Drago: "Greetings loyal readers, to the next chapter of Our Hero Academia! As always, Drago3511 here to spin a tale of epic proportions with my buddy koolken, who is actually here this time."
Kool: "Yo people, sorry for the delay and that I wasn't here the last chapter, but man did we work our butts off with this chapter because this one and next chapter are going to be a ton of fun!... Well, fun to read and write, not for Sean, Deion, and the gang... they're fighting for their lives."
Drago: "Wow, spoiler alert much?"
Kool: "Sorry... hey! I'm sure they knew this was coming. Let's do the disclaimer and our Plus Ultra and get this show on the road before I give away too much."
Drago: "I've heard of butterfingers, but butterlips? Yikes. Anyways, we do not own My Hero Academia or any characters, Quirks, or settings related to said series. That would all go to Kohei Horikoshi. We DO however own anything we create of our own volition in those regards. "
Kool: "Loose lips is the term you're looking for. Anyways with a one, and two and three... GO BEYOND!"
Both: "PLUS ULTRA!"
Uraraka moved on the balls of her feet over and over as she and Deion walked toward's Sean's house to Study. She was still a bit uneasy around him from his outburst and behavior from over a week ago now, but it still felt like yesterday. She glanced up at the taller teen, who can tell she wasn't so much on edge about him, but moreover, what they were about to do.
"Uraraka-chan, you know we're just meeting his parents? I met many pros in my life, they're just normal people... besides Endeavor... he's just an asshole." He said, unknowingly resounding Shoto's own thoughts about his own father on a much more shallow level.
"Well, that's you! I never even seen a pro-hero up close! What if I give off a bad impression? What if I use my powers and I float off? What if-?" She was in ramble panic mode as Deion lightly chuckled at his female friend.
"You're starting to sound like Deku." He said as he thought about Midoryia a lot lately. Deion has noticed the interest All Might takes into him, as well as the fact he performed a Deitort Smash himself and seemed to always get injured by his own Quirk as if his body wasn't used to it.
"Oh really!?" She asked, blushing a bit and looking embarrassed.
"You're just nervous, I'm sure his parents are just like any other hero. Just act natural, be cool, and just don't fangirl." He gave her the tips as he looked at her expression change back to being happy.
"Hey, Deion... I never truly said I was sorry... I honestly still feel a bit uneasy around you." She admitted to him as Deion's own smile was replaced with a more serious look.
"I became good at reading expressions and such. So, I kinda knew since earlier after I apologized to Sean. We can... sit down and talk about it later. This is the place." He pointed to the address since Sean never invited either of them his house, he went to their places to study.
"You guys do know you don't have to talk like I'm not even here, right?" The brunette American hero in training said to them as he stopped in front of his house, gaining the two's attention once more. It was a moderately sized house, about two stories tall and didn't scream 'a pro-hero lives here, come and storm the front door'. On the contrary, it looked relatively normal. The building had a slanted roof with black shingle tiles, a bare brick exterior, and white painted window frames, with some hanging potted plants around the door dangling from the porch lights. It didn't look too out of place in a metropolitan area surrounded by apartment buildings, but it was also unique in that aspect.
"You weren't talking much and lost in thought, too busy thinking about how hard understanding Japanese is?" Deion lightly teased as he was mostly conversing with her in Japanese, then switched to English to address Sean when he spoke up.
"He has a point." Uraraka agreed with him as she seemed to have a grasp of English better then some would think she has.
"But that doesn't mean I'm still not nervous!" She added as her cheeks redden a bit.
Sean just glared at them with a straight look on his face. "I hate you both."
"Love you too." Deion was much more upbeat than he has been in the last few days, mostly because he's just glad there aren't any hard feelings between him and Sean, as well as the budding friendship between him and Momo.
"Oh shoot that reminds me, I should have asked if Momo, Iida or Midoriya wanted to come, Mina even." He said. He knew the other two on the list were a lot more on edge about him then Momo and Deku, but he was wanting to put his best foot forward.
"I love your house Sean, it's so cozy. Not cramped as my place am I right?" She said with a laugh, a clearly nervous one as she tried not to let it show that she was having a fangirl meltdown.
Sean shoved Deion's shoulder and turned his attention to Uraraka. "I don't know, your place was pretty nice, and your parents were friendly.." He recalled meeting her folks, honest working construction people that they were. "But we should probably get inside if we actually want to get anywhere with today's studying."
With that, he reached into one of his pockets and produced a set of keys, which he fumbled with a bit before grabbing one and reaching to put it into the doorknob lock. However, before he could, the knob suddenly turned and the door itself opened inward, revealing a short woman with bleached blonde hair in a wavy bob cut with blue eyes. She was wearing a simple black top with a blue cardigan over it, and black business slacks with white trainers adorning her feet.
"Oh, hey mom. Heading out?" He casually asked, pocketing his keys, speaking in plain English.
"Yeah, I need to get some eggs for the- oh. Who are these two? Friends of yours?" She answered back in the same language, taking note of Deion and Ochaco.
Uraraka almost went into a mad panic and bowed so quickly she was bent at a right angle facing the ground.
"HELLO! NICE TO MEET YOU! MY NAME IS OCHACO URARAKA!" Her outburst came in very forced English like someone hit the turbo button on a controller
"Forgive her, she's a bit star struck right now." Deion said right after Ochaco's introduction, which she was still bowing repeatedly at the moment.
