Chapter 8: The League of Villains
"Excellent," the shadowy Villain said. "All Might is here, as well."
"So, you scumbags used the press as a cover and sneaked onto the campus," Aizawa hissed.
"All right," the Villain covered with dismembered hands said. "You all know your parts."
As Aizawa unfurled his scarf and the majority of the Villains left for the surrounding zones, Kirishima was still in disbelief. "What? Real Villains? No way! How'd they get in?"
"Yeah, Thirteen, why aren't the alarms going off?" Yaoyorozu asked.
"Good question," the Hero answered. "I'm not sure…"
"Is the entire campus under attack, or is this their only target? If the alarm sensor isn't being triggered, then one of these Villains must have a Quirk that's masking their presence here," Todoroki analyzed. "They carefully chose this isolated facility as an entry point at a time when a class was being taught. They're fools for trespassing here, but they've thought this out. Whatever their plan, they must have a concrete objective in mind. But what is it?"
"Thirteen, get them out of here, and alert the main campus," All Might said, no longer smiling.
"Actually, if they've got the ability to block our sensors, then they might be jamming our regular communications, too," Aizawa said. "Kaminari, try using your Quirk to contact the school."
"Yes, sir," the electric blond nodded, and did as he was told.
"We'll leave it to you, Thirteen," All Might said. Before anyone could respond –
FWOOSH!
Both Eraserhead and All Might had launched themselves from the stairs, and charged towards the Villains. All Might was rearing for a smash towards the main group, when –
"Nomu."
BOOOM!
The shockwave could be felt even by the students, but when the dust cleared…
"Huh? No effect?"
The big black Villain was standing right in front of All Might, completely unfazed. It roared at him, and tried to grab him, but the Symbol of Peace dodged, before punching him again.
POW!
POW!
POW!
"SKREEE!"
"Doesn't even matter where I punch you, does it?" All Might grumbled.
Meanwhile, Eraserhead was having problems of his own right away.
SHINK!
Dodging a blade-like needle tethered to some string, Eraserhead tried to fight two Villains in one-on-one combat. Problem was, they were both experts in Quirkless combat.
"Hi, Eraserhead!" the blonde girl smiled. "Nice to meet you! I'm Carmilla!"
"Wait, a minute, I know you!" Eraserhead realized. "You're Himiko Toga!"
"The one and only! And my friend over here is Tomura Shigaraki!"
Her friend said nothing as he charged Eraserhead, reaching his fingers towards the Underground Hero to try and grab him. Not a good sign.
"We have to go!" Iida yelled, as everyone else followed.
Thirteen, along with the twenty other students ran back the way they came, but before they could make it to the exit, something dark and purple appeared in front of them.
"There is no escape for you!" the living shadow announced.
The students looked up at those yellow eyes in fear.
"It's a pleasure to meet you. I am Kurogiri, of the League of Villains," the Villain, now identified as Kurogiri said. "I know it's impolite, but we decided to invite ourselves into this haven of justice to say hello. And besides, isn't this a fitting place for All Might to be humiliated?"
As Kurogiri kept monologuing, something about his duties, she was half-listening, Thirteen opened up one of her fingers to use her Quirk, but before she had the chance –
""HAAAA!""
Bakugou and Kirishima launched themselves towards the mist Villain.
BOOM!
As the smoke from Bakugou's explosion cleared, Kirishima smiled, "Did you really think we were just gonna stand around and let you tear this place to shreds?"
"You live up to your school's reputation."
"Uh-oh," the redhead gasped.
As the black smoke reassembled itself, Kurogiri kept talking, staring at them with those yellow eyes. "But you should be more careful children, otherwise, someone might get hurt."
"You two, get out of the way right now!" Thirteen yelled.
"I'll scatterm you across this facility, to meet my comrades, and your defeat!"
In an instant, black smoke escaped from the Villain, engulfing each and every one of the students, sending them to different areas within the Unforeseen Simulation Joint.
The last thing Ochako saw was black.
Toshinori Yagi was panicking.
He had spent the majority of his morning commute helping the good people of Japan, taking down Villains, stipping hostage situations, rescuing cats, all that kind of stuff.
But because of that, he had pretty much eaten through two entire hours of One For All, meaning that he only had enough time to be in his "Hero form" for about an hour. Okay, not a problem.
