Hi everyone. I've written long action/adventure stories before, and I've written stories that are full of kinky stuff before. But this is the first time that I am attempting to combine both genres together! With any luck, this story will become something of a fantasy epic with a looooot of kinky bits! And, if all goes well, it could even lead to a series of spin-offs featuring other franchises besides MHA!
WARNING: This story contains spoilers from the manga.
The pulse of wind that ruffled its way through the hair of the newly registered Pro Hero Uravity merged with the sigh that escaped from her lips. It had been a long time since Ochaco Uraraka had found herself feeling this uncomfortable. Was what she was about to do… right? Certainly it seemed that way from a societal perspective. But was it right… on a personal level?
"Tentacole," she said, pressing a finger to activate the com device in her ear. "Are you in position?"
"Almost," came the voice of Mezo Shoji from the other side. "I just need to cover a few more windows."
"Do you have eyes on the target?" Said the tall, buxom young woman standing next to Ochaco. Momo Yaoyorozu, aka the Everything Hero, Creati, was also present. A large number of heroes and police had gathered for this operation, most of whom were standing outside the front door of what was supposed to be an abandoned building in an old industrial complex in Rilooth City. Ten heroes and at least one-hundred officers.
All this… for just one young girl.
"Yes," Shoji answered Momo's question. "It's definitely Himiko Toga. She's on the third floor and appears to be reading an old magazine. I see no sign that she's aware of our presence."
Ochaco looked up at the building, which was now practically enshrouded in Shoji's many tentacles. It was amazing just how many Dupli-Arms he was capable of producing now, enough so that he could look through literally every window in a seven-story building at the same time. But it was certainly a useful ability. Once the operation began, it would be essential for someone to be able to see the target at all times and report what she was doing.
Himiko Toga…
The last remaining member of the old League of Villains still at large. Her Quirk, Transform, allowed her to literally turn herself into other people just by ingesting a small amount of that person's blood. That was how she had eluded capture for so long - she was a master at hiding her presence and blending in with a crowd.
But things would be different this time. With Shoji watching the entire building and giving the raid team live updates on all of Toga's movements - where she was, if she transformed into anyone etc… they hoped to cut off all her potential avenues of escape.
She would be in custody at last.
And Ochaco had rarely felt so conflicted.
Toga was a murderer… plain and simple. Or so it should have been, but it wasn't. While she had definitely killed people, including multiple other heroes, she was absolutely a victim herself. A victim of a society that refused to accept her fascination with blood. A fascination that had come about simply because of the Quirk that she was born with. Ochaco couldn't even begin to wonder what she herself might have grown up to be like if she'd been born with that Transform power instead of her Zero Gravity.
And perhaps she wasn't being entirely fair to herself, but Ochaco felt a certain level of responsibility for Toga now. The young schoolgirl-turned-villain had developed a clear fascination with her. Had transformed into her on multiple occasions, and had even used Ochaco's own Quirk to kill people! A prospect that had revolted Ochaco and made her swear, to Toga's face, that she would bring her to justice!
Had that been the right thing to say? Should she have handled things differently? When she'd said it, Toga had looked so… sad.
And the guilt had been gnawing away at her ever since.
She sighed again, and this time Momo noticed.
"Are you all right?" She asked, lowering her voice so the surrounding police hopefully wouldn't hear them.
"Not really," Ochaco shook her head. "I'm just wondering if there's a better way of doing this."
Momo placed a hand on Ochaco's shoulder, giving it a consoling squeeze. "Don't worry," she said. "All we can do is focus on the present. I understand what you're thinking, but the fact is that Himiko Toga is a dangerous girl. Whatever her reasons for being so, our job as heroes is to stop her before she can harm anyone else. We can figure out if there's a way to help her after she's off the streets."
Ochaco set her jaw and drew in a deep breath through her nose. "You're right… you're right," she nodded, slapping her cheeks to try and get her head in the game. "I said I'd take responsibility for her and I will. Now and after she's been captured."
