Hi Y'all! Chapter 20 has finally arrived! Thank you all SOOO MUCH for your patience! I've just been getting through life; work, work and more work. Anywho, there's the newest update, hope you guys like it! I LOVEEEE seeing reviews! It really brings a smile to my face, so the more reviews the better! Thanks again!
Oh and by the way, this chapter may be considered more M for the violence, gore, and swearing that is about to ensue, in case anyone is triggered by anything like that. Please beware!
Minami giggled as she shared some veggie straws with Tsuyu, the motor of the UA bus humming under their feet as chatter from her fellow UA students filled the air. Finding herself sandwiched between Tsuyu and Kirishima, Minami nearly choked on her snack when a blunt statement came from Tsuyu's mouth.
"Your quirk is like All Might's." her loud monotone voice clear as a bell as she stared Izuku in the eye.
Jesus Tsuyu! Couldn't you have been a bit more quiet?! Minami thought to herself as she gagged, noticing the majority of the class's heads that swiveled in their direction at the frog girl's comment.
Wheezing on the crisp that had lodged itself in the back of her throat. Kirishima took note of her distress and thumped Minami heartily on her back.
"Whoa there blondie! Take it easy on those snacks!" the redhead laughed, using Mina's nickname for her as his patting finally worked to dislodge the chip from her trachea. Clearing her throat, Minami gave her gratitude to the boy with a nod and a wave of her hand, instead more focused on Midoriya's stuttering at Tsuyu's comment just two seats away from her.
Minami desperately began trying to think of a way to refute the frog girl's astute observation, when suddenly her prayers were answered.
"Hold up Tsuyu, All Might doesn't get hurt though. They're already different in that way." Kirishima disagreed before Minami could even speak. Minami felt her anxiety leave her body as she briefly made eye contact with Izuku, whom she could tell felt the same. Though Minami didn't miss the small crestfallen look on his face at Kirishima's observation of how prone he was to injury. Apparently, Kirshima noticed it as well, when he quickly spoke once more to clear the air.
"But that sort of simple strength enhancing quirk is awesome! You can do a lot of cool stuff with it!" he grinned before continuing,
"Not like my hardening, I'm good in a fight, but it's real boring." The redhaired boy extended his arm and a clicking sound filled the bus as his arm became rock.
Izuku grinned back as he observed Kirishima's quirk in action.
"I think that's pretty neat though. Your quirk's more than enough if you wanna go Pro!" Izuku encouraged with a clenched fist.
The rest of the class murmured in agreement before Mina chimed in.
"Yeah! But don't forget that heroes also have to worry about popular appeal!" the pink girl grinned back.
A heavy French accent permeated the atmosphere, eager to give his two cents.
"My naval laser is both strong and cool. Perfect for a pro, as long as you don't blow up your own stomach! Right ma mademoiselle, ma petite cherie?" he began speaking French, directly looking at Minami as he did so, batting his eyelashes. Minami stared back at him befuddled.
Kirishima leaned over and whispered in Minami's ear softly, just as confused as she was,
"What did he say Blondie? Do you speak French too?" Minami snorted softly before responding,
"Beats me, maybe he thinks I'm French?" Minami and Kirshima shared a small giggled between eachother, Minami's eyes drifting back towards the flagrant French boy who continued to stare at her unblinkingly.
Weird… Minami thought to herself, not being interested in the French boy in the slightest. Silence filtered into the bus for a good 15 to 20 seconds as the awkwardness of the French boy made everyone a bit uncomfortable.
"Well, you wanna talk strong and cool? That'd be Todoroki and Bakugo," Tsuyu picked up the conversation once more.
Glancing inconspicuously across the bus Minami searched for the half and half boy she found herself drawn to and saw him sitting behind Bakugo. His eyes locked onto hers instantly and he offered her a small wink, unbeknownst to everyone else on the bus.
"But Bakugo's so unhinged, he'd never be popular…" Tsuyu finished her opinion with a harsh truth.
A roar erupted from Bakugo's throat as he jumped to his feet, almost knocking out Jiro who was sitting next to him.
"What'd you say frog face!?"
"See?" Tsuyu shrugged her shoulders, her point being validated by Bakugo's temper tantrum. Bakugo growled back at the girl before Kaminari spoke.
"You've made it abundantly clear to us the unpleasantness of your steamed turd of a personality." The electric boy rolled his eyes as he spoke, a grin coming to his face, many of the students giggling and chuckling at his comment.
"FUCK OFF Pikachu! How about I pound you!" Bakugo sneered at the blond boy, who only raised his hands up in surrender, a smirk still gracing his face.
Minami sputtered a laugh "That's so brutal Tsuyu and Kaminari!" She continued to laugh, tears coming to her eyes. Looking at her right, she could see the shocked look on Izuku's face, clearly stunned that Bakugo was being bullied for once. Minami smirked to herself as she struggled to contain her giggles.
