4.) League of Villains

The morning was ridiculously overwhelming. First there were reporters flocking the front of the school asking about All Might, then the Class Rep craze, then an alarm went off for an intruder, Iida became a physical picture of the exit sign, the intruders turned out to be the paparazzi, Iida ended up becoming Class Rep which was given to him by Midoriya who was voted first. Now they were dressed, some in their hero costume and some in their gym clothes, on their way to a rescue facility.

Aizawa tells the class that today they're heading to an off campus facility to do rescue training. The hero Thirteen is the creator of the facility.

The class heads off and gets dressed in what they want of their hero costumes. Maki dresses in her full hero suit.

They all head outside to the bus, and Iida immediately takes up his role as class rep, organizing everyone in two lines to get on the bus. Though as it turns out, the bus' layout was an open one, so his plans were completely ruined. Maki sits beside Shoto, leaning her head on his shoulder as he rests.

"The bus' open layout ruined my boarding strategy," Iida sulks.

"Iida, you really need to chill," Mina claims.

"If we're pointing out the obvious then there's something I wanna say," Tsu admits, turning to her right to look at Deku beside her. "About you actually."

"About me? What is it Asui?"

"I told you to call me Tsu."

Deku blushes and shyly looks down. "Oh... yeah right..."

"That power of yours, isn't it a lot like All Might's?" she asks.

Maki tilts her head up a bit to listen in on the conversation.

Deku begins to panic. "What?! Really?! You think so huh?!" He then goes off on a mumble rant.

"Wait, hold on Tsu, you're forgetting All Might doesn't hurt himself," Kirishima pipes up. "That makes a huge difference."

"That's true!" Maki squeaks.

That seems to calm Deku down. Then they start to talk about their quirks and how cool, strong, or flashy they are.

"Well if any of our classmates have pro quirks it's Todoroki, Iwase, and Bakugo," Kirishima says, looking at them.

Bakugo looks at him then turns away with a grunt.

"Sure, but Bakugo's always angry, so he'll never be that popular."

This irks Bakugo as he slams his hands on the short wall in front of him. "What did you say?! I'll kick your ass!"

"See?"

"Y'know, we've only barely started socializing and already you've made it abundantly clear to us the unpleasantness of your steamed turd of a personality," sparky says.

"You're gonna regret the day you applied to this school you loser!" Bakugo shouts. "I'll kill you!"

"Enough, the class needs to encourage each other," Iida interrupts.

"I'm gonna encourage this dumbass to explode!"

"Wait," Kaminari chuckles. "What did you say? Crazy dude."

"Just shut up, sparky!" Bakugo yells.

"Alright, you two apologize!" Iida firmly says.

"Sure, he goes first," Kaminari says.

"Like hell I will!"

"Hey, hey. We're here," Aizawa voices, cutting off all conversation. "Stop messing around."

"Whatever!" Bakugo groans out as everyone else says 'yes sir.'

Thirteen introduces herself to everyone and explains where they are and what they'll be doing today.

After she finishes, Aizawa begins to get right into it only to be cut off as the lights cackle and flicker.

"Stay together and don't move," Aizawa demands in hurried panic. "Thirteen, protect the students."

"Whoa, what is that thing?" Kirishima voices, noticing the portal with all the villains walking out. "Wait, has the training started already? I thought we were rescuing people?"

"Stay back!" Aizawa harshly shouts, making the students flinch as he puts his goggles over his eyes. "This is real! Those are real villains."

The students gasp in shock and fright.

Maki listens to footsteps through her feet. "There's over 70 coming."

"70?!" Mina screams.

"What real villains? No way," Kirishima scoffs. "How could so many of them get into a UA facility this secure?"

Momo pushes her way to the front. "Yeah, Thirteen, why aren't the alarms going off?"

"Good question," she says. "I'm not sure."

"Is the entire campus under attack or is this their only target?" Todoroki questions. "Either way if the alarm systems 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 point at a time when a class was 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?"

After Todoroki voices his thought, it makes everyone much more worried and nervous.

Maki stays near him.

"Thirteen get them out of here," Aizawa says. "Alert the main campus. Actually, if they 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."

