This is part two of the finale of season one of Raven Academia. There would be one more part of the Finale.
Raven Academia
Season One Finale.
Nomu part 2/3
Rachel's POV.
A tiny teardrop slid down my left cheek, as sadness and fear rose in my heart.
After seeing Bakugo's explosion engulfing my classmates who were left at the main entrance.
We all heard their screams, and my mind was racing.
So many negative emotions and thoughts are crowding my mind. I couldn't handle my feelings any much longer. I couldn't even focus on healing All Might. My thoughts and feelings are clouding my senses, and what's worse, I can feel the negative emotions of others around me.
Fear, anger, and guilt, I can't their sense emotions, they are loud and noisy, but my emotions are more obnoxious than theirs.
I wanted to scream, I wanted to run and see if any of them were okay.
I felt the ground shaking, I wasn't sure what caused it, but I would guess the cause of the shaking ground was the cause of my quirk. However, there was only one voice I could hear. It was the cackling laughter of the Hand Villain.
Izuku POV.
"Bravo! What a grand finale!" The Hand villain cheered. "You see, you are right, you are the strongest in you're class. You just eliminated the competition. I just wonder how many you killed just to get the number one spot!" the villain mocks Kacchan as he falls on his knees his handshake, and his breathing is heavy.
I fell on my knees, and I let out my tears.
My heart was beating so fast, it felt like my heart would burst out of my chest. I couldn't stop my emotions rising. I couldn't stop but wonder about the situation of the others, Asui, Mineta, Ochaco, Mr. Aizawa, and a few of my classmates were engulfed by the explosion.
"Aaaaaaahhhhhh! *sob* Aaaaaaahhhhhh!" I cried out unable to continue my emotions. 'I wish, there was something I could have done. Heroes don't just stand still while my friends fight the monster. All Might wouldn't just stand and watch hopelessly trying to figure out a plan. Now my classmates are dead.'
I could be next.
I turned around to run scared for my life. I know I signed up to be a Pro Hero, but it's like the world has been trying to tell me all my life, that I'm not cut out to be one. Maybe, I should listen to the universe. It would have been too easy to keep going and just quit while I was ahead, but Todoroki's cry stopped me.
"KAMINARI, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO?!" Todoroki cried out.
I stopped my track from running, as I turned around to have my eyes widen once more. Not from a bomb, but from seeing Denki piggy ridding Nomu.
A new fear took over. "DENKI, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, GET OUT OF THERE?!" I cried out, but he didn't listen.
"I'm sorry, but you guys need to run, and I'm going to buy you guys time." Denki shed a tear as he looked at me, and I realized he was also looking at Rachel.
She looked back at him, shaking her head like she was mouthing the word. 'No.'
"It's now my time to save you, and be your Hero!" I realize now, that Denki didn't say that to me, but to Rachel.
I recall what Denki told me yesterday, that Rachel saved him back at the Entrance Exam, and now he is paying back what he owes her.
"Denki, No!" She cried.
Denki didn't respond as sparks started to rise.
Super Move: Indiscriminate Shock 2 Million Volts!
Denki let out his electricity. We covered our eyes as Denki's electricity rose ever higher, making the attack much brighter.
The villains too covered their sight cause the light itself was too bright.
Nomu screamed in agony. Whatever Nomu's quirk is it doesn't matter how strong it is, his organs are being shocked by Denki's electricity.
I had to keep watching hoping that Denki would be okay, I noticed that his leather jacket and his white shirt couldn't hold its shape. The heat of the electricity is ripping off the fabric, until eventually, Denki has his bare torso naked for everyone to see.
As the electricity stopped Nomu fell off his feet, face-first to the ground.
Denki is now shirtless. His shirt and jacket are reduced to the torn-off fabric. He got off Nomu and he was giving two thumbs up to us.
"H-He did it." Rachel stuttered in surprise bliss, as she smiled and stood up. I just noticed I accidentally close to Rachel. I knew I was running, but I didn't see where I was going. I guess the rush of increased fear made me blind to my surroundings.
I placed a hand on her shoulder. "Y-yeah he did."
'Denki did a wonderful thing with his electricity. I do not doubt that Denki and I are on equal footing.' I thought. 'Bakugo might be my first friend and rival, but ever since I met Denki, he became my first positive male friend. Something that I lost since Bakugo got his quirk.'
'Denki has become my Bro.'
My eyes widened to see that Denki wasn't okay, he was constantly giving out thumbs up, and he was speaking nonsense. I recalled earlier at lunchtime, during our boys' trip at the Support studio.
FlashBack.
Earlier today at the Support studio.
It happened much earlier.
Denki was trying out the new support gear that Karen made for him. He was testing it out inside the STAR Dome. While we watch his progress in a safer area.
It was Tenya, Felicity, Karen, and I had just seen Denki's super move, his Lightning Web.
"Amazing," Tenya said impressed by Denki's demonstration of his super move. "And you made this support gear Karen, and you're only eleven." He pauses embarrassed. "Pardon me, I apologize for what I said. It's completely rude mentioning the age of a young lady, like yourself."
"It's okay, Tenya, and thank you for calling me Karen… I don't appreciate people calling me by my family name." Karen said.
"I'm sorry to interrupt but, Tenya, could you help me unstrap the wires on your friend's torso? I'm sure he would want his shirt back." Felicity said to Tenya, as he blushed.
"Y-Yes, of course. My friend would want his shirt back." Tenya said as he couldn't stop blushing at Felicity. "Let's rock and roll!"
I sweat drop, now knowing that Tenya would say crazy stuff after talking to a pretty girl like Felicity Senpai.
I went and continued to write more notes about Denki's quirk and wrote about his newest super move. Maybe if we add another support item, Denki could use it for close-up combat–
"Izuku, can I show you something?"
I blushed, seeing that my head was too focused on my notebook. "Sure Karen, what do you want to say?" I asked.
"Izuku, I'm reading the result I got from Denki's quirk on my tablet. All signs are good, but I notice that there is a red flag." Karen said as she showed me her tablet.
I gulped, that didn't sound good. "What do you mean Karen." I sat down next to her.
"Well, like I mentioned yesterday there are different types of Electricity quirk users. I've noticed that Denki is powerful, but there is only a limit that his body can handle." Karen continued. "In theory, Denki's quirk can be endless energy as powerful as 1.21 Gigawatts and more. However, I don't think his body can handle that much power or the energy would overpower Denki."
Those words scared me, worried for Denki. "What does that mean Karen, how bad could it be?"
She took a sip of her apple juice. "Nothing critical or harmful I tell you, but it is still bad. Electricity by itself is powerful, but Denki's body is containing the energy." She brought out her smartphone and plugged it into the wired charger." Let's pretend my phone is Denki and the charger is the energy. Yes, Denki is safe even if Denki reaches 100 percent. However, his body can't handle over usage of his power. There is a strong chance that Denki would overload himself. Nothing lethal of course. I do say, it's a bit strange. Here he is born with a power given by him by genetics, and yet, it feels like his body is not fit for his power. I can't imagine what Denki might be feeling, like could you imagine?" she asked me.
"Yeah, I can," I sadly said, Karen didn't question as Denki called for her.
Since I got One For All, and after the times I used All Might's power. It always breaks my bones. Because my body was built in a rush, my body isn't a perfect vessel like All Might.
Now, I hear that Denki is just like me. We have two awesome powers, but our bodies aren't perfect vessels.
