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[Okay,] Izuku sighed adjusting himself before standing up. [I can see that not everyone has decided to come so to those that did thank you, my name is Midoriya Izuku, I am King of this world, what this means is that you follow me now, you are no longer the leader of your country, you have been moved to my timeline, to my planet and into my kingdom to save as many lives as we could, so you all,] His pointed finger moved side to side around the room. [You now bow to me, you follow me, now I don't care if you want to stay in charge, couldn't give a shit honestly, there are still borders, but no longer do they separate countries, they separate regions within the Midori Kingdom, a Kingdom you are now a part of, so like it or not, you obey me,] A light shrug, [We can do it the easy way, where you work with me and the process is as easy as possible or,] He looked to a few hesitant or enraged faces, [We do it the hard way, you openly declare war against me and when you lose, because you will lose, you will be executed for the deaths of however many soldiers you throw at me, civilians you bomb behind me, if we got to war and you aren't on those front lines fighting me, I will not kill anybody except you and your parliament, cabinet, whatever you call your government, anybody backing you in any capacity will be jailed or executed for hurting other people in their greed for power,] A hand was raised, [Yes Mister...?]
[T'Challa, King T'Challa of Wakanda,] The man spoke with a thick accent, [I do not want a war, but I cannot just give up my throne,]
[I understand, I do,] Izuku nodded gently, [It's a strange time for everyone here and out in the wider world, I do understand, but again, you are now in my Kingdom, I am the supreme authority, now I really don't mind if you want to stay in charge of Wakanda, I don't, hell keep the title, Lord knows that there's still a Tsar of Russia and a King of England, but they still acknowledge that they are below me, they serve me, they are in charge of keeping me abreast of situations in their regions and obviously titles are contested, positions trade hands, they are the leader of their region but ultimately they still follow me,]
[That, that is all you ask?]
[When I was crowned King of Japan, my work had already lowered crime by sixty-three percent, most gangs were extinct and many rings were collapsing, corruption dwindled in the single digits, in the following two years I launched a global campaign using the PSA, my work and the work of my people outed no less than seventeen corrupt leaders, arrested at least three hundred extremist groups, prevented a thousand shootings in a dozen countries, stopped nine different terrorist groups and saved the middle east from an illegal bio-weapon attack, based on stolen research from one of my scientists, after I was crowned King worldwide crime hit lows never seen before,] He leant forwards onto the table, [Crime still happens obviously, you can never truly stop it because there will always be the selfish, the cruel and the cowardly, but thanks to the PSA kidnappings take a day maximum to solve, murders are solved in regular office hours to the point that courts have waiting lists to get trials, fraud needs to get looked at to fall apart, smuggling rings can't get off the ground,] He tapped the table with a finger and lifted up a file, [Here, this involves something called Vibranium?]
[What?] T'Challa took the file and began reading it.
[We found crates of the stuff in a harbor in upstate New York last night, apparently some criminal groups were going to make weapons out of it, my guys met ladies calling themselves the Dora Milajie and so working together they reclaimed all of the Vibranium and managed to take down the whole ring in an afternoon, they were on their way back as of this morning,]
[That, that is,]
[Exactly T'Challa, that's what I do as King, that's why I need you to follow me,]
[And I keep my throne?]
[Title too, obviously since you're a hero we'll have to look into your record some of our best and brightest were secretly some of the scummiest people imaginable, only a formality though,] Izuku did raise a placating hand, [That's all, you have my word, you will still be T'Challa King of Wakanda, it'll just be the Region of Wakanda,]
[That is.... agreeable,] T'Challa sat back down with a nod.
[Anymore object-] He was interrupted when a familiar face entered the room. Rentarou leant down to him.
"We have an issue,"
[New York,] A man spoke, stepping out the way of a screen. [Washington DC,] The footage changed from one disaster to the next. [Sokovia,] Buildings fell as a gigantic chunk of land slowly rose. [Lagos,] None of the rooms occupants were aware of the man clad in green storming through the building.
[Okay that's enough,] A blond man spoke, lowering his hand from his cheek to the table. The other man, stood at the end stepped back to the edge of the table.
