Midoriya the Shaman
Disclaimer: I do not claim ownership of My Hero Academia or Shaman King.
10. Amigo o Enemigo
The Shaman Kid was now facing another enemy, the worst part being they were a Shaman. Izuku's eyes widened in surprise as he never thought to face an enemy Shaman. Izuku pushed back the weapon and jump back giving himself some space allowing him to see his assailant, but he was completely covered in a black cloak that hid its feature.
"Bason, why are you attacking us!?" Amidamaru shouted in confusion.
Izuku knew that name it was the name of the Tao Clan's ace spirit guardian.
It was then the enemy threw something on the ground. They were marble-sized, but then they changed, forming some kind of mass, and kept growing even bigger than the Noumu. Its body was made from dirt and it only had one eye.
'A golem but how?' Midoriya knew what those were; it was similar to a robot but golems were different. The written word "Emeth" was displayed for him to see on the yes he heard that it doesn't use Oversoul to move but souls as its main battery. But he could tell that these golems were different and something else was powering them.
The golem then grabbed the unconscious villains and attached them to their chest, leaving only their heads to breathe.
"They're using the villains as humans shield!"
"How dishonorable and cowardly," Amidamaru shouted in disgust.
However, the golems just created a perimeter surrounding them as if he wanted to isolate both Midoriya and Amidamaru from others.
Then the enemy Shaman charged towards them.
Aizawa gave a small snort but had a small grin on his face. "What took you so long?" but his eyes were then focused on Midoriya looking as the Problem child was attacked by an unknown assailant.
"We were waiting for you, hero," Tomura said in a calm voice, not even fazed by the number one hero's arrival. "Or should I say, you 'Hero Trash'?"
The remaining villains were also stunned by his presence. As some tried to prepare for a fight All Might blitzed by them immediately knocking them out cold just to reach Aizawa. Shigaraki stood, his face barely visible from losing his mask.
"I apologize Aizawa, for being late. I came as soon as young Tenya found me," All Might said in a low tone while glancing at Aizawa's injuries.
"You always seem to take your sweet time getting places," he said in a bored tone, far more concerned for his student in danger.
All Might followed Aizawa's line of sight and his eyes instantly landed on Midoriya fighting this unknown assailant and the statues that prevented anyone from interfering. He leaped forward to move Tsuyu and Mineta to dry land.
"Head towards the entrance, you two!" All Might said while standing protectively in front of the students. "Aizawa, go with the children and find the rest of the students!"
"But Sir, what about Midoriya his still there" Tsuyu pointing their class president.
"Don't worry I will save him." He wasn't sure if that was a lie or not; with everything he'd done up until now, his time as a hero was running on fumes. Now would be the time to implement the school motto.
"Carolina-"
"All Might, stop!" The successor shouted to the mentor. "These golems are using villains as hostages and you will kill them if you go all out".
He looked closer he could see the heads of villains popping from the golems "Shit that was close". Knowing he wasn't holding back.
"Ahhh... It's no good... I'm sorry... father." Tomura said while picking up the severed hand. "He knocked everyone out and saved those he needed to, but his speed wasn't as high as recorded." He then sent the pro-hero a crazed look filled with madness. "He IS getting weaker."
The successor and mentor turned to face their respective opponents. "The hand villain has a Decay quirk; whatever he touches with his hands starts to rot within seconds. The Black-Mist villain has a warp quirk, he can create portals with his mist and he's fast with them.".' This all I can do for Allmight' he thought.
All Might grinned as he gave Izuku a thumbs up. "Thanks for the info Midoriya-shonen!"
"Hey, no sharing hand information." Tomura wined.
All Might's response was to dash forward with his arms crossed. "CAROLINA..."
"Nomu." The monster stood in front of All Might without a single second of hesitation.
"SMASH!"
The Nomu took the attack full force, but to everyone's shock, the monster didn't even flinch. Instead, it lunged forward and tried to grab the number one hero. All Might was caught off guard by the goliath not being affected by his special attack, but was still able to dodge at the last second.
