Ten minutes passed after the entire class had been warped to different locations, and at that point Haruka, Bakugou and Kirishima had just finished off the remaining villains. All three of them were huffing and puffing, barely just catching their breaths. "That should be the last of them," he then stood up. "We should go and find our classmates, who know how they must be dealing with this, after all not all of them have the strength we have. And besides, after we blew it by attacking that warp guy."
"No it's not," Haruka said earnestly looking at Kirishima, "He would have done that whether you two attacked anyway. That was probably his plan from the very beginning." Kirishima looked a bit surprised by her words and smiled at her. Bakugou however, ignored her. "If you two wanna go do that, that's fine. I' gonna go take down that warp guy."
"Huh?"
"Did you not see what happened last time, your attacks didn't even hit him!"
"Shut up! Without that warp guy, the villains wouldn't be able to go anywhere, then we can make them pay for what they've done!
"Yeah, but unless you have a plan to take him down, you're explosions aren't going to do anything to him,"
Just as the words escaped Haruka's lips, Bakugo seemed to grab something before he set off another explosion. As the smoke cleared, Haruka and Kirishima could see in Bakugou's hand the head of some lizard like Villain. When did he get- wow he reacted so quickly, that's amazing.
"Besides, if our classmates are facing villains like these then we have nothing to worry about" Bakugou continued now to Haruka's surprise, fairly calm.
Haruka stared at him as let the Villain drop to the ground. Her eyes somewhat twinkling slightly as her cheeks start to go red. He's surprisingly cool when he's calm like this. Before she knew it, red roses started to bloom in her hair and down the streaks across her body.
As she saw them appear her face became even redder. W-what's going on? This happened when I was around Todoroki? She looked up at Bakugou, Was it because I was thinking about him? Why? What does that mean?
She backed away, though neither Kirishima nor Bakugou seemed to notice.
"Also, when have you been so calm and rational?"
Kirishima then pointed at what looked like a very angry Bakugou, the one that Haruka wasn't going red over.
"Usually your all…
"Die! Die! DIIIE!"
"I'm always calm and rational you red haired loser!" Bakugou yelled, losing all calmness he had before.
"Ahh, there you are," Kirishima said, still smiling.
Bakugou rolled his eyes as started to leave, 'Whatever I'm going…"
"Hold on a minute!"
Bakugou turned back to Kirishima.
"So what you're saying is that our classmates can take care of themselves" He said, punching both of hands with his hardening quirk, "And to me, that's pretty manly." He then looked at Haruka, "You're gonna come too right?"
Haruka fidgeted slightly, making sure not to make eye contact with Bakugou. 'Y-eah, It's best that we stop that guy anyway," Her face was still red as she tried to shake the redness away, I need to stay focus, I can f-figure out why i'm feeling like this later. And so the tree made off, Haruka however keeping her distance at the back as she followed.
Back at the Mountain zone, it seems that the others are having quite a hard time. With many of the villains there using sharp weapons, most of the students there were trying to dodging, though this was more Kaminari doing this, as he didn't have a weapon. The girls on the other hand, were trying to block off and attack the villains that came across them. Miyumi on the other hand had a different approach, as she weaved her ribbons along the pipe and spun it around, both hitting the villains and turning them to stone.
"Jeez, how many of them are there?" Kaminari asked hastily, just ducking from a villain's swing.
"Why don't you stop complaining and actually fight them?" Jiro asked , agitated, as she managed to knock a villain out with her pipe, 'Electrocute them already!"
"I already told you, some partner you are! I can create electricity through my body, But if I try to shoot it out I'm gonna end up hitting you guys. That's why I'm counting on you three to beat these guys!"
Jiro ignored him as she trashed a few more villains as well as using her earphone jacks in her feet and stopping some of the villains. Meanwhile Yaoyorozu threw something at a charging villain and as it came into contact it opened up as a net, capturing him.
"You're really some damsel in distress huh?" Jiro continued as she watched Kaminari dodge yet another attack, running towards her. To Miyumi's shock, Jiro suddenly kicked into Kaminari's back, "I'll use you as a stun gun!"
"Woah hold on!" She called out as she spun her pipe around a few villains. Kaminari also seemed shocked by this as his body collided with a large villain. A few seconds passed before suddenly the villain was being electrocuted. "Wow, this feels amazing, I'm like super powered now.' He then gave Jiro a thumbs up, "Alright guys, you can count on me!" Jiro looked uninterested as she managed to knock another villain down, causing him to make contact with the villain that Kaminari was currently electrocuting, causing him to join in as well.
Yayarozu does the same, making a villain get electrocuted by trapping one of them in a net like before, Miyumi joins in, grabbing hold of a bunch of them with her ribbons before tossing them towards Kaminari. As more and more villains begin to appear, ther girls oon find themselves huddling together, with Yayoruzu doing something on the ground.
"What are you doing?" Mimyumi asked.
