Zombies' Superstar Saga is gradually coming to an end, and then I can update this story faster afterwards, hopefully...
Chapter 35
Student Talk
After being contacted by Batman, Nightwing and his group arrived on top of a building roof, where they waited until Batman and Superman showed up at the same place. "Kara! It's good to see you safe and sound!" Superman happily said as he approached his cousin Supergirl.
"Glad that you came for us!" Supergirl said to him.
Nightwing went up to Batman and said, "Was worried that while you would find the message I left behind, you wouldn't be able to find out where we are. How'd you figure that we are here?"
"We discovered a way to get the students back to this world, and we theorized that since Brainiac was responsible for our villains coming here, it is possible that he was responsible for the students going to our world in the first place," replied Batman. "Our theory proved right after all."
"Thanks goodness you got right this, because I'm not sure how long my ring will last without being recharged..." said Green Lantern, holding up his ring with a look of concern.
"So... I hope you didn't get into any trouble with your acts of vigilantism here," Superman said to them.
"Metamorpho helped with dealing a villain, even though we told him not to interfere," said Nightwing while looking at Metamorpho, who had a sheepish look on his face. "We managed to escape the law afterwards, though. And then there was that attack by our villains on that superhero school..."
"Yes, the principle told us about it, about how you showed up to help fend off Lex and his group," said Superman. "We've met the principle when we returned the students."
"You should've seen the surprised look on their faces when we showed up!" said Metamorpho. "They totally weren't expecting us at all!"
"And thanks to me, the situation was dealt with quite well!" said Supergirl, sounding rather proud.
"Metallo could've taken you out with his Kryptonite heart had we not helped you..." Black Lightning reminded her.
"Either way, it's a good thing we found you all, but since our villains our in this world, there's no way we're going to leave this world unattended, especially when Brainiac is involved," said Superman.
"Brainiac's action doesn't really make sense, considering he's not the type of person to form alliances with other people," said Batman.
"Right, he usually just pluck up cities and then wreck the whole planet," said Green Lantern. "If he is interested in this world for whatever reason, then it seems strange that he hasn't done that yet."
"We don't know what he's planning, but whatever it is, we mustn't let it happen," said Superman. "Cyborg will be our key to returning to our own world, so if you want to, he will send you back first."
"Yeah, at least I should go back first to get my ring recharged," said Green Lantern, looking at his ring.
"I don't mind staying here a little bit more," said Metamorpho. "The folks are perfectly fine with the way I look! Back home, I do get a couple of stares from time to time, even though I'm already used to it..."
"What is your plan here? Other than obviously taking down Brainiac, Lex, and their group," Katana asked Batman and Superman.
"Lex is currently in league with the villains of this world, so we'll have to work with the heroes here to find out where they are," replied Batman. "We've told the principle and a couple of staff members from the school who are also heroes about where we come from, and they believe us. We'll soon be holding a meeting with the others to discuss this further."
While Batman and Superman went to find Nightwing and his company, the other heroes were still at the hospital, this time introducing themselves to All Might.
The former number one hero who was pretty much now back to being number one said to the Justice League members while in his muscular form, "I can never thank you enough for looking after my beloved students and bringing them back to this world safely! Not only that, you even provided me with just the thing I need to get back to top condition, something I thought would never be possible again! Just wait til the world learns about this!"
"Actually, we don't have anything to do with giving you a potion that returned you to normal," Wonder Woman told him. "We didn't even know one of your students got his hands on such a thing... But either way, it's good to know that it was put to good use!"
"I'm surprised to learn about the existence of other universes, even with the advent of Quirks in the world," said All Might. "You learn something new all the time!"
"I'm kind of curious to meet the other heroes in your world," said Green Arrow. "Gee, I wonder how they're going to react if I tell them that heroes with no powers is a thing back in our world!"
Curious, All Might turned to him and asked, "Heroes with no powers are a thing in your world?"
"Yeah, and I heard that it's not a thing here," Green Arrow said to him. "Just wait til they hear about me and Batman!"
"I'm not too surprised," said Shouta, who was present in the ward room as well. "I actually know someone without a Quirk who goes around fighting crime using nothing but his fists and a well-trained body." As he said that, he thought about a certain vigilante named Knuckleduster and how much of a fight that man put up despite having no Quirk. "Haven't seen him in a while, though."
"As much as I wish that this reunion is a happy one, I'm afraid that we cannot celebrate too much, as the circumstances regarding all this is started by villains from our world," said Martian Manhunter in concern.
