TW/ / DEATH AND SPOILERS FOR SEASON 5 AND MANGA CHAPTERS 210 to 225
"Before we get started, does anyone want to leave? It'll give you a chance to run away before the cops arrive," Izuku offered the group before him a chance to run away, one last chance at freedom before they could be locked away. The villains laughed at the offer and pitiful threat.
"Last I checked, it's a 30 versus two since that purple-haired chick is knocked out. And you're the one threatening us?" One of the villains, an African American male with two swords and a black mask, asked in utter confusion. Either this kid had some massive stones, or he was an idiot.
The villain was correct; the odds were in their favor since it was currently the 30 of them facing off against the two UA students. It would've been three, but the one flat-chested girl hit her head upon entering the zone, and was knocked unconscious. The black-haired girl was tending to her friend, and the green-haired boy was quick to stand up against them, putting himself between them and his classmates.
"Look, I know you're not the brightest group of individuals seeing as how you're villains-" he mocked, causing some of them to growl in anger. "-but this is the last chance I'm giving you before things get ugly. So take my advice and leave now while you still can."
"Or, we can kill you, kidnap your little friends over there, and have some 'fun' with them," Another villain, this one of Japanese descent with a whole arm sticking out of his forehead, said with a sickening smile, causing some of his group to chuckle in agreement.
"The fuck did you just say?" Izuku asked with narrowed eyes. A red-hot, boiling anger suddenly running through him as green electricity started sparked at his fingertips.
"I said-"
"No, no, I heard what you said. It just shocks me you had the audacity to say such a thing when I'm still alive," Izuku growled in anger as he cracked his knuckles. "You've squandered your last chance; no more mister nice guy."
In a flash of green Izuku had sprinted across the zone, delivering an uppercut to the villain's jaw, breaking it and sending him flying into the air. Before he could get away Izulu clutched onto his ankle and slammed him into the ground before twisting his body and throwing him into a group of four other villains.
He turned, ducking as a villain with lobster claws attempted to snap his head off. He raised his shield, driving the metal straight into the villain's nose, breaking it. Reeling back he sent a 8% Detroit Smash right into the villains stomach, sending him flying through the crowd and into the side of the mountain.
Arm sparkling green he threw his shield, throwing and nailing a woman with black and silver hair in her chest before it bounced off of her, ricocheting and slamming into several others in the giant group. He could hear the buzzing of static coming from behind and side stepped, grabbing a villain, whose hand was sparkling yellow with lightning similar to Kaminari, by his neck and wrist. As a villain with a skull mask rushed him, Izuku used the lightning villain as a weapon, pressing his electrified hand into the skull villain's mask and shocking him. As the skull villain fell down, Izuku kneed the lightning villain in the stomach before clasping his hands together and driving them down onto the villains back.
Izuku raised his hand, shield flying back and attaching itself to his arm, just in time too as he blocked the oncoming attack of a villain with swords for hands. Holding the villain off Izuku raised his foot, slamming it into the foot of the villain and making his shout in pain, distracting him long enough for Izuku to slam his head into the sword villain's face, staggering him. Izuku slammed his shield into the villain's sword, snapping them in two before punching him in the gut, sending him flying back like the others.
The sound of rocks rolling caught his attention and he turned, raising his shield as a villain made entirely of rocks slammed into him, rolled up and spinning like a ball. Using one hand to hold him back, Izuku drove a fist into the villain's side, breaking some of his rocky exterior; but he watched as the falling rocks froze in midair before attaching back to where they originally were. If the villain could reattach himself, that meant Izuku didn't have to feel bad from what he was about to do. Bringing his fist back and charging up to 12%. He punched the villain in his side again, cracking him before he broke under Izuku's fist, sending hundreds of pieces of rock flying into the air.
Before he could throw his shield into another group of villains, four of them suddenly fell to the floor like sacks of bricks. He was surprised to see red feathered darts sticking out of their necks, and turned to see Yaoyorozu reloading some kind of gun she had created. She gave him a nod and a smile before continuing her shooting, nabbing another four villains for her 'kill count' and bringing it up to a total of seven.
