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Chapter 10: Juggernaut Part 2
Tomura Shigaraki was stressed out and angry. Nothing was going the way he wanted today. It was supposed to be simple. Kill All Might, a few students, two pro heroes and call it a day. Instead All Might wasn't there, so they had to make due with killing Eraser-head. He knocked out a few of the cannon fodder he brought, but Nomu made quick work of him. Kurogiri fucked up and not only failed to kill Thirteen, he also failed to scatter the kids. One of those brats shot him in the arm. Nomu got him for that. Seeing the how everything was going down the crapper he decide to pack up and go home. After he killed a few of the students of course. Eraser-head stopped him from decaying a frog girl, but he was just delaying the inevitable.
That brat the shot him, that Nomu punched into the water survived and save the hero and his students. Said brat was now some winged monstrosity the could make cannon drone that shot plasma beams. He could smell Nomu's burning skin as the beast was sent flying. Nomu would be fine, his super regeneration would heal those wounds with enough time, but if this kept up Nomu may not last long. Nomu was augmented to fight All Might is his prime. Nomu could match All Might in physical strength and speed. It's Quirks Super Regeneration and Shock Absorption would make things difficult for All Might to beat. Nomu was not prepared for energy based attacks. Shigaraki sneered at the transformed hero. Who the hell was this kid?
After he finished healing Nomu jumped to his feet and charged Juggernaut Jo, fulling intent to rip it's body to pieces.
*Insert Big Sonic Blast from Guilty Gear Xrd*
The Juggernaut dashed towards Nomu to intercept his attack. The right arm of the Juggernaut tripled in size and a plasma booster fired from it's elbow increasing speed and impact damage. The attacked connected with Nomu's face and the impact caused a shockwave to crack the floor under them. Nomu took the hit and didn't even notice. The creature grabbed the arm forced it to the side. It swung it's free fist at the Juggernaut who caught it. The two were locked together, grappling to over power one another.
It soon became clear which had superior strength. The Juggernaut could feel his fingers being crushed as it was forced to it's knees. Nomu applied more pressure to his opponent. The Juggernaut's eyes flashed red.
Electromagnetic Discharge
Yellow studs erupted from the Juggernaut's arms and back. Electricity danced around it's body, shocking Nomu. Nomu's skin began to smoke and it roared in pain. The Juggernaut got to his feet, raising both his and Nomu's arms above their heard. On his chest a cannon barrel formed.
Mega-Blaster
A red beam of energy fired from the cannon and blasted Nomu back. Nomu slammed on to it's back. Taking time the Juggernaut examined the three villains around it. It looks a Kurogiri first
Observation: Mist-like body. Warp gate capabilities.
It's eye zoomed on to the metal collar.
Physical Form
He turned his attention to Shigaraki
Observation: Quirk allow for decay of physical contact. Mastermind.
It finally looked at the recovering Nomu.
Observation: Immense physical capabilities. Blunt force attacks useless. High Regenerative capabilities.
Neutralize prominent physical threat.(Nomu)
Suggested Weapons:
Nova Cannon
White Noise Cannon
Ion Scalpels
Plasma Blade
The Juggernaut fingers changed into claws. The claw glowed with with a purple energy now resembling scalpel blades. It blurred at Nomu, raking it's claws along Nomu's chest. It swung it claws downward striking Nomu's face. Nomu howled being covering his face with it hands as it stumbled back.
Tsu and Mineta watch the battled in stunned fascination. The Grape headed boy felt a little nauseated as he swore he saw some of Nomu's guts from the cuts left on it. Tsu kept quiet, but internally she was worried. Nomu decimated Mr. Aizawa and there were still two other villains that could jump in. Why weren't they? She grimaced when a punch from Nomu connected with Juggernaut's jaw and sent him flying back. It got up and tackled the creature to ground. The Ion Scalpels were replace with two swords, sheathed in flames coming from the Juggernaut's forearms. One blade got stabbed into Nomu's left shoulder, while other was plunged into right leg.
Barely conscious Aizawa watch the battle. "Shirogane. What kind of monster are you?" He thought before drifting off.
Mineta scooted closer to Tsu. "This is good, right?" He asked. "It looks like Shirogane's gonna win."
"I don't know, Ribbit." Tsu answered. "The other two could still jump him."
Minteta got worried again, hugging the girl. "I think we should get out of here." Tsu blushed as he felt the little pervert groped her. One of the red eye structures blinked as it was watching the two interact. On the Juggernaut's backpack formed a small laser weapon. A beam as thin as a needle grazed Mineta's cheek. Mineta scream as he was hit.
Without looking at him the Juggernaut spoke. It's voice was deep and sound like a beast. "Don't molest the frog." It growled.
"Y-y-y-ou got it" Mineta said voice shaking. He took his hand off of Tsu's chest. The froggy girl blinked. "He's watching us and fighting?" This was bad. That meant his attention was divided.
Tsu wasn't the only one that noticed.
"So it have eyes on the back of its head?" Shigaraki thought. He called over Kurogiri and whispered to him.
At the entrance the remnants of class 1-A watched on.
"Go Shirogane!" Sero yelled.
"You got this! Blow the sucker away!" Sato cheered.
