Soul Marked

Chapter Eight

Fight

Here's another chapter! So Part One of this story is coming to an end soon! I think just another two chapters? I had originally planned on making it one more after this one, but well I decided to split up the USJ into three chapters, this one would have been too long if I hadn't. So this chapter is back to being about average length again so yay! At least it isn't short. The next one I think might be a little longer. We shall see.

I'm so happy you guys are enjoying this so much! I've put in some more bonding times with other Marked couples in this chapter. There's some changes to how the story has gone as well so I hope you enjoy it!

Please review!

This chapter was edited by my amazing beta: Whatisthiswitchery.

Around Izuka people began to grow edgy, their eyes darting to look at all the villains who were flooding from the black hole.

"What villains would be stupid enough to sneak into a school for heroes?" came a voice from her right. She didn't bother glancing over and finding out who had spoken, her eyes were glued to the villains, they began to spread out, following orders that had been given to them.

"Sensei," Momo spoke up, sweat dripping down her face as she grew nervous. "Isn't there supposed to be intruder sensors?" Thirteen who stood right behind her did a nodding motion.

"Yes, of course there is!" He said his voice trailing off as he began to think.

"Is this the only place they are at?" Todoroki asked his sharp eyes staring at the mass of villains. "Either way the sensors aren't working. It's probably one of their quirks keeping them from working." Izuka's mind raced through what they knew. They were after All Might, who wasn't here, and she wasn't sure when he would show up.

The building they were stuck in was far from campus, which meant they were isolated with only two heroes to deal with. They weren't as dumb as they seemed, so they had an objective.

"Thirteen!" Aizawa said preparing himself for a fight, his wrappings loosening from around his neck as he pulled them for easy access to fight with. "Begin evacuation and try contacting the school! Someone must be jamming the sensors, there's a good chance it's an electric type keeping us from contacting the outside. Kaminari, try using your quirk to signal for help."

The blonde that stood on Izuka's right side was shaking, but his head began to nod. "Got it!" His voice was unsteady but she could see the determination to do as told shining through his eyes. Izuka whipped her head back to where their sensei was about to jump into the middle of the villains.

"You can't fight them alone, Sensei!" she yelled as her feet began to move her forward. "There's too many of them, even you can't nullify all their quirks!" The hand on her shoulder tugged her back, keeping her from following after their sensei. Izuka stopped but she was still desperate to keep him from going alone. "A head on battle isn't smart, your fighting style is a-"

"Do not worry, Midoriya, a good hero has more than one trick up their sleeves," Aizawa said glancing over his shoulder at the green-haired girl that's being restrained. "Take care of them, Thirteen." With those parting words Eraserhead jumped down the stairs leaping toward the villains.

Izuka looked on with worried eyes, feeling unsure about their sensei's odds at getting through this. It wasn't likely with that many people going at him. Unconsciously her body began to step forward wanting to help, but the hand gripping her shoulder tightened and due to irritation at her actions yanked her back, causing her to fall into a chest.

"Fucking stay here," Bakugo growled. "You're not going to fucking run off after him." His eyes had narrowed as she had tried to leave once more.

"He can't handle that by himself," she said her eyes wide.

"And you can?" Bakugo hissed. "Don't be stupid, Koneko." Izuka's eyes watched their sensei as he took villains down one by one. Her eyes wide open in shock as she began to slowly move back as Kacchan tugged at her. The rest of the class was beginning to follow Thirteen, they had to leave. She fully spun around and followed closely behind the hot-headed blonde, his hand never leaving her arm afraid that she would try to go after Aizawa-sensei yet again.

She stumbled over her own feet as he began to tug on her, his own moving at a faster speed than she was going. The whole class had begun to understand what was going on and they all were ready to get out of here, and contact the rest of the school so the Pro's could handle it.

Her own heartbeat rang loudly in her ears as she stumbled to a stop running into the firm back of Kacchan. He had abruptly skidded to a stop as a black mass appeared in front of their group. Blocking any access to the exit that they were heading for.

"I can't allow you to leave," came a soft voice. Sweat began to pour down her face. From the corner of her eyes she could see Kirishima step in front of Mina, his hand grabbing her own, as he made sure he was between her and the villain.

"Fuck," Bakugo ground out, his eyes darting for an opening to send Izuka around the villain.

