A/N: Haha, yeah, it's Katakuri inspired Izuku, plus Admiral Thrawn thrown in there. Imagine how powerful this Izuku is with Thrawn's intelligence and wit and Katakuri's willpower and power. Also, I am not gonna lie, but I forgot about Present Mic's comments all the damn time that I am… just giving on having him cut in with witty comments all the time.

Also can I please have a recommendation entry on TvTrope, please? I am begging at this point. My other fic, a lot shorter than this, already has one, that's why I brought this up.

Beta by… me. Look, I can't contact my regular beta at all and after delaying for too long, I am not going to drag this out more by trying to find a new beta now. If it has too many errors, just tell me. (Nvm, Yuilhan's back, this is the new version you're reading.)

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"Now then." Admiral cracked his iron knuckles. "Who will go first."

"Surround him," Katsuki ordered.

The students did as they were told while Admiral allowed them—his face betrayed no emotion. Once they got into formation Katsuki was about to tell the range units to fire at Admiral when an announcement was made by Present Mic.

"Sorry to interrupt you all, ladies and gentlemen. But due to, umm, problems, we will have to put a time limit on the remainder of the match," Mic announced, making Admiral frown.

"The match will be concluded after ten minutes, anyone who remains on the stage after ten minutes has passed will be judged based on their current state and their performance," Kan added.

Admiral spared the announcers a glance before turning back to the students, gesturing for them to 'come at me'.

Katsuki grit his teeth and was ready to continue with the attack when something emerged from the ground.

"You're coming with me!" Main appeared and tackled Katsuki down to the ground, warping both of them away.

"Katsuki!" A few of the students yelled in panic.

"I see, so he's going with that plan," Admiral mused before motioning his hand from left to right. In an instant, they heard a scream; Aoyama's scream. The entirety of Monoma's team (and Mei) was delivered to them as the ground beneath the smaller team turned into a moving walkway that rushed from where they were toward the main team.

"W-what the-" Monoma was understandably confused at how he got from over there to here.

"Are you ready to fight now?" Admiral asked. "I have given you four more combatants in place of your lost leader, surely that's enough?" the Izuku taunted, though his face remained stoic.

Kendo looked at Monoma. The blond noticed her serious glance and quickly got up before helping the others in his team up as well. Even if he was still confused, he knew there would be a fight. The orange-haired girl then looked at Momo. Yaoyorozu was looking absolutely lost at how to proceed. Itsuka soon realized that the others were, in turn, looking at her. Seeing no option, she took the lead.

"Range team! Fire!" Itsuka ordered.

Immediately, everyone with ranged attacks unleashed their projectiles: Setsuna shot her fists forward, Mineta threw his balls, Mina poured out a stream of acid, Momo straight up made a cannon and fired , and so on and so forth. All the attacks managed to create a small cloud of dust over Admiral.

They waited to see their result. A darkened hand suddenly poked out of the dust shroud, its middle and pointing fingers extended toward Kendo while the others folded; the two extended fingers seemed to merge with each other. Then, 'BANG!' The sound resonated through the area, and the next moment Kendo felt an impact on her gut. She clutched her belly, but something slipped through her fingers.

"What's wrong, Kendo?!" Momo, who was beside her, asked, but the orange-haired girl fixated on something else. A small round black object that looked similar to an airsoft pellet—but at the size of a thumb, a very large thumb—rolled on the floor.

As the dust dispersed, Admiral stood unflinching and unharmed with several new arms; some sprung out of his back, some from his belly, but all of them were aimed at each member of the U.A. team in a similar manner to the one that had shot Kendo.

Kendo clenched her stomach to reduce the pain before bellowing. "Shields up!" she ordered, and just in time.

A hail of essentially non-lethal bullets began to fly all around as each hand turned into automatic handguns. Kendo went to hide behind a large plate of steel Momo made, while others hid behind either Ibara's vine shield or Tdoroki's ice wall, except one who decided to do the opposite.

"Ohhhh! Bring it on!" Tetsutetsu yelled and charged, his arms crossing in front of his face to shield his face.

Admiral turned toward him, though his extra hand-guns continued to suppress the other students. As the Steel-Quirk user was getting close, the arm that had been firing at Tetsutetsu began to shift its form. Within a few seconds, the hand turned into a minigun. The sheer force and numbers of bullets matched up to Tetsutetsu's tenacity and halted the hardened teen's advance. However, despite the setback, Tetsutetsu stood tall and took the hit without a problem. That was until another arm extended out and morphed into another weapon; a shotgun.

