were strong, and sought to be the best through strength! But suddenly, you let some little bitch and your failure of a son to lead you astray! The Eight Precepts value strength though, and want to return us as a society to before the days of self-righteous heroes. All I had to do was help kill you and bring that little bitch to them." Gammon said, pointing his spear to Izuka, who was glaring down at him.

Endeavor roared and attacked, blasting Gammon with a massive burst of flame from his uninjured side, but the traitor was protected by Overhaul, who reshaped the ground between him and Endeavor into a protective wall. "Fucking Traitor! After everything I've done for you, you turn on me because I'm being less of an asshole!?" Endeavor screamed, turning up the intensity of his flames so they became blue and melted the protective wall into lava. Gammon used his spear like a Pole Jumper, flipping him over the wave of flame and lava and kicking Endeavor in the face, which only succeeded in pissing off the hero even more.

"I followed you for years, all because you were the one person in society who seemed to get it; Strength and Power alone should determine who stands on top! The Villains were weak and selfish, the Heroes were corporate whores and self-righteous, but you were different! I fucking worshipped you!" Gammon cried, slashing at Endeavor's uninjured side with his clawed gauntlet, managing to leave three shallow cuts in the hero's arm, "But now, you're saying Strength isn't enough! You're becoming just another fucking people pleaser like that bastard All-Might!"

Izuka narrowed her eyes (her hands had been covering Eri's ears since the swearing began). Gammon was just an edgy teenager at heart, thinking that because he was powerful, he should have a high status. She was willing to bet that the man had only become a Hero so he could legally fight others. On the battlefield, Shoto was thinking the same thing; along with numerous ways to kill the pig-faced traitor. If Shoto hadn't wanted so badly to be a Hero, taking the name of Celsius, he would have likely tried to kill Gammon already; as it was, he was surprised how angry he felt at the traitor wounding his father.

Endeavor was simply too furious to really think about why Gammon betrayed them. He was so incandescent with rage that he had only one thought... Gammon wanted the old Endeavor back? Well Enji Todoroki would be happy to oblige him. In an explosion of flame that had even Izuka fanning herself at the intensity, Endeavor blasted himself towards Gammon and Overhaul, catching the former's face in one hand and the latter's shoulder in the other. Overhaul tried to reach up and touch Endeavor with his free hand, but found his quirk once again erased by the keen eye of Izuka. Endeavor smashed the two villains together, dazing them and breaking Gammon's nose and Overhaul's arm, then smashed them both into the ground like a pair of rag dolls. Celsius immediately acting, using the ice already on the ground as a pathway for more ice, allowing him to freeze both villains to the ground. For a moment, it looked like that would be enough, since Izuka's eyes were trained on Overhaul and Gammon couldn't move his head enough to point his eyes and Heat Vision at the ice binding them, but at that moment, Izuka succumbed to the strain on her eyes and blinked, giving Overhaul the perfect opportunity to free himself.

Overhaul quickly dodged the follow up attacks of ice and fire from the Todoroki Heroes, while using the ice that had previously bound him to block the fire feather pot shots that Izuka had begun using. Endeavor quickly moved to catch the villain, his whole body coated in flame to stop Overhaul touching him (since it was clear from her eyes that Izuka couldn't afford to use Erasure again anytime soon) but at that moment, three things happened that turned the tide towards the villains. First, Overhaul fell to the ground, touching it as he went and causing a spike of earth to rip upwards into the wound on Endeavor's side, breaking his ribs and almost puncturing his lung. Second, out of a panic and concern for his father, Shoto ran forward, aiming to protect his dad before Overhaul could kill him. Third, and most devastatingly, Shoto ran in front of the still trapped Gammon, who had the perfect shot; the traitor shot his heat vision directly at Shoto's back, the twin beams blasting a pair of small inch wide holes right through Shoto's body, one through his hip bone and the other an inch or two above that one. Shoto screamed at the pain and collapsed to the ground mid-run, his forward momentum combining with the ice to make the wounded hero slide towards his injured dad.

"SHOTO!" Endeavor and Izuka both screamed as Eri sobbed at the sight.

Gammon sneered, "I was aiming for his heart, but he ran too fast. I won't miss this time!" he declared.

