Hey Horikoshi just stop torturing me with cliffhangers

Anyways, here's your chapter. Here's the Discord: /cgFmXz3qJ5

Momo had accepted death. Anyone would in this hopeless situation. All potential paths had been shut off, because of one dumb mistake.

But, as they say- if a door is closed, it's because what was behind it wasn't meant for you. This was destiny, as cruel as it seemed at the moment. Momo's true path to heroics started here.

Momo felt the sudden need to open her eyes. She was going to ignore it- it was probably her intrusive thoughts telling her to open up and see the gore and carnage the Nomu had left in its wake. But she opened them, against her better judgment.

And there it was, floating in front of her.

The gift Ben gave her a few weeks back.

Momo blinked, confused by the sight. "W-what?"

The wrapping around the gift suddenly started to disintegrate, revealing the true prize underneath. Momo's eyes widened- floating before her was a purple book with an intricate golden design. It was small enough to fit in a pocket.

Momo was confused. "I...I don't understand...what is this?"

The book opened to the first page, and highlighted some text on the page. Momo squinted- was she meant to read this?

Momo took a deep breath. "E-Eradico." She stuttered, confused. Suddenly, from out of the book, several energy beams shot out and quickly destroyed the crystals around her body. Momo yelled, as she fell to the ground- the book shot out another beam, and hit the ground. A pink energy cushion appeared beneath her, softening her fall.

Momo blinked, still confused. "H-huh?!" The Nomu looked over at Momo, also confused.

"Momo?" Awase asked. "How'd you-"

"I…I dunno!" Momo said, standing back up. The book floated in front of her, and highlighted another bunch of text on the page. Underneath was a picture of someone extending their hand and pointing it at another person.

Am…am I supposed to mimic the pose? Momo thought, as she stuck out her hand. "Namala!" Momo yelled, and a beam of pink energy shot out of her hand. The beam split in half around the Nomu, before wrapping around his body like ropes. Momo looked down at her hand, still VERY, VERY confused.

"W-what's happening!?" Momo yelled.

Awase ran over, clutching his arm in pain. Momo looked away from it- it did look really gross. "Well…given how there's a floating book, some energy and…some other stuff, I think it's safe to assume you're doing…magic?"

"M-magic!?" Momo gasped. "No, no…there's no way that- this isn't…" Momo shook her head. "Well, it's helping us live. Just focus on that miracle!"

The book flipped to the next page, and highlighted some more text. The picture below showed someone lying down, and a large disk of energy floating above them. The person lying down looked injured. Momo looked at Awase.

"Lie down." Momo said.

"A-alright…" Awase nodded, before he laid down on the ground. Momo held her hands above Awase's body, and looked at the book.

"Recuperare." She spoke, and a large barrier of energy appeared over Awase's body. Awase felt his bone painlessly slide back into his arm, and healed up the wound. He wiggled his hand to confirm- it was all better. His body still ached.

"Yeah, this is magic." He nodded, as the barrier faded away.

"Didn't I say to worry about this later!?" Momo said, as the Nomu suddenly broke free from its bindings. Momo instinctively looked at the book, and then back to the Nomu.

This Nomu is stacked with powerful quirks, and some of the Omnitrix's catalog of aliens. Worst of all, most of these powers don't have drawbacks like quirks…but neither does this book. Momo said, as she grabbed the book. The pages flipped to another spell.

"Eradico!" Momo yelled, and several beams shot out and destroyed the area around the Nomu. The Nomu flew up, avoiding the attack. Momo wasn't giving up, though.

Use the two basic attack spells the book showed you! There has to be an answer! Momo said, as she held out her hand.

"Namala!" Momo yelled again, and the Nomu was ensnared by energy again. The beast was held up in the sky, struggling to get loose. Momo's eyes lit up- she understood what came next.

"ERADICO!" She yelled, this time with more confidence. She watched the beams of energy fly and smash into the Nomu's body. She could hear it hiss and yell in pain. The thing crashed to the ground.

"Awase!" Momo said. "Get Jirou and Shoda out of here! I can handle-!"

"Oh, already on it." Awase said, carrying the two in his arms. "You got this!"

Momo smiled. "Thank you." Momo turned back to her book, which had already flipped to a new page. The text it highlighted had the picture of a glyph in front of the caster. Momo didn't understand it, but if the book found it useful, she trusted it.

