Painted Red
Jewle Adina Enderson was the childhood friend of Katsuki Bakugou and Izuku Midoriya, when she moves to the U.S during their middle school years she loses contact with them. When Jewle returns 3 years later she takes the UA entrance exam, reuniting with Bakugou, but where is Izuku?
Villain!Deku x OC
Some people have been asking me why Jae isn't as mad at Katsuki than she was at All Might after hearing about Deku's life after she left, in chapter 2. The answer is that Katsuki was badly injured by Deku, and due to that Jae felt guilty, this caused her to pour her rage on someone other that Katsuki, meaning All Might. Katsuki is also her closest friend and she needs his support to help her feel grounded. There will be more conflict with this issue in future chapters.
Chapter 4: Final Exams, Training Camp Disaster!
Jae was stuck in the hospital for the remainder of her internship. Whirlwind came to visit her, and so did Iida and Todoroki. As soon as she was let out, she bolted out of the hospital, and returned to UA. The weekend went by quickly and soon enough it was back to class. Everyone was chatting excitingly about their internships, and even mentioned how Iida, Todoroki, and Jae faced the hero killer. No one knew of their encounter with Deku, and everyone was chatting about Stains capture and the video circling around the internet. Many commented on how scary it was that the Hero Killer was connected to the League, and that they were all glad he was off the streets.
After morning classes were over and everyone was heading to lunch, All Might appeared. "I Am Here in an awkward position!" All Might was bent over on from of the door waving. "Oh, hi All Might." Jae greated awkwardly as she waved back, Bakugo was behind her scoffing, and mumbling about wasting time standing here when they could be at lunch. All Might straightened up. "I need to speak with you for a minute, Young Enderson." Jaes eyes widened then she nodded. "Alright." Jae followed All Might to the teachers lounge and took a seat across from All Might.
"I have something very important to tell you." He paused. "It's about Deku." Jae sat up straight at the mention of her tormentor and locked eyes with All Might. "As you know, he has multiple quirks, some of which we haven't seen. This is something that not many people have seen before, but there is actually one person I know of who had this terrifying power." All Might sighed. "His name was All for One, and he shared his name with that of his power. It's a power that allows the user to stockpile quirks by stealing them from others." Jae's eyes widened. "I shouldn't be telling you all this, but you deserve to know what you are up against."
Jae's mouth dropped open with All Might started to steam and his form shrinked into a hollowed cheeked and skeleton like man. "I know, not very heroic." He lifted his shirt and showed her the grueling purple wound on his stomach. "Gruesome, isn't it? I got this during a battle with the man known as All for One. He was my sworn enemy, and not many know of our battle." He sighed and let go of his shirt, lacing his fingers together and raising them to his chin. "I believed this man to be dead, but due to Deku's appearance and his multiple quirks… I have come to the conclusion that All for One has chosen him as his successor, and that he now possesses the power of All for One."
Jae had stayed silent through his explanation, but couldn't hold back her questions any longer. "I… I don't understand All Might, how is this possible? Can someone truly hold such power?" Her hands started to shake as she stared at them with frightened eyes. "How are we going to beat someone with that kind of power?" Her eyes pleaded with him as she searched for a hopeful answer, but he didn't have one to give. "I no longer have to power to stop him, and defeating him will be extremely difficult." He sighed once again. "I know this isn't what you want to hear young lady, but we are doing everything possible to find a way to stop him."
Jae numbly nodded her head. He already battled someone with this power once, and now that he's injured… He won't be able to do it again. "I understand All Might. Thank you for telling me all this. I know it's not much, but I know that you aren't giving up on this. On me…" Her voice trailed off as she stood and bowed. "I'm going to return to my classmates. See you in class, Sir." All Might nodded his head and watched her leave with a solemn look on his face.
With the information of All for One plaguing her thoughts all week, Jae tried to prepare for her final exams. Although she was confident in her abilities, she was distracted as she studied alone. When the day of her written exams arrived, she forced herself to stay focused through the two day exam. When they were finally over, Jae was mentally exhausted and looking for a good distraction. Her practical exam would definitely give her that.
Paired up with Bakugo, they had to face All Might. It was by no means an easy fight. With the option of either running or fighting, her and Bakugo couldn't agree. His superiority complex was in full effect, not allowing him the 'shame' of running from a fight, and with her confidence at an all time low, she could think of nothing but fleeing. All Might may have revealed his weakened state to her, but by no means did that make her deny his strength. When he practically took out half the city with a single blow, she knew they were screwed. Bakugo charged right in, attacking the number one hero relentlessly, and ultimately failing… miserably.
