Sorry about the wait guys I took a break for a week before I started writing this chapter. And sorry about what I said in the last Omake. I know I said oh it will be up early this week but obviously I miscalculated. My apologies but hey it's here now! So enjoy, I think it's a fun one. Also WARNING some creative liberties were taken, you'll know when you see it.
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*Disclaimer I do not own the rights to Ben 10 or MHA.*
From inside the somewhat repaired Rustbucket, Izuku Midoriya sits back on the bench, leaning against its side as he rests his arm on the table. He props his phone and begins watching a quick show while he takes a break from the repairs.
Seated quietly beside him from atop the table, Kraab watches on curiously staring at Izuku's phone and the strange cartoon playing on it. "So, whatcha watchin?"
Izuku shrugs, tucking his free hand into the pocket of his black and green hoodie. "Eh, it's an old cartoon starring a Thai-American girl that gets sent to a magical world run by humanoid amphibians."
Kraab frowns. 'Is that like a human being sent to the Incursean empire?' Not fully understanding it, Kraab continues to watch with Izuku as a human character pops onto the screen. "So, is that the main character? That human girl?"
"No, that's Marcy, she's a side character."
"Oh, okay…" On the phone, a little humanoid frog girl shows up on screen. "What about that frog girl with her?"
"That's Maddie, she's also a side character."
"Huh?" Kraab's even more confused, they've been watching for a few minutes and yet it's only been side characters so far. "So, then where's the main character?"
"You know this episode doesn't actually feature any of the main characters. You know it's one of those episodes that try to break the formula."
"Kinda sounds like the writer got lazy… Either way it's kinda strange."
Izuku frowns, raising an eyebrow at Kraab. "What is?"
Kraab peers up at him and asks. "Don't you think it's weird when the main characters aren't in an episode?"
Izuku shrugs. "Eh, you don't miss them."
"Well…maybe I just find it weird. Meh, whatever, I guess. Might as well sit back and relax."
Izuku smiles. "Yeah, just relax. It'll be fun."
"Yeah, fun…"
Cannon Busters Opening - Showdown
(Beginning Instrumentals)
An open road, a bright sun illuminating the beautiful summer day, and the rush of wind in one's ears as the Rustbucket cruises by moving across the road like a sports car before zooming past with grace.
We got places to go, things to do, people to see, and we got to get it done right away.
Izuku adjusts his hoodie, tugging it down over his body. All before gripping the dial of the Omnitrix and giving it a shine with his fingers.
So if you on the crew, guess we a team. Thicker than thieves and we all tryna help find a way
Hisashi buttons up his Hawaiian short, before grabbing his respirator and dawning it over his maw. He then snatches up a few loose tickets and pamphlets before tucking them away.
If you know the destination, we making conversation. Time is ticking, sun is setting, we got no time for waiting
Chopper latches his leg to his body, readjusting it. Before his arms pop out and flex about making sure they're working properly.
Might be the showdown, Looks like it's 'bout to go down
Bust through with the cannon, at the hoedown
(Instrumentals)
Izuku slams down on the Omnitrix! In a flash of green the screen scrolls down to reveal his aliens: Feedback, XLR8, Grey Matter, Four Arms, Ditto, Ripjaws, Terraspin, Water Hazard, Lodestar, Buzzshock, Diamondhead, Big Chill, Heatblast, Stinkfly, Wildmutt, Rath, Wildvine, and Bullfrag.
Transition into title sequence: HEROES NEVER DIE; IT'S HERO TIME
So, we won't fall, until gravity is gone
Izuku grins falling through the air alongside Rath, Wildvine, and several other inhuman silhouettes! As the glow of the sunrise illuminates U.A. in the background!
We've been on this road too long, so long
Hisashi and Izuku stand back to back looking away from each other as the scene rotates around them.
The scenes flips in rapid succession with characters standing back to back!
(Instrumentals)
To Thirteen and Ochaco!
To Ochaco and All Might!
To All Might and Gran Torino!
And to Gran Torino and Hisashi!
And I can't stop, we can't stop
I'm so far away from home
We've been on this road too long, too long
A legion of villains have their backs to the camera but as the camera slides through their line up, each of them turn to acknowledge the audience.
Kraab's claw flexes and clamps nearly clipping the camera.
Rojo folds their arms together and smirks as the camera rolls past.
Sunder raises his axe at the ready.
Silhouette (C) stands tall and proud, towering over the camera.
Nue bares a sharp tooth grin, his eyes gleaming with malice before the camera zooms away and up into to the forbidding sky, through the void of space, through the walls of the command ship, before halting before an all observing Vilgax.
Playing with fire (Fire!)
Take me higher
From up in the air Cinder releases a cloud of flames down upon Rojo below! Rojo cuts through the flames before rocketing up and clashing with the hero in midair!
We're on our way, we're on our way
Undivided (-Vided!)
All Might zooms past, his grin wide, as he slams his fist into Silhouette (C)! Silhouette (C) crashes into the ground, kicking up smoke, but it rises again, unharmed.
And ignited
We're on our way, we're on our way, yeah!
From the smoke cloud, Ochaco leaps back in a spin as Sunder soars after her. Sunder his axe at her but she counters it with a Ryou Sphere!
On our way, we're going
Nue grins madly as he stares down Deku who grins back just as determined and manically.
And no mistakes while we're rolling around town
We just came back round
The Rustbucket bursts forth zooming down the highlighted highway, gracefully zooming past Bakugou, Kirishima, Tsuyu, Hatsume, Kaminari, Jiro, and a number of silhouettes!
You don't wanna show out
Close up of a smiling Hisashi.
Cut to a closeup of Chopper.
Cut to a closeup of Kraab.
Finally a close up to a grinning Deku!
Might be a showdown
Deku's hand slams down on the Omnitrix, the alien green light swallows the screen!
Woo!
Freeze on the image of Deku, Cinder, Chopper, and Kraab posing before the setting sun, their shadows casted far off over the ground towards the camera.
(Illustrated by CreateGunner1209)
Ch.53 Purple Rain
"Woo-hoo! I finally made it!" Decked out in his entire hero costume, Denki Kaminari cheers at the top of his lungs as the bright morning sun shines down over him. "I'm finally at the Summer Sonic Festival!"
Yes, for here on out it's nothing but the best for Kaminari: three days with nothing but the summer sun, awesome music, greasy cheap yet delicious food, and Japan's own Osaka as its backdrop!
But now comes the issue of what to do first! With so many major, indie, and international bands and acts there's so much to choose from!
Kaminari frowns, cupping his chin. "What should I see first? Franchuchu? Off the Hook? Oh, I know I'll go see Love Händel first and then I'll check out the rest! Yeah!" He cheers, shooting his fist into the air. "I'm off!" And he takes off dashing away at a record speed.
Or at least he would be.
"Gah!" Kaminari's jerked back as the collar of his jacket's grabbed from behind. "Hey! What was that for?!"
"Not so fast, Denki." A blonde woman who looks a lot like Kaminari scolds as she grips his collar. "Don't you go running off."
"But Mom!"
Kaminari's mom, also known as the heroine Thundershock, pouts. "No buts! And besides, none of the bands are even here yet."
"Huh?!"
He finally has a look himself. The music festival is taking place in one of Osaka's open parks, taking advantage of the large green lawns with scattered trees, benches and fountains. All in all it's a beautiful park. But you couldn't tell that now with all the moving trucks and setting up that's still happening. There are stages arranged across the entire park along with large tents for eating and other entertainment on the side while rows of booths and vendors line the paths from one stage to the next. All the while swarms of staff are running around, working like busy bees all trying to finish up before the event begins. Heck there are even a few bands and groups walking around with their instruments and equipment no doubt off to go get ready too.
"Hey!" Thundershock shouts in his ear!
"Ah!" Kaminari jumps back, startled. "What?!
His mom frowns, concerned. "You were listening, right?"
Kaminari sheepishly smiles. "Um, yeah, I was, but in case I missed something you should maybe go over it again."
Instead of getting frustrated his mom actually manages to smile it off, finding it amusing, even though she's shaking her head in disbelief. "I was asked to help with security for this year's Summer Sonic Festival." Hence why she's donning her full hero costume. "And as requested they wanted us here to secure the place before the festival even starts. We wanna make sure that no one's gonna be causing trouble today."
Kaminari frowns. "We?"
"Well, you were the one that said you wanted to come." Actually, he begged her, full on his knees and making promises he definitely won't be keeping kind of begging. "I agreed to bring you on the condition that you help me with security."
Kaminari grips his jacket, frowning like he's disappointed. "I know but…"
His mom frowns, worried. "But what? What was your plan?" She gaps as if betrayed. "W-were y-you gonna ditch Mama?" She pales, trembling at the thought of her son ditching her. "Were you gonna leave me, Denki? Just so you could enjoy the festival by YOURSELF?!"
Kaminari shamefully looks away.
"Denki?!" She gasps horrified. "What did I do?!" She cries, tears streaming. "I thought I was a good mother. I give you lots of love, but you don't want anything to do with me! Wahhhh!" She cries, producing tears that could rival the Midoriya's. "WAHHH!"
"Mom! Stop! You're making a scene!" Kaminari begs not just to save his dignity but hers. "And this isn't about you, okay!"
Thundershock blinks back the tears, clinging to hope. "It's not?"
"No! Of course not." He shouts, before becoming somewhat bashful. "I…was just excited is all…and I wasn't thinking. I'm…I'm just glad to be here…with you."
"Oh, Denki!" She lights up, her eyes sparkling. "You really mean that?"
"Y-yes."
"Yay!" His mother beams with joy, leaping away to celebrate the fact that her son doesn't hate her.
Kaminari sighs, relieved. "Crisis averted…" For now, at least. 'Well hang out later, Mom. Besides knowing you, you'll get so wrapped up in your work you probably wouldn't notice me if I was gone.' Plus, he can make sure they at least spend a whole day together to make up for it anyway.
From off in the nearby distance a distinct woman's voices calls out.
"Well, someone's in a good mood."
The Kaminaris turn to find Mt. Lady of all people approaching them.
Kaminari gasps. "Mt. Lady?!"
Mt. Lady smiles, waving as she approaches the mother and son. "Hey, Thundershock, how ya been?"
Thundershock smiles back. "Hi, Mt. Lady, it's good to see you."
"Aw, thanks. How've you been? I haven't seen you since that magazine shoot."
"I've been great. Thanks for asking."
Not too far away another pair of male voices call out.
"Heh, well, those ladies seem to be in bright spirits."
"And why not? It's a beautiful day."
"They're here too?" Kaminari gasps when he spots Death Arms and Kamui Woods trailing up behind Mt. Lady.
Mt. Lady sheepishly smiles, shrugging as she explains why. "Yeah, they decided to tag along with me." They found out she was asked to help with security, and they obligated themselves to come too: something about making sure she actually does her job or something…
Thundershock beams at the two. "Hey, Death Arms, how's tricks?"
Death Arms breaks out into a wide grin. "Ha. Still kicking."
Thundershock then turns to Kamui Woods, offering her hand in greeting. "We haven't met. Hi, I'm the Voltage heroine known as Thundershock."
The Timber hero graciously shakes her hand. "Nice to meet you, I'm Kamui Woods."
"Kamui Woods, oh I heard of you. You've been really climbing the ranks as of late. Nice work."
"Thank you."
As they all greet each other Kaminari ends up sidelining himself, waiting for the pleasantries to be over.
As he waits though, Death Arms takes notice of his get up. "Hm, do I know you?"
Kaminari instantly lights up, flashing a smirk while trying to pass off as cool. "Oh, me! Hm, maybe." He poses cupping his chin, grinning up at the heroes so they could get a good look.
The three stare, neither one quite sure how they recognize him.
Except for Mt. Lady who lights up all excitedly. "I got it!"
Kaminari's smirk widens as he awaits the recognition.
"He's one of the members of that really cliche boy band, Boyz Will Be Boyz!"
And boom! Kaminari face faults to the floor as the burning sting of humiliation sets in.
"What? NO!" He shouts, shooting onto his feet. "It's me, Denki Kaminari! You know…! From U.A.! The Sports Festival…Class 1-A!"
It takes a moment, but the three heroes all simultaneously go wide eyed with blank faces, while all pounding their fist into their open palm. "Ohhh."
'Well at least they recognize me now…' Kaminari thinks, tragically.
Something crosses Death Arms' mind. "Hang on. Then what are you doing here; you don't have a Provisional License do you?"
Kaminari starts, silently screaming as he begins to panic.
"Relax he's with me." Thundershock grabs her son and hugs him. "This is our family outing! My little Night Light wanted to help his dear Mom with her hero work! Isn't he something?!"
"MOM! Not cool!" An embarrassed Kaminari screams before harshly whispering into her ear. "We talked about this! No PDA, please!"
The three pro heroes can't help but laugh finding their little family just oh so charming.
Kamui Woods settles down before gesturing to one of the bigger tents that's set up nearby, atop the tent a sign reads: Staff Only. "Well, we still need to get checked in with the managers, so we'll be going."
Thundershock interjects. "We'll join you; we just arrived and haven't picked up our security badges yet."
And so they all walk off for the main tent where they hope to find the main showrunners of this music festival.
They enter and they are astounded by what they find. It's almost like a mobile office space was suddenly set up inside the massive tent. There are sections tarped off labeled as break rooms, lounges and even conference rooms, there are even cubicles for the staff to work at, sections are divided up to store extra equipment, instruments and more. All the while staff run around all wearing the same reflective orange vests.
The heroes and Kaminari all stroll through this tented office space until they find themselves in what appears to be a large conference room like area. There's a large table in the middle of the room, lined by folding chairs and lining the walls are stacks and stacks of cardboard boxes.
Speaking of which, there appears to be one other person inside the conference room, a woman with a clipboard who's going through the boxes and making sure they're all accounted for.
The woman is rather slender for her age and her blacked framed glasses definitely gives her that mature look. Her hair is straight, short, and dark purple in color, with bangs that fall to the right side of her face.
Kaminari frowns, feeling like he's seen her before. But nothing comes to mind even as he spots the weird long almost cable-like earrings she's wearing.
Thundershock cheerfully approaches the woman. "Excuse me." She gestures to herself and the others. "The heroes you asked for have arrived!"
The purple haired woman spins around, before beaming up at them. "Oh, excellent! You've finally arrived!"
Kaminari frowns, thinking. 'Again, I feel like I've seen her somewhere before.'
The woman continues shaking Thundershock's hand. "It's such a relief to have you all here."
Kamui Woods frowns, concerned. "Why? Are you expecting some trouble?"
The woman waves off his worries. "No but people tend to behave themselves a little bit more when heroes are around." Those drunks can…really be a handful sometimes…all the time.
Mt. Lady nods. "Yeah, I get that."