"Transformatio Dedyeste!" Momo said, and a glyph with an intricate design of a cat formed in front of her. Six crystal shards shot out of the smoke, ready to stab Momo's body. But the second they passed through the glyph, they transformed into harmless flower petals.

"Alchemy." Momo noted. "Nice."

The book flipped to another page, showing a picture of someone's fist clenching, and an energy surrounding it. Momo copied the gesture, and a ball of magic formed around her hand.

This one didn't even need a spell. Momo thought, as the book flipped to the next page. It showed the same sketch, but a multitude of arrows pointing away from it, linking into a series of other complex spells. Barriers, beams, constructs and all sorts of crazy spells. Momo blinked in disbelief.

"All of this power…for me?" Momo felt undeserving of such a power. "Mr. Tennyson…why did you give this to me?"

It was more like Ben was under executive order from Madame President herself to deliver it to her.

During the UA Sports Festival, the popularity of Class 1-A had exploded onto the rest of the world. They weren't just popular in Japan, but all across the globe. The intense heart-tugging battles caught the attention of everyone, and the kids had become global sensations- they just hadn't realized it.

And there was one battle that stood out to the President.

Ben walked into the oval office- not the first time he'd been there, but it was one of the first times he'd walked in there with her at the desk. "I feel like the White House should move this office. The view here sucks."

"Just because your place has a view near the rebuilt Rushmore base doesn't mean mine should." Gwen scoffed, a small smirk on her face.

(Fun fact: Ben campaigned to move Mt. Rushmore off Native American soil because 1) it's super messed up and 2) how else are we going to explain that in the future.)

"Hey, I'm barely at that place nowadays. I'm running on Japan time since I'm helping Toshinori." Ben said. "It's 12:00 AM where I was, and I'm exhausted."

"Tough," Gwen replied as she stood up from her seat. "I'd think you'd be wise enough to listen when the president summons you to her office."

"And what if the president is a giant dweeb?" Ben laughed as Gwen approached.

"She then calls you a doofus, and you're even." Gwen grinned as she and Ben hugged one other.

"Sorry I couldn't make the inauguration," Ben said. "Crazy snafu on Galvan Prime III day of. I dunno how those grad students did it, but they almost made a second Malware."

Gwen shivered. "That's a horrifying thought."

"Tell me about it," Ben said.

"How's Ruby doing?"

"She's got her baby shower coming up- she wishes you could come, but you probably have presidential duties and what not." Ben waved his hand for emphasis.

"Plus, given how most of your friend's baby showers go, I think Fox News would have a field day if a picture of me at that party leaked." Gwen said.

"So, what's so important that it had to meet me now? I got a thing at UA in the morning." Ben said. "I'm gonna be knocking the kids around for a lesson."

Gwen looked at Ben weirdly.

"I'm going easy on them."

"Well, I finally heard through the grapevine that you took up a successor, like Toshinori did." Gwen said. Ben looked around nervously. "Don't worry. I shut down the whole 'recording everything in the oval office' thing a while ago. NSA loves to spy on me because they think I'm some 'dark age' wizard who's going to hex America."

"We already had a dude screw up America. Your worst moments were some of his best." Ben said.

"Anyways, tell me about this Uraraka Ochako." Gwen said. "I'm curious why you chose her."

"Well, she's open-minded, nice, cheerful, lively, outgoing, and optimistic…she reminded me of Ruby and myself as a kid, so, I thought she'd be a good fit." Ben said. "She's not fighting for glory, or for the thrill of battle- she just wants to help her family out. I'm proud of her- heck, I just secretly unlocked her 11th alien-"

"Please tell me you gave her something basic," Gwen said. "Your 11th unlock wasn't the easiest to master."

"I got a handle on Cannonbolt!" Ben frowned. "I just had to get some junction. I should get a medal for that, by the by- first time saving the whole Earth."

Gwen rolled her eyes. "Whatever."

"You can't have just called me here to talk about Uraraka- we could've done this on a phone call." Ben said.

"Well, I've been thinking- I'm not gonna have time to really be Lucky Girl behind this desk." Gwen said. "With all the crazy campaigning and other affairs I've got going on, I kinda have to retire."

Ben raised an eyebrow. "Uh huh…"

"And, well…since Sunny ran off, I haven't really had a person to pass my title onto." Gwen said. "By the way, any updates on-"

Ben shook his head. "No. Still haven't found her." It had been a few years since she vanished.

