Disclaimer: I do not own My Hero Academia. Anybody who says otherwise is a CIA plant.


Shinsou stared at the fight below, joined by most of the class. Even though he'd seen Mastermind in the flesh, a small part of him had always thought that the Villain was harmless. The guy treated his Villainy as if he was some sort of comedian, just playing a role.

Mastermind had apparently had enough of playing around, given the unconscious thug with a broken arm. The Villains around him gave him a wide berth, the hand covered Villain furious given his clenching fists.

Then his training kicked in. Hurriedly he ran with the rest of his classmates, trying to get out-!

The dark, misty figure from below rose up to meet them. "Well, that was cutting it a bit fine. Terribly sorry, Hero students. But I cannot allow any of you to leave."

Hitoshi pulled out his quarterstaff, teeth grit. "Oh, great. I bet you're a real gas at parties, Mr. Mist-erious."

Come on, come on-!

Unfortunately, the Villain simply stared at him, before dismissing the barb. "Greetings, young Heroes. You may call me Kurogiri. As you may have guessed, we are the League of Villains, and certainly not associated with that other group. We came here today to end the life of All Might, the Symbol of Peace."

Behind him, Melissa gasped in horror. The rest of the class had similar reactions. Kill All Might? That couldn't happen… right?

The misty figure in front of them paused. "Based on the schedule, he should be here. And yet he isn't - maybe he changed his schedule? But it doesn't matter."

Dark purple mist rose around them. "My role is still unchanged-"

KABOOM!

He was cut off by Kirishima and Bakugo deciding to take the initiative. The former with a fist to the face, and the latter with an explosion. "Eat shit, mist fucker!"

Kirishima glared the Villain down, Quirk turning his hands into craggy knives. "Didn't think we'd fight back, didya?!"

In front of them, the mist Villain reformed. A foggy hand brushed a speck of dust off his shoulder. "Well, well. That was close - you truly are the best of your year. Unfortunately, it has not changed anything."

More mist rose up around them. Hitoshi tried, once more, to make it to the door-!

The mist overtook him, and he felt himself fall, the Villain's words echoing through the mist. "I am afraid that you shall be scattered. Please, try not to die while you are inside my gate, it makes such a mess."

Twisting through the air, Hitoshi could just make out the water below - the Flood zone, maybe? He hit the water with a splash, and as he tried to reach the surface, he saw a shark-like Villain leering at him.

He tried to assume a stance as the Villain dashed forwards. "Nothing personal, kid! Just gotta-"

A green missile hit the side of the Villain's head.

Mastermind cracked his knuckles, glaring at the Villains around him. The expressions on their faces ranged from scared to seriously regretting their life choices. Eraserhead was similarly shocked, even as he kicked a Villain in the stomach.

The robots he'd brought had gone dormant - waiting for the right opportunity to deploy them.

Mastermind tapped a button on his gauntlet. The Villains around him tensed, waiting for whatever trick he had up his sleeve.

A screeching guitar started. The Villains around him stared, confused as the opening notes of 'I don't Wanna Stop started.'

"Well? You want to use our name, then take it!"

He fired his Freeze Ray, the Villains around him trying to run away. Laughing maniacally, Mastermind started to really teach the Villains around him a serious lesson.

Izuku grinned, patting the side of his most recent invention. "-and that's why I'm having Mr. Compress carry it for me. I'm keeping this as a last resort."

Inkblot grinned. "We are officially the coolest Villain group in the goddamn world!"

Double and Izuku grinned at that statement. The Double then pulled out a tiny panel, covered in what looked like fine mesh. "Oh, you think that's cool? BEHOLD!"

He pressed it. A blast of trumpets and a rhythmic drumbeat followed, sounding through the entire room. Izuku gasped as 'Bad,' played through the house.

"A sound system… how did I miss this?" He whipped around. "Double, we need to modify the armour right away!"

"I knew you'd see its brilliance! Let's get right to it!"

"La Brava everybody, you can hear me, right?" he murmured.

