Here comes chapter 11. One more chapter to the end of the arc. Get ready for a surprise you probably all saw coming. Now review time.

Dragon lord Syed 101: Read this chapter.

Althea Sirius: All I can say is that Oscar/Ozpin will play a role later on.

Guest: Yes but I'm still working on how to integrate Weiss and Blake into the main story. I know how Yang's gonna be introduced.

Now on to the chapter.


New World Arc

Chapter 11: The Changing World

The day after the Entrance Exam was a Saturday. Ochako and Tenya had left for home back in Mie and Tokyo respectively. Jaune, Ren, and Nora were currently doing a massive clean out of their apartment per Aizawa's orders. This left only Izuku, Ruby, and Itsuka to hang out. The trio had rarely really been able to hang out like proper friends since they spent most of their time training for the exam. As such they decided that they'd take the time to relax and spend time together.

It was late in the morning. Izuku and Ruby were walking together to meet up with Itsuka at the local arcade. As they neared it they saw their friend waiting by the entrance for them. In her excitement Ruby ran ahead to met her.

"Heeeeyyy Itsuka!" Ruby called out as she waved to her.

Itsuka turned to see them and waved back.

"Hey guys, took you long enough!" She called back.

"Oh come on you didn't wait that long." Ruby stated as she stopped right in front of her.

"No but your still late." She stated.

"What no we're not it's ten o'clock." Ruby pointed out.

"To be on time is to be late, to be early is to be on time." Itsuka stated.

"Oh come on that's for Master Lee's dojo not everything." Ruby whined.

"Even so it's still a good rule to follow." Itsuka noted.

"She's right you know." Izuku stated finally having caught up.

"Izukuuuuu who's side are you on?" Ruby cried.

"At this moment in time, Kendo's." Izuku replied.

"Wahhhh, Izuku does our friendship mean nothing to you? We're practically brother and sister at this point." Ruby fake cried.

"Oh quit being a drama queen Ruby, let's just go enjoy the arcade." Izuku scolded.

"Fine fine, just trying to have some fun here." Ruby returned.

The trio entered the arcade. Ruby and Itsuka took the lead with Izuku following behind them. The arcade wasn't particularly crowded on that day. As such their wasn't much wait time on any one machine if any at all.

"Now then which one should we…" Itsuka began.

"THAT ONE!" Ruby shouted.

Immediately she rushed to the fighting game machine entitled, 'Battle Hero'.

"I loved playing fighting games back home can we do this one first pleeeeeease." She pleaded with puppy eyes.

"Yeah sure," Itsuka replied with a laugh.

"Mind if I take the first round?" Izuku asked.

"Go right ahead," She replied.

Izuku walked up, stuck some coins in to do two player, and they about picking his character along with Ruby. The game allow players pick just about any hero from the top tiers like All Might; Endeavor; and Hawk, to more lower rank heroes like Kamui Wood, Mount Lady, and Death Arms. Most really low ranked heroes are more obscure lesser known heroes weren't apart of the roster. Izuku, naturally, picked All Might.

"Of course you'd pick all Might." Ruby expressed.

Ruby decided on Kamui Wood.

"Kamui Wood?" Izuku questioned.

"I think he looks cool." Ruby answered.

With their characters picked, they picked the streets of tokyo as their fighting stage, and began. The match started out in Izuku's favor with him stopping any attempts to chain or bind him with well timed counters.

"Wow your pretty good Izuku." Ruby complimented.

"I've… had a lot practice." He replied sheepishly.

Suddenly Ruby managed to get Izuku and a bind a proceeded to chain combo him.

"WHAT?!" Izuku shouted.

"Goooot yooou." Ruby taunted.

Eventually Izuku broke out of the chain with a counter. After several more good hits Izuku claimed the match.

"YES!" He shouted.

"Awwww…" Ruby moaned.

"Want to go again?" Izuku asked.

"Hell yea, I may have lost last time but this time I'll win." Ruby declared.


Five matches later…

"I haven't won a single ooooooone." Ruby cried.

"Maybe we should try a different game." Izuku suggested.

"Yeah… sure." Ruby expressed.

"Alright then let's find one that's more open." Itsuka suggested.