The two continued to cheer, hoping for victory over the villains. Ashido tended to Thirteen trying to asset the injuries. She was not medical specialist, but she could tell that injuries were bad. Shoji assisted her while keeping a look out for other attacked.
Uraraka watched the battle in both excitement and horror. Excitement, because it was such as titanic battle. She was glad Jo was okay, but at the same time she was worried. Something was nagging at her. She knew it was her friend down there fighting, but it didn't feel like it was him fighting.
"I have a bad feeling about this."
In the Mountainous area, Jiro and Momo stood with there hands up. An electric villain with a skull mask held Kaminari hostage. Electricity flared from his free hand as he threaten the girls.
"I don't wanna kill another electric type, but I will if I have to." He said.
"He's was probably the one Todoroki said was jamming communication." Momo said.
Skull head walked closer to them and laughed. He warned them not to move and that he was leaving. Jiro began to speak.
"Electric-types like you and Kaminari are born winners." the Earphone girl said.
"What are you-" Momo said trying understand what Jiro was doing.
"Even if you aren't a hero, there are a ton of jobs for you. Your powers must be in high demand."
Momo's eyes widened as she saw Jiro's jacks move. She could see on move down to Jiro's speaker boot.
"So why are you a villain." Jiro continued still having the villains attention. "You don't have to answer."
The villain noticed as what she was doing. He brought his electrified hand to Kaminari's face. "Give it up."He narrowed his eyes, insulted be her act. "You didn't think I'd notice?"
Jiro snarled as she retracted one of her Jacks. The villain griped tighter in his hostage." A kid's tricks only works on dumb adults."
As he monologue Jiro jerked out her other earphone jack that was digging in her pocket. She whipped it at him. The villain was to surprised to act as a black sphere the size of a golf ball hit him on the chest. The sphere explode knocking him on the ground unconscious and Kaminari to the side of the ground. The Electric user groaned as he start to his feet. The brunt of the blast got the villain and he was only blasted away.
Jiro let out breath. "I guess you just a dumb adult."
Momo blinked at her before realizing. "That was one of Jo's explosive." Jiro nodded. "He let me keep the extra's from the combat training." She looked at the downed villain. Quoting Jo. "Little ball, big boom."
"I was trying to grab a flash bang. Oh well."
Kaminari walk toward the two girl. "Come on Jiro!" He complained. The blast was enough to reboot his brain. "Did you really have to do that?"
"Stop complaining."
"We need to leave." Momo said. She gesture to some of the stirring villains. "I'd rather be gone before the wake up."
A plasma blade slashed, barely missing Nomu by a few inches. The bird headed monster threw a punch , sending the Juggernaut on its back. It got back up staring at it enemy. Nomu charged again, but this time the Juggernaut was ready. It caught Nomu's outstretched arm. With a swiped of the blade, Nomu's left arm was severed. Another slash cut off Nomu's leg at the knee.
Observation: Enemy is mindless and extremely dangerous.
Conclusion: Amputation of limbs should neutralize enemy. Decapitation should be considered to end conflict if it continues to escalate.
The optics on its body tracked movement behind it. Shigaraki was making a mad dash toward Tsu and the others. The Juggernaut dashed after the villain. In less than a second he was upon Shigaraki, the Plasma Blade read to pierce his arm. As his right hand thrust forward, a warp gate appeared. The armed entered the gate and another gate opened on the Juggernaut's right. Using the two gates. The Juggernaut's arm was severed by it's own blade. The limb flopped to the ground, the wound sealed near instantly so no blood dropped on the ground
It turn furiously to find Kurogiri. He saw the mist reform. The left arm shifted in to large cannon with and rectangular barrel. It glowed red and was about to fire. Shigaraki struck. He latched his hand on the Juggernaut's left arm at the elbow. Like with Aizawa's elbow it began to deteriorate. Nomu jumped up both limbs regenerated and grasp at the decaying left arm. With on tug, Nomu ripped of the arm. A brutal kick to the Juggernaut's stomach sent it flying away.
"It looks like he's now..." Shiragarki laughed. "Unarmed." The crazed monster choked the Juggernaut on the ground restraining him. Shigaraki walk over to it.
"Well, this was fun" he as he kicked his hostage in the head. "We may have not gotten to kill All Might, but this was a nice bonus level."
Tsu looked in horror. Shirogane was helpless. They where going to kill him and it was her fault. The used them as a distraction.
"Jo. I'm so sorry."
The class watched in despair. Uraraka fell to her knees. TO make matters worst some of the villains from that were knocked out earlier where getting back up.
The door of the USJ entrance burst open and then HE walked in. Everyone looked and students smiled. Ashido and Uraraka cried in happiness. Sato and Sero smiled in hope. Shogi tentacle mouth also flashed grateful smiles. All Might had arrived.
"I had a bad feeling, so I tore myself away from my meeting with the principal. I passed young Iida and was informed about what was going on." All Might said gritting his teeth. He wasn't smiling, he was livid.
"Good grief, this really makes me angry. Thinking of how frighten these children were." HE looked at the injured Thirteen. Even his fellow teachers where hurt. He walk to the edge of the stairs."That is why I must proudly say-"
"Everything is fine." All Might ripped of his tie. "I am here."
