Chapter 27:
Welcome to Hell Week
Summary:
The start to the training camp.
After meeting with Shoto's mom the boys have spent the last week they had off, training and preparing for the training camp. The night before they needed to be back at school it was agreed upon that they would all spend the night at the Midoriya's so they can all leave together in the morning. They spent the day going through their packed bags and making sure they had everything. Izuku made sure he made heal packs for everyone in case he is not close enough to heal them. They go to sleep early that night and wake up before the Sun to make sure they eat a healthy breakfast. Katsuki made sure Luffy was stocked up on Jerky so he could eat when he was low on energy. He also packed food bars just in case.
When they arrive at the school everyone is waiting outside by the busses. Class 1-A and 1-B mingling about. The group heads over to their class area so Izuku and Katsuki can do a head count, when one of the Class 1-B students sneers.
"What? Some class A kids are getting extra lessons? That means some of them failed?!" Monoma Starts. "huh? Isn't that weird?! Isn't that strange?!" He starts laughing manically "I thought class A was to be superior to class B, right? Huh?" He finishes with a sneer. When Kendo comes along and chops him in the back of the neck.
She looks at class A and states "Sorry" with an apologetic smile on her face.
Class B approaches the Class A students commenting on Monoma.
"Do not get on Monoma's bad side…" One of the students warns.
"Well a lot of stuff happened at the sports festival… either way, congrats, A team." A female comments.
"Mmn" Another female agrees.
Izuku and Katsuki ignore the students from Class B and continue to get head count. With all 20 Class A students accounted for Izuku raises his voice. "Class 1-A lets get situated on the bus." The students listen and file into the bus. Izuku, Katsuki, Ace, Shoto, Luffy and Kirishima take up the back. Once everyone is accounted for and ready to go Aizawa calls attention to the class "The bus will be stopping in one-hour intervals… and after that…" he gets completely ignored by the chatting class.
"Let's blast some tunes! Something summery…" Kaminari calls
"Give me pocky…"
"The beginning of Carol's Summer to end all summers!"
"It's ending?"
"You are not supposed to stand on the seats! No standing on the Seats!" Shouts Iida getting completely ignored by the other students.
"Something that begins with B! Bank!"
"Now K!"
"Kash money!"
"Hey hand me some pocky too"
Aizawa lets them goof off "Whatever" he grumbles 'their days of monkeying around… like this are numbered'
An hour late the bus pulls over and Izuku tells the students to go stretch their legs. Some students are complaining about needing to use a bathroom. When the students get off the bus, they notice there are no facilities. They are not at a rest stop.
Izuku and Pack look over the scenery, they are standing on a cliff that overlooks a mountain range and endless forests.
"Wait this isn't a rest stop?"
"Where is class B?"
Izuku's ears pick up Aizawa mumbling under his breath. "To say there is no ulterior motive would be a lie…" He supposes his zoning out and ear twitching catch the attention of his Pack because they all look at him.
"Nerd?" Katsuki taps his shoulder
"What's going on?" Ace asks
"I think something is going to happen… be on your guard." Is all Izuku gets out as he picks up other conversations.
"Heeey! Eraser!" Shout a very excited female in a hero costume that looks like a cat. "It's been a while!"
Aizawa puts his head down and sighs and mumbles under his breath "Not long enough"
"With sparkling eyes, we rock on…" Another female begins.
"Cute, cat, stinger" The excited female that greeted Aizawa shouts.
"The wild, Wild Pussy Cats!" The women cheer together.
Aizawa in his lazy drawl introduces "I'd like to introduce the professional heroes, the pussycats"
"One of the four hero teams that founded the union affairs office." Izuku starts to fan boy. "They specialize in mountain rescue operations and are veterans in their field! They have 12 years of experience on them." Katsuki pinches him before he can gush anymore. Izuku pouts while the others give the teen fond smiles.
The women start briefing the students "This entire area is more or less our domain." The raven-haired woman points to the bottom of a mountain "the place you'll be staying at is at the base of that mountain…"
"SO FAR AWAY!" shouts most of the class.
"Huh…? Then why did we stop here if we're only halfway?" Ochaco questions.
"Don't tell me…" Sato starts getting the gist of what is about to go down.
"Let's hurry back to the bus… please?" Sero shakily suggests.
The raven-haired woman sneers "It's 930 right now… it you kick it into high gear it'll be about 12…"
The other students finally catch on and start panicking trying to sprint for the bus.
"Oh… no…." Kaminari shouts.
"Let's go back" Ashido right behind him.
"TO THE BUS! HURRY!" shouts Kaminari.
The raven pays no mind to the panicking students as she continues to instruct the class "The kittens that don't make it before 1230 won't be eating"
Izuku picks up the sound of moving earth and starts to shift into his wolf form just as Aizawa whispers "I'm sorry everyone…" the land slide hits the class and pushes them off the cliff. "But your school trip… has already started"
"Feel free to use your personalities in our domain as you see fit!" The raven shout over the screaming students "You have three hours! Use your own feet to get to the facility."
Izuku in his wolf form slide down the landslide with Katsuki and the rest of the pack on his back. Katsuki is shouting orders to pull the students they can see out of the ground. Once all 20 students are accounted for Izuku has his fire wash over them as they stand on shaking legs. Most of the students call their thanks. Iida nods a tinge thankful.
The raven is still shouting over the ledge "Through this… Forest of Magic Beasts!"
The students start hearing rumbling and the ground is vibrating.
Izuku is already scanning his surroundings and judging by the looks on Katsuki, Ace, and Shoto's faces they are as well. "Forest of Magic Beasts?" Izuku mutters that sounds familiar, but he can't place it.
"Sounds like something out of Dragon Quest…" Kaminari helpfully supplies. That's right it is from a video game Izuku and Katsuki play sometimes.
"U.A. is notorious for this…" Grumbles Sero.
Izuku watches as one of the students rushes away to relieve themselves behind a tree. He hears a scream as the student runs back to the group pants around their ankles, as a creature made of dirt chases after them.
"Magical Beasts!" are the terrified screams of Kaminari and Sero.
Kouda approaches the beast and starts to whisper his commands "There, There, Beast… just calm down and fall back please"
Izuku rushes to collide with the beast as it raises his arm to squash the animal loving quiet teen. "Kouda!" He shouts to get him to move. 'Kouda's ability to subdue animals won't work on these they are made of dirt and clay'
"No use complaining, lets get this over with" Katsuki states. He looks over at Izuku "Nerd, do you have a plan?"
Izuku looks at Katsuki with a feral grin and nods "Yea the best plan" he has the classes attention "Let's let loose"
Up on the cliff Aizawa watches his students fondly as they scramble behind Izuku and Katsuki. Both of his problem children sharing the same feral grins. Ace and Shoto on Izuku's side like a steady wall, while Luffy and Kirishima stand firm next to Katsuki. Aizawa wanted to keep the 6 out of this training because he wants the other students to grow. But he also thinks this will be good training for leading the charge if and when they need to fight against multiple villains.
"This is a pretty insane itinerary you've got here, Eraser." One of the pussy cats comments.
Aizawa signs as he explains "Well, the plan was always to get them on the accelerated learning course usually reserved for those in their first term of their second year. So things are bound to get a bit hectic from here on out."
"The personalities which were only allowed during emergencies have been unleased… A temporary license to cut loose and mimic a qualified, approved hero." The blonde pussycat starts. "With the villains increasing the volume of activity lately, the first years will be looked upon to start fending for themselves."
The raven chimes in "Were the teens that took down Stain, in your class Eraser?"
"Yea all the more reason to put the class through the ringer. That gap between the strongest and the rest of the class is too large." Aizawa states.
"What do you mean? What gap?"
Aizawa points down to the students "You see the group leading the charge?"
"Yea. What about them?"
"They are the ones who took out Stain. The green haired boy also saved my life during the USJ. The blonde was the victim of the sludge villain attack a year ago, and the greenette stopped the villain single handedly. Without his quirk."
"But they are so young."
"Their life was not easy. When the greenette's quirk first manifested it came out to very few that he could heal. He has healed me a few times when I was exhausted after a mission and Recovery Girl couldn't do anything. He has even healed All Might and Shanks. If it wasn't for that boy All Might probably wouldn't be a hero anymore." Aizawa comments as he watches as Izuku feathers are hovering around the class waiting to be commanded to heal. His green fire lapping along the ground subconsciously looking to be used. He watches as Izuku controls his feathers toward a student that got swung into a tree with a dull thunk while his main focus was punching the beast and breaking it.
"If he could heal why is he here?" the blond asks. Seeing the glare Aizawa sends her way she continues "I would have though Nezu would have him shadow Recovery Girl."
"It is simple. He is not a healer. He can heal but he would rather die then be trapped in a hospital while his Soulmate and friends are fighting for their lives." He watches as Izuku and Katsuki tag team villains and guarding each other's blind spots while dancing around wild swings the beasts are using. He watches as Luffy and Kirishima use their quirks to block and defend the weaker students from being attacked; as the beasts crash around them raining debris and chunks of stone over the class. He takes a look to watch Shoto and Ace defend each other while Ace smiles at Shoto's confidence using his fire.
"Does he know who his soulmate is?" The raven asks "I mean they could be a healer too. Right?"
"No they are not a healer." Aizawa states. He leaves it like that. The boys are very cautious when it comes to revealing their bonds, he won't mention who it is. "They have know each other since they were 5" He glances back to Katsuki and Izuku, watching as Izuku activates full cowling and bringing Katsuki into the air to set up his Howitzer Impact. He watches as green flames wrap gently around Katsuki to heal the minor scrapes the collision causes the explosive boy.
"That young? Is that even possible?" The blond is shocked.
Changing the subject Aizawa sighs "Anyways it is better this way, He can practice his healing on the other classmates so we could leave recovery girl at the school. The targets painted on the boy's back is the reason I need to be tough and speed their training up. They can worry about the rescue part of being a hero after they have learnt how to survive first."
"I see. It makes sense."
"Then I leave it to you Pixie-Bob" Aizawa looks at the blonde.
"Woo! Leave it to me! I'm getting goose bumps!" Pixie-Bob cheers.
The raven looks over to a kid about 7 maybe 8 years old "Kouta, we're going."
The boy tsks and grumbles out "So Stupid…"
The students make it to the mountain around 5pm that evening. Izuku and Co. knows they could have gotten there by the deadline but Izuku said it would be good training to stick with the rest of the class. Katsuki knew that wasn't the only reason, the nerd wanted to make sure everyone stayed safe. By the time the boys broke the tree line all of the monsters were destroyed. After a while the other students got confidence in themselves to help defeat the waves of beast. Mostly from the kind (explosive) pep talk from one Katsuki Bakugo. Izuku is mentally exhausted from the constant telekinetic use of his feathers. The others are bone tired but Izuku couldn't do much about that, he is barely standing on his feet. Izuku kept trying to heal Katsuki's arms from the strain his explosions cause, but Katsuki kept telling him "I'm fine Nerd." With a small grateful smile.
Katsuki reminds Izuku that he will use a heal pack once they get to the camp since that is what they are for. He tells Izuku that he can just recharge them after he gets some rest. If Izuku had more energy he probably would have argued but conceded after some thought.
Pixie-Bob greets them "Finally, you're here" As the rest of the students break through the trees "Looks like there wasn't much point in threatening to deprive you of lunch."
The class groans their discontent "A little over two hours my ass" groans Sero.
"I'm gonna starve to death" Kirishima groans out. Luffy wholeheartedly agrees.
The raven pussy cat chuckles at the miserable students. "My bad, I meant by our standards."
Sato groaned "So it was just to boast, Huh…"
"HEHEHE… honestly, I thought it would take you longer" Pixie- Bob chuckles "To have figured out my awakened earth beasts so quickly and Easily" She licks her lips "You guys are good… Especially," She points out at the group "You six" the pack straightens up "Your lack of hesitation and indecisiveness… I take it that comes from the experiences you have acquired?" Aizawa is holding her back as she makes to bolt to the six clearly terrified boys "I'm anxious to see what'll become of you guys three years from now! I call dibs Right now"
Perhaps predictably Katsuki glares and shouts "Now way old hag."
Luffy backs him up "Kats and Izuku are making their own agency. We are gonna be the best with them at the top." Determination flares around the boys along with pride. Disapproval and doubt flood from behind them as the rest of the class can't see that happening in 3 years. Maybe after a decade of working their way up there then yea maybe. But those who know the 6 boys (Themselves and Aizawa right now) well they see the future a bit differently. There is no doubt in Aizawa's mind that those boys will reach the top even before they graduate. If it was possible that is.
Pixie-bob rages at the blonde for the old hag comment "I'm not old"
Aizawa turns to the raven "Mandalei… Was she always so… Hyper?"
