"Hero!" Izuku said, staring at the red human-sized giant. He was relieved behind all measure; if Nomu could take a punch with him using all of One for All's power, than Hero and Hiroshi should be able to be a match for it.
"Mr. Aizawa-! Mr. Vlad King-!" Hero said, noticing the downed teachers as Setsuna and the others caught up with him.
"Oh my god!" Pony said, her hands over her mouth, horrified at the beaten and broken state their teachers were in. Setsuna, Fuka, Momo, and Kosei were equally horrified.
"Mr. Midoriya, everyone! Take the teachers away from here, I'll handle this!" Hero stated, readying himself to fight. He looked at the five villains here. The one dressed in a trench coat and his similarly dressed female companion were the aliens, he can sense that. But this Nomu... even if it had the aura of a human, nothing was normal about it. But if they could beat experienced heroes like this...
"Hero! That black creature, Nomu... he, was able to withstand my strongest punch!" Izuku said, alarming Hero and those who knew about the truth of his Quirk.
"Hiroshi..."
"I know. This is serious..."
"He can shrink!? What bullshit is this!?" Tomura shouted, backing away from Hero. This was not something he calculated at all. What powers does this asshole have that he doesn't know about?
"Oh my, so that's the Ultraman that's been making waves on this Earth," Virus said, as he scanned Hero from head to toe. "It appears he's using a limiter of sorts to hold back some of his strength."
"What!?" Tomura growled. "So he's not even at full strength!?"
"Oh no, if he were, he would've turned Nomu into a nice, bloody, pulpy paste. He's probably doing so to avoid human casualties," Virus replied. "But let's just wait and see how your Teacher's, shall I say, manmade alien, will fare against a true, bona fide one that's holding back. So don't try to fight him."
"Fuck that! I'm getting rid of him now!" Tomura screamed. He ran at Hero, and touched him in the chest. Hero started grunting in pain before screaming to everyone's fright before grabbing Tomura's hand. Everyone could hear the unmistakable crunch of bones, especially since they just heard Aizawa's earlier. Hero threw Tomura as far as he could, making him collide with a tree. His right pinkie finger flew off, having been torn off by the shards of broken bone in his hand, itself a mangled mess now.
"GAAAAAH! MY FUCKING HAND! MY FUCKING FINGER! YOU FUCKING ALIEN! THIS IS WHY I HATE ALIENS AND HEROES!"
"Shigaraki!" Kurogiri said, rushing to his master's pupil in a panic.
"Oh dear, that's why I told you not to try fighting him," Virus said, shaking his head at the sight.
"Hero!" Setsuna said, both out of concern and fright at the fact he injured a human like that.
"I'm sorry," Hero panted. "I don't know why, but the second he touched me, I just felt unbearable pain. In that instance, I just used all the strength I could to make sure he was far away."
"Yea, that fucking hurt a lot! And I hadn't even adjusted the Tector Hand yet, so that was definitely limited!"
"It must've been his Quirk," Izuku said. "We saw him disintegrate Mr. Aizawa's elbow when he touched it with all of his fingers!"
"I guess it doesn't work on aliens quite as well," Hero muttered, as he regained composure. He looked at Virus and Illne. They were definitely the alien presences he sensed. It seemed like he's not interested in actually fighting, and his female companion looked like she wasn't going to take any action until given a command. But that Nomu-
"Well, with that out of that way," Virus said, clapping his hands together. "Nomu, go ahead and fight the Ultraman, and do try to be careful."
"What gives you the right to command Nomu!?" Tomura complained. "Why shouldn't we just leave now!?"
"If I remember correctly, your Teacher did, as a sign of mutual respect. Plus, I think he would want to know how well his own creations do against an Ultraman," Virus said, as Tomura seethed. Nomu rushed towards Hero, his hands above his head to pound on Hero's head. Hero caught his arms before they connected to him, though the ground beneath them collapsed into a small crater from the force of the attack.
"Damn, he really is strong for someone at this size!" Hero said, as he put all of his strength to hold Nomu's arms from hitting him. "Hiroshi-!"
"On it!"
"Tector Hand!" Hiroshi said, pressing on the cross on his right hand. "Scale Limit- All Might!"
"Power Scaling Confirmed. Now Operating at All Might Strength," the Tector Hand announced, its light shining and radiating through the mental dimension.
Hero grunted as he pushed back the black behemoth's arms up and he grabbed Nomu by the waist. "Everyone! Get Mr. Aizawa and Mr. Vlad King! Now!" Hero commanded.
Everyone nodded, as Hero ran with Nomu in his hands, slamming him against a wall, allowing the group of teens to grab their teachers. Tsuyu and Reiko picked up the unconscious Aizawa as gently as they could, as both of his arms were injured, while his face no doubt had fractures from being slammed into the ground by Nomu. Kosei, Pony, and Kodai picked up Vlad King, who appeared to be better off, but judging from the fact he was still unconscious, he could be severely bruised from Illne's punch to the gut. Everyone looked back at the Ultraman and the black behemoth's fight. It was... unlike anything they've ever seen.
