The bus eventually pulled to a stop, allowing the recently recovered Toru and her companions leap off for a breath of fresh air. The rest of us calmly disembarked, rolling our eyes to the nutcracker Tenya had become. Yaoyorozu-sama was doing her best to put up with it.

I see a smack down in his future.

I stepped off last, being sentenced to the back of the bus, and I got my first good look at out destination.

A plain, white, dome.

…nice….?

After being organized like a bunch of volunteer soldiers for a cannon fodder platoon, our commander would-be was leading in front, as if he had a clue as to where he was going. We marched ourselves inside, Aizawa lagging behind. I bet the only reason he was here was because of his obligation, and because he was being paid.

The doors opened when we got close, and an astronaut stood in the doorway, waving to us.

"Hello Everyone!" they greeted, and I could feel the rays of light radiate off of Nervous Wreck over here as he soaked in this random hero's presence.

"It's Thirteen, the Space Hero! The Rescue op Pro with the signature Quirk: Black Hole!" Izuku whispered, covering his mouth as if it could prevent the world from seeing the glistening disco ball glittering in his eyes. I myself just looked away, knowing there was nothing I could do, and I might as well appreciate the information he gives out on apparent instinct.

Black Hole sounds like quite the dangerous Quirk.

The Astronaut spread their arms, and beckoned to the entire space, "Welcome to USJ, the all-purpose Rescue Op Training Ground!"

…

Huh.

I walked past the group slightly, observing the area…it was pretty diverse. In one area, a ship wreck, another, a mountainous barren space, past that was a flaming city, and earlier than that was a darkened urban area.

I partially ignored the briefing. This area was a weird thing to look at. I stood at the top, examining the small square at the bottom, and felt my curiosity peak as I saw several dark purple black swirling portals suddenly appear.

"Oooo, I wonder what that is." I muttered, tilting my head as I watched.

And then a lot of things started too come through. My eyes widened to massive proportions, registering that, yes, a force of 50+ enemy combatants just entered the area without a fucking trace. I suddenly felt a large breeze past me, and I blinked as it was actually Aizawa, flying into battle with his goggles on and scarf ready for conflict.

"Thirteen! Protect the kids!"

I saw him dive-bomb the entry team, and I felt my mind snap through several realizations.

We are being attacked. This could be a drill, and my actions are being observed. Choice, join Thriteen, Join Aizawa.

My feet jumped on their own.

I leapt right down the stairs, feet first as I landed with a large crash next to Aizawa's assailants. My impact splashed rolling clouds of dust into the courtyard, masking my initial movements. I rose, raising my hands above my head, and slamming the ground again…and again.

The dust continued to spill outwards, and I started to bleed as my skin ruptured from the breaking brick. My pulse increased, and my senses immediately sharpened. I closed my eyes, and I breathed outwards, blowing the dust around me away. I stood alone, but I heard them.

Plenty, surrounding me.

I decided to go for the bold approach.

"Asking someone to protect me…honestly, do you just have no faith in us? I mean, I don't blame you, haven't really taught us shit, but c'mon, a lot of us have seen combat before…and me?"

I put a grin on my face, before sweeping my arms together, clapping, and blowing away all the dust with one large boom. It scattered, and I stood in the center, surrounded by armed criminals, and I was definitely not feeling how I was looking.

"This is FAR from my first rodeo!"

I let my quirk fire up, and I lunged right at the closest guy to my right, covering the distance before he could even flinch. I caught him in the chin with an upwards rush, clothes-lining him with my forearm, and kept the speed towards the person behind him. I slammed into the enemy force, knocking people out or away with powerful blows, keeping up my agility so I didn't catch a wild bullet.

"Annoying" I heard a monotonous voice mutter, and I whipped to the side, dodging a sudden whirlpool of purple darkness.

"He dodged that?"

"Impressive ability."

I tsked, standing up straight, and looking at the two new additions. One was just like the portals, a mass of purple wispy darkness like flame, a glowing pair of snake-yellow eyes…and he wasn't even the creepier one.

His apparent partner, was a pale skinned, skinny man. He had faded baby blue hair that had obviously seen better days. Jagged yellow nails scraped lazily on the base of his neck, the skin scarred from activity…his face was covered, by a large, white hand.

In fact, his entire body had such hands on them, everywhere. There were too many to count in that instant.

"Send him away" the skinny man said, and the whirlpool dude responded, "Hai, Shigaraki-sama"

The wisp suddenly exploded, zooming outwards in every direction, before imploding on me.

I could only scream out one thing.

"I'LL BE BACK!"

The pool of blackness span me like a top, before I swirled onto solid ground once again. I growled, my veins radiating molten fire as they seethed beneath my skin. My hair and eyes lit a flame with violence as I slowly turned, examining my surroundings. I was in a mountain area, hard packed dirt and sediment with no evidence of human interaction…except for the large crowd that encircled us

"Akashi…kun?" I heard a hesitant statement, and I stared, losing an edge to my anger.

