Gintama ending 5, Shura by DOES.

Summary:

Tensions are raised as Sora Yamazaki enters U.A High, running on just his dreams to protect everyone he cares about from the danger his visions have shown him, will he be able to protect them all?

Especially when a event from canon does not happen, what does this mean for Sora? Has he changed canon to the point of no return, or is something else at play?

Find out in the USJ chapter!

"Hey, Sora, you seem tense. Something wrong?" Kaminari asked me, slightly concerned judging by the look on his face. "...Are you feeling sick or something? If so, I can go ask Aizawa-sensei to take you back to school. Honestly, you shouldn't push yourself."

I wanted to reply that I wasn't fine, but if I did that would raise more questions than solving them.

"I'm fine."

"You sure?"

I gritted my teeth.

Something was wrong and I could feel it.

It was like something within me was warning me to run the other way, to run far away from the destination this bus was going to. But I wasn't going to falter, not now. Not ever. If I did... How could I face anyone ever again?

The boy who couldn't protect anything.

The boy who gave up without even trying.

No, that would be a betrayal to myself - I owed it to myself to try and protect everyone, if something did happen. I couldn't stop myself from tapping my foot nervously, an action which drew a lot of curious glances from people around me.

"I'm fine, Kaminari. Honestly. Just a little nervous, that's all," I replied to the blonde boy, who seemed a little happier after hearing that as he went back to his carefree attitude, browsing his social media again, liking away at the random posts on his feed. "Heh. You saw the trend of Instagram just showing you reels of people dying? It's sorta fucked how the platform just allows it."

"I know right!" Kaminari agreed with me. "But it is sorta funny."

"In a morbid, yeah. Maybe we're sick in the head."

"Are you sure you're okay? You've really been off since yesterday?" Jiro butted in from her seat behind me, and Yaoyorozu who was sitting beside her nodded. "Sora, you're usually more energetic. Loud, crude, and somewhat charming. I'd never imagine a sullen look on your face. If you really don't feel well, don't worry about it. We care more about your health that you, and that's a bit fucked."

"I have to agree with Jiro. Your behaviour has been a reason of concern, especially since I am now your class president, it falls upon me to ensure every member of this class is happy and healthy."

I grinned at that. For some reason, hearing that made me feel much more relaxed as I responded with a thumbs up.

"Trust me, I'm fine."

Right.

Shigaraki and the League didn't infiltrate U.A., so there was no way of them knowing about the USJ - That means there is no way they can attack us. No matter what, their plans were thwarted and everything was fine.

…

"Are you sure dude? You haven't even spoken to me about porn all day!" Mineta said. I snorted as I put my middle finger up to him. "Ouch! What happened to bros before hoes?! Don't tell me you're already breaking the Bro Code!"

"Not in front of the girls, dumbass. Now they are gonna think I'm weird 'cause of your habits, which I don't condone by the way. Pornography is bad," I told Mineta with a slight grin. "...That said, have you seen the new movie Ryukyu is supposingly has a cameo in?! She's wearing a bikini! I'll be seated on day one!"

Mineta blew a raspberry at me.

"'I don't condone pornography' my ass. You literally fantasised about Pixie Bob the first day I met you," I spluttered as I failed to reply with a witty comeback as Mineta continued. "And no, I haven't seen the trailer yet. But I swear it comes out in two months, right? We should totally go and watch it!"

"I'm down."

If we're all still alive, that is.

Still, seeing all the girl's in their Hero costumes left me in an uncomfortable position, fucking hormones, why was it that I had to go through puberty again?

"Do the three of you only discuss girls?" Jiro asked disgustedly. "Because whenever you three are together, it seems like that's the only thing that is consistently brought up. Seriously, it's kinda creepy."

Kaminari, Mineta and I shared a look as we each had different answers.

"Yes."

"No."

"Sometimes."

Jiro rolled her eyes as she muttered something about perverts. To be honest, girls were an uncomfortable topic for me, especially ones our age. My mind couldn't help but waver back to the fact that I technically died at seventeen, which was only two years older than us currently. It never felt like I matured in my previous life - And It's not like I've matured in this life either, I was just as immature as ever.

As such, I tried my hardest not to look at any of my fellow student's developing areas.

It was rude.

Mineta on the other hand constantly brought up Yaoyorozu's 'Yaoyorozu's', which was a pretty good point to be honest, I could see the appeal, especially for the mass market. But I was more interested in the niche, rough diamonds and all that jazz. Wait, that sounds slightly sexist doesn't it...

"Your Quirk resembles All Might's," Asui's voice thankfully broke me out of my thoughts as we all stared at Midoriya. Well everyone apart from me, I already knew the answer to that question. "I mean all you do is just punch really hard, kero."

"R-R-R-R-Really?! I mean..." Midoriya was cut off as more people started to get into the conversation.

"Hold up Tsuyu. All Might doesn't get hurt though. They're already different in that way," Kirishima added. "Maybe if Midoriya could punch without hurting himself, it'd be different. But he's a slightly scuff version of All Might! No offence dude, the fact that you keep on swinging your fists knowing they're gonna break is so manly!"

And I had to slightly agree - As of now, Izuku was nowhere near comparable to All Might, it was like night and day, but once Midoriya learned Full Cowling, then it would become a better comparison. Unfortunately, Kirishima nor anyone other than myself knew the possibility of Full Cowling as of yet, or the true heights that Midoriya would one day reach all on his own merit.

"U-Uhm… I really don't think my Quirk is-,"

"But that sort of simple strength enhancing Quirk is awesome! You can do a lot of cool stuff with it," Kirishima cut Midoriya off. "Unlike my Hardening, the only thing I'm good at is fighting cause' for everything else I'm really boring. But you?! You can punch rubble that's trapping civilians! You're Quirk is great for being a Hero!"

Kirishima wasn't exactly wrong, Hardening wasn't exactly flashy nor adaptable. It was rather like that one party member that can use a spell that's really good, but is bad at everything else, so mostly they are the human shields of the party.

"I think that's pretty neat though. Hardening, I mean. If you want to go pro, that's all you will need," Midoriya replied. "You're Quirk is quite versatile for both fighting and rescue scenarios! I wonder, can your Quirk walk through fire without any backlash? You could walk through a burning building and help those trapped inside while other Heroes and firefighters try to control the fire!"

…I also had to agree with Midoriya there, Kirishima would get far in life with just his Quirk alone. After all, being a Hero meant fighting villains, lots of villains, but also saving a shit ton of people too. And if canon was anything to go off, fighting would be all Class A would be known for…

If canon happened here.

I was still unsure as to what was really happening here.

The conversation carried on as I was lost in my own thoughts once again. What would I do if canon was irreparably damaged? Truthfully, I had no answer to that question that had been plaguing me lately. It would mean my future knowledge was useless, and my plans to try and save everyone without fighting would be dashed - It would mean I would have to constantly train every day just to keep up, something I wasn't opposed to, but also something I wouldn't look forward to either.

…Tsk.

"You wanna talk about strong and cool? That would be Bakugo and Todoroki, I mean did you see their fights?!" Mina said excitedly. "They're super flashy! I can totally see them becoming some of our top Heroes as soon as we graduate in three years!"

I agreed with her, they both were extremely powerful opponents, especially Bakugo. I mean explosions were just cool as a concept, but he uses them expertly, I mean being propelled through the air by explosions sounds like a fun time.

"But what about Sora?" Mineta interjected, putting the focus on me. "Sora's got a useful Quirk that allows him to adapt to any situation. Not to mention he nearly beat you and Aoyama all on his own. I reckon if Sora really gets going, he could be a powerful monster in the future."

God bless Mineta, I truly hope the fates shine on him one day and let him take Yaoyorozu on a date or something.

"Mmh. But like Bakugo, Sora won't really be popular as a pro Hero, kero," Asui replied. "They both have very polarising personalities. Bakugo is angry constantly, and Sora has too much of an attitude to truly be popular."

"WHAT'D YOU SAY FROG-FACE?!" Bakugo screamed at Asui, who looked at him as if he had grown another head. I couldn't stop myself from laughing at Bakugo's expression as he turned his anger towards me. "Oi cloud watcher, she said you'd be a shit hero too dumbass. We're both in the same freakin' boat, dumbass. She dissed the two of us."

