Running right into the next chapter. This is where last chapters events all begin to come together. Starting with Izuka's first memory returning as she sees All Might.

Let's get right into it!

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Izuka's eyes widened as she was greeted by a sea of fire. Chunks of debris littered the mall's first floor. Several civilians were running away in a mass panic.

Izuka caught one man as he sped past. "What happened?"

The man pointed behind him, towards the center of the mall.

"Some villain with a sludge quirk robbed a couple of stores before the heroes were called. He's taken a hostage and is destroying the place!"

Izuka let the man go, before running towards the center of the mall.

A few people screamed as the mall shook. One woman fell and was caught beneath a chunk of rubble.

Izuka dashed over and looked at the woman. "Ma'am, can you feel your legs?"

"I can. I think my left is broken."

Izuka nodded, turning to a boy who was running by.

"You! What's your quirk?"

"Me? If I eat sugar, I get a boost of strength."

Izuka nodded. "Can you control when your strength kicks in?"

The boy shook his head. "No. It's instant."

Izuka nodded. "If anyone asks, tell them your quirk had kicked in and you saw someone trapped under rubble. I need you to help me with this chunk."

Izuka tossed the boy a cinnamon roll she had grabbed from the cafe. "Quick, eat it."

The boy ate the pastry swiftly, and his body expanded into a bulky form that stood almost as tall as Izuka.

"How much do you think you can lift like that?"

The boy gave a grunt. "Seven hundred."

Izuka nodded. "I need you to get on her left, I'll get on the right. We need to lift this gently and put it aside without injuring her further."

The boy nodded. "On the count of three kid. One, two, THREE!"

The two moved the chunk off of the woman. Izuka helped her to her feet.

"Can you walk with help?"

The woman nodded. Izuka turned to the boy, who was slowly shrinking. "Hey kid, do you mind helping her out of here?"

The boy nodded. "Leave it to me!"

Izuka sent the two out of the building, before continuing forward. She could hear screams from ahead of her, and they pushed her to move faster.

The young woman dashed into the center of the mall, which consisted of several balconies around a square plaza. In the center, throwing strikes at heroes, was a massive being made of sludge.

Kirishima stood off to the side, his quirk active as he kept a chunk from the balcony above him from cushing a little girl.

Mina was using her acid to skate around the sludge villain, drawing in his attacks. Sero was using his tape to try to stabilize the crumbling walls and balconies. Izuka looked around in a panic, searching for Katsuki.

A large explosion let her know where he was. The blonde boys face popped out of the sludge with a scream of rage.

"GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF OF ME!"

The sludge villain gave a high pitched cackle. "What a powerful quirk! You'll be the best host I've had in ages!"

A few heroes stood around, attempting to leap in to save the boy, but they were smacked aside by waves or tentacles of sludge.

Izuka ran over to Kirishima. "Oi! You need a hand."

"Auntie… She's got a dislocated foot… Can't help… keeping safe…"

Izuka nodded and turned towards the little girl. She quickly ripped a length of cloth from her shirt and handed it to the girl.

"I need you to bite down on this.

The girl nodded, and gave a squeal of pain as Izuka snapped her foot back into place.

"Go, run. Quickly!"

Zuka stood the girl up and ran her out of the danger zone.

"Stick close to anyone else on their way out. You'll be safer."

The little girl nodded as Izuka turned back for Kirishima.

"What's the situation?"

The sludge guy grabbed Bakubro as the heroes arrived. We chased him down here, but he's been holding his own."

"Got it." Izuka nodded. "I need you to come with me."

Izuka pulled Kirishima close, before running up a flight of stairs to the first balcony, and grabbing Sero.

"Mina's holding her own, drawing the attacks. Some of these heroes aren't doing well enough in this fight. We need to give her an opening."

"An opening?"

Izuka nodded. "Sero, wrap your tape around Kirishima. At the top floor. We'll hold the ends on the second. Kirishima, use your quirk to dive into the sludge villain and pull Bakugo out."

The two boys nodded and got to work. Sero rapidly generated tape as Kirishima fastened it to himself. Izuka and Sero ran down to the second balcony and grabbed the ends.

