Chapter 9: Nomu


I have to cover my mouth to prevent myself from making any sound, in fear of them even noticing us.

It was all well at the beginning, Aizawa seems to have a fighting chance. But then… That THING… he just came out of nowhere and completely destroyed him.

What is even is that monster?! Is it even a person?! I doubt the term 'beast' is even enough to describe what that is. That bulging mass of muscles… that dead fish eyes… the exposed brain… its entire body just screams not natural. Come to think of it, didn't he said that it is bio-engineered? What kind of person is able to create THAT?!

And its name… Nomu. Something about that name just screams warning bells in my head; it's like I'm SUPPOSED to fear it. Why, I can only chalk it up as a gut-feeling…

"Cancelling out quirks… Pretty cool, but it's nothing special." The hands Villain points out, "Up against impossible strength, you might as well be quirkless."

And to demonstrate that, the Nomu grabs his other arm and with one solid size crushes his elbows with a loud snap. It then grabs our teacher's head and slams it down against the ground, cracking the concrete floor.

That thing… he's as strong as All Might…! This is bad! Really, really bad! Even if All Might make it here, can he even take that monster down?

Before my train of thought can go anywhere else, a vortex of black smog spun to existence next to the Villain leader, "Shigaraki Tomura."

Shigaraki Tomura… Is that his name?

"Kurogiri. Is Thirteen dead?"

"He's incapacitated. But… There were some students I couldn't warp away and one of them escaped."

"…Huh… is that right…?" The leader raises his hands up to his neck and starts scratching. He just keeps scratching viciously till he actually draws blood as he rants out, "Kurogiri. You… I'd turn you into dust if you weren't our ticket out of here…!" He then stops scratching, slumping down with his hands laying limp on his sides, "We won't stand a chance against a group of Pros… It's game over. Game over, for now…"

"We're leaving."

I nearly choked on my own spit when I heard what he just said. Leaving? Just like that?! All this trouble, and they are just going to leave without even waiting for All Might?!

"I'm not the only one that heard him, right…?" I whispered, "That he said they're leaving…?"

"I heard it too." Tsuyu noted, "But I got a bad feeling about this, Midoriya-chan."

"Yeah. To do all this… and then just leave on a whim…" He pointed out.

This isn't right… what kind of Villains just come to wreck something before leaving without even accomplishing their actual objective? I mean, that has that Nomu thing. I wouldn't be surprised if they let it loose on this place just to show it off, but to just leave without doing much with it?

"Ah. But before that…" His gaze turned till his eyes nearly meet mine, a shiver went down my spine when his hollow eyes stared at me, "Let's leave a few dead kids-"

And I blinked, he is before us with his hand reaching out for Tsuyu, "-to wound the pride of the Symbol of Peace!"

I didn't know why I reacted the way I did, but the moment he appeared in front of us with his hand reaching out for Tsuyu, I lean out and pushes her out of the way into Midoriya; which left me in her place when the Villain's hand landed on my head as I brace myself for the cracking disintegration.

But… nothing happened.

"You're really cool, Eraserhead."

I glanced passed him, our teacher has his eyes glaring right at Shigaraki with the glimmer of red of his quirk's activation in his pupils. But then the Nomu grabs his skull and slams it back into the ground with a sickening crack.

The moment the sound is heard, I felt my body being pulled over as Tsuyu's tongue wrapped around my torso and pulls me towards him. At the same time, Midoriya got out of the water and cocks his uninjured arm back, aiming right at him.

"GET OFF HER!"

His attack struck, a loud wham and the aftershock that blew up so much dust obstructed our view. A few moments later as the dust settles, the very emotion of fear and despair filled my heart as I saw the result of his attack.

We didn't even hear him call out to the Nomu…

"Quite some moves you two just pulled." Shigaraki pointed out, Midoriya's fist is pushed against the black monster's muscular gut unharmed from that attack, "And with a 'smash', too… are you a fan of All Might?"

"Well, whatever."

The monster reaches out to grab Midoriya as Tsuyu extending her tongue towards him, I saw the Villain reaching his hands out towards us, I cock back my own fist in ready to retaliate as his palm creeps ever closer to us. Even if hope is lost, I can't afford to not fight back!

