*Midoriya's P.O.V*
(A/N: So I'm just going to just going to explain the events that havent changed, which are the events before Midoriya's first fight. Only then will I add dialogue. Sorry at that point it'll just make this chapter 1000 times longer. I once again apologize.)
This is it... the day of the mission. Before we left the dorms, I asked Koda to watch Blair, because he's the only one of the 14 I trust with her. Uraraka, Tsu, Kirishima, The Big Three, The Pros, Nighteye, a massive police force army, and I stood in front of the meeting area before moving to Eri and Chisaki's known location. We are allowed to use our Quirks in the event this gets ugly, though I was asked that I not use my fire for obvious reasons. Because of that we were given a list of the Eight Cleansers' confirmed Quirks, and we are to memorize them as such. We were split off into groups to handle different sections of the house, Eraserhead, Togata, and I are with the Nighteye group. Uraraka, Hadou, and Tsu are with Ryukyu's group. Kirishima, and Amajiki are with the Fat Gum group.
We moved out to the location... which was a small house. In all honesty I expected it to be... bigger? No matter... there's probably something underneath it or something, best keep my guard up. We stood in front of the main gate, a man in a suit walked up to the gate to read the warrant to the tennants. Once he puhsed the button to speak, the door was broken down by... a really f**king massive dude. Some of our men were launched into the air from the impact. Eraserhead and I saved them and safely brought them to the ground. The big guy rushed over to stop us, but Ryukyu told us to head inside and her group will handle that guy. Nodding we rushed inside, a few gangsters came to oppose us but were quickly taken care of. Once inside we stood in front of an alcove with a flower pot on it. Nighteye grabbed the loose floorboard, revealing the old hidden room in the small home trick.
Once we headed inside we were greeted with a dead end. Togata passed through the wall to see if there was something beyond it, he says there was a hallway. Kirishima and I then broke down the wall without Quirks. It shattered... then it reformed immediately. We came to the conclusion that it's someone's Quirk at work. Rock Lock then told Eraserhead to erase that person's Quirk... but couldn't because he needed to see the physical Quirk user in order for his Quirk to work. So Togata decided to go ahead with his Quirk. The minute... the literal minute he left, we were dropped down through a trap floor.
We stood back up, and suddenly more enemies showed up. Fat Gum said he'll take care of them... but Amajiki said he will take all three of them by himself. He said it would be so he'll buy us more time as well as keep our numbers high if he takes them alone. Kirishima and Fat Gum fought while argung... but Amajiki was insistant. So we left him to take care of those three. The last thing he told us was to take care of Togata... he tends to do something rash in these situation. After that statement, the door closed behind him. We continued running down the halls, there was a stairwell that will get us back up to the main floor. As we were running towards the stairs a wall suddenly shot out of the wall, slamming into Eraserhead driving him onto the wall, creating a hole in the wall. As the enemy came back for another swing, Fat Gum shoved Eraserhead out of the way. Taking him through the hole that the enemy made during his first attack. Wait... where's Kiri... he went in with Fat Gum didn't he? Gah! This is like one of those terrible Slasher movies from the Americas that All Might showed me once. Seperating us one by one, picking off the seperated ones.
As we were running, the wallls from... everywhere were folding in on us. Rock Lock managed to lock in the walls from moving in closer, and I smashed the reamining wall. It went on like that for a while... and we were getting absolutely nowhere! But I can't give up... no child ever deserves to be subjected to this torture! Then... it opened up suddenly, only for it to slam down, seperating Eraserhead, Rock Lock, and I from the others. Rock Lock was seperated from us through a thin wall. Then I heard him yell 'Lock On'. I told Eraserhead to move as I smashed the wall that seperated us. What we saw was two Rock Locks, one was on the ground while another was kneeling next to the unconscious Rock Lock. The conscious Rock Lock told us there was an impostor, and we should keep our eyes peeled... then something weird happened. Rock Lock stood up and asked if I was alright, while Eraserhead checked on the uncoscious Rock Lock.
"Heh..." I chuckled, "Nice try Toga." I said.
