Disclaimer: Boku no Hero Academia characters and plot events belongs to Horikoshi Kohei.

To Be a Hero

kidnapped

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"Hey Dabi! Did you hear the radio?" Twice asked excitedly with his hands in the air. He and Dabi were walking through the forest to the meeting location. "I'm so pumped! Mr. Compress already succeeded!" he switched up his tone and body language the next second, "Took him long enough! I was getting sleepy!"

"Don't say that. He did a good job," Dabi replied in a deadpan. "Now, we just have to wait for everyone to get back here."

"That's not right! You're right."

"This place was supposed to be hard to find because of the wall of flames and gas, but the gas was cleared away. Things never go according to plan, huh?"

Hiding behind the bush where the two villains were walking by, Aoyama was trembling with fear. After he and Momo encountered the poisonous gas, the girl had ran off with someone from class 1-B to find the other students so she can make more gas masks. He was suppose to carry the unconscious Jiro and Hagakure back to camp, but he had been so scared that he found himself unable to move.

Someone defeated the villain... They're fighting! I need to... I... he stuck his head out of the bush to see if the cost was clear, but he suddenly made eye contact with Dabi and the fear and bile rose up from his throat again. Our eyes met... He's coming over to kill me...!

"Dabi! Speaking of which, this has nothing to do with anything, but is it okay not to call the Nomu guy? You said it'd only react to your voice or something, right? It's very important!"

"Oh, yeah," Dabi paused his steps and decided to continue to the meeting location instead. "You asked me why I didn't add it to the battle, right?"

"Be grateful! Bow before me!"

"A monster specifically for me, from Shigaraki... It's probably killed at least one person by now. I guess I'll call him back."

As the villains walked farther away, Aoyama let out a shaky breath. He couldn't contribute to the fight at all, and now the bad guys must have succeeded in capturing Bakugou, one of their intended targets. He wanted to help. He wanted to be useful, but he was cowardly and feared for his life.

This is the least I can do... I have to do it! he picked himself up with his legs still shaking. He made sure to keep Jiro and Hagakure hidden from the main path as he trailed behind the villains. I have to follow them!

"Huh? No one else is here yet?" Toga's voice piped in a curious drawl as she met up with Dabi and Twice in the clearing.

"You lunatic. Did you get the blood? How many people's worth?" Dabi asked.

"One person's worth!"

"Just one?!" Twice exclaimed animately. "Weren't you told to get at least three?!"

"It couldn't be helped. I thought I was going to be killed."

"Aren't you a little too happy?" the man asked in his lower voice. "Was there anything to make you depressed?"

Toga held her blushing face with a starstruck look in her golden eyes. Her experience here had been so wonderful that she was sad it was going to be ending so soon. "I made some friends and found a boy I'm interested in."

"You mean me?!" Twice raised his brows suggestively before clasping his hands together, "Sorry, I can't!" he apologized, and then he signaled a heart, "I like you, too!"

"You're too loud. Shut up..." Dabi heard something in the distance and he raised his head to the sky just in time to see Mr. Compress falling from sky with a bunch of kids grabbing onto him. He took a step back just as the group came crashing down into the clearing and a cloud of dust mushroomed from the impact.

After three of their friends were kidnapped, Todoroki and the others used Tsuyu and Uraraka's help to propel them in the air after the villain. They grabbed on tight and would not let go once they landed on the ground.

"Hey hey! I know these kids!" Twice pointed. "Who are they?!"

"Give Kacchan, Tokoyami-kun, and Shiro-san back!" Midoriya yelled on top of the villain. He couldn't even move his arms from the pain but he won't stop until he gets his friends back.

"Mister, get out of the way," Dabi said as he activated his Quirk. The other villain turned himself into a marble and propelled himself out of the students' grip as a scorching flame shot towards them. Twice leaped towards them while they were distracted and prepared to kill.

"Faces from Shigaraki's kill list! That little beat-up boy and you!"

Todoroki moved out of the way and blasted a large ice attack at the man before he could reach any of them. Toga was running to attack Midoriya with her knife and Shoji pushed her off right before that could happen. Meanwhile, Mr. Compress reverted back to his body after the coast was clear and rubbed his shoulders.

"Ow, I can't believe they all flew so far to chase after me," he complained with a wince. Dabi walked up to him with a hand out.

"Where's Bakugou and that girl Shigaraki wants?"