The quasi-firearm blasted high-velocity bullets at Steel-Quirk user, accompanied with a realistic sound of a shotgun. The first blast served as a test fire to see how many bullets hit. Upon seeing an undesirable result, Admiral steadily walked toward Tetsutetsu, continuing his barrage to keep his opponents in place.

Setsuna, observing from far above with a disembodied eye and seeing that Admiral shifted his focus entirely on her classmate, flew her mouth and throat over to Kendo's barricade.

"He's taken his eyes off us now," Setsuna informed Kendo as part of her body arrived. "Now is the perfect time to prepare our counter-attack, I don't think our hard boy can take the beating for long either."

"Right, did you find Katsuki?" Kendo asked.

"Yeah, he's… occupied."

On the other side of the arena, Katsuki and Midoriya were locked in a duel. The blond prepared to blast the greenette in the face, but Izuku bashed his shield at Bakugou's firing arm and steered the explosion away from him. The force generated from the missed attack was still enough to push him back. Though that also worked to the greenette's advantage since it created a little space between him and the blond.

They both circled each other, knowing the other's tactics and moves. Izuku knew this would be another fight of attrition like with Mirio, but more unpredictable. When he fought Mirio, neither could harm the others and neither were willing to turn off their Quirk to allow for an opportunity to attack so it ended up being an eternal fight between two intangible fighters. Katsuki, on the other hand, very much knew most of the methods the greenette could employ to attack him along with a way to counter it; plus, the heat generated from the blond's explosion is nothing to scoff at and he couldn't phase through them.

Izuku knew he couldn't do the usual fault charge or emerge from his opponent's body, Katsuki knew a way to counter those kinds of distraction tactics. If he attacked, the greenette had to make it count and inflict substantial damage on the blond. Judging from the way Katsuki was observing him, Izuku presumed his childhood friend was thinking along the same line.

Yet they both knew that unlike Katsuki, Izuku's Quirk didn't have any immediate drawbacks and all Izuku needed was time. With that, Izuku charged, intending on dragging this out until his alternate selves could finish the others, and, hey, he got to fight Katsuki—always a plus. [1]

Back to the main fight, and Admiral was finally upon Tetsutetsu. With another, close-ranged shot from the shotgun arm, the metallic teen was down with his back on the ground, but the attack did not stop.

"Fight me like a real man! Dammit?!" the Steel-Quirk user shouted, frustrated at his inability to counterattack his opponent. Then, it just stopped; all the attacks, the sound of shots being fired, the weapons extended from Admiral's body, all of them were just gone. Tetsutetsu looked beyond his guarding arms in confusion.

"Fine, if you want to fight me your way so much, then come," Admiral challenged and beckoned for his opponent to come forth.

Tetsutetsu accepted the challenge eagerly and charged toward the Admiral with a shout. In his hot-headedness, he went for the first opportunity to strike he saw, ignoring the fact that Admiral had opened himself wide to any attack by the Steel-Quirk user. The teen's fist connected with Admiral's face, but the Izuku's visage hardened into blackened steel in response. Tetsutetsu was undeterred and continued his barrage of steel fists at Admiral. Eventually, the steel boy had to pause for breath, and he discovered that there wasn't even a scratch on the now-fully hardened Izuku.

"Are you done?" Admiral asked, clearly unimpressed.

"Not yet!" Tetsutetsu punched forward, but his fist was caught in Izuku's palm.

"No. No, you're done," Izuku told him and narrowed his eyes. "You have no techniques, no skills, no observation, only energy and power, and maybe speed. You couldn't even scratch my 'Haki' Quirk. You keep screaming 'manly', but that didn't do anything. You, and that red-headed idiot in my class." All the way across the arena in the Class 1-A viewing booth, Kirishima winced at being singled out; it was quiet enough to hear the combatants speaking clearly if they said something loud enough. "You both need to learn that there are foes that you…!" Admiral raised his fist. Tetsutetsu guarded using his free arm. Once the two hardened flesh met, however, the teen's steel skin immediately cracked.

"AARRGH!" Tetsutetsu screamed in pain as his armor was destroyed.

