Disaster in Hosu

Kakashi would have never thought this world was as dangerous as this. Sure, he's heard of the occasional villains but most of the time he hasn't even heard of anything gruesome happening, well, other than that serial killer. But there's much more to this world than first meets the eye. He's learned that.

Walking through the underground and looking at every face that passes him tells him that they have killed before. They don't look as skilled as him so he isn't worried but he does admit that they have a killing edge Shinobi would praise. Still, in his world one needed more than that. Actual skill was more important, to him at the very least.

Silently, he flicks the top of the hood of his cloak up. He needs to be able to see better and with a single eye even more so. Sure, he could still fight but he wasn't fully used to seeing one eye, and having it half covered up would do him no favors. He looks back up to see Edgeshot glances back at him, probably having heard the small, quick movement. Kakashi nods and he turns away, going back to leading him through the crowd.

It's not long until the reached what seemed to be some sort of metal cage. A large, rowdy crowd surrounded it, bumping into each other as they cheered and jeered. With a bit of concentration, Kakashi could see through the crowd and saw two men using their quirks to what looked to be like they were trying to kill each other. Each were going for obvious vital spots. It wasn't the worst thing they could do if they were fast enough to actually do so. Which they weren't. They were painfully slow. But they had interesting powers. He stops to watch and Edgeshot stops a second afterwards and looks at him. Then he turns his attention to the cage.

"Fights like these are quite often. The people here bet money on the fighter they think will win and others called sponsors collect that money for their fighter for whoever wins."

The man who had drills for hands smashed them into the other man's side and sent him flying to the other side of the gate. The man ran forward, screeching like an idiot, and tried to drive his drills into the other man. He dodged but not completely and was caught in his leg. A ripping sound that frightened the crowd and ripped through the air and the sound of the man's scream pierces through the disgusted crowd.

Kakashi doesn't blink as blood rains down.

"Quite dangerous. If these sponsors get paid for their fighters, why put them in a death match at all? Or are their only death matches?"

"There are matches of all types. Death matches are quite rare, honestly. But they make the most money of any match, so to them it's worth it."

'I don't get it. Well, there's a lot in this world I don't get. I shouldn't be surprised.'

Kakashi had seen enough when his foot was dangling from the rest of his leg and turns, walking away. Edgeshot hears another scream of pain as he turns around and follows after Kakashi.

"How many times have you been here to gather information?"

"A couple of times. I haven't had much time to actually get a raid going on this place. I'll put in a word soon, however. As you saw, people die here."

"They signed up for it though. I'm sure they knew the risk."

"That isn't the issue. It's the law. Laws are rules that are made to keep peace. Without that the world will go into chaos."

Kakashi remembers the rules he followed so religiously. He could remember every rule of the Shinobi. He's already broken a few. He knows that Todoroki has information about the Leaf Village. He doesn't know how much, but he does know that he gets more and more memories as time goes on. Todoroki said as much back at the hospital.

'It wouldn't be right to kill him. Obito wouldn't like it.'

He isn't even sure if he would. Todoroki might have gotten in his personal business, but killing him was just something he wasn't sure about. Todoroki could leak information about the Leaf to others. He was a safety risk. In the handbook, any hazard to the village was to be swiftly eliminated. But that wasn't what he wanted to do.

"...how do you know which rules to follow? What if a rule goes against what you think personally?"

Edgeshot glances down at Kakashi but his lowered head makes it hard to see his face.

"Most rules go against what people personally think. But, I think I know what you mean. The best example I can provide would be the rule that one cannot hurt villains by seeking them out without a Hero License. Most would think that this rule is stupid. If someone is being hurt and you have the power to stop that, most would think to act against the villain. But that would be breaking the law. To that I'd say, that I have no answer. Because there are no true answers, but at the same time there are many."

Kakashi doesn't know what to think hearing that. Does he follow the rules or not?

"Are you saying that one has to chose which rules to follow and which ones to not follow?"

