My Super Robot Academia

by Navek

When Izuku was four, it seemed like his dream of becoming a hero was over. But after a day with his father, that dream is reborn into something greater. "Maybe I can't become a hero like All Might...but I can build a hero just as great as him!" Get ready for a hot-blooded, heavy metal revolution!

11. Unleash Your Inner Hero!

Author's Note 1: My Super Robot Academia is a non-profit fanfiction series.

My Hero Academia is a property of Bones, Funimation, and Kouhei Horikoshi.

Any original characters or concepts are owned by Navek and xpegasus.

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Chapter 11: Unleash Your Inner Hero!

'Well, this is certainly a monkey wrench,' Kaneko thought, walking to his next class and looking at his phone. He had been waiting to hear an answer from Izuku, hoping that his future goldmine would realize how he could help him. But now, with that expose from The National Jinkai and the ensuing media shitstorm, he figured he probably wasn't going to hear from Izuku anytime soon.

Granted, he always knew that selling the public on the idea of a quirkless superhero would be an uphill battle. He also decided that whoever said that any publicity is good publicity was full of it.

"Pardon me, young man!"

"Sure," Kaneko said, not even bothering to look up from his phone as he half-heartedly stepped to the side. The man's huge frame cast a shadow over Kaneko as he walked past the boy. Suddenly, Kaneko froze and looked up from his phone. "Wait, was that All Might?"

Indeed, that was All Might. The Symbol of Peace finally dealt with all his heroics in the early day. He rushed to the teacher's lounge and saw the only one else in the room was Aizawa looking over some paperwork and drinking some coffee.

"Let me guess; got caught up saving a cat from a tree?" Aizawa asked, not even looking up as All Might shrunk back into his more-skeletal form.

"Actually, two cats, four balloons, two villain attacks, and one train derailing," Toshinori said as he plopped on the couch and sighed. He then looked around and noticed a lack of a certain mouse/bear/whatever. "Where's Nezu?"

"Currently dealing with our phones going off like a new year's fireworks display because of that article on Midoriya," Aizawa said with a tired sigh. "Those vultures never think of the consequences before they post something."

"Oh…right," Toshinori said. Honestly, it was hard to believe just how quickly and violently the public reacted to the news of a Quirkless hero student. He couldn't help but feel awful for what Izuku was going through. After all, he knew what it felt like to be a powerless youth. But he never faced backlash like this. The fact that the article mentioned that the writer had initially been looking into him and that led to her investigating Young Midoriya didn't help either. "You think our intruder from the other day is responsible?"

"It's a possibility. And if that's the case, Nezu's going to have fun with them."

A shiver went down All Might's spine. He knew from personal experience that Nezu had quite the sadistic side. Thankfully, UA's principal only brought that side out against those who truly deserved it.

"So," Aizawa said, observing how tired All Might looked. "Are you still going to the USJ?"

"Of course, just give me a minute," Toshinori said between breaths. "I need to catch my breath."

Aizawa said nothing for a bit, taking a sip of his coffee. "You know, time management is something you should probably learn to do."

"You expect me to ignore people in danger?"

"I'm not saying that." The black-haired teacher said as he headed for the exit. "But you don't have to act like you're the only hero in the room."

As Aizawa left the lounge, Toshinori chuckled. 'Funny. She said the same thing.' He then looked at his stopwatch and saw he had less than two hours left before he couldn't use his more muscular form for the day. But he still needed to rest after a busy morning of heroism.

He could rest a bit more. After all, what could go wrong in just a few minutes of a rescue class?

Meanwhile…

'This went so wrong, so fast,' Thirteen thought to themselves as they stared down the shadow mist villain. It was bad enough that they had students behind them they needed to look after. The one upside was that this villain seemed more on the 'polite gentleman' side. He wasn't making any moves to attack them, standing before the exit and preventing anyone from escaping.

"Who's the fastest among you guys?" Thirteen asked.

"I-t's gotta be Kaibara," Tokage said. "You can spin really fast."

"I mean…I can…but…" Kaibara stuttered. He looked over the rest of the USJ, fear evident in his expression.

