Heroes Never Die It's Hero Time

by Guardian-Sigil

One would think that in a world where everyday people possess impossible abilities nothing would really be a surprise. Izuku Midoriya, who upon the age of four was diagnosed as quirkless, was denied of his dream of become a hero that can save everyone with a smile. But fate gives him a chance; allowing him access not to one but a universe of powers and abilities.

91. Ch:84 Escalation

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They say that we know more about space than we do about our own oceans. Many believe that there is more life down there than there is up here. That is what people believe to be true. What they believe to be the definitive difference between the stars and the ocean; the ocean has life; it's teeming with unknown species and creatures. Down there where graceful whales sing their songs while schools of lively fish splash about, their scales twinkling like stars against the light.

But that is further from the truth than they will ever know.

Because up here armored whales of metal and steel rocket through the void with roaring thunder, as waves of bloodied fish swarm like piranhas searching for a feast.

These red drones batter and fire upon the massive haul, hoping for a break or a crack, a single deficiency to occur for them to eat the massive ship from the inside out.

However, a shark of red and black breaks into the frenzy, releasing a devastating strike against the armored whale.

The whale's metallic shell screeches in pain but thankfully its calls are answers.

From amongst the sea of stars a speedy marlin, one that leaves fish adrift in its wake, blazes through the void and delivers a sharp strike to the shark's snout.

Xylene's ship streaks overhead, her ship's belly just feet above the haul of Malware's corrupted warship. Speeding past, she continues to fire, changing her targets to the swarm of Vulture Droids in her way. They are blasted away like dust in the wind, unfortunately, their numbers are too great and as she's forced to break off the attack as more and more of these drones decide to retaliate.

Her ship bucks and swerves, nearly flying off course before Xylene manages to get it under control.

Malware's guns take aim and fire shells of explosive plasma.

Xylene hurries to redirect power to the lower shields but the switch is fried, shocking her with sparks of electricity before a devastating *BOOM!* rattles her ship.

"Dank farrik! Ah! Magister! I don't know how much longer I can take this! At this rate my wings will be clipped, and I'll be as defenseless as a newly hatched Moa!"

["I understood."] Nezu's voice replies over the intercom. ["Please proceed with caution and retreat to the hanger. We will provide you cover."]

"Thank you, Magister! I appreciate the support." *BOOM!* Another strike to her rear haul and she's lost an engine. "If I can make it!"

*BOOM!*

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Despite the situation, Magister Nezu holds an air of calm and rationality from atop his post. And although his little chair looks more akin to a booster seat he exudes a confident yet almost comforting aura as he takes command of his ship. "Everyone hold steadfast. Our time will come. Now, give me a status report."

Cementoss starts, his eyes never leaving his screen. "Principal, shields are holding at 65%." A miracle considering that the nightmarish ship out there hasn't let up yet.

A snarling Vlad King meanwhile fires away with the guns, his face scrunched into a fierce scowl as he preys upon the swarming drones. "Nearly 15% of our cannons are gone!" He gasps and his scowl falls away. "20%! Those robots are blasting them apart!"

Not good, at this rate they will be amputated and unable to provide any support.

"And what of the cannon?" Nezu squeaks, unable to hide his nerves for the briefest of seconds.

Power Loader wipes at his face in a sad attempt to clear away the buckets of sweat dripping down his face. "It's charging rate has slowed but at its current rate, the cannon will be ready to fire in ten minutes."

'Ten Minutes.' Nezu thinks solemnly. 'Such a short amount of time yet it will surely feel like an eternity.' He gazes out through the ship's front facing windows, out past the void, past the swirling army of red, past Malware, and out towards the single ship that's five times their size: the Chimeran Hammer. The host to their companions and the prison of their heroes. It would be a truly terrible fate for any one of them if it were to become their tomb.

He prays that it will not come to that. 'Hurry heroes. We're counting on you to succeed.'

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[PLAY: "Dr. STONE NEW WORLD - Opening Song | "Wasuregataki" by Huwie Ishizaki" - link can be found in this chapter on the AO3 site.]

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(Instrumental~~~)

The camera shows Izuku Midoriya with his head hanging down before zooming up to show Vilgax's battleship floating over Earth's moon.

Sou kore kona itami ga~

Uravity Uraraka gazes up to the sky as the title appears from above her.

Sujikaki no nai monogatari ni wa~

She begins to walk forward as her friends slowly fade into existence: Pinky Ashido, Katsuki Bakugou, Shoto Todoroki, Creati Yaoyorozu, Tenya Ingenium, and Eijiro Red Riot.

Hitsuyou fukaketsu nanda~

Inko Midoriya holds a picture of her family as she cries and is comforted by Mitsuki Bakugou and Eirene Ashido.

Yoru no umi ni wa Tsuki ga isuwaru~

Unseen to them Cinder is at the door. He looks up with determination as he heads out to rescue his son.

Sugita kunou wo~

Katsuki Bakugo holds an old All Might card as an image of him and Deku as kids cheering as they hold their cards out appears behind him.

Bikasuru hima ga~

Nue looks down at a watch as an image of him and Izuku in middle school laughing appears behind him.

Aru nara ima dake utsuseyo~

The screen splits between the two, both standing back-to-back, and with determined glares they both march away in opposite directions.

Ororkamono demo shoujiki te itai~

Panels shift and fold away, creating a portal, that reveals Izuku bound in an iconic ring of metal as Toshinori Yagi stares up at it in a mix of shock-and-awe and despair.

Haato ga sawagu yo~

Vilgax the Conqueror makes himself known from atop his throne. As he peers down at his inferiors with an air of ominous superiority.

(Instrumental~~~)

Below his throne his minions have been assembled: Psyphon, Malware, Sunder, Ragnarok, SevenSeven, the Techadon, Rojo, and Nue.

Tatoe dareka wo kizutsuke tato shitemo~

Cinder unleashes a wave of flames as he mows through Vilgax's drone army with his blazing dual-edged spear! Before swiftly speeding away as the Techadon gets pulled in by Thirteen's swirling Black Hole!

Yuzurenai hikari ga arunda~

Pinky slides across the narrow hallways as Ingenium races by. They're followed by a sword wielding Creati and a Hardened Red Riot. Before the screen is consumed by pillars of fire and ice with Shot's eyes piercing back.

Mushi kaesu tsumori wa betsu ni nari keredo~

Uravity smashes through the ice before unleashing a wave of glowing gravity in every direction causing the army of silhouetted aliens to be blasted away.

Kono seaki de kono sekai de~

Bakugou rockets past her in a blaze of a Howitzer Impact that crashes into a grinning Nue like an exploding meteor.

Wasuregataki naru niwa mada hayai~

Vilgax looms menacingly over the Rising Star and the Symbol of Peace as nine dark threads of fate swirl through and around his form.

Yume migachi na shinisokonai sa~

Toshinori looks on at the teen with a look of shame that soon transitions to that of deterPinkytion. And in a wave of smoke a scowling All Might rises to meet the Mad Titan.

Zero kara hairiagare sora ga waretatte~

Vilgax's tentacles reach for the defiant Deku as the Omnitrix begins to spark and glow with inspiring green lightning.

Ano sekai e ano sekai e~

A massive discharge of green explodes outward, overtaking everything and swallowing up everything in a brilliant show of green light.

Nanjyukkai nan byakkai~

Deku gazes out towards the vastness of space from the portal window of his prison cell.

nanzenkai nomikonde~

While Uravity gazes out into the star-filled sky through the windshield of the RazorCrest.

Nanjyuunen~

Deku slowly raises his left fist towards the shrinking window.

nanbyaku nen~

Uravity slowly raises her right fist towards the expanding window.

nan zen nen~

The screen splits between the two, zooming in on their fists just as they gently connect. And the camera is blinded by flashes of green and pink before washing away to white.

Sakimidare~!

A still Omnitrix lays on upon the moon, alone and in the dark, before the Sun majestically peeks out from behind the Earth over the edge and shines its rays of hope down upon it.

(Illustrated by Drag0n5on)

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Ch.84 Escalation

A pair of Bioids are patrolling through one of the ships' many hallways. Armed with standard issued blasters they are on the lookout for any intruders. But nothing has disturbed this place, despite the radio feed coming in calling in for reinforcements at the hanger.

^Do you hear that?^ One of the Bioids stops, his head perking up, listening. ^It sounds like an engine.^

Its partner gives it an incredulous look. ^Your sensors are fried. That's just the metal settling.^

^No. Listen… It's getting louder.^

They both listen. There is something there. A hum. A…scream?

"…aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" From down the hall a crimson rocket races past so fast it leaves nothing but a blur of blue flames in its wake!

"RECIPRO BURST: ENNNNNND!"

Like a high-speed train, a red armored Ingenium crashes onto the scene with his roaring legs plowing right through the unsuspecting Bioids. In a blink of an eye, their bodies shatter to pieces and their heads are knocked away like soccer balls.

They bounce across the hall, stopping short of the last bulkhead.

^Just the metal settling, huh?^

^Shut up…^

Meanwhile, the living race car skids to a stop, the blue flames from his Engines die out and begin to smoke while releasing a smoldering hiss.

"Five minutes…that was five minutes." Ingenium breathes, inhaling deeply, bending over he rips away his helmet allowing himself to breathe. "I must…keep…going. They're…counting on us."

Inhaling and exhaling quickly he eventually settles into a steady pace. And by the time he's good and calm the others have managed to catch up.

"Ingenium!" Creati shouts after him, she's at a full sprint but to Ingenium it's like a mild jog, but that's just a matter of perspective as she stumbles to a stop and keels over, drenched in sweat. "We…finally…caught up…to you." She states between exhausted breaths.

Snipe soon joins them too, but he seems to be handling the long-distance sprint much better than either student. He observes the demolished droids, impressed, and figures that there's no need to use the Needler or his six-shooter. "You sure live up to your legacy, your brother was just as efficient."

Iida lights up but refuses to show it considering the seriousness of the situation. "Thank you, sir!"

From atop Snipe's 10-gallon hat, a pair of grey frogs sit up; both dizzy and nauseous from all the running.

"Ugh… Curious," Driba rubs his chin in thought as he peers down at Ingenium's cooling legs. "Who would have presumed having Engines in your legs would increase one's speed and agility?"

"Not me." answers Blukic.

With one final exhale, Creati manages to compose herself. "Ingenium, can you move?"

"Y-yes." He's shaky but determined. "I can. But I won't be able to use another Recipro Burst for some time."

"You shouldn't need it." Snipe insists. "Our trip's been incredibly smooth sailing as of now. Which means the cavalry's distraction is working perfectly to our advantage."

Driba leans over the brim of Snipe's hat so that he can address the hero more directly, "For now, but the moment we rush in for the Ideon Cannon is the moment the entire ship will be upon us."

Blukic joins him over the brim, "And if you couldn't tell, not all of us are built for combat."

Creati considers that. "So, then we should shift from speed to stealth moving forward." Not gonna be easy with this red armor, but she'll have to make do. "But time is still of the essence. We must hurry!"

None of them need to be told twice before heading out. Moving hastily but cautiously, freezing at every little sound or crack emanating from the alien machinery. In no time at all, they arrive at their destination.

Snipe approaches the wide doorway first, leaning against the wall he waves for the two students to follow. Ingenium and Creati carefully make their way over before pressing themselves against the wall. They hold their position as Snipe scopes out their destination.

The room to the Ideon Cannon is more of an elaborate series of decks and catwalks. Set up as a grid with walkways so thin it seems like they might break away under any real strain or weight. And of course they are without railings because why would anyone care about safety? But what really draws their attention is the number of large almost egg-shaped power cells located between each and every grid point. The massive power cells are like sentries, blockading every which way in a uniformed fashion. Each lighting up in succession of each other as bursts of electricity surge out from their tops and towards a collective power unit that leads the power outwards, undoubtedly towards the giant barrel of the Ideon Cannon.

At first glance the maze of power cells seem unattended but after a moment of watching they manage to spot the squad of Hover Drones patrolling from overhead the power cells, each floating about just meters away from discharging electricity. And almost every walkway has an armed Bioid standing guard.

But then straight down the hall, directly across from the doorway and down to the center of the grid sits a control panel that's being monitored by a pair of unarmed Bioids.