[For the past years you've operated with power and no supervision,] Everybody in the oncoming man's way scattered, halls were cleared as people pressed themselves into the walls. [That's an arrangement the governments of the world can no longer tolerate,] Security guards took one look at the man's face before perfecting their posture and giving him a stiff nod. [But I think we have a solution,] A large file was handed over and put gently on the table. [The Sokovia Accords,]
[Are a bunch of shit!] Izuku did his best to not shout.
[Who are,]
[That will be explained in a moment Secretary of Defense Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross, first let's talk about how there was a disaster in Lagos and you are using resources to pick up everybody and give them an all expense paid trip to the King's Embassy in Germany,]
[King's Embassy?]
[I,]
[And furthermore, this?] He took the legislation off the table, waving it in a hand, [This is utter crap, 'approved by a hundred and seventeen countries'? What a fucking joke, this does nothing more than make the Avengers your lackeys and don't pretend otherwise.]
[Hey, what,]
[You sit down before you put your back out Grampa, I'll get to you and your vigilante group in a second, right now I'm dealing with this arsehole and his joke of a legislation that makes you glorified lapdogs, that panel he mentioned? Five guys, chaired by him and the other four are former soldiers that served under him, but before that, explain why the fuck you thought it was a good idea to bring an international criminal to the same place you're gathering a bunch of vigilantes to tell them off? I'd be careful old man, the Dementia will go after your memories next,] Thaddeus put a finger to his earpiece before the screens changed.
[What are you doing with my,]
[Your?] Izuku gave a derisive snort, [Secretary there is no your especially with inter-regional events like this,]
[Who the fuck are you?] He demanded, the suit on his offside slowly reaching for a gun.
[I wouldn't do that if I were you soldier,] Rentarou warned as he entered the room, gun already out and trained. [Fugitives secure your Highness,]
[Rentarou, we've been over this,] Izuku sighed, slumping lightly,
[We've got the guys cuffed Boss, Tsukauchi and the team are bringing them up now,]
[Wonderful,]
[Guys?] Thaddeus tensed, [What do you mean,]
[Sit down before I put you in a care home old man,] Izuku snapped, [Due to certain events on a cosmic scale you and your troupe have been moved into my timeline, into my world and are now part of my Kingdom, your government, Republicans, Democrats, President whoever, Congress and them? Yeah they don't exist, if they do they certainly don't run the American Region, my guard runs that and every fucker that thinks they're in charge answer to her, including the Secretary of State, speaking of why are you out in Germany? Surely you should be doing the job of a secretary and handling her schedule?] The door opened again and Naomasa pushed one man in while the other was frog marched by some Agents. [Meet Baron Helmut Zemo, Baron of Sokovia, or what's left at least, he killed your actual team member and was about to use this,] Izuku took the small booklet Naomasa handed him, [To activate the Winter Soldier programming brainwashed into your guy here,]
[Bucky,]
[James, 'Bucky' Barnes,] Izuku nodded to the blond man, [Otherwise called the Winter Soldier by... Hydra, Hydra right?]
"Yup," Rentarou nodded, [Super Nazi group, Red Skull MIA since his flight to drop a bomb on New York,]
[Ah, yes, I remember, speaking of New York, Stark,] A man in the back with aviator shades stared at him, [You stopped an atom bomb from going off in Times Square right? Just shy of your tower?]
[Yeah,]
[Great, know who authorized it?]
[Some shadow council, Fury never likes to share information, JARVIS and FRIDAY did their best but I got nothing,]
[Great, good, I'll get the Nerd Brigade on it when I can, now to give you all a brief rundown, it is not two-thousand anymore, due to and I cannot stress this enough, cosmic events, your timeline, so planet, galaxy everything, was merged into mine, this is my timeline it is now your home, now ninety percent of the population have this thing called a quirk a form of superpower that defies physics, biology what have you, Naomasa here can tell if you are lying with a hundred percent accuracy, Rentarou can look at you and tell what drugs are in your system, I can take any quirk I want and give out any quirk I want,] Reaching into his tunic, he pulled out a wad of paper and slapped it onto the table. [That is the full unredacted history of our world, heroes, as you claim to be require licenses, the only ones I can see not needing them are Miss Romanov, Mr Wilson, Stark and Colonel Rhodes, speaking of Colonel are you still affiliated with the military?]
