It's time to continue on with the USJ attack, last time we saw Izuku being able to handle an enraged Dark Shadow using his orange and yellow bullets. While Ochaco encountered a group of villain that doesn't seem too keen to be working with the League of Villains, looking at the league want as a potential future investment. Ochaco was about to handle two of their members, leaving three left before she has a chance to assess the situation of the landslide hazard area.
As always I do not own MY HERO ACADEMIA or any of their characters.
With that, let's start off with a bang
Ochaco kicked the broken sign into the air and caught it. Her eyes jumped before the three remaining villains. It seems the green and purple diamond villains weren't that trained in combat, but these last three they held to themselves in a higher order. Generally people with super strength lend themselves to become fighters. The black diamond villain was carrying around blades and guns, not the kind of weapons a person carried around without being trained. And the white diamond villain was obviously the leader of the group right now, they generally were well rounded on the battlefield.
"Well you said she was a fighter." The black diamond villain said.
"Yeah she's got that look in her eyes." The red diamond villainess said, as she began popping her knuckles.
Movement from up above caught Ochaco's attention, and she saw the white diamond villain pulling out some playing cards from some kind of inner pocket within his suit. Yet before Ochaco could see what the white diamond villain was going to use them for, her instinct flared up and she dodged a swipe form the black diamond villain, then jumped back from a sucker punch coming from the red diamond villainess. The moment Ochaco's feet touched the ground, she saw a playing card been throwing between her feet.
Ochaco looked down and saw the playing card glowed and then a crack of light jet across the surface. Having a bad feeling about what was about to happen, Ochaco dug the heel of her feet into her boot, coiling up the springs within them. Then at the last second, she released the spring sending her up into the air, just as the card exploded.
Up in the air Ochaco quickly ordinated herself so as she was about to crash into a large boulder, her feet hit first. The springs within her boots coiled up and locked in place, waiting for Ochaco to use them. As she clung to the side of the boulder, she looked over the trio of villains, the white diamond villain finally jumped down to the ground.
He had a deck of cards in his hands and was shuffling them between hands. So, explosive playing cards, Ochaco had training against explosions, but they always came from the same location. Now she would have watched out for when he threw a card.
With that in mind, Ochaco pushed off from the side of the boulder, using her spring loaded boots for extra speed. She rockets towards the red diamond villainess, releasing her quirk at the last moment and ramming her shoulder into the red diamond villainess. With the red diamond villainess' augmented strength, Ochaco knew she would need to hit as hard as possible and she wasn't going to waste all the momentum she had gained on the other two.
As the red diamond villainess went flying back into and between two rocks, Ochaco had to drop down to the ground to dodge a swipe from the black diamond villain. Ochaco then spun around on her hands and forced her heavy boots into her the black diamond villainess knees. As he fell to the ground he pulled off his gun and fired a bullet.
The breath in Ochaco's chest became stuck as she saw the gun and heard the sound of it being fired. Her eyes couldn't track the bullet but judging by the angle of the gun it was aimed at her left shoulder. Ochaco then felt the aim of the bullet, but there was no piercing. There was still a high amount of pain that began to radiated from the impact but Ochaco didn't feel the bullet penetrate her skin, let along her costume.
Then her focus caught a pale yellow cylinder that dropped to the ground. Rubber bullets, that is what the gun was loaded with. Non-lethal, but that didn't mean they didn't hurt. Ochaco then heard the sound of kinetic energy build up and she saw a playing card underneath her feet. She quickly rolled away, the resulting explosion catching her a bit. Debris caught her mask and cut a small hole throughout her costume.
Ochaco groaned as her ears rang. She tried to take a moment to catch a breath but she was suddenly grabbed around her neck and lifted into the air, "Come here." The red diamond villainess said as she lifted Ochaco in the air. Ochaco struggled to breath as the red diamond villainess put more pressure on her throat. Ochaco face began to go red as the blood flow was blocked
"Kuriiro." The black diamond villain called out, "Incapacitate, don't kill. Boss's rules."
