When that dreadful wave of psychological energy and quirk energy hit her in waves, Akemi knew something was wrong.
Psychological energy usually stays within a person's mind, allowing her to vaguely see how many there is, how strong of a feeling they are experiencing however never what emotions they are experiencing. But when it overflows, it means the feeling is too strong to be contained and Akemi has only felt that a handful of times.
From herself.
From Izuku,
And that overwhelming sense of helplessness and dread in the ruins of the Sky Egg Tower.
This... This is bad. Akemi gritted her teeth and burned away the waves of malice, hate and the 'want-to-hurt-want-to-destroy-destroy-destroy—', and straightened.
These...
These are villains.
"Thirteen and Eraserhead, huh?"
The deep voice sent a chill down her spine.
"The teacher's schedule we received the other day said that All Might was also supposed to be here..."
Akemi froze.
They... They are here for Toshinori-san. She gritted her teeth and silently released a gentle wave of pure psychological energy to burn out the suffocating fear and venom in the air it's not partially strong and her classmates couldn't feel both, actually. But to her it's overwhelmingly dense and almost painful.
Akemi glanced at Ochako-chan, who was slightly shivering and being to hyperventilate, then at Izuku, who's only sweating a little. She extended and hand and tapped Ochako-chan's temple, feeling the 'oh-my-god-I-might-die-here-please-what's-going-on-I'm-scared' rush pass before drawing it away into light energy in a soft glow. She relaxed a little and looked at Akemi, who smiled a little before turning her attention back to the monologuing villain.
"All Might... The Symbol of Peace..." He seems to sag, "Not here."
"I wonder if he'll come if we kill some kids?"
She froze. And in front of her Aizawa-sensei's... No. Eraserhead's bandages unfurled and whirled around him protectively.
"V-villains? But this is a hero school! There's no way that they could get in a hero school!"
Her classmates began to panic. And Akemi whirled around.
This is bad...
"It doesn't matter if it's supposed to be impossible!" Finally, she shouted out loud, releasing a wave of wind to catch attention. "What matters right now is that they are here, and we need to stay calm. Remember, no amount of anxiety can change the future and no amount of regret can change the past. Now calm the hell down and face it so you don't need to regret anything!"
Momo-chan stepped forwards, nodding. "Sensei, the sensors?"
"We have them, of course, but..."
"We don't know whether they only appeared here or around the whole school, but either way the sensors are not responding." He turned to her, "Kimura, do you sense anything?"
"Yeah." Akemi replied, tensing up as she felt what type of energy it is, "But this quirk uses the Astral Energy of the user."
"Astral...?" Thirteen turned to face her, "what does that mean?"
"There are only one type of energy that Akemi can't manipulate." Izuku explained, starting on in horror, "which is Astral Energy, which basically is the essential Life Force to any sentient creatures or beings... While Akemi can drain their Life Energy to knock someone in a coma, she can't remove their Astral Energy, so she can't kill any self-sentient beings." He gulped. "She can't help here."
"Thirteen, start the evacuation." Eraserhead said, "try calling the school. Those villains have something that counteracts those sensors... Kaminari, see what you can do about that." He turned to face them, "And and you, Kimura." Akemi looked up, "See if you can contact Yagi or Nezu, tell them to get All Might here. You worked with him, so you probably can find them with your quirk better. According to Nezu one of your abilities should be able to do this."
"Oversoul." Akemi nodded, as some of her gaped turned to gape at her. "I'll contract Toshinori-san to have All Might and the staff come here— and no, guys." She turned back to face her classmates, "I didn't work with All Might. I worked with his secretary on quirk research."
She stretched and sent out a pulse of sonic wave with electromagnetic energy, and locating Nezu, who is closer, sent out a quick message.
Sorcery Skills: Oversoul!
With temporary energy links Akemi can create a mental bond between teammates as the intermediary, or send simple messages.
'Nezu. This is Akemi. USJ under attack, villains, sensors disabled. Get Toshinori-san.'
She nodded towards Thirteen, "Got him. Hopefully Nezu-san will get it soon enough. It might take a little time."
"But what about you sir? With so many villains here you can't possibly fight them alone, your fighting style—"
"You can't be a hero with just one trick." The man interjected, "I'm leaving it to you, Thirteen."
