~Tokyo Skytree~
Thanks to Hawks, the bird themed hero along with Tokage and Tokoyami were able to reach the Tokyo Skytree in almost record time. Once they were at the tower they took a moment to assess the situation. The streets below were being evacuated and there was a large number of police blocking off the area surrounding the building.
"What's the situation?" Hawks calmly asked the police lieutenant who was busy directing everyone on the ground.
"We were somehow able to clear out everyone in the surrounding area and the bottom section of the building. But these terrorist fellows have the observation deck completely locked down. We sent a team up there a few minutes ago but they got taken down and are also being held captive."
"I see."
'Dammit.' Tokage clicked her teeth. The situation was not good at all. She had no clue how many people were trapped inside the observation deck, but she knew that the place could hold up to two thousand people.
"We checked the security cameras and there's only about eighty people inside from what we could see. That's including the team that we sent up there." The lieutenant continued.
"The explosives?" Tokoyami then asked.
The police officer's face shifted to a dark expression before answering. "They're placed all over the building. We've only located two stashes so far. And they have timers on them."
"What about backup?"
"Best Jeanist and Kamui Woods are on the way. But they're still about ten minutes out."
That made this situation even worse. They only had about fifteen minutes left before the bombs were set to go off. And it wasn't like they had time to wait around for any other heroes to arrive. Seeing as there were no other options, Hawks turned towards the students.
"Alright, here's the plan." He began. "It's on us to take care of this. We won't be able to stop those bombs, so all we can do is subdue the criminals and get those hostages out of there. I know what Tokoyami-kun is capable of. But do you think that you'll be able to scoop people up out of there while I serve as a diversion?"
"You can count on me." Tokage said confidently. With as much as she has been training, there was little doubt in her mind that she could get everyone to safety.
"Alright, we're only gonna have one shot at this. So let's make it count."
"Yes sir!"
"Black Fallen Angel!" Tokoyami shouted as he summoned 'dark shadow' and formed it around his body to create a pair of wings on his back. While at the same time, Tokage split her body up into ten pieces.
With no hesitation, the three flew straight up to the observation deck. Once they had a good view of what was going on inside, they could see all of the hostages on their knees with multiple men dressed in black walking around the floor.
Hawks wasted no time in getting their attention by crashing through the far side of the building and immediately sent his feathers around the room. The Derelicta members were obviously stunned by this, but recovered fast enough to open fire on him.
"Tokage-san!" Tokoyami shouted as the two of them crashed through the window on the opposite side.
"Got it!"
"Heroes?!" One of the women said with a wobbly smile on her face.
Under normal circumstances Tokage would've taken the time to make some sort of cheesy comment about being here to save the day. But now was not the time for that. Instead, the girl went right into action by splitting her body up even further and using her pieces to grab as many people she could. Once she had a firm grasp of about twenty five hostages, she carried them all out of the building and dropped them back onto the ground.
"Sorry for the rough landing. Hurry up and get to safety!" She apologized without even waiting for a response.
The moment she returned to the observation deck, she was met with the sight of Tokoyami using his quirk to cause as much chaos as he could for the Derelicta members. He was using 'dark shadow' to smack away people left and right. All while using the shadow spirit to shield himself from gunfire.
'Bird-man sure knows how to hold his own. But I already knew that after what happened back at the camp.'
Seeing as the biggest problem right now was dealing with the members, the green haired girl jumped into the battle. "Scale Storm!" She announced while using her super move to surround the group of men closest to the elevator. The next few minutes were all but one giant blur as the girl constantly used her quirk to avoid getting shot. Which was a lot easier said than done.
Unfortunately that's when things took a turn for the worst. Across the room, behind one of the pillars, Tokage caught a glimpse of a Derelicta member taking aim at her classmate.
"Tokoyami, behind you!" She tried to warn him.
"Wha-"
"Have a load of this, you quirky bastard!" The man shouted.
*Bang!*
The sound of the gunshot echoed throughout the area and the first thing Tokage saw was Tokoyami hit the ground. Followed by 'dark shadow' immediately disappearing. The girl instantly abandoned what she was doing and sent every available piece that she had flying towards the man. Assaulting with an absolutely devastating bearrage of fury.
Once the man was out cold, the girl put herself back together and rushed over to the boy's side. "Tokoyami!"
"I'm fine." The boy grimaced. "It was only my arm."
"Dammit!" She cursed. This may have only been a temporary thing, but now that Tokoyami was out of commission they just lost most of their firepower.
The girl looked up across the room to see that Hawks was still flying around while trying to avoid getting hit himself. She had no clue how much time was left before things were to go belly-up. But they needed to handle this now and get everyone to safety.