Mineta screamed. "All Might is here!"
"Ribbit!" Tsu croaked happily.
The Juggernaut turned it's head to see the Symbol of Peace.
All Might:
Powerful
Angry
Injured
It dug through Jo's memory remembering what he over heard between Aizawa and Thirteen.
Time limit has been surpassed. Continued combat will cause stress to body.
Shigaraki got up to look at his main target."We've been waiting for you hero. It looks like we get a continue. You trash of society."
All Might threw his jacket to the side and surveyed the area. The cannon fodder would be too much of a problem. The ones with that were dangerous would be the mist villain, the scrawny one, and the huge one. He saw what Nomu had pinned to the ground. It didn't take long form him to recognized the color scheme. He looked around to see the Juggernaut's severed arms on the ground. All Might's anger rose.
"Young Shirogane. What have they done to you!?"
The fodder villains started to get scared. This was the first time they same All Might in person and they had to admit, he was a lot more intimidating that they thought. They were right to be scared. It was only a blur. Villains were systematically taken out before they knew what happened. All Might landed behind the fallen villains.
Nomu took his eyes off the Juggernaut for one second too long. Again the Mega-blaster hit Nomu square in the chest forcing him to let go. Once get was free, All Might moved again. Shigaraki never saw it coming and was slapped to ground and the hand covering his face was on the torn off..
Tsu and Mineta found themselves behind All Might. One moment they were say him at the stares and now here he was in front of him. The also saw Mr. Aizawa and Juggernaut with them.
"Everyone, go to the entrance." All Might commanded. "I'm counting on you to take care of Aizawa. He's unconscious. Hurry!"
Tsu and Mineta complied with a ribbit and took picked up the teacher.
Shigaraki covered his face, having some kind of breakdown. He turned looking for the missing had. "This is no good..no good...no good." He found the hand and placed it back on his face. "I'm sorry father."
Shigaraki took a calming breath. "He hit me while saving them." He laughed. "Government sponsored violence. He was so fast I couldn't see him. But he wasn't as fast as I thought. So he has gotten weaker."
Tsu and Mineta start to take their teacher away. Mineta turned to see that the Juggernaut wasn't moving.
"Come on, Shirogane." Mineta said tugging of his leg. "We need to go." The Juggernaut didn't even acknowledge the boy. Tsu called out to him. "We need to go. All Might can handle this."
The Juggernaut nodded used his head gesture to the villains. First was Shigaraki. "Decays on physical contact." Then he nods to Nomu. "Regeneration and highly resistant to blunt force trauma."
All Might frowned. If that was the case then his options were greatly limited. He looked as the crazy eyed monster. "This thing has two Quirks? That's impossible. Unless?" All Might shook his head. He didn't want to get his student involved, so he had to end this fast.
"It maybe regenerate, but it can still be taken out." All Might looked at his transformed student. He looked at the other students and Aizawa. "Take Aizawa to safety."
Tendrils flowed from the stumps where the Juggernaut's limbs were severed and stretch out to retrieve it's limbs. The tendrils retracted taking the arms with them. The limbs melted when they connected backed to the main body and transformed back to their normal state. It looked at it's arms.
Decayed material removed. Regeneration complete.
The Juggernaut scoped up Tsu, Mineta, and Aizawa into it's arms. His backpack changed into its bladed wing form with jet boosters. It turned to All Might. "Be careful."
It flew up towards the entrance where the rest of the class. All Might looked on in relief. Now he could fight without worrying about them. He turned to the villains.
"That big guy might be immune to physical damage, but what about the little guy?" All Might dashed at Shigaraki his arms in an X formation.
"Carolina Smash!" All Might slashing his arms apart. Somehow Nomu was already in front of his master taking the attack. He was completely unfazed. Nomu tried to grab All Might, but the Symbol of Peace dodged at the last minute.
"Okay." He breathed. "Let's see how resistant you are!" He threw more punches at Nomu's body and face. Both attacks were ineffective. Nomu swung his arms to hit All Might, but the hero bobbed and weaved like a boxer. He landed blow after blow on Nomu, but the monster didn't stumbled and kept attacking.
"It won't work. Nomu has shock absorption. That brat had a better idea with the claws and blades. If you want to stop him, you'll have to rip out his flesh. But I don't think he'll let you do that." Shigaraki Laughed.
All Might dodged a lung from Nomu and got behind him. "I figured that out already, but thanks anyway."
He grabbed Nomu by the waist and hit him with a German suplex. The impact reverberated throughout the area. Dust covered them blocking them from view.
The Juggernaut landed at the entrance and gentle put his passengers down. The rest of the class surround them. They laid Aizawa next to Thirteen. Urakaka approached the Juggernaut.
"Jo?" She asked. "Are you okay?"
It look at her for moment then collapse to a knee. She ran over to him as the Juggernaut's mass shrank, changing back to Jo. He held his head before looking at her.
"Uraraka?" He asked. "What's going on." He looks around to see he was back at the entrance. "How did I get here? What happen to Mr. Aizawa? Where's Tsu and Mineta?"
"Over here!" Mineta waved. Jo dragged himself to where everyone else was. He stumbled, but Sero caught him.
