*I want to say this off the bat, but this is not the full chapter. This chapter was three times as long originally, but it was brought to my attention yesterday that it was waaaaaaaay too long. So, to make the chapters more digestible this is how things are gonna work. I will post Ch.88 Recalibration Part 2 tomorrow morning. I've been working on this finale for so long and I really want to show it to all of you ASAP. So, this is the solution I came up with especially since I won't have access to the internet for the rest of the today. You'll get this half today and get the last half tomorrow.
*Responses to Guest Reviews from Ch.86 will be at the end of this chapter.
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"Which way…?" Ochaco Uraraka hurries through the twisting halls of the Chimeran Hammer. Sprinting at full speed she keeps one eye on the map projected on the screen of her helmet while the other looks ahead for hazards and danger.
"Kraab, you're a lifesaver!" For real, she would have made several wrong turns that would have sent her to who-knows-where, which would have delayed her mission further.
Which is to get this Omnitrix back to Deku!
The Omnitrix lies cold in her grip, its casing still limp and flopping as she runs; while the once glowing green dial remains dim and colorless.
"Come on, why aren't you working?!" She gives the Omnitrix a poke. Even trying to activate it, but it doesn't so much as buzz or give a whir of life. "Ooohhh."
She needs to hurry! Her Gyro-Disc works overtime, speeding her weightless body across the hall in seconds while the black and green hoodie tied around her waist waves in the wind. Chains clang together as Sunder's Null Void Axe dangles around her shoulder.
In any other situation, she would look like a badass action hero on the run to a fight but right now she looks anything but. Her uniform is tattered and filthy with stains of muck, grim, blood, and vomit. Her body is bruised, and her stomach is unsettling.
Trying to give her Quirk a break, she Releases her Zero-Gravity and then nearly stumbles onto the ground before catching herself against exposed pipes before taking off down the next corner.
"Where are they?" She was praying that maybe she'd run into Cinder's group before they arrived at the arena but there's been no signs of them anywhere! Is she too late?
Pressing a finger to the com-set on her helmet she tries to call them. "Mr. Midoriya! Mr. Midoriya!"
No answer, so she tries again.
"Principal Nezu? Iida? Momo?! Mina?! …BAKUGOU?!'
Static. Static is all she hears from the other lines. She had hoped that maybe communications would be back by now and maybe get some updates on the Ideaon Cannon or if Mina got Gran Torino back to the hangar or if Bakugou maybe blew up the Power Core yet? But it seems that getting an answer at all will be a miracle at this rate.
"I guess I'm on my own…" Letting out an exasperated sigh Ochaco prepares herself for what's to come. The arena is just around the corner now, so she'd best be ready. "Well, it can't get any worse."
She rounds the corner and stops dead in her tracks.
Floating within the hallway like a school of jellyfish is a cloud of floating green transparent brains with giant fangs protruding from their underbellies. These Metroids float about pulsating with bio-electricity as their fangs twitch and chitter and their bodies bounce lightly yet ominously across the hall like a terrible fog.
Checking her map it confirms this is the only way through and so with a heavy sigh Uravity flat-out deadpans. "Fuck me."
[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, Bakugou, Shoto, Creati, Ingenium, and 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)
Ch.87 Recalibration Part 1
A storm was rolling in. Dark, menacing, and unnatural. It came crashing forth with danger and indifference.
A lamb, a small innocent lamb lays limp and broken before its path, mewing for help.
But the storm encroaches ever closer. Casting darkness over the land, snuffing out all the light and life. But then there was courage, beautiful all-inspiring courage. As suddenly, a ferocious lion thunders across the plains towards the lamb. It pounces, not to strike the lamb but to defend it. With a roar the mighty lion defends the innocent lamb before the foreign storm; showing no fear or hesitation before its scale and power.
In that moment, justice was to be served. Justice was to be brought by the symbol of courage itself. The lion was ready to be that symbol and defend those that need him.
But then the storm, that dreaded storm, strikes down with thunderbolts of red.
And that mighty lion falls silent.
And the storm thunders as if laughing, enjoying, the poor lambs expression of despair.
"ALLLLL MIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHT!"
Izuku doesn't know what happened! One moment he was there, standing his ground and then the next moment he's on the floor and the sounds of muscle tearing followed by the foul smell of flesh burning filled the air.
He can't look away, he can't. This sight, the wail, this image will forever haunt his mind.
"AAAAAAHHHHH!" Yagi Toshinori's has never felt such pain except only one other time and it was his first ever permanent wound. And like that wound it was dirty, bloody, and crippling. And oh so painful.
He grabs at the wound, trying to hold himself, but…only one arm wraps around him. Only one hand grips the burning wound, the burning bloodied wound. And despite the searing pain he tries to move his hand, his left hand, he tries to raise, to make a fist, to wiggle his pinky even but…he doesn't feel a thing.
And yet his left arm, his left hand is within reach, it's right there. Lying on the ground, black, crisped, and shot clean off his own body.
"ALL MIGHT!" Izuku wails, he is in such agony and shock that he collapses to his knees; his earlier privado having fallen away and forgotten alongside the S.A.G.E. Gun. He can't look away; All Might's arm is gone. All that is left is a stump, a fleshly red stump just shy of his shoulder that seems so much more gruesome against Toshinori's red zero-suit prison outfit.
Nobody moves. Not Cinder. Not Tetrax. Not even Eraserhead. None of them. Not because they're just as horrified as the young boy, but out of pure unadulterated fear. Fear that the moment they move, the moment they speak or even breathe, that they'll meet their end by Vilgax's hand.
Naomasa Tsukauchi's brain can't even process what's happened. He's never seen Toshinori move so fast outside his True Form. It was like his body moved on its own. Without thinking, without hesitation, he ran without warning. No he sprinted across the arena and shoved the boy aside without ever considering his own wellbeing. And then he watches as the Omega Beams ripped through his arm like a toothpick. That hand…that hand that's reached out to so many. That's saved so many. That's fist that would rise to the air as All Might would say that He Is Here. And yet There It Is…smoldering on the floor, lifeless.
After hearing Toshinori cut off his own wails does the Detective snap out of the horror just enough to act. He hurries to his friend's side and practically slides to his knees. Ripping the belt off his Plumber suit he prepares to make a tunicate. But despite the limb having been cauterized by the beams, blood is leaking out from between the scarring. Panicking he reaches for a first aid-kit but his worry has him flailing. "Q-Qu-Quickly! W-we need to b-bandage the wo-wound!" He still can't find the first-aid!
A partly busted Chopper wheels over in a hurry, his wheels squeaking loudly as he struggles to move against his dented shell, but he makes it to the detective's side. Once he makes it a side compartment of his pops open and ejects a Plumber issued med-pack.
Tsukauchi scrambles to put on the device, but he's never used such an alien device before but it seems to lock itself into place; clamping down around the bloody stump the device begins to illuminate, activated it begins to seal the wound, slowly.
And painfully given by the crumbled Toshinori's resulting wheezes of pain as the severed limb continues to ooze with blood and smoke.
Tears prick at the boy's eye. He did this. His foolish bravery-...brought this.
"Do you see now, heroes? Do you see now that it is pointless to resist?" Vilgax seems to be the only one unaffected by his own gruesome display. Instead, he seems rather poised and professional, like this was always meant to be the outcome. " If you continue to choose to stand against me then I will have no choice but to crush you under my heel. It'll be a fruitless endeavor." He pauses to turn to each stunned Plumber and Hero in turn before asking them. "Do you really wish to perish at my hand?"
They wish to say something defiant. To spit in his face and resist his terrible offer. But the truth behind it, the weight, the reality keeps their lips sewed tight. His power, his strength, his….he is far too strong. Far too dangerous and deadly…for any of them. It's their instincts, their instincts to live, their sense of self-preservation, is what is keeping them tethered in place with their breaths hitched and their blood frozen.
The scrapped up Patelliday holds tight to the leaning and injured Eraserhead, both stuck in terror. While Cinder remains frozen in place with only half of his spear left in his not falling grip. And Tetrax's mind is filled with horror, memories, of his planet's final days. And how futile it all was in the end…
Satisfied, Vilgax continues with his torment, "I thought not. It has finally dawned on you all that this mission was a folly. It was always doomed to fail. There was never any hope of success."
'There was never any hope…' That line tolls like death's bell in Izuku's ears. 'Could that be true? Has that always been true? Was there any hope at all? For him? For his friends? Their home? Is hope just a lie? A lie to torment them and to make their fall into despair that much worse? It-...it-...it-'
"Face the reality, heroes. No one can save you."
SMASH!*
Oh but there is hope and it just crashed through his wall like a bulldozer! Pummeled Metroids come crashing in, beaten, by a glowing fist. As light floods in through the newly made entrance, shining the perfect spotlight onto the new arrival.
"URAVITY!?" Everyone cries out.
Toshinori's gasps, "Young Uraraka?!"
Vilgax is just as stunned as the rest and yet intrigued, "Such strength…"
"DEKU!" She's too hurried to notice their reactions. Instead, she scans the arena quickly before spotting her extremely distraught friend. "I'm here! I have it!" Without thinking she holds up the Omnitrix as if expecting Izuku to somehow reach halfway across the arena to grab it.
"The Omnitrix?!" To say that Vilgax was seething in anger would be an understatement. 'It was supposed to remain in the Science Wing. Oh, when I get my claws on Ragnarok he is going to be begging me for death!'
'The Omnitrix… There it is… It's so close and yet so far…' Even though they're yards apart, even though it's nowhere in reach, Izuku can't help but feel drawn to it.
He was shocked to see Uraraka here. Even more so that she's presented him with the Omnitrix. And now it's like the device itself, despite its lifeless coloration, is calling out to him.
And so, even while yards apart, he slowly holds his hand out as if to summon it to his hand.
But…just as he's about to open his hand, he pulls away and retreats back into solemn regrets.
Uravity's hopes falter, Izuku's usual spark…is gone.
"That Omnitrix is MINE!" Vilgax stampedes after the girl, his claw outstretched as his feet thunder across the arena. "Return it to me and I shall slaughter you last!"
Clutching the Omnitrix back, Uravity freezes at the site of the giant titan crashing towards her.
All the while, Izuku and Toshinori cry out. "URARAKA!"
The echoes of Explosions still resonate through the Power Core. And yet it couldn't be more still; generators lie on the ground far from their perches above. Cables that once lined the walls have been severed and are now dangling in the air like rotting vines. Dominators that once rules this place now lie across the battlefield, mangled and melted; they can hardly be considered corpses. And at the center sits a crater and therein lies a monster, Nue, lying unconscious and defeated amongst the rubble and billowing smoke.
And overseeing this razed arena is the shining figure of a victorious Katsuki Bakugou. The Power Core itself remains intact but it shines upon the hero like the heavens. His wrists are aching, his throat is sore, and his heart feels like it's going to Explode. And yet he's all smiles. He can certainly get used to this view. "Heh, take that…you…loser."
It seems that gravity has caught up to him and with his exhaustion he can't resist it as he begins to plummet. 'Shit!' His palms spark but there isn't so much a puff of smoke. 'I haven't built up enough sweat yet! That last blast used all I had up!' The ground is getting closer, and those shards of rubble are looking really sharp. And he can't react in time, his head, it's still spinning from that last beating. "Aw, CRAAAAAAAP!"
The sound of ice breaking rapidly approaches and then just when Bakugou expected to hit burning metal he instead lands into a cold yet secure embrace. Followed by the calm but somewhat distorted voice of his classmate. "Don't worry, I got you."
Normally Shoto would have used a glacier of ice to slide Bakugou out of danger but with his WhiteFire Armor he was more than capable of catching his friend in bridal style.
Bakugou needs a second to react. This is Icy-Hot? What's with this armor? And why does he look so badass? "Let go of me!" Flustered, Bakugou scrambles out of Shoto's arms. "I don't need any rescuing! I was gonna catch myself!"
Shoto takes the chiding in stride. "Sorry. I thought you could use a hand."
"Shut up! And what's with the getup?! You look like a mascot for a popsicle Ad!"
"Is that so?" He honestly has no idea how he looks. Is there a mirror nearby, perchance?
"You two…are amazing."
Shoto and Bakugou jump; they suddenly remembered that there was a third member with them.
But there they are, Thirteen is back on their feet albeit wobbly. They're using a claw of a Dominator for support and their voice sounds weak yet stable.
"Thirteen!" Shoto hurries to the heroes' side, hovering over them as if unsure how to provide help. "You should rest."
"I'm fine. Uh," Thirteen throws a nasty glare over the smoking crater and the unmoving husk of what was Henzu Uuichi. "Cheap shot. Shocking me while my back was turned." Then again the kid was always a street punk, of course he'd play dirty. "But I'm fine. Better than ever actually." Seeing the two of them fight like they had was…awe inspiring. It's got their blood pumping! "You two were impressive. Most impressive."
"Of course we were! We had this in the bag!" Claims the ever-cocky Bakugou despite his singed armor and slightly dazed expression.
"You sure did." Instead of rebutting, Thirteen smiles and instead goes ahead to finish their part of the mission. They remove the device from their side, it's large about the size of a watermelon. It looks like a giant battery-like container that's sparking wildly with electricity, and yet it doesn't seem to be damaged at all. So why is it sparking so wildly like that?
Curious, Shoto asks, "What is that?"
"A bomb." Thirteen answers oh-so-casually.
"A BOMB!?" Both students scream.
"Hang on!" Bakugou makes the timeout signal. "You were carrying a bomb this whole time! The entire time! Are you crazy or something?!"
Shoto can't help but see a pot and kettle, "How is that any different than working with you?"
"Shut your mouth! Tsk!"
Thirteen makes sure the battery bomb is secure. As they do they seem to be moving cautiously around it as if afraid that'll detonate early. "Let me just arm it and then it'll be read to release its payload." And thus they all gather around, watching closely as Thirteen starts arming the device.
They have no need to be on edge or on guard, all their enemies have been defeated. There's no reason to be concerned.
And yet, they should be.
Gasp…!* Nue's lungs expand, the air is burning and yet a relief for his body. 'That hurts… Everything…hurts.' The mutated Grey Matter eye spins about before locking onto Bakugou's exposed back. 'He hurt me… He beat me! ...And that's not RIGHT!' His body is in agony, every muscle is on fire just from the strain it takes to move! 'Not after all the bullshit I've been through! All the treachery! All the abuse! I won't let it all be for nothing! I will get what's MINE!' With the little strength he has left all he can do is use Terraspin's windblast to launch himself forward. He doesn't even craft a weapon instead aiming to smash the bastard face in with a diamond encrusted fist! "BAKUGOU!"
They're all caught off guard, eyes wide in horror, with little to no time to react.
"IT'S NOT OVER! NOT UNTIL I SAY SO!"
Bakugou's defenseless. His hands spark but the Explosions are like poppers. They're nothing! He's going to die, and no one can stop it!
However, Thirteen shoves Bakugou aside and throws themselves forward while swinging the battery-shaped bomb up and butts it against Nue's incoming chest. With their hand locked on the handle they turn it and with a VRRRRRRROOOOOOM thin bolts of lightning blast the creature away!
Nue's entire body is stunned as he's thrown into the opposite wall but the twin pair of lightning bolts. Nue lets out a groan and prepares to launch himself again only for the twin lightning bolts to magically zoom back around and blast him again!
"AHHH!" The twin blast buries him further into the wall before the two sparks spin away, laughing.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAbzz!" The two lightning bolts stop in midair and convert into two tiny battery-like beings that now hover in the air while laughing at Nue's comeuppance.
Shoto's glowing red eyes widen from behind his frozen helmet, "Buzzshocks?!"
"They're Megawatts." Thirteen corrects. "The same species as Midoriya's Buzzshock form." A shiver runs down the hero's spine. "Little menaces."
"Wait, so at the beginning of the school year. Was that-"
"Yeah, it was them, not Midoriya."
"Huh, and he had to serve detention for that."
"We've all had to make sacrifices." Summoning their courage, Thirteen hesitantly whistles the Megawatts over.
The 2 tiny menaces zip over, laughing, eager to cause mayhem.
Thankfully, that's exactly what Thirteen was counting on. "You two remember our deal?"
The Megawatts smile and nod.
"I'm keeping my end. And as promised; have at it!" Thirteen shoots their finger to the air, to the glowing Power Core.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAbzz!" And upon their command the Megawatts zip up and away towards the light. And with a zap they both zip themselves into the Power Core itself.
Nothing seems to change at first other than, a few light sparks popping off here and there.
And then more sparks. Then more. Now they're getting bigger. Now more sporadic. And soon the entire Power Core seems to be bursting with power that it simply can't contain.
It's becoming so bright that the heroes are forced to shield their eyes.
"What are those fuckers doing?!"
"They're job!" Thirteen exclaims. "Megawatts love hijacking technology and eating electricity! Not to mention they have the ability to cellularly-divide!"
"Which means?" Shoto asks.
"It means that we don't want to be anywhere on this ship! Those little monsters are going to tear this ship apart from the inside out!" And they do mean that literally as grids of loose and snapped cables begin to spark wildly, and they even begin to snake and thrash about as if possessed. "We need to leave, now!"
"What about Nue?!" Bakugou snaps. "We can't let him-..." He points over to the wall but stops and his usual fire falters. "-…escape." Nue's gone, the bastard, fled when they weren't looking. They need to chase him down before he can get-
A section of the wall bursts apart with flying sparks and the resounding laughter of more than a few Megawatts. Meanwhile, the Power Core is surging with even more energy to the point it's releasing entire bolts of lightning across the chamber.
Thirteen takes cover as a piece of sparking metal nearly takes their head. "We can't afford to go after him! We have to get out of here! The moment the Megawatts eat through that Power Core this whole ship is going down!"
Bakugou and Shoto seem to agree for once and wish to defy Thirteen's suggestion. But another nearby burst, this time coming from out of the floor, dissuades them quickly.
With no other options, they sprint off the way they came in the hopes of getting themselves off this soon-to-be sinking ship.
As they run they pass by the sparking head of a fallen Dominator. It's in no way a threat or even capable of moving thanks to its mostly melted body but as they finally retreat from the Power Core the sparks from the Dominator release and reform into a single being. Nue, battered, bruised, and singed coughs and wheezes in pain. Holding himself as electricity is not easy especially considering his size and density but all the training with Buzzshock's powers have finally paid off. Then again, the payoff was to help him hide like a fucking coward. Not that it matters now. This ship is doomed. And like the street rat he is, he knows when to jump from a sinking ship.
And so summoning the little stamina he has left he hurriedly wobbles himself out of there and just as the Power Core's power begins to rumble.
"The Omnitrix!" Vilgax roars and his outstretched claw bursts at the seams to become a tangled mess of Inflamed tentacles! "Get your filthy hands off of my Omnitrix!"
Clutching the Omnitrix, Uravity is frozen in fear; it's like watching a hurricane crashing towards her. She can fight, she can run, she can hide but it won't matter. It's going to catch her one way or another.
But that doesn't mean they can't buy her any time!
Tetrax launches himself in between the innocent girl and the incoming catastrophe. With his back to Vilgax he crucifies himself in place with a massive wall of diamonds, creating a barrier so dense that Vilgax's tentacles crash against it like tidal waves. The Inflamed tentacles threaten to smash through, but Tetrax holds the barrier against this back, and braces himself against his pain and exhaustion.
"Go!" He shouts. "Reach him! You have to reach him! We will get you there! Now GO!"
Her mind hesitates for a second before she bounds away from the barricade of crystals. As she does Tetrax lets the wall go, allowing the strengthened Tentacles to break through. Spinning around his own shattered wall, Tetrax launches a wave of diamonds right back at Vilgax.
The Grand Destroyer summons a Ziegel Shield that's just large enough to counter the solid wave. But he has not lost sight of his prize, and there it goes running across the battle-scarred arena.
Not willing to give his victims a fair warning, Vilgax fires his Omega Beams that zip and turn through the air and are racing right for her spine.
They would hit their mark if it weren't for the twin streams of fire meeting them half-way.
Uravity is sent flying off her feet from the resounding explosions, but she's alive and it's thanks to Cinder who grabs her and hoists her by the Gyro-Disc on her back before pushing her forward. "Go! Go to him!"
He has no time to do more before unleashes another pair of twin flames at more incoming Omega Beams.
Not wasting time, she goes, sprinting as fast as she can despite her burning muscles.
Enraged, Vilgax wheels away from the crashing crystals, using his shield to propel himself away he locks down on his long-time enemy with absolute hate and rage. "FIREBREATHER!"
"VILGAX!"
With a deep inhale Vilgax unleashes a spiraling Turbulent Exhale!
Taking a deep inhale of his own, Cinder not only calls upon the flames of his mask but so to the fires breaking out around the arena, the wisps of flames merge centrally before his maw before with BANG they shoot out as one massive inferno!
The two elemental forces crash upon impact, both whipping around and struggling to overcome the other as shrapnel of heat and wind tear through the arena. They seem to be almost evenly matched. Or so it would seem. But for Cinder he has yet to relinquish the other flames, even as he unleashes an inferno he continuously summons the heat and flames from nearby fires. Soon every loose flame in the arena is floating through the air before melding into his already raging inferno. The more and more it grows, ever expanding, before it engulfs and consumes Vilgax's breath. "ONIBI'S VENDETTA!"
The flames travel upwind, consuming every air molecule in its path before detonating right into the Grand Destroyer!
The resulting Explosion would make Bakugou jealous as Vilgax's entire body is consumed just as his Turbulent Exhale was. Gone is he from Cinder's view, vanishing behind waves of flames.
Exhausted Cinder collapses to his knees while gasping for air, his lungs feel like they're on fire, and they probably are. His Quirk, Firebreath, has reached its limit. A sensation he hasn't felt in years. That final move is always a gambit since it always takes the wind right out of him. But a gambit that's certainly paid off.