The red diamond villainess looked Ochaco in the eyes, they started bulging and becoming bloodshot. With a sigh the red diamond villainess dropped Ochaco to the ground. Who gasped for breath, but had to spit out some blood before she could inhale.
"Your boss doesn't allow killing, I should be so grateful." Ochaco said once she could.
"There is a difference between a thief and murder, but all your heroes see are villains." The white diamond villain said as he prepared his highest card the boss had let him have for this job a 7. As the higher the number of the cards the larger the explosion, yet even with his deck cut in half the white diamond villain always keeps a set of aces on him at all times.
"You break the law, you pay the consequences." Ochaco said as she slowly got her hands and knees under her.
"Yet you heroes think a lowly thief should be treated the same as a murdering villain." The black diamond villain said as he holstered his gun.
Ochaco began to get onto her feet, yet the red diamond villainess kicked in her side and sent her rolling. Ochaco didn't stop until her helmet hit a boulder and a crack appeared on her visor. So the red diamond villainess was meant for close quarters, while the white diamond villain fought up with range, while the black diamond villain was more mid. Knowing that Ochaco came up with a plan.
It began with her gently pressing her finger into the boulder she rolled into. She then gripped it tighter so it wouldn't float away. Then with a groan, Ochaco leveraged herself against the boulder and pulled herself up. Her hair was disheveled and she had more cut around her body, but she was meant to be Izuku's equal, she was supposed to be able to handle a group of villains at this by herself.
It had taken her longer than Madam President had trained her to do so, but she had a plan and she knew it worked.
The red diamond villainess saw the burning fire in Ochaco's eyes, so she ran forwards to attack. Yet Ochaoc then quickly rotated and slammed the boulder into the red diamond villainess, while she had taken away its gravity, it still had mass. All that was rammed into the red diamond villainess, who simply slid back. But that wasn't Ochaco entire plan to deal with her.
Ochaco dashed forwards and began punching against the red diamond villainess. Typically along with augmented strength quirk was an increase of defense and resilience, yet Ochaco saw the small cuts and bruises over the red diamond villainess body. She was meant to dish out strong attacks, but in terms of taking them she could only be a level above the average person. So Ochaco didn't let off the pressure, even when the black diamond villain joined in, she was quick to dodge each of his swipes, before getting in close and punching him. While she handled the red and black diamond villain, Ochaco noticed the white diamond villain was pacing down and forth, twirling a card in his hand.
Ochaco grabbed the wrist of the black diamond villain, locking it tight, as she drew up her foot and kicked the red diamond villainess in the gut. Using the spring in her boot, Ochaco managed to get the red diamond villainess to fly some distance. It was at this point the white diamond villain decided to act and threw a play card. Ochaco caught the card in midair, then spun the black diamond villain around so he was face on the ground. Yet that wasn't her only move, because as the black diamond villain kissed the ground, Ochaco shoved the playing card against his chest.
An explosion went off and the black diamond villain was thrown into the air. The white diamond villain frowned as his partner fell to the ground unconscious, he had thrown a 4 card just to get Ochaco to back off some distance, but she had managed to use his quirk against him. That made the white diamond villain growled as he reached a hand into his jacket's inner pocket and pulled out an Ace.
The white diamond villain imbued it with his quirk, a purple glow outline the image of the ace and then the border of the card. With a step, he threw the card and he connect with Ochaco's chest. The resulting explosion sent her flying off the side of the mountain and down into the lower field.
With a sigh the white diamond villain raised the cuff up to his mouth and said, "Murasaki. If you can read me, pick up Raimu and then head over here. Kuro is out and Kuriiro can't fight."
There was someone throwing up water and then Murasaki's voice came through, "I'm on my way, Aojiroi. What about the hero student?"
"Got away. We'll have to see how this pans and tell the boss." the white diamond villain, named Aojiroi said.
