It all happened so fast….

The third day of camp started out so well for the first year students of U.A.'s hero course. Morning training was as tough as they expected. Lunch was actually pretty good. The hero course hopefuls even got a chance to have a friendly relay race against one another during the latter part of the afternoon. Not only that, but dinner was rather delicious. The day was shaping up to be their most fun one yet.

Not too long after everyone was done eating, the Wild Pussycats announced that they were all going to be participating in a "Test of Courage". Which pretty much boiled down to both classes trying to scare the piss out of each other in the middle of the woods. Class 1-B ended up being the first class to act as the scare-crew and wasted no time getting into their positions.

Tokage herself was pretty stoked to have a chance for her and Midoriya to sneak off together in the woods while no one was looking. However, Shiozaki and Kendou were already two steps ahead of her. After some deliberation, Yanagi ended up drawing the short straw and was chosen as their designated "third wheel".

Once everything got rolling, the 1-B students were admittedly having a good time torturing their fellow students. Especially Tokage herself. As it turns out, people get pretty terrified when they see a disembodied head roll from out of the bushes.

After Hagakure and Jiro finally regained what was left of their spines, the two 1-A girls began making the journey back to the front of the trail. From what they were told, there was going to be a five minute interval between each pair of students. Meaning that the trio still had some time before the next group.

However, everything changed after that….

Out of nowhere, the smell of smoke rapidly began filling the air. Curious as to what could've caused his, Tokage chose to go check it out. If there was a brushfire then they needed to hurry up and warn the teachers. However, what the girl wasn't expecting was to see Kendou, Tetsutetsu and Kodai sprinting towards them. All while carrying a passed out Honenuki and Shiozaki on their backs.

"What the hell happened to them?!" Tokage shouted at the rapidly approaching group of students.

"There's some type of gas flooding the area! Juzo and Ibara breathed it in before we knew what was going on!" Tetsutetsu frantically replied.

"What th-"

"Attention students, this is Mandalay! Villains have invaded the camp! Everyone please return to the lodge at once!" The voice of the brunette heroine suddenly shouted in their heads.

A collective chill went down the spines of the students after hearing that. A villain attack? All the way out here? How did they even find them? The school took extra precautions to make sure that something like this didn't happen.

Without missing a beat Midoriya took to the sky to get a better look at the area. If this gas was a result of the apparent attack then maybe he could get a bird's eye view of the situation. Unfortunately, once the green haired boy was above the tree line he got a clear view of what was going on.

Directly in front of them was an absolutely massive cloud of pink smoke that seemed to be getting larger with each passing second. And to make matters even worse, it was right where most of his class was. Midoriya and Kendou's groups were placed at the middle of the trail, which meant that they were further away than anyone else. So the gas still hadn't reached them yet.

Then to his left, was a wall of blue flames that also seemed to be expanding. Midoriya was by no means an expert on fire. But thanks to his dad's knowledge about the subject, along with following Endeavor's career for so long, he knew flames that intense couldn't occur naturally. Especially out in the forest.

To make things simple, they were boxed in. And their window of escape was closing fast.

Midoriya quickly descended back down to the ground to inform the others of what was going on around them. But halfway through his explanation a loud yell interrupted him, followed by what sounded like some sort of chainsaw. Seeing as he was the fastest one out of the group, Midoriya went to check it out while the others began moving towards where the lodge was located.

This was not good. This was definitely not good.

That was the only thing running through the minds of Awase, Shishida, Yaoyorozu and Rin as the four teenagers ran for their lives while carrying an unconscious Ragdoll with them. Barely a few seconds after the announcement from Mandalay, Awase, Shishida and Ragdoll all began their journey back to the lodge. The two 1-B boys were helping her direct traffic when the word was put out. And by coincidence, Yaoyorozu and Rin were close by them.

However, things went sideways when a gigantic, green humanoid creature attacked them from out of nowhere. To save Awase from what was sure to be a devastating blow, the green haired heroine pushed him out the way and took the full force of the attack herself which caused her to be flung into a nearby tree. Thanks to some quick reflexes on Shishida's part, the 'beast' quirk user was able to recover the heroine in time before the group retreated further into the woods just as the monster before them sprouted literal chainsaws and extra limbs from his back.

'This is just like the beast that attacked us back at the USJ.' The class rep of 1-A thought to herself as her eyes flashed back to see the monster closing the distance between them. If she remembered correctly, the thing was called a "Nomu". And based on what she heard from Kirishima and Asui, it was some type of bioengineered weapon.

"What the fuck are we going to do?!" Awase cried out, hoping that someone smarter than him would come up with a plan.