"No, I'm saying that some laws are set in place to bring about peace. And some laws go against fundamental principles of human nature." Kakashi feels his stare and meets his eyes slowly. "Laws like those aren't meant to be broken, but rather changed, for the better."

It seemed like the world around them had faded away, Kakashi could barely hear voices booming along in the background. It sounded so far away, like he was listening from behind a door. He can't take his eye away from Edgeshot's. He still doesn't completely understand but he's gained more than he has trying to get it down on his own.

He finally turns his gaze back to the ground and his surroundings become clear to him once more.

'I wonder if Obito had to think about these rules. Probably not. That idiot didn't do much thinking at all, most likely.'

The thought made him laugh, but he stifled it into a quiet chuckle. Edgeshot sent him a look but decided to say nothing. It was the first time he'd seen something resembling happiness on the young ninja's face.

"We interrupted the scheduled program to bring you breaking news from Hosu City. Multiple Nomus have been spotted reeking havoc on civilians and heroes alike. The Hero Killer has been spotted as well followed by this man."

To the side of the reporter, a video of a familiar face pops up and Kakashi blood begins to boil seeing the face.

"We call for any heroes in the area to immediately assist-"

Before she could finish her report, a rock smashes into the tv and it immediately goes black.

"Heh, that's what you get for taking it off my show." Kakashi watches a man walk away from the large tv screen, angry with his hands stuffed in his pockets.

Kakashi hasn't the need to force himself to move. When he came to, he was atop the man both his hands around his throat tightly. The man is chocking hard, gasping harshly as air tries to force itself between his fingers.

"H-help...me..." He tries to get out.

"You bastard! I was watching that! Where is Hosu City! Tell me!" His hands unconsciously tighten around the man's throat. He's unable to control his rage.

"Kakashi, that's enough!"

Swift and graceful movements could only describe Edgeshot as he ran and leaped off the ground. Kakashi feels his presence and turns to see him about to come down onto him. He slaps the ground and a dome of earth begins to erect itself around him.

Instantly, Edgeshot activated his quirk and swerves vigorously to make it within before the barrier closes. He does successfully and slams into Kakashi, holding him down with his forearm.

"That's the person who was first spotted with you, isn't it, Kakashi?"

He doesn't receive an answer and then feels the bodies underneath him begin to melt. His eyes widen when they fall into nothing but mud, right before his very eyes.

'What is going on here? How can this be-'

He hasn't the time to finish his thoughts as he's forced down when the barrier begins shrinking. He's sees no gaps and even with his considerable strength, he isn't able to fight against it.

Outside of the barrier a few meters away, Kakashi squeezes his hand shut as tightly as he can, forcing the barrier down. He was able to see what Edgeshot's quirk was in that very instant, and decided that using Earth Style would be the only way to stop him from coming after him. At that point, he realizes that he still is squeezing on the man's neck and when he turns to him, he realizes that he is dead. Kakashi can feel no pulse.

'Dammit!'

"Hey! What's going on here?!"

Kakashi's turns to that demanding, angry voice and find himself surrounded by various people. He slowly releases his grip until the man falls lifelessly to the ground. Air produced by his flaring chakra begins to stir around him and it seems that this allows the people in the room to feel his killing intent, because they all take a step back with beads of sweat coming down their faces.

Kakashi slips a Kunai into his grasp, relishing the feeling of the cold steel. "Tell me how to get to Hosu or die."

Maybe they were idiots, or maybe the threat of a child was funny in this world but they all begun to laugh at him. He didn't know that it could be a trigger for him, but his feet were suddenly moving on their own. In an instant, his blade finally enters flesh and he can feel the warm blood splatter on his hand. He falls with the man but lands on top of him and loves the way he has to force the blade out of the man's throat.

Yells of anger erupt all around him and he switches his gaze up to see at least six above him. To their eyes, it seems as if he had disappeared, but his simply too fast for any of them to see. Kakashi appears above them, spinning in the air upside down before unleashing his Kunai. The spin enables his to slice all of their throats near simultaneously from how fast he was going. They all stumble back in shock and reach for their throats but blood is quickly seeping out and they fall down, choking on their own blood.