Rock Lock's... sorry Toga's eyes widened, before she pulled out a knife. Eraserhead used his Quirk on her, causing her to be surrounded by grey goop.
"I won't miss you this time..." She muttered with that same feral look from the License Exam, but Eraserhead wrapped his scarf around her and slammed her to the other end of the room, she reacted quick by gripping his scarf, flipped over Eraserhead and stabbed him in the back. Eraserhead swatted her away, causing her to land on the other end of the room.
Eraserhead recovered from his stab, only for us to see that Toga got away with a hole in the ground. Seems they are working together. Anyway Eraserhead said he would be alright, what we need to do right now is check on Rock Lock's wounds as well as pick up her knife, because she uses blood for her Quirk... and apparently gets off on blood. Then the whole room started to shake, the things that were once walls were removed, giving us an open space. Then a voice started echoing.
"I'm just going to do things the way I want those who I can't stand... I'll destroy. I'm sure if I asked I'd just be turned down... and if that's the case. Then just for now, I'm just going to have you all play nice with me, heroes." The voice said, "CRUSH THEM ALL TO DEATH!"
The walls are attacking Toga and Twice. The guy who is doing this is around here somewhere... but whe-
"AAAHH!" He yelled... wait there he is!
I activated Full Cowling and launched towards the dark hole up in the ceiling. Slamming into the hole as the guy fell out of it. Eraserhead erased his Quirk before he could recover. Then as he was falling he yelled 'BASTARDS!' at Twice and Toga. Something hit him square in the face with great force, knocking him out. I caught him and and brought him back to the ground.
"It would seem... that we've been used." Nighteye commented, "But the maze is over."
Still what about Togata? No, he's fine, he's a force to be reckoned with... besides we need to tie this guy up before he makes another maze for us to deal with. Once we tied up Irinaka... who woke up. He was asked if there were other League of Villains here... but he didn't know.
"I'LL CRACK THOSE TRAITOR'S SKULLS!" He yelled in anger.
"Get in line..." I said which shut him up, "I want to beat the ever living s**t out of those guys... if they're still breathing, by all means." I said. "Now let's find the-"
"Wait... the mission was to find the girl." Rock Lock said wincing in pain, "Ignore 'em and press on, leave the League to the cops...! Have you forgotten the whole reason you're here?!" Rock Lock asked.
"I suppose that is the best course of action." The detective said.
"Either way, someone's gonna have to keep Irinaka restrained. Thanks to that little girly, I won't be able to hop and prance around anytime soon. Catch my drift?! Get those legs moving!" Rock Lock exclaimed.
... He's right, all the others are out there fighting just to give us less resistance when we save Eri. My revenge has been delayed for many months... what's a few more? "We'll save Eri and make it back... no matter what." I said as Eraserhead and Nighteye ran to where Eri is held.
We ran until we came across a hallway, there was an unconscious aid on the floor in front of a door. Togata, Eri, and Chisaki must be beyond the door. I smashed through the wall and launched towards Chisaki, punching him in the face. I turned to see a beat up Togata, a even more beat up Chisaki, two more unconscious aids, and a scared Eri.
"Nighteye! Secure the girl!" Eraserhead yelled as he and I rushed towards Chisaki, we need to buy Nighteye some time to get them out of here.
"WAKE UP ALREADY CHRONO!" Chisaki yelled as one of his unconscious aids turned towards us. Eraserhead shoved me out of the way and hit him with his attack. His movements slowed down a lot. It's just him and me.
"CHISAKI!" I yelled rushing towards him, Full Cowling surging through me.
"ALL YOUR EFFORTS ARE WORTHLESS!" Chisaki yelled as many spikes shot out of the ground, surrounding Nighteye, Eraserhead, and scraping me. I narrowly dodged the spikes... as I saw Chisaki walk over to one of his unconscious aids. Chisaki gripped the aid's mask... and they both exploded.
"Now... YOU'LL BE RETURNING ERI TO ME!" He yelled, becoming a fusion of himself and the aid, "I'm in an awful mood right now... but this is a little better."