Endeavor roared with fury and tried to pull himself away from the spike that had impaled his side, his body burning so brightly that Overhaul couldn't get close. He wasn't fast enough though, and the second blast from Gammon was launched before Endeavor could free himself, shooting directly towards Shoto's heart.

In a flurry of action, Izuka forced One for All to 70% to compensate for the fact she couldn't use her fire while holding Eri, and charged into the fray. Eri was kept safely on Izuka's back, so Izuka was able to land and block Gammon's attack at the last instant. Since Gammon's quirk was eye-based heat beams as opposed to lasers like Aoyama's quirk, Izuka could easily block them, her forearm absorbing the beams without a problem. Endeavor sighed with relief, then once again took control of the situation. "Seraphim, take the girl and Celsius out of the battlefield. I'll deal with these two..."

Izuka nodded and gently shifted Eri so she was on the right side of her back while the young hero picked up Shoto and deposited the injured and wincing boy on her left shoulder. Before returning to the roof top, Izuka smashed the spike holding Endeavor and performed some quick emergency healing, getting a grunt in response as Endeavor immediately threw himself at Overhaul again. Izuka flew back to the rooftop to watch, but as far as she was concerned, the battle was over. Endeavor was even more furious than before, since his son had been hurt, and he wasn't holding back any more, blasting fire at Overhaul with such speed that the Villain had to scramble about to desperately touch a safe piece of earth to reconstruct into a shield, which because of Endeavor's heat, would only last a second or two. Gammon was still trapped, so Overhaul ran to free him and hopefully get some breathing room and much needed support.

Izuka healed Shoto while this was happening, "Hey Shoto, are you alright?" she asked.

Shoto grumbled and looked down at himself; the holes left by the heat beams had been healed completely, with the only evidence of them being scorched holes in his costume. "I'm better than I thought I'd be, thanks. How are you two doing?" he asked, looking to both Izuka and Eri.

"I-I'm okay..." Eri whispered, hiding behind Izuka. It seemed she was still too shy to talk to anyone but Izuka.

"I am as well. I'm working on healing my eyes, but using Erasure does a lot of damage, so it's taking a while." Izuka explained. She mentally contacted Aizawa-sensei again, and was assured that reinforcements were only minutes away. "We've got a few minutes before more heroes arrive to help." Izuka said, looking back to the battlefield. Endeavor was, to put it lightly, making both Gammon and Overhaul into his bitches. Both Villains were badly burned and their clothes had been mostly reduced to ash and scraps of singed cloth. "Endeavor is terrifying when he's mad..."

Shoto nodded, "I've never seen him so angry. Not even when I got my scar." he said.

"Well, a Villain had just put two holes into his son, of course he'd be angry." Izuka smiled.

Shoto made a non-committal noise, "Do you think he's being honest? Do you think he's changed?" he asked.

Izuka thought for a few seconds, "He's still a strict, mean-spirited jerk... but he doesn't seem as bad as before. He's lost a bit of his bite. I think... I think he's really trying." she said, a comforting smile on her face.

The two teens (and their small charge) returned to watching the battle, just in time to see the tides change once more. Overhaul was panting hard; the only reason he was still conscious was because Endeavor was too angry to let them off without a major beating and even at his worst, he wouldn't beat on an unconscious foe. Realising that the chances of reclaiming Eri, let alone capturing Phoenix were now nil, the Yakuza boss decided to play his trump card. He pulled a gun from what remained of his pants and pointed it at Endeavor.

The Flame Hero scoffed; "Don't be a fool. At my current temperature, your bullet will melt before it gets near me!"

Overhaul scowled; that was certainly true... even with several metres between them, he felt the metal of the gun heating up to the point that it hurt to hold it. "This bullet isn't for you." Overhaul declared, "It's for him." he said, pointing the gun at Gammon. Before Endeavor could question him, the gun went off and Gammon stumbled, falling to one knee.

"You'd shoot your own comrade? Traitors amongst traitors..." the Hero spat.

Overhaul smirked beneath his mask, which had so far been left mostly intact, "That bullet was not simply lead... it's one of the Eight Precepts' specialities; a capsule loaded with the maximum dosage of Trigger!"

