The U.S.J arc is officially starting! The League of Villains have begun their attack, and now you'll see just how our friend Mob is going to fare against the villains of the My Hero Academia world!


"This isn't a training exercise. Those are real villains!"

As the villains all exited the portal, the portal began to morph once again. In the dark swirling mass, a pair of bright yellow eyes emerged. This portal was not simply just a portal: it was a villain who could use his own body to activate portals, and his name was Kurogiri.

Kurogiri and the rest of the villains were all serving other the leader of their little rag-tag group, the man with shaggy light blue hair, Tomura Shigaraki. And today, they were out for blood. All Might's blood. But as Kurogiri observed the people standing at the entrance, he quickly realized that their target was nowhere to be found.

"All I see are Eraserhead and Thirteen," said Kurogiri, his voice deep and menacing. "All Might should be here: according to the schedule we got from U.A. High, he was assigned to this class."

"Is that so?" Shigaraki's voice was ominous, but not in the same way as Kurogiri. Unlike the living portal, this man's voice was high-pitched, erratic, unstable. It was the voice of a psychotic child, an impatient and temperamental soul who wouldn't leave without All Might's head. "I went through the trouble of gathering all these friends who're eager to meet him up-close. They want All Might, the great Symbol of Peace, and he doesn't even have the decency to show up. Well, if I tear open the bodies of a few kids, I'm sure that'd get his attention."

The villains continued their march, eager to fulfill their plan of eradicating the Symbol of Peace once and for all. As the teachers and students watched the villains come for them, Aizawa unfolded his scarf, getting ready to fight these enemies single-handedly. As the unkempt hero prepared for battle, the other students were trying to figure out how something like this could even happen.

Kirishima wasn't getting how they could be so vastly outnumbered. "This doesn't make sense," the red-haired teenager said, "How could so many villains be able to infiltrate U.A.?"

"That's right," said Yaoyorozu, shifting to the front of the crowd of students. "Thirteen, how come the alarms aren't going off?

"Good question," replied Thirteen, "But sadly, I don't have an answer."

"Is the entire campus under attack, or is it focused to just this location," questioned Todoroki, attempting to mull over the possibilities. "Either way, if the alarms aren't triggering, it's more than likely that one of the villains here possesses a quirk that's masking their presence or nullifying the security systems. They must have picked this building to isolate the class, knowing that other heroes wouldn't be able to arrive on the scene. Even though they're idiots for attacking this school, they didn't just do this without thinking it through. Whatever they might be planning, they must have some sort of clear goal in mind. What it could be, I haven't the faintest."

The students only grew more uneasy. What sort of devious schemes did these villains have in store for them?

"Thirteen, alert the main campus and get the students out of here," ordered Aizawa. "Actually, if they've got the power to block our sensors, they've probably blocked off our main communications as well. Kaminari, try and use your communicator to get in touch with the school."

"Right."

"Wait, what're you gonna do?" The green-haired student knew about Aizawa, his quirk, and his fighting style, so he could get a pretty decent idea of how things would go if he tried to face so many villains head-on. "You can't fight all of them by yourself! Your quirk's meant for stealth missions and one-on-one fights, not huge gang fights like this. Even if you can nullify some of their quirks, you can't handle so many villains at once."

Even though Midoriya's assessment was accurate, this did nothing to hinder the messy-haired hero. "You can't be a hero if you only have one trick."

With his mind set and his battle instincts ready, the pro hero jumped into the battle like a knight charging against an army of monsters. The first three villains in Aizawa's vicinity were confident in their numbers and their quirks, but their confidence was quickly shattered once Eraserhead activated his quirk. As they stood in confusion, wondering what the hell was happening to them, Shota's scarf wrapped itself around the three villains, and after waving them in the air, slammed all three of their heads together, knocking them unconscious.

Although slightly put-off by how quickly the hero took care of three of them, the villains continued their assault and charged the hero, knowing who the hero was and his lack of a quirk with serious offensive potential. Unfortunately for them, Aizawa's skill and quirk were much more than they'd bargained for: not only was his capture weapon extremely effective, but his goggles prevented the enemies from telling which quirk the hero was erasing, allowing him to take out many more villains that should have been possible.

"There he goes, taking out our forces like they're nothing but gutter trash," the unhinged leader said, "Those goggles of his prevent them from figuring out who's being powered down, and that's also making it hard for them to work as a team. So annoying: the worst thing about pros is when they live up to their title."

While Aizawa was dealing with the villains, Thirteen was leading the students to the exit, but staying behind to watch were Midoriya and Kageyama. Midoriya was very impressed by how his homeroom teacher was holding his own against so many opponents, while Kageyama couldn't help but worry about his teacher's safety. He didn't want his teacher to be gravely injured while fighting on his own when the esper could easily intervene and lend him his assistance. Was it really okay to simply leave him like this?

"Come on, you two!" Iida noticed his two friends spectating the battle and reminded them of their situation. "This is no time to stand around and watch! We have to evacuate with the rest of the class!"

The two friends understood what their classmate was saying and quickly sprinted to join the rest of their class. Thirteen was hoping that Aizawa would give them enough time, occupy the villains long enough so that the students could go to safety. The eyes of the villains were not off of the students, however. Kurogiri, seeing Class 1-A attempt to flee, would not allow them to escape so easily to call in reinforcements and ruin their entire operation. In the middle of the red walkway, a black portal appeared from the floor, and more swirling black mass gushed from out of the portal,

"There is no escape." As the teenage esper stood before this formless, malicious entity, the first thought that came to mind was an evil spirit. This definitely had the appearance and characteristics of an evil spirit, having encountered so many during his time working as the Spirits and Such Consultation Office. If that was the case, then the simplest thing to do was to exorcise it and save the class. And yet...

Mob's psychic senses allowed him to sense the presence of evil spirits and other espers because of the psychic energy they emitted. This thing wasn't emitting any sort of energy, any powerful presence that stood out to the esper. It was possible his senses could be wrong, but it seemed very unlikely. No, the more probable scenario was that this was just a very unusual person with a mutant quirk that merely gave him the presence of an evil spirit. If that were true, then the psychic would not use his powers to exorcise it. In fact, Mob wasn't even sure if his exorcism powers would work on something like this with similar characteristics of an evil spirit, and he sure as hell wasn't so curious as to attempt it.

