"What it's like to learn from All Might?" A reporter asked, coming out of nowhere, her micro right under Izuku's nose.

"S-Sorry but I have classes." The boy apologized, feeling awkward at suddenly becoming the center of attention of a woman reporter and her cameraman.

But they weren't here for him especially. Other students were harassed by a crowd of micro and camera asking about the same thing: All Might.

It seemed that the news of the number one Hero being a teacher at UA had been leaked. Provoking a massive uproar with the medias for several days. This crowd, had been waiting for two days since the leak, attempting to interrogate any members of the school, be it students or teacher, on the teaching method of the number one.

But too bad for them, they were cut short by the security system of the school after one of the reporters tried to walk in: After her first step, the UA barrier locked down the entry as well as the whole school, preventing anyone outside of UA to enter.

But that didn't seem to impress someone in the crowd who was not a student nor a reporter…

Classes had begun. For the first years of class A, their morning started with homeroom class.

"Good work with yesterday battle training," Aizawa told them before dropping a stack of papers on his desk and addressing his students once again, "I got your grades and evaluations"

"Bakugo," he called. The boy recognized the tone of voice of his teacher: he was going to be scolded. He heard it for everyone except himself all of his life. His face darkened in expectation, "Grow up already, stop wasting your talent." Aizawa told him, in front of all of his peers to be sure to convey the message.

"Got it." Katsuki muttered in return, loud enough for the man to hear. Izuku look at him from behind, understanding that his pride has been hurt once again in less than two days.

"And Midoriya." Aizawa called once again, actually surprising the boy who jumped slightly, "It seems that you made some zeal the other day. But your recklessness can become seriously threatening if not controlled. As much for you as for others. Got it?" The hero said to him, looking him right in the eyes.

"Y-Yes sir!" Izuku responded, affirming his will to be better.

Aizawa stayed silent a moment before talking, "Now to homeroom business… Sorry for the sudden announcement but today…"

Every student suddenly feared for what they were going to hear. Another brutal pop quizz? Another physical test where you could be expelled? For real this time?!

"You'll pick a class president." Aizawa finally told them. 'Such a normal school-like thing!' They all though, surprised, relieved and suddenly excited.

In normal schools, the position of class president just entails mundane tasks, so nobody really wants to do it. But in the hero course at UA, it would mean leading the group. A position suited for a top hero in the making.

This is what the students all implicitly understood and soon every hand were raised, as well as voices, covering the class with wish of participation, future projects with the position and resume of qualities from one or another.

But a bigger voice made itself hear.

"Quiet down, everyone!" Shouted Tenya Iida. Everyone turned to him and saw the grave and serious expression on his face.

"Leading the many is a task of heavy responsibility. But ambition dos not equate to ability! This sacred office demands the trust of its constituents. If this is to be a democracy, then I put forward the motion... That our leader must be chosen by election!" He says with conviction as his arm is raised in proposition.

"But Ida, we don't know each other long enough to have built any trust." Tsuyu called out to him.

"And everyone will just vote for themselves." Eijiro added.

"That's precisely why anyone who manages to earn multiple votes will be the best suited individual for the job!" Tenya reasoned, "Will you allow this, sensei?!"

Aizawa was already back in his yellow sleeping bag when he answered, "However you do it, just make it quick."

And this is how, the 1A Hero class of UA had their class president election. The students had five minutes to vote for someone. Most of them, as expected, voted for their themselves, but surprisingly, two students went on top of the voting.

"I got four votes!?" Dazingly exclaimed Izuku, unable to comprehend how this could have happened.

"Who the hell voted for Deku!?" Irritatingly shouted Katsuki, unable to comprehend how this could have happened.

"Guess we know it wasn't you." Sero Hanta mockingly remarked to him.

"Zero votes… I thought as much! This is the harsh reality of this sacred office…!" Moaned Tenya on his knees, unable to stand and shaking because of his heavy sentiment of defeat. Once again…

"Fine, so your president is Izuku Midoriya and your vice president is Momo Yaoyorozu." Aizawa announced officially, stepping out of his sleeping bag. The two new class representatives stood together in front of their class.

"So close …" Momo Yaorozu muttered a bit disappointed but still content of her new position nevertheless.

"S-S-Seriously…?" Izuku stuttered, still incapable of fully believing that he was standing there with a ton of new responsibilities suddenly coming his way. 'How I have gotten there?!' He asked himself.

The hour of lunch had come. The cafeteria of UA was big enough to accommodate all grades of students from every department at the same time. But it also meant that it could easily be heavily crowded by all those hungry teenagers.

In the midst of them was one who is thinking is life suddenly sped up.

Izuku was anxious. The new position he got this morning is occupying his mind: Class president. A post where you are supposed to have the trust of everyone you represent: a huge responsibility for someone who was has been a nobody his whole life.

His stomach ached and his head was spinning a little, "I'm just a little worried about whether or not I can really be class president…" he said while trying to eat his rice.

"I'm sure you'll be fine." Tsuyu told him.

"Of course, you can." Ochako added

"Worry not." Tenya ended.

The three of them had followed Izuku and sat on the same table with him. At first it intrigued him, thinking that they were going somewhere and they were just taking the same direction as him. But he didn't say anything once they sat down with him. Might as well enjoy the company.

"Midoriya. Your grit and decisiveness in a pinch make you perfectly suited to lead us all. That's why I voted for you." Iida added to his previous comment.

'So, one of the votes was you!' Izuku thought, surprised.

"But didn't you wanna be president too, Iida? I mean you have the glasses and everything." Ochako asked. With this question, Izuku and Tsuyu understood that Ochako was a girl who could just say whatever pops in her head.

"Again, ambition and suitability are different manners," Tenya answered to her remark, "I humbly made the choice I felt was correct."

"Humbly…?" Izuku repeated the formal word, intrigued as why a simple student would just casually throw it in a sentence.

Noticing too, Ochako asked, "The way you talk… Iida… Are you a rich kid?" looking at him with big eyes.

Izuku and Tsuyu both stared at him, waiting for his answer, suddenly embarrassing him, "I-I don't like people to know about it, so I try to hide it, but…" Tenya stuttered a bit, trying to divert the attention by eating. He found back his coolness and answered, "Yes. Mine is a renowned hero family. And I am the second son."

