Capítulo 2112: 42
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"We've got a treat for you kittens!" Pixie-Bob said excitedly before Ragdoll shoved her way in front of the blonde.
"We're gonna do a test of courage!" Ragdoll said as she bounced in place.
Pixie-Bob huffed and crossed her arms as Tiger explained how class B would go into the woods and set up, then class A would go through in pairs, and whichever class made the other scream the most would be the winner.
As Ragdoll led class B into the woods, Izuku saw Kota and jogged over to him. "Hey, Kota."
The boy stopped and huffed. "What?"
Izuku pointed over his shoulder at the rest of his class, minus the remedial kids. "Wanna do a test of courage with us?"
The boy seemed opposed to the idea, but Izuku smiled. "You can hear all the hero students screaming in terror, and once it's class A's turn, you can help us scare the others."
Kota seemed to mull it over before huffing. "Fine. I guess I can."
Izuku grinned. 'Wanna go with Uraraka and me as we make our way through the course?"
"Fine, but don't think I won't laugh at you when you get scared."
"Thought never crossed my mind," Izuku said as he led the younger boy over to Ochako. After drawing lots, he had gotten paired with Ochako while Momo and Toru were going before them, and Mina and Tsu would be the last pair to go.
Ochako smiled and waved to Kota. "Hello, I'm Ochako Uraraka. It's nice to finally meet you, Kota."
Kota grunted and looked away from the cheery brunette. Izuku smiled and chatted with Ochako quietly as they waited for their turn.
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Toru groaned as she walked and clung to the back of Momo's shirt. "I hate class B now."
Momo chuckled nervously. "Yes, they are quite... proficient at scaring. I have to wonder if Monoma's presence would enhance or worsen their attempts."
"Probably worsen. He'd gloat about scaring us, and it would ruin the effect."
Toru sighed internally as they saw Ragdoll smiling at the halfway point. "Oh, my first customers. Come on up and take a look at my wares."
The girls chuckled, seeing she had various nuts and leaves mixed in with the tags they needed to collect. Toru picked up the first one. "I'll take this."
Ragdoll rubbed her hands together. "Oh, wonderful choice, kitten. That'll be thirty million yen."
Toru paled as Momo pulled her wallet out with a dejected sigh. "No, Momo, she's joking."
Momo blushed as she shoved the bills back into her wallet. "I-I knew that... I was going along with the gag."
Ragdoll giggled but stopped suddenly as she looked over her shoulder. Toru smelled smoke and looked over to see blue light pouring through the woods. "What-"
Ragdoll jumped over the table and dragged the girls away as a purple portal opened, and a hand reached out and slammed into the stone table, splitting it in half. Toru and Momo's breath caught in their chest as a gray nomu stepped out. Its brain was exposed, and sitting in the middle of its face was a single eye with two strange metal plates on either side where eyes would usually be. Its muscles and skin bulged as two extra arms grew from its shoulders. Its left hand was the only actual hand; the others were various weapons from a chainsaw to a spiked mallet.
Ragdoll stood between them as she said. "Girls run back to Mandalay and the others."
Toru bit her lip before saying. "Ma'am, I can deal with it. I've beaten one before."
Ragdoll eyed the nomu as she debated what to do, but the nomu wasn't going to wait for her to come to a decision. It charged the three women, who all dived away as its spiked mallet slammed into the ground.
Toru dove to the side, and power built up in her arm. As the laser left her hand, the two plates where its eyes would usually be turned red, and the nomu's skin suddenly shifted and morphed as a domed crystalline structure pushed its way to the surface. The laser hit the crystal shield on its shoulder and was redirected into the ground.
Ragdoll hauled Momo to her feet while Toru processed the fact that this nomu apparently had a quirk to counter her lasers. "Yaoyarozu take Hagakure and run. I'll keep it busy. Get back to Mandalay and do not fight."
"R-right. Please be safe, ma'am." Momo said as she ran over and grabbed Toru before dragging her away.
