Chapter 24

"Does anyone else feel like the walls are moving again?" Kaiya asked, feeling the ground vibrate.

"Please tell me that you are moving that wave of cement towards us." Deku mumbled to Kaiya, pointing at the approaching wall. She shook her head slowly, bracing herself to stop the wave. "Kaiya!"

"Wait! I got this!" Rock Lock commanded, activating his Quirk to stop the motion.

"You couldn't have done that sooner?" Kaiya mumbled.

"My Quirk is strong but it can only hold so many spots. I'm already at my limits!" Deku flew past Kaiya and used his Full Cowling to shatter the walls.

"Where is he watching us from?" Aizawa asked, seeing the moving walls that Deku and Kaiya destroyed easily.

"He just keeps hitting us, we're getting nowhere." Kaiya growled, throwing strong wind gusts at the walls to shatter them. Flashes of Eri's picture flooded Kaiya's mind as another wall attacked her before Deku shattered it. "We have to keep going…"

Suddenly, the walls ceased and no other attack happened. "What do you think they're planning this time?" Rock Lock asked, before the walls separated everyone.

"Thanks for the save." Deku said to Aizawa.

"Don't worry about it. What is going on?"

"They separated us? Maybe trying to pick us off?" Kaiya guessed, dusting herself off. Aizawa grunted her guess but didn't argue. "Let me get this wall." She said, slamming the wall with a powerful wind burst. "Rock Lock?" She gasped, seeing two of the heroes on the ground.

"This imposter just showed up out of nowhere and tried to jump me!" Rock Lock said while Aizawa crouched down to check his ally. Kaiya knew something was off with the imposter act. Her instinct was right as a knife appeared in Rock Lock's hand; Aizawa activated his Quirk just in time for Deku's sake.

"Himiko Toga!" Deku cried out, dodging her blade.

"This girl is crazy!" Kaiya called out, lunging for the girl before Toga swiped at her.

"This is as far as you go!" Aizawa said, wrapping Togo in his bandages but the girl jumped over him and dug her knife into his shoulder.

"Eraser!" Kaiya called out and threw fireballs at Toga which she dodged by melting through the walls. "Are you okay?"

"I'm okay. Get the knife. Remember her blood manipulation." Kaiya nodded quickly and saw Deku pick up the weapon Aizawa had mentioned.

"How can we continue?" Kaiya asked, pressing Aizawa's wound, who winced. Kaiya looked around to come up with a plan, but their numbers were dwindling quickly. During her thought process, the ground began rumbling. "Not this again…" She groaned before Deku, Aizawa and Kaiya fell down the hole. "I'm really getting tired of falling!" She groaned, helping to pick Aizawa up.

"Do you hear that voice?" He asked her, seeing Deku clue in to the voice as well.

"I heard it right before we fell. It must be him." Kaiya deducted, trying to locate the voice. It kept echoing around the room while rocks and dirt flew around them until Kaiya figured out where the voice originated from. "There!" She said, sending the flying earth to the location, revealing the voice's master. Aizawa activated his Quirk and the room calmed.

"The League betrayed them?" Aizawa guessed.

"Seems so. At least we are on calm ground." Nighteye murmured, seeing Toga and Twice run. "They must be the only two here."

"Sir?" Deku asked Aizawa as Rock Lock encouraged the rest of the group to continue on.

"Go on! We still have to save that girl." Rock Lock groaned, wincing at the pain from his wound.

"He's right. We have to save Eri." Kaiya said, running off to find the scared girl. Seeing a bruised and bloody villain on the floor, Deku smashed through the adjoining wall to see a weakened Mirio.

"Nighteye! Get Chisaki! It's up to us to stop him." Aizawa instructed Deku and Kaiya.

"Yes sir!" They both replied, lunging for Chisaki, but Kurono attacked Aizawa, weakening him. Kaiya noted Aizawa blinked which allowed Chisaki to activate his Quirk, creating spikes all around the room. Barely dodging the fatal spikes, Kaiya pulled back to witness Chisaki steal his henchman's Quirk.

"Oh this is bad." Kaiya mumbled, seeing the fused Chisaki. Noting where each person was located and unharmed, Kaiya found Deku analyzing their situation like her.

"What an unfortunate event for you, Lemillion. If you had just backed off sooner, you wouldn't have lost your Quirk." Chisaki growled, picking up his bullets.

"He lost his Quirk?" Kaiya thought to herself, seeing Chisaki lunge for Nighteye and Lemillion. "No!" She screamed, manipulating the earth to attack Chisaki. Throwing the earth to knock Chisaki out, Kaiya dodged his counter attack while Nighteye joined her.