There was a crackle of static, then the shorter Villain's voice came through. "Y-yeah!"

The rest of the Villains followed, starting with Golden Grin. "Everything's on fire! I'm fine though!"

"I appear to be in a wrecked building of some sort - another training area? Hopefully we can-" A loud explosion cut Mr. Compress off.

"Everything's dark and drab here! What a nice day to fuck shit up!"

La Brava paused. "I still can't reach Stitch-"

Mastermind hummed. "That's not the best news but at least we can stay in touch in the USJ. Listen, I've turned on Full Cowl, so I should be fine. Do what you can to thwart these Villains dragging our name through the mud."

"You got it!"

Thus reassured his team was okay, Mastermind turned around. "Sorry, but we don't condone hurting children! We're devious, nefarious Supervillains, not jerks!"

A wolf-like Villain snarled at Mastermind. "Why, you-"

BA-BAM!

Mastermind spun, landing a brutal kick on the Villain's side. The toes of his boots sprang out with the motion, doubling the impact and causing the Villain to go flying. Mastermind posed in front of them. "MWA-HAHAHA! You think you can take the life of my future archnemesis so easily?!"

Eraserhead paused while watching Mastermind before slamming another Villain into the ground. His capture tape writhed through the air as if it was alive, the Pro executing a series of devastating combos.

Around the USJ, the League of Villains was experiencing a similar problem - that the clownish Villains they'd mocked for not being willing to kill were unexpectedly dangerous.

Melissa and Shinsou sucked in deep breaths as Tsuyu carefully climbed up the side of the ship, keeping a wary eye on the aquatic Villains surrounding them. "Thanks, Asui," Shinsou managed to gasp.

She'd come through before the purple haired boy. It had been a stroke of luck that she'd managed to recover before a Villain had managed to get to her. After making it to the surface, she'd made her way over to the boat and clambered up before they could get there

The frog girl shook her head. "Call me Tsuyu, kero. But we are definitely in serious trouble." Her gaze travelled slightly to the prow of the ship. "Starting with these two."

Melissa paused as she checked the rest of her Support gear. "Who-"

She gasped as she saw the problem. Sitting right on the prow, keeping a similar eye on the assailants below them was the Villainous duo La Brava and Gentle Criminal. "What are you doing here?"

Gentle Criminal wrung out the long tail of his coat. "We leapt through to stop this 'League of Villains' from doing too much damage. Really they're quite uncouth - one of those miscreants underwater nearly bit me in half!"

"But we managed to escape and inflict a bit of damage on the way!" La Brava clung to the side of the taller man. Shinsou twitched when he saw her.

Looking at the Villains in the water, Melissa could pick out a couple that looked battle damaged. Gentle Criminal was pretty dangerous for such a gentlemanly figure.

"We certainly did, La Brava!" He had a refined chuckle. The senior VIllain then turned to the group, face serious. "In light of everything that is happening right now, we are not your enemy."

La Brava nodded. "We - we only wanted to get them to not use a name so similar to ours. But this is - this is just wrong."

"We truly had no idea they wanted to attack U.A," Gentle Criminal confirmed. "I dislike using violence to resolve a conflict in general but you don't kill children. It's just not done."

Melissa watched them closely. She'd seen their reactions to Shigaraki's statement about killing the Hero students. And she remembered Uncle Might describing Mastermind - for whatever reason, his instincts told him that Mastermind was not a dangerous man. "We'll work together then. Until we're out of danger."

"That is more than generous," Gentle politely bowed. "Now, we have to deal with these aquatic ruffians."

Melissa nodded. Tapping the side of her helmet, the lenses lit up, displaying a variety of heat signatures around her. "I would say there are about twenty Villains here."

Shinsou tapped his chin. "I don't think they know our Quirks - they wouldn't have warped Tsuyu here otherwise." He stared out at the group. "It explains why they're being cautious - they don't know what we can and cannot do.."

La Brava looked closely at him, then back to Gentle. "So… you have a frog Quirk, and you have a brainwashing Quirk." Shinsou looked away at that. Then she turned to Melissa. "So, what's your Quirk then?"