I shrugged my shoulders.

"She's not wrong. You're an angry fucking cunt, and I'm a little bit of a troublemaker who can't keep his mouth shut, as we currently are, we probably wouldn't be popular. But I'm not exactly looking for popularity, or rather to be the most popular," I told Bakugo truthfully, who merely clicked his tongue in response. "Can't fault her for telling everyone how she sees it, can ya'? I know I ain't exactly the most Heroic guy ever with my personality, but so what? Sometimes it's function over form. So long as I save people, I can't give a rat's ass about what they think."

…

"Tsk. Whatever."

"Well we just met Bakugo, and he seems like a colourful person. I mean this truly, he has the personality of a turd," Kaminari commented, causing Bakugo to fly off the rails as he screamed obscenities at Kaminari. "Chill out, man. You're just proving my point. You freakin' angry pomeranian. Woof! Woof! Woof! Calm down, doggy."

I sighed, shaking my head at Kaminari who kept on egging him on.

This wasn't going to end well.

"Oh, yeah? I'll show you what a fuckin' turd can do when I pound you to mash, or how about when I make you explode from the inside, or-,"

"Jeez man, is murdering your classmates the only thing you think about? That's fucking annoying, very happy to have a trigger happy classmate behind my back," I joked. "Love you too, bro. Just know if you lay even a finger on me, I'll use my Quirk to make a large dildo and shove it up your ass till you shit out blood."

Bakugo turned his anger towards me once again, smirking at my comeback.

"Say that again fuck face, I'll murder you so hard you won't go to heaven or hell."

I scoffed, if only he knew, what a pity.

"Try it, you cunt. I'll use my Quirk to suffocate you to death. Then I'll attend your funeral and fuck your mother in front of your grave - Imagine that, eh? I know you have a MILF of a mother. She's some famous model chick."

Bakugo growled in anger.

Ah, how much fun it was riling up people.

"What a vulgar conversation," Yaoyorozu said, looking in disgust towards us. "I thought Bakugo's vocabulary couldn't get worse, but you too Yamazaki?"

I shrugged my shoulders.

"I've always had shitty vocabulary. Guess Bakugo here just has a shittier one."

"I think it's fun! Everyone is speaking together like this!" Uraraka said with a grin. "It's kinda fun, you know?! I can't imagine our class any differently!"

I had to agree with her on this one, it was quite fun.

"Try convincing Bakugo, he avoids having a normal conversation like the plague," Kaminari added as I high-fived him. That was a good one I had to admit, especially when I saw Bakugo's face, his veins looked like they were about to pop. "Oh, is little Bakugo gonna cry? Sora, look at him. I think he's sad."

"You look like a constipated man. Oi, Sensei, stop at the gas station. Bakugo needs to take a shit," I shouted as the people around me started to laugh. "Make sure you don't shit yourself, Bakugo! We don't have any nappies on board! Damn, did we put a baby sticker on the bumper of the van? Just so the other drivers know about little Kacchan here."

"Language Yamazaki, or else I'll give you another detention," Aizawa warned me sternly. "And cease your commotion. We're nearly at the USJ.

"Eh, yesterday was a fluke. I won't go to the next one," I replied with a grin. "...Only joking, sir. I'd never dream of undermining your authority like that ever again! Haha. That said, please don't give me another detention."

"It depends on your behaviour."

"Speaking of behaviour, I think that it is incredibly rude that you tried to skip going to your detention in the first place!" Iida chastised me. "Do you have anything to say for yourself? You and your delinquent tendencies are giving our Class and this school a bad reputation! Decades of prestigious history are all erased because of one student and their blatant disrespect for authority!"

I shrugged my shoulders.

"I didn't want to go. That good enough?" I replied with a cheeky wink. "And yeah, I freakin' hate authority or whatever shit you worship. I'm a free spirit, baby. I do whatever the hell I want, that's how I've always operated - And frankly, the rules were meant to be broken. It's the shitty adults who hold them up in the first place."

Shitty adults that looked down upon me.

Treated me like shit.

And I had to wonder how many others did they also look down upon?

Yeah, I was a difficult student. But there was a fine line between understanding I had a few issues and giving up on me entirely, that was why I freakin' hated them all! But there were few good teachers.

Some of my old middle school teachers.

And maybe Aizawa…

Maybe.

"Wow, I didn't know we had a resident bad boy in our class," Mina said. "We have a quiet kid, an angry one, a delinquent and a nervous wreck. I think that's a pretty diverse cast of characters, ne?."

"Oi, I'm not the 'bad boy'. Please put some respect on my name."

"Oh right. What about class clown, is that any better?" Jiro asked.

"Much better-, Hey! That's worse!" I responded despite the snickering from a select few individuals. No way was I the 'class clown', that would totally undermine my cool factor. I'd be like the unfunny kid, and I didn't want to be that again. "I'll take that back! I'm a freakin' bad boy! I'm a delinquent! Please, don't call me the class clown!"

But no one replied as the bus stopped.

"We're here. Look sharp now," Aizawa told us. "Welcome to the USJ."

I gulped nervously as I looked at the building ahead, it was rather quite large, large enough to be compared to double the size of a football stadium. A massive dome of a building that housed multiple different zones - And hopefully wasn't going to lead to a surprise villain attack.

I mean… What were the odds?

"Whoa!" Uraraka said excitedly. "What is this, Universal Studios Japan?!"

Try USJ-, wait they even have the same initials. Maybe this was Universal Studios Japan?

Either way, I'd only find out by going inside.

Inside the den.

Inside the gateway to hell.

Chapter

Eleven

'Shine on, You Crazy Diamond!"

"Whoa, dude! This is so massive!" Kaminari said to me. I mean it was easily the biggest stadium I had ever seen in my life, was it a stadium? I mean it looked like one, and I haven't been to Universal Studios Japan yet, so I had no real comparison other than a football stadium. "Look! There's even a place set on fire over there! And is that a cruise ship on the water?! How do U.A. afford all this?"

I shrugged my shoulders.

"I don't know. Prostitution maybe? That's what it means to be a Hero, no?"

"Eh?"

"You know, we're prostituted to different agencies and forced to do the dirty work," I explained. "We're used by U.A., society, the government and real Pro's. Until we graduate, I mean. Then we become the people who hire the prostitutes from U.A. to do our work as we become a part of the well oiled machine that made us."

"That's… certainly a point of view."

"How many chicks do you think we could fit in there?" Mineta asked me with a deprived look in his eyes. I shrugged my shoulders, honestly who knew how many people could fit in there? Probably in the hundreds. "And we haven't even gotten closer to all the zone's! Dude's, I think this is the greatest theme park ever!"

But that's the issue - This wasn't a commercial theme park.

This was owned by U.A.

Couldn't it have been downscaled in size? Maybe next to it build some housing for homeless people or something, I mean isn't one of Japan's biggest urban problems it's lack of space?

This definitely wouldn't help.

As we all walked further inside, I was blown away as I got a better look of the place, whistling at the opulence on offer here. A flood zone, filled with whirlpools and a boat that looked more like a yacht, a landslide zone with rubble from various buildings mixed together looking like the amalgamation of the apocalypse and a natural disaster.

Even the conflagration zone looked to be the highest quality, the burning inferno reminding me that it was still in a controlled environment as Mineta had pointed out earlier, and the fact that U.A. was able to afford all this suddenly hit me like a train full of bricks.

This must have cost a fortune!

Just how the hell is U.A. getting funded?!

"Every disaster you can imagine is here," A person wearing a space suit began to tell us with a friendly wave, a fellow Hero I couldn't exactly remember the name of. "I built this facility myself, and I call it the 'Unforeseen Simulation Joint'. But you can call it the USJ. I hope you all will enjoy the lessons on offer today."

"IT'S THE SPACE HERO! THIRTEEN!" Midoriya and Uraraka yelled in excitement.

The latter continued as he explained that he was a rescue hero, one of the best in the business and easily the most recognisable. Funny, I had only heard of him once before, was he in canon? Probably. I just didn't remember every unimportant detail, and it's not like I really gave a shit.

