"Uraraka, wait!" Shoto called out as he chased after the brown haired girl through the forest.

"I can't wait, Deku could be in trouble!" Ochaco yelled as she tried running faster.

"But he wouldn't want you to risk your own safety for his!" Shoto yelled as he began considering freezing the girl in place to stop her. But then three shadows came into view and the two stopped to see Itsuka and Tetsutetsu with Hayato in their arms. "Kiryuu?!"

"Hayato!" Both students ran to their friend and grabbed him from the two 1-B students' arms once they saw he was unconscious. "What happened?!"

"He beat the villain that made that poison gas, but he wound up taking a lot of it in himself." Itsuka explained as Ochaco tried nudging Hayato awake.

"Come on...wake up..."

"Uraraka?" Ochaco turned her head slightly hearing Izuku's voice and turned to see him being cradled by Mezo on his back with Fumikage, Eijiro, and Katsuki in tow.

"D-Deku..." Her eyes began to well up with tears as she saw Izuku's current condition before the boy noticed his unconscious best friend in front of him.

"Wha...What happened to him?"

"He's alive, don't worry. Come on guys, we need to hurry back to camp!" Tetsutetsu said snapping the group back to reality and they all nodded among each other.

"Keep Kiryuu and Bakugo covered, camp should only be a few more minutes away." Shoto said as Mezo picked up Hayato and held him in his arms as they began to finish their way to camp with Katsuki in between them.

"We need to finish searching for the remaining students, Vlad." Aizawa said as he stood in the middle of the campsite with Kota in his arms and the Class 1-B teacher next to him.

"I agree, with Ragdoll watching the students inside we might have a...chance..." Vlad stopped talking and looked forward to see the group consisting of two of his students along with the Class 1-A students walking up to them.

"Mr. Aizawa! Vlad King!" Ochaco yelled as the two heroes ran to their students.

"Shinso told me you'd all be coming soon, thank god you're all here." Aizawa said as he counted up the students that were still left.

"I already called emergency services to deal with the forest fire right now. But more importantly, ambulances to help with the injured students." Vlad explained as the group made their way into the building.

"Have you found the other students yet?" Shoto asked as he took a seat to reel in their long night.

"Luckily we did, thanks to Tiger and Mandalay. Fifteen students were left unconscious thanks to the poison gas, and now counting you lot: twelve have been injured. That leaves thirteen out of forty students uninjured, but those villains are still out there." Aizawa explained as he grabbed Izuku and put him down and next to Hayato as now the green-haired boy began to lose consciousness as well.

"Then let's go get them!" Eijiro yelled getting ready to leave only to be stopped by his teacher turning to glare at him.

"Don't be an idiot."

"I agree with Eraser, you students were the target of this attack and making sure you were all safe was the main priority." Vlad said as he put his hands on Itsuka and Tetsutetsu's shoulders.

"But we still lost to the villains..." Katsuki growled as he looked out the window to see the blue flames in the distance.

"It's better to lose this way than to lose by anything happening to any of you." Aizawa explained as he looked to see several planes flying in.

"Some villains are immobilized though, that's some good news." Fumikage said as he remembered the condition Dark Shadow left the villain from before.

"Took you guys long enough." Toga said as she looked at a man with black hair with skin that had wrinkled and purple patches all over as well as a man wearing a black and grey bodysuit.

"We got bored." The black haired man said as he placed a hand on the ice Shoto had trapped the girl in and it melted almost immediately. "Twice, have you seen Compress?"

"No and who gives a fuck! Yes I have and he said he couldn't find the Bakugo kid anywhere!" Twice yelled as his expression under his mask changed from angry to happy instantly. "Come on, let's get out of here!"

"We failed our mission, didn't we Dabi?" Toga asked turning to the man who freed her from the ice. Dabi simply shrugged and began to walk away.

"Don't really care if we caught the kid or not, all that matters is we got them where it hurts and it clearly hurt them." Dabi said as one of Kurogiri's portals formed in front of them and the three walked into it. 'Too bad I didn't get to see you...Shoto...'

"Huh...?" Izuku's eyes opened as he found himself in a hospital room again and looked around to see that it was all real. He turned his head and noticed a plate with apple slices on it as well as a card with familiar writing on it. "Mom's...handwriting...?" He looked past the plate as he heard a knock on the door and watched it open to reveal Denki behind it.

"Midoriya's awake!" Denki opened the door and most of their classmates followed him inside and to Izuku's bedside. "Have you seen the news? The media is swarming the school."