The three other occupants of the table looked at him with stars in their eyes.

"Do you know the hero Ingenium?" Tenya asked them. Izuku immediately jumped to answer.

"Of course! He employs 65 sidekicks at his office in Tokyo! So, you're….!" Izuku began until he was interrupted by him,

"Yes. He is my brother," Tenya straightened up and said with great pride, "He leads the people with unwavering adherences to rules and regulations. A truly beloved hero! It's my admiration for my brother that's inspired y own desire to become a hero. Thought, I realize I'm not yet ready to lead anyone." He looked straight at Izuku, "As the superior candidate, it was right that the role should go to you, Midoriya!"

'So, as I have All Might as an inspiration, Iida got his brother.' Izuku though, smiling softly at their resemblance.

Out of nowhere, an extremely loud sound resonated through the entire school, making everyone in the cafeteria jump.

"The alarm!" Izuku revealed the source of the striding alert, piercing his augmented earing and provoking a violent headache.

SECURITY LEVEL 3 HAS BEEN BROKEN. ALL STUDENTS. PLEASE EVACUATE IN AN ORDERLY FASHION. The speakers blared for the students.

"What's security level3?" Iida quickly asked one of the third years who was running by.

"It means someone's infiltrated the building! Hasn't happened in my three years here!" The third year responded before disappearing in the crowd forming in panic.

Izuku, Ochako and Tsuyu were being swept away by oncoming runners. Maybe a villain had infiltrated the school? Impossible, the security system of UA is one of the best of the country. Maybe it's another demon?! It seemed highly improbable but life taught Izuku that nothing was impossible.

He had lost his friends who had been separated from him because of the panic. He could try to force himself to stand still but other students might collide in him and get hurt, since he could surely have the same effect as a wall.

As he was still being swept away, Izuku tried to guess the meaning of this alarm until he saw Tenya flying, or more like barrel rolling, over the crowd and land on the exit panel of the Cafeteria.

"EVERYONE, EVERYTHING IS FINE!" He shouted, "IT'S JUST THE PRESS! NOTHING TO PANIC ABOUT!" As he said that, the students at the end of the crowd turned and saw through the window their teacher Eraserhead and Present Mic trying to contain a group of reporters who had found a way in the school, "THIS IS U.A! BEHAVE IN A WAY BEFITTING THIS GREAT INSTITUTION!" Iida ended, calming everyone present.

After this announced moment, the pressure fell down and every student went back to their previous occupation, most of them were relieved of this false alarm while others were ashamed of their behavior not worthy of future heroes.

After this event, Izuku had something to announce to his class.

"Go ahead, class president." Momo told him, giving him now the full attention of his classes.

Izuku inspired and breathed out before speaking, "We'd like to choose the other student council members!... But before that…" he looked straight at Iida who perked up at his gaze, "I believe that Ida is better suited to take my place as class president…!" The one named showed great surprise to this unforeseen proposition, "You all saw how he led everyone in that cafeteria crisis. I think he's the correct choice for the job."

"Sounds good! Iida really showed his stuff back in the cafeteria! Not that I've got anything against Midoriya!" Eijiro added, being one of the many witnesses of the coolness and quick thinking of Iida during the panic movement.

"Is that okay with you, sensei?" Izuku asked his teacher, to be sure that such procedure could be authorized.

"Whatever. Just on with it. What a waste of time." Such a passionate man…

Tenya smiled and correct his glasses before proudly standing up, "I will accept the job then!"

As Izuku walked back to his seat to let his friend take his place he couldn't help asking himself, 'I still wonder how did they manage to break in…' How did a simple group of reporters managed to break in and pass through the solid defense of U.A. There was something wrong here.

This last though brought him a chill coming out of nowhere. Whatever it was it didn't announce anything good…

When classes finished, Izuku planned to walk to his train station as usual. But when he passed by the school entrance he couldn't help but see the state of the metal gate: it seemed like something had eaten it like termites or more like it disaggregated. It seemed that the latter was the most plausible as bits of metal dust were still flying around the scene.

A quirk was used here, he was sure of it. Izuku took out his most recent notebook and began to scribbling notes on possible quirks that could do this.

As he scribbled down he began to mutter to himself, scaring away passing students. Until one of them stopped near him.

"Midoriya," he looked up when he heard his name and saw Tsuyu standing at his side.

"Tsuyu-chan, what are you still doing here?" Izuku asked as he closed his notebook.

"I was going to the train station and saw you standing alone in the middle of the entrance," she said as a matter of fact.

"I-I guess I didn't notice everyone walking out," Izuku responded, awkwardly scratching his cheek.

"How about we go together then? That's where you were heading too, right?" Tsuyu suggested him.

Izuku agreed and walked with her. It was the first time that he walked out of school with someone else. A girl nonetheless. At this thought, his walk became a bit stuck up but Tsuyu didn't seem to notice. They walked in silence to their common destination.

"I never had the time to tell you but I think your quirk look like All Might's," Tsuyu said, out of the blue.

When he heard that, Izuku almost tripped on his own feet, "W-W-What makes you say that?!" He quickly asked, wondering in panic if he has been found out.

"Well, you are extremely strong and also fast, even faster than Iida I'm sure," Tsuyu described her various observations from their first practical classes together.

"I would never assume that! "Izuku said, bringing his hands up, "And sometimes, I hurt myself when I overuse it. S-So it proves, it's not really the same," he told her, laughing awkwardly at the end.

"You're far too modest," she noted at his explanation, unfazed by his attitude, "I'm sure you would have been a good class president."

Surprised by the last comment, he asked, "How would you know?"

"Because that why I voted for you," she simply and abruptly admitted.

Izuku was almost shocked, "Y-You… You did?" he timidly asked back.

"Well, I was sure that someone who is able to keep his cool while facing a horribly creepy situation would be suited for the job," Tsuyu answered, implicitly referring to the first time the two met.

The time when a demon possessed her because it was looking for Izuku. His face darkened with a frown.

"What is it?" She asked noticing his sudden change of mood.

He hesitated before answering, "Well… Our whole relationship is based on something awful that happened to you… And that makes me… Feel… Not really legitimate to be your friend." He said ashamed and looking away.