The trio continued their adventures in the arcade. They played just about every type of game the arcade had to offer. When lunch rolled around the group ate together before going back to more gaming. After a little bit they went to the mall to do some shopping earning Izuku some jealous glares from guys who saw he was with two beautiful girls. As they day winded down the group returned to their separate homes to rest and relax.


Two days later…

Izuku woke up bright and early. After a few days of rest he was ready to begin training his quirk. After getting changed and making himself breakfast, he headed down to Dagoba beach. After figuring out a way to control [One for All], he was determined to get a better grasp on it. Given his history with the beach and that it was still fairly secluded, he figured this was a good place to start practicing.

"Alright now… first let me try drawing out the power without releasing it." Izuku told himself.

With great hesitation he allows power to build up in his right arm. He could feel the raw energy just waiting to be released.

"Okay now just need to tamper it down." Izuku stated.

He began to focus intensely on forcing the power down. He thought back to the times he used it without hurting himself. He focused on how it felt from when he used it. Despite this, nothing happened. Not quitting yet Izuku focused even more intently. As though pushing down on a great weight, he was physically straining to force the power down. Eventually he let up and let the power fade. He took several deep breaths.

"Damn, nothing." Izuku muttered. "Let's try again."


One hour later…

Izuku was breathing heavy, sweat pouring down his face.

"Dammit!" He yelled. "I'm still not any closer to controlling [One for All]. What am I doing wrong? I wish I could ask All Might for help."

"There you are?!" A familiar high pitch voice called out.

"Gah!" Izuku shouted as he quickly turned around.

On the steps leading to the beach was Ruby giving him a cheeky smile.

"I figured I'd find you here." She stated. "Trying to get a handle on your quirk I take it?"

"Oh y-yeah though it's not going too well." Izuku admitted.

"Well that sucks." Ruby noted as she walked out onto the beach.

"Yeah," Izuku sighed. "So what are you doing here? You know other than looking for me?"

"Nothing really, just making sure you don't almost miss school again from training too much." Ruby answered.

"Once! That only happened once!" Izuku pointed out.

"I know." Ruby teased. "So anyways you said your having trouble with your quirk?"

"Yeah, I'm trying to get the power down so I don't hurt myself. But I can't figure out how." Izuku expressed.

"Hmm… I don't think I'd be much help with that. Buuuut… Ren or Jaune might be able to." Ruby suggested.

"You think so?" Izuku questioned. "I mean any help would be better than nothing but I wouldn't want to bother them."

"I'm sure it'll be fine I give them a call." Ruby stated.

She dialed up Jaune's number. Immediately it was answered.

"Ruby! Oh thank gods, I was just about to call you!" Jaune answered sounding dangerously panicked.

"Jaune what's wrong?" Ruby asked worriedly.

"It's Nora. She messed up real bad this time." Jaune answered.

"Oh dear gods it's everywhere!" She heard Ren faintly shout over the phone.

"MY PANCAKES!" She heard Nora cry over the phone.

"Is it worse than THAT time?" Ruby asked.

"WAY WORSE!" Jaune shouted.

"Jaune help me over here!" Ren shouted.

"I will just give me a minute!" Jaune shouted back. "Ruby can you come over? We need all the help we can get."

"I'll be there as soon as I can just text me your address." Ruby answered.

"Get here fast. Hang on Ren buddy, Jauney's coming!" Jaune yelled before hanging up.

"Sorry Izuku I gotta go, Nora had another pancake disaster. I'll check with them and see if they can help you with your quirk after we clean everything up." She stated as she shoved her phone in her pocket.

Immediately she bolted towards the train station.

"Let Inko know where I am when you get back!" She shouted while she did.

"Alright?" Izuku expressed.

How the hell does Nora make pancakes? Izuku sighed.

"I'll try once more than head home." He told himself

Once again Izuku channeled [One for All] without releasing it. Again he tried to force the power down. After several minutes of failing to do so Izuku stopped for that day.

"Welp best head back. Gotta tell mom where Ruby is and get ready for school." Izuku muttered.

Izuku began to stroll back home. Given he still had time he decided to enjoy his walk and took it slow. It was a quiet morning with only a few people on the street. The cold winter air whisking about the streets as the warm rays of the sun stretched across the pavement. Izuku took all this in with a smile.

"E… ey… g… up." He heard something whimper.

Confused, Izuku immediately looked around to try and find the source of the whimper. He focused intently tuning his ears to hear.