However, the girl realized that she now had a small window of opportunity. Pretty much all of the members in their half of the observation deck were already dealt with thanks to the bird-headed boy. And the rest were too preoccupied with Hawks to even notice what had happened. With this, the 'lizard tail splitter' user decided that now was the time to make her move.
She sprinted towards the battle at full speed before separating herself and taking aim at every one of the men and women who still had yet to notice her approach. "Scale Dash: Scattershot!"
In a wild twist of events, instead of aiming at their heads Tokage chose the more questionable route and flung her pieces full force into the groins of every last one of the members. They all let out a series of pained groans and coughs before Hawks took the opportunity to finish them off. Using his feathers, he sent them all into a nearby pillar and knocked most of them out.
"Thanks Lizardy, it was getting kind of dodgy there for a second." The soon-to-be number two hero thanked her.
"You damn bastards…" One of the women grunted out. It doesn't matter what happens...you still won't be able to stop us from succeeding her today."
"Oh, is that right?" The girl shot back.
"You only have about a minute before this whole tower comes crashing down...idiots"
Everyone looked at the large, digital clock on the nearby wall to see that the quirkless woman was indeed telling the truth. Wait, that much time already passed? How? They couldn't have been fighting for more than a few minutes. Maybe all the adrenaline rushing through their systems was enough to distract them.
"Get everyone the hell out of here!" Hawk shouted before activating his 'fierce wing' and scooping up most of the remaining hostages and unconscious Derelicta members in the observation deck.
Of course Tokage was impressed by the sheer range and control the blonde haired man had over his quirk. Especially since it was like hers, but on a completely different level. But she had to push those thoughts to the side for now.
The girl dashed across the room and scooped the remaining hostages along with Tokoyami before flying through the previously created hole in the glass window.
"I'm sorry, Tokage-san. I wished not to be a burden on you." The raven-headed teen said.
"Make it up to me later, let's just get the hell out of here!"
Once everyone was outside the building, they kept moving as far away as they could as fast as they could. If there was one thing that Tokage had going for her, it was her speed. And speed it exactly what saved her and everyone else's asses when the bombs inside the building finally went off.
*Boom!*
The ensuing shockwave was enough to rattle the bones in her body and make her momentarily lose focus on what she was doing. But not enough to where she would let go of the hostages, even with the ridiculous amount of yelling and fidgeting everyone was doing. The girl turned her floating head around to see the entire tower collapsing and her heart practically dropped into her stomach.
'We made it just in time.' She breathed out a momentary sigh of relief.
It was obvious to Tokage that the chaos of this night was going to be the topic of conversation for a very long time. But right now, she chose to think about that later. She just hoped that everyone else in their group was okay.
~Railway Near Shibuya Station~
It took roughly five minutes for Midoriya, Yanagi and Blizzard to catch up to the train that was heading for Shibuya station.
They had a little over fifteen minutes to take down the Derelicta members, evacuate the hostages and find a way to stop the train before all hell broke loose. And needless to say, that was a tall order for such a short window of time. It was safe to assume that there was a bomb planted somewhere on the train, but where it might be was a complete mystery to the telekinetic trio.
The first thing Blizzard did was do a quick flyby outside of the vehicle to assess the situation before returning to the other two.
"They have fourteen members total from what I can tell. Roughly two in each car. But I couldn't see inside the front."
"What about civilians?" Midoriya asked.
"Around thirty."
"So what's the plan?" Yanagi questioned.
Blizzard took a brief second to weigh their options before deciding on what the best course of action for them. The hostages inside were top priority. But they needed to deal with the villains first. "Okay, here's how we'll play it. We're going to go car by car starting from the back. They may be armed, but we have the advantage in firepower. I'll take point and deal with them while you two get the people out of there. We don't have enough time, so just drop them off on the side of the railway for now."
"I can move most of the people on my own, Reiko-san can you watch my back?" Midoriya turned his head towards the grey haired teen.
"You can count on me."
"Alright, let's make this happen."
Like they planned, the trio pulled back a bit and placed themselves on opposite sides of the rear train car next to the doors. Inside, they could see everyone crouched down on the ground with their hands over their heads. Somehow they hadn't been spotted yet, which was going to work to their advantage perfectly.
Without a moment to waste, Blizzard used her quirk to force the door open and instantly flew towards the two criminals inside. Forcing them to the ground before they even knew what was happening.
"A hero, what the hell?" One of the men grimaced.
"I thought the others were keeping them occupied?" The other questioned.
"Oh my god, is that Blizzard?"
"Thank goodness!" A woman cowering on the far side of the car sighed in relief.
It was now Midoriya and Yanagi's turn to make their move. After opening the other door, the two teenagers quickly flew inside and did their best to reassure the captives.
"Everything's going to be okay. We're here to help you! We're going to drop you all off outside." The green haired boy said in a commanding voice.