"GO GET HIM KID!"

Kirishim leapt over the edge of the balcony and activated his quirk. There were a few cries as he dove into the sludge, before Izuka and Sero gave a pull and the boy popped out with a coughing Bakugo.

"Brace yourself bro!"

Kirishima sliced through the tape and dropped to the ground, using himself to cushion Bakugo's fall. Izuka leapt down and tapped her watch, before targeting an eye that was floating within the sludge and ripping it out.

"MINA!"

The girl nodded and grabbed the eye, before melting it with her quirk.

The villain screamed in pain, whipping out his sludge in a blind panic. An up and coming hero by the name of 'Marble' ran in.

"I got this you guys!"

Izuka yelled at the hero. "NO, WAIT!"

The hero screamed as the sludge enveloped him, before swirling about and sinking into his skin. The hero slumped, before his arms crunched backwards and he stood up in an inhuman fashion. When he spoke, it was in the voice of the sludge villain.

"Pitiful… The boy lasted longer than this one… But he will suffice."

The sludge outstretched the body's hand and a chunk of tile tore itself from the floor.

"What a great quirk! Shame that he's dead now."

Izuka leapt in and punched the body across the face, catching him off guard and causing the marble quirk to cancel.

"Well now… who might you be?"

Mina stepped up by Izuka. "I can help you. I hurt him earlier."

Izuka shook her head. "He's got that hero's body, and his quirk. You won't last. I need you to take the others and get out of here."

"But-"

"NOW!" Izuka snapped. "I'm responsible for your safety. Get out of here."

Mina nodded and ran away. Izuka turned back to the villain. "You made a mistake targeting those kids."

"Oh, and is their aunt gonna do anything about it? You can't use your quirk without a license."

Izuka smirked as the sludge manifested a tentacle and knocked away another hero.

"I don't need a quirk to kick your ass."

"WHY YOU-"

Izuka ran forward and delivered a punch to the villain, knocking the body back. "So I guess when you take someone over, you can feel what they feel?"

"A minor drawback, especially since I have two quirks now." The villain grinned.

Two sludge tentacles whipped towards Izuka, who dodged, before catching a small chunk of tile that was hurled at her.

"That was dangerous, someone could have been hurt."

"Duh, THAT'S THE POINT!"

Izuka ducked beneath another chunk of tile, and then another. She used each dodge to get a bit closer to the villain.

"Your quirks aren't working on me. Come on, fist to fist!"

"I will not lose to a bloody GIRL!"

Izuka dodged another strike, before delivering a swift punch to the villain's face and hopping back. The villain blinked, and Izuka ran in again, taking the opportunity to sweep his feet out from beneath him.

"Your quirks greatest strength is how flexible your body becomes. Restricting yourself to a host cuts your power in half."

Izuka dodged another attack, before grabbing one of the villains arms and tossing him away. "Come on… I know you have more fight in you."

"What the hell even are you…" The villain growled. "WHY WON'T YOU DIE?"

Izuka dodged the attack and grabbed a fragment of glass for the floor, before using it to painfully slice off the villain's arm.

"AAGH! WHAT THE HELL?"

"That body is dead. I'm sure it doesn't care what has to be done to defeat you."

The villain grabbed the arm and reattached it with some sludge, before attacking Izuka again.

Izuka dodged the next few attacks, before being caught by a strike from one of the villain's tentacles. With a grunt, she skidded across the floor, before running in again.

"Where do you think the heroes are, girl? You're slowing down and they're just watching!" The villain grinned, showing the rotting mouth of the corpse he inhabited.

"Another side effect. The body you inhabit rapidly deteriorates."

The villain laughed his high pitched laugh once again. "That may be so…"

Izuka rolled out of the way as a massive fist of sludge slammed down where she had been standing.

"BUT I STILL HAVE TIME TO KILL YOU!"

Izuka's eyes narrowed as her mind began to process things at light speed.

'The human body stiffens after decaying. With this rapid decay, he's using his sludge quirk to move more freely, but his joints will still be weaker.'

Izuka ran in for another attack dodging chunks of rubble, before striking at the knee of the villains host body.