"Just keep moving!" Yaoyorozu ordered. This was no time to panic. Actually, this was the perfect time to panic. But doing something like that was not going to help them at all. She needed to come up with a plan. Something that would either get this monstrosity to stop following them. Or something that would subdue it.

Just before something could form in her mind, Rin tripped over a tree root and fell to the ground. Suddenly, everything around them seemed to slow down as the Nomu came within striking distance. Shishida tried to lunge forward and grab the boy, but he definitely wasn't going to make it in time. Only a split second before one of the chainsaws was about to make contact with Rin's head, the Nomu suddenly flew backwards and into a nearby tree with a resounding amount of force.

'What the-'

"Are you guys okay?!" A familiar voice called out to them from above. A sense of relief washed over their bodies when they saw a familiar patch of green hair floating in the sky.

"Midoriya-san!" Shishida howled.

"Thank fucking God, you're here!" Awase smiled. If they weren't in a life or death situation right now, he might've just given the guy a hug.

"We need to restrain this guy!" The 'telekinesis' user replied before everyone's attention was turned back to the Nomu. Thanks to Midoriya keeping it under his control, the thing was completely immobilized. But even a strong telekinesis quirk wasn't going to be enough.

The boy looked back down to the group and saw that the class rep of 1-A was with them. And an idea instantly popped into his head. "Yaoyorozu-san, make something big and made of metal that we can use to wrap around this guy!"

Without any reason to argue, the 'creation' quirk user quickly produced a steel beam from her abdominal area. From what she'd seen, Midoriya had the ability to manipulate objects to a rather impressive degree. So something like this should be right up his alley. Midoriya then grabbed hold of the steel beam and wrapped it around the Nomu as tight as he could get it. He was still nowhere near Katsuragi's level when it came to reforming metal, but this was more than sufficient.

With the Nomu now under control, Midoriya lifted the rest of the group into the air and flew off to rejoin the others.

"Oh fuck, is that Ragdoll?!" Was the first thing out of Tetsutetsu's mouth once Midoriya returned with the others. The woman was unconscious and had severe bruising on the right side of her body. Whatever happened to her must've been serious.

"Please tell me that you guys know what's going on?" Awase asked the others.

Midoriya gave a brief rundown of things based on what he had seen. Which wasn't all that much to be honest. But the situation was obviously getting worse. The fires were spreading out over a wider area and for some reason the cloud of pink gas was moving towards the campsite. Which indicated that it was probably the work of someone's quirk. There was no way to check up on what was going on around them and none of them had any phone signal this far out into the woods.

"Yaoyorozu, can you make me a gas mask?" Tetsutetsu looked to the raven haired girl.

"What?"

"I'm going to find whoever is controlling this gas and take them down!"

"What, are you crazy?!" Tokage immediately scolded him. "Do you know how dangerous something like that is?!"

"Well we need to do something! Most of our class probably got caught up in the middle of that mess. Ibara and Juzo barley breathed any of that stuff in and they're out cold. Think of how bad the others could be doing right now!"

As much as Tokage wanted to argue with the boy, he was absolutely correct. The longer they stood around talking, the more danger their classmates were in. The logical side of her brain was telling her to head back to the lodge and get to safety. But she couldn't do that when her classmates' lives were in jeopardy.

"So what are we going to do?" Yanagi looked around for an answer.

"We need to split up!" Midoriya was the first to speak up.

"What?"

"Ragdoll was the only teacher this far out into the woods, so the rest probably don't know what's going on. Kan-sensei and Aizawa-sensei are back at the lodge with the remedial class and the rest of Wild Pussycats are probably dealing with villains where they are now. We also still don't know what the cause of this fire is."

"As much I don't like admitting this, Midoriya-kun's right." Kendou stated. "We need to get this gas under control and find the others. We also need to alert the teacher's to what's going on."

"So what's the plan?" Rin inquired. The Chinese boy was still visibly shaken up from earlier, but he was able to keep his nerves in check. If they managed to make it out of this alive, he was going to be sure to send Midoriya a "thank you" gift for saving his life.

"I'll go with Tetsutetsu-san to deal with the gas. I have enough fat reserves to make more masks for anyone that we find." Yaoyorozu announced.

"I'll go hunt down what the cause of the fire is." Midoriya followed up. And Tokage just as quickly made it clear that she was going with him.

After another few seconds of deliberating, the plan was set in motion. Midoriya, Tokage and Yanagi were going to check the fire and head straight back to the lodge. Tetsutetsu, Kendou, Yaoyorozu and Awase were going to find the source of gas and locate as many people as they could. And Rin, Kodai and Shishida were going to head straight to lodge to get Ragdoll, Honenuki and Shiozaki to safety.