[No,]
[Good, because that would be a conflict of interest on your part and there's be a few legal issues I'd need to arrest you for, Stark your reactor, it's nuclear isn't it?]
[Also privately owned so,]
[I don't care about getting my hands on it, just... register that it's yours once you get back to America, I've read your files and your history, I know all of you, what you've done you've done with good intentions,]
[They're walking nuclear,]
[No Secretary, they aren't, I am the walking deterrent,] Without looking to Thaddeus he continued. [Now like I said, I've gone over your files, Miss Romanov when you get the chance, please talk to Naomasa and Rentarou about the Red Room I think it said? We need to find that and stop them ASAP, Miss Maximoff you have my condolences for the loss of your brother, but] He lifted a hand [Just because you are new doesn't exclude you from our rules, so I've organized some accelerated courses for you all, it should take a few months but you'll all end up with PSA licenses that let you go where needed in future] He pulled out a small device and looked at the screen. [Stark you have several private satellites right?]
[Yes,]
[Good, I take it the paperwork is in order, so just get that to the PSA when you can, we'll update our records so defense systems don't shoot them down by accident,] He gave a quick nod to the bewildered man. [Same for you Mr Wilson, once you're back in America please just go to any PSA office and inform them about your wings and your proficiency in using them,]
[Who, who exactly are you?]
[Oh, where are my manners, I am so sorry Miss Maximoff,] He held out a hand to her, smiling as she took it in hers. Twisting her wrist gently, he bowed to kiss the back of her hand, [My name is Midoriya Izuku, I am the first of my name and the first King of the World] Her face flushed as he smiled, standing up straight, [And I am simply enchanted to meet you,]
"I must say it's a rather.... unique archipelago," He looked over the map, "And you say one of these is in orbit?"
"That would be mine," A platinum blonde woman in a sky blue mermaid dress stepped forwards, "It is the Luma Kingdom, I am the monarch Princess Rosalina," Going to shake his hand, she gasped lightly in shock as he kissed the back of her hand.
"Princess? But you are the reigning monarch? Surely that should be Queen?" She paused for a moment, "Now I'm not going to question everything about it, I don't understand the origins and I won't pretend to, but it can support life correct?"
"All of the small areas making up the Luma Kingdom have their own ecosystems, they aren't far removed from the habitats you see in the Mushroom Kingdom, Sarasaland and the Koopa Kingdom,"
"And you're the Princess of Sarasaland?" He looked to a brunette dressed in an autumnal themed ball gown.
"Princess Daisy at your service,"
"Charmed," He smiled, kissing her hand as he had done Rosalina's. Daisy's cheeks dusted pink lightly, "Now the Mushroom Kingdom, am I correct in calling you two sisters?"
"No, I am Peach," The regular blonde in a pink ballgown put one hand to her blue brooch over her chest. "Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, you'll find that my Kingdom is the one most frequently under attack from the Koopa Kingdom, mainly because our territories are the closest to one another," She did not react as surprised by the greeting as Daisy or Rosalina. "Sarasaland and the Luma Kingdom are allied to the Mushroom Kingdom as we often find ourselves having to repel King Koopa's invasions,"
"And this is often done by... a pair of brothers?"
"Mario and Luigi yes, along with their friend Yoshi,"
"Who is a sentient dinosaur like creature with an extendable tongue, indestructible stomach and ability to breath fire if he's ingested spicy food?"
"Can also float for a few seconds, or fly if he has wings,"
"Which just.... appear sometimes?"
"Yeah basically,"
"Right, not going to think too hard on that one," He sighed and rubbed a temple, "Look, full disclosure, I'm well versed in the overarching history of your archipelago because until very recently your history used to be a video game franchise and a very successful one at that, to make the meld easier we had to erase the evidence of that, however if you are to visit my Compound in Japan, I have a room in the Castle that holds the last copies and evidence such a thing existed at all, you however," He turned to the second yellow blonde. "The smaller things however I'm still understanding but I know enough to say you are a new character entirely,"
"Bowsette," She stuck a hand in his face "And I don't do the mushy gushy," Her face turned bright red as he kissed the back of her hand. Quickly she swiped it away and turned lightly. "Girly shit," Her attire was a black dress with a blue brooch like Peach's, on her back was a small spiny green shell top and a pair of horns on her head.
