Tomura sat alone, in a corner seat of the meeting place, a different bar from their usual one, surrounded by the many dregs of society that called him leader. His perception skill had recently levelled up while working with the Living Tree and despite the advantages it brought him personally it also made him very aware of just how poor the standards of his help was. There was no doubt a few member of Living Tree that could mop the floor with everybody in this room and he had no doubt that there were a few pro heroes who could do the same.

He gripped his soda, making sure that a maximum of four fingers were on the glass before he gulped it down. Thankfully he had the Noumu, he briefly turned his head to look at the unspeaking brute; that creature that had been given to him by his teacher was more than enough to take down All Might. He would have to use the rest of these so-called villains as cannon fodder as a way to stall the other students or even any of the other teachers.

Suddenly the door to the meeting place burst open and a tall yet feminine figure casually walked into the room dressed in a white hoodie with a full faced silver mask from behind which locks of white hair barely showed. If this was a western then the room would have gone quiet right now as the mysterious stranger walked in while people looked to size them up but it wasn't a western and so the new arrival walked directly to Tomura for the most part unmolested.

Unfortunately the rule that there is always one idiot in a bar holds true and that particular rule goes double for villain bars. As the figure approached Tomura's table a large blocky man with a multiple arms with stonelike arms stood up on and in a manner that he obviously thought looked natural walked on a collision course towards the woman bumping into her shoulder.

"Hey_" the man turned around leering only to get a fist in his face in the next second that propelled him through the air and crashing down onto the next table. Without even taking a second look Sudor walked towards Shigaraki's table and sat down ignoring the commotion behind her. Almost instantly a burst of fog appeared before disappearing leaving behind a glass of cheap beer which she immediately grabbed and drank down.

"Good to see you Shigaraki," Sudor said as she leaned back in her chair favouring him with a cocky grin. "The boss told me to lend some muscle to the operation. What would you like me to do?"

"We start the raid in two hours," Tomura said feeling the corners of his lips pull up beneath his hand. Despite only sending one person out; the help given by Sudor could not be overstated. While she was no Nomu she was a lot stronger than the fodder here or even himself. As much as Tomura would like to say otherwise, his mentor had forced him to fight against the Amazonian and he had been decisively crushed. In addition, she was not her grunt high rank meant that the Living Tree was anticipating some success in this venture.

"Good," Sudor replied favouring him with a brief bloodthirsty smile before she finished off her beer. "Hey Cloud Guy, another," she said picking up the empty glass and gesturing towards Kurogiri.

"I do not think it is important you drink before the mission," Kurogiri said causing the woman to glare. "Would your Boss permit you to drink so soon before an important operation? I hope you aren't assigning this less importance because it's not a Living Tree operation."

"…I'm not," Sudor said after a few moments," causing Tomura to return a glare. She definitely wasn't taking it seriously. He clenched his fists in anger before he took a deep breath. When working with people who aren't fully invested give them specific instructions and know both their abilities and their attitude.

"Your boss sent you here to help me," Tomura said slowly. "Did your Boss give you any instructions?" He really didn't want to have to deal with an unruly Sudor but she would never go against the rules set by her Boss and as long as he remembered that then he could control her.

"Don't start a complete massacre and listen to you," Sudor said as she leaned in quietly and Tomura nodded in understanding. That was a surprisingly lax command that didn't preclude her from killing at least a few kids. It was frankly unlike his mentor who tended to disengage and minimize the threat that he caused more often than not. Still if they were going to take this seriously then he would gladly accept it.

"Eraserhead is certain to show up and along with Thirteen and All Might that makes three targets." He lowered his voice and moved closer until he was close to Sudor's ear. He was in grasping range but against this opponent he would almost certainly eat ice if he moved wrongly. His many spars with the killing machine on her Boss' orders had thoroughly sold just how dangerous she could be.

