(A/N: What's this?! Another update so soon?! -le gasp!- Well, today is my birthday and so my gift to you is another chapter! Shout out to fellow Sept. 4ths! Birthday twinsies! :D I will update on Tuesday as usual and go back to a weekly update. But for today, please enjoy this treat! Also, a formatting note: "Anything written like this is heard through a speaker or earpiece.")

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Toshinori knew he had messed up as he sat in the teachers' lounge in his smaller form. He knew he shouldn't have used up all his time on the way to school, but he couldn't just let those criminals get away. There were people who needed help and he wasn't one to stand by while others were in danger. Unfortunately, his altruism had used up all his time for the day and he was late to joining the Rescue Training with 1-A.

He had been able to reach Thirteen a little while ago to explain the situation. They told him that the class hadn't arrived yet so he had more time to recuperate. Though he doubted the short time between then and when the class would get there would make much of a difference in his time. He wanted to call Aizawa to apologizes but he was having trouble getting through.

"We're sorry, but the number you are trying to reach is not in service, or currently unavailable. Please check the number and try your call again."

With furrowed brow, Toshinori ended the call. The third one in a row. But Aizawa had always picked up his phone immediately. And he knew the training wasn't in an area with no service. The failure to contact them was starting to worry him.

Well, if I can't contact them, then I'll just go and tell them in person. I can muster up enough energy for that.

Taking a deep breath, he tensed and popped into his muscle form. See? I can do this! Until he coughed up some blood and grit his teeth trying to stay in that form. Or not.

"Now hold on," a voice called out as the door opened. Toshinori turned to see that Nezu had come to see him. "Let's have a talk."

"Principal Nezu," the Number One Hero greeted as he crouched down to the mammal's height. "Your fur is looking extra lustrous today."

"Why thank you! My secret is keratin," Nezu replied, taking out a tablet. "But I'm not here to talk about hair care. Look at this."

He held up the tablet with news reports of all the criminals Toshinori had taken down that morning.

"'All Might resolves three incidents in under an hour'," Nezu said, reading the news article aloud with a sigh. "Despite you being in town, there are still ruffians mucking about. I understand you are used to helping everyone in sight, but please start thinking of your teaching duties as well."

Toshinori shuffled toward the table as Nezu climbed onto the couch.

"I offered you a teaching position in UA because of your limited amount of time to do Hero work. By teaching here, it gives you an excuse to be in the city while only performing Hero work for a limited time. As well as a way to find a successor for One For All. Oh dear, you're smoking. That can't be good."

Sure enough, tendrils of smoke started to rise from his skin and in a comical poof, he reverted to his smaller form.

"Obviously, it seems you need more time to rest," Nezu said as he served up some tea. "If you left now, you would have to immediately come back. Now, since we'll have to wait, why don't we talk about prioritizing your teaching duties as well as discussing my personal philosophies."

Great. This is turning into a lecture. And with tea involved, it's sure to be a long one.

Toshinori internally groaned as the principal started a long-winded speech about his various education theories and pedagogy all the while sipping his tea.

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For a second, the world was nothing but a swirling mass of dark purple mist. But only for a moment because the next, Izuku found himself falling head first through the air. Below him was a large expanse of water. Frantically, he righted himself and activated his Jet shoes to slow his descent until he was hovering above the water's surface.

Shit, I'm in the Flood Zone? he thought, looking around. That Villain definitely has a Warping Quirk of some kind. Well, at least my invention works. On water, no less!

Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted movement and turned to see a Villain under the water. He looked like he was half fish and was swimming towards the hovering student fast. The Villain opened his mouth wide as if he was going to eat him, but out of nowhere, Asui kicked the Villain on the side of the head.

The frog girl shot her tongue from under the water out at Izuku and wrapped it around his waist. She swam and pulled him along with her, her tongue acting like a tether as his Jet shoes allowed him to skim the water surface in a way similar to water skiing. Once she got to the boat in the middle of the Flood Zone, she gently tossed Izuku onto the deck and followed soon after.

"Thanks, Asui-san," Izuku said, deactivating his shoes.

"I told you to call me Tsu," As-Tsuyu said, climbing over the railing. "We're in quite a pickle, aren't we, Hiro-chan."

