Chapter 65
[Silence]
Outside the main cabin of the training camp, Mr. Aizawa had just come back with his remedial students. Though on the way there, he did hear complaints from his students.
"We wanted a chance to face off with all the others." Mina whined.
"I thought Pixie Bob said we'd be getting a reward!" Ejiro remembered.
"This is more like torture." Denki said. "We want our treat, Mr. Aizawa!"
"Do you want me to tighten your bindings?" The Homeroom teacher replied to their complaints. Once the group got inside the cabin, he explained the lesson. "For tonight's lesson, we'll be talking about how to behave in an emergency. If you don't become more aware that you're falling behind your classmates, then the gap will keep on growing. In a broad sense, this knowledge is your reward. How's that for a treat?"
"I knew I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up." Kirishima uttered out.
The 1-A group entered the classroom to see Neito already there in his seat, who noticed them. "Oh strange! Now who do we have here?! The five members of Class 1-A who bombed the exams?! And look! There's only one guy from class 1-B! You must be so embarrassed!"
"You failed too, idiot!" Kaminari retorted, really annoyed with Monoma's berating of them.
As the 1-B student kept laughing, Ejiro then told Ashido something. "He tried to get under our skin the same way yesterday."
"At this point, I'm kind of worried about him." Mina commented.
Aizawa then spoke to his fellow Homeroom teacher. "So Vlad. Why don't we start with practice maneuvers?"
"I was thinking the same thing." Vlad agreed. "Perhaps we should pair them up."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Vanguard Action Squad -All Out Attack-]
Before they could begin their lesson however, Mandalay's voice rang through their heads. "Everyone!"
"It's Mandalay's Telepath." Kirishima recognized it.
"So weird, right?" Ashido said. "It's giving me chills."
"It is sort of annoying that it only works in one direction though." Denki commented.
"Stop talking." Aizawa ordered his students.
Mandalay's telepathic message then continued. "Two Villains attacked us. It's possible there are more coming. Everyone, return to camp immediately. We're regrouping. Do not engage any enemies."
Eraser Head immediately spoke to Vlad King. "I'll look after the other students. Protect them!" He then ran out of the room and then soon exited the building. The first thing he was was a blue light and the smoke coming from the fires that burned in the forest. As the pro Hero saw that, he failed to notice a Villain right next to him.
"Looks like your concern has you distracted, Eraser." Dabi noted as his hand began to emit blue flames from it that were aimed at the Hero.
"VLA...!" Eraser Head didn't finish, as the area he was standing in was now engulfed in the azure blaze of Dabi's Cremation quirk.
"You Pros ought to lay off." The Villain said. "We haven't come here for any of you, so just stay out of our way."
Back at the starting area for what was the test of courage, Mandalay and Tiger were protecting the students behind them while preparing to fight against the two Villains in front of them, who had an unconscious and bleeding Pixie Bob at their mercy. The Lizard one spoke up. "How are you this evening, U.A. High School? We are part of the Vanguard Action Squad of the League of Villains."
"The League of Villains?" Mashirao recognized the name. "What are those guys doing here?"
That question wasn't answered however as the other Villain drew the people's attention to the Pro on the ground. "I could crush this kitty's head so easily. How about it dear. Should I?"
"You get away from her!" Tiger demanded.
But the Lizard Villain stepped in between the two. "Now now. Hold on, Big Sis Magne. You too, Tiger. Calm down." He told them. "When deciding if someone should live or die, we must be careful that we're abiding by Stain's principles."
"Stain?" Izuku repeated.
"So you're the ones he ended up inspiring." Tenya realized.
"At our service." The gecko man confirmed before he recognized Iida. "And you, four eyes. I believe I recognize you. You're one of the self righteous brats who attacked Stain in Hosu City. Let me introduce myself." He then pulled out a massive sword, that was made of other swords that were strapped together by belts. "Call me Spinner! I'm here to make Stain's dreams a reality."
Sora pointed Two Become One towards Spinner. "If you think a bunch of blades strapped together are going to help you, you're wrong."
