Here you guys go! A little earlier than my normal Sunday release, but I couldn't wait to release it! I hope you enjoy it!

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Chapter 16 -

"Iida!"

She watched as he fell off the side of the cliff. When he disappeared over the ridge, she felt her heart drop. The villain began to attack Shoji, who was putting up a feeble fight as he was stuck defending on a small ledge. The villain's quirk was some form of air manipulation, and neither of them could effectively fight a flying opponent.

As she felt the tears start to roll down her cheeks, her ideas became darker.

"Aww little girlie, you give up?"

'A ball shaped container made entirely of candle wax. With a thin layer of glass to keep its shape.'

"What ya got there girlie?" He gave her a smile. "You know, if you give up and accept me, I'll treat you pretty nicely." The smile turned predatory.

'Filled with a compound. Three Fluorine atoms added to every Chlorine. Enough to make the ball struggle to contain it.'

"You know what? How about a deal? I'll give you a single shot and not move. If you miss or it does nothing, I win. If it hurts, you win. What do you say."

She felt her tears rolling off her chin. 'A simple delivery mechanism. A slingshot.'

"Deal?" His smile enraged her further.

Pulling back the glass container in the pouch of the slingshot. She growled, "Deal." She let the ball loose. As it soared, Shoji climbed over the edge and picked her up. Before she could fight his hold, he jumped off over the edge. She didn't scream, but she did turn to see the shock on the man's face as his skin ignited and went up in flames. His screams filled the part of her seething for revenge.

She turned her head to face the ground, and saw Iida safely hiding behind a rock. All of her anger evaporated as she hit the spongy ground. Laying there, she started to sob. Shoji was forced to pick her up and carry her. She didn't know where they went after that.

—

Luckily for Kaminari and Kirishima, Sato was dropped over the boat floating in the middle of the lake. After pulling them to safety, they had put up a fight in the captain's quarters. With Kirishima in the forefront and standing in the entrance way, Kaminari was able to zap anyone who got close enough. Sato was defending the rear as a few of the villains had decided to try for the windows.

"We can't keep this up forever!"

"We'll fight as long as we need to." He slammed his fingers into the gut of a man with blue skin.

Kaminari didn't say anything else and turned to help Sato defend the windows.

'I'm starting to run low too. We need a getaway.' A loud boom took over the whole dome and several of the villains looked up in fear and started running. A few others fought harder to make it inside their room, but with him standing in the way and Kaminari providing aid, they fended them off.

He couldn't decide if he did the right thing or not. The villains not standing under cover were either pierced or flattened by large chunks of glass. The boat was thrown to the side as something smashed into it. The emergency procedures activated and a massive amount of airbags deployed to keep it from sinking.

"The hell was that?" Kaminari had gotten to his feet.

He felt a smirk come over his mouth. "Bakugo." He jumped to his feet and pulled the others toward the exit. "We need to help him." With his quirk working overtime, he charged out over the bodies and found his friend already fighting. Their fight turned one-sided as it was 4 on 6, he was pretty sure that Bakugo counted as 3 people on his own. It ended once a bright light came from the pavilion.

It felt like he was standing in 44 Celsius weather, with the sun beating down on him. Covering his eyes to block the light he and the rest of his classmates made their way to the edge of the boat. Looking out over the lake toward the pavilion, he could barely make out the small figures standing upright. One apparently had taken the brunt of the attack as the other stood behind him.

—

"Bring it down!"

"Bu-"

"Just do it!"

"Wha-"

"Do it!"

She bit back the bile that rose in her throat. Stabbing her one good jack into the ground, she put her all into her next attack. The villain that had been attacking them had some sort of quirk that let him nullify acids. By itself that wouldn't have been an issue for them. No, the issue was the sword he carried around. Ashido had been getting more mad and desperate as time went on.

Her friend's convoluted plan wasn't bad altogether, it was the consequences that scared her. They had discovered the hydraulics for the area while they were running uphill. Ashido wanted to literally drop the face of the mountain on the dude. She had almost no doubt it would probably kill him, but did they have any other choice?

The supports had already been melted via her friend's quirk, so that left her to actually drop the platform. 'Heartbeat Whisper.' She shut her eyes.

It started slowly but the low beat became louder and more frequent. The ground started to sway under them and as it lurched, Ashido tried to hold on to her. She batted away the hand. "Stop."

