[Kill Your Heroes]
"Huddle together!! Quickly!" Aizawa-sensei ordered. "And don't move! Thirteen, protect the students!"
Rin looked back again at the swirling, gaping hole beginning to swell. Out filed villains, and lot of them. Enough to fill the plaza around the fountain area.
Rin did as told, backing up into the crowd of terrified and confused students. She wasn't going to throw herself into a panic now, but the more she sat in a place of imminent danger the more the anxiety would begin to spread. But at the same time, she probably would be unlikely to do anything if faced with the threat directly, which caught her fear even more.
"Did they appear only here or all around the school?" Todoroki asked. "The sensors must not be responding, so they have someone with a Quirk who can do that. We are in an isolated area, away from the campus, when there was supposed to be a class. They may be fools, but they're not dumb. This was carefully planned."
Rin hadn't thought of that-- taking a moment to breathe in and out and focus. She'd felt the unnatural warp in the air, courtesy of the sudden portal, now she knew radio waves suddenly ceased, the air rippling with a new feeling. A jamming signal.
"Aizawa-sensei?" She asked, slightly bemused as he put on his goggles. Taking on all of those at once would be possible for him? No way, not with only one quirk at a time, right? "There's a jamming signal, someone must have some sort of electric-related quirk, but they're not in the plaza, else I or Kaminari would probably know."
"Start the evacuation, Thirteen," Aizawa said. "Contact the school when you can."
Aizawa-sensei dashed into the mad mess while the students turned, running towards the exit. The black swirl from back at the plaza popped up in front of them, coming from a portal in the ground. The man-- or the mist-- stood tall in front of them, covering the entire exit doors.
"Yoroshiku," The man said. "We are the league of Villains. It may be rude, but we have invited ourselves in to the home of the villains, U.A. High, in order to end All Might, the Symbol of Peace."
An awfully polite intruder.
"I believe All Might should have been here. Has there been a change in schedule?" The man asked. "Well, what is not here nor there is the part I am here to play."
Thirteen defensively stood in front of the students, clicking a cap off her fingers. But she froze, two students taking a jump at the man. Kirishima and Bakugo, of course the 'manly' duo just itching to battle.
"How troublesome, I forgot you're all heroes in the making," The man said. Suddenly darkness outstretched to reach them all, and enveloped them in a sphere. "I shall scatter you."
Rin shielded her face, backing into someone before suddenly tripping into solid ground, no one behind her any longer. She looked back, seeing rock instead of the carpeted entrance. The landslide zone?
Something was a little... chilly about it. She looked down and saw ice racing towards her and quickly propelled herself upward, off the ground. She struggle to hold her balance as she stayed suspended, looking for the user to find Todoroki. "Todoroki-san," She warned. "You almost froze me... And Hagakure is here too."
"Sorry, I thought you were a villain with the mysterious hood and all," Todoroki said, walking on through his number of victims-- all who'd been taken care of in one fell swoop.
She dropped to the ground, sliding on ice and hitting her back once again to her annoyance. She glared at Todoroki with a completely sardonic expression. She couldn't figure out if he was completely emo, trying to use his voice to distance himself, or completely apathetic. What he'd actually said so far seemed completely devoid of genuine concern for her-- either because he didn't think she needed it or he was just carefree.
To her, being stuck with the emo was suddenly better than being thrown into the fire zone, so she welcomed it. At least he didn't seem remotely like Endeavor. She knew not to compare two people as the same just because of blood relations. She'd even say he was attractive.
At least now, the fact he'd taken out so many so easily gave her ease, knowing maybe these people were not as prepared or strong as they thought. She could defend herself.
Two men came at her in her 'vulnerable' state at that moment, with a spear and a dagger on each side. She easily flew up above their attack, stepping back when she hit the ground and flinging wind at them, sending them both crashing into a rock beside Todoroki.
He turned to them, cold vapor exuding from his hand. "This will kill your cells slowly, but I'm a hero and wouldn't like something so cruel. So tell me, why do you think you can kill All Might?"
Well you seem fine on your own, Rin turned on her heal, checking her arm and wrist bands to see if they were emitting a glow yet. They didn't only compress heat and energy to make electricity, but they double as solar panels so as long as she stayed in light for long enough, they would also be charge, but very slowly. Her eyes scanned over to the shipwreck zone, thinking that would also be a better source.
"Where are you going?"
"To find a source of electricity," She replied, sliding down on the ice hill he'd basically created.
