It didn't take long for the students of class 1-A to leap into action at the sound of the scream. "Bet it was a f*cking rat going across the floor." Bakugou huffed as he took off his jacket and tossed it to the side where the others had all thrown anything that would get in the way of their hero work.
"We have to at least check!" Headphones exclaimed. Bakugou grunted and launched himself forward, hovering over the ground. A hand grabbed his arm and pulled him back to the ground.
"You can't just run in alone Bakugou-" Sharky was cut off as there was another scream and then a loud explosion. Bakugou gave a look to Sh*tty hair, as a way to show 'can I go now?'. Sh*tty hair let go of him and nodded, punching his fists together and hardening.
The two ran forwards together, the others by their sides. On the side of the arcade where the minigolf was, there was a massive hole in the wall, though the one that made the hole was nowhere to be seen.
There were four girls hiding behind a fake windmill, then there were several other people scattered across the room.
As they had noticed earlier, the arcade was pretty busy.
"For now, let's just get as many people out as we can. Keep an eye out for whoever is here." Pikachu said as he moved towards the other areas of the arcade to get people to evacuate.
Bakugou growled and launched himself towards where the girls were, Sh*tty hair and Acid running over there with him.
"Are you all alright?" Acid questioned, smiling when they all nodded. "Good! We're going to get you out of here ok? You all can come with me. We'll call the police on the way out." She continued as she took the hand of the youngest girl and looked to the other three, motioning for them to follow her out of the building.
As they walked, Bakugou's gaze moved across the room. "What kind of coward starts an attack but disappears right after? Come out and fight me you piece of sh*t!" He called out. Sh*tty hair sighed.
"It's better that it's peaceful right now. It gives us a chance to get everyone out safely. Though- you are right...It doesn't make sense that they would attack, and then wait until everyone was safe to do anything.. Maybe the wall was blown up by accident?" The Shark suggested. Bakugou shook his head.
"There was a scream. Long before the second one. Which means someone was already inside the building, and did something. It wasn't until a while later that there was a second scream, along with the wall being demolished. It was a distraction." He came to the conclusion of. He smirked and felt popping in his hands again. "I'm going to blow their a*s up."
"They must be hiding somewhere then. And they might have hostages. Don't go in recklessly Bakugou." Sh*tty hair said as he checked the inside of the windmill, just to be sure.
"We'll go check the bowling area then, make sure everything is clear there." Headphones and Tape said as they moved away from the Redhead and the Blonde.
A small shine caught his attention though. "Stop." Bakugou snapped at them. They both turned back to look at him, his eyes were locked on the small silver thread in between them. "Don't move." He stepped forwards and crouched down, examining the string in between them. He gently ran his finger over it.
"What the hell is that!?" Tape questioned, though he didn't move an inch.
"Those B*stards haven't been hiding, or waiting, they've been invisible and causing sh*t." Bakugou said, he looked around, and there were indeed silver strings, just barely visible everywhere, connecting the arcade games to one another, connecting the poles to each other. There was another that tied Bakugou himself to Sh*tty hair; meaning he couldn't go off on his own and beat the sh*t out of the villains.
"We don't know what this does, so I guess stay with whoever you are bound to, and try not to touch the string or let it break?" Headphones asked. Sh*tty hair nodded seriously. Their gaze snapped to their right as there was a loud explosion and a shout from Pikachu and Acid.
"Kam! Mina!" Headphones called, nearly running towards them, but Tape grabbed her arm and held onto it, motioning to their string.
"We're fine!" Acid replied as she stood and rubbed her head, brushing her fingers over her horns.
"What just happened?" Pikachu asked. The two were both pretty beat up just from that, it seemed like they had been hit with Bakugou's explosion almost.
"That must be what happens when you've broken one of the strings." Sh*tty hair said as he began to walk towards them, Bakugou being forced to follow.
They stepped over the strings as they approached Acid and Pikachu. "You guys are ok too?" Acid asked.
"Yeah, we're fine. You guys must have hit the strings." Sharky spoke as he motioned to all the silver strings across the room, and the one that was tied to Bakugou and himself. It was wrapped around their legs, around knee height.
"How did you guys miss someone tying a string around your legs?" Pikachu questioned the obvious.
Bakugou gave him a dead glare. "They're invisible you f*cking dimwit!" He hissed. "If a small explosion is all that b*stard can do with these sh*tty a*s threads then I'll make sure he knows what /real/ explosions feels like." He said as he grinned and felt explosions crackling against his hands once more. "Kirishima." He said firmly. Sh*tty hair nodded and hardened his skin, pulling away from Bakugou until the string snapped. The two watched as it hissed like a dynamite stick, the end of it simply lighting up and quickly going along until it reached them and sent an explosion across the surface of their skin- though not only that… it felt as though the explosion had gone through the inside of their bodies as well.
Though this may have just been a gentle love tap to Shark boy, saying as he had hardened his skin and prepared for the blast whereas Bakugou had assumed it wouldn't hurt too bad.
He grunted and looked around the room.
"Alright I have a plan," Sh*tty hair began. "Kam, do you think you can hold up with some electricity today? Or are you already kind of fizzled out from training?" He asked.