"What are you gonna do?!" Deku shouts in panic. "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 says. "I'll leave it to you, Thirteen." He then jumps and flies down the stairs, taking out villains left and right.

The class begins to run to the entrance, but Deku remains behind watching their teacher.

"Whoa, he's holding them off. I guess I shouldn't of underestimated him," Deku mutters.

"This is no time to be analyzing, we have to go!" Iida shouts, gaining his attention and he follows.

They run and head to the gate only to get cut off by the giant purple portal that brought all the villains here.

"There is no escape for you," he says. "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. 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 not foresee. Ah, well, in the end I suppose it doesn't matter. I still have a role to play."

Bakugo and Kirishima rush up quickly to take him out. Bakugo lets off a big explosion, kicking up smoke around the area.

"Did you really think we were gonna stand here and let you tear this place to shreds?" Kirishima says with a grin, arms hardened.

The two boys stand together with grins, thinking they succeeded until the smoke clears some in front of them. The man portal begins to reform.

"You live up to your school's reputation, but you should be more careful, children, otherwise someone might get hurt."

"You two! Get out of the way right now!" Thirteen commands.

"I'll scatter you across this facility to meet my comrades and your death!" purple portal growls, sending out tendrils of his quirk.

"Ah, crap what is this!" Kirishima grunts.

"Sho!" Maki shouts, quickly grabbing on to him.

He tightens his hold as they're warped somewhere else.

"Maki, are you okay?" Shoto asks.

They pick themselves off the ground, dusting themselves off.

"I've had worse," she jokes. "I'm fine." She feels for everyone else. "I believe we landed in the landslide zone. Our other classmates are still in the USJ just scattered around to other areas. We have villains headed our way."

"Got it." Shoto watches as she turns serious. "Don't kill anyone."

"No promises," she grins.

The villains finally get to them.

"Ah, looky who we have here boys."

Immediately, everyone is either completely frozen or cased in rock.

"You embarrassed to lose to a child?" Shoto says. "For god's sake you're adults. Put up a real fight."

Maki seems to purr. "That's hot. Now, how about we have a little fun?" Maki giggles, moving her hands in front of her and slowly closing them into fists.

Any villains caught in her rocks groan out in pain as the rocks get tighter around them.

"So the plan was to scatter us then kill us? Heh," Shoto chuckles darkly as he blows out a cold breath. "You were woefully unprepared. In fact, to me it looks like you've had no training. You haven't the slightest idea how to use your quirks."

The two step forward, moving between all the stopped villains.

"Th-this power... he froze us the instant we walked here..." a villain chatters out. "A-And she trapped us before anything!"

"These two aren't kids, they're monsters!" another cires.

"So cold..."

"I feel like my ribs are about to bust!"

A man comes from behind the two with a spear. The two dodge easily. Shoto grabs the spear, freezing it along with the man. He then yanks it back, making the villain fall to the ground. Maki covers him with rock.

"Listen well, if you stay frozen your cells will slowly die as your body succumbs to frostbite and hypothermia. Luckily for you, I wanna be a hero, so I'd like to avoid any unnecessary cruelty." He holds his right hand in front of the villain's face. "But I can only do that if you tell me how you planned to kill All Might? That's the only way you'll survive."

The villain weeps in fear as the two look at him like demons.

"Tick tock, I'm getting impatient," Maki taunts, closing her fists a little more.

A loud collective of painful groans ring out around them.