Mandalay held her arm out in front of him, stopping the boy from moving forward. Then Tiger spoke up. "I don't care who you are. You're criminals! The woman laying there is named Pixie Bob. She's a Pro Hero who saved countless lives. She's giving her all for these young Heroes, pushing them to reach their full potential. She's looking for a mate, but otherwise, she's content." He brought his claws out of his paws. "WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO CUT SUCH A HAPPY LIFE SHORT!?"
"Didn't anyone ever tell you it's not a Hero's job to be happy!" Spinner retorted as he went after the 'false Heroes' in front of him.
Mandalay then gave out orders. "Tiger. I've talked to everyone. Trust the safety of the other students to Ragdoll. You and I will stay here. We'll hold them back." She turned to the students. "You return to camp. Class rep, you're in charge on the way there. Don't engage anyone."
"Leave it to me." Iida complied. "Let's go!" As most of the students began to follow him, the Keyblade wielder and One For All user stayed back and he noticed this. "Midoriya! Sora!"
"I'll stay with Izuku." Sora told the other students as he stayed with his friend, in spite of Tenya being against that.
"Go on ahead without us." Midoriya said as he turned to Mandalay. "Mandalay! It's Kota! I know where he is!"
[Silence]
In the purple gas covered section of the forest, Itsuka was keeping her mouth covered with her shoulder, while using her big fist quirk to cover Yui, who was holding an unconscious Juzo on her back, while they tried to make their way out of there. She then heard a voice call out to her. "Kendo!"
She turned and saw who it was. "Tetsutetsu!" The boy had a gas mask on and was holding an unconscious Ibara in his arms. "Ibara! Where's you get those masks?"
"Yaoyorozu from Class 1-A. She made them for us." He answered. "Awase is taking her to the rest of our classes so she can help them too." He turned around and showed he had extras on his pants. "Take some. We brought a bunch."
"Great. Thanks." Itsuka said, nearly running out of air in her lungs. Once she and Kodai got their masks on. They put one on Honenuki. "We need to get back to tamp fast. Who knows how many Villains could be roaming through the woods."
"No." Tetsutetsu rejected that idea. "I'm going to fight. You make sure these two get back to camp."
"What? Mandalay told us to retreat." The class 1-B rep reminded him.
"You're always getting on Momoma when he talks about the differences in our classes, but you feel it, don't you? We're not the same." The steel skinned student bluntly told her.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Overflowing Power]
"We all got into U.A. through the same exam. But why are they better? Isn't it obvious? Class 1-A has been through crisis after crisis, and turned each one into an opportunity. They've had so many chances to prove themselves. And come on, Kendo. A real Hero doesn't turn his back and run from a bad guy. Fighting Villains is what we do!" Tetsutetsu was determined.
"Yeah but..." Itsuka couldn't say anything after that, as her classmate didn't plan on changing his mind.
"Don't try to stop me. We're in the Hero course. If we don't stand up now, then when will we?" The steel skinned boy then activated his quirk. "I'm going to find these Villains, and show them what we're made of."
[Play KH BBS A Fragmentary Passage OST Forest Of Thorns]
In the center area of the forest, The Figure soon pulled his hand out of the ground and opened up a dark corridor. He walked through it and was now in another segment of the forest. One where Twice and the real Dabi were. "The Heartless have been set loose. They'll go after the students and Heroes, but leave us and the others alone." He told the pair of Villains.
"Good." Dabi replied. "If all is according to plan, then that clone that Twice made of me should be keeping the Pros at that cabin distracted."
"And if Mustard is actually pulling his weight, then the Heartless should be able to take care of over half of the kids here without issue." The Figure added.
"This plan is pretty foolproof...THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT CAN GO WRONG!" Twice poke up.
"Not if everyone pulls their own weight." Dabi stated. The Villain then thought of something. "Hey. Since you can warp around everywhere, why don't you check up on the others and see if they needs an assist, or if one of them found one of the targets."
"Hmph." The Figure opened up another dark corridor. "This won't be long." He then stepped through it.
As the dark corridor closed, Dabi and Twice were alone again. "That guy gives me the creeps...HE'S SO PLEASANT!"
"Yes on both of those accounts." The blue flame user agreed with the S rank Villain.
[Silence]
In another segment of the Forest, Izuku was heading in the direction that Kota was, and Sora was following him. The One For All user had Full Cowling on and was going as fast as he could, and the Keyblade wielder was using his flowmotion to keep pace with his friend. The two rushed through the forest as Sora spoke up. "You're sure it's this way, right?"