It was Yaoyorozu-sama, with Earjack and Retard.

"Sorry to steal your moment" I bit out, turning to the group of villains around, and growling as I saw their smirks.

"But I'm really really angry right now."

"GET EM'! Keep the girls alive!"

What.

My eyes bulged in my sockets, and my skin rippled. Steam started to pour off my form, my hair rippling in the current. My eyes flared a dangerous raw red, and it felt like every muscle in my body was about to explode.

They want the girls…AS IF I WOULD EVER LET THAT HAPPEN!

"THIS AINT A DREAM!" I screamed, slamming both fists into the ground below me, the hardened dirt cracking and fracturing in an impressive display of force, and caused the front line to stumble and fall from the shockwave through the ground.

..I will protect them!

A small droplet of sweat slipped past my lip and off my chin, causing the earth to hiss loudly as the ground started to heat up the angrier I got. They will not succeed…they must NOT GET PAST ME.

"IM YOUR NIGHTMARE!" I howled, kicking my leg back and sinking it into the earth.

I tensed, my muscles firing, and I leaned back like a slingshot.

"…die." I hissed, my skin darkening from an angry red to a fiery purple.

I launched forward fast, closing the distance like a rubberband, and hitting my first opponent so hard his entire ribcage collapsed in on itself. He fell to the ground formless, his body leaking like a deflated balloon.

I didn't stop, I didn't slow down, I didn't hesitate.

THEY WILL NOT GET A SINGLE CHANCE!

I careened about like a magic bullet, taking out opponents in a blur of red as if they were being blasted back by a shockwave. I ripped through their entire force like wet construction paper, clawing my path of violence to their rear lines, and snarling as I started to lose focus…shit.

I…losing it.

BUT I DON'T CARE!

Fire boiled in my stomach, my muscles demanding action, and my mind blurred as I started to teeter on the edge.

I stood at the edge of the mountain range, looking down at the central hub once again, and saw it in ruins. Aizawa had taken care of most of the small fry, but the last guy…he looked like an evil All Might.

Perfect…A PUNCHING BAG!

I turned, only able to say one thing as I followed my rage.

"…be careful." I grunted, and jumped.

The wind screamed past my ears as I launched forwards, and I was surprised to see the body of my "Punching Bag" suddenly greet my half way.

PERFECT!

I snarled as I latched onto him as he did me, and we hurtled towards the earth.

He's strong!

I'LL CRUSH IT!

We crushed the earth beneath out landing, and we appeared from the dust cloud, grabbling eachother as we pushed against each other's strength. My skin fully purple, and my hair whipping widly as I growled like an animal…a beast…a berserker.

Get him…get him get him gethimgethimgethimGETHIM!

BREAK HIS BODY!

I roared, louder than ever, blasting my opponent's ears into disarray. His eyes seemed to spin like ball in his head, and I lowered my head, and charged. I gained ground almost immediately, lifting him off of his feet and plowing forward, striking a nearby wall and breaking right through it.

"Nomu…kill him." I heard a familiar cold voice say, and Nomu, my Opponent, reacted.

He flipped himself backwards in quite the fearless move, taking the next wall to the face, and flipping me over him. I flew like a ragdoll, crashing though some vegetation myself, but landing on my feet, and intercepting his dive with a powerful blow to the head, knocking him past me.

Cmon…HIT HIM.

HIT HIM!

BREAK HIM!

MAKE HIM SUBMIT!

I pivoted and followed after his trajectory, and hitting him once more as he flew straight into the ground. He let out a bird like squawk, and came at me again.

Not fast enough.

WHY ISNT HE DEAD YET!

I disappeared, three after images of me fading into nothing as I was suddenly in his guard, and my hands on his face and neck. I spun on my heel, and slammed my knee directly into his bird like beak, cracking it painfully, and spewing blood everywhere, his and mine.

I brought his head back, and slammed again.

And again.

Until eventually, he grabbed my head himself, and threw me away, cradling his face for a moment, before howling in anger, and leapt after me.

We clashed once again, tussling like titans as the landscape simply could not equal our bloodlust. We crashed, burned, shattered, and tore the training center apart like a playground. Blood flowed freely off my body like rivers, my blood regeneration keeping me in the fight as I left pools of it everywhere. Nomu had seen better days, his beak was broken off, his arms were severely deformed, and his body was covered in pockmarks.

And I had lost all sanity at that point.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" I screamed and roared, firing on all cylinders to just tear him apart.

Rip him

Tear him

Break him

DeSTROY HIM

KILL HIM

"RAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Nomu's eyes spun again as my voice deafened him, and his muscles started to stich themselves back together.