He then punched the monster in the stomach, to no avail. More punches landed as Shigaraki spoke. "Look no further than our Nomu's amazing 'Shock Absorption' quirk. In other words, a fist-fighting hero is useless against someone like him; it'd be easier to scoop out his guts." All Might punched the monster right in the brain, only for is a punch to be ineffective again.
The leader of the villains then checked over at the cloaked villain. "I don't know who this hidden NPC is, but so long as he keeps the boy occupied."
While All Might was occupied, the Shaman Kid was still fighting for his life.
His Guandao sliced down at Izuku, who parried raising Harusame causing the blade to slide along the length of his weapon. Moving fluidly, he slashed at the villain's right side, his blade blocked by the shaft of the spear/halberd raising.
From this, Izuku could tell this villain's Furyoku levels were comparable to his own. Maybe even higher. His strength was at least bigger, as he pushed the boy back without moving his footing. The Shaman then twisted the Guandao before rapidly stabbing at Izuku, the latter forced to block and/or dodge each attack.
The Chinese weapon's reach was too far for a counter, and it moved too quickly for him to get in close. Also, it was far heavier than he thought.
'I can't keep fighting this guy. I need to help All Might.' Pieces of green hair flew back in the air as Izuku failed to block a stab to his face, the left of his head now slightly cut.
"Focus on saving yourself before you save someone else," lectured the enemy Shaman before he resumed his assault.
"Izuku-Dono, focus!"
"You're right, I'm sorry!" Izuku took a deep breath for focus before rushing forward. Water appeared through his spiritual energy. "Hachi no kata: Takitsubo!"
The swordsman leaped and came down with a vertical slash, akin to the force of a waterfall. The enemy simply countered by raising his halberd-like weapon, causing the shaft to take the blow at where the force would be its weakest; nearest the guard. With him locked, the enemy span to through Izuku off.
"Vorpal Dance!" The enemy then assaulted, releasing a flurry of stabs faster than before as Izuku was recovering.
"Shield!" The Oversoul formed a shield as the attack connected. The two remained in a stalemate, finally ignoring the action going on around them.
"GUHH!" was All Might's scream
When the smoke cleared Izuku paled at what he saw. All Might was held down gripping the Nomu's torso in the ground. But the other half popped out of Kurogiri's portal with claws digging into the hero's abdomen and chest from behind. That included his injury.
"Too bad you couldn't seal his movements," Tomura said with a smug tone. "Good work, Kurogiri! He handed us the perfect chance on a silver platter!"
Izuku's eyes widen as he realized the villains' true plan. The Nomu wasn't here to combat All Might in battle but hold him down. Now in this precarious situation, All Might is left exposed to Tomura Shigaraki's unstoppable Quirk.
"Hey, Asakura kid!" Izuku's attention quickly returned, just in time for the spear to penetrate the shield. The blade grazed his shoulder.
"Argh!"
"I said to concentrate on me!" He kicked Izuku back, watching him slide across the floor.
Both Toshinori and Izuku were stuck; the latter could probably do something if he wasn't dealing with this other shaman.
What to do?
"Die you bastard!" Bakugo came flying in with his arm out and blasted the mist villain with an explosion. He then grabbed the metal neck and slammed the villain to the ground hard.
At the same time, the Nomu's right side slowly froze over, sent from a certain student's power.
"I heard about your plan. About each of your roles in the scheme to kill All Might." A calm voice said as the temperature started to drop. Izuku saw Todoroki with a calm look on his face, though he still looked enraged.
"Rraahh!" Kirishima came swinging at Tomura with his hardened arm, but even with his senses confused the villain still dodged the attack, leaving only his shirt shredded a bit.
"Shit! I almost had him!"
"No funny business out of you, you shadow monarch mobling!" Bakugo said with an almost crazed grin on his face.