"Hey, Kakashi! Let me out of here!" Semi formed as he was trying to break out earlier, Edgeshot pounds on the earth barrier, hearing the sound of people dying as well as the horrible smell of blood coming in through the earth.

Kakashi doesn't hear him.

He can't stop himself from moving. He lands on the ground and rushes toward, brandishing a second Kunai. A man with a sword for a hand tries to meet him but Kakashi dodges his wild swing and drives his Kunai into left kidney. As the man dies, he hears footsteps quickly approaching and brings chakra to his Kunai. This enables him to be able to cut the man's arm off completely from the rest of the body and he grabs the arm before swinging it.

It glides through the air and the woman barely sees it coming before it embeds itself into her skull, killing her instantly. She drops to the ground the same time the man does and Kakashi finds himself surrounded by blood. He's no longer in a blind rage but anger still courses through him. He turns to a woman that's sitting on the ground, shaking with a scared look on her face and he stalks to her, blood dripping down his hand.

When he reaches her, he lifts her by her shirt and cast her in a Genjutsu with a flick of his hand. It doesn't take long for him to get the information he needs and he breaks the illusion, dropping her on the ground. From her knowledge, it'll take him a couple of hours to get there by car. But it'll take him shorter if since he'll be running. He aims his Kunai at her head to leave no witnesses but someone seems to beat him to it as a knife embeds into the side of her throat. She probably feels no pain, the shock of the Genjutsu had not warn off.

Kakashi turns his head to where the weapon had come from and found a blonde girl with saliva dripping from her mouth. Her cheeks were flushed and she had a starry gaze to her eyes that put him off. Still, he didn't react to her and does a couple of hand signs.

"Earth Style: Sinking Burial."

The bodies, the blood, and the weapons all begin to sink into the ground. Kakashi doesn't want to leave evidence but he's sure Edgeshot's heard everything already. Still, he won't be able to say anything about it if there isn't any proof. Once the bodies are sealed up, he turns and finds the girl had come closer to him, cheeks still flushed but a wide grin stretching her round face.

"Did you come to fight too? I don't mind killing you because you're a young girl."

He hopes the words would dis-sway her but it seemed like she was even more aroused. Even with his healing nose, this close to her, he can smell her arousal quite well.

'What's wrong with her? Is she aroused from my killing?'

"C-can I get you name, p-please?"

She's barely able to get it out, drool pooling from her mouth.

"No." He walks past her and pays no mind that she begins to follow him. After all, when he begins to run he knows she won't be able to keep up.

"Hey! What's going on here?!"

This time it seems that it's even more people than before. Kakashi's got the information he needs and doesn't need to fight. He begins to run leaping up and running alongside the wall to avoid any more people. He can feel the stares on him as he runs and tries to remember where the entrance was.

"Not so fast!"

Kakashi uses a mix of acrobatics and Body Flickers to dodge an incoming mix of quirks that shake the whole area. There's about one hundred people targeting him all at once but he isn't having much difficulty dodging their slow attacks.

He leaps off the wall when he spots one of the cages he'd seen when he first came inside and lands on top of it to try and spot the entrance.

"You'll pay for interrupting my glory!"

Kakashi leaps into the air a second before the cage is smashed into by giant drills. Kakashi lands on the ground and the drills shoot out of the dust to reveal the man who had been fighting earlier, his teeth bared with a low growl.

"I'm surprised you dodged that, you brat! Next time, I won't let you." The drills begin to whirl around.

Kakashi grips the wrap around his left eye.

'I need to get to the entrance quickly. Genjutsu is my only option, but my Genjutsu alone is too slow. By the time I set it up and begin to look through his memories and knowledge for the information, I'll be surrounded again. The Sharingan—Obito's Sharingan is my only option.'

The man rushes forward, screaming, "Time to die, punk!"

The fabric of the wrap tears as the drills get closer and closer to him. The wrap finally gives and he opens his eye to the world. The man stops and his drills stop spinning. The Sharingan is glowing a deep red and instantly, Kakashi receives the information he wants.