Smiling reassuringly, Momo looked around at the rest of the group. They had divided themselves up into two groups - the main force of heroes and police down here on the ground and a small number of heroes that had been taken up to the roof in order to prevent Toga from fleeing upwards and potentially jumping to one of the other buildings. Shoji was up there to act as scout, as were two other classmates of theirs - Eijiro Kirishima and Mina Ashido, otherwise known as Red Riot and Pinky! Meanwhile, down on the ground, the operation was being led by Fat Gum and Kamui Woods, and they were accompanied by Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu (Real Steel), Tamaki Amajiki (Suneater) and none other than Lemillion himself - Mirio Togata!
All of these people had been chosen for the operation specifically because they had ways of avoiding being stabbed by Toga's many knives, whether it be through armour, protective acid coatings or being able to phase right through them. Momo had been called in mainly as a walking infirmary in order to provide first aid to anyone unfortunate enough to be cut, and because she could conjure shields quickly if necessary.
And Ochaco…
…Well, she was here because she'd insisted on being here for this moment. She had absolutely refused to take no for an answer.
"All right, people. Tentacole's in position," Fat Gum announced, cutting into Ochaco's thoughts. "Remember the floorplan we've been given and let's bag this last villain nice and snappily so we can get home for dinner."
"Yeah! Let's take her d…!" Tetsutetsu yelled, though he was quickly shushed by multiple people.
"On my mark," Kamui Woods said, his wooden limbs growing into thick branches as his gaze locked upon the door. "Ready… and… move out!"
And just like that, the operation began!
Ochaco found herself caught up in the rush as she joined the charge through the front doors, which were promptly ripped off their hinges by Kamui's branches and cast aside. As they ploughed through the entrance and fanned out through the building to cover the multiple stairways, Shoji's voice came through over the intercom.
"She heard that. She's on her feet and heading for the door… now she's in the corridor and running for the north staircase. She's there now and she's heading d… no, she's changed her mind. She's heading up. Now she's entered the fourth floor and is heading for the elevator shaft."
"I'm on it!" Tetsutetsu cried as he led several policemen to the bottom floor of the building's only lift. The doors were open and he immediately steeled himself up as he walked into the tight space and roared up at the ceiling. "COME ON, VILLAIN! I DARE YOU TO COME DOWN HERE!"
"Good job, Real Steel," Fat Gum cried as the others hurried past him up the stairs. "Keep that way blocked!"
"She's turned again," Shoji said as Ochaco and Momo rushed up the stairs behind Kamui Woods. "As expected, she's making for the roof."
"Well, she won't get up here without getting past us first!" Kirishima said over the radio.
"She won't get far," Kamui announced. "I'm going ahead! The rest of you, make your way to the fourth floor and block the stairs down."
With that, the Number Seven hero lashed out with his branch arms and rapidly climbed up the open stairway like a wooden spider. Ochaco watched him go with a gnawing feeling in her gut. She was quite certain that Kamui Woods was capable of handling himself but… she really felt like she needed to be there when it happened. When Toga was finally stopped, she had to be there. For both Toga's sake, and her own.
"I'm going too!" She cried, pressing her fingertips together and launching herself upwards, floating up rapidly behind Kamui Woods.
"Uravity, wait!" Momo called.
"It's fine, Creati! I'll be okay!" Ochaco promised as she landed neatly on the fourth floor stairs and bolted through the door while the rest of them were still climbing. "Tentacole, her location!"
"You're closing in. She's in Room 414 and… oh… she's stripping! And she's taken out a vial of blood. Be advised, she's drinking it!"
"Whoever she turns into, it'll be of no use!" Kamui Woods declared as he rounded the corner ahead of Ochaco and propelled himself powerfully towards the door. "I'm already here! PRE-EMPTIVE BINDING LACQUERED CHAIN PRISON!" He called out his attack even before he'd kicked the door down and launched his arms at the first person he saw inside, the branches extending outwards at warp speed to lash around her, coiling about her body like wooden serpents to yank her arms to her side and hold her in position.
"Aaah!" Ochaco heard a feminine yell as she hurried to catch up.
"I have her!" Kamui Woods declared. "Be advised, Himik… EH?! Wh… Wh-Wh-When… When did you get a sample of…?"
Ochaco had never heard the usually composed Kamui Woods' voice go so high-pitched before. He sounded extremely flustered all of a sudden. But in mere moments, she had rounded the corner and found out exactly why. Because, writhing in the mass of wooden branches that had snaked their way around her body, was none other than a stark naked Mt. Lady!
