Lightning Bug [MHA/Worm}

[Ultimate]

Chapter Eight:

I walked up to Grue, right where he was at the building. I wasn't sure what he wanted to talk about. But anytime I could get to talk to him I didn't mind.

"Taking up a side business in extermination?" he asked me. I thought I detected a note of humor in his voice.

"Assisting my people. Some goodwill will help when I'm more firmly in power here." I couldn't help but sound a mite defensive.

"Yep. That guy over there will be singing your praises."

I looked over my shoulder at the 'dad' of the family I helped who'd been giving me a hard time. He was ignoring Sierra and Charlotte, who were talking to the larger group of people. Instead, he watched the bugs cart the dead rats from the infestation down the street, as if he thought I would slack on the job.

"I don't understand people sometimes."

"My guess? When everything went to hell, he told himself he'd be the 'man' for his family. Take charge, provide, protect. He failed. Then some little girl waltzes in and takes care of all that all at once?"

"Little girl?"

"You know what I mean. Look at it from his perspective."

"What if I recruited him? Gave him the opportunity and the power to help others?"

"He'd be intolerable. mean, sure, things would get better in the short-term. But over the long haul? You'd wind up with someone who criticizes every last thing you do, every last call you make, to make himself feel better about the fact that he isn't the one in control, the one calling the shots."

"Fuck," I said. "I thought you said you weren't good with people."

"I'm not good with girls, mainly. Guys? Or 'manly' guys like him? I've met enough people like him in the gyms with my dad, in fighting classes."

"Guys and girls aren't that different."

"Aren't we? Look at our group. Regent and I are going on the offensive. I've got Aisha and me making constant, coordinated attacks against enemies in my territory, terrorizing groups with attacks from the cover of my darkness, or from someone, they can't even remember fighting. Regent's got a squad of Coil's soldiers with him, and he's tracking and kidnapping the leaders of enemy groups and gangs, using his power to control them and then having them sabotage their own operations, or start fights with other groups that leave both almost totally wiped out. Then he cleans up the mess."

"And us girls?"

"Lisa's running the shelter, and she says she's doing it to get more info, but I think she doesn't mind how it connects her to the community there, either. You, too, are almost nurturing in how you're treating the people in your territory. And you're acting like you're getting that aspiring superhero thing out of your system. Or entrenched deeper into it. I can't tell."

I didn't like that he was mentioning that. Sore spot for both of us, "Just following my instincts."

"And maybe pushing yourself a little too hard, too fast in the process."

"Mmm," I offered a noncommittal response. I could have asked how Bitch fit into his interpretation of events, but I already knew the answer. Normal rules didn't apply to her. "I think all this ties more closely into how our individual powers work than it does to gender."

"Maybe. But… no," he changed his mind after thinking for a second. "I think both you and Lisa could be a lot more aggressive. It kind of worries me that you aren't."

"Worries you?"

"If you aren't taking out the other gangs in your territory and turning a profit, why should Coil bother keeping you there?"

"First of all, I'm totally prepared to squash any troublemakers the second they make themselves known around here."

"Assuming you can find them."

"I can. Second of all, Coil didn't say a thing about turning a profit. He has money. Scads."

"He has his own money. Money that he has to devote time and attention to earning. If your territory never starts earning for him and just becomes some black hole that sucks up tens of thousands of dollars of his money each week, you think he's going to be okay with that?"

"What do you want me to do? That doesn't involve taking protection money or peddling drugs?"

"Those would be your biggest revenue streams."

"I'm taking control like he wanted me to. Faster than the rest of you."

"But you're not leaving yourself in a position to do anything with that control."

"I can get all of the people in my territory onto Coil's side. And I have over three hundred and fifty thousand dollars I can put towards infrastructure here."

"That's not as much as you might think it is when you're talking about this much territory."

"No, but it's something. Look, Coil's a proud guy. He said it himself. He'd be upset if he took over the city and it wasn't better than it was before. I've got the old Boardwalk here. I can help set that going again. I've also got the Docks here. A part of it.If I can improve things here, if I can take this place and make it better than it's been in decades, wouldn't that be a feather in his cap?"

"Even if things went smoothly, that's not going to happen fast, and it's not going to be easy."

Not fast. Grue had been pretty merciless in trying to poke holes in my approach, but the realization that he was right on that score was like a punch in the gut. "If I can show Coil I'm making headway…"

Even I wasn't convincing myself. Coil wouldn't give Dinah up for something as minor as a good start. I think Grue noticed my dejection.

"I'm sorry if I'm being hard on you," Grue settled one hand on the armor of my shoulder.

"No. You're right. I've been thinking too short-term. I just...I really want to help everyone that I can. I already had to deny everyone who's not in-or currently not working for me supplies until they worked for me because Coil didn't give me enough. I don't know if I can just start using people. "

"I'm sorry to hear that. And I really did want to come by and talk about less serious things. It's a shame we can't."

"We have time to do that, don't we? We could go back to my lair, hang. I can show you what I've got done on your new costume, and we could talk about the mask," I suggested.

He shook his head. "No. What I meant was that I'd hoped to spend today talking about that stuff. But we're not going to get the chance. Something more serious has come up."

"Oh hell." My initial suspicions had been right. This wasn't a social call.

"The heroes have started giving out supplies to people in settlements."

What?

"I thought Coil said they won't be getting supplies for another month."

"He said they got extra help to move things quicker."

"Oh yeah, I saw All Might. What is he doing here?"

"Apperently," Grue folded his arms. "his Class 1-A is here on a field trip. On the promise that they won't have supervillain attacking them due to the whole 'All Might' situation, whike also making sure they always have a Protectorate member or a teacher protect them."

"That's a lot of information. Where'd he get this?"

"He didn't say. What he DID say, they're giving out supplies.."

"Isn't that a good thing?" I said. Isn't this what I wanted from heroes? To actually help?

Grue tilted his head forward. I could imagine he was giving me a 'you're being stupid' look behind his mask. "No Skitter, it isn't. If they give out supplies, then people in our territories will think about abandoning us to go with the heroes. They might even give supplies and protection to people in our territory. Meaning they will be even more tempted to leave us."

"Maybe they think, or they'll think, that if they can get supplies while inside of our territory. They won't have to leave us. After all, they'll get supplies anyway right?"

"You have to do a little more thinking from their perspective. Cold and ruthless supervillains, vs kind and generous heroes?"

"Most heroes aren't that generous."

"You know what I mean, think about it from their point of view. They love heroes and fear villains. That's how the ‌public works. If they hear the public is getting supplies from heroes, they'll be very tempted to just leave."

I pondered what Grue had said. And he was right. If the heroes were giving supplies as well, then Coil would be even more unlikely to give Dinah. 'Cause the heroes would steal all of my potential workers away. The territory would be even more of a fail. I couldn't afford for that to happen.

"We could scare away all outsiders." I suggested. "Scare away people who...might give information to the other people in our territory. Tell them to go somewhere else."

"We could do that, that'll make people curious as to why we're doing that. After all, a supervillain would want more minions, right?"

"Workers."

"Whatever you want to call them, they'll investigate and eventually leave when they find out. And they will find out and tell everyone. For all we know, we could lose every min...worker...we worked so hard to get."

I didn't want to think about that. Losing everyone? Losing my chance to save Dinah? I felt my stomach drop.

"So, what do you suggest?" I asked.

"Coil said we need to sabotage their efforts, attack their vans, steal their supplies, assault the heroes, bad enough where they'll be scared to even give out supplies."

"He wants US to fight All Might?" I thought about it. Even if I hypothetically didn't like him. Fighting against All Might could be the only thing my life as terrifying as going against the trio. Then again, with All Might speed I doubt I'd have a chance to be afraid.

"He said the chances are good. But he wants us to settle our territories before we go out and attack them."

"And ruin the people's chances of getting supplies, starving them, hurting them, depriving them of essential needs."

"Taylor," He sighed, "we HAVE to do this. Our territories will go into shambles if we fail because to the heroes. We're not asking you to kill any of them, just hurt them badly enough that they won't WANT to give out supplies."

"Don't you think that's a double-edged sword? That causing the heroes to suffer a failure due to us attacking them will just cause them to escalate, and attack us?"

Grue titled his head to the side for a second. "I admit it's not a perfect plan. But...they...we got no other options. It's either this or admitting defeat. we'll just have to band together and handle the heroes when they retaliate."

I had a moment's consideration. "I don't know. I feel like attacking heroes and stealing supplies from civilians so that they can't get any sustenance is a level I'm not willing to go to. I mean, I did attack heroes before, and I feel like now that I know they have a capacity to be as bad as us, it'll be easier. I guess my real problem is with stealing the supplies. How will those people survive?" I shifted. "I'm...I'm not sure I can justify that. I mean, It's not like we can't support our...workers. We can. But even so, doing this is only to stop them from supporting their own side. That's at its core a selfish act."

"Welcome to being a supervillain Skitter."

I stared at him for a second. "You think being a supervillain is selfish?"

"It is for most. I mean, it's what you do to survive sometimes. But doing something to survive is going to be selfish at least 70% of the time."

I looked down. "So you think this is selfish, but it's something we have to do."

"Pretty much. I'm never going to be able to provide for Aisha if we don't do this, Tattletale, Bitch, and Regent will never make enough money to support themselves if we don't do this, The Travelers won't even have a place to call home, and you'll never save Dinah."

I thought about what he said. "Yeah...you're right...we have to do this. We're still protecting people. If they want protection, they could always come to us, and not rely on the fucking heroes."

"So you're in?"

"yeah...I'm in."

"Good. We meet at Coil's base to discuss the plan in an hour. But like I said, Coil wants us to make sure our bases can survive without us before we move out."

"Ok. Good 'cause I have some things I need to do."

"Like what?"

"I have to find a way to make money."

Thirty minutes later.

I used the bugs to spell out 'NEWS' and made arrows pointing towards the outside of my territory.

People saw the message and moved out of the territory and into the outside.

Where was I? I was sitting on a big stack of supplies that was on a truck given to me by Coil. If I wanted to make a profit from this operation and keep people from staying with the heroes. I had to do this.

This would work. The only way people got supplies is from the heroes. The only way they got supplies is from corporations and their farms, and they're ONLY willing to give supplies if they get paid for them.

This means whenever there was an Endbringer attack, the heroes wouldn't have enough supplies for everyone and some people went without supplies for days, sometimes over a week. The companies would defend themselves by saying if they did it without asking for pay, they would lose tens of millions, if not, over a hundred million dollars. Some people bought that, but the majority didn't, which means people would be upset, not just at the companies but at the heroes for not having enough.

So I could use that.

I called everyone in my territory with my bugs. When they all came out, I stood up on my supplies to make my announcement.

"Listen, workers!" I projected. "We were thinking too short term! Only thinking about housing people, helping them, making sure they were safe-"

"What's wrong with that?" One of my workers said.

"What's wrong with it is that it's not enough when you're a supervillain!"

I jumped down from the supplies. "In order to function, we need to make a profit, we need to make money, we need to sell something or offer something to some people."

"Ummmm, Miss Skitter," a woman from the crowd said, "what are you trying to say?"

"Isn't it obvious what I'm trying to say? We need to make a profit."

"How? We can't just sell drugs, can we? We'd be preying on people's addictions and self-imposed needs." A teenage boy said.

"No...We're not doing that."

"Then what?" Another woman said.

Before I could answer, someone else spoke, an older man, "Skitter...you're not going to start pedaling us for protection money, are you?"

"No…"

"Cause if you do, that's it. That's all we need to get us to leave."

"Don't worry, I would never. I don't believe in things like that, even though I'm a supervillain. I have other methods."

The man nodded and gestured at me to continue.

"Instead, we'll be giving them something they desperately need: supplies."

The crowd looked at each other and started murmurs of confusion and concern. "Do not worry. We'll be giving them extra supplies we have on deck from my supplier. We won't be losing any meals due to this new business plan."

"Why don't we just give them supplies for free?" the same teenage boy said.

"We don't get to make money that way."

"It's not about making money, it's about doing the right thing."

Some of the people in the crowd snickered at that, some of them shifted awkwardly, and most stayed still and silent.

I sighed. "Listen, I want to give these people supplies for free as much as you do. It would inspire loyalty and gain me more workers, but we have to make a profit."

"So you'd only do it if it benefits you?" the teenage boy argued.

"I'm doing what benefits all of us. I won't be able to keep getting supplies if I don't make a profit."

"Why? Where or...who do you get them from? And why can't they just give them to us anyway?" He asked.

"I'm afraid that information is classified." I answered. "Things are more complex than they seem."

"No, it's not! It's simple! Help people or we don't help you. That's the way this works."

"Enough!" I shouted, the teenage boy immediately tittered, and slunk back into the depths of the crowd. As if he could hide from me. "You will not question me anymore! You will help me because if I just help the people for nothing, then no one gets anything! Do you understand me?" They all nodded. "This is just the way it has to be done! And they can't get these supplies anywhere else!"

"That's not true!" A teenage girl shouted.

All eyes fell on her. "The superheroes have recently started giving out supplies to the people, you know, like they usually do. Just sooner."

"I thought companies were giving away less supplies at a higher price, and the heroes were getting them less quickly. They said it would take another month to get the supplies, right Miss Skitter?" The same woman from before said.

"Should we really trust a supervillain though?" One man said.

"Listen," I stated, "I really thought there wouldn't be anymore for a month, I got false information."

"Were you planning on telling us we could get supplies from the heroes? Or were you going to dangle food over our heads, so we'd do your bidding?"

I looked away. I probably looked weak, but I couldn't help it. I felt a little guilty.

"That's what I thought. You don't give a shit about us. You only care about your success, or your paycheck, well forget it! We don't have to work with you if the heroes already have supplies!"

I put my head in both of my hands. Which I probably shouldn't have done because of the fact that I'd look even worse. I wasn't even really thinking. My stomach was churning, and my tears were flowing. I didn't want to seem like the bad guy. Even as a villain, I want to do what makes sense and is right. Not vengeful, bloodthirsty things.

So what does it say about me that I'm mistreating my own workers? My own people?"

I had one option.

"Ok then. You can leave‌." I said, kicking myself as I said it.

The man raised an eyebrow. "We can?"

"Yeah, you can leave if you want. There's no problem."

"You...don't seem serious…"

"Of course not. You can go with the heroes. They will protect you."

"Protect me...from what?"

"From the villains...Y'know," I leaned in. "There are a lot of dangerous supervillains out there...who don't take personal slights very kindly, and will do anything to hurt your friends, family, or even you. Whether you're in a settlement is irrelevant. They can find you anywhere, and hurt you, kill you, or do worse to you before you even notice."

The man looked petrified. Was what I was saying coming off the wrong way?

I changed my tone. "I would hate for it to happen to you..."

The crowd slowly backed away.

"That's why I wanted you all to stay with me, because of the dangers out there. Having a parahuman protecting you is ‌the only way to stay safe."

I finished. "So...just be careful."

The man gulped. "Yes...ma'am."

Shit, this isn't working. They're seeing this in the wrong light. They're acting like I'm going to do something terrible to them. Should I clear it up?

No, maybe this can work. Maybe I can get them to work for me now and inspire loyalty later. No, that was horrible! How could I think like that? Even for a second! I don't want these people to follow only because they think their lives are on the line. Only the worst villain would do that.

But If I clear it up, will it matter? They would still stay out of fear. At least some of them would. At least, not unless I find some way to prove it. Like showing my identity or something. But that has so many things wrong with it, that I couldn't consider them all in one moment.

But if I don't…what does that say about me?

If I keep them on and show them kindness and respect, the fear would fade, the dread would wander. They won't be completely terrified of me if I inspire loyalty. All that matters is how I play it.

"As for the rest of you. If you want to stay with me. Step forward."

There was nothing but silence for a little while. Then one man stepped forward, then another man, then a woman, until the entire crowd moved forward.

I sighed slienty. "Thank you. Nice to know you are all reasonable. Now take these supplies to the people in need of them, for a price." I talked as I stepped down from the boxes of supplies and the truck. "The supplies already have price labels on them, so don't bother asking me. Now get to work! Please."

I walked to the inside of my base as everyone grabbed a box and went out. I grabbed some cookies Sierra made and took a chunk out of one I went to the couch and laid back, my feet in the air.

"You don't really seem like the type to lay down and take a load off Skitter." Sierra said, as she walked into the room with Charlotte.

"Yeah." Charlotte Scratched the back of her head. "It's kinda weird."

"Sorry, you two," I told them. "Yeah, it's probably weird to see a supervillain act so casually. I'm just glad that we found a way to make a profit."

"Do you think it'll work?" Sierra asked.

"It has too. We got no other options. This IS going to work." I said,

"Do you think people are going to be ok with doing your bidding?"

"They're working with a supervillain, I think they'd expected it. At some point."

"Did you have to intimidate them?" Charlotte asked.

I sighed and walked over to her and put one hand on her shoulder. "I didn't want to do it. I don't feel good about doing it. I wasn't even trying to, but I saw an opportunity...and I took it. They were going to leave, destroy everything we built so far. We can't have that happen, so to answer your question...yes, I had to do this."

"But if the heroes are giving supplies, why do they need to stay with you? Just asking."

"I can't divulge everything, just know I have my reasons. And I don't trust the heroes to have a steady flow of supplies. They won't get some eventually when the companies raise their prices. And...I don't trust heroes in general."

"I assume not." Sierra joked. "Considering you're a villain."

"Yeah well-"

"DON'T BE ALARMED!" The voice came from outside.

Sierra and Charlotte whipped their heads around to look behind them. "Who was that!?" they said simultaneously.

"BECAUSE I AM HERE!"

"Is that All Might!?" they said at the same time.

"No," I said. Both of them looked at me. "All Might sounded different. This is...someone else"

"I AM A HERO! AND I AM HERE! TO HELP! I KNOW HOW SCARED YOU ARE! THAT'S WHY I'M HERE!! TO SATISFY YOUR NEEDS!!"

"Could All Might have switched bodies with someone?" Sierra suggested.

Then Charlotte said, "or maybe he was turned into a kid?"

"Voice change?"

"Possession?"

"THE HEROES HAVE SUPPLIES OUT NOW! WE CAN FEED AND HELP YOU! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS COME WITH ME! I'LL PROTECT YOU FROM THE BLOODTHIRSTY VILLAIN!!"

Bloodthirsty? I wasn't bloodthirsty. Cold, maybe. Pragmatic, possibly. But not bloodthirsty.

"Whatever is going on," Sierra said, "it's driving away all of our workers most likely."

"You mean Skitter's workers." Charlotte corrected.

Sierra nodded. "Right."

"WE HAVE THE BEST OF THE BEST ON THE HERO TEAM! JUST WALK AWAY FROM THIS SETTLEMENT IN VILLAIN TERRITORY, AND INTO A MORE SAFE ONE, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE PROTECTION YOU NEED!! UNTIL WE DEALT WITH THE VILLAIN!!"

The crowd cheered. Shit. not good.

"What are we going to do!?" Charlotte asked.

"I don't know!" Sierra voiced. "they're already listening to him, basically eating out of his hand. I'm not sure we can handle this!"

"I can handle this." I got my bugs ready.

"Are you sure?" Sierra asked. "If It's All Might th-"

"It's not. Trust me." I walked to the front entrance.

"SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO!? TERRORIZE PEOPLE UNDER A VILLAIN'S NAME! OR HELP EVERYONE ELSE LIKE A...A...a…"

No doubt he stopped because of me.

I gathered my swarm right in front of the door in a big cluster. I didn't bother doing my trick back when I was still making my territory. It wouldn't work. He probably already saw me walk into the building. I was basically doing this for the show.

But I opened a slight curtain to see who I was dealing with and then I saw him.

A freckled boy with green hair.

 

[Ultimate]

Author Notes: Bam! What did I say? Right on time! The next chapter is going to have a confrontation between Skitter and Izuku, so get hyped for that!

Also, I posted an original superhero FiveShot over on SufficientVelocity called 'Ultimate'. Check it out if you want more of my writing! I also post more about Ultimate on my site TheUltimateWriting and posted the Third Draft of my screenplay on the same site. I faced some criticism for this fanfiction, but maybe my other works will be appealing, they're FAR better. Be sure to check it out! Also, my Twitter is TheUltimateWriting and My Tumblr is Iamnotatroll. Check it out for sneak peeks and updates.

That's all I had to say. This is Super Ultimate Number One, signing out. Peace!

 

[Dr. Mercurious]

So, I dunno who this dipshit was, but he JUST made Skitter's point for her. No way Taylor doesn't capitalize on that...

 

[Gindjurra]

Sensei spoke again. "It appeared a few months early. It's...shocking, to say the least.

Click to shrink...

Given that the Endbringers attack around 3 months apart, and "a few" is more than "a couple", that means they are now attacking every few days.

But before they hit me, the ground suddenly turned into spikes and punctured both machines. I automatically knew it was.

"having a hard day?"

Vista came confidently into the training room.

Click to shrink...

Vista doesn't have the power to create spikes. The only cape in Brockton Bay with powers that can do that is Kaiser.

We arrived at the PRT headquarters after taking the forcefield roadway.

Click to shrink...

PRT ENE Headquarters doesn't have a forcefield bridge, it's on land in the downtown district of Brockton Bay. The structure with a bridge is Protectorate ENE Headquarters.

Camping is the worst, takes no skill."

Click to shrink...

No, it takes different skills. The fact it works so well proves its superiority over button mashing.

They're stealing the supplies!" Glory Girl shouted.

Click to shrink...

As a final criticism, there's a very visible bias favoring the competence of the Worm characters

Click to shrink...

Actually, given how Glory Girl just stood and did absolutely nothing, I'd say the bias runs in the opposite direction. Glory Gurl could have handled that food robbery solo and made it look stupidly easy, instead she just stood around stating the obvious and watching as the menfolk from UA solved everything.

 

[Ultimate]

Chapter Nine:

I was watching the scene from a building. Skitter was amassing her minions into the open, easily getting their attention with her bugs.

I admit I got spooked a couple of times by the bugs that were flying next to me, but I tried my hardest to ignore them.

Skitter looked even more terrifying than I thought she would. Her costume was clearly made out of bug shells and silk from the looks of it, with a window in the back for her hair. She was wearing some skin-tight spandex underneath, and she was covered in bugs. So creepy. It's definitely not an appearance a hero would have.

"Listen, workers!" Skitter projected. She was talking THROUGH her bugs. How was everyone not creeped out by her?

But it was interesting phrasing. Calling them workers. Maybe it was a way to brainwash them into believing they were just workers. Just like a regular job. Instead of drug peddlers or leg breakers.

She jumped down from the supplies. "In order to function, we need to make a profit, we need to make money, we need to sell something or offer something to some people."

"Ummmm, Miss Skitter," a woman from the crowd said. "What are you trying to say?"

"Isn't it obvious what I'm trying to say? We need to make a profit."

"How? We can't just sell drugs, can we? We'd be preying on people's addictions and self-imposed needs." A teenage boy about my age said,

"No...We're not doing that."

She sounded almost offended that someone would suggest that. As if being a villain means you have standards.

"Cause if you do, that's it. That's all we need to get us to leave."

Crap, I was missing information. I had to just pay attention.

"Don't worry, I would never. I don't believe in things like that, even though I'm a supervillain. I have other methods."

The man nodded and gestured at her to continue.

"Instead, we'll be giving them something they desperately need: supplies."

She was selling supplies? Instead of giving them for free?

How was she planning on competing with the heroes? We're giving our supplies for free. She can't top a price like that.

"Why don't we just give them supplies for free?" the same teenage boy said.

Right!?

"We don't get to make money that way."

"It's not about making money, it's about doing the right thing."

Some of the people in the crowd snickered at that, some of them shifted awkwardly, most stayed still and silent.

Clearly, they were uncomfortable.

She sighed. "Listen, I want to give these people supplies for free as much as you do. It would inspire loyalty and gain me more workers, but we have to make a profit."

So basically, she needs to make money for her boss? Or is her boss not paying her? If that's the case, then she might just be greedy, trying to find any way to make money. Even if it's really skeevy. Or maybe trying to stay in business so her boss doesn't shut her down.

Either way. It was stupid.

"Why? Where or...who do you get them from? And why can't they just give them to us anyway?" He asked.

Dammit, more information lost.

"I'm afraid that information is classified." I answered. "Things are more complex than they seem."

"No, it's not! It's simple! Help people or we don't help you. That's the way this works."

"Enough!" She shouted, the teenage boy immediately tittered, and slunk back into the depths of the crowd. "You will not question me anymore! You will help me because if I just help the people for nothing, then no one gets anything! Do you understand me?" They all nodded. "This is just the way it has to be done! And they can't get these supplies anywhere else!"

Wow, she was terrible.

"That's not true!" A teenage girl shouted.

Yeah, tell her.

All eyes fell on the girl. "The superheroes have recently started giving out supplies to the people, you know like they usually do."

"I thought companies were giving away less supplies at a higher price, and the heroes were getting them less quickly. They said it would take another month to get the supplies, right, Miss Skitter?" The same woman from before said.

Wait, she was outright lying to these people? Wow, this girl was awful. I would never say I hate anyone, of course. But she was terrible.

"Were you planning on telling us we could get supplies from the heroes? Or were you going to dangle food over our heads, so we'd do your bidding?"

Skitter looked away. Guilt? No. not for a supervillain. She was probably not a good liar.

"That's what I thought. You don't give a shit about us. You only care about your success or your paycheck, well forget it! We don't have to work with you if the heroes already have supplies!"

"Ok then. You can leave." Skitter said.

The man raised an eyebrow. "We can?"

"Yeah, you can leave if you want, there's no problem."

"You...don't seem serious…"

"Of course not. You can go with the heroes, they will protect you."

"Protect me...from what?"

"From the villains...Y'know," I leaned in. "There are a lot of dangerous supervillains out there...who don't take personal slights very kindly and will do anything to hurt your friends, family, or even you. Whether you're in a settlement is irrelevant, they can find you anywhere, and hurt you, kill you, or do worse to you before you even notice."

The man looked petrified. Was she threatening these people!?

"I would hate for it to happen to you. So…"

The crowd slowly backed away.

"That's why I wanted you all to stay with me, because of the dangers out there. Having a parahuman protecting you is the only way to stay safe. So...just be careful."

The man gulped. "Yes...ma'am"

"As for the rest of you. If you want to stay with me. Step forward."

She was threatening these people, concerning them to work with her? That's pure evil! How can you threaten people, their friends, and their family, all just for power? You don't rule people through fear. It's wrong. That's not how you get anything except followers looking to topple you. She was more terrible than I thought. Especially if she was doing this just for money or power or out of sadistic pleasure. Now every villain has their reason. But that makes it worse.

By the time I was paying attention again. Everyone was a step forward. Not good.

"Thank you," She actually said, "nice to know you are all reasonable. Now take these supplies to the people in need of them, for a price." I talked as I stepped down from the boxes of supplies and the truck. "The supplies already have price labels on them, so don't bother asking me. Now get to work!"

With that, she went inside the building.

This was it. This is my time.

I lept building to building using One for All at five percent on my legs, trying to get to the one facing the supplies. Leaping building to building is more dangerous than the heroes make it out to seem. They make it seem so easy when they do it, but if you're one inch off. You could fall and splat. You would probably survive. But one inch is the difference between injury and success.

I wish I knew how to use my power better. I'm no parkour master. And doing this would be hard enough without breaking my legs.

Eventually, I made it to the building and made my announcement. "DON'T BE ALARMED!"

Everyone turned my way. Giving me judgemental looks. My breathing increased. And I looked down. I wanted to just walk away. But these people were feeling how I was feeling when villains attacked me. Or my school.

So I refused to leave them. "BECAUSE I AM HERE!" they're looks were even more judgmental.

Ok, quoting All Might wasn't a good choice. What should I say next?

Ok, I got something. "I AM A HERO! AND I AM HERE TO HELP! I KNOW HOW SCARED YOU ARE! THAT'S WHY I'M HERE!! TO SATISFY YOUR NEEDS!!"

They were interested now. Perfect.

"THE HEROES HAVE SUPPLIES OUT NOW! WE CAN FEED AND HELP YOU! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS COME WITH ME! I'LL PROTECT YOU FROM THE BLOODTHIRSTY VILLAIN!!"

They looked so hopeful. Like I saved them from the worst experience.

Which I guess I kinda am

"WE HAVE THE BEST OF THE BEST ON THE HERO TEAM! JUST WALK AWAY FROM THIS SETTLEMENT IN VILLAIN TERRITORY, AND INTO A MORE SAFE ONE, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE PROTECTION YOU NEED!! UNTIL WE DEALT WITH THE VILLAIN!!"

They cheered. Wow! I guess I really have the making of a great hero if I could convince people this easily. Who knew it wouldn't even be difficult?

"SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO!? TERRORIZE PEOPLE UNDER A VILLAIN'S NAME! OR HELP EVERYONE ELSE LIKE A...A...a…"

It was that moment. I notice a mass of bugs covering the entrance. Wasps, bees, and flies‌ swarming, buzzing, and causing a show. I knew that meant one thing.

Skitter returned.

Slowly, the bugs parted, revealing a tall, but skinny girl covered head to toe in bugs, and what looked like goggles that just looked like a bug's eyes.

I should've known this would happen. Why was my long-term decision-making so terrible? Of course, Skitter would hear and come out. I was so stupid.

"I don't remember inviting some hero." She said,

Ok, this is fine. This is ok. I faced villains before. And this one isn't even as powerful as the one I faced. And was probably younger. So that meant less experience. I could handle myself if it came to a fight. I wouldn't be afraid. Then I realized I was muttering to myself when I got some strange looks from the people.

I cleared my throat. "I'm trying to help these people. Something you clearly don't care about." I called her out. Hopefully, it was the right decision.

"What? Where did you get this knowledge?" She sounded legitimately confused. Did she delude herself into thinking this was for the best?

No, that can't be. She's a villain.

"Wait, do you think you care about these people?"

"You don't?"

"Of course, I don't! You lie to them, you threaten them, you rule them through abuse and fear, no true leader does that."

"No true leader, huh? Funny enough, All Might, the hero you clearly idolize from the way you were quoting him does that. Ruling people through fear. And if I'm not a true leader. Then maybe All Might isn't a true hero."

Ok, I take what I said back, I hate her. "Are you comparing saving people from thugs, villains and bringing down the crime rate, making people feel safe, to threatening innocent people and depriving them of essentials and basic human rights?"

"Food and water isn't a right. It's a privilege."

"It's not a privilege! Everyone deserves it! No matter what they do! And they didn't do anything except for the 'terrible' crime of not following you and not wanting to threaten people. And you still didn't answer my question. Are you really comparing the two to each other?"

"Why not? Some villains are just trying to survive. Not every villain is like the Slaughterhouse 9. Those kinds need to be helped, not stopped."