Each time his eyes fell on her no matter the time, this night always came back to him. He vividly remembered the sensation of terror this thing brought to him when he felt its presence, as well as the reason why it was here. It was looking to meet him. Why? He didn't know and maybe he would never. But he knew that it was because of him that Tsuyu ended up as its puppet for several days.

He couldn't imagine what she had live through during this time. This is what a real nightmare must look like…

Tsuyu said nothing for a moment. She approached him and asked, "Since when are you thinking like that?"

"A moment…" Izuku answered meekly, looking back at her. He didn't notice her getting closer and his face reddened.

"I didn't decide to be friend with you because something traumatic happened to me. I became your friend because I think you're a good person," She said with the same tone she usually talked with but there was clearly a strict layer in it, "Don't ever think like that again," she ended more softly.

Izuku stared at her with his eyes stinging. He resisted and smiled at her, his face now redder than ever, "A-Alright… Tsuyu-chan."

Wednesday, 12:50 Pm

The morning classes this day passed rather quickly, then came the practical course with professor Aizawa.

"Now, for today's basic hero training," the hero in black begun, "This time, All Might, myself and one other will supervise," he announced to his class.

'This time? So, it's a special class…' Izuku thought, deducing from what his teacher said.

"Um, what are we doing exactly?" Sero asked.

"Preparing you for disaster relief, from dire to floods. It's Rescue Training!" Aizawa answered, bringing excitement to his student.

"Sounds like another rough day," Denki commented

"Right!" Mina shot back to him.

"Come on, this is what being a hero's all about! I'm all pumped out!" Eijiro exclaimed, voicing his impatience.

"Hey! I'm not done." Aizawa said while glaring, interrupting the adolescents restlessness.

"It's up to you whether or not you wear your costumes. As some of them are ill-suited to this sort of activity," he explained while taking the remote and pointing it to the class's wall, from where several cases containing the aspirant heroes costume went out, "The training site is a bit remote, so we'll have to go by bus. That's all. Get ready."

As everyone stood up to take their costumes, Izuku stayed on his seat, thinking, 'Rescue training…', he realized that this was another opportunity to get better and to show his potential, 'This'll help me become the great hero I know I can be! I'll do my best!'

Not having received the notification that his jumpsuit was fixed, Izuku took out his gym clothes to replace them. But as he passed in front of his case, he noticed that the green light was on. It served to indicate that there was still a costume in it. Curious, he opened it, only to find the leather jacket he wore during the first hero training class.

It seemed intact, the leather had a faint fresh ashes scent to it but other than that, it was just like before, even the pentagram was still present inside. It was as if it has not been blown away and burnt by Katsuki but merely dipped in burnt coal.

Izuku was sure that the jacket did not made it out of his one on one, so how was it here? He would have had a notification from the school support if they had fixed it but it seems more like they found it after the class and put it back here.

"Midoriya!" Aizawa impatiently called from the doorframe, making the boy jump.

He quickly took it and went to the locker room. He could think about this later.

Soon, class 1A was gathering on the parking, ready to embark on the bus that would take them to their next training course.

"You're wearing your gym clothes, Deku? And your jacket? Where's the rest of your costume?" Ochako asked, wondering why he picked up this piece of his outfit in particular.

Indeed, Izuku wore his jacket over the same clothes he wore during Aizawa's fitness test. To compensate the lack of protection he added over some kneepads and another respirator. In all, he almost looked like he did in his costume.

"I didn't make it through the battle training in one piece…" Izuku explained. The ears of Katsuki must have been burning but he didn't pay any attention to it. "They only gave me back the jacket. The school support company is repairing the jumpsuit. Just got to wait for now," he explained, not even sure himself if it was the truth.

"So, you got your jacket back?" Ashido Mina asked him from behind as she touched his fur collar, "It seems that you also have good tastes," she said, while nodding proudly.

"T-Thank you…" Izuku did not know what to respond instead of that. And yes, in a way they were matching; she wore a sleeveless short jacket with a collar fur over her skin-tight suit.

"You know what we could do?" She asked suddenly, stars in her eyes, "We could form a jacket gang! What do you say, Kaminari?! Jirou?"

After hearing this, Denki's eyes seemed to shine as well, "Count me in!" The blond boy said as he struck a pose, followed by Mina, too proud of herself.

"I'm not doing that," Kyouka said, almost disdainfully to the two, without refusing or accepting her new affiliation to the just born Jacket Gang.

The students embarked in the bus. The seats at the front were made so the passengers would face each other with one row to each side of the vehicle, while the rest was composed of rows of two seats.

In order to pass time, Eijiro, seated next to Tusyu, told Izuku, "With your quirk, I'm sure you're going to kill it in this class, Midoriya. Like you did in the battle."

Embarrassed by the unexpected praise from his classmate, Izuku blushed and fumbled with his words, "I-I don't think so. I'm only good at destroying the things I touch."

"Don't say that! That kind of quirk-enhancing strength are awesome! You can do a lot of cool stuff with it," Eijiro retorted, "Not like my hardening. I'm good in a fight, but it's really boring," he said while extending his arm, showing how his skin hardening, becoming rougher and sharper.

"I think that's pretty neat. Your quirk's more than enough to go pro," Izuku reassured, visibly very impressed with his quirk.

"Don't forget heroes also have to worry about appeal," Aoyama Yuga, "My navel laser is both strong and cool. Perfect for a pro," he boasted, seemingly while shining with glitter.

"As long as you don't blow up your own stomach," Mina added, next to him.

Aoyama's face darkened as the sudden reminder that he could die while using his own quirk.

"You want to talk about strong and cool? That'd be Todoroki and Bakugo," Eijiro commented, gaining the attention of Kastuki who wasn't listening but perked at his name.

"But Bakugo is so unhinged. He would never be popular," Tsuyu bluntly added. Izuku hid a sudden laugher behind a scoff.

Katsuki, outraged was not going to let this pass, "What'd you say, Frog Face?!" He threatened her.

"See," she just added, confirming her point.

"We've only started socializing and you've already made it abundantly clear to us the unpleasantness of your steamed turd of a personality," Denki told him, just to make him angrier.

And it worked, "Yeah, okay, Mr. Vocabulary. How about I pound you?!"

'Kacchan's getting bullied…! Who'd have thought!' Izuku could not believe that he was witnessing such an unexpected sight in that plan of existence.