Melissa looked down at her gauntlet. "I have a strength boosting Quirk. It's really powerful, but I don't have fine control over it, and can only do one limb at a time." Not the complete truth, but close enough.

Gentle Criminal bowed politely. "You know that my Quirk is Elasticity - I can bestow the properties of rubber onto any non-living thing I touch. La Brava's Quirk is, well, a one time use deal and would only work on me."

Shinsou sighed. "Alright. So with your Quirks, we should be able to figure out a plan of action-"

"MAN, I'M TIRED OF WAITING!"

THOOM!

Shinsou sighed as the ship got cleaved in half. "Or the ship gets destroyed and we improvise."

One of the Villains leered below. "Hell, yeah! Gonna get that tiny woman!"

Gentle Criminal's face turned serious. "Alright. So, young students, I will assist in getting us out of here." He patted the deck, a slight wobble on its surface indicating what he'd done. He then quickly scooped La Brava into his arms, the short woman blushing at the close contact.

Melissa looked over at Shinsou. "Would you?" Quickly she ran to the front of the boat, grinning when she saw the generator was working properly. All it would need were a few wires.

Shinsou grinned at the host of aquatic Villains, taking a deep breath. He clicked the artificial vocal cords so that they would amplify his voice.

"WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA?!" he hollered in a pirate voice.

Behind him, the Villains stared at him incredulously. Melissa honestly couldn't blame them. Even knowing what Shinsou's Quirk was, she didn't think any of them would respond.

About a quarter of them yelled, "SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!" Their comrades just looked at them with a confused look in their eyes.

Shinsou staggered after they responded, managing to catch himself. "Got them," he ground out.

Melissa gave him a nod. "Order them to pen the other Villains in," she adjusted her bindings. Grimacing, he repeated the order, and the flooded area below them was quickly turned into a chaotic madhouse as Villains grabbed their comrades, herding them into one area. Shinsou shot a pained look at Gentle, before holding onto the older man with a grim expression.

Melissa looked around. If it was a working replica… there! She tore into the wall like it was made of cardboard, pulling out several wires. Gentle Criminal watched warily as she quickly hauled them over to the generator.

La Brava's eyes widened. "That's…"

Melissa quickly hooked them up, then glanced over at the other girl. "Tsuyu!"

The frog-like girl nodded. "That's a rather nasty trick, kero." She hopped over to the generator, readying to pull the switch. "Will they-?"

Melissa nodded. Then she threw the connected wires into the middle of the group of Villains, wincing at the collective scream as they got hit with electricity. After a couple of seconds, she hauled the wires back. In the middle of the water, the Villains were floating, either knocked out or barely conscious.

Feeling One for All spark in her legs, she pushed off from the boat's elastified surface, making a mighty leap back to the shore with Tsuyu and Gentle Criminal.

From where they had landed near the edge of the Flood Zone, Gentle Criminal swallowed, staring at the shocked Villains with wide eyes. "...I am so glad we were not fighting you," he muttered.

Next to him, Shinsou chuckled, only to groan and clutch his head. La Brava reluctantly removed herself from Gentle Criminal's grasp, holding her hands out carefully. She typed away in the air, brow furrowed, before she swiped a hand through the space with a frustrated sigh.

Melissa looked over to La Brava, knowing what the answer would be but trying to find some hope in the situation. "Anything?"

La Brava shook her head. "Outside comms are still down. It seems that the rest of the League is busy."

They both winced at the sudden loud explosion that came from her headset. La Brava sighed. "At least we had an easy time of it."

Bakugo glared around the collapsed buildings. There it was again. "Oi, Shitty Hair. We're being watched."

Shitty Hair jogged behind him. "Really? I mean, we're currently being -" a Villain lunged at him, the other teenager lashing out with a rock hard fist to the jaw, "-attacked by Villains right now?"

Bakugo shook his head. "Not like that. Somebody else's fighting the rest of these guys!" They turned a corner, seeing a gaggle of Villains trying to extract themselves from a net. "See?"

