Before we begin I just want to thank everyone so much for reading and liking this story, when I first started this I didn't think that it would get so many reads. I just want to say how happy it makes me to know that you all enjoy this story as much as I enjoy writing it. It's also insane how at the time I'm writing this my book is number 3 on the bokunoheroacademia hashtag out of so many. I just can't thank you all enough, anyways enough of the sappy stuff and let's get into this chapter. I hope you enjoy it :)
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Shigaraki POV
"Will they really be all right by themselves?" Kurogiri asks
"Yeah. It's not my turn on the stage right now. They're enough by themselves" I say,"In other words, the game has changed. Up until now it was a roleplaying game, where we had equipment but challenged the last boss at level 1. I should have thought of it as a simulation game. I should be the player, using all the pieces I can to break through the higher ranks. In order to do that, I need to first put cracks into the superhuman society" I explain," The Vanguard Action Squad of the League of Villains. It doesn't matter if those guys succeed or fail. Just the fact that they are there will scare the heroes." I say
"Are they just sacrificial pawns?" Kurogiri asks
"Don't be ridiculous" I say,"Do I look that heartless? Their strength is real. Even though they're all facing different directions, they're comrades I can count on" I say as I pick up two pictures,"In a society bound by rules, we're not the ones being oppressed. I'm praying for their success" I say as I look at a picture of Katsuki Bakugo and Ryuji Takashi from the sports festival
Ryuji POV
As Bakugo and I are walking we start to see pink smoke appear.
"What the hell is this pink shit?!" TNT exclaims
"Well it's obviously gas, but I have never seen this kind, the only thing I can think of is that it might be similar to Midnight's quirk so I wouldn't recommend breathing too much" I explain
"Yeah like I should breathe in this random smoke!" He says sarcastically
"I'm not carrying you if you pass out" I retort
We continue on and eventually we end up stumbling a kid from class B passed out on the ground.
"Told you that it makes you pass out" I say
"Shut the hell up!" He responds
"We should probably take him with us" I say
"Don't think that I'll be the one carrying this useless bastard" Bakugo says
"Sigh, fine I'll carry him since my hands are free" I reluctantly say as I pick the dude up.
We keep on walking but the gas is still here.
"Damn it...is this gas a villain's doing?" TNT asks
"There is a high chance it is, unless Midnight randomly arrived here" I say,"we should probably head back straight to camp instead of going to the finish line" I suggest
"Don't tell me what to d-" Bakugo starts to say but stops
Ahead of us is a person who we can't identify
"Who's there?" I say
"That's...hey, who was in front of us" Bakugo asks
"Tokoyami and Shoji..." I respond
"So pretty...so pretty...No, I have to work...I was captivated..." the mysterious person says,"Oh,no...what beautiful flesh...Oh, don't temp me...I have a job to do..." the person says as they turn around to face us
"Don't fight?!" Bakugo says
"Why is it that every goddam time a villain attack happens I only ever have my watch gauntlets!" I complain as I activate it
"Everyone in Class A and Class B! In the name of the pro hero, Eraser Head, you are granted permission to engage in combat! I repeat! Everyone in Class A and Class B! You are granted permission to engage in combat!" I hear Mandalay's voice tell us
"It's about time!" Bakugo says while sparkling his palms
"I don't think it's a good idea to fight! Especially since we've got someone unconscious with us!" I say
"To hell with that! I'm beating this bastard into next week!" He exclaims
"Ugh, fine, I'll provide as much fire support as I can" I say as I aim my gauntlets
"We have discovered two of the villains' targets! It's the two students, Kacchan and Takashi! These two should try and avoid combat and acting independently. Do you two understand?" Mandalay's voice says
"A little late for that" I say
"Stop making so much noise in my head!" Bakugou yells
Suddenly a bunch of blades come at him but I manage to shoot the ones that are about to hit him.