All Might noticed the Nomu's grip slack and saw its current state. Glad that Todoroki had enough control to avoid icing him, the Symbol of Peace broke free, saying, "Thank you, my boy!"
"Our symbol of peace won't go down as easy as you clowns," Todoroki said with his stoic face.
Relieved that reinforcements arrived, Izuku knew what he had to do next. "Everyone, don't attack the stone statues carelessly. They have hostages inside of them!"
"The hell you mean Deku!" Bakugo shouted while glaring at the Shaman.
"No Midoriya is right. Look closer." Bakugo took the time to look at the golems.
"So? They're villains."
"No Bakugo-shonen; even villains deserved to be saved," All Might explained.
Bakugo shrugged it off but agreed. Even so, their situation was serious.
Tomura was looking at Bakugo holding down the mist villain. "Well, we're in a bit of a pinch. Let go of my ride."
Bakugo just grinned madly. "Just as I thought, this prick was never that sharp! That bit on your body you used to get all misty and warp-gate just got sealed mother-fucker! You gonna tell me you don't use that warp-gate to hide your true body!? If not, you wouldn't call anything dangerous!" He laughed.
"Urrrgh.." Kurogiri tried to move, only to receive an explosion to keep him in place.
"Don't you move! You so much as twitch I'll load you with a nice little explosion right here, right now!"
"Not very heroic line there, buddy..." Kirishima said with a shrug
Shigaraki watched as the kid treated his warp gate so poorly. "Not only are you unscathed, but you also got this far on Kurogiri..." He twitched in rage. "Nomu, go and rescue our ride."
Hearing its master absolute command, the Nomu climbed out of the still open warp-gate, both his right arm and leg falling to pieces from frostbite. Yet despite this, it was still able to move even with such injuries. Even worse, all of them could see its body rejuvenating.
"Wait, how is it moving?!" Todoroki said in shock.
"That's right... if it could tank those blows and regrow those blows earlier, then it has multiple Quirks," Izuku realized, remembering how it grew another arm and took his celestial slash earlier. How is that possible?
"Nomu is a human sandbag artificially created to the height of physical fitness to withstand your 100%!" Before any of the students could react the Nomu started to move, despite his body still regenerating.
With everything slowing down to a crawl for Izuku, the Nomu moved at high speed after its regeneration. But thanks to Amidamaru's samurai senses he was still able to tell where it was heading.
"Kacchan, move!" Izuku shouted.
A second later, a shockwave rocked the area Bakugo once stood. And there stood the Nomu, having impacted something with its fist.
"Kacchan!" Izuku called out in worry, only to notice a shadowy figure emerge from the smoke. And he's fine. "Eh!? How did you dodge him?!" Izuku then noticed Bakugo wasn't looking smug, but instead was very pale and shaking a little.
"I didn't dodge you fucking moron." He said while taking a shaky breath. "I couldn't see him, at all!"
Turning his head back to the Nomu, Izuku saw how Bakugo survived the attack. At the other end of the Nomu was the Shaman who was with Bakugo and Kirishima earlier, having taken that attack. All Might looked at the man in the sombrero who saved Bakugo.
"Unforgiveable," All Might spoke as he glared at the villain.
"We had no choice. We had to save our ally, didn't we?" Tomura said while pointing to Kurogiri. "And not long ago one of your kids over there... ahhhh, which one...?" He pointed right at Izuku. "The one with the sword tried to kill me, assaulting with a deadly weapon. Ordinarily, that would be a grave offense, but it's fine because you're heroes. Because you heroes are bludgeons of oppression. And why is that? Because-"
"You're an insane brat."
All eyes turn to Izuku, who with Amidamaru in a temporary Hyoi Gattai spoke with such conviction. "Even if your words had any form of conviction or truth to it, that's just an excuse to you. Really, you're just a violent sociopath looking for something to take your issues out on; it's clear to me with the look on your face."
The spirit through Izuku pointed at Tomura Shigaraki, who indeed behind his mask was maliciously grinning. "... Ah... You saw through me so quickly..."
