A/N: Okay. It's been a while. And I know I said I wouldn't talk to you directly like this very much, but I thought I had to explain. I can't force myself to write. I'll get an idea of what I want to do maybe a minute later in the story, but getting the characters there seamlessly is the hard part. And I don't want to force those transitions and have it come out crappy. I will only post content that I am happy with. I hope you understand that the next chapter may take just as long to come out. I also want to make the chapters longer like this one in the future. At least 4,000 words including the recap and the preview.

"You must all be cured." Uraraka's eyes widened in fear. Then narrowed in fury.

"And you'd use your own daughter to do it?!" She was livid. To use someone like that. Your own flesh and blood. The thought was disgusting to her. She couldn't help but think of her own parents and how they treated her. There couldn't be a more polar opposite.

Chisaki looked puzzled for a moment before realization dawned on his face. "Huh? That old story? I made it up to get those heroes off my back. She's only a pawn. A useful one, though. If she breaks, I put her back together." He said it like it was the simplest thing in the world. Like it was common knowledge.

Uraraka stood her ground. "You're a psychopath."

He shrugged. "Maybe. But I'm the psychopath that will cure this world of it's sickness." He lunged. Time slowed down again. Uraraka couldn't even move. When had he taken his glove off? When they were talking? Before that? It didn't matter now though. She was going to die, and this little girl would be taken again.

"SMAAASH!" A gloved fist flew in from behind her, glowing with blue sparks. It connected with Chisaki's cheek, sending him flying once again. Deku landed right in front of her. In that moment, to her, he looked like the symbol of peace himself. "Don't worry, Uraraka." He turned back to face her, a determined look on his face. "I'll save you!"

Episode 3: Final Boss

The hallway was nothing but a blur as Deku ran by. It didn't matter what was down the other passages anyway. All that mattered was finding Eri. He wasn't sure how long he had been running when he saw light. 'Sunlight?' He thought. 'But I'm two floors down. How can the sun shine here?' He kept running towards it, throwing caution to the wind in his desperation to save the girl.

When he saw what the source of the light was, he panicked. Above him was a giant hole in the concrete. And one in the floor he was running on. He didn't have enough space to stop at the speed he was going. He'd have to jump it. Then he saw it. A figure cowering behind some of the rubble on his side. 'Eri,' he thought. Same blonde hair. Same white dress. Same bandages. He grimaced at that. He'd have to jump back over to get her. But why was she by herself? He turned back forward and audibly gasped. On the same floor on the other side of the crater, he saw Uraraka. It had to be. Her distinct black and pink hero suit was impossible to confuse with anyone.

And there was someone else with her. He couldn't tell who it was since she was blocking his face, but he had a good idea. He saw the man move toward her, and Uraraka stepped to the side to try and avoid the attack. But he was too fast. He helmet would be destroyed on impact and her head would be next. Deku's eyes narrowed in furry, everything but himself, Uraraka, and Chisaki disappearing. He kicked off the ground, sailing through the air toward them, fist pulled back and ready to strike. "Eight percent Detroit SMAAASH!" His fist flew right by Uraraka's head and straight into Chisaki's jaw. He flew back several feet, bouncing on his head before landing face down. Deku landed on his feet just in front of Uraraka. He turned back to face her, giving her the most confident look he could muster. "Are you okay, Uraraka?" He asked. She just nodded, too shocked to say anything, her eyes still wide. "Don't worry. I'll keep you safe!"

Chisaki slowly picked himself back up, still reeling from the force of the punch. As he lifted his head, his mask crumbled, the strap around his head falling to the ground. He slapped his hand over his mouth and nose, wether to conceal his face or to filter the air in place of his mask, they didn't know. He quickly assembled the pieces of his mask and repaired it with his quirk. He stood up and replaced his fixed mask. "There really is no limit to you nuisances," he said, blood running down from his hairline. "And you just keep getting more annoying." He signaled to someone behind them. Deku and Uravity stood confused for a second when they heard a scream from the other side of the crater.

When they turned around, they saw Eri had been picked up by someone wearing a bird mask like Chisaki's. She flailed her legs and swung her arms in an attempt to get the man to release her. "Come now, Eri. You wouldn't want me to have to use this would you?" She only stopped when he held up a gun for her to see. Her eyes widened in realization. He pointed it at the heroes.

"Wait! Please! Leave them alone!" She cried.