"Is everyone here?" Izuku asked as he found the strength to sit up and look at the casts both his arms were in.

"No, Jiro and Hagakure are still unconscious from the villains' gas. And Yaoyorozu got hit hard on the head and got hospitalized here as well. Apparently she regained consciousness yesterday." Tenya explained as the class sadly looked down.

"What about Kacchan and Hayato?"

"Kiryuu is still unconscious as well, Bakugo and Shinso went to his room to check on him." Shoto explained as Izuku's eyes widened as remembered the state he had found Hayato in.

"How long was I out?"

"It's been two days, Deku. You've been slipping in and out of consciousness...you even got hit by a horrible fever." Ochaco explained as she walked forward and placed a hand over where she knew his hand was under the cast. "Your mom was here...she looked really worried too..."

"We lost to the villains..." Izuku whispered making Ochaco nod and embrace him as he gritted his teeth from frustration.

"At least we're all safe, that's what matters." Eijiro said as the class nodded in agreement.

"We don't know anything, we swear!" Magne cried out as she and Spinner laid on the ground of a warehouse with Stain and Blitz standing in front of them.

"I'm just asking a simple question." Blitz said walking up and lifting the villain up by her hair. "What was the League after?"

"I-I don't know!"

"Yeah, right." Blitz said before slamming his kneecap into her nose, shattering the bone inside of it. Spinner watched in horror as Magne rolled around in pain, the past two days of interrogations finally taking its toll on him. He looked up to meet the cold glare of the Hero Killer and began to shudder in horror.

"I-If Big Sis Mag doesn't know, what makes you think I do?!" Spinner yelled making Stain grin as he and Blitz noticed the fear in his voice.

"You looked up to me, and you know just my boots can do real damage." Stain chuckled as he walked forward, placing his right boot in front of Spinner's face and the spikes on the front making his fear grow further and further. So just tell us what we want to know, and you're going to be set free."

"They...They were after one of the students! Bakugo, I think! The scary one who shoots explosions from his hands! Shigaraki wanted to see if he could convince him to join the League!" Spinner yelled shocking Magne and making their captors grin in satisfaction. "We were supposed to take out as many students as we can and keep the heroes busy, and if we ran into anyone from his priority list then we were supposed to kill them!"

"And who were they?"

"That guy, Midoriya and his speedster friend! Endeavor's son and that Creation girl too! If they got in our ways then they were supposed to bite the dust!" Spinner yelled struggling to stand while Magne began to think about silencing him.

"That wasn't hard now, was it?" Stain asked placing a hand on the defeated Spinner's shoulder and pulling him close. "We could use someone like you for our cause." Stain said turning to face Blitz and motioning towards him. Unbeknownst to them, Magne saw a piece of broken glass and began to pull it towards her using her foot as the men in front of her began to talk.

'If Shigaraki finds out that Spinner ratted him out to these two: neither of us will survive. I'll split them apart using my Quirk and I'll stop him here and now. I magnetized them when they kidnapped us two days ago, so this is going to be my one chance!' Magne slid the glass under her body and into her remaining hand. "Sorry, Spinner, but I won't risk my life because of you!" Magne yelled as the three men began to glow blue before suddenly being blown apart from each other, with Spinner falling down in front of her. She grabbed the glass shard and prepared to drive it through Spinner's eye. But before he could brace himself, Spinner watched as her body fell to the side with deep claw marks running across Magne's throat.

"I actually considered letting her live, that's the sad part." Spinner's eyes widened as Blitz stood over him, his hand covered in blood as he removed his weapon from it. He extended the burn wound covered hand to the young villain who hesitantly grabbed it and stood up.

"Th-Thank you."

"Stain's right, we could use you. With the right training to take advantage of your Quirk's abilities, we can fix this broken world and deal with the Heroes and the League." Blitz said removing his mask so his new ally could see his normal appearance. "Can we count on you, Spinner?" Spinner looked at both his idol and his savior whose attitudes towards him were now the opposite of how they were not even five minutes ago. He considered his options before fixing his pink hair and nodding.

"You can count on me!"

"Good, now let's clean up the trash and get some food. You must be starving." Blitz said patting his back. He turned to Stain and then Magne's corpse, making the Hero Killer sigh as he took out one of his longer knives.

"Spinner, get me a trash bag! Blitz, fuck off and get us some food! We're gonna be here for a while!" Stain growled walking away and flipping off Blitz.