Endeavor's eyes widened; Trigger was the drug that had caused them so much trouble a few years ago! It was a chemical that could temporarily boost a person's quirk to insane levels of power. It even had the side-effect of causing the genetic mutations caused by a parent's mutation quirk to mutate as well, so even though Gammon's pig-like face was the result of a parent's quirk and not his own, it was boosted and changed along with the rest of him.

Gammon's ponytail grew longer and seemed to bond with his spine, becoming a line of long bristles that continued past his tail bone, becoming an actual tail. His hind feet became hooves and his lower body was covered in black fur, making him resemble a boar from the waist down. His upper body became much more muscular and his face ceased to be human at all, becoming a full representation of a boar head, complete with monstrously huge tusks. Shockingly, Gammon's eyes had combined into a single, massive eye in the centre of his face.

"GRAAAH!" The monster roared, charging at Endeavor like a gorilla, using his oversized arms to pull his massive body towards the hero. Endeavor scowled and cocked his fist.

"Flash-fire Fist: Jet burn!" he shouted, blasting flames from the back of his hand to propel his fist right into the face of the charging beast. The Bestial Gammon screamed in pain, but was not stopped, continuing it's charge and sending Endeavor flying, shooting him right out of the ring of ice that Shoto had created to keep Civilians out.

With Endeavor knocked who knows how far away, Overhaul smirked. "My Trump Card was more effective that I'd hoped. Gammon, kill the Ice Brat and capture the girls. We need them both alive."

"NO!" Gammon roared, his voice much deeper and distorted than before, "I KILL ALL!"

Overhaul scowled; the overdose of Trigger had made the Fallen Hero completely mad with blood lust. It was expected, but disappointing all the same. The Villain prepared to reconstruct Gammon, when suddenly, the pig monster charged at the building that Shoto and Izuka were standing on, smashing into it with such force, the whole building began to topple, sending the teens and their young charge falling to the ground. Eri screamed in terror as Izuka cradled the small girl against her body, preparing her wings to save them all, as Shoto had shot himself towards the girls to create an ice shield around them, hoping to protect them from follow up attacks. Through the ice, they saw a massive amount of energy concentrating itself in Gammon's single eye, preparing to blast the trio.

Izuka cried out, "Shoto! Get away!"

Shoto's eyes widened; the heat beam being prepared would blast all three of them out of the sky and while Izuka would be alright, the sheer size of the attack meant she couldn't protect both Eri and Shoto. If Shoto didn't escape; he'd be atomised. Unfortunately, he realised this too late and Gammon shot the beam directly at them as Overhaul yelled for him to stop.

Shoto saw his life flash before his eyes as the beam of intense heat shot towards him, too fast for him to dodge. For a moment, it looked like the end and the boy closed his eyes. A guttural scream of pain echoed out across the city. The beam had found it's mark... though not in the younger Todoroki. No, it had struck the elder.

"DAD!" Shoto cried, terrified as he saw his father fall to the blow.

Endeavor, with all the desperation of a father racing to save his son, had pushed his quirk far beyond his safe limits and rocketed himself back into the fight, directly between Gammon and Shoto, taking the intense heat beam. Thanks to Trigger, Gammon's Heat Vision was strengthened to the point it could just barely overpower Endeavor's fire resistance, so it carved a long, inch wide line all the way from Endeavor's hip, up his abdomen and chest, to his face, slicing up and destroying his left eye. The intense, searing pain made the Pro Hero scream, before falling to the ground, losing the strength to keep himself flying.

Thinking fast, Izuka grabbed Shoto and dived after Endeavor, catching him a few feet above the ground. She landed hard, Shoto in her left arm, Endeavor in her right and Eri gripped in her teeth by the back of her dress. Gammon began to charge another beam, but this time, the monster was smashed away by a massive pillar of earth, created by a fuming Overhaul.

Shoto growled furiously; "What the hell is going on!? Are those two on the same side or not!?" he roared as Izuka began working to heal Endeavor.

Overhaul scowled angrily at Gammon, who was trying to get back to his feet with his new, unnatural body. "Damned fool! If that attack had hit Eri, she'd have died and then all our work would have been destroyed!" he said, kicking the downed beast a few times, more to satisfy his own anger than to do damage, since Gammon's tough hide barely registered the blows. Still, the Villain's distraction worked in Izuka's favour as she frantically healed Endeavor while Shoto kept his eyes on the enemy.

