Usj. Usj. Usj! USJ! USJ! USJ!USJ!USJ!USJ!USJ!
I HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR THIS MOMENT SINCE THE START! I hope y'all are in for a RIDE!
"Everybody line up. Single file, please. In order with your number." Izuku smiled boldly as he gestured towards the bus doors.
"You heard the class representative! Single file!" Iida, more sternly and loudly, barked while chopping at everyone that passed by him. "No cutting nor bumping."
"God do you ever shut-up." Bakugo mumbled aggressively as he boarded the bus. "Don't you fuckin' sit next to me, Mindfuck." He snapped at Hitoshi who was right behind him.
"Oh, you fucking wish."
"Language!" Iida slid in between Hitoshi and Bakugo and gave them both chops on the back of the head. "As vice representative I will not put up with your foul mouths!"
"Ow! Jeez, I'm sorry." Hitoshi grumbled while he boarded the bus.
"I'm not. Piss off, Glasses." Bakugo hissed all the same. "And if you touch me again I'll break all your fingers!" He yelled before he disappeared on the bus.
One-by-one everyone boarded the bus with Iida and Izuku getting on dead last. Both of them took their respective seats. Izuku, naturally, sat next to Hitoshi, however he noticed that Todoroki was practically sitting in the aisle as Aoyama was laying down holding on to his stomach.
"Is everything okay?" Izuku asked and sat up on his knees to get a better look at Aoyama. "Is he alright?"
"It's fine, Mon Ami." Aoyama seemed to struggle to say as he squirmed a little in his seat. "My tummy just hurts."
'That's right, he mentioned that while doing the pole vault. He can only use his quirk for so long before his stomach starts to hurt. He must be prone to tummy aches, poor guy.' Izuku thought for a moment before looking at Todoroki.
"Todoroki, if you want, you can sit with me and Hichan. This way you're not sitting on the edge of the seat and Aoyama could fully lay down." Izuku offered.
There was a moment of silence as Todoroki seemed to think about it. "Very well." He took up the offer and got up from his sliver of a seat. Izuku immediately squished himself into Hitoshi, who grunted as he was shoved into the window. "Jeez, Zuchan. I can't make myself smaller, you know." Hitoshi gave an uneasy laugh.
Todoroki sat stiffly next to Izuku. There was room for three, yes, but it was a tight fit. In fact Izuku and Todoroki's legs were touching. Izuku looked at Todoroki and smiled warmly at him.
"Hey, Tora H, I have a question." came the familiar voice of Tsuyu as the bus finally started to move. She was sitting directly behind them so that made the conversation a lot easier.
"Yeah?" Hitoshi tried to shift in his seat and wound up nearly clipping Izuku with his elbow as he twisted around to look at her. "What is it, Tsuyu?"
" Call me Tsu. I couldn't help but notice that you use a capture scarf, much like Mr. Aizawa-"
"-Yeah!" Kaminari suddenly jumped a little from his seat as he snapped his fingers. "I meant to ask you about that during lunch, but obviously that didn't happen."
"-Regardless." Tsuyu grumbled as she shot an annoyed look towards Kaminari. "That's a rare capture weapon one I've only ever seen on Mr. Aizawa. Does he train you?"
Both Hitoshi and Izuku froze. 'Crap! She makes a good point.'
"No." Hitoshi quickly, maybe a little too quickly, responded. Hitoshi then rubbed at his nose before answering again. "He inspired me with his capture weapon. That's all." Well, it wasn't a complete lie.
"An Inspiration-" Mina had commented as she lightly rubbed at her chin. It was like a lightbulb had gone off above her head suddenly as she beamed. She nearly threw herself over her seat in her excitement. "-is that code for he saved you?! Mr. Aizawa! Did you save him?!"
"Quiet." Came the sleepy drawl of their teacher.
"I-uh- help me." Hitoshi shifted uncomfortably in his seat as he whispered desperately to Izuku.
Izuku was careful when he turned in his seat. "We saw him in action when we were kids. Hichan really liked the idea of having his own capture weapon like that." Izuku covered for his brother.
"Yeah, I get it." Kirishima suddenly chimed in as he leaned up on his own seat from afar. "You and Mr. Aizawa both have simple quirks that are powerful in their own rights but you need assistance. That brainwashing quirk of yours is pretty awesome."
Hitoshi's face dusted with pink for a second. "I-... thanks." He lowered himself down just a little.
"Hey, Tora I. That powerhouse quirk of yours, what does it entail exactly?" Kirishima turned to Izuku.
"Oh, it's just your standard power enhancing quirk. Kind of like yours. Only instead of hardening I simply become stronger, but I need to be careful because otherwise I could break my bones."
"Oh man, that sounds awful. Still, once you get it fine tuned, combined with your telekinesis you could be a really great pro!"
This time, Izuku blushed. Immediately he rubbed at the back of his head while giving a lopsided smile. "From what I could see with your hardening you have what it takes to be a pro as well! That's a really useful augmentation quirk!"
"Yeah, but do you know who really has what it takes to go pro. It's Bakugo and Todoroki. They both have super powerful quirks with few limitations."
"That's true, but Bakugo is so angry all the time, I can't exactly see him being number one." Tsuyu teased while she stuck her tongue out playfully.
Bakugo growled before slamming his fist down. "You want to say that again?! You know I'll just kick your ass!" He stood abruptly from his seat ready to throw down.
Tsuyu only grinned before she pointed at Bakugo. "See?"
"It's kind of funny." Kaminari leaned heavily against the back of his seat. "We only just met you three days ago, so it's pretty telling that we all know your personality is flaming turds mixed with stinky day old garbage." The more Kaminari spoke, the angrier Bakugo became. He gritted his teeth so hard that Izuku was afraid he was about to break a tooth.
