The four-eyed monster looked down at Izuku, its tongue hanging out slightly as it let out a primal cry. While the noise sent a cold wave pulsing through the green-haired teen, he did not back down.
"Tetsutetsu!" cried Izuku to his friend and classmate without taking his eyes from the threat in front of him. "Get out of here!"
Gritting his teeth, Midoriya used the skills he had learned from the Kendo Dojo to leap upward from the ground and kick his target right in the lower jaw. As he fell back towards the ground, the young hero spun his body around rapidly before landing on his feet. The four-eyed thing then tried to reach out and grab him only for Izuku to kick his hand away. Yet that was as far as he got as the dark, eyeless one backhanded the teen. Blood flew out of Izuku's mouth the moment contact was made, his ribs almost cracking from the blow. But before he could even process the full extent of the pain he was in, the Divine Divider found himself flying towards a wall of a nearby building at a dangerous speed.
"Horn Cannon!" came Pony's voice. Then, before Izuku could become a mere splat against the wall, a pair of horns rocketed toward him. Attaching themselves at his waist the horns turned to the side, narrowly avoiding the wall while slowing down the inertia. Now Izuku could see his friend and-
"PONY!" yelled Izukun in a state of pure panic. "BEHIND YOU!"
He watched as the blonde's eyes widened in confusion, not realizing that the bat-winged thing was now behind her. With hands raising above its brain-exposed head, it looked ready to deliver a crushing blow to the girl's skull. One that was stopped thanks to Shishida who tackled the monster as his size began to increase. With his increased mass, the even more beast-like teen pinned the bat-winged thing down while delivering blow after blow right into its face! Yet, even from this distance, Izuku could see that each of Shishida's punches were doing little, if anything, to hurt that monster.
Somehow, the bat creature was able to push Shishida off of him before grabbing him by the wrists and taking off. Thankfully, before it could get too far away, Itsuka had begun using the training from her mother's class to leap from wall to wall in the alleyway between the two buildings to get high into the air so that she was above her target. With an enlarged hand she made a chopping motion right into the monster's back while Pony launched more horns aimed at its wings. A cry of pain was finally heard as the two attacks hit at the same time causing the thing to drop its prey. As for Shishida, he shrank before he hit the ground while also curling himself into a ball in order to transfer his momentum.
Glancing over where the other two creatures were, Izuku saw that his class was trying to deal with the intruders. Shiozaki had extended her vines out, wrapping them around the two things so tightly that the thorns should have been digging into their flesh. At the same time Kamakiri, Rin, and Kaibara were striking at them close range with their quirks. Blades extended, Kamakiri seemed to leap between the two while sounding a little like Bakugo. However, he wasn't able to give them so much as a paper cut. And while Kaibara and Rin attacked with their own quirks neither of their strikes even did so much as dent the things. Even Tetsutetsu, who had stayed in the area, tried punching them to no avail. All the while, the hand villain just stood there scratching his cheek slightly.
"Well, this is boring," commented the villain lazily. "Nomu, you're all so high-leveled that these newbies can't even scratch you. Might as well be the main protagonist in one of those anime Sword Something animes. Guess none of you will need a boost. Just kill them already."
Before Izuku's mind could process what it had heard, the vines snapped as the two things now known as Nomu let out mighty roars while their arms swung in the air. Everyone there was knocked back skidding on the ground so hard that several of them left small trails of blood in their wake. Even the bat Nomu joined in, grabbing Shishida and Pony before flinging them over with the rest so that they could all be killed at once!
As for Itsuka, she had taken matters into her own hands. After activating her quirk to enlarge both of her hands, the orange-haired girl began smashing and digging into the buildings and streets ripping out large chunks. Beads of sweat appeared on her brow as she then began to punch into the rubble until they were smaller, regardless of the blood dripping from her hands. Then…
"Yanagi, give us cover!" yelled Kendo.
Izuku watched in amazement as the silver-haired girl's quirk activated, levitating and moving around all the debris that Kendo had just made. It spirals around the area until it became something like a wind storm that nearly blinded everyone there. Squinting, Izuku could see the hand villain raising his hands to protect himself. Then, before he could give out an order to his minions, Itsuka appeared in front of him with her fist still enlarged.