If he conserved his energy and everything went alright in the USJ for training today, he would be able to stay in his Hero form, teach the kids, and none would be the wiser.
But the second these Villains showed up, shit went sideways instantly.
Contrary to what Gran Torino said, Toshinori wasn't stupid. Okay, he wasn't that stupid. He needed to be at least decent at analysis if he ever wanted to take down some heavy-hitters.
Sometimes, you can't brute force your way through all of life's problems.
And speaking of analysis, All Might was seriously doubting everything that happened today was a coincidence. First, all the incidents that happened around town? Sure, maybe they were all random, the fact of the matter was that they ate through his time limit.
Second, this "Nomu" thing. He kept hitting it and hitting it, but it didn't seem to have any effect. Almost as if they brought this Villain along to make sure to keep him occupied. Sure, that might have also been unrelated, maybe he was the target the whole time, but…
There was one thing that was bugging him. Lots of incidents to tire him out, coupled with a Villain that he's being forced to go all-out on. Why? Why go through all that trouble?
And then it clicked for him.
This thing was trying to get him to power down.
Those incidents ate away at his time, sure, but for two hours, and only two hours. Leaving one hour for him to teach. If it was any more, he would have been forced to remain in the teacher's lounge. That meant that the Villains could have orchestrated those earlier crimes to make sure he couldn't go all out at the USJ, and Nomu was brought here to keep him occupied.
But that made the Symbol of Peace shudder at one fact.
These Villains somehow knew about my time limit.
The first thing Denki Kaminari saw was water.
Specifically, it was rushing towards his face as he fell.
"WAAAAAA–"
SPLASH!
As he swam to the surface for air, his mind was going a hundred miles an hour. The Villains came specifically for All Might, and they managed to teleport him to a different part of the facility.
But the real question was this: Where was everybody else?
GRAB!
The electric boy panicked as he felt something wrap around his waist, screaming underwater. But as he looked down, he saw that it was… Asui's tongue?
In fact, she could see the frog girl carrying her and… Todoroki?
SNAP!
In a flash, Asui used her legs to swim through the water, launching herself like a rocket, and dragging Denki along with her. Thankfully, it wasn't fast enough for whiplash to happen.
BAM!
"Oww…" the blond groaned, as he was dumped on a large ship.
As she dumped Todoroki on the ship as well, Denki said, "You saved my life, Asui."
"I told you all, call me Tsu!" As she climbed up the ship and joined the others, she said, "This is starting to turn out to be a terrible day of class…"
"Yeah," Denki agreed. "I keep thinking about what that Villain said."
"They knew our whole schedule and who would be here," Todoroki said, surprising the other two at the fact that he was conscious. "They must have gotten into the school files while we were all stuck in the cafeteria and the teachers were busy trying to get the media off school grounds. That means they've been waiting for the perfect time to attack."
KRRAKK…
All three students' breaths hitched, as they looked over the side of the ship to see that the water in the Shipwreck Zone was turning into… ice? What the fuck? Denki thought.
"Uh, Todoroki, that's not you, is it?" Asui asked.
"I can only create ice, not turn water into it," the two-toned boy said.
BOOM!
In an instant, the ice was launched into the air, and began spinning all over the ship, and at the heart of the ice storm… were two Villains, floating on top of platforms made of ice.
Denki had seen them along with the rest of the Villains. They were the ones wearing the parkas, the red and blue ones. He couldn't even make out their faces underneath the hoods.
Then, the red one spoke.
"Shoto Todoroki," he said. "Why won't you use your fire?"
What…?
"Shoji, got anything?" Iida asked his multi-armed classmate.
"They've been scattered across the facility, but our classmates are still here."
"What do we do now?" Sero asked, as he, and his remaining classmates stared the Villain down. "The guy's not affected by physical attacks, and can apparently teleport stuff?"
Thirteen was quiet for a moment, before saying, "Class Rep, I have a job for you."
"Huh?" Iida looked towards the Space Hero.
"Run to the school and tell the faculty what's going on here. The alarms aren't sounding, and our phones and radios are useless right now. We need you to run and get help."
"But… it would be disgraceful for me to leave you all behind –"
"Go Iida," Sato said, revving up for a fight. "There are a lot of alarms outside. Right?"