She sat down with her head in her knees. Listening to the ground above her crash downward, only one thought came to mind. 'I just killed someone.'

—

'[Fairy Party].' As the lights attacked the two people in front of her, she opened a portal below Izuku and sent him some distance away. Less than a second later passed when she cast her second spell. '[Aegis of Sparta].' Ghostly beings sprung into existence just in time to block the tackle of the monster.

'Super strength and speed, combined with near instant regeneration, and damage reflection. This thing is a tad ridiculous. [Blood Bomb].' The small amount of blood from the nearby burned corpses pooled together in the air in front of her.

'[Killswitch].'

[Spell check pass!]

As the Nomu got within an inch of her, she teleported into the air. '[Halo of Childhood].' The spell made a halo of light that surrounded her like hula-hoop. 'Just need a single touch. '[Ethereal Haunt].'

She jumped forward as the world turned into greys. The Nomu was even more ugly close up. Its brain was visible, and it's face looked like a cartoon chicken dunked in ink. 'Doubt it has anything good besides the quirks.' She reached out and touched the thing's neck.

[Quirk Absorbed! Molecular reassembly Lvl: Max

Your body refuses to die even when death stands before it. As long as a single cell of you remains, it will call on the necessary materials to recreate your body.

At Max level you will retain your memories.

Cool-down - 72 hours]

'So not regeneration but a death save. Nice. [Armor of Athena].' Bronze armor enveloped her body and was instantly dented when the thing attacked her.

'[SwitchKill]!' Her body dissolved and rematerialized a few meters away. In her place the ball of blood exploded in a gooey necrotic energy. '[Blade of the Fallen].' She summoned the broken blade in the path of the Nomu and let it skewer itself. While it freed it's torso, she let her halo finalize.

[You are currently under the effects of Halo of Childhood. You have gained the following-

All spell costs are halved

All spell variables are reduced by half

Spells will randomly change (This effect can be harnessed via imagination)]

'Let's see what we got. [Gale of Notus]. A raging storm filled with lightning and at its heart, a destroyer of land.' Spending class daydreaming did have its benefits for her. The spell, which normally pushed enemies back and summoned a small storm at end, answered her call. '[Sylph's Blessing]. The quiet whisper of a being so light it dances it the wind, bringing storms of ice in its wake.'

She started to rise in the air as a tornado formed below her feet. '[Odin's Rage]. Anger simmering in the heart of a god, standing before the enemy ready to pay the price.' Lightning crackled around her body, her eyes shone with blue sparks. She could feel her anger rising and wanting to take over.

As the Nomu was almost free, she cast her last Halo buffed spell. '[Reaper's Shadows]. When they're leader called, the kin answered in a shout so loud it shook the ground and rocked the bedrock of the heavens.' Skeletal hands burst from the ground and clawed their way out. Once they were free they let out an in sync roar and attacked as one.

[Halo of Childhood Ended]

She took a breath in and let it out slowly, calming her nerves. '[Hermes' Blessing].'

—

A loud whirring noise built up and ended in a thunderous crescendo.

"We need to run." He began to stand.

"You're still hurt!" Uraraka grabbed his arm.

"I'll be fine." He looked back at the fight. "We'll be less fine if we stay here."

Kakoom!

[Resistance check pass!]

A shock wave crashed into them, Uraraka, along with the unconscious Mr. Aizawa, were sent flying backward. Aki had used [Force Bomb], it was a spell that normally hit people like a semi going 160 km/h. This time however, the spell slammed into the Nomu and stopped. It didn't dissipate, but the force acted like it hit an immovable object. The spell went outward and had crashed over them. The skeletons that Aki summoned were clawing and biting in the flesh of the Nomu.

He turned back toward his classmate and picked her up along with the floating Mr. Aizawa. His skin was still sensitive, but the pain was starting to subside. "Time to leave."

'You got 30 seconds. Get these two safe, you're fighting for your life soon.'

'I thought I was already fighting for my life.'

'You were fighting for your classmate's life. Now it's a fight for yours and Aki's.'

"Does anyone need help?" The voice came from the ruined city scenario.

'Who-?' As the person came around the corner, Kat let out a loud wolf whistle.

Uraraka who was already red in the face, covered her eyes and went cherry red. 'Kat. Please stop.'

After seeing them, the guy ran toward them, smiling wide and seemingly oblivious to his nudity.

"Are you two okay?"

