Alarms from startled cars blared behind Gigantomachia, symphonized soon by the sound of police vehicles arriving at the scene, their alarms creating an atmosphere of panic and concern. All of this only made worse by the giant's mad roars.
Toga watches with a maniacal grin before steeling her resolve. "That's my cue people, this is gonna get the blood flowin'!"
"Be careful! I hope you die!" Twice shouted in confusing unison..
"Make sure you don't screw up, there's someone I want to speak to." Dabi said, uncaringly.
"Pfft. Please, as long as I don't run into him…" Fire reflected into her eyes, making her excited expression all the more prevalent. "Everything will be fine."
Without a second word, she jumped off the side of the tall building, going head-first into the first tree she saw down. In an impressive acrobatics-like move, she grabbed on a branch and used it as a way to shoot herself forward.
With a veteran's look, she managed to dart from tree to tree. UA was quiet as she launched herself over the wall, her arrival went unnoticed under the already blaring alarms coming from UA. She ran until she landed right at the entrance of the class 1-A dorms.
Gently opening the door, she successfully infiltrated the dorms, her heart beating quickly, her crushes were so close... *Step 1, complete. Now, we wait.*
Momo and Eri.
"Roaaaaaaar!" An ear-shattering roar from Gigantomachia woke up the two sleeping girls with a scare.
"W-What was that?" Eri asked, a mix of fear and drowsiness in her voice. It felt like the building was shaking. And she only knew of one person who could do that.
Momo jumped out of bed and ran out onto the balcony. She felt her heart drop when she saw the view before her, a massive monster of a human tearing his way closer to the dorms, fire illuminating his silhouette, the screams of police sirens overpowering the shouts of the bystanders.
*Dammit, this soon?!* She felt a hand touch her leg which managed to break her out of her stupor. Momo turned around to see Eri clutching her blanket to her chest, looking up at Momo with wide eyes. She could see the reflection of the chaos in the young girl's eyes.
"Eri, here." She kneeled down and grabbed the blanket, wrapping it around her and positioning herself to hide the destruction from view. "Look at me, it's just some bad guys causing a scene, they won't be able to hurt you ok?"
This did little to calm the girl due to the fact that Momo herself didn't look too sure, but she nodded nonetheless.
*BAM!* The door burst open, causing Momo's heart to practically jump out of her chest.
"Eri! Momo!" Luffy shouted with worry, he wasn't sure they were safe with the amount of fear radiating from them.
"Lu!" "Mister!" They shouted, Luffy could feel how they both calmed in his presence.
"You guys are safe!" Luffy said with a breath of relief, his demeanor calming.
"Lu, is it who I think it is?" Momo asked worriedly.
Luffy caught a glance of Eri's face, opting to wait to answer, he walked over to Eri, and placed a hand on her light blue hair.
"Don't be scared, I'll protect you from the monsters." He ruffled her hair and her eyes welled with grateful tears.
"Luffy." Momo hissed quietly as he pulled Eri into a hug. With Eri's face now on his shoulder he nodded up at Momo. She sucked in a gasp.
"Alright." Eri murmured, pulling away and wiping her face of tears. "What if it's O-Overhaul?" She whispered. Luffy locked eyes with Momo and she nodded.
"It might be, but even if it is, I'll beat him up like I did last time." Eri closed her eyes and shook her head, before turning and burying her face in Momo's pant leg.
"I'll look after her, don't worry about us, just focus on them." Momo pointed to the fiery destruction out the window.
"I got it!" Luffy agreed confidently before exiting out the door and rushing down the staircase, he trusted Momo's ability to protect her. He narrowed his eyes, he needed to teach these guys to stay away for good.
"...Do you…" Eri muttered, looking out the door. "Do you think he'll win?"
"Of course, I haven't seen him lose." Momo kissed the brow of Eri's forehead.
Living Room.
Toga was quieter than a mouse, her breaths didn't leave with a sound and she slunk through the shadows of the dorm. She eyed the surrounding furniture with a quiet jealousy. It didn't feel fair, but that was the whole reason she was part of the league. After scouring the downstairs, she deduced Eri must be somewhere else in the building. She was about to make her way upstairs when she saw a shadow coming around the bend at the top of the stairs.
*step, step, step, Step, Step.* A series of quick footsteps, each one louder than the last, were heard. Toga, as quickly as she could, leapt to hide behind the sofa.
Toga quieted down her breathing and listened to the less than rhythmic thumping of someone coming downstairs.
*Step, Step, Step, STEP, THUD! *
Her heart rate picked up in excitement, maybe if she was lucky she would be able to pick one of the little brats off. That was until she heard their voice.
"Does something smell?"
She barely had half a second to be offended before she registered who was talking. It was Luffy. A series of flashbacks played in her mind. Her excitement slowly turned into anxiety. A pit of butterflies started to form in her stomach.
*Is that who I think it is?* Toga thought in a mix of anxiety and fear. *Fucking animal!*
*STEP, STep, step. *
She had never been more thankful then she was now of her past on the streets. Learning to subdue her presence is, as far as she sees it, saving her life right now.
*Step, Step, STEP, STEP.*
"Where is that coming from?"
Toga's hand tightened around the hilt of her daggers, fear causing her throat to choke up. She glanced upward and had to hold back a squeak of shock, seeing the brim of Luffy's hat hovering above her. She was seconds from plunging her knife through his throat when-
*ROAAAAAAAAAR!*
"Ahg, I can't waste time here, Momo and Eri are counting on me." He turned, *STEP, STEP, Step, Step, step, step, step, step, step, step, step.* From where he was practically beside her and rushed out the dorm door, leaving a befuddled Toga staring at Luffy running away.
Aizawa's POV
"I knew it, I knew it, I knew this would happen." Aizawa kept mumbling to himself as he sprinted across the U.A. halls, panting lightly as he made his way to the source of all the havoc.
Fortunately, Aizawa is something of a night owl, so he managed to arrive at the scene of destruction first, that being the cafeteria. The glass along the entire right wall lay in a heap on the ground, part of the wall above it clawed and crumbling away as it lost its stability. Aizawa narrowed his eyes as two blurry, smoke-covered figures made their way through the demolished wall.
From there appeared two of our villains, Overhaul and Redestro.
"Eraserhead, what an honor." Overhaul said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Honestly, I was expecting you, but the CEO of a major support company? I'm surprised." Aizawa's eyes flashed red, his scarf hovering around him like a snake poised to strike. He glanced out of the holes in the wall, seeing the raging monster outside. "I'm assuming he's with you? How many more of you are there?"
"Don't seem so surprised, I have to say, for a man of your reputation, you seem awfully underprepared." Redestro sneered as the mark on his head enveloped his entire body, growing several times bigger than before.
"He's just trying to buy time, don't let him distract you." Overhaul warned, quickly slamming his hands onto the ground.
In a blink, two spiked columns of concrete erupted behind Overhaul. Racing towards Aizawa. He was quick to use his quirk on Overhaul, stopping the stalagmites.
"You really do have an erasure-type quirk, how vile." Redestro charged at Aizawa.
Aizawa refocused his attention on Redestro who instantly shrank in size and tripped over his own feet at the sudden change, he let out a shout of fury and glared daggers at the hero. Yet since Aizawa's attention was redirected, the spikes from before reappeared underneath him.
Aizawa was barely able to dodge being skewered as the spike shot high into the air creating a massive concrete arch that curled back, accelerating for his chest.
Using his scarf he launched himself onto the arch and locked eyes on Overhaul instead, causing the spike to once more stop in its tracks, much to his frustration. Aizawa grabbed his knife from his belt, but before he could even think about using it the arch crumbled underneath his feet. Crushed by a massive sludgy brown hand.
Redestro had managed to hide from Aizawa's sight right from under him and reactivated his quirk, destroying the spike. Sending Aizawa right down towards his arms.
He reacted quickly and jumped on Redestro clenched fist, backflipping off and giving himself more distance. Midair, he managed to get both Overhaul and Redestro in his sights, halting their quirks. He flung his scarf out and it wrapped around Redestro's arm in an iron grip.
Flicking the scarf like a whip, Redestro couldn't do more than watch in abject horror as he was unceremoniously flung directly at Overhaul, who managed to leap out of the way. Redestro was not as lucky, and slammed into the wall. To Aizawa's dismay, he pulled the scarf off his arm, and simply wiped the dust from his suit.
*I can't fight these guys forever.* Aizawa's eyes darted between the two, if that slam didn't do anything, then he knew he was at a significant disadvantage.
"Is it sinking in yet?" Overhaul's voice cut through the brief silence. Redestro made his way over to the yakuza's side. Aizawa's eyes twitched with the desire to shut.
"Just how powerless you are in the face of the inevitable?" Overhaul seemed relaxed, not in any rush. As if he already won the fight. It filled Aizawa with a sense of unease.
Resdestro grinned, and just then the roar of Gigantomachia could be heard, his heavy footsteps storming towards the door. Aizawa stared as his massive clawed hand gripped the edge of the building. The giant stared at Aizawa with his empty eyes.
"Die!" Redestro yelled, triggering action from the giant. His massive hand pulled backwards, its inescapable horror prominent.
Aizawa knew if he went down, then all of their future fights would likely be impossible to win, his quirk was a cornerstone in battles where Luffy didn't K'O. And if he died here, there was nothing he would be able to do.
Aizawa's eyes darted around, looking for any chance of escape. When he heard a familiar voice.
