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16
"DIEEEE!" "HAKAAAA!" Twin shouts rang inside a wrecked-up building.
Explosions were heard, quickly followed by screams of pain.
"Wow, Bakubro and Hakamo-o are really strong." Kirishima said, amazed at how both the explosive teen and the dragon were effortlessly taking down villain after villain.
"They are natural brawlers. This is their natural element." Izumi explained while punching a woman who used her hair as a mace in the abdomen. The villain was unconscious before even falling to the ground.
Next to her, Kirishima was dealing with a villain whose quirk gave him sharp, steel-like spikes on his arms and chest. The redhead's hardening proved to be tougher than it looked when his fist actually dented one of the spikes.
The villain tried to backtrack, but Kirishima didn't allow it. He went after the villain, throwing punch after punch. Even when his foe tried to use his arms as coverage, Kirishima didn't relent; he just kept punching and punching. Finally, his fist connected with his foe's chin with an uppercut, throwing him to the ground and defeating him.
On the other corner of the room, Ambipom was dealing with his own opponents, a pair of twins with a transformation type of quirk. From what she could see, one twin transformed his arms into swords and the other into axes.
The monkey-like Pokemon was giggling and jumping side to side, easily evading their attacks. Ambipom trained every day with Lucario and Infernape; as far as he was concerned, these villains were as slow as a Slowpoke.
Ambipom gave both men a mocking smile, one of his tails making a "come here" motion. His actions made both men snarl in anger, rushing at the monkey while waving their weaponized arms recklessly.
Once they were close enough, Ambipom released a lightning bolt that connected with both brothers, making them cry out in pain and fall to their knees, electrical burns visible on their skin.
Bakugou and Hakamo-o were finishing off with their opponents/victims. Izumi was surprised at how well Hakamo-o cooperated with Bakugou. Usually, the dragon only worked alongside those he respected, a.k.a, those who were stronger than him, at his level or close enough.
Now that she thought about it, that would describe the Bakugou she knew.
When the fight started, those two were the first to leapt at the villains: Bakugou throwing a powerful explosion and Hakamo-o running straight to it while releasing a powerful Screech that made them flinch back from the pain, leaving the ones closest to him defenseless against his Body Slam.
The two of them had quickly begun to beat up as many villains as they could. When Bakugou realized that his quirk didn´t harm the dragon Pokemon, he threw caution to the wind and used more powerful explosions. Hakamo-o, for his part, willingly used the explosions as coverage, and sometimes as a propeller, to strike at their enemies.
Izumi sighed. Hakamo-o´s scales were naturally fire-resistant, almost fireproof depending on the intensity of the flames. That, coupled with his dragon typing, made it so that fire attacks were weaker against him. Because of it, he tended to take fire-type attacks to the face, no protection whatsoever.
Trying to get him out of that habit was pointless. His entire species was reckless when it came to battling. Especially when they fought on their own. No. Only experience and defeat would teach him how to avoid certain attacks and to be less reckless.
Whenever Hakamo-o got too restless or cockly, Izumi would let him fight on his own, either against another trainer, her own Pokemon, or a wild Pokemon. The only condition was that his opponent had to be stronger. Way stronger.
Losing those fights and then seeing his other teammates win gave him a good kick in the ego and made him more willing to listen to their advice.
Izumi never enjoyed doing that. She hated it. But she knew it was the best way to help Hakamo-o and not damage their bond. Her dragon was simply different from the rest of her team. Her other Pokemon were more calm; even Bewear obeyed her with no problem, only asking for a good fight once in a while. Hell, Hawlucha´s only defect was how much he liked to showcase in battle, but that was integrated into his DNA.
Oh, yes, Infernape, Lopunny and Ambipom were three little pranksters that would never let an opportunity pass to play her a joke. She was already dreading April's Fools. Why did her mom tell them about it? Her smile had been too wide to be a coincidence.
Gallade, Lucario and Mienfoo had the mindset of samurais, always calm, controlled, vigilant. It's why she kept Gallade so close to Eri, to protect her. Even though Overhaul was arrested, many of his followers escaped; some of the rumors said that they had fled the country.
Still, Izumi was cautious. Eri´s quirk was powerful—too powerful. And they still didn´t know what exactly Overhaul tried to do with it.