We were a couple of bros with messy quirks.
I broke my bones because I overuse One For All, I don't want the same thing to ever happen if Denki did overcharge himself.
I just hope it never happens.
Present time.
Damn it, it happened.
Denki overloads his quirk, now he is acting so goofy.
"Eh eh, Weeee!" Denki continues to talk nonsense, I think he fried his brain. This is probably what Karen warned me about. I should let Denki know about this.
Seeing Denki's current state. It is for the best that I should fetch him before Nomu recovers himself. I just hope Rachel healed All Might enough to defeat the monster.
"Rah! I have enough!" The hand villain roared out as he scratched his neck, and his tone was a lot different than before. It's more angry than playful. "Nomu, get up you worthless piece of shit, and get rid of that damn electricity kid, He is the annoying kid among the other brats," he ordered Nomu.
His new order's focus on Denki scared me, as Nomu stood up admittedly after being ordered.
I ran as fast as I could to try to save my friend. Todoroki ran as well, but as soon as Nomu picked up Denki by his torso. The monster backhanded Todoroki away towards me, knocking the both of us to the ground.
There was nothing we could do but watch as Nomu threw Denki like he was a baseball.
"Weeeee!"
"Denki, No!"
Not again, I failed once again. This time I wasn't even standing still. I ran trying to save Denki. Just like the time I tried to save Kacchan from the sludge monster a year ago.
Rachel POV.
"Deeennkkkiii!" I cried out just to see my friend get thrown away like a baseball.
I let out my tears and my emotions. I couldn't hold it any longer. A lot of things happened since the very start. I felt nothing more than fear and sadness since the villains arrived. Trying to conceal my emotions was impossible.
Now, I'm done holding my emotions down. I'm ready to unleash my rage.
As Rachel stood up the people around noticed her eyes glowing white, and they had a bad feeling about what she'd do.
"Rachel, what are you planning to do?" Kirishima asked. I however have nothing to say. I wasn't trying to be rude, I'm just angry. My rage is affecting the area near me as the pebbles around us are shaking.
"Young Iida, don't go you'll get hurt!" All Might tried to stop me, but I just gave him the cold shoulder and continued to walk forward to face my target, Nomu.
The Hand villain smiled at me. I see his emotion, he is very confident and his grin says a lot more about his thoughts toward me. He doesn't see me as a threat, but as another toy that he could break.
'Good. He would know how terrifying I can be.' I thought as my hands glowed.
"Nice cosplay kid, going for the classic Cammy White outfit, uh. Sorry to tell you this but she no longer wears the Delta Red green leotard that she wears… Then again, Goth Cammy works too." The Hand Vilain said. He snapped his finger to get Nomu's attention. "Nomu, please entertain the new challenger. Bitch thinks she can be a hero like All Might." He laughs.
Laugh now, you bastard. Nomu is not the one who's going to break me. I'm the one who's going to break him. This is payback, you motherfucker.
"You son of a bitch!" I shouted at Nomu. "You just tossed my best friend like he was nothing, how dare you!" I warned them with my eyes glowing white.
The villain just chuckles. "Girl, you have no idea who you're fighting against." He gestures a hand to the monster. "Your classmates only scratched him, and he made All Might bleed… You think you can do anything better." He laughs harder. "Nomu is designed to kill All Might, He has Shock Absorption and Super Regeneration… and you think a little girl such as yourself even you can defeat Nomu, that the others cannot… A cock suckers, like yourself, are better off trying out new ways to please a man." The villain said.
His words were trying to doubt myself, to run away and hide.
I've been feeling self-doubt since I took the entrance exam. It all started after I rescued Yumi Ono from that rooftop a year ago. I was a Hero to her, and I felt small not believing that I could live up to the expectations of the title.
It was Denki who made me realize that rescuing Yumi wasn't just pure coincidence or dumb luck. That I do have the power to be a hero. I'm not talking about my quirk, but the power to act and to be true about myself.
Denki showed me that my true superpower isn't my quirk, but that I am tough. Even when the world shoves me to the ground, I always get back up, no matter what.
Even though I have no clue what happened to Denki, and he is not here to help me get back on my feet. I'm doing it all myself and taking the first steps.
Denki would be so proud if he saw me now.
I'm not just pouring my anger to power up my quirk. I'm also running my hope in the hopes that my best friend is okay.
And I'm going to kick some ass while doing so.
The monster went charging towards me like a bull. I heard the pleas of All Might and the others that I should run away. I was no match against Nomu, but right now I don't care.
I channeled my quirk to the water fountain nearby and threw it at Nomu. It did nothing to the creature, not even a scratch.
I channel my emotions into a single concentration spot at the palm of my hands. If attacking Nomu with physical materials such as cemented water fountains. Perhaps, an energy attack will. Like the time I was knocked off the Zero Pointer back at the entrance exam.
The monster and I were getting closer and closer, The monster tried to attack me by changing itself like a bull, but I could attack him with my energy bolts, an attack inspired by my friend Kori.
I kept attacking him with my bolts of energy, over and over again, It seemed like none of my attacks were working. It is doing nothing to Nomu's body.
"Nomu, smash that girl!" The villain orders as Nomu raises his fists getting ready to hammer me down.
"Rachel, no!" Izuku cried out for me, while Todoroki was trying to hold him down to not get hurt.
However, all their eyes widen not believing what they were seeing in front of them. Even the villains couldn't believe what happened in front of their eyes.
I was able to stop Nomu's attack with my telekinesis.
Nomu tried to power through my telekinetic hold by pushing down his fist even further. It worked but it wasn't enough.
I did go down and I'm struggling to keep my balance and stance strong. "I admit you're stronger than me in all terms of physical strength because you're meant to destroy All Might," I said, admitting the truth.
The villain even smiled believing that I would lose, that's all going to change. "But, I'm sorry to disappoint you," I channeled more emotion towards my other hand. The Hand villain got his eyes widened, and for the first time since I saw him. I finally see his emotional aura, fear.
"But, I'm stronger than I look!" As soon as I said it, I fired my attack on Nomu, a powerful energy blast created from my emotions, sending Nomu flying even for a few feet off the ground. It was enough.
The monster hit the ground, hard. He even made some skid marks on the ground, The monster for the first time since the boys fought him.
Nomu is tired.
Even though there were no physical signs he was breathing heavily.
Then, like in those cartoons, a light bulb appeared above my head, at this point. I finally understood how my energy attacks work.
Against something alive, an organic creature like Nomu. They were not meant to attack the physical body, but rather attack them internally. Nomu's emotions. I've been attacking his emotions this whole time and I'm just learning it now.
I guess it does make sense, my quirk is empathy after all, and it's what I'm using to heal people.
Now, I'm using it to beat Nomu's ass, and I'm not done playing.
I'm channeling the emotions around me, to help me build strength, to make myself stronger. To go beyond Plus Ultra. I'm channeling the feelings of Todoroki, Bakugo, Kirishima, All Might, and Izuku to make me stronger. For Nomu to pay for his sins, for what he has done to my best friend, Denki.
"Nomu, stop playing around, and kill her! Obey my command you piece of shit!" The Hand villain angrily yelled at Nomu, but the monster was struggling to even stand.
"Here let me help him, get up!" with the raise of my hand. My aura covered Nomu's entire body. The Hand Villain wanted Nomu to break me like I was a toy. Now, it's my playtime, and Nomu is my new sweet new toy.
