Todoroki thought he was the strongest in the class. It made sense due to his quirk and who his father was. But never before has anyone been so humbled.
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It’s a miracle he survived the collateral damage of that climactic fight. He was going to go to the main plaza, but hearing the commotion, he changed his mind. Maybe someone needed his help.
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Clearly not.
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The person fighting the Nomu was nothing like the boy he occasionally noticed in class. That person was like the personification of conflict itself.
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But he could tell that it wasn’t Izuku’s normal state. His normal state was the one he was dragging through the broken city. Whatever caused his massive power increase, they can’t rely on it now.
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Especially if it’s anything like his fiery half. Todoroki can completely understand why Izuku might not want to use it. But then, what’s the solution?
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Todoroki: “Do you have a plan?”
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Izuku: “H-Huh?”
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Todoroki: “We can’t keep running forever, and I won’t ask you to use a power you don’t want to. But we need something. Think.”
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Izuku casts his gaze to the ground and tries. He breathes in and out, trying to focus his mind once again.
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Ever since he… regained his sanity, the buzzing has slowly returned. If he is to finish what he started, he needs to focus.
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Izuku: “From… what I can remember… fire seemed to work the best on him.”
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Todoroki: “I… see.”
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Izuku: “I can’t do what I did before, but… maybe I can try something else.”
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The boy can still remember the sensation of how to control his destructive fire. If he can replicate that, AND ONLY THAT, then he can win. Because capture is not possible.
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Izuku: ‘It’s fine. He’s not human, practically a quirk beast. I’m not a villain. I’m not a monster. I’m doing this to survive, not because I like it.’
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Todoroki: “What do you need?”
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Izuku: “Continue to slow him down, give me some-”
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Todoroki: “DOWN!”
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Todoroki pushes Izuku away as he dodges the Nomu ground smash. Debris is flung everywhere but the two boys are only scratched a bit. Todoroki retaliates by freezing the Nomu once more.
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The creature can break and heal from the damage the ice causes, but not the damage from before. The severity of the wounds Izuku inflicted before refuses to heal.
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Because of this, the Nomu is far weaker and slower than before. Worse still, he only has one arm.
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They can do this.
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Todoroki: “I’ll buy you time, hurry!”
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Izuku: “R-Right!”
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Izuku drags his body a bit further away from the Nomu and closes his eyes.
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He digs deep, reaching for his psychic power and his flames. Like before, the primordial flame erupted into existence. But due to Izuku’s weakened state and the psychic disruptor, it only covered his arms and didn’t hurt as much.
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Now, don’t misunderstand; his skin was still boiling, but compared to before it’s much more manageable.
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Izuku howled an ungodly scream, but he didn’t stop.
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Izuku: “I have to… do this. I won’t let… everyone down!”
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He focused all of his will on forcing the flame to obey him, to focus on his hands. It was working, slowly. From his elbow to his wrists. The skin previously burnt was healing due to the softer flames.
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But it wasn’t enough. He needed it between his palms if he wanted it to be fired at the Nomu.
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The pain, however, was getting to him.
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Todoroki: “Midoriya!”
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Izuku: “I’m… trying.”
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He couldn’t open his eyes to see Todoroki overtaxing his ice to keep the Nomu back. He couldn’t open them to see his hands falling apart. It would only distract him and show him just how hopeless this is.
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Izuku: ‘Everyone… I’m sor-’
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Fubuki: “Izu!!”
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Suddenly, he felt a cool warmth wrap around him. The flames cool ever so slightly, and his control over it is better. But that was drowned out by his sister’s awful screams.
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Izuku: “Fubuki!!?”
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Fubuki: “Don’t worry about me, focus! I’ll help you control it!”
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The boy blinks away his tears and tries even harder. Yes, the flames are closer to their destination, tightly packed near his palms.
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But he has regeneration; Fubuki doesn’t. He can feel her hands melting, trying to keep his from falling apart.
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Izuku: ‘NO! I… will… not… let you hurt my sister! STOP IT!!’
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And so the prince commands and the flame obeys. The flames become cool to Fubuki, as signified by her grunts of pain being replaced by a sigh of relief.
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It’s still burning him, but that’s fine with Izuku. Now without pain clouding her mind, Fubuki could fully help contain the flame.
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Fubuki: “Now, Izu!”
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Izuku opens his eyes with a green flash to see a nearly free Nomu standing a few feet away, hand reaching out for them. Now or never, the name of this biblical attack appears in their minds.
