AN:
Wow, this has been too long. I'm going to make this quick, but ther are a few things I want to talk about. Firstly, I have had a few people asking me to place in the chapter what the chapter is based on, now I do have the titles named after what it is based on, but the previous chapter was "Last Stand of the Gunslinger" (search that on youtube and you should find it) and this one is the Overwatch cinematic trailer "Hero". Secondly, I try to keep these based on five minute clips because I find that's about a good chapter's length. Thirdly, I have had several people asking me to go back to some that I have already done or why I cut it at certain points, and I will probably do a chapter of a bunch of smaller clips where I will go back to older ones and show more into that world and I cut them (for example the last chapter) where I feel it has the most cinematic tension and portrays the feeling that I want the characters to be showing. Lastly, I want to apologize for how long this chapter took, I was originally planning on doing a much longer video (nearly an hour long) in celebration of getting so many follows and favorite (thank you all it means a lot), but I have been through hell since I last posted. In summary, since I last posted, I have had two deaths of close family and been in my second active shooter situation in the past 2 years (luckily no one was harmed this time), and I don't want this to turn into any kind of debate, so please just accept my apologies on this. Thank you all for your patience, stay healthy and safe, and enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 5:
"Shouldn't we say something?" Hizashi whispered to Aizawa, breaking the deafening silence.
"No…" the tired man grunt, cracking his eyes open to watch his students, silently coming to grips with what they just witnessed "You know as well as anyone that death comes with being a hero, they need to learn how to move past it…"
"Still…"Present Mic sighed, frowning at the students, the only one of the class to truly experience death on a mission was Midoriya, and he wasn't here…
"Are you really fucking doing this again?!" Bakugou shouted as he once again lost his patience "Is this going to be a thing after every fucking time?"
"What does it matter to you?" Uraraka growled, wiping tears away as she glared at the blonde once more.
"If I'm being forced to watch alternate versions of that nerd, I'd rather not do it with a bunch of whiny bitches." Katsuki growled as he sent his own glare at the girl, ignoring the growing looks of anger from the rest of his classmates.
"Seriously? What is your problem?! You just watched someone die and you act like we're the ones that are in the wrong for actually feeling something!" Ochako screamed as she stood up and began walking towards with clenched fist, only to stop as a hand gently grabbed her by the shoulder.
"That's enough, Uraraka…" Iida said gently as he frowned at the brown haired girl.
"You can't be serious, Iida! Deku's your friend and he's just-…" the gravity user began, only to be cut off by the blue haired boy.
"Midoriya is my friend and I've learned a lot from him since we have met… Like there is no point in feeling angry about what you can't change and not to focus on the past or you'll be stuck in it…" Tenya sighed as he closed his eyes, cutting off the tears that were brimming around his eyes.
"… But… but…"Uraraka stammered, struggling to justify herself.
"Iida is right… Midoriya wouldn't want us fighting amongst ourselves…" Yaoyorozu stated as she stood up, elegantly wiping her own tears away "Our version or any other…"
"… Let's just watch the next world…" Ochako grumbled with a pout, turning to the floating screen "Play universe."
"Hey, it was my turn!" Denki yelled, only to yelp as Jirou jabbed him with her earphone jack.
"Oh, quit being a baby. You can get the next one…" Kyoka sighed as she rolled her eyes.
'Realm display function engaged, preparing universe OWCH634-IM-VS-S. Visual loading… Audio loading…'
The screen showed a hill side town, with multicolored buildings, appearing to be in South American. Slowly the image panned over to an orange building with "Panadería Las Nieblas" written above the doorway housing two green doors. The right door creaked open and a young girl stepped out of the shop, holding a small bag that jingled with the sound of coins.
"I'm not a baby anymore, Mama, stop treating me like one!" the girl exclaimed as she stepped onto the porch.
"Listen to me, mi hija, get the flower and get back quickly, no stops!" a woman's voice came from inside the shop.
"Fine!" the girl whined before stomping away, turning around briefly, struggling to find the words to shout before sighing and continuing to walk away.