"Greetings," came the soft voice once more. He sounded almost polite as he spoke to them. "We are the League of Villains. Forgive our audacity, but today we've come here to U.A. High School, this Bastion of Heroism, to end the life of All Might, the Symbol of Peace."

Izuka began to shake at the sound of his voice, his words sounded polite but they were icy, they were talking about killing someone precious to her. He spoke so easily about death it caused a feeling of fear and anger to rise up inside of her. "We had understood he was supposed to be here today, but it seems a change of plans had occurred. Though it doesn't matter, I still have a job to do whether he is here or not."

Bakugo spun around on his heel coming to face Izuka, his crimson eyes staring into her own emerald ones. "Stay put," he said firmly before turning back around. In a blink of an eye Kachan had raced away, dashing through the air, Kirishima right behind him, as they both landed a punch on the villain.

Bakugo's explosion ringing through the air, as Izuka took a step forward. He was going to get hurt attacking him like that. Worry began to run through her veins, almost enough to not listen to the order of staying put, and going to help Kacchan.

"Not if we end you first!" Bakugo yelled out.

"Didn't see that coming, did yah," Kirishima said. The villain didn't seemed fazed by what happened in the slightest. It was enough to urge Izuka forward, as one after the other she began to walk, her legs shaking the whole time.

"That was close," the villain said smoothly. "Students though you may be, you are the best of the best."

Thirteen throughout an arm blocking Izuka from going any further, keeping her from harm's way as his other arm reached toward the two boys.

"No!" he yelled out, his hand gripping the fabric of Izuka's costume as she tried to push forward. "Get back! The both of you! Midoriya, stay put, it's not safe."

Izuka was reaching out desperately toward Bakugo, her fingers outstretched her panic to get to Kacchan worse than before. In the pit of her stomach there was something telling her things were about to go wrong. That Bakugo had to get out of there. Now!

"Begone!" Rang the foreboding voice, chilling Izuka and the rest of the class to the bone. Fear was solid in her heart as she watched as the villain began to grow darker and wider, spreading further than before. It was closing in on Kacchan and Kirishima. "Writhe in torment." Everyone around her began to brace themselves, a few jumping back away from the villain. Todoroki clearing the space between him and Momo, his instincts driving him to protect her. "Until you breathe your last."

"Kacchan!" She screamed as the darkness of the villain began to suck him in, causing his body to begin disappear in the pitch black. She raced forward trying to grab for his hand. His eyes widened as he watched her grow nearier.

"Get back!" He yelled before he was completely gone. Skidding to a stop she watched as he disappeared, no trace of him left. Jumping to action she pushed herself backwards, her hands reaching out to grab at Kaminari who was the closest to the villain, and calling One For All to her arms yanked him out of reach.

He smiled widely at her in thanks but in the next second they were both being pulled in. Her arms clawed at the air trying to find anything to hang on too but there was nothing, and in the next instance, there was only darkness.

Her eyes searched the space around her, all was pitch black. She could feel a heavy feeling on her chest like she couldn't breathe and she clutched desperately at her neck. A second later she was falling through the air, harsh light assaulting her eyes as she blinked past the pain.

Below her coming fast was the ground, and fear of splattering across the hard rock flashed across her mind. Pulling back her arm she called up One For All again, and striked forward, a wave of pure power hitting the ground and slowing her descent.

She still hit the rocks hard, causing all the air to leave her lungs as she hit it with an 'oof'. Her mind spun around inside of her head, she could see stars that had burst out upon the impact. A groan escaped her lips as she pushed against the ground with her shaking arms. The action caused her head to spin more violently and she felt the urge to throw up her breakfast. Falling back down to the ground she sighed.

"Hey!" someone yelled out, their voice not a familiar one. "We've got one!"

"It's a little girl," said another slimy voice.

"Easy pickings."

"She looks pretty." The last voice caused her skin to crawl with the way his voice sounded. He was the one she was going to get rid of first, just right after she pushed herself to her feet.

Trying once more she leaned on her knees breathing through the pain and spinning that caused the earth around her to pitch and twirl. She was going to have to move past this, she had to fight. A small group of villains had begun to merge all around her. Their eyes staring down at her with sick grins covering their faces.

"Can't we have some fun first with her?" asked the slimy one from before. "Boss never said anything about how we couldn't."

"We're here for a reason," came the first voice. "It's not to play with some high school girl." The guy began to reply back, surely to argue but Izuka had pulled herself to her feet, the spinning calming slightly.

