Extra Story: The cherry knot.
It was a slow day at the league of villain's hideout. There were no big missions or heists to prepare for and even fewer reasons to be at the hideout at all, but even still, all the members were present for one reason or another. Though mainly, they all shared the same reason: they had nothing better to do.
"Hey, did you know? Apparently if you can tie a knot with a cherry stem, that means you're a great kisser." Said Sachi, reading a Reddit post and breaking the silence.
"Really now?" Asked Izuku, intrigued, "I didn't even know that was possible."
"Yeah, I've seen videos of people doing it! It's actually kinda scary how many people can pull it off." Sachi replied.
"Let's test that theory then shall we?" Asked Izuku, snapping his fingers, "Kuro, get us a bowl of cherries."
"Right away." Replied the bartender, cleaning his glass.
As the bowl of cherries were brought in, all the other members chimed in as well, attempting to get in on the fun. After about 10 minutes, the entire league showed their results.
"Jesus christ it's impossible!" Ranted a frustrated Mr. Compress.
"Puah! I think I swallowed mine..." Irina gagged.
"I did it! I actually did it!" Exclaimed Twice, holding up handfuls of cherry stems who were all bitten in half. He didn't actually do it.
"Bah! this game is stupid anyways." Ranted Shigaraki in frustration, "What about you freckles, any luck?"
"None." Izuku replied, spitting out a pretzel shaped stem, just barely tied.
"Amateurs." Smirked Dabi, sticking out his long tongue and revealing a tied stem.
"Holy fuck Dabi!" Exclaimed the other two, blushing at the implications.
"What can I say?" Dabi winked, "I'm a natural."
He lied! In reality, while no one was looking, he spat out his cherry stem and tied it with his hands, then threw it back into his mouth discreetly. A simple but effective plan, no one was the wiser.
"Oh come on now, this isn't a competition. But if you really insist on getting competitive..." Said Toga, before sticking her tongue out, revealing a pristine stem that was tied into a beautiful butterfly knot, "looks like I take the lead."
"Oh my goodness." Izuku uttered out, blushing, "I mean, I kinda expected it but... damn."
She lied! When she grabbed her cherry, the stem was already sort of tangled up. All she did was fasten up some loose ends and methodically chew up the center, creating the illusion of a butterfly knot. If anyone took a closer look, the flaws would become noticable.
"Oh please! A simple butterfly knot? I raise you with a Cobra Knot!" Said Spinner revealing three cherry stems that were tied together.
He lied! Well not technically. He misunderstood the objective altogether and tied the thing with his hands in plain sight. The others simply didn't bother to correct them.
"May I chime in?" Kurogiri dropped in, revealing his cherry stem that was also tied into a butterfly knot.
"We know you just teleported yours into your hands Kurogiri." The group cut him off, "do you even have a mouth to kiss?"
"No guys, I assure you, this knot is 100% legitimate."
He's not lying. Underneath all that smoke, Kurogiri's actually a great kisser. It's just not worth the whopping cough you get afterwards. You're kissing a cloud of black smoke, what did you expect?
Meanwhile, A whimper from Magne drew everyone's attention.
"Hey, is Magne still going at it?" Asked Izuku.
"Oh, don't mind me, I accidentally bit my tongue." She said, "Man, this is harder than I thought."
Then, as everyone watched her reveal her stem, they were all taken aback in awe. The stem had been shaped into a heart, with a constrictor's knot at the tip of it.
"Hold on, give me five more minutes, I need to fasten the knot a bit more." Magne said nonchalantly.
On that day, Magne was unanimously crowned: League of Villain's best kisser.
Three figures could be seen running across the Unforseen Simulation Joint in a frenzied pace, trying to reach their destination that was on the other side of the facility, an air vent that would guarantee their safety. As they passed the countless disaster sites they would have been training in, their stomach dropped, wondering how their classmates are holding out within these deathtraps.
"How much further is it?" Asked Ochaco, panting frantically as they had been sprinting for nearly three miles and a half without pause.
"Another few kilometers! Just hang on!" Toga reassured, praying that they don't run into any villains on the way.
"Toga-chan! Watch out!" Tsuyu suddenly cried out, tackling her to the ground as a cleaver flew right over their heads, lodging itself into a concrete pillar.
