A/N: I'm trying to spoil you guys and get the U.S.J arc to you as quick as possible, and then we can move into the sports festival! I don't know how much of it will change aside from Himiko's participation, but I know i want the training camp arc to go hard! I hope you enjoy!!!

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'Inner dialogue,'

'Phone Text Chat'

Hot. It was extremely hot, and sudden plumes of smoke and bright shifting light disoriented Himiko. The fact she was in a free-fall hardly helped, but she quickly sharpened her senses and regained her bearings.

'No Izu. New area. Fire, smoke, and buildings. A transportation quirk? No, for now safe landing; then threat assessment.'

Himiko turned her head, looking for anything that would slow or completely halt her descent. For a few seconds nothing became apparent, but then she saw it; a flagpole just a few feet below her.

She quickly coiled her body and tensed her arm muscles. As her hands connected with the metal, she continued her downward momentum into a forward thrust, and spun herself so that she was now perched atop the pole.

Himiko turned her gaze around at the area, she could see a few figures stalking the streets below. They were no doubt enemies, while her new classmates might not have any battle experience like her and Izu, they weren't foolish enough to stand out in the open.

Himiko pulled out a knife from beneath her U.A. jacket; resisting the urge to smile gleefully. It had been a while since she'd cut someone.

Himiko shook her head.

'No, I need to be better, for Izu!'

But where was Izu? He wasn't in the same place as her, that was for sure. They were close to one another when they had been transported, and if he had been sent to the same area, then they most likely would've been just as close as they had been. But that wasn't a guarantee.

Himiko growled and glared down at the figures below," if Izu gets hurt because I'm not with him, I'm cutting that smoke guy and then the one with all the hands."

Himiko flipped the knife in her hand and held it in an ice-pick grip. She swung herself on the pole with her free hand, and at the arc of her third swing launched herself from the pole to the ledge of another building.

'Just wait for me Izu! I'll find you, no matter what!'

'This is bad, I think that guy has a warp quirk! Those are super rare, and if he teleported so many villains in and then scattered the rest of my class; he's extremely powerful. And to top that off it would mean he's extremely proficient with his power.'

Izuku looked down at the rapidly approaching water.

'But that will have to wait. For now I need to swim to shore, and regroup with some of the others. If at all possible I need to find Himiko.'

"Look boys! It's the first catch of the day!"

Izuku looked down at the water again, startled to find that it was filled with aquatic and water type quirk users.

'More villains? So that force in the square wasn't all of them? How organized is this? I know Himiko turned in that note about some League of Villains planning an attack, but something this coordinated? No, this isn't the time to be thinking about stuff that doesn't matter right now! I need to think.'

Izuku turned his gaze to take stock of his situation. There were about twenty villains in the water, all of them seemed like aquatic-types. So they had enough information to prepare troops that would have advantages in certain areas.

There was also a large boat in the middle of the water.

'Could I swim fast enough and get aboard before they get me? Probably not. But what else can I do?'

Izuku looked at the water and realized his time was running out.

'The measly five percent I can use won't be much help here, so should I sacrifice an arm to blow them all away? But what if I need both arms later to help Himiko? Damn it! Why am I still so useless?!'

"This one's mine!" One of the mutant types down bellow yelled, his razor sharp fangs gleaming in his shark-like jaw," it's nothing personal kid, but you gotta die!"

"Crap! I guess I don't have a choice!"

Izuku reared back his fist and prepared himself to swing with all of the might of One for All, but suddenly a long rubber thing wrapped around his waste and pulled him away.

"W-What?!"

"Hey, Midoriya! Glad to see you're still alright!" Asui greeted him, as if they had met at a convenience store on a rainy day.

She was carrying a very annoyed looking Ashido who was shaking her fist down at the villains," you creeps stay away from my classmates!"

"U-Uh, Ashido. I don't think it's a good idea to provoke them." Izuku sighed as Asui set them both down onto the deck of the ship.

"Screw that! I wanna melt these guys!"

Her eyes glowered through the eye mask, and the yellow hew again reminded him of Himiko.

'I hope she's okay.'