Eventually, Jae got tired of Bakugo's blatant disregard for his own safety, and his claims to lose rather than run away. Using her wind quirk to get All Might to release him, she grabbed Bakugo and started to fly towards the goal. He was pissed that she 'interfered' when he had him 'right where he wanted', but Jae was done with his crap. They decided to compromise, by fighting then running. Armed with one of Bakugo's gauntlets, Jae hid while Bakugo distracted All Might. After Bakugo got All Might with a blast from his gauntlet, he started to run towards the goal as planned. Hiding in the shadows and alleys, Jae followed him, and when All Might cornered Bakugo, she made her move.
Jumping from her hiding spot, she pulled the pin on the device, letting loose a huge explosion right at All Mights back. The kick back injured her shoulder, but she didn't falter as she quickly helped Bakugo to his feet and they both dashed to the escape gate using their quirks. What they didn't plan for was All Mights fast recovery, and they both went down after All Might destroyed their gauntlets. She was smashed into a bus when she tried to assist Bakugo, and All Might crushed him into the pavement, practically knocking him out.
Bakugo insisted that she run, but with her back messed up, she could barely walk. As she trudged towards the gate, she could feel All Might coming as he came to stop her advance. She was ready for him though. Her eyes turned that cursed dark blue color and she stopped All Might in his tracks by altering his blood flow. "I refuse to lose!" She yelled as she used her wind quirk to send him flying through the destroyed city. Once he was out of her water quirks range. She floated Bakugo to her, heaving his unconscious body on her good shoulder and walked victoriously through the gate.
They had passed, but what Jae didn't know was that the summer training camp they had all been looking forward too, would end up in flames.
The bus ride to the training camp was long and loud. Everyone was talking to each other with enthusiasm and Iida was trying to control them all. Key word being "trying". Aizawa sat at the head of the bus, sighing. Well, this will be the only time they'll get to relax. Aizawa thought as he let the students enjoy there ride.
Soon enough, the bus stopped and everyone got off, stretching there sore limbs. Mineta ran around trying to find a place to pee. Jae looked out at the vast forest before them. "Where are we?" She voices her question and everyone snapped out of their chatter and stared at the landscape. A car parked near the edge of the ledge caught the students attention when the doors opened.
"Hey there Eraser!" A female voice called, as two women dressed in cat like hero costumes got out.
"Class, these are the pro hero's you'll be working with. Mandalay and Pixie Bob." Aizawa said lazily. The two heros in question did a ridiculous intro with dancing and crazy phrases, and Jae knew who they were. "The Pussy Cats are a four person team of heros who specialise in mountain rescue." She explained. "They've actually worked with my parents before."
Pixie Bob turned to Jae with her explanation and proceeded to fawn over her in circles. "Oh my my! Its little Jewle! You've grown up so muchhh!" She continued to paw at her until Jae gently pushed her away. "Yes, it been a while, it great to see you again." She said simply as she fixed her hair and shirt. "How's your parents! Are they in Japan again?" Mandalay asked. Jae fiddled with her fingers, "No, they're on a mission from the American Hero Agency, I haven't seen them in months."
Everyone's attention was turned to her. "Wait, you said your mom was hero, but so is your dad?" Uraraka asked. Aizawa got annoyed with the off topic conversations and told everyone to quiet down. "Oh, by the way. We own everything you can see before you. The training camp you'll be staying at is over there, at the base of the mountain." Mandalay explained as she pointed to a far off spot riddled with tree's.
"No that can't be right." Sero shook his head. "Back on the bus, right guys?" Kaminari said and everyone but Jae, Bakugo, and Todoroki moved towards the bus. "You haven't guessed yet?" Pixie Bob cut off their escape and used her quirk to manipulate the ground. "The training camp has already begun." Everyone screamed as they were washed over the side of the cliff, landing roughly on the ground.
"Damn, she couldn't have warned me?" Jae dusted herself off and stared up at the top of the ledge as Mandalay spoke again. "Good News! This is private land so you can use your quirks as much as you'd like. You have 2 hours until you reach the camp. If you hurry, you might make it there by lunch. That is, if you can make it through the Beasts Forest!" Everyone looked out at the dark forest with fear and caution. Mineta ran into the woods, rambling about not peeing himself, until a monster appeared and scared him shitless.
"Pixie Bob." Jae face palmed. "I should have seen this coming, Aizawa always tricks us." Koda tried to calm the beast, but when it didn't work, Jae pulled him back from the beast when it attacked. "This is Pixie Bobs quirk. They're dirt monsters. Now, let's kick these things asses!" Everyone cheered. "Lets go!"
It took well over two hours to reach the training camp, and to say that everyone was a little worse for wear was an understatement. Everyone was bruised, scratched, and limping as they made there way into the clearing. "Meow meow meow." Pixie Bob snickered. "I thought it would take you guys even longerrr! You guys did much better than I expected against my dirt monsters!" She pointed out Iida, Bakugo, Todoroki, and Jae. "Especially you four! I call dibs on these kittens! Ill groom them myself!" She started to fuss around the four, causing them to raise their arms and try to fend her off in there exhausted state.
