This is the 43rd chapter. I don't own the series of My Hero Academia or the series of Justice League.

BrianShooter672: 1) Not exactly, he's just gonna be a regular musclehead, without his Quirk. 2) The Bat Family also made the antidote for the students, so they won't know their worst fears, along with the gas mask so they won't get a whiff of it. 3) Yeah, getting Nighteye to sing in sopranos would be hilarious, but I agree with you for one thing, it'll make a major effect on the storyline if All For One is in the Phantom Zone. 4) It'll be pointless of who's the strongest hero. But to know the difference, All Might has been a Pro Hero in his younger days with his raw strength and sheer will, but he's also reckless with the way of him using his Quirk for the most part. Though, his heart is at the right place for saving innocent lives because he puts himself before others. As for Superman, that's a different story. While we all know that he's a Kryptonian with tremendous number of powers. Clark didn't know about his powers when he's young and learned the truth of his late parents and became Superman, the Man of Steel. He defends Metropolis on fighting criminals in daily basis, became a co-founder of the Justice League, and he's a journalist on the Daily Planet. Which in other words, Clark is a hero and did it longer than All-Might, so Superman is the strongest, hands down.

Scarecrow's Return and Vanguard Action Squad

After a few long hours of intense training, the students are now either gathering firewood, cutting up carrots, or peeling in between the potatoes and onions. Bakugo is cutting carrots quick as a flash, then cuts another, and another. It got Ochaco's attention when she noticed Bakugo cutting a number of carrots.

"Whoa, Bakugo, you're really good with that knife!" Ochaco exclaims in shock. "It's weird."

"What do you mean it's weird?!" Bakugo snarls, turns to her. "How can you people be so damn bad at everything?!"

"Yeah right, like you have room to talk!" Emily retorts.

"What did you say?!" Bakugo yelled.

"Look at that, he's not blowing stuff up." Denki said, glancing at Bakugo while walking away.

"I'm too tired for this..." Eijiro groans in a tired tone.

While everyone, including the students were talking amongst themselves, Izuku walk next to the fire pit as he places the firewood down to the ground.

"Did you need All Might for a particular reason?" The voice of Shoto inquires, earned his attention. "You asked Ethan about him."

"Yeah, um, I did." Izuku replied. "Because of Kota."

"Kota? Who's that?" Shoto asks curiously.

"The boy that's over there. He's Mandalay's cousin..." Izuku told him, turns around and notice Kota isn't here. "Hold on, where did he go?"

Then, Izuku realize that Kota went to his hideout, knows that he doesn't like heroes, well except the Bat Family.

"Anyway, Kota doesn't like heroes, actually he hates the whole concept of superhumans. Quirks and everything, I tried to talk to him, but Ethan was able to do it." Izuku explains. "I was just wondering what All Might would've done to help him if he'd been here. I mean, what would you say to him, Todoroki?"

Shoto understands what Izuku is telling him, turns away with a sigh.

"It depends..." Shoto said.

"Of course, sorry I asked!" Izuku groans with a whimper, looking down.

"...To have a complete stranger tried to change your mindset sounds like a complete irritating conversation. What matters are actions, you have to show him of what you're trying to prove, right?" Shoto told him. "If you're going to rely on words alone, then they'd better be incredibly powerful. What you say doesn't matter near as much as you actually do."

Izuku was left widen his eyes when Shoto made a valid point. He even remembered of when he first met All Might in the street after the sludge incident years ago.

'So, when I saw this timid Quirkless boy tried to save a life, even if Batman did save the both of you. It inspired me, young man, you to can become a hero!'

These words echoed on Izuku's mind as he smiled and spoke.

"You're right." Izuku said with an agreement. "I went about this the wrong way. How can I, a stranger, say anything to him?"

"I don't know what your goal is when it comes to this child, but it sounds to me like you shouldn't be sticking your nose in a delicate situation." Shoto points out. "You tend to cut to the heart of peoples feelings, it can be annoying."

"Right, sorry about that." Izuku apologizes with a grunt, sweat dropped.

Ethan was about to go help them when Tsuyu taps his shoulder behind him, earned his attention.

"Ethan, can I talk to you?" Tsuyu offers.

