"Let's get down to business!"
Those were the words said by Dagger as he looked at the adversaries around him, his eyes inspecting his opponents.
'These students are no joke. For now, I need to keep an eye out for Violet and the blonde but I must focus on taking out Emerald over there.' He thought, spikes coming out of his knuckles before he dashed towards Izuku. 'I haven't seen him use quirk.'
The freckled teenager in question went on his guard as he blocked Dagger's claw strikes with his bat, the villain transformed his arm into a mace and was about to attack before Hitoshi stopped him with his binding cloth. 'This-'
"Don't forget about me!"
Dagger heard a voice before he received an iron fist from Monoma but his helmet protected him from the strike.
"What the hell was that?" Dagger chuckled before he turned his hand to the blonde. "Now this-"
He fired a spiked pillar at Monoma who quickly blocked it, the attack pushing him back. Before the Copy user could do anything, he started to feel pain in his arm, realizing that his arms were returning to normal.
"Now?!" Monoma gritted his teeth in pain when the spikes pierced his arms.
"See that? That is an attack-" Dagger was cut off when he felt a stream of electricity coursing through his body before turning to see Izuku.
'This damn bastard!' The villain shouted before he shot a spike that Izuku avoided with a spin before countering with a strike to his head.
'That damn bat!' Dagger said as he was about to rush towards Izuku only to be stopped as his bindings pulled him back. 'That damn scarf!'
Stomping his foot onto the ground, Hitoshi ignored the pain from his shoulder as he pulled the scarf with all his might, spinning Dagger around until he crashed into a building.
Getting up and not wasting time, the armored villain quickly rushed at the trainees, metallic claws coming from his gauntlets.
"They're dead!" He said as he attacked them, getting a slash across Monoma's face before he fired an iron chain that wrapped around Izuku's leg.
Before he could pull the chain, Dagger felt an intense vibration going through his body, the man seeing Kyoka behind him with her earlobe lodged into his armor.
'Where the hell did she come from?' He said before transforming his hand into a mace and then swinging it toward Kyoka who barely avoided the strike.
Dagger gritted his teeth, pulling Izuku with the chain and then slamming him into Kyoka.
"Ow." The two groaned in unison as they rubbed their heads.
"How's Kaminari and Ms. Shiozaki?" Izuku asked while getting up.
"They're alright," Kyoka said as she rubbed blood off her face. "But we should be more worried about Iron Man over there."
About to turn to their enemy, Izuku barely caught sight of something within his peripheral vision, pushing Kyoka away before he received a punch to the face that sent him into a light post.
"Wow, he's strong!" Izuku coughed, out of breath as he rubbed his back. "I can't take any more hits like that."
"There's another trainee there!"
"Get him!"
Hearing the voices, Izuku got up to see an army of villains rushing towards him, much to his shock.
'Don't they look the same as the villains we knocked out before? So it was a cloning quirk!' He thought aloud as he faced against the mob.
Izuku was about to go against them before he noticed that his bat was gone. He could not get the chance to retrieve the weapon when he took a punch to the belly, the teen feeling intense pain due to the wound in his stomach.
Pushing through the pain, Izuku quickly repositioned himself and threw the villain over his shoulder, sending him into a few more of his accomplices.
'I need to find some way out of this and find who's causing all this.'
Izuku then ran into an alleyway, the villains chasing him and firing several projectiles which he avoided until he picked up the covers of the trash bins around him.
As he reached the other side of the alleyway, he was introduced to a battlefield between his classmates and the villains as he barely dodged a light post.
Amongst the people who were fighting, he noticed Katsuki beating villains left and right along with Tetsutetsu however, despite their efforts, there was no end to the number of villains.
"C'mon! Bring it on!" Tetsutetsu said, slamming two villains into each other.
Katsuki unleashed a powerful explosion that defeated all of the villains in front of him. The blonde was about to take a rest until he noticed another mob approaching him, making him click his tongue in annoyance as he stood up, sparks coming from his palms.
"Die, you third-rate bastards!"
Despite his willingness to fight, Katsuki could feel pain erupting from his arms as he fired his explosions, each burst making him grit his teeth in pain.
'Damn it! I'm almost at my limit!' He thought as he continued to fight the villains, landing a kick to one and then punching another in his face. 'There must be someone who is creating this! Where's the bastard?'
Dodging another villain's quirk and then landing a dropkick, Katsuki looked around until he caught a glimpse of something within one of the alleyways.
'There!'
He then dashed into the alleyway like a bullet, repelling the villains around him through the shockwave of his detonations.
"Hey, you!" He yelled, firing a blast that sent the villain into a dumpster. Checking the result of his work, the blonde was completely surprised when he saw no sign of the villain, only a white dust cloud. "What the hell? A fake?!"
He then heard sounds that made him jump, the blonde avoiding a hand suddenly came out of the ground to grab him before he retaliated with an explosion.
"This is getting annoying!" He said before he heard more villains coming to him.
The blonde was about to attack before a powerful whirlwind took out his enemies, the Explosion-quirk user turning to Inasa who was hovering in the air.
"Mind your damn business!" Katsuki shouted.
"We need to go! Our class rep is asking for us to fall back!" Inasa landed in front of him and grabbed his shoulder.
"Get the hell away from me!" Katsuki yelled, shrugging him off before walking away.
Before Inasa could argue, they heard a loud metallic sound before the two saw an army of villains running toward them.
Suddenly, a huge, black, shadowy claw struck the group, Katsuki and Inasa looked up to see Tokoyami coming out of the alleyway. "Darkness attacks from the place you least expect."
Seeing the situation and the defeated villains turning into white smoke, Izuku looked around until he noticed Kyoka who had taken out several villains.
"Ms. Jiro!" He shouted as he blocked a kick, the girl turned to him. "Do you hear anything around the place?"
She shook her head. "Still nothing. It's like the person isn't here or they must be in a soundproof room."
"Shoot!" Izuku said as he knocked out a villain with a trash can cover. "This isn't good."
He observed the area until he heard another metallic sound, seeing Hitoshi and Monoma flying past him and into a wall.
"Ow..." The two groaned as they got up from the floor, Monoma holding his back.
Seeing his injured friends, Izuku turned to see Dagger approaching them. Suddenly, the villain was hit by a powerful explosion that shook the area, Dagger unfazed by the blast.
"Was that it?" He asked, much to Katsuki's surprise.