"Is she always like that?" Aizawa asked Mandalay. She shook her head. "She's at the age to take a mate." Pixie Bob stopped fussing over them and they all sighed in relief. "Mandalay?" The hero in question turned to see Jae behind her. "Yes hun?" She pointed behind her to a boy looking no older than seven near the building. "Who's that? I didn't know you had a kid." Mandalay turned to the boy and laughed. "Oh no. He's not mine, he just lives with us. Kota! Come over here and introduce yourself. You'll be around them for a whole week."
Jae went over to the boy and knelt down. "Hi Kota, it's nice to meet you, Im Jae." She extended her hand for him to shake, but he slapped it away. "Don't flatter yourself. All of you are just wasting your time. Hero? What a joke." He walked away and left a stunned Jae still knelt down. "Well then," Jae stood and watched him leave. She turned to Mandalay, looking for an explanation but she just sighed and shook her head. "All right, who's ready for dinner?"
After a filling meal, everyone was soaking in the hot springs. Jae was relaxing in the water, but had a towel wrapped tightly around her body, covering her chest. "Why are you wearing a towel Jae?" Ashido asked with her head tilted to the side, drawing the attention of the other girls. Jae blushed and quickly came up with an excuse. "Oh, well. I'm just not very comfortable with my body, a-and I just put on a towel to calm my nerves a bit." Everyone seemed to by it, but Asui commented, "Actually, i've noticed that you've been covering yourself more lately. You wore a high necked swimsuit at the pool, and you even changed your hero costume." She said simply, causing the other girls to agree.
"Yeah Jae. What's going on? You trying to hide something?" Ashido said suggestively while wiggling her eyebrows. Jae waved her hands around. "No, no. O-of course not!" She tried to defuse the situation but everyone wasn't buying it. "Come one Jae! What do you have to hide!" Ashido lunged for her and tried to tear the towel off her body. "Come on Mina, leave her alone. Im sure Jae has her reasons." Momo added, and Jae felt like she could actually kiss the girl for being so understanding, but Ashido didn't let up. Until, they heard Mineta on the other side of the wall, as Kota pushed him back over the ledge he just climbed.
Ashido stopped her pursuit on Jae's towel and raised two thumbs up to Kota. "Thanks Kota babe! We owe you one!" Kota turned and caught a glimpse of all the girls, naked. He then proceeded to get a nosebleed and fall off the ladder and into the girls side of the spring. Jae's eyes immediately bled blue and she caught the falling boy in a stream of water. She glided him into her arms and stood from the water. "Nice catch Jae. That was a fast response." Uraraka commented as she got out of the water with the unconscious boy in her arms. "I'll be back, i'm going to take him to Mandalay." With that said, Jae walked out of the bath house.
"It seems like he passed out from the shock of the fall. Thanks for catching him, Jewle." Mandalay placed a cool cloth on Kota's forehead as he lay on the couch. Jae, still wearing only a wet towel stood by her. "Um. Mandalay. I noticed that Kota doesn't like heros that much. Why is that?" She sighed looking over to Jae with sad eyes. "You noticed huh?" Jae took a seat on the table. "It's just that… shouldn't boys his age love heros? Katsuki and… well, he always admired heros growing up. It weird that he doesn't." Jae couldn't bare to mention Izuku.
"Yes, actually, Kota hates heros." Mandalay glanced at the sleeping boy, rubbing his head softly. "Kota is my sisters son, she and her husband were killed by a villain." Jae's eyes widened. "It's actually one of the most noble ways a hero could die, protecting citizens… but how can you even begin to explain to a child who's lost everything, that his parents died an honorable death? To him, they left him behind, and that's why Kota doesn't like heroes." She stopped stroking his hair and looked back to Jae. "Honestly, I don't think he even likes us very much, but he doesn't have anywhere else to go."
Jae stood and ran her eyes over Kotas unconscious form. "I understand. Experiencing such a great loss at such a young age, changes people." Jae moved to leave. "Thank you, Mandalay. I'm going to get some sleep. I'll see you in the morning. Im sure training is going to be hell." Mandalay laughed and agreed, watching as the young girl left.
As she suspected, the training in the morning was insane. Everyone was being pushed to their absolute limits, and beyond. Also two more heroes joined them, Ragdoll and Tiger. For Jae, she was working on controlling large amounts of water and manipulating the air at the same time. She ended up with a few asthma attacks and almost passed out of dehydration a couple of times.
