"For real?" Said Honenuki as Iida charged towards him.
"I've maxed out Recipro's horse-power and minimized fuel consumption! It lasts ten minutes! For ten minutes, nobody can stop me!"
"Are you trying to catch us off guard with your new move-" "However! I move a bit too fast to retain full control!"
Iida was moving around him so fast it was hard to track his movements. But he'd gotten in a few hits on Honenuki. "End of the road, Mudman!"
Honenuki dove into the ground, softening it so he could swim.
"Recipro Turbo, wow!" Cried Deku. "That's so much faster than even Gran Torino!"
"Ever since you started with that Shoot Style or whatever, Iida seems to have gotten his mojo back," said Mineta.
"I still need him to teach me some kicking moves."
"Super speedy, Iida!" I cheered him on. Good job! He's so fast now!
"Hey, look at Ojiro!" Said Mina, turning our attention to Ojiro's fight with Kaibara.
"He's fighting so normally!" Jirou snarked.
"The way he's getting beat is so ordinary! It's like Ojiro hasn't changed at all! C'mon, man!" Said Sero.
"You're done!" Kaibara cried, ready to land the final blow -
Until Iida swept him away.
"Iida!"
"I'll put spiral in prison, so I must leave the battlefield for now. I'll be back shortly! In the meantime support Todoroki because Mudman is probably headed his way. I'll be back in a flash!" He said all this very fast.
"You got it!" Said Ojiro.
"Get offa me! I didn't get to really show off yet!" Protested Kaibara.
"Owww! Settle down, you! Why should I allow a villain to show off!?"
"Honenuki must've given you the slip, right? You saw what a pain he can be, so shouldn't you go after him instead? This is no time for you to be interrupting our one-on-one fight, Ingenium!"
"This is how my brother would proceed, so I will do th same! If I cannot take proper action during training, then how can I hope to act when it counts!?"
Man, Iida! That's so deep!
Earlier, Todoroki had been locked in battle with Tetsutetsu, screaming "My fist!" While punching through his ice.
"Since he turns into steel, a little cold doesn't slow him down much," said Sato.
"TEtsutetsu, I've got a lot to learn from you!" Kirishima sighed.
Bakugou was smirking in triumph. "The ice ain't doing squat, but he keeps trying it? Rookie move."
"My steel fist of justice is gonna make ice cubes outta your defense!" TEtsutetsu snarled.
"Then how about - a wall of flames?" Todoroki turned, finally unleashing his finisher.
"You handle Tsunotori!" He told Shoji.
"Right!"
"Do you have any clue as to why I decided to take you on?" Came Tetsutetsu's voice from the fiery inferno. "Figured it out yet? Cuz your stuff doesn't work on me! Time to strike while the iron is hot!"
"Fight on, TEtsutetsu!" Said Tsunotori.
"This was part of my quirk training! You ever spend a day inside a furnace?" He was coming towards poor Todoroki, a hot fiery poker.
"Tetsutetsu! Pin down Todoroki! Don't let him get away! Overwhelm him in close combat to keep him from firing off massive moves!" Cheered Vlad King Sensei.
"Half and Half can't put a dent in me! I bulldozed past my limits to steel myself like this! Just gotta keep pounding away till you're out cold!"
Todoroki held up his left hand. "Aw, crap!"
Tetsutetsu backed off then as something came from Todoroki's left side. "Get back. Unless you want melt!"
And the camera began to phase out as Todoroki unleashed a massive wall of flame from his left hand side, enough to point his hair upwards!
"Young Todoroki. Firepower on par with Endeavor," said All Might.
Our view of this fight was now blurred.
Meanwhile Tsunotori was fighting Shoji.
"Sorry, tentacle, but I always trot right past the Octopus tank at the Aquarium. I can't stand the things!"
"I'm no stranger to being feared," replied Shoji.
"So it's time to end this! I'm gonna lock you up!" She threw four massive horns his way, and Shoji duplicated nearly several dozen massive arms, saying, "I didn't expect any less from you."
"Got you," she grinned as another horn came up from behind him. He grabbed it with an extra arm.
"Thanks for the assist." And Ojiro came in with a tail attack, knocking Tsunotori down and grabbing her horns.
"You're not much of a threat if you can't shoot your horns!"
