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Even though I clipped its wings, it still got a lot of offensive pressure. The upside is that he's only got two real ranged attacks- the crystal arm and the fire arm. Vlad clenched his fist. Just avoid those, and focus on keeping the kids safe…easier said than done.

Vlad launched his first strike with a bloody sword, slashing into the opponent's back and into his chest. The beast shouted as it attempted to shatter the blade with its lower limbs, but Vlad immediately pulled his sword back. The beast gave Vlad one more glance before accelerating ahead at breakneck speed. Vlad was fortunate enough to tumble away from the beast's ferocious onslaught.

I've never seen Vlad King in battle before! Kaminari thought. The dude's not half bad- that quirk's incredibly versatile. I've never seen anything like it…but, isn't it kinda dangerous to use your own blood as a weapon?

More blood flowed from his glove, forming several tendrils. This construct was fluid, but Monoma saw that this attack posed a risk to his teacher. The drops of blood on the ground indicated that it wasn't completely solid. Vlad extended his tendrils and wrapped them around the Nomu's feet and arms. He screamed before whipping the Nomu into a tree.

Mina winced. "I still think your teacher needs some help."

"Shut up and enjoy the fireworks," Monoma smirked.

Vlad huffed and puffed, as the blood tendrils withdrew. He clenched his gauntlet and frowned. That was a stupid move- if those tendrils were fluid for a few more seconds, then my gauntlet would've clotted up. Vlad composed himself, as the Nomu howled again. I just have to restrain it some more, until Aizawa gets here…but where the hell is he!?

The Nomu hurled crystal shards and fireballs at the instructor, but he swiftly evaded them by hurling a flood of blood into a nearby tree. He pulled himself back, and withdrew the blood quickly. Before he could even touch the ground, something gross slammed into his gauntlet, gluing him to the tree.

"W-what the!?" Vlad cursed, before looking up at the putrid projectile- Stinkfly goo. Vlad gagged, as the Nomu walked forward, eyes dripping with the substance.

I forgot about that power! Vlad frowned, struggling to get free. The glove had been clogged up by the stupid slime. He couldn't cut himself free like planned.

"Mr. King!" Monoma yelled, before the creature made direct eye contact with him. Monoma froze in fear, as the thing revved up its chainsaws and made a beeline for him…

Only for something to smash into the Nomu's face. A water bottle.

Monoma was about to call out how stupid that attack was, but the Nomu started to scream in agony. The water was…burning his eyes and face? Monoma looked over to see that Mina had chucked the piece of plastic, and was smirking.

"Somebody didn't recycle a water bottle around here…so, I dumped out the water and filled it with my acid!" Mina said.

Monoma was shocked- one of the dumbest UA students had saved his life with a damn acid filled water bottle! That was stupidly effective. Mineta was the next to stop the Nomu. He began ripping out the grapes in his hair and throwing them at the ground beneath the Nomu, surrounding his body with 'landmines of sticky'.

That must be to try and catch its feet if he tries to escape or use his speed! Monoma thought. Mineta wiped some blood away from his scalp, and breathed heavily.

"Okay, so we restrained him- do you have any ideas now?" Mineta inquired.

"I wish I could zap his stupid face, but I don't have anything for me to direct my attack!" Kaminari said. "If I used my full power, I'd just be unleashing my lightning everywhere and possibly injuring you guys more than I'd injure the Nomu."

"What do you need to really focus on?" Satou asked.

"I dunno. Like a piece of metal or something? That's how I get my most accurate attacks." Kaminari said.

Metal. Monoma thought, digging in his pockets for change. Drat. Unlucky. His eyes darted over to the Nomu, and looked around his body for anything metallic or-

His eyes locked onto one specific arm of the Nomu. It was black and green and had a metal shine to it. That arm- could that be our answer?

"You idiot." Monoma scoffed.

"What was that?" Kaminari asked.

"Look at that thing. It's already got something metallic on it. No wonder you failed the exam- you didn't see the answer right in front of you." Monoma laughed.

"The hell is he-" Mineta asked.

"No, wait…I see what he means." Satou said. "The Upgrade arm!"

"Yeah, what about it?" Kaminari asked.

"It's made of metal! Hell, I bet you could shoot down those chainsaws too, if they got some metal on them!" Satou yelled.

