Sero burst through a final layer of trees and easily caught sight of a group of his classmates. They were fighting what Sero could only describe as the most disturbing villain he'd ever seen. The guy was using his teeth as weapons, growing them so long he could pretend they were stilts.

He suppressed a shudder as he ran to them. If he remembered correctly, this guy was moonfish. Or something like that.

Izuku said he was absolutely batshit crazy, resorting to cannibalism.

"Guys!" Sero shouted, trying to get their attention.

The group consisted of Todoroki, Bakugou, Tokoyami, Shouji, Uraraka, and Tsuyu. Only the last four spared Sero a glance, Todoroki and Bakugou were too preoccupied with the villain.

"Are you okay?!" Sero asked once he was close enough. Tsuyu and Uraraka looked a bit banged up, but the others looked relatively unscathed.

The brunette nodded her head once, looking back at the battle. It seemed Todoroki and Bakugou had it handled....

"Me and Tsu were attacked a little ways that way," she pointed further into the woods. "Some crazy blonde. She kept talking about blood." She shivered at the memory.

"Toga," Sero said quietly.

"Huh?" Uraraka asked, tilting her head slightly.

Sero sighed. He'd already told the Pussycats and a portion of his class, and it was just a matter of time before the rest found out, but he didn't have the energy to explain the full story again. "I know a lot about The League of Villains," was all he said.

She looked back at the battle. "Is that who these guys are?"

He nodded, looking back to see that Bakugou now stood on top of a passed out Moonfish. "Take that, you crazy fuck!" he yelled, kicking his side for good measure.

The whole group froze when they heard Mandalay's voice, courtesy of her quirk. "We've just been informed that they're after Bakugou," she said hurriedly. It sounded like she was going to say something else, but was cut off. Sero really hoped she was faring okay against the two villains back at camp.

All of the present members turned to Bakugou, wide eyed.

"What the hell do they want with me?" he growled, finally leaving the villain be. Sero had a few guesses.

"They probably saw the sports festival, thought you'd be the easiest to sway," Todoroki said a little too casually. Sero winced as Bakugou erupted into shouts.

Uraraka was actually the one to get him to shut up. "We don't have time to figure out why!"

The rest of the class went quiet and looked over at her.

"We need to get back to camp and the rest of the pros, it'll be safest for Bakugou and the rest of us," she explained.

Everyone nodded in agreement, although Bakugou seemed to want to go deeper into the woods. He just wanted to be able to beat people up without consequences.

It took them a little longer to get back to camp than it had taken Sero to reach them, due to the fact that they weren't running. They were too cautious and paranoid to risk running carelessly. When they finally made it back to camp, they took in the sight. Aizawa was fighting a black haired villain that Sero knew as Dabi based on the blue flames, but they watched as he turned to gray mush, only to reappear from around the corner. The Pussycats and the rest of their class were busy still trying to take down the two villains from earlier. Ragdoll was on the ground, not moving. Sero's breath hitched at the sight. The group from the woods rushed to help.

They all stopped dead in their tracks when a flash of green dropped from the sky, cutting them off from the rest of their class and effectively gaining the collective attention of the whole clearing. Everything came to a standstill as a small figure slowly stood to their full height.

A giggle came from the right, a blonde girl came skipping from the woods, the same black haired man from Aizawa's fight next to her, a man in a spandex suit following closely behind.

"Izuchan!" Toga shouted, running to his side. He lazily wrapped one arm around her waist as she grabbed his shoulder excitedly. "I got some blood!"

He darkly chuckled at her. "Good girl," he praised.

"Deku?"

Izuku slowly turned towards Sero's group, every eye in the clearing trained on the most dangerous player. His green eyes flashed as he took in the blond standing a few yards away.

"Miss me?" His smirk was dangerous and crazed, Sero barely recognized him.

Bakugou growled and started to stomp forwards. "You crazy piece of shit, nerd-" He cut himself off when Sero's arm shot out and stopped him from going any further.

All eyes were now on him as he couldn't take his own off of the green haired villain.

Izuku shot him a wink.

Toga pressed herself even closer to him, if that was possible. Sero watched how she giggled and leaned into his ear, whispering something. Izuku slightly turned to her, a wicked smile on his lips.

Sero scrunched his eyebrows together in confusion. "Iz, what the hell are you doing?"

From the gasps and stunned looks from everyone, but the villains, Aizawa, Iida, and Todoroki, Sero knew he'd shocked them all.

"How the fuck do you know Deku?" Bakugou shouted right next to his ear.

"Dated him," Sero said simply. More gasps.

"Dated? When the hell did you two fucking date?!" Bakugou exclaimed, looking like a cartoon because of how wide his eyes were.

"Like last month, now shut up," Sero hissed. He turned his attention back to Izuku, raising a brow in question.

"Visiting a childhood friend," Izuku said, moving his hand dangerously low on Toga's back, causing the girl to giggle wildly.

Bakugou took up talking to the villain as Sero seemed to be too stunned to speak up again. "Does aunty know what you're doing?" he barked, hoping for some reaction.

Izuku's eyes widened just a fraction, enough to tell Bakugou he'd hit a nerve. Good, he could work with that.

"Keep your nose out of matters that don't concern you," Izuku spat at him, his grip tightening around Toga's waist, causing the girl to frown slightly. She caressed his shoulder and whispered something to him, it seemed to calm him ever so slightly.

Faster than anyone could keep up with, Aizawa's scarf shot out to try and restrain Izuku, but the boy was even faster. He grabbed the captured weapon and looked lazily over his shoulder at a panting Aizawa.

"Is that really the best you got, Eraserhead?"

With a strong yank that required the use of One For All, Aizawa was pulled nearly all the way across the clearing. He ended up just a few feet in front of Sero and Bakugou, barely managing to stay on his feet. He was now face to face with Izuku.

Sero saw the slight tremor in Izuku's arms as he realized that Aizawa was canceling out his quirk. It reminded him of when Izuku was first punished by his father, the boy had mentioned that he'd taken his quirks away. He'd said how useless he'd felt at that moment. Sero's heart squeezed at the sight.

"What're you doing here, kid?" the pro hero asked, gaining control of his weapon again.

Izuku shifted his gaze between the teacher and his childhood friend. "I need Kacchan. Hand him over and we'll all get out of your hair," he said in a pleasant voice.

Sero and a few other students shifted to stand in front of the blond. He grumbled in protest, but everyone tuned him out.

The villain's eyes zeroed in on Sero now and the way he stood protectively in front of his target. He let out a low whistle at the sight. "Wasn't expecting that from you of all people."

Sero narrowed his eyes. "Did you seriously think I was just going to hand over one of my classmates?"

Izuku chuckled darkly and shook his head. "Of course not, Hana." Sero's jaw ticked at the nickname. "I just didn't think you'd care so much about him."

That's when Sero realized why the villains wanted Bakugou. They didn't want him because he'd be the easiest to sway. They wanted him for Izuku's own sick revenge for the bullying he endured as a child.

"Ah, now you get it," Izuku said in a soft voice. It was the most Izuku he had sounded since that night on the roof. The boy was tired, anyone could see that.

An idea sparked in Sero's mind. Albeit a pretty stupid one, but it was all he had.

He dropped into a fighting stance and cocked his head challengingly towards Izuku. "If you want him, come take him."