"So...the boss has finally come out of his fucking hole hasn't he," Shinjiro glared.
"Now, now. No need for such rude remarks," The man said.
"How bout you simply go fuck yourself"
The man simply laughed. "Hah! I knew we picked a good one"
Shinjiro narrowed his eyes. "So, I wasn't just a vermin you picked up on the side of the road"
"Of course not you silly goose. It's all been...planned," He smiled in a creepy way.
"You bastard!" Shinjiro dashed forward, gaining enough speed to land a solid kick to the man's torso. The force sent him back into a building, dust and beris covered the area. You'd think it'd be over but..."It's not over isn't it?"
"Hahaha! Sugoi! Amazing!" The man walked out, seemingly unscathed from the attack. He pulled down his shades, revealing a pair of magenta eyes. "You really exceeded our expectations"
"Our?"
Just then, the same flying object came flying right at Shinjiro causing him to shield his eyes. However, it went straight past him, ignoring him completely.
"What?" Shinjiro turned around. "!" His eyes widened.
A hole was seen through a villain who had wanted to launch a sneak attack against the boy. He grunted in pain before collapsing in front of Shinjiro. The teen immediately moved to his side, feeling him for any movement but as expected, he was dead.
The man stared as he observed Shinjiro like a lab rat, even bothering to take out an electronic device to key something down.
"What the hell did you do?" Shinjiro's voice sounded hostile. He looked back at the man with murderous eyes.
"A man with such a status should not be associating himself with people like us," The man replied in a refined manner. "Thus...I removed him from the equation. But why do you care so much for a man who was trying to kill you mere minutes ago?"
"I was brought up with the mentality that no one should die. Not even the most evil ones," Shinjiro spat back. "That's why when I bring you down, you'll be headed straight to prison"
"We shall see," He motioned his hand upward, summoning two more of his flying objects. "Fly"
Both flew at lightning speeds at Shinjiro, who couldn't keep up with the speed, causing it to graze off the armor. It flew around before back in for more hits. Shinjiro couldn't do anything as the objects were moving way too fast for him to see.
"Everytime he says 'Fly' they activate. It has to be his quirk," Shinjiro shielded his face but began to walk toward the man. "Then the only way to stop these things...is to stop him!"
Just like that, he made a mad dash toward the man, readying a punch.
"Combine"
*WOOSH*
Shinjiro's fist connected with the objects who had converged on the man's location to form a protective barrier in front of him.
"Dammit! He can protect himself as well!" Shinjiro thought before leaping back.
"That armor you've made is really impressive," The man applauded. "But can it withstand this? Drill"
The shield in front of him disassembled and formed a tight formation representing a small drill. The three flying objects started to spin at high speeds and started to steamroll towards Shinjiro. He dodged as the drill came flying past him before swinging around for another go.
"Piss off will you!" Shinjiro stomped on the ground, unearthing a piece of rock. He held it up as the drill came drilling forward. As soon as the drill connected with the rock, Shinjiro felt the power it held as the drill easily broke through the rock within seconds. Having no choice, he forced the rock upwards as the drill broke through it. It flew over his head before splitting up again into the three miniature objects.
Shinjiro panted. "Three attacks. One is a defensive move and two are offense. If I can just get him to use the drill one more time!"
"Oi, old man," Shinjiro said.
"Old? Are you talking to me? Cause I'll have you know I'm in my mid-twenties-"
"Blah, blah, blah. You talk too much," Coming from the guy with inner monologues and the most lines out of everyone. "Why don't you just go all out? You wanna kill me so do it properly!"
"I think you misunderstand my intentions," The man spoke. "I'm not here to kill you. I'm here to check up on your development"
"Development?"
"Oh, I might have said too much. Let's save that for the epilogue shall we? Fly," The man raised his hands as he sent his objects back to Shinjiro.
Shinjiro tried dodging the objects and even tried punching them out of the air, but they were simply too fast for the human body to keep up.
"You like them? I designed them myself! Drill!" The swarm appeared above Shinjiro's head before converging back into the drill coming straight at him.
"Here's my chance!" Shinjiro held his arms out to block but was secretly waiting for the drill to be as close as possible. As the drill neared, he thrusted his hands up awaiting it's arrival.
*SCREE!*
The sound of metal crashing into one another was heard as Shinjiro was grabbing onto the drill itself. Sparks flew as he struggled to keep it above his head. He could feel his metallic suit slowly breaking under the drill's pressure, soon steam was coming out of the suit.
"Well, at least the cooling system's working!" Well, why are you worrying about that now? You're dying. "I...don't need a narrator to fucking interupt the fight!"
Shinjiro struggled as he moved one hand closer to the center of the drill while the other was used to grab one of the objects at the back of the drill. The drill formation broke instantly once he had grabbed the object, crushing in his palms. He threw the remaining two objects aside but of course, they were still active, flying back at him.
However, they were slower than before, allowing Shinjiro to quickly bat them aside. Both fell to the ground and were promptly stomped on before they could get back up.
Shinjiro panted as he slowly looked up at the man. Rain poured down his face, or is that sweat? Either way, the man had a look of satisfaction on him. Not sure why but, it is what it is.
"Now what? You're out of your micro drones," Shinjiro remarked. What a bad move that was.
"Who says I only brought three?" The man simply removed his hands from his pocket and looked like Tony Stark showing off his collection of missiles. The drones soon came after, forming two wings on his back before…
"Why did I say anything?"
"Fly," The drones sprung into action as they encircled and soon attacked Shinjiro, who was already tired out from fighting just three. He took hit after hit before collapsing on one knee.
