Team STIK (Strike)

by Aragon365

One born without the power to make a difference. Another gifted with an incredibly powerful dual semblance. One who wishes to live up to his elder brother. And a faunus whose anger makes him almost as brutal as the Grimm. At Beacon Academy, these four unlikely souls would meet, and forever change the face of Remnant. These are their exploits. (Discontinued)

18. The Hunters and The Prey

A/N: Well, so far 5 episodes of RWBY Volume 5 have aired (for FIRST members. Officially it's just 4) and I'm still hyped for what this season has to offer! The action is amazing, the models are somehow even more expressive, there's more context for Aura and Semblances, and even more badass looking characters have been introduced! (Vernal is BestGirl! For right now, it could change.)

I! LOVE! THIS! SHOW!

Ahem! Sorry, I went all 'fanboy' there for a second. Enjoy the chapter! And yes, I am a guy.

Review Responses:

Glenn: That's not to say I dislike canon RWBY. I love it. A lot (with the exceptions of Yang getting her arm cut off, Penny dying, Roman dying and Pyrrha dying. Those all hit me right in the goddamn feels with a literal metric ton of force. I was quite literally crying by the end of Volume 3). Otherwise, this FF wouldn't even exist. But at some point, I will try to break away from it, but ONLY after Volume 5 wraps up. Until then, I will only make slight deviations and the occasional canon change when I recognize possible story elements.

JustSomeGuy: The Big Three will make their appearances soon. Very, very soon. Fair warning, I only managed to get my hands on Volumes 1-9 of the manga, so I apologize in advance if my depictions of them are nothing like the manga. Also, I kinda see Nejire as an older version of Ochako. I mean, they look undoubtedly similar with the exception of their hair colors; hell, even their powers are similar in nature (I'm actually a big fan of IzuOcha despite this story's main pairing, by the way). And yes, Izuku will tap into 20%… well, he'll get it very soon, I promise.

keys of fate: Holy crap these are a lot of reviews to respond to. *Cracks neck* Time to get to work. Mei is one of my favorite HeroAca characters; yes, I know that Yang was technically taller than Izuku, but c'mon man, he's seventeen in this universe; much more interactions between them in the later chapters; I kinda wanted to see how I could express Bakugo's feral side in a more comprehensible way, also thank you for seeing Izuku's bio; Tomura has much to learn about everything; they are the best!

Well, that took a bit.

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Chapter 18: The Hunters and The Prey

"I'm not sure, kid. I mean, mine was vague but nowhere near as vague as that." Torino explained as he locked the door to his apartment building, the sun now setting just beyond the horizon of the beach that stood several blocks away from them.

"Well, it's gotta mean something. I just need to figure out what that 'something' is." Izuku thought aloud as he scribbled various notes down in a spare notebook he had on hand, trying to decipher the meaning behind the voices rather... poorly rhymed poem.

"Put that infernal thing away!" Torino jumped up and smacked the back of Izuku's head with his cane. "You're not gonna need it. You'll just be usin' your own eyes n' ears for this."

With his train of thought now broken, Izuku reluctantly put the rather small notebook into the inside pocket of his jacket, briefly adjusting Gale's holster before he caught up with Torino. "Why are we going into the city this late? Wouldn't it be a bit more sensible if we did patrol earlier?"

"The baddies only really come out at night. Plus, you can't keep fighting against me the entire time you're under my tutelage. It'll get you into some rather bad habits that other opponents can exploit very easily. Well... the ones who're smart enough to figure it out." Torino referred to most of the common thugs that didn't actually know how to fight. Since Izuku had already dealt with those kinds of people at Juniors club, he understood his mentor's mentality, nodding as he responded, "I think I understand what you mean. If I get too used to fighting a speed type opponent, like you, I have a much harder time formulating a strategy to defend against a strength type opponent."

"You catch on quick, kid. C'mon. We're taking the scenic route."

(3:34 am, the streets of Vale)

And the scenic route they did indeed take. The large, urban expanse known as the city of Vale was laid bare before them on their path to the actual city, swathed in the auburn light of the sunset as the aforementioned sphere of flame began to fade from sight like a slowly cooling campfire. The lights of various buildings and nighttime businesses were beginning to come alive, their signs switching from closed to open mere seconds after this. The daytime had passed. Night had come.