"Um, where are they?" Kaminari asked as he scratched his head.
"It looks like South America!" Momo gleefully exclaimed, her eyes dancing with excitement.
"Huh? How do you know, Yaomomo?" Mina asked, while looking at her friend.
"My parents and I vacationed there one year! Oh, the landscape is beautiful!" the rich girl explained as she all but bounced in her seat at the memory.
"Okay, but where's Midoriya? Aren't these supposed to be about him?" Toru asked, turning her body to look at the taller girl.
"I'm sure he will turn up." Nezu supplied as he smiled calmly at the screen "It's more than likely that that girl will have some kind of importance to the events to come…"
"I worry about Alejandra…" The woman's voice sighed as the girl walked up the stairs in view from the interior of the shop before the screen cut to her at the top of the stairs, "Everyday… No longer a child, and nowhere near grown up…She is at a crossroads…"
"Narration? That's new." Present Mic commented as he raised an eyebrow.
"It's more like someone is telling a story than watching an event…" Cementoss said as he rubbed his chin.
Alejandra kicked a can before stopping in front of multiple destroyed posters, one of which prominently showed a familiar green haired man, older, with a more muscular frame and chiseled jaw, with the words 'Los Protectores', as the voice continued, "I tell her about the heroes that once saved our world time and time again, because I want to give her hope… even if the existence of heroes has been made illegal…"
"W-wait, what?" Kirishima stammered as he and the rest of the room stared with wide eyed at the screen .
"A world with no heroes?" Kaminari questioned in shock.
"But, why would they do that?" Tsuyu asked as she frowned at the screen.
"We don't know what has happened in that world…" Aizawa sighed as he closed his eyes "There's no point in questioning their decision."
"Either way…" Midnight said before she licked her lips at the image on the poster "… that boy definitely ages well!"
"Settle down." Eraserhead groaned as he rolled his eyes, vaguely noting his female students turn crimson with blushes.
Alejandra flinched as she came into an open area, clanking of metal against metal and nearly maniacal laughter filling the evening air. "But, I'm afraid that she will be forced to make a choice that will decide the direction of her life…" the voice sighed as the screen showed three men gathered around a metallic object, laughing happily as they kicked and stomped on it.
"It is important for kids to have proper guidance!" Iida proclaimed as he fixed his glasses, nodding with the screen.
"I wonder if that's why Bakugou turned out like this." Asui thought aloud, tilting her head as she placed a finger on her chin.
"What did you say, you frog bit-" Katsuki began leaping to his feet as he began to climb over his fellow students to reach the green haired girl, only to be suddenly stopped as his teacher's scarf wrapped tightly around him, pulling him back to his seat.
"Language, there are still kids around." Aizawa groaned, his eyes glaring a menacing red as he activated his quirk.
Dropping her head down, the young girl tried to quickly walk past the group as they continued to beat on the object.
"Hey, hey, Ale, where you going, girl?" the member holding a bat called out, causing the girl to cringe, as she began to pass.
"No… nowhere…" Alejandra nervously said as the man approached her.
"Ha-ha! Nowhere's right!" the man laughed, a golden tooth shinning in the light of the street lamp as he swung his arm around the scared girl and pulled her to the object "Come here, you gotta see this!"
"This doesn't exactly seem like the safest place for a kid to be late at night…" Present Mic nervously exclaimed.
"Her mother did seem worried about letting her go out so late…" Midnight sighed.
"Uh…" the girl mumbled as she nervously followed the man's pull.
"Here… here… look at this thing!" the vocal member of the group said, pointing his metal covered bat at the object before shoving the weapon into the girls hands "Give him what he deserves!"
"I… I don't know" Alejandra mumbled as a humanoid machine looked up at her, pale blue eyes looking up as if it were pleading for mercy as sparks jumped across it's body.
"That poor baby!" Mei exclaimed in horror as she stared at the technological marvel.