Ethan can tell that Tsuyu is being sincere as he responds with a nod, then he and the frog hero walk towards the forest. And soon as they trend further deep, Ethan and Tsuyu can now some private time alone.

"I assume you had a reason for bringing me here." Ethan said with a serious look.

"Yeah, it's just...I'm sorry for not telling you this." Tsuyu apologizes. "I've bottled up my emotions for so long now, and...I didn't get a chance to tell you of how I feel about you."

It got Ethan off-guard.

"It's just...when I first saw you, you were handsome, brave, smart, and sometimes brooding. And I even had a crush on you." Tsuyu told him. "And...you saved me from those villains back there. But after learning that you're Batman back in USJ and you dating with Lita, I felt hurt that you never told me you're the Dark Knight."

Ethan can tell Tsuyu has a lot of thought about the past incidents and his identity revealed to the students back in USJ. He didn't know of Tsuyu's feelings for him, which it was too late, and it made him feel guilty for that.

"Sorry, I didn't know how you feel." Ethan said. "The reason I didn't tell you my secret identity is because I didn't want you get involved or having you get killed. I've been mostly busy on patrolling the city and taking down criminals to carry out Bruce's code and his will."

Tsuyu can understand why Ethan didn't go to a Rose Cafe, which it just happens because of Poison Ivy attempting to kill Tenya's brother and why he's always late for a date.

"But when I first met Lita, I thought she's stealing something important. Though, I'll admit, she did give me a run for the money after that chase." Ethan continued with a chuckle which Tsuyu agrees with a giggle. "Anyway, after watching the news, as it turns out she's only trying to gather some information, a dark secret that involves with the black market."

Tsuyu even remembered about the news of Catwoman being pursued by Batman and apparently outsmarted him in the end, which it's pretty funny that a cat outsmarted the bat. She also remembered of the two and Delta working together by preventing Red Claw for getting the virus and arrested her.

"But Tsu, I only see you as friend, and I'm really sorry for not seeing it." Ethan said. "And I'm sure you'll find someone you like."

"Thank you." Tsuyu thanked him with a teary smile. "But...I just...was there any chance you and me could be together?"

"If things had happened differently. I always wondered what would have been different if I wasn't Batman or dating Lita. Maybe you and I would've met and fell in love." Ethan said with a smile as Tsuyu wipe the tears away and slowly hugs him while he hugs her back.

Little did they know, Lita overheard the conversation with a smile and now knows how Tsuyu feels for Ethan. She knows the frog hero needs it, after bottling up her emotions which in her opinion, it wasn't healthy. Tsuyu then breaks away and looks at Ethan.

"There's something else I have to tell you. I...have a crush on someone." Tsuyu told him.

"It's Teal'c, isn't it?" Ethan guessed, earned a nod from her. "Tsu, it didn't take long to figure it out. I was there, remember?"

"I remember." Tsuyu replied.

"But, Tsu, I'm happy that you found someone you like." Ethan said with a smile, but turns into serious. "However, it'll be hard for you since Teal'c is the Prince of Dagon and it'll be a long-distance relationship."

Tsuyu knows that the Dark Knight is right about it because of Teal'c being a prince and a member in between the Justice League and the Aquaman Family. But it doesn't stop her for finding him since he lives under the sea.

Few hours later, it's the third night of the training camp, and everyone had the whole day to train and eat their dinner afterward. Impressed with all of the progress they made, the Pussycats had a special event going on tonight. They're going to be having the classes go up against each other in a test of courage.

"Perfect! We filled our bellies and cleaned the dishes!" Pixie-Bob said excitedly. "It's time for..."

"A TOTALLY AWESOME TEST OF COURAGE!" Mina yelled in joy, jumping up and down in excitement.

"We're gonna win!" Hanta, Eijiro, Sato, and Denki shouted.

However, after the students being informed about the League of Villains making their move and the return of Scarecrow, they were being too busy on training and extra courses to overcome their weaknesses.

"Not so fast." Aizawa said, cutting in and ruining the good mood. "Did you forget, the League of Villains and Scarecrow are making their move. Also, you'll be needing the gas mask and the antidote in case the Fear Toxins are starting to spread through the entire forest."

