Chapter 6: Eyes Like Mine
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Devil Dragon Stand Knight: I wonder who else will be Jinchuuriki!
Dragon Emperor0: Quite a few people, actually.
ThermalsniperN7: A few should be obvious. One, though, is in a… let's say 'interesting' position.
-USJ, Shipwreck Zone-
Izuku, Tsu and Himiko all waded their way out of the water as the villains they just defeated struggled in vain to get free of the giant bubble of the blonde's self-inflating bubblegum.
"Heh, the longer I chew that stuff, the more saliva it absorbs which causes the reaction to happen faster and the gum stickier, they're not going anywhere." The shapeshifter chuckled, hugging onto Izuku's waist.
"Good to hear. Last thing we need is them sneaking up on us." The frog girl nodded.
"Don't relax. We're far from out of the woods." Izuku told them, knowing that they still had to survive. "Right now we need to try and help Mr. Aizawa and then regroup with the others. If he doesn't get help soon, the villains will beat him while he's exhausted." He continued.
"As much as I'd like to, is it really a smart idea to jump in the middle of that?" Himiko asked as they arrived at the shore and saw their teacher still fighting.
"I'm saying we should try to quickly and quietly lighten his load, I can even think of a few things that could do that." The boy told them. "But we need to be smart about it."
"What do you have in mind?" The cat-eyed girl asked as she readied her knives.
"I'm thinking of sending in several shadow clones. That should help." Izuku replied.
"Alright, let's see if it works." She nodded.
"Ribbit." Croaked Tsu.
(Elsewhere)
-Rockslide Area-
"So, your plan was to scatter us, and then kill us?" Izuku's wood clone questioned as he trapped a group of villains in tree roots with Wood Style: Lackard Chain Forest.
"Then you were woefully unprepared." Todoroki added. "From what I'm seeing, you guys haven't studied us at all. You haven't even trained your quirks." He considered as he froze a slew of villains.
"Th-they trapped us the second we warped here!" One of them uttered in shock from his spot in the wood tendrils.
"These aren't kids, they're monsters!" Another stated as the two walked by.
"So cold…" Another shivered.
"... You ever considered trying to use chakra so you can learn how to Ice Release?" The Uchiha questioned as the two walked along.
"No, but thank you for the idea. I'll likely do some training for that after this is over." Tbe two-toned boy replied before grabbing the staff of a villain that tried to sneak up on them and froze him solid, snapping the staff to add insult to injury.
"Is there a particular reason you don't use your fire? Holding yourself back like that is likely going to get you killed in the long run." The shinobi no mono noted, throwing a kunai into one guy that had a paper bomb attached to it, causing an explosion.
"... I'm not ready to talk about that." Shoto replied with a sigh as they stopped in front of one villain. "Listen well. The longer you're stuck like this, the more at risk your body is to succumb to hypothermia and frostbite. Luckily for you, we want to be heroes, so we want to avoid unnecessary cruelty." He stated as he held a hand in his prisoner's face, frost pouring from it. "But we can only do that if you tell us how you plan to kill All Might." He finished.
"So it's in your best interest to talk." Izuku stated, sword ready.
(Elsewhere)
-Mountain Zone-
"AAAAAAHHHHH!" Kaminari screamed as he ran away a villain. "These guys are terrifying! My whole life just flashed before my eyes, I think I just saw the Grim Reaper, what's going on?!" He questioned as he ran around like a headless chicken.
"Lightning Style: Lightning Blade!" Izuku's second clone exclaimed as he drove the Lightning Release Rasengan into a larger villain's stomach.
"Get yourself together, Denki!" Kyoka exclaimed as she swung her machete at a villain trying to approach her.
"Right now we need to figure out a way to get away from these enemies." Momo added. "Preferably without killing them, Midoriya."
"Hey it's either them, or us, which one would you prefer?!" The boy questioned as he stabbed another villain.
"Exactly!... Though the blood does make me feel off." The electric boy explained before affecting that second part.