"It… looks so sad…" Yaoyorozu said under her breath as she watched the machine, almost feeling the emotions it was.
"Maybe there are sentient machines in this world?" Todoroki said as he stared blankly at the screen
"That's horrible!" Mina exclaimed as she glared at the screen "That's like beating someone up then trying to force a kid to hit them too!"
"Come on, kid don't give in to peer pressure!" Hizashi yelled, only to be shushed by the people around him.
"I gotta go!" Alejandra exclaimed fearfully as she clutched the bat closer to herself, only for the man to start laughing again.
"Come on… Do it!" the man started calmly before yelling and pushing her towards the machine "It's just a bucket of bolts…"
"…Um… Uh…" the girl stammered as the machine continued to look on helplessly "I have to go to the store before it closes or my mama's going to kill me…"
"Woohoo! Good job kid, don't listen to what those jerks are saying!" Mina cheered as the class smiled at the girl's choice.
"Whop, be hard without any money, Niña!" another member of the group laughed as he took the girls coin purse and the men began to throw it to each other as the girl began chasing after it.
"Hey! Come on! Give it back, I need it!" Alejandra exclaimed as the men threw the coins around in a circle before the final member of the group placed a hand on the girls head and kept the purse just out of her reach.
"What the hell! Leave her alone you jerks!" Kirishima yelled as he jumped to his feet, activating his quirk to harden his clenched fist.
"Idiot, you know they can't hear you." Bakugou sighed as he rolled his eyes at the red haired boy's antics.
"I know, but… still, man, she's just a kid…" Eijiro sighed as he slumped back into his seat.
"Unfortunately, some people out there won't show mercy just because someone is 'just a kid'…" Shota sighed as he took a sideways glance at Eri.
"Come on!" a faint shout came from under the sound of a truck's horn as vehicle pulled up, floating in the air. The driver waved for the group to head to him "Let's go! Let's go!" he faintly shouted over the roar of the engine.
"Hey!" the young girl shouted as the men easily pushed her aside and jogged towards the truck, taking her money with them. Alejandra ran after them, the vehicle speed off as soon as the three men were on board "Where are you going…! My money…" the girl sighed as she grabbed her head before stomping her feet with a scream.
"Poor kid…" Pixie Bob sighed as she shook her head.
"Without heroes in that world… I fear that that is an all too common occurrence…" Cementoss said sadly, watching the students glare at the screen.
Alejandra took off running, quickly weaving through a nearby alley and hopping onto a dumpster before climbing over a wall, as she chased after the truck. Landing with a grunt she made her way to a shabby wooden wall, peaking through a small crack just in time to see the vehicle pull up and the men hop off the back.
"What is she doing?!" Mina screamed, hurting the ears of those around her "The money isn't worth it kid, just let it go!"
"People in poorer parts of the world don't get the luxury of picking how much something is worth, Miss Ashido…" Nezu sadly chuckled.
"But… but… she could get hurt…" the pink girl tried to justify.
"But the flower was important enough for the mother to send her out in the first place, they may not have enough money to lose that amount." The small mammal countered, silencing his student's argument.
"Ah!" the girl screamed as she moved around the corner and came face to face with another thug, only for him to fall unconscious with a groan and sickening thud.
"What happened to him?" Sero asked as the group stared in confusion at the man suddenly falling over.
"Was he drunk?" Kaminari guessed, only to be ignored
"No, please! No! No!" faintly came from another alley before another man dropped out of the shadows, dropping a wooden bat with spikes as he hit the floor before being pulled back into the darkness "No! No!"
"Something's happening…" Aizawa said as he leaned forward, narrowing his eyes.
"I got a bad feeling about this…" Hizashi shivered, biting his nails as he watched the screen with anticipation.
Three men carrying boxes out of a nearby building and onto the truck vaguely noticed the commotion, "Yo, go check that out." A blond, shirtless man ordered the other two as he moved back inside.
Alejandra gasped as she hid behind a nearby box as the men began to approach.
"This is like something out of a horror movie!" Mineta said in a shaky breath as he hid behind his hands.
