Chapter 34: Kodai Gone
"Alright, here's the plan," Dabi said. "We escort you towards the Pussycat headquarters, and only fight any non-League Villains that we come across. How does that sound?"
Mezo Shoji wanted to protest the idea, but he needed to look at the facts: While his severed arm would regenerate, it still hurt like hell, and the adrenaline from taking on Dark Shadow was beginning to wear off. It was only a matter of time before the pain overwhelmed him.
The rest of his classmates weren't looking all that good, either. Rin's throat would get even scratchier if he kept using his fire breath, Tokoyami probably wasn't keen on letting Dark Shadow loose after such a disaster, and while Tsunotori wasn't physically hurt, it was clear that the ordeal was getting to her. Hell, the only one who seemed to be fine in both body and mind was Kuroiro, and it would be a bad idea to leave him alone out here to fight the Villains.
They didn't have much of a choice but to listen to the black-haired lady.
The tentacled teen nodded. "I guess we'll follow your lead, then."
"Sweet!" Twice cheered. "I'm gonna love taking all your measurements!"
Momo Yaoyorozu had no idea what she was gonna do.
This was supposed to be a fun after-training activity, not a survival challenge. First, she and Awase from Class B got separated from Kendo and Tetsutetsu by a bunch of masked creeps, and for the last twenty minutes or so, she had been running around the forest with Awase, trying to direct as many people all they could towards the Pussycats headquarters.
Would it be smarter to go to the headquarters itself? Probably, but they were Hero students, and saving their classmates fell into their jurisdiction! So, they kept doing that, until she shoved Awase into the bushes to hide. They had just stumbled across a major problem.
"...you gotta know, right?" Just out of the bushes from where they were hiding, they could see Kendo and Tetsutetsu hanging in the air by a bunch of red bandages, as some gray-haired creep was pulling out a knife on them. "No? Oh, well. Guess I don't need you."
"Wait, wait, wait!" Tetsutetsu shouted, as he suddenly fell to the ground with a bang. "You really think you can kill me with a knife? Ha! Bitch, my Quirk turns my whole body into steel!"
"Steel, you say?" Mummy replied, before suddenly, more bandages wrapped around the teen's now-metal body. "Wow, you really are stupid. My Quirk allows me to control inanimate objects, including the steel you cover yourself in. You just made yourself into a better puppet!"
"Oh my God," Awase groaned from behind the bushes. "Tetsutetsu, you fucking idiot…"
"Hmm, you know what? Forget the knife," Mummy said, dropping his weapon. "Since you're now my puppet, I'm just gonna make you kill your friend here with your own bare hands."
"What?! NO!" the gray-haired teen shouted. "DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE!"
Nope, it was time for Momo to act, now. She wasn't gonna let her classmate murder his friend, especially someone as cool as Kendo. A cannon would take too long to make, and it ran the risk of getting launched out even further into the forest, thus potentially hurting one of her friends. No, Momo needed to create something smaller. That's it! A blow dart!
Momo quickly created the tube to send the blow dart lancing. Now for the dart –
"GAS ATTACK!"
"Huh –?!"
Both Momo and Awase looked up to see a massive plume of purple smoke suddenly launched into Mummy's face, causing him to loosen his grip on Kendo and Tetsutetsu. Out of the purple miasma came another Villain, one that was wearing a green helmet, with a gas mask attached to it. Not only that, but they were carrying what appeared to be a flamethrower with them. However, Momo could tell it was responsible for shooting out the gas and not any fires.
"Uhh… you think that's the Mustard guy Mandalay was talking about?"
Awase was making a good point. The newcomer's Quirk and costume would definitely work as a play on mustard gas, which meant that he was with the League of Villains, and here to save them. Momo watched as Mustard kept shooting more of his gas out of the modified flamethrower and into Mummy's face, who was now crawling around in the dirt, causing the red ribbons to loosen up even more, and eventually, freeing Kendo and Tetsutetsu.
"Who the hell are you?" Kendo asked.
"Mustard. Hey, you're UA students, yeah?" Mustard asked. "Word of advice: Don't breathe."
Don't breathe? What does he –? Momo's thoughts suddenly cut off as she felt woozy. Shit, the gas! It didn't affect Kendo and Tetsutetsu because they were away from where Mustard was pointing, but it managed to float to where she and Awase were!
There was a pretty good chance that they would pass out in a few moments, and Momo needed to make the most of them. "Awase, ugh, I need your Quirk, kaff-kaff! Follow me!"
