Chapter 49:
"These are the inner layers of the compounds that we will be raiding." Nighteye presented to the group the blueprints and maps of Overhaul's mansion. It was thanks to Murry's information that they were able to speed up the process. The main heroes involved were Fat Gum, Nighteye, Ryukyu, and Rock Lock alongside their interns. Izuku had a nice meeting with Ochaco and Tsuyu again. Kirishima was there, too. To his horror, Nejire was here as well. He hopes to avoid her. Between him and Murry was a disguised Himiko, who was out here to do her first field work on Hawks' recommendation. "Is there anything else that you want to inform us on, at the last minute?"
"Well, I'm not the only one willing to ditch Overhaul. There's a guy named Rappa. He's one of the eight bullets but he's with me. If you see a big guy with red hair and just punched you repeatedly, tell him you're with me." Murry explained to everyone the insider he got in the Shie Hassaikai. "Unless you're fun to fight. Then he'll keep punching."
"That does not sit well with me." Rock Lock raised his concerns about this man in particular. "None of this sits well with me. Are these kids truly ready?"
"They will have to be." Nighteye replied to the concerned hero. He couldn't help but notice Ryukyu worriedly glancing at his intern, Izuku. He was quickly reminded that she is Izuku's aunt from the father's side. "Ryukyu, do you have any concerns?"
"No. No, not really."
"Aunty, I'll be fine." Izuku did his best to ease her worries. He was thankful that Tatsumaki wasn't here either. He really doesn't like being coddled. Still, it has been a long time since he hung out with his aunt. Even though this hangout is helping save a girl being used as a resource to create quirk killer bullets.
"I promise I'll treat you to some of your favourite coffee later."
"Okay, this is getting embarrassing." Izuku sank in his seat while Himiko playfully nudged him with her elbow. Everyone else, even Nighteye, chuckled at the amount of embarrassment he was feeling right now.
"Thank you for easing the tensions, Ryukyu. Anyone else?" Nighteye asked around. Aizawa raised his hands. "Yes, Eraserhead?"
Aizawa stood up and looked at every UA student one by one. "If any of you dies, I will expel you. And you know what?" He points to Izuku as well. "That includes you, problem child."
"I'm not in your class anymore!"
"I don't care."
"Enough. Everyone knows their roles." Nighteye stopped whatever argument the two were about to have. "Smoses, when we enter, do your best to make sure Mimic does not use his quirk."
"I can't guarantee that, but I'll do the best I can." Murry said while he unsheathed his katana to inspect it.
"Do not kill him."
"That'll make it harder, but I can deal with that." Everyone was once again reminded that Murry was originally a Yakuza first and a hero-in-training second. They could only thank the boy's inherently good nature that he chose to be on their side. Izuku wondered who else would be a hero second. "But he ain't having it easy either. That asshole tried to touch Eri, and the only reason Overhaul didn't turn him into a blood splatter on the wall is because of how useful he was."
"Very well, but we need him alive for proper prosecution afterwards." Nighteye fixed his glasses one last time before standing up. Everybody else followed suit.
"You don't need me to tell you to be careful, Himiko." Izuku said while testing out his nanomachines to see if they're working at perfect condition. Murry was busy polishing his sword and inspecting his micro uzi.
"So, how d'ya get into this mess?" Ochaco already knew the answer when she asked Izuku that question, but he humoured her, anyway. He pointed at Murry.
"Hmm…"
"Got any doubts in your mind, Froppy?" Murry looked up to ask the frog girl.
"I am just curious. What made you change?"
"Babysitting a kid changes you." Murry answered. "As far as I'm concerned, Eri is my little sister. Also, my dad… Overhaul threw away my mom like she was nothing to him."
"That's manly right there, fighting to protect someone. Going against everything you knew to save someone." Kirishima added. He had his hardening activated on his left side as Himiko was sitting beside him.
"Dude, I'm not gonna drink your blood. It probably tastes like sweat." Himiko gagged at the thought of sweaty blood. It didn't fail to unnerve the UA students, however. "Animal's blood works fine with me."
"Okay, seriously Kirishima. She's not gonna suck out your blood. I've known Himiko for years. She's not that type of person." Izuku tried to ease the nervousness of the UA students.