"My name is Deion, nice to meet you." It's a habit for him not to give his last name, something his father installed in him over the years, never reveal his last name. He took this moment to stop Ochaco from all her bowing, holding her still as her face went blank for a moment from being stopped.
"It's an honor to meet you, Sky Maiden." He added as he smiled to the older woman. "We're just here study with him, your son really needs help on his Japanese." Deion grinned
"Dude, seriously? Can you not be an ass for like two seconds?" Sean asked as he turned to face his friends, which he promptly got smacked in the back of the head for.
"Language, young man." His mother scolded him before smiling back at the other two. "No need for formalities, my name's Lisa Sky. But you can just call me Mrs. Sky." Now she switched to fluent Japanese so Uraraka could understand her perfectly.
Deion gave Sean another grin as this was too perfect that not only did he get hit for calling him an ass, but his mom was just as fluent in Japanese as he was.
"I'm starting to think you don't try as much as your mother." He said in Japanese, which the finally calmed Uraraka was able to see the joke and giggled herself.
"It's nice to meet you, Mrs. Sky." She was able to get out in Japanese, just a bit weakly and holding back from going on a Deku rant like he did when he first met Sean.
"Your son is an amazing friend, He's normally not this mean." She added as Deion nodded in agreement, not wanting to joke at Sean's expense for much longer... He already hurt him enough as is.
"I'm still good enough to know exactly what you're saying." Sean responded back, glaring at Deion even though he knows he's pushing his buttons on purpose.
"I'm glad to hear he has some good friends already. Though I wish I could stay longer, I have to run." She turned back to Sean and hugged him real quick, grabbing her purse from inside. "Sean, I left another batch of bath bombs for you. I'll be back soon, love you."
"Love you too, mom." He waved her off and she nodded to both his friends before walking down the street to where she parked her car.
"You use Bath Bombs?" It wasn't even him making a joke or laughing at him, it was just something out of curiosity.
"They are amazing! I can take you to get one if you want!" Uraraka recovered a lot more the moment Mrs. Sky was out of range of them. To which she seemed like she overcame a difficult task and breathed a sigh of relief.
"You do know we still need to meet his dad, Captain Sky, right?" Deion pointed out to her as her face faltered once more.
"I'M NOT READY!" She cried as the looked to Sean to lead them inside.
Sean rolled his eyes and walked inside, motioning them to do the same. "My mom has a degree in chemistry, and my quirk lets me control fire, but it burns my skin all the same. She specially made them so when my skin absorbs the compound it makes my skin burn-proof. But it's only good for 24 hours."
"Good to know... A little too much detail though." Deion pointed out as they followed him inside. In the back of his mind, for some reason, the blonde mother looked familiar to him. It was the same feeling he felt when he first met Sean. He once more pushed that thought to the back of his mind as the trio walked towards his living room.
"Just set your bags down on the couch, I'll get us some snacks from the kitchen."
The interior was even set up more like an American home rather than a Japanese one. The only similarity was the inside shoe rack and slippers. The living room was large and was mostly hardwood floor with a large rug covering the area with the couch and coffee table and TV. There was a portion of a wall separating it from the dining room, which was connected to the kitchen. There was a hallway and a set of stairs further in.
"Yes, sir." Deion gave a mock salute as Ochaco giggled, both kicked off their shoes and placed on the guest slippers and placed their shoes in the rack with the others. Placing their bags on the sofa, the two of them heard a man coming down the hall closest to them, speaking English, and his voice was getting louder.
"Must be Captain Sky." Deion teased as Uraraka made a face as she was going into her mad panic mode once more, thought Deion held her shirt so she wouldn't start bowing like crazy if it was him.
"No, I told you that the reports needed to be finalized by the end of the week. ...Yeah, alright. I'm on my way." The man seemed to be finished speaking and continued down the hall. As he approached, Deion and Uraraka could make out the figure of a large man, easily 6 and a half feet tall. He had short brown hair that was cut above his forehead, almost like a crew cut but not as clean, and sharp green eyes. He was wearing a black turtleneck and rough jeans that had some wear around the knees as they were looking very white, and frayed cuffs at the ankles showing they were worn frequently. In his hand was a cell phone, which he was putting back in his pocket as he sighed, but he noticed the two of them once he stepped into the living room. "Oh, you must be friends of Sean. I didn't see you there for a moment." He switched to Japanese on the fly once he got his bearings.
"PLEASED TO MEET YOU, SIR! MY NAME IS OCHACO URARAKA OF CLASS 1-A!" She went full out, once more in forced English, not even noticing that the man spoke to them in Japanese. Deion sighed a bit as he looked up to the man, another wave of deja vu hit him. But once more, he ignored him. "Forgive her, she's super nervous about... everything. My name is Deion. Nice to meet you, Mr. Sky." He said as he guided the quirky girl into a more gentle bow to let her cool down from her overreaction.
"Nice to meet you both, I'm Mike." He chuckled at Uraraka's antics. It was then when Sean came back with a tray with glasses and a plate with cookies.
"Trouble at the office, dad? I heard you from down the hall."
"Yeah... just some issues with the paperwork, nothing you should worry about. I was gonna head over to the agency and see what the holdup is, but I'll probably be gone until dinner time." The renowned American hero rubbed the back of his head and groaned. "Tell your mother not to worry, I can take care of it."
"You and I both know she's gonna worry if you say that."