"Gomu Gomu no-" Luffy's booming voice came from behind him, he launched out from above the building and with two giant haki covered hands trailing behind him at blinding speeds. It looked like Aizawa's time wasn't up yet.
"Grizzly Magnum!"
The outstretched palms slammed into Gigantomachia's hand, forcing it to fly back and nearly take him with it. The giant lost his balance at the sudden assault, and let out a thunderous roar of confused rage from outside the cafeteria.
Luffy crashed through the ceiling after that move, and seeing Overhaul and Redestro from above, prepared his next assault.
"Gomu Gomu no Twin Stamp!" True to his monkey name Luffy latched onto the ceiling, and using his momentum and a fair amount of haki infused chanclas, hitboth Redestro and Overhaul straight in the head with his two feet, implanting them in the ground before they had a chance to react.
Luffy dropped from the ceiling, directly in front of a recovering Aizawa. Who was currently shooting daggers at Luffy. "I don't know if I should thank you or scold you."
"Hehe, sorry not sorry, they nearly got you." Luffy said while scratching the back of his head, then went back to glaring at Overhaul and Redestro as they slowly struggled out of the holes Luffy put them in. "They're after Eri, aren't they? "
"We can discuss the specifics later, for now, help me deal with this." Aizawa said quickly, putting some eye drops in his eyes. "Can you check for the league of villains?"
"You mean the hand guy?" Luffy said before pausing for a brief moment. "He's at… He's at the dorms! With some other guys! I gotta go help them!!"
Aizawa grabbed Luffy's arm before he could even move to help the others. "No, if we don't stop these guys here…" Aizawa said as he watched the villains rising up from the floor, murder in their eyes. "We'll all be in way more trouble. So stay here!"
"Damn it!" Luffy knew he was right, yet his chest filled with unwelcome anxiety that he quickly pushed aside, opting to trust in his classmates instead.
"Don't worry about them, They're strong, stronger than I give them credit for. Focus on defeating these villains so we can get to the dorms." Aizawa doesn't know if everything will be okay, he doesn't even know where the other teachers are, but he had to get Luffy's head straight.
"Yeah." Luffy focused, eyes narrowed and muscles tense as a wave of spikes rumbled towards him. "Let's beat their asses!"
Bakugo's POV
U.A Dorms.
A few minutes ago, Bakugo had a rude awakening. It would be difficult for anyone to avoid waking up with all the police sirens, fire alarms, and huge explosions. But the final straw was undoubtedly his wall disintegrating, which took the legs of his bed with it and made it break underneath him.
"ALRIGHT, I'VE HAD IT! WHO THE HELL IS DOING ALL THIS DAMAGE!?" Bakugo yelled, jumping out of his hole in the wall only to see the villain from his nightmares.
"IT'S THE MOTHERFUCKING HAND GUY!" Bakugo, very nicely, decided to announce to everyone within a mile-wide radius. Another thing Bakugo decided to do is fly straight at him to deliver a massive explosion with his right hand
*BOOM! *
"Look guys! It's the kid we tried to recruit! I didn't want him in the first place." Bakugo's eyes landed on Twice, and he was surprised to see he wasn't the only guy Shigaraki decided to bring.
"Shouldn't you be nicer to your former recruiters?" Dabi sneered, ignoring the huge explosion, which the sleep deprived Bakugo certainly didn't catch or act upon.
Dabi's nonchalant attitude was made apparent as Shigaraki's undamaged and hand-covered face appeared from behind the smoke of Bakugo's explosion , and his hand went straight towards Bakugo's face. "Brat, that almost hurt."
Bakugo managed to narrowly dodge the hand and went with an unusual kick to Shigaraki's face, making a handstand. The kick was again dodged, but Bakugo didn't let up, soon a whole barrage of kicks were sent to Shigaraki, most of them being dodged or blocked.
*Huh? Why is he trying to kick me so much? I thought his quirk came from his–* Shigaraki's thoughts were cut short.
"Watch the hands, dumbass!" Bakugo said as he jumped using his hands and delivered a massive explosion straight to Shigaraki's abdomen, sending the villain flying.
As the villain landed Bakugo could have sworn he heard Shigaraki say, 'damn all those surgeries.' but he didn't have a chance to consider it as Dabi quickly reacted and sent a massive fireball towards Bakugo, one that would've engulfed him in flame if not for-
"Heaven Piercing Ice-Wall!" Todoroki showed up in the nick of time to encapsulate Dabi's fireball in ice causing an explosion of steam to wash over Bakugo instead.
"Boom boy! Are you okay?" Todoroki asked without his usual coolness, his voice laced with worry.
"I'm fin– WHAT'D YOU JUST CALL ME?!" Bakugo was not liking the fact that Luffy's nickname seemed to catch on. "And what the hell took you so long?"
"I was trying to get in touch with a teacher." Todoroki ran to Bakugo's side. Noticing Dabi getting closer with a strange grin on his face. WhileTwice ran over to Shigaraki with worry. "But I couldn't connect to any of them."
"What kind of ambush is this? It's like they're trying to scare us." Bakugo said, unusually calm for his personality, small popping explosions from his palms betraying his true emotions. "What are the other idiots doing?"
"Some are trapped under the rubble, the others are trying to help them." Todoroki said and allowed a thin layer of ice to cover half of his body. "We're alone for now."
"My, My, What a great honor! I've wanted to talk to you for a while, little Shoto." Dabi looked genuinely excited. His fist enveloped by blue flames.
"That's too bad because I've got nothing I want to say to you!" Todoroki prepared himself as more and more ice started to creep over his body.
"But why not? We've got so much in common!" Dabi said as he launched a fireball at him.
Thankfully, Todoroki managed to block it with another ice wall.
"Don't be shy now, let's use our true firepower in this fight!" Dabi's expression seemed almost deranged, ferally excited even., seemingly forgetting about Bakugo's existence. Constant fire and constant ice collided with each other. It looked beautiful in a twisted way that none of the Todoroki's were ready for yet.
*Tsk, It's so hot.* Bakugo said as he prepared to flank Dabi. *Where the hell is that nerd?!*
Momo's POV.
"It's okay, Eri, everything's going to be alright." Momo said as she brushed Eri's hair, trying to calm the poor girl from all the explosions and quaking. Momo's room luckily wasn't affected by Shigaraki's quirk.
*knock, knock.* Two quick raps on the door, heavy, nervous breathing behind it. Eri looked at Momo in worry, but Momo gave her a reassuring smile and moved towards the door.
She gently opened the door, finding none other than Izuku. "Midoriya? What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be out there?"
"Normally I would be, but–" That's when Midoriya saw Eri. "Oh, thank goodness!" Izuku let out a sigh of relief, he gestured Momo forward so he could whisper in her ear. "I want to be out there, but I found out that the villains are after Eri, so I ran here as fast as I could." Momo nodded, confirming it.
"I know, Luffy ran out to fight already, I'm staying with Eri." She assured, Izuku nodded. "I saw him running downstairs, but that's not important right now, right now we need to get Eri someplace safer." Izuku opened the door wider and crouched down to Eri's level.
"Hey Eri, it's going to be okay." He smiled, then looked back up at Momo. "C'mon, we need to get to the bunker, now." Momo's eyes widened, she hadn't heard about a bunker.
"What do you mean? A bunker?" She asked. Izuku nodded urgently. "It's below the dorms, All Might told me about it after we saved Eri just in case." He explained, "He might not want us to fight, but with Eri safe we can focus all our energy on defending this place!" He urged, Momo didn't have the luxury to argue as the ground rumbled and shook. She could sense a massive presence nearby, but her haki felt scattered, it was hard to focus on how many life forms there were right now.
*KABOOM!* A massive explosion, probably from Bakugo, shook the whole building even more.
"Look! We don't have time to waste! You can come check up on Eri later, but they need us out there!" Izuku insisted. Eri fidgeted, looking from Momo to Izuku with wide eyes. Izuku crouched down and quietly said, "C'mon Eri, I know the way to the bunker, you'll be safe with me." Momo felt relatively confident in his idea and shook out her nerves.
"Right, okay… okay, okay, you're right!" Momo agreed, and moved towards the door, motivated by all the chaos going on outside and Izuku's plan, but Eri's hand stopped her.
"S-stop! I want to go with you!" Momo stopped, looking at Eri's fearful eyes made it incredibly difficult to leave her behind. "It's not safe Eri, Izuku will get you to the bunker and you'll be fine there." Momo's heart clenched even as she said it. Eri didn't seem fully convinced, her tearstruck eyes didn't help Momo.
*Luffy.. How'd you make this decision so easily?* She closed her eyes and heart to this decision, she had to.
"Oh Eri, don't worry. She's going to help the whole school and she can only do that if she knows you're 100% safe." Izuku said with a sweet tone, Momo nodded as Izuku looked back at her.. "Don't worry, I'll take good care of her."
"W-well, if it's going to help other people, then it's f-fine." Eri damn near cried as she said that. She let go of Momo's hand. "I'll be safe with him, you can go. He's a hero after all, he'll protect me."
"That's right, Eri!" Izuku grinned. Another shake of the building with a *Roar!* from Gigantomachia put the nail in the coffin for Momo.
"Yeah, you're right. Be safe, I promise I'll be back." With a determined expression, Momo turned to leave the room. Every step only got heavier and heavier.
"Okay Eri, I'll give you a piggyback ride, so just hang on tight." Izuku said as he turned to Eri and stretched out his hands to grab her.
"You can trust me."
In the blink of an eye, so brief it was barely more than a shiver, Momo felt it. A pulse of pure, raw, unadulterated bloodlust. The kind that turned her blood cold and made the hair on her neck rise in warning.