After a long day of training, the class made their own dinner, curry. They scarfed down the food trying to get as much nutrients as possible. Jae looked over as she saw something move in the side of her vision, and saw Kota wandering into the woods. She grabbed a plate of curry and followed him. After a short walk she ended up on a small cliffside that had a cave on top. Kota was sitting on the ledge, looking out over the forest.
"Hey." Jae greeted as she approached the boy. He jumped up and glared at her. "What are you doing here! This is my secret hideout!" Jae stopped a few feet away from the angry boy and looked at the curry in her hands. "I noticed that you didn't eat dinner, so I thought I'd bring you some curry." She placed it down infront of her and looked at her surroundings. "This is a great hideout, it's got a nice view." Kota wasn't fazed by her attempt at conversation and continued to yell at her. "How did you find me!?" A surprised look formed on her face at the boys obvious anger.
"I followed your footsteps." She walked over to him and took a seat by his feet. Kota glared at her, but she just laughed it off. "Come on kid, I don't bite. Have a seat." Kota let out a huff and sat down begrudgingly. "You people make no sense to me." He grumbled. Jae glanced at him, then decided to pop the question she's been mulling over in her head. "Your parents were the Water Hose heros, right?" Kota jumped up and pointed an accusing finger at her. "You… you, did Mandalay tell you that!" Jae ignored his outburst and looked out at the setting sun. "I heard a bit about what happened to them, and I remembered hearing my parents talk about their deaths. I didn't mean to upset you, I shouldn't have said anything. Im sorry."
Kota plopped himself back on the ground and continued to rant. "Calling yourselves things like hero and villain and killing each other over it! Its stupid!" He mumbled angrily. "Spending your whole life trying to make your quirk better, what a waste of time." He said quirk with such malice that it clicked in Jae's head. He doesn't just hate heros, Kota hates quirks. Jae twisted herself so she was facing him. "There was a time in my life, where I hated my quirk." Kota turned to her eyes wide.
"I was practicing my water quirk with two of my friends, and I got frustrated and angry when I couldn't get it right. I ended up hurting one of my friends, without even knowing it." She paused and turned her gaze back to the falling sun. "My other friend Katsuki, he's the really loud and explosive one back at camp, stopped me from hurting him more." She sighed and looked at her hands. "I started to hate my quirk, and ended up blocking that side of me out… Until the same friend that I hurt told me something important." Kota started at her, waiting to hear what she had to say. "He told me that what I did wasn't my fault, and that he thought my quirk was beautiful."
Jae swirled her hand through the air, and pulled the water out of the air, her eyes fading into their bright blue hue. She circled the water around them as Kota watched with eyes widened with wonder. She giggled at his expression, but continued. "I learned that my quirk was a part of me, and that no matter what it could do, my quirk was what I made of it. Quirks are a part of our lives, it's just the way the word is these days." She let the water evaporate, her eyes returning to there violet shade. "I learned that there were people out in the world who used their quirks to cause destruction and pain, and I decided that id use mine to protect people who were threatened by those monsters."
Jae rose to her feet and rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly. "Oh, im sorry. I'm sure that you don't want to listen to my life story, I'm sorry I bothered you." She went to leave but was stopped by a tug on her pants. "Jae, what happened to the boy you were friends with?" Her eyes darkened with sadness at his question. "I don't know Kota. The boy I once knew isn't around anymore." He tilted his head questioningly when he noticed the sadness in her voice. She shook her head. "Its nothing, I just lost contact with him. I miss him a lot, but i've made many new friends on my path to become a hero. I've learned so many things and this experience is changing me day by day." She ruffled his hair by messing with his hat. "Even you have given me a new perspective on life."
He slapped her hand away and fixed his hat and hair. "I'm not trying to change the way you feel about heros or quirks, I just wanted to show you a new perspective." She smiled and started to walk back to camp. "Enjoy the curry, Kota. If you ever want to talk again, I'd be happy to keep you company." She waved as she disappeared down the path.
Kota watched her go, not knowing what to think. He touched his hat, remembering the sisterly way she patted his head. "A new perspective, huh?"
The training continued in earnest the next morning, and once the days training was done, Pixie Bob announced that they were going to play a game that pinned class against class in a test of courage. Yay more training, and training in the dark. Jae thought tiredly, and someone voiced her thought on the training in the dark, causing Tokoyami to chime in. "Revelry in the dark." He muttered quietly, causing everyone to sweatdrop.