"So true." They both chuckled, and if you took a good look at them, you could almost say they were brothers rather than father and son. "Well, I won't keep you away from your friends." He turned back and bowed his head slightly. "It was nice meeting you, but I really should be going."
Both of them stood up after the conversation between the two and bowed back. "Nice to meet you too sir." Deion said in English, a thought going through his mind to know what Sean has to go through with his parents when he used to go through the same with his father.
"Yes sir, a pleasure to meet you. Good luck." Uraraka, while not as well versed as Sean or Deion, was able to pick up chunks of what was said and understood it for the most part herself.
As Mike left, Deion pulled out a text box for their English class, and one he bought to help Sean with Japanese. "Alright, let's get to studying. Sean, you're supposed to be going over how to form proper sentences by now right?"
Sean plopped down on the couch and took a glass, which had some water in it and took a sip. "I get the feeling you've been belittling me all day, you know. We've been going at this for a while now and you can't say I'm not making any improvements."
Deion gave him a deadpanned look. "I'm shocked you would think so low of someone who only wants to help you out in your time of need." He said In Japanese as Uraraka giggled once more at it. "You should really stop that before Sean gets mad." She suggested, finally feeling relaxed, though, in the back of her mind, she still had thoughts of Deion's reaction... she wanted to move past this like Sean has.
Meanwhile, as he shut the front door, Mike's face formed a small smile. "Your son has really grown up, huh X?" He said to no one as he headed off towards his office.
"At least someone's on my side. Now come on, hit me with something harder... and I swear if you actually hit me..." From there the three of them spent the night studying, albeit with some passive aggressive comments throughout. When Sean's mother returned she asked if the two of them wanted to stay for dinner, which they both declined in their own ways before saying goodbye and making it home safely.
Days after the study session, the class finds themselves on the bus, a field trip for training as it was called. Deion sat next to Momo, both of them conversing about another class, while the others, Sean, Deku, Uraraka, Iida, Tsuyu, and Mina, all sat close by, mostly because Sean and Deion traded tips on other subjects. The rest of the class also went into their groups, besides two. Bakugo, who was very harshly dissed by Tsuyu moments ago, and Shoto, who while the others do like him, tends to be sort of a loner. Though, that doesn't mean Deion wasn't partly shunned by the rest of the class. It was clear that was still riding on him.
"Deion." He heard close by him, turning to see Midoryia staring right at him. "Hey... I just wanted to say I'm sorry for the what happened to your brother." He said. It was a bold move from him. Deion didn't know how to take it really. It's the first time anyone has really said that. "You have nothing to be sorry for. " Deion replied, not wanting to get on the subject, but didn't want to seem like he was going to get pissed off because it was brought up.
Sean noticed the exchange and furrowed his brow a bit in worry. Not because he thought Deion would flip out again, but because he knows it's a sore subject for him regardless. But it was nice to see that not all of his classmates were still keeping their distance, though this is Izuku, and after having heard he went to the same middle school as Bakugo, he was probably used to outbursts like that. Deion needed all the friends he could get right now.
"Midoriya." Deion said, catching his attention. "Thanks though." He said with a smile, to everyone's surprise. "YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! HOW CAN YOU BE SO NICE TO DEKU AFTER YOU BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF A BUILDING AND THAT TREE ASSHOLE!" Bakugo exclaimed as Deion looked to him lazily. "Shut up." He said simply.
During that exchange, Uraraka was fangirling to Mina and Tsuyu. "It was so cool! We were at Sean's house and his mom opened the door, she was beautiful and I can see why his dad married her, and Captain Sky greeted us in the living room... well more like he was about to leave and we were in his light of sight, but he greeted us! They were so cool!." Uraraka exclaimed as she was giddy still from it... even though she's been over a couple of times since then.
Thought one person, while happy for her friend... had a feeling she didn't expect to have... Mina felt a bit... jealous of Uraraka.
"Hey Iida, do you mind helping me out in our free time at some point? I wanna try and work on increasing my propulsion from my wind gusts at some point. And seeing how you're the fastest guy in our class, I figured you'd be a good standard to keep to." Sean asked the class rep, who looked at him both sternly, but with a bit of surprise.
"I would be glad to offer any support I can in the search to better yourself, Sean. Though with my duties to our class I cannot always spare the time to do so, it would be my pleasure to do so." Even though he acted like a robot sometimes, Tenya always found time to help his friends. Stern and decisive, but he had a good heart.
"Thanks, I really appreciate it."
"I don't mind giving you a had with some of that class rep stuff if you need it, Iida, besides helping Sean, I don't do much outside of school. So just let me know if you need a second opinion on anything" It was clear Deion was on a campaign to get back in the good graces of the rest of his classmates, of course not to just look good in front of them, but to repair the broken bridges as Momo suggested, the girl looking a bit proud at him.
"Hey Deion, I don't want to swamp Sean too much, so would mind giving me a hand in English class, I can't keep up in it." Kirishima was the first one to be bold and ask him for something. It was shaky, but it was clear Deion showing his good side once more was helping. This was his chance. "Sure... also... to everyone. I'm sorry for what happened back during the Heroes vs Villain training. I... lost my cool back there. I'm not yet ready to talk about it fully. So... can I ask that we not get on that subject?" He asked the class.