"We gotta go!" Kyoka said, snapping everyone out. "Hero and Furinji can take care of this... We know they can."
"... Right," Setsuna said, though she let her eyes linger on her friend's alien.
"You can do it, Hiroshi," she whispered.
Hero and Nomu traded punch for punch, neither of them succumbing to the other's blows. "What's this guy made of!? Original's scaled to All Might's strength right now, and he's not going down!" Hiroshi said, as Hero went for an uppercut to the black behemoth's jaw, though Nomu retaliated with a punch to his chest. "He's way tougher than Tyrannion or Bekarus at this size!"
"I bet you and your host are wondering what makes Nomu so strong, even when you've scaled your strength to All Might," Virus said, as if he heard Hiroshi. "Do you want to tell them, or should I, Shigaraki?"
"FUCK OFF!"
"I'll take that as a yes," Virus chuckled. "You see, this creature was made for the specific purpose of killing All Might. He was about finished when Illne and I joined, so I had no hand in its creation. They gave him immense base strength and speed, capable of trading blows with the Number One Hero himself, but also a Shock Absorption Quirk, so to speak, letting him give punches while taking them."
"Shock Absorption!?" Hero said, as Nomu slugged him in the gut, sending him backwards a bit.
"Indeed. So it'll take quite a bit to overpower him, wouldn't it?" Virus said cheerfully.
"In that case- Hiroshi!" Hero said aloud.
"Right!"
In Hero's mental dimension, Hiroshi stuck his right arm forward, and started to spin the dial on the Hero Hand, as he and Hero practiced before their first day at UA.
"ORIGINAL! FLASH! MUSCLE!" the Hero Hand announced.
"Muscles that can move mountains!" Hiroshi yelled, as he slammed his left hand onto the stylized H. He reared his arm back, before thrusting it above his head. "Shake UP! HEROOOOO!"
"MUSCLE HERCULES!"
Hero punched Nomu away as he threw his hands above his head. A bright light covered him from head to toe, illuminating the fountain area. Nomu screeched as it instinctually covered its eyes from the light.
"Gah! What's with the lightshow!?" Tomura shouted, blinded by the sudden burst of light. Kurogiri also had to look away, as the light was overwhelming. Virus and Illne simply stared on, watching as Hero changed.
"Hm, so he's one of those Ultramen, huh," Virus chuckled, his hand on his helmet's chin.
"SHAAA!" Hero moved his arms to flex his biceps, scattering the light around him away. His muscles had bulked up, rivaling that of All Might's. The blue markings on his body have been replaced with orange, his upper body's armor disappearing to make room for his muscles, with only two round simple silver shoulder pads replacing them. His forearms and shins were silver, and his mask had turned orange, with the fins on his head becoming larger, longer, and horn-like. "MUSCLE! HERCULES!"
"What!? What the fuck happened to him!?" Tomura said, as he started to regain his sight. The red giant was becoming more and more annoying with its surprises. "How did he become as big as All Might!?"
"Seems like Hero spent quite a bit of time training to use alternate forms," Virus answered. "Not many Ultramen can learn how to do so without special technology. Nomu, resume your attack."
Nomu screeched as it charged at Hero, throwing a punch towards him. He caught the punch, as wind and dust kicked up from the impact around them.
"Nice punch," Hero said, as he tightened his grip around Nomu's knuckle. "Now try mine!"
Hero threw his free hand into Nomu's face, shattering some of its teeth with the impact. He screeched, before Hero grabbed his torso, and went in for a suplex, slamming Nomu into the ground.
They were halfway to the entrance when Izuku stood there in horror as Hero's attack failed to land an impact on Nomu. Kurogiri opened a portal right where he would've landed against the ground, and opened another one right underneath Hero. Nomu had managed to grab a hold of Hero's torso much like he had on him, making a sort of grappling loop.
"I'm sorry for losing my composure like that," Kurogiri said, returning his attention to Hero and Nomu as he appeared near them. "But I assume that as tough as you are, you're no match for being crushed in half between portals. Nomu, pull him through."
"We can survive that, right?" Hiroshi asked in Hero's head.
"Possibly, I don't know," Hero admitted.
Izuku tensed up. He couldn't let this happen. Hero might be tough, but he still had limits. He needed to help his friends.
His feet moved on their own.
"Midoriya! Tokage! Furinji! What're you three doing!?" Kosei shouted. Izuku looked to his left and right, seeing the two girls joining him as they ran to Hero's side.
"HERO! HIROSHI!" Fuka shouted, catching the villains' and Hero's attention.
"WE'RE COMING!" Setsuna cried.
"Those idiots! Tell them to go back!"
