The three teens were now leaving the Mountain Zone together as they cautiously looked around just in case another villain would pop out of nowhere. They were now surrounded by trees and bushes as they approached the end of the zone.
"I really don't want to have to fight any more villains." Kyouka said as she sighed and plugged her earphone jack into the ground to make sure no villains were nearby, but thankfully it was silent around them.
She still couldn't believe the fact that they all got out of there alive. They were pretty much surrounded by villains and they took all of them out with minimal injury. Sure, she didn't like the fact that Izuku got his arm cut and broke his own finger, but in a situation like this, it could've been a lot worse.
She would still take glances at him once in a while to make sure he's holding up okay, but so far he didn't seem too bothered by the injuries or he just did his best to ignore the pain.
Izuku nodded as he kept looking around. "I agree. It's better off if we can avoid combat from now on."
"So what should we do next, Midoriya?" Momo asked as she looked at the boy.
"Well, hopefully Kaminari or someone else has figured out that our communications aren't being jammed anymore. Then they can contact the school and we can have the Pro Heroes come to help us." The green haired boy said with a smile, feeling hopeful about the entire situation. "But if they can't then we should take matters into our own hands and make getting help our top priority."
The purple haired girl nodded as she looked at the exit. "Yeah, if we can get the pros in here then we'll have nothing to worry about."
"If we follow these bushes to the exit, we can avoid the central plaza entirely." Izuku said as he pointed towards the exit. "It'll be a little difficult since we'll have to run past the Landslide Zone and the Ruins Zone, but as long as we run straight towards the exit without any complications then it shouldn't be much of an issue."
"That's smart. It'd be very inconvenient if we run into the villains that Mr. Aizawa is fighting over there." The black haired girl said as all three teens looked towards the central plaza to see the fighting still going on.
The green haired boy looked troubled as he looked at the central plaza before clenching his fist. "If he doesn't get some backup, then he's just going to overexert himself. He'll end up defeated by those villains cause he was trying to keep us safe."
"Izuku, I'm not saying this is a bad idea, but do you really think we should get involved in that fight?" Kyouka asked, knowing what exactly Izuku has in mind.
Momo nodded as she crossed her arms. "I agree with Jirou. We don't know how powerful the villains in the central plaza are. Plus, we could end up being a distraction for Mr. Aizawa."
"I'm not saying that we should jump into the middle of a battle. But maybe we can find a way to take a few of those guys out and lighten his load." Izuku suggested as he looked at the two girls.
The purple haired girl sighed, knowing how serious her hero is about this and that he won't back down from this idea. "You know what, I'm with you. But let's be as cautious as possible, okay?"
The green haired boy gave his friend a thumbs up and a smile. "Hey, I'm always cautious. You don't have to worry about that."
"You constantly breaking your bones isn't exactly what I call cautious." Kyouka retorted as she gave a small laugh.
"Well, let's go see how Mr. Aizawa is doing. Hopefully, he won't need any help from us." The black haired girl said before they all started to make their way towards the central plaza.
The purple haired girl was feeling worried as she rubbed her arm and looked at Izuku's back. 'What kind of villains are even at the central plaza. Is the villain who injured All Might there? If Aizawa does end up needing help, is it possible that we'll get killed when we try to help him?' She then shook her head as she slapped both her cheeks. 'Dammit. I shouldn't be thinking so negatively right now. If my mind is in a dark place then that'll only screw me over in the long run. Izuku wouldn't want me to be scared even if he's scared himself. But still… What are you thinking right now, Izuku?'
She wondered if he was panicking on the inside and was just pretending to be so composed right now. She knows that Izuku can be one of the bravest people in the world. He proved that many times, especially when he ran headfirst towards the sludge villain to save Bakugo when no other heroes were even getting close. But she also knows that he's human so it wouldn't surprise her if he's just as scared as she is right now.
Right now all she wants to do is hold his hand to comfort both herself and him, but she knew it wasn't the time for that all. Now she had to stay focused because they were all going towards the central plaza, where the main fight was being held to help Aizawa in any way they can.
If she was being completely honest, she'd rather get out of this facility with Izuku as soon as possible instead of staying to help. If Momo wants to stay behind then so be it. As long as Izuku's okay, then she doesn't care what else happens.
