It's here. It's finally here! The end of the Training Camp Arc! Sorry it took so long but as you know life happens. But hey we're here now so let's enjoy a chapter that's been a long time coming.

Also I wanna wish you all a well-wished Good Friday and a Happy Easter! I hope you're all staying safe out there, especially my fellow Americans. This string of awful weather and storms have been nightmare for a lot of people here so I'm praying that you're all safe and sounds this Easter Sunday.

*So, in response to the vote about chapter lengths from last time. I have decided to go back to FULL (longer) chapters. So that will mean slower updates, but you will get a more fulfilling and longer chapter as a result.

*Also, I wanna address a mistake I made last time about Twice's powers. I forgot that during these events in the timeline, Twice was mentally unable to make more than one clone of anyone beginning at any time. So, let's just agree to ignore that little mistake from last time and move on as if this was always the case. He can only make one clone at any given time. At least until he gets over his hang-ups.

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"Hey! Back off! This isn't fun anymore!" Magne nearly stumbles back as she blocks yet another Cat Punch. But this fight's been going on for too long, and she's starting to lose steam as her guard nearly breaks with every strike.

"Fun?!" Tiger roars. "You think putting the lives of children in danger is a game!? Damn you, Villain! Taste my CAT PUNCH!"

Magne blocks but is knocked back and her arms, having absorbed the attack, give away leaving her exposed. And with her guard broken, Ojiro slips in and spins around delivering a massive swing of his Tail.

"YAH!" Ojiro's Tail hits Magne dead on, knocking the villain back even further.

Magne gasps, clutching her stomach as she reels in pain. "Two against one? Not fair! Spinner mind giving me a hand?!"

"I'd love to!" Spinner shouts back, sweating bullets as he desperately uses the few blades, he was able to recover as a makeshift shield against Mineta's onslaught of sticky balls. "But I'm not Twice ya know!" With a swing of his broken blades, he takes a swipe at his attacker. "Stay back, you fakes!"

With a yelp and a cry Mineta hurries away as an irritated and frustrated Mandalay leaps back, moving out of range of the blades.

With a frustrated growl Spinner throws shots at their third member. "Grrr. Ya know. I thought having some hired help was supposed to even the odds!"

"Nto'd ipn hits no em!" SevenSeven shouts back, clearly angered by Spinner's jab. "Hyet odtl em uyo reew ropssefonilsa!"

But he doesn't have time to talk as he's surrounded by a swirling vortex of birds and insects, courtesy of one Koji Koda. He swings his two purple plasma-sabered sickles to no avail as the birds and bugs swarm all around him.

"Raaaahh!" Tenya Iida bursts through the vortex of feathers and wings to deliver a devastating Engine-powered kick.

SevenSeven quickly defends, parrying the kick with one of his sickles, bouncing Iida's now singed shoe away.

Iida quickly snuffs out the smoking shoe by stuffing it into the dirt, as he grits his teeth and glares back at the villain. "We will not stop! We will put an end to your wicked ways, villain!" His Engines roar as he gets ready to charge back into battle.

"YRRAAAHHH…!" A distant roar slices through the tension, putting an instant stop to all the fighting within the clearing.

Ojiro peers out over the darkness of the tree line and despite there being no wind he could almost swear that some of the treetops in the far distance look like they're moving. "What. Was. That?"

Mandalay quickly turns her attention back at the lizard man. "Spinner! Just what is this?!"

The gecko smirks back at her, no longer afraid of their impending defeat. "The thing that will put an end to you fake heroes."

"Cghghghghhrrr…"

The faintest sound of rustling leaves catches Mineta's ears, causing him to snap his head towards the nearby bushes. "Huh?"

To his shock, a squad of short mushroom men stumble out from the brush with puffs of spores spewing from their tops. Their eyes aglow with fury as more and more of these freaky Goombas crawl out from the woods. With several mouths lining their bodies, their many rows of sharp teeth click together to make some strange chattering like noises. Cghghghghhrrr!"

"Waaaah! Monsters!" Mineta shrieks, quickly scurrying away from the encroaching abominations.

More and more of these twisted Goombas crawl out of the woodwork, hobbling and skulking in from all sides, encircling the entire clearing like mindless pawns on a chessboard.

"Cghghghghhrrr! Cghghghghhrrr! Cghghghghhrrr!" With their fangs bared and with spores fogging up the air like a thick mist the mutant mushrooms rush the clearing, with no care for their own safety as they lunge for the heroes and students.

The pros easily cut through the incoming Goombas like paper to a shredder, but with their numbers they're quickly overwhelmed. The students try to help from Mineta sticking them in place, to Ojiro obliterating them with his Tail and combat skills, and even Koda as his birds and insects pecking and buzzing at their eyes. But yet the flood of Living Mushrooms seems to be never ending.

"They're everywhere!" Iida cries out, jetting around the battlefield, tearing his way through the Goombas as he does. "Mandalay! We should retreat! Waaaa!"

Iida ducks as a purple blazing sickle nearly takes his head.

Sliding to a stop and spinning around he finds SevenSeven cutting off his path with an air of arrogance and mirth.

"You." Iida gasps, his worries amounting as more and more Goombas surround them.

SevenSeven takes a deep inhale, before sighing in satisfaction, all the while giving his two sickles a spin, clashing them together before slicing them across the ground. "I ujts ovle het lemsl fo ARFE!"


[PLAY "My Hero Academia Season 3 - Opening | ODD FUTURE"]

I Keep My Ideals; Sorezore

Izuku Midoriya and Henzu Uuichi are standing back-to-back facing away from each other as their story of transformation from friends to enemy's flashes between them.

No Tenmei Wo Ooo

The camera P.O.V. zooms upward, traveling through space at lightspeed.

What's going through? (Instrumental)

The Omnitrix glows green, floating between a pair of Galvins hands.

Subete Wa Mi Kara Deta Sabi

Izuku runs out of Mr. Baumann's store before jumping on his hoverboard with the man chasing after him angrily.

Haburi Yoku Fuyashita Kuro Rekishi

He begins laughing as Megawatts swarm around him and into the bright sky.

Arito Arayuru Mono Wo Sutetari

One of the Megawatts glides past Ochaco Uraraka who lets out a cheer as she leads Class A around a running course.

Mi Ni Oboe No Nai Unmei Ni

Katsuki Bakugou begins shouting as he tries to overtake her, but she just runs faster, earning his angrier.

Korosare Kaketa Koto Mo Attashi

Principal Nezu walks in front of the U.A. staff along with the WWPC before passing by a pillar. Leaving just him along with Thirteen, One-One, and Gran Torino before passing another pillar.

Shinda Me Wo Shite Ikita Jiki Soredemo Kyou Mo Ikasareteru

The pillar moves to reveal Nue standing in front of Vilgax's Legion with the League of Villains standing behind him.

Tte Koto Wa

SevenSeven appears in front of the camera P.O.V. and shoots the screen.

What's going on? Mada Sou Yari Nokoshiten Darou

Ochaco Uraraka and Tomura Shigaraki stand back-to-back as their respective mentors look down at them before the two begin to walk away from each other.

Syuusei No Shiyou No Nai Hibi No Naka Demo

Izuku looks on at a photo of him, Inko, and a faded-out figure before closing his eyes as All Might appears behind him. All Might fades out leaving Hisashi in his place. Hisashi turns and let's loose a torrent of flames.

What's going on?

Xylene leaps from the flames, her eyes aglow with Telekinesis as she launches multiple boulders forward.

Hito Towa Chigau To

Tetrax stands firm, a wave of diamonds swallow up the nearby flames as he glares into the camera with a stoic look.

Mitometa Ue De

The diamonds melt together to reveal Lucy Mann smiling as she jumps forward to deliver a flying kick through the flaming air.

Kanousei No Rutsubo Hiraku, Ah

The fire forms a circle to reveal Cinder smirking up at a snarling Vilgax; the two glare each other down.

Dreaming

The two enemies clash creating a shockwave destroying everything around them.

Ishi Gyakusou Shikakui Sora

Civilian's runaway in panic as animalized Nomus terrorize the city all the while All for One looks on from his tower.

Kokoro No Sukima Umenu

Suddenly Pro Heroes from across Japan appear and fight the beasts head on.

Akenu Yoru Kara

All for One looks on before looking up to see something coming at him at high speed.

Nukeyou~

All Might roars as he lets loose a furious punch at his nemesis.

Mirai

The opposing powers clash creating a giant explosion of power!

No Kaizou Do Sage Bokura Wa

Zooming out it's revealed that the explosion is a clash between orange and azure flames courtesy of an enraged Shoto Todoroki and a deranged Dabi.

Me Wo Sorashite Wa Naritai

All around them Class A & B fight the League of Villains' Vanguard Action Squad head on;

Bakugou uses a Howitzer Impact against Moonfish.

Iida Recipro Bursts past SevenSeven.

Tsuyu hopes over a knife wielding Toga.

Mono Nante Naito Uso Buita Hibi Wo

A pink glowing Ochaco races towards a grinning Charmcaster. As massive violet-runed tendrils curl and spiral around her form.

I Keep My Ideals; Sorezore No Jinsei

A red hued Nue and green highlighted Izuku charge at each other as chaos ensues around them.

Ai Mo Yume Mo Kiken Na Hodo Kantan Ni Hi Ga Tsuichau Nosa

The two opposing colors spark and clash like thunder and lightning across the battlefield, with Izuku transforming between Shocksquatch, Humungousaur, and more.

The two back away from each other before charging once again this time both of them in their human forms as their foreheads clash with each other.

Gongu Nari Sorezore No Tenmei

HEROES NEVER DIE; IT'S HERO TIME

Silhouettes of past Izuku and Henzu are walking with each other, with Henzu's arm flung over Izuku's shoulders.

Wo ~

All highlighted with neon green Deku, Uravity, Ground Zero, Pinky, Kraab, Tetrax, Cinder, and All Might stand in a line before the all red highlighted Nue, Ragnarok, Sunder, Rojo, SevenSeven, Techadon, Malware, and an imposing Vilgax towering over them all.

(Illustrated by Drag0n5on)


Ch.75 Curtain Call

"RAAAAAA!" Dark Shadow's booming roar rips through forest like thunder, shaking the earth and trees as its tendrils and limbs crash through the rock and trees.

Through Dark Shadow's flailing claws, a blur of sparks and ash-blonde hair zooms across the smoke-filled air with expert acrobatics and a foul temper.

"Hey Birdboy! Control that damn thing would ya?!" Katsuki Bakugou barks, blasting himself away from the rampaging Dark Shadow's reach.

"DARK SHADOW!" Fumikage Tokoyami struggles against Dark Shadow's binds, unable to move with tears streaming down his face in sheer agony and guilt.

"Everyone stay on guard!" Upchuck warns, still too busted up to walk on his own but thankfully he's small enough for Shoji to haul around like he's some kind of potato sack. "Where'd Nue and his clones go?!"

"No idea!" Shoto Todoroki calls out, dashing up alongside them as they all avoid Dark Shadow's rampage. "Think he ran off?"

"I saw his clones take off!" Shoji explains as they make a mad dash for cover. "But why I don't know!"

'Maybe he's switching targets? Like Uraraka!' Upchuck thinks worriedly, not sure why else he'd suddenly give up on them.

"RAAAAAA!"

Dark Shadow's roar snaps Upchuck out of his worries, reminding him where his worries should lie at the moment. "Todoroki! That's enough! Save Tokoyami!"

With a sense of finality, Shoto unleashes a massive pillar of fire right into the air. The heat breaks through the smoke-filled air, allowing the blinding light to wash over the raging monster.

"RAAAAAA!" With a shriek Dark Shadow tries to retreat into the night but is cut off by a grinning Bakugou who unleashes a barrage of Explosions.

"RAAAaaaaaa…" With a pathetic cry Dark Shadow finally shrinks and vanishes away, retreating back into his exhausted and humiliated host.

Now free, Tokoyami collapses to his knees, exhausted, letting out ragged pants as sweat drips down his brow.

Bakugou scoffs, keeping his palm alight with sparks. "Huh light really is a terrible matchup for you, Birdboy."

Even so, Tokoyami is grateful it is the case. "Thanks. You saved me."

Shoto scans the destroyed forest, wary, thinking Nue might return for a second go at them. "Even though Dark Shadow was on a rampage. I don't think we would have stood a chance without him. Ironic enough. But yet where did Nue go?"

Bakugou throws a nasty glare at the woods. "Did the coward run?"

With a beaten Upchuck propped over his shoulder, a disheveled Shoji approaches looking worried yet relieved to see Tokoyami in one piece. "My friend. Are you okay?"

He is but he can't bring himself to meet his gaze out of shame.

"You did what we needed you to."

[FLASHBACK]

It was when Dark Shadow was chasing Shoji and an injured Izuku through the woods. Tokoyami so desperately wanted to hold Dark Shadow back. To be left behind to deal with the monster alone.

But yet Midoriya insisted on the opposite. "Good, Tokoyami! Don't fight against it! Give up your control for now and just let it take over-trust me!"

[End of FLASHBACK]

"Shoji. I apologize. You, too, Midoriya. I'm still far too immature." Tokoyami regret stares down at his shaking, trembling hands. "Anger consumed me. And I let my Quirk take over. The influence of the darkness, combined with my fury, spurred Dark Shadow into a frenzy. Until…it got so strong, I couldn't contain it. And I ended up hurting Shoji."

"We'll deal with that later. That's what you'd say if our roles were reversed." Shoji reassures, not holding any ill will towards the already regretful raven.

Tokoyami's taken back, in disbelief that he'd be forgiven so easily. And yet he knows it to be true when he meets both Shoji's and Upchuck's kind and welcoming gazes. And so, with a nod and a soft smile, Tokoyami's back to his calm stoic self.

And now that he's officially joined their party Upchuck hurries to explain the full situation. "Okay. I don't know if you heard from Mandalay, but I found out the villains are after Kacchan and Uraraka."

Tokoyami considers the news. "Bakugou? And Uraraka? Are they trying to kill them? Why?"

"I'm not sure." Upchuck answers. "But I think we need to hurry. Nue might have gone after Uraraka. So, after we find her, we should get to camp. It's the safest place now, so long as Vlad King and Mr. Aizawa have regrouped there."

"I understand. So, our mission is to get Bakugou and Uraraka back to safety by serving as their protectors."

"It's possible the Pussycats are still fighting in the clearing. Going that way would draw the attention of the villains. Uraraka and Tsuyu left after Bakugou and Todoroki, so we'll need to cut across and find her."

Bakugou stands there stunned, looking dumbfounded like he can't comprehend the fact they're planning to "protect" him. Or maybe he's thrown off by the fact that they're virtually ignoring him and not even bothering with his opinion.

"We don't know how many enemies there are." Tokoyami warns "We might come across some by chance."

Dragging the unconscious Kosei Tsuburaba out from his hidey-hole, Shoto airs another concern. "And we still don't know where your old friend, Nue, is either."

"We can use Shoji's search ability." Upchuck explains. "And Todoroki's freezing power. And, if Tokoyami's okay with it, we can always use Dark Shadow now that we can actually control him."

The others don't seem to have any reservations as Shoto props Tsuburaba up onto his back and Tokoyami pulls himself to his feet. Shoji turns towards their destination while keeping Upchuck securely seated over his shoulder like a bazooka, while Bakugou still looks dumbfounded by them all.

Looking back at his friends, Upchuck can't help but feel the most confident and reassured he has all night. "Honestly, with a badass group like this, we could probably even go up against All Might."

After that the dumbfounded Bakugou snaps out of his stupor. "I'd be fine by myself! I don't need any of your protection, dammit!"

"YRRAAAHHH…!" A shrill distance roar cuts him off, while also quickly dashing whatever confidence the group had just obtained.

Shoto looks back at Bakugou dryly. "Are you sure about that…?"

Upchuck quivers and shakes as a sense of familiarity washes over him. "That noise…?"

"What is it?" Shoji inquires.

"It…I feel like I've heard that roar somewhere before."

"Deku." Bakugou calls out softly, his spooked gaze now solely focused on the source of the distant roar.

"Yeah?"

"I recognize it too."

Upchuck's breath hitches and quivers as all the puzzle pieces in his mind click together. "We need to go now!" He screams, panicked and worried.

Shoto flinches, taken back by the sudden shouting. "What?"

"Uraraka! She's in danger, hurry! Run now!"

Not needing to ask anything more, Shoji takes off, sprinting towards the source itself to Upchuck's command. Bakugou and Shoto follow quickly with Tokoyami taking the rear. All running in unisons; running headfirst into danger.

"We'll get everyone back safely!" Upchuck assures. "If we can do that, that's all that matters."


Oh no. That was all she had. Ochaco can't even move anymore. The strain on her arms and body are too much, feeling like painful cramps preventing her from moving an inch. She's helpless to resist as one of the Scyphozoa snakes in and hoists her up.

"Ochaco, no!" Tsuyu Asui cries out, unable to do anything as a blushing Himiko Toga cuts her off.

A wide grin slowly stretched across Charmcaster's face as she reels Ochaco in close until only the transparent shield of Charmcaster's bubble's between them.

