Chapter 59 - Walking around I-Expo

Being led towards where Melissa's father was, Hiroto chatted with her a bit, "So, the one we're meeting is who I saw in your picture frames yesterday, right?"

"Yup! That's right!" Melissa said as they entered a large building with multiple layers of security they had to go through. But with Melissa, they were able to get through without too much trouble.

Inside of a laboratory with high-tech looking equipment, David Shield was looking over a picture of All Might in his younger days as Mellisa came through the door, startling him.

"Melissa, weren't you at the Academy?" David asked her.

A chubby man next to David with blonde hair greeted her, "Hello Miss."

"Hello Sam, and what's wrong with me coming here?" Melissa asked, acting slightly hurt.

"Well, I thought you were still doing your research at the Academy-"

"I'm kidding!" Melissa said to her father who tried to make up for what he said, "I wanted to congratulate you on completing the first stage of your research, so I invited a certain person."

"A certain person?" David asked.

"Someone you love, Papa." She looked over her shoulder, with David following her gaze towards the door, leading to him gasping in surprise.

"I am here… Shaking with emotion from our reunion!!" All Might shouted as he barged into the room, shouting with such emotion and posing with his arms up.

"Toshi?!" David exclaimed in surprise, next to a stunned Sam.

"All Might… I-I didn't expect him to really come… The real thing…" Same muttered.

All Might laughed and ran forward, putting David into a big bear hug, "I came all this way just to see you, Dave!" He then dropped David on the ground, who fell on the ground.

"Well? Were you surprised?" Melissa questioned from behind.

David was still shocked from surprise, sweating a bit, as he muttered out, "Y-Yeah…" Before shaking his head and smiling. "Very surprised."

"We both need to thank Melissa for that!" All Might said. "Man, how long has it been?"

The two caught up with each other for a moment, ending with a fist bump as All Might turned around and introduced Hiroto and Midoriya to him.

"Young Moriyama, Midoriya, let me introduce you to one of my best friends, David Shiel-"

"I know who he is!" Midoriya shouted out with excitement all over his face. "Professor David Shield! A top scientist in Quirk research who received a Noble Quirk Prize! He was All Might's partner when he lived in America, and for All Might's hero costumes-"

Hiroto stepped away as Midoriya kept on gushing over David, standing next to Melissa and asking her, "I didn't know that your dad was that famous."

"Mm!" Melissa nodded with pride, "He's the best there is in his field, I'm proud to have him as my Papa!"

"I-I'm so moved!" Midoriya ended his fangirling, to which David smiled.

"It looks like I didn't need to introduce myself." He said, glancing at Hiroto for a second at the side of the room next to his daughter who was smiling brightly.

"S-Sorry! It's just-"

"No, it's fine," David reassured him.

"You can just call me David, or Dave. I see you already made friends with my daughter." David said with a smile.

"Yes, she helped me when I lost yesterday," Hiroto replied. David wanted to ask a bit more, but All Might slightly coughed from the side, trying to cover the sound.

David, upon hearing this, frowned slightly, "It's been a long time since I last saw All Might. Can you give us some time to talk alone?" David asked.

Melissa was a bit stumped from this but also understood that he would want to catch up with Uncle Might after not seeing each other for years.

"Ah, yes!" Midoriya replied, standing stiffly.

"Melissa, please show Moriyama and Midoriya around I-Expo," David said, to which Melissa replied with a yes, leading Hiroto and Midoriya out.

From the corner of his eye, Hiroto saw that the man behind David, Sam, was fidgeting a bit and kept glancing towards All Might. Although a fan would have acted in the same manner, Sam was sweating a bit more than normal.

Upon leaving and closing the door behind them, Melissa led the two of them out of the building towards I-Expo.

"What should I call you?" Melissa said, turning to Midoriya, "Midoriya? Izuku?"

"Deku?" Melissa repeated.

"It's his Hero name, and also a nickname his childhood friend gave him." Hiroto said, walking alongside them. He tugged on Midoriya's long cowl hanging behind his head, saying, "Trying to give yourself a headstart in the Hero business already?"

