Eight- USJ Attack Part 2
In the Collapse Zone, Kirishima and Bakugou were making quick work of the thugs they were set up against. "SAY GOODBYE!" Bakugou yelled as he attacked two villains at once with an explosion, making both hit the wall, which in turn knocked them out. Kirishima fought and knocked out the one he was fighting. Both were panting a bit. "I think that's the last of them... Bunch of weaklings.." Bakugou trailed off. Kirishima turned around to face him.
"All right, let's hurry and find the rest of our class... If we're both still in the USJ, then everybody else probably is too, and not all of them have the offensive skills we do. We gotta make sure they're safe, especially since Narako and the two of us screwed things up when we got in the way earlier... If Thirteen had been able to suck up that villain, then we'd have never been separated like that... We have to make it up to the others!" Kirishima replied, thinking about Sami. God, he hoped she was okay. If she got hurt because of him...
Bakugou 'tch'ed, though his mind instantly wandered to Narako. Was she even okay? Okay, scratch that, he knew she'd be fine. She had enough power to hold her own, plus he had taught her how to fight.. So, why the hell was he still worrying about her? "You wanna track everyone down, have fun... But I'm going to go destroy that warping bastard." Bakugou replied, distracting himself from worrying about Narako.
"Huh? Our physical attacks didn't hurt that guy... Come on, don't be an idiot, man..."
"Shut up! I'm going to 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!" Bakugou snapped back. Neither of them saw the chameleon type villain sneaking up on them with a blade ready as he lunged to kill them. Hope you've had fun chatting... Too bad you let your guard down! The villain thought, but before he could do anything, Bakugou reached out behind him without even looking and caught his head. Using an explosion, Bakugou knocked out the villain as he put his head to the ground, kneeling in order to do it. His reaction time couldn't have been more on point, nor could he have afforded it to be slower than that. "Anyway," Bakugou continued talking, lifting the villain's head and looking at him. "If all these villains are small fries like these guys were, then our classmates can handle them."
"Dude, that reaction time was insane! Also... Since when do you act so calm and rational? Usually, you're all like..." He trailed off, Bakugou yelling die about four times sounding off in his head.
"I'M ALWAYS CALM AND RATIONAL, YOU RED HAIRED LOSER!" Bakugou snapped, getting pissed off.
"Yeah, there you are." Kirishima pointed out. Bakugou growled and threw the villain he had just knocked out to the floor.
"Go find the others if you want to." Bakugou told him.
"Wait, hold up." Kirishima said, making Bakugou stop. "I think what you're really saying is that you believe in our classmates." Kirishima activated his hardening quirk and pounded his fists together with a smirk. "And that's thinking like a man, Bakugou."
Near the exit, just before the Warp Villain could do anything to Iida, Ururaka touched the villain's neck brace and activated her quirk, making him float away from Iida as she held onto the brace, startling the villain and Iida. "I don't know what his quirk is, but he's wearing some kind of weird armor, so he must have a physical body inside here somewhere!" She threw the villain into the air. "Now! Run, Iida!" Ururaka yelled.
"You pest! How dare you!" The Warp Villain yelled, but it was too late to stop Iida as he reached the closed doors and started to pry them open. Not too long after, Sami caught up to him, her eyes black with suns as she helped him pry it open.
"On three... One... Two... Three!" Sami yelled before beginning to pull the doors open with Iida, both struggling with the heavy doors. Slowly but surely, the doors started to open, showing the light of day.
"I've got you!" The Warp Villain went to attack the two of them.
"Not so fast!" Sero launched his tape, latching it onto the neck brace before pulling it taught. Sato was next, tugging on the tape to pull the villain away from the two working at the door, which was opening a little more by the minute. Sami knew their friends had their back. Sato started swinging the Warp Villain around.
"Go!" Sato yelled the same time Sami did, Iida and Sami having gotten the door open wide enough for Iida to get through while Sato threw the Warp Villain a few feet away from the area they were in.
"Engine Boost!" Iida yelled once he was outside, speeding up even more to get to the main campus.
Meanwhile, Aizawa gave a yell of pain as the Nomu broke his arm. "You can erase people's powers... That's irritating, but it's nothing impressive. When faced with true devastating power, you might as well be a quirkless child." The leader taunted. A look of pure hatred was in Aizawa's eyes as he looked at the leader and tried to use his quirk, but the Nomu stomped on his other arm, making him yell in pain. He's breaking my bones like they're twigs... I'm positive I erased his quirk, which means he's super strong, even without powers. I think he's as strong as All Might. Aizawa thought before Nomu started to slam his head into the ground. Narako grit her teeth in anger, the shadow aura surrounding her once more. She couldn't just sit and watch her teacher die!
