Chapter 10: Survival Of The Fittest

Thirteen tried to suck up the black mass that was standing in front of them. They had to do it to protect the students that were still behind them, if not, who knows what could happen to them. However, it seemed to ineffective as the mass just kept it shape.

"Iida," Thirteen commented, "Get out of here and reach the school. Get back up!"

Tenya started to interject. "You can't just expect me to turn tail on my classmates!"

"This isn't up for debate! You're the only one fast enough to reach them in time! That's an order!" Thirteen shouted out.

"I don't know why you still keep trying to fight it. Resistance is futile." Kurogiri commented, as he opened a warp gate behind the Space Hero. The gate just so happened to be warping Thirteen's black hole. The black hole began to eat away at the suit, until it eventually made its way to the being underneath. Thirteen screamed out in pain as the black hole sucked at their very essence.

Hearing his teacher scream, Tenya realized that he only had one option. He got himself into a running stance and began to make his way to the entrance.

"What's this?" Kurogiri asked, taking notice of the young hero trying to escape. He began to try to surround the runner. "Running away, when your teacher is in peril? That's very unbecoming of a young hero like yourself." Before Kurogiri had the opportunity to strike, something grabbed ahold of his collar.

"Iida! Run!" Ochaco screamed out as she made the black mass float in the air.

"NO!" Kurogiri cried as he tried to reach out to Tenya, but he was quickly intercepted by the likes of Shoji, Sato, and Sero.

"GO! We'll hold him off!" Shoji called out to the Class Secretary. Tenya gave him a quick nod as he made it to the entrance.

"I'll be back soon! Just try to keep yourselves alive until then!" Tenya reassured as he squeezed through the entrance. The black mass was suddenly beginning to float upwards into the air.

"Shigaraki isn't going to like this." Kurogiri stated as he began to warp himself away.

(X)

"Are you going to keep standing there, or are one of you actually going to do something?" Blood Stalk asked the group of quivering students.

"W-Why did you kill him?" Kaminari managed to ask, which only got a scoff in response from the cobra-based villain.

"Seriously? I would have expected something a little more…you know, heroic. Something like along the lines of 'You'll face punishment for what you've done!' or 'You heinous villain!'…Guess this is what I get for going after teenagers." Stalk stated, clearly annoyed by the situation. He then snapped his fingers, and the group was surrounded by a squad of Guardians, guns drawn on them.

Blood Stalk then knelt down to get a closer look at his handiwork with the villains' body. Then he continued on with his speech. "Anyways, to answer your question, why wouldn't I kill the guy? He was about to fry you up to a crisp. Plus he was hired to kill you…Well, that's what I'm to do, so guess I can add hypocrite to list of defining traits." He then stood up and pointed his rifle straight at the group of students. "Are we going to do this, or you just going to keep standing there, Sento?"

Everyone's eyes widened at what they just heard. "S-Sento? How does he know your name?" Mina asked. She got no response as he rushed forward, Drill Crusher in hand, to face off against Blood Stalk.

"That's the answer I was looking for!" Blood Stalk exclaimed as he blocked a swipe from the drill weapon. He then kicked the young hero out of the way, which gave him enough time to turn his rifle into a pistol and sword. Sento was quick to get back into the fray of things. The rest of the group were hesitant, but they were ready to rush in…but the guns drawn on them made things a little bit more difficult.

"HE'S MINE!" Sento yelled out as he swiped at Blood Stalk.

"Really? You being a little glory hog, that's so unlike you! I wouldn't have-" Stalk was cut off as he caught a mean right hook to the face.

"DON'T TALK ABOUT ME LIKE YOU KNOW ME!" Sento yelled in anger. The rest of the students quickly became concerned by what they were seeing. The Sento they knew was quickly replaced by someone that could give Bakugo a run for his money in the rage department. They began to wonder what could even cause this to happen.

As Blood Stalk grabbed one of Sento's punches, he then asked the young genius a question. "How about we take this somewhere a little more…private?" With that he let go of his fist, and jumped as high up as he could, jumping past one of the ridges. Sento was quick to follow him. Stalk then separated the rifle into a pistol like weapon and a bladed weapon. With them now being isolated, Sento could finally let it all out.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT BEAKED THING?" He swiped at Blood Stalk, but Stalk was quick to block the attack with his Steam Blade.