"Please wait for the police to arrive after we do so." Yanagi stoically followed up.
Everyone seemed to understand the instructions well enough and allowed the trio to evacuate them off the train. Midoriya put all of his previous training to use and levitated the hostages off the ground and began guiding them outside. Luckily there were only ten people in this car, so it wasn't too tall of an order for him. And like clockwork, he simply placed them on the ground outside the track before moving on.
"How many of you are there on this train?" Blizzard demanded answers. The two criminals simply chose to stay silent instead of responding. Which irritated her to no end. Seeing as they didn't feel like cooperating, the green haired woman ripped one of the poles from the top of the train car off of its housing and wrapped it around them.
"Alright, let's move on to the next car."
Like a well-oiled machine, the trio repeated the same tactic for the next four train cars. Meeting little to no resistance in the process. Everything was going well, but they still had another five cars to move through and only had about ten minutes left before they would arrive at the station.
"This is taking too long." Blizzard huffed after knocking out yet another Derelicta member who refused to talk.
"Why don't we just split up?" Midoriya suggested. "We can cover a lot more ground if you take one car while Reiko-san and I take another."
"Are you sure?" The woman replied. She wasn't entirely opposed to the idea, but it was risky. They had been doing a fine enough job so far. And the last thing she wanted to do was risk either of them getting hurt right now.
"We can handle it." Yanagi reassured her.
All Blizzard did was give them a nod before flying out of the doorway. "I'll move on two cars ahead. Make things quick and meet me up at the front. I didn't get a clear view of the lead car, so I want all of us up there just in case."
"Got it!" The two teens told her.
Midoriya and Yanagi took a brief moment to adjust their strategy to account for the loss of firepower that they now had. Instead of one person holding the criminals down while the other evacuated the civilians, they would both take down the criminal before moving on.
The moment they came up on the next train car, Yanagi released the strap on her belt and levitated her mini-discs around her body in preparation for her attack. Both teens peeked through the nearest window and saw that unlike the previous cars, the two criminals inside were standing on opposite ends.
"I'll take the one on the far side, you handle the one next to the door." Midoriya ordered her. Since he was the faster out of the two, it only made sense for him to take the one furthest away.
"Okay."
With a quick nod, the green haired boy forced open the metal door and immediately flew inside the car, breezing past the first member. The criminal just had enough time to recognize this and aim his weapon at the boy, but Yanagi was able to bend her mini-discs around the corner and slam them full force into their head.
"What the hell?!" The other member turned around, only to receive a boot to the face courtesy of Midoriya. The impact was strong enough to send him flying back into the wall of the train car and he was down for the count.
"We're saved!" One of the hostages said in a joyous tone.
"Everyone, please remain calm!" Midoriya asked them as calmly as he could at the moment.
"Did you heroes take care of the bombs yet?" An older man with a thick mustache inquired.
"Bombs?" Both teens raised their eyebrows. Bombs with an 's', as in plural?
"These hooligans said that there was a bomb planted in each train car." The elderly man explained. "We don't know where they are. But they said that they were set to go off once we reached the station."
The two teens shared a quick glance with one another upon hearing this information. They knew something like that had to be the case. But to know that each car had explosives in it made the situation a lot more dire.
'This is bad.' Midoriya thought. 'If every car has explosives in it, we'll need to find a way to remove all of them in time. And we're already cutting it close as it is. Even if one of these things blows, it might destroy the entire train.'
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye Midoriya spotted movement behind Yanagi. The girl was standing in the middle of the train car, but the door connecting it to the other one opened up.
"Who the fuck are you?!" The Derelicta member shouted upon seeing the situation in front of her. The woman didn't even hesitate to aim her weapon at the girl.
Midoriya's body practically moved on its own and the boy was somehow able to close the distance between him and Yanagi and put himself in front of the girl who was a little bit too slow to react.
*Bang!* The sound of two gunshots echoed through the car. Along with a few screams from the bystanders.
The only thing Yanagi caught in her peripheral field of vision was Midoriya falling to the ground. Her eyes then darted upwards to see the person holding the gun in front of the door. The world around her seemed to slow down and the grey haired girl instantly felt her emotions flare up at the sight in front of her.
'Izuku-kun!'
The girl threw all caution to the wind and sent her hover-disc flying towards the criminal at lightning speed. Making instant contact with her chest with enough force to leave no doubt that she was down for the count. The next thing she did was use her quirk to bring all of the criminal's weapons towards her and then sent them flying out of the train car door.
"Izuku-kun!" The 'poltergeist' user quickly dropped to her knees to check on her friend. But her heart stopped once she turned him over. One bullet was lodged in the center of Midoriya's vest while the other was dangerously close to his eye. But these didn't look like any ordinary bullets that she was aware of, they looked more akin to darts than anything else.
