"Quirk suppressing bullets?!" Nearly everyone shouted at the Chief Detective Watanabe.

The long awaited night had finally arrived. After nearly two weeks of investigating, scouting, preparation and planning, the raid team was now ready to make their move.

During the last few weeks, Edgeshot, Hawks and some other heroes and detectives had spent countless hours doing the groundwork to figure out the next meeting location for Derelicta. They encountered more than their fair share of bumps in the road. But their big break finally came in the form of a known contact of one of the criminals that were captured during the bridge incident.

From there, it was simply a matter of getting him to decipher the coding methods that the organization used to alert their members of the next meeting location. And sure enough, they now had an exact time and place for when they would make their move.

"Yes, you heard me correctly." The black haired detective confirmed to the group. "These quirk bullets have been circulating on the streets for a few weeks. They've mostly been used by small time criminals and gangs."

"This is just getting even more complicated." Ozehana breathed out an annoyed sigh. Rumors about these things had been circulating through the hero network ever since the incident involving Fatgum and his interns. But she never expected that they would be involved.

"We were able to get in contact with the Nighteye Agency about this. As it turns out, they're working on a case to bring the manufacturers into custody that should be taking place in the morning. From the information that they've given us, the effect is only temporary. But Derelicta was able to get their hands on some."

"I'm a bit relieved to hear that, but this changes our plans quite a bit." Edgeshot then said. "If we end up being unable to use our quirks, then most of our firepower will be negated."

"Yes and no. I understand your concerns, but from what we know they don't have a lot of them. The bullets are extremely expensive and the supplier isn't exactly handing them out like candy."

"In any case, it's not like we have a lot of options. Their big operation is supposed to be taking place tonight. So we'll just need to be extra careful." Katsuragi added.

That was another thing. Apparently, the quirkless terrorist organization already had their next attack planned out. Their interrogation of the captured member revealed that the next bombing was going to be happening tonight. They weren't exactly sure what the target was or how it was going to go down. But it was supposed to be on an even greater scale than all of the previous incidents.

"Our plan going in is still the same. We'll just need to be more cautious and make sure to disarm any and every one that we see. Once we make the first move, things will get pretty hot. So stay on high alert."

"Yes sir!" Everyone present shouted.

"Now, everyone go suit up and get ready to head out. The group is meeting up in three hours so we don't have any time to waste!"

"Man, I didn't know that we were going to go all out for this." Tokage said as the girl tied her hair into a tight bun in the back of her head.

"No kidding." Honenuki agreed while adjusting his uniform.

"I'm just glad that my dad was able to get me this new suit in time. Putting in that rush order request was a nightmare."

"Yes, Urie did a wonderful job making these on such short notice." Kayama agreed with her niece.

Due to the clandestine nature of this entire operation, the group of heroes, students and police officers were fully decked out in stealth and riot gear. Mostly everyone had to make emergency adjustments to their costumes to fit their needs. Which pretty much amounted to converting everything to accommodate a nighttime operation.

Instead of their hero costumes, Honenuki and Yanagi were dressed in official police riot gear that the department was able to get them. The 'softening' quirk user was still able to keep most pieces of his outfit. Which were now painted jet black as opposed to its normal bright orange color. While Yanagi's hover disc and utility belt had undergone a similar alteration. Along with the signature black mask that covered the bottom half of her face.

Tokage was now dressed in a new blackened version of her costume, along with a bulletproof vest over top of it. She doubted that it would do much given the nature of her quirk. But they weren't going to take any chances. And Kayama pretty much told her that she wasn't going anywhere without putting it on.

Tokoyami and Midoriya were the only two who didn't need to make any major changes since their costumes more or less fit the requirements for the mission. The 'telekinesis' user opted for his black overcoat instead of his preferred green one. While the resident edge lord of 1-A also had to place a vest over his attire. Which wasn't going to hinder his quirk in the slightest.

"I still can't believe we all had to dye our hair though. I wasn't expecting that." Midoriya commented while playing with the tufts of his now jet-black locks.

This was another element that apparently came with operations like this. Everyone was required to dye their hair to further accentuate the new look. Bright colors stood out too much, even in the dead of night. So this was necessary to avoid being spotted.

"Y'know Izuku, you look exactly like your dad now." Tokage joked while giving him the once over. With the new look, you could see just how much he favored his father in terms of looks over his mother. Especially with the freckles. The girl would be lying if she said that she wasn't a fan.

