After nearly three months, I have returned, finally. Work's been busy lately due to Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up. I'd love to spend more time on writing but you've got a make money. If you want to help with that I have a subscribe star you can donate to. Just search for zmanxv and the link is on my deviantart page because this site will let you post almost no link. Anyways these next set of chapters will cover the whole USJ Attack and get into the start of the Sports Festival Arc. Before we began let's reply to some reviews.
Maximum Rhapsody: To answer your questions, first Salem and All for One have very little reasons to actually work together. This is especially true if All for One finds out about her immortality. Remember the switch causes every ability a person has to become part of their quirk in some way, this would include Salem's immortality. Second, I have no plans for Aura or anything Grimm related being implemented in the story. Finally, I want to add team CFVY among other RWBY characters in but have yet to think of a good way to do it.
Fog Repair Ship Akashi: Responding to all of you comments in this one, first off glad you like the story. Second, Blake and Sun will likely not see the sports festival. This is because I made a mistake in their arrival time due to not properly researching how the Italian school system works before writing the story. There original arrival time was about the same as Ruby's, but now it's around the time the sports festival would take place if not a bit after. They could see later ones but not the one that's coming up. Sorry if anyone was confused by that.
Third, all but Penny, as of volume 7, are dead so they have no ways of being there. With Penny I'll probably have her show up in a later arc. While no tech from Remnant was brought over with the switch, since penny's soul was housed in a core that core will act as the vessel to be transferred in place of her body, making it the only exception to the rule so far.
Finally, the final arc I'm referring to is the final arc of the story, which will be hinted at in a later chapter, I'll talk more about it when I do. As of now it's still the time at which everyone of team RWBY will finally be reunited. If I come up with a way for them to meet up sooner then it'll happen sooner.
Now let's get on with the chapter.
USJ Arc
Chapter 25: The Attack Begins
It was an early Wednesday morning. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and a villain attack was in progress. A villain held a small family hostage while the heroes on the scene were powerless to do anything. Ha ha I got lucky this family was here. Now I can make my escape nice and…
"Missouri!" All Might began.
He blitz by the villain knocking him out with a powerful chop.
"Smash!" He exclaimed as he did so.
In the middle of his attack, he rescued the family from the villains grasp.
"Ahaha, fear not everyone for I am on my morning commute." All Might heroically declared.
After making sure the villain was secured by the police All Might made his way towards UA. My times shortening already. Passing along my power plus my injury is accelerating the decline in the time I can stay transformed as well as weakening me. If I'm not careful I could use up all my time before today's class. I need to hurry.
"Oh man there's hostage situation in the next town over." He heard someone note.
Son of a… aahhh. He shifted his course to the hostage situation.
A little past Noon, Class 1-A room…
"For today's basic hero training All Might, Glynda, myself and one other faculty member will be present." Aizawa stated as he stood before his students.
"Ah… Mr. Aizawa… sir… what exactly are we doing?" Ruby asked with raised hand.
"We're preparing you for disaster relief. Simple put, rescue training." Aizawa answered.
"Alright time to get to some real hero work, Right Izuku?!" Ruby cheered.
"Oh uuuhh… right…" Izuku replied.
"Geez sounds rough though." Denki noted.
"True, but I'm sure it'll be a fuuantastic learning opportunity." Mina expressed as Aizawa's eyes narrowed in on her.
"Besides Ruby's right, this is what heroism is all about." Eijiro expressed with a smile.
"I hope we get to do flood training. I'll be right at home their." Tsuyu noted.
Aizawa clicked a button and popped out the cases for their hero costumes.
"You can wear your hero costumes' if you want. Some of them are ill-suited for this activity so it's up to you." Aizawa explained. "The training area is slightly remote, so we'll be taking a bus to go their. That's all, now get ready."
"Yes sir!" The class affirmed.
Later, outside the school building…
The students of class 1-A made their way towards the bus. Everyone wore their hero costume except one green haired boy, which was immediately noticed by Ochako.
"Hmm… Hey Deku, where's your costume? Why are you in your gym clothes?" She asked.
"Oh… mine got messed up in the battle remember. It's getting repaired by the school's support company." Izuku answered. "Thankful my bracers made it through everything though. They really help when I need to use any more than 3%."