"Hey, you brag about how tough your girl is all the time," Kamakiri said. "She'll make it. We're all gonna make it."

"This is what being a hero is about, Kaibara," Thirteen said. "What today's lesson was supposed to be; using your gifts to help people. It's clear that we can't contact the rest of the staff as is, so we need someone to run and get them. That's going to be you."

Kaibara looked at his teacher and classmates. Fukidashi and Hagakure gave him thumbs up, while Kamakiri and Tokage nodded. Kaibara grit his teeth as his gaze hardened. "Alright, just give me an opening!"

"Fascinating," the shadow villain said. "But you're all delusional. You have no hope of escaping, and you just laid out your plan while your enemy was in earshot."

"It doesn't matter. You're not gonna stop us!" Thirteen stated before pointing a finger at Kurogiri, and the suit's fingertip flipped open. "BLACK HOLE!"

Winds howled, and stones cracked as the overwhelming force of Thirteen's Quirk tried to consume everything in front of them. Kurogiri felt the vacuum trying to tear his hidden body apart as the dark vapor that rose from him flew into Black Hole.

"Try teleporting away from this!" Thirteen shouted as the villain slowly inched toward their miniature event horizon. But Kurogiri's eyes narrowed, not in fear, but cold contempt.

"You think me a simple teleporter?"

Before anyone could react, a black portal appeared behind Thirteen. The back of Thirteen's suit was ripped apart like wet tissue paper. A bloodcurdling scream rang through the air as Black Hole tore bloody chunks of flesh from Thirteen's back. The pain was overwhelming, like thousands of ice-cold hands clawing and digging into their flesh all at once.

Thirteen collapsed, and Black Hole's suction suddenly stopped. A splattering of blood and bits of flesh trailed behind their prone form.

"THIRTEEN!" Tokage cried out as Kaibara, Fukidashi, Hagakure, and even Kamakiri stood in terrified silence.

"I am Kurogiri. I am the shadows given form. Protector of the chosen destroyer. Compared to me, you are all nothing."

Meanwhile, Tenya and Kendo stared down at the water as almost two dozen villains encircled the boat. 1-B's rep and vice-rep looked around, desperately searching for anything they could take advantage of. Sadly, the only objects on the boat were a few liferings and a length of rope. As Tenya and Kendo silently cursed that none of them had Quirks suited for water, Jiro was crouched down nearby.

Jiro had heard the villains talking earlier but couldn't make out what they were saying. While she couldn't physically get closer to them, Jiro had her Quirk. She plugged her earphones jacks into the deck of the ship, and she heard the voices of the villains clear as day.

"Come on! Let's just slice these kids up!" one of the villains said.

"Settle down, you idiot!" another chastised. "We don't know what they're capable of."

"Surge is right. For all we know, one of these kids can turn into a nuke or some other crazy shit. So let's just be cool and see what they do."

"Guys," Jiro said, getting Tenya and Kendo's attention. "I don't think they know what our Quirks are."

"Is that so?" Tenya said. Now that he thought about it, the aquatic villains seemed to be keeping their distance and observing the boat. Most likely in an attempt to discern their Quirks before engaging in combat. "We can probably use this to our advantage."

"How?" Kendo asked. "None of us are exactly built for underwater combat."

"Fair point." Tenya looked around and then saw the shallow end of the flood zone pool a fair distance away. An idea began to form in his head about how they could escape.

Meanwhile…

The lanky leader of the League of Villains scratched his neck in confusion and mild irritation. He expected the goons he hired to completely steamroll the UA kids. He figured that the pro-hero teachers would be an issue, but the kids would be nothing.

And yet, one kid piloting a robot suit was throwing grown men & women around like they were rag dolls. Hell, he saw two of them running away.

"Just what the hell are you doing?" The leader asked.

"Getting the fuck out of here, duh!" One of them shouted. "Shigaraki, you said we were gonna be fighting kids, not a freakin' Gundam!"

"Actually, it looks more like a green Tetsujin." The other guy said.