"You need to stop rushing! I'm barely able to predict where the blades will come from" I yell
"I have to follow...I have to do my job..." the villain says
"Didn't you hear Mandalay? She said that we both are being targeted! We've gotta find a way to escape!" I exclaim
"That damn Deku did something, I just know it. Saying "fight" then "don't fight"! I don't give a damn what anyone says!" He yells as he rushes forward
"He's lucky I decided to bring my watch gauntlet and my extra one" I say to myself
The villain then launches up in the sky and hides in the trees
"He's good at using the terrain to his advantage" I say
"Even though he just looks like some scrawny small fry! You bastard!" Bakugo yells
"This villain has got experience, we have to be careful, I'm not like Todoroki for example who could just black the blades with his ice" I say
The villain rises from the trees and the blades from his mouth are holding him up.
"Show me... your flesh..." the villain says
"Don't use any huge explosions so that you don't start a forest fire. If that happens everyone is screwed! You understand?" I ask
"Shut up! I know!" Bakugo says
"We are surround on both sides...on one end there is a villain who could stab us to death, on the other end there is some kind of gas that will at least knock us out and the we'll get stabbed to death..." I think
Bakugo and I try our best to fight the villain at least until help can arrive. But it's not going so well, I had to hide the class B person in the bushes so that I could use both my hands. We are both covered in cuts and scratches
"Flesh...piece of meat...flesh!!" The villain yells And sends more blades as us
"Dammit this isn't working!" Bakugo yells as we dodge and blast blades away
"It's the only thing we can do!" I say
"The only choice we have is for me to blast him with everything I've got..." Bakugo says
"And risk us all burning to death or suffocating?! I don't think so!" I exclaim
There is suddenly a loud noise, We both look over and see Shoji
"Bakugo! Takashi! One of you please! Make some light!" Shoji yells over at us
"Flesh!" The villain says as he send a blade to Shoji
Only to be crushed by a giant Dark Shadow
"Hurry up and make some light! Tokoyami is out of control!" One of Shoji's mouths say but then gets crushed my Dark Shadow
"Bakugo is we combine our attack at the right moment we'll be able to generate enough light" I say as I raise my blasters
"Wait a moment!" He says
"Flesh...piece of meat...it's no good...I can't allow it...I'm the only one who's allowed to look at a cross-section if those kids...don't steal them from me...!" The villain yells
"Don't beg. Small fry!" Dark Shadow yells as he crushes the villain
"Look..." Bakugo says
Dark Shadow slams the villain around and knocks out all of his teeth, he then throws the villain into a tree
"I haven't had enough fun yet!" Dark Shadow exclaims
"Now or never Bakugo!" I say as we blast Dark Shadow
The light from my Repulsors and the light from Bakugo's explosions manage to calm Dark Shadow down
"I'm a bad match-up for you" Bakugo says
"Sorry...thanks for saving me..." Tokoyami says
"You best that guy in an instant..." I say as I look at the unconscious villain
"Tokoyami, are you all right?" Shoji asks," you did a good job doing what we asked" he says
"I'm sorry, Shoji, Midoriya. I was too immature...I let my anger take over and released Dark Shadow...the influence of my anger and of the darkness spurred on that guy...in the end I couldn't control it and ended up hurting Shoji" Tokoyami says while looking down
"We can leave that for later. That's what you would say, right?" Shoji says
"I hate to ruin the moment but we've got a whole bucket of fish to fry here" I say
"That's right, we confirmed that two of the villains' targets are, Kacchan and Takashi" Midoriya says
"Why are they after them?" Shoji asks
"I don't know" Midoriya says," anyway I think the camp is the safest place, since that's where our two teachers are" Midoriya explains
"I see. So we've gotta escort Bakugo and Takashi there" Tokoyami says as I go and get the class B guy from the bushes, luckily he's ok
"But at the clearing, the Pussycats are still fighting. Going back there would be too dangerous. We should probably cut across" Midoriya suggest as I put the class B student in Shoji's little arm pouch with him