"Oh grow a pair, Kaminari!" Jiro barked as she struck down a man. "Can't you zap these fuckers?!" She questioned.
"Not without zapping you three! I can cover my body in electricity, but if I try to attack with it, it just goes all over the place, or did you want shock treatment today?!" The electric blondie replied. "And I still can't get a signal out with the interference!" He added, tapping his earpiece.
"Real damsel in distress aren't you?" Jiro questioned.
"I think I know a way to help with that." The clone said before he started making some hand seals. "Wood Style: Forest Sanctuary Jutsu!" He exclaimed as a wooden dome covered Jiro and Momo.
"That'll do it!" Denki nodded with a grin before turning to the villains. "YOU GUYS ARE FRIED!" He yelled as he shocked all of them into unconsciousness. A few moments later, the dome receded into the ground.
"Impressive thinking, Midoriya." Momo praised with a nod.
"Thanks, Class Mom." The ninja nodded as they got free. But he soon noticed that Kaminari was walking around aimlessly and babbling. "Oh boy…" He groaned.
"What's-... Oh." The punk rock girl groaned as she noticed the living tazer's dumb face. "This is going to be a hassle…" She sighed as a hand came out of the ground.
(Elsewhere)
-Main Plaza-
Meanwhile with the main Izuku, they were watching as Aizawa was still fighting, but it was clear that he was starting to get worn down.
"Alright, time to do this." The boy said as he made a hand sign. "Ninja Art: Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!" He exclaimed as ten shadow clones appeared.
"Orders, boss?" One clone asked.
"Help Mr. Aizawa! Take off some of his load!" The original ordered. The clones nodded and dashed off to help the erasure hero.
"Do you think they'll be able to do the job?" Tsuyu asked with a croak.
"You saw what I did to a bunch of villains before all of us got scattered. They'll help." Izuku told her reassuringly.
As the clones jumped into the fray and started fighting the grunts, allowing Aizawa to finish on the boss, and the three extra waiting in case things got hairy.
Right as the erasure hero went for an elbow strike with his quirk active, it was surprisingly intercepted by his target. Before he could make another move, he was forced to blink, allowing his enemy's quirk to return… and start destroying his elbow.
"It was hard to see you jumping around like that, but I found your tell. It's your hair." The man said in a raspy voice. "You're quirk isn't suited for things like this, but despite that you didn't hesitate to jump in. It's cool, but you shouldn't exert yourself too much. Or else you'll fall apart!" He added as Aizawa jumped away.
"Get back, Mr. Aizawa, we got this." One of the Clones said as all of them faced off against the Hand villain and hulking birdman. "Alright guys, go!" He exclaimed as they charged forward.
"Get them." The hand villain ordered the birdman, who screeched and charged at the clones. They then body flickered before two stabbed kunai into its sides with bombs attached, another few slashed it with their swords, and one backflip kicked it before kicking a kunai into the side of its mouth.
'I know they're clones and they're, but is Midoriya out of his mind?! He could give his position as the original away!' The erasure hero thought tiredly.
The bombs then went off and the Clones soon saw that the villain had a regeneration quirk. "Crap. Okay, now next move!" The first clone said, still giving the illusion that he was the original as they started making hand signs.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" They all yelled as they stood in a circle around the villain and blasted him with fire.
When the fire died down, the victim was seen regrowing damaged skin. This made them curse at the sight. The creature then screeched before dashing at a clone and smacked it, forcing it to disperse in a cloud of smoke.
"Shit! Mr. Aizawa, look out!" The first clone yelled as the creature grabbed the man and started swinging him around like a ragdoll.
Izuku prime, Tsuyu and Himiko watched in horror as their teacher was swung around before his bones were snapped like twigs, causing him to bleed. Himiko would've been turned on by this normally, but her craving was already sated, so she was thinking quite clearly right now.
"This is bad… Wait." Izuku said before he had an idea, getting the first clone's attention, he made a circle with his hands, which was received as a signal making the Clones start making hand signs as they jumped back.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile back with Thirteen, the rescue hero was down for the count due to Kurogiri turning her quirk back on her. And now Iida was frantically running to the door while Izuku's other wood clone was attempting to force the door open with Deep Rooted Forest.
