A/N: This story takes off from chapter 150 of the manga. So if you're not completely caught up with it, I suggest waiting to read this until you are. Otherwise, a lot of this will make no sense. Manga spoilers, duh. This will probably be the only time I interact with you directly until the end. Let's get to the story!

Uraraka was fighting tooth and nail to keep the villains up front from following Deku and the others. They were so close to catching Chisaki now, she could feel it. She just had to hold out a little while longer. She heard a cry from next to her and realized Tsu had final been hit. "Froppy!" She cried. This wasn't looking good. Half of the pro heroes that stayed with them were down already. She rushed over to Tsu and made her weightless so she could get her to the ambulance that had arrived to treat the fallen heroes. Uraraka herself felt she was nearing her limit. She still hadn't had much time to practice strengthening her quirk, and she could feel the effects of the nausea. At this point in any other raid, she would have backed out as soon as she felt it to keep from being a hinderance to the others if she went past her limit. But this was different. This was so much more important than just another raid. The lives of heroes were on the line. That's why everyone else was fighting at least. For Uraraka, the thing keeping her going was the story Deku had told her before all this happened.

Episode 1: Calling of a Hero

"Come on, Deku. Spill. What happened during your internship?" The way he and Mirio had reacted at the news of this girl Night Eye mentioned was beyond shock. And guilt didn't even begin to describe the looks on their faces. She and Deku were sitting side by side on the couch in the common area. They had waited until everyone was gone since they weren't supposed to talk about their internships. "What happened that made you react like that?" She paused. "I'm worried about you."

Midoriya sighed. He should have known she would have noticed. Nothing he did seemed to slip past her anymore. "During my first day, Night Eye had the four of us split up. We were looking for any evidence we could use to go after Chisaki," he started. "Mirio and I were patrolling the town. We walked past an alleyway that we wouldn't have even thought to check. And all of a sudden, this little girl, probably not even ten, was hugging my leg. That was the first time I saw Chisaki. He was chasing her, claiming to be her father." He closed his eyes for a moment and leaned his head back. Uraraka looked at him with concern. When he opened his eyes again, they were wet with tears. "The fear I saw in her eyes. I knew as soon as I saw her eyes that she had been through things that would make adults go insane." He sniffed. "And... I couldn't help her!" He slammed his fist onto his knee. "I wanted nothing more than to just pick her up and run as fast as I could away from him! But then we would have wasted all of Night Eye's work trying to find anything on him. Hearing that helping that little girl, by taking her as far away from him as possible, would have put a stop to everything. I- I couldn't handle it." He sniffed again. The next words came out as just barely a whisper. "If I had saved Eri, then Chisaki would have nothing. She would be safe right now." He broke down.

Uraraka pulled him into a hug. He cried on her shoulder for what felt like an eternity. "Her arms were covered in bandages. Chisaki's quirk lets him demolish and reassemble. He'd probably destroyed her so many times, putting her back together only because he needed her. I can't imagine the pain she must have felt." Midoriya pulled away slightly. "She didn't let go of me until he started taking off his glove. The fear I saw before didn't even compare to what she felt when he showed his killing intent." He wiped his eyes, though it did no good. The tears were replaced almost immediately.

"I'm sorry, De- Izuku," Uraraka said. She pulled him back to her and let him finish getting it all out. "I don't think I would have held up this well if the same thing happened to me. You're stronger than you think," she said.

Midoriya shook his head. "I'm not strong. I should have done something!"

'What's the point of being a hero if you can't protect people?' She heard his voice ring in her head. 'Deku, you're doing everything you can to save this girl. You're a hero to me.' She was snapped out of her thoughts by a villain swinging at her. 'Can't get distracted! Gotta buy them time!

Lumillion was left lying on the floor. He couldn't move. His legs were weak. The Eight Precepts member that had been carrying the girl loomed above him.

"You call yourself a hero?" He kicked him in the ribs. Lumillion was too exhausted to focus his quirk. He screamed. "A real hero would be able to save a girl from just two people, easy peasy!" He kicked again. Another scream

"Hurry up. I'd like to go," Chisaki said. He held Eri by the hand, taking great care that she didn't touch his skin.

"He's almost out. Have to make sure he doesn't have an opportunity to tell anyone which way we went." He kept kicking that same spot and hoped he would just pass out already. "Come on! If you want to live, hero, then go to sleep." One of his kicks didn't connect. "What?" He kicked again, and felt only air. That was when he noticed. He was falling through the floor. "Crap!" He tried to grab hold of him, but his hands went right through him. Soon he disappeared completely. He turned to look at Overhaul, and immediately wished he hadn't. The look in his eyes, anger didn't even come close to describing it. "Master! I didn't mean to let him escape! I couldn't touch hi-!" He never had a chance to finish. From his torso up, he exploded. His legs fell down as it started to rain blood. Little Eri backed as far into the wall as she could. If only she could disappear like that hero.

