Ok, this chapter was delayed for…*Checks calendar. Half a year! That's a bit embarrassing but whatever, time to finish off this story. This update and the next will both be for this story to finally cap things off. Hopefully, that will bring closure to what used to be my biggest story(by viewership).
On to the chaos.
"H-How long was that commercial break? I feel like we've just been sitting here for...I don't even know anymore!" Mineta, who had been kept conscious through the power of sheer perversion and caffeine spoke up to the confusion of the rest of his classmates and one elder god.
"Wait you were awake this whole time? I just went out to get interdimensional groceries and put this place on pause until I got back. You actually stayed conscious for several months just for the chance to see the girls in formalwear again? Seriously?" I mean sure the whole scene was the definition of waifu bait but damn man. Even the power of boners must have some limits.
"Never underestimate the determination of a true man of culture. I would walk through the fires of Tartarus if it meant seeing the light of Elysium at the end." …
"Did you read through my classical literature while I was gone?" Asobi hit the nail on the head. Guess months of boredom would drive a grape boy to do many things. At least he didn't look through his notes on other universes. Or gods forbid the multiversal internet.
"Mineta-san's deranged perversion aside, can we get on with this? I'm not exactly comfortable knowing that we've effectively been frozen for the better part of a year and I'd like to repress that knowledge as soon as possible please." Jiro broke Asobi out of his existential crisis with a fair point. The show must go on and such.
The scene opened up right after Melissa urged Izuku to be a true hero someday followed by Iida's call to hurry up to the party, completely breaking the earlier mood. "...Whoops." With a speed that was most likely helped by Full Cowling Izuku somehow found a way to dress himself and arrive at the meeting spot only slightly before the girls did.
Speaking of which, Ochako was the first to make her appearance. Wearing a beautiful pink and white dress along with her usual black tights and some dark red shoes. A white rose with black ribbon on her hair finishing the look. Most of which were courtesy of Momo much to Ochako's and the general male population's appreciation.
Speaking of the ravenette, she along with Jiro made their way onto the scene soon after. Sporting a simple lime-colored dress and sash, and a more complex but exotically beautiful pink/purple dress with a leather jacket combo respectively. Their hair also had rather nice accessories which paired well with the formalwear.
"Yaoyorozu-san's the best! Thank you for gracing us with such beauty so many times over in just one night!" The raven-haired girl simply looked away from the two hyper-excited members of her class, hoping that they'd stop soon. She did however give a smile to the girls who borrowed some of her outfits for the party, it was a favor she wouldn't regret.
And of course, everyone gave Izuku and Ochako a proper ribbing for his past self's comment on her dress and Ochako's own embarrassing reaction. Though by this point they managed to take it in stride, only showing minor blushes at how obvious they were being in hindsight.
"I do have to agree, the outfits are rather nice. And I have to add that the jacket doesn't ruin anything grape boy, if anything it adds some nice contrast with the dress. All and all I approve of the style!" Asobi put in his two cents along with the silent approval of several other true men of culture. They all appreciated the unique aspects of the 'costume' as Jiro described it.
Then, of course, there was the more classical beauty of Melissa's outfit. A white skirt with a black second layer followed by purplish-blue dress separated by a black sash with a white rose acting as the pin holding it in place. That along with the raised hair and the sudden lack of glasses made for quite the stunning result.
While the T.V and watching dynamic duo lost their minds over Melissa's dress the intellectuals of the group asked the real hard-hitting questions. "...So were you wearing contact lenses there or are you only slightly near-sighted?" Iida asked in genuine curiosity as a fellow glasses wearer.
"The former, I have prescriptions for both but I find contact lenses to be too tedious to keep up with so I only use them for special occasions." Melissa answered while trying her best to ignore the quartet of idiots singing her praises. Don't get her wrong, she was flattered and all but there were limits.
Speaking of special occasions, All Might was currently being put on the spot before he could even enjoy his glass of what appeared to be champagne. The scene then alternated between All Might's embarrassed impromptu speech and Bakugo's slowly building murderous rage at being lost along with Kirishima.
"So you didn't decide to blow off the party, at least you had the excuse of getting lost." Iida acknowledged. It was fair enough, I-island was huge and he couldn't blame those two for getting lost, especially without a phone or anything to guide them to where they needed to go.
"Quiet you, in the end, I guess it turned out fine. I got to kick the asses of those two mooks after all." A smirk was on the blond bomber's face as he remembered that fight. It wasn't his best one but it was still pretty fun to see that idiot's face right before half and half blew him up.