"We have to do stuff like this all the time." Katsuragi said as she joined the conversation. The woman now missing her signature white fur coat and green dress. "It's pretty common to change your wardrobe depending on the mission. I used to do this all the time when I was still doing missing persons cases a couple of years ago."

"They never taught us stuff like this in class." Yanagi stated. She assumed that this was just another one of those "learn as you go" things.

"You guys remember the teams, right?"

"Sure do!" Tokage gave her a thumbs up.

"Me and Setsuna-chan will be with Ember on the second team." The grey haired girl repeated what she had been told earlier.

"Tokoyami-kun and I will be with Snatch and a squad of police officers with team three." Honenuki was the next to speak with a nod from Tokoyami.

"And I'll be doing aerial surveillance with you and Hawks." Midoriya added.

"Midnight and Edgeshot will be on the main assault team since their quirks are more suited for subduing people." The 'psychokinesis' user once again clarified. "The building has multiple floors so we'll be moving in stages. All you guys need to do is follow directions and help with detaining whomever we catch and take them outside."

"I would've preferred to be in the first team. But my quirk will be needed in case something goes wrong." Ember said. In terms of necessity, the 'flame control' user was probably the most important when it came to clean up in the event of a disaster.

"I feel the same way." Katsuragi agreed. "But we don't need to put all of our eggs in one basket."

"Yeah...I know."

The group spent the next thirty minutes making their final preparations and going over their strategy one last time before getting the call to head to their assigned vehicles. The students would be lying if they said that they weren't nervous as all hell about this entire situation. But that was to be expected for a group of high schoolers on their first big mission. They knew that everything was going to be fine and they had gone over their plan enough to memorize it. So there was no doubt in their minds that the mission was going to be a success.

It had to be, otherwise a lot of lives would be in danger. And they were not going to let that happen.

"Rogue." A masked man said to the leader of the terrorist organization. "It looks like you were right. Tagawa was taken into custody by the police."

"I thought so." Their leader simply rubbed his chin. "It's unfortunate, but we already knew this to be the case."

"So what are we gonna do?"

Rogue looked around the room filled with people and thought to himself for a moment. The other members patiently waited for his response. Which came almost without a second thought. "We proceed as planned. Our pieces are already in place and there's no turning back now."

"As you wish!" The others shouted vigorously.

'Your efforts will be fruitless, heroes. Today is the day we show the world just what we're capable of. No matter what, you won't be able to stop us.'

In no time, the raid team were all getting into their position near their target. An abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of the Tokyo industrial area.

Things had been pretty quiet over that last half hour of their steak out. And even though there was a considerable amount of traffic in and out of the building, the commotion seemed to die down quite a bit. From what they could see, every member of the group had their faces covered and there were a few guards posted on the inside of the main entrance.

The building itself was four stories high with multiple exits on the north and south side. And due to the area, numerous pipes and concrete pillars made getting a perfect view of the site impossible without getting too close.

"Alright, is everyone in position?" The chief detective said over the communications devices.

-(o)-

"Team one is good to go." Edgeshot said as his and Midnight's group stationed themselves behind a nearby building facing the main entrance.

They were only three hundred meters or so away from the door and knew that if this operation was going to be a success, they would need to move fast. This team specifically was tasked with knocking out as many people as possible and clearing the first floor before any of the others could move in. Although they managed to get an old blueprint of the building prior to the start of all this, they knew better than to not expect a few surprises.

-(o)-

"Team two is good to go." Ember repeated from their group's spot about two hundred meters away from the first team. Their job was simply to back up the Midnight's group once they cleared each of the floors and detain as many people as they could. If all went well, there would hardly be any resistance.

"This kinda reminds me of our first exercise at the start of the year." Yanagi whispered next to Tokage as she released the retention strap on her belt.

"No kidding." The green haired girl agreed.

-(o)-

"Team three, ready to move." Snatch said this time.

The name of the game for them was pretty much containment. There was a single roadway leading up to the building and their primary job was to cut off any and all escape routes. Based on the layout of the area, there were only two ways that any of the criminals had a chance to escape through. But those were no longer an option.

"Good work taking care of the roadway, Mudman." The sand hero complimented the 'softening' quirk user. During their preparation Honenuki took the liberty of softening a significant portion of the main roadway. Now, the only person who could freely move through that area was him.

"Thank sir." The ashen skinned teen nodded. "You good up there, Tsukuyomi?" He then turned around to where his classmate was perched atop a medium sized pillar across the road.

