(Song: Opinions - CG5)

(Third Person P.O.V.)

Boom!

Boom!!

"Say goodbye!!!" The blonde screams angrily, thrusting his hand forwards. Explosions fly from his palms, and the pesky villains are thrown against a far wall. The force of the impact sends pieces of concrete flying around the room. Eijirou Kirishima blocks an incoming attack from the villain before him, the man's metal blade breaking in two upon collision with his rock-hard arm. He swipes his arm downwards, knocking the villain into unconsciousness with a determined roar. He steps back, panting, as he looks around the room. The sea of villains that was once so intimidating has been reduced to nothing. Every villain that dared to attack the two boys now lays against the fractured concrete, unconscious. 

"I think that's the last of these guys..." Katsuki Bakugou says, breathing heavily. His hand is still tensed up, ready to explode the face of anyone who moves. "Bunch'a weaklings."

"Alright," Kirishima says, turning around to face Katsuki, "Let's hurry and find the rest of our class. If we're both still in the USJ, then everyone else probably is, too. And not all of them have the offensive skills that we do. We gotta make sure they're safe, especially since we screwed things up when we got in the way earlier! If Thirteen had been able to suck up that villain, then we never would have been separated like that! We have to make it up to the others!!" He exclaims, throwing his hands to his sides. 

Katsuki turns around with a viscous glare. "You wanna track everyone down? Have fun. I'm gonna go track down that warpy bastard." Anger fuels his veins; it's that misty guy's fault he and Y/N got separated. And in such a pathetic way, too. If he had just held on...

"Huh?! Our physical attacks didn't hurt that guy!" Kirishima protests, "C'mon, don't be an idiot, man!"

"Shut up!!" Katsuki roars, stepping towards the redhead. "I'm gonna take him down because he's their way in and out! If I cut off their escape route, they'll be stuck here and have to pay for what they've done! We'll just have to figure it out--"

"Hope you had fun chit-chatting~!" A camouflaged villain launches himself towards Katsuki, rearing up for an attack. "Too bad you let your guard down--!!" 

Katsuki grabs the man by the head, startling him into deactivating his Quirk. An explosion flies from his palm and nearly fries the villain's brain. "Anyway," He growls, lifting his gaze towards Kirishima, "If all the villains are small fries like these guys were, then our classmates can handle 'em." The villain groans in pain as Katsuki slams him to the floor.

"That reaction time was insane!!" Kirishima says, awestruck. "Also... since when do you act so calm and rational? Usually you're all like, 'die, die, die'!" 

"I'm always calm and rational, you red-haired LOSER!!" Katsuki screams, giving the boy a deadly glare. 

"Yeah!! There you are!" 

"Ugh... Go find the others if you want to!" Katsuki snaps, straightening his gauntlet. He turns, and begins to walk away.