"Iida, get out of here!" As to exclaimed. The speedster made to protest when Thirteen's words of encouragement echoed in his head. With a gulp, he nodded his head. It was at that moment that the wood clone managed to get the door open.
"It's open! Iida, go!" The green haired Uchiha yelled.
"Right!" The speedster nodded as he ran away.
"I won't allow it! Be gone!" Kurogiri yelled as he chased after Iida.
"Deku! Launch me at him with your roots!" Ochako said to the dojutsu user.
"On it!" Izuku nodded and quickly flung the gravity girl at Kurogiri, where she grabbed his collar and took his gravity away before throwing him into the air.
"NOW! RUN, IIDA!" She yelled. The blue haired speedster was quick to use his quirk to run out of the open doors and down the road.
"Yeah! That's what I'm talking about!" Izuku cheered.
(Elsewhere)
-Earthquake Zone-
"Explosion Style: C-1 Bug Barrage!" Katsuki exclaimed as dozens of his clay spiders latched onto the villains and blew up. Kirishima let out a yell as he smacked another villain while the wood clone with them slammed another against the wall.
"Okay, I think that's the last of them." The redhead commented after the fighting stopped. "Now we need to find the rest of our classmates. Besides, if we hadn't done anything, Thirteen would have probably beat that guy!"
"I agree, our best bet would be to regroup, before these fuckers get a chance to." Izuku nodded, kicking one guy in the stomach.
"You two can. I'm going after that warpy bastard." Bakugo scoffed.
"Kacchan, now's not the time to be an asshole. We need to find the others before something really bad happens. Besides, your attacks didn't work last time, you'd be fighting a losing battle anyway." The Wood clone told him.
"Shut it, nerd!" The Pomeranian shot back. "I'm going after him because he's their way in and out! If I take him down, then they'll all be trapped here so they can pay for what they've done!" He exclaimed as a chameleon villain tried to do a sneak attack on him, only to receive an explosion to the face. "Besides, if all the villains here are as weak as these fucks, our classmates can handle them." He finished.
"Since when is he so calm and rational?" Kirishima whispered.
"Remarkably? Pretty often, assuming no one pushes his buttons." The shinobi whispered back.
(Elsewhere)
-Fire Zone-
Ojiro and his wood clone teammate ambushed a group of villains and knocked them unconscious, leaving them a pathway out to the zone they were in.
"Come on, let's get out of here and regroup." The clone said as they made a beeline to the door.
"Right." The tailed boy nodded as they ran. 'I hope the others are okay.' He thought.
(Elsewhere)
-Squal Zone-
Tokoyami, Koda and the other clone managed to whittle their cluster of villains to ten. And now Izuku had them all in one place for one more attack as he made a special hand sign.
"Water Style Secret Jutsu: A Thousand Needles of Death!" He exclaimed as the rain around them started turning into sharp water needles and descended down on the neerdaels.
"AHHHH! IT HURTS TO MOVE!" One villain yelled as he collapsed to the ground in pain.
"A Thousand Needles of Death… very appropriate." Tokoyami commented.
"Thanks." The clone said as they made their way to the exit.
(Elsewhere)
Back with the Shadow Clones, they were still getting their Jutsus ready, while the bird man had Aizawa pinned.
"How do you like him, eraser? He's our bioengineered Anti Symbol of Peace. But you can call him Nomu." The Villain stated.
"That name won't matter when we're through with you!" The first clone said as they finished. "Now!" He yelled.
"Wood Style: Vertible Thousand Hands Jutsu!" The Clones exclaimed as the ground began to shake.
"What the…?!" The hand villain got out in surprise before five giant buddha statues with a thousand hands each rose from the ground. "... Is that number of hands really necessary?" He couldn't help but question.
"You don't have the right to ask that, you walking hand job." A clone shot back as he caught Aizawa when Nomu hurled him aside and body flickered away.