Momo could feel herself begin to choke on the miasma, but she still had a job to do. The League of Villains might have been here to save them today, but they were still criminals which the Heroes needed to stop. She quickly made a gas mask for Awase to put on, before creating a small device, and whispering to him, "Weld this at the back of his helmet without being seen."
Before the bandana-wearing teen could ask what she meant, Momo jumped out of the bushes, gaining everyone's attention, as she quickly made two more gas masks and shoved them towards Kendo and Tetsutetsu. Before running up towards Mustard. "Woooooozy…"
"Oh, crap!" Mustard cursed. "Hey, make yourself another gas mask, come on!"
As the helmeted Villain was shaking her, probably in an effort to keep her conscious, she began to make a fourth mask, as she saw Awase sneaking up from behind. He made a silent gesture with his finger and mouth, probably to make sure his classmates didn't say anything, as he welded the tracker she made into the back of Mustard's helmet. Mission accomplished.
The last thing Momo felt before passing out was someone putting her gas mask on her face.
Ochako watched as Slice got the fuck out of dodge.
After informing Mandalay about how the League of Villains was here to save everyone (still gross to say), Ochako dealt with the cretins that were currently still harassing the Pussycats, along with Spinner and Magne. Bearhead was down for the count, and Slice…
Yeah, no, she was gone. Ran into the woods when she figured out that it was now a five to one fight. The only question now was who was going to chase after her.
However, before anyone could figure out an answer to that, a black portal opened up on the ground, and Kurogiri appeared. "It's been five minutes since the signal. Time to go."
"Wait, you guys are leaving?!" Ochako shouted.
"Sorry, but the majority of the PLF has been beaten already," Magne said, walking through the warp gate. "We don't want the Heroes to turn around and arrest us. Bye now!"
"It's been an honor fighting alongside you!" Spinner said, as he dove into the portal.
With Kurogiri's warp gates suddenly disappearing, Ochako found herself now alone with just Mandalay and Tiger. For a few seconds, she felt like maybe she could breathe a sigh of relief, but then she remembered that Magne said the majority of the Vanguard Action Squad was dealt with, not all of them. Which meant that there were still some more of them out there.
Some more of them that would still be after Yui-chan!
Using One For All, Ochako pushed herself upward and began running back towards the Pussycats headquarters, ignoring Mandalay and Tiger's shouts to come back.
Hang on, Yui-chan! I'm coming!
Kiruka knew it was time for her to get the fuck out of here.
As she predicted, the mission was a bust. Again.
Fourth time doing this, and the League of Villains comes in to stop them, even going so far as to work together with the Heroes. Bearhead got the absolute shit kicked out of him, and given that she couldn't see anyone else, she had to assume the worst for the rest of her team.
Fuck this shit. It was time to go home. Prison, much less getting her ass handed to her, or even worse, a horribly painful death by an angry All For One, wasn't worth trying to kidnap a single fifteen-year-old, no matter how valuable the information she carried was.
Activating her communicator, Kiruka said, "This is Slice, requesting an extraction. Bearhead is down. We need to get the fuck out of here! Rogone, Mimic, can you guys hear me?"
"This is Mimic responding, we hear you, Slice. What's the extraction site?"
Before Kiruka could answer, a new message came in. "Everyone, this is Inquisitor. I've found Yui Kodai. Main headquarters building of the Pussycats. Come here now."
Kiruka's blue eyes widened at Nemoto's new message, before a smile slowly crept up on her face. This… this could work. They had one last shot at getting Megethos, and she wasn't gonna waste it. "Mimic, send the chopper to where Inquisitor is at. It's time to go home."
WHAM!
Katsuki really hated his luck sometimes. First, there was that shit with the Sludge Villain from last year. Then, there were the constant Villain attacks they were getting into! A part of him wanted to blame Ochako for those, since she was the one with One For All, but that was just a dick move. But still, they were fucking first years! This wasn't supposed to happen!
BAM!
And now he was dodging some bald asshole's crystal arms, all while still carrying Kota in his arms. Which was kinda weird, though. No, not because the creep was wearing a face mask like he was sick, but because his crystals looked the same as Big Lips' sugar crystals.
"HOLD STILL, DAMN YOU!" Zirconium shouted.
"THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM WITH ME?!" Katsuki shouted. Seriously, he just ran into this asshole while he was trying to get Kota somewhere safe, what was his problem?! "Do I look like Kodai to you?! No! I'm just a guy with a kid in my arms, so why don't you just piss off?!"