Kaminari squinted...and grinned. He raised his hand and formed a 'gun' with it. Monoma sighed and rolled his eyes.

I'd be irritated if he wasn't going to fry this thing. Monoma thought, as Kaminari released a charged ray of lightning. It arced squarely towards the Upgrade arm, electrocuting it. The arm started to fizzle and bubble, like water boiling. The creature yelled again, and Kaminari shot at another arm. The bolt hit the chainsaw, and while the attack wasn't as effective, it clearly hurt the creature. The Nomu fell forward, landing on Mineta's sticky balls.

"HELL YEAH!" Mineta yelled, as he pulled off some more grapes from his head. "You guys take care of Vlad! I'm gonna bury this guy in grapes!" That's certainly something Mineta had never said before. Kaminari smiled- maybe Mineta was gonna change for the better.

"That's your one liner?" Mina snickered.

"I don't have a lot of material without it sounding weird." Mineta said.

The group ran over to Vlad- Mina quickly used her acid to melt Vlad free from the gunk. She gagged as it melted. "Ugh- smells like vomit and sewer waste combined…" She coughed, looking away.

Vlad huffed. "My glove's still all gunked up…our best choice now is to retreat."

"But when just got the guy pinned down!" Kaminari insisted.

"And that's a good thing!" Satou countered. "He can't follow us to wherever he's going next."

"Can't we just finish it off or something?" Mina asked. "Like, I could hose his body in acid or whatever and melt him underneath that grape gunk."

"No!" Vlad said. "With that one sneak strike, you youngsters cut it close. You're going to follow me to a more secure location-"

"There is NO SAFE PLACE!" Kaminari screamed. "The fact that no one has yet shown up is proof enough!"

"Then we'll find one!" Vlad yelled back. "I don't want you kids getting injured-"

And then, it happened. An explosion of crystals shot up from the grape covered beast- it pierced the grapes with ease, draining them of their juices. Mineta backed away in horror.

"N-no way!" Mineta yelled. He turned to run, and the beast held up his burning right arm…and fired.

Mineta was set ablaze by a concentrated fireball. He screamed, dropping to the ground and frantically rolling around. The students yelled in shock, and Mineta was screaming the loudest. Rolling around put out the flames on his body, but he looked like he'd gotten some serious second degree burns.

Monoma took a few steps back, his snooty mask breaking. The fear had overtaken his body. He wanted to scream bloody murder at the Class 1-A idiots for arguing with Vlad. He wanted to run into the woods and into the darkness, and just curl up into a ball and cry. He wanted to cry- because if this happened to someone from Class 1-A, what would happen to all the others in his class?

But all he could do was look into Mineta's eyes. He could have never called Mineta brave before all this. The expression on the smaller boy's face was clearly trying to mimic a pro, but his eyes betrayed him.

His eyes…were just like his.

Small pupils widened and the upper lids raised, stuck staring at something horrible.

The expression of fear couldn't be covered up by that mask he was wearing.

Mineta was superior to him in that moment- in spite of his fear, he was acting like nothing was wrong. This was probably the scariest moment of his life, especially with it teetering on the edge. Of all people, Mineta had the most 'guts' out of everyone there- he probably knew the risk of trying to back the Nomu, but yet he carried on. As long as everyone else was safe…he was fine.

And Monoma was nothing compared to him.

Monoma saw the entire world as a stage. He, as the main character in the story, was the focal point. The universe revolved around him and his (ignored) troubles. The persons who made frequent appearances (family, friends, others) were labeled as his supporting cast. A supporting actor or actress is one who plays an important but not the most significant role in a film or play. They didn't matter as much as he did. If it had a title, he'd call his life "The Story of Monoma, Prince of UA."

But, ever since he enrolled at UA, he felt as if his stage had been 'hijacked,' as if his life had clashed with numerous stages, all of which were more significant than his own. He felt pushed aside by the invisible director and forced to watch more of these performers take the center stage. He'd been reduced to merely standing behind the curtain and watching. His story could be called "Monoma is Dead", an absurdist tragicomedy that detailed his reactions to the story unfolding before him.

It was enjoyable to analyze their performances. The 'real' protagonist could express their dissatisfaction at the events unfolding onstage without them in the lives of the new characters, about which they have no firsthand awareness. Jeering and poking holes at whatever progress they could make. And he only got knocked out as punishment! Kendo's 'curtain call' was a good way to end a monologue.