Eri looked at the blood and burns on Endeavor with horror, "Is he going to be okay?" she whispered.

"Don't worry about me..." Endeavor coughed, "I'm an adult and a Hero. I can take a lot." he said.

Izuka's face fell, "Endeavor, sir, I can't fully heal this... there isn't enough blood left in you after I healed you earlier, and Shoto can't afford to lose more after his own injury. I'd use my own, but even if I push past safe limits..."

Endeavor frowned, shakily sitting up, "Can you stop the bleeding and restore my eye?"

"I think so. The eye will be very sensitive for a while, but you'll get full use from it after a few hours." Izuka replied, pushing her healing flames into Endeavor's eye socket. It only took a short time to restore the lost eye, and then drag her flames down the long wound. The beam had cut into his body by a couple of inches, doing some serious damage, but thanks to Endeavor's bulk and fire resistance, he had evaded any mortal damage. Izuka focused solely on repairing the damaged blood vessels, then roughly patched the wound, leaving the whole wound as a massive scar from his hairline, all the way down his left side to his hip. It was an ugly mess of scar tissue, but it was all Izuka could do at the moment.

With a groan of pain, Endeavor got to his feet, helped by Shoto. Izuka sighed with relief that the Hero could still move, gently picking up and holding Eri to her chest. "We need a plan, while they're distracted." she said.

Endeavor nodded; "I can still move, but only barely. If I use my quirk much more, I'll overheat. My fire can't hurt me, but if I get too hot, my body begins to fail."

"I'm fine to fight for a while. I haven't used Plus Ultra, and you healed my only injury, so I'm fine." Shoto added.

"I'm still at almost perfect condition, though I have used a bit of blood to heal you both, so I'm not running at full power. Plus, I overused my strength quirk a little while ago and tore up the muscles in my legs..." Izuka confessed, pointing to her legs. Her costume covered all the skin, but they were shaking violently, something the Todorokis' had previously attributed to her nerves.

Endeavor scowled; "I think I can take Gammon down in one shot, but I need your help, Shoto. Seraphim, I need you to keep Overhaul away. Think you can manage another Erasure?"

Izuka nodded, rubbing her thumb against her eyelids, "My eyes took a battering and I rushed the healing, so they aren't 100%, but I can probably keep it up for maybe ten seconds."

Endeavor smirked; "Good. Then here's the plan..." Izuka and Shoto listened intently as the Hero explained their strategy, managing to finish just before Overhaul took notice of them again.

"You know, I really hate all you damned heroes. You and your quirks are a disease, one that I will cure." Overhaul put a hand against Gammon's monstrous maw and placed the other against his own face; "I'll become something none of you can fight; I'll be the Antibody that cures your disease!" he cried, then to the shock of the heroes, he disassembled Gammon and himself, reassembling their two seperate bodies into one.

"Endeavor... you truly were stronger than me, I can't deny that.... But it'll all be for naught."

The new form emerged; it was a monstrous centaur-like beast. The lower body was an entire boar, with the torso of a gorilla in place of a head, and the massive head of a boar on top. The massive boar face had no nose, instead having just a hole like the nose hole of a human skull, and in that hole was the upper body of Kai Chisaki, his arms and face covered in thick black veins and his hands covered in claws. His mask had split open so he looked like he was perpetually roaring and he now held Gammon's previously discarded spear and was wearing portions of the Traitor Hero's black plate armour.

The Monstrous Overhaul looked down on the Heroes; "Now, you'll be returning Eri to me and surrendering Phoenix!"

Endeavor gaped at the creature, "What the hell!? He's become a monster! Damn it, our plan won't work if those two are fused like that!"

Izuka frowned. Shoto and Endeavor needed to conserve their power for the final blow against Gammon... that meant that for their plan to work, she'd need to seperate the villains somehow. "Celsius, Endeavor; watch Eri for me. I'll do what I can to pull those two apart!" she declared, gently pushing Eri into Shoto's arms and activating Angelic Aura, coating her body in flames and the power of One for All. Neither Shoto or Endeavor were in a position to argue, so they were forced to watch in silence as Izuka flew at the enemy.