The idiot squirmed beneath the knee she had planted into the center of his back. Himiko had been smart enough to steer clear of the streets, and chosen to duck into a row of buildings that looked less on fire and more burned out. Her decision had paid off when she noticed one of the villains stalking the halls with his fists engulfed in flames, and his guard completely down.

These villains were amateurs at best, and civilians at worst. She had easily ambushed the idiot, and it was his unawareness that had allowed her to slip the knife in her hands against his throat.

"Now you're gonna tell me exactly how many of you there are here." Himiko pressed her knee down harder when he tried to push himself up," and if you keep struggling I'll slit your throat."

"Y-Yeah right! You're a U.A. student, there's no way you would kill someone!"

Himiko pressed the knife harder into his throat, drawing a thin line of red that dripped down the length of the knife," I guess you're right."

The man started to relax a bit as Himiko withdrew the knife, but she quickly pulled it back and stabbed directly through the man's hand," but that doesn't mean I can't stab you a little."

He howled in agony, but the noise was lost in the equally loud roar of fires outside," y-you crazy bitch!" Himiko started to twist the knife in the man's hand making him squeal all the louder," o-okay! Okay! There's twenty people in each zone, at least more than half of them have quirks that'll give advantages in them! N-Now p-please pull the knife out!"

Himiko smiled and yanked the length of metal from the man's hand," good boy!" She placed it back against his throat and leered down at him, her eyes turning into dangerously thin slits," now what's your goal here? And who's in charge?"

The man gulped heavily.

"We need to find a way to the shore," Izuku gripped the side rail of the ship, his knuckles cracked and the bar squealed under his fierce hold.

"But how?" Asui held a curious finger against her bottom lip; it reminded Izuku strangely of Eri.

"That's what I'm trying to figure it," Izuku looked out over the water and noticed the villains hadn't approached," but it looks like they're just as nervous as us. We don't know their powers, aside from the fact they're water based, but the same can be said about them. Actually, they don't know ours to a greater extent. While we have the luxury of knowing theirs are water based."

"Right, so for all they know we could just blow them all away without any issue!" Ashido grinned evilly down at the villains, and acted like she was about to fire off some big attack. The villains scattered and she laughed at them," ha! You guys are big scaredy cats!"

"To be fair, Midoriya probably could blow a few of them away," Asui gazed at Izuku unblinkingly," the way you threw that ball at the end of our assessment test was powerful, and it ripped the muscles; so you must have more strength that you can use. But I'm guessing it'd be a lot worse on your body than what happened during the test."

'Whoa, Asui is super observant!'

"Y-You're right. I don't use my power at full power, because the amount I put out is way too much for my body right now. If I use one hundred percent I'd need to use it in one limb, but once I do it'll be broken and I won't be able to use it again."

"Hardcore." Ashido was looking at Izuku as if he were an explosive, primed to detonate.

"I think I have a plan, but it's going to take all three of us, to pull it off." Izuku motioned for the two girls to come closer.

'This is bad!' Himiko ran as quickly and quietly as she could, trying to make her way to the square where Mr. Aizawa was most likely fighting with the leaders of this raid.

'These guys have someone to take down All Might? And what did he mean by monster? I really need to find Izu, and quickly! But warning that jerk teacher comes first."

"Hey! One of the brats is running!"

Himiko snarled and pivoted in an instant to rush the one who had spotted her. A ball of blue fire shot toward her, Himiko vaulted over it, slamming her foot into the man's jaw. And, to add insult to injury, she landed slamming both her feet down into his stomach; knocking the air out of him.

He was unconscious now, and his shout had thankfully gone unnoticed.

'It's best if I disguise myself,' Himiko hesitated for a moment before licking the blood from her knife, and she shifted into the man she had interrogated.

Her stomach churned, and she could only hold back long enough to reach the tree line before the contents of her stomach emptied.

'Still can't hold down any blood other than Izu's.' She panted and rose shakily to her feet," I'm pathetic."

If her memory was right, from the brief view she had of the place, then she had exited the conflagration zone into the woods on the back side of the zone. If she followed it she would emerge on the edge of the flood zone, and be able to see the square where their teacher should be.

"That's your plan!?"

Ashido seemed to have upgraded Izuku from imminent bomb threat, to active explosive. If the look she was giving him was any indicator anyway.

"I-It's not the best, but with the three of us, it's all I could think of. A-At least, in the moment, anyway."

