[A/N] Sorry it's so late. Had a bit of a block but we got through it. I wanted to add a lot of details to it, but then it got jumbled up so I decided to shorten it and leave those parts for the chapter after. So this is not as long as I thought it would be.

Now enough of me, on to the chapter!

Yuuma had just gotten to the sound of the scream to witness yet another horrible scene unfold before him.

Mr. Hands, now known as Shigaraki, had his hand on Tsu-chan's face, but Aizawa had used his quirk on him so whatever might have happened didn't. Yuuma senses were completely overloading right now, so he was able to sense the fear in her that she was able to remarkably not shown on her face. Everything was happening so fast one would miss it if they blinked.

Aizawa was in dire condition. Yuuma could tell at a glance that his arms had been broken like twigs, his face covered in blood and dripping down his scratched and bruised face. But he was still fighting even in that state, trying to protect the students. Even beneath the oppressive force of the enemy, he was still fighting with everything he had.

"Damn it. You really are cool, Eraserhead."

CRACK!

"Gah-" Mr. Beak viciously slammed Aizawa's head into the pavement, more than likely breaking bones in his face. it seemed that the beast had already done it once before, hence the crater, but this time ended it.

"AIZAWA!"

Izuku jumped up from the water to land a hit on Shigaraki, most likely trying to get him away from Tsu who he was essentially holding hostage at the moment. But when the dust settled it was Nomu who had taken the hit and Shigaraki was completely unfazed by it.

"You move well. Your 'smash'... are you a follower of All Might's?"

There was clear animosity hidden behind his calm.

"Oh well. I'm done with you."

As if receiving a signal, Nomu directed his attention to Izuku, grabbing his arm. It was clear what he was about to do. Tsu managed to break free of Shigaraki's hold and used her frog-like tongue to try and grab Izuku to pull him away from the danger, but she wasn't going to make it in time.

"Get away from them!" Yuuma was quick to use his telekinesis on Nomu to stop its movements. All attention was on him for that split moment. His head screamed in protest and his body felt like lead. The Nomu fought with him for every inch of momentum. His nose gushed blood at the astronomical amount of strain it put on his already stressed mind.

'It hurts!'

Everyone would have been paying more attention to Yuuma in this moment, but it was then that All Might decided to finally show up.

"That's All Might...?"

"It's my first time seeing him in person!"

Everyone was entranced by the number one hero's arrival, the students felt hope again in this dire situation. Yuuma was the only one not looking. He couldn't look.

Even though everyone else stopped to stare, the Nomu was still struggling against Yuuma's telekinesis to move.

There were varying degrees of fear and excitement, dread and general tenseness. These low-level thugs couldn't possibly comprehend the presence of the number one hero. Some of them even thought it was their chance to get at him, only to be done in by one hit which they couldn't even see. Multiple villains were taken out before they even realized it and he got to the unconscious Aizawa without issue.

Only All Might seemed to realize the situation with Yuuma. He may not have been all that great at teaching yet, but he wasn't the number one hero for nothing.

Yuuma knew he wouldn't be able to hold him any longer, and so did All Might, so instead he switched targets. Izuku, Tsu, the grape, and Aizawa. He had to get them away from the enemy. So he literally grabbed the three students and yeeted them towards himself just as the number one got to Aizawa while hitting the Nomu and Shigaraki away.

It was a split second moment of perfect teamwork.

"Eh? Huh?" The grape belatedly realized that he was no longer in the path of danger, as well as the others.

"Everyone, go to the entrance. I'm leaving Aizawa to you. He's unconscious. Hurry!"

"Under... stood..." Yuuma said between breaths. He was utterly exhausted right now. The only reason he was standing was adrenaline. He could see Izuku looking at All Might in a daze, many thoughts undoubtedly swirling around his mind.

