Over the Top

by papireaz

When I died, I expected a few manga volumes. Maybe to learn what the One Piece is. Instead, I found myself in a world that I recognised, a story I had read and what's worse was that it was a story I had no interest in wanting to involve myself in! Then and again, the offer to become a Hero is far too tempting...

13. Issue 12

Shura by DOES, Gintama ending 5...

Summary so far:

Wealth. Fame. Power.

All Might, the strongest Hero of all time had obtained this and everything else the world had to offer. His words yesterday drove countless Hero's in training to "Go Beyond Plus Ultra!"

These words lured his students into action, pursuing dreams and fights greater than they ever imagined.

This is known as... canon.A

These 'Glorious Days' promised security, a falsehood when the U.A Hero course Class 1A where attacked by Villains in a dastardly plan to get rid of two birds with one stone! Sharpened to the point of perfection the plan is to kill the young, upcoming heroes to enrage All Might and strike him when he is weak, filled with emotion.

Surrounded all alone, with plans that spell their doom, it's up to Class 1A now to ensure their own survival in what seems to be a massacre...

Will they survive to tell the tale?

Can they do it?

Will Sora Yamazaki be able to protect everyone? Will he finally grow, or will he be stuck as a short person for the rest of his life? Will he finally be able to beat that final boss in One Piece World Seeker without cheesing the fuck out of him?

Probably not since One Piece doesn't exist in this life.

Let's stop this overdramatic summary and get right to the good parts. So turn of your devices, the ones you aren't reading this one, kick back and relax.

Welcome, to Cineworld?!

Seriously though, thanks for all the support. This was a troll summary, just like the rest of them are. Probably because I find it hilarious, and I will continue to troll you all through this. You may not find it funny, but fun fact this was going to originally be a comedy series! Yes that's right, originally I had it planned where Sora doesn't go to UA at all, instead he's a freelancer that opens up a cafe shop called 'Leblanc' and would have given advice to canon characters as the story changes overall.

That was quickly changed after a redraft of the first chapter, thanks to you all! Or rather thanks to one of you? Yeah, someone had read my first chapter before it was published (Not saying who :P) and told me it would be better if written more seriously. It's why the first chapter has a lot of jokes near the start with parodies of other series names and special attacks (Reject X Reject, Bankai etc.)

I guess I still retained that idea as Sora can basically make a Cloud version of them. A Chinese off-brand version if you will.

So thank you! Thank you all for sticking with this story, through the rough start as I tried to find my footing (Hopefully now it's better? I hope.) If the quality has been better, it'd because of you guys!

I'll finish this story, but I'm writing more and more each chapter surprisingly, meaning I'm getting through content sooner then I thought. (UA was meant to start by Chapter 10/11, USJ had been 5 chapters instead of the 3 I have planned, chapter lengths were also much shorter originally. Around 5k per week, but here I am now doing 10+, also this is the longest written chapter yet.)

Sure this is an annoyingly long AN, but it's because of you guys and some gals out there that have been motivating me to constantly improve, along with my own passion. I'd like to say my writing style has improved, but that's up ta' you guys. Don't ya' think I've improved? :(

I know, I know. The chapter should have already started by now. But this is a long AN for a reason, one you'll see by the end of the chapter :)

ENJOY!

Also on a side note Tales of Arise is out, a few hours into it and I love it. What does thing have to do with the story? Nothing really, I just wanted to mention it. If you are mixed on if to buy it, I'd say it's a pretty good game

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I was soaring through the USJ, hoping to find a glimpse of well... anyone. Groups of enemies from below were trying to snipe me, using various methods with varying degrees of success, which only infuriated me even more.

I didn't have time for this bullshit!

One villain had a Quirk that allowed them to grow their fingernails to any size, and seeing a fingernail the size of a metal pole fly towards me in an effort to swat me out of the sky would give nightmares to anyone, and that included me!

That shit was freaky.

With a capital F.

Why the fuck were Quirks so weird?!

I wouldn't be getting sleep tonight, not without seeing a fingernail-man trying to kill me at least twice. Still, I jumped off my Nimbus to fight him head on as he cockily grinned at me, the bastard thought he could kill me!

"Hello, little Hero… Come to play with the men?"

I sighed at him.

"Dude, you sound like a pedo."

The man licked his lips.

"I do like them young~"

Cringing at that, I dashed forward and avoided one of his swiping attacks, summoning my Nimbus to create a shield construct as I vaulted over his fingernails and decked him in the face-,

That was before I got stabbed in the shoulder by his pinky nail.

Grah-,

Was that… Blood?!

My blood?!

"Hehe, little Hero, you don't know how to fight properly, do you?" The villain taunted me. "No one fights fair in this world of ours! It's whoever is left standing that's the winner! Welcome to the true man's world, kid-,"

I spat in the man's face as I fired a Rasengan at his stomach, watching as it drilled into him before sending him flying backwards into some small rubble. Tsk. I hope I permanently left a mark on that bastard, especially as I looked at the shallow cut he gave me.

Motherfucker.

Still, he was quite easy to defeat which meant that All For One couldn't afford to hire actual villains, these were probably deluded street punks looking to make it big on a single job - The lowest of the low.

In a sense, I didn't have a problem with beating up these villains, I mean they were trying to kill the people I wanted to save. Oh, and they were trying to kill me as well. How could I ever forget?

Silly me.

"Hey, look at the kid over there!" A grunt shouted from down below as I ran near the mountainous zone, hoping to find any sign of someone from Class A. "He's on top of us! Near the cliff! Shoot him down!"

I clicked my tongue as I peered over the edge and saw them, before I hastily made up my mind. Maximum effort. I jumped down, breaking my fall using my Nimbus to make a platform construct beneath my feet before I leapt off my Quirk and kicked the loudmouth in the head, watching as he slumped over with ease.

Ouch.

That must have hurt, just like my landing did judging from my back pains. Note to self: Don't jump down from big heights. It hurts. Like, it really hurts. But before I could even regain my bearings, I quickly found myself surrounded by a bunch of shitty villains.

"Heh, not gonna give a kid like me enough time to rest?" I asked, knowing my fate. "...Tsk. Fair enough, just make sure ya' don't blame me when you're stuck eating mushy peas for the rest of your life in a hospital bed."

"He's here! Everyone, let's get him!" One villain shouted, pointing in my direction. "He's all alone too!"

I grinned as I launched myself forward and bit his finger as hard as I could.

Was that blood?

Oh God, I had someone's blood in my mouth?!

God, I think I'm going to vomit...

I spat the blood out, and I didn't stop spitting even when the man collapsed to the floor after a single bite. He looked at me as if I were an unhinged animal before he ran away in fear, and to be fair, I couldn't blame him. If a kid just bit my finger randomly, I'd also be afraid for my life because that kid was not all there in the head!

"This kid's an animal..." One villain panicked, pointing at me as if I was the boogeyman. "He bit Junya's finger! What the fuck?! Why is he smiling at us?! Why are you smiling, kid?! You want a piece of me?! You want-,"

I didn't let the man finish as I ran up to him, using my Nimbus to create a baseball bat as I smashed his head in - Watching as he crumpled to the floor like a sack of potatoes before I pivoted around and used my bat to defend myself from a villain who tried to stab me with a knife.

We parlayed with one another before I changed my Nimbus to a shield and used it to bash his head in.

I mean I didn't look that scary, did I? I

"Screw this shit, I'm out!" One villain screamed, as they scrambled to get away from me, tripping up over some rubble as he screamed in terror. "I'm not getting paid enough for this! Just leave me alone!"

That made me roll my eyes slightly, come on I wasn't going to bite. I just wanted to find Jiro, nothing more.

I just wanted to make sure that no one was going to die today!

And they couldn't even handle that?!

"What's wrong?" I mocked, shouting at them all with a smug smirk on my face. "Can't handle a fucking kid?! Pathetic. And ya' call yourself villains? Might have to get a new career path ya' know, considering you can't even do that properly. Might I suggest a janitor?"

Judging from the angry looks on their faces, it looks like they weren't going to follow my advice. A shame, they really could have been good workers. I readied myself, my hands balling into fists yet again as I tried to think of a way to win.

To beat them.

Well, guess this was it.

One versus... seven? No, six.

I liked those odds.

I would have said it out loud to sound like an extra badass, like one of those cool characters, but unfortunately I was neither 'cool' nor an 'character'. I'd probably just sound like a cocky kid, and what if I couldn't handle those odds? I'd probably die.

No, I did not like those odds!

I transformed Nimbus into a bat once more as I charged forward, swinging at the villain nearest to me as I hit their head with a resounding thwack, watching them crumple onto the floor unconscious.

I didn't have time to rest however as a villain with razor sharp teeth and claws pounced towards me as I yet again had to change the shape of my Nimbus, this time from a bat to a sword as I did my best to block his swings, getting a few jabs here and there, unfortunately I still got scratched a few times.

Guess my reflexes weren't up to par with what I thought they were.

That was before someone came up from behind me, instinctively I used the smaller Nimbus on my left hand to create a small knife as I threw it at the man's knees, causing him to cry out in pain as he fell to the floor.

The villain who I had been exchanging blows with looked at me in horror as I finally swung at him with all my might, lodging my sword inside his rib cage as blood splattered everywhere, gah! It was stuck?!

It even got on my costume. What once was white was not stained blood red, looking at it rather made me sick. I looked back at the villain with the claws, who was on the floor crying out in pain.

I... I caused this?

It wasn't a deep gash, nor was it life threatening.

I hoped.

I mean it's not like I was trained with how to use a sword now was I? I was just swinging randomly, hoping to at least catch someone off guard, but it's not like I was actively trying to kill them. But maybe I went too far? Judging by the looks on the three remaining villains' faces, one of which had fallen to the ground in horror as he tried to crawl away from me.

No, I did go too far.

Just because I wanted to save the people I cared about, that didn't give me the right to tread over the bodies of my enemies. I mean I wasn't trying to be a villain, I was training to become a Hero. But oh well, maybe turning into a 'monster' for those I cared about was cooler than being a 'demon' for no reason.

Rolled off the tongue easier as well, well at least it did for me.

"M-Monster! You're a monster, man! We just wanted to make some money..." A redhead female villain shouted at me, raising her hands as they turned into small circular shields. "...I'll kill you for what you did… You're just a kid. A Hero. And you're fighting to kill us?! You bastard! You're a piece of shit, and I'll enjoy killing you!"

That was a pretty cool Quirk.

I wonder how much damage it would take however, and if her shield broke did that mean her hand was also broken?

Heh, Quirks are kinda cool.

"Money?" I was amused. "You wanted to make some money? Killing kids isn't a way to get money, you sicko. You're doing this for the thrill of it. You really want money, get a fucking job at Macdonalds, I think I'll need a cheeseburger soon. Chop, chop, get to work, bitch."