"Of course..." Mr. Compress reached into his coat pocket to retrieve the marbles, only to find it empty. "Hm?"

"Midoriya, Todoroki, we're running away!" Shoji signaled. He showed the villains the three marbles in his hand, "You kept flaunting that right pocket of yours, so inside were these—Bakugou, Tokoyami, and Aisaka, right, entertainer?"

"Oh, that didn't take you very long! As expected for someone with six arms!" Mr. Compress sounded impressed. The three started to run and Dabi was going to attack, but he stopped the man with a chuckle. Portal gates opened up around he villains as Kurogiri appeared before the three students.

"It has been five minutes since the signal. Let's go, Dabi."

"Sorry Izuku-kun, I'll see you later," Toga gave the beat-up boy a smile as she waved farewell. The others started to leave as well but Dabi frowned.

"Wait. Our goal is not yet—"

"Oh, that? They seemed so happy that they rushed out here, so I thought I'd give them a present," Mr. Compress said without sounding upset about getting his marbles stolen from him. "It's a habit, one of the basics of magic. When I flaunt something, it's because there's something I don't want you to see."

The three students realized the villain's meaning just as he took off his mask and showed them what was hidden in his mouth. Three marbles glistened on his tongue. He snapped his fingers, and the fakes that they retrieved earlier were ice from Todoroki's Quirk.

"During the freezing attack, I prepared dummies and put them in my right pocket. If you discover what was in my right hand was in my right pocket, then of course you'd rush happily over," he explained briefly as he entered the portal with a bow. "And now, that's all from me—"

A bright light shot out from within the bushes and blew off the mask on Mr. Compress's face, the impact of the hit was hard enough for the man to open his mouth and the three marbles flew out.

"Aoyama-kun!" Midoriya said with relief before Todoroki and Shoji immediately rushed to grab the falling marbles. A jolt of pain coursed up his arms as he also ran to catch up and he fell over, but he did not give up.

Shoji managed to grab one of the marbles with his arm as the other two marbles were within Todoroki's reach. He touched one of them with his fingertips just as Dabi's hand shot out and stole both of them right before his eyes.

"That's sad, Todoroki... Shoto..." he smirked as the boy fell onto the ground. He looked over at Mr. Compress, "Confirm these now. Release them."

"My show's been ruined!" the man muttered as he snapped his fingers. The marble in Shoji's hand revealed to be Tokoyami as the two in Dabi's became Bakugou and Shiro.

They took a second to comprehend what was happening bit couldn't do a thing to save themselves. Dabi's hands gripped both of their necks tightly with just a tinge of heat threatening to burn them both if they tried to escape.

Midoriya and Todoroki rushed desperately to reach the two but the villain retreated into the swirling portal before they got close.

"Kacchan!"

"Shiro!"

"Don't come, Deku...!" Bakugou growled as he disappeared into the black abyss with Shiro.

With the attack and kidnappings, the training camp was put to halt as authorities and rescue teams came to assess the aftermath that left over half of the hero course students unconscious and injured, and even one Pro Hero, Ragdoll, missing with evidence of massive blood loss.

"To be attacked during a training camp meant to prepare students to fight villains... We should be embarrassed by the irony," Nezu said in the meeting room with three other Pro Heroes. There were a hoard of reporters outside U.A.'s gates demanding to know the heroes' statements immediately after they caught wind of the attack. "We feared the revitalization of villains, but our understanding of it was naive. They had already started their war to destroy hero society."

"Even if we had understood it, would we have been able to defend against it?" Midnight asked with her hands clasped. "With all these persistent developments unfolding one after another... Ever since All Might, most organized crime had been weeded out."

"So we all got too complacent during the peaceful times without realizing it, thinking we had time to prepare," Present Mic complained. All Might hugged his head with a dire and guilty look in his expression.

"I am angry from the bottom of my heart at my own cowardice. While they were fighting desperately, I was... Relaxing in the tub."

"Having the sports festival right after the attack... We can't keep taking unyielding positions like that like we have up until now," Snipe said. "To have two students kidnapped is U.A.'s greatest failure. They have stolen the trust people had in us heroes, along with Bakugou and Aisaka."

Nezu nodded, "All the news outlets are filled with criticism of U.A. right now. If they were trying to get Bakugou-kun, it was probably because his violent side was made common knowledge at the sports festival. If he is won over by the villains, then it's over for U.A. as an educational institution."