"Ruby, are you sure we shouldn't have everyone line up by their I.D. numbers?" They heard Iida questioned.
They turned to see Iida talking to Ruby as they made their way to the bus.
"For the tenth time Tenya no. We don't have to micromanage that much. We can let them sit with who ever." Ruby replied slightly annoyed.
"It's only been the ninth time I asked, and I think it'd be good to keep everyone organized and fill into seats properly." Iida expressed.
"The point still stands. Besides we don't even know the way the seats are arranged on the bus." Ruby pointed out.
On the bus…
"Darn to think it was this type of bus." Iida expressed.
The students sat across from one another facing each other as opposed to what Iida suspected where there'd be an aisle with rows of seats flanking it.
"I warned ya." Ruby noted.
"Hey Midoriya, I generally say what's on my mind." Tsuyu began.
"Uhh… okay..., what is it Asui?" Izuku asked.
"Call me Tsu" She replied. "Your quirk seems really similar to All Might's."
For Izuku, it took everything in his power to not panic at the questioned.
"O-o-o-o-oh… I guess, it's similar in that we increase our strength but…" Izuku began.
"Hang on Tsu, All Might's way more powerful than Midoriya it's not that similar." Eijiro pointed out.
Fuhh… close one.
"Yeah, that's only if Midoriya doesn't go all out." Nora noted.
Dammit Nora!
"Goes all out?" Eijiro questioned.
"YOU WERE HOLDING BACK AGAINST ME?!" Katsuki yelled.
"NO! I mean well yes but, I-I-I mean no but, I mean ahhh…" Izuku trailed off as Katsuki gave him a death glare.
"What he's trying to say, is that he has to hold back or else he would break his bones. It's either he goes 3% and be fine, or 100% and break his bones." Ruby explained.
"Yeah… that… though with these bracers and can push it up to 6% and be fine." Izuku added.
"So technically Bakugo, he gave you a better fight by not taking himself out by breaking his bones. It'd have been more of an insult to you if he did that, won't it." Ren pointed out.
Katsuki growled.
"Regardless, it's still an awesome quirk, better than mine. [Hardening]'s good in a fight but it's pretty boring." Eijiro lemeanted as he activated his quirk.
"Don't say that, I think it's pretty neat. It's more than enough to go pro." Izuku expressed.
"Though flashiness is important too. Heroes gotta worry about popular appeal you know." Mina pointed out.
"Which iz why my [Navel Lazer] iz parfait. Za combination of flashiness and power all in one quirk." Yuga declared.
"Until you blow your stomach out." Mina noted.
Yuga's expression became downcast as he glared at Mina.
"If we're talking power and flashiness few can match Todoroki and Bakugo." Tsuyu noted.
Damn right! Katsuki thought to himself.
"Though Bakugo's never gonna be popular with how unhinged he is." Tsuyu added.
"You got a death wish Frog Face!" Katsuki shouted.
"See," Tsuyu noted as she pointed to him.
"Yeah dude, we've barely known each other that long and you've already made it clear you have a crap personality." Denki chimed in.
"You wanna die too Sparky!" Katsuki shouted.
Izuku, for his part, was questioning everything he knew. Kacchan getting insulted, belittled, dare I say bullied, this doesn't seem physically possible. My world's being flipped upside down right before my eyes and I've only really just started at UA. What's gonna happen as the next three years come. While Izuku was having his existential crisis, Ruby was doing her best not to burst out in fits of laughter at both Izuku's crisis and what was happening to Katsuki.
"Quiet down we're here!" Aizawa ordered.
"YES SIR!" Everyone immediately responded.
The bus pulled up to a large dome. Exiting the bus the students made their way inside. Inside the complex was an array of simulated disaster zones. The students stared in awe at everything. Meeting them there was Glynda and someone in a space suit.
"Welcome to the Unforeseen Simulation Joint, or USJ for short." The individual greeted with a feminine voice.
It's like the Universal Studios Japan. It's even called the USJ. Many in the class collectively thought.
"Oh wow it's the Space Hero Thirteen." Izuku and Ochako exclaimed with sparkling eyes.
"She's a gentleman hero who excels in rescue work." Izuku fanboyed.
"Ooohh… I love Thirteen." Ochako fangirled.