Dagger raised his arm, sending a spike from his gauntlet that slashed the blonde's arm, causing him to gri his teeth.
"What the hell?" He said, looking at his arm to see blood coming from his wound.
Before he could do anything, he noticed another blade coming at his face which he avoided and then retaliated with an explosion. As the smoke cleared, they all saw an unharmed Dagger who retracted the blades in his gauntlets. "Like I said, I'm not here for you. Now get the hell out of my way!"
The villain fired a metal pillar at Katsuki, knocking him back before he received a kick from Iida that pushed him back.
The metal-quirked criminal was about to retaliate but he received a hit from Hitoshi who was spinning the ends of his scarf like a pair of nun chucks.
Immediately going on the offensive, the Brainwashing user battled against Dagger who blocked his attacks until he hurled his scarf around a bin then slammed it into the villain's face which blinded the armored man.
Within an instant, Katsuki lunged at the villain and then unleashed a barrage of explosions onto the man who retaliated by firing a spiked metal pillar that pushed the blonde away.
As Dagger retracted the pillar into his hand, Tetsutetsu and Eijirou dashed at him, unleashing a flurry of punches but they did nothing, much to their shock.
Not missing a beat, the man quickly retaliated when he turned his hand into a mace and slammed it onto Eijirou repeatedly before he threw the redhead into the air and smacked him in the face, sending him into a window.
Tetsutetsu tried to attack him but his fist was grabbed by Dagger who looked at him before he grabbed him by the neck, strangling him.
"Someone else with a metal quirk?" The metal villain said with a smirk as he lifted Tetsutetsu who kicked him repeatedly. "This is too hilarious! That doesn't even tickle!"
Dagger chuckled darkly before he slammed Tetsutetsu on the ground, turning his hands into hammers as he ruthlessly struck the metal student.
"Two down." Dagger said before he faced the rest of the Hero course students. "Now for the rest of you."
As Dark Shadow and Momo attacked him, Dagger turned his hands into blades to block their strikes until Tenya kicked him in his face.
Meanwhile, Izuku was beginning to feel fatigued as he battled against the horde of villains, his eyes darting around the place in search of his bat.
'It's getting hard to move…' He thought, panting heavily as he went into an alleyway to take a rest.
Before he could sit, a fireball hit the trash can cover, heating the piece of steel and making Izuku have to throw it away before he continued to run.
'Where could the villain be?' He ran through the path, a needle grazing his arm as he got out of the place.
'Where?'
Dodging a barrage of stone pellets, Izuku found his bat as he faced the army of villains chasing him.
'Where?'
Not wasting time, he fought against them, knocking them out while he noticed a white smoke going into a building. "Could that be?"
Before he could do anything, he saw several villains coming out of the alleyways that made him stop.
"Crap!" Izuku stopped in his stride and ran another way until a black, misty portal suddenly appeared in front of him, much to his surprise.
"Woah!" shouted the green-haired teen in surprise as he halted. "What?"
Keeping on alert, Izuku turned to the army of villains who transformed into white mist, much to his shock until he heard a voice behind him.
"Excuse me."
A hand suddenly landed on Izuku's shoulder, causing the teen to turn around to see a blue-haired man with a disembodied hand on his face. He was wearing a black, long-sleeved shirt and black pants along with a pair of red sneakers. What was weird about his attire was the multiple disembodied hands around his body, each holding him on his arms, legs and neck.
"As expected of UA, to have such a facility inside the college. It's almost unreal." The blue-haired man looked around the place before turning to Izuku. "Where are we exactly?"
Completely baffled and shocked, Izuku tried to calm his fast-beating heart as countless questions went through his mind.
'Who is this? Why did he come here? Is he after one of the heroes?'
While the green-haired teenager was going through his mental dilemma, the blue-haired man shook him by the shoulder and called for him again, his eyes widened when he caught a glimpse of Izuku's face.
"Hold on. Messy green hair…freckles…plain face..." The man said, his bloodshot eyes looking at Izuku who was frozen in shock. "Is this the guy, Kurogiri?"
"Yes, young master. His physical appearance does match the person in the photo. It's no doubt." The shadow person named Kurogiri said, his yellow eyes looking at the young hero-in-training.
"So, you're one of the targets…" The blue-haired man said as his grip tightened on Izuku's shoulder.
'Target?' The green-haired teen thought before he took a deep breath before he looked at the hand on his shoulder, seeing four fingers making contact with him. 'Stay calm, Izuku. He has his hand on me and I don't know what quirk he has or if he has already activated it.'
"W-wait?" Izuku gulped before he continued. "W-what do you mean by 'target'?"
"You're special...in a bad way..." The hand villain chuckled. "You're one of our…guests in this raid."
'Guest?' Izuku thought, carefully tightening his hold on his bat before he spoke. "Why me?"
"Who knows? I was not told completely…but quirkless people are needed."
"Then that means…the quirkless kidnappings cases…"
"Huh? Is that what they call them?"
Hearing that made Izuku's eyes widen in astonishment as his grip tightened even more on his bat.
"I wouldn't try that if I were you." The hand villain said before he put his final finger on Izuku's shoulder which made the teen squirm in pain as he felt a discomforting feeling on his shoulder.
'What's happening? My shoulder is on fire?' Izuku turned to see his clothes withering away and his shoulder turning red and beginning to rot.
'What the hell?' Izuku thought, feeling the pain coursing across his body as he tried to move his shoulder away.
"Master Tomura. I would advise not hurting the target too much. He needs to be retrieved alive." Kurogiri said beside Tomura.
"I know." The hand villain clicked his teeth in annoyance as he scratched his neck. "I'm just giving him a little discipline."
Gritting his teeth in discomfort, Izuku's body began to illuminate as veins formed around his body. Within a moment, a jolt traveled through Izuku's body, his shoulder unleashed a repulsion burst that pushed away Tomura's hand.
'What? He has a quirk?' The blue-haired man said in shock, seeing a slight burn on his palm.
"My quirk…" Izuku's eyes widened in shock as he felt his body lose its energy. "No…oh no…"
Smoke began to emit from his body as he fell to the ground. He started to break in a cold sweat at the realization that he was immobile.
"Oh well." Izuku heard the hand villain say before stomping him on his back. "Whatever he did must've sapped the energy from his body. Prepare the warp, Kurogiri."
"Yes, Master Tomura."