"Unless I go without blood for two weeks. Now that'll make me go crazy for a while."
"That is not helping your case." Izuku deadpanned at Himiko's honesty of her situation.
"What? That's just how it is. Better they know now than they don't."
"I appreciate yer honesty. Least I know to bring some emergency blood packs in case we team up and ya ran out of one." Ochaco said, while patting Himiko. Her first impression of the girl had always been that she was rather nice. Everybody has their problems to deal with, and Himiko's need for blood is just another one of them. She held out her first. "Now let's go save that girl!"
"Hell yeah to that." Izuku responded to her fist bump. Kirishima, Tsuyu, Himiko, and Murry all followed suit. The van finally stopped and the students quickly exited the vehicle in front of the mansion.
"Okay, cops, here's the thing. Get those warrants out as quickly as possible. Nobody crowd that gate. There is a big chance that Rikiya is gonna punch his way out. You don't want to be in his way, trust me." Murry warned everyone of a possibility of an attack. He was about to unsheathe his katana but Mirio stopped him while shaking his head. Mirio smiled and gave him a thumbs up.
Everything was doing fine until everything went as Murry said it would. Rikiya punched through the gate. Nobody was launched or harmed because of his prior warning. Ryukyu and her interns quickly went to work with the big Yakuza. Everyone else went inside. Other members of the Yakuza came out of the mansion and started attacking the heroes with their quirks.
"Oi! Get out o- Murry?!" One of the members was shocked by Murry fighting with the heroes, causing everyone else to stop.
"If anyone here is truly loyal to gramps and not Overhaul, turn those quirks on the Overhaul loyalists." Murry proclaimed while unsheathing his katana. Either way, he's ready for a fight. There was silence on the mansion grounds. The only noise that can be heard was that of the battle happening by the gates. Anything can cut through the tension. Finally, one Yakuza member moved. He aimed his quirk towards another member.
"Sure thing, Murry!" The member said. The other ones loyal to the original leader of the Shie Hassaikai turned on the Overhaul loyalists.
"So, uh, do we let them?" Fat Gum asked Nighteye.
"Some heroes stay here to assist the ones against the Overhaul loyalists." Nighteye said while getting inside the mansion. Murry was the first to lead the charge, followed by Mirio and Izuku and then the heroes. It's not that the heroes were letting the kids be the vanguard. All three are just faster than them. Murry was converting more and more Yakuza, who were loyal to his grandfather to his side while the other heroes took down the ones loyal to Overhaul.
"Okay, Mimic should be alerted by now so the underground base is gonna turn into a labyrinth." Murry explained to the heroes, stopping them from advancing further. "I bet my ass he took three shots of Trigger. Now, I don't know if the quirk bullets are in use, and I don't know if it's the permanent ones or the temporary ones."
"Most of em's just temporary, boss!" One member of the Yakuza said while being cuffed by a police squad.
"Thanks, Reiji!" Murry gave him a thumbs up. "Ya gotta put a lighter sentence on that guy. He's a lot of help right now."
"That can be arranged." Nighteye promised him and Fat Gum nodded in agreement.
"So, what's the plan with the bullets?" Izuku asked him.
"Just don't get shot." Murry answered. The remaining heroes descended into the underground labyrinth, and just as Murry predicted, Mimic took control of the entirety of it.
"Time to throw caution into the wind." Mirio said while going through the walls.
"Mirio, wait!" Nighteye was too late to stop him.
Izuku and Himiko themselves were too busy trying their best not to get crushed by Mimic's manipulation of the entire underground place when someone walked by at the corner of Himiko's eyes. "Is that…?"
"SpiderStorm." She called out to Izuku by his hero name. He faced her while using Black Whip to stop the walls and ceilings. "I think I saw someone I know."
"A League member?" Izuku asked. He wished he was wrong. Unfortunately, Himiko nodded, confirming it.
"Do you trust me?" Himiko held his hand. She wants him to trust her. He always has, and always will. Izuku pulled her into a hug before letting her go.
"Just promise to come back. I'd hate to see Camie cry again, and I don't think I can handle losing you a second time."
"I promise." She went off to hunt down Twice.
"Huh?! Where is that girl going?" Rock Lock noticed Himiko running away from the group.
"She saw a League of Villains member." Izuku explained while running with everybody else through the labyrinth.