And yet, it hasn't. For Vilgax comes crashing through the flames, and like a demon seems virtually unscathed as he charges past his old foe and races for Uravity and the Omnitrix.
Cinder, too exhausted and out of breath, can't even shout to her in warning. His lungs won't allow it.
But at the rate he's going that monster will soon be on her heels. Scratch that he's on her heels, he's just one swing away from stopping her.
"I will reclaim what is mine!"
Claw outstretched, his Bio-Fist emerges encrusted with Chameleon-like mucus, making the claw like a sticky sludge, the perfect adhesive for catching little bugs. He swings for her arm and he is about to have her when a thin scarf wraps itself around the girl's waist and pulls her away at the last moment.
Uravity cries out in surprise but stops short when he lands beside the one and only Eraserhead.
"Reckless. When this is done I want every one of you to write me an essay about self-preservation." He chides but it almost seems good humored. He's injured, sure but seeing his student on the line must have given him a second wind since he no longer needs Patelliday as a crutch.
Speaking of which he seems ready for action too as he cocks his laser-bolt shotgun and aims it at the villain. "The first paragraph oughta be about avoiding him!"
Vilgax roars and prepares to charge the heroes, his Infernal Swords oozing out as a massive great sword.
Eraserhead scowls, "If only we had a weapon that could match him."
Uravity pauses, "We do!" Between her grand entrance and running for her life she hasn't had a chance to use it yet. But she still has Sunder's Null Void Axe wrapped around her shoulders. "Here!" Making it weightless she hands the now floating Alien Weapon over to her trusted teacher. "You can give him hell with this!"
While wrapping the chain around his neck, Eraserhead examines the glowing red blade before responding. "I'll do you one better, I'll send him to hell."
Feeling confident now, Uravity gets ready to make a dash for it. .
However Vilgax has no desire to have her escape so he instantly makes a move for the girl only to back off the moment the red Axe decides to cut off his path. Literally as the blade skins the ground a chunk of the panel flooring vanishes, teleported away to the Null Void.
With a pull and a swing Eraserhead swerves the Axe back towards Vilgax who deflects the weapon with a quick, and lucky, summon of his Infernal Sword.
However, the Axe proves to be the superior blade as the top half of Vilgax's black Great Sword vanishes just as the floor had.
Letting the ooze fall away he's forced to pull up a golden shield only for that weapon to fade away the instant Eraserhead activates his Quirk. With no weapons or Quirks at his disposal Vilgax is forced to brace himself as Patelliday open fires with his laser shotgun.
Eraserhead flies the weightless blade out towards Vilgax's head. Acting fast, the massive villain rips a chunk of the flooring out from the ground and uses it as a makeshift shield. Sacrificing the collection of panels for his own sake. With the Null Void Axe in play, he is forced to play on the defensive. He is well aware that one scratch, one prick, from that blade will send him and his ambitions straight to hell. However, the real challenge is the fact that Eraserhead's Quirk is still in play. And with the girl trying to reunite the weapon with its original master, he only has so much time left. He cannot afford to give her the chance!
Thinking swiftly, he stomps his foot against the ground with such force that debris, dust, and smoke burst out. This sudden cloud instantly shrouds Vilgax into the darkness and like a fog the smoke encroaches on Eraserhead, Patelliday, and Uravity as well.
Feeling uneasy, the three quickly stand back-to-back, preparing for an ambush. Eraserhead with his blade raised, Uravity with her fists glowing pink, and Patelliday with his angler aglow, in an attempt to see through the light, as he aims his shotgun out for Vilgax's reemergence.
"I can sense your fear…" Vilgax's voice echoes from the void. "Be not afraid, I guarantee you that your ends will be swift."
Sensing that the battle will not remain in their favor, Tsukauchi, who has been tending to Toshinori up until this point, grabs his Phaser and after making sure that his friend isn't going to bleed out, hurries away to assist the others. Figuring that the only way out now is to keep Vilgax off of their most vulnerable players.
Izuku watches it all unfold, frozen, still reeling from what's already transpired but he can't look away as the devastation plays out around him. To Izuku, he might as well be in another world. He can't hear their screams nor see their desperation. The arena, to him, is silent with only faint echoes in the distance. And yet he can feel the wind whipping at his hair, the intense heat waving around him, and the ground trembling underneath his feet. He watches as Uraraka tries to make a break for it, to sprint across the arena just to get to him. He should go to her, he should be putting in an effort, his body wants to but, there's this fear. This primal fear that is chaining him down, keeping him locked in place like a prisoner of his own mind. His spirit, his spark, which had just only ignited is starting to go cold…
Having been laying so close to the ground as Vilgax's rampage initiated, Toshinori was left almost untouched. His stump, although sealed, is still stained with his blood, as his red and white zero-suit. He feels lightheaded, and the pain is excruciating, although this alien med-pack works wonders it appears that it sacrifices comfort. But that doesn't matter. Right now, all that matters is the boy. His heart, his body, his soul refuses to let him give out now. Not when the boy still needs him!
'Everyone…I'm so sorry. I tried…I really did.' Izuku weeps, tears washing down his face. 'But I guess, I only make things worse…' His wails go unanswered amongst the raging chaos as those around him, those fighting on his behalf, are punished for their actions. 'I tried… I tried my best… But I couldn't do it… Everybody was right about me. I'm not a hero. I can never be a hero. I only make things worse. I only get in the way. I'm a waste of space! I'm hopeless! I'm not worthy-...!'
A hand, one so weak and thin yet feels so strong and firm grabs his wrist in a tight deathgrip. As if it were to let go it would lose him forever.
Snapping up, Izuku gasps, finding that Toshinori's used his one good arm to drag himself across the floor just to reach him. A thin trail of blood stains the ground behind him making the boy panic with worry.
But Toshinori's firm grip silences his concerns; he practically shakes the boy when he tells him. "Don't… Don't you dare…give up." Toshinori wheezes, fighting through the pain with gritted teeth. "Young Midoriya…there's…*cough!*-something you *cough* need to hear." He cries out in pain as he hoists himself to his knees.
Izuku wants to force him to lie down, but the man is insistent as he looks the boy straight in the eye.
"Young Midoriya, don't you dare drag yourself down. Not anymore." The boy is frozen, but based on his eyes, Toshinori knows he's listening.
At the same time, with the Axe ready, Eraserhead scans the smoke for any signs of movement. There! Right in front of him! He lashes out with the Null Void Axe like a whip! It cracks but then with a thud it locks in place within the smoke and the chain goes taught.
"I always did find this weapon inequitable." Vilgax emerges, and in one motion the blade melts in his claws with a quick Omega Beam. The once glowing blade melts through his claws, falling away to the ground like lava.
Despite the loss of their best weapon, Eraserhead keeps his mindset on the main goal. "Uraraka! Go now!"
Now that they know where he is Patelliday and Tsukauchi fire upon the villain giving Uravity the window she needs to bail!
"I think not!" Vilgax's tentacles crash through the air after her.
Clutching the Omnitrix to her chest, she acts fast by spinning around and throwing an effort-ridden punch! "SMASH!"
In one strike the tentacles are blasted back while she's simultaneously launched forward.
Vilgax's tentacles recoil back, but the titan finds himself stunned. He had always known the girl possessed a great power, but now he wonders just how powerful it is…? Although, he has no time to dwell on it. With one massive roar he charges after her as the heroes do all they can to get her to her destination!
Meanwhile, the boy still seems extremely unnerved, Toshinori needs to rein in that doubt if he's going to get through to him. "Look at everything you've accomplished up till now. Despite the odds you earned your spot in Class 1-A. You defended your classmates valiantly against the League of Villains…thrice now." Not exactly an accomplishment to brag about considering the circumstances. But he still has a point. "You've been defending the innocent away from the public eye, without a care for recognition or glory. Whenever people are in trouble your body always moves on its own before you can think!"
Izuku…is at a loss for words. It doesn't feel real. It…feels like a dream. And he's not sure why tears are streaming from his eyes and not sure if it's from fear, sadness, or…joy? He's almost afraid, afraid that this is some cruel joke meant to twist his emotions one last time.
But it's not.
"You're amazing, Young Midoriya. And it's not because of the Omnitrix." Reaching up his hand grips the boy's shoulder so tight one would think he still had One For All as he declares into the boy's face. "The Omnitrix is just a watch, a watch that can't even tell time." He chuckles at his little joke before wincing in pain from his lack of an arm. But he braves on, past that inconsequential pain. "In any one else's hands it's a weapon, one that could hurt so many. But you made it into a symbol. A symbol to all of us that there's always a way out. A way to succeed! A symbol is what you are, Young Midoriya. Look at your friends." He gestures towards the holo-projectors and to those around them. "You've brought them all here because you mean something to them. They're risking it all not for the Omnitrix, not for themselves, but for you."
Izuku's at a loss. He's never been so touched by someone's words before, never has it ever sunk in how much others could care about him. It's so foreign, so ironically alien to him, that he can't help but deny it. "B-but…but it's t-thanks to m-me that…our planet's lost its g-greatest hero…" He whimpers, weakly, trembling as he speaks as he desperately tries to hold back his tears. "It's because of me that Japan lost its…S-symbol of Peace. And it's because of me that you're not the Number One Hero anymore!" He snaps as frustrated that they're not frustrated with him.
Toshinori is certainly taken back, but he waves away the boy's concerns with a simple reply. "Those are just titles."
This seems to take the boy by surprise as he seems to settle down. But Toshinori refuses to let go, something he will never do again.
"Titles are forged and not all of them withstand the test of time." He explains. "What matters is what you do with said title. I became the Symbol of Peace in order to help people. To inspire and to remind them that they have nothing to fear when I am here…" He seems downtrodden but accepting of his fate. "My time as the Number One Hero has come and gone. I can't-...I haven't been able to fulfill my duties as the Symbol of Peace for a longtime now. It's time I put the title to rest and allow others to make their own." He looks to both the dutiful young man in front of him and to the brave young woman racing through a storm for them. And for a moment he wonders what kind of symbols these two will become. "Don't you see? What matters is what kind of symbol you and your title will represent to others."
The boy still seems uncertain. And so, with his hand moving on its own, Toshinori cups the boys left hand in his own to reassure that he is there for him, 100%.
"You listen to me, Izuku Midoriya!" It's time for him to be far more direct, far more reaching, and a far better hero than he has ever been to this young lad. "You got the makings of greatness in you, but you gotta take the reins and charge your own course. Stick to it! No matter what! And when the time comes you get the chance to really test a cut of your heart and show what you're made…" He gets lost in the moment as he envisions a bright and shining future for him. "Well, I hope I'm there catching some of the light coming off of you that day."
"All Might…" There's no point in stopping the tears now. They come out unfiltered, flowing down his freckled cheeks and dripping onto their joint hands. "A-all M-might…"
Ochaco is running not just for her life, but for everyone's sake. Everyone's efforts have bought Uravity enough time and distance since she's now in her last leg of her sprint. Izuku is just straight ahead, the finish line as it were. With the adrenaline keeping her going she thrusts the Omnitrix out like a baton ready to be passed while screaming. "Deku! We need you!" She cries, totally winded from her run, and begins to fall as she grips the Omnitrix by the face dial and stretches it out towards his exposed left wrist.
But the two might as well be on another planet, because it's just the two of them as the Symbol of Peace holds the boy's left hand and with a smile he sincerely tells the boy exactly what he should have said all that time ago. "Young man, you too can become a hero."
Izuku's spark flares, suddenly the cold and looming darkness is washed away by a warm and welcoming flame.
At the same time, the Omnitrix fits itself right back onto his wrist!
Almost instantly upon contact, the once grey and lifeless device begins to hum and spin, glowing brightly the face dial begins to spin and whirl like a lunatic.
Uravity holds tight, pressing the face dial down with all her might as he declares out to her best friend. "YOU CAN DO IT!"
The green faceplate slaps down onto his wrist and like a spark to gas…Boom.
A sound of thunder and bolts of crackling jade lightning erupt like a beam from the heavens as the Omnitrix dial rotates and surges back with newfound life!
The display is so awe inspiring that all the chaos within the arena is brought to a complete and utter stop.
Toshinori, Ochaco, and Izuku are in sheer awe as jade lightning dances all around them, concentrated in a radius with the Omnitrix as its focus.
For Toshinori it's absolutely astounding, this light, this warmth, just radiates hope. Hope that everything will be alright. That they will get through their struggles today and enjoy tomorrow.
For Ochaco it's both a relief and a wonder. What an adventure it's been till now, to get to this point, her body feels so weak and exhausted like it can finally breathe knowing it's done its duty.
That must be why there's this strange shocking-sensation running up her arm and throughout her entire body. For a split second, it feels like every cell in her body is undergoing shock therapy. But she puts on a brave face, if not for her then for Deku's sake. She shutters as traces of green energy spark up her arm before dissipating.
And as for Izuku, it's like a missing piece of his soul has just been put back into place. He feels whole, complete, and yet different. Maybe it's from All Might's speech but he feels a change. It's like this part of him, this piece of his soul, has or is undergoing some sort of recalibration.
Vilgax, however, couldn't be more furious that his prize has just been ripped away from him. "NO!" He roars so loud that it shakes the arena. "You think this will guarantee you victory?!" Vilgax, looks upon them all with severe loathing. "Look at what you all wrought!" He gestures to the still playing holograms displaying their friends scattered across the razed ship. "You've brought upon nothing but chaos, destruction and mayhem! That is all the likes of your kind are capable of!" His rage boils over, his muscles tremble as Inflame spreads through his veins. Ink oozes and drips from his tightening claws and the air around him begins to stir as his eyes begin to burn red. "You cannot hope to bring about order or peace! Only I can grant the universe peace!" In his rage he unleashes an explosion of destruction: a torrent of power and destruction led by his Omega Beams.
For Izuku, it's all in slow motion, from behind Ochaco's helmet he spots the approaching catastrophe grow ever nearer. And without thinking, his body moves on its own, shoving past both Ochaco and Toshinori just as his free hand meets the Omnitrix's dial.
Just as the catastrophic beam strikes there's not a flash of green but a glow of jadelight. And then with a devastating boom, power erupts from the spot as the Omega Beams land their mark with a burst of heat and smoke.
Breathes hitch at that moment, as everyone from Cinder to Chopper fear the worst.
Vilgax is the only one who's satisfied with the outcome. But there's a shimmer, a bright and colorful luster. Rainbow-like colors pierce through the smoke before it's all blown away as a vibrant beam of pure energy breaks through the darkness.
An alien cyclops stands as a guardian; firm and steadfast before them all. Standing tall this guardian of purple stone remains steadfast against the Grand Destroyer. His body, encrusted with crystals, dancing with brilliant lights.
Everyone is stunned, none more especially than Toshinori. "Young Midoriya…?"
"Have no fear. Why…? BECAUSE I AM HERE!" The crystal-guardian cries out with a new found courage and purpose.
The others smile feeling a relief not too similar to what Class 1-A felt that day when All Might arrived at the U.S.J. Incident.
"Have no fear, because I am here!" The stone-cyclops gives the two behind him a thumbs up.
To which the two smile in joyful glee.
Smiling he calls over to the Conqueror of Worlds. "But you, on the other hand, will learn to fear me."
"You dare to spur me on?" Vilgax would almost find this amusing. "Very well. I took the Omnitrix from you once already. But I made a mistake keeping you unharmed. This time." His eyes glow red with fury before unleashes another devastating Omega Beam. "I WILL RIP IT FROM YOUR COLD DEAD HANDS!"
"YOUNG MIDORIYA/DEKU!" Toshinori and Ochaco cry out in fear, but…there's no need.
Because the crystal-guardian stands in place with his hands on his hips and takes the beam straight to the chest without so much as flinching. And even more surprising is that the beam seems to merge into his stone chest, as the crystals across his body ignite with all sorts of brilliant colors. Within moments the pair of Omega Beams have been completely absorbed into the alien's body, without leaving so much as a scratch on his frame.
The crystal-guardian feigns a yawn as he waves a hand over his mouth. "Yawn. That sure was boring. But now…it's time for the fun part." Locking his fists forward, the crystals across his body illuminate brighter as all the accumulated power siphons through his body and then erupts out through his fists in brilliant fireworks display of power.
A rainbow-colored beam, like before but far more destructive, zooms through the air with such power and speed that to Vilgax it seems like a supernova is playing out before him.
Acting fast the tyrannical titan summons his golden shield and although it protects him from the beam's effects it does not nothing to save him from the beam's power. As the light rays pound against the Ziegel Shield they force the villain back; it's taking Vilgax a great amount of effort from being shoved back but fortunately for him he's survived the onslaught. Good thing too as his shield falls away and he stumbles back in shock.
As Vilgax stumbles back, surges of yellow electricity begin to spark across the arena's dome. The sparks seem to be sporadic and random but growing.
Seeing an opening, the aliened Izuku starts to run, ignoring the electricity that begins to spark from the floor. "I'm not done with you yet! You hurt my friends! You hurt my family! You're nothing but a villain!" He gains speed and although he's made of stone his steps seem to be getting lighter and lighter. "I'm going to stop you!" As more sparks fly, he doesn't even feel the ground anymore, he's practically gliding. "Why?!" The sparks grow increasingly sporadic as the stone-cyclops flies through the air and delivers a SMASH that's out of this world! "BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT A HERO DOES!"
As his glowing fist connects with Vilgax's skull, a chain of electrical explosions ring out throughout the arena as dozens of Megawatts zip across the air like confetti.
Shaken but not stirred, Vilgax summons his Infernal Sword and takes a swing at the alien's side. It lands, but the blade doesn't seem to be sharp enough to break crystal, instead it ends up swatting the stone alien away.
The aliened Izuku is sent spiraling through the air before re-balancing himself in midair, albeit wobbly. "W-woah! He-hey! I'm n-not used to this yet." After a moment of wobbling in the air he regains himself and prepares to fight back.
A few of the Megawatts zip past to observe the floating stone man. To which, the stone-cyclops asks them, "How are you guys so good at this?"
He has no time to get distracted, however, because this time, instead of beams, Vilgax launched a Turbulent Exhale at him.
Knowing what this'll entail, the transformed Izuku is more than prepared to fly up and away, allowing the whirlwind to completely miss his person. He even grabs the nearby Megawatts, protecting them from the blast. "You're gonna have to try harder than that!" The crystal-guardian shouts back as the Megawatts zip away to cause more chaos.
"Such courage. Tell me," His tentacles coil at his sides like they were winding up. "Where were you hiding this fire?" His tentacles unwind so fast they're a blur and as they wipeout they strike the ground and unleash a cloud of dust right into the air. With his tentacles disturbing the air and with a quick Turbulent Exhale Vilgax expands his smokescreen across the entire arena.
The flying alien bats away at the smokescreen but it's no use, it's too thick and it's already begun to mix in with the smoke; making it extremely hard to see through.
He can't see Vilgax. He can't see his friends. He can't even see his own hand right in front of his face. The only source of light are the sparks of electricity coming from the Megawatts but they're too sporadic and random to count on. But maybe this'll work in his favor. If he can't see Vilgax then…Vilgax can't see him!
Oh, how right he is. But oh so wrong. Chimes. He can hear them. 8 different chimes, 8 different tones, are ringing through the arena from scattered directions. Some of the chimes shift directions and tone; some picking up tempo while others decelerate as if trying to calm the tension. But there's one chime, coming from the air, ringing like a bell.
Vilgax can hear his prey's heartbeat.
Through the darkness a tentacle lashes upward and latches onto the stone-cyclops' leg. And before the alien can realize what's happening his body is pulled down to the ground so hard that it shakes.
WHAM! Down into the ground he goes, sparks of electricity fly as Megabytes are knocked right out of the panels.
Quickly, with the tentacle gone he shoves himself to the side, hoping Vilgax will strike again and miss.
Through the smoke, Vilgax hears it again. That bell tolling, shifting away to the left. This time, summoning his Infernal Sword as a hammer he swings the black-inked weapon, seemingly blindly, through the smoke when WHAM he's struck gold.
And the poor stone-cyclops is launched across the arena, his body bounces hard off the ground, like a stone skipping over water before he crashes into the opposite wall with another explosion of electricity.
"Ugh…" His eye is spinning, he couldn't make heads or tails of anything. "H-how…? How did you…?"
"Were you not paying attention, youngling?" As the smoke finally begins to dissipate, Vilgax makes his presence known as he begins to slowly march towards his downed quarry. "I told you, those Nomus each had 3 Quirks. And yet…I have only shown you so many."
"SIX!" The transformed Izuku realizes; his mind begins racing as he counts them all off in his head. "There's Omega Beams Turbulent Exhale, Bio-Fist, Ziegel Shield, Inflame, and Infernal sword. There's 3 missing! But what are they? Well, your seventh must be night vision. No. The smoke was too thick. Maybe smell? No, the smoke would have blocked that too. Then you must have been using sound. Yes, your seventh Quirk is sound related, a radar sense!"
Vilgax is surprisingly not perturbed by the lad's muttering but instead he congratulates him on coming to such a near precise answer in such a short time. "Not radar. I sense what no living being can live out."
The crystal-guardian's heart, or whatever he has for one, is racing. It's beating hard against his chest as he tries desperately to put this puzzle together. But with beat after beat after beat of his heart is the nail driven home. "My heartbeat… You can hear my heartbeat! You have-!"
"A Heartbeat Sense." Vilgax seems almost elated that the boy figured it out. "Not the most offensive Quirk but one that I believe serves a purpose. After all, to hear the chimes of fear in their hearts undoubtedly brings a smile to my face."
"You're a menace." With a groan the crystal-guardian rises and shakes off his recent beating. "I'm going to stop you! This time, I'm going to teach you a lesson!"