With their teacher safe, the clones then made their constructs attack Nomu with their combined five thousand fists all at once. The artificial creature screeched and fought back, but for every blow he blocked, around fifteen more damaged him. It didn't seem to matter how strong he was made to be, he just couldn't keep up with five thousand hands attacking him.
But as the attack stopped, Nomu pulled its arms back and then suddenly released a thunderclap with his hands that created a shockwave so strong that it reduced the giant statues of splinters and destroyed all the shadow clones, while also nearly blowing the kids back. However, at the same time, it made him fall to his knees as he seemed to be trying to recover.
"Well… That was certainly something." The hand villain mused as Kurogiri appeared next to him.
"Tomura Shigaraki." He said, getting the now named Tomura's attention. "I managed to incapacitate Thirteen, but one of the students managed to escape the facility. It won't be long until backup arrives." He reported.
Shigaraki seemed to take this in before he started scratching his neck uncontrollably like he started having a nervous itch. "Kurogiri, you fool!" He exclaimed. "If you weren't our warp gate, I'd destroy every last atom of your body!" He snapped. After a moment, he stopped scratching his neck. "Let's leave. It's game over. Back to the title screen." He said, much to Izuku, Tsuyu and Himiko's surprise.
"Did I just hear that right?" The blondie whispered with slightly wide eyes.
"I have a bad feeling about this…" Tsu croaked.
"Yeah. Me too." Izuku nodded as he reflexively got Himiko and Tsu behind him.
"Before we go, however…" Tomura trailed off as he turned his gaze to the three students hiding in the water. "Let's make sure the Symbol of Peace is broken!" He exclaimed as he blitzed at the trio and reached for Himiko.
Feeling his protective impulses go into overdrive, Izuku turned towards the man and started charging one hundred percent of One for All into his finger as he aimed it at the man's head.
"You! Get away from her right now!" He yelled. "Delaware Smash!" He yelled as he flicked his fingers with the force of his quirk behind it. Dust was kicked up and everything was obscured, and when it settled, Nomu was standing in the way, having taken the blow, though he was obviously hindered in terms of absorption and regeneration.
"Huh? It didn't work?" He gasped as he also noticed that his finger wasn't broken.
"You're pretty powerful kid, that attack you used. Are you one of All Might's disciples?" Shigaraki questioned. "Get rid of him, Nomu." He added as the beast grabbed Izuku's arm, but before he could tear them apart, Izuku used a substitution Jutsu on himself, Tsu and Himiko, swapping themselves with some nearby equipment.
Before things could escalate any further…
BOOM!
The entrance doors were blown off their hinges, getting the attention of everyone. Entering the USJ… was All Might. Class 1-A smiled in relief upon seeing their teacher arrive.
"I couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong when Aizawa and Thirteen wouldn't answer my calls." The symbol of peace said as he walked in. "So I rushed over, and ran into Young Iida, he told me about the villainy at work here." He added angrily.
"About… time you… showed up…" Aizawa groaned as his students did what they could to ease his pain.
"I'll take it from here, Aizawa." The man told his co-worker before glaring at the villains. "Fear not, students, because I am here!" He exclaimed as he ripped off his tie.
"After all this waiting, the heroic piece of trash shows up." Shigaraki said.
Izuku glared at the man as he made more hand signs. "Wood Style: Wood Golem Jutsu!" He exclaimed as a giant golem charged at Nomu and clashed with him as All Might appeared beside him. "Be careful, All Might, One for All, it doesn't have any effect on that guy!" He whispered as he looked at his mentor, being mindful of Tsuyu who didn't know their secret.
"Thanks for saying that." The man nodded.
"Nomu, kill All Might!" Tomura ordered. The beast tried to do so, but Izuku's wood golem grabbed him by the heel and slammed him into the ground. "Kurogiri, do something about that thing, now!" He yelled.
"Right!" The wormhole villain nodded before creating a portal user the golem's feet, but before he could drag it in, Nomu managed to get free and deliver a devastating punch to the torso that shattered it. "... It would seem my intervention was unneeded." He noted.