It was only a few seconds after the group split up did the next announcement come in.

"All students! You have permission to use your quirks to defend yourselves and your classmates!"

A few minutes later, the trio of 1-B students landed next to the cliffside where they assumed to be the origin of the fire. Judging by how the entire area around them was already burnt out minus a few trees, they could tell that the flames had already run their course. The downside to this was that there was no indication of what started the fire. They had a pretty good feeling that it was the product of someone's quirk, just like the gas. But there was no way to be sure.

"We've wasted enough time here, let's hurry back. Tetsutetsu-kun and the others are probably going to need some help." Yanagi suggested.

"Yeah, you're right." Tokage agreed.

"Still, this is-"

*Boom!*

A massive rumbling cut Midoriya off. Before any of the students knew what to do, a few more came in quick succession of the first one. And they all seemed to be getting closer to their current position. Just when the boy was about to activate his quirk to get the two girls to safety, something in the distance caught his eye.

Not even a hundred meters from where they were standing, the boy could see someone rapidly approaching them from the east. It took him a second, but Midoriya recognized him as Mezo Shoji. The mask wearing boy from class 1-A.

"Shoji-san!" Midoriya began waving the boy down.

"Run! Run away!" He frantically shouted back while waving them off.

Tokage was confused about what was going on before a gigantic mass of dark energy suddenly bursted out from behind him while demolishing every tree in sight. Recognition set in almost instantly and the 1-B students realized that this had to be Tokoyami's quirk 'dark shadow'. However, something was odd. The bird spirit seemed to be struggling with something. Unfortunately, the green haired girl got her answer when what could only be described as a massive wall of muscle came flying towards them like a bat out of hell.

Thankfully, Midoriya reacted just in time to move everyone safely out of the way before the object impacted the nearby cliffside. Leaving a massive crater under it.

"Oh yeah! You sure pack one hell of a punch kid! Keep on entertaining me before I kill you!" The wall of muscle suddenly hopped out of the crater to reveal a blonde haired man with a sadistic look on his face.

The 1-B students didn't even get a chance to be confused about what they were seeing before a now rampaging 'dark shadow' closed the distance between them and began clobbering the man into the rocks.

"Get out of there now! Tokoyami-kun's not in control right now!" The voice of Tsuyu Asui, the new vice-rep of 1-A shouted at them from atop Shoji's back. Now that they had a better picture, they could see Minrou Mineta right beside her.

Deciding to just do as they were told, the three 1-B students retreated from the current battle and joined up with the other students.

"What's going on?!" Tokage looked to the 1-A students for an answer.

"After Mandalay's message, the four of us got attacked by some of the villains, gero. Tokoyami-kun panicked and used his quirk. But as soon as he did, 'dark shadow' started rampaging." The frog themed girl with the scar on her face explained rather calmly.

Well if things weren't bad before, they certainly were now. Based on what Midoriya knew about Tokoyami's quirk it was stronger at night than during the day. And seeing as they were in the middle of a dense forest with nothing more than a full moon to provide any light, 'dark shadow' was probably in pique condition.

The boy's thoughts were interrupted when 'dark shadow' suddenly let out an ear splitting roar. Everyone turned their attention back to the scene of the fight where the villain was now reduced to a bloody pulp in the middle of yet another giant crater. The students briefly wondered if the guy was still even alive. But they didn't get enough time to ponder it before the shadow spirit turned its attention to them.

"Some more challengers?!" The beast menacingly growled towards them.

"Oh shit...run away!" Mineta cried out while clutching Shoji's shirt.

"Not a chance!" 'Dark Shadow' howled as it dashed towards them.

Midoriya doesn't really know what came over him at that moment. In fact, he would even say that his body just moved on its own. But instead of retreating like a smart person, the boy lifted his hands up and activated his quirk in the direction of their current opponent. He wasn't entirely sure whether or not his telekinesis would work on 'dark shadow'. But now seemed like a good enough time to give it a shot.

By grace of whatever deity was looking over him, his reckless plan actually worked...mostly. Although he could indeed use his power on 'dark shadow' the beast was putting up more than a good fight.

"Izuku!" Tokage shouted back at the boy once she finally realized what he was doing.

"I'll hold him off! You guys go on ahead!"

"Not happening!"

Midoriya was about to double-down on his declaration but that brief lapse in focus loosed up his grip on 'dark shadow', causing the beast to begin thrashing even more violently.

