Chapter 13

Katauki POV

I was beyond pissed. Not only has that useless fucking Deku come back but he even got me kicked out of class a! I deserve to be in the best class! Not that useless fucking Deku!

All Might sent me to train with old guy that he trained with when he went to UA but I've never heard of him. Shoto went to work with his father. After this training, I'm gonna kill that Deku.

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Izuku POV

The girls training has been going really well. Izumi, Katsumi and Shoka have been surprising me on how well they've been doing. Stella has also been working hard on making her own sword style, using her natural agility to her advantage and allowing her to use the fire side of her quirk.

Shoka and Katsumi had both began to break out of their shells a bit more which made me happy. They were able to talk to me without being nervous or second guessing themselves, for the most part, like they used to. The girls began to become really close friends and when they weren't training, they were hanging out and talking.

Currently, we were on a train headed towards Hosu so I could stop the hero killer with the girls. I didn't want to bring them to this but Izumi began to insist and then the others began to as well. I relented and they came along.

I was sitting by the window, looking at how the city looked at night as the girls were talking. They were dressed in their hero costumes. Stella was in a suit of crimson red armor I helped her forge without her helmet on, Shoka was in a blue jumpsuit with weighted gloves, Izumi was in a light green crop top and matching shorts with some black straps and a rebreather, and Katsumi had a suit similar to her brother.

I began to feel an eerie feeling. I put on my helmet as I noticed something approaching at high speeds. "Everyone, hold on!" The thing crashed into the side of the train and it looked like a Nomu and below it was a hero, that the Nomu used as a makeshift battering ram, out cold.

I shot up and ran towards the creature, tackling it out of the train and away from the civilians. I looked back and saw the girls following me. I took out my Muramasa and stabbed the creature in the head as we crashed into the ground and got up. The girls landed beside me and I turned to them.

"This seems to be the work of the league. For now, our mission is to find Stain. You girls look around the abandoned alleyways near agencies while I go take care of the Nomu attacking the city. If any of you find him, do not engage unless lives are at stake. Iida is also likely looking for him as well so be on the lookout."

The girls nodded and took off, away from the destruction while I went towards a huge fire. When I arrived, I saw a few other Nomu fighting the heroes and they weren't doing well so I rushed in.

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Stella POV

As I was running around the rooftops, looking for the hero killer, I kept thinking about Izuku being on his own. 'Why am I so worried?! I know he's more than capable of taking care of himself but… these feelings.'

I stopped on the roof over an alleyway near Native's agency and held a hand to my chest. "What are these feelings?"

I suddenly heard the sound of a struggle and looked down to the alleyway below me and saw Stain standing over Native. I was about to jump down when I saw Iida run in and try to kick Stain but missed and ended up on the ground with a sword in his shoulder.

I had to jump down fast and help him as I sent my location to Izuku and the girls. 'You better hurry and get here fast, Izuku.'

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No one POV

Izuku had just pulled his sword free from the head of the last Nomu when he heard his phone go off. He pulled it out and saw that Stella had sent a location so he rushed off as fast as he could, leaving the heroes on the scene confused.

Shoka was looking around some of the agencies when she heard her phone go off. She took off towards the location as fast as she could.

Izumi was floating above the buildings, looking around when she heard a notification. She looked at her phone and saw that it was Stella and noticed that she was close.

She floated over as fast as she could and even saw Katsumi was propelling herself to the location as well. When they arrived, they saw Iida on the ground, bleeding and Stella was blocking Stain's sword from killing Iida.

"Vermillion, leave! I am bringing this criminal to justice! You being here is vigilantism and I'll arrest you!"

Stella pushed Stain back. "Iida, shut up." Stella charged after Stain as flames began to dance around her sword and he threw a knife at her. Before it could hit her, it stopped mid air right in front of Stella as Stain looked up to Izumi there, floating with Katsumi.

"So there's more of you?" Stain licked his lips. "More fake heroes to put down then."