"Young Toga, Young Asui, please go back to the others and help them." All Might told them, getting nods in return, before turning to Izuku. "Young Midoriya, do you think you still have enough Chakra to keep fighting?" He asked.
"Yeah. I can still fight." The Uchiha progeny nodded as his Sharingan came to life. The Number One hero nodded as he charged at Nomu, whose Shock Absorbing Ability was still tanking one for all, but it was clear that he was taking damage. But this was fine, since it gave Izuku time to predict Nomu's movements for a counterattack… But something threw him off.
All Might grabbed the behemoth by the stomach and then bent over, delivering the beast down into the ground with a titanic level German Suplex.
Or at least, it looked that way.
When the dust cleared, it was revealed that a portal had been made by Kurogiri at Nomu's impact point, giving him a window to grab onto All Might and hold him in place. The sight made Izuku's eyes widen in horror.
"Nice work, Kurogiri, we have him just where we want him." Shigaraki chuckled as Nomu dug his hands into All Might's side.
'Crap! This monster found my weak spot!' The hero cursed mentally as he tried to pry himself free.
"Now that you're in position, I can kill you." The fog covered man chuckled evilly.
"If this is the best you've got, then you might as well just surrender!" The No. 1 Hero grunted.
"Oh, this is far from all of it. I plan to lower you halfway into a wormhole and close it around you and bisect you." Kurogiri explained in malicious anticipation. "Normally, having blood and viscera in my wormholes is something I don't want, but I'll gladly make an exception just this once." He added with a chuckle. Izuku's mind envisioned it; the portal closing around All Might all the way to when he died.
Desperation coiled around the boy's mind like a python. It was suffocating, debilitating, infuriating. He couldn't—no, wouldn't let that happen!
Izuku closed his eyes, feeling something happening. As tears of desperation flowed down his face, he charged forward without thinking, and opened his eyes, revealing that his Sharingan was spinning and changing shape!
His eyes were green once more, but they now each had a black floral pattern in them, almost like a lotus flower. This meant one thing.
Izuku Midoriya had acquired his Mangekyou Sharingan! "I'm coming All Might!" He yelled as he used his body flicker to move himself in front of Nomu's side as his evolved eyes widened, and something amazing happened: Black flames suddenly ignited on the monster's flesh, causing it to shriek and release its grip on All Might.
"What the fuck?! What is this, some kind of hack?!" Tomura questioned in anger as he scratched his neck. Kurogiri, meanwhile, widened his yellow eyes in shock.
"Worse. Those are the black flames of Amaterasu! Nomu has no hope of surviving them!" He exclaimed as the artificial being pulled itself out of his portal as it clawed at its body, trying to extinguish the flames—which were burning him just as fast as he could regenerate.
"Thank you for the assist, young Midor-" All Might got out before noticing his pupil's eyes as the boy looked back at him. The man was truly astonished. "Your eyes… they're…" He uttered in amazement.
"What?" Izuku asked. Wondering what was up, he took out his sword and looked at his reflection. When he saw his eyes, he was shocked. "My… my Mangekyou Sharingan." He uttered in amazement.
"We must not let this child use his eyes again!" Kurogiri said as he started making a portal for Nomu's arm to go through so he could crush the boy's skull, but before that could happen—Katsuki came out of nowhere with Kirishima and Izuku's wood clone in tow and blew him away.
"I don't think so, asshole!" He yelled as he pinned him down.
"Sorry about the delay. Thanks for the clone, by the way, Midoriya." Kirishima told the Uchiha hero as the construct turned to splinters and returned its chakra and memories to him.
"No problem." Izuku said, allowing the two to see his Mangekyo Sharingan. When Bakugo saw it, his own eyes widened.
"Deku, your eyes… is that what I think it is?" He asked.
"Oh yeah. It is." Izuku nodded in confirmation.
"That would explain the black fire." Kirishima noted as Katsuki restrained Kurogiri.
