Justice Across Space and Time: Year 2
Chapter 7
Time for some finishing of the fight against Nine's crew. While also having Izuku address at least part of what's going on with him for his powers. So on with the show.
(Sahiraah POV)
Damn! I was too comfortable and confident. She snuck up on me and…. what the? She's gone? "I'm not stupid enough to fight you head on! And I'm also not crazy about letting you go back to tell the rest of those kids where we're hiding." I hear her call out amongst the rain and trees.
"Great. I didn't finish my spell to keep full tabs on her. Time to get a bit genie tricky." I think aloud before gathering some magic in my hands. I send it outwards in different directions to try and catch whoever this is off guard.
Only to get hit from a different direction again by a new beam. "Nice try! But that leaves you…. Open?" I say while flying over quickly to find a mirror in place. Oh shit. I duck quickly as another beam is fired at me from behind. And it would have taken my head off.
Though being a genie, I don't have to worry about it as much as most. Still. "Clever. You put a few mirrors around to reflect your beams. And with all this noise, you've got plenty of ammo." She's surprised by that and calls out, "how did you know I needed noise or sound?"
"You said it remember? But aside from that, it's not the strangest link between a power and it's source. Be it quirks or meta-abilities." Now then. I just need to look out for that somewhat flashy costume of hers and… wait no. She might have changed. Gotta try something else.
A few more beam shots were fired in my direction so I launch some magic in the rough path backwards. But they weren't just to destroy a mirror or similar. "Just a few more." I muttered out before dodging another attack.
If I can get the right angle to DAMN! "Got you good that time!" the villain's voice echoes out through the woods. She got me pretty good. Took a shot in the arm and leg. I'm healed already but it still hurts. It still works in my favor though.
Man she went nuts on placing those mirrors though. Some are on really weird branches and in odd corners. What? Is she a puzzle or tower gamer or something? Hm. I should really challenge John to one of those when he – wait! Why am I getting distracted now! And crap!
"Seriously! How do you keep coming back from these hits?!" I hear her scream out after I regrew the area in my chest she blasted open. I shake my head before tossing a number of other magic orbs about and around us. Finally feeling them all click into place for the finish.
As I stand to face my foe, I get blasted once but again shrug it off. "You lost this fight because I'm not just a hero. You face an Overseer and mage of exceptional caliber. After all. I'm a genie!" With a clap of my hands, I activate the magic I had scattered about the trees and forest while running.
The massive spell I had been building linked with each of the circle. And with a flash of light, she and I were engulfed in it's effects. Though not without her blasting my way a few more times before she finally noticed the important factor. Namely, that my spell had stopped all sound in the area.
I can imagine she may be freaking out, but that gives me time to cast a small tracking spell. Just scanning the top of this hill. There she is. And she's just wandering around now. Dumb idea. Wait why am I analyzing? Time to catch a lightbender!
"What?! How did she?! I thought she was just a quirk user or true meta who could do something similar to what I can or something!" At least that's what whoever this is lips are saying. Everybody underestimates the idea that magic exists. Especially in this world.
Don't know who you are or why you sided with these people, but I can't let you stop us and hurt anyone else. I cast a few more circles around her while she wasn't looking before blasting her into place. And the magic takes effect to bind her in place.
As I dissipate the magic to talk again, I give her a warning. "Those bindings you're wearing aren't physical. They're magic in nature. So blasting them apart won't be that easy. Especially because it's going to be very quiet for you now. Sorry." I say that, but I'm not that sorry.
I've learned that you have to be very careful with these kinds of foes. There's no telling what ways her powers could develop. But in the meantime, I've got the villains' location and I've taken out one more of them. Now Izuku just needs to make something more of a plan. It's going to be a long night.
(No POV)
As Sahiraah poofed back to the factory with the villain, Izuku was talking with both of his girlfriends on the matter he was keeping secret. "So uh… how did you figure something was off?" he asked while looking at Melissa.
"I wouldn't have thought much of it, but something that villain said seemed off. He scanned us before and didn't think much. But you threw him off. And I caught him saying something about a group of quirks when he scanned you. Not a true meta power or quirkless. Quirks."