Ochaco tries to move. Tries to summon One For All. Tries to move her fingers to make herself weightless. But she…she can't summon the strength to do it. Her injured arm. Her exhausted body. Her bleeding leg. It's…it's too much.

All the while Charmcaster's cackling with glee. "Soak it in, Little Girl! Let the suffering sink in! And then, tell me. How does it feel? To have finally LOST!?"

"YRRAAAHHH!" An earthshaking roar slices through all the tension and fear, creating an unnatural pause over the massacre.

"No! Not yet! It's too soon!" Upon hearing that shrill of a roar, Charmcaster grows worried and panicked, acting as if she might have just had her victory stolen from underneath her.

Soon the sound of trees being uprooted and knocked over echo through the night. And soon it's accompanied by the thundering of what sounds like a tsunami crashing through the forest. The rumbling grows louder with every second, and the ground shakes more violently right as a literal tidal wave of orange floods the warped battlefield with a ringing roar.

"YRRAAAHHH-Yaaaay!" The giant orange wave suddenly stops as it reaches the girls, and a tiny child-like face emerges from atop the living flood of orange moss. "Hello! Hi! Hi there! Whatcha doin? Whatcha playin!? I wanna play! Let's play tag! No Hide-N-Seek! Oooh! No! We'll play both! Yay! Yay! Yay!"

The living mass of orange moss is totally naive of the situation, flailing around like everything's nothing but a silly game. His voice is shrill and squeaky, reminiscent of an annoying giggly child. "Hehehehehehaha!"

"No!" Charmcaster screeches, her giant Scyphozoa backing away from the even bigger interloper.

However, that was the wrong move as the intruder's almost comedically tiny head snaps over at her, before quickly spotting the broken and semi-unconscious Ochaco in the jellyfish's grasp. "Ooow! Cool! A new action figure!" A wave of orange moss slams into the jellyfish, shoving it back as another tendril of orange goop swipes the broken girl away. "My turn! My turn! Let's play Pew Pew Laser Ship! Wait… Aw! You're broken… That's okay! We can still play! Hehehehehehaha!"

"Put her down!"

The giant child-monster stops, his gaze snapping down towards the ground where a little frog girl is shouting at him.

"You wanna play too, Froggy Lillypaddy? Okay! Heheheheheha!" His tendrils lash out at her but Tsuyu is quick to flee as the mossy tendrils give chase.

She leaps and bounds through the forest and incoming tendrils, before leaping up and whipping her long tongue up towards the monster's captive. Her tongue snags itself around Ochaco's exposed leg and pulls, snatching her away from the insane man-child.

"No! That's MINE!" With a roar he gives chase, his body of ooze flooding the forest as his tendrils lash out, smacking and shoving back the giant Scyphozoa as they do.

Charmcaster braces herself from within her infused bubble as her golem jellyfish is thrashed about. "You stupid BRAT!" She tries to strike back but her creature's electrified tentacles don't seem to cause him any harm. His body is too massive and fluid for her to be able to do anything to him.

With her shouting and attacking him, the monster's quick to turn his attention towards her. And immediately his face lights up like a kid on Christmas morning.

"Oh, no." Charmcaster gulps.

"A Squiggly-jellyfish?! Yay! I always wanted one!"

As he approaches Charmcaster quickly tries to fend him off but once again the jellyfish's attacks prove useless against the giant living flood.

"Heheheheheha!" With a giggle the child-like monster's entire body latches onto the giant jellyfish before swinging it around this way and that like a giant pillow. "Heheheheheha! This is fun!"

"This is so not fun!" Charmcaster screams as she's thrown this way and that from inside the floating golem.

With no other choice, the bubble that's encased around her collapses and she drops to the forest floor below before quickly scurrying off as the monster's orange flesh completely swallows up and absorbs her golem whole.

With the thing distracted Tsuyu takes off with an injured Ochaco slung over her back.

Unfortunately, she didn't move fast enough out of the monster's sight as he caught her in his peripheral.

"Hey! Where you going, Froggy Lillypaddy?!" The monster's fluidic body shifts and washes away, pursuing the girls.

Hidden away in the warped forest, Charmcaster watches as her prey escapes. "She was mine! I had her!"

Toga appears beside her, giggling, and not at all perturbed by the outcome. "Tehehe, oh well, better luck next time, Charm-chan~."

"I can't believe Shigaraki thought it was ever a good idea to bring in this freak. Whatever. Stay close, we'll get another chance."

Toga grips her blades, ready to give chase at a moment's notice, however, a flash of green catches her attention in the distance towards the monster.

A glowing green ball of sludge soars through the treetops before exploding into a ball of green plasma against the monster's mossy side. "YRRAAAHHH!"

Tsuyu stops, looking back in shock-and-awe, unsure of what just happened.

"Stay away from them!" Upchuck roars as Shoji carries him into view. "I knew it! It really was him!"

Bakugou and Shoto soon arrive on the scene, each taking witness of the horrid monster before them. "I thought we killed this bastard?!"

The monster stops at the sound of Bakugou's shouting, its eyes blinking down at him in disbelief. "Sparky Sparky Boom Man? Is that you?! I missed you!" His sudden cheery disposition quickly fades away as sharp needle-like teeth flash within his maw for a split second. "And I'm angry with YOU!"

Upon his roar he lashes out, firing several mossy tendrils at the squad.

But with a howl of pain the monster's forced back as Bakugou and Shoto release a wall of flames, burning its tendrils away to ash in the process.

"Be careful it's Fun Gus!" Upchuck warns, as the villain roars and whines about how unfair and what cheaters they are.

"We know it's fungus!" Shoto calls back, not taking his eyes off the massive villain for a second.

"No! Fun Gus!"

"YRRAAAHHH!"

With Fun Gus's attention now on them, Tokoyami takes the unconscious Tsuburaba and sneaks around to where Tsuyu and Ochaco are before calling them over to hide in the brush. "Asui! This way!"

Surprised but relieved to see him, Tsuyu hurries, hopping over to his position. Once there they both hurry to hide their injured comrades. As Ochaco's body is thrown around and then gently pulled under the brush she begins to stir ever so slightly, peeking her eyes open just enough to witness Fun Gus towering over the forest, his tendrils flailing around everywhere like a rampaging squid.

As Shoji dodges and dashes through the forest with Fun Gus' tendrils hot on his heels, Upchuck tries, or rather begs, for the villain to stop. "Fun Gus! Stop this! This isn't right!"

"How do you know my name Little Green Barfy Baby?!" Despite willing to answer back Fun Gus lashes out, nearly crushing Shoji and Upchuck in the process.

Seeing that it's no use, Upchuck accepts the final resort. "Shoji, get me in close. I should be able to handle him."

"Right." Sliding to a stop, Shoji grips onto Upchuck tight like he's a devastating machine of war.

With a smirk Upchuck declares to the heavens Fun Gus' defeat. "It's time we put this brat on TIME OUT!"

*BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!*

With a red flash, Izuku is left awkwardly sitting there with no means of fighting back. "I meant a time out for Fun Gus! Fun Gus! Not you, OMNITRIX!"

Meanwhile, both Charmcaster and Toga mange to stay hidden while also dashing along the outskirts of the skirmish. But as the Omnitrix times out Toga finds herself freezing in place as she takes in Izuku's horribly injured form.

"Huh~...?" Her feline eyes quiver, unable to look away as a rosy-blush creeps across her infatuated face.

Fun Gus freezes, utter shock written on his face when he spots that familiar mop of green hair. "You…? YOU." Fun Gus's Mycelium side peeks out again with a low growl. "You're Mr. Fake-Froggy Broccoli Baby! You stole all of my TOOOYS!"

He lashes out again only to meet yet another wall of flames, courtesy of Shoto.

Shoto holds up his wall as Fun Gus shrieks and slithers away. "He really seems to hate you! Why?! Is he an old friend of yours too?!"

"Just because I had one friend turn evil does not mean all of them did!" Izuku defends.

"Not like you had any." Bakugou snidely remarks.

The nasty looks Izuku throws at Bakugou doesn't have any effect so instead he turns it back to Shoto. "To answer your question, we might have…dropped an entire cave on this guy."

Shoto blinks at him, not sure if he heard that correctly. "You what?"

"YRRAAAHHH!"

Hidden in the thick of the forest, Charmcaster scowls and watches on enviously as Fun Gus has his way with the obnoxious hero students. But even against such an overwhelming foe, she does have to grant it to them, they're good. They're speed and power and coordination are on another level than theirs. Even if somehow Fun Gus cooperated with them, they wouldn't stand a chance against such powerful and strategic Quirk users.

"Dammit, there's too much of a crowd now. We lost our chance." Swallowing her pride, Charmcaster turns to Toga and signals for her to retreat. "Hopefully the bratty-freak will finish them off for us. Let's go. We got what we needed anyway." She is of course referring to the vials of blood Toga was able to acquire.

Speaking of whom, Toga doesn't seem to have heard her. Her gaze fixated on the battle, with a light blush on her face accompanied by a far away and almost awe-struck look. Like this she kinda looks like a lost kitten who just found a new toy mouse to play with.

But then a gentlemanly voice calls out from behind them. "It's so nice to see such nice young ladies getting along."

Charmcaster instantly spins around, her guard up until she finds a man in magician cosplay greeting them. "Oh, look who decided to show up. You're late."

"Guilty as charged my dears." The magician waves with a flourish, taking a bow while typing his top hat. "Simply, setting the stage for my grand entrance as it were. Now I suggest you exit stage left and allow me to steal the show as it were. But not to worry I will need my two lovely assistants back on stage real soon. Hahahahaha."


"Enough!" Aizawa kicks the Dabi clone to the ground, wrapped in his Capture Scarf so he can't move.

All around them trees have been burned away but yet the fire is contained thanks to the efforts of the boy, Kota, and his Water Quirk. With Kirishima personally guarding him from Dabi's attacks and with Aizawa's quick take down on the clone the boy was able to calm the flames quickly and before they could reach the lodge.

His foot presses hard into the clone's skull, threatening to crush it. "What do you hope to gain from all this?!"

"At the moment," The clone grins against the bottom of Eraserhead's boot just as he begins to melt away. "I want to see all hope leave your eyes. Ehehehehe…"

Aizawa's foot slips through the goop and hits the dirt, his Capture Scarf sprawled on the ground and stained in muck. "Bastard."

With the clone gone, the fire contained, and the mutant bats defeated, the students all begin to relax. Taking a moment to catch their breaths and assess the situation.

"Is that all of them?" Neito Monoma inquires, keeping his body Hardened with Kirishima's Quirk just in case.

"Hehe, we kicked ass!" Hanta Sero cheers, howling into the air in premature celebration.

"Y-yeah I guess we did." Rikido Sato comments before bending over exhausted, sweat dripping off his body while his muscles tremble and give, having reached their limit.

"Don't celebrate." Vlad King warns with a growl. "We're still missing nearly our entire classes."

On the note, Mina Ashido's antennas begin to shake and quiver violently as a wave of mixed anger and insane joy flood her senses causing her to cry out like someone just jabbed her brain with a knife. "AAAAahhhh!"

Eijiro Kirishima's snaps around to see Mina clutching at her head as her horns continue to shake and tremble. "Ashido?! What's wrong?!" He runs over, hovering over her, unsure of how to help.

"Villain!" She exclaims.

"Huh?!"

Sero jumps back, away from the woods. "Another?!"

Aizawa prepares, gripping his scarf. Listening closely until he hears the subtle yet ever growing rumble of trees being uprooted and knocked over. "Quick get Kota inside!"

Yui Kodai sees to the boy, grabbing his hand and quickly pulling him back into the lodge as the others prepare for the next wave of villains.

"On your guard!" Vlad King calls, blood already pooling around his fists as the rumbling grows louder and louder. "Whoever it is, they're no match for us!"

The rumbling reaches its climax and then out from the trees like tentacles breaching the ocean's surface as what feels like hundreds of orange tendrils crash onto the scene, nearly striking several of the students as they whip and flail about.

Kirishima freezes, instantly recognizing the tendrils. "No. Nononononono NO! Not you! Anybody but you! Not again!"

Sero leaps back, firing off lashes of tape in the hopes of slowing the almost liquid moving limbs. "Again?! You know this thing?!"

"Oh, yeah, we got real familiar with each other over the summer." Kirishima explains with a horrible grimace. "Dammit, I was picking fungus from places where it shouldn't be!"

The tendrils whip and crash against the earth and trees, ripping through the leaves and branches like blades. The students and heroes dash and weave their way through the random onslaught of varying sized tentacles, but just barely.

Yui and Kota watch from the safety of the lodge, peering through the windows while keeping their heads down as to try not to attract the army of tendrils. Behind them in the large cafeteria Ibara and Juzo are lying down, unconscious and unresponsive to the world thanks to Mustard's poison.

Kota flinches as Kirishima gets knocked aside by one of the tendrils. "What…? What is that thing?! It kinda looks like…cheese?"

With a hum Yui gives a little tilt of her head as if to say, 'yeah it kinda does.'

They watch as a flood of orange fungus begins to ooze its way through the forest while their friends are too busy dealing with the onslaught of tentacles.

"They're…they're going to be overrun!" Kota cries, wishing Deku would just reappear and save them.

Yui rapidly shakes her head in fear, wishing she could call someone, anyone for help.

*RING! RING! RING! RING!*

They instantly spin around, staring towards the kitchen as the lodge's phone continues to buzz and ring.

Meanwhile just outside, a squad of tendrils fuse together to form into a giant tentacle that immediately lashes out at the black-haired pro hero.

Aizawa's eyes flash red, canceling the villains' control over the tentacle, causing the moss and fungus to break apart and crumble on the ground lifelessly.

But just as he thinks he has the situation under control another squad of rope-thin tendrils lash out and strike out against him.

"It's not the main body?!" The pro quickly leaps away before using his Capture Scarf to swing himself away as another giant tendril smashes into the ground.

"Mr. Aizawa!" Kirishima calls out, screaming over the panic and chaos. "Fun Gus is one crazy powerful mutant! He can control mushrooms and shit even from a distance!"

"Not good. Hang on. How'd exactly did you deal with him last time?!"

"I-I didn't! It was Bakubro and Midoriya who did most of the ass kicking!"

Of course. And it's just their luck that neither are there. Maybe he should have dragged Izuku back here when he found him after all. 'If only I could contact him.'

"Hmmm! Hmmm!"

Hearing the high pitched and panicked hums, Aizawa looks over and spots Yui Kodai running out of the lodge, frantically waving around a phone in her hand.

"Hmmm! Hmmm!"

Hearing her panicked squeals, Monoma translates for the hero. "Eraserhead! Kodai says the phones are working!"

His head immediately snaps up just as Yui throws the phone through the web of whipping tendrils.

The phone bounces off one of the thinner tentacles but thankfully Mina was nearby to grab it and hurry it over to her teacher. Aizawa snatches it and quickly brings it to his ear.

["Mr. Aizawa!"]

"Yaoyorozu? How-"

["We disabled the villains' communications jammer!"] Momo explains, speaking rapidly through the phone like she's on a time limit. ["We already called for help!"]

He wants to ask her so many questions. Like where did she get a phone? Creation perhaps? Or how did she manage to get a signal through? But for now, he needs to focus on the important details. "Where are you right now?"

["Awase, Kuroiro, and I are located on a cliff top Northeast of the lodge, we have a perfect view of the valley. And Mr. Aizawa…everything's in chaos."]

"I've noticed."

["Listen! We can't reach anyone else. But the creature that's attacking everything seems to be focused near the center of the trail where the Test of Courage is. And I believe the Pussycats are engaged in battle with some villains. Not sure but we're seeing a lot of purple lights and sparks. But listen, the creature it's massive. It's taken over nearly the whole forest! I-I think it's focused on someone!"]

Having been close enough to overhear, Mina listens in closer as Momo explains.

["I'm afraid our friends and classmates are too exposed! It's going to crush them!"]

Mina's throat closes in on itself as she chokes.

["We have to help them!"]


"We can help you! Come on, Fun Gus! Fun Gus, please! Calm down!" Izuku begs, holding on tight to Shoji as they race and weave through the tendrils and trees. "I'll-we'll play a game with you!"

"Oh, like hell we will!" Bakugou barks as he rockets by with his Explosions.

"Okay!" Fun Gus giggles evilly. "I never did get to play Ring-Around-The-Rosie with you, Mr. Fake-Froggy Broccoli Baby!"

Fun Gus' entire mass rises like a wave and begins to spin all around itself like a sloshy tornado, spew goop and fungus everywhere as this cyclone of ooze crashes through trees after them. All the while Fun Gus giggles and sings. "Hehehehehahaha! Ring-a-ring-a-rosies~. A cave full of bodies~. Ashes, and rashes~. You all fall DOWN!" His spinning tendrils swing pout and crash through the thick trees before nearly slamming into the Shoji, Izuku, and Bakugou.

Shoji stumbles and falls but manages to catch himself and Izuku before taking off again. And Bakugou nearly crashes but manages to land on the ground before blasting apart another incoming swinging tendril.

Seeing that they survived enrages the insane freak even more. "You're all still stupid dummy head CHEATERS! YRRAAAHHH!"