"Oh the way you got me! So darn ordinary!?"
"I'll tie her up and get her to jail. Todoroki needs your - help - "
"CRap, it's Honenuki!" Cried Ojiro as the ground beneath their feet turned to liquid.
"I'll be taking Tsunotori back now. WE're actually friends, you know."
Meanwhile, small views were being restored of TEtsutetsu fighting Todoroki.
"Wuzza matter, Todoroki! Slowing down?"
"You're not as quick as before either!" HE aimed a fire attack at him - but then a pipe came from above, softened by Honenuki.
"I can't have you melting our TEtsutetsu!"
"Honenuki!"
"Now harden!" But someone had kicked off his mask.
"This time you won't get away from me, mudman!" Iida had arrived.
"Take this to heart, villains! The rescue takes top priority."
Todoroki and Tetsutetsu both looked too beat to move. Honenuki had reached out as Iida swept Todoroki up in his arms to take him out of the way, and softened the bottom of a giant water tower. He screamed, "Push it down, Tetsutetsu!"
No…
It fell down on Iida and Todoroki, as Tetsutetsu and Honenuki passed out.
Iida! Are you OK!? OH my god!
He's pinned under there - he could be really hurt - someone has to go help him -
"Look at that! All fighters are down for the count! BUT THEY'RE NOT TECHNICALLY OUT OF THE GAME UNTIL THEY'RE THROWN IN PRISON! HOW'LL THIS PLAY OUT!? IIDA'S STILL CONSCIOUS, BUT HE'S GOING NOWHERE FAST! IT APPEARS THAT KAIBARA'S HUMBLE RESISTANCE HAS LEFT A MARK! OUR SPINNING BOY DID ALL HE COULD TO SLOW DOWN HIS JAILER JUST BEFORE BEING THROWN IN THE SLAMMER! WELL DONE KAIBARA! YOU'RE THE REAL MVP!"
"This Biased commentating ain't getting any better, Vlad Sensei!" shouted Mina. "Hey. But if everyone is down for the count, then Class A keeps a 1-0 lead!"
"I'm afraid not, Ashido," Yaomomo corrected her, as Monooma burst out laughing.
"Have you been too distracted by the bombastic battle to notice what else was going on? While Tetsutetsu and Todoroki's intense fight unfolded…"
Shoji and Tsunotori's fight had changed tacts.
"Shoji and Pony! I thought she was all tied up with Ojiro's tail! Where's Ojiro?" Cried Mina.
"Let me tell you…" Yaomomo said quietly.
A few moments prior Ojiro's battle was interrupted by Honenuki's arrival. And that Honenuki had delved beneath the softened ground to release Tsunotori from Ojiro's grip.
"This is too much!" He'd cried, spinning around in an attempt to throw Honenuki away.
"That did it, Ojiro!" Shoji cried, reaching out to seize Ojiro and Tsunotori and pull them out of Honenuki's grasp.
"You…" Tsunotori shouted. "Run on ahead, Honenuki!" Her horns blasted out from the softened ground and skewered Ojiro in the tail.
"Skewer me alll you like, I'm not letting G-"
"Fine by me if you don't let go! Quad horn power will send you straight to jail!"
"Again, fighters are still in the game as long as they're outside of the cage!" Said Sensei. "By the same token, once they're locked up its over! It doesn't matter how they're thrown in there! Will the binding hold long enough? The score is now 1-1!"
Ojiro had been thrown into prison. Tsunotori had flown into the field where Todoroki, Tetsutetsu and Honenuki lay and lifted them all up from the ground with her horns. Iida was pinned under the smokestack and this left only Shoji and Tsunotori. She seized Todorroki and flew high up in the air while her horns carried TEtsutetsu and Honenuki with her.
"Sorry, Tentacole! I can't bear the thought of leading my team to defeat!"
"TWENTY MINUTES HAVE ELAPSED! MATCH 3 IS OVER! THE SCORE STANDS AT 1 TO 1! ITS' A DRAW!"
"They were just stalling, no fair!" Cried Kaminari.
"In real life, fleeing and waiting for rescue services is a perfectly reasonable strategy," Shishida reprimanded them.
"Iida…" I murmured, watching as they dug him out from under the collapsed silo. "You must feel so frustrated!"
