"Mera... where is Gang Orca?" One of the supervisors asked, as Mera shrugged, "Don't know. All cameras were destroyed somehow. We don't have a visual on anything. That's the standard announcement we all make in the event of a villain attack."

The supervisor made a quick call to one of the supervisors down in the stands, before hanging up, "Mera, Gang Orca was taken out by Shinsou Hitoshi right before the exam ended. Right now, all the students are in danger from the League."

Mera snapped to attention, before asking, "There are a few heroes who are teachers, right? Lower the glass walls and open the gates, let them in."

One of the guards tapped on the computer, as a loud beeping sound resonated from the device, "We've been hacked. I can't lower the gates."

"Just get the heroes to bust through." Mera asked, "Has the hero commission been contacted?"

"They won't be able to." The guard replied, "That glass was made specifically to withstand high amounts of pressure and heat."

"The hero commission has been contacted. However, it seems like there have been villain outbreaks all over the place. Raging fires and random villain attacks. All the heroes who were on their way are currently occupied."

Mera growled, and ordered, "Try to regain control of the security system, and see if the heroes in the stands can find a way to help. Also, relay the information to the HUC and students that they're allowed to use their quirks in self-defence. I'll try to contact the Hero Commission again."

"All contact has been cut off. The signals are being jammed. We can't contact anyone." The guard announced.

Mera sighed, and rested his head in his palm, "Just get to work. We need to fix this as soon as possible."


Kurogiri stared at the security room he had thrashed, eyeing the guards who were all unconscious on the ground.

Toga had infiltrated the stadium as a student, and all she had to do was to identified the coordinates of the security room, as well as signify the end of the exam, right when everyone was tired, and their guard was down, so that he could teleport a few members of the League into the stadium to kill Sakamata. Out of the three heroes who were posing as the "villains" of the exercise, Sakamata had the highest ranking, and killing him would have the largest impact on the hero community.

He was not expecting to see that Midoriya was also in the stadium. At least Sakamata had been taken out by the students, so there would be less problems with the rest of the League taking care of Midoriya. Being the only quirkless person to even make it into the Hero Course and to be involved in so many major events, he was relatively well known in Japan. His death would prove how useless the Hero Commission was, not even being able to protect one quirkless child.

Kurogiri turned away from the security room. His job here was done; he just needed to collect the others when they were done with Midoriya.


"Sir... you are aware that the students are in danger, right?"

The Public Safety Commission President sighed, "Of course. Recovery Girl and other rescue heroes are on their way."

"Even so, with so many villain attacks, the heroes we have sent out have not been able to reach the destination, and Gang Orca had been knocked out." Her subordinate added, before asking, "You don't seem particularly worried, though."

The President merely chuckled, "They'll be fine. It's UA, after all. Those students have been up against the League before, not to mention that they have a powerful player on their side."

"You mean Todoroki Shoto? Or Bakugou Katsuki?" Her subordinate asked, "But they're not in any condition to-"

"I mean Midoriya Izuku."

"But he's quirkless. Surely he can't -"

The president glared at her subordinate, "Yes. He's quirkless, and yet he's won the Sports Festival? He's been the one targeted by the League? Even now... he tried to rescue his fellow examinees despite having a broken leg. He came up with a strategy to defeat Gang Orca. He may be quirkless... but he has sufficient skills to make up for it."

"But you wanted to take him out of UA's hero course..."

"Nezu wouldn't tell Midoriya. I just wanted to see how the other heroes would react to it. After all, it wouldn't be fair to fail him just because of his lack of a quirk. If I wanted him out of the Hero Course, I wouldn't even let Tsukauchi suggest that we give him a chance."

She continued, "It's clear that Midoriya is important to the community as a whole despite only being a first year. He is also one of the least destructive of all the current Hero Students, and would cause the least collateral damage. He's also willing to put himself before others without wanting anything in return, takes advantage of any situation he's placed in, analyses the problem at hand to find practical solutions, and he inspires his peers. Those are the qualities that we need in a hero. Plus... he has far fewer legal limitations than everyone else, and we need to keep an eye on him to ensure that he, and everyone, will be safe. I'm curious to see how this would turn out."