"It's such a pleasure to meet this batch of young students. We are the League of Villains, and while it's impolite, we decided to let ourselves in to this haven of justice. This seems like a fitting place for the Symbol of Peace to take his last breath."

Many of the students felt chills run down their spines. So they were here to target All Might? Did they really have the power to take down the number one hero? The mere possibility and the overwhelming presence of this villain caused some of the students to tremble with fear. Midoriya and Kageyama were among the ones who were uneasy at this villain's proclamations, afraid of what sort of power or trickery they had for All Might.

"And yet, I see no sign of All Might. He was supposed to be supervising this class, so it seems that there must have been some sort of change in plan. In the end, however, it doesn't really matter. I still have a role to play." Kurogiri's mist body began expanding until it served as a wall barricading the students inside while Thirteen unsealed one of the holes in her fingers, preparing to activate her quirk to protect the students. But before she could do anything, Kirishima and Bakugo beat her to the punch and lunged for the villain. Activating their quirks, the two teenagers struck Kurogiri, unleashing a large explosion that released large clouds of smoke.

In the thick cloud of smoke, the two students were confident in their attacks, smirking as they stood victorious.

"Did you really think we'd just stand there like a bunch of sitting ducks," exclaimed Kirishima. The grey smoke began to disappear as the black smoke quickly emerged, wiping the smirks off of the teenagers' faces.

"Impressive. You do indeed live up to your school's reputation. But you should be more careful, children." The grey smoke cleared, revealing Kurogiri's body and, for some reason, a piece of armor shrouded within this smoke. "Otherwise, you might get hurt."

"You two, get back!" The space hero, having seen how ineffective basic attacks were against this foe, ordered her students to get out of the way as she prepared her attack. Alas, Kurogiri would not simply stay put and leave himself open to attack.

"I'll scatter you across this facility so you can get acquainted with my comrades!" Several streams of black smoke erupted from the villain's body, running through the crowd of students. Soon, Kurogiri's entire body spread around the group of heroes until they were all completely enveloped by a dome-shaped mass of black smoke. Overtaken by surprise, lack of understanding of his opponent's capabilities, and his inability to act or think quickly, the prodigious esper could do nothing while this villain used his powers to divide the class.

The only one quick-witted enough to react was the class representative, who grabbed the two people closest to him, Uraraka and Sado, escaping the thralling black mist. In this swirling sphere, Shoji shielded two of his classmates, Sato and Ashido, but for the rest of the class caught up in Kurogiri's attack, they were quickly teleported to the different zones of the U.S.J., where each of them would have to fight their own battles.


Far off in the facility, the bowl-haired esper found himself transported to a place with dense rainfall thirty feet above the ground. He took a quick look around him and noticed he was in an urban setting with multiple buildings which were three or four stories tall, and multiple streets with sidewalks and stop signs you'd expect to see in the city. Mob quickly stopped his descent and gently floated to the ground. What had just happened? Where was the rest of the class?

He went over what had just happened and remembered what the smoke villain had said. From what he'd stated, it sounded like he intended to fan the class out all throughout the facility in order to pick them off one-by-one. The esper cursed himself for allowing the villain to teleport his classmates like that. He should've reacted quicker, used his psychic powers to push everyone out of the way and keep them safe, but he was so unsure of the situation, unprepared for any sort of attack that he'd left himself and the class wide open. Now he had no idea where any of his other classmates were or what kind of dangers they'd encounter.

"Kageyama!" The bowl-haired esper looked to his right, and was relieved to see that Tokoyami was rushing towards him, looking uninjured.

"Tokoyami! Are you alright?"

"Yes, I'm fine. I'm pleased to see you're not injured."

"Well well, took long enough." Coming from a darkened alleyway, a man with the appearance of a teal lizard approached the two students. Fitting his reptilian appearance, he had a long tail with sharp claws ready to slice his opponents to shreds, proven by the sadistic smile on his face. "I was beginning to think we'd have to go looking for students ourselves with how long Kurogiri was taking, but thanks, we've got some fresh pickings plop right in front of us."

"Finally, we can have some fun." Emerging from the shadows, a total of ten villains with various different weapons and appearances came to take care of the students.

"Nothing personal, but you kids have got to bite the dust."

These villains been assigned by Shigaraki to monitor this area, wait for Kurogiri's cue to bring some students here. By doing this, they would not only kill the students and permanently tarnish the prestigious reputation of U.A. High and All Might, but with his death, they'd be one step closer to living their lives freely as criminals.

"Stay on guard, Kageyama. We have no idea what we're up against." The avian student widened his stance, raising his fists and sharpening his senses against the multiple villains surrounding them. They had to be ready for whatever attacks these villains had for them, what kind of odd or powerful quirks they could use to rip them apart. This was a fight, after all.

"You guys shouldn't be doing this." The esper's absolutely rigid stance on not using his powers against other people had loosened after his little brother's kidnapping by Claw, and he'd come to realize that there were times in which he needed to use his powers to fight, to defend the people he cared about. Since that first battle with Claw, he'd used his powers against other people plenty of times, such as the two Scars who were on their way to Kageyama's house, or the multiple Claw henchmen who were looting the city. Against those members of Claw, he'd been more willing to use force because he'd believed that his family had been kidnapped by them, and also the anger building up inside of him after learning what Claw did to Seasoning City.

But right now, Kageyama wasn't in that mindset, that aggressive mentality. Maybe it had to do with Thirteen's speech and reminder of the danger of their quirks, but at the moment, the esper wanted to try to talk to these villains in a peaceful manner before determining if using his powers was the necessary course of action.

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"You shouldn't be using your powers to threaten others like this. It isn't right."