'No...these are those quirk bullets.'
"Ugh…" Midoriya groaned, letting the girl know that he was conscious at the very least.
"Izuku-kun, are you okay?" She asked in a frantic tone of voice.
"I'm fine. What about you?" He quickly replied. More concerned about her safety than his own. The only reason he might be conscious right now is because his helmet absorbed most of the impact. He quickly made a mental note to send Hatsume a birthday present for doing such a good job on his support item.
"I'm fine…b-but…Izuku-kun, try to use your quirk."
"What?"
"Your quirk." The girl repeated while removing the helmet off of his head. By some miracle, his face didn't have a single scratch on it. But that was only one of her main concerns right now. "These are the quirk bullets that the detective told us about."
The boy looked down at the one still lodged in his vest and immediately felt a sense of dread wash over his body. Did he just lose his quirk? He felt perfectly fine, but that wasn't enough to reassure his nerves at the moment. Midoriya quickly looked around and then noticed a small bag next to one of the hostages on the ground. He instantly tried to activate his power and by the grace of the universe, it lifted up off the ground just as he had hoped.
"I'm good. I can still use my quirk." He told her with a slight sigh. Much to Yanagi's own relief. To be perfectly honest, she didn't know what they were going to do if the boy suddenly lost his powers. Even if it was temporary, it would've too much of a problem to deal with right now. Especially by herself.
"We need to hurry up and get these guys out of here. We have to meet back up with Onee-chan."
All Yanagi could do was nod at the boy and do as he said. She had no clue how he could be so casual about getting shot. But they would need to save that conversation for later.
After finally securing the criminals and removing everyone off the train car, the telekinetic duo proceeded to make their way through the rest. Apparently, Blizzard had already taken care of most of them. So they only needed to deal with one more by themselves.
With about five minutes left to spare, the trio finally met back up on top of the lead car. And with a quick peek inside, they could see that the situation there was a lot worse than all of the others.
"Dammit. There's five of them in there." Blizzard clicked her teeth. On top of that, the train conductor was passed out on the ground surrounded by a not so subtle amount of blood.
"What do we do?" Yanagi looked to their mentor.
"We'll have to play this a bit differently than the other cars."
"I have a plan." Midoriya then suggested.
"What is it?"
"I'll use "Palace of Inertia" to freeze everyone inside."
"But if you do that, then won't we be unable to move?"
"Actually, that's not the case." Yanagi told Blizzard.
"What?"
"We don't really know why, but I'm able to use my quirk even if Izuku-kun uses that move."
It was something the two students found out during one of their earlier training sessions last week. For some reason, Yanagi was able to use her quirk freely when trapped inside of Midoriya's super move. And the same also applied the other way around. The only exception was that Midoriya could move his body when he used his quirk on himself while she could only manipulate objects. The boy theorized that it had something to do with 'psycho-waves' but they were never able to figure it out completely.
Once again, Blizzard thought about it. But since they were now on a time crunch, she just had to trust her two pupils. She could see the train station rapidly approaching in the distance, and now was not the time to rethink their strategy.
"Alright, we have once chance at this. Izuku, you go first and use that move of yours. All we'll need is a few seconds."
Without so much as a word, the boy flew towards the door and used his power to pull it off its hinges. Creating enough of a distraction to catch the criminals off guard.
"Shit, they already made it this far!"
"Shoot that quirky bastard!"
"Palace of Inertia!"
Everything seemed to freeze inside of the train car and that was all that the other two needed to make their move. Upon entering, Blizzard felt like the air around her was frozen in ice. But since she was using her quirk on herself she was able to move with only a slight bit of resistance than normal.
'I guess our quirks cancel each other out like this.' She surmised. The woman instantly ripped the guns of the criminal's hands and forced them to the ground. Giving Midoriya the chance to release his quirk.
"Don't bother trying to put up a fight!" Blizzard shouted. "Your weapons are gone and you're out matched.
"Is that so?"
"How do we disable the bombs on the train?!" Midoriya followed up with a question of his own.
"You don't, you quirky bastard."
"What?"
"The bombs have a timer set to blow as soon as we reach the station. Which will happen in about four minutes. And they'll go off if you try to move them. Assuming you can find them all in time." One of the men began laughing almost manically.
"Do you realize what you're doing?!" Midoriya then shouted. "Do you seriously not even care how many people could die because of this? Including yourselves!" Even though the boy could understand where they were coming from. It baffled him how they thought that this was any way to solve their problems with the world.
"As long as we kill as many quirky bustards like you two as possible, then our lives are but a small price to pay in the name of revenge. Try all you might, but I doubt even you two are powerful enough to stop this thing from going up in flames!"
Although Blizzard knew what Midoriya was trying to do, she was far beyond the point of trying to appeal to these people's sense of humanity. Now was not the time to try and reason with them.
