Alrighty it's time to learn who is the ninth wielder of One for All is and whether they and Gizon will be able to handle Nomu until All Might arrives. Or are they strong enough to handle it on their own. What secrets is Gizon hiding from his classmates and and why so important for him to be a hero? And will he be able to keep his secrets?
As always I do no own any rights to Marvel or MY HERO ACADEMIA or any of their characters.
With that let's begin.
With the metal suit villain out of the way and the Shigaraki in front of him not being who Gizon thought of, Gizon knew he was a good attack. But as soon as he heard Shigaraki give that command his eyes went wide. Despite running his footsteps had been quiet, training from his father always made sure Gizon's footsteps were quiet. Yet somehow Shigaraki still heard him and gave Gizon barely any time to see the large beaked creature move. It disappeared from Gizon's sight only to reappear right in front of Gizon. Gizon's senses went wide as Nomu's aura of uncontrolled chaos lifted the area around it.
Gizon slammed his feet into the ground in an attempt to stop himself but Nomu closed in. Nomu then threw a punch and Gizon's instincts saved his life and allowed him to jump over Nomu. Gizon quickly made a plan to attack Nomu from behind but before Gizon had a chance to land Nomu turned and swatted him away. Gizon barely had a chance to raise his arm to protect himself and when Nomu's massive purple fist rammed into Gizon's arm he knew he wouldn't be able to absorb all of the impact.
Thinking fast, Gizon absorbed as much as he could of the impact as possible. Then allowed the rest of the force to send him flying. As soon as Gizon hit the ground he ruled, using his arms to protect his head until he came to a stop. Gizon sat down breathless as he felt his quirk pushing against his body as it was at its limit.
"Hisahito." Eraserhead said, forcing himself over to his student. Gizon got to his knees and felt that his left arm was broken and his right was fractured, "Are you okay?"
Gizon spat out some blood in his mouth as he stood up, "Peachy. That 'Nomu' must have a strength-enhancing quirk. His hits felt like All Might's." Gizon looked at Nomu and noticed that his punch had been powerful enough to also kick up dust. Gizon knew he wouldn't be able to survive a punch like that unless his quirk was fully empty and about to absorb as much as possible, "That's what Kurogiri must have meant when he said they came to kill AllMight. That Nomu, that creature, whatever is it. It's their weapon designed to kill All Might, his quirk must be as powerful as All Might.."
"No, he doesn't. I cancelled his quirk at the last second, yet it did nothing." Eraserhead said though he didn't know why he was telling Gizon this information. He was only a first-year high schooler, what could he possibly do against someone whose strength was on the level of All Might? Maybe it was because Gizon had willingly stepped in to protect him, so maybe he deserved to know what he was up to again. No Eraserhead needed to focus and get his student out of the way.
"Eraserhead, someone managed to get past Kurogiri. I heard him tell Shigaraki, but I don't know who. But if I had to guess it would have been Ilda. He's the fastest out of us and I didn't see him get teleported. Chances are he's running to get a signal to the main campus." Gizon said as he heard footsteps walking up to them. He got ready to defend but then he looked up and saw Mmomo and Jirou, "Girls, you need to get Eraserhead out of here and up to the entrance. I'll hold off the villains as long as I can. Backup should be arriving soon."
"No. Hisahito, you are a student and are not ready to face those villains. They're not your average street thug, you have no chance against them." Eraserhead said. He was a pro hero and a teacher, his priority was the safety of his students, and he should not be allowing one of them to throw themselves at villains.
Yet Eraserhead caught Gizon's eyes, there was no fear, no hesitation within them. He looked ready to fight, but to protect or just cause, no Gzon has some remorse in his eyes. As if he had to make up for something. "And you think you can do any better. Like you said, your quirk did nothing against Nomu's strength. Until All Might arrives I'm the only one that can hold him off. Yaoyorozu, when you get back to the upper platform, Thirteen is going to need your help. Now go." Gizon commanded. His voice was stern, so Momo and Jirou didn't argue.
