A/N I do not own My Hero Academia. This is for entertainment purposes only.
MagicBanana223:I stated earlier that Izuku is going to be stronger because One for all gets stronger each time it's passed down. So if you had allmight and Izuku both throw a 5% punch. Izukus would be noticeably stronger. Plus I was unaware the airburst was limited to a certain %,(I am very behind in the series.) I thought it was something that could be done at lower but it would just be proportionally weaker since it was used in the sports festival at least that's how I interpreted it. I thought that Izuku was just not using the technique because of a writing error.
Tsun: He is going to use a little more lightning in this chapter. But no lighting armor, that trick isn't till much later.
Thanks, everyone for reading, leaving comments, and critiques.
I hope you enjoy this chapter.
XXX Just outside the Downpour zone XXX
The Camie, Tetsutesu, Jurota, and Izuku continuously exited the downpour zone just in case some villains were waiting in ambush. Once it was clear that no villains were laying in wait for them, they stealthily moved toward the plaza. They watched from their hiding spot as Vlad sensei did battle with the Hand villain. They all froze in fear when the handy villain disintegrated part of Vlad's arms.
The situation only worsened when Nomu started to fight Vlad. They watched as their teacher clashed with Nomu, serving the beast's limbs only for them to regrow. Izuku did his best to remain calm and objective just like Nezu had told him to do. With a deep breath, Izuku calmed himself and paid close attention to the fight, taking note of every detail he could. He soaked up as much information as he could as it could prove pivotal if he needed to come up with a way to beat the villains if his teacher failed.
As if his thought made it so he watched as his teacher was defeated and pinned to the floor. Izuku powered up one for all at 5%, tapping into that ball of lighting that sat in his chest. Green lightning arced down his arms and seemed to gather in his hands as he watched. Izuku was ready to jump in and save his teacher. But he paused when Kurogiri arrived and reported to Tomura. Hope flared in him when Kurogiri said that Juzo had escaped. It was only a matter of time till help arrived now. The hope flared brighter when Tomura said he would just leave.
But then Tomura turned to look at someone. Izuku following the villain's gaze spotted his friends. Izuku blinked and Tomura was suddenly in front of them, his hands reaching toward Yanagi and Kinoko. Izuku recalled Tomura turning Vlad's forearm and shield to dust. The image of these girls turning to dust flashed before Izuku's mind. The thought caused Rage an emotion Izuku normally had buried deep within himself, to come roaring out from the depths like a sea monster.
Izuku jumped out of their hiding spot out into the open. Fist cocked back and lighting coating his arm all the way up to his shoulder.
"DON'T TOUCH THEM! TESLA SMASH!" bellowed out Izuku as he threw his punch forward. A bolt of green lightning shot out of his fist. Thunder echoed throughout the USJ and a burst of wind burst forth from his punch.
The bolt struck Tomura before he could react. The villain was engulfed in light for a moment and Tomura was flung away from the girls, his clothes smoking and scorched.
"Tomura!" yelled Kurogiri in some concern.
"Grab Sensei!" ordered Izuku before he dashed to place himself between the villains and his teacher. Izuku threw a much smaller but no less fast lighting bolt at Kurogiri. Which struck the mist villain in the armor around his neck the mist villain screamed in pain as the bolt connected.
Nomu rushed to Tomura's side, placing himself between his master and Izuku. The villain's body twitched sporadically due to the electricity and he was also sporting electrical burns. He glared in hate as he watched the student regroup around the rabbit brat.
"Izu since when could you do that?" questioned Pony as she helped Kinoko over. The students rallied around their fallen teacher.
"Later. Jurota grab sensei, manga, grab Kinko.." Started Izuku but was interrupted by Tomura
"Smash huh? You must be a fan of Allmight. Do you think he'd approve of you trying to kill me? That's not very hero-like. But that won't matter for long." Spoke Tomura hatred in his voice as he fully stood up with some help from Kurofiri.
"Nomu kill the brats." Ordered Tomura Coldly. Nomu rushed forward appearing in front of Camie, first raised to kill the girl. Camie's eyes widening at Nomu's sudden appearance.