The Monster Overhaul touched a portion of the destroyed building and reconstructed it into a giant spear that he could wield with his massive body. He swung it, aiming to knock Izuka out of the sky, but the young Hero instead ploughed through it with her strength, smashing the spear to pieces mid-swing with a single punch. Unfortunately, the moment she shattered it, Chisaki's quirk activated and all the shards turned into stone spikes that drove themselves at Izuka. With a scream of pain, Izuka felt both her legs and her right arm be impaled by the spikes, though thankfully, she was able to evade lethal damage. Izuka dropped to the ground, using her flames to cushion her fall. She tried to work the spikes out of her wounds so she could stop the bleeding, but she only managed to free her arm before one of the giant hooves of Overhaul's new body tried to slam down on her, forcing her to roll away and fly to get some distance. The only problem was that she couldn't fly too far, or her fellow Heroes and Eri would become Chisaki's target, so she couldn't use her preferred strategy of getting distance and attacking at range. Instead, Izuka flared her wings outward and flew up at Chisaki's real body at the core of the monster, aiming to slash him with her wings.

"Heaven's Blade!" Izuka cried, slashing forward with her wings. At the last moment, Chisaki forced the monster's head to look down, so his main body was safe, resulting in Izuka's attack instead carving an x-shaped burn into the monster's forehead. The beast roared in pain and swung a massive fist at her. Izuka tried to dodge, but because Heaven's Blade forced her wings into a certain position, it meant she couldn't dodge straight after using it, so she was smashed out of the sky, smacking into the ground with enough force to leave a crater. It was only One for All and her flames that stopped Izuka from dying, but she still screamed in pain as she felt her ribs and previously uninjured arm break from the impact. While she was momentarily disabled, Chisaki forced his massive body to rear up, and slammed a hoof down on the girl's legs, crushing them as Izuka screamed with unbearable pain.

"No!" Eri screamed, struggling free from Shoto's grasp, "Please stop!"

Overhaul looked down at the girl, "This is what you wanted, isn't it? You ran away and dragged these three heroes into our business. Now look what you've done... Endeavor is forever scarred, the boy was almost killed and this girl has had all her limbs crushed to powder. This is what happens when people get involved with a cursed child like you..."

"N-No! This isn't what I wanted...!" Eri weakly argued, running forward. Shoto tried to run after her, but the ground between him and Eri became a wall of spikes, stopping him from reaching her.

"Do you think these heroes can win?" Overhaul continued...

"No..." Eri confessed, her face the picture of heartbreak.

"Then what should you do?"

"Come back... and in exchange, you'll fix everything."

Overhaul grinned maliciously; "Indeed. Rather than letting others get hurt for your sake, it's better if only you are hurt. Do you understand now, how cruel you are Eri? Forcing your pain on others... When will you finally realise...?" Overhaul's expression became demonic, "YOU ARE UNWANTED!"

With that, the beast reached down and gripped Eri in one of it's monstrous arms, squeezing just tightly enough for it to hurt, making Eri squeak and cry silently. She'd long ago learnt not to cry out loud.

"LIKE HELL!" Izuka suddenly roared. "ANGELIC AURA: 100%!" the Angelic Hero forced her powers to their maximum, overpowering her sense of pain and blasting the Hoof holding her with a blazing punch. The limb recoiled, making Chisaki groan in pain, but Izuka wasn't done. Despite her broken arms and shattered legs, she flew at full speed at the arm holding Eri, her wings fully spread. "HEAVEN'S BLADE: TEMPERANCE!" she screamed, flying around the gargantuan wrist, slicing through the flesh, muscle and bone with her flaming wings. Chisaki screamed in pain as the hand holding Eri was severed at the wrist. As it fell, Izuka pried open the fingers and grabbed Eri, flying away before the hand hit the ground.

Eri gasped, realising that Izuka had twisted her broken arms so she could hold her comfortably. "N-No... you're hurt!"

Izuka smiled despite her pain; "So are you... Don't worry; I'm a Hero, so I'll protect you."

Overhaul growled and swung at her with his intact arm, which she dodged easily with her wings. "Foolish girl... you don't even know what she is! Eri is a Cursed Person; her quirk rewinds a person! She killed her own father and was abandoned by her mother. Only I can control her power! She's nothing but a freak and has no hope to live freely!"