Pointing my sword at the same level to where her throat was, I watched as she instinctively backed away from me. But that look in her eyes? No, I knew that this was going to a be a fight I couldn't shake off.

It's a shame too, 'cause she was sorta hot.

"No hard feelings, but you've gone and tried to kill my friends!" She screamed at me, her eyes full of anger as she launched an attack at me. "I'm gonna' enjoy tearing you limb for limb boy!"

I gritted my teeth as I had to transform my Nimbus once again. My left hand was missing a small Nimbus, but my right hand was fine as I copied her move, transforming it into a small pointy shield as I punched her with all my might, stunning her.

Crack.

Using the pointy end of my now improv shield, I had completely shattered her left shield, probably breaking her fist while I was at it, judging by her grunts, but I wasn't able to dodge in time as her right shield slammed into my face, causing me to fly backwards.

FUCK! That hurt like a mother-fuckin' bitch!

God fucking damn-it, what was that shit made of?

Vibranium?!

"Grr... You bastard!" She screamed at me as she clutched her hand, tears in her eyes. I rubbed my cheek, did my tooth get knocked out? Wait oh god, that was my blood?! The force of her arm-shield had caused me to bleed.

Fucking hell, that was slightly awesome! Maybe I should do that next time?

I looked down to find Nimbus completely disappeared.

Made sense, that hit was lethal. She was trying to kill me after all. But... I couldn't help but look at her two other teammates, or villains in this case. They were running away from the two of us as fast as they could. I didn't want to fight them at all.

"Cowards..." She said as she spat out blood on the ground. I did the same. Blood did taste like iron after all, and iron was nasty. Especially iron from bunk beds, then and again it was my fault for trying to bite a metal bunk bed.

The ringing in my ears was not stopping as I stood back up, albeit shaking slightly. I could die here?! But why was that making me feel... excited?

Elated even?

Was I enjoying fighting?

I mean I hadn't ever been in a real fight, at least not one to the death in either of my lives. But now, under these conditions? I could see the appeal. If I wasn't so scared shitless of dying, and allowing everyone else to die horrible deaths then I'd probably feel better about it.

"Haha," She started to laugh.

"HAHA," I retorted.

"HAHAHAHA,"

"HAHAHAHAHA!"

Was she trying to have a... laughing competition with me?! In the middle of a fight? That was something I didn't expect to see... well ever. Only a psychopath would do something like that, or maybe a sociopath? What was the difference between the two? Eh, who cares. Why am I mulling over something like this during a fight I could potentially die in?

Was I...

Was I bored?

No. That couldn't be it, although I did have the sudden urge to yawn, although I repressed it. I didn't want to seem rude, after all the villain in front of me took the time out of her day to try and kill me. Me of all people! I mean, was I even that famous?

I hope not.

"I'm going to enjoy cutting you down!" She screamed at me, charging at me like a bull. I shifted my stance, placing my left foot backwards as I grinned, this was too easy! I summoned my Nimbus as I transformed it yet again to a katana, this time making it slightly longer in length.

It was going to be done in one swing.

Then I'd find Jiro.

"Go on ahead you old hag!" I shouted back at her. "Gimme' your best shot!"

She rushed towards me, her remaining functional arm raised high as I threw my blade in the air, grabbing it by the sharper end as I winced slightly, not before whacking her on the top of her head with the hilt of the blade, her eyes rolling back as she fell to the floor knocked out cold.

I sighed heavily as I looked around, that was a bloody fight. I tore a part of my red stained Yakuta off as I wrapped it around my hand, hoping to stop the bleeding. Gripping a sword by its sharp end wasn't a good idea now was it, but at least I didn't kill her.

No, I wouldn't allow anyone to die.

Least of all my enemies, after all that's not what a Hero does right?

Wasn't this technically going 'Beyond Plus Ultra!'? Would All Might come out from the corner and exclaim that my grades would be getting a boost this term for my performance? Or would he berate me for nearly killing someone.

I mean was it exactly bad killing these people? I mean sure murder is bad, but they did try to murder me first. Along with the people I cared about. But they also had people they cared about, and they would be hurt.

Gah, moral complexities and philosophy, why wasn't there a right answer? Then my mind wouldn't be trying to wrack up a half thought out solution to all this. I doubt my friends and family would look at me the same if I became a murderer.

And neither would I, could I even kill someone?

So that means no to killing, for now at least. Or ever. I got back up, with the support of my sword as I forced it to transform into a trusty floating cloud once more, hopping on it as I flew upwards. That was a distraction, a stupid one.

I needed to find Jiro.

Time was running out!

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Chapter

Twelve

'Save your cash (And sympathies) for a rainy day!'

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Momo Yaoyorozu POV

Momo Yaoyorozu gritted her teeth. From what it seemed like, they were stuck in the mountain zone. Jiro, Kaminari and her, seemingly all alone with no back up surrounded by villains, too many of them to count!

"Uwahhhhh!" Kaminari screamed as he managed to dodge an attack from a villain holding a machete. "Yikes! I think I just saw my whole life flash before my eyes!"

"Kaminari! Are you alright?!"

"Just who the hell are these guys? Why are they trying to kill us?! We haven't done anything to offend them, have we?" Kaminari asked, confused. "Can't they just leave us alone?! Damn it! Don't make me shock you, bastards!"

Jiro shrugged her shoulders in response.

"Why don't we ask them nicely?" Jiro asked sarcastically. "I know, let's all gather around a campfire and play a game of two truths and one lie! How about you go first, Kaminari."

"Worry about that later," Momo said, drawing both of her classmates' attention away from the villains and onto her. "We need to figure out how to get away from this mob."

She shuddered slightly at the lecherous grins on some of the villains' faces. 'It seems like they don't just want to kill us, or at least Jiro and I...' Momo thought to herself darkly. This was a rotten situation, what should she do?

Her academics hadn't provided training for this?!

Neither had her tutors.

"Hey, you're a lightning guy right? Just try to fry them to a crisp, won't ya'?" Jiro asked, sounding a little like another boy they know near the end. "Just use your Quirk or something, man! Come on now! You're supposed to be some big hitter, show us it! Go on!"

'I hope Yamazaki and everyone else is okay. Maybe they had better luck and got transported into a zone with no villains?' Momo thought to herself, shaking her head. 'No, right now we have no way of knowing what is going on. We have to clear this stage and try to regroup - That's the only way out of this mess!'

Kaminari's howling, however, broke her out of her thoughts.

"Weren't you even listening to how my Quirk works yesterday?! We were partners?!" Kaminari shouted at Jiro, who merely shrugged her shoulders in response. "I can only cover myself in electricity, at least enough to control it. If I tried to discharge, I'd hit you guys too. And I'm trying to call for help, but nothing is working. I think I'm going to have to rely on you guys to get us out of here safely-,"

Jiro cut him off as she kicked him towards the nearest villain.

"Just be a human stun gun. Problem solved."

Kaminari screamed for help as he stumbled towards the villain, his Quirk activating just in time as he touched the villain's chest. Two things happened, first the villain shook off the electrical attack like it was nothing, secondly he smirked in response as he readied his fist to hit the blonde, however Yaoyorozu managed to create a whip just in time to pull Kaminari away from the smirking villain, the punch meant for the blonde boy lodging itself on the floor instead.

"Aw jeez, I missed the kid," The villain complained as he wiped the dust off his hand. What used to be flat ground now had a crater on it, Yaoyorozu gulped as she imagined what would have happened if Kaminari hadn't been pulled in time. "...Lucky brats. Heh. Don't worry your luck will run out soon."

'He would have died,' Momo quickly tried to regain her thoughts however no matter what plan she tried, from trying to make a capture net, even lances, but nothing seemed to work. 'We're trapped here, with bad matchups…'

It was like...

It was like they already knew what Momo was going to do.

What Jiro and Kaminari were going to do.

"I have a plan," Jiro said, "In my costume I asked for a way to focus sound in one direction, so cover your ears!"

Momo and Kaminari did exactly that, hoping it would be enough.

'Wait… That gives me an idea! Yes, if I provide sufficient insulation... Yes! That would work!'

Jiro's plan didn't work out as well as she had hoped judging from her expression as one of the villains revealed they had ear plugs.

'It's almost as if they knew we were going to come here... oh well. It doesn't matter.'

"I have a plan, but it will take some time," Momo said to her classmates. "Cover me if you can." Jiro and Kaminari nodded at her as they took the left and right side, trying to fend off the villains.

'Come on work... work... WORK...'

She felt something large expanding on her back as she grinned at the villains.

"All right, it's ready!" Momo yelled to them, "A one hundred millimetre thick insulation sheet-,"

Kaminari cut her off as he yelled, "All right! Ya' see, my buddy said that I'm super strong! SO YOU CAN ALL TELL ME HOW STRONG I AM NOW!"

Momo pulled Jiro quickly under the blanket.

"Uhm... You're kinda having a... wardrobe malfunction?" Jiro asked, confused. "C-c-cover yourself up. Probably. Er, I mean that's what you should do."

'Creating the insulation sheet must have ripped my clothes,' Momo reasoned as she created another set of clothes. 'It took a lot out of me. Hopefully it was enough to get rid of them.'

"That's fine Jiro, however thank you for telling me. I'm more worried about the others, let's hurry up and regroup-,"

As she lifted up the blanket, she didn't expect to be greeted by a spear pointing at her neck, a blonde man holding it as he sneered at her.

'W-What?!'

"Did you think that would honestly work?" The villain mocked, the spear edging closer towards her neck. "Not only did the boss give us ear plugs to stop your friend over there, but he outfitted us with insulated clothing. Top brand too, meaning what sparky throws at us can't hurt. Colour me surprised though, the boss did say that you would create an insulate blanket, but I didn't think it would be true. Scary boss, that one. He scares me to shit with when his predictions are that accurate."

Momo paled as she tried to look around for an opening, anything, even one opportunity-,

"Grr, let me go!" Jiro yelled as she tried to shrug off the villain gripping her arm, a tall man with jet black hair and a ugly scar across his face, bright pink eyes that clashed with his dark outfit. His left arm looked like a crab's claw as it dragged Jiro across the floor. "Come on, let me go already! I ain't nuffin'! Stop being a cunt, and just let me go!"

Momo looked around to see Kaminari on the floor.

It was over…

Her plan wasn't enough to-,

"Ah, ah now. I was promised to get the chance to kill some kids, but damn aren't these some cuties. I'll take this one, man, sometimes it pays to be a bad guy," The villain holding Jiro by the arm said as she screamed for help at the top of her lungs, her voice cracking near the end. She was thrashing about, but not even her Quirk allowed an opening to be made as the villain shook all the attacks off. "Shut up, bitch! Before I stab you in your throat!"

As if it was nothing.