Deku gasped. He hadn't seen anyone shot with it yet, but it didn't take a genius to realize what was loaded in the gun. Even if he only lost his quirk for a couple of minutes, it would be plenty of time for Chisaki to rip him apart. And the guy was holding Eri on top of that. Even if he jumped to the other side and avoided the shot, he would just use her as a shield. He was trapped on both sides. His vision started to close. His breath quickened. Even if he did manage to take the guy out, he would have to deal with Chisaki while keeping Eri safe. There were too many variables. Too many things that could go wrong. What if he hurt Eri himself while trying to keep her safe. What if-

Someone patted him on the shoulder. He snapped out of it. He turned to face Uraraka. She smiled at him and he was put somewhat at ease. "Don't worry, Deku. Everything will be fine. You said that earlier, right? Well I'm here too. We can do this!" Deku was shocked. Her determination was unreal. He smiled back and nodded.

"I wouldn't be so sure of that." The two turned back to Chisaki. "You see, when your blonde friend was shot earlier, I was traveling with a rather low level thug. But he proved to be less than useful, so I killed him. I wouldn't trust him with anything valuable."

'Valuable?' Deku thought. 'What could be more valuable than what you're using to make your quirk erasers?'

"It's true we had to dilute our regular supply. But we have just a couple vials that are different. My second, Nemoto, over there carries half of them." He gestured to the man holding Eri.

"Different how?" Deku asked. The next voice came from behind him.

"Different in that the effects are permanent," the man, Nemoto said to him.

"Permanent?" Uraraka took a step away from him.

"Yes. One shot of this, and you can kiss your life as a hero goodbye," Eri continued to struggle in his grasp. "But before I do that, I'd like to ask how your quirks work. So girl, what do you do?"

Uraraka answered without thinking. "My quirk is called Zero Gravity. I can make anything I touch weightless." She gasped. "Why did I say that? I wanted to keep that a secret until I used it."

"Before I ask your friend, let me explain my quirk. If I ask someone a question, they have to answer honestly. Wether they want to or not." Nemoto turned his attention to Midoriya.

"Uraraka, make me float," Deku said. They locked eyes for a moment and she understood. She discretely reached for his hand and pulled his glove down. Just enough to get to his skin.

"Now, boy, how does your- AARGH!" He flew back, his grip on Eri loosening. Suddenly he wasn't holding the girl.

Uraraka touched her fingers together and Deku touched down, Eri safe and sound in his arms. "What was that? Sorry, maybe I should've let you finish," Deku said. Eri buried her head in his chest, just like she did the day they met.

"What the-? How did you-"

"Let me explain just a little about my quirk. It grants me immense strength. So I can use it to run at unbelievable speeds or jump across great distances," Deku said. "I'll be honest though. On my own, I never would have made it to the other side of this crater without some momentum. Gravity would have taken me to the bottom before I got halfway."

Nemoto's eyes widened. "The girl. You used her quirk?"

Deku heard clapping behind him. He turned to face Chisaki again, his face becoming grim. "Wonderful teamwork, heroes!" He called. "But up against an opponent such as myself, are you sure you can win." He crouched down and placed his hand on the ground. Suddenly the concrete started shifting, and the hole was being filled. Once the two sides of the crater were connected again, giant spikes started erupting from the ground. They were rounded, curling themselves in the shape of a ribcage.

"Uraraka!" Deku called. The spikes would hit her before him and Eri. She floated herself and kicked off the ground, putting distance between herself and the spikes. When they reached Deku, he jumped straight up. 'Okay, so it doesn't look like there's much of a range limit on his quirk. Kind of like Todoroki's. I'd be impressed if he wasn't a villain.' Now came his second problem. Avoiding being impales on the way down. He pointed his feet straight down so that his iron soles took the brunt of the impact. They shattered as he descended until he reached level ground.

The spikes retreated into the ground. Chisaki was probably planning to use them again. He'd have to stop him before anyone got hurt. He ran toward the villain at full speed. As he passed under Uraraka, he threw Eri up to her. He didn't have to look back to know that she'd caught the girl.

"SMAAASH!" He aimed a kick at Chisaki. If he could just get one solid hit, he could put the villain out of commission. But just a foot before he made contact, a wall of cement separated them. His iron sole helped him break through, but by the time he did, Chisaki had already moved out of his attack range. The spikes shot out of the ground again, catching the hero off guard. But they missed him completely. 'What the? Why aren't they hitting me?' He heard a scream from behind him. The voice was all too familiar to him. Eyes wide with horror, he turned to see Uraraka had been hit. 'He wasn't aiming for me. He was aiming for Uraraka all along. A concrete spike about an inch thick had stabbed right through her leg.

"Uraraka!" Her grip on Eri had loosened, but the girl was holding onto the hero with all her might. Deku turned back to the villain. "You're going to pay for that one, Chisaki." He charged for Chisaki head on, blue sparks flying around his body as Full Cowling carried him over the ground.