"Yeah. Do you mind taking these two?" He pushed the self blinded red faced girl toward him along with the floating Aizawa. "My friend is in trouble. I'm going to go help her."

"But-"

He ran off before the guy could finish.

—

"Does he know he's naked?"

The girl nodded her head. She was covering her eyes and was bright red down to her fingertips.

He hummed a bit, 'Should hurry.' Picking up both the kid and teacher, he took off back toward the hideout.

"That weird portal closed, but I found a safe spot to hide. You'll be fine until the teachers show up."

Knocking on a bit of fallen wall, he waited. It was picked up by the dark shadowy shape that came off the kid he met earlier. Once the wall was out of the way, he pushed both of them in.

"I'll be back soon."

He turned to find more people, but was grabbed by the hand. The hand's owner was the red faced girl, she was giving him a desperate look.

"Please help our class president."

Mirio felt his blood surge as he gave a small nod, "I'll try."

—

'[Lightning Rush].' The spell, aided by the storm surrounding her, lit up several paths around her and vaporized anything in its path. The Nomu jumped over the spell and was flying at her.

'[Frost Giant's Armaments].' A dozen spears made of ice appeared, and with the aid of her [Telekinesis] spell, they flew forward. The Nomu shattered each with a ridiculously strong punch. It didn't slow down at all.

Before it could landed on her, she put both hands up. '[Dual Cast - Gale of Notus].' Being midair and not having a way to move, the spell slammed into the Nomu, sending it flying backward. It crashed into the pavilion's retaining wall and got up like nothing.

'Damn thing, stay down! [Pillars of Hades]!' The normally red portals spun quickly and turned purple. As they raced forward, both expanded and unleashed their cursed fire. They didn't burn flesh like a normal fire, but set the nervous system a light. She saw the Nomu stop it's run and stand there shaking.

Not wanting to let up, she cast several spells in succession. '[Mana Bow, Bone Arrow, Momentum Bomb, Hellish Weapon].' A bow made of her own solid mana appeared in her hand, the arrow appeared when she pulled back the string and aimed. As the final two spells finalized, they began to spiral and emit light. Letting go, the arrow raced through the air, emitting an ear piercing cry and shot through the chest of the beast.

It fell forward on its front, seemingly dead.

"Nomu! Stop messing with the girl and kill her already!"

Suddenly it's eyes opened and it began to stand up again.

'Seriously? How is it healing?' With a raise of her hand she summoned several layers of [Bone Wall] in a dome around her. She summoned a single [Reaper's Shadow] and quickly carved several runes into it. 'Destruction, mana storage, multi-target, barbed spears, reeling chains, explosion.' The action was quick and nearly instant for her. She felt the second to last wall break and cast again. '[Forgotten Life, Mimicry of Life].' Her body went completely transparent and with a rune she teleported up through the last barrier just before it broke. The second spell had caused the skeleton to take on her appearance.

When the final wall broke, the Nomu picked up her decoy and ripped it in half. She smirked as she watched what happened next. 'Sucker.'

The broken skeleton erupted in spears and skewered the Nomu all over its body. Once the last spear pierced it's flesh, they were pulled backward, reeling the thing closer to the skeleton. It then erupted into an explosion strong enough to throw her backward and end her invisibility.

Unfortunately for her and the others, the thing got back like it was nothing. It's body was missing large chunks of flesh and a whole arm, but they slowly started to come back. Letting out an annoyed huff, she muttered to herself. "Someone has to be healing it." Giving a cursory glance around the area, she didn't see anyone, but that didn't mean anything. 'Some quirks are such BS.' She knew it was hypocritical, but hey, it wasn't working for her so she could complain.

Still floating midair via her previous spells, she used [Air Step] to jump a bit higher. Her mom never made Japanese based spells when she was alive and there was a reason. The gods of Olympus and most other pantheons didn't care if you used their names. The Japanese gods though, took it as an oath if you did. Unluckily for her though, she was a curious kid. She had made her oath long ago.

"On the brightest day, I am the darkness on the horizon. In the fury of the storm, I stand firm." The sunny day began to turn dark as clouds congregated over her. The Nomu, after healing completely, crouched and prepared to jump."In every drop of rain, the floods rise." It jumped, going straight for her.

It was little over a few meters in the air before she heard a cry. "Planetary Smash!" Izuku spun through the air and delivered two roundhouse kicks. The attack sent the Nomu flying back toward the ground.