Time to have some fun.
Izuku's POV.
*Slam!*
*Slam!*
*Slam!*
My face couldn't help but cringe every time Rachel slammed Nomu's body to the ground with her quirk like a toddler breaking a toy.
At first, I was worried that Rachel would get killed. Now I'm worried that Rachel is going way too far.
Yes, Nomu hurt many people, including Mr. Aizawa, All Might, and Denki.
I'm angry too that Nomu threw our friend like he was a ball, but I wouldn't go this far.
"This has gone too far…" Todoroki said, sounding concerned. "I know, we tried our best to slow down Nomu. That is why we asked Rachel. to heal All Might for him to get back in shape and fight back Nomu… but this went out of hand… this isn't the plan anymore... this is nothing but an act of..." he didn't finish not wanting to say it out loud.
However, everyone has the same thoughts in their mind. 'This is now about revenge.' I thought. 'Denki has been very important to Rachel since the first day of school. I have seen their bond. Denki might be my bro, but to Rachel, he is her best friend.'
I need to save Rachel.
Not from Nomu, but from herself. I don't want her to regret if things went too far.
Rachel's Pov.
*Slam!*
I slammed Nomu for the 7th time to the ground.
and that Damned Monster is still breathing.
It's that damn quirk of his.
Attacking him physically does nothing, NOTHING!
Attacking him internally works better.
The monster wasn't trying to stand up and try to fight back after I trashed Nomu around like he was a toy. That's not what I'm seeing after all. He was crawling.
Not towards me, but away from me.
Then I saw something I didn't expect from a monster like him. He has an emotional aura. Why would a monster like him have emotions?
Like how dare you, after what you are done you are the last thing I would suspect for him having a heart.
My anger is rising, clouding my thoughts. I just wanted to hurt Nomu from the inside. Just have him pay for what he has done. I covered my quirk all around Nomu's quirk. I decided to end this fight, by ending him.
My eyes glowed white, As my quirk dragged Nomu to me.
"Rachel, Stop! Don't do this!" I heard Izuku's cries, but I didn't care, I didn't listen to him.
I stopped Nomu's face right in front of me. His facial expression is the same, but his aura says otherwise. I don't care if he is scared of me. It is a good thing that he is scared, he has no clue what I plan to do.
"Kurogiri, stop her!" The hand villain shouted, scared about what I was going to do to his little toy.
When I look at Nomu. I see a monster who took the life of my best friend. Denki was my first friend since I came to UA High. Hitoshi is in the General studies and it would take a while for us to adjust to our new daily life before we meet each other again in the cafeteria. That is why Denki is special to me, I had my walls up, but Denki brought them down. Now, I don't even know if he is dead or alive.
"This is payback, you son of a bitch."
"Ra—"
However, Rachel didn't hear Izuku's voice. After Rachel touched Nomu, both of their eyes glowed white, and they both stared at the sky.
The people around them have no clue, even Izuku and Kurogiri stopped charging.
All Might stood up questioning what was going on with Young Ida, and Nomu.
Their bodies didn't go anywhere but their minds did.
"What?—- where the hell am I?" I asked questioning the location that I was in.
"When Did I leave the USJ, why is the room all white."
The room was scaring me, there were no doors or windows. It feels like a room, but there is no wall. I know that I am standing, but what am I standing on?
When I stomp on the floor, I don't even feel it, I don't feel anything, It didn't feel like the stone ground of the USJ.
Am I dead, is this Heaven, Hell, or is this Limbo?
"Daichi, where are you!"
I heard a feminine voice behind me that I didn't recognize.
When I turned around the part of the room changed. Most of it was still inside a white box, but the corner of it was the blue sky. From my point of view, it looked like I was watching a clip of an episode of a TV show.
I tried to figure out what I was seeing, Then I recalled what I did before entering this white room.
I touched Nomu's head. I planned to end his life, but I think my quirk did something else. As for the clip video in front of me… I believe it's Nomu's memories, and it keeps playing.
I have no clue how to stop this, I'm not even sure if I'm in control of what's happening. The video just kept playing.
I have no other choice but to watch Nomu's whole life.
The memory played as follows.
The woman in the memory continues to call out some boy by the playground in late Winter around late February.
I figured that she was playing with some kid, but who could the kid even be?
Until she spotted his beanie hat behind a bush. "I found you, Daichi."
What came out of the bush was a little boy no older than the age of four, with olive-colored hair and thick lips, he called the woman Momma.
That's his Mother I thought to myself, but that boy couldn't be Nomu. This Daichi kid looks ordinary, he didn't seem scary or menacing. He just looked Innocent.
The Memory change shows an eight-year-old Daichi. He was reading an old classic book about adventure and treasures. He was reading Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Who thought this kid was into books, such as myself?
Then the boy heard crying downstairs he ran down from his room to see his mom crying. Rachel had no clue why he was crying, but the boy knew as he ran out of the house and took his bike
"Where is he going?." I said curious as to what was going on.
Then the memory changes the scene the the harbor and he sees a man getting on a boat. The boy kept calling out for the man by calling him Dad, but the old man just ignored him as he set off to shore.
The boy didn't make it to stop his father, Rachel believes that his dad left his mom and him.
Rachel couldn't help but feel sorry for Daichi. Just like the boy, Rachel never knew her birth parents. At some point in her life before her amnesia, she had a mother, but there was no picture of the birth father.
Whoever he was.
Rachel ends up watching a memory montage of the Boy. His life with his mom ended up struggling, but they were able to manage their finances and he was able to graduate High School. However, the mother and son were not able to save up for his university years.
Their life went to a bad turn when The mother revealed that she had breast cancer, and she was hiding her illness from her son. For him not to worry.
Since they're not able to offer treatment. The son was desperate to help his mom. He went job hunting for months but no one was offering him an interview. Desperate and running out of options He went to a life of crime.
He ends up doing house burglaries and ending up getting caught. Rachel understood why he did what he did. He was desperate to get the money for his mother. For her to get healthy again.
If the Iida family didn't adopt her, she would end up on the same road. The moment she turned 18, the adoption agency would have kicked her out, and she would be in the streets of Gotham. Either working for the mob families or as a Sex Worker.
The memory changed and it showed Daichi was in a police station jail, but a Bearded doctor bailed him out and offered him a job. He mentioned that the job would help people with medical research to find new medicines and treatments for people who are ill, by testing out new drugs.
To my understanding, They asked Daichi to be a human guinea pig and by doing so he would have a huge paycheque. The doctor even paid his bail from the police station, and due to the situation of his mom, His desperation won and he took the offer.
The memory changes to what seems to be a clinic. I assume it was a clinic seeing the room to be so clean and the walls were painted pink, The chosen color gives out a welcoming feeling.
I have to be honest, I would believe right away that the clinic was legit. There were even cute pics of kittens to let down our guard, giving us absolute belief and trust in the doctor.
The same doctor came in, and with him was another doctor. This time this doctor is female. She is taller than the man, however, her face is blurry. I assumed the reason was that Daichi didn't remember what she looked like. The woman spoke in a European accent as she talked to him in a calm and kind voice. She made promises that he was doing the right thing and that he was going to help a lot of people with cancer.
All of her promises gave him hope, and if I was in his shoes. I would believe her promises too.
However, because I'm watching this, I believe she is lying to him knowing that Daichi would end up becoming Nomu.