"If you say so... I guess failing him for being quirkless would also be a bad public display." Her subordinate sighed.


Toga grinned at Midoriya, "It was you who shouted out orders, wasn't it? Your voice is so pretty! Why didn't you let me hear it when I was stabbing you?"

Midoriya didn't reply, and warily glanced at his surroundings. Behind him was the unconscious Gang Orca, and the League was currently stationed between him and the first aid station. As long as he kept their attention on him... everyone else should be fine.

It didn't matter that he was scared; the League was after him, they were his problem. No one else should get hurt when it was all his fault.

"Ah, that's right." Toga smiled sweetly, "Shiggy wanted you muzzled. Pity, though. I would have enjoyed hearing you writhe in pain."

Midoriya let out a small growl at the mention of being muzzled, as Toga rushed forwards, aiming her knife at his neck. The greenette quickly parried away her knife, ducking under her arm and elbowing her in the gut. Toga stumbled back, grinning, "You're not so bad! Even with a broken leg!"

Midoriya grit his teeth together. He could smell blood... but he wasn't too sure where it was coming from.

"Toga! Don't underestimate him because he's quirkless! He's the one that single-handedly took out Muscular!" Hikiishi snapped, and Mora blinked in surprise as he helped Yoarashi up.

Wasn't Muscular that well known A-rank villain with some powerful muscle augmenting quirk? Sure, Midoriya has knives and his instincts and combat sense were on point, but how the hell would he be able to defeat someone like that who could easily overpower him?

"What should we do?" One member of the HUC asked.

"The exam has ended... neither us nor the examinees are allowed to use our quirks, and we haven't gotten any other instructions from Mera either. All we can do is wait." Another HUC member replied.

Midoriya felt a familiar tug on his body as Hikiishi activated her quirk, pulling him towards her magnet. He was about to react when he heard a yell, "Hey! You! Midoriya Izuku, right? Get back here! Don't engage with the villains!"

Midoriya froze at the shout, not really sure whether to follow orders or continue, and the small distraction was all Hikiishi needed to smash her oversized magnet into his chest and smack him into the ground, breaking several ribs that also pierced several organs in the process. He hissed as Hikiishi raised her magnet to smash him into the ground again, before lifting his legs, using the force of Hikiishi's attack to propel himself out of the way. He quickly got up, and swerved to the side as Sako attempted to drop a boulder on him.

He could feel his insides slowly starting to heal, but the healing stopped before his broken ribs fully healed. His ribs were aching and pain flared through his body whenever he made a single movement, but he ignored it in favour of concentrating on the villains.

"Please don't distract him!" Yaoyorozu stated to the HUC members, "None of us are allowed to use our quirks now, and Midoriya is the one that stands the highest chance against them!"

"Toga Himiko is an A-rank villain, Magne and Mr. Compress are B-rank villains and Twice is a C-rank villain!" He retorted, "What's a quirkless examinee with a broken leg supposed to do against them?"

"Eh? Midoriya has a broken leg?!" Kaminari yelped, "That's not good!"

"That's not the point, Kaminari!" Jiro growled.

Bubaigawara rushed at Midoriya with his measuring tape, and the green haired boy neatly dodged, sticking his foot out and tripping the villain. Sako swept in, trying to encapsulate the boy, or at the very least, mutilate him. But Midoriya was already aware of Sako's mutilation ability, and had moved out of his range.

Hikiishi immediately activated her quirk on Midoriya, yanking him backwards, ready to crush him, but Midoriya merely whipped out a knife and threw it at her with deadly accuracy.

She ignored it, fully expecting it to get attracted to her magnet, only for the knife to continue on its course, zipping right past her, mere millimeters from her neck.

Hikiishi released her quirk in shock, and Midoriya pressed his hand against her magnet and flipped over it, using the momentum from the attraction to the magnet against Hikiishi and kicking her in the face.

