'Why not be both?'
Marco's words had been playing over and over in Melissa's head as she disabled the security systems alongside Ochacko, who had taken care of the guard and was otherwise watching for any more gun-runners.
"…."
"…."
"….I wish I could be doing more." Melissa finally said. "This island is my home and…I'm just a girl in the chair."
Ochacko turned around; she didn't like hearing Melissa talk about herself like that. Seeing no more gunners, she pulled Melissa aside.
"Go and help them." She ordered softly. "You've got the biggest stuff done…so why not live out your dream?"
Melissa opened her mouth to refuse, but Ochacko smiled and motioned her onward.
"They're all strong, yeah." She admitted. "They saved Eri before we even started at UA and sent the League and Stain scampering. But I think they could still use all the help they could get. So….why not?" Ochacko asked.
Melissa smiled and pulled out her phone, pressing a button and urging Ochacko to wait a moment. A minute later, something burst through the window and engulfed the blonde Support maker, who smirked as her armor fit her perfectly and was running even better than she'd hoped.
Ochacko let out a whistle, loving what she was seeing and giving Melissa a big thumbs up before the now armored girl flew away.
"Go get em."
DREAMERS
Back in the present, Wolfram scowled as he saw Izuku's group along with All-Might and a newly armored Melissa gathered against him.
"So you all want to die together, huh?" The powered-up gunrunner sneered. "Well, I'll be happy to oblige!"
Raising his arms, Wolfram focused his Quirk, ripping pieces of metal from all over the island and beginning to gather on the top of the tower where they began to connect until the once small roof was now a massive fighting ring.
"Perfect! Plenty of room for everyone!" Wolfram grinned. "And just to make sure that we all have a good time..."
Wolfram then pressed a button on his gauntlet that had been given to him by Specs earlier as an emergency failsafe. All around then things were being blasted into the air and were flying there, and the group's eyes widened at seeing them.
"Sentinels! Dozens of them." Melissa cried as the heroes saw the robots fly around.
Wolfram laughed. "What can I say? They looked so useful I couldn't help but take some for myself."
"Guys...you take on Wolfram. We'll take care of his posse." Makoto said to Izuku, Marco, Hilda, All-Might, Ben, and Melissa. The six shared a silent conversation, asking if this was the right thing to do
"Good luck!" Sumiko said as she easily trapped several pieces of debris in Perfect cubes, giving her captain, mentor and comrades time to race forward.
"Rengoku…" Himiko declared as she entered a stance, then blitzed past several Sentinels, unleashing a tornado that sent them flying and crashing elsewhere. "PURGATORY TATUSMAKI!"
"FISHMAN KARATE SIX KING PISTOL: FINAL RING!" Mipha and Nia declared together as they performed a shockwave palm and knuckle thrust while N and Penny unleashed a barrage of elemental attacks.
Kobeni and Mukuro shot down anything that entered their field of vision
"HOW YA LIKE ME NOW?!" The now giant Rosa smirked as she began to pummel the Sentinels, as well as toss debris at Wolfram to keep him busy, while Rebecca was having the time of her life on the giant's soldiers.
"In the immortal words of Al Pacino…" The cyborg girl smirked before pulling a cartoonishly large amount of guns. "SAY ELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIENDS! ALL OF THEM!"
And as she fired away, Kirby and Katsuki joined in the rampant chaos, cackling and staring lovingly into each other's eyes as they blasted anything in their way.
The Seraphim all smirked at the unfolding action, before the greediest among them made a point.
"We can't let them have all the fun, can we?" Yaato began, spinning at superhuman speeds to fire a ray of energy. "VANISHING KILL!"
"SMASH ROCK!" Kohaku followed in suit, summoning as much debris as she could to join her brother's beam.
"BLACKOUT ARROW." Shun declared, manifesting the biggest version of his Meta Ability and firing a psionic arrow.
"SUNFLOWER!" Chikara commanded, smirking as his greatest spell, a giant flower that fired sunlight, burst from the ground.
"EXTERMINATE RAY." Sumiko smirked as she fired a beam of pure destruction.
"CRUEL SUN!" Kazuya roared as he summoned a miniature sun and dashed forward before drop kicking it to the
"FULL COUNTER!" Makoto finished, sending the attacks all flying towards the arena before ramming his sword imnto the amassed energy and swining it back with a triumphant roar. "AND SEVEN DEADLY SINS!"
