Bakugo let out a pained grunt as he finally pushed the rusted out truck to the edge of the pier, around him, others of his class were helping clean the dilapidated beach; some using their quirks to help others move things easily, or to help crush down what was already moved for pick up.
He was surprised at how many came to the beach after Kirishima stumbled upon Izumi and himself cleaning the beach; self imposed training on Izumi's part, and begrudging help after her pleas on Bakugo's part. Kirishima had readily begun helping them after sending a text for more help on the group chat; soon everyone in the class was on the beach cleaning, even Mr. Aizawa was there so they could use their quirks freely.
"This is a good work out, and an even greater lesson in helping the community." Aizawa had stated bluntly when Kaminari had asked why the teacher had come out, "many heroes today forget that our first duty is to the civilians we protect; helping them in whatever way we can, cleaning a beach that's been left to become a dump is the perfect way to do that."
"We've already cleaned up so much!" Mina cheered, looking at the last few piles of trash that Uraraka was currently trying to float, "and with a few hours to spare!"
"Thanks again everyone for coming out," Izumi said happily as she lifted two rusted out engine blocks and placing them on top of the truck, "I didn't think me and Bakugo would've been able to clean all of this up in a day...maybe three or four…."
"Hey don't sweat it man." Kirishima said with a thumbs up, "I think it's super manly that you were doing this as a form of workout!"
"Yeah!" Uraraka huffed out, looking slightly green as she walked over, "I never really think about training outside of class!"
'Hey guys! Got a treat for you!"
'All-Might and Sato are back from the dump! Lets see what they brought!" Sero called, making the entire class congregate around the old white truck.
"I'M PROUD OF ALL OF YOU!" All-Might boomed as he stepped out of the truck, 'AND TO SHOW MY PRIDE I'VE BROUGHT ICE COLD SODAS FOR ALL OF YOU!"
"And popsicles!" Sato boomed as he picked up the two large coolers and set them in the sand, "dig in everyone!"
"This is the perfect way to cool down!"
"Pass me a Grape soda!"
"Anyone want orange!?"
"Hey Mina they got cherry flavored!"
Soon everyone was sitting in a row on the pier, staring at the fruits of their labor as they cooled off.
"Maybe next week we can have a beach day!" Hagakure cheered.
"It's definitely a nice thought," Iida agreed, "but we must not get complacent so soon! After all, we've only passed our first week of class!"
"Yeah!" The class cheered as Izumi jumped up, having finished three popsicles and four cokes.
"I think we're done for the day!" Izumi declared, "I can take care of the last three piles."
"How?" Mina asked, 'you're strong, but that's still tons of trash!"
Izumi giggled, "just watch, Mr. Aizawa, can I?"
"Go ahead," he sighed, "just aim towards the waves."
Izumi nodded and jumped over to the other side of the piles, "KA-ME!"
"She isn't-" Iida began, growing pale.
"HA-ME!"
"She is!" Uraraka cheered, quickly hiding behind Iida as everyone except for Bakugo braced themselves.
"HA!"
The blue energy shot from her hands and completely vaporized the trash, throwing up a huge sheet of water on either side of the blast that were twice as high as Shoji.
Soon the glow died down and Izumi was bouncing happily, 'that was much stronger than usual!" she cheered as Uraraka and the other girls surrounded her.
"That was so cool Izumi!"Mina gushed.
"Yeah! You're super strong!" Jirou added.
"I wish I could do that!" Hagakure whined, "it's so cool!"
"Well anyone can learn Ki-control, it's all about dedication."
"Could you teach me!?"
"Me too!"
"I wanna know as well!"
"Anyone else have a bad feeling?" Kaminari asked quietly, feeling nervous about the thought of all the girls getting to Izumi's level of strength.
"I think it's manly!" Kirishima said with a grin.
"Indeed, they wish to better themselves, we can't fault them for that." Tokoyami said with a nod of his head.
"Maybe we should learn some ki-control...just in case." Ojiro supplied.
"Hey you're right! Bakugo, you know some ki-control right?" Sato asked, looking at the spiky haired boy, 'could you teach us?"
"Fuck off!" Bakugo growled, "I only know the basics, you're better off looking for another trainer."