Shitty Hair hummed, considering. "...Yeah, looks like it. Maybe they're turning on each other?"

Bakugo looked around, trying to find something out of place. "It's got to be that purple smoke bastard," he growled. Top Hat, or whatever his name was.

As another Villain ate an explosion, he started to think about it. Sure, the stupid goddamn League of Supervillains wanted to deal with this other League, that made sense. But why did they leap through the other Warp user's stuff? They had a warper already.

They rounded a corner, only to stop when they saw an extremely unusual sight.

Shitty Hair blinked. "...That's new."

A blob of light green foam greeted them, the stuff looking like a pile of melted rubber. Inside, the groaning forms of various Villains poked out, trying and failing to extract themselves from the stuff.

Bakugo glared at them. That was a new trick, alright. Did the League of Super Idiots have some Quirk at their base that could make blobs?

Mr. Compress watched as Izuku and his Double carefully filled a baseball sized sphere with a bright green liquid. "So, what exactly is this?"

Mastermind turned around. "Simplicity itself, Mr. Compress! I've been thinking about incorporating something like this into my gear for some time!"

He held up the sphere, holding it reverently. "Behold! The Compression Foam grenade! The chemical in here has a fascinating reaction with air - it expands rapidly, forming a nearly impenetrable foam!"

The Double grinned. "I worked hard on this formula. It's porous enough to breathe through, resistant to extreme temperatures and to top it all off, it's seriously rubbery! You would need to have an incredible strength Quirk to tear out of it!"

Mr. Compress blinked. "Would you mind if I used some?"

Mastermind and his Double looked between themselves, then Mastermind gave a thumbs up. "No problem! We're also going to be working on a sprayable version for our own suit!"

"And if one of us gets caught, I made this!" Mr. Compress blinked as Double held up a vial of red coloured liquid. "This stuff melts through the foam like anything! It's a mild skin irritant though, so you'll want to wash it off as soon as possible."

From his vantage point, Mr. Compress whistled as he saw the results. He had been right to keep his distance from the Hero students. One look at the spiky haired blonde one and his talk of 'killing' as many Villains as he could had led to the decision to keep an eye on them from afar. The loud explosions had caused several Villains to plan an ambush on the teenagers. Mr. Compress had seen fit to deal with them.

Two of the containment foam grenades and most of the Villains were now stuck in a blob of greenish, rubbery foam. The Villains struggled, trying to claw free.

"What is this shit?"

"Get it off! Get it off!"

"What's poking me in the back - oh, gross! Get the fuck off me!"

The Hero students looked at the sight before them before the red haired one shook his head and left. The spiky haired blonde one paused, looking around, before ultimately tearing off to crush a nearby Villain.

Seeing them leave for the centre of the USJ, Mr. Compress took a deep bow then left. He had to get back to where Mastermind was - he had a few bits and pieces that the main boss wanted to try.

In the downpour zone, Kouda and Tokoyami looked between themselves. In front of them, the black and grey Villain gave them a cheery thumbs up. "Name's Twice! Pleased to be working with you! I hate you both!"

Tokoyami shook his head. "What a mad banquet of darkness," he muttered.

Kouda looked between the pair of them, Quietly, he signed to Tokoyami. Maybe we should leave the crazy Villain here.

Next to him, Dark Shadow grinned, empowered by the dark conditions. It hulked over the group, gripping a bruised Villain in its claws. "Come on Toko! He'll be great!"

Tokoyami hummed. "We really should." Dark Shadow pouted. He resolutely ignored his Quirk.

Twice pouted. "Well, whatever! I'll make my own way! Don't leave me, I can't handle it!" He skipped off, another Villain trying to get in close -

POW!

-and the Heroes in training were left stunned as the unassuming Twice delivered a hit that dropped the other man like he'd been hit with a sledgehammer. Twice seemed to smile, raising his arms in the air. "Yeah! I'm the greatest! No you're not, you're hot shit!"