"All is well on my part. Victory will be assured for us." The raven-headed teen replied rather calmly.

-(o)-

"Team four, we're all green up here." Blizzard finally said, floating alongside Midoriya above the building. While the two of them chose to remain in one spot for now, Hawks was busy circling the area to get a better view of the connecting streets.

Like previously stated, they were pretty much the eyes in the sky for the entire group. The two greenettes were also going to serve as backup for any of the other teams in case they needed it. Since they all had the highest mobility and most versatile quirks out of the bunch, this was the best use of their skills.

"Nothing new yet?" Blizzard then turned to Midoriya.

"No." The boy shook his head. He had been using the infrared setting on his helmet to see if there was any excess movement outside the warehouse. But there was nothing as of yet. Despite his support item being incredibly useful for this scenario, he still couldn't see anything beyond the walls of the building.

"You okay?" The woman asked in a concerned tone.

"Mhmm." He gave her a short nod.

Although Midoriya wasn't necessarily the calmest person by nature, he found himself oddly relaxed at the moment. Maybe it was because he was with his older sister. Or the thought that their plan was pretty well put together. But something in the back of his mind told him that he shouldn't be as reposed as he was now.

'I just hope that everyone will be alright.' He thought to himself while glancing over in the direction of Tokage's team. More than a bit worried over the safety of his friends and girlfriend.

"Don't worry, just remember what you learned and we'll be done in no time. To be honest, you're the one I'm the least worried about out of your group." She said in a reassuring tone.

"Right."

Suddenly, the voice of the detective Watanabe caught their attention. "Alright team, it's go time. Team One, the operation begins on your move."

Edgeshot gave on final confirmation before him and his group quickly rushed towards the main entrance of the building. Signaling the commence of the raid.

In mere moments, the first team were at the main entrance and charged through the door. With the second team quickly following them. Although they weren't able to see what was going on inside yet, Tokage and the others could hear quite the commotion from inside.

The group spread out a bit and posted themselves behind some nearby walls as they waited for the signal to advance. For what seemed like the next forty-five seconds or so, all that could be heard was a myriad of screams and loud crashing sounds.

"We're being raided!" An unfamiliar voice howled before suddenly going silent. Obviously being one of the criminals inside.

"First floor is clear! Second team, move in." Edgeshot said commandingly. Since they just lost their element of surprise, there was really no point in being quiet anymore.

Without so much as a word, Tokage's and the others sprinted towards the building to begin their part of the mission. The moment they stepped inside, their group was met with the sight of about twenty people either laying passed out on the ground or being held down by one of the police officers. Pretty much anyone that was still conscious was female. Which was one of the side effects of the "R-Rated" heroine's 'somnambulist' quirk.

"Hurry up and get these people outside! One of them already ran up to the second floor!" Midnight directed the group.

Before anyone could even begin to move, all hell broke loose.

There were two staircases leading up to the next floor on opposite ends of the warehouse. And both suddenly became overrun with members of the terrorist group armed with pistols already aimed at the heroes.

"Open fire! Take down these quirky bastards!" One of the men on the staircase closest to Tokage and Yanagi shouted as everyone pulled the triggers on their weapons. Unfortunately for them, the only thing that they heard were a series of metallic clicks as all of their weapons misfired at the same time.

"What the hell? Our guns aren't working."

"Here's a little fact about guns." Ember then said confidently. "They use combustion to fire their bullets. And since my quirk allows me to control fire, I can negate that. Lizardy, Emily!"

The two girls didn't even hesitate before jumping into action. Tokage held out her left arm and pointed it directly at the criminals, "Scattershot!"

In the blink of an eye, the 'lizard tail splitter' user's arm split into ten pieces and flew at the men closest to her on the staircase. Before they could even react, they were all met with some rather forceful blows to the head. Powerful enough to completely knock them off their feet.

"Will o' Wisps!" At the same time, Yanagi launched her mini-discs at the rest of the men in a similar fashion. Yielding the same results.

"Nice job!" Ember quickly said.

One the other end of the room, the rest of the group were quick to handle the initial wave of men that came down the stairs. With Edgeshot and Midnight easily knocking them out. But things quickly took a left turn. With no warning, the ceiling above the center of the room suddenly had a hole blasted through it. And just as quickly, what appeared to be a few smoke grenades quickly filled the place with a dense fog.