"But what reason would they have in taking Eraser's kiddo?!" Present Mic frowned as he thought about how devastated Aizawa must be feeling at this moment. As a sort of godfather for the ruby eyed girl himself, he was heavy-hearted after the news. "It can't be the same reason as Bakugou, that's for sure. She was one of the students who had direct altercation with the leader of the League of Villains... To be taken by them... It makes me incredibly uneasy."

"Wouldn't that have made Midoriya-kun a target as well?" Midnight asked. "It's unlikely that was the sole reason. It could be because they found out that she is being taken cared of by Eraserhead and wanted to get back at him?"

"There's something else I'd like to say," Present Mic said with his brows furrowed seriously. "It can be conclusively said—there's a traitor among us, isn't there? Only the teachers and Pussycats knew where the training camp would be held, after all! And that's not all that is suspicious!" he slapped his hands on the table as he got up angrily. Someone had to had leaked information to the villains, resulting in the kidnappings! "Using their cellphone location information, even the students—"

"Mic, stop it," Midnight warned. Everyone was tense because of this situation, and accusations like that was only going to exacerbate it.

"How can I?! Let's clean this place up thoroughly!"

"What about you? Can you prove that you're 100% innocent?" Snipe challenged. "Can you assert that everyone here is innocent?"

"What?!" Present Mic sat back down. He knew he was being too brash, but it was eating away at him. "I would never put my goddaughter in danger like that!"

Snipe sighed, "I understand how you're feeling, but if we suspect each other, then we'll destroy ourselves from the inside. Looking for a traitor isn't something we should do in a hurry."

"At the very least, I trust you all," Nezu piped. "I can't prove definitively that I'm completely innocent either, though. For now, what we must do as a school is guarantee the safety of the students. With the suspected leak, there's something I've been thinking about doing for a while now."

The heroes listened as the principal suggested to put the students in a dormitory within U.A. school grounds. Before they can get any further, however, All Might's cell rang and the hero apologized while heading out to receive the call with a heavy heart.

"Tsukauchi-kun?"

"We just got the statements from Aizawa-kun and Vlad King, but there's been an unexpected development! We may be able to determine the whereabouts of the League of Villains."

The news reporters on the T.V. screen expressed their worry for the students that were taken by the League of Villains and the future direction of U.A. There is largely a mistrust in the school as villains have specifically targeted the hero course students twice within a few months time. Not only that, but the Pro Heroes of U.A. were preparing a live interview at this moment to the public.

"I'm really grateful for all the publicity we've been getting," Shigaraki said with a cheery attitude. The other villains all stood around the bar casually after successfully completing the mission. He turned towards the U.A. students, "Wouldn't you agree...?"

Bakugou was restrained by straps around his torso and legs and a giant anti-Quirk metal box cuff around his hands. Shiro was seated besides the blonde, her restraints were the same but there was a blindfold over her eyes as well.

"You..." she growled after hearing the villain's voice, attempting to pull out of the restraints but it only reddened her skin. It was worse because she was blindfolded and she was forced to only turn her head around to hear and sense any movement without her eyes. "You're a coward for sending your lackeys to do your dirty work."

Shigaraki walked up to the girl calmly and reached over to touch her face with four fingers. "They did a good job at bringing you back in one piece..." he murmured. She scowled visibly in disgust as Bakugou shouted at him.

"Get your dirty hands off of her!"

Shigaraki ignored the indignant male as he pulled the blindfold off the girl so that he can see her ruby eyes that were full of hatred for him. Shiro was finally able to see what was around her; they were at some bar and the T.V. behind the group of villains gathered there was showing Aizawa and Vlad King in a meeting room with reporters asking about the whereabouts of her and Bakugou. Her mentor and guardian was in front of the media he hated to give a statement, and she could see even through his clean-shaven face that he was stressed and worried.

Eraserhead...

Shigaraki shut off the T.V. so that her attention can be focused back on him. "The heroes are being criticized. Don't you find that strange? They way they were dealing with things was just a little off the mark. Is it because it's their job to protect? Everyone makes a mistake or two. Are they supposed to be perfect? Modern-day heroes are so uptight. Don't you think?"

"Once heroes receive compensation to protect people, they aren't heroes anymore," Spinner piped with his eyes narrowed in disproval of heroes. "That is Stain's teaching."

"The strange system of transforming people's lives into money or glory... The society that sticks tight to those rules... The citizens who blame the losers rather than encourage them..." the young leader tilted his head in questions. "What is a hero? What is justice? Is this society truly just? Why would you want to be on the side that's so twisted, Shiragiku?"