Snipe takes aim at them but stops as a massive metal insectoid-limb blocks his line of sight. A single White Dominator is overseeing the 2 Bioids and after seeing that they are working diligently it continues its march through the labyrinth of power cells and sparks.

Snipe shakes his head and backs off, "Too many. There's no way we can clear them all out before one of them sets off the alarms."

Ingenium frowns from underneath his helmet. "Could we perchance sneak in and disable the weapon without any of them noticing?"

Now it's Blukic's turn to shake his head. "Not likely."

"See that control panel?" Driba points to said control panel in the distance. "It's sitting in the center of the entire platform, exposed from all ends with no blind spots. You'd be spotted the moment you took your first step inside."

Blukic nods in agreement, "The only way you could sneak in is if you turned invisible."

Driba gives a deep sigh of disappointment. "Sad to say, but none of you have the right tech or powers to do this."

Blukic couldn't agree more with that grim fact. "Besides, even if you did manage to reach the control panel none of you have the know-how to do anything significant."

'That is a conundrum.' thinks Creati.

On one hand, they can go in with a full assault and try their best to move fast enough without alerting the rest of the ship. Or they can sneak in and pray that they don't provoke the drones inside. Both options have their risks and their unknowns, especially that giant white drone. Just what is that monster capable of? She has no idea. All she knows is that any engagement with that thing could lead to disaster. They'll need to slip in undetected. But then again, the Galvans bring up a good point. Even if Mr. Snipe, or Iida, or her managed to make it to the control panel; what could that do? The only ones here with any knowledge of this technology would be Blukic and Driba themselves.

She pauses and her eyes up towards the pair of Galvans that are now casually sitting atop Snipe's hat with their feet dangling off the side.

"We might not have the skills or the powers to sneak past them all. Nor the knowledge necessary to tamper with alien technology. But as for you two..."

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"This is beneath us."

"No, we're beneath it."

Driba gives his partner an incredulous look. He is so done with Blukic's remarks. And he's so done with this plan! Heck this so-called plan is nothing more but these two making their way to the control panel by crawling underneath the catwalks like a pair of Earth geckos. Sure, it seems to be working as the Bioids and the Dominator march just above them without any hints to their presence.

But even so, Driba can't help but argue back with Blukic over the most minute details. "That's not what I meant."

"Then what did you mean?" asks Blukic.

Driba lets out a long-drawn-out sigh. "I mean, I can't believe they would have us risk our wellbeing with such a reckless and dangerous plan."

"But Driba you said that this plan was the best route of success."

"I know, I was there. But that doesn't mean that I agreed that we would do it! Honestly! Primates are so quick to presume!"

"Maybe, but you have to give them credit for creativity."

"No, I don't."

Meanwhile, the primates take turns to watch from the doorway. And eventually after what feels like forever they can spot the tiny aliens crawling up their way around the edges of the catwalk and hurrying themselves along the bottom of the control panel. They can't see them well but judging from the squirming and gesturing of their bodies they are struggling to remove the nearest access panel but with a little elbow grease the tiny panel seems to pry loose and the two aliens squirm their way inside.

"They're in." Ingenium confirms, leaning back and away from the door.

Snipe turns towards Creati. "Think they can pull this off?"

"Yes." She states confidently with her armored chest puffed out and her head held high. "Midoriya's proven that his Grey Matter form increases his intelligence tenfold, no, a hundred-fold. Therefore, I have no doubt that the combined forces of those two will certainly win us the day."

Well at least one person here has any confidence because Blukic and Driba sure don't.

Surrounded by circuits and wires, Driba pokes his head through the technological web and gasps. "What are you doing?!"

"I'm disabling the alarm." Blukic states a matter-of-factually.

Driba scowls, "No you're not! You must remove the link wire first before tampering with the colion wire."

But Blukic doesn't see it. "That's not right. First you need to disconnect the wii-modifier and then reroute the wizzle cable."

"That's completely wrong!"

"No, it's not."

"Yes it is!"

"No, it's not!"

"Yes it is!"

"No, it's not! Watch! I'll show you!" Blukic turns away in spite and he begins fiddling around with what he thinks is right. But one cable is stuck in place and so the skinny Galvan pulls and pulls before the cable finally snaps.

And the moment the cable gives way is the moment that many of the lights on the nearby circuits flash red and a blaring alarm sounds from outside the control panel.

From outside and amongst the grid of power cells, every droid comes to a stop and turns towards the control system. They almost seem baffled by the alarm.

As do the heroes who are just stunned by the events, jaws dropped as Snipe facepalms himself. Hard.

Blukic blinks in confusion down at the loose cable before slowly putting two and two together. "Oops."

Driba smirks with his nose sticking in the air. "See. I told you I was right."

"I'll never doubt you again, Driba."

There's a screeching of metal and the side of the control console is ripped open. The two Galvans turn to find themselves staring back at a pair of confused and angry looking Bioids.

Blukic gives them a sheepish smile, "Um, did someone call for tech support?"

The two humanoid droids lunge for the two idiots.

But their hands never make it inside when suddenly a barrage of purple crystals pierce their skulls before imploding in a cloud of violet sparks.

The two droids collapse to the ground, dead, revealing Snipe at the end of the grid with the doorway to his back and the Needler in his grip. "So much for stealth. Take them all out, fast!"

"Yes, sir!" Ingenium and Creati rush past him like wolves on a hunt.

Snipe provides cover, shooting down every Hover Drone that stupidly enters his crosshairs. And those that try to evade can only dive down where they find themselves in reach of Creati's razor-sharp Zircon Blade.

^Surrender Humans!^ A squad of Bioid guards rushes out to meet them, their blasters poised and ready to fire.

'My Engines are still stalled. I can't outrun them.' Ingenium thinks as he races forward at a lower gear, but then he recalls one of the special items lent to him by the Plumbers. 'But I don't need to!' With a roar he grips the Omni-shield and activates it, creating a solid barrier between him and the Bioids. And then like a charging bull he smashes right through the droids. Each one smashed and crushed under Ingenium's speed and power.

As the humans slash and bash their way through the oncoming enemies, Blukic and Driba make a run for it by diving deeper into the control panel's inner wiring.

A Hover Drone divebombs Ingenium but the hero-in-training swings the Omni-Shield up and bashes it away like a fly. It's flung up and over one of the power cells, where it pops like a balloon when it crashes into one of the discharges of electricity.

The towering Dominator doesn't seem to appreciate the sudden firework show as it lurches through the maze of flashing power cells with its frost-covered claws raised.

"You're a big one. But you won't stop us!" Doing what feels natural Ingenium tosses the disc-shaped shield like a frisbee and despite the weapon's size it's plenty strong. Bouncing off the robot's head with such force it throws the robot's head aside, throwing the entire thing off balance.

The White Dominator stumbles, granting Ingenium just enough time for his Engines to begin revving at full gear once again!

"Yes! I will not let anything get in our way!" His engines roar, and Ingenium is off to the races at a blazing speed.

Recovering, the White Dominator aims its armored gauntlets at the ground and from the cables connecting its arms to the vat on its back shoots out geysers of freezing nitrogen that freeze the ground in a thin sheet of slippery ice.

"Woooaaahh!" Ingenium loses traction, his feet slip right from under him before crashing into the side of one of the power cells.

"Ice?!" Creati gasps before she and Snipe dive away from the Dominator's incoming cold ray.

"Damn, robot." Ingenium pries himself away from the power cell, surprisingly there's very little pain from the impact, undoubtedly thanks to the integrity of the red plumber armor. However the armor can only take so much and he's sure that it'll do nothing against the Dominator's overall weight and strength.

"I can't get close and there's no chance I can run across this ice without it catching me." And with the Omni-shield nowhere in sight he has no real way of stopping it.

He grabs at the armor, patting hoping for some sort of hidden feature or miracle: he finds one. From his side holster he rips out the hilariously tiny needle-nosed blaster that Magister Patelliday handed to him before they left. It's tiny and silver, it's barely bigger than his own palm. But it'll have to do.

"I have no idea what this does… but no better time to test this out than now!" There's no way it'll do any sort of damage. But maybe it'll buy Snipe and Creati just a little more time. "Hey! Over here you mechanized menace!"

He half expected the thing to march on by but much to his surprise it stops and spins around, staring right back at him.

"Oh no…"

With a mechanized whir the Dominator lunges for him, its frostbitten claws aiming to crush him.

With a scream Iida aims the tiny blaster up, his finger on the miniscule trigger as the claws come bearing down on him. "I really hope this works!"

He pulls the trigger. And what immediately follows is an explosion of sound and power that neither Ingenium nor his target was expecting. The resulting blast sounds like distorted cricket chirps that's amplified a thousand times louder. The recoil of the Noisy Cricket flings Iida off his feet while the blast rips apart the Dominator's head along with its frozen claws, shattering them like glass.

With a groan Ingenium sits himself up and watches as the Dominator's headless and limbless body falls aside and over the catwalk, getting itself stuck between the power cells and the bottomless pit below them.

With the current threat eliminated, which was far easier then he expected, Iida peers down at the perfectly silver Noisy Cricket still wedged in his hand with both awe and fear. "So, that's what it does."

"That shot was dead-on."

Ingenium looks up to find Snipe offering him a hand up.

"That was a good showing, Class Rep."

Ingenium smiles and takes the hand.

Creati hops over, holding out the Omni-Shield for Iida to take. "Here you go, Ingenium."

He smiles. "Thank you, Creati."

"No time to rest, we got a job to do." Snipe ushers them towards the control panels.

Once there, the cowboy slides open the side panel revealing a cluster of tangled wires, circuits, and cables. And amongst it all are a terrified Blukic and Driba, both huddled together and clinging to each other for dear life. "Blukic, Driba, have you two disabled the cannon yet?"

"W-we can't!" Driba exclaims, worriedly.

From underneath his helmet, Iida frowns. "What? Why not?"

"Because of the failsafe." explains Blukic.

Creati's face scrunches up in confusion. "The failsafe?"

Blukic goes on to clarify. "There was a failsafe attached to the alarms. The failsafe prevents any tampering or changing of the cannon's systems; we're locked out."

"Which means…?"

"It means," Driba begins. "That this control console is utterly useless now. Even if we destroy it the cannon will continue to charge. And it will fire the moment it's ready!" The pudgy Galvan scowls and turns it to his greatest enemy, his best friend. "All because someone got their wires crossed."

"Sorry, Driba…" Blukic apologizes.

Snipe slaps his knee in frustration. "Darn, we're gonna need a new plan then."

Creati frowns, unsure of what to do or how they can complete their mission now. Her eyes wander over the controls, wondering if maybe they can still work. But as she stands there she gets the sense of eyes burning a hole in the back of her skull; she turns to find Ingenium staring intently at her. "What is it?"

"You have a plan." It's not a question, he's certain she has one.

She, however, does not. And she's just about to tell him as much when her eyes begin to wander over the power cells. Her eyes trail the electricity hopping from one power cell to the other, as each jump increases in size and strength. Power that cannot simply vanish but be transferred…

"I have a plan!" She exclaims, before turning away in a hurry.

Ingenium and Snipe frown, confused of what she's doing but soon their confused looks turn into embarrassment and panic when she suddenly pulls up the under armor around her stomach.

Like gentlemen they both instantly turn away, red faced and flustered. "Wh-what are you t-thinking?!"

"I have a plan!" She explains.

While their backs turned, they see a bit of light glittering from behind them, indicating that Creati must be activating the lipids around her stomach.

"If destroying the console won't accomplish anything then we must simply disable the cannon itself!"

They then hear what sounds like tin cans falling onto the catwalk. Clanging and rolling against the thin metal floor, one rolls away and bumps against Iida's leg. Looking down, the sight almost causes him to jump away as a timed bomb lays next to him.

From inside the console, Driba frowns, and contemplates her implied plan. "Crude, but effective! In order for this to work we will have to attach each of these bombs to every one of these batteries in order to ensure that the cannon's out of commission."

Blukic nods and adds in his own analysis. "If just one of these power cells survive it'll still have enough power to damage the Plus Ultra."

