I don't own One Punch Man, nor do I own My Hero Academia. Each Franchise is owned by their respective owner..
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A creature with a black protrusion from his head walked across the unforgiving height, the wind blowing him backwards as his momentum began to falter. The cold weather made his legs go a little bit rigid, shivering as he hiked the mountain even higher.
"Where'd that dog ran off to..." Black Sperm grumbled, gritting his teeth, "Can't even stay put for one second..." He lamented once again.
He whipped his head around, praying for any signs of Rover, only to find the empty landscape around him, and the snow piling over the ground.
"If it were up to me, I would've whisked his ass away into kingdom comes, but unfortunately..." Black Sperm grunted, maintaining his hiking pace, "I'm running short on proteins.."
The summit of the mountain was a place that no man could cross. Not without the adequate equipments, anyway. He didn't have any, for one, and two, he was weaker than the average adult human.
He surely was going to fucking die in here if he didn't find Rover any time soon.
His ears perked up as it picked up a faint sound of a footstep. He approached the source of that footstep, careful not to stumble on any of the unstable surface of the landscape. As he grew closer and closer...
He could see the fluttering of what looked like...
A white garment?
Cape?
Unfortunately, the rest of it was hidden by the bulging ground in front of him. He quickly climbed over the bulge, trying to see the description of the object fully and-
Oh.
Oh.
Shit.
"It's him..." Black Sperm muttered, "T- the guy that beat Garou with just a single punch.."
That blond hair. That yellow jumpsuit. The description in itself was vivid. There was no mistaking it.
He's the last guy that I wanna run into!
He hid behind one of the decaying tree trunks, keeping himself in plain sight. But, as he took another peek, he recognised another person, no, another creature that was walking with him.
"R- Rover...?" Black Sperm said with a glint of familiarity, "Wait, what the hell is he doing with that guy?"
Don't tell me he's extorting that guy for treats..
Wait.
That's a bad idea.
That's a REAAALLLY bad idea!
Black Sperm quickly sprinted towards the hero's direction, yelling as he did, "W- wait! Wait! Boss!"
Yagi quickly turned around, "What?"
"F- Forgive Rover for his abrasive behaviour! I'll make sure to thoroughly correct his attitude and make him make amends for his wrongdoing-"
"Dude, calm down," Yagi cut the monster off short, "He's just some stray dog that I found. He insisted on following me, so..."
"Wait...insisted?"
This guy didn't even think of killing him?
"Yeah. What? He's yours or something?" Yagi's lips formed into a mischievous smirk, "Maybe he got sick of your stale treats."
"Can it!" Black Sperm yelled back, "And yes, he's mine! Give him back!" He pulled Rover to his side. But the dog acted on the contrary. It tried to break free.
"Oh, but looks like the dog has other ideas. You sure you want to smother him like that? It's not like he wanted to be with you in the first place." Yagi said again, much to the monster's dismay.
"He is WITH me!" Black Sperm swiftly whipped his head towards the dog, "Right, ROVER!?" He gestured for the dog to answer accordingly.
But it didn't.
In fact, it bit him straight in the eye, causing him to yell in pain, "Ow! You ingrate!"
The dog ran off back to Yagi's side, snuggling against his left foot, purring as it did.
"Told you." Yagi simply said.
"You little..." Black Sperm hissed, clenching his fists, "You give him back right this instance-!"
"Pipe down, hothead. It's not like I forced the dog to come with me or something." Yagi shrugged, "If it's yours, then fine, you can tag along, at least, until you get yourself to be in the dog's good graces again. 'Sides, you'd make an excellent tour guide, since you live here and all."
"A- a tour guide-?!"
"Yeah. I'm looking for something. No, wait, someone, to be specific." Yagi replied. Then, he pointed to the summit, "Heard that they resided right over there. I've got a couple of inquiries for them, and it might involve a bit of a head bashing."
Black Sperm was baffled, "In what world do you search for someone in the middle of nowhere, unless you're trying to conjure up some sort of divine enlightenment shenanigans?"
"Dunno. Maybe our guy has a divine origin." Yagi said, as he walked away, the dog following suit, "Anyway, time's stretched thin. I gotta go. Tag along, or not, I don't care."
"Ugh!" Black Sperm yelped in exasperation as he followed after the man, "Fine!"
