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Fuck , Shouta thought. He should've headed his instincts.
How did their location get leaked?!
Yet, here he was running and hoping to get to his students in time, leaving his remedial students to Vlad.
"Always worrying about others, huh, Eraserhead?"
Who the fuck is it now?! God-fucking-dammit.
"You pro heroes, stay out of our way. You're not the ones we've got beef with."
With that, Shouta felt a surge of panic as blue fire consumed his vision.
"Vlad!"
Please, let those kids be safe!
This was bad. This was very, very bad.
"I just came up here for the view, and what do I find? A face that wasn't on the list."
Kota began to back away from the maniac, fear racing through his veins. The spirits in the forest were agitated, and now he knew why.
As the man began to tug off his mask, Kota felt his throat tighten.
"Water Hose... A fantastic pair of heroes. But their wonderful lives were tragically cut short by one hearless criminal."
"The suspect is still on the run as police and heroes attempt to ascertain his whereabouts. His quirk is a simple power-up type, making him highly dangerous."
"If you see this man, call the police or contact a hero immediately... At present, his left eye..."
"..You!"
"... Should be scarred from his encounter with Water Hose."
Mom...! Dad...!
Kota screamed as the man attacked, terror coursing through his veins. Closing his eye, he could only hope.
Izuku grabbed the kid as the villain attacked them. Oof, not a fun landing there.
"Hm? Now, you were on the list."
Blegh, more idiot villains to deal with.
Looking behind him, Izuku watched bemusedly as the the small child began tearing up.
"Don't worry," he reassured the brat, "It's going to be okay, Kota."
"Haa...Ha... Hahaha. A budding hero would say that. Always spouting off about justice wherever you guys show up."
"..."
"Your name's Midoriya, right? This is perfect. You're high up on our kill list... I'm gonna torment you real bad. Now show me some blood!"
How... pretentious. How... cute~
"...Kuku...ku… kukukuku!"
Izuku began laughing a dark laughter, one tinged with insanity and blood-lust.
"Eh? Ah, now that I think of it, where's the kid named Bakugo? We've got a job to do here..."
So they were after Kacchan. Interesting.
"W-water Hose... My mom and dad... Did you torture them when you killed them?"
Oh boy, so that's why the kid looked terrified.
"Whoa... seriously? You're their kid? This must be fate or something," the buffoon turned away from Izuku. He must have no sense of danger or something. Humans.
"Water Hose. They're the pair that gave me this glass eye.'
"B-because of you and those like you, things always end up like this!"
"Brat like you sure know how to pass the blame. It's no good. I don't really hold a grudge against 'em about my eye. I killed 'em, just like I wanted to."
Welcome to monologue city, the place where idiots and villains alike just talk and talk. Why was Izuku letting this underdeveloped microorganism talk again? Oh wait, the kid wanted to information.
"...And they tried to stop me. We all did our best and had to deal with the results. What's bad is when you can't put your money where your mouth is...
...LIKE YOUR DEAR MOMMY AND DADDY!"
"That's a lot of talk from a vermin~"
With that dark tendrils of energy sprouted from Izuku, some covering the kid, others reaching out to grab the villain.
"Y'know, the only one to blame is you. After all, heroes stake their lives by turning talk into action~"
Grinning a grin that stretched unnaturally across his face, Izuku turned toward the blond gorilla, eyes promising a painful bloody death, and watched as a shiver ran down the human's spine.
I'll definitely get in trouble with the council later, but for these children, it's damn well worth it.
Kota shivered as he watched the green-haired guy (Midorika? Mikoriya? Midoriya? Yeah, sounds about right...) easily fought off Muscular.
How was he so strong? Midoriya definitely didn't look it at first, but now? There was no way anyone could miss it.
Why though? Why would he fight for Kota of all people? Wasn't he really rude and an ass to the guy? None of the spirits would've defended him, not even the ones he's known since birth.
After all, they didn't interfere with human affairs.
...Even Mandalay wouldn't couldn't save him.
"Even though you don't know me...?"
"Kota! Your mom and dad... Water Hose... It's true they went before their time and left you behind... but it's thanks to them that lives were saved. You're going to meet a certain someone one day too. And then you'll get it..."
"Why?! Spirits don't interfere and don't care about human matters! You don't know anything about me!"
"Someone will stake their life... to save yours. To that, that person will be..."
Sure, Midoriya was strong, verily so, based on how Muscular was being pummeled, and maybe its not his literal life, but Kota talked to spirits enough to know exposing one's self is like high treason.
"Why go so far... for me?!"
My hero...
Watching as the life left the human's body, Izuku turned back to the kid.
"Kid, with the forest ablaze like this, pretty much every path's gonna be blocked off."
The kid stared back at him, nodding slightly, realizing what Izuku was asking of him.
"A-are, they okay?"
'They' was probably the spirits.
"Not likely. Fire has always been the natural enemy of forest spirits and with those villains? Everything's going crazy right now."
"Will they get better?"
"Eventually, but I've got a feeling that that's going to take a while. Don't worry, kid. Us supernatural creatures are hardier than you humans, and we've got our ways of healing."
"What are you?"
"Eh? I never told you? I'm a vampire."