"But you know where she is! Tell me, and I'll spare your life!"
"HA! Fat chance! Like I'm gonna tell you jack –
Both of them stop moving as they hear a radio go off. "Everyone, this is Inquisitor. I've found Yui Kodai. Main headquarters building of the Pussycats. Come here now."
Zirconium looks down at the walkie-talkie on his belt before looking back up. Katsuki, meanwhile, stared back towards the location of the Pussycats' main lodging. Shit.
Quickly placing Kota onto his back while keeping his eyes on the crystal-based Villain, Katsuki whispered, "Kid, hang on to my back, wrap your arms around my neck, and hold on tight."
Kota complied, but completely confused. "Huh?! What are you –"
BOOM! BOOM!
Katsuki let his explosions loose, sending Zirconium into a tree and launching himself and Kota into the air. The blond tried to keep his air travel slow so Kota wouldn't fall off, but he still tried to go as fast as he could. He needed to get to the main building, and fast!
Less than two minutes later, Katsuki came across a massive mess.
Up from a bird's eye view, the explosive blond could see the Pussycats' headquarters, but there was also a major shitshow going down at the front door: Aizawa-sensei was holding off four different Villains, while Kodai and an unconscious Shinso were behind him.
Not only that, but Katsuki could see through some of the sparser parts of the forest that a bunch of his classmates were heading straight towards the fight, alongside two members of the League, completely unaware of what was going on just beyond the treeline.
And to top it all off, Katsuki could hear the helicopter coming in close.
Welp. Looks like it was time for him to make a major decision. "Kid, I gotta go help my friends," Katsuki told Kota. "Can you promise me you won't move from where I drop you off?"
"Can you promise me that you'll come back alive?"
No. Katsuki gulped, before he put on a smile. "Hell yeah. 'Course I will."
With a nod from the kid acting as some kind of final blessing, Katsuki launched himself towards the roof of the Pussycats' lodging, and dropped him off on the roof, before letting gravity take over for a bit, and then launching an even more powerful explosion downward.
"DIIIIIEEE!"
BOOOOOOM!
Man, he hadn't said that in a while. But he was extra pissed today, sooo… yeah…
Unfortunately, it seemed like the explosion didn't do jack, as the blond asshole with the plague doctor mask just summoned some yellow forcefield and shielded himself. "Ugh," Canopy groaned. "Another battle junkie. I honestly don't know how you creatures function…"
"Wanna drop the bubble shield and say that to my face, asshole?!"
"BAKUGOU?!" Aizawa-sensei shouted. "What are you doing here?!"
"SAVING YOUR ASSES, THAT'S WHAT!"
"Then I guess we could help! Oooh, bad guys to kill!"
Katsuki turned around to see that the two League members had just come out of the tree line, along with Shoji, Tokoyami, and some kids from Class B. "Twice, take on Tabe!"
"YOU GOT IT!" the black-and-white dude said, before he suddenly jumped into the air, whipping out a piece of string, and attacking the creep with the burlap sack on his head.
Shouta was secretly glad to see Bakugou pulling up and laying the smackdown on these Villains. He knew that he was probably a bad teacher for saying that, but he meant it.
Inquisitor, despite the fact his Quirk could only force people to tell the truth, was a long-ranged fighter due to the fact he had a handgun with him. Shouta and Kodai had to keep dodging the bullets that came firing out, all while having to deal with the other two Villains.
Gluttony was a close-quarters fighter. From what Shouta could tell, the sack-wearing guy had a massive appetite, and every now and then, Shouta had to dodge his teeth whenever he charged in like a maniac. He couldn't even erase the guy's Quirk, he was a Mutant-type.
And then there was Canopy. His primary job was to shield his buddies whenever Kodai got a little violent and decided to throw some suddenly-grown rocks in their direction. Normally, Shouta would scold Kodai for such violent behavior, but this wasn't a training exercise, this was real. If she ended up killing one of them, they would deal with that later.
"Twice, take on Tabe!"
"YOU GOT IT!"
Though, someone might have already beaten her to the punch on that.
As Dabi and Twice began fighting the Action Squad members alongside Bakugou, Shouta could see some of his students, both in Class A and B, running towards him. Quickly grabbing Shinso, the Underground Hero handed him to Kuroiro. "Get him inside, and hide! NOW!"
"What about the rest of you?!" Rin shouted.
"We'll be fine! Just go!" Shouta said. He knew Bakugou wasn't gonna up and die on them, and no matter where Kodai went in this camp, the Villains would track her down. The two of them had to fight. That didn't mean everyone else had to, as well. "HURRY!"