Despite their struggling to keep ahead of the massive monster, they are doing a great job of distracting the villain, giving Shoto, with the unconscious Tsuburaba, and Tokoyami a chance to hurry to Tsuyu's and Ochaco's aid.

"Asui!" Tokoyami calls, sliding over to their position.

"Tokoyami! Todoroki! Am I glad to see you two!" Tsuyu admits with a relieved smile, although her worried gaze never leaves the rampaging Fun Gus.

Shoto slides in as well, frowning as he gazes upon Ochaco's broken arm and bruised body. "Uraraka…"

"She's hurt real bad." Tsuyu chokes, holding her gently and trying to make sure she's as comfortable as possible.

"Quickly." After placing his passenger down, Shoto creates a chunk of ice and then rips open his shirt and quickly places the ice inside. Together they gently wrap the cool sling around her arm, wrapping it nice and tight. "This should help with the swelling." He explains, tying it as gently but as tightly as he can while still keeping an eye on the battle.

He then uses extra pieces of the torn shirt as extra bandages, freezing them partly as to help keep them cool.

"Be fast." Tokoyami warns as he helps Shoto and Tsuyu tie the frosted bandages to Ochaco's bruised legs and arms. "I'm unsure how long they can distract that monster."

The cool bandages seem to be helping as Ochaco fades back into consciousness, not enough to move or speak but enough to be aware. To watch her worried friends' faces hovering over her all the while a giant orange mass roars, consumed by its vengeance for a rocketing ash-blonde and an injured green-mop.

"YRRAAAHHH! Stop it! Stop it! STOP IT!"

"Ha! Ha!" Bakugou howls with laughter, rocketing through the air as tendrils uselessly whip around him. "Stupid brat! Just go ahead and DIE!" The next Explosion he releases resonates through the air, blasting away the incoming tendrils and earning a painful shriek from the mutant.

"YRRAAAHHH!" Enraged Fun Gus tendrils lash out in all directions, but his main body slinks away in fear of the burning heat.

Ducking away from the burning heat and bits of flying moss, Shoji shields himself and Izuku behind his web of arms. "He sure is mad." Shoji comments, swinging his arm aside to wipe away the gross bits of burning moss.

"HA! This is nothing!" Bakugou drops down beside them, looking mighty impressed with himself. "Trust me things could be a whole lot uglier!" Sparks pop from his palms and his grin widens in excitement.

"Meanies! Bullies! POOPY-HEADS!" Fun Gus' face contorts and expands, rows of needle-like teeth pop in and out of view from within his contouring maw and his voice cracks and breaks becoming deeper and thunderous. "I will have my vengeance upon you ALL!"

His full Mycelium side has come out, grotesque and mutated with rage and insanity as tendrils thrash across the forest.

Meanwhile the kids watch on gobsmacked and horrified only for Izuku to break the tension. "Okay. Now things have gotten ugly."

"RAAAAHHHH!" Fun Gus, no, the Mycelium lets out a massive roar as it restarts its attack.

Meanwhile, as the three stay, they do their best to keep the monster distracted Asui, Tokoyami, and Shoto hurry to hide their injured amongst the thick trees and brush.

After making sure Ochaco's comfortable, being propped up against a tree, and that her arm and leg are wrapped up all nice and tight in cooled bandages. Shoto and Tokoyami turn their attention back towards the ensuing chaos.

"Asui, can you watch them both on your own?" Shoto asks, his gaze never turning away from the chain of Explosions and monstrous roars. "They need our help out there!"

Tsuyu frantically nods her head as she checks Ochaco's bandages one more time. "I've got them! Go!"

"Tokoyami we'll need Dark Shadow!" Shoto exclaims as he takes off back into the proverbial fire.

"Right!" Not daring to bring shame on himself for abandoning his friends, Tokoyami follows swiftly behind him.

As quickly as they entered the fray Shoto is just as fast, quickly spotting Shoji running away with Izuku on his back as a trail of tendrils race after them.

Assuming that Bakugou must have ditched them in favor of attacking the main body, Shoto quickly comes to the rescue and unleashes a devastating wall of flames. The fire consumes the incoming tendrils, burning them to ash while also earning the Mycelium's irre.

"RAAAAHHHH!"

"Keep up the pressure!" Izuku shouts as Shoji comes to a stop beside Shoto. "He's no match for us if we work together!"

Shoto quickly turns his flames onto the monster's main body, burning away at its mossy flesh. Howls from the beast rise into the air along with burning embers and smoke and yet its rage keeps it intact, as it continues to thrash and push its way through the flames.

Shoto keeps his flames focused on its center but it's not enough, the Mycelium is ever expanding his body, overtaking his flames like a slow-moving towering wave. "It's not enough! Bakugou! Finish him!"

There it is his que. The moment to swoop in and be the badass, by finishing this monster off in one giant eruption of flames and fire. Undoubtedly, he'll come from above to deliver a mushroom cloud of power.

"Bakugou?!"

But it never comes. There's no epic Explosions. No cursing and someone yelling the word DIE. Nothing except the Mycelium's slow encroaching.

'Where is he?' Izuku's heart races as he frantically scans for the ash-blonde or a familiar ring of Explosions going off. This way and that, he looks and looks but there's nothing but trees, forests, the moon, and a man dressed in a top hat and coat! Wait.

"Look!"

Everyone's heads shoot up towards the treetops where a lone figure stands before the moon light, like It was his personal spotlight.

"Nice trick, eh?" The mask wearing villain inquires with a bit of slight pride laced in his tone. "I took the lad you're looking for with my magic."

Everyone's stunned, staring up in shock at how this could have slipped by them.

"He…took…them?" Ochaco's wheezes, her eyes peeling open painfully, her legs shaking with effort.

The villain tilts his hat as a lone shining marble dances between his fingers. "A talent like his would be squandered were cast as a hero. We'll provide him with a grander stage where he can truly shine!" The villain, Mr. Compress, announces with a showman's fervor, flashing the marble to them, indicating that it is indeed their dear friend.

"Give him back!" Izuku shrieks, his lungs burning with agony and rage.

"Give him back? What an odd thing to say? Bakugou doesn't belong to anyone. He's his own person. Don't be so arrogant."

"We'll stop you!"

Shoto wants to step in and do just that but the fact that he has to hold the still rampaging Mycelium keeps him from doing anything else.

"Why the aggression?" Mr. Compress ponders aloud as if he didn't already know the answer. "We merely wish to show him that there are other options beside the fanatical world of heroism he's drowning in. It's important to choose a path that aligns with your core values after all."

As Mr. Compress lectures on about opportunities and paths, Shoji was busy keeping a lookout in case this was nothing more than a distraction for more villains to attack. But in his wariness, he notices that no one has in fact appeared but instead that another has vanished. "It's not just Bakugou! Tokoyami's gone!"

'He's snatched up two of our strongest classmates without a sound. What power is this?' Shoto snaps his gaze back towards the villain, his fire intensifying as he does much to the Mycelium's dismay. "If you're monologuing because you think you've beaten us, you're mistaken!"

"A bad habit of mine." He admits as he plays with the marble, which undoubtedly has Bakugou trapped inside. "I was once an entertainer, you know. Taking Tokoyami was a bit of improv on my part." As he rolls Bakugou's marble in between his fingers, he cups his hand before opening it again to reveal a second marble dancing between his fingers.

With everyone keeping their focus on him nobody notices the poor girl struggling to get to her feet. Her balance shaky as she leans her entire body onto a tree for support.

"Moonfish. Our dear Blade-Tooth. He may not look it but he's a dazzling death row devil whose last appeal was denied. When I saw the avian take him down so easily; and, not to mention, how violently he struck back at Fun Gus and yourselves, I decided he should join our troop."

Izuku finally loses it and snaps. "You bastard! You can't take them!"

"Midoriya calm down." Shoji warns, and not because Izuku just screamed into his ear.

Even though Shoto's flames are holding the Mycelium back, the creature's rage wills it through as a lone-tendril swings down and through the flames, nearly crushing the teens and Mr. Compress alike.

"Apologies!" In a feat of great acrobatics Mr. Compress twirls away, leaping through the air while still keeping a hold of his passengers and top hat. "But Sleight of Hand and escapology are my specialties, not combat. I'm not foolish enough to fight hero candidates from U.A. Or the monstrous yet delightfully chaotic Fun Gus!" With the grace of a bird, he lands atop the opposite tree line as if it was nothing more but an extension of a glorious stage.

"Now what will you do?" He inquires back to the group. "Chase me down and get back your companions? Or retreat and lick your wounds? Then again you still have him to deal with." he gestures towards the withering monster. "What a predicament this is? My, my, what to do? None of you are quite at the top of your game. Certainly not worthy of a good performance? But yet can you really stand aside as I exit stage left with not-so welcoming gifts?"

They don't want to. Especially Izuku who weakly scraps and grabs at the Omnitrix but that familiar low hum of it charging reminds him that it's impossible to do so.

Not waiting for an answer, Mr. Compress leaps off into the night. "What will you choose? I cannot wait to find out~. The suspense is captivating!"

Shoji screams, his extra eyes never blinking as they watch the villain escape. "They're going to take them! Our friends…!"

"They can't!" Izuku shouts behind him only to be outshouted by a furious Mycelium. "RAAAAHHHH!"

"You're right!" Shoto agrees as he desperately tries to hold the villain back, but he's been at this for too long as his firewall is starting to weaken and die out. "But we still have him to deal with!"

"We have to go! He has our friends!" Izuku exclaims. "Let Fun Gus chase us, that'll give Asui and the others a chance to escape! The rest of us will go after the villain and get our friends back!"

Shoto peers back at the monster and quickly realizes that he won't be able to hold him back for long. But then again Fun Gus is clearly not on one side, he's a wild card, so perhaps they can potentially turn him on the villains if he were to follow.

So, with their options considered, Shoto lets it be known what he prefers. "Okay!"

With his cooperation secured, Izuku turns to Shoji who only needs to nod in approval before he finally turns to Tsuyu and the others. "Tsu! We're leaving them in your hands!"

"O-.." She seems hesitant, scared, and would much rather they stay and go get the pro heroes. But considering the circumstances… "O-okay…! But please be careful!"

Shoji squares up, getting ready to run as he secures his hold on Izuku. And Izuku on his part braces himself, a grip on the Omnitrix, ready to dial up the next alien for when it's recharged. And with them both ready they slowly turn back to give Shoto the go ahead.

With a shaky breath Shoto, sets his feet and gets ready to run, and taking a breath he prepares to cut off his flames and run.

But before he can make his move one of the mycelium's tendrils breaks through the flames and makes a beeline right for Izuku and Shoji.

Neither have a chance to react as it barrels towards them, they only have seconds before it crushes them flat like pancakes.

Tsuyu gasps but because of the tendril but because of the pink blur that shoved right past her.

"SMASH!" A bandaged Ochaco leaps and smashes her left fist into the tendril, blowing it up and shattering it to bits with the sheer force of One For All.

The boys stand in shock-n-awe as bits of Fun Gus splash down everywhere, and on them.

The girl collapses to one knee as she lands but with the resolve of a mighty queen she gets back onto her feet, determined not to let the villains win. "Y-you're not…leave me…behind!" She declares, One For All coursing through her despite how bloodied and bruised she is.

The equally broken, however, disagrees. "Uraraka! You're hurt!"

"And so are you! If you're going then I'm going!" Stumbling her way forward she falls but Shoji catches her with a spare arm. As he pulls her up, she presses her fingers onto herself and Izuku, causing them to float. "Now hurry! We'll move faster if we're weightless!"

Izuku shakes his head, shocked in disbelief and amazement at the same time.

Sensing that he's looking at her, Ochaco turns to meet the Omnitrix wielder's gaze. "Let's show these villains what happens when they mess with U.A.."

He's gotta admit it, he'd really like to do just that.

And it seems the rest of them feel the exact same way. And so, with one last turn to Todoroki the teen takes and breath and releases the beast.

"RAAAAHHHH!" With Shoto's flames gone the Mycelium crashes forward, his tendrils thrashing and whipping, trying to grab the teens that have already taken off in the opposite direction.

"Over here! Come and get us!" Ochaco shouts.

"Don't you wanna play some more?!" Izuku cries out too. "How about Tag?!"

"COWARDS!" As predicted the Mycelium takes the bait and launches after them, completely overlooking Tsuyu and the unconscious Tsuburaba.

Tendrils crash through the trees, smashing them to confetti of splinters and leaves. His massive body crashes through the forest like a tsunami of orange goop, bulldozing everything in his path. But the teens don't care; they keep on running, never looking back even with the Mycelium hot on their heels.

And witnessing all of this from afar is Mr. Compress, who's still leaping his way atop the treetops like an expert acrobat. But of course, he's not exactly trying to escape as fast as he can.

"Vanguard Action Squad, I've acquired our target." He announces, calling the other members through the com-set located in his mask.

They all hear it from Magne and Spinner who are still in combat, to Toga and Charmcaster who are already on their way back.

The message even reaches those laying defeated out in the woods such as the tied-up Mustard, the unconscious Moonfish, and the buried Muscular.

"Our little show is about to come to a close. Meet me at the retrieval point in the next five minutes for the final bow~!"


"Hey, Dabi, did you hear the radio?! I'm so pumped up! Our boy, Compress, totally got the job done!" Twice is ecstatic, feeling he won a million bucks, he's so happy he keeps flailing and moving his arms all about to the point he could give Iida a run for his money. "The man certainly took his time. I was starting to get bored."

"Don't be a pain. He did a good job." Dabi drones as they just casually stroll away from the massive wall of azure flames burning behind them. "Now we just gotta wait for everyone to regroup here."

"You're the pain! Forgive me."

"This place was supposed to be hard to find because of the wall of flames and poisonous gas. But looks like the gas is gone." Dabi comments as he looks for said gas, he can probably assume the little shit got his ass handed to him by some pro hero. "Things never go according to plan, do they?"

"For real! This is the plan! But, uh, what did Mr. Compress mean by taking the final bow? Do you think he's got something else in mind?"

"Who knows?"


"It's moving!" Awase calls out, pulling down the binoculars after keeping a lookout from atop the clifftop.

He was keeping an eye on the giant orange mass with the binoculars Momo provided, but now that giant blob is moving!

"Where's it going?" asks Kuroiro, running over to have a look.

Awase hands him the binoculars "I think it's chasing someone."

"Who?" Momo worries as she has a look too.

Seeing the blob crashing through the forest, Kuroiro calls over to Kraab. "Yo! Robot! Do you have some kind of zoom-in and enhance feature or something?!"

But Kraab can't answer him since he's too busy staring off somewhere else and speaking like he's on the phone with someone. "Hurry! We got freaking Nomus and villains running around all over the place! ... Well How should I know?! … He ran off! … Well since when was that my responsibility?!"

"Kraab!" Momo calls again.

"Huh?!" The little bot jumps, pincers raised in defense. "Whaddaya need, kid? Can't you see I'm on the phone?!"

"Attitude." Kuroiro grumbles.

But Mono ignores him and continues. "Kraab, who exactly are you contacting? Did you not contact the police?!"

"Of course, I did!" Kraab explains before peering out over the valley again. "But they're not gonna make it here in time."

Well, that's not ominous at all. But before they can inquire further Awase notices a shift near the captured Nomu.

He turns expecting to find Chainjaw still entombed in rock and binds and that is what he finds, but he also finds a swirling black void slowly opening before the beast. "What is that?!"

The others all spin around and spot the void as well, with Kuroiro even shouting. "It's trying to escape! We have to stop-" He makes a dash for it, but Momo stops him.

"No! Stop! That's a warp gate!" She explains her mind flashing back to the events of the U.S.J. and how that very same Quirk separated her and her entire class. "I've seen it before it could take you anywhere and we'd have no way to get you back!"

Kuroiro stops, albeit unwillingly, still looking like he wants to jump and stop the beast's escape.

'Come on, think! What would the worst-case scenario be Momo? And what's the smartest thing you can do right now?' Her mind is racing with ideas and weapons, but none seems suitable, the monster would shrug it off before long. She needs to consider the facts: they might have captured Uraraka or Bakugou. Yes. That's why they're retrieving their monster. It has to be, so if this battle has been lost then…

With determination Momo uses Creation to create a little button of a device before shoving into Awase's hands. "Awase, use your Quirk to attach this to that monster!"

"I don't know what's going on but okay!" Awase takes the mechanical button and runs right for the captured Nomu. The portal has already swallowed up half of the creature so he hurries and slams his palms into its back, digging the device as far as he can as he activates Weld.

And just in time too, snapping his hand back just before the portal shuts closed. "No way he's getting that thing off."

"Good job." Momo nods, now finally taking a breath of relief.

Kuroiro looks between them wondering why now the Nomu was taken away. "But what…what does this mean?"

Neither Momo nor Awase want to say it, they don't want to be the ones to admit the horrible truth.

And so…Kraab takes it upon himself to be the bearer of bad news. "It means…that they got what they wanted."


"Come here, kitty kitty kitty!" Mange calls, pulling Mandalay with her Magnetism Quirk.

"Mandalay, no!" Tiger swoops in and grabs her, pulling her free from Magne's Quirk.