"Come on dude, you can't teach us even a minute bit?"
Bakugo sighed, "it takes a lot of concentration." he muttered, "I spent four days focusing on manifesting it through meditation."
"Four days!?" Mineta cried out in shock.
"Dude I would not be able to sit down for that long." Kaminari sighed.
"Same," Sato said, looking at Kirishima and Ojiro, who looked contemplative, "you guys gonna do it?"
"Hell yeah I am!" Kirishima cheered, flexing his arms, "extra training is manly!"
"And it would do to have a bit of an edge other than my tail.' Ojiro agreed, "what about you Sero?"
"Nah, I'm good with my tape." Sero said with a grin, "good luck Bakugo Sensei!"
"Fuck off!" Bakugo snapped as Shoji, Koda, Tokoyami, Sero, Sato, Aoyama, Mineta and Kirishima walked away; Shoto looked down at his phone, not caring about any extra training, but not wanting to go home just yet.
"You guys are gonna learn too?" Mina asked as she, Momo, Tsuyu, and Jirou walked up.
'Hell yeah!" Kirishima grinned giving a thumbs up, "you up for it Mina?"
"Eh, no," Mina sighed, "I wouldn't be able to do all that meditating."
"Same," Jirou sighed, "besides, it's not like we really need it."
"Indeed," Momo agreed, "but it's still an interesting opportunity for everyone."
"Looks like Hagakure and Uraraka are up to the challenge." Ojiro said with a smile, seeing the girls settled cross-legged beside Izumi, trying to clear their minds.
"Which means we should get started too!" Kirishima exclaimed, sitting down cross-legged as the rest of the girls walked away, wishing them luck as they left, "So what do we do now Bakugo?"
"You shut up and relax! Look within!"
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A few days later.
"Everyone line up by seat number and board the bus!" Iida shouted, directing his classmates as Izumi and Uraraka walked towards them.
"Iida's really taking his new position seriously." Izumi said, visibly impressed.
"Yeah, he's still too serious though." Uraraka sighed as they boarded the bus and found that Iida's boarding strategy was all for nothing.
'It's okay Iida, next time!" Izumi said cheerfully as the boy heaved a sigh.
"You're right, so, how did training go yesterday?" he asked them with a bright smile.
"It went great!" Ochaco cheered, "I was almost able to manifest my ki!"
"She's almost like a prodigy.' Izumi sighed, "It took me almost a week to manifest my Ki."
"That's probably gonna be how long it takes me," Hagakure said dejectedly from where she sat, "I didn't even get a warm feeling in my hand!"
"Same here Hagakure, but don't worry!" Kirishima exclaimed, "we'll be stronger than Izumi in no time!"
"I can already produce a limited amount," Ojiro said, a hint of pride to his words, "but I think my martial arts training helped me there."
"Still better than me dude."
"How'd you get that strong Izumi?" Tsuyu asked, "I know you said you trained for years, but how much training exactly?"
"Well I started when I was seven," she said, looking down with a hand on her chin as she tried to remember, "and I came back this year; but if you want to be specific i started when i was five, worked for two years before I was taken to Korin's tower to learn under him, three months after that we were up on the lookout to learn from Kami, then spent the rest of the year there before returning to the wild and practicing Ki attacks, then I came home this summer." she looked up and was slightly surprised to find all of them staring at her in shock. "W-what?"
"You spent eight years in the wild training how to fight!?" Sero asked in shock.
"You climbed korin's tower?" Ojiro demanded to know, looking impressed and slightly scared.
"You know Korin's tower?" Bakugo asked in surprise.
"My dad is my trainer, he said that only the best can climb the tower and be trained by Korin, same with the lookout! I can't tell you how many times he tried climbing the tower and turned away when he couldn't make it." he looked at Izumi with new found respect as the other students began to talk in excited voices, leaving Izumi's head spinning.
"It wasn't all that bad really," she mumbled, a blush forming on her cheeks, "or that cool. We just trained, I Can't even begin to tell you how frustrating it was sparring with Piccolo and trying to get just one hit in and when I do he just takes off his weights! It took two whole months just to get that far!"