The man immediately begins to blab out all he knows.

~~~

Maki and Shoto manage to finally make their way down to the main fight where they find All Might stuck in the warp gate and held by the giant black brain bird monster. Shoto sends his ice across the field and entraps the Nomu by a leg going all the way up the right side of its body up to its shoulder. Maki does the same thing to the other side but with rock.

"One of your poorly trained thugs told me you're here because you think you can kill All Might," Shoto says.

"They were so pathetic they all cried like babies!" Maki laughs.

All Might gets himself out of the Nomu's hold.

Kirishima comes in with a flip straight towards the hand man. "Aaah!" He grunts in annoyance as the villain easily dodges and jumps back. "Damn that was gonna be cool!"

"Guess I found your body that time you smoky bastard!" Bakugo growls in pride at the warp dude.

"The symbol of peace will not be defeated by delinquents like you," Todoroki says.

"Kacchan..." Midoriya mumbles, "...everyone..." He wipes his tears and glares at the enemy with nervous confidence.

"Kurogiri, how could you let this brat get the best of you," the baby blue haired man huffs in annoyance. "You've gotten us into a real jam here."

"Heh," Bakugo grunts amused. "You got careless you dumb villain. It wasn't hard to figure you out. Only certain parts of you turn into that smoky 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."

Kurogiri grunts and tries to move. "Urgh!"

Bakugo lets off little explosions on the brace. "Don't move! Heh!" He moves closer to his face. "You try anything funny, and I'll blow your ass up so bad that they'll be piecing you back together for weeks."

"Ooh, that doesn't sound very heroic," Kirishima adds with amusement.

"Nomu," hand man says.

The creature in return lifts itself out of the portal, breaking off its frozen and rocky limbs in the process. It focuses its gaze on the heroes.

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

"Stay back everybody!" All Might shouts, throwing out an arm to stop anyone from moving.

They all watch as the remaining ice and rock on the monster breaks off and starts regrowing its broken limbs.

"What is this?!" All Might shouts. "I thought you said his power was shock absorption."

"I didn't say that it was his only quirk," handy says. "He also has super regeneration. Nomu has been modified to take you on even at 100% of your power. He's basically a highly efficient punching bag that hits back." He pauses for dramatic effect. "First, we need to free our method of escape. Get him, Nomu."

Then everyone is blown back by the force of a blow. Once the kicked up dust clears, everyone can see Nomu standing over Kurogiri.

"Kacchan!"

Then they notice him sitting on the ground beside them in shock. The other students around look in surprise and slight concern.

"Kacchan?!" Midoriya shouts in surprise. "Wow, that's awesome! You dodged him!"

"Shut up. No I didn't you damn nerd."

"Then how'd you get over here?" Kirishima questions.

"Isn't it obvious?" Todoroki and Maki scoff at the same time, looking over to the destroyed wall.

The dust completely clears, and they see All Might with his arms raised defensively. He coughs.

"All Might!" Midoriya cries out.

"These are kids, and you didn't hold back?!"

"I didn't have much choice. He was threatening my companion. Besides," he points to them. "these kids are no angels." Then he goes off on a rant about heroes and violence.

"We've got them outnumbered," Todoroki says.

"And Kacchan found out the mist guy's weakness."

"These guys may act really tough, but we can take them down with All Might's help," Kirishima says, hardening his arms. "Let's do this."

"Don't attack," All Might shouts, holding his arm out again as he walks up. "Get out of here."

"You would've been in trouble earlier if not for me and Maki, remember?" Todoroki says. "You need our help."

"I thank you for your assistance, but this is different. It's gonna be alright just sit back and watch a pro at work."

"But you're too hurt... you're bleeding... You're almost outta ti–" Midoriya cuts himself off.

All Might gives him a thumbs up in reply before tightening his fists. He then lurches forward at the same time as Nomu, colliding their fists and pushing everyone away with the force of their collided punch. The forces of their blows keeps everyone back and makes it hard for everyone to stand on their feet. They all watch as All Might beats the fuck out of the Nomu and sends him through the roof.

"You've been bested villains. Surrender," All Might demands. "We all want to get this over with quickly."

Maki snarls. "You can't be that stupid, handy boy! You lost your muscle."

The handy man begins to vigorously scratch at his neck.

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

"Man this is intense," Bakugo huffs.

"As I expected, there's no reason for us to fight now. He'll handle this," Todoroki says.

Maki can feel All Might's whole body and in turn his health. He's completely exhausted himself.

