IZUKU SKIRT A WILD WIND

CHAPTER 31

PATRON LIST

$10 TIER: MehReal

$7 TIER: Joseph Morrison, Ziraxus

AN: HERE IS THE LONG AWAITED BATTLE WITH STAIN THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PATIENT FOR. FROM HERE ON OUT THIS IS WHERE THE STORY REALLY BEGINS TO KICKS OFF.

HOSU

ABANDONNED BUILDING

THIRD PERSON POV

Waking up after a long rest all day for a final night patrol before she would leave and go back to UA, she got decked out in full gear. At this point she had seriously considered following him on his crusade… but the next time Tomura Shigaraki attacked UA, she needed to be there to protect her friends. Still going on a sort of patrol with him before going their separate ways was probably as close to a proper goodbye as she would get. Senketsu had noticed them about to leave before they went to sleep and went to rub itself against her leg meowing for her attention. "Don't worry Senketsu, they will probably let me keep you with me when I take you back with me." Kendo told the kitten scratching under their chin, reminding them she would take care of them from now on.

"Your classmates may be working hard to become heroes, but they will still need you to lead them from what you told me." Stain said, sheathing his sword, adjusting his scarf.

"I know…" Kendo said fixing her bandanas to make sure all her hair was hidden. The last thing she needed was for someone to recognize her just before she was about to return to UA. Though she had to admit to herself, even she was unsure if she could bring herself to watch him kill someone.

INGENIUM HERO AGENCY

DAYTIME

THIRD PERSON POV

There were only three days before they had to return to UA, and so far there were no sightings of Stain, though there were multiple reports of this girl who was suspected of being with him. After Ingenium made his report the other heroes in Hosu who were on the hunt for Stain or knew of the missing student were further on guard. Realizing he was not the loner the HPSC, and the police made him out to be, many were worried now if the other information they had provided was accurate. Then there were others like the hero Native who thought that the appearance of a possible sidekick meant he was actually weaker than they were led to believe.

What also occurred after Ingeniums report was them discovering the possible area where they were hiding. They began going around asking people nearby if they saw the young girl after she left Ingenium sights that night, which was a bit of a long shot. However, they were lucky enough to find a few bar owners who noticed her running past the back of their businesses through the alleys. Noting the direction that she ran and where the last sighting was, they narrowed it down to a small section of abandoned buildings.

Though it was referred to as a small section, the buildings all had at least five floors so each one still needed a good amount of time to search. However, to avoid Stain ambushing the heroes going to look for Kendo, they had to wait for one of the other heroes looking for him to at least distract him. This also meant that the search team could only be made up of the few heroes and the UA teachers who knew of Kendo being captured by him. This combined with the size of the buildings meant the search would be slow. Also, the possible fight with his apprentice forced them to stick together in teams of three people minimum to be safe. So, the total amount of teams searching different buildings at one time was also limited.

Izuku, Kirishima, and Tetsutetsu were also made aware finally of the Kendo situation, which it goes without saying made them upset at their mentors. Both of the adults, however, took being chewed out by the students on the chin as they understood why the students were upset with them. Most affected was Tetsutetsu who almost got pulled off by Ingenium sidekicks when he slammed them against the wall if it were not for Ingenium putting a hand up telling them to back off.

"I get that you're upset about us hiding your friend circumstances from you, but you need to keep calm and focus on dealing with Stain. Your teachers and other heroes will save her, you just do your part." Ingenium said quietly enough that only Tetsutetsu and Kirishima who were right on front of him could hear.

Taking a deep breath after Kirishima put a hand on his shoulder to tell him to calm down, he let go of the hero they were interning with. "If anything happens to her because we fail to lure out Stain…" Tetsutetsu began to say but stopped as he did not want to say what the obvious result would be.

"I know, but all we can do is our part while they do their part. We will succeed, and we will save her, I promise you that." He said to the student knowing full well a hero should never make a promise like that.

"He's right man, the best thing we can do for her is take the bastard down so he cannot retreat and get to her afterwards." Kirishima said knowing they could only hope she was still alive at this point.

UWABAMI AND IZUKU HOTEL ROOM

DAYTIME

THIRD PERSON POV

Izuku though not as shocked or angry at Uwabami like Tetsutetsu was at Ingenium, was still upset. This is why she chose to give him the day off from training so she would have an excuse to keep him in the hotel room. Away from prying eyes at her agency that might see him freak out and cause an unintentional disruption to the plan. Especially if the other models saw him freaking out, then they were likely to not leave his side for the rest of the night. Something she could not let happen as the time left to catch Stain was coming to an end.

Izuku for his part was sputtering as he kept moving his hands around trying to figure out how to respond. Should he be upset or relieved? Should it be about them not telling them about Kendo situation or how they had already come up with a plan to rescue her? So, he decided to do both… kind of? "Not only were we enjoying ourselves while she has been captured and probably being tortured right now. But it sounds like you are more worried about letting Stain get away than actually you know rescuing her!" Izuku nearly yelled as he stood up stepping towards Uwabami about ready to grab her shoulders to shake her.