"What? And you trust her?" Eraserhead was not amused by the two not informing him.
"Oh don't worry, she-" Izuku's Shiketsu hat was taken from him. Then some guy with a sack on his head tried biting him. Suneater got in front of him.
"I'll handle this." The third year said. He immediately transformed his hands into oyster shells and blocked the attack.
"They're three of the Eight Bullets. Don't take them lightly." Murry said while keeping out of the range of Larceny.
"All right, and you don't need me to tell you to be careful, okay?!" Fat Gum said while everyone else moved forward.
"You still should have said something." Aizawa chided Izuku for not telling him of Himiko's intentions. Only a handful of them knew Himiko was a former league of villains member. Not even Nighteye knew about it. The action only raised Aizawa's suspicions of her. Too distracted with his thoughts, he failed to notice the wall opening up beside him.
"WATCH OUT!" Fat Gum pushed Izuku and Aizawa out of the way before getting swallowed up by the wall into another room.
"They'll be fine." Nighteye reassured the two.
"They?" Izuku only noticed now that Kirishima was missing as well. He could only hope that they'll be fine wherever they landed.
With Fat Gum and Kirishima…
"Kid? Ah whatever. Get up quick. We need to get outta here." Fat Gum helped Kirishima stand on his feet. The two of them then noticed a big guy running towards them ready to punch. Kirishima was the first to block the punch, only to be launched across the room.
"Wait!" Fat Gum held up his hand and the guy slowed down his punching, but didn't stop. "Are you Rappa?"
"Murry sent you?" The guy finally stopped punching. Fat Gum nodded and explained the situation to him.
"That traitor!" The two looked behind to see another member of the Eight Bullets. Tengai's normally calm demeanour was gone when he eavesdropped on the conversation. "Rappa! Finish this man off." Luckily, he still didn't know that Rappa would be on their side.
Fat Gum tried to play along and punch Rappa, but a barrier stopped his punch.
"For fuck's sake, Tengai. Stop putting up a barrier." Rappa tried to punch Tengai as well, but there was also a barrier between them. "Welp, looks like we gotta fight. It was fun to fight you, anyway."
"Huh?" Fat Gum was confused at first, but he saw Rappa wink at him. "Does he know the other thing I could do?"
"Well? Are you gonna fight back, big guy?" Rappa said while still punching the hero. Fat Gum finally caught on and decided to play along, allowing him to get punched and storing the energy of the attacks. Someone who didn't catch on was Kirishima, who jumped in front of Fat Gum again while unleashing Unbreakable.
"Red Riot?!" Fat Gum exclaimed. Rappa was also shocked, but he did not let up to maintain cover.
"Oh, you're pretty fun, too." Rappa said, before getting serious. He winded up his arms as if it was a windmill, and punched Kirishima out of the way. He smiled at Fat Gum, who converted all the energy he absorbed into pure attack power. "Break that barrier!"
"Rappa?!" Tengai realised too late that Rappa was the other traitor. Rappa and Fat Gum didn't let him say anything else as they punched with all their might, breaking his barrier and his ribs after that. He was instantly knocked out.
Fat Gum looked at Tengai, making sure that the villain would not be moving anytime soon. After being sure, he kicked Rappa in the shins.
"Ow! What was that for, asshole?!"
"You could have done something less intense when my intern got in front of me!" Fat Gum was busy tending to Kirishima's wounds.
"Huh? I held back, but the man was stronger than I expected, so I punched harder." Rappa tried and failed to explain himself on why he decided to beat up a teenager harder than he needed to. "Besides, I'm getting arrested, anyway."
"Wait, you're not even gonna try to get away?" Fat Gum was a little skeptical of Rappa's intentions, but all the gangster gave him was a shrug.
"Unless you plan to do more harm to the little girl, I don't plan on making your life harder." He gestured Fat Gum to a nearby infirmary. After getting there, he was the one to personally tend to Kirishima's wounds alongside Fat Gum.
"Huh. You know basic first aid?"
"You get forced to learn a few new tricks when the boss makes you his kid's ward." Rappa paused for a moment and smiled sadly. "A favour, can ya not be too harsh on Murry when all of this is over? I chose this life, but he didn't. He's a good kid. You can count on that."
