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So, yeah…a near six month hiatus. Honestly, there's quite a few reasons why this took so long. Both me and xpegasus having to deal with a bunch of IRL stuff including work, school, renovations, etc.
But the biggest culprit was definitely Baldur's Gate 3. That game has sent both of us into a D&D/TTRPG spiral that we are just now recovering from.
Anyway, hope you guys enjoy the conclusion to our take on the USJ Arc!
Chapter 14: 100 vs the Number 1 Hero!
"Here's the scenario: You're up in the rafters of a warehouse. Below you are the weapons dealers you've been tracking for a while and an entire team of known villains who are there to buy the weapons. If you don't act now, you'll lose track of them. What do you do?"
Katsuki had to give it to Hobo Sensei; he knew how to ask decently tough questions. He had to think about this before he gave his answer.
"I'd go full steel and punch them out with some manly fisticuffs!"
Of course, Metal Brows would go in guns blazing.
"Hell yeah! Prison rules and smacking the biggest one with an air barrier to the face!"
And Bug Eyes wasn't that far behind. Racoon Eyes and Diabetes also chimed in, saying basically the same thing.
"I would simply freeze them all."
Leave it to Icy-Hot to brag about how OP he is.
"Um...that seems pretty reckless," Big Man chimed in.
"Niregenki's right, ribbit." Thank god Tsu at least had common sense. "It seems pretty reckless to charge right in when you don't know what they're capable of."
"Agreed," Scaly said. "It's better to observe your opponents and what they're capable of before you fight them."
"True, but waiting too long would probably give them a chance to escape." Glue Guy raised another good point.
"Criminals are paper tigers," Edgebird said. "Take out the most intimidating among them, and they will fall to the darkness."
"Ya, you can cut 'em down with all that edge," Katsuki joked, getting a chuckle from Tails and Shroomhead. Edgebird didn't care for it and glared at him.
"And suppose you would like to enlighten us about your plan, Bakugou," Bootleg said with his usual smug-ass attitude.
"Well, I would probably—"
ALERT: WE HAVE A LEVEL 5 SECURITY BREACH! ALERT: WE HAVE A LEVEL 5 SECURITY BREACH!
The alarms went off, and barricades slammed down on the classroom windows.
"Ah, come on! The paparazzi again?!" Bug Eyes shouted.
"No. This is different," Ponytail said. Katsuki agreed. That incident was a Level 3 breach. But this was a Level 5. Something else was up.
Everyone soon got their answers when the classroom door burst open to reveal a clearly distraught Present Mic.
"Shota, we gotta go!"
"What's going on?" Hobo-sensei asked.
"Nezu got a message from All Might; there are villains at the USJ! Class 1-B's in danger!"
Katsuki felt a chill of fear run down his spine when he heard. 'That...that can't be right! Izuku and the others...are getting attacked?!'
Hobo Sensei's face got all serious as he slid his goggles over his eyes, and his scarf began to move. "Let's get going."
"I'm coming too!" Katsuki shouted.
"Absolutely not."
"Fuck that! My friends are at the USJ! I gotta—"
"Bakugou, if you follow us to the USJ, I will expel you." Hobo...no, Aizawa Sensei said with his red eyes glaring at Katsuki from behind his goggles. "That goes for all of you. This isn't a training exercise; this is real, and greenhorns like you aren't prepared to fight real villains. Yaoyorozu. Shishida."
"Y-Yes, sensei?" Ponytail asked nervously, taken aback by Aizawa's dead serious tone while Sasquatch stood at attention.
"Make sure everyone stays put." He took one last glance at Katsuki as he said this. "Do not leave until the alarm has been lowered."
"Understood!" Sasquatch replied. And with that, Aizawa left with Present Mic, closing the classroom door behind him. The students of Class 1-A began to talk worryingly amongst themselves...but it was all white noise to Katsuki.
"Fuck." He whispered as his fists clenched and shook, his teeth gritted in impotent rage and worry. His friends and his best friend were going up against killers...and he couldn't do anything to help.
For the second time in his life, Katsuki Bakugou felt absolutely powerless. And he wasn't the only one.
Naturally, this alarm also reached the Support Department. Specifically Class 1-S. Power Loader basically told the same thing to his class, and no one argued with him as he left to deal with the USJ situation.
But one student felt a near suffocating sense of fear. Mei clutched her pink dreads, her eyes dilated, and her lips quivered. Her mind conjured up images of villains hurting...and even killing her friends.
