The bell has sounded now indicating the heroes, Shoji and Sero, to head inside the building and locate the bomb. Both had to be wary as they seemed to be at a slight disadvantage. Sero was especially nervous with Izuku, his Quirk can easily burn and if the verdanette decides to heat up the room he will develop hyperthermia and that will result in his tapes becoming brittle.
Shoji seems to be more at an advantage with his Dupli-Arms and build. He can summon eyes and ears at the ends of his arms, increasing the location range. He is also more of a heavy hitter which may put him at a disadvantage since the two classmates seem more agile. The white-haired teen can make up for it with his Quirk, if he misses he can extend or duplicate his arms to grab his opponent and bring them back to him.
The next issue is Kaminari, both are vulnerable to his electricity, and they need to make sure neither of them can contact him directly or stay out of range. That is one of the pieces of information they don't have, his range of power.
"Sero-san, do you have any information on Kaminari?" Shoji asked his current partner, who in turn was looking up in thought.
"No, I am as much in the dark as you. I know he can still 'see' us with his electrolocation which is amazing itself, and I have seen him use his electricity to power up his phones and electronics. Like seriously, I have never seen his laptop die ever, and he never brings his charger." Sero chuckled, then snapped his fingers. "I do remember him saying that he can get overloaded by surges. Maybe we can find a power box and fry it somehow?"
Shoji nodded and moved his limbs in different directions, trying to locate the 'villains'. "We could do the same with finding a water source too, but I don't think it would be safe for Midoriya-Bakugou-san."
Sero looked slightly confused. "What makes you say that, man?"
Shoji tilted his head a bit when he heard some movement a couple of floors up. "Did you notice his uniform?" Sero just shook his head and the masked teen sighed. "He is wearing a type of wetsuit, and from the type of fabric it is made of it is designed to keep his core stable."
The violette's eyes widened as he got the information. "Which means, water is dangerous to him, increasing the risk of hypothermia?" His partner nodded and started to walk forward towards the stairs. "We need to be cautious, they are above us but I can't pinpoint their location. I hear at least 20-30 different movements several floors above. My guess Midoriya-Bakugou-san created diversions. How smart is he?"
"Who knows?"
Sero suddenly jumped at the disembodied voice and Shoji went on the defensive, trying to pinpoint where Izuku's voice was coming from. It was vibrating all over the walls, so it was practically impossible to pinpoint his exact location.
"Sometimes when it comes to strategy you have to be impractical, especially if you don't know how the villain thinks. The obvious approach may not be obvious at all."
"He is using the speakers." Shoji said suddenly as he found a megaphone on the corner just before the steps. "He is either in the main room or Kaminari hotwired it for them to use it."
Sero nodded and suddenly looked to his right, and upon instinct, he shot his tape on something orange. At first, it did a squeak or hiss as it was being surrounded by the ball of tape, then it started to sizzle and burn before all was left was smoke.
"What the hell was that!?" Sero yelled, unnerved that his tape was smelling like burnt plastic. Izuku already knows his weakness after the transparency talk and exam? He is almost a borderline genius!
"That was a rabbit made out of fire, so that is how he is blocking me. He created multiple fire creatures." Shoji explained before going into his martial arts stance as a roar was heard and a large fire bear ran down the stairs and lunged at him.
He grabbed the nearest, widest plank could see and aimed it at the fire bear, effectively nullifying it into small ember wisps. Shoji then kept it with him as he and Sero worked their way up floor by floor, fighting more fire beasts until they had reached the third floor.
Sero and Shoji were both panting from the exertion, Shoji even more so as he had to take the brunt of Izuku's Animal Parade to reduce Sero from suffering hyperthermia or dehydration. Sero hated not being able to fight, but until they find the villains or the bomb there was very little he could do.
"He is wearing us out, you have more of an advantage regarding stamina, how many of these fire creatures have we taken out?"
"About 15 creatures so far, and I will have to say swinging this plank is not easy." Shoji agreed and had to readjust his grip. They then reached the fourth floor and there they found the bomb, being surrounded by a ring of fire and Kaminari was on top of the bomb, releasing his electricity like a net.