"Really, that's the first question you asked me? I thought it relate to your…let's call it your disturbed past." Stalk taunted. Sento quickly kicked Stalk in the gut, causing him to double over in pain.

"WHY DID YOU DO THOSE EXPERIMENTS ON ME?" Sento questioned as he tried to give Blood Stalk an axe kick. Stalk saw the attack coming, as his quickly dodged to the right. Stalk then took the opportunity given to him to punch Sento straight in the face. Blood Stalk them out took his Transteam Gun and proceeded to take a few pot shots at Sentos' chest, which caused him to stumble back in pain.

"Why would I give answers to questions like that, when you have even proved to me that you deserve those answers?" Stalk teased as he beckoned Sento to get back up. Sento took him up on his offer as he once again rushed at him. This time, punching him so hard he let go of his weapons. He laid on a few more punches until Blood Stalk was lying on the ground.

"WHO TOOK MY MEMORIES?" Sento yelled at the top of lungs as he grabbed Stalk by the collar.

Stalks' response was to laugh. He then kicked Sento square in the chest, which knocked him back quite a distance. "You ain't getting shit." Stalk taunted. Sento at this point realized that he had had enough of this back and forth as he turned the lever on his driver.

READY, GO!

Sento then jumped up and let gravity do its thing as he followed the path set by the energy chart and prepared himself for the finishing kick. Stalk held out his hand, and was able to hold back the attack, causing the young hero to be shocked. "Still too weak, how disappointing." Blood Stalk said aloud. Sento just kept trying his hardest to try to find something inside himself to make the attack stronger, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't do it. "After I'm done with you, I'm have some 'fun' with your little crush. What's her name again? Oh yeah... Yaoyorozu."

Hearing that, something inside Sento snapped as he let out a battle cry. Stalk became shocked by the result. "WHAT THE FU-" Stalk was cut off as the kick managed to break through his defenses.

VORTEX FINISH!

The kick was so powerful, that it caused both Stalk and Sento to go crashing through the mountain wall behind them, which then lead them to return to where they originally had started in their fight. Stalk rolled to where the villains' body was bleeding out, while Sento rolled back to his friends, knocking a few Guardians off their feet as well.

"Are you okay?" Momo asked as she and everyone else quickly helped him up.

"I'm fine." Sento insisted as he was brought back to his feet. Sento then looked Momo in the eyes, which was filled with genuine concern. "I'm-" He was quickly cut off as Stalk let out a small chuckle, which lead into a maniacal laughter.

"That's what I was looking for! The fight, the passion! That's what I'm talking about!" Stalk exclaimed from the ground, as the Guardians began to close in on the group. He then looked at the dead body of the villain. "What do you think? Should I tell them?"

He then began to move the head as if it was talking back to him, albeit in a much higher tone of voice. "I think you should tell them, it would really put a wrench into everything, which would then make things more fun!...Also, you look really handsome today!" Stalk then went back to talking in his normal tone of voice. "Oh, there was no need for that, but thank you! I appreciate that compliment!" He then got back up to his feet and snapped his fingers. The heads of the Guardians suddenly exploded, which caused the students to back up for the sake of safety.

"Oh, would you relax! I'm not going to hurt you anymore! Plus, I figured it was best to give ourselves some privacy for this little talk we're about to have." Stalk pleaded as he held his hands up, which caused the students to be weary of what he was saying. "Look, here's the deal, I really don't like the situation as much as you for my own personal reasons, so I'm about to lay down some information that may change the tide of battle in your favor! That sound good?"

Now the students were confused by what the masked villain was saying. "…Go on." Sento cautiously said, which garnered a reaction from his classmates.

"Why we should believe anything he says? He could be lying to us!" Momo insisted to Sento.

"The reason you should believe is entirely based upon the fact that what I tell you determines whether or not your teacher survives today! Does that answer your question?" Stalk asked.

Everyone turned to him in shock. "Oh, now you what to listen to what I have to say. Alright, listen up because I'm only going to say this once. The big beaked creature that we dragged along is a little something called a Nomu, all I know is that it only has one purpose…to kill All Might." Everyone's' ears perked up at that. "That certainly got your attention, didn't it? Now, your teacher is more than likely going to have to go up against that thing. Now, if your teacher is going to face off against something designed to be more powerful than All Might…I don't think you need to be a genius in order to figure out how that fight is going to go."

