(Later on that day: Night time. Location: train cart)
Phase 2: fighting real life villains. That's what Gran Torino told Izuku they were doing next as part of his training. The two duked it out for hours before GT had decided to move on with his plans. He had told Izuku to get his costume on so they could go out and fight real baddies. This had shocked Izuku at first, but he figured out why GT wanted to do this. Fighting the old pro was good training yes, but it wouldn't help him fight actual villains who were the opposite of GT, the ones who actually wanted to hurt and kill Izuku.
So here they were, traveling via train through Hosu to get to another city to fight crime. It was already late and the train wouldn't arrive until later, which was the idea according to GT.
"There'll be more skirmishes! It'll be much more fun!" The older hero laughed, causing Izuku to sweat drop.
"I suppose so. Although my idea of fun is a tad…different." Izuku informed before looking down at his phone, eyeing the darkened screen. He had texted Iida a few minutes ago to let him know the pair were traveling through Hosu, but the blunette hadn't replied yet. That was so unlike him; the most its ever taken for Iida to reply was 20 seconds, and then he apologized profusely for taking so long
Izuku could still remember the conversation they and Uraraka had before parting ways to go to their internships. How if Iida ever wanted to talk to let them know, seeing as how they were friends after all. Iida smiled and said he knew, but Izuku could always tell a real genuine smile from a fake one. Iida was still hurting after Tensei being attacked, and he was angry. Izuku has had a bad feeling ever since he discovered where Iida was interning at. He had a theory as to what Iida was planning, but without any evidence, he kept it to himself.
"Hey, did you see that? A building just exploded!" A man in their cart exclaimed, causing GT and Izuku to turn towards the window he was looking out from.
"What's the ruckus?" GT asked.
"Please let it just be a fire." Izuku whispered under his breath.
"Passengers, please hold onto your seats." A woman spoke over the intercom, before the train began to shake from it being hit. Izuku and GT flew out of their seats, and watched as a human came flying through the train's exterior.
They watched as a man with white hair in a gray coat struggle to stand up as blood traveled down his face. He stared through the hole of the train angrily.
"What the he-" He started to speak, but was stopped as a long, pale green hand reached through the hole and grabbed onto his head, before smashing his face into the floor.
Izuku and GT stared in horror as a Nomu crawled into the train. The Nomu was pale green, with its whole brain exposed and two eyes jammed into either side. It was hideous beyond belief.
"Another Nomu?!"
"Stay back and protect the civilians, I'll handle tall, mean, and ugly!" GT ordered before rocketing off into the air. The old pro bounced off two walls before kicking the Nomu in the face, forcing it to let go of the hero. He bounced off another wall before tackling the creature out of the train, prompting Izuku to run to the hole and stare out at the wall where GT had launched himself and the Nomu through.
"Gran Torino!" Izuku called out in worry, before his eyes widened in surprise. A giant fire had formed in the middle of the city, causing black smoke to rise into the air. "Damnit, what else can go wrong?!"
The train shook again as something else hit it, and the roof was split a part. Izuku braced himself against the debris before an ear-piercing shriek made his hair stand on end. He stared through the hole in the roof, and watched as another Nomu stood on the roof. This Nomu was black, much like the one he had fought at the USJ. The main differences were that this one was skinnier, had pitch black eyeballs, had razor sharp teeth in its mouth and had giant kangaroo like feet. He could see a piece of metal was lodged in its chin.
The new Nomu shrieked again, before its tongue shot through the hole and the pink appendage wrapped around Izuku's torso. The greenette screamed in surprise as the tongue tightened around him, before the Nomu jumped off the train, taking Izuku with him. It landed in the middle of the street, before continuing to bounce away.
"Let go of me you stupid monster!" Izuku shouted, body crackling with green lighting before he began to swing his fist into the monsters face. He could hear the monster beginning to growl in anger and annoyance, before Izuku was lifted into the air and slammed into the ground.
He gasped in pain as the wind was knocked out of him, before the creature leaned down and screamed in his face. He could better see the jagged and sharp graying and yellow teeth. Before the monster could take a bite out of Izuku, the greenette jammed his shield into the creature's maw, and followed that up by punching the Nomu in the face.