Not even thinking about it, she quickly made a metal bat in her hand and swung it at Izuku's temple from behind.
Izuku, catching Eri's startled expression, barely managed to dodge in time. With an impressive flip, he landed on the other side of the room, his grin faltering as his face began to slip, literally melting into clay puddles on the floor. His voice grew softer, higher, and unnervingly feminine. "Was it the bloodlust? Ah, sorry~ couldn't resist! You know how it is."
"Himiko Toga." Momo spat out the name like a curse. a pang of guilt hit her, she almost gave Eri away to the villains. She'll use that guilt to steel herself.
"In the flesh! Well, my flesh now." Toga said as she brought out two handy dandy knives.
"Was this your plan? Use the other villains as decoys to kidnap Eri? Why? Is she that valuable?" Momo said, trying to buy as much time as possible for her to make some items.
"Sorry, cutie, can't spill the beans on our evil plan." Toga said as she started to charge forward. "But don't worry, you won't be alive long enough to make a difference."
Momo created a gun and began shooting at Toga, who annoyingly jumped, flipped, and dodged every shot. "Eri! Run!" But Eri was frozen in shock.
*Bang! Bang! Bang!* With every shot missed, Toga moved closer and closer.
"Here's a quick tip I learned while out on the streets!" Toga said as she continued to dodge the shot with the precision of an Olympic gymnast. "Never pull out a gun in close quarters!"
Toga managed to quickly close the distance and was able to tackle Momo to the ground, impaling both of her arms with her knife. "They just make you an easy target~, Oh my, look at all that blood!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAHG!" Momo yelled in pain as she felt Toga's knife scrape against her bone. Toga pinned Momo to the ground, cowgirl style.
"Momo!" Eri screamed in fear.
"Don't worry, little one. The league has a whole bunch of plans for you!!" Toga taunted, a vile grin on her face as she sneered at Eri. But that ended up being a mistake.
When Momo heard Toga's taunting words, her blood boiled. She seemed to forget about the knives buried in her forearms as she flexed her muscles, she could feel the movement of the knife, but she paid it no mind. Momo launched her hips upwards, throwing Toga off balance and getting her head in close. With a shout, she launched her forehead into Toga's jaw. Causing her to cry out in pain "OOOOW!" and fall off of Momo. Momo struggled to her feet and wiped blood from her face.
"You stay away from her!" Momo hissed with fiery rage behind her glare and words.
Toga heard the sound of Momo's quirk activating, so she hopped to her feet. It turns out the thing Momo was making was a net launcher, with a blast the net shot forth. Not wasting any time, Toga pulled out one of her knives and managed to cut the net mid-air.
But the net turned out to be a distraction, as Momo quickly followed up with a metal bat to Toga's stomach, making Toga almost throw up her dinner.
*ACK!*
Toga heard the faint sound of Momo crafting another weapon. *Not this time!* With a twisted smile, she drove her blade just barely above the kneecap, the knife hit bone, the shock forcing it out of Momo's leg immediately causing a thin stream of blood. Her leg immediately grew limp, and Toga licked her lips, "Like a little newborn fawn, you won't fight much longer like that." She grinned.
Momo gritted her teeth, and with lightning-like speed, she grabbed Toga's arm and yanked her forwards, at the same time, she dove forward, landing another fierce headbutt into her mouth, causing her teeth to crack. This sent Toga reeling back while spitting out a couple of her teeth. Both of the girls were panting heavily, both high on adrenaline, and both bloodied up.
"You know, from what I'd heard, I expected something… different." Toga teased, twirling her knife lazily in Momo's direction. "An elegant style, maybe. Refined. But you no, no, no, you fight like someone clawing to survive." She tilted her head, a glint of admiration in her eyes. "Almost makes me nostalgic."
"Every fight is for survival–"
"No! NO! See, that's what you don't get!" Toga sneered, forming air quotes with her fingers. "That's what's wrong with this whole 'Hero' society. There are those who fight to survive and those who fight just to fight. And what do these so-called 'heroes' do? They lump everyone together, slap on a 'villain' label, and I'M the one who pays the price! What a sick joke."
Her voice grew venomous, her eyes blazing. "These 'Protectors of the People' are so quick to say, 'Oh, of course she's evil, just look at her!' They treat me like some wild animal, like it's MY fault I was born this way! Like it's MY fault I love the way I do!" Himiko Toga words were stopped by her own pants, this topic exhausted her to no end. "...So, don't talk to me about survival as if you've got half a clue what it means."
"You're right! I didn't grow up like you did, I didn't have to fight to live the way I wanted, I don't know what you went through!" Momo heaved, "but I know that hurting people, even if you love them, is wrong! I can't let you hurt the people I care about just because you can't control yourself!"
As the tense silence settled, Momo reignited the fight, hurling two knives at Toga while charging forward. By coincidence, or intent, Toga mirrored her, throwing two knives of her own and lunging straight at Momo. Clink! Clink! The knives, each set of knives hitting the other, clattered to the floor, and Toga took advantage of Momo's injured leg, and in a quick sweep, Momo's leg buckled, sending her crashing onto her back.
In an instant, Toga straddled her, aiming not for her hands but straight for Momo's throat, her knife moving at lightning speed. "Let me teach you a little something about survival!" she sneered.
Momo's observation flared just in time, she caught Toga's wrist. Locked in a fierce struggle, a sudden idea struck Momo. Still gripping Toga's wrist, she quickly generated a handcuff that snapped shut around Toga's hand.
"Huh?!" Toga gasped as Momo smirked, using the moment to snap the second cuff onto Toga's other wrist. In a swift move, Momo kicked her off, sending Toga stumbling backwards into a drawer. Scrambling to regain her footing, Toga didn't notice her cuffs catching on the drawer's knob.
"What the he—" Toga's curse was cut short as Momo, summoning all her remaining strength, kicked her squarely in the face, breaking her nose and knocking her out cold.
There was a tense silence.
Panting heavily, Momo called out. "Eri? Eri! Where are you?!" All her energy focused on keeping her standing, she couldn't focus enough to use her observation.
"I'm here!" Eri called out from under Momo's giant bed. "I-Is it safe?"
"What?! Are you under the bed?!" Momo limped over to the side of her bed just in time to watch Eri come out. "Didn't I tell you to run?"
"I tried to, but all the fighting made it really scary to get to the door, and also I was really scared that you might lose, a-and also I didn't want to be left alone!" Eri almost broke out into tears but was calmed by Momo's soothing and bloodied hand.
"Shh, shh, it's okay, I'm not going anywhere." Momo tried to hug Eri the best she could without getting all her blood on her.
"B-but, what about her?" Eri said as she pointed her hand at Toga.
*Mhmm, I can't let her leave my sight but I also can't abandon Eri…* Momo thought as she made some bandages for her injuries. "We'll stay here with her."
"Really? But what if she wakes up? You're b-bleeding." Eri voiced her very real concerns.
"Don't worry." Momo said in a calm, steady voice. "I'll sedate her so that she won't wake up until much, much later.." She glanced back towards Toga's unconscious body.
"R-Right." Eri said, feeling reassured just as Momo finished bandaging herself.
"Good, good. Now stay here while I make sure she can't go anywhere." Momo said as she started to move towards Toga.
*I think that's going to be the biggest hurdle of my night, I wonder how Lu's doing.*
Luffy and Co.
Cafeteria.
"Dammit! This is taking forever!" Luffy was incredibly frustrated. On one hand, he had Aizawa helping him, on the other, it was pretty hard to fight while a giant monster was trying to crush him every other second.
"If you have time to complain, then you have time to fight!" Aizawa shouted, dodging another wave of spiked concrete. "Why don't you transform if it's that annoying?!"
"..........Oh yeah!" Luffy slapped his forehead in a real eureka moment, he figured he could beat them without it, but the quicker the better. Luffy jumped over another barrage of spikes and concrete before launching himself significantly further away from the fight and he closed his eyes.
"Is this it?!" Redestro shouted, regrouping with Overhaul.
"It has to be, don't drop your guard and don't get in my way." Overhaul confirmed Redestro's suspicions, admitly with more attitude then he would have liked. He was curious to see this kid's quirk in true action..
"Come on heart!" Luffy said as he started punching his chest like a silverback gorilla. "Let me hear that beat!"
*This is it.* Overhaul thought, summoning thousands of needle point spikes in preparation. And sharing a knowing glance with Redestro.
The quiet beat of a drum soon turned into a roar, Luffy's body sparked with conqueror's haki, and a bright grin overtook his face. His hair became white and cloudy, his clothing losing its color as he laughed, the whole area enveloped by a rhythmic beat, and then-
*BOOOM!* A sudden surge of black and golden lighting shot out from Luffy's body. A blast of haki so powerful, it parted what little clouds were in the night's sky. "AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"Doom Dut Da Da! Doom Dut Da Da! Doom Dut Da Da!"
This massive burst of conqueror's haki was enough to send to two villians to their knees, gritting their teeth at the sudden onslaught against their will, their vision flickering in and out. but it didn't seem to have the same effect on the giant, who roared with newfound anger.
Luffy's new form turned the ground to rubber, which made it especially difficult for Aizawa to balance, not that Luffy minded, bouncing around like a fool.
*I rewatched it countless times when he fought All for One, but it's completely different in person.* Aizawa thought as he tried to navigate this bouncy castle that Luffy had created. "Go deal with the giant villain, and I'll take care of these ones!"
