Author's Notes:
I am sure that you don't need a long-winded explanation before you read what happens next. So I'll save most of what I have to say for the end of the chapter.
Go ahead and read what happens next…
Midday: Unforeseen Simulation Joint (U.S.J.) Plaza…
Sean stared at the three opponents he was facing as the four sized each other up, looking for any obvious weaknesses. The young man adopted a narrow fighting stance that left almost no vulnerable open areas to strike, a stance he borrowed from watching the assassin from the world of Dragon Ball, Hit…
Kurogiri felt even bigger alarms go off in his head. His perception of this young man being dangerous skyrocketed to a certainty that he is EXTREMELY dangerous, and the stance he used carried an air of a professional killer that sent chills up his spine.
Sean maintained a serious face as he noticed the change in Kurogiri's ki, thinking, 'Ha. I see that my mimicry of Hit's stance is good enough to fool him into thinking I had killed as many people as Hit. When it is far from the truth. This should keep them occupied long enough for this large energy I'm sensing to rush over…'
Kurogiri quietly advised Shigaraki, "Shigaraki, we really have to go. This man is a professional killer with that stance. I briefly overheard how this guy was the one who knocked the U.S.J.'s doors off their hinges, we cannot fight him. Not unless we want to be killed before killing All Might…"
Shigaraki is no fool, he could tell the same thing from the stance he was seeing. But, he didn't sense the same feeling of dread. All he saw was red, he was feeling humiliated, not only did this person hurt him and threw him around, but he made the Nomu look like a joke. A weapon created by his master specifically to kill the Symbol of Peace, and whoever this guy is, he's making this very weapon look like no big deal.
"I hate him! Nomu! No more games, fight to kill!" Shigaraki ordered and the Nomu charged at the young man.
"Kurogiri…" Shigaraki ordered, which the wispy man acknowledged even if he thought otherwise.
Kurogiri opened a portal for Shigaraki to put his hand through and ended up grabbing the young man's wrist while he was distracted by the Nomu charging at him.
"Yes! I got you! Feeling your arm decaying?" Shigaraki smiled, only to morph into a frown as when he looked at the interloper's wrist, it showed no signs of decay.
His hand started to warm up at an alarmingly fast rate. Soon enough, Shigaraki felt his hand feel like he was touching a hot stove or put into a pot of boiling water and immediately let go and pulled it back to his face to cool it down with his breath. Sean Hashimoto saw the Nomu was a few feet away and the walking corpse tried to wrap its fingers around his neck. He was quick to react and put his hands between Nomu's hands and his neck.
"Shigaraki?" Kurogiri asked his charge, but Shigaraki didn't hear him.
Shigaraki inspected his hand after it stopped burning and saw his entire palm area red like one would see when they touch something at a high temperature. There was even a boil or two on his fingers, which made the villain tremble in growing frustration.
"Nomu! Choke the life out of him, then rip his fucking head off!" Shigaraki shouted angrily as soon as he noticed the Nomu had its hands around the man's neck.
Izuku overheard this from up on the stairs and looked to see the young man who rescued him and heal Aizawa, have his neck in the clutches of this thing designed to kill All Might. Ochako Uraraka saw Midoriya right by the stairs and rushed over to see if he was alright.
"Deku! Are you okay–YIPE!" the gravity manipulator squeaked in fright as the white-clad woman appeared right in front of her with Momo Yaororozu, Denki Kaminari, and Kyoka Jiro in her arms, then dropped the three on the floor.
"Three down," Rosa said to herself quietly as she then sensed some villains that weren't in the plaza trying to reach the entrance to kill the students there.
A tall, masked boy named Mezo Shoji used his quirk (Dupli-arms) and noticed the villains trying to reach them, he said, "Villains are trying to reach us on both sides…"
"Stand back from the railings…I'll slow them down, or stop them outright…" Rosa said as she soon breathed white fire onto her fingers. The woman then jammed them into the ground enough for her fingers to pierce through the concrete and stone.
The villains were nearly over the railings until they were in for a nasty surprise when 30-foot-tall walls of black flames erupted from the railings, burning the villains who got touched by the flames enough to scream in sheer agony as they vainly attempted to put out the fires burning them.