"You okay man?" The tape boy asked. Jo groaned.
"My head hurt, I'm hungry and my arms are sore, but other than that, peachy." Jo responded. "But what happened?"
"You mean you don't remember?" Ashido asked.
Jo shook his head. "The last thing I remember was being knocked into water."
Shoji answered him. "You turned into a different form."
"Yeah." Sato interrupted. "You were going toe-to-toe, with that bird face thing."
"I did?"
Tsu nodded. "You were doing okay, until you arms got cut off." She said bluntly.
"What!" Jo said. Looking at his still attached limbs.
"You put them back on." Uraraka said. "It was really scary, I thought you were going to die."
"The villains!" Jo snapped. "What happened to them. Are they still here?"
"They are, but not for long." Sero said smile. "All Might's gonna kick asses." He point to the impact zone in the plaza. Jo turn to look at the dust cloud.
"All Might is a different level from them. That suplex was like an explosion." Mineta cheered.
"But he still need notes to teach a class though."
While the rest of his class cheered All Might on, Jo's stomach started to twist. He couldn't remember what happen, but instinctively he knew something was wrong. The villains were talking about killing All Might. If that's true then they had some kind of plan. But what was it. Jo's head erupted in pain as images flashed in his mind. That big thing would take anything All Might could dish out. The little guy could make thing fall to dust with at touch. The warp villain could use his Quirk to redirect attacks.
Jo's eyes widened in comprehension. That was their game. The other villains were just cannon fodder, meat shields. At best they would be used to tire All Might out. Those three were the ones to kill All Might. One well coordinated attack and the Symbol of Hope would be finished. Also All Might was running low on time. He could turn back to his frail form at any moment.
"Dammit!" He swore. Uraraka and Tsu looked at him.
"What's wrong?" Uraraka asked. She saw the worried looked on Jo's face.
The dust had cleared and what could be seen shocked everyone. Nomu's upper body was protuding from a warp gate, He dug his fingers in to All Might's side. He was still in the bent over back positon from the suplex, hold Nomu's lower body which was entered into the corresponding warp gate. Blood oozed from where Nomu's fingers dug in.
"Trying to stop him by burying him into the concrete?" Shigaraki said. "It's not that simple. Nomu is you physical equal." He turned to Kurogiri, who came out of hiding. "Good work Kurogiri."
Kurogiri's eye narrowed as the warp gate began to close. All Might let go of Nomu and tried to pry the hands off his weak spot.
"If this is you first offense then prepare yourselves." All Might threaten.
Shigaraki scratched his next before giving Kurogiri the command. The warp gate closed fasted and Nomu started to drag All Might in.
"I dislike having blood and guts flow through me, but for a celebrity like you, I'll make an exception." Kurogiri explain. "It's Nomu job to restrain you. When you're halfway through, I'll close the gate. Cutting you in half! That's my job."
Jo growled as he watched. Shaking of the pain he began down the stair. Uraraka grabbed his arm. "Where are you going?"
"I need to help All Might." Jo said. "He'll die if at this rate."
"Are you crazy!?" She yelled.
"Maybe I am, but I can't just stand here." Jo said. Without even thinking we was already armored. Images flooded his mind again. Two pieces of equipment he hadn't even thought of before appeared. His right arm became a long barreled cannon with circular end, yellow tubes made up most of it's body. (Think Cyborg's White Noise Cannon from Justice League War.). On his back was set of blade shaped wings.
"Booster Wings?" He said looking at his new wings. He looked at the cannon on his right arm. "White Noise Cannon? Where did these come from?" He decide not to think too much about them, before blasting off.
HE could here Uraraka and the others call out to him, but he did hear. Jo got close and saw Kurogiri. Taking aim with the White Noise Cannon and fired. A beam of white sonic energy the fog villain dead on. Kurogiri screamed, it pain felt like is body was being torn apart. The fog around his body was blown off him showing a physical body. Jo flew at him to attack again.
Kurogiri roared, the black mist returning to his body."You little bastard!" Tendrils of mist launched at Jo.
"Get the hell outta my way! Kurojo!" Bakugo yelled hitting Kurogiri with an explosion. The explosion boy slammed Kurogiri to the ground, holding him down by the collar.
Ice covered Nomu's body stopping before touching All Might. The hero looked around, finding his savior.
"Young Todoroki!"
Todoroki stared at the villain. "All I heard was that you were here to kill All Might." The ice covering Nomu lessen his grip on All Might, allowing him to free himself. He tore Nomu off him and flipped away. He grabbed his bleeding side. Kirishima attacked Shigaraki, how dodge the attack. What he didn't dodge was the net the blanketed him,
They could Momo's voice."Everyone! Are you okay?" She came running with Jiro and Kaminari. Bakugo held Kurogiri to the ground.
"Don't act so high and mighty, shitty fog." He said smiling.
"The Symbol of Peace cannot be killed by the likes of you." Todoroki said.
All the students and All Might surrounded the villains. Kaminari looked around." You guys are okay. Man we had a hard time back at the mountain, but I got us in the clear." He bragged.
Jiro spat. "All you did was whine and got captured." Kaminari winced.
Momo looked at All Might and say the blood soaking his shirt. "All Might! Your bleeding."
