Lightning Strikes Chapter 67: Wally West: Rising Star, a Flash + My Hero Academia/僕のヒーローアカデミア Crossover fanfic

Barry flipped through the air, landing on his feet before racing ahead, dodging the volleys of blue laser blasts as they came down from the sky. Blue Beetle followed him closely, not quite keeping pace but still managing to keep Barry on his toes from a distance.

"Man, you really are fast as all hell!" said Beetle, "But can you outrun light speed lasers?!"

True enough, the lasers themselves were just as fast as Barry, making craters around him as he continued to dodge and weave throughout the arena. He had to think of something fast.

"Hey, catch!" said Barry, spinning around and unleashing a bolt of lighting at Beetle. Not expecting the sudden turnaround, Beetle yelped as he was blasted in the chest, falling to the ground as Barry slid to a stop.

I should tag him while he's down, that way I'll only have one left to go!

As Barry raced forward, Beetle began to stir. Realizing that he was about to be disqualified, he quickly blasted into the sky, lightning bolting around him as Barry was thrown onto his back.

"Haha! Not this time!" said Beetle.

Barry stumbled to a stand, smirking, "Yeah, next time I'll only need to hit two targets!"

Beetle raised his eyebrow, checking himself over only to find that one of his targets had lit up. He looked back at Barry, who still had all six balls, "You forget, I'm the fastest guy here. Getting close is a bit of a death sentence in this kind of test."

Beetle grimaced, "Then I guess I'll have to keep hitting you with the laser!"

Flying back up into the air, Beetle began to bombard Barry with more laser blasts. Barry resumed his tactic of running, going up the dirt hill in order to catch up with Wally, who was currently preoccupied with Magenta, "How're you doing, Wally?"

Wally dove out of the way as Magenta slammed a large slab of metal in the spot he was previously occupying, tearing it to pieces with her magnetic powers and sending them all after him. Acting quick on his feet, Wally sidestepped and leaped over the projectiles, barely avoiding harm.

"Oh, I'm good!" said Wally, "Almost died, but that's fine!"

"We need to take these guys down." said Barry, "Stick with me. One speedster is a bundle of trouble for them, but two will be too much to handle, even if you're inexperienced."

Wally shook his head, "We need to strike back, hit them separately and finish this quickly, we don't have much time."

Barry shook his head, "Let's stick to the basics. Try and overwhelm them with speed, make easy hit and run attacks. They're flying, which might make this difficult, but try and find a way to get them to close the distance. We hit one at the same time and then the other one."

"I just-Screw it!" yelled Wally.

Wally nodded, splitting off to Barry's chagrin jumped back into action against Beetle, throwing another lightning bolt at the insectoid hero in training. Spiraling out of the way, Beetle smirked, forming shoulder-mounted missile launchers from his suit.

"Dodge this!" shouted Beetle, watching the missiles fire from his shoulders, arcing and pivoting in the air on their way towards Barry. Sliding to a stop, Barry made a hundred and eighty-degree turn, taking off in the opposite direction to put some distance between himself and the missiles. As the missiles got farther away, Barry quickly made a wide turn, aiming himself at Beetle with the missiles on his tail. As he got closer to Beetle, he quickly did a backflip, watching the missiles fly underneath him and straight towards Beetle.

Return to sender.

Eyes widening, Beetle quickly clasped his hands together, forming a single large cannon that created a massive laser, obliterating the missiles as Barry ran in from the side, tagging Beetle with another ball before he blasted off into the air.

"DAMNIT! I need backup!" said Beetle, turning towards Magenta, "Frankie!"

Magenta caught a fist to the face as Wally jumped back, circling her before kicking her in the back. He just had to hit her a few more times before she was down for the count, then he would disqualify her and move onto the next one.

As Magenta heard Beetle's cry for help, she realized that she needed Wally out of the picture. As his fist blazed towards her, she dug up a piece of rebar from the ground, wrapping it around his wrist and lifting him up using her magnesis.

"HUH?!" yelped Wally, suspended off the ground and unable to run. He struggled against the trap, trying to pry himself free as Magenta leaned in.

"I'd love to defeat you, but I need to help my friend," said Magenta, "Sayonara!"

With the flick of her wrist, Wally went sailing high into the air, flying out of sight as Barry turned just in time to see it happen, "WALLY!"

Waving her hand, Magenta brought a metal pipe down on Barry's neck, slamming him into the ground as she began to circle him from above with Beetle.