"Yes. I'm positive!" Midoriya replied. "Kota went this way whenever he didn't want to be around us! He has a spot on top of a cliffside with a cave that he sits at!"
"I hope he's there." Sora said. "Because if not, then GAH!" He couldn't finish that as he felt something invisible wrap around his waist and jerk his body away from Izuku, throwing him through a few trees.
"Sora!" Midoriya stopped in his tracks and looked towards his friend.
"Get down!" The Keyblade wielder yelled out as he channeled his focus energy and then threw his Keyblade, executing Judgement.
Izuku did as instructed and ducked down, watching as Two Become One flew over him and made contact with something that he didn't see. The blade then ricocheted off a tree and hit the invisible thing again, then off another tree and back to the invisible thing again. This happened multiple times until the invisible thing finally became visible.
[Play KH Re:Chain of Memories OST Night of Fate]
The no longer cloaked Stealth Sneak staggered back from the constant battering of the Keyblade, before it regained its balance and stood on its hind legs, looking directly at the wielder who threw the blade at it. "The Heartless are back!" Sora yelled out.
"They're here now too?!" Midoriya got up and ready to fight, but Sora blitzed towards the Stealth Sneak and slashed at it up close a few times, knocking it down.
"Don't bother with them! Go get Kota!" He ordered Izuku. "I'll deal with this guy and any others on the way!"
"Right!" Midoriya compiled without question. He knew that Sora could take on the Heartless on his own, and if one was here, then there would be others nearby as well, including where Kota should be. The best course of action would be to grab him and run back to camp while Sora takes care of business here. So he pressed forward, having full faith in Sora's abilities.
The Stealth Sneak got back onto its feet and attempted to grab Izuku with its tongue, but Sora got in between the two and swatted the tongue away with Two Become One, before blitzing towards the large Heartless with his flowmotion and repeatedly slashing its head until it finally stayed down and faded away.
As Sora landed, he noticed more pairs of yellow eyes spot him, and he saw Powerwilds, Bouncywilds and Shadows come for him. He got into his fighting stance and said. "Bring it on!" The Heartless charged at the boy, and he switched to Oblivion then met them head on. He took these guys out before. He'll do it again.
[Silence]
Back on the cliffside, Kota watched this chaos happening, before he heard someone approaching from behind him. He turned around, but did not recognize the large cloaked man. He then heard Mandalay's voice in his head. "Kota. Kota! I hope you can hear my voice. Hurry up and come back to camp!" She ordered him. "I'm sorry. I can't come to you. I don't know where you're always running off to. Forgive me. Just get back home, fast!"
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST The Murderer's Eye]
Kota was backing away from the large man as he spoke to the boy. "I came up here scouting for a nice vantage point, and here I found someone who's not on our list." Kota was terrified as he kept talking. "By the way, nice hat, kid. I like it. Why don't you trade me for this lame mask, huh? They made me wear it because I'm new. Said they couldn't get a shipment of the good ones in time." The man then removed his mask, while Kota turned around and tried to run away. "Aw well."
Close by, on one of the treetops of this cliff area, the Figure exited the dark corridor and looked around, before he had eyes on who he was checking up on. Muscular was assigned here and he thought it best to check up on their glorified attack dog first, make sure that he didn't kill who he was supposed to capture.
Muscular then used his quirk on his legs and leapt up and over Kota, landing in front of the kid and cutting him off. He then had his arm exposed and used his muscle expansion quirk on that. "I think you and me should have some fun up here, kid." He had a murderous looking smile on his face. "Ready?"
Kota's face showed absolute terror as he actually recognized the man in front of him. "It's you..." He remembered seeing his face on the news and he had it burned into his head, as it was the face of the man who took away his parents. He even remembered hearing about his left eye injury and saw his fake left eye, which only further confirmed that this was that same man. "...Papa...Mama..." He uttered out.
[Silence]
Muscular then threw a punch at the kid, but he didn't hit Kota, as Izuku grabbed the boy and moved him out of the way, taking the hit for him, which destroyed his phone in the process. He held Kota close to him as he hit the ground and tumbled for a moment. When they stopped moving, he let Kota go.