The majority of the class looked a little shocked, but for the most part looked a bit guilty about how they had been treating him. Some didn't care, like Bakugo, and others like Mineta had their reservations. But it was definitely a step in the right direction as the expressions on some of their faces softened and didn't look as tense as they have been.
"Alright, look alive everyone." A lazy tone came from in front of Todoroki, Mr. Aizawa looked back, hearing the noise behind him, while not showing it, he was pretty happy to see his class was no longer a bunch of moping babies. "We're here." He said.
Sean looked out the window to see the place of their destination. "So this is USJ..."
The rest of the class looked on as well, seeing the building, which was huge, like the size of a stadium. "Alright, once we're inside, 13 will be there to give instructions for your rescue training. We'll be grading you based on how well each of you performs not just your task, but the rescue overall." Aizawa explained as the bus came to a complete stop.
"Just another day at UA, huh?" Sean looked to his friends and gave a smirk. "Come on, we're not here for nothing. Let's give this rescue training everything we've got and make Aizawa-sensei proud... or at least try to get him to crack a smile."
"At best he'll blink with delight." Deion joked as he felt his teacher's eye's lock onto him, Sean also got the gaze as well, both of their quirks weren't working. "Well, I hope you can 'make me proud', but making someone proud isn't a hero's job, it doing your job to the fullest and as best you can, and beyond." Aizawa's glare cut the rest of the class as he turned away, giving them a moment to breathe and get off the bus.
As they were heading towards the building, Sean remembered catching a glimpse of Mina earlier as she was talking with the girls and her normally cheerful expression looked slightly sour. So he slowed his pace and let her catch up with him.
"Hey, everything alright?"
She was currently in her thoughts, remembering back to the first day she met Sean, hearing about his parents... given that she is such a huge fan of them, she wanted to meet them too. But that wasn't all was a bit upset about. She noticed how much time Sean spends with Ochaco, and how well both of them seem to be getting along. Right now, She was behind the rest of her friends as they walked towards the building to head inside. "Oh, I uh..." She was snapped from her thoughts when Sean's voice reached her, seeing he has dropped back to talk with her. "Oh, I'm fine Sean... just fine." Mina lied a bit as she looked down at the ground.
"Mina..." He could tell she was troubled about something but didn't want to push the subject too much. "Look, you know you can talk to me about anything. But I just wanted to remind you of that, okay?" Sean put his best smile forward, trying to reassure the pinkette.
"It's just... well... you been spending a lot of time with Uraraka-chan." She began to say, she didn't know if that was the right place to start though. Mostly because when he isn't with the others, Sean normally hangs out with her. "And I know why. She stepped in to help you when Deion was sorting out his issues. But..." She didn't know how to word it so it doesn't come out as if she was jealous but wanted to make sure he knew that she was upset. "You know I'm..." She also didn't want it to seem like the only thing she cared about was meeting his parents, which is part of the reason she was gloom at the moment. "I... sorry I just can't word it right." She said. "I... guess I'm a bit jealous of her." She said, hoping she didn't imply something else... well, there are some feelings she's been having, but haven't quite figured them out yet.
Sean blinked at the confession he had been given but gave her a soft look. "Don't worry, you have nothing to be jealous about. She's just a good friend. And besides, have you seen the way she and Midoriya interact?" Motioning his head to have her look in said classmates direction, noticing how they both get easily flustered around each other. "Those two are shy as mice sometimes, but there's something there."
Mina blinked, looking towards where he gestured, as stated, those two were talking, Both also seem to be blushing as they did. "But, the way she talked on the bus.." She started as she watched some more. "Ohhhh... wow, how can I miss that?" She asked herself before grinning. "Now that's a hot piece of gossip... Just like Yayarozu-chan and Deion-kun." Mina clearly was a time to want to talk about gossip, since she does so with Toru all the time.
"Wait, Deion and Momo? Did something happen between those two?" This caused him to look back at her in mild surprise. True, he noticed Momo hanging around a bit more than usual, but he didn't see that coming.
"You don't see the way he looks at her... moreover, the way she looks at him? I mean, she was the first one to speak with him after what happened between you two. If they don't start dating, I think it would be Todoroki and Momo since, besides us and Deion, she hangs out with him from time to time. But I'm certain it would her and Deion for sure." She gave a confident smile to Sean... secretly thinking about the gossip that might be brewing about her and Sean from this moment.
"Honestly, first I'm hearing of it. He likes to bust me on my Japanese more than talk about himself when we hang out." A sigh escaped his lips as he runs his hand through his hair. "Guy gets on my nerves, but it wouldn't be a stretch to call him one of my best friends, even after everything that happened that day. He just puts too much on himself I think, he's not a bad guy as I'm sure you've come to find." Sean had to cut his musings short as they approached the door leading into USJ, which opened up before the whole class. "We'll talk later, okay?"
"Just think of this like this: it's much easier to joke than it is to talk about something that might be painful, talking about himself can lead to talking about his past, maybe he finds it easier to open up to Momo about it for now." Mina shrugged as she nodded about what Sean said. She still had her own reserves about Deion just like everyone else. "Let's not worry about Deion so much next time, alright?" She said as she smiled. "I need to go find Toru anyways, she so needs to hear about my new theories. Oh, and I hope I can come over to your place sometime too Sean..." She gazed at him before her pink face became red. "I MEAN TO STUDY! YEAH STUDY!" She saved herself before smiling. "Talk to you later." She said before skipping ahead to the floating pair of gloves and the self-walking shoes that were their invisible classmate.
