Chapter 51:

(All right, I didn't wanna leave it hanging so quickly. I'll try to get through this as best as I can, so yeah! More Claus chapters will be fun to write, too! Enjoy!)

"Stand up and be Ingenium!" Shoto said, while all Tenya would think about is how much he looked up to Tensei. "Become the hero he wanted you to be!" Shoto shouted at Tenya, as he saw the action the others were taking.

He began to tear up, "Can I call myself a hero?" Tenya asked himself, "My friends are protecting me. They're bleeding for me." He watched Shoto, Lucas and Izuku all trying their best to keep Stain from killing him. "Shouldn't you be worried about saving that guy?" Stain's words from before asked him once again.

Tenya looked at Native, who was still lying there, paralyzed. Shoto launched another attack, while the Hero Killer avoided it. Lucas tried to throw ice at him again, Stain pulled out his katana to slice through the blast. "Stain The Hero Killer. I took my brother's name so that I could teach this villain a lesson. But I was so consumed with revenge." He realized the gravity of his mistakes, and recalled the day Tensei asked if he wanted to be a hero, too.

"You wanna be a hero, too, Tenya?" Tensei asked. "Yes! Like you! A cool one!" Tenya said, waving his hand up and down. "With robot arms?" Tensei asked, due to the said arm-waving. "There's something I wanted to ask you, big brother. What drives you? Why did you choose to become a pro hero in the first place?" Tenya asked his question.

Tensei had put away his costume, "Well, our grandfather and parents were all heroes. So everyone kind of expected I would be one, too." He explained to his little brother, explaining that they expected him to stay in the family business and legacy. He then gestured Tenya to hand him his helmet. "Plus, it made sense to me. I think the coolest people in the world are those who do things for others." Tensei explained that he wanted to be the kind of guy who helps people in trouble. "Then why not work as a police officer or something?" Tenya asked him, and Tensei just gave an annoyed glare.

"Aren't you listening to me?" Tensei asked his brother, "Think of what I'm saying. You take things at face value a little too much." Tensei then patted his brother's heads. "But you're a hard worker, and definitely smarter and more athletic than me back when I was a kid. Wait a second. That's my secret!" Tensei looked to his side, before smiling back happily. "Knowing you look up to me makes me better." Tensei then explained, stating that he has to make sure Tenya is proud of him, he then laughed at him.

This was why he couldn't stand Stain's words about Tensei. "You spoke the truth, Hero Killer." He thought to himself, recalling Stain's claim of them being fakes. "These three are different from me." Tenya thought to himself.

As Izuku warned his friends to watch their right. Lucas held his staff in defense and Shoto launched a flame at where the Hero Killer was coming from. "I'm immature. I can't hold a candle to them." Tenya had barely moved, but he scratched his fingers against the ground, before clenching a fist. "But still…"

"Ice & fire!" Stain said, dodging all of Shoto's attacks. "Just try and dodge this, villain!" Shoto said, stopping his fire and sending ice again. Lucas had shot a blast of fire Stain's way, "Hasn't anyone ever told you, you rely on your Quirk too much?" Stain asked, dodging all of the attacks. "Makes you a careless fighter." Stain said. Lucas could see it, "Shoto!" Lucas pushed him back and held his staff against Stain, "He's a monster! Lucas, move!" Shoto shouted, and Lucas kept his guard up.

Lucas grunted in pain, trying to figure out a way to outmaneuver Stain, but he couldn't think of a way where he wouldn't leave himself open where Stain could kill him.

Tenya had felt it, as his blood dropped from his chest. Lucas managed to heal the injury. "If I don't stand up right now, I'll never be able to be as good as them." He felt his engines ignite. "I'll never live up to my brother's name!" Tenya thought to himself. He WON'T betray the standards set by Ingenium. He WILL live up to Tensei's name.

Stain could see it, while he kept the boy with the staff at bay, shoving down his staff and leaving the kid open for a slash of his blade. "D*t. My Quirk timed out." He realized that Tenya was getting up.

"Recipro Burst!" Tenya shouted, running at incalculable speed! He rushed in and used a kick to break one of Stain's katanas! He spun in the air before landing on his feet, going in with a roundhouse kick against Stain. Stain had been pushed back, nearly against the alley walls. "He's fast!"

Izuku smiled, "Iida!" He said, happy he was able to break free.