"Well... you've definitely gotten uglier." I muttered.
He seemed to ignore my jab, "What a tragic life, huh, Lemillion? If only you hadn't gotten involved with Eri... with me..." He muttered, "You would not have lost your Quirk forever. You'd still be able to pursue your dreams."
Lost... forever?!
"And despite losing it, because you insisted on dragging this out... You've gotten all your friends involved, only for them to die!" He exclaimed.
Not on my watch. I jumped up and broke off a pillar. Once he got under me, I slammed the pillar part on top of him. He noticed and created another array of pillar spikes, had I not have these soles it would have pierced me like a kabab... remind me to thank Hatsume later...
Then Nighteye rushed in, "I'll take this guy on! go take care of Lemillion and Eri!" He ordered.
"Right!" I exclaimed as I bolted out of there, "Are you okay?" I asked Toga- Lemillion, "Can you walk?" I asked.
"Y-Yeah..."
"Then get your ass up and walk!" I yelled. We made it to the closest wall and I kicked it down creating a hole for us to walk through.
"P-Please... no more." Eri muttered, tears falling from her eyes, "I'm sorry..."
I instinctively looked back... and I saw it.
Nighteye was pierced through the arm and stomach, streams of blood rolling down the spire. Once Chisaki was done, he rushed towards us. I have to fight. I have to win! One for All Full Cowling 20%!
"You guys coming here has only made things worse for yourselves. You recognize this right? Give it up. It's just going to turn out exactly like I said it would. Everyone will die." He said as he rushed towards me, their last line of defense.
"I won't let that happen you sack of s**t. Even if the ties of fate decided that" I growled, as I pulled back a punch, "I WILL DEFY IT WITH ALL MY MIGHT!"
It was a battle that was almost impossible for me to win. Even if I landed an attack he would just repair himself and continue fighting. I have no choice, I have to finish him in one shot. I launched myself in the air and dove back down. I have to finish this with one strike to the head. "NEW HAMPSHIRE SMASH!" I yelled, nailing him in the head... Wait, did I just... nevermind focus on the fight!
He took the hit, but rebounded and knocked me back into the ground. Damn it... let's go!
"Wait." A small frail voice muttered.
The fighting paused as we both turned to see the source of the voice, Eri.
"No... this isn't what I wanted." She said.
"No! Stay back!" I yelled.
"Eri... do you think this boy. Can overcome this situation on his own?" Chisaki asked.
"... No." She answered.
"In that case, what is it that you should do?" He asked.
"Come back..." She muttered.
"Eri don't!"
"And in exchange...! You need to fix everyone back to normal...!" She said.
She's going to sacrifice herself for everyone... Hell no! I gripped the shard that's lodged into my chest and pulled it straight out.
"So f**king what?" I asked as I shakily stood back up, "Sure it was none of my business to intervene when we first met... but you were crying. You were miserable." I told Eri, "That's why!" I yelled reactivating 20% Full Cowling, "No one will die, and I will get you out of here!" I yelled.
Then the ceiling started to crumble... as Ryukyu broke through and slammed the big guy onto Chisaki.
"Right on target." Ryukyu said.
What the f**k happened?!
*Uraraka's P.O.V* (A few minutes ago)
We've been fighting this guy for 20 minutes! His Quirk allows his to steal other people's vitality just by inhailing. Now he can just keep restoring his energy. Hadou was currently fighting him while Ryukyu was shielding us from him breating in our energy, like some starving vampire. Then I heard someone scream.
"URARAKA!" I turned to see... Midoriya?
"Fire Charge?!" I asked remembering to use hero names in this situation.
"I came to call in reinforcements! Our objective is directly under that cross-roads! The pros are fighting as we speak, keeping them in check! We need assistance!" He yelled.
Wait... Fire Charge would never ask for he-
"Everyone! Do it just as you're instructed!" Ryukyu yelled colliding with the big enemy. "Uravity make him float!"
"Right!" I exclaimed touching him, making him float up. Well guess we'll find out if it's a trap or not.