For now, the yakuza was in prison, monitored twenty-four seven, and in quirk suppression cuffs. But she wouldn´t breathe relieved until the trial ended and he and his men were sent to Tartarus, where they belonged with all those other monsters and psychopaths.
"STAY FUCKING DEAD FUCKING EXTRAS!" Bakugou yelled while blasting the last villain in the chest. The man didn't even twitch when he fell to the ground.
All the villains lay on the ground, covered in bruises, burns and scratches. Izumi rolled her shoulders, feeling OFA deactivate. Ambipom and Hakamo-o approached her, waiting for further instructions.
The greenete took a moment to examine both of her Pokemon. For being their first villain fight, none showed signs of major injuries. Ambipom had some light bruises, while Hakamo-o was picking at a loose scale.
Izumi frowned. While she was glad that none of her Pokemon were injured, she found the whole situation strange. When she, Infernape, Lucario and Lopunny fought against Overhaul, all of them walked off with wounds. And that has just been one villain. A powerful villain, sure. But one.
Right now, they had faced at least twenty villains in a close space, with Bakugou and Kirishima as reinforcements. A quick glance at them showed that both boys also had no injuries; they were only tired from fighting all those enemies.
"It doesn´t make sense." She said out loud.
"Eh? What do you mean, Midorisis?" Kirishima asked her.
"These villains. They came here with the intention of killing All Might, and yet a group of first-year students were able to defeat them? And without suffering major injuries?"
"You think we shouldn't have won?" He asked, confused.
"Idiot. She is saying that these bastards are too fucking weak to even bother All Might. No way they could kill him even if all of them attacked him at the same time." Bakugou scoffed.
Izumi nodded. "Bakugou is right; these guys are more likely thugs and common criminals recruited just to cause mayhem and distract All Might. Like a horde of Rattatas distracting a Dragonite while the alpha Raticate waits for its chance to sink an Ice Fang."
"I´m not sure what a Rattata or Raticate is supposed to be, but I got the rest! You think these villains were brought just to tire All Might out!" Kirishima exclaimed.
"Worse, I think they actually have someone that could hurt All Might." Her words made both boys blink in surprise.
"WHAT!?" Both yelled.
"Think about it." She explained. "Whoever the ringleader is, there is a good chance they were the ones behind yesterday´s break-in and got a hold on UA´s teaching schedule. If they were smart enough to do it without being captured or leaving a trace, then why attack so suddenly? They must be confident that one of their own has a quirk strong enough to counter or even harm All Might."
"That means we have to return right now with the others! They could be in danger!" Kirishima was ready to bolt to the door.
"Rushing in without a plan will just get us all killed. First, we need to warn the senseis what´s going on."
"But how? Communications are down."
"Only the electronic ones." She smirked. "One of my Pokemon can talk with me telepathically. Distance doesn't matter. Not in a country the size of Japan, and not with how strong our bond is."
After being teleported to this area alongside Kirishima and Bakugou, Izumi realized one thing.
The villains didn't know what their quirks entailed. And they certainly didn't know about her Pokemon.
If they had known the basic thing about them, they would have sent Bakugou to the Downpour Zone or Kirishima to the Shipwreck Zone.
But they didn't. They were split randomly.
And that was their advantage.
"Tch. Do whatever you want. I will put down that fucking purple bastard." Bakugou scoffed.
"Come on, man, now it's not the time for grudges. We have to protect our classmates and senseis. It's our duty as future heroes!" Kirishima stated.
"Idiot. That fucking bastard is the only reason those fuckers were able to infiltrate. Even if the senseis come and beat up their asses, they can still run away thanks to him." The blonde punched his palm. "That's why I´m going to pummel that bastard to the ground and make him regret the day he was born."
Kirishima glanced between both teens. It was obvious that he wanted to help both of them but couldn´t decide who to follow.
"Kirishima, go with Bakugou." Izumi told him.
"But what about you? I can't leave you alone with all these villains. That's not manly!" He protested vehemently.
Izumi smirked. "I'm never alone, Kirishima." She pointed at Hakamo-o and Ambipom, who were standing behind her, ready to attack at any moment. "And I still have two other guys ready to help me if needed." She patted her last two pokeballs on her belt.
"Well, three, actually." She thought to herself, the weight of that ball heavy on her hidden pocket.