The cloaked Shaman laughed a bit. "That spirit of his lives up to his reputation. And nothing he said was incorrect."
"It's 3 vs. 3." Todoroki pointed out as the other students started to get ready. Except for Izuku, who was still sure to deal with the Shaman.
"NO!" All Might called while putting his hand up, catching everyone's attention. "Please escape!"
"But if I hadn't come to support you earlier it'd have been bad." Todoroki pointed out while glaring at the villains.
All Might was already moving. "Right you are, Todoroki my boy! Thanks a ton! But now I'll be okay! All you need to do is watch a Pro show you how it's done!"
"But All Might," Izuku shouted, trying to find a way to say what needs to be. "What about that? Isn't it up?"
He simply smiled back at him. "Do not worry about it."
Tomura, however, wasn't fazed in the slightest. "Nomu, Kurogiri, do your thing. I'll deal with the kids." He said before crouching low and sprinting forward. "Let's clear the game and return victorious!"
"He's coming! Brace yourselves!"
But before Tomura could get close All Might suddenly release an intense amount of pressure. It wasn't Killer Intent, it was simply All Might's intense power being felt by everyone. It was enough for Tomura to stop his charge and jump back out of fear.
It wasn't just them even two Shamans could felt the enormous aura of power including two spirits.
'So strong!' They both realized.
Amidamaru watched with a smile. He had such conviction.
All Might then charge the Nomu and the two each throw a punch, their fists clashing. 'Indeed, Midoriya is right; I barely have a minute left in me. Regardless, heroes deal with unfair situations all the time and have to surpass them; not just for themselves, but for the people they protect!'
A powerful blow struck the Nomu in the face, the resulting shockwave enough for the others to feel. And yet he kept going, his fists moving with enough choreography to not only hit the black behemoth but also knock aside any attack it could hit him with.
Even as blood dripped from his lips, even as Shigaraki reminded him of his Quirk, he didn't care. One punch managed to send the monster into the pavement, causing an erupting of destruction, before he followed up with an uppercut. The Nomu airborne, he followed into the air.
"A full-frontal blow for blow!?" Izuku yelled in shock as he could feel the wind pressure from where he stood. "If All Might is going for a full-out, that means he's not trying to hold back!"
"Absorption is not the same as negation!" All Might yelled as the wind started to pick up slowly, almost becoming a tornado. Chest, sternum, shoulder, ribs, kidneys, even testicles; each punch created a shockwave through the Nomu's body as it no longer could fight back.
"A hero is someone who smashes through obstacles and their very limits; it's a motto this school is well known for. You may have heard of it." Coming in, his limit-breaking power reached critical mass as all collected in one single fist. Faster than the eye could see it connected, as he screamed to the heavens:
"PLUS ULTRA!"
The punch struck with devastating force, sending the Nomu flying into and through the upper Dome outside. People were starstruck, wondering if this was a comic book. Others were inspired to reach this level.
"Incredible. So this is how powerful the number one hero is..." If there was any doubt in his title Amidamaru had, it was gone now.
Izuku, on the other hand, was worried knowing All Might had finally reached the time limit. And there's nothing he could do to help. He still found it cool though.
'Not bad for a subhuman muggle.' The enemy Shaman returned to fighting Izuku, who resumed the Oversoul.
"You're right; I have gotten weaker," All Might said with a chuckle as the smoke started to clear. "Back then, it'd have taken me five good punches, tops." He stood straight, clothes ripped and mouth leaking blood. "Now I had to throw 300 of those suckers."
'And now I'm out of time.'
"Now then, villains, we both want to put an end to this dance of ours quickly, don't we?"
Frustration. Irritation. Despair. These were words Tomura Shigaraki felt watching what he just saw. From the depths of his soul, he started muttering like crazy while scratching his neck. His mind was breaking.
"What's the matter?" All Might said, his smile never falling. "Where'd your bravado go!? What happening to clearing the game?" The Pro-Hero then sent the two remaining villains an intense glare. "Try it if you can!"
