*(Y/N) POV*

Seeing my big brother walking through those doors made my fear dissipate.

We were seven to three, now, seeing as the other remaining villains didn't seem to want to get involved. I could see Dabi just standing against the wall, his arms folded across his chest with an indifferent expression. Toga was slowly sidestepping her way towards the exit, hands clasped behind her back as she tried to make a break for it.

Seven to three.

"Aizawa Shota. You're the one who corrupted my daughter...correct?" Slate tilted his head to the side and his neck cracked loudly. "You look so much like your mother..." That tone. That sick, sadistic tone. It was painful to hear, and I knew it was the same for my brother, who nearly froze on the spot.

"Kids..." Aizawa breathed out shakily. "...never speak a word of what I'm about to do..." Everyone just nodded stiffly, too scared to speak, but I was cemented to the spot.

Don't...don't do it...it's what he wants...

"I'LL KILL YOU!" He sounded like Bakugou as he charged forward, teeth bared and eyes glowing red. Everything happened way too fast. One moment he was racing towards Slate with murder on his mind, then the next, he was slumped against the far wall with crimson dripping from where his goggles once sat.

"Sh..Sho..." Both Kaminari and Bakugou had to hold me back from racing toward him, and we all felt a sickening chill run up our spines as that dreaded, manic laugh filled the wide, open space.

"Th..that was too easy! I'm not even impressed!" Hyena threw his head back and laughed, shaking his hand, which he had used to slash out at my eldest brother. "Hey, daddi'o? Get out of here...I'll hold back the wannabe little shits, 'Kay?!"

Our attention barely had enough time to shift to my father, who was now already at the far door with Memai.
"Fine. Do not disappoint me, Hyena." He said with a lot smirk before the door slammed shut, blocking our view.

"Purple shitty hair, take (Y/N) and get out of here! Thunderdunce and I will deal with the fleabag, and you all g-"

"I'm staying." I cut him off with my guttural whisper, and he shot me a shocked glare.
"I think the fuck not, Street Rat! I'll-"

"I said...I'm staying. This is my fight. You can all stand with me if you want to, but I don't reccomend it. Either way, I'm not running away anymore..." I was through with listening to others, and I was through with listening to my own self-doubt. I had to fight my way through three of my worst nightmares, Hokuto, Memai, and my father. There was no other way.

"Fine. If this is what you want, we won't hold you back..." Kaminari touched my shoulder gently, and an overwhelming amount of static charged through my body. "We'll go after Slate. Try to buy some time and keep him from escaping...just...d..don't go and get yourself k...Don't get yourself killed!" His hold tightened slightly before he pushed away, racing towards the closed door.

"That better be a promise, Precious!" Kirishima gave me a toothy grin as he and the others started off, except it didn't manage to reach his eyes. Bakugou remained at my side, staring straight at my opponent. I knew even if I begged him, he wasn't going to leave me.

"Kacchan...protect Shota. Please..." I said through my teeth, refusing to meet his eyes. "Don't interfere."

"F..fine...but what about the patchwork creep?" He muttered as Hyena began to circle us.
"He...won't...do anything..." I said before nudging him away from my flank.

I hope...

"This one's finally to the death, Creature Feature! Isn't that exhilarating?! Maybe I can make a slip'n'slide out of your blood!" Hyena's face contorted into something that would only ever be found in a truly disturbing hentai.

His euphoria was sickening, but it also hurt, because I knew that it wasn't the real him.
"Well, maybe I can save you..? Wouldn't that be an interesting turn of events?" I asked as I rolled my shoulders, preparing myself for battle. He ignored me as he yanked out a fresh pair of gloves from the hind pocket of his pants and slipped them on with a yawn, flexing his now leather-clad fingers.

"You can try...that's the fun of it! But we all know you'll just lose control and kill me if you're able, and that's what really makes me twitch!" It was on. He rushed towards me with wild eyes, his speed barely giving me enough time to dodge his swinging claws.

I need to think rationally about this! I can't kill him...he's my brother...and heroes don't kill...but...how can I reach him?!

I activated my erasure, just so I could diffuse the strength of his jaw, but I knew it wouldn't hinder him much. He was like me, after all. Off the scale.
"Aren't you sick of Slate controlling you?!" I grunted as I delivered a kick to his back, barely sending him a few inches off course. "Don't you wanna think for yourself?!"

"Why would I want that?! Daddy knows best! But..." I yelped as he grabbed a fistful of my hair, twisting it around his wrist and forcing my head into the marble floor. "...you seem to have gotten yourself some new daddies...hmmm?!" I could almost feel how tense Bakugou was, even though he wasn't in my line of sight.

I didn't want to lie to him, but I also didn't want him to know just how intimate I had gotten with Kaminari.
"H..Hokuto..." My hair began to creep up his arm like sentient vines, acting like a tourniquet so his veins popped up beneath his tanned skin. "I'm...not leaving you behind! If any part of you is left inside there...just...hold onto that, okay?!" Those final words made the villain falter. For a single moment, I thought I saw a fraction of his humanity break through.

"...just...hold onto that, okay?"

Those were the words he had spoken to me all those years ago, in that dank, dreary cell. That could be one of the keys to get him out of the mental cage he was trapped in now. Using the opportunity, I flipped our positions, pinning him to the ground with my hair still coiled around his right arm.
"Fuck...I never took my Creature for a dom..!" Hyena cackled as he stuck his knee up, raising me a little off his thighs.

N..no...just...no...