She shook that thought away. Now wasn't the best moment to use him. Their bond was still shaky, still uncertain. There were days where he obeyed her with no hesitation, and others where he tried to kill her.
After some more reassurances from her part, Kirishima agreed to follow Bakugou and help him take down the teleporting villain. Of course, the explosive user yelled that he didn't need anybody's help, to fuck off, and other curses Izumi had no idea existed.
Still, the redhead wasn´t perturbed by his behavior and followed him with a Sharpedo-like grin.
"Amb?" The simian Pokemon asked her.
"Bakugou may have the manners of a Primeape, but he is undoubtedly one of the strongest of our class. More so, if someone pisses him off, then there is no force in the universe that would stop him from unleashing a barrage of explosions on that poor soul.
She knew it very well.
Too well.
"Inner peace. Inner peace. In-" "Sir Plushy?" A little girl's voice interrupted his meditation. Seems his meditation time is over.
"Yes, Eri?" The gallant Pokemon asked his trainer´s little sister. The little girl smiled at him and offered him a cookie. Gallade smiled and accepted it.
"Thank you, Eri; it was very yummy." His compliment made her smile. "Are you having fun with your mother?" He asked her.
The young girl nodded frantically, "I'm helping Mama with her work! I'm her new special secretary!" She exclaimed happily. While Eri began to explain all the special duties that Inko had given her, Gallade listened and nodded, glad that she was acting like a child her age should. It was refreshing to see how far Eri had come after suffering so much for most of her life.
Not for the first time, and most likely not the last, Gallade envied his alternate evolution. Oh, he loved being a Gallade; it was one of the reasons he had chosen to challenge Izumi back when he was a Ralts. When he saw that Izumi, back then a kid, had a fighting-type team, he thought that she was his best shot at evolving as a Gallade.
Back then, he never thought that he would meet his best friends. His brothers and sisters. His family.
The only regret he could have was that he lacked the telepathic prowess that the Gardevoir line had. If he had it, he would have left that monster of Overhaul as a vegetable, and no one would have been able to stop him.
Well, everyone had dreams that they knew would never come true.
Eri was telling him that everyone was amazed at how fast she had completed her math homework, and so fast, when he felt a familiar mind connecting with his.
"Gallade! Go to UA and find Headmaster Nezu and All Might! Villains have invaded the USJ; their goal is to kill All Might." Izumi´s warning froze him. His trainer was in danger? "I am safe! One of the villains has some type of teleporting quirk. His body resembles purple smoke and can teleport people to other places. I was sent to one of the simulation zones with two other students. I believe that at least half the class was dispersed to the other zones, and the rest must be still with Aizawa-sensei and Thirteen-sensei back at the entrance. We managed to defeat a group of villains without suffering any injuries." Thanks to their mind link and their bond, Gallade could sense that Izumi wasn't lying or hurt. She was worried, but not for herself.
"Machoke and Bewear are with sensei. Ambipom and Hakamo-o are out of their pokeballs, and I still have Lucario and Toxicroak if needed." And the other guy, he thought to himself.
"What should I tell our mother and Eri? If I just leave, they will worry."
"... Tell Eri that you have a super important mission that only you can do. Tell mom that something happened, but do not tell Eri. I will explain everything when I get home."
"Very well. Izumi, please be careful."
"Heh, you know me."
He did. He knew that his trainer was a true hero. And well willing to risk her life if it means saving her loved ones.
Aizawa had to hand it to Midoriya. The girl certainly knew how to train her Pokemon. If it weren't for them, he would already be dead or severely injured.
When the fight started, he had the advantage. He was fresh; the villains were overconfident of their numbers and quirks, and they had no idea how his quirk worked.
But now he was tired, bruised, he could feel his head pounding from the incoming dry eye that always came after overusing his quirk.
After the teleporting villain Kurogiri attacked his students and Thirteen, he tried to rush and take him down to force him to return the kids from wherever he had taken them. Unfortunately, the other villains capitalized on his desperation and struck back. He was faced with villain after villain until they surrounded him in a circle.
It was at that point, when he was trying to decide who to "erase" that a massive plushie fell in front of him, forming a cloud of dust from the impact.
After the dust settled, Aizawa recognized her.