"You're free, too?" Shoto asked, realizing that Stain's Quirk wasn't as great as he thought it was. "That was incredible, Tenya! But be careful. I may have healed the injury, but you lost a lot of blood." Lucas warned him, "Todoroki…Sakai…Midoriya…This has nothing to do with you." Tenya said to the three of them. "I apologize." Lucas couldn't see blind rage in what he could see of Tenya, "Come on. Not this again." Izuku said, wondering if Tenya was still blinded by tunnel vision.

"I'm okay. And I won't let the three of you shed any more blood for me!" He realized that the three of them had nearly been killed multiple times in this fight alone.

"It's no use trying to pretend you're a hero now. A person's nature doesn't change in just a few minutes." Stain said.

"Shut your mouth, murderer!" Lucas shouted at him, "You're not a symbol for justice or wake up call to true heroism, you're just a delusional serial killer!" Lucas said, "That boy will be nothing but a fraud who prioritizes his own desires." Stain said. "Says YOU. Killing would rob him of the chance to change his ways." Lucas called out his hypocrisy. Stain looked at the hooded boy and saw the light in his eyes, "He wouldn't have wanted revenge on you if you didn't hurt him." Lucas said, "So you have NO RIGHT to judge Tenya when he was at his lowest, especially since YOU put him there. YOU'RE the very thing you preach against!" Lucas said.

Stain's eyes widened at that response, he admits, he finds this one worthy, but he lacks something. "I can see it. You're still naive, kid. That boy is part of the sickness that's infected society and ruined the name "hero."" Stain explained, getting more aggressive. "You're a fundamentalist lunatic. Iida, don't listen to this murderer's nonsense." Shoto told him.

Tenya didn't look to his friends, "No. He's completely correct." He said, "I have no right to call myself a hero…at all." Izuku, Shoto and Lucas noticed that Stain had managed to cut him. Blood dripped from his arm. "Even so…There's no way I can back down." Tenya said, glare more fierce and less icy. "If I give up now, then the name "Ingenium" will die!" Tenya said, realizing he can't stand by and do nothing.

Stain's glare was menacing, before he charged at them.

Shoto instinctively pushed Tenya out of the way and shot fire at Stain once again. "Idiot! The Hero Killer is only after me and that kid in the white armor. Stop fighting back—just get out of here!" Native told Shoto.

"I don't think he'd let me run even if I wanted to." Shoto said, "Like we'd leave you to die, anyways? No way! That's not what a hero does!" Lucas said.

"Something changed in him just now. He seems rattled." Shoto realized, seeing Stain jump from a wall.

Shoto stopped with the flame, and moved his right leg to use his ice.

"His Quirk alone isn't especially powerful. The issue of blood type makes it unpredictable and it doesn't last long." Shoto figured out the scope of Stain's ability, even noting that he only uses his Quirk when he gets in close. "It must be difficult to take on multiple opponents at once!" Shoto thought to himself.

Stain jumped from one of the shards of ice, and Shoto sent fire at him once again. Stain appeared on his left side and Lucas jumped into the air to swing his staff, hitting Stain's side. "He's desperate. Trying to kill Iida and this other hero before the pros show up." Shoto said.

Stain could see it in the white-and-red-head's eyes. "Such tenacity…" He acknowledged his skill, before growling at Tenya.

Tenya tried to run and he looked down, "Crap. My engines are shot." He thought to himself, wondering if he broke his radiator with that kick from earlier. Then, an idea had sparked. "Hey, Todoroki! Can you regulate your temperatures?" He asked his friend, "Not well with my left, but, yes, I can." Shoto confirmed his question. "You gotta freeze my legs for me, without plugging the exhaust!" Tenya ordered him, and Shoto and Lucas looked at Tenya. "You're in the way!" Stain said, throwing a knife at him.

"Look out!" Lucas had tried to block it with his staff, but then noticed that he had missed it. Stain had managed to stab Lucas. "Argh!" The boy grunted in pain. Stain looked at the boy again, seeing this was a repeated moment of him putting himself in harms way. The true mark of a protector.

"No, Lucas!" Izuku shouted, trying his best to get back up. He could still see he was under the effects of Stain. "Why won't you stay down?" Stain was getting tired of this and tried to hold Tenya down. Shoto dispersed the flames when he saw his friends down against the floor. "Iida—" he tried to help, "Just do it, hurry!" Tenya shouted at him.

