Bearticguy7: Iggy Azalea...I don't know why I laughed so hard at that. Brilliant stand as usual!
dumpstertrashfire123: I wanted to make it a Part 3 DIO thing, the Alpha is going to remain in the shadows until his battle.
Euphoria: I wanted to give Bamboo a chance at redemption. He isn't an evil character, just too prideful, and his gradual inclusion in the group is going to help him come to terms with the fact that they are equals.
Jpx0999: Yes, that Nine. The events of the movie are going to occur very soon.
Kyeo307: Bamboo is definitely going to get some big development. Once he gets said chapter, his prescnce in the group will be unquestionable.
"I have to admit Midoriya, this design could definitely allow you to harness the eye without it affecting your mind...but I will be making it." Momo said.
"But I could just pay for i-"
"Nope, I'm doing it. There is no way you can realistically buy enough silver for what you're planning." Momo crossed her arms, indicating that there were be no further arguement.
"Izuku, remember what I said about trying to do things by yourself?" Kyoka reminded her friend. "Momo is willing to do this for free."
"But, I don't want you to tire yourself out over an outfi-"
"I'm more than happy to."
"Just accept help, Izuku, jeez." Kyoka smacked her friend upside the head. "She's doing you a favor!"
"The silver I understand, but the whole suit?!"
"Any colors you prefer?"
Izuku shook his head. "I don't believe this..."
"Believe it, and accept it." Kyoka commanded.
Then Izuku's phone rang, and he picked it up. "Hey Uraraka! What's up?"
"Um...I'm not sure how to begin this...I don't want to ruin your vacation..."
"Is...something wrong?"
"I...know about the eye, Deku."
"O-oh..."
"Don't worry though! I'm not mad or anything! I just...keep thinking about our conversation before 'break'...you were really saying goodbye, right?"
"I...I was."
"That really scares me..."
"I'm sorry, I jus-"
"No, it's fine. I'm seriously not mad at you, I understand why you did it. Looking back on it...you were trying to make what could've been your last words to me count, and that really means a lot. There's just one thing I need to ask..."
"What is it?"
"Can I be in the loop? If something like that happens again...I want to be involved. I've pieced it together, you guys have something going on, something dangerous. If it's too much to ask...I'll try looking the other way, but...if you guys are going through something, I want to help."
Izuku sighed. "I...I'll have too take it up with the others, but if it were up to me alone, it would be a hard yes."
"Thank you Deku...have fun! We've got things taken care of from our end!" Uraraka's voice once again turned cheerful.
"Bye Uraraka, thanks for being so understanding."
Izuku hung up, and turned to face the other two, who were busy deciding which fabric Is you'd new suit should be made out of. "Uraraka found out about the Necromancer."
Kyoka's face darkened. "Is she okay?"
"Yeah, she understood why we were hiding it...but I think she figured out a little more than just that. She knows that our group is wrapped up in something."
"SHIT!" Kyoka smacked herself in the forehead. "It's because she caught me bleeding after Santana ripped off my ear, isn't it?! JoJo knocked her out, and we managed to convince her that it was her imagination after...but hearing about our fight with the Necromancer must've made her realize it was real. I owe her an apology..."
"I don't think she cares about that...I think she just wants to be in the loop."
"I mean...we all trust Uraraka, right?" Momo asked.
"Well yeah! She was a huge help during the Pluck mission." Kyoka said. "We all would've died without her. I think we could use her on our team."
"And I'm pretty sure the other three wouldn't be against it either...well, maybe Kacchan...but he's against everything. Alright, I'll text her to go talk to Dr. Kujo!" Izuku said with a smile.
"You seem...pretty excited about this, don't you?" Kyoka said with a smirk.
"W-well she's m-my friend!" Izuku stammered out.
"Uh huh." Kyoka said, sarcasm dripping from her voice. "And Nickleback is the best band to ever exist."
"Stop it!"
Jolyne frowned as she stared at the figure perched on a street lamp outside the school. "What the fuck are you...?"
"Is it Batman?" Ermes asked. "It looks like Batman."
"I don't think Batman has glowing red eyes, Ermes." Jolyne responded. "Tell Weather and Emporio to stay on guard...I don't think that thing is friendly."
"Friendly? Out of the question...human?"
"Nope, not human...but it looks tangible...so...I don't think it's a stand either."
"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" The creature flew upwards into the night, disappearing in the clouds above. Rain began to pour down, and Jolyne went from weirded out to concerned.
"That thing is definitely not human."
"Why are eldritch horrors attacking us in the middle of the night?!" Anasui yawned out. "Can't I just get my beauty sleep?"
