(13 k + 12k words ... what was I thinking!?)
rikanavarro92:
RIGHT!? I have to settle for DEATH(s apprentice) because the others are just too much! The 'a'PEX certainly never had a problem with villains...
On that note:
After their latest 'mess' (destroyed multiverse) they were reprimanded and told to keep it low. Making them take up day jobs and Calli to her duties again, though she likes to sing when she finds time and nothing 'troubling' happens at work
I would like to take this moment to go into that kind of content in this story
Roberu and Calli are IT. Roberu is part of the B plotline and Calli will also have her part to play in this story.
As for others. What I established in the backstories mainly. Sadly no Ame as she is too much chaos, same for the others. I would love Ina, but I cannot find a place... let's see as cheeky background mentions are always possible.
If Eri says 'Yodayoh!' at some point then that is purely coincidence. (I have other plans for her hehehe)
Also: i'm debating making 'that one female reporter', the one from Izukus debut that wants in his pants, be Marine. It would be nothing only "Your reporter Marine live from the scene" and a mention of red hair or what, but seeing as she wants into Izukus pants, like REALLY WANTS IT, I'm hesitant. No matter.
Lastly: Deep DEEP BENEATH Tartarus is a top-secret high-security prison for the very scum of humanity. Only the worst people, enemies of humanity are imprisoned here, to hopefully never grace earth again and be forgotten. (Anyone being reminded of pirates suddenly- please avert your thoughts)
Deep inside, under the watchful gaze of the WARDEN, is 'WORLD-ENEMY NR 1!'
Strangely this fiend gets visited regularly by japans number five top hero Miruko, every tuesday
A bit long, but that is pretty much the extent of 'otherworldly stuff'
More to story stuff.
I really struggled in this chapter. I always planned for every scene change to be a different 'mood', but it was surprisingly difficult to pull off
I'm also not completely satisfied with Domos and caesars part.
Caesar especially i worry that i did not manage to get across what i wanted
All in all: this chapter is very story heavy and packed with pikmin power! I can see you saying that they are overpowered, but I hope you can see the conditions and fail-saves and character-quirks I put in to keep it from that
I CAN JUST SAY THAT I GAVE IT MY BEST!
But i still think that I lost some readers with this chapter...
To my defense! Someone had to go PLUS ULTRA!
If you want I will go into each pikmin AFTER the next chapter.
Back to story, more at the end pertaining next chapter
Enjoy!
-with the others-
Iida and Roberu
"Let me down! You would be faster on your own! They need help now!" Roberu fights against Iidas grip on him but the tall boy did not even think of leaving a hurt civilian somewhere random while he runs away!
"No can do! As a hero it is my duty to care for you and bring you to safety!" Iida keeps pounding away at the road.
"Then let me off at some doctor's office! Or a police station! We must have passed some by now! That would also allow us to call ahead!" Roberu tried it again with some logic , but Iida shakes his head.
"I shall not risk it! This was meticulously planned by the villains! I can only guarantee our safety at U.A." Roberu could see that the tall boy was pushing himself, despite his tone.
"Fine! Until you reach U.A. you will not tire! You will run faster than ever before! GAH!" iida could feel the suggestion pound through his head and his body react accordingly. Iida has reached gear 6! He could feel Roberu squirm on his back and felt some warm blood land on his cheek, but stopping now would make the young mans sacrifice void! Iida ignored everything else and concentrates on running like never before. Roberu clutches tight as the g-forces rise.
After a shortened sprint they finally reach U.A., to Roberus utter delight. "There it is! Slow down Iida-san!" Iida pounds away at the street, his eyes on the prize.
"Iida-san? Slow down? NOW!?" Iida has become one with speed.
"WATCH OUT!" As roberu was not part of the students or faculty his presence activated the gates of the school to close, but Iida was faster, managing to bypass them before it was too late. Problem was that he was still not slowing down and heading straight for the glass entrance! Roberu covers himself as best he can.
Springing into a flying kick Iida annihilates the entrance and flies over five meter before making contact with the floor. He no longer runs but slides further and further. Ten meter... twenty meter... thirty meter... WATCH OUT THE DOOR!-
*BOOM!*
The door leading to Nedzu's office gets busted open by the last kinetic force of Iidas desperation and the security system stops before it fills them with holes by a press from a button from the mink himself. "Good morning Iida-kun! How can i help you? And who is that young man on your back?" Nedzu's tone was calm as if he was waiting for them or guests always bust in his reinforced steel doors like that, but his eyes showed a cold look that understood the emergency that was behind Iidas behaviour.
"SIR! THE USJ IS UNDER ATTACK BY VILLAINS!" He only said USJ and already Nedzu starts pressing buttons and contacting the other heroes. A weight in Iidas chest was lifted, but he could only fully rejoice once he sees his friends save.
Hopefully they make it in time!
Aoyama, Tooru and Sato Blackout zone
"I can't see anything!" Tooru complains.
"Must be the 'Blackout Zone'." Sato says. "Could you make some light, Aoyama?" he asks the french reject.
"Oh~ bien sur mon ami~! NGH!" Despite his flowery words, Aoyama was scared stiff as he fires a laser.
""AH!/ FUCK!/ MY EYES!"" The countless villains with nightsight and other darkness related quirks flinch back from the light.
"Villains!" Tooru succinctly and in no way unnecessary declares. Sato had a better idea. "Get them while they are stunned!"
They are fine. (got more than they deserve to be honest)
Tokoyam, Sero, Shoji, (five Yellows) Rain Zone
"HNG!" Tokoyami was huddled to the ground and breathing deeply.
"Got one!" Sero was swinging from the top of a building and managed to nail a villain in the head, he then binds him in tape. "YOU OKAY?" He yells from the roof. Shoji silently approaches, the five Yellows riding on his broad shoulders, checking Tokoyami over with an eye. Literally.
"I'll manage. The darkness shrouding this zone rouse my inner demons, I hold yet my sanity but 'tis a battle I must fight alone." The tortured soul fights to assure his comrades in arms to not fret for him.
Sero sweat drops. "Riiight. So the darkness amplifies your quirk beyond your control... hmmm..." Sero, who was surprisingly ingenious eyes some of the streetlamps and some buildings with light coming from their windows. Deciding to test something he zips up and pulls out the bulb from the nearest streetlamp.
"HNGH! CUR! I told you!-" "Yeah yeah one moment..." Sero had no time for Tokoyamis other 'quirks' and carried on his experiment. "Come here buddy." And he takes off one of the Yellows from Shojis back. Shoji watches him, bulb in one hand and Yellow in the other. "Sero?" He asks softly.
"Now call me crazy, but I think I'm onto something..." And he sticks the bulb into the ear of the Yellow, even screws it once for good measure... and it turns on!
"HAH! Knew it!" He snatches another bulb and puts it in the other ear. "Here you go." And he gives the special flashlight? Lamp? Nightlight? To the bird headed boy, who instantly calms down a bit. Tokoyami does not know what to say and settles on "Thanks." Sero gives him a thumbs up and gathers more bulbs, enough for four pairs of ears.
