Chapter 5

As soon as they got off the bus, another person was waiting for them.

"Hello, everyone!" A person in an astronaut suit greeted. "I've been waiting for you!" The students gasped. 

"It's the Space Hero, Thirteen!" Midoriya announced. "The chivalrous pro who's rescued a ton of people from disasters from across the world!"

"Woo-hoo!" Urakaka cheered. "Thirteen is one of my favorite heroes!"

"I can't wait to show you all what's inside!" Thirteen announced. 

"This is gonna be awesome!" everyone said. When they got inside the play was even more magnificent; it was enough to make anyone gasp. 

"Holy crap!" Kirishima gasped. "It looks like some kind of amusement park!"

"So; what are all the rescue zones?" Nami asked.

"A shipwreck. A landslide. A fire. A windstorm. Et cetera," Thirteen answered. "I created this training facility to prepare you to deal with different types of disasters. I call it the Unforeseen Simulation Joint. But you can call it, USJ!"

"Just like Universal Studios Japan," everyone said. 

Aizawa walked over to Thirteen. "Hey, shouldn't All Might be here already? Let me guess, he booked an interview instead."

Thirteen walked up to him. "Actually, it's something else. Apparently, he did too much hero work on the way to school this morning and used up all his power." She held up three fingers. "He's resting in the teacher's lounge."

"That man is the height of irresponsibility," Aizawa said; he glanced at the class. "The clocks ticking. We should get started."

"Excellent!" Thirteen agreed as Aizawa stood beside her. "Before we begin again, let me just say one thing. Well, maybe two things. Possibly three, four, or five."

"We get it!" Everyone said.

"Listen carefully," Thirteen ordered. "I'm sure you're aware that I have a  powerful Quirk. It's called Black Hole. I can use it to suck up everything and turn it into dust."

"Yeah, you've used Black Hole to save people from all kinds of disasters before, haven't you?" Midoriya asked as Urakaka nodded her head. 

"That's true," Thirteen confirmed. "But my Quirk could also very easily kill." A couple of people gasped. "Some of you have powers that can be dangerous. In our superhuman society, all Quirks are certified and stringently regulated, so we often overlook how unsafe then can actually be. Please don't forget that if you lose focus or make the wrong move, your powers can be deadly. Even if you're trying to do something virtuous like rescue someone. Thanks to Aizawa's fitness tests, you have a solid idea of your Quirk's potential. And because of All Might's combat training. You likely experienced how dangerous your powers can be when used against other people. Carry those lessons over to this class. Today, you're going to learn how to use your Quirks to save people's lives. You won't be using your powers to attack enemies or each other, only to help. After all, that's what being a hero is all about. Ensuring the safety of others." She bowed a bit. "That's all I have to say. Thank you so much for listening." Everyone cheered. 

"Right," Aizawa said. "Now that that's over..." There was a light surge along the top of the building causing the electricity to go out, the water fountain started to act weird; then purple started to wrap out of nowhere. Nami saw a look of panic fill her teacher's eyes as he looked back. Nami glanced to see that people started to exit the purple substance. "Stay together and don't move!" Everyone gasped. "Thirteen. Protect the students!"

"Whoa," Kirishima breathed. "What is that thing?"

"Whoa," Nami breathed as they continued to watch the scene below.

"Wait, has the training started already?" Kirishima asked. "I thought we were rescuing people." They started to inch forward.

"STAY BACK!" Aizawa urged causing them to jump a little, Nami looked to see Aizawa putting on his goggles. "This is real. Those are villains." Everyone gasped. 

"What is that?" Nami asked as a giant bird brain creature stepped out. 

"Definitely not here for a playdate," Shoto said. 

"So, you scumbags used the press as a cover and sneaked onto campus," Aizawa said; his scarf and hair rose.

"What? Real villains?" Kirishima asked in disbelief. "No way. How could so many of 'em get into the UA facility this secure."

"Yeah," Yaoyorozu breathed. "Thirteen. Why aren't the alarms going off?"

'The electrical surge earlier,' Nami answered as she studied the group below.

"Good question," Thirteen said. "I'm not sure."