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Mina watched in confusion and horror. On one side of the forest, blue flames raged and burned, and on the other side, a large billowing cloud of purple gas swirled, and directly in front of them, two villains stood with Pixie-Bob under their large magnet looking weapon. The other Pussycat members told them to run back to the building, and despite Tenya's initial protest, they ran as the villains and heroes started fighting.
Mina cursed internally as she ran. Her partners were in the woods. She wanted to go find them and make sure they were safe, but she also knew that it would cause trouble if she ran, and she may put herself in danger. Her partners were smart, and they were strong. She had to have faith that they'd make it out of this mess alive and well.
As Mina and the others approached the main building, they saw Aizawa pull his capture weapon taught, and the man he was fighting turned to goo. Minoru screamed. "What the fuck was that!"
Aizawa pulled his scarf back to its resting position as he said. "Get inside and follow Vlads instructions."
His students didn't protest, and Aizawa ran towards the action as his students closed the door. He needed to hurry. Most of the students were scattered in the woods, and he had no idea how many villains there were.
Aizawa stopped as the ground shook, and he looked up to the mountainside as it exploded and an object rocketed towards him. He jumped back as a blonde man covered in muscle fibers landed in front of him. "Hey, you're a hero, right? Maybe you could help me find some people. I'm looking for some students: the pink chick, the invisible one, and the green dude with the gas. Oh, I also wanna kill Endeavor's kid. He looks like he'd put up a decent fight. You mind helping me find them before I kill you."
Aizawa clicked his tongue as he looked at the villain Muscular. "How about I kick your teeth in and throw you in Tartarus instead."
Muscular laughed as his muscles bulged and flexed, but just as he was about to launch himself, they retreated back into his body, and he saw Aizawa's eyes glowing. "What-"
He was cut off by a knee to his face that sent him rolling back, but Muscular quickly got back on his feet, and he laughed again. "Oh, this is gonna be fun. I haven't fought without my quirk in a while. Let's see how much I can make you bleed without it."
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Toru panted as she and Momo ran. Along the way, they had run into Awase, who had managed to avoid the gas. Momo made gas masks for the three of them and the other class B students who avoided the gas. As they moved through the woods, Mandalay sent out a psychic message telling the students to fall back to the main building and only use their quirks in self-defense.
Tetsutetsu used that order as an opportunity to charge into the gas, claiming he was just going to look for his classmates, but Itsuka knew he was gonna try to find the quirk user, so she ran after him to back him up.
Awase cursed as he hefted Sen onto his back and the trio got moving again. "Can't believe Tetsutetsu fucking ran off to go fight. I'm gonna give him so much shit for that later."
"Complain later, run now," Momo said as she looked back; her blood ran cold.
Toru turned back, and her breath caught as they saw the nomu coming towards them. Its freehand was bloody and clutching a chunk of Ragdolls headpiece, but the pro was nowhere to be seen. As the students ran, Toru built up energy in her hands before turning and firing two lasers at the creature's legs. The plates on the nomu's face beeped again, and two crystal shields formed on its legs, redirecting the lasers away from the nomu. Awase swore, and the trio kept running.
Toru racked her brain for something, anything she could do or use to turn the situation around. Something caught her eye as she ran. Something in the dark that looked wrong and distorted. Toru looked over, and her breath stuck in her throat, and she felt her skin prickle with goosebumps as she saw eight pairs of glowing eyes surrounded by shifting smoky silhouettes. Toru blinked, and they were gone, but she saw a claw rushing at her from where the outlines had been.
The invisible girl dove to the side as Awase and Momo dove the other way. Before she could get to them, another claw of darkness shot towards her, and she was pushed back farther as the nomu started chasing Momo and Awase.
"Hagakure!" Mezo's voice cut through the fog in her brain, and she spotted her multiarmed classmate.
"Shoji," Toru said as she ducked behind a tree next to him. "What the hell are those claws?" She looked past him, seeing a man in a black straight jacket. He was twisted and broken but still alive. "And who is that?"