Mina was about to shout when the Bat Family, Catwoman, and Delta revealed themselves from the shadows. The Wild, Wild Pussycats were about to get ready for a fight when Vlad King raises his arm.

"Stand down, they're our allies." Vlad King informed them. "They're the ones who informed us of their whereabouts along with Scarecrow."

"And they made some antidote for us to use along with the gas masks." Aizawa adds, tossing the number of gas mask and the antidote to the Pussycats. "These will cover you from the Fear Toxins and other types of gas."

"Wait, what?!" Mandalay exclaims in shock. "But that's impossible! How could the villains know of this location?!"

"Someone tipped them off and came here a while ago." Vlad King explains, turns to them. "But lucky for us, the Commissioner informed them and give us the information in order to be a few steps ahead of them."

"And we've also learned of the first Batmans old nemesis is here in the forest, to spread the Fear Toxins around and turn it into a living nightmare for every one of us." Aizawa adds.

The Wild, Wild Pussycats then turns to the Bat Family, Catwoman, and Delta, who gives them a glare, in a brooding way, as they glare right back at them.

"Anyway, we need to get the students evacuated. Our priority is getting those students inside safely and deal with those villains." Aizawa told them.

"Hate to break it to you, this area in the middle of the night is like we're in a hunting ground. These criminals are like predators and we're the prey, leaving this area wide open for them to get to us and the students." Batgirl points out which the students, the Pussycats, Aizawa, and Vlad King knew that she made a valid point.

"She has a point, we need to protect them if we want to get out alive." Batman agrees, approaches them.

"And how are we going to do that?" Pixie-Bob questions with a glare.

"By having some help." The voice of Green Arrow said as he, Arsenal, Long Shadow, Speedy, Wind Dragon, and Zatanna revealed themselves from the shadows.

Wind Dragon is a young Japanese with a lean muscular appearance, short black hair, and black eyes. He wore a red and white bodysuit, green crystals on the side of his torso, with black straps on the side of his upper thighs, white boots with black straps, white vambraces with black straps, white shoulder pads with green crystals, and white armor with a green crystal on the center of the chest, and red lining.

Speedy is a young teen girl with medium brown hair that reaches down to her shoulder blades, and hazel eyes. She wore a crimson hooded coat, crimson mask, black fingerless gloves, crimson leather pants, black boots, and a utility belt. She carries a customized recurve bow and arrows on her back, a double-edged sword on her back, combat knife strapped on her boot, and four throwing knives on her thigh.

"Batman." Green Arrow said respectfully, smirked.

"Green Arrow." Batman said.

"It's you guys." Izuku said surprisingly.

"We're here to help you guys get back in the building safely and taking them down." Speedy said with a serious glare.

However, in Mineta's mind, he turns his head in between Speedy and Zatanna which he's got something on his perverted mind. But it snapped out of his thoughts when Catwoman and Ibara whipped him with the whip and a vine.

"Mineta, what have we told you about being a pervert?" Nightwing warned him when he, Batman, Red Robin, Batgirl, Delta, Robin, and Red Hood stares at the pervert with a brooding glare.

Mineta snapped after rubbing his ass, he noticed a murderous intent being directed at him.

"So, you're that perverted freak who causes trouble, huh?" Speedy snarled with a sinister glint in her eyes. "I hate perverts you know. And I personally took down scumbags who tries to rape women."

By now, Mineta was a fearfully whimper mess when they visually shoot daggers at him murderously. The Wild, Wild Pussycats and the students were looking at them fearfully.

"Sorry about that." Aizawa apologizes with a sigh, placing his hand against his forehead. "But I'd appreciate if you let him off the hook for now, because of the problem."

"Fine." Speedy reluctantly replied with a sigh, which everyone knows that she's still a little disgruntled.

"Anyway, what's the plan?" Vlad King inquires. "We can't have the students wonder around in the forest without supervision."

With that, they gathered around to formulate a plan to get the students to safety while fighting against the League of Villains, Scarecrow, and Prometheus. After 12 minutes of planning, Batman spoke.