The Warp villain appeared next to the leader, causing Narako's angry aura to falter in confusion. "Tomura Shigaraki." He greeted his leader.
"Kurogiri... Did you manage to kill Thirteen?" Shigarki asked.
"The rescue hero is out of commission, but there were students I wasn't able to disperse and one of them got outside of the facility." Kurogiri answered. Narako softly gasped. The only one fast enough to get out was Iida. It wouldn't be long before backup arrived, Iida would make that certain. Shigarki growled a bit, scratching at his neck in irritation. As his breathing got more agrivated and shallow, he scratched at his neck with both hands. Narako could tell he was pissed beyond belief at the news. Though... She did have to admit he seemed like he was acting like a child throwing a temper tantrum.
"Kurogiri..." His voice in that second made the hairs on the back of Narako's neck stand on end. "You fool! If you weren't our warp gate, I'd tear apart every last atom in your body!" He suddenly stopped scratching at his neck. "There's no way we can win if dozens of pros show up to stop us. It's game over, back to the title screen, and I was looking forward to finishing this today. Damn it... Let's go home..." Narako cocked a brow. What the hell? Why were they retreating? "Oh... Before we leave..." Narako gasped as Shigaraki turned around to face Midoriya, Asui and Mineta. "Let's make sure the Symbol of Peace is broken... Let's wreck his pride." In a quick movement, he headed toward the three. "LET'S MAKE THIS HURT!" The first one he was reaching toward... was Asui.
"NO!" Narako's yell came out strangled as she summoned a tendril and sent it toward Shigarki. It successfully wrapped around his wrist and she yanked it back to keep him from touching Asui, forcing him to turn toward her. "LEAVE THEM ALONE!" Aizawa shakily looked to where the scream came from to see Narako, her hood up. Through the darkness of the hood, Aizawa could make out her sapphire eyes, which were narrowed in a glare, her teeth grit...
"Narako..." He barely got out above a whisper. Shigarki grabbed hold of the tendril before yanking on it, making her shriek in surprise as she was yanked toward him, her hood falling off her head and revealing her face.
"You first, then, child." Shigarki rasped, catching her by the neck but keeping one finger up, for some reason not wanting to kill the girl just yet. "Such a shame, too... You've got such a pretty face, just like your mother..." Narako shuddered as two of the fingers on Shigarki's free hand glided down her cheek. "But, I digress... Say goodbye..." Just as the final finger touched her neck, nothing happened. "You really are so cool..." Narako looked toward her teacher to find that Aizawa was using his quirk on Shigaraki in order to keep her safe, and by the looks of things, he was straining his power. "Eraserhead." Blood ran down his face from his head, eye and nose, but he was keeping Shigaraki from killing one of his students... Just as the Nomu slammed Aizawa into the ground one more time, Narako saw Midoriya jump into the air, a look of desperation on his face.
"You! Let her go!" Midoriya yelled, catching Shigarki's attention.
"M-Midoriya..." Narako barely got out before Midoriya threw a punch, the backlash creating a wind that forced Shigarki to let go of Narako's neck, making her cough. When she looked up, she saw that Nomu had taken the punch and it hadn't effected him at all... Was Nomu the way they were going to kill All Might?
"Hey, you're pretty powerful... This smash of yours... Are you one of All Might's disciples? Doesn't matter... I'm done with you now..." Shigarki rasped.
"Midoriya, goddamn it, run!" Narako yelled, her voice once again strangled just as Nomu grabbed Midoriya by the arm and went to crush him. Asui went to use her tongue to save Midoriya, Shigaraki's hands headed straight for Asui and Mineta. "NO!" The shrill scream left Narako as she extended her tendrils to get her friends out of harm's way, no matter what the cost to her...
Just when things looked their worst, the doors burst open, a dust cloud kicking up and turning everyone's attention to the doors. Walking through the broken down doors, with no smile on his face, was All Might. Ururaka, Mina and Sami all smiled in relief. "Have no fear, students..." All Might spoke. "I am here!" Narako looked at Aizawa, who was out cold. She was worried about her teacher, wondering if he'd be okay.