Ochaco looked at Izuku with confusion and asked "Izuku, were you really born quirkless and developed true meta powers? Or have you been lying for some reason? Some reason you couldn't tell us?" She had a hurt look on her face and Izuku winced upon seeing it.
He sighed before saying it was complicated. "It uh….. it's true that I was quirkless. But something…. Something incredible happened in my last year of middle school." Izuku recounted how he initially met both All Might and John. How the latter had chastised the number one and then showed Izuku the power of a true meta.
"Though he wasn't calling himself that at the time. Anyway, my crazy brave actions that day had another effect. One on All Might. Enough to where… *sigh* he was willing to pass his quirk to me."
Dumbfounded silence was what he was met with. Ochaco shook her head before saying, "I'm sorry I'm not sure I heard that right. Did you say pass his quirk to you!?" Melissa queried the same before Izuku gave the pair the short version of the history of the power he partially wielded inside himself.
After giving it a moment to sink in, Melissa hummed and noted parts of it did make sense. "Mostly how strong you really are now. The few other true metas we've studied have to build up their source or whatever it is. You didn't."
"Oh, you mean how Izuku lots of raw power right as he started school?" Ochaco asked with a tilt of her head. Before finishing Melissa's theory that the quirk OFA, acted as an extra battery to amplify his true meta powers and greatly empower the teen.
The two were surprised but Melissa acknowledged the accuracy of her statement. "I'm not dumb. And I do listen when you talk." Ochaco said with a pout. Melissa and Izuku chuckled before the latter continued. "Anyway, there was more to OFA than just the power boosting abilities. It turns out that the previous holders' quirks have bonded with it. But I'm the first one it's happened for."
"Not even Uncle Might had this happen. And he was probably one of the strongest wielders of the power, right?" Melissa asked while mentally taking notes. Izuku shook his head and only noted that it had something to do with the quirk reaching a singularity. "At least that was what the first user said."
Before more questions could be asked, the trio got the alert that Sahiraah had returned with a captured villain. They made their way out and saw the somewhat hurt genie and the bound villain.
"Hey what's with that tag on her?" Mineta asked while checking out the tag Sahiraah had quickly made to soundproof the villain. "Don't take that off. It's the only think limiting her power potential," the genie said while catching Mineta's hand.
He backed away quickly before Izuku and the others arrived. "You found them?" Ochaco asked with some worry. Sahiraah nodded before noting that they had been hiding out in a lighthouse. "But they may have moved by now. Besides, we should take this somewhere else. As well as taking the civilians somewhere else."
"I agree. Listen, can you handle that? I know you can finish this alone. Heck if you got really serious, you could probably defeat all of the villains. (Though you might underestimate them). But…. this isn't entirely your world. Please. Leave this to us." Izuku asked one of his mentors with a firm look on his face.
Sahiraah smiled slightly before nodding and agreeing with the class president. "Hey, where's Ojiro?" the genie asked while noticing that the tailed teen was nowhere to be seen. That was because he found a quiet place to meditate and pulling upon the power of the Earth.
'Just as the wind and storm flows around the land and sea, so does the energy within the earth. I need to let that flow into me to truly take on that beast of a man.' Ojiro thinks before realizing that he was thinking about it wrong.
The villain didn't fully matter in the larger scheme. This fight wasn't the biggest worry to the nature and power of the world. 'Separate my ego and wish to be strong from what needs to be done. Just take the power in and let it build,' the tailed teen thought to himself.
He felt the ki wash into and through him. Causing a wind like circle of energy to form under him. At first he was fine, but he started feeling pain as the storm of ki was building more and more within his body. Eventually screaming out as it felt like he was burning and being electrocuted from within by all the power he tried to absorb and channel.
"It's! It's too much! How does he handle this?!" Ojiro asked while trying to maintain the control he had. But he was slipping. "Ojiro!" he heard call out as he was wincing from the pain. His eyes opened slightly and saw the gloves and boots that Toru wore.
He grunted out, "Hagakure! Stay back! I don't know how to handle all of this!" But Toru did the opposite and ran towards Ojiro to hold him. Neither was sure why and when asked all Toru said was, "I don't know! I just… my body moved on it's own! And it thought you needed something else to focus on I guess!"