But…

*SMASH*

The doors to the dome are blasted out of its hinges inwards. It wasn't a bomb; no heat or shockwave is present. That very act stopped everything as we all, even the Villains, turn to see the source of the commotion.

And when his figure stomps in, I felt my heart soar.

"Have no fear…"

For from the broken entryway, HE came in. His heavy footsteps echoing with each step, possibly cracking the tiles. And with a solid motion, All Might tears off his tie.

"…for I AM HERE!"

My vision is blurring from the buildup of tears at the corner of my eyes, but I can see something that I would never think was possible. All Might, the No.1 Hero that saves people with an unwavering smile, is not smiling.

"Ah… we got a 'continue'." Shigaraki laughed in what I can only comprehend as joy, "Kurogiri… our chance is here."

All Might tosses his jacket and shredded tie aside and steps forward, and then he blurs out of existence for a fraction of a second before reappearing right next to Aizawa, the Villains in the plaza all knocked down or away at the exact same time. He is FAST! And I thought dad was quick!

Hanging the beaten and injured Aizawa over his shoulder, he turns to face us. Blue pupils' glow under his shadowed eyes for a single moment and then the world blurs; one moment I was in the water with Tsuyu, the next we are back on dry land next to Midoriya with a bloody Aizawa laying in front of us as the Symbol of Peace kneeled in front of us with one arm back.

"Everyone, to the entrance, NOW!" He tells us, "Take Aizawa, he's unconscious."

"R-Right!" I immediately place our homeroom teacher's arm over my shoulder, "Midoriya-san, help me with his legs." He did not move, so I call out again, "Midoriya-san-"

"Wait, All Might!" He suddenly calls out, "It's no use! That brain Villain! One-For-… I-I mean, my attack wasn't strong enough to break my own arm, but… He didn't even FLINCH! Up against that you-"

"Midoriya-shounen." All Might turns around, gives us his famous smile and said, "It's fine now." And he turns around and took a stance, "Now, go!"

"Midoriya-san!" I call out again, "We got to go!"

"R-Right…!" He follows our lead, just as All Might's feet pushes off the ground as he charges into the fray.

"CAROLINA… SMASH!"

Impact upon impact can be heard in the distance, as the fight between the Symbol of Peace and the Anti-Symbol of Peace commences in full; the monster's toneless roar echoing behind us as I hear All Might's punches hitting blow after blow. I took a good look around the plaza, the Villains taken out by his advance is either completely out-cold or is left on the floor convulsing in pain. All the major pressure points, such precision with such speed…

All Might is the No.1 Hero for a reason, I guess… Talk about the power gap. Wonder if I could even come anywhere close to his level of speed…?

Then, just as we reach the foot of the stairs, an explosion is heard in the background with the aftershock of wind pressure nearly causes me to fall over; I stepping out a foot to stop myself from toppling over, before looking back at the fight to see a column of dust around it. What the heck was THAT?!

"All Might is unreal!" Tsuyu noted, "He may be a rookie teacher that still needs cheat sheets, but he's really in a whole different league. Maybe we're worried over nothing?"

Midoriya is looking back at the fight, his expression completely unreadable. Worry? Fear? Whatever it is, it's not a positive one.

The dust began to dissipate and I couldn't stop myself from gasping in shock at what I just saw.

"K-Kero…"

All Might, bleeding.

His entire body is arced from what I can guess is him trying to suplex the monster into the ground. But instead of being buried in the concrete like he has hoped, the same black smog Villain has his smog-portals suck in the its top half which pops up from another portal right under him and the Nomu took this chance to clench its hands right around the Symbol of Peace's ribcage, drawing blood.

"So, you hoped to drive him into the concrete to seal his movements?" Shigaraki commented, "Clever, but it wouldn't have worked. Nomu is created to be as powerful as you. Well done, Kurogiri. Perfect timing."

"Impressive for first-time offenders…" All Might grunted out, blood dripping from the corner of his lips as he struggles to get himself out of the death grip, "But…! you best prepare yourselves!"

"…" The leader raises his hand up to his neck to start scratching. "…Kurogiri."

