Stain jumped back, eyes filled with delicious as the terror as the shadow-y form of Midoriyaslowly began stalking forward. Midoriya tried to laugh, but it just came out as some horrible, screeching noise incomprehensible to them all.

He couldn't talk. That was annoying.

Stain twisted his sword in his hand and rushed forward, most lie=kely aiming to try to hit Iida behins the teen and escape. 'Don't think so. Those are some nice… fragile…. Legs you got!'

One of his arms shot out, much longer than his normal ones, grabbing the vigilante and dangling by his leg as the Greenette's new form rised to be eye level. The villain flinched violently as their eyes met and Midoriya let out another terrifying cackle. "How cute."

That was what he tried to say. It just came out as more terrifying noises, the sounds of death and despair made manifest. As the villain dangled from one leg the shadow-y monstrosity grabbed his other leg and began pulling.

"AHHHH! STOP YOU MONSTER!" Stain screamed out in pain as the teen kept pulling, revelling in the pain. He continued laughing, letting go for a moment to slam Stain against on the walls before continueing.

"M…Midoriya….." A voice asked quietly, horrified. Looking down Midoriya met Iida's eyes, which had practically turned to pinpricks, mouth agape. He was trembling ever so slightly despite being frozen Midoriya had a feeling it wasn't just the stab wound that was causing. "What….."

'Remember, your name is a promise.'

'I will always do the right thing, no matter what.'

He looked back at his victim, eyes wide. This wasn't right… this was just torturing a man for his own amusement. It was Villainous! He was so angry, but unlike Iida he didn't even have a good reason to be this mad.

He dropped the villain on his head, falling back to the floor and scurrying over to his friend and the pro beside him. His shadow-y appendages reached out hesitantly, hating how Iida seemed to flinch as they got closer.

While Stain was distracted from his beating, Midoriya picked up the two paralyzed victims and scurried off around one of the corners as quickly as he could, placing them down where they would hopefully be safe.

"What… are you…?" Iida asked simply. Midoriya didn't respond as he hurried back to the scene of the fight. Stain tried to run away but before he could make it far, a wall of ice suddenly burst up in front of him.

The vigilante leaped back out the way, narrowly avoiding a follow up torrent of fire. "Midoriya…. Is that you?"

Todoroki stood there, holding his arm out. His face was one of confusion and shock, though he seemed to understand the situation they'd found themselbes in. Midoriya felt his body finally return to normal as the shadows swirled into a more humanoid shape, before the greenette reformed back to normal.

Along with the powers disappearance so to did the anger it had brought along. The marked teen shook his head as he looked up, he could deal with that another time. "Todoroki! We need to keep the hero killer at bay!"

"Oh no, not now you monstrosity!" Stain shouted, turning and running towards the magic boy. Midoriya's gaze turned determined as he threw out his marked hand, dozens of tendrils flying out. Most missed but one managed to wrap around the killers arm and fling him back.

Todoroki ran forward as the killer flew through the air, creating an ice ramp for him to crash into before imprisoning the killer inside and hurrying to the greenette's side.

"Want to explain properly now?" The Hetreochromatic teen asked, raising a brow.

"Iida is around the corner. Definetly let his emotions get the better of him and now I'm trying to keep the hero killer-"

Suddenly, the ice shattered and the two turned back to see stain climbing out the ice, single sword in hand. His face was one of anger and desperation as he rushed towards them.

"Shall we, Todoroki?" Midoriya asked, Far Reach coming out in his regular form. The fire and ice teen nodded, sending forward a blast of fire. Stain tried to dodge, jumping to the side only to be caught by Midoriya's tentecale and slammed into the wall.

The villain rolled away, barely hopping out the way of a cascade of ice trying to imprison him. With the two students ranged attacks, and reaction times in this cramped space, the hero killer could barely keep up.

He tried to throw daggers at them but before they could land Far Reach exploded into it's weaker form, grabbing them all and pulling them back into the standard form as Midoriya grabbed them. Full cowling kicked in and he used the strength to shatter them.

"That's a new trick." Todoroki observed, still following the villain with his eyes. "Not using it more?"

"It's close range." Midoriya explained as he heard a shuffling behind him, casuing him to turn. "I can't risk- Iida!? What are you doing?!"

That got Todoroki's attention and the two turned to see the class president staggering towards them, hands against the wall as he walked forward.

"This is… my fight… You shouldn't be here…" The boy said with a wince of pain. Stain closed in and Midroiya reacted at the last second, using his own sword to block the attack. 'Note to self! Get sword fighting lesson from Yaoyorouzu asap!' "I can… do this… alone."