"I'll be fine." He said.
Shigaraki got to his feet. "Kurogiri's been capture. Our exit plan is down." He spoke calmly despite the situation.
Bakugo smiled sadisticly, pressing harder on Kurogiri. "You got careless, you bastard." Bakugo mocked him. "The warp fog covers your really body. If you were completely made of mist physical attacks would hurt you. Then you would have said, 'that was close.'" Kurogiri struggled, but Bakugo made a few small explosion on his neck.
Bakugo leaned closer. "If I even feel you trying to get free. I'll blast you to fucking pieces."
"That isn't very hero like behavior." Kirishima commented.
The net around Shigaraki dissolved in to dust when he touched it. "These kids were able to capture a few of us, being relatively uninjured. They made league of villains look like idiot. Kids to day are amazing." He looked over to the half frozen Nomu. "Nomu."
Nomu pulled his body through the warp gate. The students looked in shock as the frozen arm and leg broke off as he pulled it threw. Muscle tissue grew, regenerating his limbs.
"So he does have regeneration as well." All Might said.
"Nomu was modified to take you on at 100%. He's the ultimate sandbag."
Everyone prepared themselves for the next attack. The White Noise Cannon pulsated on Jo's arm. He looked at it then more information came to hims.
"The White Noise Cannon(WNC)can produce blast the can produce attack that range from concussive force to destabilizing the molecular structure of a target." Was he supposed to use this against Nomu? If so then this could be an instant kill. Jo decide to use that in the worst case scenario.
"Time to get back our warp gate." Shigaraki said. "Go Nomu."
For something so big, Nomu could move. His speed was so great none of the students saw him move. Even worse the weren't fast enough to react. Nomu slammed into the spot where Bakugo was holding down Kurogiri. There was a loud boom and dust covered the area. When the smoke cleared, Nomu was standing over Kurogiri and Bakugo was no longer there.
"Bakugo!" Kirishima yelled. Everyone tried to find him. They did need to look far as he was with them.
"Did you dodge that?!" Kaminari asked.
"No you idiot." Bakugo replied.
"Look over there." Jiro said point to gate behind them. It was broken apart and All Might stood there with his guard up. The students may have been to slow to stop Nomu, but All Might was. Right before the impact he got in front of Nomu and threw Bakugo over to them. All Might breathed heavily.
"You don't hold back, even against children?" He asked angrily.
Shigaraki shrugged. "I was just trying to save my comrade. I had no choice." He pointed a Jo with a frail finger. "Besides that kid over there shot me in arm." He point far over to Nomu's severed arm and leg. "He was slicing Nomu to pieces earlier."
Everyone turned to Jo. He was as shocked as they were.
"I did what!? I remember shooting the small guy, but there other stuff?" Jo thought and remembered what the others said earlier. "I must have done it when I blacked out." He muttered.
Shigaraki continued his speech, raising his arm. "Violence used to save others in admirable, right All Might. That pisses me off. The world categorizes the same violent acts as villainous or heroic. Deciding what's good and bad." He scoffed in disgust. "Symbol of Peace, my ass. You're just a government sponsor thug. Violence breeds violence. The whole world will see that when you're dead."
All Might scowled. "How pretentious. You white-collar are all the same. You kill because you like it, liar."
Shigaraki narrowed his eyes. "You see right through me."
"Everyone get ready." Momo said making a battle staff.
"It's the 3 against 8." Todoroki nodded.
"Between Bakugo's explosions and my White Noise Cannon, that mist guy won't me a problem." Jo said.
"Are you guys serious?" Kaminari complained.
"Grow a pair, would you." Jiro said.
"If those other two get involve, we can push them back with All Might." Kirishima said hardening his arms.
"No!" All Might vetoed their idea. "Run away."
Todoroki replied coolly. "You would have been done for if I didn't step in."
"That was a different story. Thanks Young Todoroki." All Might said clenching his fist. "But it's fine now. Watch a true pro at work."
Jo stepped up. "Sorry All Might, you don't get to decide for us."
All Might put his hand out to stop him and gave him a thumbs up. He smiled confidently.
"Nomu. Kurogiri. Get him. I'll deal with the brats. Lets clear this level and go home." Shiragarik ran the students.
"I don't have much time left in this form." All Might thought as his assassins advanced. "But I must do the this as the Symbol of Peace!"
All Might ran forward and Nomu charged to meet him. The clash of fist was enough to force everyone around them back. The ground beneath them broke on contact. Shiragarki was sent flipping in the air before landing in a crouch.
"It won't work! Nomu has shock absorption remember?" Shigaraki taunted.
"I remember." All Might said.
The fist of All Might and Nomu became blurs as they struck each other. It was a literal storm of punches. The speed and force of the blows kicked up powerful winds keeping others from coming close.
"I can't get close!" Kurogiri said as the wind forces him away.
"You said shock absorption not nullification! That means there a limit to how much he can take!"
Nomu was being pressed back as All Might increase the number of punches he threw. Nomu scored a direct hit on the heroes weak spot, but still All Might pressed on. Trees were uprooted as the two monsters of power battled on.
"If you can take me on at 100%, then I'll go beyond that and force you into submission!"