As if they were nothing.

"Jiro?!" Momo yelled in shock. "Jiro!"

'No, no, no... What should I do? No this... why...'

"Jiro! Hey stop you assholes, I said stop-," Kaminari tried to say as he was punched in the face by another villain. "Argh-,"

"He, shut up runt. Oi, Arata, don't break her completely will you? Some of us want to have some fun," He then turned his predatory eyes to Momo, who tried to look away in disgust. "Hell, we got a main event right here!"

The rest of the villain burst into laughter around him.

'Is this... our end?' Momo thought to herself, tears threatening to spill. 'All my hard work, my upbringing... for this?'

Blood.

Suddenly, the villain who had punched Kaminari was on the floor, and found he had a stump instead of an arm, which was conveniently lying ten feet away from him unmoving. The villain's face shifted to one of shock, his mouth opened slightly before closing as his last words were a mix of a gurgle and a cry of pain - That was before he fell to the floor and shrieked loudly.

Momo could only see the person behind the villain's eyes, as she wanted to scream in happiness, but also in horror. His white costume was now torn and stained blood red, both dried up and fresh. His once blue hair was now dirty with grime and blood again, his right hand wrapped up with the only clean part of his once costume which was charging up an attack, one she hadn't seen before.

It looked like he was holding lightning in his hands, or rather a version of it that looked like a cloud. Sora Yamazaki was standing there, his trademark smile not on his face as he looked directly at the villain holding Jiro with a burning hatred, something she hadn't seen on the boy previously.

This wasn't the carefree slacker that she knew, the boy who slept in class and tried to ditch Aizawa-sensei's detention. The same boy who constantly made bad jokes, and had any science go over his head - He wasn't the bad boy of their class…

This...

This was a demon.

"Hey what the hell just happened? I don't remember you being a part of our crew? Who the hell are you-, Wait, don't tell me you're one of their friends, huh kid?" The villain holding Jiro wheezed out, tears in his eyes as if he had heard the funniest joke in his life. Sora on the other hand, his face hadn't moved a muscle. "Come on kid, lighten the hell up won't you? Ugh, it doesn't matter. Aiko, kill him."

Aiko was a girl with short pink haired girl, she seemed to look like a cross between a dog and a human as she pounced on Sora, her jaw managing to bite Sora's left arm... who just stood there.

Doing nothing.

"Haha?! What's wrong with this kid? Aren't you going to respond-,"

Before he could finish his sentence, Aiko, the villain biting Sora, was running away, squealing in pain. She had a nasty looking gash on her neck, the type only made from knives. And Momo could see Sora holding a knife, blood dripping down onto the floor as he changed it suddenly.

Into a... war hammer?

It was a sleek looking war hammer, something which looked directly out of a manga. She looked at it curiously, what would he do with a war hammer? That was before it suddenly stretched out, hitting the villain holding her at spear-point directly in the face, surprisingly launching him twenty metres back with a resounding crash.

It was quick, too quick.

Brutal even.

"S-Sora?" Yaoyorozu asked. "Are you-,"

Her classmate ignored as he ran directly towards the villain dragging Jiro, both unable to move. His war hammer suddenly changed to a katana as he jumped into the air, a miniature cloud forming beneath his feet as he leapt off it swinging at the nearest villain near him.

Momo could only watch in horror as her classmate...

As her classmate...

"STOP!" She found herself screaming to deaf ears. "STOP SORA!"

"Hey man calm down! CALM DOWN!" Kaminari shouted. "You're going to kill him! There's no going back from that, Sora!"

But Sora wasn't listening, it was as if he was intent on cutting his path towards Jiro, the villain holding her transfixed on the scene ahead of him. This wasn't good...

Sora wasn't doing well, he wasn't aware of his surroundings at all as groups of villains attacked him, it seemed like every time he tried to attack he was hit twice. The more he tried, the more injured he got, his own blood was spilling on the floor.

"We have to help him!" Momo yelled to Kaminari, who was running towards his friend. "With the rate he's going at, he'll die!"

"Way ahead of you."

'Think! What could I do to help?' Momo thought to herself as she ran towards them, creating a canon as she shot it towards the group. Kaminari, having already been ahead of her, was throwing punches left and right, trying to hit anyone in the face with his Quirk. 'If their clothing restricts his Quirk, then the next best thing is to aim for their bodies themselves. Good thinking Kaminari'

Momo kept on thinking of a plan as she loaded up her cannon again.

"Are you kids stupid?" Arata, the villain holding Jiro, mocked them. "You think you can take on twenty-, no, thirty people at once? What are you? Insane?"

"BRING IT ON!" Sora bellowed loudly, his eyes far too fierce to be compared to a hero, but far too focused to be compared to a thug. "I'll fucking make sure you get the full treatment, motherfucker! You just stay there before I stab you till you beg me to stop!"

…

The battlefield quietened at Sora's carefree declaration, and Momo could finally see just which speed Sora moved at. Metaphorically. He was in his own lane, doing whatever he wanted no matter what - And perhaps that was why he fitted so well in their class.

'What just was he?' Momo asked herself, launching her cannon yet again. 'Either way, I'm glad he's a friend. I'm glad he's a part of our class, but I won't allow him to cross that line! Not now, and not ever!'

"I'll-, I'll kill this girl?!" Arata panicked, sweat pouring down his forehead as he held Jiro at gunpoint, aimed directly at her head. "Move any further and I'll shoot-, Hey what are you doing?!"

Sora kept on moving forward, something that both surprised and worried Momo. He kept on walking forward, despite his many cuts and bruises. Despite the blood pouring out of his wounds, the large gashes on his arms and the slight limp he had.

He walked forward, despite nearly tripping up many times.

Each step trudging more than the last, it looked like it was hurting him even to just walk, yet he kept on going forward.

'Why?' Momo questioned herself. 'Why continue to walk after the threat? Jiro's life is on the line? Don't you care?!'

"Y-Y-You're insane?! I thought we would have k-kids, not psychopaths!" Arata scrambled, taking a few steps back as he let Jiro go. "Stay away from me! K-kid-, don't look at me with those eyes! Hey, you seriously aren't going to kill-,"

"Psychopath?" Sora asked, amused. "I'm not a psychopath."

Sora raised his sword, an impassive look on his face.

Momo's eyes widened, he wasn't going to-,

"You tried to hurt my friend. You are going to pay dearly for it," Sora said calmly, but his voice lacked any warmth, lacked any of the usual sarcasm that the boy normally had. "...Whatever happens, happens. Got it?"

Momo found herself running at the boy in an effort to stop him! Stop him from committing the biggest mistake he could!

"NO SORA DON'T!" Momo shouted at the boy.

He couldn't-,

Not now!

They were safe! Didn't he realise that?!

"SORA STOP!" Momo heard Kaminari yell towards his friend. Jiro was trying her best, shaking his shoulders, but he wouldn't reply. His eyes were staring only at the villain in front of him, a burning hatred within them.

Darkness.

The blade then fell.

"AHHHHHHH!" Arata yelled, the blade missing his head by an inch.

"...Thank whoever you pray to that I didn't kill you today," Sora said to the villain. "Or more accurately, thank the fact that you didn't hurt my friends. Because if you did, well, I wouldn't have missed."

Arata got up and ran away, crying about something.

Momo found herself sighing in relief.

'Sora didn't kill anyone... Jiro is safe.'

SLAP!

"You-, you-, YOU IDIOT!" Jiro cried out. "What were you-, what if you?! DO you have any idea how much that scared me? Huh? You nearly killed a man! You cut someone's limb off, that's not what a Hero does?! What's wrong with you?!"

"...I wanted to save you," Sora whispered, looking away at them. "I wanted to save all of you. No matter what. And I wasn't going to kill him, I just wanted to scare him. I told you, no one's going to die today. No matter what. Friend's or foes."

Momo chuckled in response as she located the villain with the missing arm. He was still wriggling around in pain, but he was alive as she created some bandages to stop his bleeding. He'd make it - Barely.

"Save me? At what cost, your humanity? That's not cool dude, far from it!" Jiro cried more as she fell on him, wrapping him in a tight hug. "W-What if you went to prison huh? What about then you idiot. Then you wouldn't have saved anyone."

"But you would have been alive-,"

Jiro cut him off - "But I wouldn't have my best friend. That's a fate worse than death. M-Miwa wouldn't have her brother, your parents wouldn't have their s-son. Everyone would have lost you. T-tell me, is that a better fate?"

Sora didn't respond, he only wiped away her tears. He looked to be deep in thought, his face betraying his emotions as he gave a familiar frown, this time tinged with guilt. It was the most vulnerable state Momo had seen the boy in as he smiled at Jiro.

"...Don't worry. It'll never happen."

"It better not! Or else I'll kick your arse, Sora!"

After Momo was done ensuring that all the villains wouldn't escape, she walked over to them.

Kaminari grinned, wrapping his arm around both Sora and Jiro, "You were totally cool out there man! I was so proud of you, I mean who knew someone so short could be so menacing."

Sora raised his middle finger as he smirked back.

"You were pathetic, bro. Just go and off yourself already."

"Dude!"

Jiro lightly slapped her forehead in response.

"How uncouth," Momo lightly teased them. "All of us are fine. Let's go, now."

Sora shrugged his shoulders as he tried to stand up, and with the help of Kaminari he started to walk again, though he was using his Nimbus as support. He looked better, smiling now, without his usual snark or witty remarks. He genuinely seemed like he was at peace with himself.

That he had achieved something.

"Get on," Sora told them, jumping on his Nimbus. "I still have to get you all to the entrance."

---

I winced.

My pain wasn't going away, but at least everyone was alive. Aizawa was still making his way towards Shigaraki, but his movements seemed to have slowed down. But he seemed to have noticed me flying in the air, judging by the small smirk that appeared on his face.

I needed to make my way towards the middle as quickly as possible. But I glanced over at Jiro, who was still holding onto me. It was as if I was her teddy bear or something, which was understandable considering she went through a traumatic experience. I mean she nearly died, then nearly saw me kill someone-,

Right.

I nearly killed someone.

I couldn't hold my temper in, not when I saw what I saw. Not when I heard her cries for help. Was that what happened in my visions? I was too slow, so slow that she would have gotten raped and killed-,

No.

That didn't happen here.

It would never happen now.

I saved her, saved them all from that future. But a part of me still looked around suspiciously, as if I was waiting for another surprise to pop out. That anger inside me wasn't going to fade, all it did was wait patiently inside me for the next moment to lash out at the world.

But we were safe.

For now.

"What has you worried?" Kaminari asked me confused, his air flowing in the wind as I took everyone back to the entrance where nearly everyone had grouped together. I shrugged my shoulders. "We are all fine, bro… Wipe that look off your face. You saved us."