Hikiishi's face met the ground as Midoriya jumped off to fend off Bubaigawara, as Sako muttered, "The knife isn't made of steel?"

"That doesn't matter now!" Hikiishi snarled, pushing herself up, "I'm not going to fall for that again! Toga!"

"Got it!" Toga grinned, before rushing at Midoriya. Midoriya immediately parried her blade away, ducking down as Bubaigawara slashed his tape measure at him, before kicking Sako's hand away right as he was about to release a bolder. Sako ended up releasing the bolder right on top of Hikiishi, but she easily swatted it away before using her quirk once more on Midoriya, pulling him towards her magnet.

Midoriya growled, before plunging his knife into the rocky terrain beneath them, grounding himself, before flinging another ceramic knife at Hikiishi. She used her magnet to block it, but the ceramic shattered upon impact, startling her as she tried to block the ceramic shards, releasing her quirk in the process. Sako was about to drop another bolder on Midoriya as he was grounded, but Midoriya managed to roll aside as he did so.

"Tch... you're annoying as usual! Especially with a broken leg, so cool!" Bubaigawara slashed his tape measure again, only for Midoriya to easily dodge. Hikiishi tried to swing her magnet at Midoriya, knowing that just using her quirk wasn't going to be effective against the quirkless child; he's already had several countermeasures in place to counter it. Midoriya dodged an attack by Hikiishi, only for Sako to leap in, dropping another batch of boulders around him, but the green haired boy managed to jump out of the way in time, before ducking down as Bubaigawara tried to slash at him.

Toga looked at the ongoing fight, before a sadistic smile crept up her face, as she turned around, lunging at the group of students that were gathered around at the first aid station. She eyed the nearest student, which just happened to be Kaminari, as Jiro yelled, "Kaminari! Get out of there!"

The electric boy turned, noticing the blonde girl shooting towards him, as fear bubbled up from the depths of his very being, and Kaminari promptly froze up.

Toga merely grinned at him toothily as she raised her knife, ready to bring it down into Kaminari's flesh, as Midoriya noticed the absence of the blonde girl in the assault and promptly disengaged, parrying Bubaigawara away before rushing over to Kaminari.

"Toga! No!" Hikiishi turned and yelped, noticing Midoriya disengage, as Toga brought her knife down on Kaminari.

But her knife never met its mark.


"This is getting ridiculous." Aizawa muttered, standing up, "I'm not going you just let the League do whatever they want, especially when it puts my students at risk."

"Agreed." Fukukado nodded, for once not joking around. She noticed that the doors leading to the exit were also closed, and she growled, "We're locked out too. Let's just break the glass."

"Let me phase through it first." Togata suggested, before running towards the wall and trying to phase, but he ended up running right into the glass. He fell backwards, and rubbed his face, "Eh?"

Aizawa had activated his quirk, sighing, "You're not in your hero costume. You're going to end up popping in there nude, and that's not going to help the situation at hand. Reiko promptly leapt out of her seat, tackling the glass wall, and Ryuto followed suit.

Fukukado walked down to the glass wall, and aimed a solid punch at it, but the glass wall barely budged at all. Fukukado rubbed her hand, hissing, "What is this?"

"Specially reinforced glass." Sasaki murmured, "It's strong enough to be able to withstand most physical attacks."

"Well, I can just punch through it, right?" Togata grinned, as Sasaki sighed, "No. It would take far more power than you can utilize right now. You'll only end up breaking your arm if you want to break the glass."

"But if I break my arm, then you, Aizawa-sensei and Ms Joke can go down and help them!" Togata tried to argue, but Aizawa shook his head, "No. We'll find another way. If I can somehow gain access to the servers, maybe I can hack through it and lower the barricades."

All of a sudden, a malicious, ferocious aura burst out, and everyone froze. Reiko and Ryuto were barely fazed, as they continued to attack the glass.

Aizawa recognized that feeling, the feeling of anger and determination that only one student in his class could emanate, the feeling whenever one of his peers was getting targeted instead of him.