She then looked at the spot where she bandaged Izuku's arm and placed her hand on her arm as if she's the one who got cut. It was a close call when he saved her from that scythe earlier and got that cut on his arm. But it was too close for her own comfort. If he had waited possibly a second later to tackle her to the ground then there's a good chance he could've gotten killed when he saved her.
It didn't make her feel any better when he fought against that electric villain and the villain's hands were mere inches away from the boy's head. What if she hesitated more when she fired her soundwave at the two of them? Then Izuku would've been killed right on the spot with his brain completely fried and it would've been all her fault.
Izuku was having too many close encounters with death while being so young. A part of her wondered if he's had any nightmares about these encounters or if he'll have nightmares in the upcoming future because of this villain attack. She remembered not too long after starting All Might's training, she started having nightmares for a couple of nights of Izuku's body being completely taken over by the sludge villain or him being killed by the villain while it was taking over Bakugo's body. It made her wish that he would be by her side those nights to comfort her. But if he's having nightmares as well then she'd want to be by his side to comfort him.
But no matter what happens, she's going to do whatever it takes to make sure he gets out of this alive.
"Remember, Izuku, as soon as things get too dangerous for us then we're getting out of here." Kyouka whispered in concern as they finally reached the end of the Mountain Zone.
Izuku nodded as he kept his attention towards the central plaza. "Of course. We don't want to get ourselves into unnecessary danger."
"Shh, let's get ready just in case Mr. Aizawa could need help any second now…" Momo whispered as she put her finger over her mouth.
Aizawa continued to take down villains and seemed to be having little difficulty just like before. Suddenly, the villain with hands all over him started to run towards the hero at full speed. "Final boss."
'Maybe he won't need our help after all. He seems just fine on his own.' The purple haired girl thought to herself as she sighed in relief.
The Pro Hero then threw his scarf towards the villain, but it was caught as the villain kept running. Aizawa ran towards the villain as well before elbowing the villain right in the gut.
The three teens smiled for a second, seeing Aizawa land an attack, but their smiles quickly faded when they saw that the villain had a grip on Aizawa's elbow as he restrained the hero.
"It was hard to see when you were jumping around, but I've found your tell. It's your hair." The villain said as Aizawa's elbow started to crack. "When it drops, it means you've stopped using your quirk. You're having to blink more often. Don't push yourself too hard, now. You might just fall apart. Wouldn't that be a shame?"
Aizawa's elbow continued to crack and it seemed to be crumbling. Now his muscle became exposed as his skin fell apart on his elbow. He then quickly used his other arm to punch the villain away before jumping back to gain some distance. Some villains attacked the hero as he dodged out of the way, panting as he looked at the main villain in front of him.
Kyouka glanced at Izuku for a second and could a disgusted expression on his face after seeing the villain's quirk. This was the first time she's seen him react this way to any quirk. But to be fair, it disgusted her as well, seeing Aizawa's elbow crumble like that and show his exposed muscle.
"That annoying quirk of yours isn't suited for drawn out fights against big groups, is it? Don't you think you're a little out of your element here, Eraser Head? You're much better at working stealthily. You're known for surprise attacks, not fighting head to head. But despite knowing that, you didn't hesitate to jump into the middle of this fight. To put your students at ease." The villain said as more low-level villains attacked Aizawa, but they were quickly defeated by the tired hero. "And look at you, you're still standing! You really are so cool! Oh, by the way, hero. I am not the final boss."
Aizawa then turned around to see that bird-like monster right behind him as it raised its hand before grabbing the hero's head and slamming his face into the ground, causing his goggles to fall off and his blood splattering on the ground.
"No, Mr. Aizawa…" Izuku said to himself in fear as he watched the hero continue to get his face slammed into the ground by the monster.
"W-What is that thing? Is it even human…?" Kyouka asked as she felt herself shake at the sight of the monster.
Momo shook her head a little as she froze with fear. "I don't know… Can we even help Mr. Aizawa against that creature?"
The three teens were all thinking the exact same thing at that moment. That there's no way that they can take on something like that. That they would immediately be killed if they were noticed by these villains. Fear was taking over their minds and bodies as they watched their teacher get beaten near to death by this monster. They've never felt so helpless in their life as all they could do is watch.