"Shit!" Someone gasped.

"Don't let these assholes get to the top floor!" An unidentified voice shouted before a mob of figures dressed in black jumped down through the new opening.

'The top floor?' Tokage thought.

"We're too bunched together!" Another person shouted.

In a matter of seconds, what could only be described as an all out brawl broke out. Due to their already close proximity to one another, Tokage and Yanagi went back-to-back and began fighting off anyone that came near them. They didn't have a clear sight of what was going on because of the smoke, but it wasn't dense enough to completely cloud their vision.

"Ghosty, on your right!" Tokage spotted the figure fast enough for the grey haired teen to use her hover-disc as a projectile and launch it directly at their opponent. The loud grunt and thud indicating that they were down for the count.

"Lizardy, get above the smoke and give us some eyes! I'll back up Emily!" Ember demanded just after punching another person in the face.

The green haired girl complied and split her body up above the area to get a better view of what was going on. Down below, she could see Edgeshot zipping through the far side of the room and piercing the torsos of anyone that he came across. While Midnight was elegantly evading attacks and disarming a group of other opponents.

'Aunt Nemu can't use her quirk like this. It's too risky.' She quickly surmised. Seeing as she now had the best vantage point of anyone in the room, the girl decided that she needed to help out as many people as she could. Without a second thought, Tokage split her body up into forty pieces and began hitting anyone she could see through the now dissipating smoke.

"Edgeshot, what's going on in there?!" Blizzard's voice sounded through the communication device in the hero's ear. Things were getting loud and small spurts of gunfire could be heard every now and then.

"We're being overrun, they filled the whole bottom floor with smoke!"

"We're moving in!" She instantly replied.

The moment she said that, the PA system in the building activated. "We've been surrounded! Heroes have taken the bottom floor. Do not let these quirky bastards foil our plans!"

"Change of plans! We're going up the staircase. Emily, Lizardy, let's move!" Ember announced while sprinting towards objective. The two teenagers quickly followed suit along with some nearby officers who just finished fighting off some more members.

-(o)-

Outside the building, the voice of Hawks radioed to Snatch and the third team. "Hey, we got movement two hundred meters to your four o' clock!"

Everyone turned around to see that sure enough a small group of people were sprinting towards a smaller warehouse not too far away from them.

'There's more of them? What the hell? Where were they hiding?' The lipless teen thought.

"Tsukuyomi, Mudman and you four, let's move! The rest of you stay here and watch the area!" The sand hero ordered the students and some of the other members of his group.

Tokoyami covered himself in his 'dark shadow' and leapt down from the platform that he was standing on to join the others. It took all of a few seconds for them to meet the small group head on and Honenuki wasted no time in turning the ground under them into quicksand.

"What the hell?!" One of the members shrieked.

"Heroes!" Another pointed in their direction.

The now sinking Derelicta members fumbled with their waistbands to grab their weapons. But Tokoyami was fast enough to engage them before they had a chance to get themselves in order.

"You got more moving from the other direction!" Hawks announced. "I'll take care of them, you worry about getting these guys under control."

-(o)-

Back with the main group, Blizzard and Midoriya bursted through an open window on the second floor to back up the others. Immediately upon entering the room, they encountered a group of criminals moving through the hallway.

"It's Blizzard!"

"Push!" The green haired heroine shouted before sending everyone in front of her flying into a nearby wall. "Skywalker, take care of the next room."

"Got it!" Midoriya complied, stepping through the adjacent doorway and replicating his pseudo-sisters action from earlier by forcing another two people into the back wall. Knocking them out instantly.

"Edgeshot, me and Skywalker are on the second floor. We're going on ahead."

"Be careful, there's something pretty important on the top floor that they don't want us to get to. You might meet more resistance up there."

With that, Blizzard took a brief moment to think about their next move. It was a safe bet to assume that Rogue was probably on the fourth floor. Along with whatever it was that these terrorists didn't want them to get so badly. She wanted to support Ember and the others, but her and Midoriya would be quicker if they just went straight for the top. Although she agreed that working their way up was an easier way to organize their movements, an attack on two fronts would back these guys into a corner.

She then glanced over at Midoriya who took the liberty of wrapping a nearby pipe around the now subdued criminals and decided that the two of them would be more than enough to handle this. "Ember, we're heading straight to the top floor. Do you think your team can handle working your way up and then meet up on the third?"

"No problem, boss. Go make it happen!" The 'flame control' user replied.