"UWOOOOOOOOOAH!" Tomura screamed in frustration.
While the conversation continued the heroes-in-training ran toward Izuku to help him next but the golems were in their way.
Kirishima threw a punch at one of the golems. Doing so, his arm was stuck inside. "I'm stuck! What's this made of?!" He tried pulling out to no avail.
Bakugo came to his rescue using his explosion, breaking Kirishima free. "Get aside, Spiky hair!"
"Stay back your quirk is useless against them" Todoroki added more salt to the injured pride.
The hardened quirk use felt dejected hearing that as he had no choice but to stand aside.
Bakugo fired his explosions, but like with Kirishima, the golems just regenerated no matter what. "What the hell are these things made of?!"
Todoroki stepped in, frost overcoming his right hand. "Let me handle this." Stepping on the floor, ice traveled from his foot to freeze over the golem in his path. Frozen, it shook trying to break free only for it to collapse and break apart, shattering into ice shards. "There we go." As the hostage were freed.
To his horror, the marble shape talisman reactivated. The golem rebuilt itself from more dirt, and this time was even larger than before.
"What and how?"
At the same time, Midoriya was still on the defense as the enemy continued his attack. But no matter what, he couldn't keep his eyes and mind off All Might and his precarious situation. Over there he's threatening the villains, but really it was a bluff.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it! If only Nomu was here! He'd be able to face him! If only...!"
"Shigaraki Tomura... please calm yourself," Kurogiri said while floating next to the young villain. "If you look closely, you can see the damage Nomu succeeded in dealing with him." The two looked at the hero's tattered body. "It would appear the children are busy with the unknown and it's true that reinforcements are coming. However, we're still here. We can still combine our strengths and kill All Might."
Shigaraki stopped his excessive scratching. That seemed to have calmed his nerves.
"Yeah, your right. As if we could run after coming this close to defeating the final boss." The villain glared at All Might. "Above any other consideration…..we must avenge Nomu."
With that said both Kurogiri and Tomura charge forward, ready to finish the symbol of peace once and for all.
'They didn't fall for it! This is the ultimate holy shit situation!'
"Halo Blade!" Before Toshinori could despair further, an invisible force knocked the villains away. There, his successor was able to rescue him at the last second.
Though he saw with horror his own enemy coming at him through the opening. "MIDORIYA!"
Turning around as fast as he could, Izuku slashed with his blade. His blade collided with the Guandao, both spirit warriors passing with their backs turned. As his opponent was turning around for another showdown, Izuku saw he was immediately disadvantaged. Because his katana was cut in half.
"Harusame is broken!" Amidamaru shouted in fear. Because of his broken blade, he was out in soul ball mode at the moment.
"This will be the last time you make that mistake!"
It was then the Shaman charged Izuku ready to finish the job. Like Tsuyu before, he saw his life flashing before his eyes.
At that moment, a miracle happened; gunfire exploded several times in the air as the enemy backed up. Rubber bullets embedded the floor where he was once.
"So they've finally arrived!" All Might shouted.
There at the entrance, they stood, most of the proud heroes that worked at UA High. And in front of them was the tired hero in training Tenya Iida. At the top of his lungs, he shouted, "I came back with all the people I could scrape together! Class 1-A Assistant President, Iida Tenya! Reporting for duty!"
Tomura pulled himself from the floor as Kurogiri floated next to him, his ears still ringing heavily. "Aaaahhh, it's our Game Over screen," Tomura said in a down tone as he rubbed his jaw. "Back to the drawing board, eh Kurogiri-"
Without warning, Tomura was shot by Snipe. Kurogiri took action covering his body, as the other villains fought against the pros as pathetically as one could tell.
Tomura was shot but Kurogiri covered his body, taking the bullets and sending them somewhere else. Tomura started to fall into the black portal before he noticed the portal was moving.
"Huh!? What's pulling us in!?"