"Who the hell cares?! Point is, we are not getting paid enough for—"

"Mute," Shigaraki said, placing a hand on the complaining goon's face. The other man watched in horror as his fellow goon's head was disintegrated; blood, bones, and grey matter turned to dust as the man's decapitated body fell into a crumpled heap. The goon nearly vomited at the sight as Shigaraki turned to look at the living goon, his red eyes burrowing into his very soul.

"I m-mean, who among us hasn't wanted to fight a robot?" He awkwardly chuckled before running back into the fray.

But while he found their whining and cowardice annoying, Shigaraki had to admit they had a point; the robot kid was proving to be a huge pain in the ass. A secret OP mini-boss that came completely out of nowhere; he hated that unbalanced BS. Nonetheless, Shigaraki smirked.

"As the old saying goes, 'the only way to beat OP bullshit is with even more OP bullshit.'"

At the same time, Izuku was having the time of his life! His invention was easily beating up so many villains! One villain with rock fists tried punching Striker, but his hands shattered against the Alpha Titanium metal. Another tired blasting Striker with fire, but the armor refused to give way to the heat, allowing Izuku to immobilize them with another barrage of capture putty. Then villain with a drill head tried charging at Izuku, but Striker quickly grabbed and tossed him into another villain, knocking them both out.

"What the hell is up with this kid?!" One of the villains shouted. And all Izuku retorted with was his own take on All Might's legendary laugh.

"The 'deal' is that you're up against Striker, the super robot that's as strong as All Might!" The green machine slammed its fists together to intimidate the villains. "Now, who's next?!"

'Dammit, Midoriya!' Vlad King thought to himself as he knocked another villain unconscious with a hammer of blood. 'This kid's got a damn rookie high!' Vlad King had seen it before. Hell, he had experienced it firsthand; the rush a rookie hero gets when they take down their first villain. It could make someone feel invincible and unstoppable. That sense of overconfidence would inevitably lead to extremely reckless behavior, disregarding orders and taking on villains even seasoned pros would struggle against. Vlad had heard far too many stories of a rookie hero's career getting cut short because they bit off more than they could chew.

And now Izuku was feeling that high ten-fold.

"Nomu," Shigaraki said, getting the attention of the unnerving and hulking figure that hadn't moved since he arrived. "You see that metal man?"

Nomu looked right at Striker and nodded. Shigaraki grinned.

"Good…kill him."

Nomu took off like a rocket, running towards Izuku and his robot with thunderous steps. Izuku heard the footsteps, but before he even had a chance to turn and look, Nomu tackled the robot into the fountain. The seatbelts dug into Izuku's skin as the impact force tried to send him flying out of his seat. Izuku looked up, and his breath hitched as he got his first good look at Nomu, the hideous villain lying on top of Striker, rocking the cockpit again with a powerful punch.

"So that robot's as strong as All Might, eh?" Shigaraki chuckled as he got within listening range of Striker's audio receptors. "Well, good thing Nomu here was made to kill All Might."

Nomu was unrelenting as he punched Striker again and again, each strike making a clanging sound that rang through the air. Warnings flooded Izuku's screen, practically screaming that letting Nomu hit him was a very bad idea.

Izuku grit his teeth and grabbed the controls. Striker caught Nomu's next punch, and the machine stood back up. Striker threw a punch with its free arm that hit Nomu squarely in its chest…but nothing happened. The hulking monster didn't even flinch as he punched Striker again, sending the robot hurtling back.

"Sorry, Shock Absorption is gonna make punching your way out a bit difficult," Shigaraki taunted.

But Izuku didn't give up. Striker's back jets flared up, and the green machine blasted forward, grabbing hold of Nomu and blasting the two toward the Collapsed Building Zone.

"Midoriya!" Vlad tried to run after his student but was forced to block a powerful punch with both arms. Then, he saw his opponent, a beautiful brown-skinned woman with an Amazonian build.

"Sorry, handsome," Kelly said with a teasing smile. "But you got your hands full."

'Hm. I guess some of these meatshields have talent,' Shigaraki thought as Kelly attacked Vlad. He figured that with the teacher occupied, he could go and see Nomu completely wreck the robot kid.