Asui nodded," it's the best plan we have right now, and besides I think those villains are getting—"

A sudden sharp line of pressurized water split the boat they were on in half.

"Impatient." Asui finished, as the boat began to sink.

"Aww man! Looks like we don't have a choice now! So, Midoriya you're up first."

Ashido didn't seem too pleased with the turn of events, but she seemed just as determined as Izuku and Asui.

"Right!" Izuku planted a foot against the railing he'd twisted into a deformed lump of metal and glared down at the villains in the water," here I come!"

With a side thought, he pushed five percent of One for All into his entire body, and shot out halfway over the water; all of the villains eyes watching him.

"Now, die!"

Izuku flooded his middle finger with one hundred percent of One for All, and all at once an intense pressured jet of air pushed gallons upon gallons of water away from the center of the force. The villains flailed as they were slammed by the waves and buffeting wind, but just as suddenly they panicked when the displaced water rushed back into a whirlpool that sucked them in.

"N-Now, Asui, Ashido!"

"It's Tsu," the frog girl chastised Izuku as she grabbed hold of him around the armpits, Ashido dangling beneath them; wrapped in Asui's tongue.

"Right, and you can call me Mina! Now it's my turn!"

Ashido's palms splayed down toward the villains being pulled together below, and all at once sprays of acid rained down upon the now screaming villains.

"Acid Rain!" Ashido whooped, as the villains were burned, tumbled, and pulled under into the whirlpool below.

They were soaring over the water now, and would almost clear it entirely. It seemed they would be approaching the edge of the water closest to the square where Mr. Aizawa was fighting.

Dozens of villains surrounded him, and many looked like they had transformation-type quirks that even his Erasure couldn't disable. But surprisingly, he was mopping the floor with them, and pretty handily too. One villain with long squirming hair had her quirk disabled, and then she was thrown bodily by the hair into a group of her unsuspecting comrades.

"Whoa! Mr. Aizawa kicks butt!"

Ashido squirmed, as she mimed an air punch and Asui tightened her tongues grip on the girl," stop squirming so much please."

'He's doing alright for now, but he isn't used to long drawn out fights like this. Eraser Head is an underground hero specializing in stealth takedowns. It's only a matter of time before he loses the upper hand!'

A sudden blast of wind and water startled Himiko, but when she looked to the source what she saw dumbfounded her. A huge whirlpool was forming in the flood zone, and right above it, was Izu. He seemed in pain if the way he was clutching his hand was any indicator, but then two other girls swooped in to help fly him toward the shore.

'Oh thank goodness! I found you Izu!'

Himiko deactivated her quirk and made her way over to the trio so that she could assess her boyfriend's injuries.

She suppressed the dark desire for him to be a bit more bloody than usual, and grimaced when the flush on her cheeks rose at the thought.

'Later. I'll get some blood later.'

The fight in the square had intensified and from the looks of their teacher he was winning by quite a margin, but what was worrying was that two of the villains hadn't joined the fray. The large, dark one with an exposed brain and bulging eyes left no one wondering what the man she had interrogated had been talking about when he said they had a monster.

Izuku and the two girls were in the water now and slowly approaching the edge of the flood zone, using the lip of the concrete as a poor hiding place.

'I really need to beat stealth into Izu sometime. That spot isn't fooling anyone.'

And, in fact, just as she thought it, the villain with the hands rushed all at once; his own hands outstretched and reaching for Izu's face.

Himiko acted in an instant and she was feet away when she launched a knife at the man, it buried itself halfway into the man's forearm. He leapt back all at once and observed Himiko as she now stood over Izu; her legs coiled to spring, her arms outstretched to block him, and her fangs bared in a snarl.

"You won't touch my Izu!"

"H-Himiko!"

She could hear the joy in his voice, and she longed to turn and see the spread of teeth as he smiled at her, but she couldn't look away for even a second. She could feel the man in front of her was dangerous, far more dangerous than herself. But she had also seen his speed, and while he was quick, she was faster.

"That really hurt. You brat!"

The man yanked the blade from his forearm, and as soon as it was clear the metal rusted, cracked, and fell into shards of metallic dust.