"Something doesn't feel right," I replied. "...Something isn't adding up."

"Heh, what do you mean? We are flying in the air on a cloud, that's about as far as you can get from normal. This feels like a rollercoaster ride, wooooooooo!" Kaminari screamed near the end, waving his arms about like the idiot he was as I picked up speed, causing him to nearly fall off. "HEY WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?! ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME, SORA?!"

"I don't think you'll like my answer."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

I flew closer towards the ground as we reached our destination, even Kurogiri, who was overlooking the main group, was shocked to see me. I resisted the urge to fight the villain as we all got off my Nimbus, meeting up with the other groups.

"Yo," I cheekily waved, wincing at the sharp pain my right shoulder gave me. "Long time no see, right?"

Midoriya rushed towards me as he helped me back up. However, I couldn't help but notice Kurogiri's eyes never straying away from me. As if he was judging me for some odd reason.

"Yamazaki! You managed to get here with more students!" Iida greeted me with a grin. "Tsuyu and Midoriya told me all about it! But… We are still locked in."

Shit.

One look at the entrance showed that it was completely blocked off, villains standing in-front to stop us from leaving and calling for help. And there were others still missing, like Bakugo and Todoroki. Simply put, there was nowhere for us to go.

And with Aizawa fighting at the centre...

It was a lose-lose situation.

"I'll try and find some more people," I said as I limped away, summoning my Nimbus despite the protests behind me. "We're still missing at least half our class. If everyone is here, we can easily break through the barriers! As we are now, we just have to endure and fight!"

"You look like you are half dead!" Jiro told me. "Stay put."

"I agree, Yamazaki. You are injured, it would be preposterous to allow you to go out and try to help more people!" Iida added, shaking his head at me. "Please, don't push yourself for our sake! We'd rather not have to bury one of our classmates not even a week into starting U.A."

"You would only 'slow yourself down', kero," Tsuyu told me with a grin. "...Just shut up and stay down."

I smiled softly at them.

I was touched honestly, but I could handle it.

This was my duty after all.

I'd never be able to live with myself if I faltered here.

"Listen," I replied. "I'll be fine, honestly. I won't try and fight anyone-,"

"And what if you go crazy again and almost murder someone?" Yaoyorozu interjected. I sighed as everyone looked at me, some confused and some angry. "I know you said that you weren't aiming to kill the villain, but don't deny that a part of you wanted to kill them! We could all see it in your eyes, Sora… You were prepared to murder someone right then and there."

Tsk.

I clicked my tongue at her, of course she'd bring that up.

"What?!" Thirteen managed to say. He was on the floor, Uraraka tending to him as he faced me. I couldn't see what he looked like underneath his costume, but his tone of voice made it evidently clear. "You did what exactly? You're a kid. You can't be doing that!""

"He went crazy, sensei. He nearly killed a villain that had captured me. I mean yeah, if it wasn't for him, I would have..." Jiro trailed off near the end, some things were just better left unsaid. "But he still went crazy. Crazy enough that we weren't able to stop him. If he wanted to, that villain would have died. Not only that, but he did slice someone's arm off."

Suddenly, all the attention was on me.

And all I could do was glare at them.

"I did what I did," I replied calmly. "I saw a situation where my friends almost died. I don't regret it, I ain't gonna' promise it's not going to happen again cause' I don't know the future myself. No one does. But I'm not going to kill anyone, yeah I was pissed, but you and Jiro nearly got-, Tsk! None of you were there, so stop judging me already!"

Why couldn't they understand?!

I saved everyone!

They should be happy!

The whole time... Whatever was happening here, at this very moment was very different to canon, very different to the future I remembered. I shouldn't have been forced to nearly kill, that's not what happened in my memories of this arc!

So what's going on here?!

Something must have been changed irreparably, but I couldn't help but wonder what it was exactly?

What was that singular change?

"You... nearly killed a villain?" Iida asked me. "And you don't regret it?" Before I could reply, I was suddenly lifted up into the air, Iida having grabbed me by my robes. "DON'T YOU SEE HOW BAD THAT LOOKS?! AND YOUR NONCHALANT ATTITUDE REGARDING IT IS FRANKLY DISGUSTING, UNBEFITTING FOR A HERO-,"

"Calm down," Thirteen lectured us. "Just calm down. We have no time to fight amongst ourselves, that is an issue for another day. Especially with him around," Thirteen said, pointing towards the large shadowy figure who was just looking at us.

Kurogiri.

"Oh don't mind me," Kurogiri replied. "I just found it rather amusing that a 'Hero' nearly murdered someone in cold blood and he doesn't even regret it. Another failing of our society, an endemic mirroring the issue you Heroes cause."

"Oh? And what about you bastards trying to kill us? It's a two way street bastard, you come at the people I care about with the intent to kill and I'll slaughter you all," I shouted at him, my anger getting a hold of me at that moment. "So go and tell Shigaraki exactly what'll happen. I'll stop you, and I'll stop everyone you ever think you can accomplish because there's no way in hell I'm allowing anyone to die because of you."

"Sora-," Midoriya began but was quickly cut off by Kurogiri snort.

"Slaughter? My, my. You heroes really are self contradictory. How could you ever dream of being a hero with that mouth, hm? How could you protect society?!" I smirked at him, before devolving into laughter. I simply couldn't hold it in. This situation was just priceless.

"Hero?" I mocked. "Hero? You still believe that some of us here want to be a Hero? I've said it before, so I might as well say it again. I don't care about being a Hero, about 'saving society'. I couldn't give less of a fuck about it, about anyone that walks across the street from me. I don't care if this country of heroes falls, if society collapses, then and now, what I protect will never change!"

Everyone I care about. My friends, my family. That was my reason for being a 'Hero', not 'cause of my dream to be the best, not cause' I was forced into this world, forced to live into this world with Heroes and Villains.

And here I was.

Becoming a Hero to protect what mattered to me most.

"Wow. Impressive speech, fourteenth," Kurogiri replied. "You truly are amazing."

Huh?

Four- what now?

My confusion must have been evident on my face as Kurogiri burst into laughter.

"Oh, how curious. You honestly don't know?"

"Know what?" I was confused, asking him the question. Some of my classmates looking at me, just as confused as I was. What the hell was he one about? Fourteenth? Fourteenth what, bananas? "Hey! Explain, what the fuck did you just call me?! Hey! I asked you a fucking question-,"

Kurogiri simply laughed even harder, at least for a being made of... darkness? Shadows? Just what was he made up of?

Behind.

As if I could feel it, or instinctively, I felt something akin to Nimbus pop off from behind me as I deftly dodged to the left, narrowly missing what would have been one of Kurogiri's portals. Just what... What was that feeling just now?!

Clap.

"Wow, that really was an impressive manoeuvre," A different voice said. Coming from the portal that I dodged was a large man, easily above seven foot tall with a shaved head and pink eyes. He wore something akin to the U.A Physical Education uniform, only instead of blue and white, it was completely black. "The boss was right! You'll be a ton of fun to play with!"

...

"Who are you again?" I asked politely, tilting my head at the new villain. I mean, I didn't want to be rude or anything, but I did not remember this guy in canon, like at all. Was he a filler character? Maybe someone like Aizawa was supposed to fight at the centre. "...Have you got lost in your fight or something?"

The villain blinked at me.

"Huh. Maybe."

"Uhm, our teacher is down there," I told him, pointing at the centre of the USJ. Maybe this villain was lost? I mean it happened to me before-, It happens to all of us. No need to throw any shade or anything. "If you want you can go to him, though fair warning, he will probably kick your arse-,"

"No, no! I'm here to fight you!"

Huh?

Me?!

"Like I said, Aizawa is-," Before I could finish, the villain's arm turned into a diamond as he launched himself at me. If it wasn't for me grabbing my Nimbus and flying away, I would have been as flat as a pancake. "...Okay. Looks like you want to fight me."

"Stop talking. Boss says talking during fights is so cliche."

Huh? Boss?

"Well Shigaraki ain't here right now. He's at the centre, like I said," I replied. My response drew curious looks from my classmates, who seemed to be half panicking and half ready to fight. But the villain merely laughed in response. "...Why are you looking at me like that?"

"It's cute you think my boss is Shigaraki. Boss calls him a stupid man child that play's RPGs all day," The villain said to me. "He told me to specifically fight you!"

I blinked at him, bewildered by what he meant.

"Listen man, whoever your boss is, I'm pretty sure you have got the wrong guy. I'm just a kid," I replied while sitting on my Nimbus, my hands up defensively, I truly didn't want to fight someone, not right now at least. My entire body was aching, and some of my wounds hadn't closed yet. I'd get killed if I tried to fight him. "Really, I doubt your boss wants you to fight a freakin' kid like me who is already injured."

"Like I said before, the boss told me to fight you, you are Sora Yamazaki right?"

Hold up…

He said my name? Shit. Why did he know my name? Who's his boss?

What?!

"...Nah, I'm Katsuki Bakugo," I lied effortlessly, staring at the villain in confusion. "Sora Yamazaki is at the flood zone, a little to the left with the boat in the middle."

The villain nodded in understanding.

"Huh, I guess you were right then. Thanks!"

And with that he ran off towards the now empty flood zone. Jeez, what an idiot. Judging by everyone else's faces, not even they could believe I pulled it off… That was before I was hit on the back, sent flying towards the ground, and if it wasn't for Tsuyu catching me in time, I'd be dead-,

"You think that would work? Boss told me all about you, about what you look like and even your Quirk."

Shit, I was bleeding. That wasn't good. I wiped blood off my mouth as I looked up at a concerned Tsuyu. I winked at her, to at least try and make her feel safe. Or not worried? Bah, what a drag, and the fact that I wasn't done fighting pissed me off.

Tsk.

"And is your 'boss' really correct? How do you know that I'am not in fact Shoto Todoroki?" I asked with a grin. "Maybe you really do have the wrong guy, shit-for-brains."

"Eh? I thought your name was 'Katsuki Bakugo'?"

"Ah, my parents divorced so I got a new name."

"Really? Wow, that's pretty sad. My parents too got a divorce, I was three however and my father committed suicide after he lost custody-, Hey! Your first name doesn't change completely in a divorce!?"

I shrugged my shoulders.

"It's the truth-," I tried to say, before running away from the hulking man trying to swing at me. "Okay, bye~!"

"Come back! Boss said I should test you or something!" The villain shouted rather slowly at me as I jumped on my Nimbus and flew up, or high enough where he couldn't reach me, but we could still have a conversation.

I was interested in this boss he kept on talking about.

The same boss the other villains mentioned.

I thought they were talking about Shigaraki but…

"Who is your boss anyway?" I asked curiously. "If it's not Shigaraki, then who is it?"

"Boss is Boss. I don't know what he looks like, but he allows me to fight anyone for free. He said that you two were 'similar', and that only you would understand, whatever that means."