Good, serves the explosive asshole right…he tortured Izuku for years, and now he can finally get a taste of his own medicine…
"Stop laughing fuckface!" Bakugo raged at Minami, still out of his seat, leaning forward on the railing just in front of him.
Minami turned her nose up at the boy,
"Shut up Bakugo, if you weren't such a prick then people wouldn't pick on you!" Minami stuck her tongue at the boy.
The laughter and Ooohing filled the bus around them, and Bakugo's face began to turn red as rage and embarrassment filled him. Desperately thinking of a way to quiet Minami, he blurted out the first thing that came to mind.
"You want another knuckle sandwich to that nose of yours?! Huh gaijin?!" Bakugo screamed at the blonde girl, spittle flying from his mouth.
Minami bristled at his comment, the bus falling silent, everyone remembering the gory scene. She sneered back at the boy.
"Is that a threat pop rocks?!" Minami puffed herself up with air, putting on the look of complete confidence. Internally, she still feared the volatile boy a bit, and felt a small shiver of fear go down her spine, remembering the pain she experienced the last time she tangled with him.
That's a feeling I never want to experience again…
"Kacchan please! T-there's no need to get so a-angry! Everyone knows how strong you are and how you're going to be a great hero!" Izuku chattered his response out bravely, attempting to defend his friend.
Bouncing out of her seat, Mina hopped across the aisle and squeezed herself between Minami and Tsuyu.
"Yeah Bakugo, stop being such a drag!" Mina shouted as she wrapped her arm around Minami's shoulders. Minami looked at her friend and smiled, glad to have her and Izuku's support. Looking behind Bakugo, Minami could see Todoroki growing a bit tense as he eyed the explosive boy in front of him lose his shit.
Growling at the rest of the class, Bakugo conceded a bit, puffing out a bit of air from between his lips.
"Tch. Whatever you damn extras, not even worth my time…" Folding his arms over his chest, Bakugo grimaced at the rest of the class before sitting back in his seating, pouting the rest of the way.
"All of you QUIET! We're here now, so look sharp!" the irritated voice of Aizawa rang out from the front of bus, tired of hearing the children bicker amongst each other.
Gasps and excited squeals filled the bus as students moved to look out the windows. Craning her neck to look behind her, Minami saw an imposing like stadium building, and felt butterflies fill her belly.
So this is the USJ?! She thought to herself awestruck. I wonder what kind of rescuing we'll be doing today?
WHOAAA!
Holy Smokes! Are we at Universal Studios Japan?!
The excited chatter of the other students flowed around her as Minami stood at the top of the stairs that led down to the multiple areas that lay inside the USJ. Her eyes were wide and jaw slack. She took in the view of the large pool of water roughly the size of the small lake, with a waterfall flowing into it. Behind it, a mini city with tall buildings loomed, and off to the side, a mountainside existed with large boulders. Her body vibrated, eager to test out each area and see what she could do with her quirk.
It really does feel like a theme park! I can't wait to get down there! Minami thought to herself as a misty blue glow emanated from her porcelain skin.
"I built this facility myself. I call it every disaster and accident you can imagine, or as you guys may know it, the unforeseen simulation joint, USJ for short!" a happy robotic sounding voice came from behind all the students. Turning around, Minami came face to face with a space suit looking person. Confusion filled her as she wasn't sure who, or what, she was looking at.
"Whoaaaaa! It's the space hero thirteen!" Izuku cried out, stars filling his eyes.
"He's a gentleman hero who does his best work in rescue scenarios!" Uraraka exclaimed, equally as excited.
Ooooh so he's another hero, I hadn't recognized him…Minami's eyebrows raised in revelation.
Hearing her classmates chatter around her, she could hear Aizawa softly question Thirteen about where All Might was. Minami's ears perked up at the name of her father and pretended to suddenly be preoccupied with her fingernails as she eavesdropped. Glancing out of her peripheral vision, she saw the space hero only hold up three fingers to Aizawa. Minami instantly knew what that meant.
Dad's already almost used up his three hours?! Dangit! I really wanted to try rescue work with him! Minami sulked to herself. She could see Aizawa shaking his head in disgust, irritating Minami as protective feelings rose within her for her father.
My dad's just a natural born hero! He can't help but to rescue someone in need! And that's no reason to be disgusted with him. Ugh what an ass… Minami bit the inside of her cheek as she cast a nasty side glare towards her sensei.
"So before we get started, I'd like to make several points!" Thirteen held up four fingers, which calmed down the students' prattling. Clearing his throat, Thirteen continued,
"As I'm sure many of you are aware, my quirk is called black hole. It can suck in and tear apart anything."
Minami gasped softly at his statement, her mind racing instantly.
Wait, his quirk is a literal black hole!? Minami could feel herself sweatdrop at the thought. Would you just be sucked into the abyss with his quirk?
"However, my power could easily kill. I've no doubt there are some among you with similar abilities…" The space hero continued to lecture.
