The moment the remaining assassins charged the horde of criminals, they made swift work of them, just like before.
However, the hooded men had a obviously difficulty whenever one of them engaged a templar. Izuku made mental notes of everything that was unfolding. From the weapons used, to the styles of combat, etc.
When the assassin wearing black(as opposed to white), and a silver face mask, engaged the templar who spoke out, he seemed to be put on the defensive. In reality, he was merely keeping him preoccupied until the other two assassin's could reach his aid.
During ALL of this, the students of 1-A were trying to keep both aizawa, and the young assassin, alive. Midoriya said to his fellow classmates, "Guys, I know what i said before, but things don't look good anymore. We should try and help them fight, maybe?" to which his classmates were silent in thought. Kaminari was about to speak up, but he was beaten to the punch by the, now one armed, teenager, "don't, they must fight the templars, but the villains aren't an issue. However,*deep breath* please don't let them engage the Creature. I beg you."
Every 1-A student was lost for words. They were in awe of the, near stupid, level of comradeship between the hooded men. But they were quickly ripped from the thought, as a loud *BOOM* echoed through the USJ, accompanied by an explosion of rubble and dust. Everyone looked to the front entrance to the facility, as all might, walked into view. He yelled out "Never fear… Why you ask? BECAUSE I AM HERE!" with that he sprung into action…
Shigaraki seemed giddy at All Might's appearance. "GO NOMU! KILL THE GOVERNMENT PURVEYORS OF VIOLENCE! HEHEHEHHEE! NOW ALL MIGHT DIES!"
All Might Swiftly engaged the villains, moving so fast that he was but a blur. Knocking out villains before they had any clue that he had even moved from his previous position! He eventually engaged the Nomu.
All Might's punches seemed to barely phase the monster, it just kept attacking. "Nomu has shock absorption, your punches have no effect on him all might! It looks like you've finally met your match! Hehehehe!" Shigaraki yelled.
"Thanks for telling me how to beat him then!" Replied All Might. All Might instantly wrapped his arms around the nomu, and attempted to slam its head into the concrete with a suplex. However, two portals sprang open, one under Nomu's head, and one below All Might. The nomu had been half-way warped below all might, he grabbed the hero's sides, successfully restraining him.
'Shit, This monster found my weak spot!' All Might thought, realizing the creature had a hold of his wound. He began to try and pry the beast's grip from his body. He then yelled out for the villains to just give up now(we know how this goes…)
Suddenly, Kurogiri is tackled to the ground, and the Nomu is frozen in place by ice. Bakugo and Todoroki finally showed up. Bakugo pinned Kurogiri to the ground, stating that if he moved, Bakugo would blow him to bits. Then, Todoroki yelled out, that a villain had informed him of their plans to kill all might. Which he followed with stating, that they could never hope to do so. All Might is finally able to free himself of the creature's grasp.
(Meanwhile, with our hooded bad-asses…)
By now, the only templar who was not yet dispatched, was the supposed leader. But he seemed to hold his own against the three assassins.
After several seconds of more combat, a shot rings throughout the facility. It was a new assassin. However(as far as equipment when), he seemed to not have anything but a mosin nagant rifle, some ammo pouches, and a hidden blade and bracer. Other than that he had on a outfit that resembled the other assassin underlings. Except for his white robes being obviously more suited for winter climates. The rifleman's bracer had the same symbol as the other assassins' did, except, in the middle of the symbol, there was a star.
The rifleman had landed a shot on the templar's arm, causing him to reel back in pain. Only for him to be stabbed in the abdomen by the cutlass of the assassin leader.
The hooded man shouted, "DIE YOU SCUM!" the assassin then twisted the sword in the enemy's flesh, causing him to scream. But his agony was cut short, as one of the other assassins brought up their hidden gun to the back of his head.
*BANG* The brains of the templar were splattered onto the front of the assassin leader's mask, and robes. However, due to its dark coloration, only the brains and chunks of flesh were noticeable.
The leader assassin knelt down, rolled the dead man over and removed his red cross necklace. Next, he crossed the bodies arms and closed the templar's eyes. Next, he spoke to the fallen enemy, "May you find truth in death, and may your actions guide your soul. Requiesce in pace."
Once the assassin leader had finished, the assassin's made their way over to All Might, and the remaining villains. Still having to fight their way to them. While on the move, one of the other hooded men said to his superior, "Sir, it seems we are needed over with All Might. All the templars are dead, and it seems like he could use our assistance." to which the leader responded, "Yes, but we can't engage that monstrosity, we must avoid further casualties. We must keep the other two preoccupied if needed, but nothing more."
