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P.S. Please read the Author's Note at the bottom when you get the chance.


Chapter 11: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)


Feeling fat trails of cold sweat starting bead across his forehead, Midoriya never took his eyes off the scaly pink Velociraptor pacing in front of him, its razor sharp claws scraping long marks into the floor with every step. From the corner of his eye, the other two transformed dinosaurs mimicked their companion. He barely gave them a second glance. He knew if he took his eyes off Ashido for an instant, she would pounce at him as quick as a flash. Yet as his gaze followed every single twitch of his mutated classmate, his mind was buzzing madly with so many questions.

"How did this happen to them?! Is there a way to turn them back to normal?! Is this from a Quirk?! Or is Tsuyu right and it's actually Stand?!" Feeling panic trying to ooze over his mind, the curly haired student took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. "Focus! Focus on the problem in front of you first! Let's see… Ashido, Diego, and Mineta all turned into dinosaurs—Velociraptors if I remember my middle school classes correctly… But what kind of abilities do they have? Sure, they have sharp claws and more than likely powerful jaws, but what else?!" As much he was an expert in heroism and the legendary figures attributed to it, Midoriya only had basic knowledge of long dead creatures from the Jurassic era. Feeling something click together, he blinked in surprise as a memory of his hero notebook quickly floated to the surface of his mind. "Of course! The Jurassic Hero—Quetzalcoatl! A hero from Mexico who has a similar dinosaur-like mutation Quirk! If I remember correctly, his Quirk gifted him with the features of a raptor and other similar species, but more importantly allowed him to have keen perception, be super-fast, and incredible intel—!"

A flicker from the corner of his eye cut off his thoughts before a thick, scaly, blue tail slammed into his side. The air whooshed out of his lungs as he was flung across the room till he crashed into a sofa, cushioning his bones even as he fell over the side. Shakely he pushed himself up onto his knees, gasping for air even as his friends cried out to him. Though he barely heard them as he realized the last and most dangerous attribute to the velociraptor. "T-That's right…" he coughed out. "They're extremely smart…" It was vexing to realize too late that the formation that the transformed dinosaurs wasn't just to block off the exits, but allow each raptor to attack each student from a different blind spot.

"Deku! Watch out!" Uraraka cried out.

Snapping his head up, Midoriya's eyes widen at the terrifying image of Diego pouncing right at him with its razor sharp claws poised to impale his eyes. Yet just before the beast could take its prey, it suddenly veered off to the side as a green sphere darted passed its head.

"Woah, woah, woah!" Gyro exclaimed as his steel ball smashed into a wall. The blue scaled Dino letting out a hiss as it turned to face the Italian jockey. "Check out its dynamic vision… even from a close range, it managed to easily dodge my steel ball!"

"Gyro! Velociraptors have amazing perception!" yelled Midoriya, forcing himself upward before moving back from Diego. "You need attack within its blind spot!"

"Really? Thanking for the tip, Midoriya…" The curly haired fanboy blinked at Gyro's calm behavior, before a sharp crack caused to him to turn to the side. The steel ball within the now dented wall was still spinning intensely. Liked a coiled up spring, it shot forth across the room, aiming at the exposed back of the neck of the scaly, blue beast. Yet before it could hit its mark, it was engulfed in a thick, murky liquid, causing it drop to the floor. Smoke instantly steamed off the ball, its once pristine and perfect shape melting away till it was a gooey puddle on the floor. Even then, the wooden panels of the floor sizzled and blackened before finally giving away to the deadly substance. Gyro stared the holes in the ground, before quickly grabbing his remaining steel ball, turning to face the pink scaled mutated dinosaur. "Clever girl…!"

Midoriya stared in absolute horror at the floor before quickly shifting his eyes towards Ashido. The pink scaled dinosaur letting out a hiss, sprinkling fat drops of acid forward. "She can… they can use their Quirks in this state?!" he thought in shock, jerking his body out of the acid's way least he too ended like the Italian's Steel Ball.

"Midoriya! Duck!" Blinking, Midoriya instantly dropped to the floor as the giant blue tail swung over his head once more. Yet before it could retreat back, three nail-bullets slammed into its scaly hide. Diego let out an anguished howl, swinging his tail frantically before leaping out at Johnny. The cripple didn't hesitate to raise his left hand again, aiming directly at the head before unloading every nail he had. With astounding agility, the raptor shifted its head out of the way from every shot—which zoomed passed him till they bore holes in the ceiling—before continuing on with its charge.

Letting out a sharp curse, Johnny tried to raise his other hand, but the sharp-tooth horror already closed the distance and tackled him out of his wheelchair. He let out a pained grunt as he was kicked around, his new wheelchair once again crushed underneath the raptor's huge claws.

"Johnny!" Midoriya exclaimed before instantly jumping to his feet. Yet before he could take a single step to help his friend, a chill ran up his spine before a wave of ice shot forth towards Diego's side. The raptor, however, continued to prove how fast and perceptive it was, jumping out of the way till it reached the far side of the room. Turning his head, the messy green haired boy watched as Todoroki let out a breath of hot steam before raising a hand up towards the raptors. It didn't take a genius to figure what the mixed haired boy was doing, but Midoriya suddenly realized that there was a huge flaw in Todoroki's plan. "Wait stop! Don't freeze them, Todoroki!"

"What?! Why!?" Kaminari demanded before dodging a sharp snap from Mineta's new sharp teeth. "He's the only who can take them all out at once!"

"They're cold blooded in this state! They'll die if their bodies get too cold!" That immediately caused his classmates to look at him before turning back to the dinosaurs.

"Then what the hell do we do—!" Kaminari started to yell out before suddenly letting out a sharp scream. Staring in horror, Midoriya watched as the electric boy fell onto his back, his white shirt tearing apart as small, thin claw marks materialized all over his chest. Yet there was no sign as to what was attacking the boy. Neither Ashido nor Mineta had Quirks remotely like what he was witnessing. Could this be Diego's Quirk?

"No… he's still too distracted by Todoroki's ice. Whatever's attacking Kaminari is almost as if it psychic or a gho—!" As if he was once again struck by Diego's tail, Midoriya felt the air in his lungs cling to his throat as he realized exactly what was happening. Quickly turning around to the now ruined table, Midoriya grabbed the coffee maker before throwing it at Kaminari. Instead of hitting the blonde, however, it crashed into something above the youth, flinging its hot contents in the air. A sharp, irritated growl filled the room as the coffee fell down, but not spilling a drop onto the boy. Kaminari fell still, looking up in absolute terror at the outline of a huge shape being formed and outlined by the coffee. It was an invisible tail. "Oh my god… it really is Hagakure!"

"What!?" Everyone shouted as the invisible dinosaur tried to shake off the scathing bitter drink, but the damage was already done. Furious, its coffee stained head peered down, looking ready to tear off chunks of her classmate's face. Before she could do the dreadful deed, a harden fist rushed forth to swipe at her head. Jerking back, she swung her body around, her tail flying like the crack of a whip before it was caught in pair of sturdy harden arms.

"Sorry, Hagakure!" Kirishima grimaced as he rotated on his heel, twirling the invisible raptor around till she crashed into the wall, causing cracks to spread everywhere like spider webs. The creature moaned as it stood up, but the redhead wasn't allowing her a moment's rest. Rushing forth with his body completely hardened, he smashed into her, splinters of wood to exploding everywhere while the drywall crumbled onto the floor.

Yet as much as Midoriya was amazed by the sight of Kirishima literally wrestling a dinosaur nearly twice his size—as well being invisible for that matter!—his attention was diverted by the groaning bloodstained Kaminari. Without any hesitation, he quickly rushed over to the wounded youth, but that proved to be difficult as the room exploded with furious movement and the roar of battle.

Seeing that their hidden ace had been revealed, Ashido unleashed a torrent of scolding acid from her mouth, causing her classmates to scatter. Jumping out of the way of the deadly vomit, Tsuyu leaped across the torn up furniture till she was a mere five feet away from her target. A thick, blue tail appeared in her path, flying towards her head, but was halted by three tentacle-like arms that clamped around the scaly appendage. Shoji let out heave as he mimicked Kirishima and threw Diego across the room, yet he was yanked along with the mutated dinosaur due to the sudden appearance of the sticky purple balls that stuck to his hands. Seeing that he was flying into the jaws of the beast, the tall youth popped off the spare appendage, allowing him to roll to the side just as the raptor's razor teeth chomped at the air where he once stood. Seeing that her classmate was safe, Tsuyu jumped high above Ashido, her tongue rolling out her mouth before whipping towards the pink raptor's neck.

Just like before, however, the raptor quickly dodged the tongue, her sharp teeth gleamed in the flickering inn light as she whipped around to face the frog girl. She took a single step forward before letting out a surprised yelp as a couch collided into her blind spot, smashing her against the wall. Tsuyu blinked as she landed on the floor on all fours before turning to her side. Uraraka's face furrowed deep in concentration as she lifted up another large chair up with her Quirk before Ojiro smacked it hard with his tail. It didn't get halfway across the room before another slew of acid intercepted it, causing the once comfy chair to fall to the floor in semi-gooey mess. As the melting goo hit the floor, several strands of sticky tape flew after Ashido, but the dinosaur easily flowed her body around the adhesive material. Sero didn't deter, however, as a shaky smile cracked his lips. With a yank of his abnormal elbows, the tape flung back to its owner along with all the heavy pieces of furniture. Though the pink scaled beast's reflexes were good, she couldn't dodge multiple large objects at once. With a loud crash, an end table smashed apart along her in the side, causing her to howl out even as her tail intercepted a small T.V. aimed at her head.

Midoriya would've been helping his friends keep back the mutated students and jockey, but his total attention was focused on Kaminari. Quickly making his way over, keeping himself low as he practically scuttled across the floor, he knelt beside the electric blonde. The wounds he received seemed rather light, not too deep nor too wide, but there was no doubt that the boy was in some immense pain judging by the thick groans he breathed out. Before he could tear off a piece of shirt to stem the bleeding, Gyro was suddenly by Kaminari's unoccupied side. He didn't say or even look up at Midoriya before using his Steel Ball to twist the exposed fleshy wounds on Kaminari, pressing them together into thin lines. Darting a hand into a pack on his belt, the youth pulled out some kind of string—the Zombie Horse if Midoriya remember correctly. The electric boy blinked at the sight of the needle and thread, but he didn't have time to say a single word as the Italian stitched up chest in a single flourish.

"Ow, ow, owwww! What the hell are you trying to do, Gyro!?" Kaminari demanded as he tentatively touched the new threads in his chest. "Are you trying to make me look like the Frankenstein's monster?!"

"Quit you're complaining, Kaminari," said Gyro. His eyes glancing over the rest of his body, looking for any other threatening injury on the boy's body. "Be grateful that you're not going to die from blood loss or have any scars from my Zombie Horse!" His eyes shifted towards Kaminari's unscathed legs for a moment. "Can you walk?"

"I think so…" The boy tried to push himself up, but his arms immediately started to wobble.

"Help me get him up, Midoriya."

"R-Right!" The fanboy didn't need any further encouragement, hastily, yet gently, grabbing an arm before lifting Kaminari to his feet with Gyro's help. Carefully they turned towards the door to the residential area, only to pause at the sight of the transformed Mineta staring the three of them down. The tiny dinosaur let out a low hiss before jumping to the side, several pillars of ice erupting from where he once stood.

Midoriya blinked at the sight, his eyes trailing the cold substance to see Todoroki slamming another foot down. Another wave of frost following after the raptor before splitting in half to chase after Diego. "T-Todoroki!?" The messy green haired youth shouted incredulously at the icy boy's actions, even knowing how his Quirk could accidently kill the three dinosaurs if he wasn't careful. Yet he paused when he saw the determined look in blue and gray eyes.

Todoroki said nothing as he raised a hand, directing another row of ice after the two raptors before splitting it off again to chase after Ashido. The pink velociraptor unleashed slew after slew of acid at the ice, but it hardly slow down the never ending glacier that enclosed around her. The three dinosaurs were herded into the corner, each of them letting out low growls as the ice got closer to them. Yet as it was a mere ten feet away from them, walls created an arc around the corner. Trapping the once extinct reptiles in a thick wall of ice.

"That won't hold them for long…" Todoroki breathed out another hot stream of steam as he turned to face his the awed gazes of his classmates.

"Maybe…" Sero panted out as he wrapped layers of tape all over the icy barrier. "But with all of this standing between us and them, they'll have to work for a way out… Still, I think it wouldn't hurt to get the heck out of here while we can."

"U-Uh, right," said Uraraka, her lips tugging down into a frown. "I don't want to leave Ashido, Hagakure, and Diego behind—even Mineta doesn't deserve to be stuck like that—but we don't have a choice, huh…"

"Let's go regroup with the others and plan out our next move." Ojiro suggested as he brushed dust off his tail.

"Then find the guy who decided to recreate Jurassic Park and beat his ass!" Kirishima declared, wiping bits and pieces of drywall off his body.

"Before that," Johnny interrupted as he prompted himself up against a destroyed chair with its stuffing falling out. He face look liked it was carved out a stone as he grimaced at the broken remains of his wheelchair. "…I need one of you to… carry me…" The last two words were as if he biting raw iron as he turned his heated gaze towards his classmates. Everyone blinked at him for a moment before Shoji stepped forth to carefully lift up the young paraplegic, his spare appendages forming into a pouch that allowed the American to cling to his back.

Once Johnny was secure, Midoriya followed after his friends as they headed out into the hallway where the residents resided. As soon as he and Gyro dragged Kaminari out of the lounge, a thick wall ice covered the doorway and the walls surrounding it. "It's not much, but it'll delay them for a few extra minutes," said Todoroki.