"You'll have to forgive her King Midoriya, she is... antisocial due to past issues,"
"You mean the asshole I have to call a brother kicked me out for not agreeing to head up a pointless war? Or the brats he calls kids coming after me as much as you to make me 'regret it'?"
"And King Koopa formally declared war against you?"
"In as so many words, kidnapping myself, attacking Mushroom Kingdom locations, injuring civilians, why?"
"Well, once the archipelago is absorbed into the Midori Kingdom, I will be able to officially and more importantly legally get involved which means that the Koopa Kingdom will either surrender or be destroyed, now could we go back to the brothers for a moment?"
"Mario and Luigi,"
"Yes, red and green, I know via previously mentioned sources that they have an array of abilities, however to avoid jail time they will need to undergo a PSA course that will certify they can be trusted to use those powers appropriately, but only if they enroll in a timely manner, I've already sent them a missive but if you could be sure to remind them if you see them?"
"Of course," Peach, Daisy and Rosalina nodded gently,
"Now, Bowsette, you said you were exiled from the Koopa Kingdom, do you have any other locations you can take residence?"
"Uh, I crash in Peach's castle if that's what you mean?"
"Alright, alright, well if I may, can I ask we extricate you from the Mushroom Kingdom for the time being? Just because we need King Koopa to formally recognize you are no longer a citizen of the Koopa Kingdom and until the Mushroom Kingdom is dissolved into the Midori Kingdom, he could use it as legitimate reasoning to justify the war," Their faces fell slightly.
"I, yeah, okay, where would I go though?"
"In my Castle, or at least on the Compound, at least then if King Koopa is to declare war on the Midori Kingdom too, it allows me to get involved before the absorption of the Mushroom Kingdom and her allies is complete, does this sound agreeable?" The four women looked to each other before all nodding. "Wonderful, now I don't suppose any of you know of Princess Zelda Hyrule of Hyrule?"
Izuku rubbed his face tiredly. "Right, so let me get this straight," The older, larger man sat in front of him nodded, "You King Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule, of the Hyrule Kingdom, you knew of a prophecy, detailing that your daughter, Princess Zelda Hyrule of the Hyrule Kingdom was to face a monster known as Ganon, as part of a battle that recurs every dozen decades or so and, upon hearing the time of the battle was drawing near, you refuse your daughters requests to firstly, study the machines designed and built by ancient ancestors to specifically fight Ganon and you then follow up on this decision by forbidding her to study weaponry or how to fight for herself, insisting she go on arduous and long journeys, with the only other person capable of fighting Ganon, that take both of them days away from the capital, indeed at least half a day from any civilisation, to pray at shrines to be blessed with wisdom?"
"Y-," Rhoam begun, but Izuku hadn't finished.
"All the while!" He continued, slightly louder to shut Rhoam up, "You have four other citizens, who are admittedly very skilled in their areas, but you send your daughter to collect these people while on her journey to shrines, bring them back to the capital and give them ancient weapons that you won't study, to pilot against Ganon, despite the fact these weapons are the size of your castle and back in the respective regions, not only that but you call these four people 'champions' give them no training or idea on how to use their new behemoth weapons aside from 'big laser beam go bang' and don't actually get them to work like team at all!" His hand swept to the four individuals in question, "In fact they are so repellent of each other that I have seen Ravioli,"
"Revali," The bird man angrily corrected,
"I don't care," Izuku shot back, "But I have seen him sneer and demean the other champions, including the proclaimed Hero of Hyrule, as if he alone can take on whatever recurring threat comes alone, and we're not even getting into how judging by these four," He gestured to his opposite side, where four other individuals, all with a resemblance to a particular champion, "Your entire plan was a flop and yet you still think you are right!"