Eraserhead wanted to protest, he was going against everything he stood for. but Momo and Jirou lifted him over their shoulder and began to drag him away. Gizon took a breath as he held his arms out in front of him. Then a small yell, Gizon drew his arms into his natural stance and clenched his jaw as his right arm was healed and his left arm was forcefully set back in place. The pain was enough to make a normal person black out, but Gizon had gotten used to it.
Once his left arm snapped back together, he smiled and faced the villains. He had something to make up for. He had made the wrong choice too many times in his life, it had hurt people, caused death and made Gizon sick to his stomach. Now that he had a chance to turn his life around, he wasn't going to let a whiny boy with that man's name take that away from him.
"You think that since you're willing to let yourself get killed just to save your fellow students, you're a hero." Shigaraki said as he looked Gizon over. This student was standing before him without an injury to show his previous fights, the mark on him was his missing shirt, and he was willing to continue fighting. And that pissed Shigaraki off.
Nothing was supposed to get in his way. All Might was supposed to be waiting for him. Kurogiri was supposed to get the NPC out of the way and Shigaraki would send Nomu after All Might. Yet Player Two wasn't here and an NPC had made themselves Player Three. A Player that was somehow holding their own against the Anti-All Might.
"I've got a lot of past mistakes to make up for. If I can't start right now, then I might as well die." Gizon said. He knew he could hold back Nomu, but that would require his full attention. That left Shigaraki, Gizon hoped that name didn't mean anything to its current user, and Kurogigi to act as they pleased.
"I can make that happen. Nomu, kill this punk." Shigaraki commanded. Nomu yelled as he once again charged forward, ready to kill Gizon.
Maybe it was because of the extra energy from Nomu's last attack, or the adrenalina. Most likely a combination of both, but this time Gizon was able to follow Nomu's movement. They were still fast and Gizon still had a hard time following them, yet he was able to react.
Gizon was able to dodge the first three attacks but was blindsided by a backhand. As before Gizon absorbed as much of the attack as he could, but his quirk was more full this time, so the energy leftover was more. Gizon prepared himself as he went flying again. As he flew he managed to flip himself upright in the air. Once Gizon's feet hit the ground, it looked as if he was gliding back with how fast his feet were moving to slow him down. Gizon finally managed to get his hold and rammed his legs into the ground, digging up the ground into trenches as he slowed down.
As Gizon caught his breath, the skin of his hands healed and his right arm repaired itself. But without skipping a beat Gizon roared and his eyes turned yellow, as his skin began to biblically glow a bright yellow. A sign that his quirk was at maximum capability. Gizon turned himself and looked back at Nomu, the next second Gizon launched himself forward.
Nomu screeched back as Gizon got close and it threw a punch. Gizon vaulted onto Nomu's first and using it as a platform, Gizon swung his feet ground and kicked Nomu in the side of the head. To make sure his attack did something, Gizon poured half of his quirk's energy into the kick. With that amount of energy, Gizon felt his leg begin to sprain, but then he became surprised when the Nomu didn't go flying. Nomu's head had barely even moved from where Gizon's foot was pressing against it.
Gizon withdrew his leg and then the glow around him turned golden. Gizon poured the rest of his quirk's energy into the attack and then some. But when Gizon's foot connected with Nomu's jaw, Gizon felt all the bones in his foot break. And yet still Nomu stayed in place.
"One of Nomu's quirks is shock absorption. No matter how much force your attacks have, nothing will harm Nomu. Kill him." Shigaraki said. Gizon thought about how Nomu could have a quirk similar to himself, but Nomu hadn't used any energy as Gizon's quirk had. The force of the attack was simply disappearing, moreover, Eraserhead had explained that Nomu's strength didn't come from a quirk.
Gizon's mind went wild trying to put all the pieces together, but then Nomu grabbed both of Gizon's arms and pulled them apart. Gizon yelled as he was forced into a crude copy of Hercule's hold. Gizon poured the rest of his energy into his quirks, increasing his quirk's energy and then pouring the outflow into his strength.
Gizon's arms began to glow yellow then glow began golden as Gizon kept himself from being torn in half. As Gizon continued to overwork his quirks, he began to pull his arms in, overpowering Nomu. As Gizon continued to pull his arms in, he stared Nomu in its blank eyes. Gizon's arms almost had his sides as the biblical golden glow enveloped his entire body. Then Gizon felt warm blood starting to flow back his lips and fall off his chin.