"There's too many! Me and my big stupid mouth!" Shinjiro grit his teeth.
"I think that's quite enough now. Constrict"
The drones then flew around Shinjiro in a circle, slowly closing in on him. Shinjiro tried to get up but it proved to be of no use when the drones had created a coil around him. The ring was razor sharp as if it was trapping him in a snake's belly. Shinjiro attempted to break himself free of the coil.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," The man warned. "The coil shreds through tough metals like cutting through paper"
Shinjiro narrowed his eyes. Why would this mysterious man warn him? Hell, he's kidnapped and experimented on him. "So why?"
"Now then…" The man cracked his knuckles. "Let's do what we should've done from the start"
"Shit..." Shinjiro's shoulders slumped as he accepted his fate.
"Midoriya, please make sure that no one's around," Mineta whispered.
"I know. If I sense danger then we run," Midoriya popped his head out of the water, hiding behind a ledge that led into the shipwreck zone. Soon, the two others popped their heads out.
They saw that there was a trail of unconscious villains leading to a still active Aizawa continuing to bring the beat down. He jumped and used his scarf to grapple onto a pair of enemies before pulling himself down and slamming them into the ground. It seems he's basically fought them all off himself, there was no other villain around him other than…
"23 seconds..." The blue-haired-hand guy ran at him.
"The boss?" Aizawa readied his scarf and quirk again for action. He quickly rushed at him, throwing his scarf in the process.
However, the boss grabbed it and used it to pull himself closer. Aizawa quickly went in for an elbow strike which seemed to have connected with the boss' stomach, but he had grabbed it and held onto it.
"It's hard to see since you are still," The man's cold voice ran through Aizawa's body. "But your hair falls whenever you've finished a move"
Aizawa's eyes widened behind his goggles as his elbow started crumbling. "This guy!"
"Plus, your intervals are getting shorter and shorter," The cold voice exclaimed. "Don't exert yourself too much...Eraser Head"
The hiding trio watched in horror as Aizawa's elbow crumbled until his muscles were shown. Aizawa quickly kicked the villain off but the damage to his elbow was done. He backed away and was now starting to struggle against a couple more villains coming at him. His movements got slower and he was breathing harder than before. Despite his injuries, he managed to dispatch the rest of the villains that had come to attack him.
"Hehehehe," The villain laughed coldly. "You really are cool Eraser Head. However..."
Aizawa felt a presence behind him as a giant shadow loomed over him. He looked up in shock to see the bird looking creature standing behind him, its eyes staring blankly into nowhere. But, Aizawa could tell its bloodlust was guided onto him.
"...I'm not even the final boss," The villain chuckled.
Midoriya's eyes widened as he saw goggles fly, accompanied by blood as it fell to the ground with a splat. Tsuyu submerged herself into the water to drown out Aizawa's cries of pain while Mineta started crying out of shock.
Aizawa was face down on the ground as blood trickled down his head before being slammed into the ground by the creature. It sat on top of him before bringing his arm and making it turn in an abnormal position.
The blue-haired villain just tilted his head, still chuckling to himself like any insane person would.
"You know, hero...erasing quirks is a pretty cool power. However...it's useless when it's against an overwhelming force," He raised a hand before signaling to the creature. "Let's see how long you last"
With a snap of his arm, Aizawa let out a small cry of pain as blood came flowing out of the now distorted arm. He desperately tried to erase the creature's quirk but as soon as his eyes turned red, the creature grabbed his head and slammed it into the ground. It then decided to break Aizawa's other arm, snapping it like a twig. Man this thing is really going all out on breaking him.
"You see here, Eraser Head. This thing is no ordinary creature but as the Anti-Symbol of Peace. The bioengineered Nomu!" The villain said. "I sincerely hope you enjoy your trip down there. Say hi to the devil for me," He let out a creepy laugh.
As the situation got worse, Midoriya had conflicting doubts. He wanted to jump in and help but at his current strength, he would be decimated and there would be another death. He was scared of what was going to happen to his teacher but as he couldn't do anything but watch, he was feeling really pissed at himself. He balled up his fists as purple mist appeared in front of the villain.
"Shigaraki Tomura," The mist said.
"Kurogiri, did you kill Thirteen?" The blue-haired villain now named, Shigaraki, asked.
"Although I immobilized her, I couldn't scatter some students," The mist who was now named Kurogiri responded. "One of them got away"
"Huh?" The villain turned his head to Kurogiri, exposing his glaring red eyes. He stared at him for a moment before sighing. He lifted a hand to his neck and started scratching it. The scratching quickened before he brought up the other hand to scratch the other side of his neck.
"Kurogiri..." Shigaraki angrily said, still scratching his neck. "If you weren't the warp gate, I would have crushed you by now!"
He stopped scratching and pulled down his hands to reveal a bloodied neck from frustration the villain let out.
"Winning against a dozen pros is impossible even for us. It's game over…." He turned his head toward Kurogiri. "Let's go home..."
The hiders couldn't believe their ears. It was over...it was finally over.
Mineta's eyes welled up with water. "W-We're saved! It's over!" He loudly whispered while hugging Tsuyu. Especially touching her in the boo-
Oh never mind, she's drowning him now. Looks like Mineta's not saved.
"Midoriya, I have a bad feeling about this," Tsuyu said.
"Same here..." Midoriya put a hand to his chin. "They went through all this trouble...but now they're leaving. What's really going on?"
