USJ Part 2
I am back! Here's this one, hopefully done relatively quick compared to the wait time of the last one
Riolu stood by Izuku's side as the purple fog filled the area from the villain's spiritomb. Riolu felt anger start to rise in his chest. He'd always hated ghost types. They were always so sneaky and always up to no good, and this situation only proved that fact. Not only that, but Riolu had never been able to fight back against ghost types when he was living on the streets, as none of his attacks could affect them.
Riolu steeled himself against the fog. He needed to be brave, Izuku needed him to be brave. He couldn't abandon Izuku, no matter what. Not after all he'd done for him. So, Riolu's eyes darted around the region, looking for some way out of the situation. In front of him, there was the villain and the Spiritomb, and on all other sides there was fog that would likely teleport him somewhere if he got too close. That left the only option as a full on frontal attack. Riolu reached out with his mind, attempting to prod for the familiar power of One for All. Riolu thought he felt the edges of Izuku's mind. He reached out and-
Riolu's concentration was broken completely by the feeling of coldness washing over him. One moment he was standing on flat ground, and the next he was falling over onto cold, hard rock.
Riolu grunted, pushing himself into a standing position. While he'd been thinking of what to do, the villain had made his move, and now Riolu had no idea where he was. Riolu looked around to see a purple portal closing in the air and a few more figures tumbled onto the ground. Riolu recognized them as Uraraka and her pokemon, as well as the boy with the white and red hair that Riolu hadn't cared enough to remember his name.
"Eep!" He heard Uraraka squeal as she tumbled down the hill a few meters before pushing herself to her feet. Riolu's heart dropped as he realized something.
The portal had closed and Izuku hadn't come through. Izuku was somewhere else, separated by that damn ghost type pokemon. Riolu started to panic. Izuku was his anchor, the only person outside of All Might and a few others that Riolu really felt safe around. He was able to manage being in proximity with other humans, sure, but without Izuku there it was so much more difficult. He started to breathe harder.
"Riolu! Are you okay?" Uraraka rushed over, kneeling next to him. Riolu took a tentative step back before relenting. Luckily, Uraraka was one of the people he knew he could trust. Still, he couldn't stop his instincts from forcing him to be more cautious. Shaking off his uneasiness, he nodded silently. Uraraka let out a breath of relief, standing up.
"Where are we?" She asked, putting a finger to her chin. Riolu looked around the surroundings to get a scope of what was actually going on. They were all standing on a rocky slope, angled downhill towards a flat area with what looked like a few decimated buildings.
"The landslide zone." The boy with the white and red hair said, "And those down there are villains." Riolu's heart dropped. More villains, which meant more bad pokemon. Looking down the hill, he swore he saw at least ten different pokemon, all scaling up the hill. They were all either rock or ground types, if Riolu was just going based off of what he remembered from Izuku's notes. That made it ten on...well, five, but more like three or four. There was Riolu himself, then the boy with the white and red hair had an alolan ninetales, then Uraraka had her Togekiss, clefairy, and Eevee, but Riolu knew for a fact that Eevee was not ready to battle yet.
"That's...bad." Uraraka muttered, taking a step back. Then she tilted her head, "Riolu, where's Deku?"
Riolu shook his head as if to say I don't know. Luckily, Uraraka was able to read what he was trying to say, and her face dropped as well.
"You mean you guys got seperated? That's horrible!"
"We don't have time to worry about such things. Now, I have a plan. I need you all to follow me and cover any stragglers." Riolu flinched at the seriousness of his tone.
"We can't be attacking the villains, can we, Todoroki?" Uraraka asked. So that was his name.
"And don't get in my way." Todoroki said.
Great, another arrogant one. We already had one with that stupid Bakugo, we don't need another. Riolu thought. Todoroki and the rest of the group started to walk down to meet the villains, but Riolu didn't budge. His eyes scanned the facility from the high point, trying to see if he could spot anything else. Aizawa was still fighting villains in the middle, and Riolu could see other excursions happening in the other zones.
