Immortālitās

Chapter Seven

The four remaining villains were a sorry sight as I towered over their unconscious forms.

I coughed and something tickled my side.

Ah, that's right. One of them stabbed me in the side when I was turned away from them.

I promptly removed it.

"I-Ivan?" I turned towards the person who said my name. He startled back.

"Oh, hey Mashirao." I greeted him and ignored his sudden fear. "Are any of these guys giving you trouble?"

"N-no," he replied and then cleared his throat. There you go, steel your nerves. "I was just heading towards the exit when I heard screaming."

"Ah, yeah," I rubbed the back of my helmet and smiled sheepishly. He flinched. "Let's just say they were in over their heads. So which way was the exit? I haven't had a chance to look for it yet."

"It was that way," he pointed to the south-west. "You are the only other student I have come across, so I think it's safe to say that we're free to go without leaving anyone behind."

"I'll take point," I said as we ran towards the exit. "I'm best suited for any surprise attacks after all."

We reached the exit with no trouble, and Mashirao chose that time to speak up.

"Will you be able to continue?" He asked me.

"Oh, of course," I turned to him and he looked confused. "What is it?"

"Your face," he said slowly. "It's back to normal."

"Oh," I reached up and touched the unblemished skin. "Yeah. That will happen. Sorry for scaring you."

"I'm sorry for reacting so poorly," he looked sincere. "This is the first time I've ever witnessed your quirk though. It's amazing!"

"I suppose you could say that." I laughed nervously. "But let's keep moving forward! We need to get back to the others."

"Lead the way!"

We sprinted down a path that lead us to the lake where the shipwreck was located. I could see Izuku, Tsu, and the little pervert hiding in its depths and followed their line of sight. Aizawa-sensei was pinned down by a giant monster, and it looked like he was done for.

My body shook with anger. Did they sit there as he was beaten near-to-death? Or did they just arrive on the scene like Mashirao and myself? I was about to run forward, when the man with hands on his body spoke aloud.

"We can't win against a bunch of pros," he sighed. "It's game over this time. Game over."

Does that mean someone was able to escape?

"Let's go home."

What?

"But before we leave," he looked over at the three hiding in the water. "Let's destroy his pride as the Symbol of Peace!"

No!

I started running towards them, taking out my battle axe as he started reaching for Tsu. I didn't know what his quirk did, and I wasn't looking forward to finding out.

I noticed Aizawa looking my way before he looked at the man kneeling at the water. He was going to erase his quirk!

"Tch," the villain looked back at him. "You really are cool, Eraser Head."

I tried not flinch as our teacher's head was slammed back into the ground and I swung my axe down at the villain.

Blood splashed through the air as the blade dug into purple flesh.

I growled at the monster that now stood with my axe in its shoulder.

"Smash!" Midoriya screamed before a shockwave tore through the area.

The smoke cleared and the monster now stood with Izuku's fist in its gut. But like my axe, it had no real effect on it.

"You kids move fast," the one with the creepy hands said. "And you, with your smash. Are you a follower of All Might? Well, it doesn't matter. I'm done with you."

Everything seemed to happen fast as the monster ripped my axe from its shoulder and snapped it in half. The wound healed instantaneously.

Regenerative abilities?!

It went to grab Izuku but I pushed him towards Tsu, who started reaching out to us with her frog-like tongue. It grabbed me by the arm and I stared it down as it swung its arm towards my head.

I guess we'll be putting my quirk to the test again.

Then everything stopped when we heard a loud smashing noise from the entrance.

"It's fine now!" A familiar voice called. "I am here!"

All Might arrived, and he was not smiling.

"All Might!" Minoru shouted.

"Ah!" The blue-haired guy said excitedly. "I've been waiting, hero. The dregs of society has finally arrived!"

All Might was instantly upon the remaining group of low-life villains, and gathered the broken Aizawa in his arms.

"I'm sorry, Aizawa."

He then looked our way, and I felt a quick shift in placement before we were settled onto the ground next to All Might.

"Huh?" Minoru was confused. "How did we get here?"

"Everyone," All Might said seriously. "Go to the entrance. I'm leaving Aizawa to you, now hurry!"

"Yes, sir!" I said with Tsu, Minoru, and Mashirao. I waved them on, as I could carry Eraser Head by myself.

"I don't know what the blue-haired guy can do." I looked at All Might. "But the purple monster is super-fast, and strong. It was also capable of instantly regenerating a wound I inflicted with my axe."

"Thank you, young Ivan." He looked back at the villains. "Now, go!"

I sprinted towards the stairs, while Izuku stayed behind.

Please don't be an idiot, Midoriya!

I heard footsteps behind me and let out a sigh. All Might must have convinced him to come with us. Good.

The ground rumbled below us.