"That's not true! All villains have to be stopped! Or else they keep hurting people. They might have their reasons. But those reasons amount to money and bloodthirst. We can't let them run amok."

You think all villains are just bloodthirsty animals?"

"What else would they be?"

The bugs become frantic. Was she getting ready to attack?

"So what, hero? You're going to stop me from helping these people and saving them?"

"No. I'm giving them the choice. Stay with the person treating food and water as a privilege. Something to be taken away when you do something wrong. Or come with me and get saved."

"Ok, if you want to come with him. Go with him."

She used her swarm to project her voice on the last line. No one moved.

"Now if you want to stay with me...stay."

Everyone stayed.

"Well, I guess that settles it." She smugly replied. Her bus got even more frantic. Why? Was she actually getting ready to fight?

I clenched my fist. "They're staying with you out of fear. They fear you! It's not because you're right! Hey just won't make you angry!"

"What does it matter? The heroes won't be able to save all of them, they don't have enough supplies."

"We CAN save everyone."

"No…you can't."

She sounded angry. And there was another emotion. Was it sadness? No, that wouldn't make sense.

"Tell your stupid fucking philosophy to a five-year-old girl when you deny her any food because there isn't enough to go around." She said. "Meanwhile, we have enough food to go around."

Should I mention her boss? That we have suspicions? Would that be wise?

"What makes you so sure you won't do that?"

"Isn't it obvious?" she moved her arms around as she spoke. "Because, unlike heroes, I am willing, capable, and compassionate enough to help these people, while you heroes are doing nothing but filling people with empty promises. That's what you don't understand, anyone can be bad, including heroes, and everyone could be good, including villains. The individual matters, not the group they're apart of. You wanna know what I think? I think you were raised to be a good person, and you're blind to all the bad things that heroes do because to their own idealism. Or maybe heroes fill a void you have in your life, and you have tunnel vision, Or maybe…actually, it doesn't matter. The end result is the same, you're a naive, foolish, child that's unaware of how the world actually works."

My eyes narrowed. How the hell could she think like that? "You really think that? That I like heroes because I'm stupid? That I'm blind to their flaws due to them 'helping me'? That heroes could be bad and VILLAINS can be good? If you REALLY thought both sides have the capacity for goodness, you'd be a hero! They're the ones more likely to save people, and villains are more likely to KILL people. You even say they're not compassionate when they save people with no benefits to themselves? I mean, a lot of heroes don't even get paid! They could do no wrong! You want to know what I think? I think heroes were mean to you once, they didn't save you, said you couldn't become a hero, and you're so petty, spiteful, and idiotic that you thought a smart thing to do would be to take revenge on them, no matter how idiotic and stupid it is."

Her bugs were really frantic now. That must be a sign. The higher her emotional status is, the more frantic her bugs become.

But why before? Why when they were staying with her? It doesn't make any sense.

"Leave." She said, "Now."

I couldn't leave them with her. I had to save them. She was clearly terrorizing them. Plus, how could I call myself the future top hero if I couldn't even save a couple dozen people? All Might could save HUNDREDS of people. In one outing.

What could I do? I could jump at her but I'd break my legs. I could try to control it, but then I'd break my arm trying to punch her, and depending on how fast she is, she could dodge it, react to it, just like the Nomu…not to mention I'd be in her cloud of bugs…That wouldn't work, maybe I could just throw a punch and the shockwave could hit her but…no that'd be even worse, it'd be easier to dodge, not to mention the power would still break my arms, I wouldn't be surrounded by her swarm. But she could just as easily have them swarm me. Especially after I throw a punch. I could use a finger, but that wouldn't take away the speed problem. Would she even be that fast? You'd have to go through an incredible amount of training to be that fast. I doubt she has been through that kind of training. Most people don't. Most people aren't faster than a shockwave. But then again, you don't HAVE to be faster than a shockwave to-

"Well?"

She was waiting for an answer.

I gave her one.

I stepped forward.

"...Ok."

She got into a fighting stance, ready to battle.

Ok, This was my first real test.

I turned my power on my finger, ready to-

"Izuku."

What? Who was calling me by my first name? Was it Skitter? How would she know my first name? I turned my power off and turned around and saw who it was, Clockblocker and Sero behind me. "It's time to go."

"What? But I was so close to-"

"No, you weren't, and it doesn't matter." Clockblocker said. "You can't convince these people."

"Come on Midoriya! Don't you wanna follow orders?" Sero asked. "You don't want to be some punk that drives on the wrong side of the road, doesn't do their work before goofing off, and says fish is bad just to be a prick!"

"Ummmm, what?"

"I believe what Sero is trying to say," Clockblocker began to explain, "is that you're being a dumbass. Kinda obvious when you think about it."

"What he was trying to say?"

"No, you being a dumbass."

"Clockblocker." Skitter projected with her swarm. As she had your bugs fly over to us. "I hope you aren't trying to do the same thing this fool is."

"No, Skitter. We were just getting him out of here. Don't get your panties in a twist."

Skitter stayed silent for a while. "Watch your tongue." She spoke. "You will show me respect in my territory."

"Me, a hero, show respect to a villain? Yeah right. How about you take your advice and stop terrorizing people?"

"I only terrorize people who deserve it." Her, swarm got more frantic, what was the problem now? Was Cloclblocker angering her? "Or when it's for the best. Just take your friend and get out of here, before I get angry."

She really thought terrorizing people was for the best? How could she think that? How could she be vicious that she thought THAT was for the best?

Or maybe she was just saying that. Probably the latter.

"I don't take orders from you. I'll do it because it's right. Not because you told me to."

"Sure."

Clockblocker glared at her swarm. "Come on Izuku."

I walked away with Clockblocker and Sero. As Skitter silently laughed to herself. Wow, she was so terrible.

I felt myself cursing her name under my breath.

One hour later.

"What. The hell. Were you thinking?" Clockblocker asked.

I looked at Clockblocker. "We've been walking for an hour in silence and now you speak just to say that?"

"I don't know Skitter's range. I can't just speak all of the sudden. She could be listening. And I'm saying that because it's stupid...that you went there, not what I said. You didn't even bring All Might like I thought you would."

"I didn't want to bring All Might. He would be busy. And I was just wanted, scratch that, NEEDED to take down the supervillain," I explained, "AND help her 'minions' with getting supplies."

"We have to do this carefully. We can't just arrest criminals suddenly because-"

"Why not?"

"Because if we do that, without getting enough evidence or playing our cards carefully, they'll just win the eventual court case, or the people that depend on them will be hurt. We won't always be getting supplies. We can't just fight supervillains willy-nilly!"

"Heh, you sound 40 years old, Clock." Sero quipped. "You can't fight supervillains willy nilly, you darn whippersnappers! When I was your age we only had rotary phones and outhouses to poop in! You kids should be grateful you live in the current age."

"Oh! And you kids should be glad you're so young!" Clockblocker snarked. "So hormonal and angsty, having to deal with relationship trouble when you don't even know what you're doing, and having no freedom whatsoever, you should be happy! Your school years are the best years of your life after all! So instead of making things better, we'll just tell you you should be happy having a shitty life."

"Do you always have to make jokes?" I crossed my arms.

"Yeah, it's part of my charm."

I sighed. "Listen, guys, I was just trying to do the right thing. You can't judge me for that."

"You can't stop people from judging you. But if you really think that, then you can tell that to Piggy."

"There's no way that's her real name."

"It's what I call her."

"You can't call a symbol of authority that!"

Clockblocker held his head back. "If you dealt with her. You would say the same thing."

I would. Why? What was she like?

Wait…this is Clockblocker saying it. I doubt the truth is what he says.

"No, I wouldn't. You should never disrespect authority."

"What?" He sounded legitimately confused.

"Authority is good. They protect us. There's nothing wrong with authority. You need to accept that. And stop being a punk."

"Fine, then I guess you won't mind reporting to Piggy about every single stupid thing you fucking did in the last fucking hour. And telling her the whole business with The Undersiders taking territory and with them having a boss."

"Fine, I will."

Sero sighed "Alright. We're here."

We finally made it to the PRT headquarters.

I saw Kirishima Talking to Weld, his face one of fascination and jealousy, Mineta flirting with Glory Girl, who seemed to be annoyed, Kacchan leaning against the wall, looking even more annoyed,

and Ochaco looking my way. "Oh, hey Deku!

Glory Girl also looked my way. "Yo!"

Ochaco ran over to us, doing an upbeat, really fun-looking skip, and Glory Girl flew over, her hair moving in front of her when she stopped.

Ochaco talked first, relief and anger seeping into her voice. "Where were you? I and Iida were looking for you forever!"

"I already told you," Glory Girl said, "just because All Might showed up first doesn't mean they were in danger. Speaking of which, you are done talking to All Might?"

I looked at Clockblocker, and then at Sero. then said. "Ummmm, yeah! Sorry for leaving you guys."

"Eh, I told you when you left! It's fine. I doubt Aizawa would be fine with it though. You should explain yourself to him."

"Ok."

"That goes to you guys too!" Ochaco looked at Clockblocker and Sero.

"What!?" Clockblocker shouted. "I was only getting Deku!"

"Yeah! And technically, I was only there because Clock dragged me along," Sero defended himself. "So it should really be him explaining himself."

"Hey! What kind of friend are you?"

"Sorry Clock," Sero said awkwardly.

Glory Girl scratched the back of her head. "Well, he already knows so it's unavoidable. You might as well go to him."

Ochaco folded her arms. "Plus, you still went with him, Sero. That means you're responsible."

"Crap," Sero swore.

"Any chance Aizawa is a forgiving guy?" Clockblocker asked.

"We'd have an easier chance convincing Satan to freeze over hell than to convince Aizawa not to punish us harshly for acting 'irrationally'"

"Shit."

"We'll talk to him together," I suggested. "Improve the chance of us convincing him."

"That could work."

"Yeah!" Sero exclaimed. "As long as Aizawa isn't being a prick, we'll do just fine."

"Really?" Aizawa said, from behind us.

"Well,yeah!" Sero turned around. "We have the charm to…" Sero stared blankly at Aizawa. "GAH! Aizawa!"

"Not very smart of you, Sero."

"Wa-wait! I can explain! You see, I-I didn't know you were there! So-"

"So you decided to mock me behind my back?"

"No! Well yes! But...No! I mean-"

"Now now Sero!" All Might came sliding in. "When you have a fault or make a mistake, the best thing you can do is admit to it!"

Sero scratched the back of his head. "Ri-right…"

"All Might." My anxiety grew. "I can explain."

"Explain to All Might?" Aizawa questioned. "He would already know. And so do I after I asked him."

I looked at All Might. He simply grinned. "I told him about how you wanted an autograph for your American friend."

"Which begs the question. Which one of the Americans asked for that?"

We were all silent for a moment. Until Glory Girl walked forward. "I did."

"That means you'll face disciplinary action as well."

"Now to be fair Aizawa," All Might calmed things down, "let's be fair. Even if she did ask for an autograph, I doubt she would have demanded it right away. Young Midoriya probably just felt bad that he had to wait and chose to do it right at the moment."

Aisawa looked at Glory Girl. "Is this true?"

Glory Girl sighed. "I told him I'd be fine waiting. I might've...I don't know...Sounded dejected. maybe?"

"And did you do that on purpose? Sound dejected so he-"

"No no-"

"Would be more likely to-"

"That's not what happened. I was just disappointed, that's all."

Aizawa raised an eyebrow. Then leaned in.

Glory Girl looked him in the eye.

"Ok. If you say so. Then Midoriya takes the blame. And the punishment."

"I guess...that's fair," I said

"Only question is, what to give you?"

"Writing his name fifty times?" Sero suggested. At least sardonically.

"A slap on the wrist?" Ochaco said.

"A cut to his pay?" Clockblocker actually suggested.

Everyone looked at him.

"Oh, right...forgot you guys don't get paid."

"Yeah, thanks for the reminder." Sero quipped.

"I'm afraid none of these punishments fit. It needs to be something else. Something he'll actually learn from. And that we can do." Aizawa looked at Clockblocker for that last line, who simply scratched the back of his head.

All Might raised his hand. "I HAVE A SUGGESTION! How about a week of detention when we get back?"

Aizawa put his hand to his chin. "That could work. That'll be his punishment."

I nodded. "Right. Ok. That works."

I looked at All Might. "uhhhh, All Might, could I talk to you for a second?"

"WHY CERTAINLY YOUNG MIDORIYA!" He answered.

We walked away, to the inside of the base. When we got somewhere private, a breakroom with a couch and white board. I sat down.

"So about what happened…" I started.

"Let me guess." All might slipped into his normal form. His skeletal transformation that looked like a man that went forever without food. It created a cloud of steam that I tried to fan away. "You're wondering why I defended you."

"Y-Yes."

"Because," He put one hand on my shoulder. "If you...walked away to do something at a time like this and I told Aizawa you weren't with me, and were wandering the dangerous city, Aizawa would have definitely expelled you."

I scratched my tilted head. "Yeah…"

"I wouldn't want my protege to get expelled before their first year. So I had to look for you."

His look narrowed. "But be aware. What you did, whatever you did, was incredibly stupid. You didn't know what you would run into. this city is crawling with thugs and villains!"

"I know their territories, and where they're stationed. I wouldn't have ran into one randomly."

"You can't account for whether or not a villain wants to expand their territory and moves out because of it. But…" He sighed. "I suppose it does bring down the dangers. While we were on the topic, what were you traveling around the city for?"

"Is it alright if I don't tell you?"

"Of course not, young Midoriya! Even though I covered for you, I was worried, myself. I would have scoured the entire city looking for you if I didn't know you were coming back. Which despite my timer, would've been possible to do even if I only had 10 minutes."

"Sorry."

"It's ok. After all, I know you wouldn't do something really stupid. Like going into villain territory."

"I did," I whispered.

"What?"

"I said I did." I couldn't speak up.

"Young Midoriya, I can't hear you."

"I did!" I projected.

There was some silence for a moment.

"Did what?" He asked.

"I went to a supervillain territory…"

There was another pause. Until All Might fell down out of shock.

"WHAT!?" He quickly got up and got in my face. "YOU WENT TO A SUPERVILLAIN TERRITORY!? HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND!? EVEN PRO HEROES WOULD FIND THAT DANGEROUS!!"

"I know! But I just had to help the people. They're being ruled by fear. They're at the mercy of supervillains!"

"And you think one kid is going to help them? What if you had to fight Hookwolf? or Faultline crew? Very powerful people and while you have the power, you don't have the control or experience yet. Aizawa told me you were hesitant to use your power because you would've hurt someone. What if that were to happen again?"

"It wouldn't! I would've made sure of it. I only wanted to spread that we have supplies so they didn't have to work with the villain. That's a good thing, right?"

All Might sighed. "Which supervillain was it?"

"Um...what?"

"Which supervillain was it? Come on, tell me."

"Um...it was Skitter," I whispered again.

"What?"

"It was Skitter." I was too ashamed to speak up.

"Young Midoriya, you can't just mumble your words when you know you'll get in trouble. You have to project and talk clearly."

I sighed. "Skitter's, I went to her territory."

There was another pause. I knew I was going to get it.

Until I didn't. "Hmm, I supposed it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be." All Might said.

"It wasn't?"

"No, you could've gone to a dangerous villain's territory. But you went to Skitter's. Although I doubt you knew she wasn't dangerous."

"Waitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwait. You DON'T think Skitter is dangerous?"

"Do you?"

"She's ruling people through fear!"

"Is she?" All Might looked up. "I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. She tried to get the other members of the gangs to back off using fear. But any supervillain would do that to their enemies and rivals, but to their subordinates? It's not as common. Especially not for a villain like her."

"What do you mean?"

"She's giving supplies to people. Giving them supplies before they even join. It means she cares about them."

"Or that she's trying to inspire loyalty."

"No," All Might looked down a tad bit. "Her phrasing and body language tells me something different. She seems like your average teenage girl."

"What?"

"Oh, Skitter is most likely a teenage girl. Judging from her body type, her voice, and her attitude."

"Really? She seemed tall. Are you sure?"

"Well, I did say most likely. But that of course means I'm about 95% sure, maybe 98%."

I thought about it for a second. A kid? Being that bad? I won't deny people my age could be jerks. But evil? I could've never imagined it.

"Well, when I saw her, she was threatening people to stay with her. Not wanting them to leave."

"Really? She must have ulterior methods then."

"Like being evil?

"I don't think that's it. She still seemed like a normal teenage girl that wants to do the right thing. So she must know something we don't and have some other goal."

"What else could she have?"

"Don't know. It must be a pretty big deal if she's willing to use intimidation on her workers…Are you alright my boy? You seem tense."

"It's nothing. I just…well it's just weird hearing you defend a villain."

"Well, she not exactly a 'villain'."

"Oh, ok " I put my hand to my chin. I didn't want to question him anymore than I already did, but not really a villain? What did he know that I didn't? "So what should we do?"

"We can't do anything. Things like this require patience. We can't go in guns blazing or else the supervillain will escalate. I could use my 'gut in' form to take care of them. The only problem is, if I were to do that. Then afterward, when I leave the country, the villains will escalate. I can't stay everywhere at once."

"Didn't you stop supervillains all the time when we were in chaos?"

"I did. But only the most chaotic ones. The more smart ones, the ones that formed an empire, I had to be smart as well, and patient. We'll solve this. To the best of our ability."

"Ok…"

"Now, go out, relax. We're done with the supplies. So be sure to take a load off."

"Yes, All Might."

I walked to the break room on a separate floor. Walking past many heavily geared-out PRT agents as well on my way to the elevator. Which opened by unfolding from the interlocks on the and sliding open.

Everything here is so high tech. I thought, as I was taking the elevator. And here I thought America was the lowest on the totem pole in terms of technology.

As I took the elevator, I thought about what Skitter said. How could someone have been through so much stuff that they lost faith in heroes? That mindset was alien to me. She even said heroes weren't compassionate! When they saved the world from Endbringers, Dictators, and the like several times! How could she think like that!?

Not to mention she insulted me personally. Calling me stupid, naive and USELESS all because I have faith in people that save the world!? As if that's such a bad thing. There is nothing wrong with heroes! I can't think of a single thing wrong with them. They save people, they're kind, generous, and they always win! How could you see any of those things as bad traits!?

It was stupid. Plain and simple. She was stupid. She was a stupid, pathetic, facist that hurts people, acts like SHE'S the victim, and would be better off rotting in a jail somewhere. She probably can't do anything right, and is the lamest villains I ever heard of. I know All Might said she was good. But…is it possible All Might was wrong? No, that's impossible. All Might is one of the smartest, nicest people I ever met. It's more likely he just has a different opinion on her. And maybe it's founded in truth, bu t then again…she's a villain! It CAN'T be founded in truth! Was he lying to me.

Even if he wasn't, I can't forgive the fear, the look in those people's eyes. She must be stopped. For the good of everyone else.

When I arrived at the break room, I saw several of my classmates talking with the wards.

Well...one of them was yelling...

"SCREW YOU CLOCKFACE! WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM WITH ME!?"

"Jesus, boom boy. All I said was you have a short temper and a shorter dick. Is that so bad?"

"I DON'T CARE ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT!! BUT I WON'T TAKE INSULTS LIKE CALLING ME WEAK LIGHTLY NO MATTER WHAT!! AND THAT STILL DOESN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION, WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM WITH ME!?"

"You see all the yelling and screaming you're doing right now? Over something as miniscule as a petty insult?"

"YES!!"

"That's all I'm going to say on the matter."

Sero snickered behind him.

"DO YOU WANT ME TO SET YOU ON FIRE!? 'CAUSE I WILL!? YOU-"

"Ugh! So vulgar." Yaoyorozu said.

Vista shrugged her shoulders. "I think it's funny."

"Seriously! I took on a group of villains all by myself!" Mineta whined.

"I don't have a problem believing that," Glory girl said, "I only have a problem believing they were that strong."

"One of them could control one of the fundamental forces of nature!"

"Wait what!? Which one? Magnetism? Weak force? Gravity?"

"Water…"

"That...doesn't count."

"It doesn't matter! I beat them all by myself! without any help!"

"Mineta, that's a lie. We helped you take them down and you know it." Asui explained.

Mineta leaned to Asui while putting his hand next to his mouth and whispered, "Not now, Asui, I'm about to get laid!"

"Do you really think she would be interested in you?"

"Hey, I have powers! I'm a hero! And she owes me after she insulted me and I forgave her for it!"

"Wow, you're a creep."

"Shut up Asui, let me have this! She has no reason to say no!"

"Actually I do."

Mineta turned to Glory Girl. "you…were paying attention how much did you hear?"

"Only a little." Glory girl said. "And I have reason to not go out with you. My boyfriend…" She looked around, then whispered, "gave up his life-fighting Levithan."

"Oh...really?"

"Yeah, we had kind of an on/off relationship. regardless...I miss him."

"Was he Aegis?" Mineta spoke.

Glory Girl shook her head. "It was Gallant."

"Oh."

"Yeah...because of his death, his secret identity was revealed, and everyone learned he was rich. Despite that, him being rich I mean, he was caring and compassionate. He never turned down an opportunity to help someone. And-"

It didn't take long for Glory Girl to realize he was gone. "Huh? Where'd he go?"

"Well," Asui began, "he told me to tell you he went to the bathroom but considering our only time spent together was of him groping me…" She pointed at Mineta talking to Flechette.

"So...want to hear about the time I beat 20 villains with my own fists?" He said.

It didn't take someone with a thinker quirk to tell that Glory Girl was pissed.

"So your skin is as hard as metal?" Kirishima asked.

"Yes." Weld said. "Well technically, everything in my body is made out of metal. Including my skin."

"And you can't turn it off?"

"Yeah, it means I can't enjoy a lot of things that regular people do. Like eating, sleeping-"

"Masturbating." Sero added in.

"Sero!" Iida piped up while chopping the air. "Don't be so vulgar! This is not the place for crass statements! We're in the presence of official heroes!"

"Thanks, Iida," Weld said.

"Well, I guess your powers are lucky and unlucky at the same time." Kirishima said.

"Yes, I imagine it must be unfortunate not being able to enjoy the things other people can enjoy." Iida turned to Weld. "But at the very least you are more capable of being a hero than the rest of us."

"You…" Weld put his hand on his chest. "You really think that?"

"Of course, you can't turn your power off. But it covers your whole body. there's no distinguishable weakness with it." Iida adjusted his glasses. "You don't have to see it as a good thing. I wouldn't even see it as a good thing. I do, however, think it is important to see the most out of a bad situation."

"You're right...and thank you."

"Deku!" Ochaco called out. "Whatcha doing just standing there?"

"Yeah, what're you, a creep?" Kacchan quipped.

I quickly realized that I wasn't saying anything. And I was just standing still in silence. And now everyone was staring at me...

"Oh! Right!" I bowed. "I'm so sorry."

"Awww, don't worry." Clockblocker assured. "You don't have to apologize to Katsuki. It's not like he deserves it."

"SHUT UP!!"

"Well, don't be weird." Flechette said. "Sit down."

I looked at Ochaco. "Ummm, right."

I walked to my seat, looking at their faces. Were they staring because they thought I was weird? Vista is putting her lips in her mouth. Was she trying not to laugh? Was everyone thinking like that? Maybe it was my walk?

I tried to fix it. Taking one big step, then taking another big one.

They looked confused. Crap. Maybe I should try to put my hand in my pockets and walk cooler?

Nope, still getting stares. Dammit. What should I do? Maybe move my arms while I'm walking, look less goofy?

Still not working, I could-

"What are you doing, Deku?" Ochaco said with a laugh.

"Oh! I-I-I was ju-just...fi-fixing my walk…"

"You look like you're disabled." Kacchan quipped again.

"Do I!?" I said, a little louder than intended.

"No, you're fine. You only look dorky." Clock assured. "And fuck off Katsuki, this is what I was talking about."

"I WASN'T-"

"You have the temper of a two year old, the aggression of a bear, you have the ego of Doctor Doom, and none of it is deserved. You're just a spoiled brat. So shut up and realize you're not the best."

Kacchan looked…shocked? Like he didn't expect him to say that last thing. He looked down with disgruntlement and squeaked out, "Whatever."

Clockblocker stood there silently as I frowned. I probably shouldn't have, but I said something. "Hey! Leave him alone!"

Clockblocker slowly turned his head. "What?"

"He didn't deserve that! You're just being a dick and justifying it by saying he was being a dick when he wasn't!"

Clockblocker threw his hands in the air. "He LITERARY called you disabled."

"No, he said I look disabled."

"Spoiler alert, Izuku. That's still an insult."

"I don't need you to get offended on my behalf!"

"Why are you defending him? He's a fucking tool!"

"Because he accomplished more than you ever will."

Clockblocker scoffed. "What?"

He doesn't think he's accomplished as much? I glared at him. "Just because you're an official hero doesn't mean you're-

"No-"

-better than him."

"No, fuck that. I AM better than him. Not because of my fucking skills, not because of my fucking power, but because of my motherfucking character, you motherfucker."

"Ha! You think that matters?" Kacchan quipped.

"Isn't that obvious?" Weld suggested.

"Well, Bakugo is exceptionally skilled," Todoroki said, "which does mean he'll be a capable hero, but he'll fail being effective in the leaderboards because of his personality."

"Honestly," Yaoyorozu said. "I find it hard to get behind him even with his skill and talents. His attitude is too deplorable."

"He gives me Shadow Stalker vibes."

My classmates looked at Vista.

"Oh, past teammate."

"Uhhhh," Kaminari voiced. "Should you be speaking ill of the dead like that?"

"Not dead. In juvie. Was kinda insane."

"Oh."

"It's clear we have some different stances on troublesome students." Iida said. "Bakugo, I suggest you cease your ranting to prevent further arguments. And Midoriya, I suggest you stop defending him."

"Wait, What!?" I said. "So I'm the one in the wrong!?"

"To be honest, I don't agree with Clockblocker egging on Bakugo like that. But Weld already told Clockblocker to stop, before you came in. And as the class president, you are my responsibility. I can't move out of my premiters to discipline someone else's teammate."

I sighed. "Ok…"

I sat right next to Ochaco, who whispered, "Defending your crush?"

"Ochaco! Shut up…" I said.

"What did Ochaco say, Midoriya?" Iida asked.

"Oh…nothing…" I said. "So what do you guys want to do?"

"Well, The pro heroes believe it would be prudent to take a break because to the psychological stress that comes from doing hero work in a city a Class S threat has wrecked." Iida put.

"Yes, and I'm inclined to agree." Weld said. "Not even pro heroes can do the job constantly without having a break."

"Yes, I just wish they would allow us to do more. In order to become heroes, we have to go through hard work that tests us! Improve our talents and hone our skills."

"You want to do more work?" Kid Win asked.

"Of course!" Yaoyorozu said. "Hard work is the only way to become pro heroes. To push yourself to new extremes, to train your mind until it's unstoppable in it's thought processes. Doing difficult tasks is the only way to get ready."

Kid Win looked away as Weld said. "I would agree. But the work doesn't have to be constant and it doesn't have to be grueling."

"No one said it had to be grueling." Iida countered. "Only that more hard work would be important to our development as heroes. I can understand them not wanting us to get stressed out from pressures from the hero's work. Maybe taking a leave should be voluntary? Not forced. I'm not sure. I just wish I could learn more about what it's like to be a hero and get experience."

"Well, you'll get plenty of opportunities. If you want, we can actually go to the work room if you like to get more training."

"Actually...yeah, that'd be-"

"Come on!" Clockblocker nearly shouted. "Do we really want to waste time training? I thought we were supposed to be taking a load off, having some fun, not fucking stressing ourselves out again!"

He was staring at Weld.

Everyone in my class was looking at him with a mixture of confusion and anger. It wasn't the wrong thing to do, considering he said some of the stupidest crap imaginable.

"Well…" Weld said. "It does make sense not to overwork ourselves. We can always train later when everyone is ready."

"well...I guess if the American students aren't ready, we'll hold it off."

My class rolled their eyes at Iida giving in. While Clockblocker simply replied, "Thank you, Tenya."

Iida whipped his head around. "What's the problem? I'm doing what you wanted. I thought you wanted to relax."

"I...do? That's why I said thank you."

"But you said my first name."

"And?"

Iida looked very confused. I realized the problem.

"Oh! Clockblocker, Japanese people call each other by their first name only when they're close to that person. Otherwise, they call them by their last name."

"Really? That actually explains some things. Ok."

Clockblocker took a seat and made a joke about the Japanese having weird things, like having farts as a superpower. Cleary referencing a joke All Might has made about his power to keep it a secret. Sato shared some of his sweets, Vista shared a cool trick she could do with her power, and I and Glory Girl compared notes.

Maybe The Wards were right. Maybe there's nothing wrong with not worrying about the future. If you could live in the present like this.

 

[Ultimate]

Told you! Every Saturday and Tuesday! Hope you enjoy this chapter!

We'll be going out of order with the next chapter! Next chapter will focus on Taylor, she'll be meeting another My Hero Academia character next. If you've been paying attention, you'll probably be able to guess who. But I won't reveal it just yet. If you want more of my writing, check out My site TheUltimateWriting for information on my original screenplay 'Ultimate'! If you want to see what it'll be like, check out my screenplays! and my original prose version of Ultimate on SufficentVelocity. check out my twitter, 'TheUltimateWriting' for updates and sneak peeks. same goes for my Tumblr, 'Iamnotatroll'.

That's all I had to say. This is Super Ultimate Number One, singing out, Peace!

 

[Ultimate]

Chapter Ten:

"So who was it?" Sierra asked.

"Just a boy," I told them. "Probably a student from U.A. They-"

"What's a student from U.A. doing here?" Charlotte asked. "Oh sorry, I interrupted."

"It's fine. They came here to help with the distribution of resources. Grue told me."

"Grue?"

"Is that the tall smoky guy?" Sierra asked.

"Yes," I answered

"Well, as long as they don't attack us, we'll be fine, right?" Charlotte said.

I thought about it. Why did they show up here? Were they planning something? The other heroes seemed to get him away from the situation. And seemed maybe even a little annoyed. Maybe-

"They AREN'T going to attack us right?" Charlotte's voice got a little quieter saying that.

"No…" I answered. "If they were, they would send All Might. Not some kid. And he's here, I know it myself."

"Me too," Sierra said.

"He did that alone. He must have a problem with me."

"Or he really wanted to help," Sierra said.

"Skitter IS helping." Charlotte frowned. "She's taking care of all these people, isn't she?"

"From the sound of it, the boy didn't see it the same way. He seemed really offended at the idea of a villain intimidating innocent people."

"I don't care about what a hero thinks," I said. "They can be as bad as villains are. And ‌I have my reasons. All we need to be concerned about is bringing supplies to the people and making a profit."

"Ok." they both said at the same time.

I put my hand on both their shoulders. "I'm putting my trust in you guys. While I'm sustaining the base, I expect you guys to look after how the supplies sale is going. Do you understand me?"

