"Trust me, Kota. One day you'll meet someone who will finally make you understand... Why we do what we do. Someone who will risk their life, putting others first."
Kota had been thinking about what Izuku and Twilight had told him and in the process, had thought back to what Mandalay told him as well when his parents first died.
"It can't be possible. No one like that really exists... Do they...?"
It was at that moment the boy noticed the first signs of the sudden attack happening at the camp, unaware of a cloaked figure stepping up behind him...
Pixie-Bob didn't know what happened, as she was getting ready to coach the Test of Courage, she was suddenly smashed over the head by a large object. As she lay bleeding on the ground from a head wound, a boot was placed firmly on her back.
"Pixie-Bob... what I wouldn't give to cut your throat open right now..." Spinner sneered as he took out a serrated knife and pressed it to her throat. "But our benefactor wants you alive."
Spinner's partner, the one who hit Pixie-Bob, was Magne, a transvestite woman with the Quirk [Magnetism], which allowed her to magnetize living things.
"Pretty-faced bitches like you piss me off," Magne said. "Once your reason for being alive is up, I'm gonna enjoy breaking you."
"Hey, back off!"
Spinner and Magne spun around to see the UA Students coming out, all of them with steely looks on their faces.
"Ah, we were expecting you hero students to show up!" Spinner smirked. "We have no quarrel with you, we just want the Pussycats skinned!"
"Not a chance!" Twilight shouted as she fired a bolt of magic lightning, forcing Spinner and Magne to jump back to dodge.
Mandalay had already started doling out orders, splitting the students out into groups of six, two from Class 1-A and two from Class 1-B. Juuzo immediately went to work, creating an area of soft ground with his [Softening] Quirk for the others to move out from.
"That's gonna be a problem!" Spinner noted. "Luckily, we came prepared!"
Suddenly, music began emanating from nowhere as Spinner and Magne safely landed on a platform made of strange blood-red energy. This was because Adagio was using her Quirk, [Emotion Power], which allowed her to sense the emotions of others, absorb energy from them, and harness her own emotional energy for various uses.
"Pixie-Bob!" Rin cried as he saw a rope of the same energy wrapping around the Pussycat and pulling her to Spinner and Magne.
"No!" Rainbow cried as she fired bolts of crimson lightning from her hands but Spinner and Magne swiftly dodged before holding Pixie-Bob up.
"Take one more step and I slice her throat!" Spinner threatened, forcing the students to back off.
"Let's get out of here, quick!" Magne said as Adagio pulled the platform away.
"They're getting away!" Marco noted in panic.
"Wait... Kota!" Izuku's eyes widened in realization as he quickly dashed off.
"Oy, Deku! Where the hell are you going?!" Katsuki barked as he followed after his rival.
"Izuku!" Twilight and Applejack chased after their friend. Itsuka and Shouda also noticed and after a brief bit of hesitation, followed as well.
"Where are we even going?" Shouda asked.
"There's only one place Kota could be right now!" Izuku said.
"Those villains knew we'd be here, despite this being private property," Itsuka noted.
"That just means one thing..." Applejack frowned. "We got ourselves a rattlesnake!"
Mustard and Storm King were creating the knockout gas using their powers together, intent on creating a wide area of effect.
"He who smelt it dealt it!" Storm King laughed as he used his Quirk, [Druid], which allowed him to manipulate the elemental energies of nature by absorbing them into him. His staff was used as an outlet to better harness his powers.
"Those UA students are gonna be onto us any minute now. Assuming they haven't already been knocked out by the gas." Mustard noted.
"Ah, who cares about those brats!" Storm King scoffed. "I just wanna have some fun with those Pussycats once we get 'em! Besides, nobody'll care!"
"I need an adult..." Mustard muttered.
"Hey! I'm an adult!"
"No, you're an insane asshole."
Kota was backing away in fear as the cloaked man slowly approached him.
"Nice hat there, kid. Care to trade for this lame mask I'm wearing? They made me wear it cuz I'm new. Like I'm some cheap rookie who doesn't know what he's doing."
Kota was just shaking and was quite sure that the wet sensation he was feeling in his pants wasn't sweat. He knew he heard this man's voice before.
"Boss said we didn't have any more of the good stuff. Wanted to save it for his favorites, like those Dazzle girls."