"Aaannghh… unnnnghhhh…" she moaned carnally, her breasts bouncing and knocking together magnificently as she twisted from side to side in her prison. "What are you doing… annghh… let me gooooo…"
"This is… I… but… no! No, I shouldn't be seeing this!" Kamui looked away, his blush somehow visible even through the wooden face-mask he always wore! "This is so wrong!"
Ochaco honestly couldn't blame him. Mt. Lady was his teammate after all. And while she was always a little provocative and not afraid to flaunt her assets to people, Yu Takeyama in the nude and making such lewd noises right in front of him would be enough to make anyone blush! Ochaco could feel her own face going brick red right now, just from watching the way her chest boinged and knocked together.
When had Toga even been able to get a sample of Mt. Lady's blood? Then again, thinking about it, it would be pretty easy to do. When in her giant form, Mt. Lady was so big that she might not have even noticed being pricked by one of Toga's needles or blades.
"Turn back!" Kamui Woods demanded, still not looking at his captive. "Turn back now!"
"Aaaww, don't you like what you see…?" The Not-Mt. Lady purred suddenly, bending over to deliberately rub her naked tits against Kamui Wood's arm. "Maybe you'll like what you feel instead then? Can you feel this through that hard wood of yours? Or perhaps you'd like to feel it against a very different kind of hard wood…"
"STOP IT!" Kamui yelled. "THIS IS VERY INAPPROPRIATE!"
"Toga!" Ochaco cried. Her voice made the shapeshifter look up and notice that she was there for the first time.
"You…!" Toga hissed in Mt. Lady's voice. "Ochaco… it's always you…"
"This is the end of line, Toga," Ochaco said, stepping forward and looking her square in the eye. "Please… just surrender peacefully."
"You people keep taking everything away from me! All my friends are gone because of you heroes!" Toga hissed, part of Mt. Lady's face melting away to reveal Toga's striking yellow eye underneath it. "You reject me at every turn… what I like, what I do… my feelings… you don't care about any of it! You just want to put me away in some deep, dark hole somewhere and forget about me, so you can get along with your cushy, bloodless lives!"
"That's not true!" Ochaco declared. "We want to help you, Toga… I want to help you. I admit… I don't know how I can! Our philosophies… our ways of seeing the world are so different… I don't know if we'll ever find common ground. But if there's a way…"
"You'll never understand me! You'll reject me! As you always have!" All of Mt. Lady's face melted away now to reveal the furious Toga underneath. "Even if you say you want to help me, what you really mean is that you want to change me! To make me into something I'm not and never will be! Someone who's 'normal' fits in with what you and the rest of you heroes feels should be 'normal!'"
Ochaco's mouth opened to deny Toga's accusation, but it got caught in her throat. She wasn't sure what to say to that, because it was absolutely true. She had great dreams about somehow curing Toga's obsession with blood and making her understand love from the same perspective as everyone else, but was that even the right thing to do? To try and squeeze Toga into a hole she didn't fit into instead of accepting her for who she was? But at the same time, who could she ever accept Toga's horrendously warped view of the world?
What was the right call?
"Enough," Kamui Woods said, having regained his composure now that his team-mate's face was no longer on the naked body he had captured. "Himiko Toga, I am placing you under arrest. You will be taken into custody and made to answer for your crimes. If there is some way to rehabilitate you then I am certain it will be looked into but…?"
He got no further than that before something happened that literally none of them had expected. Not even Toga.
There was a sudden blinding flash of light from the corner of the room which made everyone shield their eyes, and a mass of swirling energy appeared out of thin air, forming itself into a circular shape that rippled and fluxed constantly about.
"What the…!" Kamui Woods cried. "Is that a Warp Quirk?"
"Kurogiri?" Toga breathed. "No… it's not dark enough to be…"
Ochaco wasn't sure what she was looking at. It was definitely some kind of wormhole or portal, but it appeared to be made of large shards that floated around at random, never colliding but orbiting around a central nexus. It was like space itself had fractured into pieces and the splinters were hovering around the gash, waiting to reform again. But before she could figure it out any further, something fired out of the hole and smashed straight into Kamui Wood's chest - a yellow orb of energy that powered into him and exploded, throwing him backwards into the wall! The orb split into six smaller orbs in the blast, all of which bombarded his arms and cracked the wood that was holding Toga! Stunned and gasping for breath, Kamui's grip unconsciously slackened and Toga immediately took advantage of the situation to wriggle herself free.