Twice left, arguing with himself, insisting that he was 'the ruler of everything.' A blob of brown sludge formed in his other hand, transforming into a grenade of some kind. A Villain tried to jump the talkative Twice, but he chucked the grenade at them.

BWOAH!

They flinched at the loud bang and burst of light, Dark Shadow shrinking backwards. "Kumbaya…" it muttered. Twice seemed to be unaffected, the remains of the flashbang dissolving into a dark, muddy substance.

Blinking the stars from their eyes, Tokoyami and Kouda looked between themselves. Then Tokoyami shook his head, getting ready to follow in the same direction as Twice. The sooner they got out of here, the sooner they could leave this facility.

"...A mad banquet of darkness indeed."

Mastermind turned to Jin. "Well, Jin, I've made something for self defence!" He pulled out a pair of gauntlets and boots, holding them out.

Jin held them in his hands as Mastermind continued. "I based the design on the stuff I've hidden in my armour. Basically it makes your hits way more intense. It doubles the kinetic impact of your strikes, meaning it can fake a weak enhancement Quirk…"

"Or you could use them as explicit gadgets and only double one of the other useful items we've made," the Double he'd made of his boss said. "I can modify your mask to reduce loud noises and bright lights and show you how to make some flash bangs. Oh! And laser beams!"

Mastermind gave Jin a wide smile. "Whatever your choice, Bubaigawara, I'll be there to help you!"

Jin sniffed. "This is… one of the nicest things anybody's done for me…" he snapped back up. "I won't let you guys down! Leave it to me!"

In the mountainous area, Inkblot paused, putting down the Villain she'd been using to hit other Villains. Around her in a circle lay the groaning bodies of several unfortunates who'd tried to fight her. Glaring at her were two teenage girls, one with headset jacks for earlobes and a jacket, the other in a very revealing costume and a ponytail. A blonde teenage boy stared at the leering Villains surrounding them with a fearful expression.

She idly kicked a Villain in the crotch while keeping an eye on the teens. Then she laughed. "Listen up, pipsqueaks! I ain't gonna fight you unless you try it!"

The taller girl paused. "...I've heard of your exploits. You really aren't-"

A Villain tried to grab the ponytail girl, causing her to spin and pull a Quarterstaff from her arm in the same motion. Inkblot's jaw dropped. "Whoa! Wait, what!"

The Hero in training's leg glowed, a baseball bat grip protruding. "Jirou!"

"Right!"

Inkblot smirked. "Didn't think I'd see a Quirk like mine here!" She poured a vial of ink down her throat, reaching behind her back. A splurt of coloured light later, and she smirked as she felt the design coalesce. "Right!

The Villains charged as one, only to backpedal furiously when she pulled out a black sphere adorned with a skull and crossbones, the fuse fizzing. She chucked it at them, grinning.

KABOOM!

She turned back to the kids as the Villains were knocked through the air from the force of the explosion. "How'd ya like that?"

These kids are pretty entertaining, she mused as she watched the earjack girl stab a man with her earlobe, causing him to fall over screaming. Electric boy got kicked into another Villain and taze him, causing him to declare that he was actually, 'pretty freaking strong,' and gave the girls a cocky grin.

At least she didn't have to worry about them. Mastermind, on the other hand…

Thinking about Mastermind - Izuku - made her nervous. Despite his many gadgets and the power he'd demonstrated with Full Cowl, their boss was the same age as these Heroes. It cut a bit closer than she would like to admit, seeing how willing this Shigaraki was to kill teenagers.

She masked all those feelings with a grin. "So, who wants to count how many Villains they knock out? Currently I'm on…" she counted the prone Villains, "...about ten?"

Electric Kid whined at that. "What?! Come on, that's not fair!"

"Supervillain, remember!"

Ojiro snuck around a corner, keeping an eye on the Villains gathering there. He'd barely managed to get away from them when he'd been warped to the Inferno zone - they'd briefly wondered if he was one of them, apparently not recognising that he was a student. The Villains here looked like they either had fire Quirks, or Quirks that meant they weren't as affected by the heat.