The students and Thirteen stepped a few steps further from the black flame walls hearing the cries of agony of the villains burned by these scary-looking flames, especially when a few of them were screaming in a panic that they can't put the fire out.
Thirteen asked Rosa, "Are these from you?"
Rosa chuckled a little as she said with a smile while pulling her fingers out of the ground, "Yeah, one of many tricks I possess. They're magic flames that only burn what I want them to burn, created from my dragon fire…"
"Dragon…fire…?" Hanta Sero asked, "You're saying you are an actual Dragon?"
"In my current state…" Rosa said while rubbing the back of her head, "…yeah, technically. I'm considered a dragon not unlike the Chinese Dragons…I have access to a crazy amount of abilities and powers at my disposal…"
Izuku would have heard this and immediately go ask questions to the white-haired woman, but his attention was squarely on Sean in the Nomu's grasp, and what Shigaraki ordered it to do.
He was about to rush in to help, but he soon saw the Nomu was being pushed back, and its hulking arms were forcefully being pried off of the black-clad man's neck. It left the inheritor of One For All stunned as he had a question formed in his head…
Just how powerful is this man…?
Sean Hashimoto had a good grip on the Nomu's hands, and he slowly pried them away from his neck. He had a predatory smirk on his face that only Kurogiri noticed, and felt his blood run icy-cold at seeing this face. Whoever this dangerous fella was, he was absurdly strong, and he was smiling, like he was enjoying this fight, like it was a game.
Shigaraki soon noticed and was beginning to be afraid as well, someone should not be finding enjoyment out of being in mortal danger. Eventually, Sean managed to pry the Nomu's hands away from his neck enough to let go of one of them, and then deliver a powerful punch to the gut that overcame its shock absorption quirk and made the creature clutch its stomach in pain. The Nomu backed away in shaky steps from Sean while its hands were over its stomach, it coughed up a little blood and then fell onto its knees and face in pain.
Even Shigaraki had a legitimate reason to heed Kurogiri's advice now, seeing whoever this "hero" is, he overwhelmed Nomu's shock absorption, which was a sign that this hero was MUCH stronger than All Might. Like, making All Might look like a pushover strong, was the best he could come up with.
Aizawa stared with surprise, thinking, 'He…he's inflicting damage on that creature…and it worked where I failed…how? And why is someone with power equal to or greater strength than All Might's…helping us? What is his angle?'
Even Izuku was shocked, he delivered a blow that the Nomu took and hardly flinched, yet this new ally managed to hit this monster hard enough to make it recoil in pain. He stopped right behind Aizawa and watched the young man smirk at his handiwork, and the two villains visibly trembled. While he felt immensely relieved to see that, whoever this guy is, he was willing to rescue and help them, Izuku couldn't help but feel, very afraid of this man. There was something about that unfathomable strength that unsettled him, especially as he was overwhelming the toughest villain here.
"Worry not, students!" a voice boomed, causing Izuku to notice and see by the entrance, a familiar figure not smiling as he ripped his necktie off, as he finished, "…Because, I am here…!"
"All Might…" Izuku said, then he noticed that the white-clad woman wasn't there.
He then saw Ochako and Mina cry like they did when that woman said she and the man fighting the Nomu were here to help them. Crying tears of relief as they felt so incredibly scared, and now, the Number One Hero was here to help them with the black-clad man & white-clad woman. He would be lying if he didn't feel the same relief the two girls felt, he wanted to break down in tears himself.
"All Might…" Thirteen called out to All Might, and then the rescue hero explained the situation briefly, "Those three in the plaza facing that black-armored man, they are the ringleaders, but that big guy on its knees is the most dangerous thing here. Somehow, the other two have said that thing was designed to fight you…"
All Might saw the big creature with its brain exposed shakily get up, blood coming from its mouth. It coughed and more blood came up, which shocked All Might as it indicated an internal injury or something. He also noticed rather severe and noticeable scars on the Nomu's body, they looked like claw marks and blast marks as well as showing signs they were burned onto the skin very recently. He noticed two villains watching the fight between the Nomu and this black-clad warrior.
"I see…what about the other two…?" All Might asked Thirteen, but it was Tsuyu Asui who answered for the pro, "The smoky guy could teleport himself and others, and that guy with all the hands can decay anything he touches…"
"Understood…" he noticed the two walls of black flames, then asked, "What about those?"
