"Tell me hero…are you worried for your students? I wonder if you can save them in the end…"
"Basil…" Scowling, Sayako furrows her brow unnerved by the sheer vibrancy of his raw red hues, grinning from ear to ear, smirking smugly, snickering, cackling, craning his neck to the side.
"Been a while eh sis?" Smirking, Orochi cranes his neck to the side as Sayako flinches from the sharp sound of bones breaking.
"What are you doing here?" Scowling, Sayako feels her blood boil, bubble, burn from the adrenaline coursing through her veins as her fingertips gravitate towards her holster only to falter, internally cursing when patting at open air.
"Looking for one of these." Smugly, Orochi flicks his wrist as the shimmering shine of the blade blasts at Sayako, the beam of the moon's light bounces off against the steel deflecting into Sayako's eyes making her hiss. She cradles her eyes, making Orochi grin as he lunges at her, swiftly snatching said blade with his tail, tossing it into his hands for him to strike at the blinded Sayako. She gasps as she moves from left to right, wincing when feeling the sharp sting in her cheek. She kicks him in the chest causing him to leap back.
"You didn't answer my question." Heaving, Sayako cradles her torso from the sharp stab, her other hand reaches up towards her cheek, swiping, smearing the crimson current leaking out of the small slit on her cheek.
"Just here to drop on by, see how my darling little hero is doing? Look at you running off tut tut sister!" Sneering, Orochi grins ear from ear as he uses his tail pushing him forward, reeling his knife back for some more slash attacks only to gasp when she grabs him by his wrist, tugging him forward to slam him into the ground.
"What the hell are you playing at!? Are you mental?" Scowling, she reaches out to his blade, but she is swiftly batted aside being overpowered by the tail throwing her into a tree making her hiss as she comes crumbling down.
"Mental is such a cruel word sister, I much prefer the word unique." Smirking, Orochi snickers, his tongue peeking out, hissing vibrating in the air.
"What are you guys planning?" Sayako demands from Orochi as she shakily stands from the bushes.
"Oh my darling Sayako I'm here to save you." Orochi takes out a spare blade from his mouth, much to Sayako's shock twirling it about the place.
"Save me!?" Scowling, she slams her palm down on the floor.
"From the pressures of society of being a hero!" He roars, swiftly tossing the blade at her which she swiftly catches only for her eyes to widen at the black blur pouncing on her.
"…Basil you're not yourself right now." Sayako's blade clashes against Orochi's own, sparks spewing out from them both.
"Don't tell me who I am! I'm a hero that's what I am I came to save you from your delusions! From the pillaring pressure of the title of hero! You can be so much more, you can be free, I promised him to you, I promised him you could be redeemed, I promised him you would be of use. So just sit still and let me save you!" Snarling, Orochi roars as he slashes at her but she narrowly avoids said hit as the two continue this far of theirs.
"Shoji what happened?" Midoriya gasps gaping at his bloodied cut hand.
"With those injuries you should be laid up in bed recovering but you want to save your friend no matter what the cost." Calmly, Shoji points out, having swiftly caught Midoriya saving him from the purplish claw that was about to strike him down if not for Shoji.
"That thing just now wait…don't tell me." Midoriya's eyes expand when seeing the shadowy figure in the distance.
"Yeah…if we want to get through here we'll have to face dark shadow first." Shoji confirms.
"Stay away from me…you'll die!" Teary eyed, Tokoyami pleads to his friends, tears freely falling as he is helpless against dark shadow's control.
"Tokoyami no! But how did he get this way?" Midoriya questions Shoji.
"Keep it down after Mandalay told us we were both on high alert still one of the villains got the drop on us. I push him towards the bushes to try to cover him when one of my arms was cut off. It looks back but its t like its lost forever my duliarms can make duplicates of duplicates, one of those was cut off. Thing is he couldn't stand seeing me injured like that, the quirk he began surpassing began to rage and take over." Mezo explains to Midoriya.
"Dark shadow lost the control Tokoyami I had no idea his quirk could work like this." Amazed, Midoriya confesses in awe of dark shadow's power.
"He's trying to hold it back, but they made it wilder it's started to launch at any sound at any moment." Shoji reveals as they sit behind a tree taking cover.
"Forget about me and go. Find our classmates help them instead calm down dark shadow!" Pleadingly, Tokoyami begs to his creature calling out to his friends.
"His quirkiness has a weakness to light if we can lead them to a fire back to camp we can contain it. Midoriya I know these are strange circumstances but I cant just leave a suffering friend behind. You broke your bruised body to get here because you were worried about Bakugo if you still want to save him I'll distract dark shadow for you and you can run." Shoji informs Midoriya.
"Hold on the fire and camp are both pretty far away you'll be in danger if he-" Worried, Midoriya argues.
"I know that but to save people you have to take risks that's what makes a hero a hero. Will you stay here with me and help stop Tokoyami or will you rush to Bakugo's side? You have to make a choice right now." Shoji cuts him off.
"I already have…" Midoriya's greens narrow knowing what must be done next.
"You sure they'll be all right on their own?" Kurogiri furrows his brow at Shigaraki watching the boy sat at the bar counter, staring down at his glass.
"I'm a non playable character in this level they'll make it work without me. Besides this game has totally changed. I've been thinking of it as an RPG we had some pretty good equips that would allow us to challenge the big boss while still at level one. Really, it's more of a simulation game. I'm the player and I'll use all my little pawns to smash through the heroes ranks but first I need to make cracks in the superhuman world. That's when the vanguard of the league of villains come in who cares if these guys win or lose. The heroes will be scared just cause they showed up." Shigaraki explains to Kurogiri.
