Chapter 15:
Rescue Training
Summary
The events leading up to USJ Incident. Our students go to the USJ training for rescue training. The League shows up with multiple objectives. Will they succeed or will the heroes triumph.
Wednesday at 7:35am the local heroes are trying to take care of a villain that has a family held hostage in an attempt to avoid capture.
"See this lucky little family? Come after me and I'll Snap their necks!" The villain warns. "Got that? Stay back, Heroes!"
"Serial robber and a murderer, Habit Headgear!" Mount Lady tsks.
"Not only strong… but a quick strategist!" A hero on the ground shouts.
"Save us Heroes!" Shouts the little girl.
"At least, save my daughter!" Shouts the Mother.
The villain laughs and starts to bolt away from the scene. "Damn this guy can really move!"
"Now to make my escape!" He starts sprinting. Behind him another hero is on his trail. The civilians relax when they hear "FEAR NOT, GOOD FAMILY" The villain tries to run faster away from the hero sprinting after them. "MISSOURI SMASH!" All Might arrives on the scene delivering a powerful chop to the back of the villains head and rescuing the family. "WHY YOU ASK?" All Might turns around to face the other disgruntled heroes "BECAUSE, I AM ON MY MORNING COMMUTE!"
The cheers coming for the civilians is deafening. Mount lady smiles "we appreciate it but…"
"He'll put us out of business" Kamui Woods slumps.
The police arrive on the scene to apprehend the criminal. "Thank you, Sir! we had our hands full with this one…" One of the officers report while saluting.
All Might brushes off the praise "JUST HAPPY TO HELP! BUT I MUSTN'T BE LATE, NOW FAREWELL!" as he is about to take off to U.A. his ears pick up the distressed screaming of "KYAHHH, A HIT- AND- RUN!"
"HMM… I MUSTN'T BE LATE…" All Might prepares to jump to the next crime. On his way he notices something. 'my speed has decreased; I've been weakening since I passed on my power what's more my maximum duration has shortened.' He drops in front of the car that committed the Hit- and – run. The police apprehend the criminal.
"I heard there is a hostage crisis in the next town over."
"HMM!" All Might is off again to stop more crimes on his way to work.
At 12:50pm the Class 1-A students are seated in their classroom. Aizawa strolls in and addresses the students "Now for today's Basic Hero Training… preparing you for disaster relief, from fires to floods. IT'S RESCUE TRAINING"
"Rescue, huh… sounds like another rough day." Kaminari states
"RIGHT!" Ashido agrees.
"Come on, this is what being a hero's all about! I'm pumped!" Kirishima states excitedly.
"I'll be right at home in a flood. Ribbit." Asui comments.
Aizawa tired of the chatter glares at the class "Hey. I'm not done" he pulls out the remote to the costume draws and pushes the button to open it. "It is up to you weather you use your costumes. Some of them are ill suited to the sort of activity. The training is a bit remote, so we will be going by bus. That is all. Get Ready." Aizawa dismisses.
Everyone is wearing their costumes and waiting for the bus. "Ok class the bus is here, get in line to board the bus." Izuku commands above the chatter of the other students. On the bus the chatter continues between the students.
"I typically state what is on my mind ribbit." Asui states looking an Izuku.
"What is it Asui?"
"Please call me Tsuyu." She turns to look at Izuku. "If your quirk allows you to heal, why are you not Recovery Girls apprentice."
Ace and Katsuki are about to shout at her; however, Izuku beat them to it. "I guess that a fair question. It's simple really, I am not a healer. Yes, I can heal but I can do more to help on the front lines."
"THAT IS SELFISH, IF YOU CAN HEAL YOU BELONG IN THE HOSPITAL HEALING THOSE WITH INJURIES OR SICK" Iida shouts, he doesn't understand why a healer isn't at the hospital healing people. To him it is selfish.
"Hold up Iida, he has his reasons for doing it this way." Kirishima tries to defend Izuku, but he doesn't know those reasons, so he is reaching. He shoots Luffy a desperate look, Luffy is smirking and looking right at Izuku.
"Don't get me wrong, if I am fighting a villain and someone is hurt, I will save them. Let me ask you a hypothetical question. If I were to be trapped at a hospital healing people with minor injuries, and a villain attacks and the only healer on the scene is Recovery Girl. However even she can not heal everyone. Say a building collapses with the civilians still inside. By the time those people are dug out of there and brought to the hospital, most of the people with serious injuries would be dead before they got to me. Now if I was there, I could easily save those people. I can't say that I can save everyone, but it is better then letting them die on their way to the hospital. Beside I do not care what you think of me. I have proven myself to higher people then you." Izuku stated
Iida huffs but doesn't say anything. Kirishima looks down in thought "I think I get it, less injured civilians from villain attacks free up the doctors to heal those that are sick. Means less crowded hospitals. That is so manly."
"Most healers do not have a combat related quirk, so they get stuck like Recovery Girl because they typically get targeted by villains and can not always defend themselves. I think you proved that you can defend yourself." Momo Comments
"But still you can do a lot of cool stuff with it." Kirishima looks down at his lap "Not like my hardening, I'm good in a fight but it is really boring." He pouts.
"I think it is neat though. Your quirk is more than enough to go pro" Luffy states with a smile on his face.