"Not so tough now, huh?" said Beetle, "One speedy guy is more manageable than two."

Barry gritted his teeth, his heart beating faster as his nostrils flared, "Maybe, but now I'm gonna kick it into high gear!"

Vibrating his molecules, Barry passed through the pipe, flipping back onto his feet with lightning in his eyes, "You guys are gonna realize that even one of us is dangerous, especially now that I know what my powers are."

Clenching his fists, Barry raised them as Beetle and Magenta dove at him, resuming the fight.

Wally was still getting used to the art of going fast as a newly formed speedster. He could run fast and hit fast, and that was basically it. He didn't know how to throw lightning or vibrate through walls, and most importantly, he didn't know how to make little tornadoes that would slow his fall.

That would really come in handy at the moment.

Wally flipped through the air, wind whipping through his hair as he reached the apex of his ascent. If he fell all the way down to the ground area of the arena, he'd be breaking bones for sure. If that happened, he could kiss his UA entry goodbye.

Ok Wally, pull yourself together, this can't be that hard!

Stretching his arms out, Wally began to spin his limbs, attempting to replicate Barry's technique in creating a draft. However, because he hasn't practiced this kind of thing, it didn't exactly go the way he intended it to go.

As he sailed through the air, falling into the city zone of the arena, he spotted a tower near his downward spiral. Realizing that he would pass it as he fell, Wally attempted to angle himself towards the rooftop, spinning his arms quickly in an attempt to reach safety. Unfortunately, still being fairly new to this kind of thing, Wally only managed to knock himself into a more violent spin, sending him crashing headfirst into the rooftop and causing him to tumble a few feet before sliding to a stop.

"Ow." mumbled Wally, rubbing his head as he sat up, "Well, at least I'm not dead."

"Phase 2 complete, now I just need to-What the?!"

Hearing a voice on the rooftop with him, Wally hopped onto his feet to face a girl in a white uniform and beret. She brandished what looked like a slingshot hand, with each string attached to her pinky finger and thumb respectively.

Bringing her normal hand up to her ear, she quickly talked into what appeared to be an earpiece, "Intelli, I have an interloper! Dispatch him immediately? Yes, ma'am!"

"Wait!" said Wally, "Can't we talk about this-"

Without a moment's hesitation, the girl stretched her slingshot back, unleashing a blue projectile straight at Wally. If not for his speed, it would have hit dead-on, wiping him out and knocking him unconscious. As time slowed, Wally bent his back, ducking under the projectile and watching it sail over his head. As he straightened his back, Wally blitzed towards the girl, grabbing her by the arm and pulling her into a trip. With a one-two punch, Wally knocked her out before kneeling down in order to disqualify her using his target balls.

"Hello? Are you there?"

Wally could hear a voice coming from the earpiece in the girl's ear. Pulling it out, Wally brang it up next to his own ear and listened in.

"Is the variable disposed of? We are beginning phase 3 of our plan. The UA students are almost done for. Hurry up and respond!"

Wally frowned, putting the earpiece down and walking over to where the girl was originally situated. Looking across the way, he could see another building with shattered windows, their cracked status obscuring any and all views outside or inside.

There are UA students in there?

Wally wasn't sure what to do. They were likely in a situation where they were opposed by multiple opponents. If Wally jumped in, he might be screwing himself over. However, if there were fellow students in that tower, there was now way he was gonna leave them. As Wally was deep in thought, the windows began to get shuttered over by metal barriers, closing the floor off from the rest of the outside world.

Crud, I gotta make a choice, now or never!

Stepping back, Wally decided on what was easily his stupidest plan yet. As he reached the other side of the rooftop, he knelt down, gearing up for a mad sprint. As the final shutters began to come down, Wally exploded into a run, crossing the rooftop within seconds before making an insane leap across the street.

He just had to hope he hits his mark.

Barry landed next to the water based section of the arena, sprinting next to the waves as his pursuers rained lasers and metal objects from above. Magenta and Beetle are hot on his tail, keeping their distance after Beetle learned his lesson with Barry. As Barry weaves in between the attacks, his mind goes into overdrive, trying to figure out a way to beat them as the dust explodes beneath his feet. He needed to find Wally, but he couldn't with these two on his tail.

They're keeping away from me, and unlike before, there's no way I can trick them into getting close. So I'm gonna have to bring the fight to them!