'C'mon! Move!' Izuku thought desperately as he mustered all the strength he could.
'Move, Izuku! Stop being useless and move!'
Izuku shouted at himself, Kurogiri creating a portal as Tomura walked towards it.
'MOVE!'
He yelled in his mind, summoning all the strength in his body in order to move.
"Easiest mission ever." Tomura said as he stepped toward the portal before he turned to Kurogiri. "And make sure to-"
Suddenly, within his peripheral vision, Tomura saw Izuku sprinting at them with his bat.
'What the?' Tomura thought as he saw veins appearing on Izuku's face and his eyes glowing. 'He shouldn't have a quirk…'
"He's cheating! This damn hacker!" Tomura quickly thrust his hands towards Izuku, a pure look on his face before he glared at the freckled teenager.
As Izuku swung his bat with all his might, a portal formed in front of Izuku, his arms and bat phasing through the portal before he felt a strong blow to the back of his head.
'What…just happened?' He said, his vision getting blurry as he tried to keep his balance, feeling a sharp pain flowing through his head.
Turning around, he saw his hands and bat coming out of a portal before he realized that his body was unable to move. While Izuku was trying his best to recuperate, Tomura's eyes squinted in glee as he rushed towards Izuku.
"You're dead!" Tomura yelled angrily as his hand was a few centimeters from the teen's chest.
'Damn it…' Izuku thought as his consciousness began to fade. 'C'mon!'
Kurogiri began to create a portal as Tomura pressed his fingers on Izuku's arm, making it crumble.
'MOVE!'
Suddenly, Kurogiri began to twitch uncontrollably before a bolt of lightning traveled through his body, surprising both Izuku and Tomura. The shadow's body returned to normal, revealing a damaged Denki holding onto a metallic collar with a smirk on his face.
"I knew I heard you, Midoriya! Good thing I got to you in time!"
"Kaminari…" Izuku mumbled weakly.
Denki quickly threw Kurogiri into Tomura, electrocuting the two before he grabbed Izuku and ran away.
"Dude...your arm..." Denki said in an uneasy tone when he noticed the crumbling state of Izuku's arm. "I can literally see your flesh and muscles and not in a good way."
"Yeah...I'll have Recovery Girl...look at it...I'll be fine..." Izuku commented, fading in and out of consciousness. "I didn't...expect my quirk to go off like that...bad timing..."
While they were leaving, Kurogiri and Tomura were recovering from their electrocution before the former turned to his accomplice.
"Are you ok, Master Tomura?" Kurogiri asked when he saw Tomura trembling on the floor.
Tomura's fingers started twitching before he started scratching his neck, his eyes showing a glint of rage.
"That lightning bastard! He messed up the mission! The target's HP was in the red! This is why I hate group matches!" The hand villain got up as he glared at the two heroes-in-training. "Kurogiri, we're going to crush them!"
Kurogiri nodded before the two of them chased Izuku and Denki ran away from them.
"Damn it! How are we going to fight them off?" Denki said as a portal appeared in front of him, Tomura coming out of it and outstretching his hand at them. The Electrification user tried to use his lighting powers until he noticed Izuku being affected by the electricity. "Sorry, Midoriya. I'm going to need to fight them without hurting you."
During the chase and hearing Denki's words, Izuku's eyes opened slightly as he started speaking.
"Kaminari...my bat..." Izuku spoke weakly, gesturing Denki to his bat. "Use it…you can…channel lightning through it…since it's metal…"
"Alright…" Denki nodded as he took the bat, a portal appearing in front of him as Tomura's hand outstretched at them.
Channeling lightning through the bat, Denki swung it with all his might, resulting in a strike connecting to the hand villain's face. The weapon then unleashed am electric blast that sent Tomura skidding across the ground and into a light post.
"Master Tomura!" Kurogiri's eyes widened before he dashed towards the blue-haired man. "Are you ok?"
"C'mon! We gotta go!" Denki said, putting Izuku's arm over his shoulder and sprinting away from the villains. Seeing the blood leaking down the back of his green-haired friend's head, the blonde began to worry. "Dude! Are you conscious?! Stay with me!"
Despite Denki's shouting, Izuku could barely hear any sound as his eyes dizzily looked around the area.
'Darn it…my vision is blurry…' The freckled teenager thought in frustration as he sneered. 'I can't believe this happened…to be caught off guard like this…'
As they made their escape, Tomura was barely conscious as he watched the two students sprinting away.
"Kurogiri…" He opened his mouth and pointed at Izuku. "Get the target."
"Yes, Master Tomura." Kurogiri nodded as he moved towards Izuku.
Denki noticed the shadow villain approaching them, he then put Izuku down as he began generating electricity from his hands. He tried to throw a strike that phased through the mist, a portal forming in front of his stomach that made him punch himself in his stomach, much to his shock.
'He could reflect the strike so quickly!' Denki thought as he clutched his stomach.
Taking advantage of his opponent's stunned state, Kurogiri went around Denki as he rushed towards Izuku.
"Not so fast!" Denki recovered as he shot a bolt of lightning that Kurogiri dodged.
The Electrification user frowned when he noticed the metal collar being shrouded by the black mist. Kurogiri then grabbed Izuku before he created a portal before him.
"I apologize for our rude interruption however we have a mission to accomplish," said the black mist as he walked towards the portal. "It's time to depart, young master."
Getting through and reaching Tomura, Kurogiri was about to create another portal before he noticed something in his peripheral vision. He dodged a taser from Denki who came out of his portal.
"What persistence!" Kurogiri commented.
"I'll kill him!" Tomura said as he rushed towards Denki only for several vines to grab him, the hand villain turning to see a wounded and exhausted Ibara.
"What the hell? So ganging up on people is the new meta, huh?" Tomura said angrily as he touched the vines, making them decay. "Too bad. Kurogiri, I need an assist."
"Yes, young master!" Kurogiri responded as he created a portal in front of him.
Before Tomura could put his hand through the portal, Ibara grabbed him with her vines and slammed him into the ground. Destroying the vines, Tomura rushed at the girl with a crazed look in his eyes.
Before he could reach Ibara, Denki struck him with a powerful electric punch that sent him through the wall which caused an alarm.
"Young master!" Kurogiri rushed towards Tomura but Ibara grabbed him, the living shadow creating a portal to escape her grasp. He then turned his sights to her about to attack before vines came out of the ground and surrounded him.
