Midoriya had sensed the portal in the distance, but before he could do anything, he felt Kamihara shifting, pulling him away from the incoming heat.
They were blasted backwards into some rubble, and Midoriya couldn't even find the strength to even whimper in pain. He felt Shigaraki draw closer and closer, and Midoriya carefully opened his eyes, trying to orientate himself. His heart dropped; Reiko had run past him, clawing at Shigaraki's legs desperately until the man kicked her away.
Hurt.
They hurt her.
They Hurt Rei.
Midoriya growled internally, and shakily pushed himself to his feet, ignoring the burning pain that flared through his entire body.
THEY HURT REI -
No one hurts his cat and gets away with it.
Shigaraki was going to pay for what he did.
"Midoriya...? How...?" Kamihara blinked, completely stupefied, as Shigaraki seethed, "What... you... We broke you!"
Shigaraki rushed at Midoriya, but the green and red blur shot out, grabbing Shigaraki's wrists, completely stopping the villain in his tracks.
None of them could think properly; Midoriya's angry, bloodthirsty aura was just that potent.
"Impossible..." Nishiya gasped, watching as Midoriya took a step, and completely flipped Shigaraki over his shoulder, throwing him into the ground. He was emitting some kind of pressure, pushing down on them, preventing them from breathing, and Nishiya was terrified of the kid; quirk or no, he shouldn't be able to move in his state, let alone casually tossing villains over his shoulder.
"Help him!" Aizawa growled, as Hikiishi screeched, "What!? How on earth is he still alive!?"
"Midoriya, stop! You're going to hurt yourself even more!" Shinsou yelled, about to run into the fray, but Nishiya quickly grabbed him, and the rest of the students, just in case, "No, you guys have done enough! You're barely abiding by the law! Stay put!"
Aizawa was about to rush in to help Midoriya, when Hikiishi activated her quirk on him and Yaoyorozu, the attraction causing Aizawa to fly backwards as Yaoyorozu was stuck in Nishiya's grasp. Chatora caught him in time before he crashed into her.
Midoriya glared at Shigaraki, ignoring what was going on behind him, his emerald orbs gleaming angrily in the darkness, before he hunched over. He spat out a torrent of blood, as more blood dripped from his injuries. Shigaraki picked himself up from the ground, snarling, before he rushed at Midoriya, but the boy merely whipped a knife out of his pocket and slashed at Shigaraki, forcing him to dodge.
"Why does he have a knife!? Why didn't you disarm him!?" Shigaraki yelled.
"He was practically half dead when we brought him in! Did you actually expect him to have a weapon!?" Bubaigawara growled, "How the heck did he even survive getting his throat slit!? That's amazing!"
Tensei gulped.
They did WHAT to him!?
They could only watch helplessly as Midoriya danced around Shigaraki with his broken bones, before Midoriya harshly grabbed Shigaraki's hand, and in one swift movement, snapped his wrist. Shigaraki let out a howl of pain before Midoriya kicked him in the back of the knee, sending Shigaraki to his knees.
Hikiishi snapped out of her stupor, and activated her quirk on Sako and Bubaigawara. Using the repulsion between the two males, she launched Bubaigawara off in Midoriya's direction. Bubaigawara swiftly took out his tape measure, and attempted to slash at Midoriya, but the green haired boy casually sidestepped the speedy attack and kicked Bubaigawara into the ground, and the combined force from the repulsion and Midoriya's kick knocked the man out.
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"Not again..." Chatora glanced at the fight, "He's pissed... at this point, he's fighting on pure adrenaline. Eraser, let's go. Keep your eyes on Magne."
Sako hissed, before he leapt at the boy, both of his hands outstretched, ready to encapsulate him, but Midoriya easily grabbed one of his hands, snapping his wrist, before clamping his jaws down on his other arm, and drove his knee into Sako's stomach, kicking the villain away.
Sako was pretty sure that something was broken, as he tumbled away.
Tensei activated his quirk, and rushed at Shigaraki, but Iguchi dashed in, intercepting the Turbo Hero. Iguchi hissed, "Knock me out and get the kid out of here."
"What?" Tensei blinked, confused.
"Stupid heroes, Look, Ingenium, I'm not going to hurt you too bad." Iguchi drew a knife, but Tensei grabbed his arm, "Shigaraki and the others fucked him up real bad, and honestly, I'm not sure how the fuck he's still standing. The kid's amazing, he deserves better. Just knock me out and go defeat the others, dammit."
Tensei gaped. One villain actually liked and respected Midoriya enough that he was willing to go behind Shigaraki's back?