With a burst of speed, the crystal-guardian races forward to deliver another rainbow-powered punch.
However, it is him who gets socked in the gut by a shell-encrusted Bio-Fist. With his arm powered by Inflame, the stone-cyclops stands no chance before he's sent right back where he started: in the wall.
"No, it is you that must be taught!" Vilgax roars as his opponent tumbles out from the him sized crater in the wall. "I see now that you have learned nothing from our previous battle. Therefore it is my responsibility to teach you another lesson. In humility and defeat." His arms become a pair of monstrosities as Infernal Sword mixes with Bio-fist to create a true horror of nature and the supernatural.
"That's where you're wrong, Vilgax." The crystal-guardian bravely wobbles to his feet. And catching his breath he looks that monster right in the eye and states. "I did learn something in our fight." Slowly he reaches his hand up, not to the sky, not to Vilgax, but over his chest, right above the Omnitrix.
Realization hits Vilgax just as the stone-cyclops' revelation hits his ears. "And that's how to piss you off!"
In a dazzle of green the crystal-guardian's entire body shifts and re-morphs as Izuku undergoes a mid-transformation. And then with a bang a mighty and unique voice roars out. "Lemme tell ya somethin, Vilgax The Mad Titan! The Grand Destroyer! And the Conqueror of Worlds! Rath doesn't care about your fancy-pansy titles!" With a menacing glare, the mighty Rath stands his ground while holding up his shining claw to the light. So bright and sheer is his claw that Vilgax can see his own raging reflection on it. "But Rath does care about a proper education! However! The only lesson Rath cares about is the lesson Rath is gonna give you in serious buttwhooping! RAWR!"
With a roar Rath leaps across the arena and charges headfirst at the enemy.
With his fists already mutated Vilgax makes a strike on the incoming beast. "I am a titan, you dull creature! And I will not be bullied by some-"
As Vilgax's overcharged swing is about to strike, Rath throws himself up and spins around the incoming death punch. His claw digs into the inky fist to allow him enough leverage to rotate himself around and pounce back up at Vilgax's face.
Grabbing the titan by the back of the head he shoves his knee right into the monster's skull with such force that the giant falls like a redwood.
Rath doesn't stop there even before the titan's body hits the ground he's wailing into his with one fist after the other. "Is that all you got! Huh?! Is that all you got?!"
"Get off of you flea-bitten vermin!" Vilgax roars from underneath Rath's fists.
Rath stops mid punch in response. "Who you callin' vermin?" He pauses to think of a good comeback. "…Vermin!" Nailed it.
Unfortunately, his hesitation was his mistake as Vilgax gets a claw around The Appoplexian's ankle.
"Uh, oh."
"You still have not learned?" Vilgax rises once again while holding Rath upside down by the ankle. "I've studied all your moves!" With a swing he slams Rath into the ground and what results are more sparks of scattering Megawatts. "All your techniques and abilities." Again, he picks him up and swings him the other way and again more sparks. "Even your newest form can't save you." Frustrated Vilgax tosses the feline away like he was something vile and dirty.
With a growl, Rath picks himself up before spitting some red spit to the side. Wiping his maw he lets out a most vindictive growl.
"But please if you have anything else new to show me then I welcome it."
"Alright, but remember, you asked for it!"
Pounding the Omnitrix, Rath triggers another mid-transformation. And although he feels his stamina draining the new surge of power taking over him is exhilarating. It's magnetic. His body expands past what it is. His fur and hair fall away for gritty stone and dirt. His core feels ignited yet whole, controlled, and even.
As the dazzle of jade vanishes it is revealed that a golem of clay and earth has taken over Izuku's entire being.
And although he himself requested as much Vilgax was certainly not expecting the lad to have access to a Galilean. Even the Plumbers and heroes are surprised to see Izuku pull out another new alien! And a Galilean at that! Even Patelliday, the oldest and most long running Plumber here has only ever crossed paths with a Galilean once. But those walking-living-planets of an alien are unmistakable.
"How is this possible?!" Vilgax sputters, utterly shocked by the development. "This shouldn't be! How have you gained access to even more power?!"
The transformed Izuku doesn't respond instead, stretching his hand a band of pink conjures up around his wrist. This band is see-through and laced with a strange pink-ish energy. And with a flex of the being's fingers, Vilgax finds his entire body bound and heavy, but yet he's not touching the ground, instead he's pulled further and further away from it as if Gravity itself is attacking him.
The alienized Izuku gives a smile so wide and big it can stretch across a planet. Because it does. Because that's what he is. A living, walking planet. Standing just shy of Humungousour's shoulders it's a being made of crust and rock, with a wide smile, and large wide hands that could mold the very earth.
"That's your problem, Vilgax. You like to talk all big and mighty but at the end of the day, you're beneath us." Using both hands, the Galilean manipulates the gravity to pull Vilgax down, down into and he means into the grrroouuunnndddd. Down, down, down. He goes, through the panels, through the floor, through every level of this god-forsaken ship. It's like the ground itself has swallowed the titan whole, as even he, like all beings, can never escape gravity's hold.
Silence, as the golem releases his hold, silence follows. There's no chaos. No alarms. No signs of a threat or danger. Vilgax has been put down.
And so, with the danger gone and with his stamina drained, the Omnitrix resets and Izuku is turned back into his normal human self with another dazzle of green lights.
There Izuku stands, tall and at the edge of the sinkhole. A group of Megawatts hover around him and the hole, observing both in awe and wonderment. But Izuku's face remains stern yet his eyes are ablaze with new life as the Omnitrix glows at his side. Slick and new, gone is its old black-and-white design. Gone is the bulk and weight but instead replaced with a sleek design of green and black that perfectly matches Izuku's black-and-green zero-suit.
It was as if upon its return both he and the Omnitrix underwent a recalibration.
"Restart! Restart the programs!" Psyphon is in a panic, shouting and screaming he tries to reign in any semblance of control as each and every Bioid are rushing to minimize the already growing damage. "Come on youruseless sacks of tin and scrap! Why can't any of you follow the simplest of orders?!"
One of the nearby Bioids speaks up from its station. Sir, the Power Core is experiencing an unprecedented power surge! And it's spreading across the entire ship. The power output is far too much then what the power grid was built to handle.
"Quickly then! We have to release the express power!"
We can't sir.
"Why not? Are we not the masters of this ship?! Is your programming defective?! No! So when I say discharge the excess power to the shields you do it!"
That's not the issue sir. The issue is that we have no sway over the excess power, it's like it has a mind of its own.
"It WHAT!?"
Suddenly the control council beside Psyphon bursts with sparks of electricity as a pair of tiny beings pop out. "HAHAHAHAHAHAbzz!"
"No… NOOOOO!" Psyphon cries out in agony.
Across the bridge monitors and computers are bursting apart in brilliant shows of electricity. And with every burst more and more chattering Megawatts zip across the room; causing even more chaos as Bioids are blown apart by their antics.
"Nosedinians?! How did they get aboard?! Get away! Get away! Shoo you statically-charged pests! Be gone!" But it's no use, they just keep on coming and now that they've gone through most of the control panels the Megawatts have turned their attention onto the scrambling Bioids.
Psyphon falls against the controls and despairs at the scene; there is no hope for his survival now. "My Master will be most displeased with me…"
A robotic hand reaches past him and begins to type away at the still somewhat functioning controls.
Peering up Psyphon is taken back to find a Bioid casually standing there and working at the controls while it's totally unalarmed by all the chaos,
"What are you doing?"
The Bioid snorts, "There's like no point in being subtle anymore. So, I figured it's fine if we turned communications back on. Seriously, it's killing me that I'm not getting any gossip."
"Too true. Yes!" Psyphon straightens, reaching up to the smallest glimmer of hope. "Shut down the signal jammer if we can reinstate communications then we might have a chance at salvaging the situation!"
"Exactly!"
"Yes! I will single handedly restore order upon the Chimeran Hammer and when I do then my Master will surely reward me."
The Bioid stops, shifting in place awkwardly like it has a guilty conscience. "Oh, aw, shsss, oh man I think we're both on the opposite spectrums here."
Psyphon raises an eyebrow at the robot. "What do you mean?"
WHAM!*
And Psyphon goes down as the Bioid reels back its oozing brick-shaped fist. The brick of a fist re-molds itself as the rest of the Bioid's body eases into a mud-like texture. "Hahaha *snort!* hahaha!" Lucy Mann in her Leopterrain form takes the stage with a candid smile and go-get em attitude. "Aw finally! I needed a stretch!" Stretching her arms up she spins around and starts strolling for the exit.
Casually walking by, she watches on as the swarm of Megawatts continue to cause havoc on the Bioids and controls.
"Good work fellas! You're the true MVPs!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAbzz!"
Lucy gives them all a wave as if she were strutting across a showroom.
However, her exit will not be so elegant.
"Where do you think you're going?!"
"Oh?" She stops and throws back a cocky smile. "That didn't knock you out?"
"Of course not!" Psyphon rages. "I'm much more durable than I appear."
"But you sure are oblivious."
"You conniving no-good shadow. I'll make you pay for making a fool out of me!"
"Are you sure you want to do this? I mean…come on."
"Oh, y-y-yes." A cruel grin stretches across Psyphon's onyx lips. "I would like to do this very much." His limbs bleed red as his skin across his arms open apart like compartments revealing an array of oversized blasters and rocket launchers that should have no right fitting into such small confinements. Either way it's both an impressive and terrifying collection of weaponry that are all aimed at her. "You should have left when you had the chance."
Lucy only has a second to react before Psyphon opens fire and blows apart the bridge even more so than the Megawatts!
"MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
The entire Plus Ultra rumbles and lets out a whale-like moan as blaster fire pounds away at its weakening shell.
Magister Nezu may have led them to thinning the herd sort of speak when it comes to the once massive swarm of vulture droids. But their numbers are dwindling into pathetic proportions making their assaults feel more like annoying gnats than attacking wasps.
However it's their mother ship that they still need to worry about; Malware's frankensteined battlecruiser is unrelenting. Again and again, it assaults the Plus Ultra with a barrage of laser fire. And again, and again even with their best evasive actions they cannot keep ahead of the devastating onslaught.
"Quickly! Focus all firepower on disabling his engines!" Magister Nezu exclaims from atop his post.
"Right! Yes, sir!" Vlad King roars and open fires, his monitor blinking red in rapid succession as he fires continuously at the enemy.
Magister Nezu then directs his attention to Cementoss. "What is the status of our shields?!"
Cementoss gray skin turns sickly. "Shields holding but sir they're only at 28% integrity!"
"No, good. Xylene, my dear, we may need you to provide additional support for us. Do you think you can fight off our pursuer?"
Xylene frowns, realistically one strike and her ship will go down but it's not like they have many other options. "My ship is smaller and faster, he'll have a flarking hard time shooting me down."
"Then prepare yourself for-"
Mr. Principal Nezu! Mr. Principal Nezu! Glad-One suddenly interrupts, his entire body is shaking with excitement as he rotates around in his lockport. Something spectacular is happening!
Everything is dying. deadpans Sad-One.
Principal Nezu snaps around to look past the bridge, past the windows, and through the void until it lands on a scene that should be considered utterly fantastical.
The Chimeran Hammer, a grand vessel that charters the infamous tyrant through the stars has become a symbol of power, fear, and impending doom. And yet this grand magnificent spaceship is in shambles.
The once mighty maw of this ship has long since fallen thanks to their friend's earlier efforts but now it seems like entire lightning storms are occurring all across the ship all at once. The ship is totally ravaged, even its engines appear to be disabled causing the ship to begin to drift and be pulled by the moon's gravity.
Power Loader looks owlishly at the sight. "The ship…it's…"
"Sinking?" Vlad King can't believe his eyes. "What did it hit an iceberg?"
"No, it was sabotaged." Xylene remarks before spinning around onto Nezu. "We must act quickly!"
"We must!" Magister Nezu full-heartedly agrees. "Quickly, One-One we must reestablish communications! We must find out where our heroes are at once!"
As One-One prepares to reestablish their links, Xylene quickly makes to leave the bridge. "I'll prepare my ship for launch! They may require an escort for their escape!"
"I'll come too." Recovery Girl tries her best to hurry behind her. "No doubt there will be those injured among them. Such poor dearies."
"WAAAAAHHHHH! Idon'twannadie! Idon'twannadie! IDON'TWANNADIEEEE!" Pinky is in a total panic mood; sweat and tears streaming down her face while her heart rate beats so fast she swears it's thumping against her chest. Sprinting so fast it could win her gold, she blazes through the ship's hallways. Lights, exposed cables, and circuitry light up all around her as a chorus of high-pitched laughter echoes across the ship.
Cosmo is right on her tail, galloping close behind with her tongue hanging out and flapping around this way and that.
"Slow down! Where's the fire?!" Kraab begs as he clings on for dear life to Gran Torino's cape.
With the Hoverboard set to autopilot the device has been able to keep pace with Pinky even with an unconscious passenger aboard.
As the ship continues to rattle and release bursts of lightning and bangs, Gran Torino begins to stir. "Eh… Where…? What…?"
"YOU'RE ALIVE!" Pinky doesn't stop running even as she pulls a Midoriya and unleashes springs of tears from her eyes.
Kraab scuttles up the cape until he's perched atop the elder's forehead. "Oh, good you didn't croak. Had us worried there for a minute old man."
Moaning and feeling groggy, Gran Torino weakly asks. "Where's…Girly? …Toshinori?"
"Uraraka! She's fine!" Pinky unnecessarily shouts back. "She went ahead to help All Might and the others!"
"Uh… That crazy brat…does she have a death wish?"
Kraab shrugs, "Eh, probably."
"Bark! Bark!" Something's caught Cosmo's eye from up ahead.
Pinky is brought to tears, again, when she spots the very hangar doors they left all that time ago. "Hang in there, Mr. Gran Torino, sir! We're almost there!" They all speed up; racing as fast as they can towards the finish line. "It's the home stretch! Once we make it through those doors we're safe! Come on! We're almost-!" They're through, a bright comforting light washes over them, blanketing them and transporting them away into another world.
A world that has been thrown into chaos, its landscape scarred as a scarred by war, and even now a battle rages on.
Two armies collide, one of clones and the other of Bioids and alien prisoners. Both sides face casualties, as the clones shoot down the incoming droids they are left exposed to attack by the smaller prisoners such as the gremlin-like Critters that scurry up and chomp down on the poor unexpecting clones; tearing them to pieces in the process.
Although mountains of drones stain the ground, it seems that the escaped prisoners such as the Flaxans, the Borg, and a few Utrom have finally ravaged their way here. Biting tooth and nail they each desperately try to break through the hero's line but a powerful and sonic powered "NOOOOOOOOO!" from Present Mic holds them back.
But so too do the drones try their hand at breaking the line. In a flash, however, and with a chorus of sickening cracks the swarm of Hover Drones that were once surrounded a poised Midnight fall away to pieces under her dazzling dexterity with their gifted electrical-whip.
Meanwhile the youngest of the hangar defenders is seemingly the worst off. Red Riot is forced to hold his ground as a pack of vanta-black Space Gorillas sink their teeth into his rock Hard skin from all sides. Red Riot takes the unrelenting swarm of fangs like a total champ, they don't hurt but they sure are strong enough to hold him back. He's got this!
But then the large Triceraton prisoner stampedes forward, smashing through the defenseless Bioids in its way before it plows right through the Space Gorillas and into Red Riot!
Pinned between its three horns the Hardened lad is taken for a ride as the humanoid-Triceratops continues its rampage.
Pinky and the others pause at the door. Standing there with goofy expressions as they watch the mayhem unfold.
"Oops~!" Pinky singsongs while bumping herself on the head like she made an oopsie. "It seems we made a wrong turn somewhere. Shall we head back and retrace our steps?"
"WE DIDN'T MAKE A WRONG TURN!" Kraab all but screams!
Even while pinned against a trio of horns, Red Riot picks up on all the shouting. "Woah! Is that Ashido?! BLEH!" With an earth-shaking BAM the Tricteraon slams Red Riot right into the opposite wall. "Grrr!" Kirishima tries to shove the dino-alien away but to no avail. "Give us a hand! These…ETs are trying to jack our ride home!"
It takes Pinky and Kraab a moment, but they can confirm it; the aliens are gunning for the Razor Crest and Rustbucket, respectively.
They get close, just barely scraping the frame with their claws before one of the heroes forces them back. But it's clearly a losing battle because with each attempt the prisoners inch closer and closer to freedom.
Realizing that they need help Pinky grabs the Hoverboard and after making sure that its passenger won't fall off she races in to help.
So perhaps she should start by helping Red Riot who still can't seem to shake off this dinosaurian brute. "Ragh! Back off, will ya!"
"I will crush you like a pebble, human!" roars the Triceraton. "May your remains be grounded into dust in the name of the Triceraton Empire!" He then increases the pressure and crushes Red Riot's body further into the reinforced wall.
Red Riot is barely holding on when suddenly all that weight and strength is gone, pulled away in an instant and allowing him some much-needed breathing room. Only for his breath to escape once again when he spots the Triceraton dangling helpless in midair, looking scared and panics while flailing helplessly as if a giant invisible hand has plucked the dino by the tail like it were a doll.
Or rather like a chew toy as the air vibrates around Cosmo's head the Triceraton is flung across the hangar and out of sight. The only sign they get of its landing is the cacophony of muscle crashing into scrap metal in the distance.
Kirishima can't believe his eyes, did that mutt just… He stares at the dog who plops down before him, looking expectantly at him.
"Um, good…dog?"
"Woof!" Pleased, her tail wags happily with gratitude.
Meanwhile, with the pros too busy with other drones and prisoners a Gromflomite prisoner tries his shot to sneak aboard the RazorCrest but his plans are foiled by the one and only Pinky.
"Acid shot!"
The prisoner leaps back in horror as a spray of Acid nearly melts his face off.
Pinky slides in his way and holds her hands out threateningly. "Stand back unless you want to have your skin melted off!"
The Gromflomite seems hesitant, however, he's soon joined by the Boglodite and Thanagarian prisoners. And now it's Mina who's nervous. The three imposing humanoid males smirk with cruel intent as they crack their knuckles and prepare to punish this little girl.
However, Midnight jumps in for the rescue, brandishing soft and fluffy fan Midnight perfumes the trio with her Quirk, Somnambulist. The purple fumes do their work and put the trio of male aliens to bed.
"It doesn't matter if they're an alien or a man~! They all fall the same to my wilds!" Standing proud and eloquently looks back and offers Mina a wink.
Pinky is at first stunned but then the water works begin to emerge again as he leaps at the teacher. "Ms. Midnight!" Mina clings tightly to Midnight's waist and tears as she's overtaken by the sheer amount of relief and security that she hasn't felt in so long now.
"Oh, sweet thing." Midnight doesn't push her away but instead embraces her, patting her fluffy head gently as she tries to sooth the trembling girl. "You're alright, you made it. You're safe."
"Um." Present Mic slides overlooking mighty serious. "I hate to play into the stereotype that the media reports nothing but bad news buuuuut…we're not safe yet!"
It may be bad news but it is the truth. They're surrounded; it seems that the drones, bots, and prisoners have come to a sort-of temporary alliance and have surrounded them and their rides. Leaving the heroes to circle up with their backs towards the RazorCrest and Rustbucket while drawing an imaginary line in the sand before this hotpot of an army.
And the commander of this makeshift army watches from high above near the rafters of the hangar.
SevenSeven remains ignited with fire, keeping him securely hovering in midair, and allowing him to observe the ensuing chaos in moderate safety,
The heroes are putting up a valiant effort, but it's useless. Even though their numbers are dwindling they still outnumber these heroes 10 to one. Plus, the heroes are already exhausted from their earlier clashes, no doubt they cannot endure this onslaught for long.
Which means he can just sit back and watch as the rabble take themselves out. Talk about the perfect job, let the bounty collect themselves. Easy-peasy. Just sit back and relax… or he would if it weren't for the fact that the hangar's walls and lights keep sparking with random busts of electricity. The ship keeps making strange noises too like it's slowly collapsing in on its own weight.
"Hnet gaani…" Then again maybe he should hightail it out of here. If he blows up with the ship then there's no him to collect the bounty. Nope. Can't have that. "Shti ojb nit'a orhtw het verotmei." Quickly he rockets away from the battle.
"Utb hnet gaani…" Suddenly he comes to a stop and turns back to observe the battle. Then again he does have to consider that he's been struggling with these humans this entire time.
"Hety'ev eenb a aipn ni hsi sas rof 7 onthsm won!" No way is he gonna let that slide!
His arm shifts into that of a cannon.
It's about time he made them pay and he's not leaving until he's drawn blood!
And so, cocking his arm-cannon he takes aim down at the heroes, with his internal guiding system his crosshairs quickly scope onto Midnight's skull. "Woh botua ew lilk ehr fof ealyr?"
From below a trail of violet spikes zip upward and pierce his jetpack with such force that they burst into a violent eruption.
"FTW!?" Screaming, SevenSeven plummets. He's racing to the ground too fast so he's desperate to regain control, but his jetpack's lost all function and control! He's going to crash!
But instead of being flattened, his fall is cushioned by a firm mattress-like platform. Strange considering that a moment a ago it was not there. But before he can really process it the platform springs up and launches him to the side.
"Hatw het lehl?!" Thrown off his balance and game SevenSeven is left exposed to the mercy of others as a hand speeds in, grabs him by the belt and zooms him away in the opposite direction.
"You should be ashamed, villain!" Ingenium's roars over his twin Engines. "A sneak attack from behind is incredibly disgraceful!"
"Uoy pohycrtei!" SevenSeven wails, he struggles to regain any semblance of balance or control but it's no use.
"Red Riot!" Ingenium calls out to Kirishima. "TOGETHER!"
