Chapter 28 incoming. This is the second to last chapter of the USJ Arc. Now let's reply to a few reviews.
Guest: Splinters quirk is [Gag Character], it allows him to do anything in the service of comedy. However it is limited in how it can effect the plot. The main rule is that he can never use his quirk to be able to defeat or help defeat any villain. In that situation the most he can do is carry someone to safety. *Splinter pops up* Wait wasn't my quirk Human... *punches Splinter down* Your not suppose to show up here get back into the story.
GrimmjowTaichou: Yare yare daze, *points in an exaggerated pose* of course it's a JoJo's refrence.
Now on to the chapter.
USJ Arc
Chapter 28: Battle at the USJ Part 3
All Might was forced back by Nomu. The beast brought it's fists down onto him. However, All Might caught them. The ground cracked around him as he grunted. Come on Toshi use that head of yours. I have about a minute or two left in this form to beat this guy. But how do I beat a giant punching bag that both hits back and recovers any damage I somehow manage to do. He pushed Nomu off of him and backed off. He eyed Tomura and Kurogiri, who made no movements. They only watch him like a hawk waiting to snatch up it's prey. And then there's those two. Nomu immediately went on the attack. They traded blows, punch matched with punch. Shockwaves went out from each hit. As this happened Tsuyu, Ruby, Izuku, and Minoru made their way to the entrance. Tsuyu and Minoru were carrying Aizawa while Ruby was carrying Glynda, both of whom appeared to be unconscious.
"There really going at it." Tsuyu noted.
"Yeah, but I still can't believe that big guy's matching All Might." Minoru noted. "How he's supposed to bet something like that?"
"It's actually not too hard. You just have to immobilize it so it can't do anything." Ruby pointed out. "The problem is the only ways All Might can do that are countered by the misty villain."
"Yeah, if it wasn't for him he could probably slam the villain into the ground head first to prevent it from moving." Izuku noted as he looked back.
He looked to see All Might and Nomu continuing to go blow for blow. He's running out of time. He hit his limit, that's what Thirteen meant when she held up three fingers and why Miss Goodwitch was so angry. Both Ruby and I are the only ones who know. He suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked to see Ruby looking right at him.
"I know what your thinking Izuku." Ruby stated.
She smiled softly.
"Let's go. I know even with a broken arm, there's no stopping you." She stated.
Izuku smiled back and node. Splinter hopped out of Ruby's hood.
"Leaves da blond lady to me, yous guys go help muscles over dere." He stated.
"I don't think your able to do that." Ruby noted.
"Don't worrys I's been test my quirk off screens ya. Turns out I's about as strong as da average adult male." Splinter stated.
"I'm pretty sure your size is the main issue here." Izuku pointed out.
"It'll be fines. It's not like she's conscious." Splinter pointed out.
Ruby and Izuku looked at each other and shrugged. After a bit of finagling, Ruby and Izuku managed to get Glynda onto her back and into Splinter's arms. They made sure that Glynda's arms wouldn't drag. The two ran off towards the battle leaving a confused Tsuyu and Minoru.
"Alright kids, let's gets movin'." Splinter stated.
"Just so you know. I am conscious and this is not comfortable at all." Glynda stated.
Son of a… Best make this fast. He proceeded to drag an annoyed Glynda towards the entrance. Ruby and Izuku rushed towards Tomura and Kurogiri. The two villains took notice of them immediately. Fools… Kurogiri thought. He made a portal before them with Tomura's hand reaching out towards them. Ruby and Izuku broke off in opposite directions.
"Hmm… forcing us to pick one or the other to attack. Not bad but…" Kurogiri began.
"DIE!" Katsuki shouted.
The explosive blond came charging in with an explosion. He slammed his palm into the villain's brace and slammed him into the ground.
"Got ya you misty bastard." Katsuki stated. "Try anything and I'll blow you to bits."
"Kurogiri!" Tomura shouted.
Before he could assist his partner, Eijiro came charging in and swung at him with a hardened fist. Tomura leapt out of the way. Right as he landed Itsuka was already on him, going for a grab with an enlarged hand. Tomura rolled out of the way and put some distance between his attackers.