I did step forward to scout out the area, however.

Now… if I were a bunch of villains, where would I potentially appear?

"I love Thirteen!" Uraraka commented, making me chuckle. Well if he was a rescue Hero, one of the best too, then I had massive amounts of respect for him. "I loved it when you rescued all those people from that burning building a few months ago! You're Quirk is so cool!"

Hell, maybe Hawks would be surpassed for the coolest hero?

WAIT!

I remember Thirteen now, he had like a black hole Quirk?! That's actually pretty cool. So far Hawks was still first, but Thirteen was second and Pixie Bob was third.

What can I say, blondes are my weakness-,

"Thirteen, where is All Might? I thought he was supposed to be here?" Aizawa-sensei asked his fellow staff member. My mood quickly changed as I was once again reminded that it could happen. "...He was supposed to be the third member of staff here today. Dividing the class into three groups as we'd overlook their training. If he's not here soon, that means our plans would have to change."

"About that," Thirteen whispered, but thankfully I was lucky enough to hear what was said next. "It seems like he reached his limit today during his morning commute. I don't think he will be able to make it, I just got the call from U.A."

Just like in canon. Shit. But would the villains come just like in canon?

I looked around, but there was no sight of them.

So surely, that meant they wouldn't come…

Right?

"The height of irrationality," Aizawa muttered under his breath. "Oh well, let's get this started then."

I glanced over at Midoriya, who seemed to be taking the news a little too hard. I mean it made sense, he probably felt like since he took his Quirk, All Might's time was getting shorter and shorter. I wanted to at least ease off some of his worries, but if I did it would just raise more questions.

Like how I got that information.

"Before we start," Thirteen said, interrupting my thoughts. "We have to go over a few points. As many of you know my Quirk is called 'Black Hole', it can suck and tear anything. And while my power has been used to save many people, it can also be used to kill very easily. I've no doubt that there are some of you here with similar abilities, or even precautions."

He was right.

Even my own Quirk could easily flow inside someone's mouth and change shape on the inside, or better yet maybe I could summon my Nimbus inside a person. That would surely lill them, not to mention I could just suffocate someone by placing their head inside my cloud, or stab them to death by transforming my Quirk into a sword etc.

I could use any of my special moves to rip, tear and simply destroy my opponent.

It doesn't help that the characters who used my attacks beforehand were Ninja's, Pirates or just plain murderers. That isn't exactly what you would call a Heroic inspiration, now was it? But it didn't matter, my opponents were superhuman just like me, which meant they could fight back and deal damage to me as well, so I'd say it's even.

Though I wouldn't try to brutalise my opponents or anything.

That seemed excessive.

"In our superhuman society, the use of Quirks is heavily restricted and monitored. As of now the system is a stable one, but we must never forget that our Quirks can be used to commit horrific acts of violence, all it takes is one uncontrollable man, and people die," Thirteen lectured us. "That is why the use of Quirks are prohibited. It's why you are here today. To learn how to use your Quirks in a safe manner outside of combat, that way when the occasion arises you will be able to perform as Heroes should!

I agreed, somewhat.

All it would take is one surprise attack and tons of people would die.

Even as I walked slightly away from the group to semi-explore the place, ignoring the odd looks I was getting, I couldn't find a single thing out of place. How did the League of Villains arrive here again?

Tsk.

Faulty memory.

Pro-Heroes, while good, are entirely dependent on their location. Why would a Hero ranked highly work in the countryside? No, they would much rather work in the cities where they gain massive fans and attention, meanwhile the Heroes that barely passed their licences are left to scramble around trying to save everyone they can. It was far from perfect, but it was better than nothing.

"Aizawa's training helped you understand your own hidden potential."

I snorted at that, holding my tongue.

Aizawa-sensei's test was more of a confrontation between me and the man, but I suppose Thirteen was right. It allowed me to realise that I could float my Cloud to as far away as I want, but since I wouldn't be able to see, it wouldn't be very effective as just a cloud. But transforming it half way into a giant fist, then can then punch an unexpected anyway from far away seemed like a cool idea.

I could even carry injured people in a serious situation, simply fly them away as I focus on my battle. But that of course came with a massive caveat. If I lost concentration once, not only would my Quirk disappear, but those I was trying to evacuate on my Nimbus would fall to their deaths.

Not very heroic I suppose.

"Through All Might's battle training, you all experienced the danger your respective Quirk's pose to other's, and yourself," I guess I need to increase my pain tolerance by tenfold if I want to seriously be able to fight, because if my Nimbus just went away after one hit in a real battle; I'd be dead. "This class will allow you to use your Quirks in a new perspective, you will utilise your Quirks in order to save lives!"

So far Thirteen had me sold on the premise of today's training, if it wasn't interrupted. But... deep down inside I did want it to be attacked, in some twisted way to prove that my knowledge of the future wasn't useless, that yesterday's actions were just a fluke.

No.

That couldn't be it.

I didn't want anyone to get hurt, what was I thinking?

This place wasn't going to be attacked!

I looked around once more, and there was nothing there to be seen.

It was quiet.

No signs of any villains.

"Your powers aren't meant to harm people, I hope you leave this facility today with some idea on how your powers can help people. That is all! I thank you for listening."

Thirteen finished off with a small bow.

I was barely paying attention as I restlessly tapped my left foot against the floor, cautiously awaiting for the moment the villains would appear. If they even appeared. It was not knowing whether they would show or not that's making me nervous, even drawing some curious looks from the rest of my class.

Including Aizawa.

But that didn't stop everyone clapping as Uraraka led the charge in congratulating Thirteen.

"That was so inspiring! I can't wait to start saving everyone!"

"Yeah! This is so exciting!"

I hung back from the rest of Class A, my fingers twitching nervously. Shit, were the villains not going to appear?! Why the hell was I acting like this?! I should be having fun with the rest of my class, instead here I am worrying about something that may or may not happen!

Shigaraki and the League have no way of knowing where the USJ is!

In fact, how would they even know that we are supposed to be here?!

So why was I hesitating?

The premonition.

It was the fucking premonition that kept on replaying in my mind as I hand balled into a fist, my headache was pulsating, waiting to burst as I steadily tried to keep my cool. A bead of sweat trailed down from my forehead and past my cheek, smacking onto the floor as I awaited with bated breath of our impending doom - Yet, for some strange reason, it wasn't happening.

For some strange reason, here we were being divided into groups.

Here we were, actively going along with our training without any interruptions.

"...Yamazaki. Is there an issue?"

Aizawa looked at me in concern, and for a split second I wanted to shout at the man, I wanted to berate him for only noticing me now! Despite his weird fixation on me the past few days, he had spent most of today practically ignoring me after yesterday's conversation about my parentage. He wasn't even looking at my eyes as he asked me if I was okay, and that infuriated me to no end!

If you're going to be a teacher, don't be a shitty one!

But, then and again, here I was trying my hardest to remain calm and composed.

No - I was calm and composed.

I was forcing my own body to move, for if I didn't I'd be unnaturally still scouring my surroundings waiting for a single moment where chaos would erupt, I was waiting for the right opportune moment to strike, much like the villains were waiting for the right moment to attack us. Like a snake coiled around someone's neck, waiting to bite and kill their victim who had decided to let their guard down.

But I refused to be the victim in this scenario!

"...Yamazaki," Aizawa's voice drew my attention once more as his brows furrowed as he stared at me. "...Why are you smiling? Are you that excited about the proceedings? About Hero training?"

…

Excited?

Baddum.

Baddum.

I felt my heart beat faster as I noticed more and more hidden details within the USJ, the way some of the floorboards beneath us creaked, the way the stairs were somewhat lopsided and how far away each zone was from one another.

"Smiling?" I asked, shaking my head at him. "...Fuck. Teach. Sensei."

"Yes?"

"Listen, there's something I have to tell you. There's going to be a vi-,"

DON'T.

SPEAK.

YET.

I fell to the floor clutching my throat in agony as air was stripped away from my body and I choked on nothing, a menacing and unfamiliar voice pulsating throughout my head as Aizawa immediately rushed to me.

"Kid! Kid!"