"Huh?" All of the villains stared at the bowl-haired student like he was brain-dead. What the hell was this kid trying to pull? Similarly, Tokoyami's mouth gaped open, his fists slightly lowering as he was caught off-guard by his classmate's statement. The first thing that should've been on Kageyama's mind was keeping his guard up, preparing for attacks, not trying to have a conversation with his enemies. Furthermore, what kind of hero tried to lecture villains?

"The hell are you doing, kid?" one of the villains said. "You trying to tell us what to do?"

"I think I get what's going on here!" The villain with a reptilian appearance formed a hypothesis regarding the bowl-haired student's attempt to try and make a peaceful talk. "You're scared shitless, and you're trying to talk your way out of this, make us feel pity for you so maybe we'll spare your lives! Well that ain't happening!"

Tokoyami shook his head. No, if he wanted, he could probably rip all of their heads off with his bare hands. While it certainly seemed possible that Kageyama was frightened, it was still very unlikely in the eyes of the avian teenager.

"Yea, you've got a good point!" another villain continued, "I mean look at him! This kid doesn't look like he could even handle a gallon of piss!" Like basically everyone else, the villains were very unimpressed with the teenager's very plain and meek appearance.

"Once we kill you guys and Shigaraki gets rid of All Might, we'll be one step closer to doing what we want!" One of the villains with a bulky build decided to take the first initiative and charged the bowl-haired teenager. His quirk was a very basic and unimpressive strength-enhancing ability, although it was still enough to seriously damage or even kill a normal person, enough so that a single punch could pierce through the skin and scramble his opponent's organs.

Sadly for the villains, they were about to see just how wrong they were, the frightening power that laid hidden behind his unimpressive appearance. The muscular man suddenly found himself frozen midair, surrounded by a light blue aura. He noticed that the bowl-haired teenager was also surrounded by this aura, and quickly put two-and-two together.

"Doing what you want?" The villain felt his body run cold when he saw the esper's face darken, his dull eyes now black with anger. This sounded very familiar for the teenage esper...

"The boss is the only one gunning for ruling the world. As long as I'm having fun, I don't really care."

One of Claw's most powerful espers, with an extremely powerful aura and the ability to teleport, had openly expressed to everyone his utter disinterest for his boss's goals, ruining the lives of countless civilians, destroying their homes, and inflicting psychological damage on them solely for the sake of having a good time. These villains seemed to have the same mentality, and for the esper, it was utterly disgusting.

"So you're willing to kill an entire class of students just so you can have the freedom to do whatever you want?"

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Three of the other villains attempted to save their teammate and strike the esper while he was distracted. But before any of them could show off their quirks, both of them were quickly dispatched by the large shadow that emerged from Tokoyami's stomach. His quirk was Dark Shadow, allowing him to summon a large, bird-like monster of dark matter that Tokoyami used to incapacitate his enemies with his creature's power. With Dark Shadow, the avian student sent two of his opponents flying several meters through the air and into the walls of buildings.

As for the third opponent, Kageyama used his telekinesis to throw the immobilized foe at the approaching foe, sending both of them flying through the air at rather high speeds and knocking them out for the count.

The remaining villains were immediately stricken with a bout of fear. They'd been too cocky, underestimating the power of their quirks and assuming that their strength of numbers would be sufficient enough to take care of them. With four of them taken out in an instant, the villains suddenly felt their chances at victory were remarkably lessened.

"Dark Shadow! Attack!" Tokoyami ordered his shadowy beast to attack, and with its monstrously sized claws, scooped all of the remaining villains, who were too stricken with terror to properly dodge or defend from the quirk's remarkable power, creating a very light boom from the impact. Dark Shadow lifted the bodies of villains high into the air, then slammed the group into the ground, creating a small crater in the ground.

The dark creature roared in triumph, but Tokoyami gently patted the creature on the head. "Calm yourself, Dark Shadow," muttered Tokoyami, "The battle's over."

Shigeo was interested by the way his fellow student was treating the shadowy being, as if it were his pet. He'd only seen him use his quirk during the Quirk Apprehension Test and the battle trial in a very limited manner. Something else that the esper noticed was that this shadowy creature was much larger than during the Quirk Apprehension Test. But why was that?

"My quirk's power is affected by light," Tokoyami explained, "The darker the area, the stronger Dark Shadow becomes, although this also makes him more difficult to control. Thanks to the heavy rain and clouds, the lack of light gave Dark Shadow enough power to take care of these villains without trouble."

Kageyama moved onto the more pressing matter at hand, now that these villains had been taken care of. "Do you think the rest of our classmates will be ok?"

"I don't think that they'll have too much trouble. These villains were rather weak, so if there're at least two or three classmates working together, I'm sure they'll be able to managed." While Tokoyami did analysis of what kind of troubles their classmates would be facing spread out across the facility, he quickly came to see the one who was in the most danger. "However, I'm not sure if I can say the same thing for Mr. Aizawa."

"What do you mean?"

"He's facing several dozen villains by himself, and as Midoriya noted, he isn't suited for drawn-out battles or multiple opponents. Eventually, he's going to run out of energy, and the amount of time he can keep his quirk active will decrease. If he doesn't receive some assistance soon, he'll be in some serious trouble."

The teenage esper heard this news and widened his eyes in panic. If that was true, he had to go and lend him support!

"Tokoyami, you stay here and wait until this whole thing is over. I'm gonna go help Mr. Aizawa."

"What?" The reserved teenager was puzzled and worried at his classmate's determination to go into action. "Kageyama, you can't. Mr. Aizawa wouldn't want one of his students to rush into the field of battle and risk his life."

"I'll be fine. Make sure that the villains are restrained so they don't try to attack you again." The esper's body lit up with his light blue aura, and he gave one last small smile to his classmate.

"Be safe."

With his final words to Tokoyami, he soared up into the sky, leaving his classmate behind to do all of the menial work. While he watched his classmate fly away, there were multiple thoughts running through his head, most of which revolved around Kageyama's safety. Would the esper really be ok by himself? He did have phenomenal strength and speed combined with his telekinesis, so it wasn't like he couldn't handle himself. Contrary to that, he couldn't think of a single villain here who could pose a threat to him. Or so he believed...