The class finally arrived to the special building they were told about.

It was an enormous facility composed of different zones to train young heroes: a flooded zone for mission in high seas or after a flood; a burnt zone for the missions happening during great fires, as well as a dry zone in case of desert expedition and so on. A place to train and learn how to adapt to any situation.

"I built this facility myself. I call it 'The Unforeseen Simulation Joint'," the hero Thirteen presented to the hero class. She was wearing a white space-suit designed puffy jacket and with it, a black helmet with white eyes, giving her a cartoonish and reassuring appearance.

"It's the space hero, Thirteen! She's a gentlewoman hero who does her best work in rescue scenarios!"

"Ooh, I love Thirteen!" Ochako squealed, visibly happy to meet one of her favorite heroes.

"Thirteen, where's All Might? I thought he was meeting us here," Aizawa asked to her cadet.

"About that, senpai…It seems he just about reached his limit during his morning commute routine," she showed three fingers to Aizawa, a code indicating that All Might had used his three hours limit for today, "he's resting in the breaking room."

"The height of irrationality," Aizawa groaned thinking about giving a piece of his mind to the number one later, "So be it. Let's get started."

"Before we do, I have one or two points… Or three… No, four," Thirteen announced to the class.

'That's a lot of points,' they all though.

"As I'm sure many of you are ware, my quirk is called Black Hole. It can suck in and tear apart anything," Thirteen began.

"And you've used it to save people on all sorts of disasters," Izuku chimed in.

"Indeed…" The hero nodded, "However, my power could easily kill. I've no doubt there are some among you with similar abilities," at these words, the concerned students frowned at the reminder, except Katsuki and Shoto who seemed unfazed.

"In our superpowered society, the use of quirks is heavily restricted and monitored. It may seem that this system is a stable one but we must never forget that it only takes one wrong move with an uncontrollable quirk for people to die," he proceeded to show her elder, "During Aizawa's Physical Fitness test, you came to learn of your hidden potential. Through All Might's battle training, you experienced the danger that your respective quirks can pose to others."

"This class… Will show you a new perspective! You will learn to utilize you quirks to save lives," the hero in white exclaimed, "Your powers are not meant to inflict harm. I hope you leave here today with the understanding that you're meant to help people,", this brought smiles and renewed determination to the students.

"That's all! I thank you for listening," Thirteen ended, bowing to the students as some of them applauded the pep talk.

"Great. First off…" Aizawa began until he perceived something in the corner of his eyes: on the center of facility, a portal appeared and from it came out a hand followed by a face, sending a nasty glare he had seen too many times, "Huddle up and don't move!" he quickly ordered to the students, "Thirteen! Protect the students!" he commanded his cadet before preparing up.

"What the heck is that? More battle robots? Like during the entrance exam?" Eijiro asked noticing the commotion happening further.

"Don't move. Those are Villains!" Aizawa shouted to his students as he put on his glasses.

The portal had already got bigger and several mean looking people went out from it. One seemed to be made of the same mater as the portal. This one was the first of the group to speak.

"Thirteen and Eraser Head it is? According to the staff schedule I received the other day, All Might is supposed to be here…"

"Of course, that whole incident was this scum's doing," Aizawa realized that they were the one provoking the incident of yesterday, using the reporters as a distraction to steal the information of today's class

"Where is he…? We've come all this way. And brought so many playmates…" A man in black said, his outfit was particular: his whole upper body was covered of severed hand, with one hiding his face, "All Might... The Symbol of Peace… Is he here?

His eyes went to the group of students, and he creepily said, "I wonder if some dead kids will bring him here?"

Among the malicious chatter of the group of villain newcomers, a presence was standing out, with a voice that turned Izuku's blood ice-cold, 'Where is he?! Where is he?!' A voice coming from the deepest darkness, filled with perversion and malice like no one could imagine.

The voice of a demon.

"Villains?! No way! What villains would be dumb enough to sneak into a school for heroes?" Eijiro asked to no one in particular, but knowing that everyone got his point.

"Sensei! Are there intruder sensors?" Momo asked Thirteen.

"Yes, of course there are…!" The hero affirmed, moving in front of the group, behind Aizawa.

Shoto looked at the group, "Are they only there or also at the main building…? Either way, if the sensors aren't working, it has to be one of their quirks that's doing it," he voiced his theory, "This place is far from the campus and they picked a time when there'd be a few people, so that's mean there not as dumb as they seem. They must have an objective, because this is a well-coordinated sneak attack."

Seemingly in accord with the boy, Aizawa ordered, "Thirteen! Begin evacuation! And try calling the school! One of these villains must be jamming the sensors. There's a good chance one of their electric types is causing the interference."

He turned to Denki, "Kaminari! Try using your quirk to signal from here!" he ordered the blond before walking to the stairs leading to the villains.

"But sensei, you can't fight them all alone!" Izuku called out to him, "Against that many… Even you can't nullify their quirks!" he said, also knowing that there was a demon present among them and fearing the worst, "As Eraser Head, your fighting style involves erasure and a quick binding capture. Head on battle isn't…"

"No good hero is a one trick pony," The underground hero simply retorted, "Thirteen! Take care of them," he commanded one last time before leaping in the melee.

A small group of villains waited for him at the end of the stairs. One of them tried to shoot him with his fingers but was surprised to see nothing happened. Aizawa bound him and another villain at his side with his scarf and proceeded to crush the two of them together, putting their lights out.

A four armed one approached him, trying to take him one on one, thinking he had the advantage against the quirk nullification of Eraser Head. Indeed, his quirk only worked on transformative and production types but not against mutation quirk.

This didn't faze the hero who sucker punched the attacker and then crouched down to evade another punch coming from an assailant behind him. Eraser Head wrapped his scarf around the leg of the first one while in mid-air and threw him on the one he just evaded from. They crashed into each other, putting them out of the fight as well.

Eraser Head had his binding clothe floating around him, ready to attack, while surrounded by the villains. They clearly understood that they were going to have difficulty to defeat this pro hero, even if he is alone.

Izuku witnessed the prowess of the man with great admiration, 'Wow… He's amazing! He can hold his own even when outnumbered,' he looked over the group on the plaza center, 'But where is that demon?! There are too many voices…!' Because of the panic rising in the mob of villain, he couldn't find the demon who got quiet.