Aizawa wasn't even sure Luffy had heard him, but he quickly moved towards Overhaul and Redestro, he was going to attempt to restrain them if he could, before they overcame Luffy's haki.
"Sure!" Luffy readily agreed, and with a bounce in his step, he jumped straight to Gigantomachia's level.
A Nearby News Helicopter.
"Come on, come Yawn… on! We have to get there faster!" The news reporter lady yawned as she tried her best to put makeup on without smearing her whole face due to the helicopter's movement. The helicopter was moving swiftly towards U.A. "Of course, they just HAD to invade at night, and they just HAD to call me! The only one who was sleeping. Ugh, I hate this job."
"Yeah, yeah, I know what you mean." The cameraman said as he focused his lens on the news reporter, he then whispered, "by the way, we are live, so be careful of what you're trying to say."
"Y-You!..." The lady couldn't even say anything as she hid her cosmetics as fast as possible and scrambled to her microphone. With a heavy blush, she turned towards the lens. "Good evening citizens, I will be your reporter for tonight, and we are here at U.A. High where we can see multiple villains attacking the school. Can you zoom in, please?"
The camera panned towards the school and zoomed in on Gigantomachia's raging form, and a smaller figure darting around the monster.
"Gomu Gomu no–" A booming voice echoed from the warzone.
*Why does that sound familiar?* The reporter thought, and her question was quickly answered.
"Giant!" Quickly and exponentially, Luffy's body began to grow, quickly eclipsing the nearby buildings, becoming as big as Gigantomachia himself. The two glared eye to eye. A grinning and a growling giant face off. "This should be big enough. Let's do this."
"Doom Dut Da Da! Doom Dut Da Da! Doom Dut Da Da!"
"That's him! The mysterious vigilante that appeared a couple of months ago!" The reporter said excitedly, seemingly forgetting about the cameraman's earlier antics. "This is big news! But what's happening to the ground?"
Gigantomachia let out a roar fueled by rage, he charged at Luffy who grinned. The monster lunged as he got close and Luffy darted out of the way with a laugh. Falling backward onto the ground making it stretch downwards around him, leaving everything not directly connected to the ground suspended in midair.
"H-Hey! What's going on?!" The reporter shouted, and as Luffy launched himself back into the air like a trampoline, every trash can, car, rock, bag, piece of rubble, and more importantly, person, skyrocketed around him. Gigantomachia held strong, his massive hands digging into the rubbery ground, glaring up at Luffy who laughed in the sky.
"Why am I getting deja vuuu-!" The reporter shouted as the helicopter narrowly avoided an incoming car.
Aizawa
"Doom Dut Da Da! Doom Dut Da Da! Doom Dut Da Da!"
Aizawa wasn't having that great of a time. He wasn't able to tie the villains down before they managed to withstand Luffy's onslaught of haki, leaving him in a face off with the two villains. They couldn't even make any witty one liners before the entire building began to bend and bounce under their feet. Launching them away from each other.
*Dammit Luffy!* Aizawa thought as he tried his best to shield his head just in case something slams into him. *Wait, the villains!* Aizawa panicked as he unshielded his head and started to look around for them.
He managed to find them, but not before getting hit in the face with a giant rubbery piece of concrete. The best way he could describe it is imagine if you got hit in the face with a water balloon while also being in the world's bounciest bouncy castle.
For the record, the villains weren't faring a ton better, since they were having just as much trouble shielding themselves.
*Dammit! Shigaraki didn't tell us he could turn into a giant!* Overhaul cursed, starting to adjust to the new bouncy environment. *But this is good, he showed his trump card early.*
Thanks to Overhaul's quirk, he managed pretty easily to stop ricocheting across the place by making a small platform on the floor. *Good, now to find—Oh, you gotta be kidding me.*
"Overhaul! Stop this!" Redestro found himself in a similar situation as Aizawa, unfortunately for him however, he wasn't able to get any kind of grip and just bounced around like a fool.
*I'm gonna ask for a bigger cut after this.* Overhaul thought as he tried his best to grab Redestro and not kill him.
Bakugo, Todoroki and The League of Villains.
A couple of seconds before Luffy's Giant transformation.
"Aww, poor Shoto, too scared to use your flames?" Dabi sneered, his fire attacks relentless. Though they missed Bakugo and Todoroki, they left massive scorch marks and set nearby trees ablaze. Bakugo had his hands full fighting Twice and his many, many persistent clones. His grin widened. "C'mon, don't fight your heritage, Shoto!"
"Don't call me that!" Todoroki snapped, anger flaring within him. It wasn't every day that villains attacked his school or that a pyromancer targeted him specifically. But there was something more, something unsettlingly familiar about Dabi's flames that gnawed at him. *No, don't let his taunts get to you. Just hold out until reinforcements arrive. That's all I need to do.*
"Don't be like that! After all, I know more than anyone how much of an asshole Endeavor can be." Dabi said, baiting him.
"What the hell are you talking abou–"
"Doom Dut Da Da! Doom Dut Da Da! Doom Dut Da Da!"
"OH MY GOD, HE'S HUGE!" (That's what she said. Sorry.) Twice exclaimed in pure fear as he drew everyone's attention to the Giant Luffy that seemingly spawned out of nowhere. All of his clones of either Dabi or Shigaraki stopped as well to look in wonder at Luffy. "I've seen smaller." (That's what she said. Sorry again.)
"What the hell is that rubberfreak doing?!" Bakugo yelled out as he landed near Todoroki. It's a good thing the villains stopped, he was starting to get overwhelmed by Twice's clones and Shigaraki's decay.
"Also, can you take this shit a bit more seriously?!" Bakugo spat out as he glared daggers at Todoroki. "Why the hell are you only using half your quirk when I'm busting my ass fighting two guys?!"
"I don't know, something's different about this villain–" Todoroki's explanation, which would've done nothing to calm Bakugo down, was interrupted as the ground beneath their feet seemed to disappear. As they looked down they noticed it didn't disappear, it only stretched down like a trampoline, leaving them suspended in midair.
"Oh, what the fu–" Bakugo's swear was interrupted as the ground snapped back at blinding speeds, launching everybody there high up into the sky, reaching heights far above the dorms.
Now this was bad for everyone, except Dabi and Bakugo, since they were the only ones that could fly. The rest, well…
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHG!!!" Twice screamed to the top of his lungs as he thrashed all around with his eyes closed. "THIS IS WHY I HATE SKYDIVING!!!"
Shigaraki and Todoroki didn't scream as they fell down, they were too cool for that. But they both had their own ways of dealing with this.
*Shit!* Shigaraki's monologue of internal cursing was only interrupted by the frantic need to find something to grab onto. He did his best to not throw his hand and legs in every possible direction, but even that was difficult.
*Damn it, was that Luffy?! * Todoroki thought as the wind whipped around him while he fell, the sound roaring in his ears. He barely managed to stop spinning in midair, getting an eye on the only two people who could fight in the sky.
*Hmm, so this is how it happens, huh?* Todoroki accepted it fairly easily as he approached the ground. *Well, I lead a pretty good life… Nah, who am I kidding, I definitely did not have a good life but I did have A life, so there's that, I guess…* His mind wandered to his family. *Mom, sister, brother, I love you. Dad… your redemption arc hasn't started yet, so yeah, I still hate you.*
Dabi watched as Shigaraki and Twice fell to the ground. "Idiots."
"DIE!" Bakugo didn't waste this opportunity and went straight for Dabi, unleashing a massive explosion right into Dabi's side. "Kaboom!"
"Brat, why don't you go pickup the other trash?" Dabi hissed in annoyance and took a look at his burned up arm and right side of his torso.
"Ha! If you think they'll die from that, you're an even bigger idiot than they are." Bakugo proudly said. As soon as he finished that sentence, Shigaraki, Twice and Todoroki hit the ground, only for it to stretch once more, and they were launched right back into the air. "See?"
"Huh?" Twice said as he opened his eyes and made eye contact with Dabi. A moment later, he started to fall again. "NOOO! NOT AGAIN!"
"We're not going down that easy, and TODOROKI! GET IT TOGETHER!" Bakugo demanded.
Dabi, borrowing a move straight from Bakugo's playbook, unleashed a massive, fiery blast. Bakugo managed to just barely dodge, but a sharp pain tore through him as he glanced at his hand, now raw and blistered with burns.
"AHG!" he growled, gritting his teeth against the pain.
Dabi smirked, a cold, calm menace in his voice as he advanced, blue fire flickering ominously in his left hand. "We're not done yet."
Momo, Eri and Toga.
A couple of seconds before Luffy's Giant transformation.
"Hey big sis, Momo?" Eri asked as she looked out the balcony at U.A.
"Yes sweetie?" Momo couldn't stop the grin from coming to her face as she heard Eri call her big sis. She had just finished tying and bandaging Toga up.
"Wasn't it cloudy before?" Eri asked as she looked at a clear full moon. "Also, why are you taking care of her when she tried to hurt us?"
"Well, everybody deserves to be healthy." Momo answered as she approached her on the balcony.
"Even the villains?" Eri asked, without any hate, just curiosity.
"Even the villains, yes." Momo was surprised how a child like her, having gone through so much, can still act so innocent. "Also, I don't know if there were any clouds to begin with, but with how many quirks there are, I'm sure somebody must've done some– LUFFY?!?"
"Doom Dut Da Da! Doom Dut Da Da! Doom Dut Da Da!"
"Huh?! Where?" Eri asked confusedly as she looked around. She didn't see Luffy, also who was that giant guy dressed in all white?