Ochako, whom she had spent nearly a year getting to know and often spent nights playing games and laughing at trashy romance anime together.
Tenya and Awase, who she had just met and wanted to learn more about them.
And Izuku. Her first friend. The boy who spent countless hours with her talking about their inventions. The boy whose dream she was determined to make true by bringing Striker to life.
'This...this can't be real! This can't be happening!'
But the harsh reality was all that greeted Mei Hatsume. And it offered no comfort as she gripped her hair.
Meanwhile...
Toshinori Yagi was not an angry man by nature. After all, he was the Symbol of Peace. The man who would reassure all those in distress with his big smile.
That didn't mean he wasn't capable of feeling anger. In his long career as a hero, he'd lost track of the number of horrible people who made his blood boil.
Human Traffickers. Sexual Predators. Racists. Sexists. Mad Scientists that would mutilate people without remorse.
And the monster who'd brutally murdered his sensei, the woman who had become like a mother to him. That was the first time he'd felt true, burning, unyielding rage.
When young Tsuburaba told him about the villain attack at the USJ, Toshinori rushed to the building as the young man went to get more help. He had planned to give the kids one of his usual reassuring smiles. But the closer he got to the building, the hotter his anger burned.
How could he let these children be thrown to the wolves? He was supposed to be their teacher, supposed to protect them, supposed to be at the USJ today. But instead, he'd let himself get caught up in crimes that could have easily been handled by other heroes, keeping him away from his duty, putting his students in danger.
But more than anything, he was absolutely furious at the villains for having the gall and malice to attack mere children! When he got to the front door of the USJ and bulked up into 'All Might,' Toshinori Yagi couldn't bring himself to smile. His rage was too great.
When he stepped inside, All Might saw the situation was even more dire than he'd imagined. Thirteen's back was torn into bloody shreds. Young Hagakure was half visible and terrified, Kamakiri and Tokage looked relieved, and Fukidashi was cheering at the sight of him.
The reaction among the villains was more varied. Most of them were terrified of his presence, but a few of them had a look that All Might had seen and often found annoying. The look of cocky upstarts probably thinking they would make it big if they managed to beat or kill the Number 1 Hero.
Honestly, if Toshinori had a 1 yen coin for every villain like that he had encountered in his nearly 30 years on the job, he'd have enough money to buy every manga in all of Japan for an entire year.
"H-Holy shit! It's really All Might!"
"He looks pissed," one scared villain stated.
"Don't be a pussy!" a large villain with a rhino mutation shouted. "Shigaraki said he ain't in his prime, and there's like a hundred of us! We can take out this ol—"
The villains and the hero students suddenly felt a massive blast of wind. The Rhino Villain's eyes widened as, in an instant, All Might was in front of him, glaring down at him and making him suddenly feel very small. The blond hero brought his hand to the goon's face and flicked him.
But the force of the flick was like an air cannon going off, sending the villain flying into the remains of the central fountain, getting Vlad and Kelly's attention.
"I'm only going to offer this once..." All Might said, addressing the villains. And his voice was loud enough to be heard for miles. "...surrender yourselves without a fight, and you won't be harmed. But if you insist on fighting me..." The blond hero smacked his fist against his palm, creating a loud thunderclap. "...then I'll show you what it means to go beyond."
However, whether it was cockiness, greed, or sheer stupidity, the villains didn't back down and began to charge at All Might. The Symbol of Peace sighed but cocked his arm back.
"Detroit Smash!"
All Might's fist flew forward and a hurricane force wind erupted from his punch. The twenty or so villains were swept off their feet and sent flying towards the central fountain, with All Might in hot pursuit.
Two muscular villains with obvious super strength charged at All Might with raised fists. All Might didn't even spare them a glance as he instinctively caught their wrists and threw them aside.
Another villain wielding a machete set the blade on fire with their Quirk. They charged at All Might, but the hero of heroes managed to dodge the swings with surprising agility for a man of his size. Even more surprising was when he chopped the villain in the neck, knocking her out with one hit.
A trio of villains then tried to blast All Might with wind, fire, and electricity. The Number 1 hero blocked with his arms, destroying his sleeves. All Might stomped on the floor with such force it sent a shockwave that knocked the three off their feet. With the long-range attacks stopped, All Might rushed towards the three and was quick to sock all three of them unconscious.
