"Huh? What do you mean they invited me to I-Island as the winner of the Sports Festival? That's... holy shit."
Mato could not believe it. The summer holidays had just begun, and the first thing he had to worry about was reaching a damn island.
"Well, I'd be suspectable if I refuse to join, wouldn't I? So... guess I'll go to I-Island."
He then noticed a phrase at the bottom of the letter: "You can bring whoever you want."
Whoever I want? Yes, I'll bring Oro with me. By doing this, I will have a top hero to protect me if things slip out of hand.
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"Eehhh? What do you mean you received an invitation too?"
"That's right!" Oro exclaimed at the other end of the phone. "You really thought they wouldn't have invited the Number Three Hero to the festival on I-Island?"
"So you're telling me I gotta go alone on I-Island?"
"In short, yes."
"Go fuck yourself, Oro."
Mato closed the call.
"So bold, talking like that to a pro hero..." Oro sighed after putting his phone in his pocket. "Hey, Young Bakugo, be careful with my bags!"
"They're way too heavy, Oro-san!" Bakugo exclaimed. "Carry them yourself!"
"Gimme," Oro grabbed his two bags. "What are you bringing with you on this journey?"
"The strict necessary," Bakugo replied. "Pijama, toothbrush, toothpaste, and..."
"Oro-san!" Kirishima burst into the conversation. "Thanks for bringing Bakugo with you! And Bakugo, thanks for bringing me with you!"
"So I'm bringing Young Bakugo with me, and he decided to bring you with him?" Oro asked.
"Yeah!" Kirishima exclaimed.
"Nothing to say about it, fine by me," Oro said. "Now let's hurry, young men, the plane is about to take off!"
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The next day
"That Oro, letting a minor fly on a plane headed to a distant island alone..." Mato snorted as he sat in a seat on the plane. "I didn't even want to go... I was forced!
"Now that I think about it, I could've brought Tets with me..."
Mato looked at the invitation letter. "They said All Might will be there too... this is intriguing me. It's more like I'm going to this goddamned island for work duties, rather than fun..."
When the plane took off, Mato put on his headphones and listened to some music. After literally five minutes, he fell asleep.
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I-Island Airport
Holy shit! On my identity card, there's written 'Satoru Akiyama' instead of 'Hideki Shirakawa'! Crap, crap, crap!
Mato was about to panic when he remembered something that saved his day.
Oh, right. All For One gave me a fake identity card that says 'Hideki Shirakawa'. Thank God, I'm safe.
Mato smoothly went past the security and finally went to witness I-Island's beauty.
Wow... so this is I-Island. The island where over 100 different scientists work, including the famous David Shield...
"I'm not in Japan anymore, so I guess no one knows who I am... this is California, and I already got sick of this place. I wanna go home!"
"Now, let's see... where is the hotel...?"
Mato pointed his left. "Right there!"
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"Hey! That's my burger, Kirishima! Give it back!"
"Oh, c'mon, Bakugo, it's not like there's your name written on it..."
"Young Bakugo, Young Kirishima, why don't you go there? That's a training camp!"
Bakugo and Kirishima looked at the spot Oro had pointed to.
"Training camp?" Bakugo repeated. "Off we go!"
"Hey, Bakugo, wait for me!" Kirishima exclaimed, running after him.
"Those two are way more chaotic than I imagined..." Oro sighed once they left. "I expect at least a 'thank you for bringing us here' from Young Bakugo..."
Oro looked in front of him. "Toshinori-sensei said he's here too... I'll search for him."
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"I'm happy to see you're fine as always, Might-ojisama."
"Ah, thank you, Melissa!" All Might exclaimed.
Suddenly, something covered All Might's eyes. Then someone spoke up. "Guess who?"
"Hikaru? Is that you?" All Might wondered.
"Correct, All Might-sensei!" Oro exclaimed, taking his hands off All Might's eyes. "Happy to see me?"
"Oro-san!" Melissa exclaimed. "Might-ojisama told me about you, but seeing you in real life is a completely different feeling!"
"And I guess you're Melissa, David's daughter," Oro said. "Nice to meet you."
Oro looked to his right and noticed Izuku. "Young Midoriya! You're here too?"
"Yes, I am," Izuku said. "What brings you to I-Island, Oro-san?"
"I'm the Number Three Hero, how could they not invite me?" Oro said.
"Anyway, where's Dave?" All Might asked.
"In his laboratory," Melissa replied.
"Hikaru, you wanna come?"
"No, but thank you anyway, All Might-sensei," said Oro. "Shirakawa is here too, and I want to catch up to him."
"Hideki? Hideki's here?" Izuku repeated.
"Of course he is," Oro replied. "He was invited as the winner of the Sports Festival. Or so he told me."
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Look, I knew it... I've been here ten minutes, and I'm already lost. Where the hell am I going?
Mato was wandering around the surroundings, completely clueless about where he was actually going.
"North... no, that's south... oh, dammit, my sense of direction sucks!"
"Shirakawaaaaa!" Oro ran towards Mato and patted him on the shoulder. "I found you!"
"Oro..." Mato muttered. "How the hell did you find me? I am lost!"
"That's exactly why I was able to find you," Oro said. "You've been driving in circles in the city center for 10 minutes straight."
"...Oh. So that's why I felt a deja vù everytime I saw that goddammed kid with a lollipop..."
Mato paused for a second. "Now I'm very curious to know why you didn't want to come with me if you came to me."
"I already told you the reason! I was invited, and you can't invite someone who's been invited!"
"...Fair point."
"Anyway, wanna come with me? I guess you've grown tired of walking in the same spot."
"Yeah, I definitely did."
"Then come with me, Shirakawa!"
"Why should I?"
"Uhm... because I know where to go and you don't?"
"...Tch. At least take me to eat something."
Part 1 - End