As Ochaco flew through the air, she tried to right herself but failed. With the wind rushing in her ears she had no idea where she was going until she crashed into the side of someone. Ochaco hit the ground and rolled and when she opened her eyes she saw a villain that had rock gloves. He began to get onto his hands and knees, but then Momo suddenly appeared and kicked him in the chin. He went limp as he fell to the ground, while Momo reached down her hands, offering it to Ochaco.
Ochaco quickly grabbed Momo's extended hand and 1-A's vice president lifted her to her feet. "Thanks for the save." Ochaco said.
"You're welcome, I got the idea from Midoriya and his use of flash bangs." Momo said, then two smoke bombs fell out of her legs. They went off the moment they hit the ground. Momo then tighten her grip on Ochaco's hand as she pulled her through the smoke cloud,
When they came out of the smoke cloud, Ochaco noticed Shinsou was close to them. He knocked out a villainess, and then looked up at them. He then quickly dodged an attack and then landed his foot on the villain that had tried to attack him. He then ran over to them, and they went shoulder to shoulder as Shinsou called out, "I count 40 left."
"Take a weapon." Momo said as she produced a metal staff for herself, a metal bat for Shinsou and a blunt Katana for Ochaco. As Ochaco grabbed the handle of the blade, she realized it was a weapon she was trained with, yet now she was surrounded by members of Class 1-A. People who believed she wasn't trained. She would need to hold herself back, luckily she also had Momo and Shinsou, who were skilled themselves.
"Come on, we can get them if we just rush them. They're just some students." One of the villains yelled, then all of them rushed. The trio did their best to keep their ground, but they slowly pushed back towards the edge of the mountain. While Ochaco swung with skill and precision, she kept her movement slow, just slowed enough to hit and block any attack towards her.
Momo and Shinsou did well for themselves, handling the villains as they rushed forwards. Momo seemed to have been trained to fight with a metal staff from a young age, while Shinsou was effective with the metal bat for knocking out the villains. That was until Momo blocked a swing from a man who's fists were metal. While she was was successful in stopping the attack it caused the staff to vibrate. And with the amount of forced behind the attack, the vibrations were strong enough to force the staff out of her hand. Before Momo could create a new weapon for herself, the villain raised his hands to attack. Yet Ochaco was suddenly standing in front of Momo, she hit the villain across the face with her blunt Katana.
Then the villain stumbled back, so Ocahco took a step forward and slapped him across the face, making sure to make contact with all five fingers. As the villain began to float upwards, a different kind of aura, from her usual bubbly and happy self, overtook Ochaco. Her hold on her weapons became more natural as she spun around and ram the tip of her blunt katana into the villain's gut. This sent the villain flying back taking a few of his fellow attackers out.
Then Ochaco's movement seemed to change as well; she dashed forwards and met the nearest villain on. She was quick to disarm them of their two daggers and then rammed the butt of her katana into the neck. The villain quickly collapsed, and before they hit the ground Ochaco was already moving onto the next villain.
As if sensing she was the biggest threat, the villains quickly converged on her, but all they did was lead them quicker to being defeated. Ochaco was a flurry of attacks, blocks and dodged until the last ten villains remained. They were obviously smarter as they had directly attacked Ochaco. Ochaco's whole body moved as she took in deep breaths, her mind keeping up to everything she had just done. This made the world come back into focus and Ochaco knew she had gone too far. She had shown off too much of her training. She quickly jumped back to Momo and Shinsou, taking a knee as if to show she was exhausted. But she could still fight if she was needed, so her grip of her weapon was still in an attack position.
As the remaining ten villains slowly took steps forwards, it gave the trio time to look over all them. Some of their quirks were obvious, as one had the appearance of a snake and another formed rocks over their skin. Other's weren't so, but Shinsou had seen a quirk earlier than could easily knock everyone out. He locked eyes with a villain that had vines over their arms.
Shinsou zeroed on her by pointing his bat at her and said, "I guess Mother Nature wasn't very kind to you?"