"Riolu, we'll need your help!" Uraraka called. Riolu inwardly cringed. She was right. He didn't want to have to listen to some confident asshole's directions, but he knew that they would need as much help as they could get. Still, his first priority was finding Izuku.
With a huff, Riolu covered the distance between where he was and where Uraraka was with a few short leaps.
The villains were closer now, still trudging up the hill, their pokemon making a wall in front of them. Riolu prepared himself for a fight, and it was going to be a tough one.
Good thing he had type advantage.
Izuku started to panic, feeling the fear building up within him. They were surrounded by villains who had the landscape advantage. Aizawa was stuck fighting against an endless onslaught of villains and his friends were all split up, all at some corner of the facility.
And he had no idea where Riolu was.
Was he hurt? Was he captured? What if he was alone, having to fight against villains by himself? What about Uraraka? Where was she?
"Midoriya, you're muttering again." came Tsu's voice, even and serious as ever. Luckily it was enough to pull Izuku from his mindless blubbering. Only then did he realize something that was able to suppress the fear bubbling up inside bim.
He had two of his classmates with him. They could come up with a plan. That's what mattered right now anyways.
"Sorry." Izuku apologized, feeling guilty for starting to have a panic attack at such an important moment, "Let's figure out a plan on how to get out of here."
"What do you mean a plan? We're going to die! I didn't even get to touch Yaoyorozu's boobs!" Mineta wailed, throwing himself onto the ground like...well like a baby. Izuku could feel himself cringing at the boy's attitude. It also certainly didn't help quench his panic. He was barely staying calm as it was, he didn't need that kind of shouting to throw him off kilter.
"Stop that." Tsu said, kicking him lightly. Mineta scrambled to his feet, taking a few steps away from Tsu cautiously, "What matters right now is getting out of here, not your stupid pervy fantasies. Plus, you're going to give Midoriya a panic attack." The words seemed to have some effect on Mineta, since he at least looked a little apologetic towards Izuku.
"It's fine, really. I'll be fine." Izuku assured them.
"I'm pretty sure your face was literally white when you realized Riolu wasn't here." Tsu said. Izuku paled a little. Was it really that obvious?
"I-I'll be fine, I promise. Don't worry about me." Izuku assured. Tsu just raised an eyebrow at Izuku, not buying it. Eventually, she looked away shrugging.
"It's a six versus two, and Mineta's Shuckle won't be of much help. That just leaves Frogadier here, and I know he won't be able to take out six pokemon on his own." Tsu thought out loud, looking down to her partner by her feet. Izuku nodded in agreement. Even the strongest of Pokemon would be hard pressed to win a six on one.
Izuku looked back over the water, seeing all the villains, hoping an idea would come to him. There were six villains, each had their own pokemon the exceeded in the water. They had Tsu and her Frogadier, then Mineta with his Shuckle. They were horribly outnumbered, and the villains could just attack and easily overpower them.
"Why aren't they attacking us?" Izuku voiced, an idea forming in his mind.
"Maybe they have orders not to hurt us?" Mineta suggested, his voice hopeful. Izuku shook his head.
"One of their Sharpedo nearly ate Midoriya for breakfast. If they had orders not to hurt us then that wouldn't have happened." Izuku winced at Tsu's choice of words. He certainly didn't feel like he would be tasty. Maybe they Sharpedo had a different opinion.
"They're being awfully cautious. They have the obvious advantage, yet they won't attack. Unless…" Izuku trailed off. Everything clicked into place. Why they villains attack, why Tsu was put in the water zone despite the fact that she had an obvious advantage there.
"I got it!" Izuku said, jumping up. He lowered his voice to ensure that the villains wouldn't overhear him. "They don't know what pokemon we have. It all makes sense now! They aren't attacking the boat directly because they don't know if we have some pokemon to counter it! It also explains why they put Tsu here! If they knew what pokemon we had, then it would have made sense for them to put Tsu in the fire zone where she'd be at a disadvantage rather than where she has an obvious advantage!"