He then noticed Kota trying to make a break for it and scoffed before throwing off his mask and cloak, leaping with incredible strength, and smashing into the rock wall just ahead of the boy.
"I suppose I can torment you a little bit before I cook you!"
Kota's eyes widened in terror as the man's muscle fibers seemed to tear out of his skin and cover his body like a twisted armor.
"I-It's him! The villain who killed my parents!"
He remembered seeing the man's face on the news. Turns out local witnesses had gotten a good look at him, and he wasn't afraid of being seen on security cameras. As if to dispel all doubts, Kota saw the injury to the man's left eye, which was also reported on the news.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!"
Before the man could strike Kota down, he was suddenly bonded by magical rings, struggling to break out before an emerald blur slammed into him. Kota was quickly caught by a pair of large hands and brought to safety.
"The hell?!" The man snarled, annoyed at his fun being interrupted.
"DIE, ASSHOLE!"
Katsuki flew in next, slamming an explosion into the man's face with all the fury he could muster before leaping back as he joined up with Izuku, Twilight, Applejack, Itsuka, and Shouda.
"Huh, the boss expected you brats to be here." The man chuckled as his face was covered by muscle fibers, protecting him from most of the explosion. "Didn't think you'd go straight for the kill!"
Applejack had picked up Kota and was holding him protectively in her arms as Twilight noticed the boy shaking and crying in terror before turning to glare at the man.
"I think I recognize you; Goto Imasuji AKA Muscular, an A-Rank Villain known for countless murders and wanton destruction... and the one who murdered the Water Hose Duo in cold blood."
Muscular just gave a sickening grin. "Heh! Guess my reputation does precede me!"
Izuku also recognized the man and clenched his fists tightly, his body crackling with energy. Muscular grinned in excitement when he saw this.
"The students have caught wind of us," Aria called Tomura on her communicator.
"By now their abilities have improved since the USJ Incident," Tomura noted on the other end. "Figures the teachers would push these brats further and faster than normal."
"No word from Muscular and Moonfish. Guess we were right about them being loose cannons." Aria grumbled. "Dabi has set off to do his own thing as well but Ableblade, Heart Piercer, and Banananasher are keeping an eye on him. Twice is also getting ready for his bit very soon."
"We got Pixie-Bob!" Spinner called out as he and Magne arrived, dropping the wounded Pussycat. Aria grinned and knelt down to her as she woke up.
"What... why are you doing this?"
"Let's just say we hate heroes like you," Aria smirked before kicking Pixie-Bob in the face, breaking her nose violently and making it hurt even more with her Quirk, [Damage Control], which allowed her to manipulate the damage output of anything she or her allies struck.
"Music to my ears!" Magne grinned as Pixie-Bob cried out in pain through her shattered and bleeding nose.
"That power coming off you brats is too much for me to ignore! Powerful opponents always get my blood pumping." Muscular laughed. "Come on! Show me your blood!"
"FULL COWLING!" Izuku shouted, his muscles hardening as [One For All] flowed through him.
Muscular thrust a fist forward as Izuku stood like a steel wall and met the punch with his own.
"Damn! That's some push, kid! I'm actually feeling it!" Muscular said.
"You're gonna feel this, ya varmint!"
Applejack, her Quirk charged, leaped forward, and delivered a double dropkick to Muscular's face, the power behind it sending him flying back. Muscular slowly got up and felt his face, his nose dripping blood.
"Why is a deranged murderer like you even out here?" Twilight asked, forming magical blades over her fists. "I can only guess the League of Villains scouted you out for this attack?"
Muscular did his best to wipe most of the blood off as he chuckled and cracked his neck.
"We were actually sent to capture the Wild Wild Pussycats. Something about the boss's mentor wanting their Quirks. I don't really care either way as long as I get to break some bitches!"
"All For One wants the Wild Wild Pussycats' Quirks!" Twilight realized in her head.
"Anyway, it looks like I can't afford to hold back in this fight. I'll have to use every ounce of my Quirk to defeat you!" Muscular said as his entire body was covered in muscle fibers. "My Quirk is called [Pump Up]! It increases my strength and speed exponentially, to the point where my muscles can't even be contained by my skin!"
"That's just gross..." Shouda cringed.