Nomu screamed, then brought its foot up and kicked Gizon in the gut. With that attack, Gizon's yellow eyes and glowing form disappeared and he was once again sent flying.
However, this time instead of landing on the ground, Gizon crashed into the base of the stairs that led up to the entrance platform. As he crashed, a crater formed around his body. He groaned a bit and picked his head up, his body was screaming in pain as his quirks began to repair his body.
Gizon's vision came into focus and he immediately wished it hadn't. As he saw Nomu slowly walking up to him. Gizon had to overclock his quirk once to save himself and if he didn't get to his foot soon then he would be defenseless against the monster designed to kill All Might. He was going to need some help.
Once those that remained after Kurogiri 's teleported everyone else away, had handled the villain, sending him back to Shigaraki. Ochaco ran over and watched from the top of the stairs, as Gizon jumped in to protect Mr. Aizawa from the energy blast. She silently cheered as Gizon attacked the metal giant and injured him. Though she would never admit it, she silently cheered that Shigaraki had taken the metal villain out of the fight, leaving only the damaged suit behind.
But then Gizon had been caught by Nomu and beaten back. Ochaco knew she needed to help but she froze. She didn't have control and right now would be the worst time and place to injure herself. She would just get stuck in the middle of everything.
"Uraraka," Momo called out, drawing Ochaco's attention down the stairs. She saw Momo and Jirou carrying Mr Aizawa. He was broken and beaten and only conscious due to his seer stubborn will, "We need your quirk, Mr. Aizawa is heavy."
Ochaco immediately hurried down to them, watching Gizon fend off the Nomu as she ran. She reached the girls and their teacher and used her quirk on Mr Aizawa. She helped them carry their teacher up the stairs, but then Gizon was sent flying into the base of the stairs.
"Hisahito." The girls yelled. Gizon had just saved Momo and Jirou from a lifetime of embarrassment and Ochaco had known how right-hearted he was. He was starting to make himself to be the strongest member of 1-A, but if he was beaten back so badly. So much that his body was broken and he was struggling so much to just sit up. Ochaco gritted her teeth, she couldn't let him struggle on his own. She turned to Momo and Jirou and said, "You need to hurry up the stairs. Yaoyorozu, Thirteen is going to need your help with first aid. I'll get Hisahito and bring him up.
The two girls look at Gizon, then at the top of the stairs, "Just go." Ochaco said then didn't wait for another second. Cancelling her own gravity, Ochaco launched herself at Gizon. The moment she was above the crate she cancelled her quirk and landed next to Gizon, where he was forcing himself out of the stairs. He stood up on his own feet, but he was swaying back and forth. As Ochaco jumped down into the crate and slid down to Gizon, "Hisahito."
"Uraraka, I thought I told you to call me Gizon." Gizon mumbled, looking over at Ochaco. His eyes were glazed over, out of focus. Yet he was conscious enough to complain about being called Hisahito.
"Come. We need to get to the top of the stairs. Ilda escaped and ran for backup." Ochaco said and used her quirk on Gizon, but then Gizon grabbed her wrist. He applied just enough pressure on her wrist to stop her from closing her fingers.
"No, I have to continue to fight Nomu. I'm the only one that can hold him back." Gizon said. His body was broken and beaten, and his healing was slowing down. He couldn't last much longer, but he wasn't going to give up.
"You'll die." Ochaco said, pulling Gizon out of the crater. Yet Gizon grabbed ahold of a piece of rubble and kept himself from being pulled up the stairs. They had only known each other for a week, but Ochaco didn't want to see one of her classmates die. Well maybe except for one, but Ochaco tried not to think about that.
"And if I don't, everyone else does too. A hero's job is to protect them. Giving their all to save the people around them. A hero would fight with their life, to allow others to smile." Gizon said, finally looking Ochaco in the eyes. He planted his feet on the ground, his body mostly healed and a small yellow glow pulsed over his body.
Gizon's words echoed through Ochaco's mind. They were the same words All Might had told her when she was deciding whether to accept One for All. She looked at Gizon in the eyes and saw the same strength and fight within his eyes, as she had seen in All Might. Gizon might not have One for All but to Ochaco, Gizon was acting the same as All Might.