"Please Anasui, your sleep is far from beautiful." Jolyne retorted.
"Yours is." He fired back.
"Yare yare dawa...look, whatever this thing is, it shouldn't be able to get inside, the gates on the door are made of solid steel, and it looked organic, so..."
And then...the power went out.
"I suddenly have the urge to scream."
"Don't."
"What the fuck is going on?!"
The sound of the gates being pried open halted their confusion. Without power, there was no locks, this thing was coming in.
Jolyne looked around. "We need to stay here, most of the students are sleeping, and I refuse to leave them inside with whatever this is. Is anyone willing to-"
"What's going on?!" Uraraka's voice came from the darkness.
ZAP!
Kaminari was standing in the middle of the common room, using his electricity to produce light. "Dude, I was playing Fortnite, why is there freaky noises?!"
"Of course you were..."
"An enemy...monster...of some kind." Jolyne said. "Kaminari, is there anyone else awake?"
"I don't think so..."
"Let's make sure it stays that way. This thing is clearly after the eye, Emporio..."
Said boy popped up from behind the couch. "Yes Jolyne?"
"AHHH! CHILD!" Kaminari took a step back.
"We need to get you out of here, if that thing gets you, it gets the ghost room...and the eye. Is someone willing to go outside to the treehouse?"
Uraraka stepped up. "I will. Where is this treehouse?"
"In the woods by the school, I'll guide you with Stone Free's strings...we need to get Emporio out of here so we can deal with this thing...bring Kaminari with you, he can be your light."
"I AM SO CONFUSED! WHY IS THERE A CHILD?! WHAT TREEHOUSE?!" Kaminari yelled, holding his head.
"Just come with me and Emporio, I'll explain!" Uraraka said, and Kaminari nodded his head. Uraraka took them both by the hands, making them float, and Jolyne shot a string out a window.
"Follow the string...you'll be able to protect yourself in there, it was built with safety in mind! I'm counting in you three!" Jolyne yelled as the three floated out the window. Just then, the beast finally managed to pry the doors open, and lumbered into the dark room.
"Chchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchchch..."
The red eyes searched the room, and a second figure stood in the doorway as the beast made it's bizarre clicking noises. "Jolyne Kujo...you and your merry band of convicts are in this room, right?"
Jolyne kept the string going, not saying a word, just keeping her eyes trained on the monstrosity that was looking around.
"If you are...you made the right call. The Mothman reacts to light, so that isn't surprising."
The Mothman?! Jolyne thought to herself. She felt a hand on her shoulder, and her eyes shifted to see that Weather Report had entered the room, somehow avoiding being detected by the creature.
"I bet you're wondering why the Mothman, an urban legend native to Point Pleasant, West Virginia, is currently running around Mustafu, Japan. I brought it here, with my stand, Somebody's Watching' Me. It gives me the ability to pluck an urban legend from one place, and put them somewhere else to do my bidding. The only catch...once I pick a creature, it's permanent. I can only summon the Mothman, unfortunately."
Weather began edging his way to the other side of the room, silently, methodically, going straight for the stand user.
""I need the Necromancer's eye, Jolyne Kujo, you elitist trash! I know you're one of those lizard people, trying to keep your control over the world, but I'm onto you!"
...huh?
"The Necromancer told me, in a prerecorded message, that the eye was key to finally proving that the Earth is flat! That 5G towers really do cause dysentery! That there are microchips hidden inside our pasta! I WILL EXPOSE YOU, LIZARD WOMAN!"
Oh...he's that guy.
The man was covered from head to toe in tin foil, and his face was gaunt, as if he didn't get any sleep. "I see that string..."
Jolyne's eyes widened. "No..."
"Mothman, go kill whoever is on the end of it." Tin Foil Hat commanded, and the creature screeched and flew out of the door. "I'll deal with the people in here..."
Be very careful you three.
Uraraka and the others were running alongside Jolyne's string, when it suddenly spoke.
"Hey you three, the Mothman is onto you!"
"The what now?"
"The Mothman, it's a moth...and a man. Look, it's after you, and it's attracted to light. If you guys hear it coming, turn Kaminari off!"
"How is she talking to us right now?!" Kaminari yelled as they came to a bridge.
"People can talk through their stands, Kaminari."
"Oh, right...I forgot."
"Chchchchchchchchchchchchchchchch..."
The group stopped as soon as they heard the clicking sounds from underneath the bridge, followed by several scratches. Uraraka looked down at the boards beneath them, noticing red insectoid eyes peaking out from between the cracks.
