Sakura ignored the fear in her, and instead pulled back her fist. At the same time, the Eyeless Nomu pulled back his own. Together, the two stretched their fist out, colliding against each other with such strength that created blades of air that fanned some nearby flames.
Remembering that the Nomu could absorb the impact, Sakura switched position, grabbed the villain's outstretched arm and shoulder tossed him, eyes glowing an intense green of power. The impact of the attack created a crater that shook the ground.
" Sakura! Take care of that villain, keep it away from citizens and occupy it!" Tsunade ordered, her Pro Hero mode on. With swift movement, Tsunade bit her thumb and pressed her palm against the ground.
Instantly, the air pressure around the woman picked up until a whirl of tornado made it impossible to see Tsunade behind the air. Once it settled down, Tsunade was revealed to be standing on Katsuyu, eyes narrowed as she started to transfer her Quirk into Katsuyu.
From the corner of her eye, the pinkette saw Katsuyu dissolving into more and making its way around the city to find any injured. Meanwhile, Tsunade stayed on Katsuyu's main body, concentrating on the stream of her Quirk into Katsuyu so it could transfer it to the others to heal injured standbys.
Seeing an opportunity, Sakura did a low hand stand and swiped her legs at Eyeless Nomu's ankle, knocking it off it's balance. Quickly, the pinkette produced five metal blades and sent them hurling at the beast.
However, the creature held up an arm, causing the weapons to dig deep into his flesh. It swung his hand to the side, causing the blades to forcefully pop out, and roared in a vicious way that shook Sakura's every bones.
Once more, the beast charged at the pinkette on all four, either running though cars or tossing them away in the process. Doing some quick thinking, Sakura pulled out a stop sign by the rod and smacked the villain with it, using the sign as a swatter.
The action caused noises to ring in the monster's ears, stopping him in his track. Taking it to her advantage, the pinkette ran at the monster, and when a couple feet away, she did a cartwheel, finishing it by landing a heavy kick to the villain's head. The attack caused the Eyeless Nomu to crash down on the ground head first, it's feet buckling under the impact.
But it was only a matter of time before the Nomu got up, roared, grabbed Sakura by her feet and swung her to the side, sending her crashing into a building. As she collided against the wall, the pinkette winced, her body slightly trembling in pain.
As the beast ran at the girl once more, Sakura guided the flow of her Quirk to her leg, and as if by second nature, she ran up the wall right in time as Nomu appeared where she once stood. Doing a wall flip and ending up being behind the villain, the pinkette kicked the creature, sending him through the building.
" S-Sakura?!" A voice shouted, causing the pinkette to look around for who it belong to.
She soon figured out that it was Midoriya who had shouted out her name. Quickly, Sakura ran over to him, not as greeting, but to punch a villain that had appeared behind the boy. The attack sent the villain crashing back and into a building, knocking him out of conscious.
" Pay attention Deku!" Sakura scolded, displaying a serious side of her that was rarely seen. " This is a field full of villains, watch your back!"
The pinkette only now saw that other pro heroes had come to help, and she soon found that they had it under control. At least for a few minutes, because soon, more types of Nomus came into view, each with unique features.
" Watch out, Manual!" Sakura shouted out in warning when she saw a villain ready to attack him form behind.
The Pro Hero turned around right on time and set a stream of water crashing at the villain. He turned to Sakura and offered her a nod. " Thanks, Haruno!"
" Sakura, Iida's not here. He ran off according to Manual." Midoriya informed, causing the pinkette to stop and place the pieces together. When the boy saw the shock look on the pinkette's, he nodded to confirm her thoughts. " He's after the Hero Killer: Stain."
" He'll die!" Sakura shouted, clenching her fist, eyes wide and wild. Finally, despite her better judgement, she looked up with fierce eyes that Midoriya understood at once. " I'm going to go look for that idiot!"
Midoriya nodded and followed her lead. But then a voice shouted out to the pinkette that caused her to instantly stop and for Midoriya to crash into her back. The boy looked at her and stared curiously. " W-what's wrong?"
But Midoriya's question was answered when he heard Tsunade's voice as well. " Where do you think you're going Sakura Haruno?! Stay close, the possibility of the Hero Killer being here is a nine out of ten chance!"