"Can't!" Now that all the defenses were down, Admiral had a clear path for a strike. In a last-ditch effort, Tetsutetsu leaped forward to try and headbutt Admiral. Again, their attack met. And again, the steel cracked.

"POWER THROUGH!" Admiral put his back into his attack and punched forward one last time, sending Tetsutetsu crashing down onto the ground and creating a crater with a spider web-like cracking pattern in the process. The Izuku looked at his opponent for a few more moments until he was sure the Steel boy no longer moved.

"Now then." Izuku turned back to the others who were staring in shock at their friend's utter defeat. "Know this: I will defeat you all, not only that but I will crush you in a way that would be nothing short of an absolute defeat. And I will achieve all of this, using a similar power to yours." Two double-edged blades suddenly appeared from each of his arms. "Well, how about you go next, Kamakiri?" Admiral gestured for the mantis boy to attack. "You are among those I have the lowest expectations for, so how about we just get this over with," the Izuku mocked.

The hot-blooded teen, as expected, gnashed his teeth before making two blades to match his opponent and charged, screaming 'Fuck you!' as he went.

"Kamakiri, for god's sake!" Kendo shouted and ran after him, but not before ordering. "Vine gets Tet, speed team plus Grape and Acid with me! Others prepare and heal." The students quickly followed their leader's order.

As for Kendo, she just couldn't believe she had just used the nicknames Katsuki gave them during their preparation.

"So what kind of messed up Quirk does this one have?" Mt. Lady asked Valkyrie. The armored warrior glanced at the blonde, before looking past her to see others were looking at her with curiosity as well.

"He is called 'Admiral' and I don't know the exact number of Quirks he has, probably twenty or more, but he will likely use only two Quirks to make a point to a certain person down there," Valkyria answered.

"Wait, what? Twenty or more? How is that even possible?" Mandalay questioned.

"To know that, you must understand the world he is from," Valkyrie began. "While I am not used to the subject, coming from a world where magic exists without Quirk and all, what would you think of a world ruled by Quirkless people?" the Izumi asked.

"Laughable," Nighteye quickly answered. "I am sympathetic to their conditions and I help when I can, but never for the life of me could I imagine the Quirkless could, as you put it, 'rule the world'."

"Well, it happens in his universe." Valkyrie motioned her head at Admiral down below, who quickly riposted Kamakiri's blades. "I only know the brief version, but apparently Quirks manifested at the same time humanity emerged. History developed as usual though. Might make right in the earliest part, followed by a monarchy and things like that just with an eventual Quirk-power-based hierarchy. The thing is, these ancient rulers were apparently very paranoid about losing their power, so much so that they assigned the Quirkless, who they believe to be of no threat, in positions of power just to make sure they could control everything with absolute power."

"Even with powerful backing, how could they go all the way from underlings to top-dog?" Ms. Joke asked.

"Apparently, there was a better sense of collectivism among them. So, regardless of races, nations, and religions, the Quirkless slowly turned the tables and put themselves into the positions of power, secretly. Once they revealed themselves, it was either driving them out and letting all order on Earth fall, going back to square one or… just accepting the new leadership. So they chose the latter and now they're currently in the space age."

"Space-age?" Rock Lock asked. "You mean they are going to space?"

"Main describes that universe as 'Star Trek and some One Piece with Quirks and fascism', but I have no idea what any of that means," Valkyrie answered. [2]

"So, 'Starship Trooper' then," Ectoplasm commented.

"No idea what that is either. So, anyways, the Quirkless are now living as an elite class and it's mandatory for them to serve their government as military officers or government officials. Because of their advanced technology, they could take away or give Quirks to just about anybody."

"W-wait?!" Ryukyu asked in shock. "You can't just take away Quirk and give it to someone else like that!" All Might felt discomfort brew in his stomach, and he was sure it wasn't any of his health issues acting up. "And how is that even possible?! Are they that advanced?!"

"R-Ryukyu calmed down," Fat Gum tried to hold his colleague back.

"That's a secret of Admiral's world, so I don't know, but it worked out for him. Also, did I mention the 'fascism' part? I only know the basic concepts of that idea, but from what I learn I don't think I have explained much about how, do I?"

"And you let someone like that get close to my daughter?" Pixie-Bob questioned.