"Mr. Midoriya! Miss Tokage! Miss Fuka! Don't come closer!" Hero yelled, when an explosion went off. Everyone turned to look, and saw Kurogiri getting tackled by Katsuki, who slammed his hand onto Kurogiri's neck, making a small explosion. Meanwhile, a swift moving layer of frost touched Nomu, covering his right arm and leg in ice, only stopping at his elbow. Hero turned his head to see Shoto walking towards them, with Manga, Minoru, and Togaru following behind him. Minoru went straight for the stairs, though, happy that he could get to the teachers and other students.
"Bet you thought you were safe, hiding your body with that mist of yours! But since you're wearing this dumb neckpiece, your body had to be here somewhere, right!?" Katsuki sneered, letting off another explosion.
"Eat this!" Eijiro and Tetsutetsu yelled, as they jumped from the side and punched Virus. He did not budge an inch. Illne turned her head towards them as a red I flashed on her helmet, though Virus raised his hand, stopping her from attacking. Neito had followed them, though he opted to head straight for the other teens instead.
"What the-!? How tough is that guy!?" Tetsutetsu said, as he and Eijiro backed away from him.
"Whoa, when did you get that buff, Hero!?" Eijiro asked, finally noticing Hero's increased muscle mass.
"Everyone GET AWAY! That's the alien presence I sensed earlier!" Hero said, letting go of Nomu who was stuck in place now. He jumped in front of the teenagers, prepared to protect them.
"That's the alien?" Neito said, staring at Virus. "He doesn't look... threatening."
"You may call me Virus. And trust me, I'm much more of a threat than you think," Virus cheerfully said, as everyone around suddenly felt an intense aura surrounding him and Illne, as a red V and I flashed on their masks. "Much more than you think."
"S-shit!" Togaru said, feeling his knees getting weak. "What the fuck is with this guy!?"
Fuka held her breath, feeling sick in her stomach from being in their presence. Setsuna and Izuku trembled as they realize how dangerous the two aliens were. Manga's face kept showing a colorful string of swears as he fell backwards onto his butt, while Neito wobbled about. Eijiro and Tetsutetsu tried to stand their ground, though their feet were shaking. Even Katsuki and Shoto froze, as they laid their eyes upon Virus. Even the students up at the entrance could feel it, shaking from the sheer pressure the aliens were giving off. Only Hero was unaffected, having expected to face threats that were this strong.
"Gah-! This fucking alien-" Tomura said. He hadn't felt an aura like this from anyone but his teacher. Even Kurogiri stared at Virus and Illne, his yellow eyes showing as much surprise as they could. To think that someone could match the teacher-!
"Nomu, why don't you resume your fight with Hero? I'm sure there won't be any more interruptions now," Virus said. As sudden as the aura appeared, it disappeared, as everyone managed to breathe again. Nomu screeched, as he started to straighten himself out, breaking his arm and leg off in the process.
"The hell-!?" Shoto said, watching as his limbs shatter into pieces. "Why would he-"
"Oh, Shock Absorption isn't the only Quirk that Shigaraki's teacher gave him," Virus explained, as new limbs shot out of Nomu's body, replacing all the broken flesh and bone. He even regrew some of the teeth he lost to Hero's punch. "He has Super Regeneration, too. So even if he's broken, he'll just spring back up! Fascinating, is it not, how humans can come up with these things on their own?"
"Nomu, take out that exploding asshole! We need Kurogiri to get out of here!" Tomura shouted, as Nomu turned its attention to Katsuki. "I'm sick of this shit!"
Nomu charged at Katsuki, giving the boy no time to dodge. But Hero intercepted him, pushing him out of the way. This gave Kurogiri the chance to move back next to Tomura, Virus, and Illne.
"Kacchan!" Izuku said, as he landed next to the teens.
"HERO! HIROSHI!" Setsuna and Fuka shouted, watching as Nomu slammed his fist into Hero, dust and wind kicking up. When it cleared, everyone saw Hero's hand around Nomu's fist, tightening around it as he screeched and howled in pain.
"If you really have Shock Absorption and Super Regeneration, than I'll just go beyond that limit!" Hero said, slamming his fist into Nomu's gut, sending him reeling backwards. Nomu recovered, and started to throw a flurry of punches at Hero, who returned it with his own, matching him punch for punch. The wind began to fly around them, as everyone moved their arms to protect their faces from the dirt and debris flying, crouching down to grab a hold of the ground. Everyone tried their best to watch the two titans fight. Virus and Illne stared on with their hands behind their backs.
"K-K-Kurogiri! Get Nomu out of there!" Tomura said, as he started to see Nomu becoming overwhelmed by the punches. "We need Nomu to defend All Might, not this alien bastard!"
"I-I can't!" Kurogiri shouted, as he struggled to keep a foothold on the ground. "The wind-! It's too strong!"
"So this is how strong he can be, is it?" Virus whispered nonchalantly. "Fascinating."