"She's in a bit of a rush… being at the marrying age and all" Mandalei sighs.
"Speaking of marrying age…" Izuku's ever inquisitive nature gets interrupted by a palm to the face along with a shout of "Don't speak!" that goes completely ignored by Izuku in favor of knowledge "are one of you that child's mother?"
Mandalei points to the boy "Oh, no, that kid is my nephew." She gestures to the kid "Kouta! Come say hi, you're going to be living with them for the next week."
Izuku senses something unimaginably sad, coated with anger around the boy. If fact the boy reminds him how Katsuki used to be right after his father died. If a bit touchier and more open than Katsuki was. But the feelings and open aggression is spot on. Izuku has this sudden urge to pull the kid into a warm hug and shelter the boy within his wings to protect him from what ever happened in his past. So Izuku keeps his distance as he kneels in front of the boy to be at eye level "Uh, hi name's Izuku. Nice to meet you."
The punch he receives in the face doesn't go unnoticed as Ace and Shoto have to hold back Katsuki from pummeling the kid. Eventually Ace has to trip Katsuki and sit on him as the teen rages and pops explosions harmlessly at Ace.
The kid walks off not getting much of a reaction from the teen he hit. It is weird how he just took the hit with a smile while a small green flame healed the small bruise. He turns his back on the other students "I'm not going to fuck around with a bunch of losers who want to grow up to be corny ass heroes."
"FUCK AROUND!? HOW OLD ARE YOU!?" Iida rages.
Hearing the kid cuss breaks Katsuki out of his own (Righteous) rage with a laugh and smirk "Kid thinks he's an adult."
Shoto glances down at the sprawled out Katsuki "Reminds me of someone I know…" he points out in a knowing tone. Ace can't help himself as he doubles over in laughter at the serious expression on Shoto's face.
Katsuki's eyebrow twitches as he explodes "Ah? He's nothing like me! At least I don't keep my emotions pent up inside like a certain someone!"
Shoto looks unimpressed "Relax, it was just a joke…"
Aizawa having heard enough and just wants to go take a nap calls out "Enough chit-chat, go get our luggage from the bus." Then points behind him "Once you've settled into your rooms grab dinner in the dining hall" he starts to walk away then pauses as a thought comes to mind "After that, take a bath, kick back and unwind. The real deal starts tomorrow." He smirks "Get a move on it!"
There are 4 rooms one for the girls, and 3 for the boys. Izuku notices that all of his pack share a room, there is another group of 6 in another room. And the last boys room has the last 5 students. After getting settled and taking out a heal pack for Katsuki's arms (Izuku never forgets) he follows the others out into the dinning area. He notices Class B is already seated and talking amongst themselves.
Most of Class A is already down sitting at the table leaving open a part of the table big enough to fit the group. Izuku and Luffy eye the table with stars in their eyes as they shout out "Thanks for the food" before they dig in enthusiastically. Making an unintentional competition between the two boys. See Luffy can eat a lot but he usually can't break down more filling foods like rice and vegetables as fast as he can with meat. If this was an all you can eat meat buffet Izuku would have lost. Now it's anyone's game.
"The girl's dormitory is just regular size then?" Kaminari asks.
"I hear the boy's dormitory is massive!" Ochaco exclaims
"Hey, can we come visit after this?!" Ashido suggests.
"Sure, more the merrier" Aoyama agrees.
"Fish, meat, vegetables… I've died and gone to Heaven!" Exclaims Ace.
"My taste buds are crying tears of joy! The rice is pure gold" Cries Kirishima. "I could chow down on this rice forever! The flavor just explodes in your mouth! The grains match Lunch Rush's quality!"
Pixie- Bob chuckles at the excitement and positive energy around the teens that were dead on their feet an hour ago "you guys sure do get excited about the weirdest things when you're hungry. Things are going to get more hectic from here on out… stuff your faces while you can." She turns to Kouta "Hey, Kouta, bring over those vegetables for me"
The boy grunts out "Hmph" as he picks up the box. After the students eat their lunches, they all head to the baths for a soak.
One of the kids in Class B is a toddler sized boy with purple balls on his head. He is mumbling something only Izuku can hear. "Any way… in the long run, it's not all about food… That's not what we truly need and want. That's something I definitely know… What we seek is beyond this wall…"
Tetsutetsu signs out "What are you going on about Mineta?"
Izuku watches bristling as the little teen put his head to the wall to listen in on the girls side of the baths 'pervert, how did he even get to the hero course'. The tiny teen sighs out dreamily "You see… even nowadays it can happen when the gods smile down on us, an occasion where the boys and girls have overlapping bath schedules. An accident… this is a most happy and joyous accident…" He face has turned to a lewd grin.
Iida enters the bath and immediately reprimands the pervert "restrain yourself" arms moving robotically "This bridge you are about to cross… Is beneath everyone here, not to mention it'd be frowned upon by the girls"
The boy seems not to care as he shouts some nonsense that "Walls exist to be scaled. Plus ultra." When the boy reaches the top Kouta is up there on the wall glaring down at the pervert.
He pushes the small teen "Learn what it means to be a dignified human being before aiming to become a hero." The small teen grabs the boys hand as he starts to fall pulling the boy off the wall. Izuku transforms into his smaller wolf form and launches to catch the young boy from the air. The boy lands on his back with a soft "oof" sound. Somewhere from the wall and Izuku catching the boy he let go of the pervert hand. The pervert keeps falling and his bare ass connects with Iida face. Izuku hovers down and gently lands.
Katsuki notices the boy is passed out on Izuku's back and goes to remove him from the nerd. Feeling the weight removed from his back he shifts back into human form. Katsuki hands him a towel.
"Kacchan, come with me to drop him off" Izuku asks.
Katsuki nods, if he stays here any longer, he might snap. He was comfortable leaning against Izuku before the pervert ruined it. Katsuki gives the boy over to Izuku to carry, he is not soft damnit, and they leave not sparing a single glance to the unconscious pervert sprawled on the concrete.
"Looks like he just passed out from the fear of falling." Mandalei states. She looks at the two boys "Thanks…" She glares at nothing "Eraser mentioned something about there being "an incarnation of human lust" among you boys, so I had Kouta acting as a look out for the girls… Girls these days are quite well- developed, you know"
"Anyway, he looks none the worse for wear." Izuku states.
"Thankfully, you were there to help him." Mandalei praises.
Izuku looks at the child and remembers what has been bugging him about the boy. "I'm not going to fuck around with a bunch of losers who want to grow up to be corny ass heroes" "Kouta… he… doesn't seem too keen on the concept of heroes…" Izuku mutters out.
"Hmm?" Mandalei questions.
"I grew up around a lot of people who wanted to be heroes. Me, Kacchan, Ace, and Luffy it is our dream. A kid this young being so jaded… it's something I have experienced before" He looks at Katsuki "I want to help him… but I don't know what happened to hurt him so deeply. I can guess though."
"Yeah… It shouldn't come as a surprise, but there are many out there who are not fans of heroes… if he had a normal upbringing, he would have probably grown up to idolize heroes as well."
"Normal?"
The door opens and Pixie-Bob steps in "Mandalei's cousins, Kouta's parents… they used to be heroes… but lost their lives on the job."
Izuku gasps "What…?"
"Two years ago, when they were protecting civilians from the villains." She pauses. "As heroes, there couldn't have been a more sublime and glorious way for them too pass on. They died a truly heroic death."
"But, for a child just beginning to understand his surroundings, it didn't mean shit" she strokes the boys head. "His parents were his world, he everything. Even though "they had left him" the world around him celebrated… his parents were praised and celebrated for their actions." She wets a towel to put over the boy's head. "I'm pretty sure he's not very fond of us either, but with no other relatives, he may feel obligated to follow us and our orders. From Kouta's point of view, heroes are… an incomprehensible disgusting sort of creature."
Izuku soaks in this information when a thought pops in his head "You were laughing until the bitter end… as if there wasn't a single person you couldn't save" that's right those were Shigaraki's words from two weeks ago.
"Anyway, you boys should get ready for bed"
Katsuki and Izuku make their ways back to the room and get into PJs. The others are all sitting talking amongst themselves. Katsuki lays down first and pulls Izuku into his side. "We will find a way to help him. Like you did for me" he whispers. Izuku nods his eyes tearing up for the young boy. They will find a way to pull then kid out of his darkness. Somehow.
****Day 2****
Aizawa and the pussycats wake the student up at 5am with instructions to be dressed in their uniforms and outside by 5:30. Most of the student look exhausted, most of them sport bed hair. Some of them look worse than Aizawa does on a good day.
Aizawa smirks "Good morning everyone" he takes in the still mostly asleep students "today we begin a rigorous round of reinforcement training. This trip's mission statement is to strengthen everyone's quirks as a whole, thereby allowing everyone to achieve their temporary licenses."
The students lose their tired edge as hope blooms around the chests of the students at the chance for their licenses. Aizawa continues "This is preparation to stand against and up to live- action hostility and aggression from your enemy. Prepare your hearts and minds."
He grabs a baseball and throws it to Katsuki "With that said, Bakugo try throwing this."
Katsuki catches the ball "This is from the physical strength exam…"
Aizawa nods "Your records indicate you recorded a toss of 1005.3 meters… at the time of admittance… let's see how much you have improved."
Katsuki starts stretching he knows what Aizawa is trying to prove so he won't go all out. Aizawa is trying to show the students they have been fine tuning their control on their quirks but not strengthening them. The only ones who have are Izuku, Ace, Luffy, Todoroki, Kirishima and himself. If he gives his full power, then the other students are going to suffer for it.
"Whoa, a skill growth test!" Ashido cheers.
"These three months have been pretty intense… I'm calling over 1.5km!" Sero Comments.
"You got this Kacchan" Izuku cheers.
With a feral smirk "Hup, and …" he explodes with a bit stronger explosion "DROP DEAD!" The handheld distance recorder beeps and Aizawa looks down at it and smirks. He faces it to the class "1.1km"
The class is shocked thinking it would have gone much farther. "Huh? That's not even close to what I thought."
Aizawa explains "In three months you have all gained a lot of experience. And of course, you have certainly grown. But that growth has been mostly emotional and technical. Now the time has come to concentrate on physical advancement as well. As you can see your "quirks" themselves have only improved, at best, by a marginal amount." He takes in the considering looks of the class. "So, starting today, we will focus on upgrading your quirks" At the students cheering he smirks ferally "I will be pushing you beyond your limits… So try not to kick the bucket on me…"
With class B Vlad is out there with his class a little bit later than Aizawa woke up his students.
"Improve our quirks…!?" The class B students shout out.
"Class A's already started, lets get going." Vlad starts "Class A got to stand out last time, it's our turn now. Got it? It's our time to shine."
"Our humblest apologies sensei…! Sorry we're worthless students" Tetsutetsu cries out.
"you talk about improving our quirks, but we've got 20 unique abilities divided amongst us… what do we improve on, an how?" A brunette asks.
"Muscle fibers break under constant abuse… and become stronger and thicker." Vlad starts "Your "Quirks" are the same, keep using them and they will become stronger. If you don't, they will wither away." He starts walking away leading his students to the organized chaos that is Class A "In other words, there is only on thing to do!" the class break through to the clearing "Go beyond you limits!"
Class B is shocked at what they see. Everyone in class A are stressing the limits of there "Quirks". They watch as there is a student Sitting in a tub alternating between fire and Ice. They watch as Bakugo plunges his hands into boiling water to sweat more and them lift his hands and explode his sweat in massive explosions. They watch as the kid who fought Tetsutetsu just stands there in his hardened form getting pummeled by another kid with a tail. They watch as Izuku stands away from everyone and faces a wall, green lightening sparking from him as he releases pulses of green fire in waves, no doubt trying to expand his range. He has also released all his feathers to float around the outside of the students training area. He is also punching and Kicking the wall while green fire wraps around his arms and legs.
"What is this hellscape…!"
"This is merely Affection" Vlad begins "Those whose abilities have allowable upper limits placed on them must raise those limits" Drawing attention to Kaminari that is working on charging generators and Aoyama shooting streams of lasers continuously. "Mutants and other composite beings must train their respective organs and body parts…" drawing attention to Luffy who is working on the range he can stretch. Asui who is working on how far her tongue can stretch. "Normally, we adjust the training based on physical growth…"
Aizawa continues "But we don't have that kind of time. Don't laze around class B."
Kendo looks around the training class A students "With us included, we've got 40 people…"
Another female turns and asks, "Can 6 people really handle that many "Quirks" at once?" Looking at the two teachers and the pussycats.
Aizawa smirks "That is why they're here." Shanks and Hawks appear. Along with the rest of the Pussy cats.