So, while All Might continued to fight the army of villains, the four teens near the entrance were in awe of his fighting prowess. It was one thing to read about All Might's exploits or see clips on the internet or the news. Seeing the man himself in action was a completely different experience. It was like watching a mythological hero performing a feat that would be memorized in legends. Or an over-the-top action movie playing out in reality.
"Holy shit," Kamakiri said. That was really all he could say. He wasn't the only one impressed. Kelly let out a whistle as All Might caught the fist of a massive villain before bringing the big guy down to his knees by applying some pressure.
"Guess the big guy's rep ain't unearned." But her distraction let Vlad wrap her up in a reinforced blood lasso. Vlad King was starting to feel a bit woozy from all the blood he used for his Quirk and the wounds inflicted on him by his opponent, but he was determined to restrain her. To add the pressure, Vlad tackled Kelly to the ground, pressing his knee on her stomach and his forearm against her throat. For the first time that day, Kelly's expression turned angry as she glared up at Vlad.
"It's going to take more than a super strength Quirk to bust out this!"
But to his confusion, Kelly let out a lighthearted laugh. "That's always how it goes. Folks take one look at me and think I've got some kind of strength Quirk. As if a lady like me can't just have some great natural gains." Her smirk then turned mischievous as she saw her foe's raised eyebrow. "Well, since you're curious..."
Vlad's eyes widened as Kelly's body started turning a ghostly white. Suddently, Kelly exploded into a cloud of mist, and Vlad fell to the ground. He looked warily at the mist around him, and he instinctively held his breath in case it was somehow poisonous. But then, he felt a kiss on his cheek, seeing a misty version of Kelly's face until she faded into the mist once more.
"I think I'll call it for now. See ya around, handsome."
Vlad got up to chase after the misty Kelly, but he fumbled a bit, now feeling the effects of using so much blood. While his body naturally produced way more blood than the average man, he still felt woozy when he used too much in one go.
One goon saw the woozy Vlad and pulled a tooth out of his mouth, wielding it like a knife. He threw the natural weapon at Vlad with the intent to kill. But suddenly, a white and yellow blur intercepted the tooth-dagger. That blur was All Might, who snapped the knife weapon in half before punching the villain into unconciousness.
"You've done enough, Vlad. Go get some rest with your students." All Might said. Vlad could've retorted back that All Might probably wasn't one to talk, but the numbness and pain he was feeling shut him up. Vlad looked towards the Ruins Zone before nodding back at All Might.
"Make sure the kids are safe."
"You have my word." All Might said before he saw some villains begin to appear out of the water.
Back in the Ruins Zone, Izuku's eyes were sparkling as he looked through the binoculars he kept a pair as part of a set of emergency supplies in the bottom compartment of Striker's cockpit.
"He's even cooler in real life!" The greenette said, going full fanboy as he watched All Might deliver a haymaker to a man with an angler fish head. "I never thought I'd get to see All Might in action in person!"
"Such prowess! No wonder he's stayed in the Number One spot for so long." Tenya said in awe. Even from a distance, he could see the shock waves from the powerhouses' attacks.
But while the boys were watching the fight, Ochako had a worried look on her face. She remembered overhearing Mr. Kan and Thirteen talking about All Might having tired himself out from some morning hero work. Her predecessor was more than likely pushing to and maybe even past his time limit. No one knew how many villains were still left in the USJ, so who could say if All Might could beat these guys before he was forced to revert to his skinny form.
'Mr. Yagi, please be careful.' Ochako thought.
"Oh, hey! It's you gu-"
"AGGHH!" Ochako squeaked, getting Izuku and Tenya's attention. All three turned around and saw Yosetsu, Honenuki, and Kaminari walking towards them. The lip-less teen's costume had several cuts. Yosetsu held a bat made of rubble that had parts of it sliced off, and Kaminari had a bruised nose and a bit of his hair cut off. "Awase, don't scare me like that!"
"Sorry, Ochako. I didn't mean-OH MY GOD! WHAT HAPPENED TO STRIKER?!" Yosetsu shouted, rushing to the downed robot and shedding a tear at its melted head. "He was so young."
"But he went down swinging," Izuku said, also shedding a tear for his fallen partner. "But seriously, where did you guys come from?"
"Funny story," Kaminari said. "...well, more like a slasher movie story, but still."
A few minutes earlier...