"Froppy help me move him!" Ryukyu instructed as Froppy wrapped her tongue around the enemy. "Nejire! Hit us both with everything you've got!"
"Why can these damn b**ches still move?!" He asked.
"Because we've been told day in and day out." We yelled, "To go beyond, PLUS ULTRA!"
Nejire slammed the villain and Ryukyu onto the ground, causing it to crumble underneath us.
*Midoriya's P.O.V* (Back to the Present)
"Ryukyu?! You guys?!" I asked as I saw Ryukyu slam the big guy from the entrance into the place we were at.
"F-Fire Charge? How did you get here?" Uraraka asked.
"I-I wa... nevermind!" I yelled as I rushed towards Eri, "Go take care of Nighteye!"
As I got closer to Eri, a rock pillar shot up from under her, causing her to fly into the air right to Chisaki.
"CHISAKI!" I yelled as he carried her up higher.
"This is a complete mess you worthless trash!" He yelled as he got closer to the opening Ryukyu created.
I surged One for All through my legs, "I WON'T LET YOU ESCAPE!" I jumped up towrds him... I won't miss, I won't let her go this time.
As I was flying... I saw her unconsciously grab onto Lemillion's cape. Then the horn on Eri's forehead began to spark... she's activating her Quirk. Chisaki began to defuse and the arm that was a result of their fusion disintegrated causing her to fall. I reached up to catch her.
"I gotcha!" I said as I wrapped my arms around her, "I won't get you go this time!"
Chisaki kicked off the pillar soaring towards us, "GIVE HER BACK!" He yelled.
i have to risk it... I charged up One for All at 100% and aimed a kick at him. He dodged the kick, but I was launched upwards through the ground and straight into the air.
"H-Hold on tight, Eri!" I yelled as I aimed my hands downwards, since I'm finally in an open space I could use my fire. We gently hovered down and landed on the ground. "Wait... my legs aren't broke-" I said before sharp pain started to engulf my body, it feels like I'm being forced open.
"She's unable to control her power." That voice... he's here already? "By some chance she was able to activate it." Chisaki... in a fusion some how uglier than the last one,said before sending stone spikes toward us, "You don't know how to control it, do you Eri?!" He yelled. I forced through the pain and dodged the spikes with her in my arms. "With Eri's Quirk she can rewind humans. Depending on how she uses it, she can probably revert a person into a monkey, if she tried. If you continue to hold her like that you'll disappear." He said, "She can rewind anything the touches into nothingness. That Quirk of hers is cursed. Return her to me. There's no way to stop her other than disassembly!"
"Never..." I muttered, as I put her on my back and stood back up, "When I hit you with my full powered kick, my legs weren't broken from the kick back. It wasn't luck that that happened. Her Quirk reverted the damages and pains." I said, "Now that got me thinking, if she can rewind pains and damages... then a way to counter act the part of her rewinding me to nothing..." I said as I activated Full Cowling at 100%, "Is to keep getting injured so she can heal them." I said as power surged through me, "With a Quirk like this, a Quirk that heals instead of destorys... there's nothing cursed about this Quirk. It's your cursed thinking that is the problem." I said, "AND I'LL TAKE YOU DOWN!"
"Neither you nor Eri understand the value of her power. By developing a Quirk, you make leaps forward. Through extensive research, I've been able to extract Eri's power and successfully brought it to it's pinnacle. And the result... is not merely the ability to rewind the body, no... but a flow that runs deeper. the flow that brought about our kind... the ability to rewind back before the mutation happened. That's the power that lives within Eri." He explained as 6 hands gripped onto the nearby buildings. "The power to extinguish one's Quirk Factor, returning them to normalcy...! The power to destroy this world, built on top of Quirks, THE POWER TO DESTROY THE WAY THINGS ARE... THAT'S ERI!" He yelled as he sent stone spikes at me, "SHE IS NOT A PRODUCT MADE FOR BRATS LIKE YOU WHO CAN'T APPRECIATE HER VALUE!" With no restraint I dodged them and launched myself to Chisaki's chin. I landed a 100% power kick knocking him far into the sky.