" I'm sorry, but I can't do that!" Sakura shouted back, she then grabbed Midoriya's hand and started to run away. " I'm going to look for a dumbass!"
Still holding onto Midoriya's hand, Sakura took off from the ground and into the air. While air-borne, the pinkette released the hold as gravity started to pull them down. With no effort, both Sakura and Midoriya landed on their feet and started to jump from rooftop to rooftop, looking for Iida.
Midoriya couldn't help but noticed how the pinkette would instantly take off from a roof when she saw Iida no where in sight, and how her movement were sharper and more precise then it was when he last saw her. But he wasn't the only one who could see the other improving.
" You've got control over your Quirk now." Sakura commented when they passed by in the air. " Wait, look! I see some people in the alleyway!"
Together, the two jumped into the air, aiming to land in the alleyway. Sakura instantly recognized Stain, and even though it was only her toes that had managed to touch the ground, she used her Quirk to send a kick at the villain. The sudden attack caught Stain by surprised, and he was sent flying back.
Taking the time to examine her surrounding, the pinkette saw Iida sprawl on the ground bleeding, a Hero severely injured, and there was no Katsuyu in sight, showing that the healing creature had either swept passed them without knowing or had yet to pass around the area yet.
" We came to save you, Iida." Midoriya told the boy, keeping a close eye on the villain while doing so. " What were you thinking? Can you move right now?"
" N-no, I can't. Ever since he cut me, I haven't been able to take any action." Iida replied, his voice uneven from his injuries.
Midoriya nodded, his understanding of Stain taking action. " It's just as the reporters on TV had guess. So it's cutting that actives his Quirk. Don't worry Iida, Sakura and I will get both you and Native out, alive."
However, Stain chuckled eerily at Midoriya's claim. " Three kids? Three kids wants to fight me? No, lets make that two now. Just my luck too, you're the girl in Shigaraki's picture, and over there, we have the boy. Fine, if it's a fight you came for, it's a fight you'll get."
" Deku!" Sakura informed, and automatically, both she and Midoriya got ready to defend and attack.
The pinkette produced three blades from her pouch, and when Stain knocked the last one to the side, Midoriya appeared out of nowhere in front of him and landed a punch to his jaw. As the villain stumbled back, Sakura took the opportunity to take off from where she stood to deliver her own punch.
However, Stain was ready for the attack and swiped his sword at her, causing the pinkette to jumped back to avoid getting cut since it seemed that once she does, it was over. As Midoriya got ready to attack once more as well, Iida's voice stopped him.
" Don't!" Iida gritted. " Don't get involve, Haruno, Midoriya. This had nothing to do with either of you!"
By this time, Sakura had retreated back to Midoriya's side, and when she heard Iida's words, her eyes narrowed. " I did not come to save you knowing I might encounter the Hero Killer just to hear you tell me to not do what I came for."
" Will you listen to that? You're friends came to save you, even thought she already knows her fate. I was given order to cut off her and the boy, and when we clash, the weaker will be culled, obviously right?" The villain brought up, sending a shiver through Sakura's spine. " Do you still want to save him now that you know I won't hesitate to kill you?"
Sakura felt her mind freeze and her body ice cold in fear as she glanced into the eyes of a killer. Stain was nothing like the villains that Shigaraki had rounded up in the USJ, he had the eyes of experience. The eyes of a villain who had his hands covered in blood before.
From the corner of her eyes, the pinkette noticed Midoriya sending his location, and she silently thanked him for his quick thinking. This was a fight they could not win without more help from others.
" Run away! I told you didn't I? This had nothing to do with you guys!" Iida shouted, but before he could continue on with his demands, Sakura broke him off by stomping her foot, creature a fissure that ran deep and narrow.
" If you say that, then why do heroes meddle in matters that doesn't involve them?! Lady Tsunade wants the Hero Killer dead to help those who are suffering from his killing spree. it doesn't involve her in anyway, so why does she want to help?" Sakura bit back sharply. " Because that's her job! It's a trait most valued in Heroes!"
" And because we're your friends, it's our job to help each other out!" Midoriya added on as he held up his fist in a stance.