Kamui Woods frowns, sweat dropping. "Do you?"
"And here are your security passes." The woman gestures to the table where their security badges are organized.
Death Arms bows his head before grabbing his. "Thank you miss."
"No, thank you and please contact me immediately in case of any emergencies or incidents."
Kamui Woods nods in understanding. "Of course."
Mt. Lady gives a lazy salute. "Yeah, you got it."
The woman then gestures to a nearby box that has its lid open. "Also, could you wear these vests?"
Mt. Lady eyes the boring looking vests with uninterest. "Do we have to?"
"It would be approached yes, with so many colorful bands and musicians, some…well most like to wear their own costumes. This helps guests differentiate between those who are staff and those who are not."
All four of the pro heroes nod. "Understood."
In the meantime, Kaminari grabs his security badge and slips the vest over his head.
While he's doing that the woman finally takes note of him. "Oh, and you are…?"
"Oh, well, I'm, uh-"
"Ah!" Thundershock beams, sling her arm over his shoulders. "This is my son! He agreed to help out for the next few days."
"Oh, is he? Why thank you young man."
"Oh, uh, sure, anything to help."
The woman frowns like she's pondering before she gasps in recognition. "Oh, I know you! You're that electrical boy in Class 1-A! Um, Kaminari, correct?"
"Yeah!" Kaminari instantly brightens up, his smug smirk returning. "So, you've heard of me?"
The purple-haired woman nods. "I saw you during the Sports Festival! And my daughter's mentioned you before."
Kaminari's ears instantly perk up and his smile widens. "You're daughter? Is she here? I'd love to meet her." He'd be oh so thrilled to meet a fan especially if they're cute.
From behind Kaminari someone let's out an exasperated sigh. "What exactly are you thinking about, moron?"
Kaminari's blood instantly runs cold, dread grips him as he shakily turns around. "Gah!" he screams. "What? Jiro?! What are you doing here?!"
Kyoka Jiro, wearing her full hero costume, scowls in annoyance, gripping the box in her hands tightly. "What am I doing here?! What are you doing here?! And what the hell were you saying to my Mom?!"
Kaminari pauses. "Mom…?" He spins around and instantly locks onto the woman's earrings only to FINALLY realize that they are not earrings but in fact the same plug-like earlobes as her daughter's. "She's your mom?!"
Jiro sighs, deadpanning. "Took you a while, didn't it?"
It stings him to admit it but yes.
Jiro's mom giggles into her hand. "Yes, I'm Kyoka's mother. My name's Mika Jiro, dear."
Kaminari becomes very sheepish, bowing out of politeness. "Oh, um, nice to meet you ma'am."
Mika nods, smiling. "It's so nice to finally meet one of my daughter's friends from school. Please continue to look after him."
Jiro blushes. "Mom! It's not like that." She calms down before dismissively adding. "Besides, it's really him that needs to be watched over anyway."
Kaminari pouts, feeling hurt but he soon breaks into a smug smirk. "So, you talk about me at home, huh?" How very interesting.
Jiro gives him a critical look. "Well, my parents did ask about the idiot I beat during the Sports Festival." Ouch. "And besides I talk about everyone in class, it's not just you."
Kaminari pouts, offended.
As the two hero students catch up Mika gets a call on her phone.
At the same time the three pro heroes decide to head out.
"Alright, we're heading out!" Death Arms proclaims triumphantly before marching away.
Mt. Lady waves to the teens. "Play nice, kiddos."
Kamui Woods follows her out. "And you better make sure you behave."
"Wha?! I will! You'll see!" Mt. Lady whines.
"I guess I will…" Kamui Woods doesn't sound so convinced, however.
Thundershock strolls over to her son. "Are you ready to go?"
Kaminari instantly cheers up, throwing on his vest post haste. "Yeah!"
"Kyoka."
Jiro peers up at her mom. "Yeah Mom, what's up?"
Mika frowns, worried. "Listen I just got a call from Stage 5 they're missing several staff members and they're not anywhere close to being ready. Can you head over and help them set up, please?"
Jiro doesn't even hesitate. "Sure mom." She walks off to drop off the box on a nearby stack.
Having overheard, Kaminari cuts in. "I'm sorry did you say some staff went missing?"
Mika nods. "Afraid so. This happens from time to time but most events like this don't have permanent staff; they're often or not hired beforehand and sometimes they don't always pull through." Like dropping out of the job before the start date; it happens with normal everyday jobs too, it's really inconvenient and very unprofessional.
Kaminari frowns, he peers back out towards the rest of the tent where staff are scrambling to get ready. He frowns, considering what to do before offering up. "Well, if you need some more hands I can lend mine."
Jiro's instantly suspicious. "What are you playing?"
Kaminari waves his hands frantically, trying to dismiss her suspicions. "Hey this isn't about trying to see some concerts! You guys need help so…I wanted to offer."
Mika smiles, taking him up on his offer. "That would be great, actually." She turns not to Kaminari or her daughter, but to Thundershock. "Is that okay with you?"
Thundershock considers it but considering the fact that they're so short staffed she can't see a reason to say no. "It's fine if anything it's one less stage to patrol if he's there." Her son can help out and act as security all at once.
"Fantastic!" Mika beams. "Kyoka, please show your friend around."
Jiro's clearly reluctant but she complies. "Fine." She waves for Kaminari to follow. "Let's go."
"You got it!" Kaminari rushes after her.
The two moms smile, watching them go before turning back to see what else has to be done before the festival can begin.
Kaminari walks with a little skip in his step as he keeps pace with Jiro. "Oh this is great! I can help out! See some shows! Take a look at the behind the scenes!"
Jiro sighs. "Just try not to mess anything up."
"Don't worry I won't." Kaminari's so pumped! "And the best part!" He gazes up at the clear blue sky. "It's such a beautiful day! Just look at the weather. Today's really gonna be something special! I can feel it."
And right in this quiet dark apartment a sense of looming tension can be felt throughout the air. The dank rundown apartment sits quietly, bathing in shadows with no light other than the bits of sunshine that manages to slip through the sealed window and it's large curtains. The only other light source being the little TV sitting from across the room.
On the TV screen a reporter can be seen holding a microphone in front of the camera. "This is Vance Vetteroy coming to you live from the Summer Sonic Festival. It may be early morning, but the stages are set and the guests are already lining up at the gates. Even some local heroes are on the scene to ensure a safe and pleasant evening. With clear skies, no rain, and a light breeze coming in from the northeast, it couldn't be a better day for a music festival if I ever saw one."
The floorboards of the apartment creek as a figure crouched on the floor shifts his weight.
A man sits on the floor from across the TV. He is rather tall and clearly has a Mutation Type Quirk which is clear by his electric-purple complexion, claws, and almost inhuman face. His head is rectangular with no nose, a large sneer, he has a pair of horns on his head that shoot up and zigzag like thunderbolts. He wears all leather from his pants and boots, and to his large leather jacket with spikes protruding from its shoulders. But the most blaring part of his jacket are the large yellow letters stitched to the back: S.A.M.
(AN: Imagine a purple version of "Vortex" from the Danny Phantom series)
Vance Vetteroy continues to smile from inside the TV screen. "Today's festival will surely be one to remember."
"Yes." The figure or rather SAM sneers as he rises to his feet.
His violet eyes glow bright as a gust of wind begins to swirl about the apartment. "It certainly will. Hahahahahaha!"
He laughs louder and louder over the raging wind that swirls and whips everything around; even the curtains are thrashed about even though the window is still sealed tight.
"Hey, put that down you're gonna break it!" Jiro screams from across the stage.
On the other side of the stage Kaminari is struggling to carry over a large speaker. "No, I won't-Waah!"
And down it goes.
"Get down from there, moron!" Jiro shouts from below. You're gonna fall!"
Up above the stage, Kaminari is busy checking the lighting atop the catwalk.
He leans over the edge and shouts back. "I'm fine watch-woah!"
"Ahh!"
"Hey, check me out!" Kaminari grins from atop the stage, holding up an electric guitar he found. "I'm a real rock star now!" He swings his arm around strumming the strings as to play the part. "Hehe, yeah!"
Jiro pales from the grassy lawn below. "Put that down! You're gonna get us both in trouble!"
"Aw, come on. What? You think I'm gonna break it?"
He gives it another strum but the string snaps apart instantly.
"Oops."
"I knew it!"
The warm bright sun shines down over the ground as Kaminari lets out a defeated sigh.
He plops down onto a bench with a half-eaten hotdog in his hand. "Again, Jiro, I'm so sorry."
Jiro sits beside him, she's all huffy ignoring him as she finishes her own hotdog.
"Jiro, please say something. I swear it was an accident!"
After a moment she answers back with a cold stare. "I know but that doesn't make it any better."
"True…" Kaminari sighs, defeated.
And thus they sit in relative silence watching as staff run about seeing to last minute touches.
Kaminari finishes his hotdog and after suffering such an awkward silence he tries to break the mood. "So, your mom seems pretty cool."
Jiro raises an eyebrow. "Yeah, she is."
"How'd she land this job?"
"Hm?" Jiro blinks, uncertain.
Kaminari actually expresses his curiosity. "I mean uh so she's in charge of setting up shows, huh?"
"She's a producer." Jiro explains.
Kaminari blinks, not sure if he heard her correctly. "What was that?"
"She's a music producer. "
He gasps, astounded. "No way!"
"Yeah." Jiro smiles thinking back to the stories she's heard. "She was a pretty well-known musician that worked with various bands and orchestras, even composed her own pieces from time to time. But after retiring she took more of a background management role." Hence a music producer. "So, setting up festivals like this are part of the course."
"Woah, that's cool." Kaminari gaps, amazed. "Oh, so then you're helping out and in the meantime, you can check out some shows too!"
"Yeah." Jiro's eyes go wide, before narrowing and giving her classmate a suspicious look. "Wait, is that what you're doing?"
"What? Noooo." Kaminari responds although he's unable to look Jiro in the eye as he says it.
Jiro on her part just stares back, silently breaking him down.
And it works as Kaminari easily surrenders. "Yeah…"
"Knew it."
"Oh, there you two are!"
The two teens look up and find their respective moms approaching.
Jiro raises a hand and smiles. "Hey there."
Kaminari salutes them. "Sup?"
Mika smiles. "How are you two handling yourselves?"
"We've…" Jiro hesitates for a moment before responding. "Had no trouble on our end."
Kaminari visibility relaxes, oh so grateful.
But his relief is short lived as his mom grabs his head and ruffles his hair. "I hope my little Night Light isn't causing you any trouble."
"Pft!" Jiro fails to hold back a chortle. "You know what? As a matter of fact."
The blood vanishes from the blonde's face. "Jiro! Please, don't!" He can't afford to buy a new speaker; it'll drain his wallet dry!
"Hey, Mrs. Jiro!"
Oh thank god a hero, three of them in fact. For off in the distance Mt. Lady leads Kamui Woods and Death Arms over to their little group.
Mika turns around to address them. "Yes?"
Kamui Woods steps up preceding the message. "A few more bands have arrived and they're looking for you." He gestures down towards the nearest parking lot where two tour busses are waiting.
"Oh good, that should be Jossie and the Pussy cats as well as The Archies. Perfect timing. They're the last to arrive." Mika checks her watch just to confirm it. "And just an hour before we start perfect!" She turns towards the teens. "Quickly I need you two to help me move their equipment to Stage 8!"
Kaminari doesn't hesitate, springing to his feet and saluting. "We're on it!"
Jiro rolls her eyes but she rises to her feet too.
With Mika leading the way, Thundershock and Jiro follow behind her with Kaminari rushing to catch up.
As Kaminari rushes forward he accidentally bumps into someone, nearly stumbling before catching himself. "Oops! Sorry, man."
The man he bumped into is wearing a large trench coat, which is odd considering it's such a beautiful day out. "Don't sweat it, now you better hurry," The man smirks coldly as a light breeze rushes past. "the show's about to start."
"Um, yeah." Kaminari frowns, not getting it but he doesn't have to as he takes off to catch up with the others.
The man watches as Kaminari vanishes from sight, he then eyes the area making sure he's clear of any staff or wandering heroes. When he knows for a fact that it's clear SAM sheds the trench out and adjusts his leather jacket. "Show time." He grins wickedly as his violet eyes begin to illuminate.
*Vzvzvzvzvz…*
As Jiro helps Kaminari carry over a bass drum to Stage 8 a strange hum catches her ears. She stops peering around for the source of the weird hum. "What is that?"
Kaminari frowns, gripping the drum tightly from the other end. "What's what?" Before he can get an answer something cold and wet hits the tip of his nose. "Hm?" Kaminari frowns, confused. 'Was that…rain?'
Rain suddenly begins to shower over the entire city, the rain becoming more and more intense with each passing second until it's coming down in buckets.
From all around staff, musicians, and vendors whine and air their complaints as they all seek shelter from the rain.
Mt. Lady frowns, trying to shield her eyes from the downpour. "Ah, what?!"
Kamui Woods frowns up at the sudden appearance of the dark storm clouds. "It's raining?"
Death Arms gives him a nod as he too stares up at the ominous clouds. "Man, it really came out from outta nowhere."
"Sheesh!" Mt. Lady whines. "I thought we were supposed to have clear skies!"
Far from it as it would seem, the sky is pitch black from the clouds it rains cats and dogs.
Kaminari covers his face as he and Jiro rush over to hide under a nearby booth. "Woah! What is this, a hurricane?!"
"This is crazy!" Jiro shouts, already cold from having her clothes drenched by the rain.
Mika calls out above the pouring rain. "Everyone quickly!" She points to the main staff tent. "We have to work quickly!"
The drenched staff all cry out. "Yes, ma'am!"
"Hahaha." SAM watches gleefully from atop the catwalk of a nearby stage. "Sorry to rain on your parade everyone!" His grin widens watching as the staff and bands all scurry away from the deluge. "Just kidding! Hahaha!" His malicious smirk grows ever darker. "Now let's see how everyone's taking to my little spring shower."
He takes another look and what he sees…is certainly enough to water down his joy.
The staff are running around sure but they're not running for cover, no they're running around to accommodate for his rain!
"What? NO!" SAM hisses, enraged.
All of the staff members are now wearing ponchos and they're all running around handing out ponchos and umbrellas to the bands and musicians and even to the guests waiting in line outside the park!
"Complementary ponchos and umbrellas?!"
Not only that but the staff are setting up massive rain flies to create more passageways and shelters to keep people dry as they walk around and enjoy the shows.
"Rain tents?!" SAM screams, watching as the park becomes a weird rain tent city. "NO!" He cries, his tears lost in the rain. "This isn't how it's supposed to go!" After venting he takes a breath, composing himself. His eyes turn cold as he glares down at the park. "Fine then, time to bring out the big guns." From his jacket pocket, SAM pulls out a large red vial attached to a metallic syringe. "Let's rock and roll, hahaha!" SAM cackles injecting his neck with the strange vial.