"Ah, no well… I just thought it would be cooler, to be referred to as my Hero name, like All Might…" Midoriya said, blushing.

"Alright, you can call me Melissa as well." She turned to Hiroto next to her and asked, "Should I call you by your nickname too? One Punch Man?"

Hiroto coughed, saying, "No no, just Hiroto is fine. You're a friend, so just call me by my name."

"Mm!" Melissa smiled.

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Back in David's office, after dismissing Sam, All might coughed violently, causing him to double over as David supported him.

"Hey, are you alright, Toshi?"

"You told me your symptoms over email, but I didn't realize it had gotten so bad…" David muttered with a frown, looking over All Might's body.

Standing up, All Might saw that there wasn't blood from this fit of coughing, but he felt it would be a common scene in the future.

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Outside of the building, Melissa was giving a tour to Hiroto and Midoriya over at I-Expo.

"Looking at it like this, it's hard to believe that this is a man-made island," Midoriya said with wonder in his eyes as he took in the scene of the towering and colourful buildings littered along the wide paths they were taking.

"We have all the facilities of a large city. Just about all we can't do is travel." Melissa said, "Since all the scientists and their families here have a duty to confidentiality to keep information from leaking out."

"Well, there's quite a lot to do here, so I doubt you would get tired of it all that quickly," Hiroto said.

"Well, I would like to travel around as well at some point. Visit Japan where Uncle Might is working." Melissa said, with a longing to travel.

Just then, a loud shake and scream similar to a large predator resounded over the city, as a shadow loomed over the three.

"It's the Monster Hero: Godzillo!" Midoriya exclaimed.

'If I were to face something as big as that in the future, how am I supposed to beat him down without letting it crush the buildings around?' Hiroto thought, completely different to the mindset of Midoriya and Melissa, who were fangirling over the Hero.

Walking past them, Godzillo gave the gathering crowd a peace sign. "He must have been invited by a sponsor," Melissa explained. "To show off their newest items and sign autographs and stuff. It looks like there are a lot of different events catered to fans wanting to interact with the Heroes."

"I-Expo is amazing!" Midoriya gushed.

Melissa then reminded Hiroto, "Remember the party that you're going to tonight?" To which Hiroto nodded, "It's going to be filled with guests from all over the Industry, such as the famous Heroes that have come to I-Island."

"Mhm, I know about that. I know at least one of them that's going to be arriving soon and attending the party as well." Hiroto said, seeing a pair of bunny ears flash in his mind.

"Oh? Is that person also a Pro Hero?" Melissa asked, excited.

"That's right, I think she's the strongest- Actually, I'll let it be a surprise for you later."

"So they're a she? I wonder who it could be." Melissa began to ponder.

"Maybe, maybe not," Hiroto answered non committedly.

The three of them continued on their tour, visiting the different attractions at the I-Expo pavilion that was closed off to guests for the day, however, with the pass that Hiroto had as well as Melissa's clearance, they were able to enter without any problems.

Inside they saw all kinds of equipment, ranging from personal enhancement to Hero support items aimed to boost a Heroes performance either directly or indirectly.

The majority of items were mainly centred around people with Quirks and Heroes as that is currently one of the biggest markets globally to invest in.

After an hour or two of roaming around, Melissa invited Hiroto and Midoriya to her academy again, as this time she wanted to have Midoriya try out her new and improved glove that she had Hiroto test earlier this morning before he broke it.

However, Hiroto had to decline, as he was expecting someone to arrive shortly after.

"Alright, we'll meet again later at the party tonight then, Hiroto! I'll bring Midoriya to take a look at my Academy and let him try out the glove." Melissa said, gesturing to Midoriya to follow him.

"I'll see you later, Hiroto!" Midoriya waved as well before leaving. Watching them walk away, Hiroto felt his phone ringing in his pockets and saw that it was Rumi calling him.

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AN:

I take no responsibility over the long hiatus. Want to know why I left for such a long time? Family problems? Real life issues? Jobs?

Nah, I'm lazy as fuċk