"Tell me something, Muscular..." Twilight said dangerously. "Do you remember the Water Hose Duo?"
"Hard to forget 'em!" Muscular laughed. "They actually put up a fight, unlike most of my victims! The hubb
y even took my eye!"
"Did you know they had a child?" Twilight asked, fury etching slowly in her tone. "A child who loved his parents and whose entire life was destroyed because of your callous actions?"
"Heh, so that little brat you're protecting is their kid? What are the odds!" Muscular just scoffed. " You know, those heroes were talking about stopping me even if it would risk their lives. But there's no point in risking your life for a promise you can't even keep!"
"Then I guess we don't have to feel sorry about what we do to you next..." Twilight growled out.
Before Muscular could realize what was going on, Applejack dashed forward at blinding speeds before delivering a bucking kick straight to his groin. The villain let out a breathless gasp as he fell to his knees, clutching his now neutered privates.
"Don't think your Quirk can cover them rotten eggs!" Applejack smirked as Twilight floated into the air, multiple arms manifesting behind her before splitting off to reveal several astral clones of her.
"You said earlier that a hero shouldn't risk their life for a promise they can't keep. But that's the thing. A hero risks his life... So that they can keep their promise!" Izuku said as he stood by Twilight. "If there's any reason that Water Hose couldn't keep their promise... It's because of you!"
Twilight and her clones all lashed out magical bands of magenta energy that wrapped around Muscular's entire body, forcing him to his knees as he struggled to break free, only for Izuku to fly in with a right straight to his face with 100% force.
Muscular could just barely cover his face with muscle fibers to cushion the blow but he was still sent flying into the side of the mountain, struggling to get back up.
"We need to all work together to take this varmint down!" Applejack said.
"Got it!" Shouda said as he took a few pebbles and launched them straight at Muscular's vulnerable eye, causing the villain to scream in pain, which only increased when Shouda used his Quirk, [Twin Impact], to double the strike.
"Take this!" Itsuka said as she and Applejack delivered a flurry of body blows to Muscular, causing him to fall onto his hands and knees as his destroyed eye was bleeding heavily, making him cough up blood as well.
"DEKU, LAUNCH ME!" Katsuki ordered as Izuku nodded and used [Blackwhip] to lasso and throw the explosive blonde into the air as Twilight boosted Izuku up after him with multiple glyphs stacked together.
"Let's hit him with our strongest!" Izuku said.
"You read my mind!"
The two boys dove down, erupting with energy as they came for Muscular's face just as he began getting up, his remaining eye-widening in horror at his impending doom., For the first time in the psychopath's life... he felt honest to god FEAR.
"HOWITZER IMPACT!"
"DELAWARE-DETROIT SMASH!"
Muscular was engulfed in a massive explosion of pure energy and force as Kota watched the murderer of his parents fall, Applejack and Itsuka shielding him with their bodies from most of the shockwave.
"These two were giving it everything they had... Just to save me... Just like my parents were trying back then..."
Tears were still falling down his cheeks, but now for a different reason. He finally got it. He finally understood why people chose to be heroes.
"It's over, sweetie. He can't hurt you anymore." Twilight gently said, wiping away Kota's tears with a warm smile on her face.
"We've lost contact with Muscular..." Tomura growled. "Well, no skin off our noses. He was an idiot anyway."
"Still, he was quite powerful. If he was taken out this quickly, then the student's strength has increased more than we expected." Kurogiri noted.
Tomura sighed. "Let's just hope the members of our party that really matter can get away."
Katsuki was breathing heavily as he and Izuku got up off of Muscular's destroyed body. Despite it all, the villain was still alive.
"He's out cold and that's the important thing. Let's just hope he's in a coma or otherwise crippled for life." Katsuki sighed.
"You kids alright?" The group turned to see Tiger arrive, who saw Muscular's defeated form. "I think I'll take that as a yes..."
"How's everyone else doing?" Izuku asked.
"We lost Pixie-Bob to the villains and Ragdoll has also gone missing. So far, everyone else is checking in."
Twilight frowned. "The League of Villains aren't messing around this time. They had a more concrete plan of attack."
Meanwhile, Aizawa had managed to corner Dabi and Ableblade and deactivated their powers.