"Yes." they said at the same time.

"Good. and…thank you."

I walked up the stairs to my room. "Get started as quickly as possible."

One hour later.

It was harder to run a territory than you think.

First off, the supplies. Distributing them was difficult. There were about 25 people in our territory. And Coil only gave me two boxes of food, and one of those boxes of supplies had to be used for selling. So I could use only the first one to actually feeding the people working for me. Which doesn't leave us with a lot.

Now fortunately, one was all we needed. Mostly. Each box only had about 20 items of food. So we didn't have enough for everyone. One fifth would go hungry. Admittingly, Coil did sometimes stick some snacks there. But I don't know anyone that can survive the whole day with a pack of nuts.

That's the thing too. We were supposed to survive the whole day based on those two boxes of food. And now that we're selling at least one box of supplies with all the supplies being sold separately, it leaves with even less. I don't think he thought I would gain so many workers so quickly, and the two boxes support that theory. If I wasn't selling one of them, we could survive. But this is the best path. And unfortunately, Coil was difficult and not give me another box. So we're stuck with two, really one. Meaning, some people would have to go hungry, and every time my bugs sensed someone rubbing their stomach and looked at someone eating longingly…I felt my guilt rise. I only wanted to save people.

Another problem is keeping the territory. I already had some merchants try to cause some problems in my territory. And I had to take them down. And even when I was just forming my territory, I had to deal with a thug lizard trying to steal from me. It doesn't happen enough to be anything but an annoyance. Despite this and although I hurt them to protect my territory, I still deal with people who fear me because of what I do. When I threaten to set that merchant woman on fire. News around it spread to my territory, and now people here are giving me the side-eye.

I know I shouldn't care; I knew that as long as it was right; it was right, and I shouldn't let their objections, no matter how subtle they were, concern me. But I don't have it in me to be a cold, uncaring villain. So when one of them hid their faces from my bugs as if that could hide them from me, it hurt a bit. As long as I was protecting people, that should be all that matters. But apparently, my people think differently. And my using fear on them only worsened the problem.

I brought my bugs to a duo of workers returning from spreading the rule about my territory. One of them was walking with a limp, however, he was walking with a limp before he left. I wasn't concerned about that.

What I was concerned about was the woman bleeding from the arm.

Immediately, I came down from my lair and out of my base. "What happened?"

"Ummm…uhhhh…One of our workers got shot."

"Well, I can see that. I meant, how did it happen?

"Oh…Ummm…Well, we made the mistake of going into merchant territory."

Oh no. "Are you ok?"

The guy looked confused. At a villain showing concern, or at the admittingly stupid question? To be fair, I was asking the one that didn't appear hurt. "I'm fine. She's not."

"I'm fine." The woman said. "I'm not some weak ass bitch that can't take a few hits."

"You're shot in the arm." I retorted.

"We signed up for this when you forced us to stay with you. Then again, you can't really call that signing up."

I twitched at that. Were my people starting to hold grudges?

"Take her to base. I'll show her first aid personally."

"No."

What? "Why?"

"I don't need help from you, Skitter. I already said I didn't want to take orders from you. Now you think I want help from you?"

"You can accept help from someone without liking them."

"Well, I won't!" The woman screamed. "I won't accept help from a villain and I won't be moralized by a villain!"

I sagged. He was right.

"I'm just trying to-"

"You're just trying to…fuck me over! Make me dependent on you! Make me…just…feel things I never felt before! It doesn't even make sense. First, you try to intimidate me, forcing me to work with you, and now you try to help me!? The ONLY reasonable explanation is that you're trying to make me loyal, by any means! Even if it's contradictory!"

My methods weren't working. I wanted to show people some kindness to gain back their loyalty so I could tell them I wasn't trying to intimidate them. Which is partially true. But they refused to trust me. Their fear was turning into hatred. I could tell them now, ease their fears, gain their loyalty…

But then they'd leave, they'd leave, and I'd never be able to accomplish any of the things I HAVE to do.

I decided to stay strong. "I care about you. I do what I do because It's best for you, Even if you don't want it."

"You're not a parent! You're not a superhero! You're not anything with a semblance of fucking authority. You're just a scrawny girl that has no right acting like you're hot shit."

What? What was she talking about? "What're you trying to say? What does that have to do with anything?"

"Because you're ugly." She said, "you're some scrawny, young, bitch that acts like she's hot shit, when all she is is a bloodthirsty cunt that acts in her own self-interest, you know what a good reason to act like you're all that? Being hot, confident, capable, smart, manipulative, and knowing what the fuck you're talking about. Qualities you clearly don't have. You some disgusting bug slut that's not smart. And can't do jack shit."

I frowned. This woman was starting to sound similar…eerily similar…it was starting to piss me off. I really wanted her gone. I really wanted to have my men just kick her out. It would so…SO be easy to just sic my bugs and do just that…

Except I was better than that.

"Listen, I'm willing to let that slide, and forgive you. Because despite your-"

"N-NO! No! YOU don't forgive me after what you did to me! YOU don't let anything slide! You threaten us! Nearly set someone on fire! You're insane! The coldest motherfucker here! And now you're trying to villainize me!?"

"At least it's clever." the man said. "Trying to turn people against you."

"Nah, she's not that smart."

And that was it. That was the end of my nice tirade.

"If that's the case, there's only two options for you. Let me heal your wounds or suffer, bleed out, and die."

"You would kill me!?"

"Me? I'm not doing anything. If you want to deny medical treatment because of your grudge against me, that's on you, not me. I don't want that to happen. I want to help you. But if you rather-if you value your pride and spite over your own well-being. Well again, that's on you."

"Why can't you just have someone else save me!?"

I leaned closer in. "Either you let me help you. Or you die. It's that simple."

Let the words hang in the air, knowing which option she would pick.

She sagged in defeat. "I'll take the first one."

I smirked. "Thank you. Nice to know you listen to reason."

I saw the woman clenching her fist. I ignored it. It just means I won.

I led the woman to the base and put my mask on. However before I could come down, The man said, "You threatened her…and she barely did anything."

I turned to him. "She insulted me, she disrespected me, and when you're a-"

"So you threaten you with death!?" You help her out of spite!? Are you that quick to make enemies!?"

I ignored him. "And when you're a supervillain. You run off of respect and reputation. I'm not letting some stuck-up, petty, bully take that away from me."

The man frowned. "Y'know, maybe you aren't looking for enemies."

"You think so?" I said sarcastically.

"No…maybe you're your own worst enemy." The man then walked away.

My own worst enemy? What did that mean? My other enemy consists of people trying to imprison or kill me. Are those enemies not worst?

Whatever, it didn't matter. I decided to just focus on the woman and clean her up…

And right when I was about to do that. The three sellers showed up.

"Sellers! Join me in my Lair! We have much to discuss!" I led the team into my lair as I got handed the first aid kit.

I started by giving the woman some painkillers. So when I cleaned her with alcohol, it would hurt significantly less. "So, did the sales go well?"

One sellers bumped another with her arm. The seller she bumped was a big guy, with broad shoulders, and was well-toned, he reminded me of Brian by how he looked. Except for a vastly different skin tone. you think a guy like that would be brave.

But he wasn't. "Ummm…uhhh…" He stuttered.

This was a constant. Ever since I tried my little stunt, I made people afraid of just talking to me. They constantly stuttered, stammered, and repeated themselves out of fear. I felt my eyes water from it. No. I can't show weakness. Just work towards their loyalty.

"Come on, you can tell me."

"Ummmm…Well It-it's a fu-funny story…You-you're gonna laugh a-at this…it-it's really funny when yo-you…"

He stopped. I stared at him.

What should I say? I haven't had time to plan out this conversation.

"Please don't kill me…"

Oh no…

"Did the people not buy the supplies?"

"Come on." A tall, lean guy, with green eyes and round glasses said. "Isn't it obvious what happened with the sheer lack of supplies AND money we have? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out."

I looked at him.

He immediately cleared his throat. "I'll shut up."

I immediately came to a realization. "They…they stole the supplies?"

The teenage girl from before walked up. "Sorry Skitter. Stormtiger came and blew us away with a puff of wind and ran away with the supplies. We weren't even in the E88's territory and they came anyway."

"He was holding back." The buff man said. "If he wasn't, he could've blown us into pieces with a single attack. Figuratively and literally."

So that was it? My plan failed? Maybe it was because they didn't have a weapon, maybe it was because I left them without support, maybe…

Maybe it was because supplies are too valuable…

If that was the case, then I couldn't make sales. I couldn't do it with drugs or protection money. My moral code wouldn't allow it. And if supplies wouldn't work, then I couldn't make money, and then this territory would be a waste of time. And then…

And then Coil wouldn't free Dinah…

As for Stormtiger, I didn't need to hear that to confirm it. I saw Stormtiger blow away Grue's Darkness with a single blast. It was obvious he could've done more.

"It's ok."

The teenage girl's eyes widened. "Really?"

"Yeah, I know first hand how powerful Stormtiger is. You were lucky to escape with your lives."

"Sooooo, what? You're not going to break our legs?" The tall guy said.

I sighed. "No. I'm not."

The tall guy looked like I was telling him objectively incorrect, The buff guy looked like he didn't even believe a word of what I was saying, While the teenage girl…

I couldn't read her expression…

But I didn't have to. "Thank you." She said.

I simply nodded in response. "Well, you're welcome. Now if you excuse me, I have to go."

"What!?" the first woman said. "What about me!? What about my arm!?"

"Do any of you have first aid training?" I asked the three sellers.

"I do." The girl said.

"Fix her up with the kit. I'll be in my room."

"You mean in your lair. Plotting your dastardly deeds?" The tall guy said, while rubbing his hands cartoonishly.

"No…I'm just going to think. I'll be back in a few."

"Ok." they all said.

I walked up to my room, gave one last look to my workers, walked in my room, closed the door…

And cried.

I'm such an idiot. Supplies would be the most valuable thing in this city right now. Everyone will be going after them. I can't sell them without getting a large target on my back. Which means I just alerted everyone that The Undersiders or at least I have supplies and they will attack for resources. I won't be able to defend myself against Stormtiger or Hookwolf and that means I won't ever have a successful territory, and that means Coil won't ever see the value in it.

And that means I'd never free Dinah.

That was my whole reason for being a villain…All I wanted to do was free Dinah…There's nothing I wanted more. I know I'm doing some terrible things, I know that I'm making people afraid of me. I just…can't do anything else. When I think about her skin…her eyes… I couldn't think about it without getting chills up my body. The 'candy', which just saying that makes me sick to my stomach, was clearly damaging her. She was not just becoming unhealthy, she was becoming dependent on it. She was becoming dependent on Coil. Which he wanted the whole time. It's fucking bullshit. She's a child. She doesn't deserve that.

I couldn't even go to sleep without getting nightmares of Dinah being abused, being groomed, being hurt by the fucking bastard Coil. I get them every other night, non-stop. Every time I had one, I thought about it silently, trying to calm down, trying to rationalize it. Failing to do so. The nightmares were always varied, my mind was apparently creative. I had nightmares where he holds her hostage, nightmares where he asks her so many questions, she screams in pain…

And nightmares where I'M Coil…

I couldn't help it. She's only in this situation because of me. I was the one that helped with the bank robbery. I was the one that helped Coil with the E88. I've been helping Coil the whole time. It was me. How was I supposed to make up for that? How could I redeem myself after I was literally responsible for the kidnapping and drugging of a little girl? More importantly, how could I save her from Coil? The first answer was working with him to prove myself more valuable. But that clearly isn't working. Which means Dinah will stay with Coil. She stayed as a…I gulped as I thought the words, Pet. And I feel worse and worse until…

well…I don't want to think about it…

The only way to make things right would be to save her. But I can't. I can't beat Coil with force. He's an unstoppable juggernaut with his power and army. And it'd be betraying The Undersiders, Betraying Lisa…Betraying Brian…It wasn't an option. But on the other hand, the plan to prove to Coil that I'm more valuable than Dinah wasn't working. All I was proving is that I wouldn't do what needed to be done. I refused to peddle drugs or protection money. But those were my only other options. How could I save Dinah by proving myself to Coil that I was a valuable villain, if I couldn't even make a profit? I felt my guilt rise, I felt so bad I wanted to throw up.

I cried into my pillow. Even taking off my mask and just sobbing into the cushion. How? How was I supposed to do this? How could I save Dinah? How could I take responsibility for my own actions and make things right? I had no connections, no help. I was alone on this territory. What was I supposed to do? I sobbed so much my eyes turned red. I clenched the pillow hard enough for my knuckles to turn white. If I couldn't save Dinah, I could never forgive myself. You're such a idiot. I'M such a idiot. I was a bastard. I was pointless. I was a piece of shit. I was-

"Skitter."

My eyes went wide in response to that. Was one of my workers hearing me cry? That wouldn't be good for my reputation. I Immediately wiped my eyes and put on my mask. "Who is it?"

"It's Tattletale."

Tattletale? Why was she here? "Come in."

She slowly came in, in her costume. Covered in black and purple spandex, with lines forming a 'Tt' and an eye on the chest. I'd miss the lines if I didn't have my power. She took one look at me, closed the door behind her, and said, "Plan failed, huh?"

"What?"

"Your plan. Sell the supplies, make a profit, rescue Dinah. Only people attacked your workers, stole your supplies, and left you jack shit. Leaving you a mess."

I blinked. "Sometimes, I forget just how scary your power is."

She smirked. "Yeah, it's impressive. More importantly, your plan failed."

It wasn't even a question. "Yeah…it did."

Tattletale actually looked unsure of herself for a second. I'm not sure, but I think It was the first time I was seeing her like this. She turned her head. "Nice painting"

I turned my head to the painting of black lines, on a red and yellow background. "Oh, that? That's just abstract art. Nothing special."

"Do you know what it is?"

I shook my head. "I just chose it because it looked spidery."

Tattletale tilted her head at the painting. "I can see an animal eating another's head."

"Where?"

"Over there." She pointed at the painting.

I stood up. And looked at where she was pointing. "I don't see it."

"Come on! You don't see it? The tail? The teeth?"

I tilted my head like Tattletale. "It looks more like an animal eating another's tail."

"Whatever." she walked but bumped into a bunch of magazines. "What are these?"

I blushed furiously. "Nothing! It's nothing!" I swiped them away.

She chuckled. "Cape magazines?"

I whipped my head around. "You read the title?"

"Don't have to." She tapped her head twice while smiling.

I sighed. "It's not a big deal. Just a remnant of a past life."

"Come on Taylor. There's nothing bad about liking heroes even when you're a villain. Even the best heroes get respect. You can read cape magazine and be a cape geek while still being a villain. I mean, there was that one snake-themed villain that was dating a superhero. It's ok, no villain will judge you. Not even Bitch."

I smiled. "Thanks, Lisa. I-"

"I told you to not use real names when in costume. And not to use codenames in normal attire."

I nodded. "Ok."

Tattletale sighed. "Well, I guess I'm going to have to say it eventually. Coil wants to talk to us."

Oh no. "What does he want?"

"He didn't say. My guess though? He wants to talk about the heroes having supplies. And what he can do against it"

I looked down. "I…really don't feel comfortable with that."

"You wanna save Dinah, don't you?"

I looked at Tattletale, but I couldn't look her in the eye.

"You don't think you can…"

"What's the point if my supplies get stolen by supervillains?"

"It was a bad run, bad luck, poor running start. It's not going to be indicative of the whole play. If you try it again, I GUARANTEE it's going to work."

I looked Tattletale in the eye. "You've been wrong before."

"Technically, that was because of you. If you're talking about the bank robbery."

Because of me? Did she know about my talk with Armmaster?

Ugh, I didn't even want to think about him…

"So you're telling me, with 100% certainty, that the plan will work if I do it a second time?"

Tattletale got serious, looked me in the eye, and said, "Yes."

I continued to stare at her until I was certain she was telling the truth. When I was, I said, "Ok, let's go."

An hour later

Coil's base was your standard supervillain base. On the top, it was your average construction site. On the bottom, it was an elaborate, intricate, lair that housed nearly the entire army that he had on beck and call. With metal staircases leading up to several rooms, and concrete walls surrounding us.

I came to Coil's room, where the rest of the team were.

"What's up taytay?" Imp said.

"Hey, Imp," I replied.

"So what's been up, dork?" Regent said.

"Nothing much."

"What about your plan?" Grue spoke. "How did that turn out?"

I looked away. I didn't want to bring everyone else down by explaining how my plan failed.

But I think I gave it away. "Oh sorry," Grue spoke.

"It's ok," I said. "It'll work the next time, right?"

"I'd ask what you guys were talking about if I cared." Bitch said.

I tried to ignore Bitch and her attitude towards me, yet it was hard to, considering she tried to backstab me. I know what it was about, But even with that in mind, It didn't justify it. I didn't even feel guilty. It's not like I was planning on betraying them.

Well, I was, but I quickly changed my mind.

"You obviously care enough to say something."

Bitch facial went from bored to fierce within a second and she came after me. I immediately went back and tried to slink behind Tattletale. Until Grue came between me and Bitch and said, "That's enough."

That didn't ease Bitch's temper. "She was the one that-"

"Made a point after you tried to start shit, yes, how terrible. Listen Bitch. You're on thin ice after you tried to backstab Skitter. So I suggest-"

"She was going to backstab us!" She growled.

"She said she changed her mind. And I believe her. Rest assured, you didn't sacrifice your dogs for a traitor."

Bitch looked down with a scowl on her face.

"Huh?" Imp said.

"Bitch sicked her dogs on Levithan, all to save Taylor. Bitch is now peeved." Regent summed up.

"Ohhhhhhhhhh. You're a bitch, Taylor."

My eyebrow creased. "I wasn't going to backstab them. I changed my mind. Even after Dinah was fucking revealed-"

"Chill girl, I was only joking."

"Yeah taytay," Regent said, "you shouldn't be so sensitive. Especially when you killed a dog. That's fucked up."

"I didn't-"

"Skitter." Tattletale stopped me. "I'm sure he was joking. And Regent and Imp? She already feels bad, just lay off. And…stick to codenames."

"Is that how we do things around here?" Imp asked.

"Yeah, I only said 'taytay' because I like the nickname."

"Awwwww, thanks!"

I rolled my eyes.

As we were waiting, I wanted to think about something to take my mind off this incoming talk with Coil. Something preferable, something calming…

My mind immediately went to the plan-looking boy…

Something not like that…

I really didn't want to think about him. But every time my mind tried to go to something else. It went to the stupid, plain looking boy with a face as average as possible, skinny, stupidly freckled, and with stupid, ugly, fucking green hair, in the dumb blue and white outfit. And the awful philosophy. Idolizing them so much, he quotes them. Acting like because some of them don't get paid, they're not doing it for their own benefit? Where does he get this information?

And how DARE he trivialize my life experiences by saying I was just a spiteful, idiotic, bully? How DARE he insult me by saying heroes were pure good? Incapable of being bad. How DARE he acts like I'm in the wrong for trying to help people any way I can? Even if they don't want it?

And you know what? His philosophy would be charmingly naïve if it wasn't so pathetic. If he wasn't one of those nerdy bullies. Y'know, the type that bully someone because they want a girl to like them. As much as I didn't like Greg. Atleast he stayed by my side, I could at least say THAT about him.

But you can't say the same for the plain-looking kid. I could tell that he likes heroes, not because they're good. But because it's personal to him. Like a hero acted like his father figure or some shit. Something like that. And now he can't IMAGINE them being bad. If he saw the shit I've seen…if he experienced what I have, then-

"Skitter." Tattletale looked at me. "Something bothering you?"

I looked away. "No…I'm fine."

She nodded.

A man opened the door. Tall, well-built, with dark hair, a cut ear, and a goatee. "Undersiders."

Grue spoke first. "Yes?"

"You're on."

We all nodded and went into the room. Coil sat at the other end of the room behind a big table. Covered in black spandex that had the pattern of a white snake swirling around it.

"Undersiders," Coil said.

"Coil." We all replied.

"I'm glad you could show up away from your territory. Any problems since our last talk?"

"Nope," Regent spoke.

"Nuh-uh," Imp said.

"No," Grue replied.

"Nothing here," Tattletale responded.

Bitch was the closest one that came with a problem. "Not as long as you give me what I want."

Coil's body language didn't even change. "I don't take threats lightly. I will supply you with what you require, but only if you stay cooperative. I'm assuming there won't be a problem with that?"

Bitch paused for a second. "No."

"Perfect. Then our relationship can remain mutually beneficial."

Bitch shrugged her shoulders at that.

"Skitter."

"Hm?" I hadn't realized I stayed silent until now.

"You're the only one that hasn't answered. And your body language is telling me there's something you want to say."

"Ummm…no, I'm fine."

"When people say they're fine. 95% of the time. They're not."

"Well, I am."

Coil's body language shifted a fraction. Was that calculated, or was he really annoyed?

"Skitter," Coil spoke. "This would go better if you weren't being difficult."

What was I supposed to say? What was I supposed to do? I didn't know what to say in response.

Luckily, Tattletale came in. "You called us here for a reason, right? You didn't call us here to talk about Skitter's personal problems."

I silently thanked Tattletale. She put the pressure on Coil. So he would get on the defensive. And be forced to focus on something else. Or risk looking weird. The problem is, would he take it?

"Yes, I did call you here for a reason. We need to talk about the heroes giving supplies. And what to do against it."

"Called it." Tattletale said.

"You're not special. Li-tats. I guessed the same thing." Imp sounded very proud of herself.

Tattletale glared at Imp, who quickly cleared her throat. "Shutting up."

Grue turned away from them. "So what's the plan? They have All Might so we can't fight them, do we just wait until they leave?"

"Can't do that." Tattletale said. "I already have people wanting to leave my territory."

"Quite right, Tattletale." Coil said. " And chances aren't as bad as you think. I asked my pet what were the chances of you all coming back from attacking the heroes and stealing their supplies if we had The Travelers help you. Since they are also being affected by this, but couldn't show up Because of problems with Noelle. They be here eventually, just not now"

I twitched at the mention of Dinah. Especially with a fucking name like 'pet'. He asked her questions that would only hurt her head. Her only reward being drugs? I felt like I wanted to throw up.

"And what did she say?" Tattletale asked.

"The chances were 80.46809% If I don't help you. And 85.9732% if I do. As you can see, not very bad odds."

"So we attack?" Grue asked.

"That seems like the wisest choice."

Great, now not only did I have no justification for doing what I did. Because the heroes were helping the people and I had, like, no chance of saving Dinah. But I had to go even further and attack the heroes. I don't have a problem with attacking heroes, per say, only that I'd be hurting the people's chance of getting supplies. I mean, if more people gave other people supplies, wouldn't that be a good thing?

"Skitter?"

I looked up. "Yes?"

"You seem distracted again," Coil said. "Judging from the time where you looked the most distracted, I deduce that it's our mission that's bothering you."

Shit, he figured me out. What was I supposed to say in response? Should I tell him that it's the truth? Should I try a lie?

Should I play dumb?

"What mission?"

Not that dumb…

"I hope that wasn't a joke," Coil said. "This is no laughing matter. If you have doubts that our mission is for the best. How can we hope you will assist us?"

I looked down. "Ummmm…uhhhhh…"

"How can we hope you will pull through and not hesitate?"

"Skitter-"

"The question is for her." Coil cut Tattletale off. He then turned to me. "Well?"

I didn't know what to say. It seemed like I wasn't a reliable teammate. What could I say that would convince him? What could I say that would convince them?

"They're my friends." I gestured at The Undersiders. "I wouldn't backstab even if my life depended on it."

"I wouldn't say you would backstab them. Just not give this mission your all. Give it 100% of your might."

"I would," I said. "It's not like I'll save Dinah by failing, right?"

Coil's body language didn't change. "How about this? If you do this mission, and make a profit for your territory, I'll use less extreme measures on Dinah. If you prove yourself even more valuable, I won't even think twice about releasing her."

Less extreme measure? As in no more drugs? No more abuse? I still prefer her to go with her family, but if he's more gentle with her…

"Skitter?"

"That's all I need, Coil. I'll give the mission my all."

Coil sat there silently. "And the profits? Your territory?"

"Well, that would be easier if you would give me more supplies for me to sell."

"Did the last box sell well?"

"Yes, very well actually."

I don't think he moved a single inch during this whole talk. "Skitter, I know you're lying to me."

What? Did I reveal I was lying in another timeline?

I scratched my head and looked down to the ground. "Ummmm…no?"

"What do you mean, no?"

"Uhhhhh…yes?"

Tattletale facepalmed. Grue and Bitch stared. Regent and Imp snorted.

"Listen, if the supply plan failed. It's time to look into alternative methods. Methods that will be sure to work. I believe Grue is pedaling for protection money?"

I looked down. "I…Can't do that."

"It'd be your most profitable-"

"I said I'm not doing it," I repeated while hugging my body. "Listen…the supply plan…it had a bad start. But, it'll get better. It'll work the second time. Even if I have to sell it myself."

"That'll only leave your base vulnerable to attacks," Coil argued. "Not to mention, if people didn't buy your supplies before, what makes you think they'll buy them now?"

"It's not that they didn't buy them? They were stolen."

"And they won't get stolen again because?"

I didn't have an answer.

"Listen Skitter, I won't stop giving you supplies. I'll still give you two boxes of food. What you do with them is your choice. But I can't put MORE money into something that isn't succeeding in the first place. The whole reason why I have Dinah is that I don't like chances. Everything has to be almost certain. So I suggest another method."

I gave the only answer I could. "Ok…"

"As for the rest of you. I suggest a plan. Using your powers to their fullest advantage. Take your opponents' every weakness into account. And...and…and…"

Coil was droning on? Why? That's not like him. And he seemed to be looking at something else.

And right when I noticed that I got the sense of a lot of bugs all of the sudden. As if a pocket dimension opened.

Me and the Undersiders looked behind us to see a purple portal.

And a man covered in hands stepped outside.

 

[Ultimate]

The next chapter is here! hope you enjoy it. Things are going to go off the handle pretty soon, so get hyped!

And if you couldn't already guess, The Undersiders, The Travelers, and Coil are going to meet Shigaraki and Kurogiri next episode, expect a lot of setup and payoffs coming soon! And I hope you're as excited as I am!

I'm working on the second episode of Ultimate, and I will post it on my site in a few months. Tell me if you want to see more of Ultimate and if you don't know what that is. What are you waiting for? Check out TheUltimateWriting to read it, it's WAY better than this is. Trust me.

That's all I had to say, this is Super Ultimate Number One, sighing out. Peace!

 

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Chapter Eleven:

I stepped out of Kurogiri's portal, into the base of Coil. I don't know what I expected, but it definitely wasn't some brats.

What the hell were The Undersiders doing here?

The first one I noticed was Skitter, she was covered in silk and dead arthropods judging from how it looked. She had yellow goggles lenses on her mask and the mask itself resembled a bug's mandibles. Her long dark hair was flowing behind her. Which seemed stupid to me. Not like superheroes wear armor where I come from, but if you're going to wear it, why not wear it in as many spots as you can? Did she purposefully keep it flowing, or did she have to do it like that?

The next I noticed was another brat. I think she was Tattletale. A teenage girl with dirty blonde hair and a purple mask. Covered in purple spandex. With an eye on her chest area on her costume. She was looking back at Coil and at me. Clearly not expecting me. Wait, now she was smiling? Why the hell was she smiling?

The next person I noticed was a buff guy covered in shadows, Definitely Grue. Then a white kid wearing some Venetian mask, Regent. After that, a tiny girl in black spandex, Imp. And last, a butch girl wearing a dog mask. As if that'll conceal your secret identity.

Then again, Hellhound, also known as Rachel Lindth, didn't have one, so I suppose it didn't matter.

Then of course there was Coil. wearing dark spandex, with holes in the head for the eyes, showing his dark skin. A white snake working in contrast acting as part of the costume wrapping around him. Yeah, that'll make people trust you. What a creepy character design.

"Woah. gross." Imp said.

"Gross? More like fucking awesome!" Regent smiled. "Man, I need to use that as my Halloween costume."

I rolled my eyes at that.

Kurogiri stepped through himself. "He-"

I held my hand out in front of him. I wanted to be the one that made introductions.

But before I could, Coil said, "Who are you? What business do you have with me?"

I smiled. "You would already know. But to humor you, I am Tomura Shigaraki."

"You speak English?" Grue asked.

I nodded.

"Well, I don't want to disappoint you, but I'm afraid I never heard of you," Coil said.

"Tomura?" Tattletale said. "As in to mourn? You think of yourself as an agent of death?"

I blinked. "Clever. Not many people would've figured that out so quickly." I smiled.

I knew exactly what to do. If I tried to attack her, then the people who have future sight will try to stop it. The other four definitely didn't have the powers. I knew all their powers from the research I did. None of them was future sight. The only person's powers that weren't known was Tattletale. I didn't consider it relevant before, but now that I know she's a part of this team…

What if instead of seeing opponents' weak points, she just knew what she would say, and said it? After all, information can come from nowhere.

Tattletale tensed up. She reached for her gun. Did she see it?

"Shigaraki," Coil said. "Don't."

He sounded tense. I suppose he saw it.

This means these are the two ones with future sight.

"Perfect. We have all the information we need."

Tattletale frowned, tensing up, most likely from either dislike or anger. I suppose it would be both, a stark contrast to Coil, who just sat there, not changing his body language. "You sound awfully overconfident."

"Let's say I have you over a barrel."

"What are you talking about?" Grue said.

I turned to him. "I'd tell you, but I don't know if you're trustworthy. You could tell someone when you figure it out. If you don't already know."

"Know about what? What are you talking about?"

"He's talking about Noelle," Tattletale said.

I blinked again. "Your power is annoying."

She smirked. "I know, but I doubt you know what my power is."

That burning itch showed up again. As I scratched, I said, "I know way more than you think. You should stay. You'll be important to this discussion."

"Wait, what?" Regent said. "What about the rest of us?"

"You're not important. It's better if you just leave."

"You don't give orders to my partners," Coil said.

"Your partners? They're brats. I doubt you would be partners with a bunch of kids. And even if you were, you wouldn't want it to be known." I tried a tactic. "If you work with kids, maybe I should take my business elsewhere."

Tattletale rolled her eyes. "Oh please, you expect to fool us?"

"Who said I was trying to fool you?"

"You are." Coil said. "Trust me when I say I know you don't want to do business."

Dammit. He figured me out.

Wait, come to think of it, how did he know if that future never happened? Is it a possible future he sees? Alternative timelines?

Wait, it would have to be the same for Tattletale. Was her power the same? Or similar? What are the chances of two people with the same power ending up in the same city? Even if she was from a different city, Why would he get someone with a similar power? Just for higher chances? Can he only see his own future? It was possible. Several future sight powers looked like that. Maybe they both work like that?

I don't know…something doesn't seem right.

"Alright, you figured me out. What I want is the support of your thinker powers."

