Chapter 10
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Enemy Strike]
Thanks to Sora's reaction, Aizawa and Thirteen were already prepared for whatever comes out of that portal, and it was a good thing they were. Dozens of people of all sizes, shapes, and quirks were stepping through, but the most notable one was the boy in the center.
The boy was slim, practically just skin and bones. He seemed to be in a slouch, yet no weight was holding the boy down, making his posture naturally look lax, as if he knows he isn't under threat. But the creepiest part about this boy was his accessories. Hands were on the front and back of his head, as well as around his arms, and on his shoulders, and they were shamelessly shown, as if they were trophies from a hunt. Whoever this boy is, he wasn't here to play nice.
"Woah, what is that thing?" Kirishima asked. "Has the training started already? I thought we were rescuing people."
Izuku was about to step forward, but Sora, who was in the front of the other students, held his left arm out, and stopped his friend in his tracks. The other students were wondering what Sora was so tensed up about, but then they got their answer.
"Stay back!" Aizawa ordered, getting himself ready for a fight. "This is real. Those are Villains."
The students were shocked, wondering how they even got here, as well as what their reason for being here was. Every single one of them were starting to quiver in a small amount of fear. They had no idea what to do right now. The only one who was ready for a fight was Sora, who had his Kingdom Key at the ready.
"The only real Heroes I see are Thirteen and Eraser Head." A deep voice had spoken through the void. "Perplexing. According to the schedule we retrieved from U.A. All Might should be here as well."
The void had brought in one more person through, before slowly morphing into a person, with bright yellow eyes, and the void itself being a body of some sort. This person was a walking portal. If the Heroes wanted to get anything done, then that guy had to be taken down as fast as possible.
"So you scumbags used the press as a cover and sneaked onto campus." Aizawa deduced.
"Where is he?" The boy with hands all over asked. "I went through the trouble of bringing so many 'friends' who are eager to meet him. They want All Might, the great Symbol of Peace. I can't believe he's not here. Maybe if I kill a few kids, he'll come out to play. I might start with that one in the front." He looked towards Sora.
Aizawa activated his quirk and had his capture scarf at the ready, while Thirteen kept everyone, Sora included, behind her. The stakes were real, and the Heroes were overwhelmingly outnumbered. Things looked very grimm.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Threat Incoming]
"Real Villains?" Eijiro questioned. "No way. How could so many of them get into a U.A. felicity this secure?"
"Yeah." Momo agreed. "Thirteen, why aren't the alarms going off?"
"Good question." Thirteen responded. "I'm not sure."
"Is the entire campus under attack, or is this their only target?" Shoto "Either way, if the alarm sensors aren't being triggered, then one of these Villains must have a quirk that's masking their presence here. They carefully chose this isolated facility as an entry point, at a time when a class was being taught. Their fools for trespassing here, but they thought this out. Whatever their plan, they must have a concrete objective in mind. But what is it?"
"I heard the hand covered guy say something about All Might." Sora pointed out. "They probably came here to destroy the number one Hero while his guard was down. But he's not here right now, so they might try to call him over by taking us out."
This made the students tense up even more. The fact that All Might wasn't here was bad enough, but the probability that they were going to be used as dead bait to draw him towards a trap, just made the situation much worse.
"Thirteen, get them out of here. And alert the main campus." Aizawa stepped in front of everyone. "Actually if they got the ability to block our sensors, then they might be jamming our regular communications too." Aizawa looked at Denki. "Kaminari, try using your quirk to contact the school."
"Yes sir." Denki started using his quirk on a radio strapped onto his ear.
"What are you gonna do?" Midoriya asked. "You can't fight them on your own. There's too many of them. Even if you can nullify their quirks, your fighting style is not suited for this. Your power works best in stealth and one on one fights. That's not gonna help with a group."
"You can't be a pro if you only have one trick." Eraser Head remarked, before getting ready to jump. "I'll leave it to you Thirteen."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Runaway Battle]
Eraser Head leapt forward, going right towards the danger. Some of the Villains were getting ready to attack, positioning themselves to shoot their target, but the Hero was staring right at them, negating their quirks with his own. He closed the distance and used his scarf to bound the three he grabbed, and slam their heads together, before throwing them to the side. The other Villains were shocked at this man taking down three people at once, but the Hero wasn't done.
By the time the Villains figured out who they were dealing with, Eraser Head was already taking down someone else. He couldn't erase someone's quirk if it was a part of their body, like an extra limb, or a deformation because of the quirk, but he didn't need to, because he was more than able to handle the guy charging him. He punched the Villain's face, launching the evildoer into the air, before using his scarf to pull his target, into another attacker, who the Hero had kicked towards another two, and slam the one in the scarf into the group.