"Is the entire campus under attack?" Shoto asked; Nami's mind raced to Hitsohi. "Or is this their only target? Either way, if the alarm sensors aren't being triggered, then one of these villains must have a Quirk that's masking their presence here. They carefully chose this isolated facility as an entry at a time when a class being taught. They're fools for trespassing here, but they've thought this out. Whatever their plan, they must have a concrete objective in mind. But what is it?" The students gasped.

"And how do they know a class was going to be taught here?" Nami asked. "If it's thought out; they must have a reason for targeting this one in particular." The students gasped again.

"Thirteen, get them outta here," Aizawa instructed. "And alert the main campus. Actually, if they've got the ability to block our sensors, then they might be jamming our regular communications, too. Kaminari, try using your Quirk to contact the school."

"Yes, sir!" Kaminari said, touching his radio antenna.

"What're you gonna do?" Midoriya asked. "You can't fight them on your own! There's too many of 'em. Even if you can nullify their Quirks, you're fighting style's not suited for this. Your power works best in stealth and one-on-one fights. That's not gonna help with a group."

"You can't be a pro if you only have one trick," Aizawa answered, Midoriya gasped. "I'll leave it to you, Thirteen." He jumped down; the villains got ready to attack. Aizawa nullified their Quirks, he trapped them in his scarf and then made their clink heads. They watched as Aizawa continued to make on many villains at once; using his Quirk, his scarf, and close combat.

"Woah," Midoriya said as he stayed back to watch as everyone headed to the exit. "He's holding them off. I guess I shouldn't have underestimated him."

"This is no time to be analyzing!" Iida scolded. "We have to go!"With one last glance; Midoriya went to catch up with the others; the wrap guy appeared in front of them and the gate. 

"There is no escape for you," the villain said as he revealed himself. "It's a pleasure to meet you. We are the League of Villains. I know it's impolite, but we decided to invite ourselves into this haven of justice to say hello. And besides, isn't this a fitting place for All Might, the Symbol of Peace, to take his last breath?" A few gasped. "I believe he was supposed to be here today, and yet I see no sign of him. There must've been some sort of change in plans we could have not foreseen. He opened more of his gate. "Ah, well, in the end, I suppose it doesn't matter. I still have a role to play."Thirteen gasped when Kirishima and Bakugo launched forward to attack; there was a huge explosion. 

"Did ya think we were just gonna stand around and let you tear this place to shreds?" Kirishima asked. 

"You live up to your school's reputation," Kurogiri acknowledged as he wrapped himself. "But you should be more careful, children. Otherwise, someone might get hurt."

"You two, get out the way, right now!" Thirteen ordered as she was ready to use her Quirk. 

"I'll scatter you across the facility to meet my comrades and your deaths!" Kurogiri declared. His wrap material flew all over them.

"Crap, what is this?" Kirishima asked; one by one they all got sucked in and spit out in a different part of the facility. Nami found her being placed in precarious conditions; with a quick glance, she saw that she was in the ruins section of the facility.

"Best to not get sidetracked; sweetheart!" a villain exclaimed as he appeared ready to attack.

"Huh?" Nami asked glancing over; she arched her arms back creating a ball of stellar energy in her hands then launched them forward; a powerful beam shot out slamming into the villain; and shoving him out the window.

"That'll only do you good for so long!" another villain said as more started to appear.

"Cocky," Nami said as she jumped up dodging an attack; she kicked them in the face; then jumped over the villain coming at her behind; she activated stellar energy at her hands; feet elbows, and knees and started to go hand to hand. More villains kept entering the floor she located on. Nami jumped dodging an attack.

"Eight mini supernovas!" Nami shouted as she spread out her arms; eight balls of star energy slammed into a couple of people; Nami moved her arm and kicked someone. The stars pulled a whole bunch of people together; she then closed her hand. All the stars exploded; pushing out large amounts of energy; then collapsed making all the villains hit their heads hard against each other. Someone touched her shoulder; she glanced back to see the villain with its mouth wide open. 'Crap.'

"DIE!" A voice shouted; there was an explosion and the villain was blown away from her, out of the smoke Nami saw Bakugo.

"Bakugo!" Nami gasped with a smile; he glanced down at her; both couldn't help but recall what happened earlier during the mob rush. There was a yell, and out of the smoke appeared Kirishima going head to head with a villain. "Kirishima!"