"There was a little something that All Might taught me and Hiroshi a while ago when he observed us!" Hero said, as his punches began connecting with Nomu's body and face. Nomu was sent flying backwards, before Hero leaped towards him in one mighty bound, slamming him into the ground. Nomu bounced up, and Hero lowered himself for an uppercut. "He taught us about the meaning of UA's motto! The meaning behind-"
Several Days Ago...
"Incredible! Your Muscle Hercules form is something else!" All Might said, looking at Hero after he had destroyed several more 0-Pointers, along with a city block in the practical field. Plus the back wall, which Cementoss was busy repairing. The two had just finished showing off their forms to All Might, each one impressing him, especially Muscle Hercules's strength.
"All this money, wasted!" Present Mic lamented on the intercom. "Is it really worth having him here!?"
"Don't worry about it, Mr. Hero and Mr. Furinji! It's no big deal!" Principal Nezu laughed. "After all, the government and the faculty understand that this is all to determine your strengths!"
"You guys have been working on that scale limiter device, right?" Setsuna asked, as she and Fuka were allowed in after the destructive show.
"Of course, Miss Tokage," Hero replied. "It should be done before the end of the day, actually."
"I see. Well, even when you're holding back, I'm sure you'll be able to live up to the school's motto!" All Might said with a hearty laugh.
"School motto?" Hero asked.
"Indeed! These are the words us UA alumni live by! They remind us to give it our all to save those that can't protect themselves, to not only do our best, but to go beyond it! This motto is -"
"- PLUS ULTRAAAAAAAAAA!" Hero shouted, uppercutting Nomu in the gut. With that one single punch, Nomu was sent flying into the air, colliding with the domed ceiling of the USJ. The ceiling began to cave in behind Nomu, before breaking all together as he continued to soar into the sky, disappearing altogether from sight.
"No! Nononononono!" Tomura cried, watching as his Teacher's creation vanish. "Kurogiri!"
"Without his coordinates, I can't warp to him!" Kurogiri muttered, staring at the Ultraman. "To think, that this alien could be that strong-!"
"H-He just beat that thing like it was nothing!" Eijiro said, his and Tetsutetsu's jaws dropping. Neito shivered, as he looked at the absurd existence that was Hero. Togaru shook in place, not knowing whether he was excited or frightened of the immense power he just witnessed.
"That was made to beat All Might?" Shoto whispered. He couldn't believe that Hero was that strong; he understood that he had been using something to help hold back, but to think that he could match punch for punch with something made to kill All Might...
Izuku stared at Hero, whose back was facing them as he stared head on with the remaining four villains. So this was the person who he needed to beat to become the Number One Hero. Someone who could fight on equal terms with something meant to face All Might. The thought... the thought...
It was exhilarating to think about.
Setsuna and Fuka stared at Hero's back. But instead of seeing Hero, they saw Hiroshi, who stood tall and true, an unbeatable teen inside an unbeatable giant.
"Well done! Well done!" Virus congratulated, clapping his hands. "To think, that in exactly 150 punches, you were able to beat Nomu's Shock Absorption and Super Regeneration! Your Teacher's going to need to work hard to beat both Hero and All Might, Shigaraki! This is their victory, so I think they deserve to live for a bit longer, don't you?"
"You fucker! You know how long it took to make Nomu!?" Tomura said, ignoring the alien. He gritted his teeth as he held his broken right hand as gingerly as he could with his left hand (without using all five of his fingers). "You'll pay for this!"
Hero looked at the villains coldly, when his Color Timer started flashing red.
"Oh? Seems like you've used quite a lot of energy now," Virus said, as light covered Hero and he turned into Hiroshi.
"Damn..." Hiroshi whispered to himself, as everyone looked at him in horror, realizing what this could mean.
"The giant's a student!?" Tomura said, glaring at Hiroshi. "You're telling me that Nomu was beaten by someone who isn't even a pro hero!?"
"That's right," Hiroshi said, standing his ground. "Hero and I are going to become the first alien and first Quirkless pro heroes in the world, and villains like you won't be able to stop us!"
"Quirkless!?" Tomura shouted, seething even more, before realizing his opportunity. "How perfect."
Tomura got up and rushed towards Hiroshi, his good hand reaching out for him. As everyone screamed at Hiroshi to run, he glared at Tomura, never letting his eyes off the villain.
"Illne, stop him."
In a flash, Illne had grabbed Tomura's left hand by the middle finger, and crushed it. She tossed him backwards, his middle finger still in her palm. Illne reappeared next to Virus, dropping the destroyed middle finger.
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAH! AGAIN!? MY OTHER FUCKING HAND! WHAT'S YOUR FUCKING DEAL!? I THOUGHT YOU WERE HELPING US!" Tomura screamed, as everyone looked at the two aliens, jaws dropped at his order for his companion to protect Hiroshi.
"Take this as a learning experience, Shigaraki," Virus said, as if he hadn't told Illne to maim the gray-haired man. "Why destroy enemies now, when we can do it in a much more exciting and meaningful way later? And that sometimes -" He stared at Hiroshi head on. "- anyone can get hurt unexpectedly, even yourself. Oh Kurogiri? You should take Shigaraki back, I'm sure the good Doctor will have some sort of prosthetic or something like that to replace his fingers."