The memory changes once more showing that the Doctors took Daichi to another room. They asked him to strip down into his birthday suit and he entered into some kind of test tube big enough to fit an adult.
They told him that they going to scan his body to see his biological status.
'Science bullshit I would say.' I thought.
However, all of it was a lie. As the glass doors locked, shutting out the exit.
A new man entered the room. However, just like the female doctor he was blurry too, but his physical build is very muscular. Not as muscular as my brothers, but after seeing All Might in person and up close. The man is as buff as All Might.
The memory couldn't work out the words that they were saying, it's either Daichi couldn't remember, or the glass was very thick. However, that didn't matter in the end. Green liquid covered him from head to toe. That was the last memory that Daichi ever had.
"See, I'm not mindless after all, uh?"
A voice shook me in surprise. When I turned around to see whose voice it was, I didn't expect to see a giant birdcage, however.
It was the person who dragged my mind into this mysterious white room. However, he looked normal. His appearance took the form of a human being rather than the form of the onyx-colored monster that attacked the USJ.
The same monster that took Denki's life.
"It's you… You're him… You're Nomu." I said hoping that I was correct.
It was only when he shook his head to show that I was wrong. "Come on now, you saw my memories. Tomura Shigaraki gave me the name Nomu, but after you saw it, You know that's not my real name."
Yes, of course, I know that Nomu was not his real name. Even though I saw his past, what I feel doesn't change at all. "I know that!" I snapped at him. "Your past doesn't change anything. It didn't change how I feel, or what I think of you! To me, even after what I saw. You are still the monster that attacked the USJ…" I start to tear up. "You're still the bastard who took my BEST FRIEND!"
I fell to my knees and did something I had never done before since I got my quirk. I let out all my pain and lashed out. "You're a Murderer! You threw Denki like he was just nothing to you, but HE IS EVERYTHING TO ME! I know it has only been a week, but he has become my best friend. I was scared about meeting new people… Making friends was hard for me… It felt easy for others, like Kori. She can make friends with almost everyone… While I grew up as the freak that isn't allowed to express their feelings or it would hurt people around me…" I continued to sob, and words were harder to spit out, having my lips quivering and my nose draining out mucus. "I was scared that I would forever be that freak of a girl, now that my old friends from Junior High aren't around… I had my walls up, Denki brought them down."
After I let out every tear, every motion, there weren't any more tears to cry.
I was holding on to those emotions so tight, that I didn't want to let them go. Now that I express those emotions, I feel a lot lighter, and oddly enough I feel lost.
Those feelings were holding me down, now that they're free. I don't know what to do now.
Even now, when I looked at Nomu— no… the dude in the cage. All those negative emotions that were tied to him. Felt gone.
I expressed all my emotions, and lashed it all to him… Now that they're gone there was nothing more I could express.
'Is this what it's like to express grief, and go through the five stages?' I thought.
"I don't know what to tell you, kid. Grief is expressed differently by everyone."
That got my eyes widened, did he just read my mind?
"Sorry, but no I didn't read your mind." He said. "It's more like the room echoed your thoughts…" he scratched the back of his head. "Look, I don't know the rules of this, white room. Just to let you know. I have no control of this place."
What does he mean? He has no control. I stood back up to give out my thoughts. "What do you mean, Ain't this your quirk?" it has to be.
"Geez, oh darn, I don't know how to tell you this kid, but I'm diagnosed as quirkless. Also, between you and me, You're the only one with a unique quirk." He hand gestures to the room. "This isn't Shock Absorption and Super Regeneration."
After what he said. I wanted to deny everything. It couldn't be true. This couldn't be my quirk. I know my quirk has done crazy shit, that I couldn't even explain the possibilities that I have done. Such as healing someone's wounds, or the energy attacks that I unleashed.
I only wish there was a guidebook or at least some answer on how to truly control my powers.
Let's say this white room is the cause of my quirk. What do I have to do to end this?
"Seeing that you are feeling lost, and I don't think your quirk will ever give you a vocal answer. I, however, have something to say." The man took a moment to take a breath before he looked at me directly into my eyes. "I'm sorry."
Rachel heard him clearer than anything that happened this whole afternoon. She didn't say anything, but she is willing to listen to every word of his.
"You have every right to hate me, and I deserve it," he said sounding defeated. "You saw what I did, and you're right. Nomu is the monster, he is the villain, and he hurts so many people. Your teacher, All Might, those boys who went to stop me, and worst of all, your best friend."
The guy started to do something I never thought I would ever see from him, toward the ideal picture that I mentally placed on him. That I labeled him as a monster.
Now, here I am seeing the tears of a monster, and I couldn't help but watch as he cries out his own sorrow.
"I never wanted to hurt anyone… But I did, and I am very sorry. I know that no amount of apologies wouldn't bring him back. Just know, I had no control… That I wanted to fight back and gain control over… this new body… but I can't, Tomura and his people took away what belongs to me."
"What did he take from you?" I asked.
"My free will." He answered back. "Nomu is nothing more but a puppet to him, to me, he is nothing more but a cage… I am helpless, and I have no choice but to watch as this uncontrollable body does horrible things… That's why on my behalf I am sorry that I took your friend away, and I don't know if he is going to be okay… yet alone, able to survive."
I felt my hand shaking out of anger, and he noticed it.
"That is why, I'm giving you my permission to kill me."
My eyes widened and my hand stopped shaking. I was confused about what he said to me. "What do you mean, I— I don't want to kill you," I said softly.
The man sat down cross-legged, his back was straight and his hands were on his lap like he was about to commit seppuku, and he looked at me like I was his executioner.
Seeing him in that position makes me feel uneasy, I didn't want to kill him. What gave him that idea?
However, I forgot that all thoughts within this room are out in the open. It meant he heard what I was thinking, as he finally spoke. "Isn't that why you took us to this room in the first place? Didn't you use your quirk to drag me towards you, and from a single touch we ended up in this room because you wanted to kill me, as revenge for what I have done to your best friend?"
I wanted to say no, but I heard noises behind me.
When I turned around, I saw that his memories were playing once more, but this wasn't Daichi's memories from his past, but Nomu's memories from just recently, not that long ago.
The memory plays as follows in Nomu's point of view. I was shocked to see who Nomu was fighting, and it scared me to the core.
Because I was the opponent.
I covered my mouth, as I continued to watch myself unleash all my anger to Nomu. My past self didn't care about her actions. She was just full of rage and wanted nothing more but to brutally hurt Nomu, because I thought he deserved it.
I was brutal, uncaring, and unkind towards my fight against Nomu. Just watching myself do all these actions makes me feel sick to my soul. I felt disgusted, I felt terrified and there was nothing I could have done. This isn't a mere imagination, this was the truth, and the truth is I was a monster.
My actions were not the actions of a hero. Heroes inspired hope, justice, peace, and compassion. However, after What I saw, this isn't hope, justice, peace, or compassion. It was Malice, mercilessness, anger, and fear.
By the edge of Nomu's view, I could even see Izuku, Todoroki, Kirishima, Bakugo, and All Might, and they all looked scared about what I had done.
My lips came to tremble as I fell to my knees and I let out a batch of tears. "No, please stop! STOP THIS!" I cried out not liking what I had done. As much as I cried out, it didn't change the fact. That the girl that was attacking Nomu was me. I'm ashamed to call Nomu– no, Daichi a monster. In truth, I was the monster.
No, I was worse than a monster, I was an unkind demon, and my classmates had every right to be scared of what I had done.