The students slowly nodded, grabbed Shinso, and went inside. Good. With Bakugou and the two League members, Shouta and Kodai actually stood a chance now. Time to –
WHACK!
Shouta staggered in pain, as he looked up. Great, Zookeeper was up from her little nap, as well. Before Shouta could take her on, though, a red shard implanted itself into the ground.
"Excellent, she's here," Slice said, flexing her red hair. "Time to go, Kodai."
Ochako could hear the helicopter engine right above her.
She knew it was heading in the same direction as her, but it didn't matter. She was going to get there first. With One For All boosting her, Ochako ran through the forest, and…
…stumbled across complete chaos.
Several members of the League were fighting the remaining forces of the PLF, while both Yui-chan, Katsuki, and Aizawa-sensei were dealing with their own battles, too. Before Ochako could even choose which battle to aid in, the sounds of helicopter blades flooded her ears.
"THE CHOPPER IS HERE!" Inquisitor shouted. "WE NEED TO GO!"
"I'M NOT LEAVING HERE WITHOUT THAT BITCH!" Slice screamed.
"WE WON'T LET YOU HAVE HER!"
Black smoke suddenly appeared out of thin air, as Kurogiri opened a massive portal. Dabi and Twice ran straight for it, and as they jumped in, they accidentally realized they swept someone along with them. As if in slow-motion, Ochako watched as they took with them –
"KODAI! NOOO!"
Aizawa-sensei wrapped his scarf around Kodai's body, but it was too late. The blue-eyed girl had already been sucked in by the dark portal, and Aizawa-sensei was now being dragged in as well, but not before grabbing another hitchhiker along with him, Zookeeper.
Ochako ran to them as fast as she could, One For All coursing through her veins, but by the time she reached them… Kurogiri's portal was already gone.
She didn't hear Slice yelling at the others to get out of here. She didn't hear the helicopter flying off. She didn't even hear Katsuki holding her, telling her that everything would be okay.
All she could hear was her own screaming, as she wallowed in her failure.
Eri was about to head to bed when there was a knock on the door. Her mother was tucking her in when the constant knocking came. "Eri, stay here. I'm going to go see who it is."
The little horned girl, however, didn't do as her mother commanded, instead, when the older woman wasn't looking, Eri quickly got out of bed, and followed, tiptoeing through the corridor of the apartment, to just around the corner, where she could see her mom with…
"Kayama? What's going on?"
"There's been an emergency, Emi."
"At the Training Camp? What happened –?!"
"It was the League of Villains, and another group, they –"
"WHAT?! Is everyone okay?! Is Shouta okay?!"
"Most of the students are fine –"
"Most? What do you mean most –?!"
"Some of them are hospitalized, but Emi; Shouta he… he's been taken."
"What…? No, no, no…"
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry…"
As Eri watched her mom cry, the little white-haired girl ran back to her room. Running to her bed, she prayed to the one person she knew could save her dad. The person who saved her.
She prayed to Izuku-nii.
Vlad King was able to call emergency services not too long after the Villains left. The ambulances and police arrived, with the cops taking the Heroes' initial testimonies.
Of the forty students, two of them were unconscious, one Momo Yaoyorozu due to Mustard's gas, and the second, Hitoshi Shinso, due to something injected in their bloodstream. Two more of them were injured, with Ochako Uraraka suffering from hairline fractures in her forearms, and Mezo Shoji having a hand sliced off. Three more students, Itsuka Kendo, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, and Yosetsu Awase, also inhaled some of Mustard's gas, so they received check-ups, as well. A few of them suffered from Quirk exhaustion, but the rest were physically unharmed.
However, one of the students, Yui Kodai, had been declared missing. One of the Pro Heroes, Eraserhead, was reported missing alongside his student. Witness testimonies explained that both of them fell into Kurogiri's warp gate, a known member of the League of Villains.
When it came to the Paranormal Liberation Front, two of them were already dead before the authorities had even arrived. Muscular's body was found next to his head on the top of the cliff where Katsuki Bakugou had claimed Ochako Uraraka was battling him, and Moonfish's head was crushed in. Shoto Todoroki, alongside Setsuna Tokage and Kyoka Jiro, reported that they witnessed All For One crush Moonfish's head in after stealing his Quirk, which gave credence to the idea that he was also responsible for Muscular's death, and not Ochako Uraraka.