She continued, "Life flourishes under my blessing. I join two beings for life."

Izuku standing on his one unbroken leg and completely nude, fought to give her time. He sent a multitude of different spells that constantly threw the Nomu off course or grounded it.

"I am the harvester, I am the priest."

As the sky grew dark enough to blot out the sun, a swirly black portal opened in front of her. A man's face came through, he was seemingly made of pitch black smoke. He reached out to grab her but was yanked downward by another person. He had plain features but had a hard look on his face.

"I am the wave caller, I am the bringer of storms."

Lightning and rain fell from the clouds, begging her to be released.

"I am the herald."

A villain, who she hadn't seen before, floated up to her and pulled an arm back. He was stopped just in time. A teenager, with a single gauntlet in the shape of a grenade, launched himself at the villain. In a fist fight of explosions and wind, they fell toward the ground.

"Listen to the hymn of my god."

The wind howled and spun at the tip of the spear. The lightning solidified into a solid metal, tingles vibrating through her hand.

"[Susanoo's Roar]!" The spear took off in a flash. Izuku seemingly sensing the attack moments before it took off, had used [Ethereal Haunt]. He appeared behind the beast, and used his still good foot to deliver an attack to the knee. It went down as Izuku tried to jump away. He was a little too late.

Her mana dropped to almost zero, and she fell. She was caught before she hit the ground, but both she and her savior were sent flying backward as the attack hit.

—

"Achoo!" All Might groaned as his headache wreaked havoc on his head. Even sick he was fulfilling his duty as a teacher and grading his students. It was particularly difficult for him to grade non-combative students. One such student, Hitoshi, finished almost every fight with a single word. The smarter students kept their mouths shut and beat him down easily. Another was Hagakure, if it was a stealth based mission, she earned top marks. If it wasn't, she was no more than a distraction.

He leaned back into his couch and sighed, "Maybe I should train them in some sort of martial arts." They could use the experience, and the ability to defend themselves.

Ring, ring.

He looked at his phone, laying on the couch. Flipping it over, he checked the name. 'Nezu.' With a cough, he picked it up and answered.

"Hello?"

"All Might! USJ now! It's under attack!"

He activated the flames of One for All and crashed through his apartment's wall. "I'm three minutes away. Status?"

"No clue. All communications are down as far as we can tell, the only reason we know is because one of the top three flew up to my window. Miss. Kendo and Mr. Ojiro are currently on their way to the hospital. There was supposedly a portal left in the parking lot, we're assuming it was Miss. Hale, but it wasn't there when one of the teachers ran for it. We're on our way via cars."

"Got it." He was about to hang up, when Nezu added something else.

"All Might." He paused for a second. "Protect our students. Please." His voice was pleading.

He felt the flames of One for All ignite even further. "I will be there." He hung up. As he rounded a hilltop, he saw clouds condensing into a single massive storm. After a brief pause, little over 500 lightning bolts struck at once. He was assuming the force of the attack had caused the accompanying rain to go upward. Though, that might be just his eyes.

"I'll be there kids. I promise." The next building he landed on was left missing a piece of cement as he kicked off harder.

—

Izuku was sent flying forward as his back received a part of the attack. His vision went white and before he flew into the wall, he was picked up by water. Instead of the wall, he was sent upward and reached a height exceeding the remaining bit of the dome.

'[Sylph's Blessing]!' His fall was slowed til he was slowly floating downward.

'Thanks.'

'Yeah. No problem.'

He turned to the epicenter of the attack. The ground was covered in a thin layer of water and smoking. Small sparks were jumping every now and then, giving a dangerous look to the water. The Nomu's destroyed corpse was skewered on a pole, which was releasing electricity every so often.

'10. He needs help.' Izuku turned to look and found Bakugo, wet and breathing hard, still fighting the flying villain.

"[Hermes' Blessing]." Using [Air Step], he launched himself at the villain. "Detroit Smash!" The punch knocked the man out and sent him flying into a nearby wall. He picked himself up as his momentum seized.

Bakugo looked at him, eyes white and a face of anger plastered on his face. He didn't say anything.

"Bakugo?"

Still nothing. His friend began to fall forward, dashing forward a bit, Izuku caught him and lowered him back down.

"I see you're still alive." Izuku turned quickly to see Shimura walking out of a portal. "I guess we go to plan B."