Skitter's head whipped around to look at Coil. "How does he…Support for what?"

"For what else? To kill All Might."

Coil's head leaned back. "I see. Now I know who you are."
"Oh really? And who am I?"

"You're the buffoon that tried to kill All Might. You're the idiot that attacked a school of heroes."

My itch spread. I scratched harder and harder. "Careful. When on thin ice, you don't want to jump."

"You're the one jumping," Tattletale said. "You're messin' with two people who can see into the future. If we want, we can see how this conflict ends and simply do that."

The other Undersiders stared at her. Guess they weren't expecting her to reveal that.

Or was it something else? It was hard to tell with their masks on.

What Skitter said suggested the former. "You just told him?"

She shrugged. "He already knows."

"But you can't just tell him! Our secret will become public knowledge!" Regent whined.

But it sounded weird. It sounded…fake? Did he just not care? And was acting as if he didn't care as a joke? I don't know enough about him to know. His shoulders were relaxed, slumped. So that implied he didn't care.

Know that I think about it. They were all like that! They didn't seem too concerned that I figured out their secrets…

Something was not adding up…

"Don't worry," Tattletale said. "My power is telling me ‌he will not do that. He's planning something else."

"Like what?" Hellhound asked.

"That's for him to reveal. Not up to me."

"I agree," Coil said. "So Shigaraki, I ask again, what business do you have with-"

"I don't believe you."

Coil sat there, unmoving. "I'm sorry?"

"Not you. You." I pointed at Tattletale.

"Me?" Tattletale asked."

"Yes, you. I don't believe you can see into the future."

She smirked again. God, she was bugging me. "Really? Then explain what future I saw where you tried to kill me. Clearly, you were trying to test me."

"What!?" Grue shouted.

"How…" Skitter looked at me, and put a snake's amount of venom into her voice. "You did that?"

I blinked. So she saw something?

No…I'm not so sure yet.

"Not important. If you're power really is future sight, then explain your friends being so relaxed. Explain Coil getting you when his power is also future sight." That already had an explanation. I only wanted to test her. "It's healthy to have a small dose of paranoia in this business, even some of the best have that. So you'll excuse me if I want you to test it again."

Tattletale's smile didn't falter. "I handled situations like this before, My friends know I can handle it, and Mine and Coil powers only work on ourselves." Convenient. "As for the test, I have no problem with that. Just think about doing something and I'll see it."

I wasn't going to play by her rules. Off the off chance she sees her opponents' weak points or is a psychic…no, it wasn't possible for her to figure out what she did by looking at my weak points. Unless your garden variety tells counts as a weak point.

Come to think of it…something was wrong with what she said…

"Why do I have to think about it?" I asked

"What?"

"You shouldn't need me to think about something. You should just be able to just look into the future and see what's going to happen next. Come to think of it, you were the only one I could tell was shocked by the look in your eyes and your pupil dilation. It seems like to me, you have a garden variety thinker power. Such as seeing your opponents' weak points, or psychic powers. They aren't uncommon. It's entirely possible. Just means you are irrelevant to this discussi-"

"Fuck off." she said.

I blinked, then scratched harder. "What?"

"You think you're so clever? You think you're smart? You're not. I could figure you out just like that." She snapped her fingers for emphasis. "I could see your entire backstory. I could see what makes you tick. I could psychoanalyze you and your misty friend in a blink of an eye. Because I'm smart, on top of having an awesome power."

What? "What do you mean?"

"Isn't it obvious? Do you think my power is that limited? Do you think I'm that weak? How do you think I survive for so long? How do you think I made it without Coil?"

"By just looking into the future, you could avoid all problems by doing that."

She simply smirked. "Let me just tell you. I can look into the past, on top of looking into the future."

I blinked. "Prove it."

She wouldn't stop smirking. It was pissing me off. "All I have to do is touch you and I can look into your past as well," she got up from her chair, "it's easy."

Now she was contradicting herself, at first she said she could only use it on herself now she can use it on other people if she touches them. She's hiding something…

And she either kept frowning or her eyes kept narrowing whenever I figured something out. What was up with that?

I held out my hand for her to touch. And she held onto four fingers. A sign that she looks into people's weak points, or did she look into the future where I attacked her and figured it out from there? Why would she be touching me at all if that was the case? Was she just smart and learned it was from five fingers that I killed her?

"Tattletale." Coil said. His voice had a warning tone. "Think about what you're doing."

Tattletale turned to him. "I know what I'm doing. I won't get hurt."

"You'll be making a fool of yourself."

"There's no way I'll be doing that with him."

"Tattletale…"

"I'm doing it. Whether you like it or not."

Coil sighed.

She turned to me. "Your quirk works by pressing five fingers against someone, and you can't turn it off, meaning you constantly have to be careful when you're touching yourself."

"Ew," Imp said, with some amusement in her voice.

"Not like that, Imp." She said.

"What else?" I said.

"And your scratching is because of an itch."

"Yes…that's how…scratches work," Regent said.

"But there's more to it than that. You see, that itch is a tic developed when you were a kid, when you were locked outside of the house by one of your abusive parents."

What? What was it? How could she figure that out? That would be a weak point. But she figured things out that you couldn't with just sensing weak points. A psychic? No, my memories are suppressed. She'd never be able to read them without awakening them.

Can she really look into the past?

No, that's impossible. That goes against everything we know about people with precognition. Is she omniscient?

Wait…

Why did she say ONE of my abusive parents?

I kept my facial expression as unreadable as possible. Then said the right things. "I'm…not sure you understand what you're saying."

"Oh, but I do, I have to admit you're good at hiding your thoughts, but I know I'm right. You itch is a tic created when you were locked outside on sunny days. It manifests when you're angry. When you feel the need to murder someone. That's why you itched when I got smug, and when Coil insulted you. You itch when you're angry."

I stratched. I'd narrow my eyes. But that would be inconsistent, now wouldn't it? Have to show more fear than rage.

"Just like right now. You scratched because you're itching, you're itching because you're angry, and you're angry because you don't like people being smarter than you."

I thought about this. How could I prove my theory?... Got it.

"You don't know my family." I put in a slight amount of aggression in my voice. "You don't know what they were like, what happened to them." I moved the muscle in my lips to smile slightly for a split second.

She smirked. "I do, you killed them."

I looked slightly to the left. "What?"

"Yeah, you killed them. And you enjoyed it too. You murdered your father and your mother with sick glee. With absolute ecstasy. And I can see the face where you did it. You were smiling like the fucking Joker."

"I…" I paused. "I regretted it." I looked to the left.

"Nope, you never did. You enjoyed it back then, and you do right now."

I smiled. "Nope."

She blinked. "What?"

"Nope. A villain killed them. And I don't enjoy the fact that they were murdered. Every time I think about it, it pisses me off."

Hellhound tilted her head. "Why?"

"Don't know why. I just do, but you said that I did it and that I enjoyed it, anyway. You can look into the past. Can't you just see what I was thinking in the past? Or what my mentor said? Why'd you say one of my abusive parents instead of saying, my mom or my dad? I bet you can't even look and know what year it happened. Because you can't look into the past. So you know what I think?"

I leaned in. "Your power is super deductive reasoning and you can figure things out with ease."

She clenched her fist hard enough for her fingers to pop. "You don't fucking know me."

"Oh, but I think I do. I think you're one of those types of people with powers that like to cause conflict. I think you had a trigger event. And I think you had a trigger event when you couldn't figure something out. Like a narcissist. No, something else. You tried to help someone but failed. Someone close to you, your mother? Your father? Your sibling? Sibling, right." I knew just from her looks. "And that trigger event DEEPLY affected you, like it does to everyone else. And it causes you to look for information to prove you're the smartest. Your power gives you rewards for causing conflict. And you're pissed off because I'm smarter than you."

I leaned back. "How about that? You have a completely unique power and someone without it is still better at it than you."

She was glaring daggers into my soul right about now. "Don't fucking test me. Whether or not you fucking figured out my power. I'm still fucking smarter than you. I'm still fucking better than you. And I can still figure you out."

"Prove it."

She dug her fingers into her spandex. Eventually leaving and slamming the door behind her.

"Thought you say that."

The Undersiders stared at me, not saying a word until Skitter slammed her hands down and got up. "That wasn't right! You had no right to bully her like that!"

I itched. "Can it, brat. Don't make me do the same to you."

"You couldn't." She said, "That wouldn't be the best for business relationships with Coil."

"I'm not interested in business relationships with him. I'm interested in something else. Now get out of here. This isn't the place for little kids."

"I'm not a little kid."

"How old are you?"

She folded her arms. "None of your business."

"Oh, I see. With that voice and attitude, you're 15. The age where everyone thinks they're invincible. That age where everyone is immature. I think it's obvious you, nor anyone else here, EXCEPT for Coil, is useful to this discussion. Now, I'm only going to say this one more time. Get out of here. You're wasting my time."

I started hearing bugs buzz around the room. Were her powers tied to her emotions? She didn't seem angry. Maybe she put her emotions on the bugs?

Didn't matter. She left eventually, storming out in a huff.

"Anyone else?" I said.

"No," Grue said. "There's nothing to say. Coil?"

Coil looked at me for a while. "Leave. Let me speak to them alone."

"Alright, Come on Undersiders."

The team left the meeting room, leaving me, Kurogiri, and Coil alone.

"Kurogiri, get me a chair."

"As you wish." Kurogiri portaled me a chair, putting it in front of me.

I sat down in it. Directly away from Coil. "I like your team. They're very easy to manipulate. Of course, I'm assuming."

"Spare me the pleasantries, Shigaraki," Coil said. "Simply tell me what you want. Tattletale said it has something to do with Noelle?"

I rolled my eyes. "Please. You have future sight, you can easily see what I want. I'm not going to bother saying it if you already know."

"I see." Coil clasped his hands together. "So…blackmail?"

"Thinker support ‌for me keeping your dirty little secret."

Coil stared at me for a while. "As much as I want to assist you in order to keep this secret just that, I'm afraid I can't oblige. My…support can't answer questions all the time. Only a few every day. Or else her head hurts. Serious migraines. Any question asked afterwards would bring the pain back full force. I would ask her more questions if that wasn't the case. Unfortunately, it is, and it admittingly slows down my operation. It would slow down my operation even more so if you interfered with it. That would be a grave mistake."

Head hurting huh? A cliche for powers. Their heads always hurt when they use them too much. Considering head hurting was common for people with superpowers. I wonder if this guy head hurt as well from all the ego inside it.

I put my hands on my face and made an overly shocked expression. "Oh-no! The operation! Not the operation! How can this be? What can we do? I wouldn't want to hurt the operation or her head." I put my hands down and my expression changed in a second. "Don't care."

Coil's eyes narrowed. "Really? You should change your tone, Shigaraki. I didn't get this success because of my power. I got this success because of my plans, my strategy…not to mention my equally impressive allies."

"How do you fit that head in that costume?"

"I'm friends with some extremely powerful people. Very dangerous people. You'll be an enemy. You won't last a day. You'll-"

I chuckled under my breath. "You're not the only one that is friends with some very powerful people. Not to mention, I doubt those friends of yours know what you're hiding."

I threw some pictures of Noelle out on the desk, so he knows what he's dealing with. He took one of the pictures and eyed it with a narrow eye.

"There are dozens more where that came from. Some that are not even here." I said.

Coil eyed the picture for a few more seconds as if trying to see if it was fake. And then put it down. "You're…awfully thorough."

"Wouldn't have made it this far without being just that."

Coil clasped his hands together again. "Unfortunately, this does not sign my death warrant."

"It does," I spoke with venom in my voice. "Do you know what will happen if this picture hits the newspaper?"

Coil nodded, but I noticed his eyes narrowing.

I decided to say it anyway to confirm it. "All of the best heroes are suddenly kicking down your door to take the girl, kill her, and kick your teeth out."

"My allies-"

"Will not support you or assist you in any way imaginable. Do you know what solidified The Dark Age of Superheroes?"

"I'm aware."

Ignoring him, I said, "It wasn't the failure of the top heroes, it wasn't the increase of powerful villains, it wasn't even the heroes that went bad. It was the creation, the birth, and the arrival of three uber-powerful villains that were unstoppable. Unmovable. Villains that even the top heroes couldn't beat. Except for an occasional few. You know who those villains were."

Coil continued to look straight ahead. "So what your saying is-"

"If people figured out there was another one… another Endbringer…They'd be freaking terrified. They were shocked when Behemoth showed up, stunned when Levithan showed up, and outright fell into despair when Simurgh appeared, especially with her power. Now there's another one? During hopeful times? What can this one do? They all have different powers. Could this one control biology? Could she create a virus that'll certainly wipe us all out? Could she turn us all into monsters? Is she another Nilbog? So many questions that people will have and won't care to answer. They'll simply want you dead. Even your friends won't associate with you. Either through spite or necessity. After all, they can't help someone who has an Endbringer in their basement."

Coil sat there silently. "So in order for me to keep my business…my empire…I have to help you."

"Yes, I want help from your thinker power. And your subordinate. By the way, where Is she?"

"You don't have to see her. It is not required for this-"

"I WANT to." I didn't want to freakin' repeat myself.

"You can't always get what you want," Coil said, with a sternness I never heard before.

He thinks I can't always get what I want? He think he can be stern with me? The next King of the underworld. The Symbol of Terror?

"I ALWAYS get what I want. You forget…" I grabbed one of the pictures and wagged it. "I have you over a barrel."

Coil sat there without showing any emotion. What was his power? Ordinary future sight? Timeline searching? He seemed to be completely calm as if he already knew what would happen, but then why would he even argue with me as if he thought it would work? Did he actually interact in the timelines?

Did he…split them?

Coil calls out. "Mr. Pitters?"

An older man peeked his head through the door. "Yes?"

"Bring Dinah."

He nodded and closed the door.

A few minutes later, he came back with an 11 or 12-year-old girl. She walked to Coil and sat down next to him, her walking subdued and quiet. She had, white skin, brown hair, eyes that were as sunken as the titanic, and was wearing white pajamas.

Great. Another brat.

Mr. Pitters led her to Coil and left her in his hands, leaving the room when prompted.

"This is my pet: Dinah Accolt."

Pet? What a weirdo. Who calls a kid pet? Guess he didn't want to get attached to her.

I stared at her. "What's your power?"

Dinah didn't lookup. She mumbled something and I couldn't quite understand what she said. "What?"

She did it again. "Speak up brat, I can't hear you."

She was going to do it a third time, and I almost thought she was going to do it on purpose, until Coil said, "Pet, speak clearly."

She nodded, looked me in the eye, and said, "I calculate probabilities."

Upon hearing her power, I smirked. So Coil's power was to split timelines, I assume, and her power was to calculate probabilities? That's amazing, assuming the brat was loyal. You could try and try again with the probabilities given until you find something that works. You would know what has a high chance of working and what doesn't, and know whether you should keep trying. He could take over the world with those kinds of powers if he played his cards correctly.

"Can you prove that?" I asked.

"Already did," Coil said.

I looked at him.

"I saw the future where she answered the question you wanted to ask and wrote it down to help remember it."

"Ok. and what were the odds?"

"5.4832 chances you kill All Might with the use of another Nomu. 10.9239 chances you kill All Might if you use a high-end Nomu. and I feel the need to tell you, you only needed to ask one to test her."

I thought this over. The numbers were a little too specific, they were most likely the truth. Of course, just because it's improbable, doesn't mean it can't be a lie. But what if it wasn't? Did he split the timelines, and I asked the questions in an alternative timeline? Interesting. Just reminds me of how cheap his power is.

"How am I supposed to know if that's the truth?"
"You were able to figure out and outsmart someone with super deductive reasoning. You could tell whether or not I'm lying."

"All right, Coil," I said. "How do I know you didn't come up with those chances yourself? How do I know whether or not THAT'S your power?"

"You already know what my power is. I asked in an alternative timeline."

"Really? Well…I guess you're very thorough as well."

"No such thing as being too paranoid."

I smirked. "Well, I suppose that'll be very useful…as for the offer..."

He looked down at the pictures. "As if I have a choice…What now? When do we start?"

My smile grew wider. "We just did."

Later

Coil's base was far more interesting than ours. While our base was an ordinary bar, theirs was a flat-out supervillain lair! The ones you would hear myths and legends about. It was that interesting. It made me smile. It meant that Coil would be very useful to me. I could even get his soldiers for Nomu, or even some of those tinker ray guns. That will be useful in my quest to kill All Might.

Kurogiri and I walked to the room I thought the Undersiders would be in, but I found an even stranger sight: The Travelers.

Trickster was there with light brown skin, a hooked nose, and a magician outfit. Looking like a complete fool wearing it. Even with it fitting with his powers, it was still a dumb outfit.

I also saw Ballistic in his trademark black, bulky armor and stupid, square mask, and his snub nose. He looked kinda buff with his armor on. But probably only with the armor.

There was a beast there. Looked like one of Hellhound's dogs. A blue, yes blue, quadruped, muscular being that had three tails and was as large as a car. I assume that would be genesis.

And then last was Sundancer, another brat wearing black and red armor with star and flame motifs. Don't understand how she could see in that mask. Hard to see behind black glass.

Wait, if this and The Undersiders were related, that means that Coil is helping several other villains…

Or more likely…THEY are helping HIM.

Wonder if I could use that…

"Hello Travelers," I said, "are you subordinates of Coil as well?"

They stared at me. Until Trickster spoke. "Maybe, and who would you be?"

"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Shigaraki. I work with your boss."

Trickster stayed silent for a second. "You don't come from around here."

I smirked. "Is it that obvious?"

He nodded. "Unless you're from the ABB. and they take down the ABB a long time ago, and the people working with them either went to prison or got community service. And I doubt the people working for them had powers other than the ones we know about…and they would never form their own group…not after the last one failed with Lung."

"You know, it's amazing this city could beat Lung. He could fight an Endbringer alone. The only people that could do that where we come from…well, the only other man who could do that where we come from is All Might."

And All for One. But he's nothing but a myth. Better if they don't know I know him. Or believe he's real.

"Yeah, probably a mistake to make him an enemy." Trickster said. I knew what he was referring to.

"It's not like I did it."

"Oh, of course, didn't mean to insinuate that you were responsible for Lung's misfortune and him becoming a criminal, only that Japan is responsible for kicking him out of the country."

"They gave him a trial. The only thing is that Lung reject the people who decided someone should be responsible for the collateral damage and instead of choosing All Might even though he was there, chose Lung."

"It's more than that," Ballistic said. "Ignoring that All Might tried to ease the damages and even took him to a different island to save Japan. To give Lung the benefit of the doubt, your country tends toward trying to punish those accused rather than finding out whether or not they even did the crime. And he did ‌the crime. The only problem is that they wanted him to be guilty. And Lung was kinda fed up with that."

"Yeah." Sundancer agreed. "I used to feel sorry for Lung when I first learned about his story, and I only stopped when I learned what he was doing."

"Well," I said. "I'm not one for caring about things like that. Also not one for saying someone is in the wrong for going against the system."

"Yes, that'd be rather peculiar for a villain." Trickster said.

Who uses words like that? What a blowhard. Reminds me of Coil.

"So you're working for Coil as well. Just like The Undersiders."

"Wait, he knows about the Undersiders?" Sundancer confirmed.

"Well, nothing was confirmed. Until you said that."

Sundancer put her hands closer to her mouth. "Oh…"

Ballistic looked at her. "Nice, Dancer."

Trickster pulled out a cigarette, lit it, and after sucking, puffed out a cloud of smoke. "Well, no pretense of acting like we aren't working for him isn't going to work anymore."

"Sorry."

"Eh, it doesn't matter. He'd probably figure it out anyway." He turned to me. "You know who we are?"

I nodded. "Trickster, Ballistic, Sundancer, and the projection Genesis."

They stared at me for a while.

"How…." Trickster didn't finish.

I smirked. "It's kinda obvious. She always has a new form every time they're spotted. But she doesn't change it in fights. Even when it's beneficial, people don't notice it. But I do." I turned to the beast. "The only explanation is if you can't change your form on the fly when all other shapeshifters can. Meaning you're no shapeshifter, it's just a projection controlled by a handicapped girl."

They stared again.

I finished. "Judging by the fact that the earliest sightings had you happy every time you so much as walked. And the feminine form of the beast in the earlier sighting proves my point about them being female and handicapped."

Hard to tell what most of their reactions were, but Genesis blinked. "You're…awfully observant, Shigaraki."

"Thank you. Now, how about you show yourself?"

Genesis nodded, and I heard a wheelchair wheel into the room, showing a red-headed girl sitting down.

"Hi." She said.

"Hello." Kurogiri greeted. "Oh, I just realized, I never introduced myself. I am Kurogiri."

"Hello, Kurogiri." Trickster said. "So pray tell, what brings you to Coil's base? Are you a business partner of his?"

"How about you answer our question first? Where are the Undersiders?"

"Maybe we don't need to know," Kurogiri stated.

I looked at him.

He leaned in and whispered, "We could always size them up if they're working with Coil. After all, Coil could try to have them kill us as well."

I put my hand on my chin. "Yes, I suppose that's possible."

"So, my question?" Trickster asked again.

"Yes," Kurogiri said. "We formed a beneficial relationship with him."

Trickster stared. "I notice you didn't say MUTUALLY beneficial."

"Because it's not." The voice said behind me.

I turned around to see. "Tattletale…Always a pleasure."

"Wish I could say the same Shiggy. To respond to your concern, Trickster. Trust me when I say their relationship is anything but mutually beneficial."

Kurogiri's eyes narrowed. "I suppose there's no point in hiding it." He turned to Trickster. "We're blackmailing your boss."

Trickster looked at Tattletale, who nodded.

He looked back at us, as tense as a screw in a bookshelf. "I see…And…do you think this will affect us?"

"I don't see how it matters," I said. "You can't do anything about it without angering your boss."

"Why would he care?"

"Cause if you stop us, the pictures we took will be uploaded to the internet by our partners."

"Pictures of what, exactly?"

"Well, spoiler alert." Regent walked in. "It's not of Coil blowing a guy."

"Unfortunately," Imp said.

The rest of The Undersiders walked in.

"Undersiders," I said.

"Shigaraki." they all said.

"Not mad about me humiliating your teammate?"

Tattletale frowned.

"I just wish she wouldn't needle people stronger than her," Grue said.

"Stronger could work out." I smiled. "But never smarter."

Tattletale's eyes narrowed. I smiled wider in response.

"You humiliated tattletale?" Sundancer asked. "How?"

"Didn't you listen?" Ballistic said. "He said he was smarter."

"Which actually makes sense. He did figure out my real form."

"I figured," Tattletale said.

I rolled my eyes at the desperate attempt to display dominance.

"You're such a jerk, you know that?" Skitter said

"I'm not a jerk, I'm a villain." I corrected. "It's entirely different."

"You still didn't answer my question." Trickster butted in. "What are these pictures that are apparently successfully blackmailing our boss?"

"Noelle."

Trickster stared. "What?"

My eyes widened. "Oh, I just realized…her team…it's yours. Her team is you guys…well that makes it awkward."

"You took pictures of Noelle…In order…to blackmail us!?" His Bile was showing. The rest of The Travelers stared. Genesis frowned. As did her beast.

"Not you, your boss. Don't take it personally."

"HOW AM I NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE THAT PERSONALLY!?" Great. He was irrational. "YOU'RE USING NOELLE AS A BARGAINING CHIP!! NO ONE GETS TO TREAT HER LIKE THAT!!"

"You'd think we'd be ok with that?" Ballistic said. "With you treating a teammate like trash? Using her against us?"

"How could you?" Sundancer asked. "We just want to get back home. You can't do this to us."

"And even if you think you can," Genesis said. "It doesn't matter. We'll stop you."

"How?" I asked. "What are you going to do about it? You try anything, and the picture gets uploaded everywhere. Everywhere. Everywhere in the newspaper, everywhere on the internet. Everyone will know about it, and try their hardest to kill her, even the most moral ones. And I'm sure you don't want that." I leaned closer to Trickster. "You can't touch me."

Trickster clenched his fist. I could tell he wanted to punch me. Judging from the tenseness of his body and his pupil dilation.

But he couldn't.

For obvious reasons.

"Well, I guess I don't have to needle you for information. Considering you know what you're dealing with. We don't know a lot about your powers. Now that you have no reason to deny me information, I suggest you tell me, what are your powers?"

"They can tell you at any time, Shigaraki," Grue stated. "But we have to plan now."

"Plan for what?"

"None of your business," Tattletale said.

I scratched my itch, and Grue spoke up. "Uhhh, we're just trying to steal supplies for our territories."

"Your territories…y'know, it said that when the chips are down, the so-called civilized people…will eat each other. I guess you…and your boss…are proving that."

"We're not exactly civilized people." Hellhound folded her arms as she said it.

"Not to mention, We're fixing civilization." Skitter said.

"How?"

"By making territories, helping people, giving them food and water, we're ultimately helping people. There's nothing wrong with it. It's why we have to do this."

"Yes, cause the saviors have to be you." I pointed out. "How are you going to do it?"

"We formulated a plan with Tattletale and figured out a way to use all our powers the best way," Grue told me.

"I doubt she contributed a lot."

"Hey," Tattletale's fury was showing. "I doubt that it was really necessary to say that. Like you have a desperate need to put people down. Like a six-year-old."

How does she reach that conclusion about me, but not herself? That doesn't make any sense.

But to prove who's the bigger man. "You're right. I apologize."

Tattletale narrowed her eyes at me.

"If you Undersiders are going out," Ballistic started, "why are you in our room?"

"We need your help," Grue explained. "We need as much help as we can get for this."

"Why?" I asked. "Didn't you beat the heroes before?"

"Well, someone has done their research," Regent said. "Quick, what's my secret fetish?"

"Ohhhhh, can I guess?" Imp piped up.

I ignored them. "Well?"

Skitter walked forward. "We beat the hero before. But they got new assistance."

"More heroes came in to help?"

"Yes. plenty more came, specifically your Class 1-A."

What? "What?"

"What's wrong? Still hold a grudge?"

"I think it's more of the fact you said it was his Class 1-A," Regent suggested. "I don't think a villain goes to a hero school."

"You know what I mean."

"Yeah! That you're a racist!" Imp said.

"I'm not a racist!"

"Maybe you would've fit more with the Empire 88 than us."

"No, I wouldn't."

"She did think Kaiser was cool," Tattletale said.

"No, I didn't! Come on, guys! This isn't funny! I just meant that he-"

"I wanna help."

Everyone looked at me.

"What?" Trickster asked.

"You heard me. I wanna help. I want another shot at All Might."

Tattletale rolled her eyes. "You won't be able to kill him."

I scratched. "Then I guess I will be only helping your goals and not my own. You won't have a problem with that, right?"

You'll get in the way." Hellhound complained.

"With my Nomu, my intelligence, and my powers, I could easily beat most of the opponents..."

"We didn't make the plan to accommodate you." Grue told me.

"Then we'll make a new plan, a new strategy, One that'll be perfect. I'll even ask Coil if we could help. Wonder what he'll say to that…"

"Trust us," Kurogiri said. "With all of our abilities, you have no reason to deny our help. Your boss had displayed a degree in competence, but we were able to blindside him, weren't we?"

Grue sighed. For a second there, I thought he would deny us. As if we couldn't help him, he would deny us a chance to kill All Might out of bitterness and spite.

Instead, he said, "What will the new plan be?"

I smiled. "Let me answer your question with my original question. What exactly are your powers?"

 

[Ultimate]

Here it is! Next chapter, thank you so much for supporting me for so long! The next chapter is going to have things go off the motherfucking rails, so stay tuned for that.

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That's all I had to say. This is Super Ultimate Number One, sighing out. Peace!

 

[Ultimate]

Chapter Twelve:

The one pointer ran right at me. I moved to the side as fast as I could and tried to touch it. But it was too fast. It turned around and ran at me. I turned around, ready to touch it, but it already leaped into the air, landed, and slammed into me. Sending me flying. I tried to get my footing and ran towards him. I tried to touch him, but it went backward like lightning to avoid me and ran into me, slamming into me again.

But this time I used my power.

I froze it. Putting one out of commission. Now for the others. I ran towards another one, ready to freeze it, only for it to leap into the air over me and for another one to ram into me. Feeling like Aegis just socked me in the liver. I nearly pissed myself. God, it was so painful. Another one ran at me, and I went to touch it. Only for it to go backward and slam into me at a high speed. Whacking me in the chest, bruising my ribs.

God, How was I supposed to be a great hero if I couldn't even beat some fucking robots?

The three bots ran at me. Ready to take me down.

Well, guess I'll die.

All of a sudden, the robots were sent flying by a shock wave that came from nowhere. It deafened me and nearly sent me away. I looked from where it came from and saw Izuku, or Midoriya, aiming with his finger. Did that shock wave come from him? From his finger!?

Looked like it was damaged. Was his body not used to his power?

He lowered his hand and smiled. "Thought I'd give some help."

I frowned. "I don't need your help. You're a student. You're not an official hero."

Izuku returned the look. "It's not like you're a pro."

"But I am! I've fought more villains than you've ever seen in person!"

"Look, we're never going to do this unless we work together, so let's-LOOK OUT!"

I immediately rolled out of the way and saw a two-pointer tail trying to strike me. Its tail was ready for another strike.

Izuku finished. "So let's work together on this. I'll try to distract it and you-"

"I don't need your help."

Izuku glared at me. "Fine. but don't get in my way then!" Izuku jumped after it. As if he could do anything.

Though I guess if that previous display of power meant anything, he could.

I looked at the other teammates and U.A students, like Ochaco, or Uraraka, evading the tails of a two-pointer and grabbing it, throwing it into the air, and…watching it float away? That wasn't the capabilities of the robots. It seemed like it wasn't in control. Was it her power at work?

The bird guy and Kid win were doing a good job of beating the one and two-pointers. The bird guy's dark clone was kicking the robot's asses while Kid Win was watching his back and shooting energy blasts with his twin pistols at the robots.

The others were doing good as well. Rock guy was holding the robots in place while Tenya kicked them. Vista was causing the robots to attack each other with her power. And Glory Girl and Katsuski were LITERARY ripping the robots to shreds. One, two, and three-pointers alike. Damn, those guys were good.

I looked at Izuku, who wasn't exactly doing the best time. Spending most of his time grabbing onto the tail and getting swung around like a rag doll. At one point, he got on top and tried to get a hold. I tried my best to stifle my laughter. It was like someone riding a bull.

"SOME. ONE. HELP ME." Izuku was speaking in between the times his ass hit the cold, hard metal of the Robot's tail. That was it. I burst out laughing. I couldn't stifle it anymore. I actually tried my hardest, but I couldn't bite my tongue any longer. I started rolling on the floor. In pain for the outburst of guffawing.

"THIS. ISN'T. FUNNY." Izuku started speaking again. In a desperate attempt to get me to help him, no doubt. But that only made me laugh harder. I started to bang on the ground.