"You're not the only one that can fight against Nomu," Ochaco said, cancelling her quirk on Gizon. If Gizon was determined to fight Nomu, then Ochaco would do her best to fight alongside him. Her eyes narrowed as she focused on Nomu. He was slowly walking to them, his villainous aura fighting against Ochaco and Gizon's heroic one.
"I've got one last good attack on me. I'll be going all out." Gizon said. His eyes flashed golden and his right hand started to glow. The biblical glow around Gizon's arms was no longer soft, but razor-cut and pointed "Would you do me the honors of doing the same."
Ochaco nodded. She really hadn't practised using One for All. She had managed to localize the strength of the quirk to signal parts of her body, thus minimizing the damage. But she couldn't control the percentage she used, it was either 0 or 100. However, Gizon made it clear that if Nomu made it to the stairs, everyone was dead. People that Ochaco considered friends.
"Good. Let's go." Gizon said. Ochaco powered up One for All in her legs and they rocketed towards Nomu. Time to see how they handled themselves and if they could protect their friends.
As they neared Nomu, it threw a punch. It would have connected, but suddenly the glow around Gizon grew, and then he seemed to teleport to the side and block the punch. As he blocked, the aura around his right arm became brighter and more sharp. Ochaco, however, saw that was causing him great pain, yet it had cleared the way for their attack. It gave Gizon and Ochaco a path to draw their fist back and rocket them forward.
Gizon had told himself that he was more than his past, beyond everything that had been given to him. By his father and that man. Yet those experiences, those powers were tied to him and he wasn't going to lose them any time soon. Gizon had only known 1-A for a week, and well that didn't make this fight personal for him. He was starting to become friends with them, and how poetic that the first people he had a chance to save as Gizon Hisahito would be them. Yet his base quirk wasn't enough. He might regret his past and everything, but he knew he had to use it to save his friends.
As Gizon fist hit Nomu in the jaw, Gizon consciously activated a second quirk. His entire body once again gained a biblical glow but it was entirely golden and it was cut through the air. Gizon yelled in his mind, "Force multiplier times 10!"
Ocaho could feel that her punch wasn't doing any damage to Nomu. Was this all she had to offer while Gizon was willing to give it his all? He is sacrificing his life, and his career to save our classmates. So much that the pain he felt was making him bleed. Was she not willing to do the same?
She was the ninth user of One for All. All Might trusts her to become the next symbol of peace. That meant she had to work harder than anyone else. Take on responsibilities that no one else could fulfil. She was the next symbol of Peace. Ochaco poured her heart and soul into One For All as it overtook her body, "Go Beyond, Plus Ultra. One for All. Beyond my limits, beyond 100%."
As they attacked Gizon's entire body flashed golden, while Ochaco's hair floated up a bit and took on a pink hue. Nomu seemed to hold its place, but with everything against it, he began to move backwards. Then with a bit more effort together as heroes, Gizon and Ochaco sent Nomu flying back
Shigaraki watched as two dumb students rushed Nomu. One of them had been informed of Nomu's shock absorption and yet he continued to fight. The other student seemed to simply follow her classmate, following him into a fight that could only end with both of them getting killed.
They somehow managed to dodge Nomu's attack and got in close to land a hit. But Shigaraki smiled no matter how hard they hit Nomu's shock absorption was too strong and nothing would get through, But both their bodies flashed into bright colors and Nomu let out a shriek and then was launched right back at Shigaraki. He began to panic as the large body of Nomu came right at him.
"Nomu stop yourself." Shigaraki yelled. Luckily Kurogiri was quicker to action, wrapping himself and Shigaraki out of Nomu's path.
Nomu heard Shigaraki's command and dug his hands and legs into the ground. It dug trenches as it slowed down, kicking up the loose dirt. Gizon noticed that smoke was rising from Nomu's hands and feet, slowly burning the fresh off from the friction. Nomu stopped itself and the bones of its hands and feet were seen.
Ochaco rose to her feet as the pink hue aura around her then disappeared. Ochaoc looked Nomu up and down then said "Your Nomu is out of the fight and you have no hope of fighting both of us."
