With You
After absorbing a new quirk and breaking yourself off from the League of Villains for a while, you were stood on top of a looking down at a hideout that you learned of that housed a low-leveled criminal. You stared at a window and looked inside to see the people you were watching. The first was a man with a refined appearance. He had a slicked back hairdo with a curl at the front and sported a handlebar mustache along with a well-kept, medium-sized beard. His clothes were also quite extravagant, as he wore a dark purple jacket with enlarged collars and coattails, a pair of loose pinstriped pants and two belts. He also wore a pair of cuffs and a woolly scarf and had a cane nearby him.
"Now then, Mr.Gentle Criminal, what are you planning?" You thought as you floated off the building and towards the window of the room he was in.
You floated out of sight but not out of earshot and when you peeked in you saw someone else come towards Gentle Criminal. You saw a female who was a very short young woman with quite a large, round head, compared to her narrow body. She had raspberry pink hair, which she wore up in two high pigtails, wide and thick at the top and thinning at the bottom, the ends curved upwards to the sides at her waist, their edges trimmed straight. She had a single bang in the middle of her forehead, swept pointedly to her right, and very large, pointed-down eyes with thick, heavily made-up eyelashes, two longer protrusions to each far side, which take up most of her face. Her irises were oval-shaped, pink in color, and each have two circles between their small pupils and their rims, giving them a rather hypnotic look. Her clothes were consisting of a big white bow at her neck, matching the thick gloves she wears, an indigo shirt with large buttons and long, upturned frilly sleeve cuffs, and a pair of white, pinstriped pants which are very poofy, making her legs seem bigger than they are. She sports several heart motifs, such as heart earrings, heart-shaped buckles on the two thin, golden belts around her waist, and a wide heart design over the tops of her legs. She also has some dark tights on underneath her pants, over which she wears a pair of shiny high-heeled boots.
"What do you have to tell our friend, La Brava?" You wondered as you listened in.
"Gentle, this is bad...we haven't taken a tea break in a week, now...Are you okay?" She asked while peeking over the table as Gentle was working with papers and a laptop in front of him.
"I am." He responded to her as she scurried off to fetch tea for him. "La Brava, unease and dissatisfaction toward heroes are growing nowadays. It is because they a truly feeble minded. It's obvious they are well prepared for a situation they can predict. But what they lack...Is resourcefulness when faced with the unpredictable. In other words, they have low crisis awareness. Deciding to keep the cultural festival open in this period of time is a testament to that." He explained to her.
"But hold on, Gentle. Will you involve the kids that will become future heroes? What will happen if you do!?" She asked eagerly waiting for an answer before Gentle suddenly broke out in laughter.
"La Brava! That's a wake-up call!! Due to my invasion, the little hatchlings will grow stronger again!!" He laughed like a douche as La Brava keeled over in amazement.
"That's your cause for concern!? You're so cool, Gentle!!" She fangirled and praised him while rolling over on the floor.
"Now then, it's time to confirm the route, La Brava!! Activate, criminal folder!" He yelled as he pressed a button but nothing happened as he was still on a blackscreen. "........It's not working." He said as he pressed it again.
"Sorry, I locked it. Just click there..." La Brava reached over and opened the laptop for him as you were in a coldsweat while staring at the two of them.
"I question why I don't kill them now..." You thought as you opened the window behind them and quietly floated in, staying off the floor so they wouldn't hear you as you continued to listen.
"On that day, at 5 AM...This street will allow us to pass by the least hero offices. From this street, we turn towards a side road and advance towards U.A. Upon entering the side road, we will arrive at a residential area. However, I investigated the surrounding houses beforehand and picked a street with no late-night activities." He explained to her.
"You're not going to use your quirk, right?" La Brava asked.
"Since there are heroes who also patrol the skies, no. If we walk a bit further, we'll arrive at a big nature park. Here, we're reasonable safe. We just have to avoid the homeless. Once we come out of the park, we're almost there. If we've managed to not make a ruckus till now and traveled carefully, 60-65 minutes will have gone by. Then, in front of us...can you see it? The rundown house near the back of the home center." He showed her on the laptop.