"We're saved!" Mineta cried out.
"Ribbit." Asui replied.
"He's here..." Midoriya had an unreadable expression on his face. "All Might..." All Might tossed his suit jacket aside. Shigaraki sighed.
"Ah, looks like our game's getting a contender." Shigaraki said, looking more than a little satisfied.
"I couldn't shake the feeling that something had gone wrong here when Aizawa and Thirteen didn't answer my calls... So I hurried over, running into young Iida along the way. He told me of the villainy at work here." All Might's teeth were grit in what looked like anger.
"He's not smiling..." Both Narako and Midoriya trailed off. Shigarki stood up. Narako took the opportunity to get Mineta and Asui out of harm's way while she still could.
"After all this waiting, the heroic piece of trash shows up." Shigarki responded. His thugs were less ecstatic, some of them actually shaking before they were knocked out by All Might seconds after each other. Damn, All Might can really move... Narako thought as she watched. All Might grabbed Aizawa and got him in a safer area, Narako breathing a bit in relief.
"I'm sorry, Aizawa..." Narako could have sworn she heard him say. "I should have been here." He turned to see Nomu and Shigaraki near Asui, Narako, Midoriya and Mineta before grabbing all four in his arms and knocking the hand on Shigaraki's face off, setting all five down somewhere safe. "Everyone, back to the entrance and take Aizawa with you, he doesn't have much time." All Might told them.
"Yes, sir!" Mineta pipped up as Narako knelt, tearing Aizawa's scarf to make a bandage to stop him from losing anymore blood and makeshift slings for his arms.
"It'll be okay, Sensei." Narako softly promised him, gently touching his head the way he had done for her all those years ago as Asui and Mineta lifted him up, though she knew he couldn't hear her. Aragami watched the scene from a distance. She really was just like her mother...
"You saved us, All Might..." Midoriya spoke up.
"No, no, no, it wasn't supposed to go this way..." Shigarki looked like he was on the verge of another tantrum. "He's still fast, Father... Somehow he managed to hit me." He put the hand back over his face. "Of course, a government hero relies on violence... I wasn't prepared. I couldn't even see him when he moved... But, he's not as fast as I thought he would be... Not as fast as he used to be. I guess it's true after all... All Might really is getting weaker!"
"All Might, you can't." Midoriya spoke up again, holding Aizawa with Asui and Mineta while Narako stood on All Might's other side. "That brain villain took One For..." He suddenly stopped himself and looked behind him at Mineta and Asui before continuing. "I smashed him and didn't break my arm this time, but he wasn't fazed at all... He's too strong..."
"Young Midoriya, I got this!" All Might told him. With those words, Midoriya, Asui and Mineta started to carry Aizawa to the entrance. Sami, moving on her own, ran down the steps to meet up with them and help them out, her eyes not failing to catch sight of Narako still beside All Might, seeming to be frozen. All Might charged for Shigaraki, his arms crossed.
"Carolina...."
"Nomu." Shigaraki told the monstrosity beside him.
"Smash!" All Might finished, uncrossing his arms to extend on either side of him as the Nomu did the same, blocking the attack.
"Shock absorbption..." Narako murmured as she watched. All Might ducked as the Nomu tried to attack him.
"Guess he wasn't wrong when he said it had no effect on you!" All Might exclaimed, Narako watching the fight, Shigaraki across the room from her. "Let's try, this!" He punched the Nomu a couple times before dodging. "Doesn't even matter where I punch you, does it?" He asked.
"That's because Nomu here has shock absorption, All Might." Shigaraki told him. I knew it... Narako thought as she watched. "The only way you're going to hurt him is to slowly break down his flesh... Of course, I don't think he'll sit back and let you do that. You've finally met your match."
"Thanks for telling me how to beat him!" All Might quickly moved behind Nomu and wrapped his arms around him from behind. "All I have to do is land down, then it's all over!" All Might said before leaning back, the impact making a shock waving wind that made Narako struggle to stand her ground.
"What're you doing, Narako? Let's go!" Sami yelled at her friend, finding herself ignored. She deadpanned. "I swear to God, she's going to be my death one of these days..." She mumbled under her breath.
"Are you guys seeing this? That suplex looks like a huge explosion! All Might's on a whole other level!" Mineta exclaimed.
"And yet he still has to look at his notes when he's teaching us." Asui added.
"Get that guy! Punch him right in the balls!" Mineta cried behind his shoulder.