"If that's the way you feel, then so be it…." All five Derelicta members were instantly forced together before the woman wrapped one of the metal pipes around them.
The trio wasted no time in removing everyone off the train and setting them down on the railway. Yanagi was the first to tend to the train conductor's wounds. Luckily, he was still breathing and they weren't in any fatal areas.
"Emily, stay with him and watch over these maniacs. If they try anything you have my permission to use force."
"Got it."
"What are we going to do about the train?" Midoriya asked Blizzard in a worried tone.
"There's no way to disable the bombs on board in time. We need to get it off the tracks before it reaches the train station."
"How are we-"
"Izuku…we're gonna have to use "Overdrive". It's our only chance."
Midoriya paused momentarily as he absorbed his sister's words. He'll admit that they might have a shot at handling this if they used that technique. But even with the two of them together, would moving that train be possible? Furthermore, the backlash from it would be serious. If there were more Derelicta members around somewhere, they'd be done for.
The boy glanced towards the train which was getting further and further ahead of them with each passing second. As much as he hated to admit it, they had no other options. "Yeah...you're right."
"Emily, stay here and keep an eye out on everyone. Backup should be on the way soon." Blizzard then told the girl.
"Understood."
"Use this to help with the train conductor's injuries." Midoriya then removed his black overcoat and handed it to the girl so that she could use it as some sort of makeshift bandage. All he was left in now was the base layer of his hero costume.
With no time left, both Midoriya and Blizzard took in a deep breath before activating their quirks and forcing as much power out as possible. It was similar to riding a bike. Once you do it the first time, repeating the process was relatively easy.
"Overdrive!"
A wave of telekinetic power surged through the area before the two were finally ready to go. Yanagi and the others gazed upon their appearance to see two sets of glowing green eyes and floating hair. The tell-tale sign that they were now at maximum power. The girl couldn't help but liken it to one of those old era animes that she used to binge-watch as a kid.
"Let's go!" Was all Blizzard said before the two greenettes blasted off down the railway in the direction of the train, leaving Yanagi to take care of the rest.
-(o)-
'Ten cars in total, each weighing roughly thirty tons or more. No matter how you split it, it's the most I've ever tried to lift at one time.' Blizzard thought to herself and then turned towards her brother. "We're only going to have one shot at this, so we need to make it count. We have about a minute before we reach the station."
"Understood!" Midoriya nodded. Once the two were right above the center car of the train, it was now time for them to go to work.
Using all of their might, the pseudo-siblings began pulling the vehicle upwards. On the initial push, they felt a good amount of resistance. But it was clear to them that moving all of it in one mass was possible.
"Thirty seconds. Come on Izuku, give it all you got!" The woman yelled at the top of her lungs.
"Nrgh...I know!"
The next attempt proved to be more fruitful as the two were able to get the vehicle off the railway. Bringing it up higher and higher with each passing second. But that was only part one of this reckless ass plan of theirs. The next was the most crucial.
With every available ounce of strength at their disposal, the two greenettes rocketed further and further into the night sky. High enough for everyone in the surrounding area to bear witness to this feat of strength. All while carrying the train above them. By a rough estimate, they were already a good two kilometers above the ground.
'They were actually able to do it?' Yanagi stood in awe from where she was still standing on the railway. Something like could only be done by the two of them. She doubted that Tornado herself could even pull this off without help.
"We need to get higher!" Midoriya grimace. His head was already pounding and his eyes were burning.
"Ten seconds left! We're gonna have to throw it! Just launch it as far as you can!"
The two did exactly that and sent the train rocketing upwards at ridiculous speed. At this point, the both of them had a steady stream of blood leaking from their noses. Their eyes were blood red, the veins were beginning to pop out of their faces and it felt like their brains were playing pinball inside their skulls.
"Five seconds!" The woman shouted in a bloody tone.
"Argh!" The horrid wailing from Midoriya's mouth echoed throughout the sky. Sweat now pouring down his freckled face.
*Boom!*
A flash of light followed by a shockwave that would be enough to rattle even the sturdiest of buildings shook the area. Even the crowds of bystanders and onlookers on the ground had to brace themselves for safety. It only took a few seconds for the explosion to finally dissipate. But once it did, all that was left were a few small pieces of debris falling to the earth below. Nothing large enough to cause any serious damage.
"We...made...it." Midoriya huffed out. His body felt absolutely drained and his vision was beginning to fade in and out.
"Yeah...by the...skin of our teeth."
That was the last thing either one of them were able to say before passing out. They had certainly overdid with that little stunt of theirs. And now they didn't even have the energy to keep themselves awake. As the two began falling to the earth, the onlookers close enough to get a good view of the action began yelling in horror. Thankfully, someone was able to get to them in time before they hit the ground.