"We need to work quickly then.'' Sweating from the stress, Creati continues to pump out more and more explosives with her Quirk. And with the last one made she throws back down her under armor much to her teammates' relief. "Once they're in place, we'll set them off with a remote detonator. Believe me, we don't want to be anywhere near here when they go off."

The group sets to work quickly with Creati distributing the explosives and making more as needed while Ingenium carries all that he can in a satchel she made. He works as fast as he can, magnetically locking a bomb to every power cell that he can.

Meanwhile, the Galvans try to tinker around with the controls and wiring just in the off chance that they can get it working again.

Which leaves Snipe to guard the door. "There's no time to waste! I have no doubt reinforcements will arrive any second! So, hurry! They'll be here any minute!"

What he fails to realize however, is that reinforcements will not be coming. They will not be rushing in, charging the main gates, and storming the castle like brave yet foolish cannon fodder. Why do that? When instead all it takes is for a single brave knight to lie in wait for his quarry.

From the rafters above, hidden among the bolts of electricity and power. A set of living armor watches on, its blue shell gleaming with every flash of lightning.

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A blazing spear pierces through two Bioids, skewering them like a kabob against the hallway's metallic wall.

Rushing forth, Cinder rips his spear out from their husks before shouting back at the rest of the squad.

"I just got the report from Lucy!" Cinder calls out. "Snipe's group made it to the Ideon Cannon!"

"Excellent!" Gran Torino zips and ricochets off the walls before landing beside his old intern. "Hopefully they can provide us with some much-needed assistance!"

"Unlikely. They set off the alarms. And I wouldn't doubt if an enemy engages them soon."

Tetrax spits in frustration, "Dank farrik. I was hoping they could meet up with Uravity and provide her with some assistance."

So, too did Eraserhead. "Things just never work out the way they should."

Patelliday gives a solemn nod in agreement. "That they don't."

Cinder then explains Lucy's report back to the rest going over everything from Uravity's separation, her finding Kraab, and then finding out Izuku's location. And of course that she's planning to go to the Science Wing alone in order to retrieve the Omnitrix back from Ragnarok.

"She cannot hope to defeat Ragnarok on her own." Tetrax states, grimly, fearing the worst possible outcome. "I know of the Sleemo, he's a grade A psychopath with no remorse." He considers their options before coming to a confident decision. "I'll go and assist her; my crystals can redirect his solar beams."

"No, don't!" Cinder reaches for him, grabbing him by the arm before he can escape. "Your knowledge of Vilgax and his tactics are also valuable. Your crystals and skills will be absolutely necessary to keep our boys and us alive!"

Pinky pales, breaking into a cold sweat as she nervously asks. "Th-then what do we do?"

Chopper immediately gives her a snarky remark. ^Wa. Bop-wa.^

Cinder snaps at the droid, "No! I am not sending her off on her own!"

Mina blinks, startled and confused by the droid's seemingly random beeping. "What?"

Patelliday frowns, giving her an apprehensive look like he's going to regret what he's about to say. "The droid's saying that we oughta send the little missy."

"M-me?!" Mina asks.

"No!" Cinder states fiercely. "We'll figure this out! Just give me a second to think!"

Pinky takes a second to think on it too, but the longer they take to make a decision the less time they have to help Uraraka and save Midoriya and All Might. And then there's Grey Matter's words: the same ones she tried to act on back at the camp: '"Take in a situation and rather than trying to figure it all out; how about focusing on one part? Take everything in and then decide what you can do in the situation. What is the one thing you can contribute and focus on so that others can focus on what they need to do? Not everyone can solve everything on their own. It takes a team of people to solve big problems. So, use your team. Be useful to your team. You don't need to outright solve the problem, outright. Instead, you help each other to reach a solution. And when one issue is dealt with you move onto the next and the next and eventually you will have solved the problem."'

'Focus on how I can contribute and help everyone find a solution…' She knows what she has to do. "I'm going to go help Uravity."

"What?" Cinder's taken back along with the rest of the rescue squad, except for Eraserhead who looks apprehensive yet knowing.

"Listen!" Pinky exclaims. "She needs help but it's clear that I am the weakest link here! I can't match against Vilgax. But maybe I can help Uravity get the Omnitrix! That's how I can contribute!"

If she was expecting praise and cheers then she is surely mistaken. Instead, she is met with looks of uncertainty, and disapproval, shattering any hope she had of helping. Maybe she's still missing the bigger picture but…even so she has to help in the way that she can. Right…?

"She should go."

Pinky's head snaps up and her eyes are wide with surprise as she looks up and meets her teacher's.

Cinder hesitates. "Eraserhead?"

Aizawa steps forward, addressing his student, and only his student. He doesn't seem scared, or worried. In fact, he's calm in that indifferent sort-of way that he always is. And yet there's a sort of confidence there, not confidence in himself…but in her.

"Ashido." He begins.

"Mr. Aizawa?"

"You're not the strongest. Or the fastest. And your grades aren't exactly praiseworthy."

"Wow… Thanks for the vote of confidence."

"But you're an ace when it comes to evasion and creativity." He continues. "You have heart and the ability to adapt quickly. You go with the flow and in this case you're able to adjust quickly to the tide of the fight. You're capable, far more than we or yourself give you credit for."

"Mr. Aizawa?"

"You can do this. You can and will help your classmate. However, that doesn't mean I want you going alone." He turns to the only other veteran teacher present in the group. "I'm relying on you to get both my students back to safety. Think you can handle that?"

Gran Torino smirks up at the youngster. "I trained All Might. I think I can handle a pair of teen girls."

"Don't be so sure, this new generation of heroes are something else."

Everyone smiles at that, not in a condescending way, but in a way that fills them all with pride.

Patelliday chuckles at the interaction. "And here I thought reminiscing was a privilege for the old folks." He then calls out to Pinky. "Here!"

Mina only has a second to react before Patelliday is tossing her a big red blade attached to a rope of chains. Getting a good grip she quickly realizes that it's Sunder's Null Void Axe.

"Figured you could use the extra edge."

She appreciates that. "Mr. Aizawa. Mr. Midoriya. Please bring them back."

Eraserhead looks right in the eye and says. "We promise."

They watch them go, racing away back the way they came in the pursuit to help their friend.

And as they watch Cinder can't help but comment. "You know that Axe would have been really handy against Vilgax."

Patelliday shrugs. "Eh, you really think he'll let you get a shot in?"

"…Good point."

---

"17…! 18…! 19…!" Ingenium's boots leave skid marks across the catwalk as he slides to a stop beside Creati. He reaches into the satchel and pulls out his last bomb before placing it onto the power cell next to them. "Make that 20."

"And this makes 21." says Snipe having placed the last of his bombs on the surging power cells. He started helping out after realizing that reinforcements wouldn't be coming. "How many more do we have?"

"This is the last batch." Creati answers while dumping the last 9 bombs into Ingenium's satchel.

At this point the two Galvans have given up on repairing the control panel and have opted to oversee their progress. "Nine remaining."

"And with barely any time to spare." Blukic comments: he's been monitoring the Ideon Cannon's power levels and if he were to guess he'd say it's about 90%, maybe even 91% charged.

"No time to waste then," says Snipe. "Once we have these installed we'll need to evacuate immediately."

"Understood!" Ingenium salutes and takes back his satchel which is now heavy with the last 9 bombs. "I can attach these faster than anyone else! You four should make for the exit. I'll be right behind you!" With a roar of his Engines, he takes off for the other end of the grid where the last 9 power cells are stationed.

"You all heard the man, let's move it!" Snipe gathers the Galvans onto his hat before making a run for the exit.

Creati follows suit, her mind already wandering ahead past their current mission. 'We've completed our part faster than anticipated. Excellent! Hopefully we can spare a hand to the others. We can do more!'

The Galvans hold on tight to the brim of Snipe's hat and as they do Blukic does his best to get comfortable, squirming this way and that. He even cranes his head upwards in an attempt to get himself stable. That's when he spots something of great interest from above. "Hey Driba."

Driba rolls his eyes in exasperation. "What is it now, Blukic?"

"We've got what the humans would call a party crasher."

"Hm?" Frowning, Driba turns and follows his friend's gaze, before letting out a terrified scream. "AAAAAAHHH!"

Snipe and Creati jump at the sound of Driba's screaming rushing to a stop. And just in time too as a heavy mass of metal comes crashing down just paces ahead of them. The sudden impact rattles the catwalks threatening to snap and break off.

Too focused on keeping her footing, Creai fails to see the massive blue fist speeding towards her skull.

Without thinking Snipe jumps in the way, taking the brunt of the attack to the ribs.

"Mr. Snipe!" Creati screams.

Snipe is tossed away between the power cells and out of sight, his hat flying off and carrying the two screaming Galvans with it. "AAAAAAHHHH!"

From the other end of the maze, Ingenium screeches to a halt, alarmed by what he thinks sounded like screaming…

"Mr. Snipe!" Creati calls again but to no answer. Gripping the crystal hilt, the blade of her sword expands, becoming the shape of a scimitar, the perfect blade to slash yet thick enough to be a shield. "You fiend! How dare you!"

Her blade slices through the air like a blur, but with a metal clang it comes to a stop against a shell of blue armor.

From the sidelines, Blukic and Driba poke their little heads out from under the hat with Driba spotting the attacker first. "Oh, my…"

Blukic pales, gulping. "Driba is that…?"

"Y-yes, I'm afraid s-so… It's a Techadon!"

The Techadon towers over the girl, its massive figure blocking the entire pathway, And with how its maedate is crested makes it looks like it's giving her a permanent scowl.

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Creati's frozen in place, terrified, her blade didn't so much as leave a scratch, and the goliath doesn't even seem to have noticed that it was struck.

It moves, which alarms her so much that she jumps back. But instead of striking her, it turns it back to her as if not even considering her a threat at all. It marches away closer to the exit. The golem then seals the doors and seemingly locks them down before turning around and standing firm, guarding the entrance way.

Creati steps back, alarmed and assuming a defensive stance with her blade. And yet the armored warrior doesn't make a move, it stands there, seemingly unarmed and uninterested in her or her blade.

"You okay, kid..?" Snipe groans coming around the bend without his hat and with a hand to his side.

"Mr. Snipe, you're okay!"

"Yeah, this armor's the real deal." He raises his cape and shows her the side of his standard issued Plumber armor. It's cracked and broken, clearly it won't be able to stand another attack like the one before. But at least it did its job and kept him from any serious or permanent injuries. He then turns his attention onto the samurai-looking warrior blocking their way. "Who is that?"

"I-I don't know. He's just standing there, menacingly!"

Menacing and unmoving; yet Creati can't shake the feeling that it's watching their every move.

"They're blocking the exit. They must want to keep us here." A surge of dread begins to fill her stomach. "They must be aware of what we're up to!"

"I don't like this. We don't need some alien mucking up our plans."

"That's no alien! It's a Techadon!"

Perring down the humans spot Blukic and Driba scurrying up Snipe's hat tarped over them as if it was a shell.

Snipe takes his hat back as Creati asks. "I'm sorry, but who did you say that was?

"Not a who, a what." Blukic corrects. "It's a Techadon!"

"It's a literal killing machine!" adds Driba. "And depending on which series it is, they can have a wide array of intelligence and weapons!"

"Although this one is of shoddy workmanship, I must admit it's ability to adapt is superb."

"Indeed."

"Adapt?" Momo's heart drops. "It can learn?"

"Yes and it is highly specialized in-"

With a whir, their heads snap up as the Techadon's hands reform into a pair of massive cannons.

"-COMBAT!"

They have only seconds to dive out of the way before bolts of red-hot plasma are fired their way.

The shots rip through the air, forcing the heroes to take cover behind the power cells. It has them pinned down with its heavy barrage of power.

Assuming it's not that intelligent to have spatial awareness, Snipe slips around his power cell, using its great size as a cover until he's flanking it.

"One shot is all I need." With his pistol cocked he fires squarely at its head. But with a light ping the bullet bounces off like a harmless nat.

The Techadon stops firing as it turns its head and stares back at him as if silently asking if he really thought that was a good idea.

"…Shit."

The mechanized warrior aims its left cannon at him and fires!

Snipe dives ungracefully back behind the power cell by flopping onto his belly allowing the plasma bolts to race over his head.