The Figure saw this happen and he remembered this Hero hopeful from Hosu, doing the exact same thing back then. The Figure then sat on a branch and decided to watch this unfold for now.
Both boys pushed themselves up to their knees as Kota said "What are you doing?" Midoriya coughed for a moment.
Muscular then saw the greenette's face. "Huh. Now you I recognize. You were on the list."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Threat Incoming]
Izuku was silent as he assessed his situation, realizing that he made a few mistakes. He was expecting a few Heartless here, not a full blown Villain. His phone got destroyed, so he has no way to call for backup, or to send out a location like he did last time. The only person who had even an idea of where he is right now is Sora, who is preoccupied. And now he has to protect Kota, alone.
Muscular approached the pair. Izuku briefly looked back to see a terrified Kota, before he faced the Villain and activated Full Cowling. "Hey..." He spoke to Kota. "I promise, everything will be okay." He stood up and was ready to fight, forcing a smile on his face. "I'm going to save you, Kota."
[Silence]
Elsewhere in the forest, Shoto and Katsuki managed to get out of the purple gas area. Todoroki was carrying Kosei on his back while Bakugo silently cursed "Damn it."
"There must be some sort of gas Villain out here." The ice user guessed. "I'm worried about the others who are still in the forest. But I don't see that there's much we can do now. Hopefully Ragdoll can take care of everyone else."
"Don't tell me what to do, Icyh..." Katsuki could not finish that as he and Shoto saw in front of them. Someone they couldn't recognize. "Crap. Who's that?" They then noticed blood in front of him, and what looked to be a severed hand. This unnerved both of them. "Hey...which group was in front of us again?"
"Tokoyami, I think. And Shoji." The flame user answered.
"So pretty..." The man uttered out as he drooled over the severed hand. "No!...have to work...CaAan't...EuUuGh...but it's so delicious...beautiful flesh...don't tempt me." He stood up and growled out. "I have a job to do." Moonfish knew that people were nearby.
"...No fighting...is that the rule?" The explosive student questioned, having no idea how to get around this man, who was most certainly a cannibal, without breaking that rule.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Iron Battle]
Spinner swung his sword of swords towards Mandalay. "You fake Heroes only care about yourselves and your glory! We'll purge you from this world!"
The red Pussycat dodged his attack and used her quirk on him, telepathically saying "Spinner. Even though you're a Villain, you're still pretty cool. Totally my type." The gecko man briefly paused, not really sure of how to process that. Then Mandalay got to his face and spoke up. "Are you really blushing? How cute!" She tried to scratch him with her claws, but the Villain was able to avoid the attack.
"That was a dirty trick to pull." Spinner commented. "Don't toy with me, cat."
Mandalay's body then glowed pink before she was forcefully pulled towards Magne, who was ready to crush her over Pixie Bob's bloody head. "Over here, my little kitten!"
Tiger managed to get close and punch her metal slab out of her hand. "I won't let you use the same trick twice!" He then kept throwing punches towards the Villain as he listed her identity and known offenses. "Kenji Hikiishi! Villain name, Big Sis Magne! Wanted for nine counts of aggravated robbery, three murders, and twenty-nine attempted murders!"
Magne caught one of his punches. "Ooh. Does that mean I'm famous?"
"What the hell did you come here for, criminal?!" The brown Pussycat demanded to know.
Mandalay then spoke to Tiger. "Tiger! Something's wrong! I still haven't heard from Ragdoll! It isn't like her not to report!"
"Uh ooooooh..." Magne mocked. "I wonder what happened to her."
Somewhere in the forest, the body of the yellow Pussycat was dragged through a dark corridor by a few Neoshadows, while a trail and a few puddles of blood were all that was left of the fight that happened prior to this optional capture.
Back on the mountaintop, the Figure said to himself "Optional capture, complete. Now we can focus on the two primary targets." He then watched Muscular from where he was hiding.