"Now, which one of you gutter punks is next." Eraser Head taunted.
"There he goes, trying to intimidate us." The hand covered boy remarked. "He is strong and since he's hiding behind those goggles, you can't who's quirk he's erasing. He's making it hard for us to work together or rely on each other's powers. How annoying."
The Hero was on the attack, kicking another Villain in the face, while simultaneously wrapping his scarf around another one's body, pulling the person over, and slamming his knee down on the guy's face.
"The worst thing about dealing with pros, is when they live up to all their hype." The hand covered man concluded.
Suddenly Eraser Head's hair went down, and the void person had narrowed his eyes. Izuku was surprised to see Eraser Head in action, but was soon called over by Iida. Sora however, had noticed the void man, started to flare up, and he saw where the Villain was looking.
"Guys!" Sora called out. "Watch out!"
It was too late, as the Villain warped himself in front of the exit.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Villain Invasion Theme]
"There is no escape for you." He said, making himself look twice as large before. "It's a pleasure to meet you. We are the league of Villains. I know it's impolite, but we decided to invite ourselves into this haven of justice to say hello. And besides, isn't this a fitting place for All Might, the Symbol of Peace to take his last breath? I believe he was supposed to be here today and yet I see no sign of him. There must have been some sort of change in plans that we could not have foreseen. Well, in the end I suppose it doesn't matter. I still have a role to play."
Thirteen was about to use her quirk, but Katsuki, Eijiro, and Sora had all jumped towards him, each on the attack. Kirishima and Sora had swung towards the man, while Bakugo had sent an explosion out, making a huge blast.
"Did you think we were just gonna stand around and let you tear this place to shreds?" Eijiro asked, with his guard up and the three of them ready to dish out second serving.
"Think again you freak." Sora added.
"You live up to your school's reputation." The void man complimented, before revealing himself in the smoke from the explosion. "But you should be more careful children. Otherwise someone might get hurt."
"Get out of the way right now you three!" Thirteen ordered, her quirk at the ready for when the three follow her.
"I'll scatter you across this facility, to meet my comrades, and your deaths!" The void man announced, as he surrounded the group with his quirk and forced them through. Everyone except Thirteen, Tenya, Ochako, Mezo, Mina, Hanta, and Rikido got warped away.
[Silence]
Sora got thrown right into the center of the plaza. He landed hard on his back and barely managed to see a hand attempting to grab him. Sora wasted no time, and kicked the hand away, before rolling backwards and using his arms to push himself in the air and land on his feet. He held his Kingdom Key forward and pointed it at his opponent. It was the boy with hands all over him.
"I see you're not afraid to get your own hands dirty." Sora commented. "But I'd think you'd want to target the one who's beating your army to the ground."
"My friend, Nomu can take care of Eraser Head." The Villain remarked. "Besides, how else am I gonna get All Might's attention, if I don't dust a few of his children?"
As if on command, the big guy who stood next to the hand covered boy, started to walk over to Eraser Head, completely blank in expression. This big guy must be the one called Nomu. As Eraser Head was finishing up with the small fry, he attempted to go for the hand covered boy, but was stopped by Nomu, who managed to grab the capture scarf and pull the Hero towards him. He then used his massive hand and started pummeling Eraser Head to the ground.
"No!" Sora yelled out. "Mr. Aizawa!"
[Play KH 1.5 Remix OST Night of Fate]
He almost didn't see a group of 7 Villains come towards him. When one of them tried to tackle Sora, he jumped over, and slammed his Keyblade down on the attacker's neck, knocking the evildoer out. Two more jumped in, and tried their luck with a pincer attack, but Sora had managed to get out of the way and make them run into each other.
When the Hero landed, he was grabbed by a big guy behind him, and the Villain started to squeeze Sora, in an attempt to crush the boy. Sora retaliated by headbutting the big guy, forcing him to let go and cover his face in pain. Sora slid under the big guy's back and then used his Keyblade like a bat again, launching the big guy into the other two from earlier, dazing them.
Sora was about to pursue his target, but another one came from Sora's left, and then used blades from his body to attack the Keyblade wielder. Sora parried any attack and waited for an opening. When he got one, he slipped in between the attack sent by the bladed Villain and delivered a vicious upward slash at his opponent's jaw, knocking him out. Sora then noticed the last two coming towards him, and tried something.