Tsu put her hand to her chin, thinking. "That still doesn't help our situation, Midoriya." Her bluntness felt like a punch to the gut.
"Unless...we can lie!" Mineta spat out, "We can tell them we have some crazy powerful pokemon and scare them away!" he ran up to the edge of the boat, "Hey you villains! Don't mess with us, we have a-"
Mineta was cut off when Tsu's frogadier slapped him away from the edge of the boat with his tongue. "You'll give us away, just give us some time to think of something." Tsu scolded.
"Midoriya, you're the pokemon nerd here. What kind of pokemon could we threaten them with to scare them off?"
"Whah!?" she startled Izuku out of his thoughts, "I don't know, guys…" Izuku had been staring at the ground the entire conversation. He felt like if he looked out at the villains in the water that he may start to have another panic attack. He looked up to look Tsu in the eyes, and he noticed something.
A pink shape floating above Tsu's head and a few feet behind her and Mineta. The samne pink shape that tended to show up at the perfectly wrong times. Mew.
Or maybe the perfectly right time.
"We might not have to…" Izuku breathed out. Mew gave Izuku a smile when it noticed Izuku looking at it before floating behind the corner, into the cabin of the ship they were currently stranded on.
"I'll be one second, you guys. Call me out here if the villains start to do stuff…" Izuku said, not waiting for a response as he pushed through his classmates in pursuit of Mew. Tsu and Mineta had confused looks on their faces as he opened the door to the cabin of the boat, and Tsu seemed like she was even about to stop him, but decided against it.
Inside the cabin Izuku saw Mew, just floating in the middle of the room. It bobbed up and down happily once he saw Izuku, making a big commotion of happy noises.
"Mew, what are you doing here?" Izuku asked, but realized it never really responded to that question anyways.
"Nevermind that. I need your help."
Riolu followed the white and red haired boy and Uraraka down the hill towards the villains. Riolu scoffed at the boy's pure stupidity. Did he really intend to go head on against all these villains alone? It certainly seemed that way.
"Todoroki, don't you think we should come up with a plan?" Uraraka voiced the same concerns that Riolu had. The boy, apparently named Todoroki, continued walking at a brisk pace, his ninetales next to him.
Arrogant bastard… Riolu thought. Only cocky and overconfident people would ignore people trying to help like that.
Todoroki was nearly to the group of villain pokemon when he stopped and his ninetales walked in front of Todoroki, like a barrier between him and the villain pokemon.
"Yuki, Blizzard." Todoroki said. Ninetales arched its back, tail flaring up. Riolu felt the entire area suddenly grow cold. The temperature dropped at least fifty degrees and the wind picked up. Snow materialized out of nowhere and was blown by the sudden wind away from the ninetales. Riolu had to lift an arm to shield himself from the cold snow flying into his eyes.
The onslaught of sheer power and cold continued on for a few seconds before Riolu finally felt it relent. The temperature of the air rose slightly, but not by much. When Riolu looked around, what he saw astounded him.
The entire landslide zone was covered in snow. A layer of white fluff at least three inches thick. That wasn't the worst of it, though. That was just the area that Ninetales hadn't targeted, collateral damage, if you will. The real scene was what happened to the villains and their pokemon.
Six people and six pokemon were all encased in a later of ice, snow packed in on top. At least five feet of snow and ice covered everyone. Riolu could see people struggling to move inside of the ice to no avail. Riolu just watched with shock as Todoroki strode up casually to the villain that seemed to be the leader of the group.
"Now, you're going to tell me why you're all here and then you're going to go turn yourself in." Todoroki said calmly.
"And why would I do that, you brat?" The villain spat back.
Todoroki tilted his head before retrieving his other pokeball from his belt, holding it in front of him. "Let's see...You're frozen in place right now. That ice is many degrees below freezing. In a matter of a few minutes, you and your associates, including all of their pokemon, will start to lose feeling in your limbs from the cold as your cells slowly succumb to frostbite. After that, your limbs will start to stop working all together, and eventually, you'll die here. I don't want to leave you like this, but I will if it means getting the information out of you that I need. Now, I'll ask again. What are you guys doing here?"