'That way!'

He immediately turns around and dashes away just before a large group of the underground people come upon the drill man's still form.

X

Kakashi leaps off a building, quickly landing on another and then repeating the process. He aims to get to Hosu quickly, intending to end the Stone Ninja there. Once and for all.

'And I'll do it...'

The special eye of the Uchiha Clan glowed up in the dark night, illuminating his face inside of the black hood over his head. The power coursing through him felt both good and bad. But he had only one mission. A personal mission.

'With this eye right here!'

Though two tomoe only appeared, the eye glowed more dangerously than ever before.

XxX

"Hahahaha, wonderful my Nomu. Let's give these heroes something to truly fear."

All around Hosu, people were running for their lives and dying left and right as Nomu attacked like machines. They attack indiscriminately without any hesitation. Just like they were ordered to.

Atop a tall building, stood a proud Shiguraki, grinning like a mad man.

XxX

"False Hero Native. It would seem that your lies have finally caught up with you."

The Hero Killer Stain stood over Native with his sword held high, intent on finishing him. He hears something quickly approaching him and turns to a foot coming directly at his face. He ducks underneath it and leaps away, grinning. This pretender didn't seem to be particularly fast but he seemed familiar.

"Haven't I beaten you before? Wait...no—you seem far too young."

"That was my brother!" Tenya yelled, angry eyes set in a determined glare. "I'm here to take revenge for what you did!"

"Revenge, you say. Rubbish!" His anger flairs up and Tenya rushes at him straight, leaping up with a spinning kick. Stain dodged with ease, no seeing the attack coming and grabs his foot before slamming him to the ground. With ease, he stabs him through his hand, pinning him to the ground as Tenya screams in agony. He hasn't the chance to finish it before a boot slams into his back and Stain stand atop him.

"Really? Is that all?" Stain asks.

Tenya's teeth grit together as he tried to force his body up to no avail. The power of Stain and the pain keeping him from doing so. "G-get...off me! I kill you! ...I'll definitely kill you for what you did!"

"Kill me? Oh, I see." Stain finally recognizes Tenya, the picture of someone similar coming to his mind. "So, you're brothers. And your here for revenge."

Stain watches in disgust as the boy beneath his boot tries to get up desperately, clawing at the dirty pavement. "Just like your brother. Another false hero. But it's even worse—your an upcoming one. Despicable." He grabs the hilt of his sword.

"Any last words, pretender?"

"I-I don't care what you saw about me! My hero—my brother was a noble man; cut down in your reign of terror! And yet you call him a false hero when he saves peoples lives!" Tears began to spill out of his eyes as he spoke frantically, the scene of his brother laying in the hospital on replay in his mind. "How?! How does that make someone a false hero?!"

Stain felt nothing. The brat and his brother were examples of problems wrong with these so-called heroes that needed correcting.

"He might've saved the innocent, but it means nothing if it isn't for the right reason. Think about it. He became a hero because of the family business; just like you're trying to become. His actions are like mine; both are noble and work toward the betterment of the people. But our similarities end there. The reasons for his 'heroic' actions spit in the face of what a hero should be. He's a hero because he's continuing the family busin-"

"And what's wrong with that?!" Tenya demands, interrupting the hero killer. "He's saving people! That's what heroes do!"

"You only see the trees, not the forest. You don't get the full picture at all. Society will fail because of this blatant ignorance. I'll show you exactly why your brother—your 'hero' is a failure and a fraud! Take a long look over there!" Stain points over to the other side of the alleyway and Tenya has to force his head to look. This is his first time ever even seeing the person over there and his face shows it all. Stain sees this and grits his teeth in rage. "You didn't even see him until just now! And you call yourself a hero—I guess anyone with a quirk can be a hero these days!"

"What does he have to do with anything?!"