"Use your Quirk to save others! Be a real Hero!" Thirteen urged Iida.
As Iida began to fire up his engines, Kurogiri taunted them. "Even if this is your only option. Are you really foolish enough to strategize in front of your enemy?!"
"It won't matter when I'm done with you! BLACK HOLE!"
"Iida, get out of here!" Sato yelled to the bespectacled boy. "Go! Now!"
FWOOSH!
As Kurogiri was distracted by Thirteen, Iida dashed away and headed toward the exit, as fast as his engines could carry him. Reaching the door, he pulled the hinges open, and he could feel the rays of the sun hitting his face. Getting out of the door, he ran, and ran…
"ENGINE… BOOOOOST!"
…as fast as he could towards the main campus.
"Ugh…" Hitoshi groaned, getting up. "Kodai, you good?"
"Mm," the black-haired girl nodded.
"Where the hell are we?" the purple-haired teen asked.
"Landslide Zone," Kodai said.
"All right, let me think," he said, rubbing his temples. "The best thing we can do right now is get out of the Landslide Zone and meet up with the others back at the exit."
"Agreed."
"All right," Shinso said, pulling out his staff. "Let's get the fuck out of here."
The two of them kept walking around the Landslide Zone, keeping quiet in order to hear anything troublesome. But the thing is… there was nothing.
It was quiet. Too quiet.
"Kodai, do you hear anything at all?" Hitoshi asked.
No response.
"Kodai?" The purple-haired boy turned around to find… nothing.
She just vanished… from thin air.
"KODAI? KODAI, WHERE ARE YOU?!" he yelled, but no one replied.
Then, he heard them. Footsteps.
Turning around, Hitoshi saw one of the Villains. He was a magician-looking guy, one with a white mask with some black pattern, while also sporting a top hat with a feather in it, and to top it all off, wearing an orange shirt and black vest, along with a yellow overcoat.
"Who are you? Did you do something to Kodai?"
No response.
Does he know my Quirk or something? Shinso thought to himself.
Changing strategies, he asked, "You don't look like a Villain to me. More like a clown."
The masked man simply remained quiet, as he pulled out a card and flicked it towards Hitoshi. Picking it up, the purple-haired boy saw it read, "Mr. Compress: Villainy, Thievery, and Magic."
"A business card? Really?"
The Villain kept quiet as he simply changed his posture. He lifted up two of his fishnets, and his hips twisted, getting into a sort of fighting position. Hitoshi recognized what this was.
The weird magic man was challenging him to a bout of fisticuffs.
"Fine," he growled. "But once I'm done kicking your ass, you tell me where Kodai is."
Little did Hitoshi Shinso know, he was in for the ass-whooping of a lifetime.
Up in the Mountain Zone, Momo Yaoyorozu and Kyoka Jiro were having some difficulties.
Specifically, they were dealing with two of the plague mask-wearing goons, the League members who referred to themselves as "Larceny" and "Punch Drunk."
Larceny was the one in the blue coat and pants, which reminded Momo of an 1800's nobleman, but he was also wearing a mask that just screamed "Word War I aesthetic" on his face, exposing only his blond hair. And to top it all off, he was also armed with a katana. Wonderful.
Punch Drunk, meanwhile, looked like a feral animal. If it wasn't for the fact he was wearing a fur coat and his mask looked like what Kyoka assumed was Mad Max cosplay, his clothes would give him a bit of a pirate aesthetic, but other than that, fairly normal. Well, that would be the case, if it wasn't for the fact he had support gear that gave him mechanized wings on his back.
What the goddamn hell?
"Oi, Setsuno!" Punch Drunk shouted. "Is this th' time we use our secret identities?"
"Dude, what the hell?!" Larceny yelled back. "Stay in character, you drunk idiot!"
"Right, right! Sorry, ma bad!" the Villain said, downing another beer bottle. "Hic!"
"These two can't be serious," Momo deadpanned to herself, as she created a staff from her leg to arm herself, and a machete for Kyoka. Still, it's to our advantage…
"You got a plan, Yaomomo?" Kyoka asked, grabbing the machete.
"Okay, just follow my lead and – Huh?!"
Before Momo could finish her sentence, the staff she created came flying out of her hand and into Larceny's hand. "Sorry, kids," he said. "But we can't let you fight us at this time."