"You two better tell me where your buddies are. At least before I have to resort to breaking your limbs one by one. It'd be a pain to carry two of you to jail at once."
Dabi chuckled. "We kinda stretched ourselves all over the joint. I'd imagine Mustard is sticking with Storm King, they work well together with their Quirks. Moonfish is likely doing his own thing, Spinner and Magne are still together, and Muscular... my guess he's already taken out."
"As for us... we're actually right with our buddies now." Ableblade smirked before he and Dabi suddenly dissolved into brown gunk, having been mere copies.
Dabi and Ableblade were actually with Heart Piercer, Banananasher, and Twice, a villain who could copy anything with his Quirk, [Double].
"Too bad the copies are so fragile. Could have done a whole lot more damage if Eraserhead hadn't shown up." Ableblade scoffed.
"Hey! Those copies had all your strength and abilities!" Twice argued before switching tones, a side effect of his Quirk. "What can I say, Eraserhead is a badass!"
"Just keep the copies coming, Twice," Dabi said, rolling his eyes. "We need to keep the heroes occupied as long as possible."
"Let us hope our allies are bearing the fruits of their labors." Heart Piercer said.
Izuku's group and Tiger were racing through the forest when they ran into Aizawa.
"Good timing, Aizawa-Sensei!" Midorang said, "We just learned something. The League of Villains is trying to target the Pussycats!"
"Pixie-Bob has already been taken and Ragdoll is missing. They must have gotten her as well!" Twilight added.
"I got some of their names, at least," Aizawa said. "One of them is Twice AKA Jin Bubaigawara, the thief who created clones of himself to pull off heists before he disappeared off the grid for a time."
"Yikes, I've heard about him and his Quirk. That means any villains we fight might not be the real deal!" Itsuka said.
Spinner and Magne had returned to try and capture Mandalay this time. Thankfully, she was being backed up by most of Class 1-B.
"Return Pixie-Bob to us!" Mandalay demanded angrily.
"Not a chance! Her Quirk is better used elsewhere!" Spinner smirked as he took out a large weapon made of multiple swords tied together. "We're going for the Hat Trick!"
Just as he swung the weapon, it shattered as a massive crystal claymore struck against it, revealing Rarity, Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Rainbow standing there.
"Stop right there, you big meanies!" Pinkie said, pulling out a pair of balloon guns while dressed as a cowboy gunslinger.
"Well, poop..."
Adagio had decided to keep an eye on Moonfish, seeing him attacking Ochako, Tsuyu, Himiko, Starlight, and Trixie.
"That one girl in the sweater. That was Himiko Toga, wasn't it? Giran explained that he had somehow lost track of her shortly after the hero pursuing her changed from Midnight to Vlad King. Guess his Blood-based Quirk must have drawn her out into the open."
Adagio chuckled as she decided to sit back and enjoy the show as Moonfish sent out his teeth as long spears with his Quirk, [Blade-Tooth].
"We gotta wrap this up, King!" Mustard said urgently. "I don't think anyone has breathed in my gas yet!"
"Well, that's just a downer..." Storm King grumbled. "We should call Big Smoke Kurogiri for a full retreat."
"At least we've captured two of the Wild Wild Pussycats. That counts for something."
That's when Tetsutetsu, Momo, Tempest, and Tony came in. The first three were wearing gas masks while Tony was just breathing in the gas and adapting his lungs to them.
"Awww come on, the gas masks?" Storm King whined. "And that kid has immunity powers!"
"Don't worry, I've still got some guns!" Mustard said, taking out a .38 Revolver.
"How old are you, kid? Don't you know you shouldn't be playing with guns?" Tony pointed out.
"Relax, the kid's got adult supervision!" Storm King grinned wildly as he slammed his staff into the ground, causing a shockwave to erupt and create multiple monstrous creatures made from the ground. "Oh yeah! Feel my Va-Va-Voom, Baby!"
"I think you'll be feeling something from our side as well," Tempest smirked.
Before the villains could question what she meant, a sudden war cry was heard as Fumikage appeared, Dark Shadow looking to be close to feral from the darkness.
"At least he's not wearing a mask or has the ability to overcome my gas!" Mustard shouted as he concentrated his gas into a thick cloud that he launched at Fumikage.
Fortunately, Dark Shadow enveloped Fumikage to block off the gas as Storm King groaned and facepalmed.