"NO!" Ochaco cried and threw herself forwards as Toga seized several knives from off the ground and flung one right for the young hero's face! Ochaco rolled aside, though the weapon managed to slice off several strands of her hair! Extending a tendril from her gauntlet to snag a nearby table, Ochaco made it weightless and flung it at Toga, but the young girl nimbly dodged and backflipped towards the portal!
And the person who had just stepped out of it.
Ochaco got a brief look at the new person in the room… it was a woman, tall and buxom and with short purple hair that framed her face on either side and stuck up in a quiff on top. A golden tiara with a red ruby at its centre rested upon her forehead. She wore a short strapless purple dress with golden lining, one cloth sash going over her right shoulder and a golden waistband at her hips, held together by a large star at the front. A golden circlet was around her upper left arm. Her lower arms had purple gauntlets from the wrists to just shy of the elbows, and on her feet were purple boots that had golden wings sweeping back from the ankles. But perhaps her most striking feature of all was her wings, which appeared to be made of purplish energy and sparkled as if they were full of stars.
"Who are you…?" Toga looked up at her, eyes wide in amazement. Whoever this woman was, she seemed to radiate power, and the young villainess found her breath being stolen away just looking at her.
"Get away from her!" Ochaco yelled, rushing forwards while pulling a weightless sofa above her head, while Kamui Woods clambered back to his feet and jumped forwards to prepare another attack for both combatants.
"Strife," the mysterious woman said calmly and snapped her fingers. Suddenly the whole room area around both Ochaco and Kamui glowed a faint purple hue. Both heroes yelled as they were flung to the floor by a mysterious energy… then they both looked up and glared at each other. Ochaco suddenly flung the sofa at Kamui Woods, who propelled himself out of the way and blasted a series of branches out from one arm to slam into Ochaco en masse and knock her back into the wall.
"What…?" Toga breathed, watching as Ochaco grasped some branches and made her fellow hero weightless, tossing him up into the ceiling even as the branches snared her and forced her down onto the ground. "They're… they're fighting each other? How did you do that?"
"All in good time, my child," the woman said, extending a hand down to Toga. "What's important now is that you clearly have no place left in this world. But fear not… I have come to offer you a new home in a brand new world. Alas, it is not a perfect one for the likes of you and I… but perhaps the two of us together can help to change that. You want a world filled with only what you like, do you not? So do I. Come with me, and I shall strive to make your vision a reality."
Toga hesitated, not sure what to make of such a brazen proposal. But her mind was quickly made up by two things. The sound of running feet coming down the corridor, indicating the rest of the heroes were on their way, and also the sight of several fleshy tendrils with eyeballs on the end bursting through the glass window and rushing towards her - Shoji having decided to try grabbing Toga himself before she could be whisked away.
"Deal!"
Toga seized the woman's outstretched hand and the stranger immediately gathered Toga up into her arms and stepped backwards through the portal, the two of them disappearing from sight. The wormhole remained open and yet, when Shoji's tentacles tried to pass through it in hopes of chasing them down, they seemed to collide with it as it was suddenly a solid object!
The moment the woman disappeared, both Ochaco and Kamui Woods blinked, clarity returning to their heads as they realised they'd just been attacking each other. They both immediately released each other from their respective holds, just as Fat Gum burst through the door and Lemillion ran through a nearby wall.
"What's going on?!" Fat Gum cried.
"Did she get away?" Lemillion asked.
Kamui Woods ignored the questions and immediately hurried to Ochaco's side. "Uravity, are you all right?" He asked. "I'm so sorry. Did I hurt you?"
"No… nothing serious," Ochaco winced. "The portal is still open! We have to hurry and catch her!"
"Right!" Kamui Woods nodded and the both of them led the charge towards the portal. But, just like with Shoji's tentacles, Kamui Woods bounced off it the moment he made contact. As did both Fat Gum and Lemillion.
Ochaco, on the other hand, passed right through it.