"Thank you." Tensei gave a small nod, and Iguchi gave a small smirk, "You're one hell of a guy. No wonder Void told Stain to spare you."
Tensei processed Iguchi's words as he drove his knee into Iguchi's gut, the villain making no move to defend himself. He easily knocked the lizard man out, and Tensei straightened up, as a portal opened up and instantly sucked the unconscious Iguchi in.
Tensei made no move to stop him, and silently thanked the villain once more.
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Dabi blasted some fire at Hakamata, but Sakamata ran in and dispelled the fire with a hypersonic wave. The scarred villain jumped down from the pile of rubble, blasting more fire at the heroes, only for the Killer Whale Hero to dispel the flames again.
Though, oddly enough, while fire would be effective again Nishiya's Wood quirk and the five students he was currently holding back, Dabi made no move in their direction at all.
"Hey there, little fishy." Dabi smirked, coming in close, "Get the kid."
"And leave my comrades at your mercy?" Sakamata growled, "I think not."
"Look, those kids tried to save Void..." Dabi snapped, dodging an attack, "So I don't want to hurt them. Or Void. If it makes you feel better, just hit me with that stupid wave thing and take me out of the fight. Just save the damn kid."
Sakamata narrowed his eyes in disbelief; he knew that his hypersonic waves could dispel Dabi's fire, but the same went for the reverse; Dabi's fire easily disrupted the air molecules, so his hypersonic waves couldn't travel through the air properly. He still fired it off though, and much to his surprise, Dabi didn't do anything and let himself get hit by the attack, blasting him back and disorientating the villain.
Hakamata immediately restrained Dabi, and yelled, "Orca, go. Kamui, get the students out of here! I'll cover the for you. Also, get the ambulance as close as possible!"
Nishiya nodded, running towards the evacuation perimeter with the five students in his grasp.
"Let us go!" Shinsou growled, but Nishiya merely replied, "No. You're going to rush in and try to help Midoriya, but the heroes got it covered. I understand how you feel, okay? I was at that attack on your school. And trust me, you guys aren't supposed to be here. If a hero like Endeavor were to catch wind of your involvement... it wouldn't be good."
Uraraka and Shinsou stopped struggling; Yaoyorozu, Todoroki and Iida had given up on escaping from Nishiya's grasp a long time ago. Nishiya sighed, "I'll put you down, but promise you'll follow me and not go running into anymore fights. We're also trying to keep you guys out of as much trouble as possible."
The two students wearily nodded, and Nishiya placed them on the ground gently, "Alright. Follow me. I'll get some medics to give you guys a check up, the bird and the cat too; you guys look horrible."
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A portal opened up, sucking Bubaigawara in. Kamihara had noticed it, but the second he activated his quirk, the portal was gone. He growled, and staggered to his feet; Dabi's fire had actually done more damage than he had expected. He looked around, spotting Dabi's body being held up by Hakamata's quirk. He quickly attacked, piercing Dabi's body and cutting off his blood circulation, and Hakamata released his quirk on the man, panting.
"Shit..." Hakamata winced, his body shaking, "All for One's attacks did more than I thought..."
A portal quickly opened up and scooped Dabi up, the purple mist and the villain disappearing into thin air.
"Dammit." Kamihara growled. The League was smart, he'd give them that; by having Kurogiri creating portals from a distance, it negated the plan of having Kamihara taking out the warp gate.
Midoriya raced after Shigaraki, each of them evading the other's attacks as they tried to land their own.
"Shigaraki!" Hikiishi yelled, activating her quirk on Shigaraki and Midoriya. Shigaraki immediately held his ground as Midoriya lunged, and the repulsion sent Midoriya flying backwards, rolling to a halt at Hakamata's feet.
Midoriya shakily pushed himself to his feet, before throwing his bleeding and body at Shigaraki once again, anger and hatred burning in his eyes. Hakamata tried to restrain him, before realised that Midoriya was only wearing pants; his shirt and hoodie had been practically reduced to shreds.
He unravelled his denim jacket with his quirk, and tried to grab Midoriya, only for the boy to actually slash the fibres away before he lunged at Shigaraki, harshly driving his knife into the palm of Shigaraki's unbroken hand. The villain growled, and staggered away to put some distance between the two.
Chatora rushed at the downed Sako; the man's quirk was particularly annoying, but the villain managed to push himself to his feet and dodge past Chatora, encapsulating the hero. Aizawa immediately activated his quirk, erasing Sako's quirk and releasing Chatora.
"Eraser, stay as far away from the pup as possible." Chatora hissed, immediately knocking Sako out, before turning to the Erasure Hero, "All for One... he told us that he has a quirk that... prevents him from... well... If you were to activate your quirk on him by accident -"
Aizawa got the message immediately; Midoriya would die. "Understood. I'll take Magne, her quirk is the most troublesome for Midoriya right now."