The villain swallowed, obviously unnerved, "L-look man, I don't want too much trouble. That crazy dude said that he's here to kill All Might. He's crazy! All I know about it is that he told us we could snag some kid's pokemon and sell them to evil organizations to get some quick cash!" Todoroki's face dropped. He threw his other pokeball into the air.
"Ninetales, thaw them out except for their feet. We need them to stay put till the authorities get here." a form appeared on the field. It was another ninetales, except for the fact that it looked a bit different. Instead of the white and blue fur of Todoroki's other Ninetales, it had a yellow coat that shone in the light with yellow tips on each tail. Riolu recognized it from Izuku's notes as the other form of Ninetales, the Kantonian ninetales.
The kantonian ninetales arched it's back and steam erupted from the area, melting off the ice and snow. It turned into water and flowed down the hill except for the ice surrounding the last six inches of each villains feet, cementing them in place.
"Return." Todoroki said, recalling the Kantonian ninetales as soon as its job was done. He put the pokeball back on his belt. He kneeled down in front of his other Ninetales, and Izuku thought that he would return it to its pokeball as well.
Instead, Todoroki reached up to his pokemon's face and scratched it behind the ears. He looked like he had a massive smile on his face.
"You did great, Yuki. Are you ready to go more?" The Ninetales nodded its head softly. To Riolu's surprise, the trainer that seemed so outwardly cold and hostile was acting genuinely warm and compassionate towards his pokemon, congratulating it and petting it softly before standing up. He even had a nickname for it.
"Let's go. If they really think that they have a way to kill All Might, then the teachers are going to need all the help they can get. Let's go." Todoroki said, falling back into his serious tone and body language.
Riolu shrugged at Uraraka, taking off after Todoroki. As they jogged towards the commotion in the middle of the USJ, Riolu couldn't help but think.
Why didn't his other Ninetales get the same treatment?
"I need your help." Izuku said. Mew just responded by tilting its head and spinning in a circle again. Did it seriously want to play around at a time like this?
"Look, Mew. Look outside that window. There are six villains that are going to attack at any moment and we can't do anything to stop them. We need your help. Please." Izuku begged. He didn't even know for sure whether or not Mew actually had battling power. In fact, it seemed like it had no inclination towards battle, considering all of its playing around and carelessness.
Mew looked out the window and inspected the villains in the water. It frowned and turned back to Izuku, the playful smile gone from its face, replaced my a slightly more serious expression.
"I don't have Riolu with me. We got seperated. I know you aren;t my pokemon, but you're our last option. We'll need all the help we can get. Even if it's only distracting them for long enough to get away. Will you help?" Mew tilted its head, inspecting Izuku further.
"Please?"
Mew simply nodded, happily spinning in a circle again. Izuku let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. That was step one down
"Okay, okay, okay." he said, going through a list of possible options for plans in his head. "Is there a way you can help without revealing yourself?" Mew shook its head at this.
"So in order to use attacks you need to be visible?" Mew nodded, confirming Izuku's uneasiness., He wasn't so sure that it would be a good idea to have Mew reveal itself, as it seemed to like to keep itself hidden to everyone except for Izuku. In addition, Izuku had no idea how he'd explain off some mysterious pokemon that nobody in the history of the written world had document of..
"That doesn't matter right now." Izuku scolded himself, biting his lip, "Can you distract them while we escape? Also, could you show yourself to Asui and Mineta for a second just so they know what's going on?" Izuku loathed to think of what he'd do to explain away Mew, but yet again, that didn't matter right now.
"Mew mew!" Mew said cheerfully, starting to float towards the door. Izuku took a deep breath. This was going to be a mess, but hopefully it should work. Izuku gesture for Mew to follow. He stepped back out onto the deck of the boat with Mew behind him.