"Alright, remember the plan. We get the students to safety and defend them against the criminals before the forest turns into a nightmare." Batman informed them. "But in case this happens, have your gas masks ready."

"And I'll be there to purify the gas with my wind." Wind Dragon told him, earned his attention. "My powers are to conjure the wind, I can blow the gas away and purify it."

(Liberators- by Epic Score)

Batman nods as they're about to move when Pixie-Bob suddenly had a pink glowing aura around her body.

"Hey, what's happening!" Pixie Bob yelled before being yanked away when Speedy fires the arrow to follow her.

Then, the gas began to spread as the students, the Pussycats, the Justice League, the Bat Family, Delta, Catwoman, Aizawa, and Vlad King put their gas masks on.

"Looks like they didn't waste time." Red Hood said pulls out his pistols.

"What do we do?" Ojiro asks when Pixie-Bob was able to catch up with the others as both Magne and Spinner revealed themselves from the forest.

"Now that wasn't nice, shooting an arrow at me." Magne said with a scowl, pulling an arrow out of her shoulder. "Guess we'll be dealing with you first."

"What?! No way!" Mineta exclaims, backed up and unable to believe when he's seeing. "I thought they made sure no one could find us. So, why the heck are those villains attacking us?!"

"Didn't you even listen of what we told you?!" Delta shouts in annoyance. "Of course not, because you're thinking with your dick instead of your head!"

It got Izuku gasped and realized someone is missing.

"Where's Kota?!" Izuku asks.

"He's probably at his hideout! We'll find Kota and get him outta here!" Batman suggested, turns to Robin. "Robin, with me!"

Robin nods as she and Batman ran through the forest to find Kota before the villains get to him. But little did they know, both Tetsutetsu, Izuku, and Kosei follows them.

"Guess having them evacuated to camp is out of the window. We have no choice but to kick some ass." Red Robin states, pulls out his battle staff.

"But, the students-"

"If you got any better ideas, we're all ears, Mandalay! Let's hear it!" Nightwing shouts with a scowl.

Mandalay was taken aback of his outburst which Red Robin made a valid point since they won't be able to evacuate the students, and she got nothing.

"That's what I thought." Nightwing said, pulls out his battle sticks. "But we still can defend against those criminals."

That was when Spinner walked up in front of Magne with his arms out.

"How are you this evening, U.A. High School?" Spinner said with a smirk. "We are part of the Vanguard Action Squad, the League of Villains."

"The League of Villains?!" Ojiro exclaims with his eyes widen.

"Better yet, where's Scarecrow?!" Red Hood demands. "Shouldn't he be with you-"

"WATCH OUT!" Arsenal shouts as he quickly fires his arrow, deflecting the other arrow. "Prometheus..."

Prometheus then revealed himself from the shadows with enraged look on his face.

"Arsenal!" Prometheus snarled, then turns to Green Arrow and Speedy. "You!"

Prometheus then draws out his sword, charges after Green Arrow, who blocks it with his bow as they began clashing against each other. Speedy then joins in when she pulls out her sword, helping her brother fight.

"Seems our friend over there has a different goal in mind." Magne states, watching the three archers fighting.

"Yeah, no wonder he joins us for some vengeance." Stain said but decided to change the subject as he turns to them. "Anyway, with these archers example, when deciding if someone should live or die, we must be careful that we abide by Stain's principles."

"Stain!?" Izuku exclaims with a glare when Spinner mentions his name.

"So, you're the ones he ended up inspiring!" Tenya growls.

"At your service! That's us! And you, four-eyes, I believe I recognize you. You're one of the self-righteous brats who attacked Stain in Hosu City." Spinner said, pointing at Tenya.

"If you're looking for Batman and Robin, they're busy." Catwoman told him, readying her whip. "And I should say the same about the both of you."

"Well, well, if it isn't the Catwoman herself. We've actually been looking the those two, but we'll make due with all of y'all. Lemme introduce myself." Spinner said, grabbing his sword from his back.

Once he pulled it out while the cloth came undone, it revealed a bizarre-looking sword that's the same size as him and was made a different variety of blades and hatchets. They appeared to be held together by chains and belts.

"Call me Spinner!" Spinner introduces himself. "I'm here to make Stains dreams a reality."