"All Might, you can't." Izuku stated after standing in thought for a second. The others looked at him like he was crazy. Yuuma had a feeling that Izuku was saying this because of the injury that All Might had. If it was someone like Izuku, who was most likely the most dedicated All Might fan on the planet, then he would probably figure it out sooner or later.

"That's brain villain took One For-" He looked around and quickly changed his sentence, "He took a punch that didn't break my arm, but didn't even twitch!"

'That was a horrible cover up Izuku. I know exactly who you got your quirk from now. Though, the fact that you say 'smash' every time you hit something gave it away too.' Yuuma resisted the urge to facepalm and deadpan at the same time while sighing at how bad that save was. But he didn't have the time to worry about that and it didn't seem like the others were paying attention to what he'd said.

"He's gotta be—"

"Young Midoriya." All Might cut him off. He turned, giving all of them a confident smile. "It's fine."

'You're lying.' Yuuma clenched his fist. 'How can any of this be fine?'

"Izuku..." Yuuma finally managed to say. The green haired teen could now clearly see how exhausted the child was. There were tears in his costume and black, vein-like marks on his head that seemed to painfully throb. Yuuma seemed to be in pain, and had likely been alone wherever he was.

"We need to go, we're in the way." Yuuma's voice was strained as if he'd been screaming. His eyes we're puffy and we're dull like they usually were.

Yuuma was pleading with him to leave.

They'd had easy villains to deal with and Izuku only suffered a few broken fingers, but Yuuma seemed as if he'd been in a very hard fight and just barely managed to win.

Yuuma was stronger than him in both power application, control, and overall technique on top of having a formidable combat style. There's no way that small fry like the one's they'd faced could of done this too him.

'When I got here with Asui and Grape, only the beaked villain, Shigaraki, and Kurogiri were present, not the fourth one that was with them. He only appeared just a few minutes before Yuuma did and hasn't moved an inch since.'

Izuku's eyes widened as realization hit him. But Yuuma was already pulling him and the others away from the battle.

'Be calm. Be strong. Everything will be okay now. Everything will be okay. Trust in All Might, he's the number one hero.'

All Might had to give a quick glance at Yuuma. There was an amount of dread and fear on the poor boy's face that made All Might's stomach turn. The boy seemed to be physically struggling to keep his composure. Something had happened and it had to of been dreadful. It made the number one hero feel even more guilty.

'Young Kageyama must also be at his limit. I should have gotten here sooner! I'm sorry, Yuuma...!'

All Might wanted to access his condition a bit more but their situation was dire. All Might gave the child a nod, flashing him his most convincing smile. "Everything will be fine now. I'm here."

Wanting, no, needing to believe in him, Yuuma could only nod back. He continued to pull them away.

Comparing the energy between Grim and All Might, Grim was weaker. He was closer to where Yuuma was in those terms, so Yuuma was unsure of how a fight between them would go. But for someone reason Grim was no longer giving off that demonic vibe. He was just standing off to the side by the fountain where they came in. He had no intention of joining in on the upcoming fight. Yuuma felt that even if they were losing, he wouldn't step in. He was there to observe. He was watching and nothing more.

Only their encounter was the exception.

Yuuma could only think of one reason why that would be so.

'I was targeted by him. Could the only reason he's here have been to 'meet' me? But why?' Yuuma's thoughts were racing as he walked on with Izuku, Tsu, Aizawa, and the grape.

"How did he make a suplex look like an explosion?! All Might's on a whole nother level!"

"Even though he's a rookie teacher who can't teach without looking at his notes."

One could hear cheering from the students coming from the top of the stairs by the entrance. Even the grape was yelling his encouragements, despite them being vulgar like his existence.

Izuku and Yuuma were the only one's looking pensive and worried. Izuku, because he knew the truth of All Might's time limit, and Yuuma because out of everyone here, he had the worse experience with the villains.

Everyone he'd been faced against was murdered and 'devoured' by their ally. And he'd seen it all. He'd felt them all die. Their pain, their fear, their last breaths... It was replaying over and over again in his mind. So many emotions were circling his head to the point Yuuma wasn't sure how to feel. He was panicking but he had to get Aizawa to safety. He was in pain but he had to keep going.