The game started with class B as the scarers, and class A as the runners. Obviously, due to her exceedingly good (bad) luck, Jae ended up alone due to their uneven number. She wasn't too worried, but still not thrilled about being alone. After a few minutes of the game starting, they could hear screams from the woods. Suddenly, Pixie Bobs head glowed bright pink, and she shouted as she was pulled into the forest. Everyone's attention was drawn to the sound, revealing two villains. One stood over Pixie Bobs injured body as he crushed a large rectangular object into her bleeding head. "Villains? What are they doing here? I thought this was supposed to be a secret?" Mineta cried as he started to panic. "Hello UA high school, and pro heros. We are the Vanguard Action Squad of the league of villains!" The Villain had oddly colored skin, and looked like a lizard. He was wearing a blood read scarf and a white mask over his eyes. He pulled out a huge weapon of swords and other deadly objects tied together. 'You can call me, Spinner." Mandalay moved into a defensive stance. "This is bad."
Jae saw her worried expression, and she knew she was worried for Kota. Iida was gathering the students in the clearing, getting them to safety back at camp. "Enderson, lets go." Iida called to her but she turned to Mandalay. "Mandalay! I know where Kota is!" Jae informed the hero as she battled with the villain known as Spinner. "Please, can you get him to safety for me?" She asked through her telepath. Jae nodded and turned to address. "I have to go get him. Leave without me." Jae knew what she had to do, she had permission to use her quirk in self defense, and if a villain came after her, she could fight.
She ran off into the woods, and didn't stop until she made it to Kotas hideout. What she didn't expect was to see a huge man standing over Kotas terrified form as he laid on the ground, tears in his eyes. She rushed over, using her wind for speed, and punched the villain square in the chest. The surprise attack and a touch of her wind sent him flying away from Kota as she stood between him and the fallen villain. "He's just a child, you bastard!" Her fists clenched angrily at her sides as she watched the villain pick himself up as he laughed darkly.
"That actually hurt a bit." He rubbed his chest and ripped the cloak from his body. The man stared at Jae then smiled. "Ah, you're that girl we were sent here to get!" Jaes stance faltered, then she shook her head, brushing off her fears. Kota needs me. I can't let him scare me anymore. "Yeah, well why don't you go tell your boss that if he wants me he should come get me himself!" She powered up her wind quirk, allowing a harsh wind to whip around her. "You've got spunk kid. No wonder the boss likes ya." Pink muscles started to grow from his skin, wrapping around his arms and chest like armour.
"The boss, doesnt want you hurt to bad, but i'm sure he'll understand me bringing you back a bit battered." He charged at her, and Jae used her wind to float her and Kota over the villain. She set Kota up on the top of the cave. "Stay there Kota, while I take care of this guy. Everything's going to be okay, i'll save you." She jumped down to face the villain, her eyes a piercing silver as she started down her opponent.
Jae didn't give him a chance to charge her as she sent wind blades at his body. The villain, not expecting the blades, didn't dodge and his large muscles were sliced by the winds sheer force. He let out a shout of pain at the wounds, and growled at her. "You're the villain who killed Kota's parents, I recognize you from from the news, your name is Muscular." She said stepping closer the him. "You've hurt so many people, destroyed so many lives. All for your own sick amusement!" She pulled water out of the air, creating her signature water whips. "I won't let you destroy his life further!" Muscular recovered and grew more muscles from his body. "Big talk from a little brat!"
He ran at her, dodging the whips aimed at him, and smacked her side. Jae was flung into the wall of the mountain side, a large indent formed from the impact. She coughed up some blood, but got right back up and dodged a punch that would have shattered her ribs. She launched another wind assault at him, slicing up the large muscles. They cut so deep that she could see the bleeding gashes on his body as the muscles receded. She panted, Damn! Im exhausted from today's training. I won't be able to use my wind for much longer. She was cut from her thoughts as Muscular came at her with a burst of speed and punched her in the gut. She could here Kota call out to her as she laid on the ground trying to catch her breath.
She looked up to see the villain standing over her, he grabbed her by the neck and lifted her off the ground. She choked and kicked her legs, trying to catch the villain, but his muscles protected him from her hits. "Now, can you tell me where I can find a kid named Bakugo?" She clawed at his hands, trying to loosen his grip. Katsuki? They're after him? Why would he want him? Jae thought as she struggled.
"Stay away from her!" Kota cried as he hit the villain with water, his hands dripping. Muscular dropped Jae to the ground, and she pulled in desperate breaths through her coughs. "Hang on kid, i'll deal with you later." He threatened. "No Kota! Stay away!" Kota starred down the villain, tears in his eyes. "Remember Water Hose? My mom and dad... Did you torment them too? Before you killed them! Nothing's right it the world, and it's because of crazy people like you!"
Muscular chuckled. "Kids always want to place the blame on others. The reason is simple, I wanted to kill people, and your mom and dad got in my way. What happened was just the result of everyone doing our best."