She came to a stop at the edge, seeing across the plaza in the water was Midoriya, Asui, and Mineta. Her brow furrowed as she traced their horrified expressions over to the plaza scene. Of course, unconscious bodies lay in front of her all the way to the fountain, where three remained. A large, black muscled and bird headed creature with an exposed brain, and a man with blue hair, covered by a number of stone hands. His joints, his throat, his head, and his face all covered, and he was so skinny it was creepy as he itched at his neck.
And then there was Aizawa-sensei. She noticed his blood trail first, slowly looking upstream to find his body pinned down by the bird-headed creature. His face was in bad shape, looking like it had been slammed down several times to stop his quirk. His arms were at inhumane shapes, broken and straight up ruptured by the sheer strength of his opponent, it wasn't just broken or cracked-- the bones couldn't even hold themselves together anymore.
And in an instant, it was the hands-man moving for Asui. Whatever his quirk was, it was something that could kill if her was aiming for her head directly. But he stopped-- no, was stopped. His hand enveloped her head and nothing happened. Something did happen, Rin was wrong again, Aizawa-sensei nullified the man's quirk.
"Wow, you're so cool," The man said in a chilling voice.
But that didn't mean the danger had passed. The creature slammed Aizawa-sensei's head down again. It had only given time.
Midoriya was on the move, ready to 'smash' the man who didn't remove his hand from Asui. He leaped up, drawing back his fist and yelling, "Get away from Asui-san! Smash!"
There was such wind pressure from the force of his punch, it rippled over the entire dome violently, bulbs beginning to break. The hit was taken by the creature instead, so the force all diverted from his body. Escaped energy, that was Rin's source now. She stuck her arms in the air like lightning rods, letting all the escaped energy flock to her before the bulbs completely burned out.
(Yeah I'm pretty sure science doesn't work like that but)
Function under fear. Rin was not going to fight these monsters, but they and Midoriya had just given her a chance to save Aiwaza-sensei, something she'd have never expected to have to do. She just moved, not dismissing the danger, but the threat of danger is what moved her so quickly fear she may die if a second late.
"Midoriya-san, let's just get away!" She cried, reaching for Aizawa-sensei.
"Oi, oi, oi, little girl. Don't be in a rush to get your sensei, you're such a good student, you're just as cool as him--" The man said, and suddenly the creature was blocking her way.
She kicked out a foot in front of her hard, making sure her quirk did the rest to create an air pocket big enough that as soon as it burst, which was immediately, it pushed her back a few meters in quick time. Her fists clenched, she'd hope that maybe Midoriya could have had their hands full, but it seemed that his attack, which had seemed so strong, did nothing at all to harm them.
"What is this thing...?" She gasped at it up close, holding her arms up defensively as she stared past it at Aizawa every few moments. The blood just kept pooling. She wanted him to save them, but it was only students. In this moment, there was only Rin.
"That's Nomu~. I'm surprised you moved so fast, that wind reminds me of someone," The man said. "Are you perhaps... the villain Tempest? No, of course you're not, he declined our offer. You must be what held him back, right?"
She could feel the crackle, her bands flowing with energy ready to be unleashed. She wanted to avoid a fight and run at all costs. Midoriya, Asui, Mineta, and Aizawa were all in trouble, and it seemed no one else was here for the rescue. She didn't like it, but she had a risky plan.
She pulled off one glove-- meaning there'd be no insulation, which could harm her hand, but also meant faster time for the electricity to travel. She hoped it wouldn't come to that option, because it would probably end up with more pain-- and not just from her own self-infliction.
This was lightning mode, something she'd learned from her dad when she was eleven. It was taxing on the body, but it was also an upgrade at the same time. It was powering your body like a machine, meaning everything worked faster, and stronger, but that was not something a human meant to do. She'd have ten seconds before she fried out. Even that was a stretch, but she was in a pinch.
A loud crash stopped her, and she turned her head to see the doors blow in and cover the place with smoke. From the smoke, very large, and loud steps echoed until the familiar beach blonde emerged.
Rin's chest loosened, the anxiety tied down seeming to leave and letting her breathe a little. She couldn't relax, but there was finally ease when she saw the great hero. She could kiss a few of those gray hairs goodbye.
A trifling expression was on All Might's face. Something Rin would never forget, but welcome anytime-- the true passion of a hero, truly ready to stomp out evil. Through his gritted teeth, he bellowed, "Don't worry, I am here!"
[Perspicacious]
"Asui-san, move!" Rin called, seeing the frog-like girl which Midoriya in her tongue and Mineta in her arm. She desperately moved towards Aizawa-sensei again with the speed of her wind, her enemies distracted by the appearance of All Might. She already knew that this didn't mean all was well. They could be used as bait, or hostages, and that would be the worst possible outcome.
"You're not a hero who can rescue anyone just yet!"