"You really think you can save this little brat?" The Villain mockingly laughed at Izuku. "That does sound like something a wannabe Hero would say. Your kind sure likes to mouth off about justice." He then remembered something. "The name's Midoriya, right? Perfect. We were told that we can take some initiative and kill you." He ripped off his cloak. "But first, a little torment." He pounced. "Show me your blood!" Izuku put his guard up, but he couldn't take the attack, getting slammed into the mountainside next to them with a broken left arm. "Whoopsie...oh yeah. Hey. Maybe you could help me out a little bit first. Do you know where some kids named Bakugo and Sora are hanging around here? I still have a job to do after all!" He went to attack again, but Midoriya dodged and didn't answer. "I'll take your silence to mean that you don't know. Is that right? Oh good then. PLAY TIME!" Muscular blitzed towards the boy and kicked him hard in the stomach, launching him back into the mountainside. Izuku fell to the ground and began to bleed from his head. "HAHAHAHAHAHA! YES! Blood is exactly what I wanted from you! What did you promise? That 'everything would be okay'? How's that working out for ya, huh?! Don't just lay there stupid!" Midoriya struggled to get up and threw a punch, only for it to have little to no effect. "What. Is that all you've got?"
The Figure then got up and made a dark corridor next to him. "I'm not needed here." He said before he stepped through, leaving the scene to go check up on the others scattered about the forest.
[Silence]
"You're fast, but you're not strong enough to hurt me." Muscular said before he batted away Izuku and bulked up both arms. "My quirk increases my speed and strength so exponentially, that my muscle fibers can't even be contained by my skin. I know I'm bragging a bit, but I mean come on." Midoriya pushed himself to his feet. "I guess what I'm trying to say is, you're just an inferior version of me!" He threw a punch but the boy dodged, only to get hit by a rock that was flung up by the force of the destruction. "I can't help but laugh at you kid!" He pressed his attack. "You really think you're a Hero, don't you!?" He punched Izuku back down. "How are you gonna save him, huh? Don't make promises you can't keep! Live up to your words, or they don't mean anything! You're no Hero. You're just a fraud, and you'll die that way!"
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Loneliness]
Muscular then felt a pebble hit the back of his head and he turned to face who threw it at him. "Remember Water Hose?" Kota spoke to him, now that he had the Villain's attention. "My mom...and my dad. Did you torment the two of them too, before you killed them?!"
On the ground Midoriya had a shocked look on his face. Muscular then answered the boy's question. "Oh? Seriously? Those losers were your parents? Well then, this must be fate. The Water Hose Heroes, they're the reason I have an artificial eye in my socket right now."
"This is all your fault." Kota said as he cried. "Nothing in the world is right anymore, and it's because of crazy people like you!"
"Little kids are so quick to say it's someone else's fault." The Villain calmly replied. "Don't get the wrong idea. It's not like I took them out because I was mad about the eye thing. I wanted to kill people. It's as simple as that, and those two tried to stop me. What happened was the result of all of us doing our best." He then had his killer instinct back. "The real travesty is promising to do something that you aren't able to do. That's why your dear old mommy and daddy died!" He was about ready to kill the boy, but heard Izuku come from him and he turned to face him. "Nice try with the sneak attack, but I'm ready!"
"You ruined his life, and you won't take the blame!?" Izuku roared out as he got ready to do a reckless move, jamming his broken arm into Muscular's shoulder muscle fibers and forming a fist with his not broken one. "Got you now! Doesn't matter how quick you are!"
"But what's your next move?" The Villain mocked as he was ready to batter around the young Hero again. "You gonna punch me with that puny quirk of yours again?"
"It's not a matter of whether or not I can do it!" The One For All user responded. "A Hero's job, is to risk his life, to turn his promises into a reality!" Muscular was actually starting to look concerned as he saw the right half of the boy's shirt blow off of him from him rearing back his fist. He knew that this was not going to be like before.
[Silence]
Back inside the forest section nearby the base of the mountain side. A Powerwild pounced forward, only to get stabbed through the gut area mid air by Oblivion, then its body flung into a Bouncywild before it faded. The Bouncywild hit its head on the ground and then landed on it's back, but before it could get up. Oblivion went through it's stomach area and pierced through its body. Sora then pushed the blade deeper into the Heartless until it finally faded away.
The boy looked around to see if there were any more coming and saw nothing. "I need to hurry. There's no way that was all of them. I need to find Izuku and help him get Kota to safety." He then heard a large boom in the direction that Midoriya went. "Oh no!" He activated his flowmotion and blitzed in that direction. "Please tell me that was you blowing away Heartless with your finger, Izuku."