As the other students watched this power struggle go on Tokage's mind started running wild. Midoriya could only hold that thing in place for so long. Aside from light, Tokoyami had to have some other weakness.

"Shoji, Tsu, please tell me that you guys know how to stop him." She then looked at the 1-A students.

"We have to knock him out. 'Dark Shadow' will disappear if Tokoyami-kun loses consciousness." The frog themed teenager bluntly responded.

That little tidbit of information was all that Tokage needed. The girl looked back over to their opponent and could clearly see Tokoyami's actual body in the middle of all that darkness. Judging by the fact that he hadn't said anything the entire time and wasn't actively trying to suppress his quirk, it was safe to assume that he was mind was somewhere else.

Without any hesitation, the 'lizard tail splitter' user disassembled her body into twenty pieces and made a mad dash towards the fight.

"Tokage-chan!" Yanagi called out to her.

"Izuku, keep holding him place! I'm going to try and knock Tokoyami out!"

Something like that was a lot easier said than done. Midoriya was already doing everything in his power to keep the beast from breaking free. But every couple of seconds he would lose control of one of it's limbs. One such instance just so happen to occur right as Tokage was making her approach. One of 'dark shadows' arms broke free and slammed into a nearby tree, sending debris flying everywhere. And Midoriya ended up getting whacked in the head by a stray branch. The force of the impact was enough to knock him to the ground.

"Midoriya-san/kun!" The others shouted simultaneously. Out of instinct, Shoji dropped Mineta and Asui to the ground and dashed towards the boy.

"You look like you're going to be fun! I'm going to enjo-" 'Dark Shadows' taunting when cut off when its entire body suddenly locked up.

From on the ground, Midoriya stood up on two shaky legs and poured every last bit of power he could into his quirk. But there were a few problems with this. The first was that he definitely just suffered a concussion. And the second was that the world around him was starting to spin. But none of that was important right now. At this moment, he was the only one who could keep his classmate under control long enough for the others to act.

On the other side of the scuffle, the adrenaline suddenly rushed through Tokage's veins. From where she was standing she could see the blood begin to leak from Midoriya's nose. Something that was a tell-tale sign that he was pushing his quirk too far. If he kept this up, then he would be in some serious trouble.

"Setsuna, hurry up and do it!" The green haired boy shouted to her.

'What the hell am I doing just standing around?!' Tokage clicked her teeth. Angry at herself for freezing up at such a time.

The girl then disassembled her body into twenty pieces and sent them flying full speed towards Tokoyami's body. Thanks to Midoriya, she had a clear view of the boy and was certainly not about to waste this opportunity.

'Sorry Tokoyami, but you're gonna have to take a nap!'

With as much power as she could muster, Tokage slammed every piece of her body into the boy at top speed. Evidently, this reckless idea of theirs worked because Tokoyami let out a painful groan before 'dark shadow' suddenly disappeared. Leaving Tokoyami's unconscious body floating in the air.

With that finally over, Midoriya set the 1-A boy onto the ground before releasing his quirk. That little stunt of his was costly. Not only was his head throbbing, but his vision was blurry as well. He never tried straining his power like that before, and he certainly wasn't going to do it again if he could help it.

"Izuku, are you okay?!" Tokage yelled while grabbing onto the boy. Now that she was up close, she could see a pretty sizable gash on the left side of his forehead.

"I'm fine...but I don't think I'll be able to use my quirk for a while. I kinda overboard." He replied with a weak smile.

"Tokoyami-san's out cold." Yanagi announced. "We need to check on that villain over there too."

"D-do you think t-that he's-" Mineta's shaky voice stuttered out.

"No, gero." Asui immediately reassured him. "Even from here, I can see that he's still breathing."

"Mineta-kun, can you use some of your sticky balls to hold him in place? He may be injured, but that guy is too dangerous to just leave alone like that." Shoji looked to the diminutive student.

Right as the purple-headed teen was about to make a comment, Mandalay's voice began ringing in their heads.

"Students...we've just identified the target of this attack. The villains are looking for Izuku Midoriya! Midoriya-kun, if you're out there please return to the lodge immediately and avoid combat if you can help it!"

In a matter of minutes, this little adventure of theirs went from a search and rescue mission to hostage escort duty.

The last announcement from Mandalay practically threw everyone for a loop. The villains were after Midoriya, why? What could they possibly want with him? Did they know him? What were they going to do to him if they captured him? These were the questions running through their heads as they sprinted through the forest in the direction of the campsite, especially Tokage. When asked about it, Midoriya himself had no clue as to why he was being targeted.