"Okay, that's one weird-ass blade." Red Hood points out, aims his firearms at Spinner. "But we're not letting that happen."

Izuku widen his eyes with a gasp in shock when Mandalay raises her hand. Tiger, however, had enough of him.

"I don't care who you are, you're criminals!" Tiger snarls angrily. "The woman you're planning to kill 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 their full potential. She's looking for a mate, but otherwise, she's content. WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO CUT SUCH A HAPPY LIFE SHORT?!"

"Didn't you know it's not a Heroes job to be happy!?" Spinner yelled as he charged at them, but Delta throws two flashbang grenades at them.

Then, the flashbangs explode and flashes them, causing Spinner and Magne to grunt while covering their eyes. Batgirl and Red Robin threw their batarangs at the swords, then explodes and destroys it while sending Spinner flying down to the ground.

Meanwhile in the forest, Green Arrow and Speedy are teaming up fighting against Prometheus, parrying each other's attacks with their weapons. Prometheus swings his sword which Green Arrow ducks down and counters by kicking him in the knee while punching him in the jaw. Speedy was about to deliver a swing with her sword, but Prometheus blocks it with his own sword, but didn't have time to react when Green Arrow kicks him in the sternum. Prometheus was knocked down to the ground, but uses a kip-up and readying his fighting stance.

Prometheus looks at the Queen siblings with anger as he charges after them while Green Arrow and Speedy does the same. Prometheus swings his sword horizontally, which Green Arrow ducks while Speedy leaps in midair and lands behind him, delivering a kick to the knee joint while her brother punches him in the stomach, followed by a punch to the jaw. Speedy then grab hold of his arm, delivering a shoulder a single-hand shoulder throw while disarming his sword.

They began tag team to each other while delivering a series of punches and kicks to Prometheus, who's holding on by blocking and tried to counter which neither of the siblings are giving him to fight back. Green Arrow delivers an uppercut to the chin while Speedy takes him down, sweeping his leg and knocking him down to the ground and then knocks him out by punching him in the jaw.

It got their attention when they noticed the Queen siblings were able to take him down easily.

"Iida, I'm gonna need you to get Prometheus inside of camp. Make sure you keep an eye on him." Aizawa suggested, glances at Tenya.

"Right!" Tenya replied as he carries Prometheus over his shoulders, then ran towards camp.

"I'll go with since he'll be needing some help." Zatanna told him. "Long Shadow, Arsenal, I'll need some helping hands."

Long Shadow and Arsenal nods when Shihai, Pony, Setsuna, and Reiko walk next to them.

"We'll come with you." Shihai said seriously. "You'll need a lot of help since those villains are probably going after him."

Zatanna, Long Shadow, and Arsenal glances at each other since Shihai made a valid point, they then turned to them.

"Alright, you can come." Zatanna said. "But you better put your powers to good use, and remember this, we work as a team. You understand?"

Shihai, Pony, Setsuna, and Reiko replied with a nod as they then follows them.

(Music Ends)


When the attack started, Kota was sitting high up on the cliff that's his hiding place. Thinking back to a conversation Mandalay tried to have with him, but made Kota growl in anger.

"No one like that really exists." Kota said, but thought back of Ethan's words. "All except him...and his team."

That's when he looked up and gasp upon seeing the gas was spreading the entire forest. He stood up as the mixture of the pink gas and Fear Toxin covers the entire part of the forest.

"Hey, kid."

Kota turned and gasped when he saw a hulking figure of Muscular walking around the corner. Kota started to become scared as he approached him, knowing he wasn't part of the training regiment. The vibes and the intent to kill were radiating off of his body.

That's when he figured out that Muscular is the same criminal who almost killed his parents years ago.

"Kota. Kota! I hope you can hear my voice. Batman and Robin are on their way! I'm sorry I can't come to you! Just sit tight!"

Mandalay's desperate call only frightened Kota even more as he tried backing away from Muscular. However, he froze when the criminal started talking to him.

"I came up here scouting for a nice vantage point, and here I find someone who's not in our list." Muscular said, staring down at the boy.