"Oh no, this can't be good. Get inside, quick!" Momo panicked as she basically shoved Eri in the room, following her closely behind and shutting the door to the balcony.
"But why? And where is Luffy?" Eri asked but didn't receive any answer as Momo was laser focused on the other giant outside.
*Luffy, isn't it too early?!* Momo looked wide eyed as Luffy dodged Gigantomachia's attack and began to fall.. "Eri come here!" And slam into the ground.
Since Aizawa and co. were in a building on the ground, they mainly had to deal with the bouncy aspect of it. Being high up in an apartment was like being at the top of a giant jelly tower in an earthquake. So, not only did Momo have to deal with Eri, Toga, the bounciness, the small room and tons of objects flying everywhere, she also had to deal with the entire top of the building flinging back and forth, causing the walls to cave in and out. So yeah, you could say she had her hands full.
"AAAAAHG! What's happening?!!!" Eri screamed as she hugged Momo as tightly as possible. Being stuck to Momo was the only consolation she could find as she was assaulted by furniture, clothes, walls, and sometimes Toga's body.
"Just stick tight!" Momo yelled as she was holding onto Eri and trying her best to fish for Toga in all that chaos. Man, she was glad that she shut that door, god knows what could've happened if they were launched outside.
At one point, Momo and Eri came face to face, literally, with the door to the balcony, which was made out of glass. It was a pretty surreal experience for both girls as they watched the ground coming closer and farther away. Momo never wished as much as she did then for a piece of glass not to break.
Izuku.
"Doom Dut Da Da! Doom Dut Da Da! Doom Dut Da Da!"
"What's happening???" Izuku said out loud as he held on to dear life to a doorknob. He, along with every other student, had a very rough awakening, he was fortunate enough to be on the side of the dorms where Shigaraki's decay didn't reach him.
He wanted to join the fight, but as soon as he opened the door, he found Ojiro trapped under the rubble. Swiftly rescuing him, they heard another cry for help and another and another.
Before Luffy turned everything into a bouncy castle, he was trying to rescue Jiro along with some of his classmates. The classmates that weren't trapped under the rubble or helping him rescue his other friends were outside, fighting other villains from Redestro's group.
Fortunately for him, Luffy turning everything to rubble made it pretty easy to help Jiro, who had her leg stuck under a fallen drawer from an upstairs room.
Unfortunately for him, he also had a hard time actually getting to Jiro and helping her for the exact same reason, it's not exactly easy to move around while the entire building is fighting you every step of the way.
Back to Luffy.
"Doom Dut Da Da! Doom Dut Da Da! Doom Dut Da Da!"
As Luffy crashed back into the ground he sent rippling waves in every direction, Gigantomachia was a pillar of unmoving force, glaring at Luffy who just smiled back..
The ground became bouncier, Aizawa, Overhaul, Redestro and pretty much every other person inside the building started bouncing once more. They were lucky they didn't bounce far enough to a place that wasn't rubber-ifed.
Bakugo and his group continued their fights as if nothing had happened, as did most of the heroes and villains fighting.
Momo was doing everything in her power to not vomit her dinner on Eri and on the whole room while cursing Luffy out in her mind.
Elsewhere, the news helicopter managed to demonstrate some pretty impressive maneuvering skills while warning everybody to evacuate within a 1 kilometer radius. (Half a mile. - AS)
"Now I'm ready!" Luffy said as he watched the giant monster run at him. "Bring it on! Shishishi!"
Gigantomachia charged at him with shocking speed, Luffy met him head on as Gigantomachia got a grip on his shoulders, his hands digging into his rubbery flesh, Luffy holding him back in the same way. Luffy dug his feet in even as Gigantomachia forced him back. Luffy grunted with effort, letting go with his right hand and clocking him in the face.
Gigantomachia grunted in pain and retorted, opening his mouth, he dug his teeth into Luffy's shoulder, piercing his skin. Luffy yowled with the pain and in this brief moment lost his grip on Gigantomachia.
The giant wasted no time and slammed Luffy into the ground, massive ripples exploding outward from the impact. Gigantomachia towered over Luffy and let go of his shoulder. He slammed his palm into his fist and raised it over his head, intending to two hand slam his fists into Luffy's face. Luffy's eyes bugged out of his head.
Before Gigantomachia was able to hit him, Luffy twisted his hands into the ground as support, then twisted his feet and legs together in a corkscrew, pulled back, and slammed them into Gigantomachia's stomach. Launching the giant off of him and into a building.
"Take that! And.."
The building acted like a slingshot and shot Gigantomachia back towards Luffy who slammed his fist into Gigantomachia's face and him into the ground, his fist punching through his face.
"Take THIS!" Luffy shouts.
There was a moment of stillness, and Luffy tilted his head to the side. "Is that it?" As he said this he felt a ping against his observation haki and two fangs suddenly stab through his fists, blood spurting out from the wound. Luffy grits his teeth, eyes wide in shock. "A twist?!" He announces. He looks over at Gigantomachia's hands as massive claws burst out of his fingertips. His arms race forward from either side. Intending to either grab him or stab him. Luffy grins and starts to pull away but is stopped, his hand is still held in place by Gigantomachia's new fangs. Before he can think to stretch away from him, Gigantomachia's claws wrap around his torso and he stands.
Luffy was lifted into the air and he let out a shout as Gigantomachia bends backwards and suplexes him into the ground. The entirety of the ground bends underneath him again, nearly quadrupled as far this time.
If the first impact caused the bouncy castle mania, then this second impact caused a bouncy kingdom calamity.
And if Bakugo reached the top of the dorms the first time, then this time they were well above the non-existent clouds, to the point where it was getting hard to breathe.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH! A PLANEEEE!" Twice yelled so loudly he damaged his voice. "SHIGARAKI! DABI! HELP MEEEEE!"
The people who were trapped in the buildings were definitely having a harder time now. It's hard enough as it is dealing with Luffy's reality bending shenanigans, but now they also had to deal with it being dialed up to eleven.
*I feel like puking.* Aizawa thought as he desperately tried to hold in what little was left of his dinner.
The villains weren't faring any better. The kids in the dorms had it the worst.
Momo would've liked to put all of them in a metal cocoon to somewhat help, but there's only so much you can do while being in a jelly tower in the middle of a 9-magnitude earthquake.
It's hard to say if the kids on the lower floors fared better or worse. On one hand there's a lot less jiggling, on the other there was a lot more of everything, more kids, more rubble, more explosions outside, more steel bars hurling at them, yeah they were basically jelly but they didn't know that.
Luffy had just about had enough with this giant. After the suplex, he was launched high into the air and out of the giant's grip, Gigantomachia staring up at him with fury radiating off of him and Luffy's blood dripping from his mouth.
Luffy lands back on the ground with a thud. The rubber tensing around him, supporting him. Gigantomachia digs his claws into the ground, looking almost confused that he's still alive. And begins tearing his way to Luffy. Luffy holds up his hands into fists and begins bouncing on his feet like a boxer. Throwing out feint punches and gesturing him forward.
"C'mon! Let's finish this!" Gigantomachia roars and brings up his claw to swipe at his torso. Only to have Luffy's cartoonish fist slam into the right side of his face and throw his head to the side. As he falls that way, a red boxer glove slams into the left side of his face. Gigantomachia grunts in pain, blood spurting from his jaw. And suddenly, A barrage of quick fire punches to his gut, jaw, everything just wail into him, distorting his body.
Luffy laughs as he punches with the gloves he wears, (Where'd he get those?!) they start to burn hot, red hot. With a punch to Gigantomachia's nose Luffy reels back, swings his arm in a circular motion, and gives him a knuckle sandwich. Sending Gigantomachia flying to the air.
He watched the giant approach the apex of his hurtle and as he came down, Luffy prepared his final move. He put his hands in his usual 'bazooka' stance and stretched them back, and back, and back, and back. VERY far back.
No, no, I don't think you understand HOW far back.
"Oh god." Aizawa said as he watched Luffy's hands go back.
South Korea.
"헉? 저게 뭐야?! 우리 쪽으로 다가오고 있어!" A guy with an engine for a head exclaimed as he watched two giant hands go above and beyond them.
China.
"那是一只鸟吗?" A Chinese woman questioned with wings for arms said.
Iran.
"آن یک هواپیما است؟"
A little girl from Iran with a plane propeller for a nose said.
Romania.
"Nu, sunt 2 măini gigantice! Să-mi trag palme dacă am mai văzut eu așa ceva." A guy said as he finished robbing a bank. (man, it's nice to write something in my mother tongue. - AS)
Back to Japan.
"This should be good enough." Luffy said as his head did a 180 degree turn to look at his hands which stretched into the horizon.
"What the fuck…" The reporter lady gawked as she watched all this tomfoolery unfold before her very eyes.
Gigantomachia was only a few dozen feet away from Luffy before Luffy said.
"Gomu-" Luffy's hands started to retract fast, faster than the human eye could process.
*Boom! Boom! Boom! B-B-B-Booom!* Sound barriers were broken and mach 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 was achieved. "Gomu no-"
*B-B-B-B-BOOM!* Another couple of sound barriers boomed in the horizon and a fiery glow started to emit from Luffy's arms. Mach 13 was achieved.
"Booming Dawn Bazooka!" First, it was the explosion. Luffy's hands impacted Gigantomachia with such a force that it looked as if a megaton explosion went off. If it weren't for Luffy taking the brute force of the impact and the natural rubberiness that has taken over the area, this whole place would've been obliterated.