"Maybe we were worried about these bad guys for nothing. All Might's unstoppable!" Asui commented as she looked back.
Nearby Narako, Shigaraki's red eyes shifted to the female for a split second, and he loved the fear he saw her trying to conceal. They could see what her classmates couldn't... Kurogiri had created a portal at the last minute so the Nomu has digging his huge hands into All Might's sides from below, making him bleed through his shirt as blood dripped out of his mouth. "Nice... You tried to bury him in the concrete so he couldn't move around anymore. Sorry, that won't work. Nomu's as strong as you are, that won't stop him." Shigaraki rasped before a chuckle left him. "Nice work, Kurogiri. We've got him just where we want him now." Narako glared at Shigaraki, her shadow tendrils automatically moving to help All Might pry open the monster's hand. She strained, finding that the monster was a lot stronger than she thought he'd be.
"If this is your best, then you picked the wrong place to attack. You should just give up now." All Might told Shigaraki, Narako not going unnoticed by him, but he said nothing to her yet. If he drew attention to her, it would put her in danger. Shigaraki scratched at his neck again.
"Kurogiri..." Shigaraki turned to his ally.
"Normally, I wouldn't want blood and viscera flooding the insides of my warp gates... But, I'll make an exception for a hero as great as you. Since you're too fast to see with the human eye, Nomu had to restrain you... And once he's pulled your body halfway through, I'll squeeze the gates shut. I'm going to enjoy tearing you to pieces!" Kurogiri told All Might. Narako gave up on trying to pry Nomu's hands off All Might, giving a battle cry as she used her shadow tendrils to send an attack hurtling towards Kurogiri.
"NOT WHILE I'M STILL STANDING!" She shouted at the top of her lungs, though it hurt her throat. Just before the tendrils could land, however, they were caught by Shigaraki.
"You really are a pest, aren't you?" He asked before tugging on them and yanking her forward. But this time, Narako was ready. When she was close enough, she dropped one of the tendrils and punched him, making him let go and stumble back. He growled.
"Let me rip her mind to shreds, boss." The woman spoke up from beside Aragami. Getting a good look at the woman, Narako realized she looked a lot like Sami... But the woman seemed older than her best friend.... Before Shigaraki could answer, however, a voice sounded off, everyone freezing in their tracks.
"WHAT'RE YOU DOING?! ARE YOU CRAZY?!" Narako turned to see that Midoriya was running toward All Might, Nomu and Kurogiri. He launched himself to help All Might, but Kurogiri got between them.
"How foolish." Kurogiri commented, opening a warp gate for Midoriya to go through.
"MIDORIYA!" Narako yelled, throwing a shadow tendril toward him as she ran to help him before he could fall through. The woman went to chase after her, but Shigaraki held up a hand to stop her.
"Let her try it... Kurogiri'll have a nasty surprise for her." He rasped. Narako's feet left the ground as she flung Midoriya backwards a couple feet, starting to go through the warp gate herself as Midoriya tried to reach for her to stop her. But, before she could go through, an explosion hit Kurogiri, stopping the warp gate.
"GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY, DEKU!" Bakugou yelled at Midoriya, which was signal enough for Narako to use her tendrils to roll out of the way as Bakugou grabbed Kurogiri by the neck brace and forced him to the ground.
"Nice timing, Sparky the Hedgehog." Narako told him, getting a glare in response from the blond male just as ice covered the ground, quickly making it's way to and on Nomu.
"One of your poorly trained thugs told me you're here because you think you can kill All Might" Todoroki spoke, Narako seeing that the ice Todoroki sent had stopped just before it could reach All Might, which in turn allowed the number one hero to loosen the villain's grip on him and get free. He gingerly touched his bleeding side, which didn't slip from Midoriya's attention.
"Are you okay?" Midoriya asked him, but All Might didn't get to answer, getting cut off by Kirishima letting out a battle cry from the air as he went to attack Shigaraki as he landed, Shigaraki quickly dodging him.
"Damn, that was gonna be cool!" Kirishima pouted, not realizing that it had looked cool to Sami.
"Guess I found your body that time, you smokey bastard!" Bakugou had a smirk on his face as he talked, keeping his ungloved hand on Kurogiri's neck brace to pin him down.
"The Symbol of Peace will not be defeated by delinquents like you." Todoroki told the villains.
"Kacchan... Everyone..." Midoriya trailed off.