I could barely hear Aizawa's concerned voice as I tried my hardest to regain control over my body, my wet coughs reminding me of just how fragile I was. I was fifteen. And here I was, supposed to stand brave knowing that I could be fighting against villains? Against men and women that wanted to kill me for no apparent reason other than they were hired for a freakin' job, and I was just supposed to accept that?!

It pissed me off.

It pissed me the fuck off.

I looked up to Aizawa who seriously looked concerned for me. I gave him a small grin as I got back up and brushed some dust off my uniform, ignoring the other looks some of my classmates gave me - At the very least my headache had finally gone away.

"...Do you need medical-,"

"I'm fine," I cut him off plainly. "I feel fine. Something… Weird happened."

Aizawa huffed out at that.

"I don't mind driving you back to campus. If you aren't well enough to perform today's activities, you shouldn't force yourself to do so. Hero work while sick is frankly one of the more dangerous things you could ever do, and while this is still training you could still get injured if you aren't careful-,"

"I said I'm fine, teach," I interjected loudly, pushing past him. "Just drop it. Everything's going to be fine, alright? I was just a little lightheaded from yesterday's detention. The staff room is a bit stuffy, and I don't think the van ride here helped. Just needed to get it out of my system, ya' know? I'll be fine."

Aizawa stared at me blankly for a few seconds before he sighed.

"...Okay. Let's carry on then."

I walked over to where the rest of my classmates were, all of them sending me different looks from one's of concern to intrigue. It's not like I was dying or anything, and with the way they were looking at me they thought any second now I was just going to keel over and die. Specifically Jiro who stood as close to me as possible, our hands briefly brushing against one another as I stared straight ahead at the marked spot.

The centre of the USJ.

"Sora… What happened?" Jiro asked me. "You-,"

"Nothing. Trust me on this," I told her, my eyes never leaving the centre of the USJ. "...Hey, Jiro. We're friends, right? Nah, that's a silly question. Of course we are. But, say, say there was a chance I'd do something really stupid. Something tremendously stupid and dangerous, but also something important, I should do it no matter what… Right?"

Jiro tilted her head at me, her purple bangs covering half of her face.

"Sora. Are you afraid?"

…

Was that this feeling?

Fear of the unknown?

Fear of not knowing whether what I knew was coming to pass or not, was that this feeling? My nails dug deeper into my palms as I slowly jerked my head upwards, staring at the ceiling of the USJ deep in thought.

Fear, huh?

I thought I wasn't supposed to get afraid.

But-,

I've always been afraid of one thing.

I've always been afraid of failing.

Of never being good enough.

I don't know why I had that fear, but it was just deeply embedded within me.

"Sora Yamazaki. Stop overthinking things," Jiro told me with a smile, a smile that melted all my worries away. "I know you. You're a brash idiot who wears his heart on his sleeve proudly, and while you act like you're some crazy delinquent, I also know you have the sweetest heart out of anyone here. You already know what you want to do, so just do it. I'll support you as your best friend, no matter what!"

I couldn't fault her there, it was a very nicely crafted speech. Hell, it lifted up my mood significantly compared to before. Because she was right. Ultimately, I'd do whatever I wanted to do.

That's just how I was.

No matter what.

"Man, I can't wait to get started on this," Kaminari whispered to me as I nodded in response. "It's gonna be so much fun, right?"

"Yeah, it certainly seems like it will be fun."

"Maybe we can be put in a position to rescue the girls in danger?" Kaminari asked me as I recoiled in shock. What a great idea-,

"That would make us seem like pervs. Knowing Mineta, he'll do more than just 'save' them, which means we'd get blamed for it as well," I replied, shaking my head at him. "Plus, either way it's sorta creepy. What if one of them doesn't know how to swim? Even if we save them, it'll be our fault that they were put in danger to begin with. It's just a shit plan."

Kaminari sighed, knowing it was true.

"Damn it. Speaking of the fucker, where is Mineta anyway?"

I shrugged my shoulders as I looked around for Mineta. Where was he? Did he get lost like me-, Lost in the wind?

"Uhm guys. I'm right here you know," A voice called it to us. And sure enough, behind us stood Mienta in his diaper costume and all glaring at us with all the hate he could muster up. "I was standing right behind you... the entire time... Did you not see me?"

Both me and Kaminari shared a look as we burst out into laughter.

"Guys... for real?"

"Ain't my fault you're like three-foot-two, man."

"But Sora, you're only like five-foot-five at best," Kaminari replied as it was Mineta's turn to now laugh at me. "You can't call him a midget when you're not that tall yourself."

"Serves you right for calling me short!" Mienta told me in between his laughs. "Haha"

"Oh yeah? Well Yaoyorozu is like five foot ten, she's almost double your height. That's just sad," I replied. "And Kaminari, you aren't that much taller than me. Neither of us are even above five-foot-seven, so I don't want to hear you talk about height."

"That's not the point-,"

SWISH.

Was that...?

I cut myself off as I turned around at the small sound. It wasn't... no...

It couldn't be...

But why...?

How?

It was a small black swirl at the centre of the USJ.

Staring at us, ominously, the black swirl remained stationary as I glanced over at Aizawa, who looked to be confused as well. Albeit for different reasons as the swirl grew into a mysterious floating dark cloud, it almost felt like my Quirk. All before a singular hand reached through, pulling themselves through before a familiar face popped up.

Bloodshot eyes, long greasy blue hair and a hand covering his face.

Tomura Shigaraki entered the USJ.

The mood suddenly shifted as Aizawa prepared his goggles, readying himself for a fight.

"Huddle up, and don't move!" He yelled to our class as the rest of my classmates looked around, oblivious as to what was going to happen as I readied my Nimbus, transforming it to a staff as Quickly as possible. "Thirteen, keep the kids safe! And try to call for help from U.A. right away!"

No one moved as we all stared at Aizawa who fearlessly rushed into battle.

"You heard Aizawa-sensei, huddle now!" I yelled, my eyes snapping into focus as I pushed Kaminari and Mineta closer to the rest of my classmates. This... how... why...? FUCK! Fucking whore... bitch.. stupid fucking! Gr! I wanted to scream, I needed to scream out in anger right about now as I watched more and more villains come out the portal with a hungry look on their faces, as if a predator was about to catch a prey. "Come on, stop staring at the villains and huddle up like Aizawa-sensei told us to!"

But even as I watched Aizawa prepared to face the villains alone, I-,

Tsk!

I couldn't allow him to do that!

I tried to run after him, but a sharp glare from Thirteen made me stop in my tracks.

"I understand you want to help, but this is a dangerous situation, these people are-,"

"Villains," I answered gravely. "If he goes out there alone, he could die."

No, he might have survived the previous USJ attack, but this felt different. Shigaraki didn't look concerned at the lack of All Might, in fact, he looked rather pleased, as if everything was going to plan. And that made my skin crawl, just what the hell was happening? If Shigaraki didn't steal the USJ plans at U.A., then how the hell did he know not only where to come, but what time as well?!

"Thirteen and Eraserhead? Just like we planned," Kurogiri said, the floating mist that I recognised as a member of the League of Villains.. "A shame All Might isn't here, but we already knew that, correct Tomura Shigaraki?"

Shigaraki nodded, his gaze being solely focused on us.

"Well as much fun as playing with All Might would be, we can draw him out in other ways. Make him hurt mentally just as much as physically. I wonder how much it will hurt... going to every one of these kid's houses and explaining to the parents it was his fault that they died?" The villain chuckled darkly. "I wonder how much it will hurt him when there won't be any pieces left to bury from his students?!"

…

The faces of my fellow classmates pained me as they each seemed to have different reactions, all unaware that this couldn't have happened, unaware that this shouldn't have happened. If they weren't here to kill All Might, then what was the point? How did they already know All Might wasn't here?!

"Villains?" Mineta chuckled nervously. "What villains would be dumb enough to sneak into a school for heroes?"

No one replied as we were all transfixed on the villains etching closer towards our location.

"Sensei, aren't there intruder sensors?" Yaoyorozu asked Thirteen who nodded as he explained that they should have gone off and that someone's Quirk must be blocking them from reporting it back to U.A.