"Man, am I glad to see you!" Kirishima said as they all continued to fight. Nami manifested a stellar rope; she wrapped it around a villain; yanked him forward; slammed her foot into them, and then spun; releasing the villain into other villains like a bowling ball taking them out. Bakugo let out yells as he let out a couple of explosions; Kirishima yelled as he did more hand-to-hand combat. At some point, the three landed with their backs to each other all in fighting positions. "What's our school saying?" He hardened up.

"Plus Ultra," Nami recalled as she solidified a bolt lighting bolt made of stellar energy into her hands.

"Let's murder these weaklings," Bakugo smirked as he let off a few explosions. "DIE!" They continued with their fight. "SAY GOODBYE!"

"Ah!" Nami sounded as had a star high above; she brought her hands down; attacking the opponent; when she stopped they were unconscious. Kirishima sliced up a villain's pole; then knocked him unconscious as well. All three of them were panting as they stared at the villains laying around them. "Think that's the last of these guys," Nami said. 

"Buncha weaklings," Bakugo grunted. 

"All right," Kirishima said was still hardening. "Let's hurry and find the rest of our class." He deactivated his Quirk. "If we're both still in the USJ, then everyone else probably is, too. And not all of them have offensive skills like we do. We gotta make sure they're safe. Especially since we screwed things up when we got in the way earlier. If Thirteen had been able to suck up that villain, then we would have never been separated like that." They all faced each other. "We have to make it up to the others!"

"If you wanna track every down, have fun," Bakugo said as he looked away. "But I'm going to go destroy that warpy bastard."

"But the physical attacks didn't work last time," Nami pointed out. 

"C'mon, don't be an idiot, man," Kirishima advised. 

"Shut up!" Bakugo snapped facing the other two. "I'm gonna take him down because he's their way in and out. If I cut off their escape route, they'll be stuck here and have to pay for what they've done. We'll just have to figure it out!" He suddenly grabbed a villain's head; letting off an explosion. "Anyway." He lifted the head. "If all these villains are small fries like these guys were, then our classmates can handle 'em."

"Woah!" Nami gasped.

"That reaction time was insane," Kirishima said. "Also, since when do you act so calm and rational? Usually, you're all like.."

"Die! Die! Die!" Nami quoted as she raised her arms; bouncing from one foot to the other.

"I'M ALWAYS CALM AND RATIONAL, YOU RED-HAIRED LOSER! STAR GIRL!" Bakugo raged at them.

"Yeah!" Kirishima said as he lifted a finger. "There you are."

"Go find the others if you want to," Bakugo said as he threw the villain on the ground; he started to walk away. "Wait, hold up!" He stopped walking. "I think what you're really saying is that you believe in our classmates," He activated his Quirk; bumping his fists. "And that's thinkin' like a man, Bakugo."

"Also," Nami said as she pushed Kirishima to the side. "You heard the warp guy; they came here to kill All Might."

"Good thing All Might isn't here," Bakugo said.

"But he may be soon," Nami said. "Before we all got separated; a few of us managed to stay by the entrance including Iida. If I had to guess...he probably got sent out to the main building to alert the staff of what's going on here."

"Which means All Might will be coming after all," Kirishima said. 

"Do you truly think All Might can lose to a bunch of these weaklings?" Bakugo declared; they began to leave the ruin area. 

"Of course not," Nami said. "It's as Todoroki said earlier they thought this out. It's that weird bird brain that concerns me though."

"Takeda," Kirishima began.

"Call me Nami," Nami said as she pointed to herself with her thumb. "The both of you can call me Nami."  Kirishima grinned; Bakugo glanced back for a second.

"The bird thing," Kirishima said as he went back to the previous conversation. "You think he's here to take on All Might?"

"I wouldn't rule it out," Nami said. 

"Then we'll just have to murder both!" Bakugo said; they both looked at the explosive man.

'Shoto,' Nami thought to herself as they made their way across the ruin zone. 'I have no doubt he can hold his own...but where is he?" There was suddenly a powerful wind storm.

"Woah!" Kirishima sounded; he grabbed onto Nami who started to slide back a bit. "Where is this insane wind coming from!?" Minutes later the doors then busted open; they all stopped for a second.

"It's just as you predicted Star Girl," Bakugo grunted; they watched All Might enter the facility; his footsteps echoing loud for everyone to hear...he was not smiling. 

