All Might's presence broke the darkness within the USJ, unleashing an aura of hope and safety towards the students. Black made a note of how the hero seemed to command the attention upon entry almost immediately; it was as if All Might was a god himself. The legendary hero proceeded to rip his tie, making an enraged expression through gritted teeth, readying himself to save his students. In a flash of an eye, All Might descended from the USJ entrance stairs and defeated a small group of villains on his own immediately.
Hmm, I suppose he can hold his own a bit, Black mentally noted. There was something off about this hero though. Even though All Might was clearly the most powerful person in the room sans the Saiyan, upon detecting his energy, it felt like the pro was dying slowly. For someone of such a high status, this feeling of waning strength was the last thing that Black expected to sense from the top hero.
"I'll save my questions about how you got in here for now," Aizawa addressed to Black, bloodied but able to move properly. "Stay by my side for now, Midoriya, Asui, Mineta, and Goku. We don't know how many other villains there are."
"But Mr. Aizawa," Mineta said, in shock that someone so injured can actually move as if nothing happened. "Don't you think you should take it easy and give yourself some slack for now?"
"Absolutely not," Aizawa replied with ferocious conviction. "A pro has to watch out for anything that happens. Once a goal has been set, I'll work till my last breath to achieve it."
The short purple ball child looked in a sense of feared-awe.
"Mr. Aizawa, Goku can also warp like that villain," Midoriya suggested. "Wouldn't it be possible if we can use his abilities to find where the rest of our classmates are?"
"Hmm, a rational suggestion," Aizawa complied. "Goku, do you think you can do that?"
"Wouldn't be the hardest thing ever," Black responded, feeling an odd sense of excitement at helping these mortals. "Grab onto me though or else this won't work."
The hero and heroes in training got a hold of Black with Mineta clutching Black's arm. Placing two fingers on his forehead, Black used instant transmission away from the shipwreck zone. Knowing one familiar energy, the five were teleported in front of a canyon-looking area in front of an electric villain holding up a dorky kid with yellow hair and a black jacket.
"Wait, Mr. Aizawa, Midoriya, Asui, and Mineta?" a girl with earlobes that looked like long ear jacks questioned, surprised that so many people just appeared in front of her. Noticing a mysterious man who seemed to have caused this teleportation, the girl further inquired about this. "And who's that?"
"This is Goku," Asui said. "And call me Tsuyu, Jirou!"
"G-Goku?" a tall girl with spiky hair said, eyes widening. Black remembered this voice, for it was her.
"Ah, Momo Yaoyorozu, was it?" Black replied, surprised that she was wearing almost nothing for her hero costume. "The tea set works quite well to this day."
"No time to be side-lined," Aizawa called. "This is an actual hostage situation here."
"Ohh, so you thought it would be funny to call reinforcements, huh?" the villain remarked, holding the dorky kid in one hand and electricity with another. "Guess I'm gonna have to- HUH?"
Black rushed towards the villain, making him lose his grip, freeing the kid. The Saiyan then held the villain by the throat, much to his fear.
"Now answer me, mor-uh, villain," the Saiyan said, readying a violent fierce god slicer with his right hand. "Which would you prefer, having the lights choked out of you or being diced into a nice entree item?"
"G-goku," Midoriya muttered, horrified at such brutality along with his classmates.
The villain in Black's hand let a stream of tears out. The way this was pacing, it seemed like All Might being here would ironically save him as well.
"That's enough," Aizawa called to Black, using his Erasure quirk. The Saiyan turned his head to the hero, unsure as to what was wrong.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Black questioned, still clutching the villain with the violent fierce god slicer pointed towards his neck.
"As heroes, this behavior is far beneath us," Aizawa said, quirk still activated. "This is a violation of various ethical codes not to be taken lightly so please cooperate with us. A life, hero or villain is still very valuable. Everyone deserves to be served judgment rationally, even if it conflicts with our own core beliefs. It is up to us to use our powers responsibly so that society can function with logical decisions." While saying all of this, the veteran pro noticed that while the villain couldn't use his quirk at all, Black's powers were still activated despite being in the line of sight of Erasure. This puzzled the hero, who was internally trying to think of a reason as to why this was happening.