Minami looked down at her palms at Thirteen's words and thought of the strength she was told that resided in her, and of the close calls she had with others she has used her quirk on. Most recently, she had almost seriously injured Uraraka and Bakugo, and still felt anxiety about it.
He's right, some of our powers could be extremely deadly; me included. Ugh, this is scary, I don't want to kill anyone! And I don't want to be lectured about something I'm completely aware of already…
"In our super-powered society, the use of quirks is heavily restricted and monitored. But we must never forget that it only takes one wrong move with an uncontrollable quirk for people to die."
Minami flinched.
"However, this class will show you a new perspective, and I hope to leave you here today with the understanding that you're meant to help people, and your powers are not meant to inflict harm!"
A round of applause echoed along with whistles and smiles. Thirteen appeared to be pleased with the students' reactions and bowed, "That is all! I thank you for listening!"
Minami applauded along with her classmates, still feeling unsure.
I hope I am able to get the hang of my powers completely. Papa says it's completely normal, but just last week I accidentally burned his favorite polo…
"HUDDLE UP AND DON'T MOVE! Thirteen protect the students!" Aizawa screamed over his shoulder suddenly as he flipped his goggles on, poised and ready to strike at something down the stairs. He was the most lively Minami had ever seen him. Unease pulsated through her veins as she looked at their battle tense teacher, never seeing him so worked up.
What…what the hell is going on?! Her blue eyes panned back and forth around them, looking for whatever startled their teacher. Seeing a swirling void down at the bottom of the stairs near the fountain, Minami gasped as she saw dozens of malevolent looking figures pouring out of the swirling mass.
"What the heck's that?! More battle robots? Like during the entrance exam?" Kirishima asked.
"No, idiot! They're villains!" Jiro shouted at him, smacking him behind the head. Kirishima rubbed the back of his head bashfully. Minami would have laughed, except all she could do was stare at the abomination invading their class, and she could feel her pulse quickly increasing as panic set into place.
"Sensei! Aren't there intruder sensors?!" Momo questioned.
"Yes of course!, but it seems the sensors aren't working. It must be one of the villain's quirks that's doing it!" Thirteen explained, unease clear in his robotic voice.
"Thirteen! Begin evacuation immediately! And try calling the school!" Aizawa commanded as he marched forward to the edge of the stairs leading down to where the villains awaited him.
"Aizawa sensei! You can't fight them all alone!, against that many… even you can't nullify all their quirks!" Izuku fretted to Aizawa, begging him not to commit what he perceived was suicide.
Pausing a moment to glance back at the green haired boy shyly tugging on the bottom of his shirt, Aizawa stopped to reassure his student momentarily, "Heh, kid, as you'll learn yourself, no good hero is a one-trick pony!" Leaping forward, Minami stood shocked as she watched her sensei leap forward to very well what could be his death, and he did so with no hesitation what so ever.
"He's a dead fool!" Minami could hear a villain shriek in delight as Aizawa glided toward them. Minami could feel her heart in her throat, wondering if she was about to see her teacher be killed in front of her very eyes.
However, she was shocked once more when she saw Aizawa using his capture scarves to gracefully fly in between the villains, quickly incapacitating the nearest bodies with punches and kicks to the face and torso, despite the heavy numbers against him.
"Wow! He can hold his own even when out-numbered!" Izuku cried out, happy to see their teacher doing so well. His voice snapped Minami out of her stupor and she turned to race towards the entrance.
Running past Izuku, Minami stopped to grab his arm, Iida taking Izuku's other arm as they raced to the front door, dragging a star struck Izuku with them.
"Now's not the time for analysis Midoriya! Now run!" Iida scolded Izuku as he and Minami dragged him along.
Holy crap Izu, I'm starting to think you have no sense of self preservation! Minami thought to herself as fright filled her being, agreeing 100 percent with Iida.
A cold air rushed along side them, stopping the students in their tracks. A black mist with evil glowing eyes materialized in front of the door.
"I won't allow that brats!" his deep foreboding voice sent a shiver through Minami's body. Hearing the cries of dismay and whimpers around her, Minami could tell she wasn't the only one frightened at that moment.
The smoky figure morphed into a more humanoid one and Minami could begin to clearly see the outline of a tall, slender man. His glowing yellow eyes squinted with feigned pleasantries as he spoke,
"Greetings, we are the League of Villains, I am Kurogiri," he bowed slightly in a very gentlemanly manner before continuing,
" Forgive our audacity, but we've come here today, to U.A High School, to complete a very SPECIAL, mission…" His eyes squinted even more as he spoke. The emphasis on the word special had the hair raised up on the back of Minami's neck as she listened.
"To end the life of All Might, your precious Symbol of Peace…"
Minami choked a bit, as gasps of alarm surrounded her. Minami jumped as she felt two small hands grip her forearm and whipped her head to the side to see Mina's quivering form and large frightened doe eyes staring at her. She needn't say anything, Minami could already tell what was on her mind with a worried look on her own face.
