Ch. 7
"Josuke, get to the injured person over there and see if they need help!" commanded Jonathan, throwing his hand out to the side in a swiping motion.
Aizawa also gave out a command, "Uraraka, Kirishima, give Josuke a hand in case he needs it."
"Right!" the three of them yelled running towards the distressed people nearby.
Jotaro kept his hands in his pockets, and calmly turned his head to the man behind him, "Hey All Might," he called, "I may be wrong, but I don't think you can do much out here without most of your power...but get inside and make sure Erina stays safe. And let the other Heroes in the Agency know about this."
All Might gave Jotaro an affirmative nod and ran back into where Erina was, staying close to the glass to keep an eye out on the commotion happening outside.
Aizawa turned to Jotaro and Jonathan providing some key details to them about the enemy they face, "I don't think you might have faced these things in your lifetime, but even without using their Quirks, they're pretty strong. However, these appear to be the weaker ones, meaning they can't regenerate broken limbs." He then turned to the students under his guidance and urged them, "Be careful. You're not in your hero gear so you're less protected."
One of the blue Nomus ran up, and loaded its fist, readying for a punch. It began running in zig-zag patterns, on its way to Jotaro. But Jotaro didn't flinch, he didn't even move a muscle. When Star Platinum emerged in his stead, the Nomu was greeted with a barrage of punches. As the Nomu met the barrage, the Stand let out a strong cry with every punch.
ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA!
The punches seemed to be moving at the speed of light, because it was difficult for anyone nearby to find a pattern.
His punches are so fast! Midoriya thought to himself in shock, while keeping an eye on the other Nomus on their way. To his left, one of the yellow ones charging straight at the group was met with a swift and turbo-boosted jet leg by Iida, sending it back a few feet, although with a small scar in its face and arm where Iida kicked it.
"On your right Midoriya!" Iida called out, as the other blue Nomu was headed straight for him. With a fierce punch being loaded, Midoriya stepped to his left side, out of the way of the incoming attacker, the energy of One for All circulating in his legs, mostly his left getting ready for a strong kick in retaliation.
One for All, Full Cowling...20%...
"ST. LOUIS SMASH!" Deku yelled out, delivering a swift roundhouse to the Nomu's head, causing a major indent and sending it back with it's blue friend Iida just sent back.
"That's odd," blurted Iida, "I know these are the weaker ones compared to USJ, but even with Mr. Aizawa's Quirk activated, they're significantly weak compared to the ones in Hosu."
"All the more it is easier to beat them up!" Bakugo yelled at the top of his lungs, sending a concentrated shot to the other yellow Nomu within his peripheral, with a concentrated explosion right at its center.
"Todoroki, give us a hand!" Midoriya commanded, which was too greeted with an affirmative nod.
After a few more blows, Jotaro, Iida, Midoriya, Bakugo, and Todoroki were able to chip away at the Nomus' bodies. With a few heavy ORA's, heavy firepower with explosions, and a couple of powerful kicks, the bodies began to deteriorate. The Nomu Bakugo faced had a gaping hole in its center, probably most of his vitals removed because of it. The other Nomus had their arms eviscerated or broken off, or their hips bent in.
"Ok, a few more hits and they should be down for the count," Jotaro spoke, with the same cool demeanor. But something began to happen that was odd. The holes in their centers began to fill themselves in, the arms grew back or even reattached, without any stitch work. The dents made in the bodies undid themselves, almost as if the Nomus returned to their original state, good-as-new, like nothing ever touched them.
Uneasiness began to overcome the fighters. "What's going on?" Midoriya questioned.
"My Erasure Quirk is still on," Aizawa interrupted, "And they're still healing. How is this possible?"
Jotaro began to take a closer look. On the Nomu's head, no it's brain, was a strange pink parasite. It had one central head, with four other ones around it, each with a little connector that went straight onto their brains.
"Flesh buds!" Jotaro yelled out suddenly in realization.
"Flesh buds?" Deku responded.
"One of DIO's abilities, it has the ability to control the mind of its host, giving them enhanced strength. With these Nomus, it must have given them these regeneration abilities, independent of Quirk effect."
"So how do we deal with this?" Iida pondered.
"Leave this to me!" said Jonathan from the back as he tightened his gloves, and got into a fighting stance. The sun was shining brightly in Jonathan's direction. In its face and in the face of the Nomu he took a deep breath. Hot, yellow-orange energy was circulating through his body. Concentrating it into his arm, he clenched his fist ready for an attack. As one of the blue Nomu came closer, Jonathan kept his breath steady, letting the energy flow naturally. The Nomu again loaded a big-fisted punch, but Jonathan was loading a punch of his own. The distance between the two fighters was closing; one move too early meant certain death for Jonathan. But in the midst of all this chaos, he remained determined, his eyes closed. 5 meters, 4….3...2...1...NOW!
Sendo Hamon...OVERDRIVE! With the punch landing, Jonathan was able to cancel out the Nomu's punch, the two fists pushing back and forth. But the ace up Jonathan's sleeve was the Hamon coursing through his arm, transferring to the Nomu, and with it's undead properties, there was a severe effect. It's skin began tearing up, disintegrating, the rest of its body soon to follow. The flesh bud controlling its brain shriveled up and turned into dust, the rest of its brain soon to follow. All that remained were the pants and belt that it had on earlier, falling to the ground in a small pile.
That's incredible!, Thought Midoriya, He eviscerated the Nomu within seconds! He must be very strong, maybe even stronger than Jotaro!
"Everyone," Jonathan commanded, "Keep attacking the Nomus. I can channel the Hamon to deal blows to each of them, but the more you can wear them down, the easier my job will be."