If Denki was there, he would have every right to be scared of me too, towards the demon I had become.
"I caused this," I said as the memory faded away. "I'm the reason why we're in this white room, this is my quirks doing." I stood back up and I wiped out all the tears I had on my face. As I stared in sorrow at the eyes of Daichi.
"I'm sorry for what I have done to you, and I see now that. You had no intention of killing my best friend by tossing him like a baseball, and there is no telling if he would survive… and my answer is no… I don't want to kill you." I said as I tried my very best to hold on to my tears. "Killing you, wouldn't bring Denki back to me. If he is dead. He wouldn't want me to end your life just for the sake of revenge." I looked at him with determined eyes. "I forgive you Daichi."
My words moved Daichi as he fell from his position and he let out all his tears. Then I noticed that even inside our minds there was still an emotional aura that I could see.
That gave me a thought.
I looked at my hands and the cage that was holding Daichi. Why was there a cage in his mind in the first place?
Then I recalled what Daichi said, that Tomura took away his free will, and that Daichi has no control over Nomu's body.
If Nomu was a simple puppet, Daichi's mind shouldn't be here still existing, unless. This part of his mind isn't his conscious mind, but perhaps his subconscious mind. Maybe that is why he has no control over his body. I believe Tomura, or perhaps those doctors who experimented at Daichi were telepaths themselves, or empaths just like myself.
I gripped my hands on Daichi's cage. It gave me an idea, and maybe a way out for us, without the need to kill each other.
Maybe if I break the cage, then maybe I can even give back Daichi's free will, and he can have control over his body again.
I just had to channel my emotions, and my willpower to unlock him out of this cage, as my hands glowed green, the color of willpower.
"What are you doing?" Daichi said, finally looking up at me.
"I'm going to let you out, but this cage… is too strong." I looked at him because I couldn't do this on my own. "I need your help."
After he heard my plea, I noticed that Daichi was shielding himself, like he was scared. "Girl, please… I can't." He was shivering out of fear. "It is for the best that you just kill me… I can't continue to live, my life is over… and I."
He wasn't able to finish his sentence, and he looked back at the corner of his eye. "I don't want to see her again," he said.
'Her, wait, does he mean his mother?' I thought.
He heard my thoughts as he flinched, confirming that he was scared to see his mother. "You saw my memories. I let my mother down. I'm a bad son, I couldn't take care of my mother, and I had to become a criminal just to save her. When the doctor offered me a job, I stupidly accepted right away, because of the paycheque. Now I have become a monster. If She sees me now, she'll be so heartbroken. I don't want to break her heart, not like Dad did."
He doesn't want his free will back… because he is afraid of his mom, and scared that he'll break her heart. Towards what he has done as Nomu.
I know how he feels. I am scared to face my friends, after my little performance.
Am I scared of when they'll see me as I am, Or will they see me as a demon?
I can worry about that later, right now Daichi needs my help.
"Daichi… Your life isn't over, because you're still here… I know Nomu isn't you, that's not who you are, and don't let Tomura tell you who you are." I said, " I know, that you're scared to see your mom and comfort her with everything you have done, but you said it yourself, you had no control over your own body."
As I try to talk to Daichi to help him to get free and gain control of his body I see that I'm struggling. My willpower alone isn't strong enough. In order to free Daichi he needs the will to fight back.
I need to keep going and reach him with my voice.
"Daichi, I've seen your memories, it was your entire life. I've seen that you lived a life of struggles and heartache, but between the struggle and the heartache, there was also love and strength. You never gave up, and that is something that Tomura could never get rid of, that's why you're still here with me. Deep down you want to get you're life back and fight with us. Daichi you can win back you're life. You just have to reach for my hand. Please!" I cried out, as I closed my eyes. Fearing that none of my words would ever reach out to Daichi. I felt my willpower fading and my grip was starting to loosen up.
Until a gentle hands reach out to mine, and I felt someone's willpower being channeled from them. When I openned my eyes, I was caught in surprise to see Daichi was helping me open his cage with a determined face.
"Daichi?"
"You're right, if I was fully gone then I shouldn't even be here, fighting to get control of My Body Back. I want my free will back, and Tomura can't take that away from me!" He said as the glow of our willpower together glows brighter shining like emerald, and Daichi is a knight who fights for his free will.
This is Daichi's true superpower, his Willpower.
"My name is Daichi Yamamoto, and THIS, LIFE, IS, MINE!"
Just from one pull the bars of the cage shattered by our combined willpower. The light of our emotions glowed brighter in emerald covering the white room, as the both of us were starting to wake up.
Izuku's POV.
Ever since Rachel touched Nomu, their eyes just glowed bright white, and they just stopped moving, staring at the sky.
No one from either side even tried to reach out.
The fighting just stopped.
The others with me just gather together. Kirishima on the other hand stayed with Kacchan, he still looked defeated after where his explosion was sent.
All Might was able to recover his strength, but I don't think Rachel fully healed his wound as he started to taunt the villains.
"What happened to them, why are they frozen is this what you're doing!" All Might accuses the villains.
However, before the villains could respond. Rachel and Nomu's eyes glowed brighter, but rather white. It was Green.
"Rachel!" I ran towards Rachel and I was able to catch her in my arms as she collapsed. She looked so exhausted, she trying to keep her eyes open.
"I-Izuku." she said exhaustedly.
"Don't worry I got you, are you okay Rachel?"
She lightly nodded. "I'm going to be alright." I helped her get back up on her feet, but she was struggling to stand, so I helped her stand as one of her arms was wrapped around my shoulder, and my hand on her waist helped her to stand up."
"Thanks, Izuku." She blushed for some reason as she looked at her side. "Izuku, why not put your hand a bit higher just right on my side, that's why too low body. Your hand is very close to my ass."
Now it was my turn to blush realizing where my hand was. "R-r-r-right!" I stuttered.
'Like Damn, even in a time like this Rachel is about to smack a joke, that made me look like a pervert. I'm just glad that Tenya wasn't here.'
"That's better buddy." Rachel reinsuring me as she turns her attention to Nomu. "Daichi, please tell me you're in control.
'Daichi, who the hell is Daichi?' I thought feeling so confused, did something happen?
My fear started to rise in full alert to see that Nomu was getting up, and our distance between Nomu was not that far.
I need to carry Rachel and me out of danger, we're no match against Nomu, but Rachel insists not to go. The monster just stared at us.
However, I realized Nomu was staring at Rachel and only Rachel.
"Rrraaayyy-Chel!"
Everyone gasped at this turn of events, even the villains were shocked to see that for the first time since the VIllains came to the USJ.
Nomu Spoke.
"Oh thank X-Hal, Daichi you're in control," Rachel said, catching me off guard. Since when Nomu can talk, and why is Rachel calling him Daichi?
Rachel didn't look scared or mad, but rather happy. Something happened that none of us saw. they're eyes glowed white and who knows what happened that only Rachel and Nomu know. Rachel's quirk is quite unique and complicated.
Nomu's hand rose, I was getting ready to flee with Rachel in case he attacked, but he didn't attack. he just smiled and gave a thumbs-up to Rachel.
"Rrraaayyy-Chel, Thank you. I'm Free!" Nomu roared.
Everyone but Rachel was shocked to hear Nomu speak a full sentence. Even the villains themselves were surprised they even took a step back.
"Detroit!"
The moment of bliss ended.
"Smashed!"