Pikachu huffed. "We did train pretty hard today but I think I can handle it." He offered.
"Bro- I was thinking, that if you're already tired out, that you can go make sure everyone has made it out safely, and wait for the police to arrive and make sure they know about the strings. If any of them don't have quirks, or don't have the right quirks, they could be seriously hurt just from those. We want to make sure these guys are held off until the pros get here and make sure nobody gets hurt. They have to be here for a reason, and it's probably not just to ruin everyone's fun." He continued. Bakugou crossed his arms and grumbled. He hated this.
He was just standing there, waiting for the plan, while the villains were out executing theirs. While they stood around and talked, the villains were getting exactly what they wanted. "Sh*tty hair, we don't have time for this. Wrap it up." He droned. Sharky looked up at him with a frown, but then realized his thoughts; the villains were moving.
"Mina, I need you to find Jirou and Sero, and then stick together. We don't know what quirks they have, so it'll be better for you three to stay together since you don't have defence quirks. I'll go with Bakubro and make sure he doesn't kill anyone. We work well together in battle anyways." Sh*tty hair claimed. Bakugou grunted again and began to walk.
"Be safe." He heard Acid say gently, he glanced over his shoulder to see her hug Sh*tty hair and then Pikachu fist bump the redhead before they both ran off, carefully avoiding the silver strings.
"Alright, lets go. We should probably head to the center of the arcade, where all the games are. That might be perfect for them. Loads of places to hide." He said as he began to walk.
"It's also the perfect place to force the building to collapse…." Bakugou muttered as he followed.
"Huh? It is? How?" Sh*tty hair asked.
"G*d you're a f*cking moron… Right next to the games area is the laser tag, in there is the main support beams for the building, if they took out the support beams for the laser tag and the gaming area, the building would go down.`` He tried to explain, he had to use his stupid tutor voice.
Sh*tty hair rubbed the back of his neck and nodded. "I didn't even realize the main supports were in the laser tag. You really paid attention when we were going through and looking around didn't you?" He asked.
Bakugou looked at him with a frown. "It's what heroes do, Sh*tty hair. Pay attention." He said, and even if he hadn't used as harsh of a tone, it was clear that just those words had hurt the redhead. He was practically just told that he wasn't a hero. Or wasn't acting well enough to be one.
Bakugou suddenly put a hand to Sh*tty Hair's chest, making him come back down to earth. Bakugou motioned to the thread that was right in front of him, raising a brow. He sighed. "Kirishima, stop being a sappy kid that can't take one critisism, be a man." He snapped, he hated having to do that.
He hated having to be nice, and encouraging. He hated using a tone of voice that implied that he didn't hate everyone. He only did it because it was Sh*tty hair, and he felt like he had to repay him.
He growled and shoved the redhead a bit. "You're no use if you're not paying attention you f*cking moron." He snapped as he stepped over the silver thread and moved towards the game area.
The screens of the games were glitching, only to turn black a moment later. Bakugou's gaze snapped around as his ears started ringing like there was a human version of the dog whistle going off.
It only got worse as time passed, the ringing was burning, piercing, thought consuming. Bakugou shouted and threw an explosion to his right; as his right ear had hurt more than his left. He was correct in his guess though, as someone appeared before them, a cloud of dust fading from them and disappearing into the air around them.
Someone had a quirk that made them invisible.
Bakugou couldn't hear a thing for the time being, so he just threw another explosion at the man who had hit them with the ringing quirk.
It must have been to control pitch, or sound, something of the sort, because Bakugou still couldn't hear anything but ringing out of his right ear.
"Soundwave!" He heard a muffled voice from his left and then Sh*tty Hair's voice shouting.
He growled as he looked to the far larger man that had appeared from the shadows just as 'Soundwave' had. Sharky had already gotten in a few punches on the man. Bakugou threw an explosion at him.
He only grinned. He was smiling? As the living sh*t was getting beaten out of him?
"Ki-Red Riot! Get back!" Bakugou shouted in a growl. Kirishima pulled back, clearly confused, but obeying.
The man grinned. "Do it Backlash! The others are far enough away by now!" Soundwave called before he scrambled back up to his feet and ran.
"Hey! Get back here and die like a man you coward!" Bakugou called out, it made no difference. He looked back to the big guy as he pounded his fists together, his skin hardening just like Kirishima's. Then he released an explosion, just like Bakugou's. It sent the games flying, along with both Bakugou and Kirishima,then it took out two of the pillars next to him.
Even if their goal wasn't to take down the building, they might still do it anyway.
"We can't fight him with quirks. He absorbs them, like that kid at the sports festival." Kirishima said softly as he got back up to his feet.
"Then don't touch him with your quirk." Bakugou stated simply as he launched himself forward, he used his quirk to empower his kicks and punches, but never let the blast actually touch the man.
'Backlash' grabbed Bakugou by the ankle on one of his kicks and threw him at the wall, leaving Kirishima being the only one in front of him. Bakugou rubbed his head at he stood up and looked to Kirishima fighting the man.
A waft of dust under his nose distracted him though.