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Izuku and Fubuki: “ROARING PHOENIX CANNON!!”
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With the screech of a phoenix, the flame is let loose to bring hell to the royal family’s enemy. The phoenix made manifest swallows the Nomu and consumes it in the roar of an inferno.
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The creature’s screams of pain are quickly snuffed out. All that’s left is a melted sludge, a mix of the Nomu and the metal beneath him.
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Izuku: “We… did it. It’s… over.”
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Beyond exhausted, Izuku falls to his knees and loses consciousness. Fubuki catches him in her arms and guides him to the ground.
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She does wince due to her hands still being scorched, not as bad as Izuku’s but still…
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Fubuki: “I hope Recovery Girl can fix this.”
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Suddenly, green flames erupt over her hands. At first, she thought she was going to burn again but instead, the flames completely healed her.
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Fubuki: “W-What?”
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She looks down at her brother, who is grabbing her arm with his still scorched hands.
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Fubuki: ‘Did he… unconsciously heal me? He can heal!?’
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Any other time, she may have been a bit jealous. But this time, she was not only grateful but also proud.
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Fubuki: “I have such a troublesome but… amazing little brother.”
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Todoroki: “You Midoriyas are really something. I don’t even think my father could create fire that hot.”
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Fubuki: “I think Izu is the really amazing one. Not even Tatsu can create fire. Maybe control it, but not this.”
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Even now, she can see a few flickers of fire healing his scars and burns.
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Fubuki: “Can you help us? Izu is out, and I can barely feel my-”
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Suddenly, the buzzing stopped, and Fubuki felt like a weight had been lifted. The flickers of fire on Izuku’s wounds burst into a constant flame.
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Fubuki: “Ah, I guess someone destroyed that psychic disruptor. Finally, the battle must have gone in our favor.”
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Todoroki: “That’s good. Does that mean you can walk?”
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Fubuki: “Not fully, we still need some help if you don’t mind.”
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Todoroki: “No problem.”
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Todoroki helps Fubuki, who helps Izuku. Victorious, the trio makes their way to the central plaza.
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Before the phoenix took flight.
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Apotheosis couldn’t help but grumble as he got closer to the central plaza. He failed to kill Fubuki, and now he knows his psychic disruptor is still far from perfect.
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Apotheosis: “Ugh, this will only delay my big project even more! I hope Tomura is having better luck.”
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He wasn’t. Apotheosis arrives on the scene to see Kurogiri captured and Tomura being pressured by a student with red hair. Worse still, the rest of the goons have been defeated by the teacher and a frog girl.
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At least they did enough damage to have them out of the fight for a moment. A moment is all Apotheosis needs to turn this around. He dashed into the fray and shot a blast at the one who captured Kurogiri.
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Somehow, the teacher saw this and quickly saved the boy with his capture rope.
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Bakugo: “Wha-”
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Apotheosis: “Tch.”
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Aizawa: “Kirishima, back off!”
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The boy didn’t question it, he quickly backed away just as Kurogiri and Apotheosis joined Tomura. The frog girl then quickly got the unconscious girl further away from the villains.
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The two groups, both pretty exhausted, settled across from each other. A temporary break to regroup.
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Kurogiri: “Thank you for the assistance, Apotheosis.”
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Apotheosis: “No problem. Sooo, what happened? Where’s All Might?”
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Tomura: “Is your sister dead?”
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Apotheosis: “… I’ll get her next time.”
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Tomura breathed deeply before scratching his neck roughly.
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Apotheosis: “But forget her; I picked up a quirk level that should be coming from All Might. Where is he?”
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Tomura: “Not here.”
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Apotheosis: “Then who-”
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That’s when the strategist noticed something strange; Nomu was missing.
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Apotheosis: “Where’s Nomu?”
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Tomura: “Not here, obviously. I sent him after some brat, and he hasn’t returned.”
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Apotheosis could already tell who has delayed, or somehow, defeated Nomu. If Fubuki could surprise him, why not Izuku? But Nomu!? How on earth could he survive that? Was he really the quirk level he picked up?
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He needs to do more research on his family.
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Apotheosis: ‘I might have focused too much on Tatsumaki. The other two are just as crazy. What’s next? Is their mother secretly powerful as well?’
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Tomura: “Your family is nothing but cheats.”
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Apotheosis: “Don’t I know it? Well, assuming Nomu somehow lost, I suggest we kill these heroes in retaliation and get out of here. We’re not leaving here with nothing.”
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Tomura: “Agreed.”