Patrol wasn't really all that exciting. It was simply walking throughout the city, breaking up a few fights whenever they broke out, and even stopping a purse snatching. No one to actually fight, but it wasn't exactly a boring night. Plus, the city was rather beautiful at night, if you knew where to look.

It was around midnight that Shoto started a group chat with Izuku and the rest of the team, reporting their findings and patrols, but with currently no results. The chat persisted for a long while, far into all of their patrols, when for some odd reason, Tenya suddenly, and rather abruptly, went silent. Izuku knew from his teammates usual messaging patterns that he never took any longer than three minutes to reply to a message. It had been nearly ten, which was rather worrying. He knew that Tenya could handle himself, and rather well, but that didn't stop his anxiousness.

Torino sighed at Izuku while the bot stared at his Scroll. "You kids are always on your damn Scrolls nowadays. C'mon, get yer face away from that screen."

Izuku immediately complied. "Sorry. Just a bit worried about a teammate."

"Well, if your team is anything like what you've told me, I'm sure he's fine-" And then, like a sudden strike of lightning, there emerged a humanoid Grimm from a back alleyway, swiping at the nearest pedestrian it could reach. It was looked rather gangly when compared to the thing that Tomura had called 'Nomu' during the fight at the docks. It was actually rather pale in tone as well, with a rather normal looking jaw, though it still had the mask thing going for it, with an extra set of eyes and the same style shorts as the other. But the exposed brain was a dead giveaway that it had some relation to the thing Tomura had commanded at the docks.

Torino was quick to jump into action, yelling to Izuku, "Get the civilians to safety and find more hunters to evacuate the area! I'll hold this thing off!" before he dove headfirst at the monster, driving it away from the gathered crowd and further towards the eastern edge of the city.

Izuku followed through on Torino's command, ushering civilians away from the area with the help of a few passing huntsmen. Then, his Scroll vibrated, a sudden message delivered to his inbox. He checked the message, seeing that it was from Tenya without a single letter contained within it, instead containing a picture of a map of Vale with a preset destination on it. This message had also been sent to Shoto and Bakugo, and, seeing as this had been a very hastily put together message, it could only mean one thing.

Tenya had found Stain.

Izuku immediately activated Full Cowl and began weaving throughout the panicking crowds before he found a back alleyway, taking a bit of a shortcut as he started running faster and faster, pushing himself further and further, his wish to help his friend the driving force behind his rapidly moving lower appendages.

After almost one and a half minutes of running, he made one final, sharp turn, and saw Stain, the man who'd been so hesitant beforehand, standing above Tenya with his blade poised to stab him straight through the torso, a wild and dangerous look in his eyes, only barely hinted with any sympathy at all.

Stain no longer thought of Tenya as Huntsman material. Therefore, by his conduct, he had to be eliminated. For him, there were no exceptions to the rule. Not even a child.

(A/N: "Trinity/Sanmittai" OST from My Hero Academia)

Without another second to lose, Izuku jumped off of the various walls of the alley, gaining a decent amount of momentum before launching himself at Stain with a right hook straight to the face, sending the Huntsman Hunter back several feet before skidding to a halt. Izuku then landed in front of his wounded friend and drew Gale from the holster strapped to his back, the dust infused greatsword/war-scythe almost glowing beneath the silvery pale full moon as the wielder held it in a death grip.

"Don't worry, Tenya. The others will be here soon." Izuku said as he looked back at his fallen friend, who had been cut many more times than normally manageable. How was Stain able to get past Tenya's Aura? Did it have something to do with his blades?

"I'm sorry, Izuku. I tried to fight back, but he ingested my blood. I can't move." Tenya explained, Pride's main grip just a hair's breadth out of his reach. Izuku nodded in acknowledgment, twisting the pommel of Gale and triggering it to shift into scythe mode. He could not afford to pull punches against a man like Stain.

"And how are you gonna fight me with a weapon of that size, green-hair-" Stain was interrupted yet again when Izuku jabbed at him with the butt end of his scythe, followed by an immediate overhead swing, embedding the large blade into the pavement as Stain just barely managed to avoid it. Stain grit his teeth as he sped along the length of the scythes handle with Bloody Reign, aiming to slice at Izuku's arm before the boy leapt into the air, using his hands to keep himself grounded to his embedded scythe and swung his legs around at Stain, kicking him with both boots and sending him even further towards the edge of the alley.