He grabbed the Villain he just knocked out and threw him at the last two. One of them got hit and was pushed down from the weight of the body thrown at her. The other one dodged the attack and jumped in the air. He tried to attack Sora, but the Hero used his Flowmotion to blitz over to the Villain while he was still in the air, and slam the Kingdom Key on his head, forcing him to the girl that was just getting the bladed man off of her. She once again was slammed into the ground by a body, but this time, she had the wind knocked out of her, and she couldn't get up from the attack.
The three from earlier had just recovered, and had eyes on Sora, but he once again used his Flowmotion to zoom towards them. He used the speed he had and aimed himself accordingly to deliver a devastating drop kick to the big guy, winding him for a second while Sora struck his Keyblade on the other two's faces is one swipe, taking them out of the fight. Sora then focused on the last one standing and executed a 10 hit combo on the big guy, swinging as hard as he could, without killing his opponent.
[Silence]
Sora then looked over to where Eraser Head was, and saw him broken on the floor. He was about to jump in, but then the void man appeared again next to the hand covered boy.
"Tomura Shigaraki." The void man said.
"Kurogiri." The boy now called Tomura responded. "Did you manage to kill Thirteen?"
"The Rescue Hero is out of commission," The void man called Kurogiri reported. "But there were students I was unable to disperse and one of them got outside of the facility."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Villain's Theme]
That was good news for Sora, and it seemed to have a very bad effect on Shigaraki's skin, as he started to scratch his neck, like he got a rash from hearing that. He scratched uncontrollably as he spoke. "Kurogiri, you fool! If you weren't our warp gate, I'd tear apart every last atom in your body!" Tomura then calmed down for a second. "There's no way we can win if dozens of pros show up to stop us. It's game over, back to the title screen. And I was looking forward to finishing this today. Damn it. Let's go home."
There were a few things going off in Sora's mind. First off, how did they think this was going to go? Every plan has its flaws and you need to be ready for that. Secondly, how are these guys planning on getting everyone out of here, or is Kurogiri gonna abandon everyone except Shigaraki and Nomu? Lastly but not really as important, did Tomura just use video game logic? Does everyone use that logic here?
"Oh, before we leave, let's make sure the Symbol of Peace is broken." Shigaraki ordered, turning his attention to Sora. "Nomu, destroy the three in the water. Kurogiri, you and I are gonna take out the prodigy here. Make up for your mistake by helping me dust him. Let's wreck All Might's pride."
[Silence]
"As you wish." Kurogiri obliged, surrounding Sora and Tomura with his quirk and awaiting for Shigaraki to make a move.
Suddenly though, a large boom was heard and in came All Might, who looked very angry. He was at the center of the plaza in almost an instant and had already disposed of every small fry Villain that got in his way.
"Tomura, All Might just appeared and disposed of the group that was left standing." Kurogiri reported.
"Well, well," Tomura replied, sounding pleased with that news. "It looks like our game is getting a continue." Shigaraki motioned Kurogiri to open a small portal and he did so. The hand covered boy stuck his face out and only muffled voices could be heard.
[Play KH 1.5 Remix OST Disappeared]
Sora attempted to attack Tomura, but Kurogiri warped the Hero right back over to where he was, forcing Sora to stay in place. When Shigaraki finished, he stuck his head back out and looked at the yellow lines that were most likely Kurogiri's eyes.
"I just ordered Nomu to forget about the kids and focus on annihilating All Might." Tomura said. "When he's mush or Nomu's down, let me know. Until then, back me up."
"As you command." Kurogiri replied, keeping an eye on Sora.
Sora now had to deal with not only the stress of not being able to help his friends, but to fight against a guy who he doesn't know the quirk of yet, and another guy who could send him in any place that was advantageous to the two, But Sora didn't falter, he grip the Kingdom Key, and got ready to fight. His objective, escape and help out his friends.
As soon as Shigaraki moved, he went through a portal and was already about to grab Sora, but the Keyblade wielder leaned back and used the Kingdom Key to push Tomura back through the portal that he came from. Sora ran towards the Villain, ready to swing, but was then a hand was right in front of his face. The Hero dodged, but then another hand was in the direction he was dodging. He used his Keyblade to change trajectory, and get out of the way, and he then saw the first one pull back and disappear through a tiny void. Shigaraki was sticking his hands through tiny portals to attack.
Sora watched for the next one, and when he saw the hand come out, he dodged and then grabbed the hand. He didn't let go and he pulled it out further, until more of the arm came out. Sora got his Keyblade up and was about to swing it down, but was caught, by Tomura's other hand, as it grabbed Sora's wrist. Sora then saw what he was dealing with as the accessory on his wrist was starting to turn to dust.