"Pro! Don't forget heroes also have to worry about popular appeal. My navel Laser is both strong and cool. So perfect for a pro" Aoyama boasts.
Mina laughs and pats his shoulder "As long as you don't blow up your own stomach!"
Aoyama pouts, Jiro chimes in with her opinion "You wanna talk about strong and cool? That'll be Ace, Bakugo and Todoroki."
Katsuki grunts. "But Bakugo's so unhinged. He'd never be popular"
"What'd you say Frog face?!" Katsuki rages.
"See" Tsuyu confirms.
Others in the class are nodding their heads Kaminari pipes up "We've only barely started interacting with each other and already you've made it clear to us the unpleasantness of your shit personality."
"Yeah, ok Mr. Vocabulary. How about I Blast you?!" Katsuki is about to let off a few explosions to the blonds face. When Izuku comments "Leave him alone" voice dry as ice. The pack knows who he is directing that comment to, but everyone else is thinking differently. Katsuki sits back down and looks out the window. Kaminari mumbles out an apology.
"What a vulgar conversation!" Momo states
Ochaco is openly giggling "I think it's fun! I don't think your mouth could get any fouler Bakugo"
Aizawa stands up "We're here, look sharp!"
The class immediately stops all the conversations and exit the bus. Aizawa leads them in where they see another hero. Izuku immediately recognizes the rescue hero and starts internally fanboying. Katsuki sees the stars in Izuku's eyes and immediately enables him. "After class we will get their autograph" Izuku frantically nods excited to add another autograph to his collection.
The students look around awed. "WHOAA! IS THIS UNIVERSAL STUDIOS JAPAN?!" The class shouts.
"EVERY DISASTER AND ACCIDENT YOU CAN IMAGINE. I BUILT THIS FACILITY MYSELF I CALL IT … THE UNFORESEEN SIMULATION JOINT!"
"SO, IT REALLY IS USJ" The class shouts.
Aizawa approaches the other hero "13 where's All Might? I thought he was meeting us here."
"About that senpai…" 13 holds up 4 fingers "it seems he just about reached his limit during his morning commute." Izuku and Katsuki saw the signal. All Might ran out of time.
"He is resting in the breakroom"
"The height of irrationality." 'well… we should be on guard just in case…' "So be it let's get started"
"Before we do, I have one or two points." He pauses and counts on his fingers "or maybe three, four… Well anyways I have lots of points."
"As I'm sure many of you are aware… my quirk is called Black Hole. It can suck in and tear apart anything."
"And you've used it to save so many people in all sorts of disasters." Ochaco fangirls.
"Indeed" He pauses again voice going serious "However, my power could easily kill." he lets that sink in for a moment. The class goes silent they are starting to understand good, he continues "I've no doubt there are some among you with similar abilities. In our super powered society, the use of quirks are heavily restricted and monitored. It may seem that this system is a stable one. But we must never forget that it only takes one wrong move with that uncontrollable quirk for people to die." He pauses again to let the consequences of quirk neglect become clear. "Through All Might's battle training, you experienced the danger that your respective quirks can pose to others. This class will show you a new perspective. You will learn how to utilize your quirk to save lives." The class looks motivated "Your powers are not meant to inflict harm; I hope you leave here today with the understanding that you are meant to help people. That's is all. I thank you for listening"
The class cheers him on "He's awesome!" Izuku and Ochaco state together.
"Great first off…" Now several things happen all at once. Aizawa feels a blip on his Observation Haki. Izuku's ears perk up and toward the center on the building. Katsuki, Ace and Luffy all tense. Aizawa looks down the stairs and notices a portal opening. He quickly counts about 50 villains coming out of the portal. He turns to the students panic is in his eyes. "Huddle up and don't move, thirteen protect the student."
"What is that more battle bots"
"Don't move please, those are villains"
"Thirteen and Erasurehead is it…?" One of the villains asked. "According to the staff roster I received the other day… All Might is supposed to be here…"
"Of course, that whole incident was this scum's doing."
"Where is he…? We've come all this way. And brought so many playmates… All Might… The Symbol of Peace… is he here…?"
Aizawa prepares to leap. "I wonder if some dead kids will bring him here?!"
"VILLAINS?! NO WAY! WHAT VILLAINS'D BE DUMB ENOUGH TO SNEAK INTO A SCHOOL FOR HEROES?!"
"Sensei, aren't there intruder sensors?" Momo asks.
"Yes! Of course, there are…"
"Are they only here, or also the main Building…? Either way, if the sensors aren't working… It has to be one of their quirks that's doing it." Todoroki supplies.
"This place is far from the campus, and they picked a time when there'd be few people here…" Izuku is starting to analyze.
"So maybe they are not as dumb as they seem." Katsuki states.
"They must have an objective, because this is a well-coordinated sneak attack" Ace supplies.
"Thirteen! Begin Evacuation! And try calling the school! One of these villains must be jamming the sensors. There's a good chance one of their electric types is causing the interference." Aizawa commands.
"Kaminari, try using your quirk to signal for help." Izuku states staying calm and coming up with a plan.
"Got it!" Kaminari responds.
"Sensei, you are at a disadvantage."