Izuka growled and conjured numerous spheres of fire and rained them down on Overhaul "OPHANIM SQUALL!" she yelled as Overhaul screeched. "A power that rewinds a person huh?" she muttered, making Eri grimace.

This was when it would happen... this would be when Eri was abandoned again. No Hero would want to save a monster like her...

"A quirk like that sounds like a perfect quirk for a Doctor, or a Hero!" Izuka declared, smiling down at Eri, "Eri, no matter what that monster says, I know you can be happy! You will be free from now on and live a long and happy life, I'll ensure it! Even if I have to die 1000 times, I won't give up on you! So please..." Izuka gently kissed Eri's cheek; "Don't give up on yourself either."

Eri began to cry, unable to truly understand the feelings welling inside her; "B-But why? Why go so far for me?"

Izuka smiled softly; "A long time ago, I was like you. I was small and weak and held captive by people who wanted to use me for bad things. It hurt terribly and I almost gave up hope... but then a Hero came to save me. That's what I want more than anything... to be a Hero that saves others! So no matter how often I die, or how much it hurts, I will always get up and always keep going, so I can win and save everyone. If I can save you... then all the pain will be worth it!"

"C-Can I be like you?" Eri whispered. To Eri, Izuka looked so strong and powerful, fighting with determination even though her limbs had been broken. "C-Can I be a hero too? With a Cursed Quirk?"

"I don't know about a Cursed Quirk..." Izuka grinned, "But a kind little girl with the will and a gentle power like yours, then I bet you'll become an amazing hero!"

Eri felt something deep within her heart. A sudden shift, like her whole body had been put together wrong and suddenly clicked back into place. New emotions, foreign to Eri but ever so intoxicating began to well up within her; Determination, Joy... and Hope! Her little horn began to glow and spark with energy, and Izuka smiled, gently kissing it.

"Eri... what do you want to do right now?" Izuka asked with a grin.

"I...I...!" the little girl looked down, seeing Overhaul had shrugged off the last of the fireballs. He was reaching up to attack again. "I WANT TO BE FREE!"

Her horn released a huge wave of energy that engulfed Izuka, and forced Chisaki to recoil, lest he be caught in it. The light began to die down after a moment and the Villain growled as he saw what emerged from it. Izuka was in perfect condition; her arms and legs repaired and her blood replenished. Even the light damage done to her costume was undone. Eri was tied to Izuka's back by a small collection of bandages that had once been wrapped around Eri's arms and legs, but thanks to Izuka's healing flames, she was also fully healed. Izuka was using her wings, having replaced their normal flames with healing ones, so Eri could be on her back without hurting her.

"Do you see now, Eri?" Izuka smiled; "You're quirk is beautiful... thanks to it, I'm healthy again and can keep fighting!" she said. Eri's horn was still glowing and letting off the occasional spark, but nothing else was happening.

Overhaul roared up at them; "You Fool! Her power will rewind you out of existence! Only disassembly can stop her now!"

Izuka glared, "What an idiot... there's no danger here." she said, reaching up to pat Eri's head. "Eri's quirk rewinds, but that's perfect for me. My quirk is Evolution; a process that usually takes millions of years over countless generations! But my quirk fast forwards it! I felt it right away; as soon as Eri's quirk re-winded my body to perfect condition, my own quirk started up to cancel out the unwanted rewinds! Each change her quirk makes to me, my own quirk counters instantly!"

Overhaul looked shocked and Eri gasped, her big eyes looking over Izuka's shoulder at the older girl's face; "You hear that Eri?" Izuka grinned, "That means no matter what, I can stay with you and help you control your power."

"You!? YOU FUCKING PHOENIX! I'LL GRIND YOU TO ASH!" Overhaul roared, launching himself into the air.

Izuka looked at him coldly; "You must not have heard me before..." she cocked her fist back and allowed One for All to flow at 100%, since Eri was keeping her in perfect condition. "I AM THE ETERNAL HERO: SERAPHIM!" she threw her punch, smashing into the giant pig faced beast and knocking him hundreds of feet into the sky with the force of her uppercut. "100% HEAVENWARD SMASH!"

The villain rocketed to the sky, injured and dazed, but still fused. Izuka tutted, then suddenly thought of something; "Eri, do you think you could reverse their fusion?"