"I will not be spoken to in this,"
"I will speak to you however I fucking well please," Izuku growled cutting off Rhoam's roar. In a moment he had Caliburn drawn and was in front of the throne in seconds. The guards and others in the room gasped and drew weapons to fight. "You are not the highest anymore Rhoam, I am, if you think you can disobey me, can argue against me, I will show you how easily I can wipe your little Kingdom from the map," Rhoam swallowed and looked at him. Izuku locked to his gaze with emotionless eyes. "You are a foolhardy condescending moron and you will lead your people to ruin unless you let go of this idea you are always right," Caliburn was sheathed and he took a step back, letting Rhoam breathe in relief. "I have red your entire history, from every source I could find, some of my men are carbon dating fossils as we speak to confirm some theories, but before Ganon, the Hero and Princess battle a Ganondorf and before that was a creature called Demise, from what I can gather and what I have studied, Demise bound himself to this... Triforce, of Power? So that he would always possess the power, regardless of whomever it was born to,"
"What?"
"Luckily from what I have been able to find out, only the Triforce of Courage appears randomly, the Triforce of Wisdom returns to the Royal line and the Triforce of Power always ends up down a Gerudo lineage, so it appears to be genetic to some degree and wouldn't you know it?" He held up a hand, wiggling his fingers, "But genetics are my thing," Adjusting his clothes, he nodded his head briefly, "And from now until further notice your champions, both generations, the Hero and Princess Zelda are coming with me back to the region of Japan, the weapons you call Divine Beasts are being removed from your care and into the hands of competent scientists that will study and understand them, hopefully to the point we can reverse engineer our own, I will be training all of those yet to learn skill in combat, Link of course is the exception to this and will be helping me teach the others," Revali humphed and folded his wings,
"What could you teach me? You can't even fly!" Izuku looked at the man, furrowing his brows.
"Whoever told you that?" He queried as his feet left the floor. "Not only that but if we go through the abilities each champion has, you'll find I either can do it or have a rather close substitute, I cannot create lightning but I can control it, I can become indestructible but lack the orange shield, I can heal others or give others the ability to heal themselves and finally I can increase my perception of time to the point where my enemies appear stationary," Lowering himself back to the floor, he grinned, "So yes, I have much to teach you, starting with a lesson in humility and modesty," Rhoam glared at him, "There's also several things you should all learn called 'science' it's rather interesting and compared to the rest of this planet you are far far behind," His phone buzzed in his pocket, "Observe, this device allows me to communicate with someone thousands of miles away immediately," Answering the phone, he put it to his ear. "Rentarou, I'm just wrapping up discussions with Hyrule, yes, yes let Nezu know we have another," He counted quickly, "Ten seats for the advance course some of them even look familiar with their abilities," The room stood in silence as Izuku listened to his Agent, face darkening.
"Who have a what where?!"
The great double doors swung open with a bang. Occupants of the room all turned to face him. [YOU HAVE AN UNLICENSED WEAPONIZED SATELLITE IN ORBIT AND NONEOF YOU THOUGHT THERE COULD BE AN ISSUE WITH IT?!"] Izuku stormed towards the collective, [Right all of you are being arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit terrorism,]
[What? B-but,]
"No, no, NO!" Izuku crossed his arms at the dissenter and began gesticulating angrily, [Satellite imaging, telescopes and several dozen military grade scanning devices have identified your so called 'Watch Tower' and there are no records of it anywhere!]
[Argus,]
[Argus isn't an authority,]
[I beg to,]
"NO!" Izuku turned back to the door a large woman frowning at him with her arms folded, [You can beg all you fucking please! You are in my timeline, my Kingdom now, so like it or not you play by my fucking rules woman, now my guard did not approve the operation of Argus and sure as fuck gave the order to shut it down when the files crossed her desk, so why the fuck are you still here?!]
[There are enhanced]
[Newsflash bitch, most of the world are 'enhanced' now] An arm gestured to the Justice League, [These vigilantes aren't much different to people that grew up on my road, in my class, hell even of the enhanced humans here they weren't born with their powers, most of the population is! And even if that wasn't the case, you've just admitted to a rather large crime,] As Izuku stopped talking Naomasa appeared and handcuffed the woman before forcefully frog marching her away. [Back to you lot, Wayne you're under arrest]
[You can't!]