"What's gotten you so uptight? It's just a dog."
"That dog is mine."
"Yeah, well, it isn't anymore, so."
"Watch your mouth. If only I had my cells.."
Yagi raised his brow, "Cells, huh... I'm assuming that you're a monster."
"Um!" Black Sperm kept his mouth tightly shut as the question came. Shit.
"I mean, isn't it obvious? You don't strike me as the human type, not with that bewildering shape of your body. What's with the protrusion on your head? Is that like an antenna that you use for communication? And why are you so short? Lacking the nutritions? I mean, I get it, we all have our malnutritions from time to tim-"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY!" Black Sperm interrupted, his eyes seething with rage, "Just move on!"
"Nah, I like getting under your skin."
"That's the equivalent of tampering with your GPS device. You wouldn't want to get lost around here, would you?" Black Sperm's gaze moved to Yagi, who stopped speaking for a moment, "Heh, scared already? I know, I know, the world is a scary pla-"
"Your face kinda reminds me of that one crab monster that I once fought." Yagi deadpanned after a long while of silence.
"... I'm done."
The six-eyed dog lightly panted, much to Black Sperm's annoyance, "Ha. Ha. You're enjoying this, aren't you?"
"Pretty sure he is." Yagi chimed in.
"I'll kill him."
Yagi glared at him, "I'll kill you first."
Black Sperm hissed, but said nothing further. They then continued to walk in silence, both Yagi and the monster averting their gazes from each other.
Then, after a bit, Yagi turned his attention back to the monster, "Oh yeah, I did say that you were going to be my tour guide, did I?"
"I'm not going to be your anything."
"Yeah, be that way, you're not getting your dog back." Yagi scoffed.
"I don't want that stupid bitch anyway."
"Sure. That explains you tagging along with me the entire time. Perfectly plausible." Yagi said, his tone leeching with sarcasm, "Anyway, walk me through it."
Black Sperm's expression contorted unpleasantly, "Walk you through what?"
"You're familiar with this place right? Any particular spot that stands out the most to you? Something that, uh, I dunno, mystifies you?" Yagi asked again.
"I haven't lived here for that long, I wouldn't know." Black Sperm said as he curled parts of the snow below into a ball, "Who are you looking for, anyway?" He tossed the ball into the air, before catching it again.
"I don't know much about them, all I know is that they go by the name...well, I wouldn't call it an actual name, but they go with an alias. 'The Nameless One', something like that." Yagi said, relaxing his shoulder, "You'd expect a name that gives a distinctive nature, but nah."
"The Nameless One? Sounds like they were running short on ideas." Black Sperm chuckled a bit, finding the whole situation a bit hilarious.
The irony.
"You do know that they're technically your master, right? Or at least, were."
"Wait." Black Sperm froze in his place, "What the hell do you mean by that?"
"The shithead who orchestrated the whole raid, it was them."
"No, pretty sure it wasn't. It was a bitch named Psykos," Black Sperm denied, throwing the ball into the chasm, "Not whoever it is that you mentioned."
"They probably go by many names."
"And what, they can change genders as well?"
"Maybe? There's a lot of quirks out there and you're ruling out the mere concept of gender alteration?" Yagi's brow raised.
Black Sperm snorted, "It's just perplexing."
"Hey, there's a lot to unveil in your organisation. Even if you were a big shot, there must've been a couple of things there that stayed under wraps."
"Okay, okay, good point, but bottom of the line is, I don't know any 'Nameless Ones' if that's what you're implying," Black Sperm denied again, "And if you think I'm lying, here's a piece of advise: bite me."
"Your dog already did that for me." Yagi retorted, "Or should I say, my dog?"
Black Sperm stayed silent momentarily, his nose scrounched as he moved his gaze away, "I'll kill you one of these days."
Yagi haughtily laughed, patting the short monster by it's back, "Liven up a little. Not everything should involve profanities and senseless murders."
Black Sperm gazed at him with a defiant look, "Fuck off."
"There it is." Yagi pointed at him, "You've got to let that tendency of yours go."
"What's it to you?"
"Just looking out for the little guys."
"Little- Are you making a joke about my height?!" Black Sperm yelled, his brows lowered.