"A hero primarily is supposed to protect the lives of others. You failed. One, your target was me and me only. Two, you had a chance to run and escape with him after I jumped away and you decided to attack me instead. And three, you didn't even notice his presence. And you are the future of this hero society, huh?! I'd rather see my tongue ripped out! Your brother is your role model. He is the reason you can look at yourself and call yourself a hero despite having no reason to save others other than the fact that you have powers and that you want to follow your family's footsteps. I consider people like your brother the worst of the worst. His deeds might be good, but eventually someone in your family will feel as though they don't have to have the urge to rescue people to call themselves hero and that all they need is to be strong."

His eyes flare red dangerously and to Tenya it seems as though the very atmosphere gets darker despite it already being the dead of night.

"Your actions tonight show me what path you will take. You've decided your own destiny. Now die, for a better society!" He takes his sword out of his arm and is about to stab through his heart when he is forced to block when a fist tries to take his head off. He's forced off Tenya but lands on his feet and moves his arms to see a boy with green hair in front of him, fist at the ready as green electricity sparks around him.

"Who are you, child? A friend of his?"

"I-I won't let you hurt anymore people, Stain. It...it ends here and now!" He declares.

Stain clicks his tongue and sees Tenya quickly trying to get up. He smirks and lift his blade to his lips, licking the blood of the tip of his blade with his tongue. Instantly, Tenya freezes, shocked, and falls to the ground with a strained grunt.

"Hey, Tenya! What's going on?!" Midoriya comes to his side immediately, scared that his friend is too injured to even stand.

"I-I don't know... suddenly I can't move." His eyes widen. "Midoriya, look out!"

Midoriya heeds the warning as quickly as he can, grabbing Tenya and launching himself as quickly as he can. He's off balance, from Tenya's weight and size and how fast he was going and slams into the wall. But he successfully got away.

Stain forces his blade out of the ground and stands to full height. "So, you actually came to try and save him. You even just risked your life for him when you could've easily gotten away on your own." He hums. 'Perhaps all isn't lost with this new generation. Still, that brat...' he looks at Tenya behind Midoriya. 'Has to be eliminated.'

To Midoriya, the Hero Killer suddenly disappears. His eyes widen before he's forced to block as a fist smashes into him and he is sent back into Tenya. Tenya absorbs some of the impact for him, allowing him to bounce back. He lifts his arm and flicks his finger, releasing an abundance of strength that forces the air to push outward. Stain, surprised, is taken off his feet but is able to right himself mid air and land on his feet.

'Five percent isn't enough to damage him.' Midoriya thinks, seeing how his attack had no effect. 'I-I could use one hundred percent. It's risking a lot, though. And if I screw up I'll get paralyzed like Tenya. What should my next mo-'

He can't finish thinking as something slams into the ground beside Stain, forcing them both to cover their eyes from the debris being kicked up. As the smoke clears, Midoriya is shocked, seeing a smirking man now standing side by side Stain.

"Tch, the hell are you doing here? I don't need your help." Stain asks.

"I'm not here to help, I'm here to fight. I felt a bit of power coming from here. Don't worry, I'm just bored. I'd like to see someone interesting in action. He was quite boring, you see."

The dust finally cleared up and both Midoriya and Stain could finally see what was in his hand. Midoriya gasps, fear crawling in his body. He'd never seen someone so beaten up before. A hero.

Blade drops the lifeless body on the ground, his eyes zeroing in on Midoriya. "His name was-"

"Manual—no!" Tenya grunts, fighting tears as his anger rises. 'N-no this can't be! Not another one."

"He wasn't much but he had an interesting quirk and an impressive amount of control over it."

"Y-you monsters!" Tenya yells furiously. "I kill you! I kill your both!"

"Hmph, which one of these caused that shockwave?" He asks, turning to Stain.

"The one in front of you."

"Oh, is that so?" His smirk causes Midoriya to flinch before he feels as hand on his shoulder. "So, how did you do it?"

Midoriya is frozen, his eyes the only thing able to show his shock. 'H-H-How... is he behind me? There's no way!'

"Well, this wasn't much fun." His retractable blades shoot out from underneath his bandages as he reers his arm back, smirking. "Die, brat!"