The limb snapped backwards, causing the villain to wince.

"You know… that's really annoying."

Izuka rolled out of the way of another strike, before getting hit in the face by a shower of sharp pebbles. The girl grunted as the spray stunned her, and a chunk of debris sailed into her, knocking her back.

"Dammit…"

"Hehehe… I thought you said you didn't need a quirk?" The villain stalked forward. Izuka pushed the boulder off of her, assessing her body's state.

'That definitely broke a few of my ribs… But I can't run yet. There are still people in trouble.'

Izuka quickly dove out of the way of another giant sludge attack, wincing as she got to her feet.

'I don't know if I could precisely target the sludge in the body with mom's quirk… maybe by using it in tandem with Katsuki's…'

The young woman spun out of the way again, reaching into her pocket as she did so.

"What do you have there?" The villain grinned.

Izuka held up a black sphere the size of a baseball. "You know that kid you tried to take over?"

The villain cocked his head confused.

"I don't have his resistance… but I can show you what he will be capable of."

Izuka ran forward and crushed the ball in her hand. With a scream, a massive explosion tore through the center of the mall. When the dust cleared, Izuka sat on her knees, clutching her burned and broken hand.

The body that the villain had taken over was destroyed, but the sludge still remained.

"What… the hell was that?" The villain blinked. "YOU TOOK OUT YOUR OWN HAND TO WEAKEN ME?"

Izuka smirked. "I couldn't let you use that quirk anymore."

"DIE YOU INSIGNIFICANT-"

"I think that will be enough."

The sludge's single eye became a dinner plate as a hulking man landed in the center of the mall plaza. "No… How can you be here?"

Izuka watched as the symbol of peace held up a fist. "Thank you young lady, for holding him until I arrived. Everything will be okay," The man grinned as he cracked his knuckles. "Now that I am here!"

"There's no way… nobody has reported you being in Japan! How are you patrolling so freely!"

"I stand for peace and justice, not for the press. The many villains I have detained should be able to testify to that!"

The hero blitzed forward, smashing through the sludge with a single strike. "And now, you're just a puddle on the sidewalk."

All Might retrieved a few soda bottles from one of the stores and emptied it out, before scooping up the sludge into them.

"Not the best way to be captured, but it gets the job done! HAHAHA!"

Izuka stared as the hero turned to her.

"Thank you for keeping that fiend busy, miss. Let's get you some medical attention."

Izuka's eyes regarded the face before her, and images flashed through her mind.

All Might stalked towards Izuka, his eyes cold and unforgiving. Blood stained the hero's fist, and he looked down at the little girl as if she was the scum of the earth.

"No…"

"STAY AWAY!"

Izuka smacked the hero's hand away from her, before painfully drawing herself to her feet. "S-sorry… I don't know what came over me… I think… I need some time. Let me check on my nephew and… I'll be fine."

"You could really use some professional aid for that injury young lady."

Izuka shook her head. "I'll get it taken care of. Thank you sir- um, I mean All Might. Shouldn't you get that villain to a station somewhere?"

"If you're certain about your safety, then yes I will. Here…" The man quickly wrote on a scrap of paper he pulled from his pocket. "Give this number a call and mention my secretary, Mr. Yagi is his name. They'll get you in to be treated."

"Oh… um, thank you?"

"It's the least I can do. See to it that you get treated. Have a wonderful rest of your day, citizen."

Izuka squeezed her eyes shut as the hero leapt away in a gust of wind. The young woman slowly made her way out of the building, finding Bakugo and his friends standing with the workers from the clothing store.

"Thank you for keeping an eye on them." Izuka nodded.

"Of course- Miss Midoriya! Your hand!"

Izuka quickly covered her injury by hiding it behind her back. "Is fine Koroto." The young woman gave a stern look at the man. 'Don't make them any more worried.'

The man gave a nod.

"Mitsuki and Masaru are already on their way. They said they were bringing the other parents."

Izuka nodded. "Thank you. May I borrow your phone Koroto?"

"Of course miss."

Izuka dialed the number that All Might had given her and put the phone to her ear.