Eri gulped; "I-I don't know, but I'll try!"

Izuka smiled; "Good girl! Try to focus your quirk into this." she said, producing a ball of flame in her hand. Eri focused hard; she couldn't turn off her quirk by herself or regulate it's power, but if she tried her best, she could sort of focus it and change how her rewind worked. So Eri prayed and tried her best, wishing her quirk into the shape she wanted it. She wanted Chisaki and the Pig Man to seperate! She wanted her quirk to do what Izuka needed it to! Izuka was doing all this to save her, so Eri wanted to help! For a few instants, the crackling energy emitting from Eri's horn began to intensify, then focus into a single stream of energy that arced from the horn to the ball of fire in Izuka's hand. As long as Eri kept up her focus, her quirk infused the flame with her rewind, turning it gold.

"Good girl! Hold on tight Eri, we're finishing this!" Izuka smiled, then flew up high, aiming her flaming hand at the falling behemoth. Focusing her wings into her fist and then opening her hand, Izuka thrust her palm forward. "This is Eri's and my power! HOLY PALM: KINDNESS!" Izuka roared, slamming her palm into the chest of the beast. The flames exploded outwards and strange golden cracks began to radiate out from Izuka's point of impact, until Chisaki's mutated body was covered in them. In an explosion of gore, the creature snapped back to it's two original forms; Chisaki (albeit a battered version) and Gammon, still in his Trigger Overdose form. Izuka shot them both with blasts of fire, ensuring that while they were crisped up nicely, they wouldn't die when they hit the ground thanks to the cushioning, semi-solid form of her flames.

Sure enough, both Villains hit the ground hard, but thanks to Izuka's odd flames, they bounced and groaned. Gammon got to his feet almost immediately, the stress of the fusion and de-fusion rendering what left of his mind useless. Spotting Endeavor, Gammon roared like an animal and charged him.

"Endeavor, Celsius; he's all yours!" Izuka called.

"Got it!" Endeavor smirked, kneeling down so Celsius could hop on his back. "Are you ready Shoto?"

"I am. Let's fry this pig." Shoto declared. "Plus Ultra Mode!" he cried.

Shoto coated Endeavor in his Icy Blue Flames, cooling the man without extinguishing his Hell Flame, then coating Endeavor in Ice Armour that wasn't melted by the cool flame. By the time he was done, Endeavor looked like a Knight made of Ice, the joints in his armour billowing pale blue fire. Endeavor grinned as he clenched his fist; "So this is what this Plus Ultra Mode can do... amazing."

He turned his eyes on the charging Gammon and pulled back both fists; "You know, they say the Ninth Circle of Hell is a frozen wasteland reserved for traitors. Let me give you a little taste!" Endeavor smashed both his fists into Gammon's face with as much force as he could; "Todoroki Special: NINTH CIRCLE HELL FLAME!" he roared. His frozen fists hit Gammon hard, then the ice cracked and the monster was bathed in a storm of icy blue flames and burning red flames. The second Gammon recoiled, Shoto stood on his father's shoulders and shot his own flames down at the villain; Cold Fire from his right and Hot Fire from his left. Finally, the attack ended and Gammon was left badly burnt within a pillar of ice.

From where he had landed, Overhaul lay dumbfounded and defeated. His body hurt so much that he could barely move, and the damned Phoenix, who he had hoped to capture, had defeated him and left him unable to move. The Phoenix, now calling herself an Angel, had taken Eri from him and used her accursed powers to crush him. Now she stood there, victoriously watching the defeat of Gammon, Eri cradled in her arms despite her quirk being active. Overhaul cursed himself; if only he'd brought that damned Quirk Destroying Drug! He'd have killed Phoenix and taken Eri back easily!

"No..." he groaned, getting to his feet, "I won't lose so easily!" he slapped his hands against himself, destroying and rebuilding his own body to repair the damage, then ran at the two distracted girls, "I'LL TEAR YOU TO PIECES AND REMAKE YOU A THOUSAND TIMES!" he roared.

Izuka looked at him and smirked; "Too late."

Overhaul screamed with fury and grabbed the confident girl's forearm, only to discover his quirk wasn't working! What's more, the Girl's eyes weren't glowing or bleeding, meaning this wasn't her doing. "We win. Why? Because they're here!" Izuka smirked.