More blows rained on Nomu. With one mighty punch, Nomu was sent into the trees behind him. Both All Might and Nomu jumped to meet in the air and wrestled for dominance. All Might blocked a punch on the forearm before kicking Nomu in the chest.
"A hero will always find a way to over come adversity!" All Might yelled grbbing Nomu and tossing him into the ground. The impact send debri everywhere. Nomu bounced of the ground as All Might landed.
"Hey Villain, have you heard these words before?" All Might asked. "Go beyond!" All Might delivered a punched that overloaded Nomu's shock absorption. The punch caused Nomu's body to bloat up like a balloon. "PLUS ULTRA!"
Nomu rocketed away, slamming into the roof of the USJ dome. The light broke apart and the vibrations could be felt in the entire complex. He didn't stop there, Nomu kept going, through the roof, through a cloud become a dot in the sky.
"That was something out of a video game!" Kirishima said.
"There's no way he could have survived that." Kaminari said wowed.
Momo sweated at the display of power. "In must have too a tremendous amount of power to beat the shock absorption in to overloading,"
"He hit the bastard so fast there was no way he could have regenerated." Bakugo said.
"All Might is way overpowered." Jiro said staring at the hole.
"So this is the number 1 hero's power..."
The dust cleared from around All Might. "I am getting weaker. Back in my prime. five hits would have been enough." He stood up pressing his fist against his chest. "It took over 300 mightly blows to do the job." Blood stained his mouth and cheek. Mist emitted from his body.
"Crap he's out of time." Jo thought. All Might turn the to remaining villains. Shiragarki was either trembling out of fear or anger, most likely both.
"Now villains. I'd rather end this now."
Shigaraki snarled. "He cheated!" The decaying villain began to rant. "Look at what he did to my Nomu! He was a supposed weaker. We were completely overwhelmed." Shigaraki scratched his neck until it started to bleed. Did his master lie to him? What was going on?
"What's the hold up?" All Might said causing Shiragaki to flinch. "You said you'd 'clear' this level, right?" Shigaraki took a step back. "Come at me bro."
"All Might..." Bakugo murmured.
"As expected, it looks there is no need for us to fight." Todoroki stated.
"Let's fall back now." Momo said.
"Shirogane, let's go." Kirishima said. "It'd be bad if we got caught."
Jo stared. All Might was bluffing and he was the only one else who knew it. If the villains attacked, then All Might's weakness would be revealed. Worse the steam started to envelop him more.
"I can't move any more." All Might thought. He could feel his body changing. "That Nomu was too strong. One move and I won't be able to keep up this bluff. I'll be changing back to my true form soon. I just need a stall for a few seconds. Either they'll leave or backup will come."
"Come on!" He yelled.
Shigaraki scratched his neck on both sides causing bleeding. He was going to have a breakdown at this point. Kurogiri called to him.
"Tomura Shigaraki. Calm down!" The mist said. ""Look closely at his wounds. He was definitely injured by Nomu." That calmed Shigaraki down. The mist turned to the student. "Beside, the children appear to be frozen in fear." The cannon fodder started waking up. "We have underling that we can use. " Kurogiri reasoned. ""The will only be a few minutes before reinforcements come. If we work together we still have a chance to kill him."
Shigaraki took his hand from his neck. "That's right. That's right. I mean the final boss is right in front of us."
The cannon fodder got up and surround the students.
"Here they come!" Jiro yelled.
"We'll let All Might handle the main guys."
Kaminari grimaced. "I guess we don't have a choice."
Todoroki looked over at Jo. "Shirogane."
"What the hell are we gonna do? Backup might not come it time. These two alone can kill All Might, especially now." Should he fire the White Noise Cannon? Should he try to get everyone out. Jo's heart rate skyrocketed as adrenaline flowed through him.
Shigaraki rushed All Might. "This is revenge for Nomu!"
"I don't know what happened earlier."
"Jeez, Holy shit" All Might thought.
"But I need to save All Might."
Kurogiri warp mist spread. They were mere feet from All Might.
"Where's Shirogane?!" Kirishima asked.
Kurogiri felt something squeezing his neck. He turned to see the blazing red eyes of the Juggernaut. The Juggernaut left arm was around his collar crushing it. Shigaraki saw the Juggernaut.
"Oh, shit-" The Juggernaut's right arm smashing in to stomach. Kurogiri was tossed to the side and the Juggernaut created a plasma and fire.
"Not again." The beam torn into him for forcing him to dodge.
Jo's class stared at the Juggernaut imposing form. Shiragaki got up nursing his wounds. He definitely had busted ribs. He seethed, glaring daggers at the Juggernaut.
"Little punk."
The Juggernaut notice him and morphed his arm in to an energy rifle. A laser dot pointed at his head, daring him to attacked. A shot rang hitting Shigaraki in the shoulder. IT wasn't from the Juggernaut. Everyone turn to the USJ entrance.
"Sorry, Everyone!" Came Principal Nezu' voice. The rodent teacher didn't come alone. Snipe, Midnight, Vlad King, Present Mic, Cementos, Power Loader and Iida joined him. "I gathered up who were available."