Sean blushed a bit himself and walked back over to the others, smacking his cheeks a bit and stretching, not knowing what kind of challenges he'd have to face in these rescue courses, or even who he'd be doing them with. As long as it wasn't Bakugo, things should turn out okay. Glancing back at Mina, who was back to her usual cheery and talkative self, he smiled and turned his attention forward once more.
"OUT OF MY WAY TREE!" Speak of the devil, Bakugo charged passed Sean in a full on speed walk, mostly to just get to the front of the pack, while he cares little for rescue training, he rather not fall behind Deku in anyway shape or form. "And he's at it again." Deion's voice said next to Sean as the rest of their group pulled back to join them. "Mina seems fine now, was everything ok with her?" Momo asked him, the others also had an equally concerned look about her well being.
"Yeah, just clearing a couple things up." Being as vague as possible, and not letting Bakugo's antics bug him, he kept walking with his friends and leaving it at that.
"Alright, gather around." A new voice ahead of them called out as they entered the USJ... it was like someone took small parts of different environmental zones from around the earth and placed them all under one roof. "I'm the Pro-hero 13, today, we'll be going to be doing rescue training. It will be fairly simple once you get the hang of it. We'll teach you the basics first before going over more advanced stuff at a later date." She explained... Unknown to everyone, the class plans were about to take a turn.
"That's 13, huh? I've seen a lot of Pros because of my parents, but never a rescue hero like them. Can't wait to get started." Sean was grinning under his whisper, not wanting to cause a ruckus and get called out like earlier with Aizawa, but his eagerness was showing since he wanted to see how well he could push his Quirk in rescue ops.
In the middle of the ground below the staircase upon where they stand... a dark cloud begins to swirl into existence... the first person to notice it was Midoriya. "Hey... what's that?" He asked loudly enough so everyone heard him and looked around. The next set of eyes to lock on to dark mass were Deion's, Uraraka's, and Momo's, all looking as other clouds spiraled into existence as well. Slowly, the grew bigger to point someone could walk into them... or walk out.
Sean's eyes quickly fell upon the clouds and widened as he saw the ones coming through. They weren't identifiable as something famous or recognizable, but he could tell on sight from the way they looked and moved. These were...
"Villains..." He muttered, not wanting to cause a panic, but he was sure that the others, Thirteen especially, could tell. Those clouds were easily some kind of teleportation or gate style Quirk but on this scale...
With his eyes narrowed, Deion glared as a mass of people began to enter the USJ... and they clearly weren't students. "Everyone back." Mr. Aizawa said as he and 13 stood in front of the students, he was getting ready to fight.
Sean turned to Deion and shook his head. They both knew that even if they offered to fight, Aizawa would argue that their safety is a priority and they can't risk it since this was a serious threat.
"They outnumber us, they may be pros, but there are just too many." Deion said, counting about 20 villains already, plus the one teleporting them all in makes 21, and more are coming in droves. He understands, but it seems the rest of the class hasn't completely caught on to what was really going on. "I thought this was rescue training." Kirishima said, not fully grasping what was going on.
"Dammit, Kirishima..." Sean continued to whisper. If only his head wasn't as dense as his Quirk's ability...
The same thought crossed a few other minds in the group. Bless his poor soul. "Kaminari, they might be jamming our communications if the alarms haven't gone off." Eraser Head stated as he got ready for the fight, hearing from the villains with hands on his body that they were looking for All Might. "Yes sir, I'm on it." Their classmate said as he began to tap into his radio to do so. "13, get them out of here, I'll hold them off until backup arrives." The thought was scary, he was going face all those villains, all of them with quirks he doesn't know about, alone. "But sir you're not suited for that, you work best for one on one combat and stealth attacks." Midoriya raised a good point. Deion began to bounce on the balls of his feet, looking to the enemies below... If he was going help... he truly needed to give it everything he has.
Sean kept examining the situation at hand, running through every possible scenario in his head. Even if Aizawa and 13 objected to it, it was likely they would have to fight. And even if he had the means to get in touch with his parents aside from his phone, there was still the possibility of communications jamming like Aizawa just mentioned. Their best bet is to stay on guard and provide backup if absolutely necessary.
"You don't become a pro if you have only one trick." And with that, their homeroom teacher leaped into action, taking on villains as they came at him. Thing was, one of them escaped... clearly the guy who got them all there.
"Wait... one, two... something's not right." The hairs on the back of Sean's neck stood on end like silent warning alarms were blaring in his head.
"Sean let's go!" Deion called as the rest of the class was already heading towards the exit, the only other person who might have noticed what Sean has was Deku.
"Wait, Deion!" He tried calling out to him, but he knew how his friend felt about villains. There would be no stopping him once he got started, and that could lead to issues and Aizawa having to keep an eye on him. "Dammit, you idiot!"
Deion... stopped, seemingly wanting to go on, and help Aizawa... but Sean's call for him to wait caught his attention, if only for a moment. "Sean... he's outnumbered out there, I'm not letting him fight alone." He said... "But.." He watched Momo and the others ran for the exit. "I can make sure everyone else gets out safe first." He said, turning back to the group.
The other American sighed in relief. It wasn't the exact response he was hoping for, but at the very least he listened to reason a little bit.