"Thirteen will be taken care of by Kurogiri, I will take Eraserhead and All Might will be beaten by Nomou here," Tomura said patting the bulky muscled creature. "The rest of them will be sufficient to deal with the kids. Any unexpected variables will be up to you." Sudor's face fell at that but she quickly steeled herself and nodded. While she was a battle hungry maniac she would do as her leader instructed despite her personal feelings.

"Hey Smokey," Sudor said nodding. "Get me a non-alcoholic. "Did you do some recon?" she asked. "That little disturbance at the campus yesterday was you, right?"

"I did manage to get my hand on the schedule," Tomura said keeping the pride in his voice to a minimum. "Just used the reporters as cover and I managed to slip myself inside and make copies of the records."

"Good idea," Sudor said as she sipped from her new drink. "But you do know that we have a man on the inside. We could have traded that information without poking the beehive like you did. There's a chance they might send in reinforcements because of this."

"I am aware," Tomura said, justifying his reasons. Actually he just really wanted to prove that he could do it and his own resources could compete with his Mentor's gang. "The Living Tree has no obligation to provide me information and I would rather not pay for the information when I can do the job myself."

"You're developing your own intelligence network," Sudor said and Tomura felt himself bristle at the scepticism. "You've grown," Sudor said more quietly surprising him. "You're a bit better than the brat who I first met so many months ago." Her voice was quiet an inaudible in a deliberate attempt not to undermine him that he appreciated. "How long has it been? Six months? I'm starting to see you as an honorary member of Living Tree now." That didn't make Tomura particularly happy but he could understand how big an admission it was on her point and he could practically see the relationship level up. Still…

"If I'm honorary Living Tree then you should consider this a Living Tree mission and fight as such," Tomura said.

"You're even starting to sound a bit like the Boss," Sudor said with a wicked grin before she turned serious. "Just tell me when you want to go. We'll finish him off today."

"Nearly two hours now," Tomura said shrugging. "What things do you guys normally do while waiting." His mentor normally brought him directly to any of the jobs he participated in and that usually meant he was the last to arrive. He had never waited for a mission like this before. He couldn't even fire up his console and play a few rounds or these people waiting on him would get rowdy and he might have to kill one or two to quiet them down.

"Play cards," Sudor said pulling out a deck of cards from a pocket in her hoodie. "Want to give it a go. It's such a pain trying to play against the executive members. They all cheat with Quirks."

"Can't you just catch them," Tomur said tilting his head. "And doesn't your Boss stop that?"

"He can be just as bad as the other two," SUdor admitted easily with a grin. "And I think you may find that some powerful Quirks can be incredibly subtle. She laid out the deck, explaining the rules of a game called Rummy with her usual restraint. Tomura quickly started to feel pity for her. She had one the first round when he was still in the process of understanding the rules but he had won every round since then. Considering that he was a beginner at the game, the other three must have taken her to pieces.

Finally the two hours rolled down and put Sudor out of her misery. In that time the remains of his entourage left them alone apparently wary of getting on the wrong side of both of them. He had already asserted his dominance over the more rowdy newcomers and his Rummy opponent gave off this air of primal aggression and was already linked in their minds to him. In the end it was Kurogiri who tapped his watch discretely announcing that this was the time to head out. He nodded back in response before he stood up suddenly drawing eyes from all over the room as portions of the room gradually quieted.

A certain table continued talking obliviously and so he grabbed his nearly empty mug, drained the last bit of cola and chucked it towards the table where it shattered sending pieces of glass out that almost hit the occupants of the table.

"Are you here to talk," he said as the silence became absolute in the wake. "Or are you here today to kill All Might." A grin widened on his face hidden behind his father's hand. "Don't you hate all of these people who look up at the so called Symbol of Peace?" He felt an urge to scratch at his neck but he repressed it as he looked down at the people who would lead into battle. "Do any of you remember the times before he existed when we were taken seriously? Think back to the times when people were scared of villains before heroes sprung out from everywhere goading us. Well rejoice because today we will return to them. Today I ask you to rampage to your hearts content and witness the fall of All Might."