"You can say that again," he replied, adjusting his goggles and checking the rest of his gear. Yep, all here and accounted for. "That Villain…the one with the Warp Quirk…he knew our schedule somehow. I think Aizawa-sensei was right about them being responsible for the media break-in yesterday. A distraction for them to find the information they needed for their attack."

Tsuyu nodded in agreement as they stood on the boat deck. "They must have found a way to kill All Might if they've come this far, kero."

"You're right," the Support student said, hand on his chin in thought. "To put all this effort into getting past the UA Barrier, they must have a plan and the means to kill him. We've got do something."

As they were talking, the Villains in the water were growing impatient. They started throwing insults and threats at the pair of students, but made no move to board the boat. Their hesitation did not go unnoticed by the Support student and he realized something.

"Asu-Tsu-san, I don't think they know your class's Quirks," Izuku stated as he studied the Villains watching them. "If they did, why would they warp you here where you're at your strongest?"

The frog girl thought for a moment before replying, "You're right. If they wanted to be at an advantage, they would have put me in that fire zone over there. Fires and frogs don't mix well, kero."

"No, they don't. And did you notice that the Villains aren't leaving the water?" he continued, gesturing towards the enemies surrounding them. "They don't want to leave where they have the advantage. We can use this to our own advantage because they don't know what we can do."

"What exactly can we do, kero?" she asked, tilting her head with a finger on her chin.

"I'm not quite sure yet," the Support student said, making his way to the control room for the boat. "Give me a second. I might have an idea."

Izuku searched the control room for what he needed to make a bomb. Specifically, an electric bomb. It wasn't normally something he would have learned to make, but when you are best friends with Mei, you learn a lot about exploding things without even trying. Or in this case, 'shocking' things.

"What's that?" Tsuyu asked, watching him work over his shoulder.

"Think of it as an electricity bomb?" Izuku replied as he continued to tinker with it, utilizing various tools and materials from the Inventor's Special. Thanks, Mei-chan. "Since the Villains are staying in the water, I thought that this would be the best way to incapacitate them all at once. I'll adjust the voltage and time duration so it won't be life threatening. But it will pack a punch none the less."

The frog girl watched him work, his hands moving in a well-practiced manner. Stripping wires, soldering parts together, general tinkering as the bomb took shape. After a few minutes, he finished his creation and stood up. It was crude and hastily made but it would work. He hoped.

Suddenly, a giant wave of water that looked like a hand crashed through the boat, splitting it in two. The Villain responsible shouted out that he was getting bored and wanted to get started already. The boat began to sink and the Villains crept closer. Their time was up.

"Tsu! How far can you jump?!" Izuku yelled, trying to keep his balance as the boat started to tip. Note to self, add rubber foot pads to the Jet shoes for traction. "We need to be away from the water when the bomb activates!"

"About twenty meters!" Tsuyu yelled back. She wrapped her arms around his waist and jumped as high and as far as she could. He activated and used his Jet shoes for an extra boost.

Once they left the boat, Izuku turned the bomb on and chucked it in the center of the group of Villains. On impact with the water, the bomb activated sending streaks of electricity through the water. The Villains froze in place, shaking from the electric current running through their bodies. As the electricity dispersed, the Villains floated limply on the surface of the water.

Tsuyu landed on the shore as the last few Villains passed out. She let go of Izuku and they both looked across the water to see if any other Villains were still conscious. When none moved to go after them, they both let out a small sigh of relief. They weren't out of the woods yet, but at least they were safe…for now.

Izuku turned towards the central plaza where Aizawa was still fighting. He was jumping between Villains, rapidly switching between which Quirks he erased as his hair raised and lowered with each use. He really needs to do something with his hair. The boy only hoped the Villains didn't take notice of it.

Seeing the Hero fighting so many opponents at once was nerve-racking. Izuku knew that fighting large groups was not Eraserhead's style. He relied on surprise attacks and usually one-on-one fights. Confronting so many and out in the open was far from his ideal fighting conditions. Yet the man fought on. Izuku had mad respect for the Hero for that.

Even though he wanted to help lighten his mentor's load, there wasn't a way for him to help. The Support student had no gear with him other than his bag, the headset and tablet, his shoes, and a tool belt. Jumping in with no other Support Items and no Quirk would be completely stupid and he would only get in the way. Eraserhead had enough to deal with without Izuku adding to the mix. There was something he could do though. But first he needed to find the closest hidden hatch.