And she found her breath stolen away and the gorgeous natural beauty that was laid out before her. The entire landscape was lush and green… a verdant glade surrounded by a rich emerald forest. On one side of the glade was a steep cliff plastered with moss and ivy, and a sparkling waterfall was gushing over the side of the cliff to join a glistening stream at the bottom, curling its way through the grass like a shiny watery serpent, so crystal clear that Ochaco could see the bottom, along with a myriad of fish cruising their way through it. The entire glade was filled with birdsong, and the trees rustled gently with each puff of the wind.
But there was no sign of either Toga or the mystery woman. Not even so much as a footprint. It was as if they had both disappeared into thin air.
"…Gone," Ochaco clenched her fist in frustration. "We failed to get her… again."
She looked back at the portal, which continued to swirl about like fragments of floating incorporeal glass, wondering why none of the others had come through yet. She has absolutely no idea where she was, so she quickly took out her phone to try and use its GPS to find out.
No signal.
Sighing under her breath, Ochaco decided to head back lest the portal decided to close and leave her stranded and lost in this place. The moment she stepped back through she found herself face-first in Fat Gum's stomach, the BMI Hero having been trying to push his way through the portal by force.
"Oop. Sorry there, Uravity," he said, stepping back quickly.
"Where does this portal lead to?" Kamui pressed.
"I have no idea," Ochaco said. "It appears to be a forest of some kind. And… there's no sign of Toga. Or that other woman. They've disappeared."
"Ah, rats!" Mirio wrinkled his nose and placed his hands behind his head. "Who'd have ever thought our target would just be sucked away into a portal like that. Guess this really sucks, doesn't it?" He waited for a moment, but nobody laughed, so he quickly carried on. "Anyway, who was that lady?"
"I have no idea," Kamui shrugged. "I don't remember her seeing her profile in any of the databases. Whoever that villain was, she must be new on the scene. Or someone who's been very good at hiding herself until now. But whatever her reason for whisking Himiko Toga away, it's clearly not for anything good. We should report this immediately."
As he walked to the other side of the room to make the call, Mirio turned to Ochaco. "How come you could get through that portal but we couldn't?" He asked. "I even tried to use my Permeation to slip through but I just ended up in the next room."
Ochaco turned back to look at it. "I don't know," she said. "And why is it still there? Shouldn't it have closed by now?"
"One more question to add to the list, huh?" Mirio said. "Well, let's look at the bright side. We may have failed the mission but at least now we have something else to investigate."
"I guess."
Five hours later, and the portal was still there, swirling innocently away. The police had called in some additional back-up, along with a few scientists who were now taking readings on the portal to try and get an idea of where it went. And several other heroes had been called to the scene to investigate the matter, including Principal Nezu and All Might themselves, alongside police chief Tsukauchi and, indeed, all the rest of Class 1-A! Although, of course, none of them were students anymore, they still considered themselves very much a class, and they all had a personal stake in the capture of Himiko Toga, the last remaining member of the League of Villains that had plagued them in their school years.
"And you are sure?" All Might said, his hand on his skinny, pointed chin as he inspected the warp in space.
"Beyond any reasonable doubt," Tsukauchi said. "As you know, warp Quirks are rare, and they are also among the most closely monitored for obvious reasons. And, as far as we can tell, not a single person in the world today is registered with a Quirk that opens a portal that can sustain itself like this for hours on end. And especially not one that seems to deny access only to men."
"To men?" Izuku Midoriya, or Deku, asked curiously.
"Yeah, it's totally weird," Mina shrugged. "We've been testing it for hours, and every time me, Yaomomo or Ochaco have tried to go through it, we've been allowed to the other side no problem. Same with a few lady police officers that have given it a go. But not one guy has been able to get through. At least not yet."
"Then let's force our way through!" Bakugo growled, flexing his fingers and creating a couple of miniature explosions upon his palms. "Maybe if we blast it enough the damn thing will reconsider!"
"Steady Bakugo. I don't think that's going to help very much," Todoroki said reasonably.
"WHO ASKED YOU?!"
"Calm yourself, Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight!" Iida cried, one of the few people who would use Bakugo's full hero name whenever he was in costume. "Shoto is right. It's a portal, not a villain. It doesn't have a will of its own."