"Oh...right… before we leave..." Shigaraki raised his head and turned toward the open water. One real red dilated eye focused on the three peepers. "...let's destroy at least some of his pride as the Symbol of Peace"
Midoriya felt a murderous intent as Shigaraki disappeared from his spot who then reappeared in front of Tsuyu. By the time he realized it, the villain was already halfway through reaching out for Tsuyu's head. Midoriya's eyes widened as time slowed down, flashes of Aizawa's arm decaying...then Tsuyu disintegrating. He was helpless, not able to do anything but stare as his classmate was about to die.
"Why...why can't I do anything!"
Shigaraki's hand stopped in front of Tsuyu's face. "You really are cool...Eraser Head"
Aizawa's red eyes shined through his bloodied face, having disabled Shigaraki's quirk at the last second. However, it didn't last long before the Nomu slammed his face down into the ground, effectively canceling his quirk.
It was then the time for Midoriya to spring into action. He readied his arm for an attack, imbuing it with One For All.
"This is bad! I need to save Tsu and run away now!"
"Let go of her!" Midoriya punched at Shigaraki. "SMASH!"
The punch appeared to have made contact with the villain, causing a massive shockwave to blast through the area. It blew away all nearby people and things, including Tsuyu and Mineta. The wind force it had generated smashed all the lights in the room, everyone watch out for the falling glass!
Midoriya panted before realizing his arm wasn't broken at all. "Wait...my arm isn't broken? Now One For All wants to work when I'm in a situation like this? That was a good Smash! Let's-"
Midoriya's happy expression changed to horror when the Nomu replaced Shigaraki, having taken the Smash to the gut. It still had that stupid blank look on its face, having felt physically no pain at all.
"I- It didn't affect him?" Midoriya stumbled backward with a look of horror on his face.
"Nice moves..." Shigaraki complimented but his body gestures seemed to say otherwise. His hands were balled up in fists and shook. "A Smash huh? Are you one of All Might's followers? It doesn't matter anyway… Nomu"
The Nomu's eyes darted forward, causing Midoriya to stumble further backwards. In one quick motion, Midoriya was snatched up by the arm and held up by it. The Nomu tilted its head before…
*SNAP*
You'd think the arm would be broken. You'd be partially right because…
"A- All Might!" Midoriya yelled.
There...in all his glory, All Might was finally here. He firmly gripped the Nomu's arm to stop Midoirya's arm from being crushed into bits. All Might cocked a fist back and launched it forward, planting a punch straight into the Nomu's face. The impact caused a giant wave of dust to surround them. Midoriya stumbled out of the smoke, coughing. He looked back to see All Might standing in front of him, protecting him from whatever was to come.
But eventually, the Nomu jumped backwards having no signs of feeling the pain or being damaged. All Might stood on the other side of the smoke, wearing his teacher's outfit and a stern look on his face.
"Y- you came!" Midoriya held onto his arm which was in pain after the Nomu almost crushed.
"It's alright now, Young Midoriya. Because I am here!" All Might yelled.
Everyone immediately sprung up having heard the prior engagement and saw All Might at the bottom of the stairs with Midoriya right behind him.
"All Might's here!" Shoji called out.
"All Might!" Uraraka said happily, with tears streaming down her face.
"I've been waiting for you...Hero," Shigaraki said in a wave of cold anger.
"The hell are you doing?" Shinjiro asked, in a not so polite manner.
"Now, now, didn't your parents teach you some manners?" The man said, sitting down in a chair that he pulled out from nowhere. Hey, that kind of rhymed.
"Shut up. Once I get out of this coil-"
"Except you won't," The man countered. "Empty threats do not scare me, child. Because you trust me by my word that the coil will instantly break your little suit, you will do nothing"
Shinjiro kept his eyes glued to the man. "...Who. Are. You?"
"I... am Kazuya," The man said.
"That easy? Are you sure it isn't a codename?"
"Why yes, it is easy because we are to be acquainted with one another," Kazuya stated.
"Why the hell would I want to be acquainted with someone like you," Shinjiro spat.
"You see Shinjiro Toujou..."
Shinjiro flinched at hearing his full name. Still haven't gotten over it, haven't you?
"...I have been watching you for a long time"
"How long is long?"
"Ever since you were a small child. We have been interested in you ever since you came into this world."
"Again with the we. Who's we?"
Kazuya chuckled. "That you will understand at a later time, my child. For now..." He raised his hand before more of his flying objects flew into the sky. It started to form… a shape or two.
"You are a special one. One that we take quite interest in. One that will change this society forever. One that will become something that will change the course of humanity into a greater, better future," The objects created a mini-city in the sky before changing and upgrading into something better.
"Quirk experimentation has been out there for as long as quirks have been. But now...it's been getting stale… boring as you might say," The objects formed test tubes with human replicas inside. "We seek to revolutionize the power of quirks and to make them better. Quirks with no drawbacks and physical changes to the body."
Kazuya held out his hand while the objects flew to it and started to create something. Once it was done, Shinjiro couldn't believe what he was seeing. It...was the monster from the first chapter- I mean...the one that chased him all around the city.
"You..." Shinjiro stammered.
"Correct, we created the monster that was supposed to abduct you. But once that had failed, I personally stepped in to do it myself"
"Y- You...bastard!" Shinjiro slammed his hand into the coil surrounding him. The metal instantly broke when it connected to the prison, causing Shinjiro to recoil back. He felt his hand hiss in pain as mini patches of blood started to ooze out.
"I told you not to touch that," Kazuya warned.
"You sent… a monster after me. Kidnapped me...and now what?! To play your stupid ass game of hero and villain?! To create a so-called better society?! What the fuck is your plan here?!" Shinjiro screamed at him.