"I know, but a hero has more then one trick up his sleeve. Trust me Izuku I will be fine. They will need you guys here to keep everyone safe." Aizawa jumps down "Thirteen! Take care of them"
"Ranged squad, let's move" Calls one of the villains
"Our intel said it was just supposed to be All Might and Thirteen! So, who is this?!" A female asks.
"Dunno! But he's coming at us all alone."
"A dead fool, then!" Aizawa lands and starts engaging in combat. His capture weapon and quirk working in tandem to fight off the waves of villains. "Huh? I can't shoot…" Aizawa uses his capture weapon to tie 2 villains up and pull them toward each other and smashes their faces together to knock them out.
"That's Eraserhead! You dumbasses! He can erase out your quirks just by looking at you."
"He cancels quirks!? HEH HEH HEH. Let's see if that trick works against us Heteromorphic types!"
Aizawa punches him in the face with an Armament Coated fist. "No. it doesn't. Only against operative and transformative types. However, statistically, guys like you tend to shine… In close- quarters combat." He has used his capture weapon to launch him into the air. "Which is why I've got counter measures." Aizawa states as he throws him to the group effectively knocking him out.
"He's good at hand-to -hand… and those goggles hide his eyes, so we do not know whose quirk he's cancelling." One villain states
"Even a mob of us isn't slowing him down… I see" Another comments.
"I hate Pro Heroes. Ordinary villains don't stand a chance against them" The apparent leader complained.
On the platform the students watching the fight are awed "Wow…! He can hold his own even when outnumbered."
"This is no time to watch a fight, we need to evacuate."
Another portal opens up in front of the students "I won't allow that" calls a voice. From the portal steps a man covered in an inky black smoke like substance.
"Dammit, in the blink of an eye he…! He may be the deadliest one here!" Aizawa glances up at the platform.
"Greetings, we are the League of Villains. Forgive our Audacity but today we've come here to U.A. high school- this bastion of heroism… to end the life of All Might, the Symbol of Peace. We were under the impression that he would be here today… but it seems his schedule was revised? Well no matter. My role remains unchanged." He begins to surround the students in the black mist. Kirishima, Ace, Katsuki, and Izuku all put them selves in front of the villain.
"Not if we end you first!" Katsuki shouts
"Betcha didn't see that coming!" Kirishima adds.
"That was close… Yes, students though you may be, you are the best of the best." The villain faux praises.
"No get Back! All of you!" Thirteen shouts.
"BEGONE" the villain shouts covering the area in black smoke.
Thirteen tries to suck up the black mist with his quirk. The portal Villain is quick to open a portal behind the pro to redirect the Black Hole, so the hero sucks himself up instead. "Writhe in torment. Until you breathe your last."
Izuku, Tsuyu, and Luffy end up in the flood zone. Izuku is quick to spread his wings and fly to catch Luffy before they both fall into the water. He lands on a boat and drops Luffy. "You good?" "Yea you?" "Fine" he scans the water and watches as Tsuyu jumps onto the boat.
"They know our schedule…! The simplest explanation is that they caused the media rush as a disturbance to get in and get the information. They have been waiting for a chance and are prepared. If they have a way to kill All Might we have to do something. Those guys down there… they are all suited to Aquatic Combat, right?"
"Yea, they all have water-based quirks" Tsuyu states.
"So, the ringleaders must have recruited their team knowing about USJ's different environments." Luffy states.
"Exactly! There intel told them that much but with all their planning, one odd thing stands out." Tsuyu looks at Izuku and Luffy a look of confusion on her face.
"They zapped you into the flood zone" Luffy helpfully comments.
"What I'm stating is that they must not know our quirks!"
"Your right if they knew about my quirk, they would have sent me to the fiery zone"
"It's exactly because they don't know about our quirks… that their strategy is to scatter us and overwhelm us with numbers. They have us beat when it comes to numbers and experience so there is only one way for us to win! We exploit the fact that they don't know our Quirks!"
"Ok so what's the plan" Tsuyu asks.
"Tsuyu, what can your quirk do?"
"I can jump really high and stick to walls. My tongue can stretch to a maximum of 20 meters. Also, I can spit up my stomach and clean it… and secrete a poisonous fluid… I say poisonous but it really just stings a little"
"Ok I have super strength, my wolf form and can burn and heal, I also can use my feathers as projectiles to set fire or paralyze things."
"I can stretch, have super speed and strength, I can't be hurt by blunt attacks."
"Ok so I will punch the water and cause them to move to the center of the water. Then Luffy use gear second jet Gatling then I will release my paralytic feathers and paralyze them. Tsuyu you need to catch Luffy, so he doesn't land in the Water. We can't swim." The plan works as Izuku thought it would. Tsuyu wraps her tongue are Luffy and Izuku grabs onto Tsuyu shoulders. He flaps he wings and take them airborne. They land outside the water area.
"So, we made it out of our first zone now what Midoriya?" Tsuyu asks.
"Right now, our top priority is calling for help. If possible, we should follow the shoreline and make for the exit, avoiding the plaza altogether."
"Right, looks the Aizawa Sensei is drawing a large number of them to the plaza" Tsuyu confirms.
'Shota' "There are too many of them. Of course, he is more than capable of holding his own but… it's too much for him. He knew that, but he jumped in to protect us."
"So, what's the plan to help?" Luffy ever the enabler asks.