"Long enough for us to formulate a plan," Gyro pointed out.

"We need to find out what we're up against first," ribbited Tsuyu.

"We're up against long dead reptilian birds who happen to be our classmates and a famous jockey," Johnny snarked with a deadpan expression. "What more did we need to know other than finding the bastard who did this?"

"But how did they turn into dinosaurs?" That made everyone pause as they turned to face the frog girl as she flicked out her tongue.

"What do you mean, Tsuyu?" Uraraka asked slowly, a bead of sweat ran down her cheeks as her eyes never left her friend's. "Isn't it the same guy who attacked us with that scary Stand earlier?"

"No, that doesn't make sense…" Midoriya said with an anxious frown, dread coiling tightly within the pits of his stomach as his mind started kick into gear. "His Stand was strong, but it seemed limited with its capabilities—sticking to electricity and self-transformation and invincibility. If it really could turn people into dinosaurs then we would've already seen its effects when we were attacked in the bus."

"Not to mention the level of damage done to his Stand must have him sent packing to dreamland," Sero observed.

"What if it was their Quirk then?" suggested Shoji. "They might have a hybrid of a mutation Quirk that infects people and then controls them once they transformed into dinosaurs."

"Even if that is the case, I doubt they trekked all their way through the valley and got here before us," Todoroki coldly pointed out. "They would be too badly hurt to walk, let alone have the strength to use their Quirk for anything."

"Unless they had help then they…" Midoriya muttered out only to pause as a memory from the woods sprang up in his mind. His eyes grew to the size of saucers as realization crushed down upon him like a mighty glacier. "No way… then that means… there really that Stylo really had a partner!"

"Are you talking about Diego?" asked Johnny, total vindication flickering across his face for a moment. "I knew—!"

"No! He's not the second villain we speculated earlier. At least, not voluntarily anyway."

"What do you mean, Deku?" Uraraka questioned in confusion. "I mean… Diego seemed like nice guy and he's also stuck in that awful form like Ashido, Hagakure, and Mineta!"

Midoriya rubbed his chin for a moment before taking a deep breath. "Let's assume that Diego isn't the second villain and merely another victim in this mess. If that is the case… then I think that whatever attacked him in the forest was not simply a bear, but the accomplice to Stylo. They attacked Diego and then waited for us to come and find him."

"But why would they do that?" Tsuyu's tongue flickered out for a moment as she scratched her chin. "Isn't it simpler to attack us instead?"

"Normally yes, but perhaps after seeing Stylo get defeated they probably thought it would be safer to try a subtler approach… They attacked Diego not to kill him, but rather infect him with their ability. And once we found Diego and brought him back to Nabou… that's when their ability took effect." Midoriya felt fat beads of sweat roll down his face, his shoulders drooping as he stared hard at the floor. Not since he first found out that he was Quirkless had he felt so uncomfortable before. The bitter truth that it was because of his insistence on bringing Diego to Nabou resulted in his class's current deadly predicament tightened his heart. Yet at time, he couldn't just leave him to alone—

"Wait a minute…" Midoriya paused before turning to face Gyro, a puzzled look on his face as he rubbed the square patches lining his jaw. "If Diego was infected with the dinosaur virus, then how did Ashido, Hagakure, and Mineta get infected? He's been confined to his room ever since we arrived at the inn, while the others either have been relaxing around in the hot springs or hanging outside."

Blinking at the Italian's words, Midoriya stared at him for a moment before he jolted upright, his body turning absolutely rigid. He wasn't the only one, as the rest of his friends quickly became still, their eyes large as saucers as they couldn't take their gazes off of Gyro.

"Don't tell me… that… that the other villain was already waiting here in Nabou!?" exclaimed Uraraka, a hand covering her mouth as she couldn't believe what she just said.

"Then they been waiting for the right moment for us to let down our guard…" Ojiro said softly.

"Speaking of which… have you guys noticed how quiet it is?" Everyone blinked as they turned towards Tsuyu. "With the noise we been making in the lounge… someone should have come to investigate by now." For a moment, her classmates merely stared at her before quickly turning to the empty hallway of the inn.

"We need to move," Todoroki said simply, a bit of frost already forming along his right arm. "We'll continue this discussion later. For now, let's get the others then think of a plan on how to deal with the villain."

"I'll go see if I can find Yaoyorozu or Ida and warned them of what's going on," Ojiro said before walking to the end of the hallway where the emergency stood. "I'll meet up with you guys back here after—." The short haired boy paused half way to the emergency door when it suddenly opened.

Standing at the doorway none other than Stylo; the rays of moonlight outlining his figure as the darkness behind him made his presence all the more menacing.

Midoriya couldn't believe his eyes as the malicious Stand limped through the door way, its form hunched over as it cloak was had several large tears and the glass for its goggles was missing. Though the red glow it had still shined ever ominously at the students as it limped closer to Ojiro.

"How the heck is that thing even able to move?!" demanded Kirishima, waving a finger at the villainous fiend before quickly hardening his body. "Whatever! I'll take this guy out! He should be still vulnerable since we're not on the road."

Yet before he could take a single step, three nail-bullets flew passed his head before striking into Stylo's gut. The Stand let out a hiss before crumpling to the floor just five feet away from Ojiro. Kirishima stared at the fallen form before turning around to give the American a sharp tooth smile. "Nice shooting, Johnny! Though you could've warned me when you were going to do that."

"And what, let Stylo know as well?" The paraplegic asked sarcastically as he shifted from his makeshift seat upon Shoji. "Yeah, that's a… smart… plan…"

Midoriya stared as Johnny's eyes suddenly widen, before feeling a chill run up his spine. Turning himself around, he watched as the black-clad Stand slowly pushed itself off the floor. Its limbs moved at disjointed angles and there was a sharp pop that could be hear as it straighten itself up off the floor. "Stylooooooo," it hissed out as it took a half step forward, though Midoriya briefly noted the sound it made came out hoarse and raspier than ever before.

"What the hell!?" Johnny exclaimed as he raised another hand over Shoji's shoulders.

"I thought he was vulnerable!" Kirishima exclaimed as he ran over to stand beside Ojiro, the two of them got into fighting stances. "What gives!?"

The fanboy's mind scrambled as previous theories and assumptions were thrown out the window as this shocking development. He couldn't believe what he was seeing, but at the same time, the dark reality was in front of him and getting closer with every limping step. Midoriya blinked as a sudden memory resurfaced, dispelling the storm of confusion as his mind went into overdrive. "Of course…! If the road was really giving its power, then it would've followed us into the tunnel earlier! Then that means… its power is fueled by…"

His eyes grew till they felt like they were going to pop out of his head. "Light… Stylo's invincible in the light!"

"What?! Really!?" His classmates' gazes flickered to him before turning back to the encroaching fiend.

"It's the only explanation why it couldn't follow us into the tunnel and the reason it was weak in the forest; the shade from the trees were blocking out the light from the sun!"

"So all we have to do… is force it outside?" Shoji eyed the Stand warily, carefully judging the distance between him and the fiend.

"Or we could destroy the lights…" suggested Gyro, his remaining Steel Ball already spinning in his right palm while he left continue to help Midoriya carry the electric user.

"I don't think that's necessary," Todoroki said simply, stepping in to forefront of his classmates with a bit of ice forming around every step he took. "Look at the way it's moving. It's still recovering from Midoriya's attack. If I had to guess… it probably can't move that well." He then raised a hand, frost curly around his fingertips.

Yet before he could unleash his Quirk and capture the murderous Stand, he paused when it suddenly stopped in its tracks. A wheezy, raspy sound like old rusted metal grinding against each other filled the air the hallway.

It took Midoriya a moment to realize that Stylo was laughing.

Hearing that awful cackle sent shivers down the fanboy's spine, yet he paused when he notice Stylo raise a hand up slowly, pointing directly at him. Remembering what happened last time, he prepared to move his wounded charge at any moment. Seconds passed by, but nothing happened. Blinking at the lack electricity glowing form its talon-like finger tips, Midoriya wondered why it wasn't attacking. Suddenly the feeling of warmth brushed up against his neck, sending a spike of ice straight down his spine. With his instincts kicking in, he shoved Kaminari into Gyro's side before slamming himself to the floor. A sharp snap filled the air as he rolled to side before quickly jumping to his feet.

Staring back at him was another Velociraptor.

Midoriya jolted at the sight, but that was the wrong move. The vicious dinosaur twitched at the sudden movement before lunging forth, its mouth agape as its sharp teeth were aimed at the boy's chest. It was only three feet away from the youth before a Steel Ball slammed into its neck. Scales and hide twisted intensely before the creature was sent spinning into the wall with a loud crack.

"Where the hell that one come from!?" demanded Gyro, catching his returning Steel Ball before peering back from whence they came from. "The ice wall is still up! So why is it here!?"

Midoriya too wondered the same thing until he noticed one of the doors in the hallway cracked open. He stared at it blankly for a millisecond before his face drained completely of blood. "Don't tell me… that the other guests in the inn are also—!"

A several loud bangs went off throughout the hall as splinters of woods chipped off each door. Ferocious growls and hisses echoed within each room as more chunks were sent spiraling to the floor. Feeling dread creep up his spine, Midoriya only had a moment to turn around before one door burst apart.

Striding out into the hallway next to Stylo was a bright yellow and orange scaled raptor. Golden spikes stuck out at odd ends along its head and neck while black stripes curled around its face and jaws. Around its forearms were large protrusions that swelled with each step it took. Its blood red gaze settled on the fanboy before explosions popped to life within its mouth and claws.

"Kacchan!?" Midoriya felt his mouth go completely try at the sight of his childhood friend. There was no doubt that Bakugo was an intimidating youth with a vicious streak ten miles long, but seeing him in such a state was truly terrifying beyond belief. At the same time, however, Midoriya felt butterflies fluttering madly in his stomach. While he was busy with the others dinosaurs, Bakugo was turned into beast, a puppet without any will to his own. Guilt and helplessness crashed together in a nauseating mix as he felt ashamed that he couldn't help his classmates from such a horrific fate, despite knowing deep down that it wasn't his fault.

"Midoriya, look out!" The messy haired youth blinked as an explosive bang roared from the end of the hallway. He stumbled back a step as the explosive mutated raptor screeched as it flew right towards him. A wall of ice sprang forth from the ground, causing the tenacious beast to crash into it with a loud thud.

An intensity engulfed Todoroki's features as he glared at his handiwork. "We have to move now!" he said coldly as the banging in the hallway grew louder. The remaining doors would not hold their tenants in much longer.

"Where to?!" Uraraka exclaimed, her eyes glued to the icy wall the blocked their path in front of them before turning to face the one they had left behind. "There's no other exit to take!"

Todoroki opened his mouth to speak, but an explosion cut off whatever had to say. Chunks and shards of ice flew everywhere as a great hole formed in the middle of his handy work. Peering through the gaping opening, Stylo stuck his hand out before shooting a volley of lightning throughout the hallway.

The students jumped out of the way from the energized attacks as the best they could, with Kirishima rolling to the side where the still stunned raptor laid before delivering a harden fist to its head as started to twitch upwards. Midoriya danced around the electricity before abruptly halting at several loud cracks that echoed throughout the corridor. Turning his head, his mouth dropped open at the sight of the torn apart door hinges to the rooms.

With that horrifying revelation, the doors flew out as its mutated occupants were unleashed unto the students. A rainbow of colors flooded the hallway as dinosaurs of various sizes and shapes descended upon their prey like a swarm of locust. A maelstrom of flesh and bone pressing tightly against the walls as the students didn't hold back to defend themselves from their horrific foes. Kirishima, Shoji, and Ojiro acted as the vanguard, using their Quirks to take the brunt of the vicious beasts. Their harden fists and appendages beat down the first few dinosaurs that reach them. But the mutated guests proved to be just a versatile as their transformed friends, swiftly dodging around the boys' attacks and even digging their claws into the walls to run along them. That's when everything became pure chaos.

Midoriya scrambled out of the way from a razor sharp claw before ducking under a tail that swept over his head. Quickly sidestepping the falling body of another raptor, he carefully made his way towards Uraraka, who was getting pushed back by a persistent green scaled reptile. Yet as he took a step forward, a luminous beam sliced through the hallway, burning the scales off many of the raptors and forcing the defending students to jump to the side. As the beam pierced through the icy wall like a hot knife through butter, Midoriya whipped his eyes around and spotted a particularly white raptor, whose scales sparkled and twinkled off the lamppost lights lining the hallway.

"Aoyama!?" Midoriya gaped as the sparkling dinosaur let out a low hiss, his mouth glowing brightly before aiming directly at the curly haired youth. He didn't have time to blink before lunging to the floor just as the powerful laser escaped the mutated student's maw. Yet a thick layer of tape roped its way around the creature's mouth, clamping it shut with a loud click. A muffled, frustrated growl escaped Aoyama's lips, his claws feebly tried to unhook the sticky adhesive, only to let out a grunt as a Steel Ball smashed into its throat.

"Get off the floor already, Midoriya!" Gyro grimaced as he caught his Steel Ball, his gaze fixed on the painful wheezes coming from Aoyama's fallen form. "His windpipe would've been crushed into powder if he was still human. Thankfully his dino-form should dull the brunt of the attack… I think…"

"You think?!" exclaimed Sero as he ducked under legs of another raptor before wrapping its legs together with his tape. The scaly monster quickly fell to the floor with a loud bang.

"Cut me some slack! We're in the mosh pit from hell at the moment and I can't exactly hold back with my Steel Balls!" To empathize his point, he threw his Steel Ball at a raptor that was charging at Tsuyu, hitting it with a loud smack, twisting the beast till crashed into another raptor.

Midoriya stared incredulously at his friend's lack of reassurance before something flickered towards the Italian's head. "Duck, Gyro!"