This makes me think of when we were cornered in that back alleyway too…Only this is so much worse. They came here to look for Papa…but he's not here. Now what will they do to us? Maybe once they see he's not here they'll leave us alone and leave the USJ? With slightly hopeful feelings Minami listened in as the void spoke once more.
"We were under the impression that All Might would be here today… But it seems his schedule was revised?" Sighing, the void seemed to shrug his shoulders. "Well, that's unfortunate, but no matter… maybe we can lure him out with a few dead children then, ey?" His eyes squinted with malice once more, and Minami nearly wet her pants at his implication. Cries of dismay and sobs filled the air around them.
Feeling a second shoulder bump her side, Minami looked to her other side and saw Shoto quietly leading her away from the front to the back of the group of children, his eyes never leaving the misty villain just in front of them. Turning back, Minami saw that Mina had latched herself onto Uraraka.
"Shoto…what are we going to do?" Minami whispered as a soft dry sob escaped her throat. Todoroki quietly shushed her and patted her shoulder.
"We'll think of something Minami-chan. Maybe we can create a distraction if one of us attacks him and-"
KABOOOOM!
Not being able to finish his sentence due to a large explosion, Minami squinted against the blast and slowly opened her eyes, having a sneaking suspicion as to who that could have come from.
Bakugo and Kirishima stood at the front and they were battle ready. The misty villain Kurogiri seemed to have been taken off guard, not expecting students to fight back so soon.
"Not if we end you first you, you fucking freak!" Bakugo snarled at the villain with Kirishima grimacing at his side.
"Bet you didn't see that one coming!" the redhead glared.
"NO! both of you! Get behind me!" Thirteen cried out in dismay, seeing not only had their attack done little to no damage, they had now irritated the villain.
"So you want to fight huh? Well I'll give you a fight you'll never forget…." The villain spoke ominously as he expanded his body further. Within a blink of an eye he had encompassed the entire group of students in a misty black cloud, a strong wind whipping around all of them.
"Begone. Writhe in torment as you're scattered like trash in the wind, until you breathe your last, little heroes…" the dark voice surrounded them.
With the blackness closing in and the wind picking up speed around them, Minami cried out as she felt herself lifted into the air, losing contact with Todoroki.
"Shoto!" she reached out into the darkness, grasping for his hand.
"Minami!" she could hear his disembodied voice call out to her in response as it grew farther away.
Minami groaned as her stomach flip flopped. She pinched her eyes shut at the unpleasant sensation as she floated through the void for a few moments. Then just as quickly, she was dropped onto hard cement; she opened her eyes and glanced about. Observing the cold cement interior that looked to have been through many battles with UA students, she assumed that she must have been transported to a completely different area of the USJ. The shadowy interior made her feel uneasy, like anything was ready to jump out at her.
I must be in the collapse zone, with all the fake buildings that mimic fallen structures onto bystanders… she thought to herself as she remembered what Thirteen had briefed about each of the zones when they first arrived.
Walking quietly along the room, she gasped softly to herself as she heard male voices closing in from down the hall. She quickly tiptoed to press herself flat against the wall closest to the only entry way. She gritted her teeth and activated her quirk, feeling slightly more comforted as it coursed through her body. As the heavy footsteps closed in, it was as if time slowed down; all she could hear was the pounding of her heart in her ears. She attempted to psyche herself up.
OK Minami this is it, you're actually going to fight villains way sooner than you thought. Don't chicken out, just do what you've been taught to do…Remember what Papa said, to smile in the face of fear…
She could feel the hair on her arms stand up, and ever so slightly there was movement to her side out of her peripheral vision. However, as she heard the quiet voices down in the hallway, she was too heavily focused on their arrival to really concentrate on anything else, until it struck.
A bone rattling snarl erupted from beside Minami, where a goanna looking man that had been using camouflage leapt out at her with his claws bared; painfully slashing the side of her ribs. Minami screamed at the pain that erupted from her side before peppering him with energy blasts, knocking him out for the time being.
Within seconds, the two other villains she had been listening to peeled around the corner. Minami spun to face them. One man had horns like a bull and looked ready to charge. The other seemed to possess some kind of arachnid quirk, his eight beady eyes blinking in unison as they zoned in on its prey.
Both parties locked eyes momentarily before the two burly men charged her. Flicking her wrists forward, Minami sent forth two large energy blasts from her palms, but the horned villain shoved them aside with a flip of his head, snorting as he did so. She sent forth another large blast, and it hit the spider villain dead center, causing him to scream as he flew into the air, but not before he twisted himself mid flight to shoot out sticky webbing from his mouth.
Minami narrowly missed the webby trap by side stepping the attack, but the pesky bull villain appeared right behind the webbing ready to stab her with his long horns. Minami was forced to literally take the bull by the horns and flip her lithe body to perch on top of his upper back to avoid being gouged. The man roared and reached up to try and grab her.