"That's right! Four minds one body"
"With sparkling eyes, we rock on!"
"We've come to lend a helping paw!"
"Wherever, whenever, we'll arrive…"
"Cute, cat, and stinger!"
"The wild, wild Pussycats" The four scream.
"My quirk search I can monitor and observe up to 100 people at a time. Their location, and weak points too. I'm Ragdoll" a brunette female cheers out.
"My flowstone will create a training ground fit for every last one of you! I'm Pixie-bob" The blonde female shouts excitedly.
"I'm Mandalei and with my telepath I can advise and instruct multiple people at one." The raven female boasts.
"I'm tiger. I'll be helping a group with Kicking and Punching and… other violent services." The only male pussycat grins.
"That's just wrong on so many levels." Some students sweat drop.
"Those with simple power augmentation abilities come to me." Izuku is about to stop his training and head over when Shanks stops him.
"He can't help you get stronger. Let him work with the others." Shanks states.
The other students are attracted by the scene and Gasp.
"Shanks?!"
"Hawks?!"
"Why are you two here?!"
"We are here because there are some students that would not benefit from this type of training." Hawks states.
At the students confused frowns Shanks points out "They are far stronger than this. They could work all day and not get any better."
Even the pussycats are starting to bristle and shout out. "Are you saying a group of students are stronger than us pros?!" Clearly enraged.
"Yes that is exactly what I am saying." Shanks and Hawks smirk.
"Then let's have them prove it" Tiger shouts out.
Izuku stops what he is doing and starts to transform into a wolf. He is in control as he looms over the pussy cat "Are you sure you want me to go all out on you. None of the pussy cats have wings so they can not help me make them stronger. I do have enhanced strength, if you want, we can spar. But I do not think you can keep up with my speed."
Tiger does not back down, he believes there is no way that the kid could be that strong. "prove it"
Izuku shifts and looks at the other students, and teachers. He receives nods from the teachers and his eyes seek out Katsuki. Katsuki gives him a 'Go for it' smirk. Shanks pats his shoulder and Izuku nods at him "Fine, I'll prove it."
Shanks nods, Aizawa sighs and Hawks chuckles. "Alright I guess we are gonna have a spar. Midoriya are you ready?"
"Yes Sensei" Izuku states full of confidence and determination. He knows the pro is going to underestimate him and lose because of it.
Aizawa and Shanks guide the students to the side as everyone stops what they are doing. Giving the teen and older hero room to spar. Izuku powders up 10% full cowling knowing he is holding back. The other students that have seen him go higher then that are all thinking he is being arrogant. The whispers start "he would have to go all out against tiger".
"I do not think he will be able to win this".
"You are forgetting about his healing abilities. Even if this is a one-sided fight, he can just heal the damage."
"Do you think that is how he made it so far in the sports festival?"
Katsuki growls "Shut up and watch, Idiots"
"If Izuku wanted to during our fight in the sports festival he could have won in seconds." Shoto states in an ice-cold voice.
Ace and Luffy nod and agree. In fact most of Class A agree. They have all seen him fight and spar with Shanks, and the others of his group. There is no doubt that Izuku is strong. Most of the class thought at first that Izuku's strength when sparring with Shanks came from experience. Shanks told them at the start of the year Izuku and the other 3 have been training with Shanks for 10 years. To most this will be the first time they have seen him fight against some he knows nothing about. They know he fought Stain but that was different he is not going to be fighting with his group, so the Class 1-A are excited.
Izuku smirks and gets into his fighting stance. Shoto and Kirishima look at Izuku in confusion this isn't his normal fighting stance. They glance at the others of the pack they see Katsuki with a smug look, Ace is smirking, and Luffy well he doesn't look any different.
Kirishima decides to ask "Um Bakubro?" Katsuki doesn't look his way only grunts Kirishima figures there is nothing short of the world ending that will tear Katsuki's gaze from his nerd. No scratch that Kirishima thinks with a fond smile even if the world was ending, he'd probably still watch Izuku. "What fighting style is he using? Doesn't he usually use a different one when you are fighting together?"
"He is using a hybrid kung fu, called Falcon Kung fu. It's half Leopard/Crane Taoist energies." Katsuki states "This fighting style works well for him since he is a small build. It is faster and more precise then the eagle or crane fighting styles."
They watch as Izuku stretches out his muscles studying his opponent. He unfurls his wings and shakes out a few feathers to float lazily around him. His mind has already formulated a plan and he estimate he will have victory in about 3 minutes. Tiger is big and fast, will most likely use his brute strength to overpower Izuku's small stature. Izuku will target the Knees with Fen Chin with techniques to weaken muscles and tendons. Once tiger is on his Knees or on the ground Izuku will meticulously target pressure points to reduce pain and cause paralysis. (He doesn't want to hurt him or drag this fight on he just wants to prove a point).
Inspecting his opponent for any signs of movement Izuku bows in a show of sportsmanship. Tiger reluctantly bows as well not willing to be one-upped by a brat. Shanks nods and gives the signal to start the spar. The students settle their whispers and focus fully on the fight. Kirishima glances at Katsuki again to see his reaction. Kirishima is not surprised by the star-struck look in his ruby gaze.
"Tiger's bootcamp has already started…" Tiger makes the first move coming in hot on Izuku's left, Izuku dodges and counter strikes tiger landing a solid punch to the bigger males stomach. The counter didn't do much damage to tiger. Izuku planned on that though, he pivots with his fingers poised in a strike delivers multiple strikes to his pressure points in his arm and leg on Tiger's right side. Izuku doesn't let up he keeps Tiger kneeling on the ground as he targets and strikes tendons and pressure points. He makes his way to the front of Tiger fingers poised in a straight jab lashes out toward Tiger's throat.
He stops just barely before hitting the man's throat and closing his windpipe. Tiger is shaking and pale as he breaths heavily. Shanks calls the match "Tiger is unable to continue. Midoriya wins"
Izuku drops his hand and relaxes his stance. He ignites his hands in green fire and goes over all of the pressure points and damaged tendons he hit. He watches Tiger's face as it contorts into pain and then relaxes. "Sorry Tiger. I needed to prove to you that you will not be able to train me. This training camp is meant to make us stronger; Shanks and Hawks are the only ones that can help me where I need it. I apologize for any embarrassment I may have caused you."
Tiger slowly gets up and stares down at the kid that ruthlessly took him apart in under 3minutes. Izuku is in a bow clearly remorseful Tiger thinks to himself 'This kid could have so easily became a villain. I have never seen eyes like that as they meticulously tore someone apart' he sighs. "Get up boy" Izuku raises his head. His eyes are their normal bright green rather that the studious eyes of a predator. "I should not have underestimated you. I apologize as well. I should have known that just because I have been a hero for so long doesn't mean I am infallible."
Izuku nods as he rights himself. His classmates gaggle over to him with mixed expressions of Awe and respectful fear. Shoto is the first one to break the silence with a smirk he states, "If you used that fighting style against me during our match you would have won in 30seconds." Shoto pulls Izuku into a firm hug clasping his back. Katsuki comes to his side and grumbles out "Good Job, Nerd"
Izuku beams at him and lightly squirms out of Shoto's hold "Kacchan" he calls as he latches around the other teen.
Katsuki's soft smile is hidden by green curls "so you perfected it huh?" he whispers. He feels more then sees the nod Izuku responds with.
Shanks works his way through the crowd "Ok Now, Izuku, Katsuki, Ace, Luffy, Shoto, and Kirishima with me. Izuku will be spending time with Hawks later to work on the control of your feathers."
"Yes sensei" The boy's call.
Aizawa makes himself known "The heroes have got their hands full. Dividing school personnel amongst the first years is difficult. These 6 students have far more experience then the rest of you. Because of their involvements in the USJ incident, the Stain attack and Midoriya being targeted at the mall; they need the extra training." Looks of understand (class A) and jealousy (Class B) flow through the rest of the students. "The pussy cats with their large area-of-affect quirks will be working with the rest of you to get you to their levels" He looks around at the remaining students "With our limited time, it's best this way … to advance everyone's quirks"
They spend the rest of the day working their asses off to get their quirks to new level. The pack works on team dynamics and battle strategies. While Izuku is working with Hawks to refine his feathers and increase the range he can control them, the others are formulating plans without Izuku to work on capturing Shanks. Without Izuku, Katsuki steps up to challenge having far more chances of success then the other plans. Shanks notices that Katsuki is making all the strategies, and while he thinks it is great that Katsuki is using his brilliant mind to help the others, he needs the others to work out winning strategies as well.
"Katsuki." Said boy gives his full attention to his Sensei. "You plans and strategies are second only to Izuku." Katsuki smirks at the praise. "However let the others plan, so they can get experience and confidence in the event something happens to you and Izuku." He considers it for a moment coming up with a test. "In fact Katsuki will be my hostage." He looks around and Points at Shoto. "Shoto you will lead on this mission you have 10 minutes to plan. Your mission is to locate and rescue the captured and injured Hero." Receiving a nod from the dual haired teen, Shanks blasts Katsuki with overwhelming Conqueror's Haki and catches the teen as he slumps over unconscious. Watching fury take over the other boy's faces Shanks smirks "This is just to make sure he is not tempted to escape" Shanks picks him up and starts to walk into the woods disappearing from sight.
Izuku always has Katsuki in range of his Observation Haki. He feels Shanks overwhelming Conqueror's Haki and then feels Katsuki's light darken. He knows this is probably a training exercise, but he can't keep his wolf at bay without knowing for sure. He leaps off using OFA and follows Shanks presence, he lands in front of Shanks growling ferally.
Shanks raises his hands "He is fine Izuku, this is to train the others to come up with strategies. You know Katsuki better, he would try to help them. That will only hurt the pack in the long run. I knocked him out, so the Pack learns to think and make plans without you or Katsuki to help them."
Izuku senses no lies as he studies Shanks. He whimpers and fights with himself to stay put. Shanks smiles at him and give a small nod stating Izuku can come closer to check on Katsuki. Izuku moves closer to Katsuki and inspect the other teen for injuries. Satisfied he leans back and looks up at Shanks "I knew it was a training exercise, but Fuji needed to make sure. The last thing I want is to lose control for a training exercise. I always have Kacchan in range and his aura is so bright like a beacon. But then it I felt your aura spike and Kacchan went dark. I needed to make sure nothing was wrong."
Shanks smiles fondly at the teen "It is fine, I am actually surprised you reacted so fast. Go back to your training. Your pack needs this lesson."
Izuku nods and spares one more glance to Katsuki he smiles at the sleeping teen and leaps off again. He lands in front of Hawks and ignores his questioning look. He spends the rest of the afternoon observing his pack and smiling as they complete their objective of rescuing Katsuki. He focus on the speed and distance his feathers can travel, while releasing all of his flames around him. Hawks marks the ground where his flames reach tracking the distance his burst heal can be affective.
It is 4pm when the groups all make their ways back to the dining hall. Ragdoll and Pixie-Bob have laid out ingredients for their dinner.
"Now, I told you yesterday, "Today is the last day we help you out"! Pixie- Bob explains.
"If you want to eat, get off your asses and make it yourself! Curry!" Shouts Ragdoll.
The students sighed tired and hungry "Yes Ma'am"
"HAHAHA everybody'd looking pretty raw!" Ragdoll Shouts "That doesn't give you an excuse to do a sloppy job, though!"
"You're right…" Iida adopts an over thinking pose "In the case of an emergency, feeding the hungry and providing sustenance to mind and body is an essential part of providing aid." Robotic arms moving a mile a minute Iida informs the rest of the class "THESE PROS ARE CORRECT! LET'S MAKE THE WORLD'S BEST CURRY!"
'Iida, you have some redeeming qualities' Aizawa thinks.
The class inspired by Iida all cheer and prepare themselves to make the best curry.
"Todoroki! We need some fire over here!" Ashido shouts as Todoroki passes by.
"Ace, can you give us some fire?" Sero asks.
Ace walks over and uses his fireflies to light 5 fires. Katsuki shouts "quit showing off Matchstick"
Momo creates a lighter from her skin "Everyone! If you keep relying on other's help you won't learn anything about making your own."
"Nah, it's cool" Todoroki walks over to Ashido's fire and lights a small flame and starting the wood on fire.
"Yay! Thanks" Ashido cheers along with Ochaco.
As a class they finish making the curry and sit down to eat "Thanks for the food" The students cheer.
"For restaurant standards, I'd say it's dog chow" Kirishima states "But given the situation this is some five-star gourmet grub"
"Says the guy swallowing without chewing" Sero comments.
"Momo, You're relentless" Comments Kaminari.
"Yup" Momo says as she take another bite "My quirk allows me to convert fat at an atomic level to create many different things. The more I consume the more I create."