"Now come on, let's move!" The two turned to run and join the others, with 13 leading the charge. But it was then that another swirling gate opened up in the ground, causing the advance to stop and 13 to make everyone stay put. Rising ominously from the opening in the ground was who could only be guessed at as the owner of the Quirk, who looked like a mass of black and purple smoke, or mist, with gleaming yellow eyes and some kind of metal brace around what could be his neck.
"I won't let you." The being was clearly a man, probably in his later years from the sound of his voice. "Nice to meet you, we are the League of Villains. It may be presumptuous of us, but we have invited ourselves to the home of the heroes, UA High School. In order to have All Might, the symbol of peace, take his last breath."
His declaration shocked the students to their core. Their goal was to kill All Might? Sure, it's not the first time anyone's tried, but to make a bold move like this and declare it at the place where he works was insane!
"LIKE HELL YOU WILL KILL ALL MIGHT, NOT IF I KILL YOU ALL FIRST!" Bakugo... sometimes you hate him, which is most of the time, but this time, he and the rest of the class agreed on something... like hell they'll let them get to All might. "NOW DIE!" With his explosions ready, Bakugo, along with Kirishima, launched themselves at the smoke man, creating a thunderous explosion when they impacted... something.
"I'm sure that got him. " Kirishima was sure since for a moment, there was dust in the air so no one had a good look at the area around them, for this man. "I really don't think he went down that easy!" Mineta said as he slightly coward behind a few of his other classmates.
"That was quite dangerous." Blowing away the smoke, the man's body was definitely not solid, as it was shown to contort and separate like actual smoke. "You may still be students, but your talents are known now." His gleaming yellow eyes glared at the group, showing he had every intent to use his abilities to the fullest, even if they were still kids.
"Both of you, get back!" 13 called out to them, opening one of the fingertips on the spacesuit and ready to use their Quirk. But the smoke man was faster, expanding his body outwards and enveloping the whole group in a thick haze.
"My job is to separate you all, and throw you to the wolves!"
Acting quick, Iida dashed to the side and grabbed the person closest to him, who happened to be Uraraka. Everyone else braced themselves in the maelstrom of dark clouds, which to the outside, looked like a perfect swirling dome of darkness. And some of them couldn't even tell that they were being sucked into separate gates among the confusion.
Just as the smoke came for them, Deion shoved Sean out of the way of it as well. dashing forward to save as many of his classmates as he could during this. He could only get to one other person: Mina, who was about to be warped away, but he was able to grab her, using a percentage of his strength and pretty much throw her towards where he pushed Sean, hoping he would be able to get a hold of her.
But like many others, he too got pulled into a gate, which flung him and many other of his classmates around the USJ.
"Mina?! Are you alright?" After suddenly being thrown from the cloud and then catching her, he could only think of one person close enough to them both who would have done that.
"Yeah, I'm fine. But Deion-kun and the others, what about them?" They both looked at the dome, which started dissipating and retracting back into the body of their assailant. When enough of it was cleared out, they noticed that only a fraction of their classmates remained, along with 13. Izuku, Tsuyu, Momo, and Deion were all gone! Even Bakugo and Kirishima, the ones closest to him were nowhere to be found. All that remained were Iida, Uraraka, Sero, and Shoji.
As the black clouds finished swirling around him, Deion was placed, alone from everyone else. He was placed on the Mountain zone, on the other side where some of his classmates were. He looks around, seeing others off in the distance being dropped off in other parts of the building. "Not good." He said as he noticed Eraser Head was already on the move from his vantage point. But, he had his own problems to deal with as he sensed someone coming.
"End of the line kid." One villain said as Deion took one look. The guy seemed pretty buff, maybe had a Quirk that increased his strength or muscle mass. He was joined by two other villains, one that looked like a Man-Beaver, the other was a very tall man with wings. Deion could only guess what they can do and what their plan was. But his friends crossed his mind as he looked around for them seeing only Deku in the boat. He didn't know where the others were, Mina, Momo, Uraraka, or Sean since he knew they would send Tenya for help since he's fastest of them. The buff man stepped forward, but did so with caution, as if he's never seen a kid before...
'He doesn't know what I can do.' Deion thought as he took this opportunity to charge, he had enough to beat these guys, but not enough to join the fight below him.
"Alright kid, time to-." The man didn't finish as Deion's right arm was slammed into his face. It was all his natural strength in that hit, gaining him more charge.
'33%' He said mentally as he stepped forward, kicking off his shoes.
"Punk!" The Buff man swung his fist, nailing Deion in the face... but his first stopped, not even making him move. "46%. Nice hit." He said as he kicked the man, turning to the Man-Beaver, who tried to slap him with his tail in his back. Deion moved his face to get hit. Besides his feet and arms, it was his only exposed surface on him. The tall attack, like with the punch, stopped.
"Oh, only 3% charge? How weak." Deion then used some stored energy to punch the Beaver-man in the face, breaking his teeth and knocking him out cold. "Wing guy, tell me what you want and I'll be on my way," Deion said talking to the tall winged man.
"HEY, YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO MR. BEAVER!" He called before giving his wings a flap, heading towards him. The Buff guy got a hold of him and held him as the wing villain flew up into the air and pointed a kick at Deion. With a smirk, Deion moved before the sounds of ripping where heard, he was tearing off his shirt! He pulled with his teeth until his chest was exposed, smirking to the buff guy.
"You're both so dead." He said as he then gave them a serious look, one of pure nightmare fuel.