Her left arm and both legs began to glow a light green as she dashed forward, knocking her powered up arm into the gut of the man that had wanted to play with her. He doubled over, blood flowing from his lips, as she stood in front of him, crushing her hand into his skin.

Pulling back she twirled around and pulled back her arm once more. She focused with all her might, keeping her control under check as she let her fist fly forward. "Detroit Smash!" The gust of power that was released hurdled into the men in front of her, sending them all flying back. Her breathing was coming out in rushed gasps as she felt her quirk leave her body. Her legs were shaking but she forced them to keep supporting her.

This wasn't her first time going up against a villain but it was different. There were many more, and not all of them just wanted to get rid of them. The guy passed out at her feet was proof of that.

She felt sick to her stomach at the thought. Taking a couple steps forward she looked around trying to figure out where she had landed. It was definitely still in USJ, and from the looks of it, she had landed somewhere in the mountain zone.

Pulling One For All into her legs she took off moving away from where her fight had happened. She needed to find others, they had to get out. More than that she needed to find Kacchan. She had to know that he was alright. Her hand came up to rest on her wrist right over the Mark. Surely if something was wrong with him she would know. If he was dead, it would show it right?

Shaking her head from thoughts of Kacchan being dead, because she couldn't deal with the feelings that, that thought pulled from her, she raced on, searching for familiar faces.

Dodging to the side she hit the ground having barely avoided a laser that had been shot from in front of her. Crouching low she snuck up behind a boulder and peered around the edge, staying out of sight, as her eyes locked onto two familiar people. Aoyama would have been the person who almost hit her with the laser. He was firing it rapidly, a group as big as the one who had attacked her surrounding him, a sick look settling over his features.

Fighting next to him was another familiar face that caused her to perk up. Kaminari was grabbing onto whoever got too close and zapping them, but even he looked to be growing tired.

They would be needing her help, she couldn't let Aoyama overuse his quirk, the last thing he needed was to mess up his stomach. Shoving from her hiding place she pushed from the ground, the force of her quirk shooting her into the air, only to come crashing down on one of the villains, her feet landing on his back as they skidded across the ground, her using him like a skateboard.

"Iz-chan!" Kaminari yelled out happily as she swooped in for the rescue. Even Aoyama looked happier at seeing her, his face just a smidge green.

"Take cover!" she yelled at the two as they scurried off toward the nearest boulders.

"What's a small girl like you going to do?" one of the men cooed in a sickly sweet voice, his smile turning sour. Standing her ground she glared at the man before leaning back, her leg coming up in a sweeping motion, One For All flowing through it, as she brought it around quickly, her hips moving with the motion, and her whole body turning to keep her balance. The result happened in an instant, following her roundhouse kick was a burst of air, much like when she punched, but moving in a arc as it took out the half circle of villains.

Kaminari poked his head out from behind her, a huge smile littering his face. "Holy shit!" he said loudly. "That was awesome! When did you learn to do that!?"

Izuka gave out a small chuckle but her body was beginning to shake. She hadn't used her hand because her arm that she used before had begun to hurt after that last attack. Her leg was defiantly sore but she had lucked out without it bruising any.

"Come on, we've got to find some of the others," she said as Aoyama pulled himself from his hiding spot.

"We need to get out of here," Aoyama said a little shakily, the green color slowly leaving his face.

"There's only one exit," Izuka said as she began to think back to when this all started. "To do that we need to skirt around the edge of the plaza where the main threats are going to be. We will more than likely run into more of these low lives as we do that. Right now we need numbers to guarantee we make it out of here. They are here for All Might, which means they have to have some kind of plan to beat him. I don't want to find out what could possibly beat All Might, we wouldn't stand a chance."

"I agree," Kaminari said with a nod. "Let's find the others, we've got to contact the rest of the school."

Off in the distance Izuka could barely hear a faint bang, one that was quite familiar to her. It meant that he was still alive. That thought alone brought hope to her heart as she stared off in the general direction it had come from.

"Do you know which way we need to go to get to the exit," Aoyama asked looking around himself. No matter where they looked they were still a good distance away, and couldn't make out which direction to go to.

"Eto, let's go toward the sounds of the bangs," Izuka said as she began to walk in that general direction.

"Yeah, at least we'll have Bakugo and whoever else is with him," Denki said. "Like you said more numbers the better. I'd hate to run into anymore of those guys, and you look tired, Iz-chan." He was sending her a worried glance that she ignored. There were greater things to worry about at the moment than the fatigue she was feeling in her muscles.

