Chapter 19 - USJ Incident Part II

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Sweating slightly Kyoka finally stopped playing the guitar to look around.

She opened her eyes wide as she looked at how the former Rocky Zone was now almost completely shattered with several cracks of different sizes all over the place, she vaguely noticed the collapsed bodies of the Villains, some of them bleeding from their ears.

'I think... I went a little overboard...' Kyoka thought in a daze turned her gaze back to the guitar, before smiling broadly... she was definitely including it in her hero outfit. 'Why didn't I think of this before?'

"I think you got a little carried away..." Lena muttered as she removed her earplugs turned to look at her friends. "Hey Momo... Momo?"

Momo was speechless as she looked around at her surroundings, the impending danger and fear above them had disappeared in the blink of an eye.

'The sound not only loud enough that it could knock a person out in a matter of seconds, but also the vibration was also powerful enough to tear the ground apart and shake your enemies.'

Momo finally let out a shaky breath that she didn't know she was holding back, being Hero was scarier than she originally thought.

"Earth to Momo?!"

"Ah?!" Momo was startled by the fry as she took a stance ready to punch someone. "L-Lena?"

"Are you okay?" Lena asked with concern as she looked her in the eyes, absentmindedly Momo realized she had taken a stance to defend herself from a possible punch. "Are you okay?"

"Y-Yeah, just..." Momo let out a sigh as she took a deep breath. "I was surprised at the strong effect the guitar caused."

Lena visibly relaxed though she still kept her guard up as she looked around. "Yeah me too, those amps are pretty powerful, I was expecting it to just push them around or the vibration to break the ground but this is ridiculous..."

"I'm not complaining!" Kyoka commented giving us a relaxed smile. "Mom now has a new toy!"

Lena and Momo let out an amused snort before starting to walk out of the Zone. The three remained silent as they walked at a slow pace for fear of falling into one of the deep crevices.

"Wait..." Kyoka suddenly stopped as she frowned slightly. "I think I hear something..."

Lena and Momo looked at each other with a confused look, neither of them hearing absolutely nothing beyond the occasional sound of a falling rock or a soft groan from a villain.

"Give me a moment" Kyoka replied as she crouched down and sent her Jacks to the ground.

Kyoka closed her eyes as she grimaced in absolute agreement.

Breathing slowly Kyoka began to hear various sounds from different parts of USJ. Each sound felt like a heartbeat reaching her ears to transmit the information.

It was strangely harmonious, being her and the silent darkness as she listened to the occasional sounds of nature.

Suddenly her brow furrowed as the sound slowly reached her ears.

"...All Might... death..."

"...Nomu..."

"...Ora?!..."

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Kyoka finally opened her eyes as she looked at her companions. "It seems that the vast majority of our companions were sent to other Zones by the Mist Villain."

"Ah" Lena let out a sound as her gaze turned embarrassed. "I forgot about them..."

Momo only gave her a narrowed look before looking back at Kyoka. "What about Aizawa and Thirteen?"

Kyoka grimaced "I think Aizawa is still fighting the villains in the plaza, and Thirteen is still on the ladder with some of us who weren't transported..."

Lena looked up at the USJ ceiling thoughtfully before speaking softly. "I think we should split up..."

"What?! That's the worst thing we can do now, the Villains vastly outnumber us! Plus our teammates might be in trouble!" Momo refuted with a frown and crossed arms. "I say we all go to the next Zone to meet up with the others."

"I think they could manage they're not that weak, besides surely Todoroki or Bakugo already eliminated most of the villains in their Zone" Lena shrugged before looking Momo in the eye.

"What I'm saying is that maybe you guys should go find our teammates while me and Kyoka go to the plaza to help Aizawa."

Momo grimaced disapprovingly. "And why would you guys go to the square and not me?"

"I doubt they can hurt us much, Kyoka has her guitar and I can hit the villains before they notice" Lena replied with a slight smile before looking at Momo. "Besides you could quickly go between Zone and help our teammates, your Quirk is very versatile after all."

"I-"

"It's your duty as a class representative after all" Lena commented with a mischievous smile on her face, before shooting a murderous look at Kyoka who was about to refute her. "Isn't that right Kyoka?"