"Ha!" Hitoshi slapped his knee as he barked out a sudden laugh. Hei then curled in on himself as he started to wheeze. Izuku jumped a little, slamming into Todoroki by accident. Hitoshi's laughter was infectious. Next thing Izuku knew he was starting to laugh just the same. Not as hard as his brother, but he was still laughing.
"I'll be the one laughing when I slam both of your heads into a wall!" Bakugo all but roared in his rage.
"Alright, quiet down." That was when Mr. Aizawa stood from his seat. "We're approaching our designation."
Instantly any laughter and talking had quieted to a halt as the bus started to slow down to a stop. "Remember, today we're learning about the trial of the rescue with pro-hero Thirteen."
"Thirteen! She's so amazing!" Ochako started to beam. "I love her black hole quirk!"
"If you're done." Aizawa softly hissed in Ochako's direction and the girl immediately clammed up, stiff and rigid. Once he was sure she wasn't going to interrupt him, he continued on. "The facility we're going to be in will be large and potentially dangerous, and I want you all to be careful and pay attention to your surroundings."
"Yes, Sensei!" Everyone agreed obediently.
"Good." The bus came to a halt in front of the large building and just outside was prohero Thirteen. She immediately waved and Izuku felt excitement flood through his person and clearly it wasn't just him.
Still, Izuku was class representative so he kept his composure and promptly stood with Iida not too far behind him. "Alright, everyone. Please walk in a single file line to the doors." Izuku calmly spoke once he got to the front of the bus. He felt more like a flight attendant than a class representative, but whatever. "No shoving, and please wait for the next person in front of you to move before you leave your seats." Izuku kept his tone calm as he instructed his classmates forward.
It all went well except for Bakugo shoulder checking him on the way out. Izuku was the last person off the bus. Iida was waiting for him on the other side. "You're doing good." Iida complimented.
"Thank you." Izuku commented right back before the two of them joined their classmates. Izuku noticed that Aizawa and Thirteen were having a private conversation with one another. Izuku was absolutely sure he heard All Might being mentioned while Thirteen held up three fingers to Aizawa.
'Ah, he ran out of time. What a shame, I really wanted to train with him today.' Izuku thought rather sadly.
"Wow, it's really prohero, Thirteen!" Mina gushed excitedly.
"Hello." Thirteen greeted them. "A lot of promising young hero's this year. More than last, right, Aizawa?"
Both Izuku and Hitoshi covered their mouths to keep from laughing. Oh, yeah, they've known of the infamous class 1-A that had pissed their dad off so badly that all twenty of them got expelled. But nobody else did.
Aizawa didn't laugh. Instead he shoved his hands in his pockets. "Let's not get off track. Thirteen, please explain to the students what this building is."
"Yes, of course! What you children are looking at is the Unforeseen simulation joint! Or USJ for short!"
"That's exactly like Universal studio Japan!" Several students had cried out. That made Thirteen giggle lightly as she waved them off with a dismiss of her hand.
"Regardless of that, there's a serious discussion we need to have if you kids'll follow me." Thirteen gestured for them to follow and all twenty of them did excitedly. The moment they stepped into the USJ building Izuku smelt many smells. Ranging from the rancid smell of stagnant water to a smoldering fire.
"Wow, this place is huge!" Sero commented with a whistle.
"Yes it is." Thirteen shut her eyes and Izuku could tell that meant she was smiling. "Still, there's something you all must know before we continue with the trial. We need to discuss quirks."
There were soft hums from all around from his classmates.
"For those of you that don't know, my quirk, black hole, is a quirk that sucks up any organic matter, it's so strong and so powerful that not even light can escape it." She explained and even demonstrated by opening one of her finger caps and sucking up a couple of nearby rocks. The rocks were there and then gone within seconds.
"Cool!" Several students had called out and even Izuku couldn't help but grin at the demonstration. She recapped her finger with ease before she turned back to the students.
"Everything that gets sucked up into my black hole is immediately disintegrated into dust. Here's something you all need to know, as useful and valuable as my quirk is, it's also highly deadly." Any cheers were squashed down in an instant at such a serious tone. Everyone had quieted down and suddenly looked somber. "So, I wanted to tell you, that while your quirks are undoubtedly powerful, I want you guys to learn restraint during this exercise as a quirk, even a weak one, can be deadly."
Izuku shut his eyes as he thought about what she had just said. 'Deadly.' that word ricocheted around his head and it was clear that he wasn't the only one who was thinking about it. Hitoshi looked uncomfortable.
It was in the middle of this somber moment that it happened.
"What the-?" Aizawa had suddenly jumped from where he was standing.
At first Izuku mistook it for smoke coming from the fire area, but he realized rather quickly that it was thicker than smoke and it was purple in color. It was almost stifling and it made Izuku's head spin.
"No-" Bakugo suddenly hissed. It was weird, he almost sounded distressed and when Izuku looked at him… he looked unchanged.
Izuku looked towards Hitoshi. Hitoshi was looking in the center of the USJ. Izuku followed his brother's gaze and saw that's where the purple smoke was collecting from. Right in the center of the room. There was something familiar about this smoke and Izuku hated it.
That was when a hand had emerged from the smoke- no portal-in question. Several students had gasped in shock when a person pushed the smoke down to look at all of them. He had a hand, one that wasn't his, planted in the center of his face. The only eye that they could see looked down right crazed.
"Well, well…" A raspy voice called out as the person stepped through the smoke portal with ease. "What have we here? Where is All Might? I was told he'd be joining your class today."