Soon afterward, an emergency signal was seen and an alarm went off warning the residents of the island that there was a reported bomb threat. This was followed up by a group of armed villains entering the party hall with their leader stating his demands.
"If you couldn't tell, we have full control over this island's security systems. If you know what's good for you, you'll stay where you are and won't move a muscle. I'm sure you heroes wouldn't want the blood of innocent civilians on your conscience right?" Wolfram threatened before activating the experimental restraint systems, powerful enough to immobilize even All Might.
Meanwhile, with the main characters for the night, Melissa was trying to figure out why the island's systems suddenly went on high alert despite it going against protocol. Deku who sensed something was up elected to go to where the party was being held, saying that All Might would be there to the surprise of the other students.
"Honestly, we really should have realized something was up by then. You were the only one who conveniently knew that All Might was on the island along with where he would be. That and knowing who Melissa's dad was should have been a major flag." Jiro sighed, granted she wasn't a hero nerd on Izuku's level. Nobody was. But still, the signs were pretty blatant.
"Eh, I'd blame the stress of the situation." Toru jumped in. Fair enough, a terrorist attack would tend to leave you a bit off balance.
"We'll follow your lead Melissa, you know this place better than anyone." Izuku said as the rest followed her. Upon reaching the party location only a few floors up Izuku managed to get All Might's attention by flashing his phone in his eyes, from there Jiro was able to relay a message from their fallen teacher.
"This is bad, All Might told us to get out of here while we can. What do you guys think?" Iida and Momo were in agreement, thinking that All Might would know best and that they were just students, Mineta was also on board for plan: run away. To which Kaminari added that they should try to find heroes from outside to help.
"Aren't we trying to be pros ourselves? Is it right for us to do nothing even knowing that our inaction could lead to innocent deaths?" Todoroki was firmly on the side of taking action, something which pushed Izuku to voice his agreement.
*Cue powerful shonen protagonist speech
"Huh, at least the recording is self-aware. You're pretty good at this whole public speaking thing huh?" Kendo, who had long since accepted the fact that class 1A's unofficial leader was some kind of main character archetype, spoke up. "Still, wouldn't this count as an illegal action from hero students?"
"I actually did a bit of digging on that afterward, just to make sure that those who saved me didn't get into any legal troubles. I-Island is a multi-national location which is technically under the jurisdiction of international law. Normally this would mean that citizens of each country would be subject to their respective laws within the island, however, exceptions are made in times of duress...Such as in a terrorist attack." David spoke up, clearing up the legal question.
It only made sense, after all, if something like a terrorist organization attacked the U.N then it would become an all-hands-on-deck situation. Nobody was about to complain about a few citizens taking matters into their own hands, especially when the alternative was the equivalent of letting a known terrorist get his hands on the quirk equivalent of the super-soldier serum.
Legal issues aside the students ended up following Izuku with his idea to help out. Melissa, who knew where the security system was, decided that going there would be their best bet. Before this plan could go through though, Izuku decided to signal All Might about his intentions.
'Oh no, he doesn't plan on running away, does he? Tsk, I should be furious about him going against my wishes...But who am I kidding? If he didn't act now then he wouldn't be my successor now, would he? I'll just have to maintain this form for as long as I can. Our fates are in your hands, fledgling heroes!' All Might thought while hiding his smirk, he just had to have faith in them.
The students were making their way up the emergency stairs slowly but surely, already reaching the 30th floor out of...200. They quickly realized that they weren't getting anywhere fast and soon enough they found that the stairs were blocked off anyway. Now they had two options, try to find another way up or open one of the locked doors which would alert the-Nevermind Mineta made the choice for them whether they liked it or not.
"Bonehead move or not we kinda needed to do that. There was no other way up unless we wanted to blow a hole to the roof of the place." Jiro sighed, they could have gone that route but that would have used up one of Izuku's 100% hits, not that they knew that back then.
"Sometimes the direct approach is the correct one. Thankfully the enemy was stupid and only sent a few mooks your way instead of doubling down on their hostage threat." Asobi received many worried looks at that. "What? Just because I don't partake in the villainy myself. Much. Doesn't mean that I can't know the tricks of the trade."
"...We choose to ignore that." The watchers say collectively, not wanting to go down that mental path for even a moment.
After Mineta opened a random door the villains went on high alert and many of the corridors were being locked down. Luckily they managed to find an unblocked entrance which Iida made quick work of with his special attack: Never skip leg day.
