Chapter 8 - Invasion at the USJ: 2

When that purple swirling portal showed up at the edge of the fountain, located at the bottom of the stairwell leading into the main area of the USJ, Josefumi Kujo had been confused. That confusion turned into worry when Yoshihara began to have a panic attack, and the concern turned into stress once she passed out.

Now was not the time to have Kira pass out, yet for some reason, she did, and in all honesty, he couldn't blame her. While it did make their situation worse, there was still something that could be done about it.

"W-What's happening?! W-Why's Kira-san—"

"Panic attack. We need to get her out of here, stat," Josefumi said, interrupting Izuku, narrowing his eyes over to Thirteen. The commotion going on because of Aizawa's announcement that there were real, honest to god villains inside the USJ, didn't come as a shock to Josefumi—he was more confused than anything else—but he did have one question lingering in his mind.

Why here? Why at the USJ? What was so special about this place that caused these Villains to attack a bunch of Highschoolers? There was nothing about them that proved that their class was special. Was it a coincidence? If that was the case, why bring a Stand User? He could still sense them, but right now his focus was on figuring out the puzzle set out before him.

And then it hit him.

"All Might…."

All Might was a teacher at U.A.

His class was a bunch of U.A. students.

Currently, one of All Might's classes was at the USJ, being attacked by villains.

Put the two together, and add said group of students being secluded from the school, and it was a perfect recipe for wanton chaos. And to be fair, he could easily beat up any villain who came near him so long as he used Soft & Wet, but it wasn't just him. There were his other classmates who didn't have the advantage of being a Stand User.

And with there being another Stand User outside of him and Kira in the building, things could go to shit in mere moments. "This is bad. This is really, really bad… if someone else other than me ends up fighting that Stand user, they'll be fucked…." Josefumi thought, summoning Soft & Wet over his body to pick up Kira.

"First things first, get Kira out of here as fast as possible, make sure she's safe." Josefumi thought, looking down at the downed blond-haired of this moment, Kira was a liability that had to be removed from the equation as quickly as possible, then, he would have to find and defeat the Stand User.

Once he defeated the Stand User, he could get out of here with the rest of the students. Neutralizing, or at the very least capturing the enemy Stand user, was his top priority.

"Ida!" Josefumi shouted, gathering the boy in the armour's attention. "Get Kira out of here! She's passed out! You're the fastest and most reliable!" Josefumi said, summoning one of his bubbles, and popping it on the blond. "I've removed her weight, quickly!"

Ida nodded, running over and taking the blond out of his hands. "Once you exit the building, I'm going to deactivate the ability, afterwards, go seek help, we're going to need it," Josefumi ordered, causing the brother of Ingenium to grimace.

"But what if—"

"No what if's get out of here, now, before that portal thing gets here," Josefumi snapped, earning a nod from Ida. The boy began to run, and everyone else followed him, taking Thirteens orders to get out as fast as possible. Midoriya, however, was watching Eraserhead kick the shit out of villains. Normally, Josefumi wouldn't have cared, but they needed to evacuate, now.

And if anyone was going to stay behind, it was going to be him, not Midoriya. "THIS IS NO TIME FOR WATCHING, MIDORIYA! GET YOUR ASS IN GEAR!" Josefumi shouted, grabbing the green-haired boy from behind and hauling ass toward the doorway. Just as they were near the exit, and just as Ida was about to reach the door, a black mist formed in front of them, causing Ida to stop dead in his tracks, but not before throwing Kira toward the door, and Josefumi deactivating Soft & Wet's bubble effect on her, causing the body to hit the door with a harsh thud, jolting her awake with a sudden pain to her back.

"ACK!" The blond cried, her eyes snapping open, hitting the floor in a hunched position. She struggled to stand up from the sudden impact and groaned after coughing a bunch. "Talk about a rude awakening…" Yoshihara thought, rubbing her forehead. "Ugh... when I find out who did that, I'm going to—"

"KIRA-SAN! GET OUT OF HERE! GET SOMEONE, ANYONE!" Ida cried out as Kira blinked, her vision stabilizing as she shook her head. All she remembered was that she blacked out because of… something, and now Ida was telling her to run for some reason or another.