"Eight to seven," she said, causing Izuku to chuckle
"What, is this a competition now?" Izuku asked jokingly.
"If it is, I'm winning it," Yaoyorozu shot back with a smirk, causing Izuku to roll his eyes playfully.
The greenet raised his foot and smashed it into the ground, causing it to shake as a crack traveled to a group of two villains. A giant hole opened at their feet, and swallowed them whole.
"Nine to eight," Izuku challenged, one-upping his friend. "Think you can do better?" he asked, causing the raven-haired girl to smile before reloading.
"I know I can do better."
"We are so fucked," one villain whispered to another as a volley of darts and green lightning came flying their way.
(Five minutes later)
Of the original 30, 29 villains have fallen to Izuku's and Momo's hands, each forever scarred either physically or mentally for the rest of their lives.
Izuku was currently facing down the final villain, an eight-foot-tall, two-thousand-pound man with a rhinoceros quirk. The rhino man was putting all his weight and strength into his charge, slowly but surely pushing Izuku back inch by inch as he tried to impale the teen.
The greenet growled as his grip tightened on the rhino's horn, his anger getting the better of him as his eyes, cornea and sclera of his eyes glowed a bright green as he shouted in rage, sending a sudden surge of strength traveling through his body. With every ounce of strength, he managed to lift the rhino off of his feet and raised him high into the air, before slamming him back on the ground. Stomping on the man's snout, Izuku held tightly onto the horn and began to pull, causing the rhino man to scream in agony and pain. With a roar, Izuku pulled the horn from its socket, blood gushing out and traveling to the ground as the rhino went unconscious from the pain.
Izuku huffed, the green light in his eyes dying down and becoming normal. Izuku stared down at the horn in his hands, and made a disgusted noise. With a grunt, the greenet threw the horn down before walking away towards his classmates.
"How is she?" Izuku asked his raven-haired companion.
"She opened her eyes and asked where we were while you were fighting that rhinoceros villain, but fell unconscious once more after doing so," Momo informed the class rep. "With the training I've had, I think it's safe to assume she has a concussion."
"Fuck. We need to get her out of here and to the hospital, which is easier said than done," Izuku said as he chewed on his lip in thought. "The mist guy seems to have a warp quirk and must've scattered 1A across the USJ. We need to regroup and figure out what's our next move," Izuku continued before scooping Jiro into his arms. Momo stood up and followed him as he began walking down one of the paths in their area.
"How do you think everyone else is fairing?" Momo questioned from his side, wary of their current path. With two giant walls on either side of them, this would be the perfect spot for an ambush.
"I think everyone's doing fine; it just depends where they landed. If Tsu was thrown into the water she'll be more than capable of taking care of herself, but if Kaminari is thrown in there, well…it could be disastrous."
Jiro moved and squirmed in his arms, head pressed against and nuzzling into his chest. It made him smile and his heart swell. The girl in his arms had a small smile on her face. If they weren't in a life or death situation, Izuku would've thought she was cute like this.
…Oh, who was he kidding? She was cute!
The sounds of screaming broke Izuku from his thoughts, and the two started to run faster to get back to the others. They could see the giant staircase that Aizawa had jumped down earlier and a large body of water from the shipwreck disaster. This caused them some relief since it meant they were closer to their classmates, but the relief died down as quickly as they heard a loud snap.
The giant black creature from before was on top of someone, the person's blood slowly pooling and surrounded the two. Izuku could see Tsu, Mineta, and Kaminari in the water near the shore, frozen in fear. The hand guy was slowly walking towards them.
"Can you carry Jiro for me?" Izuku asked sharply, tone serious.
"I can, yes." Momo nodded, raising her arms and allowing Midoriya to place the petite girl in her arms.
"Get yourselves to safety and stay with the others. You're in charge while I'm gone."
"Gone?" She questioned.
"Gone," he answered, electricity flowing through and around his body. Before she could protest, he was gone in a flash, wind and dust kicking up as he ran towards his friends.