"Don't tell me what to do," Kurogiri said, eyeing the man suspiciously, though he moved to his injured ward and began teleporting out of there. "This isn't the last you have seen of our Unearthly League. We will return, and your day of reckoning will be at hand."
As soon as he disappeared, everyone refocused onto Virus and Illne, still in shock over what just happened.
"So why did you help me?" Hiroshi said, as everyone readied themselves in case he comes at them, whether they were afraid or not.
"Easy there, I have no interest in fighting you all yet," Virus said, putting his hands up. "And Illne won't either as long I don't. As for helping you, it's like I said. Why destroy you now, when we can do it with meaning later. And remember -" he and Illne stepped backwards, becoming shadows on the wall, and his voice dropped to a threatening tone, "- your days of peace will come to an end."
His voice echoed as the two shadows vanished, leaving the students alone in the fountain. Alone, and with dozens of villains regaining consciousness.
"Uh oh, looks like we're still gonna need to fight," Eijiro said, as he and Tetsutetsu hardened and steeled themselves respectively. Shoto glowered as he prepared to use his ice, as Neito touched his, Katsuki's, and Togaru's necks, copying their Quirks. Hiroshi collapsed onto his knees, exhausted.
"Hiroshi!" Izuku cried, running to his friend's side, with Fuka and Setsuna joining him.
"Sorry guys," Hiroshi muttered, as the Setsuna and Izuku propped him up around their necks. "I guess I'm more tired than I thought I was."
"This isn't good," Fuka said, as the villains caught sight of them and their classmates up near the entrance. "We've got three injured teachers and an exhausted student with us, I don't know if-"
The doors exploded, flying off the hinges as they landed on a couple of villains. They all looked up, and saw All Might coming in, illuminated by the light behind him.
"Have no fear," he said, ripping off his tie, his usual smile gone. "For I AM HERE!"
"There we go," Hiroshi said, as he and Izuku looked at the Number One Hero, smiling at him. Everyone at the entrance cried tears of relief, elated to see him coming to their rescue. All Might took a glance at his injured coworkers, and down at the fountain, noticing the worn out Hiroshi.
"It's All Might! Get him!" one of the villains shouted, when All Might sped past all of them, knocking them out one by one with a single blow each. More teachers followed him in, with Nezu on the shoulders of a particularly bestial teacher. Jurota followed them in, breathing heavily after running for so long. "I did it everyone, I got all the teachers!" he panted out.
"Don't worry students! We're a little late, but we're here!" Nezu announced, as one of the teachers, a cowboy-like hero named Snipe, fired his gun, hitting several villains in nonvital areas by using his Quirk to change his bullets' trajectories. All of the teachers leaped into action, spreading out to capture and beat all the villains in the USJ while searching for the students that were still spread apart.
"So these are all the villains that were found in the training site?" Detective Tsukauchi said, as he and his officers handled the villains, putting them into all the police cars and trucks they could bring. Many of the students were gathered in front of the police, as they finished taking witness accounts from each of them.
"Yes sir," a cat-headed officer said, nodding. "We thoroughly combed the area with the teachers to make sure that there weren't any more hiding."
"Good," Tsukauchi said, sighing. To think, that there were villains brave/insane enough to inflitrate UA. They were smart about it, though. They picked a building that was faraway from the main campus, had made sure to find villains capable of cutting communications, be it radio or electrical, and at a time where a small number of people would be there. And according to the students, they were there to kill All Might, who was supposed to be there as one of the teachers for the exercise, though he was running late. It could've ended badly if Ultraman Hero hadn't stepped up to fill in for All Might.
"Mr. Detective," Tsuyu asked, tugging a bit on Tsukauchi's coat. "How is Mr. Aizawa?"
"Yea, and Mr. Vlad King?" Kinoko mumbled, having seen the state that her homeroom teacher was in.
"What about Thirteen!?" Mina asked, holding her hands close to her chest.
"The teachers are... in stable condition," Tsukauchi admitted, as he flipped to his notes on the teachers. "Both of Mr. Aizawa's arms have fractures and splintered, and luckily the most damage to his head was just fractures along his eye sockets, though that might have some repercussions for his eyesight. Vlad King was punched in the gut hard enough for internal bleeding, and a couple of his bottom ribs are broken. Honestly, Thirteen are probably the lightest of them. She suffered lacerations to her back and upper arms, but nothing life-threatening, and she should be able to bounce back relatively easily in comparison."
The three girls looked at each other nervously, before someone else asked a question.
"Where's Furinji and his sister?" Denki asked, looking around. Everyone started to scan the area, and notice that not only was the two were missing, but so was Setsuna, Izuku, Kyoka, Momo, Pony, Tenya, and Ochako. "In fact, where's the rest of their friend group!?"