Soon enough they form an isle of light and a strong base. The villains are lured in by the light, they turn off three lights on one side and Dark shadow takes care of them and turn it back on to spare Tokoyami the mental strain of reeling him back in. They have decided to hold out and wait for help to arrive, as their Sensei probably wanted.
After about ten minutes the 'lights' suddenly got crazy for a moment. Their lights flash like a siren and they made some high pitched noises before settling down again.
The boys look at each other. "I hope the others are ok."
Katsuki and Ochaco Snow zone
"-KILL YOU!" Katsuki falls out of the portal and into a large pile of snow, his yell surprisingly realistic echoing on 'the mountain'.
"The fuck! Snow!?" He digs himself out and shakes off the snow and checks his surroundings. A snowy mountain as far as he can see, with another 'mountain' in the distance, a lake to the right and a burning city to the left. His eyes narrow in suspicion and he pops of a medium size explosion. The mountain rumbles.
"Avalanche zone. Figures." He spits in the snow and looks for a way down when laughter reaches his ears.
"Hee hee hee! That's right! No explosions for you or it's good night!" The unnamed goon smiles nastily and readies his weapon, a hockey stick?, to show Katsuki 'his place'.
Katsuki was about to show this goon his fucking place when another portal opens above the villain. "Uff!" Flattening and knocking down the goon with her... 'AwesomeneSS' was Ochako.
"What are you doing here, Ora?" He asks his frie- favorite sparring partner.
"A portal was about to suck in Mina and I pushed her aside, but then it got me instead." She explains with an 'tehe~'.
"DON'T YOU 'TEHE~' ME BITCH!" Katsuki yells at her. The mountain shakes.
Uraraka's face changes from a more cheerful expression to a more koy look. "Careful, Kacchan~, you're about to bring the whole mountain down if you're not careful~" Behind her villains rise from the snow. Katsuki snaps almost like a dog- or dragon- and smiles wildly with sharp fangs as even more rise behind him. "Twofaced Bitch." he growls. The villains look at each other and squirm in embarassment. They know they are surrounded, right? Life endangered... Villains, BEWARE, right!? And what is with this weight in the air!?
"Wanna dance?" Oraraka hops in place and throws some punches, she waves him closer. Her breath a heavy cloud in the air, her inner fire uncontained.
"Anytime." Katsuki jumps forward and takes a swing as Oraraka goes low and sweeps her legs. Both attacks hit villains about to hit the other, another hit to the head to knock them out and back to the beginning, this time Katsuki right and Oraraka left, their eyes not straying from each others burning gaze, delighting in the challenge found within.
Katsuki feels something deep inside of him unwind as usual when Ochaco meets his gaze like this. No excuses. No flinching. No fucking hesitation! 'FIGHT ME!' he screams - and she answers.
Ochaco fights against the smile trying to bloom on her face, it wouldn't fit the mood and those villains were already creeped out by their behaviour. But it was just so relieving! No 'Your a girl'. No 'You don't have to take it so far'. No fucking 'That's enough, isn't it?'! She gives everything - and Katsuki demands more of her, never expecting less than 120% from her!
As their hearts beat like thunder and their spirits soar in delight the surrounding villains get decimated in their deadly dance. One moment Ochaco uses Katsukis knee as a spring to kick some goon in the head, the next he grabs her hand and swings her like a weapon instead of a friend or even living being.
More and more villains rise from the snow and still they pay more attention to each other than them - until they stop, like the music only they can hear reaches a high note before the finale. Breathing heavily into each other, Katsuki lifts an eyebrow and Ochaco steadies her breath and nods before slapping her tigh, negating her gravity, her takeoff prevented by Katsukis hand clasped with hers.
Immediately Katsuki becomes a derwisch, jumping from enemy to enemy, utilizing his partner with deadly accuracy, the villains fall like flies until only one is left standing.
Shiiro Kuma, yes that is his real name and not an alias- you'll understand in a second why that was important- was a giant of a man. An animalistic mutation quirk transformed him in a polar-bear-man hybrid with muscles upon muscles beneath thick white fur, mighty paws, deadly claws and a surprisingly cute, but still lethal snout with inch long fangs. His black button eyes showed no emotion, but his snarl left little room for misinterpretation. As self-appointed leader of the snow group he has led the fight from the backlines... giving commands to his men... caring for the wounded, maybe... Well he must have done something that kept him from intervening until the other villains were all defeated, I'm sure.
'Hehehe... Work smart not hard, I say! Now that they are tired I can easily take care of them and earn all the reward for myself! Hehehehe!'
Or he could just be the typical overblown egoistical asshole.
But despite his almost textbook strategy and his 'classical-goon-laugh' he was still not to be underestimated! Those muscles were very real and more than big enough to take even their mightiest hit! And their presence in the Avalanche Zone still meant that Katsukis explosions were sealed off.
"Come here you two! I don't know what the fuck is going on between you two, but you will certainly not get me like these punks! I'm SHIIRO KUMA! Remember the name, because I am your worst nightmare! The strongest! Cruelest! Handsomest! Cleverest!- URGH!" His speech was interrupted by Uraraka smashing her feet into his vulnerable nose, propelled by Katsukis strength, causing his brain to rattle painfully in his skull and knocking him out in one hit. The last villain was defeated.
The swing of the last attack took Katsuki as step further, causing him to trip over the last villains huge arms. While he was falling he dutifully pulled in Ochaco and prevents her from floating away, who soon after cancels her quirk, making her flop onto Katsukis chest.
They both lay on the white pelt of the bear villain and breath heavily like they just ran a marathon. Ochaco lifts her head weakly and meets Katsukis eyes before flopping down on his chest again, trying to control her breath, her whole body as sweaty has his.
"Don't puke on me." Katsuki pants.
"No promises." Ochaco pants out a laugh and swallows some bile. Katsuki lifts his head and checks her over. "How long do you need?" he asks.
Ochaco nuzzles a bit in their surprisingly soft and comfortable 'carpet' and closes her eyes. "That depends..." She opens her eyes and looks at Katsuki. "Who is your target?" 'How fit do I need to be?'
Katsuki understands immediately. "That gate bastard. That birdbrain is too hot for us and the leader is most likely already taken by someone else, but that fog bastard can fly. Not to mention his quirk. We take out him, we take out their way out!" He glares at her, but Ochaco knew to not take it against her. "But we NEED to fly! We at least need on attack to knock him out of the sky." He explains and she understands what he needs from her.
"Urgh~. Give me five minutes. That should give us enough time for a good attack." She groans into their pelt and closes her eyes again. Katsuki nods before something in the distance catches his attention. His eyes widen and his mouth falls open in shock, before closing in a bite and grinding his teeth.
"You have two!" And he points to the left and right as the earth starts trembling, thankfully not causing the snow to move. Ochaco watches in shock and fear as whatever makes the earth tremble starts moving.
"Shit has hit the fan!" Summarizes Katsuki as a light flashes on the mountain in front of him.
Jirou, Momo, Kaminari, Domo Mountain Zone
"There are too many! Let me take care of this! INDISCRIMINATE SH-" That was as far as Kaminari came before Jirous righteous fist of fury impacts on top of his skull. "I SAID NO, YOU IDIOT!" She explains gently as Momo watches in concern and Domo just stares blankly like the little yellow bastard he was.