"I, Tenya Iida, of class 1-A have returned!" Iida annouced as the teachers showed the villain why they were pro heroes. It didn't take long for the faculty to subdue the villains. Shigaraki and Kurogiri were able to get away, but not without a few more gunshot wounds from Snipe. It didn't take long for the rest of the villain to get rounded up and captured. Before getting away Shigaraki swore revenge against All Might.
Jo had returned back to normal form. Tired, dazed, hungry, and a little confused. He never remember changing again, but he didn't complain. He turn to see All Might, have transformed.
"If you didn't intervene, I would've been dead. You saved me." All Might thanked.
"I didn't do anything. At least not willingly." He said. "But I'm glad you okay."
Back at the main entrance the student were being settled and the teacher went over today's events.
"I can't believe we allowed them to get way after all this." Midnight huffed.
"They caught us with out pants down." Nezu remarked. "More importantly the students are safe."
In the main plaza some of the remain students gathered together to leave. "If all these pro heroes are here then no where else have been attacked." Todoroki commented rubbing the back of his neck.
"Shirogane!" Kirishima yelled running to where Jo and All Might where. "Is everything alright with you?"
"Kirishima I can applaud you concern for you friends." All Might thought. "Crap! He'll see me!"
"Kirishima, I'm fine." Jo reassured the pseudo red head. "Let's get back to the rest of class."
Kirishima nodded and then tried to look behind him. "Where's All Might? I thought he was over here?"
Jo got nervous. If Kirishima kept pushing then the secret would be revealed. The floor behind Jo rose up into a barrier, blocking All Might from vision. Cementos took his palms from the ground and address the two students.
"We want to make sure all the students are safe, so gather at the main gate." Cementos ordered. "We can take things from here."
"He's right lets go." Jo said trying to get his classmate to go.
"That makes sense." Kirishima said before running to the other. Jo took a breathe of relief before joining him.
Behind the barrier Toshinori gave the Cement Hero his thanks. It appeared the Cementos aslo in on the secret.
Outside USJ the villains where handcuffed and taken to jail, while a detective took a head count of the student.
Hagakure put a gloved hand on Ojiro's shoulder. "Ojiro, I heard you were really fired up out there."
The tailed boy laughed nervously. "I mostly used hit and run tactics. I thought everyone else was by themselves. Where were you, Hagakure?"
"I was in the landslide area with Todoroki." She pointed to the back of mentioned classmate. "I was so surprised!"
"I didn't even know she was there. I could have froze her." Todoroki thought.
Aoyama in an attempt to gain attention he kept asking people where he was during everything. Finally Tsu asked. "Where?"
"A secret." He responded.
"Lets get everyone back to class room for now." The detective called out. "We can question them later."
Tsu hopped towards him. "What about Mr. Aizawa?"
"Multiple fractures on both arms and facial area. Fortunately there wasn't any brain damage." The detective reported. "However his orbital floor is broken into small pieces, and his eyes may suffer some after effects."
The class's mood soured from hearing that. Aizawa was mean and somewhat sadistic, but he was their teacher and did try to save them.
Ashido asked about Thirteen. The Space Hero was already been treated and mostly suffer lacerations to the upper arms. He also reported that All Might would be okay as well. The detective handed things over to a cat headed officer.
"Sansa, I have business in the nurse's office. You take things from here." The cat saluted and ushered the kids on the bus.
During the ride Jo was mad and confused. Mad because of the injuries the villains inflicted on their teachers. Confused because of his mysterious transformation. He stared into hands on his lap, deep in thought. Sato and the others had dubbed it the Juggernaut. The weapons that it used were one he haven't though of. He knew some of the principals of them worked but never put them together.
Plasma Blades and Ion scalpels were new. The Plasma Cluster was something he felt was beyond him. It sounded like the drone creations he tried, but never worked.
The students returned to the main campus and exited the bus. They walking back to the classroom talking about the day events.
Uraraka saw his worried expression and tapped him on the shoulder. She gave him a smile before asking. "You've been looking at you down for entire bus ride." She pointed out. "Are you sure you're okay?"
Jo sighed."I honestly don't know." He admitted. "Everyone talking about this Juggernaut thing, but I can remember anything about it. I had this weird dream the other night and for some reason I feel that it's connected."
"Maybe it is." Uraraka suggested. "But, I was worried about you."
Jo blinked. Uraraka looked at her folded hands.
"You didn't respond to any of us. That things eyes seemed dead to me. Like it was lifeless." Uraraka looked at him directly. "Like a machine."
Jo studied her for a moment. She waved her hands trying to smile again. "I didn't think you'd attack us, but in was unnerving."
Jo was about to say something before his stomach gurgled. He blushed in embarrassement and she brunette friend giggle.
"It seems this Juggernaut thing make me hungry." Jo said. "Let change and grab something to eat. On me." He suggested. Uraraka nodded.
"Sounds like a plan."
In boy's locker room Sato,Sero, and Shoji filled Iida on what he missed. Tokoyami, Koda, and the other also told more about what they went through,
"It was good thing that Koda and I were sent to the Squall area. The darkness allowed Dark Shadow to fight as his fullest." The bird boy said, nodding to his rocky partner. "Koda helped, by luring them into traps. Our teamwork was key in our survival."