That was all that the woman needed before her and Midoriya jumped out the nearby window and flew up to the top of the building.

-(o)-

Things slowed down considerably as the second team bounced from room to room to finish clearing out the second floor. They met a good amount of opponents during that time. But with Ember negating the effects of their guns, Tokage and Yanagi were able to take down people pretty easily.

The green haired girl couldn't help but wonder that this entire operation was going a bit too smoothly. Sure it wasn't a walk in the park, but something in the back of her mind couldn't help but feel weird about this. Derelicta was supposed to have around eighty members in their group. But so far they had only encountered at most forty of them in total. She wasn't aware of what was going on outside, yet the lack of manpower here was concerning.

With the second floor now cleared, the group stacked up along the wall next to the staircase leading up to the third. Tokage detached one of her eyes and set it ahead to scout out the area. This floor had a lot more open space compared to the last one and the girl could see a group of people hiding in the corners next to some pillars waiting to strike.

"There's ten of them from what I can see." The girl stated. "It's an open space, with one connecting hallway."

"Edgeshot and Midnight just finished up the first floor. They're moving up the other end of the building right now."

"So what's the plan?" Yanagi asked nervously. She had been doing okay so far, but there were more than a few close calls for her up until this point. Thankfully, Tokage had her back.

"We need to draw them out." One of the officers in front of her said. "I have two flashbangs left. We can use that to disorient them."

"That will only buy us a few seconds though." Another followed up.

"I'm pretty sure that I can handle the guys on the back wall. I'm fast enough to get to them." Tokage suggested.

Ember took a moment to consider their options. She herself could only take on one person at a time depending on how spread out they were. But they needed to move as a unit to limit any chance of getting blindsided. "We'll use the flashbang first to mess them up. Once it goes off, Lizardy will go to the far end of the room and deal with whoever is back there. The rest of us will rush the staircase and take out whoever is left."

Everyone nodded as the group repositioned themselves accordingly with the officer holding the flashbang at the front. Tokage immediately split herself up and Yanagi put her hover-disc in front of her to act as a makeshift shield. With one final thumbs up, the man moved up the stairwell and chucked the device through the doorway.

"Oh fuck, flash gre-"

*Bang!*

Despite the almost ear splitting sound that came from the device, Tokage flew through the door and launched herself at everyone she could see. Which were five people near the hallway. And with their window of opportunity now wide open, the rest of the group charged in and began taking down the others who were still doubled over in pain.

-(o)-

Back with Midoriya and Blizzard, the two found a large window on the northern side of the building. The woman peeked through to see a small, dimly lit room with three people huddled over a table and two more posted up next to the doorway. One woman appeared to be talking on her cellphone while the other two men shuffled through some boxes.

'Looks like we found the guys in charge.' The 'psychokinetic' heroine surmised before turning to her partner. "On three, we rush in and take down everyone inside. There's only five of them, so it will be easy to handle. They won't see us coming."

"Got it." The boy replied in a hushed tone. Down below, Midoriya spotted some wooden pallets and levitated them towards him. With the element of surprise on their side, this would prove to be enough of a diversion to help them out.

With her fingers, Blizzard gave him the signal and Midoriya threw the wooden pallets through the window before she immediately went inside.

"Oh fuck!" The woman on the phone shouted only a split second before receiving a flying kick to the face courtesy of Blizzard's left foot.

What happened next was a rather impressive display of power from the young 'telekinesis' user. Midoriya took control of all the other members in the room and forced them all together in one spot. Then proceeded to throw them against the wall. To be perfectly honest, the green haired boy wasn't a fan of using his quirk on others in this fashion. But this was the most effective way to subdue them with little resistance.

"Damn you!" The woman shouted at them while trying to stand up. Only to be brought back down to the ground by Blizzard's quirk.

"Don't bother resisting! Now where's your boss? Which one of you is Rogue?!"

"Not here, you quirky bitch!"

"What?!"

"You really think we didn't catch on to your little plan? We knew you people were coming here ahead of time." The quirkless woman continued.

That was more than enough to shock the two greenettes. These people already knew they were coming? How? Their mission was kept a secret. Did someone tip them off? Who? These were all the thoughts that immediately flooded Midoriya's mind. But there was something else to this. If they already knew that they were going to be raided, then why did they bother still having their group meet up like this? It didn't make any sense. Suddenly, the metaphorical lightbulb went off over the boy's head.