"Oh, don't worry," Tsukauchi said, as he flipped his notes again. "Hiroshi Furinji went to the nurse's office to recuperate after fighting that villain with Hero, and his friends were insistent on coming with him, even when they're uninjured. One of my officers told me that All Might went to visit him, too, since he did fight something that was apparently meant to match All Might in power."
"Man, they're a real tightknit group, huh?" Sen said, smirking.
"Too tightknit!" Minoru grumbled, hating how Hiroshi and Izuku were in a group with four of the best girls in the Hero Course, and Kyoka.
"Man, you guys were all lucky you had people with you! I got stuck with no one!" Toru said, her foot stamping in frustration. "I was lucky enough to be sneaky so that no one could find me when I made it back to the entrance."
"Good thing none of them had some sort of heat-sensing Quirk or something," Mashirao said, sighing.
"Aw, were you worried about little ol' me?" Toru said, poking Mashirao in the arm.
"W-why wouldn't I!? There were villains everywhere!"
"Sir!" an officer said, jogging towards Tsukauchi. "We found a villain matching the description of the one that Ultraman Hero fought and apprehended him!"
"That thing's still alive!?" Eijiro shouted. "I could've sworn that Hero's punches would've pulverized that monster into nothing!"
"How'd they apprehend that thing!?" Tetsutetsu yelled.
"What's his condition?" Tsukauchi asked, calmly.
"He didn't resist arrest. In fact, we're not really getting much of a reaction at all," the officer answered. "Not even a grunt or growl. It seems like he's very tight lip about this Unearthly League, or at the very least mute."
As if on cue, a group of officers walked with Nomu to a police truck, who was bound in all sorts of restraints. The students huddled together, worried that he might try and attack them upon sight. It was like the officer said, however; he didn't react at all upon seeing them, and simply went quietly into the truck with no issue.
"Hm, don't know if we'll get any answers from him, then," Tsukauchi muttered, before turning to Principal Nezu. "If you don't mind, I'd like my officers to check every nook and cranny of the main campus as well, in case there's anything funny over there. I'll be personally getting Mr. Furinji's and his friends' witness accounts as well."
"Oh, go on right ahead, Detective!" Principal Nezu said. "We'll be needing to revamp and give our security systems a total overhaul. We won't let something like this occur again any time soon."
Tsukauchi nodded, tipping his hat to Principal Nezu before heading to his car and driving to the main campus.
"Guys, I'm serious, Hero and I are alright," Hiroshi said, as his friends fretted about in the nurse's office, with All Might coming back in with some juice and snacks to give the worn-out boy. Recovery Girl shook her head at the sight of it all. "I'm just a little tired, that's all."
"Dude, you fought a literal monster made to beat All Might," Kyoka said, staring at the boy. "Of course we'd be worried."
"I've fought two giant aliens, Jiro."
"Yea, but you fought them at full strength in Original!" Setsuna pointed out. "Even when your power was scaled to be All Might's in Original it wasn't enough to beat Nomu! It forced you to change forms! You and Hero told us that you don't change forms unless necessary!"
"Speaking of which, YOU HAVE ALTERNATE FORMS!?" Izuku yelled, pulling out his "Ultraman Hero and Aliens Journal #1". "What other forms can Hero turn into!?"
"Well, there are two more forms, but I kinda wanna keep it as a surprise? Keep you all on your toes," Hiroshi said, grinning. "I totally was planning to show off Muscle Hercules at some point. Didn't think it was going to be a life-or-death situation like that, though."
"No fair! You gotta share with us! No secrets!" Pony said, pointing at Hiroshi.
"Tsunotori, our entire group is based around a secret," Fuka deadpanned, when the door opened. All Might changed into his muscle form immediately, before releasing it upon seeing who it was.
"Tsukauchi! You're on this case?" All Might sighed, relieved.
"Detective Tsukauchi!?" Hiroshi, Setsuna, and Fuka said, staring at the familiar face.
"Oh, I see you all remember me," Tsukauchi said, smiling.
"All Might, are you sure you should-" Izuku started.
"Don't worry, he knows about One for All," All Might assured.
"I certainly didn't expect you to tell all these teens, though," Tsukauchi said, looking at the teens.
"Well, it's more like we kinda... eavesdropped on the secret," Setsuna said, popping her eye and ear off. Kyoka bit her lips, and swallowed the scream in her throat.
"Mostly on the fact that we found out that Midoriya claimed that he used to be Quirkless," Hiroshi said, pointing to her, Fuka, and himself.
"We just came across them by accident and found out," Kyoka said, raising her hand as Tenya, Momo, Pony, and Ochako joined her.
"Wow, All Might, you gotta be more careful," Tsukauchi said, shaking his head, though he was smiling a bit. "But at least it won't be so lonely, right?"
"... Yea," All Might said, looking at the teens. "It won't be."