Getting back up, the two turned around to see a handful of villains being led by a masked figure. Suddenly, the supposed leader of the group vanished, suddenly appearing right behind them, where the cleaver landed.
"Looks like we've got ourselves a few escapees." Said the villain maniacally, sticking his tongue out."You three should have stayed where the smoke guy teleported you. Now, no one will save you from what we're about to do to you."
As he said that, the other villains laughed and cheered, like hyenas who have just cornered their prey, ready to feast. A drop of sweat ran down Ochaco's head, as she, Tsuyu and Toga huddled up back to back, as they found themselves surrounded.
"Now then, who's gonna be the first on the chopping block?" Laughed the villain, brandishing his trusted cleaver as he raised it up into the air, ready to bring it down of them.
Suddenly, Toga and Tsuyu began flying into the air, catching the villain off guard as Tsuyu lashed her tongue out at him, knocking the cleaver off of his hands. As this happened, Toga used Tsuyu's legs as leverage, hopping off of them and, taking advantage of her weightlessness, zipping past the front half dozen villains in blinding speed.
"Huh? What did she just-GUH!" One of the villains asked, before falling unconscious along with the rest of them.
"Tsk! You'll pay for that!" Exclaimed the rest of the villains, activating their respective quirks and aiming them at Toga.
Meanwhile, the masked villain reached for his knocked over cleaver, only to find both it and the ground were getting further away. Turning around, he realized that the brunette had just used her quirk on him and he was now lifting off the ground unwillingly.
"Hey! Let me down you-"
Before he can finish, Tsuyu wrapped her tongue around his waste, flinging him into towards Toga. Seeing this coming, Toga quickly ducked as all of the fired projectiles missed her, flying towards their masked leader instead. However, right before the barrage of rocks, spikes, glass shards and other projectile based quirk attacks could hit him, the masked villain vanished once more.
"Where did he go?" Ochaco asked, confused.
"Right behind you." The villain replied, flying in with a knee kick to Ochaco's stomach, undoing her quirk and sending her flying several feet back.
"Ochaco!" Tsuyu exclaimed, running to her.
"You three are really getting on my nerves you know that? No matter, boys! Get them!" Ordered the masked villain.
Suddenly, a massive wave of ice came right out of the "Blizzard Zone", freezing all of the remaining villains, apart from the masked leader, solid.
"Huh!?" Exclaimed the villain as a familiar face made its appearance.
"Is everyone okay?" A concerned voice rang out.
"Todoroki!" Tsuyu and Ochaco shouted out in a relieved tone, "Oh man are we glad to see you!"
"Endeavor's kid!" That masked villain shuddered, "Rrrrrgghhh! I'll get you next time!"
However, before he can run off, Toga slipped right next to him without making a sound, grabbed him by the neck and slammed him to the ground, holding a knife at his throat.
"You're back again, Butcher." She said, recognizing him from Raid's group.
"Wait a minute, I remember those buns, you're... that girl... from Mightless's-"
"Hush now, we don't want them hearing that now do we?" Toga cut him off, pressing the blade into his skin.
"Eep!" Butcher welped, letting out a faint cry.
"Listen, You can do whatever you like with the rest of the class, but these three are off limit. They mean a lot to me and I do not want to see them hurt, you got that?" Toga asked.
"G-Got it..." Butcher squeaked out.
"Good, now, on my count, you're gonna put on your tough boy act and kick me off of you, then, don't say a single word and run off, got it?" Ordered Toga.
"I-I'll try..."
As the other three students were getting suspicious at now long Toga had been pinning down the villain, she was kicked to the side as the masked villain she had pinned scampered off. Todoroki raised his arm to try to freeze him too, but found that he might hit Toga if he did, and let him off.
"Thanks for saving us there, Todoroki-kun." Said Ochaco gratefully.
"Oh, you're-uh... welcome." Todoroki awkwardly replied.
"Was there anyone else with you?" Asked Tsuyu.
"No, I was the only one I think." Said Todoroki, "Where are you three going, by the way? Aizawa-sensei and the others are the opposite direction."
"The whole facility's locked down and we're completely cut out from the outside world." Explained Ochaco, "But Toga knows a way out a few kilometers from here. We thought maybe we could get outside and call for help!"