"Right, and they definitely have sinister plans that concern the fate of your world," added Cyborg. "We need to do something about this."
"Don't worry; now that I'm back to top condition, I can do something about this!" said All Might with confidence while pointing at himself with his thumb.
"We'll have to let of the pro heroes know about this if the attack on our school is any indication of how powerful those villains are," suggested Shouta. "It's a good thing none of them suffered fatal injuries."
After having an unexpected encounter with the heroes from his own world, Lex suggested to All For One that they retreated for now. The villains did so, and with the help of Kurogiri's Quirk and some of the heavy hitters buying time, they were all able to escape.
Back in the League of Villain's hideout, Lex and All For One were together in a room with quite a few machinery and a computer, talking about what happened. "This is an unexpected turn of events..." said Lex with a disappointed look. "The heroes of my world showing up here is not part of the plan at all... I still do not know how they got here..."
"I hope you have a backup plan for this sort of situation," All For One said to him, who also sound rather disappointed.
"Don't worry; we still have the advantage," Lex assured him. "Brainiac is our biggest trump card. With his technology at our disposal, victory will definitely be guaranteed!"
"You speak as if I am your tool to use, but remember that I was the one who suggested to you this and offered you the chance in the first place," said a robotic-sounding voice all of a sudden. "If anything, you are my tools."
The two villains looked around a bit before turning to the computer screen, where they saw a humanoid with green skin and pink circular lights on his forehead shown on it.
"About time you show you in some form!" Lex said to Brainiac, sounding rather displeased. "For someone who came up with this, you've been very silent all this time and didn't even bother to life a finger to help with our situation at the school!"
"I have my way of doing things that is beyond the comprehension of people like you," Brainiac told him. "The time will come when I will launch my attack all over the world. While I was hoping the Justice League will not find out about this and interfere, I already anticipated such a thing and have prepared for it, unlike you."
Lex wasn't happy at all to hear the last part. He had always considered himself to be a genius not only in the world, but even the whole universe, and now an alien cyborg was basically taunting him of his failure to anticipate such a thing.
"Not that I am undermining your genius, Mister Brainiac," All For One said to the alien, "but what sort of backup plan do you have? And what sort of action do you wish us to take next?"
"If you want to bring a country to its knees, then you should strike the place that matters most, and I am not talking about U.A.," replied Brainiac. "It is time that you aim for something bigger. I will also be lending my hand in this matter. Once we have made ourselves known to the country and even the whole world, widespread panic is sure to ensue, and when the hearts of people are no longer able to find peace, they are at its weakest, even with the presence of heroes."
It went without saying that the students who returned from the other world wasted no time in reuniting with their parents. Needless to say, their parents were more than overjoyed to learn that their children had returned after disappearing for so long.
When the reunion with their parents was over, they headed over to the school dorm to be reunited with their fellow classmates.
Class 1-A brought the young heroes back to their dorm to introduce them to the rest of the class as well. Needless to say, the remaining students were thrilled to learn that their classmates had returned safe and sound. They were even more amazed to learn that were in an alternate universe all this time, one where there were also superheroes with powers.
They were seated down in the living room, where the young heroes from the alternate world were just going to introduce themselves to the rest of the class.
"Nice to meet you all! My name is Starfire!" Starfire said to them.
Mesmerized by her beauty, Minoru went up to her and stretched out his hand to shake hers. "It is an honor to meet you, Miss Starfire! I am Minoru Mineta, the man who has been missing from your life all this..." Before he could finish, Kyouka grabbed the back of his collar and flung him away.
"Don't mind him," she said to Starfire. "He's always like that. Anyway, it's nice to meet you Starfire! My name is Kyouka Jiro."
"It's nice to meet you, Kyouka!" Starfire said to her with a smile.
"What are your Quirk, or powers?" Hanta asked her, sounding enthusiastic.
"How about you tell them what you are first?" Mina asked Starfire. "I bet they're going to thrilled about why you look like you do!"
Confused, Mashirao said to her, "What do you mean? Doesn't Starfire look like that due to being a mutant type?
"I'm an alien," said Starfire straightforwardly.
There was silence among everyone when they heard this, and looks of surprise appeared on their faces. "An alien?!" they all asked.
"Haha! I knew they would react like that!" said Denki while laughing.
"You're an alien?! As in from another planet?!" Tooru asked Starfire.