Uwabami beat him to the punch as she grabbed his shoulders first pushing him back down onto the bed. "ENOUGH IZUKU! You are acting like a scared child, and right now she needs you to be a hero." Uwabami told him as she waited a moment for him to calm down on his own. Now that his breathing was no longer irregular, and his eyes seemed less wild, she sat down beside him turning slightly to face him. "I understand why you are upset, but if we told you any earlier you would be too worried to keep up the act to draw in Stain. For her own good you need to stay focused and capture Stain, so the rescue team does not have to fight him." She said making it clear to Izuku that this unexpected development did not change what their job was.

Izuku took a deep breath before responding to her, now able to think more clearly than before. "I know you're right, but what if they find her and she is already-" He was unable to finish as she pulled him into a hug, resting her chin on his head as he rested his head against her chest.

"Listen Izuku and listen well, you are not allowed to think that way. If you do you will only drive yourself crazy, that is why we heroes are never supposed to think that way. So just trust your fellow heroes and stay positive, so long as you do your part, they will do theirs." She told him patting his head as he trembled unable to stop himself from imagining the heroes telling him they found her dead.

STREETS OF HOSU

NIGHTTIME

THIRD PERSON POV

Walking through the streets near the alleyway entrances for a bit, constantly turning their heads around as there had been a sighting of Tomura Shigaraki and Kurogiri. But if there was one good thing to come from the last attack, it was that they had no way to gather an army as large as the last one. So, at most they would only have to deal with a handful of villains on top of Stain, though they would still prefer not to deal with backup.

"Keep your eyes and ears open Dekiru, there are a lot of idiots who will try to fight Stain one on one due to the news downplaying him as just another thug." Uwabami said as she was looking for heat signatures down every alley.

"Understood." Izuku said looking around waiting for the notice from Ingenium they were ready to start the trap tonight. A few minutes later they received the messages on their earpieces that they were in position to begin discreetly following along with Grand Torino. Things were quiet for the first roughly thirty minutes or so before explosions could be heard in the distance. "WHAT WAS THAT!" Izuku could not help but shout, covering his mouth instantly in worry.

"Ingenium reporting, do not stray from the mission, I repeat do not stray from the mission. Grand Torino will be the one to go back up the heroes, fortunately the Stain situation means we have a surplus of heroes on the streets ready to fight the sudden appearance of Nomu. I doubt they are all equal to All Might like the last one was, but just in case Grand Torino will help them if with the fighting." He said to the others over the earpieces they all put in before the start of the mission.

As much as Izuku wanted to argue, Uwabami put a hand on his shoulder shaking her head indicating not to argue with them. "We understand, continue with the plan but get a little closer to be on the safe side." Uwabami responded to Ingenium.

"Ok, we will be a dash away in a moment so continue walking." Ingenium said back as both parties began to move once again.

A few minutes later Uwabami saw what she recognized as the hero Native laying against a wall and someone pulling a sword out of them. "STOP RIGHT THERE!" She shouted, this time being the one to lose her cool and give themselves away.

Stain who turned to see her had unlike her, taken notice of Izuku launching air bullets with his gloved fingers flicking his index finger against his thumb. Jumping back up to a windowsill to dodge the attack he got ready to dodge again but did not try to leave. Though he was going to leave originally after killing Native for challenging him to a fight and saying he would kill him killing the other heroes. He had decided to stay as this was his best chance to put an end to the model that was making a joke of heroism and poisoning All Might son with her ideals as this ridiculous persona was proof of that. 'Hopefully I can take the kid out of the battle with only single slash.' Stain thought as he saw them aiming an attack on him while she checked the fool Native for a pulse they did not have.

"He… he is dead Izuku, don't worry about trying to focus on saving him and focus on protecting yourself." Uwabami said, as she felt no pulse when she checked. Stain scoffed at this glaring down at her, making her upset at the idea that a murderer like this was looking down on her. "What was that scoff supposed to mean?" She asked him, sending a glare of her own back at him knowing full well the two had backup nearby to assist them.

Deciding to answer her before he killed her for her sins, he gave her what he felt was the answer she deserved to hear. "You are nothing more than a pretender. Another fool who does not take hero work seriously and for that you shall die." Stain said leaping down blade drawn, just turning out of the way of the air blasts Izuku sent at him. Uwabami unable to dodge without putting Izuku in danger prepared to take the hit, knowing that so long as it was not an instant death, he should be able to heal her fully.

"STOP RIGHT THERE!" Ingenium shouted as he sped down the alleyway towards them blocking the blade with his arm. Luckily for Uwabami and Ingenium the blade got caught in the small space where the arm piece connected to his chest piece. Managing to toss the surprised Stain aside he got in a defensive stance while Uwabami was looking around for any sign of the younger accomplice they found out about.