Everyone didn't move a muscle, but Emporio began to shake, fear evident on his face. Uraraka slowly reached out and held Emporio's hand, and Emporio met her eyes. Uraraka gave him a smile, a smile that said: Everything will be alright.
Kaminari was in his own dilemma. If we move, that thing will eat us or something...
What would Jiro do in this situation? She would...uh...
Make fun of him! If I make him angry, maybe it will give us time to escape!
"FUCK YOU, MOTHMAN!"
"Kaminari, what are you doing?!"
"I'm taunting him. MOTHMAN, I'M DANCING ON YOUR BRIDGE, IT'S MY BRIDGE NOW!" Kaminari began dancing.
"Oh no..." Emporio said.
"YOU HEAR THAT?! IF YOU WANT ME OFF OF THIS BRIDGE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO KILL ME!" Kaminari continued to taunt.
"Nonononononono! Stop it!" Uraraka hissed.
."YOU WANT ME OFF?! YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO THROW ME OFF YOURSELF! LOOK AT THE WAY I DANCE ON IT, I DISRESPECT YOUR BRIDGE MOTHMAN!" Kaminari said, doing Fortnite dances.
"We're gonna die."
"This is my bridge now! They'll put my name in graffiti, people will come here to tell stories of me!" Kaminari continued, before a hand smashed through the wood and grabbed his arm. "AHHHH! IT'S GOT ME! IT'S GOT ME!"
Emporio screamed as Uraraka took initiative, grabbing Mothman's wrist and twisting it, forcing it to let go. On top of that, she also used her quirk on it, and the Mothman began floating up towards the sky.
Kaminari's arm was bleeding, the beast's claws had dug into his flesh. "OW! That really hurt!"
"Why did you make fun of it?! We would've been fine if we had stayed quiet!" Uraraka chided her classmate. "Now you're hurt!"
"I thought it would buy us time to escape, and it did!"
"He's not very smart...is he?" Emporio asked.
The three continued following the string as the Mothman screeched, clawing at the air as it tried to regain control over it's flight. It looked towards the group as a bloody Kaminari activated his quirk, and it's face was illuminated briefly. It's insectoid eyes stared soulessly at it's quarry, and it's gross frothing mouth...
And it began flapping it's wings, slowly making it's way towards them.
"Light green? What about the forest green?" Momo asked.
"I wanted to switch things up. I'm still going to stick with the green, just...something to try..."
"Or it's because JoJo went to wearing white, and you wanted to imitate him."
Izuku blushed. "Am I really that obvious?"
"Yes." Momo looked over the sketch Izuku made of his new suit. "I do quite like that idea of making the silver into a chestplate, and the X shape makes it so the metal doesn't hinder your movement. The eye would go in the middle of it?"
"Yep."
"I'll need copies of Hatume's design for your Air Force gloves, that way I can make them silver. I see most of the silver is around your arms."
"That's where I need the eye's power the most. My legs are fine, but if I use my arms too much, I could end up with permanent damage that would make them useless. If the eye is helping me regenerate though, I can use my arms without having to worry about that."
"Yes...but remember, the eye is nowhere near as powerful as it was when the Necromancer was using it. It'll help you heal, sure...but it won't actually make you stronger. You will still break your bones if you go too far, Midoriya."
"Yeah, but the eye will reduce the risk, that's the point. Those injuries should heal."
Momo sighed. "Listen Midoriya...you heard what JoJo's sister said. If this thing isn't contained by the silver alone...it'll basically turn you into Necromancer 2.0."
"But if it is contained, we take care of the threat for good, and we reap the benefits."
"Why are you so determined to use it anyway?" Momo asked. "Realistically, we could use something like Mr. Nijimura's The Hand to destroy it, and the threat would be over with regardless...so why are we using it?"
Izuku bit his lip and lowered his head. "Because...it'll help us get stronger."
"We can get stronger without it."
"I'm not going to put up with someone like the Necromancer again!" Izuku said, suddenly looking serious. "He...no, I'm not letting it happen again."
"It's because of your mother..."
"She was in danger, Yaoyorozu...and I almost didn't save her. This eye can help us all become stronger...so...so...I can save her easily next time."
Momo frowned. "Midori-no...Izuku. You're the type that wants to save everyone, but...sometimes we fail, or we come close to it. That doesn't necessarily make the failures our fault, but...we blame ourselves regardless."
"So?"