"GAH!?" He gasps the moment the serum enters his veins. "I-I can feel!"
Lightning flashes across the sky and thunder roars in its wake.
SAM's eyes glow violet as his veins bulge and tremble. He then slowly rises into the air as his body begins to morph, his lower half beginning to twist and turn until it becomes a small tornado, allowing him to fly.
"Hahahaha! I'm gonna bring down the house!"
Jiro is busy handing out ponchos and umbrellas to the rest of the staff from underneath a rain tarp. She quickly tries to brush off her soaked poncho but it's so drenched it hardly makes a difference but in any case she continues on with her task.
*Vzvzvzvzvz…!*
She jolts up as her ears begin to ring. She frowns and peers around but she doesn't see anyone or anything suspicious. Heck she can barely see anyway the rain is coming down so hard she can barely make out 10 feet in front of her.
"Maybe it's just an out of tune guitar or something." She thinks about turning back to her task.
But then a sharp wail echoes through the park. "AHhhhhhh!"
The teen starts, nearly jumping out of her skin, she spins around and is horrified to find members of the staff and crew running around in a panic.
"Help!"
"Ahhhhh!"
"Get everyone, run!"
"What?!" Jiro gasps. "What's happening?!"
"Jiro!"
(Kaminari rushes over and grabs her arm)
"Kaminari! What are you doing?!"
"Running away!"
"From what?!"
"From-" Kaminari spins around and points upward. "THAT!"
Through the crashing downpour a giant mass slithers above the tents and stages. At first Jiro thinks it's a trick of the light and rain as it appears the rain itself is moving, but that's because it is. A massive form composed entirely of water shoots up and over the festival a single violet eye illuminates from the Water Monster's head as tendrils of water curl and snake over the nearby tents and stages.
Startled, Jiro nearly falls over but Kaminari holds her up.
"Yeah." Kaminari pulls her up and begins to run with her in hand. "We got a freaking Kaiju up in this shit!"
The Water Monster roars, declaring war over the festival. "VZRRRRAAA!" Its tendrils lash out ripping away at the tents and stage props, tossing them aside.
Through the rain the Water Monster spots a pair of staff members running through the rain and so it takes a big swing at them with one of its tendrils.
"Aaaaaaaahhhh!" The staff members cry out, falling to the ground, helpless.
"ENFORCEMENT FOREST SHIELD!" Kamui Woods swings in and blocks the attack by creating a massive tangle of woody vines that mesh and form together to make a thick woody shield around him and the defenseless staff.
The water tendril explodes upon impact doing no harm other than dousing the three in water.
"We have to hold the line!" Kamui Woods barks as he directs the staff members to safety. "We can't let it get near the civilians!"
Through the heavy rain, Mt. Lady rushes forward with Dead Arms running up right beyond her. "Death Arms! Give me a boost!"
"You got it!" Death Arms grabs Mt. Lady from behind, he swings his body around before throwing right up into the air! "Ragggh!"
Once in the air Mt. Lady's body expands as she kicks her foot forward. "CANYON CANNON!"
Her gigantic form slams right into the Water Monster's side causing a massive splash as her body is lodged into the mass of concentrated water.
"You've gotta be kidding me!" Mt. Lady tries to pry herself free, but she has nothing to grip onto as the water tendrils begin to snake around her. "Hey watch it pal! I'm not into this kinda shit!"
From below Death Arms has launched Thundershock up into the air to help! "Hah!" Thundershock provides her Electro Whips that lash out and slice through the incoming tendrils like they were paper. She then aims her Electro Whips into the monster's side, slashing the water and breaking Mt. Lady free as she shrinks back to her normal size.
The two heroines plummet, falling with the rain, but then Kamui Woods swings in and grabs them both. He quickly lands sliding across the muddy grass before coming to a stop beside Death Arms.
Kamui Woods' woody tendrils unwrap, freeing Thundershock. "Thanks for the save."
Kamui Woods straightens up, never taking his eyes off the rampaging monster. "Please, don't mention it."
The Water Monster continues on ignoring the heroes as it storms through the festival grounds.
Mt. Lady scowls up at the monster before turning to Thundershock. "Can't you like fry that thing with your Electro Whip?! I mean you cut through its arms pretty good."
Thundershock frowns sadly. "I'm afraid that's all I can do. My Electro Whip Quirk is strong but only as I am precise and how good my technique is. My whips are concentrations of electricity like they are part of a circuit and I'm the battery. But the amount of electricity I can produce is relatively low, it's only enough to allow me to charge up my whips to be strong enough to cut and attack through concentrated strands of electricity." Basically, she is a battery but she can store nor produce a large enough wattage to attack unlike her son who's the opposite: all power and no precision nor technique.
Kamui Woods frowns. "So, you can attack it just fine but you don't have enough power to take that thing out in one shot."
"Exactly."
Death Arms scowls watching as the Water Monster continues its rampage. "Then what do we do about that thing?"
Thundershock slams her fists together before ripping them apart unleashing her Electro Whips. "We fight with all we got."
From above the Water Monster unleashes an earsplitting roar in response to the heroes' challenge. "VZRRRRAAA!"
Never in his whole life was Kaminari glad he paid attention during Aizawa's Hero's Roles and Services Class.
"Everybody this way! Hurry!" Kaminari stands to the side directing the panicked and frightened staff members away towards the exit.
Jiro's not too far away, also directing the staff to safety. "Move quickly and get to a safe distance!"
As the stragglers leave the ground Kaminari looks out towards the parking lot, squinting and covering his face as rain continues to pour down in buckets. "Where are the police and other heroes?! They should have been here by now!"
"I don't know!" Jiro shouts back, trying but failing to see any police lights or signs of reinforcements. "The rain might be slowing them down!"
Which would be the most logical conclusion since traffic will have been slowed down and since visuals are so low local heroes would definitely have a hard time making it there quickly.
"Then," Kaminari turns back towards the battle raging behind them. "I really hope they can handle this alone…"
"VZRRRRAAA!"
"Hey!"
The Water Monster spins around to find a gigantified Mt. Lady charging towards him.
"This is a public event!" She throws her hands forward pulling a large tarp around the monster's head! "So wear a mask!"
From below Thundershock cries out. "Now Death Arms!"
"Ma'am, yes, ma'am!" With a spin Death Arms launches Thundershock into the air and with another spin he tosses up Kamui Woods right after her.
Thundershock's Electro Whips lash out, illuminating brightly as they crack with electricity. "LIVEWIRE SLICE!"
The brilliantly light whips charge with electricity before they pierce and slice through the monster's watery neck!
The rest of the watery body falls away as Kamui Woods follows through with his own special move. "LACQUERED CHAIN PRISON!"
A barrage of woody tendrils shoot out and tangle themselves around the ends of the tarp before sealing together and trapping the villain within.
"I have it!" Kamui Woods screams as Mt. Lady grabs him.
They both cry out in unison. "Combined Attack!" Mt. Lady swings Kamui Woods downward as he swings the trapped villain around. "REDWOOD SWING!"
And with their combined strength they slam the trapped villain up and around before SLAMMING the watery monster into the ground in a brilliant show as the monster's watery body implodes upon impact!
Even the rain begins to give away as the tarp unfurls as the fight finally settles down.
"Woah!" Kaminari's eyes are wide with amazement as he rushes to the scene. "Did you see that?! Talk about cool!"
A just as amazed Jiro nods. "Yeah." She finally notices the rain settle down allowing some sunlight to break through. "It's lightening up."
Meanwhile from underneath the tarp there's some movement occurring.
"The villain!" Kamui Woods screams. "Grab them! They're still moving!"
*VZVZVZVZVZ!*
"Aaaaaahhhh!" Jiro cries out in pain, grabbing at her ears, all as the rain picks back up in intensity.
"Jiro?!" Kaminari panics seeing her withering in pain. "Jiro?!"
"VZRRRRAAA!" The Water Monster rises again, reforming from within the tarp.
Everyone gasps as they all continue to rush forward to intercept the beast.
The Water Monster's glowing violet eye locks onto the nearby teen and lashes out, grabbing the boy with its watery tendril.
Jiro and Thundershock both cry out. "Kaminari!/Denki!"
"VZRRRRAAA!"
Death Arms freezes, paling as the monster raises the teen. "It grabbed the kid!"
"Not again." Kamui Woods glowers, his fist clenched in frustration. "We can't stand by." They can't stand by, not like before, not again. "Let's go Death Arms!"
Death Arms is prepared to join him. "Right!"
As is Mt. Lady. "Count me in!"
They will not stand by as another kid is taken hostage before their eyes.
And so they charge in to do what they can to free the him.
Unfortunately, Thundershock is too stunned to move, watching helplessly as her child is dangled and tossed around the air.
Jiro can only watch in horror as the heroes desperately reach and try to grab Kaminari from the monster's grasp but the monster's too fast and slippery for them to grab him. She's desperate to help too but there isn't a thing she can do…
She looks around for anything that could help but then her eyes land on the stunned Thundershock and then and only then does Jiro know how they can help. "Mrs. Kaminari!"
Thundershock starts, somewhat snapping out of her fear.
"I know how we can save him!"
Thundershock straightens, filling with hope. "How?"
Jiro looks her in the eye and states. "By having him save himself."
Meanwhile, the heroes are still trying to free Kaminari while also trying to deliver the beat down on this villain.
Kamui Woods leaps up to attack its head but the monster swings Kaminari in the way using him as a shield.
Kamui Woods swings himself away, not wanting to hurt the kid. "This thing is smart!"
Death Arms growls from below. "It's using the kid as a shield while also making sure we can't steal him back."
Mt. Lady screams in frustration. "Dammit!"
"Wait!"
They all spin around to find a determined Thundershock stepping forward. "This guy's mine."
Mt. Lady frowns worriedly. "But we can't…we can't just stand by!"
Kamui Woods feels the same. "We have to at least try!"
"Yeah!" shouts Death Arms. "We're not gonna just stand by!"
"You're not gonna stand by." Thundershock corrects as she struts past them all. "You're gonna be ready."
The three other heroes fall silent, becoming tense and silently waiting for her to make her move.
Thundershock marches forward with such determination that it's almost like her steps are echoing through the crashing rain.
Even the Water Monster's attention is forced away, focusing down on the deadly aura emanating from below.
"Last warning" Sparks dance around Thundershock's entire frame, her Electro Whips crack and flail at her sides as she hatefully glares up at the villain. "Let go of my baby boy."
The Water Monster simply stares back, holding the boy tighter in its grip.
"Bad choice." The killing intent surrounding Thundershock intensifies tenfold. "Never get between a mother and her baby!" She roars, launching her Electro Whips forward "DAZZLING LASSO!"
The crackling whips lash out but instead of striking the Water Monster they wrap themselves around the trapped Kaminari.
Kaminari gasps as the whips grab him tightly. "Mom?!"
"Hang on, sweetie!" Thundershock smiles reassuringly. "Mommy's here to help!"
Death Arms is stunned, mouth agape. "What are you doing?!"
Thundershock smirks. "Remember what I said about being a battery?"
Electricity surges through the whips and into Kaminari who instinctively absorbs the extra wattage.
Jiro sprints forward. "Kaminari!"
A sparking Kaminari peers down. "Jiro?!"
Jiro smiles and yells out. "Light him up!"
Kaminari breaks into a cocky grin. "Oh, I get it." Sparks of electricity crack and whip around his body. "INDISCRIMINATE SHOCK 3 MILLION VOLTS!"
He unleashes all of his stored and newly acquired power into the water.
"VZRRRRAAA!" The Water Monster cries out in pain as it surges with electricity.
Death Arms gasps, amazed. "It's working!"
"Nice!" Mt. Lady cheers.
Jiro claps watching as the Water Monster withers and flails about. "Way to go!"
The Water Monster goes silent as it begins to collapse to the side as it falls its body begins to break apart and thus dropping its hostage.
Kaminari plummets to the ground but he's easily caught by Mt. Lady who turned giant in order to catch him.
Mt. Lady smiles down at her open palm. "Nice job kid- Huh?"
"Hahahahaa…. Yeeee…" A brain fried Kaminari smiles back, giving her two thumbs up.
"I think something's wrong with him!" In a panic Mt. Lady lowers him to the ground so he can be looked at.
Jiro chuckles from below. "No, he's always like that."
"Denki!" A tearful Thundershock rushes forward and tackles her son in a bear hug. "My baby's okay!"
Meanwhile, Death Arms and Kamui Woods rush forward.
"Where's the villain?!" Kamui Woods shouts as he heads towards where the monster fell.
Death Arms turns to his fellow heroes and shouts. "Spread out and find him!"
Jiro shoots up, her earphone jacks at the ready. "I can help!"
Death Arms nods and with that they all take off together in search of the villain leaving Thundershock behind to look after her brain fried son.
All the while the rain finally washes away.
And in just a half hour the sun is back, shining brightly over the surprisingly mostly undamaged festival. And Kaminari's soaking it up as he chugs down a well-earned Gatorade while seated on a park bench.
Jiro comes by to check up on him. "You feeling better?" She hands him a new vest since the last one was burned away by his electricity.
"Yeah, just peachy." Kaminari smiles, taking the new vest and putting it on. "And the plus side is I won't have to shower for a few days."
Jiro gags at the joke. "That's gross, dude."
The two turn back towards the festival grounds where staff members are cleaning up as police and heroes scour the grounds. Miraculously, no one was harmed nor injured during the entire ordeal, other than Kaminari but he's already bounced back. Heck Jiro's Mom, Mika, who was on the other side of the grounds at the time of the attack was able to convince the visiting bands to stick around. Another miracle was that despite the monster's rampage it didn't actually cause all that much damage, really only toppling over a few tents here and there and soaking everything else so all in all it all turned out alright.
That all said though, there have been no signs of the villain responsible for this. It's as if they up and flew away at the end there.
Kaminari sighs watching as a squad of police on the lookout for more clues hike on by. "Crazy, huh?"
"Yeah." Jiro agrees, watching as a few sidekicks patrol nearby. "What do you think…that villain was after?"
"What do you mean?"
"You know…why did they attack the festival?"
Kaminari frowns, unable to come up with anything reasonable. "I mean, well maybe some people just don't need a reason to be jerks?"
"Maybe, but…" Jiro falls silent, playing with her earphone jack as her mind ponders over that weird humming from before.
The two teens peer down at the grass below, lost in thought but they are interrupted as a set of dark dress shoes step before them.
"You kids-er heroes, students are remarkable. You and your classmates are always stepping up to the plate it seems."
The teens peer up to find a kind looking man wearing a suit under a tan trench coat and matching hat.