As Iida shifts directions towards him, Kirishima quickly braces himself with Hardening by crossing his arms up in front. "I'm ready! Do it Class Rep!"
With Ingenium speeding up the two cry out in unison. "Combo Move: RED-DUTCH RIDE!"
With the speed of an unstoppable force carrying him right into an immovable object, SevenSeven is flattened against the Hardened wall in brutal fashion. His gear and armor shatters upon impact, leaving his armor cracked as bits of his gear snap off. And with Iida letting go at the last moment and with how hard he struck Red Riot, SevenSeven's body fling away where he lands hard across the laser scorched ground where his body crumbles like a bug that's gone belly up.
After witnessing their unlikely commander taken out in such a brutal and swift manner the remaining prisoners halt their assault to now direct their attention at the newcomers.
Ingenium speeds back around to the hangar entrance where he slides to a stop beside Creati, who has her Zircon Blade poised for battle, and Snipe who's armed with a six-shooter and Needler. Meanwhile, both Blukic and Driba stand upon his hat and try their best to look intimidating.
The alien prisoners all prepare themselves for a two-front battle, however, there may be no need for that,
"Attention all unearthly beings from the stars!" Ingenium starts, calling all attention to himself. "Thank you for your time! But I must insist that you all leave immediately!"
They all stare blankly at him from the aliens to the remaining drones, and even his own friends.
Creati, however, sees his vision. "Listen to us! This is only one of seven hangars there are just ahead along with an assortment of escape pods!"
"Yes!" Ingenium picks back up, arms karate chopping the air. "Leave now and I promise that you will all escape unharmed."
"But if you must insist on fighting…" Both of their demeanors change as Creati's blade extends to that of a katana and as Ingenium raises his cracked yet still sturdy Omni-shield. "Then you must be ready to face the consequences."
At first it seems that the escapees won't heed their warning. But after a moment or two they eventually relent. It starts off slow with the two tall Irkens fearfully slinking around the heroes before they scurry away to another hangar. Others soon follow and pretty soon they all make their leave with some even picking up their unconscious comrades on the way out such as the Boglodite and Thanagarian. Although a large robot-alien sprints away towards the open hangar bay doors where he leaps out and transforms into a jet fighter that quickly speeds away into the void of space.
As the transformer sprints by SevenSeven regains enough consciousness to know that if he were to escape now it would be his first and only opportunity. Spotting a vent in the floor, he decides it'll be his best option for survival. And so dragging his crumbled body across the floor he tears the vent away with his claws before sliding head first into the unknown.
Soon all of the enemy aliens have all cleared out leaving nothing but a miniscule number of droids behind.
Said droids and bots seem unsure of what to do now with their commander and reinforcements gone but a few shots from Snipe and Ectoplasm quickly take care of them.
"Is…that all of them?" Kirishima is almost too nervous to ask, after all they've been clashing with these guys since they landed, it feels unreal that they're just…done.
But a quick nod from Midnight confirms it. "That's all."
"Augh…!" Both Kirishima and Mina fall to their knees and bums respectively.
Kirishima tries to pull on his collar to cool himself a bit. "I thought they'd keep coming till forever."
"Ohhh, I'm so glad it's over…" Mina grumbles.
"Ashido. Kirishima." Iida pulls off his helmet so that he can offer them each a relieved smile. "I'm so glad to see that you're both alright."
Momo nods in agreement as she too walks up beside him.
"I'll say," Present Mic leans over the two with his arms slung over Iida's and Momo's shoulders. "I heard your rocking concert all the way from here! That was way epic, yo!"
Driba shivers at the memory. "Epic is not the word I would use."
"Yes it is." interjects Blukic.
"No, it's- oh nevermind! This gag is getting old."
…"No, it's not."
"RAAAAGH!"
As the kids get reacquainted, Snipe takes a moment to check in on his fellow pros. "I apologize that we couldn't bring the cavalry sooner. We had to face some challenging…complications."
"We managed on our own for a while." Ectoplasm reassures.
"Yes, but barely." Midnight admits with an exhausted grimace. "In the end there, we might have had to seriously consider surrendering the hangar."
"Ah, no way!" Kirishima slaps a hand to his flexing bicep. "We rocked this! We were never gonna let those punks take an inch from us!"
A raspy yet well humored chuckle can be heard from atop the floating hoverboard. "Beaten and bruised yet still full of drive…oh how I admire youth…" Gran Torino wheezes but he smiles on in appreciation of the moment.
Ectoplasm leans over the elder and begins to look him over. "How are you feeling?"
"Like I got tossed around in a royal rumble, but I'll manage."
"I'll say." comments Kraab. "You don't go down easy, do ya?"
"Hehe, that I don't."
Present Mic slides in front of Ectoplasm, his eyes locked onto the little drone perched beside Gran Torino's head. "Yo, look! It looks like we missed one!"
"Wait!" Both Mina and Momo cry out. "He's friendly!"
"He is?!/I am?!"
Momo reaches the cyborg first; she leans down in order to speak to him at eye level. "Kraab, I had no clue you were aboard."
"You and everyone else it seems. Geez thanks guys I'm really feeling the love here."
Mina blinks up at Momo. "Wait, Yaoyomo, you know Kraab too?"
"Yes, he assisted me and Awase and Kurorio in contacting the police when the League attacked the camp." Gosh that feels so long ago now but it's only been a few days since…
"You were there?" Midnight eyes the bot skeptically.
Kraab throws her a look of his own. "Hey now what's with that look? Didn't you hear the kid? I saved all their asses back there! You should be praising my efforts, ya know! Heck, I wasn't even getting paid out of this. So, you're welcome."
"Paid? Why would someone pay you?"
Kraab smartly shuts up, figuring it's best not to mention to a group of heroes that's technically a gun for hire.
"Hang on, something's not right here." Snipe silences them all with just his tone alone. They each tense up, fearing that perhaps he's noticed something that could potentially threaten their lives.
"Where'd the stray come from?"
With their eyes as wide as owls they all crank their heads down at the sweet pooch that's been happily scampering around them. Like she was extremely excited to be surrounded by a hoard of new human friends.
"Woof! Woof!"
Mina sweat drops as she tries to answer the teacher. "I…I'm not really sure actually. She was with Ochaco when I ran into her. So, I just assumed she was friendly. But she's a good girl~. Aren't you~?" Mina gushes in the end, squeezing Cosmo's fuzzy face between her hands.
"Woof!" Cosmo happily licks her arms in a show of affection.
Although the puppy is cute, Midnight stays focused on the real concern here. "Ashido, why did they send you back on your own? No way Eraserhead would have allowed this."
"He didn't! I was with Ochaco!" She explains.
"Uraraka?" Kirishima picks up and frantically looks around for her. "Wait, is she here?" If she is, he can't seem to spot her. "Where is she now?"
Mina shrinks under all their gazes, but she'll try her best to explain. "About that…"
'Is this the other side?' It's colder than he imagined. Smaller too, like he's in a cell. Instead of stone he's surrounded by distorted metal and instead of the screams of the damned he hears nothing but the rumblings of a sinking ship.
Sunder awakens with a painful moan; his skin is charred and he's half-sure that he has several broken bones across his body. His vision is blackened but that must be due to the lack of light then any real issues with his vision. He appears to be trapped inside one of the prison cells with the doorway blocked by rubble and his own busted glider. And despite being in total darkness, he looks around for his main weapon of choice only to recall that those humans pinched it off of him.
Groaning as he gets up, he examines the wall of rubble before locating a point that shifts the most under his hand, and then with all his weight leaning against it the entire blockage collapses away.
Down the rubble goes falling three stories to the ground where it mixes with the fallen carcasses of once imposing Dominators.
Thankfully the balcony is still intact, mostly, so he can hobble his way down to the ground level without too many issues. Although part of the railing snapped off its posts and he nearly took a three-story tumble.
Observing his surroundings, it seems that not one prisoner was left behind since each cell is bare and empty. The prison seems so barren yet haunting all at once with the corpses of fallen drones and Dominators littering the entire scene.
The rumbling in the distance continues as does the odd stray sparks of electricity that seem to zip past through the walls and cables on occasion.
"Ugh…h-h…help."
Sunder stops just short of the exit; freezing in place he quickly scans his surroundings. A red dot, a little blinking red dot is illuminating oh so weakly against the frame of the giant doorway.
Approaching cautiously, he finds his combat partner beaten, broken, and left for dead at the base of the doorway.
Rojo looks worse for wear, like she was trampled by a stampede of bulls. Her armor is cracked and broken; her weaponry busted with only the blinking light of a scope still working.
She's barely holding onto consciousness as she slowly, desperately, reaches out to him. "H-h-help…me."
He stares at her, not in contemplation, but in disgust like she was diseased. Instead, he marches on making a point to give her a wide berth.
Although they're meters apart, Rojo's hand follows him in silent prayer that he'll show her just the littlest of sympathy. But her prayers fall upon deaf ears and blind eyes as Sunder unceremoniously leaves her behind without so much as a sideways glance.
"You… rotten…bastard. You…bastard!" She wails, using the last ounces of her energy to curse him. "I hope you rot in hell!"
She knows it's in vain, he's not coming back, nobody's coming back. Not her allies. Not her handler. And certainly not the heroes.
And as darkness begins to seep in her last thoughts are of how they've all left her behind, to rot in this god forsaken hellhole.
Just as her consciousness is about to fade out she spots a shadow, a large imposing shadow leaning over her. Assuming it's a prisoner back for revenge her consciousness slips away.
There Izuku Midoriya stands tall and at the edge of the sinkhole, he shows no fear with his feet just inches from the black pit he himself created. A group of Megawatts hover around him and the hole, observing both in awe and wonderment at just how far deep he sent that tyrannical maniac.
And Izuku couldn't be more satisfied with himself and this outcome, staring deep into the abyss he throws one last declaration. "Lesson over." … … … 'Oh gosh was that a cool enough line?! I hope it was cool. Oh no! Maybe I should have just kept my mouth shut! Would that have been better?! Oh man did I ruin the moment-?!'
"DEKU!" A pair of arms throws themselves into sides so hard that he nearly slips into the hole.
"Uraraka?!"
"You're okay!" She's weeping, tears and snot smearing her face as she bubbles with such relief and joy. "I was so worried! I thought-I was-I thought you were-… I'm so glad, you're okay…!"
"Uraraka…"
"Izuku!" Ochaco's not the only one who's been brought to tears, Hisashi is proving to be just as much as a crier as his wife and child. "Izuku! My boy!"
Hearing his call Izuku's eyes widen with recognition. Ochaco too comes to a realization and lets him go as they both run towards the weeping father.
Hisashi weeps tears of joy as he runs to embrace his son with open arms.
Only for said son to run right past him and over to a one-armed Toshinori who's being helped up to his feet by Tsukauchi. "All Might! I'm so sorry! Are you okay?! Can you stand?!"
Hisashi is brought to tears once again but this time it's for more somber reasons.
"Young Midoriya…don't you worry about me." Toshinori tries his best to assure the boy. "Believe it or not I'm feeling lighter than I have for a while."
Izuku frowns, he certainly doesn't understand, nor does he believe him after all he's missing an arm…
But it's true, Toshinori feels far lighter and more uplifted than he has in a long time. It's like he's finally shed a weight of guilt off his shoulders. But more than that watching this boy-this young man take it upon himself to rise up to unimaginable odds has been such an inspiration. 'Amazing… Young Midoriya…you're simply amazing.' He coughs, spitting up blood as he wheezes for breath.
He nearly stumbles but thankfully his good friend, Tsukauchi, is there to catch him. "I got you, Toshi."
"Tsukauchi…you came." Toshinori peers up at them all with such gratitude and pride. "You all did. Thank you."
Patelliday tips an imaginary hat at the former Symbol of Peace. "No, need for that. Service to others is what it's all about. Not that I need to ask you, you know all about that. Don't ya?"
That he does.
"Hey are you all ignoring his arm!" Tsukauchi snaps, he hovers a hand over Toshinori's stump of an arm that's still sealed within the portable med-pack. "We have to get him out of here before his condition worsens!"
"He'll be okay." Hisashi assures. "Those beams cauterize the wound and the med-pack's already sealed and disinfected the wound. But unfortunately, it can't replace what's been…lost." The technology does exist but it can be a long and even dangerous process, and with Toshinori's condition as it is it may result in some severe consequences. "I'm sorry. We couldn't… weren't… fast enough."
Toshinori looks towards where his left arm would be, and honestly it concerns him more that he isn't that concerned about missing a limb as he is. "It's not a huge loss… I'll learn to cope with it." Honestly, in a way, it's like he's paid for his sins to the boy and what he's done. Like he's done his due.
"A-All Might…" With tears still staining her face, Ochaco approaches, and she really wants to hug him but she's hesitating, fearing that if she did that he'll snap like a twig.
"Young Uraraka…" With her head hanging so low Toshinori can't help but place his one hand on her head. "You are so brave. The bravest young woman I've ever met." He looks upon his student with such pride and joy. "You came so far. Fought so hard. Faced terrors…I never even knew existed. But…You. Did. It." He affirms by looking her straight in the eye. "You made it. You're here. You did it."
And with the confirmation of her mission complete, Ochaco breaks down letting the water works flow openly as her mentor embraces her in a comforting hug.
Izuku steps back, allowing them their moment. Which opens him up for Tetrax to greet him. "It's good to have you back, kid."
"Tetrax?!" Izuku lights up. "It's been so long! H-how a-are you…?" He awkwardly lets the question die realizing that it's not exactly the best time to ask.
Tetrax however takes it in good faith. "Believe it or not, I've never been better." He peers over to the massive pit that the boy left behind. "It looks like I was right about you. You became a real warrior while I was away."
Izuku smiles at the compliment.
"You're all giving this problem child too much credit…"
"Mr. Aizawa!?" Izuku jumps in freight, he doesn't even need to look to know that his homeroom teacher is pissed. Even so he manages a sheepish smile in an attempt to redirect the conversation. "Hehe… So, I'm guessing this explains a lot…huh?"
If looks could kill. "If you think this will placate me then you are mistaken." Shota Aizawa hasn't even activated his Quirk, but his eyes are practically glowing red with simmering anger. He even confirms as much. "In fact I'm livid. You were keeping information locked away that was not only important to your development but to the safety of you and your classmates. It was irresponsible and reckless of you to instigate an alien villain."
Izuku shrinks back at the underground hero's words; he knows that he's right. He of course had his reasons but even so he cannot deny how much of a headache these secrets have been. For him, his mentors, and friends…
However, the relief of not only finding but rescuing his student after everything brings Aizawa more relief and gratification then the boy will ever know. "That being said, I'm glad you pulled through."
Izuku's head snaps up in response.
"You've clearly taken all your lessons to heart. And managed to beat the villain all on your own. And although your technique needs work I think we can move forward from here. Good job."
"Mr. Aizawa…" Izuku's so happy it almost brings tears to his eyes. "Thank you, sir!"
Eraserhead simply nods back before addressing Izuku's, well, dresswear. "Now, care to explain the new…look?"
Izuku shivers in place more out of embarrassment than the cold. The zero-suit he's been given keeps all external temperatures out like the cold and heat. So all-in-all he's actually fairly comfortable albeit he could do without the black and green-lined suit being so form fitting.
Sensing his discomfort Ochaco quickly recalls the item currently wrapped around her waist. "Here." She offers him back his own green hoodie. "I found this…lying around."
"T-thanks!" Putting the hoodie back on feels so familiar and so right Izuku can perfectly ignore that weird smell coming off of it. He's just so happy to have it back, his watch back, and to be back with those that care about him. "Really, Uraraka, thank you. For everything."
"Hey," She smiles and shrugs. "It's what heroes do."
He smiles at that.
BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.*
Startled by the sudden foreign beeping, everyone jumps only to realize that the noise is coming from Izuku's wrist.
Reeling his wrist up Izuku stops to both examine and admire the Omnitrix. Gone is its bulky and more classic design, remade into a newer sleeker design. The brace is a fraction of the size it was before, and instead of the frame being black and white it is now a primary green with black trims and a silver faceplate. But yet it is still the same Omnitrix, it still feels like the part of him that was ripped away. Even the hourglass faceplate is still the same as it was before.
But its appearance is not what startled Izuku initially but instead it was the robotic version of his own voice emanating from the device that spooked him.
*Recalibration: Complete.*
*Optimization: Complete.*
*Data Recovery: Complete.*
*DNA Stabilization: Complete.*
*DNA Acquisition: Complete.*
*Status: Nine DNA Samples Acquired.*
Everyone is stunned, especially Izuku who raises up his wrist and leans forward, hesitantly to whisper to the Omnitrix like it were alive. "O-Omnitrix…is…are you…?"
He waits for a response, any response, but the watch remains as silent as the inanimate object it would seem.
Unsure and wanting to confirm everything is truly operational as it should be, Izuku gives the faceplate a slight squeeze. And like it had always done the dial pops up but unlike before instead of showing each alien's vague silhouette across the faceplate itself, it shows a hologram of the crystal-guardian projects out from the faceplate itself.
"Woah!" Izuku jumps back as the little holograms pop into view. Looking at the small yet detailed hologram he notes that it's entirely complete display of the crystal-guardian Izuku was before, although obviously not as big. The hologram is only as tall as his hand, completely green in color but transparent thanks to the nature of the hologram, and the way it's standing makes it look like it's standing atop the Omnitrix's dial like a platform. Kinda like those All Might figurines he used to have on display.
Curious, turning the dial counterclockwise the holograms changes into Humungousaur, turning it again the next alien it shows is Shocksquatch, then Upgrade, Ghostfreak, and so on.
Turning the dial back the other way, he comes back to the crystal-guardian and upon doing so Izuku pauses to consider a certain detail. "9 new DNA samples?"
Curiosity gets the better of him and it appears that it's gotten to everyone else too. They all watch very closely as Izuku turns the dial clockwise. What they see is exactly what was stated: 9 new aliens! After the crystal-guardian they see a slender cat-man, followed by more aliens Izuku can't even recognize.
Wanting to double check, turning past the living-planet Izuku is delighted to see Feedback, XLR8, and the others still in the Omnitrix's lineup.
"I don't recognize any of these guys." He states while turning back to the living-planet alien.
"That one there's a Galilean." says Patelliday. "They're peaceful folk but I recommend never riling them up. They're known to manipulate Gravity so trust me you don't want to ever shake one of them up."
Ochaco's in awe it's an alien with a similar, but admittedly more powerful, version of her own Zero-Gravity. "Cool! We match now!"
Izuku chuckles at that. "Yeah, I guess we do. Now just what do I call this guy?"
"He attacks with Gravity, right? Sooo, how about Gravattack?!" She likes it, it kinda works like how she came up with her own hero name.
"Gravattack?" As Izuku considers the name he fiddles with the dial enough to shift the hologram back to the stone-cyclops again. "And this one?"
Hisashi finally rejoins the group, leaning in, he squints at the hologram. "I…have no idea. I've never seen an alien like this one. How 'bout you Patelliday?"
"I got nothing, sorry." Patelliday shrugs. "I'm as lost as a minnow in a sewer drain."
Hisashi addresses the only other one that may have an idea, "Hey, Tetrax, do you by chance recognize this alien?"
Tetrax seems hesitant, he keeps eyeing the alien like it's something familiar but yet so unfamiliar in his mind; like there are pieces of this puzzle missing and he has no idea what the image should even be. "S-sorry, but I'm at a loss…"
"Hmmm." Examining the alien Izuku considers the alien's properties: it can absorb energy and redirect it as a beam of colorful proportions and yet it's a being of stone and crystal. "Chromastone." He breathes, letting the name roll off his tongue. "Gravattack and Chromastone. Heh, now that sounds like a franchise."
Cutting into the moment, sparks and Megawatts go flying as a burst of electricity shatters a section of the arena wall.
Wo-bp. Blo-bzz! Chopper wheels over beeping frantically.
"The droid's right." Tetrax reaffirms. "We've wasted enough time. We better escape before this whole ship takes us down with it."
Using Tsukauchi for support, Toshinori gives Tetrax the go ahead. "Alright then, lead the way, friend."
Collecting back the S.A.G.E. Gun, Eraserhead makes a point to all out some concerns. "It's going to be impossible for us to move quickly. Not with these injuries." They're all bruised, battered, exhausted, and in various levels of injuries. Moving quickly or efficiently is going to be near impossible for most of them.
But judging by the look of elation on the problem child's face he knows that he's in for a work around.
"Maybe I can help with that." Grinning, Izuku gives the Omnitrix's dial another turn.
As they prepare for their escape, they ignore the pit just feet away. A pit for the damned they fail to realize the slow yet inevitable awakening of the demon down below.
As a red gaze pierces through the darkness the chiming of bells rings in the demon's ears.
In space, nobody can hear you scream. But they can hear your ship blowing up as the Plus Ultra takes damage to its haul.
"Direct hit!" Cementoss screams. "Shields down to 15%!"
"And they're barely holding at that!" exclaims Power Loader as he desperately tries to reroute power to wherever it's needed.
"Everyone brace yourselves! We must endure!" Magister Nezu presses them while simultaneously working with One-One in reestablishing communications. "One-One have you made contact with any of our teams as of yet?!"
One-One spins around in his control pad so fast he's spinning. Nothing as of yet Mr. Magister Nezu! But afraid not we shall find them!
No we won't. comments the ever-pessimistic Sad-One. It's too late.
Suddenly, Glad-One lets out a sharp gasp. We have something!
Focusing on that signal and punching it through now. But I wouldn't get my hopes up.
For a minute there it feels like Sad-One was right, they shouldn't get their hopes up, there's nothing but static. But then something starts to break through.["Pr-...are you-….Can…Principal Nezu…! Can you…hear me? Are you there?"]