"I can't say I like having blood and guts inside me, but if they're yours, I'm happy to oblige." The smog Villain stated as All Might starts sinking into the black portal, "You see, it's the Nomu's job to get around that annoying speed of yours and hold you down. And it is my job to close the warp gate on you while you're halfway through."

"Tearing you apart."

This… All of this is part of their plan, a trap to get to All Might to where they wanted to him to be. For all his herculean strength, there is no way he is able to make use of it in that posture! He is helpless like that! Even with all that power, All Might wouldn't stand a chance getting ripped apart like that!

"Asui-san."

"Kero? What is it, Midoriya-chan?"

"Trade places with me."

Without a word, he let go and Midoriya rushes back towards the fight. "M-Midoriya-san, wait!" I screamed out for him, he just rushing in without stopping. This isn't good! I know that Midoriya has the same power as All Might, but unlike the Symbol of Peace who can use it freely, just using it once is catastrophic for his body! He would be a sitting duck out there!

"Tsuyu-chan! Take Aizawa-sensei!" I reluctantly hand our teacher over to the frog girl's shoulders, before turning around and rushing after our fast-paced friend.

Reaching into my utility belt, I search around and took out the last remaining batteries into my hand and clenches tightly around them. If I'm going to do this, I need to be at FULL charge! Hopefully, the past week of training has built up my body enough…

Feeling the charge flowing in and as the tingling feeling starts to overwhelm my senses, I rocket forward, charging towards Midoriya to get him back.

And then, just a few paces before I reach Midoriya, "MOVE OUT OF THE WAY, DEKU!" Bakugou somehow flew into the picture and slams his palm into smog Villain, detonating a large explosion right at his face. The black smog dissipates slightly, a metal collar-thing can be seen from within. The explosive teen then grabs onto it and slams the Villain into the ground.

Where did he come from? And did he just…

No time for that! If that's the case, we have a chance! The Nomu doesn't seems to be acting on its own accord, so it must be controlled by Shigaraki! If I can disorientate him and stop him from issuing command…

I change my trajectory and speeds towards the hand-filled Villain, leaping over the creeping ice that is heading towards the monster in the process. At around the same time, Kirishima also leaped out from somewhere behind him, slashing down his harden arm right at the Villain's leader.

Shigaraki easily dodges out of the way of his attack, but unluckily into mine as I charge forward at my top speed and slams my fist into his gut. In retaliation, his hands move to grab me, but I twist out of the way and lands a rising uppercut right at his face; I misses and hit the hand that is acting as his mask instead, knocking it off him.

Getting back my bearings, I spread my legs out in a wide stance to launch another blow, but then I saw his face. Wrinkled face, dry lips, blood-shot eyes with eyebags, he doesn't look like a sane person at all. But what gave me pause is his expression when he looked-no, glare at me.

It screams of promised death and anguish. I flinched for a moment as my mind and body screams to run, to keep my distance with him. That became my downfall as his hand reaches out grasp around my wrist before I can react. I can feel my braces crumbling under his touch and his hand bypassed it and grasps on my wrist.

"Tatsuya!" "Tatsuya-shoujo!"

The pain was immeasurable as I let out a scream in response, pulling my hand to try and get free of his iron-tight grip.

Sounds of cracking and freezing can be heard as a sheet of ice races towards Shigaraki who let me go and jump out of the way of Todoroki's attack, which I am forever grateful as I speeds back to my classmates' side.

"Are you alright, Tatsuya?!" Kirishima asked worriedly.

"Y-Yeah… somewhat…" I grunted out as I felt my wrist. The skin has broken away, revealing my muscles underneath as blood is flowing out continuously, "Thanks for the save, Todoroki-san."

"Save it for after we survive this." He tells me.

I nodded as I reach into my first aid pouch to pull out a roll of bandages and cotton wool. Kirishima noted this and move over to help me bandage up my wounded wrist. That is careless of me, standing frozen like that…

Looking around, I realized about the entire turnover of advantage. Todoroki have frozen that monster's arm and leg in place while it is still in the smog portal, its user currently on the floor grunting with our explosive classmate lording over him with his hand at its metal collar.