In terms of Villains who were arrested, Bearhead of the Wild Villains was defeated by a combined effort of Ochako Uraraka, the Pro Heroes Mandalay and Tiger, alongside two of the newest members of the League, Spinner and Magne. Mummy was found unconscious alongside Momo Yaoyorozu, his body also having fallen victim to Mustard's power, another new member of the League. Zirconium was also found unconscious in the middle of the woods, thanks to Katsuki Bakugou. The remaining Villains, on both sides, managed to escape.
Additionally, one of the Villains, Zookeeper, also fell into Kurogiri's portal, and was now presumed a prisoner of the League, alongside Yui Kodai and Eraserhead.
Nedzu ignored the sea of journalists at his front gate.
None of them knew that Kodai was the target of the newly-debuted Paranormal Liberation Front, but he was certain a few of them would soon connect the dots between the camp and the attack at Kiyashi Ward. Or at the very least, figure out that the target was in Class 1-A.
Maybe that was why the League hadn't given Kodai back yet. From the witness reports, it seemed like she accidentally fell into Kurogiri's warp gate. And even if it wasn't an accident, the fact remained that, twice now, the League of Villains swooped in to save Yui Kodai from the PLF. They must have figured that letting her stay out in the open was too risky, so they decided to keep her, for now. But if that was the case, then why didn't they at least return Aizawa?
The Erasure Hero jumped in after her student, yes, but why was he still in their custody? Nedzu was certain that All For One probably had some kind of Quirk that caused amnesia, so they could easily just dump him back to UA without him knowing about any of their secrets. No, they were clearly keeping him for a reason, but… what? He didn't know, and frankly, looking at the rest of his staff around the table, he wasn't too sure what to tell them.
Ms. Joke just lost her husband. Present Mic and Midnight just lost their best friend. Thirteen lost someone she held deep in her heart. Vlad King and All Might lost someone who, while not a friend, they respected. The same went for Gran Torino, Recovery Girl, and the others.
Nedzu figured they might as well start slowly.
"That training camp was meant to prepare students to handle Villain attacks; the irony is shameful," Nedzu began. "We knew the League would resurface, but we failed to see the other Villain groups brewing in the background. We have no idea of what the Paranormal Liberation Front's goal is, but at the moment, it's far more destructive than the League's."
"Even if we had known their goal, could we really have avoided this attack?" Midnight asked.
"All Might eliminated organized crime, and we're all rusty." Present Mic seemed to agree with that sentiment. "We've definitely gotten complacent during peaceful times without relaxing it. I guess deep down all of us thought we'd be riding the sweet life for good."
"I will never forgive myself for such cowardly ignorance," Yagi groaned. "While our students were fighting desperately for their lives I was just… having a relaxing soak in the bath."
"We shouldn't have had the Sports Festival right after the USJ attack," Ms. Joke growled. "We wanted to show we were still strong. To have a student kidnapped is our greatest failure as teachers. They've taken Kodai, Shouta, and society's faith in Heroes away from us."
"I agree, every news outlet is currently condemning UA High," Nedzu said.
"Only the teachers and the Pussycats knew where the training camp would be," Thirteen said. "Don't you think it's a little suspicious? I guess a kid could have used their phone –"
"Kurose, stop this!" Vlad King shouted at her.
"What's the problem?! We have to find who the leak is!"
"Could be you, for all we know," Gran Torino spoke up. "If we start doubting each other, we'll destroy ourselves from the inside. Accusing a traitor isn't something we should take lightly."
"At the very least, I trust everyone sitting at this table," Nedzu said. "Though, there's also no way for me to prove to all of you that I am innocent. For the moment, what we must do as a school is concentrate on guaranteeing the safety of your student body. This is a good time to implement something that I've wanted to put in place for a while…"
Naomasa Tsukauchi tapped his foot as he waited for Yagi to pick up the phone. He knew that the man was busy, especially after all the shit that went down, but this was important!
Come on, come on… Naomasa then heard a click.
"What is it, Tsukauchi?"
Huh, must have interrupted him during a meeting, Naomasa thought to himself. "We finally finished taking comprehensive statements from the Wild Wild Pussycats, and I think we've found something. It's possible that we have a lead on where the League is hiding…"
"Really?! Are you serious?!"
"Yep. About two weeks ago, I sent an officer around to gather information. A bystander pointed out that he saw two women entering a building that was supposed to be vacant, one with black hair, the other with purple," Naomasa said over the phone. "We spoke to the owner of the building, and found that there's a sort of hidden bar there. My man thought this was unrelated to our kidnapping case and didn't investigate further. But remember Dabi? She had black hair. Not only that, but it's also safe to assume that the woman with the purple hair is Lady Nagant."