"Come on, Hayato...wake up..." Izuku sat in Hayato's room as night rolled around and looked at his best friend's sleeping body as he was wrapped in bandages as well. Once everyone else had left, he waited for a moment after talking to his parents who he called to let know he was finally conscious before deciding to come and see if the white haired speedster would wake up soon. He heard the door creak and turned his head to see Momo walk in with her head wrapped in bandages as well. "Yaoyorozu?"

"Hm? Oh, Midoriya, you're awake as well." Momo whispered as she noticed the green haired boy in the room.

"I couldn't sleep, so I figured keeping him company would be a better way to spend my time." Izuku said patting Hayato's bedside.

"It seems we had the same idea." Momo smiled and walked over, grabbing a chair and taking a seat on the opposite side of Hayato's bed. "I can assume this trip didn't end the way you expected either?"

"I don't think anyone expected a villain attack, god knows what's going through our teachers' heads right now." Izuku said before noticing the worried look on Momo's face as she kept her eyes focused on her boyfriend. He chuckled and hid his eyes under his hair as he felt tears well up. "...so dumb..."

"Excuse me?"

"It's so dumb...he's always been there when I needed him so I wouldn't end up like this...and now that I can finally look at him on equal ground, I couldn't do the same for him." Izuku said as he clenched his pant legs in frustration.

"Midoriya, he's still alive."

"But you wouldn't understand." Izuku said looking up and letting the tears begin to stream. "He wanted me to stay safe, he threw himself into even more danger to save MY girlfriend for me. He's always focusing on saving everyone but himself. How can I...how can I even call him my best friend...or even my brother if all I've ever done is look at his back while he helped everyone?" Izuku asked wiping his tears from his eyes. Momo smiled at the sight and reached over, grabbing the hand he had just put on the bed.

"You know he doesn't think that." Izuku looked at the girl confused as she moved her hand from his to remove a stray hair from Hayato's face. "He told me once: Izuku's going to be the greatest hero on Earth. How he's always going have your back because he's always going to be behind you to make sure you do. That you probably think all he ever does is protect you like you were four years old again in that park, but in reality he's helping you in ways you've always done for him. For the past ten years you've been his friend, his brother, his teacher, his rival, but most importantly you've been his hero. He just hoped you understood one day that even heroes need heroes to help them every now and then, and that he's been to you, what you've been to him." Momo said making Izuku smile and shake his head in disbelief.

"When did he tell you this?"

"The first time he went to my house, we were together in my room and I asked him why he was so insistent on helping you all the time. Being a hero is more to him than making his grandfathers proud, it's about always being by your side and keeping the people he loves safe." Momo explained before the two of them heard an almost quiet chuckle come from between them.

"Some things should stay in private, babe." The two turned their heads and smiled in relief as Hayato looked at them with a pained smile on his face. "Don't look at me like that, Ochaco's gonna be jealous." Hayato whispered and pushed Izuku back slightly. "We lost."

"But we're all safe. That's all that matters." Momo said kissing her boyfriend's hand. Hayato smiled before noticing the bandage on her head, he raised his hand and placed it on the side of her head, rubbing it gently.

"I'm glad you're okay."

"Thanks to you."

"What even happened to you anyway, Yaoyorozu?" Izuku asked remembering how Tenya only said she got hit hard in the head.

"A Nomu attacked me and Awase, I would've been a goner if it wasn't for Awase's quick thinking and welding me to his body to make running away from it easier." Momo explained remembering how the Nomu swiped her head with its hammer arm.

"You know, every guy wants to hear their girl talk about how another guy ran away with her in his arms." Hayato said rolling his eyes.

"And lucky for us, Hayato showed up at that moment and showed off his new move to defeat it. What do you call that anyway?" Momo asked as she remembered the battle between Hayato and the Nomu.

"Oh, you mean Mach Two. Yeah, I wanted that to be a surprise for Izuku." Hayato said as he found the strength in his body to sit up and make eye contact with his best friend. "I based it off Full Cowling, now I'm not gonna be behind you anymore, buddy."

"I'd like to see that." Izuku said as he felt the power of One for All surge in his body in response to his excited emotions.

"So no clue as to if the heroes are going to take any action against the League?" Hayato asked as he and Izuku sat eating breakfast together in the hospital's cafeteria with his phone in between them and Sorahiko on the other line.

"Hayato, it's not my place to tell either of you that."