"STAY AWAY FROM MY CLASSMATES!" With that warcry uttered, Itsuka punched the hand man with all her might sending him against the wall right behind him! One of the Nomu then tried to swipe at her only for the Big Fist user to dodge it with a leap back into the mass of debris. Then, after a moment or two, it ended leaving the villain and his three Nomu standing in the middle of the street alone.
Slowly, the man stood on shaky legs and narrowed eyes filled with anger. His right hand began to twitch as if begging to be used. However, the villain ignored it as his eyes focused on where the U.A. students had been.
"Nomu," breathed the villain, pure hate dripping off his words. "Find them and kill them."
Meanwhile…
"Just what the heck were you thinking?!" The entirety of 1-B flinched when they heard that, Kendo's voice echoing around the mock office building they were all currently hiding in. As many of the students there did the best they could to patch up their injuries, their eyes constantly shifted to the fuming orange-haired girl. She stood in one of the corners of the room with her arms crossed against her chest looking down at Tetsutetsu. The Steel quirk user was currently on his knees, head downcast.
"Sorry I," began Tetsutetsu before pausing to gulp loudly as he looked up at the angry expression of Itsuka. "Look, when I heard them talking about killing people I just didn't…I thought I could take them down and-"
Itsuka let out a growl, gritting her teeth as she continued to stare at Tetsutetsu while giving off an angry big sister vibe. One that had nearly the entire class giving them space. All except for two who barely stepped forward with their hands up in a calming manner.
"Lady Kendo, please," said Shishida in a tone meant to bring a sense of calm. "I'm sure it was never Sir Tetsutetsu's intention to put anyone in harm's way. His actions were surely done with the goal of protecting the school."
"H-He's right Itsuka," added Izuku. "If he hadn't done that, those things would have just gone to the school to kill everyone."
Kendo gave her friend a look that nearly caused him to take a step back. However, after a moment, her features softened somewhat.
"I know that," she admitted before glancing over at the Steal Quirk user. "But it would have been smarter to try and sneak around to the school. They had no idea we were here. We could have easily told the teachers what just happened or warned the students. But now, we're stuck here. Hey, Hatsume. What're they doing now?"
The class turned to look over at Mei who was standing by the window with a grin still on her face. From what Izuku knew, her quirk let her zoom in on things like a pair of binoculars. If this wasn't a life-or-death situation, he would be asking her so many questions.
"Hehehe, you guys made him mad!" laughed the crazy Support Course student. "Right now that handyman is stomping his foot like a kid throwing a temper tantrum while the rest of them are just breaking stuff. Must be looking for us."
That's when Tokage stepped forward, her arms missing as well as an eye.
"Yeah, and they're going to be looking for a while," said the Lizard-Tail Splitter. "I have a bunch of my pieces out there making noises to lead them away from us. Hopefully, we can distract them until a teacher comes looking for us."
"Excuse me Lady Tokage," began Shishida before clearing his throat. "But I was just wondering what will happen if said teacher runs into those brutes?"
Setsuna didn't say anything out loud. Not like she needed to as her face just seemed to scream the answer. A single teacher, even a former pro hero, might be able to handle one of those things. But all three? That might be a little much. And what if they tried to make a break for it and those monsters chased after them into the school?
Fear began to settle on the entire class. Izuku could see it all, even in Itsuka's face. He was scared too. The teen tried to calm himself, using Mr. Kendo's words to try and solve this problem. So that they could all get out of this situation alive. But no matter what he tried he just couldn't figure it out! He wasn't strong enough to use Divine Dividing on these monsters, not without his wings breaking due to the strain and falling on his ass again. Even if he did try to sap the strength of the same one he had divided before and it succeeded, that still left two that were pretty tough. Much stronger than any of his normal kicks could take care of. The only option he could see having even a chance at succeeding was to fly towards the school and find a teacher. But the odds that the Nomu, as the villain called them, spotting him were too great. If they did, they would surely follow him to the school and just begin the rampage they had planned on! At least like this they could keep the damage to a minimum. At least for a while. In the end, there was simply nothing he could…
Suddenly, the young hero's eyes widened as he turned to look at his classmates. Mr. Kendo was right! He had all the tools he needed, he just needed to figure it out. But he had also told the teen that his greatest obstacle was himself. The problem was that he was only thinking about what he could do by himself! Hadn't he written down his entire class's quirks? Wasn't he aware of all the skills they brought to the table? And what about the area? Couldn't he make use of it?