"Do you know how it works, what its' Quirk is, how to beat it?" Momo questioned the all to helpful villain. Stalk scoffed in return.

"Yeah, the head honchos told me jack shit, so I'm just as confused about what exactly the thing as you lot." Stalk confessed as he scratched the back of his head.

"Why tell us this? Why are you suddenly acting like we're friends?" Sento suddenly barked out. Stalk let out a small chuckle.

"Maybe it's because you did exactly what I wanted you to do?"

Sento turned his head in confusion. "What exactly do you think I did?"

"You were able to raise your Hazard level!"

"…Hazard what?" Mina asked.

"Oh, it's this little thing that my organization came up with. It's designed to determine just how dangerous a person is in the moment, and just what their potential could be. Your finishing attack usually comes around to a 3.2 on the 'hazard scale' as I like to call it, but when I said something that I knew would rub you the wrong way, that raised your Hazard Level to an impressive 3.7!" Stalk quickly explained.

"So when you said that you're going to have 'fun' with…? " Sento quickly cut off his question as he kept an eye on Momo.

Stalk was very quick to laugh off the situation. "You really believed that? Please, I'm a professional! And professionals must have standards."

"…Yet you're okay with attacking and killing teenagers?" Kaminari questioned. Stalk just gave him a so-so hand motion in response.

"That's not really what's important here. What truly matters is whether or not U.A. is going to have to replace one of their extinguished tutors. The way I see it, what lies ahead is one of two paths. The first, you go out and save teacher and earn some extra credit. OR you can try and arrest me, now just know that's easier said than done, as I'm able to go for…another couple of hours."

Sento faced away from the group, deep in thought. He pondered the two choices that were in front of him. Pondering the pros and cons of both choices. Momo took notice of her classmates' behavior.

"You're seriously believing what he's saying? How do we know that he's even telling the truth?" She questioned. However, her questions just fell on deaf ears as Sento was too deep in thought about what was just said to him. If what Stalk was true, then Aizawa wasn't going to be able to hold out for much longer. He then pulled out his phone, and quickly inserted the Lion fullbottle into, causing it to turn into the Machine Builder. The group was shocked to see what the phone suddenly turn into a motorcycle. Blood Stalk just laughed in amusement.

"Looks like you picked the right choice! Here's a reward for your troubles!" Stalk exclaimed as he tossed Sento something. He caught it and was shocked to see a fullbottle with a light blue color, and a rocket engraved on it. "Now then! I think it's time to for me to take my leave! But before I go, Sento…" Stalk began to explain, drawing the boy's attention. "You and I both know that we'll meet again, more likely sooner than later, and when that happens…expect me to be less friendly than I am right now."

He then pulled out his Transteam Gun and pointed it at the group. "I look forward to seeing how much you and Banjo grow stronger…Ciao!" And with that, he pulled the trigger and quickly pulled the gun away from the group. A thick smoke came out of the gun and it surrounded him. When the smoke dissipated, the mysterious stranger went as quickly as he arrived.

"I'm going to save Aizawa," Sento stated as he was about to get on his bike. "Stay here and keep an eye on the villains." He was stopped as he felt a hand on his arm. He looked to see Momo with a quite concerned look on her and everyone else's faces.

"You're not going alone." She stated. "You won't be able to survive without help."

"Yeah, we won't let our Class Rep be all by himself." Mina hopefully said, even with all she had seen today.

"…I can't drag you guys along into this." Sento bluntly stated, much to the chagrin of his classmates.

"Guess that Stalk guy was right about you being a glory hog." Kaminari joked, trying to lighten up the situation. His joke only got him an intimidating glare from Momo, which caused him to jump in return. She then went back to her concerned look to Sento.

Momo began to protest. "We can't just sit here and-"

"If anything were to happen to you guys, I wouldn't be able to live with myself." That statement caused Momo to stop her in her tracks. Sento then put his hand on top of hers. She wasn't able to see it, but she knew that he had a look in his eyes that were practically begging her not to go. "…Please, stay here. At least I know you'll be safe." Sento silently pleaded to her.

"…Go." Momo stated, causing the group to look at her in shock. "Go save our teacher." She said, with an accepting look in her eyes. Sento paused a second, then gave her a determined nod. He revved up his engine and drove off to go save their teacher.