"And yet, it is selective about what it allows through," Momo said. "Who knows, perhaps it does have a sort of intelligence to it. Though, all the same, I doubt blowing it up will make any difference."
"So only women can pass through then?" Principal Nezu asked.
"Not quite," Tsukauchi shook his head. "Other things can pass through too. Inanimate objects, for instance. One of my constables threw a jacket at it and that went through with no problem. And, we were able to send through some scientific instruments in order to try and get a GPS signal, since none of the phones the girls took through have been able to find any satellites. But even that didn't work. Wherever that forest on the other side is, it must be in a huge blackspot. Or perhaps there's some sort of communications jammer on the other side preventing us from using it. Or…"
He hesitated.
"Or what?" All Might frowned, recognising the awkward look on his old friend's face.
"Or it's not on Earth," Ochaco blurted out, before she could stop herself. Almost everyone turned to look at her with varying degrees of incredulity, but Ochaco straightened her back and hardened her face to indicate she was quite serious. "I was a bit distracted at the time, but I vaguely heard that mystery woman say something to Toga. She called it a 'brand new world.' I know it sounds crazy but… what if she meant…?"
"That there's a whole other world on the other side of that portal?" Izuku whispered breathlessly. Everyone now turned to look at the swirling mass with a different light in their eyes now. A kind of… reverence. A deep intrigue.
"Is that really possible?" Asked Tokoyami.
"I know it sounds fantastical… but a few hundred years ago, the idea of superhumans was also considered fantasy," Tsukauchi said. "And it would explain a few things. Why we can't get any readings there… and why we have no record of that woman or her Quirk. Either she never registered and slipped off the system when she was young like Shigaraki did… or she has an artificial Quirk given to her by Kyudai Garaki - and we are questioning him now to see if that's a possibility… or…"
"She's not from this world either," Nezu hummed. "An intriguing hypothesis, and one which sadly there is no way we can prove simply by standing on this side of the portal and staring at it. However, one thing is clear - a dangerous villain has crossed over to the other side of that gateway, aided by an unknown accomplice. Regardless of whether that portal leads to another world or simply to another place on our own, we must pursue them and put a stop to them, ideally before Himiko Toga can harm anybody else. An expeditionary force is needed… one prepared to venture out into complete uncertainty and attempt to track them down."
All Might nodded. "And since no men can pass through the portal…" he started.
"Then this expeditionary force must be composed entirely of women," finished Tsukauchi.
"I'll do it."
All eyes immediately turned to Ochaco, who stood resolute, her eyes hard as flints.
"Are you certain, Young Uraraka?" All Might asked. "This isn't going to be like a usual hero op where we can prepare in advance to minimise damage and casualties. You'll be going in completely blind."
"Yeah, not to mention we have no idea how long that portal will stay open for," Izuku agreed. "What if it closes and you end up trapped on the other side? If it really does lead to another world then there could be no way for you to return."
"I know. But I'm prepared," Uraraka clenched her fist. "I swore I would take responsibility for Himiko Toga and I intend to see that through. It doesn't matter whether she's in another world or not - if there's any people in that world then I have to stop her from hurting them. What kind of hero would I be if I backed out due to a little uncertainty? No… I'm going. And that's final."
Smiles spread across the faces of many of the others. Smiles of pride and of fondness at Ochaco's determination.
And it wasn't long before a hand landed on Ochaco's shoulder. The hand of Tsuyu Asui - aka, the Rainy Season Hero, Froppy.
"I'm with you, Ochaco," she said. "To a certain degree, I understand where you're coming from. I've faced Toga a few times as well. I'll admit, the idea of being stuck in a strange place… and potentially never seeing my family again… is very scary. But I've faced Toga before as well, and if I backed out just because I was scared, I don't think I'd ever be able to forgive myself. I already feel bad that I wasn't here earlier."
"But you were needed on the Oki Marina," Ochaco pointed out. "It's only because you were able to neatly stop those smugglers that you could get back for this meeting."
"I know. But now that I am here, I can't just walk away," Tsu said, nodding her froggy head. "I'm coming too."
"As am I," Momo Yaoyorozu said. "I was here at the start of this mission and if I can help see it through then I will gladly lend you my support."
"You said it, girl!" Mina whooped. "I'm in! A girl's mission like this sounds like it could be fun! It's been too long since we got to hang out properly."