Overhaul gaped at her, before he was suddenly smashed into the ground. His last sight before unconsciousness took him was Izuka smiling down at him, hugging Eri gently. "G-God damn heroes..." he groaned, passing out.

Izuka chuckled and looked up at the ones who had arrived. Eraserhead, standing on the shoulders of All-Might and held there by his capture weapon. "Hey Eraserhead, All-Might." she smiled, sticking to Hero names for now; "Thanks for the assist."

All-Might resisted the urge to hug his daughter as Eraserhead hopped off. "Good work, Seraphim! The Police and Ambulance is just outside the Ice Wall. Celsius, could you remove it?"

Shoto, a little winded from his Plus Ultra Mode, simply nodded. From there, a lot happened. Endeavor was bundled into an Ambulance while Chisaki and Gammon (who finally returned to normal after the Trigger wore off) were bound up tightly with Quirk-Nullifying restraints and loaded into Police Transports. Aizawa-sensei and All-Might congratulated Izuka and Shoto on doing so well in their first real case, and rescuing poor Eri.

Since no one could get close to Eri and Izuka with the former's quirk active, Izuka walked over to a secluded part of the battle zone so no one would be hurt, then gently sat down and positioned Eri onto her knee. "Eri, do you think you can turn your quirk off?"

"N-No! I don't know how! Before, C-C- the Bad Man, he broke me apart and put me together again to stop it." Eri panicked.

"Hush, little one." Izuka soothed her, petting her hair, "If it comes down to it, I can use Eraserhead's quirk to forcibly turn it off, but at the moment, I want you to try your best to turn it off by yourself. There's no danger to me, and everyone else will keep their distance, so take your time."

Eri nodded shakily and clenched her eyes shut, trying desperately to stem the tide of power coming from her horn. Izuka noticed that the power wavered a bit, but ultimately remained active. "Hmm... how does it actually feel to you?" Izuka asked.

"M-My horn feels funny. It gets bigger when I use my cur-I mean, my quirk." Eri explained, and sure enough, her horn had grown. When Izuka first saw it, was about the length of her pinky finger, but now it was the length of her middle finger, and had grown thicker at the same rate too.

"Well I suppose that means your quirk is produced from this appendage, and the size effects the output..." Izuka gently stroked the horn, making Eri giggle. "Oh, so you can feel it?"

Eri giggled, making Izuka smile, "I can! It tickles!"

Izuka nodded and rubbed her chin in concentration; "Try this; imagine your horn as an open hand, then try to clench it into a fist."

Eri closed her eyes and did what she was told. She focused her feelings on her horn and tried to imagine it as a hand in her mind's eye, then closed it into a tight fist. Just as Eri hoped, she felt the tide of power slowing, until it finally stopped. Each finger she closed in her mind made her horn shrink a bit, so when she closed them all, her horn shrunk to the size of a tiny bump and the power stopped altogether. It left the little girl feeling a bit sluggish, but it worked! "I did it!" Eri cried happily, "I stopped it!"

"Well done! I'm proud of you!" Izuka said happily.

Eri beamed at the praise and hugged Izuka, "Um, you said your name is Sera- uh...?"

"Seraphim. That's my Hero Name. My real name is Izuka Midoriya." the older girl smiled.

"C-Can I call you Izuka?"

Izuka grinned and picked up the little girl, standing up and joyfully spinning her around; "Of course! Now let's get you looked at by some nice Doctors. I healed you up, but I'd like to be sure."

"Will you stay with me?" Eri asked shyly.

"Of course, I'll even hold your hand the whole time."

Eri smiled and snuggled closer to Izuka, hugging her tightly. "Thank you... you're my angel."

Izuka blinked back proud tears and both Aizawa-sensei and her Papa, who had watched the whole affair, grinned at the adorable display.

The Police began the clean up with some Support Heroes while Endeavor, Izuka, Eri, Shoto, Aizawa and Toshinori went to the Hospital to ensure everyone involved was fine. In the ambulance, Izuka relaxed and allowed her body to begin winding down. It had been hard, but she was happy!

Seraphim's First Official Act of Heroism: Save Eri and Defeat Overhaul ended in success!