"Shut up you…." The villainess stopped, as her eyes went cloudy.
"Bind everyone." Shinsou said. A moment later the villainess dropped her hand to the ground and large roots and vines erupted out of the ground and bound all the villains to the ground, even those that were unconscious. Shinsou then walked up and kneed the villainess in the side of the head, knocking her out, "Alright that's handled."
Suddenly the ground behind Ochaco broke apart and a large figure wearing a skull mask came out. Ochaco cursed herself at not being able to react as the villain grabbed her neck and lifted her into the air. Her body reflexively dropped her weapon.
"Alright no quirks, or I'll squeeze the life out of your friend." The villain said, and began closing his fingers around Ochaco's throat. Through her blurry vision, she saw Momo and Shinsou slowly raise their hands, "It seems you have some smarts in your head."
Ochaco tried to move around, but the villain just increased the pressure around her throat, causing the edge of her vision to go black. Ochaco reached up and tried to pry the villain's fingers away from her throat. She had only trained Izuku once yesterday and he hadn't discussed how to get out of hold like this. It was more of how to disarm someone and stop them from moving, so there was no way she could have this skill yet, but she couldn't think of any other way to break free.
Besides, if Momo and Shinsou questioned how she knew how to break free and fight so well with a katana, she could pass it off as natural talent and heat of the moment.
Ochaco gripped as hard as she could against the villain's hand then using her core strength brought her leg up until they were level with her head. Then reaching back Ochaco wrapped her left hand around the villain's wrist pressing all five fingers down. The villain's gravitational pull was instantly nullified and with this surprise, his grip loosen a bit, allowing Ochaco to throw her legs down. As soon Ochaco's legs hit the ground, she was able to use them to pivot and throwing the villains over her shoulder.
This caused the villain to fully release Ochaco, allowing her to grab his arm and hold him high above her head. He tried to scream, but Ochaco didn't let him as she slammed him into the ground. However, she wasn't finished, so she raised the villain again then slammed him back into the ground again, this time cracks formed around the impact. Ochaco then raised the villain up into the air and threw him towards the side of the mountain. She released her quirk at the last second, allowing the anger that was evident on her face to work itself out.
"Damn, remind me never to get on your bad side." Shinsou said, surprised at Ochaco sudden increase mobility and ability to easily lift a man over twice her size over her head. Ochaco smiled at the compliment.
"We might have cleared this area, but if we get teleported here, it's safe to assume the rest of our classmates are somewhere around the building. We need to get back to the main plaza and make a plan" Momo said, then began heading for the stairs, with the other two following her
With his natural sense of direction and a bit of luck Izuku led Tokoyami and Ojirou to exit the storm arena. Forcing the door open, Izuku was met with the main plaza and the horde of unconscious villains Eraserhead had handled on his own. Izuku smiled and couldn't help but be grateful he had underestimated his teacher. Eraserhead now only had Shigaraki and the giant monster to deal with, though the mist teleport was back he didn't seem to engage in the fight.
"Come on, we need to get back to the entrance and make sure everyone is fine." Izuku said as he and the other climbed down the stairs and went along the outside of the main plaza. They were about to reach the stairs, when Shigaraki called out, "Nomu handle Eraserhead."
Izuku turned and even with his enhanced eyesight, could barely see Nomu's movement. He disappeared from behind Shigaraki and moved in a blur to Eraserhead. Izuku saw Eraserhead activate his quirk, in an attempt to take away Nomua's obvious enhanced strength quirk. Yet Nomu's speed didn't disappear and he punched Eraserhead. Taken off guard by the missed drop in speed, Eraserhead barely had time to lift up his arm to protect himself.
Nomu's fist connected with Eraserhead and sent the underground pro hero flying. He hit the ground and rolled for a bit. Izuku watched his homeroom teacher struggle to get on his knees, it was clear he had used his quirk, but Nomu's strength hadn't disappeared. So that meant Nomu, whatever it was, was naturally that strong. Eraserhead's only advantage was bring his opponent down to his level, but that advantage was gone with the Nomu. He would need some help.