Tsuyu gasps. "I think we would be in the way if we changed in"
"I'm not saying we should dive right into the fight. Just that we watch for an opening… and do whatever we can to lighten sensei's load."
**** Land Slide Zone****
"Its hard to see you guys as anymore than thugs with quirks you can't even handle. Forgive me for saying so but, Divide and conquer huh?" Comes the cold voice of the red- and white-haired kid.
"Bastard! The second he was warped here…" One villain trapped in Ice shouts.
"Is he really just a kid…? Ow Ow Ow…" Another villain asks.
'They want to kill All Might… at first it seemed like they were elite. They'd use their numbers to overwhelm him. But taking a closer look, the pawns are here for us… nothing but a gang of low-level cannon fodder. As far as I can tell there are only about 4 or 5 really dangerous individuals here.' "Hey, at this rate your skin will rot away from frostbite. But I'm trying to become a hero. And heroes don't do such terrible things. What makes you think you can Kill All Might…? Tell me the plan."
***The Plaza***
"Twenty-three seconds"
"Twenty seconds"
"Twenty-four seconds"
"So, you're the boss?" Aizawa asks. Running straight for the main villain.
"Seventeen second"
Aizawa elbows him in the gut. But the villain grabs his arm "Its hard to tell when you're scampering around but… there are moments when your hair falls in front of your eyes." He touches Aizawa's elbow and starts decaying the skin and muscle. "Every time you finish a given move. And your max duration's getting shorter and shorter. Don't over do it now Eraserhead." Aizawa lashes out before too much damage can happen to his arm but still.
'My elbow was disintegrating.' The lesser villains are confident that this is the time to team up and take the teacher out of the fight. Aizawa is still going strong but he is feeling the fatigue and pain is getting to him.
"Your quirk… it's not good in long group battles huh? This is kinda different from your usual work yeah? You specialize in quick sneak attacks. Yet you jumped right into this, hoping to make the kids feel safe? So cool. So cool. By the way hero… I'm not the boss here."
The monster comes up behind Aizawa and smashes his face into the ground. The monster snaps both of Aizawa's arms. "Meet the anti-symbol of peace the bioengineered… Nomu."
*** Collapsed Zone ***
Bakugo, Ace and Kirishima are sent to the collapsed building. They dispatch the villains easily enough.
"Buncha Mooks" Katsuki grunts.
"That's all of 'em" Ace comments.
"Great! Now let's hurry and help the other's!" Kirishima tells the other two. "If we are here, I bet everyone else is also still in USJ! I'm worried about the guys who don't really have ways to attack! Thirteen probably has his hands full since we rushed ahead like that. None of this would have happened if we'd let him suck that guy in., we gotta take responsibility."
"If that's what you want, then go on. Alone I'm gonna beat that warp guy to a pulp!"
"Still pulling that immature crap at a time like this, beside we already tried your way Blasty it didn't work" Ace is getting angry Luffy, Izuku could be in danger and Katsuki want to go after a villain.
"Shut up." Katsuki states cold. "He is how these punks are getting around. Bring him down, and they'll have nowhere to run! And its not like I don't have ways to beat him."
Katsuki can feel something coming behind him. He throws his palm back and explodes. A lizard like face forms from the explosion. "I mean… If all they're sending against us are these idiots. They should be fine."
"You sure are calm all of a sudden" Kirishima comments.
"I'M ALWAYS CALM, YOU DANMED SHITTY HAIR" Katsuki rages.
"Ah there he is."
"I'm outta here! If I know the nerd, he will be in the middle of the commotion"
"Hold up. You gotta trust your pals…! Be a man Bakugo! You've convinced me"
*** back in the Plaza***
"Canceling out quirks. Pretty cool but nothing special. Up against crazy strength, you might as well be totally quirkless." The hand villain taunts. Aizawa tries to use his quirk against the beast on his back. The Nomu snaps his arm and smashes his head against the ground again. 'He snapped my arm like a twig, looking at any part of his body should have been enough to nullify his quirk. That means this is his base strength. He really is as strong as All Might.'
"Izuku, this is bad this is time to change plans." Luffy states getting into gear second.
Izuku is finding it extremely hard to stay in control. He is starting to look feral. He lets out a growl and that notifies the hand villain to their location. The portal guy appears behind the villain "Kurogiri. Is Thirteen dead?"
"Tomura Shigaraki." Greets the now identified Kurogiri "He is incapacitated but… there were some students I couldn't warp away… and one of them escaped."
"Oh?" Shigaraki sounds positively murderous. "Huh… Huhhh Kurogiri you. I'd turn you to dust if you weren't our ticket out of here. We won't stand a chance against a dozen of other pros. It's game over… its game over for now." He starts to viciously scratch is neck causing it to bleed. "We're leaving"
"Did he just say they're leaving?"
"I think so" Hearing this is allowing Izuku to gain some control back. If the villains leave, then Izuku will go full wolf to heal Aizawa.
"I've got a bad feeling about this Izuku" Luffy states.
"Yea to do all this and then just leave… it doesn't make sense"
"But before that. Let's leave a few dead kids… to wound the pride of the symbol of peace." Shigaraki closes in on Tsuyu. 'he's gonna use his quirk on her' Izuku powers up a 10% punch just as Shigaraki's hand connects with Tsuyu's face.