Izuku felt a pull towards this person. It was the same feeling he had with Bakugo when he first met him. The feeling that you know someone but their name eludes you. Izuku took a step forward. Several others wanted to get a better look just as well.
More and more people emerged from the smoke. In fact, the smoke started to make more portals around the USJ to allow as many people in as possible.
"Is this part of the simulation?" Momo had inquired.
"Stand back!" Aizawa suddenly barked and Izuku watched as he put his goggles on-
'No.'
"Those are villains!" He jumped to the edge of the railing to get a better look down below.
"Villains…Hichan-..." Izuku had turned to look at his brother but he stopped short when he saw the horrified look etched on Hitoshi's face. Never has his brother ever looked so terrified. "Hichan?"
Hitoshi opened his mouth.
All that came out was a sharp gasp. Then another gasp, and another, and another-
"Hichan? It's okay-"
"It's-" Hitoshi shut his eyes tightly and curled in on himself. More and more rapid fire gasps left his mouth. At this point, Izuku wasn't scared of the villains, but he was more afraid for his brother. "It's-" He suddenly cried out and Izuku felt his own blood turn to ice at his brother's sudden and shrill cry. "He found me!"
"Who!?" Izuku demanded as he grabbed Hitoshi's wrist.
"The man with axe hands!"
Izuku whipped around to look at the entourage of villains. Izuku then saw him, the man responsible for the Shinsou massacre. The man with axe hands.
Only his hands weren't axes today, it seemed he was going for swords. Just as Hitoshi had described, at least seven feet tall, except his hair, which Hitoshi had said was blonde, was cut down into a buzzcut. There, on his arm was the large lion tattoo. "Shit." Their father cursed out. "Everybody stay together, Thirteen, protect the students!-"
"You can't seriously be thinking of fighting them!" Izuku barked at his father as he grabbed at his sleeve. "There are way too many-"
"You can't!" Hitoshi almost sobbed as he grabbed fists full of his own hair. "You can't! Not against him!"
"Your quirk won't be able to cancel out that many, not only that-"
"Izuku." His father put his hand up to stop him from talking any farther. His hair rose and his eyes flashed red behind his yellow goggles. "You won't get anywhere without taking a few risks." Was the last thing his father said before he jumped off of the railing and into the fray.
"D-" Hitoshi covered his own mouth before the dreaded word left.
"He'll be okay." Izuku tried to reassure his brother, but he was having issue's reassuring himself of that fact. Yes, their dad was skilled. He worked hard for his skills, but he was one against many many villains.
The raspy voice from below them spoke, but Izuku couldn't hear what was being said. Izuku locked eyes with the first man who entered. The smoky portal is now gone, replaced with a purple smokey man standing next to the lanky baby blue haired man with grayish skin.
"C'mon!" Kaminari grabbed Izuku's and Hitoshi's hands. "Let's get out of here."
"We can't just-" Hitoshi wasn't going that easily. "I have to- I can't lose-" His breath was hitching madly as more gasps left his mouth.
Never has Izuku ever seen Hitoshi so uncomposed before. It scared him. He heard the grunts from below as his father bashed different villains left and right. How long until The man with axe hands would get to him?
'Will he meet the same fate as- no. No I won't think about that-'
"Stop them!" Was all Izuku heard as he and the others tried to run for the door.
That was when the man made of smoke appeared right in front of them, halting their escape. Kids gasped, some even screamed. The man almost seemed to float like smoke as he stood there. His bright yellow colored eyes watching the students in front of them.
"Hichan-"
Izuku knew this person.
And it appeared it was vice versa. The moment they locked eyes; his narrowed knowingly. "We're here for All Might." He declared. "We, the league of villains, demand his audience."
"Kids! Get behind me!" Thirteen barked as she raised one of her hands threateningly at the man of smoke. Izuku was more than ready to move back with Hichan in tow-
"Ah!" He cried when his leg was suddenly yanked from under him and he was forced to let go of both Hitoshi and Kaminari.
"I wouldn't do that." The man said plainly as his smoke was starting to reel Izuku in slowly.
"K̷̮̩̐̈́̏̓̋͠͝ḁ̸͈̘͈͎̙͙̤͎̠̾c̴̡͍͍̘̱͍̣͙̭͈͐̓̌ç̸̬̺͎̳͙̱̣͐̃͐̍͝ḩ̴͇͎̬̣̪͉̩̣͋̊ä̷͈̗͇̙̥͛̊̈͒̄̕ṉ̶̨̛̱̹̱̤̝̦̄́̒̊̀̃̃ Save me!" Izuku reached desperately for the boy in front of him as the smoke slowly sucked him in, unforgiving, and smothering him to the point that he almost felt like he couldn't breathe. The boy in front of him flickering between his brother and-
"Let him go!" Bakugo screamed in rage. There was a flash of light followed by the sound of a firework going off and next thing Izuku knew, he was freed. There was a flash of red as Kirishima had quickly got in front of Izuku.
Hitoshi had freed himself from his scared stupor and ran towards Izuku. "Zuchan!" Hitoshi reached for him-
"Oh yes, I remember you! You're not getting in our way this time-" There was a wave of purple smoke that slammed Hitoshi's form and sent him flying into a nearby wall. The back of Hitoshi's head struck the wall knocking him out cold.
"Hichan-" Izuku tried to get up, but was stopped when darkness engulfed all of them in a powerful wind threatening to suck him up. The man of smoke was saying something, but Izuku wasn't listening. He was trying to get up, to run to his brother but the smoke was sucking him up. Several students got the smart idea to duck down, grab the railings, even each other.
Izuku watched in horror as Hitosh got sucked up in the purple smothering smoke with little to no resistance because he was unconscious. Izuku felt his body rise up into the air. "Hi-chaaaan!" He cried out desperately as he and his twin were forcefully separated from one another.