"We have contact!" everyone aboard the Plus Ultra cheers.
Even Nezu is swept up in the celebration. "Yes, Ms. Midnight. It appears thanks to everyone's efforts we have communications back. But please we've been in the dark for too long. What are your current statues?"
Midnight gets right on it and reports on everything so far. ["As of now we have both my team, Snipe's team, plus Ashido and Gran Torino reconverged back at the hangar."] From her side of the com they can hear barking and someone shouting that they better not forget "him" again. Midnight is soon back on the com to correct herself. ["We also have a few extra…strays. In any case, we have yet to see any signs of Cinder's or Thirteen's groups."]
Magister Nezu looks to One-One who immediately understands that they better begin working to change that fact.
With Midnight's side of the report finished, Snipe decided to clue Nezu in on his side of things. ["On the plus side, we managed to take out their Ideon Cannon and then some.]
["But we also picked up some injuries along the way,"] Interrupts Ectoplasm. ["Gran Torino in particular, he's stable but he's going to need medical attention."]
"Understood." Magister Nezu affirms. "We are preparing a ship now that shall provide you cover during your escape. However, we must time this correctly. You will have to launch the moment Thirteen, Cinder, and Lucy Mann arrive."
Cementoss frowns with worry. "The only issue we have now is finding out where they are exactly."
Thankfully it seems that One-One's work is paying off as Thirteen's coms start calling in. ["...Are…hey…Are my ears ringing? Or are you all talking about me?"]
"Thirteen!" Everyone from the hangar to the Plus Ultra exclaim.
["Stop shouting into my ear!"] Bakugou barks through the com set. ["You're all too damn annoying!"]
["Bakugou! You're alive!"] Iida exclaims.
["I thought you blew up with the ship!"] screams Mina.
["What did I just say?! Damnit!"]
Kirishima grins. ["Yeah, he's fine."]
Nezu is grinning too. "Thirteen we can see the ship undergoing the effects of the Megawatt Bomb. What is your current status and location? Are you approaching the evacuation point?"
["We're making our way over now!"] answers Thirteen. ["But we're still too far out, we're practically on the other side of the ship."] The ship moans in pain and shifts again. ["Sir, I don't think we're gonna make it in time. We're gonna have to jettison outta here in an escape pod. And if we do-"]
Nezu understands. "You will need cover and a pickup. We'll have Xylene see to you."
["Excellent!"]
"Now if we can only make contact with Ms. Mann on the control bridge?"
Once again, One-One has worked his magic. Mr. Magister Nezu we found Ms. Lucy Mann!
"Oh, how timely! Please, put her through!"
You're in.
"Ms. Mann! Might I say it's a delight to have you back in the fold. Quickly, we have much to discuss."
["Er, ah, AH! What?! Oh, hey fam! Um, WOAH!"] There's a loud explosion from her end followed by the tell-tale ringing of blaster fire. ["Um, look. I'm a bit-"] Another explosion rocks the entire communication link. ["busy at the moment. So, I'm gonna have to call you back if that's alright? Aaah!"] They can hear missiles zooming through the air while someone laughs maniacally in the background.
And despite the concern Nezu has to press on. "There's no time for that. Most of our forces have already retreated to the evacuation point. But we have had little to no contact with Cinder's group."
["I'm not surprised. They went after Vilgax, and from what I heard last Uravity was making her way over to help with the-AAAHHH!] Another explosion.["Look I really gotta go but I promise I'll find my own way out. This is Purplestuff signing off!]
However it seems that Lucy hung up too soon as it seems that many of them have questions. ["She what?!"]
Momo is especially worried. ["Ochaco ran off on her own? Why would she do that?"]
["It's like I said earlier!"] Mina explains again. ["Ochaco insisted that the only way for us to win was to get the Omnitrix back to Midoriya! So, she ran off to do so!"]
That leaves only one question and leave it to Shoto to ask. ["Then…did she make it in time?"]
That's the million-dollar question and unfortunately not one of them wants to even consider the worst outcomes. But considering that there's been no answer, they may have to assume the worst.
But then everyone of their earpieces begins to ring with static and buzzing until a familiar voice calls in. ["Oh, she made it alright. And just in the nick of time!"]
Everyone lights up at the Plumber's voice, with Thirteen especially feeling relieved. ["Senpai! Oh, you have no idea how much a relief it is to hear your voice."]
["Same, Thirteen, same."] Cinder responds.
["Mr. Midoriya!"] Iida suddenly screams into the mic much to Bakugou's chagrin. ["What about everyone else?! What about our classmates?!"]
["Are they alright?"] inquires Momo.
["Did you win?!"] asks Kirishima.
["Did those chumps bite it?"] Bakugou asks with a little too much tack.
They all expect Cinder or at least one of their friends to answer, but instead this unfamiliar guy with a fast-talking Aussie accent responds instead. ["Crickey! Ya don't seriously think we'd go down that easy, did ya? No wuckas, fellas. We're no drongos."]
Nobody knows what to make of any of that. Not only does this guy not make any sense but they don't even know him!
["Um, who was that?]
["Did someone hack or line?!"]
["No, wait, I think that's…"] Getting excited, Iida quickly asks for confirmation. ["M-Midoriya, is that perchance you?!"]
"Good on ya, mate! You hit the nail on the bloody head, ya did. But please, call me," The transformed Izuku pauses for effect even though it does nothing but make the sound of rushing wind be heard across the com-sets. "Fasttrack!"
Even while at semi-full speed Fasttrack is living up to his name. A blue speedster just like XLR8 he's a tall and slender catman with spiky blue fur and a just as spiky attitude. His facial features and body shape is more of a walking cheetah if anything with blue fur. From his cheeks to his eyes and up past his ears his dark fur stands on end kinda like a domino mask with sharp fins. The look kinda reminds the catman a bit of Bakugou's own hero mask. Meanwhile, his suit is perfectly suited for speed being so skintight yet flexible, his claws are razor-sharp to the point they can claw away bark, and his tail being so long and thin as it is, whips behind him like a rope. All in all, Fasttrack is built for one thing and that is speed.
'He's alive!' His classmates and friends are so happy that they don't even care about the lame jokes or confusing slang!
["It's about fucking time you nerd!"] Bakugou may sound harsh but Izuku knows that he's smiling. ["Things were getting boring without ya."]
"I bet! But it's great to be back on the saddle!" Fasttrack continues to sprint through the halls as he presses a finger down on the com-set he was lent. "But enough abou me. Tell us, what's the John Dory?"
"Ignore him." A hand reaches down and takes Fasttrack's claw off the com-set. "He's just overly excited." states Eraserhead as he hovers over Fasttrack's head.
["Mr. Aizawa! Are you all alright?"] asks Momo.
But instead of their teacher, Ochaco takes a turn to answer. "Hey guys! We're all here! And we're okay!"
["Ochaco!"] Mina is almost brought to tears again just from hearing Ochaco's voice. ["Oh, I'm so happy you're alive!"]
However the next one to join the call brings such a radiating hope to them all they all can't help but weep. "Yes, we're all alive." Toshinori speaks. "We're all alive. And we're all gonna make it out of here. Why? "Because we are here!"
His confidence shakes them to their core, literally, as he shouts he accidentally throws off their entire floating balance. As it stands he, Cinder, Ochaco, Eraserhead, Patelliday, Tetrax, Tsukauchi, and Chopper are all clinging together while simultaneously floating in the air thanks to Uravity's Quirk. And by using Eraserhead's scarf as reigns they're all tied down to Fasttrack who's carrying them away and through the halls at an amazing speed.
But calling it fantastic is far too much for Tetrax who is certainly not used to being bounced around like this. "Would you please slow down! Wo-woah! I'm finding this too crammed!"
"Well this is certainly no carousel ride but it's certainly effective!" comments Patelliday.
"Ow!" Ochaco yelps. "Hey! Chopper, watch your motors! They hurt!"
Wa-wa!
"Toshinori make sure to hang on tight!" insists Tsukauchi who hovers closely to his friend and to his missing arm.
"I'm fine, just enjoying the ride."
Shushing them all, Cinder gets back on the call. "We're all still alive and kicking, Nezu. Now, what have you worked out?"
They all quickly catch him and the others up about their missions' successes and mishaps. But most importantly that they're all mostly waiting for their arrival before they jettison out of there.
"It sounds like you've all had quite the adventure." Cinder comments as he clings to the scarf as Fasttrack speeds through several turns and jumps over rubble. "But don't be afraid, with this last race we'll be drawing this adventure to a close!"
["But what about Vilgax?"] Nezu inquires. ["Did you manage to stop his tyrannical takeover?"]
Grinning, Fasttrack goes ahead and answers quickly. ["We had a blue with the bloke. But he's gonna hafta call an ambo to save his sorry arse."]
Cinder rolls his eyes, he can almost hear everyone giving each other confused looks. "Vilgax is down. And although we weren't able to apprehend him we are making our escape. And we're making good progress, so I anticipate us making it back to the Rustbucket in a few minutes."
Suddenly, spotting a hazard up ahead, Tsukauchi yells out. "Look out!"
Fasttrack digs his heels in as his batch of floating friends hold on to his shoulders and the scarf for dear life. But thankfully they all slide to a stop just feet away from a section of piping that collapses down from the ceiling in a burst of flames and rubble. Electricity dances off the pipes and rubble before vanishing but more rubble and shrapnel slides down from the gaping hole in the ceiling, effectively blocking their way.
Seeing this and after taking note that more explosive bursts of electricity can be heard in the distance Cinder gets back on the com-set to correct himself. "Never mind. It's going to take us a lot longer than I first thought."
As Fasttrack tries to rotate them around he pauses when his ears begin to twitch and pick up on a faraway hum. "Hm? Say do any of ya hear that? Sounds like moozie's flying around."
"Hm?" They all quiet down and try to listen, but they don't hear a thing.
Worried that they've stopped talking, those back at the hangar try to get them back. ["Hey guys."] asks Mina. ["What's going on?"]
["Are you all, okay, do you need help?!"] asks Present Mic.
"Shhh!" Ochaco shushes them over the call. "Give us a second, guys."
Eraserhead joins in, whispering. "Midoriya's picking up on something."
They all settle down once again and listen closely.
Fasttrack's ears remain perked, but they keep shifting this direction and that, like they're searching out the source itself or rather like his ears are following it as it makes all sorts of impossible directions.
Concerned, Toshinori leans in and does his best not to interrupt his focus. "Young Midoriya…what are you hearing?"
"That."
They hear it now, a slight hum, a burning hum that grows louder and louder. It's getting closer and fast, and as it does they keep their eyes on the hallway they just ran through for anything. That's when they see the end of the corridor begin to illuminate red with something burning approaching quickly from the other end.
It only takes a millisecond for Fasttrack to realize what it is. "Tetrax!"
Having realized the threat at the same time, the floating Tetrax embeds his fist into the nearby wall. Immediately he generates his own wall of crystals between them and the burning red glow racing towards them. And thankfully he manages to shield them all without a second to spare as a pair of burning Omega Beams crash and deflect away against the crystal barricade.
"Was that-?!" Ochaco begins but is cut off by the sound of metal benign ripped apart and bashed in.
Suddenly from the other end of the hall, a rampaging hulk of an alien with green skin and tentacles pouring down his face crashes down through the end of the hallway while roaring out in a thunderous rage. "Did you think I was finished?!"
Frozen in shock and fear, Cinder gives a gulp before making one last call. "Um, hey, things just went from bad…to worse."
He's a rat. A nasty, dirty rat. And he knows it. He knows it and to some degree he's proud of that. He's always been a street rat at heart. And right now, he's a rat on a sinking ship and he's going to bail.
That's why Nue's is making his way to the outer edges of the ship verses inwards where he knows Vilgax, his current commander, is located. He hasn't called in, hasn't confirmed anything about his mission. Nothing.
What would he even say? Would he tell the alien warlord that he lost to a grade school punk and that he allowed that same punk to blow up the warlord's own ship. "Fat chance. Nope. We're getting out of here. Unless you have any better ideas, Red?"
The weight on his shoulder begins to fall, Rojo's unconscious body hangs there unmoving and breathing slowly.
"Yeah, I thought so too." Shifting his shoulder, Nue readjusts her before continuing through the sparking corridors. "This place is cooked. No point in sticking around now. My only gripe is that I didn't snatch up some of those awesome tech-weapons. Oh, well, I guess…" Then again Red here looks like she's wearing some high-tech shit as armor so maybe he can at least get some cash for it even if it is broken. But still it would be nice to go back to the League with something to show for all his time and effort here.
As he approaches the next corridor he spots the smallest hints of movement, stopping Nue freezes in place as does the rabbit he's spotted. No, not a rabbit, but a rabbit-like droid, the LED Droid to be specific.
It freezes in place looking much like a deer in headlights would do. Frozen in fear before this mutant of a behemoth, it clutches onto the data-drive with all its life. But it seems the droid doesn't feel like sticking around for a conversation as it tries to duck away and flee the scene.
But in a blink of an eye, it gets snatched up in Nue's vice-like hand. "Where you going little guy?"
The droid whistles and beeps at him in a panic as it desperately begs him to let it go.
Noticing the device clutched in its robotic hands Nue can't help but be curious. "What ya got there?" Using his lower pair of arms, he takes the device from the droids.
The LED Droid is too terrified to do anything, so it goes quiet, too hesitant to answer but after giving it a "light" shake it spills all the tea in a series of whistles and beeps.
"Sooo, you were supposed to deliver this to Psyphon, huh? But because the ship started
blowing up you got lost." Sounds like he's bailing out at just the right time then. But why? What's on it?"
The little droid explains that it honestly has no idea and that it doesn't ask questions of its master, which in this case was Ragnarok who gave it its mission in the first place.
"So, Ragnarok was downloading…something and he gave this to you to deliver to Psyphon."
The droid nods.
"So, we can assume that whatever's on here is important. Or maybe even…valuable?"
The droid nods, hesitantly.
"Sweet." With a quick pink of his pincers Nue crushes the droid and tosses it while never taking his eyes off his new prize. "Maybe I'm not leaving as empty handed as I thought. A little insurance if you will. Hehehe." Pocketing the data drive he sets off once again for an escape. "Come on, Red. We can't lay around here forever."
Things have certainly gone from bad to worse, Vilgax is like a hurricane smashing through the rubble, sparks, and heat of the hallway with reckless and uncaring abandon.
"Uraraka!" Cinder shouts.
"Release!"
Upon Zero-Gravity breaking the squad of heroes land and take defensive positions with Cinder leading the way. "Quickly! Take him out!"
They each prepare their various weapons, but their efforts prove useless as Vilgax plows right through them with a speeding train. "I'LL DESTROY YOU ALL!"
As they're all thrashed aside, Bakugou of all people starts shouting in their ears for confirmation. ["Hey, Deku! Uraraka! Anybody! What's going on?! What's happening?!"]
Having been thrown to the ground, Fasttrack takes a second to answer with a press to a com-set. "We're in a real bind here, that we are!"
He sure is as Vilgax's tentacles wrap around Fasttrack's entire frame before ripping him off the ground and swinging him against the wall's bulkheads. "AHHH!"
["Deku?! Deku?! DEKU!"]
"Did you think you could escape my reach?! Did you think you could just run away with my prize?!"
"Um…yeah."
"Grr." Vilgax's tentacles squeeze against Fasttrack's frame, any harder and he'll be crushing his bones. "You thought wrong."
With everyone having been thrown across the hallway so hard and far, Uravity is the only one anywhere near the two. In fact she was thrown just off to their side and right underneath Vilgax's hoisted bicep. She panics and looks to the others for help but they are either too far or too injured to move quickly. It's up to her.
Fighting through her own pain and exhaustion she rises up as One For All begins to course through her. That familiar surge of power quickly envelops all around her as an aura of pink giving her a new second wind of energy to fight on! And so with heart set on teaching this villain a lesson for hurting her friends she throws her fist forward with a mighty. "SMAAASH!"
However, when she expects a display of pink fireworks launching Vilgax through the wall instead the power of One For All…retreats? She can still feel it, in fact her aura remains but it feels like the power itself has…reeled itself back. So instead of an awesome show of destructive power her little fist bumps the side of Vilgax's side without a hint of strength behind it.
Vilgax stops, his head slowly turning to glower at her and her defiance. "What's the matter child? Too frightened to face me? Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!"
While being helped up by Tsukauchi, Toshinori watches on and upon seeing her struggle he panics that not only is something may perchance be wrong but that his dear student is now up against the Grand Destroyer without any help!
Panicking, Uravity hits her fist against his side again and again but to no avail. "Oh, come on! Come on!" She's doing everything right. She's focused, allowing the power to flow. Even the aura around her frame is still present so why isn't anything happening? She hits him one last time and even presses her fist into his side but…nothing.
"Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Is that all Earth has to offer?! I never seen an attack so utterly-"
Suddenly, the power of One For All rushes forth and blasts Vilgax so hard that it's like a warhead was set off.
"AAAAAHHHHH!?/AAAHHH!" Both Vilgax and Uravity cry out in shock and pain.
For Vilgax, it's having his side feels like it was just torn into by a rocket boosted bulldozer that sends him crashing right through, not one, not two, but three layers of iron walls, pipes, and circuitry.
And for Uraraka, it's because of the sudden and agonizing pain rushing through her arm. It's fully intact, not bruised or seemingly broken. However, it's extremely painful, both numbing and stinging her nervous system. The aura around her arm even starts disrupting erratically like the power was glitching out. It's all too painful so much so that she drops to her knees while cradling her glitching arm.
"Uraraka?" Fasttrack, after having been dropped by Vilgax, blinks in confusion, wondering what's going on.
Ironically, it's Toshinori who's faster, after shoving past Tsukauchi, he rushes and falls at his student's side.
"Young Uraraka! What happened?! Are you hurt?! What-what…what happened?" He whispers as to not give away their shared secret.
Uravity's not sure herself as the glitching pain finally subsides. "N-no. I-I think I'm g-good but…" One For All is acting differently… She's not sure how but…it feels different? Something's wrong and she has no idea why or what it is.
Groaning, Vilgax pries himself out of several layers of wall and pipe. He nearly stumbles but quickly composes himself like nothing ever occurred. However, something had, something devilishly revealing. He watches at how worriedly the former Champion of Earth hovers over a seemingly random and insignificant youngling. How she appears to trust him full heartedly. And that power, that grand power it's-it's-it's- "His power…! I found it. One For All. She has it.' It's almost laughable, so much so he's almost tempted to show it. 'What a foolish choice for a successor. I would have chosen a warrior far more impressive and with much more glorious feats than her. But perhaps his blunder is my salvation!' With a roar Vilgax's tentacles lash out like a tornado of vines at the poor unguarded duo.
"AHHH!"
"Yoink!" In a blink of an eye, Fasttrack swoops in and snatches the duo up before dashing them away to safety just as the tentacles pierce the floor and wall like sharp lances.
Angered, Vilgax prepares to chase them down when a wall of crystals gets in his way. Wall after wall, Tetrax sets several barriers in the way in an attempt to hold him off, even temporarily so.
"That'll hold him." he declares with full confidence.
However the sound of crystals shifting and metal being pries away proves him otherwise.
Tsukauchi even states as much. "You're lying." And he doesn't even need his Quirk to confirm that.
Although Chopper fully agrees with him. Bz-oop!
Uravity's still put off by OFA's earlier…resistance in favor of focusing on the problems before them. "Wh-...what do…we do?"
"We can't do much." Eraserhead admits while still having to be supported by the kind Patelliday while using his free hand to grip the S.A.G.E. Gun. "We're all too injured, exhausted, nor strong enough to fight him off."
Patelliday sees the pro's points and agrees. "We're running out of options!"
"No." Stepping up Fasttrack puts Izuku's strategic mind on full display. "We still got one option: we're hitting the frog and toad!"
The others give the catman very confused looks.
Rolling his eyes, Fasttrack reclarifies. "We can still run away."
They immediately shoot that idea down, however.
Cinder especially. "Izuku, you can. But we can't. Even if Uraraka used her Zero-Gravity again we would only slow you down especially with the ship collapsing in on itself." More sparks fly from some exposed wiring as if to prove his point.
"I know that but ya don't understand. I'm running but so are ya." Seeing their confused faces, he continues knowing that it's not his accent that's confusing them. "Look here, that bloke's after me and the bloody Omnitrix. What he's not after is a group of bludgers like you."
After considering his words Tetrax has to admit the truth. "He's right. Vilgax will prioritize the Omnitrix over any of us."
Uravity doesn't like the sound of this at all. "But what about Deku?! He can't go on his own! We just got him back! What if something goes wrong?!" She looks to their homeroom teacher to back up her points. "Mr. Aizawa, tell them!"
Stepping up, or at least as best as he physically can, Eraserhead addresses his student's concerns directly. "You can't beat him. Not alone anyway."
Fasttrack's face drops with disappointment
"But you can out speed him."
He perks back up as Eraserhead continues.
"If you can just stay out of his grasp and retreat when the time is right then we'll all be able to get away unscathed."
Uravity doesn't like this, this is not how she thought this discussion would go. "But-but what if-what if you-?"
By settling a hand on her shoulder, Fasttrack is able to calm her down and provide her some reassurance. "Hey, I'll be fine. I promise. The moment I know ya'll are safe I'll turn into Big Chill and stroll on outta here."
"That sounds good and all, but what about your time limit? Won't he catch you then?!"
"I admit I thought that too but look at me. I've been Fasttrack for a good few minutes now and before that I was Chromastone, Rath, and Gravattack all without having to recharge. So, I think this new recalibro works differently than it used to." Although he has no idea how different. For all he knows maybe the limit is just longer? He has no idea, but he'll have to figure it out one way or another. "Either way, I have to do this. I'm the only one that can keep this bruiser distracted enough for ya'll to scram."