"This isn't a slumber party, Mina. It'll be a mission," pointed out Kyouka Jiro, aka Earphone Jack.
"I know, but it might be an extended one. And when it's done, we can still unwind together after a job well done," Mina pointed out.
"True, true enough," Jiro chuckled. "Well… if you need another volunteer then I'd be happy to pitch in too. You'll probably need a good scout if you're going somewhere unknown."
"Well, hey! You're not going to leave me out, I hope!" The disembodied glove of Toru Hagakure, aka Invisible Girl, waved about in the air, her unseen body pushing through the boys to join the rest of the Class 1-A girls at the front. "If Shoji can't come then I'll be the group's eyes. Jiro can hear things coming and I can investigate what she hears under the radar with nobody seeing me! We'll be the perfect tag-team!"
All Might, Nezu and Tsukauchi all looked at each other for a moment before turning back to the six assembled women. Thinking about it logically, they would make an excellent expeditionary force. Ochaco and her ability to make supplies and enemies weightless, Tsu and her excellence in all terrains, Momo with her amazing utility in her creations, Mina making an incredible threat to anything that might try to hurt them, Jiro with amazing awareness of her surroundings and Toru with her fantastic stealth… These girls would indeed make quite a team.
"Very well," Tsukauchi eventually said, a silent understanding passing between the three older gentlemen. "If you all wish to volunteer for this mission then I see no reason to stop you, provided you understand that we will be unable to provide you with any police support on the other side."
"We understand, sir," Momo placed a hand over her heart, the six girls standing together. "And we will not fail. We will come back with Himiko Toga in custody, or not at all."
"A dramatic declaration," Nezu said. "Yes… you have all grown to be fine young heroes. However, there remains the issue of this mystery woman that helped Miss Toga to escape in the first place. She is an unknown entity, and one we cannot take lightly. I realise you are no longer my students and do not need oversight any more, but I would please ask you to indulge me here. I would feel more comfortable sending you in there with at least one more ally by your side."
"Don't worry, Principal. We understand. And we thank you for your consideration," Tsuyu said.
"Who are you thinking?" Asked Jiro.
"Well, I don't know if she's available yet," Nezu said, with a slight twinkle in his eyes. "But how would you six feel about teaming up with the nation's top female hero?"
Two hours later, she was there. And she made quite an entrance, vaulting from the helicopter that brought her in and sliding down the face of the building to swing herself straight into the open window with a shower of sparks from her prosthetic arms. Despite having lost three out of her four limbs in the final battles against Shigaraki and his Nomu's, the Rabbit Hero Mirko was still ranked the top female hero in the country, and for good reason.
"So," she grinned, hands on hips and getting straight down to business as she took in both the portal and the six girls of Class 1-A all at once. "You ladies are my warren for this new mission, huh? Sounds good to me. I've heard great things about you lot, so you better not disappoint, okay?"
"Damn, she's so cool," Mina stage-whispered excitedly to Toru.
"And still so pretty even with only one real leg left and half an ear gone," Toru agreed.
"Thank you for coming on such short notice, Mirko," Tsukauchi said. "You've been fully briefed, I hope."
"Mysterious portal that only lets women through, made by a mysterious woman who took away the last member of the League of Villains. Yeah, yeah, I heard it all," Mirko. "Don't you worry. If that lady tries to come anywhere near me or my new team, I'll send her flying."
"I don't doubt it. Unfortunately they have a pretty long head-start and there's no way for us to send communications through the portal. We will, naturally, set up a base camp on this side and monitor it as best we can, but that's about all we can do. If you find a way to contact us from the other side, please do so, but take precautions just in case you need to find your way back to this portal. We don't want to lose you seven if it can be avoided."
"Gotcha," Mirko smirked. "Well then, you lot, what are we waiting for? We have a villain to catch and time's wasting! Let's go!"
And with that, she marched straight into the portal, pausing only to give the rest of the assembled heroes and police a grin and a salute before hopping in.
"Well then…" said Ochaco. "I… guess we're off."
"You ladies, be sure to look after yourselves in there, okay?" Iida said. "We know you can, of course, but that won't stop us from worrying about you."
"Yeah, this class will become a total sausage fest without you ladies! You make sure you come back to us, okay?!" Mineta declared, pointing dramatically.