Stella jumped and brought her sword down on Stain. He blocked her strike, flames threatening to lick his face, but felt an explosion hit him in the back. He looked back to see Katsumi there, small explosions coming off her hands.

Stain pushed Stella away and swiped at Katsumi and she propelled herself back with her explosions to avoid it. Stain chased after and dodged the explosions that were thrown at him and rubble that Izumi was throwing his way and managed to make a small cut on her face as Katsumi went to jump away again.

Katsumi fell to the ground a moment after Stain jumped away, his sword close to his mouth. "That's one down."

Izumi rushed down to help Katsumi and brought her on top of a building to keep her safe. "Kat, stay here."

Izumi flew herself back down to help Stella as she saw her holding back one of his swords as he kneed her in the stomach with his spiked knee pads. The spikes were only just able to pierce the armor and when Stain jumped back to avoid some ruble being thrown at him, he reached a finger down and grabbed what blood he could and licked it as Stella fell to the ground.

"Heh, is that the best you fake heroes can do? Pathetic." Stain jumped up the attack Izumi as she tried to use her telekinesis on him but for some reason, it didn't work. Just as his sword was about to connect, she closed her eyes, thinking that this was the end.

But she only heard the sound of metal on metal and the warm embrace of her brother. She opened her eyes and saw Izuku there, holding her while also holding back Stain.

"So, your Stain huh?" Izuku said I'm his heavily modified voice. He pushed Stain away and he crashed to the ground. "Well how about I teach you something really fast." Izuku dropped down to the ground with him and easily broke Stain's sword. "No one hurts the people I care about."

Stain stumbled back to his feet and pulled out another sword. "Your Mura? Well, lucky me, I've been wanting to kill a fake hero like you." Stain jumped forwards to attack Izuku and when he tried to slash at him, Izuku caught the sword in his hand.

Stain was surprised and Izuku kicked him in the chest, forcing Stain to let go of his sword and fly back, crashing into the side of a building. Izuku examined the sword and scowled underneath his helmet. "Shoddy smith work. Terribly maintained. Serrating looks like it was done by a child. And you call yourself a swordsman?" Izuku crushed the blade of the sword, shattering it.

"Tch, the swords are only a means to an end. The end of fake heroes!" Stain pulled out two knives and ran at Izuku. He ran faster than he did before and had a slightly crazed look in his eyes. "The only true hero is All Might!"

Izuku grabbed his second sword from its scabbard and charged forward as well. The sound of Iida shouting in the background was completely ignored as the two clashed and…

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Shoka was running through the alleyways, trying to find where Stella was. She heard the sound of metal clashing and hurried to the sound. When she arrived, she saw Izuku overpowering Stain. Stain kept trying to do anything he could. Kicking him with his spiked boots, kneeing with his spiked knee pads, but it didn't work.

Shoka was about to charge in to help but Izuku called to her. "Shoka, stay back! Make sure everyone is safe!" Shoka nodded and checked on Native who was half conscious on the ground.

Stain looked nervous as everything he did, did nothing. Stain was sweating, nervous about what he was supposed to do when Izuku suddenly jumped back and not even a second later, the sound of a gun shot sounded. Izuku looked up to the roof tops and saw a woman in dark, sleeveless combat armor.

"Stain, you're coming with me! The boss wants to talk with you!" The lady shouted.

Stain looked back to Izuku. "The next time we run into each other, your dead." Stain jumped up to the lady and they walked through a portal that appeared behind them.

Izuku took off his helmet moved to check on how Stella and Katsumi were doing. He kneeled down by Stella and removed the armor plate over her stomach and began to patch up the wound as Izumi went to help Katsumi down from the roof.

Izumi used her telekinesis to lift her up as well as Iida and Native and carried them out of the alleyway with Shoka and Izuku following as Izuku carried Stella. "You doing okay, Stella?"

Stella looked away, to the ground. "Yeah. He mostly just hurt my pride."

"Hey, don't worry about it. Take the loss and get better. If you sit and not learn anything, you'll never get better. Okay?" Stella looked up at him and nodded. "Heh, good." Izuku smiled at her and she began to blush.