The long haired blonde rolled to the floor without a second thought just as a shadowy fist punctured a sizable hole in the wall. Blinking at the sight, Midoriya looked up to see a completely black scaled dinosaur clinging to the ceiling with its claws. Dark feathers stuck out at odd ends along the eyes and forehead, as well along his elbows and forearms. A yellowish sharp beak stood at the end of his upper jaw, but the bottom half was a hideous blend of scales and flesh. Yet the thing that captured Midoriya's attention, as well a couple of his classmates, was the shadowy creature that stuck out of the reptile's stomach.

"G-Get… Get away!" Dark Shadow chewed out every word with an effort as his arms trembled out of the walls. "I can't control my body…! Nothing I say or do is calming him down! So run while you can, you bastards!"

Not needing further encouragement, Midoriya pressed himself forward before yanking Gyro off the ground, just as a thick shadow arm crushed apart the wooden floorboards. Letting out a dreadful screech, Tokoyami flung himself off the ceiling, his Shadowbeast reluctantly following his commands as it surged to engulf the students. Something flickered passed the fanboy's head before Dark Shadow let out a cry, two fresh holes now lining its right arm. Yet before it recover, let alone touch the floor, a huge pillar of ice slammed into Tokoyami, sending the mutated boy flying.

For a moment, Midoriya stared at the glacier before swiftly turning his head to the side. Todoroki let out a heavy pant, his clothing were in shreds, yet miraculously there was no sign of any blood or scratch marks on him. "Everyone cling to the walls right now!" His ice blue and grey eyes went cold as the room temperature suddenly dropped. Sensing what was coming, Midoriya didn't hesitate to press himself to one of the claw marked walls. The others quickly following suit with Kirishima helping Kaminari up just as the white and red haired youth slammed his foot to the ground.

The frigid air cracked sharply as dozens upon dozens of icy pillars sprang up from the floor. Rushing forth like a mighty wave of a tsunami, they crashed upon prehistoric reptiles, sending them flying back all the way down the hall. Some tried to escape the frigid tide, scaling up the walls the best they could or in Tokoyami's case, use Dark Shadow to cling to the ceiling. But several smaller columns rose up to swat them down with deadeye precision as if they were oversized flies. With one last mighty crash, the mighty avalanche of ice stopped, allowing the battered raptors to collapse unto the floor. Before they could get up, a thick layer of ice formed a wall in between them and their young prey.

Todoroki panted heavily as he gazed upon his work, his entire right side trembled with a sheet of ice until steam started to rise from his body, melting the frigid substance in a matter of seconds. He turned around to the other ice wall at the back end of the hallway, ready to plug up the hole Bakugo and Stylo had made before they could—

A vicious, high pitched scream pierced through the hallway, causing everyone to cover slam their hands over their ears before they went deaf. As the noise died down, Midoriya felt a ringing last in his ears before he ignored in favor of turning his head where the screeching sound came from… at the end of the hallway where Todoroki corralled the mutated guests. For a moment, noting happened. Then dozens of growls and hissing echoed the earlier shriek before loud thuds echoed off the ice wall. Splinters of ice quickly fell to the floor as the raptors went into a frenzy, throwing their bodies at the icy barrier while Aoyama and Tokoyami used their Quirks to tear apart chunks at a time. After a particularly large piece of ice fell to the floor, Midoriya saw something through one of the holes and passed the blood crazed dinosaurs.

Standing the back was a large raptor, but unlike the rest of the mutated victims, this one's forehead had rocky, unevenly shaped protrusions. Even its scales looked bloody as its jaw was far more rectangular than the rest. Its beady eyes flickered wildly as the other dinosaurs continued to thrash wildly before sucking in a deep breath to emit another loud screech. It didn't take Midoriya a moment to realize that this reptile was none other than the usually quiet and shy Koda.

"No time to daydream, Midoriya!" The fanboy blinked before a firm hand grasped his arm and yanked him backwards just as an explosion sent more ice flying everywhere. Gyro didn't bother to look back at the crumbling frigid walls as he dragged the messy haired boy across the hallway before throwing him inside an empty room. The other young survivors sped in after the two, with Kirishima and Sero carrying Kaminari by his shoulders, before slamming the door, the on shut with a loud crash. A thick layer of ice covered every inch of the wooden barrier between them and the most dangerous reptiles in the world, as well the walls surrounding its frame for good measure.

"That's not going to hold them!" admonished Johnny, a sheen of sweat rolled down his face as checked his fingernails. Three were missing on his right hand, while his left was only missing two. Yet Midoriya noticed that his fingers trembled ever so slightly as glared down at them.

"It'll hold them long enough," said Gyro, quickly rushing over to a nearby window before opening it. He quickly stuck his head out, peering across the dark scenery with only the light from the moon and the inn illuminating the area around them, before ducking back inside. "Coast is clear. Let's go!"

"Ok!" Kirishima exclaimed as he hefted Kaminari up onto his back. "Don't you worry, Kaminari! We'll get you some treatment as soon as we're—!"

A sharp cry erupted from his lips, cutting off whatever he had to say as Kaminari sunk his teeth into his shoulder. As the others turned sharply to the two, the redhead let go of his friend only for the blonde tighten his grip as he continued to gnaw at his classmate's flesh. Even when it hardened, he still refused to stop viciously chopping down. With a roar, Kirishima whirled a rock hard elbow till it connected with Kaminari's head. The electric youth collapse into the corner of the rom as the redhead whirled around to stare at him, a hand clamping down on his shoulder to stem the crimson rivers of blood. "Dude, what the hell!?"

"Have you lost your mind, Kaminari!?" Shoji gaped at the sight of Kirishima's neck. There were no signs of bitten off flesh, at least huge chunks of it anyway, but there were plenty of bite marks and scrapes lining up his neck.

"Hold on, I'll bandage you up," said Sero, quickly running over with tape spewing out his elbows.

"Has the blood loss finally caused him to crack?!" Johnny questioned as he eyed Kaminari warily.

"No, that can't be it!" argued Gyro. "He hasn't loss that much blood and the Zombie Horse should have stopped the bleeding. Even he if he did lose that much blood, he would've fell unconscious or start spacing out rather than reenact Silence of the Lambs!"

Midoriya had to agree, Kaminari's behavior was beyond abnormal. It was like he fell in the same blood frenzy that befallen upon the mutated guests and students. Yet before he could continue that line of thought, Kaminari started to slowly push himself off the ground. Everyone snapped at his general direction as he slid up the corners like a snake until he paused, his face slowly raising up until everyone got a good look at his face.

And what they saw made everyone take a step back.

Long, jagged cracks formed along the blonde's face as skin peeled and fell off without any resistance. Underneath the flanking skin, however, was bright yellow and midnight black scales that lined his jaw, with the lower half having dislocated and starting to elongate. His canine teeth had grown longer till they were fangs, with the rest of his teeth gleamed with sharp points, ready to tear into flesh. His nose had started to flatten out, with two small holes under a small mound of smooth skin. His arms had the same cracks and scales as his face while parts of his fingers had fused together, now only three digits per hand with his nails turning into talons. A thick tail ripped out of the back of his pants, springing loose before hitting the floor with a heavy thud. The rest of his pants fused with his legs, turning into dark scales while equally dark talons erupted from his shoes. His shirt and black jacket also started to fuse with his body, yet the wounds he had suffered not too long ago were nowhere to be found. The thing that caught everyone's attention, however, was his eyes. Midnight black sclera surround golden slits that twitched with primal hunger at every movement his classmates made.

Feeling every inch of his skin crawl, Midoriya could only gape in absolute horror as his classmate mutated into a hybrid-dinosaur right before his very eyes. A sudden flicker from the floor snapped his numb mind back to reality just in time to see the thick tail whipping right for his eyes. His instincts kicked in hard as his feet scrambled back a step, only for him ram into Uraraka, causing the both of them to crash onto the floor. Kaminari's silted gazed gleamed before pouncing at his fallen prey. A Steel Ball intercepted him midair, its powerful rotation twisted him backwards until he crashed back into the corner. He didn't get chance to twitch before Kirishima was on him, grabbling him with his hardened body as he pinned him to the wall.

"What the—Uff!—heck happen to him!?" The redhead grunted out with an effort. "We haven't ran into the bastard who caused all of this yet, so why!?"

"Did he get infected after he got out of the hot spring?!" demanded Todoroki as he readied to entrap his unfortunate classmate.

"There's no way!" Johnny answered disbelievingly. "He was with us the entire time!"

"No… he did get infected with us," muttered Midoriya, cold sweat dripped down his face as he slowly stood up before giving Uraraka a hand. "When Hagakure attacked him, her claws and bites must have infected him. That's how the villain's power works! It's like a zombie virus; spreading from one host to another!"

"You got to be kidding!" Gyro hissed through gritted teeth as he caught his Steel Ball, his eyes never leaving Kaminari's hideous body. "We need to find that bastard before—!"

A thunderous crash caused everyone to jolt, swinging their heads towards the door as heavy thuds echoed throughout the room. The thick wall of ice trembled violently as the heavy thumping continued before a laser sliced diagonally through the door. Ojiro and Sero jumped to the side, narrowly avoiding the searing beam's path as it carved its way around the doorframe. Several bangs went off as soon as the sparkling laser disappeared, the icy wall shuddered with chunks of ice shattering apart as they fell to the floor.

"We have to leave!" Tsuyu ribbited as she helped Sero off the floor.

"What about Kaminari?!" demanded Uraraka, waving her arms uncertainly as she looked to be on the edge of panic.

"Don't worry about him." Everyone blinked before whipping their heads over to Kirishima, still struggling to keep his friend from thrashing about. "I'll hold him here while you guys get way."

"What!?" Midoriya couldn't believe what he was hearing as he gaped at his classmate. "That's crazy! We can't just leave the two of you behind—!"

"There's no time for this! The door won't hold for much longer and there's no way we can handle all of them! Besides…" He turned his head around, a cracked smile on his lips as his crimson gaze captured Midoriya's green. "I'm already infected. If I start turning before you guys get out of town… then I'll just be dead weight. So at least let me do something useful for you guys! I'll hold them as long as I can!"

"Kirishima…" Midoriya felt his heart clench at the redhead's words. Though as much he wanted to deny him, to think of some way to help his friend, he knew deep down that he was right. That didn't stop the fanboy from thinking of ways to save Kirishima—to save everyone.

"We'll come back for you once we kick that villain's ass," promised Gyro, clamping hand on Midoriya's shoulder. "Isn't that right, Midoriya? The fastest way to fix this situation is defeat the villain, right?"

Midoriya blinked at the Italian's question before his eyes quickly grew till they were saucers. "Yes, of course! When the villain, the Amazing Hypno, debuted, all his victims turned back to normal after he was defeated. If we beat whoever is controlling everyone, then they should turn back to normal. In theory anyway."

"Good enough!" Gyro started to yank the fanboy to the window, Ojiro and Todoroki hopping through the hole to act as the vanguard.

"Give that bastard hell, guys!" yelled Kirishima, slamming the full weight of his body unto Kaminari as the icy barrier continued to give way.

Midoriya gave the redhead one last mournful look before quickly jumping out of the window, joining the rest of the survivor under the night's sky. The cool air brush against his flesh, freezing his sweat and sending a shiver down his spine. It didn't help that Todoroki quickly formed another wall of ice around the window, slowing down the dinosaurs if only for a few more minutes. Ignoring the chill, he quickly chased after his classmates as they ran along the edge of town. "Where are we going?!"

"To the entrance of town!" Gyro yelled, a Steel Ball ready in his hand as he kept his eyes forward for any sign of dinosaurs.

"Why there?! Why not look for the villain right now?!" Sero questioned as he huffed behind the Italian.

"Because first we need to regroup with everyone! Hopefully they haven't got ambushed like the rest of our class, but more importantly, our horses are near the entrance!"

"Why are they important?" Shoji asked curiously.

"Because it's faster to move around with them," Johnny pointed out blandly.

"I see… with how the villain's power works, they don't need to be close range to fight," Midoriya muttered thoughtfully, trying to keep his mind focused on the task at hand rather than the horror he just witnessed. "So logically they'll be somewhere far away and in a safe location to coordinate their attacks."

"Esatto!" grinned Gyro, his grills gleaming off the nearby lamps as they ran onward. "With Valkyrie and Slow Dancer, we'll easily ferret out the bastard before knocking his lights out."

Midoriya had to admit, the plan, while simple, was rather good. It would allow them to quickly find the rest of their classmates. If they hadn't already turned into dinosaurs. Yet it was also risky as well. With how quick the velociraptors moved, he doubted that the foreigners' horses could out pace them in a contest of speed. And considering the situation they were in, the likely outcome of that happening was dangerously high.

A sudden snap caused his body to stiffen before quickly dive bombing to the grassy floor just as the ground rumbled behind him. Flipping himself over, green eyes locked onto a huge raptor whose claws tug into the earth, sending specks of brown and green floating in the air. Its arms were massive, muscle bulging with every flex of its bright yellow scales. Black spikes protruded out the back of its head as its brown orbed slits peered menacingly at the survivors. A tattered yellow hood fell down its neck, allowing everyone to realize just who this unfortunate victim was.

"Sato!?" exclaimed Uraraka as the fearsome raptor roared before pouncing at the downed green haired boy.

Midoriya let his instincts take full control, rolling to the side before jumping to his feet. Narrowly ducking under a muscular tail that whipped for his, he jumped back just as a wave of ice encircled Sato, entrapping the mutated boy in thick and high wall of cold.

"No time to deal with him," Todoroki coldly said, already starting to leave the rest of his classmates behind. "We need to get to the horses now. If Sato is already out here, then rest won't be far behind."