"It's a villain; he attacked us and cut off one of my duplicate hands. Fumikage saw it happen and lost control of Dark Shadow. Those claws are him lashing out. Can you hit him with some light?"
Toru nodded. "Yeah-"
The two students had to jump away as Dark Shadows claws lashed out and tore the trees to shreds. Toru lifted her shirt, exposing her stomach to the cool night air. "Flashbang!"
Mezo shielded his eyes as Toru's stomach glowed with pure white light that made it seem almost like midafternoon. Dark Shadow growled and screeched as he shrank down to his normal state and freed Tokoyami.
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This isn't right. She shouldn't be here. Why was she here? Izuku grit his teeth as he stood between Ochako, who was holding Kota, and Himiko, who was giggling as she pointed a knife at him. She was wearing a school uniform and a plain black eyepatch; there was some kind of support gear around her neck as well. That wasn't right. Izuku hadn't seen Himiko in a school uniform in so long, and she never wore plain eyepatches, not when she had so many cute ones she loved to show off.
"Uraraka... take Kota and run back to camp."
"What? No, we all need to-"
"Please just go. I can buy you some time, then I'll run."
Ochako gulped and looked at the deranged girl. The pupil of her one cat eye was a thin slit, and she wouldn't stop looking at Izuku. He was acting strange as well, but she didn't have time to question it. She needed to get Kota to safety. "F-fine, but if you don't buy time and run as soon as possible, I'll tell Mina and Toru how reckless you're being."
Izuku chuckled. "Understood, ma'am."
Ochako ran off carrying Kota, and once they were out of earshot, Izuku said. "Himiko, why are you here? Where have you been? We've been worried about you for so long? W-why are you with the villains?"
Himiko stopped giggling and clutched her head in pain for a moment, and Iuzku watched her pupil fluctuate before turning into a slit again. "You know me? Ooooohhhh, I'm so happy!"
Izuku watched in horror as she jumped in place and giggled. "Such a cute boy knows my name!"
Her face flushed. "And you're so upfront using my first name. I'm embarrassed. I hope you'll take responsibility for these feelings you're causing to well up in me."
Izuku grit his teeth. 'What happened to her? She was never like this before... at least not to this degree.'
Himiko lunged at him with her knife, and Izuku rolled to the side to avoid her. "Tell me your name, cutie. I wanna know who I'm about to cut up."
"You know my name Himiko. It's Izuku Midoriya. I'm your friend. Please tell me what happened to you? Where have you been?"
Himiko faltered and clutched her head again before letting out a scream and lunging at Izuku again, causing him to fall back more and avoid her crazy slashes and stabs. He wasn't making any progress; he needed to take care of her, but he was low on gas from training all day, so he couldn't just blast a large area. He'd have to get in close and guarantee a hit.
Izuku took a deep breath and lunged at her as he pulled his quirk to his hands, only for him to quickly abandon the attack as the strange support gear around her neck fired two syringes with tubes at him.
They dug into the ground, barely missing Izuku as he rolled away, and Himiko was already rushing him before they had fully retracted. She was attacking relentlessly and aggressively, giving Izuku no time to get in and blast her face with his quirk.
"Himiko! Please, it's me, Izuku. You gotta remember me, right? You used to flirt with my girlfriends and me a lot. We would hang out all the time, and you were so kind if a little odd, but we cared about you, and you cared about us."
Himiko grunted and stumbled as she clutched her head. "Stop it. Stop it. Stop it. What are you doing to me? Why does my head hurt when you talk! You're so cute, but you keep hurting me!"
Izuku reached out for her but quickly pulled his hand away as she slashed at his arm, leaving a shallow cut. "Let me cut you but shut up while I do it!"
Izuku tried to fall back, but he bumped into something and turned to see a man wearing a yellow jacket with a white mask with a top hat. The man chuckled as he placed his hand on Izuku's shoulder. "Hello, young man. Do you mind coming with us for a moment?"