The latter nodded. "Yep! I come from a planet called Tamaran. I came to live on Earth due to... various circumstances. My powers involves absorbing radiation from the sun and stars to release energy-based projectiles. I can fly around freely and have super strength!"
"Wow! That's like having multiple Quirks!" said Hanta.
"Are you the only alien in your world, or are there more?" asked Mezou. "And aliens in your world can be pro heroes too?"
"There are several more aliens living in our world, and yes, they can be heroes too!" Starfire told him. "In fact, the most powerful hero in our world, Superman, is an alien, though you wouldn't be able to tell since he looks exactly like humans."
"Yeah! Superman is really awesome! You really should see him!" Izuku told his classmates with great excitement. "He has lots of powers, like super strength, flight, super speed, eye beams, ice breath, and more! He's plain awesome!"
"Dang! That's a lot of powers! Makes me jealous!" said Rikidou.
"Are there any more aliens as hot as you?" Minoru asked, only to be grabbed by Mashirao's tail and forcefully flung onto an empty spot on a sofa.
Ignoring the perverted student's question, Kid Flash pointed at himself with a proud look and said, "'I'm Kid Flash, and I'm one of the fastest person in the world! If you need anything done in a jiffy, I'm the man for it!"
"Indeed, Kid Flash excels in speed. As much as it pains me to say this, he's actually faster than me," Tenya told his classmates. "I have no hard feelings about this, though. In fact, I have learned much about using my speed during my stay in that world, thanks to tutoring from Kid Flash and his mentor!"
"How fast can you run?" Tooru asked him.
"I can give you a demonstration if you want to," Kid Flash said to her. "Any place you want to go to?"
"You better not," Shouto said to Tooru. "If he's anywhere as fast as his mentor, then you're going to throw up from the intense speed you're going at. Bakugou and I experienced it firsthand..."
"Hey! Don't go spilling out embarrassing things!" Katsuki angrily said to him.
"Nah, I'm not as fast as the Flash," said Kid Flash. "Anyway, how about I give you a quick run around the school five times and then come back here within a minute?"
Tooru thought about it for a few seconds and then said, "Sure, why not?"
"All right, brace yourself!" said Kid Flash as he stood up from the couch he was sitting on. In a blink of an eye, he rushed at Tooru, and then the both of them disappeared from the place at such a speed that any paper that was in the room was tossed into the air. The students who did not know about his speed was in awe.
For about thirty seconds, they waited in silence, and then Kid Flash returned into the dorm with Tooru, whom he placed onto the floor. "There! Back in less than a minute!" he said, looking proud.
Tooru felt like throwing up. Placing her hands over her mouth, she hurriedly rushed towards the bathroom before it was too late. Katsuki had a good laugh when he saw this.
"Wow...! What a speed! I am in awe!" commented Yuga.
"By the way, what's her deal? I mean... is she invisible at all times?" asked Kid Flash.
Ochako nodded. "Yeah, Hagakura's Quirk is Invisbility. It renders her invisible, and apparently, it's a Mutant-type, meaning it's her default appearance and that she has no control over it."
"Does that also mean none of you have ever seen what she looks like? Does she even know what she looks like?" asked Blue Beetle.
Momo shook her head. "None of us ever seen what she looks like, though she claims to look like a cross between ancient Chinese consort Yang Guifei and the missionary Francis Xavier."
Everyone tried imagining those two historical figures and combined them together to form the hypothetical face of Tooru, but somehow, they weren't able to get a clear picture and even ended up with something awkward. Deciding to ignore that, they continued with the introductions.
"I'm Blue Beetle," said Blue Beetle. "Nice to meet you all!"
"Nice superhero costume you have there!" Hanta said to him. "Let me guess, it has something to do with insects?"
"If it has something to do with summoning insects, then I would appreciate it if you don't do it here..." said Kouji while trembling in fear slightly. "I'm... not good with bugs..."
"Relax, it has nothing to do with insects," Blue Beetle told him. "It has to do with my costume resembling one. I don't actually have powers. The suit I wear is made for combat purposes, and... it's alien tech. Watch!" He stood up and spread out his arms slightly as if trying to make something happen, but nothing happened at all, which made the others curious. Blue Beetle looked back a bit and said, "C'mon! It's not like they're our enemies! Nothing wrong with letting friends know my identity, is there?"
"Um... Who's he talking to...?" asked a confused Minoru.