Kyoka opened her mouth with a frown before blinking twice and looking at Momo with an innocent look and a smile. "She's right."

"E-Eh?" Momo stuttered at the sudden change in attitude before letting out an annoyed sigh.

"Fine... but be careful understood?"

"Don't worry!"

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'How annoying...'

Shigaraki was watching his forces being decimated by a single Hero, sure, his small troops were small potatoes in the ocean of villains, but he didn't expect them to be so useless and easy to defeat.

'Maybe he should have taken his Master's advice and chosen quality over quantity...'

"...Whatever..." Shigaraki said as he stopped scratching the back of his neck and turned his gaze towards the stairs of the USJ. "Kurogiri is taking too long..."

'Maybe a test of Nomu's strength wouldn't be bad...' Shigaraki thought turning his sadistic gaze towards the giant chicken man. "Nomu..."

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<Meanwhile on the stairs>

"W-Where did everyone go?" Iida asked fearfully looking around only to find that much of the class had disappeared.

"Th-They're...!" stuttered Kaminari fearing the worst....

"No, calm down, most likely our opponent's Quirk has scattered them all over the USJ!" Thirteen exclaimed through her suit, she was frustrated at having to remain on the defensive against the villains. "Don't think about them and focus on what's in front of you! They're heroes, aren't they? A Hero can't be afraid!"

What was left of the class nodded sinking the feelings of fear and panic they felt, if they wanted to be heroes, they couldn't panic or not want to fight just out of fear.

'Worst case scenario...' Thirteen thought before shaking her head. 'No, I can't afford to be pessimistic in this situation...'

"How inspiring...I expected nothing less from a Rescue Hero...so Thirteen and UA students...what will be your next move?" Kurogiri asked with amusement in his voice, it was very entertaining to see the panic and terror on the faces of the little hopefuls. 'Ah, it was a real pity that I couldn't see Thirteen's face....'

Thirteen and Kurogiri stared at each other for a few seconds that seemed like forever, with each passing second the tension in the air increased.

The frightened hearts of the challengers pounded as they tried their best not to lose hope.

"Iida, listen to me carefully..." Thirteen said quietly. "You must get out of here."

"Wh-!" Iida exclaimed in surprise before being interrupted by Thirteen's firm voice.

"Listen, I've been trying to communicate with the school but my communicator doesn't work, yet USJ has alarms and cameras to detect intruders or unauthorized people coming to this UA Zone"

Thirteen explained with bitterness in her voice as she stared at Kurogiri.

"Most likely it's a Villain Quirk cutting communications, so for the sake of your companions.... I need you to leave and inform the UA professors about the situation. You are our only hope."

"I-"

Without giving Iida time to respond, Thirteen activated her Quirk and began adsorbing Kurogiri's mist, hoping to incapacitate the villain... or at worst, kill him.

It was not something Thirteen was proud of. In fact the mere thought of killing someone made her squirm in guilt... but for the sake of the students entrusted to her she must try everything and more.

"Smart move Thirteen, though," Kurogiri said, too calm for Thirteen's liking. "It's useless against me."

Suddenly a portal of mist appeared behind Thirteen, by the time the Space Hero realized the Kurogiri plan, it was too late. She could feel part of her body being forcibly detached and turned into dust causing her excruciating pain.

For the students, it was like a scene from a horror movie.... From Thirteen's suit, bones, skin and blood could be seen in piles, it was a very creepy and strange sight.

Most of the students were paralyzed with fear, some almost seemed to faint as a

Professional Hero fell in front of them unable to do anything to help.

With her last bit of willpower before falling unconscious, Thirteen shouted: "Run Iida!!!"

Iida ran at full speed towards USJ's door without even thinking, he didn't look back, he didn't think, in his mind there was only one thing, one mission, and that was to get out of this hell.

Kurogiri tried to create a desperate portal to stop Iida...

But Sero managed to see a small metallic flash on the villain's body.

'That must be his physical body!' Sero thought as he shot a ribbon at the metallic collar and was forced to throw it away. "Go Iida!!!"

Kurogiri felt a tug and before he knew what was happening, he was flying away from the stairs.

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