"I remember when Santana came to the school, and offered to negotiate. I was terrified...and I ended up provoking him. I could've avoided his sore spots...but I was so afraid I just blurted out what I was thinking...and as a result, Gyro was almost beaten to death, Kyoka lost an ear, JoJo almost lost his ability to walk again, and Hol Horse..." Momo had a sad expression. "I couldn't reason with him out of fear...and someone died as a result. I blame myself for it to this day."
"None of that was your fault."
"And none of what the Necromancer did was yours. We are human, Izuku...we are going to fail, no matter how strong we are, and yet we keep going."
Izuku nodded. "You're...right..."
"The eye isn't important for us, Izuku. We can use it if we can, but...is it really worth the risk?"
"No..."
"Don't get me wrong, if it can help you rather than harm...I'll be more than happy. But...before I make this suit for you...I want you to really think about this. Do you want to use the eye?"
Izuku thought about it, he really did, and then he came to a realization.
"What if...we don't use it directly?"
"Hm?"
"It's energy, right? What if we use it like a battery? We can power up my suit, design it to house energy from the eye, rather than the eye itself. It would still have the same effect, right?"
"And the eye wouldn't be able to warp your mind...since you aren't interacting with it directly. All we would have to do is steal power from it, and we could completely avoid it's negative effects. A battery...I really like that idea! You would only have a limited amount of energy though, you would only be able to heal yourself for a short time."
"Then I would only use it in emergencies! And we could create these silver capsules, so everyone has a...medpack of sorts. That way we wouldn't have to keep bothering Mr. Higashikata every time someone gets hurt!"
Momo nodded. "That can be beneficial for the whole group! I think I can definitely be on board with this, it is much safer."
"Good...thanks for the pep talk YaoMomo, I...really needed that."
"That's what friends are for, Izuku. I'll get to work on that outfit, meanwhile...I believe Mr. Giovanna was teaching the others how to tend to a garden, if you wanted to join them."
"What about you?"
"I'll be out later, don't worry, I'm not missing out by helping you."
"Okay, I'll see you when you're done!"
Momo smiled as she watched Izuku run through the halls towards the garden area, where she could see the others from the balcony. Johnny and his uncle were huddled together, and it seemed as though he was invested.
Kyoka was staring at a droopy tomato plant with a dejected look on her face.
Bakugo was screaming.
And Gyro was looking straight at her, proudly holding up a tomato plant of his own, which he had slightly nourished with Hamon.
You cheater. Momo returned the Italian's smile, giggling at his mischief.
Kaminari lit up his quirk once more, and they came to a set of four chains in the middle of the woods. "Are these...?"
"An elevator...hold on..."
Stone Free's string snaked it's way up to the treetops, and the chains began pulling the ground that they were standing on upwards. "Ooooh, secret elevator!" Kaminari said, finishing wrapping a bandage over his Mothman wound.
The group went inside the tree house, and Stone Free's string uncoiled from the pulley system. "Alright...listen. That thing is still hunting you. This treehouse is a base of operations for the main group...you see that desk? The one with the star on the drawer?"
"Yes..."
"That's my brother's desk, inside that drawer, there is a revolver. It belonged to a man named Mountain Tim, don't worry, Johnny won't mind if you borrow it."
Emporio pulled Mountain Tim's revolver out of the drawer, and shakily began loading it with bullets that he found inside the drawer.
"Uhhh-"
"Don't worry, he has experience with guns. Kaminari, to the right of Kyoka's speaker system is a generator. Usually, the tree house is connected to the school's power, but as you can see...that won't work. Kaminari, that backup generator needs to be charged, that way you can use the search lights to lure that thing out into the open. BUT DON'T DO IT FOR TOO LONG! The glow from your quirk will probably attract it!"
"I...understand..." Kaminari walked over to the generator and eyed Kyoka's stuff. "At least the battle strategy anyway...not the whole secret treehouse thing."
"It's a long story...Uraraka, there are several buttons across the treehouse, we had search lights installed in case we needed to mount a defense. The Mothman is attracted to light, so you need to turn them on in order to lure it into Emporio's line of fire."
"Okay!" Uraraka had a determined look on her face, pumping her fist. "But what about the stand user?"
"Oh, this idiot? He ran up to the roof and we dropped one of the cell towers on him. Guess he was right after all...5G really is deadly."
Uraraka snorted. "Well, I'm glad everyone is okay over there..."
"Just hold it off until we get there, you should be fine as long as you stay safe."
A tin can dropped to the floor as the string retracted out of the treehouse. Oh, she was talking to us out of that, it's like those little cup phones that people make with strings.
Everyone was silent, except for Kaminari's soft crackling as he charged the generator. There were no crickets, no animals shuffling around in the underbrush, there was just silence. Pure dead silence.