"Don't worry about me! Listen to him." Lucas told Shoto.

Izuku was able to stand again, and he realized he could move! He was getting back into this fight to save his friends. "My leg's no good." Izuku thought to himself, seeing that Stain's injury was more severe. "But…that's okay." Izuku had began to glow and use his Quirk once again.

Shoto had managed to freeze Tenya's legs, while Lucas took the knife out of Tenya. Tenya shrieked in pain and began feeling his injuries healed like they never happened. "Lucas…" Tenya had saw a strained look in his eyes, and Tenya could see Sakai had left the knife in HIS arm as he healed Tenya. "It's done!" Shoto said, keeping the fire going at Stain.

"Thank you, you two." Tenya thought as he got up, "I will fight…with or without my arms." He then ignited his calves once again. "RECIPRO…EXTEEEEEENDD!" He shouted in his head. The engine burned a bright blue and Tenya was lifted off of the ground.

Izuku stood down to give himself a jumping boost and his lightning came off of him again. "One For All…FULL COWLING!" He shouted in his head, jumping off of the ground and pursuing the Hero Killer.

Izuku felt a strain in his body as he jumped past Shoto's pillars of ice. "If I just…" Izuku and Tenya thought to themselves simultaneously.

Stain had watched as his target was coming at him head on and the one he finds worthy the most was coming at him from his side.

Shoto and Lucas smiled, "Go, guys." Shoto said, quietly. There was no way Stain was prepared for their attacks. "You both got this!" Lucas said, confidently. Shoto then tried to help Lucas's pull out the knife.

Tenya's glare had piercing, "…use my leg…" Tenya had knew what he would do next, lifting his leg for a powerful kick!

"…use my arm…" Izuku had prepared another punch, focusing a percentage of One For All's power into his fist!

Stain's eyes widened. He knew he couldn't take the two of them one. They had attacked him AT THE SAME TIME! "…that's all I need to beat this guy!" Tenya and Izuku thought together, once again.

(A few minutes earlier)

Himawari had gone off to help the evacuation of civilians. Endeavor had fire a low temperature shot at this…man. "But, still, it always KO's my opponent." Enji realized this man was nothing ordinary. Gran Torino could see it, "Something's not right. This guy is—" Gran Torino had backed away while Enji withstood the flames dispersed by the monstrous man, "Your Quirk's shock absorption and release, but you STILL took damage from my flame, didn't you?" Endeavor asked the man, declaring that the power was not very impressive.

Gran Torino had flown in the air and he observed something else was off. The man…Nomu, he believed Midoriya called it. Nomu's body was beginning to pulsate unnaturally. "Watch it, Todoroki." Gran Torino warned the younger pro. He saw that Nomu was getting bigger. "I think this guy's got multiple Quirks." Gran Torino said, Nomu growing a little big, and leaping into the air.

"I see. So that's how it is." Endeavor realized. Gran Torino had landed, "That kid got those two bystanders away, right?" Gran Torino asked himself, hoping they weren't nearby. He thankfully saw that they weren't. "Good." He said. Endeavor lifted up his hand and shot a flame at the man. Nomu had opened its mouth and out of it came multiple tongues, acting almost like roots of a plant. Gran Torino shot through them like a bullet and stopped any attack like that. Nomu shrieked in a hint of pain. "Didn't mean to damage the road." Gran Torino thought to himself, realizing that he may be a little out of practice than he'd hope for. "Huh. Nice work. You're not bad, old man." Endeavor said, complimenting the capabilities of the older Pro.

Then, the two of them saw it, more smoke coming from further into the city. "That must be where all the other heroes are gathered. It's been two or three minutes. They should've taken care of things by now." Gran Torino suggested that they tied this Nomu guy up.

Endeavor had been a little concerned. He then saw Shoto and Himawari returning. "Shoto. Himawari. There's trouble up ahead, I'll show you what it means to be a hero." Lucas was about to speak up, but then he AND Shoto had realized their phones were buzzing.

Shoto had seen in that all Midoriya had sent was his location. "No other info. He's nearby, he must be in danger!" Lucas suggested, knowing Izuku wouldn't post his location and nothing other than that without reason. Endeavor looked at the two of them. "You two should be watching me!" Enji said to the two of them, before the two of them ran off. "The city needs you more than you need us! Hurry!" Lucas said to him, him and Shoto running to go save Izuku.