"You could of fooled me." Todoroki deadpanned as he threw out another wall of ice. "You're not winning any fight like that. Get to safety Iida!"

"No! Neither of you can understand this…. Anger." Iida said, immediately getting looks from the other two boys. 'Terrible choice of people to say that to, Iida.' "I won't let you put your lives on the line for my fight!"

"It's NO ONES FIGHT!" Midoriya ended up snapping, turning to the boy. His eyes shined as the taller teen flinched back. "No one is entitled to taking downt he hero killer! I'm sorry your brother is in hospital Iida, I am! But if you can't look past your own self fufiliment here than you're the exact problem that created Stain in the first place!"

Silence rang out after that as hurt blue eyes met angry green ones. No one knew exactly what to say following that. "Midoriya, I-"

"INCOMING!" Todoroki warned and they turned to see a sword flying at them. Midoriya's eyes widened as he tried to move but he was to slow, being caught off-guard. He barely avoided getting skewered as the sword went throw his clothing and sent him back into the nearby wall, getting stuck. "Midoriya!"

The greenette winced as he reached up, feeling a light cut open up on his shoulder as he was forced to grind it along the blade trying to get out. He couldn't though.

In front of him, iida didn't turn to look, running after Stain who was making another get away.

"Help! Someone help!" The boy cried, not wanting to be stuck if the ehro killer returned, forgetting in the moment the million and one ways he could probably free himself with his powers.

Iida froze up as his cry, looking back. His face morphed from on of shock to shame as he hurried back, on staggering legs and both he and Todoroki pulled out the blade.

"Midoriya…" The boy said quietly as he helped his friend down, despite his own shaky stature. Todoroki turned away, looking out towards the pro who had also been paralyzed. "I'm… I'm sorry!."

"H-huh?" Midoriya questioned, titlting his head to the side as he caught his breathe. Iida kneeled down, looking away. He was tired, in pain and ashamed.

"I… I was going to just leave you here right now, when I saw him try to escape." The blue haired teen admitted, clutching his own injury. "I w-was willing to l-leave my own f-friend behind w-when they needed my help. I can't b-believe myself! I'm just…. I'm so angry! What am I supposed to do if I can't even act upon my feeling!? I didn't even Acknowlegde that someone else was in danger through my own anger!"

Silence rang out after that, and gently Midoriya knelt down as well, placing a hand on his friend's shoulders. "You vent. Like your doing now. It's ok to be angry Iida, it's ok to be mad at Stain for what he'd done. It's ok to want revenge for what happened to Ingenium. What's not ok, is acting on your anger."

"Not that I don't agree, Midoriya but this is exactly the kind of stunt you'd pulled, trying to fight the hero killer alone." Todoroki pointed out, and Midoriya shook his head with a frown.

"There's a difference. The reasoning. I would run in because I was trying to save someone. Still incredibly reckless I guess but hey, at least I could maybe help someone. I just…. I've seen what happens when someone is swallowed up in nothing but negativtity, I don't want to lose my friend to that." Midoriya explained, helping Iida back onto his feet. The three sighed as they looked around. "What do we do now?"

"Well, we could-" Iida began to suggest something but before he coulf finish, Midoriya let out a cry of pain as his mark began to act. Before he knew what was happening his body disappeared into smoke once more, getting another look of horror from Iida and a lookg bewilderment and unease from Todoroki.

Then a sword flew straight through him into the wall. They all turned to see Stain had already come back, trying to score a sneak attack. Midoriya didn't waste time, immediately rushing forward while he was safe, lifting the man into the air and looking for any weapons still on him, throwing them all to the way side.

His shadowy form wrapped around the man's body, holding him in place. Todoroki quickly started creating blockages so the killer couldn't esacpe but it let the man struggle freely against the greenette.

This would be a stalemate at best if it continued like this…

"Thank you Midoriya, for reminding me. For my brother, but nor just him alone, for everyone who has suddered by this monsters hands…" Iida stood tall, as flames shot out the back of his legs, a determined gaze in his eyes. "RECIPRO BURST!"

Instantly the tall teen rocketed forward, clearly the sitance in no time. His fist came down on the villains chest hard as he was held in place. The impact rocketed throughout the villains body, ripping him from Midroiya's grasp and sending him crashing into a pillar of ice behind him.

The villain groaned, before passing out and Midoriya returned to normal as the three looked amongst one another.

"We…. Did it…" Iida said simplt. "We beat the hero killer…"

"SHOTO!"

"KID?!"

"IIDA?!"

The sound of pro's looking for them let the three boys sigh in relief. The Nomu threat must have been dealt with while they fought. For a moment, Midoriya could smile.

Hopefully the worst was over. He should of known by the light ache in his hand that he would never be so lucky.