"Two things: First, Main set the Condition to how an Izuku or an Izumi could join our assembly. If they don't meet that standard, they are either glossed over or Main go takes care of them personally. So no super-duper evil Izuku that gets a free ticket into the multiverse… that's not to say something worse has not crept into our rank, like a serial non-consensual hand-holder Izuku. Second, why do you even care? She isn't your daughter, the other you popped her out." Before the blonde heroine could retort, Valkyrie's eyes turned into a glare. "And since we are on the subject, how do you, in the All-Father's ever-living beard, raise someone up like that."

"What the hell is this supposed to mean!" Ryuko yelled back while her friend tried to hold her back.

"Your daughter is considered to be one of the most bitchiest, or in this case cattiest, Izumi among all of us, which I considered an achievement since there are so many of us. Just how would you raise a kid?" the golden warrior insulted.

Pixie-Bob felt her blood boiling. No one insulted her somewhat-daughter.

Seeing that if this went on a fight might break out in the booth, someone interrupted them. "And how strong is he?" Eraserhead asked and pointed at Admiral below. "He beat that 'Phoenix' like it was nothing, but you said she was stronger than you."

"Both of them are stronger than me," Valkyria admitted with her shoulder slouched. "In fact, we Izuku and Izumi had a little ranking system that Main created. Mind you, it's not perfect since some have powers that counter specific Izuku or Izumi ranked higher than them, but in terms of raw power, it was pretty accurate. Do you know what rank I am?"

"Umm, eleventh?"

"Fifth, maybe?"

"Eighteenth."

"Let me guess, twentieth?"

After several more guesses by the people in the room, Valkyria let the silence hang for a few seconds then with a sigh and rather defeated eyes, she replied.

"I am ranked eighty-seventh." Every jaw in the room dropped and all eyes widened, even that of Sir Nighteye. With the only exception being Fatgum, who instead spitted out his Coca Cola.

"Y-You're joking," Mt. Lady accused.

"I wish I am, but the truth of it is… I am nothing compared to some of the monsters among our rank."

"...figurative or literal monsters?" Ms. Joke asked.

"Both and neither."

"And what is the rank of this 'Admiral'?" Centipeder, one of Nighteye's sidekicks who had been silent so far, asked.

"He's ranked fifty-first and 'Phoenix' is fifty-third."

Now the room was just repeatedly shocked into silence at this point.

"If you and them are ranked so low despite being so powerful," Mirio said, half-insulting. "Then who are the top te-"

In a blink of an eye, Valkyria was in front of Mirio, her hand covering his mouth; reminding them that this 'lowly' rank ninety-fifth managed to take down some of the top Heroes and Heroine of Japan within a few seconds. "Do not speak of them," she said to him with a little shaken voice. She looked over to everyone in the room and they all could see genuine fear in her eyes. "To invoke their names is to get their attention, all the people in those ranks are capable of entering this dimension, or even this very booth, on their own without Main's help. I have seen…" The Izumi paused to swallow saliva down her dry throat. "...One of them in action." Her eyes became distant as she remembered.

All she could see was the infinity. The vastness, the stars, and the darkness of the dimension beyond her comprehension. She could feel her body, her mind, and her soul all being stretching to the extreme as if some force akin to gravity was pulling them apart without trying or even with malice. It was just the nature of this twisted reality.

She knew their situation was desperate and that it was dire, but this? She would have chosen death by Sigyn's poison than this. She dreaded to think of what would become of their enemies; powerful as they were, they would not survive this.

Amid the infinity stood a lone figure, they were so much like her that she could have mistaken them for a reflection in the water.

They uttered something and it echoed throughout the entirety of existence.

"Ygnailh... ygnaiih thflthkh'ngha... I am granted the Silver Key, made from nothingness to open the Lock… O' avatar that had granted me safe passage... I ask for your blessing once more...! Let us pass beyond the sleep of roses, the realm of dream, and take us to the Final Gate!"

Qliphoth Rhizome

"Qliphoth Rh-" She smacked her own lips shut before panicky looking around. Upon seeing that nothing was out of place, with a heavy sigh, she said to them. "Never again." Valkyria took several deep breaths. She would not have to meet with that Izuku again, he was banned from entering Sanctuary, much like 'Concerned'. She wouldn't have to meet him again. She wouldn't.