As she got her bearings, Kira couldn't help but look up to see a giant mass of mist in front of her, yellow piercing eyes staring into her soul, and in response, a small droplet of sweat dropped down the side of her face.

"What the hell did I just get myself into?" Yoshihara thought, trying hard to figure out what it was that had happened. Then, it hit her like a truck. She had remembered taking a trip on a bus with her class to the USJ, a training facility, and the teacher there, Thirteen, gave some sort of grandiose speech about Quirks and that they all had the ability to kill, then... "Villains..." Yoshihara muttered, looking up at the purple mist with wide eyes. She could still feel that killing intent, and a rogue Stand User. She tried to ignore it, but for a split second, she almost gave back into the fear she felt.

"No... I can't have that happen again. I'm better than this. I can't just pass out because it would be convenient for me to faint. I have to be strong. Even if that means I have to face something I'd rather not!" Yoshihara thought, gaining a defiant look on her face.

"I'm sorry, but I cannot allow that," the black mist boomed as Kira could only take a step back as a tendril of mist inched its way toward her. "While it might seem too late, even still, I shouldn't forget my manners. Greetings, we are from the League of Villains. Forgive our audacity, but…." The mist creature drawled. "Today, we've come here to U.A. High—this bastion of heroics—to end the life of All Might, the symbol of peace."

Its voice echoed throughout the USJ. Kira could only scoff. These guys? Kill All Might? What were they, Movie villains? Kira stepped towards the door, and the piece of the mist shot towards her in response, trying to stop her advancement. Summoning Killer Queen, she launched a bubble bomb in its face, dazing the mist creature, and causing any of the approaching mist to lurch back in shock.

Kira used that moment to get out as fast as she could, all the while she heard her classmates cry out for her to get help. She needed to save herself, first and foremost, and despite her mind only telling her to leave it at that, she knew she had to get help. Izuku, and by extension, everyone else, was in danger, and that was something she could not allow.

"GO! KIRA! GET THE HEROES!" Ida cried out as Yoshihara ran as fast as she could out of the building. While she wasn't as fast as Ida, she knew where a spare phone would be, and she knew she could call the police, who could then get into contact with U.A., who in turn could get into contact with All Might.

"Once All Might is there, then those villains are gonna be toast. I wish I could do more, but I was set down the path of a retriever. At least I know I won't get injured..." Yoshihara thought, running as fast as her lungs and legs would allow.

Back in the USJ, the black mist creature shook its head and grimaced. "One of you escaped… that isn't good. However, even if that is the case, and even if All Might is not here, as is evident, that does not change my role—" before the big gas cloud could do anything, Bakugo and Kirishima rushed the mist creature and attacked it using the fullest extent of their Quirks.

Bakugo let out an explosion double the size of his body, knocking the creature away even more, and Kirishima slammed his hardened right hook into the metal collar around the villain's neck, making it lurch back even more.

"NOT IF WE END YOU FIRST!" Bakugo shouted as Kirishima spoke up right next to him.

"BETCHA DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING!"

The mist villain recoiled ever-so-slightly, looking down at its collar before humming to itself. "That was close. Yes, students though you may be, you are the best of the best," the villain snarled, almost in a praising yet also condescending tone of voice.

"NO! You two, get out of the way!" Thirteen cried out, pointing out their index finger. The two got the message right away, but as they scattered, the mist expanded at an unprecedented rate, encircling them all.

"BEGONE!" The massive void creature shouted as Josefumi readied his Soft & Wet to fire a bubble to prevent it from using its Quirk. However, he had underestimated its sheer speed, as Josefumi found himself getting wrapped up in black mist faster than he could blink.

The next thing he knew, Josefumi found himself spat out in a random building, with two people right beside him, those two people being….

"Fumi-kun?" Ochako Uraraka's voice had been a sudden one, but one that Josefumi was glad to hear, even if it was panicked. On his other side was Ida, who had been quick to stand up.

"Is everyone alright?" Ida asked as Josefumi nodded, and Ochako looked around, panicked.

"W-Where are we!" The brunette asked as the pompadour-haired teen did a quick look around. The building they had found themselves in was definitely a high rise, and with the rain hitting the windows at high speeds, there was only one logical conclusion to come to.