"Where are you going?!" Endeavor asked. "An alleyway at 4-2-10 Ekou Street." Shoto said the address, "If you finish what you're doing or see extra pros, send them there!" Shoto instructed his father.

"We're leaving you here to take care of this trouble." Shoto said, and Enji looked at them confused. "We trust you to handle it yourself."

Endeavor's eyes widened at Shoto's last response.

"Stay prepared, we don't what we're up against. I just hope Izuku's okay!" Lucas said, "He will be. Stay on the medical standby, too." Shoto told his friend. "Got it." Lucas nodded, rushing off to the alleyway to save their friend.

"Shoto…" Endeavor said, absentmindedly. Before he snapped his head back in the job. "Le: leave this one to my sidekicks. They'll make sure the cops take him." Enji said, Gran Torino looked backed, wondering what he was going to say. "I think you're fast enough to investigate that address for me. I am Endeavor. I can take care of the rest of this myself." Endeavor said, holding onto the trust his two interns had placed in him about this. The trust his Shoto has in him.

(Back to the present, also…sorry about the teensy-weensy scene change.)

Izuku had felt his arm in severe pain. He shut one of his eyes and gripped the arm he punched with, "Crap, did I use too much power? I don't think it's broken. Is it?" Izuku asked himself.

Shoto had saw it, "Ready, Lucas? They managed to land two attacks! It's OUR turn!" Shoto said, igniting his fire. "Right!" Lucas said, red light emanating from his arms.

Stain had taken severe damage from these two, but he wasn't finished yet. He forced himself to be awake again and quickly grabbed his blade to try and strike Tenya!

Tenya had barely made it with only a few locks of his hair, "I will defeat you, Stain! BECAUSE YOU ARE A CRIMINAL!" Tenya shouted at the Hero Killer.

"Don't let him get away!" Shoto shouted, launching fire at him again, Lucas sending a blast of his own at Stain.

Tenya had turned himself around and ignited another powerful kick, knocking Stain into the air.

"And I am a hero!" Tenya affirmed that. Stain was now bleeding from his mouth.

Shoto and Lucas's fire had shot past him, increasing the damage he had taken.

Shoto, Tenya, Lucas and Izuku all looked on, hoping they had managed to defeat the Hero Killer. Tenya could feel smoke coming from his calves, as he and Izuku began falling from the air. Lucas had moved in to try and grab them with psychokinesis. Shoto had used his right side to create an ice pillar to grab Stain with. "Guys, you okay?" Lucas asked, pulling them close. "Stand up, keep fighting!" Shoto ordered them, keeping his guard up. They all stared back at the Hero Killer. He hadn't moved from his position. Izuku and Tenya picked themselves up, "He's gotta be knocked out after all that." Izuku said, "Right?" He then asked.

Shoto sighed to calm down a little. "Then, let's restrain him and get to the street." He advised, suggesting they could find some rope. "Or…Lucas can you try to carry him?" Izuku had looked back to his friend and saw he was beginning to look dizzy. Izuku grabbed him, "He lost a lot of blood in that fight. I don't think he can carry Stain out." Izuku realized, "We should probably take his weapons, too, then."

Tenya had sat there and looked on. They did it. They defeated the Hero Killer.

(Back to the guys trying to destroy the city)

The Pros tried to handle the villains attacking the city. Two ninja like Pros began throwing shurikens at it, but they saw it. This villain…monster…whatever it was…was too strong. "Everyone attack at once!" A pro had said, literally running head first in to attack the villain. All the Pros had surrounded this villain and it growled. The villain smashed the ground beneath him for the Pros to keep off of him. Dust and debris flew through the air.

"D*t! I can't see!" A pro had said, with everyone trying to figure out where it is. Manual realized it was closer than anyone wanted. "Watch out!" He shouted, seeing that the villain was coming in to punch one of the Pros.

But what Manual didn't expect was the man in flames coming in with an explosively powerful punch! It was Endeavor! And he had punched the creature halfway across the street.