Chisaki's eyes narrowed. "What did you call me? I threw that name away along with my old life. I am Overhaul!" While the spikes retracted, new ones shot up at the same time. Overhaul did this in an attempt to catch the hero off guard.

But Deku kept running without dodging or jumping or even changing direction. He was confident the concrete spikes wouldn't be able to penetrate his iron soles. All he could see was Chisaki. Nothing else mattered but beating him. Because he abused this little girl, and because he hurt Uraraka. When he was inches away, another slab of concrete separated them. He charged his fist. "Eight percent Detroit SMASH!" He broke through the wall with ease, and using his fist had allowed his feet to keep carrying him. Without loosing speed, he kept charging at Chisaki.

And suddenly, a concrete spear was poking out through his shoulder. All Deku could do was scream. The spike was a whole inch and a half thick. Chisaki had kept building one of the spikes behind where Midoriya was running until it pierced the back of his shoulder. Deku kept running though, the spike slipping out of his shoulder, his right arm flailing at his side uselessly. With tears in his eyes, he launched a kick at Chisaki. It was just too fast for him to form another wall, and he want flying once again.

When Chisaki got up, he immediately placced his hand to the ground, ready to tear the hero apart. Deku kept running for him, ready to take whatever pain he had to to take the villain out. But nothing happened. Everything stayed as it was. Chisaki looked at his hand in disbelief before realization dawned on his face.

"How impressive... Eraserhead," he said. Deku stopped his mad charge when he heard that name. "But you're kind of a hypocrite. All you do is nullify quirks, but you say we can't?" Aizawa came out of the shadows of the floor above them.

"You really should train your subordinates better," Aizawa started. "It was one of yours that blew this hole in the ground." He jumped down to their floor with the confidence of years of experience.

"Mr. Aizawa! How did you find us?" Deku asked.

Aizawa glanced his direction for a second before snapping them right back to Chisaki. "It wasn't that hard really. What with all the noise this guy was making. Looks like I got here just in time too. You and Uravity seem pretty beat up." He adopted a fighting stance. "Why don't you two get out of here and to the paramedics. I think I can take this guy."

Deku shook his head. "No, he's too strong for one person to beat. Even a pro like you. We should work together. I don't really need my arms with my Shoot Style, so I can still fight. And as long as Uraraka keeps floating up there, her and Eri will be pretty safe." He turned to face Chisaki again. "Our best chance is to fight together."

Aizawa was silent for a moment. "Fine. I'll erase his quirk for as long as I can. You're gonna have to get a good hit on him in that time."

Deku nodded. "Right!" He took off. There were only a few meters between himself and Chisaki so he couldn't get much momentum. But it would be more than enough to take him out. He jumped, readying himself for the kick. "Maryland SMAASH!" As the hero swung his leg, Chisaki ducked under him. Deku flew past him but managed to land on his feet. He turned and charged again. 'I've got to land a blow before Mr. Aizawa's quirk stops working!' He went for another kick. This time it landed square on his chest. The impact sent Chisaki flying once again, a feeling that was becoming far to familiar for his liking. He skidded to a stop just inches from where Nemoto lay now unconscious on the ground.

For just a moment, Eraserhead had to blink. But it was more than enough for what Chisaki had in mind. As soon as his quirk was restored, he slapped his hand on Nemoto. What happened next could only be described as horrifying. Body parts detached from from the subordinate and deconstructed. In an instant, Nemoto was gone. Chisaki stood once again, now a menacing 7 feet tall. Black gashes covered his body, fusing it with that of his lackey. The resulting abomination truly looked like a demonic bird of prey. He flew on his feet almost faster than anyone could see toward Aizawa. Before the hero had a chance to use his quirk he was knocked out cold by a heavy backhand from the creature. "I must thank you for your sacrifice, Nemoto. If anyone could understand, it would be you." Even his voice was warped beyond recognition. He turned back to the heroes. And the look in his eyes sent shivers down their spines. "So, what will you do now, heroes?"

Midoriya stared at the abomination with pure terror in his eyes. But he stood his ground. If he was gonna win this, he had to get Uraraka and Eri out of the line of fire. But he doubted that Chisaki would give him the opportunity. He resolved himself to fighting for the time being. He'd just have to be careful about not hurting them.

"Ooh! What's going on here?!" Someone called. Deku chanced a look back. "Hado!" He called. She flew in from the ground floor, hovering next to Uraraka. Her cheerful demeanor changed when she saw the state they were in. She audibly gasped at the hole in Uraraka's leg and became even more concerned when she saw the similar one in Midoriya's shoulder. "I need you to get Uraraka and Eri out of here! I can't fight very well if I have to worry about them!"

Nejire stared at him for a moment before shaking her head. "You're almost as bad as her, you can't fight!" She tried to protest.