"We are in the downpour zone. If I were to guess, then we're on the top floor of a building. We have to descend quickly or else—" Josefumi was cut off when he heard movement, almost like a scuttling sound. He snapped his attention to his right, and his eyes narrowed. "Don't move… something, or someone, is around that corner," Josefumi said, summoning Soft & Wet behind him.

"I'll go scope things out!" Ida stated, looking back at Josefumi and Ochako.

"Ida, I said—"

"I'm the class representative, Kujo-san, let me help," Ida interrupted as Kujo sighed. The reason he was so adamant about him not leaving was that he could sense the Stand User nearby. He couldn't make out exactly where they were, but he knew they were in this area.

"Ida, I- LOOKOUT, MOVE TO YOUR LEFT!" Josefumi called out suddenly as a grey, one-eyed goblin with the letters D.V.R encircling its body as a wrap-around tattoo launched itself towards Ida, who was confused, but did as he was told, its two fingers barely missing his face as Soft & Wet then hurdled a punch towards the goblin, sending it through one of the walls, the wall itself shattering on impact.

"ORA!"

Both Ochako and Ida stared in shock and confusion at the sudden destruction and sudden hole in the wall that appeared out of thin air. "K-Kujo, what just—"

"No time to explain, we are being attacked. You two need to get out of here as soon as possible and do it fast. Get to the fountain with Ochako, I—"

"AH!"

Ochako's scream reverberated throughout the room as something seemingly bit into her arm, blood flying everywhere from the bite mark. Ochako couldn't see what was causing it, but Josefumi could, and similar to last time, Soft & Wet sent it flying, this time out of a window.

"ORA!"

The goblin cried out as it phased through the window, much to Josefumi's shock. "A Stand that can phase through walls… not good! I mean, most Stands can for none offensive purposes, but this is different, it wasn't ghostly at all, it was completely formed…." Josefumi thought, looking over to Ochako, who had tears in her eyes as blood trailed from the wound and hit the floor.

"M-My arm, I-It's bleeding! S-Something invisible bit me!" Ochako cried as Josefumi moved over to her to examine the wound. It was deep, nearly puncturing bone, but thankfully no arteries were cut, nor any veins.

"You'll be okay, but you still need immediate medical attention," Josefumi stated, giving her a reassuring nod before sharply turning his attention over to Ida. "A little help would be nice!" Josefumi stated, earning a nod from Ida.

"On it, although, I have to ask, what's attacking us, and how come you can see it before we can?" Ida asked as Josefumi shook his head.

"Not important, just go, now!" Josefumi said, turning his attention towards the doorway. "Get Uraraka out of here, same as yourself, you have to, otherwise—" before he could continue, more of those grey gremlins poured out of the floor and the ceiling. And as they all stood around, waiting, a voice echoed around the room, coming out of one of the goblin's open maw.

"It would seem as if I am not the only Stand User. Nor was I told that one of you brats had a Stand. But that just means my victory will be just that sweeter!" The voice declared as Ochako looked around, as did Ida. Josefumi merely narrowed his eyes, slowly standing up as Soft & Wet followed behind its user.

"You dare come after my friends, you bastard. When I find you... I will kill you." The sinister words fell out of Josefumi's mouth as if it were second nature, and the seriousness about it concerned and frightened both Ida and Ochako.

"Y-You don't mean that... right, Fumi-kun?" Ochako asked as Josefumi remained silent, a deadly serious expression on his face. "F-Fumi-kun...?" The brunette stuttered as Josefumi glanced over his shoulder. His stare was a 1000-yards long, and for a split second, Ochako could see a fire in his eyes.

"This bastard came here looking to kill us. The natural response is to respond in kind. Now go. I'll deal with this guy," Josefumi spat as a laugh echoed throughout the building.

"I'd like to see them try, Kujo Josefumi!" And with that, several of the Stands ran past him, and just as they leapt for their faces, the two unfazed by it due to not seeing them, Josefumi had Soft & Wet get as close to them as possible, grab their legs, then swing them in the direction of the three other gremlins, all of which were destroyed upon slamming into one another.