"If they figure out how to get this portal to let guys through, I'll be through in a heartbeat to murder that portal lady bitch!" Bakugo growled. "But until that happens, it's up to you lot, so don't mess up!"
"Best of luck," Kaminari gave them a thumbs up. "If there's any aliens out there, try not to let them eat your brains, okay?"
"Hey, no problem," Mina snickered. "After all, I'm the Alien Queen, remember!"
"Thanks guys. We'll see you soon!" Jiro waved.
"Keep safe, ladies," Kirishima said. "And hey, if that is a new world, go show up what it means to be Plus Ultra, yeah?!"
One by one, the girls vanished into the portal, until it was just Ochaco left on the other side. She turned to give one last look at the rest of the class and found herself looking into a warm smile upon Izuku's face.
"See you soon, okay?" He said.
She smiled back. "Yeah… you too, Deku. I'll be sure to bring Toga back for both our sakes."
Then she turned and crossed back into the beautiful forest clearing on the other side. Each of the girls was carrying a pack full of supplies that had been hastily assembled, and Ochaco wasted no time in making them all weightless to help everyone along.
"Woooow, this place is beeeeeautiful!" Toru gushed, since this was her first time seeing it.
"I know, right?" Mina said, dipping her hands into the river and scooping up some of the clear water before letting it trickle away. "If we weren't on a mission right now, I'd totally suggest taking a dip here."
"Hmm," Momo said, looking up at the sky and creating a small sundial from her body that she placed on the ground to take a reading with. "Judging from the position of the sun, I'd say it's about mid-afternoon here, just as it is back home. I'd estimate we've got about five hours left before the sun goes down."
"Then let's use that time," Mirko called down from where she was standing half-way up a tree. "Fan out, ladies and let's see if we can pick up a trail before it gets dark."
At the top of a nearby mountain, Toga sat and surveyed the landscape that stretched out before her. It really did seem like a natural paradise - forests and plains extending out as far as the eye could see and not a hint of civilisation anywhere - no roads, no vehicles, no buildings. The air she breathed seemed cleaner than anything she'd ever inhaled before, and she sat back and admired a distant eagle soaring through the pristine white clouds above her.
"You're saying that even in a wonderland like this… society still alienates people like me?" She asked, bitterly.
"I'm afraid so," the purple-haired woman standing behind her shook her head with a trace of deep sorrow in her tone that didn't match the smirk upon her face. "The cold hard truth, my dear Toga, is that no world out there will accept you and your… tastes, for what they are. Some individual people might but society as a whole… never. You're just too different. Deviant, you might say."
"So then… what am I to do now? Why did you bring me here?" Toga asked, her throat constricting as she fought back the building tears of bitter frustration.
"I brought you here to give you a second chance," the woman smiled. "Back in your world, everyone knows who you are. Everyone will hunt you, endlessly, for the rest of your life. But this… this is a fresh world, where nobody knows about you. Here… you can live as you choose. Be whoever you choose to be…"
"But the people I choose to be will never want me!" Toga wailed. "Ochaco rejected me! Izuku rejected me! Everyone will reject me!"
The woman leaned down to whisper breathily into Toga's ear. "Then don't give them a chance to reject you. If you find someone in this world that you love… take them by force. Make them yours… whether they want to be or not. You don't need the whole world to change to make it a good place for you to live. You only need to carve out your only niche of it… with your own rules. And here, you have a clean slate with which to do that."
Toga blinked, several times, before slowly drawing in a deep breath and smiling widely. "I'm good at carving," she whispered, pulling out a knife and slowly licking the blade.
"I am aware," the woman chuckled. "Now go, my dear. Find someone to love… and never let them go."
"…I will," Toga purred. "Oh, thank you for this opportunity, lady! Who are you, anyway?…. Hello?"
The young girl turned around to find that she was, all of a sudden, alone upon the mountaintop. The purple haired woman had disappeared as if into thin air! She blinked like an owl for several moments, before shrugging and skipping off down the mountainside, vaulting over rocks and sliding down scree slopes.
"Yes," Toga whispered to herself, her tongue slipping out to run its way across her upper lip. "I hope you follow me, Ochaco. Because if I find you here… I will make you mine!"