Speaking of Izuku, after slamming Nomu into one of the buildings before retreating a few feet away from the stunned beast, his mind quickly tried to deduce his next plan of attack.

'Okay, that creepy guy said that Nomu has 'Shock Absorption,' Izuku thought, mind racing as he tried to strategize. 'Is that the name of his Quirk? But he also clearly has some degree of super strength. Most strength-enhancing Quirks tend to give some degree of enhanced durability. Is Shock Absorption a more powerful version of that? Or does his strength come naturally with his mutation?'

Izuku grit his teeth as he saw Nomu getting up from the rubble, completely unfazed.

'Obviously, physical attacks aren't going to work, so the Anchor Knuckle is out of the question. And I haven't even tested the newest weapon yet. But if I can't physically beat him,' Striker aimed all ten fingers at Nomu. 'Then I'll just have to immobilize him!'

"Putty Shoot: Full Volley!"

With a quick pull of the triggers, Striker fired a barrage of putty bullets. Round after round struck Nomu dead on. In seconds, the villain's lower half was completely covered in quickly-hardening putty, Striker's hands clicking with empty rounds. Nomu looked at the putty and tried punching it, but he only trapped his left arm as well.

"I wouldn't struggle if I were you," Izuku proclaimed. "The more you struggle, the denser that putty gets."

Despite Izuku's warnings, Nomu continued thrashing like a wild animal, more and more putty covering his skin. As Izuku watched, he started to feel sorry for the villain, but there was no time to worry about Nomu when his classmates were still in danger. He was about to leave when a sickening pop drew Izuku's attention.

Izuku looked back at Nomu and gasped. The villain had completely dislocated his left shoulder while trying to escape. But despite what Izuku could only imagine was excruciating pain, Nomu kept struggling against the putty.

"W-w-wait! Stop!" Izuku pleaded. "What are you doin—"

With a final tug, Izuku watched in horror as skin, muscles, and tendons snapped under tremendous force, and Nomu tore his arm off.

"OH, MY GOD!" Izuku screamed. Nomu's blood splattered across Striker and the floor of the USJ. Blood poured from Nomu's stump of a shoulder as his severed arm hung limp, stuck in the putty. Before Izuku could process what he'd witnessed, Nomu raised his remaining hand and stabbed himself through the gut. A squelching sound filled the air as Nomu tore apart his abdomen. Blood and entrails spilled onto the floor. Then, with barely anything keeping his upper and lower halves together, Nomu grabbed onto a chunk of his spine and ripped it out.

Nomu had bisected himself.

It took every fiber of Izuku's being not to throw up as he watched Nomu's mutilated torso fall to the ground with a sickening thud.

"Wh-wh-why?" Izuku asked, his voice barely a whisper. He watched as Nomu used his remaining arm to drag himself towards Striker, the villain's entrail and other organs trailing behind him like some sort of grotesque tail. "How could anyone rip themselves apart like—"

Suddenly, Nomu uttered an ear-piercing shriek as what was left of his body began to convulse. Bones, tendons, muscles, and skin erupted from Nomu's stump of a shoulder. In an instant, the outpouring of flesh coalesced into a new arm. Next, Nomu's ravaged entrails began to knit themselves back before his torso sprouted a new lower half.

"T-That's not possible!" Izuku screamed. 'Strength, Shock Absorption, and Regeneration?! What kind of insane quirk does this guy have?!'

But then, Izuku remembered something he heard that lanky man with the hands all over him say; that Nomu was made to kill All Might. "N-No way."

Within the online Quirk Analytics community, a controversial fringe theory frequently appeared in posts and videos; Quirk Chimeras. The idea was that if someone had a complete understanding of the biological eccentricities of multiple Quirks and had some degree of knowledge about genetic engineering, it would be theoretically possible to imbue a living being with multiple Quirks.

But this was considered fringe science and generally dismissed by the analytics community for a multitude of reasons. The likely chance a body would reject foreign Quirks like transplanted organs. The need to completely sequence the DNA of both the donor and donee. The exorbitant amount of money and resources one would need to even attempt such an endeavor. Not to mention the college textbook's worth of ethical issues that creating a Quirk Chimera would bring.