The tailed teen's thoughts were swimming, and he was certain he would fully lose control and hurt her. 'No! I will handle this! Okay. Calm down and… wait! That might work for now!' he thought before focusing more of the energy into his tail. His thought was that his quirk could be more durable given his training. So he might be able to handle all of the power he was exposed to.
And it starts to work. "Feels like my tail is on fire! But… I think I can… hold it." Ojiro trailed off while looking down at Toru. And being able to see her actual face thanks to the ki swarming around her and him. "Cute," he said aloud before blushing with the girl. Especially because he can now see other parts of her body too.
But he's able to focus his thoughts on maintaining his storm of ki within his tail and the rest of his body. Finally able to settle what he could for the moment and ask what Toru was there for. "Midoriya is building a plan with the others. We need you there."
"Right. I'll head down and try to maintain my control." Ojiro says with a strained voice. Once inside, he sat down to keep his composure while listening. Izuku brought out a map and showed the ideal area for the fight to come. "We'll make Mount Shiroyama and the castle as our base and fight from there."
He noted that there was only one way across to it and they could set up a preemptive strike to split the villains up. "Sahiraah can get most of them to location easily, but I think we should have her take the older and injured off the island. At least until this is done." Momo advises while envisioning where to set up cannons and other weapons.
Ida agrees and Sahiraah is happy to oblige. She then puts forth a way to evacuate everyone if the worst came about. "A last-ditch portal. It'll warp everyone away. But I'll need Mina's help in making it."
"You can count on me." Mina said with a smile and nod. Luno raised his paw and said he'd help as well. Shoto questioned how they would deal with the villain Nine and Izuku said they'd have to keep some distance given he could steal quirks. "But that isn't much of a problem for me or Melissa. We can engage him up close."
"Well you can. I can't. I've got some other work to do." Melissa said while thinking about her other armors. With that the preparations get underway, while the villains get ready to attack. "Guess she couldn't pull it off after all." Chimera says with a scoff.
Nine closes his eyes while Slice arrives and reported that the heroes had set up in the castle. "A siege eh? No matter. Soon I will be the king of a new reality." Nine says with barely open eyes. As the sun rises, they make their way to Mount Shiroyama.
"They're coming." Jiro then Shoji report. Izuku nods before calling Momo, Melissa, and Aoyama. The only male of the group starts building up his power to blast, while the two Ms prepare their own welcomes. Momo having made a few cannons with the lipids she had left, and Melissa having left traps and other devices scattered on the path.
Aoyama grunts in pain before unleashing his Supernova attack. And then channeling it to the other points on his armor to attack. While Slice and Chimera jump away, Nine just puts up his air wall.
Momo then uses her cannons to keep moving the villains away from their leader. With Slice falling underground and Chimera being lost within the trees. And to try and make it easier for her friends, Melissa had launched some quick deploy straightjackets and shock traps. Some of which even hit Nine.
"Damn that devolved bitch!" he snarls before blasting the ground to disable the traps. Only to be set upon by a new attack from Ochaco, Sato, and Mineta. Her removing the gravity of various boulders and the boys moving them by their own quirks. "Oh man this still hurts. But I can't back down!" Sato says while chucking the boulders as fast as he can.
Mineta meanwhile was using links of his orbs and just the orbs themselves to try and slow Nine. "We don't have a choice man! We can't let this guy through!" he shouts before running to avoid the finger lasers from Nine. They kept moving and attacking to make Nine use his quirks and wear him out.
Slice cut herself out of the rubble and straitjacket she was trapped in. "Splitting us up was clever. But it won't stop us," she said while flipping her hair. "No. But we just might!" Mina calls out before launching acid to melt the various stalagmites to fall. Slice cartwheels out of the way before launching her hair in Mina's direction. The pink girl doesn't flinch though and quickly puts up a magic barrier.
Then the villain is struck from behind by Tokoyami and Dark Shadow. "Leave this to me Ashido. The darkness is my domain." Tokoyami claims while covering himself in Dark Shadow while wearing claws upon his hands.
Slice laughs before attacking the raven headed teen. "Darkness is your domain huh? Well you don't seem to rule it that well!" the red head says while slashing with her own claws. Tokoyami continues to struggle before being knocked to the ground.