Black remembered arguing with Zamasu with his abuse of power, in which the Saiyan finally admitted his faults to himself. Had he been more responsible with power, he wouldn't have needed to be stranded in a different reality altogether. He wouldn't have needed to have most of his power locked away from him. He wouldn't have needed to do Project Zero Mortals from the ground up again. Having to admit such a huge fault with himself made himself feel furious yet melancholy. Deactivating the violent fierce god slicer, Black lightly threw the villain to the ground, who still landed bruised, bloodied, and tattered up, still crying. The Saiyan looked back to the group of hero students, completely stunned by the scene they had just witnessed.
"W-well, we got Kaminari back, I suppose," Jirou said, more shaken from Black's assault on the villain than the villain himself. "How'd you all find us anyway?"
"Goku can warp apparently," Asui answered. "Apparently Mr. Aizawa ordered some food and I guess Goku was too eager with his job."
"Hey, shut it!" Aizawa said out of minor embarrassment while the hero students laughed about it. As he used what was left of his binding cloth on the villain, he then suddenly jerked his face back to seriousness.
"How could I forget," Aizawa muttered, annoyed at missing such a key detail. "Goku, there's a hero named Thirteen here, who I believe might be seriously wounded. Do you think you can find her?"
"Seriously wounded, huh," Black replied, trying to think of someone who could match that description amongst the extremely low life energies he sensed. There were seemingly people who were injured at least, most likely villains. Then there was All Might, whose energy was the most massive but felt like he was going to be out of steam soon. Lastly, there was a very faint energy that felt like the person just took a massive, massive injury.
"Alright, I think I found her," the Saiyan said. "Grab a hold of me."
The group held onto Black, which was getting more awkward as more people touched him. Using instant transmission again, the group landed on the base of the USJ stairs with a short girl in a pink costume, a masked yellow muscular man, a pink girl with horns on her head, a boy with a plain face but weird elbows, a masked muscular kid with many arms, and an astronaut with a horrifically torn back.
"Huh? You guys?" the astronaut said, surprised so many people just appeared at once.
"Thirteen, you're still alive," Aizawa said, noting the horrific state of his comrade. "Goku, you think you can heal her as you did with me?"
Goku reached his hand out to Thirteen's face. In another flash of gold light, Thirteen felt more energized, although not to the degree that Aizawa was able to.
"Gee, thanks for the assist!" Thirteen replied in a less strained voice. "I don't think I'll be of much help here still." She pointed towards the massive gap from her back.
"That's alright," Aizawa said. "I'm leaving these six kids along with this villain in your custody. Goku and I are going to search for the others."
"Wait, you're leaving us in that state?" the girl with the pink costume questioned. "You can use some rest too, Mr. Aizawa!"
"Appreciate the concern, Uraraka, but I'm not as injured," Aizawa replied. "Just stay here and you'll be fine."
The erasure hero held onto Black once more, teleporting to the places of various villains and other students. Along the way, the Saiyan fought other minor villains with absolute ease while meeting other students such as a man with a tail, a rocky-looking kid who was quiet, a dark bird person with a purple creature exuding from him, a flamboyant laser boy, and a girl who was invisible after Black deduced her from energy sensing.
What an absolute circus of a mortal gathering this is, Black thought, flabbergasted that such an ugly gathering of mortals could happen before him. Using his rage and fury, Black continued to easily overpower any villains he encountered, while unlocking his former strength along the way. Cackling with each movement he made, he never thought that saving mortal life would stimulate so much fun in his Saiyan body. Transporting the students back to the USJ stairs with various beaten villains too weak to even lift a finger, Aizawa made a headcount of everyone.
"Hmm, so that's almost everyone," he observed. "IIda has gone to get help (even though we surprisingly got it covered already on our own,) so that leaves us with Todoroki, Kirishima, and Bakugo."
"Bakugo," Black muttered. He recalled Inko Midoriya saying something about Mitsuki Bakugo and her boy. Was this 'Kacchan' Bakugo?
"Well, guess there aren't many options for us left now," Black said, preparing instant transmission with Aizawa again. Upon arriving, he was surprised with how slippery the ground was.
"Ice?" Aizawa observed, seeing that practically every villain was frozen. "Todoroki! Come out here!"
A kid with blonde, spiky hair and grenade gauntlets came out. If he wasn't furious before, he certainly was upon looking at the man next to his teacher.
"YOU!" Bakugo screamed. "I KNEW THAT YOU WERE TROUBLE WHEN I FIRST YOU. YOU'LL DIE HERE!"