Blood and adrenaline pumped through him as he charged towards the enemies, and he now had a clear picture of what was happening. It was Mr. Aizawa who was being crushed by the creature, his arm twisted and broken, face being repeatedly smashed into the ground. Tsu was holding onto a crying Mineta and Kaminari, who was giving a thumbs up and had the dumbest expression Izuku had ever seen. She was frozen in fear, unable to move as the hand guy slowly reached out. He must've had a quirk that required contact with his hands, much like Uraraka.
Winding his left arm back as it glowed green with One For All's energy, Izuku snapped his arm forward, letting go of his shield and watching it fly through the air at breakneck speeds. It flew past the creature and made contact with the hand guy, who was launched into the water as a result.
The creature looked up to where its master once stood, and didn't notice as Izuku drew closer. Pulling his right arm back, fist surging with green energy, Izuku let it launch forward and into the creature's back with a loud "Detroit Smash". The creature was off Aizawa in an instant, and Izuku watched as it flew through the air and landed in the water like the hand guy. Izuku continued running towards his friends as the mist villain screamed in surprise and worry. All of that had managed to snap Tsu out of her frozen state.
"Give me your hand!" Izuku shouted when he was close enough, reaching down to the water. Tsu responded quickly, reaching out and grasping Izuku's hand before she and the other two were pulled out from the water.
"M-Midoriya?"
"That was so cool! We're saved!" Mineta began crying tears of joy.
"Weeeeeee."
"You won't be safe for long," Izuku informed her as his shield flew back to him and took its rightful place on his left arm. "Get Mr. Aizawa and yourselves to safety. I'll protect you."
"But you-"
"We have no time to argue! You four need to go before-"
"NOMU!"
The ground shook as the monster made it back on land, its master, the hand guy, right behind it being helped by the vortex villain. The eyes of this 'Nomu' snapped to Midoriya, and it rushed towards the boy before he could even blink. Its fist pulled back, readying for a punch.
'Holy shit it's fast!' Midoriya thought, surprised. He stood in front of the three with his shield raised, hoping to stop the blow.
The fist made contact with the shield, causing a high-speed wind to be whipped up and around the greenet. He could feel himself skid back a few feet from the force of the blow.
'This thing is a monster in every sense of the word. My power punch did nothing to hurt it, and it has incredible speed and strength. Definitely has shock absorption, so the best I can do is to continue punching it back.'
"Grab Aizawa and get out of here! I'll hold this thing off so you can escape!"
The Nomu came back, reeling back its fists as it began its assault on Midoriya, pushing the shield user back a few inches with every rapid punch. Tsu sidestepped the two as Mineta grabbed Kaminari and pulled him out of the way. The frog girl let out a ribbit of worry, but did as she was told. Running over to Aizawa, she and Mineta picked him up and began carrying him away. Mineta had also made a chain of his grapes before pressing one end to Tsu and the other Kaminari, effectively herding the blond with them.
Izuku ducked under one of the punches and reeled his fist back, striking the creature in its chest and sending it flying back about 10 feet. The greenet readied his shield for another volley of punches, but his eyes widened in surprise as ice formed at the creature's feet, before growing and covering the Nomu whole, trapping it. What followed were explosions and screaming, and looking behind Nomu, Izuku could see that Kacchan had the warp villain pinned, his metal plating trapped under the blond's hand. Todoroki and Kirishima were close to him.
"You alright nerd?!"
"Doing a lot better since you three are here." Izuku nodded, hurrying to join them. "Thanks for the save, Todoroki."
"Hey! Why the fuck are you thanking Icyhot and not me?!"
"Perhaps it's because I actually managed to stop the villain that was giving him problems," Todoroki said calmly.
"I'll kill you!"
"You four are so annoying!" the hand guy hissed, scratching the ever-living hell out of his neck. "My way of escaping is trapped, and the cannon fodder are all unconscious. This is beyond annoying."
"So, you're the boss villain eh? Look, you've said it yourself that you're all alone with no means of escape. Why don't you give up and hand yourself in? There's no reason for this fighting to continue." Izuku tried reasoning with the villain, who scoffed at the suggestion.
"Shigaraki, I cannot move sir. I'm sorry," Kurogiri apologized, wincing as Bakugo continued burning his plate.
