Conviction Arc 3 - Chapter 18: Search Party

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Harleking31: Izuku did in fact... BEAT HIS FUCKING BLONDE ASS!

ThePhenoix11: Guts isn't a hero, and Neither is Izuku in this story. They are going to kill things, Mostly Nomu and Villains, which have been killed by heroes before, AKA Hawks and Twice.

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It has been a few days since the sports festival, and UA was resuming classes, but today was also the day, the student would be choosing which Hero they would be staying with and working under, so many in the hero course were excited, however, that is where the good news ended.

Gutz had returned from the US and currently, he was walking toward the Teacher's lounge rather quickly hoping to catch All-Might, but thankfully, All-Might was already leaving the teachers' lounge with a lunch box.

"Toshinori," Gitz called out.

All-Might turned his head toward Gutz's direction and see the large man, All-Might smiled, "OH! GUTZ!" All-Might said cheerfully as he walked toward the man, "How have you been!? It's been years since we last saw each other! What are you doing here? Matter of fact, how did you get past Nezu?" All-Might told him.

Gutz nodded, "It has been a long time, Toshinori, as for getting here, Nezu and I have something in common as of now, but I'm not here to catch up," Gutz told him, "I have some bad news, it involves All for One,"

Hearing this, All-Might's expression became serious, and he quickly nodded and led him to a secluded room where the two could talk. Once inside, the two sat down and began the conversation.

All-Might looked at Gutz, "What's all this about?" He asked. "What have you found out about All for One?" All-Might asked.

Gutz looked at him, "He's a live, I know that much when I stopped him during the Eclipse Event," Gutz told him.

All-Might nodded, "Yes, Gran Tarino informed me when he met you on the scene," All-Might said.

Gutz nodded, "Of course, he hasn't been silent recently what with the USJ attack, and recently, a few days ago, I was following up on a lead about one of his "Angels" heading toward the US," Gutz told him.

All-Might was shocked when he heard that, "The US!? How!? All for One has no pull there!?" All-Might cried

Gutz nodded, "He still doesn't, which I why I followed, because I was wondering why he or any one of his angels would dive right into enemy territory," Gutz told him. "I tried to track them down and eventually I did, but by the time I did, it was too late, they got what they came for," Gutz said grimly

All-Might was confused and most of all, very worried. "What do you mean? What did they come for?" All-Might asked.

Gutz looked at him with a severe expression, "They have New Order,"

Hearing this, All-Might nearly had a heart attack, hearing that his worse enemy, the person he despised the most and wished he made sure was dead those years ago, had one, if not, the most potent quirk known to man, however, he was more worried about the Quirks user. "Cathleen, is she ok?" All-Might asked.

Gutz nodded, "She's fine, and the fact she doesn't have a quirk anymore doesn't seem to bother her, but she's more worried about us here, as well as you," Gutz told him, "I told her we'd find a way to sort this all out, but we both know this is the worse news in the world, mostly for us,"

"Yes... it is," All-Might replied. "They have to be stopped, as soon as possible... but we don't even know where they are," All-Might told him with a bit of anger in his voice.

Gutz looked at him, "I may know where one of their bases is," Gutz said.

All-Might looked at him, with relief "That's good to hear," All-Might said, "Then, we can plan something with a few other heroes and head there-"

"No," Gutz cut him off.

All-Might looked at him confused, "What do you mean no?" he asked.

Gutz looked at him, "I mean "No" to you coming with," Gutz told him, "I doubt he's there, he wouldn't risk being there, and people need you here, not out there, let me take care of this..." Gutz told him.

All-Might looked at him with a concerned look, "Gutz, you need to worry about yourself as well," All-Might told him.

Gutz smiled, "Don't worry about me, I'm not going alone," He said, "I got my own student to help me out," He said.

All-Might looked at him, "You mean, young Midoriya, don't you?" He asked with a slight smile, "I should have known, he reminds me of you back in the day," He said.

Gutz nodded, "Which is why I'm taking him with me, this involves him as much as it involves you and I, after all, You and I aren't getting any younger,"

All-Might nodded, "Too true," All-Might said, "But be careful,"

Gutz nodded, "Don't worry about me too much, ya skeleton," Gutz jokingly told him, "Now, mind telling me where Izuku is?" Gutz asked.

All-Might told Gutz where Izuku usually was at this time, as many students and teachers have seen Izuku, along with Tetsutetsu and Mei in the courtyard. Gutz bit All-Might goodbye and headed down to the courtyard and passed by a few students.

Currently, out in the courtyard, Izuku was practicing his swings as Tetsutetsu and Mei watched him, eating their own lunch and amazed by how swiftly and controlled the swings were.

