Chào các bạn! Vì nhiều lý do từ nay Truyen2U chính thức đổi tên là Truyen247.Pro. Mong các bạn tiếp tục ủng hộ truy cập tên miền mới này nhé! Mãi yêu... ♥

Ch.13 Motivated By Protecting

Hailey kept pace with Todoroki, running beside him as they rushed away from the landslide zone after they learned the true nature of the villain's attack and how they planned to execute it.

"I know that we both had the same idea, but I feel like you owe me money for being right." Hailey teased.

"That isn't our main concern right now." Todoroki retorted, "Now that All Might's here, he's going to need some help."

"I just hope Mr Aizawa is alright." Hailey commented, still worried about their teacher.

Both of them saw All Might enter the facility, having received word of what was happening. Now he was fighting against a large muscular villain that seemed to be his match on physical ability and strength.

"Todoroki, let's separate so we can help from different spots." Hailey suggested as they neared the center of the facility, where the center of the chaotic battle was.

Todoroki nodded his and agreed, continuing to run straight, while Hailey broke away to the left side. She was able to find some debris that she could hide behind and evaluate the situation before acting. She didn't see Mr Aizawa, guessing that his classmates took him back to safety.

'That's a relief, that monster looked real tough. He's got All Might pinned awkwardly too.' Hailey thought to herself.

Midoriya had ran in blindly to help while Bakugou had the warp villain pinned down to the ground, and Todoroki made his presence known by trapping the muscular villain that had All Might pinned down with ice.

"I found your body this time, you smoky bastard." Bakugou sneered at the warp villain.

Hailey decided to jump in and help All Might from being further injured by the villain. Boosting herself into the air, Hailey aimed her feet at the villain's head and when making contact, created three boost wavelengths around her ankles and released them, pulling the villain from the portals and ripping skin his off of his lower torso.

"One of your lower league thugs told us that you planned on killing All Might." Todoroki stated to the villains.

Hailey landed on the ground and smirked confidently, "Pretty bad idea all together, if you ask me."

Kirishima then jumped out to attack the leader, but missed.

"Damn that was going to be cool." He cursed, disappointed that he didn't have a cool entrance like his peers did.

"The symbol of peace will not be defeated by deliquents like you." Todoroki added, as the students grouped together, ready to fight.

"Kacchan.. everyone." Midoriya muttered in awe at his classmates.

"Don't look so surprised, we're training to be heroes after all." Hailey remarked, staring at the leader.

The leader, who was referred to as 'Shigaraki' by the warp villain, turned to his pinned comrade. "Kurogiri, how could you let this brat get the best of you? You got us into a real jam." He remarked.

Bakugou described how he figured out that aiming at Kurogiri's neckguard was where Kurogiri was weakest, because it indicated where his body was.

"Don't move, or I'll blow your ass up and they'll be cleaning you up for weeks." He malicously threatened the villain he had at his mercy.

"Oh, that doesn't sound very heroic." Kirishima remarked, teasing Bakugou in amusement.

Shigaraki began mutteringing about how the students were making his league look like a bunch of amateurs. "Nomu." He called to the villain that Hailey and Todoroki previously dealt with to free All Might, who began to twitch. Once he stood back up, as if his injuries had not previously happened moments ago, his left limbs fell off.

"I could make a joke about how he looks 'all-right', but I don't think you guys would appreciate it." Hailey commented, her voice uneasy due to how freaked out she was from the scene before her.

"How is that thing still moving? He's all messed up." Midoriya inquired, just as surprised as the others.

"Stay back, everyone!" All Might ordered his students, standing to his feet.

Nomu's lost limbs remained on the ground, frozen, but his body regenerated new ones in replacement.

"What is this? I thought you said his quirk was shock absorption?" All Might questioned Shigaraki.

"I didn't say that was his only quirk." The villain smugly answered, "He also has super regeneration. Nomu has been modified to take you on, even at one hundred percent of your power. He's basically a highly efficient punching bag that hits back."