"Oh, I'm not the boss villain in this little game." Shigaraki informed Midoriya with a chuckle, pointing towards Nomu. "That is. Nomu, rescue Kurogiri."
The ice cracked and shattered, and before anyone could blink, Nomu was free and charging straight for Bakugo before anyone knew what was happening. Todoroki summoned multiple walls of ice, but each were smashed through by the creature. Bakugo stared, wide eyed as the creature came after him. He closed his eyes and waited for the hit, but it never came. Instead the blond was pushed away, and something else had taken the hit for him.
"Dude, you dodged that? That was awesome!" Kirishima exclaimed in awe.
"Shut up Shitty Hair, it wasn't me." Bakugo growled, confused. Who had pushed him? It wasn't IcyHot, nor Shitty Hair, and where was…shit! "Deku?!" Bakugo shouted, watching the smoke rise from the wall that had been destroyed behind them.
"You'll pay for that, you fucking bastards!" Bakugo threatened, palms sparking in rage over what had just happened to his friend. And it had happened because he wasn't fast enough to dodge on his own.
"Stand down, Kacchan," a voice spoke, causing the three to turn around. Izuku was walking towards them, costume torn and dirty. He had a limp as he walked, but other than that, he seemed fine. "You three, regroup with the others," he ordered, walking past and standing in front of them. "I'll hold this thing off."
"Wha-no fucker! We ain't leaving you to fight this fucking abomination!"
"Yeah, leaving someone behind is, like, the unmanliest thing you can do!"
"This isn't up for discussion." Izuku snapped at them. "You saw that thing smash through Todoroki's ice, and how fast it can move. It could've killed Kacchan had I not stepped in. I'm the only one who can keep it at bay. That's why I'm going to hold it off so you all can escape."
"We're not leaving you!" Bakugo yelled, grabbing onto Izuku's arm and making him turn to face him. "I don't know what kind of self-righteous bullshit you're on right now, but we aren't abandoning you! What happens if you…if you die?!"
"If it means you all can escape and get to safety, so be it," Izuku said firmly, tearing his arm away from his friend.
It was silent after that, with Bakugo and Kirishima staring at him with wide, surprised eyes. Even Todoroki's usual blank expression had turned to one of surprise. Would he really give his life if it meant they could get to safety?
"My priority right now is making sure you're all safe. I promised someone to protect you all, and I intend to keep that promise," Izuku said. Bakugo growled, fingers twitching as he tried holding himself back from blowing his best friend up. As much as he hated to admit it, Deku was right.
"We. Aren't. Leaving here without you," Bakugo replied. "But we will regroup with the other idiots."
"Dude!"
"Shut it, Shitty Hair! The nerd's fucking right, we'd only get in the way."
"As much as I hate to agree with him, he is right. We should meet up with the others and check on them."
"I was getting to that, Icyhot!" Bakugo yelled, his glare switching between the two idiots. Icyhot was fine with leaving, but Shitty Hair still seemed unsure. "He'll be fine, Shitty Hair, have a little faith."
"I do! It's just that…"
"I'll be fine," Izuku told him. "Go on with them and check the others, protect them if I fail. It's probably the manliest thing you can do right now," Izuku said, using Kirishima's obsession with manliness against him.
That seemed to do the trick as he watched the redhead's eyes light up at that. Finally, he nodded and agreed to leave with the others. He and Todoroki started to run to where the rest were at, and Bakugo would've as well if not for Izuku grabbing his arm.
"Kacchan, if anything happens-"
"Which nothing will!"
"Promise me you'll get them out of here, safe. I don't care what happens to me, just make sure they get out of here."
"I don't make shitty promises for shitty nerds." Bakugo hissed, trying to not let Deku's words get to him. It was hard to hear his friend accept death so easily for the sake of others. "Don't…fucking die and whatever. Mei will fucking kill me if you do."
Izuku merely nodded and allowed Bakugo to follow the other two. With a sigh, he turned towards the villains.
"You really believe you can take on my Nomu? The thing built to kill All Might?"