"You really are pretty cool" Shigaraki turns around to Aizawa. "Eraserhead."
"Get out of here Luffy take Tsuyu" He goes in for the punch.
"Nomu" Is all Shigaraki states. Izuku connects with the Nomu, the punch does nothing to it.
"Quite a move you just pulled off… and with a smash too… you a fan of All Might. Well Whatever." The Nomu grabs Izuku as the doors slam open. "FEAR NOT. I AM HERE!" All Might is not smiling he is livid. These villains dare to hurt his students to target him. Well he's not about to let that happen.
"Oh?" Shigaraki smirks.
"I had a bad feeling… so I cut the meeting with the principal short and came right away. Then I ran into Iida on the way… he told me the gist of what is happening here. And it made my blood boil. You kids must have been so scared…" He checks on thirteen he is badly injured, but he will make it. "Fear not." He rips off his tie "I am here!"
"I've been waiting, Hero. You're worthless trash." Shigaraki comments.
"That's!? I've never seen him in person before!" A villain comments
"What a presence" Another states.
"No backing down, you idiot, we're here to kill him" A third villain reminds.
All might just runs through them all. They are not worth his time or effort. He stops next to Aizawa. He is relieved to find Aizawa is only unconscious. "I'm sorry Shota." All Might whispers. 'His arms and face…!" All Might turns to Shigaraki and the Nomu and flashes toward the children grabbing them and landing near Aizawa. "Izuku take care of Shota" Izuku nods and starts transforming. Standing near Aizawa is a massive green wolf twice the size of the Nomu. Izuku starts letting his fire out trying to heal Aizawa as much as possible. All Might is attacking the Nomu.
Shigaraki looks over at the kids and sees the giant wolf. He notices the wolf is healing the teachers injuries. No, this can't be happening all his hard work will be for naught if that brat manages to heal the other hero. He sends a command to Kurogiri. "Get the boy"
Just as a portal opens up and Kurogiri steps through it. Izuku starts growling quickly turning black and sending fire the portals way. His fire doesn't hit the villain. Kurogiri is reaching for Izuku when a shout of "Move Nerd!" blasts through air and next thing anyone notices is Katsuki holding down Kurogiri by his chest plate setting off explosions.
"Move and I won't hesitate to blow up you, asshole."
Ace and Kirishima land next to Izuku. Izuku shifts back into his human form, he healed Aizawa as much as he can right now. There teacher is just sleeping. "That's not very hero like, Blasty" Ace smirks.
Shigaraki is scratching his neck again "Not only have you beaten our level, but you're all at full health… todays kids really are something… our league of villains should be ashamed…"
"Nomu take out the brat!" Todoroki arrives and freezes the Nomu. The Nomu shatters the ice at the cost of his limbs.
"His body is falling apart but… he is still moving?!" Luffy exclaims
"Get back everyone!"
"I thought his quirk was shock absorption"
"I don't remember saying that is all he can do… This is hyper regeneration." Shigaraki informs. "Nomu is a super powered living sandbag designed to withstand everything you've got." All Might moves Katsuki out of the way assuming freeing Kurogiri was the target. The Nomu rushes past All might Ignoring him.
Izuku stares wide-eyed as the Nomu is approaching him at top speeds. He lashes his Tails out to fling everyone away from him, he enforces his body with Armament Haki and prepares for the blow. The Nomu hits Izuku right in the chest. Izuku screams as his chest caves in. He is unconscious before he even hit the ground the on the first bounce.
Katsuki watches wide eyed as Izuku is blown across the plaza crashing through multiple walls. He lets out a guttural scream, lightning crackles around his body. The lower level villains that were starting to recover from the previous fights; are falling over unconscious. Even some of the students are passing out or feeling feint. Katsuki runs as fast as he can to where Izuku landed. "No no no no no, please not the Nerd, it should have been me" There are tears streaming down his face those that are still conscious; All Might, Luffy, Ace, Kirishima, and Todoroki all stare in shock at what just happened.
All Might recovers first. His mind is wrapped in fury and he charges the Nomu.
"Tsuyu, Todoroki take Aizawa away from here." Ace states no leeway in his voice.
"Are you gonna go get Midoriya"
"Yea, Luffy, Kirishima lets go." The other boys follow Ace in the direction Katsuki ran off too.
"That power that came from Bakugo, what was it?" Kirishima asks.
"I promise we will tell you later, right now there is more important things to handle" Luffy stated
"I got it; Let's go"
When they arrive at the scene, Kirishima is shocked the usually explosive boy looks so broken, defeated. Katsuki is sitting on the floor holding Izuku who is covered in green flames. He is crying, Katsuki never cries. Ace and Luffy approach Slowly, Ace touches Katsuki's shoulder, he is not prepared for the open vulnerability on the explosive boys face. "Katsuki we need to get Izuku out of here. We need to trust All Might to handle this. Izuku is strong his Fuji won't let him die."
Katsuki looks at Ace his hands a crackling. "Why was it Izuku, why did All Might save me? He should have went to Izuku. My nerd why?" Katsuki is spiraling down, he is not going to be any help to them getting Izuku out of here. Ace coats his fist in Armament Haki whisper out an apology and punches Katsuki hard on the top of the head. Effectively knocking him out, he quickly catches him and Izuku.