Bewear, one of Midoriya´s Pokemon. And if his memory recalled right, one of her strongest Pokemon.
The Pokemon gave him a nod and lifted her arms. To everyone's surprise, multiple rocks began to form in front of Bewear. Once they were fully formed, the plushie Pokemon threw her arms at the villains, and the rocks flew against them.
While the villains either destroyed the boulders or evaded them, Bewear moved. The panda-like Pokemon jumped right at the villains. Once she was close to them, she twisted her body; a black, reddish energy circled around her body, and then she threw at them. When the strange energy collided, it threw them to the ground, moaning in pain and clutching at their bodies.
Bewear didn´t relent on her attack; her arms chopped at anyone that came close to her with astounding strength.
Aizawa glanced at the entrance. Thirteen was fine, as were the students that Kurogiri hadn't taken. In front of Kurogiri, shielding his coworkers and students, was another one of Midoriya´s Pokemon. The one called Machoke.
Thirteen glanced towards Eraserhead; the heroine shook her head, her helmet pointed slightly towards the ringleader, the young man whose face and body were covered in severed hands.
Eraserhead nodded. He understood her message. If they wanted to end this quickly and save their students, then they had to take the head down.
"Bewear." Midoriya´s Pokemon looked at him; one of her paws was clutching at a woman who was desperately punching it. "Think you can handle these guys?" Bewear nodded and slammed the villainess to the ground. Once the woman was unconscious, she threw her against the other villains and jumped straight at them, her fists glowing with reddish energy.
From her viewpoint, Thirteen saw Bewear attack savagely at the majority of the villains while Aizawa darted from the rest, his goal being the leader.
The rescue heroine faced Kurogiri, both she and Machoke standing protectively in front of the remaining students.
Thirteen was thinking a mile an hour. Her first instinct was to use Black Hole against Kurogiri, hoping that the gravity pull of her quirk would stop him from activating his portals. However, she bit it back.
Fights weren't her forte. Black Hole was too dangerous to be used in a fight; too unstable and powerful. And she had no idea what the limits of her opponent´s quirk were.
What if he somehow redirected her quirk towards her students? She wouldn't be able to live if innocent's lives were harmed by her recklessness. Hell, even if they were criminals, she wouldn't be able to take it.
Thirteen looked at Machoke. Unlike her, the Pokemon didn't seem to waver at all. His posture was firm, confident, alert. She recognized that look. It was the same that many pros had during a fight. The same many of her coworkers had.
Despite not being human, Machoke had the same level of discipline that only the true pros showed.
Thirteen glanced at her students. They were afraid, all of them. Some, like Mezo-kun, tried to hide it, but she could tell. She quickly began to recall all their names and quirks, trying to find a possible answer to their problem.
The main priority was to escape and call for help. Escape will be tricky with Kurogiri warding the only door. Not impossible, but tricky.
But warning the school and the heroes was another thing.
"Machoke-san, our enemy´s quirk allows him to open portals with his own body and then transport people to other locations. I am uncertain whether or not he has a physical form. I doubt that physical attacks could hurt him, at least not while he is in his shadow form. If you have any move or attack that could hurt him, then use it at my signal." Machoke nodded at her words. The bodybuilder Pokemon moved forward and took a fighting stance. His hands formed a circle, which he pointed at the villain.
Thirteen turned slightly toward the rest of her class. "Iida-kun. Both Machoke and I will take care of Kurogiri. Once you have an opportunity, run as fast as you can towards UA." She ordered.
The tall boy turned towards her, confusion in his voice. "Sensei, I can't leave my fellow classmates behind!" He protested vehemently.
"I can understand your hesitation, Iida-kun, but you are perhaps the only person here who can actually escape successfully and warn the heroes of what's happening. The villain responsible for hijacking our communications and alarms is most likely hiding in one of the zones, away from Eraserhead´s line of sight." Thirteen pointed towards Kurogiri. "His mission is to stop us from leaving, but he is also the villain's only means of escape. Once outside those doors, he won't pursue you. Not without risking his comrades' safety." 'Especially his boss' She thought to herself.
"But.." "Iida, just go." Sato interrupted him. Iida stared at him in shock.
"Sense is right, Iida. With your speed, you´re the only one with a shot to evade that purple bastard."