"I said you won't touch them! Smash!" yelled Izuku as he punched Nomu in the face accidentally using 100% of one for all.
Camie would swear later that she saw the following in slow motion. Izuku's fist made contact with Nomu's beak, which carved it in at the impact. The birdman was sent flying away its neck clearly broken as it bounced off the concrete floors a few times before coming to a stop. Both the heroes and villains were in shock at the events.
'What I used 100%, but I didn't break myself?' Thought Izuku. Before Tomura grew a demented smile.
"You really are very powerful aren't you? To be able to do that to Nomu despite his shock absorption and regeneration quirks. You might be a nice warm-up before he kills Allmight. Nomu! Forget about the other brats. Kill the rabbit and make sure it's painful! This is top priority!" Ordered Tomura excitedly. Nomu stood his neck already healed. The genetic abomination charges forward toward Izuku.
"Run! Get the others to safety!" Spoke Izuku to his friends as he dodged Nomu's first punch which caused a crater to form on the concrete floor. His comrades hesitated not sure what to do. Camie was the first to take action.
"Izuku catch!" yelled Camie tossing Izuku one of her last gas grenades to him, Izuku caught the gadget with little issue.
Camie hoped it would be useful as she grabbed the injured Kinko from Yanagi and started making her way to the entrance. Jurota, and Manga, carefully picked up Vlad king and followed Camie toward the main entrance.
Tetsutetsu did not want to run as that was not manly, but if the others ran into more villains, they'd be vulnerable while carrying the injured. It would also not be manly to leave them undefended.
"Go. We'll help Izuku. Once the injured are safe you can come back." Spoke Yanagi, as she laid a hand on Tetsutesu's shoulder.
"Alright, I'll be right back!" Replied Tetsutetsu, deciding to trust in his classmates. The metal hero moved to catch up with the group heading to the entrance, he would make sure they got there safely, then he'd come back with more classmates to help.
Yanagi and Pony stood side by side, watching as Izuku dodged and weaved around Nomu's attacks. It was like watching someone try to hit a fly, the only difference was that each missed attack shattered concrete and stone. Izuku was using all his agility to avoid taking a hit and unbeknownst to them he was using 8% full cowl in bursts to avoid the monster's attacks. Unfoutuently Nomu was sticking close to Izuku in its pursuit to kill him. This made it hard for Yanagi and Pony to support him with ranged firepower.
"We can keep those two occupied, so they don't interfere." Spoke Yanagi looking at Tomura and Kurogiri. The two villains seemed to be paying more attention to Izuku's fight with Nomu than to them. Both Heroines knew that the moment it looked like Izuku had the upper hand that the villains would interfere.
"I can take the mist-man. If he tries to portal my horns, I can just change their direction." spoke Pony knowing that her ability to control her horns movements would be effective against the warping villain. Yanagi nodded, accepting Pony's proposal.
"He seems to have some sort of armored collar. It may be a vulnerability and be cautious he may attempt to warp you away." spoke Yanagi pointing out the metal collar. Their plan made, the two heroines jumped into action.
Pony fired a bunch of her horns, and Yanagi had plenty of broken concrete at her disposal. The projectiles flew at great speed toward their prospective targets. The VIllains spotted the attacks and were forced to dodge out of the way.
The bits of concrete sailed past missing Tomura. But the Horns simply turned to follow Kurogiri. The warper opened a portal in front of the projectiles to try and redirect them back at Pony. The horns flew through the portal but once on the other side, they turned 90 degrees, and now two separate groups were coming for the warper from opposite directions. Kurogiri once again tried to redirect the horns only for them to split into four groups.
"How troublesome." spoke Kurogiri, as he continued to try to avoid the attack.
Tomura was also having trouble not only was he still injured from his bout with Vlad king and Izuku's attack. But Yanagi was throwing small rubble at him. Which the villain found to be incredibly annoying as he couldn't simply disintegrate the small projectiles. Tomura ran toward the ghost girl trying to get closer so he could dust her. But once he was within her quirk's range she simply reached out with her quirk and took hold of one of his legs forcing him to trip. Tomura gritted his teeth in pain as he fell face-first into the floor. He immediately moved and dodged another barrage of rubble and stone. Yanagi had already backed away from him, determined to keep him far out of arm's reach. But she also remained on guard in case Kurogiri attempted to assist his boss.