When All Might punched Nomu it sent him flying.
"Hell Yeah, Go All Might!" Kirishima Cheered, as I smiled to see All Might in action. However, Rachel let go of me as she ran towards Nomu, but why?
"All Might, No, Please stop! DON'T HURT HIM!" Rachel ran after All Might. I have to stop her, she is going to get herself hurt if All Might accidentally hurt her.
"Rachel stop, what do you think you're doing!" I cried out as I ran after her.
However, she was able to reach in front of Nomu, shielding him with herself. Thankfully All Might's fist was able to react on time before his fist reached Rachel's face.
"Young Iida, please move aside before the monster tries to kill you." All Might demanded Rachel, but she only shook her head.
"No, I will not, please you don't understand!" she pleaded.
However, All Might's anger didn't waver as he was determined to defeat Nomu. The same can be said with Rachel as she continues to stand as a shield to Nomu, as for the monster himself, he looked different from the mindless monster that my classmates had fought a while ago.
This Nomu now looked scared just from being punched once by All Might.
'What the hell did Rachel do, to make a Monster that is made to kill the Symbol of Peace shiver after a single punch from All Might?'
Rachel's POV.
"All Might please, I beg of you just listen for once," I begged, but All Might's anger did not waver, and his aura was burning in crimson red.
"Listen?! What is there to listen to Young Iida? You and the boys went to fight Nomu, YOU manipulated my feelings while you decided to play nurse. The villains caused an explosion that probably killed everyone at the main entrance, an EXPLOSION that I could PREVENTED If you hadn't stopped Me!" All Might said his anger hasn't wavered. "Tell me, I am all ears why the hell are you shielding the monster that threw Young Denki Kaminari like he was just a ball to him?" he finally asked.
'All Might has every right to be furious at me. He ordered us to not confront Nomu, but we did, and we paid the price with Denki's life and the explosion at the main entrance. They could be dead for what we all know.' I thought. 'However, something happened back at the White Room. Explaining the whole story to him would be very important, but from his burning rage he wouldn't try to listen to the whole story, and he'd think that I was making it all up due to the recent discovery of a new ability towards my quirk. He wouldn't be patient enough, but I better shorten my answer before he decided to push me aside and end Nomu's life.'
"Yes, you have every right to be angry at me and Nomu because many lives could have been lost. I was full of rage too when Nomu tossed Denki like he was nothing." I said as I paused, knowing what I'd say next would be considered to be the impossible. Due to the limited knowledge of my quirk's potential. "Something happened when I touched Nomu and I somehow entered Nomu's subconscious mind, and in summary. I freed him from Tomura's control and I returned Daichi's free will."
All Might's aura, his burning rage was starting to dim. My words are getting to him. He is starting to listen.
"What do you mean, you gave back his free will?" He asked
I lowered my arms to let down my guard. Hopefully, by doing so it would open a pathway for me to use to pass All Might fading rage, and I felt Daichi's emotions start to calm down, and there was also an emotion of shame.
"My quirk helped me to communicate with Nomu and I learned that he was a puppet to Tomura the Hand Villain. He had no control over his own body. What he could only do was watch. Like a birdie inside a cage. But I was able to free him and I gave him a chance to atone for everything that Tomura made him do."
I sounded crazy, but I continued to defend Nomu. "I'm not asking for you to believe and I know that my story sounds bananas, but please, as a Hero. Please, give him a chance to atone."
There was nothing else I could have said. I did the best I could. All Might's aura has faded but it doesn't mean it is a certainty that his rage is gone.
"Young Rachel, you're quirk is very weird, to say the least. I am very disappointed in you and the boys for disobeying me. I could have prevented everything if you had let me fight Nomu alone." All Might said. "However, it feels like fate had a different hand of cards today, and as for Nomu. He pushed me aside and I hoped that he wouldn't hurt Daichi.
Daichi's aura burned bright in the color yellow, he was scared at All Might. "As for you Nomu. I have every right to stop you. To defeat you for the great of good, with my bare fist." All Might said. "However, throughout my anger and malice. Young Rachel opened my eyes to see that underneath all of my anger, there is still hope." Then he turned his attention to me. "Even throughout everything that has happened. You are still in troubling waters young lady for your actions. However, because you didn't use your quirk to manipulate my emotions. I trust you."
I was relieved that All Might didn't hurt Daichi, he however bowed down to All Might.
"Thaaaannnkkk You All Might," Daichi said All Might was surprised that he could talk.
"NOMU! KILL HIM! THIS IS YOUR CHANCE AND FINISH HIM!"
We heard the shouting from Tomura, and he sounded furious. All Might flinched expecting Daichi to attack him, but he didn't. I truly freed Daichi from Tomura's control. He is no longer a puppet for Tomura to pull the strings.
"NOMU AS YOUR MASTER, I ORDER YOU TO KILL ALL MIGHT!" Tomura continued to shout at Daichi.
"Nnnooo!" Daichi responded and Tomura took a step back. His face showed that he was surprised, "I'M NOT YOUR PUPPET ANYMORE."
The villain growled. "Nomu, how dare you disobey your master!" Tomura said as his aura burned crimson red.
I felt Nomu's rage too, and his emotional aura matches with Tomura's very own. "My Naaammmeee is not Nomu! My Naaammmeee is Daichi Yamamoto, and This Life Is Mine!" He roared.
The villain pointed at me. "You Bitch! What did you do, to my Nomu!" he shouted, but I stayed silent, he didn't deserve an answer from me.
His frustration reached his limits Tomura started to scratch his neck. "You damn Heroes just pissed me off. You too Gothie Lockes, after your little performance. Smacking Nomu around like one of your little dollies with your cheating quirk." Tomura said. "Since you entered the arena from that flying boulder. I had a feeling that Terra lost to you. When I first saw you. I only saw you as the Healer, while the DPS Boys went to fight Nomu, and you just have to heal your Tank. Three of the boys used their Ultimates, but none of their Ultimates worked on Nomu. But you." he started to chuckle. "You had your Ultimate ready and waiting, you only activated your Ult, is when that Pikachu kid was tossed around like a little ball and I watched him flying."
My heartache when he mentioned Denki.
"From where you were standing, you didn't see what truly happened to him. Here you are hoping that he'll survive, that he landed safely." he grinned ear to ear showing me his wicked smile. "He flew like a bird, no, a plane, oh wait no that's not what happened." he slammed his fist to his open palm, and I shook my head no, as he looked directed at me. "He went flying then he went SPLAT! Like a water balloon when it goes pop. His body decorated the floor with his blood." he changed his tone to more of a serious one. "He is dead, dearie. All thanks to you're new BFF, Nomu!" the villain laughed as I fell to my knees and I let out all my tears to hear the horrible news about Denki's fate.
'It couldn't be true, it just can't.' I cried out letting out all my pain.
"Oh don't cry, princess." The villain said in a sweet voice. "I can reunite you with your friend, what you just have to do is shake this sinner's hand, with your face!"
I turned around admittedly from fear to see that there was another mist portal, and exiting from it, was Tomura's hand reaching out from my face.
I closed my eyes and accepted defeat, this was the end for me.
I was waiting for Death to come, but I was pushed aside. When I opened my eyes to see who pushed me. My fear rose ever higher to see it was Daichi who was shielding me from Tomura's hand, and it made contact with Daichi.
"Nnnooo! Daichi!" I screamed in horror that Daichi risked his own life to save mine.
