As Bakugo made his way back to the center plaza with the red head extra that he had found, he was suddenly hit by a violent rise in temperature and an explosion ahead of him. Racing forward, they were met with the sight of their green-haired classmate flying out of a large smokestack in the center holding onto some kind of stick. Bakugo's memory supplied that it was a matoi used by traditional firemen. Looking back towards the smoke, Bakugo could see the hand villain and the large creature from earlier standing unharmed.
Izuku landed and slid back a bit letting his left hand drag along the ground as his right hand gripped his matoi better. Igniting his left hand and creating a line of fire straight back towards the villains, Izuku spun and flung the matoi forward while increasing its velocity with the trail of flames he left earlier. A larger scale of the trick he used on Mr. Aizawa's test. With the added velocity, the matoi flew forward and made an even larger explosion than the previous ones had combined. He then recalled all the matoi and had them at the ready behind him.
The Nomu, as it was called, marched out of the smokestack still looking unharmed, and the hand villain was also protected from behind it. Izuku sighed as he stared at the Nomu not having a single injury. Unfortunately, normal means of taking it down wouldn't be a viable option. 'In retrospect trying to beat an anti-All Might with that half assed attack wasn't the smartest.' As Izuku lowered his center to prepare for combat, the Nomu raced forward at a blinding speed and was in front of him in an instant. Izuku lit his hands and feet and flew up letting all the matoi hit the Nomu in its chest after it missed the attack. And with that, Izuku hovered for a moment and tried to gather his thoughts.
'It's incredibly fast, and strong, resilient too; this won't be easy by any means' with that in mind, Izuku dodged a large rock that the Nomu threw at him to try and bring him to the ground and used his matoi to bat the rock back at it. Thinking quickly, Izuku flew low and gathered his flames. 'Iai Chop, Form One: Fire Moon'. The Nomu seemed to be paralyzed for a moment by the attack, before its eyes landed on Izuku and it tried to grab him. Thinking quickly, Izuku ignited his body and created flaming arms to grab the Nomu and flung it away.
"That was a bit close wasn't it hero?" the hand villain, Shigaraki, said in a mocking tone. Izuku used his voice to distinguish where his location. However, he refused to take his eyes off of the direction he sent the Nomu flying since it was definitely the larger threat between the two. It was good that he had too since the Nomu came forward and attempted to blow him away with a punch, which was only blocked by the matoi he had positioned in front of him. The wind pressure still put out the traces of flames behind him.
Izuku put up a wall of flames to try and create some distance between himself and the Nomu, but it broke straight through in an attempt to grab Izuku. Ducking under its arms, Izuku focused his flames and the matoi and brought them forward together with a flaming fist that seemed to push the Nomu back slightly. With that he gained as much distance as he could before an idea hit Izuku.
He started filling the portion of the main plaza he was in with flames. Not covering it but making flaming balls in various positions that would completely surround the Nomu. With that, he sent his matoi flying. Seeing an opportunity to finish its task, the Nomu raced forward only to be hit in the side of the face and before it could see what had hit it, it was hit again in the back and then the legs. The assault began to increase in speed as the matoi accelerated around and struck from multiple angles forcing the Nomu to maintain its position.
Shigaraki was scratching his neck a bit. Though the Nomu that his master had provided him couldn't be beat in such a brute force method, it could be stalled by restricting its movements. 'It won't be long before the pros are here! All because Kurogiri can't take care of some- 'Shigaraki cut his thoughts as soon as he thought of the mist villain and thought of a plan to get rid of the brat in front of him. "Kurogiri! Move the Nomu!" The mist didn't need to be told twice and immediately opened a warp gate that encompassed the Nomu. And suddenly it was behind Izuku. Some of his classmates looked on in horror as the creature came out of the gate behind him and reached for his head seemingly ready to crush it to bits.
Izuku could feel the creature behind him. Though it didn't feel similar to any of the people he had fought so far, he could still feel the intent to kill directly behind him. But with the matoi constantly increasing in velocity, even the creature wouldn't be able to react to his next move. Four of the five matoi caught the creature on each of its limbs carrying it into the air. The fifth Izuku stepped on as it started to pass letting it carry him into the air. Izuku crossed his arm over his shoulder. 'Iai Chop, Form Seven: Sun Wheel' Izuku collided with the Nomu in the air and let his hand collide with its exposed midsection. As the smoke cleared, Izuku saw something he could have never imagined. A deep burn that seemed to have cauterized instantly not allowing the Nomu to heal.
As he was taking in his accomplishment, however, the Nomu swatted him to the ground viciously. Izuku hit the ground and slid into the stair leaving a deep indent and its own cloud of smoke. The Nomu landed back to the earth. As it did, Izuku emerged from his own hole looking angry. Adjusting his costume and putting his arms fully through the fireman coat Izuku prepared to rush forward again before a loud sound came from the entrance. The entire USJ froze as they looked at who was entering.