"Will that girl be okay?" Todoroki asked in his usual monotone voice.
A side view showed a figure dragging a groaning body past a spot of wood that barely classified as a wall just as the two men passed the same spot.
"Hey, come on, aúpa, get up." One of the men said as they knelt down to check on the fallen comrade, only for the man that had been dragged away to be thrown behind them and into a fuse box with a scream of agony and fear.
"I think those guys have bigger things to worry about then a little girl…" Ojiro said in surprise as the class watched on in shock.
"What was that?" one of the men asked as the fallen member stammered to his feet, the lights flickering before shutting off, causing the men's tattoos to glow in the dark.
"Wha!" the risen member said as looked over his shoulder, barely missing the menacing red glow of what appeared to be eyes before they sank back into the darkness.
"Confusing and disorienting the enemy, making them more prone to fear…" Aizawa mumbled to himself as he watched the screen intently.
"What was that, Shota?" Present Mic asked as he turned to his fellow teacher.
"Whoever that is, they are using tactics similar to an underground hero…" Eraserhead answered as he continued to stare at the screen.
"Oh, I think we already know who that is." Nezu giggled as he also kept watching.
"D-did you see anything?!" another man asked as they began to gather their weapons, a lone dog barking in the distance.
"Who's there?!" the third man shouted as they formed a circle around each other "Enough games, perro! Come out and fight!"
"Finally some action!" Bakugou grinned, bearing his teeth out the call for violence.
"Is fighting all you think about?" Uraraka groaned as she narrowed her eyes at the boy.
"You got a problem with that, Round Face?" the explosion user growled as he turned his glare to the brunette.
"Enough!" their teacher's stern voice silenced the two and brought their attention back to the screen.
A dull red glow turned one illuminated the back of one of the thugs heads, drawing his attention towards the nearby alley, only for his eyes to widen as he turned and a heavy punch to sending him flying back into a wall. The two other members quickly attacked, only for a white haired man, dressed in the outfit Izuku wore on the earlier poster, ducked under the green tattooed man's swing, spinning to elbow the pink tattooed man with enough force to sending his weapon spinning up into the air and the man flying back, revealing the white haired man was wearing a glowing red visor.
"Is that Midoriya?" Yaoyorozu asked as she watched with wide eyes.
"He's wearing the same outfit that Midoriya was on the poster…" Sato answered, in equal shock.
"But he's so old…" Toru mumbled, the only evidence that she was just as confused being her tone and posture.
"That doesn't seem to be affecting him very much…" Kaminari said nervously as flinched at the image of taking those hits.
Grabbing the spinning weapon out of the air, Midoriya slammed it across the glowing green man's head as the purple tattooed man jumped onto his back. Quickly knocking the man off with a sharp elbow and following it up with a back hand, Izuku continued his assault.
"No, please, no!" the pink tattooed man pleaded before the white haired man grabbed him and threw him towards the purple thug as yet another one tried to attack him from behind. Effortlessly dodging the attack, the older Izuku knocked the orange tattooed man out with a single punch before turning and grabbing the purple man's own attack by the wrist and shoving him head first into the wall with a sickening crunch.
"Bahahahahah!" Bakugou exploded into laughter, a vicious, animalistic grin at watching the battle.
"... That seems a little harsh…" Ochako mumbled to herself as she watched the screen with a worried look.
"It's effective." Aizawa corrected her, watching the fight closely "Quick and decisive strikes, leaving no room for them to counter or call for back up."
"Yeah… and they just stole from a little girl!" Mina exclaimed, sounding as though she were trying to convince herself more than anyone else.
"So manly…" Kirishima whispered as he watched the fight with stars in his eyes.
Izuku growled as he saw another gang member walk out holding another box, the blond jumping in surprise as he saw the unconscious bodies on the ground around the old man. Dropping the box he was carrying the shirtless thug whistled as he hopped onto the truck and pried open a box, sifting through the piñatas that filled it till he pulled out a large minigun from it with a roar. Midoriya dove into another alley as the blond man opened fire and another three members appeared on the roof, each wielding rifles as they too fired down onto the elderly man.