She got to her knees and attempted to stand. "Don't you dare say something like that! You ruined his life!" Muscular turned to Jae. "Well, at least you're still breathing. Now, where's the kid?" He inquired about Bakugo again. "I'll never tell a murderer like you!" I have to use it, it's my only chance. Her eyes bled dark blue as she started to manipulate his blood. Her fingers twitched awkwardly as she rose to stand, Muscular falling to his knees.
"W-what are you doing!" He yelled as he tried to move but Jae didn't stop. "I don't like doing this, but you've threatened the people I care about, and I won't let you hurt anyone else!" She continued to manipulate his blood until his lungs were no longer able to pull in oxygen, and soon enough, the villain fell the ground unconscious. She released him from her quirk and fell to her knees, wheezing. Kota carefulling climbed down from his ledge and ran over to her. "Jae! Are you okay?" Jae just let out a laugh and got to her feet. "I'm sorry you had to see that Kota, it's not something I like doing, but that doesnt matter. We gotta get you back to camp." She motioned for him to get on her back. "B-but your injured, you cant carry me!"
"Im fine, now get on!" Kota climbed on her back and she used her quirk to float them back to camp. They landed right in front of the doors and she let Kota down off her back. "Go inside and tell the teachers I brought you here. If they ask where I went, tell them that the villains are after some of the students, and that I have to let Mandalay know." She instructed as she straightened up and made to run into the woods. "A-are you gonna be okay?" Kota asked shyly and Jae knelt down to his level, ruffling his hat again. "I'll be okay, now you have an important job to do, don't let me down." Kota nodded, and Jae stood up, running off into the forest.
Jae broke through the clearing, arriving just in time as she launched a blast of wind at Spinner as he was about to slash Mandalay. The force of the blow smashed the large weapon to pieces, shocking everyone in the clearing, causing them all the pause. "Jewle!" Mandalay called in shock as she landed beside her. "Mandalay, Kota's safe, but I learned something from the villains!" She panted as she regained her breath. "You need to tell everyone using telepath, that they are after the students! After Katsuki!" She glared at the villains. "What?" "Just do it Mandalay!" She shouted. Mandalay was shocked at her tone, but relayed the message for her.
Magne stood away from the heros. "Damn, how did she know? Who talked?" He looked to his partner, Spinner. "That's the girl the boss wants. She's injured, and looking at those injuries, it must have been Muscular she fought." He said to Magne. "How? That little girl took down Muscular?"
"I have to go protect him." Jae said, about to run to Bakugo, but was stopped when Aizawa appeared in the clearing. "Enderson! Get back to camp!" He ordered her staring her down. Jae turned to her teacher, "I can't, i'll put everyone there in danger. The only way we win this is if we can keep Katsuki safe!" Aizawa sighed, knowing she was right. "Find him, and bring him back to camp, i'll be right behind you." Jae ran off, and as she did Magne went to attack her, but was stopped by Spinner. "What are you doing? That girl was on the Boss' list!"
"Let her go, the others will deal with her." As they argued, Mandalay and Tiger got their hits in and knocked them down. "It's about time that I got a good hit in." She panted. "Mandalay. Please relay a message for me." Aizawa asked, prepared to do whatever he can to protect him students.
As Jae ran through the forest, she heard Mandalays voice in her head. "Students of UA, In the name of the pro hero, Eraser Head, you are granted permission to engage in combat! I repeat, use your training." Jae smiled. Thank you, Mr. Aizawa. She was moving fast as something lashed out at her through the darkness, she let out a yelp of surprise as she was pulled away from the attack. She looked over her shoulder to see Shoji panting. "Shoji…" She looked down to see one of his dupli-arms bleeding. "Oh, my god, you're bleeding!" He shushed her as they dodged another attack. "Stay quiet, it attacks any sound." He whispered. "But, Shoji." She said quietly. "Don't worry, Tokoyami and I were attacked by a villain. My arms can make duplicates on duplicates, and one of those were cut off." He explained.
"It'll be alright, it's not lost forever, but when I was injured, Tokoyami could stand to see me hurt. He lost control." Jae gasped, eyes wide. "You mean?" He nodded. "Yeah, if we wanna get through here, we gotta get past dark shadow." Jae peared around to see Dark Shadow covering Tokoyami and raging. "Get back! I cant… cant control it! Stay away, you'll die! Calm down Dark Shadow!" He tried to reason with it, but it was too powerful.
"You're injured too." Shoji noted as he saw her bruised body. "It's not that bad, but…" "I know, you want to go save Bakugo, but Tokoyami…" Jae understood, Tokoyami was also her friend and she needed to get through here to get to Bakugo. Suddenly an idea sprung into her head. "Dark Shadow has a weakness to light, if we can lead him the Bakugo and Todoroki, we can weaken him with their quirks." Shoji's eyes widened in realization." That'll work." She stretched her arms, getting ready to run. "Now, create dupli-arms and use them to divert Dark Shadows attention while we run towards them. It'll keep kit from attacking us directly."