Yagi flicked him by his eyelashes, "That's not my intention, idiot. I'm just concerned, 's all. How'd you turn up this way, anyway?"
"Don't stick your nose on something that it doesn't belong to." Black Sperm warned.
Yagi waved him away, "Okay, okay, jeez, but you're going to tell me sooner or later anyway."
"Why? I don't plan on staying with you any longer."
"Yeah, but like I said, your dog has other ideas." Yagi retorted, earning a malevolent glare from the short monster.
He grumbled along the way, not caring on how the gaps on the landscape were causing his feet to lose it's balance occasionally. He just kept his head held up, looking at the crescent moon above the sky.
"This is stupid." Yagi said as he hung his shoulder low. Things weren't looking bright. It didn't seem like he'd reach any point of success at this rate. He wasn't going to find that 'nameless one' guy, or girl, or non-binary, or whatever the hell pronouns that creature goes by.
"Hey. Can I have my dog back?" Black Sperm suddenly said, cutting his train of thought.
And then, there's this guy. Yagi rolled his eyes, as he turned his head around, "Unless you want to make him go with you against your will, I don't think you have any other choice."
"And? That's exactly what I'm going to-"
Before he can finish that sentence, Yagi gave him a stare that promised death. He backed away a little, before muttering, "...'pologies."
Yagi's eyes softened, before sighing, "Look, I'm in a bit of a tough spot right now, so, if you would, please, stop whining for just one second."
"Y- yeah, sure." Black Sperm conceded, his eyelids deflating as he kept his gaze on the ground.
"Aw man," Yagi picked on his ear, "Getting cold out here. You got a blanket?"
"I don't have any." Black Sperm simply said.
Yagi exhaled through his nose, "I'm having second thoughts."
"Any particular reason?" Black Sperm asked just because.
"I was talking to myself." Yagi deadpanned.
"Yeah, but I could hear them, so, pardon for the nosiness. I just need something to pass the time by." Black Sperm shrugged.
Yagi contemplated for a second, before replying, "Well, for starters, the kids I left back at the dorms, they're in danger."
"In danger..?"
"Those corrupt freeloaders sitting back at their comfy chairs, they might or might not be planning to conduct an abduction on an escalating scale," Yagi spoke, as he continued with a grimace, "I don't know what got into their heads, but I'm pretty sure they're seeing a fighting chance here, you know, to get themselves back at the top of the marketing chart again."
Black Sperm nodded, "Ah, even the hero spectrum's got a little bit of nasty intentions behind all those lofty facades, eh? What makes you think that?"
"A little briefing with the rat rascal."
"...Boss, you need to be a little bit more specific." Black Sperm said, guising his annoyance with politeness.
"The principal. We had a talk. He asked me a few questions, which, didn't sit well with me. By the looks of it, he's endorsing the exploitation of inexperienced children," Yagi explained, anger gnawing away at his heart, "I'm thinking of resigning at some point."
"You're a teacher?"
"A bad one, yes, but a teacher nonetheless. That rat talked me into it, said something about raising my rankings, which, I'm still against to this very day."
"Then why did you even comply in the first place?" Black Sperm asked, completely baffled.
"Honestly? I don't even know. I guess I just had nothing better to do." Yagi then sighed, dismissively moving away from Black Sperm's distance, "Anyway, I don't feel like talking more, so...you mind?"
"C'mon," Black Sperm bargained, "It's the least you could do after dragging me all the way here. I'm losing bits of my proteins right now."
"Talk with the dog or something."
"Rover?" Black Sperm shifted his eyes towards the dog, "He's too attached to you for me to do that."
Yagi was about to speak, but he was cut off short when he noticed something from afar. It looked like a shrine of some sort. Black smoke obstructed the sky, raising from the top of the structure, "Wait...you see that, right?"
Black Sperm's attention moved to the shrine and, "A bit peculiar for a building that big to be in the middle of nowhere..."
"That's what I'm thinking." Yagi clenched his fists, "Might wanna take a look."
"Boss, wait, you really think that this is a good idea?"
"Why not?"
"You don't think there's some kind of bear trap there or something?"
"I'd just punch through it, like always." Yagi simply stated, sounding as superficial as always.
"You'd punch through it." Black Sperm repeated with a deadpan look.
Yagi raised his brow, "Got something against punching?"