He had managed to tear the flesh off of the creature. But as it stood, the arm had risen up and the tissue had repaired itself almost instantly. "So, you can regenerate." Enji said, "Well then…"

Enji had run in and grabbed the Nomu's neck. "Let's see you come back from THIS." Endeavor had ignited his fire and it burned so powerfully it turned bright blue. Nomu had shrieked in pain before its head was burned right off. Endeavor had grinned. "Incinerated cells can't regenerate." He said, before a Pro shouted at him: "Above you!"

One had flown into the air, carrying a Pro with him. "Any hero whose Quirk isn't suited for this, go help on Ekou Street in District Four." Enji ordered the pros. They would hopefully find Shoto and that Sakai boy.

"Another villain?" A Pro asked him, "I don't know. Just do it." Enji told him, before rushing toward the flying Nomu. He had thrown a fireball at the enemy, but the Nomu had avoided the shot. "He's quick! That's fine." Endeavor said, jumping into the air and using his Quirk against the wall. He melted his steps into the building, he jumped across to catch the villain.

The Nomu looked back at the Number 2 Hero and saw that he had made fiery spear and lunged it at him.

The Winged Nomu groaned, taking a direct hit to the face. It had let go of the person it was holding in his talons. Enji had caught the Pro while in midair and landed on the ground with his fire pushing him up for a safer landing. He stared up at the Nomu. "You won't get away."

(Let the record show, I still hate Enji)

Izuku had let Lucas stand and find his ground to walk. The four heroes-in-training had managed to disarm and lay out Stain's weapons. "Native, can you move?" Izuku wondered if the paralysis had worn off. "Yeah. I think I'm good as new now." Native explained, carrying Izuku on his back. "You sure?" Izuku sighed. Shoto making sure the rope was tight as Stain was tied up. Tenya carried Lucas when he felt weak. Native saw the boy that healed him and looked back at Izuku. "At least let me do THIS for you." Native said, and Izuku had felt sheepish, but grateful. "Thank you very much." Izuku asked, "I should be thanking YOU." Native said.

Shoto had huffed, "We're lucky someone threw this in the dumpster." Shoto said, thinking that finding the rope was nothing short of a miracle. "Todoroki. Can you take Sakai? I can drag the Hero Killer from here." Tenya said, "Okay, but don't strain yourself. Lucas healed your arms, but there could still be some recoil." Shoto advised, taking Lucas from Tenya. "Can you walk, Lucas?" Shoto asked. "I can. Just…please keep me balanced?" Lucas asked, "Sure." Shoto said.

Native has sighed and sweat dropped from his cheek. "I have to apologize. I'm supposed to be a pro, but I was useless back there." Native said, "No. I don't think any one person could take the Hero Killer on." Izuku explained, "Not with that weird Quirk of his." Izuku realized Stain is too strong to take down alone.

"The four of us barely won against him, and even then, it was because of his own mistakes." Shoto explained. "He knew how to dodge almost all the obstacles we threw at him, too." Lucas said, "Luckily, he was getting riled up and desperate and forgot all about Midoriya's quick recovery time." Shoto explained, even noting that he couldn't block Iida's last Recipro-Burst or Midoriya's assault. Lucas could see the sadness in Tenya's eyes, "Tenya." Lucas said his name, and Tenya looked back at him. "You don't need to hold yourself in shame. You came through in the end. That's the best outcome a good hero could strive for." Lucas told him, "Don't let shame or the past stop you. You can always improve and do better." Tenya was shocked by Sakai's wisdom. "Thanks…Sakai." Tenya said.

"You can call me Lucas. I don't mind it." Lucas said, "I will certainly not. It isn't proper." Tenya said.

"That's fine, too." Lucas said, smiling a bit. Then he looked back and they all were out of the alley finally. "Right, let's get him to the police as fast as we can." Native said, before they heard a gasp. "What are you doing here, boy?" Izuku heard a familiar voice and his eyes widened when he saw his mentor. "Gran Torino!" Izuku said, happily. I was only—Augh!" Gran Torino had jumped up and kicked him in the face. "I thought I told you to stay on the bullet train!" Gran Torino chided him.

"Sto-St-Stop-Stop! If it wasn't for Izuku. Native and Tenya would've died!" Lucas said, defending the boy. "Huh…the boys working with Endeavor. I wish I had gotten here, sooner…" Gran Torino said, realizing the mayhem in the city had kept him from here sooner. "Who's this?" Native asked.

"Gran Torino, the hero I'm interning with." Izuku explained, exhausted and tired. "I don't get it. How'd you find us?" Izuku asked.