"Quirks? What a waste of time…!" The kid mumbles out as he turns and storms away.
Izuku is the only one who hears this and decides he is going to investigate. He follows the boy to bring him food. The boy's trail leads him to an overlook with a cave. He spots the boy looking angry staring off into the distance.
Deciding to make his presence known "You must be starving, feel free to dig in…" He calls.
"You! How did you know…!" Kouta rages.
"I followed your footprints, figured you didn't have anything to eat." Izuku states simply.
"Im fine, I don't need any. What part of "I'm not fucking around with you scrubs" did you not understand" He rages "This is my secret base. You're not welcome here!"
"Secret base huh?"
"Getting all hyped about stretching your quirks is pathetic really. You really want to go that far just to brag about your corny ass powers"
Izuku sits down and sighs "Your parents…" He can sense the boy tensing "Were they the water-type quirk users the Water Horses?"
"Mandalei opened her big mouth, huh?" Kouta shouts
"Um no, Not exactly." He pauses "It was a terrible tragedy, I remember it."
"Screw you! You've all got a couple screws loose…" he starts off quietly "Calling yourself heroes and villains… killing each other… like idiots." He is crying now "Bragging about your "Quirks" … that's why you end up like that… Fucking Idiots…"
Izuku looks down in sadness and guilt.
Kouta sneers "What? Cat got your tongue?! That's what I thought, now get the hell out!"
"I was there" Izuku blurts before he could stop himself. Kouta looks two seconds away from breaking as he gasps "What?"
"I was there… That day" Izuku whispers mind plagued with thoughts of that day. "I was there when they died. I tried everything I could to heal them. But all I could do was close their wounds; my quirk wasn't strong enough then."
"Huh"
"That day I made myself a promise I would stop a nothing to be able to heal those in front of me. I worked so hard making myself strong enough to be a front-line fighter so that heroes, and civilians injured in a villain attack could get the healing they need to make it back to their families."
Kouta is overcome with grief and rage he lashes out at Izuku "FUCK OFF! Get your ass out of here before I make you!"
Izuku bows with tears stinging his eyes "Sorry… I'm so sorry" He turns to walk away "I'll leave the curry here".
Izuku catches Kouta's muttered words as he walks away "All of you scrubs need to just… shut your mouths…"
Overlooking the campsite several cloaked figures watch the students.
"We're only sending up a warning flare this time. To notify the others" One of the cloaked figures states
"It throbs… Pulses…" Another mutters "Let hurry up and go…!"
"It's not time yet. Also…" Another person in a gas mask starts "Didn't I tell you… we don't have to over do it?"
"Yea quit trying to act like the boss" Dabi overlooks the cliff "These heroes, riddled with holes…" He smirks "Will fall to the earth. All for the sake of a brighter future."
"But like I totally hate this" Toga complains "It's not cute at all!"
"We had an underground designer make these for us. Regardless of how they look, they will serve their purpose and function properly."
"This is me caring! They're still not cute at all!" Whines Toga.
"Honestly I couldn't care less about all that crap. Just let me at 'em already. Im so amped up I'm shaking in my boots"
"Shut up you psychopaths…" Dabi scolds "It's not time yet, not until…" he looks around "All of us are together"
"Sorry we're late- "
"Job…Job"
"We can call up as many poser punks as we want; all that's gonna happen is the job will get riskier. If we're gonna do this, we need a select team of experienced members" Dabi commands as he looks over the students "First we drill into their heads… That their peaceful lives are over."
*** The next day ***
"Oi, Remedials." Aizawa taunts "I don't see your muscles moving"
"Yeah, yeah" Kirishima grunts as he pulls heavy bounders tied to his forehead.
"I'm sorry sensei… It's just sleep deprivation…" Complains Ashido.
"Yesterday's "Remedial Lessons" Were…" Kaminari doesn't finish.
"Told ya' didn't I? That this was gonna be rough."
"Sato and Kaminari your capacities, the amount of quirk-related power you have stored up, are directly linked to whether or not you survive and particular fight." Aizawa looks over at Sato and Kaminari "Raising those capacities requires endless repetitive use of your quirk."
"Yes sir" The two groan.
"Sero, in addition to increasing your capacity, you also have to work on increasing the strength of your tape as well as speed at which you can fire it" Aizawa continues talking to Sero.
"Yes sir" Sero agrees.
"Ashido, extended use of your acid eventually causes your skin to reach a limit. You need to lengthen the amount of time it takes to reach that limit"
Ashido nods too tired to speak.
"And finally Kirishima, if you work on both your muscular strength and increasing your Quirks rigidity, you'll achieve synergistic benefits."
"Yes sir" Kirishima exclaims with newfound vigor.
"Above all else, every last one of you here were exposed during the final Exams! While you train, I want you guys to think long and hard about why it is exactly that you lot are so much more tired then everyone else!" He shouts at the remedial students.
"Uraraka! Aoyama!" Aizawa turns his attention to the two students. "You guys are in the same boat! You didn't fail per se, but you were pretty Danm close 30points was the cutoff line, and you two only squeezed by with a 35!"
Ochaco gasps "That was close!"
Aoyama looks sick "That's… Pitiful"
"Don't lose focus!" Aizawa reprimands "Everyone keep at it! No matter what you do, never forget your fundamental drive. That's how you improve and progress. Why am I working this hard? Why am I putting up with being chewed out like this? To what end? Always keep the answer to that question in mind"
Izuku approaches Aizawa "Come to think of it, Aizawa Sensei… It's already the third day, right?"
Aizawa looks at his number one problem child "Just as I tell you to focus, you stop focusing"
"Are the other teachers not coming?"
"As I told you before we left, in order to prevent the enemy from anticipating our movements, we left with only the bare minimum amount of personnel absolutely needed to complete our mission here." Aizawa reminds.
Pixie-bob and Ragdoll show up "That is why we four are here as well"
"We especially told All Might not to come… because we believe that he is one of the enemy's targets. That is why he wasn't allowed to come." Ragdoll states.
"For better or worse, that guy gets in these situations because he stands out" Aizawa grumbles.
'Seems like it's usually for worse' Izuku thinks. "I see" he ponders, something has his wolf unsettled. He looks up at Aizawa "Sensei… something feels off." Is all he can say as he twitches his ears and nose. Constantly listening and smelling the environment.
Aizawa studies Izuku and hums, 'so Fuji senses it too' "I know Midoriya, but all we can do is stay vigilant"
Izuku nods and heads back to training. Soon after Pixie-bob calls for everyone's attention "Meow, Meow, Meow, allow me to change the topic… Let's talk about tonight's plans!" Everyone stops what they were doing "We're doing an inter-class test of courage! After training hard, you get to play hard! See? Carrot and stick!"
"That's right, it totally slipped my mind" Kendo comments.
"Great… more terrifying activities" Jiro huffs.
"A bacchanal in the darkness…" Tokoyami mutters.
"I take it we'll also be participating in fun events like this?" A class B student asks.
"I'm rather interested in the "Inter-Class" Aspect …" Monoma sneers.
"With that said… Train your hearts out!" Aizawa commands.
"Yes Sir" Is cheered among the students.
After last night dinner Katsuki will not leave the prep work to these extras. He is going to kill this beef and potatoes task.
"Bakugo, your knife skills are amazing! so Weird!" Ochaco comments as she walks past.
"What do you mean it's weird, how could you people be so bad at everything!" Katsuki rages.
"Would you look at that he's not blowing anything up!" Kaminari snarks.
"Everyone has too much energy" Kirishima mutters amused.
Todoroki walks past Izuku as the other is lighting a fire "Did you want to talk to All Might or something?" Izuku looks over at Shoto, so Shoto continues "You were asking Aizawa if any of the other teachers were coming."
"Oh, yea. I had a question about Kouta." Izuku tries to wave Shoto's worries away.
"Kouta? Who's that?"
"Huh?! That boy, you know the one…"
"Huh? He's gone again" is the shout coming from inside.
'probably hanging out at his secret base again… I guess all that hatred for heroes wasn't just for show…'
"That boy, he doesn't like hero-… no" Izuku pauses looking for the right words "He doesn't like the idea of a superhero society with "Quirks"." He looks at Shoto "I don't know what to say to help him out. I tried to tell him something, that would give him closure but I think I made it worse" He looks pleadingly to Shoto. "What would you say Shoto?"
Shoto pauses to think about it "…It depends" he doesn't give Izuku time to reply and just continues "for complete strangers like us to just dump our reasoning on his head… he'd just find it pretentious. And if by chance, he were the type to be moved by words alone, then we'd know that his hatred only runs skin deep. I think the most important thing is to tell him "What we have done, and what we are doing now for humanity." He looks over to Izuku "I believe that with words… come actions."
"Yea… that true." Izuku mutters out "There's little a stranger can say that'll convince him"
"I don't know what you want with that kid," Shoto studies Izuku "But sticking your nose into a delicate matter is, well, you know…" He smirks at Izuku "And no one would expect it, but you're the type to just break down barriers without thinking twice."
Izuku looks at Shoto bashfully "Uhhh My Bad?"
Their conversation gets interrupted by Iida's loud shouting "You guys, I don't see your hands moving? We have to make the world's finest meat and potato stew!"
Katsuki looks smug as everyone compliments his stew. "This is way better than last night's meal!" Ashido exclaims.
"Who knew Bakugo was such a great cook!"
"Hey Blasty, you have really out done yourself this time!"
"So Good!"
"Yummy"
"Kacchan's cooking is the best!"
After eating and clearing the left-over food and dishes Pixie-bob calls attention "Now then…our stomachs are full, and the dishes are cleaned up! Next up is…"
"THE TEST OF COURAGE!" cheers Ashido.
"Before that thought it pains me to say it." Aizawa smirks "The remedial bunch are going to have a review lesson with me starting right now!"
"NO WAY!" Ashido screams.
"Yes, yes. It sucks to be you but the training we did earlier today was far less fruitful than I hoped. Which means we need to wash, rinse, repeat" Aizawa drawls
Izuku can still hear the remedial students cries as Aizawa drags them to a classroom with his capture weapon. "WAHHH! PLEASE FORGIVE ME! AT LEAST LET ME PLAY ONCE!"
"So there we have it. Class B will be first up at scaring people, and class A will have pairs of two leave every three minutes." Pixie-bob starts to explain "in the middle of the route, there'll be a card with your name written on it. Take it back with you as proof!"
"A bacchanal in the darkness" Tokoyami murmurs.
"He said it again." Ochaco Comments.
"The scaring group is not allowed to directly touch anyone." Mandalei starts. "But scaring tactics using any and all available quirks are permitted."
"The winner will be the class that not only makes the most of their creativity but also makes the most people piss their pants with freight!" Tiger shouts.
"Please stop that disgusting" Jiro comments.
"I SEE! BY PITTING US AGAINST EACH OTHER, WE CAN POLISH OUR SKILLS AND AS A RESULT, REACH NEW HORIZONS WITH OUR QUIRKS!" Iida shouts "AS EXPECTED OF U.A."
"Pairs of two...but wait… out of the 20 people, 5 were sent to review… so that means…someone's gonna be left over!" Izuku starts muttering.
"We're drawing lots, so … yeah, someone's definitely going to be let with that fate…" Ojiro waves his arms.
Katsuki and Todoroki are paired together, Ace and Luffy are paired together. Izuku is by himself. Katsuki walk up to Izuku.
"Hey nerd?" Katsuki whispers.
Izuku hums "Hey Kacchan"
"You ok? You seem … more dazed then usual" Katsuki asks.
Izuku studies Katsuki "Something is not right; I'll be fine on my own please look out for the others. Fuji is unsettled."
Katsuki considers Izuku for a moment "Like the time during Hosu"
"Not quiet…" Izuku ponders trying to figure out the best way to explain it. "It is not just Fuji that is unsettled. The animals in the forest they are restless. Most of them are frightened. I am not sure what is going on. I know Shoto is strong but if something were to happen if you partner with me, he would be alone. Kacchan I don't trust anyone other than Pack to take care of Pack."
Katsuki ponders this for a moment "Is this what you were talking to Aizawa earlier about."
Izuku nods "He said all we can do is be vigilant. Remember when we first got here?"
"Yeah?"
"Aizawa said we could use our quirks since this is private property. If anything happens use it."
"Of course Nerd." Katsuki states softly. Something big must be coming if Fuji is this worked up. "I'll tell the others"
"GROUP 2 IT'S TIME, GROUP 3 GET READY"
"Be safe Kacchan" Izuku pleads.
"I will" Katsuki reassures. He makes his way to Todoroki. Ace and Luffy are there too. "Nerd says be vigilant. Fuji is unsettled" Is all he gets the chance to say before they are being rushed into the forest.