Bits and pieces of information began to swirl around in the green-haired teen's mind, slowly becoming puzzle pieces that came together. Even faster when he glanced around the room, reminding himself of his allies and their abilities. Slowly, he began to come to the conclusion that his plan could work.
'But, can I do my part in this plan?' thought Izuku as he bit his lower lip hard enough to draw blood. 'When I used Divine Dividing on that Nomu, it was so strong that my wings shattered! If it does that again, not only will I be killed but so will everyone else. Wait, the wings only shatter when the strain of too much access energy becomes too great. So if I have a way to release that energy…I wasn't going at my full speed so if I can shift that energy to that then maybe…'
Izuku's eyes widened as he then turned to look at his classmates…only to realize that they were already staring at him. No doubt he had been muttering everything and had weirded them out. So the teen just gave a nervous laugh.
"I think I have an idea," he said aloud at last. "I won't pretend that it's perfect, but it might just stop those things. But it's going to take all of us to do it."
There was a brief moment of hesitation before the class gave Izuku their full attention. Since nobody else had any ideas, they were willing to at least hear him out. Seeing this, Midoriya nodded before turning to Mei.
"Hatsume, can you make the robots here extra dangerous?" he asked. "Like just go wild and make them a serious threat?"
The Support Student looked at him as if Christmas had come early, a bit of drool escaping her lips. But she quickly wiped it away before pulling out a wrench which then twirled in her hand.
"Give me five minutes and I'll see what I can do," she said before laughing, sending shivers down the spines of all the students.
-x-
"Where are they?!" roared Shigaraki as he stomped his foot on the ground, his childish whining echoing down the streets while being carried off by the wind. In his mind, he knew what he should do: just walk through the gates at the other end of this area to enter the school and then have his Nomu slaughter everyone. Maybe even capture it on video for the public to watch. But if he did that then those brats might get away! Including that stupid NPC that punched him. The nerve of her! What had he done to deserve that?
Before Shigaraki could answer his own question sound of one of his Nomu crying out in pain caught his attention. Turning, he glanced over at the four-eyed one seeing its hands covering its eyes as it thrashed about. And above its head were…four floating fingers? Stupidly, the villain blinked at that before he was caught off guard again by the sounds of dozens of windows breaking. As glass rained down on the streets, the leader of the League of Villains looked up to see a number of green machines with twin tails using one of the metal legs to clear all the shards out of the window frame. Before he could even guess how many there were, he spotted several robots with the number 'one' painted on them racing towards them.
"Divide!" came a voice that was annoyingly familiar to Shigaraki. Before he could turn around, he saw a flash of light burst past him. Just briefly he was able to make out the kid in green before the noob rocketed down the street past the army of machines and out of sight.
That's when the streets became a warzone. From the windows, rubber bullets rained down upon them from all directions. Both ground Nomu let out cries of pain as they were struck protecting their master on instinct, shielding him from the shots that struck with so much force that they imbedded themselves into the pavement. As for the winged Nomu, it tried to fly up higher in an attempt to drive down and launch a counterattack. But as soon as it was up there, more of the tailed robots revealed themselves to be on the roof. They fired their projectiles at the winged one, forcing it back. But what was most shocking to the villain was how the eyeless Nomu was reacting! It trashed around more than the other two and showed signs that it was in far more pain than either of the other two Nomu. A sight that shocked the Shigaraki as this one was supposed to be the closest in power to the one that was killing All Might right now!
By this point, the robots with the number one painted on them had closed the distance to begin their attack. The black Nomu swung at them, but his attack was slower than before and lacked the same amount of force that it had when it sent that green-haired noob flying. Because of this, the machines were able to dodge the swipe before surrounding the Nomu, wrapping their metal arms around its body. Wait, shouldn't that have been easier for it to-
Shigaraki's thoughts were cut off as the robots exploded. The villain's ears began ringing in pain as he was flung backward, thankfully caught by the other two Nomu who were now trying to get their master out of the shower of bullets. Shigaraki let them, ignoring everything around him as he focused on his black bioweapon. There the eyeless brute stood there as he continued to be pelted, smoldering embers marking the outlines of the areas of missing skin! As the villain tried to process this, he was suddenly dropped to the ground like a sack of potatoes when the Nomu spotted a couple of those brats down the street. They chased after them, leaving Shigaraki alone.