Alarmed, Rin looked up with the air of a fierce animal, ready to bite and claw through because of how cornered she felt. A villain from the league was behind her, but it was like he choked on his own words, being winded by a single punch.
"All... Might..." She breathed, letting her growling expression drop in front of him. She clenched her teeth, looking down at her nearly unconscious sensei. She choked back tears, frustrated at the situation. Or it was more so the result of her frustration. This is so uncool, she thought. It was so stupid to her, that she was going to cry out of everyone even though she'd faced more danger than a normal student in her lifetime. She'd been beaten into this coward who relied all on technique, and wrung herself so tight that when she really thought she was out of options, when she really thought she was going to die, instead of the fear tempering her, spreading herself any thinner, she broke. And in front of her teacher and the Symbol of Peace. She felt so flushed with embarrassment.
"Dammit, you're really cool, All Might-sensei," Rin said. She let him walk on past her, knowing he had no time to comfort or mentor, and she also knew what to do. She flicked the tears from her face, letting the water adhere to her fingers and slowly turn into ice, which she pressed to Aizawa-sensei's bruises as she lifted him. She pulled the scarf from his neck, wrapping it around the serious wounds to stop the blood flow.
Then, in a flash, Asui, Midoriya, and Mineta were next to her, courtesy of All Might. She looked at them with worry. No one dodged like she did-- they went head on. "Are you guys alright?" She asked, genuinely worried and deciding now was not the time to be afraid of talking to them.
"Yes, I'm fine. Nomu was distracted by you before he hit me so..." Midoriya said. "Thanks, Hinata-san."
"Go to the entrance. Get everyone out of here," All Might ordered, the angry expression never fading from his face.
She frowned, recalling to the interrogation Todoroki-san conducted on the villains. "All Might-sensei, that thing there, called Nomu, it's bio-engineered to have multiple quirks so it can take you down. I don't know about your quirk or anything, but Midoriya-san's punch had no effect. Don't you think it's dangerous? It's meant just for you, meaning at the same time your quirk is not suitable," she speculated.
She got no reply, so moved on with Aizawa in her arms. If she really could carry him like this, she just noticed she was stronger than she thought. Stronger since the gorilla man, and stronger from her battle-classes. Not to mention, even if she didn't study quirks as closely as Midoriya, she could figure out ways to combat them, and even use to her advantage.
The group came to a halt, looking back at the crash taking place as All Might threw Nomu into the ground.
"Midoriya-san, the warp gate guy is still here," Rin warned, looking at it with wide eyes. The scene was completely backwards. Instead of Nomu being pinned, headfirst into the ground, the creature had a hold of All Might with a dangerously tight grip, blood dripping from his side. The warp gates below being the one to mess up the whole scene. Everyone up top had forgot about him just because of All Might, but that was a bad move.
She knew it, something would go wrong. Because she didn't idolize him, nor did she hate him. She was observant of his actions, and she had come to know that even he could not be omnipotent. No way. Everyone had a limit.
And that meddling warp gate.
"Asui-san, can you take Aizawa sensei?" Midoriya suddenly asked. "Hinata-san, do you have energy-- or electricity?"
Rin nodded, slowly handing Asui Aizawa-sensei. She knew Midoriya was smart, exceptionally so, so she wasn't about to question his sanity on the subject. She wanted to hear his idea.
He directed her vision over to the warp gate guy. Looking closer, adorned on his physical body was a metal collar of some kind. But he didn't even tell her much more, running at full speed for All Might without waiting for her.
She ran after him. "This is reckless, Midoriya-san!" She yelled after him, but he lunged for All Might regardless. Then that warp gate moved in front of him, and she didn't even hesitate. She just planted her feet, holding up her hand with her other to keep stable and let loose. "Don't even try, misty! You're a lightning rod for me!" She declared, electrocuting him before he could even react. She watched a blonde slam him down the next instant, and she stopped before he got shocked too.
Ice trailed it's way to Nomu, freezing him all the way to the wrists. All Might took the opportunity to break free of Nomu's grasp. He jumped beside the literally blank-faced Todoroki.
And Kirishima attempted to hit the hand-face man, but missed, whining on his missed chance to show off.
"The Symbol of Peace cannot be killed by the likes of you," Todoroki said.
Rin walked over to Midoriya, "Try not to be so reckless next time, please. Or vague," she said, putting a hand on his shoulder as he wiped tears of relief from the support.
"And hey, if you move suspicious or anything I'll blow you up!" Bakugo-san declared to the warp-gate man.