In the forest with Kendo and some other class B students. Tetsutetsu congratulates his team "Kodai! Everyone shat their pants because of your trick!"
"Putting your body to work aren't ya, Yui?" Kendo flashes the girl a thumbs up.
"Yeah." Yui states.
"Bakugo and Todoroki were hilarious!"
"He was all, "oh"!"
"By the way did you notice?"
"Doesn't it seem like something's burning?"
"Hm? Now that you mention it… this smoky stuffs suddenly appeared…"
"Maybe Bakugo or one of the others got so scared that they went ahead and blasted off their quirks or som…"
"Honenuki?!" Kendo noticed the boy passed out. "Yui! Don't breathe this smoke in!" She pushes the other girl away "IT'S POISON"
Outside of the forest Izuku is growling and the teachers notice the smoke "What is this burning smell?
"Black Smoke"
Villains start coming out of the forests. "Little miss kitty sure is an eye sore, isn't she"
"Why? I thought we took all the necessary precautions…so why…. Why is the enemy here!?"
"This is bad" Mandalei growls as she watches her teammate get smashed to the ground. She looks around and her eyes widen.
With Aizawa he is tiredly dragging his students to a classroom to receive extra training. Ignoring the comments from the grumbling students.
"Augh… we wanted to do the test of courage too…" Mina whines
"You said this was gonna be candy and the whip… when do we get the candy" Kirishima pouts.
"At this point, I'll even take some salty liquorish… just enough with the whip, give us some candy sensei…" Kaminari grumbles.
"Salty liquorish is delicious, I'll have you know." Aizawa grumbles as he tightens his capture weapon on the students. "For this supplementary lesson, I'll be beating into you how to conduct yourselves during a crisis." He opens the door to the classroom. "Getting in the way of everyone around you by being unaware of how you or your actions affect them will only continue to widen the gap between you and the others. That advice may sound sweet but should sting and leave a bad taste behind. There's your candy, mint flavored that is."
"But mint tastes good" Kirishima states.
As the students enter the room an obnoxious voice shouts out in a sneer "Ahhhh? How Strange! The supposedly superior class A has five students failing?!" Kirishima turns to look at the person, his face looks unimpressed as he notices Monoma sitting there. "And yet class B only has one?! That really is strange. Don't you think?" Monoma sneers. "I couldn't imagine how that must make you feel!"
"He was trying to start shit yesterday too…" Kirishima looks ready to pounce.
"I'd really like to know what goes through that guys head." Ashido ponders.
Aizawa turns to Vlad "Vlad, I want them to do some actual practice exercises today."
Vlad nods "I'm one step ahead of you… I was already planning on it"
"EVERYONE!" a voice rings through everyone's head.
"This is Mandalei's telepath quirk" Kirishima states.
"Oh I love it when she does this! It tingles" Ashido laughs.
"But it's not like we can communicate back with her, so it is kinds frustrating sometimes." Kaminari points out.
Aizawa puts his hand over his ears "Silence"
"TWO VILLIANS HAVE INVADED THE AREA! THERE IS POSSIBILY STILL MORE LURKING IN THE SHADOWS!" Panic rises through the students. "THOSE WHO ARE CAPABLE HEAD IMMEDIATELY TO THE FACILITY! IF YOU SHOULD COME FACE TO FACE WITH THE ENEMY DO NOT ENGAGE!"
"Wha…!?"
"Why are villains here?"
Aizawa shouts over to Vlad, "Keep and eye on things here for me. I've got to go protect the students that are still out there." As he bolts from the classroom. "They weren't supposed to be able to find this place!"
He leaves the building he notices the forest is on fire. His observation Haki notices the villain before he steps out.
"Your worrying got the best of you. That was a sloppy move. Eraserhead." Dabi expels a wave of fire toward Aizawa. "Keep your pro hero friends out of our way" Aizawa's eyes widen "You're not the ones we've come here for"
***With the pussy cats***
"Greetings U.A. Academy!" A villain shouts as several villains enter the clearing. "We are the league of villains' first strike team!"
"The league of Villains!? What are they doing here?!" Ojiro glares.
"It'd be an awful shame if my hand slipped and accidentally crushed this pretty kitties little head wouldn't it" A villain with a cement quirk sneers "Feel free to share your thoughts on the matter, Hrmm?"
"Over my dead body you shit…!" Tiger shouts rage overcoming him.
"Whoa, Whoa, Mag… hold your horses, toots." A lizard looking villain calls. "You too Tiger. Chill out." He smirks "The right over life and death… is all decided by the word of Stain"
"Stain…! Is he the one who's behind these guys…?"
"Oh, I just remembered…" His eyes land on Izuku "You there… yes, You the one with the ears!" he pulls a wrapped sword off his back. "you were the one that brought stain's reign of terror to an end back in Hosu City, yes? I don't think I've formally introduced myself. The name's Spinner" The Lizard introduces. "The one who carries on Stain's dream!" he pulls out his weapon, it is just a bunch of swords, knives, etc. belted together.
"Whoa…"
"Tell someone who gives a shit…" Tiger growls. He looks down at Pixie-bob "That girl laying there unconsciously has recently been all manic over marriage saying she wanted to experience a "Woman's Happiness" … Even at her tender age, she's been putting her best foot forward" His temper flares "SO AS A MAN, YOUR BOORISH ATTITUDE AND BLATANT DISREGARD… FOR SCARRING THE FACE OF A WOMAN IN THAT PREDICAMENT IS REPREHENSIBLE!"
"Heroes don't have the luxury of seeing the world through rose tinted glasses" Spinner shouts back.
"TIGER!" Mandalei shouts "I've given out the instructions! Let's leave the safety of the rest of the students to Ragdoll. You and I can and Will hold this position together!" Tiger nods.
Mandalei turns her attention to the students "GO everyone! Combat is to be avoided at all costs; do I make myself clear? Class president take the lead!" Izuku nods.
"Iida go on ahead" Izuku growls out.
"Midoriya? What are you talking about?!" Iida screams.
"Midoriya!" Ojiro calls.
"Iida take the students to the class. I'm counting on you" Izuku states, he gets a nod from Iida and turns his attention to Mandalei "Mandalei! I know where he is"
Mandalei looks at Izuku scared "Go, find him please"
"I will"
"BE safe"
*** In the forest***
Kendo's group are trying to make their way out of the forests. "Kendo!" Is heard from one of her classmates. She turns and notices Tetsutetsu carrying another classmate and they are both wearing gas masks.
"Tetsutetsu, Ibara!" She calls panicked "What's with those masks?"
"Momo from class A happened to be nearby and made them for us!" Tetsu informs "Awase is leading them to Class B safe zone for Aid." He hands the girls masks "Use this we have a bunch!"
"Thanks!" Kendo takes the mask and puts it on "Let's head back to the facility. With no idea of where the villains are. It's too risky out in the open like this."
"NO!" Tetsutetsu shouts. "I'll stay and fight. I'm leaving Ibara and Kodai's safety in your hands"
"Huh? I could've sworn they told us to avoid conflict"
"I think deep down inside, you've always known it… no matter how many times you tried to tell yourself otherwise…" Tetsutetsu begins. "How far ahead class A is…" He gently lays down Ibara "I've definitely known! We all took the same test to get here. And now we're going through the same curriculum. So what's different between us? It is clear as day! What they have that we don't is exposure to Danger!" His eyes are full of determination "They've made the most of their perilous situations and turned them into invaluable experience! Besides, what kind of heroes would we be if we turned a blind eye to those who would threaten the lives of others? Don't try to stop me Kendo! After all, as part of year one Class B hero studies, If I don't stand up for what I believe in here and Now then what." He starts to walk off "I'm going to find them, and when I do, I swear I'm gonna pummel them to the ground!"
***On the cliff***
"Kouta, did you catch all that? Return to the facility at once! I'm sorry but I have no idea where you are at the moment. Where do you go off to all the time? I'm sorry Kouta! I can't come and help you! So please return immediately!"
"I was looking for a place with a nice view, and what do you know" A villains voice sounds out "A face not listed with the ones from the archives…" The villain is wearing a mask "but never mind that you've got a pretty stylish hat there, kid." He gives the boy a thumbs up "Trade me for this lame mask I've got… as a new member, they are putting me through quite the hazing period, which includes but is not limited to wearing this ridiculously stupid mask."
Kouta is scared and Shaking. He turns and tries to sprint away. The massive villain cracks the ground as he steps "Ah…. Hey" He pulls his mask of a jumps toward the kid "So to cheer myself up a bit… I'm gonna take it all out on you."
Kouta gets a good look at the face of the villain and freezes as his mind is dragged down into flashbacks. "Water Horse" … they were the epitome of heroes." "However, the bright shining lives of those two…" "Were extinguished by a single, heartless criminal" "Til this day, that criminal is still on the run as his whereabouts remain a mystery to both police and heroes alike."
"You are…!"
"his quirk is very simple and straight forward enhanced, augmented strength. That simplicity belies his ferociousness, however If anyone out there recognizes this mugshot please dial 911 and inform the heroes…. One defining feature of his is"
"THE DEEP SCAR ACROSS HIS LEFT EYE… LEFT BY THE WATERHORSE DUO"
Kouta screams "DAD…MOM!"
The villain prepares to crush the kid standing in front of him, but the kid gets tackled out of the way by a green haired teen. Green fire surrounds the teen as the villains punch impacted him instead.
"HNGH!"
"WHY…?!" Kouta gasps, not knowing Izuku can heal himself.
The villain chuckles "Hrmm? You… I remember you from the archive list… Yes the boy who defeated Stain in Hosu." Behind then Villain two more enemies pop out. One is a burley grungy man with a scar and wiry mustache. The other appears to be a Nomu with drill arms and random chainsaws on his body. Izuku coughs as he takes in his surroundings. 'I came here because I was sure I'd avoid and direct contact with a villain… but as it stands. Of course there would be a couple here waiting for me at this spot. And to make matters worse my phone is broken.' His fire recedes 'I didn't get a chance to tell anyone that I was coming here… which means I don't have the Luxury of back up like last time.' He can smell the fear rolling off the small boy 'protecting Kouta is my top priority… whether I can or not is an entirely different matter…' He considers his options 'I can't go full wolf I could hurt Kouta, besides this cliff isn't big enough. If Kouta can retreat into the cave I might not have to worry about him. However if enough damage to the walls of the cave happened Kouta would get hurt. I am so fucked.'
"It… It's gonna be alright, Kouta" Izuku states determined 'right now we are out of options' he activates as much of OFA as he can with mild discomfort which is about 50% 'I'll handle this' "I'm going to save you, No matter what!" 'by myself'
***Meanwhile***
Shoto and Katsuki are making their way out of the forest when they come across a Class B student that appears to be unconscious. Shoto approaches the teen and checks his pulse "He appears to be unconscious" he notifies Katsuki. He maneuvers the teen onto his back with the Help of Katsuki.
"Is the gas also the villains' doing?" Shoto asks "I'm still worried about the others, but there is not much we can do"
"God Damnit" Katsuki growls "was this what had the nerd panicking earlier?"
"Let's head back to the goal point" Shoto suggests "We will drop off the injured, meet up with Ace and Luffy. Then we can find out where Izuku is"
There is a cloaked figure in the road in front of them "A person!?" Katsuki notices the severed hand and blood around the person. "So pretty… so beautiful… ah no, I must not… I have work to do."
"Who was supposed to be ahead of us…?!" Katsuki asks.
"Tokoyami and Shoji" Shoto growls out.
"But I just can't leave it alone… Such beautiful flesh." The cloaked person stands "Ahh… seduce me no longer." He turns around to Shoto and Katsuki "I have work to do"
"Like hell, I'm not engaging this sick fuck…!" Katsuki sweats in fear. He can see the blood dripping off the villains face. The Villain is wearing some soft of hood mask with hooks pulling his lips away from his face.
***At the goal point***
"Selfish pros like yourselves should be purged!" Spinner shouts crazed. Attacking Mandalei, she uses her quirk to get in his head 'that Spinner… even though he is a villain, he is so cool… and what a hunky face'
"Huh?" the comment in the villains head makes him miss hitting her. She ducks down claws extended "Something the matter Hun'?" as she swipes her claws into the villains side.
"What and underhanded trick you sneaky little slut!"
The other villain uses his quirk to pull Mandalei toward his cement like arm. "Come here little kitty cat."
Tiger intercepts the other villain punching him in the face "I won't let you pull the same trick twice." Mandalei falls to the ground "Hikiishi Kenji, villain name Magne. 9 counts of armed robbery, 3 counts murder, 29 counts of attempted murder."
"Oh am I really that famo…. HNFGH!"