Izuku took a look seeing Yanagi and Pony fighting the other two villains. He was worried about them. But he was happy to see that they were holding their own for the time being. Izuku's distraction cost him as Nomu was able to land a blow, Izuku was sent flying back. Izuku crashed through one of the nearby trees, sending splitters in every direction. Pony and Yanagi were worried when they saw Izuku take the hit. But they forced to refocus on the Villains who tried to take advantage of their lost focus.
Izuku stumbled to his feet picking up Camie's grenade as he rose to his feet. He was lucky that One for all boosted his defenses or that punch could have killed him. But Izuku was not unscathed, his left arm hung limply at his side clearly broken. Nomu, seeing his target was still standing, started marching toward Izuku.
'Focus Izuku, I can help them, after I deal with Nomu. But how do I beat him? Even if I can hit him with 100% he just regenerates any damage I do and I can't take another hit like that. What if I don't beat him, what if I just take him out of the fight!' thought Izuku as he ran through possible solutions using what information he had. Izuku's eyes darted to the ceiling above and then landed on Nomu.
'That could work, but I'll need to slow Nomu down. If I use Camie's glamour grenade it should make him stand still long enough for me to get rid of him. I'll have to thank her later.' thought Izuku, his one good hand clenching the grenade Camie had tossed to him earlier. [Cue Izuku's hero music] Izuku dashed back into the plaza making it look like he was going toward Tomura and Nomu moved to intercept the green-haired hero student.
Once Nomu was in the right position, Izuku jumped back from Nomu, tossing the now primed grenade in between them. Nomu, not being a smart creature, simply chased after his target, not even glancing at the grenade as he collided with it. The grenade released Camie's multi-colored Glamour gas. Nomu stopped in his tracks confused as to where his target was and why there were 6 masters. Nomu Simply stood there in confusion unable to complete its priority order.
"What did you do to Nomu?!" yelled out Tomura as he charged at Izuku. Only for Yanagi to trip the villain again.
Izuku didn't respond to the villain as he dashed back toward Nomu. Ducking low once he was close enough. The following events went by so fast that those present could barely keep up.
"Huston Smash!" Called Izuku as he used 100% to sweep Nomu's legs so fast that Nomu seemed to hover in mid-air for a moment. The strike also shattered the monster's legs.
"Cape Canaveral Smash!" yelled Izuku as he performed a rising uppercut, at 100% sending Nomu flying upward. Izuku brought full cowl to 8% and jumped after Nomu. Those near the entrance and the plaza, watched as Izuku rapidly ascended toward Nomu.
Nomu tumbled in midair still under the effects of the hallucinations of Camie's Quirk. Nomu reached the apex of his flight almost touching the USJ's ceiling and was now falling back down to earth only for Izuku to rapidly get closer.
"Apollo SMASH!" Yelled out Izuku. Izuku threw a full power kick at Nomu green lighting trailing his leg.
The blow caused Nomu's chest to buckled and collapsed inward. Once again the rumble of thunder and intense wind accompanied the blow. The Anti-symbol of peace was sent upward at great speed. Nomu's body punched right through the USJ's metal ceiling without even slowing down causing the sound of tearing metal to echo throughout the facility. Nomu quickly vanished from sight, the dispersing of clouds indicating that the monster was still going.
"That cheater! Kurogiri we have to gank the brat now! " Yelled out Tomura in hate as the villain plunged his hands into a small portal that Kurogiri made.
Izuku watched with some pride and satisfaction as Nomu was sent flying. But he wasn't done he still needed to land and help deal with the remaining villains.
However, a portal appeared just a little below him, the bloody and burned hands of Tomura reaching through the dark mist. Izuku didn't have time to dodge, he was going to fall right into those hands and be turned to dust.
'Don't worry kid, I got you!' spoke the feminine voice from his dream. Izuku noticed that he just suddenly stopped falling, he was just floating there for a breath. Looking at the hands that were just out of reach.
'Don't just stare! Let him have it!' spoke the female voice in his mind again.