Gwen sighed. "As I previously stated, I need to ensure that there is still someone out there in the world, that luck will be on their side in combat. And after seeing how valiantly the students of UA are doing in battle…I wanted you to give one of them something."

Gwen snapped her fingers, and in a flash of pink, a present dropped into her open hands. Ben raised an eyebrow.

"...you're not serious."

"I'm deathly serious." Gwen said. "Presidentially serious." She handed the gift to Ben.

"Who am I delivering this to?"

"Her name is Yaoyorozu Momo, I believe." Gwen said.

Ben's eyebrows went up. "Wow. That's cosmic."

"What is?"

Ben waved his hand aside. "Just…wow. I had her pinned down as a candidate as well. She reminded me…"

"Of me." Gwen said, walking towards the window. "...I saw a lot of myself in her."

Ben nodded. "She's from a well off family, straight A student, vice rep of her class- lot of good things."

"Yeah. But I know kids like that have constant issues with their self image, the weight of expectations…and home problems." Gwen said. "I felt free when I used magic back then, like nothing else in the world mattered- those spells were like the words of encouragement I needed to hear."

Ben closed his eyes. "You realize I can't just go up to her and say 'here, the president of America told me to give this to you, a girl she's never even met'. That would be weird."

"I know." Gwen said. "That's why I put a charm on it. When she needs it most, it'll come to her. No matter where she's at."

"You're not gonna give her a choice?" Ben asked.

"She'll need it in the situation she's in. I'm sure of it." Gwen said.

"Gwen, no offense, but…that just sounds crazy." Ben said.

"I'm not a teacher, Ben." Gwen said. "...you know that as well as I do."

Ben and Gwen were in silence for a few moments.

"I'm hoping Momo gets a better experience teaching herself. Like I did." Gwen said. "And I'm sure with the encouragement from her fellow students, she'll continue to grow."

"...like you did." Ben said.

"I didn't give Sunny any room for her own sort of learning- I sheltered her from too much." Gwen said. "And look where that got me."

"...as president of the United States?" Ben tilted his head.

"I meant-" Gwen groaned. "Whatever."

"I get it, I get it. I'm pretty 'hands off' with Uraraka as well. Still, magic's dangerous." Ben said. "I had to spend an entire night deciding what aliens to give Uraraka, the basic ones-"

"And yet you still gave her Gravattack." Gwen said.

"...you're really not gonna like who her 11th alien is." Ben said, with a sheepish grin. "But the payoff is gonna be amazing."

Gwen rolled her eyes. "As long as it isn't Alien X, it isn't overkill. And I know the risks." Gwen said. "In that box is the first spellbook I ever got."

"Stole-" Ben coughed.

"I could turn you into a toad and send you hopping back to Ruby right now." Gwen threatened. Ben shut up. "My first spellbook is in there. It's got some basic offense, defense and support spells. They're all mostly for beginners…save for the 'S+ material in the back'. I gave it a few extra spells to help her out at the start. Just give her the present, and tell her to keep it on hand- until she needs it. That's an executive order."

"You got it, Madame President." Ben saluted. "Is that all?"

"Yes, you're dismissed." Gwen said.

"Are you sure America doesn't need me for something else? Like, blowing up another meteorite-"

"Okay, goodbye. See you at Christmas." Gwen snapped her fingers and teleported Ben back to Japan.

Momo looked down at the sphere around her hand. A single sphere can flow into so many attacks- it's unbelievable. Whoever told Mr. Tennyson to give me this book must see some sort of spark in me…and they were right.

Momo chose to stick to the basics and flung the sphere forward, crashing into Nomu's face. Although ineffective, it did offer Momo the opportunity to cast another Eradico. Another tremendous blow knocked the Nomu back, but it wasn't going down without a fight. It moved quickly, its chainsaws pointing forward like lances. Momo made another sphere, but soon extended it to form a dome over her body. The dome did an excellent job of protecting her from the chainsaws. But after a time, Momo observed some cracks forming.

This form of magic doesn't require any chants, but it's like tempered glass. Momo thought. With this in mind, Momo formed the magic spheres in both her hands, before combining them together. She'd seen the boys making this gesture when they were joking around a few weeks ago- for some reason, it felt appropriate. The attack slammed into the Nomu's chest- no, THROUGH the Nomu's chest. The Nomu fell back, as Momo's eyes widened.

"O-OH." Momo said, stepping backwards.

Okay, clearly I don't know how powerful this magic is…was it because I was putting more focus into it? Momo wondered.