Kota began to shiver in fear as Muscular got closer to him. Then, both Batman and Robin were up in the air as they threw a number of batarangs at him, explodes and making Muscular stumble back. Batman and Robin lands on the cliff while Kosei, Izuku, and Tetsutetsu leaps off the platform, lands on the cliff.

"Ugh, who's the wise guy throwing those exploding stuff at me?!" Muscular grunts, pulling out his cloak and mask when he notices a certain Dark Knight. "You!"

"Goto, heard you got out of prison." Batman said with a brooding glare.

"Damn right I did!" Muscular snarled angrily. "And because of that, I made a promise that I'll get my revenge on you and your team!"

Muscular then turns, noticed Izuku as he smirks.

"Well now, it's my lucky day, you were definitely on the list." Muscular said, then glances back at Batman and Robin. "And I get to kill you at the same time."

"Well, ain't that nice. Someone put us on the 'killing' list." Tetsutetsu said sarcastically, glaring at Muscular. "Hey, Midoriya, did you call for backup?"

"I did, but the Heroes are still busy with the villains." Izuku replied.

"Then that means we're on our own." Robin states with a glare. "We're gonna have to fight him."

Batman then looks back at Kota and saw tears streaming down to his face, shivering in fear from the criminal.

They remembered years ago that Muscular invaded the village and about to kill the Pro Heroes known as Water Hose, but the Bat Family thwarted his plan, take him down, and arrest him in Tartarus. But after learning of the breakout recently, Muscular has been on a loose and joins with the League of Villains to get revenge.

"Kota, I need you to find a place to hide." Batman suggested, earned his attention. "We'll handle this from here."

"That's right, we'll take care that meathead." Tetsutetsu adds with a smirk, hardens himself with his Quirk. "Besides, this is a good time to show that creep what we can really do!"

Kosei and Izuku agrees to his statement as they readied their fighting stance while Batman and Robin does the same. Muscular couldn't be feeling amused of them, thinking they can win against him.


Meanwhile inside of the forest, Tenya, the students, and the Justice League continued their way back to camp, after the Queen siblings were able to get Prometheus' weapons while binding him.

"I thought there's supposed to be Fear Toxins spreading around in the forest, but all I see is pink gas!" Tenya exclaims. "Any ideas?"

"Could be some kinda poison gas, but I can't say for certain." Speedy guessed with a glare, readying her bow.

"All that matters now is we were able to apprehend Prometheus." Green Arrow told his sister. "But we still need to try and knock some senses into him."

"What do you mean?" Shihai inquires curiously. "What made him become a villain?"

"His name is Gene Morrison, he's Simons son." Green Arrow told him. "Simon Morrison is the first Prometheus in Star City, but his name changed to Adrian Chase and became an attorney and a serial killer. Both he and our old man had history."

"Our father and his father fought many times, but Simon is a few steps ahead of him. Simon did a number on our dad by torturing him physically and mentally, he tried to get the answers which we all know he only did it for his own amusement." Speedy adds which Shihai, Pony, Setsuna, and Reiko shocked. "At the time, dad was able to expose his identity and told him that his father was originally going to disown him be of him as a psychopath."

"That's deep, way deep." Shihai states.

"It gets worse." Green Arrow points out, but raising his arm. "Hold it!"

The Justice League and the students stopped when they heard the rustling from the bushes when Moonfish revealed himself.

"Crap! That's Moonfish!" Speedy growls with a scowl. "It looks like those scumbags split up in the middle of the forest."

"It sure looks like it." Zatanna agrees, readying her wand. "And by the looks of that guy, it almost like he came out of the insane asylum."

"Get too work! Get too work!" Moonfish chanted.


While at the other part of the forest, Spinner charges after Batgirl as she and Red Robin does the same. Batgirl blocks his arm while counter by kneed him to the gut and punched him in the face, and Red Robin delivers a spinning heel kick to the face. It got Spinner stumble back a bit, but holding on in defense by blocking their attacks.

Then, the pink aura surrounds Batgirl as she's been yanked by Magne.

"Over here, little bat." Magne taunts, but Catwoman cracks her whip right into her arm, forcing her to disarm her weapon.

"Sorry, but I won't let you interfere of their business." Catwoman said with a smirk, readied her fighting stance. "Also, I'm not letting you use that old trick."