The crowds erupted into applause as he finished and Tomura rejoiced in their adulation basking in the glory until he turned his head to see Sudor giving him a so-so expression. He gritted his teeth in irritation at the woman before he forcibly relaxed himself. "Teleport us Kurogiri," he commanded assertively watching as the cloud of black mist appeared at the empty wall and he stepped through with the Nomou and Sudor following right behind with the rest of the gang following afterwards.

xxx

Katsuki Bakugou was having a pretty good day so far despite the annoyance that some of his classmates presented him with. U.A. was different from his previous school and so far he seemed to like it. He didn't have any of the extra acquaintances like in his previous school but at least the students here didn't have useless Quirks like back in his last school. His mind wandered to a certain useless Quirk before he stopped. No he wouldn't think of Deku…He wouldn't think of Midoriya anymore.

Despite his resolve he still found himself thinking back to that day that he and Midoriya fought in the abandoned field and in which he had lost utterly. It was the most humiliating day of his life and what was worse was how random and out of field it was. The two of them had long stopped interacting. He had even stopped trying to put him in his place for the two years as Midoriya seemed to give up on the role of a hero.

So when he had showed up and challenged him to a fight before giving him a beat down that fell just short of getting him sent to a hospital. To make an already bad situation worse in the following weeks Izuku made it known that he was going into the U.A general course. He eventually gets his Quirk, he actually manages to defeat him and then he goes and just joins the general course.

He had been tempted to confront him, but had no idea what to say and the uncomfortable situation frustrated him immensely.

The frog girl made a remark about him that he barely heard but he snapped yelling at the lot of them before retreating into angry silence. He took a deep breath turning that anger into focus to be the best. He would crush this training exercise and show that he was number one. He wouldn't lose to Midoriya again. As if agreeing with him the bus rolled to a stop and he managed to look out the window and get his first look at the dome that was the Unforeseen Simulation Joint. It looked like a domed windowed stadium with massive gold lettering in the front with U.S.J.

Immediately the students began filing out one after the other, some showing enthusiasm and some more reserved. He was one of the last ones out of the bus and into the stadium when he left he saw Aizawa talking to a hero in a spacesuit whose name he could just not remember at the moment. The class were milling around at the entrance while the two teachers were talking before the spaceman stepped forward.

"Welcome to the U.S.J. That's short for the Unforseen Simulation Joint as you likely already know. I am the Rescue Hero and I built this facility to teach you the noble duty of rescue; a task that all of you will no doubt experience sometime in your career," the voice of the hero was calm but stern. "Remember that it is not the end of the world if you let a villain go. However if your actions lead to the death of a civilian, even if you are acquitted both the public and your own conscience may not so easily forgive."

"My Quirk as you may know is called Black Hole," they continued. "And it is a Quirk that could very easily lead to death if misused. There is a reason why Quirks are heavily monitored and restricted and why we emphasise control over your own Quirk at U.A. This class in particular was designed to teach you how to save lives."

He inwardly grimaced at that. His Quirk wasn't designed for saving lives. He would leave that to his classmates with their useless weak Quirks. Still their words seemed to have stirred a fire in the class with the most of them looking eagerly to throw themselves into this rescue stuff. The Pro Hero took a bow when suddenly Aizawa turned sharply looking over the balcony.

"Don't move," he yelled sharply turning back. "Stick together." There was a dull sort of surprise at that and despite the instructions he took a step forward and craned his neck getting a glimpse at just what their homeroom teacher saw. In the middle of the facility a gaseous black substance poured out from a point and dozens of villainous looking people stepped out from the smoky substance.

