Hello again! Here we are with a new chapter! This chapter sets off one of my main ships for My Avengers Academia! Woo! Illegal Justice chapter 3 is now in production! I've also began to write my whole DC extended fanfiction universe, starting with Batman! Anyway, on with this show!
Disclaimer: I do not own My Hero Academia, or Avengers Academy.
Tony and Peter may have managed to snag the win from defeat, but can Rhodey and Yaoyorozu do the same? Yaoyorozu fears that Rhodey won't be able to defend himself, since he has no quirk. But her ability to protect her partner will be put to the test in the coming fight, can she protect Rhodey? Will Rhodey be able to prove her wrong?
Her feelings for him all started at that very beginning.
She was afraid that he couldn't protect himself, and tried to be his hero. She wanted to be there for him, so that he wouldn't have to throw himself into the fray.
Rhodes was just flesh and bones, nothing compared to everyone else. Without his best friend, who else could he put his faith in? His trust? He had no powers; He was just so...average, and defenseless. Sure, he had an incredible suit of powerful armor, but inside, he was powerless. What if a day came when he was backed into a corner, without his special super-suit?
She couldn't bring herself to think of the consequences.
But she had no clue how wrong she was.
Rhodey's hand rested on the weapon. He was currently trying to mentally prepare himself for the fight.
Tony made a great impression on everyone, Rhodey would have to do better if he wanted to pull one over Tony. He wasn't going to let Tony outshine him...Except, Yaoyorozu had other plans for Rhodey.
"Rhodes."
"Hm?" Said Rhodey, taking his had off the weapon and turning his attention to Yaoyorozu. "Can you hand me those bars?" She said, pointing to barricade components. "Yeah, sure." He replied, walking over and picking up the components. The two then began to scurry about, and set up their line of defense. Rhodey quickly made a full shakedown of his suit (War Machine/Avengers: EMH).
Yaoyorozu made subtle glances at her partner, before finally speaking her mind, "Rhodes, do you have a Quirk?"
"No."
She blinked as she paused. Rhodes didn't have a Quirk! She quickly began jumping to conclusions. Sure, his suit did look like it could manage to do more than get him by, but what if it were to run out of power? Or to unexpectedly fail on him some other way? Her mind jumped from one possibility to the other as she panicked.
She then concluded it was up to her to keep him safe.
"Rhodes," She asked, "Can you do something for me?"
"Yeah?" He asked, curious of her request.
"When the battle starts, can you leave the fighting to me?"
"What? If anything, you should leave it to me! I'm better armored, I can take them on!"
"But," She persuaded, trying to convince Rhodes, "You're armor and weapons are good for defense. You can better defend the weapon!" She hoped that he'd agree, so that she would accomplish her self-proclaimed duty.
"Actually...yeah, that makes sense."
She made an internal rejoice. Thankfully, Rhodes agreed to staying out of harm's way, at least, directly out of the way. She wasn't wrong in her reasoning either, this way, Rhodes would fight only if he actually had to.
Jiro and Denki had made their way throughout the first floor with no resistance. Jiro plugged her earlobe into the wall to map out where everything was. She pointed upward, to signal to her partner where to strike.
Denki's hand cackled with electricity, he pressed the ceiling, and released as many volts as he could.
Rhodey's faceplate was up, over his head and not his face. It was then he noticed the floor jolt with electricity. Reacting with no time to spare, he grabbed Yaoyorozu and threw her onto a support pillar.
Though Yaoyorozu was safe, Rhodey was not.
Rhodey could feel the electricity course through his suit, frying all the technology inside. He yelped in pain as the suit shorted out, and fell to the ground. Yaoyorozu, undergoing a panic attack, quickly raced to he poor partner's side.
"Rhodes?!" She asked frantically.
"I'm alive!" Cheered Rhodey, he tried to move in his suit, but quickly learned how heavy the armor was without power to hydraulic systems. With much strain, he propped himself into a sitting position. "My armor needs time to reboot, can you buy me some?" He asked. She nodded, ready to defend her helpless partner.
The Class watched as they realized Rhodey was out of commission.