A few minutes passed before the group of students came upon a large clearing that was a sizable distance away from the nearest fire. The situation was bad and getting worse with each passing second. Tokoyami was unconscious, Midoriya couldn't use his quirk right now, and they still had no clue what was going on with the others. From the brief look that she got of the area before they left, the only change Tokage was able to identify was that the pink smoke was no longer in the area. Which meant that Tetsutetsu and the others probably dealt with whatever was causing that gas.

"How are you doing, Midoriya-kun?" Yanagi asked in a worried tone.

"I'm fine." He answered unconvincingly.

"You are certainly not fine." Tokage shot back. The mere fact that he was unable to use his powers right now and that his head wound was still bleeding was more than enough proof of that. But none of that mattered right now. The main thing on the green haired girl's mind was getting everyone back to safety.

"How far away are we from the lodge?" Shoji then asked.

"It's straight ahead, we should be there in another couple of minutes."

"Alrigh- Tokage-san behind you!"

Tokage turned her head just in time to see a flash of blonde hair appear in her vision before a metallic gleam caught her eye. Out of instinct, the girl brought her arm up to her face and was met with the painful sensation of something penetrating her forearm.

"Argh!" The girl yelled out in pain only moments before Shoji appeared right in front of her. The masked teen appeared to have pushed something away from her.

"Setsuna!" Midoriya screamed out.

'What the hell just happened?!' She looked down at her arm, only to see a decently sized knife sticking out from just underneath her elbow. It took every last bit of mental willpower that Tokage had to not outright scream at the sight of this. She just got stabbed? By who?

"Aww, that's my favorite knife~! Can I have that back please?" An unfamiliar female voice groaned from in front of her.

Tokage then glanced up to see who this person was. To her surprise, it was a blonde haired girl with two messy buns on her head wearing a school uniform. Not only that, she was wearing some funky device around her neck that looked like vampire teeth.

"Who are you?!" Yanagi said in a stern voice.

"Hi, I'm Himiko Toga!" The girl greeted in a tone that was way too cheery for their liking. "I'm with the 'League of Villains'!"

The 'League of Villains'? Weren't those the same guys that attacked the USJ at the start of the year? What the hell were they doing out here? To their knowledge, the last time this group attacked the school they were going after All Might. So why were they now looking for Midoriya?

Before either student could get any more information out of this Toga person, the girl began squealing like an excited child.

"And that…" She pointed over to the green haired boy. "Is Izuku Midoriya! Oh my god, look at you. You're way cuter than in person, and you're already bleeding for me! How sweet of you!" The girl then licked her lips like she was getting ready to devour a meal.

Okay, something was definitely off about this chick. Anybody who could stab someone and then immediately call another person cute was not right in the head. Tokage was already not a fan of this girl thanks to the knife lodged in her arm. But she definitely didn't like the look that she was giving Midoriya.

"S-Setsuna…are you okay?" Midoriya asked worriedly.

The girl fiddled with her arm for a second as she tried to assess the damage. The fact that she couldn't move most of her fingers certainly wasn't good, and she was sure that a tendon in her arm was just split in two. Tokage didn't exactly know what the extent of her regeneration abilities were. She never had to worry about anything other than some small cuts and bruises. But this was the first time that she could remember sustaining an injury like this while her quirk wasn't active.

"I'll be fine." She looked back at him. Only to give a very unconvincing grin.

Yanagi decided that she was through with all this nonsense and made her move. Toga was definitely in ranger of her quirk. And judging by the fact that the girl was shorter than her and had a slender frame, it was a safe bet to assume that she weighed less than her too. Without moving her hands, the 'poltergeist' user activated her power and locked the blonde haired villain in place. She didn't have that much experience with controlling people since her power was a tossup in every fight. But now wasn't the time to worry about limitations.

"What the hell?!" Tokage gasped as she tried to move.

"She's pinned down. Someone go knock her out!" The grey haired teen ordered.

"I got you!" Tokage replied before holding up her left arm and shooting it out towards their enemy. However, that's when things took a major turn for the worse.

Just when her arm was about half the distance to her target, a wall of blue flames suddenly appeared and completely engulfed the girl's limb. Pain shot through her senses as Tokage watched and felt her arm get incinerated right before her eyes.

"Argh, dammit!"

"Setsuna!" Midoriya then turned his head in the direction of the blast. "Another one?"

"Good grief Toga…this is what you get for not getting the job done."

Out from the nearby bushes came two new figures, much to everyone's dismay. The first was a man with jet-black hair and scarring all over his body. And the other was a man dressed in a black and gray bodysuit.