The voice figuratively kicked him into action. Izuku threw a 5% tesla smash, the bolt arced through the portal and hit his foe directly. The wind generated from the punch had the added benefit of knocking him away from the portal.
Izuku was sent flying away from the plaza and toward the mudslide zone. But he was caught by someone despite him still being high above the floor. A pair of arms wrapped around him and his head was resting against a familiar softness.
XXX Earlier In The Landslide Zone XXX
Deep in the landslide zone, Kendo deflected a villain's jab, and retaliated with a palm strike to his chest, enlarging her hand at the last moment. The villain went tumbling back sliding down the muddy terrain. Kendo was covered in mud but seemed un-injured for the most part. Three more villains took the last one's place and quickly attacked her.
"There's no end to them. How are you doing Setsuna?" asked Itsuka. Before she rolled out of the way of a torrent of water from a villain with a water tank on his back. Kendo enlarges her hands during her roll letting her do a handspring kick right into the villain. Kendo landed on her feet after her attack. The villain on the other hand was on the ground out cold.
"Fine! These guys aren't so tough!" Responded Setsuna as she roundhouses kicked a skeletal looking villain in the face. She had barely needed to use her quirk so far.
"I'll show you tough you little brat!" yelled a villain. Who breathed a torrent of fire at Setsuna and Kendo, not caring if he hit his fellow villains.
The two heroines ran ducking and weaving past the villains before they dove behind some partly buried buildings just as the flames were licking at their heels. They heard a combination of screams and swearing as several villains got caught in the attack. The torrent of fire ceased and the two heroines peek around their cover.
"What the hell man! Don't fry us too!" bellowed a bull-like villain, as he slapped some wet mud on top of his burning sleeve.
"Shut up! I'll keep them pinned, you guys flank them, or I'll barbecue you!" Responded the fire-breathing villain. He took a deep breath, his chest distending far past what was normal.
Setsuna and Kendo both ducked down behind their cover as more fire slammed into the remains of the building.
"Ok, I'll admit they're a bit tougher than I first thought." joked Setsuna trying to reveal some tension.
"Not the time Setsuna. How about you help me figure out a way to deal with these villains. We have to get out of here and find Izuku and the others!" Spoke Kendo seriously. Setsuna nodded. but couldn't resist the opportunity to tease her classmate.
" Ok, you win. But you seem awfully concerned about Izuku to me." Spoke Setsuna breaking out into a teasing grin. Kendo's domino mask did little to hide the blush on her face.
"Of course I'm concerned! He breaks himself when he uses his quirk remember. If he was sent somewhere by himself, what do you think would happen?" Spoke Kendo glaring at Setsuna.
An image of her shy, fun to tease classmate popped into Setsuna's mind. His costume in tatters covered in blood. His body was broken and slumped against a wall. His eyes were full of fear and defiance as shadowy villains closed. The mental image caused her face to pale and her heart to tighten. Her eyes narrowed, and her face grew serious.
"We got you!" Yelled out a thin flying bird villain with a staff and a near-naked albino villainess with long claw-like nails in unison.
Kendo used one enlarged hand to catch the bird villain's weapon midswing and swatted him like a bug with the other, sending the villain careening into the bull villain from earlier. The clawed villainess slashed at Setsuna, but the villainess's claws hit nothing but air as Setsuna separated her torso into pieces.
"What!?" shouted the Villainess in surprise. Setsuna used the momentary distraction to flip the villainess over her shoulder. The Villainess fell face-first into the mud and her momentum caused her to slide downhill. The Villainess crashed into several of her allies, making them fall like bowling pins. This gave Setsuna an idea.
"Come on Let's go." Spoke Setsuna as she pulled Kendo to follow her up the muddy sloop.
"Where are we going?" questioned Kendo as she glanced back at the villains. She counted 13 villains of various sizes chasing after them.
"I got a plan, this mountainside was made to be unstable. So you're gonna bring the whole thing down on top of them." Spoke Setsuna a confident smile on her face. Kendo matched Setsuna's smile with one of her own.
The two athletic teen girls easily outpaced the villains. Who yelled obscenities and threats at the two as the gap between them grew larger. Setsuna saw the large wall that marked the edge of the landslide zone as they neared the top of the artificial mountain.