"They just knocked him out cold!"
"Hmph! He's so lucky to have a girl!"
"That's you takeaway?!"
"Rhodey needs time to reboot." Explained Tony, "Those two really don't stand much of a chance when he's back in action."
"You sound confident." Said Steve.
"Well, Rhodey's my friend and I did build his suit. So, duh."
Steve couldn't help but feel worried for Stark. T'Challa was still reeling from his crushing loss in their match. Parker was trying to concoct more web fluid. A red haired, shirtless boy commented, "Shorting out his suit, that just ain't manly!"
Amadeus said, "Well, it's smart. Without Rhodey, I'd guess that Yaoyorozu has about...25/75 to make a win."
Yaoyorozu had set up traps all over the hallway, each and every one of them trained on the staircase.
She had to keep Rhodey safe, no matter what.
Rhodey, on the other hand, was trying to relax, while being trapped in his own armor. It was cramped, and without the environmental controls, it felt like a load of weight pressing him down, and encasing him cement.
Time until reboot was ooo...A minute? Maybe 10? Maybe he should've paid closer attention to the instructions.
Whatever the case, he was stuck and his partner had to pick up the pace in his stead. He felt as though she belittled him, like he was a helpless child. Currently, she was right.
Rhodey squirmed around in his deathtrap of a suit. His right hand struggled to reach his hip. "The manual air-brake release! If I can pull it, maybe I can get out and help!" Finally, his hand had managed grip a small handle built into the armor plating, and twisted it.
In seconds, Rhodey's armor hissed and popped as it began to loosen and open up. This made it much easier for Rhodey to pry the armor off his body, and escape his metal prison. He then piled the armor's components, and left it to recharge. Although he was unprotected, this made it much easier for him to do anything to help.
Yaoyorozu on the other hand, was in trouble.
She had constructed all her defenses out of metal, very conductive metal. Denki had not only disabled her traps, but completely blew them up. As of now, she was currently ducking his electrical onslaught as well as defend herself from Jiro's whip-like earlobes.
Thinking quickly, she constructed a metal rod. She then tricked Jiro, and tangled her earphones around the rod. "H-Hey! That hurt!" Jiro winced. Denki, thinking he had the element of surprise, fired off a blast of electricity at Yaoyorozu. Yaoyorozu sidestepped, and escaped unharmed.
Jiro, however, wasn't as fortunate.
The electricity had discovered the metal rod, and conducted itself through the object. Jiro, who was trying to untangle her earphones, felt the voltage as it coursed through her body. She yelped, and keeled over from the shocking turn of events.
"I-I'm sorry!" Panicked Denki. The boy raced to his partner to help her, but was met with Yaoyorozu's retaliation.
Yaoyorozu then began to swing savagely at her opponents. Denki frantically and narrowly dodged each wild swing. Unlike her previous mistake, Yaoyorozu went with a wooden sword rather than a metal one, just in case Denki could outwit her. Sadly, this attempt was in vain.
Yaoyorozu tried bringing her wooden sword down upon Denki. Denki blocked with his wrists, and cranked the voltage up, channeling it into the weapon. This quickly overheated, and exploded the wooden sword in Yaoyorozu's face.
Temporarily disabled, Yaoyorozu stumbled back and fell down.
"She's in trouble!" Cried Peter.
"Wait for it..." Said Tony.
The rest all turned to Tony, as they then looked back only to find what they were to wait for.
Rhodey, lunging out from nowhere, smacked Denki right in the head with burnt metal junk left over from Yaoyorozu's earliest attempt.
This sent his foe stumbling onto the floor.
"2 minutes. Semper Fi!" He declared in triumph.
"Rhodes, get away!" Called Yaoyorozu. It only took a moment for Yaoyorozu's fear to come true. Jiro, who had finally recovered, sunk her earphone into the ground directly under Rhodey. The ground exploded with the force of sounds, and sent Rhodey flying painfully onto the ground several feet away.
"Rhodes!" She cried. Rhodey wasn't getting up.
"Rhodey?" Noted Tony. Panic began to course through the young Stark. This never happened, not since the drowning incident when they were kids!