DREAMER
As the rest of Izuku's Crew and the others began fighting the Sentinels: Izuku, Marco, Ben, Melissa, Hilda, and All-Might jumped after Wolfram, who sent several metal constructs at the group, only for them to be smashed away.
"Why won't you just die already?!"
"Because I have people counting on me. Friends, family, students, and others. That's why I want to create a world where people can live in peace. So that those close to me never have to fear evil such as you!"All-Might explained."For their sake, I'll go beyond! Plus Ultra!"
His power seemed to increase even further, allowing him to easily blast his way through Wolfram's constructs, crossing his hands for a special move.
"CAROLINA SMASH!"
He smashed his way right at Wolfram. But the villain just smirked.
"Somehow he knew you might make it this far."
To everyone's surprise, Wolfram started letting off steam as his body bulked up considerably, his skin glowing a reddish pink and his eyes turning black with electric blue pupils.
"No..." Ben whispered, his eyes wide in horror.
"A second Quirk..."All-Might whispered in shock before growling."Then by 'he'...you mean ALL FOR ONE!"
"While my team and I were planning this operation, I received an intriguing phone call. Seems the Quirk Boogeyman himself had somehow gotten wind of our scheme, and made me an offer. At first, I didn't think he was serious about you being here, but I figured it couldn't hurt to have a backup plan." Wolfram explained with a smirk. "He hooked me up with a Quirk called[Physical Enhancement]! A simple but versatile Quirk that even a baby could handle! And since Quirks are physical power as well, that means I can also improve[Metal Manipulation]!"
"Guess that explains how he was able to pull off the fighting ring," Hilda noted.
"And the Sentinel backup," Marco added.
"Figured that bastard would dip his greasy fingers in this..." Ben growled. "Guess I'll be doing the whole world a favor by taking your Quirk!"
Wolfram cackled, obviously not hearing what the kids were saying. "Thanks to all this power, you're all nothing but insignificant trash that needs to learn when to lie down and be crushed!"
Wolfram formed multiple giant metal cubes that he sent to try and crush All-Might flat, only for Izuku to transform into a giant muscular seven-headed snake man with the[Snake-Snake Fruit: Model Yamato-no-Orochi].
"Only a villain like you would see others as trash. You're so high on power you can't tell how precarious the perch is."Izuku said, his seven heads all hissing.
"Let's give this creep a dose of reality!" Hilda said, cracking her knuckles.
"Yes..." Melissa nodded. "There isn't much the Exo-Might Suit can do right now...but this adventure I've had with you guys has given me a lot of ideas!"
Marco smiled. "Happy to be of service...NOW LET'S TAKE THIS GUY DOWN!"
Click chirped and turned into his Shield Form as Marco summoned his Scarab Sword, igniting the blade with fire as the six lunged at Wolfram, who growled as he launched more metal cubes and pillars.
Hilda dodged and weaved between the pillars alongside Melissa, who smashed or blasted anything in their path with simple missiles. As they did, however, Melissa picked up on a strange energy…right beside her?
Hilda sensed something too and glanced down., seeing her legs and neck were glowing, vein like outlines along them, the outline glowing and energy increasing each time she repeated a motion….
"Well, well, well. Aout time we met."
Hilda soon found herself in a void and turned to see a man with tall, spiky hair in a bandana smirking at her.
"Not a lot of time with the fight you're in and all, so I'll make this quick." He explained. "Name's Bruce, third One for All user. My Quirk, which you just activated, is Fa Jin: It stores energy made up in repeated motions and or physical activity for you to unleash at a later time. Now…goi break that prick's shit, will ya?"
Returning to the real world, Hilda suddenly flew ahead, easily breaking cubes and pillars as she did so. All-Might noticed what his chubby successor had done and smiled proudly as he recalled his beloved mentor being able to do the same.
"Looks like Young Toukotoya has almost got 'em all."
Back in the fighting arena, everyone else's combined powers shined through. Vivi sent out torrents of sharp sand blades that sliced through the Sentinels, followed by Kazuya melting them into slag with the sheer heat he radiated. Lilique and Kobeni provided support with their Clima-Tact and Pop Greens while Rebecca summoned machine guns from her shoulders that opened fire on several Sentinels in a sweeping line.