"How did you beat Nomu's shock absorption?" Shigaraki yelled, like a little kid. Like a little kid that wasn't getting a toy that he wanted.
"Absorption, not nullification, meaning there's a limit to how much he can absorb at once. Now give up." Gizon said. He was breathing heavily but was managing to stay on his feet. The golden light around him flickered but stayed in place.
"Nomu, attack." Shigaraki yelled. He was here to kill All Might if a pair of high schoolers wanted to get in his way, he would get rid of them. Just two more deaths to shake the world with.
"He can't." Gizon said, but then he saw Nomu come running at him. His hands and feet were healed and he was barreling towards them.
"Shock Absorption isn't Nomu's only quirk." Shigaraki said, "He has hyper regeneration, and it was better than yours."
Gizon couldn't believe Nomu could have more than one quirk. Then again he had more than one quirks, but then that means. That man was still alive, but only that he had created Nomu and sent his disciple to attack USJ. If that man found out about Gizon, then. Gizon was pulled from his thoughts as Nomu was upon them. He didn't have time to think about what this all meant. He quickly grabbed Ochaco and put himself between her and Nomu's fists. He felt the punch, not even worrying about absorbing any of the impact.
Gizon managed to hold his ground, but then Nomu drew back its fist and ploughed it fist through Gizon's arms. The two UA students went flying, Gizon grabbed Gizon and rotated himself in the air, so he hit the stairs first. The moment Gizon's back hit the stairs he felt his ribs finally break. But not worried about that, he looked at Ochaco and saw that her legs and left hand were purple.
Ochaco looked around in a daze but then used her good hand to pull herself up, "We have to continue to fight." She tried to pull herself out of the ground, but Gizon stopped her.
"No, we can't. We can't beat that thing." Gizon said as he struggled to heal his body. His quirk was becoming strained. If Nomu had multiple quirks and the name Shigarkai was still around, that could only mean one thing. Shigaraki did have a connection to that man, which meant All Might wasn't as successful as he thought he was. The Symbol of Evil was still alive and kicking.
"But you were confident a few minutes ago," Ochaco said, confused by Gizon's sudden reverse of beliefs. With all the adrenalin running through her body, she hadn't realized how broken she or Gizon were.
"That was before I knew that All for One was involved," Gizon said. In his hysteria, he didn't think about whether Ochaco would recognize the name. And if she did how she would react to how he knew the name? Nor did he really care, even people who didn't know who he was, from the name alone felt something.
"It doesn't matter… Wait, how do you know about All for One." Ochaco began to panic. If Gizon knew about All for One, was there a chance he knew about One for All? How much did he know, were All Might and Ochaco in danger? Had One for all accidentally been revealed?
"That doesn't matter, but it sounds like you know that name too. If you knew half of what I knew, you would understand we can't do anything against that thing now." Gizon said. His mind was fuzzy, and he could barely see Ochaco. He felt his quirk urging him forwards, to protect himself and his classmates.
"But Nomu will kill everyone. Are we just going to sit around and let that happen?" Ochaco said.
Suddenly a loud ringing sound echoed through the USJ, followed by a second one, and then the sound of something large and metal hitting the floor. Then the atmosphere felt charged with an aura that once lifted it up with peace. Peace then was now being condensed into a feeling of fury.
Gizon didn't even need to look up to know who had arrived. One For All did not fail to explain perfectly the light that All Might gave to the world. Gizon was starting to understand how pissed the self-proclaimed demon lord off so much. A man who wanted nothing more than powerful to be the most feared, to lose against a feeling of such peace. Gizon had to laugh a bit, "Talk about perfect timing. Backup arrived just in time."
And that's Chapter 14. Ochaco is revealed as the ninth wielder of One for All and she learns Gizon know about All for One. Yet he claims to know more than she does, is that possible. And does it have to do with his reason of wanting to become a hero so much. And does he know about One for All. Could the legacy be in danger.
Next time its All Might's turn to have a crack at Nomu. With Gizon and Ochaco's efforts, will be easier this time, or when the fight be just as demeaning
Next Chapter: With Heart and Extra Help.
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