Back on the cliffside, Midoriya had managed to land a 100% Smash on Muscular, which created a powerful shockwave that blew away rocks, dust, and Kota, who was about to fall off the side of the cliff, but was thankfully saved by Izuku, grabbing his shirt with his teeth. "Gotcha" he said through his teeth. "Sorry about that."
Once Kota was pulled back up he looked at his savior. "Thank you for..." He couldn't finish, as he noticed his two broken arms, and wondered why this guy would do that for him.
"Let's get back to camp, it's not far." Izuku suggested, before he looked down to see a group of Earth Cores and a Rock Troll at the base of the mountain. "Oh...that's gonna be a problem."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST I'm Seriously Going to Crush You]
If that wasn't enough, he then heard a boom behind him as some rocks were forced out of the way, to reveal Muscular, who was fine, thanks to his muscle fibers bulked up to the point that they were shielding his whole body, until he retracted them to show that he was fine, only missing his fake eye. "Heh. A bit too obvious." He called out the flaw in his charged up super move. "But hey, not too bad, Midoriya."
"No!" Izuku was shocked. "Stay away!"
"Nah! Attacking sounds more fun." The Villain responded as he was approaching the pair.
Midoriya had no idea of what to do and he needed time to think. "Why have you come here? What does the League want from us?"
"Doesn't matter to me, I'm just glad to be finally let off the leash." Muscular answered. "As long as I get to use my quirk all I want, I really don't care." He took out a new fake eye. "Remember what I told you earlier? We've just been playing around, having fun. Until now. Now I'm serious! Recess is over. Now I'm coming at you for real." He put the new fake eye in his socket. "Cause truth be told, you're pretty strong. I see that now."
"Quick, grab on!" Izuku ordered Kota. Muscular instantly bulked up his entire body and blitzed towards the boys, bull rushing them and hitting the ground when Midoriya barely got out of the way.
Down the mountain Sora had just reached the area and saw the Earth Cores and Rock Troll in his way. He then saw a part of the cliffside break off and begin to rain down the mountainside. "Not good!" He ran past the Heartless and attempted to scale the cliff, but he was grabbed by the Rock Troll and thrown back to the ground. The Keyblade wielder jumped back onto his feet and yelled out. "Out of my way!"
Back on top of the mountainside, Muscular went for another attack and rushed the boys again. He barely missed them, and ended up getting his arm lodged in the mountainside, as he punched hard enough to get it in there. "Ah damn. I got too excited."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST One For All vs All For One]
Midoriya hit the ground and skidded on it for a second before Kota fell off his back. He pushed himself back up to his feet. He only now had some time to think, as the Villain was stuck. He thought about getting back to camp so Aizawa could erase his quirk. But he was so tired from the training that he wouldn't be able to get Muscular to chase him and Kota without giving out on the way. The only option that he had was to fight him right here and hold him off long enough for Kota to run away. Sora could then save him and get him back to camp. He closed his eyes and prepared himself for what was probably going to be his last act of Heroism.
At the bottom of the mountainside, The Rock Troll was getting slashed by Sora over and over again and again, until it swung its massive blade and forced the Keyblade wielder to back off, giving it time to place the blade on its face and armor up. Sora and the Rock Troll charged each other, while the Earth Cores began to ascend up the mountain.
Izuku opened his eyes, ready to stand his ground as he faced Muscular, who was still getting his arm out of the mountainside. "Stay back, Kota." He quietly instructed. "And then, when it's time, run as fast as you can back to camp."
"You're attacking him again?" The little boy realized. "You can't do that. Let's just go. Come on! Your punch didn't hurt him earlier, remember? Besides, both your arms are busted up."
"It's going to be fine." Midoriya said as he activated One For All
The Villain freed himself from the mountainside by unbulking himself. He then instantly bulked up again and let out a malicious laugh. Izuku reared back his broken right arm to do another 100% Smash, and Muscular charged the boy head on. "I'M COMING FOR YOU!" This charge however was much more powerful than before, as he expanded his muscles so much that even his face was covered by the muscle fibers that were coming from his arms. He looked like a giant bullet of muscle mass as he collided with Midoriya, who threw his punch directly at the mass in front of him. The clash created a shockwave that cracked the ground below Izuku, who was somehow standing his ground. "AWWWWW! WHAT'S WRONG!?" Muscular spoke up as he began to drive the boy's body to the ground. "THAT WAS EVEN WEAKER THAN BEFORE!"