Before he's able to finish Midoriya, a blade cuts off his own, and he's notices that it's Stain who's barely able to block the attack seeing as though his arms are shaking.

"What are you doing?"

"Don't kill him. You just told me you wouldn't take my prey, and besides," he looks down at the shocked kid. "This one has serious potential."

Blade gives his a look before backing off and retracting his blade. He doesn't stop moving, though, turning around and kicking Tenya into the wall. Tenya's back slams into it, forcing saliva out his mouth and etching his form into the wall before he falls to the dirty ground. Still, he doesn't stop and his right blade drives itself into Native's chest as he smirks.

"These two are free game, right?"

This finally snaps Midoriya out of his stupor. "N-No!"

"Tch, you should ask before you strike." Stain says, walking up to Tenya's unmoving form. "Still, you left the worse offender to me, so I guess I'll let it slide." Reaching him, he lifts his sword high.

"I won't let you!" Powering up to one hundred percent of his power, parts of his body begin to glow red as he lifts his arm and readies his finger. A single flick reduced the building in front of them to rubble, blasted by air pressure that reached all the way to the end of the the long alleyway.

Midoriya pants as he forces the familiar pain in his fingers to the back of his mind. He's not yet sure if his attack worked but he hopes it did. Still, nine shots left. He waits until the smoke begins to clear but gasps suddenly. Out of the smoke is a hand, seemingly had taken the full brunt of his attack without any pain.

"You must truly be desperate. You put both of them in danger as well. Luckily, they were so close to me." Blade's eyes narrow. "But I commend you. Dead weight tend to get people killed more than they themselves."

'H-he's still on his feet...without a scratch! T-There's no way!'

"So what will you do now, Hero? You're not yet out of options, are you?"

Midoriya forces himself to calm down and slowly reaches for his phone, intent on calling for backup. He was out of his league, he needed to call someone.

XxX

Bakugo shakes from the cold of his room as he sits on his bed. His arm is out of its socket and half his face is swollen. He can barely even see out of one of his eyes and to top it off his pride is basically destroyed at this point.

Five times, he'd been beaten. Five different strategies foiled. Five different fights and he failed to land a single attack.

Who the hell was that woman? How was she so strong? He was supposed to be the best by default. His quirk was amazing; the best. And yet he couldn't even land it on some random woman who's quirk was that of a fucking cuddly animal. This has to be some sort of joke. He would've thought himself to be in a dream had this pain not felt so real. He was awake, and it was happening right before his eyes.

A knock at his door took him out of his thoughts and he thought it was her coming to rub it in his face before it opens and another woman he hadn't seen steps in, carrying a first aid kit as well as other medical supplies.

"Hello, Bakugo. I'm Mirko's assistant. Let's see your injuries."

"Hell no. Get out."

"Sorry, but it was not a question." She says walking in the room anyway and laying her equipment on the desk bedside. "Now your injuries. We don't have much time and you have to get going on patrols."

"Fucking patrols? Look at me! How the hell am I going to do a patrol like this!" He demands.

"Don't get your ass kicked then." Mirko says, standing in the doorway with a smile on her lips.

"Bitch," he grits. "You we're aiming for my damn face."

"There's this little thing called dodging you damned brat. Try learning to use it in a fight."

"You fucking witch! I'll burn you!" He's about to release the quirk in his glowing hand but he suddenly gets a headache and quickly reaches at his head.

"Calm down, sir. And you too, Mirko. Don't antagonize him." She says, glaring back at her.

"Ok, I get it. Don't use your quirk on me, Rine." She says, raising her hands up in surrender.

"The. Fuck." Bakugo grits out before the pain in his head finally stops and he can once again think clearly. "The fuck was that!"

"It was my quirk. I disrupted the activity in your brain for a bit." She opens the kit on the bed and gently grabs his arm that is out of socket. "Now, sit still. This will hurt."

Bakugo yelps as his arm is forcefully put back in its socket and promises that he will make Mirko pay as she laughs.