Momo shook her head. "Okay, it's down. I just need to restrain it again." Momo sent the Namala spell forward, and threaded it through the gaping wound. She hoped that maybe the magic would interfere with the regeneration somehow, and walked off.

Right now, there was something far more important than fighting- helping the others with her new powers. She ran over to Awase, who was checking Jirou and Shoda's bodies for any other injuries.

"Excuse me," Momo said, as her book opened. "I need to try something…"

Momo formed a large barrier of mana over their bodies, and repeated the "Recuperare" spell on the both of them. Soon, their wounds disappeared, and their eyes fluttered open. Jirou groaned, as she rubbed her head.

"Ow…" She whined, feeling dizzy. "That…hurt."

"Kyoka!" Momo smiled, quickly pulling the girl into a tight hug. "It worked! Oh, it really worked!"

"What worked!? Also, why's my jacks hurt so much…" Jirou said. "I feel like my ear drums need to 'pop' a few dozen times."

"How'd we…get here?" Shoda asked, looking around.

"We found you together- you used your quirk to hold back a Nomu, right?" Awase asked hopefully.

Shoda's eyes widened. "There's a Nomu here!?"

"Like, right now!?" Jirou asked. "I remember hearing Mandalay's announcement before I got knocked out by that gas…"

"So, you don't remember fighting a Nomu?" Momo asked.

"Not that I can say, yeah." Shoda said. "Where is it?"

Momo looked over, to see the Nomu standing back up. "...still active, as of right now." Momo pointed her hand forward, and projected a bolt of magic. She blew up the head, causing it to fall back on the ground. Jirou and Shoda's jaws dropped.

"M-momo!? How did you-?" Jirou yelled.

"Magic." Awase deadpanned.

"You expect me to take that comment in stride!" Jirou frowned.

"Kinda," Awase shrugged.

"While the Nomu is still down, get some more students over here. I'll heal them, and then you guys can get back to the camp." Momo said.

The trio shared a look, and nodded. They carried more and more students over, and Momo quickly healed them up. They were all still sore, and had some minor pains here and there, but their serious injuries were healed up. However, a majority of them shared a similar situation-

"I don't ever remember fighting a Nomu." Rin said. "But my skin feels all weird, and there's scales littered everywhere- so, maybe I was sleep fighting?"

"Same." Sen said, rubbing his arms. "My arms feels like they were spinning at my max RPM."

"So, none of you remember fighting a Nomu?" Momo asked, feeling confused.

"Noooooope!" Manga shrugged. "My throat hurts though."

"So, you don't remember the fight, but feel like you were in a fight…" Momo hummed.

"Maybe we were sleepwalking," Komori said.

"Simultaneously? Against a living, breathing, bio-engineered super weapon?" Sen asked. "Please."

"It's a possibility! Don't rule it out."

"Impossible." Momo said. "Is it a memory erasing gas?"

"No, it can't be. We inhaled some, and our memories are intact." Awase pointed out.

Momo frowned, as she looked at the book. "There's…no chance you have a spell that reveals the truth, do you?"

No answer. The book didn't open. Momo tried. Guess there isn't always an easy mode. Momo thought.

The Nomu once again got up, and rushed over, dragging its chainsaws through the dirt and destroying the ground. Momo quickly threw up a shield as it ran over, and before the blades could slam into her shield, it stopped.

Jirou looked the Nomu up and down as it stood still. "I would've remembered fighting something like this…" She muttered.

The Nomu suddenly turned around, and walked away like a zombie. Momo tilted her head. "Huh?"

"Why's he leaving?" Awase asked, scratching his head.

Momo squinted. Momo created something small in her hand. "Awase- I need your help. Can you…weld this into its skin?" She held the device between her pointer and thumb. It was a button or something.

"What the heck is this supposed to do?" Awase asked.

"It's a tracking device." Momo explained. "It'll allow the heroes to track down the villains, if that thing goes back to where it came from…"

Awase looked to the Nomu and back at Momo. "What if I lose one of my arms?"

"You won't." Momo said. "Watch." Her hands shot out another beam, and wrapped it around the Nomu. Its feet continued to walk forward, like nothing was bothering it. Awase stared in disbelief. "It must be simple enough to only be able to carry out one task at a time. So, it's done with its command of 'killing UA kids', and hyperfocusing on returning to wherever it came from." Momo released it from the shackles. "Now, come on!"