"I still find it crazy he can lift and swing so easily," Mei said with a smile. "He was pretty strong back in middle school, but I never thought he could wield something so freaking big,"

Tetsutetsu smiled, "I know, it's so cool, even cooler that he can do it without a quirk!" Tetsutetsu said, "But hey! Guess that the winner of the sports festival for ya!" He cried with a chuckle.

Izuku stopped swinging and rested his sword on his shoulder as he turned to Tetsutetsu with an annoyed glare, "Will you stop that already? It's bad enough I already got the damn press in my back wanting to talk to me," Izuku told him, "I didn't care about winning, I only cared about sending a message," he said coldly.

"A Message I'm sure they got,"

Hearing that voice, the three teens turned around to see Gutz walking toward them with a bit of a smile.

Izuku smiled back at the man, "Gutz," He greeted.

Mei looked between the two with a confused look, "You know each other?" Mei asked.

Gutz turned to her with a bit of a smirk on his face as well, "Who do you think taught him how to use that thing in his hands?" Gutz asked.

Tetsutetsu's eyes widened with excitement at the older man, "Whoa! So your Izubro's teacher!?" Tetsutetsu cried.

Gutz nodded, "Yeah," Gutz replied.

Izuku walked over to him and looked at him with a raised brow, "What are you doing here? Matter of fact, Rickert told me you went to the US, why?" Izuku asked.

Gutz's expression turned serious, "They were in the US, and stole something rather powerful that I'm sure they brought back here," Gutz told Izuku. "Something I'm sure is meant for the fifth angel,"

Mei and Tetsutestu were confused as to what Gutz meant by the "Fifth Angel", but Izuku knew exactly who Gutz was talking about.

'Monoma,' Izuku seething in his thoughts, "Do you know where they are?" Izuku asked, his tone full of anger.

Tetsutetsu and Mei noticed his anger, and both had a feeling as to what the two swordsmen were referring to, Mei more so, however, she couldn't help but feel that Izuku had some personal vendetta against this, "Fifth Angel".

Gutz looked at him and nodded, "I know where they are, they got a base in the mountains, which is why I'm here, you're gonna be coming with me," Gutz told him. "I convinced Nezu to be the person who watched over ya during this whole hero thing," Gutz told him

Izuku nodded, "When do we leave?" Izuku asked.

"Now," Gutz told him.

Izuku walked toward Gutz ready to leave with him

"WAIT!" Mei cried.

Izuku stopped and looked at the pink-haired girl.

Mei looked at the two with a determined look, "I'm coming with," She told Izuku.

"Mei-"

"You're not telling me to stay behind!" She cried, "If these are the same guys that killed our friends and ruined Toru's life I want to help!" She cried.

Gutz looked at her with a raised brow, "Are you in the Hero course?" He asked Mei.

Mei shook her head, "No," She replied, "I'm in the support department, which is why I'm coming, I have some new gear that could help you," Mei told him.

Gtuz looked away from her and at Izuku, "She can come with," He told Izuku, "If she really wants to, she can," Gutz told him.

Izuku wanted to disagree, he didn't want Mei getting involved with this, he wanted her to stay behind where she would be safe, but she had every right to come as much as he did. So, he let out a sigh of defeat. "Fine, let's head to your lab, and then let's go," Izuku told her.

Mei nodded and the three began to walk away, while Tetsutetsu wanted to join them, however, this was something personal for them, their own battle, and unless he was asked to help, he would not interfere, even though his heart was telling him to.

Izuku looked back and saw the conflict on Tetsutetsu's face, and stopped and looked back to Gutz and Mei as they walked ahead, "Don't feel bad that you can't come along, this doesn't involve you, and the last thing I want... is another dead friend," Izuku said.

Tetsutetsu looked at Izuku as the green-haired teen walked away, not looking back, but his words made Tetsutetsu feel a little better, even more so since in a sense, Izuku had just called him his friend. Tetsutetsu smiled and nodded, "YOU COME BACK ALIVE IZUBRO! YOU TOO MEI!" Tetsutetsu cried

As they walked back into the UA Building, Mei led them to the support department, and they quickly entered, and Mei went over to her desk to show Izuku the new gear she had made for him after seeing his fights in the Sports festival. While Izuku had only put in the request for a new cloak, Mei, however, wasn't going to stop there, she knew her friend needed a lot more protection, and a lot more firepower thAn he had now.

"I made you some more bombs just like your old ones, I made as many as I could, which is a whole lot," Mei said, handing him a larger pouch of bombs than he had before.

Izuku took it and strapped it to his belt. "What else is there?" He asked.