Ruby did her best to try and not laugh at the now two hero fanatics. Despite this she noticed Aizawa walk up to Thirteen and an annoyed looking Glynda.
"Where's All Might?" he asked in a somewhat low voice.
"Well… about that sir." Thirteen began as she held up three fingers.
"He overdid it on his commute her and is resting in the break room as we speak." Glynda angrily declared, barely keeping herself from shouting.
Aizawa sighed.
"The height of irrationality I swear." He muttered. "Regardless we should be fine."
While the teachers were doing their best to not let the students hear. Ruby, who unlike everyone else, was listening in, though couldn't really hear too much, and not focused on the facility around her. As Thirteen went to address everyone, she became lost in her thoughts. All Might must have used up his three hours on his way here. That shouldn't be too bad. I doubt whoever broke in would target us since their expecting All Might to be here. Yet still, this feeling of dread refuses to leave me. Ever since we got here I've felt like something's going to happen. But why? I don't understand. It doesn't make sense. The villains who broke in think that All Might is here, they wouldn't attack then. If they did it would be suicidal. I know this so then why…
Her thoughts trailed off as she stared out to the center plaza area. There was nothing there, yet she continued to look on in that area. Her eyes narrowed in. Suddenly she saw the smallest swirling of darkness opened up. Her eyes widened as a deep dark dread crept into her, permeating her very being. In that moment she turned around with no hesitation as both Aizawa and Glynda took notice of it. The swirling portal grew bigger and a hand creeped out of it.
"JAUNE, NORA GET THAT DOOR OPENED NOW!" She ordered.
It took a moment for the situation to register with Jaune and Nora. The moment it did, Jaune let a golden aura surround him as Nora charged herself up. They rushed towards the door.
"EVERYONE ELSE HUDDLE UP AND DON'T MOVE!" Aizawa ordered.
The other students aside from Ruby and Ren were slow to react. Looks like I wasn't the only one who felt something was off. I'm ashamed as a pro that she was quicker to react than me.
"Thirteen protect the students." Aizawa directed.
Glynda whipped out her riding crop. Aizawa put on his goggles and readied his capture weapon. A multitude of villains began to pour out of the portal.
"Uhh… sir? Are these more battle robots like the entrance exam?" Eijiro questioned as he tried to see what was happening.
Both Ruby and Ren looked at like he grew two heads.
"Don't move!" Glynda sharply ordered.
"Those are villains!" Aizawa shouted.
Leading the group of villains was Tomura with various detached hands attached to various places on his body. The man who was the portal looked on to the students and teachers atop the stairs as more villains poured in.
"Hmm… I see Eraserhead and Thirteen. That woman their must be the Glynda mentioned in the schedule. Then where is All Might I wonder?" Kuroguri pondered."
"Of course it was this scum who'd caused the whole incident the other day." Aizawa noted.
"What a shame and we brought so many playmates for him. Hmm… I wonder…" He expressed as he looked up at the group of students. "Would a pile of dead kids bring him out?"
A collective chill ran down everyone's spine.
"What are villains doing here?" Minoru screamed in a panic. "This is a hero school are they seriously dumb enough to attack it."
"I don't think dumb is the correct word for this attack. The sensors aren't working." Ituska noted.
"Which means they have a quirk that's jamming it." Momo added.
"We also have no way of knowing if the main building is being attacked as well. Regardless the sensors aren't working and we're far from the campus with only a few people here." Shoto further explained. "This is a well orchestrated sneak attack, but what's their objective?"
"Thirteen begin evacuating the students and try calling the school!" Aizawa ordered.
"Mr. Kaminari try using your quirk to signal help. The one jamming the sensors is likely an electric quirk user." Glynda directed.
"Uh… right." Denki muttered as he tried to do so.
"But Mr. Aizawa even with Miss Goodwitch you can't fight this many. You specialize in quick surprise attacks not head on battle." Izuku pointed out.
"Remember this Midoriya, no good hero is a one-trick pony." Aizawa stated before leaping into action.
"Miss. Goodwitch let me fight too, I can help." Ruby demanded.
"Not happening young lady." Glynda ordered.
"But…" Ruby began.
"Not happening and that's final!" Glynda ordered. "Thirteen, we leave them in your care."