The heroes raised their guards, in hopes of preparing themselves for what was to come.

"First we need to free our escape method. Get him, Nomu." Shigaraki ordered his lackey.

"Oh shit- Bakugou!" Haileu shouted in panic as she realized what that order would entail.

But the Nomu was extremely fast the the reaction was so extremely powerful, that it blew away the students.

When the dust cleared, Nomu had reached Kurogiri who suddenly was was free, but the students didn't see Bakugou.

"Kacchan!" Midoriya gasped.

Hailey then noticed him behind them, "What the- hey, he's right here."

"Woah! That's awesome, you dodged him!" Midoriya exclaimed in amazement.

"Shut up, no I didn't, you damn nerd." Bakugou growled with a harsh glare.

"Does that mean that All Might-" Hailey gasped when she and the others saw All Might where Bakugou was supposed to be, more injured than before.

"These are kids and you didn't hold back?" All Might spat, grunting as he held his wound.

"I didn't have much choice, he was threatening my companion." Shigaraki argued.

Hailey rolled her eyes and scoffed at the villain, "Well that wouldn't have happened if you didn't come and attack us!"

Shigaraki continued his tangent about heroes having the right to violent means of doing their job.

"You're nothing but a lunatic." All Might defended. "Criminals like you; younalways try and make your actions sound noble, but admit it, you're only like this because you like it. Isn't that right?"

"We've got them outnumbered." Todoroki pointed out to his teacher and classmates.

"And Kacchan found the mist guy's weakness." Midoriya added, ready to fight alongside his classmates.

"These guys may act tough, but we can take them down with All Might's help." Kirishima chimed in, activating his quirk and hardening his forearms.

"And there in no way in hell that we're gonna let this man-child win with all his dirty little tricks." Hailey declared, activating three bright wavelength boosts around her wrists.

"Do not attack." All Might told the students, surprising them that he would try and disway them. "Get out of here."

"You would have been in trouble earlier of it weren't for me-"

"And me." Hailey interjected, glaring at Todoroki as he continued to protest.

"You need our help."

"I thank you for your assistance, but this is different." All Might insisted, trying to assure his students. "It's gonna be alright, just sit back and watch a pro at work."

"But you're too hurt! You're bleeding and almost out of ti-" Midoriya cried, voicing his concerns, but stopped at the sight of All Might showing them a thumbs up.

"Alright bossman, you got it." Hailey nodded to her teacher.

"Wait Hailey-" Midoriya gasped as he remembered something, lowering his voice so the villains didn't hear him, "Can't you use your other quirk to command Nomu? He seems to respond to the leader."

Hailey grinned, "Midi, you are a goddman genius."

"Did you seriously forget that you could do that, Shitty-selle?!" Bakugou shouted in annoyance.

"One last thing before we go!" Haileuy grinned then used her Voice Mimic quick to sound exactly like Shigaraki. "Nomu, rip your right arm off!"

To everyone's surprise, Nomu obeyed, ripping his arm off with his left.

"What?!" Shigaraki exclaimed, horrified that another wrench was thrown into his plans.

"Thought that would happen, let's see what else I can do!" Hailey smirked.

"Nomu, Kurogiri, kill All Might. I'll handle the children." Shigararki ordered the villains, glaring at Hailey.

"Nomu! Attack your leader!" Hailey commanded, mimicking Shigaraki's voice again.

"No Nomu! Kill All Might!" Shigaraki hissed at the villain. "I'll rip out your vocal cords, girl!"

Before Hailey could counter Shigaraki's command, All Might and Nomu's fists collided, the counterattack sent almost everyone flying.

"Dammit." Hailey cursed as she attempted to remain standing against the powerful force.

Waves of powerful wind kept pushing them away, as All Might kept countering Nomu's punches. His perseverance to keep fighting had everyone in a state of shock.

It inspired, as well as terrified.

But with one final punch with the screaming declaration of 'Plus Ultra', All Might defeated Nomu and won the battle. Nomu was sent flying into the sky, literally being launched through the walls of the facility and into the far off distance.