Naomasa Tsukauchi smiles at the teens as he salutes with his hat. "But you are U.A. students so that's to be expected."
Kaminari frowns, tilting his head to the side. "I'm sorry, do we know you?"
Naomasa chuckles. "Ah, right I guess after the day you had you wouldn't have quite remembered someone like me. I'm Detective Naomasa, I'm the one that spoke to you all after the U.S.J. Incident."
The violet-haired teen starts in remembrance. "Oh, I remember you! You were the one that told us that Uraraka and Midoriya had to be rushed over to Recovery Girl."
Kaminari shys away, mumbling to himself. "I…don't remember him at all…"
Jiro continues. "What can we help you with, sir? The other officers have already taken our statements."
Naomasa smiles. "I know but I'd like to hear from you both directly." His smile fades away as he takes a more professional stance. "Tell me did you notice anything odd during the attack?"
Kaminari chuckles sheepishly. "You mean other than the giant water monster?"
"Yes."
"Not really other than being drenched to the bone."
Jiro however hesitates, thinking about it before answering. "There…was a hum."
Naomasa frowns, not having caught all that. "Pardon?"
"A hum, there was a weird hum during…" Jiro second guesses herself, before shaking her head of the thought completely as she loses confidence. "Never mind, it was probably an instrument or a broken speaker. Nevermind."
Naomasa frowns, wanting to urge her to continue but considering what just occurred he doesn't want to stress any more than she already is. "Well in any case you both were really brave." He smiles humorously. "And hopefully you two can stay out of trouble. No offense but I rather not see two members of Class 1-A get into another villain attack for a while. At least until you all are pro heroes."
Kaminari starts. "Another?"
"Oh, I've had to deal with some incidents involving your classmates: Midoriya and Uraraka."
The two teens sweatdrop. "Yeah, somehow those two get wrapped up in everything."
Naomasa can't help but feel the same.
"Detective Tsukauchi, sir!"
Naomasa turns to address the cat-headed officer. "Yes, Sansa."
Officer Sansa gives his superior a salute. "Sir, Mrs. Jiro would like to speak to you." He gestures behind him to Mika who followed him over, and behind her are the other heroes: Thundershock, Kamui Woods, Mt. Lady, and Death Arms.
"Of course." Naomasa turns to address her. "How can I help you ma'am?"
"Detective." Mika greets before moving right along. "I would like to know of any progress on the investigation?"
"Investigation?" Naomasa frowns, disappointedly. "We barely even started. As of now we have nothing, sad to say." Naomasa hesitates before bringing up another point. "Would you like to reconsider my proposal from before?"
Mika frowns in disapproval. "Like we discussed before, I'd rather not."
Jiro frowns, wondering what they're referring to. "Discussed what?"
Mika explains. "The detective would like us to cancel the Summer Sonic Festival."
Both teens gasp, shocked. "What?! You can't cancel!"
Kaminari's astonished and betrayed by the news. "Do you have any idea how huge this festival is?!"
Jiro is just as upset and worried. "Everyone's working so hard to bring it together, we can't just toss that aside!"
Kamui Woods however brings up a solid point. "But think of everyone's safety. The villain is still loose, they might try something again."
Mt. Lady isn't so pessimistic, however. "But they might not. I mean we gave them a good thrashing so they might not be up for a fight anymore."
Naomasa shakes his head. "But we can't know that for sure, especially since we don't have a motive."
"But we can't cancel!" Mika defends. "It takes a year to make this all come together. The moment last year's festival ended we got to work on this years and so on. People have come here from all over Japan, booked hotels, we've flown in acts from Japan and the rest of the world. Canceling now would surely kill this festival!"
Naomasa frowns, not liking where this conversation is going. He thinks for a moment before turning to address his officer. "Sansa."
Officer Sansa stands at attention. "Yes, sir?"
"I want officers patrolling every entrance as well as the grounds. Have blockades at the ready as well as emergency vehicles in case this villain decides to come back."
Mika starts. "Detective?"
"You'll get your wish, Mrs. Jiro." Naomasa shakes his head. "I don't like it but hopefully a greater police presence will help deter any other attacks."
Mika smiles in relief. "Thank you."
Naomasa then turns to the heroes. "I hope you don't mind but I also called in some other local heroes to help with security."
Thundershock understands and sees no issues. "Fair enough. But they need to check in with me first so we can properly patrol the festival."
"Of course."
Kaminari tugs on the detective's sleeve. "What about us?" He gestures to himself and his classmate. "How can we help?"
His mother frowns worriedly. "I don't know. You could have gotten hurt back there."
"Mom!" Kaminari objects. "I came to help so you might as well let me."
Thundershock isn't so convinced so she looks to the detective for another opinion. "Detective?"
Naomasa contemplates, tucking his hands into his coat. "Well, we've already labeled the use of his Quirk in Public as self-defense." Which it was in this case. "However, I'm not totally comfortable with having unlicensed students, even hero students involved with a villain attack." However, having some more hands on deck might be okay and will at least help the public feel safer even if it's a little bit. "If something does occur and you're forced to use your Quirk then please don't hesitate to defend yourself, I will cover all the legal ends. But if the villain does appear again, you must not engage them, understood?"
Understanding the implications, the teens stand at attention and declare with determination. "Yes, sir!"
"Good."
Mika claps her hands, gathering everyone's attention. "Alright everybody, we have a lot of work to do! Let's get some of these rain tarps out of the way! And we gotta clean up right away! We have one hour before we open so let's move it people! The show's back on!"
*CRASH!*
SAM crashes through the sealed window before being tossed down onto the hardwood floor of the apartment. "Uh…" He groans his head pounding and body aching from the severe electric shock he had received. "Damn that stupid bimbo." He growls, holding his head; all he did was grab some rando and then she electrocuted him! "Ugh, my head. She really fried me good with her lightning." He suddenly pauses as an idea lights up in his head. "Lightning huh? Now there's something."
"This is Vance Vetteroy reporting in!"
SAM glares at the TV that he had left turned on.
On the screen the same reporter from before is checking in to the studio. "I'm back at the Summer Sonic Festival where guests are finally being allowed in even though the festival was just attacked by an unknown elemental villain."
SAM's glare hardens, his eyes illuminating violet in response.
Vance continues. "The authorities have promised to increase security. Even more heroes are on the scene to help in the efforts. Despite the earlier attack even I'm feeling far more safe than I had before. Yes, sir! Make your way down here. This festival has a lot more in store and not even a little bad weather will stop it."
"We'll see about that." SAM's eyes glow brighter as wind begins to swirl around him and violet sparks begin to dance around his body as a dark gaseous mass begins to accumulate around him. "I think it's time for my encore."
Mika was right. In a single hour they cleaned up and opened the festival to the public who were more than happy to get going. It hasn't even been twenty minutes since they opened and already the festival is full of music, cheers, and fun.
Heck even those that don't seem like they would enjoy a good concert are having a good time. At Stage 13 both Kaminari and Jiro find themselves in a sea of goths and edgelords that are all rocking out to a trio of gothic vampire girls that are playing guitar, keyboard, and the drums respectively on stage.
Tucked away near the side of the stage are two of Class 1-A's students.
A grinning Kaminari dances to the beat of the rock song. "This is awesome!"
"See I told you!" Jiro smiles beside him, dancing away as well. "And you wanted to go to Stage 6."
"Hey it's not my fault that I'm such a Kuromu fan!" Kaminari defends with a smile not at all feeling guilty. "It's her fault she's just so damn cute, especially for an idol! Besides, she's doing a show everyday so I can see her tomorrow."
"Well enjoy this for now because these girls are only gonna be playing today."
"Don't worry I will. Woah!"
"Hahaha!"
And so they jam out with the rest of the crowd as the vampire girls continue their show: cheers are thundering, the music is roaring, and the sun shines down on them all.
*Vzvzvzvzvz…*
But even through the noise and cheers and music that strange hum pierces through it all once again much to Jiro's dismay.
Jiro instantly freezes in place, her heart stopping as she begins to frantically peer around the stage. "There it is again."
Kaminari frowns seeing her scared face. "What again…?"
Before she can answer the sky goes dark as a massive shadow takes over the entire area.
Jiro frowns peering up to see the dark black clouds in the sky above. "Storm clouds?"
Kaminari pales as he spots the real issue. "That's not a storm cloud. It's the villain, again!" And he points upward. "Look!"
Jiro looks around and sure enough he's right as she spots the glowing violet eye of the storm hovering within the mass of dark clouds.
The villain has taken the form of some sort of Thundercloud Monster with its main blobulous body being comprised of condensed dark clouds while purple lightning dances around its mass and violet eye.
"ZRRRRAAA!" The Thundercloud Monster roars as it unleashes a barrage of lightning onto the festival below.
The purple lightning strikes and crashes into tents, the ground, and light poles throwing the guests and staff into a panic as they all scream out and begin stampeding away to safety.
"Hahahahaha!" From within the storm the glowing violet eye laughs as lightning causes the crowds to scatter and flee. "How do you all like my rips?!" SAM cackles, his body illuminating brightly within the thundercloud. "Hahaha! Hahaha!"
SAM spots the trio of vampire girls that were playing on stage before. He grins madly as he swings his hand forward and fires a lightning bolt right towards them!
Well at least that was his plan, but the lightning quickly goes off course, completely missing them, and instead strikes some nearby bleachers.
SAM winces as the bleachers are fried. "Oops. My aim really is crap." He shrugs and continues to cackle. "But it's like learning an instrument!" More purple lightning dances around him. "Practice makes perfect! Hahaha!" And so he fires away again and again scaring away the crowds.
Meanwhile, Naomasa and the other officers are guiding the people to safety and away from the rampaging Thundercloud Monster. "Everyone this way! Please move in an orderly fashion!"
The ground shakes as a giant Mt. Lady stomps by running towards the Thundercloud Monster.
Mt. Lady, like a pitcher, swings her arm forward and throws Thundershock, Kamui Woods, and Death Arms forward into the air and towards the monster.
"ZRRRRAAA!"
The Thundercloud Monster roars out as the heroes begin to attack relentlessly at its gaseous body.
At the same time Jiro sprints through the empty tents and vendors as the storm rages behind her.
"Keep up will ya?!"
"I'm trying!" shouts Kaminari running up behind her.
They had fallen behind, staying back to make sure everyone got out of the Stage 13 area safely.
And now they were taking cover behind a few trash cans, watching as the pro heroes confront the Thundercloud Monster.
Kaminari pales watching as lightning bolts whizz past the heroes. "Shouldn't we be helping?!"
Jiro holds him back. "We will after the guests are safe!" She then runs further into the grounds to continue the search for any stragglers. "Now hurry!"
"Right!" Kaminari, wanting to help, chases after her.
However the moment he steps out from their hiding spot he is struck by a bolt of purple lightning. "KYAAAAAAAA!" Kaminari screams, his body acting like a natural lightning rod absorbing the electricity but still hurting him, nonetheless.
Jiro shrieks in freight. "KAMINARI!?"
"Beh-" The lightning bolt washes away leaving a fried but overall unharmed Kaminari behind. "I-I-I'm-m-I'm f-f-f-fine-ne-ne." He gives a pained smile in response to comfort her as his staff vest crumbles away into ashes and he's left in his hero costume.
From up above, within the Thundercloud, SAM somehow spots the stunned teen down below. "Is that?" he squints noticing the leather Rockstar life jacket and outfit. "A sitting duck and a Rockstar at that." He grins at the opportunity. "I mean look at those pants they were perfectly fine without any patterns but adding lightning bolts was too much. And that jacket screams no taste and definitely gives the vibe of someone who wants to make the big time. Too bad for you but you're nothing but an opening act when compared to me! Hahaha!"
Assuming the boy's a lost Rockstar he summons a cloudy tendril that shoots down and grabs the boy.
"Not…AGAIN!" Kaminari screams as he's pulled into the air.
"Kaminari!" Jiro without thinking panics and grabs onto Kaminari's leg just before they're both carried off into the sky.
The battling heroes are thrown for a loop as the teens are carried up and over to the Thundercloud Monster.
From the ground Death Arms gasps. "The kids!"
Mt. Lady glowers in frustration. "Not again!"
Kamui Woods prepares to attack again. "We have to get up there."
"But how?!" screams Naomasa, having brandished his pistol to help. "None of you can fly!"
Kamui Woods turns to Death Arms and Mt. Lady. "Could either of you throw us again?"
Death Arms frowns. "We could but the villain might act out if he sees us coming?"
Naomasa glares up at the monster but then frowns in confusion. "Actually, he seems to have calmed down."
The heroes peer up and sure enough the Thundercloud's calmed down or at least it's remaining still and having stopped its assault. And from what they can tell they can just barely spot the kids being held up near the glowing eye of the storm.
Mt. Lady's stunned. "Why?"
Death Arms tries to offer up a reason. "Maybe the kids are up to something."
Thundershock cups her hands together, worriedly. "Denki…"
Naomasa begins to sweat as the situation takes an odd turn. "We need a plan. And we need to come up with one fast."
Thundershock pales her worry taking over. "But the kids are still up there!"
"That's why we need to act fast!"
"But the kids could get-"
Naomasa turns to the worried mother and states with full confidence. "Ma'am I know you're worried about your son but if there's anything I learned about Class 1-A," He smiled reassuringly. "Their students know how to handle themselves."
"Waaaaahhhh!" Meanwhile, Kaminari's screaming his head off, tears streaming down his face as he's pulled up towards the living storm.
All the while Jiro is holding onto dear life, holding onto Kaminari's legs like her life depends on it, because it does.
Eventually their ascent eventually slows as they're finally pulled into the Thundercloud.
"Hahaha!"
Jiro frowns, startled, as she looks around to find that they've been pulled towards the glowing eye of the storm.
"Hahaha!" A strange unfamiliar voice laughs, causing a shiver run down her spine. "Now let's see what prize I've caught?"
SAM brings the teens closer and upon spotting each other they all pause, unsure and stunned by what they see.
…
"YOU'RE NOT ROCK STARS!" SAM screams out outrage and shock! "YOU'RE JUST KIDS!"
Said kids are still in a state of shock totally caught off guard by this guy's reaction.
Kaminari sweats nervously. "Is that…?"
From below Jiro nods. "It must be…"
They both cry out in unison. "THE VILLAIN!"
SAM gasps as he finally realizes his terrible blunder. "Oh no my face!" he grabs at his face, trying to hide it. "How did you see it?!"
Jiro deadpans. "Um, dude…you brought us up here…"
"GAH! Oh, shit you're right!"
The teens sweatdrop feeling somewhat embarrassed for the villain.
"Shit!" SAM continues to panic hovering around in the air as he tries and fails to come up with a solution. "They've seen my face! What do I do now? I can't let them go! I just wanted to have a hostage to force the cops away but this is bad. GAH! I gotta think this kinda stuff out better!"