"Bakugo, chill out!" a red-haired kid with a very exposed costume said.
A torrent of ice came towards Aizawa and Black. With his reflexes, Black was able to blast the incoming ice away.
"They must think you're one of the villains," Aizawa stated, surprised at this irrational behavior.
"HOWITZER BLITZ!" Bakugo roared, setting off a massive explosion in front of Black that thawed the surrounding ice. This freed the villains, who were trying to make an escape.
"Bakugo, look what you did!" the red-haired kid said. "Now the villains are back! Todoroki, I think you're gonna be needed here again."
"None needed," Aizawa said.
Behind them, two figures were standing besides each other amongst the re-defeated villains. Goku Black found himself staring up at the muscular giant: All Might himself.
"Well!" All Might said. "I wasn't expecting to get some assistance like this!"
"All Might," Black said. "It's really interesting to meet you in the flesh."
"Happy to meet a fan!" the hero replied. "But for now, fists first, autographs later!"
"Considering how injured they already are, you would be cutting very close to brushing with ethical laws on treatment of villains," Aizawa said, repeating his point form before. "It would be quite a PR disaster if you did breach them"
All Might nervously crouched down, knowing that his comrade was as rational as always. "Well, you have a point, I suppose."
"I HAVE RETURNED-HUH?" a voice bellowed out.
A kid with glasses and armor backed up by a troop of pro heroes entered, startled by what they saw: practically their entire class was there with all of the remaining villains apprehended.
"Did they really need our help?" a man with red blood tubes and a red costume said, observing the state of each of the villains.
"We did at first, Vlad King" Thirteen answered. "Then Aizawa and this man showed up."
The white animal on Vlad King's shoulder noted this.
"Well, then I think we have to see who this mystery man is," the animal said.
Suddenly, a group of people appeared before the heroes and apprehended villains. All Might, three students, Aizawa, and Black all returned with the rest of the apprehended villains.
"S-Shota?" a blonde man with a mic underneath him said. "Shouldn't you be on the bleachers?"
"Shut up," Aizawa replied, annoyed at his former classmate, now coworker. "We'll still need medical assistance as well as an inspection of the USJ pronto.
The heroes seemed to agree and split up to search for any remaining villains or signs of danger that still lingered. Some of them were helping to escort the villains out in groups. Black felt a few eyes on him, especially from the woman and gunslinger by UA's main entrance from before.
"Go on without me!" All Might called out. "I'll be helping with the search!"
The class, Aizawa, Thirteen, and Black walked out of the USJ. Suddenly, smoke seemed to leak out of All Might but by the time they left the door, he was too surrounded by it for anyone to make a figure.
"Don't worry class A," Thirteen said, noticing some students looking at the smoke behind them. "Smoke like this happens from time to time but I'll spare you of the details."
Sensing All Might's energy, Black noticed it got exponentially weaker.
His entire career is based on a timed transformation? Black thought, surprised someone could pull off being a legendary hero like that. This base form is actually pathetic!
They walked out and were greeted by a warm sun's embrace. After such a hard day, it was really rewarding to see such a beautiful landscape.
After stepping out, Black was berated by an army of teenagers trying to learn about him.
"Wow, you're cute and strong!" the pink skinned girl said. "How'd you find us?"
"Your darkness knows no bounds," the bird kid said. "Dark Shadow and I are grateful for your service this time."
"I'LL KILL YOU!" Bakugo yelled with his ever-loving manners.
The Saiyan did not know how to answer the energetic students, having not foreseen this response. He had managed to learn everyone's names and their quirks though, so it wasn't a total waste of time.
"Goku!" Aizawa called out, escorting villains to the police. There was an officer in a tan trench coat next to him as well as a familiar cat officer.
Black z-vanished to Aizawa and the officers, managing to avoid the sea of students.
"The police can take things from here," the cat officer said, not looking Black in the eye. "Thank you for your work, Eraser."
"Yes, indeed," the man in the trench coat said, smiling. "Goku, was it? I'm Naomasa Tsukauchi, a detective for the police force around here. We were interested in arranging a conversation with you."
Black contemplated his decision. Unable to assess any alternatives, Black tried to respond with a straight face.
"Yes, officer," Black said, bowing to him. "I'll be happy to oblige."
Author's Note: So that kinda wraps up the action part of the USJ arc! Not much else to say tbh. Thanks for reading!