Beetle's energy blasts may not be physical, but Magenta's metallic projectiles were. As the pieces of scrap and rebar flew through the air, Barry planted his heel into the ground, twisting it and doing a complete one-eighty before sprinting towards his opponent. Leaping off the ground, Barry landed on one of the airborne pieces of scrap, using them as stepping stones as he ascended towards his flying quarry.

The sudden turnaround surprised both Beetle and Magenta, who stopped their assault in an attempt to cease giving Barry routes to reach them, but it was too late. There was already enough debris in the air for Barry to hop all the way to them, and now all they could do was attempt to respond. Noticing that Beetle was already one target away from being disqualified, Magenta whispered a quick "Sorry" to him before waving her hand, taking control of Beetle's metallic suit and tossing him away as Barry finally reached the two. With Beetle out of range, Barry was left only with Magenta. Before she could attempt to defend herself, Barry grabbed ahold of her, quickly slotting each orange ball into its target before kicking her away, landing as she floated to the ground.

"Damnit." said Magenta, "You're way faster than you looked on tv."

"Magenta!" shouted Beetle, hovering above Barry, "I'll get you, you-"

Suddenly, Beetle stopped talking, as if being addressed by someone else, "What? But he defeated Magenta! I have to-...Fine."

Beetle pointed an accusing finger at Barry, his face contorted in anger, "Well played buddy, you'll definitely go down in the next round if we're still competing!"

With those words, Beetle took off into the sky, likely to find a less dangerous opponent and leaving Magenta behind with Barry. Barry rubbed the back of his head, feeling a little guilty, "I uh, I'm sorry. It's just that, I need this, for really important reasons."

"Eh, don't worry about it, you beat me fair and square." said Magenta, "There's always the next test, they're only a few months apart anyway."

Barry nodded, "Nice to know there's no bad blood."

*SCREECH*

Suddenly, the loudspeakers screamed out feedback, followed by the tapping of a microphone.

"Is this thing working? Who knows. Anyway, stats say fifty people have finished the first round. Speed it up if you wanna move on."

Barry's eyes widened, he needed to find Wally fast.

"Sorry, I gotta go! Best of luck for next time!" said Barry before he promptly sped off, starting a search for the person he was supposed to be helping.

C'mon Wally, where are you?!

"This is a bad situation."

Yaoyorozu hid behind cover, sitting tight with Tsuyu while Jiro kept in cover with Shoji while clutching her left amp. The four had relocated this tower after their class got separated during the chaos, but now it seemed that someone had singled them out.

And they were smart.

First, they played loud music that reverberated through the walls, preventing Jiro and Shoji from using their quirks for information gathering. Second, they shattered the windows on the floor, preventing Shoji from further using his quirk for info. In addition, whoever shattered the windows also managed to get a hit on Jiro, damaging her amp and wounding her left ear. Now the four were stuck in cover, unable to do much but wait for whoever was going after them.

"What if we make a run for the stairs or the elevator shaft?" asked Tsuyu.

"No, they've taken many of our abilities into account." said Yaoyorozu, "They've probably blocked that off."

"Is there a possibility Tsuyu and I could just take them on ourselves while you two support us?" asked Shoji.

Yaoyorozu shook her head, "We don't know how many of them there are, it's a risk we can't take."

*Shutter*

Suddenly, metallic shutters began to fall over the windows, shutting the students in.

"Damn, they're locking us in!" said Jiro.

"Wait!" said Shoji, one of his limbs forming into an ear, "I can hear….screaming?"

*CRASH!*

Just as the last shutter closed, a ginger-haired boy in yellow tights crashed through, skipping across the ground twice before pancaking on the wall. Sliding down and conking his head, Wally shifted, turning right side up before rubbing the bump atop his head.

"Ouch." said Wally, shaking his head a little before spotting the other UA students, "Oh! It's you guys! I was a little worried there were only two of you or something!"

"Uhhhhhh...Who's this kid?" asked Jiro, "Do we know him?"

"I think I recognize him." said Tsuyu, squinting her eyes, "Wally, right?"

"Woah! You remembered my name?!" said Wally, "Yeah, it's Wally! Wally West! I'm Mandalay and Pixie-bob's ward...or something like that. I'm trying to get into UA but I have to do this test and I have Barry's powers and I-"

"Woah, woah! Slow down!" said Jiro, "You have Barry's powers?!"

"Yeah! I'm not as experienced but that's basically it." said Wally, "I got it by-"

"Wally, stop." said Tsuyu, "I want to hear how you got these powers as much as everyone else, but we're in the middle of a problematic situation. We should save this for later."