"He's nothing like his father, from the looks of it."
"Good. Good."
With Twice…
It was going as planned. It was not going as planned. Those jerks ripped a hole in his mask and now he's running for his life. He tripped and fell over, eventually curling up into a fetal position.
"I'm gonn̵̫̦̽a̴͇̕ ̵̠̜̌̿͝ŝ̴̠͖̫͊̓p̵̦̾̕l̸̩̲͔̒̆̈́i̷̗̖̐́ṭ̶͋!̵̘͉̕ͅ" He clutched his head. The voices slowly getting louder. His body was having tremors as he could no longer tell reality from delusion. This was his penance for getting Magne killed. For getting Compress hurt. He was about to cry to himself when suddenly, someone wrapped a piece of cloth around the hole in his torn mask. He looked up to see who did it, only to be met by a masked figure. Based on the shape, he could tell that the person was a girl. She patted his head gently before walking away. She stopped again before pointing somewhere. Twice turned to look at it, seeing that it was the exit. "Thank you!"
She didn't talk, but only gave him a thumbs up. After doing so, she took a deep breath and for some reason disappeared before Twice's eyes.
Above Ground…
Ryukyu blocked the punch from Rikiya, tanking it with her dragon form. Uravity and Froppy were throwing larger debris at him while Nejire-chan was hitting him from afar with her quirk. The rest of the police were providing cover fire, but the giant didn't seem to be affected by the bullets. He turned around, grabbed a large chunk of the ground, and threw it at Uravity and Froppy.
"Uravity! Froppy!" Ryukyu tried to reach for them, but had to block another punch from Rikiya. Uravity didn't waste any time. If they both dodged, the police at the back will get hurt. Uravity's body moved before her mind did, getting in front of Froppy and holding out her arms. The moment the large chunk of the ground hit her fingertips, it became weightless. It still hurts like a bitch, tho.
"SHIT. EATING. FUCK!" Uravity grasped her arms, the pain kicking in. The chunk of the ground that Rikiya threw at them was now floating harmlessly in the air. Froppy was instantly by her side.
"Thanks for the save, Uravity, but… you need to get out of this fight." Froppy was about to walk her away to the safe point they all agreed to retreat to.
"NAAAAAH, I got this. I can walk- shit. I can't walk this off." Uravity said as the pain really started kicking in.
"Then, may I?" The two turned around to see a girl about their age in riot gear. She had a red cross patch on her right sleeve. The girl placed her hands on Uravity's arms and it started glowing. "I have been given a special licence to use my quirk on the field."
"Any downsides?" Uravity asked the girl while feeling the pain and damage go away.
"I'll be feeling your…" She grunted and bit her lip. "Pain. It used to be replicating your wounds, but… well, I trained. Gunsha and Midoriya were very supportive of that decision."
"Oh shit? Yer Izu- SpiderStorm's friend?" Uravity finally noticed the Shiketsu cap that the girl was wearing.
"Yes, we've worked together more than once in the weekly battle training. My name is Iyasu Kae. You can call me Kae." Kae answered Uravity while smiling. She sat down, as the pain was still hard to bear. That's when her friend came by her side. Gunsha already has her comfort blanket on standby. Uravity nodded in thanks before going back to the fight with Froppy.
Iyasu Kae
Quirk: Miracle Worker
She can heal wounds at the cost of feeling the pain of it. Formerly gains the wound, but it no longer does that.
Notes: Remember her? Yeah, every battle training in Shiketsu since then has been happening off screen. Her class has a good relationship with Class 1C(Izuku's class). Police Students also get interned in squads like these.
Uravity was not having any of it. She turned herself weightless, grabbed the chunk, and then looked at Froppy. Her best friend instantly understood what she meant to do. The Frog Hero wrapped her tongue around Uravity's waist and threw her high into the air. Ryukyu was holding Rikiya steady while Nejire-chan was still blasting him with her energy waves. She touched her fingers together and released her quirk, the entire thing dropping from the weight alone. She used her quirk on herself again, to nullify the impact of falling down with the big- "Ah fuck it, I'll just call it a boulder and be done with it."