"This is no time to daydream! Hurry up and evacuate!" Iida called forcefully called him, he wasted no time and followed the group, leaving his teacher dealing off with the rest.

"I won't allow that," a great wall of black mist appeared and blocked the student's way, led by Thirteen. Izuku internally screamed in panic, until it took on a smallest form and almost looked like a person with two glowing eyes, "Greetings. We are The League of Villains. Forgive our audacity, but today, we've come here to U.A high school, this bastion of heroism to end the life…" The eyes of the mist shone dangerously, "Of All Might, the Symbol of Peace."

Izuku turned pale at this news. These villains were representing a real threat, if they came here, having full confidence in taking All Might's life.

"We were under the impression that All Might would be here today but it seems his schedule was revised?" The Mist continued, "Well, no matter. My role remains unchanged."

Eijiro and Katsuki jumped in front of the group and each attacked the mist.

"Not if we end you first. Betcha didn't see that coming!" Eijiro provoked, hardening himself in anticipation of a counter attack.

The "face" of the mist reformed itself, "That was close…" he looked at the two boys who attacked him by surprise but he didn't seem harmed in any way, "Yes, you are only students but you are the best of the best."

"No, get back! Both of you!" Thirteen shouted at the boys, afraid of what might happen.

And she was right, as the mist covered half of the group and soon everything was dark. Izuku could not react as he was enveloped in it and did not find a way to block it. All he saw was black covering his eyes, then out of nowhere came light, and the first thing he saw was water.

"The flood zone!" Izuku dove right in, seemingly having been transported from the facility entrance to one of the training ground, 'He teleported us! Might be his quirk,' he quickly deduced, trying to reach the surface, 'They way to kill All Might?! And one of those things is with them?! What the hell is going on here?'

"There you are!" Izuku heard in the water, he turned to see a fish man looking at him. He had an enormous maw which gaped even more, "Nothing personal, kid, but say goodbye!" He launched himself toward Izuku, ready to bite his face out.

Until Tsuyu stomped on his face, managing to swim even faster than him, all, while holding Minoru Mineta. She wrapped her long tongue around Izuku before swimming swiftly to the surface after throwing a "Goodbye," to the now sinking villain.

Tsuyu found a boat on the surface, used to mimic hostage or rescue situation and threw Izuku on board. Seconds later, Mineta was slammed on board as well, "Thanks, Tsuyu-chan." Izuku thanked her as she climbed on board with them, "Seems like we're even, now."

"We seem to be in trouble here." She answered as a matter of factly.

Izuku then thought back to what the Mist villain told them, "They know our schedule. The simplest explanation is that they caused that media rush the other day in order to get their intel," He told his two classmates, "It's like Todoroki said… They've been waiting for this chance and they've prepared for it well."

"B-But there is no way they could ever kill All Might! He'll trash them once he gets there!" Mineta interjected, mimicking All Might throwing punches to prove his point.

"They must have figured a way to kill him. Otherwise, why come here just to get beaten?" Tsuyu retorted to him, "I wouldn't put it past them. That one guy promised to kill us too, after all," this shut the boy who could only listen, "Who says we can even hold out until All Might gets here? Even when he does show up… Who says he won't be killed?" Tsuyu ended.

'It's a bit straightforward but at least she understood the situation and isn't giving him any false hope,' Izuku thought, seeing Mineta turn pale at the reasoning.

"Midoriya!" Mineta cried as he shook his arm, pointing at the water. The boat they were hiding on was surrounded by a school of water type quirked villains. All ready to kill the students once they try to escape.

Having to find a solution fast, Izuku began to thing "So, they must have figured out a way to beat All Might… Probably… That must be… Doesn't make sense otherwise…!" he muttered, "Because he stands against villains…? Against evil…? Because everyone calls him the Symbol of Justice?!... No. I mean, there has to be some specific reason…"

'A reason…' he theorized as several moment he had with All Might passed through his memory. Moments where he was encouraged, when his hero believed in him, congratulated him, 'A reason…!'

'Hell if I know!' He angrily ended his train of thoughts, "If there's even a chance that they have a way to beat All Might…! Then we have to fight to win!" He exclaimed to his classmates.

"How can we possibly fight, you dumbass? These guys might even be tough enough to kill All Might! You're contradicting yourself, Midoriya!" Mineta cried to him, "Our only hope is to hide somewhere until U.A heroes come to rescue us!"

"Those guys down there… They're clearly suited to aquatic combat," Izuku observed, ignoring his whining.

"So, the ringleader must have recruited their team knowing about USJ's different environments," Tsuyu added to her friend's analysis.

"Exactly! Their intel told them that much at least. But in their plan, one odd is sticking out," he said, showing his index, emphasizing the one fact that could help them, "They must not know about our quirks!"

"What makes you say that?" Tsuyu asked, a finger on her chin.

Izuku pointed at her, "They zapped you into the flood zone."

Tsuyu put the two together, "You're right. If they knew about my frog's powers, they would have dumped me into that fiery area," she said referring to the environment mimicking fires.

"It's exactly because they don't know about our quirks that their strategy was to scatter us and to overwhelm us in numbers," Izuku explained, having guessed their plan, "They have the advantage in number and experience so, we have to exploit the fact that they don't know about our quirks," he looked at the school surrounding them. And effectively they were on standby, waiting for one of the students to mess up, "They're not trying to get on board! That supports my theory!"

'But that also mean they don't underestimate us…' Izuku grimly considered, '22%' He activated his soul perception and indeed felt a dozen of villains all around the boat, getting impatient with their inactivity, 'they're all surrounding the boat. They're preventing any escape possible.'

"Well, I can jump really high and stick to wall. My tongue can stretch to a maximum of 20 meters. Also, I can spit my stomach to clean it and can secrete a poisonous fluid… I say poisonous but it just stings a bit," Tsuyu proceeded to inform her friend of her quirk, helping him in formulating his plan.

"Wow, you're actually really strong." Izuku commented, "A-As for me, I have super strength that I can increase but it could mess me up…" he described his abilities the best he could, 'In that situation, it would be better to reveal everything that can be useful,' he said to himself, "And I can also enhance my senses in a way but I have limits with this as well." Maybe not everything still: this is not the moment for them to think he is crazy.