Nomu shrieked again before its tongue uncoiled around Izuku, and instead one of its giant feet came crashing down onto him. Izuku blocked the foot from completely crushing him. The monster leaned down and screeched, wanting to bite the hero in training.
Izuku struggled against the force the monster was using, and the metal object in its chin caught his attention. Using his free hand he activated his metal and ripped the metal from its chin. The metal was revealed to be a spike.
Izuku watched in horror as the creature's lower jaw fell to the ground, causing black blood to ooze from its mouth. The creature gurgled loudly, no longer able to shriek or screech.
"Fire!"
Multiple gunshots started being fire from behind, each hitting the creature and making it gurgle in anger and pain. The creature got off of Izuku and stumbled back, freeing the greenette. Izuku watched as multiple people ran past him, each wearing full body armor like a SWAT team. They continued shooting the Nomu, making the creature stumble back further. They had a symbol of some kind of bird on their back; an eagle maybe?
He felt arms wrap under each of his own, before he started getting dragged back away from the Nomu.
"VIP secured! Preparing for extraction!" One of the two dragging him away shouted. They each used one arm to drag Izuku away, and the other to help the others gun the Nomu down.
"VIP? What's going on? And who the hell are you people?!" Izuku shouted in confusion, pulling his arms away from the two of them.
He watched as the Nomu gurgled in pain and it fell to its knees. Three other…agents? Soldiers? Came rushing in and started using new guns to shoot ropes around the creature, trapping it. One of the men came from behind and kicked the creature down, making it fall onto its stomach.
"Nomu secured. Waiting for pick up at Zulu Foxtrot Romeo." One of them spoke as others came rushing in, pointing their guns at the Nomu, ready to shoot if it tried to escape. Izuku watched them, intrigued yet still confused.
"I'll say again, who the hell are you people?" He asked.
"We're SHIELD agents, and your rescuers. I think a 'thank you' is in order." A woman spoke from behind, causing the 'agents' to stand in attention and salute. Izuku turned and watched as a female walked towards him, flanked by two agents. She was Caucasian, with short brown hair and eyes. She wore a black body suit with matching boots. "Nice to finally meet you, Izuku Midoriya."
A mysterious woman who knew his name? Agents of, what he assumed to be, a secret government or military branch he had never heard of? Whom just so happened to be in japan? He really hoped this didn't mean what he thought it meant.
"Please tell me you're not-"
"Affiliated with Fury?" She said with a small smile. "We are. I'm his second in command; you can refer to me as Agent Hill."
"And you're what? Agents of…SHIELD?" He asked with a quirked eyebrow.
"Again, we are. And you're Fury's special VIP that he wants us to protect. We'll need you to come with us so we can keep you safe." She informed.
"But-I can't! The people of Hosu are in trouble, and I think-I think my friends doing something really stupid! He's in grave danger! I refuse come with you until I find him!" Izuku informed seriously, his mind already made up. He wouldn't leave the civilians or Iida behind!
"He mentioned you were the hero type." She muttered under her breath before sighing. "Fine. Bravo team, you'll escort Midoriya through town to find his friend. Understood?"
"Yes Agent Hill!" Bravo team, which consisted of three agents, shouted in unison. Two of them started walking towards a black Humvee, while the third offered a hand down to Izuku. He accepted, and was pulled up to his feet.
"Be careful out there you four, reports are saying there's at least four more of these things roaming the city. Shoot to stun first, and only go deadly if necessary. Understood?"
"Yes ma'am!" They shouted in understanding yet again as Bravo team and Izuku piled into the vehicle. Two of the agents sat up front while Izuku and the third sat in the back. They drove off, leaving Hill and her team to deal with their captured Nomu.
(With Bravo team and Izuku)
The crackle of the Humvees radio and screams throughout the city filled the silence between Izuku and his escorts.
'Two more Nomu have been taken down thanks to the heroes Gran Torino and Endeavor. One has been restrained by Endeavors sidekicks and the other has been terminated by Endeavor. This still means there are two Nomu still in the city, so everyone keep their guards up. Over.' The voice informed, relieving the agents and Izuku. One Nomu was bad enough, so to know three of the supposed five had been taken down was a weight lifted off of their shoulders.