"Sorry.. It takes a while...to create bigger objects" Miyumi then sees that the back of Yayorozu's shirt is starting to rip slightly, almost like something was pushing it's way through. Miyumi doesn't have any time to ask what's happening before something shoots up from the back of Yaoyorozu. It shoots up in the air for a few seconds before it gently comes down and lands on the girls.
"What is that? A blanket?' One of the villains asked.
"It's a sheet of insulation and it's one hundred milimetres thick!' She calls from under the blanket, "You can use your quirk now Kaminari!"
Kaminari seems to have listened, as from beneath them they feel the ground start to shake slightly. It lasts for about a few minutes before it stops. Yayoruzu then peers out from the blanket and it is then that Miyumi notices to her horror, along with Jiro that Yayorozu's shirt is torn apart. She didn't seem to care that much though, "I'm worried about our classmates" She said calmly. Miyumi and Jiro on the other hand were not, "I don't think you should go out there as you are!" She warned.
"Yeah, you're completely exposed!"
Yayorozu then turns back to the girls, smiling gently, "It's fine, I can make some new clothes."
Just as she says that, they can see in the distance Kaminari slowly approaches them. This causes a bit of a panic as Jiro suddenly covers up Yayorozu's covered chest, Miyumi does the same, getting in front of her as well. Miyumi knows what she'll do if Kaminari gets close, she'll turn him to stone. As he gets closer to them, Miyumi suddenly realises, I can't turn him to stone unless he gets close.
But he didn't as he went straight past the group. As they watch him walk pass they can see that he has a dumb expression on hi face and has a bloody nose, with both of his thumbs up. It seems like he's oblivious to what's going on. Miyumi then slowly got our of the blanket as she waited for Yayorou to finish making herself new clothes. Once that was done and Kaminari was finally back to normal, they headed off, in search of their friends.
Bakugou, Kirishima and Haruka were still currently in the building they had teleported in, as they were now descending the stair that seemed to go on for eternity. Haruka was still far in the back, her face still slightly red as she started at the back of Bakugou. What's this feeling inside me and why do I feel it when I'm around Bakugou or Todoroki?
As they just got onto the next floor, something quickly emerged in front of them. Haruka saw it first and acted quickly all of those thoughts had before disappearing, turning her vines to thorns as she sent them towards the intruder, grabbing him by the throat. She then strangled him for a bit before tossing him aside.
"Wow, I didn't see him coming, good work Haruka!" Kirishima looked up to Haruka and gave her a thumbs up.
Bakugou looked at her too, making more Roses start to grow now. "Yeah.. I guess.." That comment alone made Haruka's heart increase immensely, her face becoming even redder as a result. Why are you having this affect on me? All you do all day is just get angry and yell all the time! So why do I feel hot when I'm around you? She turned her gaze away from them. "S-so… do you have a plan to beat the guy? T-the warp guy I mean." Bakugou didn't say anything as they continued down. It's simple. I'll blow him to pieces."
"But that's all you do…" Kirishima said earnestly. "You sure you don't have any new ideas?"
"Shut up! I know what I'm doing, weird hair!"
"My name is Kirishima!"
Haruka watched as the two argued for a bit, her heart still fluttering as she watched Bakugou. They soon stopped and Kirishima looked at Haruka. "Oh yeah, I was going to ask.. what's that stuff in your hair?"
Haruka started to scream internally, placing both hands and scrunching them in her hair. Crap, how did he notice?
"And also… why are you so far away from us?"
She began to scratch at the roses, nearly cutting herself against the thorns as she saw Bakugou was now looking at her too. What's he gonna think if he sees these in my hair? She acted quickly as she sped down the stairs and passed the boys, shoving them away from her slightly, her face still red. "W-What if a villain came from behind and attacked, y-you guys wouldn't have any time to attack," she stuttered, "And there's nothing going on in my hair!"
She then walked quickly down the flight of stairs.
"Don't walk in front of me!" Bakugou called as he ran after her. Kirishima ran after him too, calling out to Haruka, "So then why are you taking the front then?"
With their new founded soles, they were getting closer to the bottom of the building. It was while they were running that Haruka looked out of the windows and down below. "Wait you guy!" The two stopped running. "What happened?" Kirishima asks.
"There are some villains surrounding the exit," she said, ushering them towards the window. The two looked down and sure enough there were plenty of villains down the bottom.
"Damn, guess they must of heard us fighting before, now what do we do?" Haruka put a hand to her chin and began to think. "We'll, we can't just rush in and attack like we did before, if we're gonna be fighting that warp gate guy, we'll need all the strength we have left."
"Wait Bakugou, can you use your gauntlets from this distance? You know, do that attack you did during the battle training?"
"You idiot! What if we need it later? It's a waste!"
"He's right." Haruka now looked at both of them, her face filled with determination. "If Bakugou has a plan to defeat the wrap gate guy, then we probably shouldn't have him do any explosions until he faces him." She looked right into Bakugou and this time she didn't go red, "You have a plan to beat him right? Then I trust in whatever plan that is." Bakugou looked a bit surprised by this, but didn't get to say anything as Haruka started to run towards the stairs, "Leave these guys to me!" She called, "I'll give you the signal when it's safe to descend!"