Daichi's body was slowly turning into dust, but he turned his attention to me, and he guided my hand to his cheek.
He blinked like he had something to say, but could say it out loud. So I did what I thought was needed to do.
by entering his mind for the last time.
I once again returned to Daichi's subconscious mind. However the white room wasn't purely white anymore it was starting to gray up, and slowly to decay.
"Rachel."
I turned around to see Daichi once again back in his original appearance before the doctors made him into Nomu. He was also free, no more birdcage.
"Daichi!" I gave him a hug as I let out my tears. "Why did you risk your own life just to save mine? You could have lived!" I cried out.
He just gave me a comforting smile. "And what, let you die. You saved my life Rachel Iida, you've done enough. You are my Hero, now I have to be your hero too."
I cried a lot more, He and Denki became my heroes.
"Rachel, I don't have much time… I need you to promise something for me, this will be my last request."
I only nodded.
"Please, find my mother, Ana, Ana Yamamoto in Tokyo, and tell her that I am sorry, that I couldn't be her Hero and save her from Cancer. That even now she is my very last thought and that I love her so much."
The whole room changes to all the shared memories of Daichi and his mother. She really is his last thought.
"Rachel, I am scared. I feel like once I turned to dust. It will be just light out for me… and I don't want that. Do you think Heaven will send an angel from above and save me from damnation?" he cried out.
My lips shiver. Daichi is expecting an answer, but I don't believe in the afterlife. I'm not like Yumi Ono and her faith in God, or Kori and her beliefs in X-Hal. I don't want silence to be my answer. "I think an angel will come down and save your soul," I said as he smiled.
"Hold on, someone is calling my name."
I looked around to see no one, but Daichi got up, and his body turned into a little boy.
'Is this what happens, when we die?' I thought.
"Rachel, my angel is here." he chuckled. "And She's a goth chick like you. Goodbye Rachel, and continue to be a Hero."
I tried to use my quirk to connect with Daichi's mind. But it was not working, because there was no mind to connect to.
He was gone, turned to dust.
"No, no, DAICHI!" I cried out letting out my emotions to only feel Daichi's ashes on me. "H-H-He's Gone!"
He is truly gone. I just saved him from his life as a puppet and that felt like a thousand years ago. I truly believe that he could still live a normal life once we defeated the villains and gave the police everything he knew about the doctors who turned him into an onyx-colored beast.
I placed my hope that Daichi would have a happy ending with his mother, and my friends could have visited him to see how his life progressed. He and Denki could have shared a pizza from our favorite pizza place.
It only took one villain to turn my hope into dust.
There was clapping and cheering from behind, and it was coming from Tomura himself.
"Bravo! No need to applaud ladies and germs, 'cause I am here!" he smiled. "What's with the sad faces UA hopeful I saved all you're lives towards a monster that not even All Might could have defeated. I fucking killed Nomu with just a touch." He snapped his fingers. "You should be clapping, because I just did a Heroic thing!"
However, no one was laughing.
There was no chuckle.
Nor clapping.
Not even a giggle.
"Party poopers all of you. I'm not even expecting a parade. Oh well, I guess it's back to business." he turns his attention to All Might, but more toward his bloody wound still bleeding. "Yo Symbol of Peace, I see that Gothic Locks wasn't much of a healer. For a second there I thought he would be like Mercy from Overwatch, Bitch couldn't do that right, let alone save little ol Daichi!"
"What you say All Might. The stage is set, so why not let's have our main event? Tomura Shigaraki Versus All Might, Winner takes all!
All Might kneeled down next to me. "Young Rachel, you did what you could, but please. Stay with the others and let me handle Tomura."
I did what he told me, I was emotionally defeated. There was nothing more I could have done. I overused my quirk. I lost this fight and let All Might give Tomura hell with his fist.
Izuku POV.
I felt so sorry for Rachel. Even though I have no clue what really happened between Rachel and Nomu, including calling him Daichi.
However, I was caught by surprise that Nomu sacrificed his own life to save Rachel's life. I never thought that someone like Nomu would do one Heroic thing. He was no different from risking my own life to try to save Kacchan from the sludge monster 11 months ago.
Now Rachel reunited with the rest of the gang, with Denki still missing.
I hoped Tomura's words weren't true, he had to be lying. Denki, please be okay.
Now it is the final showdown between All Might and Tomura Shigaraki as the two circled one another.
"I gotta say, I thought you wouldn't come and that maybe killing some brats would take your attention." The villain paused. "Then again, you were here to see one die… What did Gothie Locks call him again, oh yes, Denki."
My lips trembled from rage when he causally said my Bro's name like that.
"I bet his last thoughts were, All Might why didn't you save me, Boo Hoo!" Tomura mocked the Hero. "I guess you're new life as a teacher is such a bore. Lecturing snothead brats about Math. Don't tell me the Symbol of Peace miss his bachalor Pro Hero life. Jerking off his Smiles to everyone Man, Woman, and Child, like they were herpes. That's what being the Symbol of Peace truly meant. An infection and you Pro Heroes spreading your herpes around and calling the diseases justice, and you All Might, you are patient zero."
"You're not heroes, You and this goddamn Pro Hero society are nothing but weapons to the government. Pointed at the enemy just for someone else to get a victory."
"What a load of Hooey. You claim that your League of Villains came to attack us to send a message. That you're objective is to change society, but what I have seen is nothing but a joke. This invasion is nothing but a circus for you. Killing me wouldn't change society. It would just kill me, someone else will take my place, from Endeavor to Best Jeanist, to Hawks, and it goes on and on." All Might said, but the villain didn't waver.
"True, and Endeavor would just take over and the game continues to play. I guess in some way, The Number Two Hero is a DLC campaign, Like what Mortal Kombat 11 did with Aftermath." Tomura said. "But you're missing the big picture All Might."
"Yeah, what's that?" All Might asked.
"You're not just some Pro Hero, but you're the Symbol of Peace!" Tomura said. "You see you only see your own death as something to get over with, but in reality. Your being alive is what keeps the Peace and hope of the people strong and alive, without you, It will be just chaos and pandemonium, and I am sure Endeavor couldn't fill in you're shoes, let alone a Sailor Moon outfit!"
Even from my distance, I heard what the villain said to All Might, and he has a point, and All Might doesn't see the big picture. If Ever Tomura was able to kill All Might, news reports would get out that All Might was killed and The Symbol of Peace is gone.
Throughout their conversation, I just noticed that there was a large shadow being cast down showering All Might.
I wonder what caused the shadow, which got my eyes too wide open to see that it wasn't good.
I went sprinting, hoping that this time I would make it to save All Might.
"I gotta say All Might, I did have fun on this field trip to the USJ, and met many new people, and learned a lot from this experience." Tomura playfully said. "But at last. It is time to end the show, by bringing the curtains down."
The villain looked upwards and All Might thought there he was nothing to look at, but he got a clearer look to see that there were boulders floating in the air, and one of the boulders was carrying a young lady with blond hair.
"Now Terra, let them rain down!"
"Gotcha Boss!" as Terra threw the large boulder down directly to All Might.
All Might stood his ground as he channeled his power to a fist, and he aimed at the boulder raining down at him. "Let me teach you the motto of UA High. Go beyond, and Plus Ultra!" With one single punch the boulders that were raining down, shattered when it was impacted by All Might's fist.
However, there was one problem.
Tomura was missing.