Mei smiled and pulled out a black metal wristband, she handed it to him, "Put this on and give it a nice tap," Mei said.

Izuku did as she said and put the wristband on his left wrist and then tapped it, and once he did, black-like cloth sprouted and spread ip his forearm and around his hand, leaving part of his fingers exposed. The whole thing looked like black tape around a boxer's hand. Izuku was in awe at it and then looked at the palm of his left hand only to find a ring shape, he looked at Mei with a raised brow, "What is this?" Izuku asked.

Mei smiled, "That is what I like to call H.O.D. or Hand of Destruction! It's a special type of gauntlet that absorbs kinetic energy and can store it, you can then release I into a powerful blast of energy from the palm," Mei told him. She pulled out a chest strap with throwing daggers sheathed on it. She then pulled out his black cloak. "These are your new daggers, as well as the new cloak you wanted, and while the daggers aren't anything special, the cloak itself is made of the same cloth that Endeavor's suit is made out of, which makes it resistant to extreme heat," She told him.

Izuku smiled at her, "This is all great stuff Mei, thank you," He told her.

Mei smiled back, "Don't mention it, besides that, I got everything I need in a bag I made suited for situations like this, and once we get to wherever your teacher is taking us, I'll give us all a set of earpieces so I that we can communicate with each other," Mei told him.

Izuku nodded and with that, Gutz told them it was time to leave, and the three left the building and when they arrived in the front, they saw a small, beat-up RV, guts ushered them in and once inside, they drove off, heading toward the mountains where the base was located, Gutz also informed them that they would meet up with some Heroes that know the area better then he does and could help them, which Izuku was all for, he just wanted to get there, find the base, and kill Monoma.

He was not going to spare the person he once called a friend. He was not going to let him live.

He didn't even care if he died in the process, as long as Monoma went down with him, after all, he swore that he would burn his enemies and himself with the dark flame that was inside of him.

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Meanwhile, within a Forest known as the Beast's Forest where the Wild Wild Pussy Cats lived, a young boy, Kota Izumi, walked along the forest, searching for rocks he could toss across the river, as he looked, he happened to come across a strange one.

The Stone was a dark red color and in the shape of an egg, Kota picked it up and looked at it with a confused look, but picked it up and put it in his pocket. Once he did, he continued looking for more rocks only to hear groaning, he was confused and moved to the groaning, he pushed past a few bushes only to eventually come across a girl who was older than him, who was lying on the ground, her clothes were torn and a few cuts and bruises on her.

It was Toru.

Kota was shocked and quickly ran over to her. "Hey, lady! Are you ok!?" Kota asked as he shook her.

Toru quickly got up and looked at Kota before backing away screaming only to be stopped by a bush.

"Hey! Take it easy!" Kota cried, "I'm not going to hurt you!" he told her.

Toru looked at him with fearful eyes but slowly she began to calm down as Kota looked at her, and held out his hand for her to take.

"It's ok, I'm not gonna hurt ya," He told her.

Toru finally moved toward him and took his hand, Kota smiled as the girl stood up, looking down at him with a sad expression.

"What's your name?" Kota asked.

Toru gave no answer, simply looking at the younger boy.

Kota was confused, but decided to introduce himself, "My name is Kota, do... do you have a name?" He asked again, hoping to get a response.

"Ahh" Replied the girl.

Kota was confused but wondered if something may have been wrong with this girl that may have something to do with why she was cut up and bruised. "It's ok, you don't have to tell me," Kota told her, "I'll bring you to my Aunt, maybe she can help you," Kota said.

Kota held Toru's hand tighter and led her back toward the house where his Aunt and her friends would be able to help the girl, who was willing to follow Kota, and once he arrived he heard his aunt and her friends talking about business.

"30 missing people... in a single night!?" cried Tiger, "How is this that possible?"

"I don't know, but whoever has taken them has a type, the reports say that most of the people who were taken had Mutant-type quirks," Ragdoll told him.

Pixie-Bob looked at the report with worry, as some of the missing people... were entire families that included children. "Whoever they are... they don't care who they take," She said.

Mandalay nodded, "Indeed, and they will be stopped, no matter what," She said, "What worries me... is why are they taking these people with Mutant Types and what are they using them for?" She asked.

Little did they know, that the answers they sought would be given to them in a matter of time, after all, all the pieces that were needed for the Fifth Angel's ascension were gathering in one place...

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That end's this chapter and it looks like things aren't off to a great start. Toru is now in the hands of the Pussy Cats for some reason with injuries, People with mutant-type quirks have been taken, and New Order is in the possession of the LOV.

This Arc will change everything as Japan will soon enter "Takamagahara".

And it will all be thanks to The fifth...