She looked at Bakugo, dropping her hands. "I'll electrocute him first," she added. She crouched beside All Might, seeing the blood and raising her hand, making a fist. At first, it seemed like she was getting angry or something to the other kids, but the bleeding slowly came to a halt, diverting from the surface so it could heal without internal bleeding either. "I work pretty well as a human hospital machine," She admitted. Oxygen, Blood cut-off, defibrillator. All related to fixing her self inflicted injuries.
"And they all come back unharmed," Hand man said, plainly standing my the water and speaking out loud. "Kids are amazing these days," he remarked, then turned to the creature. "Nomu."
It was like a wake up call for the creature, responding to his voice. Nomu slowly lifted himself out of one end of the gate so he was whole again, his leg and arm breaking off from the ice. But he still moved, crashing the ice against the ground to get rid of it all-- and his remaining body parts. But then came the bone, the muscle, the blood, and the skin all over again. Regeneration too?
"Nomu was designed to take you at one-hundred percent," The man said giddily. "He's a super efficient human-sandbag! So, first things in order is getting our gate back."
Rin couldn't even follow with her eyes. There was a step, crash, and then Bakugo was on his ass with the rest of the students. All Might was gone, and the warp gate in Nomu's hands like some purse.
"Whoa, Kacchan! Did you dodge? You're amazing!" Midoriya praised.
"Shut up, I don't know what happened," Bakugo snapped back.
Rin slowly looked over to where the smoke was from the force of Nomu's punch. There was All Might, plus a trail from his feet dragging, and a missing piece in the wall behind him. He was panting. "Do you not know how to hold back?" He asked.
"I was doing it to save my companion," The hand-man said. "I had no choice. I mean earlier, the curly one was ready to punch me with all he had, just to save his. Then Tempest-like one electrocuted my friend for him! What's wrong with me saving my comrade, huh? Is there anything? Violence for the sake of others is admirable! Isn't that right, hero?"
He spread his arms wide, the hands around his body becoming more eerie the longer stared at. Something like he needed the hands to admire him. "I'm actually angry right now, you know? This world categorizes the same violent acts as heroic or villainous, deciding good or bad. "Symbol of Peace"? Ha! You're just a tool to repress violence," He said. "Violence only breeds violence. The world will know when we kill you!"
"That's absurd," All Might replied. "Villains who fight for their ideals will be burned. You just want to have fun. You've been caught in your lie so quickly."
"It's three against five," Todoroki said.
"No, run away," All Might said. "I thank you for earlier, Young Todoroki, but now it's different. Watch as a pro hero gives it his all."
"No! But time's almost--" Midoriya began, but cut himself off suspiciously.
All Might simply gave a thumbs up to the children. He ran head on for Nomu, as the hand-man came for the children. But everyone was blown back from the force of the first punch.
And there were many more to come. The wind was strong, pushing everyone back from the fight scene.
Rin kept low, keeping her hood on with one hand and gripping the ground with her other. She watched the Nomu getting deci-fucking-mated by multiple punches, throwing him high into the sky before punching him crashing into the earth below. It was ridiculous, how much All Might was pulling out because this seemed more that one hundred, since he was practically giving Nomu no chance to react. The creature couldn't even go fist to fist anymore by this point.
"A hero can always break out of a tough spot!" All Might declared.
For the first time in her stubborn opinion of his overbearing personality was out the door. Overwhelming was the better word, and that overwhelming passion was what was overcoming this 'impossible' obstacle. All Might was hellish, but amazing.
"Hey villain, ever heard this saying?" All Might drew his fist back with all his might and power.
"Go beyond! Plus Ultra!"
His fist contacted with Nomu, throwing him through the air. He flew through the air, hitting the dome and then the sky. Then beyond that, gone within the blink of an eye.
The ground shook with the force of not only the punch, but Nomu's contact with the building, rippling through like a mini earthquake.
Rin stood once it was finished, her fists clenching. The strength of pro heroes was amazing.
"I really have gotten weaker. In my prime it took five punches, but that just took three hundred..." All Might admitted. He turned toward the two left. "Now, villains, I'm sure we'd like to end this as soon as possible."
The man and the warp gate didn't move. The man began scratching at his neck again, some sort of habit, quite disgustingly so. He murmured to himself in thought, nothing Rin could make out.
"He doesn't even need us," Kirishima said. "Let's get out of here, since it will be worse if we become hostages,"
Rin turned, hesitating before slowly following Kirishima. But she noticed Midoriya frozen with face of danger, acting suspiciously again. There was something he must know..
"What's wrong? You're not coming?" All Might asked. "You said you'd 'clear' this or something, right? Come at me if you can."
The man stepped back, shaking in fear with a gasp. He began scratching again intensely. "If only I had Nomu! He can go without thinking!" He groaned.