FUCK! Minami screamed to herself and she gritted her teeth as she hung on, trying to think of what to do next. The man's hands were clawing and grasping clumsily at her, his inflexibility showing. Minami decided what she had to do then.
I'll blind them, then run like hell to hide and escape…Here it goes! Minami thought to herself and she pushed forth her palms and spread her fingers just like she had in the warehouse with Mina months ago, a bright white light pulsated forward.
Both men screamed in rage and pain, and Minami reopened her eyes to jump down and run as fast as she could out of the room and towards the flight of stairs. Continuing to run down several flights, she could feel her heart pounding in her chest as she turned the corner to race into another room. Sprinting towards the paneless window, she peaked out to see she was still far too high up to comfortably jump from the building. Below, she could see the large lake like pool that was used for water rescue simulation.
Pausing, she heard the battle ensuing outside, as well as the pounding of multiple footsteps just above her. Minami cursed to herself and rushed to duck and cover behind a large fallen pillar that could easily shield her. Taking a moment, she glanced down at her side and could see the entire left portion of her torso was slick and stained with blood, her suit torn with four very visible laceration marks. Prodding it gently, a jolt of hot pain shot down her torso; Minami moaned in agony at the sensation, not yet accustomed to such painful injuries. Hearing the footsteps draw much nearer. Minami clamped up as she heard the men's angry voices.
"Where the fuck is that little bitch?! I swear when I get my hands on her fer blindin' us…"
"I can smell her scent, her blood… She was here, she had to be…" a lizard like voice slithered out. Minami could hear his forked tongue flick out, scenting the air.
"We gotta find her, this is one of the kids the boss is interested in…"
Minami startled a bit at that sentence, and her mind began to race.
The villains want me? But why?! Do they know I'm All Might's daughter? Maybe not, they said I was just one of the kids they wanted, meaning they want at least some of my other classmates. If they knew who I really was, I think they'd just want me…
Suddenly, another set of footsteps entered into the room, and an aggressive, loud, male voice made itself known.
"What the fuck are you idiots doing?! Where's the brat?!" Minami held her breath at the voice, not even wanting to envision what he looked like.
"W-w-well, you see, we didn't lose her. We just kinda lost sight of her, and-"
BANG! The shot of a gun went off, echoing around the room, hurting Minami's ear drums.
The loud thud of a body falling to the floor, and the stiff silence that followed was all Minami needed to know to understand what had just happened. She covered her mouth with both hands and clamped her eyes shut, horrified.
Jesus….they just killed one of their own men? What the hell? Just stay silent Minami, make no noise, maybe they'll just move on…
She felt a warm, wet sensation near her bottom where she sat, and looked down to see a pool of blood making its way toward her from under the pillar she sat behind, further staining her hero suit.
Holy shit…holy shit…I'm literally sitting in a pool of blood…. It took all of Minami's mental strength to not release a horrified scream at that moment. She breathed through her nose, fighting back the feeling of nausea and shock.
"You fucking rejects get the hell out of my sight and go find that little cunt! I'm not returning to the boss without her in hand!" the voice screeched, and no sooner when he did she could hear two sets of feet scurrying out of the room, eager to be away from the one who had so effortlessly stole the life of their comrade.
Hearing silence for at least 10 to 20 seconds, Minami perked up a bit more, becoming hopeful.
Maybe the last villain will leave the room soon, and I can make my escape…
Finally hearing some noise, an irritated sigh released itself from the lips of the unseen villain. She heard his heavy footsteps march out the door and what sounded to be down the hall. Carefully peeking from around the corner, she saw no sign of any other beings in the room, and quickly moved from her hiding spot to make her way to the door. Except, one thing stopped her after she stood up, and that was the crumpled heap of flesh that lay sprawled on the floor just nearby. Her eyes immediately were drawn to the body, and she could feel her throat close up with anxiety as she couldn't pull her eyes away from the carnage.
All she could do was look at the lifeless stare of the bull man whom she had just fought moments before. She noticed with revolt that blood was leaking from the tear ducts of his eyes, his nostrils, and his mouth; a big bullet hole was evident on his forehead. Just behind him on the floor, she could see splatters of his brain and spinal cord mixed in with bits of skull.
As much as she wanted, she couldn't tear her eyes away from the horrific scene. Memories of researching what criminal activities looked like on her phone the night her father rescued her resurfaced.
Those articles…they're no exaggeration…this is real…it's really happening. She thought to herself, shell shocked, she could feel her knees shaking, and was unable to command her legs to move to get herself out of there. She wasn't sure how long she stood there, staring, until she heard another voice in the room with her.
"Well there you are, I knew you had to be around here somewhere…" the voice sounded with obvious glee; like a cat who just ate the canary. Spinning around, she came face to face with a gangly man that had white paint covering his face, red eyes, and frayed black hair.