"Woah..take that victory in, boys. Because that's what a pro hero looks like." Hailey breathed in amazement.

All Might stood up from the smoke, commenting that how in his heyday it would have taken him five hits to defeat that villain, whereas today, it took him three hundred.

"Time to surrender, villains. We all want this over with." All Might said to the shaken up villains that remained.

Shigaraki in a state of panic, began muttering to himself and frantically scratching the skin on his neck.

'Wait, is that excoriation disorder?' Hailey noted her head at Shigaraki's behaviour. 'All Might better be careful if this guy has a compulsion disorder, he could get dangerously reckless if gets more impulsive from the stress.'

"This is intense." Bakugou commented before exhaling a breath.

"As expected, we aren't needed here anymore." Todoroki remarked, turning and beginning to walk away, Bakugou and Kirishima following.

As Hailey turned to follow, she noticed that Midoriya remained, his body stiffen and expression looked terrified.

"Hey, Midi, are you alright? We should join the others." Hailey suggested quietly. "We're all at our limit, so we should go."

Hailey felt a coppery taste in her mouth as she tasted blood dripping down from her nose, signaling that she was in fact getting close to her limit with her wavelength quirk.

But she didn't receive a response from her classmate. Instead, she stay with Midoriya and watched as All Might continued to challenge Shigaraki. But then the villain's behaviour turned erratic.

Kurogiri assured his leader that All Might was now on his own and alone, weakened so he'd be easier to defeat. Shigaraki agreed that it wasn't over. Some of the villain thugs that were previously dealt with were beginning to wake up again. Luckily, Todoroki, Bakugou and Kirishima didn't get far and they readied themselves for more fighting.

"I'm sure All Might can hold his own with those two guys." Kirishima exclaimed to his classmates, hardening his forearms again.

"Yeah, let's make things easier on him." Hailey agreed, readying herself to fight, despite how she admitted to feeling the consequences for using her quirk so much.

"Roselle, you're reaching your limit." Todoroki noted, noticing the blood dripping from her nose.

"I'm fine." Hailey assured, wiping her nose with her sleeve, "Can't make a quirk stronger if you don't go beyond your limits."

"Midoriya, will you be joining us?" Todoroki questioned Midoriya, who was still staring at All Might.

"You can toy with All Might for a moment, Kurogiri." Shigaraki suddenly said, then stared at Hailey, "I want to make sure we don't have anymore problems in the future." With that, he started running towards the group of students. "Consider this revenge for Nomu!"

"Rosie, get out of here, you're at your limit and he's after you!" Kirishima shouted, "We can hold the thugs off!"

Hailey shook her head, "I pissed him off, I'll lead him away." Hailey argued, charging three boost waves around her ankles, ready to take off. "The less to deal with, the better, right?"

But before she could take off, a gust of power from Midoriya using his quirk to launch himself between Kurogiri and All Might, made Hailey lose her sense of balance and stumble, releasing her to jump off to the right. The blast pushed and rolled away from the group as she fell onto the ground, heaving as she became aware of how exhausted she was.

Hailey looked up from the ground to see Shigaraki standing over her in a taunting way, her arms shook from overexertion as she tried to lift herself from the ground.

Shigaraki moved his hand towards her face, as he kneeled, knowing full well that she no longer hand the energy to fight or even stand.

Was this the end? Would the villain really destroy her vocal cords so that she could never speak again or use her quirk? Or would he kill her as a more permanent solution? Hailey could only grit her teeth as her fate was decided.

In a split second a bullet went through Shigaraki's hand, causing him to retract it and scream in pain.

"Sorry everyone, I know we're a bit late, but I got the teachers over as fast as I could." Principle Nezu announced as he and the other pro heroes made their presence known.

Quickly, the heroes disarmed the villains and knocked them bad unconscious, all but Shigaraki and Kurogiri, as they were able to escape with a portal that was created by the warp villain.