"Tokoyami, Ojirou, get to the entrance. I'm going to assist Eraserhead." Izuku said, then took off towards Nomu. From the short fight he had just watched, Izuku knew how powerful Nomu was and it was starting to get to levels of All Might. So if it was left uncheck it could do some real damage without much effort
"Friend, what hope do you have against a creature of such darkness?" Tokoyami asked, however Izuku didn't answer. He just charged full speed ahead towards Eraserhead, as Nomu slowly walked up to him. Izuku didn't know what he could possibly do after a villain that had supposedly the same level of strength as All Might. Izuku only knew he needed to get to Eraserhead before Nomu, so he forced himself to move faster. However he had the whole plaza to cross.
Izuku and Nomu reached the injured pro hero at the same time. Nomu brought up his fist and rammed it into Eraserhead's head, causing the pro hero's head to slam into the ground. Nomu then kicked Eraserhead away, causing Izuku to yell as he transformed his arm and readied a red round. One of the lessons Mareo pounded into Izuku's head was that the outcome of a fight was determined by who found the advantage first. And to do that was to determine what worked against Izuku's opponent, poke around the edge first.
Normally Iuku would have gone explosive but he had used all of those to provide light for Tokoyami. As Nomu began to lift its fist back up. Izuku slid trhough the legs of the monster and stopped before his teacher. Izuku then spun around and shot his incendiary round, ignited it in the air. As it began to glow with a blazing red as it pierce Nomu's shoulder and stopped between its humerus and clavicle and scapula.
Normally that would have burned right through a person's body, but it was if the Nomu didn't even notice it. So Izuku willed the bullet to increase in temperature and shortly afterwards smoke started to come out of the wound, along with the smell of smoke. Nomu gave out a cry, that Izuku could only assume was out of pain, as in training Izuku was able to get his incendiary round up to about 1900 degrees celsius, almost able to melt Tungsten at 2200 degrees celsius.
As Nomu clawed at it's shoulder, trying to grab the bullet to dig the bullet out. Izuku jumped back and quickly lifted Eraserhead's arm over his shoulder., being careful of being his teacher's injuries. Izuku stood up and saw Nomu staring down at him, then the air around Izuku was filled with much a degree of murderous intent. It was the polar opposite of All Might. All Might's sense of peace was so powerful, it could almost be considered a secondary quirk, yet Nomu had the opposite effect, even perhaps to a stronger degree. Izuku's mind and body had been trained against this, to either run or fight, never to freeze, but in the moment Izuku couldn't move.
Nomu was drawing back his right fist again, the same one Izuku had fired on. The bullet should have been hot enough to destroy any muscle it encountered, even at the same level as All Might. How could the Nomu be moving his right arm at all, then Izuku noticed something. The burn mark on Nomu's shoulder was gone, no smoke was appearing. Nomu had completely healed, the muscle issue, the bone, the skin. It looked as if the damage had never occurred.
Izuku took a deep breath and forced his body to move. His instinct fared up and he jumped out of the way Nomu's punch. Yet he could still feel the air wave that followed the punch, it was almost strong enough to completely dry his clothes. As Izuku's feet hit the ground, he dropped down and spun across the ground to put a few more inches between him and Nomu.
"Impossible Nomu's speed is that of All Mights, how could a brat like you dodge its attack. You must have cheated." Shigaraki said as he began scratching his neck, raw skin quickly appeared. Izuku took note of this, as it seemed Shigaraki, a male that appeared in his young adult life, was close to throwing a tantrum like a young kid.
Izuku's enhanced eyesight allowed him to barely track Nomu's movement earlier, but that was from a distance. Now up close and personal, Izuku was able to mostly see the attacks coming and it was no mystery why. It wasn't just the years of training, but the adrenaline that came from the sense of wanting to protect others. Izuku wanted to be more than just a hero that rescued people with a smile, like All Might. No, he wanted to keep fighting to save others, and if the moment called for such at the expense of his own life, to prove he wasn't what others thought of him.