"Grandpa, my friends were in danger. I need to know if those bastards are going to pay." Hayato said making his grandfather sigh.

"Look, and this stays between the three of us, there was apparently a breakthrough as to where the League's base of operations could be. Now I won't tell you where so that you two don't turn into a couple of vigilantes, lord knows THAT'S the last thing I need to even think about, but there's a plan to storm it and take the League of Villains down currently in the works at the precinct." Sorahiko said making Hayato and Izuku sigh in relief. "However, I know for a fact that the plan won't be successful unless we can find wherever they create the Nomu and strike it at the same time as well. The Nomu are the League's grunts and will be there whenever Shigaraki, and whoever is actually the brains behind them, needs them to be. If we attack both of those places then we could take these bastards down before they grow even further in size. Listen to me and listen to me well, do not involve yourselves further with this. You're still students and none of you have a Provisional License yet, this is a police and hero matter and it will be dealt with by us."

"We know, Gran Torino, we just want to make sure nothing else happens to anyone else." Izuku said raising the phone.

"I know, Midoriya, and it won't. You have my word as your teacher and as your grandfather, Hayato. I have to go, rest up." Sorahiko said before ending the call. The two sighed before smiling at one another.

"Listen to me and listen to me well, do not involve yourselves further. Damn that old man, he thinks we're gonna do something crazy just because of what happened." Hayato said mimicking his grandfather's voice before continuing to eat.

"I mean, we did break the rules and fight a dangerous criminal and a Nomu before we got permission to use our Quirks." Izuku noted taking a sip of his juice. "He's just worried, you are his only grandson after all."

"Yeah, but he's got Mira too so it's not like he doesn't have descendants." Hayato said as he looked to see a message had come in from said sister.

"I just hope All Might and the other teachers aren't blaming themselves for what happened." Izuku said as he thought about his predecessor for a moment and thought about his reaction to the attack.

"Damn it!" All Might sighed as he left the conference room as the faculty was discussing the attack on the camp and quietly blamed himself for not being there for his students. He started walking through the hallway to the faculty lounge before hearing footsteps behind him.

"It's been a while, All Might." He froze up as he recognized the voice behind him and turned around to see his former sidekick standing behind him.

"Nighteye..."

"I heard about what happened, do you know how your students and my intern are holding up?"

"Your intern?" All Might asked before remembering who had interned under the man in front of him.

"Yes, I believe it was made clear Hayato Kiryuu was sent to my agency."

"Yes of course I knew, I was one of the ones who approved his choice." All Might said before closing his eyes in shame. "Why are you here...after all this time...?" All Might asked making Nighteye sigh and remove his glasses to clean them.

"The League of Villains is going to be a pain in our sides, I wish that I could've been reunited with you under better circumstances but I'd like to offer you a proposition." Nighteye said as he put his glasses back on and looked at his idol with a mix of sadness and determination. "A team up, you and I work together to rid the world of the League so our successors can work harder on their future as heroes."

"Successors?"

"While I took Mirio Togata under my wing, there's no doubt that Kiryuu is my successor as the partner to the Symbol of Peace. So, will we destroy the past that separated us and create a bright future for the next generation, once more as a team?" Nighteye asked extending his hand to All Might. The Symbol of Peace smiled and opened his eyes, inflating into his muscle form before taking the man's hand.

"I would like nothing more than to call you my friend and partner once more."

"In my eyes, we never stopped."

"You know, I've read all these western comics with speedsters in them and all of them have Speed Healing. Lucky bastards." Hayato said as he read a comic book while he and Izuku were on the roof of the hospital to stretch their muscles. "What I wouldn't give for these damn bandages and stitches to come off."

"Would you give up your collection of-" Izuku started before seeing his best friend's head snap up to glare at him.

"Izuku, don't even go there. And Momo is not to know about it, are we clear?"

"Are you really afraid of her knowing that you collect-"

"Finish that sentence and your All Might figures are gonna disappear when we go home." Hayato said standing up and walking to the stairway entrance. "Come on, the others should be arriving soon." Hayato said as he opened the door and began making his way downstairs.

"Coming!" Izuku started to follow Hayato but as he reached the steps, he tripped and began to fall. He activated One for All to try cushioning his fall in someway using a punch or a kick, but what happened in that moment was a shock to not only him but Hayato who looked up to see what was happening: Izuku was levitating in mid-air above him.

"Y-You're...you're fly-"

"I know..."

"H-How are you-"

"I-I don't know."