"What's a criminal like you doing in a place like this?"
"Tiger! Something is wrong…! I'm not getting a response from Ragdoll" Mandalei stands "She normally always responds immediately"
*** On the Cliff***
"No matter what… you'll save him, you say? HAHAHA" The muscle villain takes in the determined look on Izuku's face and smirks. "Excellent… as expected the true feel of a hero candidate." He laughs "ready to parade that face of justice anywhere, anytime."
Izuku just growls while standing protectively in front of the younger boy. Kouta is kneeling on the ground to scared to do anything.
"You're the one they called Midoriya, aren't you? What perfect timing." The villains smirk "I had just been ordered to start things off by killing your sorry ass." He rips off his cloak "Right after I take my time torturing you that Is. Let me make you bleed."
Izuku gets ready to block the punch headed for Kouta and gets slamming into the wall. The villain holds Izuku's face there where he crashed into the wall "Ah, whoops. I almost forgot…" HE squeezes his hand a bit harder "If you know tell me. Where is that Bakugo kid? After all first a fore most I've got a job…" He doesn't get to finish as Izuku uses his tails and bats the villain away with a feral growl.
'Kacchan?! Their target is Kacchan? Why?'
The villain stands up "You could have just said you didn't know" In an impressive burst of speed the Muscle villain Kicks Izuku in the stomach making him crash into the wall. "Let's Play"
Izuku's green fire burst out of him as he falls to the ground "HAHAHA Blood, that's more like it. Now we are really having fun. I'm excited to see how far I can push your healing, before you eventually give up and beg for death!" The villain laughs as Izuku pushes himself up "What was it your said?! I'll save you no matter what?! Then what are you gonna do about the other villains?! HAHA you Fucking crack me up kid!"
Izuku looks to see the other villain shifting into a wolf like form like his own. Izuku leaps up and tackles the wolf away from the scared boy on the ground. He quickly takes on of his feathers and jabs it into the wolfs throat. The wolf thrashes and tries to dislodge the teen. Izuku holds on and targets the pressure point and Ligaments in the wolf arms and back. He releases the villain green fire healing the large gashes in his side from the enraged wolf and works at taking out the villains knees and ankles.
With the wolf villain down he has to dodge another punch from the Muscle villain. 'this villain is strong and has such incredible speed… I can't worry about Kacchan. I need to focus on getting me and Kouta out of here' He lashes out with a 20% punch. The villain blocks
"What's this? That supposed to be your quirk?" The villain flexes his muscles "It's got some decent speed to it" He punches down to Izuku's head causing the teen to crash into the ground "But it doesn't pack enough punch!"
Izuku twitches as his healing takes over. Luckily the muscle villain has forgotten about the Nomu and has not given the brute any commands. "My quirk is muscle augmentation! Enabling me to augment the muscle fibers that sit beneath the skin, granting me speed and strength! What do you say to that? Hum? What else you got? Nothing! Because you…" he looms over Izuku "Are a completely inferior version of me." He kicks Izuku "Have you any idea how it feels?! Seeing you squirm powerless; I can only laugh" He stomps on Izuku's chest "You'll save him no matter what?! And how exactly?! Hahaha. Don't just go spouting off hollow words because you think they sound right!" He powers up a finishing blow "You should worry about… How you'll stay alive yourself"
Two things happen, Kouta throws a rock to distract the villain so Izuku can get up. Izuku smirks as he powers 100% OFA.
"Water-horse… my mom… and dad" Kouta cries "Did you torment them like that before you killed them too…?!"
The villain walks toward Kouta forgetting about Izuku "What's this…? Seriously? Those heroes' kids?" he stalks closer "This must be fate! Water horse. Those were the two that gave me this artificial eye."
"IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT…! IT'S BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU!" Kouta shouts "THAT THINGS ALWAYS TURN OUT THIS WAY!"
"Little snot-nosed punks like you are always looking to pass the blame" The villain sneers "That's no good" He looks down at Kouta "For example, I'm not holding any grudges about this eye. I simply wanted to kill." He smirks "And those two wanted to stop me. Our desires intersected and what happened was simply the result of that." He explains "The ones at fault are the ones who try to act even though they're incapable of doing anything effective…" he raises his fist to crush the kid "THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP YOUR MOM AND DAD! THAT'S HOW IT GOES" he notices Izuku get up and glances over his shoulder "Isn't that right, you little raggedy punching bag!"
"THE FAULT…" Izuku rages "IS YOURS!" Izuku arm gets tangled in the muscle fibers and the villain restricts his movements. Izuku smirks "And now I won't have to worry about the gap in our speeds"
'He's trapped his useless arm in between my muscle fibers…!' "And What now? You gonna hit me with that other weak inferior arm of yours?!"
"It's not a matter of what you can or can't do…" Izuku states "For a hero…! Risking our lives… And walking the walk is our jobs." Izuku punches the villain with a 100% full cowling punch coated in Armament Haki launching the villain into the wall. The force of the punch also making Kouta fly off the side of the cliff. Izuku leaps toward the kid and catches his shirt with his teeth. "Sorry, didn't mean to send you flying…!" Izuku places Kouta on the cliff, he stands up to check on the villains when a gunshot rings out.
"IZUKU!" shouts Kouta.
Izuku feels a burning sensation in his arm, his healing is not activating. 'Shit' He turns around and blasts the wolf villain with Haki making him pass out. He turns to look at Kouta, heavy breathing "Let's get to the facility… it's not too far from here." Izuku hears rustling coming from behind him. "What?... No way… Even 100% with Arms?"
He watches as the muscled villain picks himself up out of the wall. "Starting off with a jab, hum?" he stands fully wiping the blood off his face" Not half bad" he smirks ferally "MIDORIYA"
He looks over at Kouta "Stay back!"
"Now, now… that'd be no fun." The villain smirks "You're mine!"
'Fuck… what do I do? My healing isn't working on the gunshot wound. There's no time to think' "Why are you doing this?! What does the league of villains want from us?!"
"Hell if I know I just tear shit apart." He starts rustling in his pocket looking for something "As long as I let loose with my quirk and have some fun, I don't care." He pauses "Did you forget already?! It's all just a game! And we're just playing" He finds what his is looking for "I said it, right?! I did, didn't I?! Let's Play! That's what I said!" He puts his new artificial eye "But we're done with that. Play-time's over! You're stronger that I thought, so now it's time for…" he adjusts the eye "My serious face"
"Kouta, Grab on!" Izuku shouts with urgency.
"HUH?" Kouta screams as he launches himself on Izuku's back as he leaps to get out of the way of the incoming punch.
'His speed and strength they are on a whole other level from before! He really has just been playing with us… as if it were just a game… He's been trying to kill us. Aizawa sensei should be at the facility, if we could just make it there! All he'd have to do is erase this guys quirk… With this gunshot wound I can't fly, and I can't heal. Even under normal circumstances I won't be fast enough. Shit… there's no way! I have to fight! Here and now! I have to win! I can't forget why I became a hero!'
Coming up with a plan Izuku stands up and clutches his side "Kouta, Get back." Izuku commands "Not too far or he will target you… yeah about 7 steps back. When I clash with him run back to the facility as fast as you can."
Kouta can't believe what he is hearing "Wait… you're not really gonna take him head on, are you?!" He screams out "It's useless! Your attacks didn't even have any effect of him last time… and now… your injured."
"Kouta I'm fine" Izuku states determined already powering up One for All 100%. He clashes with the villain "Detroit Smash" His arm breaks.
"You little shit… What's wrong" The villain sneers "That was even weaker than before!"
Izuku ignores the broken arm, the pain in his side and the pain from colliding with the villain "I'm okay" he whispers out to himself. He grits his teeth and smiles "I'M Okay" He pushes more energy into his punch "It's ok… There is no way he is getting past me!" More strength "So… RUN!" more strength "RUN AWAY!"
The villain is adding more strength to his side of the punch planning on crushing the small teen "You little shit… THIS IS SO MUCH FUN!" he pushes against Izuku pushing him into the ground.
Izuku puts more into the punch "Shut the fuck up!"
"Why?" Kouta is too scared watching Izuku fight the villain, sacrificing himself for the kid.
"BLOOD!" the villain screams "I WANT BLOOD" as he uses his max strength the crush Izuku into the ground.
'heroes always find a way to get themselves out of a pinch… I'm sorry mom! I'm sorry Shanks, Ace, Shoto, Kirishima, Luffy! I'm sorry All Might! I'm so sorry Kacchan that I cannot keep our promise!'
"DIE ALREADY"
Izuku is so close to passing out when a voice rings out to him 'Nerd! You promised. Don't leave me behind'
'Kacchan'
"STOP IT!" Kouta screams as he splashes the villain with water.
The villain looks up at the small boy "no need to rush! Your next?! Ok coming right up! Right after this! I'll Smash the life out of you, so hang on!"
Between the voice of Kacchan and Kouta Izuku feels power surge through him "Like… I'd ever let you…"
'in just that moment something happened? There's something different about his power…' "what's the matter? Can't stand?"
'ONE FOR ALL 1000000%' "…KILL KOUTA!" 'DELAWARE DETROIT SMASH!' he watches as the villain crashes into the wall and doesn't even twitch. "Kouta… your parents… water horse…" He is gasping in pain and taking short breaths "they may have left you behind but… with their sacrifice, they were able to protect the lives of others." His arm is shattered, and his side is bleeding, but he is standing tall back in front of Kouta.
"You don't know a thing about me…!" 'one day a time will come… when you face the same thing… and then you'll understand.' "WHY?! Why would you go this far… when you don't know a thing about me?!"
Izuku bends over and tells the boy to get on his back and hold on. He leaps off the cliff and runs toward Where he can sense Shanks and Aizawa looking for the students.
"Izuku!" Shanks yell seeing the bleeding broken teen carrying a crying mess of a child behind him. "What happened? Why aren't you healing?"
"Shanks, Shota! I got shot and I can't feel my healing at the moment… But that doesn't matter. I need to tell Mandalei who the target is. I can't let them get Kacchan!" Izuku shouts as he hands over the kid to Shota. He leaps away again before either of the adults can talk.
"I forgot to tell Midoriya to come back immediately… damnit! I can't believe I dropped the ball like this… The only reason he can move right now is because Katsuki is in danger. Once he achieves his goals he is going to crash." Aizawa states.
"Hey mister… do you think he'll be ok?" Kouta asks softly.
"HM?"
"I… punched him earlier…. But even still… he got all beat up like that… just to save me" He cries "I haven't even said sorry or thank you… I haven't…!" Kouta lets out a broken sob. "He'll be okay, Right?!"
Shanks steps up "He'll be ok… he has no intention of dying. In fact that's probably why he went and screwed himself up like that. But I'll scold him for it later."
"When all this fighting is over… Tell Him" Aizawa cuts in "Not that you are sorry. Tell him "Thank You"!"
*** IN THE CLEARING***
Izuku burst through the tree line launching into one of the villains attacking Mandalei pushing him back before Mandalei can question him he relays the message from Aizawa.
"Members of class A and B I here by authorize you all for combat!" Mandalei tells everyone with her quirk. She looks at the teen "Thank you for the message but seriously kid. Go back right this instant! Those injuries are no joke!"
"Sorry one more thing" Izuku screams out as he is running back into the forest "Tell everyone the villains' target… or at least one of them…" He sprints "They're after Kacchan. Please use your telepathy again!"
"Kacchan- Who?! Wait hold on a second?!" Mandalei shouts.
The villain Magne overhears the conversation 'That rumbling noise earlier… given that he has information well… must have been that blood crazed Muscular. Did he really loose in a battle of strength… to that little runt?' "This won't do. This kid… Needs to die!" he changes his target to the teen instead.
"Don't lay a finger on him, Magne!" Spinner intercepts.
"Just what the hell do you think you are doing. That boy is on the priority list!" Magne point a finger at spinner. "Spinner… did you forget why we are here?!"
"That is just Shigaraki's personal agenda!" Spinner argues "Stain acknowledged that kid. He has deemed him to be worthy of shouldering the burden of being a true hero! I will respect that…"
Mandalei kicks the lizard villain in the face causing him to fall. "Finally… Landed one!" 'I've got no other choice than to tell them… "We've identified one of the villains' objectives! The student named "Kacchan"! Whoever "Kacchan" is, as much as possible, avoid combat! Refrain from solo movements! Got it Kacchan"
Kirishima growls "Bakugo?"
Ochaco murmurs scared "Bakugo!?"
The class B students all respond, "Who is Kacchan?"
Shoto and Katsuki are in the middle of trying to defend against the villain who uses his teeth as blades. "Bakugo… Did you hear that."