"Hehehehehehe..." Stain chuckled to himself before spouting off in a mad tirade, "So, you really are one of them! One of the only ones who are truly worthy of being called a huntsman! This is... fantastic! You're perfect-" But Izuku was having none of it, pulling Gale out of the concrete only to throw it at Stain mid-speech.

It was also at this moment that Shoto arrived, Jotunheim drawn and ice covering wherever he walked. The look in his eyes was one of pure, unfiltered wrath. He was angry. Shoto had never been angry before. Not once.

"You know Tenya, you've really gotta stop sending such vague messages. I just barely got here." Shoto stabbed Jotunheim into the ground, sending a trail of ice towards Stain that then crept up his legs and froze him to the ground, stopping him from moving entirely, even as he continually swung his odachi to and fro. With his mobility now limited, Izuku was free to pull Gale free of the concrete once more, the blade still a shining, silvery green.

Bakugo was the next to drop in, literally, as he jumped off the roof of one of the buildings making up the alley, making a meteor drop with several flips to gain momentum before he crashed into Stain's head, a sharp crack resounding throughout the area, his Aura finally caving in.

Thanks to this, Tenya was able to move once more, picking up Pride before dragging himself to his feet with the help of his partner. He smiled, opening his mouth to thank them before something within Stain's vicinity caught his eye. "Look out!" He yelled at them, causing them to duck just in time before Stain lashed out with pocket knives, nearly hitting Shoto in the arm and Izuku on the back.

The green-haired boy was the first to react, kicking out with a Gatling gun-esque kick combo before performing a standing be twist flip and hitting Stain towards Shoto, who swept Jotunhei upwards, making a jagged wall of ice in the Huntsman Hunters trajectory path, splinters and shards of ice scattering everywhere when he crashed into it. Bakugo held his hands open, his palms facing Stain's back as he yelled, "HOW ABOUT THIS!" At the top of his lungs before an eardrum-shattering explosion erupted from his now ablaze hands, sending the killer straight for Tenya. The aforementioned spectacled boy kicked Stain straight in the gut, causing the killer to stumble backward before Tenya hit him across the head with the blunt end of Pride, followed by a low, sweeping kick that took Stain off of his feet, his back hitting the ground with an echoing thud.

The killer tried to reach for one of his knives before Tenya quickly stepped on his hand, increasing the pressure and he held Pride's bladed end just a few inches above his throat. In his eyes was a burning rage that hadn't yet been fully quenched. And yet, the expected death blow did not come. Why?

"I want to kill you. I truly, greatly wish I had the right to do so. But I don't. I'm not the only person you've wronged. You will pay for your crimes. You will be brought before the high council, and you will be judged properly. Even scum like you deserves that much." He then swung Pride around and knocked Stain unconscious, only the slow rise and fall of his chest giving any indication of life.

(A/N: End Song)

"Holy shit, I've never run so fast in my life!" Bakugo yelled before he collapsed and laid down on the rather dirty pavement, his pants and rapid chest movement giving away his already obvious exhaustion.

"I know. And I'm sorry to all of you, especially you, Shoto. I know you said to not engage him in combat, but he was about to follow through on a hit. I'm sorry-" Shoto chopped him lightly on the forehead.

"Just don't ever do anything that stupid ever again without a damn good reason. You were brave to stop him from killing that man, but don't let it get to your head." Shoto smiled. "But you handled yourself very well. Far longer than I thought any of us could."

Tenya stared at his leader wide-eyed for several seconds, expecting his leader to be far angrier than his current state of calm. However, this shocked expression was soon replaced with a receptive smile, saying to his team, "Thank you. All of you. I don't think there are nearly enough words in existence to express my gratitude."

"Don't mention it. You're our friend, that's all the reason we need to help you." Izuku said with a smile of his own.

"Not that I want to break this little circle of happiness so soon, but aren't we going to tie him up?" Bakugo said with a cautionary leg on top of Stain, just in case he was faking unconsciousness. The aforementioned direwolf faunus also dusted off his parka, small clouds of dirt rolling to the ground as he did so.