Second, it was the sound. The sound that the impact caused can't even be put into words so just think of it this way, deaf people could hear it. (Uh huh - HM) Then came the aftermath. Gigantomachia had been defeated.
Gigantomachia was gone. Nowhere to be seen, was he alive, or blown into a thousand pieces? Was he in the middle of the ocean or reached some sort of land? The people present had no way of knowing.
Then came the wind that dragged after Luffy's hands. Japan was lucky Luffy kept his hands relatively high, otherwise Japan would've been dealing with a tsunami right now. The wind was uprooting a few trees, some houses and vaporizing a couple flocks of birds, also completely launched the helicopter that was reporting everything live into uncontrollable spins.
"AAAAAAAAHHH! WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED?!" The reporter calmly expressed herself. (Dumbledore ahh line - AS)
Luckily, Luffy was there to catch them. "Ooop, caught you!" He brought the helicopter near his eye. "You alright?"
"KYAAAAAAAA!" The woman screamed in pure terror as a giant pink-ish iris looked towards them.
"Jeez, no need to yell, you're fine!" Luffy assured as he threw the helicopter over his shoulder. Thankfully, they were able to find some stability again.
"Huff, huff, huff… I quit after this one." The reporter gasped as she tried to get her bearings back.
The few other people didn't fare much better after seeing the explosion.
"MY EYEEEEEES!!!" Twice had the misfortune of being the only dummy looking at it, he couldn't even see the move happen, not only because it moved faster than he could see but also because of the big ass explosion which burned the afterimage into his eyes.. "HELP!! I CAN'T SEEEE, GET ME SOME WATER!!!" He yelled before face-planting a rubbery tree.
Dabi and Shigaraki were smart enough to not look at it, but it didn't change the fact that the sound still got to them.
"Shigaraki, we're way out of our league here, contact him and let's go!" Dabi said with the most emotion he's shown on his face all day.
"What?!" Shigaraki said way louder than he had to while doing that stupid movement everybody does when you didn't hear something the first time.
"What?" Dabi repeated that exact same movement.
"What?!"
"What?!"
"What?! What?!" They're stuck in a loop for the foreseeable minutes, better to not disturb them.
Now with boom boy over here, "It's a good thing I'm used to the sounds of my explosions, otherwise I'd be looking just like those idiots over there."
.
"...What?!" Todoroki, unfortunately, didn't possess Bakugo's resistance to sound waves.
While they recover, let's check up on Gigantomachia.
He was flying and flying and flying across the pacific ocean. Until it reached the home of the miles and the land of the hamburgers.
The United States of America.
As Gigantomachia flew across different states, his speed was dying down and his trajectory started to get closer and closer to the ground. It looked as if it would hit a military base, or it would have.
"New Order, everything in my line of sight stops moving!"
And just like that, the crater that Gigantomachia would have caused was prevented due to the one and only Star and Stripe.
"...This is the bogey? A giant?" Cathleen said as she looked at the charred form of Gigantomachia. You'd think he's using full-body armament haki with the way he's looking right now. She was baffled, it took her less than a minute to intercept the giant beast after she got the alert, but it also took Gigantomachia less than 5 to cross the entire Pacific Ocean and half of America. *You're not here out of your own free will, are you? Who did this? Could it be–*
"Yo Cassie, you good?" A jet pilot said concerned, one of the half a dozen jets surrounding Gigantomachia. The pilot of the jet she's currently standing on. "You want to bring this one back to base?"
"Yeah," Cathleen said as she broke out of her stupor. "Let's bring this one home, my brothers!"
"Roger that." As the jet did a 180, Cathleen didn't even blink, her gaze focused on the burnt giant.
"New Order, everything in my line of sight will be dragged with me."
As fast as they came, they also went. Gigantomachia is now the U.S. 's problem. (As if we don't any enough problems already - HM)
Back to the fight.
A short truce of a couple of minutes was unspokenly put into place in order for everyone to get their shit back together, not like they have a choice. The heroes used this moment to get any person out of the rubble as fast as possible, while the villains used it to stop their ears from ringing.
However, this little truce stopped the second a certain idiot came through the cafeteria ceiling.
"Hey sunglasses! What did I miss?" Luffy, still in his sun god form, came through the ceiling and started cheerfully talking to Aizawa while bouncing around.
"Luffy… The things I want to say right now would get me banned across 15 different countries and exiled from Japan, so I'll refrain for now." Aizawa said. "Now, I need you to deal with them." Aizawa said as he pointed to the other side of the cafeteria.
Luffy looked towards where he pointed to see Redestro and Overhaul. They were in rough shape. Redestro's suit was destroyed and Overhaul looked like he'd just been thrown out of a plane.
Redestro pushed himself off of the ground as his quirk grew across his face. "Break time is over."
Overhaul rubbed his temples and got to his feet as well, glaring at Luffy.
"Shishishi, sure thing!" Luffy punched his fist into his palm and started to casually bounce towards the disoriented villains. Quickly arriving face to face with them, well let's just say the scales weren't exactly balanced.
"I'll die before I admit defeat to this joke." Overhaul practically growled as he started placing his hands on the ground to mount some sort of offense, but they both knew that they stood no chance, all he could do now was prolong the inevitable.
"Gomu Gomu no—-" Luffy pulled his arm back, and before he could even stretch-
*Thud.* Luffy's old man's body fell to the ground. His timer was up.
All parties present were too stunned to speak, maybe this was some sort of trap to lure the villains in, even Aizawa was shaken.
" Snoore , mi mi mi mi mi." Luffy's loud snoring confirmed one thing. He was out cold, or in other words, he was vulnerable. Aizawa was the first to act.
*No, No, No, No!! Quickly!!* Aizawa yelled in his mind as he started running as fast as he could towards Luffy's sleeping body. He activated his quirk, but it was too late.
A stone wall sprung up in front of Luffy, blocking Aizawa's line of sight. "No!!" Aizawa yelled, grabbing his scarf, running as fast as his feet could carry him.
"You're done for boy!" Redestro roared, growing massively and swinging his fist down.
"Kill him!" Overhaul announced, bursting with energy as he ran for Luffy's sleeping body. His hand was inches away from Luffy's face when the door slammed open.
"Detroit Smash!" A giant wave of compressed air threw Overhaul and Redestro outside the cafeteria, breaking the wall Overhaul had put in place sending the villains flying and Aizawa to the ground.
"Huzzah! I am Here to– Ack!! " All-Might announced as heaps of blood started to spew out of his mouth. Appearing right outside the cafeteria. "Yeah, that was the last one. I can feel it, I'm done."
"We told you!" Multiple heroes exclaimed at the same time as they followed All-Might closely behind. The heroes being Midnight, Cementoss, Recovery Girl and Present mic.
"Alright, alright, move out of the way, let me see him." The nurse demanded as she hurried over to Luffy. Followed by All-Might.
"Aizawa! Are you alright?!" Present Mic nearly shouted as he rushed over to Aizawa's side. "I was so worried!"
"We all were." Midnight came over to him as well, putting a hand on his shoulder.
"I'm fine but there's no time for that now, we need to take care of those intruders!" Aizawa exclaimed, worriedly getting to his feet.
"I'm after them." Cementoss said as he ran to the place where they were thrown to.
Overhaul and Redestro.
"Are you ready for round 2?" Overhaul said as he helped Redestro get up, hearing the sound of the Heroes getting closer he grit his teeth.
"Do you seriously think we stand a chance?" Redestro grunted, voice heavy with defeat, .
"Well, not we." Overhaul said ominously.
"What do you mean–" Redestro was cut off as he felt a hand on his shoulder. "You bastard."
"Sorry, I'm a villain through and through after all." And with that, Overhaul used his quirk and assimilated himself with Redestro.
As Cementoss closes in on the two villains, he notices something, something sinister.
*AAAAAAAAAAAAAARG!!!*
An animalistic scream tears through the air as Overhaul begins to mutate, his form twisting into something unrecognizable. All the heroes whip their heads toward the sound, a chill crawling up their spines as they witness a black, fleshy mass expanding, consuming their field of vision. It swells larger and larger until it rivals Gigantomachia in sheer size.
Arms stretch as long as streets. Hands loom as large as houses. Fangs, the size of elephants, glisten in the dim light. His body, grotesquely distorted, sprouts six spider-like legs, while four massive tentacles bristle with jagged spikes, writhing with unnatural menace.
The tentacles, fresh from being made, writhe in unnatural patterns, cutting everything in their path, trees, lamp posts, buildings and even people. One person to be exact.
"AAAAAAAAAAAGH!!" All the heroes, trying their best to shield themselves from the onslaught, whipped their heads towards the scream.
It was Aizawa, Overhaul's target was Aizawa, it always was Aizawa.
Fortunately, his agility and metallic scarf softened the blow, but the tentacle still struck him. And it did so in the worst possible place.
"MY EYES!!!!!" Aizawa's scream pierced the battlefield as he clutched his face, his fingers growing slick with the warmth of his own blood. The pain was so overwhelming, so unbearable, that the thought of assessing his injuries never even crossed his mind. All he could do was grip his head in a desperate, instinctive attempt to endure the agony.
Time froze for the heroes on the battlefield. None of them had imagined something like this could happen. They stood paralyzed, their minds struggling to process the horror unfolding before them.
All except one. Overhaul.
A twisted grin stretched across his face, widening unnaturally from ear to ear. While the heroes were drowning in shock and guilt, he was basking in pure, unfiltered joy and victory.
