Tiger Claw had been confident going into this.
He'd never failed a mission before and had no intention of starting now. Regardless, of how strong his enemy was, or how well-guarded they were he'd always prevailed through some method.
But the Midoriya Foundation was another beast entirely.
The moment he got here through one of Kurogiri's portals, he was immediately confronted with two giant apes and a giant vent snake.
They weren't very tough, but it was bizarre.
Then, when he found the turtles he was tasked with getting back, guarded only by two little girls, he thought this would be easy. Now he was aware of both their quirks, but he'd already planned ways to deal with them if he had to.
Namely his gun.
But what he wasn't prepared for, was for the white-haired girl to pull out a crystal, and put up a force field.
Because who would expect that? Who would prepare for that!?
But he didn't have much time to figure out a way around it, as one of the butlers came in to fight him.
Now normally that wouldn't be a problem, except this guy was just fucking invincible apparently.
Tiger Claw let loose and a flurry of blows, at all of Tokoshi's vital points. But if they bothered Tokoshi at all, he didn't show it. As the man simply looked down at his opponent, unimpressed.
Tokoshi then raised his hand, and backhanded Tiger Claw in the side of the face, sending him flying through several walls until he ended up outside, and fell into the grass and dirt below.
"Ughhhh." Tiger Claw landed on his back and shook his head to get rid of the pain and dizziness. "Damn, that old man is far stronger than he looks. And my attacks can't even make him flinch."
As he got up, he heard something step on the grass behind him, close, about two feet away.
Tiger Claw immediately roundhouse-kicked whatever it was behind him, hitting something and knocking it back.
The Hound became visible, and its claws dug into the ground, stopping itself before it could go very far away from its target.
It opened its mouth, and let out a stream of fire heading right toward Tiger Claw.
In response, Tiger Claw jumped to the side of the house and dodged the attack, before running across the wall, getting closer to the Hound, and then leaping at it, claws first.
Tiger Claw pounced onto the Hound, grabbing it by its shoulders and biting into its neck, destroying most of it, but this was not nearly enough to stop the Hound.
The Hound grew bone around that area in its neck, locking Tiger Claw's fangs in its throat, before growing a pair of wings.
Tiger Claw's eyes went wide, and he quickly realized how dangerous the situation just became, as he and the hound lifted into the air. He dug his claws into the bone around his teeth, trying to tear away at it to free himself, but everything time he scratched it, it rapidly regenerated.
Eventually, he managed to kind of wiggle his teeth out of the Hound's neck, but just as he freed himself, the Hound started glowing.
KABOOM!
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Karai looked over the Midoriya Foundation Lab, looking over it to see what methods of infiltration were available.
It seemed simple, but she knew the place had to have Grimm hidden somewhere.
Before she could make her move, however, suddenly she got a message in her earpiece.
"This is Tiger Claw, I'm retreating." Tiger Claw said, sounding absolutely pissed.
"That's unlike you, what's the cause?" Karai asked. She wasn't exactly pleased about that, but she knew if Tiger Claw was retreating there must be a good reason.
"The cause would be me exploding out of the sky and falling six stories." Tiger Claw hissed. "Not to mention this whole mission is going south. The butler is practically invincible to our attacks, and the mousers can only hold off the other one for so much longer. Not to mention some of the children have started fighting back as well."
"I see. Damn, it seems we severely underestimated Midoriya." Karai swore. "Fine, leave. I'll be on my way after inspecting the lab…and taking care of this."
Karai jumped down from the tree she was hiding in, just as a Hound dropped down, crashing through the tree on all fours.
Without hesitation, Karai charged toward the Grimm, which let out a stream of flames at her in response.
Karai jumped over the flames, and onto the Hound's back. Then, she transformed her hand, into a snake, and bit into the Grimm's back. Injecting its venom into it at a rapid pace.
However, the Hound seemed unbothered, turning its head back to face Karai, before letting out another jet of flames.
Karai managed to jump off in time, leaping into the air and landing a few yards in front of the Hound.
The Hound turned its head back at her, before looking up. "AWOOOOOOOOO!"
It's calling for help. I wanted to stick around and see if my poison eventually kicked in, but it seems like I'll just have to conclude that it doesn't. Karai thought to herself, before jumping away onto one of the trees, and attempting to flee. "The Midoriya Foundation attack is a failure, requesting immediate retrieval."
"AWOOOOOOOOO!"
Karai looked back, and saw the Hound following her, flying through the air to chase her down. How annoyingly persistent.
Fortunately, Kurogiri had already opened a portal, just a few feet in front of her, thanks to her positional locator.
Father won't be pleased about this. Karai thought, as she lept into the portal, leaving the foundation grounds, as the portal closed behind her.
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DINK! DINK! DINK! DINK!
Ochaco, Todoroki, and Bakugo sat in an ice dome, created by Todoroki, trying to catch their breaths.
Bakugo's arms were sore, Todorki was using his flames to fight off his frostbite, and Ochaco was only still standing thanks to the adrenaline. And all of them were covered head to toe in wounds.
"Where the fuck are all the other heroes!?" Bakugo shouted. "Haven't they seen the giant fucking starfish yet!?"
"The villains are likely doing something to keep them from noticing." Todoroki speculated. "Otherwise All Might would have already taken care of this."
"Which means we can't rely on outside help." Ochaco pointed out, looking rather frightened, as the ice dome cracked around them. "...I think maybe the best thing would be for one of us to go get help."
"Damn it you might be right." Bakugo begrudgingly agreed. "Round face, you get out of here, me and Icy-Hot will cover for you."
"That'd be for best, you're the fastest one here, and the one in most need of medical help." Todoroki agreed.
Ochaco wanted to argue, after all, she'd hate to leave her friends when they were under the villain's control, but she knew they were right, and arguing would only endanger them further. "Ok, when-"
SMASH!