Naomasa continued, as Toshinori listened in silence. "Given the profile of this crime, we'll move as soon as we get the green light. This is top secret, I'm only telling you because it's you. We plan to ask for cooperation from many Pro Heroes for this rescue and inevitable clean-up mission. All Might… we need your power. Uhh… All Might? Are you still there?"
"Tsukauchi… you're a wonderful friend…" Yagi said, his voice changing. "And I know just what I'll say when I find them: I AM HERE! TO MAKE YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE!"
Guess that's a yes.
Ochako groaned, as consciousness took over.
Looking around, she could see that she was in a hospital room, with light casts over both her arms. After what happened with Yui-chan, Ochako figured she must have passed out from crying. She vaguely remembered slipping in and out of consciousness, maybe having a bit of a fever, and a couple different faces showing up, though she couldn't remember them clearly…
She wondered if her parents came in. They probably did. Same with the cops and doctors. It would seem pretty standard for all of them to come in at some point or another. God, what must have they been thinking? That their little girl almost died again? Ochako felt awful…
"Hey, Uraraka! Good, you're finally awake!" Ochako looked to her left, and saw Kaminari, along with almost everyone else from her class walk into her room. "Did you see the news?!"
"Yeah, it's worse than last time," Sato said. "Reporters are all over the school right now…"
"I, uh, brought a present," Koda said, as he placed a melon on her desk. "From all of us."
"Hope you're doing better," Tokoyami said.
Ochako softly smiled. "Did everyone from class come to visit…?"
"No," Iida said. "Shinso is still unconscious. Yaoyorozu only just woke up, and Jiro and Ashido are running late. So, it's just us. Though, we wish the whole class could be here."
"Only fifteen of us for now," Sero said, his head lowering in sadness.
Todoroki slowly nodded. "Kodai is still gone…"
Ochako's memories of the incident were still fresh in her mind. Yui-chan fell into that dark portal along with one of the Villains, and Aizawa-sensei jumped in after her. The logical part of her brain understood that there were only so many people she could save, and that she was still human, with limits. But her heart was aching, her eyes began to tear up. This was her childhood friend, dammit! "I couldn't save her… I failed…" Ochako began to cry. "She's gone…"
"Yeah," Katsuki said. "So let's go get her."
Everyone stared at the explosive blond like he was crazy, before he continued talking. "I was here yesterday, and so was Half-and-Half. We were on our way to visit you, when we saw All Might and some police officer, were pretty sure it was Tsukauchi, talking to Yaoyorozu…"
For the next few minutes, Katsuki and Todoroki explained how they overheard Yaomomo say that she attached a tracking device on the helmet of one of the Villains, the one armed with the gas-based flamethrower, Mustard, before passing out from inhaling his Quirk. She also gave a device to All Might that would allow them to locate the tracker, a receiver. As they finished up how All Might said they would handle this, some of the teens connected the dots…
"This means you're going to have Yaoyorozu make another receiver for you, doesn't it?" Iida asked, glaring at the two of them. They didn't even try to look away in shame.
"What if it does?" Todoroki asked.
"You should listen to what All Might said!" the bespectacled teen shouted. "We have to leave this to the professionals! It's not the right time to get involved, you idiots!"
"Look, all I know is that at camp, I wasn't there to help someone! I heard that Mute was being targeted, and that she got snatched! It already happened once… I lost someone once… AND I'M NOT GONNA LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN! I'M NOT GONNA STAND BY, I'M GONNA ACTUALLY HELP! OTHERWISE, WHAT'S THE POINT OF BEING A HERO?!"
"Bakubro, calm down!" Kirishima said. "We're in a hospital!"
"All of you… just listen to me for a minute… I know what you're saying is right, but still!" Katsuki begged, as he turned to face the bedridden Ochako, his hand extended to her. "Come on! She's still within our reach! We can save your best friend! WE CAN SAVE KODAI!"
Author's Note: Well, I didn't watch Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom for my birthday as I said I would, but I did see The Wild Robot. If that doesn't get the Oscar, I'll be miffed.
The scene where Eri was listening in on Emi and Nemuri was actually a last-minute addition I typed on the day of posting this. I also find it kinda ironic that Izuku is the one she's praying to, despite being kinda responsible for nabbing Shouta in the first place. But anyways, enough with the behind-the-scenes stuff. We do have one comment…
DevilJoker: Ehh, no.
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