He scrambles to his feet, forgetting the pistol and instead equipping the Needler. "Let's see what you're made of!" He aims and fires unleashes a rain of violet crystals that home in on the massive target.

Snipe half-expects them to bounce off but much to his surprise and delight the rain of flying crystals pierce the machine's massive arm. They embedded across its cannon like porcupine quills before the collection of spikes explode in a cloud of violet energy!

The Techadon stumbles back. Its heavy gauntlet left lying limp on the ground as a pile of smoking rust.

"Ha! Take that you samurai-cosplaying weeb!" says the wannabe cowboy.

Creati pokes out from behind her hiding spot and watches in glee as the Techadon stumbles back against a power cell.

However, hiding behind her foot Driba and Blukic share a look of horror. "Uh oh."

Her smile vanishes. "Uh oh? Why uh oh?"

Driba cowers behind her boot. "T-Techadons are clunky, slow moving, and b-bulky. They're wa-walking t-tanks. And they can learn."

Blukick's so scared he's shaking. "B-b-but that's not w-what makes them t-t-terrifying."

She frowns, her eyebrows furrowing. "If you consider that resume to be minor accomplishments, then what exactly makes them such a threat?"

With a final gulp, Driba answers with a terrified squeak, "T-they're s-self-repairing…!"

Picking up its arm, the Techadon casually locks its severed limb back in place allowing its vein like cables and metal to branch in and weld the gauges and bent metal back into place. Once locked and recalibrated, it flexes its newly attached fingers and hand, testing its grip with grim satisfaction.

Snipe's arms drop at his sides as he exasperatedly says, "Oh, now that's just bullshit."

With its arm reformed, the Techadon stands firm as rocket launchers eject out from its broad shoulders.

Using a combination of his Homing Quirk with the Needler's own target-seeking needles, Snipe fires and manages to shoot down the incoming projectiles. The rockets explode like fireworks but still a trio of missiles make it through the chaos.

Snipe prepares to dodge when an armored Creati shoves past him and stabs her Zircon Blade right into the ground, piercing the catwalk! And from the blade, a thin wall of crystals springs up, shielding them from the explosions. "You can't hope to break through my wall! It is as hard as diamonds!"

More and more rockets fly in to test that theory, they explode against the crystal barricade causing the wall to rattle and shake. But the heroes hold out.

The loud booms that were just hammering away at the crystals soon die down. The heroes wait with bated breath expecting the robot to reload before starting up its onslaught once again but nothing of the sort happens. Silence falls over the battlefield except for the hum of the charging power cells. What could the robot be doing?

*SHINK!*

A swift cut slashes the air cutting apart the crystal wall shatters showering the heroes in shards. The Techadon grips its blade as if a valiant samurai staring down its challengers. With its Resonate-Blade in hand, the six-foot sword vibrates subtlety giving off a soft yet ominous hum.

Stunned and unable to process what happened, Creati throws her blade into the ground again, hoping to create an even bigger barricade than before. But it's for nothing against the Techadon's sharp steel. The resulting shockwave from the Resonate-Blade not only shatters the wall but launches her away. She was lucky, however, if the blade was any longer it would have taken her head clean off.

"Hey! Over here!" Snipe fires his six-shooter at the bot, knowing full well it won't do a thing but hopefully it'll shift its attention to him instead.

Luckily, it seems to have taken the bait as it directs its gaze towards the cowboy. Snipe prepares for a chase, but instead the Techadon projects its knee forward. Before he can question it, a metal sphere shots out from its knee guard directly at him. The orb flies through the air before exploding into a web of thin cables.

"Ah! Ah!" The cowboy isn't quick enough to dodge. The mess of uncuttable netting entangles around his arms and torso causing him to lose his balance and fall onto the gangway.

Desperately pulling at the binds to no avail, he attempts to pull out the Needler. Unfortunately, the blaster's trapped in its holster by the unbreakable threads. He can do nothing as the Techadon wanders over towards the downed girl, who's struggling to get up and shake away the ringing in her ears.

The Techadon raises its Resonate-Blade up and prepares to swing down like a guillotine.

"Creati! Get away!" Snipe pulls and pulls at his blaster, screaming for her to run.

And then-

"RAAAAAGH!" Metal smashes against metal, releasing a resonating shockwave throughout the air shaking the catwalk. And yet Ingenium holds firm, keeping the Omni-Shield up and against the tuning-fork of the vibrating blade.

"Ingenium!" His teammates cry out in a mix of shock and cheers, but he can't hear them. It's a struggle for him to hold his ground against the machine's massive strength, and it's taking up all of his concentration.

The Techadon itself seems confused but quickly adjusts by pressing the vibrating blade down harder onto the little shield until it begins to crack.

Creati, predicting the gruesome outcome, hurries to act. Getting to her feet, she grips the Zircon Blade, channeling her Quirk through it, and wills the blade itself to grow long and more flexible until it's like a chain-like whip with thin edges. With a swing of the chain-whip, the Techadon's knee is wrapped in a rope of crystal before a sudden pull gashes the sharp edges into its calf.

Losing balance, the Techadon drops to its knees, forced to use its blade as a crutch in order to keep itself upright.

And as it begins to rise again, it finds a thin needle-nosed blaster aimed squarely at its face.

"Boom! Headshot!" Ingenium watches in slow motion as the invisible blast of his Noisy Cricket tears through the Techadon's helmet and upper torso. Ripping it apart like a lawn mower to a water balloon, spraying metal and oil all across the platform.

Despite anticipating the powerful recoil, Iida is still knocked off his feet. All the while the Techadon's decapitated body lies limp with its chest gauged open and its blade lying on the floor.

The Galvans hurry to Snipe's side and get to work deactivating his binds by having the cables unwind back into the capsule.

Meanwhile, Creati rushes to her classmate's side. "Iida!"

She grips the sides of his helmet, unlatches, and rips it off before checking his face for any signs of damage. But all she can make out is his disheveled hair and cracked glasses.

"I'm fine!" He insists but doesn't bat her hand away when she offers it. Together they pull him to his feet. "But at least I was able to take out that machine. That should give us plenty of time to complete our mission." He pats the satchel at his side which still has all nine bombs tucked away inside of it. He had forgone the current mission in order to rush back and help his friends, but with the current threat neutralized they can get right back to it.

"I'm afraid not…" Blukic croaks nervously.

Iida is just about to ask why that is when he spots movement from the robot. Its wires begin to slowly slither around, searching for stray parts that it can use to repair itself. "Is that robot alive?!"

Driba shakes his head. "No, but it will unalive us if given the chance!"

Creati steps back but cannot help but examine the robot's self-repairing mechanisms. "It must have a weakness we can exploit."

The stubby Driba folds his arm and states with a firm tone. "Nope. From what we can tell this Techadon is part of the JLU series."

"Yeah!" Blukic chimes in. "It's a JLU S1:EP29 model!"

"I'm afraid you're mistaken. It's obviously a JLU S2:EP07 model."

"No, it's not."

"Yes it is."

"No, it's not!"

"Yes it is!"

"ENOUGH!" Creati snaps, already she's tired of this running gag. "You two mentioned before that it can learn. How?!"

Driba answers. "This robot is from a series of Techadons that can construct new weapons and strategies based on the assigned target it was sent after. Cinder had a report about this same model a few weeks back and it developed a whole armory of weapons to deal with the Omnitrix."

Iida perks up, his interest fully hooked now. "Hang on, Midoriya fought this thing?"

"So did Ms. Uraraka." Blukic adds. "But what I remember from the report is that they barely escaped with their lives."

Understandable considering that the Techadon's leg has already welded itself back together and it is now repairing its dents while its chest slowly pieces itself together.

Iida steps back, worried that it might just jump up and start attacking them again. "How are we supposed to fight something that even Midoriya struggled against?"

Creati knows. "Blukic, Driba."

The Galvans blink up at her, "Hm?"

"Can we simply shut it down? Like with an EMP?"

"Ehhh. Not likely." Driba answers with a grimace. "It has its own internal power source and because of its self-repairing it'll bounce right back like nothing happened."

"Hm. I see. So then, tell me, how familiar are you two with the Techadon's internal systems?"

Driba waves off the comment and yet he can't help but smile. "I wouldn't call us experts."

"But the methods used by the Weapon Masters of Techadon are on the same level as our Galvan Elementary Education." clarifies Blukic. "We used to re-engineer and reprogram their older models as part of our junior engineers course."

"Aw, the memories." Driba smiles, reminiscing.

"Yeah." Blukic reminiscences too before he focuses back on Creati. "But why do you ask?"

She gives them a look that says it all.

"Ooooh." The realization hits them both at the same time; and it's terrifying.

But before they can object, Creati scoops them up and hands them to Iida. "Quickly! Before it realizes what we're up to!"

Ingenium understands what's needed to be done. His Engines roar to life propelling him down the catwalk with the screaming Galvans firmly in his grasp. "WWWWAAAAAAHHHHH!"

The Techadon shifts in place beginning to rise again even without a head.

"WWWWAAAAAAHHHHH!" The Tech Support duo can do nothing but hold on for dear life as the room blurs past them in seconds. Then, before they can blink, the pair find themselves lodged right into the Techadon's exposed head and inner workings!.

"Good luck you two!" Ingenium rips his arm away just as the Techadon's helmet begins to close. "I have faith in you both!"

Before the helmet fully seals, all Iida sees is the two Galvan's terrified expressions.

With an angry whir, the Techadon reaches for the boy. Only to quickly reel its hand back when a stream of violet crystals stab its arm.

"Run! Iida! Run!"

Upon his teacher's calls, Ingenium takes off sprinting past the Techadon before turning and zooming away into the maze of power cells. As the fully repaired Techadon rises back to full height,

Ingenium makes it back to his teammates. "They're in!"

"Then we hold out!" Snipe prepares the counterattack. "We need to buy them time before we can escape! Keep your distance! Don't let this thing near you or get a hold of you."

"Yes, sir!" Both students prepare themselves. Creati draws her blade, ready to defend or strike at any given notice. As Ingenium readies the Omni-Shield like it's second nature to him while his free hand grips the Noisy Cricket.

The Techadon, itself, readies for combat, brandishing the Resonate-Blade before aiming the tip at its next targets. Silently declaring it's ready for Round 2.

With an angry whir, the Techadon attacks, shaking the catwalk with heavy steps as it sprints forward.

Summoning his courage, Ingenium charges forth to meet the behemoth.

The Techadon intends to slice him in half with its 6-foot blade. However, Iida turns his body. Easily dodging the blade, he continues his mad dash as another burst from his Engines. The added propulsion pushed him past the giant. Not before leaving a deep gauge in its side from the outstretched Omni-Shield.

Following his path, the bot aims its knee and launches a pair of Cable Capsules at the speedster.

Yet, before they can even release their contents, the two capsules are shot out of the air by a pair of bullets.

The android redirects its focus onto Snipe to prevent any further interference, but as soon as it turns, it is met with a barrage of canisters that are not its own. Upon impact, the canisters explode coating the behemoth in a gum-like substance. Its arms and limbs stick together while Creati creates more canisters to lob at the trapped robot.

Quickly determining a counter, the Techadon's entire body glows orange with heat causing the gunk to bubble before melting away. However, before it can begin its counterattack, Ingenium races up behind it to strike the back of the head with a swinging kick. The powerful strike is enough to hurl the robot to the floor.

Catching itself, robotic samurai hurries to fire a missile from its shoulder. Only for another bullet to interfere, blowing the rocket up in its face just as it was launching.

Spotting an opening, Creati rushes in holding the Zircon Blade low as the blade shifts and expands into that of a crystal axe. "Yah!"

She swings in a downward motion, but she was too slow allowing the bot to block the swing with its arm. The axe lodges itself only an inch into its armor but it's enough to pin it in place. With her weapon temporarily disabled, the robot launches forward, aiming to clobber her into the ground with a swing of its free hand.

"YAOYOROZU!" In a blur, Ingenium lifts Creati in his arms before dashing away.

Giving up its initial action, the Techadon's arm morphs into a cannon. Though, rather than aiming at the fleeing students, the cannon is swung around in the other direction to fire off shots back at where it calculated Snipe's position. The programming is correct as the plasma bolts force Snipe to take cover, granting the android the window to fire another Caple Capsule! The capsule flies and bursts into tens of cables that latch around Ingenium's leg like vines.