The villain ran at the duo standing, pulling out his weapon in the process. Midoriya was the first to reach Stain, and just as the villain swiped his sword at the teen boy, Midoriya ducked and tunneled Stain between the legs, appearing from behind in the end.
As Stain saw Midoriya aiming to attack him from above, he forgot about the pinkette he had turned his back to, a fatal mistake. The villain received a punch from Midoriya, and a deep stab wound from Sakura that caused him to stagger back.
But instead of attacking recklessly from getting injured, Stain grinned widely, making him look insane as he licked off blood from his sword. Midoriya's blood. The said boy's muscles trembled, and before he knew it, he was unable to move, just like Iida.
" Three down, including the so call hero, one more to go." Stain snarled, a wild look in his eyes. " Hey girl! Will you be all talk just that you're two friends? People who talk like that are a dime a dozen, but they are worth letting live. You and the boy you arrived with will live, but for this one, I don't think so."
Stain positioned his weapon right above Iida's head, and Sakura knew that he was aiming to kill off the taller boy. Without thinking of the results, Sakura charged at the villain, suddenly appearing behind him with her fist pulled back.
However, the villain moved with experience and pinned the girl against the wall, his arm on her neck, keeping her still. Slowly, Stain grazed her cheek with one of his dagger, brought it up near his mouth and licked her blood off clean.
" Nice try, hero." Stain hissed as his arm retreated back to his side. However, Sakura stayed where she was, paralyzed by the villain's Quirk.
Sakura tried to move her fingers, and she growl in annoyance when they wouldn't move. She looked up and her eyes trail on Stain as he held up his sword over Iida's head once more. " Don't!"
However, Stain made no move of hearing her, and instead continue to raise his weapon higher. But before he could bring it down on Iida's head, a burst of flames caused him to jump away to avoid getting hit.
" One after another." Stain growled in irritation. " There are a lot of people getting in my way today. So who is it now?"
Sakura couldn't turn her head, but for some reason she knew exactly who had come to their rescue. Standing with his left side burning, Todoroki's eyes glanced over to Sakura's way, before it went to Midoriya and then Native as well as Iida.
" You should've told me what was going on." Todoroki said, as his left side cooled down. " Sending just your location doesn't help much. I had trouble finding out exactly where you were so I was late."
" Todoroki! Be careful not to get any of your blood near him!" Sakura warned. " It's not from cutting where his Quirk is activated, that's only half of it! He needs to consume your blood as well! From that, I think he control other's actions."
Stain chuckled lowly. " Figured it out, have you? But there's one more part little girl. Lets see if you'll figure it out soon."
Todoroki was the first to take action. The first thing the boy did was create a sheep of ice under Sakura, Iida, Midoriya, and Native, and controlling his Quirk, he titled it to one side so that all four of them went sliding down and land behind him so they were no longer in harms way.
" I'll keep my distance th-" Todoroki's sentence was cut short when a knife went flying at him, nicking his skin and shedding blood.
Before anyone knew it, Stain had jumped at Todoroki with a dagger in ready position. " You have good friends, Ingenium, coming to help out."
Stain landed and tried to swipe his weapon at Todoroki only to hit against a slab of ice that the boy had created. However, the villain moved passed the ice and leaned in toward Todoroki, his tongue trying to lick the boy's drops of blood. But Stain didn't managed to when Todoroki's left side once more burst into flames.
Once Stain had retreated back from the fire, Todoroki dismissed his left side Quirk and went back to his right. He created rigid walls of ice that the villain sliced through roughly with his sword.
" W-why you three? I've inherited my brother's hero name, I have to be the one who do it." Iida said. " Hero Killer is mine...!"
However, Sakura wasn't listening and was instead focused on the voice inside her mind that had suddenly appeared once more. " Soon, the time will be up."
" What do you mean!? Answer me damnit!" Sakura shouted, surprising Midoriya, Iida, and Todoroki by her sudden out burst. From the look in her eyes, the boys decided to ask later since it didn't seem like she was talking to them, beside, the time wasn't convenient.
As Todoroki continued to face off against Stain with both fire and ice, he addressed Iida's words. " That's strange. the Ingenium I saw before didn't have that look in his eyes. You've got a lot going on behind the scenes with your family, too, huh?"