"The nerd must have gotten some information" Katsuki states trying to hide his worry. "Either way we need to take this guy out"
"This is not the time to be reckless." Shoto states. "They are targeting you!"
"Shut up! I know that… But they don't know where I am at the moment. If they find out I'm safe they will all attack at once." Katsuki reasoned "If we defeat the villains while they are spilt up, we might have a greater chance of victory."
The villain unleased his tooth blades to hit Katsuki. Shoto erected an Ice barrier to protect him and Katsuki jumped back to dodge. "This guy knows how to make good use of his surroundings and his quirk"
"Looks to me like this gangly weakass needs to have his teeth kicked in!"
"MEAT. GIMME."
"If you go exploding stuff here, you might start a fire that could surround us and kill us all… you know, that right?" Shoto questions
"Shut up. I get it."
"If we try to retreat. There's the gas… Put it simply. We are caught in a bind"
(I am not changing anything about Class B. Kendo and Tetsutetsu still fight the gas villain)
"That sound just now… Gun shot?!" Izuku pauses "where is everyone…?! Kacchan was in the second test of courage group with Shoto. Ace and Luffy were right behind. If he is staying put, he should be right around here"
Izuku get slapped into a tree and slide down. He looks at what attacked him "Dark Shadow?!" The mentioned quirk lashes out again, the attack is intercepted by Shoji.
"SHOJI?!" Izuku shouts out.
"Midoriya, you are gravely injured… you shouldn't be moving anymore. I'm amazed at the lengths you are willing to go to save your friends." Shoji comments
"Just now… was that?"
"Yeah" Shoji confirms "We were ambushed by one of the villains I covered for him but… it triggered the quirk he was so desperately trying to keep under control… if we want to go past here, first we have to do something about this."
"GET AWAY FROM ME!" what sounds like Tokoyami shouts from with in the trees. "YOU WILL DIE!"
"TOKOYAMI!"
With dark shadow chasing the two they run toward where Izuku think Katsuki and Shoto are.
"Shoji, Izuku!" Shoto starts. Then Dark shadow bursts through the trees "TOKOYAMI!"
"hurry make some light! Tokoyami has gone berserk!" Shoji shouts out.
"He is attacking indiscriminately… I'll make some flam- "Shoto gets cut off.
"Wait dumb ass" Katsuki stops him but there is no heat.
Katsuki watches the villain become enraged. "MEATTT. NO, NO, NO…. MEATTT. MY MEATTTT. NO GOOD… NO GOOD… UNFORGIVABLE. THE ONLY ONE WHO GETS TO SLICE THESE KIDS' BODIES APART IS ME. I WON'T LET ANYONE ELSE HAVE THEM!"
"DON'T MAKE DEMANDS. SMALL FRY" growls out Dark shadow.
Katsuki smirks "Look" as dark shadow blasts the villain away. Before dark shadow can attack the group Shoto and Katsuki make a moderate amount of fire to weaken Dark Shadow enough for Tokoyami to control him. Shoto finally looks at Izuku and gasps drawing Katsuki's attention to the other teen.
"NERD?!" Katsuki shouts as Shoji lays him down. "What the hell happened? Why aren't you healing?"
"Kacchan" Izuku mumbles weakly. "I got shot, my healing feels blocked. Like I walked into the ocean."
Katsuki and Shoto look wide eyed to each other. The villains have something like saltwater bullets that can affect devil fruit users. That means Ace, and Luffy are also in trouble.
"If I can get the bullet out, I can unleash Fuji" Izuku states shocking Shoji and Tokoyami.
"What if removing the bullet doesn't work, Midoriya we should wait for a doctor." Tokoyami states.
"I'm not gonna last that long" Izuku looks desperately at Katsuki. "Kacchan It needs to come out, I have already lost a lot of blood." His eyes pleading "Please Kacchan help me"
Katsuki freezes and tries to get his thought together. Shoto puts a hand on the boys back gaining his attention "Katsuki use us. Tell us what to do."
Izuku is barely conscious "Kacchan, Shoto just get it out I can heal the damage after."
Katsuki lifts his pant leg and pulls out a small knife. A little bigger than a scalpel. "Icy-hot use your fire to sterilize this for me" he hands the knife to Shoto. He turns to Izuku "Where did the bullet hit you?"
"My shoulder." Izuku mumbles out weakly.
Katsuki inspects the wound and notice the small thumb sized hole in his shoulder. "Anyone have anything he can bite on, so he doesn't alert the nearby villains?" Tokoyami nods and rips of a large piece of his sweater and put it in Izuku's mouth as a faux gag. Shoto hands Katsuki the knife, Katsuki's hands shake as he kneels on his nerds side. "Ok hold him down, he might be too weak to use his quirk but be prepared." He looks at Shoto again "Use your Ice around the wound to try and numb it a bit"
Shoto places his hand on Izuku's shoulder and lets his Ice travel around the gunshot wound.
Tokoyami, and Shoji hold the injured boy down. Katsuki reaches for the arm and gently prods around for the bullet. Feeling where the bullet is, he quickly and carefully works to dig out the bullet being mindful not to inflict too much additional damage to the boy. After a few moment the bullet is out. Katsuki inspects the bullet, something the size of a marble almost killed his nerd. He pockets the bullet and watches amazed as Izuku bursts into green flames. Despite the makeshift gag Izuku's screams are loud and raw as his fire works to heal his broken body. Katsuki holds the thrashing boy putting his hand on the boy's back trying to offer a bit of relief.
"We need to move Bakugo, Put Midoriya on my back we will make it to the facility." Shoji starts.
Katsuki glares at Shoji about to argue, when Shoto places a comforting hand on Katsuki's shoulder "Kats we can't stay here, both you and Izuku need to go to the facility. Izuku needs to heal and be carried. Shoji is the only on who quirk is not needed to fight right now." Shoto takes in Bakugo's face and sees he is not getting through to him "If you carry Izuku and we come under attack how are you going to fight." Shoto smirks "Unless you want us to protect you like a helpless civilian."
"Like hell Icy-Hot." Katsuki rages, he knows what Shoto is trying to do, it's working. He considers his options "Fine Arms you protect the Nerd with your life" He glares "I will kill you if anything happens to him"
Shoji nods and kneels down for Katsuki to put Izuku on Shoji's back. Shoji uses his wing like arms to hold Izuku in place as the boy heals.
"We have established Katsuki is one of the villains targets." Shoto reports
"Bakugo? They are after his life? Why?" Tokoyami asks not knowing what happened when Dark Shadow was in control.
"I don't know… but we need to make it back to the facility as soon as possible." Shoto states
"I see so our mission is to escort Bakugo…" Tokoyami ponders.
"However if we keep going forward that is where the pussycats are currently fighting, if we turn around it will be longer and that increases the chances of running into more villains. We should cut straight through with the shortest route" Shoji states
"We don't know how many of them there are… even still, there's the possibility that they could suddenly ambush us." Shoto comments.
"Shoji has the ability to detect enemies, plus us Icy-hot" Katsuki smirks "Or are you forgetting Shanks training"
"Not to mention we have a method of controlling the unrivaled power of Dark Shadow."
"With this line up, not even All Might would scare us" Todoroki states.
"Let's go" Shoji states.
****Meanwhile****
In another part of the forest a door opens in front of Ace and Luffy. A hand reaches out to grab the boys Luffy and Ace jump back and prepare to fight. They watch as 5 people come out of the door. There is a leopard, giraffe, a female, a weasel and a large bull like man.
"Who the hell are you" Ace rages.
"Portgas D. Ace son of Gol D. Roger, Monkey D. Luffy son of the revolutionary Dragon. We are here to bring you to justice for the crimes that run in your blood" The Leopard man states.
"How do you know of that?" Ace shouts.
"We are Cp-9, we were the ones who told the world government where you were hiding 10 years ago."
"Wha…?!" Luffy states shocked. "How did you even know where we were? How did you even find us?"
"We watched as Shanks ship capsized, we investigated the area and we found no dead bodies. It was hard to believe an Emperor would die from being capsized. So we investigated and found a way to track you down."
"Why now. We are not criminals" Ace screamed.
"It took us a long time to find you two, but the sport festival was quite informative." The giraffe man states.
"It matters not if you are criminals here. You will be brought to justice for the sins of your fathers. Come peacefully or we cannot guarantee the safety of your classmates." The female informs.
"No way in hell are we just going to walk to our deaths." Luffy determines he bites on his thumb and blows air into his arm making a giants fist. He coats his arm in Haki and launches it at the group of villains. Most of CP-9 scatters. The only ones that stayed was the knocked-out female, weasel, and bull looking man. He absorbed the hit using Haki over his entire body. Luffy's fist comes back to him.
"Get out of my way!"
"You will learn soon enough the difference in our power, you don't stand a chance against our six-form fighting style"
Luffy ignores the mans taunting he just throws his fist back and winds it up. "Tekkai" Blueno states as he hardens his body for impact. Luffy connects his punch with the man stomach shouting "Jet Rifle!" Blueno hunches over spittle drooling out of his mouth.
"!?"
Luffy gives no pause and as soon as his fist comes back, he is unleashing his jet Gatling gun punching repeatedly with increased speed making it seem like he has multiple fists.
"Soru!" Blueno states as he weaves in and out of the punches evading them all. He tries to get behind Luffy to knock him out.
Luffy using Observation Haki sees where he is going and lashes out and upper cuts the man sending him into the ground. Blueno stands and wipes the blood off his chin 'I can't believe he can keep up with the speed of "Soru"'. "I underestimated you." 'Direct hits won't work on a rubber man…' "Geppo" Luffy dodges "Rankya Ku" Luffy jumps over the kick and returns with a whip of his own. As soon as Luffy lands, Blueno hardens again and uses "Rin" keeping Luffy on his toes. Bueno's last move created a lot of dust and debris to hinder visibility. Blueno took advantage of this and created two doors to trap Luffy's feet in.
"Huh, where did these door come from" Luffy starts to thrash and try to pull his feet out of the ground "Damn, I'm stuck" he glares at Blueno. "you! What'd you do?!"
"It's a door door fruit. I'm a door man" Blueno states. "I can change anything that separates into a door." He swipes through Luffy's eyes "Revolving door"
Luffy's eye start spinning completely freaking him out "EH?! What's happening. My eyes are spinning! Which way is the front?" Luffy starts to panic "STOP!"
"Front is this way" Blueno smirks "Rankya Ku" He uses an air blade kick toward Luffy. Luffy uses Observation Haki and leans back. His eyes stop spinning after a while and he escapes the door sticking him to the ground.
"That door on my face closed" Luffy squishes his face.
"Of course open doors always close" Blueno states like a fact. "You did well dodging my Rankya Ku."
Luffy gets up and dusts off his shorts "yeah, no big deal"
"How unexpected" he engages Luffy again by leaping into the air and Launching more air kicks at the rubber teen. Luffy dodges them with finesse and returning hits of his own. "he's perfectly caught up to my speed" Blueno disengages and leaps back "He even changed the course of my Rankya Ku"
Luffy glares and studies his opponent. He smirks "That's no good" brimming with confidence. "If I stay like this, it's no good" he pauses "See I have people I need to protect, If I am not stronger than everyone else, I will lose them all."
"Then what are you gonna do about it" Blueno states.
"So that I don't lose anyone…" Luffy uses Armament Haki on his arm and bites down. "So I don't let anyone slip away" He blows air into his muscles "So you can't take me of my friends away." Snake like tendrils of smoke leave his body to wrap around him.
'what is happening to his body'
Black covers Luffy's eyes, arms and legs and his hair stands on end "Snake man" Luffy exhales "You won't be able to keep up" Luffy cocks his fist back and compresses it "Your speed is impressive, so I'll use something faster."
"You want to shoot me from there. Fine you are just giving me time to dodge." Blueno states "Aim well and try to hit me. Soru."
Luffy launches his fist and connects with Blueno sending him into a tree. Blueno gets up shakily and searches to find Luffy. Luffy connects a kick from Blueno's side to his face sending he farther away. Blueno can't keep up with Luffy's new speed as Luffy delivers hit after hit to Blueno.
"I can't see him at all!" Blueno panics.
Luffy connects more hits to Blueno. Every time Blueno gets up he is hit and crashes to the ground "No way" he looks around for the boy again "No, there is no mistake" he escapes using his doors. Luffy can feel a door opening behind him and dodges as Blueno tries to tackle him from behind. Luffy smirks 'time to send him flying' he launches his arms all the way back while running toward Blueno he connects with a double jet serpent cannon sending Blueno flying.
Commotion behind him gives him pause.
"Luffy! Ace!" Luffy turns to the sound of his name, he sees Shoto, Shoji, and an unconscious Izuku he smiles and approaches them.
"Hey guys!"