Not one of them seems to agree with this plan. As each of them air their concerns and why this plan is a terrible one, they only grow more panicked as the nearby wall of crystals begin to rattle and shake as the sound of metal and crystal being pried away grows closer. Which seems to only spur them to argue louder and more chaotically.
It's only when the former Number One Hero steps in, do they all settle down. "Young Midoriya," Wanting to approach the boy, Tsukauchi helps his dear friend to do so. Now standing before the lad, Toshinori looks towards the others and declares. "I believe in him. He can do this, we just need to have faith in his abilities. Like I do."
Fasttrack can't stop the smile from forming on his face. Hearing this, honestly, feels like a dream come true.
And it seems that the rest of them seem to have come to an agreement after considering that this is truly their only way out.
Eraserhead pats a fist to Fasttracks' shoulder. "Don't do anything reckless. You hear me or you'll have to write me an essay about self-preservation when classes start back up."
Fasttrack chuckles at that as Patelliday helps Eraserhead away.
Stepping forward Tetrax has a turn at addressing the lad. "The day I first met you I considered you to be the worst candidate to wield the Omnitrix. But I'm honored to say that my first impressions were wrong." He holds his hand out and they both share a firm and respected handshake.
As Tetrax steps back, Chopper takes his place. Looking up at the much taller being, the little droid clearly has some nasty words to say. Wo-wop. Bz-pop! Wrr.
But despite that, Fasttrack is just happy to see him. "Yeah, I love ya too man."
Pausing, Chopper stares before quickly hugging Fasttracks' legs before zipping away like it never happened.
The catman finds this all so amusing, but his smile softens as his own father steps before him.
It's admittedly awkward, the two of them have never been the best at the whole touchy-feelings and embracing each other. They just finally really started to be comfortable around each other.
And yet this is still such a somber moment for Cinder. "I just got you back."
Fasttrack understands the unspoken words. "And now you gotta let me go…"
Cinder chuckles weakly. "Ironic, isn't it?"
"Yeah….
There's not much else to say as the two embrace. For Hisashi it's especially sobering, with how tall Fasttrack is it feels like he's hugging a grown-up version of his kid. A kid he's admittedly barely known due to his absence. And now it feels like he's just admitted that his little boy has grown to be a man he can forever be proud of. "I love you, son."
"I love you too, Dad."
Pulling away Cinder looks upon his boy one last time and although this form is not truly him, his eyes are all his.
Finally, that only leaves Uravity left who's still uncertain about all this.
He doesn't rush her, ironically, he waits patiently for her to address him. And after a moment she finally gives in and asks. "You really got this?"
"I got this." He holds out his fist to her.
She considers it but after a moment a soft smile breaks free from her and she lightly taps her fist against his. "You got this."
That he does. "Now get going. Before I run ya outta here myself."
Nodding she goes, helping Tsukauchi with Toshinori as the others lead the way down a different corridor; one that isn't collapsed in or on fire.
Watching them go Fasttrack feels both lonely yet excited because for the first time in a long while he feels useful. He can help and that he's not the one that needs saving but does the saving. And it's a big moment for him. But it's also important and a life threatening one: so much so that he better think of a plan quickly in keeping Vilgax's attention on him.
"IZUKU MIDORIYA!" Vilgax tears and smashes his way through the crystal barricade, ripping it off its base while prying away the metal walls and floors to get through. "YOU ARE MINE!"
Fasttrack smirks "That's the idea!" Fasttrack smirks before dashing around and past Vilgax in the opposite direction that his friends are going.
Vilgax takes the bait, his tentacles lashing out in pursuit of the speedster.
Nearly tripping over himself, Fasttrack nearly takes a tentacle or two to the face but after a moment he starts to get used to the rush. "Hahaha! You slowpoke! Is that all ya got?!"
He spoke too soon as one of the tentacles sweeps his legs and down the speedster goes rolling across the corridor headfirst. As his body hits the ground his fur pulses with blue jolts of energy, but the pulse dissipates quickly as he slides to a stop. "Oof… Oh man, ya do pack quite the wallop."
"That I do." Not caring to physically pursue the annoyance Vilgax retaliates with a pair of tracing Omega Beams!
Getting back up, Fasttrack speeds away down the hall where of course the Omega Beams follows. He turns the right corner, but they're still there. He makes the next right corner. They turn again without losing any speed. He makes another right turn! They're on his heels! But as he makes his final right turn he ends up back into the same hallway just on the opposite end from where Vilgax is facing!
Dashing forward Fasttrack zips right behind Vilgax where he slides right between his legs and watches with a smirk as Vilgax is shot in the back by his own heat vision!
"Ahh!" This time it's the titans turn to eat dirt while Fasttrack looks on smugly. "Like I said, ya do pack a wallop. Hahaha!"
"Enjoying this? Good. Please, I insist that you do. It'll make your last moments so much more pitiful!" Rising back up the Grand Destroyer unleashes such a vortex with his Turbulent Exhale that it sweeps the entire corridor like a funnel!
Not wanting to be blown away Fasttrack races off in an attempt to out speed the whirlwind. But he's too slow as his tail followed by the rest of his body are swept away in the vortex.
"Woooaaah!" The catman is helpless to do anything as he's sent spinning across the rubble filled corridors. As he's flung into the walls and as debris flies into him pulses of blue energy ripple across his fur. The pulses only grow more intense with every strike and ricochet of debris and his own body until he's sent slamming into a dead-end where his entire body flares with one big pulse.
"Uhh. Okay, maybe I should have gone with XLR8 instead. He's definitely faster, no way a breeze like that would have caught him." Harsh to say but it's the truth. "But this new bludger has got to have some kind of gimmick? There's gotta be something to give me an edge!"
Hang on, his body, his fur, his…energy feels different. He feels like he's somehow regaining some energy, some stamina. His fur feels pricklier and spikier than it had before. And there's this strange hue of pulsating from the end of his rope-like tail. The very tip of it is sparking with this blue energy making his tail seem more like an ignited fuse than anything else.
"What's this?" Raising a finger he gives the fluctuating energy a light poke. And much to his surprise the energy flicks his finger away so hard that his whole hand is thrown back. "Huh? What is this…?"
He tries to recall if he had done anything strange or different up till now. But all he can think of is how much of a beaten he's been taking and how much he's been thrown around and hitting everything…
"Hang on. Could that be the gimmick? Am I absorbing kinetic energy like a dingo devours a roo? That's got to be it! The more I'm bunged on a blue the more rocked up I can be! Now there's just one question? What can I do with it?" Eagerly, Fasttrack focuses his attention back at Vilgax who seems to be waiting for him to make a move. "Time to find out!"
With a ZRRRRROOOOOMMMMM Fastrack dashes straight down the expansive corridor leaving a trail of blue light behind as he goes.
"Coming to face your doom head on. I congratulate you, Izuku Midoriya, the galaxy will know that you did not die a COWARD!" Instead of throwing up a Ziegel Shield, Vilgax sees this attack as an opportunity to deliver some real damage by using his Infernal Sword to create a mace so massive that it takes up most of the Fasttrack's path leaving no room for the speedster to maneuver around.
Not that he can if he wanted to, he's locked into such a beeline sprint that he can't turn like he would as XLR8! But he doesn't need to, he trusts himself to make it through this! The end of his tail ignites like a fuse line as the sparks begin to travel down his tail.
"Vilgax! You're nothing but a bloody wanker! And I will not allow you to get in my way anymore!" The sparks speed down his tail and as they reach his spine Fasttrack's entire body ignites with kinetic energy that sends him bursting with so much speed that he breaks the sound barrier! A sonic boom travels behind the ignited speedster as he delivers a "HOT ROD BLUE!"
Throwing his fist forward as he runs, Fasttrack's fist collides and SMASHES through the Infernal Mace. By doing so it feels like he sent off a detonation as a Sonic Boom explodes from his fist with all of the collected kinetic power behind it!
This blast of speed tears through the Infernal weapon like confetti before barreling down on an all too shocked Vilgax. But thanks to his Quirk taking the brunt force of the strike he himself manages to brace himself against the quick but violent sonic boom.
Even so he can do nothing but hold his ground as Fasttrack speeds past like a blur. Sliding to a stop far behind the villain, Fasttrack needs a moment to catch his breath and to reel back from the excitement. "Crickey! That was gnarly! Hahaha! Let's go for round 2 then!"
He excitedly zooms right back the way he came, fully intending on landing another Hot Rod Blue onto Vilgax directly this time!
However, he's not moving as fast as before. So much so, Vilgax has enough time to put up an actual golden shield this time.
And like a tennis ball to a racket, Fasttrack slams into the Ziegel Shield without moving it an inch. "Bloody hell?!"
"You insolent pest!" Vilgax rages, thrusting the shield and thus Fasttrack away.
Not wanting to be caught prone on the ground, Fasttrack relies on his catlike reflexes to finally land on his feet and swiftly speed back a ways putting some distance between him and his enemy. "What was up with that whisky dick of a fight?! Don't tell me I only got one round in me!" Not that can't be right. Checking the tip of his tail he finds that the collected fluctuating energy is gone. The stored up kinetic energy is gone! "What the hell?! I blew my load all in one go?!" That's not good! It may be an effective technique but right now it's also unreliable because ain't no way he's gonna allow Vilgax to thrash him around just so he can be strong enough to get one hit in. No sir!
Deciding that he was overzealous by getting into a fist fight right at the start anyway, Fasttrack spins around and tries to hightail it out of there.
Realizing that he's fleeing, Vilgax smashes the ground with a combination of Bio-fist and Inflame making a ground smash so strong that every panel across the corridor breaks away under the force.
The resulting tremor tears apart the floor as if something underneath were chasing him! And it might as well be as Fasttrack tries to put the pedal to the metal! But the metal of the floor catches up to him first and before he knows it there isn't even a floor to stand on anymore!
This would be fine; he'll land onto the next level below…except there is no lower level. He's forgotten one crucial fact, this is Vilgax's ship. He knows it. It's his domain. So, he's far more aware of where things are and what's waiting for them. And right now, that appears to be the ship's expansive and vast inner workings.
And so down Fasttrack falls, swallowed up into the pitch-black darkness of the Chimeran Hammer's bones.
To be continued…one last time.
Like I said at the beginning of this chapter. This ending was not my original plan. But as you have already seen this chapter is a loooong one. But don't worry, Part 2 will be posted tomorrow morning. Heck, maybe I'll update it tonight if I can swing it! Otherwise, I can't wait to hear from you all next time.
*RECALIBRATED OMNITRIX It finally happened. The Omnitrix has finally recalibrated. So, you can all stop asking me if it's gonna happen!
So, to be clear the Omnitrix no longer has a time limit but an energy limit much like Alien Force had. Injuries will remain to carry over between aliens to Izuku. And he can transform from one alien to the next but it's not a pure Master Control. So, he can still revert back to human at the wrong times if he doesn't manage his own stamina and transformations.
He also has all of the aliens he has collected up till now, which is why we had Rath appear just to help solidify that part, and yes I saw Deadpool and Wolverine right before being inspired to write that part. Actually, that movie might have also been an inspiration as to why Fasttrack now has an Aussie accent. In any case, Deku now he has an added set of 9 NEW ALIENS.
1. Chromastone
2. Fasttrack
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4. _
5. _
6. _
7. _
8. _
9. Gravattack
Any guesses on what the other 6 might be?
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*S.A.G.E. GUN So, I briefly mentioned that I cut some things out for time. And one of those items was the S.A.G.E. Gun. I know I introduced a new function in the last chapter but with 9 new aliens to introduce, all the characters, the fights, etc. I decided to not incorporate the S.A.G.E. Gun for now. Plus, I've been so busy I haven't had proper time to design new S.A.G.E. Gun forms for each alien.
In the meantime, check out the S.A.G.E. Bazooka by "Voidv25" on Deviant Art.
Link to Artwork: "SAGE-GUN by Voidv25" on Deviant Art
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*ONE FOR ALL I am well aware that people have issues with Ochaco having One For All. It was a combination of me trying to skip through other character's development and taking shortcuts in an attempt to focus more on what I actually wanted to write: action, fights, aliens, etc.
But my hope is that after this chapter we can really begin to address those issues. As we kinda saw OFA act a bit strangely during this chapter. There are reasons for this, reasons I will delve into later on. But for now just know that she's gonna have to really work or rather reign in OFA. And also, in case it wasn't hinted to or suggested enough, Ochaco will no longer die from having OFA after this chapter as well. And yes the two events are related to each other. (Again, more details about them later).
Responses for "Guest" reviewers from Ch.86:
Grimm: Officially this is the best chapter of your story in my opinion! Everything here is spectacular, the fights, the developments in Bakugou along with Henzu's near redemption and how he feels, Todoroki's new technique that I'm already imagining its subsequent improvement or how all might is honest with Midoriya or saving his life at the cost of his health, and Deku remembering what it means to be a Hero. Everything here is perfect, keep it up my friend, you maintain the essence of all the characters and improve it.
Guardian-Sigil: Officially this is one of the greatest things I can hear. I really wanted this entire arc to get better and better with every chapter. I think I nailed it, or at least got pretty close. I know this chapter might have backtracked a bit at the beginning with Izuku's inspiration, but I still think it's all come together.
DeadCool14: SO, DOOOOOOOOOPE! Everything about this was awesome
Todoroki's The Batman Mr. Freeze armor is cool as hell, Thirteen's and Bakugou's speech were so good, he honestly sounds closer like how he is at the end of the series rn
Really wish Ochako was there to help during the helpless moment too tho, maybe having doubts herself until Deku finally has his 'Moves Without Thinking' moment; that's been a long time coming, hope Ochakp gets hers too. Would have been cool to see Deku also grab a piece of metal to try and fight Vilgax, to parallel All Might and Nana's first meeting
The SAGE Bazooka looks cool, but honestly, it resembles a shotgun more than a bazooka. Still awesome tho, the design reminds me of DmC: Devil May Cry
Sorry for repeating some of the asks, I genuinely forget sometimes
Aw man, I was just about to ask if Deku would say the 'I can do this all day' line. Well, at least I can ask if you'll give him Shinning Knight's final stand against Eiling from the JLU "Patriot Act"
I really liked the ending. It does makes sense they're not able to hang out all the time given they're probably working super hard to better society. I love Deku being a teacher, reminds me of when Spiderman did that for a while, and when he became a teacher for a class of young troublemaking X-Men. I really like the Iron Man suit but I do find it bullshit that it took 8 years to build this one when All Might had his in the span of a few months, tho you could argue the reason is that Deku's is way more powerful and advanced, with all the bells and whistles. Whole different topic, but I kinda wish that he was secretly pulling a Batman and being a vigilante with very basic gear, in a bit of a reference to his prototype version
And come on! No IzuOcha confirmation besides Ochako's pressure point brace looking like Deku's mask?! I mean for God's sake, you could have at least shown them getting crepes during the montage or even a shot of Deku's phone showing that 1-A are still texting each other and Ochako's name has a heart, or them holding hands in the final splash page!
But besides that, really good, I'll miss this series so much
I love Superman vs The Elite. In some aspects it's better than the comics, like giving The Elite more personality besides being a semi-pastiche of The Authority and having them actually help Superman save people, showing that they do want to help and do believe their ways are correct, but it's all overshadowed by their ego and selfishness and wanting to be the ones with power for once
S.A.G.E Gun ideas are fire, backstory and function wise!
Ideas: It can also become a Halo Energy Sword, dual wield pistols, twin daggers and Franky's Heavy Nunchucks from One Piece h_t_t_p_s/w_w_w.y_ou_t_u_b_e.c_om/watch?vHZXQQnUtCSo
And there's also a move Zoro does with them, where he sticks his swords in one of them and swings them; I can see Rath doing that
Oh and speaking of Thriller Bark, look up 'One Piece Big Emperor' on Youtube, that would be a goddamn perfect moment XD. But I can also legitimately see that as an actual move Deku could do wither Ditto or Echo Echo
That fan art was great, loved Way Big's freckles XD
Would Deku have a moment with Malware like he had with Shigaraki? Because they really are alike here, since Azmuth abandoned Malware like Hisashi did Izuku instead of trying to help him and Malware getting impatient. Malware is probably what he could have become if he didn't even have his mom, and Malware had literally no one. And if you do, I assume it's probably not gonna be as satisfying as when Ben defeated Malware in canon, it'll probably cause a rift between Deku and Azmuth and would intensify his resolve to reach Shigaraki
Aizawa told Deku he'd be having counseling with Hound Dog after his summer vacation and camp. I think if it'd be a funny scene for them to tell him that he might be a little obsessed and tell Hound Dog about that too lol; but also be a little impressed and jealous that even at that point he's still trying to improve himself. And it could lead to a really heartfelt moment with Ragdoll
And speaking of her; you can still have Deku show Kota some moves he came up with in his head when the Pussycats come visit. I also imagine Deku bringing up Humungousaur and Tsu insulting the name, which would make the Pussycats give her a 'death glare' XD
It said on a pop-up trivia for "Back With a Vengeance" that Vilgax destroyed several planets and created a black hole
Yeah, I think it's an interesting idea and it would be neat to have the Knights wear them, maybe they have Deku go on an undercover, and he shockingly learns that a lot of the Knights are a lot like him, and that he could have ended up joining them if not for the right circumstances
Oh, I thought you did, given how when you make Brooklyn 99 references you have him be Jake, and it would be funny too
Guardian-Sigil: I knew the last chapter was COOOOL. HAHAHAHA!
I am actually jealous I didn't think of using the Shinning Knight's final stand scene in this entire chapter. Damn. Oh, well. Next time. Funny enough, my original plan for the S.A.G.E. Gun was that it would combine with the Omnitrix shield to become an Energy Sword. Obviously things change but I'll figure out who can use it.
As of now no. Deku doesn't get a big moment with Malware any time soon.
Oh, the infamous pop-up trivia strikes again I see.
Eh, I don't think Deku would join a cult. Even if he went undercover he wouldn't fall that deep
Guest: Just a thought but you should do an ova from the Star trek lower decks episode where the LW crew got left on a satellite in space for 6 hours before the captain realized they left them.
Guardian-Sigil: Hahahaha! I like that. But if you want a better chance of this Omake happening then please post this suggestion in "Heroes Never Die; It's Hero Time, Anytime." It will have a better chance of me finding it again if it is a review over there then here
Guest: So you HAVE both heard of and seen one of my favorite shows of all time. I didn't even know there was a website for that back then. Ryuga was my favorite character, whenever he showed up he took the spotlight and was SO FREAKING POWERFUL, and I was so upset that his fate at the end of Metal fury is unclear and possibly implies death. I wasn't that big of a fan of Shogun Steel, Zyro was to whiny for a protagonist IMO. Oh no, my 100 bey-win streak! or "If this had been a Cyclone bey stadium!" when he fought Sakyo. I'm like, "bruh, that shouldn't have mattered, you should have been more aware of your suroundings". Which raises the question, Where did Sakyo get his bey? It's heavily implied that he got it from Ryuga, but Ronin Dragoon is able to fuse or sync(whatever it's called) with Gryphon so THAT implies the WBBA made it. Also, Sakyo said he got it from a Legendary Blader but last we saw of Ryuga in the show he was both MIA and technically not a Legendary Blader anymore. I know we receive confirmation of his status as alive in the manga of Shogun Steel but the show is not the manga. Sorry for the tangent.
Interesting thing that you bring up Pokemon, while I was waiting for this chapter to drop, I was watching a let's play of Detective Pikachu and Detective Pikachu Returns, because I wanted to see the game/games that inspired the movie after seeing the movie.
I agree that Rise of Skywalker is a bad movie, it's just that the first time and only time I saw it, I had fun watching it, then the cracks showed in the form of online reviewers who were a lot more attentive to plot holes, poor character development, and narrative contrivances specifically put in to address audience push back about Rey PALPATINE being a Mary Sue than I was at the time
Condiment King was not a suggestion, he was a case study.
I think that's fine, you go and have your fun putting in third party characters into your story.
What the *bleep* did Ragnarok do to the Omnitrix, and can it be reversed? It's nice to see Cosmo get her due credit for her abilities, and really bad that Gran Torino is out of commission, I think that LIGHTSABER would have been real handy against Vilgax.
PS. I thought I posted this on the last chapter's comment section, guess not. I wonder how that happened. I was wondering what your response to my comment would be. This chapter was much longer than the last two chapters, which is good, I guess.
You've repeatedly said that you don't think you are writing the fight scenes well, I would like to say that is absolutely WRONG. The fight between Nue and Bakugo is spectacular, and all the other fights you've written since the start are amazing to me, I might even say that you're better at fight choreography than the guys working on DB Super. How high of a bar THAT is, I don't know. Let's hope that it's a pretty high bar.
As far as the ending of MHA, I saw someone voice a theory early on, just after the final fight with AFO, that Shigaraki had given OFA back to Izuku with that "fist bump" and I thought, "That doesn't seem right. Shigaraki wouldn't have known how to do that." Thinking on it more gave me this. AFO proper didn't know exactly how OFA kept getting passed onto other people, neither Izuku or Toshinori told either Shigaraki or AFO that OFA was passed on by the will of the current user and a transference of DNA, and it wasn't exactly part of the original plan to basically let the bad guys get what they wanted. But, I still thought that maybe, it hasn't been confirmed just yet, wait to the end, maybe, somehow, Shigaraki gave Izuku back OFA without realizing it, sadly no. Maybe there's a sequel spin-off in the works like how Shogun Steel was to Beyblade Metal Fusion/Masters/Fury but I don't know.