"The plan..." The man said in an unwavering tone. "Ah right… the plan. The plan was to see and document your...progress"
"What progress? Am I some kind of android now?" Shinjiro grinded his teeth in anger.
"The progress of your powers. Did you really think we were going to give you a quirk? Hah, nonono...we gave you… retribution"
"Retri...bution?"
"The power to correct this society without ever lifting a finger. Unlike the League of Villains who we do not share the same view. Your progress is to see how you would make it in life, and to see if you can break out of your own prison"
"You crazy man. You're not making any sense right now," Shinjiro bit his lower lip as his eyes darted around the coil, trying to find a weak spot for him to break out.
"Patience young one, for we will see your true self very soon," He gestured to his objects before they started forming something big in the sky. That something was yet another test tube but even bigger. But, what stood out was the person inside.
"Is that...me?" Shinjiro questioned as the figure bobbed up and down the imaginary test tube.
Kazuya didn't say anything as he directed his objects to make the figure move. First by opening his eyes...if you can call it that and then slowly move each limb of his body. As the body kept moving, sudden cracks started to emerge from the fake test tube. Shinjiro's eyes widened as the test tube broke and out emerged the fake human, only for the objects to break formation and return back to Kazuya.
"Do you understand now? Shinjiro Toujou?" The man asked, still in an unwavering tone.
"I wish, I said I did," Shinjiro said. "What the hell was the point in showing me that?"
"Hmmm….I see," Kazuya seemed to have made a mental note. "That is all for today"
He raised a hand and soon all of the flying objects started to fly behind him. Even the coil that was keeping Shinjiro captive started to crumble, the objects flying to join the rest. Shinjiro didn't move as the objects started spinning around in a circle eventually creating a portal. He could only helplessly stare as the portal completed itself, not able to do anything to prevent his kidnapper from leaving.
"I sincerely hope we will see each other again," Kazuya started to take his leave.
"Wait!" Shinjiro yelled. "I'll get stronger...I'll become a hero like you want me to. But when I do...you're going down"
"We shall see about that..." Kazuya turned around, however, he didn't walk. "However, I would like you to think about your offer to retire once you catch me. There are still more out there"
"What? More of you? Then I'll beat you all too!" Shinjiro declared.
"Not just us, child. For there are more like you wandering this Earth."
"What? More of...me?"
"I sincerely hope they are doing just fine..." Kazuya began to walk into the portal but not before singing a small phrase. "For we are the Heron to this crumbling world~" He chanted.
And just like that….he was gone. Gone from the grasp of the main hero once again. Oh right, it was raining. It seems all was blocked out once the scene had started, Shinjiro couldn't even tell that he was soaking wet. Thank god the suit is waterproof though.
*SLAM!*
W- Well, looks like Shinjiro just dented the ground with an angry slam.
"Dammit! I couldn't even touch him! I thought All Might's training regime would be good enough but...he just let his stupid creations do all the work. He was right there..." Shinjiro was on all fours sulking. Cheer up bud, it's only chapter 15.
"I- I'm not the only one..." Shinjiro thought as all the information slowly seeped into his brain. "I wasn't the only one to be experimented on by...him…."
"DAMMIT!" Shinjiro brought up his arms and slammed into the ground as hard as he could. The ground shook as small rocks went flying in the air, the shockwave blew rain droplets away. He shifted himself into kneeling down but letting his body weight take over his legs. He lifted his hands to see that they were bruised and bloodied. Was it all for nothing? Even if he were to take the cooperation down there would still be remnants, there would still be illegal activity, there would still be more...like him.
No matter what he could do, it was all helpless.
"I would love it if you'd stop drumming negative thoughts into my brain narrator," Oi, what are you doing talking to me? "Piss off scab-lander, I won't let the darkness swallow me. After all… I've been brought up by a hero family and raised with their ideals. So piss off about being helpless, because something like this ain't going to bring me down. If there are more like me then...I'll help them all. To make sure they aren't forgotten and to make sure they have a future. You hear me?!"
...Wow, I can't believe you went on an inner monologue to talk to me, a simple old narrator-
No! You fake! Get out of here!
Oh look, it's my lesser narrator buddy, here to- (Can we get back to the story now? Get out of here you're fired)
Goodbye stupid one, you won't take over my show today! *Ahem* Anyway where were we? Oh right, Shinjiro has decided to stay and learn more at U.A and has now formed a strong resolve to find and help all those who have been affected like him.
"I should probably get out of here...who knows how long I've been here..." Shinjiro thought as he walked into the fog to get out of this rainy hell hole.
After the smoke had started to clear, a dozen villains appeared seemingly out of Nomu had jumped back to where Shigaraki was and kept a distance away as the villains closed in on All Might.
"Th- That's All Might..." A villain spoke in fear, having finally seen who was standing to face them.
The villains recoiled in fear at the presence of the mighty number one as he menacingly stepped out to face them.
"Don't be chickens!" One villain shouted. "We're going to kill him-"
Oh well, that was over. All Might made short work of the minions as he moved so fast that he was like Superman. After he was done, he was back at the bottom of the stairs holding an unconscious Aizawa.
"Aizawa..." All Might said as he stared at the fallen hero's injuries. "I'm sorry"
"All Might..." Shigaraki growled.
All Might's eyes flashed, revealing his blue pupils as he dashed forward, grabbing Midoriya and getting back to the stairs in a flash.
"Young Midoriya, please take Aizawa to safety!"
"A- All Might..." Midoriya uttered.
"We don't have time, hurry!" All Might said before dashing straight at Shigaraki. "Carolina..."
"Nomu," Shigaraki called out to the monster who quickly stepped in front of its master.