And yet, as Nomu's limbs reformed before his very eyes, Izuku felt an overwhelming terror suffocate him. The man…no, the monster in front of him was a Quirk Chimera! He was looking at the result of some depraved madman's work made real…and it was trying to kill him!

Nearby, in the shadow of a building, Shigaraki chuckled. Even though he couldn't see the kid, the lanky man laughed as he imagined how terrified the kid must have been. Maybe he even pissed himself.

'Well, Mr. Mini-Boss, it looks like you're gonna be just the warm-up Nomu needs before All Might shows up.'

Meanwhile…

"AHAHAHAHAHA!" Baron von Hellgaze cackled like a maniac as he fired more and more deadly laser beams from his eyes. Ochako, while carrying a panicking Mineta, once more leaped away the villain's eye beams, vaporizing the concrete like it was nothing. The gravity girl quickly turned a corner running around the burning building.

"Run all you want, children!" Hellgaze exclaimed with a dramatic flail of his arms. "Sooner or later, you two will fall under my gaze and face oblivion!"

As the sounds of his mad laughter filled the air, Ochako saw a burnt-up car. She hid behind it. After a moment, Ochako set Mineta down and finally managed to catch her breath.

'That guy's laser eyes are nuts! Definitely don't want to get hit by those!' Ochako thought to herself. But before she could come up with a plan, she heard the sound of Mineta hyperventilating. Ochako looked down and saw the little grape boy hyperventilating, snot and tears rolling down his face.

"Thiscan'tbehappeningthiscan'tbehappeningthiscan'tbe-" Mineta said before huffing a bit. "Why?! Why now?! I've only been here for a month! I am not ready to fight villains yet!"

"Mineta, just calm down. I-I know it's scary, but…" Ochako stopped when Mineta looked up at her, his entire body quivering.

"I don't want to die."

Hearing that broke the poor girl's heart…because, honestly, she understood his fear. Her hands were shaking, her heart was racing, and the sweat rolling down her face wasn't just from the fire around them. Ochako was just as terrified as Mineta was.

Who could blame them? All Ochako and her fellow students had was a few weeks of training. It was one thing to fight in controlled situations like the Entrance Exam or combat exercises. But now? They were a bunch of kids going up against experienced villains that clearly had no issue trying to kill them.

And that fear was felt by every student of Class 1-B. From Kirishima and Yanagi, terrified of the villains scaling the building they were on, to Awase, Kaminari, and Honenuki barely avoiding being cut up by the nun villain's sickles. Every student was staring possible death in the face.

For Ochako, that fear was heightened when she heard Hellgaze's footsteps and laughter. The only time she felt fear like this was…that night.

One Year Ago…

Ochako had no idea why she was risking her life to save a kid she didn't know. She had a clear shot for the exit. But when she heard a kid cry out from a store while the mall continued to collapse all around them, her feet moved on their own. Lifting the rubble that trapped the little boy was easy enough. But now, as the roof started to come down on them, Ochako and the boy closed their eyes, but the impact never came.

"Do not worry, children. Everything will be alright…" Ochako looked up, and her eyes widened at the sight of none other than All Might holding up the massive piece of roof like it was nothing. "...because I AM HERE!"

The next day, while walking home from school, Ochako ran into All Might again, who had been looking for her. And after freaking out when he turned back into his skinnier form, Toshinori explained everything. His injury from a climactic battle that had limited how long he could be a hero each day. The true nature of his Quirk, One for All. And how he had been looking for a successor to pass it down to.

"You risked your life to save a child you didn't even know. In my eyes, that makes you a true hero."

"I don't know," Ochako said, her head on her knees as the two sat by a riverbed. "I mean, I want to be a hero, but I don't know if I have what it takes to do what you do."

"Hm. Maybe not now…" Toshinori said as he stood up. "...but give me a year. With my help, I'll show you how to unleash your inner hero."

The lanky man held his hand out. "So, young Uraraka, will you accept my offer?"

Ochako hesitated for a moment…but only for that moment, as she stood up and shook the Hero of Heroes' hand.