"Yeah. Let's get all of his weapons too." Shoto said as he and Tenya began looking around for a something to tie him up with. Izuku, though hesitantly, helped Bakugo search and strip Stain of all possible weapons, including his combat knives, throwing daggers, pocket razors, and even a few shuriken. His still bloodied katana stood lonely in the middle of the alley, the blade buried a quarter way into the dusty, littered concrete. Izuku was the only one of them who had the heart to remove it.

It hardly took a minute to find a spare rope in a random dumpster. They didn't know where it came from, but they were thankful for it as Shoto tied the surprisingly durable rope around Stain's torso taut and tight, keeping his arms practically glued to his sides. He then shrugged the aforementioned killer over his right shoulder, his free hand hanging off of Jotunheim's handle. Tenya and Bakugo opted to carry the various blades Stain had strapped all over his body, while Izuku held a heavily cloth wrapped Bloody Reign in his hands with Gale, now in greatsword form, reattached to the holster on his back.

"Are you sure you're gonna be alright, Tenya? You took a lot of hits before we got here." Izuku asked his spectacled teammate with concern in his voice, to which Tenya replied, "What was left of my Aura stopped most of the bleeding, so I should be fine for now. But I do think that I should get to a hospital as soon as possible."

Now, with the killer in their custody and a fire in their eyes, the team exited the alley, their new heading: the nearest hospital/police station, whichever came first. It didn't take them five seconds to find a huntsman, one that held a very familiar color style to Izuku. Was it-

Torino proceeded to jump towards the group and kick Izuku in the back of the head, promptly knocking the green-haired boy and causing him to plant his face in the sidewalk. Now, while you might think that this blow was softer than the ones Torino used on his enemies, and it was, but this was what could be classified as a 'sibling' or 'relative' strike. You know, the ones that aren't really harmful but hurt more than actually getting punched? This was like that.

"Dammit, Izuku! I gave you one job!"

"But I did the job! Everyone got out safe! And my friends needed help!" Izuku argued back, Shoto and Tenya nodding for emphasis while Bakugo reluctantly grunted to his response. Torino turned towards them as they did this, noticing what they were carrying in their arms, particularly the man Shoto had shrugged over his shoulder. Torino's eyes became the size of dinner plates, slowly turning back down to Izuku before he stepped off of the green haired boy, saying, "You damn fool. You actually went after a man that dangerous without any backup? *Sigh*" Torino chuckled a bit and smiled. "You really are a lot like him."

"I don't mean to be rude, but who are you?" Shoto asked Torino with a confused look in his gaze.

"Ah, yes. My name is Gran Torino! I'm Izuku's mentor for the rest of the week. And you all are?" This caused the other three varying reactions, though none of them were recognition.

"Tenya Iida, at your service." He bowed respectfully as he said this, careful to not drop the many blades he held in his hands.

"Katsuki Bakugo." This was possibly one of the only times Bakugo had ever said anything without a condescending tone. No, seriously.

"Shoto Todoroki. I'm the leader of this outfit." He said with a blank expression, though that wasn't to say he wasn't impressed with Torino's display.

"Wait, what happened to you after you launched yourself at that... whatever that thing was, Torino?" Izuku asked, now dusting himself off and making sure that Gale wasn't damaged by Torino's landing, which, thankfully, it wasn't

"That story can wait till we get to the hospital, Izuku. Now, let's get going, or Stain's gonna wake up." He said before they left for their destination, the echoing clicks of his walking stick hitting the cool concrete sidewalk beneath their feet a welcome change to the once desolate and deafening silence that had surrounded them.

(ten minutes earlier, the streets of Vale)

"Get the civilians to safety and find more hunters to evacuate the area! I'll hold this thing off!" Torino yelled to his pupil before launching himself at the pale humanoid monster that eerily resembled a Grimm, sending him and the thing he was now pushing away from the populous.

The Grimm hardly put up a fight as they sped through the streets of Vale, Torino ducking and weaving through the sparsely inhabited streets, too focused on isolating the monster he was currently pushing to notice that it had seemingly gone completely limp.

This was soon rectified when Torino, in an amazing stroke of luck, managed to crash it into a rather shabby looking abandoned building that immediately collapsed onto it as Torino redirected his own trajectory, leaping off of the monster's chest and just barely avoiding getting hit by debris.