"Will o' Wisps!" Yanagi's mini-discs buried themselves in Midoriya and Blizzard's clothing. The girl being just fast enough to catch up to them.
"They're both out cold." She said to herself, finally noticing the state that they were in. She knew that "Overdrive" was one of those last resort types of techniques, only to be used in an emergency. But seeing how ragged the two looked didn't ease her nerves at all.
Once they were safely on the ground, the grey haired teen began checking them. The train conductor was fine since the bullet wounds weren't in any fatal areas. And the Derelicta members weren't going anywhere any time soon.
In the distance she could hear the sounds of a police helicopter rushing to their location, which meant that help was on the way.
'We were able to make it just in time and saved a lot of lives today. Thank goodness….'
~Ginza Shopping District~
"Everyone, please remain calm and move in an orderly fashion!" Midnight directed the citizens as the evacuation of the Ginza shopping district was already underway. Like they expected, the streets were full of late night party-goers and tourists.
Thanks to the alert that was put out by the police, all of the nearby heroes and law enforcement agents were quick to get to begin moving people out of the area. While the police were mainly in charge of crowd control, the heroes and Honenuki were scrambling to find where the bomb, or bombs, were located.
"Air-Jet, do you see anything yet?" Edgeshot radioed to the "Buster Hero".
"Nothing from what I can see." The man responded while continuing to fly above the streets.
Despite the evacuation of the area moving at a decent pace, they were still on a time crunch. At most, they had about ten minutes left before the clock hit one. And it was painfully clear to heroes that they were more than likely not going to get everyone to safety in time before the bombs went off. And to make matters worse, there were no signs of any Derelicta members at all.
"Enigma, Mt. Lady, how about you guys?"
"Nothing yet." The veteran member of Team Idaten stated for both of them as she used her expansion quirk to get a better view of the area. "This area is too big, and we're spread thin enough as it is."
As the search continued on, things were starting to look more and more grim for the heroes. They were running out of time and it looked like they wouldn't be able to locate the explosives before it was too late.
"Honenuki-san!" A familiar voice called out to the lipless team. The boy turned around and locked eyes with none other than Ochako Uraraka. The brunette girl from 1-A who reminded him a bit of Komori. But what he did find the most interesting was the new support item that she was wearing. The best way that he could describe it was a jetpack constructed to look like one of those old era drones. She was probably using her quirk to help her fly with it.
"Uraraka-san, I didn't expect to see you here." Honenuki answered back.
"I'm doing an overnight shift for my work study. Pretty much all of Team Idaten is here besides Tensei-san."
"Make sense."
"What are you doing here?"
"We were doing a raid on the guys who planted the bombs before finding out their main plan."
"Seriously?" The girl raised her eyebrows. She was wondering why Tokoyami was so quiet about his work study for the last few weeks. But now it made sense as to why the raven-headed teen was spending so much time with the 1-B students.
"Yeah."
After getting the green light from Snatch, the two went off a bit further down the road to see if there were any stragglers left behind. Luckily, most of the main road and the connecting streets had already been cleared. But now they only had about six minutes before all hell was sure to break loose. Once they decided to make their way back to the others, the call came in over Honenuki's earpiece.
"Everyone, we appear to have located the site. It's a parking lot on the northern end of the road." Air-Jet announced over the communications relay.
By sheer luck, Honenuki, Uraraka, Snatch, Midnight and a few other police officers were close enough to the aforementioned parking lot to make it there in less than a minute. And once they did, they found that the situation was much worse than what they expected.
The parking lot was filled with numerous black cars with missing license plates on them scattered throughout the area. Out of thirty or so vehicles, fifteen of them fit that description. And they were spread out pretty far. Their fears were confirmed when one of the police dogs started going crazy as it passed by each one of them.
'Shit.' The lipless teen clicked his teeth.
"If e-each one of these cars is filled with explosives…." Uraraka shakily started while looking around.
"Then this whole area including the next few blocks will go up in smoke." Midnight completed her thought.
What were they going to do? There was no way that they were going to be able to move all of these in time. Even with Mt. Lady and Enigma, it was way too dangerous. Especially in such a populated area like the one they were currently in. Right now, the group was regretting not bringing either Blizzard or Midoriya along with them. But even then, there probably wasn't a lot either of them could do.
Suddenly, Honenuki sprinted past the heroes and police and went straight to the entrance of the parking lot. The lipless teen then placed his hands on the ground and instantly activated his quirk.
"Mudman, what are you doing?!" Snatch called out to the boy.
"I'm gonna sink this entire parking lot!" He shouted back. "We can't move these cars in time, so I'll just have to get them as far underground as possible. There's no subway lines in this area, so we should be good!"