"Protect the students, Thirteen," Aizawa yelled as he scrambled to put on his glasses. "Those are villains." For a moment Katsuki was struck dumb at the thought. What sort of villain invades U.A.? That's home to some of the greatest Pro Heroes never mind All Might. How could they even think of attacking U.A? The whole situation was so far out of his expectations that he couldn't even feel excited for the battle; more like confused and unnerved at the situation.

"Thirteen and Eraserhead,"a villain that was composed entirely out of that same smoky substance said. "According to our schedule All Might is supposed to be here."

"Where is he," a white haired lanky villain with hands all over his body said. He sounded stressed and disappointed. "We brought such a gathering and so many partners and he didn't even show up."

"Sometimes the best plans just get fucked up by bad luck," a white haired woman spoke and to his alarm Katsuki recognized that he knew that woman. She was the one who invaded the police station and froze all the pro heroes before All Might got there. "All Might was supposed to be here but wasn't. Are you going to keep or change the plan?"

"You're right," the hand guy said, that air of desperation had disappeared and was replaced with a chilling bloodlust. "How would it look if a bunch of kids died while All Might was away? Thank you for the idea Sudor."

"Well, I was asked to help," the villain named Sudor said almost lackadaisically at the idea of murder."

"Aren't there intruder sensors," that rich-looking girl said and the rescue hero thirteen nodded in response.

"Disabled, there must be a villain with a jamming Quirk," the rescue hero said.

"This attack was well planned," the icy bastard said. "They deliberately chose a time when there were a few people here. They can't be stupid."

"Thirteen start evacuating the students," Aizawa said tying his glasses on his face as he looked down at the villains and loosening his capture scarf. Was he actually going to attack that many villains? Katsuki found himself quite frankly impressed at the courage of his teacher and he resolved not to do any less. In an incredible show of athleticism their teacher leapt down the entire flight of stairs.

He hit the ground already moving as his capture weapon wrapped around two unfortunate villains crashing them into each other before they fell down unmoving. He moved onto the next couple mowing them down and Katsuki felt a grin on his features as he watched his homeroom teacher mow down the villains unstoppably and his fingers itched to jump in there himself; but then in an instant the momentum was reversed.

That woman, who had attacked at the bank, the ice bitch, launched herself forward towards his teacher, who was in the middle of capturing a villain in his scarf, throwing a punch that Aizawa had to turn and barely managed to block before he was thrown backwards and almost off his feet by the momentum. Was that a super-strength Quirk? Didn't she have some ice Quirk? The woman walked towards Aizawa_

His attention at that moment was thrown off by the fucking four-eyes who had grabbed onto his shoulder.

"We need to evacuate," the nerd said and Katsuki snarled inwardly before he reluctantly turned away.

"There's no need for that," the white-haired said as he stepped forth from a new misty cloud. Next to him the mist resolved into a humanoid form who stood politely behind the man. "You will remain as our hostages until All Might arrives? Unless he has cancelled entirely in which case maybe we should let one go to lure him in."

"We can't stand against the entire U.A. facility," the black misty one said.

"What should we do teacher," the red head with a telekinesis quirk said. He had barely paid attention to her in class, she had a very thin presence and kept quiet most of the time. He couldn't even remember her name.

"Just stay back," the teacher said and the two villains looked towards the hero before the white-haired one smiled.

"I see, you're being sneaky," he chuckled before he moved. Thirteen took a step back as the villain darted towards him before he darted to the side just a black hole formed with him just outside the event horizon. Katsuki couldn't hold himself back and he launched himself towards the villain only for the man to dodge his strike and step past him. In the next second he saw a hand touch his gauntlet and the whole thing started to disintegrate.

He stepped back at that point fumbling for the emergency release that they had insisted on putting in even as the decay grew worse and worse and he barely managed to throw it in before he felt a wave of darkness envelop him. The last sight he saw before everything went dark was the white-haired villain launching himself towards Thirteen with a sadistic glee on his face.

Author Note: Really short chapter. Took me absurdly long to write. FML.