This was bound to get ugly fast.
My original plan for when we'd get ambushed is to simply tuck away and get into hiding to avoid any conflict or get some defenders to scare off whoever's intruding, but with Sero's intel and him telling us that he's seeing pro heroes and his classmates, that makes this even more complicated. The Streetkids know that hero society is corrupted and people will get hurt, but I don't want to be the one to hurt people Sero cares about right in front of him.
I look around and count heads for who's helping out, Shiggy, Toga, Twice, Dabi's probably gonna show up but nobody's making promises, Sero, Ren, Kumoko, and I should probably expect a few others to show up if they see this getting bad.
"A-Alright, alright, no one panic. Get to the rooftops we need to ID who we're dealing with and then organize an ambush!" I announced.
I noticed Compress running back to the group, telling us how everybody's safe and in the buildings or taking cover, so we were clear to take action. I didn't want this to turn into a bloody massacre, so hopefully we'll avoid bloodshed in this fight. Managing to summon Crescent Rose with the cooldown time I had between the arena fights and the ambush, I jumped to swing it and hooked the blade onto a street lamp, swinging myself around and using the recoil of the shotgun ammo to shoot myself up and land onto the roof. The others ended up using platforming tactics and Sero was already there to greet us.
We moved quickly to determine who we'd be fighting, and how many enemies or potential targets we'd have to take down. Hoping to the gods we wouldn't be outnumbered by the hundreds, because police can be just as dirty if not more cruel than corrupt heroes.
Sero already had eyes on, so I jumped to his roof to get a look of what he was seeing. The roof was high enough from where we were looking to not be easily noticed, and sure enough, there were only three lone people. Looked like patrolling pros that came across the distant sound of the fighting that was happening earlier. I looked up at Sero, who seemed anxious and worried about the situation.
"S-Sero? Who is that? How bad does this look for us? Are they corrupt? Is anyone gonna get hurt!?" I asked in a rushed tone, realizing I probably didn't help get his worry down. He shook his head to bring him back down to reality, and looked up at me while he put his helmet back on to hide his expression, which I only saw was in his right to do.
"Okay, I know these guys pretty well, they were a big deal when it came to the big Shie Hassaikai bust that was all over the press."
Oh yeah, I remember that. I don't like remembering those germaphobic assholes, because I have some bad baggage with Overgrown Toucan's right hand man. But that's not the point.
What sort of lifted my spirits was hearing Shigaraki shout from across the rooftop because he heard the conversation and what was brought up.
"YOU MEAN THE TIME I RIPPED THE ARMS OFF THAT MAFIA OVERLORD WANNABE!?"
I gotta admit, that made me laugh a bit, and Sero just tilted his head, "Que? What is he talking about?"
"Don't worry about it. Now tell me, do you know about their quirks so we can avoid them?"
Sero focused back on the situation at hand, glancing back and forth between everyone else, the three pros and then me, before putting some info together and pointing out the most obvious one of the bunch.
He was massive, and a dead giveaway of a pro hero kind of look. If I had to guess this guy was nearing eight to nine feet tall. He was dressed in what looked like a massive yellow hoodie, and was talking down to the other two people he was walking with. Sero spoke up once I knew who he was pointing at.
"He's the only pro hero here, Pro Hero Fatgum. He has some kind of absorption quirk, more suitable towards defensive tactics. So basically avoid projectiles or outright hitting him, he'll hit back just as hard or it'll sink into him. So maybe go for the lesser targets he's trying to protect."
Sero then gestures to a definitely smaller person, decked out in some form of cloak that he's holding over his head, almost pulling the hood in front of his face to cover it. But I could still see him, other than the cloak being a cream white color with yellow details, his overall outfit was pretty dark, pockets and small bags strapped to his waistband and chest, small locks of navy blue dark hair sticking out from the hood. A shine of some kind of visor catching my eyes.
"That right there is Tamaki Amajiki, or his hero name, Suneater. He has a manifestation quirk. Those pockets are full of different small foods and he can change the different parts of his body to manifest whatever he eats. A-And then there's..."
It caught my ears when Sero hesitated to mention the last target, a red haired guy, black sleeves and not much covering his chest, some kind of head brace gear on his head. He was asking a few questions and doing a lot of talking to the trio.
"That's Kiri, also Eijirou Kirishima, one of my friends from UA. They call him Red Riot, his quirk is Harden. Pretty much he can harden his skin to be the texture of a rock. Don't underestimate him, his punches hit hard and he recently unlocked an ability called Unbreakable. Speaks for itself really."
I nodded, noting exactly what to do. Target the pro, get the others on Tamaki, avoid hurting Kiri or anyone else too bad.
"Thanks Sero, now the rest will be a lot easier." I told him before signalling to the others. I told Toga and Twice to target Fatgum, me and Shigaraki would handle Tamaki, and we'll see how Sero will fare against Kirishima. Maybe he'll get a chance to explain his biggest change of heart, or on the less good side, regret it all.