Todoroki's eyes lit up with hope. He had already considered that everyone dying or getting taken as hostages was the most likely outcome, developping a rather pessimistic view towards villain attacks ever since the attack at the entrance exam, but now, learning that there was a way to get reinforcements and potentially save everyone, he knew he had to seize the opportunity.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Asked Todoroki, "Let's go!"
Suddenly, a giant black beast came crashing through the glacier Todoroki had made, jumping towards them while letting out inhuman wails. Suddenly, another wave of ice slammed into the beast, pushing it back a little bit as Todoroki put his best efforts into stopping the newly arrived villain.
"Todoroki!" Exclaimed the three girls.
"Get to the exit!" Exclaimed Todoroki in response, "I'll hold him off!"
Seeing this happen, Toga gritted her teeth in rage.
"It must've been Shigaraki who sicked the Nomu on us! That bastard! I'll chop his hands off if I ever see him again!" thought Toga, as she ran off with Tsuyu and Ochaco.
Meanwhile, with the aforementioned Shigaraki, the villain quickly found himself tangled up in Aizawa's capture tape, unable to break out. His attempts to decay his bindings proved fruitless as his quirk was being erased. In eyes, bloodshot red in anger, glared daggers at the hero, who was now occupied with the other villains once again.
"That bastard's looking down on me!" Shigaraki grunted, struggling in his restraints.
Just then, walking into view was a tall, bulky figured in a red tank top. His hands were stained in blood and a look of apathy was painted on his one eyed face, speckled with blood.
"Hey! You! Muscly guy! I recruited you without Mightless knowing for a reason you know!? Do something!" Yelled Shigaraki immediately.
The aforementioned muscly man he was reffering to however simply stood up, looking at him with pitiful eyes.
"I'm disappointed, Hand-sy." Said Muscular, "I was promised All Might and all I got was babysitting."
He then proceeded to head to one of the sealed off exits, ripping the iron gate open like wet paper.
"I'm leaving."
"Those doors could resist a point blank C4 detonation! Who the hell is he!?" Thought Aizawa.
"Oi! Don't you dare leave! I order you not to! Hey! Are you even listening to me!?" Asked Shigaraki.
No response. However, A feeling of dread washed over Aizawa as he stepped up and asked out loud.
"What did you do to my students!?"
Muscular stopped briefly, turning back with a taunting smile.
"If you have the time, go to the "Urban Disaster Zone"." Answered Muscular, "You'll find one of your student's corpses there."
Suddenly, anger erupted in Aizawa's eyes, as two of capture tapes wrapped around a thick metal pipe above Muscular's head, as Aizawa pulled with all of his might, letting out a rage filled cry, slamming the pipe on top of Muscular's head. The villain, staggered by the attack, then found that his arms had already been restrained by the same capture tape, as he got thrown into the pavement, peeling the paved bricks off of the ground with his face as he was dragged several dozen meters back towards Aizawa, before getting flung 15 feet into the air and sent crashing back down into the ground, leaving a massive crater. Crawling back out of the crater, a foot stepped on Muscular's hand before he can pick himself off of the floor, its heel grinding into its back.
"Not one more word villain!" Said Aizawa the most stern and angered tone he's ever spoken in, "I'm livid to an irrational degree and will not hesitate to end your life right now!"
Hearing this, Muscular flashed a nightmarish grin, as he licked off a stream of blood running down his head, the taste of iron motivating his bloodlust.
"Now we're talking!"
Grabbing a handful of dirt, Muscular tossed it at Aizawa, temporarily blinding him. His quirk returning, a massive wall of muscles emerged from Muscular's forearms, as he charged into Aizawa, sending the hero flying into a wall. Getting back up from the attack, one of his arms having gone limp, the hero simply grabbed it, snapping it back into place, as if not even noticing the pain.
"I'm gonna enjoy peeling off your muscles one layer at a time." Aizawa said, his eyes crimson red with bulging veins.
Muscular jumped out of Aizawa's visual range in the blink of an eye, creating a miniature explosion from his leaping point. By the time Aizawa noticed that he was coming from above, the villain brought down his two massive arms, slamming into the ground and barely missing Aizawa, who leaped out of the way at the last moment. The impact was like that of a cart of dynamites blowing up, as it sent shards of debris flying all over the place. Nearby villains stood in awe, too scared to even get close to those two.