"Hey Dabi, Twice, what are you guys doing here?!" Toga cheerily inquired.

"We accomplished our part of the mission and were heading back to the rally point. We just so happened to be passing by." The scarred man nonchalantly stated before turning his attention towards the group of students. "And will you look at that. Our target seems to be here as well."

As shiver ran down their spines at the man's cold gaze. They had no clue who this Dabi person was, but something in their guts was telling them that they needed to retreat. They may have numbers on their sides, but they were facing three villains. Two with unknown quirks. And three members of their group were now injured.

"Asui-san, listen to me. I need you to grab Setsuna an- Asui-san?!" Midoriya shouted when he turned his head to see that the frog themed girl was gone. She was standing right behind him a moment ago and now she was missing.

"My, my, that was much too easy!" Another new voice taunted. From literally out of nowhere, a man in a white mask, top hat and trench coat suddenly appeared next to the other two villains. "You children really need to stay aware of your surroundings."

"Compress, where's Moonfish?" Dabi asked.

"That maniac bit off more than he could chew and got captured. However I, being the magnificent escape artist that I am, managed to get away in time without compromising my objective." The man now identified as Compress exclaimed before holding up a small green marble in front of him. "And lucky me, you just provided me the chance to capture a hostage."

It took all of two seconds for Midoriya to connect the dots. That man just captured Asui and used his quirk –whatever it was- to turn her into that marble. Judging by the fact that he said hostage and not victim, she could still very well be alive. But Midoriya wasn't going to wait around to find out.

"Give her back!" He shouted. The boy attempted to use his quirk, but it was no good. The only thing he got when he tried was a spike in pain in the back of his head.

"Now, now, settled down brat. No need to do anything…irresponsible." The fire quirk user calmly stated while letting blue flames dance in his left hand.

"Who are you people and what are you after?!" Tokage shouted. Hoping this question would be able to buy her some time to think of a way out of this. Not only was her right arm useless due to the knife, but her left arm was now gone.

"We're with the 'League of Villains', and what we're after...is him." The man then pointed to Midoriya.

"Why?!" Yanagi demanded.

"Our boss wants him, plain and simple."

"Give Asui-san back to us now!" Now it was Midoriya's turn to speak. He had no clue what these people wanted him for. But there were more important things to think about at the moment. One of his classmates was captured and he needed to do something about it.

What followed was a brief stare down between Midoriya and Dabi. It was very clear that the man was fully prepared to kill them based on what he just did to Tokage's arm. And something was telling him that this guy was not your ordinary villain.

While this was going on, Yanagi's mind was racing to come up with a solution. She could see the green marble clearly and it was in range of her quirk. But that was where the positives ended and the negatives began. She could try and seize the thing with her power, but what about after that?

They had villains on all sides of them except for the rear. And this Dabi character had some good amount range with his fire. The moment she attempted to take Asui back, the man could very easily burn them alive before they even had a chance to blink. On top of that, this Toga girl looked to be patiently waiting for her chance.

To put things in perspective, the grey haired girl was starting to panic. Tokage had just lost the use of her arms, Tokoyami was unconscious, Asui had just been captured and Midoriya couldn't use his quirk. The only people who could put up a real fight right now were herself, Shoji and Mineta. Shoji was strong, but she doubted that he had the speed to close the distance between either villain before one could attack. And no disrespect to Mineta, but the best his quirk could do was put some space between them and the villains. Which didn't really matter because Dabi's fire would still reach them.

"How about we make a deal?" The black haired man then proposed.

"What?" Midoriya shot back.

"We'll let your friend here go if you take her place and come with us."

"What? You've lost your goddamn mind!" Tokage shouted.

"Yay! Izuku's coming with us!" Toga began cheering as she skipped over to the others.

"And if I refuse?"

"Then we kill you and your friends." The man answered back. "We've already accomplished our goal here. So whether you live or die is irrelevant. But hey, why not sacrifice yourself to save your buddy here? That's what a real hero could do, right?"

No one could believe their ears. Did this guy really expect them to just believe him? Especially after he just injured one of them.

However, Midoriya's mind was in a different place. It was obvious that this guy was full of shit, but there weren't really a lot of options at the moment. Their backs were against the wall and they still had no clue what that Toga girl or the other masked guy's quirks were. He could take an educated guess and assume that the girl's was a short range ability based on the fact that she was using a knife. But the other guy, Twice, was a complete wild card.

"So…what do you say, Izuku Midoriya?"