Ah, his boss is short, just like me-,

Similar?

The pit in my stomach grew as the villain kept on talking about his boss.

"Boss is a great person, even though I don't know if he's a he, or a she because of the mask and voice changer, but they always make the best plans! Shigaraki wanted to kill All Might today, but Boss said that All Might wasn't going to be here today, and he was right! He even predicted everyone's Quirks, he's really good when it comes to these things."

What?!

No, that couldn't be it-,

I mean that was impossible!

"Boss said you would understand, but so far you don't seem good at predicting my attacks? How are the two of you similar? I wonder," The villain muttered. "The Boss also told me to say this to you. 'You aren't alone.' Hah, whatever that means. So, can I start killing you now or later? Hm… You seem kinda weak, so I might as well kill you now."

…

I couldn't speak or move as I simply sat there on my Nimbus. That just wasn't possible, I mean what this villain was suggesting... That can't be the case, right? I mean sure I died and reincarnated into this world, but wouldn't it be a stretch that someone else also died and got reincarnated here?

I mean, it would make sense.

As to why this attack on the USJ is still happening despite the break-in at U.A not happening, how everything so far has been in confines with canon, but different in so many ways.

As to how the League of Villains knew All Might was going to be here, like how the villains around had already put countermeasures towards us.

It was impossible, improbable, that all those things were just coincidences, just Lady Luck shining down gracefully upon them. Which meant I wasn't alone. It meant that while I had gone off to become a Hero and use my knowledge to ensure I'd protect everyone…

Someone went off to use their knowledge against me.

…!

Those visions I got, they weren't because I had made changes, they were because someone else had made changes! Which then begged the question; how exactly do I get them? What do they even mean? Why am I getting them?

Just what the fuck was going on?!

I felt like laughing right now, which wasn't a good sign since my sides hurt like hell. We were screwed, screwed from the very start. How could we fight against someone that has knowledge of canon, just like me? But they had the resources, the knowledge to not only outplay me, but change everything and nothing at the same time. That was just...

"Come on! We have to fight him!"

Midoriya's voice broke me out of my thoughts as I saw him try to fight the hulking villain, who was merely laughing as all of the punches did nothing towards him, even when using Full Cowling. Jiro and Kaminari tried their best, but they could do nothing as Yaoyorozu reminded Kaminari that diamonds don't conduct electricity.

This villain had a Quirk similar to Kirishima, only he turned his entire body, along with any body parts he wanted, into diamond.

"Haha! Boss told me Diamond is Unbreakable! I love that he named my Quirk 'Crazy Diamond'! Haha!" The villain mocked as he punched Midoriya in the chest, sending him backwards. "So I'm going to shine on, like a crazy fuckin' diamond!"

I didn't have time to falter.

It wasn't over yet.

I still had to protect everyone, even from someone just like me!

"Oi, shit-for-brains!" I yelled at the villain, who turned around to face me. "Your boss is a piece of shit, he's a weak bastard that has no friends. 'Diamond is Unbreakable' you say? Well the Ocean is full of Stones, tell him that won't ya'?"

…

"Okay!" The villain yelled as he suddenly fell to the floor, lifeless…

What the fuck?

Did he just knock himself out?

I glanced at the body for what seemed like eternity, was he dead? I had the sudden urge to transform my Nimbus into a stick and poke it at him over and over again. For science of course! It wasn't to amuse me, not at all! A Hero would never do something like that! Everyone else around me was probably thinking along the same lines.

"...Is he knocked out?" Midoriya asked curiously. "What… Happened?"

I shrugged my shoulders, relief flooding my system. Maybe this nightmare was nearly over? Kurogiri seemed to look at the villain confused, not expecting what had happened. I didn't blame him to be honest, I don't think anyone could have predicted it.

Apart from his boss.

I shuddered at the thought, another person like me walking free? Causing mayhem? I didn't want to accept it, not now or ever, but if they were indeed working with the villains then that posed a question.

What was their goal? Mindless destruction, or something more? I found myself sighing, thought not in relief. This was getting more thornier the further I walked down this path. The path of being a Hero.

I balled my fists in anger as I clenched my teeth.

Someone had wanted to kill my friends, my family, someone that had died just like me. They understood what it meant to have lost everything, and they still decided to help the villains? What selfishness. Not like I was any better, but I didn't want anyone to die! That was better than making parents, brothers and sisters, people they care about mourn even more!

Maybe that was my twisted sense of justice, or the guilt left over from my previous life talking.

But how could someone want to cause this?

Willingly?

I couldn't even fathom it in my mind. Was this some weird role-play? If it was, that was seriously messed up, not to knock off any fetishes or anything, but this was lethal. No matter, I did promise myself that I'd protect everyone, my friends, my family from the villains.

If it includes this 'boss' then so be it, just another bastard I'll beat on my way to my goal. But currently we needed a way out, and backup.

Aizawa needed to be helped quickly or else that Nomu would do more than just stand there menacingly, something that poked the back of my mind to no end. Why wasn't Shigaraki using him yet? Aizawa was notoriously slow, he had at least another ten minutes before he reached Shigaraki. That was more time than he took in canon from what I remembered, although that could be due to the higher enemies and them actually trying to work together.

They knew Aizawa's Quirk and had tried to attack him with weapons.

It didn't work, but it had slowed him down.

Anyway, it didn't matter.

"Iida, Midoriya, try to get the barrier down, I'll try and find everyone else," I yelled to them. That was the most important thing right now, if I could gather everyone up just before backup arrives it'll finally be over. I'd have saved everyone. "Everyone else, stay put! I promise you all, I'll make sure this ends soon!"

I wasn't going to break that promise.

"But Yamazaki, you actions are appalling-,"

"Iida," I smiled softly at the taller boy. "I... I'm sorry. I didn't mean for it to happen just... Ugh, why is this so hard to say? I just want everyone to be safe. At any cost, but I know that you guys care for me as well. Despite our short time, it's not like your wishing ill intent on me and secretly wishing me to become a murderer and get kicked out of Class A so..."

"Yamazaki, it's not that but who knows what will happen? Plus you are seriously injured! Any more fights and you could be permanently hurt and as your-, as someone linked to our vice class president, I cannot allow that to happen," Iida told me. "If you are hurt, then bring one of us along. I know you trust us, so please allow us to make good of it!"

…

"Heh, I'm shocked vice-prez," I replied with a wide grin. "Who knew you could be so inspirational? Anyway, trust me on this. I'll be fine, no more going 'berserk' and what not. I'll be a straight-laced young man, believe me on that."

"Did you just call me-," Iida shouted, shocked, as I snickered at his expression. "...I'll believe you, Sora!"

As if anyone other than him could be our vice class president, maybe he wasn't so bad after all? Maybe Stain didn't need to come and kickstart his character development, he was cool as is. However the sound of shuffling cut him off, as with my thoughts as I looked shocked at what had transpired before my eyes.

The villain stood back up again, with an eerie smile on his face as his eyes never left me.

He slowly rose, stretching out his limbs one by one as his eyes never blinked, constantly staring at me. Shivers went up my spine as he licked his lips, all before he poked himself in the head as if he was mocking me, his long finger directly pointing towards his brain.

And then he pointed to his watch.

What the fuck was this, a shitty horror film?

"Oi, what are you looking at, Shining Diamond?" I mocked. "The time to kick your arse seven ways to China has finally started, huh? Don't worry. I'll make sure it won't hurt too much. Then you can tell that to your boss within prison, how's that for a change?"

The villain started to laugh maniacally, giggle even, something which sent shivers down my spine.

This was a completely different person, it was far too different from the muscle head that I had encountered earlier. Even their minute movements, like the way they twisted their neck around screamed 'predator' to my instincts. This was someone far too dangerous, far too villainous to just try to fight.

I would die.

"Imagine my surprise when my subordinate comes to me, telling me all sorts of amusing things. It's a pleasure to finally meet you Sora Yamazaki., A cold voice drawled. It came from the hulking villain, a far cry to the dumbass that spoke before, yet it still sounded the same. "I think my servant may have referred to you as 'Boss', however you may call me Zero. After all, Zero is an empty quantity."

"Yeah, I'm not gonna call you shit," I replied, readying myself for a fight. "...Iida, Midoriya, everyone - Go get a move on, now!"

There was no time to wait.

No time to hesitate.

I just had to fight and make sure I won!

"Oh come on, is that a good way to treat someone? Didn't your mother raise you to have manners?" Zero asked me. "...Tsk. I forgot how much I hated this Quirk. I'll let my subordinate take over when we start fighting, but for now - Let's talk."

"I'm adopted, and do we have to talk? I'd rather fight," I responded with a shrug, readying my body for the inventible fight. "So, Zero, how's the weather on this fine day? Nice and sunny, I bet the evening news will have a good photo of me hauling your arse into prison. I can even imagine the headline. Young Hero beats the shit out of a fucking cunt."

There wasn't enough time, I had to distract him while the others got help. And it had to me, after all who else to fight against a reincarnated villain then a reincarnated hero? How poetic.

"Haha, that's funny. But you aren't a lucky person, Sora. Adopted twice huh, it seems you really don't have luck," My eyes narrowed as I flew back down to the ground, jumping off my Nimbus to greet him. "And then you got your happy family. See, I've been watching you for a long time. I know all about you… Sora Yamazaki."

"Similar? That's what you said we were, right?" I asked him. The villain nodded, from here I could see that his eyes had changed colours. What was once pink was now blueish, hell even silver. Sort of like my hair in an odd way. "...Similar in what way, you bastard?"

"Similar indeed. I'm sure I don't need to spell out why."

I nodded as I made a katana once more.

Words weren't needed, I already knew.

He was me, rather a different version of me. A me that instead of being a hero, decided to become a villain. Well it's not like I knew their identity, but that they were like me. That they had died and got reincarnated in this world, a world filled with Heroes.

A world with hopes and dreams.

And if they wanted to tear it down? Kill those I care about?

Then I'd gut this bastard right here and now, then no one would be in danger! Everything would play out like in canon, and no one would die. Sure I'd go to prison, but if that's what it takes then so be it…

I guess I couldn't keep my promises after all, what a bastard I am, but there wasn't a time for that as I swung my sword at the hulking villain, changing directions midway through the swing in an effort to catch him off guard.

He dodged my strike effortlessly as he kneed me in my stomach, causing me to gasp for air as I was knocked backwards onto the floor clutching my body in pain.

"You were too easy to read. I don't even need my knowledge to defeat someone like you," I coughed violently as I wasn't able to retort with something witty, or just a plain insult. "My Mind Control Quirk is simple. But, even now, I'm allowing my subordinate to fight using his own body while I talk to you. Though, if you manage to beat me then I'd disappear from my subordinate's mind. Think you can even manage that?"