The villains had fucked up.

Now, they just had to find a way to get down there as fast as possible.

"Joke, let's go! Togata, Nighteye, stay here with the rest of the teachers in case something else happens; I think most of them aren't pro heroes." Aizawa ordered, kicking Fukukado's leg lightly, as she looked around nervously, trying to determine the source of the malicious aura.

"What was that?!" She managed to stammer out, as Aizawa pried open a panel and tried to access the computer system, "Joke, concentrate!"

It took them a few minutes to hack through the system, but Aizawa finally managed to get the door open.

"Alright... security is compromised, so we'll have to find the security room, as well as find a way to get to the students." Aizawa stated, as Sasaki looked around, before ordering, "Lemillion, you stay here and make sure all the other teachers are alright. I know the layout of this building, I'll get Eraser Head and Ms Joke to their destinations."

"Gotcha, sir!" Togata smiled brightly, "Leave it to me!"


Kaminari wasn't too sure what had hit him. It wasn't the knife, for sure... he could see that very clearly from his position on the ground -

Wait, he was on the ground?

Kaminari looked up, seeing blood dripping down Toga's knife as she glanced at Midoriya, who was right in front of her, his hoodies cut open with a long, straight diagonal slash, as blood dripped down and stained the ground, turning the dirt under his feet to an even darker shade of brown, his own knife lying on the ground.

Midoriya snarled at her, not even seeming to be bothered by the injury on his chest, and he bared his teeth threateningly. He took a step forwards, spitting out some blood, and Shindo reached out, trying to pull the injured boy back, "Stop it! You're just going to bleed out if you -"

Shindo froze, cutting off his sentence. There was some sort of intense pressure hanging in the air, some angry aura that had enveloped the entire arena, and he found it hard to breathe in the suffocating atmosphere. The only ones who didn't seem as badly affected were the UA students, but even they looked unsure of what to do next.

Midoriya's emerald eyes were practically glowing with rage, as he took another step forwards.

Toga unconsciously took a step back, as Midoriya glared at her, a flame of anger burning in his eyes, locking her in place. She lifted her knife, before hesitating, but that was all Midoriya needed as he lunged forwards, appearing right in her face and disarming her, before kicking her into a rocky wall.

Midoriya ignored her as he leapt at the other three villains, kicking up the knife that Toga had dropped before lunging. Bubaigawara hastily made a clone of Sako as Midoriya slashed at the real Sako, who barely managed to avoid the blade, before immediately turning around and slashing the knife at Bubaigawara, leaving a gash on his arm. Using his momentum, he flipped onto the ground, supporting himself with his arms, before flipping over and twisting his body, using his legs to pin the fake Sako's arms to his side as he plunged his knife into the clone's throat, causing the clone to dissipate.

He immediately pushed himself up, as Bubaigawara created two more clones of Sako, only for Midoriya to slash through them almost as quickly as they were being created. Hikiishi tried to lunge at him, but Midoriya merely lunged at her as she tried to strike, jumping and rolling over Hikiishi's back, before landing and turning around instantly, digging his knee into her gut.

Shindo nearly choked as he finally regained his bearings, "Did he actually get faster?!" Midoriya's movements were much more precise compared to when they were fighting the faux villains, much more vicious. There was a fire in his eyes that wasn't there before, and Shindo realized just how much Midoriya had been holding back.

Midoriya immediately got up and tried to kick Bubaigawara, only for the villain to just barely avoid his attack. Midoriya's broken leg made contact with the ground, leaving a crater in its wake, but Midoriya was barely fazed by the impact and pivoted around his good leg, slamming his foot into Bubaigawara's gut, and that was the final straw for some of the examinees.

"Are you... sure he's quirkless?" Another examinee stammered, terrified, taking a step back in fear. This was a side of Midoriya that none of them had seen before; it was almost like a dragon, slumbering peacefully under the surface, finding no reason to emerge unless he was truly enraged.