"Don't call me so familiarly, villain. You're the one that's twisted and you won't get away with this," Shiro replied with venom behind her words. She found that she couldn't use her Quirk at all while the cuffs are on her. "Whatever you want to do with us, it won't change the fact that you'll be brought down by the heroes sooner or later."

Shigaraki frowned behind the hand that was obscuring his face. She still thinks that heroes will always come save the people in need. It was the heroes who manipulated her into thinking this, and it was them that tore her away from him in the first place!

"I won't let heroes come take you away. They won't come. No! You're staying here with me!" he narrowd his eyes behind the hand mask as he muttered obsessively. "And I will call you whatever I like! Do you know what your name means? Truth and grief... Do you want to know the truth about who you are, Shiragiku?"

"Villains do nothing but lie and cheat. Just because you've done your research doesn't mean anything. You think I'll believe anything you have to say?"

"Heroes have done the same thing!" Shigaraki spat with his tone low. "Isn't that why you weren't ever told about your brother? Don't you miss him? Don't you wish they would've told you earlier, so that you can see him?!"

There was a flash of emotion in the girl's eyes that was distinctive and clear. She was worried about her brother and she was confused and angry at why the League of Villains knew about Tenko since that was kept under tight wraps. She didn't want to fear for the worse but the information made her irrational and she lurched forward, "Why do you know about him...?! If you've done anything to him, I'll kill you—!"

Shigaraki felt himself grow happy at her response which confirmed his earlier delusions even more. I knew she cared... I knew it.

"Oi!" Bakugou shouted from besides the girl. He was shocked and confused to hear about a brother for the first time, but this was not the time to sit down and chat about each other's pasts. Shiro was letting her emotions get to her and only hurting herself in the restraints. "Stop provoking her, you piece of shit!"

"Shut up, I'm not talking to you right now," Shigaraki muttered before pushing the girl back to stop the restraints from crushing her ribs. "I don't want you to get hurt after I went through all that trouble to get you by my side, Shiragiku. We don't have a medic—"

"I will never be on your side!" she growled as she pushed against him again.

"You don't mean that," his ruby eyes glowered before his hands went up to Bakugou's throat, his pinky just shy from touching down and disintegrating the male to ash. "Be a good girl and stay still, or I'll hurt him."

Shiro stopped struggling immediately and gritted her teeth, "If it's me you want, then let him go!"

"No, we brought him here for a reason. We're planning on winning," he turned to the blonde in reminder of what he's seen during the sports festival. The violence that the male displayed and the raw potential he had. "You like winning, too, right?"

Bakugou glared at the villain with a fiery gaze. He had understood even before being told why he was brought here. It made no sense that they took Shiro, too, at first, but from what he's seen transpire in front of him, he can tell that Shigaraki held some weird fascination with the girl. He was going as far as threatening her to keep her from hurting herself.

"Dabi, release his restraints."

The deeply scarred male from earlier didn't move from his spot after receiving the order, "This guy's gonna fight, you know."

"It's fine. We need to treat him like an equal," Shigaraki explained. It wouldn't be possible to leave so easily with a room full of villains, anyway. He reached out again and peered at Shiro to search for any emotion she was holding in response to his decision. "I'm releasing Bakugou-kun from the binds. I'll release you, too. Since I listened to you, you have to listen to me, okay? You both can tell if you'll win or not if you fight in this situation, right?"

Dabi looked over at Twice before telling him to take off Bakugou's restraints because he didn't want to do it. Shigaraki was personally taking the ones off Shiro, so the eccentric man had no choice but to begrudgingly do it.

"I do apologize for using such forceful methods," Mr. Compress said from his corner, referring to what happened at camp. "But please understand that we are not just a mob trying to commit crimes."

"Even though our situations differ, everyone here has been restricted and suffered because of people... Rules... And heroes..." Shigaraki said as he took off the last binding from Shiro and held onto her face with four of his fingers. "I'll make you see that, Shiragiku. Want me to tell you about your brother? I can tell you what the heroes can't..."

Shiro's eyes widened and she faltered, "Tell... Tell me—"

Bakugou kicked Twice away as his last bindings fell to the ground. He jumped over to send a giant blast at Shigaraki while pulling Shiro away from the villain.