"You slipped up, you bastard!" Bakugou gloated over the smog Villain, "It's just as I thought, you are not completely made of that foggy stuff! You're just using it to cover up the part of you that aren't. If you were, you wouldn't have said 'That was close'!" The Villain struggles to get out of his hold, but then our violent blonde hero-to-be let loose a few sparks of explosion around the collar, "Whoa now! Don't you dare think about doing anything funny, or I'll blow your head off!"

"That's… not really hero-like, dude." Kirishima pointed out.

"You…! You…!" The Villain leader grumbles as he picks up his face hand-mask thing, putting it back on. Despite it somewhat covering his eyes, I can still feel his hostile glare towards me. He then breathes deeply, before turning to us with now a somewhat calm farce as he stated, "Not only have you beaten our level, but you'll all in full health. Well, mostly full health." I flinched at his comment, Kirishima just finishing bandaging up my wrist. "Today kids really are something else… Our League of Villains should be ashamed…"

What is this guy spouting about? Health? Level? Is this all some kind of game to him?

"Nomu. Take out the explosion brat. We need to get out escape route back."

At that command, the Nomu, despite its frozen limps, lift itself out of the portal and breaking its frostbitten limps in the process. "His body's falling apart… but he's still moving?!" Midoriya remarks in shock.

"Get back, everyone!" All Might calls to us, "What in the…?! I thought his quirk was Shock Absorption."

"I don't remember saying that's all he can do." Shigaraki stated, "This is Hyper-Regeneration." True to his words, the monster's fallen limps start growing back, muscles, bones, skin and all. "Nomu is a super-powered living sandbag designed to withstand everything you've got."

Once all its limps are all grown back, he lunges forward in a blur. The next thing we know, he punches right at where Bakugou is, sending a shockwave of air hurling past where it hit and the aftershock is blasted right through us. So fast! That's almost as fast as All Might!

"Kacchan!" Midoriya screams out, only to cry out a little softer when we all notices Bakugou right next to him, "Kacchan?! You dodged that?!"

"I didn't." He stated. We all then turn to where he is looking at, to see the real reason he is still okay.

All Might has taken the hit for him, his arms now heavily bruised and bloody. "This guy… he doesn't seem to know the meaning of holding back…"

"Anything to save a comrade, right?" Shiragaki starts talking, "Just like earlier when, uh… oh, those two. The plain one and the blonde chick. They came at me with everything they have. But violence in the name of saving others is admirable, isn't it, Hero? And you know what, All Might?"

"That PISSES ME OFF!"

He then continues to rant out, "Heroes and Villains both thrive on violence, but we're still categorized! You're [Good]. You're [Evil]. That's how it is! Symbol of Peace? HAH! In the end, you're just a tool for violence, made to keep us down! And violence only breeds more violence. I'll show the world that by killing you!"

"Ha. What a load of crap." All Might stated, "Idealistic criminals have a different sort of fire in their eyes. But you? You're just enjoying yourself, you big liar."

"Haha, oh you got me. Saw right through it…"

"It's a three on five situation." Todoroki pointed out, "We still outnumber them, so let's use that to our advantage."

"Yeah. And Kacchan has shown us that mist guy's weak point…!" Midoriya added on.

"These are some brutal dudes, but with us supporting All Might, we can beat them back!" Kirishima noted. I nodded in agreement as I stood ready. My right hand is in no shape to use, but I still have my left!

"No!" All Might tells us, "Get out of here, all of you!"

"All Might, you're bleeding…!" Midoriya tells him, "And I think your time is u- A-Ah! I-I mean…"

Time is up? Why does that seem really important somehow? All Might time being up…? I feel like I should know something about this…

"Things wouldn't have gone so well if I hadn't just stepped in…" Todoroki commented.

"Right you are, Todoroki-shounen! Thanks for that!" The Symbol of Peace tells him with a thumbs-up, "But fear not! Sit back, and watch a Pro get serious!"

"Nomu, Kurogiri, take him." Shigaraki commanded, "I'll handle the kids. Starting with that blonde bitch."

I flinched at what he said as we all took stances ready to fight. Kirishima harden his fists and took a low stance. Ice starts to crack around Todoroki. Midoriya raises his hands up in a somewhat ready stance. Bakugou brace himself raising his palm facing the Villain. I raise my left arm in a somewhat loose stance with feet slightly off the ground as I feel the charge still circulating around me.