Jiro helped Kaminari up as Yaoyorozu and Iida promptly took charge, Yaoyorozu speaking up, "That doesn't matter. Anyways, we should all try to get out of here. All of us are just being distractions and gives the villains something to use against Midoriya. Shinsou, Uraraka, you guys can fight quirkless, help us with the HUC, then come back here and give Midoriya back up if he needs it."

"Got it!" Shinsou nodded, as Midoriya unraveled the cloth around his arms and flung them at Toga, wrapping her up and immobilizing her; he must have put them back on after unraveling his splint.

Toga immediately slashed the cloth apart, before lunging at Midoriya. She grinned as her face changed, her blonde buns being replaced by brown hair, her uniform slipping off to reveal Uraraka's pink hero costume. Midoriya blinked in confusion as he turned, finding two familiar warm, brown irises staring back at him.

Shinsou had been keeping a close eye on Bubaigawara, before Toga's transformation caught his eye, and he frowned; hadn't Uraraka been with Iida on the other side of the group? How did she end up so close to Midoriya?

Midoriya was still trying to process what had happened; he swore Toga had been the one standing there, not Uraraka, until she ran at him, before burying her knife in his gut. He spat out some blood in shock, trying to figure out what was going on, as he noticed Uraraka's face grinning at him in satisfaction. His anger momentarily slipped away, as he spat out some blood, and sadness and betrayal took its place, because he had really thought that Uraraka wouldn't hurt him.

But something wasn't right. Something was prodding at the back of his mind, telling him that this was yet another lie, because as far as he was concerned, Uraraka wasn't proficient with a knife.

Then he noticed her eyes flashing with golden specks for a split second, and his mind immediately made the connection.

It was the blood.

Toga had taken some of Uraraka's blood during the training camp... and she can use the blood somehow to transform into that person. That was her quirk.

Knowing that this wasn't the real Uraraka just heightened his anger, but even so, he was reluctant to fight her. This wasn't Uraraka, but he couldn't bear to hurt the villain that looked like his friend.

But he had to fight her, fight the villain that had stolen Uraraka's face.

Midoriya slammed his eyes shut, before lashing out, punching Toga in the face.

If he didn't see her, then he wouldn't be affected by the lookalike.


Aizawa raced down the hallways, Reiko right behind him, based on the instructions Sasaki had given him. According to the other pro hero, the security room should be a few doors down...

The Erasure Hero slowed down as he reached the door, and listened carefully, trying to determine what was inside the room. He could hear the sound of machinery sparking and static, but there weren't any sounds that he could make out. Aizawa pushed the door open, and came face to face with some purple mist.

His hastily activated his quirk, his hair flying around him as he lashed out with his capture weapon, wrapping Kurogiri up in the binds of his grey cloth.

"Hmm... you found me... interesting..." Kurogiri mused, "But how long can you keep it up, Hero?"

"As long as I have to." Aizawa hissed, his eyes starting to burn from his dry eye, as well as the bright lights of the flickering screens and the sparking machinery.

"Well... too bad." Kurogiri muttered, raising his arm and swinging it at Aizawa. The Erasure Hero dodged on instinct, but the second his eyes left the misty villain, Kurogiri teleported away, and Aizawa could only watch as Kurogiri disappeared, catching a glimpse of something in Kurogiri's eyes.

Shirakumo?

Aizawa shook his head; Shirakumo was dead, his nerves were probably getting to him.

He should go find Fukukado and help his students.

"Alright... this room is cleared... should we go help Joke?" Aizawa asked, and Reiko nodded.


Shindo, Nakagame, and some of the other students had been standing near the back of the group of students and HUC members, ready to attack in case the villains took their attention off Midoriya, and noticed as Midoriya punched the Uraraka lookalike away, before harshly tugging the knife out of his gut.

Midoriya was no longer looking as he was fighting, his eyes completely shut, but somehow, he knew where the villains were as they tried to take advantage in his voluntary loss of vision, to no avail. Midoriya seemed to have no problems parrying the fake Uraraka and Bubaigawara away, dodging Hikiishi and Sako, or even determining which two out of the three Sako's were clones made by Bubaigawara and promptly destroying them.