"You are quite the enigma to capture little girl…We've been searching for you for a while now…."
STUPID STUPID STUPID! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?! WHY DIDN'T YOU RUN WHEN YOU HAD THE CHANCE?! Minami chastised herself harshly as she stared at the villain in fear.
His eyes flickered from her shocked face to behind her, and realization seemed to dawn on him.
"What kid, never seen a dead body before eh? Man, you're really a virgin out in this field if you've never seen a corpse before! Well, it's as good a time as any to pop that cherry."
She shivered at his innuendo as his eyes roamed her body before moving forward to grasp the corpse by the locks on its head. She felt her body seize up as he pulled out a machete from somewhere within his coat flaps and quickly separated the head from the body, holding it up for her with a smirk on his face as blood heavily flowed out from the neck. Striding forward, he held the head out to her to take. Minami backed up a few steps, whimpering as bile rose in her throat, pinching her eyes shut. Taking offense at refusing his offer, a snarl ripped across his face.
"TAKE IT YOU LITTLE BITCH ELSE I'LL BE HOLDING YOUR HEAD NEXT!" he roared at her.
Opening her eyes and whimpering, Minami tentatively reached forward to grasp the head by the hair, staring at the dead face, feeling tears prick her eyes.
The villain smiled evilly at her cooperation.
"There's a good little hero…"
Continuing to stare at the head, she felt bile quickly rising in her throat. Minami dropped the head and leaned over to her side, vomiting violently onto the floor next to her shoes.
This guy is really fucked in the head! I need a plan to get the fuck out of here. I wonder if blinding him would work too….Minami thought to herself as she finished puking, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand.
The man laughed hysterically at the girl's reaction. "Oh boy kid! You're never going to make it in your business with that weak stomach of yours! You'll be killed within a week's time!" Suddenly, a thought crossed his face.
"But I have a better idea on how to test you…." A creepy smile graced his face, enjoying the time he was taking to psychologically torture her.
Feeling shivers go down her spine, Minami stood straight to look forward and was met with a blast of powder hitting her square in the face. She inhaled instinctively, coughing violently at the attack, waving her hand in front of her face as she tried to clear the powder away. Within seconds, she could feel her heart racing involuntarily in her chest; her body felt heavy. Internally, she began to panic as she peeled opened her eyes and she cried out in fright at what she saw.
"What's wrong kid, don't like what you see?" The villain's voice sounded altered to her; more monstrous and dark. As he laughed manically, insects and rotting flesh poured out from his mouth like a scene out of a horror film. The air behind and around him pulsated in time with her racing heart.
Minami growled and whimpered in fright, scratching at her eyes with her fingers, desperately trying to clear her vision from the offending sight.
Glancing around herself, Minami saw the walls were wavy and crawling with things she couldn't describe.
HOLY FUCK! HOLY FUCK! What the FUCK is going on?! I think I was drugged but I can't tell what is and isn't real! She could feel her brave façade slipping.
"You know why they call me Dream Eater kid?" the villain's dark voice warbled as light pulsated around him, "It's because I'm all you'll be able to see in your dreams for the next two days…a lucky side effect of my quirk." He grinned, his teeth elongated into serrated edges, his eyes turned into slits. Minami screamed and felt the last of her control slip as a terror fully took her.
She peppered the entire area with strong energy blasts, determined to make the swirling, pulsating air stop; to make his disgusting cackling cease; to make sense of anything.
She could hear the villain curse behind the dust her attacks were stirring up as he tried to duck and cover.
Panting, she looked and saw the glassless window amongst the dark swirling and screaming creatures, and remembered there was a lake just below. With a grim realization, she knew that was her only chance for escape at that moment. Dashing forward, she leapt through the window and fell downwards towards the lake below. Colors and darkness swirled around her as she fell. Opening her eyes she looked below to see what was once blue was now black water that had formed a monster's mouth and was opened wide ready to swallow her whole.
She whimpered and pinched her eyes shut as she neared the water, reminding herself this couldn't be real.
It's not real, not real, just water, not real…
SPLASH!
She hit the water hard and opened her eyes, swimming to the surface and gasping for air. Hesitantly looking around, she saw her surroundings seemed to look relatively normal again. There was a bit of a haze, but the monstrous creatures and darkness she had witnessed were gone at least for now.
Maybe the water washes away the effects of his attack? Minami wondered to herself as she treaded water.
Hearing a distant shouting, she glanced upward and saw the villain Dream Eater, along with the spider and lizard like villain looking down at her from the tall building she had just jumped from.
Ducking back down under the water, she swam deeper and farther away as she heard something pelting the surface of the lake. Glancing up, she saw remnants of webbing at the top of the lake; the villains' feeble attempts to recapture her now that she was out of their grasp.