His mind went back to what the smoke villain had said before. They'd come to U.A. High to kill All Might. The very notion of killing the Symbol of Peace was both shocking and seemingly impossible, given the hero's unbelievable powers. Even so, it would be foolish of them to attack so forwardly like this if they didn't have some sort of weapon, a villain who could do the deed. If the villains really did have such a weapon, then would Kageyama really be able to handle that himself? Would Mr. Aizawa be able to handle that? The avian teenager simply didn't have any answers to these questions.


While Shigeo had fought alongside Tokoyami and defeated the villains, Midoriya had also gained a victory against his foes. He'd been teleported to the Shipwreck zone along with Tsu and Mineta, and using all of their quirks, managed to find a way to immobilize their opponents. Now, the fanboy was cautiously walking toward the main fight, determined to help their teacher and survey the situation first-hand. The three students peeked their heads over the rock to see how their teacher was faring. They were ecstatic to see the many unconscious bodies all across the battlefield and only a few villains who were still standing, all while their teacher continuing to do his best. Jumping into the air, he used his scarf to grab the last two villains up, and using his downward momentum, slammed both of them into the ground. For a second, it seemed as though Eraserhead had managed to gain the upper hand, that the villains couldn't dish out anything more to take care of the hero. Sadly, Shigaraki hadn't just been idly watching his forces get mowed down without getting some intel. After seeing Eraserhead use his quirk so many times, he'd finally figured out his glaring vulnerability, and with all of his forces finished, it was time to go into action.

The leader of the villains sprinted into action, going over the periods of time Eraserhead maintained his quirk before forcing to rest. "First it was 23 seconds, then 24 seconds, then 17."

"The final boss, huh?" The eraser hero sent his capture weapon towards Shigaraki, but the villain dodged the scarf. Aizawa rushed towards his opponent, who was reaching his hand out in an attempt to grab the hero's face. Eraserhead ducked, elbowing the villain hard in the stomach. For a second, the three students smiled in relief, believing their homeroom teacher had actually been victorious. But Tsu's smile disappeared, for she was the first to notice there was something wrong. The psychotic enemy held his elbow with his hand, having been able to block the hero's blow.

"I couldn't tell very easily with all your moving around, but I finally figured out your tell: your hair. When it drops, it means you've stopped using your quirk." The eraser hero's exhausted eyes widened with shock and pain in his elbow. Now that Shigaraki had figured out his quirk's giveaway, he could finally activate his own quirk: Decay. This was a very dangerous quirk that destroyed everything Shigaraki touched. Aizawa groaned in pain, his dark green shirt turning gray, breaking down into dust and the skin on the hero's elbow, revealing the muscle tendons protected by the skin. "You're having to blink more often. Don't push yourself too hard: you might fall apart. Wouldn't that be a shame?"

Aizawa wasn't just going to let Shigaraki take his arm: the hero quickly reactivated his quirk, stopping the decay. He then punched the villain and jumped back. Shigaraki was only mildly stunned by his punch and got back up rather quickly. "Still standing after all of this? Man, you're even cooler than I gave you credit for. But there's something you should know."

The unkempt hero felt a chill run down his spine. He turned his head, and standing right behind him was the large black creature with a bird-like head. How did it manage to get behind him without the hero noticing?

"I'm not the final boss. He is."

With a simple slash of his hand, the monstrous creature broke Aizawa's signature goggles and drew blood from his head. Unable to defend himself from the enemy's superior speed and strength, he screamed out in pain when the monster pinned him down and broke his arm with overwhelming ease, blood dripping down his right arm. Shigaraki watched the hero squeal and try to break free with sadistic pleasure, while the other students could only watch this spectacle with utter horror.

"You can erase people's quirks, an irritating power but ultimately not impressive. In the face of real power like this, you're nothing but a helpless little man with a useless fashion accessory."

Aizawa wasn't going to let himself be broken like a toy doll: he could still nullify his enemy's quirk! Maybe then he could come up with some kind of plan, trap him with his capture weapon. The hero looked up to the monster, and his eyes glowed bright red. This did nothing to deter the enemy, who proceeded to slam his hand down onto Aizawa's left arm, breaking the bones and eliciting another painful scream from the hero. What the hell was going on? He was breaking his bones like they were twigs, even after he had erased his quirk. That could only mean that he had phenomenal strength even without his powers. What was left for the eraser hero to do? Was this really going to be the place he died?

The black creature reached his hand out, attempting to grab the hero's head, but for some reason, his fingers couldn't latch themselves onto Aizawa's skull. The leader of the villains didn't understand why his pet was stopping.

"What're you waiting for, Nomu? Turn his brain into mush!" However, he looked closer and realized that there was some sort of blue aura wrapped around the Nomu. What the hell was that?

From the sidelines, when the three students squinted and noticed the faint blue aura, they instantly knew who it was.

"That's-" The three students gazed up into the sky, and saw the bowl-haired esper floating with a light blue aura and his hand outstretched. The esper had decided to be on the safe side and see how the other students were doing against the villains, and like Tokoyami had said, they were all managing to hold their own. None of them looked as though they were in any desperate danger. The only ones who he couldn't find were Bakugo and Kirishima, but assuming they were together, Mob didn't think he needed to worry. Finally, he came across his homeroom teacher, and when he saw what that black monster had done to his teacher, he felt he was about to vomit from thirty meters high. He'd broken both of Mr. Aizawa's arms!

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"What the-" Shigaraki looked up, and only caught a glimpse of the student's form before he disappeared. The villain looked back at the Nomu, and sure enough, the student had appeared behind him and punched him forward. The force of the esper's punch was notable, kicking up a few gusts of wind and managing to send the monster several meters forward.

"It's Kageyama!" said Tsu, "He saved Aizawa, but what's he gonna do now?"

"He's not crazy enough to fight those bad guys by himself, right?" Mineta said.