[Allen, sit down,] Izuku growled as he looked to the man clad in black [And you'll find that yes, I can, most damage done in your fights are done by the villains, blowing things up, throwing you into things or just done as a distraction, Wayne here pilots his prototype discontinued military roller over rooftops, willfully causing thousands in property damage, private property mind you, not to mention Wayne Tech is supposed to be a public organization, but somehow he gets a hundred percent of the profits? You owe a lot of people a lot of dividends Wayne, not to mention the fact you casually leave off the expenses it takes to be Batman which becomes tax fraud come the season,] The other vigilantes around him grew quiet [I get funding the league is expensive but you've committed some serious white collar crimes and unless you come peacefully you'll end up on the other side of the bars your rogues escape so often] Izuku paused [Oh and we can add endangering the public since you put mass murderers in the same prison they keep escaping, which if you were a licensed hero, would be enough to get your licensed revoked and an investigation done into your process,]
[What else do you suppose I do?]
[What do you do to a rabid animal?] He replied curtly [Put it down]
[You would kill them? Just like]
[Better that handful of killers instead of the hundreds of innocents] The room remained silent in horror, he adjusted his cap. [Now are you coming quietly Batman or must we add evading the police to your list?]
[And what if we say no?]
[You don't want to say no Superman, because then the lot of you lose your chance at freedom,]
[What do you mean by that?]
[It's simple really] Izuku hummed, beginning to walk around the room [Timelines have become mixed up, you have all ended up in mine where being a hero is a legal profession that requires certification, previously you have all done what you do without the need for it, to charge you for crimes commit in different circumstances would be cruel and unjust, so we are giving you time to adjust to the new way of things before applying the law as we should, it will only take a few months, even then that's the longest I foresee it taking, once that time has passed, or you refuse to adjust, we will treat you like a regular citizen of the Midori Kingdom and you will be charged with vigilantism, truly Mr Queen is most law abiding in this room, given he has no quirk and his money is made legally through a private company that pays shareholders,]
[But what of the Watch Tower?]
[You mean the nuclear powered weapon station in upper orbit?] He asked plainly, getting some to recoil [Well it's simple really Wonder Woman, unless one of you goes through the relevant channels to register ownership and obtain the proper clearance to keep it up there, we will simply shoot it down so that it falls somewhere in the Pacific before salvaging it, taking note of all the dangerous items on board and charging you all with the crime,]
[Even if we obtain licenses?]
[Even if you obtain licenses] He nodded seriously [Having a satellite in orbit without clearance from any form of governmental body is highly illegal worldwide, given that the money trail leads back to Mister Wayne here, it's yet another crime to add to his list unless it becomes licensed and rapidly at that,] Using one hand to adjust his HUD glasses, he sighed, [I heavily advise against using that smoke bomb to escape Mister Wayne] Attention turned to him, [As it stands I am doing you all a courtesy by not giving your names to the public, given that most heroes in this day and age don't actually hide their identity anymore, since the education to gain a license is publicly available,] His eyes narrowed dangerously as he glared at Wayne [You try to flee and every media outlet the world over will learn of your identity and your laundry list of crimes, now it'd problem give me an irritation to deal with in Gotham but I could deal with it, do you still wish to flee?] Wisely Bruce Wayne lowered his arm slowly. [Smart move]
Izuku leant back in his seat, groaning as his spine cracked a few times. [Oh Mr Tennyson, you have no idea how... cathartic for me this is,] Rolling his shoulders as he sat up straight again, he looked to the man opposite him. [I'll admit the idea of Plumbers as a whole blindsided me but I get it,] Pieces of paper were picked up and organized, [Not to mention you requested this meeting at my convenience and brought all the relevant paperwork and proof needed,]
[I try,] The old man chuckled lightly, [I've dealt with a lot of paperwork before now, it's nicer when things go the way they're supposed to,]
[Tell me about it,] Izuku grumbled, [Did you know this is the first meeting I've had that I've been able to sit down in? The debacle in Germany, the new archipelago appearing in the south Atlantic, the island of Hyrule in the north Pacific, the whole circus in DC with the Justice League, it's been one big headache,] Izuku laid the papers down, [I've been on my feet nearly sixteen hours straight and I'm about ready to call it a day, but there's work yet to be done, your grandson, Benjamin, his device is alien in origin correct?]
[That's right,]
[And he can take it off whenever he needs to nowadays?]
[Yup,]
[Do you think he would allow us to study it while he sits the advanced course?]
[Hard to say, Azmuth is very cagey about his tech and Ben's grown up with the Omnitrix, it's unlikely he'll let people he's never met study it,}
[A shame, but your granddaughter Gwendolyn, her power is genetic correct?]