"Vine Cocoon!" Ibara said when she trapped Kurogiri in a cocoon of her vine-like hair. Clasping her hands, she closed her eyes as the cocoon began to get smaller. "I can't allow you to escape this time."
Before she continued, a portal was created behind her, Kurogiri stepped out of the portal with Izuku in his clutches. Ibara barely noticed him as the man took out knives from his pocket, the man was about to attack her until he heard a voice.
"Hey, Mist Face!"
Kurogiri turned to see Denki who had a hand on an unconscious Tomura's head.
"Young master!" His eyes grew wide as he was about to use a gateway.
"Stop!" Denki yelled, his hand sparkling with electricity. "Let Midoriya go or Facepalm over here gets his brain fried."
"You would not dare; heroes do not kill."
"You sure about that?" Denki said darkly, his words alarming Ibara and Kurogiri, the latter noticed the fierce glare coming from the blonde's eyes as electricity sparked around his arm. "I'm willing to make some permanent decisions."
There was a moment of silence as Kurogiri pondered about his situation. He glanced between Tomura and Izuku for a while until he sighed.
"Fine, I understand."
Kurogiri stated before he put back the knives in his pocket and lifted his hands, much to Denki's elation.
"Good. Now put him down." The blonde said to Kurogiri nodded before he took out a knife and put it at Izuku's neck, surprising the two heroes-in-training.
"You will need to do as I say as well and bring Master Tomura." The mist villain declared, much to Denki's chagrin. "Ok. Same to you."
It felt like hours as the two got close to each other, Kurogiri extended his hand for Tomura which made Denki raise a brow. "You still have Midoriya in your hand. Put him on the floor."
"You must release Tomura fo-"
"Put! Him on the ground," Denki repeated in a more threatening tone. "Or else."
Kurogiri slowly put down Izuku on the ground, his eyes met Denki's who was watching his every move. Not wasting time, Denki carefully touched Izuku while slowly giving Tomura to Kurogiri.
Minutes felt like hours as the two made their exchange, Kurogiri watching Denki's grip on his boss's neck. 'Just a bit more.'
As soon as Denki let go of Tomura, Kurogiri quickly made a portal underneath Izuku but he was too slow when Ibara grabbed both him and Tomura and threw them. Taking advantage of the situation, Denki picked up Izuku and ran, Ibara creating a wall of vines to obscure Kurogiri's vision as they escaped the two villains.
"We need to get out of here and get you checked!" Denki said worriedly.
"They got me good," Kurogiri stated as he tried to get up only to see a wall of vines in front of him. Thinking about his options, the shadow villain took a deep breath before he made a portal to escape.
"I understand that this will enrage you in the future, young master but right now as our situation stands, it is wise to make a tactical retreat right now. Izuku Midoriya has proven to be more than we can handle."
Within an alleyway were Izuku, Ibara and Denki who were catching their breaths.
"Man! We get one exciting class and it had to get ruined by a villain raid." The Electric-quirk user said, keeping watch while leaning on the wall. "This is such a headache."
"Where's…Ms. Jiro?" Izuku barely worded as his vision started to get better.
"She got separated from us," Ibara responded. "I pray for her safety."
"Oh please. I wouldn't be worried," Denki said with his arms crossed. "That girl is a fighter. She'll be alright."
"You sure?" Ibara said, getting a thumbs-up from the blonde.
"Hmm." Izuku weakly hummed before he turned to Denki. "Kaminari...how are you...on power...?"
"I got around 400,000 volts, give or take," Denki said as he generated electricity through his hand. "So little less than half strength..."
Izuku looked up as he slowly nodded. "Good...it should work."
"Huh?" Denki and Ibara had their brows raised at Izuku who was able to slowly lift his arm.
"I...have a plan..."
At another section of Ground Beta, a metal pillar wreaked havoc around the area, smashing Tokoyami and Iida on the ground.
"That's' another two down," Dagger said, retracting the pillar back into his palm before he turned to the remaining students. "A few more to go."
As he looked around, his body started twitching uncontrollably as he became more irritated. 'Calm down. Calm down.'
"Hmm. Is he in pain?" Momo thought aloud when she noticed the man squirming. Itsuka noticed the same while she knocked out a few villains with a slap. "If that's the case, we need to take him out now! He could be reaching his limit!"
The students all rushed at Dagger to attack but they were suddenly ambushed by another mob of villains, some of them getting knocked out in the process.
"Can these guys give us a break? Seriously?" Toru said as she knocked a few villains.
"Feeling are mutual, girl." Setsuna chimed in. "I don't know why but it looks like they're protecting that Dagger guy."
Meanwhile, Dagger started groaning in pain before his armor began to morph, a crazed expression appearing on his face. Some of the students could only fight off the villains while they hear the man's bones began to crack and break, the sounds causing some of them to cringe as they watched his armor becoming bigger and spikier. After a while, Dagger would stop moving, Momo taking advantage of the situation as she sprinted towards him, knocking out every villain around until her katana reached his neck. 'Almost there.'
"It's time..." Hearing the voice caused the Creation user's body to be frozen in shock as Dagger began to laugh crazily.
"IT'S TIME FOR YOU ALL TO DIE!"
Shredder blades came out of his back when he let out a loud, blood-curdling yell, the blades began to spin and attack the students. As Ochaco and Momo tried to attack him, Dagger fired two huge spiky balls that knocked them into a building, rendering them unconscious.
The blades went toward the group of hero trainees, Inasa and Shoto deflected the blades with their quirks before sending them back at Dagger. The man wore a maniacal smile as chains came out of his body and stopped the blades, much to everyone's shock.
"It's not enough…" Dagger said, his body twitching uncomfortably before he lashed the blades at them. "IT'S NOT ENOUGH!"
The students all ran and evaded the blades, some of them getting slashed which made the villain smile with glee.
"YES, THAT'S IT! RUN, SCREAM, DIE!"
The man laughed maniacally until he noticed Katsuki lunging at him, creating a metal shield to block his attack. Before the Explosion user could move, Dagger pushed away the blonde before he used his other arm to fire a spiked, metal pillar at the blonde who barely avoided the attack, his eyes barely catching a glimpse of several shredder blades coming at him.
"NO, YOU!" Dagger said with a smile.
Katsuki could not get the chance to dodge before something wrapped around his stomach and pulled him out of the way of the blades.