"Kaminari, can you use your Quirk to try and signal for help?" I asked the blonde boy, who was shuddering as he wiped away beads of sweat from his forehead. "...Dude, what's happening?"

"I'll try, but nothing is working. I don't even have a phone signal here."

Shit!

WAIT! IIDA! He ran off and managed to get help last time, if we can do that again then

"Hey, Iida, do you think you can run to U.A.?"

Suddenly, before Iida could even reply, the doors behind us slammed and we saw a bunch of villains standing there, grinning at us daring us to move. How did they...? No, it's almost as if they knew Iida escaped from there last time.

What is going on?!

"Students, g-get back and huddle," The worried voice of Thirteen said. "There is an emergency exit on the west wing, even if the main entrance is closed-,"

"But sensei, you can't fight them alone!" Midoriya cut Thirteen off with a shout. "Against that many villains, not even you can nullify all of their Quirks! And you too, Eraserhead, your fighting style involves Erasure and quick binding capture, mostly in one-to-one battles, head-on battle isn't..."

I growled in anger, drawing Aizawa's attention.

"Sensei, if you go there... This is a methodical, well-coordinated attack. Even if you could get to their leader, I don't know if it will be enough sir," I told him. "Thirteen alone won't be enough we all get scattered by that teleport and-,"

"Yamazaki. What did I say about heroes?" Aizawa interrupted me with a small smirk. "Remember what I told you yesterday. It's an important lesson, once I had to learn when I was about your age."

Huh?

A question?

"That... they must be able to sacrifice even their own life?" I answered hesitantly, not sure if I was correct or not.

"That's right. No good Hero can't just waltz in and expect to win every fight easily, the same way no hero is a one-trick pony! Think about that, and next time we are in class please be sure to come on time," Aizawa told me. "I want a two thousand word essay describing your answer on sacrifice, and what it means to you."

And with that, Shota Aizawa, Eraserhead, leapt into the villains head first, his capture tape twirling around in the air as he landed on a bunch of villains, tying them up with just one swing.

He then danced around the battlefield, dodging attacks and meeting them head-on with his strikes, each more precise than the last. It was as if he was dancing around his opponents, more importantly, I had never seen anything like it. Somehow, it reminded me of those old kung-fu movies back in my old life, masters of the art simply beating up multiple guys without breaking a sweat.

But those were movies, this was real.

In front of me, I watched Aizawa take down multiple opponents, not even whole mobs of enemies slowing him down in the slightest. You wouldn't think of Aizawa as a teacher, I surely didn't in this state, watching him weave between multiple opponents capturing them, or taking them down brutally as he was getting ever closer to the laughing Shigaraki.

Dodge, dodge, strike, dodge.

It was like playing a game, swift and precise movements made me forget this was a human, not controlled by a player, but a real honest-to-good human! Some enemies started to run away after seeing their Quirks erased and Aizawa dominating hand-to-hand combat. It was frightening, and they called me a 'Demon', but this was...

This was a devil. A full-on devil, fighting, clawing their way to the centre with nothing but pure skill and focus.

"Yamazaki, hurry up let's try to evacuate through an emergency exit-," Yaoyorozu was cut off as a large shadow loomed over us.

Kurogiri.

His body was made out of a dark purple mist, covering nearly the entire class and if it wasn't for his piercing yellow eyes, I would have thought of it as a blanket. My body couldn't move as his eyes bore into my own, as if he was judging me as if he knew me. Or rather; as if I was a calculated risk, as if I was somehow a part of their plan. That... that shouldn't be possible.

I had never met them before in my life.

"I'm afraid I simply cannot allow that," Kurogiri told us, making us all freeze. "Please stay put for now. I can't promise you that you will live if you listen to my words, but I can guarantee that it'll provide you with the highest chance of a painless death."

From the corner of my eye, I could see Aizawa's movements slow down as he stared at us in shock, no wonder cursing himself for not being able to do anything to help us. Even Thirteen was stunned as he merely looked up and shook his head as if he wasn't able to believe what had just transpired.

"Who are you?" Thirteen asked. "What do you want?"

"Greetings, we are the League of Villains," Kurogiri said. "Unfortunately, this shall be your last day on this earth, Hero. While one of our main objectives isn't currently here, the main reason we have come here to U.A High School, is this bastion of heroism," The shadowy mist took a break as he eyed all of us carefully. "Is to kill you, the students, the next generation of Heroes before you could ever become a threat."

Wh...What?!

Us?!

I thought their plan, the reason for their entire existence, the reasoning behind All For One funding them was supposed to be to take down All Might, to kill the Symbol of Peace and wreak havoc through Japan finally without One For All to put him in check, that was All For One's master plan! How could it have changed so... dramatically?!

Wait no! They came here today not for All Might, but to send a message to him.

"Oi, cloud watcher, stop daydreaming!" Bakugo screamed at me as he shoved me aside to throw a swing at Kurogiri, Kirishima following suit as they attacked together, Kirishima hardening his leg as he gave a mighty kick, while Bakugo let loose a thunderous explosion. "Like hell are we going to let you third-rate villains kill us, not before we kill you!"

No! Idiot, come back! Both of you before-,

Kurogiri chuckled. "That was impressive, both of you truly. Though you are both students, your strength is unrivalled in your age group. That's simply why we cannot..." Thirteen tried to grab us back, but simply couldn't reach us in time as Kurogiri's mist enveloped us, robbing us of our vision. The last thing I heard was Kurogiri saying, "Allow you to grow stronger in the future - So please just do your very best to die."

…

Wet.

I couldn't breathe, and it felt like I was underwater.

I opened my mouth, and in came a ton of water as I gurgled for help, retreating lower and lower into the abyss, my eyesight fading each second. Was this... my end? The end of my journey, villains attacked the USJ to kill us. But why...

Why think of us as a threat?

What did we do yet to earn the ire of All For One, the hatred of Tomura Shigaraki?! It had been mere days since we all first met each other, so what the hell did we do? What... What did I do...?

Surely I must have done something, changed one minute detail that caused all of this, the death of myself and many others. The deaths of those I cared about - No wonder I got all those visions, this was on me. My fault through and through. Maybe... maybe I should die. Then I wouldn't feel guilty any more. I wouldn't carry that weight... on my... shoulders.

No.

I tightened my fists.

No.

I-,

I couldn't give up now?

If I did then what was the point... but what was the point of me trying to correct my own mistakes. But shouldn't I at least try? Try to not die, try to save at least one person. Try to minimise my damage by at least one percent.

But what about the rest?

Sure, I hadn't had a full on conversation with someone like Aoyama, but that didn't mean I wanted him to die. I didn't want any of them to die, so why would I choose who to save? Could I even choose? What about Jiro? I've known her for a long time. But what about Kaminari? He and I hit it off these past few days. Mineta? Midoriya? Bakugo? Todoroki? Iida? Uraraka? Asui?

What about them all?

Would it be better... if I just drowned?

Maybe I can get lucky and be reincarnated in another world again... I must have had some insane luck to be reincarnated in the first place, maybe I'll go somewhere nice like Nisekoi, or Blue Flag? Maybe a sports series, Kuroko's or DAY'S. Why does it have to be a battle Shonen, why not a nice Shoujo series, with no Heroes or Villains.

No blue hair...

Miwa.

But what about Miwa?

What about Gekko and Hinata?

They would be devastated that I died. And Sakura, Keiko, Saki, Makoto and Shirou too. Sui, those Odd Job's Dai people, Renji and Denji. My two old teachers, Shiyama and Fujiwara. My old boss who was Denji's grandpa, my old football captain - Someone who was fighting to play football even after an injury because of me.

I helped all those people.

They all meant so much to me.

And they would all be sad if I gave up here. All of them, so didn't I owe it to them to live? To live, even after my mistake.

The light.

Didn't I owe it to them to continue moving forward towards the light?

Suddenly, I could feel something wrap around my body as I was thrusted into the light, my head hitting the ground face first as I managed to catch my breath, and I could finally see again even if barely.

"Sorry about that, kero." A familiar voice apologised. Between my coughs, I could see Tsuyu Asui struggling to keep me awake as she pressed down on my chest hard. "Stay awake, please!"

I could hear someone else shouting.

Ah, a tuft of green hair. Midoriya.

