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Chapter 48.

Battle between siblings 2.

Techno, Roku, JoGe, Moriko and Hone are those for whom Kirishima, Iida, Bakugo, Kaminari, and Todoroki stayed behind to fight in order to give Izumi a chance to reach Yamikumo.

- "I won't let that be in vain!" – Izumi thought before looking at Yamikumo. – "Atanagi-kun! If we fight together we can beat him, even if you don't have your quirk yet, I'm sure that together we can beat him!"-

Yamikumo looks at Izumi. – "Well... indeed if we both fight together we can beat him..."- He said. – "But first I want to know one thing... how were you able to follow us?"-

- "It's thanks to Komori-san, she did something with my phone so we could track yours!"- Izumi said.

- "I see…"- Yamikumo said. – "I forgot that I had taught her that... it was stupid of me to think that they wouldn't use that resource, but if the phone they are tracking is destroyed... the trail will disappear."-

- "Come on! Together we can beat him!"- Izumi said as she charged at Alpha, however she stopped when she saw that Yamikumo stood between her and Alpha, with his phone in hand.

To Izumi's utter surprise and disbelief, Yamikumo crushes his own phone, destroying it in front of her eyes.

- "Why did you do that?!"- Izumi asked.

- "So no one will follow us anymore..."- Yamikumo said.

- "Are you sure about this?"- Alpha asked.

- "You say Tomura doesn't trust me, right?"- Yamikumo said. – "Well let me earn his trust."-

- "As you wish…"- Alpha said.

- "Atanagi-kun... what are you talking about?"- Izumi asked.

- "It is not obvious? The kidnapping was a fake... I'm joining the league of villains voluntarily."_ Yamikumo said.

Izumi opens her eyes in surprise. – "That... that can't be true!"- She said.

- "If only you hadn't meddled where you're not called... all this would have turned out better..."- Yamikumo said. – "The fake kidnapping was to make you think that I'm still on your side, but it seems that in the end it was of no use..."-

- "No... this can't be... why?"- Izumi asked.

- "Because I'm tired of playing hero and following the rules."- Yamikumo said. – "And now I have no other option... you are the only one of all who knows the truth and to keep up the fake... I'll have to kill you."-

Yamikumo stabs his katana into the ground and suddenly appears in front of Izumi and punches her hard in the stomach, sending her flying.

Izumi gets up from the ground, tears come out of her eyes, she can't believe what Yamikumo is saying, but apparently it's true.

Izumi clenches her fists. – "Bullsh*t!"- She said. – "I don't believe a single word you say!"-

Yamikumo raises an eyebrow as he sees Izumi preparing to fight. – "But if you want to fight so bad I'm going to knock some common sense into you!"- Izumi activates Full Cowl and charges at Yamikumo, attacking him with a kick.

Yamikumo easily dodges Izumi's kick and then blocks the girl's punch with his hand and then throws her to the ground. – "If you really want to beat me... you will have to be serious... because this will be the first time in a long time that I will fight without holding back."- Yamikumo said.

Izumi gets up from the ground again and attacks Yamikumo with a black whip, however Yamikumo again dodges the black whips.

But what Yamikumo didn't expect is that Izumi actually used black whip as a distraction since he appeared in front of Yamikumo with a punch ready. – "20% Detroit Smash!"- Izumi hits Yamikumo in the stomach and sends him flying and crashing into the ground several meters behind.

Yamikumo gets up without difficulty and wipes the dust off his clothes. – "Yeah... I should have seen that coming..."- He thought. Yamikumo puts his hands in his pockets waiting for Izumi to attack him.

Yamikumo puts his hands in his pockets waiting for Izumi to attack him.

Izumi looks at Yamikumo for a few seconds and then attacks him with several punches but is surprised to see that Yamikumo blocks all of his blows using only his feet and legs.

Izumi tries to punch once more but Yamikumo stops her fist with his right foot. – "What's going on? Are you surprised at how easily I can defend myself from your attacks?"- Yamikumo said.

- "How is this possible... using 20% I was able to hit him... but now I can't..."- Izumi thought.

- "You're wondering why before you could hit using this One for All percentage and now you can't, right?"- Yamikumo said. – "That's very simple... that's because this is the first time I've fought without holding back against one of you."-

Yamikumo pushes Izumi and attacks her with a kick, but Izumi jumps and dodges it. - "What do you mean with that?"- Izumi asked.

- "You see... when I fight... I always want the fight to be even, that is why in my fights I always start calm to calculate the strength of my opponent."- Yamikumo said. – "After seeing my opponent's level, I start fighting with the appropriate level so that the fight is fair… That is why before you have been able to hit me and now you will not touch me even once, the only times I have fought without holding back after entering UA were against Nomu at USJ, Bakugo at the sports festival and Alpha during my internships."-

- "But... how is it possible... how strong are you really?"- Izumi asked.