Hitoshi woke up at the worst possible time. He woke up to falling. He was falling and he didn't know why he was falling. A scream ripped through his throat once it had clicked that he was possibly falling to his death.
"Dark Shadow!"
"Got 'em!"
He was saved when something snatched him from around his middle and he was pulled a little more safely towards the ground. Once his feet were on the ground, he looked up at his savior. "Tokoyami, right?" Hitoshi breathed out heavily and uneasily.
"Correct."
"Thanks for the save, I- ow- owe you." Hitoshi hissed when his hand rubbed against the sore spot on the back of his head. When he pulled his fingers back he saw a thin layer of blood. "Damn…"
"That looks like it hurts. Do you need to sit down?" Tokoyami inquired as he took a step closer towards Hitoshi.
"No- I think I'll be fine- ow. Son of a bitch." Hitoshi had accidently touched the spot again and he was cursing at his stupidity that time. "I don't have time to sit-"
There was a ripping noise that made him stop and turn towards Tokoyami who was now ripping his cloak. He ripped one long thick strip clean off with the help of Dark Shadow. Once it was determined to be long enough to his satisfaction, Tokoyami nodded and simply walked up to Hitoshi. He wrapped the cloth around Hitoshi's head like a bandana. Making sure it was covering the sore and still bleeding wound on the back of his head.
Hitoshi couldn't stop his hiss of pain.
"I couldn't help but hear. One of the Villains seemed to have gotten you spooked. I take it you've met him." Tokoyami asked as he worked on tying the cloth.
"Yeah." Hitoshi whispered. "I have… I was hoping I'd never see him again… and now Mr. Aizawa is fighting him and-"
Hitoshi grabbed at his heart. The memory of his biological father's head rolling on the ground as his body falls limply to the floor was still fresh into his mind. Only now, instead of his biological father, it's his adoptive father who just falls to the floor. Dead. Never to move again. Tears perked into Hitoshi's eyes. "-I can't let him get hurt." He whispered nervously.
"Hm. Then it's probably best if we get moving." Tokoyami instructed and for the first time Hitoshi had stopped to look around at the area they were in.
"Where are we exactly? I know this is still the USJ but…" He looked up at the seemingly endless amount of rain that was downpouring on them. They looked to be in a city-
"Best guess? The downpour zone." Tokoyami commented as he looked around. "Fine by me." He then said while Dark Shadow started to nuzzle him. "I'm just glad they didn't send me to the fire zone. The light would have weakened Dark Shadow considerably.
Hitoshi quickly looked around in every direction for an exit. He didn't see one. "Our best option is to just go straight, there has to be an exit somewhere-"
"Well-" Something wrapped around Tokoyami's upper arm and drew him back harshly. "What have we here?!" Hitoshi realized it was a hand just a little too late. The owner of said hand stretched his arm out twenty or so feet in order to grab Tokoyami.
"Let him go!" Hitoshi snarled as he grabbed onto his capture scarf and reeled it out, grabbing Tokoyami's other arm and for a very horrific moment Hitoshi realized he was playing a messed up game of tug o' war with this stretchy limbed villain. Hitoshi planted his feet firmly into the ground. 'I can't keep this up for long, his shoulder will pop out of his socket!' Hitoshi thought as he tried to think of his next move.
It was Tokoyami that had the next move planned out.
"Dark Shadow!"
"Say no more!"
There was a cry from Dark Shadow as the quirk slammed directly into the villain's torso, forcing him to let go of Tokoyami. Tokoyami fell to the ground and Hitoshi reeled his capture weapon back. "Are you alright-" Hitoshi went running for Tokoyami-
Call it a sixth sense that made Hitoshi spin around, using his capture scarf once again, this time on another villain that was trying to sneak up on him from behind. The scarf wrapped around the villain's arms and forced them to her side.
There was nothing special about this woman. She looked average, maybe a bit forgettable even. She had no visible quirk that Hitoshi could really see. Still, he wasn't about to let his guard down. This woman had an air about her that he didn't like. Hitoshi gnashed his teeth together impatiently as this woman smiled. It was this smile that made Hitoshi reach up with one hand to put his voice modifier on over his face.
"You're not All Might, you'll do all the same!" The woman, who Hitoshi now realized was crazed, screamed out before she tugged viciously on the capture scarf. There was the sound of the cloth tearing before the woman freed herself. Her nails were now long, at least five or so inches in length and thickness, and, from the looks of it, sharp as all hell. She tore straight through steel alloy like it was butter, shortening Hitoshi's capture scarf considerably.
Hitoshi immediately had to jump back once he realized she was rushing at him. "What do you want with All Might!?" He demanded of her.
"We're going to make sure today is his last day alive-" The woman stopped suddenly, her eyes losing all color as her jaw went slack.
"Well, then you didn't do your research did you? If you had, you would have known better than to talk to me." Hitoshi smirked behind his voice modulator. "Now do me a favor and point me towards the exit." He demanded all the same and the woman paused before numbly pointing off to the left with one of her clawed hands.
"That quirk of yours is incredibly powerful." Tokoyami commented.
"As is yours." Hitoshi started to jog towards where the woman pointed. As they passed her, Hitoshi spoke again. "Go to the nearest building and lock yourself inside." He ordered and she turned with no hesitation.
"Aren't you going to have to let her go?"
"Yep. But the great news about that is that by the time I do she'll be locked in a building. I can't believe she tore through my scarf!" He looked at the mangled end of his scarf in disbelief.
"Isn't there a range to your quirk? I figured it was considering you threw the match against Todoroki to go and check up on your brother."