"My, my, aren't you a feisty little kitty~!" Magne said with a smirk. "But since we found you, you were on the list."

"Naughty, naughty, you should know I'm not into women." Catwoman mocks back.

Magne glares at her remark, but earned a punch to the face by Tiger.

"Kenji Hikiishi, villain named Magne! Wanted for 9 counts of aggravated property, 3 murders, and 29 attempted murders!?" Tiger yelled furiously while delivering swings of punches which Mange dodges easily, but as Tiger was about to deliver an uppercut, she caught it.

"Ooh~! Does that mean I'm famous?" Magne asks with a smirk, but Catwoman leaps in midair and delivers a flying kick to the face, making her stumble.

"You're only half right, but you're not close." Catwoman states, lands next to Tiger as she stands up. "You're the most wanted criminal by the police."

"Guys, somethings wrong!" Mandalay shouts, earned their attention. "I still haven't heard from Ragdoll! It isn't like here not to report!"

It got them shocked when Mandalay informed them of Ragdoll, meaning that the criminals somehow found her and took her down.

"I'll go find her!" Delta shouts, then ran through the forest to find Ragdoll while Aizawa decided to follow her.


"You really think you can save this little brat?" Muscular taunts, chuckled as his muscles retracted his arm. "That does sound like something a wannabe Hero would say. Your kind sure likes to mouth off about justice."

It got Izuku glaring at him while Tetsutetsu and Kosei scowling at him, waiting for Muscular to make his move.

"You know nothing about justice." Batman remarked, unfazed of his mockery. "All you did is massacre, you're nothing but a criminal."

Though, Muscular doesn't care as he turns to Izuku.

"The names Midoriya, right?" Muscular asks as the muscle fibers covered his right arm. "Perfect! We were told we could take some initiative and kill you, but first, a little torment! Show me your blood!"

Muscular then rush towards Izuku as he leaps in midair, causing Tetsutetsu to quickly react as he gets in front of him. Tetsutetsu raises his arms to block when Muscular punches him, but with sheer strength and his Quirk, he sent both him and Izuku flying right towards the wall. They crashed into the face of the cliff, making them cry out in pain.

"Midoriya! Tetsutetsu!" Kosei shouts with his eyes wide.

"You two alright?!" Batman asks, turns to them.

"Yeah, barely!" Tetsutetsu grunts in pain. "Damn he's strong!"

"Not just that, his durability and his speed are also enhanced because of his Quirk, Muscle Augmentation." Batman clarifies.

"Right on the money, this bad boy makes me stronger and faster, and I can dish out any punishment." Muscle said with a smirk. "Oh yeah, almost forgot I'm still on a job here. Maybe you can help me out a little bit first, do you know where a kid named Bakugo might be around here?"

It got Midoriya, Tetsutetsu, Kosei, and the Bat Family widen their eyes in shock, wondering why they were looking for Bakugo.

"I still have a job to do after all." Muscle said, lunged forward, aiming for a punch.

Izuku quickly grabs Tetsutetsu and dodges the attack by jumping to the side, saving himself and him before Muscular could punch the wall.

"Wait, they're after Bakugo?! Why?" Kosei asks.

"Nothing good I bet." Robin states with a glare.

"I'll take your silence to mean that you don't know, is that right?" Muscular guessed with a smirk.

"Even if we know where he is, we're not telling you!" Kosei shouts.

"Oh good, playtime!" Muscular shouts, enhanced his legs and rushed after Batman when Kosei quickly gets in front of him as he uses his Quirk to solidify air, forming a wall and blocking the kick.

It buys Batman and Robin throws out the flash bombs, making Muscular grunts while blocking his eyes. Tetsutetsu sees the opportunity as he lunges in midair while harden his fist.

"Steel Fist" Tetsutetsu then delivers a single punch to the spine, making Muscular grunts.

"Smash" Izuku then use his Full Cowling and delivers a punch to the head, knocking him down to the ground.

Batman and Robin were able to get Kota away as the three students ran next to them.

"You two alright?" Robin asks.

"Yeah, but we're lucky somehow." Tetsutetsu replied, looks at Muscular. "I don't think we're out just yet."