But, that insecurity was growing more and more, especially as the students around him improved. He was starting to feel envious of his own class, jeering at their progress and hard work…when all he had to do was touch them and gain their powers.

Even if he could go back on stage, he'd always be considered as an 'understudy,' someone who could fill in for the new stars.

The stage had made way for Mineta's grand debut, but…critics didn't like that. And so, the world unfairly called curtains for his play.

Monoma, for once, could emphasize with someone he looked down at.

This was unfair.

No one deserved this.

…so, Monoma decided to crash the play. He shoved everyone out of the way, and raced towards Mineta.

The show must go on!

"Monoma!?" Vlad yelled- the boy ignored his yells, and focused on Mineta's body. He pointed his finger forward, and started to charge up an attack. This was Kaminari's quirk in action.

"Hey, when did he-!?" Kaminari yelled.

When he shoved everyone aside, he must've copied Kaminari's quirk! Vlad thought. At point blank range-

Monoma unleashed a powerful burst of electricity, that focused right into the Upgrade arm again. The Nomu screamed again, as Monoma grabbed Mineta.

"Mineta!" Monoma yelled. "Are you-!?" Monoma quickly examined the boy's wounds. He had second degree burns all over his body, save for his face. Mineta wasn't moving, though.

I'll check for a pulse later! Monoma thought. Right now I need to-!

And then the chainsaw blade slashed into his shoulder.

Everyone was at a loss for words. Monoma would call this the worst pain he'd ever felt. The chainsaw blade should've cleaved his arm clean off.

…but the blades had stopped spinning.

The Nomu was caught off guard. Nothing could stop the blades from spinning, right? Unless something got clogged in the chains. There was nothing to stop the chains on this defenseless kid, right?

The Nomu tried to spin it again, but Monoma calmly grabbed the chainsaw.

"I should be scared right now," Monoma said. "I shouldn't be over here. I should be over there, with Class 1-A and my teacher…but yet, I'm here." His hands started to melt through the blade, causing the chain to fall off. The Nomu tried slicing into another part of his body, but that blade was also stopped.

"H-how the hell is he-!?" Mina sputtered. Vlad was just as confused.

"Did you know, brainless extra?" Monoma smirked. "When I was training, I realized I could do something fantastic- I can 'double cast' with my quirk. I've learned my limit…is four."

Vlad's eyes widened. I get it! He's copying my Blood Control, Kaminari's Electrification and Mina's acid- that's one hell of a combo. He must be stopping the blades by hardening his blood around the chains!

"Four- that's a strange limit." Monoma monologued. "For Cantonese-speaking Chinese people, the number 4 is connected with death since the words for these numbers sound similar to the terms for "death," "must die," and "easy to die," respectively. Where am I going with this, you wonder?"

Monoma smirked. "I saved your quirk for last."

Six chainsaw arms shot out of Monoma's back, and stabbed their way through the Nomu's chest. Monoma roared, as he began to slice the Nomu into pieces. "I KNOW YOU CAN TAKE THIS, YOU BASTARD! SO I CAN HAVE A LITTLE FUN!" Monoma yelled, hamming his role up.

Vlad and the students were taken aback. Monoma had just mocked them and called them out for being 'eager for combat,' but Monoma had transformed into this walking demon, with a complete arsenal of peculiarities to use to the maximum. The Nomu leapt back after removing itself from Monoma's blades. The chainsaw formed a dome around Monoma's top half, with a little space for him to stick his finger through. He sent forward another electrical blast, which the monster avoided by zipping around it.

The creature tried to suffocate Monoma with Stinkfly slime, but Monoma spun his chainsaw arms around and sprayed it with acid. The goo disintegrated soon after, rendering the strike ineffective. Another electrical blast shot the creature's other chainsaw arms, but the Nomu ignored this. It started to charge up an attack with the two Petrosapien and Pyronite arms it had- a massive, sharp 'meteorite'. It was basically some diamond shards sticking out of a giant fireball. The creature hurled it at Monoma.

The Monoma of yesterday would've run away.

But the Monoma of today ran forward.