-x-
At the same time in an undisclosed location, Mei Hatsume was grinning like a mad woman as she continued her work. Her movements were like a blur as she went from robot to robot, opening up various panels to supercharge everything she could. Their speed, accuracy, removing all the safety limiters, and doing a few other things that might get her expelled from U.A. had the situation not been so dire.
"Fly my babies! Fly!," she cried out with insane laughter. "Make your mama proud!"
While this was going on Tetsutetsu stood behind her, standing guard in case the villains figured out where the machines were coming from. To fight them, giving Mei time to escape should it come to that. But all he could do was stand there in awe at her work, heart thumping harder.
-x-
Elsewhere, Pony and Kodai were racing down a route given to them by Mei. The pair went down dark corridors and flights of steps, going deeper and deeper underground. On occasion, they would pass by a robot that would wave its slender arms in the air as it told them that they shouldn't be there. But neither girl listened as they continued forward to complete their part of the plan.
Eventually, the two came upon a large steel door. Not bothering to stop, Pony began to fire her Horn Cannon. The American girl didn't care if she got in trouble for damaging school property or anything like that. Her friend, one of the first she made when coming to this country, had given her an important task. With everyone risking their lives, how could Pony live with herself if she didn't do her part? If she didn't give it her all?
Luckily her horns were stronger than the door, shredding it into nothing in a matter of moments before kicking its remains down. When the pair crossed the threshold, they found themselves standing on a steel catwalk with the head of the zero-point robot looking right at them.
-x-
Back with Izuku, the teen gritted his teeth as he sped around the faux city at an alarming speed. Up and down the streets he went, burning through all the stolen strength he had before rounding up from behind each of Nomu to steal more from them. Halving their strength again and again. But, despite everything he was doing there was a great deal of pain. The first time he had divided their strength the strain had been almost too much to bear despite all he was doing. He felt like he was being torn apart as tears swelled up in his eyes. And while the other passes after those first ones were easier to bare, the pain he felt still lingered.
But, it would all be worth it if his entire class made it out of this alive. Izuku had managed to spot them all luring the ground Nomu, keeping them on the move. Itsuka jumped and dodge out of the way of the creatures chasing her while Manga used his quirk to zap them with lightning or blow them away with an explosion. Rin pelted them with scales that were now sticking into their flesh while Shoda used his Twin Impact to deliver remote blows to them after striking them once. And when the Nomu flung whatever they could at the ground troop Tsuburaba would come to the rescue by creating a solid air barrier to block it.
Meanwhile, the winged Nomu had begun doing its best to chase after Izuku. Trying being the keep word as, even before Izuku had used Divine Dividing on it, he was the faster of the two by far. Now, after three uses, the Nomu looked like it was having trouble just staying airborne! With this villain weakened, Izuku began to take the offensive as he continued his part of the plan. He would zoom forward, leaving that thing in his metaphorical dust before circling around to strike at it from behind. A kick to the head, heel to shoulder, and a jab to its side. Over and over again, Izuku delivered blow after blow in between stealing more of their strength.
Then, as he made another pass, he saw them! Pony and Kodai! The pair were high in the air in the middle of the false city, the American girl standing on her horns to keep her in the air while holding her classmate bridal style. As for Kodai, she was carrying something in her arms tightly.
A grin appeared on Izuku's face as he looked down to see that the others were in place. The one, two, and three-pointer robots had helped the class herd the two Nomu below to this position. Both of them didn't look so good now, bruises and burns covering their bodies from all the attacks they had received. They were also slower now as they looked like it was nothing short of sheer willpower that was allowing them to drag their bodies toward their targets. As for their leader, he too was following them into the middle of an intersection.
'Better make sure the gang is all together,' thought Izuku as he prepared for his first ultimate move. One he had been thinking about since he had gotten his wings. He shot up high into the air, far above the bat-winged Nomu. Once he was high enough, the teen shot down feet first while spinning around.
"Heavenly Dragon Fang!" As he said this, Izuku's feet connected with the Nomu's back sending it hurtling toward the ground. The teen almost joined it as he quickly discovered the drawback to this move: it made him really dizzy. Thankfully he was able to right himself before crashing, doing his best to correct his vision as he watched the end result of their planning as it came to fruition.