"SWALLOW BANDEROLE!"Milo shouted as they performed a very swift vertical downward slash that cut and froze several Sentinels, the ice even spreading to the ground as Shoto added to it with his own ice for good measure.
Wolfram yelled in rage as he kept launching more of the metal tower to kill his targets, but the heroes were just too fast and too strong, even against the Quirk Amplifier.
"There's no way! How am I not stronger than these two, even with this device!?"
"It's still only a prototype, and I was never able to properly adjust it for use with multiple Quirks. You're overloading it to the point where it's starting to shut down." David said as he watched from a safe distance.
Wolfram growled. "Then I'll just smash you all with one giant attack!"
He gathered all the spare metal he could, even from the destroyed Sentinels, creating a massive cube larger than the fighting ring he had made.
"I'll bring down this whole tower!"
All-Might turned to Melissa. "Think you can handle this?"
Melissa nodded. "I'll give it everything I have!"
"That's the spirit!" Ben said before combining[Hypetrophy]with[Hardening]and[Hellflame]. "COME ON!"
"Heck yeah!" Hilda declared as she jumped after everyone else. "WE'LL SAVE EVERYONE NO MATTER THE COST!"
"THAT'S WHAT MAKES A HERO!" Izuku said, turning back to his regular human form as he blew into his thumb and used the[Gum-Gum Fruit]to expand his fist to a giant size."GUM-GUM GEAR THIRD: ELEPHANT GUN!"
"TRIPLE DETROIT SMASH!"All-Might, Hilda, and Melissa all shouted together.
"QUIRK COMBINATION: SATAN'S FIST!"Ben roared.
"ELEMENT OF FIRE: TAHU'S BLADE!"Marco cried as he swung his sword and his mask glowed, shielding him and the others. "And JALLER'S GUARD!"
Wolfram tried to brace the cube against the onslaught of attacks, but it was too strong for even his magnified power and he felt his muscles start to tear.
"Damn it...! I... Can't hold it...!"
He saw the heroes smash through and his eyes could only widen in horror as he could almost see multiple All-Mights coming at him at once.
"GO BEYOND...PLUS ULTRA!"
Wolfram quickly covered himself in metal wrappings, but it did no good, as he was struck down by all the heroes. The device shattered, having been overtaxed, and Wolfram found himself blacking out as his metal construct exploded from sheer force. From David's angle of sight, he saw his daughter, fist raised in a very familiar pose. It was the same pose he once saw All-Might use long ago.
"That's my girl..." The scientist smiled proudly.
DEVIL
Once the island authorities were alerted as to what was really going on, Wolfram and his team were rounded up and contained, Ben being given permission to take all their Quirks for himself so they would never use them to harm others ever again. David looked saddened as he saw Sam's body being loaded into an ambulance. But Sam would be heading for the morgue, rather than the hospital.
"Dammit, Sam...was it all a lie?"
"Are you gonna be okay, Dad?" Melissa asked.
"Yeah...a part of me feels like I would have gone through with his plan if things had been different."
"Well, it's a good thing that didn't happen." Marco chuckled, Click chirping as he nustled in Melissa's hair.
"A shame this means we'll have to push the expo back a few days,"All-Might said sadly.
David smiled. "Maybe, but I think we can do something for your class to make up for it."
DEVIL
"LET'S EAT!"
All of Class 1-A and -B were excitedly taking part in a barbecue at one of the island's beaches, hosted by David and Melissa.
"To think all that was happening while most of us were stuck in our rooms," Rikidou said.
"Man, I wish I could have been there!" Yamato complained as Vivi patted him on the back.
"It definitely gave me new ideas for a song, that's for sure!" Uta smiled.
In a few days, the expo would be reopened, with plenty of time before the training camp. It was a rare chance for Izuku, his crew, and their UA friends to get some peace in. After all, more trouble was likely to be right around the corner.
However, there were still a few surprises right now that were coming their way. The biggest of which was:
"GRANDPA LIVE-STREAMED THE WHOLE DARN THING?!" The Seraphim all shouted in shock, their comrades similarly in shock.
"Oh no!" Vegapunk assured his grandchildren. "No, no, no, no, noooo!"