"You're a diversion?!"

"Real fucking genius this one is, huh?" One of the men laughed confidently.

"What's going on?! Where's your boss?! And what's your plan?!" Blizzard demanded impatiently.

"Burn in hell with you and the rest of your kind, hero!" The woman turned her head in disgust.

Seeing as they probably didn't have enough time for an interrogation, Blizzard chose to hold them in place. By sheer luck, there was a metal shelf close to her. So she used her quirk to quickly break it apart to bind the hands and feet of everyone present to keep them from moving.

"Blizzard, come look at this." Midoriya then caught her attention. The woman turned around to see him looking down at the table.

"What's wrong?" She asked, taking a gander down at the object. On it was a map of the Tokyo metropolitan area. Complete with roadways, train lines and everything. But there was one thing that stood out to her the most. And that was the three locations that were circled in red marker.

"The Tokyo Skytree, Shibuya Station and the Ginza shopping district." Midoriya looked over the map some more. Trying to figure out why those places in particular were highlighted. He then noticed something else at the top of the map, a date and time. More specifically, today's date. With the time written on them being one a.m. Which was only about forty minutes away if the clock on the nearby wall was correct.

Suddenly the realization hit him. These weren't just random places, these were targets. Targets that were famous and well populated areas. It was a Saturday night, meaning that a number of people would be out and about. Especially in these areas.

Blizzard seemed to make the same connection in her head and turned her focus back to the group of criminals. "What are you planning? What's going to happen at one a.m.?!" She demanded

"Why don't you use that powerful quirk of yours to make us talk?" One of them said smugly. "That's what people like you do usually do to us, right?"

Midoriya wanted to say something to counter that statement. But he quickly remembered who he was dealing with. These people were radicals. Already so far gone that any explanation on how they weren't those types of people would've been an exercise in futility.

Just before they could ask another question, the entire building shook.

*Boom!*

-(o)-

~A Few Minutes Earlier~

It took the second team barely a minute to subdue the remaining members on their half of the floor. Just like before, their temporary victory had been a bit too easy for Tokage's liking. But she wasn't the type of person to look a gift horse in the mouth.

"Ember, you guys over there?!" The voice of Midnight shouted from beyond the doorway dividing the two halves of the floor.

"Yeah, we have this half handled. What about you?!"

"We're good!" Edgeshot was the one to reply.

With the third floor now effectively cleared, all that was left was the top. From what they knew, Midoriya and Blizzard were already up there. And with those it was only a matter of time before they would all be able to meet up again. Tokage had no clue how long they had been inside the warehouse. In her mind it only seemed like a few minutes. But maybe that was just all the adrenaline pumping through her system.

"Midnight!" The green haired girl then shouted.

"Sets-Lizardy, are you okay?!"

"I'm fine. What about you?!"

"A couple of bruises, but I'm all good." The "R-Rated" heroine reassured her. For whatever reason, Tokage felt the need to see the woman with her own eyes. She was more than a bit worried about her potential future step-mom, especially after the chaos that happened on the first floor. So now was as good a time as any to do that.

"I'll be right back." She said towards her group, not waiting for a response.

"Be quick." One of the officers simply responded.

The group watched as Tokage passed through the doorway. But at that moment, Ember noticed something. The second the girl's foot passed beyond the boundary a light suddenly flickered. It was then that the 'flame control' user spotted a small black box on the ceiling. In the span of about half a second, she was able to put two and two together. 'A wall charge!'

The part time firefighter's feet began moving towards Tokage before her mind could process what was going on. "Tokage, watch out!"

What happened next was a complete blur. A loud boom. A flash of light. An intense heat. And the feeling of the ground underneath their feet violently shaking. In an instant, everyone close by was thrown back by the shockwave.

"Ugh...what the fuck?" Tokage groaned out as she quickly tried to reorient herself. A moment ago, she was standing on her feet. But now she was laying on the ground with an unfamiliar weight on her chest. Her ears were ringing, and there was a weird throbbing sensation on the left side of her head. The green haired girl opened her eyes to get a better view of her surroundings. And when she did, her heart almost stopped.

Laying on top of her was Ember. But there was a lot more to it than that. From where she was positioned, Tokage could see that the entirety of the woman's back was now covered in what appeared to be third degree burns. Her clothes and hair were completely singed and there was smoke emanating from her body.

"Ember!" The girl shouted as she immediately readjusted her body to support her weight.