"Who the fuck?" said the spiky-haired blonde in surprise, turning to see Hitoshi pulling him away while both Inasa and Shoto prevented the pillar from hurting anyone else.
During their confrontation, Denki, Ibara and Izuku arrived on the battlefield, the latter looking at the skirmish.
"This is...worse than I thought..." Izuku stated as Ibara left to help protect her injured classmates. "Alright...remember the plan..."
"Dude, you can barely move, let alone fight. What do you think you're going to do out there?" Denki said as he saw Izuku's exhausted form. Despite his friend being right, Izuku tried to stand up, his body screaming in pain as he held up his bat.
"Everyone is trying...so hard...to survive...and not only save themselves...but their classmates..." The green-haired teen said as he barely managed to put his bat over his shoulder. "...I can't...be useless...and sit around..."
"But you're not useless. You forgot that your plan managed to get us this far."
"Anyone could think about...that plan..."
"Dude, at least take a break," Denki said as he gently leaned Izuku on the wall. "You need to take more care of yourself. Even if it's just a few minutes, just rest. I'll get everything prepped up for the plan and tell Kyoka what to do."
After he said that, he left Izuku to his lonesome, the emerald-haired teenager looking at the battlefield with a frustrated look on his face. He watched as his classmates fought valiantly, some of them getting hurt in the process which made him worried as he tried to move but his body was too late to react.
'I can't sit by and let them suffer...I have to do something.'
He thought when he witnessed several of his classmates getting knocked out and panicking against the endless number of villains. His eyes then noticed a crazed Dagger who was smirking as he launched spiked pillars at the students.
Meanwhile, Katsuki landed on the ground, growling before he shouted at Hitoshi. "Fuck off! I didn't need your help!"
"So, I guess you would like it if you're dead," Hitoshi spat back.
Izuku watched as Hitoshi and Katsuki continued fighting despite their wounds, making him more disappointed in himself.
'I changed! Some wounds shouldn't push me down! I'm not useless anymore!' He thought, trying to move despite his body and muscles ringing in pain. 'I can't be useless anymore...'
"YOU!"
Izuku heard a loud voice before he noticed a metal pillar coming towards him. Moving as quickly as his body could muster, he blocked the attack with his bat before he felt his feet skidding against the ground as the pillar pushed him back. After a while, his back collided with a wall, creating a wave of discomfort through his body as he fought desperately not to get squished.
"I remember you, bat bastard!" Dagger yelled crazily as he fired a saw blade at Izuku. "C'mon! Try using that damn taser bat now!"
Barely blocking the sawblade, the freckled teenager could feel his body getting crushed, his mind in pure panic mode as he tried to move. "Need to get out…"
Suddenly, a scarf latched onto the pillar and pulled it into the sawblade, causing them to stop each other. Izuku smiled when he saw Hitoshi who was approaching him.
"Thanks!" Izuku voiced his gratitude to Hitoshi who stood beside him.
"Let's think about 'thanks' after we get out of this," Hiroshi said as he smacked away an iron-spiked ball, seeing the maniacal look on Dagger's face. "What the heck happened to your shoulder?"
"Long story…" Izuku muttered exhaustingly.
"Ok. So I can account that to you being reckless as usual." Hitoshi commented before they both heard Dagger's yelling as he tried to attack them but Hitoshi pushed Izuku out of the way. "Isn't he acting weirder than before?"
"Yeah. It's probably that thing he took." Izuku answered as he looked at the crazed villain. "Could be some medication?"
"I don't think medications work like that. Unless he's drunk."
Dagger was about to attack again but he was hit by an explosion from Katsuki that knocked him back before he was lifted in the air and then slammed into the ground. Before he could get up, a wave of ice froze him in place, surprising Izuku and Hitoshi.
"That was close." They both turn to see a calm Shoto who lets out a sigh. "He could've been a real problem."
'He wasn't a problem before?!' Both Izuku and Hitoshi thought before they heard grunting, seeing the villain struggling against his icy prison.
"You think a few ice cubes are gonna stop me?! Dagger?! I'll kill you all right here and now-"
His body immediately froze which made Hitoshi smile as he tied up the man. "Finally, I got him. Retract your quirk and go to sleep."
Seeing Dagger following Hitoshi's commands, Izuku let out an exhausted sigh as Dagger pulled back the saw blades into his body and fell asleep in his bindings. "Finally."
"I'll take him to Yaoyorozu," Tenya said as he picked up the man.
"Please do!" The boys said in unison before he sped off.
"Now time for the other villain," Katsuki said as he, Inasa and Shoto took out the villains in widespread attacks to find the perpetrator of the clone quirk.
"How perfect," Hitoshi said sarcastically as he defeated several villains. "Zuku, stay there and rest."
Izuku tried to move but his body allowed him to be unable to move, much to his chagrin as he had to watch the battlefield.
During their assault, everyone was unaware of a hand coming out of the ground underneath Tenya, the appendage grabbing him by the leg which caused him to fall to the ground and lose his grip on Dagger whose head hit the floor, knocking him out of his dazed state. A smile appeared on the villain's face as he slammed his hands on the ground.
"YOU ARE ALL DEAD!"
The ground started to break before several metal chains sprouted from the ground and hurt the students, some of them barely able to block the attacks. Izuku helplessly watched the scene unfold in front of him, a cold sweat ran down his neck as he tried to move his body.
"I hope...Ms. Jiro can get the plan going..." He thought aloud as he watched the carnage in frustration.
"Gah!" A villain screamed in pain when his body hit the wall.
Standing before him was Midnight who put her whip around his neck and tugged him to her eye level.
"What is the reason for your invasion? This can't just be for money or fame." She asked in a profound tone, the villain blushing when he was brought closer to her. "Speak."
"Harder, mommy." The villain muttered silently.
"What?!" Midnight rose a brow.
"What?" The man said, a bit embarrassed that he made his intrusive thoughts come to the open. "Forget I said that please."
The heroine smirked when she choked the man harder, tracing her finger alongside his chin. "I will...and I'll even make your dreams a reality if you be a good boy and tell Mommy why you're here~"
The villain tried to hold his ground but he lost to his lust as he explained to the woman. "I don't know. They told me to raise hell and search for some quirkless kids! They said we would get a hefty reward if we do!"
"Hmm...interesting." The woman said before she heard the villain huffing for air.
"So can you-"
Midnight quickly knocked him out before she tried to reach Eraser through her earpiece only to receive static.