Aizawa launched two of his capture tapes at Muscular, wrapping around his arm, as he pulled himself into the villain, kicking him in the face. Muscular tried to retaliate by swinging at him with a wild right haymaker, but felt a sharp pain in his right arm as Aizawa pulls out his combat knife, stabbing into his wrist as he ducked under the hit. Unshaken, Muscular slams into Aizawa's ribs with a hard left straight, sending him tumbling fore severaol feet. However, as he was falling over, Aizawa pulls on his capture tape once more. Just then, his combat knife, having been preemptivaly wrapped in his capture tape was flung back into his hands, slitting muscular's wrist even further in the process and leaving a long vertical cut down his forearm.
"Hahaha! I gotcha! That punch broke at least 2 ribs!" boasted muscular.
In response, capture tapes shot out at him, wrapping around his neck, as Aizawa pulled himself into Muscular once again, kneeing him in the nose, then somersault kicking him in the back of the head, knocking him flat onto the ground. However, though dazed, Muscular was fast enough to grab his leg, lifting him into the air upside down by the leg. Being held upside down, Aizawa was no longer facing Muscular, allowing his quirk to activate again, as he grew to massive size once more. Trying to break free, Aizawa stabbed at Muscular's hand repeatedly with his knife, but to no avail.
"That stings prick!" Muscular laughed.
A loud crunching sound was heard, as Aizawa's leg was crushed like a bag of potatoe chips. The hero let out a cry of pain, before getting slammed into a lampost, leaving a crater and causing him to cough out blood. The hero collapsed onto all fours, before getting picked up back up by the hair.
"Night night hero." Muscular smiled visciously, throwing a punch directly at his face.
However, Aizawa, with his good leg, side stepped around his punch, winding up his capture tape like a lasso.
"Hah! What are you gonna do? play cowboy?" Laughed Muscular, "You've tried that already! none of your mosquito bite kicks can do anything to-"
Suddenly, before he can finish that sentence, a slash wound appearance running across his face, blood spurting out of it.
"Gah! What the hell was that!?" Muscular exclaimed in a surprised tone.
"I wanted to take the other eye." Said Aizawa, "Guess my aim was off."
As he said that, he lashed out his capture tape like a whip, leaving several slash wound across Muscular's arms and chest. Acting cautious towards the hero now that he was actually taking damage again, Muscular backed up, trying to make distance.
"That bastard tied his knife to the tip of his scarf thingie." Muttered Muscular, "And he's aiming for my joints and arteries too, this guy really wants me dead!"
As he said that, Aizawa's knife flew right by his face. Just when he thought he dodged it though, the knife was pulled back, catching him on the return and leaving a cut on his cheek.
"He's good." thought Muscular, "But he's also at his limit! with that broken leg, he's standing still and relying solely on his whips to attack!"
Crouching down, Muscular prepped himself up for a charge.
"All I gotta do is slam into him while guarding my vital areas! I can take a stab no problem but there's no way he's standing up from a full power tackle."
As Aizawa winded up his next lash, Muscular came charging at him at full speed. The hero, seemingly not expecting such a frontal attack, threw his tape too soon, missing him entirely.
"You lose hero!" Muscular yelled out triumphantly, as he was about to make contact.
Just then, Aizawa leaped into the air, barely brushing past him.
"It is you who has lost, villain." He said.
"Wait, how is that possible!? There's no way he can move like this with a broken leg!" Thought Muscular.
Suddenly, a sharp pain was felt, as Muscular fell to the ground, tumbling and crashing into a wall.
"You had your attention on my bands and failed to notice that my knife wasn't actually attached to it that time." Said Aizawa, "When I launched that "whip attack" at you, I "missed" deliberatly so that it would latch onto a nearby pipe. That way, I can pull myself away from danger using it while striking you with my real weapon."
Opening his hand, Aizawa revealed his knife handle, now without the blade.
"You also failed to realize that what I had in my position wasn't just a normal combat knife, but a ballistic knife. And not just any ballistic knife, this one is a custom made ballistic knife designed to pierce armor based quirk users from an effective range of 40 feet. When I dodged your attack, I aimed my knife directly at your neck, launching the blade out at a speed of 120 mps at near point blank range."