"That would be..." At the very end of the Plaza was a battered but still alive hero, Thirteen being helped by Eraserhead, her Black Hole absorbing the mist. "My doing!"
The portal started to move towards the space hero, but it wouldn't reach him in time.
"For the time being, we've failed..." Tomura said while looking at All Might and Izuku. "But we'll get you next time, Symbol of Peace All Might!"
While the villains were gone Izuku was still in trouble as the enemy Shaman remained. With a wave of his hand, he commanded his Golem to attack the pro heroes in divide and conquer.
"Stand aside." Cementoss used his Quirk to move the cement, pushing back the golems. But it just absorb the cement and using it to become bigger. " I can use my quirk! To control it ". Cementoss can't control the cement the Golems absorb.
"Everyone stop! They have hostages inside of them we might hurt them if we're not careful!" Kirishima shouted.
"Damn, that means we can't attack recklessly without hurting them." Present Mic looked at the hostage.
"I doubt I can put them to sleep," Midnight realized.
Snipe fired his weapons but the Golems just absorbed the rubber bullets. "My weapons are useless?"
"We need to rescue Midoriya!" Aizawa shouted to get the staff's attention as Izuku was still clashing with the enemy Shaman.
Midnight, knowing of his secret, knew that this was a shaman-related incident. Only Furyoku could break Furyoku. The least she could do is use her Quirk on him. But he doubt it would affect those stone statues.
"Let me handle this." Many eyes focused on the villain who rescued Bakugo earlier. Surprisingly, he was alive, undamaged from taking a punch from the monster that matched All Might.
"I will not let you harm the person that Hao-sama has taken an interest!" He moved in close landing between Izuku and the villain. The villainous Shaman lunged back to avoid him, fear in the small visual of sight he possessed.
"Peyote Diaz, one of the oldest living Shaman in the world..." The cloaked one swung his weapon to his left and made a stance. "Why the hell are you here?!"
"Who?" Izuku eyed the Mexican Shaman.
The man took out his guitar and played. The melody resounded as the song Desperado by Antonio. As his music played, the golems crackled and shook. "I will follow as my lord commands it."
Behind him, a towering specter appeared. This skeletal female adorning a Mexican dress spread her power throughout the field. Watching, Amidamaru said, "That's... that's Santa Muerte."
"My golems!" shouted the villainous Shaman, watching them crumble into dust including the core, thus freeing the hostages.
As the music concluded, the villain growled with annoyance. "It seems I'm still no match for a God-Class spirit." Something reached out from his shadow and pulled him inside. "This isn't over, Izuku Asakura." As the enemy escape from sight.
Gone, Izuku finally breathed a sigh of relief. The real danger was over. Now for the other problem; All Might slowly reverting to his true form. He saw the dust from earlier mixing in with the smoke he released whenever he deflated.
"Midoriya! Are you all right!" shouted Kirishima as he came over.
"I'm fine just tired that's all. Please don't come over!" he realized.
"Just let me take a-" A giant wall appeared between him and Kirishima, cutting him off.
"We want to check all the students for injuries, so everyone please gather at the front gate." The Block-shaped hero said. "Leave the injured to the care of your senseis."
"Yeah, of course! Roger that!" Kirishima said as he ran off to the front gate without a hint of suspicion.
All Might sighed in relief as he sat down on the ground across from Izuku. "Thanks, you save my hide, Cementoss."
"I'm a fan of yours too, All Might. Now let's keep your true form hidden and head towards the infirmary." He said before turning to Izuku and gave him a concerned look. "What about you, Midoriya?"
Izuku picked himself off the ground with a small grunt and stretch of his arms. "A few bumps and burses, but nothing too serious." 'I'll feel even worse when my aunt finds out about Harusame!'
Cementoss nodded and opened a small hole in the concrete wall. "If that's the case, go to the front gate with the other students. We'll take care of All Might."
Izuku nodded and turned to All Might with a small smile, walking away while carrying his broken sword and its other piece in the scabbard. "I hope Recovery Girl heals you soon."