It didn't take too long for Midoriya to dig his heel into Hikiishi's gut, taking her out, as Uraraka's face slid off, splattering on the ground as grey goop, revealing Toga's real face, and Midoriya opened his eyes, glaring viciously at Toga.

He snarled, lunging at her faster than anyone could react, and slammed the butt of his knife into her forehead, knocking her out.

"Shit! Compress, he's yours!" Bubaigawara yelled, jumping backwards as Sako pulled out another cyan marble.

"I was saving this for the pros, but you're much more troublesome to deal with than they are!"

He flung the marble at Midoriya, before compressing Hikiishi and Toga snatching their marbles up, before leaping out of the way as he released his hold on the sphere that he had thrown at Midoriya.

Fire erupted out from the marble, as Midoriya blinked at the flames, stunned, and hastily raised his arms in an attempt to block the attack. His hero costume was fireproof, but his arms weren't covered by anything, and he could feel the familiar feeling of panic bubbling up as the cyan flames washed over him.

He did his best to push it away, but he could feel the fire licking at his skin, memories rushing through his head. A numbing pain that shot throughout his body as he tried to calm himself down, trying so hard to shut off the flow of memories that had been haunting him since he was seven, as his eyes burned from the bright light of the fire.

"We got him!" Bubaigawara cheered, before rushing in to attack Midoriya as the flames died down; Dabi's flames were powerful, but they died out relatively quickly without a source of fuel.

Midoriya could sense that someone was near, and in his panic, he quickly slashed his knife in that direction. Bubaigawara just managed to jump out of the way, yelping, but Midoriya just followed the noise and ran after him, slashing his knife wildly. Sako jumped in and tried to activate his quirk, only for Midoriya to promptly grab his hand and stab his knife into his arm, before flipping him over. Bubaigawara made two more clones of Sako, but Midoriya just destroyed them immediately.

Sako clutched his bleeding arm; it wasn't too deep, but it was painful enough that it made it hard to concentrate enough to use his quirk through that hand. He took out a few more marbles, and flung them at Midoriya, releasing a few more boulders, but Midoriya just kicked his way through them and lunged as Sako, punching him in the face before kicking him in the chin.

Sako fell to the ground as Midoriya continued charging, as Bubaigawara came up behind Midoriya, trying to defend the fallen villain. Shindo was pretty sure that Midoriya wouldn't be able to counter Bubaigawara; he was moving too fast in one direction to be able to react, anyone would trip and fall over.

To his surprise, Midoriya immediately pivoted on his broken leg, forcing his broken leg to bear the pressure of his body weight and momentum, before kicking back, forcing his body to move against his momentum. A cracking sound resonating as the bone completely snapped, but the green haired boy ignored it and whirled around instantaneously, kicking Bubaigawara in the gut.

Shindo and Nakagame weren't too sure what to do, when suddenly, a misty portal appeared out of nowhere, picking Bubaigawara and Sako up, and disappearing, leaving no trace that the villains had actually been there.

Yet, Midoriya just growled menacingly, his eyes closed tightly as he stalked around, trying to find the villains.

"Hey! Midoriya! The villains are gone now! You can chill!" Shindo yelled, only for Midoriya to turn around, snarling, and he lunged at the black haired boy. Shindo just barely managed to dodge Midoriya's sharpened blade, yelping, before Midoriya seemed to realize that there were more people.

He turned around, his eyes still shut, but Shindo could tell that Midoriya knew exactly where they all were.

Nakagame exhaled slightly, and Midoriya immediately turned around, lunging, but she managed to activate her quirk just in time to dodge him.

"Get away from him slowly!" Came a yell. Shindo whirled around, seeing that Shinsou, Uraraka, and Iida had run back, and Shinsou shouted again, "Try not to make any noise!"

He could feel fear and panic rolling off Midoriya in waves, as Midoriya constantly turned around, trying to detect any sources of danger. He wasn't thinking straight, and was attacking anything around him that even just moved.