"Please… et… up." He heard again this time more clearly.

Immediately he ran over to where the sound was coming from. When he arrived, the site before him shocked him. In the alleyway before him he saw a little girl no older than six trying to help a badly injured unconscious woman. The girl had long light grey hair and big red eyes. Her cloths consisted only of a blood stand tattered dress. There bandages wrapped around her arms and legs. The woman had half pink half brown hair with white streaks on the pink side. Her outfit consisted of a white whitetail jacket with a pink interior and wide broad tail. Under this is a brown corset. She also wears brown pants, black gloves, black and white button up knee high boots. Immediately Izuku sprung into action.

"Here I'll help." Izuku stated.

With a gasp the girl turned to him, her eyes full of fear.

"W-w-w-w-w-who are y-y-you a-a-and w-what are doing here?" She questioned.

"I'm Izuku and I'm going to help you." He stated while taking out his phone. "I'll call…"

"NO! Y-y-you can't Kai'll kill you. He already hurt her." The girl cried.

Suddenly she had an epiphany.

"I-i-i-i-if I go back then maybe t-t-they'll…" She began.

"ERI!" Two voices shouted, a man and a woman.

Rounding the corner into the alley was a young man with brown hair, gold pupils and a plague mask as well as a young woman with ashen-black hair and amber eyes. The man wore a purple fur lined bomber jacket over a black dress shirt with a gray tie. He also had on a pair of black dress pants, white sneakers, and gloves. The woman wore a sleeveless beige leather jacket, a white sports bra, brown gloves, grey pants, and boots. The girl known as Eri gasp and shrunk back in fear. Before she could move try and plead for Izuku's and the woman's life, Izuku grabbed her and the woman and went to sprint out of the alleyway. Immediately the woman bent low to touch the ground. Suddenly a mediums sized portion of the pavement glowed a faint amber. With a wave of her hand the piece of the ground shout out towards Izuku who narrowly dodged it.

Quickly Izuku bolted out onto the street with Eri and the woman on her shoulder. He dashed down the street as fast his legs would take him.

"S-stop y-you have to let me go back!" Eri shouted.

"Go back? Why?!" Izuku questioned.

"I-if I go back then m-m-maybe you two can live." Eri stated, her fear at the prospect of doing so clearly showing.

"I'm not gonna let that happened." Izuku declared. "I'm going to save you two."

"B-b-b-b-b-but why?" Eri questioned.

Izuku looked to her. His fear clearly written on his face. But despite this he gave his best All Might smile.

"Because you need saving. And that's what heroes do." Izuku boldly declared.

Eri's eyes widened in surprise at the scared boy's declaration. Suddenly in the corner of his eyes Izuku saw the other woman and the man, whom he presumed was Kai, burst out of the alleyway. The woman activated her quirk again but instead of touching ground she held it in front of her. Suddenly a large space of air was enveloped in the same faint amber aura as the pavement from before. The air too! Her quirk must let's her control whatever she puts that energy in. And to send energy into something, she has to touch it but if so why not use the air at first, it seems to be the most readily available? Is it because of some kind of limitation.

After a large area was covered in the air she brought it all into the palm of her hand. She pulled it back. Immediately Izuku knew what she was planning. He quickly placed Eri down behind.

"Stay behind me and hold on tight." Izuku shouted as he braced himself for the coming blow.

Eri did as Izuku told her and gripped his leg as tightly as she could. The woman shot her hand forward and a large gust of wind. Izuku tightened his grip on the woman on his shoulder and shielded his eyes with his free arm. The wind hit him full force. He struggled keep his footing but remained steadfast. He used his body to take the brunt of the blow for Eri and the woman, making sure they were on the far side of it. He struggled keep vision on the two villains. It's strong but nothing compared to All Might's or the ones I can generate. Eventually the wind stop. The villains had began to charge towards him in the meantime ready to unleash another stone lance. With little to do he quickly set the injured woman down by Eri. He held out his right arm, bracing it with his left, and readied a flick of [One for All].

"Brace yourself Eri! SMASH!" Izuku shouted as he released a torrent of wind, far more powerful than the woman's.

The man quickly removed his gloves and brushed along the ground reforming the landscape around him to both block the blast in front of them brace themselves behind. The blast hit full force shattering anything he made and sending them flying back. Though it did prevent it from being as forceful as it could have been.