"What do you think of him, Eraser Head? He's the bioengineered, anti-Symbol of Peace. But you can call him 'Nomu.'" The hand villain introduced the monster before Nomu started to shriek in response.
Nomu then grabbed Aizawa's arm, twisting it before breaking it with no effort as if it was a twig, causing the hero to scream in pain.
"You can erase people's powers. That's irritating, but it's nothing impressive. When faced with true, devastating power, you might as well be a quirkless child." The villain taunted as he gave a small laugh.
Aizawa then looked towards Nomu and activated his quirk, but it had no effect as his other arm got crushed, breaking that arm. Nomu grabbed the hero's head and slammed his face into the ground again.
The fog villain from earlier then appeared right next to the hand villain. "Tomura Shigaraki."
The villain now known as Shigaraki looked at the other villain. "Kurogiri, did you manage to kill Thirteen?"
"The rescue hero is out of commission. But there were students I was unable to disperse and one of them got outside of the facility." Kurogiri responded, making Shigaraki visibly irritated.
"Huh?" Shigaraki asked before starting to scratch his neck, becoming more aggressive with each second. "Kurogiri… You fool… If you weren't our warp gate, I'd tear apart every last atom in your body." He suddenly stopped scratching his neck, leaving it red now. "There's no way we can win if dozens of pros show up to stop us. It's game over. Back to the title screen. And I was looking forward to finishing this today. Dammit. Let's go home."
Kyouka widened her eyes as she heard that and looked at Izuku. "They say that they're leaving, but I can't help but have a bad feeling about this."
Izuku hesitatingly nodded as he looked worried. "Yeah, something doesn't feel right. It seems weird that they'd retreat at this point."
Momo cupped her chin as she raised an eyebrow. "That's right. It seems out of character for these villains to just leave at the first sign of trouble."
"Oh, before we leave, let's make sure the Symbol of Peace is broken. Let's wreck his pride." Shigaraki said under his breath as he looked towards the three teens before suddenly appearing in front of them. "Let's make this hurt."
None of them had time to react as the villain's hand approached Kyouka's face and Izuku was barely turning his head as he saw the hand getting closer to his best friend's face. He remembered how Aizawa's elbow crumbled when grabbed by the villain's hand. He imagined Kyouka's entire body crumbling into dust, causing his heart to race faster than it's ever had before.
Shigaraki's hand then made contact with the girl's face, but nothing happened before glancing behind himself. "You really are so cool… Eraser Head."
Aizawa had activated his quirk as he looked at Shigaraki before his head was slammed right back into the ground by Nomu.
"Get away from her! Now, dammit!" Izuku shouted as he jumped towards Shigaraki with his right arm glowing. "Smash!"
He then punched towards the villain and when he made contact, large gusts of wind blew some villains away and caused the trees around him to shake as many branches snapped off.
The green haired boy was now covered in dust as he panted and gave a small smile as he looked at his arm. 'Good thing my arm didn't break even when I wasn't thinking. That smash felt more powerful than the ones I can manage to control. My training really is paying off.' He almost felt the need to celebrate, but that need completely vanished as he saw Nomu standing right in front of him, seeming like he took the punch himself. 'Where'd he come from? Wait, hold on. It didn't… hurt him? No way…'
"You're pretty powerful. This 'smash' of yours. Are you one of All Might's disciples?" Shigaraki asked as he looked at Izuku. "Doesn't matter. I'm done with you now."
Nomu then grabbed Izuku's arm as he pulled the boy towards him, raising his hand to kill him. Kyouka smacked Shigaraki's hand away from her face and sent her earphone jacks towards Nomu. "IZUKU!" Meanwhile, Shigaraki's hands went towards both Kyouka's and Momo's face, ready to kill both girls.
Momo started to create a staff out of her chest to try to stop the villain as she tried reaching towards the other hand to try to help Kyouka, but it didn't seem like she was going to be able to save both herself and Kyouka in time.