A group of Villains ran past, chasing a familiar gold outfitted Villain. "Oh god!"

He managed to turn back, firing a blast of golden light from his mouth that knocked a couple of them away. Panting, Golden Grin wiped some sweat off his brow. "Why are there so many of these assholes here?"

He looked around, then his eyes widened. "Hey! Kid!"

Ojiro fell into a combat stance as the Villain approached, hands held high. "Look, I don't want to fight you! You're with the class, right?"

"And I should trust you why?"

Golden Grin shrugged. "Fair enough." His eyes widened. "Look out!"

An ordinary person might have asked for clarification, or turned around to gawk at whatever it was. Ojiro, however, was a Heroics student in the most exclusive class in Japan. So rather than do either of those things, he instead delivered a solid kick to the solar plexus of a hulking LIzard-mutation Villain sneaking up on him. As the Villain crumpled up, he turned back to Golden Grin. "Getting out of here?"

Golden Grin fired a blast of golden light at another approaching Villain. "Sure. I hate this place, I'm all sticky."

(From his hiding place, Aoyama paused when he saw a golden laser beam shoot through the air. For a brief moment, his self-hatred about causing this whole horrible situation went away. He shook his head.

Like the last time he'd seen Golden Grin on the Internet, a strange wave of deja vu washed over him. He couldn't say for sure, but he had definitely seen this blast before.)

Shigaraki watched Mastermind and Eraserhead fighting the minions he'd brought with naked hatred on his face. Not only were they working together and not taking each other on, the thugs he'd rounded up weren't doing anything!

Eraserhead was bad enough by himself, dealing with thugs like it was going out of style, delivering powerful kicks and punches in conjunction with that rare item. Sure, this wasn't what he was specced for, but he still tore through them.

And Mastermind… truth be told, Shigaraki had thought that one of these two-bit thugs would actually be able to hurt or kill the bastard. Every Villain they'd found and asked about him had been of a similar opinion - the guy was a loser. The guy was successful but he was just so embarrassing! What people wanted was fame, not to be some goddamn clown.

Apparently Mastermind was a bullshit cheater. He blitzed around the area, most Villains barely able to react before getting a blow to the stomach or legs that sent them flying. A group of them tried to dash at Eraserhead, only for the Villain to pull out some baseball sized sphere and chuck it at them. Shigaraki tore the skin on his neck when he saw the resulting green foam swallow them up before Mastermind fired a blast of freezing light at the other Villains.

Fucking tinkers.

He scratched at his neck, watching, waiting for an opportunity. Sure, the pair of them were less tired individually, but there would be a weakness soon enough. A dual boss was annoying enough but it was just a matter of finding-

Eraserhead's hair flopped down after he executed a combo.

Shigaraki's eyes widened.

There it was.

Mastermind spun, delivering a powerful kick to the midsection of another Villain. There seemed to be no end to these thugs - apparently most of the criminal population of Japan had been recruited by this guy.

Still, he had to keep his spirits up. He stomped on the midriff of a downed Villain, posing dramatically as thunder roared around him. "MWA-HAHAHA! FOOLS! YOU THINK SUCH… FEEBLE EFFORTS WILL DO ANYTHING?!"

The Villains around him tensed up, but Shigaraki didn't react to the jab. Instead… "Twenty three seconds," the Villain hissed.

Mastermind turned back to Eraserhead. Suddenly, Shigaraki was on the Hero. "The thing about boss type enemies is, they've always got a tell, don't they?"

Eraserhead glared at Shigaraki. The white haired Villain continued mumbling, "See, your hair keeps flopping down over your eyes every time you've done a combo. The gap between your hair coming up and your moves… it's increasing!"

Mastermind tried to get to Shigaraki, but the Villain simply pointed at him. "Noumu, fight him!"

The massive, blue-black figure shot in front of Mastermind, its eyes not showing malice or joy but a simple blankness. Even with the suit enhancing his speed, Izuku barely had time to dodge the blow, Noumu hounding his steps.