"It'll be easier for me to fight if I don't have to worry about hurting them. I don't use my arms anyway, I'll be fine!" He charged at Chisaki again. Nejire could only gape at him as he went. The pain he had to be going through right now. And he was still going! She would have time to admire his determination later. Right now, she needed to get the still floating Uravity out of harms way.

She flew herself over to the girl and managed to release Eri's death grip on her. With both of them being weightless it would be easy to move. Once she made sure Eri was holding on to her, she grabbed the unconscious Uraraka by the hand. She just had to get them to ground level and to the ambulance. She was almost there when a wall of concrete blocked her way. She managed to stop herself just before she slammed into it. The sudden jolt woke Uraraka.

The first thing she did was cry out in pain. When she had regained enough composure she took in her surroundings. Her eyes roamed around the darker than she remembered hallway and landed on Midoriya. It took her all of a second to see the hole in his hero suit and the insane amount of blood running down his left arm. "Deku!" She called. All she got in response was him slightly turning his head to her to show that he heard her. Then she looked to where he was facing. "Is that... Chisaki," she asked.

"Yep," Nejire replied. "And he wants to take him by himself." Her face was grim.

Suddenly Uraraka's head snapped back up. "Eri! Where's Eri?" She snapped her head around frantically until she found the girl hanging from Nejire. Uraraka sighed in relief and smiled reassuringly at her. The two heroes were confused though when she let go of Nejire and floated back to Uraraka. She grabbed the girl and held her to her chest in an effort to comfort her.

Then for some reason, a cool sensation spread through Uraraka's body. The pain in her leg slowly dissipated until it was gone completely. She looked down at her previously searing thigh. The wound was gone. Like it never happened. The only indication was her ripped and bloodstained suit. She would have marveled at it more if not for the green blur that flew past her and the explosion that followed.

Deku had jumped into the air and kicked the concrete ceiling away. "Come on! We have to get away from here!" He called to his comrades. Nejire grabbed Uraraka's hand again and flew them out to ground level where Deku had landed. They touched down and Uraraka touched her fingers together, releasing herself and Eri. They had barely touched the ground when the space right under the girl shot upward, Chisaki in hot pursuit.

Nejire flew up after them only to be knocked out as a slab of concrete materialized right in her flight path. Uraraka, who was floating a good ways beneath her, managed to catch her before she hit the ground. She saw the green blur again as Deku launched himself toward the top of the pillar. Chisaki stood menacingly at the top with Eri riding on a ledge a few feet beneath him. Not giving the villain a chance to counter him, Deku just smashed the pillar. He chose his strike point carefully. Just underneath Eri so she flew toward him and Chisaki the opposite.

Deku opened up his arms as Eri fell toward him, the memory of their first meeting playing in his head. "I won't let go this time," he told her. She slammed into his chest and he wrapped his arms around her protectively. She buried her face in the crook of his neck and he brought his hand up to her head. Her arms were wrapped around his neck in a near death grip.

Suddenly Chisaki was in front of them again, although he lost most of the augmentation from his henchman. He kicked off a falling piece of rubble and launched himself at them. "Give. Her. BACK!" He yelled. The falling stone gathered into a spear. He launched it straight at Deku's head.

His body moved on it's own. His legs kicked as hard as they could toward the villain. He hadn't expected to hit him, they were too far away for that. He was only hoping to generate enough wind pressure to make the spear deviate from it's path. And he hadn't expected to find himself halfway across town. 'Crap! Did I loose control and use a hundred percent again? But then why?' He looked down at his legs. They weren't flailing uselessly. The pain in his shoulder had also vanished.

"Eri's quirk is one that she can't control!" Deku heard Chisaki's voice. He managed to land without breaking anything. A warm-cool sensation overtook him as he stood. He looked around for the source of the voice but couldn't find it. "Her quirk lets her rewind humans." A low and loud rumble echoed through the city, slowly getting louder as the source got closer to him and Eri. "That's why I never let her touch me! If you keep holding her like that, she could turn you back into a child. Or even worse, rewind you out of existance!" A giant worm like creature came into sight through the building made of rocks and rubble, Chisaki rooted into the gaping mouth. "So hand her over!"

Midoriya: Here's the preview! Eri's quirk has been revealed, and now it's up to me to keep her safe!

Chisaki: Keep her safe? You should be worried about yourself! If I don't kill you, she'll make you pop out of existence!

Midoriya: She won't! She can control her power. I believe in her.

Chisaki: Then you're a fool.

Midoriya: Next time, 'Eri's Heart.' The wounds from Eri's past can't control her anymore! It's time to go beyond! PLUS ULTRA!