Shoji answered, "A woman wearing white armor and with white hair put them up. She said they were magic flames. Villains were trying to climb up and she erected them to keep them away. They apparently cannot be extinguished if the villains who were burned by them screaming in agony is any indication…"
"Where is this woman…?" All Might asked, but he saw a white-haired woman carrying two boys, who All Might recognized as Tokoyami Fumigake and Koji Kondo.
"That's her…" Thirteen replied, pointing at her, and not catching All Might looking a little mesmerized, like he was seeing a ghost of his past.
'Master?' All Might thought as the young woman's face reminded him of his master, the one who carried One For All before him.
Rosa dropped the two boys, then noticed the giant of a man looking at her. She was going to say something to him, but her eyes widened a bit, and then immediately looked in the direction of the plaza.
All Might noticed her attention focused on the plaza and noticed right as a pained, animalistic cry roared out in the facility…
One Minute Earlier…
Shigaraki trembled in fear, but also in growing anger, seeing someone make the thing designed to kill the number one hero in Japan, the Symbol of Peace, and this foe of his was making this very weapon look like an absolute joke.
"Nomu, kill him now!" Shigaraki ordered his weapon, which roared and charged at the threat that hurt it.
Sean smirked as he braced himself, the Nomu threw a punch to strike at him, but he dodged it with ease. The flurry of strikes couldn't even graze Sean, let alone touch him, and Sean soon decided to strike a low blow by delivering a bone-shattering kick right into the Nomu's crotch, complete with the sound of a few bones snapping under the pressure. The blow was severe enough for Shigaraki and Kurogiri, and any other man watching the exchange to reflexively cover their own crotches and hiss in agony as the Nomu's eyes bulged out and it placed its hands over where it was struck, hunching over in sheer agony.
"Brutal…" Shigaraki hissed with a cringe, "Even with that shock absorption quirk Master gave him, Nomu's still got a dick…ooooooh-hoo-hoo-hooooo…it must be excruciating…"
"I agree…very unbefitting behavior of a hero…" Kurogiri replied, cringing like a bug crawling all over his body underneath his clothes.
Their commentary ceased as the Nomu managed to recover from the devastating blow it took. It made the Nomu angry it seemed as if the mindless beast was determined to defeat this warrior and fulfill its orders. The Nomu continued to throw punches that Sean not only dodged, but threw back as his fists connected with the Nomu's, and Sean was the unmoving obstacle and barely flinched at the force of the blows. Sean then landed a solid hit on the Nomu's face which made the creature recoil and struggled to regain its footing, which is what Sean wanted and was waiting for as he pulled a fist back.
Sean then extended and bent his fingers like talons, they started to glow a faint light in the form of claws and slashed at the Nomu, leaving singed, permanent scars across its chest. In a knee-jerk reaction, the Nomu roared as it retaliated by trying to punch the target. Sean dodged them and waited for the perfect moment. Soon enough, that moment arrived as he knocked the creature's fist away which threw it off balance enough to allow the young man to grab the Nomu's head and deliver a devastating knee kick to its head. The action stunned the Nomu enough for Sean to grab both arms and clenched his hands enough for bones to be heard audibly snapping under the pressure. It was enough to snap the Nomu from its stunned state and immediately tried to push back or even try to rip its opponent's arms off as it was much bigger than his opponent. Hearing the opponent grunt a little, had been heard by his master, who started to laugh.
This prompted its master to tell it, "Yes, that's it! Rip that bastard's arms off–!"
"Made you look…" Sean interrupted Shigaraki which caught him off guard as, suddenly, the young man growled as the Nomu felt its arms, trying to rip off Sean's arms, suddenly felt being reversed forcibly from what it intended to do.
Sean let out a tiny hiss like a crocodile as he continued to overpower the Nomu's impressive strength. Then, he let go of the Nomu's arms for a moment, throwing the beast off for long enough as Sean immediately grabbed them again.
"Hhhrrraaaaghhh!" Sean shouted with considerable effort, as with a strong flex, tore the Nomu's arms clean off the body by the shoulders, flesh, bone, and all.
The Nomu felt extraordinary pain that made this weapon roar in agony as blood splattered out from the cavernous open wounds where its arms used to be.