"He's not getting up!"
"You think he's-!"
"No! He's not out!" Snapped Tony, "Nothing can beat Rhodey! Nothing!" His panic began to show.
All Might thought to himself, "I'm sorry, Young Stark. But I'm afraid that Young Rhodes may very well be out."
Tony looked with fear at the screen as the fight began to reach its end.
Yaoyorozu finally picked herself up.
She was ready to beat her foes down. She was angry with herself, for not protecting Rhodey. She failed him, badly. She brought out a massive, deadly sword and glared savagely, as though she would actually kill her classmates where they stood.
No one noticed that Rhodey was no longer in sight.
Yaoyorozu began a furious onslaught upon her opponents as she screamed with rage. At first, it was an effective scare tactic. But it quickly became easy to counter and beat. Her sword was simply too heavy to attack effectively and quickly. With a combo attack, the enemy had quickly subdued her.
She was left on the ground, panting, sweating, and beaten. It seemed as though it was all over.
Thankfully, Rhodey wasn't out of the fight.
Suddenly, the three could hear the sounds of heavy machinery being powered up. Out of nowhere, Rhodey, decked out in his armor, slugged Denki and sent him flying into the wall. A very loud crack! sounded off as the blow connected, what made the sound was simply anyone's guess. Denki slumped over, knocked out cold.
It didn't take a genius to realize the risk Rhodey was making.
Although Rhodey rebooted the armor, it was operating at the lowest possible capacity. At best, Rhodey would have a minute, if not seconds, of maximum efficiency. To help bide for time, Rhodey shut down all armor subsystems, save Hydraulics. This way, he could at least have enough time to pray he had enough power.
Jiro smirked, thinking Rhodey made the same mistake twice.
The young girl plugged her earphones into the ground under Rhodey, ready to really do some damage. Yaoyorozu panicked once more, seeing as Rhodey would fall for the same attack twice in a row. However, Rhodey was simply waiting for her. The armored boy snatched the earphones, and wrapped them around his left hand. Jiro winced as Rhodey did so, since the earphones were still part of her body. He squeezed tightly to prevent her from moving her earphones from moving, making Jiro wince and squeak in pain.
Rhodey then gave a powerful tug on the earphones. This sent Jiro off her feet, and flying towards Rhodey. The armored boy then brought in a devastating uppercut, and finished the poor girl. He let go of her earphones as she crashed onto the ground, defeated.
Rhodey helped Yaoyorozu to her feet, "Everything good?" He asked. "Y-Yeah. I'm...Sorry, I couldn't protect you." Yaoyorozu apologized. Rhodey simply looked at her in confusion, "You really didn't have to, I can take care of myself."
The duo then wrapped up the heroes-in-training in capture tape, and ended the fight.
The fight was over, with half a minute to spare.
Denki and Jiro were left with a crushing defeat, Rhodey was left with confusion, Yaoyorozu was left with determination.
She'd have to become stronger if she was going to protect Rhodey.
Rhodey on the other hand, earned himself a scolding from Tony for getting the suit fried. He was going to be in so much trouble. Either way, both Rhodey and Yaoyorozu had a long path ahead of them.
But they'd travel it together.
A/N: Finally! A new chapter!
I'm so sorry for taking so long to update, but I'm here now, so let me make up for my blunder!
I've been working on A Prime's Tail and Teufort Supers for a while, so I'm taking too long to make ends meet. Anyway, I can tell you now that there's still stuff planned for this story, and I've been mapping the story out, one bit at a time.
This story will also have a take on the My Hero Academia movie, just 'cuz I thought of doing that. In the coming chapters, Tony, Peter, Amadeus, and Steve will get new costumes! What they will be? Just wait and see!
If you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, and all that jazz, don't hesitate to ask!
Illegal Justice Chapter 3 is coming, don't fret. So much to do, yet so little time to do so! Sorry for making you all wait for things. Anyway, here's to whatever comes next!
Next time: Amadeus and Sam team up to stop the villain team! But they're so out of rhythm, they can't even work together! Can this unlikely duo prove the world wrong?
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