A mist portal appeared at All Might and his reaction time was poor. He had no time to dodge an upcoming hand from Tomura. "Plus Ultra this, Hero–" However before Tomura was able to even touch the Symbol of Peace he was punched. By a Green-headed brat who just broke his legs. Cause The villain to fall out of the portal.
"Young Midoriya!" All Might ran towards me. I would have stood up and said I was okay. That would be a total lie because in order to launch myself to punch Tomura, I had to use One For All on both of my legs to give me that boost of speed.
"All Might, are you…*cough* Alright?"
"My Boy, you saved my life."
I would have been so proud and happy to hear those words from my idol, but I couldn't, Feeling guilty and ashamed that I wasn't able to save my Bro, Denki.
I was given One for All by All Might, to be the next Symbol of Peace. I couldn't even save the life of my bro, and Nomu.
"You son of a Bitch!" I heard Tomura, and his tone was much more angry than playful. "You ruined my kill of All Might. After the teamwork, I did with Terra and Kurogiri. You ruined my victory, my chance to earn my very own Overwatch Play of The Game Highlight intro, from Killing All Might. But you bastard had to ruin everything!"
There was a buzzing noise coming from Tomura, it happened to be his cell phone as he answered it. "What!"
"Tomura, you need to get out of there. The game is over, and UA staff, the police, and ambulances have reached the USJ. You need to go." It was the voice of Gizmo once again. "Kurogiri quick, You have to make an escape portal before The Pro Heroes reach up to you all."
"All Might is right there I can still kill him!"
"Master Tomura, Gizmo has a point. We cannot face the entire UA staff and the Police, we need to go," Kurogiri said as he made another portal.
"Cool, I guess we lost this round," Terra said as she turned her attention to Rachel. "So long, Princess!" She said as she hopped into the portal.
As the portal slowly close Tomura couldn't stop staring at me and Rachel.
As the villains left, Tenya guided the rest of the UA staff to arrive just to see the horror of what happened at the main entrance.
"My X-Hal." Tenya gasped to see many of the students were injured and hurt. "What happened to you all?" He asked he got his answer by looking closely at his classmates to see third-degree burn marks on his classmates.
Mina Ashido, Hanta Sero, Yuga Aoyama, Minoru Mineta, and Tsuyu Asui, even Pro Hero Thirteen and Eraserhead are down.
As the teacher went to rescue the students, Tenya finally saw her, but badly hurt. "Oh no, Ochaco!" He rushed to his side as tears of guilt poured from his eyes.
Ochaco was lying down on her side. Most of her right side got most of the damage to her arm, and neck. Once they heal it would be a pink scar.
And a reminder of Tenya's failure for not being fast enough, or strong enough to stay to shield her.
'This is my fault.' Tenya sadly thought.
However, he felt a gentle hand holding his, when he opened his eyes to see it was Ochaco. She was awake. "Tenya you came back, to save us," she said but her voice was in pain, she needed help.
"Ochaco, please don't talk, you need help." he scooped her up in bridal style. He had to make sure that her head was elevated due to burn marks on her neck. "They are ambulances here, they're going to take you to the nearest hospital." his voice starts to break from the emotions that he was feeling. "Don't worry, I'll bring Pizza, the Titans pizza with extra Italian sausage just how you like it."
Ochaco gently caressed Tenya's face, and the boy looked at her with such wonder. "Tenya, I'm going to be, okay."
Hearing Ochaco's sweet voice got Tenya's heart pounding. He quickly delivered her to the nearest ambulance. Just seeing her with the paramedics. His worries Ochaco waver down. He also finally realizes that.
He was falling for her.
At the main plaza, The UA staff delivered the injured to the paramedics. They went to check on the other students.
Snipe was able to find and save the rest of the students by the landslide zone, to see that Momo Yayaorozu, Jiro Kyoka, Toru Hakegure. And Rikido Sato.
At the Typoon zone. Present Mic search high and low to search for any students. He however had to use his voice quirk to attack 4 remaining villains that didn't escape the USJ.
Once his fight ended he was able to find the missing students, Fumikage Tokoyami and Mashirao Ojiro,
By the main plaza.
Brother and Sister finally reunited as Tenya and Rachel hugged after all the emotional terminals that happened in the USJ.
Kirishima went in running to check on All Might and Midoriya, However, he was stopped by a cement wall created by one of his Teachers, the Pro Hero Cementos.
"I'll deal with the wounded, it is for the best you run back to the group," Cementos said to the young redhead.
"You're that makes total sense," Kirishima said as he did what he was told.
Cementos sighed in relief, that he was on time to create his wall. To cover everyone from the truth on the other side of this wall.
Because on the other side, there was a fog of white smoke, and by the eye of the fog it used to have All Might standing there. However, he was replaced by his alter ego, his true form of, Toshinori Yagi.
The Hero known as All Might was a strong buff man, the man before you was a skinny weak man who looked like he needed a sandwich, due to his appearance.
"All Might, are you going to be okay," Izuku said still lying down hurt from his injuries.
All Might coughs out blood. "I don't know kid. Before coming here. I already reached my three-hour limit. When Young Tenya came to the Principal's office to cry for help. I had no choice but to push through my limits. At this rate, I don't know if I still got my Three-hour limit or it got reduced." All Might said he noticed that Midoriya was worried. He had to ensure Hope to young Midoriya. "Don't worry my boy. I'm sure Recovery Girl can help me."
Izuku sighs in relief that All Might is going to be fine. He glances at the wall that Cementos created. "That was close. Kirishima almost saw your true form." he sighs.
"Izuku!"
The greenette and Toshinori jolted in a panic to hear a voice that was coming from the same side of the wall that they were on.
Izuku turned his head in panic to see who it was.
His tears were rosing in as an emotion of joy washed over his panic. To see a familiar face. "Denki!"
He wasn't dead or badly hurt as Tomura described. The bastard lied.
Denki was soaked in water.
Izuku would have been so happy to see his bro is alive, but an erc of panic rose. Seeing that Denki can see them both.
Denki's finger pointed at the Skinny man next to Izuku, and from Denki's shocked reaction, he recognized the man without the muscles.
"All Might!" Denki said confirming the shared fear of Midoriya and All Might.
"Oh X-Hal," Izuku said, realizing that he was in a pickle.
Woah this is like the longest chapter I ever wrote, probably longer than The Brave and the Bold.
I have to admit it was an emotional rollercoaster to write. I had to listen to Naruto Ost to write the emotional scenes like anger and sadness.
I have to admit Raven's first fight with Nomu was based on the MCU Movie Avengers Endgame when Wanda fought Thanos.
I also finally introduce Raven's telepathy powers that was demonstrated twice. I assure you telepathy won't be used a lot. Just important times. Her telepathy wasn't hugely used in the animated series. It was hinted most of the time. The most used is when Raven had to help Robin in the episode Haunted.
Things are going to be different now for Class 1A
I did plan to Unalive Nomu, but my original plan was not to turn him to dust, this direction was better than what I originally thought.
For those who are wondering, when Daichi was saying his goodbyes to Rachel, he met Death of the Endless. In which only Daichi could see because he was dying. Hence he describes his angel as a goth.
There is one more chapter before I start season 2. The season two cover is up it is going to be about the Sports Festival.
I confirmed that Tenya is falling in love with Ochaco, very different from Canon. I honestly shipped them because weirdly I see them as Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.
Til next time.
Mabuhay.