"Now's not the time to get emotional, Midoriya." Narako told him loud enough for him to hear, casting a side glance at the green haired boy beside her as he wiped tears from his eyes before looking determinedly at Shigaraki with four of his classmates.
"Todoroki... And Bakugou..." Mineta trailed off.
"And Kirishima, too." Asui added in before they heard Aizawa groan a bit in pain. "Let them handle it, we need to hurry."
"Yeah, okay." Mineta replied as he and Asui continued to carry Aizawa to the entrance. Soon, they were spotted by Ururaka, who called out to them.
"Hey! We're all up here!" She yelled to them.
"Hey, can you guys help us out?! He's super heavy and bleeding all over the place!" Mineta called back.
"Mr. Aizawa..." Ururaka trailed off.
"Come on." Sato told Ururaka before rushing with her to help. Mina stayed beside Thirteen for a minute, worried.
"Don't worry..." Thirteen managed to get out, drawing the pinkette's attention to her. "All Might'll take care of this. When the other teachers get here, it'll get dangerous, so find some place to hide." Thirteen warned her.
"Okay." Mina replied.
Back in the Central Plaza, a face off was going on, with neither villains or hero and students making a move just yet. Shigaraki turned to his ally. "Kurogiri... How could you let this brat get the best of you?" He asked. "You've gotten us into a real jam here." Bakugou chuckled before looking at Kurogiri with the biggest smirk.
"You got careless, dumbass. It wasn't hard to figure you out." Narako told Kurogiri as she moved to Bakugou's side, her arms crossed over her chest and her voice sounding hoarse due to using the high power Siren Call.
"Only certain parts of you turn into that smoking warp gate... You use that mist to hide the rest of 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." Bakugou finished, saying what Narako had been about to say. Kurogiri growled and tried to move to attack Narako first, but Bakugou used his explosions to keep him in place. "Don't move!" Bakugou chuckled once again, getting close to Kurogiri's face. "You try anything funny and I'll blow your ass up right now, you got it? They'll be cleaning you up for weeks." Bakugou growled.
"Whoa, that doesn't sound very heroic." Kirishima chimed in with a side smirk, catching that Bakugou's actions had been to keep Kurogiri from attacking Narako. Shigaraki watched the scene with folded hands before speaking.
"They escaped uninjured and captured two of my strongest men... Kids these days really are amazing. They make the League of Villains look like amateurs..."
"Oh please, like you guys stood a chance in the first place. What kind of pro villain would attack not only in broad daylight, but at the same school that the number one hero is teaching during a class, might I add, also underestimating the students you attacked? You guys are nothing but amateurs." Narako spoke up as she glared at Shigaraki. Shigaraki growled, his stance making it apparent that he was more than a little annoyed at the little comment, but still continued talking.
"Can't have that..." He turned to Nomu. "Nomu..." The creature gave a shriek and went through the portal all the way, breaking his arm and foot off in order to get free, shocking Todoroki and causing Narako to tense up into a ready stance.
"How is that thing still moving? He's all messed up." Midoriya asked.
"Stay back, everybody!" All Might warned as the ice around the shoulder and foot broke off and the foot and arm grew back. "What is this? I thought you said his power was shock absorption." All Might asked Shigaraki.
"I didn't say that was his only quirk... He also has super regeneration." Shigarkai pointed out.
"Having two quirks is near impossible, though..." Narako mumbled just as Shigaraki continued.
"Nomu's been modified to take you one even at 100% of your power. He's basically a highly efficient punching bag that hits back." Midoriya and Todoroki got into fighting stances, Narako already in her own. "First we need to free our method of escape..." Nomu's going to attack Bakugou... Narako realized just as the words left Shigaraki's mouth. "Get him, Nomu." Just as the Nomu charged at lightning speed, Narako used her tendrils to get Bakugou out of the way before crossing her arms in front of her in order to take the hit. Smoke rose up as the hit landed, sending Todoroki, Bakugou, Kirishima and Midoriya flying and something crashing into the wall that had been behind Bakugou, Narako and Kirishima seconds before.
"Narako!" Sami yelled as she charged for the fight despite her classmates' objections. Kirishima jumped to his feet when he saw Sami coming and stopped her.
"Don't, you're going to get hurt!" Kirishima told her.
"My best friend just got hurt! I can't stand by and do nothing!" Sami replied, struggling to get out of Kirishima's grip. Bakugou held up a hand to stop Sami as well, his crimson eyes searching frantically for the female. Where was she?
