(A/N: Formatting reminder "Dialogue heard throught an earpiece or other technology.")
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"Surrender. Or, if you think you can take me, bring it on!"
Shigaraki was visibly shaking with rage.
"He cheated," the handy man seethed, pale hand reaching up to scratch his neck. "He beat me. He defeated my Noumu. He's not weaker. He's not any weaker at all!"
"Shigaraki Tomura…please calm yourself," Kurogiri implored. "Observe. He has definitely weakened. Noumu's attacks have clearly managed to deal real damage. He is alone and the children do not seem to intend on interfering. The other Heroes most likely won't arrive just yet, allowing us a few more minutes. If we work in tandem, together we still have a chance."
The man-child stopped scratching as the other Villain spoke, taking what he was saying to heart.
"You're right. We can't waste this opportunity," Shigaraki relented as he lowered his hand. "After all, the final boss is right here."
With renewed resolve, the two Villains shot towards the Symbol of Peace. From his stance, Izuku could tell that All Might only had enough energy to continue to maintain his muscle form. Not enough to fight. In fact, it seemed that he couldn't even move with all the effort he was putting into remaining to appear strong. If the Villains managed to make contact, they would learn about his secret and possibly succeed in their goal.
Where are the other Heroes?!
A bang rang through the air as a bullet shot through Shigaraki's outstretched hand. All of the students turned to the entrance where Iida had finally returned with the other teachers in tow. Seeing that more Heroes had shown up, the last of the small-fry Villains were quick to go on the offensive. Only to get overwhelmed by one of Present Mic's Voice attacks.
Ectoplasm opened his mouth wide and sent out numerous clones down towards the Central Plaza. Some of the teachers focused on rescuing the students while others worked on fighting and securing the remaining Villains. Snipe fired more shots at Shigaraki, landing a few before Kurogiri moved to shield the handy man. Thirteen, while being held up by Sero and Satou, attempted to keep the misty man from warping away.
Unfortunately, Shigaraki and Kurogiri still managed to escape. After a declaration that they weren't finished yet and would be back of course. You know, typical Villain exit. With the 'bosses' gone, the rest of the Villains were defeated and captured quickly. Seeing Cementoss raise a wall between All Might and the three Hero students in the Central Plaza, Izuku closed that window on the screen first so Asui wouldn't see the man's smaller form.
With a sigh, the greenette shut down the rest of the camera views and slumped back into his chair, relieved that everything would be alright now. The Heroes had finally come and the remaining Villains were being taken care of. The students were safe and ambulances were on their way. Though he did worry about how Aizawa, Thirteen, and All Might were fairing.
"Thank you, Asui-san," Izuku said, turning towards the other student with a drained smile.
"For what, kero?" Asui asked. She took note of his green eyes since his goggles were still on top of his head. "And I told you to call me Tsu."
"Oh r-right," he replied shyly. "Well, for your help in the Flood Zone and getting us both out of there. I don't think I would have gotten away without you, Tsu-san."
"Just Tsu," the frog girl insisted.
"Tsu…chan?"
"Eh, I'll take it," Tsuyu shrugged, admitting defeat to his need to be polite. Besides, it was adorable. "Anyway, you're welcome. But don't sell yourself short, Hiro-chan. Your electric bomb stopped all those Villains all at once. Your quick thinking and inventing helped us out of there, too. Not to mention you helping the others fight from here. So, thank you as well, kero."
The greenette blushed at her kind words, still not used to others thanking him. Then he blushed even more when he remembered she witnessed a lot of his muttering aloud without meaning to.
Oh gods, that's so embarrassing. I really need to get my mumbling under control.
"Yeah, you really do," Tsuyu interjected, smiling kind-heartedly with the tip of her tongue poking out of her mouth.
"Ah, heh heh, y-yeah," Izuku said, rubbing his neck bashfully. "A-anyway, we should probably h-head out of here. They might be wondering where we are."
"Of course, Hiro-chan," she replied.
The Support student led the way out of the Control Hub through the same hatch they used before. Izuku made sure to adjust his goggles back over his eyes before they resurfaced. Once they were intercepted by the Heroes, they were escorted outside to the ambulances to be checked over. But with their quick defeat of the Villains in the Flood Zone and spending the rest of the time in the Control Hub, neither of them had anything serious beyond a few scratches.