"Yes." She replied.
"This lonesome house is a cafe." He told her.
"You're not gonna enjoy it from the outside like usual!? How riskyyyy!" La Brava exclaimed.
"The owner, over 70 years old, is just barely making it by. At first glance, it's hard to realize that it's even a shop since there's only 5-6 frequent customers. Despite this, La Brava, we have to drink tea here." Gentle told her.
"Why this shop?" She asked him.
"The Phantom Black Tea, "Imperial Golden Tips", is offered here! Don't you think it matches well with this current mission?" Gentle winked at her.
"Amazing...!!" She exclaimed.
" Moreover, because of the owner's old age, the shop opens as early as 7:00 AM! We will wait inside the park. And right when it opens, we take a 90 minute tea time break." Gentle told her.
"90 minute's for tea!?" You thought in shock.
"This is an unusually careful amount of preparation...Gentle..." She said while staring at him.
"After that, if we go back onto the side road and pass the construction site, a forested hill shall appear. Once we climb this hill...We will arrive at U.A." He said as he thought of the information he acquired for the mission. "...Hound Dog, the one assigned to enemy surveillance, will most likely be in charge of security. When we reach the forest, we'll rub ourselves with dirt and leaves to mask our scent. The precious school interior...It's U.A. barrier, that's what it's called." He said.
"So lame!! The hell is that!?" La Brava hated the name of it.
"Protected by the central security system called the U.A. Barrier, it's impossible to enter without a special travel permit that applies across all of the sites." He said as La Barva pulled out a small key.
"And then it's my turn, right Gentle? I'll infiltrate U.A.'s internal network and secretly render their sensors useless! Because, to tell you the truth, I'm...A hacking pro!" She said as she struck a pose.
"Goodness gracious...What a great partner I have. La Brava, truly I am grateful." He said to her as she spun around and fangirled from the praise he gave her.
"Stop it, Gentle, I love you!" She said with a smile and blush on her face.
"....La Brava. I'm serious." He said in a different tone as she stopped with a surprised face and looked at him. "To follow my dreams, I...! With zero technological expertise, studied to make my debut video...yet, no one took notice of me...and the rare comments I did receive were harsh. My gloomy days...came to an end with the ring of a buzzer. My first fan." Gentle said as he remembered La Brava hacking his address and tracking him down to be with him. "At first, truthfully, I was scared...I was so scared to the point of being careless. But...The two of us started editing and planning together. My video views grew slowly but surely...!" He said as he placed his hand on top of her head as tears welled in her eyes and her blush grew redder. "La Brava! This time around, I will...Proudly put my life on the line! For the entire world. For the people. For my dreams. And in response to...Your love!!" He declared to her as she broke down and cried while tackling him to the floor.
"GENTLE!!" She sobbed out.
"La Brava!" He laughed as he fell.
"I LOVE YOU...! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, GENTLE CRIMINAL!!" She sobbed while holding him tightly.
"I do, too, La Brava. I am...going to succeed...No matter what...!" He promised her as they laid on the floor.
"Are they done...?" You thought before sighing. "I guess you two are done." You spoke up to make your presence aware as the two shot up and glared at you.
"Who are you?!" La Brava yelled as Gentle stood in front of her.
"You're the villain who was part of the group that killed that Chisaki fellow. What is it you want?" He asked you.
"Why, I'm just here to coordinate with you, Gentle Criminal. You see, we both wish to enter U.A. during the festival, it just so happens that our plans clash in timing, so I'd like to come to a compromise." You said as you stepped forward and Gentle pushed La Brava back a bit.
Gentle waved his hands around in front of him as he activated his quirk and you saw a distortion in the air. You walked straight into the distortion as it suddenly stretched.
"Gently Rebound!" He yelled as you felt pressure pushing against you like the air was trying to bounce you back and he smiled before gasping when he saw you just stood there.