[Yup, she's already inquiring about an accelerated course for herself, Kevin and Ben,]
[Mister Tennyson please do not take this the wrong way, but I love your family,] They shared a laugh before Izuku once again grew serious [Now along with all your licensing, access clearance, yadda yadda, you've also come with a request to expand Plumber reach?]
[Yes, well, given that we now have more aliens present on earth and publicly known at that, I figured that the Plumbers could also go public and set up stations worldwide in the event we have invasions more frequently than we, that is my family in my timeline, used to,]
[And they happened often?]
[Well, Vilgax came by once every week during their summer vacation with me ten years ago, a few others appeared too but Vilgax was the main offender, then five years later the Highbreed literally tried to invade, Vilgax came back again, Albedo, honestly it isn't even different aliens every time, it's the same few repeat offenders,]
[Well, I suppose catching myself with your timeline should be interesting then] Izuku shook his head, [Well given you're now a subsection of the PLA we can authorize the construction of some operative bases, though we will need a trial period to see if your men can cope,]
[Sounds fair]
[Great, is there anything else you need today Mister Tennyson?]
[No sir, but please, stop calling me that, just Max will do,]
[Very well Max, thank you for the nice breather, it was exactly what I needed at this moment] Max nodded and stood from his chair, offering a hand to shake. As they did, the older man tried
"Fank you, vey much,"
[Not quite,] Izuku grinned [But the sentiment is appreciated Max, have a good day]
[You too Your Highness,] His hands flew to his face as the door closed and he let out an unearthly groan.
"Is it nearly over yet?"
"Not yet sir," A voice responded from nearby, getting him to groan again. "It's not that bad,"
"You're not the one doing all the meetings, I feel like my tongue is about to fall off,"
"I can test that for you?" The owner of the voice was beside his chair, Izuku smirked to himself.
"C'mere then," Wrapping an arm around her waist, he pulled Cathleen to him. His head turned to capture her lips in a searing kiss. She moaned lightly into his mouth, before pulling away and grinning into his eyes.
"Definitely still in there, and definitely still in working order," A hand rest gently on his cheek.
"Go rest my guard," He whispered softly as a yawn slipped from her mouth,
"No, no," Resisting tiredly, she shook her head, "I, I have to stay up, with you," Izuku stood up from his seat and pulled her against his chest in a soft embrace.
"No, you don't honey, besides it's not like you're far away," He gestured to the privacy screen near one corner of the room. Hidden away behind it was a double bed along with a chest of draws full of clothes. "Whatever I have to do I can handle tomorrow,"
"Y-you," She yawned again, wider this time, "You wanted to go to Ostania and, and Westalis, neither of them were at the summit," Her eyes fluttered lightly. "And, school for....for Eri annnd Kouta," In a fluid motion he scooped her into his arms, immediately she snuggled into his chest. "Lotsa Japanese heroes need,"
"I'm sure Nezu and Koichi have that covered for now, they'll update me when we get back,"
"The, the others,"
"Are all trying to recover from jetlag in the Mansion," That being the American version of the King's Compound. It was only a few minutes away from the office he now held his guard in. "They won't be upset, they know it's been a busy day,"
"I'll say," Cathleen whispered as he laid her on the bed, before reaching for a change of clothes for them both. "Honestly you, you seemed ready to kill that whole League," Her few lethargic movements were to get herself under the duvet and lift it for him to slide in beside her. "Ross was looking for a beat down this morning too," Izuku just let out a sigh as he put an arm out. She lifted her head onto his shoulder as he wrapped the limb around her.
"Well we've done as much as we can today," He groaned stretching his back and hips lightly, "I feel ready to sleep like Dad after last year's Christmas dinner," His wife gave off a small snort.
"He was out of it wasn't he?"
"Kouta had a new toy sword, Eri got more NERF guns and the pair of them were hopped up on chocolate and sugar, if I hadn't seen his chest moving I would've told you he'd passed away peacefully," The covers were adjusted as they got comfortable. "Goodnight my guard,"
"Goodnight hubby," She kissed his shoulder as he pecked the top of her head. The lights turned out with a click as their eyes closed and Izuku welcomed the end of an exhausting day.