"I don't know..." Truthfully, the green-eyed fanboy was unsure of how his friend would proceed. He was certainly no stranger to fighting enemies, since according to him, he'd already taken on a terrorist organization comprised of powerful psychics. At the same time, Midoriya couldn't help but feel worried about what Kageyama was getting into. This black monster was clearly above the likes of every other villain Aizawa had taken care of thus far, and even with the esper's phenomenal abilities, Midoriya simply couldn't guarantee his friend's victory.

"I'm impressed, kid," said Shigaraki, "You actually had enough strength to knock Nomu back."

"Mr. Aizawa! Your arms, they're..." The esper helped his teacher up to his feet, and now getting to see the extent of his injuries up-close, only felt more horrified and disgusted. His arms looked as though they were simply hanging threads of meat now, the damage too catastrophic to even lift them up. Also, he noticed that the skin on his elbow had somehow disappeared, leaving his muscles exposed.

"What happened to your elbow?"

"The man with the hands on his face, he has a quirk that lets him destroy anything he touches. He got my elbow, while that monster got my arms. Still, I can manage." Against this insurmountable pain that threatened to make him lose consciousness, Aizawa was using all the willpower to fight against the pain, the adrenaline also serving to mitigate it enough to think properly.

"Now leave. I'll buy you enough time to get out of here."

"No." The esper's hair stood up as he activated his powers, and he took a few steps towards the two remaining villains. "I'll handle them. You're the one who has to get out of here."

"Hey! Is this your kid, Eraserhead?" Shigaraki mocked, noting the fact that both of their hair appeared to rise when using their powers, "I didn't think you were a family man!"

"Unacceptable!" The eraser hero would not accept this proposal whatsoever. He'd felt the strength of this monster, the "Nomu" as the boss called it. It was unbelievable: it entered the realm of All Might. Even Kageyama couldn't fight against something that powerful. Something like that would need either All Might or an army of Pro Heroes.

"Your injuries are too severe, Mr. Aizawa. You've lost both of your arms, and the veins in your eyes are bulging. You've overused your quirk. Letting you fight by yourself would be suicidal for you. I'll be able to manage by myself."

"I said no!" For Aizawa, this was not something that could be negotiated, and he activated his erasure quirk to force the esper into submission. As his hair rose, he expected to see Kageyama's hair fall. But what happened was just the contrary: not a single hair fell out of place.

The eraser hero felt himself lose his breath. What the hell? He was positive he was using his quirk on Kageyama! He should've become completely powerless! But nothing was happening! The only type of quirk his erasing power didn't work with was mutant-type quirks, but Kageyama clearly didn't have a mutant quirk. So what could explain this?

For all of the other spectators watching Kageyama ready himself to fight, they saw Aizawa activate his quirk, but due to the esper's position and the position of the enemies being right in front of Kageyama, all of them assumed that the pro hero was attempting to erase the quirk of Shigaraki or the Nomu, so none of them understood that there was anything wrong in this scenario.

"So you're the leader of all of these villains, then?" Kageyama said, ignoring his teacher's demand to flee.

"Bingo! You've got it! And this guy right here, you can call him Nomu. He's a biological weapon designed to take down the Symbol of Peace. You think you can handle this thing by yourself?" The three students were out of earshot and could not hear the dialogue exchanged between Tomura and Shigeo.

"So you really came here to kill All Might." The psychic could not bear the thought of anything happening to the man who'd been his pillar of support for ten months and helped him start a new life in this foreign world. Furthermore, this man was the one behind this attack, the one who ordered his soldiers to kill all of his classmates. "And you don't care at all about the lives of students you've ordered to kill?"

The psychotic villain didn't even bat an eye at the student's display of shock of disgust. "My friends and I came here to put the Symbol of Peace down for good and ruin this pathetic society of heroes, and the best way to do that, to show All Might how pitiful and pathetic he really is, is for him to see the bodies of the dead students neither he nor this useless school could protect. How about we start with you?"

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"There's your next target, Nomu. Rip him to shreds!"

The herculean beast rushed towards the powerful esper, who gasped at the Nomu's speed, barely having enough time to put up a barrier. The impact was incredible, creating huge gusts of wind which reached the three students and managed to create several waves in the water a few inches in height. Aizawa was tossed across the ground, unable to stop himself due to his lack of arms. Eventually, the Nomu's fist tore through the psychic barrier, hitting the esper in the chest. The blow caused Mob to wince in pain, sending him back several meters.

Shigaraki cackled as he watched his pet tear through the enemy's defenses. "I can't wait to see All Might's face when he sees his student's severed head."

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Mob couldn't believe how utterly despicable the words coming out of this man's mouth were. What was most revolting to Mob about this man's behavior was how he took pleasure in the pain of others. How could anyone actually enjoy inflicting physical or psychological damage onto others like this, to this degree?

The bowl-haired student attempted to retaliate with a strong yet overly basic right kick, but the Nomu managed to intercept the attack and grabbed his foot. The monster squeezed the psychic's foot as hard as he could, and the esper yelled out in pain. The Nomu's strength was indeed phenomenal, that was being made abundantly clear after just two attacks. Mob clamped his fists together and slammed them against the monster's hand as hard as possible, loosening the grip enough for him to break free. He quickly jumped back, but once he got on level ground, he winced in pain. He looked down and saw that his shoe had been crushed into pieces, as well as the bottom sleeve of his pants. Not only that, but his foot was lightly bleeding, a small purple discoloration beginning to form. Mob couldn't let himself be grabbed like that again.

"While Nomu's working his magic with the bowl-cut, why don't I take my time with those three over there!" Shigaraki had noticed the three students hiding in the water and decided to have some fun with them. Aizawa, who'd barely had any time to react to the exchange between Kageyama and the Nomu, saw the enemy go on the move and felt every muscle, even the torn ones, tense up: it was Midoriya, Asui, and Mineta. But what the hell were they doing waiting in the water? They should've evacuated the second they saw what the Nomu did to Aizawa and realized that this was an enemy they couldn't fight!

The teacher attempted to intercept the psychopathic criminal, his quirk activated and his scarf unfolded. Mob took a glance at what those two were doing, and felt his blood run cold when he saw his classmates being targeted and the villain's hand stretched out towards Tsu.