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"A truly remarkable quirk, but your power could not compare to my level of strength." You said as you shattered the distortion of air that held you back and unleashed your energy in the room. "Now then, as for who I am, if you remember the super villain, Super Buu, that's me but I've taken over an incredible body to match my power needs." You said as you increased the pressure of your energy.
The two of them both fell back as you raised both your hands and two pink globs of flesh flew out from your arms and wrapped themselves tight around them.
"Agh! Gentle!" La Brava cried out for him.
"Release us!" He struggled before you emitted an energy ball in the palm of your hand and aimed it at La Brava.
"If you deny to listen to my proposition, you'll be cleaning her off your walls for the next few months." You said as La Brava gasped and looked scared.
"Alright! Alright...!" He said as he spoke lowly this time. "What is it you wish to speak of? Just do not hurt La Brava...Please..." He said with his head down.
"Gentle--!" The girl was cut off when the flesh holding her covered her mouth and you stood in front of Gentle.
"Hush, the grown ups are talking now, shrimpy." You said to her before looking at Gentle.
"What are you gonna do to us?" He asked as you walked back a few feet.
"Nothing, in fact, I like your plan. It goes well with one I had in mind. Though, I think I'd like to add a few changes to your plan so that it goes better than you originally thought." You said as he stared at you in confusion.
"Changes...?" He muttered as you grinned under your mask.
"Now then...Here's how it will go..." You said while chuckling as you explained your plan to him.
Timeskip, Day of The Festival
Ryu was walking with Midoriya as they had left just before their class was on to perform so that they could replace the rope that Midoriya would hold Aoyama by since the one they had was starting to tear.
"You know we wasted a lot of time by going to that other store. Why didn't you know they didn't keep rope in stock?" Ryu scolded him while his arms were crossed and Midoriya had a hurt smile.
"Sorry..." Was all Midoriya could say as they were speed walking back to school.
As they were rushing down the sidewalk without paying attention to their surroundings, they skid to a stop when they saw two more people in overcoats walk out in front of them.
"Pardon me!" Midoriya apologized to the two.
What Midoriya and Ryu hadn't noticed at first was that the two they had bumped into were Gentle Criminal and La Brava, who were on their way to U.A. to infiltrate the festival.
"That surprised meeee! The after taste of the imperial golden tips was almost ruined." Gentle Criminal said as they turned to walk away. "Oh no, oh no, I can't reveal myself! I need to avoid contact with people at all costs...!" He thought as he and La Brava were walking away. "Well then, let's go La-...Honey." Gentle almost slipped up and called her by her name.
"Huh, I'm your honey!? Honey!?!?" She exclaimed as Midoriya turned towards where the two came from and saw an old, run-down house.
"Gold...Yaoyorozu-san made that for us...Huh...That was a cafe...? I'd never guess..." Midoriya said as Gentle turned back slightly in utter worry.
"So what? It's a shit cafe if it looks like that." Ryu scoffed.
"Gentle?!" La Brava said as Gentle turned back completely and spoke loudly.
"I was expecting you to ask "What are Imperial Golden Tips?"...But you seem to be one of the few who already know about it!! How remarkable for someone so young!" He said loudly as Midoriya and Ryu were both confused.
"What is this old man on?" Ryu muttered.
"Um...I'm not...I just know about it because a friend gave some to me..." Midoriya explained. "This voice sounds familiar...wait..." Midoriya thought as he recognized the voice.
"Hoho! To have such a high-class friend..." Gentle trailed off as he was seriously nervous now. "High-class friend...!? Elite school...This is bad!!...This child is a student of U.A....!!" Gentle thought as he stared through his sunglasses at Midoriya.
"Yeah...I'm really lucky..." Midoriya thought as he remembered last night's break time with the others. "This voice...Black tea...!" He thought.
"Phantom Black Tea, did you say? Dreamy?! Cheers, Yaoyorozu-san!" He remembered Uraraka and everyone else drinking that tea.
"I choose the brand based on...The amount of work I have." Midoriya remembered watching Gentle's video and that he was drinking the same brand of tea. "This will be a wake up call, not just to listeners, but to society as a whole." He remembered Gentle saying as Midoriya clenched his fist in the gloves he received from Hatsume and Gentle turned to try and walk away.