Chisaki straitened himself, wiping the blood from his forehead with the back of his hand. "I have no need for useless pawns. You are disposable. You should have remembered that." He replaced his glove and turned back to Eri. "Now," he started. Her eyes widened even further, her mouth came open in a silent scream, and the tears now flowed freely down her face. "Let's get going."

"I wonder where they went?" Deku was split up from the other heroes during the chaos that was the fight with the League of Villains members. He couldn't help but recall the girl and her 'interest' in him. He shuddered. "I guess it doesn't matter where they are. I just have to keep looking for Chisaki. Rescuing Eri is our top priority."

And so he kept walking. In situations like this, with the stakes so high, minutes could feel like hours. Deku was getting impatient, and was about to start running when he noticed something above him. He was surprised to see someone falling from the ceiling. 'That's strange,' he thought. 'There's nothing up there to grab onto. Unless it's a villain that can stick to flat surfaces. But if that's what it is, why didn't I notice him sooner?' Then he noticed it. It was Lumillion! 'But why is he here?' It didn't take Deku long to realize that he wasn't in control of his fall and he rushed to catch him. He turned on Full Cowling and ran at full speed, just barely managing to catch before he hit the ground.

As he stood there, his battered friend in his arms, he couldn't believe his eyes. He was hurt. The untouchable hero was hurt. How? There was no way to touch him. Unless...

"Lumillion! What happened? Are you okay?" Deku frantically asked. He already had a fairly good idea of how this had happened.

Mirio's eyes slowly opened. He lifted a shaky arm to point at a spot on the other. It was a hole so tiny it was hard to make out. "They got me with their quirk eraser." Deku's eyes widened in horror as his suspicions were confirmed. "Everything was moving so fast and by the time I realized they had the gun out I was already hit." He winced. "It's getting weaker though. It only lasted for a few minutes. They must have diluted it before we got here."

"Which means they're running out," Deku finished for him.

"Right." Lumillion winced again. "Listen. You have to get Eri. They're in the space right above us. Heading east. I was hoping to come across more heroes, but I'm glad I found you." He smiled up at him. "You're fast. You can dodge their quirk eraser."

Deku smiled down at his friend. He'd put so much faith in him. Even though he still had a lot to learn, Mirio trusted him to finish this himself.

He nodded. "Right. I won't let you down." He gently laid Mirio on the ground, far away from where he'd landed. 'Just above us, right?' He squatted and sent the power of One For All through his whole body. The next floor was roughly 30 meters up. He was confident he could make the jump.

He leapt into the air, soaring at breakneck speed toward the ceiling. When he was two meters from the top, he flipped his body so that he was parallel to the ground. "SMMAAASH!" He gave a mighty kick and the power from his leg combined with the extra force from his boot easily broke through the concrete. Huge slabs went flying up before falling back down and he was relieved he'd set Mirio down a ways away.

He didn't calculate the force of his kick into the jump however. Before he knew it, he was falling back down. 'Crap! I'll lose precious time if I have to land and jump again,' he thought. It was time to put his new quick thinking to the test. He hit a slab of concrete as he fell and an idea came to him. He quickly adjusted himself so that his feet were on the slab and jumped up. It flew to the ground even faster but he'd gotten almost no upward thrust. 'There are other slabs just like that one. I can do this!' He propelled himself from one falling slab to the other, sometimes having to use his arms to launch himself instead of his legs.

It took 13 jumps, but he made it through the new hole in no time. As he landed he got his bearings. 'Now which way is east?' He asked himself. Before he could decide on which way to go, he heard what sounded like an explosion followed by a powerful and heartbreaking scream. It was faint, like it was far away, but he knew which direction it was coming from. Without thinking, he took off full speed in that direction, blue sparks flying around his body as he ran.

Midoriya: It's time for the preview! With the information Lumillion gave me, it's time to go find Chisaki and rescue Eri!

Eri: No! He's too strong! He'll kill you!

Midoriya: It's alright. I won't run away this time. I'll be your hero!

Eri: That other hero said the same thing.

Midoriya: Lumillion! I'll make sure to save Eri in your place!

Uraraka: I'll help too! I don't want either of you to be sad anymore!

Midoriya: Uraraka?! Where did you come from? And what's with that giant hole in the ground? Next time, 'Rescued.'

Uraraka: It's finally my time to shine!

Eri: Go beyond.

Midoriya and Uraraka: PLUS ULTRA!