"When did you two start sparring?" Mina asked curiously.
"When I was seven."
"...WHAT!?" the entire class (minus Bakugo) exclaimed, making Izumi flinch slightly at the noise.
"She's literally been fighting since she was seven…" Sato said, dumbfounded.
"She got a clean hit on a pro-hero at that age!"
"Such a badass.'
"That's dedication!"
Izumi just smiled sadly as Aizawa called out that they were there, her smile sweetened as she felt Bakugo put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. Together they walked out, both surprised at who was waiting for them.
"Uncle Krillin! Uncle Tien!" Izumi cheered, flying over to them.
"Hey Izumi!" Krillin greeted her with a hug and a chuckle, "but I'm not your uncle today, I'm the Pro-Hero Kami!"
"And I'm Crane, don't forget it Squirt." Tien snickered as he ruffled her hair. The two were standing in their standard uniform, with Krillin wearing an orange Gi with the turtle school symbol on the front and back, and Tien wearing green trousers secured by a red sash and no shirt.
"Midoriya sure knows some big guns." Kaminari whispered to Mineta, "those two were there helping All-might all those years ago, remember?"
"Yeah, so hardcore."
"Why are you two here?" she asked curiously.
"They're covering for All-Might!"
"Thirteen!"
"No way!"
"Hello everyone!" the space themed hero said, giving a peace sign and making Uraraka fangirl, "as I was saying, Crane and Kami are here to help with your training today!"
"What about All-Might?" Erasurehead asked, narrowing his eyes when Krillin flew over and whispered into his ear.
"There was a big fight in Tokyo today, All-Might used up his whole six hours."
Aizawa sighed, "at least he didn't do it stopping every single crime on his way to work." he grumbled as Thirteen began her speech.
Uraraka and Izumi listened with rapt attention as Thirteen explained everything in the Unforeseen circumstances Joint "or USJ for short!" and how their quirks could be used not only to help people, but hurt them as well, and how they would learn to utilize their quirks so they would never intentionally hurt anyone during a rescue.
"So let's get started! Crane! Do you still have the list I gave you?"
"Yeah, it's right here." he said, going to reach for a small rolled up piece of paper, only to stop as a power level made itself known, "That's impossible," Crane said, turning around quickly alongside Krillin as the lights flickered, Bakugo and Izumi tensing up as they sensed the power levels.
"What's going on?" Kirishima asked as Aizawa ran to stand beside Krillin and Tien. "is this part of the lesson?"
"No! Everyone get back!" Aizawa shouted, "Villains have invaded the USJ!"
Down in the atrium of the USJ, dozens of villains began walking out of a purple portal, surrounding a man covered in hands, "we were told All-Might would be here, but I'm not seeing him."
Krillin dropped into a defensive stance alongside Tien, "get the kids out of here!" Tien called to Thirteen as Aizawa activated his scarf, bringing his goggles up.
"Maybe he'll come when we kill some kids."
"Thirteen go!" Aizawa shouted.
"But Mr. Aizawa we can help-" Izumi began, only to be cut off by Krillin.
"That bird things power level is massive." Krillin said pointedly, "if I'm measuring right then he may be as strong as All-Might!"
"Get going kid, don't need you cramping our style" Tien said as the three charged, Aizawa easily incapacitating several villains at once as Krillin dove into the center of them, kicks and punches sending the lower leveled villains flying.
"SOLAR FLARE!" Tien shouted, blinding several villains before he was in the middle of them, sending them flying with absurd strength.
"Look at them go!" Kirishima shouted in surprise.
"Everyone! Lets go!" Thirteen shouted, ushering the kids towards the door.
Apologies children," a disembodied voice said before a shadowy spectre appeared before them, its glowing yellow eyes fixed on them, "but no one will be leaving here, we are the league of villains-"
BOOM!
'Did you really think we'd sit still while you monologue!?" Kirishima snarled as he swung at the thing, following up Bakugo's initial attack.
"Both of you get back!" Thirteen shouted as darkness enveloped them all.
Izumi let out a squeal of surprise as she suddenly found herself free falling towards the floodzone, her eyes narrowed as she began to fly, darting forward to catch a falling Mineta and landing on the ship. Tsuyu jumped up after them after shaking off the water.