"You know what, nevermind. Give it a whir-" Before Black Sperm could even finish, Yagi was already gone, with only the dust particles blowing backwards and a gust of wind swaying in the air.
With a heavy sigh, Black Sperm turned around, "C'mon Rover. Guy's definitely done with-"
Rover wasn't there as well. Same as where Yagi trailed off, there were only dust particles and a faint wind breezing backwards.
"You've gotta be fucking with me." Black Sperm lamented to himself, begrudgingly walking towards the direction of the shrine.
...
Yagi swiftly slid against the snow pile, as he reached the front gates of the shrine. The building looked a bit simple. There were pillars surrounding the main entrance, and a black mist surrounding the center.
"The hell is a..."
"Greetings, All Might." A thundering voice came from above.
Yagi picked on his ear, "You speaking into my ear or something?"
"I merely tapped into your mind to use it as the means to communicate."
"Could you just speak normally? it's loud, and annoying." Yagi whined once more.
"I consider it as a far more efficient method." The voice spoke again.
Yagi, feeling that this was going nowhere, decided to drop the topic and said, "Okay. You got something to say to me? If so, keep it narrowed and conscise, twenty words or less. I don't have the necessary attention span to keep up with convoluted essays."
"Ah yes. Don't worry. I'll make it brief."
Suddenly, a circle of flame surrounded Yagi, much to his bewilderment. The voice spoke again, "I've formed a barrier around you so no one else can take a peek and listen to whatever it is that we're going to say."
"Kinda pointless. No soul lives here."
"Except for the monster that you walked with earlier."
"Yeah. Except him. But what is he going to do with whatever information you're going to spill anyway?" Yagi said, but he decided to put it aside, "Don't answer. I don't wanna be here for long. Got a lot of stuff to unpack back home."
"Well, for one, All Might, you must know about my identity by now."
"No? You haven't told me." Yagi stated.
"Are you usually this daft?" The voice spoke, clearly infuriated.
"I mean, I can pick a few guesses, but it's better if you confirm it." Yagi said, picking on his nose.
"I am-"
"The Nameless One." Yagi interrupted.
The voice was silent for a bit, before letting out a faint growl, "That...I am, yes, but, you said that you didn't know-"
"I never said that. I only said I can pick a few guesses." Yagi then moved forward, looking at the sky, "Anyway, I'll cut to the chase: Where are you keeping Tats?"
"She's asleep safe and soundly. You wouldn't want to interrupt her."
"Yeah well, tell her that the sleep can wait." Yagi persisted, his eyes baring into the sky, where the voice seemed to come from.
"All Might." The voice spoke, as a mist descended from the sky. When it reached the ground level, it morphed into the shape of a human body, but it's limbs were still in a hazy state, "I can present you with two choices: A. You try to get Tatsumaki back and fight me in return, or B. Join me, and all of these needless confrontations would be averted, just like how it should be. We're more compatible as allies, believe it or not. You just haven't realised that yet."
"Allies?" Yagi scoffed, "No. I'm going with the former."
"Why?"
"Why? What do you mean why? I mean, look at you. You're a couple of provocations away from screwing off the entire world and curling it into some kind of twisted playground." Yagi pointed at him, "Speaking of which, is that what you're trying to do when you orchestrated the whole raid?"
"Orchestrated? I was simply defending myself."
Yagi kept on pressing on the subject, "A lot of things has been going in your flow ever since then. The Hero Commission is getting more desperate. Aspiring hero-in-trainings all over the country are at the risk of being abducted, and worse, I heard that they're hiring villains as a pro-hero. Something tells me that you did see the whole thing coming from a mile, which, I applaud you for, but at the same time detest it."
"Such bold accusations. But even if I did, what seems to be the problem? The way they are, I think their upbringing as the aggressors and oppressors were inevitable. It has always been ordained to happen eventually. I simply gave them the greenlight, inadvertently."
Yagi scowled a little, though he kept his composure, "Being cynical's enough for me to tell that you're not completely credible in your assessment."
"Perhaps I am not credible, but let's talk about your perspective for a second," The mist approached the hero, "You were a victim of the same circumstances as well, were you not? They made you run their errands before you even reached the adequate age, an inexperienced pup plucked away from his life of serenity to do the heavy-lifting on the battlefield. A lot of things could've gone wrong, but they were desperate. They've always been that way. Nothing is changing that."
