"In dire moments, heroes have been known to combine their Quirks with others to overpower very dangerous enemies, or save hundreds of lives from disasters."

Izuku had done it with All Might in order to stop the villain Wolfram from taking I-Island.

Izuku did it again with Eri on his back to overwhelm the Yakuza, Kai Chisaki at one hundred percent of his power.

Nucleon and Arach-Niq combined their energy-based Quirks to focus energy in one spot and open a black hole in the atmosphere.

"Deku-sensei..." Hansuke addressed.

The two had reached the shore, some distance away from the actual port they were supposed to touch down on. And had started hiking out to the highway.

"So Promethys knocked out the grid?" Izuku asked.

"Y-Yeah. Um, sir?" Hansuke asked.

"You have questions and so do I..." Izuku sighed. "We'll trade off answers."

"I need to know the plan." The boy said.

Izuku lowered his head. "I don't like the idea but I need 100% Full Cowling with Eri."

Hansuke's mouth gaped opened. "I-"

"I said I don't like it but I don't know what else to do!" Izuku snapped and whipped his head back at the boy behind him.

"I promised her... The day I rescued her... I would never put her in harm's way ever again..." He continued.

Hansuke lowered his head and resumed walking, now beside the hero. "Wh-What if... What if it was me? I mean, me and Eri."

Izuku looked at him with concern but ignored the question.

"Hear me out." Hansuke jumped in front of him. "I don't mean use Eri to fight..."

Izuku tilted his head.

"Think about it! My Quirk lets me freeze time. Eri's Quirk lets her reverse things back to an original state, right? If we combine our Quirks...we could travel back in time."

"Hansuke... Now you hear me out. Just because certain Quirk combinations have been known to alter reality in different circumstances, doesn't mean that time travel is possible. Space travel through a wormhole is scientifically possible. Time travel? That's Reverse to the Present movie magic." Izuku held his hands up to emphasize cutting the idea down.

"But Deku! If it works, we could prevent Promethys from gaining leverage." He looked away then back to Izuku as his brain filled with more ideas. "No! We could prevent Nucleon from opening the portal that brought him here!"

Izuku shook his head and marched around Hansuke and up a hill in front of them.

Hansuke ran to catch up to him.

"Hansuke, I will not jeopardize my daughter to the theory of time travel. Nor you. I forbid it." He said sternly. "I can wipe away Promethys with the United States of Smash."

"The what now?" The boy raised his dark blue eyebrow.

"Just leave it to me! This whole mess is my fault. I alone should fix it." Izuku frowned.

Hansuke tried to talk to him more, stepping in his way as they reached the top of the hill.

"Wait, Deku-"

Both of them stopped and stared at the valley before them.

There was a large town, or what was left of it. Homes and buildings were burning. Smoke stacks rose into the clouds. There were all kinds of reminders, to what carnage took place over the past few months.

Izuku ran off to search for survivors.

"Deku!" Hansuke ran with him.

"Deku?" Another person asked.

The two stopped and turned to find a man peeking out of a worn doorway to a home.

"Deku the hero? Is that you?" He asked and stepped out.

Izuku stared at him and frowned. "Yes. What happened here?"

"You haven't heard?" The man asked.

Hansuke tugged on the green-haired hero's arm.

"I've been lost for a while... But the time for fear has passed!" Izuku boldly declared.

"I hope so..." The man sighed. "You have no idea the damage that's already been done."

"It's okay." Izuku approached the man, paying attention to his purplish hair color, his small mustache, and his train service uniform. "Actually sir, do you know if the trains are still functional?"

"Th-They haven't been in months. The entire grid's been shut down. Seriously, Deku. Y-You caught us in our last glimmer of hope. Lots of folks haven't smiled since those...things came."

"The Loyalists." Hansuke added with an obvious tone of disgust in his speech.

As the man spoke with them, more people emerged from the various damaged buildings and homes, hearing the commotion.

"A hero!"

"Finally, some help!"

"There is hope!"

Izuku gave the small crowd a shining smile through his beard. "Th-That's right! I'm here now!"

"Midoriya?"

The crowd almost seemed to split for the new voice. A tall figure in the back stepped forward and pulled off his cloak.

None other than Koji Koda, former shy classmate and now pro-hero Anima, donning his old yellow and orange costume (with the colors a bit faded) stood before the hero Deku and Hansuke.

"Koda! I-I mean, Anima! What are you doing here?" Izuku asked.

"I-I was stationed up here to save a blue tiger from being illegally shipped out of the country...when it happened." He said.

"Blue tiger?" Hansuke asked.

"Long story." Koji sighed.

"And you've just been stuck up here ever since?" Izuku asked.

"Partly, by choice... These people have no one up this north. There would have been...more death...had I not intervened with flocks of birds and some monkeys." He explained.

"Well, thank you." Izuku nodded. "But can you help us get back to Tokyo? I have a way of stopping Promethys and ending this."

Hansuke muttered something under his breath.

"We'll go with you heroes!" The man from before raised his voice.

"Yeah!" A few other men and women from the crowd shouted in agreement.

"We're willing to fight for our world!"

"To the heroes!"

"I have a Quirk that lets me generate string from my body!"

"My Quirk lets me jump very high!"

"I'm a strength-enhancer!"

Izuku stepped before the crowd. "Absolutely not."

"No offense, Deku-senpai. But we can help." A young woman with short blonde hair said. "My Quirk can be especially useful to you. You need to get to Tokyo but the trains and cars are down. I can teleport you there."

Izuku's eyes widened.

"If you can't take all of us, take her." The man pointed. "She's the best fighter out of us."

"My name is Yuko." She bowed in her simple jacket, vest, and loose pants. "My Quirk lets me teleport things and myself a certain distance. But the more I take with me, the less distance I can cover. With you guys it will take me a few, but it's much faster than walking."

Koji smiled. "Take her, Midoriya. She wants this opportunity."

"Not unless you come with us, big guy." She smirked and nudged his side.

"Are you... Are you guys a thing?" Hansuke asked.

Koji blushed heavily and lost his ability to speak.

"It's your choice, Koda. We could use you but I won't force you." Izuku said, patting his shoulder, although the animal whisperer was taller.

He simply nodded and held Yuko's hand.

"So you are a thing!" Hansuke smiled.

"Good for you." Izuku smiled at his former classmate.

"Now, everyone hold hands and...hold your breaths." Yuko chuckled nervously.

"Have you done this with this many people before?" Hansuke asked.

"Oh yeah... Sort of..." She gulped and closed her eyes. "Teleport!"

All four disappeared in a thin vapor instantly from the scene. The crowd all looked at one another with hope now burning again in their eyes.