The mind-controlled Tetsutetsu smashed through the ice, surrounded by Shishida, Sato, and Shoji.
Bakugo got ready to unleash a hell of an explosion, to blow all of them back and give room for Ochaco to escape, but before he could charge forward-
"Hey, over here!" Shouted Izuku off to the side.
The mind-controlled students looked over, and they were suddenly shot, the bullets getting lodged into the starfish on their faces, which promptly fell off.
"Huh?" The now freed students sported confused looks, as they didn't know how they got here or what just happened.
"What!?" The three students in the dome looked at the freed students in shock before Ochaco rushed out of the dome.
When she got out, she was Izuku standing on top of the dome, shooting down at the starfish on the student's faces, while some of the now freed students and heroes such as Mineta, Ibara, Death Arms, Cementoss, and Kaminari, kept him safe.
"Izuku!?" Ochaco shouted in surprise. Out of all the people she expected to come to save them, Izuku was not one of them, maybe one of his kids, but not the green-haired teen himself. Nor did she expect him to be wielding a gun.
"Ochaco!" Izuku gave the girl a look of relief and slid down the dome to meet her. "I'm so glad you're not mind-controlled. Wait, what happened to your leg!?"
"I got stabbed, but I'll be fine," Ochaco reassured him with a forced smile, but Izuku was having none of it.
Izuku then pulled a fractal from his sleeve and offered it to Ochaco. "Take this, and try using it like an extension of your quirk."
Ochaco was confused, but didn't question it, and quickly grabbed onto the crystal before doing as instructed.
Suddenly, the fractal started to glow white, and that white glow spread over Ochaco's body.
Her wounds started to close up, and she could feel the pain and fatigue quickly fade away until she was fully healed and rejuvenated in only a few seconds.
"Huh?!" Ochaco looked over her body in disbelief. "What the heck was that?"
"It's a long story, for now just focus on the fight!" Izuku told her. "Get that crystal to Kacchan and Todoroki then-agh!"
Suddenly he was shot in the side of the head by Snipe. Fortunately, his cloak stopped most of the damage, but Izuku was knocked down to the ground.
"Ah, someone needs to deal with Snipe!" Izuku ordered. "Is there anyone who can take care of him!?"
"I'll get him!" Tetsutetsu shouted. "Someone give me a boost!"
"On it!" Sato picked him up and threw Tetsutetsu toward Snipe as hard as he could, sending him flying toward the mind-controlled hero.
The mind-controlled Snipe tried to shoot Tetstutetsu out of the air, but the boy's metal body blocked every attack, and he collided with Snipe, tackling him into the wall and holding him there.
"Alright! Netsu! The sky is clear!" Izuku shouted.
"YEAH!" Netsu shouted as he jumped out of Mt. Lady's hand, and soared into the air. "Time for some fried starfish!"
Netsu started charging up his quirk, ready to unleash a massive attack at Starro.
Starro once again knew he was in trouble, but he didn't have any minions left that could stop this.
So it did the only thing it could.
Starro stretched out one of its arms, touching part of the arena, before lifting it up with its suction cup, and smashing it into Mt. Lady's face.
"Ah!" Mt. Lady fell as the piece smashed against her face, and then Starro jumped on top of her, pinning her to the ground. "Ah! Get off you stupid!"
Netsu looked down with wide eyes, and stopped his charging, knowing now if he tried to blow a hole through Starro, Mt. Lady would get caught in the blast. "Uh oh! Guys I can't fire!"
"Damn it!" Death Arms shouted, "We need to get that thing off Mt. Lady!"
Of course, that was easier said than done. No one had the power to lift something so massive off of her, and any attack that could significantly harm it would hit her as well.
"No, it's too risky!" Izuku shouted as he shot another starfish off someone. "I have another plan, we just need to hold off the people until it's done! Everyone, get ready!"
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"Damn it!" Shinigami shouted as she threw a kunai at Gentle.
"Gentle reflect!" Gentle called out, as he bounced the kunai away, hitting some more elastic air until it was headed right back toward Shinigami.
She narrowly dodge it, but unfortunately for her, she was pretty much surrounded by invisible trampolines, that not only restricted her movement but also reflected attacks.
The kunai she dodged, bounced around her, forcing her to dodge it, again and again, it managed to actually cut her cheek before getting lodged into the ground.
I can't attack from afar, and I can't get close enough to attack. Damn it I can't win this without my quirk. Shinigami thought, before pressing down on her earpiece. "I've got a situation, I can't beat my opponent without my quirk. But I can't fight him and keep up the illusion at the same time. I'll hold out for as long as I can, but we need to hurry."
"Curses!" Karai swore. "This whole operation is going right to hell. What the hell is taking that damn mutant so long to get to those kids?"
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Giza casually strolled back to the room where the children were held up. Walking past what one might mistake for a massacre. The unconscious bodies of hundreds of ninjas littered the halls, so numerous that Giza had to walk on top of the bodies to get through. "It seems that Sori had some fun."
After getting a bit farther, he found Sori, sitting in the remains of…something. There were bits of flesh and guts thrown around a blood-filled hall, and Sori seemed to be trying to clean the blood off her.
"Mind explaining what this was?" Giza asked her.
"You know, I don't really know. Some kinda animal. Wasn't very strong though." Sori responded, not even looking at him. "This gem is no joke, I feel like I could fight All Might with this thing."
"I see. In that case, go assist Midoriya, I will escort the children outside." Giza told her. "I have already found an exit."
"Neet. Let's see if this is more fun." Sori smirked.
And then, she vanished, in a gust of wind, moving so fast that Giza couldn't even perceive her movement.
"Now then, I must hurry," Giza said to himself. "I have something to take care of after all."
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