As Valkyria retreated back to her seat, they could only wonder and shuddered at what could have made this warrior so fearful.

Kamakiri wheezed as he was thrown down to the ground.

"Fuck you…" the mantis boy cursed faintly.

"You just made some blades and thought you could slice through anything? Even though you know some proper sword technique, evident by your posture, you didn't use it at all. Pitiful," Admiral sneered. "I am glad to say you matched my expectation: disappointment." The Izuku casually dodged an attack aiming for his head. A long pink tongue extended past him, but as it was retracing he managed to catch it in his grip. "And you, is this your definition of a sneak attack?" Admiral turned around to meet with Tsuyu, who had leaped forward and was about to dive kick him in the face.

The frog girl's feet met with Admiral's visage and bore a hole through it. There was a momentary shock from all sides with the exception of Izuku's team and Katsuki. Asui was stunned at what happened, but she soon realized that it was a trap when the face of the Izuku turned into mochi and closed in on her legs.

"Kero!" Tsuyu instinctively cried.

Despite lacking a face, Admiral grabbed Asui's lags before swing her around and slammed her down onto Kamakiri. The two grunted in pain. The greenette quickly turned around and threw the frog girl at the advancing Iida. The Engine boy managed to brace and catch his classmate. Though Mineta, who was riding on Iida's neck, almost fell off. However, due to the nature of his Quirk he couldn't outright stop, and he ran too close to Admiral.

The Izuku's arms morphed into giant balls of iron. He extended and swung his arms at Iida.

"Gah! Dodge! Dodge!" Mineta screamed and attempted to steer the glassed boy away.

"Mineta! Let go of my hair!" Even without the shorter boy distracting him, Iida would not be able to get away from Admiral. As the orbs were about to sandwich Iida, a cluster of vines emerged from the ground and restrained the arms's movement.

"Please move away!" Ibara yelled at Iida. The glassed student quickly did so.

"Grr, even in this universe you're still a pain in the ass," Admiral quietly cursed. The vines began advancing on him, steadily encircling him. Admiral flashed an unimpressed look at Ibara. Within a heartbeat, Admiral's hair began to shift. They became long and thin with thorns adorning its surface. The hair kept growing until it reached the ground and implanted itself into the earth.

Ibara's eyes widened at the display before her. He was imitating her Quirk. Just like Tetsutetsu and Kamakiri. Was this his definition of 'using similar power'? This went beyond 'similar'. He could even imitate Mutation-type Quirks; this was even more powerful than Monoma's 'Copy' ability.

Ibara knew she had to change her strategy. She commanded the vines to close in on Admiral in an attempt to quickly hold him and toss him out of the circle or at least far enough to give them some time to regroup. As the green natural ropes advanced around her target, the Izuku's black 'vines' burst forth from beneath the earth and tangled Ibara's own, and unfortunately, he had more vines than her. They roped around Ibara's hairs, isolating them into small clusters and covering the larger clusters completely behind the black vine. Shiozaki tried to retreat her hair, but she soon found herself as the victim of the tactic she employed when another set of Izuku's vines emerged from the ground and restrained her, tightly wrapping around her body.

"Do you know how much potential you have?" Admiral said as his vines lifted Ibara and guided her toward him. "Unless you face Villains with a very specific type of Quirk, you are, overall, a powerful woman. Yet you waste it with that belief of yours." Two arms of vines came into her view, they held unconscious Tetsutetsu and Kamakiri. Ibara's eyes widened in shock. She thought she had allocated her hair to carry them away. "If only you did not bother with these two, you could have focused all your vines on me and, who knew, you might manage to do more than this." Izuku gestured at Ibara's current state.

"It's cruel to abandon your own flock to the wolf," Ibara said as she came face-to-face with Admiral.

"Stop with the Biblical speech, it's annoying and defeats the purpose of communication by not getting the message across," Admiral hissed. "I question sometimes whether you are here to be a Hero or just taking advantage of Hero's fame and boons to spread your faith."

"How dare you!" Ibara, in a rare display, lost her temper. "I became a Hero to save lives! Lives that are precious for He has gifted them!"

"God doesn't give us life! The biological process does! If he exists then why is the world such a vile place?! Does he give the serial killers and the murderers his permission to kill as well?!" Izuku shouted back. [3]

"You dare to insult Him!?" At this point, Ibara's eyes were filled with rage as she struggled to break free from her prison of vines. "If they would see His light! There is hope! Unlike a heathen like you who will rot in Hell?!"