As to emphasize his point, the wall of ice trembled as the powerful beast pounded at its icy prison. Neither Midoriya nor the rest of his classmates didn't need further prompting before quickly running after the red and white haired youth.

As much as they wanted to continue along the outskirts of the town, steep drops from the terrace they were on halted their progress. It would take too long to climb down and creating an icy slope would only leave a trail for their scaly pursuers to follow. They were left with little choice but to head into the heart of Nabou. Bursting out of an alleyway, they entered Main Street and for Midoriya, the air was thick with an ominous ambience. No light shined with the nearby houses or shacks that lined the paved path and besides the hasty tapping from their feet and the heavy pants of their breath, nothing made a sound. Another stiff breeze ghosted over his glistening sweat covered skin, but he barely paid it any attention as he peered over everything single inch of the street. From every crack to seem, nothing escaped his eyes. So focused on keeping an eye on everything at once, he nearly ran into Johnny's back as Shoji suddenly stopped in front of him.

"W-What's wrong, Shoji?" he asked tentatively as the rest of the survivors turned towards the multi-armed youth.

"I hear something…" One of Shoji's arms morphed into an ear, rising high into the air before turning left and right as if to mimic a radar dish. "I thought I heard something creak up ahead… It's gone now—Wait… There it is again…" His brow furrowed, jolting his head upward. "There! I can hear something above on the rooftops!"

Feeling himself tense up, Midoriya swung his head up, catching something moving within the darkness. A low hiss whispered upon the wind before a sharp scraping screeched upon the tiled roof of a nearby house. This quickly turned into a chilling cacophony as the screeching hiss echoed all around them, shadows flickered just out of sight, but just enough to let the students know that there was something there. And it was growing in numbers

Two thick rows of ice suddenly rose from either side of the street, before forming a circular roof over the heads of the survivors, dimming the already fading light of the nearby street lamps. "Move!" Taking off with a leap, Todoroki didn't look back as he sprinted down the street. His classmates weren't far behind, nearly ramming into his heels as a sharp cry echoed throughout the night. Thunderous thumps and bangs echoed throughout the tunnel, along with bone shivering screeching from flesh rendering claws that dug into the ice. Yet the survivors didn't stop for second. If anything their steps grew longer, blood and adrenaline pumping hard into their already worn muscles as the chorus of blood hungry cries continued to haunt them every step of the way

Suddenly a boom raged throughout the tunnel just at the last stretch. A sizable section of the wall in front of them exploded, sending chunks flying everywhere while the roof fell with a thud. Midoriya ducked under a sharp shard that flew uncomfortable close to his neck, before shifting his gaze to the opening within the tunnel.

Striding in with a low growl was another raptor, though it was just a tad smaller than most they had seen—other than Mineta of course. Its scales were a mix of red, black, and yellow with a diamond pattern running diagonally along her chest and legs. Midnight black feathers sprouted along the middle of its head. Other than that, it looked completely normal… until a black clad cannon morphed out of its body, pointing directly at the students.

Without thought, Midoriya slammed himself to the floor alongside his classmates just as an ear splitting bang went off followed by a high pitched whistle. A thunderous roar boomed behind the survivors, gushes of hot and cold air whirling passed them as the tunnel shuddered violently. Trembling slightly, Midoriya pushed himself up off the cold pavement before twirling around. His mouth went completely dry at the sight of the crumbling tunnel behind them, chunks of ice collapsing one after another like giant sized dominos.

Yet before it could reach them, another thick wall formed in the middle of the path, reinforcing the already trembling roof above their heads and stopping the devastation that was wrought by the blast. Shivering ever so slightly, Todoroki turned back to the black and red raptor only to blink as the creature's talons was now a few feet away from ripping out his throat. It jumped back, however, as a thick tail swiped at its head while two nail-bullets narrowly missed its neck.

"Ok… tell me that isn't Yaoyorozu…" Gyro muttered, jumping to his feet with his remaining Steel Ball already spinning with in his hand.

"It is…" Todoroki breathed, wisps of steam wavering over his right side, his icy grey and blue orbs warily eyeing his transformed classmate's every movement. "She's the only one we know who has the kind of Quirk."

That knowledge felt like a knife twisting into Midoriya's guts. Though he had suspicions of her fate, he had hoped that his class's vice president had noticed what was going on and had escaped. Fate, however, proved to be a cruel mistress. None had escaped the villain's insidious—

"Wait a second… Yaoyorozu left with Jiro and Ida is still unaccounted for… so where are they?" As if summoned by his thoughts, a screeching wail raged above them, causing the youth to slam his hands over his sensitive ears least he went deaf. Whipping his gaze upwards, he only had a moment to notice the growing cracks on the ceiling before flinging himself to the wall. With a moaning crack, the roof gave way. A hail of ice rained down on the survivors, forcing them to dance around chunks of ice as big as their heads. However, some didn't come out unscathed. Sero and Ojiro let out loud grunts as two particular slabs of ice slammed into sides with a resounding smack, pinning them to the floor as the hail continued. Both boys gasped painfully as the air exploded out of their lungs, struggling to find a fresh breath of air as they pushed at the ice that entrapped them.

They let out choking wheezes as something suddenly slammed atop the slabs that had them pinned, crushing them as the extra weight squeezed their lungs in a vice grip. Standing over the two boys was another velociraptor. Its scales were completely dark purple, with the exception of two red tear drops underneath its eyes. Two long earphone jacks dangled from around the sides its neck, right below where its ears should be. It didn't take Midoriya a second glance that this was Jiro. That meant the only left unaccounted for was Ida.

Midoriya eyed Jiro warily, his emerald gaze flickering to Sero and Ojiro as they barely managed to find the strength to breathe freely again. Yet as his mind started to spring up dozens of ideas and plans to deal with both Jiro and Yaoyorozu, a chorus of hisses moaned throughout the destroyed tunnel from whence they came. Like a great scaly flash flood, the mutated villagers emerged from the dark, descending on both Sero and Ojiro in a heartbeat. Their screams and calls for help echoed through Midoriya's mind, even as they were dragged away into the night.

"Ojiro! Sero!" What he saw was truly horrific, as if straight from a nightmare that made it into reality. Dozens of gleaming slits turned to face him, snapping him back to reality as he realized that he was next.

"Move, Midoriya!" Todoroki slammed his foot down as he sent a tidal wave of frost at mutated horde. Some of the reptiles managed to scramble out of the way, but most were sent flying by the sheer overwhelming power of the boy's Quirk.

Even as Todoroki tried to keep the dinosaurs back, with his wall already cracking due to the vibrations emitted from Jiro's Quirk, Yaoyorozu lunged at his back. She veered to the side as a nail-bullet shot passed her head, only for a Steel Ball to curve right under her chin. A sheet of metal emerged from her scales, deflecting the green sphere, but she didn't notice a long, slimy tongue wrapping around her neck. With a heave, Tsuyu threw her mutated friend against what little remained of the icy barriers around them. The raptor crumbled onto the floor with a thud, letting out a low moan as it tried to get back up, only for a clump of ice to smash against her head. Uraraka panted heavily as she held up another large cold clump, weightless within her palms, eyeing her friend warily before realizing that she was knocked out cold.

"I can't hold them back much longer!" exclaimed Todoroki, his thick, icy barrier had grown to the size of five-stories high and spanning several buildings worth, but still it cracked under the onslaught from Jiro's Earphone Jacks and the blood hungry horde behind her.

No time to think, the survivors once again fled for their lives, even as their hearts continue to grow heavier with each mutated classmate they come across and forced to leave behind. Ignoring the increasing heat in his lungs, Midoriya followed closely after the rest of the survivors, his eyes flickering to the nearby shadows every so often. Whirling around another corner, the students came to their destination. Loud, frightful neighs shrieked into the night as the trailer that contained the horses trembled and shook as the animals tried to passionately escape.

"Easy, girls! Easy!" soothed Gyro as he tried to unhook the latch to the trailer's doors. "We're here for you both now, so there is no need to break each other's necks." The horse stopped moaning as the Italian grasped the latch, which amazed Midoriya on how quickly the jockey's presence managed to calm them down. Yet, as he peered through a small grate in the side of the trailer, he noted that they still trembled noticeably.

They stepped out of their confinement tentatively, their eyes flickering from their owners, to the rest of the students, and then dark shadows around them. With how skittish they were, Midoriya wondered if they would've allowed the students to ride them at all, but he blinked when Johnny's horse—Slow Dancer if he remembered its name correctly—eagerly bending down for her owner. With a little help from Shoji, the American was hoisted up onto his saddle.

Midoriya then blinked as a hand suddenly thrusted his way. Tilting his head upwards, green eyes met blue as Johnny gazed expectantly at him. "Hurry up, we don't have all night."

Not having to be told twice, Midoriya quickly clasped the offered appendage before being lifted off the ground. Crawling up the stirrup, he settled himself behind his friend, carefully securing himself least he fall off. It felt strange to sit on the back of a horse for the first time, but not uncomfortable. If it had been any other time, a shudder of excitement would have rolled down his spine. Unfortunately, the hellish night dragged on, and he needed to have absolute focus for any other attack that might occur.

The others quickly followed the fanboy's lead, climbing upon the horses with Shoji and the jockeys' help before settling themselves into their seats. Both Uraraka and Todoroki had taken a seat upon Valkyrie, sandwiching Gyro in the process, while Tsuyu settled with saddling herself behind Midoriya. The messy youth felt his cheeks flush scarlet at the near physical contact of the opposite sex. He jolted out of his anxiousness, however, when he noticed it was finally Shoji's turn to climb up.

As he prepared to make room for the multi-armed youth, a huge shadow leaped out from a nearby bush. Shoji didn't have a moment to twitch before a little, pudgy raptor was clawing at him, tearing apart his costume while trying to bite off his face. The horses screamed as they pranced about, nearly knocking off their riders as they tried to get as far away from the huge reptile.

"Shoji!" Everyone's face went pale at the vicious sight before them, some of which already moving to jump off their saddles.

"No!" They all paused mid-motion, their eyes glued to Shoji's struggling form. Quickly morphing more arms out of his shoulder, he smashed the raptor's head before heaving it off his body. Panting heavily, he jumped to his feet just as the mutated beast got back up. "…Go…"

"W-What?!" exclaimed Midoriya. "We can't just le—!"

"There's no time! The rest of the raptors are getting closer." Indeed, a chorus of hissing grew ever closer to their position. "Don't bother wasting a second on me. I'll keep them busy while you guys get away… Just go! Find the villain and end this madness!"

The dark pit in Midoriya's stomach dug ever deeper as Shoji prepared to make his stand. Yet he didn't get a chance to say a single word as Slow Dancer leapt forward into the woods with Valkyrie following close behind. Darkness surrounded them, trees and branches covering all forms of light, with only a few rays of the moon slivering through at odd ends. Despite low visibility, both Johnny and Gyro rode their horses masterfully. Carefully avoiding low branched paths and huge boulders that blocked their paths, they carried their passengers deeper into forest.

This confused Midoriya as he would've thought they would start investigating the outskirts of town for the villain. "Where are we going?" he shouted so both jockeys could hear every word.

"Some place where we can actually regroup!" Gyro answered with a grimace.

"But I thought we were going to track down the villain!" protested Uraraka as she clung to Valkyrie's neck.

"We are, but not with that posse breathing down our necks! They'll be hounding us every step of the way by the time we reach the bastard controlling them. At this rate, they'll catch us sooner or later before we can even start looking!"

"Not to mention we'll be too exhausted to face the villain even if we did find them before they caught up with us," Todoroki added.

"Okay, but where do we go?" Tsuyu bluntly asked. "The road isn't good since that will be the first place they'll look. Plus there isn't anything big enough around here that can hide all of us and the horses."

"It isn't about finding a place to hide, but getting them off our trail," explained Gyro, green covered lips curly into a golden smile. "Besides, I know of a spot that we can stay after we lose them."

"You do?" Midoriya quirked an eyebrow at the Italian.

"Of course! Actually you know about it too, Midoriya. It's the—."

Whatever Gyro was about to say was swallowed up by a metallic roar that raged behind them. Whipping his head around to peer over Tsuyu's shoulder, Midoriya blinked as a menacing, yet familiar, black car burst out of the woods, chasing after the young students with Stylo at its wheel. Its blinding headlights forced Midoriya forced to hold a hand in front of his eyes, yet he paused when he noticed something riding atop of the car. Striding to the front of the car, were the reptile forms of Yaoyorozu, Aoyama, and Ashido. That wasn't all, however, as more dinosaurs appeared behind the Stand, as if popping right out of the black abyss that shrouded the forest.

Midoriya had only a moment to gape at the terrifying sight, before noticing the mini cannon forming out Yaoyorozu's stomach. "Bank left!" he shouted before lurching as Slow Dancer immediately dived left as per her rider's instructions. An explosive roar screeched behind before a high pitched whistled passed them. A small cluster of trees exploded in front of them, sending splinters of charred wood flying everywhere. Midoriya grunted as a burning sliver slashed across right shoulder, yet the adrenaline still pumping his veins made the pain hardly noticeable. Which was good since he need all his focus directed on thinking up a plan to get his friends out of this intense situation.

Sparkling beams and globs of acid followed after the initial bombardment, burning a column through the forest as the horses screamed in fright from such devastating might. With jubilant hisses, the raptors sped after their prey, gaining upon them, inch by inch.

Midoriya ducked under a beam before turning to his head to where Valkyrie rode beside Slow Dancers. Its owner's expression was one of absolute concentration while Uraraka pressed a cheek to the horse's neck, desperately holding onto whatever grip she could find. Midoriya paused, however, when his gaze landed upon Todoroki. Unlike the others, his face was completely calm, cold even, as his stared back at the rampaging horde trailing behind. Hooking a hand around the blonde's waist, he leaned out of his seat till it looked like he was about to fall off. Yet he his grip remained firm as he fingers now ghost just inches off the ground.