Izuku was sitting on top of a support pillar, giggling at the exhausted duo. Perfect, wear out the Hero's complete. He then summoned fire wings and started to fly close to them and released several fireballs at the duo.
"How did you like my animal parade?" Izuku asked while they were dodging or blocking. "They were cute weren't they? All they wanted to do was play."
Sero just chuckled at the verdanette's antics. "I am sure they do, MB, but I would rather not become Mongolian BBQ." He replied, throwing tape at Izuku effectively wrapping his leg before the said limb caught fire. Sero yelped and had to tear the tape as the flames started to burn towards him. "Damn, I can't get near him without burning."
Shoji decided to try to get to the bomb to end the training, however, Kaminari had sensed his field and increased voltage on a section where the White-haired teen was aiming for. This caused Shoji to recoil back as his muscles spasmed from the touch. This will not work, I will become paralyzed if I continue.
"Awesome job, Kaminari-kun. Keep it up." Izuku said as he finally subdued Sero and tied him with capture tape, then flew above them both. "Now, we have one more!"
"Right!" Kaminari yelled, keeping the focus on Shoji for a few seconds before something started to scramble his senses. His gut feeling told him something was wrong, and before he was able to warn Izuku all hell broke loose.
-A few minutes prior-
All Might was furious.
This brat had powers and he had control over these flames with such accuracy that he even thought this was the second coming of Endeavor, without the grouchy attitude. It didn't even take long to even see that this brat despised the No. 1 Hero, and that also made him pissed.
He had thought for sure that he had broken his hope when Izuku was Quirkless and believed he would never see him again. But there he is, no longer as the timid brat that he has encountered, but the snarky, confident brat that his KI couldn't even faze the verdanette. He needs to shut him down, hard.
All Might tried to get him into a one-on-one talk with him but he straight up refused, giving an excuse that he needed to watch the matches. Even the blind Kaminari kid got in his way and they left the room. He couldn't stop them, they had valid points, All Might's head was still throbbing from that monstrosity's scream.
He wanted to hurt him again, to see that look of despair on this abomination, but how? From what he can see the brat has a flame quirk so water may work, but how to set it off? The No. 1 hero suddenly glanced at the emergency water button to his right and thought, 'perfect'.
"W-woah now." All Might suddenly said, holding his left hand over his temple as he stumbled to the right and put his other hand down to 'stop his fall' and it landed hard on the control panel marking water, effectively activating it.
The fire alarm had sounded and Katsuki's heart was filled with dread as he saw the water in the building fall from the sprinklers and pour all over his brother. Izuku screamed as the cold liquid shocked him, eliminating the fire wings and he had no choice but to fall.
"Izu-kun is going to land on Denki-kun!" Eevee suddenly yelled, seeing that Kaminari's Indiscriminate shock was being amplified from the water. She then heard Katsuki yell his brother's name at the same pitch that made her shiver during his panic attack and knew he was going to go ballistic.
"You fucking son of a bitch! What the hell did you do that for!?" He yelled at All Might, releasing massive explosions in his hands. He barely felt his girlfriend grasping his arm as he was advancing toward the shitty teacher.
"Katsuki, calm down." Eevee pleaded, now transforming into her Flareon form for extra bulk and resistance, the blonde was seriously trying to kill All Might. She looked around for some extra hands and eyed the red-haired teen. "Sharky, help me!"
"Eh?" Kirishima said before realizing what she had meant and activated his quirk and grabbed Katsuki's other arm. "B-Bakubro, don't hurt him! It was an accident!"
"Accident my ass!" He yelled, continuing to walk forward like a Pitbull ignoring his trainers, as Eevee and Kirishima were being dragged along still holding the blonde. "That button was a few feet away from him, how the hell did he get to it when he lost balance? What did he lose balance on?"
Katsuki moved his palms behind the duo restraining him and released a massive blast, effectively creating a shock to their grip, and once freed he lunged forward, ready to blast the face off the shitty No. 1 Hero. However, 2 seconds before he was able to hit his target he suddenly felt his quirk de-activating and something heavy landed on his back, causing him to fall to the ground. "Mthrfckr!"