"Midoriya, are you okay? You kind of just bailed on us." Tsu said. Izuku scratched the back of his neck nervously.
"Yeah...sorry. I was trying to figure out some sort of plan." Izuku mumbled, "Good news is I think I've got an idea in mind."
"Is it better than throwing Mineta in and using that as a distraction to fuel our escape?" Tsu said. Izuku couldn't tell if she was being serious or not. "That's all I've got so far."
"Hey, what did I ever do to you?" Mineta wailed.
"As soon as Midoriya left, you 'tripped' and put your hand on my boobs. I know it wasn't an accident. Now, Midoriya, do we have a plan or can we go with option B?" Tsu's voice was completely serious, not a hint of joking in it. She had to be joking, though, right?
Izuku shook his head to clear his thoughts. "I think I have a plan, though I'm pretty sure it only has like a five percent chance of working." When the two didn't show any indication that he should stop, so Izuku continued, "You're going to have to trust me here. I know it may sound crazy, but, when I give you guys the call, we're all going to jump off the back of the boat and make a run for it."
"Are you crazy! There are Sharpedo in the water that are going to eat us! What's going to hold them off?" Mineta received a smack on the back of the head from Tsu.
"I trust you, Midoriya, but I can't help but feel lie this is a bit of a flimsy plan. Mineta is right, who is going to hold off the villains?" Tsu said calmly, "Remember my plan is always an option." She added in a whisper at the end.
Izuku took a deep breath, "That's where my...friend comes into play."
"Your friend?"
"Before they show themselves, I need you guys to promise me something. I know it may sound ridiculous at a time like this, but I'm still trying to figure out the entire situation myself, so I need you two to promise me that you won't tell anyone about what you're about to see, not even the teachers." Izuku explained. He needed to cover all of his bases. Mew was floating next to him on the open air, invisible to all but Izuku's eyes.
"That's a bit ominous, Midoriya. I suppose I can promise that if it's that important to you, though I will say it's probably not a good idea to keep something major from out teachers." Tsu said. Izuku mentally sighed. One out of two.
"I'll keep my mouth shut, but you owe me one!" Mineta said.
"Whatever that means, sure." Izuku muttered. He took a deep breath. Calm down, Izuku. It's just showing the Mew. Izuku looked over to the pink pokemon floating next to him and nodded his head.
"A pokemon?" Mineta said. Tsu had an odd look on her face, so it was evident that the both them could see Mew now.
"I thought you only had one pokemon, Midoriya." Izuku nodded his head.
"I do only have one pokemon, and that's Riolu. For the last few months, though, this one has been following me around and causing mischief. I've taken to calling them 'Mew' because it's all they say."
"Mew!" Mew cheered, doing a mid-air twirl, emphasizing Izuku's point.
"I don't know why Mew has started following me around," Izuku continued, "But when I looked online, I couldn't find anything regarding it. Not a single mention or picture of document of this pokemon. Now, we're running out of time, and I can explain the rest at a later time if you guys want, but I need you to trust me."
Tsu and Mineta both nodded their heads, as did Frogadier and Shuckle. Izuku let out a breath.
"Here's what we're going to do. Mew has the special ability to make itself invisible to those it chooses. It could be completely invisible, visible to only a few people, or any combination of the sort. My plan is for Mew to go cause mischief among the villains while we sneak out the back. Mineta will have to put away shuckle, but Tsu's Frogadier could stay out for assistance with our getaway. We need to get back to the main pavillion. Soone, Aizawa is going to get overrun and is going to need someone to help him." Izuku took a deep breath, catching up on all the oxygen he lost from his long winded explanation.
He proceeded to go over the details of his plan and get it set into place. Tsu and Mineta gathered at the back of the boat, ready to jump off for the getaway. Izuku walked to the front of the boat with Mew and went over a general plan of action as to what it should do to cause the most problems among the group. He nodded to Mew, telling it to wait in place until he gave the signal, and luckily it complied.
