RISE

Katsuki Bakugo was sweating as he let off another explosion into the face of the next two-bit thug.

The guy was blown back to Kirishima, who clotheslined the bastard with his hardened arm. As he did that, Katsuki jumped towards the next duo, yelling "DIE YOU BASTARDS!" letting off an even larger explosion that flung the two thugs into the wall. It cracked behind them and they slumped down, unmoving. Kirishima had just gotten done fighting the smallfry with a sword and turned to Katsuki, both of them panting heavily.

"I think that's the last of these weakings." Katsuki announced.

"Alright, let's hurry and find the others. If we're still in the USJ, then everyone else probably is too." Kirishima clenched his fist, "Not all of them have the offensive quirks we do, we gotta make sure they're safe."

Katsuki walked to the window as he saw movement. "Like Little Miss Drunk down there?" He asked, pointing out the window with a smirk on his face.

Indeed, Red was fighting against two villains on the broken street below. She was sweating as she somehow brought a foot to one of the thugs faces, despite her lack of height. She stumbled after the kick, momentarily losing balance, before letting herself fall down to avoid the metal pipe that swung over her head. Stabbing the leg of the pipe thug from her crouched position, she barely rolled out of the way as the metal pipe almost hit her again and a bullet whizzed past her arm. For a stumbling drunk, she was almost impressive… When she wasn't falling and losing her balance. Maybe the woman did know how to fight after all.

His thoughts were cut off as Kirishima dived out of the open window past him, landing on the back of the villain next to little Red who was raising his pipe. He groaned, annoyed that he wouldn't get to see her damn quirk, and shot out of the building as well. The other villain was raising their gun again, taking aim at Red and Kirishima. As Katsuki fell towards the bastard with a snarl, he let off an explosion the second he was close enough. With a loud boom, the villain hit their head on the ground and Katsuki used the momentum of his blast to land. Seeing the villain was out cold, he turned in time to see Kirishima harden and punch the other villain in the face.

"There's still one more here, invisible, I can't tell where though!" Miss Drunk whined, looking around frustrated.

"Oh, that?" Katsuki spun around and let an explosion off where he had last heard the fucker and was satisfied when the chameleon appeared, hitting the ground unconscious. Red and Kirishima both had their mouths hanging open like fish.

"Some hearing quirk you have if you couldn't even tell where this amatur was." Katsuki scoffed, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Red looked at him in confusion. "I thought Kiri's quirk was 'hardening'?" Shitty Hair grinned at the nickname and the fact she knew his quirk, irritating Katsuki. Was her quirk not like Earlobe's quirk after all? Tch. He didn't have time for this shit.

"Whatever, we're done here. I'm going to go destroy that warp bastard!" Katsuki growled as he started storming off towards the middle of the park. Little Red and Shitty Hair exchanged a look before they both ran to catch up with him. "If I take him down, I'll cut out their escape route and they'll have to pay for what they've done here."

Red started chattering away beside him, "You were pretty close the first time you attacked, he was worried about the metal armor around his neck-"

Katsuki stopped short, glowering. "Yeah, I realized that when I was attacking. I'm not a weakling like the rest of these villains!" He didn't have time, but when she served him an opening on a silver platter like that… "The question is how YOU knew it." He smirked, knowing she had no way out.

Little Red let air pass through her lips in annoyance, "We don't have time for this, Katsuki. I need to get back to the main villains." Her and Kirishima both kept moving, causing Katsuki to let out a growl as he followed. Okay, maybe she did have an out after all.

The three of them ran to the center and Red groaned, "Not only do I hate cardio, but All Might Junior is so damn loud, he's my freaking kryptonite!"

"Who, Midoriya?" Kirishima asked, "I don't hear him?"

"Spikes, he's about to get to Warpy before you do." Red panted, out of breath but still managing to taunt him. They had just reached the center of the area, and indeed, Deku was flying like an idiot into the gate. No way he's letting that damn nerd get the glory, Katsuki growled to himself as he took to the air with a blast.

"GET THE HELL OUTTA MY WAY, DEKU!" He shouted in fury, finally getting a hold of the warp bastard's neck. Katsuki had just pinned him to the ground when he felt the temperature around him drop, signalling the Icy Bastard had arrived on the scene.

"Guess I found your body that time, ya smokey bastard!" Katsuki growled viciously.

"One of your poorly trained thugs told me everything, Tomura Shigaraki. The Symbol of Peace will not be defeated by your toy, even with shock absorption and regeneration quirks." Icyhot said coldly. Katsuki heard a shout and watched his best friend jump in next, aiming for the Hands bastard.

"Damn, that was going to be cool too!" Shitty Hair groaned as the villain jumped away.

"Don't let all five fingers touch you!" Red screamed, running in a few seconds behind.

"Kacchan… Todoroki… Kirishima… Olivia... Everyone!" Deku shouted, relieved. He looked pretty banged up, as if he had also been fighting villains off the entire time. All Might kept his eyes on the frozen Nomu in the portal after hearing its second quirk.

"All Might Junior, stop thinking so damn loudly about All Might's problems." Red complained, bringing her mouth piece to her lips. All Might and Deku looked at her with surprise and horror.

"Oh right! Your quirk! S-sorry!" Deku stuttered. Katsuki gapped in shock. She's a damn mind reader? Holy fuck. He quickly went through all the things he's thought about her while in her presence and groaned. How had he not realized? Did she hear all the things he thought of her last night? Did she know how he felt about her the first day? He let a small explosion go off in his hand in warning as the smoky bastard shifted slightly.

Guess that means Shitty Hair isn't getting murdered after all.