"This is pathetic!" she calls out before attempting to stab Tokoyami with her hair. The boy doesn't have time to dodge when a new player steps into the ring. That being Luno in a more adult form. "I don't know why I'm doing this! But I've got you!" he says before blasting back with some Hellfire.
The villain panics and quickly tries to avoid getting her hair set on fire. Then used a bit of her launched hair to break apart the ceiling and disrupt her opponents. Dark Shadow and Luno both struck the falling boulders and then threw a few at Slice.
She snarls before saying, "you brats are getting on my nerves! And who's this other hero!?" Luno chuckles before saying, "who said I'm a hero? I'm just here to help out my master. Speaking of it looks like she's ready~."
Slice looks at him in confusion before feeling a presence behind her. Atop the rocks of the cavern, Mina was standing. But she had a different air about her thanks to tapping into her demon side more.
She licked her lips with a smile while looking down at Slice. Before appearing in front of the woman before she could react. Slice tried to lash out with her hair, but Mina first dissolved most of it away with her acid. Then used magic to stop the woman's claw attacks.
"It might be true that Tokoyami's place is in the dark~. But. I come from a place far more unsettling~! And I feel like letting it really loose!" Mina says before ethereal black wings seemed to appear behind her.
Slice's eyes were wide as the dark wings spread out before quickly wrapping around the two of them. When the villain opened her eyes again she looked around and could only see darkness. "Don't think I'll let you get away~."
Mina's voice seemed to echo around the strange chamber they were in. Slice panicked and tried to cut at anything she thought was moving. But when she did strike home with an attack, it ended up terrifying her. Because what she struck was a more adult and demon looking Mina (the one from her dreams).
The demoness quickly gripped Slice's hands before getting in close and using some charm magic on her. It weakened the villain's resolve as she clenched her legs together. "What are you going to do?" she asked in fear.
"Oh don't worry~. I'll make sure you enjoy this just as much~~~!" the demon said before kissing Slice to make her crumple. Leaving her further at the mercy of the demon's embrace.
In the forest by a waterfall, Chimera was ripping out of the straitjacket and traps used to bind him. "That freaking soulless bitch. Pulling this shit!" he shouted after finally freeing himself from the bindings. Only to get dragged underwater and frozen by the teamwork of Shoto and Froppy.
Ida and Kirishima were happy that they caught him, but Shoto knew better. "He's coming!" he called out as the ice broke apart and Chimera burst up from the water. He popped his neck before taking out another cigar and lighting it with his flame breath. And warning the teens he was serious about the fight to come. But they weren't backing down either.
"Recipro Turbo!" Ida calls out before going in with a powerful set of kicks. Not one of them phase the villain. As Kirishima runs in to put his own punches out, all Chimera says is that it tickled whenever the hard head attacked.
Todoroki then uses a fire blast, but Chimera just uses wind pressure from his movements to knock the attack away. "You don't get it! It's use guak! What… what's happening?!" Chimera asks as he feels his limbs seize up.
"You can thank me for that!" Tsuyu says with a ribbit. Todoroki explained that their attacks were intentional. As they coated their limbs in a toxin she had created. The four were certain they had their foe and were ready to take him down. But it wasn't enough.
Chimera started to bulk up in rage and transformed into a new state they could only compare with Jurota from class 2-B. "Not good. He was dangerous enough when he was smaller!" Todoroki says while trying to think of some kind of plan.
Only for the villain to unleash an even more powerful fire beam blast at the teens. Todoroki used his ice to make a shield, but the attack broke through. "We need to get clear!" Ida called out before grabbing Shoto.
"Duck down! Cyclone Shot!" a new voice calls out. The students do that and see a large wind funnel like attack above their heads. One that stops the beam in its tracks. Once Chimera let up, he was stunned and furious at the sight before him. "That stupid weak little brat!" he said.
Ojiro was standing tall from a distance away from the fight. His muscles were tensing and aching but he was holding his ground and ready for the fight. "Time for round two!" he said before sprinting forward to attack the beast.
He leapt up and used his empowered tail to knock Chimera back into the waterfall. "*cough, hack* what the Hell? Where did all of that come from?!" the older heteromorph asked as he glared at Ojiro.