"...Smash!" All Might did an X chopping motion to the creature. The force caused the water in the background to suddenly splash outward but the creature was still standing. In fact, it didn't even move at all.
The Nomu's eyes jolted forward, having locked onto its target before swinging its hands forward in a catching motion. Luckily, All Might ducked in the nick of time.
"Nani? It's not affecting him?" All Might thought before landing a quick punch to its gut. As expected, the Nomu still kept going, swinging its hand for another attack.
"Well then..." All Might moved to dodge its attack and started swinging for the fences, landing two punches to its face, hoping to hurt it somehow. All he got was an ear-piercing scream before the Nomu went in for another punch.
All Might leaped back a couple of feet. "So not even it's face huh?"
The Nomu quickly appeared in front of where he landed but the hero was quick to counter with a punch to its gut once again.
"Nothing you do works hero. It's because of his shock absorption," Shigaraki said. "The only way to beat it, is to claw out his meat but...I doubt he'd let you do that"
Wait, is the villain really monologuing about how he's going to win? Come on, you never do that!
"Thanks for the advice!" All Might said before quickly moving behind the Nomu and grabbing him by the pelvis. He arched his back before bringing the Nomu and pile driving him into the dirt. As you all know, dust and dirt were kicked into the air, not letting anyone see what was going on.
Up by the entrance, the onlookers watched the fight go down. They cheered as All Might backdropped the Nomu into the dirt.
"Guys!" Mineta cried out, running toward them like his life depended on it.
"Asui-san!" Sato called out.
"You guys okay?" Sero asked.
"We're okay kero, we were blown away by Midoriya's attack just now and decided to regroup with you all kero," Tsuyu explained.
"Wait, where's Deku?" Uraraka asked.
"I believe he's helping Mr Aizawa. I can see Midoriya carrying him over to us," Shoji said, using his many eyes and ears to scout. "The others who have been scattered are slowly but surely making their way towards the entrance right now"
This made everyone sigh in relief. However, things are just about to kick off.
Meanwhile, Midoriya was busy dragging along the unconscious Aizawa. Usually, it would be difficult to drag someone along but thanks to Midoriya's training, the boy didn't even break a sweat. But, he was too busy thinking about All Might.
"He won't be able to hold his muscle form for much longer. Since I read new articles on the way to school plus the fact that the teachers said that All Might wasn't able to make it. When Thirteen put three fingers up it must have meant...his time limit was up!" Midoriya grit his teeth, knowing the situation All Might was in. "I'm the only one who knows...and I can't do anything about it! Dammit! If only...if only I could control One For All..."
Once the smoke had cleared once again, there was quite a sight. Kurogiri decided to join in on the fun and created a portal that allowed the Nomu to basically stab All Might in his sides with its hands. All Might started bleeding from the mouth as he struggled to keep his backdrop form with fingers in his abdomen.
"Did you really think you could slam him into the concrete?" Shigaraki questioned. The Nomu continued to press into All Might's sides. "He's about as strong as you, you know"
Shigaraki evilly chuckled. "This is good Kurogiri," He said to the floating portal beside him.
"Stop! Th- That's my weak spot!" All Might grunted as he let go of his hold on the Nomu to try and prise open the creature's hold on his abdomen. Despite all of his strength focused on the Nomu's hand, All Might was struggling to pull it out. "What power!"
"I- Is this your first offense?"
Shigaraki scratched his neck before passing on the job to someone else. "Kurogiri..."
"I don't usually like blood and guts within me but, I'll gladly accept someone like you. Because you're extremely swift, the Nomu's job was to bind you and soon I shall close this portal." Kurogiri explained. "And when that happens..."
All Might gets chopped in half, just say it, it's that easy people.
Midoriya stopped walking, unable to bear witness to All Might's death, and gently placed Aizawa down. He then started bolting towards All Might.
"All Might!" Midoriya screamed as he made a straight beeline toward the hero.
"Young Midoriya? ...You're unbelievable," All Might thought as he saw the child run at him.
"I won't let you fool!" Kurogiri said, getting in the way of Midoriya.
"Come on, One For All! Don't fail me now!" Midoriya knew he couldn't stop running in time so instead, he focused One For All into his arm, spreading the power out like he did during the assessment test.
"SMMMASH!" Midoriya yelled as he quickly slammed his fist into the ground, creating a massive shockwave that ran throughout the area. The shockwave, while not strong enough to affect the Nomu or All Might in this case, quickly knocked the remaining villains to the floor.
"OUT OF MY WAY DEKU!" Oh, and here comes a screaming boy. Bakugo grabbed Kurogiri's metalhead and proceeded to slam it into the ground. A trail of ice followed suit and froze the Nomu's side that was injecting All Might.
"Ice?" All Might looked forward. "Young Todoroki, is that you?"
"They told me that you two would be the ones to kill All Might," Todoroki coldly said.
With the Nomu essentially frozen, All Might managed to release the creature's grasp from him and safely jumped out of the death trap. He landed next to Todoroki, who sent another wave of ice to freeze the Nomu over. All Might clutched his wound as he stumbled.
"Don't forget about me!" Kirishima leaped towards Shigaraki before the villain quickly jumped back to avoid his attack. "Damn, I couldn't show off my moves too"
"Kacchan...everyone..." Midoriya held onto his arm which was now turning red from his previous attack. "I- I left Mr Aizawa back at the-"
"No need to worry about that Midoriya," Shinjiro's voice ringed in the boy's ears. "I've already got him to safety while you were playing hero"
"Shinjiro-san!"