"What the heck?! Let's do this!"

"That's the spirit!"

Back in the present, Ochako's face took on a firm expression. She stood up, much to Mineta's confusion.

"Mineta, I'll keep Mr. Laser Eyes distracted. You get the heck out of here."

Ochako turned around and began to walk away from the burnt car. She saw Hellgaze in the distance, his goggles glowing with red energy.

"Are you nuts?! He'll vaporize you!" Mineta shouted. But then, he noticed Ochako's hands shaking and saw the brunette nervously swallowing.

"That doesn't matter," Ochako said, her brown eyes firm. "Heroes face danger head-on. Even when they're terrified."

Mineta stared in disbelief as Ochako walked towards Hellgaze. The villain and the hero course student stared each other down, with no sound but the fires blazing around them.

"So, come to submit to your better, young heroine?" Hellgaze asked.

"Nope! But I am gonna kick your ass all the way into orbit!" Ochako said as she took up a stance.

"Oh ho ho! Such tenacity! I like it!" Hellgaze exclaimed, his eyes glowing even brighter with excitement. "Very well. All I ask is that you provide a challenge worthy of the great Baron Von Hellgaze!"

Hellgaze fired another eye blast. Ochako used her Quirk on herself and leaped high into the air. Hellgaze fired again, but Ochako launched her wrist grapple at a building and flew out of the way. She used the building as a springboard and evaded another blast. A massive piece of debris fell from the building Hellgaze's blast hit. Ochako reached out and touched it, making it weightless with her Quirk.

"Take this!" Ochako kicked the debris toward Hellgaze. The villain smirked and fired, destroying the impromptu projectile.

"Throwing rocks? Really? That seems a bit…." Hellgaze stopped as he saw Ochako enveloped by a shimmering pink aura. "…what the—"

"2% Rocket Blast!" Ochako flicked her fingers and fired an airblast that knocked Hellgaze off his feet. Ochako fired another grappling hook at the ground, launching herself down and landed. She let gravity regain its hold on her and sprinted to Hellgaze. Ochako tried to punch the villain, but Hellgaze swiftly dodged the attack.

"Let me guess; you assume that because my Quirk is long-range, I'm lacking when it comes to close quarters," Hellgaze said with a light-hearted chuckle. "A reasonable deduction for a rookie to make."

"Aw, nuts." Ochako used Zero Gravity and her grappling hooks to evade Hellgaze's blasts. On the sidelines, Mineta continued to watch. He couldn't understand. Ochako was clearly just as terrified as he was. And yet, the way she was fighting, he couldn't tell. She was acting like a real hero.

And him? He knew he didn't sign up for the hero school for an altruistic reason. All his life, people made fun of him for his height, his 'weird and useless Quirk,' and that he was a shameless and proud pervert. But he figured that if he became an awesome hero, the insults would stop, and girls would think he was cool and let him touch their boobs. But here he was, cowering while his classmate put herself at risk, Hellgaze's laser managing to nearly scuff her at some points.

Clenching his fists, Mineta made his decision.

"That's right; dance, my foe!" Hellgaze cackled as he fired beam after beam at Ochako. "Dance the dance of dea—" A big purple ball hit Hellgaze in the face. "What the devil?"

"AAAGGHHH!" Mineta screamed as he threw ball after ball at Hellgaze. He tried to dodge, but several purple balls stuck to him. Scowling, Hellgaze grabbed a ball on his forearm and tried to pull it off, but it wouldn't move. His eyes widened in panic when he realized he couldn't get his hand off the ball. As he struggled, Hellgaze accidentally stepped onto another of Mineta's balls.

"Goddamnit!" Hellgaze shrieked. "These shoes are new!"

With her foe distracted, Ochako saw her opening, firing a grappling hook near Hellgaze. She tapped the button on her wrist and aimed her feet down.

"Double Atmospheric Drop Kick!"

Hellgaze barely managed to look up before he got two pink boots to the face, smashing apart his goggles to reveal his solid red eyes. With a pained whimper, the black-clad villain fell onto the ground and passed out.

