Ashido's Side:
We could see All Might confronting the villains, his big brave silhouette in the big hole in the wall.
The creepy villain leader seemed to be yelling back at him, and had turned to the Warp Gate Guy - but through All Might's arms, we could see Edgeshot zip through him and knock even the Warp Gate guy out!
"They really got em!" cried Kaminari, looking really, really relieved. And the others didn't have to get involved…
"Thank goodness," murmured Jirou, and from her face I could tell she knew too…
Her parents looked relieved. The teachers had pulled it off, and our friends were safe -
"Oh, no!" cried Tooru. We jumped and looked -
Black sludge was pouring out of nowhere around the villain leader, and from it were emerging giant, misshapen monsters - monsters with their brains showing, and staring creepy eyes, and huge, open jaws…
"The Nomu!" Jirou cried out in horror.
"The what?" asked her old man.
"Man-made monsters," said Kaminari. "There was one at the USJ and at HOsu -"
"And at Camp," I cried. "It attacked Yaomomo!"
Jirou's fist clenched on the bedspread.
"BAKUGOU!" KAminari almost screamed. We crowded around the TV and watched in horror as the black sludge stuff camp out of Bakugou's mouth, surrounding him, enveloping him - until he disappeared right from All Might's outstretched arms…
Outside the cameras caught Endeavor blasting fire as more Noomu - more and more, from black sludge that didn't seem to end - just kept crawling out onto the ground. The cops were firing bullets by the dozens at them, and it wasn't slowing them down at all!
"Oh, no, no," said Jirou's dad.
I heard Jirou and Kaminari mumble, almost so quiet you could've missed it, "Yaomomo…"
Todoroki too…Midoriya and Bakugou - and Eiji…
Kirishima's Side
We got up from the groud, rubbing the places where we'd all been blasted back into the cement.
"What's happening?" asked Iida.
I got up on his shoulders again, and Yaoyorozu on Midoriya's. We took a peek over the wall to see what was going on, and saw a bunch of the Pros -
"Mt, Lady, Gang Orca, Even best Jeanist!" I cried, really impressed at the talent in line.
"And Mr. Tiger too!" added Yaoyorozu. They'd secured all the Noomu, Best Jeanist wrapping them up with thread, Mt. Lady clutching many in her giant hands, Gang Orca holding them up by the collars. There were cops, and agents, and people there ready to take the initiative and restrain all the villains.
It was clear, we weren't needed. I hopped down off Iida's shoulders.
"The heroes were making their move long before we were," said Iida, grinning.
"Amazing," I murmured under my breath.
"Well, let's get out of here," said Iida, cheerful agin. "There's nothing for us to do here!"
Midoriya had lingered behind, and he was gazing - not really at anything in front of us, more like he was looking somewhere far away, wherever Bakugou was. "'Gone with All Might? Is he where Kacchan is?" he murmured.
Yaoyorozu, looking confident again, told him, "If All Might's there, there's no reason for us to worry," she reassured him. "Come on. Let's get going."
We headed down the alleyway, but Midoriya had stopped. He was looking back again. In the distance, something like footsteps were coming. Long footsteps we could hear even from this distance. Loud voices from the Prs, sounding like they were panicking. And then -
It happened in an instant. We couldn't even turn around. We had no idea what happened, in a single instant - in less than a second - this man's aura, it made us see death itself. Visions of it, really. I could see us all, stretched in a pool of blood in my head, lying on the ground and broken.
The man floated above the ground - he floated like someone hanging from a rope instead of flying, like Uraraka would. He wore a face mask, filled with pipes, a black suit, dark shoes…no sign of a face, or eyes.
And we could hear now, his raspy voice through the pipe mask. "Just when Tomura was starting to think for himself. And beginning to lead others by himself…if possible, I'd like for you all to stop interfering. Well then, let's get it over with."
Ashido's Side:
The sludge hadn't stopped with Bakugou. There it came, flowing out of villains' mouths left and right, sweeping all the League creeps away from the Heroes' hands - until we could see they'd all gotten away, and the Pros were left fighting Noomu alone.
All Might had flung the Nome's attacking him away in a spiral attack and vanished through the hole in the wall. Endeavor went on fighting them outdoors.
"Darnit, aren't they supposed to have a handle on this?" cried Jirou's mother, turning around from just a moment before.
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Kirishima's Side
clap - clap - clap -
The noises came to us through a sea of fear.
"As expected of the Number four hero, Best Jeanist," said the villain. "I was trying to blast everyone away. But in an instant, you controlled everyone's clothes and pulled them out of the way! Your judgment, technique…you've got nerves of steel! But the strength that you possess is the result of considerable training and practical experience. Yours - I don't need yours…"
And we heard the sound - which we saw over the wall's broken side - was the sound of the villain blasting a hole in Best Jeanist's stomach.
"Your quirk doesn't suit Tomura's personality," he concluded.
In the blink of an eye. Everything got wiped out. My body won't move…
splash -
"Ugh, what the crap is this?!"
Bakugou!