"Waaaahhh!" Ingenium goes down, tucking Creati in close so he can bear the brute damage of the fall. His armor screeches and sparks against the metal before they slam into the massive haul of a power cell.

Creati hurries to her feet and pales when she sees the Techadon aiming its cannon at them. Acting on instinct, she generates a flashbang into her hand and tosses it back at the behemoth.

*BANG!* It goes off right in its face, blinding it.

Using her Zircon Blade as a dagger, she slices off the cables around Iida's legs and the two hurry behind cover before the Techadon can spot them again. They move through the maze of power cells, using their massive size and bulk as cover.

And thankfully they were fast enough this time as it seems to have lost them. Following its programming, the machine marches through the maze slowly and meticulously.

"It's parrying all our attacks…" Iida whispers, his back pressed against one of the giant batteries.

"So studious." Creati's both impressed and terrified by the notion. "It's already been able to read our fighting styles, and it's adjusting its attack patterns accordingly."

"Should we make a run for it? We can escape and wait for Blukic and Driba to disable it?"

"We could, yes. But it locked the entrance and even if we could open it we'd have to get past it first. And it's clearly not going to give us the chance."

She hushes up as the Techadon approaches. It tilts its head as if listening in but with no signs of movement it carries on and away from them.

"Even if we disabled it," Creati continues, speaking in a much quieter tone. "that won't guarantee victory. We would need to do a great deal of damage to prevent it from returning."

"Like an explosion?" The students nearly jump but soon break into smiles as Snipe rounds the corner and joins them. "Then maybe our best course of action is to fall back on Plan A."

Creati turns to Iida who had the satchel of bombs. "Where are the bombs?"

"I have them right here." His satchel is still strapped to his side and Momo couldn't be more grateful that she made the shells for the bombs so durable.

Snipe peers into the bag. "Nine left. Which power cells do you have left?"

"The ones over there." Iida points to the far side of the gridded catwalk.

Which coincidentally happens to be exactly the same area the Techadon has decided to patrol.

Well there seems to be only one real solution to this problem.

Snipe reloads his pistol and Needler. "We'll provide you cover, just grab them and apply them as fast as you can."

Determined to succeed, Ingenium locks his helmet back on and crouches low, preparing to run like an Olympic dasher.

Creati considers the Zircon Blade. Now that some of the initial adrenaline has worn off, she's starting to realize how much of a strain it's putting on her. Her body feels like it's on fire with her muscles burning and her lipids exhausted. And so instead she opts to Create more Flashbangs.

"Get ready…" Snipe holds his weapons at the ready. "Get set.." His fingers feather the triggers. "GO!"

Everything takes off in an instant. Bullets and violet spikes fly into the air. Behind them flashbangs twirl and spin. And sprinting amongst them all is a red blur followed by a trail of flaming blue.

The Techadon's sensors are overwhelmed by the incoming projectiles and explosions. It can do nothing but brace itself for the barrage.

Giving Ingenium the time and space he needs to race on by.

However, despite the blinding onslaught, the Techadon remains vigilant. Watching as Ingenium makes it to the first power cell, the one right behind the Techadon, then immediately sets the first of nine bombs in place.

"One!" And he hurries off for the second one.

The Techadon quickly scans the room quickly realizing that there are 21 other bombs sorted onto every power cell. A fact that makes it whir with incredible fury.

---

Meanwhile, through all the thick armor and unearthly metal, the explosions and bangs from the outside seem distant, simply background noise that seems too far to disturb them.

And yet the Galvans seem to be at a loss, crawling through the Techadon's inner workings like mice through a cardboard maze.

"Now what?" Blukic rubs his head after banging it against a low hanging circuit. "Should we just start by ejecting wires and compromising its armor?"

"No, we must be strategic about this." Driba answers as he carefully maneuvers around the vein-like cables. "If we just start pulling random circuits and connections the Techadon is bound to know we're here! And besides, it would quickly repair itself."

"Then what do we do?"

"I don't know!" Driba snaps, already having lost his patience. "I didn't think that far ahead!"

"Hm, what a conundrum." Blukic looks around, swiveling his head around all the exposed circuitry and inner processing units. "Hm, what if instead of disabling it, we reprogram it?"

"Blukic that idea is incredibly-..." Driba stops, his eyes popping wide as the idea really hammers in. "Genius!"

"Aw, thank you."

"If we can reach its central programing units we can reprogram its parameters! Maybe even erase its factory settings!"

Blukic grins in excitement. "We can make it harmless! Like a kitten!"

"Let's hurry! No doubt those humans aren't faring too well without us."

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"Two!"

"Three!"

Ingenium is making his way through the maze in record time, locking the bombs in place one after the other. He's at 3 already with 6 left to go.

He grips bomb number 4 and races to plant it. "Four!"

However, just as he locks it in place, a literal flying fist rockets through the air and rattles his skull with an obliterating punch.

"Ingenium!" Creati cries but neither Snipe nor her have any time to help him as the Techadon turns its one remaining fist at them.

The teacher and student dive away avoiding the rocket fist which smashes into the haul of a power cell leaving a sizable dent.

The two fists then speed back to their main body with the one fist that struck Iida holding the satchel tight.

Snipe gasps. "It has the bombs!"

"How frustrating!" Creati is absolutely astounded by this machine's powers of observation. It's already figured out their plan and is countering it perfectly. Meanwhile, the cannon must be close to completion. It's going to fire any minute now, for sure! All this machine will have to do is hold them here and their mission will be a failure!

Her judgment of the situation is right on point.

Instead of attacking them, the Techadon keeps the satchel of bombs close and draws out its sword, awaiting the heroes to take the clear and obvious bait.

"We need to get those bombs back!" Snipe starts firing, aiming to hinder the monster somehow or at least grab its attention.

It works, sort of, but it begins to turn its body so it can take the blows with its arm in front.

Hearing the roar of Engines growing louder from its flank the Techadon moves surprisingly agile, leaning its body and prize away from the charging Ingenium who zooms past without so much as grazing his hand over the satchel's reins.

The heroes grow even more frustrated. They need those bombs back. They only have minutes to spare. Maybe even less time. Oh, just what are those Galvans up to. Why haven't they disabled it yet? At this rate the Ideon Cannon's gonna-

*WHIIIRRR….!*

A thundering hum rumbles above them as the power cells discharge more and more power into the glowing cables above that roar louder, glowing brighter with surging power.

"Oh no…"

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"PRINCIPAL!" Springing out of his seat, Power Loader lets out a scream as his knuckles turn white against the monitors.

But he already knows, he already knows: the worst scenario has come.

"The cannon it's-!"

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"Ready to fire." A cruel excited grin stretches across Psyphon's marble skin. He turns excitedly to the drones nearest the captain's seat. "Move the ship in position! Have the Vulture Droids coral the Plus Ultra! I want to watch as the Plumbers burn out of the void!"

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Snipe doesn't need any confirmation. "We're out of time! Forget the plan we need to leave, now and hope what we got is enough!"

"But we haven't set all the bombs yet!" Creati points out. "If we don't, the cannon will remain operational!"

"And what of Blukic and Driba?!" asks Ingenium.

With a gasp they dive away as a round of missiles fly their way.

"I'm sorry kids but this mission is lost. We'll get those two out but once we do we need to bail!"

And believe him, the Galvans would like to do nothing better than to scram.

"Ohh, hurry Driba!" Blukic is sweating buckets as he and Driba hurry to finish their work. They arrived at the central systems a minute ago and have already started fiddling around with anything and everything they could get their grubby hands on.

They don't remove wires or cables, but they have been tampering and reworking the central circuits and data analysis boards as quickly and desperately as they can.

"I'm trying! This isn't as easy as it looks!" Driba scrambles to work faster, even plugging in his portable data drive in order to reprogram the Techadon manually. "Ah ha! I knew Weapon Master intelligence couldn't stand up to the genius of a Galvan. Hopefully that should stall out its processing units and computing processors. And for the final touch, I should be able to reprogram its default parameters!"

Hopefully he's quick because the Techadon's on the move.

Forcing its way through the barrage of bullets with its arm out to block the incoming spikes, the robot barrels toward the heroes, raising its blade high in the air like a war flag. Marching closer, it prepares to deliver a blow that'll surely cut Snipe in half. But before it can bring down its wrath, its entire body freezes in place, stalling, before falling to its knees like the wind was just knocked out of it.

"They did it!" Creati doesn't waste a second on opportunity.

She brings forth the Zircon Blade and holds it over the small of the glitching and whirring Techadon's back.

Ingenium joins her and together they put all their weight down onto the blade.

As the blade sinks down into the metal armor, they hear the faint sounds of surprised yells coming from inside. "Waaaahhh…!"

Together the students pull down on the blade, using it as leverage in order to rip open the Techadon's shell just enough for the Galvans to come scurrying out.

"Hurry you two! The cannon's-"

"About to fire!" Driba shouts after taking one look at the glowing cables above and the surging power cells. "Hurry before we're all vaporized!"

Ingenium gathers the aliens together as Snipe calls for them to run. "Let's go!"

Ingenium moves to follow but Creati holds back, eyeing the forgotten satchel that's filled with bombs. She doesn't even stop to consider their options, instead she rips it from the Techadon's grip and hurries off.

"Creati!" Snipe calls her back. "What are you doing?!"

"Completing the mission!" She shouts, grabbing two bombs she latches them to two separate power cells. "Five! Six!"

She dashes for power cell number 7 but the glitching Techadon is finally able to move once again. It kneels up and aims its knee out in order to fire a Cable Capsule.

"No!" Ingenium speeds towards the Capsule and with a wide rolling kick he bats the capsule away like a soccer ball before it can release its contents. "You damn killing machine!" With a roar he slings his Noisy Cricket and fires!

The blast rips apart the Techadon's left side and blasts Iida off his feet. But that buys enough time Creati desperately needs to apply the seventh bomb!

With its left side temporarily out of commission, the Techadon aims its right arm cannon at Creati's exposed back.

"Leave her alone!' Snipe roars, firing his Needler.

But the Techadon was ready, its body heats up tricking the spikes into exploding prematurely from the wave of intense heat.

"No!"

The Techadon fires!

"YAOYOROZU!"

"RAAAGHHH!" A knight in shining red armor bursts back onto the scene with a circular green shield in hand.

*BLAM!* The plasma bolts explode upon impact neither the Omni-Shield nor Ingenium break. "Go! Yaoyorozu!"

Quickly planting the second to last bomb, she screams, "Eight!"

The Techadon scans the room. Its scanners glitch in and out of focus, unable to read anything, until finally it manages to read that only one power cell remains unmarked. And if it fails to stop her in the next few seconds then its mission will be a failure.

Rocket engines, similar to Iida's own, appear between its shoulder blades. Roaring with power, the Techadon's massive frame rockets forward.

Ingenium tries his best to stand in its way, but that last blast took too much out of him. He's lost too much strength and speed as a result the machine plows right through him and his shield. "GAAAH!"

Knowing she can't stop, Snipe and the Galvans can only yell out in warning. "BEHIND YOU!"

She doesn't turn back to look, she knows it's upon her, she just keeps running. She can hear the accursed hum of its Resonate-Blade undoubtedly in its grip as it prepares to do her in. But she keeps going.

She's so close. So close!

Just one more. Just one more!

Determined, she pushes forth with on last ditch effort. By tossing the satchel as far from her as she can!

The Techadon spots the target and changes the trajectory of its swing at the last possible second. And with a single blow its Resonate Blade tears through the satchel like wet paper. But there's no explosion, no clang of a canister falling out or the cries of failure. No, nothing of the sort occurs except watching the tethered pieces of the once whole satchel fall away to the ground: completely empty.

"Nine!" Creati practically cheers! Her gamble worked, by tucking the bomb in her arms and throwing the bag as a distraction gave her the moment she needed!

Angered, the machine aims a missile but a barrage of spikes blow up in its face and just as it's about to start its repairs it begins to glitch out again, causing it to collapse to its hands and knees.