Aoyama followed behind the both of them his eyes dancing with nervousness.

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Todoroki laid his hand calmly on Momo's shoulder pulling her to stand behind him. "Make yourself the heaviest coat you can," he said his eyes not leaving the villains around them. They had attacked as soon as they landed, grouping up so as to overtake them quickly.

Momo hurriedly nodded and concentrated on making the coat. She pulled it on and Todoroki took a step forward, ice emerging from underneath his foot, flooding forward and encasing the enemies with one sweep. Momo shivered as she huddled deeper into her coat, searching for warmth that refused to be found. Her hero costume was already too open to the elements and even with the coat it wasn't warm.

Waves of icy air blew from Todoroki, and she found herself hovering to his other side, where warmth was within reach.

His blue eye darted over to her, his fireside glowing just enough to keep her warm and she let out a content sigh. "I apologize for making you cold," he said softly before turning his attention back to the bad guys. "You all lost to a kid. How pathetic." His hands reached into his pockets and he merely blinked when Momo grabbed onto his arm, moving closer to the side that was giving off warmth.

He raised an eyebrow at her actions but didn't say anything only directing his words to the enemies around them. They were all stuck in a wall of ice, their breaths coming out in puffs of visible air, and bodies too frozen to shake.

"Come on, now," Todoroki said. "You're adults, aren't you?" Momo tugged at his arm wanting to get away from here where it was warmer and further from the villains.

"Can we go now?" she asked. "We should find the others."

"Hold up," he said cooly. "There is information to get from them." Momo began to shiver more violently causing Todoroki to tug her into the crook of his arm where he was able to properly send her enough warmth to keep her at a decent temperature.

"Fucking bastard!" Griped one of the frozen men. "The second he warped here, is he really just a kid?" He began to whimper at the frostbite he could feel forming. He tugged her forward and Momo followed quietly next to him.

"At this rate your skin is going to rot from frostbite, but I'm trying to become a hero, and they don't do such horrible things. So what's your plan for being able to kill All Might?"

Momo glanced up sharply her eyes settling on the villains waiting for an answer.

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Mina spit out acid causing part of the roof to collapse over two of her opponents, she was gripping her shoulder tightly that had a burn mark causing her skin to bleed and feel raw. She took small gasping breaths as she moved backwards running into Kirishima's' back. She could feel his hardened skin as his arm lunged out hitting a target.

"Are you alright, Mina?" He grunted as he grabbed her arm spinning her around so she could kick out, her foot hitting the girl villains face, knocking her out. Mina dropped to the floor ducking as he reached over to hit another guy in the face, behind them he could hear Bakugo's quirk exploding as he attacked.

"I'm fine," she yelled out as she spit her acid toward the feet of another villain.

"Are you sure?" He asked worriedly his eyes falling to her shoulder.

"Yeah, I can worry about myself, worry about your fighting!" She said as she pushed him forward and a villain ran by completely missing the redhead. Her earlier feelings of frustration were leaking through as she was getting tired, they had been fighting for a while now, all she wanted to do was drop asleep in her bed. They had been in class with one another for a while now, the first day of school she had felt her mark activate.

That had to mean his activated too, but other than some minor flirting he hadn't said a thing. Granted she hadn't either but it was the man's move to make wasn't it? Wasn't that how it went in all the books and movies she had ever watched. So why wasn't he saying anything? Didn't he like her?

She had stopped, distracted by her own thoughts. Kirishima grabbed her around the waist and pulled her back from getting hit in the face.

"What the hell, Mina!?" He yelled. "Pay attention won't you?! This isn't the time to be getting distracted."

"Well I'm sorry that I'm not good enough!" She yelled as she striked out, punching an enemy who ran after her. Kirishima grabbed the guy who stumbled away from Ashido and tossed him away.

"What are you talking about?!" He grunted as he took a sword blade to the stomach, fortunately he had activated his quirk seconds before and it hadn't pierced his skin.

"I'm obviously not good enough for you!" she said moving to press her back against his as more villains merged around them. They seemed to flood the area, having been lying in wait as soon as they arrived. "I mean you haven't even mentioned the Mark!"

"Is this a good time to bring this up?" He asked a blush beginning to warm his cheeks.