(Back to the fight between All Might, and Nomu)
Nomu then, slowly exits the portals, shattering his frozen limbs. Nomu then began to REGROW his lost appendages. "I thought you said this guy's quirk was shock absorption?!" yelled All Might. "His other quirk is super-regeneration…" Shigaraki replied.
Shigaraki then said "nomu", to which the monster responded, by heading towards Bakugo at full speed. Only All Might could see Nomu as he ran. 'SHIT' he thought, All Might quickly pushed Bakugo out of the path of the beast, saving him just in time.
"You bastards didn't hold back? *Cough* even though there are children! *Cough*" All Might shouted. "He was threatening my companion. You "heros" use violence too... All of you supposed "heros" are just government-sponsored purveyors of more violence..." replied shigaraki.
Both Nomu, and All Might engage each other. Shigaraki comments, "what are you doing? I told you Nomu has shock absorption. He was made to defeat you even at 100% of your power!"
All Might responds with, "Yeah, What of it!"
All Might then shouts, "Yous said he has shock absorption, not nullification. So, I will just have to go beyond 100%. AND FORCE YOU TO SURRENDER!" All Might began to put Nomu on the defensive. Both of them are punching each other so fast, and so forcefully, that their arms were just barely visible pure force behind each punch, causes shockwaves and blasts of wind that prevent anyone else from getting ANYWHERE NEAR the fight.
Eventually,their fight went airborne after Nomu was launched 30-40ft into the air. All Might was able to slam the creature FULL FORCE to the ground. While the monster was still mid air, after bouncing back from its contact with the floor, All Might landed right in front of it. He then yelled, "Maybe you've heard these words before. But I'll show you what they really mean!-" All Might then delivered a final blow to the Nomu, while yelling, "-PLUS ULTRA!" the force of the hit caused the creature to be sent skyrocketing upwards. The Nomu blasted through the roof of the facility, and further up, till he was too far to be seen.
All Might then said out loud, "I really am getting weaker. Back in my hay-day, 5 hits would have been enough. But today, it took more that 300 mighty blows."
"No. No, No. That's not fair, you cheated!" Shigaraki grumbled, while scratching furiously at his neck.
All Might yells towards the villains, telling them that he beat nomu, and that they should surrender now. He essentially used a bluff, in hopes to end the ordeal, because he couldn't maintain his hero form. In fact, it took him all he had to just stand still while in it.
"Wait Tomura, Nomu was successful. Look, all might is clearly weakened by the fight, we still have time to kill the symbol of peace." said Kurogiri to Shigaraki.
"Yeah, Yeah you're right. Let's end this." he replied. He then sprang into action, engaging All Might.
*BANG* *BANG*
Two shots echoed through the USJ. one had landed in Shigaraki's left shoulder, and the other hit him in the right leg. "GKHA!" he yelped.
It was the assassin atop the staircase to the entrance(or what was left of it). He instantly caught the attention of the students of 1-A.
"I HAVE RETURNED CLASSMATES! AND I BROUGHT REINFORCEMENTS!" yelled Iida as he entered the USJ with the Entirety of the UA faculty behind him. Quickly he dashed to his peers, and found them caring for Mr. aizawa, and a unknown boy in assassin robes, and gear.
The pro-hero's began to "mop-up" the remaining villains. And Kurogiri quickly warped Shigaraki, and himself, back to their hideout. But, Tomura was able to say one more thing to All Might, "You may have won this time. But you won't be so lucky next time we meet. I promise, the symbol of peace will DIE." Then, the warp-gates closed completely
The hooded man bolted his rifle quickly, re-aligning his aim at Shigaraki's last position. However, he stopped himself when he realized that he was gone, and that the UA Faculty had arrived. He quickly slung his rifle, and sprinted towards his fallen comrade. When he was half-way over to his fellow assassin, he quickly shouted to the pro heros, "Hey, get down there quickly, and assist Toshi and the survivors!"
When he reached his one-armed brother, he shoved the students out of his way. He knelt down and began to open his only large bag. After several seconds of searching, he pulled out a large number of medical supplies, and began to treat his wounds...
After about half an hour of treating his comrade, the rest of the assassins made their ways to them. They grouped around the fallen brother, and took over the operation from the hooded rifleman. Next, the assassin walked over to the students of 1-A. He then turned to address 1-A, "I can not thank you enough for keeping my brother alive until we could arrive. However, he will be fine now, so please leave him to us. Again, I thank you all."