"I have to do this…"

"Let's clear this game and go home." Shigaraki sprints towards us with arms wide open and hands ready to strike.

"Why…?"

And then, the ground shook violently as a large burst of wind blasted right towards us, sending us flying back a few meters. A storm has emerged in the plaza's center. And at its core…

"Because I am the Symbol of PEACE, and JUSTICE!"

All Might clashes once more against the monstrous Nomu, his fist slamming into its own releasing a pressure of air that starts to blow us away from the plaza all together. I nearly flew away if weren't for Todoroki who has made a large wall of ice behind us that caught us.

"Hey, hey." Shigaraki stated as he cartwheels back to a safe distance, "Did you just witness its Shock Absorption yourself?"

"Yeah, I did!" All Might then starts launching blow after blow, each punch being counter by the monster's own again and again. Soon enough, the strikes just blur into blobs of flesh that keep slamming into each other, each attack sending shockwave after shockwave spilling out of the core, "If you said it is Shock Absorption and not Nullification, then there's has to be a limit to it, does it not?!"

In the entire fight, even though I can't see the punches actually hitting, it is clear what All Might is doing.

With one punch that hits its flesh, the impact has travelled back through its muscles and bulged up its body like some sort of human sponge. And with each additional attack, the bulging muscles expand out more and more, till its skin is starting to strain under all of the ballooned muscles that it starts to tear and stayed tear. It is clear that even with its regeneration, its body is unable to keep up with its own absorption and starts to destroy itself like an overly inflated balloon.

"Made to fight me, you say?" The No.1 Hero noted as he starts to advance, "If it's made to handle my best, then I just have to go beyond my best!"

Soon enough, the onslaught is starting to overwhelm it as All Might's punches starts breaking through its guard, a few punches hitting it forcing it back an inch at a time. With one mighty roar, he lands one solid punch that sends the monster flying into the trees.

"A Hero…" Leaping forward, he made pursuit as the Nomu rebalance itself before running back towards the fight on fours, using its arms to push itself up into the air to meet him in mid-flight. Using the momentum, it strikes right at the Symbol of Peace, slamming him into the ground before following with a hammer blow that he manages to block, "…always finds a way out a pinch!" Kneeing it in the gut, he sends the monster flying; he then leaps over it and landing at where he has tossed it and punches it into the air. And then, with a great leap, he rises up to meet it in the air. Using his momentum, he grabs its arm before spinning it around and slams it into the ground, cracking the ground in the process.

"Holy shit…!"

No idea who said that, but it could be any of us as we witness the proof of why All Might is the top hero in the world, of why he is the Symbol of Peace.

"Tell me, Villain." All Might says as he lands in front of the Nomu that has bounced up due to its own Shock Absorption quirk, "Do you ever hear these words?" He took a stance, clench his fist and cock back.

"Go Beyond…"

And then, he strikes forward, his entire body twisting with his fist-

"PLUS ULTRA!"

The resulting punch sank into the monster's gut, before, like a rubber ball being hit back a baseball bat, it recoils on itself and send itself flying into the air. And it keeps going up, and up, and up till it smashes right through the dome's roof and out of the USJ. Lights shatters, the entire training site shudder from the aftershock of that single PUNCH.

"Like straight out of the comics…" Kirishima noted in shock, "He just smashes right through the absorption like it was nothing!"

"Against all that power, its regeneration can't keep up with the rush of attacks…" Bakugou noted.

It is obvious what everyone is thinking at the time. We just have a glimpse into the world of Pro Heroes, at the slight glimmer of its summit AND its current ruler.

"Yep, I'm getting rusty… In my heyday, just five punches would do." All Might, even heavily bruised and bloodied, still keeps his unwavering smile of hope as he jokes about, "But that was over 300 hits just now." He then turns to Shigaraki, his stance ready for a second round, "Well then, Villain. How about we hurry and finish this up?"

"…You cheated…" The Villain leader grunted scratching his neck furiously, blood starts to flow from his scratches, "You've weakened? What part of that is weakened?! They… They lied to me?!"