The battle was not yet finished, however, as merely seconds had passed before the thing burst from the rubble with hardly a scratch on its body before lunging once more at Torino, with an even more feral look in its gaze than before. The aforementioned old man just barely dodged out of the way, since in isolating this thing away from possible civilian casualties he'd basically used up half of his Aura, which, while good for them, left him particularly susceptible to heavy attacks.

Torino, now halfway exhausted and thoroughly pissed off, thought, fuck it all, and extended his Shinboku to its full length, twirling it around in an experimental manner before the thing launched itself at him again and the monochrome colored huntsman promptly smacked it upside the head, stunning it long enough for Torino to jab Shinboku at the exposed brain, which, while it didn't come close to killing the thing, still hurt like hell, evidenced by the fact that it screamed in a rather agonized manner while it clutched the point Torino had jabbed at.

This action, however painful, only seemed to agitate the thing even more, screaming twice as loudly in anger, its dead, emotionless eyes, spotting Torino not half a second later before once more launching itself at him yet again. However, instead of making a full-on assault like Torino was expecting, it instead used the charge as a feint, causing Torino to dodge left before it made a sharp, 180 turn before it swiped at the old man's feet, a move that, while unpredictable, he still managed to jump over.

Torino then hurled Shiboku like a javelin at the back of the things still exposed brain only for it to swat the staff out of the air like a blunt toothpick. While this didn't bother Torino all that much, it did confirm one thing about this monster that he was afraid of. It was learning far faster than any other Grimm possibly could.

However, this problem was replaced with another when a pillar of pure fire shot towards the thing, setting it alight and causing it to once more scream out- okay, I've used that phrase way too much now.

"I was looking for that rather elusive 'Huntsman Hunter.' But I guess this thing will just have to do. Thanks for the help, old timer. Although, I'm afraid I don't know you." A deep, confident and rather cocky voice said as he approached the scene. The man was very tall, even if All Might still had at least ten inches on him, his muscular body structure clearly showing through his navy-blue body suit. Orange flames of the same hue as the ones he'd shot earlier lined his suit, streaming across his chest, arms, and particularly his shoulders, shaping what almost looked to be extremely spiky pauldrons; and actually appeared to be what his boots were almost entirely made of. The flames also comprised his short beard, mustache, and the makeshift domino mask he wore, almost entirely obscuring his sea blue eyes and short spiky red hair. He also wore a pair of white bracers in a cage pattern as well as a black belt with a small white pouch on his right hip to complete the outfit. There was no mistaking this man.

He was Enji Todoroki, better known by his codename, Endeavor. He was second most powerful huntsman in the world, a member of the Big Four, infamous for the amount of Grimm he'd slain, and only surpassed by All Might himself.

"I'll take it from here." Was the last thing Endeavor said before the thing wailed once again, it's form beginning to twist and contort as it's body structure began to almost inflate, absorbing the flames littered all across its body like a five-course meal. When it was finished, it was almost Endeavor's height, most of the muscle going to his upper torso and arms, his legs and lower body remaining as they were. It smashed its fists into the pavement before launching itself towards the new attacker, its hands raised to deliver a two-handed hammer smash right into Endeavor's skull.

This hardly phased the Huntsman, simply raising his hand before shooting yet another pillar of flame at the beast, causing it to scream in pure, unfiltered pain as it slowly burnt to ash, and the ash was burnt to the point that it was disintegrated. When Endeavor finally let up, there wasn't even a trace of the thing. Just the heat in the night air and the slight scorch marks left by the first pillar littered about the abandoned sector.

"Geez, you went overboard," Torino said with Shinboku now collapsed to its normal form and supporting his small frame once more.

"I cannot afford to hold back when it comes to Grimm. Those monstrosities have slaughtered thousands of us, I see no reason as to why I should hold back against them."

"Because this isn't the frontier. You can't incinerate anything you please as long as it kills Grimm. We're in the middle of an inhabited city, and you need to be more mindful of collateral-"

They were then interrupted once when a roar not unlike the one the Nomu at the docks had pierced the air around them, forcing them to cover their ears as the noise of battle rang out from the center of the city. Torino's thoughts then shifted to Izuku, who, if he was following the orders the old man had given him, was currently evacuating civilians and more than likely doing something stupidly heroic to keep them safe. Damn you and your influential habits, Toshinori!