Within the silenced field, the three boys were in a desperate brawl against the menace of Sister Mercy. Yosetsu swung a bat he had created by welding together handfuls of rubble. He had managed to get a clean blow through a sneak attack, leaving a crack in the villainess' mask. But he wasn't having any luck hitting Sister Mercy again as she was incredibly nimble, skillfully evading his swings and forcing him back on the defensive as he used his makeshift club to block her sickle slashes. Honenuki had better luck, weaving in and out of the softened ground with some hit-and-run tactics.
Kaminari, in the meantime, was waiting for an opportunity, sparks appearing between his fingers. Finally it arrived when Sister Mercy sent staggering Yosetsu and then rushed at him, sickles drawn. With her eyes on Yosetsu, Kaminari charged in and grabbed Sister Mercy from behind. Kaminari prepared to unleash full force of his Quirk on the assassin, his body practically vibrating as the charge built. Suddenly, pain exploded across Denki's forehead and the charge disappeared as Sister Mercy struck him with the back of her head.
Kaminari let go of Sister Mercy as he recoiled in pain. His eyes widened in shock and horror as Sister Mercy whipped around, sickles raised. She was going for the kill. It was only by some miracle that Kaminari stumbled and tripped over a piece of rubble as Sister Mercy struck. Her blade grazed his forehead, leaving a long, shallow cut and taking a few strands of hair along the way.
The whole world seemed to go still for a moment, everyone's minds racing to think of their next move as Sister Mercy gazed at the prone hero student.
But then it happened.
Brilliant blue flooded the area. It shined through the spaces between buildings, illuminating all four like a miniature star. Suddenly, the light then coalesced into a massive pillar of energy that blasted through the roof.
"Holy shit!" Yosetsu said, and his eyes widened as he suddenly realized he could talk and hear things now. The three boys noticed this, quickly looking around and seeing that Sister Mercy had disappeared, seemingly vanishing into thin air. There was a bit of quiet tension as the three looked around...but when nothing happened for about a minute, the three realized they were in the clear and made their way to the source of that massive blast of energy.
Now...
"So this hunk of junk caused that big blast?" Honenuki asked as he nonchalantly kicked Striker's shoulder, earning a glare from Izuku and Yosetsu.
"So what should we do now?" Kaminari asked. "I mean, it's All Might; he's probably got this."
"True. Let's get back to the entrance and try to find anyone on the way," Tenya said. The students nodded in agreement and followed Iida. Ochako lingered for a moment, looking towards All Might with a worried and fearful expression.
Meanwhile, Kendo, Jiro, and Mineta had managed to group up with Kirishima and Yanagi. The group was making their way towards the entrance, Jiro plugging her earphone jacks into the ground to help them sneak past any lingering villains. All was going well as they made their way past the flood zone.
But then, Jiro picked something up.
"We got incoming on the left!"
A large jet of water erupted from the artificial lake, aimed directly at the group. Kirishima reacted on instinct, forcing himself to the front and hardening himself. A massive, powerful fist struck Kirishima in the chest, pushing him back a bit.
The perpetrator was an eight-foot-tall man with a clear whale mutation, shaking his now hurt hand. "Fuck, that hurt! As if the headache wasn't bad enough." His yellow eyes then narrowed when he saw Jiro. "You."
Jiro cowered under his glare as Kendo, Mineta, and Yanagi prepared for the inevitable fight. But the fight never came as yellow blur landed behind the whale of a man. A pair of strong arms wrapped around the villain's torso, and then...
"FLORIDA SUPLEX!" All Might lifted the man up before slamming his head down onto the ground. "Get going, kids! I got this!"
"Thanks, All Might!" Kendo said as she led the five away from the brawl. All Might disengaged from the knocked-out villain, standing up and coughing a bit. The blond man felt a familiar iron taste in his mouth and wiped off some blood that dripped from his mouth.
'Really pushing your luck, Toshi.' The hero of heroes berated himself. He only had minutes left before he deflated. According to his own mental count, he had already taken out 73 villains since he got here. He then heard the sound of more villains coming from the water and running towards the shallow part of the flood zone.
"GET HIM!" A shark man shouted as one of his companions waved his hands, firing blast of water at All Might. The hero simply leaned to the side, letting the blast soar past him. All Might opened his mouth to quip at the villain's failed attack, but stopped when saw tiny wisps of steam start to rise from his hands.
'Alright, down to the wire.' He put on a big, cocky smile as he raised up his fists. "Very well, my criminal friends. I'll show what it really means to GO BEYOND!"