"Shigaraki Tomura!" The warp gate said, finally revealing the villain's name for Rin to hear. "Please calm yourself. Looking carefully, I can see he was definitely weakened from the attacks. The children are frozen in fear, and we have underlings we can still use. We still have time, and if we work together, we can defeat All Might."
Rin stopped, turning back around and studying Shigaraki and the warp gate. Shigaraki seemed paranoid, and he also had metal on the wrists of each hand holding him. That, and warp gate's collar was so big he was a huge hunkin' target for her, no matter where she aimed.
Shigaraki's itchin' hands lowered, as he began to assure himself of this plan through murmurs. "That's right," He said. "Yeah, we have no choice. We have the last boss in front of our eyes."
She grabbed a hold of one of Midoriya's shoulders, not caring for boundaries now. "Hey," She whispered. "I don't know what you're trying to hide, but since your quirk and All Might-sensei's are so similar, does that mean it's actually a double edged sword too? He could have won a minute ago with a preemptive attack against those two. But if he needs help right now, you should just say so. Jeez-- not again," she groaned, seeing Midoriya move so fast that he was right in front of the warp gate before saying anything, avoiding her questions again. Oh! Finally full sentences and he doesn't even bother to respond.
A hand outstretched from the warp-- no, he opened a portal to protect himself and Shigaraki was reaching through. If Rin remembered correctly, he was trying to kill Asui just by touching her apparently, so this.
She let the energy burst forth with a pop, and there was in instant between her spot and her behind Shigaraki. "No you don't!" She declared, grabbing his other arm and yanking him from the gate, the electricity emitting from her hands unintentionally. She chucked him with all her enhanced strength, leaving his mannerisms to become more and more annoyed.
"Sorry, everyone!" Rang out the familiar voice of their principal. "I've gathered everyone available and headed here! Sorry we're late!"
"Tch! Game over now," Shigaraki groaned, standing and backing up to his gate partner. Then he was fired at before even getting out his next words, forcing the warp gate to protect them. "I'll come back, All Might. I will kill the Symbol of Peace," Shigaraki begrudgingly said as his face began to disappear into the black swirl.
Thirteen tried to suck them in, but they disappeared before she could reel them back.
Rin relaxed, taking off her special made boots so she could ground. She'd been made into something new. She wasn't all of a sudden fearless, or any less skeptical of comrades but suddenly, in the moments where her legs moved on their own, she thought nothing was worse than losing the people who'd been kind to her, and shown her why they believed so deeply in heroism. So she forgot her fear, and had ran to help Midoriya. It's a good thing she knew just exactly what she was doing with her quirk, or maybe she'd have ended up like Midoriya. She turned to go help him, remembering he had dropped before even getting a hit in, but a clay wall popped up in front of her, to her confusion.
"We want to make sure all the students are okay, so please gather at the front gate," it was Cementoss speaking to her. "We will deal with the injured here."
"Oh, alright," She said, turning and walking around and heading to the entrance.
A detective rounded them up, counting to nineteen while everyone stood nervously together. "Other than a boy with a seriously injured leg and arm, everyone else seems to be fine," The detective said. "Let's have the students return to their classes tomorrow, and question them later."
"What about Aizawa-sensei?" Asui asked.
"A facial fraction and comminuted fractures in both arms," the detective replied. "But there is no serious brain damage, but his eyes may suffer some after-effects."
"What about Thirteen?" Ashido asked.
"She had bad lacerations, but she will recover. And All Might will also survive," the detective assured. "He's just in the nurse's office."
"What about Midoriya?!" Uraraka and Iida both demanded.
"Mi-- Oh, he's fine in just the nurse's office too," he replied. "So, now, go back to your classrooms."
Rin knocked on the door to the nurse's office with her good hand, restraining herself from sneaking in and just stealing antiseptic and running. The door opened to little Recovery Girl, with an unimpressed expression.
"Sorry for... being out of hand a few weeks ago," Rin sheepishly said. "Can I have rubbing alcohol? I've got electrical burns."
She lifted her hands, slightly purple in color with lacy plant like designs and blisters. She went for five seconds, and even that pushed it. She could only conduct so much electricity at a time, godspeed was overdoing it. Her quirk made up for her weakness, but she knew it shouldn't.
"My goodness, your quirk is also dangerous because your vessel is not strong," Recovery Girl said, motioning the girl to crouch as she swabbed at it before kissing it, healing it brand as new. "You need to train to be in better shape."
"... I know," Rin admitted.
"Yeah, go and try not to come here again," Recovery Girl shut the door.
Rin sighed. It was about time she overcame her fears.