"Iida-kun." Uraraka spoke. "Don´t worry, we can handle it. Trust us."
Iida scrunched his eyebrows deep in thought. After a moment, he nodded.
"Very well, sensei. I will do it. I will warn All Might and our other teachers about the attack!" He exclaimed.
"Fools. What makes you think that your plan will work now that I have heard it?" Kurogiri asked amused, his shadow shape larger than before, casting a threatening image against the students.
"Isn't it obvious? It's because no matter what you do, you won't be able to stop us! Now!" Thirteen yelled at Machoke, hoping that she had read the Pokemon right.
"MACH!" The bodybuilder Pokemon was the first to move; his large form lurched forward, one arm pulled back, ready to deliver what was surely to be a devastating blow.
Kurogiri laughed at the sight of the strange creature trying to punch him. What a fool.
He had already proven that such attacks couldn´t harm him.
"Stupid creature. My form is literally smoke and shadows. How do yo-" The creature´s forearm slammed right into his neck bracer.
"MAAAAAACHHHH! Machoke pulled with all his strength and threw the villain against the ground. Kurogiri stood there, shocked that somehow this creature had been able to not only grab him but also inflict pain on him.
"IIDA-KUN NOW!" Thirteen yelled. Iida didn't waste a second. His leg engines turned at max power, and he ran faster than he had ever done.
Kurogiri tried to get up, but a foot slammed right onto his bracer. The creature, Machoke, pressed its foot harder against his neck.
The villain was about to activate his quirk when a gloved hand pointed right at his face.
"Don't even think about it, villain. Your reflexes and speed may be sharp, but they won't save you if Black Hole sucks you." One of Thirteen's fingers began to release a threatening black mist. Not strong or far enough to damage him, but enough that his body could feel the dangerous pull of the gravity.
Villain and hero stared at each other. Thirteen's helmet obscured her face, and Kurogi lacked any facial features.
However, he could see that she was serious. And she could see that he was nervous.
"Woohooo!" "Great job, Machoke!" "Go Iida! Thirteen-sensei and Machoke cleared the path!" The students cheered, happy that the dangerous villain had been defeated.
"Fools. It's too early to celebrate. After all, they will all die once Shigaraki gives the order," Kurogiri maliciously thought.
"I'm going to die. I´m going to die. I´M GOING TO DIE!" Minoru desperately thought. The reason for his desperation was the shark-headed villain; with his jaw wide open and aiming for his head, he had been certain that he would die.
He started to relive memories from his early childhood when a tongue grabbed him from his torso and pulled him towards a green body.
At the moment, he had no idea what was going on. His savior moved so fast that all he saw was a blurry mess. When they finally left the water and fell on the deck of a lone ship, he just heaved all the water he had swallowed.
After what felt like forever but was more likely a few minutes, he began to breathe more normally and started to look around.
He was on a ship, with Asui (or Tsu, as she later asked to be called) and Kaminari next to him. Kaminari looked ragged like him, while Tsu kept glancing at the water below them.
One hesitant peak almost made him wish he was wearing a real diaper and not shorts that looked like one.
Surrounding the ship were dozens of villains. Dozens of dangerous criminals grinning maliciously at them. Planning on torturing and killing them.
The sight made Minoru lose his cool. He began to hyperventilate and shiver, panic clouding his mind. He cried, afraid of dying and desperate.
His classmates calmed him down. Well, more like Tsu asked him why he wanted to be a hero if he was shaking like a leaf at the first sight of danger, while Kaminari just patted him on the back.
Minoru was shocked at the frog girl´s bluntness and more at how calm and stoic she was. He asked her how she wasn't afraid, and she just replied that she was afraid, but if she just stood there, frightened and hiding, then she would most certainly die.
Their one chance of survival was to fight back and regroup with their senseis and fellow classmates.
"It's easy for you two to say that. Your quirks are cool and useful. Mine isn't." He muttered.
"What? No way, man, you passed the Practical Test!" Kaminari protested. "There were hundreds of kids there, and you beat lots of them. Hell, in my sector, there was this chick that could summon some big flaming wings from her back. She barely won any points! Every time a robot got close, she chickened out and flew away. Besides, my quirk isn't that great. I can only release so much electricity. If I go overboard, then my brain gets zapped, and I'm left a blubbering useless mess." Kaminari shared his quirk´s greatest weakness.