"Darn we missed him." Eijiro lamented.
"He's a slippery one that's for sure." Itsuka noted.
Nomu slammed it's fist into All Might's side where his injury is. He howled out in pain as he was sent skidding back. Nomu charged All Might only for a wave of ice to encase it up to it's head. All Might looked to see Shoto off to the side with ice running from his right foot to the villain.
"So this was the monster made to kill All Might that those villains mentioned." Shoto noted. "Hmph… as if scum like you could kill the symbol of peace."
"Kacchan… guys…" Izuku muttered.
"Looks like we got some much needed back up." Ruby noted.
"Sorry it took so long we got caught up with some villains ourselves." Itsuka expressed as she looked to her two friends.
She immediately noticed the stated of Izuku's arm.
"Midoriya you got hurt again?" She questioned.
"Hey it's not my fault, that Nomu guy broke my arm not me." Izuku replied.
Again? And why did Midoriya specify that he didn't break his arm. Wait…
"Your arms broken and your still willing to fight. Now that's mainly as hell." Eijiro noted.
Tomura looked on with annoyance at the group before him.
"Well this is annoying. Almost all of them have full health. Kids these days…" he muttered. "Nomu break out of that and take out the explosive brat. We need to get our escape route back."
Nomu began to struggle against the ice binding him. It shrieked and shouted as it struggled to break free.
"I don't know how strong that thing is but it doesn't matter. With the way I froze him even if he did break out, he'd lose a limb or two." Shoto noted coldly.
"That's not a problem." Tomura stated with a smirk.
The ice cracked as Nomu began to free itself. All Might moved to try and stop it. However, one arm burst out allowing the beast rip itself out of the ice, leaving behind an arm and a leg. All Might stopped dead in his tracks. Shoto's, along with everyone else's, eyes widened in shock as skin, muscle, and bone quickly reformed itself.
"What the hell?!" Eijiro exclaimed.
"When the hand villain said Nomu had hyper-regeneration I didn't expect it to be this strong!" Izuku expressed.
Nomu lumbered into a charge towards Katsuki. He's fast! All Might thought.
"Katsuki!" Ruby shouted as she tried to rush forward.
Katsuki could do little due to the speed of the creature. All Might acted quickly to save his student, running towards him. Nomu sent it's fist barrelling forward. It collided and released a powerful shockwave kicking up a lot of dust. Ruby was forced to stop, the other students had to brace themselves and shield their eyes.
"Kacchan!" Izuku expressed worriedly.
"Don't worry All Might got him out of the way in time." Ruby assured him.
"Oh your right." Izuku expressed as he looked to see Katsuki on his right.
"Of course she's right. There's no way I could have dodged that." Katsuki snapped back.
I couldn't even see a thing. Katsuki looked to Ruby. She could though. Given how fast she moves with her quirk I guess it's to be expected. The dust settled revealing All Might, his arms raised in a defensive stance. He had been sent back aways from the force of the punch. He coughed out a bit of blood.
"This guy doesn't pull his punches does he." All Might noted.
"Taking the blow yourself. Anything to save a comrade. Just like that plain one from earlier." He calmly stated pointing to Izuku. "He attacked me with everything he had for the same reason. But in the end it's still violence and yet it's considered admirable. And you know what. that pisses me off more than anything.
"Heroes and villains both use violence. They thrive on it. But one is called good, the other evil. And that's how it is but why?! Does not violence breed violence. Face it All Might your just a tool made for keeping us down. I'll kill you and show the world that."
"Don't waste your words. I can tell you don't believe a word of what you said. You lack the fire that real idealistic villains have." All Might pointed out. "Admit your doing this for your own enjoyment."
"You got me." Tomura nonchalantly admitted.
I mean that's not the only way you can tell he's lying. What he said made no sense. You can't respond to a villain attack by trying to talk things out with them. For every one villain that'd work for there are five that won't care. Like this guy. Ruby thought to herself.
"It's seven on three." Shoto noted.
"And we know the misty villain has a body we can attack." Izuku added.