"If you think that we're going to trad-"

"I have two conditions." Midoriya caught Tokage off. Causing not only her, but Yanagi, Shoji and Mineta to give him a set of wild looks.

"Oh?"

"Give us back Asui-san and let the rest of my friends go free. If you do that, then I'll come quietly."

"Izuku!" Tokage stared at him. Did she hear that correctly? Did Midoriya actually just use himself as a bargaining chip with a bunch of villains?

"Midoriya, you can't be serious!" Mineta shouted in an astonished tone.

"It looks like we have a deal."

"Now wait a second, Dabi. Can we take his word for it?" Compress interjected.

"He looks like a pretty honest guy to me. On top of that, it's not like he can do anything to stop us. He obviously can't use that quirk of his or else he would've already done it."

"So do we have a deal?" Midoriya then asked.

Instead of replying, Dabi gave Compress a quick glance before the masked man tossed the green marble about half the distance in between them. In response, Midoriya started walking towards them. But the boy barely made it a couple of steps before Tokage grabbed the boy by his wrist with her injured arm.

"Izuku, what the fuck do you think you're doing?!" The girl's tone was harsh and rasp. But the worst thing about this was the look on her face as she two sets of green eyes met each other.

"This is our best option right now. Hurry up and get back to the campsite so you can treat your injuries and get the others to safety." The boy tried to explain as calmly as he could.

"That's not happening…."

There were a few things that Midoriya wanted to say, but there wasn't enough time. Instead, he just placed his hand on Tokage's cheek and gave her a warm smile. "I'll be fine."

"Do you even hear what you're saying right no-"

"Shoji-san, can you make sure that Setsuna and the others get to safety?"

The masked teen held his tongue before replying. He was still trying to wrap his head around all of this, but the situation was not looking good. Midoriya was literally about to throw himself to the wolves just so everyone could try and get to safety. Against every instinct in his body, Shoji moved forward and grabbed Tokage by the waist before throwing her over his shoulder.

"Shoji, what th- put me the fuck down!" Tokage protested while flailing her legs.

Midoriya simply turned back around to face the villains before advancing forward.

"Midoriya-kun…" Yanagi then spoke.

"Take Asui-san and get out of here. You should be able to carry her with your quirk."

"I'm not letting you go with them."

"Look, I'm pretty sure I'll be okay. They wouldn't go through all this trouble just to kill me. Take care of the injured first."

"Did you forget that you're injured too?"

To be fair, Midoriya really didn't have an adequate response for that. So instead he kept walking towards the villains. "Release your quirk and set Asui-san!"

"With pleasure." Compress complied before snapping his fingers. In a flash of green light, Asui suddenly appeared on the ground in front of them. Without missing a beat, Yanagi then used her quirk to grab the girl and guide her into her arms. Despite a very delirious look on her face, the vice-rep of 1-A seemed unharmed.

"You guys go now! Hurry up!"

To this day, Yanagi never quite forgave herself for going along with this ludicrous plan of his. But in that moment, all she did was click her teeth before turning the other direction and retreating towards Shoji, Mineta and a still flailing Tokage.

"Be careful."

"I will."

"What the fuck are you doing?! Izuku, no!" Was all Tokage was able to yell out before the rest of the group began fleeing into the woods. True to their word, none of the villains pursued them. Much to Midoriya's relief.

"A fine show." Compress joked.

"Yay, Izuku's coming with us! This is gonna be fun!" Toga cheered before skipping towards Midoriya and throwing her arms over his shoulders. What he wasn't expecting the girl to do was to literally lick the blood of the side of his head. "Oooh, your blood is sweet~!"

Dabi then directed his cold gaze towards Midoriya. "That was rather heroic…if I do say so myself."

The boy simply chose to hold his tongue. Although he was very aware of the fact that he just offered himself up to a group of villains. At the very least, his classmates had an opportunity to get away. In reality, this was the most reasonable course of action that he could come up with given the situation.

The next thing that happened was Dabi pulling a cell phone out of his back pocket and dialing a number into it. Then suddenly, a mass of dark purple mist appeared right behind him.

"Step right in…" The black haired man waved him on. Midoriya silently gulped before doing as he was told and stepping through the apparent portal.

Once Midoriya stepped through the portal he was met with quite the peculiar sight.

Instead of some dark and dingy cave in the middle of the mountains, what the boy got was a dimly lit bar. His eyes quickly scanned over the area in an attempt to get as much information as he could about his surroundings. But aside from an old television, a weird looking chair and a torn up All Might poster, there was nothing present that gave him an idea of where he was. Well, nothing except for a young man with dry skin, baby-blue hair and some type of faux hand prop on his face sitting at the bar.