Sean flipped the severed arms to where the shoulders were in his grasp. Tiny sparks of electricity coming from Sean's hands made the torn arms flex, bulge, and stiffen as he swung the arms at the Nomu like a pair of brass cymbals. The action had Sean use the Nomu's arms to crash its palms against their owner's head, stunning the beast to where it collapsed to its knees with its head arching backward with an open jaw, twitching as it was stunned.
"To think you intend to use a reanimated corpse for…what was it, again? To kill the Symbol of Peace, whoever that is?" Sean said as the severed arms started to smoke and burn the smell of burning flesh wafted around the plaza.
"Your plan was flawed from the start…I only needed to fight this thing to get an idea of what its deal is…and whatever cockamamie scheme you cooked up…" Sean shook his head in a disappointed fashion, as a light started to shine from his hidden palms.
The arms then singed and crumbled to ashes, and Sean then smirked, "I have no problem decimating a reanimated corpse, then doing far worse to those who desecrated and disrespected the deceased…that they wish I simply killed them instead…"
Suddenly, Shigaraki and Kurogiri's bewildered faces morphed into paralyzing fear as they felt an oppressive, murderous aura directed at them from the guy making the Nomu a pushover, smiling like a battle hungry lunatic as he radiated that oppressive aura.
'No! No, no, no, no, no, no, No No No NO NO NO NOOOOOO!!!' Shigaraki screamed in his mind, unable to voice his frustration, 'This isn't happening! This CANNOT BE FUCKING HAPPENING! EVERYTHING IS FALLING APART! This is a fucking NIGHTMARE!'
He then noticed someone behind this, this monster making a fool out of his weapon. It only made things worse for Shigaraki as his plan was falling apart by this unknown entity showing up.
"You have done well, young man, for stalling long enough for help to arrive. I thank you for your selfless assistance, but let me take over now…" All Might said to the young man.
"Hmm…" Sean said as he turned his face to the giant man, then remarked, "I take it you're the one who these jokers were after, this Symbol of Peace I've heard…"
All Might gave a thumbs up, and then pointed said thumb to himself as he introduced himself, "Yes, that would be me. I am All Might, the Number One hero of Japan, and the Symbol of Peace. A pleasure to meet your acquaintance…"
"Pleasure's all mine, glad to put a face onto the person I've been hearing about for the past two minutes…" Sean bowed in greeting, then shook All Might's hand firmly, which made the pro slightly wince at the strength of Sean's grip.
All Might then turned to face Kurogiri and Shigaraki and speak to them, "I've overheard that you villains are here for a shot at me. Sorry if I wasn't here from the start, I was caught up in traffic and was in a lecture with the principal. I'm here now, so why don't we get started…"
He then noticed the stunned, armless Nomu and added, "I take it that is why you decided to take your shot at me and threatened my students' lives…"
Before he could confront the villains, a hand blocked his path and saw it belonged to the young man dressed in black armor. He held up his arm as a way of telling him to wait, as he told the Symbol of Peace…
"Hold on a moment, beefy. They're mine! I'm not gonna let an injured man take over for me. Sit back and watch…"
All Might nearly lost his composure at that statement about the young man saying he was injured. He picked up on a slight inflection in his words that told him that this young man knows about his condition. But how he knows is a question he wants to be answered, but best saved for when the threat has passed.
"While I appreciate the offer, even you need rest after fighting them…" All Might tried to explain, only for Sean to reply, "Nah, I have energy to spare, I've barely broken a sweat. And I am more than capable of fighting non-stop for a week without needing rest and still have energy to spare."
Kurogiri felt his blood pressure plummet hearing that, and both Shigaraki and All Might looked at Sean with disbelief. They thought they were hearing things because it sounded too crazy to be true. It sounded crazy that this young man could fight for a whole week without taking a single break, and still have energy to spare. It's just ludicrous, absurd…
"W-well…" All Might struggled to say, being caught off guard, "Regardless, they are here for me. And I will not let others be embroiled in my conflicts…"
Shigaraki growled as he soon saw the Nomu regain movement little by little, and its arms started to regenerate.