"CLOCK. BLOCKER. WILL YOU. JUST. SAVE. ME!?"

I actually tried to stifle my laughter. To hold my glee in. but it only hurt my chest. So I let it out again.

"CLOCK. BLOCKER!!"

I was a teenage hyena.

Suddenly, I heard the robot burst into pieces. And Izuku fell to the ground. When he did, I saw him with two purple bloody fingers.

"YOU BROKE ANOTHER FINGER!?" I shouted.

"It's not like you were helping me! All you did was laugh at my expense. My god! You are such a terrible hero!"

"DON'T! Say that. You're not even a hero. The hell do you know about being one?"

"More than you. How did you even become a hero?"

"Because I have a power!"

"As if that's all you need to become a hero?"

"That is not what I-" suddenly, a THREE POINTER crashed into me and Izuku, sending us both flying.

I held out a piece of paper and used my power on it. Stopping me in place. While Izuku didn't have a way to stop me and simply grabbed me, mooching off my success.

I let go of the piece of paper, all while clutching my side. "This is the last three-pointer! We get this, we win!"

"Perfect!" Izuku grabbed me? What was he doing?

"Izuku…what are you doing?"

"This!" He picked me up, and spun me around. "FASTBALL SPECIAL!!"

He threw me…the motherfucker threw me, I went across the battlefield, flying IN THE AIR and slammed RIGHT INTO THE DAMN ROBOT.

I used my power on it before it could try anything. And just like that, the robot was frozen.

Oh…I get it… After thirty seconds, the robot unfroze, and we won the training match. Everyone cheered and celebrated the victory.

Beside Katsuki, who scoffed and walked away.

Izuku walked to me. "Well, that went well."

"You knew I would freeze it."

"Yep."

So you threw me to take it out as quickly as possible. Using a cliche move."

"It doesn't matter if it's cliche. It worked. That's all that matters."

"My broken pelvis would disagree!"

"Your pelvis isn't broken."

"You wouldn't know. And it was a joke."

"Maybe if it was funny, I wouldn't take it seriously."

I clenched my fist and took a step. "Piss off, Izuku."

"Why don't you-"

Before we could get any closer, Glory Girl and Sero got between us and pushed us apart.

"Cut it out!" Glory Girl shouted.

"Woah, guys. Cool it." Sero said.

I turned my back to him. "Whatever. He shouldn't have started it."

"Are you five!?" Glory Girl practically screamed.

"Yeah, what next? You gonna get mad because he took the red toy car?" Sero said.

"No, but he was the one that threw me for no reason."

"It was a strategy." Izuku defended.

"And you didn't think to tell me that strategy!?"

"You wouldn't take it seriously. After all, it came from a student."

"Why are you so sensitive? If you have a problem, just-"

"Don't." Glory Girl warned. "That's enough. No more fighting."

"I wasn't going to fight. I was just go-"

"Unlikely, considering how angry you've been. I don't want you to take out your anger on a U.A student and leave us with poor relations. Leave him alone."

That stung. Knowing that I made fun of Gallant, her boyfriend, the last time I showed my anger around her. That fact she was persecuting me means she still hasn't forgiven me. Which is reasonable. So why did I feel hurt?

"Ok." I said. "I'll back off."

"Midoriya?" Sero said.

Izuku looked at me and sighed. "Yeah, I'll shut up."

"Good. Didn't want this to turn into a fistfight."

Izuku laughed.

So wait…he found him funny!?

Ochaco and Vista came around. Ochaco spoke first. "Hey, guys! That was a fun match, right?"

"Yeah!" Izuku exclaimed. "It was great! Good exercise!"

"Noticed you having some problems, Clock," Vista said.

I slumped my shoulders. "It's hard trying to touch these things, they're too fast-

Ochaco's eyebrow quirked. "Too fast shouldn't-

"-too smart."

"-be…oh you said too smart?"

I hummed and nodded.

"Oh. Well, you just need a better strategy!" Ochaco put her fist in the air, then put it directly in front of me. "What I do is, well my power is anything I touch with all five fingers becomes weightless. It has its downsides. I can't turn it off, so I constantly have to make sure I'm not touching it with all five fingers or else I have to release it afterward and return it to its original weight. And that makes me nauseous, so it's better if I don't do it often. But I get around to having to touch them by touching them first, dropping them with my power, and using the fractured pieces and throwing them at the enemy! It works really well! I got 31 enemy points at the U.A exam by doing that.""

"Wait," I waited until she was finished, "you have to touch it with all five fingers for it to work?"

"Yeah." She answered.

"Why?" Sero asked. "isn't it how it works with powers around here?"

I scratched my head. "No, at least, not for me. My powers are to freeze anything in time for 30 to 10 minutes after I touch it with ANY part of my body."

"Really!?" Ochaco exclaimed.

"Yeah, I can use it after someone hits me and it'll work just fin.w five fingers are not required. And I can turn it off."

Ochaco frowned and looked to the ground. "Lucky…"

"Well, that's just great. A first-year student is having an easier time than me with a weaker power."

"It's not the strength of the power, it's how you use it! And you're a pro hero! You'll figure something out!"

"If you say so."

"I looked at Midoriya's notes. He has some helpful tips for you." Glory Girl said.

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, I'll be sure to check them."

Izuku gave me a stink eye. Clearly not convinced.

"What?"

"Nothing," he said. "Let's go another round."

"What!? Are you shitting me? That round was hard enough. Let's take a break."

"We already took a break, Clockblocker." Izuku was speaking through grit teeth. The hell was his problem?

"Deku. Calm down." Ochaco said.

"Yeah," Sero said, "It's not SO bad to take a break."

"But we already took a break!"

"I know," Ochaco said. "And I agree with you. We can just say it in a calmer way."

I raised my hand. Just to let it fall. "What?"

"We can keep going for another round. Maybe take a three or four-minute break."

"three or four minutes?"

"To recharge our batteries in case the more physical ones are tired. We can go afterwards.

"Is that how you guys do things?" I asked.

"No, we rarely train with these robots."

"Maybe you don't understand how hard it is then."

"It's easy. You just have to have a good strategy."

"I DO. Have a good strategy."

She held her hands up. "Woah."

"Clock. Chill." Vista whispered. "Remember, international incident?"

"Fuck, alright, fine, ignore me."

"I will, thank you." Izuku snarked. "Listen, no one ever got successful without putting in hard work."

My eyebrow quirked. "Why are you looking to the left like that's not true?"

"Stop analyzing me!" Izuku whined. "I'm saying what I think. We need to put in a lot of hard work to succeed."

"I agree," Ocacho said. "We can't just stop while we're working! Or else we'd never want to get back to work!"

"Let's ask our leaders and see what they have to say," I suggested.

"Fine." Izuku said. "Iida! Weld!"

Tenya looked our way, said something to Weld, and grabbed his arm to super speed over to our way.

"Hello, Midoriya! Uraraka!" Tenya greeted. "Do you need us for something?"

"Please tell me you guys aren't arguing," Weld asked.

"Define arguing." Vista elbowed me in the gut. And Glory Girl shushed me.

"We want to know if we should keep training," Izuku said.

"You don't have to ask!" Tenya said.

"It's obvious!" Weld agreed.

Goddammit.

"Of course we will!"

"Of course we won't!"

They said this at the same time.

They said the same thing at the same time afterward too. "Wait. what?"

Weld spoke first. "Why do you want to keep going? Most of our members are tired."

"Only slightly. They haven't been pushed to their limits. We need to do that to stay strong."

"Our teammates are showing clear signs of fatigue."

"Yes, that is rather strange. Does your team not go to regular training exercises?"

Weld shook his head. "We're a little too busy helping The Protectorate defend the city to make training a regular exercise."

"That's too bad. Training will help you keep on your toes in case disaster strikes."

"They are greater losses." Weld said.

"Not to mention, we don't need help from a student," I said. "We already have years of experience."

"Oh, I didn't mean to offend you. I only meant-"

"I'm sure Tenya-oooh I mean, Iida," Glory Girl said, "would make us even better."

"So they think they're better than us?" I said.

"Why are you so uptight about them?"

"What? I'm not. I just-"

"It's ok if you misunderstand me." Tenya said. "I could do a better job of communicating. Unless the problem is where we come from?"

"No."

"Then I will explain myself better. Nothing is better than hands-on experience. Which makes you better than us. But training can be a way to learn without risking physical and mental health."

"Well, like Weld said, we don't have a choice."

"Especially now that we JUST faced an Endbringer attack." Glory Girl said. "We can't exactly waste time training."

"Training isn't a waste!" Tenya almost whined.

"Training is never a waste!" Ocacho agreed.

"So instead of saving people, you want to just punch tin cans?" Vista said.

"How about we ask the students and Wards?"

We all looked at Izuku. "The choice includes them as well."

I folded my arms. Ochaco shrugged.

"That's a good idea." Glory Girl said.

"Yes," Tenya put his hand on his chin. "That would be a preferable method."

I tried to pinch my nose, only for my fingers to just rub my mask.

Weld walked forward to the group. "Hello everyone! Me and Iida, The U.A student's leader, want to know which one of you wants to keep training and which one of you wants to take a break."

The Wards and students looked at each other.

Weld continued. "All those who want to take a break. Raise your hand."

All of the Wards raised their hands, along with the pink girl, the electric guy, Sero, and the rock guy.

"Ok, now everyone who wants to keep training, raise your hand."

Everyone else raised their hands.

"I guess that settles it."

"Yep, those students are working," I spoke loud enough for everyone to hear me.

I turned more than a few heads.

"Well, we shouldn't all fight because some of us want to fight. The ones that want to fight should be allowed to take a break."

Tenya put his hand on his chin. "That's true. I suppose anyone that doesn't want to fight, doesn't have to."

"You're right." Weld said. He turned to the other heroes. "Everyone, who voted for taking a break, take five. Everyone who didn't, have at it."

The heroes nodded and went about doing their business. I felt pretty proud of myself for coming up with something everyone can agree on. But I felt MORE proud of myself, when I saw Izuku glared at me. I would've given him a cheeky smile if I knew he could've seen it.

"Ok, I guess you're training, Izuku."

"It's Deku or Midoriya." Izuku was speaking through grit teeth. "Actually, to you, it's just Midoriya."

"Whatever, it's the same thing."

Izuku was infuriated.

"It's too bad you're training." Glory Girl said. "I was hoping we could talk more about our notes.

"Really?"

Glory Girl nodded.

Izuku smiled. "Ok. Iida," He turned to Tenya, "can I take a break with GLORY GIRL."

Yes, he said it like that. And yes, he looked at me when he said it.

"Ok, Midoriya." Tenya said. "You can take a break."

Izuku nodded. "Thank you."

Izuku shot a smirk at me. Yeah, like I'd be bothered by him hanging out with us. I don't fucking care. I don't fucking care.

"Ok, let's go, Midoriya." Glory Girl said.

"My friends call me Deku."

"Are you saying we're friends?" Glory Girl had a smirk as she said it.

"Uhhhhhhh…I mean, sure! If you want to…Do you want to?"

"Yes."

"Oh, then yes."

"I'm not calling you Deku," I said.

Izuku shrugged. "Ok."

I got a glare from Glory girl and a smile from Izuku for that. God, that was so petty of me. It was petty of him too. Why are people like this?

I walked with Izuku and Glory Girl while the others stayed behind to talk because it's just my luck that I would have them with me right? Two people with grudges against me. At least Glory Girl has a good reason to be angry. Izuku, however, just hates me for little reason. Ever since we first met he's been snarling at me. The fuck did I do?

How could he hate me but defend Katsuki? It doesn't make any fucking sense.

"So can I see your notes again?" Izuku asked.

"Sure!" Glory Girl pulled out the folder her notes were in. "Here."

Izuku took it and flipped through the pages. "Wow, your costumes are so cool! I wish I could come up with designs like that."

"I told you, most of the heroes in those notes already have costumes."

"I was talking about the hero's design at the bottom of the right pages. The ones that have them. Those were the designs you came with, right?"

Glory Girl nodded.

"Well, they're great. As I said, the only design I came up with was a mock All Might one."

"That's fine." She was speaking through a strained smile. Glory Girl ABSOLUTELY hates rip-off costumes, finding 99% of them 'tacky'. So I could tell she was struggling to be kind to him. Why was she trying with him?

"It's really not. You're way better at it than me. Teach me."

"Why? I do that for fun. It's not important to superhero fighting. You want to talk about something interesting? I LOVE your analysis of the heroes AND the villains' powers."

"You mean my notes on their quirks? That's nothing special."

"Nothing special!? You figured out that my strength and durability came from a force field! Only my family knows, except for one villain, but she could only figure it out because they were literary a psychic."

"So what are you trying to say?"

"You're awesome, is what I'm trying to say. You can teach several people about how to fight other supervillains."

"Being a superhero isn't only about fighting, y'know."

"I know, I'm just a Cerebrum Parahuman."

Izuku and I looked confused, and admittingly he seemed to get it before I could. "Oh! You're a neurodivergent Quirker!"

She smiled. "Yeah…pretty much."

"Well, there's nothing wrong with that! You're just like everyone else!"

"Not really. I'm more prone to conflict. I get rewards for starting it."

"Isn't that a stereotype?"

Glory girl shook her head. "Nope. it's a biological fact. Like, a real biological fact, not some Neo-Nazi biological fact."

"I always thought that WAS some Neo-Nazi biological fact. You're not an internalized quirkest, are you?"

"I don't have a quirk!" Glory Girl laughed. "I have a cerebrum power. MY powers don't come from genetics. They come from my brain."

"Well…even so!"

"It's ok, I don't mind people saying things like I just did. It's better than ignoring it and not getting help."

"Oh…" Izuku put his hand to his chin. "Never thought about it like that."

"I'm just honestly surprised you were jumping to my defense. You wouldn't get that here.

"What do you mean? Are other people here quirkist?"

Glory Girl shrugged. "Sorta. There's way more bigotry against metahumans here especially against Case 53s, and Case 54s."

"You mean animals that have got quirks?"

"Yes."

"That's horrible!"

"It's ok. It's not the common opinion. And some heroes here tend to be jerks."

"Like Shadow Stalker?"

"Just like her," I said.

Izuku didn't even turn to me as he spoke. "I wasn't asking you."

"Well, maybe I wanted to tell you, anyway."

Izuku glared at me.

"He's allowed to speak to you, Izuku." Glory Girl said.

Izuku mumbled something under his breath. Couldn't hear it. Something like 'everybody' and 'me'?

What does that mean? Did he think everybody was against him? Was he delusional?
It was, like, the opposite of that.

"Fine," Izuku said. "Do you guys have any databases?"

"Of course we do." Glory Girl said. "Why?"

"Is it ok if I were to check them?"

Me and Glory Girl looked at him.

"You know, to update my notes. I need more information on Skitter."

I whipped my head around at him. "You can't fight Skitter again."

"I didn't fight her once."

"You know what I mean."

"I won't fight her unless she attacks first. I just want to prepare for it, just in case."

"Always prepared, aren't ya, Deku?"

I turned around to the electric guy and Kid Win tailing behind us.

"Hey Kid," I said.

"Hey Clock." Kid Win said.

"Hey…uhhhhhh."

"Kaminari." The electric guy said. I guess that was his name.

"Kaminari." Izuku said. "What's up?"

"Just going to Kid Win's room. He's asking me to charge his tech."

"I want to see if he can do it better than my fusion reactor." Kid Win almost squeed.

"Well, have fun," I said.

"Wait," Kaminari held his hands up, "I want to know what you guys are doing."

"Oh, nothing." Izuku scratched the back of his head. "I was just going to fill my notebook."

"You mean those quirk analyses you did?" Kaminari asked.

"I mean the quirk analyses I still do."

"You have to show me some of them one day."

"Yeah, I'm sure they're really cute," I said.

Izuku glared at me with grit teeth. The fuck did I do?

"Calm down Izuku." Glory Girl said. "And shut up Clock. They are good."

"He has a thinker power?" Kid Win asked.

"Thinker…oh, you mean an intelligence quirk!" Izuku said.

Kid Win nodded.

"Well, no, I don't. I just like to study quirks."

Kid Win turned his head towards me.

"Don't look at me. I don't even think they're that good."

"You read them?" Kaminari said.

"Ummmmm…no."

"Then how do you-"

"Look, I don't need you analysing me alright?" I said.

"Ok, dude. Whatever you say. So you were going to analyze the wards?"

Izuku shook his head. "Nope, the villains."

Kaminari was so shocked, that he literary lit up. "WHAT!? YOU CAN'T FIGHT THE VILLAINS!! WHAT WOULD ALL MIGHT SAY!?! WHAT WOULD AIZAWA-"

He grabbed his shirt.

"Kaminari…"

"SAY!?! YOU WOULD-"

"Kaminari! I wasn't going to fight them. I was going to the databases to find research on their powers. Like videos, or text…y'know, like I usually do?"

Kaminari let go. "Oh…ok! I…guess that's better. Persevere!"

"Thanks!"

Glory Girl and I turned our heads. The glory girl spoke first. "Persevere?"
"Oh, it's our version of good luck."

"So it's some weird Japanese thing?" I asked.

"It's not weird!" Izuku said. "It just means to try your hardest."

"What if it's not enough?"

"Hard work is always enough! If you didn't win, it just means someone worked harder than you."

I titled my head. "Something tells me between the authority streak and the hard work fetish, you guys have some particular opinions on criminals."

"You mean that they're all bloodthirsty, animalistic, monsters that need to be put away?"

"Jesus kid, I fight villains daily, and even I don't think like that!"

"Then maybe you're not a good hero." Izuku had a cheeky smirk.

I grabbed his shirt. "Say that to me again."

Kid Win automatically pulled me away as Kaminari did for Izuku.

"Woah Clock! Calm down!" Kid Win said.

"Yeah dudes, chill!" Kaminari said.

"NO!" I said. "If he wants to start something, let's fucking start something!"

We walked toward each other.

"You're the one starting something!" Izuku pointed and claimed.

Right before we could come to blows, Glory Girl grabbed the both of us and flew into the air. "That is enough! You two are acting like children! If you don't stop, I'll get Aizawa AND Piggot!"

"Woah," I said. "No need to get the big bosses."

"Yeah, we'll get along." Izuku said. "Promise."

"Good," Glory Girl dropped us. "that's a start. We're being honest?"

Why did she look at me when she said it?

Anyway, Izuku and I nodded.

Glory Girl came down. "That's good. You ready to check out the databases, Deku?"

"Yep! Let's go!"

Izuku and Glory Girl walked away to the data room. Leaving me behind.

I breathed a sigh of relief. "I guess ‌that worked out well."

It wasn't even full second after I said that when Kid Win clocked me in the fucking face.

"OW! What the fuck!?"

"Woah dude," Kaminari said, "language."

"Not the time!"

"I know, I just-"

"Why did you do that!?" I turned to Kid Win.

"He was insecure! Shy! He was hurt because you hurt him! You're the reason he hates you!"

"So you couldn't have just told me that instead of PUNCHING ME!?"

Kid Win didn't respond.

"Well?"

"You're right." He finally said. "I…I just…'

"Have you been taking your…y'know."

"Couldn't. Endbringer destroyed all drug stores. Have to wait for an outside shipment."

"" Oh. Ok. it's fine then. just…I don't know."

"I'm still sorry."

"I know."

"Wait," Kaminari held his hands up, "Why'd you forgive him? He punched you right in the face and you forgive him for that!?"

"You would get it if you knew his real identity."

"Oh…ok, whatever."

I turned to Kid Win again. "You still angry?"

"Yes, why'd you make fun of him?"

"I was just teasing."

"I know, but you promised not to do it if they were hurt by it, or if they didn't have it coming."

"He was the one that gave me a dirty look the SECOND I walked out the door. I didn't even do anything yet!"

"Then talk to him. Try to work it out."

I sighed. "Ok, fine."

"Is that why you were glad you didn't have to hang out with him anymore?" Kaminari asked.

"Yes, that is why."

"Well, that's too bad."

I turned to see Aizawa and Present Mic walking toward me.

Aizawa continued. "Because we have to get the work. We have to get dinner to people."

"Oh, the next shipment."

"THAT'S RIGHT!" Present Mic said.

"I'll get Izuku." I said. Trying my best not to sound dejected.

"No, if he has a problem with you, it wouldn't make sense for you to get him. Kaminari will."

"Yes, sir!" Kaminari said.

Kaminari walked away to find Izuku. I was going to go to Piggy to see what my commands were.

Until Aizawa grabbed me. "Before you go Clockblocker. You won't know Izuku for long. Maybe for a couple days. But while we're here, we can't leave a bad taste in each other mouths. Try to make up with him."

I nodded. "Ok."

"That's enough. Go."

Later

"VISTA!" All Might called out.

"Here!" Vista said.

"GLORY GIRL!"

"Here!"

"YOUNG BAKUGO!"

I didn't bother listening to the rest. Not when I saw Izuku was glaring at me. We were taking roll call in the lobby. We were supposed to be paying attention. Has he been looking at me the entire time? Why would he even bother?

What the hell was the guy problem? Why was he so devoted to hating me? I did nothing wrong! That fucking Japanese fuck can just‌ fuck off and-

"CLOCKBLOCKER!"

I turned around. Everyone was looking at me.

"What?" I was genuinely confused.

"I'VE BEEN CALLING YOUR NAME!" All Might said. "AND YOU'VE BEEN IGNORING ME TO GLARE AT YOUNG MIDORIYA FOR THE WHOLE TIME!!"

"What!?" Glory Girl said.

"Wait!" I blurted out. "Before you say anything, Izuku was glaring at me first."

"WHY ARE YOU-" All Might stopped himself. "WAIT, WHAT!?"

"He was glaring at me first." I said.

All Might looked at Izuku, who sheepishly scratched his head. "Why? That Isn't like you, Young Midoriya!"

"How would you know?" Piggot said.

"Oh, I just-"

"Actually, don't tell me. It doesn't matter. Neither does their petty teenage drama." She turned to me and Izuku. "So I expect the two if you to get over it."

Izuku and I just signed and said. "Yes, Ma'am."

"Now, if we can get back to what's important. We need to get dinner to the people of Brockton Bay. We gave them breakfast, we gave them lunch. It's time for the last meal."

We all nodded.

"Now, this is going to be a little different. Giving food at night is just asking for some desperate idiot to attack in a desperate attempt to get more for himself. I hear a group has already dealt with that. Clockblocker?"

I nodded. "Yes, Me and Hanta-"

Hanta coughed and said. "Sero."

"Right. Me and Sero-"

"Ummm it's I and Sero," Tenya said.

I half sighed, half growled. "Fine, I and Sero-"

"We were there too." Izuku spat.

"Can you shut up!?"

"Clockblocker!" Piggot said.

Everyone was looking at me.

Shit. "Shit, ahhhh, I'm sorry. They were just interrupting me."

"Well, I expect you to handle it more maturely."

I nodded. "Ok. and yes, we fought someone with fireballs for hands. Or was able to shoot fireballs out of his hands."

"Which means there are other villains out there," Aizawa said.

"Possibly rogues as well," Piggot added.

Aizawa turned to Piggot with a weird expression. Confusion? Disbelief? "If they're using powers without government oversight, they're villains."

"Maybe that's how it works in your country. But not in ours, and I expect you to follow our rules while we're here."

Aizawa seemed a little shocked.

I mean, he blinked. But that was enough for him.

"Of course, forgive me. I wasn't aware." Aizawa said.

Piggot turned. "Anyway, it's dangerous. The only reason we're doing this is because w expectd the villains to not attack us like usual after an Endbringer attack. People tend to band together after that. Not this time. So I expect you all to be on alert. And to listen to your higher power. Students, listen to the Wards and Protectorate, Wards, listen to the Protectorate."

Tenya raised his hand.

"Yes, Tenya?" Piggot said.

"Uhhhhhhhhh," Iida was trying to find the words. "Do I have to listen to orders? I wouldn't mind having to, but I just wanted to know because I happen to be class president."

"Don't see how that's relevant."

"Because that class president is basically the leader of the class," Aizawa explained. "Not to mention it's rude to call a Japanese citizen by their first name, If you paid attention, you would know that."

Piggot forced a smile. "I can't be expected to notice every piece of a conversation. I apologize if I seemed rude or misinformed."

"Of course."

At least the leaders weren't getting along either.

"So this is how we do things. Te-" Piggot stopped herself. "Iida, you can command your group. But not a ward. If a ward tells you to do something. Do it. And if they tell you to give an order to your team, give the order."

"Yes, of course."

"That goes for your Wards too, in relation to the Protectorate. But I'm sure you already know that."

"Wait, does that mean I have to listen to Clockblocker!?" Izuku said.

"Tch!" I vocalized.

Izuku gave me a look.

"MIDORIYA!" Tenya said. "YOU CAN'T TALK BACK TO THE PRO HEROES!"

"I wasn't! I was asking a question! I wasn't actually talking back to the pro heroes! I mean, the kids aren't even really pro heroes, but I would be talking back to the directors and I-"

"Midoriya!" Aizawa said. A little out of character for him to react like that. "That's enough."

"Do your students not see our Wards as actual heroes?" Piggot asked.

Asui raised her hand. "I can answer that."

"Asui.," Aizawa's hair raised up. Wait, what the fuck? Why? Was it his power? "I can answer for myself."

Asui nodded.

"I can't control what every student thinks. But I can trust you it's not what the majority thinks, or the pro heroes."

"Good enough," Piggot said. "And yes Midoriya. You will have to listen to Clockblocker."

"But-" Izuku was cut off.

"I thought I said your petty teenage problems didn't matter."

Izuku made a noise. Did Japanese people really do that? Make weird anime noises?

"Yes ma'am."

"That's all. Go."

Later

I worked with Izuku to take hold of the box. The chilly wind was making my armor cold. But we could work with it.

We haven't left the PRT headquarters. We were still there. Just putting them on the truck. Along with the rest of the students and actual heroes.

Izuku and I stayed silent for almost the whole time. The less I said, the less conflict there was, and the less conflict there was, the better.

But if what Glory Girl said was true, then that would be more difficult than I would think.

Everyone else was working, too. Except for Katsuki, the explosion kid. He was just leaning against a wall, frowning. Not doing jack shit. Even Grape Guy was working!

Izuku and I loaded the box into the truck. "Come on," I said. "Let's go get the next one."

I heard him scoff, but I lead him to the next box, anyway.

"What's your problem?" I asked.

He sighed. "Nothing."

"No, fuck that. You want to start something, speak up and tell me what the fuck the problem is."

Izuku looked at me weirdly. "Why are you so aggressive? Are you a cerebrum parahuman too?"

"Wh…uh…look just tell me what I did that was so horrible to you and we can be on our merry way?"

"Maybe you should try to patronize Kacchan. See how that goes for you." Then he walked away.

What? What was he talking about? "Wait a second," I caught up, "I didn't patronize you, even if you mean now. I was just giving an order."

"You weren't JUST giving me an order." He said. "And I wasn't talking about that."

"Then what bro? You just jump on me for almost no reason. I make jokes, I shit on Katsuki for being a prick and all you do is insult me."

"That because…" He groaned. "You wouldn't get it. It's…cultural differences."

"That shouldn't matter."

"But it does. People are different. And sometimes, they just can't get along. Let's just leave it at that."

I sighed. "Fine."

We made it to the other box, where Grape Guy and…I think…Kaminari were at.

"Hi Mineta, Hi Kaminari." Izuku said.

"Hey, Midoriya. Wanna see something cool?" Mineta, which I guess was his name, said.

"No, dude!"

"Come on Kaminari. What's the problem?"

"We can't assault these girls!" Kaminari…wait what? "Can't we just get them to wear some tight spandex?"

"More than half of them already do that!" Mineta said. "And plus-"

"Waitwaitwaitwaitwait, You're going to ASSAULT these girls?"

"No, we aren't."

"I'm not," Kaminari said.

"If you let me finish, you would know that's not the case. I'm not going to assault them. I'm going to show you something cool."

I rolled my eyes. "Is this a trick?"

"All you have to say is no if you don't want to see it."

"What if we do?" Izuku said.

"Dude!" I said.

"Ok, if you want to," Mineta said. And then placed his hair? Or…balls? On the floor to his side.

"Wait!" Izuku said. "I didn't say I wanted to-"

"Watch this!"

He jumped into the balls, only to bounce off them. He was going SUPER fast. It looked like he was going to…

Glory Girl?

Why was he?

Then he slammed and latched onto her leg!? What the fuck!?

"GOTCHU!" He said.

Everyone, including Glory Girl and our leaders. Saw him look up Glory Girl skirt.

Only to be disappointed "awwwwww, you're wearing shorts under there…"

Glory Girl grit her teeth. "You little creep! GET OFF OF ME!"

She started to shake her right leg violently to get him off.

Mineta's voice was vibrating. "Woah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah! I'll-ll-ll Ge-e-e-et o-ff-ff-ff wh-en-en-en yo-u-u-u st-o-o-o-op shaking it!"

"Don't phrase it that way! Ugh! Fine!" She stopped shaking her leg.

Once that happened, Mineta got off with jelly legs, stumbling like both his legs were asleep.

"You're a little creep, you know that?" The girl with the big chest, think her name was Momo, said.

"Why can't you just leave people alone, Mineta?" The frog girl asked.

"What are you talking about?" Mineta said. "I was just showing the guys a trick."

"That's BULLSHIT!" Glory Girl said. "You were literary disappointed I was wearing SHORTS!"

"No, I'm being serious! The guys wanted me to show them. Right, guys?" He turned to us.

He expected to fucking defend him after that.

Izuku scratched the back of his head. "I might've implied it, but-"

"See? They wanted to see it!" Mineta interrupted to defend himself. "I only said what I said because, well, might as well make the most out of a bad situation."

Glory Girl gave him a livid look. "Oh my god! You're a little pervert!"

"Why do you have to be so creepy, Mineta?" Ochaco said.

"I Improvised! It was impulse! I didn't think it through!"

"Just don't do it again," Momo said.

Wait, they were going to let him off that easily?

Glory Girl thought the same thing. "That's it? We just tell him not to do it again and that's fucking it?"

"We can't exactly stop him." Pink girl said.

"Yes, we can!" Vista said. "We're not going to let him sexually harass and borderline assault a fellow teammate and fucking get away from it!"

"Wow," Ochaco said, "You guys are really upset."

"What do you expect?" Weld said. "He's harassing a teammate and your team isn't doing anything!"

"You'll have to forgive me!" Tenya bowed. "And us! Japan's culture is different from yours. We're used to things along these lines!"

What? Are you fucking shitting me?

"Oh, I wasn't talking about you, Iida. I was talking about-"

"Talking about what? Us? You Americans have no right judging our culture." The frog girl said.

"Hey!" Kid Win cried. "The fuck is that supposed to-"

"That's enough," Aizawa said, "This will not happen again."