Kaminari blinks, awkwardly watching as the villain panics. "I…get the feeling this guy isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed."
Jiro gives him a judgmental stare. "Like you're one to talk."
"This is bad!" SAM screams. "They know who I am now!" He turns to them in a panic expecting them to instantly recognize him and announce his name to the world.
However, neither of them recognize him, making the moment rather…awkward.
Kaminari smiles awkwardly in response. "Well, we know what you…look like."
SAM shouts, assuming the worst. "And you know who I am!"
…
"Who are you?"
SAM's stunned, going into shock. "WHAT!?" He rushes forward grabbing Kaminari by the shoulders. "It's me! Can't you tell?! Surely you must know!"
Kaminari isn't sure what he can say anymore.
Jiro looks up to the blonde. "Hey, Kaminari, do you know him?"
Kaminari peers down at her. "Nnnno, I thought maybe you did?"
She shakes her head. "Nope."
SAM's entire world is flipped. "What…? Really? Ohh…" He sulks as he falls into a depressive state.
An old memory pops into Kaminari's head. "Wait, I know!"
"You do?!" SAM beams like an excited puppy dog.
Kaminari excitedly nods. "You were in some cheesy kids' show back in the day right! What was it…? Ah, Gary Ghost or something!"
"NO!" SAM shouts before correcting the teen. "Also, I know what show you're talking about and that's not even close to being the correct title!" He turns away with silent tears in his eyes. "So, you really don't know who I am, huh."
Jiro frowns, not sure what to make of this guy but then she spots movement from the heroes below. She examines them before peering back up at the villain and she comes to the conclusion that they need to keep him distracted. And clearly, he loves the sound of his own voice.
"Well…" She hopes this works. "Do you want to tell us?"
SAM instantly lights up. "I'd be happy too!"
The two teens internally deadpan. 'He sure cheered up fast.'
SAM spins around as he indulges himself in his delusions. "I am the voice of the howling winds, the roar of thunder, the wail of the hurricane." He spins up, holding his head high and his chest out. "Yes, it is I, the Storm Accumulating Monster! YEAH!"
The two teens pause. "Storm? Accumulating? Monster?" They both think about the possible acronym.
'S + A + M = …' They both groan in unison. "SAM…?"
Jiro feels even more embarrassed for the guy. "That's your name? Really?"
"It's my stage name." SAM nods, happily explaining.
"You might wanna…try something else."
"GAH!" SAM gasps, astonished that they couldn't see the brilliance in the name.
Jiro continues. " I mean out of all the weather based names you could have picked…you went with an acronym?"
Kaminari frowns, nodding in agreement. "And not even a cool one at that."
"Hey!" SAM snaps. "My stage name, Storm Accumulating Monster needs to stand out. And it's a tradition for stage names and band names to be weird and crazy like Guns N Roses, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath!"
Kaminari still has questions though. "Okay, true but why an acronym? You know there's way cooler single word names like I don't know, um, Storm! Yeah, just call yourself Storm?!"
"NO!"
The teens freeze thinking they might have pushed the villain a little too far.
SAM however instantly calms down and looks away shyly. "I can't call myself that because of legal reasons."
The teens pause. "Huh?"
"The name."
"What name?"
"Storm!" SAM explains. "It's been taken!"
Now that's a surprise. "Oh, really?"
"Yeah…some American hero back in the day coined it."
Jiro blinks. "Oh."
Kaminari however has another suggestion. "What about the Weather Wizard?!"
"Also taken."
"By a hero?"
"No, actually." SAM smiles happy to share a little fun fact. "It was a villain."
Kaminari actually finds that kinda interesting. "Oh, wow, look at that."
"But do you see my problem now?!" SAM cries. "Names like Whirlwind, Tempest, and even Rainmaker were all taken!" He pauses and thinks back. "Although I did consider the name Vortex for a little while, but screw it! I deserve a far more fitting name! A name that my fans can cheer out for the world to remember!" Lightning begins to spark across the cloudy mass once again as SAM becomes riled up. "I am the Storm Accumulating Monster! I am SAM!" Wind begins to swirl all around him. "And I'm taking over this music festival! Ha. Haha. Hahahahaha!" He cackles like a mad man as the Thundercloud begins to thunder and rage over the festival. "HAHAH-"
He falls silent as one of the girl's earphone jacks imbedded itself into his eye.
It takes a moment for anyone to react as SAM pauses letting the situation sink in and then.
"MY EYE!" He wails in pain, grabbing at his eye.
Without realizing it he let's go of the teens.
"Wahhh!" Kaminari screams in terror as they begin to plummet. "Why did you attack him when we can't fly?!"
"Sorry!" Jiro screams back as wind whips at their faces. "It was a reflex!" He was just so showboaty and obnoxious she couldn't help it!
"Ahhhh!"
"I got you!" Kamui Woods swings up and grabs them in midair. "So there's no need to worry anymore!"
Jiro gasps. "Kamui Woods!"
Kaminari's so happy he's in tears. "Thank you!"
Jiro gasps. "But the villain-!"
"We've got it covered." Kamui Woods lands and drops them off before they all turn towards the battle raging above.
The Thundercloud Monster is benign assaulted from all sides as heroes that can fly support those that can't. They all whizz around and distract the villain who fires lightning bolts at them in an attempt to defend itself.
From below Mt. lady tosses up Thundershock.
Thundershock soars through the air like a missile, a deadly glare in her eye as she locks in on the glowing eye of the storm. "This is for taking my BABY BOY!" She unleashes a barrage of Electro Whips towards the eye. "DANCING LIGHTNING!"
The whips crack and whip crazily through the sky rapidly and repeatedly striking at the villain within.
"Gahhhh!" SAM wails in pain as he's struck but to everyone else on the outside the Thundercloud unleashes a painful roar. "ZRRRRAAA!"
As electricity surges through him and he's struck repeatedly SAM loses his concentration and he loses control over his Quirk allowing the Thundercloud to dissipate before a final Electro Whip strikes him in the chest and sends him flying away from the festival!
And with that the last of the Thundercloud Monster vanishes from the sky and the fighting ceases.
The teens watch from below, sighing in relief.
"Hey!" Naomasa rushes over to check on them. "Are you two alright!"
"Sir!" The two rush over in a hurry.
Naomasa pauses. "Y-yes?"
The two teens scream out in unison. "We know who the villain is!"
Naomasa pauses because it takes a second to realize what they had said.
Death Arms is confused. "Storm?"
As is Mt. Lady. "Accumulating?"
And even Kamui Woods. "Monster?"
Thundershock sweatdrops as she finishes the name. "SAM?"
The four heroes all tilt their heads to the side in confusion. "Never heard of him."
Kaminari shrugs. "Well, that's what he called himself."
Naomasa chuckles sheepishly. "It certainly is a…unique name."
Jiro frowns, giving the detective a blank stare. "That's one way to put it."
But that's everything they were able to find out other than what he looks like. And they've already given all they know to the police and the heroes explaining in full detail what the villain was like.
Even Jiro's mom, Mika, listened in on the explanation. "SAM? SAM…?" She frowns, deep in thought.
Thundershock overhears her. "You know him?"
"The name…sounds familiar."
Death Arms snickers. "It should, it's a real common name in a lot of English-speaking countries."
Mika's not so sure. "Maybe but I don't think that's why…"
Naomasa however wants to keep it positive. "We have a name, even a fake one and that's a start. But better yet we have a good enough description of what the villain looks like." He cups his chin in thought. "Although we still don't have a motive."
Kaminari chimes in. "He said he was taking over the music festival."
"But why?"
That he doesn't have an answer for.
At the same time, Mika is frowning as she considers the hard truth. "We have to cancel."
The teens gasp. "WHAT!?"
Naomasa's eyes furrow. "Ma'am?"
Even the heroes pause, uncertain.
Mika continues. "There's been two attacks already. What if the villain tries again?" She quivers at the thought. "I've thought about it…and I-I think it's for the best."
Jiro can't believe her ears. "But if we cancel then the Summer Sonic Festival might never play again!"
Mika bows her head apologetically. "I know…"
The heroes see her logic but that doesn't exactly mean they like it either.
Kamui Woods sighs in defeat. "We'd essentially be surrendering to the villain."
Death Arms glowers. "Gotta say, I don't really like the taste of that."
Mika bows her head. "I'm sorry but we'll have to cancel."
"No!" Jiro shouts, clearly upset by the news. "So many people have been looking forward to this all year!" And especially her. This is a time to have fun, let loose and let your worries wash away as one enjoys the festivities and good times with friends and fellow visitors! "We can't just quit now when we haven't even started! Mom please! This is one of the biggest highlights of my summers; the music, the smiles, the atmosphere, all of it! If we give it up now we'll lose it forever! We can't just tell everyone to go home, not when we can still go on."
"Kyoka…"
Kaminari considers his friend's words for a moment, sympathizing with them. "I think Jiro's right."
The adults all turn towards him.
"I mean well we did our jobs, as security I mean." He pauses rethinking his points. "I mean it didn't go as planned but we all still scared that jerk off. And the best part is that no one got seriously hurt!" Actually, the only one seriously hurt was him and he's already up on his feet. "And besides, why would he come back?!"
The adults frown wondering why that would be the case.
Kaminari continues feeling more reassured by his own logic. "We saw his face! We have a name. And we can assume his Quirk!" He turns to the detective excitedly. "I bet he's running away as we speak before the police catch him!"
The heroes all turn to Naomasa who takes a moment to explain the current progress being made. "According to Sansa we already have police barricades all across the city and local heroes are all on the lookout. No matter who they are there's no chance any villain, especially this SAM guy, will be able to take a step outside before being swarmed by police and heroes."
The teens begin to light up.
Jiro gulps not wanting to assume too soon. "Does that mean…?"
Naomasa turns to Mika. "Mrs. Jiro although I fully understand your concerns, I do think that this villain would have to be incredibly reckless and stupid to try anything else." He takes a breath and firmly declares. "I would suggest continuing the festival for today and cutting it short if possible and hopefully between now and tomorrow we'll have this villain in custody."
Mika breaks into a relieved smile.
Jiro tugs at her mother's arm. "Mom?"
"Fine," Mika smiles down at her daughter. "I suppose the show will go on."
Jiro breaks to an excited grin.
Thundershock claps her hands together, grabbing the heroes' attention. "We got work to do kids. We better get to it."
The three pros stand at attention. "Ma'am!"
Kaminari smiles excitedly. "Don't worry, SAM's gotta be a real idiot to show his face around here again."
"I'm such an IDIOT!" SAM screams out as wind whips around his apartment. "Those brats! How could I be so stupid as to let them see my face?! AH! Curse my need to grace everyone with my sheer awesomeness! Agh!"
He wails slamming his fist into the wall, punching through the weak drywall. "But it's over! The police and heroes will find me and it'll be lights out for me." He presses his back against the busted wall before sliding down, collapsing in defeat. "I'll have a tough break before getting my big break." He smacks his fist against the floorboards in frustration. "Those damn brats! This is all they're fault!
And because of them his glorious beginning is all but snuffed out. Like a little ember just barely igniting before it can become a raging wildfire that'll consume the entire world.
"No!" He can't let that happen. "It's not too late, I can still make a big splash! I just need to shut those kids up! Yeah." He grins at the devilish thought. "No, I'll use them. I'll use them to finally get my big break! Yeah!" And a twisted and admittedly not too well thought out plan forms in his demented head. "Hahaha! That's it! I've been going about this all wrong. Those kids are my ticket to the big time! And if they aren't well then it'll be curtains for them. Hahaha!"
Jiro slouches against the side of the tent as guests dance and enjoy the show nearby.
"How you holding up?"
She peers up to find Kaminari offering her a cold soda. "I should be asking you that."
She takes the can and takes a sip as Kaminari takes a seat beside her.
They watch on as the crowd goes crazy for this up and coming idol group, Franchuchu. Kaminari's already a fan of the group of cute girls but both he and Jiro have to admit that there's something off about them. And they could've sworn one of their heads fell off their shoulders when they passed them by backstage. But hey in a world of Quirks, it was probably nothing.
But in any case, after the encounter with SAM the two just needed a break, to calm down, and just take in the now clear sky and cheerful atmosphere.
Kaminari however can't really stand awkward silences and so he tries to strike up a conversation. "So, this festival means a lot to you, huh?"
"Yeah, a lot of happy memories here." A soft smile graces Jiro's lips as she loses herself in her memories. "I spend every summer here. And every year I get to see bands from across the world come together and play for an amazing audience." The cheers, the smiles, her racing heart it's always such a…such a wonderful, amazing feeling. "It's amazing."
Kaminari grins. "And it will be again now that SAM's up but gone!" He bounces himself up to his feet in excitement. "Why are we just sitting around? We should be living it up!"
Jiro smiles back and moves to get up as well. "Yeah."
*Vzvzvzvzvz…*
Jiro pales as her earphone jacks pick up on that weird hum again. "There it is again…"
Kaminari frowns, confused. "What again?"
But before they know it, once again the festival is plunged into darkness as dark storm clouds envelop the sky above.
Purple lighting sparks and dances across the sky as the clouds swirl around forming a large funnel cloud.
From within the funnel cloud a glowing purple figure maliciously grins down at the festival below. "Hello boys. I'M BACK!"
The teens gasp. "It's SAM!"
At the same time, the police and heroes rush through the stunned crowd to confront the villain.
Naomasa leads the way, taking a microphone in hand. "SAM! This is Detective Tsukauchi. Stand down, this is your first and final warning!" He takes out his firearm. "We are prepared to use force!"
SAM grins back before firing a bolt of lightning down at the heroes: the lightning redirects and strikes a trash cannon. And although it may have missed it certainly triggered the entire festival into a panic.
The people scream and scramble for safety as the officers take aim and fire away!
However, with a wave of his hand tornadoes burst forth from his palms and deflects the bullets away.
The police are stunned and stop firing.
SAM grins as the clouds roar and swirl all around him before a massive tornado springs forth and touches down upon the festival.
People scream and wail as they run away, tents fall over, stages are ripped apart, and heroes are taken out by the strong winds, powerful lightning strikes, and flying debris.
Jiro and Kaminari take cover by the stage watching in horror as the heroes try to actually take on a force of nature. And lose.
"This can't be happening." Jiro trembles, watching as Mt. Lady's gigantic form is shoved into a stand of bleachers. "It just can't!"
Kaminari's fists clench. "Shit! What does he want this time?"
"Hehe. Funny you should ask." SAM hovers in the air beside them, his devilish smirk widening as he takes in their horrorstruck faces.
Before they can totally process it a huge gust of wind sends them both flying onto the stage.
"Gaaah!" They grunt in pain as their bodies hit the stage floor, hard.