"That… seems like over kill!" Kaminari shouted as he watched screen with shocked eyes.
"Being fired on from so many different angles will make it difficult for him to launch a counter attack…" Iida thought aloud as he analyzed the situation in front of him.
"Is Deku going to be okay?" Eri asked as she gripped Mirio's sleeve tightly, pulling it to slightly hide her face, the blond only chuckled nervously in response.
"You are right, Iida, it will be difficult…" Nezu laughed with a calculating smile slowly spreading across his rodent like muzzle "but not impossible!"
Jump out of the alley, Izuku rolled through the hail of gun fire before firing three blue rockets at the minigun user, the truck exploding and sending charred piñatas through the street. The man men on the roof covered their eyes briefly before continuing to fire, only for the old Midoriya to run forward, jumping off a box and spinning midair to face them. Touching the side of his visor a hologram a hologram projected over his face, highlighting and targeting each of the thugs. Izuku fired three shots before he landed on a dumpster, denting the lid as each bullet hitting one of the men and causing them to fall from the building.
"So manly!" Kirishima cried as tears rolled down his cheeks while he covered his eyes with his forearm.
"Incredible…" Yaoyorozu gasped, staring amazed at the man on the screen "he moved into the space between their gunfire, targeted each of them and took them all down within seconds of each other!"
"Kids got himself some talent" Snipe chuckled as he leaned back in his seat.
"Yeah, okay, but did you see that baby! It was some kind of auto targeting system!" Mei exclaimed as she bounced happily in her seat.
"I know what you are thinking, and you are out of your mind if you think I'm going to let you near firearms!" Power Loader sighed as his student began to mumble to herself about how the visor works.
Midoriya climbed off the dumpster, the burning truck behind him as he slowly made his way to one of the men he knocked out earlier, the bodies of the thugs falling to the ground around him as the street glowed a dull orange.
"Oh no!" the tattooed man pleaded as Izuku got closer, picking up a burning piñata as he slowly approached the man that desperately crawled away "No no! No no no no no! Please... Please please please!"
"These! Aren't! Your! Streets! Any! More!" Izuku growled, punctuating each sentence with a vicious blow to the head with the smoldering party toy, Alejandra flinched with each blow before screaming as the man fell limp, causing Midoriya to look at her with a growl.
"And right back to being brutal." Sero joked as he flinched with each blow.
"Are all of these going to be a rollercoaster?" Sato asked as he began feeling uncomfortable at each continuous blow.
"That definitely isn't making the girl feel safe…" Tiger sighed as he watched the girl shake with fear.
"No! Please, I-" the young girl cried as she tried to crawl away, only for another truck to pull up next to the burning vehicle.
"Get on the truck!" a gang member shouted as he leapt off the truck and quickly helped some of his comrades get on board "Let's go!"
"You don't get off that easy!" Izuku roared as he began to charge at the vehicle.
"Why is he more worried about the criminals than the scared kid?" Toru asked, it was strange to see any Izuku so unconcerned about others.
"Remember heroes were banned in this world." Nezu chimed in solemnly "In response, it seems this Midoriya has taken up a more callous vigilante approach to crime…"
"Eat this!" a man with orange tattoos shouted as he pulled the pin on a grenade and threw it at Midoriya.
"Ah!" Alejandra screamed as the grenade landed next to her as she desperately tried to crawl away from it. Izuku looked back to her and then to the truck as they started to drive away, the grenade beeping rapidly before it exploded and filled the street with fire and smoke.
"Why was he hesitating?" Tsuyu questioned as she tilted her head.
"He's probably been fighting villains for so long without civilians around that he has had to make the choice between the two. More than likely he's used to just focusing on the enemy without having to worry about other people…" Midnight sighed as she placed her head down, wondering just what kind of world they were watching.
"That's oddly profound for you." Aizawa said as he gave his coworker a sideways glance.