The group paused as they considered the boy's plan. Honenuki's quirk could cover quite a large area based on what they had seen in the past. And this parking lot was definitely within his range. But despite that, would he be able to get them far enough underground in time? And how much would that really help in this situation?
With no real options left available to them, the group of heroes collectively decided to put their faith in him. "Everyone clear the area! Get as far away from here as you can!"
"Uravity, get as many people as you can to safety!" Midnight told the brunette student.
"R-right!" Was the girl's quick reply before pressing the switch on her new "jetpack" and hovering over to the people nearest to her.
Now that he didn't have to worry about any bystanders getting caught up in the mess, Honenuki began pushing his quirk to the absolute limit of his ability. He much preferred manipulating smaller areas where he could exercise the most control over. But now wasn't the time for complaining.
"Marianas Trench!"
Before their very eyes, everyone watched as the entire parking lot turned into one gigantic pit of quicksand. The cars instantly began sinking into the void along with the nearby streetlights and other various objects.
'Wow…' Uraraka couldn't help but gawk at the display of power. 'I almost forgot that Honenuki-san was a recommended student too. With guys like Midoriya-san and Todoroki-kun, it's easy to forget that he's one of the strongest first year students.'
"How much time left?!" The boy called out.
"Two minutes!" Snatch answered, refusing to leave his pupil just in case he needed help.
'I need to go deeper. C'mon Juzo, you can do better than this!' The boy mentally motivated himself.
The furthest he's ever gone with something like this was thirty meters under the ground. But right now he needed to push far beyond that. With each passing second, he could feel the cars sinking further and further into the mud. Unfortunately for him, his limit stopped at the hundred meter mark.
With no more room left to budge, the ashen skinned teen reversed his quirk and hardened the ground back to its original state. He had no clue whether or not that was a good idea. But the only thing he was concerned with now was getting the hell out of here.
"I got you!" Uraraka suddenly appeared above him before grabbing both him and Snatch. The second their hands made contact, Honenuki felt his body become noticeably lighter than it usually was. He knew about her quirk, the ability to completely nullify an object's gravity. But this was way different than being on the wrong end of Midoriya's telekinesis.
As fast as she could, Uraraka hovered over behind a nearby building and everyone braced for the impending blast.
"Five, four, three two…."
*Boom!*
Despite being completely submerged underground, the explosives were still strong enough to blow the outer layer of the parking lot into the sky. And the ensuing debris lodged itself into some of the nearby buildings. But in terms of how bad things could've been, this was a far better alternative.
"Mudman...you did it." Snatch said proudly to the boy who looked like he was on the verge of passing out.
"I guess...that's what they mean...by going "Plus Ultra", huh?" He said through labored breaths.
"Great work." Midnight congratulated him with a pat on the shoulder. She was more than impressed by how well her student handled that. Manipulating an area over one hundred and fifty meters wide was no small feat.
"Thanks." Was all Honenuki managed to say before falling unconscious. Allowing the darkness to overtake his vision.
~Tokyo University~
"Well Rogue...it looks like this grand plan of yours went up in a puff of smoke." The individual known as Nitro said as he watched the live news feed on his computer.
"That appears to be the case. However, we will have more opportunities in the future to continue our crusade. Think of this as a minor setback."
"So...what do you plan on doing now?"
"All of us who went to the Ginza district were able to escape long before the heroes showed up. So for now, me and the remaining members will go into hiding."
"Smart move." The man known as Nitro nodded. "Since we're on the subject, I think it's best that we cut ties here. Things are still going to get pretty hot for you and your group. And I'm not looking to get caught up in that. Consider this the end of our arrangement."
"I expected as much." The leader of Derelicta said in a calm tone. One that made Nitro's skin crawl. "But yes, it would be best for us to part ways. I do hope that we can resume business once we reestablish ourselves in the future."
"Don't count on it." Was the last thing Nitro said before pressing the red button on his burner phone, taking the battery out of it and throwing it into the trash can.
As the bomb maker turned his attention back to the computer screen, he couldn't help but feel quite a bit of relief at the footage of a certain green haired boy he knew being carried off to safety. Even with the dye-job, he could tell that freckled face from a mile away.
'I wasn't expecting you of all people to be there, Midoriya-kun. But I'm glad that you were able to make it out alive.'
The next thing Nitro did was walk over to his bedroom closet and dig out a small white box tucked behind the shelf. He ran his finger over it for a brief moment before opening it up to reveal its contents.
'Temporary or not, these quirk bullets are way too valuable to not look into.' He thought while further inspecting one of the bullets. 'Once I find out exactly what these things are made of, I'll have no trouble producing them myself. I can't exactly let an opportunity like this slip by me.'
Suddenly, a knock from the door startled the bomb maker enough to make him fumble the box in his hands.