Once all eyes were on him, Mineta took out one of the balls on his head and stuck it to a nearby wall, "A new one will grow in the old's one place, but if I take too many I'll start bleeding. It's really sticky but they bounce of my own body without sticking to me."

Izuku stared at him waiting for a following while Tsuyu did not looked convinced.

"Like I said, we just got to wait to be rescued! My quirk is terrible for fighting multiple opponents!" He cried

"N-Not at all. It's a great quirk. We just have to think of a way to..." Izuku tried to calm him until he felt one of the villains preparing an attack, "Watch out!"

He held on the rail of the boat and took Tsuyu's arm as the boat was suddenly hit by a groundswell, cutting it in two.

"So strong… He split the boat in two!" Tsuyu exclaimed, intimidated by the strength of their enemies.

Panic stricken, Mineta began throwing several of his head-balls in the water, "Why'd you panic?! Now the enemy knows your quirk!" Izuku shouted to him, 'I want to punch him!' he gritted his teeth and noticed the villains were avoiding the balls, unaware of their effects, 'They're on guard. They won't touch them?'

"That boat will go under in less than a minute… Once you're in the water, you're chum," One of the fish villains threatened while glaring at them.

"Ahhh! He's right!" Mineta cried, seemingly terrorized.

"Mineta. Did you really come to U.A to become a hero?" Tsuyu asked him, concerned.

"Shut up! You're crazy for not being scared!" Mineta shouted at her, "We were just freaking middle-school kids a couple of months ago! I never thought we'd be in a life or death situation so soon. I just wish I could've grope Yaoyorozu's boob-ozorus before I died!"

'Maybe if I throw him, we can use him as bait…' Izuku wondered as he squeezed the rail of the boat, bending it under his hand. When he caught his train of thoughts, he slapped his cheeks, 'What am I thinking!? Keep it together, man!'

"When the enemy thinks they have won, it represents your best shot," Izuku said, getting the attention of his classmates, "All Might said that during an interview." "Seems like it's our only way to win."

"Tsuyu, Mineta, I got a plan," "I will provoke a shock strong enough to spread the water on one point. Then," he looked at Mineta, "you will use your quirk to trap them all together once the water rushes back," he turned to Tsuyu,"I trust you to get us out of here, Tsuyu." It is a risky bet because if he failed, he would just be vulnerable to the villains and the others would be in danger as well.

Once he had their accord with the plan he prepared himself, and jumped, doing his best impression of Katsuki to get the villains attention, "GO TO HELL!"

It worked: all the villains were watching him, waiting for him to enter the water and be at their mercy. All the while Izuku calculated the strength needed to execute his move, 'My normal strength won't be enough to hit on a large zone. I'll have to smash it but there will be more villains and probably a demon so, I can't use my whole arm!'

His thumb and middle finger produce green spark, tearing up his glove, "Don't explode…Don't explode…Don't explode…" He muttered to himself.

He flicked his finger as he screamed, "DELAWARE SMASH!" The shock provoked a gigantic hole in the water, the hole was deep enough to see the bottom of the zone.

"TSUYU! MINETA!" Izuku called, his middle finger throbbing from the aftershock.

The water rushed back in, taking the school of villains in the center just as planned. Mineta threw as many sticky balls as he could while Tsuyu wrapped her tongue around Izuku's waist.

The water rushed out one last time, going up and flying away the villains who were all glued up together with the quirk of Mineta.

"They're all washed up," Tsuyu affirmed, looking back, "Seems like we beat our first challenge. Good job." She jumped to a place where they could all be able to stand up normally in the water.

"I took a real clean dump this morning, so they should be stuck together all day." Mineta commented very subtly as he was dragged by Tsuyu.

"Lucky that managed to get them all because honestly that was a real gamble. If they'd been smarter they would have hide under the water surface's but I guess they weren't thinking ahead…" Izuku muttered quickly.

"Stop it, Midoriya. That's scary," Tsuyu asked him, creeped out by his mumbling, "So, what should we do, now?"

"Right… For now, calling for help should be our priority," they reached the makeshift shore, "We should follow the shoreline and make it to the exit, avoiding the plaza altogether."

Tsuyu noticed his hand throbbing, with his middle finger beginning to turn blue, "Is your hand okay?"

"I'll live," He said to not worry her about him. But as they got closer to the center, he knew he had to tell her, "Tsuyu-chan, I have to tell you something but it's only a supposition," he told her, "You remember that thing that… Took control of you," she nodded with a light frown, "I think there is one in the group of villains."

Tsuyu stopped walking, "It…" she began to shake a bit as she tightened her hands into fists, "It is the same?"

"I don't know. I'm not sure of what I heard either. But don't worry nothing will happen to you," he answered her with a reassuring smile.

They had the plaza center in view. Their teacher was still fighting the group of villains, "Looks like Aizawa Sensei is drawing a large number of them to the plaza," Tsuyu notified.

"He's holding his own out there, but… It's too much for him and he jumped in to protect us." Izuku observed, worried.

"Don't tell me you're that stupid, Midoriya…" Mineta said, clearly not eager to jump in the melee.

"I'm not saying we should dive right in…" Izuku retorted, 'We would only be a bother for him and if there is really a demon in that group…' He thought not knowing what to do with this terrible information, "That just we should look for an opening and do what we can to lighten sensei's load."

'But I won't just stay there and watch him get killed!' Izuku told himself internally, determined to help if necessary.

Aizawa began a one on one against the one who was the ringleader of the villains: the man covered in severed hands. This one was clearly different from the mod he was leading: he managed to grab Erazer Head scarf as it came toward him and as the Hero hit him with his elbow, he managed to make him step backward but not without receiving a left hook.

As Eraser Head repositioned himself, he was shadowed by a huge black mass. It was in fact one other villain who accompanied the Hand man. It didn't look human, it didn't even look alive at all for Izuku: It was huge, a mass of muscles rivaling All Might in his prime, all with a skin as dark as the night with red scars all over it. Its head was open, letting his brain at the view of all and from where came two exorbitated eyes.

Despite its enormous body, it moved fast. Fast enough for Eraser Head to fail to notice him coming behind him.