FUCK! Argh, my wounds were even worse.

I could feel my blood pouring onto the ground. Yet here I was, trying to fight. No. I shouldn't have to fight him, not alone. I wasn't a strong fighter, not individually, these wounds on my body show that! Those visions showed that, so what the hell was I doing here all alone?

Pride?

Fuck pride. Pride is what get's people killed, it's something that could get me killed. Wasn't that the greatest lesson of all time? Not to be prideful? Yeah fuck that, I'll throw away all my pride if it means protecting everyone.

"Thinking of a plan?" Zero asked me, amused. "You seem like a schemer."

I nodded in response, showing him a thumbs up.

"Yep."

I then got back up and ran away from the villain, Boss, Zero - Whatever he was fucking called as fast as I could. Faster than my legs ever did in both my lives, I simply wouldn't be able to win this fight, at least not by myself. Iida and Midoriya were having some troubles in regards to the entrance, which made me think on how I could help them out while I was trying to distract this bastard.

Leading him there would only be detrimental to the operation as a whole, but it's not like I had much to work with. I had to think of something, and quickly or else not only would I die, but so would everyone else!

Sometimes, just sometimes, I wished the power of friendship was real. Maybe I'd pull out a magical fire punch and yell from the top of my lungs as I beat a thousand year old dragon, but that just wasn't what My Hero Academia's world was like.

It was 'Go Beyond Plus Ultra!' not 'Stay away from my nakama!' no matter how much I wished it to be. I mean they were similar concepts, I remember I had read an article describing the two in depth in my previous life, but that's besides the point.

Wasn't I discussing tactics to help save everyone's life? Stupid brain, going off and sidetracking like that, it's as if it wants me to fail-,

Scary.

If only I could do a wide attack, to both slow down the bastard and allow everyone to escape safely, or at least the main bulk of people. Aizawa, Bakugo and a few others weren't with us yet. I clenched my teeth in frustration, why must I be the one chased by a strong bastard while injured?

It felt like I was a level one going up against the final boss with the worst gear in the game, this was Tales of Stupidity, the brand new selling game in the Tales of franchise. And not to mention my injuries were dragging me down, there was no way I would be able to win in a fair fight - And that's what pissed me off the most.

The fact that I was still so fucking weak.

"Are you just going to run?" Came the amused voice of Zero, whatever the fuck he was called. How many names did he have? Why couldn't he just pick one, one that wasn't off the deep end. Like Zero? Really? What else was he going to call himself next, Kira?! "I have half a mind to leave you to my subordinate. Frankly, I don't want to hurt anyone, Sora. I'm not even in full control of this man's body and mind. I can just use his mouth to speak, whatever his actions are have nothing to do with me."

"Yeah, I have a hard time believing that, cunt!" I shouted back at him as I summoned my Quirk to escape faster. "You've arranged this whole event to kill us and if it wasn't for me, you'd have succeeded! So don't take it too personally if I don't believe whatever words come out of you fucking mouth!"

I couldn't fight him, hell even Midoriya and everyone else didn't do anything. Diamond sure is unbreakable-,

Wait...

If I did that-,

Suddenly, a piece of rubble came flying in my direction causing me to jump off my Nimbus quickly, resulting in me rolling on the floor coughing up more blood. Shit, this wasn't good?! He was throwing pieces of rubble like fucking paper airplanes, if only I could do the same... What was my last trail of thought again?

"Are you done running?" Zero asked me. I shrugged my shoulders. "...Boss is getting bored."

"How are you speaking through... ya' know?" I asked in confusion. "That's a shit Quirk you got there."

"Oh, that's very simple Sora. See, a certain man gave me a few Quirks, one of them being the ability to leave imprints of myself in others and take over their body for an hour each week. This power," Zero said before promptly setting his hand ablaze with green fire. "...Not to mention my subordinate has a few Quirks of his own. This power could be yours, yet here you are, at U.A of all places!? I mean come on, you could do so much better."

"Sure, but they are my friends-,"

"Friends?! In this world? A world filled with characters, characters that are so easily read, so easily predicted. How can you stand it? It drives me insane, but at least you are here. Another human. A real human, who understands that we are better than these things?!" Zero paused, his face shifting into disgust. "...Sorry, my subordinate's thoughts on humans melded with my thoughts for a second. One of the drawbacks of this Quirk when used. It's not full mind-control, more like meshing my mind with his."

I snorted.

That sounded exactly like me a few years back. Now I guess I understand how everyone else feels, and if it wasn't for my fucking injuries I'd try to beat this asshole up. But here we are, my blood having stained the floor by now, and my head very lightheaded. I was surprised I hadn't passed out yet.

"That said, I do want you to join me Sora Yamazaki, we could-,"

"Not interested," I interjected. "You can take your hokey-pokey Religion somewhere else, I'm an Atheist unfortunately. I don't partake in Shintoism nor Buddhism, a crime they say in this day and age."

Zero had the decency to sigh, before it slowly turned into maniacal laughter.

"You think you have a choice?! How funny, you need to do what the Boss says-, Don't you understand? I engineered this entire event. If I wanted to, I could have killed everyone. Instead, I made it play out like in canon, as a gift. A gift to you-, Yet here you are spitting in the Boss' face! I had heard that you cared about these things, but not to this degree! I thought if I could give you your goal of protecting them then you would join us, join me."

Zero glared at me, thought it felt like he was at war with himself.

Ooh, he was angry.

I could tell from the vein in his forehead that looked like it was about to burst.

"Listen man, I don't care about taking over the world or none of that crap your goals have. I'd much appreciate it if ya' allowed me to have a chill life, maybe a family or something. Just don't kill anyone I care about, and I'll stay outta your way," I told him truthfully. "Er, you know. If I'm speaking to your Boss right now. Point is, I don't care about Heroes or Villains, I'll just do whatever the fuck I want like I've always done."

But Zero laughed at me.

"So instead, you decided to join U.A? That's self-contradictory, you did know what would happen, correct?" I nodded at his question. "So then, you knew about the League, about All For One, yet you still decided to go to U.A?"

I nodded once again.

"That's-, Aha, that's priceless. You really are a fool, I suppose it matches your name, fourteenth. You would try to protect these things? These non-humans, living out their miserable existence exactly like how they did in our previous life-, You'd protect these people? Deku, still the current holder of that Quirk, and Shigaraki the next in line for the polar opposite. Just like the way we experienced it, just like canon-," Zero paused as he collected his thoughts. "And you wanted to influence the future with your knowledge?"

"I never said I'd do that."

"Midoriya has Full Cowling already. Your mere presence changes things."

"And what about you!" I yelled angrily. "You've changed the timeline too!"

But Zero laughed at that.

"This is the world you choose to accept? The people you would protect? Destinies already foretold, destinies you have already witnessed? Why not make your own changes to the story? Do what you want? Our knowledge, that's the most powerful weapon here, not even a Quirk could do the same amount of damage that we can. If I wanted to, I could have killed Deku a long time ago, and revealed the truth about All Might. But why? Why are you here, actively going against this?" Zero asked me, turning his slightly to the left.

"Yeah, got a problem with that? 'Destiny', 'fate', are all such pointless things that have never existed. Neither does 'God', or maybe they do exist? But even if they do, why pretend that where we are now is anything short of our own actions?" I replied. "I'm a Hero 'cause I made a promise, not only to myself but to others I care about. The same way you are here, doing whatever it is you want is because of your own actions. So don't blame 'destiny' or whatever higher being for your own actions."

He had the decency to cover his mouth as he started to laugh uncontrollably, even wiping away tears.

"Our actions? You really have no idea do you? The real reason you and I are even here, the real reason as to how we are here of all places. Do you not wish to search for the truth? For our truth?"

Did I?

I mean I died sure...

But to be reincarnated into a popular series? A series that I enjoyed no less, it must have been luck right? Or was there some other plot? Something else entirely. I'm sure whatever the 'truth' is is fascinating, and will clear everything up for me, but...

"If it's at the cost of those I care about, I'd rather never find the truth about myself," I responded, holding my fists up waiting for him to make his move. "I'm me, no matter what. And I've protected everyone thus far, so I'll keep on protecting them! No matter what."

…

"Well that's disappointing. Are you afraid to grasp the truth? To learn about ourselves? To understand this world?"

…

"Understand that they are just 'characters'?" I mocked him. "People like you really piss me off ya' know. I ain't trynna' make life hard for anyone, yet here we are, our finger's in our bums as we are arguing over who's right here. Ya' don't have ta' be this rude, just take your band of merry men and fuck off to the Himalayas' or something. This could have been solved ages ago if you weren't such a cunt."

Before he could respond, Jiro, Yaoyorozu and Kaminari came rushing towards me, with Yaoyorozu having created a cannon as Jiro did some freaky shit with her jacks, causing my ears to hurt like hell, but at least Kaminari helped me up as he started to carry me away from the villain, who was stunned for a short period of time.

Alright, we had a time frame.

Perfect!

Suddenly an idea popped into my mind. Hold on... that could work right?

"Hold on," I whispered to Kaminari, a grin settling on my face.. "I have a plan." He gave me a look that spelt out, 'Go on, I'm interested'. Or something similar, my head was hurting.

"Listen, I have an idea..."

---

Izuku Midoriya POV

"Iida-san, nothing we do," Huff. "Is working, I think nothing short of a thunderbolt will even be able to scratch this." Iida nodded slightly as he wiped sweat off his brow, his helmet being fully off.

"We still have to try, while Yamazaki is distracting that villain. He gave us a job to do, he trusted us to complete it, so we won't give in now! My glasses would lose its pride of being Vice President," Iida replied. "Don't give up hope just yet, Midoriya!"

"Uhm, Iida-san you know it's a joke, right? I'm sure S-Sora thinks of you as our Vice President, along with everyone else."

"Of course I knew that! I never doubted Yamazaki ever, he truly is a bastion amongst our alumni!"

'Right,' Izuku deadpanned. 'Still, as if thunder would just come down. We are indoors after all, I should try and find another way around, maybe using my Quirk in tandem with Yaoyorozu and Uraraka's-,'

A loud rumbling broke Izuku Midoriya from his thoughts. He could have sworn it sounded something like thunder, but after all, they were indoors. That was impossible. However, he heard the same noise again. He shook his head, he must be going crazy, he lamented.

'There is no way thunder could come this easily, it would be like luck!'

As Izuku Midoriya turned around, lo and behold it was...

A giant cloud?!

That was not what he was expecting.

But, on the surface of the cloud it looked like it was producing... electricity?

That was before it flashed right before his eyes, and kept moving forwards.

Quickly, he pulled Iida out of the way as the thunder hit the blocked entrance, frying it completely. Enough that even a small kick opened it completely. Izuku stared at the brand new hole in shock, a slow smile forming on his face.