"A range? No. I can keep them under my control for as long as I see fit. The reason I let Todoroki go was because I couldn't concentrate on him and Zuchan at the same time. Especially considering how badly Bakugo had beat Zuchan." Hitoshi explained as he tucked the damaged end of his scarf into his collar for the time being. "I knew I was going to let him go regardless…"
"You weren't always planning on throwing that match, were you?"
"No. Of course not. If Bakugo hadn't gone apeshit I would have given it my all to defend that thing." Hitoshi scratched at his face nervously.
"Hm. I see." Tokoyami shut his eyes for a moment before the two of them picked up their pace into a jog. "You clearly love your brother."
"Yeah, I do. I hope he's okay-" It was then where they both were forced to stop in the middle of an intersection before they could continue.
two different types of villains stood circling each second of the intersection. This meant they circled the two of them by proxy. 'Shit.' Hitoshi thought with a growl.
The two of them had very visible quirks. The first being a man with dark blue reptile-like skin and a reptilian face. His eyes were almost completely black in color and he would occasionally flick his tongue out to clean his snout.
The second man with a visible quirk was a man that looked like a cactus. That wasn't a hyperbole. He looks like a cactus. His skin was a deep green with sharp yellow spines coming out of every bit of his skin there was. Even when he smiled. 'His poor mother.' was the only thought in Hitoshi's head at that moment.
These villains looked blood hungry as they stared the two children down like they were their next meal. "And just where do you two think you're going?" Cacti had snarled. When he moved Hitoshi heard the sound of small objects falling from his person, meaning he lost his sharp little spines a lot.
"Get out of our way!" Tokoyami demanded as he stood next to Hitoshi.
That was when the blue reptile man melted to the floor. He became limbless as he slithered along the floor so quickly that by the time Hitoshi dared to blink he was already back in his human form directly in front of Hitoshi. His little blue tongue flicked in and out of his mouth rapidly, threatening to lick Hitoshi's face if he wasn't careful.
"If we decline? What will you junior heroes in training do then? Look at you, so scared, trembling like a kitten-" Hitoshi, remembering the night before, threw his arm back and punched the man directly in the throat.
"Get the fuck out of my way!" Hitoshi roared in rage as the man started to choke. He grasped on to his throat in desperation while he fell back to the ground a horrible gagging noise leaving his mouth as he desperately tried to breathe. "I'm not playing this game with you fuckers right now!"
"You brat!" Cacti roared. He moved his arms in a wide arc and Hitoshi saw just what Cacti's quirk fully entailed as tens, if not hundreds, of sharp cactus spines were aimed and locked on to him.
They never made it as Dark Shadow quickly shielded Hitoshi from the attack. That gave Hitoshi just enough time to get down to his knees and throw out his shortened, scarf. The scarf only just barely managed to wrap around Cacti's legs, but that was fine. Hitoshi yanked the man's legs out from under him with a simple pull.
Cacti went down, but Hitoshi wasn't done. Once the man was down, Hitoshi reeled the capture weapon back into his hands only to shoot it out again, wrapping around Cacti's upper arms. Hitoshi ran, pulling the villain into him, and then Hitoshi jumped. Hitoshi thrusted his knee up to meet the cactus man's nose. There was a sickening crack through the air as Hitoshi broke this villain's nose for sure. The man fell with a grunt, but he wasn't unconscious.
"You-" The man was immediately silenced when Dark Shadow came flying out of nowhere and slammed into him directly. Cacti went flying back into the nearby building. Now he was unconscious without a doubt.
Hitoshi turned to Tokoyami "Nice job-" that was when suddenly something long and lanky wrapped around Hitoshi's throat and tightened around it.
"You abssssolute menace!" Snake-man seethed as he was now a lot smaller in stature, just small enough to go unnoticed before it was too late. Hitoshi gagged as the man constricted against his airway. His breathing was instantly stopped and he felt his face turn hot from this, no doubt flushing an ugly shade of red.
Hitoshi tried to reach up and scratch at the scales of this snake, but his nails hardly did any damage. "How doesssss it feel!?" If it were possible the man tightened himself around Hitoshi's neck.
Suddenly, Tokoyami's hand shot out, grasping the snake by its tail with one hand and it's head with his other and then he pulled. Within a second the snake was off. Hitoshi collapsed to his butt as he grabbed onto his neck. 'Forget dad. That's gotta be the worst by far.' Hitoshi could only think as he rubbed at his neck uneasily.
Tokoyami still had a Snake-man in his clutches. Snake-man was writhing, trying to get out, but not transforming back to normal size. Was he too scared to? Knowing that they'd probably attack him while he was transforming? Then Tokoyami simply smiled. "Dark Shadow, care to do the honors?"
"With pleasure!"
Tokoyami then tossed snake-man into the air with ease just in time for Dark Shadow to strike him and away the little snake flew. Where did he go? They didn't know, but Hitoshi was sure he wasn't coming back.
That was when Hitoshi walked up to Tokoyami. Hitoshi then rested his arm on Tokoyami's shoulder and smiled. "We make a good team."
"I agree."
"Now, let's find the nearest exit and get out of here before more villains show up."
Aizawa grunted as he punched a nameless villain to the ground. Several villains tried to rush at him, but with the help of his scarf he managed to propel himself upwards and once at a safe enough distance he wrapped his scarf around two villains and smacked them into one another knocking them out.
He breathed out heavily once he landed nimbly on his feet. His hair lowered to his shoulders for just a second before he was back up and moving. These villains were endless. It felt like no matter how many he managed to knock down, two more took their places.