"You cannot see past your faith. If you ever become a Hero you will not save those that do not share your worldview, you will rage at them and leave them for dead," Admiral said in his usual calm, yet insulting tone—all the previous annoyance and aggression have seemingly gone. The display seemed to catch Ibara off-guard, as his previous image as an aggressive Atheist seemed to disappear. However, just because of that didn't mean her anger did not linger.

"I would do no such thing!"

"You just did," Admiral said with clarity. It took a while, but slowly his word seemed to sink in. "I will admit, I goaded you into it, but it is merely to force you to show what you really think deep down. You may keep denying it, but your faith has corrupted you. You would rather see a Christian criminal be spared from an execution rather than saving someone who is not Christian."

"I wouldn't, I-"

"Can you say that for certain?" Admiral asked. His face remained expressionless. Ibara hesitated. "The fact that you cannot give me an answer, on top of looking a little panicked while you are at it, just proves my point."

He glanced sideways to meet with an advancing Kendo and Mina. With a wave of a hand, a cage emerged from beneath Itsuka before a roof came down and trapped her. The orange-haired girl tried to bend the prison bars while Mina tried to help by melting them but to no avail. Izuku turned back to the vine girl.

"In your heart, you know that the majority of Japanese citizens are not Christian and thus, by your belief, will go to Hell." He leaned in to stare Ibara close in the eyes. "That's why I questioned if you'll become a Hero to spread your faith. Are you, perhaps, wanting to save them by converting them? Hmm, how cruel of you. Do you, perhaps, believe so many people, the children, the elderly, the innocent, will go to Hell?" Ibara turned her face away, no longer able to look at this person in the eyes, but Admiral would have none of it. He grabbed him by her cheeks and turned her face back to meet his.

"Say it," he commanded. "Answer my question." Ibara closed her eyes. Izuku used his free hand to force her eyelids open. "Don't you dare deny the truth. Don't you dare deny your own heart. Don't you dare deny me." There was no malice or hatred in his voice, only a commanding presence.

Ibara stared into his eyes, expecting a cold emerald gaze, but all she found was her own reflection in his eyes. "P-Please don't make me," she whimpered, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"You know as much as I do that you are begging to yourself, not me," Admiral replied without mercy.

That was a short heart-wrenching silence.

"Y-yes," she whispered, barely audible to anyone else but the two of them.

Admiral's visage softened. "Well, even as a whisper at least-" His conversation was thrown off when something suddenly tackled him from his side, or at least attempting to. Admiral lost his balance a little, but was very much unaffected.

"I WILL TEACH YOU NEVER TO MAKE A GIRL CRY!?" What followed was a wet splash and a burning sensation that ran down Admiral's back. His body quickly responded and hardened before the acid could do any more damage.

"Well, I am done with her, so I suppose you can go next." A pair of arms and hands extended from Admiral's back and grabbed the new assailant before throwing her off him. Mina used her acid to soften the landing. "That was incredibly reckless."

"I am not going to leave my teammate! Especially in the hands of someone like you!" Mina shouted and pointed. Admiral looked a little surprised before his lips curled up into a smile and chuckle escaped his lips. Mina blinked in confusion at the display.

"Sorry, but that line is straight out of a hero comic book. It's simply silly, though I do get what you are trying to say." As soon as he finished, the smile disappeared and the cold expression returned. "But that does not change the nature of things, you barged in without thinking and if I was to take your attack seriously, you wouldn't be standing here talking right now."

"Oh yeah?! Well, I-"

"Enough with the chit-chat. Why do you seem to love wasting people's time with talking so much? Why don't you just do something for a change?" Admiral insulted.

Mina growled with rage and charged, ignoring shouts from Kendo and the others. She excreted acid to cover her entire arms, intending to melt through the steel-covered skin of Admiral.

She was looking forward to this for quite some time. It would be lying if she said she didn't hate Izuku. After the incident at USJ, after what he did to Jirou, and now this, she wanted nothing more than to beat him up, and if it made him regret his actions that would be superb. In her blind crusade to correct violence with violence, she failed to notice that the vines behind Admiral began to shift.