"My my, lookie who it is. You're the one that won the sports festival aren't you?" A woman's voice hummed as she placed her arms on his shoulders from behind and put her cheek right against his. She wiped some dust off his shoulder.
Bakugou moved his hand towards her face to use an explosion, "Yeah yeah, f*cking nosy h*g." He muttered as he tried to use his quirk on her but she disappeared. He blinked and threw the explosion out anyway, trying to see if she still had a physical form like the chick in his class did.
Nothing.
All that was left of her was a trail of dusted footprints on the ground. He glanced back to make sure Kirishima was still alive and fighting before he chased after her, throwing explosions at her until he finally caught her, sending her flying right into the wall. A cloud of dust burst off of her and she was unconscious. He stepped over and kneed her face just to make sure she woke up with a raging headache.
Now they at least wouldn't have to deal with anyone else being invisible.
He looked around, and in a cloud of dust, two other figures appeared behind him, one being so close that he ran his fingers through Bakugou's hair.
"What the f*ck is wrong with you all and being f*cking gross!?" He scoffed before he threw an explosion against the man's stomach and kicked him to the ground. He would at least be down for a moment.
The other man extended his hands, the silver strings shooting from them and wrapping themselves around Bakugou.
"Judging by the massive explosion I'm assuming you met my husband?" The man questioned, glancing over to where Kirishima was still fighting 'Backlash'.
"You married that ugly b*stard? Can see why, your mug is just as revolting as his. May as well live in misery and death together." Bakugou struggled against the strings, growling. He couldn't break them; they'de explode and kill him.
"Tsk, such unkind words. You really are that brat from the sports festival aren't you?" The man with the strings muttered in annoyance before he looked to the other, the one that had messed with Bakugou's hair. "Be sure to give him a little extra love for me." He spoke with a smirk as the touchy man approached again and once again ran his fingers through Bakugou's hair.
"Let go of me you f*cking p*rvert!" He shouted as he struggled against the strings once more, trying to kick him at least.
He smirked. "I have no romantic interest in you kid, I'm just going to make sure that if you live through this; you're going to wish you hadn't." He said as he ran his hands over Bakugou's face and then over his shoulders. His hands just barely touched Bakugou's skin but clearly he was doing something. His quirk must have been something that took time to take effect.
Bakugou shouted at him repeatedly before he finally headbutted him and knocked him down again, with him now on the ground, Bakugou kicked him right in the nose.
"Hun! I need a bit of help over here! Finish the redhead off!" The silver thread guy called out.
"Little difficult, love!" The other man called.
"F*cking-" Bakugou was cut off as Silver Thread wrapped more of his threads around Bakugou's head and therefore making it to where he couldn't talk, or ever shut his mouth without breaking the threads.
"You have quite the potty mouth don't you? I'm sure your mother is so ashamed." Silver spoke.
Bakugou gave him a blank stare. Where the f*ck did he think he learned to talk like this? Dumba*s better not say another word about his mother. The old h*g already got enough attention as it was.
Backlash finally returned, holding Kirishima's head in his massive hand. He tossed the unconscious boy over to where Bakugou was like a ragdoll. He let out a shout and then screamed at them, unable to speak with the threads in his mouth, but still making sure they know just how p*ssed he was.
"Darling, ready?" Backlash asked.
"Always." Silver replied. The larger man wrapped his hands around the smaller one. Silver finally let go of the threads and watched as they lit, slowly making their way towards bakugou.
He was about to be a human bomb…
Silver ran and grabbed the touchy guy and the dust girl, tugging them off. "Soundwave! Lets go!" he called in a hurry. The first man approached and grabbed the guy, lifting him over his shoulder and helping Silver pull the man.
Bakugou had to get away from Kirishima. He had to get away from the Laser Tag. The whole building would go down. He quickly moved to run away as fast as he could with his legs bound, but Backlash grabbed him and held him tightly to his chest.
Bakugou struggled but it was pointless. He bit through the threads, he was going to blow up anyway.
"Kirishima! Wake up! Run!" He shouted out, knowing that the boy had already been stirring to wake up. His Red eyes blinked open, meeting Bakugou's red ones that held the same fear that they had back when All For One had taken him.
He stood up and hardened.
"Not going anywhere bro. Wouldn't be very manly or hero-like of me." He said simply with a small smile. He ran forwards and punched Backlash's arm, making him drop Bakugou.
There was a vibration against the ground. As this was happening, the others were probably dealing with other villains too.
"You've always been my best bro." Kirishima said as he caught Bakugou and smiled.
"F*cking moron." Bakugou breathed. The tread reached him and that was it, it was a massive explosion, if it didn't take out the laser tag room, he would have been shocked.
The explosion was bright, and so loud that there was no way he'd ever hear again after this.
Then it was silent, and they were on the ground, their gaze blurry as they stared at Backlash.
He had absorbed the explosion. Bakugou took a deep breath and looked to Kirishima next to him, he was still hardened, in his ultimate form, but he was burnt to a point where he was barely recognizable.
Even so, he quickly moved forward to where he was above Bakugou, acting like a human shield as the next explosion rang out and the two boys blacked out.