"Disintegration quirk? No, it's to slow. Maybe decay? Does it have to contact his skin to work! No, it didn't fall apart until his hand touched it, but even then he had to put all his fingers on the knife. So he's got to touch something with his whole hand for it to decay." Izu muttered from behind her, inadvertently giving her vital information without her needing to stop and analyze herself. She silently thanked her quirk-nerd boyfriend.

"I thought U.A. kids were supposed to be heroes, but you stabbed me without a second thought! This schools standards have really fallen," the man's manic red eyes swirled beneath the hand on his face, and Himiko could make out an insane grin.

"I'm a new student, so I'm still a little… rough around the edges," Himiko withdrew two more knives from her jacket and spun them in her hands," so you might get stabbed a little."

"Your girlfriend is nuts," one of the girls behind her whispered.

"S-She means well," Izu's nervous laugh made her heart flutter.

The hand villain scratched furiously at his neck and stared intently at Himiko," wait a minute. Weren't you on our recruitment list? Yeah, I remember now! Himiko Toga, you're that crazy girl who's been running around stabbing any criminal who crosses your path."

The grin beneath the hand was wide, and was plainly visible for everyone to see," why're you hanging out with these school kids? And did you say that plain looking one is yours? Aww, is he your boyfriend? Does he know the stuff you've done? Does the little hero know how many people you've put in the hospital?"

"Of course I do!" Izu was furious and he was now standing right beside her, his middle finger on his right hand purple and bent, but he clenched both fists all the same," I know what Himiko-chan has been through, and I know she's suffered every day because of how her quirk affects her! But I won't abandon her, just because some asshole with a hand fetish says some bullshit!"

All of them were silent, Himiko had heard Izu cuss before, but never that much, and certainly never that scathingly.

The girls behind them seemed just as shocked, clearly they had seen Izu as a shy and timid boy, which he was, but they clearly hadn't seen this side of him.

The hand villain seemed irate. His eyes stared hatefully at Izu, and his own hands twitched as if he would love nothing better than to close his dirty hands around the boys throat.

"Alright, so she's told you about the criminals she's out in the hospital, but has she told you about the innocent schoolboy she attacked?"

Himiko's blood ran cold. How did he know about Saito?

"W-What?" Izu was startled now, he looked as if he had been slapped," what are you talking about? H-Himiko would never hurt an innocent person! R-Right Himi-chan?"

Himiko couldn't bring herself to look at him; she couldn't bear to show him how shameful she was.

"Your girlfriend there snapped one day and attacked one of her classmates, and I gotta say, you look a lot like him," the hand villain was clearly eating up all the drama he was stirring, because his voice was jubilant," so I guess your girlfriend's got a type!"

"H-Himiko?"

"I-I couldn't stop, Izu. It had been so long since we'd been apart, a-and I thought since he looked like you; maybe he would understand like you did. But he didn't, he called me a freak, a-and I snapped."

She was terrified to look at him. Himiko was certain his face would be a twisted mask of disgust and horror, and if she saw that she knew her sanity wouldn't survive.

A firm hand on her shoulder made her flinch, but she hesitantly looked to Izu; expecting the revulsion to send her spiraling. But he didn't look repulsed or angry, he was crying, and the sad, reassuring smile that spread across his face was all that she had ever wished for.

How could she have ever doubted him? How could she have ever thought Izu was anything but kind?

"I understand, Himi-chan. I still love you, no matter what."

Himiko smiled through the tears," I—"

The hand villain was upon them at once, and Himiko was startled to realize she hadn't been paying attention.

"This is sweet and all, but I think it's about time you two die."

His hands were raised, and reaching for the two of them. But a sudden ripping noise startled the villain as Izuku's right arm came up with lightning speed.

"SMAAAAASH!!!"

The force of the blow buffeted Himiko, and she was frightfully certain with that much force the villain had to be dead.

"Whoops, that was a close one!"

Her blood ran cold as the villain smiled from around the bulk of the hulking black monster. The thing had caught Izuku's punch in its hand, and not a single scratch had been made despite the force of the blow.

"I think it's about time we stop playing," the villain pulled back the hand obscuring his face, and showed Izuku and Himiko his cracked scarred lips, the spread of an awful distorted smile, and his simmering red eyes," Nomu, kill them."