Meanwhile, for Sakura, she felt her fingers moving once more. Her eyes went off to the side, and she noticed that Midoriya was starting to get up. And quickly, the green haired boy went off to help out Todoroki. Sure that it was only a matter of time before Stain's Quirk wore our for her, Sakura prepared to attack.
A few minutes went by, and soon, Sakura was able to got out of her pose. She felt her wrist, and once she was sure she was good, the pinkette guided her Quirk to her legs and started to climb up the wall. Her pace quickened and she started to run at where Midoriya and Stain were.
Suddenly, Midoriya was knocked off the wall by Stain. Not wanting the villain to get a good stance again, Sakura's eyes started to glow green and some of her Quirk energy gave her inhuman strength while she was still running on the wall.
" A new Quirk?" Stain asked, mildly impress. " Well-"
He was cut off when Sakura reached him, grabbed him by the mouth and shoved his face against the metal wall. With her Quick in use, the pinkette was able to shove the villain's face in until it reached the other side of the wall. Blood dripped down from Stain's forehead, and he soon pulled out of the hole his head had created.
He quickly reached for another dagger and stabbed the pinkette in the arm, deep. Knowing that she couldn't allow her blood to get into Stain's hand again, Sakura disconnected herself from the wall so she could quickly get out of the villain's grasp, and when she did, the gravel scraped her skin when she collided against it.
" Sakura, what blood type are you!?" Midoriya asked the girl, wincing. " I have a theory!"
Sakura got up and leaned against the wall, a hand clenching the other since blood was dripping heavily from it. " I'm blood type O! Why? Why does it matter?"
" The time limit of him being able to freeze those who he had consume their blood is base on their blood type!" Midoriya informed, and Sakura nodded in understanding. No wonder she and Midoriya were the first to break free, they were both blood type O.
Sakura winced when she removed her hand from the wound, but she didn't heal it. If anything, she now needed to play smart. Since she had yet to unlock the seal, she couldn't just recklessly use her Quirk to heal, she need to preserve her energy for the fight against Stain.
" Sakura, heal yourself, don't worry about it!" Midoriya shouted, as if reading her mind. " With me and Todoroki by your side, it'll be fine!"
Nodding, Sakura guided her Quirk to her hands, and hovered it over her wound. Her eyes glowed blue, and after awhile, her stab wound closed up until no sign of any injuries could be seen. She heaved a sigh of relief when the stinging went away, but she soon got back into a stance.
" Three against one?" Stain questioned, unsmiling. " That won't be easy."
Sakura and Midoriya took front while Todoroki supported them from the back. With the narrow alley they were in, it made it easy for Sakura to switch between walls to avoid any of Stain's attack. And the fact that Midoriya was there with her made it easier to attack when the villain was occupied with the other.
With Midoriya attacking from the right, Sakura took left. Stain however, picked up on their tactics and instead pulled out to blades and sent one flying to each side. Sakura easily dodged it with a simple duck as she continued on to advance on the villain.
Force to move, Stain jumped into the air to which Todoroki sent a jet of flames at him, causing the villain to try to move while in the air. Finally, Midoriya got a hit it when Stain was focused on the pinkette.
The Hero Killer staggered back a little but quickly regain footing once more. He specifically went for Midoriya, and taken by surprised with the sudden burst of speed the villain displayed, Midoriya wasn't able to move out of the way as the villain grabbed his leg and swung him against a wall.
Stain was now playing at a different way. His actions had grown wild and unpredictable. He held out his sword, pierced Midoriya's leg and licked his blood off the blade, leaving the boy unable to move again. And before Sakura knew it, Stain came after her next, two blades positioned in each hand.
" Stop it you guys!" Iida shouted. " This is my fight!"
Todoroki sent a stream of fire at Stain, keeping him away from the pinkette as he replied to Iida's words. " Then stand up! Finish what you started! That kind of hero do you want to be?! Ingenium is the name of the hero that defeats the Hero Killer, isn't it?"
Sakura couldn't say anything else to encourage Iida since she was busy trying to avoid the villain's threatening blades. But she noticed something out of the corner of her eyes, and what she saw caused her to heave a sigh of relief.
A Katsuyu had found them.