Monoma yelled, as he cleaved his way through the meteorite, sending debris everywhere…and through the Nomu. Acid and electricity shot out of his body as he made his final blow.

"MAIN CHARACTER SYNDROME!" Monoma yelled- his attack was brutal and effective.

The Nomu stumbled around, overwhelmed by that final attack. Vlad expected the thing to regenerate and strike back, but that never happened.

…instead, it started to melt.

Vlad's eyes narrowed. "You're kidding- that was another clone!?"

"S-so, we weren't even fighting the real thing!? Just another copy?" Satou asked, frightened by the idea.

"If a clone of that thing could handle that many attacks…I'm worried what the real deal is like. Who the hell knows where it is now?" Vlad said.

Kaminari gulped. Let's hope it's nowhere near here.

Monoma stumbled forward, blood starting to leak from some wounds. They weren't super deep, maybe like a few inches deep, but they still looked brutal. Monoma wasn't down just yet- he walked over to Mineta.

"...no one's moment should be undercut." Monoma mumbled, picking Mineta up. "Everyone deserves a special minute in their life…and I'm sorry yours was ruined."

Monoma staggered over to the others, and handed Mineta off to Satou.

"And…end scene." Monoma said, as he fell onto the ground.

That's all Monoma remembered for the rest of the night.

"Over there! Come on!"

Iida's voice drew everyone's attention. It was almost soothing to know that more kids were on their way here. They have to have come from the test of-

When he saw Iida's damaged body, Kaminari froze. "Holy crap, dude."

"What in the world happened here?" Jirou inquired, perplexed. Her gaze was drawn to Mineta's body. She exclaimed in terror. "What- what happened to Mineta!?"

"M-monoma!?" Sen exclaimed, stunned. "What happened to-"

"He won." Vlad said. He wanted to hug all the members of Class 1-B, but he couldn't. Right now, Monoma's health took priority.

Iida looked around. "Is Kirisihima here?" He asked.

"Huh? No, I thought he'd be with you- why isn't he?" Kaminari asked, confused.

"I had to break away to- nevermind that right now!" Iida said. "Where the hell are they!?"

And just like that, a new fear sprouted up.

Mr. Compress was an elusive criminal, backed up by his speed and ability to dodge any attacks. He prided himself on that. A good thief should be able to slide out of any scenario, unscathed and victorious.

The kids chased after him on foot, but it was no use. They couldn't handle his speed.

"He's fast!" Todoroki said, lighting the way with some fire.

"If only we had your class pres," Tetsu grumbled. "We would've had this dude in the bag by now!"

Izuku's face bobbed and slammed against Shoji's back. It was a bumpy ride, but he was far too determined to turn back now. "We...can't give up!" He hissed through the pain. "Gotta catch up...and get them back!"

"But how!?" Kendo yelled.

The beeps of the Omnitrix seemed to answer her question. She looked over to Ochako's wrist, an eyebrow raised.

Ochako activated the watch, before she passed Kosei to Kendo. "Please hold him! I gotta take care of something."

Ochako slammed down the Omnitrix, and morphed into XLR8 in the blink of an eye. Those not in the know nearly stopped in their tracks, but Ochako could explain it later. She sped off, leaving a trail of dust in her wake.

I'm not about to let Bakugou get kidnapped by some Guy Fawkes wannabe! Ochako said, as she built up enough speed to boost herself into the air. Mr. Compress noticed her behind him, and grumbled.

"Oh, you. I figured you'd try and chase after me- so, I have something for you!" The man held up two marbles in between his fingers. "Catch!"

He threw the marbles at Ochako- the girl expected some boulders, or even that blood sucking Heatblast girl- but she didn't expect Kirishima and Ojiro to fall out of the marbles. Ochako gasped, before switching forms. Big Chill flew over, and caught the two by their shirt collars.

"A-ah! How'd we get up here!?" Ojiro yelled, as Ochako started to hover down to the ground.

"Hell if I know!" Ochako shrugged.

"And who the hell are you!?" Ojiro yelled.

"...also a long story." Kirishima answered, as she set them back down. "Uraraka, what's the situation?"

"Bakugou's been kidnapped. That guy with the mask is to blame, and they want Bakugou because they think he's a villain or something." Ochako explained.

"Wait, what?!" Kirishima yelled.

"Yeah- guess he also nabbed you guys at some point." Ochako hummed.