He wanted to scream but all he could manage right then was silence.

He was struggling. He was struggling all alone. He felt like he was alone.

'Don't go...'

He could hear the young, five year old Yuuma crying in his mind.

"Were we overthinking it?"

'Overthinking?'

Screams. Painful screams were all he was hearing. Was that him overthinking?

"We're safe with All Might here. There's nothing to worry about anymore..."

'Safe?' Everyone he'd encountered here today was dead. Who the hell is safe?

"He's amazing!" Tsu exclaimed. They were keeping as fast a pace as they could with the injured Aizawa with them. Yuuma wanted to carry him with his powers but he was much too tired and way too unstable to control it. Even then, subtle cracks were appearing on the ground where he stepped. But the quakes near them were being covered up by the battle happening behind them.

Whatever Grim had done to him was effecting him right now. Something that was buried at the very bottom of his mental Pandora's Box had been violently ripped out before he'd kicked Grim out of his mind. All of his emotions were swirling and going out of his control. He was desperately trying to hold on to any life line at this point. He couldn't lose control like this, it was too dangerous. He had to hold it in.

He ignored his trembling hands and his shaking breath. He ignored his blistering headache or his aching limbs. He ignored the worried glances from his friends as he constantly checked up on his unconscious honorary uncle. Aizawa was much too injured for him to help and even if he could, Yuuma himself was much to unstable to do such a delicate job at the moment.

"Izuku. Tsu. Grape. I'm not in complete control of my quirk right now. One of the villains... they did something to me. T-they killed all of their allies that were over there with me and did something to me. I-I'm trying to keep everything from exploding but..."

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"I'm... struggling." Yuuma said through gritted teeth. His admittance to his plight made them all pause to look at him. Tsu took it upon herself to try and help him along, seeing that even talking was straining him right now. It wasn't about keeping something out anymore, Grim was no longer the problem.

It was keeping something in that he was struggling with.

"Don't worry Yuu-chan. Everything is alright now, kero. Everyone is safe now that All Might is here. We just need to get Aizawa-Sensei to the entrance and wait for the other pros to get here." Tsu told him reassuringly. She patted his back and they continued to walk at a steady pace. Normally, he would have just lifted them all up with his telekinesis but he was too tired to do something so delicate.

"Thank you, Tsu." He said. She was trying to make him feel better. Keep him calm. She didn't ask him about his experience to try and keep him from breaking down right then and there. She was trying to help him concentrate on the good things that were happening in this dire situation. Tsu had younger siblings and was good with things like this, and he appreciated it a lot.

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"Ack!" Pain suddenly filled his brain. Unpleasant flashes passed through his mind that were jumbled and confusing. Screaming, sadness, fear, they flooded through him as he clutched the sides of his head. Something was violently fighting through his mind and tearing down his inner mental walls.

'Yuuma, get out of here!'

Mommy? Why did he remember her saying that? From when? Why now?

'Stay away from him you monster!'

Daddy? The same thoughts as before. He remembered them being this frantic, he remembered the fear as if it had happened only moments ago. But why hadn't he remembered it before this moment? Voices he hadn't heard in six long years were appearing in his mind. It was distant and old, as if he had heard them say that a long time ago. But he didn't remember when, he couldn't place it.

'A repressed memory was locked in Pandora's box...?'

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"Yuuma-chan! Are you okay?" Izuku was startled by Yuuma's show of obvious pain. Yuuma nodded, still holding his head because the headache had not subsided. Izuku ushered for the others to hurry, the faster they got out of this dangerous area the better.

"We need to leave..." Now wasn't the time to have a mental breakdown. "Aizawa is severely injured and my quirk is almost completely exhausted. All Might is—"

But things never go how one wants them to. Yuuma wasn't sure how the situation could get any worse, but of course, it could, and it did.