"Who are we looking for kid? Give us a description." The agent driving asked.
"Name's Tenya Iida, a tall, blue haired male with glasses. His quirk allows him to run fast with the engines in his legs. He's wearing a gray suit of armor similar in design to his older brother Ingenium. He should be with pro hero Manual, a hero whose costume is light blue and whose quirk is water control."
"If that's the case we should go to where the fire is; this Manual guy will probably be close by to help put them out. This is probably our best chance at finding your friend." The one in the passenger suit stated. After saying this, more silence overcame the vehicle.
"So…what are your names?" Izuku questioned, hating the awkward silence.
"Classified, you'll have to call us by our callsigns. I'm Bravo 3, the guy driving is Bravo 1, and passenger seat up here is Bravo 2." Bravo 3 informed.
"I see. What about your quirks?"
"Don't have any." 1 informed, taking a right to get to downtown faster. He had to maneuver through three cars that had been either tipped onto its size or all the way over. The area looked like a complete warzone.
…What?
"Wait, none of you have quirks?"
"That's right, most agents at SHIELD like us don't have a quirk. A lot of people in the US that don't have a quirk join the army, and the best soldiers are handpicked to join SHIELD. I was in the Marines before I was recruited." 2 stated.
"I was Navy." 3 informed.
"And I was Air Force." 1 said.
Izuku was left stunned by the information; most agents were quirkless? Did that mean Fury and Hill were quirkless as well? Or did they have quirks similar to himself and Aizawa; ones that weren't noticeable until they ended up using it?
And they were ex-military? That shocked Izuku as well. A lot of countries like Japan had disbanded their military a while after quirks manifested, so to hear some countries still had one surprised him. Of course this was America he was talking about; he really shouldn't be surprised they'd keep their military around. The US, from what he's heard, had trust issues when it came to other countries.
Thump, thump, thump The ground under them began to shake, causing an uneasy feeling to overcome the group.
"The fuck is that?" 1 asked. As the shaking got more violent, a hideous roar filled the air. His question was answered as something barreled into the side of the Humvee, causing it to roll several times before smashing into the front of the building.
(Minutes after)
It would take a few minutes for Izuku to open his eyes, and he groaned as pain as small, fresh cuts littered his face. He looked down, seeing glass sat on the Humvees roof; it was then he realized the vehicle was still upside down. He unbuckled himself, and turned so his back would hit the ground instead of his face. He hissed, before crawling through one of the broken windows, head throbbing from whatever had hit them.
"Kid? Kid, help me!" 1 shouted, causing izuku to turn to him. The man's leg was trapped under the Humvee, after he had been thrown through the window thanks to the hit.
Izuku struggled to stand, but forced him to. Body crackling with green lighting, he got a good grip onto the car before lifting, allowing 1 is crawl out from under it.
"Cover me!" Another voice, he recognized as 3, shouted from behind them. Izuku turned, his vision still blurry as he watched the scene before him. After rubbing his eyes his vision cleared, allowing him to see the sight before him.
2 and 3 were shooting at and fighting another Nomu, the one he assumed had hit them. This one was about eight feet tall, with giant bulging muscles and thick powerful legs. It was dark green in color, with four piercing, red eyes and a mouth full of razor sharp and jagged teeth. But the scariest thing of all? It had four arms.
The Nomu roared again, tanking the shots as if they were nothing and charged at 2. Mouth opened wide, it chomped down on 2's right shoulder, causing him to scream in pain and agony as he was whipped around as if he was a dogs chew toy. The monster whipped its head and let go, causing 2 to go flying and smacking into the wall of one of the buildings. He fell down and crashed onto the ground, gripping his bleeding shoulder.
3 was still running around, shooting and dodging the Nomu as it tried to attack. Furious with the monster, Izuku turned and activated with metal quirk. The Humvee started to float into the air, before it was thrown towards the creature.
The Nomu stumbled and fell to its knees as the Humvee smashed into its back, causing it to roar in anger and turn to whoever dared attack. All it saw was a green blur before something hit it in the stomach, the force causing the Nomu to go flying down the street.
"Are you okay?" Izuku asked as he helped 3 to his feet. The man had dropped to the ground in order to avoid the tossed Humvee.