"Like all you disgusting villains should be." He said in a dark tone before he was hit from the winged villain's kick right in the chest, which made him double over... but not take many injuries. "83%," He said before the buff guy felt his arms moving, being pulled back before Deion broke his hold, taking a moment to give them both an look of rage before the Buff man was hammered into the ground with a single punch to the head.
"Quake Punch: 4.0," Deion said after the attack before turning to the wingman. His arm glowed, akin to what people have seen when Deku uses his Quirk, but a different kind of glow, one of silver light.
"Strike-Slip." He said, referring to a type of fault line and with a movement of his feet which seem to suddenly sild forward, he was in the man's face before giving him a powerful punch to the face, knocking him into the rock behind him and cracking the rock.
Iida looked at the situation at hand, seeing their classmates left and 13. He couldn't get a grasp on what just happened to them, but from what he can tell, they were sent somewhere else, who knows where they went.
"Shoji, where is everyone? Can you check?" He asked. The multi-armed student was already on it, transforming parts of his appendages into eyes and ears to try and get a lock on everyone.
"They're scattered around, but still inside the building. Everyone's accounted for." His words brought a sigh of relief to the group, but that doesn't mean their situation was any less dire. Before, they probably could have stood a chance at using their Quirks on the mist man to possibly get through. But now their fighting prowess was reduced by more than half.
"What a relief." Mina said as she was just glad everyone was ok, but they were most likely facing villains, if not one, but a lot of them. Many of their classmates have already started their own battles to escape, they couldn't let their teachers worry about them, for now. "Iida, you have to get through, you're the fastest here." It was a really good strike of fortune that he was left close to the exit as he was. It means they only had one person in their way.
"Sean, I'm sure that guy isn't going let us through... We need a plan." It was Sero who suggested this but looking to Sean, feeling that since he has pro-hero parents, like Todoroki and Deion, he of all people would know what to do.
"Then here it is, keep all your efforts focused on getting Iida through to the exit." He turned his head to the class rep. "It's like I said earlier, you're the fastest out of us all, so you should be able to get through without getting caught in a warp." Giving a confident grin, Sean's attention was brought back to the enemy in front of them, getting prepped to give a burst of wind if need be.
"You must be sheer idiots if you talk about your plan in front of your enemy!" The mist man's body split into several tendrils and shot out of his body towards the group, but 13 kept still in front, with a fingertip still open on the spacesuit.
"It's only because it doesn't matter if you know! BLACK HOLE!" Pointing the finger on the exposed glove out, the mist started to get sucked into the opening, diverting all the mist in one direction like a vacuum. Which the villain clearly tried to struggle against, but to no avail. His body, while it didn't seem to be getting smaller, was definitely being affected by 13's attack.
"Black Hole... an attack that sucks in all objects and turns them to dust... I see. That's an astounding Quirk you have." The mist man said, not even sounding like he's resisting that much, considering the situation he was in. "However, 13, you're a hero who specializes in rescuing people from disasters. So as to be expected, your battle experience isn't even close to that of most others." Closer to his body, it looked like another gate was being formed, but it wasn't getting sucked in along with the rest of the onslaught of purple smoke. In fact, it seemed to only be expanding larger and larger until it started to grow larger than his body.
Suddenly, out of thin air, another equally large gate appeared directly behind 13, catching the astronaut-themed hero off guard as the force of the Black Hole started sucking in from the other gate, pulling at their body. Everyone else looked in shock at the sudden turn of events.
"A warp gate?!" 13 called out, shocked that even in this situation, their attack could be reflected upon them like this. The force and nature of the quirk, as explained before, started ripping away at the back of the space suit and crumbling it away. Along with parts of 13's own body being broken off and sucked into the Black Hole.
"In this situation, you turned yourself into dust." The mist man stated simply, with his eyes narrowing in what can only be assumed to be amusement or glee.
"H-he got me..." 13 managed to call out, even in the mutilated state they were in. The students went from shocked to horrified at what just happened. By nature, 13's quirk was definitely destructive, but it has never once been recorded as being used on a living person. But after what just happened in front of them, the results were horrifying. If one were to look directly into the torn open suit, they would see human skin and inner muscle is broken away as if it were a crumbled cracker, potentially even internal organs and bones just... eaten away at.
"Sensei!" Mina called out, tears welling up in her eyes. Sean grit his teeth, both out of frustration and concern. His teacher had been fatally injured, and he couldn't have done anything to stop it, because it was so sudden.
"Iida, run!" He called out, making the class president snap out of his own stupor. "Just go for it, now's your chance! Hurry!"
Tenya Iida wanted to make some kind of rebuttal, but he grits his own teeth and recalled 13's own words about his job. And right now, all he could do was comply with their wishes. Without a second thought, the engines sticking out of his calves roared to life and Iida took off in a sprint, cursing the situation at hand and charging past their adversary. Taking note of this, the mist man's body started distorting, producing another gate almost instantaneously in front of Iida. Trying to skid to a halt to avoid being sucked in, Iida braced himself, looking over to his classmates and fallen teacher, who was being looked after by Mina and Uraraka.
"Everyone was entrusted to me... Everyone..."
Just then, Soji tackled the mist man and wrapped him up in his webbed multi-arms, trying to contain him. As soon as he did, the warp gate disappeared from in front of Iida. Still skidding and scraping along the ground, Iida turned his feet and resumed his forward charge with no more obstructions in his path.
"Everyone, wait for me!"