"Its as best as any!" She wrapped her arms around his own kicking off the ground and pushing against his back with her own so that she could kick one of the guys in the face. Kirishima steadied his body, refusing to stumble so they both didn't fall to the ground.

"Well you haven't either!" He hissed as she dropped from his back and spun him around forcefully.

"I was waiting for you!" She yelled her eyes angry, her face turning a purple color with her emotions.

"Well so was I!" They both just blinked at one another when they heard another blast shaking them back to their surroundings as they looked over at Bakugo who had finished the last enemy.

He was glaring down at the man before wiping at his face and turning his attention to his teammates.

"That's the last of them," he said eyeing them oddly. They were facing one another but a little too close to be just platonic. "What the fuck are you two doing?"

"Nothing!" they both yelled turning away from one another. Bakugo eyed them a little longer but decided it wasn't worth his time.

"We should go find the others," Kirishima said his eyes refusing to look at Mina. They would be talking about this later, but right now they had more important stuff to do.

"Yeah, they should all still be in USJ," Mina said with a nod.

"I'm worried about those who don't have ways to attack," Kirishima said the worry littering his voice. "Besides Thirteen probably has his hands full since we rushed in. This probably wouldn't have happened if we hadn't rushed in. I mean as men we gotta take responsibility."

"If that's what you want," Bakugo said, sweat dripping down his face. "Then you two can go on ahead. I'm gonna go find that warp guy and beat him to a pulp!"

"Come on man!" Kirishima said. "We can't be pulling crap like that. It's dumb."

"I wanna go find Izuka!" Mina said. "And the others, she got pulled in after trying to pull Kaminari out of the way."

"He's how these guys are getting around," Katsuki said with a growl. "If we bring him down they won't have anywhere to run!" Bakugo leant forward bringing his hand back and sending a blast into the man who had just tried to attack him. "If they are sending guys like this one after us, we'll be fine. Besides Izuka will be there, she's going to find her way back in danger."

At the mention of the curly haired girl he began to grow irritated and worried. She would end up going back to where Aizawa was fighting those enemies. If she was there then that meant she was in trouble. He had to be there to do something about it. Someone had to make sure she didn't end up getting herself killed. He didn't trust it to anyone else.

The mere thought of her being there began to drive him forward, wanting to get there faster than before. "I'm outta here."

"Hey hold on man," Kirishima said with a shake of his head as his eyes landed on Mina. He didn't like the fact that she would be in dangers way again but he knew Bakugo was right. They had to go. "You gotta trust your pals, be a man. You've convinced me."

"Yeah, I'll go with you too," Mina said.

"Let's go before she gets herself killed," Bakugo said letting his thoughts slip out.

"Before who gets killed, Bakubro?" Kirishima said.

"No one!" He took off running but Kirishima and Mina shared a look before taking off after him. They were both wondering who he was worried about. Could it be that Bakugo Bonded with someone in class as well?

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Izuka dashed forward, having followed the general direction of the blasts had led them to the plaza, a little too close for their liking. They had appeared at the edge, close enough now to see their sensei getting beat up. He was being flung around easily his body soaring through the air as he was smacked onto the ground repeatedly.

She was once again shaking, staring at the monster that had their sensei in its grip.

"What is that?" Aoyama asked his voice coming out shaky. He had fallen to his knees upon watching. Kaminari moved closer to the shaking girl and laid a hand on her shoulder.

She winced upon the giant crashing him down to the ground. Aizawa's arm was being held at an awkward angle. It was definitely broke. No limb should be held in such a way. She could feel the nausea force its way up her throat. Gagging she dug her face into Kaminaris chest and he patted her back.

"We've got to stop him!" She yelled her voice muffled by the blonde's clothes. Denki's grip on her tightened as his own eyes refused to leave where their sensei was shoved into the ground, not moving.

"I-Iz-chan," he said his voice shaking. "W-what can we do? That guy is out of our league."

She pulled herself from him and glanced over at the roaring creature. The light blue-haired villain's voice carried through the air, her insides turning at the noise.

"Meet the Anti-Symbol Of Peace. The Bioengineered, Nomu!" The man began to cackle with glee, as another roar ripped through the air.

Ah, this chapter was pretty easy to write once I knew who I wanted to be warped with one another. Next chapter I've got a few things that I've got to finally decide on. I think I've got a pretty decent idea on how it's going to go but, trying to change things and commit to those changes have been hard for that chapter. It's going to change a big thing for the future so it's gotta be perfect!