"It's fine now. I am here!" A familiar deep voice declared as the smoke started to clear. Some of the class burst into tears seeing the number one hero break the door down to come to their rescue. Izuku himself could only stare as All Might rushed forward and secured the rest of his classmates before depositing them at the stairs near Izuku. The Nomu seemed to not be moving at all, conflicted on which target to attack between, Izuku and All Might. All Izuku could focus on though was the furious image of All Might.
All Might then charged the Nomu and chopped it creating a ton of wind pressure. The Nomu had made its decision with that action and engaged All Might, seemingly attempting to wrap up the number one hero before it was punched in the face twice. Izuku decided he had enough of watching and started directing some of his classmates up to the entrance where the rest of the class was waiting while All Might and the Nomu clashed.
Some of the villains saw this as their opportunity and tried to surround the class, but before anyone could act, Izuku stomped his foot against the ground and the villains all dropped to the floor in pain. Some of his classmates looked on worriedly. "Don't look so nervous, it's just heated air." Izuku explained.
With their path cleared, the less combative of the class made their way up to the entrance where the rest of their classmates were waiting. Izuku was about to suggest the rest of the class retreat when he saw All Might grab the Nomu and attempt to slam it into the ground. When the dust settled, the class saw All Might being held by the Nomu who had been sent through a warp gate to grab him, and he was struggling to free himself. Before the villains could close in, however, Todoroki froze the Nomu so All Might could escape its grip.
Simultaneously as All Might leapt back, Bakugo found the mist villain that had separated them and insulted him earlier and pinned him to the ground. "If you try and use your quirk, I'll blow you to bits," Bakugo threatened, a menacing grin on his face. Shigaraki seemed to be scratching again, frustrated at the students freeing All Might and capturing Kurogiri, but that was nothing Nomu couldn't fix.
Looking back the Nomu had already reformed from where it had broken off part of itself and was waiting for its order.
"Nomu, get Kurogiri back from the blonde." The Nomu shot forward and as All Might came to intercept it, he found the Nomu being held in place by flaming arms extended from Izuku. Glowing blue and green met, and All Might knew he owed it to his students to finish this off. As the number one hero and their teacher, he had to stand strong. All Might raced forward and clashed with the Nomu again. The melee they created turned into a furious clash and some of the students were blown back.
Slowly All Might began to overpower the Nomu before he finally sent the Nomu flying outside of the USJ. Izuku looked on impressed at All Might's strength, something he had never seen firsthand. All Might then turned on the villains and challenged them to retreat or be captured. Which seemed odd to Izuku, as mad as he looked why would All Might give them the option to leave. The villains, however, didn't think as hard and rushed All Might to try and kill him and finish their mission. Izuku came forward quickly in order to intercept the hand villain. Izuku's flames concentrated into a circle and the hand villain could notice scars that he hadn't seen before slowly becoming more prominent before a gunshot rang out from the entrance. Izuku exhaled as he saw Shigaraki and Kurogiri start to pull back.
Izuku looked to the entrance and saw a many of his teachers had arrived. And the teachers made quick work of the remaining villains that were making their way to the plaza. Shigaraki and Kurogiri were forced to retreat as Snipe had landed a bullet in almost every one of his limbs and suddenly the USJ incident began to wrap itself up. The police and emergency services arrived to begin apprehending the villains and tending to wound respectively. As Izuku tried to approach All Might and check on him, he was suddenly interrupted by a cement wall shooting up between the two.
Then Izuku felt an arm tap on his shoulder pointing him towards the paramedics that were checking on the rest of his class. He couldn't find it in himself to refuse, so Izuku made his way up the stairs as the police made their way down and began apprehending villains all throughout the USJ. Izuku came to the top of the stairs and could see ambulances loading up Mr. Aizawa and Thirteen, but none of his classmates seem to have been as injured as any of the heroes, thankfully.
Izuku looked around and saw Iida who he remembered had raced out to retrieve the pros and wrapped an arm around his shoulder. "Good job, Iida, you really saved us there with all your hard work."
"Thank you, Midoriya!" Iida yelled beaming at the praise from one of the top students in the class. Having said his piece, Izuku made his way over to a paramedic so that he could get checked out. He hadn't felt like he took much damage, but apparently that was all adrenaline as the last blow by the Nomu had managed to fracture bones in his arms and ribs, and even a bit of blood running down his head. He sighed as the paramedic got to work and let his mind wander. So many things weren't adding up from All Might's late appearance, to not being able to see him, to All Might willfully letting the villains escape despite being the number one hero.
There was a lot going on and he needed to get answers otherwise he would never be able to let this go.