Eri's power is getting stronger... she can't control it like he said, but whatever, I'll finish this before she gets hurt. Chisaki came back down and charged towards us, "ALL OF YOU ARE MISSING THE BIG PICTURE!" He yelled, "WHAT I'M TRYING TO DESTROY IS THIS 'WORLD' THE VERY STRUCTURE IT SO! AND INSTEAD YOU FAKE HEROES ... IRRATIONALLY FIXATED ON THIS TINY NOTION SITS IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES..." He yelled before sending a massive jab towards me, "STAY OUT OF MY WAY!"
I dodged out of the way, getting behind his blind spot. "I'm certain of it now. When you disassemble and reassemble... there's a time frame at which you stop to switch. With 100% I can exploit that time frame" I said as I pulled back a 100% powered up punch. "I WON'T LET YOU RECOVER AGAIN!" I yelled as I landed a 100% powered up punch, knocking him towards the ground. I turned to Eri, "Eri, I'm going to finish him... but it's going to get hot." I said.
"I-it's fine." She said... I could hear the strain in her voice... I must finish this quickly. I spun around and aimed the fire at my legs, causing them to radiate a whitish yellow glow.
"If I can't even save a little girl..." I growled as I pulled my heated up leg into the air, Chisaki sent more stone spikes towards us, "THEN HOW CAN I POSSIBLY BECOME A HERO!" I yelled as I batted them away with my heated leg, "DIABLE JAMBE... METEOR SMASH!" I yelled as I hit him square in the face, causing him to slam into the street. When we landed he didn't move... I did it. "Eri... are you alri-"
The immense pain caught up to me, causing me to collapse on the ground in agony. Eri's Quirk is getting stronger and stronger. Chisaki tried to attack but Uravity stopped him with her martial arts training. Then... it stopped. Eri and I collapsed on the floor, she's breathing...
I slowly recovered, recovered enough to stand and carry a feverish Eri to the ambulance. They took her into the ambulance, they said I should come too... but I saw a wounded Nighteye.
"Midoriya... You really did... change the future." He muttered.
"Nighteye..." I muttered as he slowly turned to me, "All Might is alive, and is ashamed to look at you in the eye." I said, "But you need to meet again, so don't you die without seeing him again."
He blinked once, "Midoriya... thank you."
The Mission... is complete.
We were all taken to the nearest hospital. After a quick examination I was told that there was nothing wrong with me, it was thanks to Eri's Quirk that I wasn't wounded.
"How are the others?" I asked, as Mr. Aizawa walked in.
"I just checked on them." He said.
"You're alright." I said.
"I got 10 stitches... now come with me." He said.
I followed him to another room while he was telling me about the statuses of the others. Kirishima has immense lacerations and bruisings... but nothing life threatening. Amajiki has a large fissure wound on his face... but will apparently heal without a trace. Fat Gum has numerous bone fractures, but is doing fine. The blade that Toga used on Rock Lock didn't hit any vital organs... so he'll heal fine.
"Eri on the other hand, still hasn't woken up, and her fever won't go down. We have quarantined her for now." He explained... so that means we can't visit for now, "This decision was made based on the information we've gathered from her." He said.
As much as I don't like it, the decision's logic was valid. Her Quirk is right now unstable, so it's best to let her recover on her own, to lower the risk of a Quirk related accident. Then it hit me... we can't use her Quirk... for Nighteye. Mr. Aizawa opened the door to reveal, All Might and Recovery Girl. They're here because Nighteye requested them to be here. They said that even Recovery Girl can't heal him... and he won't make it to tomorrow. All Might and I entered Nighteye's room.
"Nighteye..." All Might said, as Nighteye slowly opened his eyes.
"So... you've finally come to see me, while I'm on my deathbed?" He muttered.
"I don't even know how to reply to that... I've done such awful things to you..." All Might muttered.
"You humble yourself too much... it's not like I'm blaming you." Nighteye said as he closed his eyes again, "All I wanted... was for you to be happy... that's why if you decided to fight against fate... I'm fine with that."
"I want you to fight against fate, too! Please! Let us make ammends for everything I've done!" All Might pleaded.