"So, they're not very durable, but… why didn't they phase through one another…." Josefumi thought as Ochako and Ida both looked at one another. They felt the wind rush past them, as if something else was there, but they couldn't see it. Josefumi was simply standing still, but things kept getting destroyed around him.

He was fighting something. Something that they couldn't see, yet he could. "What's going on here?" Ochako thought, taking a step back. "Ida, we need to go, now!"

"But—"

"No buts, I don't want anything to do with this, and Fumi-kun doesn't want us involved, right? We can't see who he's fighting, so—"

"If you two want to help," Josefumi started, not taking his sights off of whatever was swarming him and subsequently getting smashed into the floor. "Someone here is commanding these things. Ochako, you can make things float, right? Make Ida and yourself float and get out of the building through one of the windows. I'll make an opening for you two." As Josefumi finished what it was he was saying, one of the windows shattered. "These creatures, the invisible grey goblin cyclops things, are being controlled by someone. Find that person, and beat the snot out of them, enough to make their power go away. Just be careful. While you won't be able to see them, nor will you be able to attack them, you can dodge them if you feel their presence, such as one brushing up against you," Josefumi said as Soft & Wet punched away another gremlin, head exploding.

Another leapt at Josefumi, this one's claws nearly reaching his face as Soft & Wet batted it away like a fly. "Go! Now!" Josefumi shouted as both Ochako and Ida made their way toward the door. Three more gremlins ran towards the pair as Josefumi snapped his attention towards the gremlins, Soft & Wet bunch barraging the three gremlins.

[ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!]

The three gremlins exploded into bits as two more gremlins latched onto his back and began to tear at it. Josefumi sucked back a shout, and Soft & Wet punched them off before they could bite him. Blood seeped from his back as five more jumped him from his right, to which he blocked with his arm, though one bit him, and his arm froze in place, along with the rest of his body.

Soft & Wet smashed all of them with one punch, curing his instant paralysis. "So, when they bite, they paralyze you… damn, that's actually terrifying, and with a swarm Stand, too…." Josefumi thought, shaking his arm. "Though it seems to go away if you destroy the one that bit you, so that's a pretty bad weakness if their target has a Stand."

"Your Stand is terrifying, but it's no match for Soft & Wet," Josefumi spat, grabbing his arm as he hunched over from the pain in his back. He turned his head and saw that Ochako was helping Ida get used to flying, all the while the two were looking for the culprit. "Hopefully, they don't take too long," the pompadour-haired teen said, standing up straight. There were only 35 gremlins left, but a few popped out of the floor, and that was when Josefumi narrowed his eyes. "Because if they take too long, I'll get overrun by them and die."

Several more goblins ran towards him, and Josefumi jumped back, the stinging in his back becoming more apparent. Soft & Wet punched the two that were by his left flank, though they simply sank into the ground, not breaking the floor. They surfaced out of the floor like sharks popping out of the water, joining the others that were charging to his right.

Using a bubble, Josefumi popped it in the middle of all five of the gremlins that attacked him and took away their teeth, and when they did clamp down on him, they couldn't pierce his skin. Soft & Wet then punched them off of the pompadour-wearing teen, which made them splat into the wall, the bubbles effect ending, seeing as those affected were gone.

Josefumi felt a sharp feeling in his back as one of the gremlins had snuck up on him and clawed at his back with their fingers. Soft & Wet punched it off, as two more dog-piled on him. The Stands bit into him, but Soft & Wet punched them off, negating whatever paralyzing effect their bites had. "Shit, c'mon you guys, I won't last for too long!" Josefumi thought, panic in his expression as the gremlins lurked closer to him. This was not going to end well.

Meanwhile, as Josefumi fought the Enemy Stand, Ochako and Ida made base with the ground in the downpour zone, with Ochako deactivating her Quirk, all the while trying to keep down her lunch. "Well done, Uraraka-san!" Ida congratulated as Ochako smiled.

"Thank you, Ida-kun. Now, let's find this person that Fumi-kun mentioned!" Ochako said, a determined tone to her voice as Ida nodded. Unbeknownst to them, the user was in the building across from the one Josefumi was in, crossing her arms as she bit her lip.