Honenuki was the first to act, softening the ground so much that it became like quicksand for the three monsters. Once they had sunk all the way down to their hip, the lipless teen stopped applying his quirk before Awase went in. With a grin, the bandanna-wearing boy welded their bodies to the ground at the atomic level while Shiozaki sent out her vines to bind their bodies further. Once the welder had finished, Bondo began covering the entire area with his glue as the cherry on top.
Once that was done, every student on the ground made a mad dash as Kodai dropped what she was carrying. At first, it looked like a small robot action figure. That is until she brought her hands together to deactivate her quirk. In an instant, the object returned to its original size making its identity known to all: the massive zero-pointer!
All of the Nomu looked up at their impending doom along with the hand villain who had managed to leap over to the black creature. As if he thought he could pry it out from the trap it was now in.
"Wait," said the villain, eyes wide with shock. "Is that a giant robot? How can this school afford that?"
SMASH!
The zero-pointer struck the ground sending a massive shockwave along with a massive cloud of dust racing down every street. Buildings around it shook with so much force that those closest to it began to crumble or simply toppled over, the debris landing on the robot. The street now had massive cracks spiderwebbing their way through the area, causing the fire hydrants to erupt with water. Slowly, class 1-B approached the robot while silence filled the air. Even Mei watched from a window to check and see if the nightmare was finally over. Then-
"BOOST!" came the voice of the villain. "TRANSFER!"
Izuku, who was still in the air looking down at the carnage, widened his eyes when he heard that and even more so when a black fist erupted from the zero-pointer's shell. Another hand joined it, together slowly pulling apart the metal to make a wider opening. The Nomu then staggered out, parts of its body missing as it bled out. It only managed to take three or four steps before it fell on the ground never to rise again. Yet what Izuku saw next shook him to his core. The hand villain had jumped out of the hole with a new addition to his costume: a red gauntlet with a green gem embedded on the back of the wrist covered the man's right hand.
"I see," came Albion's voice. Though this time it wasn't in Izuku's head. "So you are here Ddraig." Izuku blinked as he lifted his left hand finding Albion's gem had appeared again.
"Albion? I-It is you," came a new voice. Izuku noticed that the green gem on the villain's gauntlet began to glow when the voice spoke,
Now the villain lifted his hand in annoyance.
"You know this scrub?" asked the villain as he held up his hand in annoyance, looking between the metallic surface and the flying teen.
"Indeed, we know each other well mortal," answered Albion. "After all, we are both the great dragons whose souls were used to create the Sacred Gears. And once more we have found each other to continue our-"
"Albion, please help me!" wailed the one Izuku had to assume was Ddraig. It almost sounded like he was crying! "This human host is horrible! He uses me to scratch himself and…and he's just so annoying! I miss Issei!"
"Would you shut your whining?!" snapped the villain. "And who is this scrub?" Ddraig let out a sigh that made Izuku feel like he had done this more than once. At the same time, the Divine Divider began to glance around to see where the rest of his classmates were. They were still around, however they were tense while keeping their eyes glued on Izuku. No doubt they had seen the way he was hovering in the air, seeing this as well as his expression that told them that this wasn't over. Thankfully, no of them, not even Pony, Kodai, and Mei, were close enough to hear what was going on.
"I told you before of the other Heavenly Dragon," Ddraig said finally, clearly annoyed. "The one that is my opposite. While I double the strength of my user and can transfer that strength to others, Albion's power allows him to cut his opponent's power in half."
"What?!" whined the hand villain. "That's not fair! You never told me there was another person with cheat code powers! I was supposed to be the only one! Me!"
"I did tell you Shigaraki," began Ddraig. "Many times in fact."
The man-child then began to scratch his neck violently, over and over again. Izuku flew back a little, unnerved by the strange behavior. Then, just when it looked like he might claw out his own neck, the Boosted Gear user slammed his palm on the zero-pointer. What happened next scared Izuku as the machine that had given him so much trouble turned to dust with the pale man standing in the middle of it.
"Guess I'll have to do some experience farming for a-" began Shigaraki until he was interrupted as a black liquid shot out of his mouth. He flailed about calling out to someone he called Master before the black substance completely covered him. And then, he was gone.