"How did a suplex look like an explosion?!" Minoru yelled in wonder. "All Might is on a whole different level than us!"

"Even though he's a newbie teacher that can't teach us without looking at his notes." Tsu stated bluntly.

"He's All Might," I added. "We have to put our full confidence in him."

I noticed that Izuku remained oddly quiet, a perplexed look on his face.

It was as if he knew something that we didn't.

Once the smoke cleared from the explosion, we looked at a frightening sight.

All Might did, indeed, have the named Nomu monster in a suplex. It was the man with the warping quirk that allowed the monster to appear below All Might, as it dug its claws into All Might's sides that was frightening.

All Might struggled with getting the claws torn from his sides, as he started to sink into the purple mist with the Nomu.

"Mashirao, take Aizawa from me!" I shouted as Izuku started to run back towards the fight.

"Don't go in alone," I grabbed him by the back of the shirt as a purple warp appeared in front of him. "You idiot!"

"Yeah!" Another voice shouted as an explosion took place in front of us. "You're in the way, Deku!"

"K-Kacchan?!"

A sheet of ice overtook the area as Shoto made his presence known, and All Might used it as an opportunity to get out of the Nomu's grasp.

"The Symbol of Peace cannot be killed by the likes of you."

Five of us now stood along with All Might in front of the League of Villain's leader.

"Kurogiri," he took in the scene before him. "Our entrance and exit has been overcome. We're in quite the pinch. In addition to capturing him, you're all almost uninjured. Kids these days are amazing. They make the League of Villains look bad."

He then looked at the still frozen monster, slowly sinking into the purple mist.

"Nomu."

The monster forced its body to stand up, even as parts of its body broke off with the ice.

"His body is broken," Izuku said with a surprised Shoto next to him. "How is he still able to move?"

"Get back, everyone!" All Might called out in alarm.

Then suddenly, the Numo's arm and leg regenerated.

Is that what my quirk will be able to do after it has had more time to mature?

"Nomu has been modified to take you on at 100%, your perfect counter-measure!" The leader declared, looking at All Might. "We need to get our gate back. Go, Nomu."

My body reacted before the villain finished his sentence and I prepared myself to take the blow coming from the monster.

All Might isn't the number one hero for nothing though.

As the Nomu prepared to strike, All Might was able to move myself and Bakugo out of harm's way, and was even allotted enough time to defend himself.

"K-Kacchan?! Ivan?! You were able to dodge? That's amazing!" Izuku shouted in surprise.

"No!" Bakugo growled in response. "Shut up, scum!"

We looked over to see All Might with his arm up in a defensive stance. "Do you not know how to hold back?"

"It was to rescue my companions," the blue-haired one said. "I had no choice."

He then pointed towards me. "Earlier, that samurai-looking one was about to slice me up with his axe, you know. Though I suppose violence for the sake of others makes it admirable. Doesn't it, hero? I'm angry, All Might. I'm angry that this world categorizes the same violent acts as heroic or villainous. Trying to decide what's good and what's bad. You're the Symbol of Peace? Don't make me laugh. You're only a tool used against so-called villainous violence. But, violence does create violence after all. Everyone will become aware of that fact when we kill you!"

Is this guy crazy? I'm pretty sure this guy's crazy.

"That's preposterous," All Might said in reply. "A white-collar criminal like you? Your eyes are hushed, but burn with desire. You want to enjoy this for yourself, don't you, you liar?"

Even though I couldn't see his face, I could tell the blue-haired man smiled. All Might had him figured out.

"It's six against three," Shoto said.

"And Kacchan already exposed the fog's weakness!" Izuku backed up Shoto.

"These guys are crazy strong," Eijiro balled his fists. "But if we backup All Might, we can push them back!"

"No!" All Might stood in front of us. "Run away!"

"You would have been in trouble if we didn't do anything earlier." Shoto fired back, readying his stance.

"And for that, you have my thanks young Todoroki." All Might continued to fight against our support. "But it's fine! Just you watch as a pro hero gives it his all!"

"All Might, you're bleeding!" Izuku was worried. "Besides, time's—"

He covered his mouth, but I caught that.

Time's what Time's over? What could that possibly mean?

I looked as All Might gave him a thumbs up before turning back towards the villains.

"Nomu. Kurogiri. Get him." The villainous leader stated. "I'll handle the children. Now let's clean this up, and go home!"

The leader dashed forward, and All Might moved to intercept him. The Nomu then moved to intercept All Might, which created another shockwave that blew us all away.

All Might's and Nomu's head-on fist fight created hurricane like winds, and All Might declared he was going to force them to surrender by going beyond 100%.

I watched in amazement as All Might started overpowering the monster. It appeared that the Nomu could no longer keep up with the number one hero.