"They're sacrificial pawns?" Kurogiri's eyes narrow at the news.
"Come on do you really think I'm that heartless? "Smugly, Shigaraki leans back on the bar stool, stretching his arms out aloofly.
"And you sent Orochi is he another one of your sacrificial pawns?" Kurogiri questions making Shigaraki flinch from his words, his grip tightening around his glass as he glares down at the liquid presented before him.
"Bold of you to assume I'd send him out there without knowing his strength along with his other playmates. They may have different goals than me but they are comrades nonetheless and in a society bound by ridiculous rules villains aren't the only ones being oppressed." Shigaraki informs Kurogiri.
"You really think he'll be alright? What if he has a meltdown?" Worried, Kurogiri's yellows soften sadly at the thought.
"I know him. He won't fail, besides it's not my fault he wants to save his so called precious Sayako I don't even get what he sees in that brat…he's lucky I even gave him the cheat code to enter this level. Let's just hope they can pull this off." Bitterly, Shigaraki seethes snarling, his grip tightening around his drink, his fingertips flexing around his glass, veins of ice spewing out of the glass, shards spewing out into the ground below as his raw reds glare narrowly at the desk.
"Sayako!" Sayako jolts up at the voice turning to the alarmed Aizawa, his eyes expanding to see Aizawa holding a child, a child with the tears freely flowing from the child clinging to him, he sees his raw reds lighting up glaring at Orochi.
"Aizawa get out of here your quirk won't work on him. Now get the kid out of here dammit!" Sayako tells him pushing Orochi back, swiping, striking at Orochi, trying to build as much distance as she could. She flicks her wrist as she tries to throw him backwards only for her eyes to widen when he swiftly chomps down on her threads swiftly snaping their current as he resides high in the air twisting, twirling, spinning like some circus act like a agile acrobat. He wraps his tail around a tree branch, swinging himself back and forth as if he were on a swing before swinging himself on top fo the tree branch, kneeling down, crouching down, grinning sadistically down at the group before him.
"Ooh are we playing hide and seek?" Curious, Orochi quirks his head to the side grinning from ear to ear a sadistic grin similar to one of the Cheshire cat simply watching on amused as if he were god.
"…Y-Yes." Quickly, Sayako intervenes just as Aizawa is about to argue but stops form Sayako's sharp scowl.
"Sayako what are you…?" Angrily, Aizawa hisses at her in a low tone.
"Just play along!" Urgently, she snaps at him panic laced in her pleading tone, his coal black meeting her shaking olive.
"I love that game I'll give you to the count of ten K?" Innocently, Orochi beams brightly his ruby reds turning orange, clasping his hands together. Joyfully, he wags his tail back and forth, quirking his head to the side smiling joyfully. He then winks cheekily making Kota whimper, burying deeper into Aizawa's shirt.
"What?" Annoyed, Aizawa's eyes narrow still lost, his grip tightening around Kota while the other slowly but surely descends down to the sheath of his blade.
"10…9…" Giddily, Orochi smiles slamming his palms to his head, bowing his head beginning to count.
"JUST RUN!" Sayako snaps grabbing hold of Aizawa's hand as the three begin running back to the camp.
"7….6…5…4…." Kota whimpers when hearing Orochi's' voice echo throughout the forest.
"SHIT. SHIT. SHIT." Sayako hisses under her breath.
"Sayako I need answers now." Aizawa demands from her.
"Now really isn't the best of times…" Snippily, she snaps at him.
"3….2…" Sweat slithers down Sayako's temple as they continue running for their lives…
"Come on you heard wha she said didn't you!? I can't let them get my friend! You gotta let me go find him please!" Pleadingly, Kirishima begs Vlad King.
"Not a chance." Firmly, Vlad crosses his arms over his chest.
"But why not?" Kirishima demands.
"Come on cool it Kirishima." Concerned, Mina tries to calm him down.
"Excuse me we don't know how many villains there are shouldn't we have as many fighters as possible." Tenya reasons.
"You cant seriously want to face the bad guys?" Scared, Mineta argues.
"Ida gets it! Even Mr Aizawa told us to fight." Kirishima reminds Vlad.
"Only for self defence he meant the students in the woods." Vlad affirms making the group grimace.
"I….found you.." Shocked, Sayako turns her eyes widening when meeting raw reds aiming straight at…
"P-Papa…" Meekly, Kota whimpers when seeing his feral fangs.
"SHIT!" Swiftly, Sayako pushes Aizawa forward.
"SAYAKO!" Aizawa cries out as he falls flat to the ground, his coal blacks dilating in horror. He calls out to her, feeling his blood run coiled from her scream as she is pinned to the ground, crimson oozing out of her from the feral fangs piercing her throat.
"What was that!?" Alarmed, Kirishima turns to the window where…
"Oh my god." Mina gasps hands on her hips when seeing the sight before her.
"Is that…Sayako?" Ojiro gasps gaping at the sight of the screaming squirming girl, trying to pry the feral fangs off her.
"Sayako!" Tenya cries out alarming the others when noting his engine begin to ignite.
"That's enough!" Swiftly, Vlad King releases some of his blood gluing Tenya to the wall.