"Damn, I didn't know that this brat was a Stand User. And it's pretty strong and fast. But I sensed two of them earlier. Kurogiri probably warped that one far away from here, which would be good, seeing as I do NOT want to deal with two of them," Makoto said, looking over her shoulder to a bunch of tied-up villains, who were all squirming. "Hmm… perhaps you three can deal with those brats. If you do, I'll give you a bit of a reward~," the femme fatale said, moving her duster over a bit to expose a part of her thigh, running an index finger up it as all of the villains blushed violently, nodding vigorously. "Very good~," Makoto purred, summoning one of Die Very Rough's gremlins in front of them and slashing the ropes.

The three villains ran down the stairs to kill the two other U.A. brats, causing Makoto to smirk. "People will do anything for a bit of pleasure, even if it's just a taste. No matter the gender. It's a very easy way to manipulate people into doing one's own dirty work. So while I'm focusing all my attention on this brat over here, those mooks can deal with those other two brats," Makoto said, crossing her arms under her voluptuous chest.

"My range on my Stand isn't the greatest. It covers this building to the one that the other Stand user brat is in, so if I leave this building, I can't pick him off. 50 meters, Not much to work with considering the job I have, but it is good enough. I'll make you proud, Boss, then maybe we can have another romantic dinner together?" Makoto said, smiling slightly at the thought.

She wanted to be the one that the Boss promoted to the higher ranks. She had been stuck as a debt collector for five years now, and she wanted to see more action like this. So long as if she didn't die here, that was. "No, these hero brats wouldn't bloody their hands, would they?" Makoto thought, biting her lip. "Of course not. They're heroes in training. Unfortunatly for them, they can't talk me down like it's some sort of generic shonen anime, brats. I'll kill you all, and present your heads to The Boss!"

With Ochako and Ida, they were beginning their search on the first floor of the very building Makoto was in, unknown to the pair of course. The two of them had split up to cover extra ground, Ida with the first and second floor, and Ochako with the third and fourth floor. In retrospect, splitting up was a bad idea, especially with villains, but they needed to cover more ground, so, despite Ida's reservations about the idea, they did it anyway. Currently, Ochako was on the third floor, just as Ida told her to be, peaking her head into each room she came across.

The search effort was lacklustre so far, not even coming across a single villain—which was a good thing, sort of—and Ochako was getting frustrated. She was in a rush, and the need to find the villain who was doing whatever it was they were doing to Josefumi was a top priority. The last thing she wanted to see was the corpse of a friend.

The wound on her arm stung like hell, but she had to ignore it for now, even if she could feel pinpricks at the edges of her eyes, and even if she could see small droplets of blood rush down her arm. Josefumi said it would be fine, but she didn't know what his definition of 'fine' was.

Josefumi, from what she saw from him in that building, seemed like a battle-hardened individual. That meant that this wasn't his first run-in with villains and that he either committed acts of vigilantism in the past, or he was the villain before.

And his willingness to kill. At first, she thought it was a joke, a bluff to scare the enemy, but he was serious. He was genuinely considering murdering someone. It was wrong, it was unheroic, and no one, not even a villain, deserved that. Yet, she wasn't allowed to get a word in. Thankfully, Ida and herself were the ones that were looking for the villain, and not him.

Maybe he had a reason to kill? No, no one had a legitimate reason to kill, unless it was self-defence—which technically this was—but it was still wrong.

And then there was what the villain's Quirk was. Josefumi said there were grey goblin things surrounding them at the time, but she couldn't see what they looked like, or if Josefumi was saying that to spook them. But then she got bit, and then she immediately believed him. She felt the teeth sink into her skin, pierce her flesh, and draw blood.

Whatever it was that was there was real, but she couldn't see it, which made this villain even more terrifying for her.

Even if she didn't want to believe it, the effects that one room had was more than enough proof of what had been going on in that room. There was something there. She couldn't deny it, hell, her wound was proof enough. And seeing as Josefumi also had something like those invisible creatures, she trusted him to hold them off, just as Ida and herself were trusted in finding the villain behind this.

Which was why she needed to hurry up searching the place before it was too late.

Every single room she walked into was dusty, dirty, and looked like it hadn't been cleaned for months, or hell, even years, which her mind was screaming at her to get out of. Living with a family of construction workers taught her basic hygiene as well as hygiene for buildings and rooms, and whether or not it was safe for inhabitants to live in.