Kurogiri noticed as well, and whispered, "We are outmatched, outnumbered, and in danger. For once, Tomura Shigaraki, hear me out as we have to retreat now! The situation has gotten too dangerous…"
"NO! I want that bastard dead!" Shigaraki growled telling Kurogiri, "I don't care about the others killing the brats! I want that guy dead now! Bring any other pawns not beaten here now and have them gang up on that black bastard!"
He felt his blood boil in a way his initial target never reached, he knew Sean for less than All Might, but he hated the young man more than the Symbol of Peace. He grew even more furious as he shouted, pointing at Sean, "Nomu! KILL THEM! Kill them NOW!!!"
The Nomu sprung to life and charged at Sean at blinding speed, but the young man's reflexes were quicker as he blocked the attack with his arms and barely moved an inch at the force behind the strike. Before Sean could counter, All Might wrestled the Nomu away from Sean, shouting…
"Texas…SMASH!!!" and proceeded to deliver a powerful punch at the Nomu's charred chest.
The blow given was absorbed by the Nomu, like it was made for, and barely budged the hulking monstrosity. All Might noticed and proceeded to get behind the creature and put it into a full nelson and tried to take it out immediately by crashing its head into the ground.
"I overheard this thing was designed to take me on. Well then, let's not find out how much it can take, shall we?" All Might said as he arched his back to plant the Nomu's head into the ground in a suplex.
But All Might soon felt tremendous pain where he received that crippling injury years ago, and saw the Nomu's upper body in a swirling black-&-purple vortex, then saw it beside him with one arm gripping his scar.
He then noticed that the villain with warping powers, Kurogiri he thinks he is called, brought a lot of villains who were looking and waking their downed comrades up.
Izuku Midoriya saw what happened and instinct took over as he rushed past Aizawa, who was staring at Sean for a while until the teacher noticed and tried to stop Izuku.
Shigaraki laughed a little as he saw that, while not as he had planned it, he got what he originally came for; All Might, trapped by the Nomu, ready for Kurogiri to crush him inside his portals.
"Not how we planned it, Kurogiri, but satisfying results nonetheless…" Shigaraki commented with a sick smile, "…Now, we kill that irritating Symbol of Peace, then the black bastard with everyone and Nomu…"
Kurogiri sighed and brought himself next to a grunting All Might. Kurogiri said, "I still believe we are in way over our heads with that boy, but it is now or never in our chance to kill you, Hero…"
All Might soon felt himself be pulled into the portal in a position where his head and shoulders were trapped in the warp gate. Kurogiri continued talking, "You see, Nomu was designed to fight you at your full power but is meant to hold you down so I can crush you in half. I would rather not have my insides dirtied by someone's innards, but, I'll gladly make an exception for you Number One Pro…"
Kurogiri turned his gaze onto Sean as he gave a grin that seemed hungry and freaked the other villains out. He shuddered as he said next to All Might, "Fair to let you know if you survive, as unlikely as it is, but be mindful of that man. His punches packed more of a punch to Nomu than yours, he was even stronger than the very thing designed to fight you. He's a danger to everything, and seems to have no qualms in killing those who get in his way…"
Kurogiri let out a defeated chuckle as he finished, "Now for the main event. The Death of the Symbol of Peace…"
Sean piped up as he was completely unconcerned over his current predicament, "You know, you are giving me 'wanting to usurp the current society' vibes and 'I want to see the world burn' vibes, and if killing Smiles over there is meant to be some kind of statement…then you guys are doing it wrong…"
Shigaraki's smile turned instantly to a frown as he said, "Kurogiri, wait a moment!" the warp villain stopped squeezing All Might (to the hero's relief) as the decay user demanded, "What the hell do you mean, 'I'm doing it wrong', exactly?"
Sean smirked as he said, "Not telling an overgrown man-child, but will give a hint; location matters. And due to that, I'm telling you that this is the wrong place to kill the top hero to make a statement…If I was a villain and I wanted to kill the big guy, I would pick a more suitable location. This ain't it, you buncha' idiots…"
Sean then gestured to the entire U.S.J. building complex, still smiling that confident smile.
Aizawa was too focused on what Sean was saying to notice an opportunity to help All Might. He was distrustful of what the young man was saying, but he soon quickly figured out that Sean was buying time. But, buying time for what is what he is asking in his mind repeatedly.