"Yeah, probably." said Wally, rubbing his arms, "Is it getting colder?"

True enough, the temperature of the room had begun to drop, prompting Yaoyorozu to look around. Raising her head, Yaoyorozu spotted frost coming out of the air vent.

"Look!" said Yaoyorozu, pointing at the vent, "They must have control of the ventilation room."

"Ribbit..." croaked Tsuyu, who felt a little dizzy, "I'm...I feel….lightheaded."

Suddenly, Tsuyu began to stumble, tripping over and falling into Shoji's arms as the air reached freezing levels. Wally rubbed his torso at super speed, keeping warm as Jiro and Yaoyorozu began to pace about the room.

"As I suspected, they're eliminating our quirks one by one." said Yaoyorozu, "First they took out our info gatherers in the form of Shoji and Jiro, and now they've neutralized Tsuyu by taking advantage of her frog physiology."

"So now all that's left is Yaoyorozu's quirk." said Wally, "If she uses it up in any way, all four of you are basically spent."

"Right," said Yaoyorozu, "and from what I can tell, they already welded all the doors to this room shut except that one."

Yaoyorozu pointed towards a set of blue double doors, "They're likely behind there, waiting for us."

Wally nodded, re-adjusting his glasses as Yaoyorozu began to think of a plan to get out of this situation. Shoji approached Wally, cradling Tsuyu in his arms, "Wally, you look like you're generating more heat. Here, hold Tsuyu, she'll be warmer in your arms."

"Huh?!" said Wally, "Wait a sec, it might not be sa-"

Before he knew it, Shoji had dumped Tsuyu into Wally's arms, forcing him to hold her as he moved on to talk with the others. Realizing he had to keep her warm, Wally vibrated his hands, making sure to keep generating heat so she wouldn't fall asleep. As Wally's eyes darted about, Tsuyu unconsciously wrapped her arms around Wally's chest, hugging him, "I-Uh!"

"T-Thank you...Wally."

Wally's ears began to burn as he struggled to figure out what to do with himself. He really wanted to be a hero, and helping out the other UA students was a good way of showing off his chops. Yet, he was getting flustered at the fact that he was literally keeping this frog girl awake.

The temptation to hug back was real.

"Wally, I have an idea!"

Yaoyorozu walked over to Wally, pulling out two pairs of earmuffs and a roll of duct tape and handing them to Wally, "They accounted for all of us prior to assaulting our position, but they didn't count on you being here. I'm going to use what's left of my lipids to generate a giant loudspeaker for Jiro to use via her undamaged amp. When I finish my countdown, she'll unleash a devastating sound wave that'll disorient them. From there, you'll have to wrap them all up while they're dazed. Put the earmuffs on Tsuyu and yourself then get ready."

Wally took a deep breath, processing the plan in his head, "I...Alright, I'll just go with it."

Gently putting Tsuyu down, Wally got into a sprinter's stance, stretching out his neck before placing his eyes firmly on the door. He was about to do his first team-up move with another hero! Yaoyorozu raised her hand, signaling the number three with her fingers. She began to count down, from there, lowering each finger for each second before finally closing her hand into a fist.

Time for action.

The sound of the loudspeakers deafened Wally, even with earmuffs on, but he couldn't let that stop him. Blasting off from his original position, Wally cleared the space between himself and the double doors immediately, kicking it open with one swift motion. Behind the doors were five girls all dressed up in the same uniform as the girl on the other rooftop, though they all had small differences such as a blast mask and a particular girl with a cup of tea and glasses.

Tea at a time like this? Whatever.

Running to each of the girls, Wally rapidly ran around them, restraining them by basically cocooning them in tape. As he reached the final girl, Wally suddenly realized that this would be a good time for him to pass his quota of defeating enemies. Hitting the girl in all three targets, Wally wrapped her up in duct tape before running back into the room with his friends, posing in satisfaction.

"Hey, look!" said Wally, "I did it!"

The students strolled in, inserting their balls into the targets of their enemies after pulling back the duct tape to expose them. Yaoyorozu's bet had paid off, and now they were all ready to cross the finish line.

"Let's head to the exits now, before anyone else can catch up with us!" said Tsuyu.

The group nodded, heading down the stairs and out of the tower. As Wally looked back at the tower then to his new friends, he realized that fitting in was going to be easier than he initially thought.

Now, he just had to hope Barry could cross the finish line too.

Where's Wally, Where's Wally, WHERE'S WALLY?!