"Am I dreaming?" Ojro asked. "Because that's my only rational explanation for explaining why Uraraka's a moth-"

"FOCUS!" Kirishima yelled, stunning the boy. "Uraraka, take me with you! If that dude tries to that crap again, throw me at him while you get others!"

"Right!" Ochako grabbed Kirishima's arm, and hoisted him onto her back. The two flew off, as Ojiro was left standing there.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" He yelled.

Kirishima and Ochako flew through the air, quickly gaining on Mr. Compress. "Who else does this guy got captured? I know he grabbed me, Ojiro, Sero and Kouda…"

Ochako winced at that. That didn't say much about this guy's limit on creating marbles. "Aside from Bakugou, he's got Tokoyami and Kurorio. Oh, and I think he nabbed the guy that was attacking Bakugou too…"

"How's everyone else holding up?" Kirishima asked.

"Deku's all messed up from his battle, and so was Bakugou- everyone is mostly okay, but the villains I've fought are crazy- we shouldn't be talking about this right now!" Ochako said.

"Sorry, I'm just WAY out of the loop!" Kirishima said, as they closed in on Mr. Compress.

Mr. Compress sighed. "I knew I should've knocked you out…oh, well." Mr. Compress said, as he tossed another marble aside. Ochako tossed Kirishima at Mr. Compress, as she dove for the marble. Tha marble popped open, revealing Kurorio inside. He gasped, before Ochako swooped in and caught him.

Kurorio was stunned, but Ochako knew he was going to wait until later to ask questions. "How'd he get the drop on you?"

"I dunno- I just felt someone touch my back and then-" Kurorio shivered. "I was captured.""

Just one touch can turn you into marble!? Scary. Ochako knew she had to keep her distance. Big Chill's range was pretty subpar- plus, she didn't want to risk freezing her fellow peers if Mr. Compress as crazy enough to use them as human shields. She'd decide her next move when she met up with Kirishima-

Who came crashing into her and Kurorio. The three of them tumbled to the ground, with Kirishima cursing himself.

"He just turned me into a marble and tossed me away!" He yelled angrily.

"Okay, so that idea was dumb. Stay here and wait for Deku and the others to catch up!" Ochako yelled, as she flew off again.

Ochako had her plan- she just hoped it would work. She shifted into her other 'flying' form, Chromastone. Ochako unleashed a burst of energy from her feet, and sped up. Mr. Compress was so close, and yet he didn't turn around. Ochako flipped back and unleashed a powerful laser beam-

That went right through him. Mr. Compress suddenly faded away, leaving Ochako confused.

"W-what?!" She yelled, before her single eye darted the other way. Mr. Compress was still active.

Is this a part of his quirk? Ochako thought. No, he turns people into marbles. Or maybe that's like a fraction of his quirk or something…Ochako shook her head. Whatever! He's over there now! No better time to grab him than now!

Ochako flew over and seized Mr. Compress, grabbing him by his arms. "Since you've made every effort humanly possible to avoid making contact," Ochako yelled. "Something tells me...you don't have..." The man was smashed onto the ground by Ochako. "ANY DURABILITY!"

Mr. Compress groaned, his mask cracked, but his spirit remained intact. Ochako searched his body for the marbles. "Come on, where the heck have they gone?!" She hissed in irritation.

"I have to thank you, you sweet summer child." Mr. Compress smirked. "I knew you'd try to do this part alone."

"Yeah, and my friends are right behind me." Ochako scoffed.

"Yes…that makes this next part fair."

"Huh?"

"You see…this is where the Vanguard Action Squad planned to meet when our mission was done with." Mr. Compress said. "And you haven't met the whole group yet. They're…fascinating."

Ochako felt a weird chill run through her body.

"You know what's handy about my quirk?" Mr. Compress said. "I can carry a lot of people at the same time. I planned on throwing this one out earlier, but…well, she picked up my flair for the dramatic."

Mr. Compress rolled out a marble from under his hand, and released it-

And Toga popped out. She kicked Ochako off of him, laughing gleefully. She was still on fire, and still on that 'ecstasy high'.

"Hiiiii, Ochako~" Toga grinned. "My heart still BURNS for you!" Ochako flipped herself back up, and frowned.

This final battle was just getting started.