"...Ok...IT'LL ALL BE OKAY!" The One For All User assured the little boy he was protecting. "I WILL NOT LET HIM GET PAST ME! KOTA, RUN!" His veins were starting to burst as blood began to come out of his arm. "GO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!"
"YOU'RE STILL LOOKING OUT FOR HIM. OH MAN! YOU'RE SOMETHING ELSE AREN'T YOU!?" Muscular was enjoying this brutal moment, as he expanded more muscles to force the boy down more.
Izuku could feel himself getting crushed under the force, but he kept fighting anyway, roaring out "SHUT UP DAMN IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!"
"But why?!" Kota pleaded as he was too overwhelmed to move.
Muscular then bulked up even more, screaming out "SHOW ME! YOUR BLOOD!" Finally forcing his opponent to the ground. Izuku, in spite of all of this overwhelming force was still fighting, but deep down, he knew that he was going to die. There was no way that he could win this. He couldn't find a way to defeat this monster of a man in front of him. He braced himself for his death, thinking about his mother, Sora and All Might, having tears in his eyes as he thought about them. "I'M GONNA CRUSH YOUUUUUUUUU!" The Villain said as he forced the boy into the ground, making a crater. He was no longer feeling any resistance and knew that his opponent had finally given out. Then he felt something splash on him. "What the...is that water?"
[Silence]
Back on the bottom of the mountainside, Sora had managed to bash the Rock Troll out of its armored mode and then quickly tapped into his focus energy and used Dark Divide to finish off the massive Heartless. He heard Muscular's voice, screaming out 'Show me your blood' and 'I'm gonna crush you' And he knew that someone was fighting and most likely losing against this Villain. "I can't waste any more time!" He then began to run up the mountainside as fast as he possibly could.
Back on the top of the mountain. Muscular looked to see what splashed him and saw Kota's hand, damp with water. "Stop..." The little boy said. "LET HIM GOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Worthy Rival, Written and Read as Friend]
"...Kota..." Midoriya uttered out, as he opened his eyes once more.
"Hold on there, kay?" Muscular told Kota. "I'll kill you after I'm done with..." He suddenly felt his mass getting pushed back hard.
The person responsible for this was Izuku himself, as he forced himself back up and pushed back against Muscular, even causing some of the Villains fibers to tear off of his body, roaring out "I won't let you hurt Kota!"
"DAMN IT! HOW ARE YOU GETTING STRONGER!?" Muscular yelled out, dumbfounded by this sudden second wind.
"YOU WON'T LAY A HAND ON HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM!" The One For All user screamed out as managed to tap into power unheard of, screaming out "ONE MILLION PERCENT! DELAWARE..." he opened up his hand and blasted the muscle fibers off of his arm, causing Muscular to stagger back. "...DETROIIIIIIIIIIIT..." He reared back his hand and prepared one final Smash attack to end this fight. "SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!" He broke through all of the muscle fibers between himself and the Villain's face, then made contact with Muscualr's face, landing a solid punch on the Villain's face and sending him into the side of the mountain.
Muscular didn't get up, and the remaining muscle fibers that weren't forced off of him had retracted back into his body, as he was knocked out, permanently taken out of this fight. Kota was so dumbstruck that he fell back and sat on the ground. "Why did...you risk your life?...Even though...you don't know me at all...why did you try...to save me?" He had tears in his eyes as he came to realize on his own why he did that. At the start of this camp, Kota viewed this green haired high school kid as some stupid wannabe 'Hero' who just wanted to use his quirk unrestricted. But then this happened, and now his view on Midoriya had changed. Who he once saw as a kid with a stupid ambittion, he now saw a Hero. A true Hero. One that was willing to let himself die to keep him, a stranger who punched him in the groin, safe and alive. The tears flowed down his cheeks as he saw Izuku Midoriya, not just a A Hero, but HIS Hero.