"Hurry! This is our last chance! Run for it!" Snipe screams, making sure his students run ahead of him.

And they go, sprinting for the sealed doors.

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At the same time, under Psyphon's command, the Chimeran Hammer has managed to align its haul towards the swarmed Plumber ship.

^Sir!^ One of the Bioids calls. ^The Plus Ultra will be in range in about 10 seconds.^

Psyphon grins. "Perfect. Prepare to fire the Ideon Cannon on my mark."

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They've made it to the sealed doors.

Ingenium hurries the Galvans to the locking panel. "Quickly!"

"We're going! We're going!" Driba insists but he just stands there, his eyes scanning over the panel in confusion and panic. "Alright the first thing we need to do is determine if the code is based on the Ekaynokal numerical system or the Folúpu numerical system-"

"Yah!" With a shout, Blukic shoves past Driba with a tiny wrench in hand. With a swing he bats the control panel open and begins ripping out any and all wires he can reach.

"Blukic you-!"

Almost immediately the doors slide open for them.

"-absolute genius!"

"Thank YO-WWOOO!"

The Galvans are plucked away as the heroes run through the door.

"Get behind me and get ready to seal the doors!" Snipe warns as he takes aim with his pistol at the furthest bomb he can spot.

Creati hovers her hand over the working panel and prepares to seal it upon his command. If she had any time she'd seal the door and create a remote detonator, but time is of the essence. That machine is already back on its feet and rushing towards them.

The Techadon looks like a bloodied raging bull as it struggles across the catwalk due to its glitching systems. Its vision, targeting systems, and power systems are all losing steam, but its directive refuse to let it relent. With the power of its Rocket Engines, the relentless robot rockets forward again and at the speed it's traveling it will surely smash through the doors even if they seal them.

Ingenium fumbles for his blaster but it's no use with a pair of panicking Galvans in his arms And Snipe is too focused on his target.

And so, knowing it's up to her, Creati grips her Zircon Blade and pierces it into the ground. This will take out the last of her strength, but it will be worth it! "PILLARS OF RETRIBUTION!"

A trail of crystals explode forth, forming into long thin spikes.

Using the behemoth's weight and speed against it, the crystal spikes easily pierce through its armor, hide, and helmet leaving it gauged and bleeding of oil.

"FIRE!" Creati screams and Snipe fires.

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Psyphon grins maniacally as the Chimeran Hammer shadows over the Plus Ultra like a predator looking over its weak and feeble prey. And with no remorse he gives the order, "FIRE!"

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The Ideon Cannon begins to charge, it's about to fire. The cables and power cells are all lighting up as one massive unit.

All the while a single bullet soars through the air, past the Techadon's head, past the surging electricity, and straight through and into a single explosive with an almost anticlimactic ping.

But then like a warehouse full of ammunition all it takes is one stray spark and the entire grid explodes with lights, fire, and thundering explosions! Each and every bomb goes off in a chain reaction triggered by their neighbor's own exploding shrapnel and heat!

The wave of fire and devastation rushes towards the doorway which Iida hurries to seal.

The Techadon thrashes against its confines attempting to break free before its entire body is consumed in exploding flames.

The doors close slowly. The heroes can feel the intense heat growing. It'll surely vaporize them! But then just as the flames begin to lick at the threshold, the reinforced doorway seals itself tight before the entirety of the entire ship rocks violently with a volcanic-like eruption.

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The entire ship rumbles and roars with metallic agony.

Psyphon holds on for dear life as monitors around him flare with sparks and alarms.

But what has him so distraught, so horrified, is the view he has of the ship. He had seen it, the Ideon Cannon had just exploded from within, ripping apart the front of the ship, breaking apart its jaw like design and sending debris and unknowing droids into the void.

It's a horrible sight for the screaming minion. "NOOOO!"

From her monitor near the doorway, a disguised Lucy has to hold herself back from celebrating. 'They did it~!'

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Principal Nezu is all smiles, back to his usual composed self he watches with pride as a portion of the Chimeran Hammer's front maw floats away into space above them.

"Let us not waste this opportunity!" He proclaims. "Undoubtedly their weapons systems will be offline. One-One navigate us closer. Vlad King prepare to deliver a barrage of laser fire; I wish to see their remaining guns neutralized. This is it everyone! We must make for one final push!"

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THE PREVIEW: Ch.85

"Look there's the Omnitrix! It's right there!"

"Too much noise. I find it hard to believe that the Mad Titan would allow rats to scurry around his domain. What is the galaxy coming to?"

"What of you little mouse? Are you lost? Are you hurt? Or did you come here to PERISH!?"

"You must be in such pain. Your body is such a delicate thing. Imperfect and soft. Like a twig. Tell me… What's it like to live such a miniscule existence?"

"Give me your best shot, sunny boy!"

"I was so worried! Don't you dare leave us again!"

"Your species is young, you have yet to realize that the only way to gain real power is to TAKE IT!"

'I'm sorry I couldn't save you in the end…'

"Because I made a promise to a little boy."

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*See! I promised you guys this chapter be 10 times better then the last chapter! Hahaha! How'd you all like the Techadon? Or Iida's new gear? I thought this chapter was a ton of fun to write, especially whenever the 2 Galvans were in play! Hahaha!

*ARTWORK* New artwork commissioned by BlueRanger-Lyric on fanfic. It's titled "Com - Techadon Robot (Blue)" by RZGmon200 on deviant-art. Go check out: http_s:/_/w_w_w.d_ev_ian_tar_t.c_o_m/rzgmon200/art/Com-Techadon-Robot-Blue-1052565121 (If you want a hyperlink then go to this story on AO3 where you can see the artwork within the chapter itself)

*UPDATES* So, this is how the updates for the next ~5 chapters are going to work. I will post a new chapter every other Friday. So, Ch.85 will be July 12. Ch.86 will be posted on July 26. Ch.87 on August 9. And, finally, if all goes well, we will see the finale of this arc with Ch.88 on August 23. OR it ends on September 6 depending on if I need to make the final chapter a two parter. *NOTICE* This finale is subject to change based on how the last 25% of this Arc ends up.

*Like mentioned earlier, the last 25% of this arc is not complete (honestly I barely started this week because of how busy it's been). My hope is that by posting every 2 weeks I can buy myself more time to work on the finale. Plus, I want to hear feedback and see what you guys are excited to see. So yeah that is my plan. But like always "life finds a way" and I am going to be extremely busy the rest of this summer: like I am losing all my weekends from here on out. And that is literal. I am straight up gonna lose my weekends, not because of anything bad, but just for my own life's sake kinda deal. Either way the weekends have been when I can get the most writing done. And since I will be losing them from here till August, I cannot promise that I will even have the finale of this arc ready to go by the deadline of August 23/September 6. So, please bear with me and I hope to hear from you all as our dear friends rescue Deku and All Might.

*TV TROPES LINK*: delete the spaces (_ ) within the URL below in order to get the full link.

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Responses for "Guest" reviewers from Ch.83:

Grimm: The wait has been long enough Hehehe, I'm also glad that you are very committed to this story, and take the time you need for your personal issues, you are human and it seems that some forget them.

By the way, I have a question about the new MHA movie, I heard that it will not be canonical in history, will you adapt it in this story or in the Spin-off?

Guardian-Sigil: Thank you for understanding. And yes I will probably adapt the movie into the story. BUT we'll have t wait and see how the movie plays out and the fact that i might divert from cannon before the movie ever takes place

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Guest: Okay, since you're not a guy that would write romance scenes. Would you only write indications that anything romantic happens off-page? You don't have to write actual romance scenes. IzuOcha is often teased in this story despite not being tagged (even on AO3). I even recall the whole "sister-in arms" from when Izuku (as Rath) had to deal with Vulkanaus. The only thing that would cement the ship is that if one confessed their feelings (without being too elaborate, e.g., "I like you, more than a friend...") or one kissed the other (most likely on the cheek) & then left without saying another word (or use both scenarios at the same time), without getting too deep into romance (no on-page dates or lip kissing). They would put their hero work first, and then keep that part of their life private (and off-page). I mean you already write about Inko and Hisashi as a married couple without being too romantic on-page. Why not incorporate that dynamic?

What do you think?

Guardian-Sigil: Again I might but the romance stuff is not on the forefront of my mind for this. So I don't really want to say yes I can do this and then forget about it. I will consider small interactions but otherwise I wouldn't get your hopes up

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Guest: Jeez two fifths of this chapter is just Q&A

Guardian-Sigil: I know. I had to answer over 80+ reviews for Guest readers so that list doesn't even include the ones I PMed directly

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Grimm (again): Hey, I have a question that I saw when I reread the arc of the stain although maybe it opened something up for me: Is Sixsix really dead? Why, for a very beloved character, would I be surprised if he didn't survive, and why does Sevenseven blame Izuku for his death if it was Stain who killed him by stabbing his jetpack? They never mentioned it or showed it to you?

Guardian-Sigil: I made SixSix's fate open-ended on purpose because I was conflicted between several ideas on what to do with him long term. (key words are "long term"). Well I settled on one but to say anymore would mean very big spoilers.

But that said, I have actually hinted to his fate in a later chapter, um, I think it was "Ch.65 My Sweet Summer is Gone." Yup! I just checked, I left a subtle hint in that chapter as to what was SixSix's fate. Let me know when you think you found it;)

As for why SevenSeven blames Izuku is because that is what he was told. I thought the audience could infer that Vilgax told Sevenseven this to make him more motivated to fight earth's heroes

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TangoMPT: No worries, I'm not really rushing you. I just brought it up cause I thought reading comics might not be something you're into so I was wondering if the motion comic version would be more palatable for you. Plus it feels less time consuming watching it as a video than reading as a comic. As of now the first 9 chapters of 5YL can be found in motion comic form on the Ink Tank YouTube channel. Also while you're there I recommend watching their other Ben 10 series And Beyond. It's really good and they just started season 2.

Guardian-Sigil: I do watch their breaks downs, Ultimate aliens, and And Beyond. I just need to sit down and watch the motion comic.

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Belladon: I'm super excited to see how this Arc ends. We've gotten a lot of Vilgax content but the next big characters I'm interested in seeing are Khyber and the Nematrix. I've seen a lot of interesting comments on here about additional predators that could be implemented to the Nematrix. And I'm wondering if you'll make an announcement at the end of this Arc to ask for Nematrix suggestions.

Guardian-Sigil: So, am I. Right now I'm going through edits for the next 3 chapters and then I'll finally start writing the last chapter or 2. So, anything can happen at this point!

Now although I am excited for Kyhber and I have hinted to his existence already. He won't appear for a long while so I probably won't ask about Predators until I actually reveal him

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BlueRanger-Lyric: Name of video

"What if Deku Was Born With a Quirk in My Hero Academia?"

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Guardian-Sigil: You should have said it was from Plot Armor. I've seen his videos before

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BlueRanger-Lyric again: Name of video

"BANNED Ben 10 Aliens That Were Too Dangerous EXPLAINED"

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Guardian-Sigil: These aliens are cool but they are banned from this story too. After all want to focus on the cannon aliens first and foremost

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BlueRanger-Lyric again (x2): So after looking at 5:16 of this video "Beastars (S1) in 8

Minutes" ht_tps:/youtu_be/D_I_Hy6_J23F_Vk?siTpF1_u09o_dyqP_P4x3

And after watching this short video "Star Fox: Island Interrogation" ht_tps:/youtu_be/3tT_L15K2g_dU?si5Vj7M_Vs97T8n_rxMq

It made me wonder if you would do this gag to two characters that look and feel like their dating but technically aren't, like for example ether Ochako with Izuku or Kyoka with Denki or Mina with Ejiiro or maybe Momo with Shoto or even Toru with Mashirao, and have it play out similarly to the examples I've given, but what do you think of this gag idea?