Shoji did as she said and they both made a mad dash towards where Bakugo and Todoroki should be. Soon enough, they saw ice. "They're fighting! This way!" Jae shouted, and Bakugo and Todoroki came into view. Before the two, was a villain in a straight jacket, with crazy teeth that seemed to extend into, blades? "Bakugo! Todoroki! Quick, give us some light!' Shoji shouted as they got closer. Todoroki went to use his flames, but Bakugo stopped him when he noticed Dark Shadow going for the villain. "Now finish him!" Bakugo said with a smirk as Dark Shadow destroyed the villain in one shot, knocking him, and his teeth, out.
As soon as the villain was defeated, they used their quirks to stop Dark Shadow, freeing Tokoyami from his grasp. He thanked them, and then Bakugo noticed Jae's state. "Jae! What the fuck happened to you!" Bakugo came over and started noting her injuries, Jae sighed and pushed him away. "Im fine! Its you im worried about." She brought her arms around her chest, hugging herself. "Katsuki, I don't understand. Why would he want you?" Bakugo looked at his best friend and brought her body into his using one arm. "I don't know Half-Pint, but i'm not gonna let him get his hands on me, or you for that matter."
Jae sniffled and let out a small giggle as Bakugo released her, realizing they had an audience. "What are you looking at?!" Tokoyami, Shoji, and Todoroki all looked away, avoiding the angry blond. "Alright, we gotta get Katsuki back to camp." Jae started to go over their game plan. "We can't take the path back, so we'll have to walk straight through the woods. This is actually a great group. Honestly, I feel as though we can make it out of here no problem." Jae went over who was gonna watch what angle, and how they were going to get back. Todoroki agreed. "It's a good plan, lets go." Bakugo raged in the back, not liking how this was going. "I don't need your fucking protection!" Everyone ignored him. "We'll surround you while we walk." Todoroki said as Bakugo continued to rant.
As they walked through the woods, It was Shoji and Todoroki in the front, Jae and Bakugo in the middle, and Tokoyami bringing up the rear. During the trek, Jae was thinking about why Deku would want Bakugo. She didn't understand his motives, Bakugo hates him, and she was pretty sure that Deku hated him just as much. So why? Why send these villains after him?
Suddenly, they heard sounds of a struggle ahead. The group rushed forwards, to see Asui pinned to a tree by her hair, and Uraraka on the ground with a villain attacking her. "Get away from her!" Jae yelled blasting her off Uraraka with a blast of wind. The female villain with twin buns jumped away from the blast and observed the new party. "Damn. There's too many people here." She locked eyes with Jae and a smile bloomed on her face. "Oh, my. Your the one Deku wants!" She giggled evilly. "He didn't tell me you were so pretty, I'd love to cut you up." She gave a creepy smile and played with her knife. "Ah, but I gotta go!" She ran off in the woods.
"Uraraka! Are you okay?" Jae helped Uraraka up as she tried to go after the villain but Jae stopped her, telling her she wasn't worth it. Shoji, helped Asui down and Jae asked them to join them. "We're protecting Katsuki, you should join us." Asui looked behind the group. "If you're protecting Bakugo, then where is he?" Jae laughed a bit, "Don't be silly, he's right… behind us?" She turned and found that both Bakugo and Tokoyami were missing. Damn! We were in crisis mode, and we thought we were doing okay but… A male laugh broke out through the clearing, causing the students to look up into the tree's.
"I'm sorry for the interruption, but taking him was quite easy. Tokoyami was a bit of improve on my part. He took down our Blade Tooth with such strength, I thought he'd like to see a new perspective on life." A villain stood in the trees, he wore a yellow coat with a white mask and top hat. They observed the villain as he played with two blue marbles in his hands. He looked like some sort of magician. "You!" Jae growled, stalking closer to the trees. "You give them back to us right now!" She was pulled back by Todoroki as he launched a large ice attack at the villain. "Get back Jae." The villain jumped away from the ice barrage, and slipped the marbles into his pocket as he made his escape.
"Quickly! We have to go after him!" Jae went to run after the villain but was stopped by Todoroki. "He's moving too fast, we won't catch him." Uraraka and Asui looked at each other. "Jae! I'll make you guys float, while Tsu launches you towards the villain." Jae picked up on her plan. "Yes! Then I can give us a boost with my quirk." Shoji grabbed Todoroki and Jae, while Asui wrapped them in her tongue and Uraraka made them float. "Judge the distance with your eyes, Uraraka, and when the time's right, release us!" She nodded in understanding and stepped back as Asui made to launch them.