Without pause or fanfare, a literal glacier formed right under the boy's fingers. Growing the size of a skyscraper, it spanned across the entire forest at a ludicrous pace, halting the scaly march dead in its tracks.

Midoriya, as well the rest of his companions, couldn't help gaping at the spectacular sight. "I didn't know Todoroki could do that!" he exclaimed, never realizing he spoke aloud.

"That's incredible!" Uraraka agreed without any hesitation, her brow trying to reach her scalp as she couldn't take her gaze away from the glacier.

"Holy crap!" Gyro's tone echoed the fanboy's own disbelief as he peered over his shoulder to stare the icy blue giant of a glacier. "You could do that all this time!?"

"Why didn't you use that back in town," Johnny demanded, his gaze leaving Todoroki's work before turning to glare at the boy himself.

"If I used it earlier, everyone who was turned into a dinosaur would've been entrapped by it and died of the cold." The white and red haired youth answered blandly as he shivered intensely before settling back into his seat. "Not to mention it would've tore the town apart, making it difficult for us to get the horses."

"Well, I'm glad you finally used it now," Gyro grinned at him. "Any later we would've been—!"

Suddenly a blur passed in between the two horses. Their frightened screams were only echoed by agonized howls coming from Johnny and Gyro. Jolting in surprise, Midoriya peered over the side of Slow Dancer before noticing a bloody gash on the paraplegic's right side while another one on the Italian's left leg. Feeling a chill run down his spin, he whipped his head left and right before hearing a loud snap from behind.

Turning his gaze around along with Tsuyu, his gaze landed on a tall, white scaled raptor with black stripes. Though it had antenna and feathers much like the rest of the mutated villagers and classmates they had seen prior, what really caught everyone's attention was the exhaust pipes, curly out of its already powerful legs.

"Ida!?" He had hoped that their class president had escaped due his incredible speed and went to get help, but deep down he knew that wasn't the case. Now it confirmed his greatest fear, that they were only ones left unchanged in the whole valley. His numb musing, however, were cut off as Ida let out a howl before charging forth once more, his engine powered legs burst to life as he made great strides in a matter of seconds.

"Midoriya, take the reins!" The fanboy blinked as Slow Dancer's reins were shoved into his hands as Johnny carefully spun himself around, ignoring the bloody gash at his side. With a raised up star-covered hand, he shot a flurry of nail-bullets at the robotic dinosaur. With the power coming from his Quirk, Ida easily blurred around the bullets, making a mockery of the rest of dinosaur's own speed.

Not wasting a single millisecond, Midoriya whirled around with his right pinky bent backwards before aiming right at his friend. Ida must have suspected what was coming, jumping back just when he was within biting range of Slow Dancer. As fast as he was, however, the mutated boy couldn't escape the powerful shockwave that erupted from the boy's fingers, sending him twirling through the air. Yet before he could escape the tree line, a long, pink tongue wrapped around him before slamming him into the grassy floor. As he moaned weakly, the others used this opportunity to escape.

Midoriya gritted his teach as pain raced across his hand once more, but whether it was because he was getting used to the pain or the adrenaline in his system, it seems almost distant. Almost. Carefully pulling out a bandage from one of the pouches along his belt, he wrapped up all his fingers together besides his thumb. It was rather frightening to see how utterly broken his right hand had become, but he wouldn't hesitate to do it again in a heartbeat to help save his friends. After tightening it with the bandage with his teeth, wincing at the pain that erupted from the pressure, he turned his head towards both Johnny and Gyro.

Their faces were covered in sheens of sweat, gritting their teeth as they rode onward, even though the crimson stains on their pants continued to grow.

"We need to stop to treat your injuries!" exclaimed Uraraka.

"No! No… not yet…" panted Gyro, whipping a bit of sweat from his head. "We're almost there… almost there."

"What do you mean by that, Gyro?" asked Tsuyu.

"You'll see…"

Midoriya blinked at that, but decided to go along with Gyro whatever had in mind. Even if he didn't have some kind plan, it was better to keep on moving in their current situation. Especially now that Ida was turned into a dinosaur. Yet as his eyes wandered over the long haired blonde, he noticed that the blood on his pants had stopped moving downwards. Along the exposed skin, small cracks started to appear while his mouth grew a little wider.

Midoriya felt his heart sink at the sight, as the others looked at Gyro warily. Not only him, but Johnny as well. Yet strangely enough, the American had yet to show any of the same signs as his mentor.

"Is this because of the villain's power? No, that doesn't make sense… then could it because of his immune system fighting the disease?"

"What are you talking about, Midoriya?" Johnny asked distractingly, not even bothering to turn his eyes around to face him.

"Oh, I was just thinking…." Midoriya started to splutter out before pausing when his eyes landed upon a small clearing ahead of them. And in it was a large shrine, covered from top to bottom with grassy vines and foliage. Half rotten, crumbling walls surrounded the ominous holy site, but strangely enough the main gate, which stood completely open, looked completely untouched by time. Just above the gate was a plaque that read, "For those who are worthy."

"This is… This is the shrine from that old man's story…"

"B-But, how did you know where to find this place?" Uraraka asked Gyro.

"I talked to the old owner after we left the hot spring," Gyro grunted out, his face paler than it was just moments ago. "He managed to get him to show me an old map of the surrounding area and sure enough there was a trail that led here. Since Johnny was so interested in the place, I thought he might like to go see it before we were rescued by the heroes and police… at least that was before we were attacked." He then let out a moan as his left arm started to completely crack apart. "Let's get inside…"

The two horses quickly trotted through the main gate before entering the main courtyard. It was paved with ancient stone masonry, but completely bare for the most part, with only several demonic statues lining the walls. Like the outside, the main building looked completely run down. From the door to the walls that held it up, everything had fallen to part from years of lack of maintenance and exposed to nature. Yet Midoriya paid little attention to that as he jumped off Slow Dancer before rushing to help Gyro off his own horse. He would've helped the paraplegic as well, but Johnny had already rolled himself off the appaloosa, using a rather clever trick that would have awed Midoriya any other time. Now, however, the Italian needed his full attention. Midoriya wanted to do something—anything!—to help his classmate, but what could he do? This wasn't some broken bone or light cold that can be fixed with time and the proper medicine. It made him feel so helpless. So useless!

"Is there anything we can get you, Gyro?" Tsuyu asked gently as she carefully grabbed ahold of a leg along with Uraraka.

"Yeah, don't hesitate to ask us for anything!" the brown haired girl offered enthusiastically.

Gyro let out a rough cough as he was carefully laid out upon the worn stones, his body progressively getting worse as seconds passed by. Yet his eyes didn't tremble with fear or anxiety. Rather a determination as he turned to face his pupil. "No… No you guys can't help me… but… Johnny, there is something you need to know."

Johnny blinked at being addressed so suddenly, his body had yet to show signs of the same malicious disease the afflicted Gyro. He was silent for a moment before giving him a nod to continue.

"Ever since we found what happens to those who are scratched or bitten by the infected, I started to come up with different scenarios on how this night would play out… Unfortunately it seems the worst has come to pass. It's only a matter of time now before I turn into overgrown lizard… but before that I wanted to say… you've been getting on my nerves tonight!"

"W-What?" Johnny leaned back at the sudden criticism while his classmates turned to stare at Gyro.

"All night I've been watching every move you make. From every shot to every twitch, you fought you're way here, but you have yet to use your full potential. The potential of the Spin! Has all my teachings for the pass year been nothing but hot air to you?"

"No! But with what little I know of it, there's no way the Spin could've—!"

"Don't spew whatever you're thinking out of your goddamn mouth!"

"G-Gyro!" Midoriya waved his hands in between the foreigners before things got out a hand. Yet Gyro didn't even flinch as his eyes continued to stay fix on Johnny's form.

"'There's no way the Spin can do it?' Are you underestimating my rotations? Are you looking down on over four-hundred and fifty years of the Zeppeli family's history?! What I taught you is still the basics!"

"Huh?" Johnny stared at Gyro, curiosity and hope flashing across his face as opposed to the confusion flickering upon his classmates.

"I was going to teach you this later during the school year… but considering how I'm quickly I'm turning into a monster, I got no choice." His expression suddenly turned deadly serious as he looked Johnny dead in the eye. "Lesson Four: Pay Your Respects! I'll teach you the next step to master the Spin and rotations here and now!"

"What… a… another level?"

That immediately caught Midoriya's attention. Seeing Gyro's Spin, the power of rotation itself, was something he was incredibly interested in. A power that wasn't related to either Quirks or Stands, but still managed to rival them in terms of power and versatility. And it wasn't based on genetics or however Johnny got his Stand. It could be taught. He wasn't the only intrigued as Uraraka and Tsuyu leaned in closely. Even Todoroki quirked a curious eyebrow as he continued to stare at Gyro.

"First off, Johnny, let me tell you one thing. Starting now, and until we either win or lose, you can only say the words 'There's no way I can do this'… four times and only four times. All right? Four times. That's what my father told me when I was a kid. Long story short, the secret of the Steel Balls is the pursuit of Infinity. That's what my family, the Zeppelis, always strived for nearly five hundred years…. My ancestors tried to contain the idea of infinity into the skill of using the Steel Balls. For the purpose of medicine… and execution." He frowned for a moment before carefully raising a hand, which now half turned into a scaly, sharp claw, before tracing into some nearby dirt. Despite this mutation, he steadily created a perfect rectangle before placing the number "nine" on the left side while "sixteen" was placed on the bottom.

"There's a shape called the Golden Rectangle. Have you heard of it? It refers to a rectangle that's approximately constructed in the ratio of nine to sixteen. In other words, its length is the golden ratio of 1:1.618. The rectangle is thought to be the basic foundation for every perfect structure of beauty. The Great Pyramid of Giza. The Bust of Nefertiti. Greece's Parthenon. The Venus De Milo. Da Vinci's Mona Lisa… In every artistic or architectural masterpiece… whether by coincidence or calculation, this Golden Rectangle is always hidden in the structure. My ancestors came to the conclusion that it's the result of expert sensibility. This perfect ratio… These artists knew the significance of this rectangle instinctually. And that's why the world recognizes their work as legacies of beauty."

"Wait a second, Gyro…" Johnny interrupted, sweat dripping down his cheeks as he looked at his mentor in confusion. "What are you talking about?! What is this, all of a sudden? I thought you were going to be teaching me Lesson Four. I don't understand anything about this."

Midoriya had to agree with Johnny. While he had no knowledge on how the Spin worked, he did know about the Golden Rectangle. During middle school, it was something he stumbled upon while researching heroes in his spare time. Due to its properties, it was primarily used in mathematics in relation to the other tools and techniques that had the same Golden theme. Yet as Gyro had said, the Golden Rectangle started to show up in almost every piece of construction and art piece since the dawn of civilization. It was a fascinating concept to be sure, but he had no idea why it would relate to the Spin.

"My Father trained me so that I could create the Golden Rectangle with my hand," continued Gyro, holding his mutating hands up to emphasize his point. "Unfortunately in my current… condition… I can't create it perfectly. And it must be exactly perfect otherwise you'll never harness its power." He then traced several lines within the dirt rectangle before creating dots within each connecting line. "The Golden rectangle has several characteristics… Let's say if I make a perfect square within its shape, then the smaller rectangle I just created will also have the Golden Rectangle with the ratio of nine and sixteen. I make another square within that and the leftover is another Golden Rectangle. And I make another one. And another one. And another one… and when I connect the central points of these shapes…."

He then traced over each dot, connecting them together till they formed a spiral. "…it creates a spiral that continues forever. This is the Golden Spin!"

A wave of clarity washed over Midoriya as he stared at the dirt rectangle. He had never considered that the Golden Spin was what Gyro was using to harness the power of rotation. Yet what truly made him pause was the implication behind the Golden Spin. "Gyro… are you saying that the energy behind the Spin is infinite?" he asked, flickering his eyes over to the mutating Italian.

"B-But that's impossible!" Uraraka protested, waving her arms as her eyes started to spin in absolute confusion.

"There's no way such a power could exist," agreed Todoroki, a single trail of sweat running down his normally calm face.

"But Gyro has been using the Spin this entire time, so there must be some truth behind it…" Tsuyu said bluntly, causing both Uraraka and Todoroki to clamp their mouths shut. "Right, Gyro?"

"In a matter of speaking, yes… Though it isn't simple as just that. If I had the time I would into greater detail on the how and why it properly works, and what you need to do perfect it, but unfortunately we don't have much time…. I don't have much time…" Gyro turned face Johnny, who continued to gape at the rectangle. "You're not spinning your nail-bullets in this ratio. That's why you didn't use the Spin other than for simple uses. You unconsciously thought that you reached your limit! Granted the fault is mine for not telling you about this sooner, but that doesn't matter now. Spin your bullets in the Golden Ratio! Then, you should have the ability to harness the power of Infinity…. The Zeppelis have always strived for that power…"

"There's no way I can do this!" protested Johnny.

As if a bang went off, the courtyard went absolutely still. Silence filled the air as everyone turned to face the young paraplegic who looked back at him in confusion.

"Did you just say it? 'I can't do it'… did you?" Gyro stared critically at his pupil.

Johnny blinked at him, as if realizing what he just said. "E-Even if the power of the Golden Rectangle really existed… There's… There's no way I—!"

A rough cough cut the youth off, blinking as Gyro started to splutter before grasping at his throat. Midoriya immediately was by his side, but paused when he looked upon Gyro's face. His nose had almost entirely flattened to a smooth texture while his jaw dislocated ever so slightly, widening the already sickening lines cracking along his mouth.