Izuku's heartbeat went up at that, but went down slightly as he caught one of Aki's portals open below Bakugo. 'Plan B?'

"Kurogiri. Do you mind?"

The smoke villain walked out the portal and opened another. "As you wish." With a wave of his hand, another portal opened.

'Fuck.' She summed up all his thoughts in one word. From the portal, another Nomu walked out. Using [Observe], he saw that this thing was stronger than the others.

'These things have to be made. There's absolutely no way they are natural.'

'Agreed.' She paused for a second. 'Izuku?'

'Yeah?'

'No matter what happens, I want you to know you're my best friend.'

He felt the sentiment in her words, but couldn't resist the urge. 'I'm your only friend.'

'Shut up. You ruined the moment.'

He smirked, 'What moment? I'm going to live way past this event. This is a stepping stone.' He stood and faced the three villains. "Don't you dare come near my friends and classmates. If it's a fight you want." He slammed his fists together, "You got one."

Shimura laughed, "You're one hell of a mini-boss." He smiled at him, "Nomu, kill the kid."

"[Mana Shield]." The shield shattered, but saved him. 'Gauges!'

'Red, red, yellow.'

He gave a mental sigh as he dodged another strike, just barely. 'It'll have to do.' He counter attacked and sent a punch for the elbow. His attack didn't have enough raw power behind it to do damage, so he went with something untested. He rolled down the length of the Nomu's arm and used his quirk. "Fire Branding."

A snake of fire curled his arm and shot out toward the monster. Jumping up and away from the thing, he used his mind's eye and elongated the snake. He had it form several shapes with its long body, and ignite itself. It burned hot enough to leave scars on it's flesh.

'Not bad, but you need to power them.'

He ignored her point. 'We just need to buy time. Aki is out of mana more than likely now. The teachers should be on their way.'

'How the hell are we going to stall? Your HP and Mana are almost out! We are going to die if you don't think of something.' Jumping off an [Air Step], he flew at the Nomu. 'Stupid idea. I like.'

He could feel the edge of his lips curl into a smile. When he neared the Nomu, he used his gravity to spin himself around it. He fired a lightning spell into it's back and jumped up.

A massive spike of ice raced between his feet and stabbed the Nomu through the chest. Not wasting the brief moment of registration, he jumped for it's arm and powered the runes.

'[Mana Shield].' The blue aura took the attack that followed and sent him careening away. He was caught by a pile of snow, which brought back a few memories.

Todoroki, with both Tsuyu and Hagakure trailing behind him, had come from the massive ice dome. "Run. Leave this to us." Hagakure acknowledged his order and carried a rather weak looking Tsuyu toward a hiding space. He looked at Izuku, "You good?"

He smiled and made a hand gesture, "So-so. I'm running on fumes and this thing is ridiculous." That was an understatement, his mana had hit sub 100 after powering the runes, and his HP was in the 400s. Only his Stamina was any good as it was still in the yellow.

His classmate eyed the three villains and immediately attacked. A massive glacier materialized from the ground and encased the area in front of them.

Izuku blinked, "Uh. Yeah, that works. Thanks."

Todoroki nodded, with a hum. A heavy vibration came from the ice. "Looks like we don't have much time."

"I'd say." Both turned to find the naked man standing a few meters away. He continued when no one else said anything. "I may have an idea."

—

"Uh. Hi?"

"Who are you?"

"Name's Hale. I'm a friend of Midoriya's." Several of the students nodded at that, but began to ask questions. She put up a hand, "Please stop. I need to go help them."

"Everyone! Let's leave her alone for now. Once we all make it out of this mess, we'll have more time." Glasses took command of the situation.

She opened a portal to her sister's inventory and began rummaging. Pulling out a mana elixir, she downed it. As she watched her Mana refill, she began to cast spells on the student around her. 'No need to waste excess. We only have three left.'

Glasses had massive gouges on his arms and chest. '[Emergency Aid]. There's nothing I can do for the missing HP right now.' She walked to the next student. A rather large guy with a super blocky face, he was covered in burns and his legs were shredded by glass. Next was bird dude, he didn't seem physically hurt, just tired. She left him alone. Mask was nursing his missing arms, she assumed he could regrow them with time, but it had to hurt. She used a spell to aid their growth.