X

The swelling takes longer to get down to a level where he can see enough to dodge an attack and he's silently thankful for the woman, though he would never tell her that. His arm is still his main problem though. It's stiff like hell and the pain in his body when he moves it tells him that he can't move it around much. He would have to rely almost solely on his right arm.

"Damned bitch." He mutters under his breath, slipping mf on his mask, the final touch to his costume. He walks out of the room to find four eyes looking at his arm and he glares. "Stop looking at it, Dammit! I'm fine!"

"Just don't let those bandages come off. It'll get worser if they do."

"Hmph," he grunts, noting that silently.

"Finally, you're ready. I thought I was waiting on a girl to get ready for a date and not my little brat."

"Shut the hell up, pansy! It's your fault!"

"Oh, sure. Blame it all on the girl. You're gonna be a real sweetheart with your first girlfriend." She nearly laughs out loud at the look on his face. "Anyways, let's get going brat. Lots of time for criminals to attack people."

"Tch, Dammit it all. I fucking hate this place." He groans.

XxX

"Help! Help me please! Wait, don't kill me-"

A man is cut off from his screaming as a Nomu slams its foot onto his head, squishing his head like a fruit. The Nomu takes off as if it didn't even recognize what it did and in the background more Nomu are destroying buildings, setting them on fire and killing people all around. Multiple heroes have already been killed, their corpses sitting in the streets for anyone to see, almost as if to show how weak heroes really are.

Under several corpses, The Fly takes in shaky breaths. He can smell death all around him and he feels the pressure of it. How could he have hide himself with the bodies of other heroes? How could he call himself a hero when he hadn't even saved one person?

'Those things w-were so strong. H-How—who would do this?' He thinks eyes waning in fear before he shuts them and tries to drown out the sound of a woman begging for her life before it ends abruptly. Seconds go by and he no longer hears anything. He isn't sure if the coast is clear but he's no longer able to stay under these dead bodies. It's a constant reminder of his failure as a hero and the guilt that gnaws at him.

Slowly, he crawls, making his way past the corpses. He has to force himself to push one aside and is greeted by fresh air and nothing in sight, except a war zone and tens of dozens of bodies scattered in the street, out of windows, just everywhere with fire consuming anything it could touch in the background. He stands to his feet, still in disbelief, but thinks nothing. He couldn't even describe how he was feeling.

Crying suddenly takes over the silence and he breaks into a run immediately. Someone was still alive! He could still save them! He could still be a hero! He turns a corner and finds that it is a little girl but stops when he gets a full view of her. A deep slash covering from her chest to her stomach had her insides showing. Somehow, though, she was crying. He falls to his knees and empties his stomach on the ground. When he's done, he's tired. He's so tired that he wants to go back unconscious. Still, he pushes himself up and goes as fast as he can to the girl, stomach still weak.

"A-are you... ok?" Obviously, she isn't, but he's so rattled up that talking makes him feel just a little bit better. At least she was alive.

Dull blue eyes mets his own. "W-Who are you? I-I can barely see." She says slowly.

"I-I'm a he—a person. Just a person who's come to help." He can't bring himself to even say those words. Not until he saves her. "I-I'm going to try and lift you up. If it hurts, tell me."

"O-Ok, mister person." He begins to position his arms under her to pick her up. "I don't want to be rude but, you have a weird name, mister.

He chooses to not respond. He gets a good grip under her and slowly lifts her up. When she doesn't scream or say anything when he does so, he doesn't know whether that is bad or good. Could she even feel pain at this point? Regardless, right now, she wouldn't draw attention to them so he guessed it just didn't hurt her from shock. With her firmly in his arms, he took off running.

Suddenly, he is forced to stop as he feels the ground itself shaking. Something landed behind him. 'Please, god. D-Don't let it be—' he turns around and sure enough a creature even larger that he'd ever seen was behind him, staring. It was probably its wings that made it so big but honestly he wasn't thinking straight. His breath came out in uneven short bursts and he was shaking as he took slow steps back.