Now Izuku wasn't the type of person that was willing to sacrifice his life if there was another different option. No matter how low the percentage of winning dropped, but Izuku knew the life of a pro hero, it always took off years of a person's life. So Izuku could only hope he had achieved something great when fate decided to cut his thread.
Until then,
Izuku dodged another punch from Nomu, its right arm was still slower than before. Izuku's bullet was still in there and Izuku could sense it. It had lost some of its power, only heating up to about 800 degree celsius. Though he knew if he directed some of his focus to heating the bullet back up, then Nomu would finally catch him.
"Nomu, stop playing around and kill him already, before the teachers get here." Shigaraki said. That comment was enough to distract Izuku, somehow words had gotten out to the main campus. Kaminari must have gotten his communication work, if not Izuku would bet on Ilda. Even with his 'leave no man behind' mind thought, he was the fastest of 1-A and would get back to the main campus in the least amount of time.
As he was distracted with that thought, he missed a punch from Nomu and with it straight in his chest. Izuku could feel his ribs begin to creak as he and Eraserhead went flying. To protect his teacher, Izuku pulled Eraserhead into a curdle, bracing his teacher's head and covering his back, ensuring he would take the most damage. Izuku hit the ground first and his right shoulder almost began to dislocate, but he kept Eraserhead from receiving more damage.
"Didn't I tell you to stay out of trouble." Eraserhead mumbled, as Izuku got to his knees. That brought a small breath of relief to Izuku's soul, his teacher wasn't dead. Though that wasn't going to stay true for much longer if medical aid wasn't done soon.
"Sorry, sir but there was a bit of a change of plans. Student of 1-A has been scattered around the USJ by the purple mist villain who has a teleportation quirk. I can confirm Ojirou and Tokoyami have made it back to the entrance, but not for anyone else. Word has been sent to the main campus, but I don't know how long ago. I'd said starting from this moment we need to last 15 minutes, the teachers should arrive no later than that." Izuku said as he sat Eraserhead down on the ground. Nomu had hit them far enough away that if Izuku met it halfway, Eraserhead would be out of the danger zone.
Even in his damaged state, Eraserhead took note of how clean and precise Izuku spoke. But it was with false hope, even if word had only been sent out in the last minute, it would take more than 30 for the heroes to arrive. Izuku was counting on All Might's speed, but unfortunately All Might had used all of his hero time. Eraserhead looked up and saw the stare on Izuku's face. It was hiding something, fear. No, fear was on the surface, fear of Nomu. Underneath that hidden was an iron hard will to fight, to protect his friends and family. Something that won't be there if Izuku was like the previous user of his quirk.
"Midoriya, you want to protect everyone, don't you?" Eraserhead asked.
"I do." Izuku said, creating a trained eye on Nomu. It wasn't moving towards them, but why? It had the order to kill them, but it wasn't moving. Its eyes were glossy. Izuku took the next few moments to look around, Tsuyu, Mina and Kaminari were waiting in the water, at the edge of the sunken ship harzard area, using the depth to hide themselves. Coming from the other side were Ochaco, Momo and Shinous and they were heading towards the stairs.
"Tsuyu, Ashido, Kaminari, Uraraka, Shinsou, and Yaoyorozu, accounted for," Izuku said.
"You damn brat, you just don't know when to quit. Fine, let's see how you deal with this. Nomu, forget about those two and handle the students on your right," Shigaraki yelled. Izuku watched as Nomu turned and began walking towards Ochaco, Momo and Shinsou. He would have dropped Eraserhead and headed over, but then he saw Shigaraki beginning running towards the other trio. Shigaraki was dividing their attention, making them choose who to go for. Yet there were two of them and neither had to get close to use their quirk.
Izuku quickly turned Eraserheads head towards Shigaraki and said, "Sir, count to five and then open your eyes. Try to keep your quirk active as long as possible. I'm going to make Shigaraki take a swim."