"Kirishima, Luffy grab Izuku. I've got Katsuki."
Bewildered Kirishima does as told. "Why did you knock him out?"
"Because he won't move, he won't let us move Izuku. We are not safe here. We need to get Izuku to the exit. Don't worry help is on the way. We need to move now." Ace gets up and positions Katsuki on his back. Kirishima and Luffy pick up Izuku careful of Izuku's injuries, they follow Ace to the entrance. Arriving they see the other students getting up. Ace passes Izuku over to Ochaco and Momo. "Lay him down we are gonna go back for Aizawa, keep them safe. Please. Keep them close if Katsuki wakes up he might get violent if he can't see Izuku." Ace warns
The girls nod, Ace turns around and notices Shigaraki heading toward Aizawa and the students carrying him. His body turns into fire, Luffy goes into Gear Second. Luffy jumps down to the other Jet Pistol ready, the move connects with Shigaraki pushing him back a bit to give the other students time to move. Ace lands in the middle of the group and places a flame wall between them and Shigaraki.
The doors slam open and Iida comes running in followed by the other heroes. Shanks take one look at the students first thing he notices is the state Izuku and Katsuki are in. Then he looks over to where he can see Ace's flame wall, His eye lock on to the unmovable form of Shota. Ace seems to be struggling against the villain constantly creating more fire to hold him back. Ace is breathing heavily. Luffy is wrapping his arms around 2 students and their teacher. He pumps his legs and leaps to the top of the stairs. He lets go of the students, and gently places Aizawa next to Izuku and Katsuki. Shanks looks at All Might's direction he see's steam coming from All Might as he delivers a final blow to the Nomu causing the monster to launch through the ceiling and into the forest. All Might is breathing heavily struggling to stay in his muscle form.
He looks back at Ace and the other villains. Ace is only defending, Shanks assumes correctly that the reason for this, the villain probably has a way to get past Ace's fire. With Izuku incapacitated Ace is fighting smartly. Shanks notices the beginnings of a portal opening inside the fire barrier. He sees the other villains hand reaching for Aces face. He leaps into action, drawing his sword and covering it in Armament Haki, he blocks the hand. Red lightening lashing out Shanks Lets out a massive blast of Haki targeting the Villains. Shigaraki faints, the portal villain quickly pulls him into the portal and escapes. The other heroes are detaining the other Villains. Shanks approaches Ace and places his arm of the distressed and exhausted boy "It's over Ace, you did well. You can fill me in on Izuku Later. Go check on the other classmates. Luffy needs you right now go to him."
Ace nods and draws his fire back into himself. "I'm so sorry I couldn't protect him, he, Izuku he, whipped us all away and took a blow because he though he could heal himself. Fuck I should have protected him."
"It's not your fault, He will live. Go to the others. I'll get All Might" Shanks states with finality. He doesn't want Ace to see All Might in his weakened form. Shanks watches as Ace walks to the other students Shoulders slumped. When he gets to Luffy and Kirishima He slumps over Luffy holding the other boy desperately bare shoulders shaking.
Shanks' face hardens and heads to All Might. "What happened here?"
"I made a mistake and probably cost a student their lives. I thought the target was Bakugo he was holding down the portal villain. I didn't even think anyone else would have targeted. So, I moved Bakugo, I realized my mistake too late and Izuku paid for it. I failed Shanks."
"You made a judgment call, based on the information you had. It was not your Fault you had no backup; you tried your best to protect the students. Izuku is hurt yes, but he will recover. Him being hurt is better than a student that doesn't have his training or healing capabilities. If someone like Kirishima, or Tsuyu got hit by that monster they would not survive. Izuku probably thought this as well and decided to take the hit himself. Right now, we have a class of students that are scared with some minor injuries we need to let them know that this is over. We can sulk later." Shanks puts All Might shoulder over his arms and leads him over to the side to sit down. "Rest here I will get Recovery Girl here."
"Thank you, Shanks."
"Don't mention it, I'll do check up on everything. Rest here once you get enough strength to keep your form for a bit address the class then go to the infirmary." He walks off, checking on the other heroes, he is glad to see that all the unconscious villains are detained and being led onto busses to be brought down to the station. He checks on the injured next, Recovery Girl is with them.
"How are they?" Shanks asks getting right to the point.
"They will all survive, Izuku's chest caved in, his wolf is working on fixing his lungs and heart. From what I can tell he will make a full recovery. Aizawa could have been worse but appears to have received healing from Izuku before Izuku blocked the attack. Katsuki was knocked out by an extremely powerful punch to the back of the head. Most likely to knock him out to get him out of the way, probably from Ace. They will be fine I will take them to the infirmary where they can heal further."
"Thank you, I must go check on the other students" He makes his way to the exit where the other students are receiving healing for minor injuries. This incident was devastating but if not for the boys it could have been a lot worse. Most of the students seem to be shaken up. Thirteen has received healing from Recovery Girl. He notices Luffy, Ace, Kirishima and another boy if he remembers correctly is Todoroki sitting by the wall away from everyone else. Ace has a blanket around his shoulders, Todoroki keeps stealing glances at the fire boy. Luffy is resting against Kirishima's shoulder keeping light conversation. He notices the principal talking to the detective he approaches them "I have checked over everyone, All Might needs to rest before you can see him. The boys and Aizawa will make full recoveries. Izuku is healing himself and Aizawa at the same time so we should keep the two together. Katsuki is going to be a problem when he wakes. We shouldn't keep him away from Izuku."