"But why~." Kaminari was rubbing his aching head and whining to Jirou, but she had no answer for him as she only did what Yaoyorozu told them. "That is- umm..." She looks to Momo.
"Our first priority is trying to call for help! You are the only one able to do that." She points at his earpiece. "Should that prove useless you can go on the attack- " "Leave it to me!" "-... That still does not mean that we can afford you frying yourself and rendering yourself useless. We will have to wait for an opportune moment." She explains as clearly as she can while she defends against goons attempting to use her distraction to attack. She whips a long metal staff she created expertly around her and fends them off, but she did not see the last one sneaking in his allies shadow. The goon was already feeling victorious and grinning like a lecher as he twitches his finger in preparation. What exactly is he trying to grab!? Before he can go any further he yells in pain as something small and hard stabs him in the back before Jirous amplified heartbeat sends destructive tremors through his body. Momo sees Jirou covering her and nods gratefully.
"What about him? Why isn't Domo attacking?" Kaminari questions as he fiddles with his earpiece.
"From the training match we know that he has limited uses outside of scouting when he is alone like this. Midoriya-kun tends to uses them directly or in larger groups, so their strength must be rather limited if they are cut off from the rest. Though from what we saw with Tsuyu we can use him in a last resort attack and use him to take out a villain in a surprise attack." Momo looks down at the lonely pikmin who looked back up at her and nods, just as Kaminari manages to connect to something
"...derstood! Entering passive mode. Order for emergency suicide received. Order accepted. Preparing for forceful intervention."
"Huh!?" Kaminari was so excited that he connected to something that it took him a moment to make sense of the words spoken... and then some longer because he didn't understood some of them anyway. But still this almost seemed like...
"Dude. Is that you?" He asks the yellow bastard, confusing the girls for a moment.
"Understood. Communication channel established. User identified as Denki, Kaminari. Security clearance Zeta. Orders are to be ignored and caution be taken. Threat level 0" Kaminaris head was thrumming with the deluge of information, but something stood out to him. "Threat level 0!? The hell dude!" He looked ready to go over and show the little yellow pikmin his real threat level, but he was stopped by Jirou before he could make more than a step. "Concentrate on the villains IDIOT!" She shouts as she swings at a villain that was trying to sneak up on Kaminaris back. A short controlled shock later and he was out.
"Kaminari-kun, what is the matter?" Momo asks. Kaminari takes off his earpiece and gives it to her. "Here. I didn't manage to connect anything out side, but I managed to connect to the little dude. But watch out! He is rude." Kaminari warns her.
'?' the question was visible on her face, but nonetheless she put on the earpiece. "Hello?"
"Understood. Change of communicator accepted. User identified as Momo, Yaoyorozu. Security clearance Beta. Orders are to be accepted. Threat level 5." Momo was surprised at the almost robotic tone from the strange plantlike lifeform, not to mention the high threat and clearance level afforded to her! Was that how Midoriya saw them? Remembering Kaminaris reaction to a threat level of zero she decided to say nothing.
What was more important was information!
"Domo-kun! Can you tell us about the others? Or maybe make contact?" she asks with new hope.
"Understood. Communication not possible. Executing status report. Subject Caesar found. High level of bloodlust detected. Setting status to 'green'.
Subject Susume found. No distress detected. Setting status to 'green'.
Subject Master found. Stress level high. Large amount of adrenalin detected. Setting status to 'orange'.
No more significant separated signals detected. Awaiting orders." Momo blinks in bewilderment, but is more than glad to finally get some intel. No matter how useless it seemed.
Whoever was in the same zone as the red and blue pikmin, obviously had a grip on the situation. Which makes two less problems and even opens the opportunity for reinforcements. The thing about Izuku was concerning however. She did not see him get sucked into a portal, which means he was still at the entrance, the place with the most villains presumedly and the leader. Not to forget the strange beast and the portal person.
As she tries to form a plan, all while fending off wave after wave of villain attacks with her created weapons, Domo suddenly starts spinning his arms wildly while an alarm-sound was heard over the earpiece.
"ALERT ALERT ALERT
RECEIVING EMERGENCY SIGNAL
ALL FORCE IS TO BE USED
ORDER RECEIVED: ELIMINATE VILLAINS AND RETURN TO MASTER
ENTERING ERASURE MODE
WARNING ENERGY-LEVEL NOT SUFFICIENT - SEARCHING FOR SOURCE
...
SOURCE FOUND" As Momos ear was ringing Domo suddenly starts running directly towards Kaminari and jumps on his head. "Yo dude! What the he-GACK!?" Kaminaris complaints were interrupted by Domo ramming his feeler into his mouth. Kaminari goes to pull it out when Domo sends a spark into his mouth, triggering his own electric powers.
For a moment the electricity flows normally from human to pikmin, before the little one decided that that was not fast enough.
He forces a short circuit in Kaminaris mouth and receives the whole force of a 1.3 million discharge as prize.
"ENERGY LEVEL SUFFICIENT - ENTERING ERASURE MODE"
Before the girls shocked eyes, and the villains transfixed gazes, the little plant reject starts transforming.
His strange hooked feet melt together and form a wheel, his arms straighten out before elongating and bulking up at the end, forming hands and shield-like protrusions at the end. the whole body become longer and bulkier, the plantlike yellow body becoming more square and rigid. The head extends and the feeler shrinks, before finally the eyes turn red and the ears turn into dishes. The robotlike plant had transformed into an actual robot and the girls immediately recognize the form of a 1-pointer from the entrance test. Or Jirou does and Momo can guess from the description she got from others.
The male villain around, who were all boys at some point in their life, cheer in delight.
"WHEY!" Even Kaminari was cheering!(?)
"Yaomomo! what is happening!?" Jirou asks panicked as the calm before the storm settles on the clearing. "I don't know! something must have happened with Izuku!" That was when Domo was done with his system check. His metallic voice echoes out understandable for all.
"System check done. All system green. Proceeding with elimination." And the two shield-like protrusions on his arms start spinning like chainsaws, the meaning immediately clear.
For a moment no one reacts... then Domo takes off.
Even faster than in his normal form, the robot dashes at the first villain and proceeds to hack off his arm.
*SPLAT*
The sound of the arm hitting the ground was deafening to Momos ears. She holds a hand in front of her mouth in horror as Domo dashes around and mutilates the villains who try to flee in panic. Neither of the girls dare to move. In the background Kaminari moonwalks in a circle "Whey!"
Seeing another villain lose a body part as he screams for mercy, only to find nothing in the robots red orbs, Momo shakes herself free and runs out.
"MOMO! NO!" Jirous screams after her, but her legs will not move, she collapses where she stands. "Momo!" She breaths with horror in her eyes.
"STOP!" Momo shouts once she was close enough. "STOP KILLING THEM!"
Domo actually stops in his killing spree and turns to the girl, who steps back in fear at once.
"Order received. ABORT! Order overwritten! All villains are to be taken care off!" The robot explains, but does not start his rampage again, instead awaiting more input. A desperate villain uses this moment to smash a stick on the pikmins head, only for the stick to break and Domo to break his legs with a sweep of his arm.