"So that's how it is, huh?" All Might's voice cut through all thoughts in that moment. It was pained and almost in disbelief of the situation.

All Might was losing his battle. Nomu had him in a equally powerful lock. He would've probably been done in by the suplex but Kurogiri had interfered, giving them the advantage. They were too far away to hear all of the conversation, but it didn't take much for them to realize that All Might was in a dire situation and that without any back up, it might be possible... there might be the slightest of chances that he may...

Die.

'Death?'

Everything around Yuuma seemed to slow to a crawl despite moving in real time. He didn't even peep that Izuku had handed Aizawa off to Tsu. It seemed like he was about to do something stupid, but Yuuma's mind was racing too much to notice.

'Could he lose people precious to him again?'

'Had all of his training been for nothing?'

Aizawa had just barely regained his consciousness only to regret it immediately as the unimaginable pain assaulted his entire being. He was sure that his arms, some of his ribs, and even parts of his face were broken. Shattered, even. He was in the arms of his frog-like student, Asui, and beside her was the panicking grape and Yuuma, who seemed to be in a very disturbing daze right then.

He could only assume that his students had been thoroughly traumatized by this horrific event. Of course, he was planning on putting them through hell, but not like this, and definitely not this soon. Aizawa could see Yuuma losing his grip, and the panic in his eyes. Aizawa didn't know the magnitude of the horror that the boy was seeing, hearing, and feeling behind his crumbling neutral expression but his eyes portrayed all of his building emotions.

Aizawa grimaced due to both the pain in his body and his heart. Yuuma was much too young to have to experience these types of situations. He was 11 for crying out loud!

"Yuu...ma..."

"Uncle Zawa...!" Yuuma's eyes were filled with so many swirling emotions Aizawa couldn't keep track of them all. Yuuma could see the pain in Aizawa's face. He put aside his chaotic thoughts and aimed for a pressure point in Aizawa's neck. The sudden movement made Aizawa let out a pained grunt but he soon felt the relief of numbness pass through his limbs and body.

Yuuma had hit a nerve that was in his spine and stimulated it to shut off his sense of pain for everything below the neck. It was one of the things Aunt Airi had taught him when she was going over her way of first aide. Once the injures were assessed, the victim could be put at ease until the proper authorities took over. And if their injuries were particularly bad that it interfered with their treatment if they moved due to pain, this was a quick way to help.

Yuuma was not an expert in this like his Aunt was, so he knew that this temporary relief he'd given his teacher would only last for ten minutes at the most before he had to re-hit the nerve. And on top of that, he couldn't keep doing it lest he end up doing damage or even paralyzing him accidently. So, Yuuma wanted to refrain from doing so as much as possible even though it seemed horrible.

Although Aizawa's bruised face still hurt like hell, he could no longer feel his body's overwhelming pain for which he was thankful to Yuuma for. Still, being completely numb was a bit terrifying, even for him, in a situation like this. He'd seen Airi do it enough times to know what technique it was and how it worked, even if it was just a little. But he didn't have time to think about stuff like that.

Even he, will all of the blood that was still steadily flowing down his face, could see that All Might was having a difficult time. The warp user and Nomu were double teaming him, and their combined force put the number one at a disadvantage. He was shocked yet could easily put together the why. All Might's time was up and he'd come here in that condition.

Yuuma was looking at Aizawa's injuries, It was a miracle that he was even conscious right now, even though it was barely. They weren't in an optimum place for him to use his first aid kits, and even those weren't enough to properly treat his extensive injuries.

While Yuuma was trying not to let any tears fall, trying to push down his raging, swirling, building emotions, he felt someone run passed him. A blur of green full of anxious energy. He turned his head and his eyes widened at the sight.

"Izuku-nii! No!" Yuuma yelled, but it was like Izuku couldn't hear him. Izuku was running towards the villains holding All Might. Yuuma watched in horror as the warp villain used his power to block and attempt to redirect his fist while also giving Nomu a perfect chance to end him.