"We'll just have to see, won't we?" Izuku asked.
"Heh, I like your guts kid. I'll like 'em better when they're strewn across the ground! Nomu!"
(With 1A)
"Where the fuck are the rest of the extras?!" Bakugo shouted as he finally made it to the top of the staircase. He could see Round Face, Racoon Eyes, Arms, Icyhot, Shitty Hair, Lips, Soy Sauce Face, Kermit, Grape Bitch, Pikachu, Ponytail, and Earlobes, but that was about it. 13 and Aizawa were also there, and both were greatly injured.
"Iida went for reinforcements, and the others are still spread around the USJ," Ponytail informed him as she did her best to patch up Aizawa. She looked behind Bakugo for a few seconds. "Where's Midoriya?"
"He…He's fighting that creature that hurt Aizawa."
"He's what?!" Grape Bitch shouted in surprise
"Why would you leave him to fight that thing on his own?!" Racoon Eyes questioned.
"It's not that simple, Mina," Shitty Hair said, trying to make her calm down. "He told us to regroup with you all and to escape while he held that thing off."
"Which we're not doing!" Bakugo exclaimed in anger. "If it was up to me I'd be down there with him, not stuck up here with you extras!"
"Deku." Round Face mumbled, worried.
"Your fucking boyfriend will be fine, so don't fucking worry!" Bakugo said, trying to reassure himself much more than the others.
"B-Boyfriend?!"
"I don't like leaving him either, but he gave us our best chance to get to safety." Icyhot tossed in his two cents. "I think we should do as he told us and leave."
"No!" Bakugo, Momo, Uraraka, Kirishima, and Ashido shouted in unison.
"If we don't leave now, his sacrifice will be for nothing."
"He's not fucking dead!"
"Besides, they would just come looking for us. It's better to stay here so that way civilians won't get involved," Momo said.
"Thank you, Pony Tail," Bakugo said before turning his body and staring at the spot near the water where they had left Izuku to fight. "We just need to believe in the nerd. He'll be okay," he said, unable to tell if he had said that to reassure them, or himself.
(With Izuku and Shigaraki)
"Focus on me, focus on me," Izuku whispered to himself, leaping out of the way of Nomu's attack. He heard running from behind and turned, smacking Shigaraki on the side of the head with his shield before kicking him in the chest, sending the villain flying away before a black portal appeared and caught him, delivering him back to the fight. Izuku watched as black energy pooled at his feet, and jumped out of the way before a portal could open beneath him. "Is that all you've got?! I thought I was dealing with actual villains, not little kids playing dress up!"
Izuku had lost track of how long he'd been dealing with these villains, but what he did know is that for every second they wasted on him, it meant help was getting closer and closer. And he'd been able to study the movements of the three he was currently facing. While Nomu was fast, its movements were predictable, which gave him the advantage and allowed him to dodge and counter easily. Shigaraki's movements were loud and the villain himself was slow, giving Izuku plenty of time to increase the distance before attacking. Kurogiri only attacked when his comrades weren't close, which meant Izuku had to be on his guard. Since the mist villain had a metal plate, Izuku could've easily sent him flying and made this fight a bit more even, but with the constant attacks from the others, he never had a good opening.
The greenet raised his shield and blocked yet another onslaught of punches from the monster. Izuku counted them as they connected, and once the count hit 20 he knew it was time to strike, as Nomu tended to slow down for a split second between punches 20 and 21. Izuku sent two quick jabs towards the creature's stomach, sending it skidding back with each hit. Rushing in, Izuku jumped into the air and leaned backwards, delivering a solid kick to the Nomu's jaw. Landing on his feet, Izuku dashed forward and got one another solid punch to his opponents' chest, sending the villain flying back in the air.
"This kid's really pissing me off now." Shigaraki growled, using one hand to scratch his neck while the other wiped blood from his mouth.
"If this continues any longer, the heroes will be upon us before we can escape." Kurogiri informed his master. "Shigaraki, I may have an idea that could end this."
"Which is?"
"This child has an iron will and refuses to back down in order to protect his friends. I say we even the playing field," Kurogiri answered, his eyes shifting to the top of the staircase. Following his faze, Shigaraki smirked, liking this idea already.