In less than a second, the hero was pinned down by the atrocity. It held one of his arms and bent it in a weird direction. Eraser Head, he who managed to hold his own against dozens of villains who attacked by surprise, was crushed by one monster. This mastodon was too strong for the Underground Hero.

"Meet the anti-symbol of peace, the bio engineered Noumu," The hand covered man stated with a sinister glee.

The three aspirants were shocked beyond words at this terrifying spectacle: their strong sensei wasn't moving anymore. Unnerved by not only what he did to Aizawa, Izuku felt troubled by a strange sensation he had about this thing.

He quickly used his soul perception and witnessed something that once again turned his blood cold of terror, 'There's no soul in there, only…'

'That body's not so bad!' The demon thought as he squeezed the bent arm of the fallen hero, liking the feeling of bones crushing in his palm. He followed by squeezing the left one, snapping it like some old twig.

Izuku cringed when he heard the bones of his sensei shatter, 'That's it!' he had found the demon, 'But it's not the same…' The sensation this one emanated was weaker but the feeling of terror and unease was identical.

A black portal appeared behind the hand covered man. It was the same Black mist user that warped them away. He called the younger ringleader Tomura Shigaraki. Who in return called him Kurogiri as he asked if Thirteen was dead.

"Noumu" raised his head, 'Oh… This feeling… It's Midoriya!' Izuku heard it think.

'He knows me!? And he can detect me too?!' Izuku thought, panicked, forgetting to listen to the rest of what the villains talked about.

"Noumu" opened his beak, 'Seems like that stupid human doesn't have any vocal chords left…' he internally grunted, 'But you can still hear me, right?' he said as his eyes roamed around in different directions, 'How about you show yourself, or I'll put both of your teacher's arms into his throat!'

"Wait!" Izuku shouted, jumping out of the water and standing on the fake sand, "I'm right here!"

"Midoriya!?" Tsuyu and Mineta exclaimed, surprised by the sudden and foolish action of their classmate.

"Who is that kid?" Tomura turned to him, irritated.

The named "Noumu" also turned his head toward him, 'Here he is…', if his face could grin, Izuku was sure he would have seen one of the evilest one in his life. "Noumu" dropped Aizawa like a used-up toy and began to walk toward the boy, 'You're the one our evil lord has been talking about, uh?'

"A-Are you here to kill All Might?" Izuku asked, shaking.

'All Might…? Seems like a good fish to handle but no…' the demon seemed to think, moving the body in accordance, 'I'm here for you, Superstar.' He pointed at the boy.

"M-Me?!" Izuku did not have the time to say anything more as the breath was suddenly cut from him. Noumu had punched him in the stomach and he was sent flying back into the flood zone.

"MIDORIYA!" Tsuyu and Mineta screamed as he passed over them, followed by the monster who was not interested in them.

"Hey, Noumu! What do you think you're doing?!" Tomura shouted. Seeing as it wasn't listening and that his plan was falling apart, he began to violently scratch his neck.

Izuku was knocked over the ground several times before coming to a stop, on the shore on the other side of where he stood previously. He held his stomach in pain, 'I really felt that one!' The tears were coming, a mix of blood and bits of his breakfast came out of his mouth, and his temples were pulsing hard. His body was half soaked in the water as he coughed.

He felt the ground shake again and he tried to stand up as fast as he could. Noumu had jumped over to him: clearly this was only an appetizer.

'You are sturdier than your sensei from what I can see,' Noumu told him, seemingly surprised that the boy's insides weren't spilled on the floor already.

Afraid of what it might do next, Izuku charged his right arm with One for All and decided to hit first. He punched the thing with all of his might, 'It connected!' He hit it, he was of sure of it. When he looked up he felt his arm aching and throbbing in pain, proof of his efficient punch.

But Noumu had managed to stand the power of the boy, but he clearly felt it as well, 'This body has an absorption quirk, strong enough to take on All Might. So, you'll have to do better than that!' He provoked the boy.

'Made to take on All Might…' Izuku instantly understood everything, 'So, that's it… Their plan was to use that thing against All Might… But why is there a demon in it? Is it a part of their plan? Are they cooperating with it?' he wondered in panic, having more questions than before.

The Black mist reappeared and like earlier, Tomura walked out of it. He seemed distressed and angry, "Noumu! You're not supposed to beat up some random brat! You should be obeying and kill All Might!"

If his body could roll its eyes, it would have, 'Tch! Annoying kid… I might rip his head off when I'm finished here!'

'So, they're not together, the other guy doesn't know that it is possessed' Izuku managed to observe from both of the villain's reaction, 'I don't know where he comes from and what he is doing here…' despite the fact that he realized if they are affiliated or not, Izuku's worries didn't diminished, 'But I'm the one he wants, and if he wants me, he'll get me!' Izuku tensed all of his muscles as he passed All for One in his left arm. 'Soul perception! 25%' He activated as well, getting himself ready to read his foe and counter attack.

Feeling the surge of power, Noumu turned back to the boy and got excited that Izuku was going to give him what he wanted, 'That's more like it!' he jumped to the aspirant, cocking back his left arm as well.

Izuku dodged the punch and went where Noumu had left his whole right side open. Izuku aimed at his beaked face and connected a hit. The shock of the hook went through his arm to his shoulder. Appearing unfazed, Noumu hit Izuku's neck with the side of his hand, making his eyes roll for an instant before he was projected further.

If he was not so tough, Izuku was sure his neck would have been pulverized.

The boy tried to get up but ended up on his knees and hands. His abdomen ached, his hands were convulsing and he felt his neck throbbing. But worst of all, he was shaking. He knew that if he kept going he would die. He was going to die at the hands of this monster.

'You can't take more already?' Noumu "said" condescendingly, 'I wanted to play more but it seems the rumors were greatly exaggerated.' He gripped Izuku' hair and lifted him to his face. He stared at him with one of his exorbitated eyes, 'But I won't kill you now. Let's make it last,' he gripped his face with his other hand to made him look toward the plaza center, his vision was blurred by oncoming tears but he managed to distinct the forms of Tsuyu and Mineta carrying Aizawa, 'You will watch me gut everyone present and everyone who will come, be it heroes, villains or even students…'

He dropped Izuku in the water and walked menacingly to Tomura, 'He will kill everyone…' He thought, 'He is going to kill everyone because of me…' That creature was here because of him, it hurt Aizawa sensei because of him and it was going to do the same to everyone else.