"I got carried away talking about black tea!! I better leave before I give away who I-..." Gentle's thoughts were cut off when Midoriya spoke up.
"You're the guy with that routine, right...?" Midoriya asked him as the two of them stopped walking.
"Dont blame yourself, Gentle! We couldn't help it! But now!!"La Brava looked at Gentle for what to do as he stopped and began to take off the face mask and sunglasses he was wearing as Midoriya began to put down his bags.
"Hey, what are you doing? What the hell are you on about?" Ryu asked in annoyance as he was completely confused on what was going on.
"Whatever could you mean?" Gentle asked while taking off his mask and grabbing the collar of his overcoat.
"I've seen your video." Midoriya told him.
"What video?! A p*** video!? Have you finally hit that state of age!? Barely!?" Ryu asked as he was still confused.
"La Brava, get the camera ready." Gentle told her as Midoriya got serious real quick.
"Don't you lay a hand on U.A.!" Midoriya yelled.
"....The f***'s going on!? We're on in about an hour and a half! We don't have time for whatever breakdown you're going through! Just let the grandpa and his granddaughter go on their way!" Ryu yelled as he smacked Midoriya on the back of the head.
"They're villains!" Midoriya said in shock of Ryu's action as Ryu turned towards them.
"What!? Seriously!?" Ryu yelled in disbelief.
"That boy catches on quick." Gentle spoke lowly.
"This kid, could he be..." La Brava muttered as she stared at him as she felt like she knew him somehow.
Just then, a bolt of pink lightning crashed in between the two of them as Ryu glared at it for a second before suddenly transforming.
"Ryu-kun?" Midoriya called him as Ryu took off his uniform jacket.
"Midoriya, you stop these two. I'll deal with him." Ryu ordered him.
"With who...?" Midoriya asked before gasping when the bolt of pink lightning disappeared and in its place you stood up. "Y/N-kun...?" He muttered as you remained silent.
"I told you I crush you...You've just sealed your fate! HYAAA!" Ryu yelled as he flew forward towards you.
Just then, Gentle jumped in your way and Ryu crashed and stopped mid-dash as a distorted wall of air that was like plastic stopped his attack.
"Gently Rebound!" Gentle said as he blew back Ryu right towards Midoriya.
"SOMEONE STUPID GET IN MY WAY!" Ryu yelled as he crashed into Midoriya and the two rolled back.
"That was extremely violent, Gentle..." La Brava said as she was recording the whole thing.
"I'm just as perplexed and astonished as you, La Brava." Gentle said in shock of the power he accidentally put behind the rebound.
"You two get going." You spoke to them as they turned towards you. "Follow your plans...They're waiting." You said to them as they dashed off.
"Namely, if he can withstand a blow of that magnitude despite his appearance, he must be even more frightening! I am sorry young gentlemen! But I must be off!" Gentle yelled as he and La Brava dashed off.
Ryu groaned as he pushed Midoriya off him who had stars in his eyes from the impact.
"Agh...Midoriya, you chase the two idiots with the camera. Don't let them get to U.A." Ryu said to him as Midoriya stood up.
"What about you? We're not anywhere near a hero office, and it'll take time before back up gets--!" Midoriya was cut off when Ryu held up his hand.
"Don't you remember? I'm on equal grounds with Y/N. I won't let near U.A...Go, now!" Ryu yelled as Midoriya was hesitant at first, but nodded as he dashed towards you and you and Ryu stared each other down in the middle of the street. "I have somewhere I need to be..." Ryu said to you.
You didn't reply to him as you just took a fighting stance and this enraged Ryu as his power skyrocketed.
"HAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!" Ryu yelled as he pushed himself to the next level of his power, Super Saiyan 2. "Y/N! If you're in there, stop messing around!" He yelled as you gave no reply and just stood there. "Didn't you say that you were going to be the strongest hero in the entire world!? That you were a symbol of hope!? This is not the symbol I remember you talking about! No...This is the symbol of destruction! Is that how you wish to be remembered?! An agent of destruction!?" He yelled at you as once again you remained silent. "Fine...If you aren't going to wake up..." Ryu began to get into a fighting stance as his energy shined brighter. "Then I'll have to separate you and Buu by force..." Ryu growled as he prepared for battle.
You dashed towards him with your fist reeled back as he pulled his behind him and waited until you both clashed fist and there was a shock wave that shook the area before an explosion blew everything around you away. After another moment, Ryu was thrown out of the dust cloud you two had created and you flew out of the smoke after him as he crashed through a series of homes and buildings. Ryu burst through one last house before sliding to a stop in the middle of an intersection as cars driving through swerved out of the way and stopped. You flew over and floated above him as he glared at you and flew towards you.
"DAMMIT!" He yelled in fury as you blocked a strong attack that shook the area.
He began to unleash a volley of punches against you as you held your guard and minimized the damage you received from his attacks. After blocking one last punch, you grabbed his fist and elbowed him in the gut as he spat up. After that, you kicked him away from you and he went flying over the residential area you were both fighting in. Ryu stopped himself as the force from your kick blew through him and shook the air and he wiped a trickle of blood that left his mouth from the corner of his lips.
"Not only has he gotten stronger, but his power's increased just in his base form...I think this is going to be harder than I thought..." Ryu thought as you flew towards him and stopped as he glared at you.
This time however, it was you who made the first move as you charged a pink energy ball in your hand and aimed it at Ryu. Ryu dodged as you fired, but gasped when he saw the blast heading for a house where a young boy and his mother were inside playing with one another. Ryu flew at a high speed as he intercepted the attack and blasted it into the air where there was a huge explosion that shook the area a bit.
"That was too close..." Ryu thought before gasping as you appeared in front of him.
There was a bright glow coming from between you two as Ryu looked down and saw you charging another attack as he was blasted away once more and crashed against the side of an apartment building. Ryu coughed blood as he was stuck to the side of the building. Just then, a hand grabbed Ryu by the throat and began to squeeze tightly as he gasped for air and saw the mask you were staring at him through as you choked him. He flailed around a bit and tried to make your hand open up, but to no avail. Through the mask he saw your eyes shine red and your strength increase he mewled in pain once more and he was running out of air in his lungs.
"This is the end, Super Ryu." You said to him as he grabbed onto your mask and began to squeeze and cracked your mask.
You used your free hand yo grab the hand on your mask and began to crush it as well as Ryu experienced more pain.
"If I don't stop him...He'll destroy everything...! I can't let him get to them...I can't let him get to her....!" Ryu thought as he squeezed harder on the hand you were choking him with.
"Fighting the inevitable is pointless." You said as you unleashed an energy through his body as he yelled in pain before you stopped and you felt his hand loosen up.
"D-Dammit...! Dammit all...!" Ryu thought as his eyes began to roll to the back of his skull.
Meanwhile, With 21, Play Song At Top
Back at U.A, unaware of the imposing threat that could approach them at any moment, 21 and the rest of the dance team were resting and relaxing before the performance. 21 was sat next to Mina in the gym and they were talking about what they would do after their first performance when Mina noticed something about 21's uniform jacket that was behind her.
"Hey, 21-san, your jacket's glowing?" Mina asked in confusion as 21 turned around and grabbed her jacket.
"Huh?" 21 muttered as she stared at her jacket and saw a pink glow coming from it. "What the?" She thought as she reached into the pocket that the shine was coming from and saw it was the jewel shard she held onto. "The shard's glowing..." She said as Mina took a closer look.
"Why?" Mina asked before it began to shake in 21's hand and it suddenly began to float. "Whoa!" She and 21 both gasped as the shard suddenly began to spin around rapidly before flying out an open gym window.