"You two okay?" Tsuyu asked.
"I'm fine but-AH!" Izumi screamed and threw Mineta at the bulkhead roughly, arms crossed over her chest, "you little perv!"
"So soft…' Mineta whispered as he slowly slid down the wall, letting out a strangled cry when Tsuyu stomped on him.
"So, what's the plan Midoriya?" the frog girl asked, looking to Izumi as the Saiyan girl looked down at the water where dozens of bad-guys were starting to congregate around the ship.
"Not sure yet...but we're definitely gonna fight them." Izumi said with a smirk.
"WHAT!?" Mineta cried, jumping up, "We can't fight bad guys! We just can't! We're gonna die!"
"Are you sure being a hero is for you Mineta?" Tsuyu asked bluntly as Izumi scanned the water.
"We were only middle schoolers a week ago!" Mineta ranted, "not being terrified is more weird!"
"They're not attacking," Izumi muttered, looking to Tsuyu, "they must not know our quirks."
"That won't last long." Tsuyu muttered
"yeah...What's your quirk?" Izumi asked, looking at Mineta, "I know Tsuyu has the powers of a frog, but what about you?"
"Oh, I create these sticky balls from my head," Mineta said, reaching up and pulling a ball off, "there's no limit to how many I can pull off but if I pull off too many my scalp starts to bleed, oh and these things can stick to anything, except for me, they just bounce off."
"Be a good way to move around AND capture people." Izumi praised, "okay, so here's the plan, when I give the signal, throw as many of your balls in the water as you can, Tsu, you grab Mineta and hop to the shore line when I give it."
"But what's the signal?" Mineta asked as Izumi took off into the sky, "WHAT'S THE SIGNAL!?"
"Look! What's that brat doing!?" One of the villains shouted.
"MASENKO HA!"
The powerful blast flew from Izumi and slammed into the water, making all the villains scream in surprise as the water practically exploded.
"That's the signal!" Tsuyu said, grabbing Mineta and jumping into the sky.
"EAT MY STICKY BALLS!" Mineta shouted, pelting the water with his balls as Izumi flew beside them as the water rushed back to the point of impact, the balls sticking to the villains and leaving them in a tangled mess.
"You guys are cooler than I thought!" Tsuyu said as they landed on the shore, "guess we passed the shipwreck zone!"
"Yep!" Izumi chirped, turning her attention towards the main plaza, "okay, you guys head to the stairs, I'm gonna see what I can do to help the teachers.
"But AIzawa told us not to engage." Mineta fretted.
"I think it's safe to say that was thrown out the window as soon as we got teleported." Tsuyu deadpanned, "but I really don't think it's a good idea to go to the main fight."
Izumi sighed, "How about we just skirt the edge and see if they need help? If they don't we continue on."
"I can get behind that." Tsuyu nodded.
"I still think it's a bad idea." Mineta muttered as they began moving.
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Aizawa was glad that All-Might had enough common sense to send someone to cover for him. If not he'd probably be dead right now.
Krillin and Tien were experienced martial artists, easily dispatching dozens of villains with simple hand to hand combat, covering his weak points so the other villains couldn't overwhelm him.
"These guys aren't too tough." Tien said, slamming his foot into one's stomach and making him groan in pain, 'The saibamen were stronger."
"Yeah, you're telling me.' Krillin sighed, turning towards the leader, "it's final boss time."
"Oh, I'm not the final boss." Shigaraki said with a cold chuckle, "but congratulations for getting here...Nomu, kill them.'
Suddenly the bird creature behind him disappeared.
"He's fast." Tien muttered, head snapping to the side, "KRILLIN! MOVE!"
But it was too late, the Nomu's fist was already planted in Krillin's stomach, sending the shorter man flying through the air as Tien attacked, the bald headed hero crashed into the mountain zone, unmoving.
"Tri-Beam!" Tien shouted, sending a powerful blast straight for the nomu, who tanked it as he ran straight for Tien.
"I'm on my way Crane!" Aizawa called, running straight for Tien.