"That...was a close one." The 'flame control' user said weakly. "A split second later and I wouldn't have been able to limit the flames."

Instantly Tokage's mind became static. That was it. That could've been it for her. She didn't even notice whatever it was that went off before moving through the doorway. But if it wasn't for Ember jumping to her rescue, she would've been done for.

A million things were flying through her head right now as she tried to rationalize the sight before. Ember quite literally just saved her life. Not only hers, but everyone in the room.

'No…'

"Setsuna, are you-" The girl didn't even register Midnight before the black haired woman was right next to her. From the "R-Rated" heroine's perspective, the first thing she noticed were the injuries to Ember's backside. But not only that, the entire left side of her niece's head was singed. Even her hair had been burned off.

"Is everyone alright?!" Edgeshot shouted as he also approached the scene.

"I'm fine." Yanagi groaned out after peeling herself off the nearby wall. As well as all the other officers.

"Ember, Ember, come on, talk to me!" The green haired teen began shouting at her savior. This was too much, injuries like this were way too much for her handle. Even her basic knowledge of first aid was practically useless in this situation.

"Those injuries are serious." The masked hero commented. "We need to get her out of here!"

The group began scrambling to get themselves together after the blast, but that was the last thing on Tokage's mind right now. With these injuries, moving the woman recklessly was too much of a risk.

'I can use my quirk to safely move her outside, but that's not enough.' She thought to herself.

As if on cue, two figures came flying through the newly blasted hole in the roof. Those being Midoriya and Blizzard.

"Is everyone alright down- Ozehana-chan!" The 'psychokinesis' user shouted upon seeing the state that her agency partner was in. Quickly rushing to her side.

"What happened?!" Midoriya followed up, trying to get a good assessment of the situation.

"..my fault." Tokage said in a low tone.

"Huh?"

"This is my fault…." She repeated.

The look on his girlfriend's face was one that sent a chill down Midoriya's spine. He had never seen that kind of expression from Tokage before.

Before anyone could say a word, Blizzard took command of the situation. There was a lot on her mind right now with the information that her and Midoriya just learned. And with the injury to Ember, time was of the essence. "Everyone go outside and re-group! Skywalker, take care of Ember and get her back to Watanabe's vehicle. Be careful not to move her too much. I'll head back up to the top floor and grab the people up there. The rest of you take these bastards outside and prepare to move. Our job isn't done yet!"

Midoriya hesitated for a brief moment before using his quirk to grab a hold of both Ember and Tokage. The latter looked as if she didn't even hear a word of what their mentor just said. His instincts were telling him that he needed to comfort her to some degree. But that was going to have to take a back seat.

Yanagi and Midnight also noticed this, but they decided to leave it to Midoriya for the moment.

In a matter of minutes, the majority of the raid team was back outside and putting all of the detained criminals up against a wall. Surprisingly, the only casualty they had suffered so far was Ember. But that was still far more than what they would've liked.

"Ember, come on!" The green haired girl repeated for the fourth time. Ever since being moved outside, she hadn't left the woman's side for a second. Tokage had never really felt guilt before, aside from the situation back at the camp. But right now that was the only emotion going through her head.

"One of the detectives went to grab a first aid kit." Midoriya told her while keeping the woman's body stabilized above the ground as best he could. He was also concerned about the burn to the left side of his girlfriend's face. But she seemed to be perfectly fine at the moment.

"Lizardy…" The 'flame control' user said weakly after finally opening her eyes.

"Yeah, I'm here!" The girl grabbed her hand.

"You're...alright, thank goodness."

"Ember, I'm sorry! I-I should've been paying more attention!"

"Don't…" *cough* "...don't worry about it."

"Ember, try to relax." Midoriya then said. "Your injuries...don't try and move right now."

The woman gave a slight nod in his direction before turning her head back towards Tokage. At least now her vision was starting to clear up a bit. "Your face…." Her tone sounded concerned.

"I'm fine, it'll heal up." She reassured her.

The black haired woman paused for a second as she seemed to think about her next words. Her mouth briefly opened before closing. And then mustard up the strength to open it once more. "I guess...I was finally able to repay that debt I owed your mom."

"What?" The girl visibly paused. What was she talking about? Why did the woman suddenly mention her mother? Did she know her? No, that was impossible. Ember was only a few years older than her, probably around the same age as Nanao. Was she delirious? That had to be it. She definitely just lost a lot of blood.

