A Tarnished Hero

Chapter 8: Just Human



Izuku clicked his tongue. His patience was already wearing thin with the man he had mixed feelings on hot on his tail and his old bully. Now there was this other teen that could conjure ice in the mix.

This was getting bothersome.

Looking down on All Strike, Izuku mouth forming a frown as he unsummoned Torrent, his trusty steed neighing in protest as he vanished into blue motes. The ice not strong enough to carry his body weight broke and gravity took hold of his body.

Landing on the ground, Izuku could feel the tension hanging thick in the air. His eyes roamed the area, stopping on certain people as he devised a plan to get out of here without much bloodshed.

Katsuki looked feral, looking eager to blow him to the next life, the sick bastard, All Might looked like he swallowed a lemon, and the new arrival seemed to be bored.

With Katsuki and All Might, he had a chance to run and leave them all behind via Torrent, fully knowing that Katsuki wouldn't be able to keep up and All Might focusing on the safety of his students first and foremost.

But with the teen with half-colored hair showing up? That plan just went down the drain. The glacier that encompassed half his and Torrent's body happened in nearly seconds.

Sighing, Izuku sheathed his weapon and sat cross-legged on the floor. There was no point in further fighting. He wasn't their enemy anyway; they just had a big misunderstanding because he wasn't a part of their class.

His mother could wait. Now, he needed to make sure that the rest of the frog girl's friends get out unharmed with the villains still plaguing this large dome.

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All Might quickly approached the knight and slapped on cuffs around his wrists while also grabbing his sheathed sword. It was a relief that the knight surrendered. From the way he backhanded his punch earlier, the knight was strong enough to possibly match him.

No regular villain had ever parried one of his punches before.

At least the knight made it quick. He didn't even react when the cuffs wrapped around his wrists in a tight hold, but he did however release a growl when he grabbed his sword.

Understandable, but safety protocols first. Can't be too careful.

"Young Bakugo!" All Might called the ash blond who looked like he was still itching for a fight. "Escort this villain to the rest of your class near the entrance and wait for reinforcements. If a villain comes to close, you have my permission to take them down with your quirks."

A grunt was all he got but that was par for the course for the blond teen.

"Young Todoroki, you as well." This time, he didn't get any kind of verbal response, just a shrug and a slow nod.

With two of his students on their way to relative safety, next was making sure the rest of his students were fine. Starting with young Asui and those that were with… Oh dear god…

All Might rushed towards young Mineta, his fingers shredded and bleeding profusely. Grabbing a first aid kit he always had on his person, he disinfected the wound and wrapped the bloody appendages with gauze.

The impromptu treatment would have to do until the paramedics arrive. He could already see the headlines for news outlets tomorrow. Damned, vultures. No doubt, they would paint this as the failing of the school and heroes.

"A-All Might-sensei…" A voice garnered his attention and he turned to see young Asui with all fours on the ground. "There… There was a misunderstanding, kero…"

"A misunderstanding?" All Might hummed and he looked at the knight who was being escorted by two students. "Do you mean the knight?"

"Y-yes… He isn't a villain, kero." Tsuyu pointed towards Aizawa, the man looking like he had been mauled by a bear but lived to tell the tale. "Aiza… zawa-sensei looked worse before… before you fought… He helped us… Saved us, kero…"

His colleague? The hard ass Aizawa "Eraserhead" Shota, worse than what he looked like right now? At a glance, he looked like he had a bunch of broken bones, his right arm was bending in a way it wasn't supposed to, and one of his elbows looked like it had decayed! At least he wasn't bleeding much like Young Mineta was. What the hell happened in the USJ while he wasn't around!?

"Shit, this is worse than I thought." He never thought that a villain group would be this bold. The only time when they had been this gung-ho was when HE was still alive and kicking.

Looking at another student who was still unconscious and had a bruised face, his frown deepened. Choice made, All Might clenched his butt cheeks and moved to carry the injured.

"W-wait, kero." Young Asui's voice made pause momentarily. "Bring that s-stone with you, kero… The knight placed it t-there… It heals us, kero…"

Nodding along, All Might made sure to grab the stone and clutch it close to his chest as he carried the four people without much strain. Once he was sure that none of them would fall off when he ran, he rushed up the stairs, past young Bakugo and young Todoroki still scaling the large set of stairs with their silent captive in tow.

Once at the very top, he deposited young Asui, young Mineta, young Uraraka, and Eraserhead gently to the ground, as well as making sure that the glowing rock was placed next to them.

The other students who were fortunate to not be scattered by the teleporter as said by young Iida when he ran past him on his way here, were waiting for reinforcements, as well as making sure that none of the villains managed to escape.

With the four of them secured in a safe place, all that was left was to rescue the others still scattered about the dome.

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Kyoka Jiro wished she was anywhere but here. Dodging a villain who had a sick grin on his face with saws for fingers, she plugged a jack into her speaker-boots and let loose a soundwave of destruction.

The villain clutched his ears as his insides rattled from the pressure and Kyoka's friend and classmate wasn't going to allow the opportunity to pass.

A metal staff found purchase on the back of the villain's head and the man promptly collapsed on the ground. They weren't able to celebrate the takedown, however, as more villains tried to get in close.