"Chchchchchchchchchchchchchchch..."
Emporio thumbed the safety of the revolver, sweating. Uraraka got near one of the buttons, and tapped Emporio on the shoulder, silently letting him know which light she was going to. Kaminari stopped charging the generator.
Silence.
THUMP!
Scratching sounds came from the roof, and all they could hear was the creature's chittering. Finally, a flash of red in the window, and everyone ducked out of sight. Kaminari was directly under the window the Mothman was currently peeking through, and the electric quirk user's face was a mask of fear and disgust as the Mothman drooled directly on him.
It made another gross noise as it reached downwards, and Kaminari edged away from it's clawed hand, visibly shaking.
Then, one of the search lights came on from the opposite end of the treehouse. The Mothman retracted it's arm and lept to the roof, scuttering across the roof and landed beside the light, reaching towards it. For the first time, the group got a good look at it.
It's whole body was covered in white fur, and it had two massive wings that fluttered every once and a while. It's face, if you could call it that, was exactly as you would expect.
Fucking terrifying.
BANG!
Emporio shot the creature while it was mesmerized.
"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" The Mothman turned towards Emporio in a rage, but before it could advance further, Uraraka turned the light off. The Mothman crashed into the room, and began to lean forward, feeling the floor with it's antennae.
Then it slowly angled it's head towards Emporio, and snarled.
IT FOUND MEEEEEEE! Emporio thought to himself in sheer panic as the Mothman lunged at him.
"GUNHEAD MARTIAL ARTS!"
Uraraka intercepted the creature and threw it to the floor, turning on another light with her foot. The Mothman squealed, and threw Uraraka off of it, going straight for the light. Uraraka slammed against the wall.
BANG BANG BANG!
Emporio shot it three more times in the back, and the Mothman once again snarled in pain, and once again charged the 12 year old. Emporio managed to duck under a claw just as Kaminari lept onto the thing's back, and began zapping it instead of the generator. "RUN KID! RUN!"
"SCRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" The Mothman failed around as Kaminari continued to shock it, and Uraraka revealed her trap card: She had touched the fridge and was angling it over the bug.
"KAMINARI, MOVE!"
Kaminari did as he was told, jumping off of the Mothman as Uraraka put her fingers together. "RELEASE!"
The Mothman whirled around, enraged to the point that it was probably going to ignore the lights, and screeched one final time. "SCREEEEEEEEE-"
*squish*
"Did...we just kill it?" Emporio asked.
"Yeah...I think we did."
"Hee hee...yay..." Kaminari had fried his brain, both from charging the generator, and from saving Emporio's life.
Emporio fell to his knees. "Oh thank God..."
Uraraka opened the fridge, stepping over the Mothman's twitching hand, and pulled out a can of root beer, handing it to Emporio. "Here...let's just hang out until Jolyne gets here."
"Is it okay if we use their fridge? I don't really know Jolyne's brother and his friends yet." Emporio said.
"Hold on, I'll call and ask." Uraraka said, giving Emporio a reassuring smile. She pulled out her phone and called Izuku.
"Oh hey Uraraka! I have some good news, no one is against you joining the crew!"
"I'm glad...so uh...we may have trashed your treehouse a little bit..."
"...Okay, first of all, how? Second, why?"
"A stand user summoned this giant moth guy to hunt us down, and Jolyne told us to hide her friend Emporio in here...Kaminari got caught up in this because he was up late playing Fortnite...but he's the reason Emporio is alive right now so..."
"A giant moth?! Is everyone okay?!"
"Yeah...well, it threw me into a wall, and now my back hurts, and it scratched Kaminari earlier, but there aren't any serious injuries. Jolyne and the others already took care of the user themselves, so...we're really just waiting for the power to come back on."
"The power was out?! It's a good thing Kaminari was with you...did you guys manage to get the electric fence up? The search lights and the fence would've made a good bug zapper."
"THERE WAS AN ELECTRIC FENCE?!"
"What...?" Emporio said, his eyes wide. "You mean this could've been easier?!"
"I'm guessing that's a no."
"No...I dropped your fridge on it...that was the mess I was talking about."
"So...there's a dead moth underneath our fridge right now?"
"Yeah, it's all goopy."
"I really hope you didn't get any on Kyoka's speakers, because I don't think I'll be able to protect you if you did."
"Don't worry, only the floor. Can we borrow the root beer?"
"Of course!"
Uraraka gave Emporio a thumbs up, and he opened the root beer, only for the contents to spray all over his face. Turns out, dropping a fridge with root beer inside shakes the root beer.
"Oops..."