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Kurogiri: “Then let us be quick.”
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Seeing the villains finally turn to the heroes, Aizawa dragged his body forward and prepared to defend his students. The two groups stare each other down, ready for the final clash.
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That’s until the front door was smashed open.
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All Might: “Have no fear, for we are here!”
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Apotheosis: “Oh, now he comes!”
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Tomura: “All Might…”
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And he wasn’t alone.
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Ida: “We have arrived!!”
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Ida successfully brought a whole host of other pro heroes.
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Apotheosis: “Ha, can this get any worse?”
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All Might dashed into the plaza, faster than anyone could perceive, and destroyed the Psychic Disruptor in a single blow.
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Apotheosis: “Of course it can; we’re dead. We have a minute or two at most before she comes.”
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Tomura: “Aaaahh, it’s our game over screen. Back to the drawing board. Let’s go.”
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Kurogiri nods and expands himself, ready to open a gate.
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All Might: “You think I’d let you!”
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Apotheosis gets in front of Tomura and aims his power glove at All Might. He’s also ready with the trap foam if needed. But before All Might gets too close, something strange happens.
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Sickly mud bursts into existence between the villains and All Might. A gloved hand emerges out of the muddy portal, and the reactions are telling. The heroes are confused while the villains-
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Tomura: “A continue?”
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Apotheosis: “Haha, maybe it’s not so hopeless.”
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Seeing the villains regain hope despite All Might being present filled all the heroes there with worry.
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The reason for the change of atmosphere stepped out of the mud portal like this was a normal occurrence. He had a clean business suit, messy black hair, and eyes darker than the misty abyss.
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It was those eyes that really sent chills down everyone’s spines. It was so… empty and cold. His affiliations were also quite clear. He had a face mask similar to Apotheosis. But unlike his, this one was black with straight lines instead of hexagons.
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All Might: “I-Impossible…”
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Apotheosis: “Now that you’re back from your little trip, maybe we can win. At the very least, we should be able to take down some of these so-called heroes.”
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???: “I hate to disappoint you, but no.”
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Tomura: “What!? How can we leave before defeating the final boss?”
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???: “Be wise; even together, we can’t defeat All Might before the Tornado gets here. Now, if the Psychic Disruptor was still working-”
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Apotheosis: “I get it! I’ll improve its durability until even you can’t destroy it. We’ll go.”
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Surprisingly, the dead eyes of the newcomer turned to Tomura and Apotheosis and smiled. Unlike the eyes he’ll show to everyone else, these were… warm. But it was only for a second.
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???: “Good. Now, Mr. Kurogiri, take them away. I won’t be long. I still have around a minute left.”
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Kurogiri: “Yes.”
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No one tried to stop them from leaving; how could they? All Might was still stunned by who was before him while everyone else wasn’t suicidal.
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There was something about this man that screamed danger. Only All Might or Tatsumaki could possibly approach him; anyone else would be annihilated. Even Bakugo was slightly shaking in fear.
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The mysterious man turned back to All Might, and his dead eyes returned. But there was some cruel joy hidden deep within.
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???: “Why the long face? Smile, All Might.”
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All Might: “You are-”
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???: “Shhh, we wouldn’t want everyone to know your dirty past. Besides, I go by Azrael now.”
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He looks into the distance and closes his eyes. He feels the young flame that intrigues and frustrates him along with the cool snow. Soon after, he hears the faint sound of the wind. It was time to go.
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Azrael: “Seeing that you’re too stunned to fight, I’ll take my leave. Savor the peace you have now, for this was just the beginning.”
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With that, the man melted into mud, and silence returned to the plaza. What could be said after what just happened? Dirty past? Our Symbol of Peace?
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But the face All Might was making was no lie; he knew that man. The time for questions was over; however, the heroes needed to regroup and recover.
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Especially since the psychic family was about to reunite again.
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Fubuki: “What happened?”
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Everyone turned to see Todoroki helping Fubuki, who’s helping an unconscious Izuku to the central plaza. Green flames were still licking the wounds on his arms and hands.
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Tatsumaki: “A great question.”
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Above them all, the usually explosive Tornado was floating down from the glass ceiling. Her expression was cool and calm, but everyone knew she was holding the fury in for now.
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The battle may be over, but the cleanup might not be much better.
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Fanfic Adapted: Villain Deku/My Villain Gang by Demongem [2021- 2025]
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(Like before, this is more of an “Inspired by” because this character is not Izuku. But generally, it’s the same character but a few years older than our Izuku.)
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