It was why when she first moved into her apartment that she stripped the walls first thing to remove the asbestos in the walls and replaced it with something better, free from charge thanks to her father, who covered the cost.

So when she had that same desire to scrub down every single wall just for the sake of her mental health and the health of those around her, she had to try her damnedest to fight it just for the sake of NOT getting jumped by whatever villains were roaming the halls. "For such a prolific school, they sure as hell don't know how to keep their faux cities clean. Yeesh," Ochako whispered, scanning another room that was modelled to look like a classroom.

"Nope, nothing there. Alright, time to move on to the next floor," Ochako said, but as she turned around, she felt something ramming into her back, knocking her to the floor. "Gah!" The brunette cried, lifting herself up from her prone position on the floor, narrowly dodging out of the way as a massive rocky fist slammed into the ground.

She looked up to see a four-armed, rocky-skinned individual with a mask over his mouth and nose. He had a black jumpsuit on his upper and lower body, which was cut off at the knees, and his skin was a mixture of black and grey.

"YOU! I'M GOING TO SQUEEZE YOUR HEAD OFF!" The villain shouted, charging toward's Ochako, who dodged out of the way of the attack before tapping her hands on several desks, causing them to float up into the air. She felt a wave of nausea wash over her, though she ignored it. The villain smashed through two of the desks as she batted one over to his face, removing the anti-gravity from it, and the result was something that she should've seen coming.

The desk slammed into his face and sent him stumbling over to an open window. "WHOAAAAA~!" The villain screamed, and then, he fell out of the window. Ochako ran over with wide eyes to try and save the villain from his flight down the now three-storey building, and with a sickening crash, she watched as blood exploded from the back of his head and back as he laid there, limp. Dead.

Ochako stumbled back from the window, hands covering her mouth as she gasped. She killed someone. She had taken a life—it was accidental, but that didn't matter. She bloodied her hands with someone else's blood. She had inadvertently pushed him out of a window, and with her as the only witness. She swallowed back the urge to scream and put a lid on top of it.

She would deal with that later. Ochako couldn't screw up now. Now, more than ever, she had to find that villain, that way, she could justify what she had done. To at least prove that the death that she caused was justified in some sort of sick, horrible way.

She turned to leave the room and ran. She ran as fast as she could to the fourth floor, barreling down the hallway. She could hear something behind her, and when she glanced over her shoulder, she saw Ida. "Uraraka! I cleared the first and second floor," her friend said as she nodded.

"Act natural, don't say a damn word!" Ochako thought to herself as Ida approached her. "I just finished the third, you want to help me with the fourth?" The brunette asked as the blue-haired boy nodded, adjusting his glasses.

"Of course, that's why I'm here!" Ida replied as the two nodded, venturing down the hallway together as they searched more rooms, unknowing of who hid behind the one at the very end, who had overheard their conversation.

"Oh… so they're here now. It seems those other villains got defeated. Well, I guess I have to take my eyes off of the Stand user and focus on his friends," Makoto whispered, retracting her Stand from the building Josefumi was in and bringing it over to her building. "But I don't want to kill them, no, I want to torture them, then kill them," Makoto said, a twisted grin on her face as Die Very Rough surrounded her.

Back in the main building, Josefumi finished destroying the last gremlin, his breath heavy as scratches marks covered his body. Mixed in were a few bite marks, but it was nothing really. The paralysis didn't really bother him all that much, seeing as he was able to destroy the gremlins a second after being bit.

Still, the Stand was deadly, to non-stand users, that was. If someone had an offensive Stand, then they could easily counter this one. His wounds weren't all that severe, only a few were deep, but most of them were meaningless, relatively speaking, that was.

Although, there was one thing that confused him. The Stand was pushing him against the ropes. He doubted he could've lasted longer than another minute, so when the Stand stopped appearing before him, his mind wandered. "The Stand stopped appearing, but why? It and the user were so dedicated to killing me, so why just give up? The only reason why I can think of them stopping is if Ochako and Ida find them. And if that was the case, that could only mean… SHIT!" Josefumi thought, looking over to the adjacent building. He had to get over there and fast. "They probably cornered the user, and that means they're in that building!" Josefumi's thoughts continued as he made a mad dash out of the room he was in.