Mr. Sparkle was hunched over in a corner and seemed to be forcing himself not to throw up. Other than that, she didn't see any other injuries. There was a girl with massive boobs on the ground letting out an annoying incomprehensible cry. She put her to sleep. The hand grenade was unconscious and sporting massive bruising all over his body. His arms were cut up and his hands were broken. He took several spells to heal.

"Um."

She turned to find a girl in a ripped up skin tight outfit. "Yeah?"

"Our teachers need help."

She raised an eyebrow but followed the girl. Rounding into the only somewhat cordoned off section of the hideout, she found the wrecked bodies of two teachers. Mr. Aizawa's body was destroyed, it reminded her of when they would go overboard and be left incapacitated. The fact that a man, who had to worry about his body, was in a state like this, gave her a new found respect for him. She could heal his and the other teacher's injuries, who seemed to have disintegrated, but it would force her to stay here. The elixir had run out while she was healing grenade's injuries and unlike Midoriya's version of the spell, [Emergency Aid] had a way higher cost for her, 600 Mana to be precise. Her affinity for light based spells was only 20%. Air and water spells were her niche. Sei had necromancy and life spells.

She sighed to herself as she began to heal, 'Izuku. Don't die.'

—

'You ready kid?' Kat was anxious. Weird.

'Yeah, I just hope this buys time.'

'If it works, it will. Let's just hope it works.'

When the Nomu broke it's way through the last bit of ice, he watched as hundreds of sheets of ice erupted from the ground. They were roughly 13 cm thick, and so shiny, you could see your reflection in it.

'Now!'

He took off in a dash for the monster. It's line of sight was broken by the mirrors, which it was just staring at. Running counter-clockwise in attempt to gain as much distance without it seeing him, he summoned his [Bone Blade].

The Nomu started to attack something, or someone. 'Togata.' The plan was that the older student would distract the thing while Izuku attempted to attack from behind. Besides the mirrors, which were meant for both cover and distraction, Todoroki was on support. He caught sight of Togata phasing through a punch, and delivering a haymaker to the thing's face.

He was almost half way there when the Nomu slammed the ground, causing it to shake rather violently. More than several of the mirrors broke, but Togata kept up the fight. 'Hurry.'

A black portal opened in front of his path and forced him to jump out of the way. Breaking his cover, he threw a ball of fire back through the portal. With an [Air Step], he charged toward the Nomu. 'Okay kid, the plan got ruined, but you still have a shot. Get ready.'

He pulled his blade back in one hand, and held an open palm forward. Togata tried to buy him a brief second, but the Nomu took his hit in stride. As it swung to try and hit him, he thanked every god of luck, as he didn't have to try and catch the attack.

The thing's fist went through him, as the borrowed quirk took effect. When the attack phased completely through, he ended the quirk. Taking his chance, he swung and activated the runes. His blade cut to the spine and stopped. As that happened, a spike of ice, courtesy of Todoroki, pierced the Nomu. His blade exploded in necrotic energy and before it's body could heal, the runes activated. He had used a slowing rune, aimed at its regeneration quirk. Right before the attack was going to end, he saw him.

He was then encased in ice alongside the Nomu. His part of the plan, done.

—

Hagakure, with the still recovering Tsuyu, watched the fight in fear and hope. She didn't want anyone else to get hurt. Watching their attack made her go through several emotions rather quickly. It began with anxiousness, which morphed into excitement, then fear and finally rested on overwhelming happiness. She could feel tears on the edge of her eyes.

'All Might!' Her happiness turned into fear as she saw the look on his face. His normally ever present smile was in a deep frown, and his eyes made him look ready to destroy, or kill. He was at the top of the stairs and slowly making his way down. He was wearing pajamas, but that didn't make him any less terrifying.

"Togata?" His voice was icy and filled with anger.

"Uh. Yes sir?" The naked guy looked scared.

"Get my students out of here. I'll get Midoriya."

"Yes-yes sir!" He saluted and phased through the ground. He appeared next to Todoroki and both of them ran toward her and Tsuyu.

"It's time to leave. We'll go to the other students."

Togata picked up Tsuyu and all four ran toward the ruined city.

—-

A voice came from the top of the ice glacier. "Well, it looks like you finally appeared. What took you so long All Might?" The kid took in his appearance with a smile. "You appear to have been sleeping. That might make you a tad more angrier than I was planning." He gave a shrug, "Oh well. Lady Mortis? Do you mind?"