"So much force..." Midoriya spoke as he slowly sat up, before the smoke in front of him cleared to see Kurogiri and Nomu where Narako had been just seconds before. "Narachan!" Midoriya yelled, jumping to his feet in worry. A noise from behind Midoriya startled the heck out of all four of her friends when they realized she was right next to them, sitting with her legs behind her and hands holding herself up. "Narachan?" Kirishima let go of Sami, who immediately hugged Narako.
"Thank goodness, you're okay." She breathed.
"You idiot! Don't ever pull something like that again, got it?!" Bakugou yelled in addition at her, only to get an icy glare in response as Sami helped her up.
"Whoa, that's awesome, you dodged him." Midoriya told her.
"No, I didn't." Narako replied.
"Then how'd you get over here?" Kirishima asked her.
"Isn't it obvious?" Todoroki asked in response as he looked toward the wall. Narako looked over to the wall, her friends doing the same to see where a huge hole was. When the dust cleared, they saw All Might, arms crossed in front of his face, his sleeves torn up and coughing a bit.
"The only one fast enough to get to me in time and strong enough to throw me over here." Narako replied.
"All Might!" Midoriya realized.
"So, you protected the child, huh?" Shigaraki asked. Upon closer look, All Might had scratches from taking the hit, blood coming out of his mouth as he panted.
"These are kids, and you didn't hold back?" All Might asked.
"I didn't have much choice, both her and the boy were threatening my companion." Shigaraki stepped up to stand beside Nomu. "Besides, these kids are no angels. The plain looking one?" Midoriya blinked. "He tried to kill me with a maxed out punch. What kind of hero does something like that?" Narako grit her teeth, shadows surrounding her hand. She took one step toward Shigaraki before Bakugou grabbed her hand to stop her from moving more.
"Don't." His voice was low in warning, his eyes not leaving Shigaraki. Narako hesitated before letting the shadows drop, a steady glare on her face.
"You think you can get away with being as violent as you want if you say it's for the sake of others." All Might looked just as pissed as Narako did in that moment, a growl coming out. "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 judgement 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 voiced Narako's thought on the matter. "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." Todoroki told his classmates, Midoriya nodding in agreement.
"And Kaachan found the mist guy's weakness..." He added as he got into a ready position, the girls activating their own quirks as they did the same.
"These dudes may act pretty tough, but we can take them down now with All Might's help." Kirishima also got into a ready stance before crossing his arms in front of him and activating his quirk, uncrossing them again. "Let's do this."
"Don't attack." All Might told them, causing their attention to shift to him. He held out an arm. "Get out of here."
"You would have been in trouble earlier if it weren't for me, remember? You need our help." Todoroki argued.
"And thank you for your assistance, but this is different." The words caused Todoroki to look at All Might as the man continued to speak, forming his outstretched hand into a fist. "It's gonna be all right, just sit back and watch a pro at work."
"But you're too hurt... You're bleeding... You're almost out of ti..." Midoriya cut himself off before getting a thumbs up from All Might before the man faced down the villains.
"Nomu, Kurogiri, kill him... I'll deal with the children." Shigaraki spoke. "Let's clear this level and go home." With those words, the fight began as Shigaraki headed towards the group of students. Kirishima put up his fists.
"Heads up, we're fighting after all." Kirishima spoke. All Might charged for Nomu as the monstrous villain charged for him, the two punches thrown by villain and hero clashing in the middle and creating a shockwave wind again, causing Shigaraki to fly backwards again.
"Weren't you listening? One of his powers is shock absorption!" Shigaraki shouted at him as he landed on his feet.
"Yeah? What about it?" All Might asked as he threw one punch after another, the two exchanging quick blows that kicked up a high speed wind, Narako being forced to kneel on one knee with a hand on the ground in order to keep her ground. Bakugou was next to her with Midoriya on her other side, both Kirishima and Sami not too far away with Todoroki next to them, Kirishima having his arm around Sami to keep her steady, all three somehow still upright.
"He's just gonna fight that brain guy head on?" Midoriya asked above the wind, looking more than a little confused but he was barely heard.
"Whoa, they're..." Kirishima started, but he, Todoroki and Sami all braced against another gust of wind. "So fast!" Kirishima stumbled back a bit, but managed to keep his balance while holding onto Sami.
"No! I can't get near them!" Kurogiri told Shigaraki, the villains on the opposite side of the plaza.