"... Making ammends... I also owe a lot of people... for troubling them... Up till now, I've been searching for every possible way... to change the future... I wanted to change the future... where tou are killed. Searching all this time... nothing worked I couldn't change... a single thing." Nighteye said before turning towards me, "But... Midoriya showed me a way. I couldn't just clear away these doubts 'I can't change anything.' 'It's impossible to change.' Those thoughts were always in the back of my mind. Looking back... I think it was all about energy... A future that you've strived for so strongly that there is no room for doubt. A strong vision. I'm sure it wasn't just Midoriya, I think everyone believed strongly in a single future that is joined together." He said, "All that energy was focused into Midoriya and this was the result of him... firing out all at once." He said as he laid back into his pillow, "The future is never certain... you've changed my views on that. I am very satisfied with that... however... I ever regret one thing."
"Mr. Togata! Wait!" The nurse yelled before Togata barged into the room with the nurse gripping his shirt.
"Mr. Nighteye!" Togata yelled.
"Mirio..." Nighteye muttered as Togata leaned over his bed.
"No! Please don't die! You can't go just yet!" Togata pleaded.
"Mirio... I have made you experience such hardship... if only I have been more astute." Nighteye muttered.
"Sir!" Togata yelled, "You've taught me everything! It's because of you I've gotten so strong! And it's because of you that I'm alive here now! Please you have to keep teaching me! You can't die!" He pleaded... knowing it's futile.
Nighteye shakily raised his hand and cupped Togata's face, "I'll be alright. You are becoming... a standout hero." He muttered, letting his hand drop, "That's the only future... we shouldn't change. So please, keep... smiling."
*Beep* *Beep* *Beeeeeeee*
Nighteye's vitals...
The room was filled with Togata and All Might sobbing for their fallen friend and teacher. I shedded a tear, I may not have known him as much as Togata or All Might... but he taught me so much, intentionally or otherwise. He taught me to work hard and do it with a smile.
So I shall...
*The Next Morning*
I was cleared to go, but I had to do one thing. I headed over to Togata's room, to see him on his back doing... some kind of exercise. He was smiling like Nighteye said, but I had to ask him.
"So, question... if by some manner I was able to give you one of my two Quirks... wo-"
"I'm good." He said simply.
"But even if it was possible... wo-"
"If it was possible... then you would be crippled as well." He said.
"How so?" I asked.
"Think about it... you utilize both of your Quirks together with such mastery. If I were to take one of them away... just to make me more powerful... then it would make you weaker." He explained.
"But..."
"Besides, I talked to Eraserhead... he said that once Eri is healed and is able to control her Quirk... then she could remind me back to the point where I have my Quirk." He explained, "So I'll just have to get stronger... without Peremation."
"...Heh." I chuckled, "You amaze me, well if you're so insistant. Then I won't force it on you." I said... even though I totally could.
We headed back to U.A. Afterwards we went through some inquiries and processes after the mission. Then tomorrow night we headed back to the dorms.
"They're back!" Ashido yelled swarming us.
"How wa-"
"Where's Blair?" I asked as I looked at Koda.
"She's fine, she's just asleep in your room." Koda answered.
"I knew I could trust you." I commented.
"HOW COULD YOU JUST SHRUG IT OFF LIKE THAT?" Sero asked.
"This is par from the course to be completely honest..." I answered.
We were swarmed with questions from our classmates, Sato even tried to give us some chocolate cake. Which was delicious I might add. Iida treid to settle the situation.
"As a class we should be as sensitive to this situation. It's not just their bodies but their spirits might be hurting as well."
"Iida..." I said as he turned to face me, "I'm alright... no need to worry."
After that we were swarmed by more questions. Yaoyorozu offered to make us some tea, and Sato gave us more chocolate cake. I however... was extremely tired. So I excused myself to my room. I saw Blair laying on my bed, so I carefully changed into my pajamas and went to bed. After an attack like that... this bed feels like the best bed in the universe. I closed my eyes and waited for sleep to catch up.
*End of Chapter*