Guardian-Sigil: No. I'm not going out of the way to write about romance

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BlueRanger-Lyric again (x3): This was the IzuOcha video I was talking about and hope you enjoy and use it

Video Name "[IzuOcha] Pet Names [BNHA Comic Duds]" ht_tps:/youtu_be/4V5-6a_c_qe4c?sin_kQyr-v_eJh-8o_X0E

Guardian-Sigil: See statement above, please

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BlueRanger-Lyric again (x4): This was the video I was talking about for ether Bakugo, Rath or Kraab

Video Name "I'm back Bitches" from Sleepsjr ht_tps:/youtu_be/a_hUo8b_ojQ_Bs?s_ib_H66Ij_U_U4d9z_l-1

Guardian-Sigil: At some point I'm sure I'll use this for something

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BlueRanger-Lyric again (x5): This was the Family Guy gag I was hoping you would use at some point if at all

Name of Video "Get in the House Fatty! - Family Guy" from JayArdrey009 ht_tps:/youtu_be/D34B_L84jt_d0?s_iNVBpM_yqdqR_Ku1T_iM

Guardian-Sigil: I don't even know how this joke would be relevant

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BlueRanger-Lyric again (x6): I found another sound on TikTok that I think you could use for a gag in a future scene, and here it is~

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Guardian-Sigil: Now that's a good gag!

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Guest: Can't wait for Uraraka to curb stomp Vilgax without any trouble while Deku covers in the background. Vilgax can't touch Uraraka because she's the strongest character in story. She can take both him and AFO easily, Deku can't do crap other than piss himself.

Guardian-Sigil: I'm not sure if this is sarcastic or serious but I will assume you're excited about what comes next

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DeadCool14: Aw come on, I think Zedd deserves a good owner like Deku instead of Khyber, Bakugou is too obvious. I think it would be nice if Deku gave the creature that tried to kill him some love. Also it would be funny if the plain looking kid got super intense looking dog

No, I meant if Deku will also give a reaction to Ochako's new hero suit, like the boys did in the ship, and he gets a nose bleed lol

But now that you mention it, it would be funny to get a reaction of the girls to his suit too. And yeah, but those were the 1-B girls, we need the ones in his class to react too XD

That scene during the climax where Doc Ock's machine is overloading and Peter stops a wall from crushing MJ. Could be a good IzuOcha moment too, with her seeing just how strong he is in his human form

Yeah true, but without Aggregor we wouldn't visit places like Mikd'lty, Ledgerdomain or the Perplexahedron nor have the moments with Bivalvan, Andreas and Ra'ad

Psyphon is already a cyborg in OV, with the super strength and the laser that comes out of his arm in The More Things Change Pt 2

"Gwen can detect someone's mana signature as a form of dowsing, allowing her to track them down by either following their energy trail; detecting the traces of mana that they left on their belongings; or being at one with the cosmic mana. Detecting someone's mana signature also allows her to discern what they are doing at the current moment. If the person being tracked is "losing touch with [them]self", it makes their mana signature weaker and harder to track, as was the case with Jennifer Nocturne. Dowsing can also be used to identify someone even if the person in question is deceased, as was the case with Victor Valadis." In Ben 10 Returns Pt2 she said it was vibrations

I imagine Mina could sense people's emotions and track them, especially if they were strong ones. Oh and maybe this too:

"Gwen can distinguish beings with physical similarities, such as Ben and Albedo, by reading their auras."

"Gwen can discern multiple minds inhabiting one body, such as when she was able to detect Ra'ad when he had fused with Ben as Ampfibian."

"Gwen can notice the absence of someone's mana signature, as shown when she detected billions of mana signatures had disappeared after almost everyone on Earth had been turned into Esoterica."

I don't want full on dating chapters or stuff like that, just wholesome kissing and hand holding and funny stuff like guys getting powered up because their girlfriend cheers them on or getting a good luck kiss XD. Just imagine how adorable Deku calling Ochako his girl, like Ben did to Julie in "Hero Time", would be

You could just sprinkle teases throughout the story that culminates in a big event, like Ochako kisses Deku after War of the Worlds or Heroes Rising. Or maybe couples get together off-screen, like you hint at it and then it gets reveled later. I imagine Kaminari revealing he and Jirou are dating like how Rigby revealed to Mordecai that he and Eileen are together, with Deku jaw dropping with different aliens, like first he's himself, then Ripjaws and then Eatle XD

Ben 10 never had episodes like that, except for Eye of the Beholder I guess, and everyone hates it. I think the perfect way to do it is just like Day at the Pier it's mostly action but it has small cute moments. Hell, even Deku's idea of having a girlfriend is going to the amusement park, holding hands and eating crepes, which is super simple and would also be perfect for that episode

You could still do the birthday omake when you can; it's just a bit late

No! Please keep the shield! I think it's cool, Deku could use it like Captain America. Rook actually does that in Tummy Trouble, maybe he could learn it from Izuku

Would everyone be in at least one of Deku's time travel/dimension hopping shenanigans? I would love to see their reaction to Eon and the Evil Dekus

FU, I like Fasttrack! He a kitty-cat

Guardian-Sigil: What?! You think Bakugou won't be a good pet owner? Have you not seen the "Bakugou's Pets" comics by "suncelia-art" on tumbler? And besides there are a lot of other candidates to get an alien dog. Not Eri though, I have…a different pet in mind for her

Another reaction scene like that would be funny. I'll think on it. It won't be any time soon.

Oh, that Spider-man scene. I get it now

I am not too concerned with losing out on visiting those planets and dimensions. After all 95% of this story is gonna stay on Earth, mainly Japan. Plus I'm not doing magic anyway although I have other ideas on Ledgerdomain

Oooooh, yeah, I guess Psyphon is a cyborg. I'll keep that in mind

No, Mina can't track like Gwen. She senses emotions not auras or thoughts. Only emotions. So, yes, she can track Bakugou as long as he remains angry. But it'll act more like a radar/compass then anything else

If I am doing romance stuff like that then I'm just gonna follow the manga/anime's lead on this kinda like what they did with Kaminari and Jiro or Ojiro and Hagakure. I would not get your hopes up about this. And yes the Day at the Pier episode was really good but again I have no interest. Thanks for sharing your thoughts though. And also I don't out right ignore this type of feedback, I do mull it over

Eh, I'm okay with just doing Deku's Birthday.

Hang on, I said Deku is losing the shield. I never said that I was getting rid of the shield concept entirely. After all, as you've seen in this chapter Iida is pretty proficient with a shield too ;)

NO. When I do the spin-off I am gonna have a strict rule that no one from this story's universe is aware that Deku goes on time travel and dimension hopping adventures. I want to keep the stories separate because time travel can be such a mess to deal with. BUT that doesn't mean that Deku can't meet other versions of his friends

Fair enough, every alien has their day…then maybe you'll like what i got planned for Fasttrack too when I eventually introduce him

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DeadCool14 again: Would you make Azmuth turn Albedo into a female Deku instead of a kid Deku? Because I myself think that that would be worse than being turned into a kid honestly, he'd be even further than what he originally was, plus it would be funnier. And honestly whenever I hear Albedo's name I can't help but think of the Albedo from Overlord, and honestly, the way she gets crazy sometimes would fit very well for OV Albedo, who just went nuts at this point

Also, when Deku and Albedo fights as humans, will someone pull out their phone play the music from Star Trek when Kirk is fighting that lizard? And Deku goes "Are you fucking serious?!"

Would the Small Chills at least appear in canon omakes? Maybe some a few years in the future? Like how in 5YL they're 5 years old but look like older?

Would Deku at least turn into the dolphin and mouse for a gag, maybe in Outbreak?

Would Animo get ripped at somepoint, as a reference to his D'Void days?

Check out Soggy Froggy's MHA videos on YT, especially the McDonalds one

After they get their Provisional Licenses you should make a chapter similar to the Rottmnt episode Origami Tsunami, it could show Deku's leadership skills and how he inspires people (like it also does for Leo, in fact, it would be a good way to get more of Feedback, since you replaced him with Leo in the Omni-Games omake). The bad guys could be Albedo and his crew, Deku could use GiAant and Oream from 5YL. He gets them in Outbreak but doesn't figure out their powers until then

Check out Delicious in Dungeon episode 5, they cook bugs there, great inspiration for Hisashi

Would Azmuth give Deku a speech similar to the one Jor-El gave to Clark in Man of Steel, about leading people by example so they can join them in the sun

Would Azmuth be disappointed with humans the same way the High Evolutionary was? Earth has some of the best literature and art and cultures in several galaxies, but the ignorance and bigotry sullied all their accomplishments. And things just got worse when Quirks appeared, humans were granted this blessing of evolution that surpassed many species, and what do they use it for? For greater ignorance and bigotry, for more war, for violence; they could have grown and joined them in the stars but instead decided to flex their powers and beat each other up while wearing stupid costumes and shunning people because of said powers. They would represent the exact thing the Omnitrix was created to counteract, and now a stupid kid wants to use it to keep that cycle going

Would Stinkfly have different stinks like Rise Raph?

Would the League also have You're So Good moment? Maybe trying to go undercover? Oh and the Makeover scene from Clone High, but with Toga and Charmcaster

Given what we know about Shiggy's backstory now, will you also do something with Henzu and Servantis?

Did Henzu meet Kwarrel when he was younger?

When Deku gets Jetray, would do you the flying scene from HTTYD 2?

Guardian-Sigil: No Azimuth is not gonna turn Albedo into a girl nor a kid. We may never reach that far in the Ben Ten elements list. Just to be clear Azimuth and Albedo will appear and be characters but I can't promise to do everything with Albedo that the show was able to

That Star Trek song would be funny but I've always like the scene from Umbrella Academy where Five fights an older version of himself and they play "Dancing with Myself" by Billy idol and Generation X

No. Deku will not turn into a dolphin or a mouse. The closest mouse he'll turn into is Molestatch and even he's a maybe

No, I have no plans for Animo to become buff

Aw, I remember these Soggy Froggy videos. I nearly forgot about them!

The Rottmnt chapter is not bad. I'll think on it but I won't be using the 5YL aliens. I already got over 30 other canon aliens to introduce first

I love Delicious and Dungeon! The food is not a bad idea but I never imagined Hisashi being a good cook

I never liked the Man of Steel movie so I'll have to look up that scene. And I can't give a straight answer cause most of the story after this arc has yet to be properly planned. Especially character interactions. But I do have Azimuth's view on Earth all figured out.

No, I think Stinkfly can have the one stink buuuuut it's not a bad idea so I will think on it. If it can be incorporated nicely then maybe. But it might accidently be something I forget about even after introducing it

I never watched Clone High sooo I'll try to find a clip for myself

I have Henzu's backstory planned, I'm just not gonna show it until it's necessary.

Um, which flying scene from HTTYD 2? They fly around all the time

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Thunder Dragon: Oh they know. And I swear that we are going to go places. And that is down if Ochacho gets One For All taken from her. Also Izuku needs to get his watch back fast.

Guardian-Sigil: Strap in, you're in for a ride

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Guest: Okay, I wasn't able to find that Alien X video I mentioned to you, but basically it was talking about how it would fix the presentation and introduction of Alien X, where basically it talked about how using Alien X could negatively Ben's Mental stability, like Ben transforms into Alien X for a few seconds and after using it's power to stop and rewind the Dams collapse, he almost immediately turns back into Ben, almost broken and unless, essentially if from Ben's Prospective, he's been Alien X for Millions of years, considering talking, debating and being for Bellicus and Serena to let him go and be Ben again, especially when seeing and feeling the power of Alien X's infinite power, so I was thinking, what if that's what happens when Izuku tries using Alien X and if you want, Alien X could have been Izuku's tenth alien that he refuses to use again after that one and first ever experience, that it messed with him so much, that he had the transformation locked away to never be unleashed and used again, so that could explain why doesn't accidentally transform into or how Henzu doesn't have his DNA when absorbing the Omnitrix, but what do you at least think of the concept that using Alien X could negatively affect Izuku whenever he uses it?

Guardian-Sigil: That is not a bad concept at all and it would help sell why Deku would be sooooo hesitant to use him. Hmmmmmmmmm, you have given me a ton to think about. Thank you, I like this! It would certainly be a major obstacle to get pass and yet give me a reason for Izuku to use his other aliens instead of Alien X

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BlueRanger-Lyric again (x7): By the way, that Heatblast commission I shared with you, that was supposed to be Omniverse Heatblast but all the black parts were replaced with a dark shade of Maroon, so that it looks just a little bit brighter compared to the original look, I hope that clears up any misunderstandings about what I was trying to share with you

Guardian-Sigil: Oh, I see. Thanks again for reaching out but as mentioned I have no control over the TV Tropes page

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Guest: It's been a long wait but it is here, a new chapter. Same Guest from the Eon never comment again. The good guys finally know that Izuku has been separated from the Omnitrix, and Kraab, Ochaco, and Cosmo are on their way to get it back. The fight was good, I don't know what else to say about it.