"He said your quirk was shock absorption, not nullification. That means there's a limit to how much you can take, right?" One of the blows knocked Nomu back a bit as both kept punching. Nomu got All Might in his wound, before All Might growled and started pushing him back as he punched. "So, you were made to fight me, big guy? If you can really withstand me firing at 100% of my power, then I'll have to go beyond that and force you to surrender!" All Might sped up his punches, and pretty soon, Nomu couldn't keep up. With a yell, All Might threw a hard punch that knocked Nomu back quite a few feet. "A real hero..." Nomu charged on all fours like an animal before launching himself into the air for an attack. "Will always find a way for justice to be served!" The two continued to fight in the air, before All Might threw Nomu into the ground, creating a huge crater. As the Nomu lifted up into the air from the impact, All Might landed. "Now, for a lesson: You may have heard these words before, but I'll teach you what they really mean! Go beyond! Plus.... ULTRA!" On Ultra, All Might punched as hard as he could, the shockwave releasing into a huge wind that clean knocked Nomu right out of the facility through the domed roof, leaving a huge gaping hole as Nomu continued flying from the impact.
"That was like the finishing move in a video game...He beat the shock absorption right out of him. I've never seen that kind of brute strength." Kirishima commented.
"Imagine having a power like that... He must have been punching that monster so fast, he couldn't regenerate." Bakugou added.
"I really have gotten weaker... Back in my heyday, 5 hits would have been enough to knock that guy out... But today, it took more than 300 mighty blows." All Might said before turning to what remained of the League of Villains. "You've been bested, villains." Narako tensed as the leader was shaking in anger. "Surrender, we all want to get this over with quickly." A growl erupted from Shigaraki.
"You... cheated..." Shigaraki snarled, scratching at his neck again.
"What's wrong? Not attacking me? Didn't you say you were going to clear this level earlier? Well, come and get me.... If you dare." All Might taunted.
"Man, this is... Intense." Bakugou spoke up as they watched, absentmindedly wrapping an arm around Narako.
"As I expected... There's no reason for us to fight now, he'll handle this." Todoroki added.
"Come on, Midoriya, we should regroup with the other guys... The last thing we wanna do is get taken hostage or get in his way." Kirishima called, but Midoriya was frozen in place.
"Midoriya?" Narako called him, noticing her friend's state.
"What? Are you scared?" All Might asked. The villains hesitated before Shigaraki began to scratch at his neck with both hands, his breathing labored.
"If only Nomu was here... He'd rush you right now! Pound you into the ground without giving it a second thought!" Shigaraki growled, making Narako and Midoriya both tense up.
"Tomura Shigaraki, please do not fret. Look at him, he's definitely weakened... Nomu's attacks were successful. Our underlings are recovering. We likely still have a few minutes before their reinforcements arrive... If you and I work together, we can do this. We haven't missed our chance to kill All Might!" Kurogiri told him. Shigaraki moved his hands from his neck.
"Yeah... Yeah, you're right. This is it. We have no choice, we have to do it now... I mean, the big end boss is right here." Kirishima, Sami, Narako and Bakugou all turned to see some of the guys Aizawa had taken down were back up.
"I think All Might can hold his own against those two main guys..." Kirishima activated his quirk. "Let's make sure these dudes don't hurt anybody else." Kirishima told the others before Todoroki turned to Midoriya.
"Will you be joining us?" He asked, only to get no reply. Narako looked at Midoriya, wondering what was going on in the boy's head. Shigaraki charged at All Might.
"Consider this revenge for what you did to Nomu!" Shigaraki rasped, Kurogiri also charging beside him. Midoriya charged for the fight to help All Might.
"Whoa, Midoriya!" Kirishima yelled.
"Not again!" Narako shouted as she ran to help, only to get grabbed by her arm by Bakugou.
"Don't be an idiot!" Bakugou yelled at her as she struggled against him.
"Let me go, Bakugou, that's our friend out there!" Narako argued. The woman stepped forward towards the kids, but Aragami stopped her, putting out his hand.
"Don't be a fool, Eye Master... You go against orders, it could mean your death." Aragami warned. The woman growled but stayed put. When the man's back was turned, she'd strike. And she knew just who to tag first...