"Don't think I'll just be standing by erasurehead!'' The leader cackled as his open palm went straight for the mans face, only for his quirk to be deactivated as Aizawa kicked him away, eyes flashing red as he looked at the Nomu.
But nothing happened as Tien continued evading the monster's attacks, peppering it with Ki attacks.
"Your hair is your tell."
With a gasp Aizawa turned his gaze to Shigaraki, watching as the man destroyed his elbow with a decay quirk, his eyes flashed again and he jumped away.
"Every time you use your quirk, your hair rises up," Shigaraki said, watching as two conscious villains attacked, aiming to incapacitate him, "the times between activations became shorter and shorter, until we reach this point."
Aizawa knocked both out and looked up as he heard Tien scream, the Nomu had it's arms wrapped around the man, using it's full strength in the bear hug, breaking Tien's ribs and arms before dropping him, the pro-hero slammed into the ground, unconscious.
"Nomu! Kill."
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Tsuyu and Mineta watched as the Nomu brutally attacked their teacher, turning him to a bloody pulp, "we can't match that…' Mineta whispered in horror, "we can't win…"
"We need to get to the stairs Midoriy-Midoriya!" Tsuyu called in shock as the girl shot forward, rage written across her features as she slammed into the nomu, sending it skidding back to Shigaraki's side, "Mr. Aizawa...Tien...Krillin…" she growled out as she glared at the two villains, power pulsating off of her, "I'll avenge you, I swear it!:
"M...M-Midoriya…" Aizawa struggled out, "run…"
"I can't, I won't!" she fell into her stance, eyes fierce as Tsuyu and mineta ran over, "get Aizawa and Tien out of here, I'll handle the Nomu."
"R-right." Tsuyu mumbled as she carefully picked up Aizawa, while Mineta began dragging Tien to the stairs.
"Kill them Nomu." Shigaraki called, making the monster dart forward, letting out a shrill shriek as it aimed for Tsuyu, only for the attack to be re-directed by Izumi.
"You're fast.' she commented,pulling her training weights off and throwing them at Shigaraki, who barely had time to dodge as the weights crashed into the ground, leaving a small trench in the concrete, "I'm faster."
The two took off at insane speeds, Izumi's strikes doing nothing to the thing as she dodged it's rapid attacks. With a cry of pain Izumi was sent flying into the sky, her Ki Control the only thing saving her from slamming into the roof, it completely shattered my ribcage, she thought as she righted herself and brought her hands up to her forehead, thumbs down and fingers barely touching her bangs, "SOLAR FLARE!" she shouted, blinding everyone in the plaza including the Nomu, "Rapid Fire: Machine Gun BLOW!" Izumi snarled as her arms began moving in a blur, peppering the Nomu with high powered Ki, blasting bits and pieces off of it as Izumi practically teleported behind the thing, "KAMEHAME-HA!"
The powerful beam slammed into the nomu and sent it flying through the walls of the USJ, making everyone turn towards the Plaza in shock.
'I...did it…" Izumi whispered, turning towards Shigaraki and doing her best to keep the pain from showing on her face, "you're next chapstick."
"Do you think your paltry display was enough to defeat my Nomu?" Shigaraki asked.
"Looks like it," she said with a shrug, freezing when she felt a familiar power level behind her, slowly she looked back, her eyes widening in disbelief at seeing the Nomu back, it's numerous injuries easily healing.
"Nomu has Shock Absorption, as well as hyper regeneration.' SHigaraki bragged, "your little Ki attacks were strong enough to punch through his body, but I doubt you have enough strength after all that to do it again."
Izumi quickly jumped back as the Nomu attacked once again, it's movements seemingly faster and more ferocious.
"INCOMING!"
Izumi grinned as Bakugo came rocketing into the scene, unleashing one of his strongest explosions into the Nomus stomach "he has hyper regeneration and shock absorption!"
"Its not nullification!" Bakugo snarled as he released another powerful blast, barely dodging the things attacks, "it's fucking fast!"
"No shit," Izumi growled jumping back a good fifty yards alongside Bakugo as he pulled his metal brace off his shoulders and disengaged his gauntlets, throwing them at the Nomu, "Boom Bitch." he said with a grin as the stored up sweat in the gauntlets detonated. Delivering the strength of an artillery barrage that tore the thing apart. "What's the plan Izumi?"