I could even see a purple blob crying slightly... Mineta.

Right.

I still had everyone to protect, everyone to look after, then I could dream about dying.

"Are we in the flood zone?" I managed to say in between my coughs, Asui sighing in relief once she heard my voice. "I need you to answer me clearly, Asui. Are we in the flood zone or not?"

"It sure seems that way, kero." Asui replied as I managed to sit up, wiping the water away from my face. "

"Thanks Asui."

"Call me Tsuyu, kero."

I nodded at that, it was a reasonable request.

"Only if you'll call me Sora."

Tsuyu nodded at me as she helped me up off the ground, and I could see that we were truly just surrounded by water. Tsk. And we had no idea where all the others were! There was also the fact that somehow the villains knew that the USJ was here and that we would be here - The fact that they knew All Might wasn't going to be here yet it didn't seem to mind them.

But there was no time to answer those questions.

"We seem to be in trouble here, kero."

Looking around, I could see tens of enemies waiting at the bottom of the ship. And if my memories were to be believed, this ship didn't move, which meant we were stranded. Not only that, but they even seemed to have added spikes and stuff around the water, as if they anticipated Tsuyu, or someone with an aquatic Quirk would be coming here, ensuring that we would be trapped.

Some looked like bombs waiting in the water for someone like Tsuyu who could swim. I swore underneath my breath, this was a well coordinated effort. It was going to take a gargantuan effort to escape this, let alone make everyone survive.

"Like Todoroki said, they've taken their chance and prepared for this well," Midoriya told us. I had to agree, this was well over the top just to kill a few school kids. It then begged the question as to why Kurogiri didn't just drop us from a high point to kill us. It simply wasn't making sense, they had different motivations, but they acted the same. It was as if... as if...

As if it needed to go this way.

Like someone was forcing this to happen in a certain way. It eerily reminded me... of well myself. Rigidly sticking to a semi-canon timeline in order to ensure nothing changed while everything had already changed. But that was impossible; I wasn't working with the League of Villains, so then what was it?

I don't remember them anticipating our Quirks…

"Hey! Snap out of it Sora!. Maybe you hit your head a bit too hard, kero."

Right, there wasn't any time to think about that - Right now we had to get off the boat alive and safe, but what would we do once we did make it to land? The front exits were blocked by villains, they seemingly once again knew the strategy last time of using Iida to run to U.A and get help.

The more I thought about it, the more it puzzled me even more.

We were trapped in a box where the machinations were far beyond our scope.

Whoever designed this box accounted for everything, and that was what slightly confounded me the most - Just how did the League of Villains know?! There was a crucial piece of evidence missing here, and I just wasn't getting it!

"Will... will we die?" Mineta shakily asked. "...I don't want to die."

Mineta was shivering, half from being dunked into the water and half from being outright terrified. I could also see it in Tsuyu's eyes, they seemed distant, as if she was reminiscing about something right before she died. Me and Midoriya shared a look, for some odd reason he didn't look scared or frightened, he looked like he was ready to fight.

My hands balled into fists.

And I was also ready to fight.

"If they think they will be able to kill us easily, then they are mistaken," I found myself saying. "We aren't going to just roll over and die, we are Heroes in training after all, and we all have useful Quirks in guess what: Battle. And that's what this is, a battle, if we work together then we can all make it through this. I promise you."

But what about Jiro... that vision...

I needed to get to Jiro as quickly as possible, and make sure that she evacuates first.

No one would die today.

No one.

I refused to allow that premonition to come to pass!

"But what about that brain guy over there?" Mineta asked me, wiping away his tears. I followed his line of sight as I was met with a hulking figure, looking like the mouth of a bird mixed with a brain available for everyone to see. Nomu. "He looks scary as shit, man! How the fuck are we going to get past that thing!"

…

"I think that might be their anti-All Might weapon," Midoriya explained. "See they said they had a goal, and killing us would help us achieve that goal. And when they first came, I could faintly hear them talk about All Might. So if I'am to be believed, I think their true purpose is to kill us so that All Might comes here in anger, not thinking things properly as they gain the opportunity to kill him. Not only with the number hero d-die, but Japan's best hero school would have allowed it to happen, along with a class of theirs to have also perished. The public would push back heavily on this, maybe even resulting in a potential collapse of our heroic society."

Izuku Midoriya was a genius, I knew that, but this takes it to a whole different level. Even with all my knowledge, I probably wouldn't have been able to create a theory like that. But, it does make sense - Scattering our bodies to make it seem more dramatic as All Might fights Nomu, and all he sees are his students' dead bodies. All For One, or Shigaraki, whoever was behind this had a sense for theatrics.

And that pissed me the fuck off.

"Then we stop that plan," I told them. "If their true goal is to anger All Might so much that he can't fight properly, then we won't die. I'll make sure everyone comes out of this alive. Then All Might will be able to beat them all, with a smile on his face as always."

It wasn't a real plan, simply put I had no clue if it could work. But I had to try, I had to at least do something, not just sit here with my thumb in my mouth wondering where it all went wrong while everyone else was in danger.

"Then we have to fight to win," Midoriya added. "First we need to find a way off this boat and onto land. But how? Enemies have us surrounded. I-I can try to use my Quirk to fight them from afar, but then I'd be breaking my fingers and-,"

"I can fly everyone over," I cut him off with a grin. "But we need to clear the way first, there isn't a guarantee they can't just grab us from the air, and even then I don't know how far I can fly holding three people. I've never done something like that before. If only we had electricity, we could have electrocuted those fuckers right from the start..."

If only Kaminari was here, then his electricity Quirk could be used-,

I stared at Midoriya.

Ha.

I had an electricity source right here.

"Uhm... Sora, is something the matter?"

"Nah, just thinking. You break your arms cause you can't control one hundred percent of your Quirk, right..?"

Midoriya nodded his head in response, looking confused, "Yes, along with my legs if I'm jumping or kicking. Why do you ask?"

I smirked at him.

"What if you use only five percent of your power, across your entire body?" At this point,I didn't care if Midoriya learnt about Full Cowling earlier, so as long as no one died I couldn't give two shits! "I assume you have difficulty keeping it restricted right? Thus leading to your bones breaking, but if you spread it around your body then it wouldn't be an issue."

Suddenly, his eyes opened as he realised what I was saying.

"Y-Your right!" Midoriya replied excitedly, his lower lip quivering as his eyes widened at the revelation. "I-I think I can do that!"

Of course he could do it, Full Cowling after all was his technique.

If I remember correctly, Full Cowling emitted electricity.

Green electricity to be precise.

Now I wasn't good at science, but even I know electricity plus water equals a disaster. If he could somehow use it continuously as Tsuyu uses her tongue to swing him around the water, we could knock them out in one attack while I fly above holding everyone, and if there were anyone we didn't get - Well that's why we had Mineta.

"Have a plan on escaping, kero?" Tsuyu asked me, her grin matching my own. "...I'll trust you, Sora. I don't know why you're smiling, but, for whatever reason it's making me smile too, kero. If you say you'll make sure we all make it out alive, then I'll believe in you."

Mineta gulped as he stared up at me.

"...Do you really have a plan?"

"Well, it seems like a good plan in my head so I assume so. Midoriya, try to coat your body with five percent right now. Think of it... as an egg in a microwave? Or an egg in an oven? I don't know, metaphors aren't my thing. Hopefully you'll understand what I'm trying to say," I tried explaining to him before I summoned Nimbus as I coated my entire body with it. "Something like this if you need a visual example. I know you can do this, so don't let me down here! Come on, you lucky motherfucker, you can do it!"

Izuku gave me a determined nod as he concentrated his hardest in getting Full Cowling to work.

"Do you think you can swing Midoriya around? While he has electricity coating him?" I asked Tsuyu, who nodded in response. Great. "Alright, that's your job then. Making sure that you use Midoriya as a bowling ball of sorts to knock those motherfuckers outta' the damn ocean. I'll be flying the cloud keeping us above the water, and you-,"

I then turned to the final piece of the puzzle, Minoru Mineta, who was peeking outside the ship and crying for help.