(X)

Aizawa quickly kneed one of the many villains in the face. He could feel the punks' nose break upon the strike. As the two fell to the ground, Aizawa heard another villain trying to rush him from behind. He quickly dodged out of the way and wrapped the brute in his scarf. He then used his scarf to gain the upper hand, and he used the villain as a makeshift weapon, tossing them into a crowd of fellow villains.

"Impressive work." The villain in bat-like armor commented, drawing Aizawas' attention. "I expected nothing less out of one of U.A.'s finest instructors." The villain then drew out some type of bladed weapon.

"I take it you're one of the leaders of these lowlifes." Aizawa said as he prepared himself for what he assumed to be a rather tough fight.

"The name is Night Rogue." He clarified as he rushed in to fight the shaggy haired teacher. Night Rogue tried to stab at Aizawa, but Aizawa jumped out the way. He then wrapped his scarf around the villains' arm, binding it to try to limit mobility. Night Rogue dropped the Steam Blade, catching it with his other hand and swiping at Aizawa. Aizawa jumped back, the blade nearly cutting him.

As he gained his bearings, Aizawa noticed something that shouldn't have been possible…Night Rogue cut his scarf. Looks like he's going to have to play this more carefully. He has no idea what his Quirk is, what type it is, and whether or not it would even affect how this battle was going to go. But he wasn't going to take any chances as he quickly fired up his Quirk, erasing the villains' unknown Quirk.

"And here I thought you wanted to stay on the sidelines." A voice suddenly called out to Night Rouge. Aizawa turned to see the pale man with hands covering most of his body.

"And there's the other leader. Can't say I'm impressed by you." Aizawa stated as he prepared his scarf. A two on one fight…He faced worse odds. The pale man lunged at him, hand reaching out forward to try to grab him. Aizawa jumped above him, using his Erasure on the pale man. Landing on the ground, Aizawa shot his scarf out wrapping the villain up. Night Rogue then proceeded to shoot at Aizawa, but Aizawa was quick to dodge out of the way, which in turn caused him to undo the binding he had on the pale villain.

"I know how your Quirk works." Shigaraki taunted, garnering Aizawas' attention. "When your hair falls down, that means you blink. And when you blink, that means you stop using your Quirk."

"Like that's supposed to intimidate me." Aizawa grunted as he tried to strike at Shigaraki, but Shigaraki jumped over the strike and proceeded to grab Aizawas' elbow.

"Yeah. It is supposed to." Shigaraki mocked as the clothing and the skin began to disintegrate off of Aizawas' elbow. Aizawa kicked the villain away. He looked at his injury, looks like he was down an arm, it might affect things, but not by much. He was ready to jump back into the fray…that was until something happened.

The battlefield changed. He looked out and was shocked to see dead bodies on the field. But they weren't just any dead bodies. They were the bodies of those he had sworn to protect. His students, Toshinori, Hizashi, Nemuri, and…Oboro. He fell to his knees as he glared at the bodies, tears starting to form in his eyes.

"Uh…What the hell happened to him?" Shigaraki questioned at the trembling hero.

"Let's just say that he's having a bad trip." Night Rogue commented as he kept his eyes on Aizawa. "Want me to continue to give him mental scaring?"

"No." Shigaraki commented, which caused the armored villain to raise a brow at what his comrade just said. "I believe that we should let Nomu have some form of fun, considering how the big boss isn't here at the moment."

Night Rogue had a sinister smile underneath his helmet as he let Aizawa free of his hallucination. As Aizawa was finally able to get a bearing of his surroundings, he then felt something approach him from behind. He looked and saw the blacked beaked creature that he saw enter the U.S.J. with the villains. It looked to Aizawa and let out a sound that he could only identify as satisfaction. Aizawa had a sudden realization. Today could very well be the day that he dies.

(X)

"DIE!" Bakugo shouted as he let off another explosion. He and Kirishima were sent to the Ruins zone where they got surrounded by small time villains.

"Looks like that was the last of them." Kirishima commented, looking at the many villains that were currently face down on the ground. "Guess we better get back to classmates, I get the feeling that they're not able to last very long."

"Do whatever you want, I'm going after the warp cloud guy." Bakugo said, which garnered a reaction from Kirishima.