"Johnny…" he rasped before yanking off his belt buckle. "You're going to have to say that you 'can't do it' three more times. However… on the third time, you'll get my belt buckle. I had it designed to be in the ratio of the Golden Rectangle. If you spin your nails in the precise shape of this belt buckle, your nail-bullets will take on the infinite spiral!"

"You had that all along!? Is that… a scale to measure the Golden Rectangle? Why didn't you show me that buckle in the first place?! I'll try it, Gyro! Give it to me!" Johnny dragged him forward, his hand rushing grab the metallic buckle, only let out a grunt as a fist smacked him back by Gyro's hand.

"No."

"Gyro!" chastised Uraraka before kneeling beside Johnny. The paraplegic let out a rough cough before pushing the sweet girl out of his way.

"Why not?!" Johnny demanded, not even bothering to acknowledge Uraraka.

"I told you I'd give it to you when you say 'I can't do it' three more times… or rather…" He then threw it at Midoriya. "He'll do it…"

"What?!" exclaimed Midoriya, before scrambling to catch the green rectangle. "Why me?!"

"Because you're someone I can trust that to help make sure he follows the rules I set out…." He then waved a scaly hand in front of his face, staring critically at it before letting out a sigh. "… I can barely see now. It won't be long now before I completely become a dinosaur. So I'm entrusting you with this, Midoriya."

"Then why not just give it to Johnny right now?! If the Golden Spin truly is that powerful then—!"

"Because that is the Zeppeli family rule! Even with our lives on the line, I can't ever break my family's most sacred rules! Once we break our own rule, it'll be the end! We would no longer be worthy of the Spin, and I'll be damned before I let Johnny make that mistake." He then turned the light-brown haired youth. "I explained everything to you! Use the Golden Rectangle's rotation! This is Lesson Four! 'Pay Your Respects'!"

Johnny glared in frustration at his friend, not that Midoriya couldn't blame him. But at the same time, what Gyro had said… it reminded him of his own tutelage under All Might. He couldn't afford to take short cuts to get into U.A., and if he did, then he couldn't call himself worthy of One For All, let alone a hero. If he hadn't climbed his own personal mountain, then he would have never risen to be at his dream school. It was a difficult thing to do, but he knew Gyro was right.

"Worthy…" Midoriya shivered at the sharp hiss that hung on the breeze before snapping around, along with the rest of his classmates, to the center of the courtyard. Nothing was there, only a few dead leaves dancing in the wind. Yet Midoriya could tell something had changed. There was a chill in the air, one completely different from Todoroki's Quirk, which dug into his bones as the wind suddenly picked up. It raged and spun around the young students, forcing them to cling together before they were forced onto their backs. The horses screamed before bolting to the one of the side of the shrine, trembling in fright as their eyes flickered everywhere. Finally, just when the howling torrent had reached its zenith, the paved tiles in the center of the courtyard started to shift.

Rising out of the stone as if it were made out of water was a green man. No, not exactly a man, for it had two circular, obsidian horns curly out the sides of its head. Thick, metallic pads covered up its shoulders as several loose bandages were wrapped around its chest. Though they little to hide how inhuman, how machine-like, its body was. From head to toe, its thin limbs were encased in some kind of metallic protectors. It was sitting down in a weird pose, crossing both its arms and legs together with its head resting over them. When it raised its face, however, there wasn't any sign of a mouth. Only two small holes acted as eyes, yet even then they seemed like bottomless pits. If anything, its entire head, along with its horns, looked like helmet used in the medieval-era in Europe.

As it slowly stood up, the crossed arms moved to reveal a golden arrow with a wooden shaft that rested itself along the creature's green chest.

"It can't be…" uttered Midoriya, his mouth dropping down as he stared wide eyed at the metallic figure. "It's the Oni from the old man's story!"

Suddenly the creature disappeared right before there very eyes. Feeling a chill racing down his spine, Midoriya whipped his head around until he spotted the Oni crouching beside the two foreigners. It took everything bit of will power not to scramble backwards, but he barely managed to achieve that feet. Whatever this creature was, it was completely different than anything he had ever seen before. Oddly enough, however, while his logical part of his mind advised caution at this new arrival, his instincts remained relaxed. It was incredibly unnerving, even as the rest of his classmates looked ready to attack the Oni, especially Todoroki as frost covered his entire right arm.

"Worthy…" its voice whispered out like that of a faint breeze, but everyone could hear it as if had shouted from the top of its lungs, halting whatever action they had in mind. "You two have the potential… One who is already chosen, the other on the cusp… But will you be worthy? I judge you both capable of taking the test, but will you be judged worthy in the end?" Its hands slowly held out the arrow in between the Johnny and Gyro, both eyeing it even as the moon gleamed off the golden metal.

Johnny's eyes flickered between the offered hand and the creature itself, licking his lips before leaning forward to grab the golden arrow. Just as his fingers were about to grasp it, however, the arrow jolted out of the Oni's hands, floating in midair before slowly advancing to Todoroki.

"Is that supposed to happen…?" he asked cautiously as the Oni disappeared from their sight once more. He soon let out a sharp grunt before being flung backwards, crashing onto his back with a thud. Midoriya blinked at the sight, but before he could suspect that that this was the result of the Oni, Todoroki let out a cry as claw marks started to spontaneously appear on his body, shredding what was left of his shirt. In that moment, he knew with dreadful certainly just who was attacking his classmate, and the terrible implications that came with it.

"It's Hagakure!" he exclaimed, quickly jumping to his feet before kicking dirt in Todoroki's direction. The dirty cloud clung to the invisible raptor's body, letting everyone know where exactly she was. For a moment, she paused in her mauling, as if realizing that she lost her advantage. A sticky tongue shot out, aiming to capture her, but the silhouette of dust merely jumped to the side with the arrow still locked within her scaly grip. She didn't get far, however, as a volley of nail-bullets chased after her. She nimbly dodged them with ease, allowing them to zoom passed her, tearing apart the stone tiles of the courtyard in the process. Hagakure let out a triumphant hiss at their failure, only to pause as a stray bullet sliced the golden arrowhead off its shaft, sending it spinning through the air.

"Catch it, Midoriya!" The fanboy blinked at Johnny's sudden demand, yet he was more surprised when he found his legs already chasing after it. He pumped his legs across the courtyard, inching ever closer to the golden arrowhead even as it flew directly at him. Just when he was within reach of it, he felt the air rushing out of his lungs as something smashed into his lungs, sending him crashing to the cold floor right beside the paraplegic. Letting out a hoarse cough, Midoriya slowly raised his body up only to see the dinosaur form of Diego Brando. The blue scaled raptor hissed before leaping at the arrowhead, its jaws aiming to catch its prize. Yet before it could claim it for his own, a long sticky tongue whipped around the arrowhead. With a quick yank, Tsuyu's tongue escaped Diego's powerful jaws. But before she could pull it all the way back, a Steel collided with her tongue, causing it twist involuntarily around the metallic sphere.

Midoriya felt his blood run cold at the sight before slowly turning his head to the side. Standing tall with a hand on his hip was Gyro, but his eyes were now completely feral, vicious with green silts as he glared at Tsuyu.

"Gyrooooooooooooo!" Whatever composure Johnny had left vanished immediately as he wailed at the sight of his friend.

"Midoriya!" The fanboy blinked before whipping his back to Tsuyu, just in time to see Uraraka floating forth to grab the arrowhead and throwing directly at him. Seeing a sharp metallic object flying his way, his first instinct was roll to the side, narrowly avoiding it before watching it pierce the very stone tile he sat upon. Johnny didn't waste any time before grabbing the mysterious

"Hey, you… Yes, you there…" an unfamiliar, masculine voice called out. "I'm talking to you, Johnny Joestar…"

Midoriya blinked at the sound, quickly turning around, along with the rest of the survivors, to the main gate of the shrine. Striding into the courtyard, with the Bakugo's mutated form acting as a mount, was a tall man, clearly a foreigner, with icy blue eyes. His blonde hair was pulled over to the right of his face, but most of it was covered up under a furred hat that sat comfortably on his head. He wore a long brown coat that was unbuttoned, allowing everyone to see the red jumpsuit that covered him from neck to toe. Though to Midoriya, it looked more like a dress. This belief was reinforced when he spotted several red roses lining the neckline. Trailing behind the feminine man was everyone that turned into a dinosaur, including those had fallen along the way here, swarming the courtyard before creating a semi-circle around the survivors. Yet there was another like the feminine man, not mutated in the slightest.

Riding atop Sato's corrupted form was a shaggy, black haired man with bandages and casts covering nearly every inch of his body. Yet what little that wasn't covered up show light-green skin and sharp, sickly-yellow nails on each hand. The only pieces of clothing that weren't hidden by the bandages were his black jeans and his equally dark leathered boots. Despite his haggard, injured appearance, the one thing that disturbed Midoriya the most was his eyes. Bright yellow orbs glowed in the moonlight, glaring menacingly, unblinkingly at the fanboy even as the man halted Sato beside the feminine man.

"You… what did you just do?" continued the blonde. "You threw it away, didn't you? You littered that fingernail of yours onto this sacred ground…" He let out a scoff as his eyes locked onto the cripple. "Don't be throwing away those sorts of things. The fact that you carelessly throw trash away and things like that… It's proof that you don't respect this ground. Are you that great? Are you greater than this gracious Earth?"

"Who… who the hell are you?" Johnny asked cautiously, though Midoriya already had idea who exactly this man was. Or more accurately, what he was.

"Ah, where are my manners. One should remember to have them at all times, even when in the presence of those who disrespect the ground they tread upon. Allow me to introduce myself and that of my companion." He then folded his right hand over his chest before bowing his head. "My name is Ferdinand. I am geologist and biologist of ancient creatures and currently under the employ of the League of Villains. Please, call me Doctor Ferdinand." He then pointed to the man beside him. "This my colleague, Mick Murdoc. He prefers to go by his last name. Though you have to forgive him for not telling you all himself. He recently lost most of his teeth and his jaw is quite fractured." Midoriya shrunk a little as the Doctor's gaze slowly landed on him. "Don't look so surprised, Izuku Midoriya. After all, you were the one who did this to him."

Midoriya a quirked an eyebrow at the good doctor, wondering what he was talking about until the image of black shrouded figure phased right over Murdoc. Stylo's glowing, bloody gaze mimicked its user, seething with hatred as the fanboy felt his mouth drop open at meeting the man who had hounded his class since noon.

"You're… you're both with the League of Villains?" Midoriya felt cold trails of sweat washing down his face, turning his gaze back to Ferdinand least he continue to suffer under Murdoc's own. "Why would you attack us? All Might isn't with us today, so why target us?!"

"Oh that…" Ferdinand grimaced, turning his head to the side to look down on Murdoc. "Would you believe that wasn't our intention? At least for me anyway. Let's just ever since the League attacked U.A., Shigaraki had your eye on you and your class. And, well… this idiot here thought he could make some extra money by killing you all over our actual mission."

"And what mission is that…?" Johnny asked cautiously, fingering the golden arrowhead in his grip while his free hand twitched towards the pair.

An amused smile split the doctor's face, his eyes locked on the golden metal in Johnny's hands. "Surely you heard that old man's story, the one in the inn? Isn't that why you here? A magical artifact that grants power to those it deems worthy. Or more accurately, the power to grant Stands to people."

Midoriya felt the blood drain from his face as he turned his gaze to the golden arrowhead, but it was Uraraka who voiced the question that ghosted off his tongue. "You mean… that the power of Stands come from that?!"

"Then that means…" muttered Tsuyu, her eyes glued to paraplegic.

"That is correct, little girl. Though to be more accurate, that is just one of the known ways to obtain them. I'm sure there are other ways, but it's best to take what you can get when the opportunity presents itself." He then gestured to Diego. "Take, for example, Diego Brando here. You may have guessed it by now, but it was me who turned this young man into the fine specimen you see before you. This is the result of my Stand: Scary Monsters. The poor fool didn't see me coming before it was too late. And like the black plague, you took him into town, not knowing what was waiting inside of him before he infected everyone else, one poor soul at a time. Ironic isn't it? That a hero-in-training would bring ruin upon those they are supposed to protect. I find that one of the funniest things I've ever seen! Granted I did help somewhat. After all, being a guest in that inn had its perks." He peered down at Johnny for a moment before frowning. "Though I'm surprised that you haven't turned yet, Johnny Joestar. Is this the result of your own Stand protecting you from own? Or is it because of the arrowhead? Maybe both? Though in the end, it doesn't matter. You're out numbered and out gunned. There is no hope for you."

As the smug villain chuckled maliciously to himself, Midoriya felt his heart sink with every word. He knew he shouldn't blame himself for the villain's cunning plan, but guilt jabbed into his belly like a hooked knife. It was because of him that they were in this mess. But as the guilt and shame tried to tear him apart, a small flame started to grow within him as he gazed upon the mutated faces of his friends. "Even though it's my fault…" he muttered to himself, "I'll make it right… I'll save everyone no matter what!"

"So that explains why you were here before us," growled Johnny, spitting in the doctor's direction.

A blood vessel popped along the side of villainous doctor's head, his eyes glued to the spittle now staining the stone tiles before him. "What did you just do? Weren't you listening to what I just said? You spat on this ground! I thought I said respect this Earth! The world is full of people like you. Do you know why dinosaurs perished when they were prospering on this earth? It's because they were idiots who didn't understand the concept of respect! They didn't respect the earth! That's why they perished! …I'm talking about the scientific significance! Anyone who violates the earth will only penalize themselves! That deep causal relationship can't be understood by their pathetic brains! People like you, who want to be heroes for personal glory and fame are pathetic! There is no actual respect in such trivial things that only last long as society allows them to be. Or did you come here just cure your lame legs? If that is the case, then you're not worthy of holding such a respectful artifact in your hands!"