The boy didn't answer before taking his stance once more. "You guys! Get out of here. I'll handle this. Midoriya and the others need help!" Ojiro says, both because it was true and to infuriate his enemy. Shoto wanted to disagree, but he also knew that they all could use the help.
"Ida. Take Asui and Kirishima. I'll back Ojiro up if needed." Todoroki said as the tailed teen clashed with his monstrous foe. "Are you sure?" Ida asked before seeing the look of determination in the bi-colored teen's eyes. He gave an affirmative before taking off with the two in question.
Chimera swipes at Ojiro who easily dodges and uses his powered-up Flare Shots, "Flame Waves!" The trio of ki attacks didn't travel along the ground, but they were large enough to graze it. The villain grunted with each impact before shouting, "how!? How could you get this strong!? You're quirk isn't anything special! And you aren't a true meta!"
Ojiro smiled a bit before using a Burning Hurricane (powered up Flame Tail Dance) to knock his opponent around a bit. "Have you never considered that there is more to power than quirks or other meta-abilities? That a person could grow strong without a flashy or strong quirk. Just by virtue of their training and practice?"
"Like hell they can! This world should belong to the strong and the strong alone! I was called and treated like a monster my entire life! All of us were! Because we had quirks that were so powerful everyone feared us!"
This strikes a cord with the two heroes listening. For Todoroki, it reminded him of his father in a way. Wanting to be the strongest and acknowledged for it. 'This man is similar in the wanting to be acknowledged. But his is out of revenge for how others have treated him.' Shoto thinks while looking down at his left hand.
The martial artist though saw more of what Chimera and the rest were likely all about. 'They want the satisfaction of standing above others after they were told their powers were a menace or they were monsters. This revenge is little more than a reason to oppress others and spread a different bigotry.'
Ojiro took a breath before shifting his stance and closing his eyes. This just infuriated Chimera more and he lunged at Ojiro. But the boy dodged the attacks and waited for his moment to strike home with some devastating blows of his own. From his Grenade Palms and Blaze Heel Drop he rattles the villain more.
But all of that just infuriates him and he roars before trying to blast Ojiro with his flame beam. The tailed teen grits his teeth before using his Cyclone Shot to intercept again. There's one problem: Ojiro could feel his attack being overwhelmed by Chimera's.
"Keep him there!" Todoroki calls out before using his ice to hold both in place. Chimera snarls as he knows he can't let up his attack to break the ice. So he ups the intensity of his mouth beam.
Ojiro grunts in exertion while trying to draw on as much strength as he can. 'This wouldn't stop them. Not Midoriya. Not Kendo. And not Svoboda. No. I won't buckle here! I am a proud fighter!' the tailed teen thinks before shifting his hands and putting more of his ki into the attack.
The young hero can feel all of his muscles and bones screaming as his eyes light up with ki. "Plus ULTRA! Inferno Typhoon Rage!" Ojiro shouts out as what looked like a cyclone changed into a spiraling beam of ki. Overpowering Chimera's attack and knocking the villain out.
"Unfortunately, it knocked me out too. Little help?" Ojiro asked as he collapsed next to Todoroki. Who was glad to oblige but couldn't help but chuckle a bit. "Seems you learned a bit too much from John," he said as they walked away from the battlefield. And a large chunk of the waterfall was destroyed by the blast. 'I hope the others are doing okay. But we're running out of people.' Shoto thinks while helping Ojiro back.
Okay, after the latest chapter now I really have to make all kinds of gear for Melissa's armors! If All Might can have that then so should she! And hopefully this fulfilled some of where else she could go from here with her gear and armor.
This was also a way I felt to make the changes to a few others from 1/2-A feel impressive. Giving Ojiro his shot at really taking down that powerhouse Chimera. And yes I know I did a whole beam struggle to finish but come on! You can't tell me it wouldn't be awesome to see. Let alone it being like a Gohan vs Nappa type of situation. With the mouth beam and the training Ojiro has endured.
I'll probably have the finale up not long after this because I tried to write them both together. But that ended up being way too long. So the Nine fight is next chapter. Please review!