"'All villains are to be taken care off'!?" She understood now that this was not Izuku revealing a side that no one could have predicted, but the pikmin acting in a manner he thought fitting. Considering its appearance it was not only a product of Iida, but also mainly of the test robots! The 'Elimination' robots!
An idea forms in her brilliant head and she stands with new authority as she barks an order at the robot.
"This is an order from the student representative of 1 A! Cease your actions! A heroes duty is to capture villains! Not slay them! You are acting in contradiction to your Masters wishes!" Momos eyes glare into the robot as he processes the new orders.
"User identified as Student representative. Changing clearance level to Alpha. Orders accepted. Alert! 'Elimination' violates the core objective! Deleting 'Elimination' processes. Entering Subjugation mode." Domos chainsaw shield stopped spinning and something like a cabletail grew from his back before he continues his now nonlethal rampage. Either tying them up or hitting them unconscious or both.
Momo collapses from sheer relief and stress.
The worst was averted and the villains being taken care off, but still...
"What the hell is going on!?" She softly asks the white 'mountain' in front of her, just as tremors shake the earth left and right of her. With a bad feeling she watches the lake and burning city before here eyes widen in shock.
Caesar and his army Flaming Zone
Caesar watches blandly as all the weaklings were sucked up by their most formidable enemy yet. Though he had to admit, at least to himself, that he was a tad pissed and disappointed when his co-creator was sucked up first. But then again maybe it was natural? The highest threat has to be cared for first! But then... was he UNDERESTIMATED!?
HIM!? A being of fire and chaos!? Have his accomplishments not yet reached far enough? Must he struggle with such insults to his pride time and time again? Will they not learn lest they feel the flames of hell for themselve?
So be it. Lest Caesar be a bad ambassador.
But just as he thought that his master calls for him. Truly and earnestly for the first time in way too long.
Caesar can feel the burning in his chest again, filling him with purpose and joy. Finally.
'Command me! Master.' He cheers internally. Master rewards his eagerness with a whole army to command and lay waste to anything that displeases him!
But then the portal opens and swallows them whole- depositing them in a burning city filled with villains.
Caesar stands still and blankly stares in the air, the villain gather around them, confused, he starts shaking.
"Yo, what's this?" Asks a random villain. "No idea." Answers another. "Maybe it got send here by mistake?" Guessed another. "Just destroy it and go back to cover." Comes a fifth. "Must we? Looks a bit weak. And its shaking! Pitiful thing..." Came a sixth and last comment.
Caesar did not care for them. After years his Master finally unleashed him properly! Setting him like a hound of hell on his enemies and then this happened!?
"GODDAMMIT!" Caesar swears into the sky as his army springs onto the gathered villains and bursts into flames.
Their shocked exclamations and pained yells should have been like music for him, but he felt and heard nothing. In the background another portal deposits Todoroki who freezes in front of the dancing flames and the pained shouts.
Caesar knew himself. His purpose, his powers and his master.
Caesar was flame and ambition given living form and he must be aware of this at all times to satiate his core desires, lest he becomes unstable and loses his plant form, already he was more susceptible to his weakness - water - than the others.
He was the first, at the same time more and less than the others, his element volatile and everchanging. The others can find purpose in themself and in what they do, but for Caesar there is nothing other than battle.
His master's ambition was striven for at all times and that was a huge relief for him, but what about the flame? Or his own ambition?
The flame did not care, was only interested in eating and growing, not even destruction, though that was what would happen if she was released. Caesar was just a willing vessel, an acolyte at the altar of the horned oneall so he can become what he HIMSELF desires. HIS ambition!
What a thing for a Pikmin to have... More than a mindless drone, a soulless husk... to actually want for something other than the masters command.
Caesar did not know if he was alive or not. Some would argue that even thinking about it was the first step towards self-realization, but Caesar did not care.
All he wanted was to be the best, for that was what his core screamed at him.
But the best at what exactly? The best Pikmin? What would that be? And wasn't he that already? The best flame, the best life, the best - WHAT!?
Caesar did not care for such riddles and made a decision a long time ago.
He was going to be the BEST FOR MASTER. Friend, slave, minion, nuisance, fighter, sacrifice - WHATEVER!
Caesar will be Masters loyal hound, tugging on his leash to make him step ever forward! Barking at his ankles so he will never become soft! An open eye and a light in the dark so he will never falter!
And when he finally gives Caesar the command to take down a foe...!
Caesar was shaking with rage and humiliation as the villains around him shriek with anguish. The flames of the buildings around him slowly turn towards the red figure as if he was the center of a whirlwind.
"Enough." The other Reds stop tormenting the villains and gather around Caesar, burning brighter and brighter. Caesar understood Izukus heart and did not kill living beings unless there was no other choice or Izukus life was threatened...
Todoroki watches in trepidation and a small amount of fear as the leader of the Red division, 'Caesar! That was its name.', starts a bonfire out of his troops and his own body that started to absorb the flames of the buildings! The villains were trapped between the bonfire and the ring around it and slowly lost consciousness as the flames sucked out the oxygen from the air. Just a moment longer and every flame was extinguished and the villains neutralized, in a manner no one would have expected of Izukus most destructive minion.
But then a shock went through the group and Caesars head snaps around towards the south. Todoroki could not read the feelings from a face with only eyes and a nose, but the little one looked utterly furious. The flames that were shrinking fanned up again. Higher and higher!
the bonfire has reached the same height as the buildings, about twenty five meter or more!, and starts changing form. It becomes more top heavy and two giant jets of flame extend from the sides. Todoroki struggles to make sense of it and even as he figures it out he doubts his eyes! No one ever had this kind of control! The flames would have burned them up! Ah.
He looks down at the former place of Caesar and his men and finds them gone. He looks up again and sees two glowing stars of rage in the formed fire elemental, Caesar sacrificed his own form and his men to take control of the flames and rush to his masters rescue, knowing his life was endangered.
Todoroki sees the giant elemental glide forward and notices some villains lying unconscious in the way, the elemental made no notice of the obstacle. Todoroki gathers his powers and throws out an ice barrage that would have stopped even the zero pointer normally, but in this case it did not register to Caesar at all and was barely cold and cohesive enough to knock the goons aside.
Todorokis arm falls limply to his side and he forms a fist as once again his ice was not enough to beat flames...
He watches the giant elemental walz forward and stays back, securing the villains. Whatever happens Midoriya will have it handled, he thinks with a touch of bitterness.
Koda, Susume, Tsuyu Lake Zone
Koda, WHO WAS ON THIN ICE!, got sucked into the portal from the villain. When he next opened his eyes he was flying in the air above a lake with a ship.
For a moment he thought that he was transported outside of the USJ, but a quick look around both confirmed that he was still inside AND PRETTY FUCKING HIGH IN THE AIR! Damn! He was falling for five seconds and still had some distance to go! This was gonna hurt...
Koda, who would rather not end like a bloody pancake in water tried as best as possible to orient his body around so his feet were going first. A look at his head makes me think that the other way would have been fine too, but i can understand his choice. Making himself as stiff as possible Koda makes contact with the water.
*SPLASH*
"7/10! Young Koda has to work on his technique if he wants to bring the gold medal home this year!"