"But Aizawa!" Mineta cried. "I was just-"

Aizawa's scarf wrapped itself around Mineta. It hanged him upside down. Was it strangling him?

"I don't want to hear lies, Mineta. Take responsibility for your actions and accept the punishment."

Mineta was choking! Holy shit! He was strangling him!

"Aizawa!" Weld cried.

But once Aizawa glared at him, he shut up. He's such a bitch. Why isn't anyone doing anything?

Guess it's up to me. "Don't back down! He's going to kill him!"

"No, I'm not," Aizawa said. "Humans can survive up to three minutes without air, and stay conscious for a whole minute without it."

"Cutting a little close then, aren't you?" Piggot said. "Let him breathe, Aizawa. The kid needs air."

Aizawa eventually relented and dropped him. He was literary gasping for air.

"Do we need to take a break?" Aizawa said. In a tone that told you not to say yes.

"No." we all said.

"Good. If you need assistance or have a question about the task at hand, the pros will help you."

We all nodded and went back to the task. This class is different from all the others we've seen. From all the others we taught, as guest teachers, I mean.

They were more volatile, more short-tempered, and DEFINITELY more stupid. They were weirder than any other class we've met. The sooner this was done, the better.

"Hey Clock," Sero said. Walking up to me picking up the next box.

"Hey, Sero." I said.

Izuku gave me a look. "Hi Sero!"

Sero didn't notice. "Want me to pick up this box, Midoriya? The pros got Bakugo to work with us but he's being a little bitch."

"Oh yeah, I'd love to work with Kacchan!"

"Ok, have fun."

Izuku skipped away.

"Mineta is kinda weird, isn't he?" Sero said.

What? Him too?

Don't want to start a fight. "Yeah, he is."

"Want me to tell you a funny story?"

I turned to him. "Shoot."

"Mineta tried to do that crap with Yaoyorozu, tried to get her to fall ass first on some balls, so he could pull her off of them, 'cause they stick."

"Oh, I see. Did it work?"

"Nope, what happened was, Mineta tried to get her to trip on some bricks," Sero was snickering. "But Yaoyorozu didn't FALL for it."

I giggled at the joke. A fly landed on me, I quickly swatted it away.

"So after Yaoyorozu stepped over the bricks, Mineta tried again, this time-"

Another fly landed on me. I swatted it and killed it this time.

"But Yaoyorozu just stepped over him and told him to get out of the floor, which made Mineta REALLY pissed, so he just-"

Damn, what is with all the fucking flies? I already swatted away two and now there's another one landing on me! It may be the same one but-

No, there are two more on me! And two on Sero! And three on-

Wait…oh-no…

"How many flies does everyone have on them!?" I shouted.

None of the Class 1-A knew what I meant, because of course they didn't. Meanwhile, Weld did.

And he was quicker to the command than me. "EVERYONE LOOK OUT!! IT'S AN AMBUSH!!"

"Brilliant deduction." The mist said.

Wait, what the fuck? The mist said?

I wasn't hallucinating. The black mist that was surrounding us was talking. "Unfortunately, it will not save you. Now begone, Prepare to shrivel in suffering."

"The mist villain is here!?" Tenya said.

"How did Clock and Weld know!?" Ochaco said.

"I thought we were getting attacked by Skitter!" Sero said.

So did I…They seemed to confirm it too. Wait…They fought this guy? If that's the case, then this means…

Before I could finish the thought, the mist ‌surrounded us now. Suddenly, darkness appeared from the mist. Covering us.

"Sero? Kid Win? Vista? Anyone!?"

Someone touched me from the side. I jumped. "Who's there!?"

He was talking. One of our guys. But who was it? Izuku? Flechette?

I felt tape on my armor. Sero. "Sero? Are you there?"

He said something. But I couldn't hear him..

This would be a good time to know morse code.

I was hearing roars from the distance. Wait…how? This darkness blocks out sound, obviously. How could I hear-

Someone else touched me. Someone with hard skin, either Weld or Kirishima. I can't believe I'm saying this, but please be Weld.

"Weld? Can you hear me? Something going on down there. Feel my body to feel where I'm pointing. I don't know if you can hear me, but-"

Suddenly, when I put my hand on him, He punched me in the gut and I went flying, colliding into Sero.

"OW! What the hell!?"

I got up. Definitely not Weld, so who?...

Suddenly, Sero threw me into the air with the tape. I realized why when I went in the air, away from the darkness. But Grue, at least I think it's Grue, completely covered the entire area in darkness.

Which I now realize means no one will be able to catch me.

Fuck.

I'm going to have to freeze myself. It's the only way. I'm already slowing down. I'm going to start falling soon, If I don't freeze myself now.

That's when the darkness suddenly blew away, around the area of Izuku and Katsuki. Did they do that? How did they do that? What were those humanoid things next to the other heroes?

And what the fuck is that giant beast connected to the bird guy? Was that his dark shadow? And why was it shrinking no-

Oh shit, I'm falling!

"SOMEBODY CATCH ME!!" I said.

I had my back to the ground, eyes up to the sky. It looked like no one was going to catch me. Until I heard a whooshing noise and…

Someone stopped me. It was Glory Girl. She caught me.

"My…hero?

"Shut up, Clock."

Ochaco gasped. "LOOK!!"

Glory Girl set me down, and I saw where Ochaco was pointing.

The Undersiders were stealing our supplies.

"Uhhhh…Hi?" Imp said.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! VILLAINS!!" Mineta hid behind Kaminari.

"Where'd they come from?" Kaminari asked.

"Who cares? Just kill them!" Katsuki said.

He propelled himself with his explosion, making a beeline towards The Undersiders until Grue hit him with his darkness, causing him to sprawl.

"I'LL GET THE PROS!!" Tenya said, super speeding away

"PIGGOT, GET OUT OF HERE!!" Aizawa said. Piggot nodded and ran.

"HEROES, ATTACK!!" Weld said.

Before we could attack them, Skitter brought her swarm from the portal and surrounded us. Me, Weld, Kirishima, and Glory Girl would be safe…

Everyone else…

"WELD!!" I shouted.

"DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME!" He said. "EVERYONE FOCUS FIRE ON SKITTER AND HELLHOUND!! THEY ARE PRIORITY TARGETS!!"

"NO, THE NOMU ARE!!" Izuku said.

He's being difficult at a time like this?

"HOW THE FUCK ARE THE NOMU HIGHER PRIORTIY TARGETS!?" I asked.

"Because one of the Nomus could fight All Might." Aizawa sa…wait, what!?"

"WHAT!?"

Tattletale smirked. "Well, look like your heroes have your work cut out for you. Skitter?"

Suddenly, the bugs attacked us, and I could hear cries of agony and terror from the swarm, But I couldn't see anyone. Would have to find Katsuki, Weld, someone with shaker abilities, or with skin that can tank the…

Wait, what the hell? What kind of bugs were these? Black and blue wasps? Pure black wasp? and...WERE THOSE BULLETS ANTS!?

Where did she get these bugs and…oh no…the guys!

Have to get the Protectorate. All Might. Someone, ANYONE that can fight against these-

Suddenly, the roof of the PRT headquarters blew up. It looked like something was flying out of it. Was that who I think it is?"

"SO! YOU'RE BACK FOR ROUND TWO, EH?" All Might projected. "WELL WITH THE FULL MIGHT OF THE PROTECTORATE, THIS BATTLE WILL BE FAR EASIER THIS TIME!!"

All Might clashed a punch with the Nomu and almost destroyed the whole base!

It's true, the Nomus are equal to All Might.

How are we supposed to-

Suddenly, someone punched me in the gut again. My armor was broken, Hellhound? Genesis?

Another Nomu.

Fuck.

I took off my helmet to vomit. Damn, these are strong, just gotta activate my power.

And just like that, I trapped myself in a prison of bugs…

Again…

Skitter walked up to me. "You like my new friends?"

I frowned. "Got to say…not a fan of your new friends. Any of them. That includes the Nomu."

Skitter tilted her head. "That's sad. The Nomu might be my favorite."

I scoffed.

"You heroes are all about messages and P.R. Well, tell this to your little heroes. If you retaliate after this. We will attack you. And we will win."

"I sincerely doubt that. But you're welcome to try."

Skitter paused. "Nomu, knock him out."

Skitter held her finger to her ear. "Ugh. fine, then you tell him."

What? Who tell who wh-

Couldn't even finish the thought before I was knocked out.

 

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Back at it again with another long-ass chapter! Hopefully, you guys don't skim through this. I hope I made it interesting enough to avoid that. The next one will be shorter, but action pack, It'll obviously be The Undersiders and Travelers Vs. U.A and The Wards. Shit, it's going to fly off the handle soon, so get hyped.

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This story is awesome! I can't wait to see if Aizawa's Quirk works on Shards.

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Hope you're happy now that you got to see that!

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I read the newest chapter, but my brain can't tell if his Quirk worked on a Corona or not.

 

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Chapter Thirteen:

The screams of the students were filled with suffering and despair. I tried not to dwell on the fact that I was basically torturing kids no older than me. But it was getting harder. The screaming was everywhere, and it told me the pain they were suffering was greater than any other pain. The bugs I'm using, Warrior Wasps, Tarantula Hawks, and Bullets Ants, have the most painful bugs stings. A 4.0 on the Schmidt scale. Which means they would feel this pain for hours, A DAY.

No…don't focus on it…just…inhale…breathe…and go to your team.

The only way I'll save Dinah is if I do this. Coil said himself he'd do less extreme measure if I succeeded in this. That's all I need to know to give this my all. Dinah's treatment always left me hugging my body, terrified for her. If he didn't use drugs…if he didn't abuse her. I'll beat every student here if I had to.

I walked over to Tattletale, Grue, and the rest. "I took care of everyone."

"Not everyone," Tattletale said. "Remember the metal kid? Weld?"

"Oh, right. So what do we do about him again?"

"We follow the plan," Shigaraki said over comms. "Sundancer?"

"You don't want me to come out of the portal, right?" Sundancer said over the comms.

"No, just send over your sun." Shigaraki sounded so annoyed. And for what? Because she
asked a simple question? God, he was such a fucking child.

"Ummmmm…Ok."

In a second, I felt bugs dying from the sun appearing through the portal, at the northeast corner.

The comms buzzed. "Where is Weld?" It was Sundancer.

"He's at the northwest corner," I said.

"Ok, thanks."

She made a beeline towards the direction I pointed towards. Killing all bugs, she came within 30 feet. I held my head to relieve the pain. I don't even know if that works. I just did it.

"Head hurts?" Tattletale asked.

I nodded.

"Wow, a masterful deduction, if I do say so myself." Regent bowed.

"Shut up, Regent."

"Is Panacea here?" Grue asked.

"Her head isn't hurting from Panacea. It's hurting from the mass death of her bugs."

"Really?" Grue asked.

I nodded again. "The bugs dying in mass just puts strain on my head. It'll be fine. I'll keep the bugs away from the sun."

"You took out Glory Girl?" Shigaraki asked.

"Did you attack her?" I asked back.

"I told my Nomu to sic the Blonde Queen. Wait…Did you not attack her!?"

"I don't even sense her."

"What?"

"Really. The only one I sense that is still fighting is the hardening guy."

"Which reminds me," Grue said. "Is he having trouble fighting that Nomu?"

"I actually think he made the Nomu bleed."

"Then his skin really is harder than most metals," Shigaraki said. "Hard as rocks, my ass."

"Speaking of, Bitch, sic your dogs on him, and DON'T hold back."

"Don't worry, they won't." She put venom into her voice and looked at me.

God, didn't I feel bad enough without her rubbing it in?

The dogs ran to the hardening guy. We talked about the plan beforehand. It should be easy to do it without any trouble.

"Do you really think my Nomu won't be enough?" Shigaraki said.

"It's harder to fight a beast than a human, even if you're indestructible."

"Wait," Shigaraki said. "That reminds me, what's happening with Weld?"

"My bugs can't get close to him while Sundancer's sun is there."

Shigaraki huffed. "Well, that's just great."

"You should've known that Shiggy," Tattletale said. "Plus, it doesn't matter. Sundancer can handle him. He'll melt when she cranks up the temperature."

"And you CERTAIN it won't kill him?" Grue asked. "We don't need to become hero killers."

"Sundancer won't let herself kill him. Subconscience limiting of your powers will do that to ya."

"Sounds annoying," Shigaraki said. "So, anything else?"

"No, I think that's it," I said. "Weld is dealing with the sun. The hardening guy is dealing with the dogs. Glory Girl is gone, We knocked out Clockblocker. And everyone else is dealing with the bugs."

"Then the plan is going off without a hitch," Regent said.

"You can thank me for that," Shigaraki said. "After all, without my Nomu and my plans, you'd be stuck dealing with All Might and his floozies."

"Yeah, thanks Shiggy," Tattletale said. "Let's just grab the supplies and leave."

"Already on it," Imp said. Oh, I forgot she was here. "What's up, fellas? Move on with it!"

"Ok, Imp," Grue said. His tone was a touch sarcastic. "let's go and-

What the hell?

"Wait a second…" I said. "Someone just leaped out of the bug cloud."

"What?" Tattatle asked "Who-"

"DIE!"

What the hell!?

"GET DOWN!!"

I grabbed Grue and pulled him down. Tattletale moved before I even shouted. Imp and Regent ducked when I shouted.

And Bitch just looked at me…

Which means she was the first one to get hit…

But she didn't just get hit. There was an explosion. And Bitch went flying and when she landed, started coughing.

The guy that attacked, that I knew was coming with the help of my bugs, landed down and said, "THINK I GOING TO LET BUG BITES TAKE ME DOWN!! YEAH RIGHT! I'M TAKING YOU LOSERS DOWN!!"

"What's happening!?" Shigaraki said over comms. "What's going on!?"

"Shigaraki, you IDIOT!" Tattletale screamed. "You told us the only student that could tank the bugs was the hardening kid!"

"HE IS!"

"THEN WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!?"

"YOU THINK I NEED A HARDENING QUIRK TO SURVIVE YOUR BULLCRAP!! YEAH RIGHT!"

What? What was he saying? He didn't use his quirk until now. So how?...

"Wait," Tattletale said. "You have high-pain tolerance?"

"I HAVE PURE DETERMINATION LIKE OUR TOP HEROES!" He said. "NO BUGS ARE GOING TO STOP ME!! NOW DIE!"

Oh shit…

He skyrocketed towards us with his power. Using the explosion to propel himself forward. We tried leaping out the way of the explosion as he fired. But still got hit because of the wide effect. We went flying and he blasted off part of my costume. A piece of the chest plate.

Explosive hair? Explosive skin? How does it work? How do we combat it?

"IT'S EXPLOSIVE SWEAT!" Tattletale said. "HE SWEATS NITROGLYCERIN AND USES IT FOR BLASTS!"

"HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT!?" Explosion Kid asked. "ACTUALLY, DOESN'T MATTER! I'M STILL GONNA WRECK YOU!!" He skyrocketed towards Tattletale, and I felt more fighting from other areas.

Oh-no…

"BITCH!" I said. "USE YOUR DOGS TO HELP TATTLETALE! SHE'LL NEVER LAST IN A FIGHT AGAINST HIM!"

"Don't tell me what to do!" Bitch said."

"JUST DO IT!" Grue added. "We're in trouble if we DON'T!"

"Why should I sacrifice my dogs for her AGAIN!?"

"Not for her!" Grue pointed at me. "For her!" He pointed at Tattletale.

Tattletale was trying to aim his gun at him. But he was like a ping-pong. He seemed impossible to hit. He would blind Tattletale with a smokescreen from the explosion and then use the aerial position the attack gave him to blast her in the back. How was this guy so good? He was just a student, and he was fighting like The Protectorate!

"I KNOW HOW YOUR TYPES WORK!" He said. "YOU DON'T LET PEOPLE LIKE YOU THINK! OR ELSE YOU'LL LOSE!!"

"COME ON!" I said.

Bitch huffed. "LUCY! INK! COME!"

The two dogs came.

"Sic him." Bitch pointed at The Explosion Kid. Then they went after him. Explosion Kid saw this. And put his hands in front of him.

"STUN GRENADE!" Suddenly, we saw a flash of light appear before us. We covered our eyes to control the blindness. And when we opened our eyes, the dogs were on the ground.

"No…" Bitch said.

Not again…

"ANYONE ELSE!?" He said.

"ANGELICA!"

"OH NO, YOU DON'T!" Then he skyrocketed towards Bitch and blew her up. She went flying a small distance away, but Explosion Kid didn't hold up on his attack. He went up into the air and then straight down to blow her up again.

She was spitting blood.

"BITCH!" Grue used his power to blind him, Regent gave him a seizure, and I hounded him with bugs.

A little overblown. But worth it. "COME ON, WE'RE RUNNING!" Grue said.

"WHAT!? NO! NOT AFTER WHAT HE DID TO MY-" She coughed up blood.

"Bitch! You're spitting blood! Two of your dogs are down! There's no debate! We're leaving NOW!"

"What about All Might!?" Shigaraki said.

"What about the supplies?" Regent said.

"WHAT ABOUT THEM!? WE'LL NEVER BEAT THAT KID! WE NEED TO GO NOW!"

"Not if I have anything to say about it!"

Suddenly, a dark bird-like being smashed into Bitch, dragging a screaming kid with him. Was he part bird? A case 54?

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING!?" I asked.

"What is it, now!?" Shigaraki asked.

"There's a bird…thing that's COMING STRAIGHT FOR US!"

We leaped out of the way of the dark bi rd to escape him from attacking us.

"What!? But the bird kid shouldn't be able to control his power with all the pain he's experiencing!"

"You also said that about all the other students, Shiggy!" Regent said. "Cleary, you were wrong! He has high pain tolerance too!"

"NO!" Tattletale shouted over the buzzing of the bugs, and the fighting of the dark abomination. "The power works independently of him!"

"Damn right!" The Dark Bird said."Now do you you wanna go quietly, or do you want me to kick your ass?"

He went straight for us, but the Nomu went in front of him and took him straight on.

"We gotta run!" Grue said.

"But tattletale is right behind The Dark Bird! We're NOT leaving her."

"Dark Shadow's the name! Killing Nomu is my game!" He ripped the arms off one of the Nomu.

"Use your darkness on him!" Imp said.

"I can't!" Grue said. "If I do, it'll power him up! I saw it in my darkness!"

"WHAT!?" Tattletale said. "If darkness strengthens it…then-"

Dark Shadow crushed the head of the Nomu. "You're next!"

"SUNDANCER! BRING YOUR SUN!

"WHAT!?" Sundancer and Shigaraki spoke at the same time.

"IF I TAKE IT AWAY FROM WELD," Sundancer said. "THEN-"

Dark Shadow ran towards us.

"JUST DO IT!" Tattletale said.

Sundancer brought her orb to us, and I spread my bugs away. The sun came behind Dark Shadow and he immediately shrunk. When he tried to get away, I kicked him and stomped on him to keep him in place.

"He's down!"

"How?" Regent said.

"Light is his weakness." Tattletale walked over to us. "It makes him smaller and weaker.

"We have no time to lose!" Shigaraki said. "Is All Might dead yet!?"

He was still worried about that!?

"DOESN'T MATTER! WE'RE LEAVING!" Grue shouted.

"What about the Nomu!?" Shigaraki replied.

"Dark Shadow killed one of them! The Hardening Guy killed the other one before the dogs got to him! The only one left is the one fighting All Might!"

"We can still-"

"Still what!? Fight All Might!?" Grue said. "We can't even STEAL the supplies!"

"How could you mess this up this freakin' badly!?"

"It was your false information that brought us to this fucking point!" Tattletale said

"You told me you guys were professionals! All you had to do was kill a couple of students!"

"Something your Nomu couldn't even do!"

I heard someone whistle. "Talk about teeth-clenched teamwork."

Glory Girl descended. It was her. "You guys must be having a real off day."

"God, fuck off Glory Girl," I spoke through my bugs. Somehow. "Your sister tried to fuck with my mind back at the hospital."

"Funny, I could say the same thing about you guys at the bank."

"That was Tattletale! Not me!"

"Gee, thanks Skitter," Tattletale said.

"Oh, I didn't mean it like that. I'm-"

"No. No." Glory Girl said. "She has a point. So how about this? I let you Undersiders go, if you let me beat the shit out of your friend here." She gestured at Tattletale.

"You gotta be kidding me," Regent said.

"Is that a no?"

"From what I hear, Skitter and Tattletale beat you AND your sister alone back at the bank." Grue pointed at her. "No, go. We can take you."

"You got a gun?"

"As a matter of fact, we do."

"We don't."

We turned to Tattletale.

"It was destroyed during my battle with Boom Boom Lad."

"Dammit," Grue said under his breath.

"Look like you're screwed." Glory Girl said.

"Skitter! Your gun!"

Glory Girl's eyes perked. "Oh, no you don't. You make any moves and I slam into you at 180 miles per hour!"

"Good showing, Glory Girl!"

Who was that? Could I turn my head to see? Or would she attack me?

Didn't matter. Because Glory Girl told all of us. "Weld, you're melted."

"Well, partially."

"Shigaraki," Tattletale said, "Weld and Glory Girl are here."

"Well, that's just great," Shigaraki said. "Glory Girl has comparable strength to All Might. If you fight her…"

"Shigaraki?" Glory Girl said. "You mean the idiot that fought All Might? You're working for him? He's your boss?"

"We don't have a boss," Grue said.

"Wait," Tattletale whispered.

"What is it now?"

"The way she said that. It's like she already knew."

"ANGELICA! RIP THEM TO SHREDS!" Bitch shouted.

Nothing happened.

"Angelica?"

Still nothing.

"Buddy?"

The Hardening Kid showed up, Angelica in hand, glaring straight at us. "Sorry about that. I taught this dog some new tricks."

Uh-oh…

Suddenly, an huge explosion killed much of my bugs, leaving me to seeth in pain. Regent did too for some reason.

The explosion kid…

He leaped with an explosion to The Hardening Guy. "DON'T THINK THIS IS OVER, LOSERS!!!"

Goddammit.

"Hard Guy and Boom Boy are here too!" Imp said.

"How could this be going so badly!?" I could hear the rancor in Shigaraki's voice.

"Ha! Looks like you're outmatched now," The Hardening Guy dropped Angelica. "Bakugo will wreck you!"

"YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT I WILL! YOU'D BEST GIVE UP!!"

"Really? Because this Sun," Tattletale pointed at Sundancer's sun, which was still close to us, with her thumb. "Could burn you to cinders. All we have to do is turn up the heat. And we'll kill you."

"And yourself!" The Hardening Guy said. "You can't control what the heat hits!"

"We can control where the sun goes."

"And what? You want to be known as hero killers?" Bakugo said. At least, I think that was his name. "You don't have the same eyes as The Hands Guy. you're not killers. You don't have the guts."

Hands Guy? Does he mean Shigaraki? Also, more evidence of even Japanese heroes being capable of being shitty people.

"You won't kill us! Lest you want the full force of The Protectorate AND All Might all over you!"

"Their leader is Shigaraki." Glory Girl said, "So they might actually-"

"What!? Really!?" Hardening guy's eyes widened

"They're talking to him right now. So yes."

"That doesn't mean anything!" Bakugo looked at us. "I bet he just wanted another shot at All Might!"

"You have a big fanbase, Shiggy." Tattletale quipped.

"They're talking about me?" Shigaraki said. "What are they saying?"

"Doesn't matter," Grue said. "Should we call the you-know-who?"

"You mean The Travelers?" Shigaraki asked.

"Yes."

"You don't have a lot of options. Call them."

"But if they know that they're working with us…" Tattletale didn't finish the sentence.

"Know that who is working with you?" Hardening Guy asked.

"Probably The Travelers."

Everyone looked at Weld.

He continued. "That sun isn't something from Shigaraki or The Undersiders. It's from our own Travelers. Remember? Sundancer?"

Glory Girl's eyes widened. "Hey! You're right! Nice one, Weld!

"Guess being a brute doesn't mean you're stupid." Hardening Guy said.

Weld looked down, a little sheepishly.

Tattletale basically admitted to it. "Ehh, it was an easy deduction."

"Tattletale!" Grue said. "You just told them what's happening!!!"

"They already figured it out. Plus, now we can call them with no negative repercussions. Genesis?"

"On it." She said.

Genesis ran forward through the portal and was about to crash into Glory Girl.

Until Bakugo noticed. "GET OUT THE WAY, IDIOT!"

Glory Girl's eyes perked up, and she flew up before Genesis in her new form could crash into her. She was in her four-armed gorilla form, except blue, and eight feet tall.

"Which ones do you want me to take care of?"

Glory Girl is the bigger threat. We should have her fight her? Right? Then again, as long as we get past the barrier, we should be able to beat her. But how are we going to that without guns?

Unless…

"Take the three behind us."

Grue turned to me "What!?"

"Trust me."

"Ok," Genesis said. "I'll take them."

"Ha!" Bakugo said. "I'd like to see you try!"

Genesis shrugged. "Alright." She sped over towards Bakugo, The Hardening Guy, and Weld. Bakugo and Weld went to the side to avoid it, While The Hardening Guy stood his ground and clashed with Genesis. She pushed The Hardening Guy away while Bakugo and Weld followed.

"What are you doing?" Grue whispered…"We can't take on Glory Girl!"

"We can't take on Kaboom Kid either," Regent said.

"Goddammit, we're fucked."

"Not yet," Tattletale defended me. "I think she has a plan."

"I do."

"Oh, really?" Glory Girl glared at me. "I'd like to see you t-"

I stung her force field, bringing it down. Then I hounded her with bugs. Biting and stinging her, while she thrashed and scream, until she went down.

"Her force field is weak, pitifully so," I said. "I knew the force field would go down from that sting."

Bitch scoffed. While Grue nodded. "Ok, now lets-"

"SKITTER!"

Was that…oh no…

He landed. The green-haired, plain-looking kid landed. Right in front of me. "You won't get away with this!"

"Sting him!" Grue ordered.

"I am!"

"He has a high pain tolerance too!?"

"My power is saying yes," Tattletale said.

"Well, great."

"Is this your team Skitter?" The plain-looking said.

"How does this guy know you?" Grue asked.

"You met him before," Tattletale stated to me.

"Yeah…I did."

"I know you guys too! Undersiders!" He said that like it was a slur.

"Wow, we have fans in Japan?" Regent said. "Looks like we're going international!"

"I'm not a fan," the plain-looking kid said.

"Or much of a straight man," Regent said.

He ignored him. "So! You're attacking people just trying to help."

I felt my stomach drop. "I'm…doing what is necessary."

"No, you're not! We're already going to help them! All you're doing is getting in the way! Trying to kill us! Trying-"

"Woah, I'm not a killer."

"No, just a torturer."

I tried to erase the feelings of guilt. "You have no idea why I'm doing this."

"I don't have to! You're a villain. You're pretty much all the same."

"That's villainist," Imp said.

"Shut up."

"We don't have to fight." I held my hands in front of me.

"Too bad. I want to." He aimed his hand at me. Why? Did it have something to do with his power?"

And what was wrong with his fingers? They looked broken. Did they have another villain attack?

"What are the chances we can fight this guy, Tats?" Grue asked.

"Not good."

"Then we're leaving."

"You're not going anywhere!" The plain-looking kid's finger started glowing with red lines flowing through it.

His power was activating!?

"GET DOWN!!" I grabbed Grue and Tattletale and we leaped an enormous distance out of the way.

"SMMMMMAAAAAAASSSHHHHHH!!"

Suddenly, a shock wave killed most of my bugs. I gasped in pain and heard a crash. Probably from the windows breaking from the shock wave. But I couldn't investigate with my bugs. The pain was really troublesome, like ice picks behind my eyes. "Skitter!" Grue stopped me from falling over. "Are you alright!?"

"The death of her bugs is really hurting her now," Tattletale answered. "Skitter?" She waved her hands in front of me. "Hey, listen to me. Skitter? Are you out?"

I gritted my teeth. "No…Not yet."

"IMP!? Regent!?" Grue pressed the comms. "Are you alright!?"

"Yep," Regent answered. "Imp saved me."

"What's going on!?" Shigaraki practically screamed.

"Not now, Shiggy," Tattletale said.

"What about you guys? Imp asked. "You alright?"

"Yep, we're ok!" Tattletale said. "Skitter head is in pain from the number of bugs dying."

"Bitch?" Imp asked. No response. "Bitch?"

Still no response.

"Oh no…" Tattletale said. "She's out."

"Out!? What do you mean out!?" Grue bellowed in his deep, otherwordly voice.

My bugs felt movement. The kid was going after us.

"She either knocked out or dead," Tattletale said. "I can't tell which. If we don't get out of here now. We're so fucked."

"Plain-looking kid is coming after us," I told them.

Grue stared at me.

"The shock wave kid," Tattletale said.

"Oh."

"Why doesn't he just use his power?" I asked.

"Cause he might hit his friends," Tattletale answered.

"I see. So what do we do?"

"We need a hostage."

A hostage? So now I have to kidnap one of these kids?

He was nearby. "WHICH ONE!?"

"This one!" Grue picked up a blonde kid.

"NO!!! NOT THAT ON-"

Tattletale couldn't finish until Grue was shocked with had to be hundreds, if not THOUSANDS, of electricity running through his body. I quickly slapped the kid away with my baton and went to check on Grue.

"Grue! Speak to me! Grue!"

"I'm fine! I took worse hits." Grue said.

"Hello, villains!" Plain-looking Kid said. God, this kid was so annoying. "Looks like you're trapped."

"Regent! Imp!" I put my fingers on my comms. "Good time to help us right about now!"

"A little busy here!" Regent said.

Busy? With what?

My questions were answered when an explosion appeared on the west side of the battlefield. Suddenly, Regent's radio turned off. It didn't take a genius to figure out why.

"HA! TAKE THAT, YOU LOSERS!" Bakugo was then punched away by Genesis. Hopefully, that took him down for the count.

"Looks like your backup is out!" Izuku said.

I quickly pulled out my gun and aimed, but Izuku did the same with his finger.

Wait, three of them were broken now. Did he break his fingers by using his power?

"Put the gun down, Skitter," The plain-looking kid ordered.

"Make me."

"I bet you I can get a shot off before you."

"I bet you, you can't."

"Your bullets aren't faster than sound."

"Some bullets are."

"Just. put the gun down Skitter." The plain-looking kid ordered for what sounded like the last time. "Or else."

I tightened my grip on my gun. "You want it from me? Take it."

The green-haired boy stood there silently. I heard a sound and saw a glowing light.

Shit, I'm going to have to shoot him, but if I shoot him in the stomach, it won't keep him down. Do I have to shoot him in the head?

I…can't…I can't kill him. I had to shoot his fingers or his hand. Just have to get the aiming right.

What the hell? Someone just jumped on top of me! Who is that?