With the newcomers the rest of Cp-9 that is able to move retreats. Not able to retrieve their targets. They will be back first they need to go find Blueno. Only Kaku and Lucci remain standing. "Luffy, Ace are you guys good" Shoto asks panic well hidden in his voice.
Ace nods "What happened to Izuku?"
"This is not the time or place to be making stops we need to head to the facility" Shoji interrupts.
Shoto nods "Your right, Anyways I am glad you are both ok. Come with us! We are getting Bakugo to the facility"
Luffy cocks his head to the side "Huh? Your escorting Bakugo?"
Ace looks troubled "Why isn't he with you then?"
Shoto looks behind him "He was just behind us, FUCK"
"If you're talking about him…" A voice chuckles "I just used my magic to take him" he shows the group two marbles "Someone like that has no business being on the side of heroes… Not when we have a stage where he can shine even brighter"
Izuku fought the darkness of sleep as soon as Katsuki left his range. In a burst of green fire and Lightening he starts losing control over Fuji he is about half shifted in a werewolf like form as he growls out "GIVE HIM BACK!"
"Give him Back?" the villains sneers. "That's a strange choice of words. Bakugo doesn't belong to anyone. He is his own person you damn Egotist!"
Izuku growls out losing his control on Fuji "GIVE HIM BACK!"
"All we are doing is telling these people who have rigid values that…" The villain continues.
Shoto prepares his Ice to attack the villain he shouts out "move" to the others. Shoji, Ace, and Luffy all jump out of the way. Izuku side steps the ice wall. The Ice released from Shoto is fast, however the villain is faster and moves out of the way.
"That's not the only way to look at things" we simply wanted to make that point" the villain keeps dodging the attacks from Shoto and Luffy. "All of you kids, your values have been chosen for you."
Shoji looks behind him and realizes in shock "It's not just Bakugo! Tokoyami is gone too!"
'without a sound, swooped up from behind us? What kind of quirk is this' "Did you come all the way here just to give us this spiel?"
The villain plays with the marbles "well I was originally an entertainer, after all. It's a bad habit." He twirls the marbles in his fingers "nabbing Tokoyami was an improvisation." He closes his fist around the balls "Moonfish… that sword-tooth fellow… A guy like that, sentenced to death, reject appeals, he's a natural-born cutthroat murderer" He tilts his masked face and the kids can hear the smirk in his tone though they can not see it "The violent nature it takes to trample down on someone like that so unilaterally… I have judged he'll be useful too!"
"YOU BASTARD! YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE THEM!"
"Midoriya, calm down" Shoji pleads.
Shoto sends another Ice wave at the villain. The villain dodges "My apologies, all I do is deceive and run away… but that is what I'm good for" He takes off "Like I'd really want to fight with some hero Cadets. Right?" Once he deems, he is far enough away he presses the button on his comms "First strike team! The target has been successfully collected!"
"I'm sorry to cut you fun short, but this concludes our mission!"
"As planned, you have 5 minutes to rendezvous at the "Collection Point"."
"NO, LIKE HELL I'LL LET YOU THERE IS NO WAY YOU'RE GETTING AWAY" Izuku growls out he still has enough control over his wolf to give a short clipped order to the group "GET ON!" as he leaps after the villain that took Katsuki and Tokoyami.
In another part of the forest the villains are emerging out of the trees at the collection point.
"Oh? It's only this many of us so far?" Togo cheers as she takes in the gathering group.
"Crazy Lady" Dabi smirks "Did you get your blood? Hoe many people's worth?"
"One person" Toga pouts.
"Just one?! Didn't you say you would get at least three?"
"Nothing I could have done about it. I was going to get killed." Toga states.
"Really now?!"
"Toga why aren't you more excited? Did something happen?"
"I made some friends! And there's a boy I'm interested in!" Toga blushes.
"You mean me? Sorry I'm not interested!"
"Both of you shut up…" Dabi drawls.
Interrupting the villain meet is the sight of the Mr. Compress being tackled by an angry looking wolf with 4 teens on his back.
Shoji searches the villains pockets and grabs the two marbles he feels and leaps off. Shoto and Ace dodge out of the way of a blast of blue fire. Izuku and Luffy get swatted away by a Nomu.
"I know these kids" a villain points "They are all on the hit list"
Lucci targets Luffy using enhanced speed and strength. Since Luffy used Snake man earlier his Haki is still drained. He could get into Snake Man again, but he would need time to stall. Lucci attacks viciously like the jaguar he imitates. Luffy has tried to return punches but Lucci is faster than Blueno was and Luffy is not given a chance to use gear second. With Luffy's base strength and speed It does not take long for Lucci to slap some cuffs on the rudder boy. Luffy feels all his strength leaving him and struggles to get out of the cuffs. Lucci uses "Shigan" which hardens his finger to pierce Luffy's chest. Missing the boy's heart my millimeters. Luffy collapses to the ground completely defeated.
Ace watched rage filling his body as he watched Luffy get stabbed in the chest and collapse. Ace launches multiple flame attacks at the Leopard man. Ace managed to push Lucci away from Luffy and erected a Flame net around the injured boy. He put his fingers in a pistol like way and fired little compressed fireball at the leopard not aiming for any vitals but fast enough the fire was hitting the man. He then used his fire fist to deliver a knockout blow. Lucci collapses and Ace erects another flame net around the villain, so if he regains consciousness, he won't be able to rejoin the fight. Ace watches as Shoto fights one on one with the other flame user. He decides to give Shoto back up, after seeing Izuku and Shoji fighting off the Nomu's.
With all the fire around and visibility hindered by the smoke and debris none of the teens notice Mr. Compress sneak behind Ace and capture him like he did Katsuki and Tokoyami. The villain whispers into his headset that they have what they came for.
The villains disengage from the students, Shoto, Izuku, Shoji leap back trying to find out what is being planned. Mr. Compress sneers at the group of teens. "To think they came flying after me." He laughs "What marvelous thoughts take Flight!"
"Bakugo?" Dabi asks.
"Of course" the villain smirks and reaches into his pocket. Shock takes over his face as he doesn't feel the marbles.
"BOTH OF YOU RUN" Shoji shouts. "Your actions just now have made it clear. I don't know what your quirk is, but those things you were flaunting earlier… In your right pocket… These are Tokoyami and Bakugo aren't they Mr. Entertainer"
"Shoji!"
"Hohoho, in that short span of time." The villain sounds thrilled. "Well done, six-arms! You're quite good at groping about!"
"Alright it is done" Shoto turns to run away.
"You idiot…" Dabi snarls about to run after the teens, when Mr. Compress stop him. "No No, Hold on"
A portal opens behind each of the villains and in front of the teens. They leap back away from the portal. "A warp gate?"
"It's been five minutes since the signal, time to go Dabi" A very familiar voice sounds from inside the portal.
"But our objective?" Dabi starts.
Dabi gets interrupted by Mr. Compresses Laughter. "HAHAHA that was… they just seemed so happy chasing after me I wanted to give them a present" He puts his hand in front of his face "It's a bad habit… you see, one of the fundamentals of magic is that you flaunt things…" He removes his mask and sticks out his tongue "Only when you have other things to hide."
The villain releases his quirk on the marble is Shoji's hand. "Ice?"
"During the freeze attack, I prepared some dummies…" He laughs and puts his mask back on. "And I put them in my pocket. And then you happily ran after me when you noticed me putting them in there"
"DAMN IT" Izuku starts to run toward the villain who is already halfway through the portal.
"Well Then… Until the next time…." The villain begins taunting when a laser beam comes out of the forest and shatters the mask making him spit out the balls.
Shoji, Izuku and Shoto all run after one.
Shoji's target gets intercepted by Lucci who now that Ace is captured is free of the flame net.
Izuku closes his fist around one of the marbles and leaps after the other. Just as Shoto and Izuku are about to catch the ball Dabi's fist closes around it. He sneers at the desperate look on Shoto's face "How sad Todoroki Shoto"
Just as the villains are going to escape into the portals Dabi turns to Mr. Compress "Confirmed. Release them"
"Aww come on. That Laser just now" He snaps his fingers "Totally ruined my show"
As the portal closes the marbles are released Tokoyami is next to them while Lucci has his hand around Ace's throat and Dabi has his hands on Katsuki's throat. Izuku leaps up trying to reach Katsuki as he is about to be pulled through the portal. He catches the unhidden fear in Katsuki's face as the portal closes around his face.
"No problem" Dabi smirks just as the portal closes and Izuku crashes into the ground eyes wide and Panicked.
The last this Izuku remembers before the world goes black is the inability to breathe while an anguished growling screams tears out of his throat "GAAAAHHHHH! KACCHAN!".
Shoto watches as his soulmate is pulled through the portal with tears in his eyes feeling helpless. He is holding Luffy as the boy screams for his brother. The paralyzing burst of Conqueror's Haki makes the animals around them faint, Shoto watches as Shoji and Tokoyami pass out. Shoto is barely staying conscious trying to protect his mind from two uncontrolled blasts of Haki.
Shanks is with Aizawa in the facility safeguarding the student's when they both feel the uncontrolled blast.
Aizawa gasps "That was Izuku!"
Shanks nods "Not just Izuku, Luffy has unlocked his as well. We need Kirishima"
Aizawa nods "If that blast came from Izuku, I take it the villains have taken Katsuki. They have probably left and Izuku was injured the last time we saw him."
Shanks goes into the classroom "Kirishima" he calls with urgency. The mentioned boy is barely on his feet. The other students are unconscious.
"That was Izuku wasn't it. Does that mean the villains won. They got Bakugo?!" Kirishima asks panic and guilt in his voice.
Shanks nods "Luffy released it as well, I don't know the state they will be in but you need to come with me."
Kirishima nods as he follows Shanks out of the Classroom. They sprint in silence noticing all of the Class A and Class B students unconscious on the ground. Kirishima wants to check up on them but that can come later. They reach the clearing the blast came from.
Kirishima notices Izuku's beaten form on the ground raw broken screams tearing through is throat while still releasing Haki. Green lightening crackling around him in a chaotic vortex. He notices the two downed classmates Shoji and Tokoyami, this close to the blast they are out cold. He looks for his own soulmate and notices Luffy has Black lightening bursting through him. He notices Shoto is holding the rubber teen and crying. He looks for Bakugo, already knowing he won't find him but needing to make sure. The last thing he notices is Ace is missing as well. Probably why Shoto is in tears. He moves to Luffy and Shoto going to offer comfort to his distressed soulmate and Pack Member. He places his hand on his Soulmates back, immediately Luffy collapses in his hold with a quiet broken sob "Kiri?" He reassures Luffy that he is there. Luffy whispers out "Ace?" and Kirishima feels his heart break at the anguished sob that leaves Shoto's throat.
Shanks tries to get close to Izuku but is unable to approach. He uses a controlled burst on Izuku to break him out of his wolf form. Izuku slumps to the ground unconscious. He picks up the boy and walks over to where Shoto, Kirishima, and Luffy are, the first thing he notices is the cuffs on Luffy and the sickly look on the boy's face.
"Kirishima I need you to move out of the way"
"What's wrong Shanks?" Kirishima asks not willing to be away from Luffy right now.
"He has Sea stone cuffs on, they are poisoning him" Shanks states urgently.
"Poisoning him" Kirishima pales. He moves his hold on the boy to give Shanks access. He watches as Shanks carefully lowers Izuku onto Shoto's lap and pulls his sword out. Kirishima tightens his hold on Luffy, he trusts Shanks, but he is terrified right now.
"What are you going to do?" Kirishima asks scared.
"Sea stone is extremely strong. The only thing that can open them is the key. We do not have the key here, so I need to cut them off. It requires extremely powerful Haki and precision. I have removed them before" Shanks states trying to calm the teen "Trust me?"
Kirishima gulps these cuffs are poisoning Luffy. Shanks said he can remove them. Kirishima nods "I trust you Shanks"
Shanks closes his eyes and imbues his sword in Haki and makes two extremely fast slashes and sheaths his weapon. When the weapon clicks into its sheath the cuffs split and slide off Luffy's wrists.
Kirishima watches as the cuffs fall heavily to the ground, he inspects Luffy and smiles when he doesn't see any new cuts on Luffy. Shanks picks Izuku back up Kirishima helps Shoto stand and picks up Luffy. Shoto leans his weight on Kirishima side. Aizawa comes to the clearing with Vlad and they grab the other two students and make their ways back to the facility.
NOTES:
I don't like splitting chapters up. next chapter will be the after math. Izuku, Shoto, Luffy and Kirishima plan Katsuki's and Ace's rescue. Blueno is captured and doesn't escape with the others. Lucci has no choice but to wait with the league until they can find Blueno.
Until next time.
Kats1x