"Well? What's wrong? Come and get me!" All Might calls out, "What happened to clearing the game? If you can take me…" He stiffens his stance, "Then bring it on!"

"If only… If only we still had Nomu!"

"Calm yourself, Shigaraki Tomura." The smog Villain assures him, "It's apparent that Nomu manages to deal some real damage to him." He glances towards us for a moment, "The kids are holding back for some reason. Reinforcements from the school are bound to arrive in a few minutes, but if the two of us double-team him, we might still have a chance."

"Yes, yes…" He starts muttering out something inaudible, I couldn't catch of his words at all.

"Looks like All Might got it under control." Kirishima noted as he along with Todoroki and Bakugou turns back to group up with the rest of our classmates, "Let's go see if we can help the others. You coming, Tatsuya?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah." I nodded numbly as I follow them back. All Might seems to have it covered. Even their greatest weapon against him is taken down. So, it should be an easy win from here on out.

And yet… why do I still have a bad feeling about all of this…?

A sudden gust of wind from behind me answers that question for me, I turning back to see that Midoriya has somehow leap right towards the two Villains. From his wiggling legs, it seems he used that same move he did back in the entrance exam to take down that Zero-Pointer. This is bad! Even if he lands a hit, that guy's quirk will…

The image of his body crumbling away projects itself in my mind. No, that will not be happening today!

Without a second thought, I sprint forward right after him. "Oi! Tatsuya!" Ignoring the cries from Kirishima, I let myself rocket towards Midoriya who is aiming for the smog Villain with his unharmed arm. When Shigaraki's arm reaches out of the smog portal, I force myself to go faster. I have to make it! If I don't… He'll…!

And… with every strength in my body, I force my quirk to accelerate my legs far beyond what my max speed originally is. The surroundings blur as I focus my eyes on my target; and with a final lunge on my part, I tackle our green-haired fanboy down onto the ground, avoiding the Villain's hand.

At the exact same time, I hear a gun goes off as Shigaraki's hand is snapped to the side with a small hole bleeding from his wrist followed by two more shots.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting, everyone." A familiar voice calls out from the entrance, "We've round up as many as we could."

"Class 1-A Class President: Iida Tenya!" The all too familiar voice of our glasses-wearing model student echoes out, "Have returned with help!"

At the entrance way, there stood our reinforcements, the entire faculty staff of Yuuei High. Midnight, Present Mic, Snipe, Power Loader, Hound Dog, Ectoplasm, Cementoss, Vlad King, along with a few others that I do not recognize, all of them has arrived in full hero costume and ready to fight. Even Principal Nezu is there with them, sitting on Vlad King's shoulder.

"Game over." I heard Shigaraki stated as he took a few steps back, "Got to retreat-" Before he could finish, he is pounded with bullets to his limps that causes him to fall limp on the ground; his partner surrounding him in a black smog barrier that absorbs the following rounds.

A small fraction of a second later, the smog Villain starts to get suck up somewhere, forcing it to focus only around the leader to try and teleport themselves away.

"I may have lost this round, Symbol of Peace…!" The leader calls out with an angry glare in his eyes, "But the next time we met, you're DEAD, All Might."

With those last words, he disappears into a swirling vortex of smog that soon swallow itself up into nothing.

I let out a sigh of relief as I rolled off of Midoriya and laid on the ground on my back. It's over, it's finally over… "We're saved…"

"I… couldn't do anything… at all…" I heard him muttered out in agony.

This guy… he really lacks some self-confidence in himself… I wonder if Recovery Girl has a license for psychotherapy?

"That's… not true. If you hadn't given me those few seconds, I'd be dead."

I heard All Might spoke as I turn to face him, Midoriya suddenly panicked and tries to block my view with his waving hand.

But despite all that, his effort is of naught when I saw something I know I shouldn't see at all. A secret that can, and would be, so devastating that if word gets out the entire nation, nay, the WORLD will be plunged into chaos.

"Eh? A-All Might…?"

"Sorry that you have to see this… Tatsuya-shoujo…" 'All Might' coughed out.