"Tsu! Guys!"

98%

Only a few feet before Shigaraki reached the students, Aizawa jumped up and kicked the villain in the chest. This time, however, Shigaraki was able to easily evade the enemy's attack and counter with a hard uppercut to the chin. "Your movements have gotten slower, Eraserhead! Looks like you've hit your limit!"

Staggered by the blow and with his arms out of commission, the villain decided to end the hero's feeble attempt at saving his students and get rid of his last interruption by disintegrating Aizawa's head. Happening simultaneously, the Nomu decided to go on the attack again and readied his fist to slam into the esper's face.

"Time to put you into permanent retirement, Eraserhead!"

But the villain's hand never made contact with the hero's face: out of nowhere, he felt some sort of immense pressure keeping him restrained. Aizawa and the other students could feel the same kind of pressure prickling their skin. What was causing this?

"What... the hell is..." Shigaraki just barely managed to avert his gaze towards the person he assumed was doing this, and sure enough, he could see the esper's aura flaring to life, his blue aura now a bright complex rainbow color. He also took note of the Nomu's outstretched fist doing nothing.

"You're not gonna lay a finger on my teacher or my classmates!"

100% Rage

Mob's building fury against the merciless villains and the threats his classmates were under had finally reached its peak. He could clearly see that no words would get through to the main villain, and this Nomu was basically just a pet, an attack dog that wouldn't stop until it had killed its prey. Not if Shigeo could help it: with the rage and energy fueling his psychic powers, he would defeat this monster and keep everyone safe.

The esper stretched out both of his hands, sending a telekinetic blast which simultaneously sent both Shigaraki and the Nomu back several dozen meters. As his rage was being unleashed, multiple chunks of cement were rising up off the ground, many the size of boulders.

"You four, get out of here now!" The esper made a quick sprint towards the four. "I'm gonna fight the Nomu. You evacuate with the rest of the class and get somewhere safe." Mob looked at the leader of these villains, who was still getting up from the telekinetic blast, and his aura grew larger while the look in his eyes only became more furious.

"No way will I watch him turn any of you to dust!"

"Kageyama..." All four of them were unnerved by this sudden change of attitude, this explosion of anger. The bowl-haired teenager had always presented himself as a neutral, soft-spoken and respectful individual who was averse to the concept of using his powers against others so needlessly. Standing before them was a rage-driven warrior, prepared to do whatever it took to defeat his opponent. Something else that was off-putting for them was Kageyama's eyes: the dull, brown pupils were now blood-red, the pupils swirling with anger and fortitude.

The Nomu was quick to recover, and sprinted for the esper to attack with another right jab. This time, the esper met him head-on and sprinted forward with the same attack in mind. The force of the collision was phenomenal: after a quick initial shockwave, a flurry of high-speed winds came forth, knocking everyone off balance and creating waves a few feet in height.

The bowl-haired teenager was startled by the power this creature's punches packed. More startling for the esper, however, was how much power his own punches could pack. Filled with rage, he could feel the psychic energy flowing through his muscles, amplifying them many times over and actually allowing him to stand up to this monster's phenomenal power. If he'd used this same attack against the Nomu a year ago, it would have definitely broken his arm, maybe completely torn it off. He was being reminded of the unintentional bonus the rigorous training with All Might and Midoriya had given him.

After the two exchanged the punch, the Nomu followed up with a left hook, but Mob erected a barrier to defend himself. The same air pressure was released, but this time, the esper's shield managed to hold.

"Whoa! Kageyama's awesome!" shouted Mineta.

"What the..." As Shigaraki stood back up and witnessed the way the student was able to trade a punch evenly with the Nomu, he was absolutely stunned. "How is that kid able to fight the Nomu? He's as strong as All Might! And how was his barrier able to stop Nomu's attack when it was shattered with the same attack just seconds before?"

"Tomura Shigaraki!" Teleporting to his superior's location, Kurogiri returned to give news of what had just happened, for not all of it was good. "The rescue hero is out of commission, although there were students whom I was unable to disperse, and one of them escaped the facility." While the other students had been fighting villains across the campus, the students who'd remained at the front gate were forced to deal with Kurogiri. Thirteen had attempted to hold him off by herself, but the smoke opponent was able to best her. Unfortunately for him, the remaining students had managed to distract Kurogiri long enough for the fastest student, Iida, to sprint out the door and go inform the school of the situation.

The psychotic villain's muscles quivered with indignation. To hear such troublesome news and deep failures from Kurogiri was unacceptable. Shigaraki began to rapidly scratch the sides of his neck, a tick of his which showed whenever he became violently angry, and his entire body began to tremble with fury.

"Kurogiri, you idiot. If you weren't our warp gate, I'd tear you down to the last atom!" After a few seconds, he managed to simmer his fiery temper and dropped his hands down. "There's no way we'll win if dozens of pros come in to stop us. And to make things worse, this kid can fight the Nomu."

While the villains were conversing and the two powerful fighters were duking it out, the spectators were scrambling, startled by the esper's remarkable physical prowess and the fact that Kageyama's barrier was able to hold up.

"The three of you, go evacuate!" ordered Aizawa.

"What about you, Mr. Aizawa?" asked Tsu.

The hero felt a tightness in the chest. He went over what he could do at this point: with his arms completely shattered and the teacher almost all of his energy expended, he'd instantly be killed if he tried to fight against the leader again. More importantly, if he stayed, he'd only make himself a target for the remaining villains and force Kageyama to step in and save him, and he already had his hands full with the Nomu. Now that he saw the teenager was able to match the Nomu's blows and defend himself with his barriers, he was confident that the esper could hold out long enough for All Might and the rest of the U.A. faculty to arrive. It made him sick to his stomach, but it appeared that the hero would be forced to leave this in Kageyama's hands.

"I hate to do this, but we have to leave Kageyama." The hero gave a heavy sigh, hating how the words sounded out in the open. "There's nothing neither I or any of you can do to help him."