The Hero dropped the blade, let go of the other arm, caught the Keyblade mid air with his now free hand, and swung at the one around his wrist, forcing Shigaraki to let go before he could get to the skin. Sora looked down and saw another portal on the floor, right in front of his feet. The Keyblade wielder jumped back, but was caught off guard by Tomura's entire body coming right through the portal and right into him. The hand covered boy grabbed Sora's jacket
Sora had to act fast and he did, stabbing the Kingdom Key into the ground and holding onto the hilt, as he flipped around and used the momentum to throw Shigaraki off of him, before he could do any more damage. The jacket had ripped a bit, but was otherwise okay. Sora dashed towards Tomura and thrusted his Keyblade forward, but suddenly felt a huge amount of force on his stomach.
Kurogiri used his warp powers to make a mini portal in front of Tomura at the last possible second and redirect the attack to Sora. It worked as the Hero was blown back from his own attack and recovering from it. At that time, Sora was weighing his options. Shigaraki was basically untouchable because of Kurogiri, but Sora can't dodge Tomura forever. There had to be a way to beat this. He just needed time to think. Unfortunately, he didn't have that luxury, as a portal opened next to him, and Tomura dived out, but Sora managed to roll out of the way. Suddenly, another one came next to him and he saw Tomura jump down into a portal of his own to then warp right next to Sora again. The Hero once again dodged, and then it happened again and again, until Shigaraki dived down a portal and wasn't seen.
Sora kept his guard up, and then after a few seconds, he saw a portal appear behind him, with Tomura blitzing towards the Keyblade wielder, who once again dodged, But Shigaraki corrected his own trajectory and continued charging towards Sora, who now had to avoid the portals that were appearing in the directions he was heading, because there was one that was always right next to Tomura.
As he avoided the portals, Shigaraki was starting to catch up to his opponent, thanks to the madman's speed and his prey focusing on dodging the portals. Tomura was gaining on Sora and was almost able to reach him, but was just out of reach. So he decided to go for one last lunge.
The Villain lunged but also noticed Sora lunge himself into a portal. Tomura had his hand stretched to the entrance of the portal on his side, and was ready to counter Sora, who was coming through it as he did this. The Hero had swung his Keyblade toward Shigaraki's hand, and just as he was about to make contact, he executed the plan he made during this desperation move.
Sora unsummoned the Kingdom Key when Tomura closed his hand in an attempt to grab the blade, and as he was going towards Tomura, resummoned it, and struck the Villain right in the right side of his ribs, dazing him, as Sora finished getting through the portal, just before it closed on him.
Sora then used the small amount of time he had to look around the dome, spotting Kurigiri's eyes. He used Flowmotion to speed his way to them and swipe, but he didn't hit anything. Sora kept trying, but everything just went through him. Sora tried going through Kurogiri's makeshift border, made from his body, to try and escape, but came out on the opposite end of the dome, making fleeing not an option.
Sora activated his Flowmotion one more time getting ready to attack Kurogiri again, but was then grabbed by both of his arms, by Tomura, who used two mini portals created by his partner, to grab and hold Sora in place. The Kingdom Key fell to the ground and disappeared as Sora was held up with his arms stretched to each side. Shigaraki then started to laugh, seeing as he had gotten the jump on the Hero, but then stopped when he noticed that Sora didn't feel any pain. He looked at where he grabbed and saw why.
Sora's Flowmotion saved him, and was taking the decay instead. The blue aura around his body was starting to crack, but it was holding. Sora had very little time before the decay would get through, so he had to think fast. He pulled back with the strength he could muster and got his hands together, and summoned the Keyblade again. Even though Tomura was keeping his grip and pulling back, finally getting through the Flowmotion, he couldn't stop Sora, despite the decay starting to affect the skin on his wrists. The Hero then aimed his Keyblade and it glowed orange.
"Fire!" Sora called out.
A fireball bursted out of the sword and was going right for Shigaraki, but a portal opened up in front of him and behind Sora. The fireball went through, but it ended up not only changing course to avoid the one that cast it, but then track back towards Tomura, who now realized that he had to block this. He let go of both of Sora's arms and brought his own through the portals. The Villain timed it just right and stuck his hand out in front of the fireball. He managed to grab it, and minimize the burn damage by turning the solid part of the fireball into dust, before it exploded.