"Are they…?" Nezu asks.
"Not my place to tell, but for everyone's safety do not separate them. Luffy and Ace are gonna be enough to deal with. I suggest we send the students home until Monday. Let them heal and talk to their parents. Keep the injured here they should be recovered by then."
"I agree" Nezu confirms.
Ochaco and Momo run up to Shanks most of the class behind them. "Is Aizawa going to be fine? What about Thirteen, and Izuku?"
"They will recover, but it will be a few days."
"Sensei what happens now?" Momo asks
"You will all be going home until Monday take the time to rest" He tells the students. The pros and Principal are talking about increased security measures, One of the Police officers reports that they found a villain in the woods about 400M away. "He appears to be unharmed and completely unresponsive. He didn't resist arrest and he seems to be Mute."
"Nezu I would like to go over the school with a fine-toothed comb."
"Yes, that is fine, after all the police have jurisdiction. Plus, investigation is your area of expertise! Do what you feel is Necessary."
**** In the nurses Office****
In the nurses office four beds are being taken over. Izuku, All Might, Katsuki and Aizawa take the beds. Izuku's flames are restless healing himself and Aizawa. Aizawa's injuries are mostly healed, he just sports superficial wounds now. Recovery Girl approaches when the flames die down, she bandages Aizawa's face and arms. She approaches Katsuki's bed, overall, he is fine. She worries about his mental health. This is eerily similar to the incident several years ago. She is going to keep Katsuki here under the guise of concussion. All Might's injuries well that is something she can heal. She approaches All Might to put a kiss on his forehead. All Might thanks her.
"I think… I've probably shortened my time again… I'll be lucky if I can still get 3 hours a day." He tries to get up, Recovery Girl stops him with a disapproving glare. The door opens. "Pardon, Me!" a voice calls.
The detective comes into the room, "Tuskauchi! Didn't know you were here!"
"Long time no see, All Might" he smiles at All Might "Not to rush you but I'd like to ask you about these villains, All Might."
"Wait hold on first… Are the students all Right?! And Ace, Luffy?"
"Beside everyone in this room, the students have nothing more than a few bumps and bruises. The other boys are shaken up and will be here with Shanks later. If you three Heroes hadn't put your lives on the line… the students wouldn't have made it out of there unscathed."
"I see… But… You've got one thing wrong, Tuskauchi." At the Detectives confused face, All Might continues, "in this fight, the students… put their lives on the line too! to be thrown into a real battle so young… and survive. Now these first years… Know how scary the big bad world can be. Have you ever heard of Such a class?!" He pauses "Those Villains picked the wrong fight, because the members of Class 1-A are going to be mighty heroes indeed!" All Might's voice is full of pride and determination. "I'll make sure of it!".
Shanks, Ace, Luffy and Kirishima enter the medic room and approach Izuku's bed. Katsuki has woken up sometime before the Detective left. He is now slumped over Izuku's form. He doesn't know what to do, he doesn't know how to fix this. He feels the other boy's and Shanks approach; he doesn't acknowledge them. He knows they won't move him. Recovery Girl already attempted, he made it adamantly clear that he will not be leaving this spot until his nerd wakes up.
Kirishima sees the broken form of Izuku laying on the bed, his fire is dancing along his skin he is connected to multiple tubes and wires, there is an I.V. in his hand feeling him fluids. Recovery Girl didn't know when he would wake up. Kirishima is a little confused and he has a theory that is eating at him. Kirishima notices Ace and Luffy hovering but not to the extent of Katsuki. He thinks of everything he knows so far about the two boys; they are closer than brothers; but don't want to be called brothers as Izuku said that would be too weird. Izuku said they are partners. That doesn't explain why Katsuki looks like he just lost part of his soul. He didn't think anyone could look so broken, defeated and vulnerable as Katsuki looked right then. Izuku is more protective over Katsuki then he is over the rest of the pack. He gets it now. They are soulmates, this realization makes him gasp. The thought of this happening to Luffy would have Kirishima in a worse state then Katsuki; he believes, he can't even begin to imagine what Katsuki is going through. He lets out a sob Ace and Luffy turn to look at him, they see the understanding in his face.
"They have know since we were 5" Ace stated.
Kirishima's eyes go wide, he has only known Luffy for about a month or so. He can feel the bond between him and Luffy growing stronger every day, He cannot imagine how strong the bond Katsuki and Izuku has. That is probably why they are always in contact with each other. Katsuki is always touching Izuku's back and wings. Izuku always has his tails wrapped around Katsuki. The signs are obvious, but well hidden as well. He doesn't think anyone else has noticed how close Katsuki and Izuku are because Izuku is affectionate the Ace, Luffy and recently Kirishima as well. He is just a bit more toward Katsuki.
"Katsuki is usually so strong, I've never seen him look so destroyed before today, I can't imagine what he is feeling right now. I would be good for nothing but madness if that was Luffy." Kirishima states his thoughts out loud. Luffy blushes at the comment but he feels the same way.