Without waiting for Endeavor to give any sort of order, Torino zipped towards the chaotic streets of Vale, his thoughts only concerned with the safety of the civilians he could find as well as his pupil.

(5:56 am, Vale Central Hospital)

"After that encounter, I scoured the streets of Vale for about three minutes before I finally ran into you four with Stain himself in your custody. And... well, you all know the rest." Torino finished explaining as they sat in Tenya's hospital room, the looks on each of the listeners faces either shocked, approving, jealous, or ominous respectively. Torino himself was sitting in front of them on a chair with his legs crisscrossed and Shinboku in his right hand and a half full cup of black, still steaming coffee in his left. The others sat across from him with mugs of their own, with Izuku sat attentively in one of the chairs next to the hospital bed that Tenya was currently laying on giving similar attention while Bakugo sat on the other side of it with his arms crossed. Shoto, after hearing Torino's explanation, stared down at his lap with anger seeping into his gaze.

"Endeavor is... he's actually here?" Shoto half muttered to no one in particular, not really wanting to believe it himself. He knew the man wanted to show his powers off to eager fans and recruiters at the Vytal festival, for him to show off his full capabilities. But he was determined to do no such thing. He had no intention of following any path that man laid out for him.

"… yes, he is," Torino answered, noticing the solemn look that Shoto tried to hide, though he didn't explicitly point it out. "I haven't seen him since he incinerated that thing-"

"Nomu." Izuku corrected out of habit, catching his out of character action, covering his mouth and muttering a muffled "Sorry," from behind his hand.

"No need to apologize, boy. I had to put a name to that things face anyways. But no, I haven't seen Endeavor since then. If I had to guess, he's likely helping other huntsman deal with the aftermath of the attack."

"'Help' is a strong word when it comes to that man," Shoto said in an angered tone, causing him to clench his right hand. Ice began to form on and around his aforementioned arm, causing the room's temperature to drop a few degrees.

"Shoto?" Izuku asked with concern in his voice, causing the half and half leader to snap out of his angered stupor. As a result, the temperature in the room returned to normal and the ice that had formed on his body earlier had now all but disappeared.

"Sorry. I... I didn't mean to get angry." Shoto apologized to everyone present.

"That's quite alright... Shoto, was it?" Torino asked. The half and half leader nodded in confirmation. "Even the best of us can get angry sometimes. Natural emotions are nothing to be ashamed of."

"I... I'm not so sure about that."

"Well, that's really just my opinion. Some real advice, though? Don't bottle them up, kid. It's unhealthy and unfair for everyone involved, especially yourself."

As Torino finished saying this, the lights in the room suddenly flickered off, coming back almost as soon as they were gone. Was it a power surge? Oh well, it wasn't really cause for concern. They happened often enough for it to not be unusual.

"Well, I'm gonna get back to my apartment now. Thank you for the coffee, but I think we all need some actual sleep-" Another, longer flicker interrupted him, accompanied now by a slight boom which caused a light shake throughout the entire building. What the hell was going on? Earthquakes were nearly impossible in Vale, and even then, they'd hardly even be this noticeable. Something was wrong. Very, incredibly wrong.

"What the hell's going on?" Bakugo voiced the question on everyone's mind, though it was a bit more vulgar than the way anyone else would've voiced it. A longer surge, a louder boom, and a larger shake. The faint echoes of gathering screams began to sound throughout the walls of the hospital, the panic and chaos currently ensuing quickly becoming obvious even at this distance.

Torino then chugged the rest of his coffee and rose from his chair, Shinboku clacking against the tile floor of the pastel white room, saying, "I'm going to see what the ruckus is all about. You're welcome to come with, of course, but I can't guarantee we'll be able to stick together. You up for the risk?"

At this, Shoto simply smirked, rising from his seat before he quipped back at Torino, "Are you underestimating us, old man?" before he too finished the last of his coffee, prompting his other teammates to stand with him. One of the veins on Torino's forehead visibly bulged, his annoyance at being called that obvious to anybody that looked closely enough. He quickly shrugged it off, however, looking to his teammates for their responses.