"They got way too careless. You wouldn't have this armor if you didn't have a body." The blondie said, gripping on the armor on his neck. "Try and move and I'll blow you up so bad they'll be piecing you back together for weeks!" He added wickedly.
"Whoa, that's not very heroic." The redhead commented.
"No, but it is very shinobi-like of him." Izuku stated.
"Kurogiri, you really got us into a jam…" Shigaraki sighed in exasperation. "Get him Nomu." He added, the beast nodded as he blasted forward, but before he could make contact with Katsuki, his entire right side was frozen down to the bone in an instant! Allowing Katsuki to jump back to avoid getting grabbed.
"Sorry I'm late." Shoto said as he approached with his Izuku wood clone in tow. "Apparently this creature has Shock Absorption and Regeneration. It's how they plan to kill All Might." He continued before noticing the Amaterasu flames on it. "Though it would seem you've already found a way around it." He added.
"I used Veritable Thousand Hands in five sets, so I think I've worn him down." The real Izuku spoke up as his clone disintegrated. Meanwhile, Nomu groaned as it struggled back to its feet and its arm and leg fell off, but slowly started to regrow, but it was lessened due to the presence of Amaterasu.
"Young Midoriya, tell me: If I were to punch this creature where the flames of Amaterasu burn, will it spread to me as well?" All Might questioned as he clenched his fists, getting himself ready for his next move.
"Amaterasu is usually only meant to burn the targeted area, but just to be safe, try to avoid any spots overrun by it!" The boy told him.
"Understood." The man nodded before he charged and began exchanging punch after punch with Nomu, generating shockwaves each time. "You were meant to kill me, big guy, and you've got Shock Absorption, not nullification. Which means there's a limit to how much you can take!" He roared as his punches became blurs.
"Whoa! This is nuts!" Kirishima gasped as Izuku created an earth style wall to keep them from being blown away.
And at the same time, he was keeping his eyes on All Might's movements, memorizing them. "Alright, Let's try something!" He said as he concentrated and Amaterasu suddenly appeared in his hand, before it started changing shape until it was turned into a bow and arrow. "Blaze Release: Black Sun Arrow!" He exclaimed as he shot the arrow at Nomu and nailed him in the throat, engulfing his head and giving All Might the opening he needed.
"You've heard these words before, but it's time I show you what they really mean!" He exclaimed as he reared his fist back. "Go beyond! PLUS ULTRA!" He roared as he threw his fist forward at Nomu, punching him so hard he was sent flying out of the USJ entirely, the Amaterasu flames going out as he flew.
As All Might turned towards the villains, Izuku walked up next to him and started staring Kurogiri and Shigaraki down with his teacher, his Mangekyo Sharingan almost boring holes into them.
"You…" Shigaraki rasped angrily, his eyes blazing with anger as he scratched his neck.
"Why so shocked, Shigaraki?" Izuku questioned with a smirk as he pointed at himself with his thumb. "You should have known the moment you saw me—that the only way to beat an Uchiha like me, is with eyes like mine." He added.
The decay villain growled as he continued to scratch his neck uncontrollably as he started to shake, right as his eyes changed as well—gold with a diamond pupil with four orbs.
"You CHEATED!" He yelled as the golden chakra inside him erupted into the visible spectrum and started making him change shape.
Dragon Emperor0: … Okay, now shit has officially hit the fan.
ThermalsniperN7: First Izuku unlocked his Mangekyou Sharingan (out of a strong feeling of desperation and desire to protect All Might) and now Shigaraki just discovered he can use Shukaku's chakra… I'm not sure how Class 1-A is gonna survive this.
Dragon Emperor0: And to make matters worse, All Might is out of time. So unless they can find someone to knock the shit out of Shigaraki before he can finish his transformation, then they are all fucked. And I mean MONUMENTALLY fucked. It's gonna take no less than another jinchuruki appearing to win at that point.
ThermalsniperN7: No shit. It'll take the mother of all clutches for everyone to be able to walk away from this mountain-sized clusterfuck. Anyway, on that rather grim note… See you guys next time in the finale!