"If we team up with All Might we can win this easily." Eijiro stated.
"NO! All of you get out of here now." All Might ordered.
"WHAT?! Come on All Might we can fight too." Ruby expressed.
"Right you are Young Rose. But didn't I say I'd so you a pro in action." All Might replied.
I barely have a minute left in this form right now.
"Nomu, Kurogiri handle All Might. I'll take on the brats." Tomura directed. "Once you kill him help me take care of the kids."
I'm weakening faster than I thought. But it looks like I have no choice. All Might thought to himself.
"Let's clear the game and go home." Tomura stated.
"Here he comes." Itsuka noted as she and everyone else took up a fighting stance.
Because… I… AM THE SYMBOL OF PEACE. All Might mentally told himself. He charged forth straight towards Nomu. The force of his charged blew back Tomura. He wound up a fist and sent it straight at the beast. Nomu met his punch with one of his own, sending out a shockwave. Tomura leapt away.
"You fool he has shock absorption remember." Tomura noted.
"Yeah what about it!" All Might declared.
He sent punch after punch at an ever increasing speed, each matched by Nomu.
"He's got shock absorption not nullification. That means there's a limit!" All Might shouted.
His punches began to fly out faster than Nomu could keep up. Soon, he started landing body shots on the beast.
"So this things was made to take me at 100% you say?" All Might questioned. "Then I'll just have to go beyond!"
More and more punches connected onto Nomu. It wasn't long before it couldn't even counter attack. The force of the shockwaves was causing everyone to be blown back. Damn I can't get in their with this much wind. Kurogiri thought to himself. Blood began to leak from All Might's mouth. This is insane, he's pushing himself beyond his limit in this state, he's even bleeding. He's hitting Nomu at such a rapid pace yet each punch is still over 100% of his max power. Izuku thought to himself. Pushing through the pain he slammed Nomu with his fist sending him flying back. Nomu tried to recover and counter attack, however All Might was already on him slamming him into the ground. Nomu bounced a bit allowing All Might to grab it by it's arm and throw it up into the air. With a Mighty leapt, he flew up above it a bit. He clasped his hands together and brought them down onto Nomu, sending it into the ground. The ground cracked, and a crater formed from where it landed. As it bounced back into the air slightly All Might landed with a thunderous slam.
"Tell me villain, have you heard these words before?" All Might began.
He wound up a fist, ready to put his whole being into the punch.
"We'll let me tell you what they really mean! GO BEYOND… PLUS… ULTRA!" He shouted as he slammed his fist full force into the creature's stomach.
The ground cracked around them even more as Nomu was sent flying upwards. It continued to fly until it slammed into the roof of the USJ. Metal buckled as glass shattered as the whole building was shocked by the force of it. Nomu broke through the roof and continued to fly higher and higher. Soon it was completely out of sight, parting the clouds as it flew. All were stunned and amazed at the display of power they'd just witness.
"He… just smashed his way past the shock absorption." Eijiro noted.
"And with the power he was putting out. The regeneration couldn't keep up with the rush of attacks." Itsuka added.
"This is like something straight out of a comic." Ruby noted.
Steam began to come off of all Might mixing in with the dust he had kicked up.
So this is the what the top hero is like. Both Shoto and Katsuki thought to themselves.
"I really am slowing down. In my prime five punches would have been more than enough. But today, it took over 300 might blows." All Might stated.
He glared down the villains. His smile not leaving his face. It seems my time's up now.
"Well now villains, how about we hurry up and finish this?" All Might challenged.
"Grrr… you… you cheated. Weakened my ass, he's not weak at all. They lied to me." Tomura expressed as he scratched at himself. "We were completely outmatch. Nomu was sent flying. You… how dare you do that to my Nomu."
"Is this guy seriously just some big man-child?" Itsuka questioned.
"Yeah…" Ruby expressed.
"Well what's wrong? What happened to clearing the game? Aren't you coming to get me? If you think you can beat me, then bring it on." All Might continued to taunt.
"We should back off we're not ready for this level yet." Shoto noted.
"Yeah, if we rush in, they might just take us hostage." Eijiro added.