Eraserhead grunted in pain. Mastermind's heart leapt into his mouth when he saw the Erasure Hero's elbow disintegrating. He tried to get to Shigaraki even as Eraserhead knocked him away, but Noumu's fist filled his vision. He barely ducked under the blow, trying to find an opening.

The scanner in his helmet was going haywire just looking at Noumu. Something about Noumu's Quirk was overloading it. Almost as if it was trying to scan more than one Quirk-

"Noumu, hurt Eraserhead."

Noumu paused in its assault. Mastermind saw a blur of movement -

Izuku found his legs moving on their own.

For Hitoshi, a couple of things happened very quickly after that. First, he saw the hulking brute Noumu dash over to his teacher, moving at speeds that nothing that big should reach. He saw, for the second time, Mastermind do something completely irrational and zip at similar speeds to get in front of Eraserhead. The Hero, in turn, tried to wrap the creature's arm in his Capture weapon and tugged on it. He might as well have done nothing.

Noumu's punch stopped an inch from Mastermind's face. Then, it withdrew, darting to a different angle to try and get Eraserhead. Mastermind briefly paused, then tried to get in its way again.

Shigaraki groaned. "UGH! Noumu, just throw him out of the way!"

What?

Hitoshi shook his head, trying to think through the pounding headache. Next to him, Tsuyu and Melissa watched the fight, watching to see if there was something they could do. Gentle Criminal and La Brava stood still for a moment, then Gentle shook his head.

"I can't stand by and do nothing," he muttered. Leaping out of the water, he braced against the ground. "GENTLY… REBOUND!"

He shot off towards the fight, La Brava trying to hold him back. "GENTLE! I-"

"Save it for later!"

Hitoshi kept a close eye on La Brava as she reluctantly closed her mouth. He hadn't forgotten that she'd beaten him up but right now there was more important stuff happening. As he watched Noumu try to throw Mastermind away only to get a face full of pepper spray, a thought struck him. About Noumu's blank, wall-eyed expression, its docile nature… how it never moved without Shigaraki calling an order.

He started to fiddle with the artificial vocal cords, trying to get them into the right position. Melissa looked over at him. "Are you trying to brainwash Noumu?"

Tsuyu watched alongside him with a worried expression. "I don't think you should - you don't look okay."

Hitoshi shook his head. "I… I wonder. I mean, it can't be this easy."

Noumu flailed around, in serious pain from the pepper spray. Shigaraki shook his head. "For fuck's sake. Noumu, wash your eyes in the water then break the bastard's arm!"

A strand of capture tape wound around Noumu's arm, but it tore the carbon fibres as if they were toilet paper. One second it was there, the next it was in the water. And then it was torpedoing towards Eraserhead-!

Hitoshi's hands shook as he slotted the vocal cords into position. It couldn't really be this easy… could it?

Shigaraki grinned as he watched Noumu finally get its head in the game. It threw Mastermind into the air, the shorter man desperately trying to get in the way again. Like he was a fucking Hero or something! Gentle whatever jumped to try and catch his boss, then bounced off the air to try and intercept.

A bit too late. Noumu had already engaged with Eraserhead.

The Pro Hero screamed as Noumu grabbed his arm and snapped it between two banana thick fingers. Gentle and Mastermind froze in horror watching it. Perfect.

Noumu slammed Eraserhead on the ground, knocking the wind out of the Hero. Shigaraki grinned as he watched Noumu raise it fist, Mastermind dashing to grab it-

"NOUMU, LET HIM GO!"

Shigaraki stopped as he saw Noumu's grip slacken, letting Eraserhead back up. What the hell was that?

"I didn't-"

He turned to look at the kids in the water. One of them, the purple haired one, blinked, apparently checking the weird thing around his face. "It's that easy," he said in Shigaraki's voice.

Shigaraki glared at him. "Oh, you really think you're funny, don't you?"

The teenager gave him a deadpan stare. "Hey Noumu, punch Shigaraki."

Noumu charged at Shigaraki, fist raised high, but when it came close to Shigaraki the blow stopped an inch away. Shigaraki chuckled at the kid, who stared at him with a horrified look on his face.