- "Why don't you find out?"- Yamikumo charges at Izumi, still with his hands in his pockets.

- "You may be stronger than me... but the fact that you don't have your quirk is an advantage for me!"- Izumi thought while using Black Whip and trying to capture Yamikumo. – "I don't like to take advantage of this but I have no other choice!"-

Upon seeing Black Whip, Yamikumo easily dodges the whips by jumping several times, Izumi seems to recognize these movements.

- "He is using his leg strength and momentum to jump and dodge the black whips... those movements remind me of..."- Izumi thought but her thoughts did not end as Yamikumo appeared in front of her.

- "Mirko Style: Luna Arc!"- Yamikumo kicks Izumi directly to the right side of her body, sending her flying.

Izumi falls to the ground while clutching the spot where she was hit. – "Those are Mirko's moves! He can replicate them?!"- Izumi thought with surprise.

- "That kick is not as strong as Mirko's... I don't have the same leg strength as her."- Yamikumo thought. – "If I want to replicate her strength I need to use that..."-

Izumi gets up from the ground and after catching her breath she charges again at Yamikumo who impassively waits for her.

Izumi attacks Yamikumo with punches and kicks, however Yamikumo dodges everything with ease and then hits Izumi with a kick but she wastes no time and uses Black Whip to approach Yamikumo again and try to attack him, however Yamikumo dodges again.

After dodging the attack, Yamikumo attacks with a backward kick, but is slightly surprised to notice that Izumi is not there, when he looks up he sees that Izumi is floating above him with a Delaware Smash ready.

- "Delaware Smash!" - Izumi fires a blast of air at Yamikumo who manages to dodge it by jumping back, however behind him appears Izumi who tries to attack him with a punch, however Yamikumo stops her with his hand.

- "Damn... I let my guard down and she almost took me by surprise..."- Yamikumo thought as he kicked Izumi away. – "I can't let my guard down, ignore everything... she's good at improvising during the fight, I can't give her time to think!"-

Without wasting time, Yamikumo charges at Izumi who barely reacts and blocks the punch and Yamikumo, however she does not have time to block what comes next.

Yamikumo hits Izumi with several punches in the stomach, making her rise a little in the air and then kicks her to send her flying.

Izumi falls to the ground and as soon as she tries to stand up, Yamikumo attacks her again with a punch, but this time Izumi defends herself using black whip to push Yamikumo away. – "I've never seen him fight like this before..."- She thought. – "I have to increase the power! 30%"-

Izumi charges at Yamikumo who tries to attack her with a kick but Izumi blocks it and then counterattacks with a punch which this time manages to hit Yamikumo's stomach who recoils after receiving the blow.

Yamikumo easily recovers from the attack, spits a little and stares at Izumi. – "You're starting to take this seriously... but that won't be enough!"-

Yamikumo charges at Izumi who dodges an attack from Yamikumo, however Yamikumo grabs her by the leg and slams her to the ground, then tries to hit her but Izumi rolls on the ground and dodges the attack and then attacks him with a direct kick to the face.

After hitting Yamikumo in the face Izumi tries to attack with a punch but Yamikumo easily blocks it and counterattacks with a punch which Izumi dodges by jumping and tries to attack Yamikumo with another punch but Yamikumo steps forward and hits Izumi with a headbutt in the face and then takes her by the neck.

Yamikumo starts to choke Izumi but she points her hand at him and... – "Delaware… smash!"- Izumi attacks Yamikumo with a gust of wind which pushes Yamikumo away, then uses Black Whip and pulls Yamikumo towards her before hitting him with a strong punch. – "Wyoming Smash!" –

Yamikumo flies off and crashes into a rock, breaking it.

Izumi looks towards Yamikumo and sees that he is on the ground without moving, then he directs his attention towards Alpha who is watching the fight indifferently. – "You are next!"- Izumi said making Alpha raise an eyebrow.

Izumi charges at Alpha who does not flinch as at that moment Yamikumo gets in Izumi's way and points his palm at Izumi who is shocked to see what happens.

Suddenly a flash of fire emerges from Yamikumo's palm and hits Izumi who flies away and falls to the ground, surprised by what happened. – "What… That was..."- Izumi said.

- "I was hoping not to have to use it... but I see that there was no other option..."- Yamikumo said and then he saw Izumi. – "Why are you surprised? It's just my quirk."-

- "But aren't you supposed to still get it back?"- Izumi asked.