The second the two heroes took their attention off the downed Sako, another portal popped open and dragged the villain in, before disappearing.
"Shit." Aizawa cursed, as Chatora took off in Shigaraki's direction, before lunging at Hikiishi. He threw his capture weapon at her, pulling her off the pile of rubble, as she attempted to use her quirk. Aizawa hastily erased it, as Hikiishi threw a punch, forcing Aizawa to blink as he dodged. He quickly grabbed Hikiishi's arm, and threw her over his shoulder, smashing her into the ground below.
She retaliated with a punch, but Aizawa dodged and wrapped her up in his capture weapon, before hitting her right at the back of her neck, knocking her out.
Another portal opened up, and Aizawa desperately tried to erase the teleporter's quirk, but Kurogiri's real body was nowhere in sight, and Hikiishi disappeared.
Midoriya let out a strangled roar as he swept Shigaraki off his feet, digging his knee into Shigaraki's gut. He slammed Shigaraki into the ground, before grabbing his arm and threw him over his shoulder, dislocating the villain's arm in the process. Shigaraki let out a cry of pain, stumbling to his feet, but Midoriya viciously stabbed him in the shoulder, before kicking him in the face. He dug his foot into Shigaraki's side, and kicked him in the jaw, dislocating it, before slamming Shigaraki into the ground again.
Before he could attack again, Kurogiri appeared and warped Shigaraki's body away.
They're gone...they're gone...
Midoriya stopped, reeling his aura in as a wave of calmness rushed through him, his anger sinking below the surface, before he froze.
Where's Rei?
Midoriya hissed, and spat out more blood, before he turned in the direction where he saw Nishiya heading in. He tried to move in that direction, before his broken and bleeding body gave out, and he crumpled to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut.
"Midoriya!" Aizawa yelled, as he saw Midoriya's body hit the ground. Chatora was the closest to Midoriya, and he rushed over to help Midoriya up, only for the boy to shakily push himself to his feet. Chatora was staggered backwards as a punch made contact with his face, and he internally hissed in pain; Midoriya had one nasty left hook, alright.
Midoriya spat out some blood, and Chatora gently restrained the boy, trying to ignore the fact that Midoriya was weakly clawing at him with his fingernails, trying to get out of Chatora's grasp.
The boy could barely say anything; his larynx was already horribly damaged, but Chatora could tell that Midoriya was desperately trying to find something, or someone.
Aizawa and Tensei rushed over to the boy, as Midoriya choked on more of his own blood. The green haired boy slammed his foot onto Chatora's, and bit him in the arm, eliciting a wince of pain from the pro. The boy used that distracted to slip out of Chatora's grip, but he tripped over some debris and fell to the ground, before desperately trying to push himself up again. Aizawa quickly scooped him up before he could fall again.
"Rei...ko..." Midoriya weakly rasped, his voice barely a whisper. He wheezed and coughed out more blood, trying to dislodge himself from Aizawa's grasp.
Sakamata barely knew the boy, but his heart clenched; Midoriya cared more about his cat than himself. He was the one on the verge of dying but he wanted to make sure that his cat was fine. Midoriya loved his cat more than he loved himself.
"Midoriya, relax. Reiko's going to be fine. She and the others will get checked over, I promise." Aizawa gently but firmly grabbed onto Midoriya, "They're all going to be fine, okay?"
Aizawa watched as Midoriya shook; he could practically feel relief emanating from the boy, before he stopped struggling altogether.
She's okay... she's okay...
Midoriya's vision turned dark.
"Midoriya? Hey, kid, come on, can you stay awake?" Aizawa cradled Midoriya's limp body as the boy slumped into his arms, panic starting to bubble in his stomach.
He didn't care that blood was getting everywhere, or that his clothes were practically being dyed in Midoriya's blood; he just wanted the kid to be okay. Midoriya was burning up and his pulse was faint, almost non-existent, but he couldn't do anything as blood dripped off his small frame.
"Shit." Sakamata cursed, "Ingenium, you're the fastest amongst us. Get him to the ambulance, quick. Kamui's gotten the ambulance as far as the evacuation perimeter; there's too much rubble for it to come any closer. We're going to go help All Might with All for One!"
Aizawa glared at Tensei, gently passing the bleeding boy over to the Turbo Hero, "You better take care of him. I don't care that your my friend, one wrong move and I'll gut you myself."
"Have some faith in me, Shou." Tensei replied, carefully lifting Midoriya up, before speeding off towards the evacuation perimeter.