"Oh, yeah, why not?" the purple-haired girl asked, hoping to distract them.
"Hmm… Punch Drunk."
"Yeah, yeah, on it," the other masked-wearing goon said. "Hic!"
Before either of the two girls could react, Momo could feel her equilibrium falter. Her vision became distorted, twisted, as she tumbled down to her knees.
"Momo!" Kyoka yelled, but before she could attack the two Villains –
WHAM!
…she was hit in the side by the drunk Villain, who used his support gear to fly at her. Sensing a loss of balance herself, along with a distortion in her vision, she fell.
"All right, that's much better," Larceny said.
"Huuuh…?" was all Kyoka could slur out.
"We weren't gonna let you attack us while we were doing the whole "evil monologue" thing," the blond Villain explained. "You kids may be talented, but that sort of thing won't work on those with experience. Hell, I'm pretty sure only F-Ranks would fall for something like that."
"But since you asked, I might as well tell you," Larceny continued. "We're not gonna kill you. Hell, we're not even gonna hurt you. Our orders were to bring the two of you to the main plaza. The boss said something about watching All Might be beaten, or something."
"Heh, yeah, the boss' very secretive like tha'," Punch Drunk nodded.
"All right, you grab the one in the black jacket," Larceny said, pointing to Kyoka. "She's lighter, so you can probably fly her to the plaza. I'll fireman carry the black-haired one."
"Sure thing, hic!"
"Alright, upsy-daisy, sorry about that!" Momo could feel herself getting picked up and carried on the man's back, despite the fact that the other's Quirk was still in effect. She felt sick in her stomach. She lost to a few Villains in an instant, without even getting a chance to plan.
Some recommendation student she turned out to be.
If Kurogiri could smile, he would be doing that right about now.
The improvised plan worked. The little brother of Ingenium had left the building, meaning that if everything else went according to plan, he'd be back with the teachers soon enough.
Sure, the original plan didn't survive first contact, but he was good at improvising. The original plan was to keep the students within the USJ to have them watch All Might's fall, but he knew they wouldn't give up on trying to escape the second that Thirteen brought it up.
So, he had to make do with the situation at hand.
Letting one of them slip away to come back with reinforcements might sound bad on paper, but that would only be a problem if said reinforcements ever had a chance to attack first.
But that was a problem for future Kurogiri.
Right now, he had to deal with Thirteen.
"Ahh… Black Hole…" he said, turning back to the Hero. "The Quirk that sucks up matter and turns it into dust. Such an astounding power… However, you're a Rescue Hero, skilled at saving people from disasters. Which means that you have little battlefield awareness."
Quietly opening up a small portal behind her, Kurogiri made sure that it turned the Hero's Quirk against her, destroying the back of her suit, and wounding her in the process.
"I'm sorry… he got me…" she whispered, before passing out.
"THIRTEEN!" the pink one screamed. Understandable, but Thirteen would live. Chances are, the pain she felt was what caused her to pass out, not the injury itself. Not that they needed to know that. No, for now, he needed to make sure none of them moved.
"Now that I have your attention, here's what's going to happen, children…"
"All right, let's hurry up and find the rest of our class," the stupid redhead said. "If we're still in the USJ, then everyone else is, too. We gotta make sure they're safe, especially since we screwed things up for them when we got in the way earlier..."
Katsuki simply stared at the guy as he kept throwing his little pity party. "If Thirteen was able to suck up that Villain, then we never would have been separated like that! We have to find them!"
"You wanna track everyone down, have fun," Katuski said to the red-haired loser, Kiri-something. "But I'm gonna destroy that warping bastard."
"Huh?! Our physical attacks didn't hurt that guy! Come on, don't be an idiot, man!"
"SHUT UP!" Katuski barked. "I'm gonna take him down because he's their way in and out! If I cut off their escape route, they'll be stuck here! We'll just have to figure out his weakness!"
As the two of them left the crumbling building, Katsuki hissed, "Go find the others if you want to."
Looking around, Katsuki could see that they were in the Collapse Zone. The buildings all around them looked like they came from an earthquake disaster, and the –
"Aha! There you are!"
Katsuki looked away from the red-haired idiot to find… a long-haired idiot.