Strange nonsensical thoughts were shooting through Kodas head as his body was assaulted by the shock of the dive, the cold water and a sudden lack of air. Better swim up and get some.
Koda tried to open his eyes and make some sense of his surroundings, but while the water was no saltwater and also clear of chemicals, Koda was never the best swimmer, not to mention diver and all he saw was some shadow coming nearer.
Koda knew that he wasn't the only one that was sucked in the same portal and so he hoped it was someone friendly.
The figure came closer... And closer... Is someone else hearing some strange music? Goes a bit like 'Duh-dun, duh-dun dudun dudundudun...'. Just me? Anyway the villain approaching Koda opens his great maw, revealing dozen of sharp fangs and bad mouth hygiene, though i can understand that toothbrushes for such a mouth are a bit hard to get.
Koda finally starts panicking and flails his limbs in an effort to reach the surface when something fast and green zooms past him and kicks the villain in the throat, making him exhale his precious air and retreat.
The savior swims closer and Koda recognizes Tsuyu. The frog-girl silently smiles at him and puts a hand into her hair, pulling out a Blue! That must be one of the few Midoriya gave her in the bus! But Koda did not understand what she wants and shyly points at the surface and at his throat. 'Breath! Air. Survive. Tal- well not talk, not really' he mimes to her, though maybe not the last part exactly like that.
Tsuyu shakes her head and points to more shadows waiting near the surface, seems like the villains are just waiting for them to come up for air and then rush them.
'What are we gonna do!?' Koda mimes in a panic and Tsuy again holds out a Blue before opening her mouth. Koda was confused at her behaviour but dutifully checked inside...
"WAH!" A little Blue detaches herself from Tsuyus mouth and waves at him before closing up the mouth again by stretching itself and its own mouth.
Tsuyu closes her mouth a bit and takes an exaggerated 'breath of air' showing Koda that Blues can be used as oxygen masks. Delighted, fascinated and grateful Koda hurries to put the little Blue in. It was very... strange.
Certainly not comfortable, but also not too disgusting. Like putting a piece of rubber inside your mouth that moves of its own and breathing through a thick mask. Doable, but more taxing than normal.
Koda idly wonders if Tsuyu has problems because she is salivating so much... like putting something tasty in your mouth and just holding it there. Though he guesses that the Blue absorbs water so it should be fine. Thinking of it his tongue feels a bit dry...
Three more Blues swim out of Tsuyus hair and circle them like a small school of fish, their elastic bodies transformed to glide more easily through the water.
Tsuyu and Koda watch them swim for a moment, feeling safe at the bottom of the surprisingly deep lake. Seems like there were more deep and more shallow zones in it, this being the deepest. The villains were still waiting at the surface, but it was clear that they were getting impatient. Already the first were checking where they were hiding and sinking the boat to rob them of a hiding place.
Koda frets and turns to Tsuyu for a plan, himself being useless as there were no fish around. Tsuyu lays a calming hand on Kodas shoulder and nods behind him.
"?- !" A stream of bubbles escape Kodas mouth as the Blue was not prepared for his scream, as two huge eyes kindly watch koda freak out.
It was Susume! Koda instantly recognizes the gentle Pikmin, but while he knew that she can grow, he has never seen her this big! She was around two meter and a half of amorphous blob, without either arms or legs, or maybe too many arms and legs!?
As Koda was watching her she almost gently extends an tentacle and grabs a trident on of the villains threw at them from the water. With what could almost be called a shrug she fired it back and the trident jetted with twice the speed from before towards the group of villains who rush to dodge the projectile.
"We're good.' Tsuyu gives Koda a thumbs up and feeling save for the first time since entering USJ, he relaxes - always a mistake.
Susume smiles gently as she watches the two children seek shelter beneath her form, she turns and fends off another attack from the villains at the surface, not understanding how someone can possibly mean to harm such innocent souls. Note: Susume has no problem with Tsuyus dietary needs.
She was content to hold out under water and purely defend until help arrived and took care of those bad people. Susume was certainly not taking care of them! Not only would that mean leaving the children unprotected, but she may hurt them! Humans are so fragile...
Her body gently moves with the currents, but then she flinches together as if stabbed, jostling Tsuyu and Koda!
'IZUKU!' She feels the distress signal emitted from Izukus body in every cell of her own, like a bleeding wound. SHE MUST GET TO HIM!
Susume was born of Inko, of her love, of her empathy, but most importantly- of her PROTECTIVE INSTINCTS AS A MOTHER.
Koda and tsuyu watch in panic as Susume starts flailing around as if hurt. Did some attack from the villains managa to get her? In the next moment they start desperately swimming as a strong current grabs their bodies and pulls them in. They lose the fight.
Inko was a normal mother, if you ask her, loving her son was natural. Nurturing him, caring for him, crying for him... but don't you DARE fucking hurt him!
The villains start panicking as a whirlpool starts forming in the middle of the lake and the water level sinks. Did those kids find some kind of drain!? The whirlpool grows and grows and some kind of shadow can be seen at the center.
Susume was only a Pikmin. A weak lifeform stabilised by a quirk, element and core. Her element was inoffensive, as was her quirk, both not weak but not very strong either. But not her core. Her core was Inkos love for Izuku, her desire to protect him. Inko would move Heaven and Earth to keep her angel save!
The villains watch in horror as something gigantic rises from the center of the whirlpool, growing more and more as the water level sinks.
Susume was just a weak copy, a mere Pikmin.
One giant foot steps on ground, making the earth tremble.
So this lake will have to do...
Tsuyu and Koda float inside the gigantic Susumes head, the swelling by so much water rendering it transparent, and watch as she makes her way to the entrance. Their eyes widen as a giant living flame meets them halfway.
'Izu-kun was holding out on us!' thinks Tsuyu. Koda tries to not pee himself, peeing in your giant saviours head was the height of bad manners after all.
Izuku, Kirishima, Mina Entrance
Kirishima was carrying a sniffling Ashido on his back and trying to get her to relative safety behind the giant rock that stopped his flight so gently, hoping against hope that Izuku will buy him some time to maybe get her spirits up again.
'Izuku! I'm sorry! Please-' Kirishima's thoughts were interrupted by a green missile impacting the giant rock he was just circling. With a heavy heart his eyes close as he turns to the unidentified object, but inside he already knows. His eyes open.
Izuku was lying limply on the ground, partly leaning against the rock and not moving. From the look of his right arm it was broken or Izuku had a unknown flexibility quirk, his left arm left less room for debate as bones are supposed to be UNDER the skin...
Kirishima, with Ashido on his back, steps closer. He puts down Mina and checks on the villains in the corner of his eyes. The leader was obviously mocking them and even taking out a bottle of some kind - more time for them, at least.
Kirishima did not bother checking on the Nomu. It either was not moving or it would already be killing them.
He gently opens Izukus costume and checks on his ribs. Now Kirishima was no trained medic, but from the dents in his chest he would guess that there were broken bones and more worrying - Izuku was STILL NOT BREATHING!
What to do!? Will moving him only make it worse? Should he even touch him? Is it save to give CPR!?
"If only we had some Slimes..." He laments, but they were all used up. The ones healing him were long gone and Izuku used the last ones on Aizawas co- body. Suddenly a touch on his shoulder.