I did in fact read your list of references last chapter and some references I simply have no idea about. Puzzle this out if you will, *A white and red haired warrior, immensely powerful with a golden dragon themed coronet and gauntlet, decimating enemies with ease*, if you can't put a name to the description off the top of your head, you know exactly what I meant in my previous comment about missing references. THIS IS NOT AN ERROR ON YOUR PART, it's simply a fact of creating something so reference heavy, some references are gonna land and some will completely miss, the Henry Stickman game is a great example of this.

As I am writing this, Among Us is celebrating its 6th anniversary, the Skeld map is decked out in party decor in every room and visible hallway, and every player is being gifted a "Mini Dappermate" hat for free. I'm excited about this because Among Us was this little indie game that I found fun to watch that became popular because everyone was locked in their basements/bedrooms for the better half of 2020, it's not unusual to think that its popularity would die within a few months as the popularity of most games does the same, but it's still going and that makes me happy because for the longest time I only watched because I didn't know that it was a free to download and play game (some cosmetics are locked behind paywalls because capitalism), and I only recently started to actually play it myself. YOU DO NOT NEED TO ADD THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH TO YOUR COMMENT SECTION RESPONSE NEXT CHAPTER!

Honestly, I don't know if I can recommend the 2003 TMNT show for viewing, what I can recall is good, but it is also limited to one maybe two scenes at best not including the scenes with Drako which I had recently watched a compilation video of at the time, those were also good, just mostly viewed out of context if context wasn't given in the clips themselves, and for character design purposes.

I am shocked that HALF of this chapter is just the comments/reviews and responses. That must have almost doubled you workload for this chapter.

AFO IS FINALLY, TRULY, DEAD! NO CLONES, NO VESTIGES, NO RESURRECTION PROTOCOL, NO SECRET OFFSPRING TO CARRY ON HIS WILL POST-MORTEM, SEEMINGLY NO SECRET DEVOTEES, AND NO SUCCESSORS, HE IS GONE! FINALLY!

I massively apologize for this wall of text you have to read through. Puzzle hint, he's from an anime aimed towards young-mid teens.

I like Fasttrack

Guardian-Sigil: It sure was a long wait but the rest of this arc will prove that it was worth it. Just wait and see

I'm especially excited for Ochaco and her team to try and get the Omnitrix back

Awwwwww, I see your point about the references. Man, talk about a taste of my own medicine. Well played

Well I'm not sure if this will help but I have this story posted on AO3 as well. And on that site I am able to put hyperlinks in with all the references. So as you read you can actually click them as you read and it'll take you to each of their wiki pages. The unfortunate thing is that I cannot do the same on fanfic. But I wish I could, it would make things a lot easier

Yeah I know, half the chapter was to answer 6 months worth of comments. There was over 80+ comments to answer which is crazy to me too. But at least this chapter was better balanced on that scale

AFO is gone but I have a feeling his influence will still linger. Like a stench on a carpet that won't go away no matter how many times to wash it. After all he did talk about having multi-routes to get to his goals… Not that I think he will resurrect but…I have my suspicions

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VanillaLion: The Ink Tank uploaded a video about a week ago saying that they have no problem with other people using their stuff, so do you think we could see Izuku befriend the Orion Squad? One because they are cool and two because I find it funny and ironic that Izuku discovers that he enjoys alien company more than that of his own species (similar to how I once saw a documentary revealing that crocodiles when they are small enjoy being with hippos more than with the rest of their kind).

Guardian-Sigil: I need to sit down and watch 5YL so I don't fully understand the context here. But if they're heroes and good people then of course Deku would get along with them. But for now I'll have Deku meet my versions of the Plumber's helpers first. Plus I have kinda already used some of their OC aliens like Rattle in a Halloween OVA which you can find on my profile under the spin-off story "Heroes Never Die; It's Hero Time, Anytime"

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DeadCool14: The Small Chills could even call Ochako mom, they could name Glacier Mochi and she could even ould adopt her hairstyle. They could even help as an excuse to not have Deku in a chapter, he's just visiting his kids. Maybe have him video chat them in the background sometimes? Plus, can you imagine Inko's reaction? Probably like how Camilla reacted to the palismans in The Owl House. And it'd be adorable for all the teachers and students to give them clothes and toys and stuff, Momo would make them a whole damn wardrobe XD

Another funny and cute IzuOcha moment could be after she accepts to be his girlfriend and Deku goes far away, turns into Way Big and yells 'HELL YEAAAAAAAAAAAAH!'

Will Bakugou get called out on how he always saying he'll kill someone? I can see it either happening now or later with Khyber, that he shouldn't be saying that unless he means it and that it shouldn't be said so casually, maybe scaring the crap out of him by giving him a perfect kill-shot but he won't take it and then call him a coward.

It can also work as a JoJo reference, with them saying that one should only say that after the deed is done

Would Vilgax replicate some of Class A and B's techniques to mock them? He was spying on them so it would make sense, tho some of them would only work if he was in his Malgax form. One perfect example would be Momo's sword, knowing how her Quirk works he'd probably be able to replicate it, showing just how smart and dangerous he is, both being able to figure it out and copy it so quickly

Way Big transformation ideas: "Shin Ultraman Transformation (Anime Style Fan Animation)" "All Shin Ultraman Transformation - Shin Ultraman (2022)"

There's this JoJo abridged parody series that I love, and there are a lot of hilarious lines that I think would work great in the story:

Kaminari tries to come up with a name for an alien and chooses this: Super Mega Ninja Galvatron Deluxe. Maybe with Alien X or Atomix XD

Everybody is in a precarious situation and someone, maybe Mineta, suggests they eat Deku… who is right there. "Mineta, you're talking to me" "Careful guys *whispers* he can read minds!"

Later, when Deku gets Amphibian, he's listening to someone's internal monologue "Oh and I can also read minds" "What?! When did you learn to do that?!" "Idk"

"Saved, by jello, just like my le dream" when Deku gets Goop. It could be anyone but it would also be really fitting if it was Aoyama. Hisashi says Abdul's "I have learned that the only way to defeat X is to burn it" catchphrase, and maybe other characters use it in honor of him, like Deku and Endeavor

"Now, before we do this, I think it would be wise to think of a pla-" Rath: KOMBAT TIME! *smashes door*

That is a reference to a Mortal Kombat cartoon, where Sonya Blade said that, a lot XD. I think that could be used in an Inspector 13 chapter, with Uraraka being turned into Rath

Albedo to Hisashi: "So prepare yourself you old fool, to be eradicated!" 0o0 "Annihilated!" 0o0 "Decapitated!" 0o0 "Emancipated!" 0o0 "Discriminated!" 0o0 "Abbreviated!" 0o0 "Pixelated!" 0o0 "Regenerated!" "Wait what?" "To DEATH!" *later* "Is a good thing you showed up when you did, otherwise I would've been excabogliated or some bullshit like that"

Albedo: *tossing a ship* Enjoy your stay on the S.S. Plummet, Deku!

Ripjaws: That's a boat- *boat crashes into him*

Lord Transyl: I, Lord Transyl, blew any chance of him living out of the water. I, Lord Transyl, sucked him bone dry. I, Lord Transyl, reached around and— you're just getting me to say a whole bunch of really gay sh*t now, aren't you.

Whampire: Heh heh, yeah.

Y'know, I just realized, you missed a good opportunity for a joke in the Monster Weather chapter:

Kaminari: Oh yeah! From H20 to H2-no!

Jiro: …You've been hanging around Midoriya for too long

Check this out this post! It's the Class A girls as Omnitrix aliens!

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Guardian-Sigil: No matter how much you bring it up, the Big Chill babies will show up for a page and then they'll be gone. Nothing more, nothing less. With only maybe a few small mentions here and there like the series did. But I won't lie and say that it wouldn't be adorable. Maybe they'll get some small Omakes or something. But again, don't get your hopes up

Are you ignoring me whenever I bring up that I'm not doing shipping here?

Again I have not thought about future interactions that deeply yet.

The Jojo lines are gold BTW.

And the designs of the Class A girls as aliens is pretty slick

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Guest: Will Izuku get a new alien right after he gets the Omnitrix back

Guardian-Sigil: Of course! But which one? Who knows? (I do. I know)

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BlueRanger-Lyric: Okay, I read the new chapter, and while it was a short chapter, I still enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to seeing how the rest of the arc plays out, and while I had to wait 6 months in order to see it, I'm happy to get anything from it, and their reactions to finding out Vilgax has Quirks now was really good, I wonder who will be the first to suggest having Aizawa be there so he can erase those quirks, and I'd be very interested to see how Ochaco gets the Omnitrix back from the lab, so yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing how things move forward in the next chapters

Guardian-Sigil: Well I hope this chapter was a lot better. It was certainly way longer and more impactful I'm sure. And next time (in 2 weeks) we get to see Ochaco claim the Omnitrix back for her friend! Wooaah! I'm so excited!

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Guest: Look at this Ultimate Aggregor redesign I found~

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Guardian-Sigil: *Whistles* Very cool :)

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Guest: Fan made Armordrillo I found on Reddit, see any you like and would use?

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Guardian-Sigil: Very cool and series, more bone and scales then metal. But I like to keep the versions of the aliens vague for the most part so the readers can imagine the aliens as whichever is their favorite

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Atom king: Holy cow man I'm glad to see new chapter I thought this story was discontinued I'm happy to see it back sorry for not reviewing sooner but this chapter fun one kinda gives Scooby doo vibes.

Guardian-Sigil: No it was never discontinued. I've just been working on it for those 6 months. But we're back. And having to deal with the fact that fanfichas failed me because of its failing email alert system

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Guest: Out of curiosity, if you were to make a Fanfic of Izuku getting the Chaquetrix instead of the Omnitrix, what kind of story would you make, especially given the nature of the Chaquetrix and what it's for? And especially knowing how shy and awkward Izuku is with girls in general?~

Guardian-Sigil: Dude, I don't know. I myself wouldn't take it too far so if your expecting me to say it's be ultra spicy, you're probably wrong. But the idea of the aliens having their own sentience has always been intriguing to me

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Guest: I have several doubts, in the Ben 10 wiki it mentions that Kevin can regenerate when he has an element that can also absorb fire and water or mud, can Henzu also do that? And we will also see his multi-elemental form of alien force, like in the series or as a form that he developed after being cured? Will we see awakenings of Quirks that we did not see in the series like Thirteen or Hizashi? I say this because of the experiences that the characters could go through or not have awakenings like Uraraka who had her awakening in the final war since she already has One For All enhancing her Quirk.

Guardian-Sigil: Well currently he can't absorb anything because of his current Mutant/Monster state. Now I do have plans for Henzu in the future and all that I will say is that he will not remain this way forever. I don't like to give spoilers so I won't dive more into that

And yeah we'll probably see other characters have Quirk evolutions

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Guest: In Ben 10 omniverse there was a Ben 23, will this story show an Izuku from a different dimension that has a personality similar to Ben 23.

Guardian-Sigil: Yes and no. We will not see any timetravel or dimension hopping shenanigans in this story. However! I plan on one day doing a cannon spin-off of this story where those things do happen. You can read about this in chapter 39 "Special Announcements" chapter

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Guest: I recently heard that there's 5 more chapters left of the MHA Manga, not sure if it's after chapter 425 or 426, or if it's actually true, but it definitely seems like the manga is coming close to its end, as it's rapping everything up, while seemingly leaving room for a potential future series, especially with the brief introduction of someone who is implied to be the next All For One, especially with the state the MHA society is currently in, but anyway, I thought you should know about this, and wonder if how the Manga ends might have an effect on your fanfic~

Guardian-Sigil: I heard that too. But discussing with friends our theory is that MHA will end but it will all lead into a brand-new series of a different or similar name, that still takes place in the same universe. And I don't know how it'll affect my story. That's too far off