"Man-child…" Shigaraki scratched his neck in irritation, "I hate that title! Forget you! Kurogiri, kill All Might! Then this bastard is next!"
Sean folded his arms as he said, smiling, "You're not gonna get the chance…"
As if on cue, a torrent of ice suddenly rushed to Nomu, and traveled up the abomination's leg, freezing the creature up to its arm clutching at All Might's side. The cold caused the Nomu to loosen its grip and All Might wrestled himself free.
And before Kurogiri could react, he felt an explosion hit his back and then was pinned to the ground with a hand on his metal neck brace.
"Gotcha! You warping bastard!" a student, Katsuki Bakugo said as his hand heated up prepping his quirk (Explosion) like a gun to the head. With him was a boy with spiky red hair with a quirk that seemed to harden his body (Hardening) named, Eijiro Kirishima.
"I found out what the League of Villains are planning, and rushed over…they are going to fail to kill All Might…" a boy in a tux and one side of his body covered in a suit that made him look like half was covered in ice. This was Shoto Todoroki, and he was the source of the ice that crept up the Nomu thanks to his quirk (Half-Cold/Half-Hot…)
He was unaware that he wasn't alone where he was warped as silently making her way to the entrance, was fellow student, Toru Hagakure, with her quirk (Invisibility) constantly active with her only costume being her gloves and shoes.
"League of Villains? Seriously?! That is the laziest name to give a villain organization!" Sean laughed, which really irritated Shigaraki as he continued, "…I can come up with better names than that, and there are much more intimidating names, like Legion of Doom, but it's already being used by a bunch of jackasses…"
Sean then said to Todoroki, Kirishima, and Bakugo, "I sensed you four coming quickly, so I stalled long enough for you to arrive in the nick of time. Well done, including you, Invisible Girl…"
Toru was walking up the stairs, but let out a startled squeak in response to Sean apparently knowing she was there. She turned her head to the young man and was a little flustered by how handsome he was. She shook her head as she climbed up the stairs to the others.
Todoroki wondered what the man thought when he said four, until he heard him say "Invisible Girl" and immediately knew he meant Toru Hagakure. She was here, but he didn't notice, unlike this strange man.
"More brats in the way?" one thug asked, before he and a sizable chunk of the group was engulfed by white flames that singed them, but didn't kill them.
A white-clad woman with long flowing white hair descended from the sky and landed gracefully. Her rather ethereal beauty made most of the villains, Kirishima, Todoroki, Bakugo, Kurogiri, and Shigaraki gawk and stare at her. Her blue eyes sent chills up their spines as the white fire soon flew in little streams to her hands as the white flames were snuffed out in her hands.
Rosa looked at her husband and asked, "Haven't you taken care of these guys yet, dear? I would rather put down my black-flame walls by the entrance soon, even if I can keep them up indefinitely…"
Sean looked at his wife and replied, "It was just Smoky, Hands, and Walking Corpse over there. The man-child told Smoky to gather whoever wasn't already defeated to help that pile of rotting flesh beat me, honey…"
He pointed to the half-frozen Nomu as it shivered from the cold it felt.
"Aww, man! Hot stuff's already spoken for…" one slight pervert of a villain whined, only to be slapped at the back of his head by his fellow villain.
Sean's expression darkened as he said in an equally dark tone, "'Hot stuff' is my sweetheart…and she'll really show you how hot she is in response to that statement of yours…"
Before the villain could ask why, he was immediately set completely on fire as he was covered in a blue fire that seemed to sparkle like glitter, screaming in sheer agony as he tried everything to put it out. Diving into the Shipwreck Zone's massive lake only seemed to intensify the flames, in heat and ferocity. He was screaming in agony and in a panic as the flames continued to burn the pervert villain, to the others' growing fear at the act as they saw Rosa look ticked.
Rosa's eyes had a halo of light surrounding them as she lifted a glowing hand into the air, sending two-thirds of the villains high into the air, to their shock and panic. Her open hand then clasped shut as all the floating villains then crashed into each other hard. It barely took a minute before it was raining unconscious villains on the plaza.