Izumi fell to a knee, an arm wrapped around her ribs, "this isn't good…" she muttered, "I can barely stand…where are you coming from?"
"Downtown disaster area, shitty hair should be getting here soon," Bakugo growled, still watching the Nomu as it completely reformed, "get ready!"
The Nomu let out an unearthly screech as it darted forward, Izumi barely had a second to bring her arms up, crying out in pain as her forearms shattered.
"DAMN IT!" Bakugo roared as his arms came up, "TWIN HOWITZER IMPACT!"
The dual explosion rocked the USJ as Bakugo turned to look at his downed friend, only for a large hand to come out and grab his head, slamming him into the concrete over and over again' leaving him imbedded in the concrete with it's last slam and stomping it's foot on his chest and making Bakugo scream in pain.
"N-no!" Izumi struggled out as she attacked again, this time completely breaking Nomu's neck with her kick.
But it was for nothing as the thing moved away from Bakugo and grabbed Izumi's leg, slamming her repeatedly into the ground before throwing her across the plaza.
"You children are out of your league." Shigaraki cackled as the warp villain returned to his side.
" What are you doing here Kurogiri?" Shigaraki asked, hand coming up to stop the Nomu from stomping on Bakugo's chest. The boy was bleeding from multiple head wounds, as well as from puncture wounds in his right arm where the jagged bone was sticking out, pearly white against blood red.
Izumi wasn't any better, her leg where the Nomu had grabbed was shattered, her arms were lumpy and uneven from several breaks, and blood was slowly trailing out of her mouth, ever so slowly she pushed herself up, casting a blurry gaze right at Shigaraki, he's the leader...if I can just-" she raised a shaky hand, energy slowly collecting in it.
"Izumi...no…" Bakugo rasped out, cracking a swollen eye open as he tried to reach out towards her, his hand falling as he blacked out.
"-if you weren't our way out I would turn you to dust." Shigaraki growled, turning to give the nomu the order to kill the kids, only for the doors of the USJ to be blown open by the arrival of All-Might.
At that moment Izumi thrust her hand out, sending an overpowered Ki-Blast straight for Shigaraki, covering the area in dust when it hit, "did...did I get him?" she wondered aloud, her entire body tensing when the smoke cleared and the Nomu was standing in the way, having absorbed her attack.
But the attack served well as a distraction, allowing Kirishima and Todoroki to strike, Kirishima tackling Kurogiri's metal brace and keeping him down while Todoroki froze Shigaraki and the Nomu.
"You thought you could kill the number one hero?" Todoroki asked coldly, "a bunch of street thugs like you?"
"Stay down man," Kirishima growled, putting a bit of pressure on the brace, "I could crack this thing easy!"
"After all the work we put into this." Shigaraki growled as he slowly turned his head towards the Nomu, "you'll all be dead in a few minutes, but first...Nomu, we need our transportation back."
It all happened in a second, the ice shattered and suddenly the Nomu was flying straight for Kirishima.
"Kirishima!" Todoroki shouted as the courtyard was filled with dust.
"What the-"
Todoroki looked to his right, surprised to find Kirishima right beside him, "How…"
"Young Midoriya!" All-Might shouted as he ran towards his student, the girl was no longer lying where she had been, instead she was standing where Kirishima would have been, arms shaking from having blocked the hit from the Nomu.
"Still...faster…" she huffed out, chuckling weakly as she fell forward in a dead faint.
All-Might was quick to catch her, gently lying her down as his entire frame shook. "you...you didn't even hesitate, a hit like that was designed to kill!"
"Do you really want to talk about killing? The little tramp aimed a pretty powerful blast at me. I guess Murder is only okay if it's state sponsored.
"Save your breath, I've met enough men like you, you don't care who you hurt or what for; a villain without a cause except for being a villain."
"Hyper regeneration…" Izumi mumbled, making All-Might look down at her again, the girls eyes were barely open, blood was splattered on the front of her Gi, and trailing out of the corners of her mouth, "Shock Absorption...super speed...his quirks...that's what they are…"
"Thank you Young Midoriya," All-Might said, turning to glare at Shigaraki once more, "you did good, now rest…"
Izumi gave a bloody smile before her head fell back, slipping into unconsciousness.