"Other than my life flashing before my eyes? I'm fine. We gotta get 1 and 2 outta here before that thing gets back."
The Nomu roared in the distance, causing them to gulp as Izuku took note of their conditions. 1 and 2 had been injured in the fight while 3 seemed fine, besides a few cuts into his suit and possibly a few cuts in the skin beneath.
The Nomu was big, mean, and strong, to the point that their guns have been proven useless. Right now Izuku's objective was to keep Bravo safe and to either capture or knock out the creature. He didn't want to do what Endeavor had done, but if worse comes to worse…he'd have a choice to make.
"You three need to get out of here. Run or hide it doesn't matter, I just need you guys out of the way." Izuku informed, turning from 3 and going over to 1 and 2. 3 was left stunned by this, and ran after him.
"You can't be serious! That things twice and size! We can help you!"
"Two of you are injured and your guns aren't doing any damage to it. My goal right now is to keep you safe and to stop that Nomu, which I can't do if I have to worry about you three." He informed, helping lift 2 to his feet without hurting him further. After that he walked over to where the Humvee had crashed into, which was the front door of some kind of business.
It had been smashed from the impact, and he was unable to open it without a quirk. Activating OFA, it was easy to pry it open enough for the three to slip into. He waved for them to enter, causing 1 and 2 to help one another inside. 3 was still shocked by the kid.
"You got a communication device, right? Phone? Radio maybe? Try to contact someone for help or extraction or something. 2's hurt bad and 1 isn't any better."
He supposed the kid was right. With how strong that thing was, they were practically outmanned and outgunned. He was the best bet they had to either stopping it, or at least distracting it long enough for help to arrive.
"I'll get started on calling for help." 3 finally agreed, before slipping through the door himself. "Just, be careful kid."
Izuku nodded, before closing the door to keep them hidden from the Nomu. Once closed he started feeling the ground shake yet again as a roar filled the air.
He turned, shield raised and blocking all four fists of the Nomu. The two pushed against one another, trying to overpower their opponent. Izuku stared into the creatures, noticing they widened in surprise. There was something in them that Izuku couldn't put his finger on; recognition maybe? But he had never seen a Nomu like this before, so how would it recognize Izuku?
The surprised, wide eyes narrowed, and the creature roared its ugly roar in anger and fury. Reeling back it threw three punches at the shield, before throwing one underneath and making contact with Izuku's stomach.
Izuku was sent skidding back, feet digging into the ground below to keep him from flying back. He felt bile coming up, but was quick to push it back down. With the growl the two charged one another, with Izuku's crackling and lighting up with green light.
The creature swung all four fists down, but Izuku dodged to the left to avoid them. With an OFA powered kick to the monster's right leg, the Nomu fell down to its knee. Jumping to its front Izuku managed to swing his own fists and got three good punch, starting with a right haymaker, before following it up with a left and final right one.
The creature roared and swung again, its hit getting blocked by Izuku's shield and making him skid back again. Body crackling again Izuku jumped into the air and towards the front of a building, before making a jump and landing on another across the street. With every jump he traveled forward, being a green blur and acting like Gran Torino had during their mock fights.
The creature stumbled as Izuku passed it, after the greenette had managed to get another good punch in across the monster's face. Again and again the Nomu stumbled backwards as Izuku passed between the buildings, proving to be too fast for the Nomu to block.
Nomu roared, before digging its hands into the asphalt and tearing out a giant piece. He swung it into the air, catching Izuku by surprise as he was smacked into one of the buildings like a baseball. He gasped into pain before flying to the ground, blood staining his teeth.
He felt the ground shake and looked up, noticing the Nomu had disappeared. With wide eyes he jumped out of the way, avoiding the Nomu as it crashed down onto where Izuku once was. The creature charged and attacked again, each punch being blocked as Izuku was pushed backwards.
Izuku felt an anger boil inside of him, one he's only felt a handful of times before. He felt something overcome him, before his lowered his shield, allowing a fist to connect with his body. The Nomu smirked, before it felt itself lifted into the air and slammed into the ground.