"You guys ready?" Izuku asked Tsu and Mineta when he met up with them at the back of the boat.
"As ready as I'll ever be." Tsu nodded.
"I have so much more to live for! I'm so ready!" Mineta said. Izuku couldn't tell if he was crying or if he was just super enthusiastic. Probably the former. Taking a deep breath, Izuku steeled himself, hoping that his plan would work. If it didn't...well, he didn't want to think about what would happen if it didn't work.
Finally ready to do, izuku turned back around and gave Mew a big thumbs up. It nodded to Izuku and turned its attention to the villains, getting ready to do its part.
"Let's go!" Izuku said, throwing himself over the edge of the boat into the cold water below.
Shouta was beginning to tire. He could feel his arms tiring, and Darkrai wasn't fairing much better. He could only take so many villains down before he would run out of energy. Then he'd...well, he didn't want to think about what would happen if he failed.
"Darkrai!" Aizawa warned. The black pokemon turned around just in time to sidestep an ice beam and put the offending pokemon to sleep with a dark void. Shouta spun around, looking for any leftover villains, and to his surprise, there weren't any.
All the minor villains were either asleep from Darkrai's attacks or unconscious from Shouta's binding cloth. Taking a deep breath, Shouta searched for any more threats. All that he could see that was left to take care of were the man covered in hands, the presumed ringleader, and the monstrosity. The horrible fusion of pokemon.
"Eraserhead...you're so cool." The man said. Shouta's head snapped to look at the approaching threat. The man's voice reflected the same impression that his appearance did.
Complete insanity.
That just wasn't a way normal people talked. His voice had a tone to it that just screamed danger. The inflection of his voice was mischievous and contriving. To add to the effect, he was covered in gray, fake, severed hands, and he was scratching at the sides of his neck. Where his hair did stick out from behind the hand covering his face, it was blue and unruly.
The man started walking down the steps towards Shouta, and the hulking beast walked right next to him, feet making massive thuds as it took steps. Shouta cautiously took a few steps back to keep a safe distance, and Darkrai took up the spot between Shouta and the villain.
"Took out all of my pawns with on go, like the enemies in a boss fight." The man said, "Too bad, you're at the boss encounter now." Shouta nodded at Darkrai to tell him to be ready. Whatever that thing was, it looked powerful.
"Don't get so defensive, Eraserhead. I just want to...talk. Now, tell me, where is All Might? He was supposed to be here."
Shouta's mind raced, thinking of a million possible situations that the villain would be able to know that. Sure, All Might was supposed to be here. He was supposed to be here in place of Shouta, in fact. However, the crazy man had used up all of his time before he even got to work. That meant the villain at least didn't have an inside source. So, he'd gotten the information from another-
The break in Shouta realized. It was the only explanation. There had been a break in by the media, but it had obviously been caused by an outside source. Did a villain use the guise of being a media person to steal a copy of All Might's schedule? That had to be it.
This, however, only brought up more problems and it didn't solve any either. If these villains were crazy enough to go for a move so bold, then they had to a reason.
"You should be thankful All Might isn't here." Shouta tested the waters, fishing for information.
He got a bite.
"Oh, that's where you're quite wrong, hero." He said the last word with disgust, "We have a way to kill All Might. Nomu, why don't you show him why you'll be able to kill All Might and that stupid Lucario of his?"
Shouta barely had time to think. His brain went into hyperspeed, thinking of a plan of action before the 'Nomu' had even moved.
If the villains were so confident as to coordinate such a large scale attack, then they must have absolute confidence in this thing's power. That meant that even if they were wrong, then the thing was powerful. That only left one option open.
"Don't engage in direct combat! Dodge and use Dark Void!" Shouta called out. Shouta was lucky he got the call out in time. One moment the monstrosity was standing next to the leader, and the next he was almost on top of Darkrai.
Shouta's partner barely had time to launch the projectile from his hands. It struck the Nomu in the chest when he was mere feet from Darkrai. The Nomu stopped his approach, looking like he was wavering. Dark void was a particularly effective sleep agent.