"...Come on man, do you think girls like snivelling brats?" I asked him. "Man the fuck up already. It's do or die now, and I sure as hell ain't dying on a ship. I need you, Mineta. You're a freakin' Hero!"

"B-But we are all going to die!"

"Not if you help us," I replied. "You're an essential part of our plan."

"Help...you?" Mineta sniffled, confused. "But… I'm just a coward."

"Yeah, I have a plan and it requires you to do your bit. Then afterwards when we live, you can tell a cool story on how you are the main reason we could escape and live. You will be the Hero, Mineta. I promise you."

"I'll...be the Hero?"

I nodded once again.

"Like the main Hero of a story?"

"Like the one who defeated the Demon King one thousand years ago," I reaffirmed as Mineta started to grin again. "Like a freakin' badass action movie Hero. With the training montage under a rock song and all, you got this, I swear!"

"I'll get all the girls! I'll be able to say to Yaoyorozu that I saved everyone, maybe she'll go out on a date with me?"

I grinned as I raised my fist.

"Come on, cool people do fists bumps - Especially friends."

Bump

"Friends? I'm only friends with females," Mineta told me with a smug smirk. "But, I don't know, I'll guess I'll have to make do with you for now, Sora! Come on, let's do this!'

I rolled my eyes at his antics, but at least he looked happier. He wasn't on the verge of a mental breakdown anymore, more than that even Tsuyu looked visibly happier at Mineta acting normal again.

"S-Sora-san, I don't know if I can do this."

I turned to look at Midoriya. The entire plan rested on him achieving Full Cowling.

He still couldn't do it.

"Try a lower percentage of your power, maybe then it'll work?"

Midoriya nodded in response as he concentrated as hard as he could, clenching his teeth and everything. He looked rather constipated, but I didn't want to ruin the mood by saying something like that. I mean what if someone actually needed to take a shit, where would they do it?

I mean... maybe we could fling it at the enemies? Yeah, that works. Throw it in the water and the enemies swim away.

"I'm trying S-Sora, but it's just not working."

Hm... odd. Maybe One For All wasn't in a charitable mood today? Should I get down on my hands and knees and beg for One For All to help us out, just this once? Nah, that would make me look like a fan… Which I totally wasn't!

"What was going to be your plan anyway, kero?""

I told the three of them my original plan, minus the details about knowing about Full Cowling, instead saying that he was going to be able to flick his fingers for shockwaves constantly without breaking them, thus making me able to fly safely. Which now that I think about it, seems like a much safer plan then relying on his electricity from Full Cowling, I mean what if it didn't make the water go all sparkly.

Wasn't the lightning just a cool effect from the residue of One For All leaking? My God, that would have been embarrassing if we had kept on dunking Midoriya in the water, hoping that it would work.

"Uhm... I can do that now?" Midoriya replied.

True, true-,

Wait, I forgot we could have done it already.

"But your fingers would break, that isn't what Sora was trying to teach you. He said to evenly distribute it around your body so nothing breaks, kero," Well said Tsuyu, I couldn't have said it better myself. "...Come on, Midoriya. You can do this. We're all relying on you here, so please pull through for us!"

"Yeah, you got this, Midoriya!"

"Tsuyu… Mineta…" I watched as Midoriya sighed, closing his eyes before he turned to face me. "This is a really good plan. You've really thought it out, Sora. I just-, What if I-, I'm not as strong with my Quirk as you or Kacchan. People who've been able to use their Quirk since they can remember. I-, I'm still new at this…"

…Right.

One For All was a Quirk given to Midoriya.

Because he had none.

"That's fine, man. I believe in you 'cause I think you can do it," I told him truthfully. "Because outside of me, the only one to shut Aizawa up during our little test on our first day here was you, Midoriya. So take it from one delinquent to another, you got this!"

"...I'm not a delinquent."

"True, I just didn't know what else to say."

Midoriya nervously chuckled as he stood up again, slowly breathing in and out.

Please work for the first time! Please work for the first time! Please work for the first time-,

Crackle.

Midoriya was grinning ear to ear as he looked at me, surprised at what he had done, green lightning crackling throughout his body, as Tsuyu and Mineta cheerfully jumped around on the deck of the boat.

Heh, I knew he'd pull through.

He's Deku after all - The man who's going to become the best Hero of them all!

"Give us a flick, won't ya'?" I asked him, smiling slightly at the occasion. "Just to see what happens, mate."

We all watched as Midoriya safely flicked his fingers, without a single bone breaking.

Haha.

Midoriya's laughter was infectious.

And I couldn't help but laugh alongside him.

I mean, I technically just became an anime sensei, didn't I? I would be up there along with Silvers Rayleigh, Kakashi Hatake, Koro-sensei, Ginpachi-sensei and Izumi Curtis. Now with the addition of Sora Yamazaki. Wow, it was like a dream come true.

"I-, I did it!" Midoriya yelled. "I really did it!"

Yes, I did it.

I really did it.

"Alright, are you going to fly us now, kero?"

I made it.

A living legend.

Legend.

"Uhm, you good, bro?" Mineta asked me, confused at the expression on my face. "You're sorta outta' it."

I coughed slightly.

"Ahem, yes I'm ready to depart."

I looked around the deck and onto the mainland. Aizawa was still trying to fight his way to the middle. But I could see the impatient look on Shigaraki's face, the look that spelt trouble. If I remember clearly, Aizawa got his shit rocked by Nomu, almost to the point where he nearly died.

I couldn't see this happening here.

Instead I could see Aizawa actually dying, which couldn't happen. I wasn't going to let anyone die. Not today. But, in order to ensure Aizawa lives, the staff members from U.A, All Might needed to come. And judging from the villains standing at the front entrance, it wasn't happening anytime soon. Along with Kurogiri, and everyone else stuck there guarding... Thirteen?

Thirteen was down for the count?!

Fuck.

"When we get to land, you guys head for Thirteen and everyone else who is still on the stairs," I said. "I'm going to try and find everyone else that was scattered and bring them back safely. That's your job, got it?"

I needed to find Jiro, and quickly.

"Why just you?" Midoriya asked, confused. "We can help as well-,"

"None of you can fly, if you come with me it'll be a liability."

"But aren't we supposed to work together? You are basically saying that you don't trust us, Kero," Tsuyu pointed out. "And isn't the plan to get off this boat supposed to rely on trust? You're giving us mixed signals here, kero."

I sighed, shaking my head at her.

"Listen, I'll need your help getting off the boat. Realistically, I could just leave you all here since you're safe and fly over to the mainland all by myself and look for everyone else," I told them. "But I'm not doing that. So trust me when I say that I have a plan here, it makes sense for someone like me to go and be a scout because I'm faster and have more mobility than the three of you combined. Got it?"

"...Fine." Mineta said unexpectedly. "If you wanna go around and save everyone you can, that's your prerogative. But can we please get to land?"

Tsuyu and Midoriya eventually relented, however they seemed to have mixed emotions about it.

Neither wanted me to go alone, but they did eventually realise that they would slow me down, especially if someone was injured. However, that was for later, now we needed to execute the plan perfectly if I even had any hope of saving Jiro.

I summoned my Nimbus as I expanded it, enough for Mineta, Tsuyu and I to sit down comfortably.

Tsuyu then used her tongue to wrap it around Midoriya's waist, making it look more like a belt or anything as he went Full Cowling. At first I was worried if Tsuyu would feel any shock, but she seemed relatively fine as we lifted up off the boat and started to fly.

"Uhm Sora... have you ever flown with anyone before?" Mineta asked me, his face betraying how worried and scared he was. "Not that I'm afraid of heights or anything, but… Well… I don't want to be dropped in the ocean where a bunch of villains are waiting to kill us, you know."

I simply grinned at him.

"Sora please tell me this isn't the first time you're flying with people?"

Maybe I should pick up the speed a little?

"Soooooooooooora?!"

The plan so far was going smoothly, Tsuyu's tongue flapping about in the air as Midoriya sniped the enemies away as they tried to follow us in the air, but it wasn't enough as I could see some swimming to the shore. At this rate, they would make it before we do, which wouldn't be good for us.

Shit.

"Oi Mineta," I shouted at the purple haired boy... did his balls count as his hair? I don't know. "Start to be a Hero won't ya? Or else you won't even live to tell the tale."