NO! NEVER!

I appeared in front of him, crushing him beneath my knee, and I snarled so wide my teeth were on fully display, blood dripping off my canines and veins radiating hatred. Veins glowed like molten stars as they revealed a magma radiance, violence. My eyes were fully open, glowing red so strongly it was nearly all you could see. My hair was fully on fire, whipping about like a chaotic flame in a tornado. The heat being poured out of my cells was so intense it left steam trails as my sweat evaporated the moment it to passed through my skin. My clothes were in ruins, my shirt nearly completely gone, and my pants hanging on by my belt only.

I growled loudly, reading my fist back and slamming down on Nomu's arm, breaking it in several places. Nomu screamed, and it only fueled me as I let another rain down, crushing his body like a meteor shower of rage. After the final concussive blasts settled, the dust fully clearing from the area, all anyone could hear was my ragged breaths, I was spent, but most certainly not out.

"GGRAAAAAA!" I bellowed, leaping off my defeated opponent towards the man commanding him, who did the smart thing.

Fled.

He leapt back directly into a portal, appearing above the defeated form of Aizawa, who was grunting in pain as blood pooled from his forehead through his hair.

"Stop, or I'll- HEY!"

He jumped back, tossing aside Aizawa with a hurried hand as I landed right where they were seconds earlier, crushing the rubble into even small pieces as I stomped. I turned, and launched again.

I made a beeline forward, head low, and fists behind me. I saw a portal appear, and just as he was about to get away, I through my fist forward, blasting a punch of wind forward, and sending him careening through with a cry of pain as his back bent in a way it wasn't supposed to. I heard him land with a crash behind me somewhere, and I whirled around, and crouched to jump.

"STOP!"

I tensed, heat smoldering on my skin as I slowly turned my head...who DARED.

"Akashi-kun…that's enough. Thank you for holding them off long enough for me to get here." A loud and serous voice announced, and he appeared, walking from the smoke at the main door.

"Everything is Alright!" he called, standing proudly, his blond hair and epic stature on display, but his grin.

Was nowhere to be seen.

Instead, an angry scowl was in its place, and he examined the villain force with a fear-inducing stare.

"Why?! Because I am-AH!"

I pounced. I launched forward, fists cranked back and lunge fully extended. I flew up the stairs like a diving falcon, and introduced my knee to All Might's guard as I threw the both of us backwards from the smoke once he came.

I dropped, losing my momentum, and used my elevated position to clasp my hands together, and scream in madness as I slammed the ground beneath

All Might jumped backwards, blocking the debree with a shocked face, and I stood, snarling, though it was obvious I was greatly fatigued. My muscles shook and shivered, my eyes were dragging, and my stance was far from strong.

I fell to all fours, legs tensed, and I growled threateningly…albeit weaker than my immergence.

I was…slowing down.

"You're protecting them, even now." All Might said with revelation, and I didn't flinch, move, or utter a single syllable as I maintained my snarl.

"It's ok." All Might said, standing straight, and wiping a droplet of blood from his grin, which returned with gusto as it proudly showed his pearly whites.

"I will take over from here."

I growled, still holding my ground, when I heard an angry voice from behind.

"NOMU!"

It happened in an instant.

All Might dashed forward, but I was faster.

I turned, and dashed without a thought, careening over the students, and throwing my body in-between then, and an angry, fully healed Nomu.

The explosion shattered the entrance, breaking through the foundation and throwing the kids away with the force of the impact. All Might served to cushion them he intercepted their path, and I felt my life trickle thinner and thinner.

I laid at the bottom of the crater, my own blood pooling around me like a lake, and I started to powerdown in earnest. My skin started to fade back to its original tone, my hair losing its brilliance, and my veins visibly shrinking back underneath my flesh…my blood regeneration slowing down as well.

But my eyes, close to closed and wavering, were hardly darkened. They radiated will and rage, and I coughed, putting my hands under me as I slowly rose to all fours. I grunted and winced rubble falling away from my clothing, but remaining in my flesh as I bled for multiple small wounds across my front.

Nomu had tried to crush them in one go, and I intercepted, diving in between and taking it straight to my back while airborne.

I shakily rose to my feet, my left leg shaking uncontrollably, as I staggered and swayed. Blood seeped out of my wounds like freshwater springs, bubbling like a new brook. The bottom layer of the crater took on my crimson color, and I panted, wheezing and in obvious pain, stared strongly at Nomu, who looked…surprised.

And afraid.

I took a step forward…and it was all I could do.

My leg couldn't support me, and I fell, face first, the rubble proving to be the most uncomfortable mattress I had ever used.

"…Guys." I breathed out, doubtful that anyone could hear me, and I let out the last of my conscious thought.

"I'm sorry."

I lost my hearing, I lost sensation, I lost my sight…I lost consciousness.