"Deku! Watch out for Eri and Mirio. Leave Chisaki to us." Nighteye ordered, confusing Kaiya. "You can manipulate this earth, I need you." Kaiya smiled to herself, following Nighteye's lead.

"Yes sir!" Kaiya said, throwing fragments of earth towards Chisaki as Nighteye fought against him. "He's really fast!" She yelled through the noise before Chisaki created more spikes, stabbing Kaiya in the thigh and Nighteye through the chest and arm.

"No!" Lemillion cried out, alerting Deku to the danger.

"Take Eri to safety!" Deku ordered Lemillion, smashing the spikes that Chisaki stabbed Kaiya with. "Are you okay?"

"This shit hurts. But I'll be okay." Kaiya winced, pulling the spike out of her thigh. "Shit. Let's go." Deku and she attacked Chisaki quickly, dodging his counter attacks as best they could through their exhaustion.

"You're done kids. Just like your friend, you don't know when to give up." Chisaki growled. "Someone else is about to die because of you! Is that really what you want, Eri?" Kaiya's eyes focused through the coursing pain to see the little girl step back into the room, crying.

"No...I don't want this!"

"Go back Eri! Stay with Lemillion!" Deku called out.

"He's all injured and alone. You don't really think you can defeat me can you?" Chisaki taunted her, seeing the little girl cry. "I'll come back."

"Enough! Don't do this, Eri!" Kaiya cried out, feeling more blood pool out of her. Chisaki silenced her cries by sprouting another spike through her stomach. "God damnit."

"If I come back, you have to make them all better!" Eri cried out as Chisaki laughed.

"Ah yes. It is easier to hurt yourself than to see others hurt for you." He cackled. "You're not helping her, she doesn't want you!"

"Maybe...maybe you don't want our help. But we won't let you down Eri." Deku groaned, pulling out his spike.

"We never leave anyone behind." Kaiya coughed up blood. "No one is dying here." She whispered, wiping blood off her chin while the ceiling caved in, revealing Ryukyu, Tsu, Neijire and Ochako. "Thank god."

"Get Nighteye!" Deku said to Ocahko and Chisaki ripped the ground up back to the surface. Eri remained with Chisaki when her horn lit up.

"We're coming, Eri!" Kaiya called out, reaching up to the girl. "Jump Eri!" She cried out, seeing the little girl jump off the rock. She landed perfectly in Kaiya's arms, squeezing onto Kaiya's chest while Chisaki erupted more spikes. "I won't let you go baby."

"Give her back!" Chisaki screamed, reaching for Eri, but Kaiya attacked him with a powerful wind and earth attack, blowing him against the wall hard. Deku grabbed onto Kaiya and Eri and kicked them into the air.

"We are flying...how are we flying? How are we not...dead?" Kaiya asked, seeing Eri's horn sparkle. "Did...she do this?" Her smile met Eri's scared face, letting her know everything was going to be okay. "We're okay sweetie."

"We used everything we had...is Eri a healer?" Deku asked as they landed on the ground. "You're still bleeding a lot, Kaiya.."

"She doesn't know how to control it. She can rewind...keep holding her and you will die. She will rewind you out of existence!" Chisaki explained, resurfacing to attack.

"Then we just work faster than her healing." Deku said, bracing himself to attack Chisaki, handing Eri to Kaiya.

"I will annihilate Quirks and change this infected society! She is mine! Kids cannot use Eri like I can! I will cure humanity!" Chisaki cried out before Deku smashed him.

Eri looked up at Kaiya in fear, her horn still sparkling. "Try to rewind Deku's injuries..they're worse than mine." She said, smoothing Eri's hair down in comfort. The little girl looked over at Deku facing off against Chisaki, seeing his injuries heal.

"You're just trying to pretend to be heroes! I will not let you stand in my way!" Chiskai screamed, scaring Eri.

"It's okay. Deku's got him." Kaiya smiled, seeing Deku smash Chisaki into pieces. "See? He's okay." She said, pointing at the victorious Deku standing tall. Her focus was getting blurry as more blood pooled out of her, but she held onto Eri tightly.

"You're hurt." Eri's voice sounded through the fog.

"It's okay. I'll be okay." But before she could calm the girl down more, Eri's power coursed through Deku, causing her excessive pain. "Listen to me Eri! You're not cursed! You are not a monster! Please...I know! I was told that too, but we can help you!" Kaiya noted Aizawa appeared and he activated his Quirk to stop Eri, allowing the girl to pass out in her arms. "It's okay, you're safe now." Kaiya groaned, finally losing consciousness.

"Kaiya!" Was the last thing Kaiya remembered before seeing black.