His eyes grew comically large, snot even running down his nose as he grabbed as many balls from his head as possible and started to throw them in random directions, yelling, "I WANT TO LIVE!"

If it wasn't for the fact some of the balls managed to hit the villains, I would have been laughing at the sheer absurdity of the situation. I guess his balls really are strong - And I'd have gone to hug him if I wasn't pre-occupied in trying to steer my Nimbus straight.

"That's it! Keep on doing that, Mineta, and you'll be the world's best Hero in no time!"

We looked to be about thirty metres off from the shoreline, however some of the villains had decided to pick up the spikes in the water and started to throw them at us, in an effort to slow us down. Not even the combined effort of Midoriya and Mienta could stop the full assault. I gritted my teeth, if only I had a perfect counter to it-,

Oh wait, I could just make one.

Duh.

"Tsuyu, pull Midoriya up. I have a plan," I shouted at her as she gave me a determined nod, pulling the green haired boy up. "...Oh man, I really hope this works. If it doesn't, we're fucking screwed."

Mineta gave me a funny look as Midoriya bowed his head down to me.

"I'm sorry Sora-san, I couldn't do anything about the spikes."

"It's not a problem, just huddle up," I told the three of them with a grin. This was going to work, it had to work. "It's going to be a bumpy ride, so buckle up. Oh, and enjoy the freakin' show, I guess."

I concentrated everything I had into changing Nimbus in mid air from a floating cloud, to a sphere. If they were trying to hit us out of the air, then why not go back into the ocean? Well not back into the ocean, rather we would have a hard block preventing them from hitting us as we would have an outer shell protecting us.

I hope so.

"Uhm Sora we seem to be falling-," Mineta's voice was cut off as suddenly Tsuyu's knee hit my back painfully and my Nimbus dissipated entirely. My eyes widened as I tried to grab on to the three of them to no avail!

Shit, we were losing altitude fast!

Fuck, I had to concentrate!

I summoned my Quirk again, the four of us all squished together into a tiny ball as this time Midoriya's elbow crashed into my nose, some blood spurting out but I gritted my teeth and concentrated! I could see the crack forming on Nimbus, I couldn't let it disappear now! If it did, we would all die! I couldn't let that happen, focus!

The sphere started to form again, this time with fewer and fewer cracks as Mineta was screaming again about dying, but I would show him wrong! I'd show them all wrong! Come on, work, work! Suddenly I felt a massive crash, it seemed like we had fallen back into the water. However, we seemed to be floating, not only that but all four of us were cramped inside a small sphere.

FUCK YES! IT FUCKING WORKED!

"Uhm, boss," I could hear from the outside. "The kids seemed to be stuck on the inside. Didn't the head honcho say that one of the girls Quirk's here was good in water? I wonder what he was thinking of putting her here where she is at an advantage, especially when they only gave us spikes to combat her."

So my theory was right after all, they did know our Quirks.

"Yeah, but no one told us that we would have this kid that can fly and shit! I thought it would be an easy job, killing three kids then getting out of here. This is turning out to be a real pain," Another commented, this time on the other side of the sphere. "This job is so freakin' annoying. Killing kids is gonna' put us on the news or something. I wish I wasn't going to become famous for that, but oh well, money is money."

…So they didn't know about my Quirk.

Interesting.

"Psst," I whispered to the three people inside of the sphere. "When I say go, Midoriya you take the one in front, Mienta you throw one of your balls on the guy's face on the south. Okay?"

Midoriya and Mineta nodded at some, the former being more confident then the latter, but both ultimately agreed on the plan. Three, two, one, and-,

"Go."

Suddenly, two holes appeared inside the sphere as I willed them open.

Midoriya flicked one of his fingers towards the man, sending him flying and our sphere tumbling around as some water came inside, making me curse slightly. That wasn't good. Mienta on the other hand went full on 'Rambo' as he threw as many balls as he could, to the point where his head had started to bleed. Was that a side effect of his Quirk?

Shit, I should have known, blood loss is never good.

However, that was two guys down for the count, which only left... only left... Gah, if only we had counted how many people still remained! Still, I suppose it wasn't too bad, we could play the patient game for the time being. But that would cut down on the time left for me to check up on Jiro, what if by the time I found her she had...

I couldn't think of those thoughts.

Not now.

I was going to save her, and that was that. Nothing would stop me, nothing. I could hear nearby splashes, meaning more people were swimming here. I sighed. This wasn't good, we could only take on two at a time.

"Why don't you make a hole for me to jump up from and drag you guys from, kero?" Tsuyu asked me confused.

"Didn't you hear? They have spikes, trying to catch you. You would get hurt."

"But I can just jump past them, kero."

She could just... jump past them?

Ha... what? I looked at her blankly, debating whether I should let a scream of anger out or not. Of course the frog girl could jump, how fucking stupid was I?! Very… I was very fucking stupid, an idiot, moron - Whatever terminology came under it.

I was all of it, multiplied by infinity.

How the fuck did I not think of that?!

I opened a hole up top for her as she wrapped her tongue around the panicking Mineta as an anchor of sorts and leapt up into the air, our sphere getting slightly launched up as well.

"Oh shit! It's the girl! What do we do-,"

Before the grunt could finish, we heard a massive thud coming from that direction as Mineta was pulled towards there, our sphere slowly trailing towards that direction as well. All before my head hit the inner shell of the cloud as we were launched forward, Mineta screaming for help as he bounced around in the sphere, Midoriya trying to catch him.

Shit, all I had to do was concentrate and not let Nimbus disappear.

I could feel a few spikes hit the outer shell of the sphere, but luckily it was sturdy enough that all it did was make our road a little bumpier. After about a minute of being pulled, Tsuyu's tongue eventually let Mineta go, allowing the poor boy to breathe again.

"Never again. Never again," Mineta whispered, traumatised by his ordeal. "Sora… I think I'm a changed man now. I think I might… Turn to Religion. Perchance, do you think that God will forgive my transgressions?"

"I… don't know."

Eventually, the movement of the sphere we were in stopped.

However, judging from the fact we weren't being pulled in any direction anymore, I took it that we had reached land as I let Nimbus disappear, falling to the ground as I kissed it. Oh how much I missed you, I never want to be stranded ever again!

"Finally, we made it to shore, kero."

I turned to Tsuyu as I gave her a thumbs up.

"Hell yeah we did! Yeah Bitch, I can't believe our plan actually worked!"

Even Midoriya looked relieved as he sat on the ground, scanning our surroundings. Most of the enemies were floating in the water, and it turns out Tsuyu had used our sphere as a wrecking ball of sorts. Well, at least we made it out alive. That was the good part, however looking around a frown formed on my face.

Aizawa was etching closer and closer towards Shigaraki, and Jiro was nowhere to be found. There was no time for rest as I stood up as I summoned my Nimbus, this time for its normal form as I hopped on it and floated in the air.

"Going already?" Midoriya asked me. "...Your nose… You're bleeding."

I used my coat to wipe the blood away.

"I'll be fine, and after all, I have to look for others. Everyone's making it out of this place alive."

Jiro. I have to look for Jiro.

I have to make sure my best friend lives, no matter what!

"What about us?" Mineta asked, confused.

"Go to where the rest of Class A are at on the stairs, Thirteen looks to be in a bad spot. Maybe Iida and everyone else has a few ideas on how we can escape," I told him. "Midoriya, use your new technique if you run into trouble, I assume it'll be no problem for you, right?"

To his credit, he clenched his fists as he gave me a determined nod. I smiled softly at him as I waved goodbye at them, flying away.

"Don't die, kero," I heard Tsuyu whisper. "It'd be a shame to lose you."

Heh.

I wouldn't.

I promise, no one will die today.

Unforseen Simulation Joint

Arc

So that's it. First chapter, done and dusted! Heh, I had a lot of fun writing this out, easily the most fun I've had when writing out this fic. I hope you guys can tell how much fun I've had here, both in building the mystery and in writing fights etc. Of course this is only the first part, we have a around two chapters left to go until it's all said and done.

So go ahead, tell me what you think of it so far!

Next Time:

"I'm going to be the King of the Pirates!"