"You're really warm, mister. Thank you." She mutters softly, not completely in the world. She's lucky.

He breaks off into a run, trying to keep his arms as still as possible in his mad dash to keep her safe. "H-Help! Someone help! I have a kid with me!" He hears the ground crunch behind him and the sound of it is deafening to his ears. As if in slow motion, he turns around as the monster approaches them with speed he can barely even see.

'N-No! I—This can't be the end!'

Suddenly, he's taken off his feet as a wall of flames erupt between himself and the monster. Before him is someone as familiar as the No.1 hero himself. Broad shoulder and muscles surrounded by intense, almost blinding flames.

His words were almost divine coming to his ears.

"This is as far as you go, monster." Impossibly, the flames got more intense, so powerful that he felt as if it could bring on a earthquake. The flames were now towering over him and he marveled at the display. But as suddenly as they appeared, they disappeared. And the man responsible turned to face him; the No.2 Hero. "What's the status?"

He didn't want to ignore the hero but he felt more pressing matters had to come first. He looks down at the girl in his arms. "S-ashes hurt badly! ...she won't make it unless—"

"Don't worry about that." The man says chillingly. Before he can question that two people run up to him, holding out their arms. "The people of my Agency will handle them. I want a report, and fast. There are more of those things if I'm not mistaken."

Relief pours into him as he lets the girl go and begins talking to Endeavor. "W-well..."

X

Todoroki stares at the scene, disgusted. The League of Villains were the real deal. They'd just gotten lucky at the USJ.

'If they had this many of those things running around, we would've all been killed.' The memory of seeing his teacher hurt by the Nomu came back to him. 'We have to end this, and fast.'

He stomps on the ground and ice shoots out from his ride side, completely incasing the buildings and cooling the fires. A cold breath escapes his mouth as his body's temperature takes a huge nosedive. Luckily for him, he has fire as well.

"Good job, Todoroki. The ice will probably have to stay to keep the buildings standing but that shouldn't be a problem for ya', right?" He knows it's burnin by her voice alone, not feeling the need to turn around.

"Yea, it's fine." He looks down at his pocket when his phone buzzes and then takes it out. His eyes widen at a message from Midoriya as well as his current location. Then they narrow. Suddenly, he takes off leaving Burnin to call out his name which he ignores.

X

The whole time she travels to meet Tsukauchi, she couldn't help but wonder what exactly he was going to tell her. What could Kakashi have done in the hospital? Or was it something else? It has to be. Anything else wouldn't make sense. Stepping into the station, she sees Tsukauchi talking with his chief and approaches them before bowing briefly before the chief in respect.

"Chief, it is good to see you."

"You as well, Ryukyu. How goes it with your hero work?" He asks pleasantly, looking pleased to see her.

"All good." She looks at Tsukauchi. "I was actually just finishing something up when he called for me."

"Yes, there's something I found out that you need to know regarding Kakashi."

She nods, readying herself to receive the information. Before he could say anything, another officer runs into the room with a phone in hand. "Chief, look! That suspect from fighting the child has teamed up with Stain and the League of Villians and they are rampaging through Hosu!"

When he approaches the phone is taken from him and all three of them listen as the reporter goes on about damages, suspects, response teams, and casualties. But her mind could only focus on the man that Kakashi was trying to kill. If Kakashi saw this he would definitely be heading there. Almost all of them thought this at once and she ran out of the building before the other two, being much faster than them.

"Get all policemen ready to head to Hosu for support! Move, move, move!" Kenji orders loudly.

Policeman and women scramble to meet his orders as Tsukauchi follows after Ryukyu. "Wait, Ryukyu! I still have to tell you about Kakashi!"

That stops her and she turns to him, still looking antsy. "Tell me fast! You know Kakashi is going there as well! Or maybe he's already there—"

"Calm down, Ryukyu." He says and grabs onto her shoulders. "Calm down."

She begins to calm like he says and she's no longer fidgeting uncontrollably. "I'm calm now, so tell me what you've learned."

He nods, and hopes her reaction won't be too bad.