"Izumi!" Kirishima shouted, running to her side with Todoroki at his side, eyes narrowed as he watched the Ice surrounding Shigaraki shatter and melt as the man's quirk activated.
"Get Midoriya and Bakugo to the stairs children, I'll handle this." All-Might growled as he flexed his muscles
Krillin, Tien, i've failed you both yet again….Aizawa, I'm so sorry...and Midoriya...I've failed you the most.
"I'll get Izumi to the stairs and then come help you with Bakugo alright?" Kirishima asked as he picked Izumi up bridal style, doing his best to keep her head from falling back.
"I can get him myself, just get her out of here!" Todoroki shouted, creating an ice wall as pressurized air from All-Mights attacks buffeted them.
Kirishima took off at a sprint, "you shouldn't have jumped in the way," he muttered as he took the stairs two at a time, "you were already down for the count, all that pain…" he spared a glance back and smiled a bit when he saw Todoroki running towards them, Bakugo slung over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes, "but...thank you...so much."
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Bakugo blearily opened his eyes,the sound of fighting was muted, far away, like he was hearing it under water.
"He's coming too!"
The voice sounded familiar, but it wasn't Hashiga, and it definitely wasn't Izumi.
"Bakugo! Hey man try to stay awake! The pros are on their way! Just hold on!"
"Can it Shitty hair…" Bakugo growled as his eyes cleared enough for him to see Kirishima, the other boy was covered in blood, his worried frown turning into a relieved grin at the explosive boy's words.
"Glad you're still alive man, All-Might's engaged that Nomu thing, this should be over pretty quickly." Kirishima said optimistically, sitting back against a nearby wall with a tired sigh.
Bakugo slowly turned his head to the side, looking at the few of his classmates who had made it back to the stairs, Uraraka and Mina were doing their best to provide first aid to Thirteen, Aizawa and Tien with Sero's help while Sato and Shoji kept guard at the top of the stairs, watching the titanic fight unfold before them, both ready to jump to Momo and Jirou's help as they carried an unconscious Krillin up the steps, a brain dead Kaminari following.
Todoroki was knelt down by Izumi, shaky as he ignited the tips of his fingers with a golden flame, Tsuyu was whispering encouraging words into the boys ear, no doubt helping him come to grips with having to burn a fellow classmate to save their life.
"I...Izumi…" Bakugo choked out, tears stinging his eyes as he saw the state his friend was in, his right arm feebly reaching out towards her, "Izumi!"
"Calm down man, you're pretty torn up!" Kirishima said, placing a hand on Bakugo's chest; which, surprisingly, kept him down. Too injured and tired to even attempt to fight back.
I...I was too weak to help her...I...i was useless! Future number one hero my ass!
Bakugo didn't take his eyes off of Izumi, even after the rest of the teachers arrived, backed up by Piccolo and his mom, who immediately went to work healing Tien and Aizawa while worriedly watching Recovery Girl move to Izumi, "How is she!?" Mitsuki asked worriedly.
"She's in rough shape, we'll need to get her to a hospital now!" Recovery girl called back.
"I can run her in!" Iida exclaimed, shakily stepping forward.
"You're running on fumes kid." Mitsuki deadpanned, looking down at Aizawa and Tien, "these two will be fine waiting for the ambulance, Piccolo, grab Izumi, I'll carry Katsuki."
Piccolo gave one nod before picking Izumi up and blasting off, Mitsuki picked Bakugo up and had him draped on her back, "keep us updated." she said to Midnight before blasting off into the sky after Piccolo.
"You did good today Katsuki.' Mitsuki said softly as they flew through the sky, "from what little i heard from that redhead and the others, you gave it your all."
"...it wasn't enough…" Bakugo said hoarsely, making Mitsuki glance back, her sons eyes were watery, and he looked much more subdued then she had ever seen him, "I...I didn't...Izumi was...I was weak…and Izumi was injured because of it!"
Mitsuki smiled sadly and looked ahead, "she'll be okay, Saiyans are resilient...you'll get stronger Katsuki, for now, just focus on healing."