Then, it rushed forwards, hitting Darkrai with the full force of a brick break. Darkrai crashed into the ground with enough force to crack the paving.
"Darkrai!" Shouta shouted, barely stopping himself from running for his friend.
"That's the power of Nomu. He has Insomnia, you see? Huge Power, too." The villain laughed.
Darkrai was out, down in one shot. He hadn't even taken any damage from the rest of the fights with the villains. The Nomu was just that powerful.
"Hehehe, Eraserhead. Now what will you do? Your only pokemon has-"
The villain was cut off by a resounding boom that filled the entire building. Shouta's head snapped towards the cause of the noise. Somewhere in the USJ, a geyser of water shot into the air, at least three, no, four hundred feet into the air. Something had caused that explosion, something immensely powerful.
Shouta was busy looking at the sky that he didn't even realize his mistake of letting his attention get split before it was too late.
"Nomu, get him."
Izuku was swimming as fast as he could, and Tsu and Mineta were right next to him as well. They were swimming mostly underwater as to not draw the attention of the villains. Izuku was straining his arms and legs, feeling nothing but his drive to get away.
They were about halfway there when…
Boom
The sound of the explosion left Izuku's bones rattling. It was deafening, and the entire ground and water around them felt the shockwave. Izuku risked a glance back to look at what might have caused the explosion.
And was met with the view of a giant wave coming their way. Izuku tried to scream, but it was cut off when he was hit by the massive wall of water. It felt like a punch to the gut, and it knocked the air out of him. He felt the water carry him on the top of the water, and a moment later, he felt his back smack on concrete.
Izuku sat up, coughing up water, and to his relief, Tsu and Mineta were on the shore as well. The wave had carried them all the way to the edge of the lake, depositing them relatively safely.
No time to waste Izuku thought, getting onto his feet quickly.
"We've got to go. Whatever that was, it couldn't have been good." Izuku said, helping Tsu and Mineta to their feet.
The group got up and used the cover of the bushes around the lake to sneak towards the middle pavillion. Nobody had found them by the time the other side of the boat came into view.
"What the hell?" Mineta said under his breath. Izuku was speechless as well, and Tsu had stopped moving.
In the water, all six of the villains pokemon were floating at the surface, unconscious.
"Something knocked them out…" Izuku breathed.
"Mew mew!" a voice chirped from behind Izuku, and all three people in the group whipped around, looking for the source of the noise. Izuku let out a breath when he realized it was Mew.
"Did you do all of that? That explosion, was it you?" Izuku asked.
"Mew!" Mew twirled in confirmation.
What kind of power does this thing have? That explosion...I've never seen anything like it except from All Might! Izuku thought. He looked back at the water to see the villains knocked out pokemon, and this time, he saw something...else.
"Mew! They're going to drown!" Izuku shot up from behind the bushes, feeling his legs already start to move towards the villains. In the water, it wasn't just pokemon that were unconscious. The villains themselves were unconscious, too. People aren't water pokemon. They can't breathe underwater.
"Midoriya!" Tsu hissed, grabbing his hand and pulling him back down behind the bushes.
"Tsu! They're going to drown!" Izuku protested.
"And you can't help them! There's nothing we can do."
Izuku looked back on the scene, suddenly feeling sick. Those people were going to die, just because he hadn't thought his plan through. He was about to throw up.
Then, Mew started glowing a soft pink, as did the figures in the water. Then, they all lifted up into the air. The pink glow carried them all through the air, depositing them onto the boat that Izuku, Tsu, and Mineta had been trapped on just a few moments ago.
"Izuku...just what is mew?" Tsu breathed after Mew stopped glowing.
I have the exact same question...Izuku thought.
"L-later. For now we need to get out of here." Izuku managed to say. He shook himself, forcing his legs to move towards the pavillion.
As he walked, though, he couldn't help but ponder Tsu's question.
What are you? Izuku thought, looking at the pink pokemon floating next to him.