Ryukyu noticed something falling from above as the shadow was slowly getting bigger. The Dragon Hero looked up and her eyes widened, seeing the same chunk that Rikiya threw at Uravity and Froppy now falling down on them. She was relieved that they both survived, but was also shocked by Uravity being frustrated enough to throw the big chunk back at Rikiya. She immediately let go of the villain as the chunk hit him directly in the face, seemingly knocking him out.
"AND THAT'S WHAT YA GET FER GETTIN MY ARMS HURT, JERK!" She stomped at the boulder that was currently on top of Rikiya.
"Uravity! He's already down. No need for that." Ryukyu scolded her intern. Uravity just gave her a sheepish look, admitting to her getting too overboard.
"Sorry."
"I can't tell if you took after Bakugou or Izuku, gero." Froppy walked up to Uravity while looking at the mess they made. Nejire-chan also started asking her a bunch of questions. Nobody noticed Rikiya reaching for the Trigger.
With the Main Squad…
"Gotcha, bitch!" Murry finally spotted Mimic and forcefully pulled him out of the walls. He turned himself into smoke and entered Mimic's respiratory system, suffocating the gangster into unconsciousness. Everybody was mortified by the method, but it proved effective. "Always wanted to do that." Murry said while returning to his original human form.
"Okay, well, Mimic is taken ca- Rock Lock!" Nighteye yelled at Rock Lock, who was about to be stabbed behind by another Yakuza member, only for Himiko to get back just in time to knee him in the face back in time.
"Hey! I'm back. Unfortunately, Twice got away when he made like two Dabi clones to stop my pursuit."
"HA! I told you she'd come back." Izuku mocked Eraserhead for doubting her earlier. The hero could only grunt as they continued to move forward. They heard a gunshot coming from the west side.
"Okay, no time to wait." Izuku used his quirk in combination with One-For-All to separate the molecules and put a hole in the wall. "I am not waiting anymore."
With Mirio…
"Don't worry, kid!" Mirio smiled at Eri. The hero had encountered Overhaul and was completely stomping the Yakuza boss in the fight. He could've won if it weren't for Shin Nemoto aiming the gun at Eri. The moment it hit Mirio, he could feel his quirk disappear. Even when he lost it, he never stopped smiling. He tore off his cape and wrapped Eri with it. "I'm a hero, like your big brother! I swear, I'll save you."
"Foolish words, coming from-" Overhaul was interrupted by getting punched in the face by Mirio. The fight continued on like this, with Mirio completely playing against Overhaul's predictability. It wasn't until Overhaul started creating spikes from the ground again that Mirio finally got hit. Overhaul was about to finish him off, when the wall cracked beside him, and out came Izuku punching him in the face.
"Right on time… ghhh… SpiderStorm!" Mirio clutched his wound. Nighteye tended to him while Murry rushed past them.
"Hey, dad! I'm back." Murry said while slashing at his father. Overhaul dodged and tried to touch Murry, but the smoker turned into smoke before anything could happen. He turned solid again and slashed Overhaul. "I'm your living counter!"
"Smoses! Don't be reckless!" Nighteye exclaimed while Himiko was wrapping a gauze pad over Mirio's wound to stop the bleeding. Eraserhead was nowhere to be found, having disappeared somewhere. They had no time to look, as the girl was their top priority. Rock Lock stayed behind, making sure to cover for them.
"Big bro!" Eri ran towards Murry, who was dodging Overhaul's spiked creation. Murry turned at her and cursed, quickly sheathing his sword and grabbing her. In his rage, he used too much fuel earlier. He had no time right now to smoke even one cigarette. He's now on the defensive.
"Eri! We need to get ya outta here." Murry didn't noticed Overhaul already fusing himself with Shin Nemoto. Izuku was too busy helping Nighteye and Himiko tend to Mirio. "Oh, shit."
"Die." The now monstrous Overhaul said, touching the ground as spikes came out bigger and faster from it. Murry won't be able to dodge it with Eri. So, instead, he tried to shield Eri for the incoming death.
"MURRY!" Izuku screamed while using One-For-All to boost himself and gain speed. Nighteye and Himiko tried to stop him.
"SpiderStorm!"
"Izu-kun!"
Izuku didn't hear them. He pushed Murry out of the way.
*PSSSSHHHHKKKK*
{- To Be Continued...
Oh no, cliffhanger.
Bakugou: Go fuck yourself, man.