"Yeah, well, still not enough for me to go on a rampage." Yagi defiantly stared back at the mist, "And the errands I did were voluntarily. It's not like they coaxed me into doing it."
"Perhaps they were, but the point still stands: They are drenched in greed, the lust for possessions, and the thirst for wealth. It was never about keeping the peace, but rather, to fill in their vacant pockets. What do you think they've been doing ever since you gave up to pursue your goal as a symbol? The monsters that you left in your wake, have been utilised and used as their primary source of income."
"Wha..?" Yagi's mouth was left agape, his lips quivering, "What the hell are you talking about?"
"My, does that seem too far-fetched to you, All Might? Even seeing how corrupt they are?" The entity chuckled, wrapping it's flickering arm around Yagi, "I think you know, deep in that frail psyche of yours.." The entity's hands began to stir up some energy. The energy in question seemingly attempted to make itself infiltrate Yagi's head, "You know that I'm right. About everything. About how they're not worth saving, worth protecting. You'll know...when I show y-!"
However, something strained the entity. It fell back, walking backwards as the energy retracted back to himself, "W- what the-?!"
An eerie shadow cast itself over Yagi's eyes, his form remaining prone. He stood idly by, as the entity began to assess the situation, "You.. there's... there's something dark resting in there. Something even darker than I thought..I couldn't...infiltrate your mind like I did before."
Yagi didn't answer. He only took a step forward.
"Heh...HEHEHEHAAAHAHAHAHAHA! Yagi Toshinori! You fascinate me even more the longer I learn about you! What an exceptional creature!" The entity stretched it's hand forward, as the landscape began to distort itself, "I wouldn't want a gem like you to be left out of my sight, wouldn't I?"
Yagi's body was pulled downwards, into the depths below. But he remained unbothered, curious as to where the entity was taking him.
Primary source of income, huh...
The pull came to a halt. Yagi realised that he was in a cave of some sort. The sight in front of him though..
To the average eyes, this could've been traumatising. He identified what appeared to be a bottomless chasm, with a ground or two ahead for him to jump across.
And so he did. He jumped across the platforms, before landing on the last one. He looked above, only to see no sign of the entity from before.
"Oi! I'm not really into playing hide-and-seek, so if you could just.." Yagi was interrupted when he saw a chamber tube from across his left. Residing there, was a strange woman with features that was similiar to that of Tatsumaki's own.
"Who..?"
The mist came to life once again, encircling the grounds where Yagi stood, "Are you curious enough to approach? Come on. Give it a try."
"I'm assuming that this is a trap." Yagi frowned, reluctantly taking a step forward.
"Come now, as if a couple of obstacles can harm you in the slightest." The Nameless One tried to persuade him once again, "Take a step, and you'll know."
Yagi took a step forward, before jumping into the left ground. As he landed, he began to walk towards where the tube was located...
Only for time to slow down in his perception, wearing down his pace as well, "E- eh? What is this?"
"Such naivete...did you really think I'd give you such a blatant clue just to make you gain it as easily as you thought?" The mist hovered above, cackling as it did, "I've expanded the space between you and the chamber. The distant that you would need to cross in order to get close is innumerable, or, in other words, infinite."
Yagi rubbed his chin, "Spatial manipulation, huh..."
"Indeed. So? What are you going to do now, All Mi-"
Yagi was already gone from his initial spot, leaving only dust floating off in the vacant air, "W- what?!"
"I wouldn't say it was a walk in the park but," Yagi tilted his head nonchalantly towards the entiry, barely phased by the exercise, "I'd say it lands somewhere in the intermediate difficulty."
The entity was about to say something, but
it refrained from doing so, it's volatile aura settling down as it descended into the ground, "I see... I'd expect nothing less from you."
Yagi approached the curved receptacle, seeing the countless tubes injected into the woman's veins.
Now, who the hell is this woman again? And why does she look similar to Tats?
"Oi." Yagi waved his hand in front of the woman's eyes, though she was floating inside of the receptacle, "You there?"
"Are you that much of a dol-?"
"Shhhh, shhh, I'm trying to talk to her here." Yagi gestured for the entity to be quiet.
"What?!"