(With Izuku)
"Nomu, stop!" Izuku could hear Shigaraki order, and watched as the monster suddenly froze like a statue, causing him to sigh in relief.
"Have you finally decided to give up?" Izuku questioned.
"Weeeee," a voice said, causing Izuku's eyes to widen in surprise and fear.
'Weeeee? It couldn't be!'
"No, but we've come to bargain," Shigaraki informed the teen as he turned, loving the way the greenet's eyes showed genuine fear and worry for the first time since their encounter. "Does this little guy belong to you?" The villain asked, his thumb and two fingers clenched tightly around Kaminari's throat.
Kurogiri's idea had been simple; grab one of 1A as a hostage and force this 'Shield Hero', as his master put it, to surrender. Kurogiri had a list of those he thought were the weakest, and remembered the electric quirk user that had short-circuited himself.
"Kaminari! Let him go or I'll-"
"Nah, ah, ah." Shigaraki mocked, a fourth finger wrapping around the blond's throat. "One more step and your little friend here gets dusted. Do as I say, and we'll teleport him back to your little class and leave him alone."
Izuku ground his teeth, angry that he had allowed such a thing to happen. Kurogiri must've grabbed Kaminari while he was dealing with Nomu, and now they had leverage on him. Izuku sighed and nodded, not moving forward a single inch.
"That's a good little hero. Now, drop that pesky shield of yours," Shigaraki ordered, filled with great glee as the teen before him listened to his commands like a puppy and tossed his shield to the ground. "Good dog! Nomu, break him."
Before Izuku could blink, the monstrosity was behind him and latched onto his body like a dog with its chew toy. The greenet could feel his arm being grabbed before it was snapped like a toothpick, causing him to cry out in pain as his arm was broken. The next thing the greenet knew was that he was raised into the air by his broken arm, and then smashed into the ground. A hand wrapped around his left leg and bent it forwards, and Izuku's left arm dug into the dirt in pain as his leg was broken too. The creature raised its right foot and stomped onto Izuku's back, and the greenet bit his lip until it bled to stop him from screaming in pain. He could hear and feel as some of his ribs snapped in two, and could feel his back being broken. He could hear them, the screams of his name in panic and worry as blood pooled in his mouth and as his vision blurred. Even with his vision blurry, he watched as the blond disappeared through a portal.
"Shall we have the Nomu kill him, Shigaraki?"
"No, let the child watch as we kill his classmates. Then we can kill him."
"Y-You said you'd leave them a-alone." Izuku grunted through the pain and pressure as Nomu kept its giant foot on his back.
"No, I said I'd leave that blond idiot alone. It wouldn't be fun killing him in this condition; I'll let him live so he can deal with the guilt and shame of knowing all his friends are dead because he can't control such a simple quirk. Nomu, come."
Izuku could feel the creature's weight get off of his body, and he watched as the three began walking towards the staircase, unable to do anything to stop them since his body was broken. Images flashed in his head of various ways the villains would hurt, or even kill, his friends, only angering him more.
"N-No, get away!" he called out, using his left arm and right leg to crawl forward at a snail's pace. His teeth gritted in anger and frustration as he could do nothing but watch them walk up the staircase, the images still flashing in his head. Kacchan, Uraraka, and the others' possible deaths only got more and more gruesome the more thought he put into them. "Get away from them!"
His breathing was erratic and uneven, a pure, boiling sensation of rage, anger, and hatred filling the pit of his stomach and traveling through his body. He glared, reaching out in a pathetic attempt to somehow stop or even capture and subdue Shigaraki and the others. He could feel the anger inside him, getting ready to burst, begging and pleading to be released.
"I said get away from them!" he shouted at the top of his lungs, before feeling something inside of him break, snap. Like the lock to a cage of a violent animal or criminal breaking and setting them free.
Before he could register what was happening a violent pain shot through his body, and he screamed in pain as a swirling and dangerous black energy suddenly shot out from his left arm, whips of black energy whipping and winding around as it came to life, digging and tearing at the ground as several strands shot forward towards the villains.