Slowly turning back, Toshinori Yagi gave a weak laugh as he slouched on the floor. "Recovery Girl is going to be mad."
Cementoss gave a small laugh at the hero's dismay. "Do try not to overdo it so much next time."
"If I hadn't gone that far I'd be a dead man." He said in a grim tone. "That's how formidable they were."
Over in other parts of Japan, the scene changed to an unkempt bar. Darkness leaked out in the form of whisps. From it, Shigaraki fell through bleeding.
"They shot both my arms and legs. We were completely defeated. Our pawns were no match for them damn kids, and even Nomu was sent flying!" Angry, he pounded his fist against the floor in frustration.
Kurogiri formed from the shadows, the way a pureblooded Heartless would. Shigaraki glared at a television screen lit at the end of the counter. "You were wrong, Sensei! He wasn't weak at all!"
"I wasn't wrong," said a disembodied voice responds from behind the screen. "We merely got ahead of ourselves. Yes, we underestimated him. Good thing that League of Villains came cheap."
A second voice spoke next. "Now tell us, what of our creation Nomu? Why is he not with you?"
Kurogiri responded now. "He was sent flying, and without proper coordinates, there was no way for me to find him. I would not be able to search for him no matter how many times I warped, and it's not like we had that kind of time".
The second voice groaned in annoyance. "After all the trouble we went through to make him as strong as All Might, he was still unable to defeat him."
Silent for a moment, the game-quoting villain sighed before letting out an exasperated yell. "Speaking of strong, there were these stupid ass unknowns who showed up that were able to match our Nomu!"
"Like who?" asked the second voice.
"One of the villains we had was only there to fight against this green-haired brat. Said kid had a sword that glowed and had a face on it that he used to fight on equal terms with Nomu, and he was only beaten by that first guy! Nothing Nomu did got through his Quirk!"
"... oh?" The first voice, the master, sounded intrigued at what he heard. "This villain you called in... what did he do?"
"He was using some kind of weapon that looks like a Chinese halberd, and summoned some golems to separate us from fighting that kid! If he hadn't gotten in the way, he would have been dead!"
There was silence on the other end. Until... "Did their weapons glow with a kind of aura?"
"Actually, that is correct," Kurogiri spoke, looking back at Shigaraki still fuming. He then faced the screen, saying, "You wouldn't happen to know them, do you master? About this boy who stopped us from killing All Might?"
"That is not important. What is important is what you've learned from this incident, Tomura. No plan ever survives the first contact."
Shigaraki would hate to admit it aloud especially in front of the others, but he learned a bit. Understanding what he must do next time, Shigaraki gave a nod showing his teacher that he got some insight.
"Good. Now focus on finding stronger troops, and take all the time you need. We can move freely. That's why we need a Symbol like you, Tomura Shigaraki. Next time, the world will know of the terror you represent." The connection was slashed.
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Once all communications were cut, the mastermind on the other end chuckled under a breathing apparatus. A second person there asked, "Do you know of the person Shigaraki was talking about?"
"Focus on your mission for now. I need some time to myself." Though he wasn't sure to do so, the mysterious other left him to his devices.
Once alone, the man chuckled again before going into laughter. "So, the Shamans are coming back to the surface. Is he him?" On-screen, a video played showing a familiar scene.
It showed a kid with green hair braving through fire to attack a villain with a katana.
The end of USJ it's finally the introduction of two Shamans. In the mix. The idea of Peyote is when I was reading the Shaman king manga got me the idea to make him one of the oldest shaman but they are others like him.
Izuku first fight with an enemy Shaman but wasn't well, as he focuses too much on All Might being due to his hero saving complex.
I've didn't want Izuku to defeat the Nomu as it be too much like a Gary Stu and I wanted to introduce the enemy Shaman first and another Shaman in the mix.
If you're wandering on how All for one knows about the Shaman, that will be revealed later on.