Izuku was going to die.

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Yuuma found himself moving too. His tired and small body screaming for rest, his mind a chaotic storm.

"Yuuma, come back! You can't do anything in that state you'll—"

But Yuuma couldn't hear Aizawa's voice.

He held up his arms as he rushed to get closer, doing the same thing he'd done before as he held the Nomu in place. This time he didn't care if he accidently crushed its limbs in doing so. He had no way to control his insane output in his state.

All Might used the opportunity to pry Nomu off of him, and grab him once more. But he was unable to stop what was about to happen. His face took on a distraught expression for just a moment when suddenly ice enveloped the area. This was followed by a familiar explosion and an equally gruff, angry voice.

"Move, Nerd!"

"Katsuki-nii!" Yuuma was glad to see that he was okay. They managed to help All Might get out of that situation, immobilizing Kurogiri and freezing Nomu. Even Kirishima was there! He attempted to attack Shigaraki only for the villain to successfully dodge.

"Yuuma? What the fuck happened to you?!" The moment he saw the bruises and black veins on Yuuma, his broken visor and the obvious distress on his face Katsuki was ready to kill every villain in sight.

"You got careless you fog bastard." He ends up explaining how he figured out his weakness, impressing the others around him who thought he was just a overconfident brute. Yuuma had already known that Katsuki was very smart, so this did not surprise him, and nor did it surprise Izuku.

"You do anything funny and they're gonna be cleaning you off the walls for weeks." But he was still Katsuki Bakugou.

"That doesn't sound very hero-like, bro..."

Katsuki didn't care, a vicious snarl on his face that almost made him seem like a wild beast. He was beating himself up on the inside. While they'd been having it easy getting to the plaza, Yuuma must have run into some actually strong villains. Katsuki admitted to himself that even he may not be able to beat Yuuma in a one on one fight, so who could've pushed him this far?

He was mad. No, he was livid.

Yuuma had since let go of the Nomu. The backlash of using his quirk in its exhausted state were very clear. The migraine that was steadily getting worse and his bleeding nose were only the first few signs. On top of that, he was dealing with whatever Grim had done to him, his emotional turmoil from seeing people actually be viciously killed in front of him, as well as a resurfacing memory?

Was it a memory or was he finally going insane?

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"Ugh!" His nose gushed a stream of blood and his head felt like it was being assaulted with a hammer. In the distance, he could see Grim looking over to him casually. He still hadn't moved from his spot or even attempted to engage the heroes. Even as the small fries had been dealt with he didn't move. As he'd said, the only thing he was here to do was confront Yuuma, who he didn't expect to find here.

Now, he was just watching the show. Yuuma felt that even though he didn't have those grotesque teeth out, that he was smiling viciously at him. It was like he was waiting for something.

No... not like, he was waiting for something.

"Kids these days are amazing. They make the League of Villains look bad." Yuuma tuned back in to the conversation after calming down whatever that was. He took his eyes off of Grim who was doing just as he'd said he was going to do, nothing. Shigaraki turned his head toward Nomu whose body was half frozen and through a still open portal.

"Nomu."

It reversed, coming out of the portal where its legs were. In the process it broke off its frozen arm and leg, shocking the students as well as All Might.

"Even though his body's broken... he's still moving?"

"Get back, everyone!" All Might yelled. He was sure that they had something up their sleeves.

Yuuma could see this tortured beast's energy was fluctuating, and almost right after its lost arm and leg regenerated at terrifying speed.

A second quirk.

"His quirk wasn't shock absorption?!" All Might was on high alert, clutching as his injured side.

"I didn't say that was all he had." Shigaraki answered, enjoying the distress on the number one's features. "This is super regeneration. Nomu has been modified to take you at 100%; he's a super efficient human sand bag."

His threat level had reached new heights in that moment. All of the students got into a battle ready position. But Yuuma was the first to notice something was off.