He was wearing some kind of black mask that was covering his face, with some weird gauntlets on his wrists and fists. But other than that, aside from his white shirt and black pants, the only thing of note was the light-blue tunic that was covering his two belts.
But despite that, Katsuki knew that wasn't some low-level thug.
"Call me the Rapper!" the Villain smiled. "So, which one of you is the strongest?"
"This is bad, this is very bad," Tokoyami said.
Mashirao had to agree. The two of them were trapped in the Fire Zone. Not only that, but it turned out the light scared Tokoymai's Dark Shadow, effectively making him Quirkless.
That wouldn't be so bad if they were the only ones here.
However, they weren't.
In front of them was one of the Villains. She was a woman black hair in a ponytail, a black facemask, and another long, black leather jacket. Her blue eyes could be seen through the fires.
But the worst part about her was her Quirk.
She had blue flames coming out of her hands.
"Hello, children," she said, her voice sounding sweet. "I'm Dabi, of the League of Villains."
Yui breathed in and out. She wasn't scared. Far from it.
Quickly hiding behind a few rocks, she pulled out something tiny from her pocket. Given the size and shape, someone could easily mistake it for a Starburst candy. Using her Quirk, however, the tiny something grew… into a whole new set of folded clothes and gear.
A suit that was a similar design to both her normal Hero costume and her father's outfit, alongside some gauntlets that were designed to cause some nice bit of damage, plus her modified hat, elbow joints, and boots that would hurt anyone who got too close.
But the favorite part of this costume was the mask.
A blank white mask, one would consider blank, if it wasn't for the two blue orbs where her eyes would be. Actually, she needed those orbs in order to see out of her mask. Honestly, she had no idea how her father could see with his mask, it literally had no eye holes!
But that matter would have to wait for another time.
Because now, a new player was entering the game.
Megethos had entered the battlefield.
Ochako grunted as she fell through the portal.
Looking around, she saw nothing but rocks, dirt, and –
"Hello, Ochako Uraraka."
Her breath hitched, as she looked up to the one addressing her.
It was him. The man in the suit. The man who wore a dark helmet, in the shape of a skull. Even now, she could hear his breath through the helmet. In and out. In and out.
Even now, she could feel death radiate off him.
"How do you know my name?" she cautiously asked.
"Oh, I did my research," he said, his voice smooth and elegant. "Your Quirk used to be called "Zero Gravity," before changing it "Gravity Manipulation," to you used to go to Nabu Middle School, your blood type is B, you were born on December 27th in the Mie Prefecture to –"
"STOP!" she demanded.
"Well, like I said, I did my research," he said. "But there is one more thing…"
"Huh?"
"I know for a fact that you're the newest wielder of One For All."
Ochako was silent in horror upon that realization. He knew. This Villain knew. This Villain knew about the secret power that was given to her by the Symbol of Peace himself.
She only had one question.
"Who… are you?"
She could hear the Villain chuckle before giving his answer.
"Oh, I'm just your brand-new nemesis… you can call me All For One."
Author's Note: Dun! Dun! Dun! All For One has met the newest wielder of One For All! How will these young Heroes survive? Find out during the next chapter!
But in all seriousness, I'm glad that the last chapter had so many comments! I had been waiting for it to get published to see all of these amazing responses! And now they're here, and I had a blast responding to each and every one of them!
Norisu Ninja: Of course I'm continuing this story! I have a backlog leading up all the way to the Sports Festival, and I'm gonna be writing new chapters all of winter break! Strap in for everything that is about to happen next! And as for Fuyumi… well… yeah…
DragonWhite04: Your theory is actually quite close. Yes, Kodai hates Bakugou for what he did, and forgotten? Who says that they never stayed in touch?
Knightmare Lord: Yep, All For One is here! Well, someone using his name, at least.
NotBurgerKing: Yeah, I guess I might have tipped my hand with that last chapter. Yes, Fuyumi is a Villain, and both Lady Nagant and Himiko Toga are already in the League. But as for an alliance between the Shie Hassaikai and the League? Yeah… not exactly.
EmilMobile: Thank you for the birthday acknowledgement! Also, yes, I know I'm evil thanks to that cliffhanger, but that's the only way I know that you guys are going to come back! But I hope this chapter was worth all the hype you gave it! Cheers!
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