After they were checked over, some officers came over to get their statements. The pair of greenettes relayed their version of what happened. Izuku provided the names and describe the Quirks of the Villains who got away. He also told them what he had observed about the creature called a Noumu. Tsuyu made a point to tell them how Izuku had defeated all the Villains in the Flood Zone and how he helped the other students coordinate their fights against the Villains from the Control Hub. The officers took notes and informed the students that they would be contacted if they had any more questions.
The rest of the school day was cancelled and students were sent home early. Class 1-A plus Izuku were held on campus until their parents came to pick them up. The teachers wanted to explain what happened to the parents directly and assure them that UA would do everything in their power to protect the students in the future. At some point, a group of officers appeared out of the nearby wooded area and approached the front of the USJ. They had managed to find and apprehend the Noumu left behind by the Villains. With Shigaraki gone, the Noumu had no commands to follow and mindlessly complied with the officers.
As the students waited for their parents, they all checked in with their friends and classmates. Uraraka and Iida came over to Izuku and Tsuyu who both received hugs from the gravity girl while the engine teen asked if they were alright with jerky arm movements. Kirishima remained near Katsuki but he did glance at the greenette and gave an inquiring thumbs-up. Izuku gave an affirmative one back which made the red head smile before turning back to the blonde. Todoroki also glanced his way with a questioning head tilt and raised brow to which Izuku answered with a smile and a nod that was returned in kind but minus the smile.
Knowing his mom was on her way, Izuku shot her a text saying he was alright and would explain when she got to UA. He also made sure to text Mei and Hitoshi to tell them the gist of what happened and that he was safe. The pinkette proceeded to blow up his phone with texts which he quickly replied to so as to assure her he was alright. Hitoshi also sent numerous messages followed by a flood of cat pictures as a means of distraction. Which honestly did help while he waited for his mom.
One by one the students were picked up and eventually Izuku's mom came. Thankfully, Katsuki's parents had arrived before this or else his cover would have been blown. Being his homeroom teacher, Maijima was the one to talk with Inko. There were tears, as always when dealing with Midoriyas, but the mother managed to hold most of them back. Though the teen knew the flood gates would open once they got home. And that he would easily join her because damn was today scary.
When he was cleared to leave, they left UA and headed for home. Izuku made sure to entrust his notebook to his homeroom teacher before leaving. They were also informed that school was cancelled the next day to allow the students to recuperate as well as for them to improve security on campus. And since tomorrow as a Friday meant they all had a three-day weekend. As they left the school, the two Midoriyas looked forward to a well-cooked meal and a quiet night at home. With cuddles, of course.
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In an empty bar across town, a hazy ball of black mist formed and grew. From the fog emerged a man covered in hands who fell to the floor with a groan as he bled from the various bullet wounds that riddled his body. Once Tomura was all the way out, the vapor condensed to a man in a suit with a metal casing around his neck and an obscure face made of black mist. Kurogiri stood over his charge silently.
"Ow," Tomura grumbled from the ground. "Got shot by a damn Hero. In both arms and legs no less. All our cannon fodder was crushed. Even Noumu was defeated. We failed. Those kids were so strong. And the Symbol of Peace wasn't weakened at all…"
The blue haired man turned his attention to the monitor on the far end of the bar top. The screen was on but was blank apart from the words 'audio only' being displayed.
"…you were wrong, Sensei!"
"No, I wasn't," a deep voice, Sensei, asserted from the monitor. "We merely got ahead of ourselves and weren't as prepared as we should have been."
"Agreed," a second deep but scratchy voice interjected. It was the doctor that worked with Sensei. "We underestimated them. Thankfully that 'cannon fodder' came cheap. Now, what of the Noumu we created? Where is it?"
"He was overcome and sent flying out of the USJ by All Might," Kurogiri replied, as Tomura continued to sulk on the floor in a pool of his own blood. "We needed to leave quickly and without precise coordinates, there was no way to retrieve him."
"What?!" the doctor squawked. "Damn. After all the work we put into making it a rival for All Might."
"No matter," Sensei stated, with no sense of loss. "In this situation, it can't be helped I suppose. Though we will need to search for Quirks to replace the ones lost with the Noumu."
"Quirks…that reminds me," Tomura muttered from the floor. "There was an admin there. 'He' was able to pick apart our Quirks as if it was nothing."
"Oh?" Sensei said curiously.