"Well, anyways, I needed to get your witness accounts about today, especially since Hero and Hiroshi were the ones who handled the villain called Nomu," Tsukauchi explained, pulling out his notepad.
"Wait, what about the teachers!?" Fuka said, worried.
"That's right, Mr. Aizawa, Mr. Vlad King, and Thirteen were injured!" Momo added.
"Are the other students alright?" All Might asked.
"They'll be fine, all three are in stable condition and will bounce back from this. Thirteen especially, since she only got some lacerations to her back and upper arms compared to Mr. Aizawa's and Vlad King's broken bones. And no student had any injuries, apart from a couple scratches and bruises here and there," Tsukauchi said, slightly alleviating their worries. "What I'm concerned about is Nomu, and the aliens that Hero sensed."
Hiroshi took a deep breath, and sighed as he began to recount the confrontation between them, Nomu, and the two aliens.
"I'm sorry that I ended up fighting a nonalien," Hiroshi said. "I mean, sure, he was super strong and fast, but it was still a nonalien threat-"
"Don't be," Tsukauchi said, holding his hand up. "Hero was the only one able to handle Nomu at the time, and you were given permission to fight due to the alien presence by Mr. Aizawa, according to your other classmates."
"That's the thing, the aliens didn't even fight that much," Hiroshi stated. "The most they did was take out Mr. Vlad King. They didn't lift a finger to help Nomu against me. Not to mention the fact that the tall one, Virus, told the female alien Illne to stop that Shigaraki guy from attempting to disintegrate me after my transformation as Hero ended."
"Shigaraki, huh... He's the leader who lost his fingers, right?" Tsukauchi said.
"Yea, the first one he lost was... 'cuz of Hero and me. He tried to use his disintegration Quirk on us, but it didn't work like he expected. It was just super fucking painful, and out of instinct, we... crushed his hand and threw him against a tree. The broken bones in his hand sliced his right index finger off. Illne was the one who took off the other one to 'protect' me by grabbing his middle left and throwing him away, snapping it off. I'm sorry for injuring a human like that."
"While it's not great or something I personally approve of, the fact is that you did it probably helped save your classmates, so it's most likely going to be seen as self defense," Tsukauchi said, as everyone sighed a breath of relief, though Hiroshi was still a little tense.
"Still, just what are those aliens up to?"
Meanwhile, back at the seedy bar in a suspicious alley...
Tomura laid on the ground, hands broken and bloodied. Kurogiri went to the back and grabbed medical supplies to attend to Tomura.
"Gaaaaaah, that was a fucking shitshow," he moaned, growling as Kurogiri swabbed the blood off his hands. "FUCK! OW!"
"I take it that your invasion didn't go as planned?" the Teacher's voice echoed from the monitor.
"Of course fucking not! Those fucking aliens fucking fucked everything up!" Tomura screamed. "I lost a finger on both of my hands!"
"Oh dear, does that mean you no longer can use your Quirk?" the Doctor's voice said.
"No shit! My right hand's especially messed up thanks to that giant crushing it! My Quirk didn't even work on him!"
"The giant? You mean Ultraman Hero?" the Teacher asked.
"Yea, only he wasn't so giant! He can shrink down to human size, and he changed forms, too!" Tomura said, wincing as Kurogiri wrapped his hands.
"He can change forms!? How interesting!" the Doctor said, giddily. "So was Nomu a match for him in strength?"
"No! He fucking launched him into the sky!"
"What!?"
"Without the exact coordinates, I cannot teleport him back," Kurogiri said.
"What a shame."
Tomura and Kurogiri turned their heads around, and saw Virus and Illne step off the wall, taking a seat at a table near them. "He was certainly an interesting creature for something manmade."
"You-! You fucking asshole! You think I want to see your face here again after you ripped my finger off!?" Tomura said, raising his broken hands at the aliens.
"I told you, take this as a learning experience," Virus said, crossing his leg and holding his hands in his lap. "First, you underestimated your opponent- Ultraman Hero- after I told you not to fight him, and lost your first finger as a result. Second, you decided that instead of accepting your loss, to be a sore loser and attempt to kill the winner when they were weak. Which is why you lost your second finger. Besides, you can have a more spectacular and more meaningful victory if you let them live and start forming a plan. One that's easier to adjust on the fly, considering how you bet it all on Nomu and didn't even have a second plan in mind."
"Get. OUT!" Tomura said, wanting to slam his hands on the table, if it weren't for the fact they were broken.
"Oh? Shall I take my aliens with me, then? After all, these aliens are mine to lend," Virus replied curtly.
"No! No, you may stay," the Doctor said, to Tomura's disbelief and fury. "We won't have another chance to work with aliens, Young Shigaraki. Do not worry, I'll be able to give you state-of-the-art prosthetics to make up for the fingers you've lost."
"Teacher-!"
"I suppose that is true. I am disappointed that Virus injured you, my precious pupil, but I suppose it was foolish of me to expect you to come out unscathed. Kurogiri? Bring Young Tomura to me and the Doctor so that we may attend to his wounds. But I hope that you won't let this happen again, Virus."