I dropped my gun. Shit.

"DEKU, RUN!!!"

Deku? Did she mean the plain-looking kid?

"Uraraka! You can fight her! She's too-"

"JUST RUN!"

Who is this? It has to be a Class 1-A member. But who is it?

Actually, doesn't matter. I just have to get my gun. I tried to reach down and grab it, but the Uraraka girl put me in a full nelson and I couldn't get out of it.

"THE GUN!!" Deku said.

Shit. Not good.

"I GOT IT!!" Grue said.

Both Deku and Grue grabbed the gun, leading to them wrestling with it.

Tattletale punched the girl that was on top of me. And I sicced my bugs on her.

"I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH YOU HURT ME, HOW MUCH TORTURE YOU PUT ME THROUGH!! I AM NOT GOING TO LET YOU HURT DE-"

We heard a gunshot. Grue and Deku stopped fighting. And my bugs felt it go right to the girl that grabbed me.

She fell.

"Ur…Uraraka?"

Shit. Not good.

"Uraraka!"

He ran to her, growing down to his knees, grabbing her head, and cradling it.

"Uraraka?"

I turned to Tattletale. "We have to go now."

Tattletale looked at me. "Because we're losing?"

"Because the angry you are, the stronger your powers are. And I don't think we can fight him when he's angry."

"I don't think powers work the way you think they do. But you're right, we have to go. Grue?"

Grue sighed. "We have to get Imp, Regent, and Bitch first. You think Genesis won?"

"Well, there's no explosion anymore, so at least Boom Boom Boy is out."

"Good, he was the biggest problem."

"My bugs tell me she's still fighting two other people. We'll have to help her." I said.

"No," Grue argued. "Too dangerous. We should just leave with what we have. This plan has already gone into shambles. Let's leave while we're ahead."

"You have a funny definition of ahead." Tattletale quipped.

"Guess so. Come on, let's go."

So that was it? I failed? After working so hard to free Dinah from her abuse, to free her of the drugs and addiction, I failed, just like that?

This means Dinah would never be freed, this means that attacking the heroes, torturing them, was for naught. I had no good reason to do this. I basically tormented the heroes for no reason other than, 'because I thought it would work'. This was more than humiliating. This was a travesty.

The heroes didn't get to deliver their supplies, which means SO many people are going to go hungry. And I'll never save Dinah from the clutches of Coil, which means she'll stay there. Forever. And I can't do anything about it.

No…

I won't let that stand.

"We're not leaving."

Grue turned to me. "What?"

"You heard me. We're not leaving. We can still win this. All we have to do is beat two students."

"What about All Might?" Tattletale asked.

"What about him? He took the Nomu to the other side of the city. He can't get here in enough time. We can still win this."

"No."

We all turned to Deku..

"Uh-oh.." Tattletale said.

"You're…not going to go…ANYWHERE!!!"

The kid aimed his finger, leading into me jumping out of the way of the finger flick. The flick killed many of my bugs, destroyed part of the street, and even wrecked some ‌trucks.

I held my head with both hands and kneeled over. This pain was almost as great as the agony bomb Bakuda gave us. If that pain was a ten, this pain would be a 8. But I kept going. I went towards Genesis to help her with-

Wait…where's Tattletale?

Grue?...

Oh-no…

I ran, ran faster than I ever did. I searched for them with my bugs and found them on the other side of the street. When I made it to them, I went to my knees to cradle Tattletale.

"Tattletale! Can you hear me? Tattletale!"

She was breathing funny, rasping, and holding her chest. I knew that meant one thing.

Broken rib cage.

Fuck.

"Skitter?"

I heard Grue whisper that and I went to his side, 45 feet away. His legs were so broken it was hanging on by his skin, not by flesh or bone…SKIN.

"Grue?"

"Don't…do anything…stupid…"

I can't help him, I can't help her. They're going to die. It's all my fault.

No…it's all his fault.

He was the one that nearly killed them. HE was the one that stopped us from escaping. And HE was the one that been nothing but a pain to our side since his fucking class got here.

That fucking speech, that fucking idealism, that fucking nerd…

I'll fucking kill him…

"Shigaraki, take Grue and Tattletale inside the base for medical treatment."

"What!? What for!? Why can't you do it!? What about All Might!? What about the supplies!? you can't-"

I ignored Shigaraki's pleas and took off the comms.

I pulled out my weapons, slowly turned to The Fucking Kid. and glared at him. As he was doing with me.

"Motherfucker." I was speaking through my swarm. I don't know how, but I was. "I don't know how, but I'll make you pay for that."

Deku raised his arm, looked me in the eye, and said something with more invective than even Tattletale could manage. "Die, Skitter."

 

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Here's the next chapter! Like I said, off the handle. For heroes AND villains. There's a reason I called this chapter 'Out of the frying pan...'. The next chapter is Deku Vs. Skitter. So get hyped for that!

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That's all I had to say. This is Super Ultimate Number One, sighing out. Peace!

 

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Chapter Fourteen:

I leaped from building to building to get to All Might. I worked hard to get the timing right. If I didn't turn my power on fast enough when I landed, my legs would sprain; If I did it too late, it would be hard to control and I might accidentally activate it at 100%. I did the timing right the whole time and went to where All Might and the Nomu were.

All Might couldn't beat the Nomu like last time. He would shorten his timer again to unusable territory. Even worse…He might lose his Quirk! I can't let that happen. As long as I breathe, I will defend All Might when he needs it!

All Might blocked a punch from the Nomu and grabbed his arm to throw him away into the building, destroying it. "HA! YOU'RE JUST AS INFALLIBLE AS THE LAST NOMU!!"

"ALL MIGHT!" I cried out.

All Might turned his head to look at me, he looked…afraid?...Why? Was it for my safety?

I landed on the same building as All Might and went to him. "All Might! I saw what you were fighting! I want to help!"

"No, Young Midoriya! This is too dangerous! You would be in lethal harm!"

"We signed up for that when we went to Brockton Bay!"

"The only reason we went here was that we thought there would be no villain attacks," All Might argued. "like usual after Levithan attacks! Things are going WAY differently here!"

"All the reason we should help!" I said.

"Midoriya, if you want to help, go defend the heroes from the other villains. We got it here."

"We?"

"Yes! WE!" it wasn't an angry tone. It was his usual bolstering tone

All Might gestured to where the Nomu was, and I saw it, the pro heroes in action.

Miss Militia fired at the beast with missiles galore, Whenver she fired one missile from a rocket launcher, she would spawn another one and fire, not even slowing it down. But trying nonetheless, like an ant trying to push a rock 50 times it size.

when the Nomu threw a rock at her, Aizawa grabbed her with her scarf and pulled her out of the way, and did that for any hero in trouble, like Triumph and Present Mic who were screaming at the monster, slowing it down.

Assault and Battery were working in perfect harmony to fight the Nomu. Assault would act as a stepping stone for Battery to charge at the Nomu and attack it and when the Nomu clapped its hands together to cause a shock wave, Assault would grab Battery and keep them from flying away. They were working together in perfect harmony, like two cogs that fit perfectly together in a well-tuned machine.

"You see, my boy? Us pros can handle ourselves. All you need to worry about is protecting your friends!"

I nodded. "Ok, I'll do it!"

I jumped away, back to where the PRT headquarters. All Might was right. It was dumb of me to assume that he needed help. The U.A students, The Wards, they are the ones that need my help. I can't let them die. No one deserves to die. And even if they didn't die. I refuse to let them suffer. Saving people is the core of a hero. I'm always going to save people in need, no matter what.

Besides, this was good. Well, actually this is awful. But I get to test my power against real villains. This another step to becoming the world's best hero. I mean, even All Might Isn't the top hero. But I could become the top hero, or one of the top heroes. I would break every bone in my body TWICE to become the top hero if I had to.

I made it. But I saw almost nothing in the cloud of bugs, except‌ for….

Skitter.

Of course.

"SKITTER!"

I landed right where the villains were the bugs, stung and bit me to fill me with white-hot pain. Like nails into my nerves. I powered through it, though; hearing the screams that came right from the bowels of hell actually helped. Because it just meant I couldn't let them down. I had to help them. No matter what. I overcame the searing torment and turned.

I saw Skitter yet again, but she was with her team, Grue, the shadow master. Tattletale, the expert detector, Regent, the body controller, and Imp, the undetectable being.

Also, Rachel Lindt. From what I hear, she's one of the worse ones here. And one of the most dangerous. I'll have to take her out first. "You won't get away with this!"

"Sting him!" Grue ordered.

"I am!" Skitter said.

"He has a high pain tolerance too!?"

"My power is saying yes," Tattletale said.

"Well, great."

"This your team Skitter?" I said

"How does this guy know you?" Grue asked.

"You met him before," Tattletale stated to her. Her power really is good reasoning

"Yeah…I did."

"I know you guys too! Undersiders!" I made sure they knew I knew their names.

"Wow, we have fans in Japan?" Regent said. "Looks like we're going international!"

"I'm not a fan," I said.

"Or much of a straight man," Regent said.

Who was this guy? The joker? "So! You're attacking people just trying to help."

Skitter looked to the ground, looking for an excuse. "I'm…doing what is necessary."

"No, you're not! We're already going to help them! All you're doing is getting in the way! Trying to kill us! Trying-"

"Woah, I'm not a killer."

"No, just a torturer."

Skitter stared at me angrily. "You have no idea why I'm doing this."

"I don't have to! You're a villain. You're pretty much all the same."

"That's villainist," Imp said.

"Shut up."

"We don't have to fight." Skitter tried to defuse the situation

"Too bad. I want to." I aimed his hand at her.

"What are the chances we can fight this guy, Tats?" Grue asked.

"Not good."

"Then we're leaving."

"You're not going anywhere!" My finger started glowing with red lines flowing through it.

"GET DOWN!!" Skitter grabbed Grue and Tattletale and we leaped a large distance out of the way.

"SMMMMMAAAAAAASSSHHHHHH!!"

I fired my shock wave, killing a majority of Skitter's bugs. I tolerated the pain and heard a crash. Probably from the windows breaking from the shock wave.

My finger was broken now. That's three broken fingers, without Recovery Girl, my fingers would stay like this for the entire trip. I had to take them down quickly.

As I ran, the scream found their way into my soul. The screaming was omnipresent. It pierced the heavens with sheer horror and volume. And…was that Uraraka!?

I had to help her! Find some way to get these bugs off her! All I have to do is…

All I have to do is beat these villains. Nothing else will work. I HAD to beat these villains. For every hero. For all heroes! THESE VILLAINS WILL NOT GET AWAY!!

I was nearby.

"WHICH ONE!?" Skitter said. Which one what?

"This one!" Grue picked up Kaminari.

Wait…were they taking a hostage!?

"NO!!! NOT THAT ON-"

Tattletale couldn't finish until Grue was shocked with had to be hundreds, if not THOUSANDS, of electricity running through his body. Skitter quickly slapped the kid away with her baton and went to check on Grue.

"Grue! Speak to me! Grue!"

"I'm fine! I took worse hits." Grue said.

"Hello, villains!" I said. "Looks like you're trapped."

"Regent! Imp!" She put two fingers on her ear. She must've been using comms. "Good time to help us right about now!"

"A little busy here!" Regent shouted form the other side of the battlefield.

Busy? With what?

My questions were answered when an explosion appeared on the west side of the battlefield. Suddenly, Regent's radio turned off. It didn't take a genius to figure out why.

"HA! TAKE THAT, YOU LOSERS!" Bakugo was then punched away by Genesis. Hopefully, he was Ok.

"Looks like your backup is out!" I said.

Suddenly, she pulled out a gun! Crap! I had to aim with my fingers!"

"Put the gun down, Skitter," I said.

"Make me."

"I bet you I can get a shot off before you."

"I bet you, you can't."

"Your bullets aren't faster than sound."

"Some bullets are."

"Just. put the gun down Skitter." I said, trying to sound more confident than I really was.. "Or else."

She tightened my grip on her gun. "You want it from me? Take it."

Crap, If I use my power, she could die. I can't kill her. So how am I supposed to take her down?

Wait, I can limit the power. I can hold back. I did it against Shigaraki. All I have to do is temper it.

I turned on the power. It would take a second to charge up. What if she shoots me while it's charging? What am I supposed to-

But then someone jumped on Skit-Holy woah, was that URARAKA!?

"DEKU, RUN!!!"

"Uraraka! You can fight her! She's too-"

"JUST RUN!"

I can't run. If I leave her alone, she'll DIE. I can't use my power though, I'll hit her.. But if we team up against her, we may have a fighting chance. All I need it one good shot.
Skitter reached down for something, But Uraraka put her in another hold that looked kinda poor. But was good enough to keep her at bay. What was she reaching fo-

"THE GUN!!" I said.

"I GOT IT!!" Grue said.

Crap. Not good.

I and Grue grabbed the gun, leading to us wrestling with it.

I tried to pull the gun away from him. But he grabbed the center and pulled it from me. I winced from the pain, like scalpels to my teeth. But I persevered. I had to use my power. Just to pull it away, I could hold back, all I had to do was-

"I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH YOU HURT ME, HOW MUCH TORTURE YOU PUT ME THROUGH!! I AM NOT GOING TO LET YOU HURT DE-"

The gun fired. How? My finger wasn't on the trigger.

Wait, Grue's was…

Who…who did he hit?

Uraraka fell.

"Ur…Uraraka?"

She didn't answer.

"Uraraka!"

I ran to her, going down to my knees, grabbing her head, and cradling it.

"Uraraka?"

Uraraka coughed up blood. When she did, it splattered right onto my face. "Deku? I'm sorry…I couldn't save you…I'm-"

"Don't be! It's not your fault!"

Uraraka smiled. "Thanks, Deku…My blood is really draining now…I wish I could help…Stay strong…persevere. Remember what your name means…and"

Uraraka tried to get another word out. But she couldn't get it out. What was it? WHAT ELSE DID SHE WANT TO SAY!?

She stopped moving.

"Uraraka?"

She didn't respond, her eyes closed.

"No…"

I stood up. Ready to kill at the wrong fucking word.

"We're not leaving." Skitter said

"What?" Grue replied.

"You heard me. We're not leaving. We can still win this. All we have to do is beat two students."

"What about All Might?" Tattletale asked.

"What about him? He took the Nomu to the other side of the city. He can't get here in enough time. We can still win this."

"No."

I turned my head slowly. Glaring at Skitter in her fucking eyes.

"Uh-oh.." Tattletale said.

"You're…not going to go…ANYWHERE!!!"

I aimed my finger, leading into Skitter jumping out of the way of the finger flick. The flick killed many of her bugs, destroyed part of the street, and even wrecked some ‌trucks.

And I managed to hit those stupid villains.

Skitter held her head, even though I didn't hit her. Did it have something to do with me killing her bugs?

Skitter ran away from me, leaving me to follow her. She can't escape from me. I won't let her.

She shot Uraraka. SHE terrorized civilians into working with her. SHE attacked a group of heroes to fulfill her sick goals for domination.

Uraraka was the first girl, the first ANYONE my age that stayed by my side. that was nice to me, that was my friend. And she did nothing but helped me. She saved me. She did no wrong to me. And she gets rewarded by getting killed!?

It's not right. It's not fair.

There must be justice.

She must be taken out.

I made it to her.

She slowly turned. "Motherfucker." She was speaking through her swarm. Another ability of her's? "I don't know how, but I'll make you pay for that."

I raised his arm, looked her in the eye, and said. "Die, Skitter."

She covered herself with bugs. I wanted to fire, but I needed a closer shot. Or else she'd dodge it again.

It didn't matter anyway, cause the second I took a step. She was gone.

"Dammit! Where are you!?"

The bugs started stinging and biting. The pain was greater than anything I ever faced. Like someone pulled out my fingernails with a plier.

Couldn't stop. Won't stop. Have to find her. But where is she?

Can't see anything in this cloud of bugs, but if I fire a shock wave at the ground, it'll kill a lot of them.

But I only have three fingers and two thumbs. If I smash another finger, what am I going to use to hit Skitter?

Well, it doesn't matter if I only have three fingers! As long as she's not hidden, I can find her quickly.

So that's what I did. I fired a shock wave at the ground. Killing all the bugs around the area, blowing them away.

I looked around for Skitter as fast as I could, trying to ignore the bodies of my classmates. They'll never get saved if I don't beat Skitter, anyway. But not even a full second went by before more bugs came through the portal and started biting me.

How did they move that fast? Bugs can't move as fast as they just did. She must push bugs past their ordinary limits!

But I didn't find her. Dammit. And now I'm down to two fingers and two thumbs. I can't even use my thumbs. How am I going to find her?

Let's think back. Did she show any weaknesses? Did she show any weak points?

Wait…she held her head after I killed some bugs…

Maybe…If I fire another one…

I fired another shock wave at the ground. Hoping for the pain from the death of the bugs to cripple her. If my theory was correct, that was SHOULD happen.

When I did it, I launched all the bugs away. I couldn't hear her. Couldn't see her. And when I scanned the entire area. More bugs came. And this time, she went for my eyes and mouth. Was she going to kill me!?

I shut them both tight. But there were still some bugs in my mouth, she could choke e out! Can I use One for All on my lungs?

I didn't have to wonder because she flew them out my mouth when I opened it. Mercy? From a villain? That's impossible!

I have to think about my options. If use another finger, what am I going to use to hit her?

I CAN'T use another finger. I already used too many. Does that mean I can't beat her? Does that mean I can't avenge Uraraka's death? Does this mean she already won?

I can't fail yet. For the sake of Uraraka, for the sake of Kacchan, for the sake of ALL THE HEROES! I can't give up now!

But what can I do? What should I pull out against her? I don't have anything left. If I fire another finger…

What am I saying!? I can't forgive her after everything she has done! I'll do ANYTHING to stop her! ANYTHING to defeat her! And sacrifice anything to save people!

I fired another shock wave at the ground and not only did the bugs die; I heard her cry out. It was a scream not unlike a terrified child, screaming from the depths of their soul. The truest showcase of pain and fear.

She was in the PRT base. In the lobby with bodies of PRT troopers there. How? Was it Te Travelers?

Actually, doesn't matter.

"FOUND YOU!!"

I leaped to the base using One for All, going through the broken windows, right when I landed, though she bought in more bugs. I could still hear her, so I took a leap towards her. My legs weren't broken, so I could still win this. I punched her, hitting her with my knuckles instead of my fingers. It still hurt like hell, but I put her on the ground with a thud because of it.

I went to hit her while she was down, but then she swatted me with a baton, hitting my fingers, leaving me to cry out in pain. I heard her get up. I went to punch her with One for All, but before I could comprehend I felt nothing, I felt a baton bash me on my cheek, the skin of the inside of my mouth cutting on my teeth. Dammit, how did she move to my side? She shouldn't have moved faster than my punch! I heard the wind rushing from her swinging her baton, I dodged, and shoulder-checked her, knocking her down.

She ran at me, covered in bugs. I went to-wait a second…I don't hear her footsteps…How is she…It's a decoy! I ran through it to tackle her to the ground. And succeeded. We were both on the ground now, so I went for another punch. Right when I did, Skitter pulled out a knife. Faster than I could process it, she slashed right at my chest, nearly cutting my lungs, and forcing me to stagger back.

"GAH! SHIT!" I held my chest. It was definitely bleeding. Dammit. Had to end this quickly.

She ran forward, knife in hand. It looked like she was going to go for my leg, but I didn't let her. I jumped forward with One for All, like a cannon going headfirst into Skitter's nose. I heard the bone smash and the blood splatter. Even broke her mask on the bottom. I tried to get up to a running start, slipping on blood on the way, but before I could get to her, she kneed me in the gut. Thanks to my build, it didn't do that much. I tried to get up, but she hit me in the head with her baton and the butt end of her knife. When I went to attack her, she covered herself in bugs, and when I went I tackle her, she was already gone.

"You are the most despicable, selfish, fucking annoying hero I have ever meant!" She was speaking through her bugs again. "Just crawl away and DIE!"

"Doesn't matter how much you hurt people," I said. "how evil you are! We will stop you! And we'll avenge everyone you KILLED!"

"Evil? EVIL!? What's it going to take to convince you that heroes can be as bad as villains!?"

She thought heroes were as bad as villains!? "Villains are the bloodthirsty ones that steal, injure, and kill just for kicks! Can you bring up anyone that is even bad!?"

"Sophia, Panacea, Glory Girl-"

What? "Shut the hell up."

She attacked me with bugs. Going for the eyes again, I shielded them with my arms.

"What about Armmaster? Breaking The Unwritten Rules?"

"Unwritten what? What the hell is that?"

Skitter stayed silent. "You Japanese heroes really are hopeless. Wither in despair."

She attacked me with bugs, but my pain receptors were already through the roof. I'm not going to lose yet. I had to find her. Had to kill her bugs again, but how?

Wait…so what if my fingers are broken? I can still win this! All I have to do is…

I put my thumb in my mouth and flicked with my mouth. Killing all the bugs around, but I couldn't see her. Where is she!?

I almost tripped on one of the PRT bodies. Dammit, where is she!?

"Let's see you try to find me now."

Several bug decoys came out of hiding and shuffled themself by sidestepping around the area and around each other.

Dammit. Which one is she? If I don't find out quickly, she'll attack me. What am I going to do?

Wait, I see her mask! It's that one! I have to-

Wait…why wouldn't she just fill the area with bugs? Why waste time playing 'Spot the Skitter'? It doesn't make any sense.

Unless she wanted me to waste a finger flick.

That means it's not the one with the mask. But which one is it? Wait, it doesn't matter. All I have to do is flick a finger at the floor and it'll hit all the bugs and reveal where Skitter really is.
So that's what I did.

And when all the bugs died, I couldn't find her.

"You're so stupid."

I turned around and saw the PRT trooper I nearly tripped on, risen up and tried to slash my legs. I jumped away, but the tendons on my right leg were still cut. And I messed up the landing rolling and crashing into the wall.

"The mask. The bugs." I said.

"All tricks." Skitter walked towards me wearing the armor of a PRT trooper. How DARE she walk towards me wearing an outfit of those that support heroes!? "My actual plan was to switch out my outfit for a PRT soldier outfit. It's a little big, but at least it fits my purposes."

I'd roll my eyes at the joke if I wasn't so pissed off.

Skitter put more bugs in the room, covering my sight from her. "Now you see…You can't save everyone…Villains always win in the end…And I'M better than YOU."

What? She was rubbing Ochaco's death in my fucking face!? Was she that cruel and evil!?

How fucking dare she…

She walked up to me. Wearing her actual costume. "And now that all your fingers are broken. You got no options but to give up."

She attacked me with bugs. A cold shower of white-hot pain. Crawling inside my nose, my mouth, and my ears. Holy Woah, she's trying to kill me!

What can I do? What can I use? Is this it?...Have I lost…?

Ochaco…I'm…

No…

"I'm not out yet!"

I wish I could see the look on Skitter's face when I flicked with my broken finger.

She tried to jump out of the way, but she was too close, and she still got hit. As did all the bugs. Not only that but she was left on the ground holding her head and gut, trying to cope with the fact that she just lost.

Finally. I won.

I walked up to her, getting aware of my surrounding. All the students and Wards have passed out. Probably from the pain. They were laid out like a massacre. But we won…

I won.

I put my foot on her chest. Her mask was halfway blown off.

She coughed. "Well? Aren't you going to kill me?"

What? "NO! Of course not! I'm a hero! That means you don't kill, no matter what."

Skitter looked at me like I had grown a second head. Was she that deep into villainy?

"I see, So what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to take you, and your team in."

"Good job, Brat."

What? Was that Kacchan? No, it didn't sound anything like him. So who…

"Ummm…thanks, we should get these guys out of here."

"Yeah, you're right." He said. He put his arm around me, and I saw that he was wearing a hoodie. The man was looking down. Looking at Skitter, maybe? "You had a good showing. Last time I saw you fight like that was at the USJ attack."

What?

He put his hand, except for one finger, on my throat. "It's a pleasure to see you again," He raised his head. "Izuku Midoriya!"

Holy crap, Tomura Shigaraki!

 

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I got it out! I genuinely thought I wouldn't be able to do it. I'd like to thank my followers and Patre0n supporter. You guys give me motivation to keep going, even if all I want to do is quit.

You can probably guess whose chapter is next. But this is not the end of this war. Mark my words. This chapter will have consequences. And Izuku is in some deep trouble now. Stay tuned for more! I post a sneak peek of the next chapter to my Patre0n as usual. not to mention, I'll post a brand new chapter from a completely different perspective if I hit certain goals. Maybe Glory Girl's. Maybe All Might's. Check out my original writing over at TheUltimateWriting...and remember to check out my Twitter with the same name.

That's all I had to say. This is Super Ultimate Number One, singing out. Peace!

 

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Chapter Fifteen:

This was a bad showing altogether. All The Undersiders were down for the count, Genesis's projection was limping from how damaged it was, not to mention burned from Sundancer's sun, Half the damn team was crippled and bleeding, and the last one standing was probably the one I least expected to survive the bug assault.

The brat from the USJ attack.

I must have the worst luck in the world to end up with this kid so often. First, he stops the Nomu from killing the teacher, then stops Kurogiri from killing All Might, then stops the both of us from killing him! He's so freakin' annoying.

Don't know what I'm going to do with him, but I'm going to do something.

"Looks like you beat Skitter," I said. "Impressive, I would've never expected that outcome."

"Shigaraki," The brat said. "You're working with The Undersiders?"

"Working with them? I'm commanding them!"

"WHAT!? YOU'RE their boss!?"

"Of course not. Their boss is someone else…But I have a leg over their boss. So you can call me the boss of their boss."

The brat looked at me with the eyes of a gazelle in front of a lion.

Guess that would make me a lion. I like that.

Skitter tried to get up, but the second she bent one leg to get up, she immediately unbent it. She must be in a hell of a lot of pain. "Tattletale…Grue…are they?"

"Yes, brat. They're fine, I put them with a friend of mine."

"Help…me…Shigaraki…" She coughed again.

I rolled my eyes. "You were the one that lost, Skitter. It's your own fault."

"If we don't take care of our assets." Kurogiri slithered his eyes towards me with his smoke. "We could lose them."

I sighed. "Fine."

I picked her up and put her arm around my shoulder. She winched. "Make a portal Kurogiri, we're leaving."
Kurogiri made the portal with his sinister smoke.

"Aren't you going to let me go?" The brat asked.

"Of course not." I said. "We already failed with the supplies. I bet we failed with killing All Might as well. It's no good. There's no point. We need something out of this. This is it."

"Why? What am I to you?"

"You're the brat that idolizes All Might. You mean everything to me."

"I'm not going with you." The brat said. "If I go with you, you'll have a leg above the heroes. I refuse. I rather die."

"Really?" My smile grew. "Because they're no pro heroes around. If I kill you, nothing's stopping me from killing the rest. After you, I could kill a ward. Another student. Maybe the girl you were so adamant about protecting."

Izuku looked at me with pure nervousness and animosity. It looked like he was going to freak out. Have a breakdown right in the middle of the battlefield.

But the brat was smarter than I thought. "Ok. I'll go with you."

"That's more like it."

"Izuku!"

I looked up. "The hell is that?"

"Sounds…like…" Skitter took off her mask to vomit. Then immediately put it back on. "Clock…blocker…"

"Clockblocker? What kind of name is that?" I looked at Skitter. "The Nomu didn't take this guy out?"

Skitter ralphed again, over the cries of Clockblocker.

"Dammit. Alright, well, obviously he's alive. So it's a no. Come on, Kurogiri, let's get out of here."

"As you wish."

I backed into the portal.

"Izuku! Fight back! Use your power! Do something! Anything!" Clockblocker's voice was getting closer. I could see his outline with the streetlights. "IZUKU!"

"Don't come, Clockblocker!" the brat said.

I made it through the portal. I was in Skitter's base.

"Why are we here, Kurogiri?" I asked. "You should have put me with Garaki."

"Garaki is with All For One. I don't believe it would be wise to bring a hero along."

"fine," I said.

"My…organs…" Skitter tried to speak.

"What are you saying, Bug Brat?"

"I think she's saying her intestines are bleeding." The brat said. "If she doesn't get help soon-"

"Don't worry, brat. I know one hell of a doctor."

1 hour Later.

You know that feeling when you facing off against someone who you have wronged, or someone who wronged you? And there's this feeling, this aura of anger and bile, slowly building up, until the second someone so much as breathes the wrong way, is enough for the fire to arise to set everything to flames?

That was this feeling I and Tattletale were feeling.

We sat on boxes in Skitter's base, directly eyeing each other for 50 minutes, All of Skitter's minions staying away, and neither one of us stopping the glare contest. I didn't expect her to have such dedication, but I wasn't going to stop just yet.

"Are they still staring at each other?" Imp asked.

"Yes…" Grue sighed. "They are."

"They're challenging each other." Hellhound said. "They're not going to let up until the other one falters."

"It's pointless." Kurogiri said. "They're teammates, they don't have to do this. Someone should nip it in the bud."

"I got an idea." Regent said.

What? What is he talking abou-

Suddenly, Tattletale and I bowed and headbutted each other simultaneously.

"OW!" Tattletale looked at Regent.

And I hated to say this, but I looked at the same time. "WHAT THE!"

"What? You guys were just sitting there. Not even talking."

"If you hit my father's hand. I would've killed you."

"You're kidding, right?" Grue asked.

"He's not kidding." Tattletale said.

Grue looked at me, his facial expression unreadable under the mask.

"What's taking so long!?" Imp stomped her feet as she spoke. "Why isn't Skitter already ok?"

"Don't know." Tattletale smiled, for some reason. "He should've been done by now."

"There might be one reason."

Tattletale turned back to glare at me. "If you're telling me you figured it out before I could, you're out of your fucking mind."

"And what? You're saying you figured out something about Garaki in five minutes what took me 15 years?"

Tattletale and I went back to glaring at each other.

Until our heads collided again.

"OW! REGENT!" Tattletale and I said.

Regent shrugged. "You'll thank me when you realize you have more time."

"Skitter!" Grue said.

We looked at the top of the warehouse, where Skitter remerged from a room at the top with Garaki by her side. She walked down the steps with Garaki coming with her, meeting us at the bottom.

"Hey, guys." Skitter said.

"Heya Skits." Tattletale said. "You doing ok?"
"I should be asking you guys that! Grue was literally missing his legs!"

"I think you'll find," Garaki began. "That with my technology and my intelligence, there's nothing my expertise can't solve. No wound too deep and no scar too big."

"I'll say," Regent said. "Kaboom Kid blasted half my face off. But the doctor fixed me like it never even happened."

"It sounds like your advertising, Regent." Imp giggled.

"Ooooooh! Does that mean I get paid?" Regent asked rhetorically.

"We aren't accepting advertising at this current moment. But we are looking into billboards." I said.

Tattletale rolled her eyes.

"It wasn't easy. This girl was a MUCH tougher case."