"No fair she was mine!" Magne looks over and sees the unconscious Pixie-Bob left unattended to the side and grins. "Well, I guess I'll have to settle for her!" Aiming her Support Item, she begins to pull the helpless Pixie-Bob in.

"Oh no you don't!" After dropping Mandalay, Tiger rushes back and punches Magne back, interrupting the Quirk and again while also intercepting and catching Pixie-Bob.

Tiger doesn't drop her as he goes in for another strike at the villain.

"Cghghghghhrrr! Cghghghghhrrr! Cghghghghhrrr!" However, a squad of Goombas interrupt his attack, forcing him back as he becomes outnumbered.

"Staaaay baaaack!" Mineta cries, throwing so many Sticky balls at the incoming creatures that his head is bleeding. "The only ones that are supposed to throw themselves are dazzling babes!"

"My friends!" Koda cries out into the open. "Please, protect us and shield us from their wicked intent!" His call is answered by the birds and squirrels of the forest.

The army of fur and feathers flood the Goombas, tearing and pecking at their eyes and flesh. But as they rip and tear the Living Mushrooms begin to release plumes of spores into the air.

"Cghghghghhrrr! Cghghghghhrrr! Cghghghghhrrr!"

Every bird and squirrel becomes slow and still as they each fall to the sleep-inducing spores. Either falling in place or scurrying off to hide from the thick cloud of poison.

"No! My furry fr-…friends…" Koda's eyes grow heavy as he accidentally inhales the spores, and before long he passes out too.

"Koda!" Ojiro bounds over, presses his fingers to Koda's neck. "He's out! They-they knocked him out!" As the cloud of spores rains down, Ojiro shields his mouth and nose behind his hands. "Everyone! Don't breathe in the spores!"

"RECIPRO BURST!" Iida zooms in, a trail of blue blazing behind him as he unleashes a gale-generating kick! The resulting whirlwind sweeps away the spores, clearing them from the battlefield. "Quickly get him to safety-Gah!"

"Class Pres?!"

"It's…no good." Iida grimaces, unable to move as puffs of smoke spill out from his mufflers. "My Engines…they've finally stalled out!"

That's too bad for them but that's great news for Magne. "Hehe! You kiddies tried your best but you've run out of luck! Now swarm them!"

Either by her command or the drive of their mindless instincts the Goombas have their heroes and students surrounded from all sides, their little claws and teeth chattering about as they examine their master's potentially newest toys. "Cghghghghhrrr! Cghghghghhrrr! Cghghghghhrrr!"

Although these creatures are of great concern, unfortunately, the monster hovering above them is what truly has them scared.

Peering up they find a deadly bounty hunter, SevenSeven, hovering over them with his jetpack. The villain sneers as his arm transforms into a multi-barreled blaster. "Uyo anc lalc em Ufn Usg, oto. Eecuasb m'i uhcs a Unfig."

"Cghghghghhrrr!"

Suddenly something grabs SevenSeven by the leg and weighs him down. And much to his iire he finds that the determined and chaotic little Goombas have climbed atop each other to make a pyramid of sorts to reach him.

"Cghghghghhrrr! Cghghghghhrrr!"

They claw and nip at his leg only for the hunter to kick them back before he unleashes a barrage of lasers, turning them into goo.

He's not the only one having issues as the other Living Mushrooms have also turned their attention to Magne instead, their beady eyes locked on her.

"Hey! What's the deal?!" Magne pulls back as one of the Living Mushrooms takes a bite at her hand. "Ahh! No, not us! Get them!"

"Cghghghghhrr-...!"

With a single slice the little squad of monsters fall away, minced to pieces, to Spinner's feet. "Magne!" Spinner shouts as swings his last remaining blade at the chaotic horde. "We should regroup with the others!" Spinner continues while struggling to keep the Living Mushrooms back.

"Oh! But we were winning!" Magne wines before getting interrupted by a chorus of chattering fangs.

"Cghghghghhrrr!"

Spinner throws his partner a skeptical look. "Are we?"

"Damn!" Not willing to be left behind to become mushroom chow the two take off, slicing and shoving their way through the flood of minions.

"They're leaving?!" Mineta cries, almost sounding relieved.

Mandalay doesn't like it. "But why?" Admittedly, the villains were winning.

"Running away?" Tiger growls. "Cowards!"

"It's called a tactical retreat!" Spinner spits back. "SevenSeven! You better come with us! Unless you wanna be left behind!"

SevenSeven hesitates, pausing to consider if he should disobey and fight the heroes or if he should stay on the job and follow the League's orders. And after a moment of consideration, he seems to think better of it and cut his losses. "I huolds illk uyo lal ihgtr eehr nda own. Utb het auhtro esnto'd anwt nyonea llekdi fof…ety. Os, Yeb~!" With an almost cheery bounce, SevenSeven waves goodbye before zooming away into the night leaving the heroes behind to deal with the Living Mushrooms alone.

"Where are they going?! Did-did we fail?!" Iida chokes, stumbling back as the Living Mushrooms creep closer.

"Not yet we haven't!" Tiger reels his fist back, his arm curling around itself like a spring before he unleashes the most devastating CAT PUNCH he's got. His fist slams into the nearest Goombas, shattering them to bits of goo and chunks of spongy flesh. "We still have to get our wounded to safety! Come on now! These are our woods! Our hunting grounds! We'll tear through these creeps and go after our true PREY! RAAAAGH!"


"RAAAAHHHH!" Crashing across the forest like a tsunami the heroes students are only inches away from being swept away in the tidal wave of orange goop and fungus.

Tendrils crack through the air like whips and vines, slicing through trees and brush like arrows as they lash out at their potential victims.

Shoji, now with two weightless passengers, is able to move a lot faster than before, unbound by their drag and weight as he holds both Izuku and Ochaco close to his sides.

"YAAAAHHH!" With Shoji holding her secure, Ochaco uses her only functional hand to fire Ryou Spheres back at incoming vines. The energy balls race through the air, blasting away the incoming vines; blowing them apart until it's raining goop.

"Shoji, dive to your left!" Izuku warns, giving Shoji enough time to dive out of the way as a wave of orange goop nearly crushes them underfoot.

Using his extended arms Shoji lashes out and grabs branches ahead of their path before slinging himself forward giving him greater speed then before.

And good thing too as the tendrils are hot on his heels.

But the clashing sound of ice shards assures him that Todoroki has his back as much as Uraraka and Midoriya do.

Despite freezing the path behind them, the Mycelium's massive form easily overtakes and plows its way through the ice forcing Shoto to run ahead.

And despite their predicament Shoto can't help but worry about his two injured classmates. 'They're both in bad shape. I wouldn't be surprised if they passed out any moment now.' More tendrils appear out his peripheral and he doesn't waste a second to turn them into ash with glowing flames. "Midoriya! You should have stayed behind!"

"I can do this!" Izuku insists, despite one his eyes are barely able to stay open at this point. "The first chance I get I'll recover as Wildvine or even Lodestar! Beside…I don't even feel anything!" Well except for the bubbling anger and spite he has towards the villains actions.

"Such tenacity. Such vigor. It's a most remarkable display!" Mr. Compress acknowledges with admiration like a true showman providing support for a new act. "But can you really keep this act up for much longer? I wonder." And with that he bounds across the treetops, far from Fun Gus' reach but still in the teens' line of sight.

"RAAAAHHHH!"


Charmcaster's head whips back towards the forest, startled and confused, before shrugging the worry off. "Boy, that sounds close…"

"Huh? Lame." Toga whines as they both return to the pickup location. "We're the only two here."

"Hey, crazy?" Dabi greets while sounding not at all offended that she just overlooks him. "Did you get the blood? How many different kinds?"

"Two people's~!"

"Just two?!" Twice chides. "Hey, what gives?! Weren't you supposed to get at least three?!"

"That's just the way it went down." Toga explains, not feeling at all guilty about it. "I thought those brats were going to kill me."

Charmcaster rolls her eyes at the comment. "Please, that monster would have killed us first if it had the chance."

Twice lets out a stunned gasp. "What monster?! Sounds terrible! Yay, cool! You're looking a little too happy about now. Strange. Shouldn't you be full of shame?"

"Tehehe~." With a joyful smile Toga turns away, hiding her blushing face from the rest. "Yeah, but I made some great new friends! And I found a cute boy I'm interested in~!"

"Is it me? No thanks, babe! I love you too!"

"Both of you shut it." Dabi growls softly. "You're too loud."

Charmcaster snickers at his reaction. "Well at least you can't say they don't know how to have fun."

"Good. Then they should both enjoy the fun surprise I brought you all!"

The scarred pyro and the magenta witch both peer up just in time to spot Mr. Compress bounding onto the scene, literally. He lands gracefully before them like a swan gently touching down into a still pond.

"Especially you Dabi." He tilts his hat in greeting towards the pyro as if he already understands his stage ques. "I highly suggest you get yourself warmed up for an encore. Your audience demands it!"

Dabi frowns…even more so. "What are you blathering about? What?"

"Take a hint and add some culture to your life! I'm saying that we're about to have an audience. And not of the friendly kind."

Before Dabi can give the magician a smack over the head for being so vague he soon has his answer as a massive orange wave literally smashes its way through the trees with a thundering roar.

"RAAAAHHHH!"

"Give Kacchan and Tokoyami back to us!" Izuku screeches as he and the others charge the scene with the Mycelium right on their tails. "GIVE THEM BACK RIGHT NOW!"

Surprised is an understatement as Twice scrambles back in a panic. "Hey, wait, what's this?! Who are they?! Oh, wait, I know these kids. Who are they?!"

"Out of the way." Finally picking up on his que Dabi shoves the cloner aside and throws out a roaring stream of azure flames.

The teens are forced to dive out of the way of the incoming flames, Shoji even throwing Ochaco and Izuku aside, allowing the stream of fire to collide into Fun Gus' massive form. "RAAAAHHHH!"

The monstrous Mycelium withers and writhes in pain and agony, his flesh burning to ash instantly.

"AAahhhh!" Izuku can't blame the monster for crying out, just being near the flames is enough to make his skin feel like it's peeling off.

"My arms are burning!" Shoji cries out as he dives away in the opposite direction.

As Dabi turns his flames to the forest, to create a barrier of flames between them all and the monster, Shoto calls out to his burned classmates. "Midoriya! Shoji!"

"Todoroki!"

Upon Ochaco's heads-up, Shoto spins around to find one of the villains taking a shot at them both, running over to them while ripping out strands of measuring tape from his two wristbands. The silver tape snaps and bends before straightening out to become a set of angular blades.

"The beat-up little boy in you! And the annoying little gravity girl! You're both on Shigaraki's kill list. No, they weren't!" Twice switches from howling to deadpanning his statements as he dives into attack.

Snapping to their defense, Shoto counters with a piercing glacier that propels Twice away from them both.

"Too hot!" Twice squeals as he's propelled upward.

Ochaco's fist glows pink, preparing a, admittedly, small Ryou Sphere. She prepares to throw it when a crack of a flaming whip catches her ears.

"Round Two, bitch." Charmcaster's gleeful smiles, thrilled at the prospect of having another go at her favorite plaything. "You must have a death wish. Do you really want me to kill you that badly?"

Caught between a witch and a hard place, Ochaco and Shoto glare at their opponents not wanting to give them the satisfaction of seeing them fall to despair.

Meanwhile, a sharp syringe-like device is thrown across the air. The sheen of its needle and the whip of the trailing tube is the only sign that it's even coming his way, giving Izuku barely any time to move his head before it can lodge itself into his eye.

"Hi, Izuku~! My name's Toga~!" The psychotic girl rushes over, her arms flailing around like she's skipping across a field as the syringe reels and whips its way back into place in the holder beside her neck.

"Tehehehe!" Despite her petite frame, Toga easily grabs the boy and tosses him down before pinning him in place with a devilish giggle. "I've been thinking since I saw you~..." An edge of a knife flashes from her hand, much to Izuku's shock and horror. "That you'd be so much cuter if you bled a little more! I can help!"

"Midoriya!" Shoji throws himself over him, knocking both Toga and her blade back with a slap of his hands.

Her light frame did nothing to stop how far she was thrown back, but with feline-like control she expertly rights herself and lands with her feet, sliding to a stop across the dirt with her knife still in hand. "So, that's how it is…" Her detective glee from before is gone, replaced by a cold-deadly whisper. "You want to come between us. To be honest you're not really my type." She turns her cold piercing gaze onto Shoji, her eyes deadly as the light from the azure flames dances off of them. "But I'll cut you anyway."

Shoji instinctually shields Izuku with his arms, putting a barrier between him and her despite the distance. "She's crazy."

Meanwhile, Shoto's having no better luck in trying to pin down his opponent somehow Twice is able to stay just steps ahead of his pursuing icicles.

"Ha! Ha! This is easy!" Twice laughs as he rips out his razor-like measuring tapes once again. "Give me all you got!" In a single slice he tears through Shoto's largest glacier yet, like a badass. "Hey man! Cut me some slack!"

Shoto growls in frustration. "What the hell's with this guy?!"

Watching this all from the side, Mr. Compress happily applauds away at the teens' valiant struggle. "For a squad of unrehearsed amateurs, they sure know how to put on a good show."

"What the hell, Compress?" Dabi growls yet still sounding indifferent. "I thought you said you had him."

"Are you calling me a liar? Tsk tsk. I was merely saying that he's taken the bait, hook and all."

Right on que, Izuku spots Mr. Compress and immediately calls out. "Give them back!"

Mr. Compress can't help but smirk underneath his mask almost as if this is exactly what he wanted. "Very well. If you wish for their safe return, then I will allow it on one condition." Like a magician he reveals the two marbles, juggling them between his fingers almost tauntingly: like appetizing bait on a hook. "I'll trade you one Bomber and one Black Avian for…" He purposely pauses for dramatic effect before revealing his offer. "…one Green Menace."

Izuku freezes as do the others, each coming to a stop as they fail to process the villain's words. But they heard him loud and clear, they know of his demands, and yet…they cannot fathom them at all.

And yet Mr. Compress seems to find delight in their stunned states, afterall he's effectively taken his audience's breath away. "What say you, Izuku Midoriya? Would you be so dear as to trade your soul for the souls of your classmates? What will you choose…? The suspense is killing me."


Tendrils of orange randomly thrash across the forest and air, striking at the scattered teens with fury. But despite their ferocity they fall away and collapse to piles of goo when they fall under Aizawa's gaze, his Erasure Quirk's enough to destabilize the villain's control but yet the tendrils keep coming. Without the villain's main body Aizawa's Quirk can't be totally effective.

"Kirishima!" Aizawa calls, while barely able to keep ahead of the incoming attacks. "You have to know something. Anything will do!"

"I told you all I know!" A Hardened Kirishima shouts back as he struggles against a pair of vines trying to pull him in. "Other than the fact this guy is really messed up in the head! He acts like some kid that likes to throw a tantrum but he's like this gruesome flesh-eating monster! The dude's so bad there's even ghost stories about him!"

Sero swings over, kicking the vines and freeing Kirishima before asking the big question. "A ghost is right! How are we supposed to fight something that doesn't have a body?!"

More tendrils lash out from an unknown source, this time rocketing right for the duo before they can react.

Shoving them aside, Vlad King takes the impacts, using a Blood Controlled Shield to stop the attacks dead cold in their tracks while responding back to Sero's question. "With all we got!"

A spark of azure ignites the night as an indifferent yet eerily voice calls out. "All you got huh?"

Vlad King barely has time to shield them all with his Blood Shield as a stream of burning blue hellfire bursts out from the forest.

"Are you sure it'll be enough?" Another clone of Dabi inquires.

"You again?!" Aizawa's eyes flash red instantly canceling the clone's Cremation Quirk; giving Vlad King the perfect opportunity to rush the villain and grab him.

"I'm tired of you underestimating us." Vlad King growls, his Blood Control Quirk oozing across the clone's form, keeping him perfectly bound.

In spite of being captured the clone is rather composed, in fact he's not worried at all but…thrilled. "Are you sure? You're acting exactly like I expected. You've already been defeated regardless of what happens from here on out."

The others have stopped struggling, each teen taken back and confused by the villain's words.

And the villain on his part has to admit that he might feel some sick satisfaction for having some responsibility for the terrified expressions on their faces. "The two most trusted pillars of Super-Human Society are linked together: U.A., the pinnacle of hero education, and All Might, the Symbol of Peace. What embarrassing incidents have damaged the world's trust in you both. Sloppy management keeps allowing villains to slip in and attack. People are so shaken that they almost lost all faith in you. Imagine how they'll react when they find out you let a student get kidnapped."

Aizawa's composure falls as his worst fears strike true like lightning.

"You shut up!" Kirishima snaps his skin Hardening. "That's not gonna happen!"

"Not while we're here!" Sparks fly off an exhausted Denki in protest.

"Don't be naive." Dabi comments not at all phased. "It only took a handful of us to separate you from the pros and start picking you off."

"That's enough!" As Vlad King smashes his fist into the clone's skull as another barrage of tendrils crash through the forest.

They rip through the air in a blink of an eye, reaching the lodge and piercing through its walls. The tendrils quickly begin to branch out, oozing their way across the lodge's frame, coating it in orange in seconds.

"Ha ha…" The clone fades away, laughing as the fungus does its work.