Kirishima rushed over to Hailey and helped her stand on her wobbly feet.

"Yo Rosie, are you okay?" He asked in concern, as he supported her.

""m fine, Kiri." Hailey answered, holding her head as it began to ache. She then took notice of Midoriya, who also laying on the ground from where he landed from jumping in the way either. He struggled to make any movements.

Hailey rushed out of Kirishima's arms and towards her friend. She didn't think to be mad at him for his actions earlier, not believing him pushing her was intentional.

"Midi are you alright?" Hailey questioned, then saw his legs bent in an awkward way, "Nevermind, your legs are broken and you're crying! Does it hurt a lot?"

"R-Roselle wait!" Midoriya sputtered in a panic.

Hailey gave him a look of confusion before Cementoss created a large wall that separated the two of them.

"Hey! Why this?!" Hailey yelped and turned to the pro hero.

"For your own safety, young lady." He answered, "Go join the rest of your classmates at the gate and leave the injured to us."

Hailey huffed and nodded her head, "Okay."

"C'mon Rosie, you look like you need to sit down." Kirishima suggested, once again, offering to help support her wobbling form. "Unless you need some healing."

"I just have a bloody nose and some scrapes, let's go join the class." Hailey assured to her friend.

"Here, I'll care you over to the bus." Kirishima offered, concerned that she wouldn't be able to walk on her own.

Hailey wanted to decline his offer, but she didn't have much faith in herself for walking far on her own. "I-If you're sure, Kiri. I don't know if I can make it too far. Kinda wasted my energy all at once." She weakly chuckled.

Kirishima grinned, "No problem at all, Rosie!" He then swept her off her feet and ran over to catch up to Bakugou while carrying Hailey in a one person lift.

Exiting the building, they joined up with their classmates where the authorities gathered to arrest the villains that remained. An officer counted all of the students, making sure they were all accounted for and that no one else was injured.

"Rosie, are you sure you don't wanna go to the infirmary?" Kaminari asked, as Hailey requested that Kirishima put her down due to everyone staring at her.

"Yeah, I'm good, just overworked myself and relied on my quirk too much, just goes to show that I have more work to do." Hailey assured her friend with a smile. "It was a good thing that Todoroki was in the same area as me, I don't think I could've taken on all those thugs by myself, his quirk is scary cool!"

"I was there too, Roselle! You were an amazing fighter, sorry I didn't help out much, I was more focused on hiding." Hagakure exclaimed.

Hailey blinked as she immediately felt guilt rush over her, "Oh my gosh! I knew I felt someone else around there! I'm so sorry I didn't realize it was you." She apologized profusely.

"Don't worry about it! I didn't want to get in the way of you and Todoroki, you two make a good team." Hagakure assured.

"A good team, huh?" Hailey muttered and looked to her classmate in question, his back was toward her and he was separated from the group.

"Let's go ahead and get these students back to the main campus." A detective instructed another officer, "They've been through a lot, we don't have to question them right away."

Hailey then remembered about her teacher and looked to the detective with concern, "Hey, what ended up happening with Mr Aizawa? Is he okay?"

The detective reached for his phone, dialing a number and asked the surgeon who had already taken him to a hospital to be treated. The surgeon explained that their teacher's bones in his arms were splintering and he had some facial fracturing, luckily there was no brain damage. But the doctor wasn't sure if Mr Aizawa would be able to use his eyesight until he woke up.

A cold chill ran down Hailey's spine as she heard the news, her eyes watered as a new feeling of guilt weighed on her. If only she had insisted on helping him take down the main villains, if only she had remembered to use her voice mimic on Nomu earlier, if only she were a smarter and stronger hero - no, she wasn't a hero yet and today showed that.

Thirteen, All Might and Midoriya were also going to be okay, which offered a small bit of relief to Hailey. She followed her classmates onto the bus to return to class.

"Goddamn I need a tissue." She grumbled as she wiped the blood from under her nose once again.

Bạn đang đọc truyện trên: Truyen247.Pro