When he was able to see what the hell was going on, he noticed grey bandages wrapped around him and Aizawa-sensei was on top of him. Katsuki shuddered as his teacher released a KI akin to an oni, similar to what he and his mother make. It means either back down or be killed.
"We will talk later, Bakugou." That was all Aizawa said, not giving the explosive teen a chance to argue. He then looked at Power Loader who was now frantically hotwiring the equipment to shut down the emergency water supply or at least redirect the water. He then glared at All Might who was looking back in surrender with his hands up in the air.
All Might was now trying to back off, slightly put off as this explosive young man was trying or even aiming to kill him. He needed to play innocent now, tread lightly as he could tell with those teachers and the students were looking at him like vultures. Take it nice and slow, and they will not suspect a thing.
"Got it!" Power Loader yelled in triumph after he was able to bypass the water supply, and not long after Shoji came in holding Izuku who was pale, shaking severely from the temperature shock and electrical burns while Sero gently guided Kaminari as he too was upset.
"I-Izuku, I'm so sorry!" Kaminari said and became silent as tears were still falling from his eyes.
Jirou rounded on him and smacked him in the back of his head, causing the electric blonde to flinch. "You idiot, Kaminari! Why didn't you turn off your electricity!"
"I-I was at 1.5 million volts, i-it takes time for that charge to wind down." Kaminari said quietly and grasped one of his arms. He flinched again as he heard his friend growl, expecting another hit.
Jirou just huffed and crossed her arms. "Your electrolocation should have sensed the water movements, Kaminari."
"I-it tempo-, temp- BLOCKS my electrolocation." The electric blonde tried to explain, hyperventilating now as his emotions were starting to become overloaded. "I-I d-didn't sense the w-water activating, how was I-"
"Denki-kun, it wasn't your fault." Eevee said, suddenly gently grabbing him and putting some pressure on his forearm to suggest the blonde to sit down. He did so and she transformed into her Flame Fox Forme and sat on his lap, giving off heat to warm himself up and give pressure. "Don't let people bring you down, it was an accident. None of us knew any of this would happen." She then gave the Earphone Jack user a glare and the violette just huffed again and walked away. "They should not hurt you for something you cannot control."
Kaminari just shook his head. "I-I didn't even sense the w-water flow, as far as I could tell the p-pipes were empty." He felt Eevee's paw touch his nose and instinctively wrapped his arms around her, feeling some comfort as the adrenaline started to wind down.
Katsuki just looked at the scene between the two as Eevee was giving the same treatment to Kaminari as Honey does to Izuku to help calm him down. He could tell Dunce Face had some past trauma by the way he is reacting to negativity, the same way his brother reacts to them. He let them be for now while he was inching his way to Izuku.
"Izuku, you ok buddy?" The blonde asked as he rubbed his cheek across Izuku's to check his temperature. He was below 100 degrees, not a good sign.
"C-cold…" Izuku whined, and he was starting to cough. Katsuki's heart jumped as he heard a slight gurgling sound.
"He must have inhaled some water, that cough doesn't sound dry." He told Aizawa, who immediately released the blonde and put his head on the verdanette's chest. He confirmed there was liquid in his lungs and needed immediate medical attention.
"Todoroki, I need you to keep him warm. We need to get him to Recovery Girl right away." He instructed and Todoroki took initiative, heating his temp to 102, and ran out of the class with the verdanette in his arms. Aizawa then looked at the rest of the class. "We will continue on another day, for now, return to class. You, All Might, Principal Nezu would like to see you in his office."
Everyone yelled yessir, and everyone left to their lockers. He had to urge Eevee and Katsuki to return to class, saying that Izuku would not want them to miss anything because of him, and to give him notes from the study. All Might, however, was trembling as he walked towards Principal Nezu's office. The brunette knew what he wanted to see him about, and what he feared. The man may be a powerful superhero, yes, but that rat can bring you down in simple yet effective choice words. Aizawa shuddered to think about what the Principal would say to All Might, or worse, what he would do.