The shard flew out into the open air at high speeds as it left a trail of shining dust behind. Suddenly, the jewel cracked and a light began to pour out of it. As the light broke out even more from inside the jewel, it suddenly began to grow larger and into a strange object that flew faster with each passing minute. The light began to take form, and it began to look more and more like a humanoid. Growing arms and legs, its form was much more distinguishable, but the object was still only a shining ray of light. As it grew a head of sorts, it looked forward and saw in the distance Ryu being choked by you. Suddenly, its speed increased exponentially and within a few seconds, the strange object flew up next to you and Ryu. You turned towards it only to be met with a hard punch from the person of light as you were thrown back and released Ryu. He coughed up and crouched over in pain as he fell out of his normal state and the person of light stood between him and you.
"Retreat. I'll handle it from here." The light suddenly spoke as Ryu coughed one last time before glaring at it.
"Who the hell are you?" Ryu asked while holding his throat as the strange person of light didn't answer.
"You will suffer greatly for that..." You said as you regained your senses and glared at the person of light as a piece of your mask fell off your face and you charged an attack.
The person of light simply raised his hand and what shocked you and Ryu was when a green orb shined in the palm of his hand and there was an unreal rise in energy coming from the person.
"FINAL SHINE....ATTACK!!!" The person yelled as they fired a massive green energy beam.
You covered yourself as the attack was unavoidable and there was a massive explosion. Once the smoke cleared the person of light saw that you were in a weakened state and that your body was quivering with burns and cuts all over you.
"You have no strength left. It's over." The person of light said as the light on them suddenly began to peel away.
Once the light dimmed down and disappeared, Ryu was absolutely shocked from what he saw as you held your arm in pain and glared at the person in front of you.
"What...What is the meaning of this...?" You asked as you glared at the person who stood against you.
"Y-You're...Me...!?" Ryu gasped as the person who looked like him raised his hand towards you.
"No matter...You can't stop what's to come." You said as you didn't move and the other Ryu aimed his hand towards you and a bright energy ball surged in his palm.
"Big Bang Attack!" He yelled as he fired the ball of light at you and there was a massive explosion.
Within the explosion instead of being blown to bits, you turned int a smoke as the smoke dissipated and blew away along with the wind. The second Ryu lowered his hand before turning to the one behind him.
"We don't have much time. We must go to U.A." He said as the original Ryu glared at him.
"Just what the hell is going on? Who are you?" Ryu asked as the other Ryu glared at him.
"I'm you but better. Now let's go." The other Ryu said as he flew off and Ryu followed in confusion.
"What the hell do you mean!? What's going on?!" Ryu demanded to know.
"That Y/N was just a scout, it wasn't really him. He's hiding waiting for his perfect chance to strike." The other Ryu told him.
"How the hell do you know all this!?" Ryu yelled at him.
"When I sensed your life force dropping I came over and saved you. The second my fist collided with that Y/N, I knew that it wasn't him. Y/N has fallen under the hands of evil, right?" The other Ryu asked as he stared back at the original Ryu. "I've been given the orders from my teacher to do whatever it takes to get Y/N back to the side of good. No matter the cost." He said.
"Who the hell is your teacher!?" Ryu demanded to know.
"Whis, your teacher." He answered as Ryu gritted his teeth.
"Meddling when I don't need his help...Damn it....!" Ryu thought as the other one spoke up.
"We must hurry and awaken the other shard that came along with me. Where is it?" The other Ryu asked.
"What shard? I don't know what you're talking about!" Ryu yelled as the other one stopped.
"Where is the other jewel shard?" The other Ryu asked.
"How the hell should I know? Those bastards went through my mail while I was training!" Ryu said in annoyance as the other turned towards U.A.
"Just great..." He muttered before hearing a loud crash and the two of them turned towards the direction of a building that was under construction. "Before we do anything, let's help him out first." He said as he flew towards the building. "Just great...Now we have to find a needle in a haystack..." He thought as he flew towards the fight that was happening at the construction site.
With great shock, another Ryu has appeared and is joining in the battle against evil. Just what does Gentle Criminal have planned for U.A? What have you done to twist his arm in his plan to make it your own? What will come of the jewel shard and what will happen during the cultural festival? Find out next time on, 'The Symbol of Hope'