A woman appeared out of a portal. She was wearing a blood red nurse's outfit and carrying a large scalpel. Her hair was jet black and her face was sporting a small smile. She pulled something from the bag at her hip and threw it down the wall. All Might's vision went red. An arm. The only person it could belong to was Sero.

He immediately went for the attack. Moving fast enough the air behind him was displaced, he delivered a punch to the girl. Before he could move onto the others, a portal opened below them, forcing him to jump. The three went through, and the portal closed.

"No!" He slammed the ice with his fist. It shattered almost instantly, causing him to fall.

Landing, his anger shifted to the being trapped in ice with his protege.

—

His vision went blurry as the ice broke.

'Never again.'

He couldn't help but agree. All Might had carried him some distance away and deposited him onto his feet. "Are you okay my boy?"

He nodded, "As long as I don't have to fight anymore, I'll be good." He summoned a small fire to melt the remaining ice. "That thing has multiple quirks. Super Strength, Shock Absorption, and regeneration of some sort." He didn't mention it's stats, they wouldn't make sense to All Might anyway.

All Might nodded, "Get clear boy. I'll handle this." As he started backpedaling, both watched the monster's head start to reattach itself. The hole in its chest was already almost together again. Before it could fully reform, All Might was on it. It took the first punch and crashed into a large shard of ice.

His hero started to hammer it further into the ground. The ice it was pushed against cracked and shattered. All Might kept going though and punched it into the ground causing the ground to give way. Even when it's body started to regenerate the damage, he kept going. Each punch sent a shock wave of air pressure, and slowly started to bury the Nomu deeper.

This went on for several minutes. He could tell All Might was letting out his anger, which was a terrifying idea. It only ended when the other teachers appeared and All Might stood. Beads of sweat had formed on his face and his hands were covered in blood. The Nomu's body was trying to heal, but the amount of damage seemed to be too extensive.

Instead of turning to give a smile, All Might walked back up the stairs and talked to the teachers, Izuku followed. He stayed several meters behind, giving All Might all the space he needed.

'That was brutal.'

'Yeah. I've never seen All Might so mad before.'

'Izuku?'

'Yeah?'

'We lived.'

He felt himself grin slightly but forced it down, 'Yeah.'

"Midoriya?" He turned to see Nezu.

"Yeah?"

"You're naked."

He looked down and reconfirmed that he was indeed in his birthday suit. "Yeah. My outfit burned to ash during an attack."

"Go get clothes on and come back immediately. We have a lot to talk about."

Izuku could see the anger in his eyes and didn't argue. He walked to the locker room and changed back into his school uniform. On his way back, several of the other students were being walked up the stairs. Bakugo, Momo, and both teachers were on stretchers being walked up by EMTs.

Aki joined him a second later. Giving him a hug, he received a message from her.

A: Did you hear?

I: No. what?

A: Sero was hurt, badly. He'll live, but the damage is extensive. He was found by Togata after he brought back the three students. From what he could find. Togata says he fought two villains. Though one of them was missing large chunks of flesh and was burned to a crisp. The other villain was gone by the time he got there.

Izuku didn't respond as he heard his heartbeat.

'Kid you need to calm down. There's no one to fight right now.' He was slapped after she finished.

"Don't you dare go running off into danger again. I barely rescued your ass as it is. If you get into danger again, you're on your own. My dad is going to ground me for life after today."

His heartbeat slowed as he returned her hug. "Fine. Go home or back to school. I'll see you later."

She nodded and opened a portal for herself. "Bye." It closed as she stepped through.

"Midoriya. Would you come here please?" Nezu waved him over, his ever present smile sullen.

Walking over Izuku could see more of the students being walked across the pavilion. Kirishima, Kaminari and Sato seemed fine but tired. All three were leaning on each other as they trudged past the ruined area.

"Yes sir?"

"Walk with me." He began to walk away from the crowd. Following, Izuku took in the faces of the teachers, most looked sad, but had a fury in their face that made him remember they had power.

Reaching a section of the balcony that overlooked Todoroki's ice dome, Nezu stopped. Turning to him, he had a glare that triggered [Gamer's Mind]. "Who did this?"

'Whoa.'

"Uh. His name is Tenko Shimura. He seemed to be the ringleader. They were using some sort of test tube villains called Nomu. On their stat page it called one number 52. The others were numbers 41 and 87. I'm assuming there are more than that though."