All Might, for all of his heroic stature and prowess equivalent to the tales of the Greek powerhouse of legend Hercules himself, is literally a standing and talking skeleton of a man.

His muscles are all shriveled up, his bones outlined his skin, even his face resembles that of a skull with how sink-in his eyes and cheeks are. Whatever heroic presence he has before is completely absent in him.

What is this?! Why is All Might a skeleton?! How long has this been going on?! Months?! Years?! How did people not know?! Like seriously! HOW?! Despite all that, that image of a deflated All Might seems to unlock something in my head, that very something seems to start to leak from the depths of my mind. Information starts flowing in my mind as something seems to start to click and make sense.

The familiarity of Midoriya and Bakugou, Nomu, even when I think about, I thought I've seen my classmates once before besides during the entrance exam.

Then… two phrases came to mind.

"One For All… All For One…"

I unknowingly spat out these two phrases, both Midoriya's and All Might's eyes all widen at the same time.

I can't believe I'm so stupid! So goddamn stupid! All of it, the Quirk Assessment, the Battle Trial, even this mishap of a class, it follows almost exactly like how in the My Hero Academia! I was involved with the story's plot the entire time, and I was none the wiser!

"Hey! Midoriya! Tatsuya!" Kirishima calls out as he runs towards us, "You guys okay?!"

Now I understand why Midoriya panics. This is bad! Really, really, bad!

"W-Wait, Kirishima!"

Before he can even come close to us, a large wall of concrete surfaces up from the ground, separating us from his view.

"We need to make sure all you students are safe," Our savior, Cementoss tells our redheaded friend from behind the wall, "so please head over to the gate. I'll deal with the wounded."

"Ah! Right! Of course! Understood, Cementoss-sensei!"

With that, I hear his footsteps disappearing, letting me to let go of the breath that I wasn't even sure I was holding. That was WAY too close…

"That was a close one…" All Might sighs as he sat down, "Thanks for that, Cementoss."

"It's no problem." He stated with a smile, "I'm a big fan of yours after all. Now, let's get you to the nurse's office without revealing this side of you. But on all honesty, you got to stop overdoing it…"

"I'd be dead if I didn't…"

"And Tatsuya-kun." I flinched at the mention of my name as the literature teacher stares at me, "I know you have many questions, but please leave it till after you got that hand of yours looked, okay?"

"Y-Yes, Cementoss-sensei…"

Looks like I'll be expecting a meeting with Nezu soon…

To be continued…


Omake

Taikou stared at the clock, its second hand slowly ticking down with a tick every… second. His mind just keeps going back to what happened a few minutes ago.

Almost a half-hour into their Heroics Law class, Maki got a call and a few seconds later, they are dismissed for self-study as he ran out of the class in a hurry. And he saw those eyes before, when his uncle was told that one of the tenants has started a fire in their flat. Thankfully, the flat wasn't burn down, just that one unit's kitchen.

And Maki has the exact same expression, along with a few of the teachers who has passed by, all of them having the same panicked expression.

Whatever happened mustn't be good, like that time with the journalist from last week.

"Hey, Taikou!" Tetsutetsu suddenly calls out as he nearly ran into his friend's desk, "Did you hear?! One of Class 1-A came running back a few moments ago!"

"Really?! Who?!" One of his classmates, Setsuna Tokage asked.

"Iida Tenya. You know, the exit sign guy?"

"Oh, him."

"Why did he came running back? Did something happen?"

"Hey, didn't the teachers just run off somewhere a few minutes ago as well?"

"Wasn't Class 1-A doing the Practical Class today? I've saw them leave in their hero costume."

Taikou starts to panic. Genko is in Class 1-A. And if something happened to them…

"Whatever you are planning on doing, don't." Their class president, Kendo Itsuka calls out to him, walking up to him with her hands on her hips. "Hermes-sensei has told us to stay put for self-study."

"But…"

"Naru."

"…Fine." He lets out a sigh as he clenches his fists tightly. 'Genko… you better be okay…'


Remember that this is a reincarnation fic? That this is a Self-Insert?

Well, Genko seems to have forgotten, so now she has been reminded of that fact!

So, yeah. Genko is now aware of her own stupidity and lack of memory retention.

With that, I thank you for reading this!