"Kota and the others are inside!" Denki scrambles back to the lodge, gripping the ooze and frying it away with a discharge of Electricity. But yet no matter how much juice he puts into it the vines and ooze spread all until his sparks become weak and fade more and more. "I'm…I'm running out of juuuuice…-!" And just like that Denki reverts back into his dumbass-self, thumbs up and all. "Eh eh eh eh…"

"Kaminari!" Mina rushes over, spraying Acid across the ooze as it quickly regenerates back.

Acting fast, Yui Kodai rips Denki away from the wall before the regenerating ooze can grab him.

"I'm...done too…" Sato chokes, collapses to his knees in exhaustion as he struggles to breath. "No more…sugar."

And Aoyama's right behind him as he holds his stomach in vain. "I…need the… bathroom."

Monoma leaps in covering them by Naval Lasering away the incoming tendrils. But as his five minutes run out Monoma quickly calls out for help. "Mr. Kan! Mr. Aizawa! We're dropping like flies out here!"

"Get them inside!" Aizawa focuses his gaze onto the lodge and in a snap the ooze falls under Erasure, clearing the way. "Hurry!"

Somehow Fun Gus' anger reaches even here as another wave of tendrils shoot out from the forest, this time making a beeline for Aizawa's exposed back.

"Mr. Aizawa!" Mina screams, unable to act.

He doesn't have time due. They'll strike him down before he can even react… They got him.

*CLANG!* A clash of metal or rather Steel, catches the vines in an iron grip and a steel bear trap. "What the hell is this stuff?! Living spaghetti?!" Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu sharp teeth hold the vine in place his Steeled arms catch the other vines. With a rip and tear of his arms and jaw the vines break away to orange slop. "Ew, gross!" He spits, trying to rid of the bitter taste. "Nasty!"

Yui and even the brain-fried Denki are shocked, happily so. But their relief is startled as a pair of large appendages snatch up the collapsed Sato and stunned Denki.

Kendo holds the two up as she calls out to Yui. "Kodai! Quickly! Let's get them inside!"

Brightening in relief Yui quickly follows, grabbing Aoyama's hand as she does and leading him inside.

The remaining tendrils flail about aimlessly yet dangerously only to be rounded up in a spare Capture Scarf.

"We made it!" Shinso pulls the tendrils down, slamming to the ground until they break apart.

"Shinso!" Kirishima's so happy to see him as is Mina. "Where have you been?!"

"Dealing with this creep." With a tug Shinso reels in an unconscious Mustard out from the ferns. "But what have you been doing? I'm gone for a few minutes, and everything went to shit!"

Spotting more tendrils on the way Vlad King interrupts their catching up moment. "Stay alert! We have to protect the lodge!" In a flash of fury, he demolishes the incoming vines only for more to take their place. "Raagh. This is getting us nowhere! Where's the main body?!"

Frowning, Mina can't help but think how convenient that would be. And yet it's hard to think since Emote has been picking up on everyone's fear and anxiety for the last hour or so. If…if only they could bring the villain to them. Hang on…maybe they can? "Kirishima!"

Kirishima shoves back the vines before responding. "Y-yeah?!"

"Does this thing have a main head or something?"

"Well, it's a…what did Midoriya call it? A Mycelium. So, yeah I think so!"

"And you said he has a short temper?"

"Yeah? But why's that matter?"

"Oh, okay. I-I think that-" Frantically she spins around until she spots who she needs. "Mr. Aizawa! If you can get a good look at its main body, do you think Erasure can shut it down?!"

Flipping away from more piercing tendrils, Aizawa lands in a squat and ducks away from the next onslaught. "Yes! But unfortunately, I don't believe its main body is anywhere near us." With his Capture Scarf in hand, he uses it like a lasso to bind up more of the tendrils along with Shino.

The two pull the vines down allowing Tetsutetsu to rush in and bulldoze right through them.

Breathing shakily Mina only takes a second to consider the implications of what she's about to do, but the thought of her friends' lives being at stake when she can do something of value is enough to get her going. "Well then, let's give it a reason to come here!"

Without proper warning she sprints right towards the forest, with no Acid or people to defend her.

Kirishima's eyes pop open. "Ashido?! What are you doing?!"

"Ashido! STOP!" Aizawa screams, fearing the worst.

"Trust me! Just like I'm trusting you!" Those are her last words as the vines and tendrils lash out, grabbing her from all sides before pulling her away into the dark of the forest.


Like a magician Mr. Compress reveals the two marbles, juggling them between his fingers almost tauntingly: like appetizing bait on a hook. "I'll trade you one Bomber and one Black Avian for…one Green Menace."

Izuku freezes as do the others, each coming to a stop as they fail to process the villain's words. But they heard him loud and clear, they know of his demands, and yet…they cannot fathom them at all.

"Would you be so kind as to come with us?" The villain stretches out his hand like a magician asking a volunteer to step onto the stage. "And I'll guarantee you that I will not harm your fellow performers."

Izuku's stunned, this was all…for him. They came for him? They were after him? All the pain tonight was to get to him? This whole time…

"What are you talking about?!" Ochaco snaps, nearly stumbling before Shoto catches her. "What is all this?! What does this have to do with Deku?!"

Mr. Compress bows his hat to the poor confused girl. "My dear, he has everything to do with this."

"Thanks to Mandalay's Telepathy we know you're well aware of our other targets." Dabi explains while gesturing towards Ochaco and Shoto. "But of course, you heroes are missing just enough details to give us the edge. That wasn't a priority list, but a kill list."

Everyone's shocked, their breaths escaping them as a cold dose of reality hits them.

"A list Shigaraki provided, letting us know exactly which pawns we can take out if we feel like it."

"Tehehe~. But there's only one person we're here for." Toga giggles, flashing her knife towards her current infatuation. "And the Handy-Bossman said we couldn't kill you. But we sure can make you bleed~. Teehee~."

Charmcaster cuts her off, not willing to let her chase him off. "He also explained that we're taking you all because of your…power." Whatever that means…honesty she doesn't fully get it but he's the boss.

"My…power?" Izuku breathes, his eyes darting towards the Omnitrix, which is now fully recharged.

"Yes, my dear boy." Mr. Compress continues. "We came for you. We came because your power is wasted on the heroes. Don't you see? This little performance we put on here today…was all for you."

"I don't get it." Shoto growls. "If you were after Midoriya the whole time then why didn't you take him before? Why take Bakugou and Tokoyami?!"

"Like I said before, my specialty is sleight of hand, not combat." Mr. Compress repeats. "And I certainly wasn't going to pit myself against the likes of a boy that can throw mountains and melt stadiums. With you sticking so close to the others, on account of your injuries, I couldn't exactly get close especially with that one watching." He gestures towards Shoji, before revealing the two marbles again between his fingers. "So, I changed my tactics. I scooped up poor innocent Bakugou as he zipped alone in the air. And for an added bonus I plucked Tokoyami as he loyally followed you all into battle. They were the perfect bait, drawing you away even further from any semblance of help. Out here you're even more alone. No one can find you. And now you find yourselves up against the likes of us." With a swing of his arms, he signs to his allies to which each prepares to strike with flames, Alchemy, knives, and blades. "I do certainly find these odds much more favorable. Don't you?'

They most certainly do not. And yet not one of them knows how to react. Or how to escape the situation. If anything, they're finally beginning to regret their rash actions…

Witnessing their hesitation and perplexation, Mr. Compress makes one last offer. "I'll ask you one last time. Will you simply allow us to walk away with your friends or will you hand yourself over to our custody? Sorry to say but either way you look at it, it's a lose-lose no matter what. But he can take solace in the fact your sacrifice will save everybody here. And isn't that what heroes are all about? Sacrifice for the supposed great good?"

Dammit, he's got Izuku pegged. What's he supposed to do? Should…should he take Mr. Compress' offer? Would…would that at least give everyone a chance to go home? Maybe…?

"Don't do it, Midoriya.!" Shoto snaps him out of his thoughts, almost like he knew the villain had him. "We don't know what their game is!"

Once again Izuku's gaze trails down to his watch, his now green watch. It glows like a small comfort, a candle in the dark, a sign that there is a small chance. And he's gonna take it. "Then we have to make sure they play ours."

'But how?' He thinks as the azure flames continue to burn.

Briefly gazing over towards the massive firewall encircling the area, Izuku can make out just a hint of Fun Gus' silhouette on the other side. As the monster continues to rampage and struggle to find a way to get to them.

"And I just happen to know someone who'll be more than willing to play along."

"Quit your stalling." Dabi warns. "Come on, we're not exactly known for our patience."

Glaring back at the villains, Izuku whispers to Shoji who hasn't moved himself away from his defensive stance. "Shoji. Help me stand up, please."

"Midoriya…" Shoji stares at him in shock and betrayal, almost as if Izuku has just asked him to kill him. "You're still injured and…"

"Just…trust that I know what I'm doing." As Izuku struggles to his feet, Shoji has no choice but to help him up.

And now with Shoji's body blocking the villains' view, Izuku quickly dials the Omnitrix. (Grips and dials Omnitrix to exactly what he needs. The others notice, their eyes briefly going wide in realization before they put on their best poker faces.

"Uraraka. Todoroki." Izuku whispers as Shoji pretends to hover over him in worry. "When I say when I need you both to clear out the flames."

The two are stunned, confused and alarmed. "Wh-why?"

"If we play our cards right then every last one of us is getting out of here. But you all will have to trust me."

Silently, but reassuringly, they do.

And so, stealing his courage, Izuku prepares to face the villains.

Mr. Compress chuckles while continuously juggling the marbles between his digits. "So, what will it be?"

"Do you promise to let my friends go?"

"I won't touch a hair on them. I swear it."

"Then…I'll agree to your terms."

"Ata lad."

And so, with the will to do what needs to be done, Izuku stumbles forward with Shoji following close behind in case he stumbles.

Mr. Compress approaches as well with Dabi hanging back just in case.

As they approach each other, Izuku checks one last time to confirm if Fun Gus is still behind the flaming barrier. And seeing that he is gives the boy an ironic sense of hope.

And so, the two sides meet at the center of the clearing, standing across from each other warily with a metaphorical line in the sand dividing them.

"Hand them over." Izuku demands trying to sound braver than he actually is.

"Of course." Carefully Mr. Compress holds out the marbles towards Shoji, but he gestures for Izuku to step across at the same time.

And so, with a shaky breath…Izuku crosses the line just as the villain stays true to his word and hands the marbles over to Shoji who snatches them right up, protectively.

"Well done my boy." Mr. Compress congratulates before gripping the boy by the shoulder, a not-so-subtle way of warning him not to run. "You've all been a wonderful audience but now I'm afraid it's time for us to take our final bow." He raises his free hand and snaps his fingers.

He timed it perfectly as a swirling dark vortex opens before them all. The shadows rise before a pair of piercing yellow gazes back at the terrified teens. "Hello children. A pleasure to see you all again."

"This guy! He was at the U.S.J!" Shoto exclaims.

Izuku stumbles back, only for Mr. Compress to hold him forward. "The Warp Villain."

Kurogiri takes in the scene, noting the children but also looking quite pleased to see that they do in fact have Izuku Midoriya in their possession. "Well done. All of you. Shigaraki will be pleased. And thank you, Izuku Midoriya, for your…cooperation."

The villains gather around the portal with Dabi nodding his head in a way to signal the kid to step through first. But Izuku holds his ground as he turns back towards Mr. Compress. "Release your Quirk, first."

Dabi growls. "Keep moving."

"Not until you release them." Izuku holds his composure, never turning away from the magician. "Do it."

"You're a very prudent young man. But your timing is abysmal." With a wave of his hand the marbles light up in Shoji's hand before a pair of icicle chonks burst out.

Shoto's taken back. "Is that my ice?!"

It is, which means…

"LIAR!" Enraged Izuku spins around and slams his hand onto the Omnitrix, however, the instant his body flashes green he vanishes; shrunken away into a tiny blue marble, curiosity of Mr. Compress' quick reaction.

"Like I said. Your timing is abysmal."

"You went back on your word!" Ochaco is seething, One For All pouring off her while also blinking in and out.

But Mr. Compress waves her off. "Of course, I did. I'm playing the role of a villain. It's what we do. Besides, I am keeping true to my word. I did say that I wouldn't harm them. They're perfectly safe, I assure you."

"Bastards!" Shoto roars, flames threatening to spill but a quick flash of fire from Dabi keeps him at bay.

Mr. Compress waves his finger at the fiery teen. "Ah ah-ah. Don't be so reckless. But since I feel somewhat guilty for swindling you, I will reveal my hand. Let me explain a basic tenant of magic. If I'm flaunting something shiny," He slowly reaches for his mask before pulling it away just enough to reveal his smug expression. "it's because there's something else, I don't want you to see." And out from his mouth he rolls out his tongue revealing the true pair of marbles inside.

The teens let out a sharp gasp, from where he is Shoji can even see miniature versions of Bakugou and Tokoyami hovering uselessly inside the tiny Pokéballs.

Mr. Compress' smirk grows ever more superior at their reactions. He has them beat and all without ever throwing a punch. This has truly been one of his best acts yet.

"Wowww… You're one terrible magiciannn."

"Huh? Who said-GAH!" His body suddenly trembles and contorts, his arms flailing in angels they shouldn't be causing him to drop his mask, as a chilling grip takes over his body. "GAaaaahhh!"

"What the hell's wrong with him?!" Charmcaster demands, backing away from Mr. Compress' contorting form.

Suddenly the man stops moving, his body hunched over with his head hanging down.

The villains freeze, not sure what to make of it.

And then that's when their allies head snaps over towards them, revealing a wicked grin and that one his eyes have turned a shade of emerald-green. "You're not the only one that has a few tricks up his sleeveee. Hahahaaa." Ghostfreak howls in laughter from inside the villain's body, taking satisfaction in knowing he just threw the villains off with a single move. His gamble worked, he assumed that Ghostfreak would be able to phase right through the marble once captured and oh boy did it pay off.

"Shoji, catchhh!" The possessed Mr. Compress flings the marbles back at Shoji, and as the multi-armed boy catches them, Ghostfreak releases the Quirk's hold, thus releasing a very confused Bakugou and Tokoyami. "TODOROKI, NOWww!"

"I hope you know what you're doing!" Shoto slams his right foot down towards the flames, and a wave of cold ice crashes through the clearing and over the flames, extinguishing them in seconds. And the instant the flames go down an opposing wave of orange and moss comes roaring onto the scene.

"RAAAAHHHH!" The Mycelium roars out one last time before reverting back into his more notable form. "No Fair! No Fair! NO FAIR! Where are Mr. Fake-Froggy Broccoli Baby and Sparky Sparky Boom Man?! TELL ME!?" His body and tendrils invade the entire clearing swiping at both friend and foe alike without any restraint or composure.

"QUICK! TO THE LODGE, NOWww!" Upon his command Ghostfreak's friends take off for the forest.

But before he himself can follow Toga tackles her possessed ally to the ground. "What in the hell's gotten into you?!"

"His conscious finally became too much for him to ignoreee." Ghostfreak jokes before expelling himself from the unwilling body. "Or maybe it was just meee!"

His appearance, albeit still battered and bruised with a darkened arm and nasty splotches of ink-like blood staining his form, is enough of a shock to cause Toga to flinch giving the specter ample time to escape.

"Grab him!" Dabi commands.

Twice leaps through the invading vines with his metal measuring tapes out. "You're mine! No, let him go!" He slices but Ghostfreak simply phases through no problem. "Hey, that's cheating! Fair enough."

"Hahahaaa, grab meee? Yeah, good luck with thattt!" With a web of vines between the villains and his fleeing friends, Ghostfreak has no trouble catching up.

Clinging to Shoji's arms, Tokoyami blinks up at the specter in utter confusion. "Midoriya! What-"

"Explaiantion laterrr. For now, we runnn!"

And together they go flee, evading the last of the vines as they escape into the cover of the forest.

However, they weren't subtle enough as Fun Gus spots them through the canopy. "YRRAAAHHH! Come back here!"

And like a giant mountain the blob of goop chases after them, his mass completely plowing through the forest like a speeding glacier.

"No! He must not escape!" Upon Kurogiri's command the villains bound after the stampeding blob. Meanwhile the Warp Gate user hangs back, without proper visual or coordinates he cannot effectively sweep the teens up and away. And thus, not willing to risk his own capture he awaits his comrades to do their part.

Meanwhile, Bakugou rips himself free of Shoji's grasp in favor of rocketing himself through the air instead. "Deku?! What the hell's going on?! Why are we running away?!"

"If you wanna stop, be my guesttt!"

Peering back, he sees nothing but a speeding wave of orange death right behind them. And beyond that a pack of villains running behind on the trail of destruction left by said wave.

"Fucking Dammit!" With a roar he speeds ahead, blasting apart incoming tendrils as he does.

The teens bob and weave through the trees while simultaneously keeping out of the reach of the angry tendrils and ooze. Ochaco, making herself weightless, is piggy backing on Shoto as he generates a trail of thin ice along the ground as a means to propel himself forward. Using her legs to lock herself in the place she is able to blast back incoming attacks with admittedly weaker but still effective Ryou Spheres.