I gave the signal, and we jumped into attack.
Toga was quick to dart straight down, lodging herself right on Fatgum, and quick to stick one of her needles into his back. I was surprised, she didn't usually do so well for a first attack, but she actually managed to get a good bit of blood before she was flung off of him. She stuck the landing, strapping her mask on tight and securing the vial she obtained as she and Twice got to work on keeping him away from the two lesser wannabes.
Tamaki quickly noticed that the group was under attack, so I wanted to get him under control before he went to help anyone. Then the weirdest thing I've witnessed happened right before my eyes, as I watched this kid's fingers extend and twist into tentacles while a crab-like carapace covered his entire body like some kind of makeshift armor. An interesting quirk but could end in a massive problem because this instantly got ten times harder than it was supposed to be.
I tried using Sasha, my sniper rifle, to pierce his armor, but that quickly backfired, literally the bullet bounced right off as he came right at me. The tentacles bashing my hands pretty bad and sending myself and my rifle flying.
My body got pushed right into Shigaraki, but he caught me before I could hit the ground. I panted and tried to find my balance, catching him in my field of view. I couldn't help but boost both our morals for the fight.
"Hey~"
"Wh- Shut up, not a good time!"
He still laughed it off and ripped his gloves off to join in the fight, getting rid of debris in the way pretty quickly before going to fight Tamaki for himself. I trusted Shigaraki to defend himself well, so I darted to see if Sero would be okay.
Sprinting and wallrunning I got to Sero, who was being confronted by a very scared and confused Kirishima. I stood just barely out of his field of vision to watch this battle play out. Sero had taken off his helmet that would've protected his identity behind the reflective vizor, so this could only end badly.
"... S-Sero? What- What are you doing here!? That's not your suit!" Kirishima exclaimed in disbelief.
Sero seemed conflicted, but I let him decide this for himself, even though I kept a close eye, occasionally checking on the other two fights to make sure everybody else was okay.
I heard Sero let out a stressed and exasperated sigh, putting his hands up in a surrendering way, "L-Listen, Kiri, I just-" he got cut off.
"I-Iida was right, it was you! You were the one who planted the thing into UA's server room!"
Sero seemed to stare in disbelief as well, only realizing that his friends had already figured out what he became, already choosing to let him go without letting him explain his reasoning behind it all. Suddenly, his worry turned into this painted smug smile, a breathy laugh escaping between his teeth as he put his arms down.
"To be fair, Prez was always the smart one. Oh well, tell the squad I said hi for me, Kiri."
I couldn't help but grin.
Kirishima's face went pale, and Sero put his helmet back on before jumping to shoot tape on a nearby wall, running along it before sending a devastating kick into the side of Kiri's head. He seemed to harden to soften the blow, but there was no point, Sero got his tape to stick to him and swung him against the wall, leaving him stuck there as he escaped to the rooftop.
Walking past, I glanced up at Kirishima, seeing his terror enhanced from him recognizing me from the video I broadcasted. Just for an added sting, I pulled my mask down and spoke in a condescending way.
"Guess we're not all heroes after all."
Pulling my mask back up and running back to the group, I saw Tamaki unconscious on the ground, not dead, unconscious. Compress explained how he compressed some debris and threw it at his head, causing some serious blunt force trauma at worse. I nodded and looked up to see the progress Twice and Toga had made, only to be met with someone much different than the Pro we saw at the beginning. Holding him down was Tomura, a hand wrapped snugly around Fatgum's neck with only the pinkie lifted. Fatgum's neck was now visible, because he seemed to have used up most of his quirk. He was slightly smaller in stature, and looked more like the average man. Still freakishly tall though.
Shigaraki looked up at me which gave me a cue to approach the restrained man, staring down at his pathetic state.
"Do yourself a favor big guy, take your two pathetic kiddie heroes and never come back here again. We're not fucking around anymore."
I let those words sting him before slowly walking away. Before I could get too far, I heard him speak through heavy breaths.
"J-Just what d-do you think you're gonna be? You're nothin' but no good villains trying to turn the world into a fear based bloodbath! A-And for what!?"
Letting what he said process through my brain, I gave him my answer.
"So that heroes will finally learn about just how wrongfully glorified they are."
With the wave of my hand, Shiggy let go of him, and he stumbled while getting up, running off to get Tamaki and Kiri. This gave us all plenty of time to get up and run for our lives for cover.
We soon were out of sight, and hopefully those three won't come back to tear this city apart looking for us. I dusted myself off and caught my breath, counting heads to make sure everyone was okay.
Sero landed beside me, a disappointed look on his face. But I placed a hand on his shoulder to lift his spirits.
"You did the right thing Sero, I promise you did."
His silence worried me, but his response was worse.
"... But did you?"
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