As everyone backed off, Ruby and Izuku stayed looking at the scene before them. Itsuka noticed this a went up to them.
"Ruby, Midoriya come on. We need to back off." She stated.
They didn't move.
"Guys?" She expressed worriedly she went to put a hand on Ruby's shoulder. When she did she, noticed that Ruby was sweating nervously along with Izuku. What's gotten into them. She thought. This is bad. Both Izuku and Ruby thought. All Might's bluffing. Taking out that Nomu guy pushed him too far. He's just about out of time.
"Well what's keeping you?!" All Might again challenged.
I can barely move right now. That Nomu creature was way too strong. I need to buy more time.
"If only we had Nomu, he was taking those hits so well." Tomura muttered.
"Calm yourself Tomura and look closely. Nomu clearly did some damage to him." Kurogiri noted. "Not only that but the kids are holding back for some reason. And we still have sometime before the teachers arrive. If we double team him, we have a chance."
"Yes… your right… we can do this. The final boss is right there and weak." Tomura noted.
The two villains charged forward towards All Might. Here they come.
"We will avenge Nomu." Kurogiri declared.
However a blur of red and green streaked across their vision. Leaving behind a trail of rose petals, Ruby and Izuku skidded to a stop in front of All Might. Ruby breathed heavy as did Izuku. However each gave a defiant look, with Izuku having his quirk charged up in his good arm and Ruby ready to burst forward at any moments. The villains stopped.
"Darn brats." Tomura muttered.
Tomura stepped forward, only for two bullet to pierce right through his thighs.
"There here!" All Might noted.
At the entrance to the USJ stood many of the teachers from the school. Among them were Midnight, Present Mic, and Qrow.
"Sorry, we're a little late, but we've brought everyone we could." Nezu stated.
"Guess it's finally game over. Time to dip out of here." Tomura noted.
In an attempt to stop them, the cowboy looking hero, Snipe, fired at them several times. Kurogiri quickly brought in Tomura. Thirteen attempted to use his quirk at max power to suck stop them. However the portal was closing too quickly. As it did Tomura looked on at All Might with hate filled eyes.
"I may have failed this time. But next time we meet All Might, your dead." He declared.
Then the portal closed. Both Ruby and Izuku breathed out a sigh of relief.
"That was close." Ruby muttered.
"Yeah no kidding." Izuku added.
"Thanks you two, I don't think I'd be if you hadn't stepped in when you did." All Might expressed.
Izuku and Ruby turned to meet him with a smile.
"Glad your okay All Might." Izuku expressed as he teared up a bit.
He groaned in pain as the adrenaline wore off.
"Come on Izuku we gotta go get your arm checked out." Ruby noted.
"Yeah…" Izuku grunted.
Ruby lead Izuku towards the entrance. Itsuka and Eijiro went up to them to make sure they we're okay. Katsuki and Shoto made their way towards the entrance. All Might looked on with a soft smile as Itsuka berated them for their recklessness and Eijiro questioned why they got involved.
"There good kids." Cementoss expressed.
All Might looked to see Cementoss walk up to him.
"Yeah… a little reckless. But their hearts are in the right place." All Might noted.
"That's beside the point." Qrow stated as he walked up to the two. "A group of villains just pulled off one hell of an attack. I'm getting memories of what happened back on my world and I don't like it. We're gonna have to work extra hard to find out who these scumbags are."
"Indeed…" All Might expressed.
I just pray that it's not who I think it is. Cause if it is. The weight on Young Midoriya's shoulders. Just got a lot heavier.
Ruby: Ahhhh yeah... heroes: 1, villains: 0.
Izuku: I'm just glad it's over. God that was terrifying.
Ruby: Don't worry Izuku, you'll get use to it. Anyways let's get one with the next chapter preview.
Izuku: Next time we're finally able to relax and begin the recover from the attack.
Ruby: But while that's happening, an old enemy makes her move.
Izuku: And elsewhere someone takes notice of the attack on the USJ.
Ruby: Next time, Chapter 29: The Attack's Effects.
Izuku: See you guys then.