"Woo! First villain take-down! Yeah!" Ochako cheered while Mineta put his hands on his wobbling knees.

"I can't believe that worked," Mineta said. But then he looked up and saw Ochako smiling down at him.

"Thanks for the help, Mineta. That was pretty cool of you."

The grape boy's eyes widened and sparkled. 'No way…A GIRL SAID I WAS COOL!'

Mineta started to do a funky little dance in celebration. Ochako didn't quite understand but giggled at her classmate.

"Now I just gotta touch some boobs!"

"Huh?"

Mineta realized he'd said that out loud and began to sweat. "Um…not yours, of course, Uraraka. I know better than to try that with someone's girlfriend."

That confused Ochako even more. She didn't have a boyfriend.

But then a loud noise from outside the zone cut off that train of thought.

"Come on! Let's go!" Ochako said before running towards the exit.

"Right!" Mineta replied as he ran after her, leaving the unconscious Hellgaze among the burning buildings.

Elsewhere…

"You ready, Jiro?" Kendo asked.

"As ready as I can be with this kind of plan," Jiro replied as she held a lifer ing under her armpits.

"Are you sure about this?" Tenya asked. "I will fully admit that this plan of mine is haphazard. Perhaps we can think of another way that doesn't involve putting you directly in harm's way."

"As much as I appreciate the thought, I don't think we got the time to think of something else." Jiro's jacks twitched once more. "Because it sounds like those B-Movie rejects are getting impatient."

As if to prove her point, one of the water villains used their quirk to slice off a smokestack with a blast of high-pressurized water.

"Okay. Good luck, Jiro." Kendo said with a reassuring smile.

"Ya, definitely gonna need it." After taking a deep breath, Jiro stepped onto the railings and then jumped into the water, Kendo and Tenya holding onto the rope attached to her life ring. The villains were confused by this but decided to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Jiro opened her eyes and saw the pack of villains swimming toward her like sharks smelling blood (in fact, she could've sworn two of them had shark-like mutations.) After mentally calming herself down a bit, she mentally commanded one of her jacks to lengthen and plug into her speaker boots.

"Eat this!" Jiro shouted. "Amp Attack!"

A barrage of sound waves blasted out of Jiro's boots.

The aquatic villains watched in shock as the force of the Jiro's attack created huge waves that swept them away and pulled them under the water. Beneath the surface was no better. The waters were churning and swirling like a giant washing machine, tossing the villains around like ragdolls. And the villains screamed in pain as they covered their ears in a desperate attempt to block out Jiro's deafening attack.

Jiro swelled with pride as she watched how easily she'd taken out the aquatic villains. However, two things quickly dawned on the punk girl. One, she hadn't considered the fact the artificial lake would keep all of the energy from soundwaves contained, and two, she had severely underestimated the power of her attack.

Waves battered the ship and tried to pull Jiro underwater. Kendo and Iida gripped the railing as hard as they could, their knuckles turning white.

"Um…I-Iida!" Kendo shouted as she felt the boat start to tip.

"I'm on it! Just hang on to Jiro's line!" Acting quickly, Tenya grabbed hold of both Kendo by her waist while she placed one hand on his armored shoulder and expanded her other hand to hold onto the rope. Tenya leaped over the railing and into the air as the boat capsized.

"Here we go!" Iida exclaimed as his engines roared to life. "RECIPRO BURST!"

Blue flames exploded out of Tenya's engine pipes, blasting the three students with the speed of a high-powered rocket. Kendo grit her teeth while Jiro screamed out as she was pulled out of the water.

The three students crash-landed near the shore of the lake, causing a huge splash on impact. Iida and Kendo swam to shore, dragging Jiro, still in her life ring, behind them.

"I think you might've gone a bit overboard, Jiro," Kendo commented as she tried ringing the water out of her ponytail.

"My defense, I had no idea my sonic blast would be that strong, " Jiro said before smirking. "Pretty badass, though."

"I suppose that's one way to word it," Tenya said, wincing as the heat from his overclocked pipes in the water caused steam to build up around him.

"You okay, Prez?" Jiro asked in concern, getting a nod.