'He's not going after All Might. Nomu doesn't have much going on in his head as far as thinking goes, I don't think... so if he's facing the direction he's about to go in then...!'

"First, we need to get our gate back."

'He's after Katsuki!'

"Go, Nomu."

Everything happened in slow motion after that. His body moved on its own and he shot everyone away from the area. It was a sudden and concentrated burst of energy. All Might was also moving, taking on the brunt of the hit in Katsuki's stead as the wave of psychic energy was pushing him, Izuku, Kirishima, and Todoroki out of the way of the incoming attack. The didn't even realize that they were far from the blast that came after until they blinked.

"Ow..." Izuku was the first to realize they weren't in the same place. When the dust settled Katsuki was no longer holding the warp villain. "K-kacchan!" But when he called his nickname Izuku realized Katsuki was right there with them. "Kacchan?! You dodged? That's amazing!"

"No, shut up, scum!" Katsuki was still in shock. He didn't see anything. Nothing at all. He hadn't noticed that the villain was coming after him until the very last second and if whatever happened didn't happen he would've been a blood splatter on the ground right now.

"Then how...?"

Katsuki's eyes shot wide open when the rest of the dust finally settled and they could see the scene clearly. All Might had taken the hit for Katsuki and was shot back into a nearby wall. But after that, just behind Nomu, was Yuuma with his hands outstretched. If one looked they could see the blue glow on his hands and that it was the same for the Nomu.

He wasn't able to stop the attack, but he kept the Nomu from moving any further. His face was pale, his nose was bleeding, his entire body seemed to be screaming.

"Young Kageyama!" All Might called, coughing up just a bit of blood. The child had caught the Nomu in the last moment, significantly reducing the force behind the attack.

"Yuuma!" Katsuki and Izuku's faces both lost all color.

"This brat..." Shigaraki began violently scratching his neck. "Nomu."

The oil skinned monstrosity began to fight back against Yuuma's hold. Yuuma was in too much pain to even keep it up for more than a second and it was easily able to force its way out. But before he could attack the child All Might was able to get to him and bring him to the other students.

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Everything was chaotic. He could hear Izuku and Katsuki desperately calling for him. A monster was standing before him and his head felt like it was spitting in two, and then he was suddenly in All Might's arms and with his friends? Yuuma realized that his exhaustion had reached a peak it never had before and he wasn't able to follow anything anymore. He could barely understand what the villains were saying now or what his friends were saying.

"Yuuma!" He turned his head to see a mass of messy, shaggy black hair and broken yellow goggles. What was Aizawa doing back in the battle in his condition?! Yuuma was able to focus again, and he hadn't realized what had been happening until that point as he'd blacked out momentarily from the strain.

He was currently being carried by Katsuki, who was being followed by the rest of the students. Aizawa had met them half way in their escape as he'd broken away from Tsu to follow after Yuuma who he was more worried for than himself. Thanks to Yuuma numbing him temporarily, he was able to walk and ignore the obvious pain his body should be in. They weren't able to escape the battlefield as the Nomu kept going after them, but was checked by All Might every time.

Where were the reinforcements? Yuuma had thought this briefly before realizing that only a few minutes had gone by since he'd spaced. With Aizawa's quirk back in play, even if temporarily, All Might didn't have to worry about the warp user interfering with him taking on Nomu. But Nomu's regenerative abilities plus his shock absorption made it an extremely difficult battle.

"Oh dear. Is this all your toy can do, Shiggy?" A child like voice said from a distance away. Grim was still standing there, unaffected by the chaos. Heck, if he had some he'd be eating popcorn enjoying the show. "Shame."

Shigaraki seemed to growl at the not-child who wasn't lifting a finger to assist them. Grim was surprisingly loyal to his word, to a 'T' he might add. He'd told them he wouldn't interfere with anything except the one thing he found interesting, and after that, nothing more.