"I was told to come here by someone else. These two ran off without a real explanation why." Gran Torino admitted that while he had no idea what happened, he's glad none of them were dead. Especially Izuku.

"Me, too. And, I'm sorry." Izuku apologized for disobeying his orders. Gran Torino had scoffed, "Geez, this side of him reminds me so much of Toshinori." He thought to himself. "Around the corner!" They heard someone's voice, "Who's that?" Izuku asked.

"Endeavor told us there was a request for help here, but…" A few Pro Heroes had shown up. "Children?" One asked, while another pointed out how bad the injuries were. "I'll call an ambulance right away." A Pro said to them. "Hey, look!" One wearing a mask had gestured to the tied up man. This was shocking. "Is that…the Hero Killer?" A woman had asked. "What?" Gran Torino asked, "I'll get the police on the line." Another Pro had said.

Some of them had handled those the boys as they were injured. "Can you walk?" A pro asked Izuku. "If you prop me up, then I think so." Izuku said.

"Okay, and you two?" The pro asked Shoto and Lucas. "Only minor injuries, but my friend had gotten stab wounds and lost a lot of blood." Shoto said, "Okay, and the injuries?" The pro asked. "I managed to heal them, but I'm feeling really dizzy…" Lucas explained. "Okay, they may be healed, but you'll still need to be examined for any further problems." The Pro said, picking up the boy. "Iida will need that, too. Stain stabbed him multiple times, too." Shoto explained.

"Don't worry. The ambulance should be here soon, but until then…" A pro said, seeing Tenya walking up to his three friends. "You guys…You were all hurt because of me." Tenya bowed in apology, "I'm truly sorry." Tenya said, feeling shame overtake him. His tears began to flow, "I was just so angry." Tenya said, his voice breaking, "I could see anything else."

Lucas and Izuku looked down. "I'm sorry, too, Iida." Izuku apologized, "You were going through so much by yourself. But I couldn't tell anything was wrong." Izuku said, realizing he was being a negligent friend. "I'm sorry, too. I KNEW…and I prayed that…you wouldn't do it. Instead of trying to help you, I let you go…I should've stopped you from going back at the subway." Lucas began to tear up, realizing he was being a horrible friend.

Shoto looked at his friend, "Hey, pull yourselves together." Shoto advised, "Tenya. You're the class rep. And Lucas…you came through in the end. That's the best outcome a hero could strive for." Shoto said, repeating the words Sakai gave Tenya.

"Right." Tenya said, wiping his tears on his arm. Lucas wiped his tears as best as he could. Izuku realized that their fight against Hero Killer Stain probably took only ten minutes. But for the four of them, that battle in the alley had taken nearly forever.

Gran Torino had sensed something in the air, and had shouted for everyone to get down once he saw it. It was the Winged Nomu Endeavor had been trying to fight. It was coming for them right now with only one eye. The creature swooped in and had taken Izuku out of the crowd.

"Hey! Let go!" Izuku called out, trying to get out of Nomu's grip. "Midoriya!" Tenya and Shoto shouted.

Lucas struggled to get out of the Pro's hold when he saw Izuku getting taken away. "I-Izuku!" Lucas said, trying to use his powers, but then his dizziness was returning to him. He could feel his eyes getting heavier… "Hey! Hey, kid!" The pro could see Lucas was beginning to pass out.

"It's bleeding. It must be trying to escape!" A Pro had said, blood falling on her cheek. "Shoot. If he takes him too high, I won't be able to reach him with my Quirk." Gran Torino realized he would need to act fast if he wanted to save Midoriya.

Stain had seen what was going on. For him, he had a contingency for if he would be tied up. He gripped the weapon and broke free. He ran and licked the blood off of the Pro's cheek, while the Pro was disgusted, it worked in paralyzing the Nomu.

Nomu began to glide down, with Izuku yelping in panic. "The word "hero" has lost all meaning in this society. The world is overrun by fakes and criminals like you who chase petty dreams." Stain ran as fast as he could and used his blade to stab Nomu until he died. He knew the boy that was nearly taken hostage was worthy, that's why he needed this one to live. "You must all be purged." He said to the Nomu. Izuku had looked up in panic that Stain was free. While everyone else was cautious.