"Hope no innocent bystanders were got hit by that." Izuku mumbled in pain. "Shit, His quirk works in a similar ways to that woman's."

While the enemy was still dazed Izuku reach for his phone and quickly texted his location to Ruby, All Might, and anyone else he could. Once he was done he returned his attention to the two now recovered villains.

"Hey Eri right, you won't happen to know what there quirks are would you?" He asked.

Eri was silent, too in awe of what was happening to be paying attention.

"Eri!" Izuku restated.

"Huh… w-w-w-what?" She questioned fearfully.

"I asked if you know what their quirks are?" Izuku restated.

"Well…" Eri began.

She thought back to how Izuku saved them. How despite his fears he pushed through it and fought. If he could do it so could she. So she did just that she pushed passed her fears.

"I-I-I-I know Kai's. I-it's called [Overhaul] it's the same name he goes by. H-he… breaks things apart a-a-and puts them back together." She answered, holding her arm as she stated the last part.

"I see," Izuku returned realizing what her gesture meant. "And the woman?"

"I-I-I don't know s-s-she kind of just showed up o-o-o-one day." Eri answered. "Her names C-Cinder I-I-I think."

Izuku's eye's widened. Could it be…

"I'm sorry I don't have anything else to tell you." Eri expressed.

"No you did more than enough. Now stay by me I'll make sure your safe." Izuku ordered.

The commotion drawn by their skirmish began to drew a crowd of a onlookers. Izuku noticed this.

"Hey someone call a hero we need help here!" Izuku shouted.

Using his quirk Overhaul helped himself and Cinder recover from any injuries. Now fully recovered the villains resumed their attack. Cinder placed her hand on the ground taking control of an decent amount of pavement. She broke it into three section. Before she could continue Izuku sent another blast their way. Whatever she had planned Izuku had simply blown it away. Not letting that happened I have to keep them from hitting me at multiple angles. I have eight shots left maybe more if I try using my already broken fingers. Izuku looked back at the two he's protecting before turning to stare down his opponents. I'll have to hold them off till help can arrive.


Earlier with Ruby…

Ruby rushed to the station to head over to Jaune and company's place. With the start of the morning commute the streets were progressively becoming more crowded. As such Ruby's pace began to slow down. As she made her way through the crowd a familiar face caught her eye.

Among the crowd stood Glynda Goodwitch a tall middle age woman with light blond hair tied back in a bun and blue eyes. She was dressed in a white long-sleeved pleated top, high-waisted pencil skirt with bronze buttons, black brown stockings, black boots with bronze heels, and a cape that is purple on the inside and black on the outside stylized like flame tongues at the end. A look of confusion was plastered on her face as she looked around.

"No way…" Ruby whispered. "Professor Goodwitch!"

Immediately Glynda turned to see Ruby making her way to her.

"Miss Rose?!" She exclaimed in surprise.

Making their way through the crowd the two meet up.

"I can't believe I found you here of all places." Ruby expressed.

"I can say the same myself. Where are we and where's your… normal attire?" She asked.

"I'll explain later. But we should do it somewhere more private." Ruby stated.

Suddenly she felt her phone vibrate. Taking it out she saw Izuku had only texted her his location. What why would he… wait… could something be happening. She looked to where Izuku's location was. There she could here the faint sounds of combat and see gusts of wind kicking up debri.

"What's going on?" Glynda questioned.

"It's my friend he's in trouble. We have to help." Ruby answered, her anxiety over Izuku's safety growing.

Ruby sprinted off in the direction of where Izuku said he was.

"Miss Rose wait!" Glynda called out before following her.

"Just follow me. I'll bring you up to speed on the way." Ruby called back.

Hold on Izuku we're on our way.


Ruby: Hang on Izuku I'm coming!

Izuku: Hurry... and do the chapter preview! I'm a little busy here!

Ruby: Got it!

Ruby: Next time Izuku continues his struggle against Cinder and Overhaul. I hope we all can make it time.

Ruby: We also meet someone unexpected from my world I hope they can help us out.

Izuku: Ruby! I'm running out of fingers to break, might want to pick up the pace.

Ruby: On it! Next time Chapter 12: Worlds Collide. Cya then.