"Her own fault for getting in the way." Bakugou snorted, crossing his arms.
"That's your opinion? Shocker." Ochako mumbled as she rolled her eyes, ignoring the growl from the blond.
Midoriya slid across the ground, covered in ash and dust with his back to the screen. Grunt and groaning, the formally green haired man slowly made his way to his knees, moving to reveal Alejandra unharmed and cradled in his arms. The young girl looked at Izuku with wide eyes, scooting backwards as he stood up, clutching his side in agony. Midoriya gasped and growled as he wobbled on his feet, clenching his fist as he held his left side with his right hand, snapping his head to where the truck had escaped to.
"See? You were all worried about nothing." Katsuki groaned, a blank face hiding any of his emotions.
Class 1-A ignored Bakugou smiled as they watched the girl emerge unharmed, some things never change. The majority of the teachers smiled as well, knowing that their student will still make the right choice. Eri and Kota were happy to know that it wasn't just their Deku that was willing to save people no matter what.
"You… you saved me…" the girl said, her voice hushed from shock as she looked down and then back to the injured man "Why?"
With a growl Izuku snapped his head back to Alejandra, the girl reflexively flinching backwards as he spoke softly "… Old habits die hard I guess…"
"That's one way to put it." Yagi laughed dawning a wide smile.
"Once a hero, always a hero." Nezu said thoughtful, ignore All Might's shaking as the man thought of his former mentor
"Run home kid, it ain't safe out here" Midoriya said as he threw an object at the girl. Alejandra caught the item, only to quickly realize it was her coin purse that had been stolen from her.
"You're one of those heroes, aren't you!?" the girl shouted, leaping to her feet as the man turned around and picked his rifle up before beginning to walk away.
Izuku only made it two steps away before he stopped, his back to the girl, and looked over his shoulder only to solemnly say "… Not anymore…" before disappearing into the shadows of the Alley.
"I think you are…" the girls said as she watched him vanish, her voice filled with hope and admiration. With that the screen faded to black.
"Way to go, Deku" Ochako cheered, no matter what world, Midoriya is still the hero.
"Manly…" Kirishima whispered again.
"Are you okay? You just keep saying that over and over again…" Sero asked his red haired classmate.
"Wait, how did he know that purse was hers?" Kaminari asked, his voice drowned out by the room's conversation.
"I still wish we could have seen him in action when he was younger…" Midnight said as she licked her lips, chuckling to herself as she watched her students blush once again.
Carrying a bag of flower, Alejandra ran down the street as fast as she could, only to pass by the poster from earlier. Quickly turning around the girl grabbed the poster before taking it with her as she continued her way to her home. Pulling open her door, the young girl was met with her mother's voice "You're late, mi hija, I've been worried sick!"
"Oh, I'm sorry, mama, but you won't believe what happened tonight!" Alejandra exclaimed she closed the door "Los Muertos, they came, and they took my money."
The girl's voice drifted as her mother narrated once more, "And then there are the times when I see her smile and the hope in her eyes, and I think maybe I don't need to worry about Alejandra after all."
The camera panned away from the bakery slowly revealing the older Izuku watching from the rooftops above, insuring Alejandra made it home safely. With his job done, Izuku once more disappeared into the night, leaving the camera focused on the moon as the screen turned to static.
"Well, we got a happy ending for a change." Present Mic exclaimed with a joyous smile.
"As happy as it can get, heroes are still illegal in that world." Aizawa sighed, as he shook his head.
"Oh, come on, at least no one died." Mina cheered as she pouted at her teacher.
"Whatever. I'm taking a nap." The black haired man groaned as he laid down onto the ground.
"Well, it seems Midoriya, in any world can't stop himself from helping others." Tenya said as he adjusted his glass.
"Whatever helps you sleep at night, four eyes." Bakugou taunted, ignoring the class presidents gasp and the glares from the other students.
"Seriously, how did he know it was her purse?" Kaminari shouted again, only to be ignored once more.