Shoji moves the slowest, but still just ahead of the wave with Tokoyami still in his grasp. But as the wave crashes forward, Fun Gus' power and speed snaps away the trees into explosions of splinters and leaves. As a result, an entire tree trunk gets flung ahead, spinning in the air as it comes dropping right down towards Shoji.

"DARK SHADOW!" Taking a risk Tokoyami releases the rogue familiar, to which Dark Shadow makes quick work of the massive trunk, swatting away with ease.

*Boom! Boom! Boom!* Just then Bakugou rockets past, his Explosions providing enough light to ensure Tokoyami's control. It's like a chain of destructive fireworks have been unleashed into the forest as Bakugou weaves his way through the air covering all his classmates when needed.

All the while Ghostfreak takes the rear for himself, phasing in and out of existence in order to defend against Fun Gus' attacks.

All in all, it's total chaos. Messy, unorthodox, chaos. But it's working…for now. Izuku knew the risk, he did but hopefully this gamble will pay off too. With Fun Gus on their tail and acting as unpredictable as he is, the villains will be forced to keep their distance. Most likely they're hoping Fun Gus will catch them and they'll be right there to snatch them up. So, if they stay ahead of this monster they should be good. But they can't keep this up for long. Even though he doesn't have legs or a main body he can still feel his body growing weaker and weaker with every second, and the pain is finally starting to set in. They…they need to end this and fast. But how…?

The lodge! They-they need to find their way back to the lodge right this second.

"Everyone, we need to change courseee! Head for the lodgeee! We win if we can lead them back to Mr. Aizawaaa!"

The others instantly understand, with one look Mr. Aizawa will put a stop to Fun Gus' rampage and if everyone else is there too then the villains will be outnumbered. It's perfect!

"We'll make ittt! Just stick togetherrr! We'll use Fun Gus as cover for as long as we cannn!"

Unbeknownst to them, there is a shift in Fun Gus' attention and then like most plans it takes a hard left turn. Literally, as Fun Gus suddenly and inexplicably takes a hard 90 degree turn and races off for another part of the forest, leaving the teens entirely exposed to the pursuing villains.

"Where's he going?! We're over here!" Shoto yells, watching their plan fade away just like that.

"And without cover!" Ochaco cries out as the villains, seeing their chance, seize the moment to pounce.


"Ashido! They took Ashido!" Tears pool in Kirishima's eyes as he desperately searches for an answer. "Mr. Aizawa what do we do?!"

But he's just as stunned as he is, wondering what she could have meant and why she would willingly throw herself into danger. 'Trust her? What…what did she mean? What?!'

"Eraserhead, focus!" Vlad King barks, trying to snap him out of his stumper. "Now's not the time to falter, we have to rescue her!"

Sero nods in agreement. "Yeah! Let's go get her!"

Shinso couldn't agree more. "Then what are we waiting for?"

Kirishima runs past, already having his heart set on her rescue. "Let's go guys!"

"No wait!" Aizawa roars but there's no need as the distant sound of rumbling reaches their ears.

It starts off soft but then quickly grows louder with every passing second until the ground itself is shaking and the roar of trees being turned over and crushed echoes across the air.

"You all hear that?" Tetsutetsu ponders, looking around for the source.

Yui let's put high pitched hums while frantically pointing for Kendo to look.

Kendo does and sounds the alarm. "Something's coming this way!"

"Prepare yourselves!" Vlad King warns as he creates gauntlets so blood over his fists. "It sounds big."

"Is it that giant from before?!" Monoma cries out in worry, thinking back to that sudden godzilla looking thing from before.

And then that's when they hear the screaming. Or rather the roaring of a monster and the screams of a girl, all intermixed. "YRRAAAHHH!/Waaaaaaahh!"

And then a tsunami of orange goop smashes through the tree line, towering over them like a tidal wave. A small face glowing within the tsunami of orange as Mina Ashido is caught up in the mess, her body being flung around as her antennas shake and tremble with vigor.

"Ashido?! And-" Kirishima freezes in place when he sees the monster's face. "F-F-F-FUN GUS!?"

"Mr. Red-Red Boy!" Fun Gus is overjoyed to see him. "YAY! I know you'll play with me! Won't you?!"

"No! No way! Never again! Aaaahh!"

Wedged within the creature's mass, Mina yells out for them all to act. "Mr. Aizawa! HURRY!"

Aizawa has a lot of questions but there's no time, this is the exact opportunity he's been looking for. That mass has a face which means it's the villain's main body! Which means, Erasure will work!

And it does As his gaze turns red and his hair floats up Fun Gus' massive size and weight begins to falter and shrink, collapsing in on itself as if he were melting.

"Whaaaa…?! Wha's happe'ing to m'...?" He gurgles and chokes as his Quirk finally fails him until he's nothing but a massive puddle of orange goop and slime. "Cheat'rs! Big fa' cheat'rs! I h'te youuu-...!"

Sensing weakness, the violet haired boy decides to put an end to this charade. "Do you want to play another game?"

"YRRA-...!" Fun Gus freezes, going quiet as his expression turns into a daze.

"Let's play the Quiet Game. Shall we?" Shinso smirks while laughing at his own quip.

With Fun Gus pacified, Mina is left wallowing in orange goop and muck. But she can breathe easy and finally allow Emote to calm down, no longer does she have to focus on the emotions of anger and irritation in order to influence Fun Gus to come this way. Now she can allow herself a moment to catch her breath and to wipe away all the gross and sticky gunk.

"Ashido!" Kendo and Yui run over, quickly moving to scoop her out of the mountain of moss. "Are you alright?! What happened?"

Aizawa watches on with intrigue and concern. 'What happened indeed…?'

"That was totally awesome!" Tetsutetsu beams. "We totally showed this punk what for!"

"Hell ya!" Kirishima cheers. "We totally got this!"

The others' spirits seem to have risen too and yet Mina can still sense doubt permeating the air, especially from one source: Mr. Aizawa.

Aizawa can't admit victory yet after all… 'Midoriya hasn't returned with Bakugou and Uraraka yet. Where are they…?'


"Why can't things ever just go as planneddd?!" Ghostfreak whines as he zooms through the trees, literally.

"Why do they have to be so persistent?!" Shoto barks back as he continues to propel himself and Ochaco forward with bursts of ice.

With their cover gone, the villains have the perfect opportunity of attack. They're forced to flee through the trees while also dodging a barrage of flames, knives, pixie-dust, and blades all while at the risk of being turned into helpless marbles.

A syringe nearly pierces Ghostfreak's hide, but he quickly phases out, allowing it to pass through.

"Izuku, please don't go!" Toga blushes as she chases after them. "We were just starting to get acquainted!"

"Ahhh! N-no thanksss!"

"Keep your hands off of him!" Ochaco roars as she tries her best to blast the villainess away with a Ryou Sphere.

Charmcaster rushes past the explosion of pink with a sickening grin. "Feisty! You still got some bite to ya!" With a flourish she produces a set of seemingly magical whips, the whips lurch and sway as they form into a hybrid of whips and hissing serpents.

"Well so do I!" Charmcaster slings her snake-whips at them, the serpents snapping their fangs as they're flung across the air.

But Dark Shadow manages to grab the living whips in his claw, stopping them dead in their tracks.

"Foul witch!" Tokoyami seethes.

But then Dark Shadow is the one put down as Dabi releases a burst of azure flames, weakening the beast, "This wasn't the plan."

"It is now. No, it's not!" Twice paradoxically comments as he rushes past the pyro.

Meanwhile, Mr. Compress bounds across the treetops while looking for a good opportunity to strike. "You've upstaged my performance! I cannot allow that to stand! Therefore, I'll make sure this is curtains for you! GAH!"

An Explosion knocks the villain off course as Bakugou rockets away. "Save the act for the birthday parties, will ya?!"

"We can't keep this up for long." Shoto admits with a shudder. "Uraraka, use your Zero-Gravity on us! We'll have Midoriya fly us out!"

"You got it!" His passenger quickly reaches out and places a hand onto everyone except Bakugou and Ghostfreak.

"Flight to U.A. now departinggg!" On her mark, Ghostfreak swoops down and grabs them all with Shoto clinging to his left arm and Ochaco hanging on him, while Shoji has a hold on Ghostfreak's side while using his other free hands to hold onto Tokoyami. Together the weightless squad skedaddle away right into the air.

"Stop them!" Upon Mr. Compress demand Dabi releases a stream of flames.

"Pathetic!" Bakugou shields them, countering the flames with his own Explosion before bursting himself away.

"Damn!" Dabi growls, watching uselessly as they begin to break their way through the canopy.

"We made it!" Tokoyami exclaims with relief and excitement with hope rising in the back of his throat.

Shoji can't help but cheer along as they break through the canopy. "We're home free!"

"Hahahaa!" Ghostfreak laughs along too, feeling as free as a bird as the fresh night air cools their faces. They're homeward bound now; the lodge is just a hot skip and a step away like this. Not one of these villains can fly which means they're in for an easy time now!

But as they premature celebrate they fail to even notice the singular figure hovering before their path. The interloper raises a single arm presenting forth a purple blaster,

*PEW!*

"Gaaaaaahhh!" The violet laser strikes Ghostfreak dead on, shocking him to his course and causing to let go of his friends.

"Deku?!" Seeing this Bakugou rockets back to an attempt to catch them, but then an aura of blue surrounds him and he finds himself behind propelled downward. "What-the hell?!"

"Aaaaahh!" He and a pink-aura glowing Ochaco slam into each other in midair, the force of which propels them both down. They crash into the ground hard along with Ghostfreak and as a result her hold over Zero-Gravity breaks resulting in others plummeting as well. "Aaaahhhh!"

They each hit the ground hard, crashing through the branches and trees until they hit the solid earth underneath. Landing hard with undoubtable bruises and potentially broken bones. Even Ghostfreak's gone silent as he lays sprawled on the ground with his face to the dirt, a clear sign that he might be passed out.

"What's-?!" Shoto, despite the pain of all the bruises cover his body, move to get up only to be greeted by a blade held in front of his face.

"Hero spawn." Spinner spits in contempt. "Your escape was futile."

"Sorry darlings." Magne waves, arriving on the scene, acting as if this was always normal. "But we can't have you running away on us, can we?"

SevenSeven hovers down and lands, his blaster still trained on the teens. "On ew nnoatc."

With all the fall damage they've taken the teens struggle greatly to even prop themselves up before they realize that the villains have already surrounded them from all sides. In fact, there's only a few feet separating them and the villains, they're practically on top of them now.

"Enough. Stay down." Dabi warns, his hand ablaze with burning flames. "You cannot possibly have any more fight in you. And if you do, well, do you really think you can escape now?"

They can't. Not at this range and not when they're all this tired and injured. But…there has to be a way out…somehow.

"The painnn…"

It sounds off but that was definitely Ghostfreak as he withers on the ground, his body still bruised and oozing bloody ink from all his previous injuries. "The painnn…"

SevenSeven approaches slowly, his arm blaster reforming to become a spotlight-like device. "Na cEontuiter? I nwok xcaelyt owh ot aeld ihtw uyo." Aiming the ray gun down he fires, releasing a seemingly harmless light, and yet steam evaporates off Ghostfreak's body the instant the light surrounds him.

"Aaaahhhhh…!" The UV rays burn through his skin, boiling him from within. But he can do nothing but wither and wail as his strength quickly leaks away.

"No! Leave him alone!" Ochaco begs with tears streaming down her pale, sweat soaked, face. "You're hurting him!"

"Tehehe~." Toga seems to find delight in that fact as the blush on her face reddens.

Not totally understanding how SevenSeven can keep this ghoul in check like he is, Dabi figures it's best to move on and hurry with their initial plan. "Compress, grab the kid. Now."

"Of course." Mr. Compress steps forward, pulling on his glove like a doctor that is about to perform a surgery. "Mr. Midoriya I do believe it's time to go."

"The painnn… The painnn…!"

"Do not worry, it'll all be over soon." Mr. Compress leans over him, his hand stretched out and awaiting the moment the specter to pass out from said pain.

"D-Deku!" Ochaco screams.

"No!" Shoto roars.

"Midoriya!" Shoji and Tokoyami yells out as well.

"DAMMIT-" With a thundering roar Bakugou blasts himself forward, not giving a damn for consequences.

"Bakugou, no!" Ochaco cries out but it's far too late.

"DIE!"

Reacting in a split second, SevenSeven spins around and on reflex he quickly snatches up a specialized grenade to launch back at the kids.

But at the same time Bakugou blasts him back with an ear-splitting Explosion. The blast knocks SevenSeven back and at the same time he loses grip of the grenade. The bomb falls and the moment it hits the ground it detonates, releasing a highly pressurized shockwave that tears through the nearby area.

Everyone, friend and foe, are blasted right off their feet by the invisible force and tossed aside like bags in a windstorm. And down they all go.

"Come on nerds!" Bleeding from the forehead, Bakugou gets up and ushers them along. "Now's our chance!"

Stumbling to get up, Shoto hurries along too. "Let's go!"

"Deku! Where's Deku?!" Ochaco scans the area before quickly spotting Ghostfreak laying on the ground this time moving and picking himself up with his head still facing towards the ground. "Deku! We-we have to go now!"

But he doesn't respond, nor does he move instead he drones on about one thing… "The painnn…"

"D-Deku?" Something's…something not right. He…he doesn't sound right?

Slowly Ghostfreak raises his head and as he does Ochaco is able to lock eyes with not green but with a single purple eye. "Painnn… KRAAAAAAHHH!"

Ghostreak releases a banshee like wail that rattles everyone to their core, the shriek feels like it's distorting the air like a smog, making them choke. As he screams Beetlejuice-colored tentacles rip through the aberration's body like rabid serpents and spikes. The tentacle fly out everywhere, whipping around without aim but with deadly force as they rip and tear through the nearby trees and branches.

"Midoriya! What are you-?!" A tentacle slams into Shoji's gut as another pierces through the webbing between his arms.

"Shoji!" Tokoyami hurries to his side, forced to use Dark Shadow to shield them from more attacks. "Midoriya! Have you finally turned?!"

"KRAAAAAAHHH!"

The heroes aren't the only ones confused, so are the villains.

"He's attacking…his own friends?" Magne asks, pulling up her glasses as she blinks in disbelief.

"Something's not right." Charmcaster comments as she repels one of the offending tentacles with a purple dagger. "Something's not right at all."

Dabi shrugs, not affected by this in the slightest. "Who cares? If the kid's gone off the deep end then better for us." He raises his hand, preparing to fire again.

Ghostfreak's violet eye snakes around his body and quickly spots the villain's incoming attack. "Painnn!"

Some of the tentacles redirect and turn on Dabi, slamming into his ribs with a powerful swing. "Gah!"

The tentacles don't stop as they swing around and turn back towards the other fire user.

Shoto defends by generating a shield of ice, which thankfully fends off the attacking limbs. "What's happening?!"

"It's like before! Back when we were training!" Ochaco explains in a panic as she ducks and covers from Ghostfreak's rampage. "The same thing happened! I- think it's triggered when his life is in danger!"

"That's some defense mechanism!"

"Deku stop, this! Please!" Ochaco begs but she'll soon regret ever speaking up as several tentacles grab her by her arms and legs. "Aaahhh!"

She screams as he pulls on her broken arm and bruised limbs all before the ghost throws her down with all his might.

"Uraraka, No!"

With the danger becoming too much, Shoto unintentionally reacts by trying to burn his rampaging classmate. But the specter simply phases through the fires before releasing the poor girl and sending the same tentacles flying at Shoto.

Shoto tries to lock them with another ice wall but it's no use as the tentacles phase right through this time forcing him to dive out of the way. But not fast enough as one of the tentacles manages to hit him, stabbing its tip right against the side of his shoulder. "Aaahh!"

With him outta the way Ghostfreak returns his attention back onto the girl. He swiftly approaches preparing to possess the wounded girl. "Paaaaaaiinnnn!"

"DEKU!" Like some action movie savior, Bakugou rockets in and body checks into the ghost; saving Ochaco from a ghostly fate but in exchange he succumbs to it himself as Ghostfreak enters Bakugou's body instead.

"What are-AAAAAHHH!" Bakugou lets out a blood curdling howl as his body painfully bends and controls in ways it shouldn't. He can feel the ghost's cold fingers reaching into his mind and yet with a bite of his tongue he is able to fight him off, turning this into a battle of wills. "AAAAHHH-GAAAH!" Even without access to his mind the ghost continues to bend and twist the ash-blonde's body to the point even tears begin to weave up in his eyes.

"RAAAAAHHHHH!" Not able to take it for much more, Bakugou's survival instinct subconsciously takes over foreign him to activate Explosion!

*BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!* Bakugou's body flies everywhere, ricocheting around with every uncontrollable Explosion.

The villains, after reeling from the sudden shock of it all, finally act as they lunge and grab for the struggling teen. But with the Explosions blasting them back before he's rocketed away in a direction out of his control. All the while screaming and wailing from the unwilling contortions all the while his body is rammed into trees and earth.

"Deku!/Bakugou!" Ochaco and Shoto cry out as Shoto hurries to intervene.