"We don't know how many villains there are" Shoji says as he adjusts his arms
"We can use Shoji's search abilities, luckily there are a group of us so we should be ok" Midoriya says," we can also use, of Tokoyami is ok with it, Dark Shadow but with built in controls" Midoriya explains
"This is the second time I've tried to been kidnapped...can't say I enjoy it" I say
"What's with you guys?!" Bakugo yells
"You two walk in the middle" Tokoyami says
"Don't protect me, you scum!" Bakugo yells
"Lets go" I say
"Don't ignore me! You're a target too!" Bakugo exclaims
"Try to keep up" I say
"Stop telling me what to do!" He says
Midoriya POV
We cut through the forest when Shoji spots Uraraka getting attacked by a villain
"Uraraka!" Shoji says
"Shoji, everyone!" Asui exclaims
The villain jumps off Uraraka and retreats away
"Who was that woman just now?" Shoji asks
"A villain, a crazy one" Asui says
"Uraraka, you're injured!" I say
"It's fine. I can still walk" she says,"anyways, you're the one who's-" she gets cut off
"This isn't the time to stand around and talk. Let's go, quickly" Shoji says
"Anyway, I'm just glad you're okay" I say relieved,"I know! Come with us! Right now we are escorting Kacchan and Takashi to the pro heroes" I explain
"Ribbit, you're protecting those two? Where are they though?" Asui asks
"Huh?! What are you saying? They are right behind..." I stop
We look behind us to see that they are gone along with Tokoyami
"The boys you are talking about...I took them with my magic" a voice says
We look up in a tree to see a villain.
"These two's talents aren't something that should be on the hero side. We'll take them to a stage where they can shine more" the villain says
"Give them back!" I yell
"Give them back? That's a strange thing to say. They don't belong to anyone, they are their own people, you egoist" the villain says
"Give them back!" I say again
"Watch out" Asui says as she launches her tongue at the villain
The villain jumps into the air
"We simply want to show them that the path they are on now with its fanatical values is not the only one they can take. Kids these days are made to choose their paths based on their values" the villain says
"It's not just Bakugo and Takashi, Tokoyami isn't here either!" Shoji says
"I was originally an entertainer, you know. It's a bad habit of mine. Taking Tokoyami was an improvisation on my part. Moonfish...the man with the "Blade-Tooth"...He may not look it, but he's a cutthroat on death row whose appeal was dismissed. With a violent nature that trampled that cutthroat down one-sidedly, I decided he was no good, too" the villain says
"You bastard! Give them back!" I yell
"Midoriya! Calm down!" Shoji says
"Sorry but, tricks and running away are my only skills, there is no way I'd fight students who are hero candidates. Vanguard Action Squad, targets successfully collected!" The villain says as he starts to retreat
"Not so fast!" A voice says as a giant ice wave appears
"Todoroki?! I thought you went to camp?" I say
"I decided that you all might need some help, looks like I was right" he says
"Quick! You can't let him escape, he's got both Kacchan and Takashi, but he's also got Tokoyami!" I say
"I won't let you get away!" Todoroki says as we chaise after him
We chaise after him but we just can't reach him fast enough
"This guy is too fast!" Todoroki says
"If only Iida was here..." Uraraka says
"We can't...give up...we have to catch up...and get them back!" I say
"At this rate he's just getting further away" Shoji says
"Uraraka, take the class B student and make us float. And then Asui, throw us as far as you can with your tongue! Shoji use your arms to correct our trajectory and pull us! Uraraka, measure the distance with your eyes and release your quirk when the time looks right!" I explain
"I see. A human bullet, huh?" Shoji says
"Wait, Deku! You're still going to move with those injuries?" Uraraka asks
"Midoriya, you should stay here. With that pain, you're in no state to-" I cut Todoroki off
"I don't feel any pain right now...I can move...hurry!" I say
"At least let me do this" Uraraka says as she makes a makeshift cast out if her top shirt and some sticks
We then group up and Asui wraps her tongue around us as Uraraka uses her quirk.