"It's All Might!" students cheered. He stood at the top of the stairs; in a flash, he was down at the bottom taking out many villains. The three took off toward that area; they got there to find All Might being held in the warp gate by the bird thing; and the warp gate about to attack Midoriya was trying to help All Might,

Bakugo slammed his hand onto the neck part of the warp guy. "GET THE HELL OUTTA MY WAY, DEKU!" He grabbed the warp guy, slamming him to the ground; ice then appeared; the force half of the Nomu.

"One of your poorly trained thugs told me that you're here because you think you can kill All Might," Shoto said. All Might loosened the villain's grip; they flipped out landing by Shoto. 

"Are you okay?" Midoriya asked. Kirishima let out a yell as he went to hit Shigaraki; he dodged; Nami used her stellar lasso wrapping it around Shigaraki and then yanked him. Kirishima slammed his fist into Shigaraki; he flew back. 

"Damn, that was cool!" Kirishima cried. "Thanks for the backup, Nami!" 

"Once a team, always a team!" Nami responded as the two fist-bumped; they got into a fighting stance. 'I hope Sero is alright.'

"Guess I found your body that time ya smoky bastard!" Bakugo smiled wickedly. 

"The Symbol of Peace will not be defeated by delinquents like you," Shoto said. 

"Kacchan!" Midoriya asked as he looked around. "Everyone!" He wiped the tears from his eyes. It was the students and All Might staring at Shigaraki; with the Nomu frozen in the middle. 

"Kurogiri, how could you let this brat get the best of you? Shigaraki asked. "You've gotten us into a real jam here."

Bakugo grunted with a smile, looking back down at Kurogiri. "Heh. You got careless, you dumb villain. It wasn't hard to figure you out. Only certain parts of you turn into that smoking warp gate. You use that mist to hide your actual body as a kind of distraction. Thinking that made you safe! That's why we missed. But if you didn't have a body, you wouldn't be wearing this neck armor, right? You're not immune to physical attacks if they're well-aimed." As soon as Kurogirir; Bakugo let out a couple of explosions. "Don't move!" He got closer. "You try anything funny, and I'll blow your ass up right now, you got it? They'll be cleanin' you up for weeks."

"Oh, that doesn't sound very heroic," Kirishima pointed out.

"Let's just be thankful he's on our side," Nami said.

"They escaped uninjured and captured my two strongest men," Shigaraki said. "Kids these days really are amazing. They make the League of Villains look like amateurs. Can't have that." He looked at the bird thing. "Nomu." It sank through the warp gate; reuniting with its other body. Shoto gasped as the creature started to move in the ice; its limbs broke off.

"How is that thing still moving?" Midoriya asked. "He's all messed up."

"Stay back, everybody!" All Might urged. The ice parts broke and the Nomu's limbs regenerated. "What is this? I thought you said his power was shock absorption."

"I didn't say that was his only Quirk," Shigaraki said. "He also has super-regeneration. Nomu has been modified to take you on even at 100% of your power." Bakugo glanced at Nami for a second thinking about what she said earlier.  "He's basically a highly efficient punching bag that hits back. First, we need to free our method of escape." They all gasped. "Get him, Nomu." The Nomu took off aiming for Bakugo; Nami felt herself being blown off to the side; there was a big collision.

"Such force," Midoriya groaned; as the smoke cleared they saw that Nomu had a hold of Kurogiri." Kacchan!" There was a gasp; in surprise, Nami and Midorya looked to see that Bakugo was with them along with Kirishima and Shoto. "Kacchan? Whoa, that's awesome, you dodged him!"

"Shut up, no I didn't you damn nerd," Bakugo said; Shoto help Nami to her feet.

Kirishima got to his feet as well. "Then how'd you get over here?"

Shoto gasped looking in front of them. "Isn't it obvious?" All Might standing at the broken wall, he was coughing. 

"All Might!" Midoriya gasped as Bakugo got to his feet.

"These are kids and you didn't hold back?" All Might asked. 

"I didn't have much of a choice," Shigaraki said. "He was threatening my companion. Besides, these kids are no angels. The plain looking one." Midoriya gasped. "He tried to kill me with a maxed-out punch. What kind of 'hero' does something like that? You think you can get away with being violent as you want if you say it's for the sake of others." All Might growled. "Well, you know what, All Might? That pisses me off. Why do people get to decide that some violent acts are heroic and others are villainous? Casting judgment as to what's 'good' and what's 'evil'. You think you're the Symbol of Peace? Ha. You're just another government-sponsored instrument of violence. And violence always breeds more violence. I'll make sure the world understands that once you're dead."