"AAAAHHH-RAAAAAAGHhh!" His screams turn into an echo of themselves, overpowered by Ghostfreak's own as his will finally wins out. He has a hold over the Mad Bomber with a single eye turning violet as a sign of proof.

"Painnn!" The possessed Bakugou's violet eye locks onto Ochaco and Shoto, and he immediately reaches his hand up towards them in response. "PAAAAAAAIINNN!"

A raging ball of fire Explodes forth from his palm, the heat tearing through the trees then ash in mere seconds.

"Uraraka! Todoroki!" With the last of his strength Shoji rushes in and grabs the two of them, throwing them out of the way of the searing inferno.

But he doesn't stop, instead of putting them down he carries the two away before the possessed Bakugou can realize that they've missed.

"No! We can't leave them!" Ochaco begs, too weak and too tired to even struggle at this point.

"There's nothing we can do for them now!" Tokoyami runs up looking mighty ashamed of their actions. "Not like this!"

Shoto glares, not at Tokoyami, but in response to his own admittance. "They're right. We should regroup and wait for an opening."

"RAAAAAAGHhh!" The possessed Bakugou finally seems to have control of his aching, bruised body. Lurching forth from the smoke and fire like a purple-eyed zombie fueled by a mysterious rage. "PAAAAAAAIINNN!"

"Ttah's nuohge!" In a flash, SevenSeven breeches through the flames, his blaster locked onto the back of the zombie's skull. "Tle's vesa het oghts fftus ofr a atrel rca!"

He fires a single stun blast right down into the teen's head. WHAM Bakugou goes down, his body shaking from the sudden high-powered jolt, the force of which expels Ghostfreak as well.

The Ghostfreak lays beside the unconscious boy, his own wounds finally overtaking him. "P-painnn… AAAaaahhh!"

He cries out as SevenSeven reignites his UV ray and shine sit down upon him, causing the ghost to wither and squirm like a tortured worm.

With the specter contained, Dabi approaches through the smoke and flames with still an indifferent look on his face. "Believe me there's more pain on the way."

Ghostfreak seems to register his words and glares back with righteous hate all before the Omnitrix timeout, mostly likely in response to trying to save Izuku's life.

In a flash of red, Izuku is left defenseless and withering on the ground, his wounds having turned black and purple with blisters already forming along his skin from the previous UV burns. And with the timing out of the Omnitrix, so too did his consciousness leave him as a silent wounded-corpse on the ground.

"Finally." Like the shadow man he is, Kurogiri reappears as a swirling vortex. "Quickly, before the heroes arrive."

Not wasting anymore time, Dabi grabs Izuku by his broken arm, with the Omnitrix locked in his stitched-up grip. He drags him to the portal but stops to address Twice. "Take him, consider it payback." He gestures his head back to where the unconscious Bakugou is.

"Don't tell me what to do! Okay." Twice hurries over, swinging the unresponsive Mad Bomber over his shoulder.

Nodding in approval, Kurogiri prepares the Warp Gate. "Now let us depart before there are any more complications."

"Yay! We did it~!" Toga cheers, stretching her arms back like a cat that just decided to quit its nap.

"Barely." Charmcaster comments as the two hurry through the ominous looking portal.

Magne and Spinner are the next to approach with Magne looking around for their other teammates. "Hey, where's dear Mustard and the others?"

"Who knows?"

Dabi hangs back with Izuku as others escape, he looks over towards the forest and through the dancing shadows casted by the nearby flames he can see the kids watching helplessly from a distance. Exhausted and broken they cannot hope to recover their friends now. "Nice try, heroes. But it looks like-" For the first time tonight his indifference falls away for a split second of twisted glee and mirth. "you just weren't good enough."

"DEKU! BAKUGOU! NOOOO!" Ochaco screams her lungs burning as the Warp Gate washes away to nothing.

They're gone.

Exhaustion finally takes down the defeated teens. Shoji collapses to his knees, his legs giving out from under him, no longer able to support his own weight. Tokoyami's left reeling in a terrible mixture of stunned shamefulness and bitter regret. Grinding his teeth in frustration and with his locks draped over his eyes Shoto punches the ground out of anger. Small wisps of fire burst out every time his knuckles hit the dirt, but it does nothing to soothe his pain.

And Ochaco falls to complete despair, she can't even register how much searing pain there is all across her body or how her broken arm has gone numb. All she notices is the cruel silence and empty space left behind after the villains stole away her dear friends. And with her spirit broken, her broken body too gives away and she completely collapses backwards onto the ground with a shocked and pale expression.

She stares lifelessly towards the smoke-filled sky as the villain's wall of flames continues to burn in the distance. Gone are the stars, hidden away behind a shroud of inky black and ominous despair.

But…there's movement. Way on high, the smoke parts away as if an invisible jet has just flown through them. Her hope rises but then falls as she realizes that help has arrived…but far too late.

Hovering high above, unnoticed by the rest, the portal door of the cloaked Razor Crest slides open to reveal a distressed Cinder. Fully decked out in his uniform, the Plumber scans the forest below for any signs of life or struggle and that's when he spots Ochaco laying defeated on the ground far below.

Even from this distance she can actually tell what he's thinking… Where's Izuku?

Tears trickle down the side of her face, her heart shattering as she witnesses the look of absolute anguish that washes over the father's face. As he finally comes to realize that…he was too late.

Ochaco's consciousness fades in and out before she completely gives in to her exhaustion. But before her mind subsidies her shame and guilt ring out in cruel declaration.

They lost.


Well, I certainly hope this was worth the wait. And I really really hope it was. If this wasn't your taste, not to worry. I do plan to really shake things up in the coming arcs. It's going to have everything. Drama! Suspense! Action! Aliens! And so much more!

So, please everyone, I must ask you to be even more patient with me. I know I do this to you a lot, but I can't thank you enough for all your support and patience. It really means a lot when I'm gone for a while and to hear how patient and in anticipation you all are. I HOPE that during this summer I can update a little bit more.

*Also, I might as well address this now, but Ze'Skayr will not be appearing during the next two arcs or so. Just don't start thinking he's gonna show up out of the blue when shit is already hitting the fan for our characters. But don't worry we'll get him soon enough, promise.

*Also, I meant to announce this sooner but we have even more Artwork from the budding artist, Smoking-Gun-275! of Deviant Art! smoking-gun-275/gallery/all

They are also known as Omnitrix Wielder while here on fanfic. They went out of their way to draw up not one, not two, but THREE new pieces of artwork for us! So, please swing on over to their gallery on Deviant Art and give them a look. Or you can hop over to this story and chapter on AO3 and check them out there.


Responses for "Guest" reviewers from Ch.74:

Atom king: This chapter is everything I hope for the action is awesome, seeing everyone from Izuku to Ochaco to even krabb fighting but with what karb saying it's too late as it looks something big is coming sometime familiar I hope izuku, Bakugou and Kirishima are ready for an big summer reunion.

CreateGunner1209: Oh yeah! You got it! And they for sure weren't ready. Also sidenote this now justifies that the Fun Guys chapter was not filler but actually important in order to understand who Fun Gus is! (Some people admitted to skipping the Road Trip Arc)


Grimm: 1. The episode is spectacular, the tension is felt and each villain shows what he is capable of, I will look forward to the last chapter, and as for whether to shorten the episodes or wait longer for a complete one, well you kill me with intrigue with complete chapters, but The shorts don't excite me so much, because I feel that they cut me off at the moment, but choose the one that is more comfortable for you to work with

2. hey, it would be great when nue and bakugou have their revenge, both emphasize their mistakes and attitudes, like nue telling him that if he is a hero, then why would he incite a defenseless young man (izuku obviously) to suicide, while bakugou makes it clear to him That he transformed him into a monster was the same and that he only blames Midoriya for not admitting that he was at fault, I think it would make the fight even more personal

PS: I'm so glad you recovered from the covid keep it up

CreateGunner1209: 1. Well I just hope the tension was still felt and maybe even more so in this chapter. And good news, I'm going back to longer chapters.

2. Oh don't worry, Nue and Bakugou are gonna have a more personal fight in the near future. Also in this story Bakugou never told Deku to kill himself (Henzu cut him off before he could say it)


Guest: Let me guess fun Gus is back can't wait he play with his new friends

CreateGunner1209: Oh, yeah!


DeadCool14: Wow, you're actually bringing that little shit back? Seems a bit overkill. But then again given the people they're trying to kidnap

The fights were so damn awesome. It is good that Uraraka is getting beaten, actually gives a challenge, she's been getting too many wins lately. Now we just need Deku to beat her

Yeah, Toepick is really cool, you should really check his full wiki page. Specially the trivia part, I can totally see him scaring the crap out of people with those mouthy tentacles *shivers* he's so damn creepy. Deku will 100% screw with Monoma when he gets him

Omg yes that name is so cool! Just added to the Tv Tropes page

Yeah, because really, what IS Kickin Hawk's power anyway? He's got the standard superhuman physique, good reflexes and he somehow knows martial arts. I imagine a good explanation would be that after centuries of fighting for survival his species evolved to somehow being able to pass on their muscle memory and reflexes through their DNA so they know the basics on how to defend themselves and then they learn and get better by being to study and replicate the fighting styles of others and counter them; partially based on how calling someone a chicken means they're a coward. However it takes some concentration to do the replication thing, which would be difficult in a fight, and he can only remember the moves as Kickin Hawk, so Deku won't be able to do kung fu as Wildmutt, unless he records himself as Kickin Hawk and teaches himself the moves

Probably a spoiler, but could we expect an Emotlyst predator when Khyber appears? He probably has DNA of random predators in case Deku gets a new alien, I mean Ben didn't unlock Ball Weevil yet and he already had the DNA for the Terroranchula, but it ends up being a problem for Mina instead

And speaking of Khyber. Do you think there's a connection between Emotlysts and Nemuina, given their similarities?

CreateGunner1209: Oh yeah, Fun Gus is back. Some people admitted to skipping the Road Trip Arc so this is a little payback for doing so. Now they have to go back and read it otherwise they have no idea who this is!

And yes this was Ochaco's loss. Actually she's lost twice now.

I haven't thought about an Emotlyst predator. I bet it would be something trippy and beautiful. I'll think on it for sure

And I'd say there's no real connection between Emotlysts and Nemuina. Let's chalk it up to convergent evolution.


Dreadbot: I really like this chapter I thought all the fights in it were fantastic I can't wait to see what the next chapter brings with fungus coming back and to answer your question I would prefer a longer stories with the beginning middle and end I am willing to wait please keep writing

I'm really surprised with how much Momo can do with the sword, it's great. Really hope she and Tetrax get to interact later on

Do Nue's clones also share damage? And does he have a limit to how many he can make? Or is it the same and the only downside is the power division?

You said that Frankenstrike will keep his intelligence, but will he get another power? Because otherwise that's a bit too similar to Brainstorm

If someone with a Quirk had the Omnitrix would they be unable to use it if they transformed?

When the Omnitrix recalibrates will it still make Deku mistransform? Because after the recalibration it didn't do that anymore until Ben and Kevin broke it in season 3

In the Ink Tank's "Ben 10 Villains Ranked!" video at 0:06 Ash is wearing a particular shirt, can you give it to Deku please? Because he would 100% have that, he'd show it off around the dorms

If you do decide to have Hatsume's parents be Planchaküles, will she know that she's adopted or will it be one of those jokes?

CreateGunner1209: Nue can technically make hundreds of clones but each one weaker than the last. So by the time he makes number 100 it wouldn't even be able to move or throw a punch. And because Megawatt DNA is in there too, the pain sharing is gone. But technically Nue is far more durable and pain resistant than a soft-squishy Ditto is

I have no power additions planned for Frankenstrike. I mean he also has Elctromagnetism too

I had thoughts about that. If let's say Bakugou gets Onitrix then can he use Explosion as Ripjaws? I don't have an answer. I wanna say no BUT the idea is too cool to pass up

I still like the idea that the Omnitrix still mistransforms but we'll see how that plays out

I have to check this shirt out

IDK about Hatsume bit yet. Those kinda jokes I think up and consider as write said chapter


Guest: I have an idea: since Ochako names her moves after celestial bodies, like Venus or Mercury, I'd envision her name the more advanced attacks after stars or constellations, like Lupus, Arcturus, Libra, or Sagittarius. I even thought of moves like Andromeda Burst Smash as her most powerful smash or Phaeton's Belt as a grapple attack to plummet the enemy to the ground. I know this sounds kinda ridiculous and half-baked, but it's still worth using. If you want to borrow the idea, or at least use this as inspiration, feel free, Mr. Guardian-Sigil! As always, take care.

CreateGunner1209: Yup that is the idea I had too! We just haven't gotten there yet but we will eventually


Guest: You said you were doing all of the canon aliens, does that include Spitter since he only appeared in 2 episodes? Also when Kyber appears you should give Tyrannopede a growing ability like Humungousaur, after all he is his predator.

CreateGunner1209: Yes, that includes Spitter too. And yeah i think the Tyrannopede should grow in size too


Guest: Found this artist's work for Albedo Transformations you could use as reference if you want to use any of them

rzgmon200/gallery/75176133/albedo-s-forms

CreateGunner1209: Thanks


BlueRangr-Lyric: Wow, that was an amazing chapter there, and I almost got the feeling that the "Storm Cloud" they see in the sky is actually Kurogiri bringing forth Vilgax's ship, which will no doubt lead to Midoriya being taken by him, but I guess I'll have to find out what it is when the chapter gets released, and it doesn't look like things are going well for Ochaco, is this your way of trying to make up for accidentally turning her into a Mary Sue? Because if it is, then it was a very effective way of doing that, especially with how badly she's being beaten by Charmcaster, as for how long it should take to make chapters, as much as I like there to be consistency, I more then not want you to take your time when making your chapters, so I say take all the time you need to make your chapters as great as they can be, okay?

When Albedo does make his appearance and gets his Red Izuku form, will you have his alien transformations have the same colours of they officially do in Omniverse or will you be having a few or all his transformations be different, like maybe Albedo's Brainstorm colour could be Purple instead of a shade of Red? Like do you have an idea on what colours you want Albedo's alien transformations to be?

CreateGunner1209: Well you're half right. It was Kurogiri but he wasn't dropping of Vilgax's ship. Nope. It was Fun Gus all along.

And yes Ochaco has lost twice now to "help" fix the Mary Sue problem

I'm not sure what shade Albedo's aliens will be yet. Again I am not considering all those tiny details until he's actually gonna be here


Guest: Reads the part where Uraraka is surrounded by Tentacles

Yakko: Seen enough interest to see where this is going *Kisses his hand and waves* "Goodnight Everybody!~"

CreateGunner1209: Hahahahaha! Pervert


Metal Lizard: So I know that Hisahia is a Plumber and has fouhgt many Villains Bounty Hunters and Aliens so many of them might want to ger revenge I know that there won't be any villains untle after the Provisional Hero License Exam but I thought that there could be some enemies of his that could come after the Exam and see the vallians that Hisahia has battled with.

Krang-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Chrollo Lucilfer-Hunter Hunter

Rhino-Marvel

Vega-Street Fighter

Fizzarolli- Helluva Boss

Soldier Boy-The Boys

Killer Frost-DC

Elsa Granhiert-Re:Zero

Bossk-Star Wars

Skarlet-Mortal Kombat

and maybe Rook well show up or any other charater that well come up but for now I'll have to wait and see what happens next.

CreateGunner1209: Oh yeah there are Earth-bound villains for sure and I have at least one in mind already that'll have an entire chapter dedicated to it. But I like a lot of these too especially Rhino, Fizzarolli, Killer Frost, etc. Some of the more alien ones I rather leave as regular alien cameos though

Oh and Rook is set to enter the story eventually too. That is for sure


Jesner: normally the sound girls make is "KKYYYAAAAAHHHH", but I think they make that sound too, so it's ok.

CreateGunner1209: Thanks for sharing


I'm Hellboy: So I gotta ask will there be a Arc with Izuku and some of his friends be traveling around the world? I know that there's the Plumbers and Aliens in Japan so why not expand that with seeing more of the world of the Plumbers and Aliens in differet parts of the world I know that Hisashi Chopper and Kraab will be going with Izuku as for his friends I say maybe Ochaco Uraraka Shoto Todoroki Mina Ashido Fumikage Tokoyami and for the countrys America, Canada, England, India, Australia they will be seeing all the news aliens and stopping any Vllains that cause trouble.

CreateGunner1209: So as of now I rather they stay in Japan. Maybe there's a quick arc to go globe trotting. Maybe if I expand the third movie? But otherwise we won't see much else outside of references to other Plumber units


Guest: Another Way Bad you can use on top of the Official ones if you want to use it

wiki/Way_Bads

CreateGunner1209: Cool!


Thunder Dragon: Can I make a few suggestions? Seeing as you brought in aliens from other series maybe you can make an arc based on the universe of Metroid with the Alien Races of Metroid being in the Ben 10 universe and you could have a bounty hunter being a secondary mentor to Izuku?

You could have Izuku and his buddies Hunting Space Pirates and also works with the Plumbers.

Also I would love to see you tackle parts of the show that were never covered. Such as the Alien Dragons. Check the Ben 10 Wiki and their is something you can use involving Dragons as an example.