An angry Kaminari yells out in pain. "What's the big idea?!"
A grinning SAM hovers onto the stage. "I'll show you."
With a wave of his hand another gust of wind sends the teens flying back! Their backs crash into the metal-stands of the stage's truss. The wind is so strong they are actually pinned to the metal and as they brace themselves the wind turns deathly cold in an instant and before they know it frost and ice collect all around their midsections and arms, pinning them in place.
The teens gasp "We're stuck!"
Yes, with a well-aimed miniature blizzard SAM has totally immobilized them in ice.
Back with the heroes, Thundershock is trying her best to protect a group of stragglers from incoming debris and lightning. And amongst the group is Mika who ran over immediately to make sure everyone was okay.
She shouts over the raging winds. "Where are the kids?"
Thundershock scans the grounds until she spots the stage. She gasps, drawing Mika's attention there as well. "Denki!/Kyoka!"
The battling heroes like Death Arms, Kamui Woods, and Mt. Lady hear the mothers cry out. They turn and quickly realize the situation.
Kamui Woods leaps into action, rushing forward. "Quickly!"
"Right!" The other two quickly follow after him.
Thundershock too runs after them and even a worried Mika follows. As does Naomasa who leads his fellow officers towards the stage.
SAM grins, seeing the heroes rush him, he takes a breath and roars out as a final thunderstrike silences the entire festival. "ENOUGH!"
The storm settles down, the tornado vanishes and the lightning ceases.
Even the people settle down as do the heroes as all attention lands on the weather master.
"Thanks for coming folks!" SAM grins, happy to have their attention. "Now let me explain how this festival's really gonna go. If anyone dares to run away you'll get your head smashed in by hail the size of a bowling ball!" As to demonstrate his point a chunk of ice falls straight out of the sky and smashes into the stage just a few feet away. "And as for you heroes and police," He points at Kamui Woods, Death Arms, Mt. Lady, Thundershock, Naomasa, and Mika. "try to stop me and I promise that a hurricane will rip through this festival like lawn mower cuts grass."
The heroes glare back in protest.
SAM, feeling untouchable, smirks back. "Understand?"
They don't move but after a moment Naomasa reluctantly stands down. The heroes hesitate but seeing how dire the situation is they follow the detective's lead.
"Hehe! That's better. Now be a good audience and stay out."
"You can't do this!"
SAM frowns, turning around to find the blonde-haired boy trying to force his way to freedom. "Let us go!"
SAM shakes his finger. "Not yet. Not until I get what I deserve."
Jiro tsks. "Oh you're gonna get what you deserve alright."
"Hehe, feisty."
Jiro in a fit of anger lashes out with her earphone jacks.
However SAM catches them, stopping them dead in their tracks. "Like I'm gonna fall for that again. Please I'm not as stupid as you might think."
"Still a low bar I bet."
"Tch!" SAM's veins nearly pop out of anger. "Hehe whatever. You're nothing but my very own backup dancers. So behave and be sure to put up a good show."
Kaminari finally stops struggling, realizing it's no use. "What is it you want?"
"What I want, huh?" SAM ponders as he messes with the stage's sound system. "I want the world to know my name and call it out to the heavens." He marches forward snatching up a fallen microphone. "I want my greatness to be remembered and admired for all ages, throughout all time! Yes!" With a flick of his hand a gust of wind manages to switch the electricity on powering up the stage's light. "The world will know!" he brings the microphone to his mouth and shouts out. "Just what a Rockstar I am! YEAH!"
The teens are at a loss for words. "Eh…? EH!?" Even the captive audience are thrown for a loop. "EEEHHHH!?"
"That's right!" SAM clarifies upon seeing their shocked and confused faces. "Congrats! You're all about to be the first to witness my ascent into fame and fortune! YEAH!"
Jiro's so confused. "Are you serious…? You're a wannabe Rockstar?!"
"Not a wannabe!" SAM spits back. "I am a Rockstar."
From within the captive audience, Mika suddenly jolts in place as she remembers something from the depths of her mind. "I remember him now."
Thundershock overhears her. "What? You know him?"
The other heroes and police hear them, and they all turn to find out.
Mika nods. "He auditioned through my studio several times, but we never accepted his talents."
Mt. Lady tilts her head to the side and asks curiously. "Why?"
Mika begins to sweat nervously. "Well…"
From the stage SAM prepares for his big debut. "This is my big break. Let's rock out!" And with that the speakers thunder with music; the lights spin and flash bringing the stage to life as SAM begins to sign his heart out.
"5 A.m. aNd I HOld mY brEAth LikE thE QuieT is sInkING iNTo thE AIr!
BiTing mY naIlS On thE EmergEncY sTAIrs WhiCh wIll tomorRRoW bE?
ThE dAY Has cOme!"
The entire festival is forced to cover their ears, some even groaning in pain as their eardrums are assaulted by such a foul unsavory tone.
Mika even has to grab her own earphone jacks to project herself. "That's why I never hired him! He's really tone death!"
"No kidding?!" Mt. Lady shouts back, wincing in pain from SAM's shrieking. "It sounds like a dying whale that's on helium!"
"No!" shout a pained Death Arms. "It sounds like a dying sun!"
Kamui Woods isn't faring any better. "Are you kidding? Death would be a mercy at this point!" And so, SAM continues his terrible rendition of an awesome song. "EvEn YOur desTinAtiON: DON'T KNOW DON'T KNOW - ARe yOU suRe yOU ARen'T scarEd?
BuT EAch steP yOU tAke wIll CHange yOU: THE DAY HAS COME!"
But none have it as bad as the two who can't even have the mercy of covering their ears.
Jiro's in some much pain she's actually given up on escaping and is even shedding a few tears. "This sucks…"
"I know." groans Kaminari. "He's way off beat And he's butchering such a soundtrack!"
Jiro would hit him if she could. "No! I mean yes, but not that." She settles down, falling back into a somber silence. "Thanks to us the Summer Sonic Festival's ruined."
Kaminari frowns, wanting to offer up some comfort but…he's got nothing. They can do nothing but stand here as hostages, as useless defenseless hostages. "If only there was something we can do."
As they fall back into despair, Jiro's eyes drift down towards the ice encapsulating them and as her earphones dangle down and tap against the ice does an idea begins to form. "Maybe there is." She begins maneuvering her earphone jacks around the ice, probing it for weak points.
"What are you doing?"
"If we can escape, that'll give the pros the chance they need to attack."
"But how are we gonna get out of this?"
She gives him a deadpan look as her earphone rise to meet his line of sight.
"Ooooh, never mind."
"But we have to signal them."
Kaminari peers out and smiles. "I think they already know."
Jiro follows his gaze until she locks eyes with Kaminari's mother.
The woman silently observes the probing earphone jacks as well as the teen's expressions. She then subtly gestures towards SAM.
The kids nod.
She nods back and quickly spreads the word to the other nearby heroes.
The teens wait until she signals them the go ahead.
Jiro and Kaminari share a look and when they are sure of the other's commitment Jiro goes ahead and enacts the plan. Her earphone jacks imbed themselves into their frozen bonds and she releases an intense soundwave that cracks and shatters the ice until it crumbles away like glass!
They both fall and land with a thud as the shards clatter around them.
SAM breaks out of his song, astonished to see the teens free. "No!" He quickly spins around and from the sky summons a lightning bolt to strike the kids, but they've already dived off to the side to avoid him.
He swings his arm back again, but an electrified whip grabs him by the wrist.
"What?!"
With his back turned the heroes have made their move.
Kamui Woods swings forward. "It's over, villain!" He lashes out and a woody tendril grabs his other wrist.
SAM is seething, screaming out in outrage. "You can't hold me for long!"
"I don't have to!"
SAM frowns but before he can spit back a massive fist smashes him into the stage!
A giant Mt. Lady grins cockily. "That's what you get, you little bug!"
Meanwhile, Death Arms rushes the stage grabbing the teens and rushing them away.
While at the same time, the last of the guests flee for their lives as the police and Naomasa guide them away.
"He's down." Mt. Lady grins, pulling her hand away.
But that was her mistake because the moment she does a powerful tornado surges growth and knocks her back! "Gah!"
"Ragggh!" SAM is pissed as he rockets high into the air and away from the heroes.
He hovers in place and watches angrily as the people flee and escape the festival. "No. No! NO! Come back! This was my moment! My big break you can't leave!" His anger surges and surges as he watches his moment crash and burn before his eyes. "No! No! No! No! No! No! NOOOOOO!"
*Vzvzvzvzvz…!*
"Ah! Ah!" Jiro winces in pain again as Death Arms drops both her and Kaminari off to the side.
"You okay?!" (Death Arms)
Kaminari hovers over Jiro, worried. "What's wrong!"
"It's SAM!" Jiro shouts. "He's gonna attack!"
"What?"
Death Arms spins around to check and what he sees makes his face go pale.
The storm gathers together from the rain, the chilling wind, the freezing ice, and thunderous clouds. The storm comes together morphing and compacting on itself until a massive monstrous Blob forms together.
"ZRRRRAAA!" The Blob shrieks its watery gelatinous body slugging across the festival.
It's taller than a skyscraper with long tendrils of water swipe at the heroes, all as a purple eye luminates from its armored head. The armor having been formed together by the wind collecting up debris and mud and freezing over with a layer of ice.
The pros rush in lashing out at the massive monster but they are easily deflected away just by its sheer size. Even Mt. Lady can't push the thing back as her arms just break through its body and get stuck there.
Death Arms rushes away to help leaving the teens hidden away,
Kaminari gulps, watching as even his mother struggles against the villain. "This is bad."
"They can't get to him." Kaminari affirms, scared shitless. "That…monster's too big. Heck I don't think even my electricity could reach him."
"If only there was a way to break through his armor…"
*Vzvzvzvzvz…*
Jiro winces again from the noise.
Kaminari's annoyance grows. "Seriously, are you okay? You keep doing that?"
"I keep hearing that hum."
"What hum?"
"I've been hearing this weird hum all day long and…and I hear whenever SAM attacks."
"A hum?"
"You can't hear it?"
The blonde gives a shake of her head. "No."
Jiro's eyes widen as it all clicks together. "Oh, my god. I know! I know!"
"Know what?!"
"I know what to do!" She gets up before sprinting for the stage.
"Jiro! Hey! The exit's this way!" When she doesn't come back, he begrudgingly follows, not that he would have left her anyway. "Jiro!"
He runs as fast as he can and jumps onto the stage and finds that Jiro's already made her way backstage, scrambling around for equipment that could be useful.
"What are you doing?!"
Jiro finds a small speaker that's about the same size as the ones on her boots. "I have to get up there!"
"Where?"
She points up.
Kaminari turns and sees that she's pointing right at the monster's head. "Oh, no! Why the hell would you do that?!"
She finds another small speaker, she then takes the wires and wraps them round her waist, hosting the speakers at her sides. "That humming! I know where it's coming from. God I'm such an idiot for not noticing before."
"I need more than that please."
"That humming is coming from SAM." She explains as she continues to search for one last piece of equipment. "He must be releasing some kind of high frequency soundwave."
"Why would he do that?"
"Because of his Quirk! That's how his Quirk works: it must release the high frequency as a means to manipulate the weather." She spots what she's looking for in the corner. "Like when you change the station on a radio so you can listen to different music."
Kaminari grins as he finally understands. "So that guy's just a living weather machine."
"Exactly." Jiro picks up the forgotten electric guitar, she gives it a strum. "So, if we can match or disrupt his frequency with our own-"
Kaminari's grin widens. "-we'll be like Mr. Aizawa and cancel out his Quirk!"
"Bingo!" She takes the guitar and flings it around her shoulder and onto her back. "There, all set."
Kaminari spots another electric guitar lying nearby. He peers back at the monster, to Jiro, and back at the instrument before he picks it up and swings it onto his back. "So am I."
Jiro hesitates, pondering if it's a good idea. "No, you stay here. I'll handle this."
Kaminari can't help but feel betrayed. "Yo! I can't let you go alone. Not only I'd feel really guilty, but our friends will never let me hear the end of it." Also he cares but he won't really admit that. "I'm going."
"You're literally shaking in your boots."
He is, he's trembling and quivering out of fear,
But even so he plays it off. "Y-yeah, because I-I'm excited."
Jiro still isn't so sure.
"Jiro. I know I'm not exactly all that bright, but I can help. I want to help, so let me."
She hesitates but it doesn't take long for her to give in. "Alright then." She smiles up at him. "Kaminari, will you help me upstage this freak?"
He grins back. "Thought you'd never ask."
"ZRRRRAAA!"
SAM roars causes Kaminari to have second thoughts. "Oh, boy, now this is definitely not a good idea."
She ignores him and instead explains the plan. "For this to work we gotta get as close to him as we can."
"Well, I guess there's only one thing left to do." Kaminari smiles nervously. "We climb!"
"Yeah! Let's go!"
And so not wanting to be stopped by their own doubts they rush towards the chaos. They leap off the stage and onto the monster's watery hide before they start climbing their way up. They try to move as quickly as they can as rain pours down and the wind whips at their faces. They climb and climb as a battle ensues shouldn't them and heroes are knocked away and swatted out of the sky.
"What are you doing?!"
The teens peer around to see Kamui Woods swinging by. "This is a warzone, get out of here, now!"
"We can stop him!" Jiro shouts.
Kaminari points up towards the head. "Help us reach the top!"
Kamui Woods frowns not sure what they could be up to but that look in their eyes, the sheer determination and confidence…they must know what they're doing. "Very well." With a pair of woody vines he grabs them before swinging them all upwards. "Hang on!"
And so with Kamui Woods' aid they scale the monster faster than before, climbing higher and higher, closer to the monster's head. However Kamui Woods is moving too quickly as he can't redirect himself as the monster's massive claw takes a swat at them.
"Look out!" Kaminari screams as their impending doom approaches.
"LIVEWIRE SLICE!"
Thundershock swings in and using her Electro Whip she cleanly slices through the incoming claw, cutting it apart and allowing the two halves to soar past the group.
Thundershock gasps at finding her son all the way up here. "Denki?!"
"Mom!"
"What are you-"
"Mom, help us! We need to get to SAM!"
"We have a plan!" adds in Jiro.
She too hesitates, worrying, but…who is she to stand in their way? "We'll get you there. Don't you worry."
Kaminari beams up at her. "Thanks, Mom! You're the best!"
Thundershock's entire being twinkles in glee.
And so they continue their climb up, swinging themselves upwards, closer to the monster's core and head. All the while the pros expertly dodge and evade incoming attacks as the monster swipes at them or produces tendrils of water to counter them.
However, a stray lightning bolt crashes into the monster's side, causing water to blast outward and into Kamui Woods.
"Ah!" he loses his grip and they all plummet.
"Waaahh!"