"Shigaraki!" Twice exclaimed as the hand on the young leader's face fell off. Through the struggle, the remote of the T.V. was blasted on the ground and the power button was hit to show Aizawa still talking to the reporters.

"I told you to get your dirty hands off of her, didn't I?" Bakugou hissed and stood in front of the emotional girl protectively. "Listening to your endless talking... Idiots can't get to the point, so they're always talking for a long time. What's with all the excuses? You basically want us to join you to harass other people... Tch. Don't bother because I want to win like All Might. No matter what anyone says, that will never change!"

"As an educator, I take full responsibility for Bakugou Katsuki's violent behavior. However, his actions at the sports festival originated in what he considers 'ideal strength'. He is trying harder than anyone in his pursuit of becoming the top hero. If the villains saw that and thought they had an opening, then I believe they are being short-sighted."

"That's not evidence, though. And what about Aisaka Shiragiku, the other student who was kidnapped? Why is she involved? How do you know nothing has happened to her if the villain's main target is Bakugou Katsuki?"

"Shiro is a fighter. I believe in her willpower to fight until we get there," Aizawa said as Nezu spoke next.

"We are not just standing around idly. We are currently investigating along with the police. We will definitely get our students back."

After hearing the words from their homeroom teacher's mouth, Bakugou and Shiro gained more confidence. Aizawa believed in them both and that was all the encouragement they needed to try and break free of these villains.

"That's how it is, you damn scum of a league!" Bakugou taunted Shigaraki and the others. "Just so you know, I'm still allowed to fight!"

Having come back to her senses, Shiro backed him up. They stood back to back; they were thinking how the villains planned such a large-scale attack to get the blonde on their side, so he was obviously labeled as an important person they can use. Shiro still didn't quite understand why Shigaraki was personally so interested in her as well, but if he thinks that he can use her missing brother as a threat then he had another thing coming. The villains won't try to kill them seriously, but they still have to be careful.

"What a smart boy," Magne said with worry. Dabi scoffed.

"No, he's an idiot."

"I'll stab you," Toga told the blonde excitedly before drawing her attention to Shiro with a blush. "Since Tomura-kun likes so you much, let's be friends, Shiragiku-chan! Or is it Shiro-chan since that gross old man with the scar called you that? I'll call you that now!"

"Don't insult Eraserhead," Shiro narrowed her eyes. "And don't call me anything. You all disgust me."

"Stop talking to them, Pigtails. I don't wanna be in an annoying place like this for very long."

His words were meant to rile and encourage so she flashed him a small smirk, "I'm waiting on you, Prickhead."

"Father..." Shigaraki muttered at the hand on the ground. His own hand twitched with irritation as he took a step towards the two. Kurogiri was about to activate his portal to avoid any bloodshed when the young leader stopped him with a hand. "Don't touch them, any of you," he ordered and went to pick up the hand on the ground. "That guy is a valuable piece... And I've decided to keep Shiragiku alive from now on. I do wish you both would listen to me a little better, though... But since the heroes said they're still investigating, we don't have time to talk leisurely. Master, lend me your power."

"Master...?" Bakugou tensed with caution. "You're not the boss around here? That's not funny."

"Kurogiri, Compress, make them go to sleep again," he ordered.

"As if I'll let that happen! If you want us to listen, then get on your knees and die!" Bakugou growled and grabbed Shiro's hand securely. He realized they were cornered because Kurogiri was in the way of him being able to make a large explosion. There needs to be an opening, and he remembered the girl's Absolute Zone that can give them 30 seconds of time to reach the door and get out. He glanced at her briefly to see if she was thinking along the lines of what he was thinking and smirked when she held a knowing look in her eyes.

One the count of three, we'll bust through the door.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"Hello, this is Pizza-La, Camino store."

Pizza delivery? Shiro wondered as everyone stood frozen for a moment and stared at the door. Something was off about that since this was suppose to be a 'secret' base.

"SMASH!"

The side wall blew open and Mr. Compress along with Spinner got blasted over towards the others. Seeing the Symbol of Peace drew smiles onto the two captive students' faces and a panicked one on the villains' faces.

"Kurogiri! Gate!" Shigaraki shouted as he attempted to reach over to grab Shiro.

"Pre-emptive Binding..." Kamui Woods swung in with his fingers extended into long woody bindings and caught all of the villains within his grasp. "Lacquered Chain Prison!" Before Dabi can use his Quirk to burn the wood off, Gran Torino zipped in and knocked him unconscious.