With that Izuku took off towards Nomu. As he ran he transformed his arm and fired four red bullets, two in the shoulders, two in the knee caps. Unlike before, these bounced off Nomu's skin. "What? Why didn't they bounce off?'
"Hyper regeneration isn't Nomu's only quirk. Impact absorption allows all kinetic attacks to simply bounce off." Shgiaraki said, then grabbed hold of Tsuyu, yet nothing happened, "You really are something Eraserhead. You care for your students so much, but you cheat so much."
"Midoriya, whatever your plan is. Do it." Eraserhead said in a strained voice.
Eraserhead quirk allowed him to erase the quirk of anyone in his sight, but it gave him dry eyes. And with the concussion he had, he would probably only be able to hold it for a minute, Izuku would need to act fast. He looked at Nomu and couldn't figure out why his bullets hadn't worked this time. If it could absorb all of his attacks, no matter how strong they were, then his plan won't work. Impact absorption won't let anything get through. But the force still had to go somewhere, energy and force like that couldn't simply disappear. It had to go somewhere, Izuku's eyes then dropped to Nomu's feet, then over to Ochaco. Suddenly Izuku got a stupid idea.
"Ochaco, do you trust me?" Izuku yelled, as he prepared himself for the pain he would feel after the attack.
Ochaco's eyes jumped from Nomu to Izuku, while she was in a great deal of fear, the small little voice in her head that sounded like Madam President told her this would be a great way to get Izuku's trust back, "I do."
"Great, then when I say so I need you to use your quirk on Nomu." Izuku called, fully aware of how ludicrous that idea sounded.
Mission, be damned. Trust, be damned. Izuku wanted Ochaco to try and get close enough to use her quirk on that monster. Her presence alone was making her body freeze.
"Are you crazy?" Ochaco and Shigaraki said with Shigaraki adding, "It will kill your little friend, before she gets the chance."
"Do you trust me?" Izuku repeated his earlier question.
Ochaco paused for a second then yelled, "Yes!" Izuku nodded and increased his speed. Nomu was getting close, five feet, but Izuku didn't give the signal.
"Now?" Ochaco asked.
Four feet, Izuku gave no answer.
Three feet. "Now?"
Two feet, one foot. Six inches. Finally when the Nomu was 4 inches away, it stopped dead in its tracks. It towered of Ochaco was it down look at her. It's dead eyes staring down at her soul, and with Izuku right behind it, it began to raise its fists. Among all the panic, fear, horror, dread, dismay, terror, going through her head a single word and voice cut through it. It was Izuku calling out, "Now."
Normally I try to provide explanations naturally within the story, but I don't feel like I was able to set up the villains group Color Shift properly. So I wanted to take the time to explain them, they are a subset group of villains, completely different from the league of villains. They mainly do heist, with their plan trying to stay away from combat as much as possible, that's part why they aren't harden fighters. The only thing they have going for them is their teamwork. They accepted the call from the LOV, because their boss was interested and once the group got a sense of Class 1-A and how well Shigaraki's plan would work, they dipped.
Now for Ochaco's change in combat. When she's by herself, she feels she's free to let loose, but its been a few days, so she's a bit rusty. Then when she's with Momo and Shinsou, well Mad'am President told her not to give Class 1-A any clues about her training or past. That's part in reason why this Chapter is title the way it is, if Momo and Shinsou see Ochaco fight really well Izuku might learn about it some ways. He is class president.
Then we get into fighting against Nomu. I was excited for that part, as it shows who Izuku is. His level of focus and sheer will. In Electric heart it was just a fight of brawlers. All Might, Ochaco (EH) and Gizon all had strengthen enhancing quirks, but in PV Izuku doesn't have that kind of strength, he has to use his skill (and his classmates' quirk) to overcome the battle.
Next time: we get to see what exactly Izuku's plan is and how well it work.
Next Chapter: Laws of Motion
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