He charged at a small female villain, kicking her legs out from under her before punching her right in the face. Down she went like a lead weight. Down again his hair went and he stopped for just a second. Someone was behind him, but not approaching. So, he turned.
"This one is mine."
"..." Aizawa didn't speak as he grabbed at his capture scarf and his hair rose.
'The man with Axe Hands.' He thought to himself as the man was standing in front of him, his face split into a smug grin. His hands were not axes, but rather swords. Aizawa watched as this man's left hand morphed from a shiny sword to a sharp looking broad axe. 'I've been waiting for this day…' Aizawa almost felt a little giddy as he got down a little lower, ready to charge.
"Eight years ago, you murdered Yua and Dai Shinsou in cold blood and I have been dreaming of this moment ever sense I learned of your horrific deed…"
"Shinsou…shinsou… that name sure does sound familiar-" The man lightly knocked the blunt side of his axe against his head like he was thinking. He then smiled a shit-eating grin "Are you talking about that purple-haired brat! Don't tell me he's still alive! Was that his scream I heard? I can't wait to see him again."
Aizawa grounded his teeth in rage. "Not while I'm still standing you won't!" Aizawa then charged. He activated his quirk and the man with Axe Hands became the man with Normal Hands. Much to the man's confusion.
This man may have been bulkier than Aizawa, but he wasn't stronger as Aizawa easily wrapped the man up into his capture weapon. With an angry war cry ripping from his throat, Aizawa flung the villain over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Down the man with Axe hands went as he hit his skull and then he fell limply to the ground.
Aizawa snorted and reeled his scarf back. "We're not done. I'm going to come back to you, just you wait." Aizawa all but snarled in the direction towards the man with Axe Hands. "When all of this is said and done… I'm going to break every bone in your fucking body!" Aizawa swung his leg out, kicking an approaching villain directly in the stomach without looking.
He had more villains to fight for the time being. Aizawa turned towards who he assumed to be the leader of this 'league of villains'.' 'I'm coming for you next.'
"I'm so happy you're okay." Kaminari quickly attached himself to Izuku. Izuku, soaked to the bone, was a little apprehensive about hugging his human taser of a friend, but did so regardless.
Izuku, Tsu, Kaminari, and Koda had all wound up in the same zone together. The flooding zone.
Izuku was almost immediately snapped at by a villain but thankfully Tsu had saved, not only him, but Koda as well with that tongue of hers. Kaminari had landed directly on the boat and now here they all were.
Once he and Kaminari separated Izuku felt his body shiver from his cold sopping wet clothes. Izuku tried to not let his coldness show as he and everybody else crouched down in a small group in an attempt to hide from the villains surrounding the ship. "An-anybody hurt?" Izuku asked in a whisper. They all shook their heads. "Good. Good." He nodded.
"So, what do we do now?" Kaminari whispered softly as he pointed towards the villains waiting on him.
"Well, we have to be careful for the time being, they may know our quirks-" Izuku was cut off by Tsu, who shook her head.
"No, actually, I don't think that's true at all. If they had, they wouldn't have put me here in the water if you think about it."
"That's right. I also have a huge advantage with water." Kaminari nodded along with Tsu.
"Okay, so then they don't know our quirks. Which can be an advantage to us." Izuku whispered as he started to think about it in his head.
"Whoa man, it almost sounds like you want to fight them." Kaminari gave an uneasy giggle as he looked at Izuku with slightly worried eyes. "Wouldn't it be best to just wait for the pros?
"Kami, no alarm went off. Not one. Someone has to be tampering with the security system, I'm willing to bet… I don't think the pros are coming. At least, not for a while."
"Yeah, and not only that, but I feel like they won't just sit there for too much longer." Tsu pointed down at the villains waiting down below in the water. "Fighting is our only option."
It was the drastic movement from Kouda that made Izuku look towards the quiet student. Kouda had his hands over his face and was shivering violently. He shook his head from side to side as well. He looked terrified.
"I'm with you on that man." Kaminari was also trembling ever so slightly.
"I think we should all quickly explain our quirks and what they do. That way we can formulate a plan off of this ship the best we can." Izuku moved in closer towards the group. "and … Kouda." Izuku leaned forward and put his hand on the other boys. "I know you're scared, but you have my word, I'm not going to let anything happen to you, any of you, if I can help it. It's my job as class representative to protect you guys."
His words seemed to put Kouda a little more at ease as his trembling relaxed just a tad and he looked at Izuku with wet eyes. Then he lifted his hands up and he started to finger spell.
"I don't like violence, but if it'll help get us out of here… I can command animals with my voice. I can make them do things to help, like having birds scout a head or even have them attack if the situation calls for it."
That was when Izuku raised his own hands up so he could use both sign language and speak at the same time. "I see. While a useful quirk, I don't think it can help us in this situation. As far as I'm aware, the USJ doesn't have any animals."
"I didn't know you knew sign language, 'Zuku." Kaminari suddenly commented in slight awe.
"Hm? Yeah, I have a deaf uncle. It's no big deal. Back to the task at hand. Tsu? What's your quirk like?" Izuku asked as he continued to finger spell for Kouda.
"Me? Well, there's not much to my quirk, I can basically do everything that a frog can! That includes jumping really high, sticking to walls, and I can extend my tongue really far and can even use it to grab on to people or objects." Tsu started and Izuku nodded, wishing for his notebook so he could write this all down. "Oh! And I can camouflage myself as well as secrete a toxin, but it's mostly harmless. I can also spit my stomach out to clean it."
"Oh cool!" Izuku nodded along. He'd have to ask her questions about it later when the situation wasn't so dire. "Kami?" He turned to his friend.