"What the? Eraser?"
Only static sound could be heard which made the heroine a little worried.
"Damn it. Did someone mess with the signal?" She clicked her teeth before she suddenly felt the ground shake, turning to see that it was in the direction of Ground Beta.
"That's where the students are!" Midnight's eyes widened as she sprinted in the direction.
"Die!" Dagger yelled as he lashed multiple pillars at the students who had no choice but to dodge.
During his rampage, Inasa and Shoto stopped his attacks which gave some of the students a chance to run away and help some of the injured. Grinning evilly, Dagger launched several saw blades, some of them being stopped by an ice wall.
Meanwhile, Katsuki rushes towards Dagger, unleashing several blasts at villains in his way before reaching Dagger with his palms glowing. The man did not budge as he took the blonde's explosion but he felt a bit of pain from the attack, much to his surprise. Before he could understand, Katsuki unleashed another blast that hurt the man, causing him to be stunned.
"How on earth?" Dagger thought before he received multiple explosions to his side.
Slowly coming to consciousness, Momo got up to see Katsuki managing to push back Dagger with his aggressive fighting style, much to her surprise. 'I see. He is directly attacking the sections of his armor that is not covered properly. So, he found a chink in his armor. Good...this means...'
After observing for a while, she noticed what was happening as she picked up a katana. Taking another explosion, Dagger tried to retaliate but he felt a slash on his arm, seeing Momo behind him, the girl standing her ground despite being covered in wounds.
"How are you still..." Dagger said in disbelief before he fired a chain at her but it was stopped by a wall of ice, the man turning to see Shoto and Inasa approaching him.
After a moment of silence, Momo and Katsuki speedily lunged at the man who blocked their attack, about to go on the attack but Shoto froze his hand. He then turned his sights at the red and white-haired teenager as he swung his fist but he was knocked back by an explosion. Outstretching his arms, a smile on his face as he was about to fire two pillars but one of his hands was pushed back by a blast of wind from Inasa while the other received a slash from Momo.
This continued for a while, making Dagger have to be on the defensive as he suffered a few more slashes and explosions before he was pushed to a wall.
"Finally, you're falling!" Katsuki said, Dagger looking to see the rest of the villains being defeated by the classmates which did not go unnoticed by Momo.
"Don't even think about it." She raised her sword at him. "I made sure that your accomplices won't come to aid you."
Dagger clicked his teeth as he went for an attack that Momo was able to deflect with a riot shield, much to his chagrin. He then put a finger into the air, a chain coming out of the ground behind Katsuki which was stopped by a wall of ice.
"Not on my watch," Shoto said as he trapped the man in a coat of ice.
"It's time to be served justice!" Inasa said as he shot a gust of wind but it was stopped by Shoto's ice which caused him to glare at each other.
"What the hell, Todoroki?!" Inasa shouted at Shoto who glared at him.
"Don't get in my way!"
Hearing that and seeing the cold glare from Shoto's green eye, the Whirlwind user shook with anger as a powerful gust surrounded his body as he stomped towards his red and white-haired classmate.
"What is your problem?! Those damn eyes...it's just like him! Like Endeavor!"
Hearing that name, Shoto's face distorted in anger as his right side erupted with a wave of ice as he turned to Inasa.
"What do you mean by 'just like him'?" He said, a cold wind coming from his mouth. "I'm nothing like him!"
"Come on, everyone!" Momo said as she tried to diffuse the situation. "Not now. Bakugo, can you help me stop them?"
"Shut up! Don't tell me what to do!" Katsuki yelled, Momo let out a sigh. "Oh dear."
During their bickering, Dagger smiled before he broke out of his ice bindings, the students barely noticing the villain as he rushed at them while transforming his gauntlet into a blade.
"Be careful of your head, blondie!"
Within an instant, Katsuki instinctively let out an explosion to retreat, the blade barely grazed him. Dodging another slash, the Explosion-user smirked until he felt a slight sharp pain on his neck before he touched it, seeing blood on his palm which made him shocked.
"Shit!" He cursed before he noticed several blades coming at him and Momo.
Seeing the situation, Shoto tried to stop the attack but his ice was stopped by Inasa's whirlwind which made him click his teeth. 'Damn it!'
"Get the hell out of the way!" Inasa said as he used his attack, managing to stop some of the blades.
Meanwhile, Momo and Katsuki maneuvered and blasted them away while the latter kept his eyes focused on the villain.
"That damn bastard just won't let up!" Katsuki shouted as he let out an explosion that destroyed all of the metal in the area. "Now be a damn fish and flop!"
He then used the force of his explosion to launch the debris back at Dagger, obscuring the man's sight before he grabbed a chain connected to the man's arm, firing a detonation that pulled the villain into a kick. Avoiding another kick, Dagger tried to slash the blonde but a scarf latched on his arm and pulled it away, causing the blade to miss Katsuki before the villain was thrown into a wall.
Getting up, Dagger growled as he lunged at Hitoshi who blocked his attacks until he suffered a stab from Momo before his legs were frozen by Shoto. The army of villains did not decrease in numbers as the remainder of the students began to feel exhausted while fighting against them.
"There's no end to them!" Itsuka said while lifting two villains and slamming their heads into each other. "You can't sniff out the person creating all this?"
Shishida shook his head at her question before he continued his conflict with the villains. Their battle continued for a while until Izuku heard a ringing sound from his phone which made him smile when he saw the text was from Denki. 'Perfect.'
As he tried to move, Izuku tried to move but he could only gain slight movement.
"Darn it..." said the hero-in-training before he sent a message. "I hope this works..."
During her fight, Momo received a text from Kyoka that shocked her before she made an announcement. "Come, Itsuka! Everyone, follow me!"
"Oh! Uhhh...ok." Itsuka said with a raised brow but she still followed Momo's directions along with the rest of the students.
Meanwhile, Izuku slowly made his way to the entrance, Yosetsu and Hitoshi grabbed him before the trio ran away from the villains.
Reaching the entrance, everyone was shocked to see the door being cleared of rubble and an exhausted Kyoka on the floor.
"Nice, Ms. Jiro…" Izuku said as Hitoshi hypnotized a few villains to attack each other.
After a while, all of the students were able to get to the entrance of the gym except for Shoto and Katsuki who were fighting the villains.
Seeing the situation, Inasa quickly unleashed a tornado that took the two boys to them.