"I want these children out of danger now, than later…" Rosa said, then gave her husband a disapproving glare as she rose up and began floating in the air, "Stop acting like those two and wrap this up…"
Sean smirked in a suave way as he saluted, "Yes ma'am! I aim to make you happy…"
Sean then quickly got to work, moving so fast that it briefly made him look like he was in multiple places at once, creating afterimages of himself that tricked the villains trying to get the jump on him into attacking each other. His blows knocked the villains out instantly, and his partner helped him out.
Sean then generated five balls of light from his fingers and sent them flying at the remaining standing villains, then the balls exploded and rendered the villains unconscious and badly bruised.
Rosa looked at her husband as he said, "No killing, because I want to please you, honey. I know how much you detest it. Approve?"
Rosa gave Sean a quick little kiss on his cheek as she said, "I approve…"
The Nomu had succeeded in freeing itself from Todoroki's ice and crawled briefly with one side limbless, but not for long as its regenerative quirk kicked in. The missing arm and leg grew back as the inhuman thing struggled a bit to get back up onto its feet.
Kurogiri sweated in stress as he knew the situation has gone horribly wrong, so horribly fast. Especially when he looked around and saw that only he, Tomura, and the Nomu were the only ones present who could still fight.
"Shigaraki…" he said, only for the man-child to respond, "No! I will kill that black bastard!"
Shigaraki then rushed for Bakugo, who simply smirked as he readied to counter whatever attack this loser villain was attempting. But then, Shigaraki saw the familiar armored glove of the interloper grab his wrist, and tried to direct his attack at his enemy's face.
Sean noticed and put up a thin cloak of ki that hugged his body like a jumpsuit, he noticed that Shigaraki's quirk was easily blocked by a barrier of ki. He then pulled at Shigaraki's arm and raised a hand straight like a knife, and with a single chop, cleaved Shigaraki's left hand and arm clean off in a brief bloody fashion.
Shigaraki howled in unbearable agony as he clutched his cauterized stump, screaming in sheer pain. Sean then used Shigaraki's severed arm to beat the man-child once, twice, then delivered an uppercut kick that hit Shigaraki square under the chin and launched him like a rocket into the sky and then landed 20 feet from where he was. And to add insult, Sean tossed Shigaraki's severed hand back to the stunned, twitching psycho.
"Ooo! That looks bad…" Sean said in a slightly mocking tone, swinging the severed hand, wrist, and arm around a little as he advised, "But if you get it treated immediately, then the damage done could be repaired with little trouble…maybe…"
"Shigaraki!" Kurogiri shouted and tried to move, but little mini-explosions from Bakugo kept him from moving as the boy said, "Uh-huh-huh! No moving unless you want me to blow you up!"
The Nomu managed to recover enough to try and attack All Might, but before the hero could counter, a knife was tossed and ended up lodged in the Nomu's brain as it roared in agony. All Might turned to see it was Rosa, whose arm was glowing a faint blue, extended out like she just tossed something. The young woman grabbed one of the villains' weapons and used it to do the deed, utilizing her psychic powers to put extra power and speed into her knife toss.
All Might clutched his side as Sean then appeared in a flash beside him and say, "What I tell you? Injured. Sit back and let me finish this…"
All Might found it very difficult to disagree with him, but stubbornly insisted to continue fighting.
"While I agree this is less than ideal, I still got fight left in me…" He said as he put on a brave and secure bravado, knowing his time limit was running out in his current form.
Thirteen got beside Aizawa and asked, "What is going on, Aizawa?"
The insomniac replied, "I don't know. These two have baffled me every step of the way. It's like they have multiple quirks like that Nomu thing…"
Thirteen hummed a bit, then replied, "No, I don't think they have multiple quirks. That woman said that she was something like a Chinese Dragon, technically she added. I think they have one quirk that functions like multiple quirks, like Todoroki's Half-Cold/Half-Hot…"
Aizawa's doubts grew further as he clarified, "No…I don't even think they are quirks in the first place. I occasionally used my quirk on them, and their abilities carried on like I wasn't even using it in the first place…this is too unnerving for me, even if they are here to help us…"
Thirteen nodded and simply watched as the two saviors gave off unsettling feelings that kept the two glued to the stairs and dared not venture closer, despite them trying to will themselves closer to help.
But, little by little, they worked up enough nerve to force themselves to the plaza, or at least Aizawa before he told Thirteen to return to the students.