Tsu pinched the skin at her throat, averse to the idea of leaving her classmate to fend for himself. "Are you sure?"

"We don't have a choice."

"You guys shouldn't worry anyway. You saw him take that bird guy's attack! He's totally got this!" The short student was already sold with what he'd seen from the esper. In his eyes, he could handle this by himself without any problem. Midoriya also couldn't help but feel partly ensured by the esper's power: he'd fought villains before, and he had plenty of abilities at his disposal. Hopefully that would be enough to at least delay that monster until the rest of the heroes arrived.

With one last look of reluctance, the four of them sprinted to the entrance, leaving the esper alone to fight this biological weapon.

Mob took a small glance at the four of them, and felt a huge weight lift off his shoulders. He didn't have to worry about them getting caught in the crossfire of this battle or them being targeted by the other villains.

Focusing his attention back on the battle, the teenager lifted the Nomu into the air, and with a downward flick of his wrist, he slammed the creature into the ground. He repeated the motion a few times, and then flicked his wrist to the right, sending it crashing through multiple trees. However, the Nomu was practically unaffected by the attacks, and it rushed the esper. Kageyama put up another barrier to protect himself, then punched him in the stomach. He continued with a strong right uppercut, but the Nomu was basically unfazed.

"My punches aren't working at all."

"That's because Nomu has shock absorption, kid. Not even All Might's blows can take this big guy down! So what're you gonna try next?"

"Should we intervene in this battle?" said Kurogiri.

"No, no. Nomu's got this covered. Let's just enjoy the show."

Kageyama lifted his hand and sent multiple pieces of concrete flying at the monster. The Nomu attempted to push back against the multiple pieces of concrete, but their size and numbers were eventually starting to take their effect and caused him to stagger back. But this was only the beginning: the Nomu was about to go for a ride.

The esper lifted himself and the Nomu high into the air, soaring up until they both crashed through the roof of the U.S.J. They continued going higher and higher, a couple of hundred feet above the top of the building, until the esper shouted and with all of his might, kicked the Nomu in the stomach. It became clear to the esper that his attacks needed to have a bit more power behind them. Propelling himself downward and increasing the speed of descent with his telekinesis, the two opponents returned to the ground in a fraction of the time it took them to get back up, and crashed into the ground. Torrential winds kicked up: the shockwaves from the impact reverberated throughout the entire facility, and both Tomura and Kurogiri were knocked off of their feet.

As the smoke cleared, the villains could see the esper's foot rammed into the monster's chest, the Nomu stunned by the blow. Alas, thanks to the Nomu's immense strength and durability, it managed to recover from the attack and attempted to grab the esper, but Mob wasn't finished yet. The esper tackled the artificially engineered monster, dragging him through the cement floor and attempting to deal as much damage as he could, until they were once again sent out of the U.S.J and into the wooded area outside.

"Come on, Kurogiri, let's follow them." Kurogiri warped himself and Tomura to the outside where the two opponents were fighting, but once they arrived at the scene of the battle, they saw that the roots of the trees were beginning to move for some reason.

"What's that brat doing?"

The thick roots of the trees were beginning to combine, taking shape into larger roots that began to wrap around the Nomu's legs, while the thick branches wrapped around the monster's wrists.

"He can manipulate plants? How the hell can he do that?" Shigaraki couldn't wrap his head around how this kid could do what he do. He had a multitude of abilities: flight, barrier creation, enhanced strength and speed, and now plant control? Just how in the hell did his quirk work?

The Nomu attempted to break free, but the roots of dozens upon dozens of trees were combining to restrain the bioengineered monstrosity. The esper took the moment where Nomu was restrained and assaulted him with a barrage of unorganized and basic punches to the creature's front body.

"Kurogiri!"

Before the esper could continue its assault on the Nomu, it became shrouded with a black mist, starting from the feet going all the way up to the head. Kageyama gasped and turned to the two villains: so the smoke enemy was using his powers to assist the Nomu. That would make things a bit more tricky.

What was even more tricky was that Kurogiri had warped the Nomu right behind Kageyama: with his back in his sights, the monster attempted to punch the esper while he was vulnerable, yet Mob managed to erect another barrier in time and defend himself.

Watching the way the esper was getting the upper hand against the Nomu, Shigaraki's fury began to boil, scratching his neck so hard that the scratch marks began to bleed. "This kid... he's ruining everything, Kurogiri. The Nomu can't even land a proper punch on him thanks to the brat's telekinesis, as if his strength and speed weren't already bad enough!"

"Yes, this child is clearly a prodigy," remarked Kurogiri.

While Mob was maintaining his barrier, his thoughts were going towards the smoke villain. His powers were proving to be rather irritating, and if he continued to intervene in the battle like this, then Mob wouldn't be able to land a finishing blow on the Nomu. He had to make sure that he didn't get a chance to use his powers, make it more difficult to use his powers by making sure the Nomu was constantly in motion.

Mob lifted the Nomu into the air once again, but this time, he started to spin the monster. Shigaraki and Kurogiri began to grow uneasy. "What is he doing now?"

The Nomu was being spun through the air like a wheel, quickly gaining speed as the esper made the circling motion. The speed at which the Nomu was being spun was growing so great that air current was being formed, pushing the villains back.

"I can't open a portal to get him out!" said Kurogiri, "He's going too fast!"

This was the esper's intention, to keep this fight solely between him and the Nomu. Once the esper felt he'd gained enough speed and its senses had been knocked off-balance enough, he slammed the Nomu into the ground. Like before, the force was unbelievable, managing to send both villains flying, destroying a large chunk of the trees nearby, and creating yet another shockwave which shook the U.S.J. and even sent some mild tremors throughout the campus. With this, Kageyama was hoping it would be enough to finish the Nomu. Once the smoke cleared and the esper could get a good view of the Nomu, he noticed it was struggling to get up. Even so, the esper was growing annoyed at the fact that none of his attacks weren't doing any significant damage. Was his shock absorption really that potent? The esper didn't realize that there was another reason, something else that was allowing the Nomu to keep fighting, and without it, Mob would've likely already won the fight.