Shinjiro gave him a nod before looking forward to the last standing villain.
"Kurogiri...our door has been blocked," Shigaraki said in a monotone voice. "This is some pinch we're in..."
"You idiot," Bakugo said to the portal. "Only some parts of you can change to a warp gate and you were hiding those parts with a fog. It's just as I thought!"
"Hehehe, hahaha," Shigaraki began to laugh.
Shinjiro narrowed his eyes as he got into a defensive stance. "Watch out, he's planning something"
"Nomu," That single word seemed to trigger the Nomu to move out of the portal, breaking some of the ice off. It contorted to get its body upright again but the ice seemed to have been too strong for the Nomu to break out of. Instead, the creature shattered it and in the process, shattered its arm and leg at the same time.
This shocked the heroes who didn't think something like that would happen. But... its missing limbs started to grow back, slowly but surely until you couldn't even tell that it was cut off in the first place.
"Nani? Didn't you say it's quirk is damage absorption?"All Might asked.
"I didn't say it was the only one," Shigaraki responded.
"I knew it, something looking like that would mean it's been experimented on. Just like Kazuya said...I wasn't the only one who was experimented on like this!" Shinjiro thought.
"This Nomu was designed to fight on par with your 100%," Shigaraki said. "It's a high quality sandbag. First, we'll retrieve our gate"
The five students perked up, but unfortunately, their attention wouldn't help against the Nomu.
"Nomu," Shigaraki commanded. In an instance the Nomu disappeared from his spot, gunning straight for Bakugo who wasn't able to see it coming. The Nomu raised its fist and slammed it straight into the boy, kicking up more dirt and dust everywhere.
"Kacchan!" Midoriya shouted.
"He's fast," Todoroki commented.
"W- wait Kacchan?" Midoriya saw Bakugo out of the corner of his eye and turned around to see Bakugo in a trance-like state. "How did you dodge it?"
"No, I didn't. Shut up," Still as vulgar as ever huh?
"So, how did you?" Kirishima asked.
"All Might did," Shinjiro pointed out.
Sure enough, All Might had tanked the attack and was currently up against a wall. He was battered, bruised, and coughing alongside some steam coming off him.
"Do you know what moderation is?" All Might coughed out.
"I was trying to save a comrade, it can't be helped. Earlier, that kid...the plain one, tried throwing a punch at me," Shigaraki pointed at Midoriya. "Violence being used to save others...isn't that right Hero? You know All Might...I'm angry at this world. Where the same violence is categorized into Hero and Villain, good and bad. You call yourself the Symbol of Peace? You're just a violent machine used to oppress people! Violence only causes more violence. I'll make that clear by killing you!"
"You're insane. Ideological criminals should have passion in their eyes. But you just want to have fun, you liar!" All Might spat out.
Shigaraki's pupils shrank through his hand mask. "It seems you've snuffed me out already."
"Three against six," Todoroki said.
Midoriya nodded. "Plus, Kacchan already revealed the fog's weakness"
"These guys are insane, but if we back up All Might we should be able to win!" Kirishima sharpened his hands, ready to fight.
"No! Run away!" All Might interjected. "I won't let students like you get in the way of this!"
"Too bad All Might, we're already in this together," Shinjiro said.
"Plus, if I hadn't helped, you'd be dead already," Todoroki added.
"That's true, and I thank you for it! But, I'm fine! Watch what a Pro Hero would do!"
"Nomu, Kurogiri, kill him. I'll deal with the kids," Shigaraki commanded.
The Nomu instantly leaped into action followed by All Might to intercept it. With glowing blue eyes, All Might slammed his fist into the Nomu's fist, causing a giant wave of air to blast throughout the area. It blew nearly everyone away from the two as they went at it.
"Oi, oi, oi, I thought you said it yourself that its Quirk was Shock Absorption," Shigaraki said as he flew through the air.
"Yes, I did! If your quirk isn't shock resistance but shock absorption, then...it must have a limit!" All Might threw even more punches that kept up with the Nomu. They were moving so fast you could call this a Jojo episode.
"I...can't get near," Kurogiri said.
"Fine...deal with the kids. They've been blown away too, hurry!" Shigaraki shouted at the portal.
"I understand," Kurogiri began to slowly move toward the students who were trying not to be blown away by the fight.
All Might continued to keep punching the Nomu, bleeding some damage as the creature was way faster than him. He was hit multiple times in the face, his weak spot, and his arms. But, that didn't stop him from going even more beyond.
"If your creature is meant to beat my 100% then...I will go beyond that!" All Might shouted as he retaliated with faster, stronger punches that managed to hit the giant bird. He powered through one more hit that launched the Nomu further away as he gave chase.
"A Hero can..." All Might slammed the Nomu into the ground but it quickly regained its footing and jumped at him. They began a fight in the air as punch after punch was thrown, both sides jostling in the skies for supremacy. "...turn around any bad situation!"
The hero grabbed the Nomu by the arms and used his feet to kick it straight into the ground, cracking the entire area in the process. The recoil of the attack sent the Nomu back into the air as All Might landed right beside it.
"Hey, Villain, have you heard this before? Going over and beyond….PLUS ULTRA!" All Might shouted as he gathered all his energy from One For All and sent one final punch into the Nomu's gut. The punch was so powerful it sent him forward in a straight line to god knows where. The tremor of the punch was so powerful it was felt throughout the USJ.
Those at the entrance watched as a villain went flying off into the backend of the building. Todoroki, Bakugo, and Kirishima watched on, thinking to themselves that this was the top of pro heroes. Midoriya was worrying about All Might and his time limit, which has since expired after the hero had spent all of his energy.