Turning away, she swam as far as she could, until she felt like her lungs were about to burst. Swimming to the surface, she inhaled heavily, pausing to pant a bit until she caught her breath. Now in the shallow end of the lake, she stood in the waist deep water. That's when she heard some familiar voices just nearby beyond the artificial reeds that were shielding her from their view. Peeking around the reeds, she saw green hair; relief flooded her at that moment, recognizing who that hair belonged to.
"Izuku!" Minami cried out as she sloshed forward. Her voice grew hoarse as the world spun around her darkly in a flash. Then as quickly as it came it was gone. She paused for a moment, rubbing her head.
"Min-chan!" The green haired boy cried out and made his way towards her. The look on his face said it all.
I must look like a damn mess…I feel like shit…. She thought as Izuku took her gingerly by the arm and led her back to the rest of the group, which consisted of Tsuyu and Mineta at the shoreline. They were looking on with shock on their face.
"Min-chan…what happened?" Izuku stared her straight in her eyes and balked a bit. "Your eyes, they're completely black! They're not blue anymore…" he said, clearly distraught.
Looking down at her reflection once the water had calmed, Minami could see exactly what he meant. Her lovely blue irises were no longer there; it looked as if her pupil had expanded across her entire iris.
Hearing the water sloshing a bit, she saw Tsuyu and Mineta approaching.
"Yagi-san, are you ok?" Tsuyu gently prodded the slash mark on her side, and Minami winced, stilling Tsuyu's hand from further movement with her own. Forcing a smile to come to her face to try to reassure her classmates, Minami responded.
"I'm alright Tsuyu, Izu. I got cornered in the collapse zone by several villains. I think one of them poisoned me because I'm tripping a bit…hence the black eyes," she paused to point at her irises. "When we get back to campus after our escape, I'll just need some help from recovery girl," Minami grinned, trying to cover her fear. But in the back of her mind, there was a question still lingering.
IF, we get back…..
"Dang Yagi! You really got the crap beaten out of you! Shoulda stuck to a group like us! We're so good we're basically almost pros already!" Mineta boasted as he folded his arms over his chest. Minami gave him a deadpan stare.
"Really Mineta? Now's not the time…We need to escape to get help…" her eyes glanced upward and could see a very large group of villains fighting who looked to be their sensei, Aizawa, somewhat distantly. Off to the side, she could see some creepy grey looking guy with hands all over his face and body, along a giant blackened monster with a bird beak and serrated teeth standing near him. She felt shudders through her body just staring at them, getting a some bad vibes.
"We were just talking about that, we need to escape, but maybe, just maybe there's a way we can lighten the load for Aizawa sensei…" Izuku responded as he looked on, laying a hand on Minami's shoulder.
"Eh? Don't tell me you're that stupid Midoriya…" Mineta responded, not looking forward to another fight.
"I'm not saying we should dive right in!" Izuku defended his statement. "Just that we watch for an opening, and do what we can to lighten sensei's load…" He looked on, with a determined look in his eyes as he calculated a plan.
Minami looked at Izuku with admiration, and nodded in agreement.
"I'm in Izu, you guys with us?" Minami looked back at Tsuyu and Mineta. Tsuyu nodded her agreement with a small ribbit. Mineta, however, grimaced and seemed to be having an inner battle with himself until he felt like he was about to burst.
"Fine! Whatever! I'll do it, but you guys gotta promise me we won't get killed!" Mineta cried out, still feeling conflicted about his agreement.
Minami snorted and looked back at the small boy standing behind her.
"No promises half pint, we live and die by the hero code," She grinned and clenched her fist. Izuku and Tsuyu giggled, clearly understanding she was joking. Mineta, on the otherhand, didn't seem so certain that she was joking, and gave Minami an annoyed look.
"Look girlie, you may be suicidal, but I'm not, I have lots to live for!" the small ball boy sloshed closer to Minami to jab her in her stomach with his index finger as he ranted, clearly not pleased.
Minami slapped his hand away and rolled her eyes, tired of Mineta acting like a drama queen.
"Like what shortie? Harassing girls?"
"I do no such thing! I just admire them!" Mineta smiled proudly as he spoke, impressed with his own wit. Minami face palmed at his response, clearly annoyed. Then Izuku interrupted them.
"Guys stop! Look! That grey villain with the hands all over him is making his move on sensei!" his voice clearly held panic.
Looking forward, Minami watched as the man raced forward towards Aizawa, snagging his elbow and partially disintegrating it. She gasped as the sight, not expecting that.
What….what in the actual fuck kind of quirk is that? It just turns whatever he touches to ash?!
Another involuntary flash of spinning darkness affected her vision for several seconds, then faded once more. Minami blinked her eyes, attempting to ignore the side-effects of her poisoning, and looked again and saw the large black monster was suddenly hovering over Aizawa, pinning him to the ground. Minami felt terror seize her chest. Beside her, she could hear Izuku grind his teeth, also feeling terrified by the sight.