- "Oh that... yes... I had already recovered it a few days ago..."- Yamikumo said. – "The thing is that I needed an excuse not to "defend myself" against the attempted kidnapping."-

- "You lied to us..."- Izumi said.

Yamikumo looks at Izumi blankly. – "Yes…"- He simply said.

Izumi gets up from the ground with a determined and somewhat angry face. - "I see... in that case I won't feel bad about what's going to happen..."- She said.

- "And what is going to happen?"- Yamikumo asked.

- "I'm going to beat you non-stop until you come to your senses! It doesn't matter if I have to break all your bones trying!"- Izumi said.

Yamikumo smiles slightly, a smile that Izumi didn't notice. - "I want to see you try…"-

Izumi charges at Yamikumo and tries to hit him, but he dodges the attack and then knees her in the stomach causing her to fall to the ground, then uses her fire to rise into the sky and then to fall against Izumi at high speed. – "Luna Fall!"- Izumi uses Black Whip to move away from the attack which upon impact with the ground creates a large crater.

- "Another attack from Mirko... but this time more powerful... he used his fire to increase his speed and power of his attack!"- Izumi thought.

Without wasting time, Yamikumo extends two of his fingers up and creates a line of fire, then lowers his hand and the line begins to fall in the direction of Izumi who moves out of the way and then jumps to avoid a fireball.

In the air, Izumi points his hands at Yamikumo. – "Double Delaware Smash!"- Izumi fires a couple of blasts of wind at Yamikumo, but he creates a wall of fire to protect himself.

Then Izumi emerges from the fire, who ignores the wounds she receives when crossing the wall of fire. – "35% St. Louis Smash!"- Izumi attacks Yamikumo with a kick which he dodges by jumping back, the kick creating a small crater upon impact.

Izumi wastes no time charging as soon as she sees Yamikumo land. – "35%..."- Izumi said while preparing a punch.

Seeing this, Yamikumo surrounds his fist with fire.

- "Detroit Smash! / Red fire roar!"- Both punch each other, starting a struggle, but soon Yamikumo increases the power of his attack and overtakes Izumi, hitting her on the right cheek.

Izumi falls face first to the ground, being dragged along the ground by the force of the attack, when she gets up she spits out some blood while her forehead begins to bleed slightly.

Izumi tries to get up but falls down due to the pain.

Yamikumo does not relent and charges again at Izumi who desperately puts her hands in front of her but then a purple smoke emerges from her hands surrounding her and blocking Yamikumo's vision.

- "What the…" - Yamikumo wonders but quickly realizes what is happening. -"Smokescreen…"- Yamikumo uses his telekinesis to spread the smoke, when the smoke spreads he realizes that Izumi is not there.

Yamikumo hears a sound behind him and sees Izumi attacking him with a punch, unfortunately Izumi was so close that he couldn't dodge the attack. - "Smash!"- Izumi hits Yamikumo on the right cheek and sends him flying but quickly catches him with Black Whip and pulls him back to hit him again.

But before he can hit him, Yamikumo releases a burst of fire from his entire body which destroys the black whip and makes Izumi retreat.

Izumi gets up from the ground with difficulty as she begins to cough up some blood. – "I have to... I have to... I can't give up yet!"- Izumi gets up from the ground and begins to increase her power. – "One for All… 40%!"-

Yamikumo looks at Izumi and prepares to defend himself by surrounding his right leg with fire.

Izumi charges at Yamikumo and they both attack each other with kicks. – "St. Louis Smash! / Pheonix Kick!"- Both clash kicks and continue with a struggle, just like last time, Yamikumo little by little begins to win against Izumi, but then Izumi stops struggling and uses the momentum of Yamikumo's kick to spin in the air and hit Yamikumo with an ax kick directly to the head.

However, Yamikumo recovers instantly and fires a burst of fire at Izumi who is sent flying and crashes to the ground.

Yamikumo begins to walk towards Izumi but stops when he feels that a hot liquid begins to fall from his head, when he touches it and sees what it is he realizes that he is bleeding from the head, the bleeding is light and does not mean any problem, at least for now.

Yamikumo watches as Izumi gets up from the ground. – "She doesn't give up... I've already lost a lot of time, if I prolong this fight the heroes will arrive and everything will be ruined." - Yamikumo, deciding to end this, activates the Fire Soul and begins to rise into the air using his telekinesis, Izumi looks at him, the pain preventing her from moving.

Yamikumo joins his two hands, index fingers, thumb and little finger extended, and points towards Izumi. - "Get ready, you will be the second person against whom I will use this technique!"- Fire begins to surround Yamikumo's hands, taking the shape of wings. – "Red Hawk!"- Yamikumo fires a burst of fire which takes the shape of a large red hawk and is directed at Izumi.