"Hey, Unohana-kun! Are you in there? Are you even awake?!" An all too familiar voice called out to him.
"S-sorry, just give me a second!" The boy slightly stumbled before placing the item back into its casing and shoving it behind the shelf. Once he had everything in order, the bomb maker recomposed himself and went over to answer the door.
"Nanao-san, what can I do for you?" Sasuke Unohana said to his unexpected guest with a kind smile on his face.
"I'm bored~." A slightly red faced Nanao Tokage groaned while draping her arms over the boy's shoulders. The short haired woman looked a bit wobbly and it was impossible not to smell the alcohol on her breath.
"Nanao-san, are you drunk?"
"Only a little." She gave him a toothy grin. "All my friends are out on the town tonight and need someone to keep me company."
"I think you need to go to bed."
"Care to join me?" She teased while tracing her fingers on his cheek.
"I d-don't think that's a good idea." The quirkless teen madly blushed. "Besides...a-aren't I a little bit too young for you?"
"Only by like what, three years and some change? Besides -*hiccup*- I wouldn't mind cozying up with someone as cute as you. Has anyone ever told you that you have some really pretty eyes?"
All Unohana could do was let out an awkward sigh. Ever since meeting this girl, Nanao Tokage made it a point to come over to his place anytime she was feeling bored. He was glad that the girl was treating him just like any other person and not shunning him because of his quirkless status. Which wasn't really something that he was used to. But even he had his limits.
"I'll let you spend the night here so you can sleep off all the booze you've been drinking. I don't think it's a good idea to let you go wandering around like this."
"Yay!"
"You can sleep on the bed. I've got an extra futon in my closet that I can use."
"Aww~." The woman with the short green hair practically deflated and then pouted. "Fine...but one of these days I'm gonna get you to fall for my womanly charms."
"Whatever you say.…" He gave a quick laugh before guiding her over to his bed.
When Midoriya regained consciousness, the first thing that he noticed was the distinctive smell of the ocean breeze assaulting his senses. And upon opening his eyes, all he saw was a clear blue sky with a few fluffy clouds flying overhead. The green haired boy immediately sat up and tried to get a feel for his surroundings. But was truly baffled by what he saw.
'Is this Dagoba Beach?' He wondered while looking around him. Sand, the ocean, gigantic mounds of trash neatly organized into blocks and pillars. Yeah, there was no doubt about it. This was definitely Dagoba Beach, but why the hell was he here?
"Hey twerp, up here!" A familiar voice called to him from above.
The boy quickly upturned his gaze and his eyes blew open at the sight before him. "Tatsumaki?!"
"Who the hell gave you permission to address me by my first name, brat?" The diminutive green haired woman replied in an annoyed tone. She was floating a good forty meters in the air above the shoreline in what could only be described as a throne constructed from various pieces of trash from across the beach. Giving her an almost regal appearance.
'Is this another dream? Did I pass out after we stopped the train?' Midoriya thought.
"I assure you, this is no dream."
"What?" He responded. 'Wait, did she just read my mind?'
"Have you seriously not figured this out by now? I am the real Tatsumaki." She began explaining. "And this dump that we're currently occupying is something like your...mental sanctuary."
Okay, if Midoriya wasn't confused before he definitely was now. What did she mean that this wasn't a dream? He certainly wasn't awake right now. But something about this entire dreamscape of his did feel a bit...real.
"It'll be awhile before you regain consciousness after that little stunt you and Fubuki just pulled. But that just gives us more than enough time to handle some long overdue business."
"W-what do you mean?" He replied. He didn't know why, by something about the aura that the green haired woman was emanating from her makeshift throne made the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end.
"I think it's about time that the two of us have a little chat, Izuku Midoriya…."
A/N: Well, quite a bit happened huh? I never intended on all of the Derelicta members to get captured when the mission was over. They'll be staying low for now, but we'll see them pop back up again before the story is over.
1. I wanted everyone to have a moment while trying to save the day. Obviously they weren't going to make out of this without some damage, but I'd still chalk it up as an overall win. I even decided to throw Uraraka in here just because. I know a lot of people want her to be more involved in the story somehow. But like I said before, this is 1-B focus.
2. What do you guys think about that little reveal towards the end? I'd like to think that it was fairly obvious that Unohana was Nitro. But a lot of people in the comments thought that it was still up in the air. I'll touch on that a bit more, especially during the cultural festival. But let's just say that his reasons for helping Derelicta weren't entirely selfish. Do you guys think that he'll ever be found out?
3. The long awaited talk between Midoriya and Tatsunaki's will take place next chapter. It will be kind of short, but I think that it will do both of their characters justice. And let's just say that it won't be a very pleasant affair for the green haired boy.
Like always, thanks for reading and don't be afraid to leave a comment/review!