"Wait, hold up...!! I think what you're really saying, is that you believe in our classmates!" Katsuki abruptly stops walking. Kirishima's arms harden rock-solid, and he flashes his signature shark-toothed grin as he punches them together. "And that's thinkin' like a man, Bakugou!"

~~~

(Y/N's P.O.V.)

"Get your hands in the air, and no Quirks, got it?" The villain wearing a skull mask rasps, "Use your powers, and I'll kill your friend, here." He holds up the confused Kaminari, who still babbles like a moron without a clue as to what's happening. I whimper, and bite my nails, beads of sweat rolling down my face. 

"Kaminari's helpless..." Momo says quietly, gritting her teeth. 

"Damn villain... he totally caught us with our pants down," Jiro murmurs, glaring at the man. "I thought that electric blast would have fried them all... we're so stupid. How did we not see this coming??" 

"I feel a little brotherhood with other electric types, so I don't wanna kill him, but I will if you make me..." He lifts his hand, and bolts of yellow spread throughout his palm. Kaminari looks helplessly terrified, and his body begins to tremble. 

"A-An electric type... he's probably the one Todoroki said was jamming our communications..." Momo says as the three of us hold our hands up in surrender. 

"Huh... don't move a muscle," The villain says, moving towards us. "Let's take this nice and slow."

"Y'know, you two dudes are so lucky," Jiro says, grinning. "People with electric-type Quirks are destined for mainstream success." The villain stops, and deactivates his Quirk, looking quite confused.

"What are you doing??" I hiss. 

An explosion fires in the distance, close by. Hope fills my heart, and my tail perks up immediately. "Katsuki..." I whisper, my eyes expanding in surprise. The want to help, the need to help is overwhelming.

A hand on my shoulder catches my attention. I turn to face Yaomomo, who smiles encouragingly at me. "Go," She says. "We can hold our own." 

"B-But...!" I protest, looking at the villain. Momo gives me a hard push. 

"Go! You're more help there." She hisses, holding her hand up again. I hesitate, but nod.

Slowly but surely, I begin to run.

"Get back here!" The villain cries, turning my way. I ignore his command and continue to run, my aching feet slamming the ground. The pounding of my heavy footsteps echoes off of the rocky terrain around me; I try not to slip on the loose sand and dirt below me. "I said get back!" The sound of the villain's booming voice echoes throughout my head again, faint as it battles against the roar of my heartbeat. I duck behind a plateau of rock as a burst of electricity singes my hair, and begin to slide down a mountain of stone. 

My body tilts forwards and I tumble the rest of the way down, forcing up my scales as protection. Not all of my body is safe, however, as the jagged rocks below still manage to cut my face and legs. I soon come to a stop against the sun-warmed grass outside of the Mountain Zone, and let out a sob of glee. "I made it... I did it..." I stumble to my feet, and follow the sounds of explosions in the near vicinity. "I hope Yaomomo and Jiro will be okay..." 

I continue to run for what feels like forever, coming around the Landslide Zone, and running towards the central plaza. The explosions become clearer and clearer until I reach their source: Bakugou. He stands at the outskirts of the Ruins Zone, fighting off a villain. The evildoer falls, and Bakugou continues running, followed closely by Kirishima. "B-B..." I start, stumbling towards him. "Blondie!!" 

The boy stops, and turns, his red eyes locking onto mine. His fists clench as I dash towards him and wrap my arms around his neck in a brief, emotional hug. I nearly fall over as soon as I let go, however, and have to brace myself on Bakugou's shoulder. He scoffs, and shoves something into my hands with a roll of his crimson orbs. "Don't fucking die, you dumbass. Secure this better next time."

I look down at my waterbottle. The contents sparkle in the sunlight. I nod, and open it, taking a long drink. Instantly, I feel much better. "Th-Thanks," I say, securing the bottle onto my belt again. He shakes his head, and continues to run. Feeling a rush of adrenaline, I bolt after him, hurrying to catch up with the blonde hothead who heads straight for battle.

Bakugou and Kirishima are a short distance ahead of me, their footsteps echoing across the earth like thunder. The shouting of villains and students alike is audible now.

Kirishima skids to a stop just before he reaches the central plaza, his eyes scanning the surrounding area. "Aw, crap...!" He hisses, clenching his fists, "How're we supposed to get past that big blue guy?! He's got All Might, anything we do could--"

A panicked cry of anger pierces the air as a familiar green-haired teen leaps towards the pro hero, his arm outstretched towards him. The warp villain, Kurogiri, manifests in the blink of an eye. Sharp yellow eyes glow through the darkness and lock onto the boy. Izuku is unable to stop himself from falling directly into the warp gate, presumably to his doom.

"How foolish," Kurogiri hums as Izuku's hand disappears into the misty darkness.

Bakugou charges headfirst into battle without hesitation, anger plastered across his features. It's completely obvious what's happening here; Bakugou sees an opportunity. "Get the hell out of my way, Deku!" He screams, letting loose a fiery explosion. The force of the attack knocks Kurogiri out of the freckled boy's reach. Bakugou wraps his free hand around a strange, previously unseen piece of metal on Kurogiri's neck, pushing him straight into the ground with a cry of rage. Dust flies into the air around him.

The area drops in temperature as a sparkling sheet of ice covers the ground, climbing up and around the muscular henchman-villain's body like it has a mind of its own. "One of your poorly trained thugs told me you're here because you plan to kill All Might," Todoroki says, his voice cold like the ice he produces.

All Might pries the henchman's hands away from his body and uses the strength in his legs to flip through the air and onto safe ground. Dark red blood stains his white dress-shirt. For the first time in my life, I can see that he is not smiling.

With a cry of determination, Kirishima leaps towards the hand-covered villain, but sadly, misses. "Man, that was gonna be cool!" He whines, stepping back to avoid getting hit by any counter-attack the villain might throw at him.