One of the other examinees tried to turn and run, catching Midoriya's attention, but Iida managed to activate his engines in time and sped forwards, pulling her out of the way.

Midoriya whirled around, confused by the engine sounds, and whipped out his knife, only for Shinsou to jump in and grab the hand with the knife, disarming him. The green haired boy hissed, preparing to punch Shinsou with his other arm, but Shinsou grabbed his other hand in time to prevent getting a punch to the throat. While Midoriya still packed a punch, in his panicked state, his movements were much more predictable.

"Izuku, calm down." Shinsou tried to reason with Midoriya, only for the smaller boy to growl, lunging forwards to sink his teeth into Shinsou's arm.

Shinsou grit his teeth in pain, but continued to keep a tight grip on Midoriya as the boy clamped down harder on his arm, still trying to get out of his grasp; Midoriya had a ridiculously strong jaw. He didn't want to use his quirk on Midoriya, the poor kid had already went through enough, and he tried his best to push the pain away. There was blood splattered on the ground, and on the green parts of Midoriya's sleeve, as well as on Midoriya's face, and he was pretty sure that the only reason that he didn't look even more bloody was because the former vigilante's outfit was mostly black, which hid the blood stains, though it wasn't very reassuring since Toga had sliced through Midoriya's hoodie, the large diagonal slash on his slender yet muscular torso spanning from his left shoulder to his hip visible for anyone to see.

"Izuku. Listen to me, Izuku." Shinsou spoke up, tightening his grip on Midoriya's hands to get his attention, strong enough to hold Midoriya in place but gentle enough so that he didn't hurt the boy.

Midoriya tried to get out of his grip, but somehow, he did recognize the presence right in front of him. A familiar presence of security and comfort... but he couldn't really place it. His struggling slowly ceased, and Shinsou, seeing that Midoriya had calmed down somewhat, spoke up again, "Alright, Izuku, can you hear me?"

Midoriya paused, and slowly nodded; he did recognize that voice, but he wasn't too sure why. His eyes were still closed, and his teeth were still unknowingly clamped tightly around Shinsou's arm, and the lavender haired boy continued, "Okay. The villains are gone now, and you're safe, alright? Can you open your eyes, please?"

Midoriya was hesitant to do so, but still, he obeyed, slowly opening his eyes and letting light flood in. He noticed that he was biting something, and his eyes trailed upwards to the lavender haired boy.

It then dawned on him that he was biting Shinsou. Midoriya hastily released his grip on Shinsou's arm, his eyes widening in shock that he had just hurt his friend.

He didn't do it on purpose, but that was no excuse for his actions. His jaws weren't strong enough to cause any lasting damage, but his canines were definitely sharp enough to puncture skin, and Midoriya could see that there was some blood on Shinsou's arm.

Look at what you did! All you can do is hurt people, Deku! You did this, you worthless, useless being! You hurt an innocent person. You did this.

Midoriya looked towards ground, guilt pooling in his stomach, no longer processing what was going on around him. He didn't want to hurt anyone, and yet he had hurt one of his friends.

"I'm sorry."

Shinsou just glanced at his arm briefly, before loosening his grip on Midoriya's hands, the smaller boy's arms dropping down limply as he stared at the ground.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm -"

His broken leg gave out, and the lavender haired boy immediately wrapped his arms around Midoriya, gently pulling him in for a hug, doing his best to support him without putting more pressure on his wounds, "It's fine, it's not your fault, Izuku."

Midoriya let out a small whimper, as a small, hoarse whisper, "I'm sorry."

"It's alright. You have nothing to be sorry for." Shinsou muttered. Midoriya shakily reached up and grasped the taller boy's shirt desperately, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm useless, I'm pathetic, I'm sorry-"

"Shush. It's okay. I'm fine, everyone'ss fine." Shinsou tried to comfort the smaller boy, ignoring the blood that was seeping through his hero costume from the Midoriya's injuries, "Come on, let's go and get you some medical help."