He then smiled evilly.
"At least, not entirely by myself; I simply forwarded the stream to all of your classmates, parents and teachers' social media. This way, the HPSC will either have to bankrupt itself to ndeny you children your rightful places…or accept it to avoid all the red tape."
Far simpler than one might expect from the smartest man alive, yet just as effective…especially when some of those who'd received and shared the livestream were among the wealthiest and most influential in not just Japan, but the world itself.
"Oh this one is my favorite!" Vegapunk beamed, showing little Komeko Midoriya had done a reaction and was singing not only her big brothers' praises, but everyone else's as well.
"…She's such a good girl!" Izuku managed, his heart and eyes overflowing, which was shared by the others. Yes, even Katsuki and Shun.
"Rewrite Light."
….Well, just even Katsuki now.
A few days later, Marco and Melissa had, along with Mei, being working on upgrades to her suit when the blonde, while grabbing soime water, came across her father and uncle.
"Papa, I know this is a pretty big ask but…can I go to UA?" Melissa asked sheepishly. "I know we're safer here, and I'd have to start over, but…."
David just hugged his daughter with a warm smile before Dorthy and Maetel, smiles on their faces, handed the blonde girl a scholarship and UA uniform.
"You'll start in two weeks." Dorthy explained
"But perhaps…we can keep this a surprise for Marco?" Maetel suggested.
The gang let out a big hurrah
No one said a word; letting their bio=droid and his crush have this moment.
DEVIL
As Wolfram and his crew were being hauled away, they suddenly were brought in front of someone they never thought they'd ever see:
"Well, well, well." Wolfram smirked, "Mr. Saturn himself. To what do we owe the pleasure?"
The HPSC elder simply pistol whipped Wolfram and then shot one of his men dead.
"That is Elder Saturn to you." The elder growled. "And you have been brought here instead of Tartarus because of your ally in this scheme of yours."
"We don't know were he is….Not that you'll be alive long enough to care!"
Swordkill, freed from his cuffs by a bribed guard, leapt forward and stabbed the elderly man…who looked up at him as if he was a nitwit.
"If it were that easy to kill us?" Saturn sighed, more annoyed than anything as he pulled out the blade and began to grow larger. "Society would be in anarchy long ago."
A second later, the elderly man was three times his regular size, with horns adorning his forehead, a ring of black clouds floating over him and where his lower body once was, eight powerful and sharp arachnid legs.
"My Quirk, Gyuki." Saturn explained. "Be honored, you're the first to have seen it since the time of the revolutionaries, Kudo and Fa Jin."
Some of the mercs tried to break free and escape, but their leader was frozen in shock; how was this possible?
"A gift from Commander Destro before he turned himself in." Saturn elaborated as if he was reading Wolfram's mind. "Our grudge over his ideal's bastardization prolongs our lives and strengthens us."
He then rammed his spider-legs into the mercanaires, killing them instantly. Suddenly, his phone rang.
"Is it done?"
"Yes, Lord Imu." Saturn noted.
"Then return to Headquarters. We must rework our plans."
"As you wish, milord."
A summoning circle then appeared under Saturn, who next found himself in the meeting area he and his comrades usually spent their days, now joined by the true leader of the HPSC.
"Allow us to clarify: We do not mind this." Imu said as they sipped some tea. "Those children shall take up where All Might leaves when he inevitably falls or retires; for them to already have a grand deed will help them smoothly transfer into symbol-dom. And Vegapunk shall not be punished for this; the world cannot afford to either lose his genius nor battle the children….Yet."
They then returned to their sanctum, eager to play with butterflies, but issued one final command:
"Approach us again once a plan is formulated to….tame them."
Knightmare Lord A/N:
And so ends the I-Island/Two Heroes Arc! Melissa has decided to enroll at UA as a Hero/Support Student and Saint Saturn has decided to tie up loose ends with Wolfram. On top of that, Izuku and his friends are now on the map thanks to Dr. Vegapunk's brilliant scheming.
Now we can get back to canon, where even more things are gonna be heating up! Anything you'd like to say, Mrotrax?
Mrotax A/N:
Sorry this took long; holiday shifts and family drama!
Hope it was worth the wait!
Thanks for all the love you're sending the story!