"They got nowhere left to run! We got them now!" Yelled out one of the villains in glee.
"This should be good. Let them have it!"Spoke Setsuna as she slid to a stop.
Kendo stopped downhill of her reptilian dressed comrade and enlarged her hands to their maximum size. Kendo started to punch and slap the ground trying to cause a mudslide. The villains seemed confused at Kendo's actions. But they just kept charging up the hill at them.
"COME ON!" Yelled kendo in frustration as she slammed both her massive fists into the muddy ground.
Some of the relatively smarter villains finally realized what she was up to and turned tail and started running downhill. But it was too late. It started with some of the debris shifting ever so slightly, and then the entire mountainside collapsed and started flowing downhill rapidly. Some of the villains didn't even have a chance to scream before they were swept away by the mudslide.
Kendo would have also been swept away if not for Setsuna. She had detached her torse and grabbed kendo and floated the two over to the stable ground. Setsuna let Kendo down and reattached her torso with her lower body. Kendo spat out a month full of mud and took several deep breaths.
"Way to go Kendo, I knew you could do it!" Spoke Setsuna slapping Kendo's back. The redhead gave Setsuna a thumbs up.
"Alright, let's go find our class rabbit." Commented Setsuna, hiding her worry with her normal playful attitude.
But before the two could start down the hill. A big burly villain burst out of the ground grabbing Setsuna as he emerged and knocking Kendo away. He held the reptile girl over his head in a vice grip.
"Man you two sure gave those losers some trouble!" Spoke the villain in a mocking tone. Kendo stood enlarging her hands to attack. Electricity raced up the Villain's body electrocuting Setsuna for a moment. Kendo stopped in her tracks when Setsuna started to scream in pain.
"Uh uh uh, you try anything and your friend gets it." Threatened the Villain letting some more electricity arc over his arms for emphasis.
"What do you want?"Asked Kendo glaring at the villain as she tried to come up with a solution. The villain looked kendo up and down and smirked.
"Well, I was going to have you surrender. But on second thought you don't look half bad. So I'll be nice and make you a deal, you strip down and give me a little show and I'll let you and your friend go. My job was just to shut down the security. So I get paid whether you two live through this or not." Offered the Villain giving her a smile worthy of a veteran used car salesman.
Kendo looked disgusted. She did not want the first guy to see her naked to be this creep, and she did not think for a second that he'd keep his word.
'There is no way I want this guy to be the first to see me naked. If I'm going to show anyone then... ' thought Kendo as the Image of a blushing speechless Izuku came to the forefront of her mind. Her thoughts were broken when she heard Setsuna whisper in her ear.
"Play along. When I give you the signal let him have it." Whispered Sestuna's disembodied lips. Kendo glanced up at her classmate and had to resist smirking. She looked back at the villain doubling down on her glare.
"Fine." Spoke Kendo through her teeth. She shrunk her hands back down to normal size and took a few calculated steps forward. The villain told her to stop approaching but she didn't mind. She was close enough for what she wanted. Kendo proceeded to stand their glaring daggers at the villain. The villain grew agitated when Kendo continued to do nothing.
"Come on get started already girly! or do you want me to fry my hostage!" Bellowed the villain wanting her to strip already. Unaware of Setsuna giving Kendo the Signal.
"What hostage?" Questioned Kendo knowingly. The villain brought down his hands but was confused when all he was holding was a leg and part of a torso.
"Looking for me?!" spoke Setsuna with a whistle. The villain looked up only to get mud and dirt slammed right into his open eyes.
"Ah, my eyes!" Yelled the villain, as he started rubbing his eyes dropping Setsuna's parts which flew out of reach. Kendo took the opportunity to run toward the villain, Kendo then slipped into a perfect forward split with ease and threw a punch with an enlarged fist. It was a nut punch that would make Johnny cage himself nod in approval.
The villain let out a high pitched cry, and then proceeded to keel over, foam coming out of his mouth, and his eyes rolled back into his head. Kendo rose from her split, still in a fighting stance.