Katsuki whispers quietly into Izuku's ears, with how quiet the room is the other boys can here him. "Please Nerd, you gotta wake up. I'm begging you please." His voice is broken by sobs, his vision is blurring with tears. His throat feels raw, he is lost to his emotions. "Come on Izuku, I know you can hear me. I know you are in there. Just wake up already." Katsuki is letting anger out he doesn't know why he is angry but it's an emotion he knows well. He can process anger better then this lost, vacant feeling suffocating him. He feels this hopelessness threaten to crush him and he doesn't know how to process this. His face scrunches up as another wave of crushing despair his him. "I can't… please don't leave me here. You promised you wouldn't. Remember we promised each other we won't leave the other behind. What do you think you are doing right now. Please don't go somewhere I can't follow to bring your ass back. I- I don't know what I would do without you. I can't lose you. Dammit Nerd!" Kirishima notices something and points it out to the other boys. "It looks like Izuku's fire is responding to Katsuki."
"Your right, Blasty keep talking to him, I think his wolf is listening. So that means he can hear you." Ace suggests.
Katsuki's eye go wide, hope is blooming in his chest in an overwhelming force. Izuku can hear him well then, he is gonna give the nerd a piece of him mind. The nerd is gonna learn today, what happens when you scare the shit out of his explosive Soulmate. Katsuki smirks "Nerd, you can here me. You idiot, you stupid stupid idiot. You knew didn't you, you knew that monster was targeting you, not me. You had enough time to push the others away. Why didn't you move as well. Huh?! You idiot when you wake up, I'm kicking your ass."
Kirishima, and Ace both sweat drop, Izuku fire is more active, almost answering Katsuki's challenge. If possible Katsuki's smirk widens. "Oh, you like that thought, well first you need to get up." Izuku's hand twitches under Katsuki's hand. Katsuki jolts almost like he was burnt. He stares at Izuku's hand trying to find out if he imagined the twitch or not. With a shock filled voice he gasps "Izuku?" He waits but he doesn't get another sign. Izuku's fire is lazily flicking around the bedded boy.
"Katsuki, what happened?" Ace asks.
"He um twitched his fingers I felt it." Katsuki responds breathlessly.
"I'll get Recovery Girl, you stay here." Ace states and heads to the door.
Ace comes back in with Recovery Girl by his side. "Ok, what's going on?" She asks.
"He moved, I was talking to him and his fingers twitched. I know I felt it." Katsuki answers.
"Ok, I'll check on him. His healing fire has died down, lets see the extent of his injuries." She moves to the other side of the bed. She checks his vitals and listens to his breathing and heartrate. She feels the chest area looking for any deformities. She smiles when she doesn't find any. His heartrate is in normal ranges. His lungs are working on their own, so she pulls the breathing tube out of the boy's mouth. "He seems to be in a deep sleep, he might wake up sometime tonight, maybe tomorrow morning. You boys should go get some rest. You can visit him tomorrow."
"I am not going anywhere" Katsuki states defiantly. Recovery Girl already knew that so she looks at the other boys.
"Hey Blasty, we are gonna head home so we can inform Ma the Izuku is gonna be ok. We will be back tomorrow do you want us to bring you anything?"
"Some clothes would be nice." Katsuki says. Ace nods and heads for the door, he pauses at Katsuki's voice. "Ace, Thank you. You know for knocking me out." Katsuki says softly. Ace smiles at the other boy and nods "I only did that because you were being stubborn." Ace dismisses.
Katsuki smirks and turns back to Izuku. He sits down and looks deep in thought. The other boy's leave Katsuki is alone with Izuku. Recovery Girl left soon after checking on Izuku. Katsuki bows his head, he understands this overwhelming happiness he feels that his nerd is going to be ok. This feeling has been blooming for a while now. Their relationship has changed into something akin to love. He knows he loves the Nerd. At first it was a little more than What he feels for Ace, and Luffy. He loves them like brothers, he would be worried if anything happened to them; but he doesn't think he loves Izuku the same way. He would not have shut down the way he did, he wouldn't feel so empty and lost if Ace or Luffy got hurt. Don't get him wrong he would be extremely upset possibly more explosive, but he would leave their sides when he got confirmation that they would be fine. Like Ace and Luffy did for him and Izuku.
Fuck… he really does love this Nerd… of course he does they have been through everything together always supporting each other. Planning the future together as Kacchan and Nerd, in every future they have dreamed about they are always side by side; together at the top. Just thinking about a future with out his Nerd with him every step of the way fills his soul with a crushing loss. It makes the future look bleak and colorless. It is not a future he wants to live in, not without Izuku. He releases a breath and runs his hand through his hair "Fuck, Nerd wake up. I want to hold you and stroke your hair while you sleep. Whisper in your ear how much you mean to me. I want to kiss you so fucking bad. I will when you wake up, I'm not good with words. But I gotta show you I have no reason to live if you are not with me, that I – I fucking love you Nerd." He says out loud softly. Silent tears staining his cheeks, his breath leaves him in a breathless gasp. He is not sure if he imagined it again, but he swears he heard it. Softly as if the wind is speaking to him, he hears "Kacchan".
Next chapter will have some fluff between Katsuki and Izuku. Then leading to Festival.
Until next time.