"Oh, well, you know most of my quirk. I'm basically a human taser and I can emit electricity. I can often even absorb electricity. Now, I can throw my quirk out up to a certain distance, but I have no control over it, meaning it can hurt anybody and everybody. Also if I accidentally go over my wattage limit I'm left in a very vulnerable state for up to an hour. Zuku?"
Izuku nodded and sighed. "I have two quirks. Object attraction, which is as it sounds. If I see an object I want it'll automatically come to me. I can speed up, slow down, or even stop it's projection towards me. Now, my second quirk is a little tricky. I'm sure you all saw during the battle trial that it's a strength quirk, which is true. However, if I'm not careful about my percentage level I can very easily break my bones. It's rather finicky like that. That and… my dad doesn't want me using it until I stop breaking my bones."
"Your dad? He's not here, Zuku. Besides, I'm sure he'll understand given the situation!" Kaminari scoffed.
"Mm…" Izuku twisted the hem of his shirt in his hands before he looked down at the villains below them. "...You're right. He'll have to understand, besides, it's not like he can ground me, can he?"
'Hichan would get it.' Izuku thought before he stood. "Alright. How are we dealing with this lot?" Izuku asked his group.
Izuku could feel it in the air as they discussed their plan; The villains were growing restless and agitated in the water. He could hear them shuffling around, but not coming up to the boat. Because Tsu was right earlier, these villains don't know their quirks. So, the villains had no clue just what they're dealing with.
The plan was simple. Izuku was going to create a loud distraction. That'll give Tsu enough time to grab Kaminari with her tongue along with Izuku. Izuku was going to hold on to Kouda so as not to overwhelm Tsu too much and from there they were just going to swim until they'd reach land.
"Be careful Izuku." Kaminari reached up and gently pulled on Izuku's hand. "If you die, Toshi will probably kill me and then himself."
"Dark, but not wrong." Izuku whispered back with a bit of a laugh. "Alright, remember the plan. Kouda, stay close okay?" Izuku signed to Kouda and Kouda nervously nodded while giving him a thumbs up. "Alright." It was then did he jump up on to the railing of the boat.
Izuku sucked in the deepest breath he could possibly muster before shouting out: "Eyes on me, fuckmouths!" His yell was so loud that he could hear it echo and reverberate all around. "Get out of my SCHOOOL!" Izuku braced his wrist on top of the other as his quirk flared and he saw sparks of green run throughout his body right before he flicked his fingers in the direction of the villains. "Ah!" Izuku grunted in pain as the two fingers he used broke. He didn't want to risk his attack being too weak, so he decided that he could sacrifice two fingers for this and used One-for-all at a hundred percent.
This action was more than strong enough to create a violent whirlpool that sucked all the villains in like a vacuum.
Tsu wrapped Izuku up in her tongue and Izuku swiftly grabbed Kouda, hoisting the quiet boy over his shoulder with ease.
That was when Kaminari did something surprising. Lightning cracked around him, Izuku felt his hair rise from the static in the air. Kaminari only needed to charge up for a few seconds before he threw his arms out. "Take this!" He sent an electric wave down towards the water. It was like watching a blanket of electricity fall directly into the water.
The screams the villains gave as they were being electrocuted in the water were horrific.
"Jesus christ, Kami…" Izuku whispered in his shock.
"Heh…hehe…"
"Kami? Er…" Izuku slowly blinked as he looked at his friend. Kaminari had a rather dopey look on his face. He had his hands up, giving Izuku, Tsu, and Kouda a shaky thumbs up. "Oh. He must have gone over his limit." Izuku took note of the small trail of blood running from Kaminari's nose.
"So, this is what he meant when he said he was vulnerable." Tsu responded. "Still, color me impressed, you guys are pretty amazing."
Izuku felt his face heat up from the praise. "Thanks…"
When they hit the water, Tsu had to carry Kaminari on her back while she swam underwater. Kaminari still did that little laugh while he flashed them all a thumbs up. Izuku and Koda both swam close together and it didn't take too much longer for them all to hit land.
"Man, that was risky, I'm glad it paid off." Izuku mumbled nervously as he started to stand. He quietly nursed his broken fingers.
"You're telling me- Kouda, can you hold on to Kaminari so he doesn't accidentally drown himself?" Tsu asked and Kouda obliged, holding Kaminari up bridal style so the risk of accidental drowning was decreased.
"Heh…Heh." Kaminari continued to flash his thumbs up towards Kouda.
"Now what do we do?-" Tsu had started to inquire, but she stopped once she saw Izuku's hand. "Are you okay? That looks like it hurts."
"I'm fine." Izuku quickly covered his hand with his sleeve. "As for your question, our best course of action is to try and find a way out to get help from the adults." Izuku told her and she nodded.
"I agree- is that Mr. Aizawa?"
Izuku immediately turned to look where she was looking and he watched as his father fought for a few seconds. "We should- we should help him." He breathed out as his heart fluttered nervously in his chest. A fear overtook Izuku in a second as he watched his dad.
His dad was fast and limber, expertly dodging left and right, but he had to be running out of steam. "He needs help."
'He needs me!'
"Hold up, Tora I. We can't just run in. Let's swim up and wait for an opening." Tsu put a hand on his chest and for good reason. Izuku never realized he was about to take off until she had touched him. Izuku looked at her nervously before nodding.
"You're right, C'mon." Izuku slunk back into the water and started to quietly swim up to the plaza, but also in a place where they were able to keep hidden. Kouda kept his hold on Kaminari, and even put a hand over his mouth to keep his little 'heh's' quiet.
'Dad.' Izuku watched his father fight, expertly dodging left and right while knocking villain after villain down. Still, Izuku knew his father. He was running out of steam. Each time he stopped to take a breather, Aizawa was panting heavily and sweat was beading down his face, soaking his hair. Then it was right back into the fray when another villain would inevitably attack.