They could be getting killed and Grim would still do absolutely nothing. Shigaraki was sure he'd just say 'Thanks for the free meal.' instead. But Shigaraki had also made an observation when Grim got back from his little 'excursion'.

His hands were healing.

That meant one thing.

'There is something that can hurt him. There is someone that can hurt him.'

But enough of that, he had to get back to trying to kill the heroes. His goal was All Might, but that would be even more difficult with Eraserhead getting in the way of Kurogiri and shutting down the functions of Nomu's quirks. He needed to lower the difficulty setting.

"Nomu."

It stopped in its tracks, waiting for a command. It jumped away from All Might for better execution of its next orders.

"Kill that guy."

It shot off in the opposite direction of All Might at a blinding speed. It should had been slower thanks to all of the hits it had taken from All Might, but it didn't care about pain so it wasn't. It was heading in the direction of the kids once again. Aizawa took his glowing red eyes off of Kurogiri in shock at the incoming monstrosity which had already broken his arms like twigs.

All Might wasn't fast enough to save them again. Yuuma wasn't in any condition to use his powers either. The hit connected, sending a shockwave that blasted the other kids back once again. Aizawa couldn't even blink before his head was brought down hard enough to create a new crater in the ground. His feeble and broken body could put up no resistance to this monster's unnatural physical strength.

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"Aizawa-Sensei!" All of their eyes widened in horror at the sight of their teacher being brutalized. All Might rushed to get to him, but he was thwarted each time by Kurogiri, who was back in the battle thanks to Aizawa being once again out of commission.

All color drained from Yuuma's world in that moment.

Why was this happening to them?

What had they done to deserve this?

What had he done to deserve this?

His unfiltered psychic power came bursting out, cracking the ground he was now sitting on as he struggled to stand again. He put up one of his shields to attempt to protect Uncle Zawa from the monster that was hurting him. For just a moment it had worked, but the blue haired villain noticed and remembered he also wanted to kill him too.

The brat that was getting in his way at every turn during this entire battle. He wanted him gone. This cheater! He wanted him to just die!

"Nomu!"

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Uncle Zawa lay just a few meters away from him, a broken mess in a crater filling with his own blood. He could see him trying to turn towards him, a distraught look upon his bloodshot eyes as his attempts to use his quirk failed him again and again. The others weren't fast enough to even see the Nomu move let alone get Yuuma out of the way. Yuuma, in a fit of instinct, bypassed his obvious excruciating headache and fatigue to try to protect himself.

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It came at him like a bullet. Yuuma put up a barrier, but it proved useless as the monster punched through it as if it was glass. Yuuma shot off and collided with a wall by the stairs. The air was knocked violently from his lungs as he was sure he felt a few of his ribs break.

It hurt. Everything was hurting. His world was blurring out and dots were in his vision. Warm liquid dripped to the ground and all of the sounds around him seemed far away.

And he was really scared.

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Blood was coming from his temple and onto the ground. His nose dripped from the extreme overuse of his quirk. Every part of his body was screaming for rest, trembling from both the pain and the exhaustion. The beast seemed to forget about him after getting him out of the way, and proceeded to make its way back to Aizawa who was now unconscious in his crater.

The ground beneath him was cracking still, his mind was racing a mile a minute but his body was unable to keep up at all anymore. In the distance, he was sure he could hear Grim laughing as if the moment he was waiting for had come at last. He wanted to ignore it, he needed to ignore it. His friends were in danger. Uncle Zawa was in danger. Everyone he cared about was in danger.

Again.

It was happening again.

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'I have to save them. I can't lose them. I can't lose someone again. I can't. I can't let it happen. I have to protect them. Get up. Get up! Please, you have to get up! Come on!'

Yuuma screamed in his mind. But his legs couldn't budge. He was losing all focus and all of the screams were becoming muffled background noise. Everything around him become a distant blur and he lost touch with reality. It was almost like what had happened all of those years ago. He was passing out while the ones he cared for faced death.

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