Shigaraki growled and held onto the hand he used to block the attack as it involuntarily twitches from the pain of the fireball. He almost didn't have time to see Sora cast three more. He dodged one. Kurogiri portaled the other two. While Shigaraki used his other hand to stop the second fireball casted towards him, Sora went on the attack. He wasn't able to hit the Villain until he heard a groan of pain from Kurogiri, causing Tomura to get distracted and allowing Sora to swing into Shigaraki's stomach, forcing the hand covered kid to the ground a good distance from where Sora was.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Runaway Battle]
As the Villain was getting up, Sora saw Kurogiri get smaller and smaller, and he couldn't believe who was responsible for it. Katsuki Bakugo grabbed the metal around Kurogiri's neck and pinned him down to the ground. Then, ice was formed around the lower half of Nomu, who was holding All Might and attempting to crush him, but lost its grip when the ice formed around it, letting Yagi get out of there. Sora looked to the side and saw Shoto was the culprit.
"It looks like Sora's guess was correct about you guys thinking you're tough enough to take down All Might." Todoroki commented.
Just then, Eijiro jumped into the fray, and got in between Sora and Tomura, slamming his fist into the ground, making Shigaraki dodge the attack.
"You okay Sora?" Kirishima asked, noticing that Sora didn't look 100%
"Yeah." Sora replied, "Just a few scratches."
The decay on Sora's wrists was very minimal, but still there, and his jacket as well as one of his wrist accessories was decayed and torn.
"Be careful." Sora informed. "If that guy touches you, you start to turn to dust."
"Wait, seriously?" Eijiro replied.
"Yes! Now keep your guard up." Sora instructed.
"Guess I found your body that time you smokey bastard." Katsuki remarked to Kurogiri.
"The Symbol of Peace will not be defeated by delinquents like you." Shoto spoke up.
Af is that wasn't enough, a big air blast came from close by and forced Shiragaki back even further. The person who did that was Izuku, who was wincing from the pain, as he broke his finger to attack, but had a look of determination on his face.
"Get away from my friend!" Midoriya said, getting ready to send another flick in Tomura's direction. He was now with the group, who was ready to take on Tomura, while All Might deals with Nomu, while it is frozen in place.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Vanguard Action Squad, Darkness]
Off in the distance, unseen by anyone, another dark purple void appeared and out came a figure. It was sent here for a purpose, but it didn't look the least bit interested in said purpose, that was until they suddenly felt what was happening. It felt so good. The figure had taken a deep breath in and there was a tiny amount of black smoke flowing into them. They were feeling good.
Keeping their distance, and disposing of any Villains that had noticed them, in an instant, to avoid being shown, before they were sure it was time, they made their way to a vantage point that can safely view the center plaza.
About 15 minutes ago, the figure had entered a bar, the place was empty, but they could feel some dark presence that was here. Just as they were about to leave however, a voice was heard. Though the figure was trying to remain unseen, they waited and listened. The voice had a few things that seemed useful to the figure.
The figure was looking to build up power, or at least, that's what it told the voice. The voice however had offered to help, in exchange for one thing. As the figure wasn't in any rush, they decided to play with the voice's useless attempt at playing devil's advocate. The voice had simply requested to have the figure observe a boy named Tomura, and to get him out of trouble, and through this small act of trust, the figure would be able to learn how to gain the power it seeked.
Back in the present, the figure watched from the distance, biding their time and watching what the brat would do. The figure was fine with this situation, as there was plenty to see and hear elsewhere to cure them of the boredom of the 'Heroes' saving the day. But as they were about to leave. They noticed someone in the middle of the group in the plaza.
A boy with spiky brown hair. He looked like he was tired, nearly beaten in a fight. This greatly intrigued them. From the looks of things, this Tomura had managed to damage the boy, and this impressed the figure. They knew full well who the boy was, and the fact that this skinny brat managed to force him to call for help, pleased the figure.
"Maybe this Shigaraki kid isn't as useless as I thought."
And another chapter done. U.S.J. is going to be three parts. The first part is this, where a few things have changed, and Sora make's himself a member of Shigaraki's kill list in the future. The second part will cover All Might, vs Nomu, and the Teachers rescuing the students, as well as a few more differences. And the final part will be a completely new event, that has Sora, teaming up with two other students to fight against, I'll give you one hint. They're in the group that just saved Sora from Kurogiri. Hopefully people don't mind that Sora doesn't really win againstTomura and Kurogiri in their fight, and kinda needed help. I didn't want Sora to be seen as OP, and the Figure wouldn't be interested in Tomura if Sora didn't get a bit banged up and needed help. Lastly, everyone has guessed wrong so far when it involves who it is, but you're welcome to keep trying. Until I decide to upload again. ;)