When Mina was finally in range, she was ready to unleash her attack. "Acid-"

"I don't think so," Izuku said casually and motioned his finger left. Tetsutetsu, loosely held and carried on by the vines with many openings, came in-between the two opponents. The pink student tried to dodge aside, but he was practically shoved into her by the vines and they collided. The highly corrosive acid began to eat at Tetsutetsu's skin and the unconscious student was jolted awake by the pain.

"GARHHHARGHHGAG!" he screamed. The vines let go of him and he collapsed down on the floor.

"Oh gosh, oh gosh, oh gosh," Mina repeated in panic, while trying to help the steel boy by wiping the acid off him; which was not easy since Tetsutetsu was spasming. "Dammit, stop m-" She was kicked from the side with enough force to send her tumbling away.

"You cannot afford to take your eyes off me," Admiral said and advanced toward the girl, though not before making sure his vine began wiping away the acid from Tetsutetsu else the teen might suffer permanent damage. "It's unfortunate that I cannot imitate your Quirk, but I think I don't have to." Mina just gritted her teeth and charged in again. "Learnt nothing, eh? I should expect as… much…" He paused, narrowing his eyes. There was something off about the way Mina was staring at him. So instead of preceding with trying to bring out the weak points of his opponent, Admiral let Mina go on the offensive.

Ashido surged forth with an acid covered fist, Admiral chopped down on the wrist, deflecting the blow. Mina stumbled a little, but quickly turned around with another punch, and again it was deflected. This pattern repeated a few times before Mina finally saw what he presumed as a small opening. Ceasing this chance, she threw a small blob of acid, aiming for Izuku's eyes. However, a hand emerged from Admiral's shoulder and easily blocked the goop.

"Hmm, I think I see what is up with you now. Seriously, I am quite impressed with Main at how he managed to turn you into this."

"What are you talking about?" Mina questioned.

"Your eyes. Just by looking at it, I can just tell how hate-filled you are."

Admiral's words seemed to have its intended effect and Mina stopped everything she was doing and slowly stumbled back.

"N-no, I am just-"

"The fact that it garnered such a strong reaction from you just proves my words are true, just like with Ibara." He off-handedly gestured at the vine girl, who was sobbing while hiding her face with whatever little vines she could still control. "People do not have such strong reactions when someone accuses them of something that isn't true, well, the strong-willed people anyways. Even if they show anger, they would not show the hesitation to deny the false claim. Well, are you going to deny it?"

Silence hung in the air. When Mina finally opened her mouth, Admiral expected another strong reaction from the pink-skinned girl, either an outburst or a denial, instead, the reply was something he did not expect.

"I guess… I hate you a little." Izuku blinked in surprise, he did not expect… honesty. Mina held her hand over her chest. She began to recall her feelings just a few moments ago, examining her own behaviour and actions since U.S.J., and she felt a sense of guilt and regret over them without a second thought—she wanted to punch someone just because she didn't like them for gods' sake.

So, with a deep breath, she continued. "After what you did… I won't lie. I hate you a li- No, I just hate you, plain and simple. I know you might have done it to protect us, but… I simply couldn't accept it. What you did to those Villains, some of them didn't deserve that." Many hushed whispers boomed among the audience as she said that. There had been a rumor that a student was responsible for the Massacre at U.S.J. theorized when no charges were pressed against whoever was responsible, which could only be the result of an act of self-defense... or some very powerful connections.

"What you put Jirou, Kaminari, Momo, and the others through. The pain, the nightmares, and the tears they had to suffer; none of them deserve that. They should be smiling with hope for the future and for others, not fearing and doubting a person so close to them." All members of Class 1-A listened to Mina as their hearts wavered at their friend's feelings toward them. Even Class 1-B listened tensely. Both Kaminari and Jirou unconsciously held each other's hands. Witcher had a smile on his face, but it quickly faded as he shifted his focus to someone else.

"...and what you did to yourself… you don't deserve that." At this point, Main and Katsuki had stopped their fight to listen to Mina's words. "You ruined your own career as a Hero, you threw away your… second chance," Mina said, a little quieter so only those in the arena could hear. "And… you lied to yourself; there was some guilt in your eyes back then, but I overlooked it because I was angry and because… like you said, I hate you. You didn't…" Mina hesitated as she glanced toward the crowd whose whispers grew louder and louder. She truly wondered how she could give a speech like this one, she'd just talked with her heart. Then again, maybe that was the secret. "You didn't want to… do that. I understand that you just wanted to protect us in your own way, but your excuse that those Villains deserved it was… that's why… that's why I hate you." Mina took a deep breath, she'd got most of what was in her mind out, but here came the most difficult part.