However, Kyouka kept her focus on Izuku as her earphone jacks continued to make their way towards Nomu. She remembered before when she fell unconscious after the sludge villain attacked, she just laid on the ground, unable to do anything to help Izuku while he was being taken over. She wasn't going to stand idly by and let this monster kill him without putting up a fight. She didn't care for her own life right now as the villain's hand got closer to her face. She couldn't care less if she were to die right now, she just had to do whatever she could to save him. 'Almost there…'
Suddenly, the doors to the exit busted open, getting everyone's attention and causing everyone to pause as dust surrounded the exit. Footsteps could be heard as a large figure walked forward.
The dust was starting to clear to reveal that it was none other than the number one hero. The Symbol of Peace, All Might.
"Have no fear, students." All Might said in a serious tone with a look of anger on his face. "I am here!"
"He's here… All Might." Izuku said in disbelief as he stared at his hero.
"Are we saved…? Momo asked as she placed her hand over her mouth, starting to feel emotional.
"Ah. Looks like our game's getting a 'continue.'" Shigaraki said with joy as he looked at All Might.
Kyouka felt herself tearing up, seeing that All Might is here to save them now. She was already starting to feel relieved, thinking that both her and Izuku are saved now. "All Might's going to save us…"
A/N
Okay that's chapter 28 done! I know it's a SUPER short chapter, but I wanted the All Might vs. Nomu fight to be its own chapter. I promise that this will be the shortest chapter I'll give you guys for at least 10 more chapters. I did my best to expand this chapter with some inner dialogue from Kyouka. I would've added more inner dialogue, but I wanted to save more of that for next chapter or to the final chapter of this arc which will probably be chapter 30.
This chapter would've been out sooner, but I was on that birthday high and was just enjoying life, not thinking about any responsibilities at the moment. This chapter was pretty easy to write compared to my recent chapters.
Also, I have something important to talk about. I've been thinking of taking out the 'Obsessive Kyouka' part in my summary or changing it to 'Slightly Obsessive Kyouka.' This has been on my mind because I feel like I'm clickbaiting people who are looking for a yandere Kyouka and the 'Obsessive' part probably gives people that vibe. Originally Kyouka was going to be more crazy and obsessive, but I realized that wouldn't work for a long term story so I toned her down on the obsessiveness. Of course Kyouka will still be obsessive like she's always been, but I don't know if I want to keep that in the summary.
Now onto the reviews!
Capito Celcior: Thank you for pointing that out. I really need to do some research before putting that in lol. But it's fixed now so it doesn't seem as ridiculous.
25NaMi: Gracias very much
Dragon storm: I don't know, knowing Shigaraki, he'd just want these annoying kids to be killed. But I will definitely make it so he hates her almost as much as he hates Izuku.
Naoto Koizumi: Thanks for not minding the long wait. I always try to release chapters as fast as I can, but I think I've been giving myself too many free days lol. I definitely plan on having these two team up more in the future and the team ups will be more fun once Kyouka gets those amps on her gloves. I was originally going to give Kyouka a utility belt with bandages, but I figured I could save that for when they all get their costumes upgraded.
Ability King KK: Fun fact, chapter 24 originally had a daydream scene with Kyouka being bored in class. But I took it out because it didn't feel rightly placed for me. But I do have it saved on another doc so I'll probably put that daydream in another chapter, most likely a filler chapter.
AJ: He learned from plot!
Xerzo LotCN: I mean it was like that in the show so I was like "fuck it" so I made him pop out of the ground here too.
megaultrachicken157: I do plan on having Kyouka be in the battles and I know who her opponents will be. I'm just not sure if she'll win her second fight or not. By the way I'll still have the Bakugo vs Ochako fight in this fic. And I hope it was a good enough present for you.
Chuck Winanaki: Yeah I should've had Izuku be more clear that he only has 10 powerful attacks. Also, to explain why he used his finger to save Kyouka is because he couldn't really walk to her with feeling all the vibrations through his body so he had to use a ranged attack. But I definitely could've pointed that out. I still will be teaming them up together. I feel like Izuku would still want to team up, but just to pass since their opponent is All Might and he'll need all the help he can get. But Izuku will definitely not be as nice when trying to convince Bakugo and might possibly punch and yell at him just out of annoyance, but I'll try not to go too out of character when that moment happens. I do appreciate your criticism and I'm glad you're not sugarcoating things.
Well that's all for the reviews!
Now that is the end of Chapter 28! Please feel free to leave a review!