"He's speaking to his own suit," explained Robin. "The suit is sentient and at times even controls his movements, and he's the only one who can hear it."
"Which makes him look like an idiot when he's speaking to it," said Katsuki. "No seriously, I thought there was something wrong with his head when I first saw him doing this."
When Blue Beetle was done talking to his own suit, the latter returned to its original form, a blue, mechanical beetle attached to his back. He then turned around and lifted his shirt to show them the scarab attached to his back. "See this? This is the alien scarab that provides me with the suit."
Some of the students leaned forward to get a better look. Noticing that its legs were embedded into his skin, Kyouka asked, "Doesn't it hurt?"
"A bit when it first attached itself to me, but it no longer hurts," said Jaimie Reyes, Blue Beetle's real name. "It won't come off no matter what, but it's not like there's anything wrong with it. I feel safer with it around."
"Cool! With something like that, even people without powers can be a hero!" said Mashirao.
"Actually, there are heroes from their world who don't have powers," Shouto told him, and this surprised the students who didn't go that world. Looking at Robin, he said, "For example, him."
"Yeah! I was really surprised when I first found out about this!" said Izuku in excitement. "Heroes without powers yet able to fight toe to toe with those who have powers! You really should've seen my reaction when I learned that Batman doesn't have any powers! We even saw him fight villains with powers and still win! It was incredible!"
"Skills is what matters when it comes to combat, regardless if you have power or not," said Robin. "If you have powers but don't have the fighting skills to back them up, then you might as well not have powers at all. People who think they are superior just because they have powers tend to meet their downfall for this reason. I'm Robin, by the way."
Hearing that, Katsuki became annoyed. "I still can't get used to that arrogant attitude of yours..."
"I find that ironic coming from you..." Fumikage said to him.
"But whatever, I still managed to beat you in a fight!" Katsuki reminded Robin. "Shows how far you can go without having powers!"
"Go ahead and celebrate that victory. It won't happen again," said Robin, giving him a glare.
Beast Boy raised his arm impatiently and introduced himself. After doing so, he explained that his power was to transform into any kind of animal. As a demonstration, he transformed into a squirrel. Kouji, Kyouka, and Tohru, who returned from bathroom, came close to the transformed Beast Boy with looks of excitement on their faces. "Wow! So cute!" exclaimed Tohru.
"You can really transform into any animal that exists?" asked Kyouka as she petted the squirrel, which made him happy.
"Yep! There is no limit for me in the animal kingdom! Birds, insects, or marine life! I can become them all!" said Beast Boy as he enjoyed the petting.
"But you're still green, just like your normal appearance," brought up Kouji.
"Yeah, if there's any drawback, is that I can only be green, so trying to disguise myself among the wildlife isn't easy..." said the green boy before changing into a budgie, which again grabbed the attention of the other students.
Raven was the only one left, so she introduced herself before saying that her power was magic. "Magic? As in magic tricks performed on stage or the wizard and witch kind of thing?" asked a curious Yuga.
"The latter," replied Raven.
"Yes, magic is real in their world," Izuku told his classmates, once again sounding excited. "With it, they can do almost literally anything! For example, there's this female hero named Zatanna who can make anything happen by speaking backwards the things she want to happen!"
"And her father's a demon," added Katsuki while looking at Raven, which made her look a bit embarrassed. "That bastard... I'm still mad about how I wasn't able to do a single s*** against him!"
Mezou asked, "When you said demon, do you mean literal demon, or...?"
Before he could finish, Robin interrupted him. "Literal demon from the depths of hell, supernatural in origin and all."
The students are surprised by this, obviously. "Man, your world really has everything!" commented Hanta. "Aliens, demons, and heroes without powers..."
"I know, right?" said Denki. "I'm still having a hard time believing all this is real, let alone the concept of multiverses!"
"So do you go to hero schools and get licenses to become heroes as well?" Kyouka asked the young heroes.
"Things work differently in their world, ribbit," replied Tsuyu.
"Yeah, and it's much better than how things are here!" added Katsuki.
"We don't have hero schools or licenses," Starfire told the students. "I heard that in your world, being a hero is a form of occupation, right? Well, in our world, being a hero isn't actually an occupation, and you certainly don't get paid for doing it."
"Long answer short, heroes in our world are basically vigilantes," Robin further explained. "We do not fight crime for glory, wealth, and honor. We do it because it's the right thing to do and ask for nothing in return, and we have to sacrifice certain aspects of our life as well."