"You can't run anymore, League of Villains!" All Might said with authority. "Why? Because we are here!"

"Right after that press conference..." Mr. Compress grunted under his bindings. "Don't tell me this was pre-arranged?"

"When one is on the offensive is when one neglects defense most," Edgeshot, the current No. 5 hero, came inside the slit of the door with his Quirk Foldabody and unlocked it. Behind the door was an army of special operation soldiers. "We're not the only ones here. Outside, you're surrounded by skillful heroes, like Endeavor, and the police."

All the heroes... Shiro's eyes widened with respect and she looked up at All Might.

"I'm sure you both were scared," All Might turned to the two with a smile. "You did good at bearing it until we came. I'm sorry it took so long, but it's fine now!"

"I-I wasn't scared!" Bakugou shouted with embarrassment. "Not even close, damn it!"

"Calm down," Shiro said while tugging at her hand that was still being held by the blonde. There was a small blush on her face, "You can let go now, too..."

"S-Shut up!"

"After I went through all that trouble to prepare this... Why are you coming to me, you last boss?" Shigaraki grumbled under his breath. He couldn't get to Shiro in time before he was restrained, either, so it was making his blood boil. This was just like the last two times, the hero always coming to take the girl away from him. "'We're not the only ones here' apply to us as well... Kurogiri! Bring as many as you can over!" he ordered.

"Nomus, I assume?" All Might countered. They had planned for this and actually found both of the hideouts. Right now, Mt. Lady, Best Jeanist, Tiger, and Gang Orca were at the second location and restraining the genetically-altered monsters as they spoke.

"What's wrong, Kurogiri?!"

"I'm sorry, Shigaraki Tomura. The Nomus that were supposed to be in a fixed location... Are not there...!"

"You are still green, Shigaraki! League of Villains, you underestimated everything too much—the souls of the young heroes, the diligent investigations of the police, and—our anger!" All Might bellowed. "That's enough with the childish pranks. This is the end, Shigaraki Tomura!"

"The end, you say? Don't be ridiculous. I've only just begun. Justice... Peace... I'll destroy this garbage heap that you put a lid on with such vague ideas! It was all for the purpose that I set All Might apart and started gathering people to my cause..." Shigaraki struggled as he stood on his two feet. "This is the beginning. Kurogiri!"

Before the warp gate can move, Edgeshot shot inside the villain and made him fall limp. Magne shook around with a scared disposition, thinking that the man was dead. "I just played around with this insides and made him unconscious. He's not dead," Edgeshot said. "Ninpo: Thousand Sheet Pierce! This man was always a nuisance. I'll have him sleep."

"Hey Shigaraki, can I ask you where your boss is?" Gran Torino inquired.

Inside Shigaraki's mind was a jumble; scenes from his past came back to haunt him as he was cast aside and left for dead in the burning orphanage. Only one person reached out and came to save him, and that was his master All For One. His sister was taken from him and he was alone. No one else was there for him except All For One.

"Heroes can't save everyone, can they? You and your sister struggled to find a place to stay, and when you did, they still casted you aside, didn't they? Why did they only save your sister, and not you? You didn't do anything wrong. It's fine. I'm here for you."

"Don't be ridiculous..." his ruby eyes were wide as he looked at All Might and then to the girl besides him. "I won't this happen again... I won't... You need to disappear..."

"They're the ones who made you feel so alone, right? They took your only family away."

"Shigaraki!" All Might stepped forward.

"I hate you!" he shouted before multiple warp gates opened up inside the bar with Nomus coming out. Everyone was visibly shocked since Kurogiri was still unconscious, but Shigaraki knew this was his master's doing and took this opportunity of distraction to his advantage. "I won't let you take her away from me again!"

"What the fu—" Bakugou's shout ended abruptly as he was engulfed by the slimy mass that was the warp gate. He reached out his hand but found that Shiro was being taken in the same manner, "Shiro!"

"Bakugou!"

"Young Bakugou! Young Aisaka!" All Might reached out for them but he was too late as both of them disappeared before his eyes. "NOOO!"

Rough week. There are still concerns for my well-being but I'm doing my best. This chapter is perhaps not the most interesting but it's the build-up to the next where the real action starts, so please be patient with me :) Leave a review and gimme some dopamine TT Reading all of the encouragements and comments about chp. 32 really made me so happy and lightened up my crappy, stressy month. Thank you all for that!