Back to the chapter, Coms are down! which makes sense. Vilgax isn't stupid, MOST OF THE TIME (Omniverse) he know the plumbers are spread out everywhere on his ship, one group moved to free the prisoners, another moved to blow up the Ideon Cannon, another moved to blow up the power core and yet another moved to retrieve his most recent and prized prisoner, they're all probably talking with one another, the smart move is to put a stop to that, vexing as it is for us and the Heroes.
It's nice that the heroes who really needed to know that Vilgax has Quirks now, know that Vilgax has Quirks now, and it's a good thing they found out sooner rather than later, although I suppose sooner was a given with Aizawa and his quirk and Detective Tsukauchi on that team.
One last thing,
AAAAAAAALL MIIIIIIIIGHT!
Guardian-Sigil: Oh yeah that website was amazing! I think it shut down a while back. Oh, fond memories. I loved the world tournament arc myself with all the various teams of fighters from each country was great!
I actually played Detective Pickachu myself but I forgot about the fact that the second one came out. I still haven't even checked it out yet
Oh, Ragnarok didn't harm the Omnitrix… Buuuuut what he did may harm others. Only time will tell.
Thank you for the kind words BTW. Not sure if I'd go as far to compare my choreography to DB Super but I appreciate it all the same.
I'm sure MHA is gonna continue in some form. They pretty much confirmed that they have 5-6 more movies they want to do. Plus I'm sure MHA Vigilante's gonna get an anime adapt at some point
Grimm: hey wildmutt can identify each person by their smell, you already described what Bakugou, shinso or uraraka smell like, but in general what does each member of class A smell like? Some of them I have an idea.
Guardian-Sigil: well this certainly is a unique question. I'm not sure how the rest of them would smell like. Bakugou was easy since nitro-glycerin naturally smells like caramel. But Shinso and Uraraka's smells were based off their own personalities. So I imagine that for the rest of class 1-A that would be the philosophy to follow. Like Maybe Aoyama smells like hot glue because he bedazzles himself and his cloths with too much glitter. Or Kirishima uses too much body spray like AXE and maybe smells like hair dye. Or Iida has a hint of burning oil and engine fumes but maybe also of cleaning supplies because of how orderly he is. Jiro would smell like a music room with a perfume that is so subtle that almost no one notices, hinting to how shy she is about herself.
Basically their smell should represent them
Anon: This chapter was fucking epic, you really tried hard in this chapter, the character developments were spectacular, especially that of Bakugou and Nue, when Bakugou's apology arrives, now they will really have weight, Todoroki with his new technique is great Although I am a little confused about how it is created, I would like some power ups for other characters like Kaminari training with all the electric aliens to understand and improve his quirk or mineta with gadgets like a hook with its sphere at the tip to have a grip better (more considering its small stature that makes it very light) or a shield with its balls reinforcing it for ranged attacks and stopping bullets. By the way, does Vilgax know about Machia or not? Furthermore, vilgax can harm or cope with it? or considers that it is not worth the time to attack due to his resistance and almost infinite stamina.
Guardian-Sigil: So admittedly the mechanics of Shoto's new technique was my best attempt to explain something without trying to fully use anime-logic or sci-fi logic. But essentially the Plumber suit is already equipped with such refined and boosted temperature controls that it can do the work of his Quirk for him. That's really it.
I just wanted to give him something unique and viable to use in the future that can be upgraded and refined later on
And Vilgax probably doesn't know about Machia, assumedly.
Like AFO said he lays out multiple paths for victory so it stands to reason that many of these paths will not cross. So, in this case the path of which he uses Machia and uses Vilgax do not cross.
Billyjean: What are your thoughts on the news that Dynamite Entertainment plans to publish a new Ben 10 comics series. I for one am all for getting some new official Ben 10 content released. We've been in a bit of a Ben 10 dry spell lately and considering the popularity of Dynamite Entertainment other published comics I'm hoping these new Ben 10 comics will be more popular then some previous ones.
Guardian-Sigil: I have dispaointment in one hand and excitment in the other. Like I wanted a new series or the rumored live-action movie (which was just confirmed as canceled). I wanted to sink my teeth into a new Ben Ten animated series. Like I always assumed Ben Ten would be like TMNT where every generation gets to have their own version that evolve, change, adapt, and expand in their own unique ways.
But on the other hand. A Ben Ten comic series has soooo much potential. We can get more mature themes and stories. A more cohenrent story. Expansion on other characters and worlds outside of earth. Aliens, worlds, and plots not limited by budget or animation restraints. It's all right there!
But then again this comic series could be tailered to a much younger demographic that won't have much for older fans to return to.
So it's a big bag of emotions right now but I am at least interested to see what happens.
Thunder Dragon: Oh great. This is where everything goes belly up. All Might bought the farm, and the Omnitrix is still in Vilgax claws. And I was wrong. I hope that One For All goes to someone else.
Guardian-Sigil: Look…OFA is not leaving Ochaco. Sorry but no. That said (assuming you read this latest chapter and read my earlir Authors Note) Ochaco will have some work to do with OFA.
Also please see the review below cause I think it reflects pretty closely to how I feel
Guest: I'm sorry to break your illusions, but no one else will go to One For All, and it's better to have the idea that it won't happen until the end of the fic, and in my opinion, One For All is not the most broken thing in history, especially considering what it has. the world of Ben 10 with power level, and I don't know what your problem is with One For All bro, you're lucky that only Uraraka has it here and not Deku with the Omnitrix because that would be a power imbalance.
Guardian-Sigil: Thank you. Just thank you. Deku with OFA is just…I see it everywhere and I think it's so unneccasry. I mean he has the Omnitrix, give OFA to someone else that could use its powers in their own way
DeadCool14 again: Ngl, really thought Vilgax would be actually nigh-invulnerable, shocking to see the lasers hurt him
Ok, if you are gonna add Jeff and give him to someone, then Deku HAS to get Zedd. This boy NEEDS an Emotional Support Animal, and what better choice than the one that tried to kill him? And as a gag, if they get translator collars, she could talk like Alpha from UP, and maybe be like Ace from Batman Beyond
More S.A.G.E Gun ideas: Upgrade S.A.G.E gun Amazo or Pandora from Devil May Cry 4, fire and ice gun slike Captain Cold and Heat Wave, Atlantean weapons from Aquaman for Water Hazard to use, an attachment for Rath that maybe heats up claws? Wolverine could do that for a while, because of his anger (sounds more like an Ultimate power actually), maybe Grey Matter turn it into a walker or tank, an electric bear trap, devices for Astrodactyl to fashion his whips into swords, maybe he and Albedo have a light saber duel with a Spaceballs reference, a failsafe device Deku can set up that if the gun gets knocked off his hand, maybe he finds a special way to shoot it and if someone pulls the trigger like normal they get shocked?
Maybe a distraction move with Diamondhead? He faints with a ricochet crystal and then shoot with the gun
This:
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Deku would also be weird with food but has limits. And people would point out how similar he is to his dad in that regard despite him denying it. Maybe you could do the haggis scene from Earthworm Jim and also have Deku eat those foods in smoothie form
Have you seen the Aquaman movies and Black Adam? Because I can see a lot of inspiration for fights from them. Like the JSA's first fight against Black Adam with Ryukyu, Nejire and Deku, heck the scenes of Cyclone and Atom Smasher using their powers but with Nejire or Terraspin and Humungousaur? And Water Hazard doing that move with the trident (S.A.G.E gun could also become a trident for WH and Ripjaws) that Vulko showed Aquaman, which he could have copied from seeing Bivalvan do it
And speaking of Bivalvan, what do you think of making him a straight up Waterbender? It makes sense if you think about it, because his species use the moisture from the environment to make water, but his world is mostly a desert so there isn't much water to make, but what if he was on a planet that is mostly water? I imagine he'd be pretty strong, partly because Bivalvan is special among his kind, he has way better control over water than any other Orishan, not because of skill alone, but because he was just born better; which could be a good reason for an Aggregor-like character to want him. And a really badass fight scene for him could be from Aquaman 2, when Orm gets his strength back, and that water shockwave move he does too
Would the Forever Knights from Enock's faction wear samurai and oni masks? (Look up men-yoroi on wikipedia) It would be very fitting if they're the Japan brand of the Knights
Would Jiro get some shooting gear? Cuz we did see her use her jacks to throw those darts, which could be useful. Deku would go nuts that she has that level of control
I really don't want any deviation from the story, just, have sweet moments during those small scenes where everyone is talking, it doesn't even have to be the focus, you can just say they're doing romantic shit off-screen, I just need SOMETHING from one of the authors I like, it's like being in a drought! XD DX
Guardian-Sigil: "If it bleeds then we can kill it." And Vilgax certainly can bleed. And he does after what we've just seen.
Thanks for the S.A.G.E. Gun ideas: I thought of the Rath one too which would be perfect for him. I have an idea for Grey Matter tha it becomes a flying saucer that he can ride around in.
I've only seen the first Aquaman movie and I have never seen Black Adam.
Eh, I'm not too crazy about Bivalvan being a water bender. I mean at that point wouldn't I be doing that new water powered alien from the Ben Ten reboot? And besides I don't really have a need or use to bring in Bivalvan into the story anyway.
Huh, Forever Knights wearing different attire according to their regions is not a bad idea. I'll mull it over
(Shrugs) I currently have no plans to give Jiro new gear. I mean she already has a means of range attacks.
Guest: I came across this image and it would be very cool to see it in a scene
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Guardian-Sigil: I see it ad yeah it would be cool. I'll keep it in mind next time we see Wildmutt
BlueRanger-Lyric: God damn it, of all the cliffhangers to leave us on, why did it happen to be something like this?! All Might better survive this, since it's not his time yet, he still has so much to do, and I would love to see how he adapts to the knowledge of Aliens being real, and the idea that all his friends know ether knew about it before him and those that now know, anyway, it was interesting seeing the fights that Bakugo and Todoroki were put through and how much it challenged them and pushes them to go beyond their limits, especially for Shoto's case with his Pluto's Whitefire, an interesting idea and concept, and it makes me wonder what Endeavor will think if he was to ever find out about that move, I wonder if he'll even approve of it or see any practical use for if, since it sacrifices speed/mobility and range attacks for higher defence and higher temperature output from the hands, and Bakugo's speech in this chapter, wow, he's really come a long way to admit he's not perfect and that there are others that are better than him, and to his enemy no less, makes me look forward to see how he'll rise to new challenges with Aliens involved, and as for the Vilgax fight, I almost thought that with Aizawa's ability to cancel out Vilgax's Quirks that it would have made the fight a little easier for them, and I guess I should have known Vilgax would will never make any fight with anyone easy, even when he's put in a disadvantage, just goes to show how smart and resourceful he can be when push comes to shove, and it's good to see that Izuku hasn't given up yet, and I'm curious to see what will happen when Izuku gets the Omnitrix back, and what new alien he'll get that'll help turn the tides in the heroes favour and put a damper on Vilgax's plan, in fact, I'm curious if Vilgax's plan will backfire when the heroes win, and if so, how much will it backfire on him when the Galaxy see's that Earth's heroes are capable of beating Vilgax and the Plumbers can keep the Galaxy safe from him, so yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next in the next few chapters, keep us the good work bud!~
Guardian-Sigil: MwaHahahaha! Yes! Yes! Your anger feeds me. You have fallen for my trap and now you're mine! MwaHahahaha!
Guest: So I've seen some Fanart of Izuku and Ochako Married in the Time skip, and some are saying that the image with Izuku and Ochaco together in the snow and Ochaco wearing Izuku's scarf is meant to be an indication that the two are "Together", so I'm wondering what's your take on the relationship between Izuku and Ochaco if they might be married in the epilogue, I personally would like it to be that way, especially with all the build up we've been having throughout the MHA Story
I also wonder if you'll ever change your mind at some point in your fanfic and at least include ships that "Most" fans can agree on, because there are ships that most of us can agree on and be okay with, but it's ultimately up to you if you want to do that at any point or not
Guardian-Sigil: Well considering the epilogiue of MHA is only 8 years, my head cannon is that they are dating and not married…yet.
I am consideirng ships but it's more for the sake of Toga's own arc and development being so tied with Ochaco's in canon. So I am still debating how far to take it, at most I may just do what Harry Potter did and show which ships happen at the end
BlueRanger-Lyric again: I saw that one line in the preview and almost immediately knew it was from "Treasure Planet" and that it reminded me of this Comic Dud where All Might gives this speech to Izuku, and I'm hopping it'll be the same case in the next chapter
Video is "Makings of Greatness (MHA Comic Dub)" by Skeleton08, link htt_ps/y_outu_be/c_hvv_TQ_3Eo_Ws?sibxchYCnd9D5iNRQo
Guardian-Sigil: Awe, man. I thought that I came with this idea first… I guess great minds think a like. And only those with real taste understand true art when they see it
(Treasure Planet is an underrated treasure of a film and you cannot convince me otherwise)
Guest: I know this is a long way off. But when Zeb turns on Kyber you should let her keep the nemetrix. I really want to see those alien predators on the heroes side later on. It would be so cool!
Guardian-Sigil: We shall see. I mean she will have to lose it either way but maybe she can have some fun with it first
Anon again: Can Wildmutt recognize Toga even when he transforms into someone? Why do I imagine that she smells of blood and metal from her knives and can detect her heartbeat, even when she is close or interacts with him or Uraraka? According to Midoriya, she has a third smell that she cannot identify and that it is better not to know where it comes from. ...if you know how to wear a toga with him.
Guardian-Sigil: Probably, I would assume so but we'll see if I put this into practice. Oh that "third" smell was blood he was smelling. Considering the context of having missing students and heroes he was fearing that maybe this psycho chick might have stabbed someone to death. Next time I will just say blood
BlueRanger-Lyric again x2: I found something on Reddit that I think would have been a good addition to the Manga, at in my opinion anyway, but I'd be interested to hear what you think of it
Translation is in the comments below
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Guardian-Sigil: If you want me to see a speicific image PLEASE List every detail like I did below (number each detail, list it out)
1. The site
2. Name of image or video
3. Who it's by
4. What it depicts
5. A broken up URL
For example: delete the spaces (_ ) within the URL below in order to get the full link.
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This way I know for sure that I am seeing exactly what you want me to see
Guest: How would you cast a seiyuu to voice Izuku's alien?
Guardian-Sigil: I'd cast most of their original voice actors from the main Ben Ten series. I can't really picture anybody else for any of them
Guest: I have to resend my review as it needed editing.
All Might bought the farm their. And now the whole situation has gotten even worse. But Izuku has found his courage again.
Now I have a question. What are your thoughts on making a story based on a What if video from We the Celestial's but altering the story somewhat? That What If is called What If Deku Got Six Paths Mode?
Now here are the breaks and alterations you can use this for your own take on that story and to make it unique from We the Celestials What If.
Now take a look at the original story but try to make your own spin but maybe make things here are the breaks and alterations to make it unique from We the Celestials What If. Maybe you can use this for your own take on that story. If you do I hope this helps.
First and foremost The story has to have a happy ending for Izuku and be in line more with both Naruto and My Hero Academia. Also no Multiverse shenanigans aside from the elements from both sides of the Naruto and My Hero Academia worlds for the Crossover. You can draw from other series if you want to branch out for Izuku and his growth but it is mainly a Naruto and My Hero Academia crossover.
As to how it starts. Maybe Hagoromo Otsutsuki sees Izuku and his potential for good for his world and gives him Chakra but also Six Paths Sage Mode but eventually maybe Izuku has to find training to evolve his powers and grow into something more. Maybe Izuku not only gets Chakra and Six Paths Sage Mode from Hagoromo Otsutsuki but also Naruto style Taijutsu and Ninjutsu training from the Sage of Six Paths himself and the Sage Modes.
However seeing as One For All is a massive part of Deku's story in cannon he also gains One For All and all it's Quirks that make it up.
Also to further differentiate from cannon Izuku eventually transforms One For All into something more. It will become more than a fusion of Naruto Ninjutsu, Six Paths Chakra Mode, and One For All.
Maybe Izuku on his path to mastering his powers also gain various Sage Modes by training under Hagoromo and Izuku eventually develops new abilities that also transforms One For All. For example maybe Izuku not only learns Ninjutsu from Hagoromo but after he is done training under the Sage of Six Paths he also trains under All Might to inherit One For All and Izuku gains all his cannon powers as well. However Izuku is no prodigy as it takes time to for Izuku to master One For All as well as Ninjutsu, The various Sage Modes, and Six Paths Sage Mode.
Now after Izuku develops all of the techniques and abilities he has in cannon after getting One For All he eventually branches out into different Martial Arts to better himself and to be different from the Sage of Six Paths, and All Might.
That being Dragon Style Martial Arts.
Here is what I could find on North Dragon Style Kung Fu.
NORTHERN DRAGON KUNG FU
Students work on a paired striking blocking exercise and practice form techniques.
While there are many martial arts that require acrobatic leaps, dynamic athleticism, or the strength to break boards, bricks, or other inanimate objects, Northern Dragon is not one of those arts. In fact, Northern Dragon teaches students to stay firmly rooted on the ground, and with good reason—being grounded to the earth allows the generation of power from the feet on up. What this means is that as an art firmly rooted in the earth, your main physical concern will be building up the strength and endurance in your legs and core muscles that will allow you to maintain a stance for longer and longer periods of time. That's why its a practice; a discipline. Anyone can do it, given the commitment to the practice.
The dragon represented by Northern Dragon Style Kung fu is not the winged, fire breathing, destructive western dragon familiar to most people; it is the eastern, and more specifically, the Chinese dragon. The Chinese saw the dragon as an incredibly benevolent and life giving creature worthy of reverence. Students mimic this mythical creature's movements. Like the Chinese dragon, Northern Dragon stylists float and sink, circle and twist, and expand and contract in response to attack.
As the embodiment of benevolent, life giving, and revered creatures, a Northern Dragon stylist would never start an attack, and would do everything possible to avoid an encounter. However, if a fight is unavoidable, then an absolute and totally determined effort is applied to overcome a potentially stronger force. Following an attacker's first sign of aggression, a dragon stylist does not hold back, but becomes an instantaneous and non-stop attacking force.
PROGRESS THROUGH THE SYSTEM
Northern Dragon Kung Fu utilizes a standard western grading system of colored sashes denoting rank advancement. The ranks are as follows: Kai Shan (no sash), White, Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue, Purple, Brown, Black.
As students complete levels of the curriculum, they are constantly observed and informally assessed before being formally graded for their next rank. Grading cycles occur every four months.
Following an attacker's first sign of aggression, a dragon stylist does not hold back, but becomes an instantaneous and non-stop attacking force relying on floating and sinking movements with shoulders dropped and elbows bent.
A Dragon stylist defends himself by withdrawing or curving his body inwardly to absorb or neutralize any incoming attack. When the opponent has over-reached in his or her attack, the dragon stylist changes from soft to hard, and combines footwork with blocks as he intercepts his or her opponent.
The Dragon stylist will evade the opponent's attack, simultaneously intercepting and breaking through the defense of your adversary. You will take advantage of the tense side of the opponent's attention, or the lax side of his or her inattentiveness. You will then launch a strike from an unexpected direction and strike an unexpected area.
As one arm strikes forward, the other is readied back. Your arms swing in and out with power generated from the waist. The application of pressure is in the same direction as the attacker's force.
If the opponent moves forward, retreat and move along in the same direction as the attack. If he or she retreats, move forward into their retreating motion, and put the pressure back on again. Counter straight with curved, and curved with straight. Hands follow feet, feet follow hands. When the hands stop the feet follow, when the feet stop, the hands follow. Move left, go right, move right, go left. Up follows down, down follows up. A strike is a block, a block is a strike.
If the opponent's power is too great, the Dragon stylist steps off line, to counter an opponent's open area, and to "bounce" him or her out. The Dragon stylist, keeping the above in mind, uses many large zig — zag stepping movements with the practitioner constantly extending and contracting his or her body.
These concepts may seem hard to understand at first, but they will become more apparent with continued training in the Dragon style. These movements should be done together: up follows down, which could mean first strike up then drop low and strike. They could also be combined with the attacker's movements. For example, if the attacker strikes up, drop low and counter-strike.
As with any history, over a period of time, information is lost or improperly transmitted. Dragon style is no exception. For example, although I have studied Dragon style for many years, I am still learning new things about it. In some instances, I have come across information about the Dragon Style which differs from information that I received earlier. Therefore, all students, even (especially) at the instructors level, are constantly learning or relearning information or techniques in the Dragon System.
Now here is what I could find on Southern Dragon. The movements of the Southern Dragon style of Shaolin Kung Fu are based on the Chinese dragon. The Dragon style is an imitative-style that was developed based on the characteristics of the Chinese dragon that mixes each of the various animal styles of Shaolin Kung Fu.
Also maybe Izuku takes up the philosophy of the South Dragon School of Kung Fu.
Control yourself, let others do what they will.
This does not mean you are weak.
Control your heart, obey the principles of life.
This does not mean others are strong".
The seeds were first planted from Haufeng; the essence was gained later at Haushou
Restrain one's self and yield to others not because one is weak, but to uphold the ethical Tao and let the others have their claim.
Focus to train and condition the body.
Be righteous and uphold your honor.
Respect your parents, honor your teacher.
Treat others with honesty, treat your friends with loyalty.
Izuku also takes up the philosophy of the Sage of Six Paths and his Ninshu.
But that is not all that makes Izuku different from Hagoromo, and All Might. Izuku not only gains One For All but because of his hard work and training that Quirk evolves but it is now merged with Six Paths Mode, Natural Energy, and Izuku's Chakra. Also Izuku can still use Shoot Style and everything he has officially and all the Quirks from his predecessors but Izuku can now use 100 Percent of One For All without any drawbacks thanks to both Hagormo and All Might's training.
But wait there is more. Please let Izuku find more Enlightenment Super Powers by practicing Taoism.