"There was a student who may have an Analysis Quirk of some kind," Kurogiri reported calmly. "When I confronted Thirteen and the students at the entrance, there was one student who was able to deduce my Quirk and its limits within seconds of seeing it at work. He also divulged Shigaraki's, Noumu's, and my own Quirks to All Might when he arrived as well as warn him of our plan."
"I think he also was talking to Eraserhead when we were fighting," Tomura added from the ground. "He jumped back before I could decay him as if someone told him about my Quirk. Damn that admin! If he hadn't revealed our stats like that, we might have been able to kill All Might!"
The decayer scratched at the wooded floor in irritation. That brat!
"Hmm…an Analysis Quirk could be quite useful," Sensei drawled. "Kurogiri, who was this student? What did they look like?"
"Unfortunately, I do not know, Sensei," Kurogiri answered. "According to the information we retrieved from UA, there would only be eighteen students in attendance. Yet there were nineteen in the USJ. The student in question wore a hat and goggles that concealed his features. However, he did wear some Support Items on his person."
"An extra student among the Hero fledglings," Sensei mused. "Wearing Support Items, you say? A Support Course student, perhaps." A thoughtful hum emitted from the monitor. "We may not know his identity as of now, but let us keep an eye out for him in the future."
"Of course, Sensei," Kurogiri complied with a small bow.
"Now Shigaraki Tomura, take this failure as a learning experience," Sensei continued, causing the bleeding man to perk his head up. "Gather more to your cause. Focus on collecting the elite, rather than the mass mediocre, to strengthen the League of Villains. Take all the time you need. Although I must remain hidden, you will be a symbol for others to flock towards. Next time, you will show the world that you are one to be feared."
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In an alley not too far away, a man armed with many knives fought yet another fake Hero. The arrogant phony boasted about their power and claimed they would beat the Hero Killer all on their own. They had some skill he would admit but, in the end, all that bragging was just hot air.
With a swipe of his blade, Stain cut the fake Hero and licked the blood he needed to paralyze them with his Quirk. Once the faux was down, the Villain plunged his sword into them over and over again. Blood pooled on the ground of the dark alley. In the distance, he heard the sounds of police sirens approaching.
All that talk of defeating me on their own and they call for backup in the end. Pathetic.
Dislodging his sword, Stain leapt towards the roof and ran across the rooftops, leaving the fake to die. Having completed his mission for the night, he headed towards the temporary home he occupied in the current area he was cleansing. There, he shed his knifes and armor to tend to later and turned on the old shabby radio he owned to the local news.
"…and we send our condolences to their family.
In other news, there was a Villain attack at UA High School today. A group calling themselves the League of Villains managed to infiltrate the campus earlier today and attacked during a training session at one of the school's more remote training facilities. Investigators have revealed that the League had planned the attack in an attempt to kill Number One Hero and now UA teacher, All Might.
Two teachers are in critical condition but are receiving treatment. There are no major injuries reported for the students, eighteen of which are in the Hero Course and one in the Support Course. No news on how the Villains managed to get past UA's security as of yet, but it is reported that All Might was able to get there in time and finally defeat the Villains before any students were seriously injured. The police arrested 72 Villains at the scene, but the League's leaders escaped. Their whereabouts are currently unknown.
We will update you on this story more as it progresses…"
"An attack on UA, huh?" Chizome mused aloud. His mind wandered to a certain green haired Hero-to-be.
I don't know for sure, but with his obsession with All Might, the boy must have applied to UA. If so, I don't know if he would be in the Hero Course yet or not. But considering he had befriended that pink haired girl who seemed to be constantly tinkering with something…perchance he applied to the Support Course?
Chizome went to his makeshift kitchen to get something to eat. Exposing false Heroes could really build up one's appetite. However, said self-imposed profession did not pay the bills and led to many microwaved cups of ramen.
As of tonight, I have cleansed this area of three fakes and need only one more before I move on, he thought, already having his next target in mind. Perhaps within the next couple of days after I cleanse another fake, I will go check on the boy. He may be able to provide more information on this League of Villains. Attacking children…how vile.
The Hero Killer sneered at the thought. Even he had standards against attacking children. Unless they proved to him that they were just as fake as the rest of those he cleansed. Then, he would already know what their true colors were that would carry on into adulthood. After all, a person's true nature is not easily changed.
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