Izuku, as well as the rest of 1-A, simply nodded in agreement. Izuku still felt some sorrow for the injured teenager, however he had accepted that he was best left to his friends.
"I understand your suspicions, and doubts. But i can't explain right now. All i can tell you is that, we are here to accuire something. I can't tell you what, but we are not the enemy. The templar are, not us." the rifleman proclaimed.
"Once again, I can't thank you enough for your help" the hooded rifleman added. He then bowed to the group of students.
"HEY! WHO THE FUCK DO YOU GUYS THINK YOU ARE! JUST KILLING THOSE PEOPLE AND SAYING YOU AREN'T THE ENEMY! YOU AREN'T HEROS! SO WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?" Bakugo Interrupted, as he violently shoved his way to the front of the group.
'Oh crap! Bakugo is gonna get us all in serious trouble with these guys!' Izuku thought
Once Bakugo had reached the hooded man, he threw a right hook towards him, fueled with anger and confusion. "DIE!" he shouted.
Suddenly, the assassin countered Bakugo's attack, grabbing him by the arm and chest. The assassin flipped him over, slamming his back onto the ground, still holding his right arm by the wrist, and using his foot to hold bakugo down. Before Bakugo could use his quirk to blow the rifleman up, however. The assassin swiftly slammed his free leg, and foot, to kick his arm back down, and kept his foot on Bakugo's wirst so as to prevent him from using his explosion quirk on him.
"Wow, you are so hot-headed." he looked up to the rest of 1-A and continued, "Is he always like this? Because, if so, I feel sympathy for all of you." the assassin put on a smirk, like he was truly amused by Bakugo's behavior. "HEY! YOU FUCKER! LET ME GO! I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS YOU HOODED BASTARD!" Bakugo yelled, trying to free himself of the assassin's hold.
The assassin bent down to look bakugo in the eyes(even though Bakugo couldn't see his, but the intimidation factor didn't lower at all). He then, calmly spoke to bakugo, "Oh really? And how are you gonna do that from down there, huh? Because you don't seem to be in the position of making threats. I really do feel sorry for people like you, to be held back by a quirk." this statement caught every student's attention. 'Wait, did he just say, that he feels sorry for people with quirks?' everyone thought. However, the student whom felt the most confused by the assassin's words, was Izuku. He began to think to himself, 'I thought people felt pitty for quirk-LESS people? Like me. Well, the old me.'
However, before Izuku could continue his train of thought(and before bakugo could continue antagonizing the hooded rifleman), the Pro-Hero midnight walked over to them, and said, "hey let him go assassin! Just finish your buissness here and leave." to which the hooded rifleman complied, letting go of Bakugo and turning around to make his way back to his brothers.
But he suddenly stopped, and turned back to the Pro-Hero, "Hey, we apologize for the mess, but there was no other option for us. Anyway, we trust that your students can keep their mouths shut about the brotherhood, and the templars." the assassin stated. "Because, if they don't, we will have to do so for them. You understand, yes?" he added, making everyone 100 times more uneasy than they were already.
Midnight replied with, "Of course, but You lot are running thin on our patience, AND our trust" She said it with a scowl.
The assassin let out a small laugh, and yelled, "You got it, we assassin's stick to our word. When it is towards our allies, or to those who are outside of this conflict. Take care Midnight! You kids do the same!" he then turned back around and continued his walk to his comrades.
Suddenly the Area was filled with smoke. "What the hell?!" screamed kaminari. After a minute of coughing and confusion, the smoke cleared. The entire group of assassins had vanished!
'What is this? Assassins, Templars, and the Pros acting like it's no big deal?!' Izuku thought. This thought would plague his mind, as well as the minds of his peers, for weeks to come...
TO BE CONTINUED... (cue Back to the Future Soundtrack)
HEY GUYS! I re-posted this chapter after re-writing it, mainly just the last third/fourth of it. I hated my half-assed, and shitty version because of how I did not keep with my original plan. AND HOW I FUCKED IT UP BECAUSE OF A SLIGHT ERROR WHEN STORY-BOARDING!
But it is fixed now, i hated that i tried using the shroud as a Deus Ex Machina, too. but that is all gone.
P.S. Hey readers! I want to get your ideas for the origin of our new class member. well really just one aspect of it. That being, Should he be from japan? Or, Should he be like the other assassins I have introduced thus far?(meaning, should he be from a different country's brotherhood, that sent him there to help rebuilding the Japan-Branch of the creed)
please give me CONSTRUCTIVE criticism, and your personal input! I really do take it into consideration when making content! :)
BYE! See yah next time! ;)