In an instant, multiple other portals appeared in the room. From these pathways came a large man with brown hair carrying some kind of weapon covered by a cloth. Another man with a lizard-like appearance. And finally, a being with a smoky appearance exactly like the portals.

'He must be the one with the teleportation quirk.'

"Give me a status update." The blue haired man demanded. His voice sounded just as dry as his skin.

"Moonfish and Mustard appear to have been captured. I was able to recover our Nomu, but Muscular was nowhere to be found." The mistman spoke in a polite tone.

The blue haired man then turned his attention over to the main group. And Midoriya felt a chill go down his spine at the sight of a single red eye. "Did you get them?"

"We sure did." Dabi replied in a calm tone.

"Wait...them?" Midoriya then turned his gaze over to Dabi. "What do you mean by them?"

A sadistic smile grew on the man's face at his words. Without missing a beat, Compress suddenly pulled out another green marble from his pocket and began walking towards the large chair in the back corner of the room with multiple leather straps on it.

"Did you honestly think that you were the only one that were after?"

What happened next truly shocked Midoriya. Once Compress snapped his fingers, Katsuki Bakugou appeared right before his very eyes. He had the same dazed look on his face that Asui had but no visible injuries that he could see.

"Bakugou?!"

"Deku?!"

~Saitama Prefecture a few hours later~

It had been another long day for Fubuki Katsuragi and Shinya Kamihara. The two heroes were sorting through yet another stack of papers and files as they did their best to narrow down any possible leads on their investigation. Ever since the final day of their student's internship, their joint investigation with the local police department kept hitting dead end after dead end.

The first one came on the actual day of the attack. Shortly after being taken into the station for questioning, the would be bomber managed to overpower one of the guards that was in charge of watching him. Neither of the two were there when it happened. But from what they were told the man was able to grab the guard's pistol and shot himself right there in the middle of the station. This was their first major roadblock. Since the man decided to take his own life, there was absolutely no chance of getting any information out of him. The only interesting tidbit of information that did get on the man was that he happened to be quirkless.

The second major obstacle was the explosives themselves. After sending the stuff off to be analyzed, what they got back was certainly interesting. The substance the now-deceased criminal had strapped to his chest was unlike anything that had ever been seen before. In fact, the team of scientists themselves were completely baffled. Apparently, this light blue gel was synthesized in such a way that made it damn near impossible to figure out exactly what it was made of. On top of that it had four times the destructive power of dynamite, was barely one third of the weight and was practically undetectable by normal means.

Whoever the supplier was for this strange new substance, they were truly someone to be feared.

"I can't believe that we haven't turned up a single lead on this investigation." Kamihara breathed out a tired sigh after setting the stack of papers that he was holding down on the desk.

"Agreed." Katsuragi nodded. "The explosives themselves are enough of a mystery. But this guy was obviously a part of some larger group. No doubt these people are also responsible for the bombings that have been going on lately."

"Yes, it would make the most since. To think that there's a group of people out there willing to commit such heinous acts of violence. This is truly dreadful."

"It's almost like we've gone back to the twenty-first cen-"

The green haired heroine was cut off when the door to her office suddenly flew open. Standing there was Madoka Ozehana, also known as Ember. The 'flame control' user was panting heavily and looked to be quite disturbed. "Boss, I have bad news!"

"What is it?" Katsuragi asked the woman. Whatever it was had to be serious to have her off all people so shaken up.

"I was just scrolling through the 'Hero Network' when a national alert call came out. There's been an attack...and a kidnapping!"

"What?!" Both heroes said simultaneously.

"What's going on? Who's missing?" Katsuragi quickly followed up.

"It's the 'League of Villains'...they have Midoriya!"

Author's Notes: I'm going to be honest with you guys, I really just wanted to burn through the whole invasion part of the story. So sorry if everything that happened was hard to keep track of. But the real juicy stuff is on the way. I plan on wrapping this next part of the fic up in three chapters or less...let's see how that goes.

1. Only a few changes to the course of events than in cannon. But the main things were that Ragdoll wasn't captured, and Yaoyorozu never got the chance to place a tracker on the Nomu. That may come up in the next chapter.

2. Don't be too mad at Yanagi and Shoji in this fic. I really tried to make it seem like their actions were justified. And the situation wasn't exactly ideal for them. But mainly I just wanted to highlight how Yanagi froze under pressure and panicked. This will be pretty important for her character later on.

Like always, thank you for reading and don't be afraid to leave a review. Let me know what you guys think of this chapter. I'm really interested in any predictions that you may have.