"Make sure you save those three" Asui says as she throws us as hard as she can
We zoom forward and crash into the villain
"Give them back!" I say as we come crashing down
"I know those kids! Who are they?" A villain says
"Mister, get out of the way" another one says
"Rodger..." Mister says
The villain with the scars then shoots blue fire at us. We barely manage to dodge but my right arm is hit by the flame and Shoji's left arm is hit
"Midoriya! Shoji!" Todoroki exclaims
"Faces from Shigaraki's kills list!" A villain says
The villains attacks us and we fight back the best we can
"I'm toga, Izuku" a blonde girl says I get knocked over," I thought so earlier, too, but you'd be cooler if you bled more, Izuku!" She says while pulling out a knife and thrusting it at me
"Midoriya!" Shoji says as he knocks the girl off me
"Is that how it is...are you gonna get in the way? You're not my type at all, but I'll cut you anyway" the girl says with a scary look
"She's crazy..." Shoji says
We attack some more when I see the Mister villain appear
"Where's Bakugo and Takashi?" The scar villain asks
"Of course...hm?" The villain says while checking his pockets
"Midoriya, Todoroki, we're running away! I'm sure based on what he just did, I don't know what your quirk is, but inside that right pocket you kept flaunting we're these. Tokoyami, Takashi, and Bakugo, right, entertainer?" Shoji says while holding out three little balls
"Oh, that didn't take you very long! As expected from someone with six arms! You're good at feeling around!" The villain says as we run
"All right' good job, Shoji!" Todoroki says
We run but as we get to the trees we see a Nomu we move away only for the portal guy from the USJ to appear
"It's been five minutes since the signal, lets go, Dabi" the villain says
"Wait. Our goal is not yet-" he gets interrupted
"Oh, that? They seemed so happy so they rushed out of here, so I thought I'd give them a present. It's a habit, one of the basics of magic. When I flaunt something, it's because there's something I don't want you to see" the villain says while opening his mouth and revealing 3 blue balls
"N-No way!" I exclaim
The balls we had turn into ice
"My ice?!" Todoroki exclaims
"That's right. I prepared dummies just in case" the villain says
"Damn it!" I exclaim,"does his quirk let him compress things?!" I wonder as we rush over
"If you discover that what was in my right hand was in my right pocket, the of course you'd happily rush over" the villain says
"Wait!!" I yell
"And now, that's all from me-" he gets cut off by a laser blast to the face
We look and see Aoyama. The villain then coughs up the three balls. Shoji manages to grab one while the scar villain gets the other two just before Todoroki does
"That's sad...Shoto...Todoroki..." the scar villain says and Todoroki falls to the ground,"confirm it now. Release this." The scar villain says
"My shows been ruined" the compress villain says as he snaps his fingers. When his fingers snap the orbs turn into Tokoyami, Takashi, and Kacchan. The scar villain then grabs Kacchan and Takashi's necks.
"No problem" the scar villain says
"What the hell?!" Takashi says
"Kacchan! Takashi!" I yell
They are about to be pulled into the portal
"Don't come, Deku!" Kacchan says
"Get out of here!" Takashi says
They disappear into the portal and the portal closes. I crash into the ground and I look behind me to see them gone... I can't help but let out a loud scream and everyone else stood there shocked
On that day...we who were aiming to become heroes...completely lost to the villains...
Apparently, Mr.Vlad King called emergency services, and fifteen minutes after the villains left, ambulances and fire trucks arrived. Of the 41 students, fifteen were unconscious and in serious condition from the villans' gas, and eleven others had major or minor injuries. Thirteen were uninjured. And...two were missing. Of six pro heroes, one was in serious condition after receiving a hard blow to the head, and one lost a lot of blood and went missing. Meanwhile, on the villain side, three were caught and arrested... leaving those three behind, the others disappeared without a trace. As I felt my consciousness fading. I remembered the words of that man, Tomura Shigaraki.
"More importantly, you should be careful. The next time we meet will likely be when I have decided to kill you" were his words
The summer training camp that we had all been looking forward to... ended in the worst way
Shigaraki POV
"I'm really grateful for all the publicity we've been getting. Hey, don't you two agree...? Katsuki Bakugo and Ryuji Takashi..." I say as I look at the two chained up students...
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That does it for this chapter, Ryuji can't catch a break can he? Most of this chapter was just the normal plot but with subtle changes since Ryuji was kinda an orb for the last half of it. Anyways I hope you enjoyed and I'll see you all in the next chapter :)