[Silence]
The young Hero stood triumphantly and finally took a moment to breathe, now that he actually had the chance to. He was about to fall forward, but he caught himself before he did. Kota ran over to him. "Everything's okay..." He uttered out. "Give me a second, and then there's something I have to take care of."
"But you're all beat up!" The little boy reminded him. "What more could you have to do now!?"
"...I knew he'd be strong." Izuku answered. "That's why I had to try and defeat him here."
[Play KH3 OST No Time to Think 1 -cutscene-]
Before anymore could be said though, the edge of the cliffside began to crack, alerting the two of them. Then suddenly, the Earth Cores from the bottom of the mountainside had bursted out of the ground there and set their sights on the two boys. "Get behind me!" Midoriya ordered as he activated One For All again as he got ready to fight them off. The little boy did so without hesitation.
The Earth Cores then charged him, but before they could even get close, Izuku saw the Oblivion Keyblade pierce through one of them, then he saw Sora, who was using his flowmotion right now, blitz to the other Earth Cores and individually destroy them in front of the pair. More Earth Cores appeared behind Sora, but he knew they were coming and easily avoided their back attacks, before destroying them as well with quick and slightly brutal efficiency. "I'm here!" The Keyblade wielder exclaimed as he turned to see his beaten up friend and the boy that said friend had protected.
[Silence]
"Izuku." Sora ran over to him. "What happened?"
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST The Power of Endeavor]
"I had to...deal with a really strong Villain." He answered. "I thought I'd be able to inflict a lot more damage in the end though. Turns out...I seriously underestimated how powerful his quirk was." Midoriya then looked over the cliffside and saw what Kota saw earlier. "If every Villain attacking us tonight is on the same level, all our lives are at stake. On top of that, they're after some of us students. I have to let Mr. Aizawa and the Pussycats know that's one of the reasons why they're here. I may be injured, but I'm not defeated yet. There are more people I can save."
Sora and Kota didn't object to that, but the Keyblade wielder did say one thing. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but we have to split up." This caught the other two's attention. "I'll deal with putting out that fire, since I can summon water and ice. I'll also find the guy who makes it and deal with him too, as well as any Heartless that I see on the way."
"That purple fog is in the way. You'd have to go around it." Izuku stated.
"I'll deal with that too." The Keyblade wielder replied.
"We don't know what that gas does." Midoriya argued.
"You've seen how long I can hold my breath." Sora reminded his friend. "I'll be fine."
"Well...what about me?" Izuku questioned.
"Get Kota back to camp, and avoid any Villains and Heartless until you do. Then tell Aizawa and the Pussycats about the Villains being after some of us. If you have names, then tell them who." he pointed to Muscular. "Leave this guy here, for now. If you punched him as hard as I think you did, then he'll be out for a while." Sora stood at the edge of the cliffside. "When you're done with those tasks, get back in the fight and save as many people as you can."
"...Alright." Midoriya agreed with that plan. "Kota. Get on my back." The little boy did as instructed and held on to his Hero as he carried him. "Just so you know, you're one of their targets, Sora."
"I figured." The Keyblade wielder said. "If the head Villain has been controlling the Heartless for as long as we think he has, he probably knows their weakness at this point." He turned around and gave a reassuring smile to the boys. "I'll make sure that I won't get captured."
"...I know." Izuku responded as he smiled back.
"Get back to camp safely." Sora ordered as he jumped down the mountainside, ready to bring the fight to the Villains.
Midoriya looked at Kota. "You ready to go?" The little boy nodded. "Good. Hold on tight." He then jumped down the mountainside as well, ready to do his part in assuring the safety of everyone here.
It's time to fight back. Part one of three of the camp attack is finished. That's right, the camp attack is going to be three whole chapters. Now that Muscular has been taken care of, there's just another I don't know, 10 Villains to deal with, as well as dozens upon dozens of Heartless that are running around and causing chaos, like kidnapping Ragdoll among other things. The Figure is making his rounds around the area too, checking up on the Villains and seeing who he's gonna have to assist. Speaking of that, I couldn't help but notice that many of you thought Muscular was going to be the one he helped. Well, if the Figure had stayed a little longer, then maybe he would have, but he left before things got real, so now our big bulky brutalizer won't get that help. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, and until I decide to upload again. ;)
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