Their colleague, their comrade, their friend was writhing in unimaginable pain, and not a single one of them had done anything to stop it. The weight of that failure settled heavily on their shoulders, some feeling it more than others.
"AIZAWAAAAAA!!"
Present Mic screamed. screamed loudly , a scream so powerful it tore through the battlefield, obliterating everything in its path. His Quirk, amplified a thousandfold by his rage, turned his voice into a force of destruction.
The one who bore the full brunt of this sudden attack was Overhaul. The sheer power of the scream ripped through him, leaving a gaping hole in the center of his stomach. He staggered, grunting in pain, but his grotesque new form, built entirely from muscle and bone, refused to falter. Present Mic's attack had landed. It had hurt him. But in the end, it only bought them a few precious seconds.
"Everybody, focus! This is our time to strike back!" All Might commanded, his battle instincts kicking in to bring everyone back to the fight. "Cementoss, Present Mic, focus on Overhaul! Recovery Girl, check on Eraserhead! Midnight, get Straw Hat to safety!"
"Understood!" Everyone responded in unison, everyone except Present Mic. He remained frozen, still reeling from what had just happened.
But his attack had done its job. Cementoss seized the opportunity, launching a counteroffensive. Massive cement beams shot toward Overhaul's monstrous body, each one snaring multiple limbs and tentacles. Before long, the towering creature was restrained, held in place by an ever-growing prison of stone. With every passing second, victory seemed closer.
"Don't think it will be this easy!" Overhaul's demonic voice echoed through the battlefield.
His entire body began to mutate once again. Limbs retracted into his torso, shifting and twisting into something new. Then, with a speed too fast for Cementoss to process, a massive spike erupted from Overhaul's chest. It had only one target, Cementoss' head.
The spike shot forward, certain to land a fatal blow.
Until—
"Flashfire Fist! Hell Spider!"
Out of nowhere, Endeavor appeared. In a blaze of flames, he slashed through the deadly spike, reducing it to a thousand smoldering fragments before it could reach its mark.
Endeavor, the current Number One Hero, had arrived just in time. The moment he spotted the monstrous form Overhaul had taken from the distance, he knew disaster was inevitable if he didn't act fast. Pushing his Quirk to its absolute limits, he raced toward U.A. at breakneck speed.
He was fast enough to save Cementoss.
But not fast enough to save Aizawa.
"Endeavor! Thank you." Cementoss, taken aback by what just happened, gave his thanks to Endeavor.
"Now's not the time for that!" Endeavor scolded Cementoss and turned his attention towards Overhaul. "What's this ugly creature?"
Seeing Endeavor enter the scene, Overhaul began to once again mutate into something else, something more durable and fire resistant. "Ah, Endeavor what an honour it is, to be greeted by the number two hero."
"Don't let him get a rise out of you!" Cementoss said but it was in vain.
"By who?!" Endeavor said as his fire started to burn brighter and brighter.
Before Endeavor could launch another attack, Overhaul's body began to shift once more. His new form, sleeker than before, had an almost metallic sheen to it. Though smaller than his previous monstrosity, he still towered over both Endeavor and Cementoss.
Now possessing a more humanoid shape, his armored body bristled with spikes, each one a lethal weapon. His head was completely encased in the same hardened armor, making the prospect of damaging him seem even more improbable.
"Flashfire Fist! Hell Curtain!"
Throwing both fists back, Endeavor channeled his flames into his arms. With a swift motion, he hurled them forward, unleashing a concentrated inferno aimed directly at Overhaul's head. The battlefield was instantly consumed by thick, black smoke.
The two heroes stood still, waiting with bated breath as the smoke cleared. When it finally dissipated, Overhaul's body stood nearly unscathed. Only a small crack had formed in the armor covering his head.
"That was anticlimactic." Overhaul mocked, lowering himself onto all fours. With unsettling speed, he sprinted toward the two heroes before lunging at Endeavor, jaws wide open, ready to crush him.
Endeavor narrowly dodged, leaving Overhaul with nothing but a mouthful of air. Seizing the moment, Cementoss launched a cement spike directly at the crack in Overhaul's armor. It struck, but the armor merely deflected it off, leaving no real damage.
Then, at the same time, the same idea sparked in both their minds.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Cementoss asked, catching the determined look in Endeavor's eyes.
"Yeah. Hold him down, and go up high," Endeavor commanded, hurling a barrage of fireballs at Overhaul. "I'll create an opening."
"Sure you will." Overhaul sneered, chasing Endeavor in circles.
But he failed to realize something. With each circle they completed, Endeavor was climbing higher and higher into the air.
Growing impatient, Overhaul pushed his speed to the limit, quickly gaining on Endeavor. Not wanting to take any chances, Endeavor ascended even higher.
That proved to be a mistake.
Overhaul flexed his monstrous legs and, with an explosive leap, launched himself skyward.
Endeavor was fast, but Overhaul was closing the gap. Higher than even the U.A. building, the monstrous villain looked up, illuminated by the full moon. With each passing second, he drew closer.
Then, just as Overhaul reached striking range, something stopped him.
A force tugged at his leg.
"What the—?" Overhaul looked down, eyes widening in shock. The mistake was his.
A massive beam of concrete had wrapped around his leg, and before he could react, the structure expanded. It climbed his body, encasing his torso, his arms, and then, in an instant, Overhaul was sealed inside a towering cement coffin. Only his head remained exposed.
Four smaller concrete branches rose toward the crack Endeavor had left in Overhaul's headplate. They latched onto the fracture and, with immense force, pulled the armor apart. The plating groaned, then shattered, exposing the raw, vulnerable flesh beneath.
Overhaul barely had time to process what was happening before a burning light filled his vision.
Looking up, he saw Endeavor descending like a meteor, engulfed in a blinding inferno. With his head exposed, the heat was unbearable.
Overhaul's eyes widened in horror as a mass of fire wrapped around Endeavor's fist. It had only one target, Overhaul's head.
"FLASHFIRE FIST! VANISHING JET BURN!!"
A deafening explosion erupted as Endeavor's fist slammed into Overhaul, the flames consuming not only his head but the entire upper half of his body. The plated armor shattered like a grenade, blasting away in every direction. The fire burned so intensely that it seared through the flesh, exposing Overhaul's real face for the first time.
"There you are!" Endeavor growled as he felt his fist connect.
He poured even more power into his limbs, pushing his flames to their absolute peak.
"GO TO HELL!!"
The final strike triggered another explosion, not of fire, but of Overhaul's monstrous body erupting into millions of pieces. The force sent Overhaul hurtling downward, tearing through the massive concrete pillar until he crashed into the ground with an earth-shaking thud. Overhaul had been defeated.
Endeavor panted as he descended down, he saw Cementoss restrain Overhaul in a cement coffin once again. They each shared a glance and a nod of respect before Endeavor headed inside the cafeteria. He watched as All-Might, Recovery Girl, Midnight and Present Mic gathered around Aizawa's, now passed out, body.
"Ah Endeavor!" All-Might was the first to notice him. "Judging by the fiery explosion, I'll assume you won!" All-Might said as he cheerfully patted him on the back. Cheerful to Endeavor, not to himself. He had to do something to keep the group's spirits up and if it meant that he had to fake it, then faking it he shall do. "Well, that and the fact that you're not dead."
"Yeah, Overhaul should trouble us no further." Endeavor said as he, uncharacteristically, didn't push away All-Might's hand. "What about… him?"
"Come on, Recovery girl! Let me see him!" Endeavor heard Present Mic beg Recovery girl. Recovery girl was too busy bandaging his eyes to listen to him.
After a couple of minutes, she finally relented. By this time, Cementoss and Midnight gathered around Endeavor and All-Might. Cementoss coming with Overhaul's new prison inside the cafeteria.
"That's all I can do for now." Recovery girl said as she threw away a pair of bloody surgical gloves. Present Mic was the first to rush to him, asking him a bunch of questions even though Aizawa couldn't hear him.
Aizawa's eyes were covered in bandages leaving his nose and mouth free to breathe.
"So? What's the diagnosis?" All-Might asked. Recovery girl sighed and said.
"He's going to be fine, the tentacle slashed only one eye. With intensive care and proper medication, he's going to be fine." Recovery Girl said and all the heroes let out a sigh of relief they didn't even know they were holding. "He's going to be blind in one eye, but it's better than what could have happened."
"And Straw Hat?" Endeavor asked. "I saw him fighting with that Giant and I heard an explosion, I would've come sooner if the whole ground wasn't like jelly."
"Most of us were inside fighting the other villains so we couldn't see what was happening." All-Might informed Endeavor. "Only glimpses through the window."
"You're lucky you weren't here during that massive explosion. My ears are still ringing." Midnight said as she made a fake throw up motion. "But Straw Hat should be fine, he's just sleeping right now."
"Good. And what about the other villains?" Endeavor asked.
Back with Shigaraki
"Hey, Dabi!" Shigaraki called after checking his phone, exhaustion and pain in his voice, moving to a safe distance from Bakugo and Todoroki who were similarly tired.
"What?" Dabi asked, clearly annoyed at being interrupted.
"I'm not getting a heartbeat from Re-Destro, and Overhaul's barely there. You know what that means, right?" A chilling grin stretched across Shigaraki's face.
"Finally. Took longer than we thought." Dabi exhaled, feeling his body relax, if followed by a small sense of disappointment. It was time to go. "Call Kurogiri already."
"What are you two idiots babbling about?" Bakugo questioned, irritated that the villains had decided to take a break in the middle of their life-or-death battle. And he nearly snapped as he saw Shigaraki begin to turn away, Dabi in tow.