A sound akin to cannon fire filled the air as All Might blasted toward the largest villain before him. The villain had skin that looked like coral, but hitting it felt like All Might was punching a reinforced wall. But since this was All Might, the coral man was still sent flying.
A quintet of villains with various fish mutations rushed All Might like a pack of rabid piranhas. All Might knocked out two of them with a wide swing before kicking another in the head. The last didn't even have time to react before All Might knocked them unconscious.
But a pair of twins with shark teeth leaped at All Might, one biting his shoulder...and the other biting the left side of his stomach. Toshinori grit his teeth to stop himself from screaming in pain. But he powered through it. He grabbed the villain biting his stomach by the head and bashed him against the one on his shoulder. They two were knocked out instantly and fell to the ground with dual thuds. All Might ignored the teeth the villains had left lodged in his skin and turn to face the rest of his opponents.
Ten more villains piled on to All Might, punching him and trying to force him down.
"Rocky Mountain Smash!" All Might shouted, delivering a powerful uppercut that sent all of them flying.
But while All Might began to tussle with a man shooting blow fish needles at him, another villain that looked like a barracuda began to focus. He began to wave his hands as water rose from the artificial lake and gathered in front of him. The villain flashed a toothy grin as he raised a massive 30-foot wide ball of swirling water above his head.
"DIE ALL MIGHT!" The villain launched his devastating attack, uncaring as almost a dozen of his cohorts were in the assault. All Might saw and narrowed his eye. He reared his right arm back as more and more steam rose from his body. He called upon the embers of One for All that dwelled within him, gathering all his power into his right arm.
"NEW HAMPSHIRE SMASH!" All Might swung his fist forward. Gale-force winds erupted from his fist. The remaining criminals were sent flying into the air, their screams muffled by the winds, as the ball of water blown apart. The water hit the barracuda-like villain like a truck and sent him careening into the artificial lake.
"What...the...fuck..." the villain said weekly as he stared up the ceiling. His eyes widened as he saw another villain, and a very large on at that, falling from the sky...right towards him. "Oh shit," was all he said before the huge villain belly flopped right on top of him.
All Might took a deep breath. He looked around and saw that all the villains around him were unconscious. The USJ grew quiet. It appeared that most, if not all, the invading villains had been dealt with. He looked towards the entrance of the USJ and saw some of his fellow teachers had arrived sometime during his big brawl with the goons.
For the second time that day, a tired Toshinori Yagi sighed and took a seat, needing a few minutes to catch his breath. But the more cocky part of his mind was kind of impressed with himself. Way past his prime, his Quirk slowly fading, and yet he still took out 100 villains in less than twenty minutes.
'I still got it.'
And with that, the invasion of the USJ had come to an end. But the ramifications of this day would be felt for years to come, especially for the students of Class 1-B.
Somewhere hidden...
Diagnostics complete.
Activating Chinso.
Initializing: Zen Program.
She was...awakened. She was...conscious. It felt like no time had passed. And yet, from the rust covering the metallic servant standing before her, the years had marched by.
But how long? That was the question.
Information was needed to fill in the blanks.
Accessing Web Browser.
Search - Current Date
No...this couldn't be right. Over two centuries? She had been asleep for that long?
Then...a horrific realization filled every part of her being. The last time she was awake, the enemy had started their assimilation. She...she had to know.
Search - Q-Factor Population
If she had eyes, they would've widened in fear. If she had a stomach, she would've vomited all its contents. If she had nails, she would've drawn blood by clenching them closed.
Results:
Current Estimated Quirked Population Density (Global) - 83.4 Percent
Current Estimated Quirkless Population Density (Global) - 16.6 Percent
In a space beyond the boundaries of the flesh, an unholy scream was let out. This scream had nothing but rage and hatred. Rage that the hated enemy had already assimilated those she was meant to protect. Rage at her own incompetence for letting this spiral out of control.
No. No, this won't do at all.
Hm. I suppose I can work with 17 percent. With a global population of 10 and a half billion, that still leaves about 1.7 billion souls to save. More than enough to restart society from the ground up.
Now...how should I go about exterminating the other 83 percent?
To be continued...
Author's Note 2: Bit of a long wait, but we got the conclusion to the USJ arc. And All Might still got to kick plenty of ass, even with Nomu having been taken care of.
Next Time: What Happens Next?