Sean got in front of the Nomu and grabbed its fists as it tried to punch him and All Might in a blind fury. The floor caved in a little under his feet, but Sean didn't budge an inch. He even began pushing back the Nomu, to All Might's growing surprise.
The Symbol of Peace soon remembered what Kurogiri said about the young man. He couldn't help but feel unnerved, and untrusting of him.
Sean sensed his ki, and replied to him, "All Might…I can sense your distrusting aura at me…"
All Might had flinched at that, not expecting him to tell what he was feeling right now. He replied, "J-just feeling skeptical, and amazed at the strength you possess young man."
Rosa appeared and manifested a rapier sword made entirely out of white flames and then stabbed it in the gut of the Nomu, who cried out in agony as it reflexively tried to kick Rosa. But she dodged expertly and pulled back out of the foot's range, the sword acting like a buffer to the wind pressure the kick generated.
Rosa readied to strike again, holding the sword at eye level ready for a forward thrust, but her husband said, "Hold on honey. Let me handle this thing that smells like four dead people. This thing needs to be put down by me, okay?"
Rosa sighed as the sword dissipated, then replied, "You just want to fight this thing alone, like those chuckleheads. But fine, darling, I'll just make sure that the other children get to safety, and out of range of your attacks.
Sean grinned like the Joker as he said, "Yeah, sorry. Love you anyways…"
Rosa chuckled as she shook her head, replying, "Love you too…dummy…"
Then, Sean delivered an uppercut that sent the Nomu flying up some hundred feet. The Nomu barely had time to react as suddenly, Sean appeared above the Nomu and swiftly kneed the beast in the stomach. The blow sent both crashing to the ground like a meteorite, and the Nomu felt the full force of the impact on both fronts. Its back hit and cratered the floor in an explosion of sorts from the impact, and Sean's knee was driven further into the creature's gut, making the Nomu spit up a lot of blood from the damage dealt.
Sean bounced off the beast's belly and landed in front of All Might, assuming a fighting stance that was brimming with confidence. He faced the Nomu still in the crater, but also was facing Shigaraki who was struggling to get up from the damage Sean did, and glared at who hurt him. The Nomu let out cries of agony as it struggled to get up and climb out of the crater. And Kurogiri had enough of being held hostage and generated a smokescreen with his quirk that forced Bakugo to let him go. The warp villain warped beside a seething Shigaraki as the teal-top man-child scowled at Sean.
Sean smirked as he taunted, "That all you got? Because I have barely broken a sweat…"
To Be Continued…
Author's Notes:
Well…yeah… I cut off right before the final confrontation of the Nomu because this is where I want input from you readers. Because I can't quite figure out how I want this to be done, as this is one of these keystone plot points that I want to change one thing about it:
Unlike the original timeline of events in MHA, I am going to have the Nomu be destroyed/killed/etc.
I have some ideas on how to do it, but I would like to give you guys a chance to choose how I go about it, and narrowed it down to two, maybe three options…:
1.) Sean completely vaporizes the Nomu by blasting it skyward with a ki blast that may or may not be the famous Kamehameha Wave of Dragon Ball fame…
2.) Sean completely destroys the Nomu by literally tearing the beast apart in a suitably graphic manner, ending with him ripping the head off and crushing it underfoot…like Android 17 crushes Dr. Gero's head in Dragon Ball Z…
3.) All Might assists Sean in beating the Nomu, but the fate of the Nomu ends with either of the two other options being quickly dealt with after they beat the Nomu…
Feel free to cast your votes in the reviews, as well as any ideas you might have for me to spice up this power fantasy of mine that I need out of my head. And don't be afraid to leave constructive criticism for how I can improve this story, because even if this is for somewhat mindless fun, I still want it to be of a certain quality of approval.
Also, if certain things aren't a big tipping-off point in the story proper and the Author's Notes, I got Dragon Ball on my mind as I was writing this…
And there will be explanations further down the line on what exactly Sean and Rosa are capable of…
I don't have anything worth noting for a preview of the next chapter…except this spoiler-heavy revelation to be revealed in the next chapter…
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…Sean and Rosa were not using all their tricks at their disposal, and they were fighting while already exhausted of energy during the entire duration of the U.S.J. incident…
…they were fighting while holding back their full strength…
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Okay, I will see you next time…bye!