And with that, he leapt down the long flight is stairs and whipped out his weapon.
"Head to the entrance now!" Thirteen called out, and grabbing Izuku's wrist she pulled the teen along. But then stopped and wheeled back as the feeling of a quirk activating hit her.
That black mist!
Seconds after the energy hit her a wall of black fog else from the ground, and the same gruff voice spoke up.
"I won't let you."
He then began monologuing and Akemi had no time to listen to him. Sending out several sound wave pulses her eyes widened as she felt a physical body beneath the mist and gritted her teeth.
However, before she could do anything, Bakagou, that bastard, and Kirishima leapt forwards and launched an attack.
"Wait— you're aiming the wrong place!"
But then the mist laughed and black surrounded them all, and the next thing she knew, she was falling.
"This turned into a bad situation, though, kero."
Izuku shivered a little. Thanks to Asu- well, Tsuyu-chan, he was saved. Sero is next to him, coughing out water and slumping on his back.
"Yeah. From what the villains said..." Izuku mumbled, "they know about UA's schedule! Looking at the big picture, they probably set up the media intrusion that day to get information... This is a planned attack."
"But... It's not like they can kill All Might, is it?" Sero said as he climbed up from the floor, "he isn't the no.1 for nothing, after all."
"That's true but... Sero-chan, " the teen eeked a little at the name, "Don't you think they're here because they have a way to kill him?"
Izuku's head whipped up in alarm. If that's so...
"They just told us they'll torture us to death... I hope we can hold out until All Might arrives..." Sero gulped, but then Tsuyu-chan whirled around and looked at the water.
"Kero!"
"Watch out!" Akemi's hand whipped out and with a pulse of energy, slowed her fall and dropped safely on her feet into a roll. Next to her Todoroki landed gracefully and she caught Toru-chan just in time.
"Oh! Here come the kids!" One of the villains shouted, Akemi whirled around, "DIE!"
With a simple stomp a blast of electricity stroke him dead in the chest and he turned into crisp.
"Todoroki!" She called, the teen nodded, and the entire zone froze. A simple kick to the ground and he skating blades activated, appearing in a flicker of solid light.
"Get a hold of yourselves. You're an adult, aren't you?"
"Isn't it shameful to lose to kids?"
She dropped Toru-chan by the mountain of the landslide zone and kicked off skating, as Todoroki froze the villains she spun and charged with kinetic energy she slammed her blades into their crotches and punched them dead in the throat.
"That's a little dirty, isn't it, Kimura?"
"It doesn't matter as long as it's effective." She turned back and grinned, "it's just another weakness." Then without looking, she strikes an approaching villain in the eyes.
"Sero. Are you ready?" Izuku turned back and asked.
"Y-yeah." The teen took a deep breath, and he gave a thumbs up. He grinned back wobbly, and turns and jumps off the bow of the ship.
"DIE!!!!"
Pointing his finger at the water, he fires off a Delaware Smash with as many powers Akemi's block allows him with his arm and the water parted, golden energy assisting the force. Behind him Tsuyu-chan leaps off and catches him by the waist, and as the whirlpool pulls in the villains, Sero fires off his tapes, which bounded the villains in a large white ball.
They landed by the lake, and looked around.
"We should avoid the central area, and head to the exit." Izuku pointed out.
"That's true." Tsuyu-chan said, "Aizawa-sensei has drawn a large number of villains to the plaza..."
True. Izuku realised, and too many of them.
"...I think he exerted himself, jumping into that crown of villains to protect us. Aizawa-sensei, I mean." Izuku said, faintly.
"W-wait. Midoriya, are you planning to—" Sero stared at him, "you might get in his way!"
"I won't." He replied. "But I think we can find an opening and lessen his load."
Tsuyu-chan's eyes widened, "we can fend off the villains before they reach him."
"Kimura." The girl stood up, as the villain she just knocked down was frozen over by his ice, "you should go. Check on the others." Shouto raised a hand, brimming with cold mist, "I'll deal with them here."
"Gotcha!"
The girl glance to his back and raised a hand. electricity exploded around her and the villain's kinetic energy disappeared, dropping to the ground. He covered him in ice and nodded in thanks.
"Then I'll be going." She called, "have fun interrogating them— oh, and give that staff guy a kick in the crotch for me." He rose an eyebrow, and she explained. "He snapped one of my arrows." As she turned around, he suddenly remembered.