"And when we're not being heroes, we live like normal people and get normal jobs, or go to normal everyday schools," added Jaimie.
"Dude! That's how it is in your world?!" asked Hanta in surprise.
"Wouldn't thing be quite a mess with people running rampant and using their powers whenever they want to?" asked Rikidou.
"People with powers are the minority in our world, actually," Kid Flash told him. "Because of this, there's really not much heroes running around the streets. In fact, almost all the heroes in our world come from and live in America."
"Some people take issues with us, thinking we shouldn't take the laws into our own hands, but some people love us for all the good we have done," said Starfire. "The governments of the world approve of us for the most part, so yeah, we are still heroes in the eyes of the public!"
"So no, you won't get into trouble for using your powers in the public, because there's no such thing as superpower licenses!" said Kid Flash.
"See? I told ya their world is great in this aspect!" Katsuki told his classmates.
"Sounds pretty neat if you ask me!" said Kouji. "I'd love to be able to communicate with animals and get their help at all times, but... You know the deal..."
"How about your costumes?" asked Yuga. "Who makes your costumes? And do they adapt to your powers?"
"We usually just make them ourselves or let experts in this matter make them," said Beast Boy. "We don't have specific tailor stores that help make them, mind you. And yes, our costumes adapt to our powers, otherwise I would constantly be losing and even tearing my costume whenever I transform..."
"Do you have any female superheroes who wear skimpy costumes?" asked Minoru, sounding excited. He received intimidating glares from the female students when he asked this, which made him sweat nervously. "Forget I asked that..."
After the young heroes were done introducing themselves, the students introduced themselves to them. After spending several minutes doing that, Tsuyu said, "Now that we've introduced ourselves to each other, do you think we should get to the serious matter at hand? About the villains who attacked the school..."
"Yeah, it really took us by surprise..." said Tooru. "It's not the first time, but still..."
"They're villains from our world, actually," Robin told them. "We have every reason to believe that your classmates ended up in our world because of those villains as well."
"Really?!" asked Mashirao in surprise.
"According to the Justice League, the mastermind behind this is an alien named Brainiac, who is obsessed with shrinking and gathering cities in order to obtain knowledge and then destroying the planet when he no longer has use for it," said Izuku, shuddering as he explained it. "It seems that he has taken an interest in our world..."
"But forming alliances with other villains isn't exactly his cup of tea..." said Starfire.
"Maybe he realized his previous methods are really stupid and that he needs friends if he wants to succeed?" suggested Kid Flash.
"Either way, the adult heroes of our world are going to do something about this," said Raven.
"Right, so rest assure that we won't let your world be destroyed by Brainiac!" Starfire told the students with confidence.
"I don't care what anyone says! I'm going to give that Brainiac a piece of my mind for messing with us and also sending his lackeys to wreck our school!" said Katsuki angrily.
"We should let the experts handle this, Bakugou," Tenya told him. "This is out of..."
"I don't care!" Bakugou snapped at him.
"In any case, we should be glad that All Might is back to full health!" said Ochako. "With him back to being the number one hero, things shouldn't be hard to deal with, and then we have Superman as well, who is so powerful that he might as well be a god!"
"Hold on a second! What did you say about All Might being back to full health?!" asked a surprised Hanta.
Izuku explained to them about the potion he obtained when they went to yet another universe and to a place called Gensokyo, about how they battled a demon named Mallus, met a demon named Yukari who came up with a way for them to return to their own world, and also a moon princess named Kaguya providing him with said potion that healed All Might.
"You do realize this is big news, don't you?" Yuga said to Izuku. "You have brought back hope to this world! I'm sure people will be overjoyed to learn that All Might is back on his feet!"
"Way to go, Midoriya!" Rikidou said to the green-haired student. All the praising the latter was receiving made him embarrassed but also happy.
The heroes and the students continued to chat with each other about various things regarding their worlds. All the while, Izuku wondered about everything they've been through.
He was still having a hard time believing that they went to an alternate universe and returned from it. To say that it was an incredible experience was an understatement. He considered this to be the greatest thing to ever happen to him. To be able to see heroes of another universe and find out how they work was something every hero fanatic like him would die for.
However, the fact that their world was now in danger because of villains from that world also troubled him. But with All Might back on his feet and the strongest heroes of that world currently present, he was sure that they would be able to deal with this situation.
TO BE CONTINUED