"Listen, I'll be fine. Don't worry about me. Just make sure that you get the job done." She then turned back over to Midoriya. "Thanks greenbean, for helping me out like this."

"You're gonna be fine, I promise." Was all he could really say.

A few seconds later, a team of detectives and officers carrying a first aid kit and a stretcher came and started treating the woman's injuries. All the two greenettes could do was standby and watch as she was transported away toward the main vehicle.

"Setsuna…" Midoriya then turned to the girl who looked as if she was about to cry.

"I'm fine." She said rather unconvincingly. "We need to help out the others."

The boy took a moment to simply stare at her before deciding to just take her at her word. They would have more than enough time to talk about this later. Right now, there was another issue to handle.

Just then, the rest of the team along with Hawks and Detective Watanabe came sprinting down the pathway in between the buildings. "Everyone, we have a situation!"

"What's wrong?" Edgeshot called out.

"This whole thing was a damn diversion!" Snatch replied.

"What?"

Blizzard, who just arrived after securing the rest of the captives decided to fill in the blanks. "He's right. Me and Skywalker found out right before that last explosion. They knew that we were coming ahead of time."

"How?" Yanagi questioned.

"No clue."

"Doesn't matter." Hawks interjected. "We just got done interrogating a few of the guys that were trying to make a break for it. Apparently their job was to keep us here while the rest of their group carried out phase two of their plan."

"Phase two?"

"They wouldn't tell us what it was though." The lipless teen clicked his teeth.

"We know what it is!" Midoriya suddenly announced.

"Tell us."

The green haired boy spent the next few seconds explaining what him and Blizzard had found in that room on the top floor. The map, the writing on it, everything. As they listened on, the others wasted no time in filling in the missing pieces.

"We have to put a city-wide alert on the 'HN'!" Midnight stated. All of the places mentioned were densely populated areas. And since it was Saturday night, they were sure to be filled with people right about now.

"There's another thing." Watanabe continued. "We just got word that a train heading for Shibuya station was hijacked. There are civilians on board that have been taken hostage."

"Alright here's the plan!" Blizzard announced. "We have about twenty-five minutes left to work with before all hell breaks loose. Me, Skywalker and Emily will go intercept the train before it reaches the station. Hawks, Tsukuymi and Lizardy will head to the Skytree and handle the situation over there. And Mudman, Snatch, Edgeshot and Midnight will head over to the Ginza shopping district."

"We'll take a couple of cars over to the shopping district since that will be faster. The rest of you will have to travel by air. I'll put out a police alert along the way."

"That's fine." The rest nodded.

"Evacuation and capture is top priority. The minute you see something wrong, take care of it. There's no room for error."

"Yes sir!"

Hawks then made his way over to Tokoyami and Tokage. "I'll carry you guys over there with my feathers. I'm the fastest and you need to save your energy."

"Right." The two nodded.

With that, the group immediately split up and went their separate ways. Midoriya and Tokage shared a brief glance with one another. A wordless gesture that practically screamed "be careful" based on the look in their eyes. As much as they would've loved a break from all the chaos, time was money right now. And a lot of lives were at stake.

"We're gonna have to kick it into high gear for this one." Blizzard looked to the "Dynamic Duo" of 1-B. "There's no time to wait up."

"We'll be fine." Yanagi answered as they all zoomed through the air in the direction of the train station.

With everything that was going, there was only one thought on Midoriya's mind right now. 'This is going to come down to the wire.'

A/N: Well, that was certainly a mess, wasn't it? Like I said before, the raid mission was going to be split into two parts. This part was a bit more of a Tokage focus, the next chapter is going to be mainly from the perspective of Midoriya. That's why he hasn't played as big of a role so far. We're also going to get more Honenuki and Tokoyami as well. How do you guys think the rest of the mission is going to go? Will our heroes be able to save the day?

1. The whole Ember thing is going to be used as a character building moment for Tokage. I have an idea for her and this is going to serve as the catalyst for it. It's also setting up an overdue conversation for the two of them that's been hinted at for a while. Do you guys think that Ember will be okay? What will become of her?

2. The quirk suppressing bullets will come into play in the next chapter as well. I gave everyone a copout since they aren't the finished product. So anyone who does happen to get hit by them will get their powers back. I briefly mentioned that the whole Yakuza raid was going to take place the morning of, so I'll touch on that before we close out this part of the story.

Like always, thanks for reading and don't be afraid to leave a comment/review!