He'd been warped in from nowhere, it seemed, and he was coughing in front of the villain - our own Bakugou, in the flesh, in the same clothes from camp, looking the worse for wear - but definitely alive.
"Apologies, Bakugou," said the Villain.
"Eh?"
More noises - splashing -
And the League of Villains - the rest of em it seemed - were there, crawling out of black sludge like portals. The hand guy, of course, alongside a guy who looked like a lizard and dressed like Stain; a blonde girl in a school uniform, a guy in a top hat and tailcoat, a woman with long stringy hair and sunglasses, a guy in a black bodysuit, and two unconscious - the warp gate guy, and the fire villain we'd seen before.
"You've failed again, Tomura," said the Villain, but this wasn't reprimanding…"But you cannot get discouraged. All you need do is try again. I brought your comrades back for you, and this boy too, because you deemed him an important piece. Try as many times as you'd like. That's why I'm here. Everything is for your sake."
He sounded kinda like a dad talking to his kid…but nah, I had to focus. Had to think of something - if I just stand here, if I let being scared stop me again - again - then I won't be a real hero, or a man.
Crimson Riot's words. The thing that scares me more than death is the look on someone's face when they die. What scares me more than death…
Right. Gotta step up. Do it now. Just do it - just -
And as I tried to move, Yaoyorozu grabbed my arms. Midoriya and Todoroki had tried to move too, and Ida had grabbed them at the same time.
I could see from her face that she was scared, but not about to let me move. Right - no fighting -
We need a plan…I need a plan!
"Ah, there you are!"
I jumped outta my skin; the Villain - had he noticed us?
No - he was talking to -
All Might came flying in from up above, and his fists slammed into the Villain's - the force of it shaking the very ground beneath our feet.
"I'll have you return my student, All for One!"
"Are you going to kill me a second time, All Might?" he taunted.
The force of their battle was tossing up rocks, swirling through the air with power and explosions. The wind was blasting over us, even behind the stone wall. We couldn't hear their conversation any more.
"He even stopped All Might!" gasped Midoriya.
The villain had blasted All Might with the force of his power through multiple buildings. As we watched in horror, he activated - somehow, even though he was unconscious - he started up the Warp Gate Villain's quirk. A portal was opened, and even as AllMight came back and slammed towards him again -
The League had turned to Bakugou, and were getting ready to grab him again and drag him away through that portal.
"All Mght!" cried Midoriya.
Dammit, what are we gonna do? Bakugou's surrounded, All Might's being kept in place by that villain…and we can't fight!
"If you know you're breaking the rules, your actions are the same as villains"
"I know how it feels too, but we can't let our emotions get the best of us…"
But how can we help? How can we stop this?
"Iida, everyone!" cried Midoriya.
"Don't even think about it, Midoriya," said Iida.
"No!" said Midoriya. "There's a way! Away for us to avoid combat, to rescue Kacchan, and get out of here too!"
"Spit it out already," said Todoroki.
"The thing is," he said slowly, looking down at his hand - and looking really sad for some reason. "This plan, if it's me doing it, it will probably fail. It's got to be you, Kirishima. You're the key to making this successful."
I stared at him. Me? I'm - the key?
"Iida…" said Yaoyorozu.
"It may be a gamble," said Iida slowly. "But considering the circumstances, the risk to us is relatively low…above all, if we succed, then it will be worth it. Let's do it."
"First, we propel ourselves forward using my full Cowl and Iida's recipro. Then, we'll break through the wall with Kirishim'as hardening. The second we break through, Todoroki creates an ice ramp for us. Make it as high as possible, so that we can fly off on it. The villains still haven't noticed us. Up until now, we've always had to react to their moves, but this time around, we can make the first move! We'll cross the battlefield at a height where they can't reach us. Kacchan has been staying on guard with these opponents. He's been creating distance from them while fighting. The time to act is the moment he's more than two steps away from the villains. The villain's boss is keeping All Might's hands tied, but that also means his are too. Then it's up to you Kirishima. It can't be me, or Todoroki, or Iida, or even Yaoyorozu. Ever since we started school, up till now, you've built a solid relationship with Kacchan, as equals. If his friend calls to him, he'll listen!"
And as we soared through the air, way out of reach of the villains and their leader, I reached out my hand and called to him, "Come on!"
For about two seconds, I was scared that Uraraka had been right, and he wasn't gonna listen. But then - with a blast like crazy - he was up in the air, and had grabbed my hand, and was grinning back at us, "You idiots!"
"Bakugou," said Iida, "On my signal, use your explosions - "
"No, you follow me asshole!" he screamed back.
"This is not the time to fight!" I yelled back at him- not a second too soon, cause we could see the villain in the top hat flying through the air towards us -
But just in time, the downed Mt. Lady, with a shout of her move "Titan Cliff!" had blocked him.
"Mt Lady!" cried Midoriya.
We heard her call back to us, "The rescue's priority. Go on, you dumb kids!"
And we'd made it - over the city blocks and into a safe zone, gently descending with Bakugou's explosions and Iida's recipro - Bakugou safe, and All Might free to do what he does best, and kick the villain's butts.