Minoru was left speechless at that. He could vaguely remember the blonde saying something like that before, after their teams fought each other and both of them were rendered useless while Yaoyomo and Kyouka shined.
"No quirk is perfect, Mineta-kun. They all have backwards. Besides, there are plenty of heroes with quirks that at first glance don´t seem like much. Like Aizawa-sensei or Midnight-sensei. Neither would have passed the Practical Exam easily, at least not if it was against robots. Their quirks are useless against them. Kero" Tsu reminded him calmly.
Minoru frowned. His classmates were right. He knew very well that there were plenty of heroes with so-called 'weak quirks'. Well, to be honest, he mostly knew that there were heroines with 'weak quirks'.
He was a teenager, and they wore sexy costumes; sue him!
"Kaminari-kun, do you have any ranged attacks?" "Eh?" "Can you release a bolt of lightning? Like in video games." Tsu asked the blonde boy.
"Kinda, but it's not really accurate. Like at all." He rubbed the back of his head.
"It´s ok. Do you think you can aim it just at the water?" Eh?" Both boys said confused.
"Water conducts electricity. If we electrocute the water, then the villains will be disabled. After that, I can carry all of us and jump far enough that the lingering static won't harm us. Kero" Tsu explained her plan.
"I-It could work. But you two need to stay on the other side of the ship, just in case. My control isn't the best." Both Minoru and Tsu agreed with his petition.
The two began to walk as far as they could from Kaminari when the ship rocked violently, sending them to the ground.
"Shit! They ripped a hole in the side!" Minoru pointed down at the wide, smoking gap.
"No time! Kaminari, do it!" The blonde nodded nervously and pointed his hands at the water. His brow was covered in sweat, and he was mumbling incoherently at himself.
"Kaminari." Minoru didn´t know why he was talking; he just let his mouth run. "You can do it. We can do it. We are students of Class 1-A, remember?" Minoru gave his fellow pervert a shaky thumbs-up. He was just as scared as him, after all.
Kaminari shook himself and nodded.
"Eat this, assholes! Shocking Water!" Denki pointed his hands directly at the water, releasing a strong current, one that he was confident enough that he could control. Or at least not hurt his friends.
To Denki´s surprise, his attack, while dispersed, didn't hurt any of his friends but collided directly with the water. And to the villains despair, it electrocuted every single one of them.
The three students stared at the sight of the spasming and even unconscious villains, surprised that their plan actually worked.
Tsu didn't waste any time. She grabbed Mineta with one arm, thankful that the boy was so small, and pulled Kaminari with the other. She focused all her strength on her legs and jumped as far as she could.
The three flew over the sky, anxious and glad that they had escaped from that death trap. When they began to fall, Tsu motioned for the boys to try to fall on their feet. Based on her experience, they were high enough that the impact would hurt but not seriously injure them.
True to her prediction, when the three of them crashed against the water, their muscles and bones strained, but not dangerously. Tsu, of course, was the one with the least damage; her body was made to withstand high-altitude dives, and she had spent lots of time practicing and researching how much regular humans could stand in similar situations.
After all, she planned on being a marine-type heroine. It was important to know the limits of normal humans in case she had to make a decision to save a victim that could inadvertently harm them.
After some swearing, panting, and more swearing, the three students reached the shore near the Central Plaza. From their distance and viewpoint, they could barely see some figures standing in the middle of the square.
"I still can't believe that worked." Minoru whispered.
"Heh. I bet they had a shocking experience. Right?" Kaminari joked. Minoru barked a short laugh at such a bad joke, grateful for his attempt to lighten up the mood.
Tsu didn't laugh; she just gave him one of her nonplussed looks. When she looked again at the front, she froze.
The other boys froze too. What they saw on the square froze them.
There, laying on the floor, one of his legs broken and his left arm holding his right shoulder, blood pouring from his forehead, was Aizawa-sensei.
Next to him was a figure that they barely recognized as one of Midoriya´s Pokemon. One that resembled a stuffed bear. No, a panda. Bewear. Midoriya did say that the name could confuse those not raised on Alola.
The three hero students stared in disbelief at the sight of Bewear´s bruised and bloodied body. Her fur was matted in knots, with blood dripping from her mouth and some of her claws missing.