"IN LIGHT OF THE MULTIPLE KNOCKOUTS, EVALUATION WILL COME LATER, JUST LIKE WITH MATCH 2! MATCH 4 FIGHTERS, PREPARE YOURSELVES."
League of Villains' Hideout, Mid December.
Tomura was fighting that big oaf and looked like he was getting his butt kicked.
"Our future king is in trouble, huh!?" I asked Spinner.
"Same as always," sighed Spinner.
The doctor had promised his full support, on the condition we could reign in Gigantomachia. It's been a month and a half since then, but the big guy still hasnn't accepted Tomura. He can keep attacking without rest for 48 hours and 44 minutes straight, then sleep for about three hours before attacking again. His body gets bigger in battle and he can always sniff out Tomura's hiding place. Machia told u s about his great ears adn powerful nose. Hitting him while he's asleep doesn't work, as he can wake up at once and attack again. For the past month nad a half Tomura'sbarely slept, while we had some freedom to wander off and take shifts helping with the mission.
The doctor gave us some cash, but barely enough for support. He was not ready to give us full funding, not yet. I had used a little to buy a new duffle coat.
"Toasty!" I smiled, making my way through the woods. "I slow down when I'm too cold."
"Uh huh," sighed Spinner.
"I love how cute A-line cuts look on me," I grinned.
"You joined cuz you love Stain, right?" asked Spinner. "But there's no sign of his influence in the League now, so why're you still here?"
"I love Stainy," I smiled. "I love Izuku and Ochako too! And I wanna become everyone I love!"
"You're so free. Must be nice," sighed Spinner.
"Is he sleeping now?" asked Mr. Compress. "When does that monster find the time to eat?"
"You still alive, Tomura?" I asked.
"Yeah. And that thing's slowed down a lot. I'm getting way closer each time, compared to the beginning! I'm definitely gonna trip that gorilla up sooner or later."
"BRAP!" came a sound from Jin's - something.
"Huh? Getting a call from Giran."
"The man hasn't been picking up any of my calls!" cried Mr. Compress. "ASk if this is insured!" he added, pointing to his robotic arm.
"That old broker's been looking out for me ever since he introduced me to the League! A real swell guy!" said Twice. Then, "You there, man! Why don'tcha pick up the phone when Mr. Compress Calls, you jerk?"
"Ah, I'm afraid that would be our fault," came a smooth voice, not Giran's, over teh phone. "I assume I'm speaking to Jin Bubaigawara, the villain known as Twice?"
"A voice changer?" asked Compress.
"Who is this?" said Twice. "And where's Giran?"
"Say, why don't you check the news? Right now, if you can?"
Compress opened up the news on his phone.
"BREAKING NEWS! FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S EVENTS, ANOTHER FINGER HAS BEEN FOUND. 3 DAYS AGO OUTSIDE THE RESIDENCE OF HTE LEADER OF THE SHIE HASAIIKAI GROUP, A REGISTERED VILLAIN ORGANIZATION, A SEVERED MIDDLE FINGER WAS DISCOVERED. THEN IN FRONT OF HOSU CITY TERMINAL, AN INDEX FINGER. YESTERDAY, A RING FINGER APPEARED ON THE CENTRAL HIGHWAY WHERE A PRISON TRANSPORT VEHICLE WAS ATTACKED. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. THEN AT GROUND ZERO IN KAMINO WARD A THUMB, AND JUST MOMENTS AGO IN CENTRAL FUKUOKA AT THE SITE OF ENDEAVOR'S FIRECE BATTLE THAT IS STILL FRESH IN OUR MINDS, A PINKIE FINGER. THE FINGERS ALL SEEM TO BELONG TO THE SAME INDIVIDUAL. IN ADDITION, A SCARF, SUNGLASSES AND OTHER ITEMS OF CLOTHING THOUGHT TO BE PERSONAL EFFECTS OF THE VICTIM WERE DISCOVERED AT EACH SCENE. POLICE ARE TREATING THIS AS A CRIME MEANT AS A STATEMENT BY SOME ORGANIZATION OR OTHER."
"Those are the locations where we've done our dirty deeds," murmured Compress.
"Greetings, League of Villains!" said the voice from the phone. "You are speaking to the Grand Commander of the Meta Liberation army, Re-Destro."