"Hey villain," All Might shouted at the Nomu. "Have you ever heard these words? Go beyond! Plus Ultra!"

"Go All Might!" I shouted from pure excitement as the Nomu was sent flying through the air from All Might's punch.

The monster's body smashed through the ceiling, creating an explosion that shook the arena, and then continued into the air where it disappeared.

I imagined a small glint in the sky, where its body would have disappeared to.

As all five of us stood there, only one thought registered in our minds.

This is what it looked like to be a top hero.

"I really have gotten weaker," I heard All Might say from the smoke. "In my prime, I could have taken that thing out in five hits. But this took more than three hundred!"

"Now, villains," he looked towards the remaining two. Was it the trick of the smoke, or was his body steaming? "I'm sure all parties involved would like to end this as soon as possible."

"What's going on?" The blue-haired man started scratching at his neck. "He's not getting any weaker at all. Was I lied to?!"

"What's wrong?" All Might asked him. "Will you not come at me? You said you want to clean this up, right? Come and get me, if you can."

All right, All Might. You bad, bad, man.

"As expected," Shoto started to say. "It looks like there is no need for us to fight."

"We should get going, then!" Eijiro hollered. "It'd be worse if we somehow got taken hostage instead."

I stayed where I was at, as I watched what Izuku would do.

He knew something about All Might that we didn't.

"Well!" All Might continued to push. "What's wrong?

The blue-haired man really started to itch at his neck, as it began to bleed from the pressure.

"If I only had Nomu," he said while uncontrollably scratching. "That guy would have been able to go up against him without thinking!"

"Tomura Shigaraki!" Kurogiri called to his leader. "Please calm yourself!"

He then said something to the now named Tomura that caused him to stop scratching.

I prepared myself, masking my determination as fear as the leader began to calm down.

I dashed forward, moments before Tomura and Kurogiri did as we all raced towards All Might.

Suddenly, Izuku appeared before me, both of his legs seemingly broken as he reached back to punch the solid part of Kurogiri.

"Stay away from All Might!" He shouted.

"I won't fall for that again!" Kurogiri stated as Tomura's hand reached for Izuku's skull.

I was close enough that I reached out and grasped Tomura's hand, snapping it back to break his wrist.

The strangest thing occurred, though, when his finger's closed around mine.

It appeared that my skin started to disintegrate, and my regeneration couldn't keep up with it.

I watched in an trance as a part of my skin disintegrated, before partially being replaced by my regeneration quirk.

Tomura's laugh filled the air before a loud gunshot took precedence, and I was suddenly let go as a bullet shot through his wrist.

Multiple shots filled the air, but I ignored them as I continued to watch my hand as it withered away.

It definitely wasn't stopping.

Perhaps, if Aizawa-sensei were awake, he could have been able to assist. So what was I supposed to do now?

"I may have failed this time!" I heard Tomura's voice as he disappeared through Kurogiri's gate. "But I'll kill you next time, All Might!"

The fight was over.

"I-Ivan!" Midoriya said from the ground. "Your arm!"

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

"I know!" I growled. "My regeneration can't keep up with it!"

Was I going to die?

I thought about the Nomu and an idea popped into my head.

"Shoto!" I turned and ran towards the other boy. "I need you to freeze my arm!"

He looked at me like I was crazy.

"Please!" I looked down to see a third of my arm missing. "The disintegrating isn't stopping, and my regeneration quirk is unable to keep up with it!"

He studied me before nodding.

"You'll want to touch my shoulder," I instructed. "We don't want to risk it spreading to you."

He nodded once more before placing his hand on my shoulder.

I felt a burning cold sensation, and I looked at the stump that was now frozen solid.

The disintegrating didn't stop.

"It didn't work." He voiced aloud.

"I figured it wasn't going to," I smirked. "But I'll get my arm back eventually!"

I must have looked like some kind of a mad man as I bashed my arm against the rubble created by All Might's fight.

A strange wave of satisfaction coursed through my body as I looked at all the pieces of ice, pieces of my arm, scattered around my person.

Then I staggered as a wave of nausea almost knocked me off my feet.

"Are you alright?" Eijiro glanced at me worriedly.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine." I grabbed my head.

Has the world always spun this fast?

"Ivan!" I heard a voice say behind me, but I couldn't focus enough to see her. "Sensei! Ivan needs help!"

"Hey, Ochaco," I turned and tried to wave at her, but then remembered I was trying with the wrong arm. "Oh."

Oh.

I tried to do the only thing I knew of that could possibly reassure the people around me.

I smiled.

Then immediately passed out.

"Ivan!"

Hello, friends! Thank you so much for reading the chapter, and I hope you are all are enjoying the addition of Ivan. Thank you again for your interest in the story, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

TTFN.