She pretended not to notice his choked sobs, or the tears that were practically drenching her shoulder.
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Toshinori sat in his hospital bed, listening to Tsukauchi's report alongside Recovery girl and Nezu.
"Tien, Krillin and Aizawa have all sustained debilitating injuries, thankfully they'll recover with some rest and healing. Thirteen has severe lacerations on her back, non life threatening...now for the two students…" Tsukauchi sighed, "Midoriya Izumi, her arms, right leg, and ribcage were completely shattered, internal organs were practically shredded, and a serious concussion; thankfully a powerful healing quirk was able to save her organs in time and reduced the severity of the concussion, but it will be a few months until Recovery Girl can even partially heal some of these injuries."
"Her forearms were shattered twice," Recovery girl sighed, "and her rib cage was injured multiple times; my quirk won't work with how little energy she has, and waiting isn't an option, we wait too long and her wounds won't heal properly, we need Senzu beans but Korin is having a hard time with this years stock, he may not have gotten any at all."
"Piccolo has already gone to Korin Tower to find out." Tsukauchi said with a nod, "finally, Bakugo Katsuki, the boy was injured severely when he tried to help Midoriya, both arms shattered, several hairline fractures in his skull, and his ribcage-much like Midoriya-was shattered, though thankfully no internal injuries; recovery Girls quirk healed all but the hairline fractures, with hope he'll be able to have a senzu bean like Midoriya."
"Both teens were ready to give their lives trying to stop that monster." Toshinori growled, "Had i not been late…"
"We can't dwell on that now Toshinori," Nezu said sadly, "as it is you were dealing with another powerful villain in Tokyo, might I ask who it was?"
"His name was Rin Takashimi, went by Murdoc, Energy manipulation, guy was basically like a wizard; I doubt he was apart of this League of Villains, he had no interest in trying to kill me, in fact most of the fight was trying to track him down and stop him from hurting civilians."
"Still wouldn't hurt to look into his background," Tsukauchi said with a sigh, "I guess I"ll get to work, you guys learn anything else let me know alright?"
"Thank you Tsukauchi." Toshinori said as the man left.
"You said you wanted to talk about something else?" Nezu asked the Number one hero, "you made it sound important."
"That's because it is." he said seriously, "I've decided on who my successor will be."
"Well that's marvelous." Nezu said jovially, "we can arrange a meeting for next week when classes resume-"
"-i've already messaged him to meet me here."
Nezu froze, blinking comically as All-Might gave a smug smile, it wasn't every day someone got one over on Nezu.
His smile widened when a timid knock sounded from the door. "Come in young man!" He called, puffing up into his buff form for a bit, "we have much to discuss!"
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Bakugo couldn't sleep.
The events of the day played and re-played in his mind, every move he made he critiqued and analysed; trying to see what he could have done differently to save both himself and Izumi from such harsh injuries.
The only thing he could say for sure was that he was weak, had he been stronger he could've done more than get two cheap shots in on the Nomu, had he been stronger then Izumi wouldn't of had to go to his rescue, and she wouldn't of been injured-
"-Kacchan?"
Slowly, Bakugo turned his head to stare at the door, where Izumi stood, similarly wrapped in gauze like he was, though there were fewer bandages on her head and her leg was encased in a cast; in one hand she had a crutch, and in the other she was dragging along the IV bag on a mobile stand.
"You should be asleep in bed, you idiot." Bakugo grunted, turning his head to continue staring at the ceiling.
"I can't sleep…" she whispered hoarsely, her words slurred by more than sleep, "m'head hurts...an nightmares…"
Bakugo sighed, then carefully began moving over, doing his best not to undo any of the wires or tubes that were plugged into him, "Come on nerd," he muttered. Staying as stiff as a board as Izumi limped forward and carefully got into the bed, curling up as best she could against his side, "thank you Kacchan…" she mumbled, eyes drifting shut.
For a few moments bakugo just stared at the ceiling, stiff and unyielding.
Then he took a deep breath and relaxed, one arm stiffly going around the girl, bringing her slightly closer as he closed his eyes.
"Goodnight, Zuchan…."