"Hold up! You want to take that guy on? Even when we failed to beat him the first time?" Kirishima questioned the Explosion user.

"Are you really that dense?" Bakugo suddenly interjected. "That fucker is their way in and out of here, take him out-" He quickly cut himself off as a villain tried to lounge at him, but he was quick to react as he grabbed the villain by the throat and let off a small explosion, just enough to stun the villain. "Then these dipshits are just fish in a barrel. Plus, these guys are the small time, so those extras can handle themselves." He finished his explanation as he let the villain fall to the ground.

Kirishima looked quite impressed by the explanation. "Where was this side of you? I never knew you could be the calm and rational type. You know, considering how all you pretty much say is-" A cartoonish version of Bakugo with razor sharp teeth and a menacing aura surrounded him suddenly appeared, with the word 'die' surrounding him.

"WHAT ARE TALKING ABOUT?! I'M ALWAYS CALM AND RATIONAL! ALSO, HOW THE HELL WERE ABLE TO DO THAT?" Bakugo shouted, clearly demonstrating that he wasn't as he swiped at the cartoon to make it disappear. He then quickly began to march out of the room.

"Wait, I'm coming with you." Kirishima called out, gaining Bakugos' attention. "If I didn't know any better, it just sounded like just said that you have faith in our classmates! That may have been the manliest thing you could have said! Plus your explanation totally makes sense. But if you plan on taking that cloud guy by yourself, you basically are walking into a death trap, which means you need all the help you could get."

Bakugo was less than impressed by Kirishimas' explanation, but at the same time, he made some valid points. "Do whatever you want, shitty hair. I'm not the boss of you." He grunted out, which got Kirishima motivated.

"All right! I knew you come around!" Kirishima stated as he threw his arm around Bakugos' shoulder…who quickly pushed it off, much to Kirishimas' chagrin. Just then, men with automatic assault rifles stormed into the room they were in. Bakugo was quick to rush into action.

"DIE!" He yelled out as he let off an explosion in one of the men's face. The smoke cleared and Bakugo was shocked to see a hole where he fired off his explosion in the guys' head…and sparks coming out of that hole. The body fell to the ground, and its' head came off. Bakugo and Kirishima looked at each other…and grins began to grow on their faces. The Guardians had the ability to feel, they would currently be feeling panic as the two students jumped towards them.

(X)

"So…You going to explain what the hell that was all about?" Jiro asked Banjo. Her question also gaining the attention of Hagakure and Todoroki.

"I…Uh…Um…" Banjo stammered out. He didn't know what to do in a situation like this. Him and Sento never really discussed what to do if their classmates found out about their side activities. "Well the thing is-"

"He's not the one that able to explain what that was. Kiryu is." Todoroki suddenly interjected. His sudden statement got a surprised reaction from his classmates.

"How did you- Leave him out of this!" Banjo blurted out.

"Your reaction just proved that I'm right." Todoroki stated. "Your sudden outburst proves that you are trying to protect your friend from something. Then there was what you were about to say. I believe it was about to be, 'How did you figure that out?' That sudden cut off was the key to figure out that he's hiding something. Am I wrong?" Banjo just remained silent. "Looks like I'm right. But that going to have to wait for another time." Todoroki began to walk off.

"Where are you going?" Jiro asked.

"If these villains are really here to kill All Might, then is no time to waste. If we go take out the leaders, then these lowlifes won't know how to handle themselves. They're located in the central plaza. If anyone wants to stay here, then that is their choice and I won't judge you." Todoroki calmly explained as he continued to walk towards the central plaza.

Banjo let out a sigh. "Sento's going to kill me." He then joined Todoroki in his march.

"Can you stay here with me? I don't want to be alone with these guys." Hagakure asked Jiro. Jiro shrugged her shoulders as she sat down, deep in thought.

"How exactly are we going to what we just saw?" Jiro asked her invisible classmate. Hagakure was silent as Jiro waited for a response.

"Oh, sorry. I just remembered that you couldn't see me shrug my shoulders." Hagakure quickly explained.

(X)

"This isn't looking good." Tsuyu commented as she looked at the battlefield. Her, Izuku, and Mineta were currently hiding. They made an agreement that if things got to out of hand, they would jump in to help Aizawa. And it looks like that time was soon coming. Aizawa was battered and looked like hell, due to the beaked creature that was pretty much treating him like a chew toy.