"Get off my student!" Aizawa snarls as he places Kota down, whimpering watching on as Aizawa charges at Orochi, wrapping his scarf around the podium outside swinging his foot into Orochi prying his feral fangs free from Sayako, throwing him into the dark depths of the wood leaving the group alone.
"W-Why? Why did you save me?!" Tearful, Kota whimpers, the tears freely falling gaping at the bloodied blonde before him clutching her bloodied throat, swaying from side to side, Aizawa's eyes expanding to see the purple bruise, flowing down to her arm.
"Aizawa get the kid inside I'll take care of Orochi." Sternly, Sayako tells him.
"Are you crazy look at your condition Sayako! Yours is near as bad as Midoriya's maybe worse!" Aizawa scowls at her.
"Basil…is my responsibility." Heaving, Sayako snaps.
"Basil?" Confused, Aizawa furrows his brow only for his eyes to widen when suddenly, the sound of shrubbery moving alerting him.
"DON'T CALL ME BY THAT NAME!" Crazed raw reds clash against green only then for Sayako to use her healthier hand to toss Orochi to the other side, her threads swiftly returning to her.
"Sayako don't you dare-" Aizawa begins only to gasp his eyes expanding at the sudden tug below, his eyes dart down to the threads pinning him to the floor.
I'm sorry…" Sadly, Sayako tells Aizawa before taking off, leaving the stunned teacher, his coal blacks darting all over the place, trying to process it all, trying to rip free but…
"Sayako!" Aizawa cries out reaching his hand out to her only to falter, furrowing his brow when watching her cradle her purplish arm, watching her fleeting figure venture off into the dark depths of the forest.
Heaving, Sayako's ears ring as she runs through the flaming forest, her nose twitching at the putrid stench of ash in the air." Sayako grimaces faltering in her steps from the sharp searing sensation flowing through her arm, feeling a tingling sensation making her grimace, clutching her purplish ruby red armed.
"You feel it don't you? The poison, I made it specifically for you tell me does it bring back memories…?" Merrily, Orochi skips, sauntering alongside the bare branch stretched out to her, hands up in the air poised, smirking sadistically down at the glowing, glaring Sayako, cradling her limp arm, ignoring her hammering heart bashing against the rough ribcage of her heart.
"You…" Shakily, Sayako sways slightly, her eyes narrowing, grimacing from the faint blurs on the edge of her vision.
"I heard you were quite the bad girl during high school Saya who knew my toxins affected you even then." Smugly, Orochi slithers, sliding down the tree, his fingertips touching the bark, his talons digging deep into the tree scraping against it, using his tail to swing himself around, descending down the tree.
"Don't…give yourself the credit bas-TARD!" Sayako seethes charring at him only making him smirk as her eyes narrow, gasping when she comes crashing down, stumbling forward.
"Yeah I wouldn't do that if I were you…" Amused, Orochi shoves his hands into his pocket, easily swinging himself back, stepping to the side as she comes crashing down into the ground below.
"Bastard…" Seething, Sayako shakes, quivering quaking.
"You certainly like that word today don't you?" Orochi slams the heel of his shoe down on her back making her grimace as he easily pins her down, crouching down, her brow furrowed when her ears begin to ring as she begins dipping in and out feeling a numbing sensation searing through her body.
"Ah there you are Orochi I see you found her after all allow me to aid you in this endeavour." Smoothly, Compress reveals himself to Orochi bowing before him with a flourish.
"Compress about time. Time for your surprise Sayako you'll love it!" Happily, Orochi's ruby reds turn orange as Sayako furrows her brow when next thing she knew, she fell into the dark depths of her subconscious.
"So shall we be on our way Orochi." Coyly, Compress twirls the bright blue bead between his fingertips, performing party tricks for the snake staring up at him.
"Can I?" He asks hopeful.
"Of courses." Happily, he pinches the bridge of his hat bowing before him as he rolls the blue bead down the rim of the hat towards Orochi who happily catches it.
"Finally…we can be a family again." Joyous, Orochi places the blue bead upon his cheek nuzzling the smooth surface of the small blue bead.
"Flesh….Flesh…" Hungrily, the creature snarls, protruding his blade teeth out of his mouth as he limply loosely sways from side to side firing his blades at Todoroki's icy wall.
"Teeth attacks seriously!? It's time we end this guy!" Fed up, Bakugo snaps scowling glaring at the villain before them.
"You can't!" Sternly, Todoroki reminds him.
"If the trees burn just cover them in ice stupid!" Scowling, Bakugo barks at him as a few shards of ice break but Todoroki slams his foot down, swiftly summoning a new layer of ice.
"A bit explosion will impair my vision though I may not be able to see the fire and how are you going to get close to him anyway"? Todoroki tells Bakugo.
"There I see ice! They're fighting!" Surprised both boys jolt up at the voice.
"Bakugo Todoroki one of you give us some light!" Shoji calls out as their eyes expand when seeing the creature behind them tears trees from the roots of the ground, roaring snarling.
"Shoji…I have a plan. It's not perfect but it might work…" Midoriya tells Shoji.
"What?" Shoji turns to him.
"If Dark shadow reacts to sound then make duplicate arms to bait him so he'll follow us without attacking our actual bodies. We can lead dark shadow to Kaachan he'll be able to weak him with an explosion. I don't want to choose one or the other I want to save them both." Honestly, Midoriya confesses to him.
"Kaachan!" Midoriya cries out.
"Shoji and Midoriya and is that…Tokoyami!?" Todoroki says shocked at the sight of black shadow.