"Wha-! Mina..." For a moment he feared the worst, but then he sees Minas familiar face. The pinkette was looking into the distance, shock and awe on her tearstreaked face. She points and Kirishima looks... "Holy hell!" he breathes and Mina nods and looks down at Izukus broken body. "He... still hasn't given up."
They watch as a giant Susume slaps away the Nomu and a giant fire elemental, which should be Caesar tries to roast Shigaraki. Mina yelps when Kirishima sets her down. "Kiri?" she asks.
"I'm going." he says.
"Going where?"
"To get the Slimes, to help Izuku." He does not meet her eyes.
"But aren't they...? What about Sensei!?" She wants to know.
"Mina..." Kirishima turns towards their teachers bo- to their teachers corpse and sneaks away without saying anything else. More tears streak down Minas face.
-Meanwhile on the villain side-
"Did you see that, Kurogiri!? Haha! The way he flew off there is no way that twerp stands up again, or ever..." Shigaraki crows in delight as his enemies get decimated, only to stop in his laughter when the expected monotone answer doesn't come. "Kurogiri? Where are you!? Did he see some dirty glass or something?" Shigaraki looks around but soon turns away disinterested, muttering the last part to himself. After all nothing here was a danger to the prototype Nomu.
While he was looking around he can see that the wannabe hero let something fall... seems like a bottle! "Nice! Loot!" The gamer immediatly hops over in delight at real life loot and shakes the full bottle in glee. His eyes land on Eraserheads corpse nearby. "You don't mind,right?" he mocks. "Mhh... speaking of loot..." He goes over to the defeated hero and starts rummaging in his clothes, taking great care to step INTO his wound. "AHA! Jackpot!" He found something - Eraserheads yellow signature glasses. Yoink!
He puts on the glasses and goes to take a sip, but is rudely interrupted by the earth suddenly shaking and a rather hot stream of air against his back. "What is it ... now?" He turns around ready to dust whoever disturbs his sweet loot enjoyment, but trails off as he beholds the fifty meter tall blue giant and the twenty five meter tall fire elemental. A FUCKING REAL LIFE FIRE ELEMENTAL!
Now, Shigaraki doesn't lie to himself and say that he wasn't a bit concerned watching this new overwhelming enemies, BUT... his gamer heart was dancing in delight! Talk about some boss encounters!
'Best day ever!' He thinks. Now if only All Might was here everything would be perfect!
All Might meanwhile...
"Zzzzz... Zzzzzz..." The beloved hero sleeps the sleep of the righteous.
'The fire elemental looks like bad news. Better get Nomu to bury it in dirt, or maybe Kurogiri can open a portal to the lake. If he would show himself! Useless supporting character! That would leave me with the giant blue one. Hmm... with that size it should be slow, so I should get it with multiple attacks! ...? Are that students in the head!?' While Shigaraki was making a plan to deal with the new bosses, disregarding that the roles were supposed to be the other way, he notices movement in the blue giants head.
Indeed! There were two students swimming in the head. Were they the source? But why did it look like a gigantic version of that wannabe heroes quirk? No matter.
"Nomu! Throw dirt on- !" He could not finish his order before Susume extends a long colossal tentacle and whips it around to pound the Nomu into the ground.
"Faster than I thought!" Shigaraki was on his guard, but a smile still formed at the unexpected challenge. He uses the titans occupation with the Nomu to run in, making care to dodge the flame hose from the fire elemental. Considering the heat and the melting rocks, he would rather not be hit.
He manages to reach a giant blue foot and slams all ten finger on it.
*PSSSCH*
Immediately a hole opens and fires water in his face at high pressure. He gets thrown back ten meter and struggles to stand up. The giant shrinks minimally and the hole closes up again. Shigaraki instantly understands.
"Highly unstable because of pressure, but also able to repair because of abundant resources." Already he had to dodge another burst of flame, but the blue one still concentrates on the Nomu. His eyes narrow.
"Am I low priority? NOMU ATTACK ALREADY!" Shigarakis command overwrites the need to heal up first and the Nomu attacks while still not fully repaired. The beast easily opens up multiple holes in the giant, but each close up almost in an instant. The little ponds of water forming on the ground start evaporating fast from the high heat, but the fire elemental clearly took care to stay away.
For a moment it looked like the fire elemental was shaking his fist at the blue giant and the giant grabbed the Nomu and moves a bit further away.
Shigaraki watches the interaction and looks both bemused and a bit disappointed. "Good for us I guess. You really could have put the pressure on us, but you just had to come at the same time, did you."
He hesitates for a moment as it was a cheap end for a gamers dream, but in the end it was just a natural exploit. It just shows. If you bring in elementals- ALWAYS go for supporting types instead of opposing ones!
"Nomu! Lure it to the fire elemental!" Orders given Shigaraki presents himself as bait to said elemental.
The elemental was the most difficult one to deal with and almost impossible to handle as long as Kurogiri was satisfying his glass-cleaning fetish, but thankfully it possesses an exploitable persistence to its attacks. Sure enough it concentrated more on getting him than where he was guiding it.
"Nomu! Pick me up and jump away!" Getting his command through in a fast manner at the right time was a bit tricky, but their giant size made them a bit slower than normal.
Shigarakis plan succeeds and Caesar collides with Susume, creating a giant explosion that covers everything in mist. Hot mist.
Susume robbed of eighty percent of her body, prioritises the safety of the two children still with her and goes into hiding. Once they are secure she will look for Izuku.
Caesar did not survive the collision and his consciousness is stored in the onion until a new body can be formed.
Shigaraki receives some first degree burns, but otherwise stays unharmed as most of the blow was caught by the Nomu, who was already fully regenerated.
Shigaraki walks away and wipes his sweaty brow. "Hot... Kurogiri, RIGHT! Fucking useless peace of shit..." As he grumbles he remembers his loot. "Right! Something to drink would be nice right now." And he grabs Izuku's bottle from his hip.
He dusts open the top and takes a hearty swig. And stops.
DIO fact #1: Dio does not taste good...
Shigaraki opens his mouth and lets it run out of his mouth, but swallows some in his mouth. He pulls a face at the taste.
, but also not bad. Like lukewarm, overcooked and tasteless porridge- and not THAT! ( you know what you are thinking off!)
Shigaraki looks at the bootle and shakes himself. "No thanks." And throws it away in some direction. He rubs his eyes and itching neck, who suddenly look much better without any scars or wrinkles!
Dio fact #2: Dio is good for the skin ... and everything else.
Shigaraki stands there for a moment, a blank look on his face, as he scratches at multiple places on his body or rubs the cheek Eraser hit earlier which no longer ached. Didn't he have a scars in his face? Must have imagined those...
As the mist slowly dissipates he can see movement on the heroes side. The wannabe hero managed to stand up with the help of his two cronies, but looks like a strong gust of wind would do him in.
"Hohooo! You still want to fight?" Shigarakis manner of speech was slowly changing for some reason and he adjusted his stance from the slouch he was until now to stand upright and almost dominating in front of the slightly confused heroes.