In front of them was something that could only be described as a monster.
It was big, slightly taller than Bewear, with a humanoid body; an old pair of trousers were his only clothes. It was well muscled and toned; its entire body was black with an almost blueish tint. But what made it so fearsome were the old scars scattered over its body, the manic smile on its face, and the visible brain on top of his head.
What made it more scary was the complete lack of fresh injuries or any signs of tiredness.
"How?" they heard Aizawa-sensei ask. "I erased that thing´s quirk." His eyes never strayed from the young man who had the hands covering his face and body.
The man laughed sadistically. "Yes, you did Eraserhead. But which quirk did you erase?"
Everyone was startled by that. The villain said quirks. As in more than one quirk?
"What?" Eraserhead asked.
"We came here today to kill All Might. That is our goal, our mission, our wish. We needed a weapon that could counter that brute´s quirk. Nomu has super increased strength, high enough to match All Might´s. And two quirks: Shock Absorption and Super Regeneration. Do you get it Eraserhead? Whatever damage he can't absorb, his body can simply heal! Nomu is the greatest weapon ever invented! He is invincible!" The villain laughed, a cruel, maniac laugh.
"Stop right now, villain! Or your partner will pay the consequences!" Thirteen-sensei yelled from the top of the stairs. At her side, Machoke was holding the portal villain that had sent them to the Flood Zone by his neck.
While Thirteen-sensei's face was hidden by her helmet, all of them could see the furious glare on Machoke´s face.
"Oy Kurogiri! How the hell did that sorry excuse of a hero capture you?!"
"My apologies, Shigaraki Tomura. I underestimated this strange creature´s abilities. Also, I regret to inform you that one of the students managed to escape. Based on what I could glimpse from his quirk, it's only a matter of time for the heroes to arrive."
"Eh? What a drag. We didn't kill All Might. We didn't kill Eraserhead or Thirteen. And the heroes are about to crash the game. What shall we do?" Shigaraki asked absenmidendly.
Before anyone could do anything, before anyone could think anything, Shigaraki Tomura turned towards where Minoru, Tsu and Kaminari were hiding.
With a manic glee in his voice, the villain spoke: "How about we leave some corpses for the Symbol of Peace to find?"
With that said, he moved. Fast. Freakishly fast.
Shigaraki held his hand wide open, his target, Tsu´s head.
Minoru didn´t even think; his body moved without his input. His hands grabbed his head, pulling quickly his sticky spheres and throwing them at Shigaraki´s eyes.
His aim proved to be true; his 'balls', as he sometimes called them, covered not only Shigaraki´s eyes but also hit his mouth, forehead, and hands. Mineta´s shot may be incredibly accurate, but it lacked the strength to actually harm the villain. All it did was make him pause abruptly.
When Minoru saw how the spheres that were adhered to Shigaraki´s hands began to melt, he felt relieved that he had managed to stop the villain before he could touch Tsu.
When he saw how his spheres had disintegrated completely and that the crazy man was melting the ones on his face, he got scared.
When Shigaraki glared at him furiously with so much killing intent, he once again almost shitted his crap.
"Nomu, kill that fucking grape."
Nomu stared directly at Minoru; there was no real emotion in its gaze, only animal instincts. The creature barely took one step before another figure intercepted him. Bewear grabbed him and began to squeeze him.
Nomu slammed his head backwards, hitting Bewear straight in the face. One. Twice. Thrice. Over and over again. And yet, after all that pain and abuse, Bewear refused to let go.
"Oy Nomu. Stop playing around with that NPC and kill the brats. They are worth more points."
Nomu gave a mighty yell and broke Bewear´s hold. The Strong Arm Pokemon fell backwards. She didn't even have time to move before Nomu´s feet kicked her in the torso.
Everyone stared helplessly at the abuse that Bewear was supporting. All to protect one of Midoriya´s classmates. And they could do nothing.
Nomu was about to kick Bewear one last time when the main door of the USJ was torn off.
The heroes and students began to feel hope at the sight of the man crossing the doorway.
"Don´t worry, everyone." All Might declared, his smile not happy but angry. "FOR I AM HERE"
"So, the final boss finally shows up." Muttered Shigaraki, glad that his plan would finally go the way he wanted.