Bakugo, Kirishima, and Todoroki begin to head off to the front.

"Come on Midoriya, Iwase. We should regroup with the other guys," Kirishima says. "The last thing we wanna do is get taken hostage or get in his way."

Maki stands beside Midoriya, continuing to watch.

"What? Are you scared?" All Might continues to taunt.

Kurogiri seemingly says something to handy which seems to calm him down and stop scratching at his neck.

The students take notice of the lackeys beginning to stand up.

"I think All Might can hold his own against those two main guys," Kirishima says, using his quirk on his arms. "Let's make sure these dudes don't hurt anybody else."

"Will you be joining us?" Todoroki turns, looking at Maki and Midoriya.

Handy finally decides to make his move, running towards All Might, which in turn makes Midoriya blast forward. Kurogiri thinks fast and warps. Handy moves his hands through and aims it towards Midoriya's face. He doesn't get the chance as his hand is shot straight through by a bullet. Midoriya falls straight to the ground as both legs are broken.

Back up has finally arrived.

Explosions begin to go off around the facility, and handy gets more bullets blasted into him before Kurogiri surrounds him and they vanish but not without some difficulty with Thirteen first.

"If all the pro teachers are gathered here, that must mean the rest of the school is safe," Shoto says, clutching the back of his neck with his right hand. "The villains attacked this facility but not the rest of the campus."

"Midoriya!" Kirishima shouts out, running towards him. "Hey!"

"Sorry, I can't get up," Midoriya tells him.

"What? Are you okay?"

Midoriya seems to realize something, as his heartbeat picks up, and worriedly looks back and forth between All Might and Kirishima. "Ah! Ah! Ah!" He holds out his hand. "Kirishima wait!"

And at that moment, Cementoss makes that his entrance, creating a wall right in front of Kirishima to prevent him from moving any closer. "For your safety please stay back, young man. Join your classmates at the front gate. Leave the injured to us, we can take care of them."

"Hey! He said for all of us to head to the entrance!" Kirishima shouts, rushing over to the three after checking up on Midoriya.

Maki returns to her normal bubbly self as the crisis is diverted. "That was kinda fun as scary as it was!"

Shoto sweatdrops, unnoticed by anyone. "Maki..."

She suddenly gasps, eyes widening as she feels a change through her feet. "All Might..." His body is skinny now. What...? His quirk inflates him?

"Maki?" Shoto calls out, seeing her spaced out. "You okay?"

She shakes her head and smiles. "Peachy!" she chirps. I'll have to ask later.

It takes a bit before all the students are gathered at the front. After they all make their way outside, they find the outside is full of police officers and vehicles as villains are walked out and loaded into the bigger vehicles.

A detective in a trench coat manages the students. "16, 17, 18, 19..." He looks down at his paper. "Everyone seems to be unharmed except for that boy whose legs were all messed up."

All the students begin to converse with each other in little groups to get all the pieces together to get the whole story of what happened.

"Sho, you didn't get hurt or anything?" Maki asks, looking him over.

"Not a scratch. Just like you."

She smiles at him, looping her arm around his.

"Let's go ahead and get these students back to the main campus. They've been through a lot. We don't need to question them right away," the detective tells an officer nearby.

"Detective," Tsu calls out, leaping towards him like a frog. "What about Aizawa sensei?"

It takes a few minutes, but he manages to get a doctor on the line to inform them about his condition. The detective puts the call on speaker for all of the class to hear. He tells them his condition, making them relieved a little but still worried. His eyesight may not return.

"Well, you heard the man..."

"Ribbit..."

"Not his eyes!" Mineta tears up.

Maki tightens her fists and her lips pucker out a bit as her eyebrows furrow.

Shoto notices. "There was nothing we could do," he whispers to her. "He'll be alright. He's strong."

That seems to calm her down. Momo, Mina, and Jiro rush up to the detective.

"Sir, what about Thirteen?" Mina asks for the three girls.

"There's no need to worry there. Despite some pretty bad lacerations to the back, Thirteen is going to pull through good as new."

The girls sigh in relief. "That's good."

"And All Might is also without any serious injuries," he continues. "He's in the nurses office right now. Recovery Girl's power should be all the treatment he needs."

"What about Deku?!" Uraraka shouts worriedly.

"How's Midoriya?!" Iida exclaims.

"Midori–? Ah, Recovery Girl is taking care of him too. He's fine."

The two sigh relieved.

"Oh, thank goodness," Uraraka sighs.

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

"Okay," everyone responds, getting onto the bus beside them.

The bus ride is silent as they return to the school.

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