Thundershock watches helplessly from above, hanging onto the monster's side with just one Electro Whip. "Kids!"
"Waaahh!"
"Here I come!" Death Arms flies in, yes flies in, grabbing the kids before they all crash into the monster's hide where he grabs its side with all his might holding them in place.
"Death Arms?!" Jiro gasps. "How?"
"I had a lift!" he grins, pointing downwards.
They look down to see a giant Mt. Lady waving up at them after she's caught a falling Kamui Woods.
"Death Arms!"
The trio peer up to see Thundershock way above them.
"Pass them to me!"
Death Arms grins, grabbing the kids by the front end of their shirts. "Off you go! Ragh!" And he throws them as hard as he can upward, allowing himself to plummet.
"Woooaaahhh!" The kids scream out as an Electro Whip wraps around their waists.
"Go get him, kids!" Thundershock yellows out as she swings them up and over before tossing them towards the monster's head.
The kids soar upwards until they manage to grab onto the side of the monster's armored skull.
Thundershock begins to plummet, even so she smiles on watching the teens go on. "Show em Denki."
Kaminari waves back as his mom's caught by Mt. Lady. "Thanks, Mom!"
And so the two hero students finish the last of the climb themselves. And soon they arrive at the top where they find themselves to SAM's backside. He appears to be in some weird electric dome made of lighting. He seems to be in a trance of sorts, glowing brightly from inside his dome.
With him distracted, the teens get ready. They drop the speakers Jiro brought and connect the guitars to them and she uses the extra cable to connect them to her boots' speakers as well. Kaminari takes the extension cables and lodges them into his mouth allowing them to charge up so he can keep his hands free to play the guitar himself. At the same time Jiro plugs her Earphone Jacks into the guitars, ready to amplify their power.
When they're all set she turns to check with Kaminari. "You ready?"
He nods back with determination.
"Show time." She grips the guitar and shouts! "Let's bring the house down!"
And so in unison the teens give their guitars a strum and instantly the effects can be seen as a supersonic wave explodes out from the speakers and into SAM.
"Raaaaggghh!" SAM wails out in agony.
"It's working! Kaminari herers.
Jiro barks back. "Keep playing!"
And so, they play away, shredding the guitars as their frequency intensifies tenfold.
"ZRRRRAAA!" The monster wails, wobbling around and flailing as its body slowly begins to crumble away as SAM's own frequency is interrupted.
SAM grabs at his ears and tries to focus his Quirk but to no avail his storm is falling apart before his eyes. Even his dome has dissipated leaving him exposed. From between the pain he spots Jiro and notices the large amounts of soundwaves she producing through her speakers.
"Why you little bitch!" he takes aim and fires a rather weak lightning bolt from the sky.
Jiro gasps in horror.
"I won't let you!" Kaminari ditches his guitar, throwing himself in the way, taking the hit!
"Hahaha! That's what you get, brat!"
"Hehe." Kaminari smirks back, relatively unharmed and just a bit singed. "Nice try, but you're running out of juice pal."
SAM gasps and he fires again but with his frequency being jammed no lightning is summoned. As he tries and tries to attack back, the monster begins to collapse
"Raaaagggghhhh!" SAM screams out in anguish. "NO! NO! NOOOOO! "Not like this! I won't go out like this! I have to make a big splash! I-I have to hear the thunderous applause!"
"I don't know about thunder," Kaminari grins back as electrical sparks dance off his body. "But what about the lightning?"
SAM begins to pale.
Kaminari smiles back at his partner. "Give him an encore, Jiro!"
Jiro grins back. "You got it!" She begins to shred away at the guitar, playing like her life depended on it.
The two teens unleash their full power as sonic blasts screech through Jiro's speakers and Kaminari rushes forward and unleashes about 2 million volts. "Combined Special Attack!" The sonic blast and electric discharge fuse and spiral together before surging into SAM in a brilliant display of power and light. "THUNDERSTRUCK!"
"ZRRRRAAA...!"
And with that final attack the blobulous monster crumbles away, falling apart and collapsing under its own weight.
The pro heroes watch from the ground as the monster folds in on itself and dissipates.
Thundershock rushes towards the massive heap of water, muk, and ice. "Denki!"
Mika's there too, having rushed over when she saw the monster falling apart. "Kyoka!"
Naomasa and police reach the scene as well. He scans the massive heap until he spots movement towards the center. "There!"
The heroes all turn to look and out from the muck a gleeful Kaminari bursts out in triumph. "YEAH! That was so epic! YEAH!"
Jiro appears out from the muck as well although not as loudly as her friend, but she too is in high spirits. "Haha!"
"We did it!"
Their relieved mothers rush in to greet them.
Naomasa smiles, watching the mothers embrace their children. He then scans the muck until he spots him.
SAM lies unconscious in the muck, silent and defeated. "I used to think Uraraka and Midoriya had a pension for trouble, but it looks like the rest of the class is the same." For some reason that doesn't comfort him.
Kamui Woods stands off to the side with his fellow heroes. He smiles watching the teens celebrate with their parents. "Those kids."
Mt. Lady pouts. "Why couldn't either of them have interned with me?"
"Haha!" Death Arms laughs.
Back with the teens, Kaminari is cheering his head off. "We did it, Jiro!" He grabs her by the shoulder and cheers. "We beat him!"
She becomes self-conscious by him touching her, but she smiles on anyway just happy to be alive. "Yeah, we did!"
"Do you know what that means?"
She grins back. "I do."
And they both cheer out in declaration. "The festival's back on!"
The band known as Star Waver plays away on stage. They're a lesser known but upcoming group from out of the country. Where though? Nobody is sure but no one could care less as with the villain officially gone there's nothing left to hold anyone back from having a good time.
Also within the celebrating crowd is Mika who is busy thanking the heroes. "I just wanted to thank you all again so much for your service."
Mt. Lady waves her off with a kind smile. "Please think nothing of it."
Death Arms nods in agreement. "And besides you should really be thanking those kids, like your daughter."
Kamui Woods nods his head too. "You must be so proud." He then turns to address Thundershock. "You too."
Thundershock beams. "Oh, I couldn't be prouder. My little Night Light's becoming a hero before my very eyes." She couldn't be happier for him!
"Haha!" Naomasa laughs kindheartedly as he approaches the group. "They both put on quite the show."
Mika starts. "Oh, Detective, is everything alright?"
"Everything's good, no need to worry. Just came by to let you know that SAM is in our custody and has already been sent off. He won't be raining on anyone's parade anymore."
Kamui Woods deadpans. "Really, detective?"
Naomasa offers up an embarrassed smile. "Sorry, I couldn't help it."
Thundershock however becomes quiet and serious, folding her arms together in contemplation. "I have a question for you detective."
"Yes?"
"SAM's Quirk…it was far stronger than it had any right to be." Her eyes narrow. "Do you have any ideas on why?"
The heroes all fall silent. They didn't think about it before but she's right. Sam was not just able to control the weather but he did it on a rather large scale. And not only that but he was able to conjure massive monsters based off the weather he manipulated! And all without any obvious signs of negative side effects.
Naomasa's smile falls away becoming serious. "We did find out why it was." He reaches into his pocket and pulls out an odd used syringe. "Officer Sansa found this shortly after the battle."
Mt. Lady frowns at the empty syringe. "What is it?"
"We believe it to be a new type of Trigger that's been slowly entering the black-market as of late."
"Trigger?" Thundershock gasps, startled by the news. "You mean the Quirk enhancing drug? I thought it was eradicated years ago?!"
Naomasa frowns. "Well that certainly would have been ideal but sad to say that there's a new supplier proving criminals with this toxin."
"Any ideas on who they are?"
"We have nothing as of now. But not to worry there's already another pro hero leading the investigation along with his agency."
With that question out of the way, Mika brings up another concern. "Detective, will either of our kids have to face legal action?"
Naomasa offers up a kind reassuring smile. "Technically they fought back in self-defense, not aggression therefore they'll have nothing to worry about."
Mika sighs with relief. "Thank you."
"Actually I'd like to thank them personally." Naomasa looks around but he can't see the teens anywhere. "If you don't mind me asking, where are they?"
Thundershock smiles. "Oh, I'd leave them be for now." She gestures further into the celebrating crowd. "They've earned this."
They all look over and spot the teens dancing and celebrating away with the rest of the crowd. But the smiles on their faces they've already washed away the traumas of the experience and are now basking in the festivities.
"It's their Summer Break after all." Thundershock smiles on. "Might as well let them have their fun."
Naomasa has no response, because she is correct. And so with nothing else to be said he bows his head to them and takes his leave.
Meanwhile, the two teens dance away to the beat of the music.
"Hey, idio-er, Kaminari."
Kaminari gasps, betrayed. "You were gonna call me an idiot!"
"No! Listen!" Jiro becomes shy and sheepish, averting her gaze. "I…I wanted to thank you. Thank you for helping me today, I don't know if I could have pulled any of this off without you."
Kaminari smiles, bumping her shoulder. "Hey, don't sweat it. It's what students of Class 1-A do right? We help each other out, no matter."
Jiro can't help but smile at that. "Yeah, no matter what."
"Now let's help ourselves to the best summer of our lives!"
"Yeah!"
And so they shall.
At the entrance for the festival Naomasa takes his leave heading for his car. But then a pair of people catches his eye, and he stops dead in his tracks.
"Yahoo!" Present Mic cheers as he practically drags a reluctant Eraserhead behind him. "We finally made it! Phew! So, what'd we miss?!" He shouts to no one in particular.
Eraserhead sighs, brushing away his arm. "How did I convince you to bring me here?"
"You didn't! I had to drag you all the way here. Remember? Well, I hope Thundershock won't be too mad that we're a few hours late though."
"I don't see why she would be." Eraserhead sighs. "Not like anything that exciting happens at festivals."
All The while, Naomasa stands there stunned and dumbfounded with his jaw to the floor. "Why couldn't they have gotten here SOONER!?"
THE PREVIEW:
Feedback: Rock N Roll, my dudes! That chapter was fire!
Izuku: Feedback?! What are you doing here?
Feedback: I just wanted to give my own feedback on the chapter is all.
Izuku: Ha! I see what you did there.
Feedback: But really I can't wait for the next one.
Izuku: I'm not so sure, I mean this guy looks really tough. But what is he after?
Feedback: A key I think. But either way just don't let him roll all over you.
Izuku: Ha! I see what you did there. Oh, look!
Feedback: Hey aren't those your classmates? Maybe they can help.
Izuku: They are! And we could sure use their fire power too.
Feedback: I don't know. One of them seems kinda shady to me.
Both: Next time: Ch.54 More Than Meets the Eye Part I!
Izuku: Ew, I stepped in some weird mud. Ah! I think it's moving!
The next chapter has NOTHING to do with Transformers the title just works because of the theme.
Well I hope this chapter was worth the wait. You know…this only took two weeks to write and was actually relatively easy to write but…it was still so damn long of a chapter! At this point I've accepted it, I can't write short chapters for the life of me. And that is especially true for the next chapter. So the next chapter is going to be loooong, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. It will be so long that I've already planned to divide it up into at least two parts. But I would like to write it as one chapter first before doing so. So the next chapter is for sure gonna take a long while. How long? I don't know, I will keep you posted through the Omake's side story I have on my account.
But on the plus side if this works you guys will get 2 chapters only a week apart from each other. And hopefully this will give me a chance to try and get ahead in my writing for the next chapter too but no promises.
*So in case it wasn't clear SAM, which was originally a weather machine, was replaced with my own version of the ghostly villain known as Vortex from the Danny Phantom cartoon show. Why? Well to be honest I wanted to change up the chapter somehow and using a living being with a Quirk seemed like a good idea. And for some reason I thought of Vortex from Danny Phantom, not sure why I haven't watched the show in years but whatever I like his design. Also this was a way for me to add a character who has a real motive to do what he's doing, which seemed more fun. And speaking of motive, I know it was stupid and that was the point. Me and my "editors" were joking around with possible motives and one of them made a comment about how I just want a Scooby-Doo level villain for this chapter. And I said perfect! His motive should be dumb and petty! And thus this version of SAM's character was created.
*Now this chapter had a ton of Easter Eggs and references. I won't name them all mainly because as of writing this Author's Note I am really tired and just want to finish the chapter. And believe me there are a lot from this chapter's title, to the various bands, and more. So feel free to reach out and try to figure them all out. I'll be happy to tell you what you got right and/or wrong.
*There is one exception. I will tell you that the band "Star Waver" was from Star Wars Visions, specifically episode 2. To be honest that is not my favorite episode, I only mentioned it so I could say what my favorite is. My favorite episode of Star Wars Visions (or at least one of them) was "The Ninth Jedi" which totally deserves an entire series all to itself!
*Oh and the "Summer Sonic Festival" is a real thing BTW.
Responses for "Guest" reviewers from Ch.52:
Shark: And the plot thickens. Really glad you showed Ochaco after all this time. Glad she's getting the spotlight too and this chapter was amazing. Honestly I forgot her sunder was until the ace came out tbh lol. Love the interaction between AfO and Vilgax. I wonder if Henzue will ever be a good guy later on?
CreateGunner1209: Yeah Sunder's really forgettable isn't he? And yeah the interaction between AFO and Vilgax was great for sure. As for Henzu all I will say is that I have a plan for him for the future of the story.
Atom king: Les just get this out of the way but holy hell vilgax working with the villains their reaction especially all for one is just great,and the way vilgax got them is just incredible it shows that he did his research on them saying what they want to hear just so they agree to work with him, that if they work together they can tear down fake peace that the heroes made to the world but here's the thing that kind of thing may work on earth hell it probably needs that as a wake up call just to see how broken the system really is but with vilgax it isn't a wake up call no it will be a damn massacre with the planet being nothing but ash when vilgax is done with it so yeah the League of villains just signed the death warrant for earth.
Now ochaco fight sunder is great showing ochaco on spot thinking and her adapting situation, like using a energy drink as decoy Omnitrix to lead sunder away from the normal heroes, using the stadium defense systems to hold him while using the way.
Thirteen trap in the null void that's a story I would love see plus a first mentioned of the null void I was wondering when it was going to pop up in the story.
Now I can't wait to see jiro and kaminari little adventure it sounds like they're going to have deal with weather machine from the original series I wonder if they bump in to any aliens at the concert?
CreateGunner1209: So glad you liked it I've been building up to this meeting for so long and it feels so good that it was so well received. Now I do have further plans of what this meeting will result in but that will come in due time. And as for the Null Void this chapter was just a tease I will have a chapter literally delving into the Null Void eventually during this arc.
And finally I hope this chapter had some good interactions between Kaminari and Jiro for you to enjoy. And technically how you look at the very last concert the two sort of did meet or at least see some aliens.