"I'm scared! Hold me Asui!" Mineta said as he hugged Tsuyu.

"We need to come up with a plan." Izuku muttered out. "Maybe look for an opening or something like that."

"Well you better come up with something fast or-" Tsuyu cut herself off as she felt a hand squeezing her chest.

"So soft." Mineta murmured.

Izuku was too focused on the situation playing out in front of him to notice what was playing out with Tsuyu and Mineta. "We have to play this carefully. We don't know what their Quirks are, or what that beaked creature is capable…" He stopped as soon he saw Tsuyu trying to drown Mineta. "Uh…"

"We could just blame it on the villains. No one would have to know." Tsuyu calmly explained, which caused Izuku to raise an eyebrow. She let out an annoyed sigh. "Fine." She said as she let Mineta up for air.

"I don't want to know what that was about, so we need to back to-" He paused as he noticed something different about the battlefield. "Where's the bat guy?" Tsuyu and Mineta looked to where Izuku was looking, and they too noticed that the armor villain was gone. All of a sudden, Mineta was pulled out of the water.

"Tell me, what scares you the most?" Night Rogue asked as he forced Mineta to look at him. Minetas' eyes went wide as he stared at the bat themed villain.

"Mom, would you knock next time! This isn't what it looks! I JUST GOT A VIRUS ON MY COMPUTER! I SWEAR!" Mineta screamed out.

"Mother walking in during your 'private time'…Yeah, that one is rough." Night Rogue commented.

"What are doing to him?" Tsuyu questioned as she used her tongue to grab ahold of Mineta and pulled him back to the group.

"He's under the influence of my Quirk, Terror Stare." Night Rogue calmly explained. "If I make contact with anyone, they have their worst nightmare play out right in front of them." Hearing that, Izuku and Tsuyu got into a defensive stance. "But there is a time limit to how much I could use my Quirk. I can only use it for 10 minutes, then it has to recharge for 2 hours."

"Why are you telling us this?" Izuku questioned, as Night Rogue pulled out his Steam Blade and chuckled.

"I figured that it was best for you to get some form of closure before you died. Plus, it bought my associate enough time to sneak up behind you." Izukus' eyes widened as he quickly turned around to see…no one. That's when he realized that he got played. Night Rouge came charging at him, but Tsuyu had the foresight to jump out of the way. She then used her tongue to pull Izuku out of danger.

"Nice try, bat guy!" Tsuyu taunted to the armored fiend. Night Rogue let out an annoyed sigh.

"The name is Night Rogue. Also, I don't see why you're taunting me, considering how you're now in the open." Night Rogue taunted back.

"Well, well. What do we have here?" A chilling voice suddenly called out behind the frog-like girl. Tsuyu turned around to see Shigaraki standing right behind her. "I wonder how you'll disintegrate." Tsuyu was to slow to react as Shigaraki was just about to grab ahold of her face.

KAKUEKI DENSYA!

The sudden announcement drew the villains' attention. He looked and saw two balls of blue energy flying straight towards him. He quickly jumped out of the way, the energy balls barely missing him. A figure dressed in an azure and lime green costume jumped in between Shigaraki and Tsuyu.

THE PUNCTUAL REBEL!

KAIZOKURESSYA!

Sento got back to his feet, making sure that everyone took notice of his capelet. Tsuyu took notice of his costume being different. It now had the pirate ships' bow on his right shoulder. His left shoulder now looked like a train crossing guard and his left forearm looked like a section of a train. His eyes were now a skull & crossbones design and a section of railroad. And he was holding something that looked like a bow & arrow mixed with an anchor.

"Nice costume." She commented.

"Thanks! Like my capelet?" Sento asked, much to Shigarakis' chagrin.

"Are we really focusing on fashion advice right now? Even with the super villain standing in front of you?" The handy villain inquired.

"Oh, sorry." Sento said, turning his attention back to the villain. "Say, what's with the hands? You got like a hand fetish or something like that?" He asked as he got into a defensive stance.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Shigaraki scoffed.

"…Yeah, that's why I asked." Sento commented. "You guys still able to fight?" He asked his classmates.

"Y-Yeah. We can still fight." Izuku muttered as he got to his feet.

"Good, it's more fun to fight more combatants." Night Rogue commented as he took his place beside Shigaraki. Sentos' face scrunched up in anger.