Propping himself against the staircase, Aizawa looked at the puddle of blood that was forming under muscular's collapsed body.
"That was for my students." He said, spitting out a glob of blood at the body.
Suddenly, the body began to tremble a bit, as Muscular slowly rose back up.
"What? That impossible! you can't be-"
"Alive?" Asked Muscular, "Sorry to rain in on your parade but you were a few millimeters short."
Pointing at his wound, Aizawa found his knife blade sticking out of his clavicle, barely missing the throat.
"I'll give you one thing, that hurt like a bitch." Said Muscular, pulling out the knife, "I can barely life my left arm because of it. Thank god I only need one arm to murder your ass."
"Yeah! Give it to him muscle guy!" The other villains cheered on, completely ignoring the still tied up Shigaraki.
Back at Izuku's home, the mastermind watched the whole thing unfold.
"Who is that guy? I don't remember recruiting him." Said Mightless, "Nevertheless, he seems to be very skilled and an efficient killer. He made such quick work of Kirishima, Ojiro and Hagakure that the other villains didn't even get a chance to make a move. He will definitely be a great asset to have on the team."
In the control room, the same thought came across Sachi and Irina's minds too.
"Man, that red tank top guy is brutal!" Said Irina, munching on popcorn, "I don't remember recruiting anyone this cool."
"Yeah, he does such a good job and looks good while doing it." Said Sachi, blushing a little, "It's like seeing a wrestling legend fully realized."
Running up to the scene were only a handful of students, all of which looked battered and injured from their respective fights.
"Aizawa sensei!" Yelled out Iida, arriving with Tokoyami, Mina and Shoji.
Arriving shortly after were Koda, Rikido and Sero, the latter of which tried up launch his tape at Muscular to stop him. Muscular, seeing this, snapped the tape apart like rubber bands and took a gander at the recently arrived students like lambs fresh for the slaughter.
"Well look at what we have here." Smiled Muscular, "More fresh meat."
"Get away from them!" Aizawa yelled, dashing in, only to be grabbed by the head and slammed into the ground.
"Now now, the fun's just beginning." Smiled the villain that did it, pinning him down as Muscular approached the students.
Just then, the doors busted open, as a familiar figure emerged from the smoke. Recognizing the silhouette, the student's eyes lit up with hope, as they called out for his name. The villains, taken aback, took a step back, also uttering out his name. Muscular, grinning, muttered out his name as well. And Shigaraki, kicked aside, thrown by the wayside and forced to watch as a mere spectator, spoke out in a voice trembling with rage.
"ALL MIGHT!"
"Never fear..." All Might said, his iconic smile replaced with a face of anger, "For I am here!"
Mightless, observing all of this transpire, smiled maniacally.
"So the star guest finally makes his appearance." Said Mightless.
However, several figures soon also followed All Might, as the villain leader's eyes widened in shock.
"And so are we!" Followed up Present Mic, showing up along with the rest of the U.A staff.
"It's the pro heroes! The pro heroes have arrived!" Exclaimed the students.
"Hey, there's gotta be something wrong, right? I mean, I thought it was supposed to be only All Might showing up!" The villains said among themselves.
"Don't worry everyone!" A familiar voice rang out, "Help is here!"
"Ochaco! Toga! Asui!" Iida cried out in joy, "You're alright!"
"Toga!?" Sachi and Irina exclaimed in unison.
"Toga... why?" Mightless uttered out, before yelling into his communicator, "Kuro! Where's the Nomu! If we let it loose and have it murder even one or two heroes, we can still twist this whole event into a tragedy!"
"You ordered for the Nomu to be sent out and find Toga, remember?" Kuro replied.
"Then where the hell is it!?" Asked Mightless.
Scrolling around the camerafeed, before finding it aimlessly wandering around, it's eyes having been frozen off while Shoto's unconscious body was found about a half mile away, passed out from exhaustion.
"Shotooooo!" Mightless roared out in a blind rage, "Damn it damn it damn it! Toga's betrayed us, All Might's got reinforcement, we're down half our men with the other half still scattered around the entire facility and our Anti All Might weapon's FUCKING BLIND!"
Mightless slammed into his table so hard, he broke it in half, as he picked up the communicator and phoned Kurogiri again.
"Kuro! Abort mission, we failed! Get out of there before anyone important gets caught." Said Mightless.