Izuku led Tsuyu along the shore towards one of the trees. There he found one of the hidden hatches to the Control Hub. He opened a small panel and input the code to open the hatch. The Support student made his way through the underground passage with the frog girl following behind. The pair entered a room with various screens and panels of buttons. It reminded him of the observation room at Ground Beta.

"What is this place, kero?" Tsuyu asked as she looked around.

"This is the Control Hub," Izuku replied, taking a seat and lifting the goggles to sit on top of his head so he could see better. "It's where I was going to be observing your training from originally. But now, it's going to be where we help the others fight."

After a quick study of the panel's set up, his fingers flew across the buttons. On the large screen, he brought up camera views of the different areas in search of the other students. At the entrance, Thirteen was battling the Warp Villain. Iida, Uraraka, Shouji, Satou, Sero, and Ashido were still there, clearly having avoided being teleported away somehow.

In the Ruins Zone, Katsuki and Kirishima were tag-teaming and fighting back the enemies near them. The blonde blasted them with his explosions while the red head threw hardened kicks and punches. Todoroki was on his own in the Landslide Zone, but was handling things just fine. Single-handedly he froze the Villains with his ice and seemed to be talking to them.

Ojiro was also on his own in the Conflagration Zone and was beating back his opponents with his tail and martial arts skills. Though he was being mindful of the fires surrounding him. Tokoyami and Kouda were together in the Downpour Zone. The greenette was slightly worried about Kouda with his shy nature and no access to animals in the pouring rain, but it seems he and Tokoyami had a plan. The shy teen would draw the Villains in and then the dark teen would send Dark Shadow to take the enemy down. To help them, Izuku turned off the atmospheric effects in the Conflagration and Downpour Zone.

I should turn off the water and drain the Flood Zone as well, Izuku thought as he did just that with the push of a few buttons. They may be Villains, but I don't want them to drown.

For the life of him, he couldn't find Aoyama or Hagakure anywhere on the cameras. But that wasn't his biggest worry right now, hoping the two missing Hero students were hiding somewhere safe. Instead, he focused on what was happening in the Mountain Zone where Kaminari, Yaoyorozu, and Jirou were being surrounding by about thirty Villains. The Support student looked at the tablet on his wrist and saw that the screen was absent of the little circles representing the earpieces.

Whatever Quirk that is blocking the signal out is also blocking any communication inside the USJ as well. Crap. There's got to be another way to contact them.

He scoured the panel and finally found the section for the PA system next to a microphone. Rolling the chair over, he planted himself in front of the microphone and then watched the camera view of the Mountain Zone.

"What are you doing now?" Tsuyu asked as she moved to stand next to him.

On the screen, he saw Yaoyorozu fighting some Villains back with a staff while Jirou wielded a sword most likely made by the former's Creation Quirk. Unfortunately, they couldn't hear anything as Kaminari seemed to be yammering about something as the girls took a defensive stance.

"Right now, the Signal Blocking Quirk is also affecting the earpieces Aizawa-sensei gave you," Izuku explained, eyes never leaving the screen and finger hovering over the PA system button for the Mountain Zone. "Because of that, I can't communicate with anyone through them. However, in here we have access to the PA system and can relay information with that."

The three Hero students had been backed up with a wall of rock behind them and the group of Villains fanned out around them in a semi-circle. Both sides seemed hesitant to attack first.

"That makes sense, kero," Tsuyu said, finger on her chin. "Why are you focusing on the Mountain Zone?"

"Most of your classmates seem to be handling things on their own," he replied, watching the blonde continue to talk and gesture with an electrified hand. Now there's an idea. But now was not the time for brainstorming. "But these three seem to be at a disadvantage more than the others with the number of Villains and the Quirks they have. If we can help them, then we could free up Kaminari to try signaling the school again."

Suddenly, one of the Villains took a swing at the electricity user who managed to dodge, only to be kicked back towards the man by Jirou. The two in the Control Hub gasped but then sighed in relief as it seemed Kaminari was fine. His body acting as his own personal taser effectively incapacitating the attacker.