"Please. Noumu was designed to protect me as well as kill All Might. Now…" Within a blink of an eye, Shigaraki was on top of the brat. He tore at the brat's mask, ready to disintegrate it-!

Nothing happened.

In spite of everything, Shigaraki just laughed. "Man, you're pretty poggers, Eraserhead!"

The Hero in question glared, having managed to prop himself up on his one good arm.

Ripping the mask away from the kid's face, he turned around to glare at the Hero. "Noumu!"

Noumu responded this time, at least. He zoomed over to the Erasure Hero, ready to attack-

And then the blonde girl in the armour charged at him. "Get away from him!"

He rolled his eyes. Another wannabe hero. "Noumu!"

The girl pulled back her fist, and swung forwards. "SMASH!"

WHAM!

Noumu caught the punch with a blank grin. As she looked down at her fist, Shigaraki sighed. "Fan of the Symbol of Peace, right? Doing a Smash like that? Well, too bad Noumu's been bio engineered to be the perfect All Might killer."

Mastermind came in with a kick, one which Noumu easily intercepted. Mastermind gasped as Noumu soaked the hit, natural regen removing any damage that could have gotten through Noumu's Shock Absorption Quirk.

Shigaraki sucked in a breath. This was doable.

Sure, it wasn't perfect, but it was manageable! Noumu could handle anything the League of Stupid Villains and these Hero brats could do. And with Kurogiri on crowd control, there was no way that these brats could get any more Heroes here-

Kurogiri came hurtling out of the sky, bouncing along the ground a few times.

…It was just one thing after the other, wasn't it?

Melissa managed to tug her hand out of the monster's grip while it was distracted. Her head swam. She knew she'd unleashed a full strength Smash on Noumu, yet he hadn't even budged! What kind of Quirk-

Her eyes widened. Given its impossible strength, he could have multiple Quirks - a Strength Quirk, definitely an impact related one if her hit hadn't worked. And Shigaraki had said that Noumu was engineered to be a killer… it didn't look good.

On the ground, Kurogiri groaned as he picked himself back up. His yellow eyes focused on Shinsou unsteadily. "...when'd you get all purple, Shouta…?"

Shigaraki gripped the Warper by the collar, shaking him. "Kurogiri! What the fuck happened?"

The Warp Villain shook himself. "M-my apologies… the students teamed up to stop me - one of them had some sort of enhancement Quirk." he paused, before holding his head. "I must apologise. One of the students was able to escape-"

Shigaraki stepped back. "You let one of them leave? If you weren't our hearthstone I'd kill you right now," he rasped.

Kurogiri sighed. "It may be best if we left. From what I have seen, the League of Supervillains have been causing chaos and mayhem for our forces."

Shigaraki scratched at his neck. "Well, I guess this is GG then. Any of the filth that got beaten should be left behind, but we'll take the rest back with us. We can't handle dozens of Pros."

Melissa's breath caught. Would they just leave like that? Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Tsuyu and Shinsou thinking similar thoughts - wanting to believe the Villains would just back off, but…

Shigaraki turned back to Tsuyu and Shinsou, raising a hand. "However… I feel we should leave a few dead kids to piss All Might off-!"

KABAM!

Shigaraki turned around. Melissa followed his gaze and gasped.

Standing at the gates of the USJ was Uncle Might! She zoomed in on his face and gasped.

Uncle Might wasn't smiling. She hadn't seen that kind of expression on his face except when talking about All for One. He spoke through gritted teeth, his voice echoing through the USJ.

"Never fear, students."

Mastermind and Gentle Criminal pulled themselves up, the sheer fear on Gentle Criminal's face mirrored by Mastermind's stance. Eraserhead looked up at the stairs with an expression of awe and relief she had never thought she would see on him.

"I am here."

AN: Whoo, this one was a doozy. A lot of fight scenes - I hope that each scene was worthwhile. Dealing with everything that could happen is a lot of hard work.

So! All Might is on the scene!

What will happen next? Find out in Mostly Harmless!