"I guess there goes our problem," Iida replied. "I'll run to U.A.! It should only take five minutes!"

---

"You want to do what?" Kaminari asked me. I sighed, we didn't have time for this. "You are telling me that you want me to use my Quirk to charge your own Quirk to try and make lightning?"

I nodded.

"Do you know how batshit crazy that sounds right now dude?"

I nodded once again.

"I know Kaminari, I know. But it's our best bet, if we open up the entrance we can call for help. Then we can all live, escape with our lives. Not to mention, hopefully it'll stun diamond faces over there enough to allow us to escape. It's the best plan we have."

"Have you ever done this before man? What if we die?"

I shrugged my shoulders

"Then we died like Heroes, testing out a cool attack. Listen man, if you don't believe in yourself, then believe in me who believes that this will work," I replied. "...Or something. It's a quote from an old anime I watched. Come one, we can do it. You and me. At the very least, if it works, we'll have one less problem to deal with!"

Kaminari grinned as he high-fived me.

"All right, the ladies are gonna' want to die after I tell this story to them for the hundredth time."

I rolled my eyes as I summoned Nimbus. The plan was simple, overcharge Nimbus and simply expand it as much as I could. I don't know the science aspect behind it, but shouldn't that overcharge the electrons or something?

Protons? Gah, fuck that shit. I wanted something flashy, and cool. Naturally when I was younger, I tried to make lightning from my clouds. Unfortunately, nothing came out of those experiments - Only embarrassment and pictures taken from Hinata to remember the day at the park.

Fortunately, with my human battery next to me I had a perfectly working source.

This should work.

God I hope this works.

It was a gamble, if it failed we would probably die. Rather, I would die, I'd shield Kaminari from it. But truth be told, I didn't want to die. Not with Zero, or whatever edgy name that asshole gave himself still out and about. Nah, fuck him or her.

Gr, mind control Quirks are the worst. I hope they get nerfed on the next patch. I mean honestly, all they had to do was control one person, plant a bomb and there goes a ton of human lives. But right now, how unfair some Quirks were didn't matter!

"It's done!" Kaminari told me as he walked away from my Nimbus, which had small yellow lightning inside. Okay, it was stable. It didn't outright reject it and explode, thank fuck for that.

"What are you doing?" The villain asked me. He was about twenty metres away from me, the assault Yaoyorozu and Jiro did on him seemingly having little to no effect whatsoever. "The Boss isn't here right now, it's just me. Think that's going to take care of me?"

I grinned.

"Well, your Boss said it himself, dumbass. If I wanted 'power' I'd have to join you or something," I smirked at him. "Count this as my job application, got it?"

My Nimbus kept on rising and rising, however a sharp pain alerted me that I wasn't in the clear yet. Zero, in an effort to try and stop me, picked up a rock on the ground as he threw it at me.

"Gah," I fell to the floor clutching my head. No! I couldn't falter, not now! "You shoulda gone for the head, you fucking cunt!"

…

"Special Move:" Kaminari began, grinning like a madman. Although I couldn't fault him, if this worked then we would officially be one pair of badasses. "Jackpot!" I finished, yelling at the top of my lungs.

Kaminari and I both pointed our fingers at Zero and the entrance that was locked.

Bang.

Suddenly everything turned white as I heard it. It sounded majestic, well thunder was a being of nature, but to have created it... I did kind of feel like a God amongst men. Along with Kaminari, who I could see grinning ear to ear from the corner of my eyes.

And boy-oh-boy was it majestic, lightning pierced the skies as it seemed like everyone in the USJ, no, then the entire world was transfixed on what was happening. We made lightning. We fucking did it!

A continuous stream of lightning.

Heavily tinted yellow from Kaminari's Quirk of course. Wait, wasn't that thunder? No, thunder was a noise I'm pretty sure. Lightning is the actual lightning. Jiro had a look of pure disbelief on her face, while Yaoyorozu stared intently at the cloud, probably having already figured out the science behind it.

I could hear the yells of the scattered villains as they pointed to the sky and saw what we had created.

Yet, I pushed forward with my Nimbus, hoping it had reached the main entrance.

Then we would finally have an escape route once Iida and Midoriya managed to get out, if they did in fact get out. No! I had to believe that was the only thing holding our makeshift plan together. Belief in ourselves, and each other!

Smoke.

"Did-Did we get him?" Kaminari asked me. I couldn't see anything because of the smoke, and fucking hell was their smoke. Jeez, it was like we were inside a tobacco factory or something. "I really hope we got him."

"I don't know," I replied. "I hope we got him too.

Suddenly, a piece of large concrete came flying our way, if it wasn't for me dragging Kaminari to the floor, we would have been dead. Shit, so I didn't get the bastard eh? I could hear his laughter, from maniacal to sounding more deranged then I had ever thought. He was dangerous, I knew that. But now...

I could feel his bloodlust.

"Did you honestly think that would kill me? I admit, I was impressed. If it wasn't for the fact that diamonds don't conduct electricity, then you would have taken me out! Not very Heroic, but oh well," The smoke eventually disappeared, to reveal Zero, covered completely head to toe in diamond. Shit. What would we do now? "The Boss may have abandoned me… But I'm still here!"

"Hey Sora! Look behind him! The front entrance is open!"

Kaminari yelled at me.

And just as he said, I could see Iida disappear off into the distance, with some fighters like Midoriya remaining to help fight the remaining villains. I smirked. Around me, I could see more and more familiar faces trying to reach the centre. Aizawa-sensei was even closer to reaching Shigaraki, and the Nomu.

"Good," I managed to say. "That makes our job much easier."

If Zero wasn't going to kindly let me through, then, I guess I'll have to go through him.

Diamond or not, he was a man. Everyone has weaknesses, I just had to find it and exploit it in time. Zero's full diamond form disappeared as my brows furrowed. What did that mean? He must have only kept that form up for less than a minute… Which meant it was taxing on him, or else he could just constantly stay in that form. I found myself smirking as I made myself yet another katana.

"Uhm dude, I don't think we can win against him in a fair fight," Kaminari told me, I could practically hear the fear in his voice. "I'm useless against him, you know!"

I wasn't planning on using you anyway.

You already did enough as is.

"Don't worry. This'll be over in a moment."

The tension in the air was palpable.

"Yaoyorozu, now!" I yelled at her as she gave me a nod, shooting a cannonball at the distracted villain as I ran towards him. It didn't matter if his entire body was coated with diamonds, I would be faster! Fast enough to cut him before he could even protect himself! "Take this, you bastard!"

I syphoned some Nimbus of my sword, coating my legs with it. I'd force myself to go faster, combined with my speed and willing my Quirk to wrap around my feet, forcing it to fly in the directions I want it to go towards.

My speed would be doubled-, No, it would be tripled!

I just couldn't be hit even once, or else I'd be screwed.

It was a gamble, a risky one at that, but I'd protect everyone around me. There was no telling what he might do, especially when cornered. I need to finish this now! I slashed at his left arm with all might, unfortunately, he was faster as his left arm turned into diamond right before I could even touch him, causing my blade to simply slide off the surface.

Faster!

I needed to be faster!

I syphoned more and more from my katana as I felt my speed increase exponentially, so much so that my head was getting dizzier and dizzier as I danced around the hulking villain, who was struggling to keep up with my movements.

FASTER!

Eventually, what was a katana made up entirely of clouds was now reduced to a handle. Well that was fine, I just needed one attack after all! I felt a familiar attack be spun up on my hands, what was a handle was now a rotating ball of clouds - A Rasengan. I smirked as I finally found an opening, his thigh!

"Grragh!" Zero yelled as I got him in time, his right leg now a mangled mess after being basically drilled into. "A spiral ball?! What the hell kinda attack is that?!"

"This is called a Rasengan. I'm sure your 'Boss' knows all about it," I told Zero with a grin. "Make sure you tell him how much it FUCKING HURTS!"

…!

The villain screamed in pain.

Yet, the Rasengan wasn't cutting it, it took far too long to charge - Not to mention it wasn't working as well as I'd hoped! Mere seconds later, I changed its form yet again, a shield to protect me from Zero punching me in the head.

"...Tsk. That's the only attack you'll ever land on me, Hero."

Boom!

But… I watched as the Diamond on the man's skin reversed.

That's right!

I glanced to my left as I saw Yaoyorozu loading her cannons more quickly. That's right! If he couldn't maintain his hardening form all over for a long time, then we could attack together at different points! Then there would be nothing he could do!

"More!" I yelled to Yaoyorozu, who nodded at me. If only we had someone else-,

"Did you think you'd fight alone?" Jiro asked, confused, next to her was a shivering Kaminari. I smirked in response, resisting the urge to give Jiro a cheeky wink. She really did save my hide back there. "Come on, Sora. I'm your best friend. There's no way I'd leave you hanging like this, let's beat the fuck out of this guy and go home already!"

"Right!"

Checkmate.

Zero growled, likely from the fact he was outnumbered with no way to escape, not to mention we had a solid plan.

"Weren't these just characters to your Boss? Or maybe to you, someone who views friendships as weak and pointless," I told the villain with a grin "How does it feel to be outmanoeuvred by them, oh great villain?! Because for me it feels so fucking good!"

I mocked him as I ran circles around him, testing his defences every now and then. Jiro joined in on the attack, her earlobes attacking two different points at once as she ran around the opposite direction as me. Along with the cannon fire from Yaoyorozu, we were getting to him judging by the fact he was getting slower, I could see the injuries pile up.

There!

There was a blind spot, the back of his left shoulder! I clawed my hand inside it as blood spluttered all around me, Zero crying out in pain. However, he managed to harden in time, causing my hand to me stuck in his shoulder as he swung his body around.

Shit-,

Jiro move! My body accidentally clipped her's as we were both sent flying backwards.

Fuck! None of my attacks would work in this situation!

I looked at Jiro, her ankle seemed to be in a bad position.

"Stay put," I told her. "Ask Kaminari to pull you away."

I stood back up, shaking more and more. My body was in a perilous state, heh, I had maybe five minutes left before I completely collapsed. I'd be lucky to survive. But five minutes would be more than enough to finish off this bastard. Speed wasn't working as effectively, and with Yaoyorozu firing a cannon, I needed to be more powerful, not faster.

He had a weak spot.

And I wasn't going to stop until I had him!

If I could hit his blind spot with power, it would take more damage to his metaphorical health bar as opposed to doing tiny damage every now and then. I found myself summoning a giant fist, just like in the joint training - And I guess it was comparable to Gear Three from One Piece. Heh, that made me chuckle slightly.

I really was unoriginal as hell, but hey at least it provided me with a range of different attacks.

The fist was easily comparable to the size of a car, and not a small one. Maybe a Jeep? Something rather large, easily over triple my size that hurt my ego ever so slightly. But I was planning to end this, right here and now!