Barry had circled the arena multiple times, passing hundreds of contestants and yet none of them were Wally. Whether it was the grey monotony of the cityscape or the more rocky environment of the central battlefield, many lay strewn across the area, unconscious and defeated, but none of them were Wally. Many were still fighting, even though there were only five spots left, but none of them were Wally.

Barry was practically pulling his hair out as he went through one final sweep.

I'll find him, I have to. He has to pass, or else I've….I've failed.

"You think you can beat the great Pinky? You underestimate me!"

Mina's voice caused Barry's ears to perk up, as he slid to a stop, following her voice to a small crater in the ground. She was having a scuffle with two other participants, and was currently kicking the crap out of them. As one of the participants went down, another attempted to slam strike Mina with what looked like an energy-powered fist, only for her to spray acid at his feet, causing him to slip up and fall on his face. As the other contestant snuck up behind her, ready to plant his ball in one of her targets, Barry immediately jumped into action, shoving his balls into all three of the man's targets before flicking him in the head at super speed, knocking him out as Mina whirled around.

"I-I had that guy!" said Mina.

"Sure you did." said Barry, "Have you seen Wally?"

"I think I saw him going to the finish area with some of the others." said Mina, planting her balls into one of the participants' targets, "I had to finish one more guy off."

"Already finished?" said Barry, scratching the back of his head, "Damn, I never thought about that. He got dumped into the deep end so I just assumed this was too much to handle."

Barry began to chuckle, "Man, I really underestimated what he could do."

*Screech!*

"Attention to those who care, only five people can pass now. Go do whatever you're doing fast or you're failed."

Barry and Mina stood still for a moment, wide-eyed and having an extremely existential crisis on the inside. Mina had faffed about and failed to get her prerequisite disqualifications until the last minute and Barry had spent the whole time looking for Wally.

Luckily for them, all they had to do was cross the finish line, and with the fastest man alive, that was a piece of cake.

"Let me hitch a ride?" asked Mina, a playful look on her face.

Barry smirked, "I thought you'd never ask."

Wrapping her arms around Barry's neck, Mina allowed Barry to pick her up, letting him speed them both across the arena. As they covered meters upon meters in mere seconds, Barry could hear the announcer counting down the people passing. As the exit door came into view, Barry could see dozens of people ahead of him, all racing towards the same thing.

Success.

Seeing no other option, Barry screamed "HOLD ON TIGHT" before kicking himself into overdrive, flying forward in such a massive burst of speed that he blew the dirt beneath his feet up into the air. The force of this dead sprint was so great that as he passed everyone in the millisecond it took to get through the door, they were all blown away, like leaves in the wind as Barry slid to a stop, watching the massive door close behind him as he set Mina down.

"And that concludes round one." said the man over the loudspeaker, "Those who failed, go home, we don't need you for now. Come back in a few months to try again. Those who passed, take a second to sit down and catch your breath, we'll be back in five minutes."

Barry let out a deep sigh as he pulled his mask off, wiping the sweat from his brow. That entire fight was unnecessarily stressful, but at least he made it through.

"Barry!"

Wally sped up to Barry, surprising him as he took his goggles off, "Man, I thought I was gonna get totally steamrolled, but luckily I ran into some of the other UA students. I already explained my biz to them so you don't have to! Anyway, what do you think the next round will be abou-"

"Wally!" said Barry, "Just, hold on a sec, I wanna say something."

"Oh! Uh, ok!" said Wally.

Barry nodded in thanks before continuing, "When I lost sight of you, I kinda had a bit of a panic moment. I thought I failed to get you through the door, but it turned out you already went through by yourself. I'm still gonna keep my eye on you, but I won't baby you."

Wally rubbed the back of his head, "Sorry, I didn't mean to-"

"It's fine." said Barry, raising his fist for a bump, "So long as we both pass, that's all that matters."

Wally stared at Barry's fist for a moment before smiling, raising his own to fistbump Barry. The two had a break to take, but for now, they were still in action.

Hey, sorry if this chapter ends a little weirdly, I'm writing at 2 AM and my brain is currently fudged. And don't worry, Beetle will be in the next chapter! I understand that he's a little underwhelming here.

Good news though! One, I have a new Suicide Squad series on DCNext! If you could check that out it'd be great!

In addition, the teases for the big crossover start now! The next chapters of both RWBYverse and Lightning strikes will now feature a teaser for the crossover! Then, the next chapters for both will release alongside the first chapter of the crossover!

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