"We need some light now he's out of control!" Shoji tells them only to cry out as dark shadow managed to kick his extended mouth, crimson gushes out of another wound.
"He's attacking blindly I'll use my fire!" Todoroki sets the unconscious boy behind his back, who he held piggyback style to fire his flames.
"Not so fast." Bakugo stretches his arm out stopping him.
"Fleeesh! Slabs of meat mine, so good I need it I need it. I'm the one who gets to eat those boys' innards!" Intensely, the villain snarls firing out his blades from his mouth impaling dark shadow's head and eye but…
"You don't matter insignificant bug." Deranged, Dark shadow slamming the villain down to the ground overpowering him.
"Now finish him." Bakugo bellows smirking smugly as dark shadow grabs the screeching villain, throwing him high into the air, his teeth comes gushing out leaving him with nothing more than gums as he is thrown into a tree, casted aside.
"NOT ENOUGH! IT'S NOT ENOUGH!" Battle hungry, Dark Shadow snarls to the high heavens only to release a small squeak as both Bakugo and Todoroki lunge, flashing both sides.
"And once again I'm a terrible matchup for you bird boy." Bakugo looks down at the heaving Tokoyami.
"Thanks you saved me." Tokoyami bows his head.
"We could barely defend against that guy but you beat him instantly." Impressed, Todoroki stares at the defeated villain slumped against the tree.
"My friend are you okay? You did what we needed you to do." Concerned, Shoji questions him.
"Shoji I apologise you too Midoriya I'm still far too immature anger consumed me and I let my quirk take over. The darkness within me fuelled my fury and spurred dark shadow into a frenzy until it got so strong I couldn't contain it I ended up hurting Shoji." Ashamed, Tokoyami bows his head pained.
"We'll deal with that later that's what you'd say if our roles were reversed." Shoji remarks making Tokoyami's eyes expand.
"Okay I don't know if you heard Mandalay, but I found out the villains are after kaachan." Midoriya reveals to the group.
"Bakugo? Are they trying to kill him why?" Confused, Tokoyami questions.
"I don't know. But I think we should get to camp it's the safest place now so long as Vlad king and Mr Aizawa have regrouped there." Midoriya reasons to the group.
"I understand. So our mission to get Bakugo back to safety serving as his protectors." Tokoyami nods his head in understanding.
"It's possible the pussycats are still fighting in the clearing going that way would draw the attention of the villains plus it's longer we should cut straight across." Midoriya says to Tokoyami.
"We don't know how many emails there are we might come across some by chance." Tokoyami crosses his arms over his chest.
"We can use Shoji's search ability and Todoroki's freezing power and if Tokoyami is okay with it we can use his dark shadow now that we can actually control him. Honestly with a group like this we could probably go up against All might." Midoriya confesses to the group.
"I'd be fine by myself!" Mad, Bakugo finally speaks up fuming.
"We'll surround you as we walk." Todoroki exclaims.
"I don't need any of your protection dammit!" Angrily, Bakugo snarls snapping.
"Let's go…" Shoji exclaims.
"DON'T IGNORE ME!" Mad, Bakugo glares daggers at the group around him.
"Just make sure you keep up." Todoroki tells him.
"Don't tell me what to do!" Fuming, Bakugo snarls snapping as he reluctantly follows the group, trying to head back to camp…
"Who was that girl just now?" Todoroki questions as he and the others stumble across Tsuyu and Ochaco, Tsuyu who had been pinned to the tree by a blade in her hair while Ochaco shakily stands having her blood drained by the crazy blonde long gone.
"One of the villains she was crazy." Tsuyu tells the others helping Ochaco up after being freed.
"Uraraka you're hurt!" Midoriya gasps at the ruby red stain on her shirt.
"It's not bad I can still walk okay. You're the one who looks terrible." Ochaco dismisses.
"We can't stand here and talk let's move." Mezo tells the group.
"I'm just glad you didn't get too injured too bad now come on join our group we're protecting kaachan and making our way back to camp. We could use your help." Midoriya informs the two who blink befuddled.
"If you're protecting Bakugo then shouldn't he be standing with you guys?" Confused, Tsuyu points out.
"Huh? What are you talking about he's right over here behind us…." Midoriya turns his neck only for his eyes to dilate, his heart to drop, his blood to turn ice cold at the sheer empty space behind him.
"Nice trick eh? I took the lad you were talking about with my magic. A talent like his would be squandered if he was tasked with being a hero. We'll provide him with a grander stage where he can truly shine." Startled, the group jolt up at the sound of rustling leaf's turning to a magician of sorts, looking down at the blue beads in his grasp.
"Give him back!" Midoriya demands.
"Give him back? What an odd thing to say Bakugo doesn't belong to anyone. He's his own person. Don't be so arrogant." Compress admires the beads.
"We'll stop you!" Midoriya screams.
"Right now!" Todoroki slams his foot down ice sprouting out from the ground but…
"Why the aggression? We're merely wish to show him there are options besides the frantic world of heroism he's drowning in. it's important to choose a path that aligns with your core values after all." Easily, he avoids said hit floating high in the air before landing on another tree towering over the children.
"It's not just Bakugo Tokoyami's gone!" Mezo points out.
"If you're monologing cause you think you've beaten us you're mistaken!" Todoroki snaps.
"A bad habit of mine you see I was once an entertainer you know? Taking Tokoyami was a bit of improv on my part. Moonfish our dear bladetooth who may not look it but he's a dastardly death row devil who's last appeal was denied. When I saw the avian take him down so easily and violently I decided he should join our troop." Compress explains to the group revealing both beads to the group.