Izuku pressed his lip against the little bit of exposed skin on the shoulder of the downed hero activating his quirk. However, be it due to him not being able to go for their lips or his lack of practice with healing people, the wound was not closing quickly. Eventually, while the others were fighting, he had managed to heal the wound, but there was still no pulse. It seemed that he indeed needed them to be alive still as was the case with Kendo as the sports festival.

Back to the fighting, as soon as Ingenium had tossed Stain earlier Kirishima and Tetsutetsu active their quirks grabbing him from behind. Hoping that their quirks defensive strength will keep them safe from his blades as they hold him still for Ingenium to deliver the final blow. Stain, however, was having none of this from these children, but since they seemed to be taking their duties as hero students seriously he decided to show them mercy.

Kicking both young men with the back of his legs, he delivered a strong blow to their chests knocking the wind out of them. Before they had a chance to recover, he dropped his sword as he planted his feet back on the ground, twisting his forearms around he grabbed their shoulders. Slamming their heads together as he swung them forward, pulling his now freed hands back, he delivered two side by side punches to the sides of their heads. Causing Ingenium to stop his charge long enough for Stain to pick up his sword he jumped above the two students to deliver a power slash to Ingenium from above.

Seeing this attack coming he brought his arms up blocking the strike, kicking upward which forced Stain to flip landing behind them. Now normally both would spin around to attack the other, but instead Ingenium kneeled down while still facing forward towards the two students. Stain did not get the chance to strike as before he could Ingenium unleashed his engines at full throttle for a brief two seconds to black the hero killer vision with his flames and light. This was when the two students delivered hardened punches sending Stain skidding back before he spit blood.

"Looks like those boys are well trained, perhaps you are not the fraud I thought you were Ingenium?" Stain said aloud to no one in particular sounding as if he was asking a question rather than making a statement.

"Thank you that is quite the high praise considering your standards, but I was just lucky to have students like them learning under me." Ingenium sound nonchalantly happy to return some witty banter of his own like he always did, as he turned around to face his opponent. Scrunching his face up in anger under his helmet, he continued hoping to get an answer or two out of him before they captured him. "Now tell me, WHERE IS ITSUKA KENDO AND WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER!? WE SAW YOU IN THE BACKGROUND OF THAT PHOTO HOLDING YOUR SWORD OVER HER HEAD!" He said pointing a finger at them, seeing the scum actually tense up his muscles ever so slightly more than he did before. Taking this as a sign they actually felt bad for what they had been doing in the slightest amount did not make him happy, but it at least gave hope she was still alive. After all, why else would he tense up when he had clearly just tried to kill Uwabami with such a relaxed composure like he had before he leapt into the air for his above strike?

Stain for his part did not like the idea they thought he was some thoughtless monster killing heroes and children like the LOV did. After all, unlike them he had a mission, a purpose to make society better by taking on a burden so the true heroes could keep their hands clean. Though he understood why they would accuse him of hurting his apprentice, it still hurt him to be reminded of how he nearly killed her when he first met her. "I have nothing to say to you about her, now if you want to survive after interfering with my work, I suggest you surrender and let me kill that woman for brainwashing him like she did." Stain said not wanting to kill off a hero who seemed to be seriously training those two UA students instead of using them to boost their ratings as heroes like so many did.

"I can't do that, especially since you are wrong about her. She may look like an airhead, but she is a great hero, her rescue work and charity events are more than sufficient proof of that." Ingenium said making it clear to the hero killer he would not be backing down.

"DID YOU JUST SAY I LOOK LIKE AN AIRHEAD!" Uwabami exclaimed as she was holding and rubbing the back of a shaken Izuku who just failed to save the life of the person in front of him. Shaken both due to the emotional shock of the failure as well as how much energy he used up fixing the body.

"I will concede that a hero doing the amount of charity work she does is impressive, but it is clear the fool puts more time into her modelling than doing basics like patrolling. Leaving a greater burden on the other heroes in the area to do her work for her." Stain said rushing forward blade drawn ready to cut down Ingenium and the two boys behind him when surprising both adults just before they got locked in a struggle against one another, someone jumped down from the roof. Landing behind Ingenium and in front of the two hardening users was Kendo in her disguise still hiding her identity to her classmate and rival class student.

"YOU ARE HIS ARENTICE AREN'T YOU! WHERE THE HELL BIG SIS KENDO!" Tetsutetsu exclaimed rushing towards them ready to punch a lesson into them after activating his quirk. Kirishima tried to grab him but was too late, so he activated his quirk and got in a position to catch him. It was a good thing the red-haired hardening user did, their opponent took full advantage of his partner reckless attack. Using the opening he gave them they countered with a horizontal slash, though Tetsutetsu quirk protected him from the worst possible injury he was still sent flying back into Kirishima arms sending them both skidding back. "How (cough) strong are they?" he said as Kirishima helped him stand back up. As much as it sucked that they had to fight both without any more help, both boys were partially glad as this meant the rescue teams would have an easier time saving Kendo.