Midoriya winched as the villain tore into Johnny. Yet as he turned his worried gaze over to his friend, he paused. The look in the paraplegic's gaze was dark, yes, but not of despair, not entirely anyway. A familiar dark flame had burst forth, overwhelming the hurt that briefly flickered in his eyes before glaring intensely at Ferdinand.

"You know, I would believe half the words you just said if you weren't fucked in the head…" Johnny snarled, baring his teeth at the villain.

"You never listen to people, do you…" sighed Ferdinand "It's your own fault. I was going to show you all mercy if you hand over the arrowhead—as a sign of respect for surviving so long against my Stand, but… such disrespect can't be ignored." He then turned to Diego. "Go get the arrowhead, Diego. And dispose of these brats for me."

Midoriya tensed as he readied himself to use One For All. Even if it meant breaking the rest of his body, he refused to allow the rest of his friends to be murdered. Suddenly the golden arrowhead was flying towards him. Ducking to the side, Midoriya watched as it sailed passed his head before whipping his gaze towards Johnny. Yet he blinked when he found that the American had disappeared. He wasn't the only who looked confused as Ferdinand leaned forward to see where his prey went to.

"I threw it away…" Midoriya blinked once more before swiftly looking up. Flying through the air was Johnny. His skin had completely replaced by blue scales and he sprouted a thick, powerful tail. "And thanks to that, I could jump this far with my tail. Before I let you take complete control of my heart, I'll take you down, you bastard!"

Ferdinand barely had to a moment to lean back before Johnny's tail smack into his side, sending him tumbling off his seat on Bakugo. Before the now scaly American hit the floor, however, a black clad hand grabbed ahold of him before quickly slamming him into the ground. Several claws quickly followed, pinning Johnny to the floor before he could even twitch

"Dammit… I thought I could do it…" muttered Johnny, his eyes glistening as the dinosaurs continued to pin him down. "I couldn't beat him… in the end, I really can't do this…"

"Johnny!" Midoriya cried out, raising his left hand with his index finger pulled back as the rest of his classmates moved to aid their friend.

"Don't you fucking dare, Izuku Midoriya!" exclaimed Ferdinand, letting out a rough cough as he slowly stood back up, wiping dust off himself. "That goes for all of you! One wrong move and I'll crush this pathetic, disrespectful cripple! Now… Hand over the Stand arrow or I'll—!"

Suddenly something blurred passed Midoriya, causing him to blink as Diego leapt in front of Ferdinand. The mutated raptor let out a grunt as his hand caught the offending objecting, revealing to all to be a Steel Ball.

"What's this…?" demanded the malicious doctor, staring at the green sphere before turning his gaze towards the kneeling Italian, his hat hiding his face. "Why… Why is this Steel Ball… Why are you throwing your Steel Ball at me?!"

Yet as villain ranted, Midoriya noticed something particular about Gyro. His skin… it was no longer made of scales. More than that, however, he noticed for the first time that the arrowhead was nowhere to be seen.

"Gyro Zeppeli, what do you think you're doing?!" continued Ferdinand. "Stay further back until I order otherwise and lay calmly on the ground!" The Italian didn't budge an inch, continuing to kneel as the doctor's composure continued to decline. "What are you doing? Didn't you hear me? I told you to move further back! Look at me! Show me your face right now, you disrespectful piece of shit!"

Instead of adhering to the fiendish doctor's orders, Gyro slowly started to stand up. Just as Ferdinand took in another breath to scream at his disobedient raptor, the Italian finally raised his head.

Emerald eyes gleaming in the moonlight, Gyro grinned viciously as his face—no, his entire body—was completely back to normal.

Yet the thing that held Midoriya's captivated gaze, as well everyone in the shrine, was the golden arrowhead sticking out of his right cheek. Before anyone or anything could even think of twitching, the long haired blonde suddenly started to let out anguished screams as the arrowhead moved. Ever so slowly it crawled through his flesh, as if it had a life of its own before piercing into his right eye. It didn't stop shoving its way through even when Gyro clasped at his face, leaning back as his howls continued pierce the night's sky.

"Gyro!" Uraraka and Tsuyu cried out as Midoriya stared in petrified horror. Even the color in Todoroki's face drained away, unable to take his gaze away from the awful sight.

"Just like how it happened with me…" Midoriya blinked before whipping his gaze back to Johnny's pinned form. "It moved… The arrowhead moved on its own!"

"What does this mean?!" Ferdinand demanded, fear lacing his once composed tone. "What the hell just happened?! I… I never heard anything like this happening before. Even when I got my Stand, this never happened to me!" He then turned to glare the light-brown haired youth. "What did you do, Johnny Joestar?! You had it last, so tell me!"

"Don't ask me… all I did was throw far away from myself when I attacked you…"

The doctor let out a growl at his vague answer, only to pause when something caught his eye. He wasn't the only one as Midoriya watched the Steel Ball in Diego's hand starting to spin intensely. Though that wasn't what he found strange. Rather it was the golden eyeball that suddenly formed on top it. It gazed at Diego's face before turning to glare at Ferdinand. The Steel Ball suddenly broke free from the raptor's grip, twirling around its arm before settling along the elbow just as Gyro stood back up, his anguished cries finally ceased.

Like a bullet bursting out of its gun, the Steel Ball suddenly blasted off, sailing straight into Ferdinand's right eye. An explosion of blood splatted all over Ferdinand's bewildered face before a painful shriek escaped his lips. That too was cut off for a moment as the Steel Ball twisted his flesh, destroying several teeth before leaping off high in the air.

As the villain fell onto his back, forcing the dinosaurs to let go Johnny to attend to their master, Midoriya gaped at the sight. "I didn't know that he make the Steel Ball to continue to spin like that…" he muttered before snapping out of his shock to turn back to Gyro. Yet as his gaze landed on the Italian, he blinked. The golden arrow was completely gone with no injury left in its wake. In its place was a golden cross tattoo on his right cheek, just under his eye and where the arrow once was.

"Gyro…. You! Your cheek! What happened to the arrow?!" demanded Johnny, the rest of the survivors giving the Italian similar questioning, numb stares.

"I don't know…" answered Gyro. "What happened to me?! One second I felt incredible pain, then all of sudden I can see well. Amazingly well! There's blood splashing in front of my right eye, but not my left! I can even see pieces of teeth! Hell, it tuned up my ability to control the Spin! This… Is this a Stand? Is this what it feels like to have a Stand?! I don't know and frankly I don't care! This is crazy, but god damn, it feels amazing to see so well!"

Midoriya couldn't believe what he was seeing. Was this how Johnny felt when he got Tusk? What happened to the golden arrowhead? What else can Gyro's Stand do? So many questions and feelings buzzed around in his head, but one started to overshadow the others. Hope.

"D-Dinosaurs!" Midoriya blinked before turning to see Ferdinand trying to stand back up, a hand pressing over his now ruined eye. "What are you doing?! Protect me! Encircle and protect me with bodies and your dynamic vision!" As if linked to one mind, all the raptors descended upon the vile doctor, forming a protective shell over him with the mutated students acting as the first line of meat-shields. "Murdoc! Kill him! Kill them all!"

As Murdoc jumped off Sato, Stylo raised a hand towards Gyro, electricity glowing between its fingertips. The Italian hero-in-training didn't flinch at the glowing Stand. Instead he smiled intensely, moonlight gleaming brightly off his golden grills and new tattoo.

"It's as if there's a camera in my Steel Ball," said Gyro, as he quickly bent down to pick up a small, smooth stone. "I can see that Quack's gaudy boot and back of Stylo's neck at the same time. It's incredible… I wonder just what are the limits of my Stand? Or rather, what limits did it unlock for the Spin? Either way, I can already see some good uses for it…"

"Shut this bloody brat up already, Mur—!"

"ORAAA!" roared Gyro, cutting off Ferdinand as he threw the stone. It spun through the air before smacking the floating Steel Ball, causing it shoot downward till it smack's Stylo's back before ricocheting through a hole in the scaly pile to smash into the villainous doctor's leg. Twin sickening crunches echoed throughout the night followed by anguished howls as Ferdinand grasped his now shattered leg while Murdoc fell to the floor, rolling violently as his back arched upwards.

As the Steel Ball finally returned to its owner, Midoriya's mouth hung open in awe. In a single move, Gyro had disabled both villains with his new found power. It was simply incredible to see firsthand, and if he had his notebook on him, he would be writing everything breathlessly. Despite his growing awe and excitement, however, he noticed another miraculous thing. Johnny had returned back to normal. His scales, fangs, and tail were completely gone! Not only that, it seemed that changes that started to appear on Todoroki had disappear as well. Even his claw marks had disappeared!

"Is this because Ferdinand was injured?" he muttered out loud. "If so then why didn't the others change back as well? Hmm… maybe it's because they're completely changed into dinosaurs that they—!"

"Look alive, Midoriya," Gyro instructed, cutting off the fanboy's mutterings as he turned to face him. "We're not out of the woods yet. So don't let down your guard. That said, I'll try to finish this with another shot from my Steel Ball!" He then let out an exhilarated laugh. "I should give thanks to that arrow, or maybe it was chance... Either way, I'll finish this here!"

"Finish us off?!" Ferdinand demanded as he steadied himself up onto a raptor, spittle and blood dripping down his chin. "Don't get cocky you disrespectful piece of shit! Once I'm done breaking you, I'll feed whatever's left of your body to your friends with them being fully aware of what they are doing!"

"Ever heard the saying, 'He who speaks of victory, has already lost the war'?"

"Enough! Murdoc!"

With groan, the green skinned villain lurched a hand up before a ball of pure light burst out of his palm. As the blinding light sailed through the sky to reach its peak, forcing the students to shield their eyes, the ground suddenly rumbled violently. Through the gaps of his fingers, Midoriya briefly saw a glow coming from Ferdinand's hands as they pressed into the floor before the earth beneath the tiles rose up, tearing apart the courtyard. Miniature canyons and crevices quickly formed a labyrinth around the villains while Stylo suddenly lunged forward, shooting lightning brazenly at the youth.

Midoriya ducked under the energized attacks, before blinking at the sudden wall of ice forming in front of him. "We need to find them," Todoroki said calmly as he stood over the fanboy.

"If I had to guess then those powers we just saw are their Quirks," Tsuyu theorized as she helped steady Uraraka on the now uneven floor. "They probably going to be holding themselves up in that maze while they send Stylo and the raptors after us." As if summoned by her words, loud hisses echoed throughout the night and getting closer to the ice wall.

"What do we do?!" Johnny demanded. "If that Quack can move the freaking ground underneath our feet, how do we—?!"

"Calm down, Johnny," Gyro instructed, his face unnaturally calm as he turned towards Uraraka. "Hey, Uraraka… do you think that you could cause several rocks to float at once?"

"Uh, yes I can, why?" The gravity girl stared at him in confusion, though her eyes nervously flickered to the wall beside them as the scratching of claws got louder.

"Heh, ever seen a western where the gunman ricochets his bullets?"

Midoriya instantly understood what the Italian was getting at. "You're planning to hit them both from here?! That's crazy! I know your Stand made your eye sight better, but—!"

"Trust me, Midoriya. My sight wasn't the only thing improved." Gyro flashed him his grills before turning back to brown haired girl. "Get ready, Uraraka. When I give the signal, I want you to throw as many rocks high over that wall!"

"O-Ok!" Uraraka didn't waste any time before scrambling to grab as many rocks as she could.

As she quickly went about her task, Gyro suddenly slammed his Steel Ball into the ground. At first confused by the action, the fanboy quickly saw what looked like a ripple spread across the stone floor as the sphere spun intensely. "Hmm… yes, that's what I thought. One of them is hiding in the maze while the other is somewhere else."

"Wait… did you use some kind of sonar or something?!" Johnny stared incredulously as the Steel Ball returned to its master.

"In a matter of speaking. This Stand really is a tuned up version of the Spin. It's creating waves that spread everywhere and the vibrations return as an echo, allowing me to see everything! But that's enough of that. They're about to blast through the wall at any moment. I need you guys keep them off my backs until I get that bastard in the maze. Uraraka! Once they break through, throw the rocks up into the air!"

"Right!" Uraraka hefted a great pile of rocks in both arms as her companions readied themselves for the horde. As the seconds dwindled by, Midoriya felt sweat drip down his face, his body tense and aching slightly as the adrenaline in his system was starting to lose its effect. Still, he refused to become a hindrance now, not when they were on the knife's edge of victory.

A huge roar raged throughout the courtyard as the center of the icy wall exploded everywhere. Stylo was the first to fly through, gliding off the ground like overgrown bat with the dinosaurs quickly following closely behind, ignoring the hail of rocks flying over their heads. Gyro let out a roar of his as the reptiles closed in, his Steel Ball zooming off his fingers as if thrown by a World Series pitcher. Several sharp clacks snapped sharply in the air as the green sphere zig-zagged off the rocks before entering the labyrinth. Just as Stylo was mere inches away from Gyro, its claws diving to piercing his heart, a resounding smack rang out. The malicious Stand let out a gurgle before collapsing to the floor, its body dissipating in a dark haze.

Despite the overwhelming relief at seeing the once invincible Stand getting knocked down for good, following its user into a dreamless sleep, Midoriya didn't have a chance to relish that feeling as the dinosaurs continued to swarm in. Bakugo roared as he leapt at him, his explosions closing the distance in mere seconds, causing the fanboy to freeze up before letting out a yelp as a sticky tongue yanked him back. Skidding across the floor, Midoriya raised up his left hand to get ready to shoot another shockwave at his mutated classmates. Yet he paused when he noticed something flickering on the ground. Right where Gyro threw his Steel Ball was another rotating sphere, though smaller and gray like the stone tiles surrounding it. It spun intensely in a newly formed hole before the same eye that was on Gyro's Steel Ball appeared on it. Without any hesitation, it launched itself forward, slapping Bakugo in the side before bouncing off to hit Tokoyami in the foot just as Dark Shadow was about attack Todoroki from behind.