With an affirmative nod from everyone on the field went back to packing punches on the Nomu. (Author's Note: I'm not gonna write more on the fight. Just imagine what I said with the individual fights with the Nomu added with Jonathan using Hamon. I wanna get to the next big part.)
Meanwhile, with Josuke, Uraraka, and Kirishima…
The three young people were slowing down a bit as they met up with the man lying on the ground. On his side was a medium-sized brown briefcase. He seemed like a modest man, with yellow hair and black glasses around his eyes. He also wore a business suit with a blue and white thinly-striped shirt, but a big red stain in the middle of his chest. The shirt was partially ripped due to the glass from the impact. Josuke was quick to kneel on the man's left side.
"Sir, are you ok?," he asked, "I'm a Pro Hero, but I can heal you. Will you be fine with that?"
"Sure," the man responded, "I have glass wounds on my chest and legs, so it's very difficult for me to stand up."
"Save your breath, it's gonna be alright. Uraraka," Josuke called out, "Can you use your Quirk to help lift this guy up?"
"Sure thing," the brown-haired girl responded. With a touch of her fingers, the man began to levitate off the ground. Then Josuke placed his hands on the man's face, Crazy Diamond's pink aura right around it. A yellow aura then surrounded the injured civilian. The glass shards caught all over his body were falling out, and the blood began to disappear. The holes in the shirt sewed themselves back together...the injuries on his body were all gone!
With a nod from Josuke, Uraraka touched the tips of her fingers together, releasing the man from his anti-gravitational state. Other than a slight stumble from the readjustment to the ground, he could walk just fine.
"My goodness! Thank you so much!" the business man said, bowing his head.
"It's no trouble at all," Josuke said with a smile on his face.
Kirishima cut the small bit of silence from the conversation ending. "Uh guys. We've got company!" he said pointing to the menace standing a few feet from here.
"Keep going down the sidewalk," Josuke instructed the man, pointing to where the other Heroes were fighting, "Once you get there, some Heroes should be able to protect you."
The yellow-haired man ran down the sidewalk, his suitcase gripped tightly in his hand. After watching him walk down the sidewalk, Josuke's gaze met those of Uraraka and Kirishima as they saw the object standing before them.
It was another Nomu, but it was different from the rest. It had more muscle compared to the others, as well as a wider frame. Like the others, its brain was exposed, and its mouth looked slightly beak-shaped and it wore pants with a belt….But one of the key major differences was that its coloration was of pure white and yellow, strongly contrasting the dirty colors of the others.
"That looks like the one from USJ," said Kirishima, before continuing, "I can take care of this one!" But before Kirishima could begin to run, the Nomu made a move of his own, simply moving its hands towards the center of his chest, almost getting ready to return a hit in volleyball. In the center of his hands, a black projectile began to form, like a ball of darkness. The projectile began to increase in size, to about the size of a basketball, before dark crackles began to move around the sphere. The teens watching this Nomu were beginning to tense up...and then, without any movement from the Nomu. And with doing so the white Nomu turned to black dust and slowly disintegrated in the air. But that was not the Heroes' main concern, as the projectile it released shot forth with a dark intensity, very fast, towards the teens. The projectile seemed to curve itself, heading towards...Uraraka?
Fear began to grip Uraraka, her face tensing up and sweating. As the ball of darkness came closer, Kirishima got in front of Uraraka, putting his hands out, giving a yell of "Look out!" and his body right in the center of this projectile. His body began to tense up, but in a different way, almost like crystallization, hardening like a rock. His body became more jagged and edgy, a product of his Quirk, Hardening.
When the projectile collided with Kirishima's body, the two were moving slightly back and forth, each absorbing the impact of the other. This went on for a few seconds...when the projectile split itself into many directions, eventually forming a sphere that engulfed Kirishima entirely. He could not be seen at all.
Then, the sphere channeled its form into a pillar of black and purple light, one so tall, it could be seen miles away. Josuke ran towards Kirishima, hoping to pull him out, but upon touching the energy, Josuke pulled his arm back, his fingers suffering from extreme burns, letting out an audible groan and a utterance of the word "Shit!"
As the other heroes finished dealing with the other Nomus, they looked up to find the black beam, before Aizawa called out in worry.
"That's where Josuke, Kirishima, and Uraraka are supposed to be." he yelled in realization.
"Then let's move," said Jonathan, after dealing the disintegrating punch on the last Nomu.
After a few seconds of running, the group finally caught up with Josuke and Uraraka.
"What's going on?" questioned Deku, "Where's Kirishima?"
"I don't know how to best put it," Uraraka responded, "But he's…" she pointed meekly to the black pillar of darkness.
Aizawa blinked and opened his eyes intensely onto Kirishima, his eyes glowing a bloody red...but it was in vain, as the pillar did not dissipate.
And then, the black pillar of darkness brightly turned into a bright white pillar of light. On that pillar, yellow spirals in the style of a double helix wrapped around. Again, this went on for a few seconds, before it finally dissipated, but not before a dark shape over the eye sockets were supposed to be. As the light dissipated, Kirishima could be seen standing upright, almost unaffected by the energy that had consumed him...except he hadn't...
In contrast, there were many differences in his appearances. For starters, he was in his hero costume, but with some differentiations. His dark red boots were a bright yellow, his black pants and arm sleeves a shining white, the red gears, the torn up cape also turned a bright yellow, and the black guard around his face. While his skin remained a normal color, his hair turned into a bright yellow. One major feature was his eyes. Black and purple wisps of energy emerged, his sclera were full on black and his irises were yellow, like Mina's, albeit more violently.
"You know," the changed Kirishima spoke, with his voice giving a slightly darkened echo, "This is a great chance to show how much of a man I've truly become… and I'll prove it! I'll start by eradicating all who stand in the way of the Noble One, starting with the lot of you!"