And he's right, Muscular stood back up and looks at them.

"Alright, that's pretty good, but don't think I'm falling for that trick again!" Muscular said with a smirk.

"So, what's the plan, Bats?" Kosei inquires. "He's too fast and too strong for us to handle."

"Maybe, but I've dealt with him before. He's like Bane, strong but not too bright." Batman told them. "Kosei, were you able to train your Quirk?"

"Yeah, I made it more resilient years back after the number of incidents and done it like there's no tomorrow." Kosei answered.

"Then, I need you to play defense while Tetsutetsu and Izuku back you up." Batman told him. "Robin, this is where your Quirk comes to play. Once he's off guard, use your Quirk to erase his power, permanently."

Robin gives him a nod, remembered her rigorous training with him and the Bat Family to make her Quirk stronger while learning new methods of how to use it.

"Aw, try to stratgize already. Well, it won't help cause I'm just warming up!" Muscular shouts, then lunges after them when Kosei quickly use his Quirk to form a solid air wall, blocking his punch again while Batman throws his pellet at him. "What? Your flash bomb again?"

Batman can only respond with a smirk as the tear gas pellet explodes, making Muscular coughs while his eye is turning red.

"T-Tear Gas?! I'll give you something to cry about!" Muscular snarls angrily, but only when Tetsutetsu, Izuku, and Batman rushes after him as the two punches him in the stomach and the Dark Knight delivers a kick to the face.

Muscular stumbles back a bit, but didn't have a moment to breath when Izuku punches him in the sternum, followed by a punch to the face. Tetsutetsu then kneed him into the chin and Batman kicks him in the knee, making him collapse down to one knee.

Robin founds her opening as she leaps in midair, lands on top of his shoulder as she then began to use her Quirk, grunting while try to erase his power. Muscular groans in pain while try to get her off of him, but Batman brings out his knuckle dusters as he delivers a punch to the stomach and to the sternum. Kosei was able to catch up to them as he uses his Quirk to form a prison wall, trapping him and immobilized.

Robin then shouts, and able to erase his Quirk. She then jumps off of him while Muscular is now rendered unconscious and Quirkless.

"Is it over?" Izuku asks.

"Yes, his days of murdering is over. He's now a man with no power." Batman told him. "Let's go catch up with the others."

"Oh, I'm afraid it'll be too late, Batman." The voice of Scarecrow said which it got their attention when he revealed himself. "It's been a long time, little bat."

"Jonathan Crane." Batman said with a growl.

"So that's Crane, who goes as the Scarecrow?" Kosei asks, terrified of his appearance.

"The very same." Batman answered.

"Ah, I see you brought your sidekick. It has been decades and yet, you're still here. Even younger than me." Scarecrow said with a sinister smirk.

"Crane, where did you hide the Fear Toxins?" Batman demands.

"Now where's the fun in that? But I noticed that you've grown soft the last time we fought, how disappointing." Scarecrow states.

"You're right, I'm not Bruce." Batman told him.

"Ah, so, you're an imposter. Someone try to live up his legacy. Well, I'll have you know, I won't let it happen." Scarecrow said, chuckled. "But, allow me to demonstrate of how my new Fear Toxin works."

And with that, he uses his syringes by jabbing Muscular in the back of his neck, injecting him with the Fear Toxins. It got Izuku, Kosei, Tetsutetsu, and Kota widen their eyes in horror while watching the Scarecrow injecting the Fear Toxins inside him. Muscular stirred and groans as he wakes up, but just as soon as he woke up, he saw different images of the figures. It got him widen his eyes with horror, seeing the monsters dripping in insects and maggots which it got him screaming.

"No! Get away! Get away from me!"

Muscular then covers himself with a cloak.

"You see? This is my new and improve Fear Toxins. But this is just the beginning, Batman." Scarecrow said as he then presses the remote causing the Fear Toxins to spread the entire forest with a mixture of pink gas. "Welcome to your worst nightmare, Batman!"

And then, Scarewcrow starts to laugh with a sinister triump as the forest began to turn into a living horror.

That's it for the 43rd chapter.

Have a wonderful Merry Christmas everyone!