With that, the child fell silent, slight shivers running through his body, whether it be from the cold of the night or from adrenaline, Izuku wasn't sure.
"C'mon, I'm getting you back to camp."
With the kid on his back, Izuku teleported to his youngling.
"Shouta."
"Shishou!"
"Take Kota with you. He's got a water-based quirk, so protect him. The villains are after Kacchan. And I have to tell Mandalay something."
"Wait! Tell Mandalay..."
"Mandalay! Kota's safe!"
"You..." Mandalay froze in surprise.
"I've got a message from Aizawa-sensei! Use telepathy to tell everyone!"
Mandalay prepared herself, the pit of worry in her stomach getting worse.
"Tell everyone in classes A and B that pro hero Eraserhead says it's okay to fight back!"
After (finally) finding Kachan, Izuku spared a small grin at the lineup. Tokoyami, Shoji, Todoroki, Kacchan, and himself.
Zoning out as Tokoyami explained his quirk, Izuku began to map out a half-way decent plan.
"The villains' main target is Kacchan."
"Bakugo? They're after him... But why?"
"No clue, but Vlad King and Aizawa-sensei are both at camp, making it the safest spot around. But last I saw, the Pussycats were fighting villains in the clearing. We're sure to get spotted by those villains and lose time if we take the path, so let's cut through."
As the other students began to flesh out the plan, Izuku watched Kacchan, daring him to disagree.
"What the hell is all this about! No one's protecting me, you dweebs!"
"Kacchan, shut up and follow directions. I'll fucking knock you out and drag you if I have to."
With that, the explosive boy fell silent, suddenly aware of how serious the situation was, especially with Izuku making serious threats.
Sighing, Izuku twitched as he felt a familiar energy near Uraraka and Asui's location.
That girl... Fuck, Izuku really hoped that he was wrong for once.
Ochaco glared at the villain. Whoever she was, she was not only utterly insane, she was also very, very dangerous.
"What kind of jerk comes out swinging with a knife like that?" Tsuyu muttered to her, ready to defend them from the villain.
"I'm Toga! And you two are really cute~ Uraraka and Asui, right?"
"They know our names," Ochaco flinched. Tsuyu mumbled, "From the sports festival, probably people found out a lot about us then. Puts us at a disadvantage."
"With this machine, a little cut's all I need to drain you dry. Makes my job sooo easy. So I'm gonna stab you~"
Oh God, Ochaco thought as she began to lighten herself.
"Run back to camp! Getting permission to fight didn't mean we should beat the villains. It meant that we should protect ourselves. that's the kind of guy Aizawa-sensei is!"
"You too, Tsuyu!"
"Tsuyu... Little Tsuyu! Cute name Imma call you that too!"
"Cut it out! Only people who are my friends can call me that, ribbit!"
Oh God, Ochaco continued chanting in her head as the crazy girl held Tsuyu down.
"Get away from her!"
Against a knife-wielding opponent, spin on one leg and vanish from the opponent's line of sight. Grab the wrist and nape of the neck. Press down hard and yank! This is the close-combat training I learned during my internship!
"Tsuyu! Are you okay?!"
"...Ochaco... you're a lovely one too."
Huh?
"You've got the same scent as me. There's someone you're crushing on, and you're thinking you wanna be just like him. I can tell. One maiden to another."
What...?
How'd she...?
"Of course you wanna be like the one you love," the villain began, her face twisting into a perverted and crazy look, "So you end up decking yourself to look like him. But after enough time, even that's not enough. You literally want to become him. There's no helping it."
She's fucking crazy, Ochaco realized, nuttier than a bag of squirrels.
"So what's your type? I love dangerous guys reeking of blood. That's why I always carve people up in the end. Especially that guy. Right Ochaco? It's fun, right? A good romance is so much fun!"
"Uraraka!"
Thankfully, the group had made it in time. If not, who knows what that girl would've done, Izuku thought to himself.
"There's too many now, and I don't feel like dying again," she complained, turning around to leave. Glancing back, her eyes widened once she say Izuku. He stared back at her, daring her to act in front of the humans.
With a slight nod of respect and face red with blushing, Himiko Toga ran from the field.
What a troublesome girl. Or rather, what a troublesome kyonshi. Now if only Izuku could find her damn talisman, then he could finally get rid of his unrelenting stalker/fan/who-knows-what.
"Who was that girl?"
"A villain, she was nuts," Uraraka replied to Shoji's question.
"Uraraka, you're hurt!"
"I'm fine, I can walk."
"This is no time to stand around. Let's keep moving."
As Shoji explained what was going on to Asui and Uraraka, Izuku felt a light breeze, then emptiness. Fuck.
"Huh? Guarding Bakugo? Then where is he?"
"Huh? What do you mean? He's right behind... us...?"
God-fucking-dammit. They had gotten careless.
"Looking for him? I've taken him with my magic," a idiotic-looking human explained, "He's not a resource that belongs on the heroes' side. We're going to put him on a stage where he really shines!"
Fucking humans and their fucking stupid abilities and their inability to do anything except cause trouble. Kacchan, stop fucking screwing around. Friend or not, no one is allowed to make my undead heart palpitate like this, dammit.