"You're nothing but a lunatic," All Might responded. "Criminals like you; you always try and make your actions sound noble. But admit it; you're only doing this because you like it. Isn't that right?"

"We've got them outnumbered," Shoto pointed out.

Midoriya nodded as he put his arms up to fight. "And Kacchan found the mist guy's weakness."

"These dudes may act really tough, but we can take 'em down with All Might's help," Kirishima said. "Let's do this."

"Don't attack," All Might instructed as he walked closer to the Nomu. "Get out of here."

"But sir, you're injured," Nami pointed out.

"You would've been in trouble earlier if you weren't for me, remember?" Shoto pointed out. "You need our help."

"I thank you for your assistance, but this is different," All Might said; he showed them a fist. "It's gonna be all right. Just sit back and watch a pro at work."

"But you're too hurt," Midoriya said. "You're bleeding! And you're almost out of ti--"

All Might gave a thumbs up.

"Nomu. Kurogiri. Kill him," Shigaraki ordered. "I'll deal with the children. Let's clear this level and go home." He started to move toward the kids. 

"Heads up, we're fightin' after all," Kirishima said as they all got into a fighting stance. Nami activated her quirk at her hands again; she felt a discomfort; almost like pins and needles, the feeling when your leg goes numb. She noticed her fingers weren't there. When Nami overuses her quirk; it's almost as if her body starts to disappear into outer space, starting with fingers and toes; she looks at her wrists to see that the Aries constellation has appeared...she is reaching her limit. 

Everyone took a pause to watch as All Might and the Nomu started to go hand-to-hand; when their fist collided; there was a powerful shock wave; everyone was blown back.

"Weren't you listening?" Shigaraki asked as he flipped back. "One of his powers is shock absorption."

"Yeah?" All Might asked. "What about it?" All Might and the Nomu began to exchange punches at incredible speed; everyone was getting pushed back by the shockwaves.

"He's gonna fight that brain guy head-on?" Midoriya asked.

"Whoa!" Kirishima gasped. "They're so fast!"

"Hold on!" Nami urged as she crossed her arms and then opened them; she covered her classmates and herself in a dome of stellar energy; the shockwaves were moving right past it.

"How long can you hold this up?" Shoto asked as cracks already started to form.

"We'll both find that out," Nami answered with a slight smile in his direction; he glanced at her. Letting out a gasp to see both her hands were gone; Taurus had now appeared on her arms.

"No! I can't get near them!" Kurogiri cried in frustration.

"He said your Quirk was shock absorption, not nullification," All Might said as he punched more. "That means there's a limit to what you can take, right?" Nomu landed a punch on All Might, the number one hero returned right back to fighting; tearing through the landscape. "So, you were made to fight me, big guy. If you can really withstand me firing at 100% of my power..." Shigaraki gasped. "Then I'll have to go beyond that and force you to surrender!"

"Amazing," Nami said as they watched the fight more. "He's so amazing." More cracks formed in her stellar dome; the shock waves were hitting them again a bit. One huge punch sent the monster flying back. 

"A real hero...will always find a way for justice to be served!" All Might declared as the two continued with the fight; he slammed the Nomu onto the ground. When the Nomu got back to fight; All Might grabbed him by the arm and began spinning around; slamming it into the ground again; the Nomu bounced up as Nami's dome came to an end.

"Now for a lesson," All Might said as he landed at the sight. "You may have heard these words before, but I'll teach you what they really mean. Go beyond! Plus Ultra!" He slammed his fist into the monster; it went flying soaring out of the building; the whole place started to shake.

"That was like the finishing move in a video game," Kirishima said. "He beat the shock absorption right out of him. I've never seen that kind of brute strength!"

"Imagine having power like that," Bakugo said. "He must've been punching that monster so fast, he couldn't regenerate."

"Those weren't random punches either," Nami added. 'So much to learn from him.'

"I really have gotten weaker," All Might said; they looked at him as the smoke started to disappear. "Back in my heyday, five hits woulda been enough to knock that guy out." He stood up putting a fist on his chest. "But today, it took more than 300 mighty blows." Midoriya started to whimper." All Might turned to Shigaraki. "You've been bested, villains." Shigaraki was shaking with anger. "Surrender. We all want to get this over with quickly."