The three villains heard the shout and felt the ground began to shake violently. They turned, eyes widening in surprise as the tendrils shot towards them. Nomu did as it was built for, standing in front and raising its arms in a defensive position to protect its master. The whips shot into the beast, quickly wrapping around its limbs and neck and lifting it into the air. Shigaraki growled, grabbing onto one of the tendrils in an attempt to dust it, but he was surprised to find his power did nothing. Instead, the tendril came down, smacking into him and smashing him into the ground.
The monster struggled, attempting to grab its bindings and try to rip them off. When that didn't work it tried biting one, clawing at another, even flexing its giant arms, but escape was impossible. One tendril wrapped tighter around its neck before a familiar snap echoed throughout the building, causing many, even the villains and Izuku, to freeze as the Nomu stopped its struggling and futile attempts to escape. The tendrils disappeared back into Izuku's arm just as quickly as they appeared, dropping Nomu's dead body to the ground with a loud, haunting thud.
Shigaraki stared, angry as he watched the lifeless corpse of his greatest powerup. He looked ahead, glaring as the child summoned his shield back to him.
"He-He cheated," the villain growled, itching, clawing at his neck in irritation and annoyance. He started to run over there towards the child, hellbent on finishing what Nomu had started.
Izuku felt his vision start to fade, but still, he found the strength to push himself up, his good knee and hand supporting him. He stared ahead as well, glaring as the villain ran towards him. Shifting his shield to his good arm, the young hero prepared himself; he wasn't going down without a fight.
Before the two titans could flash, there was an explosion at the front door, and a sudden gust of wind traveled through the students and past the two villains, shocking and surprising many of them. The greenet could feel himself being lifted into a strong pair of arms, and he looked up towards his rescuer, a smile gracing his lips.
"H-Hey All M-Might," he managed to stutter out weakly, his drive to stay awake and fight gone since All Might was here. Izuku closed his eyes and went limp, the pain finally taking a toll on his body as he drifted into unconsciousness.
"All Might!" The students shouted in relief, no longer fearing for their lives since the number one pro had arrived. Some were crying while others fell to their knees, the adrenaline of having to fight finally dying down.
All Might gritted his teeth as he held his successor close, tightening his grip just enough to not hurt the boy while keeping him close and safe. He had seen 13 and Aizawa as he ran down towards Izuku, and could feel Izuku's condition up close now. His eyes were closed, cuts and bruises and tears littering his suit and body. His skin was more pale than usual, arm and leg broken, and he doubted it was from using One For All.
'They went through so much pain and suffering while I was resting!' He thought bitterly and angrily, mad at himself for neglecting his teaching duties. His eyes drifted back, staring at the dead monstrosity behind him. His grip on his successor only tightened. 'He must've feared for his life, and ended this monstrosity before it could do any more damage. In my carelessness, Midoriya committed an act many heroes pray they must never do.'
Leaning down, he grabbed Izuku's shield with his fingers before rushing past the two villains. He was careful to lay Izuku down with his shield by his side, and watched as Young Bakugo and Young Uraraka rushed over to check up on him.
The greenet was still smiling, even though he was knocked out, which only made All Might hate himself more for not being here when they needed him.
"Have no fear students-" He said, ripping off his tie and throwing it to the side. "-I am here!"
This is, without a doubt, the biggest change in this rewrite. As of right now (and probably for good) Izuku will no longer have a dragon quirk like he did in the previous version. As much as I loved it and the stuff I had planned for it, in the long run it didn't make much sense to give it to him again. I still wanted Izuku to kill Nomu without necessarily meaning to, so I decided to introduce Black Whip sooner than expected/needed. Don't worry, he's still Captain Deku and whatnot, this power won't be used much until later on in the fic.
I hope you all enjoyed and sorry for the lack of updates. Been working because I have some big trips planned, such as seeing my girlfriend who lives across the United States, as well as visiting some close friends. It's kinda why I've been pushing my KoFi and Venmo and stuff. In case anyone would like to donate, please let me know :) donations also help me continue making these stories!
See ya in chapter 17!