"YOU BASTARD! YOU CAN'T TAKE THEM!" Mad, Midoriya screams at him.
"Midoriya calm down." Mezo tries to calm him down.
"Take this guy from me!" Todoroki passes the guy on his shoulder to Tsuyu and Ochaco before firing a huge wave of ice at Compress who manages to avoid it.
"Apologies but slight of hand and escapology are my specialty it's not combat. I'm not foolish enough to fight hero candidates from U.A Vanguard action squad I've acquired our targets our little show has come to a close, meet me at the retrieval point in the next five minutes for the final bow." Proudly, he reveals easily dodign the huge hit as he places his gloved hand on his ear bud announcing his departure.
"They're going to take them our friends…" Todoroki exclaims.
"He can't!" Midoriya exclaims pained.
"You're right we'll stop them!" Determined, Todoroki declares as the group chase after compress.
"Hey Dabi did you hear the radio? I'm so pumped up compress totally got the job done. The man certainly took his time I was starting to get bored." Twice asks Dabi his hand flat on the tree.
"Don't be a pain. He did a good job now we just have to wait for everyone to regroup here." He removes his hand from the tree leaving his flames to eat up the rest of the forest as they head to the regroup point.
"You're the pain! Forgive me." Twice dictates.
"This place was supposed to be hard to find cause of the wall of flames and poisonous gas. But looks like the gas is gone things never go according to plan do they." Dabi huffs just then a black figure drops down, immediately Dabi draws out his flames but falters from the giddy grinning maniac before him.
"Hiya guys, what's cracking? What's up? What's going on?" Cheerful, Orochi leaps up and down like a child on Christmas.
"Someone's giddy." Dabi furrows his brow.
"You could say that." Orochi grins.
"Don't drop down like a moron you dumbass." Dabi scolds Orochi.
"Yeah, yeah still I finally have her in my hands, I have her we can be a family again." Joyous, he smiles.
"This girl really is special to you huh." Dabi slumps his shoulders.
"She's the only person I have left in this world. I won't let her be tainted by them, I won't let her be…" Intensely, Orochi whispers vowing it.
"We get it. Cool your jets Orochi." Dabi sighs.
"Oh! Oh can we have a peek! I wanna see what makes this girl so special? Is she hot? Huh? Huh?" Excitedly, Twice peers at the ball.
"No one is touching her." Harshly, he hisses at Twice.
"Agreed, without compress we can't even open this stupid capsule." Dabi points out unaware of a pair of blues watching on, staring shocked when his blues spot the sleeping figure curled up into a ball…Sayako?
"Aoyoma I have to do what I can for the class B students you take these two back to camp you'll be safe there…" Momo tells Aoyama, wearing said mask on her.
The gas is gone someone defeated the villain they're fighting, Sayako's been captured I thought they were just after Bakugo. Why? Why take her? Maybe I should fight too? Bravely, Aoyama considers only to gasp when his blues meet a icier shade of blue. T-They saw me! Scared, Aoyama slams back down at his hiding space, his hand over his mouth shaking, quaking quivering while the unconscious Tooru and Jiro with their gas masks on still stay by his side as slowly but surely, Dabi makes his way over to the bush.
"Dabi…" Orochi calls out alerting Aoyama, his bright blues dilating in horror when gazing into his yellow.
"What?" Dabi turns to him stopping in his steps.
"There is a limit." Curtly, Orochi snaps his gold glaring into his icy blue as a still silence enters the tense tension in the air.
"Hey Orochi shouldn't you call off that nomu?" Twice oblivious to it calls out.
"Already have. I told Shigi I didn't need it." Huffing, Orochi cranes his neck to the side scowling.
"He's only looking out for you." Twice points out.
"You have one breakdown…" Bitterly, he grumbles glaring to the side.
"You ate compress bunny." Dabi furrows his brow.
"I made the bunny disappear. And I don't need his damn help all I need is what is in my hand right here right now." Frowning, Orochi counters.
"Fine. Whatever don't come crying when Shigi has another temper tantrum…" Tiredly, Dabi sighs scratching the back of his neck as Orochi releases a small hiss in the air, tossing the small blue bead in his grasp up and down as they leave, going to regroup with the others.
"EVERYONE GET BACK!" Vlad commands just as the door bursts into bright blue flames, burning the door to ash as said pile proudly sits before them, before being tramped upon by a foot as a familiar figure appears before them.
"No way that's the got who got creamed earlier!" Shocked, Mineta points at him recognising him.
"You're too slow!" Scowling, Vlad slams his fist into Dabi's cheek, throwing him into the wall as a crater cushions his hit, causing the cracks to spread out like vines as ruby red sprouts from Vlad's wrist, hardening around Dabi trapping him.
"Blood control It's so strong." In awe, Kirishima confesses.
"Just as I would expect from our teacher." Momona smiles. Said teacher is very tall, wide-set man of a bulky, muscular build, with lightly tanned skin, a few visible scars showing on his left cheek and the left side of his notably thick neck. He has short pale grey hair which is spiked upwards, away from his face, the only exception to this being the small clump of hair which hangs down over the left of his forehead. His eyes are very small and thin, and he has a wide mouth with two prominent lower canines.