"That's what you get!" yelled Setsuna as she reassembled herself besides kendo. Her hair sticking out in multiple directions
"You ok?" asked Kendo, concerned about her friend.
"Besides needing to fix my hair. Yeah, I'm goo-" Started Setsuna before a bright green flash of light and the sound of thunder grabs their attention.
A torrent of wind followed soon after. Which forced them to shield their eyes. The wind shattered the dead light bulbs around the edges of the USJ. The two girls only knew one person in class who could generate wind like that.
" Come on, we should hurry!" Spoke Setsuna. Kendo nodded in agreement and the two moved to leave the Mudslide zone and head toward the Plaza. Another torrent of wind swept through the USJ accompanied by the sound of something shattering concrete.
After Kendo and Sestuna made it out of the Landslide zone another burst of wind swept over them. The two girls picked up the pace as two more massive bursts of wind came from the Plaza forcing them to slow down.
The sound of tearing metal echoing throughout the facility caused them to stop and look up. A massive hole had been created in the USJ's ceiling. Another smaller burst of air and flash of green came from above and they soon spotted a familiar green-haired hero falling toward the Landslide Zone.
"Itsuka! Throw me!" demanded Setsuna. Kendo enlarged a hand and picked the girl up by the stomach. Holding her in a similar fashion one might hold a Javelin. Kendo took a moment to properly aim at her target. She took two steps forward and then hucked Setsuna into the air.
XXX
The wind flew past her face as she moved through the air. Sestusna separated her body into pieces so she could control her accent. She grunted in some pain when Izuku collided with her. But she quickly wrapped her arms around him and allowed herself to fly back to lessen the impact. Once she had control over their flight she moved back toward Kendo. Internally she was relieved that Izuku was ok. She glanced at the massive hole that was torn in the ceiling.
"Holy cow! sometimes I forget how much power you have in this cute little package!" commented Setsuna, as she readjusts her arms to get a better grip on him. She also took the opportunity to pull Izuku a little more into her breasts. She wanted to mess with him a little for worrying her, even if he wasn't aware of it.
"Setsuna! I'm glad you're alright and thank you for catching me." Spoke Izuku as he looked back at her. But he wasn't blushing, or stuttering he was so serious and sincere in his words, that it actually made Setsuna blush in surprise, as she floated them back down to the ground.
"Good catch Setsuna! Izuku are you alright?" Asked Kendo who rushed over to them, once they were on the ground and started looking over Izuku. She immediately determined that his left arm was shattered on top of a lot of other smaller injuries that littered his body.
"No time! We have to get back to the plaza right now!" Replied Izuku as he started running back toward the plaza. The two girls were surprised when Izuku started moving so fast, and they struggled to keep up with him.
Izuku grunted in pain due to his broken left arm. He also must have smaller damage from having to use 8% to prevent Nomu from flattening him.
'Come on Izuku just hold on a little bit longer, Allmight and the other teachers should be here soon.' thought Izuku as he reentered the plaza.
"Izu! Your back!" Spoke Pony happily in English. There were more villains in the plaza, it would seem some of the stragglers from the different zones had rallied around Tomura.
"Guys, I'm back!" yelled Tetsutetsu as he and some of their classmates entered the plaza.
The students rallied behind Izuku and Kendo, ready to buy more time for the teachers to arrive.
Izuku took stock of who he had at his disposal. Besides Kendo, Setsuna, Pony, and Yanagi who were already in the plaza. Kamakiri, Camie, Jurota, and Bondo had come with Tetsutetsu, from the entrance to help. The rest of the class were probably either with the injured at the entrance or still isolated somewhere in the facility.
"Pony, Camie, bando, and Tetsutetsu, you guys deal with the warper, try and incapacitate him if you can, he's their only escape route. Yanagi, you're with me, we are going for the leader, just focus on his hands, if you can keep him from being able to touch me then I should be able to knock him out. The rest of you are with Kendo and you're dealing with the other villains. Work together, watch each other's back. We can win this!" Spoke Izuku giving out the battle plan, as full Cowl flared around him.
"Are you certain, you are able enough for battle, you are heavily injured?"Asked Yanagi in clear concern, as she made note of his Injuries.