"But even if I hate you, that does not mean I can't stop and forgive you." Mina extended her hand with the corner of her lips slightly pointed upward. "All you have to do… is let me, no… let us forgive you, stop pushing us away, and open up, so we can all work and move forward, together."

Everyone was absolutely stunned. The audience and viewers at home were on a large scale discussion for several topics, from the reveal of the 'Slaughterer of U.A.'s identity, to Mina's heartfelt, if somewhat cliche, speech. Twitter was on fire, again. Hero Agencies all over the country were impressed by the young girl, and had made a note to send offers for Mina Ashido to U.A.. All the teachers puffed their chests with a little pride at their student's willingness to step past her own prejudice. All their attention, however, was soon turning back to Izuku. Would he accept the hand that was offered to him? [4]

Admiral remained expressionless. "You offered it to the wrong Izuku," the alternate Izuku informed nonchalantly and gestured his head toward where Main was standing. They all turned to Main. Izuku was turning his back toward Mina while facing Katsuki. They noted the explosive blond looked equally curious and amazed, but they couldn't see Main's expression.

"In that case." Mina just shifted her hand toward Izuku, their Izuku. "Will you let us forgive you?"

Izuku took a deep breath, a little shaken, but not from the fight with Katsuki. "Before you can forgive me," Main began, still not facing her. Only Katsuki, Eri, and his mother were allowed to see him when he made that sorrowful and guilt-filled visage. "You must understand what I am." He took another deep breath. "Once that is done, then you can truly judge me and see if I deserve your forgiveness." There was a short pause. "Admiral! You all have my permission to go all out!" Main's shout resonated throughout the arena. With his command given, Main charged Katsuki again.

Mina was shocked. She wasn't expecting that. She was expecting Izuku to accept. He was a good person, why wouldn't he let her forgive him? A sound of metal clanging recalled her back to reality.

"Apologies, but the order had been given." Six more arms emerged from Admiral's back, all of them black-cladded. He looked reminiscing to the paintings or statues of mythological figures from Hindu mythology. "I suppose I can still beat you with your own power, but I can no longer drag this out. Though I will admit, I began to doubt my judgment of some of you a little now." He cracked his knuckles, producing an odd timbre as the metal joints grazed one another and popped.

"Don't you forget that we are here as well!" Kendo was suddenly behind the Izuku.

Admiral turned back, ready to counter whatever the orange-haired girl was going to throw at him. He was stopped when a cannonball suddenly hit him in the side of his head, turning it into mochi paste before he could harden and destroyed one of his eyes as a result.

With this chance, and Mina recovered her composure, and he received a full attack from the 'Big Fist Acid Combo' (named by the two attackers after the match was over). Even before he could recover, another cannonball, a torrent of flame, and other ranged attacks of the U.A. students began to pour down on him, pinning him in place. The crowd cheered for the students, as everyone loved an underdog.

Despite the clear advantage the U.A. team had, the rest of the Izukus and Izumis only looked on. In their mind, they knew one thing. This match was already declared over when Main granted Admiral permission to go all out.

A/N: You know what, if I have to cut chapters into smaller chapters to make updates more frequent then so be it.

[1] You might notice a theme that I usually skip Izuku's fight a lot of the time. The reality of his power is, he isn't going to do much of hitting as much as dodging and just keep at distant or keep wearing them down. It's suitable for someone with his power and Main's personality (read: overly cautious). That's why I generally skip them since nothing too interesting happened, just Izuku's dodging and dodging and that's it until it ends somehow. That or Main could just end a fight in a near-instant since, well, his power is instantaneous. Don't worry though, I plan to change that up in the future, plus I do put in a few Achilles's Heel.

[2] Now that sounds like a description of manga or a book I would read.

[3] This does not reflect my real-life belief by the way. The original draft was supposed to be more unreasonable provocation than this, but I changed it to the more serious question most people usually use to question God's existence.

[4] Not gonna lie, this is the moment that I question whether I am shipping Mina or Kendo with Izuku. Then I realize every ship is canon in the multiverse.