Her wavy hair aimlessly flocked around within the curved space, her limp body remained unmoving, "You got any spill about Tats's whereabouts?" Yagi tapped the glass encasing the woman, "Yo."
"You do know that I've temporarily deactivated her brain neurons, right?" The mist chimed in.
"Then activate it. As simple as that." Yagi simply said.
"You- ...I don't know what you think of yourself here, but this is my domain. Whatever goes in here is MY SAY! You hear me?! You-!" But the entity was already interrupted when it heard a rattle from it's side.
Yagi had already ripped the tube chamber off of it's branches with his hands; the electrical circuits within were withered, emitting a faint sparkle as the water inside began to diminish, "Uh...wait, I thought you could reattach this thing."
"..." The mist was silent for a moment, before letting out a snarl, using it's energy to push Yagi against the wall.
Yagi was static, his composure never faltering. The dull, monotonous expression that he always put on was still etched into his face, "Oi, I wasn't even done talking."
"You want Tatsumaki?! Then I'll give you Tatsumaki!" The mist pointed at the corridor beyond the chambers, "Head south, then turn to your left. There, you will find yourself in a maze that you need to figure a way out of. At the end of the maze, you will find her."
"Sounds easy enough." Yagi then walked away, "I'll come back for the girl with the long wavy blue hair."
"Wait! I wasn't finished!"
"What?"
"For every step you take, half an hour would have already passed. I suggest that you take your choices very meticulously, All Might. You might possess the ability to bypass the conception of infinity itself, but time dilation is another issue for you to overcome. Imagine what would happen to your precious students back home if you take too long." The mist smirked as he finished.
Yagi rubbed his forehead. He nodded; he then tentatively turned his hip around to walk into the other direction, "I'll find her soon enough."
Yagi sprinted into the end of the corridor, before turning into the left, "This is the maze, huh?"
He looked around, only to see a screen that says 'Thirty minutes have already passed. Choose your decisions very wisely, All Might.'
Yagi brushed that aside, sprinting into the left. He stopped at the other end, looking back at the screen again.
'An hour has passed.'
He tapped the floor, causing an echoing vibration to broaden across the room. His eyes sharpened; he tracked the vibration on the ground, his eyes leering to the crossroads in front of him. His eyes shot up, as he sprinted to the right.
'An hour and thirty minutes.'
Vibration after vibration, Yagi used them as his means to navigate himself throughout the maze. His heightened senses fluctuated to it's maximum capacity, his feet mobilising faster than it's usual pace.
'Two hours.'
Yagi was placed in front of another crossroads, as he took the route where vibration is leading him to.
'Two hours and thirty miņ̵͈̜̩͖̮̙̭̬̰̞̝͓͗̿̎͋̀̎̆̃͝͝ú̵̬͂͊̓̉̀̐̾͘͝͝͠t̷̟̠̟̲͂̽̈́e̷̙͖̎̑̊͌̓̈́̅̔̑͘s̸̬͎̗̜̚.'
Another turn.
'Three Ḩ̷̣͖̥̭̣͎͔̏̆̓̋̅̒͊̾̿̈́̍̓̓̕̕ͅo̵̹̭̟̕ŭ̴̧̹̰͖̯͈̖͈̜̂̋̊͊̆̾̾̈́̏̚̕͜r̶͉̯͍̘̩̖͇͆̀͒͗̈̕s̸̡̛̯̤̮͔̗͚̱̋̿̄́̓̄̎̇̅̏͌̕'
Right turn.
'Three hou̸̞̫̅̐͗͐̓̕ŕ̴̡̪͈̬̲̀̾s̸̨̢͈̝͜͝ Â̴̢̠̘̳̱̹̄n̵̞͍̼̪͖͈͐̊͐͜d̸̪̤̳̝̦̊͜͠T̸̖̬̰̻̒̐̈́͝h̴̬̅i̵̢̭͙̹͋ŕ̸̢̺̬̜͝t̵̡̪͑̋͠͝y̵̛̠̥̋ͅ ̶͎͖̄̄͝͝M̵̠͕̍̀̚ì̷̱̯̟̓͠n̶̨͈̈̎u̷̢͖̍̀̈t̶̡͇͍͇͝e̵̢̦̞̞͛̈́͝s̶̢̼̰͍̔.'