"You dare walk into my classroom without so much as a plan you underestimate us." Insulted, Vlad grabs Dabi by his neck. His hero costume consists of a dark red skin-tight suit with a very low u-shaped collar, which exposes the middle of his pectoral muscles and is lined with a thick black trim, which matches the ones over his shoulders. He wears white over-the-knee boots and thick vambraces over his lower arms, a thin wire snaking from one of the two small protrusions on the left one to the back of his neck, and red gloves. Around his waist, he has a three-piece metallic belt which dips downwards in the centre, and he wears an orange mask over his eyes.
"Are you sure about that? You're acting exactly as I expected. You've already been defeated regardless of what happens to me. The two most trusted pillars of the superhuman society are linked together U.A the principle of hero education and All Might, the symbol of peace. Many embarrassing incidents have damage the world's trust in you both, sloppy management keeps allowing villains to slip in and attack. People are so shaken that they've almost lost all faith in you. Imagine how they'll react to you letting a student be kidnapped." Smugly, Dabi reveals to the class, their eyes expanding from the reveal.
"You shut up! That's not gonna happen!" Kirishima's arms harden, snapping at him.
"Not our classmate!" Tenya agrees as he frees himself form said blood with his engine.
"Not while we're here!" Denki dictates currents sprouting from his palms.
"Don't be naïve it only took a handful of us to separate you from the pros and start picking you off." Bored, Dabi berates the students as icy cool flames begin to engulf his body burning the blood.
"That's enough!" Vlad snaps trying to stop him only for his eyes to widen when seeing said male's crooked smile.
"It's no use Vlad." Swiftly, a familiar coal black boot smashes into Dabi's face as he comes crashing down.
"YEAH!" Joyous the kids cheer at the sight of Aizawa.
"Mr Aizawa!" Mina beams brightly at him only to falter when…
"This guy is just trying to provoke you he won't talk." Tensely, Aizawa snaps slamming his boot beating the ever living remains of much below him where the clone once stood, muck spewing out of his stained boots before composing himself once more.
"Um mr Aizawa I think you got him…" Kirishima hints.
"Look at him another fake. I fought one before." Disgusted, Aizawa sneers down at the mucky pool below him.
"He wasn't real?" Mina exclaims surprised.
"It must be a villains quirk." Tenya assumes.
"Erasure what's it like out there?" Vlad questions him.
"Hard to say I left the defence but ended up taking care of Kota and you saw the rest from outside I assume." Aizawa scowls, glaring daggers down at the ground, his fingertips curling into a pair of fists before composing himself.
"Is Sayako okay? Her arm looked…" Worried, Mina steps forward clearly concerned.
"Can't say but I'm going to find her. Look out for him while I go to the front lines. I'm counting on you to keep defending this place." Frankly, Aizawa exclaims as he gestures to the whimpering sniffling Kota then turns to leave.
Is that wise? We hardly know anything about them." Vlad argues furrowing his brow.
"You'll be just fine by yourself the other copy I fought earlier used the same attack. I think their strategy is to keep sending their strongest fighters to keep our attention since we're pros. That's how they are trying to disguise the fact that there are so few of them out there." Truthfully, Aizawa explains to Vlad.
"If there aren't many we should be fighting too!" Kirishima insists.
"Yes, you need strength in numbers." Tenya agrees nodding his head.
"No. If they aren't here for us then they're after the students. We know that they are targeting Bakugo, but they might be targeting others as well. We're still sorely lacking in information. The only way we can win this is by keeping you students safe." Severely, Aizawa snaps making the students flinch from his ice-cold glare as he turns to leave.
"Erasure wait! I know that look in your eye you think they're after someone else." Vlad calls out scowling crossing his arms over his chest as Erasure stops in his steps, the other students eyes widening at the hypothesis, the still silence giving them their answer as clear as day.
"If they are after who I think they are then I've just thrown them to the wolves." Bitterly, Aizawa answer adjusting his scarf before storming off leaving the students and Vlad alone.
"Erasure!" Vlad calls out but it falls to deaf ears as said male sighs shaking his head at the erasing hero running right into the front lines…
"Dammit this guy's quick! Come on!" Impatiently, Todoroki curses as the others try to chase after the man leaping through the air flawlessly with the grace of a ballerina almost as he easily makes his way to the meeting point, the others far behind him desperately trying to chase after him, desperately trying to get their friends back.
"If only Ida were here!" Ochaco sighs sadly.
"We can't give up! Not now…we have to catch him and get our friends back." Firmly, Midoriya exclaims.
"But he's pulling farther ahead by every second." Mezo argues.
"Uraraka you have to make us float and then Tsuyu you launch us as far as you can using your tongue. Shoji hold me and Todoroki then use your quirk to correct our angle through the air. Measure the distance with your eyes Uraraka and then when the timing looks right release us." Seriously, Midoriya explains to the group.
"I see…a human bullet." Mezo catches on.
"Wait Deku you're still going to fight with those injuries!?" Horrified, Ochaco exclaims shocked.
"Midoriya you stay here with that much pain you-" Todoroki tries to warn his friend but…
"Trust me I don't feel any pain right now. I can do this. Hurry!" Midoriya assures them.
"Wait Deku here!" Ochaco tears off her shirt revealing her coal black tank top as she uses said shirt with some nearby flanks of broken wood to make a makeshift cast of sorts.
"Okay go ahead Tsuyu." She places her fingertips upon the group of guys wrapped up in Tsu's tongue.
"Make sure you got a good grip on things." Tsuyu tells them as she then lunges them high into the air as they finally catch up with Compress.