"Oh, I get it." Tattletale said. "She had brain damage. You had to fix her brain."

I itched some more. God, this girl was annoying.

Garaki blinked. "Correct. You didn't underestimate this girl, Shigaraki. She is smart."

Apparently, the universal signal for telling someone to cut it out doesn't translate to old men.

Tattletale looked at me with some exaggerated shocked face. "Shiggy! I am shocked! You didn't tell me you felt that way!"

I wanted to hide my scratching, but It felt like I was in hives now. "Don't make it seem like we're dating Tattletale. He left out the last part."

"You mean the part where you said she not as smart as you." I made sure I was smiling when she looked back. It was only for a fraction of a second, but I saw her frown. She went to a cheeky smile to cover her tracks. "I remember, but I'm not sure it's accurate. Even so, you'd do better working with this girl. Not against her."

Tattletale made a gesture.

"I am working with her." I said. "As a matter of fact. She was the one that started this minor feud."

"I find that hard to believe. But it doesn't matter. It looks like everyone is taken care of."

"Not all of us." Imp said. "You didn't do Izuku."

"Izuku isn't one of us." Skitter said. With more hostility than I expected.

"Skitter's right." Grue said. "We don't have to take care of him… but we do need to figure out what to do with him."

"Well, I suggest we-"

"Undersiders." a man cut Kurogiri off. He had a cut ear and a goatee. He looked familiar. "We need everyone to leave this base."

"What? Why?" Skitter asked. "This is my base. I decide what happens and what doesn't."

"It's a order from your boss."

Boss? Coil.

Now I recognize him. He was a guard at Coil's base.

It's must be important if he's showing up here.

"Oh…uhhhhhhhhh…ok. Everyone leave to go to the back."

The minions nodded and went to the back of the outside of the warehouse.

"Not a good sigh." Tattletale said. "He already knows we told the heroes we have a boss."

"You mean that you told him?" Grue said. "How would he even already know!?"

"Sounds very much like a you problem." I said.

"Hey, we all fucked up there, buddy!" Regent pointed. "You're in the same boat as us!"

"Except I'm higher than your boss. I order your boss."

"Then you telling him will be the best-case scenario," Tattletale said.

All the minions left.

"Why would I do that?"

"Because I'll give you a few minutes alone with Izuku Midoriya." She said.

I pursed my lips. "Fine, I'll talk to him."

Coil walked into the room. I'd never seen him walk, but it ws very relaxed, smooth. IT was very strange. Everything about this guy tells me he's stressed and paranoid. I think he said so himself! It must be his power, or he's one hell of an actor.

"Undersiders. Shigaraki."

"Coil." We all said.

"How did the mission go?" Coil asked.

All I see. Posturing.

"You see…It's a funny story."

Coil narrowed his eyes.

"Sit down. It's going to be a long one."

30 minutes later

"And that's what happened."

Coil stood there silently. Not saying a word. But most likely sulking in his anger.

He finally spoke. "I see. What a pity. I expected our odds to be so good because we got your assistance. But even that was not enough."

"Yes, it's a real shame," I said. "I was hoping we could get lucky and kill All Might."

"Anyone tell you, Shigaraki, that you have an obsession?" Tattletale said.

"I'm going to give this food to Izuku," Skitter grabbed a platter of food.

"Izuku. Is that the boy Shigaraki kidnapped?" Coil asked.

Skitter nodded. And walked to the stairs.

"You shouldn't have kidnapped the boy, Shigaraki," Coil said. "You're putting too much attention on us."

"It's just a student. Not even a real hero." I shot back.

"It's an international incident!"

"We needed something out of this!"

"We needed the supplies!"

"You say that. But the students were already recuperating. We didn't have time to get them."

"According to you, only Clockblocker remained."

"The child that controls a part of time? Yeah, I can see how you thought that would work." I sighned. "Listen, rather you like it or not, this was the best option. You just don't see that because I'm saying it."

"Do you say that because it is the best option? Or because you knew that this would hurt All Might?"

We got in a glare-off. I thought it would last longer. But we were interrupted.

"I SAID NO!" The brat yelled.

I sighed, not taking my eyes off Coil. "Crap."

Coil looked away at the room where the sound came from. "Looks like Skitter is having some trouble. I believe you all should help her."

"Fine."

The Undersiders and I walked to and up the stairs. We heard the arguing from the room, and we weren't even in it.

"Bullied you? BULLIED YOU!? IS THAT HOW VILLAINS THINK!? That they get to do anything but the second someone acts mean to them, THEY GET SO PETTY THAT THEY TRY TO KILL WHOEVER IT WAS THE SUPPOSEDLY WRONG THEM!?"

"NO! WE think that whoever tries to kill us or fucks with us has to suffer! HAS TO BE PUT DOWN!! WHAT'S IT GOING TO FUCKING TAKE FOR YOU TO REALIZE THAT YOUR HEROES ARE ROTTEN TO THE CORE!?"

"That's enough," I said, walking into the room. "Morals don't matter to a villain."

The brat closed his eyes. "Thank you…wait…shit."

"Ah, a screwed if you do, screwed if you don't kind of thing," Regent said.

"So! You're All Might Lite," Imp said.

The brat raised his chin. "My name is Izuku Midoriya, and I will stop you, stupid villains!"

"Stupid villains?" Regent scoffed. "That's the best you got?"

The brat looked down sheepishly. "ummmmm…uhhhhhhh…Don't…don't insult me! I dont need to be insulted by you!"

"No, what you need is an educating." Grue looked. "What should we do with him? Break his legs?"

"I can sic my dogs on him." Hellhound said.

"I think that'd be wise." If I got to kill the brat. That would make up for losing the chance to kill All Might.

"You want to sic your dogs on All Might Lite?" Regent said.

"Fitting name," Tattletale said, "considering he has All Might power."

What? WHAT!?

"What. The hell. Did you just say?"

"You didn't know, Shiggy?" She said. "He has All Might power."

"His strength multiples when he farts?" Regent asked.

"That was a joke he made."

"It was?" Hellhound asked.

I really hope she wasn't that stupid.

"It was. His actual power is the jack of all trades. Super strength, super speed, super durability."

"That's impossible," Grue said.

"How is it impossible? His power is genetics, like All Might's OBVIOUSLY someone else could be born with-"

This isn't possible. This isn't possible. This isn't possible. This isn't possible. This isn't possible. This isn't possible. This isn't possible. This isn't possible. This isn't possible. This isn't possible. This isn't possible. This isn't possible. This isn't possible. This isn't possible. This isn't possible.

I wasn't even paying attention. I COULDN'T pay attention. I had to go to the corner of the room in order to hide my panic attack.

I only heard one thing.

"So, what do we do with him?"

"We need to kill him," I answered Grue's question.

Everyone turned to me. I didn't even realize what I said until I said it. But I don't regret it. "You heard me. We need to kill him. We can't let another All Might run around."

"You want to be known as a hero killer?" Tattletale asked.

"It's a student. Not an actual hero, besides, I tried to kill All Might, you know the answer to that."

"There are worse heroes than All Might," Grue said.

"Not in Japan there's not! We can't survive two All Might's!"

"He'd probably be retried at the time," Imp said. "The first one, I mean."

"And what? You think I want All Might Lite as a replacement? Screw that. We need to kill him now."

"Seems like a you problem." Regent said. "Only japan has to deal with him."

"Unless he travels and then you have to deal with him!" I sighed again "If we don't kill him…We're dead…We'll never survive. He'll be like an All Might like in his prime! You think you can survive that!"

"I got an idea."

We all looked at Skitter.

"Really?" I said. "And what is that?"

She gave us her answer.

 

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Whew! This was a close one, Thought it wouldn't get out soon enough! I worked all day to get it out. Thank you all for staying so long. Things are about to get VERY interesting. So stay tuned. I'll post a sneak peek at my Patre0n as usual. Also, I want to point out, I tried to make the inner thoughts sound different for every character with a POV. Pay attention for it.

Also, I'm going to post an original superhero web novel like Wildbow. called 'Ultimate'! it's over on my site, 'TheUltimateWriting,' the same name as my Patreon. Check it out if you want to see how I do with something original.

That's all I had to say. This is Super Ultimate Number One, sighing out. Peace!

 

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Also, I think that Chapters fourteen and fifteen have been my favorite so far...

 

[Ultimate]

Chapter Sixteen:

Most of the bugs were gone now. There were only two left. While I was waiting, I was trapped between a bug on my back and one in between my two chest plates. All I needed to do was to bind my time. I would be out of here, eventually.

I can't believe The Nomu is here. That means that shiitake guy, or whatever his name is, he's not only here, but he's pulling out all stops! Three Nomu? At the USJ he brought only one!

He must know these heroes are FAR more dangerous than the ones in Japan. At least the ones at U.A. So he decided not to take any chances. Goddammit, now we have to deal with even more threats of top of The Undersiders. Just our luck.

When I woke up, it still took me a minute to come too. But when I did, I heard Izuku fighting with Skitter in the PRT base, couldn't tell who was winning or not, but I heard them shouting at each other and the entire lobby was falling apart. Goddamn, that kid was powerful.

But it wasn't enough, I couldn't see from the cloud of bugs in the PRT headquarters lobby, But from what I could tell, Izuku broke all his fucking fingers fighting Skitter. Which means he's fucked, Skitter beat all of The Wards, hell, she beat Lung! By herself! There's no way he can-

Wait, did he use his broken finger, and broke it some more!?

He knew he could do that? He could do that!?

Now he beat her and crept towards her to handcuff her…

So that's it?...We won?...because of Izuku?

Wow, I never would've guessed. I guess his power is stronger than I thought. I'm assuming this means we wo-

Wait a second, who's that? Who's that guy with the hoodie walking up to Izuku?

Izuku noticed him. He didn't seem to think anything of it. Did he think it was one of us?

"Izu-" My words caught in my throat, stopping my breath and causing me to vomit. The pain in my gut was like someone hit it with a bowling ball. I felt like my intestines have been thrown into the garbage disposal. And my head was on fire, like nails in my skull. This pain was greater than anything else I ever faced. How could Izuku-

Wait, my helmet was off! Skitter saw my face!

This wasn't good. This wasn't good. The whole reason Shadow Stalker attempted suicide was because she thought Regent would be able to get to her while out of her superhero identity. If that were to happen to me…

No..I won't let it…I rather die.

Ok, that didn't make any sense but-

Suddenly, The guy in the hoodie put his hand on Izuku's throat. Except for one finger, Izuku stood there, Who the hell was this guy?

Then he raised his head.

Shigaraki.

Fuck.

Had to be him, right? Just had to be. What could be worse? What could be more unlucky? The only thing that could be more unlucky is if Jack Slash and Heartbreaker showed up at the same time. But last time this guy was out and about, he nearly killed All Might, and we don't need that bullshit.

I couldn't hear what they were saying, but the smoke villain came along and Shigaraki put Skitter's arm around him. Not the time to be getting laid dude.

Or to be making really bad jo-

The bug on my back flew away.

Holy shit, Izuku!

"Izuku!" I shouted.

I ran, ran as fast as ever could. Someone had to save him. No one else was around. I…

I didn't even know if they were alive…

I was the only one left, I had to do this. They backed into the portal.

"Izuku! Fight back! Use your power! Do something! Anything!" Why wasn't he doing anything? I need him to do something. I leaped after them. "IZUKU!"

"Don't come, Clockblocker!" Izuku squeaked.

They disappeared into the portal.

I ended up catching nothing but air.

I failed…We lost…

Izuku's gone…

I screamed like I lost the last bit of sanity I had left.

Later

Usually, when we fought a villain, The Wards were joking around afterward, we were making quips, cracking jokes, and having fun. Listen, we're kids, it's going to happen. But we were careful not to do it while we were in a serious fight. We didn't do it while fighting Lung. We didn't do it while stopping Bakuda. Whenever we were in a fight with a supervillain, we cut the shit and get to work. Maybe if they were your average thugs, that would be ok, but we're not All Might, so we didn't do it while fighting supervillains…

Unless they were Uber and Leet but that's beside the point.

The point was back when our biggest problem was just getting our asses kicked, we would always have a little fun when we got done kicking ass. Hell, even if we lost, it never put us in a funk. We kept our hopes up, and even then we still teased each other.

This was not like those times.

Everyone in the room was dead. Silent. We weren't joking, we weren't even talking. We were just quiet. Waiting for our turn to be healed by Panacea. I'm not sure whether it was because We lost so many friends since the days we fought Lung and Purity, or because this loss was more crippling than most. We didn't just get humiliated, beaten, and tortured. We lost Izuku.

Ochaco was the first to be healed. Her bullet wounds were the worst. So we figured it only makes sense for her to go, but Mineta had some complaints.

Speaking of which, he was the quietest. Besides Panacea, I didn't know what was going on with her. Meanwhile, Mineta was just rocking back and forth, not saying a word. Tsuyu and Glory Girl were trying to comfort him but he didn't react. Was he alright?

Ochaco was silently crying into Tenya's shoulders, I think they took the news of Izuku's kidnapping the hardest. They're Izuku's friends too. If I was just a second sooner. Dammit. Ochaco nearly went after Izuku herself with a bullet in her lungs after hearing about it. I think she likes him. Hell, I think he likes her. I should've told him.

I should've done a lot of things.

It was too late now. There wasn't a single soul that wanted to speak.

Guess that leaves it up to me. "What do you guys think is that next step?"

Weld put his hand on his chin. "I think we should wait for orders."

"Well, no shit." I immediately kicked myself. Everyone would be hating me for making a joke like that. And after losing Izuku?

I had to save it. "I meant what do you think they'll say? Or do?"

Weld folded his arms. "It's almost impossible to guess what our superiors would do. They're our superiors for a reason. They know more than us."

"Weld is right." Tsuyu said. "We just need to wait for the pros to save Izuku or for them to tell us to save Izuku."

"Do you really think-" Mineta sniffed. "-that they'll ask for our help?"
"We can hope." Tsuyu said.

"Hope!? I don't want to fight those guys again!"

"Don't worry," Weld assured. "You guys are students. I'm certain you have the chance to not fight if you want to."

"That's true," Tenya said. "If any you want to sit out saving Midoriya, we won't judge you. Even I would choose to sit out if it wasn't my friend in danger."

"We'd respect you for trying to save a friend," Flechette said. "I'd do anything for the people I care about."

Kid Win looked at me. "What about you, Clock? Would you try to save him?"

"I'm sure he does." Bird guy said. "I spoke to Dark Shadow to gather information about our adversaries."

We all looked at him.

"The name of my power."

"Oh." We all said, except for the guy with his head shaped like a rock. But he doesn't talk much.

Also, do they name their powers? I thought Japan was all about being the same…

"Dark Shadow feels terrible about failing to stop our opponents. I imagine it's the same for Clockblocker."

Kid Win looked at me. "Is it?"

I looked at him as intensely as I could. Which was stupid, because I was wearing a mask. "I'm not letting anyone die, no matter who they are."

Glory Girl smiled purely.

"Nice one, Clock." Sero said. "Nice to see your catfight with Midoriya isn't that bad."

I whipped my head around to look at him. What the hell was he doing?

"Not even Katsuki?" Vista asked.

I sighed. "No, not even him."

"Gee thanks," Katsuki said. "Not like I need your help. I could take on those villains by myself!"

God, he was posturing at a time like this?

"We got close," Rock guy said. "until Genesis, Ballistic and Sundancer got in the way."

"I can't believe The Travelers are working together with The Undersiders," Glory Girl folded her arms. "Who could their boss be?"

"More importantly," Ochaco said, "What do those guys do? In fact, what do The Undersiders do?"

"Both of them specialize in hit-and-run tactics and smash and grab jobs," Weld said. "But Hellhound has mauled people before, and she's…"

Ochaco titled her head. Weld, don't. "She's…what?"

Weld sighed. "She's a killer. She killed her abusive foster mo-"

"What!? We gotta go!"

"Now hold on, we don't know if she'll kill again."

"She'd already killed once! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK SHE WON'T KILL AGAIN!?"

"She killed her abusive mother. She never killed a hero, and I doubt she would. Lest she want the full power of The Protectorate after her team."

Ochaco had a face that just screamed pain. I thought she would break down right then and there.

"Trust me."

Ochaco had tears run down her face and moved past Weld.

Tenya grabbed her arm. "Trust him, Uraraka."

Ochaco nodded. "Ok." She sat back down.

"Close one," Sero snickered. "I was thinking Ochaco was about to go Iko Uwais on there asses."

No dude, what are you doing?

Ochaco whipped her head around to look at Sero. "You're making jokes?"

Sero made a look like someone just slapped him in the face. "I…I-"

"You think this is funny? That making jokes will bring him back? Or do you just not care!?"

"No! I was just trying to lighten the mood!"

"By making fun of my pain!?"

Sero made a noise. He's doing it too? He looked down, then put both his hands on his face. Goddammit Sero, I gotta help them.

"I gotta go," Sero said. He got up to leave.

"Why are you angry?" Ochaco put her fist on her hips.

"I'm not! I mean…not at you."

"Then who are you angry at?" The tail guy asked.

Sero sighed. "I just have to go, alright?" Sero walked away, but before he left, he turned his head a bit and said, "sorry."

Then he left.

"What's wrong with him?" Ochaco said.

"Don't know," Panacea said. "Could be he's bottling in emotions. He probably feels like shit."

All of 1-A looked at Panacea.

"For a second there, I thought you were mute." The electric guy said. I think his name is Ken. Or something.

"You really think he's bottling up how he really feels?" The buff guy said. The one eating sugar during training.

"It is possible," Tenya said. "We're all dealing with our emotions in our own way. It's not unfeasible to imagine Sero is concealing his true feelings."

"Crap." Ochaco got up from her seat. "We have to talk this out."

"Not yet," Weld said. "Let him put his own thoughts in order first. Then we could talk to him."

"Ok."

"I'm sure he'll get his thoughts in order."

"Yeah, real sure." I didn't even realize I was talking out loud until I saw everyone was looking at me.

"What are you assuming, Clockblocker?" Bird guy said.

"Nothing…I…I got to go…" I got up.

"You too?" Kid win asked.

"Yes…me too." I walked out the door.

I didn't know where he went, but if I was to guess, he'd be going outside to get some fresh air.

I took the elevator and took a ride down to the bottom of the floor. The ride was so smooth I didn't even realize I was moving until the elevator unlocked itself with the moving columns and panels of metal moving to make a path.

I saw him sitting in the lobby. Usually, this place would be filled with tourists, but I was thankful it wasn't "Hey, man. You ok?"

Sero sighed. "You should focus on Ochaco."

"She's fine, Tenya and-"

"Iida."

I nodded. "Iida and Weld made sure she was alright. She actually wanted to talk things out with you."

"It's fine. It's just-" Sero put both hands on his face and looked up. "I just don't know how to talk to people."

"I can tell." Shit. That might seem like a tease. "I don't mean that with any ill intention. Only the fact that it's clear that…from my perspective…I can see you're having problems."

"It's easy for you…somehow…" Sero sighed again. "But I'm not like you Clock. You're smart, a good fighter, and know exactly what to say. You're a great hero. But I'm not…built like that…"

I put my hand on my chin. What would be the best thing to say? "You think I started this way?"

Sero looked at me. "What?"

"I'm like you, Sero. In a lot of ways actually."

"What are you talking about?"

I have to say it. "My father has cancer."

Sero's eyes widened. "Really?"

"Yes…My father had it since I was ten. I had to donate him my bone marrow to save him. I even triggered because of it."

Sero stayed silent.

"Believe me, I'm like you. I know why you are the way you are. And I was just like you when I first started this job. I made jokes, I cracked wise, and by doing that, I didn't get close to my teammates, and they didn't get close to me. Not to mention the civilians that had to deal with my bullshit after supervillain attack hated me. But I learned. If your school had any merits, I know for a fact that you'll le-"

He fired some tape at my body. Shit. Did I say something wrong? I swore I did everything right. For once.

When he pulled me in, I expected a punch to the face. But he hugged me tighter than my mother on most days. "Sorry, you had to go through that, and thank you."

I smiled. "No problem."

"Are you Insane!?" the voice said in the secret meeting room.

I whipped my head around to look at the door. "Are The Protectorate having a meeting?"

"The pros are having a meeting? Oh, I got to see this."

I turned to Sero. "What?"

"Oh yeah, I guess it would be 'listen to this.' But either way-"

"No; not that! You can't snoop on The Protectorate meeting!"

"Why not? How else will I learn," Sero taped the ceiling. "Unless It's from the best?" He swung away.

Goddammit, and I thought I had a rebellious streak.

I ran forward to Sero, who had his ear to the door.

"I don't hear anything," Sero said.

I looked at the lobby desk. "Use those two cups on the desk."

"Oh yeah," He pulled them in with his tape. He handed it to me. "A cup for you, and a cup for me."

I took the cup, put it on the door, and froze it, so I wouldn't have to hold it up.
"So that's it?" I heard a voice. Was that Aizawa? "You want us to kill a student because it has greater power than your Shadow Stalker."

What!?

"What the hell are they talking about!?" Sero whispered, I little too loudly for my taste.

I shushed him. Probably not the right thing to do, but I doubt they want this getting out.

"I expect you to not hold back against him because he has power as great as All Might's." That was definitely Director Piggy. "Even if it means killing him. We'd do the same if The Triumvirate were influenced by The Simurgh."

"Then you're even more immoral than I thought."

"Says the one that strangled one of his own students."

"At this point, we're not even arguing about what's important."

What? Who was that guy?

"I don't recognize that voice," Sero said.

"Me neither," I said. "Stay silent."

"I can't speak for everyone," Miss Militia said. "But we didn't do so good against The Nomu. Who was even weaker than All Might. He only did so well because of his shock absorption and regeneration. I doubt we'd do so well against someone who was even stronger."

"We'd fought tougher opponents. Like Levithan." Battery said.

"You mean 'destroyed the entire city and killed half the civilians Levithan? That Levithan?" That was definitely Assault. He had a sense of humor similar to mine. "Not that I'm arguing for killing a kid though. I rather cripple him than kill him."

"I can knock him out with my Quirk."

Which one was that?

"Unless he knocks your perfume away with a shock wave," Piggy said.

Perfume? What are they talking about?

"But you don't expect us to kill a child, right!?" That must be Present Mic, I recognize that voice from the way he shouts. He must not be using his quirk, lest he burst everyone's eardrums.

"That's right!" Was that the space hero girl? "Heroes save, they don't kill!"

"If Izu…If Midoriya gets controlled by Regent. Going all out, even if it means killing him, will save countless lives. Wait a second…

"What is it?" Aizawa said.

"I just got a call on my holophone, Let me answer it for a second…Hello?"

The room was silent for a second. Until Piggy said, "Get the Wards. And the student."

"On it." Aizawa said.

"Shit. We gotta run."

"No problem there!" Sero said.

Sero put the cup on the desk, and we jumped over it to run.

"Where's your cup?" Sero asked.

"On…the…door…"

We looked at the door and saw how they tried to open the door with the cup blocking it, the door not even budging.

"Turn it off!" Sero said.

"I can't!" I said.

The budging stopped. Did they give up?"

"BECAUSE I AM HERE!" All Might said from behind the door.

"All Might!?" I said.

"Since when was he there!?" Sero nearly shouted.

The cup fell.

Oh shit. "WAIT! DON'T!"

All Might burst through the door at super speed, nearly running into us, but he stopped himself at the last second. "Oh! Hello Young Sero and Young Clockblocker!" He clapped his hands together. "What's up?"

What the hell? "Ummm…All Might? You're smoking."

"Oh! Well, thank you! I'm glad you-"

"No, you're literally smoking."

"WHAT!?" All Might looked around his body. "Shit, the steam!"

He immediately ran into the secret room and more steam popped up out of nowhere.

Aizawa and Piggy were in the doorway, glaring daggers at us.

"Clockblocker?" Piggy said.

"Yes?"

"Get your teammates. The Undersiders called."

Later

We were all present in the lobby. All The Wards were present, along with all of the students, up front and center, except for Katuski. who was in the back of the room, leaning on the wall.

Well, except Izuku…

The Protectorate and the U.A Teachers were present as well. Not to mention, who I think was an intern at All Might's agency. He was a short, spiky haired, emancipated man. Wearing a white T-Shirt and dark green pants.

Where the hell is All Might?

None of us had as much as a smirk on our faces. What I was feeing was paradoxical, however. I was eagerly waiting to see if Izuku was alive, but also felt sick to my stomach. What if they controlled Izuku? What if they killed him? I put my face in my hands.

I couldn't even imagine what would be Ochaco or Te…or Iida would think. They actually like him. They would be broken. Hell, I could say the same for Glory Girl. I had to save him. If they fucking killed him…

"Alright," Piggot said. "I'm putting the hologram up."

Piggot grabbed the holographic screen on her phone and put it in the air. It was nearly as big as the room itself, and it showed Skitter, it showed Grue, it showed all The Undersiders…

But it didn't Izuku…

Shit. Not good.

The Undersiders were in a dimly lit room, with shadows covering their eyes. At least the ones with eyes you could see. The only lighting was a few candles in front of them, and they were lined up in two lines. With spaces in between them to show themself.

When I looked around the room, The faces of The Wards and the students ranged from scared, concerned, and furious. The adults were more calm, more constrained. They hardly showed any emotion. Perks of being a professional.

"Hello, Heroes!" Tattletale said. "Glad you could all make it."

"Where's Deku!?" Ochaco said.

Tattletale smirked. I felt the need to punch her jaw off. "Don't worry, Izuku is just fine. We just want to talk."

"Spare us the pleasantries, Tattletale," Piggot said. "Just tell where the student is. We know you didn't kill him."

Tattletale looked at Skitter. "You want to take this?"

"Gladly," Skitter said. "You're right. Little Izuku is alive. We spared him of the fate from Shadow Stalker. We have different plans for him. Turn on the lights, Imp."

"Got it." She said.

Imp walked off screen and when the lights were flickers on, we saw Izuku, wrapped up in webbing. Big enough to be a cocoon for a butterfly six feet in height. But his face was uncovered. And Shigaraki was right behind him.

"DEKU!" Ochaco and Glory Girl said.

"MIDORIYA!" Iida said.

Izuku's eyes lit up. "GUYS! You're alive!"

Shigaraki immediately moved his hands to Izuku's shoulders. "Nah-ah-ah. Little brat. You aren't doing anything."

Izuku gulped.

"Now we understand each other." Skitter said. "You don't get Izuku until we get what we want."

"And what do you want?" The skinny guy said. I think his name was Toshinori.

Skitter stood there, silently. "We want 100 Million dollars, and we'll give you Izuku back."

We stood there, not reacting.

"You're kidding, right?" Assault said.

"Nope, that's the request. 100 Million dollars. Or you'll never see Izuku again."

"And we want it out of All Might's account." Shigaraki added.

"What!?" Toshinori said. "Why do you want it out if his account!?"

"To hurt him." Shigaraki said. "Besides, All Might is a billionaire, he can afford it."

"Just because doesn't mean he will." AIzawa said. "All Might could take you all down if he wanted.

"Aizawa's right." Piggot said. "Why would we willingly help villains taking over our city that we can easily stop?"

"Because this kid has the same power as All Might." Tattletale said.

What?

Toshinori made a noise. When I looked at him, he looked TERRIFIED. Like he just saw an Endbringer.

Everyone started murmuring, trading speculation about what she could mean. Wa she born with it? Is he All Might's child? The theories came faster then Velocity.

Only ones not theorizing were the adults and Katsuki, who was oddly quiet for some reason.

Aizawa took a glance at Toshinori. Why? What would he know? He was just an intern or something.

"Bullshit," Piggot said. "You expect us to believe that?"

"Why not?" Tattletale said. "He has a Quirk. His power was genetic. Someone one else could easily be born with the same power. He's a natural born hero. Y'know?"

Aizawa rolled his eyes. "Just because it's possible doesn't mean it happened yet. With the way Quirks work and with how rare some are, it's entirely possible that there isn't anyone else that-"

"THAT'S BULLSHIT!" Katsuki said.

What was his problem now? This isn't the time, dude!"

Everyone, including the villains, looked at Katsuki.

"What's wrong? Don't believe us?" Tattletale said.

"It doesn't make any sense!" Katsuki said. What was he babbling about? "I'm awesome! I'm talented! I'm hardworking! I'm strong! I should've gotten it! Not him!" Katsuki started to shake. "Why did he get it instead of me? Why did he make that choice!?"

Katsuki shouted the last part loud enough for everyone to hear. "WHY DID ALL MIGHT GIVE HIS QUIRK TO HIM AND NOT TO ME!?"

"WHAT!?" We all shouted.

All Might came and covered Katsuki mouth immediately. What the hell? Where did he come from!? "NOW! NOW! THAT'S ENOUGH, YOUNG BAKUGO!"

He started smoking again. And bleeding? What the-

"Um, All Might?" Ochaco said. "You're smoking."

"Yes, yes. I'm aware of the connotations."

"And bleeding?" Hellhound said.

Regent chuckled."I thought only-"

"Don't. Say only women can do that." Imp said.

Regent slumped his shoulders. "Well, now I CAN'T say it. You spoiled the whole joke."

"You wanna take this, Tattletale?" Grue asked.

Tattletale smirked. "What's wrong, All Might? Out of time?"

All Might gave another terrified look.

"What?" Skitter asked.

"All Might has a timer. Ever since some villains injured him." Tattletale said. "I would bet you only have a few hours, two? One? A few minutes? A few minutes, right."

"It's more than that."

Everyone looked at Shigaraki. "Think about it. It's no obvious, I should have realized it sooner."

Shigaraki walked up to the screen, or whatever was recording them. "Did Midoriya tell you? I doubt All Might would. So it was him. I can't believe you knew before me…"

"What are you saying, Shigaraki?" Piggot asked.

Shigaraki leaned in. "If Quirks can get taken away, why can't they been given?"

All Might looked like his worst secret was discovered.

I think it was…

"He's right." Tattletale said. Without a smile this time. "All Might gave Izuku his Quirk."

What? Was he telling the truth? Izuku and All Might looked batshit terrified! It must be true…if that's the case, that means…

Shigaraki smiled. "If you don't give us the money, this is what will happen to the brat."

Izuku took Skitter's knife and turned it into dust instantaneously, simultaneously showcasing his power and making a threat. "We'll be expecting the money by tomorrow at 5:00."

"Don't be late," Skitter added.

Then they turned the feed off.

Everyone had a different reaction. Iida grit his teeth, Ochaco started pacing around the room, ranting. All Might ran into a different room. And Katsuki was…oddly quiet.

But despite the student's reaction. The Wards, Protectorate, and teachers knew what this meant.

If we give into their demands, we're fucked, if we don't we're fucked.

This is what I was made for. This is what I was built to do.

But I wasn't the least bit happy.

This wasn't just a threat. It was a declaration.