She quickly began to run down the stairs, her plan beginning to form in her mind. At least this time I was able to talk to him without getting all flustered, she placed her nad on her chest as she slightly clenched her bodysuit, her heart still pounding out of her chest. But still.. .I've got to get this right, or we'll never catch up to those villains.
She stopped on the second last flight of stairs, as she crouched down and could see the villains waiting outside the building. It looks like they're gonna start coming up the stairs soon.. She then looked to the wall, which had a hole opening it slightly. She put both of her hands into it and let the vines through, letting them grow through the walls.
I should be able to get them down towards the ground from here, she thought as the vines went deeper down the walls and through the walls down below, slowly making their way towards the solid ground.
"How many kids are up there?" One of the villains asked below, "It sounded like there was a lot of screaming happening?"
"Maybe, but we have more numbers than we can kill them. And besides, remember what the boss said, we shouldn't underestimate them."
Yeah definitely, Haruka though as she could now feel the vines reach the ground outside, We're not trying to become pro-heroes for nothing. Haruka could feel the vines move through the dirt as they positioned themselves in the middle where the villains were standing. Now I just gotta make it grow, She thought, focusing on making it grow.
From above her, Bakugou and Kirishima were watching the villains, making sure that they stayed out of sight while doing so. "I don't see anything happening down there, do you think Haruka can handle those guys?" He turned to Bakugou who seemed to be thinking. "She said she could handle it, if she didn't know what she was doing she wouldn't have gone on ahead." Kirishima nodded, looking back down at the villains.
It was then that they both noticed something was happening. The ground below the villains started to shake beneath them. They all started to look wildly around at each other confused.
"What's going on?"
"Is this some surprise attack?"
"Everyone, get away before-"
Something began to emerge from beneath them, first the twigs came our, and then the branches, and then the long leaves. These all started to grow at a speed that nothing should be able to grow. Then the trunk begins to grow and the roots begin to show through beneath the ground, grabbing the ankles of the villains who hadn't been grabbed at by the leaves.
The villains begin to kick and try to use their quirks, something begins to bloom among the leaves. A circular purple flower with white and light purple spots fell gently down, as if carried by a breeze and landed on the villains. Haruka, who was still crouched down at the second last floor of the building, who had heard their screams knew what she had to do. "Now you'll feel…" She said slowly.
The flowers began to stiffen and then they all suddenly were hit with a purple electricity across their whole body. It wasn't just them though, as the entirety of the tree was covered by this purple lightning that shone brightly from afar. "Hanging gardens of Eden!"
The shocks lasted for about a minute before finally stopping, the roots and leaves letting go of the villains as they collapsed to the ground. Bakugou and Kirishima who had been watching the whole time stared shocked at what just happened.
They were still staring at the tree when its thick branches extended towards the window they were and stopped just in front of them. "I think she wants us to climb on," Kirishima said, as he reached across the window and sat down on the branch. Bakugou let out a "Tch" before doing the same, "Don't tell me what to do!"
The branch slowly descended downwards at a gentle speed until they were close enough to the ground that they hopped off. As they did, the branch began to wither and decay and before their very eyes, the large tree was starting to do the same. It was practically gone when Haruka soon emerged from the building, though she staggered a bit, holding to her side.
"That was amazing Haru- Wait are you ok?" Kirishima started to run towards her, but stopped when Haruka placed her hand out in front, "I'm fine.. Making something grow that big takes a lot out of me.." She took a few breaths in and out, keeping her distance from Kirishima.
Bakugou also started to approach her, making Haruka move backwards slightly, her face was starting to turn red, though now it wasn't just from exhaustion.
"Whatever.. Let's just go and get to the plaza. That's gotta be where the real villains are." Bakugou then began to leave them behind, headint onwards to what had to have been the centre of the U.S.J. Kirishima and Haruka quickly followed, with Haruka running a bit slower than the others. They ran past the many rural buildings around them and as they did saw many more villains coming their way. And when they came near they attacked, pushing them away as they ran. When at last they were getting near the plaza. Haruka could see somewhat clearly what was happening.
She saw Midoriya, who was now chagrin towards the villains. The warp guy that had teleported them before was standing alongside who Haruka thought had to have been the mastermind behind everything, with most of his upper body covered in hands. And there in the centre of it all to Haruka and both Kirishima and Bakugou shock was their teacher, All Might. But by the looks of it, he was stuck into two places, parts of his body were in that portal the warp gate villain created.
"Wait when did All Might get here?" Kirishima asked, "Does that mean help on the way?"
"It doesn't matter when he got here!' Bakugou called, his voice not hiding the grin across his face, "I'm gonna beat that warp guy's ass!"
Haruka looked at Bakugou and then to the plaza. He's right, even if the heroes do show up that warp guy could send them somewhere else, or worse.. Use one of the students as a hostage. She stared defiantly now at the plaza, Looks like we're about to make a dramatic entrance!