"Bat Guy." He muttered under his breath. Night Rogue let out an annoyed sigh.

"How many times do I have to say it? The name is Night Rogue." He stated, while making it known that he was rather annoyed.

"Yeah, I really don't care." Sento stated rather bluntly as he rushed over to engage with Night Rogue. Sento swung the Kaizoku Hassyar, but Night Rogue was quick to block the strike.

"Nomu, make the teacher watch his students slowly die." Shigaraki commanded. The beast responded as he held the instructor head in his hand. Sento then kneed the armored villain in the stomach. With the villain hunched over in pain, he pulled back the arrow unit, charging up energy.

KAKUEKI DENSYA!

KYUUKOU DENSYA!

Sento released the arrow unit, the weapon firing three balls of energy. All three hitting their intended target. Night Rogue staggered back in pain, but at the same time, he let out a small chuckle.

"It seems that you were able to make Katsuragi's blueprints your own." Night Rogue said. Hearing that name confused Sento.

"Who's Katsuragi?" He asked the villain. He couldn't see it, but Aizawas' eyes widened as he heard that name. Night Rogue once again laughed.

"That's not what you should be concerned about at the moment." Night Rogue taunted.

"You have to worry about me." Shigaraki said as he snuck up behind Sento. Sento had no time to react as the villain began to stretch his arm out to touch the young hero.

"SMAAASH!" Izuku yelled out as he pulled back his fist, ready to punch Shigaraki in his face. Shigaraki looked in horror as he saw the green haired boy coming straight towards him. Izukus' fist made contact, and a force of air came as a result of it. He looked at his hand, it wasn't broken. Izuku had a slight smile on his face. It looks like he finally got control of One For All…

…That was until he realized just what he hit. It was the Nomus' abdomen. Izuku stumbled back in shock. Even using his Quirk at 100%, the Nomu just shrugged off the hit, like a windshield coming in contact with a bug. Then the Nomu grabbed both Izuku and Sento by the head. He was ready pop their heads off. Tsuyu kicked the creature in the head, but it paid no mind to her attempt

"Looks like the Shock Absorption is working." Shigaraki taunted the wielder of One For All and the young masked hero. "Oh, Nomu." Shigaraki called out to the creature, to which the creature responded to with a grunt. "I think you can finally-"

"Shigaraki!" Kurogiri called out as he warped by the young villains' side. "We have a situation."

Shigaraki groaned in response. "What is it? We were just getting to the good part!" He whined.

"One of the students managed to escape. It safe to assume that he's on his way to get back up from the school administration. I can guess we only have mere minutes before they arrive." Kurogiri explained.

"…Oh…Shit." Shigaraki said in shock. Night Rogue grabbed Shigarakis' arm.

"I suggest a tactical retreat. Our plans are pretty worthless is if dozens of Pro Heroes surround us." Shigaraki paused at the suggestion.

"You're right." Shigaraki stated. "…But if we're going to leave, we can at least break All Might's will by killing those he swore to protect." He then got a sinister grin on his face. "Nomu. Pop their-"

He was cut off by a sudden explosion at the entrance of the U.S.J.

(X)

The students at the front of the U.S.J. were shocked by the sudden explosion. They thought for sure that it was another part of the villains plan. That was until they heard a lone set of foot step enter the building.

"Have no fear students." Hearing that voice, the students had instant smiles on their faces. They were filled with the knowledge that no matter what the villains threw his way, they wouldn't be able to defeat the Symbol of Peace.

What was usually held the face of a happy and joyful was no longer there. Instead it held the face of anger. Anger that he allowed this to happen under his watch. All Might let out his signature catchphrase, not just to reassure his students, but to also serve as a warning to those that dare harm his students.

"I am here."

Another chapter for the books! I got a review from a user called BloodRaven46, they made a suggestion that I should make a new paragraph when there's a new speaker or if the speaker changes. Looking back on the previous chapters, I can see where they are coming from. It was hard to discern dialogue from the the story, so I decided to change things up. Let me know if you like the changes. Now then, onto the preview.

Next time on Hero of Love & Peace: It's fight night at the U.S.J.! The Symbol of Peace vs. The Anti-Symbol of Peace. Who comes out on top? And what happens when a student finds out about one of the most shocking secrets of all time?