Shinjiro however…
"It's not over yet!" Kurogiri shouted, having flanked them from behind. He extended his fog to cover the students.
"I knew they had another plan!" Shinjiro shouted as he punched a foggy tentacle, wait he can do that?
"Dammit! We were paying so much attention to All Might we forgot about the others!" Todoroki shouted.
"All Might's too injured and too far away to save us! Bakugo! You know what to do!" Shinjiro yelled.
"Don't tell me what to do dumbass!" Bakugo went straight for Kurogiri's head, ready to blow it to bits. However, Shigaraki came out from the black fog right in front of Bakugo with his hands raised. The explosive kid swore he saw his life flash before his eyes before he was quickly tackled.
"Idiot! Don't just run in like that!" Shinjiro scolded him. He saw Shigaraki following Kurogiri close behind so he knew that the villain was trying to protect the gate if it's head were to be attacked.
"Shut up! I had him!"
"Sure you did… Todoroki!" Shinjiro yelled before a trail of ice came zooming past him and slamming into the two villains. The ice left behind a big glacier in its place.
"Take this!" Kirishima hardened up himself before slamming into the ground, causing another shockwave to travel and shatter the giant ice cube.
However, the fog started to become even thicker than before and started to split the students off from one another. It became harder to see through it and anything could happen.
"Oi, you better not drag me down with you," Shinjiro said to Bakugo.
"Same to you dumbass!" Bakugo spat back. They were back to back to make sure that they wouldn't be sneaked up on.
Todoroki started to use his ice to slowly clear away the fog. Raising ice walls and bringing it back down to make sure whoever was on the other side of it wouldn't be able to hide behind it.
Midoriya was stuck with Kirishima, who were arguably the most likely to be attacked.
"Dammit! If only I were more helpful," Midoriya clutched his slightly broken and swollen arm.
"Damn, I can't see anything!" Kirishima said before a pair of red eyes glowed in the darkness. Midoriya's eyes widened as a hand slowly reached out, aiming for the red head's...well, head.
"No! Come on! One For All work with me! One more time please!" Midoriya thought as he started charging One For All throughout both his legs subconsciously. Before Shigaraki could decimate Kirishima, Midoriya used his might to push him away. Thanks to the instant dash forward, Midoriya managed to kick up a lot of wind which managed to dispel the thick fog that surrounded everyone.
The two landed safely next to Bakugo and Shinjiro, with Todoroki following suit. With the gang all back together, and the two villains on the opposite side of them, this seems like it's the end.
"Tch! You can't even beat a couple of kids, how pathetic," Shigaraki reprimanded Kurogiri who had used his portal to absorb the attack.
"My apologies Tomura Shigaraki," Kurogiri said before using himself to create a portal. "It seems like it's all over now. Let us retreat"
"It really is game over at this point..." Shigaraki slumped his shoulders in defeat. "Unless..."
He pulled out a small remote from his pocket. "Let's give Nomu one final dance," He clicked the button but...nothing happened. He got impatient and pressed it a couple more times. "Huh? What hap-"
*BOOM!*
A giant explosion was heard outside of the building, or was it inside? Either way, the explosion was so loud you couldn't tell if it was right in your face.
"Nani?" Shigaraki wondered before his eyes suddenly went wide. He started violently stretching his neck again. Seriously, you need cream for that. "No...nonono, they lied! THEY LIED! I'LL KILL THEM...I'LL KILL THEM ALL!"
"Tomura Shigaraki, please calm down. The pro heroes will be coming soon, we need to go," Kurogiri urged the villain who was starting to throw a violent tantrum. When the villain wasn't listening, the portal quickly grabbed him and threw him in. "Now then...we shall take our leave"
With that, the portal quickly closed and there was no sign of the two masterminds anywhere.
"They're gone..." Todoroki looked around.
"Finally! It's all over!" Kirishima said, collapsing to the ground.
"All Might..." Midoriya muttered, looking at the hero slowly getting lost in his own steam. He felt a hand grab onto his shoulder and pulled him up. "Sh- Shinjiro-san?"
"Don't worry, Midoriya. If animes taught me anything, it's that help should be arrivingggg..." As if on cue, the entrance exploded as a dozen or so pro heroes came filtering out. "...now!"
"Everyone! I've come back with help!" Iida shouted to everyone. The pro heroes immediately sprang into action to arrest all of the villains down in the main square, while some went to assist the other students in the different areas.
While the teachers were rounding out all the students, Shinjiro helped Midoriya over to All Might to see the hero emitting so much steam you could call him a sauna.
"Sorry All Might," Midoriya apologized. "We couldn't help you at all"
"This was supposed to be our story but looks like we were completely useless huh?" Shinjiro said.
"Don't worry Young Midoriya, Young Shinjiro. Thanks to the both of you, everyone else is fine," All Might said, who had now reverted back to his skinny self. He let out a light chuckle. "Now...we should probably get to a hospital. I think my body passed out because I can't move"
"Well… this is a sight to behold isn't it?" Shinjiro said, looking at the two One For All users side by side. Well, bedside by bedside.
"Because of the special circumstances, I can't get mad at the both of you," Recovery Girl said.
"I wish you could...seeing them both like this is pretty much a one and done deal. That Nomu really was something else," Shinjiro folded his arms.
"I...have a feeling my time limit has shortened even more," Toshinori said. "I want an hour...at least"
"A- All Might," Midoriya looked over to the hero with concern.
"But, it can't be helped, things like this happen all the time," Toshinori sat up revealing his entire torso wrapped up in bandages.