Changing into his uniform Iida nodded to him. "I'm glad that you all got out fine. Still I feel bad about running to get help while you all fought."
Kirishima grinned showing his shark teeth. "Don't worry about it Iida. Most of those guy were punks." He looks over to an uninterested Bakugo. "Bakugo and I took them out easily, right bud?"
"Fuck you spiky hair." Kirishima smiled taking the insult in stride.
"Man, I wish I got a chance to go at them." Sato said. "I wanted to get those guys for busting in."
Sero shook his head."I'm just glad All Might got there and finished that big guy." He thought back to All Might sending Nomu flying.
Shoji spoke up. "Shirogane did well holding him at bay. His new form was quite impressive."
"What was that anyway?" Kaminari asked. "Does that guy have a weapon for everything?" He said remember the Juggernaut.
"Don't remind me of that!" Mineta screamed rubbing the scar on his cheek. "That thing is scary."
"Scary strong!" Sero said. "Shirogane was winning until those other villain tried to attack you guys."
"Sliced that bird guy's arm and leg off." Sato said.
The conversation got the interest of two boys listening intently. Bakugo growled listening. "Fighting that absorption bastard to a stand still? A new form?" He got even angrier. "That bastard still holding out on me!"
In contrast Todokori had different thought. Nomu's raw power and speed were clear in his mind. The fact that another student could was a serious threat to that kind of power was interesting. He wanted to find out more about that fight.
While the other students were getting dressed Jo paid a visit to the nurse's office to see Toshinori. He came in seeing Toshinori speaking to the detective from the USJ. Toshinori was lying on a bed covered in bandages,
"Mr. Yagi." Jo greeting walking in. He needed to pretend that All Might and Yagi were two different people. The skeletal man sat up and smile.
"Young Shirogane." Toshinori greeted. The gestured to the detective. "This is Naomasa Tsukauchi. Tsukauchi this is the kid I told you about."
Tsukauchi greeted Jo with an outstretched hand. "Nice to meet you young man. All Might told me a lot about you."
"Yeah, well he's a great guy and..."
"Shirogane." Toshinori said interrupting him. "Tsukauchi knows he my best friend on the police force. So does Recovery Girl."
Jo wiped the imaginary sweat from his brow. "Good because pretending you were two different people would be annoying."
They chatted a bit about how the rest of the students were doing and what happened. Toshinori told him that he was proud of how the students did despite the danger. The detective told them that a video of what happened would be provided to the pro heroes tomorrow so they could keep an eye out for the missing villains. Jo wanted to talk about his transformation, but decided to wait after seeing the video.
Later Jo walked outside the school and found Uraraka waiting for him. He waved to her as he got closer. "Ready to go?" Jo asked. Uraraka nodded happily.
"Jo, wait!" Called Tsu. The frog walked up to the two. She had a worried expression on her face.
"Hey Tsu." Uraraka greeted.
"Tsu, what's up?" Jo asked.
Tsu hesitate for a moment then she spoke. "Jo, I wanted to say I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what?" Jo asked.
"You got hurt because of me and you save me." Tsu said.
"Don't worry about that." Jo said. "I don't even remember what happened."
Tsu looked down. "I know, but still if Mineta and I took Mr. Aizawa away you would have gotten your arms taken."
Jo waved his arms around to put her at ease. "I have my arms and I'm fine. I may not have remember what happen, but I do it again for you, Mr. Aizawa, Uraraka, and almost anyone in our class."
Tsu blinked. "Almost anyone?"
"I will not miss Bakugo." Jo said with no remorse.
Tsu laughed. "Still I feel a little bad."
"Okay, you can bye me lunch tomorrow." Jo offered. "We call it even."
"Okay." Tsu looked at both of them. Putting her finger to he lip. "Where are you two going?"
"Were going to get dinner." Uraraka said. "Jo's buying."
"So you're cheating on Yaoyorozu?" Tsu said. "Ribbit, you're not a loyal boyfriend."
Jo groaned. "We're not dating!" He saw Tsu smiling. She just messing with him. Soon the three of them shared a laughed. Tsu may not been traditionally cute, but there something adorable about her. The frog girl wrapped her arms around Jo in hug. She squeezed him for a moment and it was nice.
"Wow! Mineta was right Tsu's boobs are-."
Must Not Lewd!
Those words rang loudly in his head. Jo broke the hug. He held his head for a second.
"Are you okay?" The girls asked.
"Fine. I'm fine." Jo responded. "Where did that come from?"
Tsu took her leave waving good bye. Jo and Uraraka returned the gestured and left U.A.. There were going to contemplate todays events. Figure out how to learn from them. Most importantly they were going to eat.
End.
Just to clear thing up, the Juggernaut is obvious not invincible. Nomu's superior strength could have won out in the end. The Juggernaut is a subconscious defense mechanism. When Jo is unable to protect himself and is in extreme danger it comes out. It can tell friend from foe and develop counter measures for enemies by analyzing them. Some of it's weapons and features such as the Plasma Cluster is beyond Jo. He can't truly control it, but can use it.
Also in this chapter I was considering Jo losing one of his arms permanently and have the nano-particle make a new one. Would that have been a better route?
Thank you and review. Anyone interested in being my Beta Reader?