"Hey crazy did you get the blood? How many different kinds?" Dabi furrows his brow when seeing Toga approach as shyly, Orochi waves at Toga making her giggle, happily waving back.
"One persons!" Cheerily, she proclaims.
"Just one!? Hey what gives weren't you suppose to get at least three?" Twice argues.
"That's just the way it went down. I thought those brats were going to kill me who's this beauty?" Curious, Toga smiles as she places her hands on her knees, kneeling down to the cross legged Orochi, his tail coiled around himself as he gazes down at the blue bead in his hand as Toga kneels down, her gold gazing at the blonde before her resting in said ball.
"Mine." Protectively, Orochi curls closer in on himself, hunching his back over trying to hide the gem making Toga giggle.
"Ooh so this is Orochi's special one she sure is pretty." Toga beams brightly at him.
"She sure is hubba hubba!" Twice adds.
"Don't suppose I could have a little…" Hungry, Toga leans in licking her lips, a faint ruby red tint to her cheeks.
"DON'T TOUCH HER." Harshly, he snaps his gold glaring raw red taking Toga aback as she clumsily falls flat on her bum.
"Okay okay no need to get so possessive. Geez this side of you is not cute at all." Annoyed, Toga places her hand son her hips pouting.
"She's mine you hear me, mine, mine, mine!" Maddened, Orochi seethes his grip tightening around the ball only to whimper when feeling the sharp slap to the back of his head making him turn to glare playfully at the bored Dabi.
"Shut up we get the picture she's yours." Dabi deadpanned scowling down at him.
"Wait a minute you're looking a little to happy right now strange shouldn't you be full of shame?" Twice eyes narrow behind the mask as he questions Tog.
"Yeah but I made some great new friends and I found a great new boy I'm interested in." Joyous, Toga reveals hands on her cheeks, a faint ruby red tint to her cheeks resurfacing as Orochi's eyes turn gold once more.
"You found new friends I'm so happy for you." Happily, Orochi cheers.
"Aww thank you Orochi you're so sweet I just wanna eat you up." Excited, Toga pinches Orochi's cheeks squishing them making him whine.
"…Please don't." Childishly, he pouts only making Toga giggle.
"Is it me? No thanks babe I love this two!" Twice interjects joining in as he switches personality.
"Is it weird that I am sort of invested in these two?" Humming, Orochi quirks his head to the side seeing the two.
"Yes. Yes it now. Now both of you shut it you're too loud." Dabi answers scowling down at him.
"So you don't need to worry Orochi no one's going to take her from you." Confidently, Toga assures him.
"You mean it?" Hopeful, he shyly peers down at the ball, his gold softening.
"I wont I can tell she's very important to you…" Toga promises.
"I-I'm sorry I'm sorry I didn't…I dint mean to shout I just…" Apologetic, he snuffles, his eyes flicking to baby blue as Toga smiles softly kneeling down.
"Hey it's okay, It's okay you just had a flair up no one's hurt see I'm okay besides I get it. She's super important to you huh Orochi it's okay I get like that too it's okay!" Happily, Toga hugs the sniffling whimpering Orochi nuzzling into her side as all seems well until…
"Ahhh!" Compress screams making all eyes turn to the showman falling flat to the ground courtesy of the three having pounced upon him.
"Whoa, whoa what's this!? Huh oh wait I know these kids! Who are they!?" Twice blurts out pointing at them as Orochi seethes, suddenly his icy blue flicker from bleu to red making him release a small noise of distress, bowing his head, heaving, panting, whimpering. His fingertips comb through his locks tugging at them. Gently, Dabi places his hand on his back, feeling his back heave back and forth, seeing the tears freely flowing as slowly but surely, he stands swaying left to right…
"No…no…you won't take her; you won't touch her!" Deranged, Orochi seethes snarling clutching the blue bead to his chest, his fingertips pinching the ball, his glassy gold glisten flicking from raw red to icy blue as he draws out his knife ready for anything…
"GIVE KAACHAN AND TOKOYAMI BACK TO US!" Mad, Midoriya snaps snarling at the group before them.
"Oh wait I know these kids! Who are they!?" Twice points at them repeating said question.
"Vermin is what they are Dabi." Disgusted, Orochi seethes snarling, glaring at them.
"On it. Out of the way compress." Dabi raises his hand.
"Got it…" Compress' body turns blue as he turns into a ball giving Dabi the chance to fire his flames.
"ARGHHH!" Screaming Midoriya cries out from the hit, having hit one of his arms.
"My arms are burning!" Shoji gasps horrified.
"Midoriya Shoji!" Todoroki, the only one who had missed said flames calls out to his friends concerned.
"You're on Shigaraki's kill list. No they weren't! So hot!" Twice leaps up high into the air as Todoroki slams his foot on the ground creating a wall of ice, swiftly slices to ribbons by a certain measuring tape.
"Hi Izuku my name's Toga! Heheheh I've been thinking ever since I saw you that you'd be so much cuter if you just bled a little more! Like now!" Blushing, Toga gushes as she charges at Midoriya firing out a blade canister only then to charge him to the ground, pinning him to the ground. She raises her blade about to end him when…
"Midoriya!" Mezo interferes pushing her away as she staggers but slams her foot to the ground, recovering herself.
"So that's how it is you want to become between us. To be honest you're not really my type but I'll cut you anyway." Angrily, she seethes under her breath, her bright broad features faltering into an ice-cold killer.
"She's crazy!" Mezo exclaims stunned.
"Ohaha this is easy give me all you got! Hey man cut me some slack!" Swiftly, Twice uses his measuring tape to break through the ice wall.