Stain realized and remembered what was happening. That idiot Shigaraki was making a move, one The Hero Killer found too noisy. He made a pledge to dispose of him later, but now, he growled. "Everything that I do…is to create a stronger society." He said, ripping out his knife from the Nomu.

(I've heard of Peeping Tom, but never a Peeping Tomura)

Tomura could see what Stain had done and he was angry. "Why'd he have to go and kill that Nomu?" He asked, and he saw that green haired brat was here, too. "I'm so mad, I don't even know what to say." Tomura said, realizing this whole thing was a mess. Shigaraki had begun scratching his neck in fidget. "Why do things never go the way I want them to?" He asked.

(Back with the pros)

The crowd of Pros and interns were in shock. They were shocked to see Stain take down the Nomu, some questions if he intended to save Izuku. "He took him hostage, idiot." A Pro said to that idea, "He killed that guy with no hesitation." Another Pro said.

"Everyone be on your guard, we've got a fight on our hands." The female Pro said. "Why are you all standing around like fools?" A familiar voice said. Endeavor had made it to them, "The villain must have flown this way, right?" Endeavor had walked and made it. He had seen Shoto and an unconscious Himawari in a Pro's hands.

Enji had managed to take care of the rest of them, but things had gotten a little rough at the end. Endeavor took a closer look at who they were all staring at. "Hold on. Don't tell me that man is—" Endeavor asked, before his eyes widened.

Stain had held Izuku down as well, "Let go!" He pleaded for him to let go of him. Stain looked back and saw the disdainful Number 2 Hero. "Endeavor." He said.

Endeavor smirked and prepared a flame, and everyone widened their eyes, "Wait, Todoroki!" Gran Torino said in panic. Thankfully, Enji had listened to him.

Stain had stood up, releasing his grip from Izuku. Izuku glared at him, ready to fight, before they got a look at his face without the mask. He had no nose, but it didn't look like a birth defect. Izuku's and a lot of everyone else's eyes widened in shock, fear and a bit of disgust. "You false hero!" Chizome accused the Number 2 Hero of being.

Stain's piercing red eyes had stared back like a demon, "I'll make this right. These streets must run with the blood of hypocrites." Everyone had stood there in fear. "HERO! I WILL RECLAIM THAT WORD!" Stain declared, stomping his feet. "COME ON! JUST TRY AND STOP ME, YOU FAKES!" Stain shouted and his echoes cried out, almost like he was howling. Even Endeavor was shook a little. Stain grinned, maniacally. "There is only one man I'll let kill me. He is a true hero." He said, "ALL MIGHT IS WORTHY!" A fierce shout was the last thing he said. Everyone that had looked at him was frozen in place with fear, like a mist of dark cold fog had rolled over them. Endeavor and Gran Torino could see clearly once they heard the noise of him dropping his knife. Endeavor could see him. He looked more hunched over, and his eyes were rolled back. "I think…he's out cold." Enji said.

Everyone had been traumatized for a moment. Tenya dropped to his knees. Shoto looked and saw Lucas was still unconscious. A part of him was thankful he didn't see what they saw.

"It wasn't until later that I heard what happened. A Quirk didn't stop the Hero Killer. One of his broken ribs pierced his lung." Izuku had recalled what he learned, "He hadn't managed to lick anyone's blood. But still, in that moment, none of us could bring ourselves to stand against him." Izuku pointed out that Stain was the only one with fight still in him.

(Later)

Giygas had watched everything play out and what he witnessed horrified him to his core. He stood as if he were given form in the ambulance, next to his nephew. Thankfully, he could also sense that Lucas was merely sleeping. Giygas whispered to him: "I hope you will rejuvenate swiftly, my boy. Else…Mother would never forgive me if you were slaughtered." Giygas had said, recalling a promise he made.

"This battle had been achieved, Lucas. Rest your body for the futurity of tomorrow." Giygas encouraged, glad that this battle had been over.

(Okay, we're done for now! I hope u guys enjoyed the action. I know I made a bit of a retcon on how Shoto learns of the Stain situation, but I hope it's fine. Stain ABSOLUTELY SCARED ME DURING THE END OF THIS ARC. Anyways, so Lucas while healed had taken severe damage, and I can only imagine how Nezu's gonna be when he hears of that. And we'll be getting into more Claus based content later, too! Hope u guys have a good day. Stay strong and awesome!)

Romans 12:21 KJV:

Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.