Brazilian Boy: Uh, a linguagem do Seven-Seven é muito diferente do Português, e como você pode ver no meu nick, sim, sou Brasileiro e sim, nos falamos português, e não, o Brasil não faz parte da Europa. Além disso, entendi a referência
Uh, a Seven-Seven language is very different from Portuguese, and as you can see in my nick. Yes, I am Brazilian and yes, we speak Portuguese, and no, Brazil is not part of Europe. Also, I understood the reference
CreateGunner1209: Okay actually I think you're confused. 1. I know Brazil's not part of Europe. Are you shitting me?! 2. I am well aware that SevenSeven is not actually speaking Portuguese. Actually you can translate what he says if you unscramble every word he says (in English that is). 3. The reason I went with Portuguese and Brazil is that back in Ch.36 Nezu explained that he fabricated a fake background for SixSix and the fact info said he was from Brazil. And so me bringing up speaking Portuguese and Brazil again was to basically say that SevenSeven was gonna have the same fake background.
Guest: Hey do you have any plans for Ship(The mechamorph dog)?
CreateGunner1209: I have one idea but it's not for a loooooooong while
gueston: Oh yeez 1 million words mark. Anyways this was a decent chapter. While i found the battle with sunder to be a little dull i really liked all for one and vilgax discussing things. Maybe you could make an omake that includes their actual conversation?
CreateGunner1209: yeah the battle with Sunder was dull but I'm glad to hear the real interactions in the chapter were worth it. And no Omake about the conversation I left it out for a good reason and we will see it at a later time through flashbacks. Sorry but I can't go spoiling everything that was set up.
Dreadbot: I really like this chapter I right there League of villains reaction to seeing vilgax for the first time I like how you compared all for one in vilgax to Zeus and Kronos I thought that was very clever I love the story you had with ochaco versus thunder I thought that was interesting can't wait for your next chapter please keep writing
CreateGunner1209: Thanks I;m so glad the chapter was that enjoyable for you.
Guest: You should let luzku be in next chapter because it will be boring if it just them, just let him be there and focus more on jirou and kaminari, let's say luzku got trap or something else and wait till end of chapter turn alien save the day like stain arc when he can't use watch
CreateGunner1209: The moment I saw this review I saw it as a personal challenge. Also doing what you said would have dragged on the chapter way more than it should. Besides I like what i came up with anyway and I hope you did too
Guest: I just realize something about this arc. A father and son who have a strained relationship on a journey fill with danger and mystery. They fight bizaree monsters and enemies. They are also accompanied by a disembodied head who talks a lot and has relations to their enemies. Is it just a coincidence or does remind of the new God of War?
CreateGunner1209: Never played it but I want to.
Paradox: It's nice to see what Uraraka is up to, nice to see how she's developing on her own and growing. Also tension is growing with the villain side of the story. With all the ego though I cannot see this alliance lasting. Looking forward to what comes next.
CreateGunner1209: Thanks and thinks will certainly heat up in the coming future of this story.
Guest: ¿Se supone que cuando al final de cada cap izuku y un alien aparecen dando curiosidades es lo mismo que los secretos de la era taisho de Demon Slayer?
Sabes se que si izuku pudiera usar alienX con todo su potencial las demás transformaciónes no tendrían sentido pero por favor que cuando aparesca demuestre que esa transformación es uno por encima de todo
Y sería genial si pudieras que seven seven usará un traductor no tengo idea de lo que dise
CreateGunner1209: Yeah sort of. It's just a preview you know like in the main MHA anime where you hear two characters talk about what's coming. It really was more prominent in season 2 though.
Alien X is a faaaaaaar ways off.
SevenSeven's words can be translated albeit in English. Every word he says is scrambled and if you unscramble them you will find what he is actually saying. For example if SevenSeven says "Oelhl, heetr. " when unscrambled you will find that he actually said: "Hello, there."
Sorry if that's a pain but in all fairness he will never be the one to give explanations or important details. And if he does another character will properly translate it back to the audience. So no need to worry
Guest: Ghostfreak sacará el lado más oscuro de izuku sería jenial que izuku dijera que cada vez que lo usa el se siente malvado y disfruta lastimar alos demás
¿Ya isiste la referencia a Rick y Morty?
Si es así no la encontré
Sabes sería genial ver a izuku ya comiendo comida alien enfrente de su padre
Osea que hisashi no aparte la mirada de izuku mientras comen y izuku no tenga más remedio que comerlo
CreateGunner1209: We'll have to wait and see but hopefully not for long.
I don't have any references to Rick and Morty.
King Kaiju: First of all I AM A HUGE FAN OF YOUR WORK, seriously I really like your story and I thank you for doing such an amazing job form someone who's a fan of MHA and LOVE Ben 10 since' he's 6 (well exept the reboot of course).
So I would like to ask:
1-Will princess Looma appear, I think she can give good comedy by wanting to marry Izuku (even if for that she has to beat her rivals)?
2-Will the Enchantress have a Black Cat/Spiderman relationship because she find him cute and want to make Uraraka jealous and angry?
3-Please reassure me, the other alien from the Anur system will not be completly forgotten after only one great moment like in the original serie, they deserve better and Blitzwolfer and Whampire are some of my favorites aliens and I hope you will give them more than juste one moment of presence.
4-I hope you have big plan for Atomix and Way Big.
5-So you say that the ultimates are not gonna be in this story because you think that they are too op but I have an idea, since they are supposed to be aliens who had evolve in war zone, why not make them work like the black suit of Spiderman, something who make him more powerfull but also more aggressive (he will no longer the pacifist way, will be more impulsious, and start to think about defeat the villain like Nue... permanantly [those who see how Ben deal with Ultimate Kevin in his ultimate Echo Echo form know what I'm talking about]) so they became something dangerous for his moral code and in the end the 1-A will have no choice but to take him down so they can reason him and we'll see a fight between 1-A and ultimate Way Big. You can also make them addictive for him or a combinaison of
6-I agree with you Cinder is a pretty lame villain I personnly think that the Vreddle brothers would have been funnier.
That all I hard to say I'm impatient for the next chapter and don't forget that your fan will always support you because you are the best.
CreateGunner1209: Thank you for the kind words. It means so much to hear you say that. I will try my best to answer your questions but do keep in mind that much of this story's future is not set in stone and thus could change later on.
1. As of now, I have no plans for Princess Looma.
2. You mean Charmcaster? And no I wasn't planning on it especially when there are already sooo many ships in MHa alone.
3. They will all come in due time. It will take a while sadly but I really like how I'm gonna introduce them and use them.
4. I do.
5. Okay not gonna lie that's actually a really good and smart idea, I will consider it. But even if I do go through with it it will still be a long time before I even introduce the Ultimatrix (if I chose to do so that is). But again that's a really nice idea.
6. Trust me I am dying to show off the Vreedle Brothers and their Ma. But patience is key because I think how I'll introduce them will be worth it.
Arsenal: I was today years old when I learned rath was an ultimate alien original. I thought he was in alien force.
Anyway, this chapter was cool. Considering the next chapter title I'm guessing we'll see shinsou. Glad to see ocha get a near solo victory. I hope you feel better about this one than the sports festival and the wild mutt training chapter. I hope you have a great day, and yeah I'll check out the other chapter you recommended. I hope you have a great day
CreateGunner1209: Good guess but no the real characters were Jiro and Kaminari. And I do feel better over those chapters, thanks.
Guest: Good story' and all for one now know about alien.
CreateGunner1209: Thanks and yes, yes he does.
Guest: I like uraraka being holder for One for All. I like her smashes and her attitude
CreateGunner1209: Thank you I know I haven't handled her the best but I am trying. So thank you for sticking with my story and my decisions. It really means a lot to me. Thank you
DeadCool14: I loved this solo Uraraka chapter it was so good and a good rendition of the episode, though I'm curious as to how Thirteen's hand was able to move on it's own, because in the episode Ben's hand was able to move because the Omnitrix took control of it.
ML-E's mom's name is T8-M (Tatum). K-T (which is actually written as K8-E) is one of the Kineceleran kids that appeared in Hot Stretch.
K8-E: wiki/K8-E
T8-M: wiki/T8-M
Was Nezu a UA student?
What did you think of Thirteen's face reveal? Are you gonna edit the chapter where you revealed her face?
I love how the bangs on top of her head look like a spiral and that her irises have rings around them, resembling the first concepts given to depict black holes.
Why didn't you add Bullfrag to the intro? Also I was sorta expecting you'd have Hisashi use the spear the same way 9ine does with his sword in the opening
Can Hisashi puff out fire or smoke from his nose and ears for comedic effect?
When Upgrade shows up will he be able to teleport via electricity? Like here: "Ben 10: Hypnotised Upgrade vs Armed Police"
That omake was hilarious XD and wow, Gumball and Darwin work really well for Ditto. The Guardians reference was perfect I loved it so hard. And thank you for introducing Ice Cream Sandwich to me, I legit thought that at the beginning you were setting up the Nanochips XD. The Della scene fits Hisashi like a glove XD. Also I choose to believe that this happens before the exam and that this experience leads Deku to figure out how to fly with the rock.
Speaking of which when Heatblast flies will he start be using the rock like a hoverboard? To establish that he can do so he can show it to Alan later on and not be a thing they made up on the spot like in AF?
Are you gonna remove the omakes from the main fic?
CreateGunner1209: Thanks. And as for the hand, if the Ben Ten episode won't explain it out right how Ben's hand was moving on its own and just let us to make wild assumptions then it doesn't really matter to me. The Ben Ten writers just did what they wanted
Also I did not know ML-E's mom had a name. Oops, my bad.
Nezu's backstory is the exact same as cannon other than he got ripped into the Plumbers.
I don't need to edit Thirteen's face reveal. I kept it vague for a reason. If anything now we can envision it properly.
I honestly forgot to add Bullfrag to the intro.
Yes, Hisashi can do that.
Okay questions relating to the Alien's abilities I'm gonna pass on. Sorry but I can't introduce ever aspect of their powers all in one go. Or some I don't think are that interesting or even fit into scenarios so they will not be used until later.
And No I am not removing the Omakes from the main story.
DeadCool14 (again): Can Bakugou call his gauntlets Des and Troy as a reference to Thor: Ragnarok?
In canon SevenSeven is scared of Methanosians (Swampfire's species) are you gonna give a reason as to why? My take on it would be that he once saw a documentary on Methanos, kinda like And Beyond, and it scared the hell out of him. It's a reference to Age of Ultron when Klaue said that he's scared of cuttlefish because he saw a documentary on them once.
Does Thirteen need to wear her gloves to control her Quirk like Aoyama with his belt?
When Thirteen was a student at UA was she like Uraraka or was she very shy? Because after her face reveal, she gives off that vibe
Will Hisashi mutter like Deku does and would Endeavor be able to understand him? I thought about it when I saw that scene in the anime where Endeavor understood Deku's mutter rant
Would Hisashi recognize Gran Torino, since he was the homeroom teacher at UA? Well that is if Hisashi was in the same class as All Might
Since it's been mentioned that Deku already has a fan club then do they consider Ditto his cutest alien like in canon?
Can you have some of the aliens from Kid Cosmic cameo please?
What do you think of this idea:
-Deku Prime's Ditto sounds like Yakko
-Deku 22's Ditto (Copy Copy 2) sounds like Wakko
-Ochaco 9's Ditto sounds like Dot
-Albedo's Ditto sounds like 80s Raphael
Was Hisashi the one that shawshanked that hole to peep into the girls locker room? Cuz I think it would funny if he did and I can imagine a young him doing it
Can you have Ditto do the Mr Meeseeks "He roped me into this" scene from Rick and Morty?
CreateGunner1209: Not gonna lie the Des and Troy thing is funny to me. But my "Editors" don't like it so i may use it elsewhere.
SevenSeven is scared of Swampfire? When was that established? Well in anywise no I was never gonna do that anyway.
Does Thirteen need her gloves? IDK ask Horikoshi
I wanted to give Hisashi the muttering stuff but I haven't yet. I honestly sometimes forget it's a thing. Also Hisashi is younger than All Might they would never have been in the same classroom.
I forgot did I say there's a Deku Fan club? And if there is obviously Ditto would get that rank like in cannon. I mean he doesn't have that many aliens that a re cute does he at the moment?
I still need to watch Kid Cosmic, I;ve been slacking on shows lately.
Cool ideas but no promises you will see them as I have a totally different idea on how the spinoff related to Multiverse and Time Travel will go.
No Hisashi did not make the hole.
Jakesurfboy: Man I am really late reviewing this, sorry work has been very busy lately. I like this chapter as it focuses more on Uraraka and other characters and that was a nice change of pace from the road trip arc (although I still like it). I will say the references in this chapter were my favorite, the Iron Man 2 doughnut and the Pokémon reference with Silvally and Naganadel. Also I stared laughing at the monster energy drink "tastes like teenage angst and bad decisions" because one of my co workers loves those drinks and I was working with him while reading that part so the irony was great. I'm looking forward to the next chapter was with terraspin at the end he mentioned it would focus on 1A and I am looking forward to see what they have been up to since their is no training camp in this story.
CreateGunner1209: It's fine, not like I can respond back anyway. Yeah I loved the references too and I sure hope this chapter's references did it for you too. Haha! Yeah I knew people would laugh at the Monster drink joke. And we'll get to the training camp in time, sure it's taking way longer than it should but we'll get there.
King kaiju: First of your story is great and I love it (did I already say that, no matter because it's true)
Second are you planing on making some vilains redeem themselves (Gentle criminal doesn't count) ?
And are we gonna see the DNAliens or the Incursian empire (not necessairly invading earth)
Lastly what is your favorite Ben 10 series (personnaly I think omniverse is too underrated)
Don't forget that whatever you are planing with your story we will support you (but don't take it as an excuse for doing less excellent chapter because it is what we love in this story).
CreateGunner1209: Thank you I love mys tory too and especially my readers who take the time to read it and enjoy themselves. Villains being redeemed…I won;t say much except that i do have plans for villains that have been introduced and that will be introduced. Some big, some minor, but all great. I would like to do the DNAliens but I don't have a proper answer for you. Much of the later arcs are still in the works for me and will be for a while. Actually I would say Omniverse if not Alien Force.
Guest: Who's your favorite alien? I'm guessing Four Arms
CreateGunner1209: Chromastone actually and Cannonbolt and Upgrade oh and Jetray.
Dinobot: So since Hisashi has the Razor Crest from The Mandalorian and since the Mandalorian is in this story I got to know of how Hisashi got the Razor Crest from the Mandalorian did he won the ship in a game of Sabacc? I got to know how he got it.
CreateGunner1209: Well that be pretty difficult considering Mando's own Razor Crest was literally vaporized. Otherwise that was my original plan on how he got it but we'll just say it actually a different ship all together.