While the esper was fighting against the Nomu, Midoriya was fleeing alongside Aizawa and his other two classmates, but as they were fleeing, Aizawa was beginning to slow down.

"Mr. Aizawa?" Midoriya said, looking at his teacher's weakening form with great concern.

"Don't worry, it's just a little... little..." The eraser hero's adrenaline had faded, allowing the overwhelming pain he was in to take effect. Unable to fight this building pain any longer and having already reached his limit, the homeroom teacher closed his eyes and fell unconscious. Asui and Mineta managed to catch their teacher, where the frog-like teenager checked his pulse.

"He's alive, just unconscious."

"We should keep moving," Mineta said.

Suddenly, the three students felt the ground shaking. They heard a large boom from the battlefield, and all began to fear what it signified.

"Is Kageyama doing alright?" asked Tsu, growing concerned for her classmate and unsure of what these large tremors really meant.

Izuku's thoughts were currently going towards his friend fighting for his life. That black, herculean creature was clearly above any of the other villains that had come. Then he remembered what Tsu said before: if the villains had come here, they must have had some way to kill All Might. That thing must've been the secret weapon they'd been preparing, which likely meant that it had strength comparable to All Might, and Kageyama was fighting that thing all by himself! Even he couldn't fend off against such an opponent without some assistance. He had to go back and help him!

"You guys take Mr. Aizawa to the entrance. I'm gonna go back to help Kageyama!"

Without waiting for any input or warnings from his classmates, the green-haired fanboy sprinted off back into the battlefield to go give his friend vital assistance, not realizing that the esper actually was faring very well against the Nomu and had it and the other villains on the ropes.

Back on the battlefield, the powerful esper was unsure of what to do to finally finish this opponent. According to the blue-haired villain, this Nomu had shock absorption, meaning that any physical blows he dealt would be much less effective. Not only that, but sending it crashing through rocks or other rubble wasn't doing enough damage. He had to find some sort of method to incapacitate the Nomu.

As the Nomu rushed toward the esper, the monster quickly found that it had lost the feeling in its arms and legs. This was because, as it happened, all four limbs had been torn off, leaving only the upper body and head intact. Shigeo found this to be the only way to deal with this artificial creation, since removing all of its limbs would leave it unable to fight.

"There, it's finished."

"Wow, pretty lethal display of your powers there, kid." Mob looked back at the blue-haired villain and his associate, but soon found something to be wrong when he saw that Shigaraki wasn't panicking. "If Nomu were any other opponent, your battle would be over. Sadly, Nomu's not an ordinary opponent."

"What does that..." The esper shuffled back some steps when he saw red muscle begin to grow out from the stubs of his limbs. The Nomu was regrowing all of his limbs, starting with the muscle and next was the skin, quickly covering the bulging muscles until all four of his limbs were restored to perfect working order. Now the esper understood: the Nomu was regenerating all of the damage that was being taken from his attacks. That made this a bit more challenging: still, Kageyama had more than enough energy, and if he kept his distance, made sure to keep on dealing significant damage, maybe he could eventually find some sort of weakness, something that he could exploit.

Kageyama sent the monster flying back into the U.S.J. with a strong telekinetic blast. The psychic quickly followed it back inside, and the other two villains were rushing in behind him.

Midoriya, who'd just returned to the scene of battle, watched the Nomu being sent flying and crashing into a large boulder. He saw his friend, looking basically uninjured and more than ready to continue the fight. The green-haired fanboy was astonished: were those tremors he felt originating from Kageyama? Did he really have that kind of physical power?

"Kageyama!"

At the entrance, the doors burst open, creating a large cloud of dust. Mob, Izuku, and the villains all turned their heads to see what the commotion was about. The student's who'd remained at the entrance watched with shock and building relief when they was the savior had come at last. Wearing his yellow suit and carrying his yellow blazer in his right hand, the Symbol of Peace walked to the edge of the staircase, his usual trademark smile replaced by an angry scowl, for All Might was pissed and ready for a fight.

"Looks like the game's gonna heat up!"


There! Mob manages to hold his own against the Nomu, but because of his complete lack of fighting experience, battle strategy, and quick thinking, he's unable to gain a decisive victory against the Nomu!

I'm getting a lot of backlash over the way that Mob wasn't able to hold his own against the Nomu, saying that with Mob's capabilities, he should've been able to defeat the Nomu instantly since he could destroy an entire city. In response, I'd like to say that some people are also nerfing the Nomu. First, consider that All Might's capable of laying waste to entire city blocks with his punches even while weakened, and a single punch was strong enough to change the weather, meaning that All Might is also capable of destroying cities if he wants to as well. Nomu has physical power that's on par with that, so I think you're all also underestimating how powerful the Nomu is. Also, like I said, I feel that Mob never showed any similar feats in terms of pure physical strength during any of his fights. The most that was seen was with Koyama, when his physical attack destroyed a large portion of a building, but even that wasn't really impressive in comparison to what All Might or the Nomu have done. With his other fights, he also had more access to the available surroundings: for instance, during his fight with the Suzuki, he could use all of the buildings to his advantage since there was no one around, but here, there wasn't as much he could use. And do you really think Mob's willing to just tear his enemies apart like Tatsumaki? He may be on her level according to ONE when serious, but would Mob really be willing to turn the Nomu into a giant ball of flesh, slowly twist his body in pain? He did that with Suzuki only when absolutely necessary, and he doesn't really use his powers in other ways. He only uses basic powers of telekinesis and barrier creation, so dealing with a creature who can regenerate and absorb blows is something new for him, even if he has raw power that outmatches the Nomu.

Also, this fight was never intended to let Mob shine, not really. That time will come later on in the story, but not right now.

Also, just to confirm this to everyone, there are only 20 students in Class 1-A: Shigeo replaced Koji Koda. Yea, I don't really care about him and he barely speaks at all, so his presence wasn't really needed. Anyway, now you'll see how things turn out with All Might's arrival and what he'll do about the Nomu! Until Chapter 14 of 100 Percent Hero!