Dio fact #3: Consume of Dio may lead to momentary change of character
Shigarakio (trademark pending) opens his arms wide and looks down at the beaten heroes. "Congratulation! Midoriya Izuku. You managed to impress me. Not only did you manage to kill my Nomu once you also honestly surprised me with your quirk." The changed villain leader extends a hand towards the heroes. "You have one more chance! Kneel and join me as an ally! But if you prefer death you are free to step forward. Now choose!"
Izuku, heavily leaning on his friend glares at the villain and shakes his head.
"I choose... NEITHER!" And on his signal they step aside revealing a small purple figure behind them. "Get them! JOTARO!"
-earlier-
Kirishima returns to the others and immediately puts the Slimes on Izukus chest who all start shrinking at once and making the dents in his chest fill up slowly. The immediate reaction was proof Kirishima did not need, thanks!
Izuku who was only barely breathing because of the pain takes a deep gulp of air and starts coughing, after which he holds his chest in pain, after which he screamed in pain from his broken arms and rinse and repeat until he finally manages to center himself and not spiral out of control in hurt.
Once she saw he was able to understand her, mina asks him. "Did you call for the giants? They are Caesar and Susume right?" she wanted to know.
Izuku only nods dumbly. "I guess." he says making her blink. "I know there is something instinctual to my quirk, but I did not order them directly." he explains.
Mina was not deterred. "They are gonna win right!? No way they can beat that!" She gushes hopefully, but again Izuku shakes his head. "Maybe if they came alone. But together like that..." He trails off and shakes his aching itching head. 'Itching!?' As Mina frantically watches his prediction come true he slowly reaches up to his head. He carefully checks his bulbs only to find a fully formed feeler and a achingly thick 'root'. Mentally checking the battle over he figures that it was the Nomus attack who spawned it, meaning they still had a chance! Even if only a miniscule one! It all hinged on 'the pull'.
Izuku closes his eyes and his addled brain painfully whirs with combination and possibilities. 'Narrow it down! Who can pull? Mina, Kirishima or me! Three possibilities!' His eyes open as he makes a decision.
"Kiri- cough- KIRISHIMA!" His voice fails him, but he presses through and startles the redhead. The other two are shocked when they find new hope in Izukus face. HOW!? How can he still not give up!? Pulled along by his energy they cannot help but respond.
"What's the plan Dude!" Kirishima gives Izuku a slightly shaky smile, but Izuku was now certain that he made the right decision.
"You have to make 'a pull'!" For a moment they did not understand before they looked at his head and he nods. "The Nomus attack sparked a growth. Whatever comes out will be powerful, but we NEED the right combination of power and character!" He explains with burning eyes. "Kirishima. It should be you." he finishes.
"What!? Me!? What about Mina? Or you? Or-Or..." Kirishima trails off as there was no one else except for the villains and it need not be said how fucked they would be if one of them pulled it.
Izuku shakes his head again. "Rocky has shown me that I should not pull myself. As for Mina..." he looks down "... the combination would most likely be powerful, but..." He meets Kirishima's eyes and Mina looks down. "... she already gave up." Kirishima was about to defend his old friend, but the girl shakes her head sadly. "I agree. This is our last chance. It has to be you Kiri." she says softly.
"Wha-... Why do you think I haven't given up!? I don't really feel all that manly right now! What if I mess it up!?" Kirishima felt the wight of the situation on him.
"I can see it in your eyes. There is still hope." Izuku laughs softly. "And isn't it a mans job to stand when all bow down?" Izukus eyes meet Kirishima's "What we need now... is a MAN and not a child." And he points at Kirishima's heart, reminding him of what he said to Rocky, either times.
Kirishima falls silent. In his mind he thinks back to everything he learned and what he believed in. 'What we need is a MAN, a HERO, someone who fights for hope and won't ever look away! ' Taking heart he extends his hand and grips the feeler in Izukus hair.
A deep breath as he focuses. Haa... Haaa... HA!
His eyes snap open, fire burning within "OOORRRRRAAAAAA!" A gutural shout as he pins it all on this pull! The lack of moan from Izuku shows how weak he really was.
Something big and purple flies out and lands with a SPLAT on the ground next to them. Mina despairs. "It failed!" she wails, but both Izuku and Kirishima shake their heads. Izukus eyes slowly close as the last of his energy leaves him, barely managing to stay conscious, but a satisfied grin is on his face. Kirishima answers for both of them, the lines of his face thrown in harsh shadows, making him look years older.
"No, it worked." He says with an uncharacteristic serious tone of voice. "Can't you hear it?" Mina could only shake her head, afraid that despair made them lose their minds.
But then softly, at the edge of her mind. ("Ayayayay~...") A raw noise of pure power shakes her soul!
The purple slime on the ground slowly takes form.
"WeweWa. (Yare yare daze.)" The purple figure slowly shakes his head as Mina cannot believe her eyes!
"Is he... wearing a GAKURAN!?" She shouts. Indeed the purple pikmin was rather special. He was bigger than even Susume, who was the tallest Pikmin until now, but that was not all. He was also the widest! He had a big round stomach and big cheeks making him seem rather round. On his head were black hair, confirming Izukus guess that Kirishima was dying his hair. Furthermore he had no visible distinctions in his face except for his eyes. And he was indeed wearing a gakuran jacket, seemingly made from his skin.
Kirishima could guess from the annoyed look on the Pikmins face as he was touching his hair that he would prefer a hat.
"You think he can help us?" Mina had her doubts.
"Absolutely! He is the very definition of manliness!" Kirishima's spirit reached new heights! Izuku tries to get some blood pumping in his brain and shakes his head. "What are you gonna name him,Kiri?" he asks to wake himself up.
"Um me? Shouldn't you-?" "NOPE!" Izuku immediatley rejects that statement. "I made enough mistakes in my naming attempts. Unless I can absolutely not live with it I will leave it to the parent. It's fine! Just look at Gonzales! Nothing you can do much worse." Where was Gonzales anyway?
"O-K? Then his name is-"
-back to now-
"GET HIM JOTARO!"
"Good grief." Jotaro steps closer.
"HO~? You're approaching me? Instead of running away, you're coming right to me?" Shigarakio mocks.
Dio fact #4: Drinking Dio enables understanding of Piklish
"I can't beat the shit out of you without getting closer!" Jotaro answers
"Oh ho! Then come as close as you like! My Nomu will take care of you, JOJO!" Uhm... where did that come from?
Jotaro steps even closer and throws a punch, which due to his elastic body flies farther than though possible and towards Shigarakios face, but it gets easily catched by Nomu.
"Too slow, too slow! Nomu is the ultimate st- creation! Even without his regeneration his power and speed is on par with All Might! NAY even higher! It far exceeds your own creation, Midoriya!" ("Why am i suddenly part of this strange conversation?")
Jotaro throws another two punches, each faster and faster than before.
"Muda muda muda! Nomu!" Listening to his Masters commands (?), the Nomu punches Jotaro full force in the face. "Feel the might of Nomu!"
Jotaro does not move.
"Might? Is that what you call just patting me, and not even enough to hurt? Well i guess it is good I have not obtained a hat yet."
"Why are you so stubborn about admitting defeat!? Hmpf! I guess I have to show you Nomus true power! Nomu! RUSH!"