"He cheated," Shigaraki growled; he started to scratch his neck. "Oh, come on. What's going on here? He's just as strong as he's ever been. Dammit. Don't tell me I was lied to."

"What's wrong?" All Might asked. "Not attacking me? Didn't you say you were going to clear this level earlier? Well, come and get me, if you dare." Shigaraki gasped.

"Man, this is...intense," Bakugo said.

"As I expected," Shoto said. "There's no reason for us to fight now. He'll handle this."

"That's a bit of a relief," Nami said as she looked at her arms; as Taurus started to disappear her hands started to return; the pins and needles feeling had decreased. 

"Come on, Midoriya," Kirishima urged. "We should regroup with the other guys. The last thing we wanna do is get taken, hostage, or get in his way." The standoff continued; Nami noticed that All Might was steaming heavily. 

"What are you scared?" All Might asked.

Shigaraki took a step back with a gasp. "Uh--" He scratched his neck more. "If only Nomu was here...he'd rush you right now. Pound you into the ground without giving it a second thought."

"Tomura Shigaraki, please don't fret!" Kurogiri requested. "Look at him. He has definitely weakened. Nomu's attacks were successful." Shigaraki stopped scratching. "He's on his own. The children appear to be frozen in fear. And, look, our underlings are recovering. We likely still have a few minutes before the reinforcements arrive. If you and I work together, we can do this. We haven't missed our chance to kill All Might."

"Yeah. Yeah, you're right," Shigaraki agreed. "This is is. We have no choice. We have to do it now. I mean, the big end boss is right here." The students all faced the underlings who were getting back to their feet. 

"I think All Might can hold his own against those two main guys," Kirishima said as Nami activated her quirk again; this time she manifested a stellar sword and shield into her hands. "Let's make sure these dudes don't hurt nobody else."

"Will all of us working together we should be able to clear them easily," Nami said.

Shoto turned to Midoriya. "Will you be joining us?"

Shigaraki took off toward All Might. "Consider this revenge for what you did to Nomu!" Kurogiri joined the fight as well...so did Midoriya.

"Midoriya!" Nami exclaimed.

"Whoa!" Kirishima exclaimed. His legs were broken as he soared through the air. 

"Don't you touch, All Might!" Midoriya ordered as he readied a punch. "You stupid villain!" Shigaraki's hand appeared through the warp gate; ready to grab Midoriya. At the last second, there was a gunshot; Midoriya fell to the ground as Shigaraki pulled back in pain.

"They're here," All Might said in relief. Everyone looked to see that Principal Nezu and all their teachers had arrived at the facility. Everyone watched as their teachers came to the rescue; taking on all the villains and getting the students to safety. Nami and the others all stood down; deactivating their quirks.

"Aw, man," Shigaraki groaned as he backed up. "The pros are here. It's game over. For real. Let's go home and try this when we can--" He got shot a couple more times; Kurogiri shielded him from shots.

"Let's go," Kurogiri said as he began to warp; they all looked to see that Thirteen was using her Quirk; she was badly injured. "Black Hole!"

"I may have failed to kill you this time, but your days are numbered," Shigaraki warned; All Might spat out blood. "All Might. Symbol of Peace. I'm going to kill you." Kurogiri and Shigaraki disappeared from the facility. Everyone was in awe as they watched the pros continue to rescue them...truly amazing. 

"If all the pro teachers are gathered here it must mean the rest of the school's safe," Shoto said. "The villains attacked this facility, but not the rest of the campus."

"Which means their true target really was All Might," Nami said. "They knew he was supposed to be here." Shoto nodded.

"Midoriya, hey!" They looked to see Kirishima running over to where All Might and Midoriya were located. 

"Sorry, I can't get up," Midoriya said. 

"What? Are you okay?" Kirishima asked. 

Midoriya gasped. "Kirishima, wait---" A wall of cement went up. 

"For your safety, please stay back, young man," Cementoss instructed. "Join your classmates at the front gate. Leave the injured to us, we can take of them."

"Oh, gotcha," Kirishima said. "I'm on it!" He ran back to the other three. "Hey! He said for all of us to head to the entrance!"