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Muscular grunted as Aizawa kicked him in the head again. The blonde man went tumbling to the ground, and finally, after so many hits, he didn't get back up. Aizawa panted and held his broken right arm as he approached the villain and started to secure him. Once he was sure Muscular wasn't going to be going anywhere, he looked up and saw several students running up to him along with Tiger, who was carrying an unconscious Mandalay who had a deep gash on her back, and Pixie-Bob, who was bleeding from the head.
"What's happening?" Aizawa asked as Tiger slowed.
"The villains are retreating. I'm getting everyone here to safety before going back out to look for stragglers."
Aizawa grunted as he stood. "I'll join you."
"No, I'll go; you get them all back to base, then send Vlad out," Tiger said, leaving no room for argument.
Aizawa huffed and ordered the students to take Mandalay and Pixie-Bob. As they headed back, Aizawa looked up as a police helicopter flew over and let out a small sigh. Reinforcements were on the way, but the villains would most likely be gone by now.
Things from there were a blur of motion once the authorities arrived. The fires were put out, and almost all the students who weren't at the main building were found... all but one was accounted for.
Toru and Mina held each other as they sat by the ambulances with security blankets on and tried not to break down. Their boyfriend had stayed behind to buy time for Ochako and Kota, but now he was missing. Most of their class was relatively unharmed, but a lot of class B was unconscious due to the gas.
The girls were quiet as they comforted each other and thought about what they had heard from Ochako. A blonde girl with her hair in two messy buns and a single cat-like eye had approached them, and Izuku had told her to run while he bought her time.
Toru took a shaky breath and said. "H-Himiko... it can't be true. Right?"
Mina held her girlfriend closer and said. "I-I don't know... but we'll get him back, and we'll find out what happened."
"I-I hope Izuku is ok," Toru mumbled as she buried her face into Mina's shoulder.
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Himiko clutched her head as she sat in the back corner of the bar while the others restrained Izuku, who had gotten knocked out right after Mr.Compress freed him from the marble.
Her head hurt. It felt like spikes of ice were being driven into her brain from behind her eyes. Memories were flickering and flashing and changing, alternating between the green-haired guy and Psion. It hurt, and she didn't want it to hurt anymore.
Tomura looked over as Himiko stood. "What the fuck is wrong with you right now? You look like you're gonna keel over."
Himiko rubbed her eye. "Feel bad. I'm going home for now."
Tomura stepped in front of her. "No, you aren't. We need everyone here; we cant' risk anyone finding us, especially now."
Himiko grit her teeth and did her best not to look at Izuku as she shoved past Tomura. "Fine, but I'm going to the back room. I'll fucking gut anyone who disturbs me."
Himiko slunk into the back room and collapsed on a cot there. She clutched her head and tried to breathe evenly as her memories ran rampant and shifted. She couldn't tell what was real and what was fake. Everything hurt, and she wanted to see Psion, but she also wanted to run up to the green-haired guy and hug him tight and never let go, and it was tearing her apart trying to figure out which feeling was genuine to who Himiko was.
Himiko groaned and curled in on herself. "I want blood. I wanna cut someone and be them."
Himiko continued muttering to herself quietly as exhaustion started to take its toll on her, and she fell into a fitful sleep.
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Hawks grunted as he kicked in the window of the apartment. His feathers flew from his wings and scoured the apartment only to find it abandoned. The number three hero clicked his tongue as he searched for any sign of Psion or Himiko. "Damn it."
Nezu's voice came in through the earpiece Hawks was wearing. "I assume they are nowhere to be seen?"
"No. It's empty. Psion must have run after the attack on your summer camp. I have to get back to my agency. Can I trust you to find some leads?"
Nezu laughed. 'If any leads exist, I will find them. Do not worry, Hawks, we will find Psion, and we will free Ms.Toga from the UHD and Psion's quirk."
Hawks huffed and headed to the window as his feathers reformed his wings. "We better."
Notes:
part of me thought this should be multiple chapters but also it felt like it didn't need to be. I mean the Summer camp attack is meant to kidnap people so you wouldn't want to stick around.
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