"I can't rightly abandon somebody in need. I'm coming with you," was Izuku's response to Torino's sarcastic challenge, standing with his leader before he too drank the last of his coffee and crushed the paper foam cup that once held the black liquid. Although Izuku did know that it was sarcastic, his response was entirely serious.

"I've been itching to blow something up for a while now. Let's go kill some Grimm." Bakugo then held his cup above his now agape mouth, spilling the dark contents into it without a single drop touching the floor. It would've felt like a searing hot, nearly unbearable pain to anyone else. For him? It just felt like drinking warm water with a bitter taste. Feeling the need to cap off this caffeine rush, he crushed the cup and burnt it to ash, tossing the remains in the nearby metal trashcan. This action caused Shoto to smirk and Izuku to somehow look intimidated ad confident at the same time. Yes, he was still afraid of Bakugo, even now, but he was happy that they had him on their side.

"I'd come with you, but after the fight we had with Stain I don't think I have nearly enough Aura to survive a fight with a Juvenile Beowolf, let alone one of those Nomu things Endeavor was forced to incinerate," Tenya said as he too finished the last of his coffee, but in a much calmer manner before he accurately threw his cup from where he sat on his bed to the metal trashcan on the other side of the room. He then stood and grabbed Pride from its earlier position on the wall, using it to steady his still tired limbs as he told his teammates, and by extension Torino, "But I can still cover you from here. I just need to get to the roof."

"Are you sure, Tenya? You lost a lot of blood before we managed to get you here." Shoto asked with concern in his voice.

"If Four Eyes wants to give cover fire, let him. Stain wasn't really that hard to beat, what problems aiming and shooting supposed to pose to him." Bakugo interjected.

"I-I-I d-don't think t-t-that's what he's g-getting at." Izuku said nervously to his team. "I-I-if he's up t-there for t-t-too long and s-somehow collapses, there'll b-be n-n-no one to h-help him."

"Thank you for the concern, Izuku, but I'll be fine. Just find someone to take me to the roof and I'll do the rest." Tenya stated to the away team firmly, leaving no room for any of his teammates, or even Torino himself, to argue.

"Just be careful." Shoto warned the spectacled sniper before he, Izuku and Bakugo grabbed their respective weapons from the same wall, the former strapping Jotunheim and Muspelheim to his hips while his partner holstered Gale securely to his back. Bakugo slipped on his gloves and bracers, cracking his knuckles once they were on and extending the knuckle spikes, ready to brutal pulverize anything that had the misfortune of fighting him.

"Okay." Torino said with a satisfied smile on his face, the team nervous but ready. "Let's go kill some Grimm!"

A/N: And that's a wrap! Sorry this chapter was shorter than I wanted it to be. I was actually planning on finishing the entirety of the Breach Arc in this chapter, but that would've taken way too long and stretched me way too thin. I can only write so much before I burn out, and I felt like doing something awesome for you guys. You're all the best, seriously.

I'm also sorry if this chapter seemed a little lackluster compared to the others. And if you're wondering how they managed to beat Stain so easily, it was because they outnumbered him 4 to 1 and they all had to fight like hell and even then, they were still incredibly exhausted afterward. Stain, while he is great against individual hunters, is not very good when facing off against multiple combatants. He was sorely outnumbered and hilariously outgunned. He pissed off the wrong team.

And now, the profile on my least favorite character in all of HeroAca, the man who basically tortured his own son and passed it off as training, Enji Todoroki.

Seriously, f*$ this guy:

12- Enji Todoroki/Endeavor

Age: 45

Handedness: Right

BDay: 8/8

Race: Human

Hair: Short, Spiky and Red

Eyes: Blue

Blood Type: AB

Height: 195cm/6'4 ¾"

Gender: M

Semblance: Hell Flame, allows Endeavor to manipulate and generate fire seemingly at will, making it one of the strongest semblances ever wielded by anyone, though it requires the air to have oxygen or flammable chemicals within it to work properly.

Weapon: Helheim, a European style Claymore almost as tall as Endeavor himself with a crimson red blade that can set itself alight with the push of a button. However, Endeavor rarely uses this weapon unless his is in a very dire straight and uses his bare hands to fight most opponents.

Fighting Style: Slugger Boxing, Advanced Greatsword Techniques

Range: All

Next Chapter: Dec. 1st

Have a happy Thanksgiving, and I'll see you in the next one!