"The cool water is helping quite a bit." He then turned to the sounds of all the fights going off in the distance. "But I feel this is going to be the least of our concerns."

Back at the entrance, Kamakiri, Hagakure, Kaibara, Fukidashi, and Tokage weren't making any progress as they battled Kurogiri. It was like trying to catch smoke with your bare hands.

"Dammit!" Kamakiri shouted as Kurogiri dodged his blades again. Kaibara tried to punch the villain, but Kurogiri opened a portal, and his spinning fist hit Fukidashi, disrupting his own attack. Tokage launched body bits at Kurogiri, hoping the sheer size of the barrage would hit his real body. But the villain simply teleported the pieces back to her.

All the while, Hagakure was looking over the injured Thirteen and watching the fight. It seemed that no matter what they did, the five of them would never manage to get Kaibara past the exit. And so, a desperate idea came to the invisible girl. She quickly ran over to Kaibara and Fukidashi.

"Fukidashi, I need you to make the biggest and brightest light you can. Kaibara, as soon as this smoke guy's hit, run to the exit as fast as you can."

"Hit with what?" Kaibara asked.

"Just do it!"

"Right!" Fukidashi said as he stood up. "SHING!"

A massive, blinding light burst from Fukidashi's head, getting everyone's attention. Hagakure took in a breath before holding her hands up. "Here we go."

What happened next surprised everyone. The light around Fukidashi began to move and coalesce around Hagakure's hands. The light around the girl began to shimmer, and soon enough, everyone began to see not just her costume but a translucent image of her face, short messy hair, and body.

"SHINING RAY!"

Hagakure thrust her hands forward, launching a massive burst of light quicker than Kurogiri could react.

"THE LIGHT!" Kurogiri screamed in pain. His shadowy mists shrank away in the blinding light. "S-SO…BRIGHT….AAAGGGHHH!"

"GO, KAIBARA!"

"Right!" Kaibara spun his waist, creating a cyclone around his lower body, and launched towards the exit. Kamakiri quickly ran towards the door, cutting them open and allowing Kaibara to fly past the exit.

'Hang on, everyone! Hang on, Pony!' Kaibara thought as he spun with all his might. 'Help will be on its way before you know it!'

Eventually, the light from Hagakure's attack faded, leaving Kurogiri shaking and wobbling. While his body was still covered in dark purple mist, it was now so small that it showed the true shape of his tall and lanky body. But before he knew it, Kurogiri was tackled to the ground and restrained by Tokage's limbs.

"Don't even think about moving, you wannabe Heartless!"

"Well, that turned out better than I—" Fukidashi began to say before turning towards Hagakure, and his head turned into an exclamation point. "Woah, mama!"

As Hagakure was panting, her body had become completely visible, allowing her classmates to finally see what she really looked like. She was a bit on the curvy side, her eyes were a light purple, her skin was somewhat pale, and her hair was a mixture of light purple, orange, and cyan.

"Huh, that's what you look like," Tokage commented. Hagakure raised her cyan eyebrow before looking down and seeing her visible arms. She let out an embarrassed scream before covering her face.

"D-Don't look at me! P-Please!"

"Ugh…" Fukidashi said, his exclamation point head having a light blush on it.

"The hell's going on?" Kamakiri asked. "I thought your whole deal was invisibility."

"That's…not entirely wrong," Hagakure said, still shyly covering her face. "M-My actual Quirk is Light Manipulation…I just use it to be invisible most of the time."

"Why, though?" Tokage asked. "You're hella cute."

"We should p-p-probably check on Thirteen," the not-so-invisible girl answered, desperately trying to change the conversation topic.

But while these students have managed to win their respective battles, their classmates and teacher were far from safe.

To be continued…

Author's Note 2: The USJ arc continues. And with Nomu now involved, we got some regeneration gore. As well as showing off what Class 1-B is capable of, with more fights in the next chapter.

Now, the biggest elephant in the room is Hagakure's appearance. Yes, I know her hair color is different than in the canon. But trust me, there's a reason for that.

Next Time: Compassion and Bravery!

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