"Kaminari! Do so-urk, something!" Kyoka grits her teeth as she felt her bones shake when she blocked a punch from a villain.

"I'm trying!" Kaminari yelped as he grasped the wrist of another villain before sending her into a shocking nap. "Haha! Take tha- gah!"

Kyoka's eyes widened when she saw another villain manage to land a blow directly into Kaminari's solar plexus, the electric blond gasping for breath. Said villain raised his hands up in the air and her throat locked in place.

Thankfully, the villain didn't manage to bring it down thanks to Yaoyorozu whacking him in the forehead with her metal staff. The whole fight, the ravenette was able to control the crowd of villains from ripping them a new asshole because of her bullshit quirk, but slowly, they were losing ground.

It was only a matter of time before they were overwhelmed.

"Yaomomo, are you almost done yet!?" Kyoka's strangled voice sounded like a dying cat. She was stressed as all hell, what with trying to stay alive and not be a victim to these sick in the head villains.

"Done! Get in!" All of a sudden, a giant tarp quickly made its way out of Yaoyorozu's skin and into her hands. She then spread it over her and beckoned Kyoka to hurry in.

Not doubting the plan of her smarter classmate, Kyoka rushed in and dove in deep, not knowing how this would help them from the villains.

"Kaminari! Full power!" Yaoyorozu's voice carried through the mountaintops, her voice making the villains double-time their actions.

"But what if I hit you two!?" Kaminari was also stressed as hell, just like her, and just like Yaoyorozu, but for god's sake, she wished that spark plug would just listen and go blasting! Yaoyoruzu is smart for a reason!

"Don't worry about us! Just do it!" In the heat of the battle, there was no time to relay the specifics. There was no time to think, no time to plan.

Just base instincts.

Kaminari yelled and the sound of crackling electricity filled the mountaintop before it became a full-fledged roar of static.

Yells and howls of pain echoed all over as the roar of static slowly gained more power, before it slowly died down.

Ears ringing, Kyoka groaned as she released the hands that covered her ears. Eyes opening, she spotted Yaoyorozu and her bountiful breasts hanging open underneath the tarp.

Of course she was topless, otherwise, she wouldn't be able to get the entirety of the tarp out in time.

Removing the tarp over them, the two female students observed their surroundings, before a smile crept up their lips.

All of the villains were down for the count, none of them being spared from the shock they had received from Kaminari's quirk. Speaking of Kaminari…

"Whey!" The dork looked like an absolute buffoon while throwing up thumbs up like a loon. It looked amusing, at least until Kyoka remembered that Yaoyorozu wasn't wearing anything above her waist.

"Close your eyes!" Kyoka rushed forward and slammed her palms directly over Kaminari's eyes, who was still going "whey!" even with the loss of his vision.

Sighing, Kyoka managed a pained grimace. Her body ached, her arms felt like putty, her legs wanted to die, and her eyes felt heavy.

She was so goddamned tired. Once she got back home, she was going marry her pillow and sleep to some rock and roll. God knows she needed the rest after this clusterfuck of a field trip.

Just as they were in the clear, and Yaoyorozu got her modesty back - no matter how little - the three of them were about to reunite with their other classmates chilling right next to the entrance when a villain made himself known.

He grabbed Kaminari - still in moron mode after short-circuiting his brain - and held him hostage.

"If you value your friend's life, drop your weapons and get on the fucking ground!" The villain roared as a brief hint of static streaked around him.

Kyoka bit her lip. She shouldn't have separated from the moron. Actually, they shouldn't have separated, period. Just a few meters made a fucking difference, and now their classmate was paying the price.

Kyoka and Yaoyorozu looked at each other for a moment, before a cry of pain caught their attention. Turning their heads at the same time, they saw Kaminari's face twist into a grimace as the villain slowly squeezed his head like a grape.

"Last warning. Drop your fucking weapons!"

Kyoka wanted to cry. To rage. To shout. They were just students in their first month of hero school. They weren't supposed to fight against villains at their tender age.

They were so unprepared for this moment that it could cost them one of their own's lives.

With the threat hanging in the air, Kyoka raised her hands and slowly moved her way to remove the speakers on her boots. Yaoyorozu did the same and dropped her metal staff to the ground and kicked it away for good measure.

"Good. Good. Now listen, this is how it'll play out. I give you your boytoy back, and you two strip naked." If that wasn't enough, the villain just had to be a pervert, and unlike that horndog purple midget, this fucker was the real deal.

The shame festered in her chest, cheeks burning as she felt hopeless in this situation. Her dignity was going to be stripped away because some villain managed to get the jump on them.

Not like it would make a difference, once the heroes arrived, it was all over for the villain. All they needed to do was make sure that their classmate lived. All it cost them was their own self-worth…

Slowly, Kyoka and Yaoyorozu slipped out of their clothes, the smile on the villain's face causing their spine to shiver. They didn't want this. She didn't want this…

Tears pooling at her eyes, she never noticed a figure zooming past her and socking the villain in the face, throwing him a few meters away.

"Everything is fine now. Why? Because I am here."

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