Midoriya's legs were broken, he could feel the pain coursing through them, but he couldn't let that stop him from helping All Might. Narako noticed Midoriya's green eyes were set on the neck armor as he clentched his fist, ready to throw a punch. "DON'T YOU TOUCH ALL MIGHT, YOU STUPID VILLAIN!" Midoriya yelled. Narako froze.
"Jesus, he's acting more and more like you..." She told Bakugou, getting an annoyed look from him. Much to Narako's horror, Kurogiri expanded and allowed Shigaraki to extend his hand to where Midoriya's face would end up.
"I won't fall for that again!" Kurogiri shouted.
"NO!" Narako screamed. But, just before Shigaraki could touch Midoriya, a gun went off, a bullet going through the side of Shigaraki's hand. Midoriya fell to the ground unharmed as the others turned. Narako smiled at the sight before her.
"They're here." All Might said, his voice giving away his relief.
"And not a moment too soon." Sami breathed in relief. Reinforcements had arrived. Snipe started shooting, nonfatally taking down enemies.
"Sorry, everyone! I know we're a bit late, but I got the teachers over here as fast as I could." Principal Nezu was the first of the teachers to speak.
"Iida made it." Narako breathed.
"Your Class Rep has returned! I've fulfilled my duty, and I've brought reinforcements!" Iida shouted, every single teacher at U.A. behind him. The villains who had gotten up didn't hesitate to attack but were swiftly brought down by the teachers, the first among them to counter being Present Mic.
"Our priority is to protect all of our students." Nezu told them.
"Yes sir!" The teachers echoed, joining the fight.
"Guys, come on!" Kirishima yelled before leading the way back to the other students, going around the fighting. Narako hesitated for a second, looking at Midoriya, obviously worried about her old friend. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around to see Todoroki.
"The teachers'll take care of him, come on." Todoroki assured her before the two took off with Sami behind them.
Sami ran to catch up with her classmates, stopping about halfway to look back at the League of Villains. She looked at each one before her eyes landed at a woman that looked... Familiar... The woman was around 5'7, the same height as Bakugou, with short, black curly hair and her eyes... The same shade of brown as her. Sami squinted her eyes to see the woman better, just as the women turned and looked Sami directly in her eyes. Sami stared back, only to feel dizzy and she felt like someone was in her head... The rest of her vision went dark, the only thing she saw being the woman. Sami tried to run, but somehow found herself...
In an alleyway... Looking down at herself, she was startled to find that she was 6 years old again... "W-what! W-What's going on?!" A girl, looking around 11 years old, suddenly came running into the alleyway. When her eyes landed on Sami, she ran straight toward her and hugged her tight.
"Sami! I thought I'd never see you again! I didn't see Mom or Dad... I-I don't think they're coming back..." The older girl started crying as Sami hugged her back. After a minute, the older girl pulled away, looking at Sami. But, don't you see, Sami? We have to get out of here! For good, and we can grow up together and live a happy life as heroes!" Sami felt nothing but pure confusion, looking at the happy expression the girl had on her face just as the fake memory faded...
Sami was snapped back to reality to see that the woman was closer to Sami than before, looking down on her. But, it didn't take long for Sami to realize that she wasn't in the same spot as she was before the memory... She was right in front of the villian...Eye Master.
"Well, well, who do we have here?" Eye Master crooned with a smug smirk.
"SAMI, HANG ON, I'M COMING!" Kirishima yelled, charging toward the two as Bakugou held him back, pissed off. "BAKUGOU, LET ME GO, MAN! I GOTTA HELP HER!" Kirishima yelled, trying to get out of his friend's grip as Todoroki was holding Narako back from doing the very same thing.
"LET THE TEACHERS OR ALL MIGHT DEAL WITH IT BEFORE YOU GET YOURSELF KILLED, MORON!" Bakugou snapped.
"What do you want from me?! Get away from me... Eye Master!" Sami barked, trying to be brave, but the woman only laughed.
"Oh, away from you? I thought you'd want me to stay.. Sami." The woman smirked, giving a soft chuckle as she got right in Sami's face. "Or should I say... Little sister." Sami's brown eyes went wide in realization, finally recognizing exactly who the woman before her was.
"CAMILLA!" Sami cried, calling her older sister by name.
"About time you recognized me! It took you long enough... Maybe I should cause more illusions for you... Maybe then, you'd UNDERSTAND THE PAIN!" Camilla moved to hurt her sister again...
To be Continued...
(A/N: Sorry guys! Next chapter finishes it up, I've been putting this off for too long! Stay tuned for the next chapter!)
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