"You've reached the medical office at UA University. This is Recovery Girl. How may I help you?"

'UA? Well lucky me I guess.'

"Hello, This is Izuka Midoriya. I was recently involved in a villain attack, and All Might gave me this number to be checked up on. He said to mention Mr. Yagi?"

"Of course, dear. How bad is your physical condition?"

"I got hit with a chunk of rubble while holding the villain off from destroying the area. Feels like I broke a few ribs… Aso had a bit of recoil damage from an attack."

"I understand, dear. Those ribs will probably be the main problem depending on this recoil damage of yours. Is it possible to get you in later this evening?"

"Of course. I'll be by as soon as possible."

"Say your name at the intercom, or else the gate will close on you. Mention me and Mr. Yagi as well."

"Thank you Ma'am."

"No problem, dear. See you this evening."

"Yes Ma'am. Goodbye for now."

Izuka hung up and turned back to the group, continuing to hide her hand. She saw Mitsuki's car pull into a space at the side of the road as she handed Koroto his phone back. "Thank you Koroto."

"OH MY HONEY'S!" Mitsuki dashed over. "Are you all okay?"

Kirishima nodded. "Auntie made sure that we all got out safely."

Mitsuki turned to Izuka and enveloped her in a hug. "Oh sweetie, are you okay?"

Izuka nodded. "It's partially my fault. I had to go to the bathroom, and when I came back, the villain had taken Katsuki. I ran over and found Kirishima helping an injured girl, Sero keeping rubble from falling, and Mina trying to get Katsuki away from the villain. I helped Kirishima and Sero, and we got Katsuki to safety, before I began fighting him hand to hand."

Mitsuki blinked. "You beat the villain?"

Izuka shook her head. "No. I kept him busy until a strong enough hero arrived. All Might delivered the finishing blow."

"YOU SAW ALL MIGHT?"

Izuka nodded. "He gave me a number to call to get medical aid. I'll need help getting to the UA campus later to see Recovery Girl."

"Of course dear. We'll get you there as soon as we can."

Izuka nodded. "Please don't tell the kids. I don't want them to worry about me."

Mitsuki gave Izuka a stern look. "I won't tell them, but you better show me how bad it is."

Izuka bit her lip and showed Mitsuki her mangled hand. "I erm… used a gadget that had Katsuki's DNA in it to blow the villain apart for a snort moment. Bought me the time I needed."

Mitsuki gently took Izuka's hand with her own shaking arms. "Oh my lord… sweetie…"

"It'll probably scar… But if I get Recovery Girl's help, it'll heal pretty well."

"I'll have Masaru walk the kids home. I'll take you to the campus now."

Izuka shook her head. "I need to make sure they get home okay."

Mitsuki shook her head. "You are coming with me to get medical attention. Check in on the kids one last time for today. You'll see them next time."

Izuka nodded. "Okay…"

Izuka walked over to the group of kids and mussed Katsuki's hair. "Hey guys. Masaru's gonna take you home, 'kay?"

"Aren't you coming too?"

Izuka shook her head. "Mitsuki is taking me to a doctor. I broke a few ribs and she just wants to make sure I'll recover properly."

Mina nodded. Kirishima motioned to her arm. "Is your arm okay?"

"Um- yeah! I'm just holding it like this to keep the pressure off of my ribs. You guys go with Masaru, okay? I'll see you next time."

"Okay Auntie." Katsuki nodded. "I'll see you at home."

"See you at home Katsuki. Alright. Get going."

The four walked over to Masaru, who began walking them home. Mitsuki Helped Izuka with her seatbelt as they got into the car, so she wouldn't hurt her hand or her ribs, and the two began the drive to UA.

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Alright! Sludge incident down! Disclaimer, I know that I made Izuka out to be pretty strong. The main thing is that she was fighting a villain with a decaying body, that didn't normally inhabit a body.

In the end, she didn't really win, she just stalled. She will get stronger as everything continues, but this should show her baseline skill set. Martial arts, analysis, and engineering.

So, thanks for reading this chapter! Hope you all look forward to the next one.

Sushi Out!