Now I just needed to find the blind spot.

"You think that will work?" Zero asked me amused. "Did you honestly think that all of these meaningless attacks would defeat me? I'm stuffed to high hell with random Quirks, I'm a part Nomu, after all! I don't need to use any other Quirk than this diamond hardening one, not at least to beat you brats!"

"Maybe you should. These brats are about to beat you."

"I'm the winner here!" The villain screamed at me. "Just surrender nice and easy, and I'll let your 'friends' live. Deal?"

I spat out blood on the ground near to where he stood.

"Shut up won't you? I really don't care about whatever you or your Boss have to offer, eve,." I shouted at him. "Just go away. Go to the beaches in Okinawa or something, maybe move to Tokyo? Live your own life or something. It's not very nice to try and interfere with other people's lives, some take it as being a stalker. Ha, did you hear that Jiro? I have a stalker now?"

Bang!

Multiple cannons were shot from Yaoyorozu's direction, Jiro having picked up a small rock threw it at Zero's head as well, giving me the opportunity to strike as I ran up behind him. Tch, bastard thought I was going to hit him from the back?

Hah.

Suddenly, I switched directions as I willed my Nimbus to strike at the front. Zero, in all his arrogance, had only hardened his back, judging by the absolute fear in his eyes he wasn't expecting me to hit him from the front.

I screamed from the top of my lungs as I forced Nimbus to pick up speed, pick up power as it flew past me and into him. It crashed into him, who was trying not to be flown backwards by the force of the giant cloud fist. Using both his hands, he was trying to push it back.

Try this for size!

I forced my Nimbus to push even more, even adding some Nimbus from my ruined gloves to its total mass. It would be a one hit K.O! I'd end this fight right here and now, and there would be nothing this villain could do about it!

The ground was cracking from the mere pressure as I screamed as loud as I could!

I'd save everyone, I'd protect them all!

No one would stop me from achieving my goal, not this bastard, not his Boss who was absent, and certainly not All For One! Even more cannon fire from Yaoyorozu helped me as she targeted his arms, Jiro throwing more and more rocks at him.

Come on! Give up-,

The wind around me blew in many directions as I covered my face, dust was flying everywhere. I could see the retreating figure of my Nimbus as a giant fist, flying through the air with Zero at the tail end of it, struggling to escape as it crashed into the nearest wall, completely crushing him.

We won...

WE WON!?

I fell to the floor relieved, my body couldn't handle anymore. I guess I really needed to work on my cardio or something.

"Is he...?" Jiro asked me as I nodded. He was down for the count. "Huh… Finally…"

He had to be, after the force at which he crashed into the wall, his entire body must be broken. Along with the cannon's from Yaoyorozu, he must be down. God damn it, my body was screaming at me to just drop on the floor and go to sleep for a while.

I was sore all over, but at least it was done. I had saved everyone, all I needed to do was try to find everyone else. I stumbled around, holding onto Jiro for support. I needed to go, and fast. I wasn't done yet-,

"Where are you going? You are even more injured-,"

"Everyone else-, I need to go save everyone else!"

"But... That isn't your job," Jiro said to me as she combed my hair to the left. "You have done enough already, just relax. Iida seems to have run off already, meaning reinforcements are well on the way. Just... relax. Kami knows how much you deserve it. I'd be surprised if you don't get an excellent grade for your performance today."

"Grades? Can't we talk about them after we are down here? Like maybe a day or two later, cause that's just bad manners. Can't we discuss that me, a badass, simply deserves a main theme? Something with a heavy bass I'm thinking, maybe a flute or two, and of course a singer. Would you be willing to do all that for me?"

Jiro rolled her eyes as she flicked my nose.

"Stop getting a big head. You aren't that great of a Hero yet to get a main theme, only the top dogs have them. And even if you did get one, why would I compose it for you? What am I, your slave?"

I shrugged my shoulders.

"Aren't I tone deaf? My theme would just be a collection of 'beeps' and 'boops', it'll probably give you an aneurysm when you hear it for the first time. So much so in fact, I'm willing to bet every musician on the planet will team up to try and assassinate me."

"How dramatic."

"Oi, we both know it's true. Still... at least you're safe," I whispered, a smile on my face as I won. I won. "Everyone is safe, I just need to gather the remaining few people and help Aizawa-sensei. Then it'll all finally be over, you hear me? Wanna' go to the park after this? Just you and me Kyoka, maybe we can invite the blonde idiot and Yaoyorozu as well. Maybe Mineta too, I'm thinking of a picnic? Maybe throw in some manga and games at my place afterwards."

"How about a movie night? We can use one of your 'illegal' websites you pirate things from that you love to brag about so much."

"Isn't it bad for an aspiring hero to be pirating things off the internet?" I asked, amused. "But I'm down. That sounds like… fun."

"I don't know Sora, you tell me? At least I pay for my music."

"Oi! I only pay for games and hardware. Anything else is fair game! Well actually, I tend to rip ROMs from the internet, but that's because I'm not going to spend thousands of Yen for a physical copy of a game that came out years before I was born, you hear me?! Don't even think of ratting me out, or else... or else... I'll leak a clip of you singing to everyone in our class!"

"Go ahead and do that and no one will find your body dude."

"Eh, dying by the hands of a hot girl isn't too bad."

"Don't call me 'hot'. I dislike liars."

"You are right. How about cute? I think that fits you better," I teased her. "I mean with all my memories with you all I can remember is you acting cute ya' know. From middle school all the way to now. My cute little Kyoka. Hehe."

Jiro's face flushed a deep red as she waved her hands around, her earlobes poking me in the arm as she eventually apologised profoundly.

"Oh god, I forgot you were injured! I'm so sorry, please, can you forgive me?" She cried out. Damn, she really felt guilty. "...Sora…?"

It made me feel even more bad as I burst out laughing.

"Haha-, You should see your face-, haha. As if you would ever need to apologise to me missy tsundere, if anything I should be apologising to you."

"Yeah, you should! Also, I'm not a tsundere! Call me a 'tsundere' again and I'll kick your teeth in."

"You are right, a tsundere wouldn't say that, only gorilla's do! Tell me Jiro, are you a gorilla in disguise-," A well timed pinch to my arm cut me off as I screeched out in surprise as we both looked at each other's eyes, before promptly bursting out into unstoppable laughter. "Oh, man. I can't believe it."

"What's so funny?" Jiro asked me in between her giggles. "Hahaha."

"Nothing, why are you laughing? What are you, demented?"

"I can't stop. Your face is what's making me laugh, Sora," Jiro told me, wiping a tear away. "Haha, not even a week in and this is what we have to deal with. Unbelievable, right? We have such shit luck."

"What a rude thing to say! I thought we were friends, not frenemies!"

"Frenemies? What is this, another one of your childish fantasies? You should stop playing your games and go outside and touch some grass dude. I promise you, it'll make you feel better."

I snorted.

"Coming from the girl that called me at one in the morning, crying about how amazing a new album from her favourite band was? And then you had the audacity to tell me that playing games at that time was dangerous for my eyes, but listening to music on your expensive speakers isn't bad for your ears!"

"Why are you like this suddenly? Huh? Just about ten minutes ago you were all serious, and now here you are cracking jokes and arguing with me? What are you, bipolar?"

I smirked at her as I shook my head, trying to get up as her arm reached out for me to grasp.

"We won," I whispered to Jiro as she helped me up. "We won-,"

"Hahaha, hahaha, HAHAHAHA!"

The blood around my body froze.

What?!

No…

NO!

"AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

No, there was no way he could have-,

"Haha. Did you honestly think that would defeat me?!" Zero bellowed, his entire body coated with diamonds. No, that wasn't possible! "I admit, I'm quite pissed off. You brats really did manage to almost defeat me. Almost, a shame really."

And with speeds he didn't have before, he came running towards us, Yaoyorozu's cannon's not affecting him in the slightest as he grabbed one and threw it back at her-,

Yaoyorozu's screams of pain reached my ears before I had any time to react. Kaminari tried his hardest to stop him, but he was promptly booted in the chest, sending him rolling backwards. He was knocked out instantly.

No, the villain was getting closer.

Move, MOVE! Why won't my body move?!

"R-run!" I shouted at Jiro. "Run as far as you can!" Her body was frozen in fear as the hulking man came etching closer and closer. "RUN!"

…but she simply wasn't moving. No, this couldn't be it! Not like this!?

Flashes.

Flashes of my visions once more.

Jiro's rotting corpse, her chest completely caved in. Yaoyorozu, her neck snapped in half. Mineta's finger is the only thing left recognisable from his mangled corpse, bloodied and beaten to the ground repeatedly. Was this it?!

Was this the end? I braced myself for impact as he punched me, my Quirk just wouldn't appear.

"LET ME GO!" I heard Jiro scream as she was pinned to the ground, Zero's fist raised to her chest. I tried to stand up. No! ANYTHING BUT HER! PLEASE! Not h-her! PLEASE! "I didn't do anything-, Come one, please!"

That cruel, sadistic smirk on his face had been burned into my brain. That same smirk as his eyes showed that he was unsure on how to proceed, whether to kill Kyoka Jiro or to allow her to live. Kill.

I knew the answer to the question well before he did, afterall I had nightmares from the visions that plagued me. I thought...

I thought she was safe?

Why?

Did I do something wrong? Is it my fault? No. She's still alive, if I just get up I can still fight! I can still save her! No one would today, right? Tears pricked my eyes as I saw them fall onto the floor as I struggled to get up. My body was so injured, I couldn't even stand up!

FUCK!

NO! SHE CAN'T DIE! He had already made his decision judging by the expression of pure glee he had on his face as he turned to me, that same damned smirk plastered across it! He was doing it to mock me.

"PLEASE!" I found myself shouting, though it sounded more like a sob. "N-not h-her! Please, n-not any of them!" I tried to plead. "Take my life instead, I'll do anything just to spare her! Spare them! PLEASE!" Zero stared directly, I couldn't read his face. Was it pity? Shock? Disgust?

"Your life? You are willing to give up your life... for her?" He asked me confused as I nodded in response.

"Y-yes."

Zero shook his head.

"...Sorry, but the Boss said you're too important to be hurt. He's not here right now, but oh well."

No... please no!

WHY.

WON'T.

MY.

BODY.

MOVE?!

"Sorry brat, but maybe you should have listened to the Boss while he was still here," The villain told me as he continued to pin Jiro down, who was struggling to escape. Why? Why her? What did she ever do? She was just... She was just… "If anything, this is your fault, Sora Yamazaki. How much more innocent blood is going to be spilt because you didn't change a single thing? Heh, that's not my problem."

"...NO!"

And I watched in horror as the fist came down.

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Conclusion to the USJ arc will be the next chapter!