"What the hell is with this guy?" Frustrated, Todoroki seethes.
"Where is Kurogiri? Dammit, dammit…" Impatiently, Orochi paces back and forth biting his lip.
"Quit your damn pacing he'll get here." Dabi sighs scowling at him.
"We're so close I'm not…I'm not losing her, I won't…" Possessively, he repats once more hunched over placing the blue bead on his chest.
"Urgh I cant believe you wrecked my exit unreversed amateurs Orochi's is all well?" Concerned, Compress calls out after having unlocked himself form his ball, only then to take note of his shaking shuddering form.
"Why isn't Kurogiri here yet I wanna get out of here!?" Impatiently, he barks pacing back and forth.
"All is well my friend there is no need to fret. You and your special one will be away from here in just a blink of an eye." Confidently, Compress places his hand on his shoulder squeezing it assuring him.
"Special one?" Midoriya perks up.
"You got Bakugo?" Dabi turns to Compress.
"Of course. Hm?" Compress slides his hand into his pocket but...
"Midoriya, Todoroki we're done he gave away his best trick. I don't know what his quirk is but it had to do with those little marbles right? The ones you stashed in your pocket. So I'm guessing these are Tokoyami and Bakugo!" Proudly, Mezo reveals said blue balls to him.
"You rescued them!" Relieved, Midoriya beams brightly.
"Haha well colour me impressed just as I would expect form someone with so many hands. How splendid." Jovial, Compress chuckles.
"Right nice job Shoji." Shoto slams his foot on the ground a final time making a barrier for the trio to escape with their friends.
"Moron." Dabi raises his hand about to fire his blast but…
"No wait." Compress stops him.
"A nomu." Midoriya and the others gasp at the sight of it.
"Quick this way." Todoroki tells them only to gasp when a familiar purplish portal pops up.
"FINALLY!" Relieved, Orochi beams brightly at the sight.
"Not this guy." Shoji exclaims.
"He was at the USJ!" Todoroki recalls.
"The warp villain…" Midoriya recognises.
"It's been five minutes since the signal let's go Orochi," Coolly, Kurogiri exclaims.
"Kurogiri man am I glad to see you." Smiling, Orochi's eyes flicker back to gold gleaming at the sheer sight of him.
"Sorry Izuku but we'll see each other later kay?" Toga winks as she walks through the portal waving goodbye while twice leaps through the portal ad leaves.
"Hold on we're not leaving without the kid." Dabi snaps scowling.
"Don't worry they were so proud of themselves for rooting in my pocket that I thought I'd let them gloat. But allow me to explain a basic tendence of magic if I'm flashing something shiny it's because there's something else I don't want you to see." Compress smirks. He removes his mask revealing the masked male who smirks as he reveals residing on his tongue is a familiar set of blue beads.
"He's got them!" Todoroki and Midoriya gasp.
"My ice!?" Todoroki gasps when Compress clicks his fingers the balls in Mezo's hands reveal themselves to be shards of ice.
"That's right during your freezing attack I took some dummies and put them into my right pocket." Proudly, Compress reveals.
"Dammit!" Midoriya tries to lunge at the group with the others.
"A little bit of misdirection do forgive me but I do so adore a twist ending." Compress confesses to the group before beginning to enter through the portal.
"You can't do this!" Midoriya screams.
"One last bow and the curtain falls!" Compress places his hand on his chest only for his and the others eyes to widen when a bright blue burst of light strikes at his mask.
"Aoyoma?" Stunned, Midoriya recognises said blast as Compress coughs out the balls.
"Compress!" Concerned, Orochi calls out to him just as the booths reach out to the balls, Mezo snatching one…
"See what happens when you leave kids alive?" Annoyed, Dabi turns to glare at Orochi.
"SHUT UP." Sharply, Orochi snaps snarling baring his feral fangs, his hues a fiery flame once more while Dabi simply glares back down at him with his icy blue.
"Well isn't that a tragedy poor little Shoto Todoroki." Smugly, Dabi smirks smugly snatching the ball out of his reach just as Todoroki comes crashing down into the dirt below.
"Confirm it now. Release them." Dabi commands Compress.
"That laser ruined my finale!" Fuming, Compress obliges clicking his fingertips revealing Tokoyami who Mezo quickly catches but also reveals…
"Wait…what? Sayako!?" Stunned, Shoto gapes at the sight of the bloodied blonde but most of all her limp arm, blackish almost with a tint of purple, similar to the staled skin on Dabi.
"No way…" Mezo whispers shocked.
"Checkmate." Smugly, Dabi smirks as he begins dragging Bakugo back by the neck.
"Sayako!" Shoto cries out reaching out to her.
"Kaachan no! KAACHAN!" Midoriya joins in.
"S-Stay back…Deku." Hoarsely, Bakugo whispers as he alongside the unconscious Sayako held bridal style by Orochi are taken, absorbed into the dark depths of the purple portal behind them swiftly vanishing right before there very eyes….
"NOOOO!" Devastated, Deku falls flat to his knees screeching, screaming, shouting to the high heavens at his failure as the tears freely flow from the hero's loss…
On that fateful day we were aiming to be heroes, but we failed…and the villains won.
*And that's the end of the training arc and I have to ask what did you think? How do you think Best Jeanist will react to the news? What do you think of Basil and Shigaraki's dynamic? Would love to know your thoughts down below! I plan on taking a break from this story to focus on the others