"What the?" The two of them said as they fell beside Izuku.
Seeing that everyone had reached the entrance, Kyoka beamed as she plugged her earphone jacks into two loudspeakers that Momo created.
"Perfect!" The goth girl said as she felt her fast-beating heartbeat. "Time to rock this shit!"
Everyone watched as the speakers came to life, unleashing a powerful loud sonic blast that stunned all of the villains.
Seeing the scene in front of him, everyone was surprised except for Izuku. "I knew it. The quirk user is hiding away from the clones. Which leaves plan B-"
He then saw Dagger who was gripping his ears in pain, the man trying to use his quirk but was unable to which made him grit his teeth.
"You damn bastards!" He shouted as he sprinted towards them.
A few villains followed him as they rushed towards the students who were taking a battle stance. Despite the situation, Izuku wore a calm expression before he looked up at the sprinklers at the ceiling.
"Todoroki! Use your fire on those sprinklers!" He said to Shoto who froze as he looked at his right hand.
"Todoroki!" Izuku called for him again, this time in a panicked tone but he received no response from his red and white-haired classmate.
Giving up on Shoto, Izuku's eyes darted through his classmates as he racked his brain for another method. 'Who else? Who else? Wait!'
"Bakugo! Let out an explosion on the sprinklers!" Izuku shouted at Katsuki who was enraged at him as he rushed at Dagger. "Don't you tell me what to do, you useless bastard! I do my own thing! It's just one extra!"
"Are you serious?" The green-haired teenager massaged his temples as he looked around the place.
Letting out an annoyed groan, Monoma quickly smacked Todoroki's shoulder and then unleashed a blast of flames towards the sprinklers, causing them to activate.
Meanwhile, Katsuki was about to launch an explosion at Dagger but at the last second, he noticed several chains coming towards him which he dodged until he saw a shadow looming over him. As he looked up, his eyes widened when he noticed several metal pillars around him.
"Good riddance!" Dagger said as his pillars were about to crush Katsuki.
Within an instant, the villain was hit in the face by something that made him fall on his back, causing his metallic pillars to miss Katsuki which surprised the blonde. "What the?"
Rubbing his bruised cheek, Dagger turned to the entrance, seeing Izuku who had his Shockwave gauntlet. Both he and Katsuki watched as the freckled teen fell to the ground, his body letting out smoke.
Seeing what happened made Dagger more enraged as he lashed out.
"That piece of shit!"
"Toshi…grab Bakugo…" muttered Izuku.
Hitoshi nodded as he immediately wrapped his scarf around Katsuki's leg and pulled him back as the water began to rain down on Ground Beta. Dagger tried to attack the blonde but he was stopped by a powerful gust of wind sent by Inasa.
"Our big attack is raindrops?" Mina asked, scratching her head.
"Close but no!" Denki grinned as he put his hands on the ground as Bakugo landed behind him.
"Indiscriminate Shock: Full Voltage!" Denki said as his hair spiked up and electricity burst from his eyes. He then unleashed a blast of electricity from his body.
Seeing the electricity discharging everywhere. Momo created an insulation shield to protect herself and her classmates from the electric blasts.
Dagger could only watch as the blast quickly traveled through the water before he and his comrades got electrocuted. Everyone witnessed as the villains began to disappear and Dagger's body returned to normal.
As the lightning subsided, Dagger and another villain fell to the ground, both of them completely unconscious as smoke came from their bodies.
"Finally!" Toru fell to the floor on her back, panting heavily with a smile on her face. "I need a vacation after this. Probably a chocolate milkshake could do the trick."
"I'll take strawberry." Mina raised her hand.
After a moment of rest, the students gathered the two villains, Sero bound them with tape while Momo kept them restrained along with Itsuka, Setsuna, and Tenya.
"Students!"
Everyone turned to see Midnight running towards them with a concerned expression before she noticed that they were all covered in injuries and the villains were tied up in front of them.
"Oh, thank goodness! You're all safe!" Midnight let out a sigh of relief before she went to the captured villains, some of them regaining consciousness as they scowled at the youths.
"And we would've gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling students. You shou-" The villain was cut out by a vicious neck chop from Midnight that knocked him out, the sheer strength of the strike surprised the students as they thought in unison. 'Did his neck just snap?'
"You have all done well here. Taking out your first villains." Midnight said with a smile as she dusted off her hands and grabbed the villains. "Take a rest and let the medical bots tend to your wounds. Everything is almost done!"
As they waited, several medical robots arrived at the scene, taking care of the injured students and bringing them to the infirmary.
Watching the trainees being treated, Midnight smiled as she watched the students helping each other before she spoke through her earpiece. "Eraser. What's happening? You copy?"
"Yeah. I hear you alright." Eraser said in a concerned tone as he slowly approached the entrance of UA. "And I don't think you would believe what I'm seeing."
Before him and the other teachers was the reinforced barrier of the UA university however what made them shocked was the huge hole in the metallic wall. After a few minutes, the rest of the teachers and Principal Nezu joined them, their expressions changing into ones of pure concern.
"What is this?" Mic said as he looked at the ground, seeing white dust. "Did someone burn a hole in the barrier?"
"This should not be possible." Nezu said as he walked to the wall before he traced his fingers against it. "I have ensured that this wall is able to take any form of damage. Even the most powerful of Endeavor's flames."
"It looks like it has been..." Power Loader checked the residue and the edges of the wall with a scrutinizing look. "...rusted to the point of falling apart. A rust quirk by any chance?"
"It's possible." Nezu nodded as they all continued to inspect the damage further, all of them sharing one similar thought.
'What on earth are we facing?'
"That's good, dearie! You have no injuries whatsoever." Recovery Girl said when she finished her inspection. "For now, just take it easy! You have gone through a lot."
Mei nodded absentmindedly as the nurse patted her shoulder before she got up and left the room. She felt oddly exhausted after everything that had happened which was weird to her because she did nothing but hide.
As she left the building, she saw the aftermath of the attack, seeing several faculties damaged and some of the students being accompanied by the ambulance and heroes. After she wandered on the campus for a while, she found herself by the classrooms for the Hero Course students.
'Oh, right! Izu and Eyeshadow and the rest of them. I need to check for them.' She thought while looking for her friends through the multiple medical bots.
Mei did not know why but her heart felt uncomfortable the more she did not see her friends within the crowd.