This seemed to stir the other Villains into action. One of Jirou's earphone jack shot down and plugged into her boot, shooting a sonic attack that blasted the attackers back towards Kaminari who immobilized them. Yaoyorozu shot a net from her arm at another enemy who leaped at her brandishing knives. The blonde deactivated his Quirk and the Villains who had connected with him fell to the ground unconscious.

"Well, they seem to be doing alright to me, kero," Tsuyu commented, as they watched Yaoyorozu yell something as she drew closer to Jirou and away from Kaminari. From her back exploded a large clothe looking object similar to a blanket.

Wow. Could that be what I think it is? An insulation sheet of some kind?

The two girls hid under the blanket and Kaminari completely let his Quirk loose. Sparks of electricity shot through the air, frying all the Villains in sight. Once the Villains were down, the blonde was left with a moronic look on his face. Just like in the Battle Training.

We seriously need to address him short circuiting like that. It leaves him extremely vulnerable.

When the girls poked their heads out from under the blanket, Izuku had to avert his eyes away from Yaoyorozu. Why? Because the top of her costume was in tatters and he could see…a lot more of her than before. With a blush, he distracted himself by scanning the area around the three students. Good thing he did, too, because as the students were preoccupied, another Villain literally popped out of the ground and was making a grab for Kaminari.

Oh no you don't!

"Yaoyorozu, Jirou! Save Kaminari!" Izuku ordered after he pressed the button for the Mountain Zone PA system. "There's still a Villain in your area!"

The two girls had at first jumped when he suddenly spoke, but quickly looked around for the danger. Yaoyorozu spotted the Villain creeping up on the defenseless Kaminari and promptly created a pole with a hook on the end to pull him back towards safety. It looked like the ones used to pull failed acts off a stage way back in the day. The masked Villain seemed pissed that his attempt to take a hostage was thwarted. Izuku noticed small yellow sparks emitting from the man's hands.

"Careful, he seems to have some kind of Electric Quirk," Izuku warned.

Jirou connected her earphone jacks to her boots and shot a sonic attack at the Villain. While he was distracted, Yaoyorozu grabbed the insulation blanket and threw it over the three of them. Before it covered them all, the creation girl aimed her arm and shot out another net.

What does she hope to accomplish with a simple net? Oh…

Izuku's skepticism was replaced with awe at her ingenuity as the Villain released his Quirk only to be electrified by his own power.

So, she can change the materials her creations are made of? Must have made the net out of some kind of conductive material. I wonder if certain materials take more energy to create than others. Or…

"Now isn't the time to be analyzing, Hiro-chan," Tsuyu interjected, disrupting his mumbling.

Embarrassed that he did it again and in the middle of a Villain attack no less, Izuku lowered his eyes as he blushed. But by looking away from the screen, he noticed the tablet on his arm was finally showing the numbers again.

Oh, thank goodness, he thought. The Support student quickly selected the three numbers in the Mountain Zone. He also connected Tsuyu's earpiece so she could hear as well. "Hello? This is Hiro. Can you hear me?"

On the screen, he saw the two girls touch their earpieces while the short-circuited teen was standing in a daze. In that short time, Yaoyorozu had been able to make new clothes for herself and was decent once again.

"We hear you loud and clear, Hiro-kun," Yaoyorozu replied, as Jirou nodded in confirmation as well.

"Ok, I think all the Villains in your area are incapacitated now," he relayed. "Also, I believe that last one was the one responsible for blocking the signal. I know Kaminari-kun is…indisposed right now, but could you have him try to contact the school as soon as possible?"

"Of course," the 1-A vice president said. "I think the best course of action is to secure the Villains here the best we can and then to head towards the entrance."

"Sounds like a plan," Izuku said. "I'm going to check in with the others. Keep an eye out for other students and Villains as you go. Stay safe and contact me if you run into any trouble."

With that, he disconnected from the trio as he could see Yaoyorozu producing rope which Jirou collected and started to tie the fallen Villains up. The Mountain Zone was now under control with the Heroes-in-training taking charge. Now, to find out who needed help next.

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Notes extension: post/628356151310958592/chapter-27-usj-ohm-that-hertz

Attempt to figure out where Aoyama and Hagakure were: post/628355707266367488/where-were-aoyama-and-hagakure-during-usj