Izumi looks at the fire hawk and quickly begins to gather energy in her right arm, ignoring the pain in her body. – "I'm not giving up!"- Izumi jumps and hits the fire hawk and, to Yamikumo's surprise, it is destroyed. – "One for All... 45%..."- Izumi approaches Yamikumo – "Texas Smash!"- Izumi hits Yamikumo in the stomach, sending him flying even further into the air, but not before feeling pain when using 45% of One for All.

Even so, thanks to the adrenaline Izumi continues and uses a Delaware Smash to propel himself towards Yamikumo.

Seeing that, Yamikumo flips in the air to recover and surrounds his right leg with fire. – "I will use the full version..."- Yamikumo kicks the air and suddenly the fire in his leg shoots at Izumi taking the form of a small phoenix. – "Pheonix Kick!"-

The phoenix hits Izumi, stunning her momentarily, which Yamikumo takes advantage of to join his hands again. – "Red Hawk!"- This time the falcon manages to hit Izumi, dragging her and crashing into the ground while releasing a large burst of fire.

Yamikumo lands on the ground, begins to catch his breath and notices how suddenly some drops of water begin to fall. – "It has started to rain... no, it was Izumi's Texas Smash next to my fire... the Texas Smash gathered the clouds in the sky and my fire heated them to form cumulonimbus..."- The weight, the rain falling harder and harder, luckily Yamikumo's Fire Soul prevents him from getting wet by vanishing the water drops before they touch him.

- "Are you done?"- Alpha asks from above Yamikumo, apparently the fight formed a big crater in the ground.

Yamikumo looks towards the fire resulting from his attack. - "Yes…"- Yamikumo said and then went to Alpha and they both began to walk, but at that...

- "This is not over yet!"- They both turn around and are surprised to see Izumi land, the girl has a few burns on her face, legs and arms, and her shirt is also burned. – "I haven't been defeated yet... I won't give up!"-

Izumi begins to walk slowly while gathering energy in her left arm. – "One for All… 50%"- She whispers.

- "It's over, Izumi... why do you keep trying?"- Yamikumo asked.

- "Because... because when you told me all those things... when you said that you're joining the league of villains..."- Izumi said as tears fall from her face, but still there is a smile on her face. – "Your face seems to be asking for help..."-

Yamikumo opens his eyes and for the first time in a long time he is shocked.

- "That's why…"- Izumi starts running towards Yamikumo, a punch ready. – "I'm going to save you!"-

Yamikumo lowers his head, his hair covering his eyes and takes his katana which was stuck in the ground and charges at Izumi.

Both brothers stop once they are facing each other, Izumi attacks with a punch and Yamikumo swings his sword.

Thunder hits the ground, setting the few nearby trees on fire.

Drops of blood fall to the ground through Yamikumo's sword, while Izumi looks in shock and surprise at her brother while Yamikumo's sword pierces her in the chest.

Izumi spits blood while looking at Yamikumo. – "Brother...why?"- She asks with what little strength she has left.

Yamikumo raises his face and Izumi can see that tears are falling from his eyes. - "I'm sorry…there was no other way..."- It was the only thing Yamikumo said and then pulled his sword out of Izumi's chest. The girl fell into the crater while Yamikumo saw her and dried his tears, returning to his expression of indifference.

Izumi falls to the ground, before closing her eyes she looks into her brother's eyes.

Yamikumo stares at Izumi's body as the rain falls, Alpha comes to her side. – "I see you are serious... one less problem for Lord Tomura."- He said.

- "Yeah…"- Yamikumo says in a low voice and then takes out his UA ID and his provisional hero license and then throws them towards where Izumi's body is.

- "Why did you do that?"- Alpha asked.

- "Because... although everyone continues to believe that the kidnapping is real... since I am in the hands of the league of villains, it is obvious that UA will block my ID to prevent you from infiltrating UA." – Yamikumo said. – "And my license has no more use now."-

- "I see…"- Alpha said then turned around and started walking. – "Let's go, the hero reinforcements won't take long to arrive."-

Yamikumo looks at Izumi one last time and then turns around, following Alpha. – "Yeah…"-

To be continued.

So yeah. Here we are.

Another chapter finished and holly sh*t!

Everything has gone to hell!

Well nothing, apparently Yamikumo has gone to the side of the villains!

Or maybe there is some ulterior motive for joining the villains...

Well nothing, just one more chapter and we're done with the UA saga.

What do you think? Will Izumi die or not?

What is really happening?

What will be everyone's reaction to what happened?

All these questions and more will be answered in the next chapter and we will have the outcome of the arc and the end of the saga to begin the last saga... the Villain Saga!

Nothing more to say I hope you like it.

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