Glynda followed up Aizawa into battle. While she wanted to follow after them. Begrudgingly, she listened to her teacher and went to evacuate. I'm the class president I need to set an example. More importantly I need to lead them out of danger.
"Range squad ready!" A short villain ordered.
"Didn't our intel only mention All Might, Thirteen, and that Glynda woman. Who's this chump?" A female villain noted.
"Not important! He's dead for coming at us like that!" A horned villain shouted.
Right as they were about to fire, Aizawa activated his quirk. Their shots couldn't go through.
"Huh?" The all collectively questioned.
Before they knew it Aizawa had pounced on them. He used his binding cloth to wrap around the villains and slam them into each other.
"Idiots that's Eraserhead. He can cancel your quirks by lookin' at ya!" One villain shouted.
"If that's the case, let's see how it works against a mutant type like mine." A Large villain boldly declared, only to be rammed in the face by a pillar of earth.
Glynda used her [Telekinesis] to send earthen pillars into her opponent.
"It doesn't, but even without my partner here I'd still have ways of dealing with you." Aizawa declared as he blitzed more villains.
After knocking down the large villain, Glynda focused her attention on the other villains. She used her quirk to send them flying into one another. The villain leader looked on in mild annoyance.
"Pros are so annoying. Ordinary villains don't stand a chance against them." Tomura muttered.
From atop the stairs Izuku looked on in awe as his teachers tore through the mob of villains.
"Those two are incredible. Even outnumbered their demolishing them." He muttered.
"Midoriya now is not the time for analyzing! Let's here up and escape!" Tenya shouted.
Before anyone could move far, Kurogiri warped in front of them, his shadow mist spread wide.
"Sorry but I can not allow that." He calm but coldly declared.
Darn he got away in the blink of an eye. Aizawa thought to himself. I won't make it up there in time. I'll have to hope that Thirteen has someway to stop him. Glynda thought to herself.
"Greetings students of UA. We are the League of Villains." Kurogiri expressed. "Forgive our audacity but we've come to this bastion of heroism for one thing. To kill the Symbol of Peace."
A chill ran up everyone's spine. Most thought it impossible. But the small inkling that the villains had a way to do it, left them with a deep dread.
"It seems however he isn't here. Whether it be a schedule change or something else, It matters little to the task I must perform." He stated.
Thirteen was about to activate his quirk. However, before she could, Katsuki and Eijiro had already charged with an explosion and a hardened punch.
"Not if we stop you first you bastard!" Katsuki shouted.
"Bet you didn't see that one coming." Eijiro added.
"Hahaha… close one… you may only be students but you are UA students, the best of the best." Kurogiri expressed as the dust settled and the smoke cleared, revealing him unharmed.
"Get back both of you now." Thirteen ordered.
"TOO LATE!" Kurogiri declared.
He spread out back mist towards the students enveloping many of them. However, a few of them were able to get away. Ruby burst out of the way. Tenya took hold of Ochako and got her out of the way. Mezo was able to take Hanta and Mina out of the way as well. When the mist vanished, everyone else had vanished with it.
"There gone!" Mina exclaimed.
"Where did they go?" Tenya questioned.
"They've been scattered across the facility. I can tell that much." Mezo answered.
"Better than the alternatives, but what do we do now?" Ochako questioned.
"Simple," Ruby stated in a commanding fashion as she faced down Kurogiri. "We get past this villain. We get a messenger out to the school to call for backup. We find our classmates and we win this."
"Hooo… how bold of you to declare that right in front of me. And how, pray tell, do you plan on doing that?" Kurogiri questioned in an amused and dismissive matter.
Ruby slowly dawned a smirk on her face.
"Just you wait and see." She declared.
Ruby: Oh come on, we come back and this happens.
Izuku: Unfortunately yes, good thing we read the chapters before hand and recorded these.
Ruby: Yeah your kind of not here right now.
Izuku: Speaking of which, next time I make a splash in the flood zone.
Ruby: Really Izuku, Really?
Izuku: Yes really. Anyways, Kacchan and Kirishima are meet with something unforeseen and Ms. Goodwitch and Mr. Aizawa are faced with an impossible opponent.
Ruby: Next time, Chapter 26: Battle at the USJ Part 1. Catch you then.