"I cannot do that, sir." Said Kurogiri.
"What!? Why not!?" Asked Mightless, "Please don't tell me you're gonna turn on me next."
"Calm yourself sir and think about it critically. Whether it's going well or not, to our enemies, everything we've done so far has gone according to plan. If we retreat at the sight of All Might, then it would make us seem like we are afraid of All Might and the heroes and that we aren't prepared to face them. If the news pushes this narrative that we can't face All Might, then we won't be taken seriously anymore and just be another villain group with a "Kill All Might" pipedream." Explained Kurogiri, "It may look bad, but facing them head on is our only option."
Taking deep breaths, Mightless let out a sigh of agreement.
"Very well, process... with the plan." Ordered Mightless.
Hearing this, Kurogiri took the reigns of the operation briefly.
"Don't be discouraged! We originally set out to kill All Might and kill All Might we shall!" Exclaimed Kurogiri.
"Well said smoke guy!" Muscular followed up.
"Hey, you're right, those two aren't scared, so why should we?" The other villains said amongst themselves, "Yeah! We're with you! Let's get these fools!"
"Those villains seem really motivated." Said Ectoplasm.
"Well it's time to remind them why heroes always win!" Said Snipe firing several shots at the villains.
However, a bulky figure jumped in front of those bullet, stopping all of them.
"That stings!" Muscular said, gritting his teeth.
"Get them!" Yelled the villains behind him, charging forward.
"Make sure the students are safe." Ordered All Might, "These guys are mine!"
"Right!" Replied the heroes, as they also charged at the villains, the two sides clashing in the middle.
As this battle unfolded however, Shigaraki stared helplessly at the whole thing, his teeth clenched until blood came out, his eyes bright red as tears ran down his eyes.
"This was supposed to be it! This was supposed to be when I kill All Might!" He thought, "And yet... he doesn't even notice me! No..."
Looking at the students, none of them are even paying attention to him.
"No one notices me! Why!? Why why why!? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY!?" Thought Shigaraki, "Why am I being tossed aside again!?"
"WHY WON'T ANYONE LOOK MY WAY!?" Shigaraki yelled out, drawing everyone's attention.
Suddenly, a feeling of dread washed over everyone in the room. The students were frozen in fear, the villain fell to the ground, their legs giving away, even All Might felt a chill running down his spine.
"All of you... ă̸͚l̶͖̓l̷̞̉ ̸͕͂ö̷̼́f̵̛̯ ̶̯͛y̶̳͘ỏ̵͜u̶̞̍" Shigaraki cried out in rage, "Ċ̶̼ȧ̶̢n̵̙͒ ̷͎̏g̶̡̐o̸̰̅ ̷̠̈t̴̫̓o̵̪͋ ̶͙͝h̷͓̓ĕ̷͚ḷ̸̋l̸̜̾!̷̝́"
Suddenly, the ground all around him started to turn to dust. Nearby trees started to decay, nearby pillars caved in and lamposts shattered into flakes. A few villains couldn't back out in time and were turned to ash in seconds.
"What the hell's going on with that guy!?" Yelled one of the villains.
"Everybody run!" Yelled Iida.
Suddenly, as the fight was reaching its peak, Shigaraki reached his first. The facility's foundations begun to crumble as not even Kurogiri's smoke could enter the "dead zone".
"What's going on now!?" Asked Mightless.
Back with Sachi and Irina, they could see from the cameras going out one by one that danger was on the horizon. Just then, a portal appeared behind them, signaling them to get in.
"What going on Kuro!?" Asked Irina.
"Something unexpected and bad." Replied Kurogiri, "We have to get out of here before the whole facility comes crashing down!"
With the heroes, still trying to make sense of the whole situation, panic began to set in.
"We have to evacuate while we still can! The building's gonna come down at any second!" Said one of the heroes.
"We can't just leave the students behind." Said another.
Just then, All Might walked up, facing the source of the decay.
"Everyone, stand down." Said All Might.
The heroes, realizing what he's about to do, ran at him to try to stop him.
"All Might No-"
"Plus Ultra!"
With that, All Might jumped at near full speeds towards Shigaraki, his fist at the ready, flying across the air and not touching the ground even once as he closes in on Shigaraki.
To Be Continued...