"Oh." She looked back, "and Kimura, watch out for the hand villain, the bird one and the black mist."
The girl nodded, and leapt away with swirling golden ribbons. He glanced at the staff villain, and kicked him in his pants.
"Hey, Midoriya, don't go attacking recklessly, okay?" Sero warned.
"I know." He replied. "We'll run the moment things aren't as dangerous."
They kneeled down by the shore and watched as Aizawa-sensei fought. For a moment things seems to be looking up, but then the villain with the hands all over his body grabbed him, and...
His elbow...!
It's crumbling.
Aizawa-sensei's quirk flared and he pushed the villain away, leaping back and continuing to fight. But with one injured arm his efficiency clearly dropped.
"You're so cool... You're so cool!" Izuku couldn't hear what the villain said beforehand, but his voice alone gave him chills down the spine. "By the way, hero..."
"I'm not the last Boss."
The bird villain was suddenly behind him, and with wide eyes and silenced screams, Izuku watched him single-handedly crush his teacher to the ground.
Again.
Again.
And Again.
"Let me tell you... Eraserhead..."
"He is the anti-Symbol of Peace... The bio-engineered... 'Nomu'."
The monster howled, and Izuku wanted to throw up.
It's an inhuman, beastly wail. This thing... This thing...
"I-i can't..." Sero retched, "this is... God..."
"Kero..."
That moment, the wrap gate villain appeared next to the hand guy.
"Shigaraki Tomura."
"Kurogiri. Did you kill Thirteen?"
"I have put Thirteen out of action. But one of the students with a speed quirk escaped."
"... Huh?"
The hand villain began scratching his neck, his nails digging deeper and deeper into his skin as he spoke how he would've killed this 'Kurogiri' if he wasn't so useful. Mumbling violently. The noise reached his ear and Izuku trembled.
"... We can't win against dozens of pros." He finally stopped scratching and said at length. " It's game over... Man... Let's go home..." He almost whined.
Go home?
After all this planning... For them to go home all a sudden... What's going on here? Are they really trying to kill All Might? What are they planning?
"...oh yeah. Before we leave," the hand villain turned towards their direction and grinned creepily.
"Let's smash some of his pride fist, shall we?"
The next thing he knew, he is right in front of Tsuyu. His hand outstretched to touch her.
But nothing happened.
"Damn it."
Aizawa-sensei.
Red eyes blazing and straining against the bird villain's strength, Aizawa-sensei's quirk cancelled out the decomposition quirk of the villain's hand.
"You're really cool..."
"Eraserhead."
The bird villain wrenched his head up. A crack sounded and his head was once again bashed against the ground.
He didn't get up.
Before he could think, Izuku moved. One for All charged into his limbs as he aimed a punch at Shigaraki.
"LET GO OF HER!"
His punch hit. A whirlwind blew up around him. The barrier was broken and the glass of the lights blew up, the villains near by was blown away, but his bones...
His bones are fine.
He finally controlled it! Izuku looked up, but then froze.
He had punched the Nomu.
When did it get here? He trembled, it disn't even... After taking a hit...
He didn't even budge.
He pulled back.
Their way to kill All Might.
Nomu. This must be it. The Nomu is what they are trying to kill All Might with.
No way... His barrier is broken and he's used up Akemi's powers, oh no...
The Nomu's eyes locked onto him, and he stumbled back, it reached out—
And froze.
Straining against something the creature whined and tried to move again. But it was almost like it has no strength anymore.
A crackle of electricity.
A massive blast of lightning, narrowly avoiding Izuku as a hand grabbed him and pulled him back, stroke the Nomu. It wailed and an incredibly familiar voice spoke up.
"Now. Do you know what happens when something tries to move, but constantly had the kinetic energy drained out of them?"
A figured dressed in blue stood before him, hand outstretched as her body crackles with blue electricity and golden light, not in gentle ribbons but whipping and whirling like violent, wrathful snakes. Loose hoodie blowing out with whirling wind, and in her other hand a bow with two sharpened titanium ends.
"Now you do."
Kimura Akemi stood before him, on her face the coldest, coldest anger he've ever seen.
Next time: Kimura Akemi vs Nomu.