He nodded and bowed. "Thank you, and I'm sorry you had to go through that. Please forgive your principal."

Izuku felt uncomfortable. "It's no worry sir. I'm just glad everyone, mostly, came out okay."

Nezu stood straight up and nodded. "Things could have been much worse. I'm glad it didn't though. We have Miss. Hale to thank for that though. She saved both teachers' lives instead of trying to help you three. If you will extend my thanks to her."

He gave a nod. "I will sir. Was there anything else?"

"One last question. A rather important one if I'm honest. Did you kill?"

He felt his heart nearly stop. 'There's no point in lying, kid. The charred bodies prove it was you.'

With a sigh, he nodded. "Yes sir. It was either us or them and I made my decision."

Nezu sighed as well. "I thought as much. You won't be punished for their deaths, but you will have to give multiple statements to the police. Each was either self defense or in the defense of a person who couldn't help themselves. Correct?"

He nodded, "Yes sir."

"Alright then." He started to walk back to the main entrance. "We will speak to the police now. We are currently looking for Miss. Ashido and Jiro. Do you happen to know their whereabouts?"

"No sir. Everyone was teleported somewhere different. I was attacked almost from the start by one of the Nomu."

Nezu hummed as he looked across the USJ. Izuku followed his gaze. The landscape had changed, drastically. Not including the ice dome, the landslide area was ruined, the ship in the lake area was missing chunks. The fire dome was destroyed, and several of the ruined buildings had collapsed. The pavilion however took the largest hit. Ice, fire, lighting, chunks of cement, and craters marred the surface. He could make out All Might Standing over the Nomu, making sure it stayed down.

"Sir?"

"Yes?"

"What happens now?"

Nezu sighed. "I'm not sure at this moment. All I know is school is canceled for the next week. Any other decision will be made later."

'Kid?'

'Yeah?'

'I've been hiding something from you. I didn't want you to panic or worry about it so I hid it.'

'What?' She pulled up a notification window for him.

[New Quest! The Siege of USJ

Villains have attacked USJ and are ready for a fight. Save your classmates and survive!

Bonus Objective #1: Finish off a Nomu

Bonus Objective #2: All Students must survive the attack

Reward: ?]

[Quest Complete! The Siege of USJ

You have fended off the villains as long as you could and stayed alive long enough to be saved!

Bonus Objectives #1 and 2: Completed!

Reward: 250,000 XP (Bonus Rewards: 10 Skill Coins, Skill Book)]

As he swiped away the notifications, the coins materialized and he stored them in his pocket. The book shone with a blue hue, but before he could use [Observe], more notifications came up.

[XP debt repaid!]

[Congratulations Gamer!

You have gained multiple levels and reached level 22!

You have gained the following:

10 Bonus Stat Points

1 Quality Point

Current XP: 736,547 / 837,395]

'We did it!' Kat cheered with him.

'Check the book!'

'[Observe].

[You have found a lost skill tree book!

This book contains the skills associated with the lost class - Viking Berserker

Do you wish to unlock this skill tree?]

His eyes widened, a skill tree? Kat selected yes for him, and the book dissolved. A new prompt appeared.

[New Skill tree added! Starting skill - Line in the Sand Lvl: 1 Xp: 0.00%

Make your mark and hold it. With your will, body, and mind as one, you will hold the line until your dying breath. Stand firm warrior, you are the first and only line of defense. This skill was lost after the last user died during the battle of Stamford.

When active, gain the following -

Max HP: +10%

Max Mana: +10%

Max Stamina: +10%

You are unable to move further than 1 meter from the selected spot

Active Cost -

Stamina Cost: 100 per second

This skill is the first step in a skill tree! Reach level 10 to unlock the next skill!]

'Holy-'"Shit." Kat's excitement started to build drastically. 'Kat message Aki and see if she knows anything.' She didn't answer him, but a minute later a reply came in.

A: Sorry that's a first for me, mom never mentioned anything like it.

'Kid! We have work to do!'

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Done!

Hope that was a fun read!

Question for you guys (or gals). Who should replace Sero? Hitoshi is in 1-B already so he's out. Should it be someone's OC that I like? Or should I make up a new character? I'd flip a coin for its gender. If you know of an OC that's really neat and would like to see them let me know! They won't play a huge role in the story, mainly just be a background character, kind of like Sero is in the manga and anime. Let me know!