For example There are also Mythical Dragons in Ben 10 Classic Continuity living on Earth along with Alien Dragons. Oh and the Mythical Dragons are in the Ben 10 2016 Reboot now as well.

Here is what I could find from their. A sect of Forever Knights would stop at nothing to destroy dragons. Dwayne McDuffie in Alien Force once claimed more of this species would be seen in future episodes, but this did not happen and there were no plans to revisit this species in Omniverse because no one wanted to revisit that arc.

Here are sources from that web-sight. It is called Ben 10 Planet.

Crew Statements

Derrick J. Wyatt

File:Dragon Aliens Different From Mythical Dragons.

File:Mythical Dragons Exist.

File:Dragons Excluded in OV.

Izuku and his mentors Relationship. Izuku would need a guide and mentor against some of the monsters from deep space and also to how things work in the rest of the Galaxy so why not make him not only have a moral mentor but also a combat mentor If I were you I would take a look at Ben 10's relationship with Tetrax and Also the Metroid, Samus and Joey Manga.

In case you are not aware Samus & Joey is a manga series of three volumes, written and illustrated by Idzuki Kouji. It has only been released in Japan, and the story line takes place between Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion. However, whether it has a place in the canon Metroid timeline has not been confirmed. This series introduces the characters Joey Apronika and Diesel, as well as several others. An unofficial translation took place from 2011-2015 by the Metroid Database and is available on their website.

A bonus chapter in Volume 1 recounts the introduction of Metroid Fusion, and was drawn to promote that game.

Comic BomBom, a monthly manga magazine, ran Samus & Joey (17 Issues, December 2002 - April 2004) which continued into Metroid EX: Samus & Joey (12 Issues, May 2004 - April 2005) for a total of 29 months. Because Metroid EX was never bound into a collection like Samus & Joey, completion of the MDb's translation was delayed for several months while they looked for copies of surviving issues. The covers were designed by Takahiro Takeda.

But hey just a thought. And maybe Izuku and some of his crew are eventually also enhanced by genetic engineering and the tech based on the tech in the Metroid Universe?

Now here is the older stuff. Seeing as you are not afraid to go into Dark Territory why not balance it out with the fun and also the funny?

I would love to see you bring in elements of the reboot of the Ben 10 series and also the reboots Alien Worlds. Let's go into Space!

If you do that then you will need to look at the reboots Ben 10 Alien Worlds cartoon shorts.

Now for the power boosts for the characters. I hope that if the Alpha Nanite appears that he will fuse with Izuku's Omnitrix to make it into an alternative Ultimatrix. Izuku could convince him to behave.

We could also have All Might spliced with Atomix because of Atomix personality and his naming his attacks. Atomix has inspiration from other superpowers Anime and Manga characters. Also Atomix has that All Might vibe.

You could have Toru Hagakure gain control of her invisibility by being spliced with Merlinisapien's DNA.

For Ryuko take a look at 5YL and see the Map Maker Dragon species and also Lazerscale for her. And also the Mythical and mystical Dragons as well.

For the Wild Wild Pussy Cats if any of them lose their quirks why not have them gain powers from other aliens why not take a look at Rath. And maybe other heroes have their quirks be upgraded and also be spliced with Alien DNA.

Also maybe when Izuku is getting more involved with the Aliens of his Universe You can implement elements of the various Ben 10 video games for Izuku and his adventures. Here is a list of the video games.

Ben 10: Protector of Earth: Ben, Gwen and Max deal with their usual rogues gallery while trying to reclaim the Omnitrix's aliens from a space mosquito. (Platforms: PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS and Wii)

Ben 10 Alien Force: An original story of Ben, Gwen and Kevin being recruited by an undercover Plumber to retrieve parts for a dangerous weapon. Naturally, all isn't what it seems. (Platforms: Wii, PlayStation 2, PSP, and Nintendo DS)

Ben 10 Alien Force Vilgax Attacks: Pretty much what is says on the tin. Ben and the group take on Vilgax once more. (Platforms: Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PSP, Wii and Xbox 360)

Ben 10 Alien Force: Rise of Hex: Once again the title tells you everything you need to know. (Platforms: Wii via WiiWare and Xbox 360 via Xbox Live).

Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction: Ben, Gwen and Kevin find themselves hopping the globe to stop different menaces from destroying the cites. (Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS and Wii)

Ben 10: Galactic Racing: A Mario Kart-style racer. (Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Play Station Vita)

Ben 10: Omniverse: Ben's Omnitrix goes haywire once more and warps Ben and Rook into the past where they meet the former's 11-year old self. When Malware gets his hands on Rook's weapon and creates an alternate future, the three set out to stop him and fix the damage. (Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (one of its launch titles in fact).

Ben 10: Omniverse 2: Ben once again takes on the Incurseans. (Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, WiiU, Xbox 360 and Nintendo 3DS)

Ben 10: Up to Speed: The player will play as Ben and his alien forms to collect some collectibles scattered around the levels while avoiding any obstacles and enemies similar to Temple Run. (Platforms: iOS)

Ben 10 Power Trip (2020) The Tennyson family go on an European holiday until it is interrupted by Hex awakening four mysterious crystals and summoning monsters from the Void. (Platforms: PlayStation 4 , Switch, Xbox One and PC)

CreateGunner1209: I'm always open to suggestions. But I can't do them all since I have my own ideas or dealing with a whole lot of other suggestions

So to be honest I am not familiar with Metroid at all, outside of Smash Bros. Also Izuku already has all his teachers, his dad, Nezu, Thirteen, and eventually maybe Tetrax as mentor figures so another Bounty Hunter is not really needed

Plus for now they are gonna stay Earth bound…for now

And sorry to say but as of now I have no intentions of diving into the Alien Dragons. Sorry but some things from Ben Ten had to be cut out and that was one of them. Well…I do sort-of have one in mind to appear but just one

Also No Magic. I'm already dealing with the world of MHA with Quirks and Ben Ten with Aliens. I am not adding Magic into the mix too. And it's not because what you suggested was bad, this was a decision I also made when I began to write this story

Also you should know…I never watched the Reboot. I tried but couldn't get into it. And as such I am not using a single element from the reboot in this story. Sorry but that was a decision I made when I first began writing this story

As for splicing DNA, yeah others have suggested that too but I'm not sure if I really like it yet

And sadly I never played a single Ben Ten video game. I tried on an Emulator once but it kept crashing. But I've heard plenty about them and Youtube does exist so I do have some ideas already


Guest: Esto puede ser mejor para una Ova, pero con la leve mención a los Sábados Secretos en el capítulo del Kraken, da para traer a varias criaturas o personajes que se ocultan dentro de la misma Tierra sin ser extraterrestres , y estaba pensando usar a la gente de Talokan junto con Namor (de Wakanda Forever), ok si se que también pueden ser atlantes como en los cómics, pero personalmente me gustaron sus looks de guerreros Mayas...y además sería interesante como los personajes de MHA lidian contra seres "marinos"

Solo fue una idea, ya es decisión tuya...

Sigue así... cuidate mucho

CreateGunner1209: I had the same thought but Secret Saturdays have their own Atlantians too I could use. But I liked Namor in Wakanda Forever too

No guarantee I will use them in an arc or something, but maybe they get a mention if/when I introduce the Secret Saturdays


BlueRanger-Lyric (again): I just now thought of something else for Albedo, a villain name for him, how does "Negative Deku" sound to you? Especially since most fans put Negative in front of the names of all of his transformations, like Negative Brainstorm, Negative Wildvine and Negative Humungousaur, but what do you think, or do you already have a villain name for him?

CreateGunner1209: Eh, Albedo is already a cool enough villain name. I mean some people can refer to him as "Nega Deku" but I'm just gonna keep it as Albedo.


Guest: The desire to reach the climax that is the the Kamino Arc is peaking. Also I feel like Deku is their real target and not Ochako. Most likely her name was mentioned to act as a red herring in order to get to him.

I feel like it's best to write full chapters rather than having awkward cliffhangers, as they might ruin the flow of the story

CreateGunner1209: Well there you have it. Deku was the real target all along! Muscular was just referring to the kill list, not the priority list.


Guest: Hey, is there going to be a siege of UA? I mean just think about it, the Wraith siege of Atlantis, Grand Admiral Thrawn's siege of chopper base, or the Jedi siege of Geonosis. It would be awsome to see an alien army lay siege on UA and all of the staff and students trying to defend it.

CreateGunner1209: Perhaps


Jerson: Hi, do you remember me? I'm the one who was giving you animal suggestions for the matter of Dr Animo, well here I have more dangerous animals that may be useful to you: Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), gryfalcon (the largest falcon in the world), Peruvian giant yellow-leg centipede (Scolopendra gigantea), The Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata), the Japanese green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), a Pangolin (Pholidota), Blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata), and the bombardier beetle (Brachininae).

I admit that the green pheasant i only added it because it is Japanese (it is the national bird of Japan in fact) it is not very dangerous so it is not very useful, the same for the Japanese macaque, since it is not very dangerous, the only thing that makes it special is that it is the only primate that adapted to the cold and that is why you can find them in snowy areas, but oh well, I wanted to mention them just in case they're useful to you.

CreateGunner1209: Well you got the Man O' War from Charmcaster. And yeah a giant centipede sounds terrifying. A Pangolin would be cool too and so would a beetle.


Alex: Have you considered giving Gigantomachia more Quirks? I say this because All For One is smart, now that he knows about the plumbers and the aliens one would think that he would take precautions since his rivals are more powerful and there are more in quantity than he expected/knew before the talk with Vilgax, Gigantomachia's Quirks are 7, would you at least consider giving him 1 more to make it 8? an even number (yes I admit that I like things more when they are in even numbers than when they are in odd numbers).

CreateGunner1209: Yes I have not considered that. And my answer is no, I mean the guy stampeded through several cities before anyone stopped him. I think he's powerful enough as it is


Guest: Damn it, I've been trying to send you the wiki page of Albedo from 5YL, but it seems the comments won't let me, twice already, so frustrating…

CreateGunner1209: Hey, don't worry about it. It's always been that way


Guest: Can't wait to see 1a vs 1b

When time for the license exam will deku be known as UA rising star and I want to see the fight of boss orca vs deku I know it will be funny

I know the battle with all for one will not be a easy one for all might since he's has vilgax tech to heal him better

I'm still shipping deku x mina

If you go to thehawkdown on Instagram there aliens he posted that's was never seen in the show

The alien hero deku 10 from pixels fanbook fanfiction is really good both of you are doing a great job

CreateGunner1209: Well…Izuku will be known about, that's for sure. And yes he and Gang Orca will have a rematch, along with all his sidekicks!


Shendu: You know, principal nezu isn't very strong by himself. Yes, he's very smart, but he's not very strong/powerful, so I have an idea that I think you might like, remember the max steel franchise (both versions)? Well, if that's the case, what do you think about giving "C.Y.T.R.O." to the principal nezu as a bodyguard (or weapon considering that the reboot version at the beginning had no mind of its own but you operated it with a remote control)? Both Max Steel franchises touched on the theme of outer space (well, one more than the other, but still), so they can be considered "Alien", I think it fits well.

CreateGunner1209: I do remember that show…never finished it though. But I wouldn't give it too Nezu. He knows his role and his role is support and analytics, not combat. That's like saying Professor X needs a super suit so he can be in the front lines. That's not his purpose


DarkMist: hey remember bakugan? how about a bakugan (specifically Gundalian Invaders, because let's be honest, the "Vestals" were human but with another name) reference? How about a reference to the Gundalians and the Neathians? like a cameo of the Gundalian Agents: Ren Krawler, Sid Arkale, Lena Isis, Jesse Glenn, Mason Brown and Zenet Surrow (in their Gundalian forms and their bakugan in their sphere forms on their shoulders) and Princess Fabia Sheen (in her Neathian form and with Aranaut in his sphere form on the shoulder).

CreateGunner1209: I…barely do. I loved it as a kid but never actually learned to play (This was before computers were in our pockets). Actually I still have some of the figures lying around in the other room


Alex: Hey, remember when in Ben 10 alien swarm it was revealed that grandpa Max had a motorcycle? Since you gave Hisashi the Rust Bucket, how about also giving him the motorcycle (I can definitely see Hisashi putting on the bad boy act with the motorcycle and a jacket to try to impress Inko when they were young lol) and making Izuku know how to ride a motorcycle? I say this for a few reasons, there are warehouses where you can leave things for years as long as you pay the rent and you can leave "authorized people" to take things out of there, hisashi was sending money to the family so I'm sure he could having been paying rent for a warehouse as well and leaving inko and Izuku as the only people who can use it apart from himself, those are my reasons for saying that Hisashi having the motorcycle makes sense, and about izuku knowing how to ride a motorcycle, well my reasons are firstly that I think the idea of innocent izuku looking like a bad boy on a motorcycle is funny, and secondly because It shows that during the years that izuku was quirkless he actually had or tried to have other hobbies besides heroes, sometimes it seems that heroes are the only thing izuku had in his entire life, yes they are an important part of his life and his world in general, but one would think that in fact he would have tried to find comfort or distraction from reality in other activities, I think trying to learn to ride dad's motorcycle (obviously not actually riding it at first because I am aware that for most of that time izuku he would be too young and small to be allowed to try to use a motorcycle, but if you search the internet for "how to use a motorcycle" you will actually get several tutorials and tips, so izuku could actually have done that and when was around 13 years old actually trying with the real motorcycle) during all the time that he was away and the motorcycle was stored would be a good example of that.

CreateGunner1209: I'll think about it for sure. But he can fly and has a hoverboard so I'll think on it for a while


Guest: So I just learned that ofa can shorten the user lifespan are you going to do same for ochako or no

CreateGunner1209: Yes and no… Sorry but it gets into Spoilers if I say any more than that


Guest: When I was reading deku 10 fanfiction from pixels In chapter 24 every female found deku pesky dust transformation adorable especially midnight she wouldn't not let him go when hugging him even after he transform back so much jealousy and nejire wanted to keep him and spoil him and keep him forever and ever

CreateGunner1209: Hilarious!


Guest: Just an idea for an omake I got from mass effect 3. During the citadel dlc when Wrex, Cortez, and Joker are debating the worst planet to be stranded on. I think it would be fun if a few Plumbers were playing that game and one of the trainees just walks up and has no clue how to respond.

CreateGunner1209: Hahahaha!


BlueRanger-Lyric (again again): This question is purely hypothetical, but if Izuku got a Cybertronian transformation and that form transformed into a Car, would Izuku need to have a driver's license in order for him to legally drive the car form, or does he even need one since he technically is the car and is driving himself like it's natural for him, what do you think?

CreateGunner1209: Yes. he would need a hero's license to use his Quirk. And then a Driver's License since he has to use the actual roads. If he was walking around then no.


Guest: You should do a chapter that is all about thirteen and how she became a plumber. I think it would be nice to get some back story on her.

CreateGunner1209: Oh we will explore their origin too one day that is for sure. Just waiting for the right time


Felipe: Tomura Shigaraki is going to try to get DNA samples from izuku's aliens? Put down the torches people, just listen to me, it took a while, but Tomura Shigaraki did get wiser as the story progressed, at this point in the story in canon, Shigaraki started to get smarter, and at this point in this story, he already knows the truth about the omnitrix, I can definitely see Shigaraki realizing that trying to remove the quirk would be useless since it is not a quirk and that with Henzu's experience in trying to remove the omnitrix (the first Henzu could possibly have mentioned it to them at some point and the second in the USJ where Shigaraki was physically present) it would be very difficult to get the watch, and instead deciding to make a compromise and try to get individual samples of izuku's transformations to give to dr Animo and to Kyudai Garaki, in the case of dr Animo to create things like Heatbat, and in the case of Kyudai Garaki to make nomus with alien DNA, for example, how about the High-End Nomu Hood Modified with DNA from Four Arms or Cannonbolt, that would make the fight more difficult for Endeavor and Hawks

CreateGunner1209: No torches here, because you're…technically right. It'll make more sense soon. But let's just say that AFO and Vilgax had a lot to talk about when they struck up their deal


wendy: Hey Guardian-Sigil, if you had to pick 1 of the 5 Elementors (Water, Earth, Fire, Air, Metal) which one would you pick?

CreateGunner1209: I like Water but I feel like Earth fits me better


Omar: Just so you know, in the Ben 10: Alien Force video game, there are other versions of the DNAliens (Pyronite DNAliens, Vulpimancer DNAliens, Florauna DNAliens, Null Guardian DNAliens) and in Ben 10: Protector of Earth and Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks there are more of Vilgax soldiers/robots, I tell you this in case you want more variety in the Vilgax/Highbreed army.

CreateGunner1209: Yes that actually helps a lot truth be told. Not sure if I will do DNAliens but if I do that is some useful info


Zoom: to "Tenzalucard123", nah it's more fun to see him have to adapt to what he gets.

CreateGunner1209: I agree full heartedly. Plus it's funnier too


Guest: In Star Trek Lower Decks the keep talking about how star-base 80 it the worst. I think you should include that some how. For example a Thirteen could threaten the cadets with am assignment on Plumber base 80 if they screw up a job. That would be pretty funny.

CreateGunner1209: I sure can try!