A large crack sounded and they could hear Aizawa's scream of agony as the creature broke his arm like a twig. Minami whimpered at the sight, not sure what she could do.
I may not like him, but he jumped in to save us, we can't just stand here and watch him be tortured, can we?
The Nomu then took Aizawa's head and started bashing it into the ground. Minami covered her eyes momentarily, before realizing what she was doing and forcing her hands down, trying to think.
No…stop being a baby and open your eyes! I need to see what's happening, so I can think of something…. Minami scolded herself.
"This is bad Midoriya, Maybe it's time for a change of plans?" Mineta whimpered. For once, Minami agreed with him. Something had to change and be done NOW.
"Izu…We have to do something…IZU…" Minami whispered feverishly as all four of them ducked low into the water, trying to stay hidden while they formulated a plan.
"I'm THINKING Min-chan…." Izuku responded back, clearly feeling the stress of the situation.
A swirl of black void materialized behind the grey villain, and out came the villain that Minami recognized as Kurogiri, the one who had blocked them from leaving the USJ when the attack started. He seemed to be having a conversation with the grey handed villain. The grey villain seemed irritated at the void, scratching his neck in a frantic way. Minami could barely catch a few words here and there, but there was a statement she thought she heard that made her perk up.
"We're leaving…"
"Did he just say they're leaving?" Tsuyu questioned outloud in disbelief.
"I…I think so.." Izuku responded, unsure himself.
"We're saved!" Mineta cried out and leapt onto Tsuyu, grasping her breasts in his joy. Minami looked on with a disgusted look on her face as Tsuyu held Mineta under water for a few seconds as retribution.
Looking back towards the villains, despite them saying they were leaving, Minami still felt a sinking pit in her stomach.
"I've got a bad feeling about this you guys…" Tsuyu echoed what they were feeling.
"To do all this, and then to just leave on a whim…doesn't make sense…" Izuku murmured out loud as his brain processed everything.
Looking upward, Minami noticed it seemed the villains had gotten a bit closer, and then she heard the grey handed villain utter something that made her guts twist.
"Before we go, let's leave a few dead kids," he turned and pointed at them and suddenly he was on them. He was quick, though not as quick as the black monster. But within moments, he had cornered all of them, who were frozen in fear.
Feeling terrified, Minami saw his hand reach out and partially enclose over her face, preparing to end her life, when suddenly he stopped, and then began to chuckle. Minami panted in fear, trying to catch her breath.
"You really are pretty cool, Eraser Head…" Minami's eyes dashed over to where their sensei was, and saw his glowing, unblinking eyes staring straight in her direction, his hair raised, protecting her from certain death, despite the agony he must have been in.
Once the opening had been made, suddenly all hell broke loose.
"NO NO NO NO! GET OFF OF HER!" Izuku roared as he leapt forward, one for all buzzing through his body as he prepared to punch the grey villain. "MINAMI RUN! SAVE YOURSELF!"
Breaking her trance, she pushed the grey villain's hand away and blasted him with a strong energy blast just as Izuku's fist would have met his face, creating a large wave.
Except, once the wave faded, they were no longer met with the grey villain, but the black monster. He seemed completely unfazed at their attacks, and growled menacingly at them as he bared his fangs. The grey villain was directly behind him. He laughed maniacally and spoke.
"Children, meet Nomu, the bio-engineered creature designed to kill All Might. Though you don't need a quirk to kill a sniveling kid. Nomu, drown that little blonde brat, she'll be the first to die. Make her suffer for trying to blast me!" he sneered at her, and suddenly before she could move Minami found the Nomu's thick fist wrapped around her throat and she was shoved under water.
Terror struck Minami's heart and she began thrashing underwater, trying with all her strength to peel the fingers off her throat. But it was impossible, its iron grip was impenetrable. She began sending off as many blasts as she could towards the creature's reflection above water, hoping some of them would meet their mark, that maybe it could loosen his grip.
She could hear the screaming of her classmates as they jumped into the fray; the water moving rapidly around her at their quick movements.
Abruptly, she noticed she couldn't really feel her legs anymore. A startling realization made its way through her mind.
I'm dying…
She dug her nails into the monster's wrist and sent forth direct impact blasts, determined to blast his arm off. Some blood floated in the water after that, but it didn't affect his grip. If anything it tightened it.
Her hands began to go numb, and soon she could hardly raise her arms anymore.
I'm dying…
No longer able to hold her breath, she gasped, desperate for air, and felt the horrid burn of the water entering her lungs, her stomach. Her hands finally fell to her sides, unable to be usefully anymore. She saw the bright ethereal blue light that had encased her body while she fought had now faded away. She was spent.
I'm dying…
As darkness finally closed in, Minami fell unconscious, with one last thought going through her lucid mind:
Dad…Where are you?
Alright! And there ends the chapter! Some crazy shit has gone down! Let me know what you guys think! Thanks again, and I will be updating pretty soon with the next chapter!