It was a plant factory of all things, though that didn't really matter at the moment. What did was the fact that Jiro could hear multiple people approaching from a nearby elevator. Deciding not to try their luck the group hid behind some foliage and waited for whoever it was to arrive.
It was indeed two villains, both decked out in some pretty heavy gear, however instead of finding the current group, their attention was taken by two seriously unlucky individuals. I mean really, who gets so lost that they end up 80 floors above where they were supposed to be?
*Meanwhile on a certain pirate ship
"ACHOO! Huh?...Whatever." A moss-headed swordsman went back to sleep.
Back to the plot
"Hey, maybe you can help us? We couldn't find the party and we're hoping that you could give us directions." Kirishima asked nicely, not reading the mood at all.
"Do you think we're stupid? Don't you dare lie to us!" The skinnier villain went for an attack which Bakugo tried to deflect, though Todoroki beat him to it with an ice wall much to their surprise.
"What, Todoroki?" Kirishima saw who blocked the somewhat literal bullet for him. "What's going on here?"
"You guys find another way up this tower, the three of us should be able to handle these two no problem. And Kirishima, villains are invading, no time to explain." Ever the conversationalist Todoroki summed up the situation while also giving his classmates and Melissa a boost to the higher floors.
Just in time too since dollar store Law and dollar store purple Hulk broke out of Todoroki's ice soon after. Almost immediately taking Kirishima out of the fight with a single hit after Bakugo underestimated the dumb one's strength. This was going to be a bit tougher than they thought.
Speaking of tough, the larger hero group was busy trying to convince Mineta to grow some non-purple balls and climb up the side of the tower Mission Impossible style to let down a ladder for the rest of them. It was a hard-fought battle but eventually, the power of lust was enough to get the young grape to do what was needed.
Though in the end, all that Mineta needed as a reward for his efforts was some basic acknowledgment from Melissa...Huh.
"Huh indeed. Who knew our resident pervert was weak to genuine praise." Satou said good-naturedly and made the mistake of trying to give Mineta a noogie...For the sake of time, we shall leave this scene to your imagination.
"Well obviously, everyone knows that once you go too deep into the perverse side of things vanilla becomes the new kink. Like holding hands...Bunch of degenerates these days I swear." And in public too! What was this world coming to?
Memes aside, Bakugo had just finished solo-ing the purple Hulk who was too stupid to dodge the incoming special move that the explosion boy even had the decency of yelling out. It was light's out for him, and his partner was soon to follow.
Seeing that his partner was taken out, dollar-store Law sent out a distortion wave that tore off a bit of Bakugo's clothes and to the villain's misfortune, got a bit of his explosive sweat on his webbed hands. "What the?" The villain asked confused.
"That's the sweat from my palms. It works like nitroglycerin!" Hearing this Todoroki immediately sent a blast of flame at the villain, causing the sweat to explode and somehow not killing the guy instantly after it exploded. Instead, Todoroki gave him frostbite by freezing his body right after.
"...Are we going to talk about the stupid level of durability some people have even without protective quirks? That explosion looked like it could have blown up a small house and that skinny one just took it to the face with seemingly no injuries!" TetsuTetsu pointed out, internally quite miffed by the breach in logic that had become so common. He searched for an answer from the heavens.
"Humans are fucking weird." And got his answer…
"Fair." Asobi wasn't wrong, quirk scientists barely understood what the hell was going on with active quirks let alone the passive stuff that tends to stay under the radar.
"Wait, are you seriously stuck? Just turn your quirk off, you damn idiot...And thank you." Bakugo muttered after seeing Kirishima's predicament much to the rock boy's sheepish acknowledgment. Only for that sheepishness to turn to shock as his stone brain registered Bakugo's last words.
"Whoa, where'd that come from?! Don't worry about it I would have taken that hit for you any time." Kirishima was ecstatic after witnessing one of Bakugo's rare moments of gratitude which of course brought the explosive boy's tsun-tsun out to the surface once again.
Ending it off with what could equate to a miracle Asobi shut off the projector much to the disappointment of the watchers. It was just getting to the good part damn it! "Sorry kids and grown adults that still amount to children. That's all the time we have for today, I have some business to take care of and must leave you to your own devices again. Don't worry, I won't be freezing time for half a year this time...Maybe just a week instead, ciao!" He trolled one last time before leaving the room to itself.
That applies to you readers as well. I hope you all enjoyed the update, I'll try to get the next one done in a week's time so that we can finally put this series to rest. I also have another chapter for the Bleach crossover to upload right after so that we can move on from this a bit easier. Till next time my friends.