The Nomu growled, before feeling its arm pulled backwards. It howled in pain as its arm was snapped broken, no longer of use. The child got off of its back, allowing the creature to stand yet again. It hissed, its lower right arm had been broken. As it glared at the child, it noticed the child's eyes were now slits.
Izuku roared his own roar before charging, faster than before and a smaller blur than the Nomu had seen. Foot extended it made contact with the Nomu's shin, causing a sickening cracking sound to fill the empty streets. The Nomu roared in pain and fell to its knees, shin broken and no longer able to stand on its right leg.
Izuku turned, still not done with the creature. The greenette grabbed the Nomu's left leg and pulled, making it fall flat onto its face. Raising his arm into the air his OFA powered elbow crashing down onto the monsters left knee, shattering it.
Nomu tried to get up, but felt its upper right arm and lower left arm were grabbed and forced behind its back, before they weren't bent and cracked, causing them to break. The Nomu felt something crashing into its head, slamming its face into the ground.
Left, right, and left again Izuku's fists filled with generation after generation of strength came crashing down onto the Nomu's skulls, driving it further and deeper into the asphalt. Brain shut off, Izuku could only focus as his fists and they drove the head of his opponent into the ground. Raising his hands above his head and connecting them, Izuku slammed them both into the Nomu's head at once, causing asphalt and concrete around them shoot into the air from the impact.
Izuku's eyes turned from slits to their original state, and he shook his head, conscious finally coming back to him. He stared, wide eyed at the crater he found himself in, along with the knocked out Nomu. Black blood pooled around the creature's head, but Izuku could feel its body move from it breathing.
Izuku stood up and climbed out of the crater, no memory of what had just occurred. He heard a door open, and turned to see 1, 2, and 3 peak out, before exiting once they had seen the creature was finished. 1 was still limping, but it appeared they had patched 2's shoulder.
"Uh, good job kid?" 3 offered, walking up to the crater and staring down at the unmoving, unconscious body.
"Yeah, thanks." Izuku replied, still no memory. He could hear a helicopter in the distance, and turned and watched as it rounded the corner of a building. "Is that-"
"Medevac. I managed to call a few minutes ago while you were fighting. You wanna get checked out?"
"No, no I can't. I-I gotta go find my friend. Will you three be okay?"
"We'll be fine kid. Go find your friend." 1 informed, causing Izuku to nod. Crackling with green lighting he started jumping away, leaving them to heal and deal with the Nomu.
(Alleyway)
As the Nomu's attacked the city, and as fires and smoke littered the sky, now every fight was being fought with fists or weapons, and not every enemy was a genetic monster. In a dark alleyway were three people, one bleeding and sitting against a wall, one bleeding and laying on the dirty ground, and the final standing above him, sword lifted into the air and ready to strike.
Pro Hero Native, Hero in training Tenya Iida, and Hero Killer Stain were those in the alleyway, and things were looking grim for our hero and hero in training. They were injured and paralyzed, unable to move due to what they assumed to be Stains quirk.
Tears fell from Iida's eyes, anger and fear coursing through him as he struggled to move. Here he was, the man who hurt his brother and ended his hero career. The same one who was about to strike him down.
"Goodbye child, and may your death bring upon a better world." Stain grinned menacingly, plunging his sword down, but stopping just a few centimeters away from Iida's neck.
He could the clink and clanging of metal against brick, and was unable to dodge as something flew from down the alleyway and into his sword, knocking his trusted weapon from his hand. He growled and turned to the source, and watched as a green blur came flying at him before something smashed into his face, knocking him away from the child.
Iida watched the sword and villain be sent back, and stared as something round fell to the ground. His eyes widened as it spun around, before finally stopping and falling down. Green and blocked entered his vision.
"Hero Killer Stain." A voice called out, nearly giving Iida a heart attack. His eyes rolled, and he watched as a figure walked past and grabbed onto the shield, before it was attached to the persons arm. His best friend and class president, Izuku Midoriya stood above him, ready to fight in his place, much to his dismay. "You're under arrest for the murder, assault, and crippling of several pro heroes, including your recent victim Ingenium. Please surrender yourself and come quietly."
"M-Midoriya? H-How-"
"It's okay now Iida." Izuku informed, getting into a fighting stance as his body crackled once more. "For I am here!"