"She has a point you also look like you're about to collapse. You should go back to the entrance let us handle this." Spoke Kendo not wanting him to push himself while so injured. But the look on his face clearly indicated to all present that he wasn't going to leave them.
"Izu your hurt, please at least stay back you can lead better that way and you can help with your lightning attacks." Spoke Pony in English trying to convince him. Izuku's resistance quickly crumbled. But Tomura once more interrupted them.
"What the hell is with you brats! You should have just been low-level mobs that were supposed to die by our raid party before the boss fight started. Not only is one of you using hacks! But the rest of you brats are annoying gimmick mobs!" Ranted Tomura as he scratched at his neck aggressively.
"I want those kids dead! Anyone who takes out one of those brats gets paid double and if you give me the rabbit kid's head you get triple! " Yelled out Tomura whose hair was standing on end and was sporting more electrical burns due to Izuku's lighting attacks. The villains around him looked at each other for a moment before charging the students like an unorganized mob. However, Tomura and Kurogiri did not follow their meat shields.
"Ok, everyone same positions but Kendo and I will switch." Spoke Izuku quickly. The students were more organized with the tougher more melee-oriented students in front of those with more ranged quirks behind them. Izuku himself was in the middle of the group. But just before the two groups meet.
BOOOOM!
The two groups stopped dead in their tracks and looked at the facility's main doors. They had been thrown off their hinges and a cloud of dust had been kicked up.
"Have no fear students…." Spoke the unmistakable voice off Allmight as he strode out of the dust cloud in his teaching outfit. But most striking was that he wasn't smiling.
"I AM HERE!"Spoke Allmight as he stood at the top of the stairs. His mere presence frighting some of the villains.
"Kurogiri, get me out of here. I am done with this failed raid, I want to go home. Leave the others, I don't need them." Ordered Tomura as he glared at Allmight who was now standing at the top of the stairs.
"As you wish." responded Kurogiri opening up a portal that enveloped them both, in an instant.
Suddenly faster than the eye could see, Allmight was no longer at the top of the stairs he was now In between the students and the remaining villains.
Some of the students were almost in tears at his appearance, relieved that they were saved. Izuku in particular partly collapsed as the injuries he had accumulated finally proved too much. Thankfully Pony and Yanagi who were standing to either side of him caught him before he could hit the ground.
"I am so proud of you students you've done a great job. Now all of you get back to the entrance, the rest of the staff, are right behind me we can handle it from here." Ordered Allmight as he kept his eyes on the villains.
Gunshots echoed throughout the USJ as the Pro hero Snipe began opening fire from the top of the stairs. The students happily followed Allmights instructions as they turned and started running back toward the entrance.
As his friends helped him up the stairs Poweloarder, Hound Dog and several dozen clones of Ectoplasm ran past them. When they reached the entrance they saw Recovery girl along with Midnight treating the heavily injured 13 and Vlad king.
"You two put him down over there recovery girl will help him." Ordered who Izuku immediately identified as the pro hero Eraserhead who moved to the stairs to join the fight.
Pony and Yanagi laid Izuku down right next to Vlad King. Pony went over to Recovery girl to tell her about Izuku and see if she could help with the injured. While Yanagi left moving toward a school robot that was carrying a crate with a red plus on it. Izuku's body ached in pain when he tried to move. Yanagi then re-entered his line of sight with a medical kit in hand.
"Do not attempt to move around too much, you could exacerbate your injuries." Spoke Yanagi eloquently as she kneeled down next to him and opened the kit.
"Izuku, thank you for saving me, for saving us. We are safe now, thanks in no small part to you. So you can rest easy now." spoke Yanagi. Yanagi looked right into Izuku's eyes while giving him a small smile, that held a complicated mix of emotions that Izuku couldn't identify.
Despite her partly destroyed costume, despite the cuts, the bruises, the dirt, and the blood on her, in a strange way she looked radiant. Izuku would remember the look she was giving him for years to come as the first time he felt like a real hero.
Izuku exhaled deeply closing his eyes with a smile on his face and a warm feeling in his chest. His focus solely on the feeling of Yanagi's soft hands treating his wounds.
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The next chapter will be the fallout of the USJ and parent's day. Plus a little more.