'Where are they?' She thought frantically as her eyes dilated before they darted around the place, trying to find any trace of them. 'Where are they?!'
"Excuse me!"
Mei jumped, turning to see Itsuka who immediately noticed the girl before she smiled. "Oh! You're Midoriya's friend!"
Mei nodded silently before Itsuka pointed to the entrance of Ground Beta. "They are over there."
"T-thank you." muttered the pink-haired mechanic before she walked to the damaged building.
Walking towards Ground Beta, Mei was able to see both Hitoshi and Izuku from the distance aa they were getting treated by the bots. After a few moments, they noticed her before they started waving at her.
Mei had a bewildered look on her face, her legs involuntarily took her to them.
"You're ok, Mei!" Izuku smiled after he inspected her, Mei noticed his body and head wrapped in bandages. "Thank goodness!"
"I hope you didn't cause any explosions now," Hitoshi stated, Mei noticed his shoulder bandaged and his arm in a sling.
"Yoshi! C'mon! That was terrifying! I was so worried."
"Says the dude who has several stab wounds in his chest and a bruised head," Hitoshi raised his eyebrow before he let out a sigh. "You need to worry about yourself."
"C'mon, it's not that bad."
"You were freaking out about Shiozaki and Denki having slight bruises and grazes instead of the literal fact that you could barely move."
"I uhh…"
While the two males were arguing, Mei was silent as she walked up to them, her lack of words surprising her friends.
"Uhh...Mei. Are you ok? No new babies today?" Izuku asked in a worried tone while Hitoshi had a bit of concerned look. "Hey, if I offended you, I'm sorry. I meant to say your children."
Suddenly, Mei hugged the two boys, surprising them as they both looked at each other in confusion. After a moment of silence, they just patted their friend's back before she quickly let them go with a huge smile on her face.
"Alright, enough of that! Time to go!" She announced while marching towards the gate.
Her behavior once again baffled her two friends before she grabbed their hands and dragged them out of UA.
"Time to leave and go to the cafe!"
"Ok?" Izuku and Hitoshi said in unison until the former remembered something.
"Let us get our things first. You need to get your bag too, Mei." Izuku said as he grabbed the girl as both he and Hitoshi made their way to their classes.
During their conversation, the boys were unaware of Mei's tears which she quickly wiped away before she jumped on the two.
"C'mon! I want some chocolate!"
"Damn it!"
A bottle was thrown into a wall, breaking into several shards of glass that scattered across the ground.
Within a dimly lit bar and by a counter was Tomura who was squirming in pain while Kurogiri was treating his wounds.
"Young master, it is in your best interest to stay still," Kurogiri said while wrapping a bandage around Tomura's head. "I knew UA's defense system was stated to be the best of the best but after today, I can see that those were not just pretty words. But for the entire mission to be a failure..."
"I don't understand!" Tomura slammed his hand on the table. "The professor lied! Izuku Midoriya was not quirkless! If he was, how did he cheat the system? Was he hacking?!"
"It could be false information but I would not expect the Doctor himself to make a mistake," Kurogiri stated as he picked up the first-aid medical kit and went behind the counter. "Anyways, we need to count our wins although they are few. We were able to get the registry and information about the golden eggs within the Hero Program."
"Tch! Fine!" Tomura clicked his tongue as he went to the TV. "I need to break."
As he used the remote to turn on the TV, the monitor started to come to life before a voice echoed through the room.
"How did things go, Tomura? Were you able to retrieve any quirkless people?"
"No, it was a complete failure. Those damn heroes cranked up the difficulty." Tomura said as he gripped the remote, his final finger twitching to touch the device.
"Hmm, a minor setback." Another voice said on the monitor. "How about the quirkless student within the hero course? Izuku Midoriya?"
Hearing the name made Tomura frustrated as he threw Izuku's photo from his pocket. "I don't want to heat that hacker's name!"
"Hacker?" The voice said questioningly.
"You stated that Izuku Midoriya is quirkless." Kurogiri walked up to the screen, getting a hum of approval from the TV before he further explained. "Well, when we encountered him, he used his quirk to push back the young master."
"Hmm. He has a quirk?!" The voice on the monitor said in a shocked tone. "That's impossible!"
"That's what I thought!" Tomura shouted. "He should have been easy XP but no! The damn hacker had to glitch the system! Now nothing makes sense!"
"Hmm. Interesting. Perhaps you have made a mistake, doctor." On the other side of the monitor, a masked man who was covered and connected to tubes turned to someone within the darkness.
"That's impossible. That should not be the case." Another voice said as rummaging sounds could be heard in the distance.
Coming to the light was someone who was dressed in a lab coat, his entire face covered in a grey gas mask. "My last report of him stated that he had a quirkless physical composition."
"Hmm. A quirkless person conjuring a quirk..." The huge, masked man said before he turned to the screen. "I will personally investigate Izuku Midoriya myself. He intrigues me."
"He should." The doctor said as he gave him the document containing Izuku's information. "Once you see his skills, you will realize that he will be a great asset to your plans."
"Hmm, I see. Just like his name, the perfect 'puppet'." The huge man in tubes said until he turned his attention to Tomura who was playing a videogame game. "Tomura. For now, you need to focus on getting more teammates. Since the heroes will be informed of our attack, they will be on alert for our attacks. We will need to strengthen our league."
"Yes, Sensei." Tomura muttered until he remembered something. "How long until the download is finished with our DLC character, master?"
"All will be resolved in time, Tomura. You must be patient and wait. It's best to look into the people that you are planning on recruiting. Knowledge is power. Especially in your...what's it called? RPG games." The man said in his muffled voice, unable to hold back a laugh.
"Fine. Kurogiri. Get me a drink." Tomura said to Kurogiri who nodded before he went to make a drink.
"We will get everything we want in due time." The monitor said before the static got worse as he started laughing.
"And destroy All Might and this society of heroes for good."
Finished.
Shroud's Quirk: Memory Gas
Shroud's body emits a white gas that morphs into everything that he remembers. However, whatever has been created from the gas is not durable and will dissolve once unconscious. For the things he creates, they can only do things based on what was recorded in Shroud's memory.
Fun fact: Dagger is based on a character in Zatch Bell named Maruss.
And finally, I'm done with this battle. I had a blast writing Shiggy. Also, the plot thickens, someone wants Izuku and it's not gonna be pretty. Well, that's it for now. I hope you guys like the chapter and please stay safe.
Enigma out!