Bakugou holds Kurogiri to the ground, his hand tightened around his strange neck armour and his knee dug into his back. "Guess I found your body that time, ya smoky bastard!" He laughs, seemingly out of breath.

"The Symbol of Peace will not be defeated by delinquents like you," Todoroki murmurs, anger smoldering beneath his stony expression. His hands, clasped into fists, show the barest amount of a tremble.

"Yeah, he's way too powerful to be defeated by you assholes!" I bark. My jaw tightens as my lips draw back in an angry snarl, fingernails biting into my palms as I clench my fists. "He's the number one hero, and you're just scum of the earth!"

"K-Kacchan! Everyone!" Izuku stammers. His mouth gapes open, and tears bubble up in his emerald-green eyes. He looks so relieved that we're here as if he didn't expect that we would be. He clenches his teeth and raises a hand to wipe away the tears that threaten to fall from his eyes. His entire demeanor changes when he lifts his arm away, his once fear-filled green orbs now representing determination and bravery in their finest forms.

With the minor villains unconscious on the ground, the henchman monster frozen in place, and Kurogiri held to the ground in Bakugou's deathly grip, there's only one person left for us to face; the main leader, supposedly named Shigaraki.

"K-Kurogiri," He rasps, looking to the smoke villain, "How could you let this brat get the best of you...?! You've gotten us into a real jam here..."

"Hah! You got careless, ya dumb villain! It wasn't hard to figure you out," Bakugou grins, placing pressure upon Kurogiri's neck, "Only certain parts of you turn into that smoking warp gate... you use that mist to hide your actual body as a kind of distraction, thinking that made you safe!! That's why we missed. But if you didn't have a body, you wouldn't be wearing this neck armour, right?! You're not immune to physical attacks if they're well-aimed."

With a pained growl, Kurogiri begins to move, his yellow eyes locking onto Bakugou. The blonde retaliates with a few quick (yet powerful) explosions, keeping him to the ground. Kurogiri groans in pain.

"Don't move!!" Bakugou growls, leaning in closer, "You try anything funny and I'll blow your ass up right now, you got it?! They'll be cleaning you up for weeks." He bares his teeth in a menacing, snarl-like grin.

"Oh, that doesn't sound very heroic!" Kirishima teases with a side-swept glance and a smirk.

Shigaraki stands quietly with his hands clasped together, his face hidden by the greyish-blue coloured hand that holds it. "They escaped uninjured and managed to capture my two strongest men..." He says softly, "Kids these days really are amazing. They make the League of Villains look like amateurs... can't have that." He turns to the monstrous villain protruding from the ground.

I follow his gaze, my eyes expanding, and look to Kirishima with scared eyes. "Nomu," Shigaraki says, the tone of his voice sending shivers down my spine. The monster screeches as it's muscular legs tense up, and his upper half begins to sink into the portal it previously emerged from. In my peripheral vision, Todoroki takes a hesitant step backward.

The villain, Nomu, manages to pull itself from the portal - though not all of it is intact. It's left arm and leg, the ones that our ice-wielding classmate froze, break apart from the rest of its body. It struggles to stand up, wailing in distress in some sort of strange language made of chirps and rough growls that don't even sound remotely human. The disability prevents it from standing, so it mindlessly props itself up with its remaining arm. It's beady eyes roll around in their sockets, searching it's surroundings, before locking onto my friends and me.

"How is that thing still moving??" I ask, my voice nothing more than a whisper.

"Stay back, everybody!" All Might cries, throwing one hand out to protect us. The remaining ice that covers what's left of the Nomu's arm and leg shatters as red, fleshy muscle begins to grow (seemingly from nowhere). It slowly molds itself into brand new appendages before the monsters muted blue skin-tone begins to cover the unsightly scene below it. "What is this?! I thought you said his Quirk was shock absorption!"

"I didn't say that was his only Quirk. He also has super-regeneration!" Shigaraki laughs, hiding like a coward behind his seemingly invincible creation. "Nomu has been designed to take you on even at 100% of your power! He's basically a highly-efficient punching bag that hits back."

"Fuck... It's like the one boss in the videogame that you just can't beat!" I hiss, gritting my teeth. My heart is thumping out of my chest.

"First, we need to free our method of escape," Shigaraki rasps, glancing over at the trapped Kurogiri, "Get him, Nomu."

A scream of protest immediately rips its way from my throat. "Bakugou!!" I shriek, throwing a hand towards the helpless blonde as the Nomu moves at lightning speed towards him. Bakugou turns to face the Nomu, wide-eyed, frozen in place as it raises a fist...

Boom!!

Dust, dirt, and debris flies everywhere as the Nomu throws his fist downwards as hard as possible. Izuku, Todoroki, Kirishima, and I are thrown backward by the force of the blast; it's almost as if All Might himself threw this punch. Dirt flies into my eyes without giving me any time to protect myself. A path is torn into the ground and reaches back to the concrete wall bordering the plaza and another section of the USJ before another explosion of debris rips through the air.

As the dust clears, I sit bolt upright almost immediately. I spot the Nomu, kneeling beside Kurogiri (with no sign of Bakugou in sight). Izuku seems to panic and screams, "Kacchan!!" at the top of his lungs. A coughing Bakugou sits frozen beside Midoriya, his eyes wide with shock. Midoriya turns to him, "Kacchan?! Woah, that's awesome, you dodged him!" he says.

Bakugou doesn't turn his gaze towards Midoriya. "Shut up, no I didn't, you damn nerd!" He mumbles, still staring wide-eyed at the dust that clears. He tilts his head down, gritting his teeth.

Trembling, I crawl over to him as fast as I possibly can and throw my arms around his neck. "Don't fucking scare me like that, you idiot!!" I cry, my chest heaving with each breath I take. The blonde stiffens up and tries pushing me away, growling something unintelligible. Finally, I release him, but keep my hands on his broad shoulders. "How did you even get over here??" I hiss angrily.

"Isn't it obvious?" Todoroki asks softly, turning to the barrier.

As the dust clears, All Might can be seen.

~~~

Publishing date: October 26th, 2019

Editing date: January 1st, 2020