Guilt filled the heart of Izuku, already hearing the cries of help of his friends.

"Midoriya!" He saw Tsuyu and Mineta, both wounded and cowering from a huge shadow.

The pained grunts of his teachers.

"Urgh…Can't do…Anything…" He imagined Aizawa, crawling on the ground before having his back crushed under a foot.

The massacre of his hero.

"He is… Too strong…" He visualized All Might weakened form before having his head crushed by two enormous hands.

Bubbles began to come out of his body as it visibly reddened and in an instant the water around him was boiling. He got up, pushing his full weight up with his broken arms.

From the shore Tomura looked past the beast walking toward him to watch with wide-opened eyes the boy that his master's weapon pummeled rising up. His face turned pink and the rest of his body producing hot vapor.

Noumu turned to see what could be more frightening for the villain than his fighting doll turning against him. The monster was pleasantly surprised to see his main target getting up.

He wasn't unfazed by the huge amount of smoke coming from him but when he saw him raise his right arm, he knew it was time for the second round.

Noumu jumped cocking his fist, ready to knock him out. Izuku's right arm sparkled through the white smoke coming of it.

Both of their punches met, creating a wave of power all around them which pushed the water of where they were standing. Izuku felt his bones crack under the pressure, 'I can't allow myself to hold back! I will have to give all I have to beat that thing!' he thought, gritting his teeth, 'I managed to put One for All in one arm, I'll just have to put it in both this time!' He knew it was just going to increase the damages and the pain later. He knew he was probably going to lose his arms and cut short his hero career.

But if someone could stop that thing it was him and nothing would make him back away.

Both of his arms shone with sparkles before he threw a fury of punches to the Noumu, who seemed too eager to receive it. But his perverted excitation didn't prevent him from parrying and throwing back some of his on the boy who stood his ground.

The air pressure from the two prevented Tomura and Kurogiri to come closer. They could only watch in shock as a nobody boy equaled their secret weapon.

Noumu was ecstatic, this is why he took control of this body, this is why he posed as a mindless doll for days, this is why he looked for Midoriya. He wanted a taste of the chosen one of War, a hero nonetheless. And finally, he was getting to taste that forbidden fruit!

Izuku felt his body break under the assault of the mastodon but he was not budging! His eyes followed the speed of the beast's moves, hardening his concentration even more. His body was scorching hot, the pain was dulled the adrenalin but he could feel it vibrate through all of his body and despite this, he kept going until matching the speed of his adversary. 'His quirk is absorption and not nullification, meaning that if I manage to go beyond the limit, he will break!'

Noumu kept his barrage of hits. Knocking away everything Izuku threw him and managing to break something each time he landed a hit on him, 'The boy might have lord War's powers, he is still a human while I can do this all day!' he internally chuckled. As a demon, he could control this body until the end of time while Midoriya would fall of exhaustion in a moment or another. But the boy stayed up and he could feel him beginning to match his speed…

No wait…

He was speeding up! Each punch which attained him seemed to increase the boy's speed. Soon, the impacts were to swift and strong for him to be able to block and the demon could only take it. He was overwhelmed, he didn't have the time to guard as his shoulders received several punches at the same time.

'DON'T FUCK WITH ME!' The demon internally cried, getting furious and unable to comprehend how the tables turned so quickly on him. He had the upper hand to the point that the boy couldn't hit back and now he was the one incapable of doing anything.

For the first time, he felt scared of a human.

'I can feel it…' His temples were drumming frantically but his enhanced hearing managed to detect a faint sound. A speeding rhythm, a breath. Soon his eyes could see beyond the skin of the bio weapon. Izuku managed to see the muscles in the body of Noumu. And in the middle of his sternum he saw it: a ball of black smoke, quivering in anger and fear, 'I can see it!' Izuku aimed for that point in particular, sinking his broken fist as strong as he could. At that moment, Noumu entire body tensed before raising its head to the sky and ejecting a black cloud of smoke. All the muscles in the living weapon body went limp, offering the perfect opportunity to end this, "Now's the moment!" With his last strength, Izuku filled his least painful fist with One for All and punched the empty body of Nomou while shouting a triumphant "ULTRA SMMAAAAASH!"

The punch created a miniature explosion of raw energy before sending the lifeless Nomou flying with a boom. The water behind Izuku spread in the form of a cone thanks to the huge amount of wind created. The monster zoomed fast in the air and crashed through the roof of the USJ's facility, passed through it and went flying even further in the blue sky. The force of the impact spread, destroying some part of the facility's roof and caused the whole school to shake.

"What…?!" Tomura muttered, his knees trembling, "What kind of bullshit is this?!" his cracked lips quivered angrily. He stared at the hole in the roof where the monster he was so proud of went flying, leaving behind a hole at least 20 meters wide.

His eyes roamed to the broken form of Izuku, standing knees deep in the water. His arms were limb and his head tilted forward. The blood coming from his limbs dripped down, giving a dark red color to the water. His once pristine collar in white fur was now stained from blood coming from his dirty hair and his ears. His jumpsuit was torn at diverse places, revealing diverse bruises, cuts and red marks resulting from the intense fistfight.

He was wounded and tired but Tomura couldn't help but stay paralyzed in fear. He felt something emanating from him, like an aura. An aura similar to a person he admired.

An aura of domination and terror.

"Who is this kid?" he muttered his fists clenching.

The entrance's facility door was projected with great force, "HAVE NO FEAR…" All Might shouted out as he stomped in, his smile absent, replaced by a furious scowl, "FOR I HAVE COME!"

It never rains but it pours. And it was a true deluge for the League of Villains, "Tomura, we must go!" Kurogiri urged as he created a portal near the young villain. Their main plan has failed catastrophically, they could not stay any longer.

Tomura kept his eyes fixated on Izuku, enraged and creeped out by him. He then walked into the black vortex which then disappeared into thin air.

First of all, yes Thirteen is a woman I didn't know either until I checked the wiki.

And I didn't forgot this fic. It's just that, life happened. I take great pleasure writing it but I won't make empty promises and just say that I will update it when I have the time.

Thank you for reading and for your comprehension.