"Even now my Quirk, my brother, has enough of his senses to know friend from foe. If you choose to run, best do it now. Because you will not be getting a better chance." Fumikage warned.
"Ah, we got what we came for anyways!" Storm King laughed as he picked up Mustard and carried him on his shoulders. "Come on, kiddo! Let's leave them to the fishes!"
The Storm King's creations all lunged at Momo, Tetsutetsu, Tempest, Tony, and Fumikage, who took fighting stances as they prepared to take down the golems.
Meanwhile, Ochako, Tsuyu, Himiko, Sunset, and Trixie were dealing with Moonfish. Starlight managed to transmute some of his teeth into gold, making them heavier for him to handle while Trixie bedeviled him with various teleportation tricks.
"Got any more of those blood samples, Toga?" Ochako asked. "Maybe we can distract him."
Himiko checked her supply. "I got this one from Kirishima. He's currently defending the lodge right now, yeah?"
She swallowed the blood sample, her body quickly morphing into an exact copy of Eijirou.
"Truly a marvelous if not macabre showing!" Trixie said.
Moonfish began strafing the area with his remaining teeth, hoping to draw blood at the very least. Suddenly, he spotted what looked like Eijirou racing along the path.
"Flesh...! New flesh!"
He lashed out with such ferocity that he nearly hit Himiko. As the blades got close, she raised her arms in defense out of instinct.
"NO!" Starlight cried, placing her hand on the ground to create a shield in front of Himiko to protect her, but it wouldn't reach in time.
However, the resulting scream wasn't from Himiko, it was from Moonish. Everyone looked and felt their jaws drop as they saw Himiko had accessed Eijirou's [Hardening], letting her break off one of the blades and cause Moonfish pain.
"You didn't tell us you could copy other people's Quirks-Kero," Tsuyu noted.
"I can't. Or at least... I couldn't."
"Well, that's a relief..." Starlight sighed, her shoulders slumping.
"If you can copy Quirks now..." Ochako realized before grinning. "You still have Dynamite and Midorang's blood samples?"
Himiko smiled back. "Oh yeah. This is gonna get good."
She dropped her current transformation. By the time Moonfish got up, he was shocked to see Izuku standing there in Eijirou's place. He launched his blades but Himiko easily leaped over them and stomped on his head.
"This is gonna get intense! And Midorang has more power than I imagined. Wait..." She paused for a second. "Why does he have more than one Quirk?"
"What?" Ochako and Tsuyu asked in surprise.
"I think we just found out something we weren't supposed to..." Trixie whispered to Starlight.
The League of Villains and the Heroes are neck-and-neck with each other. Who will come out the ultimate victor in this attack?
-BIO TIME-
[Goto Imasuji]
Villain Name: Muscular
Quirk: Pump Up
Quirk Description: Muscular is able to amplify, manipulate and augment the muscle layers inside and outside his body, granting him increased immense strength, speed, and durability. He can freely choose which parts of his body his muscle mass covers in order to immensely increase his physical prowess and can cover his body in more than 12,000 layers of muscle.
[Fubuki 'Adagio Dazzle' Yozora]
Villain Name: Adagio Dazzle
Quirk: Emotion Power
Quirk Description: Adagio can sense the emotions of others and absorb energy from them using her Quirk. She can use the emotional energy in various ways such as creating constructs, barriers, projecting blasts, and creating projections of herself. She can even harness her own emotions as well.
[Murasaki 'Aria Blaze' Uruha]
Villain Name: Aria Blaze
Quirk: Damage Control
Quirk Description: Aria can manipulate any damage within her line of sight. An ordinary punch can be magnified to hit with the force of a bullet train and an otherwise fatal knife slash can be reduced to simply lightly scratching the skin. She can also amplify the damage she deals with her own attacks as well as reflect damage back at others who attack her.
[Arashi Fujiwara]
Villain Name: Storm King
Quirk: Druid
Quirk Description: Storm King can manipulate elemental energy from nature. He can absorb elemental energy from natural phenomena such as storms, volcanic activity and etc. As well as from the environment such as forests, mountains, and the ocean. Storm King can use elemental energy in different ways such as projecting beams, creating constructs, enhancing his physical prowess, flying, healing, manipulating the weather, and more.