They flew through the air at a fast speed as Jae used her quirk to press them forwards. Just as they caught up the the landing villain, she felt Uraraka release them, and she shot them down on the villain. They landed square on the magicians back. "Give Tokoyami and Katsuki back to us!" Jae yelled in anger and she stomped on him. There were three other villains in the clearing, The female villain from before, a man in a black and white body suit, and a man with black hair and purple scars.
"Hey I know these kids. Who are they?" The black and white suited man said in two different voices. "Compress, get out of the way." The one with the scars warned. Compress complained about his ruined exit, then disappeared from beneath them. Jae looked up to the scared man in shock as blue flames formed on his outstretched arm. "Get away!" She pushed Shogi and Todoroki away from her sides using her wind quirk, and tried to jump back and dodge the oncoming flame. Unfortunately, she didn't get away fast enough as her left arm was burned by the rushing flames.
She let out a pained sound as she rolled away. "Jae!" Todoroki tried to get to her, but was stopped by the weird talking man as they engaged in a small battle. Shoji was dodging knives from the female villain as Jae stood up. Suddenly, a hand shot out and grabbed her burned arm. She screamed as she was pulled into the scared man's chest. He gripped her wrist tightly, causing her to grimace. "Compress, do you got him?" He questioned as Compress appeared and walked over to him. "Of course." He said as he reached into his pocket, but found nothing. "What?"
Shoji, who had managed to get the knife wielding girl to back off, spoke as he stood. "We don't know exactly what your quirk does, but it had to do with those marbles you stashed in your pocket." He pulled two marbles out into his hand. "These are them, right?" Jae smiled as she realized Katsuki and Tokoyami were safe. "Shoji, run. Get back to camp!" Jae struggled against the villains hold, but he wouldn't let up. She winced when he heated up his hand, irritating her burned arm. "Not so fast kid." He grabbed Jae's other arm as she tried to punch him. He let go of her burned arm, igniting the flames on the side he held her, and burned her with his blue flames.
Jae screamed as she felt her arm burn practically to a crisp. Tears pooled in her eyes as she shook with the pain. Everyone in the clearing froze. "Dabi, there's no need for that, they were so proud having riddled through my pockets." Compress explained as he lifted his mask. "Here's a tip kids, if Im flaunting something shiny, it means I have something to hide." He opened his mouth to reveal two bright blue orbs. The students eyes widened as the orbs in Shoji's hands turned to ice. "Is that my ice?" Todoroki said shocked.
"Guys!" Uraraka and Asui broke through the clearing, seeing Jae held by the villain, both arms steaming and charred. "Jae!" Uraraka moved to get her, but was stopped when the villain lit his flames on his side again. "Look at that, all your little friends came to save you, but do they know your dirty little secret?" Dabi asked, moving his other hand towards her chest. Jae gasped, trying to move away from his hand, but ended up backing into the villain. "Why don't we show them!" He fisted her shirt in his hand and used his quirk to burn away the material, revealing the purple diamond on her chest. Everyone but Todoroki stared at the mark in shock. "What… what is that?" Uraraka whispered as she took a step back.
Dabi chucked. "So, they didn't know. Such a shame. The Boss gave you that mark and you hid it." His voice was amused, as he watched her shake in embarrassment. Damn him. Jae thought as she tried to figure something out. "Let's go." Dabi said as a purple warp gate opened behind him. No! I won't let you take him! Her eyes flashed silver as she moved her less burnt hand up, shooting a blast of air at Compress. The blast broke his mask and caused him to spit out the marbles.
Todoroki and Shoji sprang into action. Shogi reached out and caught one of the marbles before Compress could get it. Todoroki reached for the other, but it was snatched by Dabi. He gave a smirk as he held up the orb. "How sad. Poor little Shoto Todoroki." He turned to Compress as Todoroki slid to the ground beside him. "Confirm it now." Compress sighed and snapped his fingers as he disappeared into the mist, revealing a shocked Bakugo. Dabi grabbed him by the neck. "Check Mate." Bakugo looked down at Jae with fear filled eyes. Jae looked right back at him, the feeling of failure and self hatred filled her being. She looked out at the shocked faces of her friends, "Im sorry." She whispered to them, then they all disappeared into the swirling black mass, leaving five shocked students to stare at the spot their friends just were. Questions filtered their minds as they were overrun by the feeling of failure. Just what happened to Jae? What was that mark?
Sorry! No Deku in this chapter, but he will be in the next one for pretty much the whole thing. This is where shit gets real my dear readers! So proceed into the next chapter at your own risk. I hope you all enjoyed. What will happen to Jae and Bakugo in the hands of the League of Villains? What horrors are in store for Jae while in the company of her enemy? What does Deku really want? Until next time!
~Jewle Enderson