"Yes sir," Kurogiri replied, opening a portal and motioned Tomura to follow him. Tomura gave one last hateful glare to Virus and Illne, who walked into the wall and their shadows disappearing, before going through and finding himself with his Teacher and the Doctor.
"Oh my, you weren't lying when you said that the giant crushed your hand," the Doctor said, lifting Tomura's hand. He growled as his hand was prodded and examined, the broken bones poking at every fiber of muscle. "This will take a while, but it's fixable. Your prosthetics will be like you never lost your fingers at all, save for the inability to use your Quirk."
"Why are you two letting that alien bastard in?" Tomura said, as the Doctor went to get the supplies and tools he needed to work on his hand.
"Do not fret, Young Tomura," his Teacher said. "They're simply tools to an end. Tools that can be disposed of once they can no longer work. Tools that we can use to upend this hypocritical society of heroes. Until then, we'll play along with them."
Tomura grumbled, though he couldn't think about it too much as the Doctor started work on his hand. "OW! FUCK!"
Somewhere in the Mountains at Night...
"Are you really sure about those human villains?"
Virus turned to his left, looking at Illne. "They're clearly underestimating us."
"Oh, don't worry, Illne," Virus said, shaking his head while chuckling. He sat down on a rock, his hands together and his forearms on his thighs as only the moonlight illuminated the forest. "I know that they are. It's just the way lower lifeforms like them behave. They think they're two steps ahead of everyone, that they're in control of the board. That we'll only be able to supply them with aliens and nothing else. They're so sure that when we give them what they want, that they can get rid of us easily when they think they're done. So why not humor them and play along? After all-"
Virus and Illne were joined by three more shadows similar to them on the trees. All three stepped out, joining their allies. They all shared the same black spandex-like skin and strange unearthly helmet, but each one had a different appearance.
The first was a tall muscular male, appearing similar to Nomu in structure. He wore bulky bracers and boots, while he wore a black toga-like robe, exposing his right arm and right pec, with a large gray shoulder pad on his left arm. The second was a female at Virus's height, who wore a black jacket with a high collar that covered her neck and the base of her head. On her hands were black rings with gray gems, and she wore black jeans with her armored boots. The last was also a female, except much taller, and with a much more fuller figure than her counterparts. She wore gray shorts and a gray top that exposed her pitch black skin, with several black metal bracelets, armlets, and anklets, and a large belt with pouches around her waist. A long, large red scarf wrapped her neck and mouth in a way that its ends resembled long flowing hair. It was the only splash of color on any of the aliens.
"We're just getting started."
ORIGINAL AO3 NOTES:
- This won't be the last time Shigaraki gets maimed more in "Ultraman Hero Academia" than in canon, and you can expect the same in "Building Up A Hero!". Not that I hate him, I do think he's an interesting character.
- I guess it's a little late to explain Hero's appearance a little more accurately, but I'll go ahead and do it now, since I'm no good at drawing Ultramen and the like. I've also been kinda barebones about it for the most part 'cuz I was still deciding how he looked overall in Original. Gonna break that up into individual points since it'd be one giant block of text otherwise.
- I personally imagine the outer sides of his upper arms are blue while the inner sides are red. The H-lines are sorta similar to the UA gym outfit, but the horizontal line is at the waist like a belt, with two blue trapezoid patches that form the sides, and the center area above the horizontal line is blue. The H-lines also connect to silver "boots". He also wears armor that looks similar to Geed's game-exclusive form Mugen Crosser's left arm, except it's both arms, and his biceps are exposed (and no pointy elbows), and instead of yellow armor it's all silver (any black is replaced with red, but the hands are entirely silver).br /
- And of course he has the H-shaped mask that looks similar to Ultraman Z Beta Smash but with fins like Ultraman X's that replace the ears, green eyes, and the green H-shaped Color Timer. Why green? Since we've only ever had blue, yellow/white, and red eyes, I kinda wanted to have green eyes for Hero. And why that type of armor? I actually really like the look of that sort of armor on Ultramen.
- The helmets of Virus and his allies, I'd say sorta look like a combination between Vanitas's helmet from KH: Birth by Sleep and the Kyoryuger helmets? In that they're pretty round like Vanitas's helmet, but the visor is more akin to the way the Kyoryuger helmets are like, and the chin comes a little further up on, making a sorta half-faceplate. Also, I forgot to mention that the armor they're wearing is gray. WHOOPS.
- I figured that since Jurota wouldn't be nearly as fast as Tenya, he'd be really late with getting the teachers and All Might, which would necessitate Hero taking over for All Might in the Nomu fight. Plus, always planned to have Muscle Hercules make an appearance like this in the story.
- What is the "Flash" that the Hero Hand said when Hiroshi was turning the dial from Original to Muscle Hercules? I guess you all will have to find out later.