Another right turn.
'F̷̡̻̘͆͊͂͊́́͊́̉͛́̌͝͝͠͠͝Ǫ̸̧͍̙̗̹̱̱͕͐͐̽̑̓͝Ư̶̱̼̄́͑͛͗͒͌̈́́̑͘̕Ŕ̴͕̘̖͕̼̅̿̌̾̒̂̐̎͂͌̿͐͐́͛̕ ̵̢̰̝͔̙͈̘̦͉̹̂́͋̍͛͊̐̉̚͝H̶̢͚̩̜̾͋̿̅̈́͑͜Ơ̸̢̺͎͔̘̖̲̭̐U̵͖͆̅́̆̊̐̆͐̾Ȑ̶̢̛̺̯͎̣͈͍͓̰̘̪̌̓̌͌̅̃S̶̛̞͈̘͍̦͐̒̉̓̊̆̑̈́̊̈́'
The trail of dust settled down as Yagi stopped in front of another tube chamber. Inside, rests a woman with a delicate emerald curled hair, her limp body hanging in the middle of the water current.
Tats...
With a soft exhale, Yagi tried to approach her, but then...
He could feel something weighing down heavily on him.
"Hm?" Yagi huffed, looking around to see whatever it is that latched down on top of his shoulders, only to see nothing.
"I see that you've completed my maze under the duration of a mere four hours. I must say, I applaud you." The mist descended from above, "But, like I said, I wasn't planning on making this entire thing easy for you."
The ground began to distort itself. But Yagi remained determined. He moved his feet around, mustering the strength to move even further.
And so he did.
With an exceeding speed, Yagi reached the chamber just in time, before pulling Tatsumaki out of the tube, keeping her cradled gently in his arms. His eyes conveyed his regret, as he leaned closer to inspect any visible sign of injuries, only to see none.
But then, the air crackled, as the darkness began to envelop the ground that he was standing on.
"You've passed my test, and now..." Slithering across the ground, the darkness covered the wall, before spreading into the ceiling.
Then...
Everything zoomed out, white spheres floating everywhere. Yagi was placed at the bottom of an undecipherable realm. He couldn't make out the details of his surroundings. All he could think of, was how vast the abyss was, and how he had gotten himself into a seemingly inescapable situation.
And damn, things were starting to get heavy. Pretty unusual, given how everything that he's ever lifted were light so far.
Ah shit.
"Did you know why you felt heavy just now?" The mist spoke from beyond the abyss, "I've coerced the weight of the universe itself into your back. With every step you take, your body will crumble, and soon enough, your entire existence will be distilled. No one will ever find your remains, and neither will they your little girlfriend."
Yagi's face remained static, his gaze still fixed on the mist above him.
"And even if you somehow managed to escape...a hundred years would've had already passed." The mist began to fade away, "Best of luck to you, All Might~~."
Yagi stood there for a second. He looked at the prone form of Tatsumaki, ruffling her hair as he did so. Then, his attention went back to the tunnel of the abyss. Bracing himself, he bent his legs down,
"Killer Move,"
Crevices were formed in the vast expanse of the abyss.
"Serious Series,"
A rippling shockwave escaped from beneath him, as the wind swirled around him vehemently...
"Serious Sprint!"
Across the abyss, the frenzy ensued. His velocity gradually fluctuated, as the shimmering light began to cover a massive portion of the darkness encasing the ground. Like a swift movement of a snake, Yagi's pattern began to derail to the left and right. The fabric of the abyss began to deteroriate, a rift gradually forming.
As he closed the distance between himself and the tunnel...
Everything was shattered.
Yagi's body was plunged out of the depths, back into the surface. As he landed on the ground, he sighed heavily, looking back at the shrine, Tatsumaki's body still in his arms, resting soundly.
...
"Hey."
Yagi's eyes shifted to the voice in front of him.
"What the hell happened back there?"
Black Sperm was already waiting in front of him, with Rover standing by his side.
Without even saying a single word, Yagi sprinted away, leaving behind a trail of dust travelling backwards. Both of the monsters stood there, bewildered.
With a scoff, Black Sperm uttered, "What an asshole."
In turn, he tried to grab Rover by it's collar, only for his hand to touch thin air. Without even tilting his head, he groaned, "AGAIN?!"