"All right!" Nami chimed as she gave a thumbs up; she looked down to see that her fingers had not returned yet. "Heh."

"Woah!" Kirishima exclaimed as he stopped in front of her; Bakugo and Shoto had already started to for the entrance. "Where's your hand?"

"It'll come back!" Nami assured; she looked to see that Taurus was beginning to disappear. "Ten minutes and my hands and fingers will be back!"

"Now, that's freakily cool!" Kirishima exclaimed. He grabbed her wrist and went to go high five just to have his hand go through the empty space. "WOAH!"

"Can you two losers quit yelling!" Bakugo shouted as he looked back. "QUIT WASTING TIME AND GET YOUR ASSES TO THE ENTRANCE!"

"I got to agree with what you said back there," Kirishima said as they made their way to the entrance. "We are lucky to have him on our side." Soon all the students beside Midoriya were outside of the facility; multiple police and ambulances arrived at the scene. Nami was standing off to the side a bit with Shoto. 

"Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen, Twenty," the detective counted. "Everyone seems to be unharmed except for that boy who whose legs were all messed up." 

"Ojiro," Hagakure said as she touched his shoulder. "I heard you were a really good fighter. I had no idea you were so strong!"

"I didn't know I was the only one on my own," Ojiro admitted; he lowered his head. "I survived using hit-and-run tactics. So where did you end up fighting, Hagakure?"

"The landslide zone!" Hagakure answered as she pointed at Shoto. "You wouldn't believe how strong Todoroki was. He's amazing!" 

"You don't say!" Ojiro smiled. "I'm just glad you didn't hurt."

"I didn't even know she was there," Shoto admitted in a whisper. "I could've frozen her."

"I was with Bakugo and Kirishima at the ruins," Nami informed as she put a hand behind her head. "I sure am glad they showed up when they did."

"Aren't you wondering about moi?" Aoyama asked. "Where was my sparkling light?"

"Interesting," Tokoyami said as he stood in a group with Koda, Kirishima, and Kaminari."So the people you fought were also low-level thugs."

Kirishima punched his hands. "Yeah, they messed with the wrong kids, huh?"

"Did you miss me?" Aoyama asked as he sparkled more. 

"So All Might put that hole in the dome after all," Sero said as he spoke with Sato and Shoji. "I figured."

"That was some hardcore power," Sato said. 

Shoji nodded. "Yeah, it was crazy."

Aoyama put a hand on Tsu. "Where do you think I was?"

"Um, where?" Tsu asked.

Aoyama sparkled more. "It's a secret."

"Let's go ahead and get these students back to the main campus," Tsukuachi instructed a cop. "They've been through a lot. We don't need to question them right away."

Tsu hopped over to him. "Detective. What about Mr. Aizawa?"

He made a call to the doctor. "The bones in his arms are splintered and he's got facial fracturing. Fortunately, there doesn't seem to be any serious brain damage. But, his orbital floor has been almost completely destroyed. We have no way of knowing if his eyesight will be impaired once he's healed up."

" Well, you heard the man," Tsukuachi said.

"Ribbit," Tsu said.

"Not his eyes!" Mineta cried. 

"Um, sir, what about Thirteen?" Ashido asked. 

"There's no need to worry there," Tsukuachi answered. "Despite some pretty bad lacerations to the back, Thirteen is gonna pull through, good as new." The group let out a happy sigh. "And All Might is also without any serious injuries. He's in the nurse's office right now. Recovery Girl's power should be all the treatment he needs."

"What about Deku?" Urakaka asked.

"How's Midoriya?" Iida asked. 

"Midori--Ah, Recovery Girl is taking care of him, too," Tsukuachi answered with a smile. "He's fine." Everyone was relieved.

"Oh, thank goodness," Urakaka smiled. 

"Now, let's get you back to class," Tsukuachi said.

"Okay," everyone said. 

"Sansa," Tsukuachi said; a cat cop looked over. "I still have some orange business in the nurse's office. I'll leave this to you, 'kay?"

Sansa saluted him. "Yes, sir!"

'It's a cat?' Ashido asked.

'So fluffy,' Nami said.

'Aw, look at his bell,' Urakaka said. They all then boarded the bus with Kirishima and Bakugo the last to get on. 

"Move it," Bakugo ordered Nami who sitting at the window seat again.

"Go find a coffin, gremlin" Nami instructed.