The obvious Enlightenment Superpowers are Psychic Powers like: Astral Projection, Telepathy, and Aura Vision courtesy of awakening the Third Eye.
I would also take a look The Spirit Cultivation Genre for Izuku's Taoist Sage training and also the powers of the Taoist Sages in traditional Orthodox Taoism and folk Taoism such as the Tao Te Ching. Other important texts include the Zhuangzi, which is best known in the west for the story about being a man-dreaming butterfly, or a butterfly-dreaming man. Taoist works have been collected and compiled together as the "Daozang" aka Taoist Canon.
Maybe for the training in Senjutsu Izuku gains the Sage techniques from Naruto and Boruto with the various Sage Modes and Sage Jutsu. You can also look at Highschool DxD with its take on Senjutsu and what it can do there along with the Touhou Project's take on Senjutsu.
For the training to reach more Enlightenment Super Powers Izuku I would also look at The Ninja Tribunal Arc from the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series Lost Season for inspiration. That is the the Arc featuring the Ninja Tribunal Arc and the Tengu Shredder Arc.
However their are negatives to all this training and power boosts.
First; people will want Izuku's powers and will plan and work to steal all of his abilities and also try to steal One For All from him before it fully evolves. When One For All evolves(lets call the Quirk after it evolves, Six Paths for All) it is not only a powerful Quirk in it's own right and a storehouse of all the Quirks of all the previous wielders but it has become so much more. Six Paths For All has also merged with the vast amount of Chakra and Natural Energy Izuku now has in his body. It is not just a Quirk now but also a naturalistic and divine power. Also as One For All has also merged with Natural Energy not only does that Quirk kill people with Quirks but it is also fatal to anyone who has not undergone Sage Mode Training.
Second; Izuku has to seen as a freak because of his vast arsenal of Quirk powers in One For All and also his Ninjutsu and Sage training and also an unique energy network(His Chakra Network)in his body.
I repeat Izuku is isolated because of his training and his more mystical powers and he is seen as freak like before but for different reasons now. Instead of being seen as a freak for being powerless, he is seen as a monster with so many vast powers and with some powers that are different from Quirks. Also Izuku is seen as someone who is too strong and this is backed up because everyone aside from people like Stars in Stripes, All For One, and Tomura Shigaraki who are the only ones who can keep up.
Third; Izuku shares his Chakra with his world like Hagoromo Otsusuki did to try and heal his broken world and Izuku does the same here to allow the world to have the people of his world evolve into something like him and make sure no one is seen as a freak like he was as everyone has Chakra and Quirks. And eventually both after some interbreeding between the two super powered groups.
However this action shakes up the established power balance of the world and makes Izuku Midoriya have an even larger target on his back as not only he is now he is seen as a savior figure and a hero on the level of The Symbol of Peace in his prime but even more bad guys want his head on a plate and some just want to knock him down a few pegs.
Fourth; after the dust settles and all the bad guys are defeated Izuku has to become a teacher at U.A. on how to use Chakra and Quirks in harmony and also Senjutsu and try to help the U.A. High School and also make a course on how to master them all.
Fifth; Izuku makes clans of Animal Summons and teach them Ninjutsu and also Senjutsu to further evolve his world and to better change his world to carry on the torch in training others in Ninjutsu and Senjutsu when Izuku is no longer able to.
Sixth; Another down side is that Youkai and other supernatural creatures from Japan's folklore make a return and it is up to Izuku to seal them away or pacify them to become part of the new world that is being made. When certain clans join Izuku and become Summons Clans those Yokai also gain Chakra, Ninjutsu, and Senjutsu from Izuku but they also can use their Yokai abilities from Japan's folklore in harmony with Ninjutsu, Senjustu, and their Chakra as well.
You can take inspiration from Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus, Okami and Okamiden, and also Touhou Project.
There are so many yokai that you can use for this part of the story.
Bakeneko and Nekomata: Types of cat youkai.
Baku: Dream-eating tapir-like creature.
Gashadokuro: A giant undead skeleton manifested from the souls of people who died from war, plague, or famine.
Hitodama Light: Whispy lights that hover around ghosts and possessed people.
Hyakki Yagyō: A night festival packed to the gills with Youkai.
Kamaitachi: A weasel-like creature with sickle-like claws that rides wind currents and cuts people.
Kappa: A "river goblin" resembling a cross between a monkey, a frog, and a turtle.
Karakasa: An old umbrella come to life. A type of tsukumogami youkai.
Kitsune: Magical foxes with the ability to shapeshift into (usually female) human forms. Closely related to the Korean kumiho and Chinese huli-jing.
Nue: A chimera/manticore-esque beast with the head of a monkey, a tiger's body, and a snake for a tail.
Nurikabe: A living obstructive barrier.
Oni: Big, muscular horned humanoids that are similar to ogres.
Orochi: A giant, multi-headed dragon or serpent.
Raijū: The animalistic personification of lightning.
Shinigami: A spirit of death.
Tanuki: A real-world animal also known as the "raccoon dog", treated in Japanese mythology as a shapeshifting trickster.
Tanuki/Kitsune Contrast: When Kitsune and Tanuki appear in the same work, they tend to be paired together and treated as rivals, or otherwise compared and contrasted.
Tengu: Mountain-dwelling humanoids which either have long noses or resemble crows.
Tsuchigumo and Jorogumo: Shapeshifting spiders which usually take the form of beautiful women to seduce male prey.
Tsuchinoko: A stout little snake cryptid.
Yuki-onna: A pale, female snow spirit.
Yurei: Ghosts who have returned from beyond the grave to get revenge on their enemies.
Onryo: A vengeful female spirit, usually with long, stringy black hair and pale skin.
Zashiki-warashi: A childlike spirit that should be cared for to keep one's house in good fortune.
Other Youkai:
Amanojaku
Aobozu
Futakuchi-onna and Hari-onna
Inugami and Okami
Kijimuna
Korpokkur
Living Haniwa sculptures
Living Jizo sculptures
Living yuki-usagi sculptures
Namahage
Nukekubi and Rokurokubi
Nuppeppo
Nurarihyon
Nyuudou
Sazaeoni
Tsukumogami
Umibozu
Ushi-oni
Wanyuudou
Seventh; Like All Might before him Izuku will eventually have to find a successor who can handle this Power he has inherited and also cultivated and evolved. He needs to find someone who can push Six Paths For All even further to aid in the betterment of the world and it's evolution.
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All Might bought the farm their. And now the whole situation has gotten even worse. But Izuku has found his courage again.
Now I have a question. What are your thoughts on making a What if from We the Celestials but altering the story somewhat? That What If is called What If Deku Got Six Paths Mode?
Now here are the breaks and alterations to make it unique from We the Celestials What IF. Maybe you can use this for your own take on that story.
Now take a look at the original story but try to make your own spin but maybe make things here are the breaks and alterations to make it unique from We the Celestials What If. Maybe you can use this for your own take on that story. If you do I hope it helps.
First and foremost The story has to have a happy ending for Izuku and be in line more with both Naruto and My Hero Academia. Also no Multiverse shenanigans aside from the elements from both sides of the Naruto and My Hero Academia worlds for the Crossover.
As to how it starts. Maybe Hagoromo Otsutsuki sees Izuku and his potential for good for his world and gives him Chakra but also Six Paths Sage Mode but eventually maybe Izuku has to find training to evolve his powers and grow into something more. Maybe Izuku not only gets Chakra and Six Paths Sage Mode from Hagoromo Otsutsuki but also Naruto style Ninja training from the Sage of Six Paths himself and some of the Sage Modes.
However seeing as One For All is a massive part of Deku's story in cannon he also gains One For All and all it's Quirks that make it up.
Also to further differentiate from cannon Izuku eventually transforms One For All into something more. It will become more than a fusion of Naruto Ninjutsu, Six Paths Chakra Mode, and One For All.
Maybe Izuku on his path to mastering his powers also gain various Sage Modes by training under Hagoromo and Izuku eventually develops new abilities that also transforms One For All. For example maybe Izuku not only learns Ninjutsu from Hagoromo but after he is done training under the Sage of Six Paths he also trains under All Might to inherit One For All and Izuku gains all his cannon powers as well. However Izuku is no prodigy as it takes time to for Izuku to master One For All along with Ninjutsu, The various Sage Modes, and Six Paths Sage Mode.
Now after Izuku develops all of the techniques and abilities he has in cannon after getting One For All he eventually branches out into different Martial Arts to better himself and to be different from the Sage of Six Paths, and All Might.
That being Dragon Style Martial Arts.
Here is what I could find on North Dragon Style Kung Fu.
NORTHERN DRAGON KUNG FU
Students work on a paired striking blocking exercise and practice form techniques.
While there are many martial arts that require acrobatic leaps, dynamic athleticism, or the strength to break boards, bricks, or other inanimate objects, Northern Dragon is not one of those arts. In fact, Northern Dragon teaches students to stay firmly rooted on the ground, and with good reason—being grounded to the earth allows the generation of power from the feet on up. What this means is that as an art firmly rooted in the earth, your main physical concern will be building up the strength and endurance in your legs and core muscles that will allow you to maintain a stance for longer and longer periods of time. That's why its a practice; a discipline. Anyone can do it, given the commitment to the practice.
The dragon represented by Northern Dragon Style Kung fu is not the winged, fire breathing, destructive western dragon familiar to most people; it is the eastern, and more specifically, the Chinese dragon. The Chinese saw the dragon as an incredibly benevolent and life giving creature worthy of reverence. Students mimic this mythical creature's movements. Like the Chinese dragon, Northern Dragon stylists float and sink, circle and twist, and expand and contract in response to attack.
As the embodiment of benevolent, life giving, and revered creatures, a Northern Dragon stylist would never start an attack, and would do everything possible to avoid an encounter. However, if a fight is unavoidable, then an absolute and totally determined effort is applied to overcome a potentially stronger force. Following an attacker's first sign of aggression, a dragon stylist does not hold back, but becomes an instantaneous and non-stop attacking force.
PROGRESS THROUGH THE SYSTEM
Northern Dragon Kung Fu utilizes a standard western grading system of colored sashes denoting rank advancement. The ranks are as follows: Kai Shan (no sash), White, Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue, Purple, Brown, Black.
As students complete levels of the curriculum, they are constantly observed and informally assessed before being formally graded for their next rank. Grading cycles occur every four months.
Following an attacker's first sign of aggression, a dragon stylist does not hold back, but becomes an instantaneous and non-stop attacking force relying on floating and sinking movements with shoulders dropped and elbows bent.
A Dragon stylist defends himself by withdrawing or curving his body inwardly to absorb or neutralize any incoming attack. When the opponent has over-reached in his or her attack, the dragon stylist changes from soft to hard, and combines footwork with blocks as he intercepts his or her opponent.
The Dragon stylist will evade the opponent's attack, simultaneously intercepting and breaking through the defense of your adversary. You will take advantage of the tense side of the opponent's attention, or the lax side of his or her inattentiveness. You will then launch a strike from an unexpected direction and strike an unexpected area.
As one arm strikes forward, the other is readied back. Your arms swing in and out with power generated from the waist. The application of pressure is in the same direction as the attacker's force.
If the opponent moves forward, retreat and move along in the same direction as the attack. If he or she retreats, move forward into their retreating motion, and put the pressure back on again. Counter straight with curved, and curved with straight. Hands follow feet, feet follow hands. When the hands stop the feet follow, when the feet stop, the hands follow. Move left, go right, move right, go left. Up follows down, down follows up. A strike is a block, a block is a strike.
If the opponent's power is too great, the Dragon stylist steps off line, to counter an opponent's open area, and to "bounce" him or her out. The Dragon stylist, keeping the above in mind, uses many large zig — zag stepping movements with the practitioner constantly extending and contracting his or her body.
These concepts may seem hard to understand at first, but they will become more apparent with continued training in the Dragon style. These movements should be done together: up follows down, which could mean first strike up then drop low and strike. They could also be combined with the attacker's movements. For example, if the attacker strikes up, drop low and counter-strike.
As with any history, over a period of time, information is lost or improperly transmitted. Dragon style is no exception. For example, although I have studied Dragon style for many years, I am still learning new things about it. In some instances, I have come across information about the Dragon Style which differs from information that I received earlier. Therefore, all students, even (especially) at the instructors level, are constantly learning or relearning information or techniques in the Dragon System.
Now here is what I could find on Southern Dragon. The movements of the Southern Dragon style of Shaolin Kung Fu are based on the Chinese dragon. The Dragon style is an imitative-style that was developed based on the characteristics of the Chinese dragon that mixes each of the various animal styles of Shaolin Kung Fu.
Also maybe Izuku takes up the philosophy of the South Dragon School of Kung Fu.
Control yourself, let others do what they will.
This does not mean you are weak.
Control your heart, obey the principles of life.
This does not mean others are strong".
The seeds were first planted from Haufeng; the essence was gained later at Haushou
Restrain one's self and yield to others not because one is weak, but to uphold the ethical Tao and let the others have their claim.
Focus to train and condition the body.
Be righteous and uphold your honor.
Respect your parents, honor your teacher.
Treat others with honesty, treat your friends with loyalty.
But that is not all that makes Izuku different from Hagoromo, and All Might. Izuku not only gains One For All but because of his hard work and training that Quirk evolves but it is now merged with Six Paths Mode, Natural Energy, and Izuku's Chakra for good. Also Izuku can still use Shoot Style and everything he has officially and all the Quirks from his predecessors but Izuku can now use 100 Percent of One For All without any drawbacks thanks to both Hagormo and All Might's training.
However their are negatives to all this training and power boosts.
First; people will want Izuku's powers and will plan and work to steal all of his abilities and also try to steal One For All from him before it fully evolves. When One For All evolves(lets call the Quirk after it evolves, Six Paths for All) it is not only a powerful Quirk in it's own right and a storehouse of all the Quirks of all the previous wielders but it has become so much more. Six Paths For All has also merged with the vast amount of Chakra and Natural Energy Izuku now has in his body. It is a naturalistic and divine power. Also as One For All has also merged with Natural Energy so not only does that Quirk kill people with Quirks but it is also fatal to anyone who has not undergone Sage Mode Training.
Second; Izuku has to seen as a freak because of his vast arsenal of Quirk powers in One For All and also his Ninjutsu and Sage training and also an unique energy network(His Chakra Network)in his body.
I repeat Izuku is isolated because of his training and his more mystical powers and he is seen as freak like before but for different reasons now. Instead of being seen as a freak for being powerless, he is seen as a monster with so many vast powers with some powers that are different from Quirks and who is too strong that everyone aside from people like Stars in Stripes, All For One, and Tomura Shigaraki who are the only ones who can keep up.
Third; Izuku shares his Chakra with his world like Hagoromo Otsusuki did to try and heal his broken world and Izuku does the same here to allow the world to have the people of his world evolve into something like him and make sure no one is seen as a freak like he was as everyone has Chakra and Quirks and eventually both after some interbreeding between the two super powered groups.
However this action shakes up the established power balance of the world and makes Izuku Midoriya have an even larger target on his back as not only he is now he is seen as a savior figure and a hero on the level of The Symbol of Peace in his prime but even more bad guys want his head on a plate and some just want to knock him down a few pegs.
Fourth; after the dust settles and all the bad guys are defeated Izuku has to become a teacher at U.A. on how to use Chakra and Quirks in harmony and also Senjutsu and try to help the U.A. High School and also make a course on how to master them all.
Fifth; Like All Might before Izuku will eventually have to find a successor who can handle this Divine Power and someone who can take it even further to aid in the betterment of the world and guide it's evolution.
Guardian-Sigil: All Might lives! But, clearly, things will be different for him now.
Now I love your enthusiasm and attention to detail for this What If Deku Got Six Paths Mode. Unfortunately, I won't pursue it. I mean it takes me a literal month to finish just one chapter of this story. Adding on another long running series like this is just not feasible for me. Also is the Six Paths Mode from Naruto because I am going to disappoint a lot of readers when I admit that I've never watched or read Naruto. I didn't really get into anime until I started college and by then the concept of starting Naruto intimidates me (same situation with One Piece although I did get pretty far into season 2 I think but all the filler turned me away)
Maybe give this story idea a shot yourself? You've obviously given it a lot of thought and care and that's usually a good sign for these kinds of stories
Guest: If you plan on having Khyber appear in this story later, do you think you could expand on his fighting capabilities? He's supposed to be the deadliest hunter in the galaxy. Having him just rely on his pet with the Nemetrix just isn't enough to prove that. Maybe put his fighting skills on the same level as Kraven the Hunter and have him utilize the same weapons he used in the PS5 Spider Man 2 game. Maybe throw in some of the Predator's weapons to his arsenal as well. That way, it will show that Khyber himself is not someone to underestimate and that he doesn't let Zed do most of the work for him.
On the different note, I'm looking forward to seeing how you'll differentiate the electric Omnitrix aliens' powers. You're already doing that by giving Shocksquatch a sixth sense which is something different to Feedback's energy absorption and Buzzshock's duplication. For Brainstorm, aside from increased intelligence, put a better show and display of his ability to create electric forcefields something the first three electric aliens can't do. For Amphibian, have Izuku try to master the ability to read brain waves something the Ben 10 franchise has neglected to do. For FrankenStrike, try to expand on his electromagnetic energy abilities instead of just being a generic electric power that shoots and generates electricity. Maybe try to have Izuku use that power in a similar fashion to how DC's Static Shock used his electromagnetic powers to manipulate metal.
Guardian-Sigil: When he appears my plan was that instead of straight up combat he's more of a trapper. Outsmarts, out wits, and stalks all his prey with series of ambushes, creative weapons, and especially traps that are carefully catered to each one.
And yeah I'm gonna differentiate the electrical aliens. And yes, Ampfibian should delve more into the mind reading. And I have a few ideas for it too
Guest: Hey dude, check out what I just found on TikTok
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Guardian-Sigil: Hahaha! It's true!
muffinseahorse: Can we have a reference to Infamous: Second Son at some point? Maybe news of a smoke guy vandalizing signs, a laser girl attacking drug dealers, or maybe angels grabbing people off the streets without knowing why hahahaha.
Guardian-Sigil: I don't see why not?
Guest: This chapter is awesome, my favorite is Bakugou vs Nue. The fight it's not disappoint. I like different and also the same between two characters. Both have a history with Izuku, both are egotistical, and both have pretty good quirk have potential to because powerful with training and practice, but the similar end here. Bakugou chose a better path with a help of positive people like Eijiro, but Nue chose a bad path and turned back and against to people who truthful care about hie like Izuku. Bakugou proving that he is a better and most skill quirk user and Nue other hand never bother to train and perfection his quirk instead go after the power of someone else witch result turned him into a hybrid who blaming Izuku for his quirk problem. It is fitting for two characters questioning eve others; Nue question why Bakugou abandoned Izuku and Bakugou question Nue for hateful behavior towards Izuku (it really ironic). Bakugou defeats Nue is satisfied and now we have to wait for Izuku turn to make it most satisfying. Speaking of Izuku, oh my gosh that cliffhanger is insane, and I can't wait to see what happens next. We have some hint about Nue backstory, it's going be tragic. If so it's no excuse for everything he has done (especially towards Izuku) and I have no sympathy and sorry for him. I have some questions i want to know. 1: is Izuku going Nue a wannabe Bakugou because to rub salt in the wound of his ego and It's ready funny. 2: you going do John scarecrow of generation Rex (reimagining at human with mutant type quirk) at antagonist of Nue? Think of about it, John makes a good foil to Izuku. Both have abilities to change from: John is shapeshifting and Izuku is a changeling. Both hurt and betrayal by Nue selfishness, but real differences is what kind of person they become. Izuku with the help of his friends, family, former enemy, even people who don't like him (at first), become a better person and doesn't want to do horrible things to people like who hurt him. John other hand has no one who cares about him all because he is a heteromorphic aka mutant quirk user not even other heteromorphic do his appearance, only friend he had is Nue before abandoned him like Izuku. At result John become a decisive, mischievous, and sadistic person who wants to get revenge on Nue by doing mentally hurt on his and Nue being Nue forgot who is his and don't care to try remembering. I think John is one of those villains who show Izuku some sympathy become he knows what is like being both with a something to make everybody hateful toward you and it show is some good in John but tragedy he chose a dark path to make no difference to Nue or even worse. I love to read a chapter focuses on Nue and his own enemy.
Guardian-Sigil: My favorite was Bakugou vs. Nue too. It was a battle I've been dying to share for a long time now. So, it had to be perfect.
I'll try to answer your questions as best as possible.
1: What are you asking exactly? Your wording is very weird
2: I legit don't remember this character. I need to revisit Generator Rex when this is all over.
Huh, sorry, I wasn't able to answer anything there was I?
Guest: It would be very cool if you saw these deviantart images to inspire you in some scenes
Deca-Deku: Ectoplasm and Tamashii-matta
Deca-Deku: Ultra Titan is here! In Color!
Guardian-Sigil: Oh yeah! I've seen this guy's art floating around
Guest: Just a fun idea for an ova. Almight is in a plumber base and mentions how he is the greatest hero and all the plumbers just laugh in response. Then one of them calls out, "Anyone who has saved the world multiple times raise your hands" then they all the plumbers do and Almight cant.
Guardian-Sigil: Well technically he has saved the world: he stopped Afo originally and brought about an ERA of peace. Also, if you want a better chance of this Omake happening then please post this suggestion in "Heroes Never Die; It's Hero Time, Anytime." It will have a better chance of me finding it again if it is a review over there then here
Anon again: Will Kota be the equivalent of Jimmy, Ben's number 1 fan?
I imagine him buying all of Izuku's merchandise, like when Izuku bought everything from All Might.
Or will that be shared with Eri and Katsuma?
Guardian-Sigil: Not sure, I was kinda considering making Jimmy his own character.