The man who caused this, the man with hands all over his body, started to rush at Aizawa. "So, you must be the final boss!" Aizawa hissed before he shot his capture weapon out at the man. Aizawa charged, managing to slam his elbow into the villain's torso. Izuku, Tsu, and Kouda all gasped happily at this. 'Dad has this. He always has things under contro-' Izuku's thoughts were cut off once he saw that the villain had his dad's elbow in his grasp."
"-It wasn't easy to spot when you were constantly jumping around. But I finally found your tell. Your hair." Aizawa let out a grunt of pain and Izuku could only watch in horror as his father's elbow started to turn a sickening shade of gray right before the clothes disintegrated. "You're having to blink a lot more often-"
Izuku's horror only grew as the skin around his father's elbow turned to ash along with the blood as it was showing his muscles. 'No…' Izuku bit his lip. 'Stop it.'
"You really shouldn't push yourself too hard now, Eraser. You might just fall apart." The skin caked away falling down like tiles from a roof.
A loud and sharp gasp left Izuku's mouth.
Aizawa managed to swing his other arm, punching the man away from him. The villain gasped out in shock as he fell to the ground. Aizawa took several steps back away from the villain only to immediately almost be attacked by another one.
Even with one of his arms down for the count, Aizawa still managed to defend himself by kicking said villain away from him and dodging away from another one. It still wasn't enough though as soon, he was surrounded.
"That stupid quirk of yours isn't made for long drawn out battles, is it, Eraserhead?" The blue haired villain mocked as he got up.
Izuku felt that familiar buzzing in his head as he heard this man speak. He knew him. Izuku knew he knew him.
"You work more with stealthy situations. One-on-one battles. Player vs player. Not for a big battle royale like this. You know this and yet still you didn't hesitate to jump into the middle of the fray. Why? For your students, to put their minds at ease?"
One villain, one with sharp metal claws, tried to swing at Aizawa, but Aizawa managed to wrap them up before they could get that far and he sent them flying. The group that had him surrounded all tried to attack, but Aizawa managed to knock each and every one of them down.
His breathing was heavier, more labored, but still, Aizawa turned towards the main villain and tugged on his scarf, letting his hair rise up once more.
"You're still standing! You are so cool! But, I guess I should tell you." The bird-like behemoth appeared out of nowhere beside Aizawa. Aizawa gasped out and turned his head, but he turned too late- "I'm not the final boss."
Izuku's eyes went wide as whimpers left his mouth. He could only watch in absolute horror as this creature beat his father into the ground. Blood went flying everywhere as his father cried out in pain with each attack. 'Nonononono-'
"D…dad…" Izuku whimpered his heart felt like it was ready to implode. The idea of losing his father horrified him. He wasn't ready to lose his dad, not now, not like this. "Stop…" Izuku was moving before his mind was. "Don't hurt him-" The creature bashed his father's head into the ground. More blood spilt. "I said stop!" Before he knew it he was standing in front of the creature.
"Hm?" The villain almost seemed to laugh at this, but his laughter was short lived, because the creature, whatever it was. It stopped.
The brutal fight was over in seconds. His father laid there whimpering softly while this thing had his in its grip. Izuku swallowed hard as he clenched his fists by his side. The creature trilled in confusion as it tilted it's head at Izuku quizzically.
"... Nomu, you listen to me. But, I guess I have some questions now…" The scraggly villain suddenly hissed before he rounded on Izuku. "Who are you to control my Nomu? A player two?" He then started to scratch at his neck.
Izuku felt himself start to shake a little while he swallowed hard.
"You look familiar to boot…"
'Did I really control that thing?'
"Izuku!" It was Tsu's cry that made him turn his head just in time to see something glittering coming at him. Izuku only just barely managed to dodge getting his head chopped clean off of his head, but not fast enough to save his cheek as the edge of an ax dug into the soft part of his cheek.
"Ah!" He stumbled back and grasped on to his bleeding cheek. He then looked up at the man with Axe hands.
"Izuku- Nomu, catch him!"
Izuku didn't have time to react. First he held his bleeding cheek and then next thing he knew he was being put into a hold; pressed against this Nomu's chest so he couldn't move.
"Let me go!" Izuku swung his fist back behind his head in an attempt to hit Nomu against the side of his head. "Detroit Smash!" Izuku roared out as One-for-all coursed through his veins and body.
Nothing. Happened. The creature wasn't even phased.
"Sm…smash? Don't tell me you're acquainted with All Might, Izuku. Besides, it's not like that little attack will do anything against my Nomu. It's the anti-symbol of peace. Made specifically to negate any attack he may do to it. A powerful creation indeed!"
"Don't talk to me like we know each other- Let me go!" Izuku roared at Nomu. It worked once, why not try it again. The creature's grip went slack for only a second before it tightened.
'Fine…' Izuku wheezed out uneasily as he looked towards his friends. They were still in the water. Tsu looked like she wanted to jump in, but he didn't blame her for not. This creature, this villain, they were no joke.
"You absolute idiot, you could have killed him!"
"I thought you wanted them dead, Shigaraki."
Shig-
Shigaraki…
"Tomachan!"
"What, Izu-sama?"
Izuku knew that name. The buzzing in his skull intensified tenfold and almost made Izuku feel sick.
"Things changed. The prodigal son has returned to us."
I had a traumatic experience and now I'm going to tell you, my audience about it. I nearly died. I'm not joking. I nearly choked on a piece of fucking chicken at work the other day. My coworker, bless him, had to legit give me the heimlich maneuver. It was that bad. I have been humbled. Let's say that.