Both of them went down howling, though they scrambled desperately to get back up even as Gyro got the stone ball. "Not much of a kick as I would like from inferior material, but it'll do."

"There's too many of them!" Johnny screamed, shooting wildly at each raptor that tried to take a snap at him or the rest of the survivors. They barely hit their marks, however, with only a few even grazing the dinosaurs as they leaped back before running circles around the survivors. "Where the hell is that damn doctor?!"

"Didn't I say to calm down, Johnny?" Gyro reminded, twirling the stone ball in his hand as he glared at Kaminari's mutated form. "I already know where the Quack is. When I was using my scanning ability, I saw everything from the tiniest bug to the skeletons of the raptors. And you'll never believe what I found in one of them."

Quickly catching his meaning, Midoriya snapped his head towards the transformed electric user, who stiffened at their gaze. His momentary surprise was his downfall as wave of ice slammed into him from the side. Shivering intensely, Kaminari tried desperately to escape his icy tomb least he die from the cold, but it was all for naught. A frustrated cry escaped his maw before Ferdinand forced his way out, leaping frantically to reach another host body.

Just as his feet hit the ground, five nail-bullets slammed into his face, digging holes into his cheeks and nose while flesh was torn apart. Like crimson tears, streams of blood dripped down his face before a Steel Ball smashed right into his left cheek, the cheekbone collapsing onto itself with a sickening crunch. The vile doctor collapsed to floor with a thud, but to Midoriya's utter shock, he was still conscious.

"How… how could you tell…?" Ferdinand coughed out before spitting out several bloody, broken teeth. "Raptors… defend me! Come on! I'm still your master, I'm—!" He paused before his good eye widened at the sight before him.

Everyone who had turned into a dinosaur had turned back normal! They collapsed onto the floor, gasping for breath and grasping at their faces and bodies as if wondering if they had woken from a dream. Or a nightmare. Confusion was a prominent feature that flashed across their faces, others looked rather sick, but for some, mainly Bakugo, looked vexed, irritated that they were made into puppets dancing to Ferdinand's tune. Though some, Midoriya noted, were missing. Probably either still within the rocky maze or behind the icy wall.

A mountainous weight lifted off Midoriya's shoulders at the sight of his friends no longer in serious danger—though Kaminari needed to be thawed out of his glacier. Yet there was still one last thing to do before he was completely free of the shadow of fear. Turning towards the doctor, who looked bewildered as his stand deactivated, he started to march over with Todoroki and Gyro following close behind. "It's over, Ferdinand!"

"No, no, no… It can't be over… I will not submit to such pathetic, disrespectful, unworthy pieces of—!"

"Unworthy…"

Midoriya blinked before taking an unconscious step back, colliding into both the Italian and the ice boy, as the green oni reappeared beside the malicious geologist. Finally overcoming their confusion and nausea, everyone turned to face the entity, muttering in a mixture of awe, fear, and curiosity. The villain weakly scrambled back at the sudden appearance, though he barely moved an inch before his arms gave out, causing him to fall flat on his back, trembling as the green figure stepped forward.

"You claim they are unworthy?" it asked with contempt, menacingly standing over the terrified villain now. It then pointed to Gyro, causing the Italian to blink at being singled out. "No. They are worthy. This one has been judged and thus been rewarded. You, who has taken this gift for granted, have fallen low. Criticizing others for your failures and being too weak to back up your boasts… you are no longer worthy…."

It then gripped at Ferdinand's throat, raising him high in the air as the doctor feebly wacked at its arms. For a moment, Midoriya stared in horror, fearing that the creature was going to kill him or worse, turn him into a monster like in the story. The Oni dispelled those thoughts as it brought its other hand up before jabbing it inside the villain. Midoriya gaped in horror at the sight, but paused when the saw that no blood escaped the puncture. Writhing in the Oni's grip as it pulled out it hand, with no wound being left behind, was what looked like a dinosaur. Though it didn't look solid, almost like it was ethereal. Ferdinand stared in absolute terror at the squirming spirit. Even as his knees hit the floor as the Oni let him go, his broken jaw flapping weakly, but no sound escaped his lips.

"It is done. Your gift is no longer your own… but there is another who has the potential of being worthy of this gift…" Without a word, the Oni vanished. Not faded or phased away, simply vanished like before.

Midoriya shivered at the Oni's passing, but nausea racked his stomach as he stared at Ferdinand. If he had learned anything from Johnny, then what the Oni pulled out of the villain was his Stand. And judging by the almost catatonic look on his face, it must hit him harder than anything that he endured prior.

"What the hell just happened?" Bakugo demanded as he cracked his neck, irritation and confusion raging upon his face before he turned to Midoriya. "Well, Deku?! What happened?!"

"W-Well, you see..." How could he explain what just happened? Even if his theory was correct, it was a hell of a leap and so bizarre that he wondered if it really happened despite seeing it with his own two eyes. Suddenly sirens blared everywhere, startling everyone as it got closer to the ancient shrine before a police helicopter appeared overhead with a bright searchlight shining down upon everyone. Heroes of all shape and sizes quickly followed after, either crashing through the gate or jumping over the high wall, nothing stopped them as they continued pour in. Most of them checked up on the victims, making sure they got all the medical attention they needed, while the rest went to secure the villains. Murdoc was pulled out of the labyrinth, unconscious and the rest of his remaining teeth ruined by Gyro's Steel Ball. Ferdinand didn't even bother to acknowledge their presence, simply staring down at his hands, the light in his eyes all but extinguished.

"Midoriya!" The fanboy blinked before turning to see the severely bandaged form of Mountain Tim, looking more like a zombie than a cowboy, striding towards him and the rest of the class. A platoon of police trailed behind him, though he didn't pay any attention to them. Only his students. Though his face was hidden by layers of bandages, Midoriya could see the worry in his shiny blue eyes. "Is everyone alright? What happened?! As soon we didn't receive you guys at the scheduled time we feared the worst."

Midoriya stiffened for a moment, his gaze flickering over to the rest of his classmates—though he did linger on Gyro after noticing that his cheek tattoo was gone—before returning back the cowboy teacher. "Well Smith Sensei… it's a long story…."


Author's Note: Well this was a pain to get through. Mostly because I didn't think the finale would get this long. I should've expected this really, since I wanted to have a good conclusion for this arc, but I will admit that from now on I will be splitting up the finale. This way it will flow a hell of a lot better and will save my sanity as it was a pain in the ass to edit this thing twice. Speaking of which, I will admit that I merely skimmed editing it a second time due to the fact that I didn't want to make you guys wait. So if you see any grammar mistakes, I sincerely apologize for those and I will do better next time.

With that out of the way, I want to say a few short things about this chapter before I get to the review responses. First off, I wanted this finale to be like the Stylo chapter, where the students barely have any time to form a true strategy and are forced to keep moving least they get attacked. This made it easier for the villains, who are actually bright for the time to push their inexperience minds to their limits. However, I also wanted to show that the villains, despite their powers, are still human. Ferdinand was overconfident and when things didn't go his way, his anger started to dictate his movements, allowing him make mistakes such as simply having his raptors just swarm the students or attack Todoroki the first since he is the most dangerous. I also regret that I couldn't give Murdoc more time, but with his injuries, it makes sense as to why he's basically more or less useless in this fight, with Stylo being downgrade and a wreck after getting hit by Midoriya and being in the dark. Not to mention with how big the chapter was getting, I was feeling spread thin and I didn't want this chapter to be over bloated. However, I did try to counter balance this with his Quirk that temporarily allowed Stylo use his invinicibity at the end. Though Gyro was able to get around that fact by aiming directly at Murdoc.

Don't worry about any other new characters though. Be they villains, heroes, or neutral, that I create for this story. They will be more fleshed out and have a lot more screen time I assure you all. Murdoc and Stylo are more like the Sludge Monster from the first chapter of MHA or The Tower Stand user from Part 3 of Jojo, starter villains.

Also, you all may be wondering who or what that Green Oni is. Well, I won't spoil anything crucial, but I will say that it is simply called a Stand Guardian. As for why it was protecting the Arrowhead, well... You'll have to find out later. ;3

Also, also, I wanted to also demonstrate how Johnny's progress isn't always instantenous. Rather, I wanted him to gradually learn Lesson 4 after being explained it and failing for the first time due to the circumstances of this chapter. This way, he will have more motivation to learn and push himself forward get better at the Spin. Which will be really useful in the next arc. As for when he gets his second act, I will say it will be soon.

Speaking of the next arc, I've decided to switch things up. To keep a good steady pace for this story, I will be moving my next original arc to after the Sport's Festival. Why you may ask? With out giving spoilers, I will simply say that this is simply better for character development and pacing. And makes more sense in the long run when we get to the Hero Killer Arc. So for those who are looking forward to the next original arc, please be patient.

As for when he next chapter will be, it'll probably be around July since I'm a little worn out from making this monster of a chapter. Doesn't mean I lost interest, mind you, but I just need a small break.

On a side note, I forgot how powerful Todoroki is. I originally had a lot of different scenarios played out for how the students get away, but when you have a powerful character in your party, it makes sense to use him over the more complex and needless plans you make. It would make less sense if you didn't use someone like him or, for example, a powerful spell book that would allow you to win any battle, or at the very least give you a huge advantage. Still, I think Todoroki is very cool and you could tell he was starting to get pushed a bit when how much ice he was making to deal with what he fought in this chapter.

As for the reference for this chapter's title is a direct homage to David Bowee's song of the same name. It's very fitting for the obvious reason that the students are facing not only scary monsters (the dinosaurs), but also super creeps (the villains who are trying to kill them). It's also fitting because who eventually gets this Stand later. :3

As for those wondering about Diego, don't worry. I NOW officially have plans for him. :3

Also, here's the stats for Ferdinand and Murdoc! (Though, I won't be giving stats for Ferdinand's stand because it's no longer his own.)

Ferdinand:

Quirk: Geomorph - With a single touch from his fingers, Ferdinand is able to transform the earth around him into any shape or design he chooses. However, his range is limited due lack of training with it. Not to mention he needs to physically touch the earth of his choosing. He can't, however, morph any processed and refined metals.

Power: 3/5

Speed: 2/5

Technique 3/5

Intelligence: 4/5

Cooperativeness: 2/5

Murdoc:

Quirk: Flare - Murdoc is able to shoot a flare from his hands that shines brightly for a few minutes before disappearing. It's not very powerful, and he can only use it one at a time, but used with his Stand makes him quite the challenge for anyone facing him.

Power: 2/5

Speed: 2/5

Technique: 4/5

Speed: 4/5

Cooperativeness: 3/5

Stand: Stylo - This Stand has powered by light, which makes it invincible and powerful depending on the quality of light shining on it. It can also transform into a car that is very fast and able to go anywhere without being restrained by user's range. In it's human form, it can shoot lightning and has powerful talons that can easily pierce flesh. However, int he dark or in the shade, it becomes super weak and fragile. Anyone who attacks it in this vulnerable state will definitely do some major damage to it.

Destructive Power: B (In the light) - D (when in the dark)

Speed: A (In the light) - D (when in the dark)

Range: A

Durability: A (In the light) - E (when in the dark)

Precision: C

Development Potential: E

And now for the review responses, but they will be really short due to the fact that I don't want this Author's note to drag on.

DiRunner: Well, some of them were forced to walk like a Dinosaur anyway. :P

TheCrocutaAsylum: In a society that has pretty much accepted Quirks, no, superpowers, seeing another form of abilities is no longer as shocking as it was generations ago. However, I will say people are still surprised by them, but they don't hate them. Or look down upon them like those who are quirkless. That said, however, I will say that society in this story is mostly curious about Stands.

FrancisVamp0822: No one expects the Dio inquistion. :P Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

enarcoyufuin: Thank you so much for liking this story. I hope to continue to please.

KingJGamer: Not exactly that, but soon Johnny will get Act 2. As for how Diego gets Scary Monsters... well, I think it's needless to say how he got it at the end. And yep, Diego's relationship with Johnny is very similar to that of Bakugo and Deku.

mastergamer14: Nope, but I hope this chapter explained how he got Diego got his Stand. Or rather, implied how he got it.

kerrowe: Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. :3

Hercules8: I tried really hard to keep a sort of horror theme along with the intensity this arc. I really hope it paid off! And thank you for liking my last chapter! :3

Foreteller of Three: Season 2 was freaking amazing, and season 3 is just on fire at the moment. Glad liked my last chapter. :D

gold crown dragon: *Screams in T-Rex* :P

Galer: Oh fuck indeed. :P

The Infamous Man: Thanks once again for liking this chapter. I can't thank you enough for your reviews as I appreciate them very much! :3

tallestinz: I'm glad you liked my chapter! As for pacing, I feel it needs to be balanced, but don't worry. This only still the beginning of this grand tale. So rest assured, I will try not to rush the pacing.

lolrus555: Wow. I didn't expect so much writing one review! You have no idea how much this makes me happy to see! Thank you so much for your kind words and I really appreciate them very much. As for your suggestion, I'll think about it, but I can't promise that it'll be in my story. I already have a great deal of plans, but I'll think about it none the less. Again, thank you so much for liking my story!

Anyway, that just about wraps up this chapter! Thank you all for enjoying this series so far. I'm really having fun with it and I'm really happy that people like it so much! Until next time, I hope you all have a nice day!

Sincerely, Count Chaos.