Bakugo grit his teeth, his eyes blazed in anger. "What the HELL?! YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA WALK AWAY?!" He screamed, fury evident as he began to take a few steps forward. Todoroki side eyed him, there was no hesitation in his movement.
Shigaraki chuckled and tilted his head back to look at Bakugo, a sadistic grin on his face. "You're no longer worth my time." He taunted.
"HAhahahaha!" Dabi laughed.
*You think I'll let you go.* Bakugo thought, then grit his teeth and grabbed Todorki's arm in a vice grip.
"Buy me time Icey-hot!" Todoroki's eyes widened, "What?!" But Bakugo wasn't listening, his hands popped with small bursts, and suddenly, with a small explosion, Todoroki was shot forward directly towards the villains. "Boom!"
"Damn it!" Todoroki shouted, *I don't have time to argue.* He was gaining on them, fast , so, thinking quickly, and impulsively, he activated both his ice and fire side, his fire sending him forward even faster.
The movement alerted Shigaraki to the attack, but he wasn't quick enough before Todoroki was right there in front of him, his fire sparking into an inferno on one side, and his ice side glinting with deadly cold.
Shigaraki didn't even have a chance to think as Todoroki let loose a blazing ice inferno directly into his face.
Shigaraki let out a scream as his skin burned and froze at the same time, agony ripping through his body.
Bakugo grinned, currently gripping his forearm while trying to charge up one of his massive explosions. *Crackling.* *That will buy me enough time.*
And he didn't stop, Todoroki put every last bit of his quirk, training, and will into the attack. Shigaraki's screams rang in his ear. "AAAAAAAHGG!"
*It- it hurts! I-* Shigaraki grabbed at his face, his hands, the exhaustion of fighting pissed him off, the fire burning away his skin pissed him off, he pissed him off, this fight, the city, everything. *Destroyed..* His heart beat with a strange new rhythm. *I want it all to be destroyed.* Something was happening, something strange and new was building up inside his body even as it was burned away.
"Destroyed.." He rasped, and Todoroki nearly froze at the sound of his torn voice. Something was wrong.
"I WANT IT ALL TO BE DESTROYED!" Shigaraki yells, he thrusts out his hands, directly into the blazing fire, and the fire itself is disintegrated away.
The sudden disappearance of his attack sends Todoroki reeling, and before he can even blink, Shigaraki is gone from his sight.
Bakugo stands in shock, "Hey! Hey where did he go?!" He demanded, only to have his question answered in the worst way.
Shigaraki is there . Right there in front of him. His hand outstretched only a few inches away from Bakugo's face, a few inches away from certain death, his lips forming a burned and broken smile. His hair stock white.
Bakugo feels his heart stop. This was it. *I- I can't dodge it!*
He was going to die.
Or, he would have.
If not for… (Alexa, play Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics. - AS)
Shigaraki's gaze was caught by the flicker of bluish fire emanating from the corner of the building.
It was Iida. Moving fast. Very fast.
"Recipro Burst! Shave!"
In this moment of near-light-speed motion, the world around Iida stood still. Everything, frozen in place, except for him. He looked at the falling leaves, they were standing still, same as the falling pieces of rubble, or the helicopter in the distance.
He was running. He was moving. Everyone else was stuck in time.
Not wasting his chance, Iida rushed toward Shigaraki, kicking his hand away from Bakugo. Without stopping, he skidded to a halt, then spun around to deliver a powerful kick straight to Shigaraki's face.
Something was off.
He felt the impact. His boot made contact . But Shigaraki didn't move.
Iida didn't dwell on it. Instead, he turned his attention to the other villains, striking each of them down before his newfound bullet time ran out. One kick to Dabi and one to Twice. Their faces moved in slow motion.
Then, he was back, standing next to Bakugo, deactivating both Shave and Recipro Burst . A second passed.
And then, everything moved again.
The results were immediate.
Shigaraki's arm was a wreck, shattered in multiple places, held together by nothing but skin and muscle. His body flung backward in the direction of Iida's kick. Passed out, not only from Iida's kick but also his stamina being completely drained from his newfound awakening.
Dabi was stunned. Just a second ago, Shigaraki was seconds away from killing those damned heroes. Now, he was hunched over, violently throwing up whatever was left in his stomach. When Dabi pressed a hand to his side, he winced, a couple of broken ribs .
Twice, meanwhile, had taken a blow to the arm. His bone was fractured, not as badly as Shigaraki, but broken nonetheless.
"My... my arm is broken..."
Bakugo, still in shock, snapped his head toward Iida. "Four-Eyes?! What the hell just happened?!" He was sure he was gonna die. And yet, here he was, unharmed. And right next to him? The vice president of Class 1-A, looking equally unscathed.
"I think I did it. I finally learned Luffy's technique." Iida looked down at his legs. His calves ached like hell. But if that was the price for what he had just accomplished? He'd pay it a hundred times over.
"Finally!!"
And then,
Twice, Jin Bubaigawara. A troubled man. A man with a shattered psyche. Split personality disorder and a past that haunted him. Once, he had relied on his clones to do everything for him. They didn't like that. They turned on each other, on him. And so, he lived in fear, never knowing if he was the original or just another copy.
Until now.
Because Iida's attack had confirmed something. A cruel, undeniable truth.
Iida's hit confirmed one thing for Twice. You see, for clones to be dispelled you need only hit them hard, hard enough to, oh, I don't know, maybe break a bone.
A shaky breath. Then, laughter.
"Heh… Heh… Ha… Ha ha ha!! HA HA HA HA!! "
Pure ecstasy.
For the first time in years , Twice knew, he knew. He was really himself.
He turned to Iida, and with a deep, exaggerated bow, said:
"Thank you… for releasing me!"
Bakugo's eyes widened. "Uh oh..."
Even with his limited experience in battle, he knew one thing, Twice's words could only mean trouble.
"Sad Man's Parade!"
An explosion of motion.
Hundreds, no, thousands , of clones erupted from Twice. And then those clones made more clones. And those clones made more . Exponential growth. A never-ending flood.
"What the hell?!" Bakugo growled, blasting the incoming horde. Todoroki unleashed a wave of fire, incinerating a portion of the swarm. But it wasn't enough. They just kept coming.
There was only so much they could do as an unstoppable wave of Twice clones surged toward them.
And then: "Okay. Playtime's over."
A voice.
Kurogiri.
He materialized out of nowhere, his misty form coiling through the battlefield like a shadow. Without hesitation, he swept up Shigaraki's unconscious body, Dabi's battered form, and Twice's elated, laughing one.
And just like that.
They were gone.
Leaving behind only the hero students, still struggling to fight off an army that refused to stop multiplying.
After fighting and fighting and fighting, the clones finally dispersed, leaving only a huge puddle of clay and three exhausted students.
Momo.
*I just want to crawl in that bed and never move again.* That pretty much sums up Momo's current mood. She was on the floor, hugging a passed out Eri.
The little girl had been through too much, first Toga, then the relentless shaking, and then whatever the hell that explosion outside was. It was all too much for her fragile mind to handle, so, as a means of self-preservation, she had simply shut down, slipping into sleep.
At least it seemed to be over.
Toga was still unconscious. That anesthetic had done its job well, nothing had woken her, not even Luffy's explosion. She remained cuffed, chained to the bed that miracoulosly, didn't break in the jelly earthquake fiasco.
Momo let out a long, exhausted sigh.
"Siiiigh… I think it's finally over."
And then, A swirl of purple mist filled the room, curling around Toga's limp form.
Momo's heart sank. "I just had to say something..." she muttered, exasperated at herself. Forcing herself to her feet, which was generous, considering she could barely stand, she shifted into a battle stance.
She recognized this mist. It was just like that time. The U.S.J. attack.
Acting fast, she grabbed her bat from the ground and swung at the smoke, trying to disperse it. Useless. The mist didn't even waver.
*I can't touch him, and he's not leaving without Toga. What do I do?!* she thought frantically, breaking the cuffs with her bare hands and hoisting Toga onto her shoulder.
For a moment, the mist hesitated. It stopped.
Then, It reappeared. But not around Toga.
This time, it was forming around Eri.
"NO!" Momo didn't think, she reacted. Dropping Toga instantly, she lunged towards Eri.
But the second she let go of Toga, the mist shifted, dispersing from Eri and rapidly reforming beneath Toga's body instead.
Momo froze with a sudden realization. *I can't save both.*
If she tried to stop the teleportation, the mist would just target Eri again.
She clenched her fists.
In the end, there was no choice.
Eri's life came first.
She turned away, pulling Eri close as the mist swallowed Toga completely.
And just like that, Toga was gone.
Momo felt a wave of bitter disappointment crash over her. She had let Toga escape.
But it was better than the alternative.
She looked outside the window and felt a sense of relief wash over her as the morning glow of the sun started to appear on the horizon. Morning had come and the sunlight started to paint Momo's face orange.
For the first time in this whole night, she allowed herself to relax and the moment she did that, she fell asleep instantly with Eri in her arms.
It was finally over, the attack on U.A. ended.
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Post-Credit Scene.
The top of the U.A. building. A sudden bright light appeared in the morning glow of the sun, the light formed into a big circle. And then it started swirling like a vortex, but not pulling something in, but tossing something out.
A second later, a pair of boots stepped out, followed by 8 more. A swordsman, a sniper, a chef, a navigator, a doctor, an archeologist, a shipwright, a musician and a helmsman walked out of the circle.
"...Where the hell are we?" The swordsman said in his usual fashion.