"Imai Hokuto, just listen to me! Don't you remember how we always spoke about a normal life as a family?! You, me...and see that man over there?! The one you knocked out?! My other brother! Remember?! I said he could be your brother, too! That can still happen!"

In my urgency, I had activated my serenity, on top of my erasure. I could feel my body growing more and more exhausted, and we hadn't even been fighting for five minutes. I had to break through as quick as I could. His muscles were feeling considerably weaker beneath me, but he still kept up that smirk of his.

"All I remember is death. Beautiful, sensual death!" He snickered, bucking his hips up in a sharp movement; forcing me to slip down onto his abdomen, and using my hold on him to yank me down almost too close to his face. "Nothing else matters to me. You and I were born for a life of death. Isn't that fucking beautiful?!"

The violet glow around us intensified as I became desperate. I could hear Bakugou yelling from the sidelines, but I appreciated that he stayed away. This was something only I could do.

I only have this one chance!

"No! It isn't beautiful, Hokuto! It's sick! R..remember how we used to scratch little drawings into the walls?! W..with that little piece of concrete we found?! Y..you drew that l..little puppy dog! Th..the one that looked like it was half lizard?! Y..you got so grumpy when I wouldn't stop laughing at it!" My tears dripped down onto his face, and his eyes grew wide, twitching with each second.

"I'm...not Hokuto..." He growled, teeth baring in threat. My eyes hurt from using Aizawa's quirk, but I wasn't willing to let the opportunity slip. I was getting somewhere.

"You are! You are, you are, you are! Imai Hokuto! You're a little dense...a..and you like to crack jokes all the time...i..in the wrong situations, b..but you're also selfless and brave! Just remember, you asshole! Give me my brother back!"

My forehead rested against his rather roughly, and I let my eyes close. There was complete silence. The only sound I could hear was the deep, laboured breaths of the man beneath me, and the pathetic sniffs that escaped from myself.

"G..get away from me..." He whispered suddenly, pushing against me.
"Hokuto, just remember!" I pleaded, fighting against him to stay close. I felt weak, and I was no match for the final shove, flying off to the side and hitting the ground with a loud ooff.

"I SAID GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME! F..FUCK! GET THE FLEAS OUT OF MY FUCKING HEAD!" I couldn't make myself move as I watched him. He flailed on the ground, as though something was burning him from the inside out.

The sharpened tips of his gloves tore at his head and skin, and I realised that, with his last, fierce push, the large chunk of my hair had remained wrapped around his wrist, hanging limp and dead. I hadn't even felt it, and that was a bad sign.

I could've lost control so easily...but...

"I'LL KILL YOU! FUCK, I..I'LL KILL YOU! AND YOU! ALL OF YOU! I'LL WRAP YOUR ORGANS AROUND MY NECK AND HANG MYSELF! I'LL SERIOUSLY FUCK...FUCKING KILL YOU!" My chest seized as Hyena screamed, blood drizzling from his mouth, where he was nearly halving his own tongue. I moved to reach him, but a warm hand came down gently on my shoulder.

Not hot, just warm.

"You can't do anything. Go find the other brats and stop them from getting killed. I'll stay here and keep an eye on the fleabag and ol' crusty eyes." I looked up and met Dabi's eyes, staring for a long while before giving him a hesitant look.
"Wh..why did you stay? We're...not exactly on the same side..."

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, YOU PUZZLE-PIECE FUCK?! GET YOUR HAND OFF OF-" I yelped as Dabi rolled his eyes and sent a warning shot of blue flame to Bakugou's feet, making him leap back as it faded out into a scorch mark on the floor.

"I told you before. Instinct. Besides, us monsters stick together. Just go. I won't kill your brothers...just this once, got it?" He gave me a lopsided smile and I nodded once, starting off towards the doors. "Oh, but remember...next time I see you...I'll probably have to kill you."

"Yeah...ditto..." I mumbled, only stopping when I reached the closed door. "Katsuki...stay here. You're injured..." The ashen blond behind me scoffed at my order, reaching around and placing his good hand on the handle.

"I ain't staying here with...him...I can still fight, and I'll fucking win...cuz you're on the line...you dumbass..." He muttered, refusing to look at me. I knew his eyes were full of doubt and worry, just like mine, but his pride stood in the way of him admitting it.

"We...may not make it out of here alive, Kat...Kacchan. That was easy...too easy. I think it's part of Slate's plan. He's got hell in store...and once we walk through these doors...it could be the end for us..." I swallowed, staring at the polished silver handle. "...Are you sure you're willing to risk it all?"

I yipped as something smacked me in the back of the head, and cringed as I heard Bakugou hiss with pain, obviously having used his broken limb.
"Are you shitting me? I'm a hero! My f..." He paused, taking a deep breath to compose himself. "My friends are in there, and even if I wasn't a hero...even if I was as pathetic as Deku...I'd follow you to deaths door, then I'd take your place. That bastard has a storm coming, and there's no way he's prepared for it!" I could hear my heart drumming over the pained screeches of Hokuto, and my fists balled at my sides.

What did I do to deserve you?! To deserve Kaminari?! Kirishima, Todoroki, Shinso?! Shota?! I don't deserve any of you...but...but...

Putting on my bravest face, I smiled up at Bakugou.
"I...really love you. All of you. Let's do this! Together!" I announced as I placed my hand over his on the handle.

Together, huh? That...may just save us in the end...

***Rewrite Edit: This plot gives me a migraine.***