"Not so fast!"
Slipping through the gaps in Shoji's arms was the man's head, which shot forward to try and catch Iida in his tracks. "I won't allow you!" Stretching further and further, he caught up and was upon Iida in no time. As they got closer to the door, Iida noticed that it was an automatic, meaning it would take time for it to open at his current speed, even if he did manage to escape. The mist started to engulf him, obscuring his sight as he ran. It was only a matter of time before he too would be teleported at this rate. But as soon as the mist was upon him, it was suddenly lifted, much to the shock of both of them. Looking back, Iida spotted Uraraka with her hands in the mist, wrapped around some kind of metallic brace or collar. She was using her Quirk on him, and it was working!
"I don't know the specifics, but if he's got something like this on, then it must mean he has a physical body!" With a determined look in her eye, Uraraka lifted the brace and tossed it into the air, making the whole mass of mist float into the air. "Go, Iida-kun!"
"My body! Grrgh, however!" The tenacity he had to not let Iida escape was astounding. Even with the rest of his body floating away, he still continued to try and stretch forward. Reacting on the spur of the moment, Sero shot some tape out of his arm and landed a connection against the brace. Sean took the chance to grab the piece and tear it off of Sero, planting his feet firmly in the ground and manipulating it to create makeshift soles on the bottom of his feet. Then, picking up the wing around his arms, he used the air pressure to add some extra thrust as he hurdled the brace over his shoulder in the opposite direction, sending it even further away from his friend.
"Get away from him!"
With the combined efforts of his classmates, Iida made it to the door and pried it open with his hands, making a gap large enough for him to escape through. And with an extra burst of speed, he took off towards the school with no time to spare. Noticing the situation at hand, the mist man warped away from their group and back towards the man with the hands on his arms and face. Sean looked off to where the two were and let out a sigh he didn't know he was holding in. For now, it looked like their group was safe. And hopefully, Iida would come back with a medical team, or at least Recovery Girl, along with some backup. Turning back to the others, he nodded and walked over to Mina, who had been beside 13 since the fall of the hero.
"13-sensei's going to be fine." Kneeling down, he put his hand on her shoulder, trying to comfort her. "We just have to hold tight and Iida will be back with help, okay?"
"Y-yeah." She sniffled a bit and wiped the tears from her eyes. "If only Momo were here, she could make some bandages or something." Sean nodded and tried not to look at the condition of their teacher. It was harsh, and maybe even touch or go, but it looked like they were unconscious, blacked out from the pain. But still breathing so at the very least, help coming would still work.
Blood covered the floor, he could still see, but he was badly hurt. His body was being broken by this… huge monster. 'He's naturally strong so my Quirk won't influence him in that case.' Eraser head thought as he could feel his bones being broken, his elbow was destroyed by that kid's power… as if it was to break down anything it touches. He couldn't see as his face was planted in the ground.
"GET OFF HIM!" Eraser head heard one of his students.
"No! Don't come any-!" It was too late as he heard a slam. The monster on him didn't move… But Deion quickly figured his power, since it was like his.
"Shock Absorption." He said jumping back.
"Oooh, one of the brats has come to play hero." The man with many hands said as Deion glared. None of the other villains were able to stand. "How did you get here so fast?" Deion was asked, the man's voice sounded annoyed that some of the villains weren't even able to defeat a single kid.
"I jumped. But, now I'm here to save my teacher, so let him go or else." Deion knew he couldn't do much, but he couldn't just leave Aizawa-sensei to suffer. The man with the hands on him laughed as if he was just told the best joke.
"Nomu… kill the kid." Deion tensed up, but this what he's been training his whole life for: to fight a villain.
'73%... I'll have to use that once I reach 98%' He thought as he got into a fighting stance… The fight of his life begins.
Kool: "...HOLY SHIT, DEION IS GOING TO TAKE ON NOMU HIMSELF!"
Drago: "Welp, it was nice knowing him. I'll start preparing the funeral."
Kool: "Yeah, I agree, he's not making it out this one, but big points for him being that brave."
Deion: "I'm doing it for my class you assholes."
Drago: "Shouldn't you be fighting for your life right now? Yours and Aizawa's."
Deion: "Bite me! I'm going to beat him for sure! Whatever he is."
Kool: "...He's so dead
Deion: "Fine, I'll show you both as I defeat this villain." *runs off to the next chapter*
Kool: "So yeah, funeral plans. Anyways that was a hell of a chapter, and I think our longest one for this story so far."
Drago: "I think so too. Christ on a cross, if this keeps up, each chapter is gonna be longer than the last."
Kool: "That tends to happen, all my chapters since I started writing have been normally longer than last. but this I feel was a huge jump since we more than doubled the word count of the last chapter."
Drago: "Well, since next chapter is the big All Might fight, it'll definitely be a doozy to write out."
Kool: "True, And it's also going be Deion's fight as well, double the fights! it's also the end of Season one of the anime so we'll have a cool down chapter for chapter 6 before we start Sports Festival arc."
Drago: "That sounds good to me, so let's make this an "end" that no one will forget, and can even be compared to being as good as the original."
Kool: "Yeah, it's going be Plus Ultra!... ok now I know I'm a big fan of the show. Anyways, Drago, anything else we should go over before we close this off?"
Drago: "I think we're all set, don't want to give away too much after all. So until the next chapter, everyone. Ja ne."
Kool: "See ya!"