The Nomu starts a wild barrage of punches faster than the eye can see, but Jotaro only raises his guard and defends as his body slowly changes.
The already big blobby figure stretches up, the arms and legs growing much longer and thicker, same with the chest until Jotaro was as big and muscular as a big man! Even his face changed! Losing some fat and gaining definition and pseudo nose and mouth, his hair rising up like a flame and his purple color shifting to a lighter tone. When the transformation was done a muscular man stood in his place with wild black hair and a hard body that nothing seemed to hurt! Seems like Kirishimas quirk had some interesting consequences. ( you should all now how he looks now)
Done with his preparations Jotaro dashes forward and engages the Nomu in an endless rush of punches. ("Oraoraoraoraoraora...")
Thankfully the new Shigaraki was content with crossing his arm and making his s-lave do the work.
It was a wild back and forth with no clear winner, but ultimately Jotaro was not only the fresher fighter, he also was MORE than the Nomu. Activating his full potential Jotaro hardens up to the limit and sends the Nomu flying into the air, where it crashes into the ceiling before falling into the hole where the lake was previously.
The hero students cry out in triumph, but then Jotaro collapses into a puddle and the downside to his overwhelming power is revealed, something which Shigaraki takes great delight in pointing out.
"Too specialized,eh? Guess he can only use his powers against a 'Nomu' from the look of things. Well I'm no Nomu so even after everything..." A evil grin spreads on the villains face. "I win!" He reaches out a hand to give the hero a congratulatory handshake, when something slams into the ground not far from them, about where Aizawas corpse lies.
All three heads turn and watch what slammed into the ground there.
It was Kurogiri! But he was no longer so ... cloudy(?) and much more solid. His eyes were closed and he did not move, he seemed dead.
"Kurogiri!" Shigaraki yells for his trussted caretaker, but no reaction. The specialized nomu that was programmed to always react to his voice lay still.
"No use Asshat!" An abrasive voice thunders out, making the tired heroes jump. Katsuki and Ochaco were standing on a large rock and were looking down at the leader of the villains.
"Your secret toys battery has run out! No more portals for you." A grin like a shark spreads on his face and he pops off explosions. "You lose, Bitch." He declares.
Shigaraki shakes his head, unwilling to believe that everything turned so wrong in just a few minutes! WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO KUROGIRI!?
-earlier
Katsuki and Ochaco Air zone
"He's over there." Ochaco whispers in Katsukis ear. They were hiding on the beams in the ceiling and searching for their prey. "What is he doing?" She asks, as she could not explain to herself why he would leave his leaders side or float in the air all alone. Was he holding his head? Were there drawbacks to his quirk?
"Don't know, don't care." Katsuki grunts. "We take him out and meet up with the others." He repeats their 'plan'.
"And how are we to take him out?" Ochaco demands to know and Katsuki grinds his teeth as his only answer were the bracers on his arms. that's when he saw movement in the corner of his eye.
"Watch out!" he hisses. "Come out!" He demands of the intruder.
A small white figure with a long white scarf around his neck, red eyes and black shaggy hair steps forth. "Gonzales!" Ochaco whisper shouts.
The usually sleeping Pikmin was looking very alert and sharp eyes, very much like his parent in hero-mode.
Katsukis eyes narrow as he recalls something about the abilities of Izukus Pikmin. "Can you negate his quirk?" He asks the Pikmin.
Gonzales nods and then narrows his eyes and holds up one finger. He mimes a bit before once again showing one finger. His piercing eyes meet Katsuki and he understands. "Just one shot,eh?" A grin spreads on his face as a plan forms. "Better make it hit!" And he fiddles with his bracers.
Kurogiri tries to stabilize his system.
ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR...
Something about Eraserheads death has messed with it. Did the hero manage one last all out attack on him? What is this strange feeling?
Kurogiri shakes his head and decides to cut the excursion short and return to Master and the doctor, something was obviously affecting him.
He turns around but stops as he hears something moving through air at high speeds and just manages to dodge the attack of the student with the explosions and the bad manners. "Miss me bitch?" Which obviously did not get better. "Not really. Excuse me I have somewhere else to be." And he turns away ignoring the student whose explosions should not be strong enough to help him up here. Though, how did he manage to reach up here in the first place?
The answer come in form of a second student floating in the air in front of him, wearing the former students bracers and pointing behind her. "Take off!" One bracer fires and the female student rockets towards Kurogiri.
"Haa really?" He easily dodges with his superior agility in the air. The ignored former student uses this moment to launch another attack at his back. Kurogiri did not anticipate him also floating and gets thrown against a beam.
"Children. Don't make me angry." he warns them gently, ever a gentleman.
"Too late." The students collide mid air and the male balances them out and counters their movement with his explosions before throwing the female student at Kurogiri. He goes to dodge when he is suddenly caught in some kind of white rope?
"Wee (Gotcha!)" Gonzales growls at the reanimated corpse, activating his special ability. "NEGATE" Gonzales dies. All quirks active in Kurogiris body shut off COMPLETELY. His gaseous body condenses into a black corpse and he starts falling before Ochaco slams into him. He is already dead before the second explosion hits him point blank.
Kurogiri falls.
"That... felt like Shota..." A last echo in black fog.
Shigaraki snarls like a beast as he raises his arms and rushes towards Izuku and the others who are to tired to dodge or move. Katsuki was rushing forward, but he would never able to catch the villain in time.
Izuku glares defiantly into Shigarakis wild eyes.
*BANG*
Shigaraki falls back, a gun wound in his arm and glares at the entrance.
The Heroes were finally here!
They won.
Though it was questionable at what cost...
to be continued...
UGH finally done!
This took way longer than planned. I originally wanted to have the next chapter posted today, but guess I should have known.
Just a bit to this chapter and a bit more to the next chapter and then Im done.
Jotaro: I'm relatively sure that you all saw this one coming
Ad to be honest it was always to be like that, originated in A fool is no Hero to be exact.
I had this idea for spinoffs where Izuku manages to open 'a different kind of door' and channels the stardust crusader. It never really left me then I got this other Pikmin idea and i just went for it
I'm a bit torn about it btw
I think it turned out ok, but at the same time i robbed myself of something more original I guess.
but enough about that
Onto gonzales ( i still have to grammar check before posting)
you all were always about mina, which -i can understand from pikmin3
BUT I was thinking Pikmin2! i was thinking about a self sacrificial one hit thing! Which admittedly doesn't sound like a good fit in a story
I thought much about gonzales abilities and how to not make it too overpowered before i settled on this.
He can sacrifice himself to completely neutralize every quirk of his target for five minutes (i.e the time I gave Aizawa to be able to hold open his eyes)
this includes transmutation special powers
They won't transform into humans, but they will get very weak.
Additionally it has the effect of being very deadly for Nomus
Originally i wanted to actually title this chapter 'The nomu killer' and make you guess it would be Jotaro only to reveal last second that it was Gonzales ;)
But enough for now, just a bit for next chapter
next chapter will (hopefully) be short, quick to write and VERY INTENSE
I'm being a bit cautious considering my plans and remind you at this point that this story is technically not for minors!
Just saying.
The next two chapter are technically 1, but i want the important part to get out quick and considering work the next two weeks i don't know what I will manage.