"I'll bury you in it, Star Girl," Bakugo warned as he moved her over with his foot before sitting down. The bus ride back was filled with them chatting about their fights and experience, it was late afternoon when they got back to campus. On the way back to the classroom; Nami was chatting with Jiro and Yaoyorzu. They went into further depth of the experience.

"Thought we were done there for a minute," Jiro admitted. "Thankfully, Sniper saved us."

"Yeah," Nami smiled. "We have a strong class."

"Yes," Yaoyorozu smiled. "This incident has made us even stronger and united." The other two looked at each other and smiled. 

"So, Yaoyorozu," Jiro began. "What kind of music do you like?"

Yaoyorozu looked forward putting a finger on her face. "Classical and opera is one of my most go too." Everyone seemed to have gone off on different topics, but they were all focused on what they experienced. Running through it over and over; letting it mold their steps toward becoming great heroes. Soon they were all making their way home; Nami saw Hitoshi waiting at the school's gates for her, leaning against the wall, staring at the ground, and kicking a rock around.

"Hitoshi!" Nami shouted; he looked over at her and a smile formed on her face. 'I wasn't sure how things were going to play out today, so I wasn't sure if I'd get to see you again.' Nami ran down the steps as he got off the wall; just as she was about to open her mouth; he pulled her into a hug. "You aren't a hugger."

"I am when I wasn't sure if I'd see you again," Hitoshi said as he hugged tighter. "To be attacked by villains only a few days after starting school." He pushed her back. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah," Nami nodded as they began their journey home. "Seeing what the pros are up against every day is eye-opening." They both looked forward. "Honestly, if it wasn't Mr. Aizawa, Thirteen, or All Might...who knows what would have played out. "He looked at her. "Most of the villains were just low-level thugs except for three of them. The ring leader, warp guy, and this Nomu." Nami then told him all about her day; he couldn't but show worry and concern.

"We have school off tomorrow," Hitoshi said as they got to the flower shop. "Do you want to go to the skatepark? It can take your mind off what happened today?"

"Sure," Nami said. "Yeah, the skatepark sounds great." 

"Forget the skatepark!" Mom said as she whipped into view making the two jump. "You two will be here at the flower shop!"

"Mom!" Nami exclaimed. "Hitoshi doesn't work here, you can't make him come here on his day off!"

"No," Hitoshi said. "It's alright, I can come on."

"Great!" Mom said as she put her hands together. "With what happened today, flower orders have been coming in like crazy!" Nami's mom has never been the best at verbally expressing her concern for her daughter; so she did through her actions. Having Nami at the flower shop tomorrow meant getting to spend more time with her. The next day came around, Nami and Hitoshi were at the flower shop, this time Nami was at the register.

"After yesterday, getting in the headset for a day to relax hasn't been easy," Nami admitted after a customer left the shop. Hitoshi looked over at her, he was sweeping the store. "Kept me up most of the night honestly."

"That's surprising," Hitoshi said as he returned to his task. He's known Nami since preschool, and even then she was a completely carefree person. "What kept you up about it?"

"I can't help but replay a bunch of things," Nami answered. "What if--"

"Quit it with the what-ifs," Hitoshi cut her off. "Those what-ifs didn't happen."

"But, I can't help but suspect a similar thing to happen in the future," Nami said.

Hitoshi smiled. "We are students, Nami. I'm sure if something like that happens again we'll all be stronger by then." She nodded. "An experience like that must have made you realize a couple of things?"

"You got that right," Nami confirmed. "I need to push myself past my limits. Will you train with me?"

"Who else is going to make sure you do push your past Ophiuchus," Hitoshi agreed. Ophiuchus is the lost zodiac sign; it'll appear on Nami's forehead; pushing to that point will cause her to black out; heavy bleeding out of her nose, ears, and eyes. 

"How's your training coming along?" Nami asked. "You should push yourself as well."

"Yeah," Hitoshi agreed. He looked over to see another customer stepping up to check out; he couldn't help but notice a slight change in Nami. 'Despite what they faced yesterday, the hero course must truly be amazing. The first time I've seen so much drive in her face, normally she puts out more of a bobblehead attitude. Since I've known her so long; I know she's just doing it to hide how clever she can be at times. Despite her playful surface personality; there's a lot more underneath.' 

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