Awase ran over, and slammed his hand on the Nomu's back. He welded the tracking device onto its backside, before retreating.

"Okay, done!" Awase said. "Now wha-?"

"Yaoyorozu!"

The group looked over to see Iida, rushing forward awkwardly. His limp leg held back his true speed. He looked out of breath and beat up.

"Woah, Iida!" Jirou said. "What happened to-"

"Someone disrespected the name of Ingenium, so I dealt with them. That's all. I ended up near your camp, and saw something fly over here- wasn't sure what it was, but-" Iida said, but all the other kids were staring at Ship, who was resting on Iida's head. They'd ask about that later.

"Easy, easy." Momo said. "You look like you need some healing…"

"Huh?" Iida asked.

"Just lie down, and I'll help you with that limp leg." Momo said, as Iida sat back down. Imagine his surprise when Momo formed a barrier above him.

"I…I can't believe-" Iida stammered.

Momo smiled, as Iida's chest wound quickly disappeared. Even the tattered remains of his shirt was repaired, making the class president feel less embarrassed about his haggard appearance. Iida felt his body. His leg still hurt, and some cuts had simply 'scabbed' over, but everything else was mostly undone.

"Incredible." Iida said.

"I know…" Momo said. "Good thing you came here. You were injured worse than anyone else here."

"Ahem." Awase said. "My bone was sticking out of my arm." Everyone cringed.

"TMI, dude." Manga gagged.

"What!? It's true!" Awase said, rubbing his arm.

Ship hopped off of Iida's shoulder and onto Momo's. It started to tug her hair, trying to get her attention. "Okay, okay! What is it, Ship?"

Ship's head extended north. Momo had a puzzled look on her face. Realizing he was lost in translation, Ship's 'eye' quickly changed to an Omnitrix symbol, before pointing north again.

"Oh…I see." Momo said.

"What? What is it?" Jirou said.

"Uraraka's that way." Momo said. "She might be in trouble."

"So? Let's go out and help her!" Awase said, before Momo put up her hand.

"No- you guys got seriously injured." Momo said. "I know I just healed you all up, but I'm not risking it putting you all in the line of fire again."

"Yaoyorozu's right." Shoda said. "Besides, we all still feel a bit sore from…whatever we were in. The spell recovers our bodies- not our stamina."

"Exactly." Iida said. "As it stands, Momo is the only one of us who can go and support the others."

"Momo, you have to let me to accompany you. You saved my life-" Jirou said. Momo turned around and grabbed Jirou's hands.

"Kyoka- The entire time I was in the woods, I was worried about where you were. You just survived a dangerous Nomu attack and even fought it, even though you don't recall fighting." Momo stated. "I don't want you to be in danger again, right after…" Momo closed her eyes. "Right after I almost lost you."

The class was invested in this exchange for some reason.

"...fine." Jirou reluctantly huffed. "I'll go back to the safe zone. But…what about you?"

Momo gave a small smile. "Don't worry- I have a little bit of luck on my side." Ship got on top of Momo's head and yipped. "And Ship. I have him as well."

Jirou chuckled. "Fair enough. Just…come back with the rest of the class, okay? I dunno who's still out here."

Momo nodded. "Promise." She turned to Iida. "Class president- I trust you can escort everyone back to camp?"

Iida saluted. "Yes I can! You can count on me."

Momo clenched her fist. "Stay safe- and remember. Stay out of danger."

"We will!" Iida said, as he stood before the crowd. "Okay, everyone! This way!" Iida led them through the woods. Jirou stayed for a moment to watch Momo run off in the opposite direction, before joining the crowd.

Momo…I believe you can do this. Jirou thought, as she rushed through the woods.

It was early morning when Gwen felt that jolt. She was getting her morning debriefing when she felt something was off. That signal woke her up more than her morning coffee.

"Madame President?" One of her advisors asked, noticing her sudden alertness. "Is everything okay?"

"Y-yes." Gwen said, standing up. "I…I just need to make a call."

"Right now?" Another asked.

"Yes, important…hero business." She said, before walking out of the office. Gwen whipped out her phone, and dialed Ben's number.

Ben picked up almost immediately. "Hey, cuz- bad time right now, we're in the middle of-"

"Ben. Where are the UA kids at this moment?"

Ben paused. "I dunno. Some school trip. They had to change locations because Shigaraki from the League threatened them- why, what's-"

"The book was opened." Gwen said. "Something just happened."

Ben blinked.

And then he rushed to UA to alert them.