"But...you really don't see giant birds on par with All Might," Shinjiro said.
The door to the room slid open and in walked a man dressed up in a brown coat. He took off his fedora as he came in.
"All Might, how are you?" He asked.
"Tsukauchi! You came here too?" Toshinori said as he comically spat out blood.
"All Might!" Midoriya shot up from his bed. "Is it okay for him to see you like this?"
"It's okay, why do you ask? It's because he's my favourite cop. Naomasa Tsukauchi," Toshinori introduced the man.
"All heroes need to have cop friends who know their identity. It's just the circle of hero stories," Shinjiro added.
"Haha, what an introduction. Now then, could you tell us about-"
"Wait, is everyone okay? Eraser Head and Thirteen too?" Toshinori asked.
The detective smiled at him. "Aside from him, only a few had light injuries. The two teachers will survive"
Toshinori and Midoriya let out a collective sigh in relief.
"I'm glad..."
"Because the three of you risked your lives, the students were able to come out alive," The detective said.
"There is one thing you're wrong about. The students also risked their lives. No other freshman class has been able to survive a real battle and face the fear of the grown-up world so early on. The villains did a stupid thing but...this class is strong and I'm sure they'll all grow up to be amazing heroes"
"All Might..." Midoriya awed at his hero, stars in his eyes and all.
"I guess you're right," Tsukauchi let out a light chuckle. "But, I'm going to have to ask you about the villains and who they are. The both of you can chime in if you want," The detective motioned to the other two in the room.
"Unfortunately, all I got were simple mooks. Villains hired on a whim, half of them looked like small-time thugs. I joined late into the battle against the masterminds so I can't tell you much," Shinjiro said, leaning up against the wall. He didn't want to talk about Kazuya at all seeing as this would make it even more messy.
"I'll need to bring it up with Nezu later...no one should know about the horrors behind the scenes. Not yet at least..."
"I see, thank you for your help either way"
"Then..." Shinjiro got off the wall. "...I'd best be on my way. Oi, Midoriya, you better call me when you get out of here."
"You're not gonna stay?" Midoriya asked.
"Sorry, I wish I could but I've got other matters to attend to. I bet Iida and Uraraka will be waiting for you though," Shinjiro said before walking out of the room. Wow, what a friend you are.
"Shut it you"
A portal opened up revealing a relatively unharmed Shigaraki. He immediately started thrashing things around the bar, and smashing a couple of empty bottles in pure rage.
"We were completely beaten! Our men were useless! Even the kids were strong!" He turned to a monitor on the wall that said: "Sound only"
"Sensei! You lied to me! The Symbol of Peace was completely fine!"
"No, I didn't," A deep voice said. "We were unprepared and didn't see it coming. We underestimated them."
"All of them...dammit!" Shigaraki slammed his hand down onto the bar table.
"I'm glad we did it under that cheap name 'Villain League'" The voice said.
"By the way, what happened to the Nomu master and I created?" Another voice interjected. This was a higher pitched one but sounded older and scruffy. "Have you retrieved it?"
"Unfortunately...they had lied to us. It wasn't an enhancer but a bomb instead, the Nomu's gone sir," Kurogiri spoke up for the first time.
"What? After all I did to give it the same power as All Might..." The voice started getting hostile.
"It's a real shame they decided to backstab us. At least the heroes won't be able to have the Nomu either so I'd say it's a win-win. We've learned valuable information because of it."
"Who was he? Sensei?" Shigaraki asked. "That guy who said he was there to oversee the raid. He disappeared as soon as we teleported there!"
"Ah yes...Kazuya was his name. He was there to oversee the raid because he contributed to the creation of the Nomu"
"Then, he was the one who planted the bomb wasn't he? I'll kill him..."
"There is no need for that. In order to create more, we need to join hands with the Heron in order to topple this society," The old voice spoke. "For the time being we shall work with them. But when it's finally time for our uprising...we shall crush them underneath our feet!"
"Today was not a waste. Let's make our best team and spend time preparing. Because we can't move freely, we need a symbol like you, Shigaraki Tomura. Next time, make the world know that you are to be feared," With that, the monitor turned off.
This left Shigaraki to his thoughts, the amount of rage in him from this defeat. The kid who disrupted him from his kills, the hero who managed to win despite all odds, and a kid in a bodysuit coming out of nowhere who showed no fear to him or the Nomu. He swore he would kill them all.
He will not fail a second time.
Bloody hell, 9k words. I think this is the most I've ever written for this fic. Y'know I would have gone more, like extend All Might's fight with the Nomu, and probably extend these end scenes here but honestly, I think I'm fine. Everyone who makes it this far has to have watched MHA and well if you haven't why did you click on an MHA fanfic anyway?
But...we've finally done it. One year and a month or so later, we've finally finished the first season of MHA. What a ride has it been, but it'll only get better (or worse) because we're moving back to the I guess at the end of the chapters! YAY! I'M KIDDING DON'T LEAVE ME. Even though it's in the name, I'll tone down on the I guesses, I've heard from some people it can get kind of annoying. Well, too bad you're going to be stuck with it for the entire tournament arc! HAHAHAHAH
Shinjiro: What's wrong with you? It's been 15 chapters and you're making seem like a big deal. We're not even close to 1/4 of the series.
Well... that's true but knowing me it's going to take another two years before we reach the third season! Anyways, I hope all of you have enjoyed this chapter and I'll be back next month with the start of season 2!
Shinjiro: Don't we still have my date to get to?
Oh right...NEXT NEXT MONTH LET'S GOOOOO!
Shinjiro: Why the hell am I working here...