He traversed his way around the building, only to be met with a pair of villains guarding the door. "Oi! Where do you think you—"

"I don't have time for this!" Josefumi interrupted, Soft & Wet punching the two villain guards in the face, knocking them out in one punch as he crossed the road, the rain soaking his body, causing his wounds to sting. As soon as he entered the building, he was met with two of the gremlins, both of whom jumped him.

Soft & Wet was able to destroy them with a single punch—these things truly were weak, the definition of 'strength in numbers,' but he could care less—he had to push forward. He ran past unconscious villains and stormed the stairs as fast as his wounds would let him. As he made it to the second floor, he heard screaming and shouting, which made his stomach plummet. A few more gremlins appeared and lunged at him, all of them which he killed in a matter of seconds. Despite his wounds slowing him down, he wasn't going to stop completely until he made it to the Stand User and punched their teeth in.

He cleared the third floor, and made it to the fourth, where he went into the first room he saw, and there, paralyzed on the ground, were Ochako and Ida, two bite marks on their hands as they lay there, unable to move any part of their body. And standing in the center of the room, surrounded by the goblins, was the Stand user.

Josefumi wasn't going to lie when he said that the enemy was attractive. But that hardly mattered. She wore a black trench coat with the same letters that wrapped around the Stand appearing on the jacket. She wore a white shirt with tears at the bottom and skin-tight pants. She had long black hair, seductive silver eyes, and an upturned smile.

"So, Kujo. You appear. I didn't take you to be the kind of person to piece things together so quickly," Makoto drawled, an unamused look in her eyes as they drifted over to the two friends of Josefumi's. "You know, in three minutes, their hearts will stop because of the venom, right? So how about this? You back away, save yourself and let these two die. Hm?" Makoto said, a small smirk on her face. "Then, once you bleed out, I'm sure you'll see them in heaven. Right?"

Josefumi snarled. Clenching his hand into a fist. "How stupid do you think I am?" Josefumi spat, Soft & Wet hovering behind him as Makoto glared at him. "Do you really think I'm gonna let my friends die just to buy myself a few extra minutes? People like you… no, villains like you, are the scum of the earth!" Josefumi snarled as Makoto rolled her eyes.

"Really now, hmph, well, no matter. Die Very Rough, KILL HIM!" The enemy Stand user shouted, several of the gremlins leaping towards him as Josefumi narrowed his eyes. They came inches before his face, and then, they stopped, floating in the air, as if they were suspended in animation. Makoto raised an eyebrow, trying to discern what happened, and then, a purple star insignia flashed around them, and that was when she realized that her stand was trapped in a massive bubble.

"W-What is this?!" Makoto cried out as Josefumi smirked, glaring at her with a vicious stare.

"I've been working on that for a while. You aren't the first swarm Stand user I've faced, and you won't be the last. This move was developed to deal with people like you," Josefumi said as, when he snapped his fingers, the bubble popped, the sound of which shattered the windows around him. All of the gremlins popped with the bubble, and both Ochako and Ida were freed from their paralyzed states.

Ochako sat up to see the horribly injured Josefumi and paled. Blood dripped from his body as Josefumi smirked. The enemy Stand user paled, taking a step back, sweat dripping from her face as her pupils shrank. "N-No! DIE VERY—"

But she wasn't allowed to finish her sentence, as Soft & Wet beat her to the punch, closing the distance between her and itself, before rearing back a fist, and pummeling her.

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Both Ida and Ochako watched with wide eyes as something invisible to their vision pummelled the person that had paralyzed them somehow, ripples bouncing off of their attacker's skin as blood specked the floor beneath her, all the while they could hear an angry war cry of sorts. One final punch was delivered to the villain's face, and they were shot back into the wall, blood exploding from the back of their head as they went limp.

"I told you, I was going to kill you when I found you. Now, here we are, and there you are, dead," Josefumi spat, Soft & Wet disappearing behind him as he looked over to the two, the adrenaline in his body depleting as he succumbed to blood loss and passed out. Ochako ran over to him and picked him up with the help of Ida.

Something shook the USJ, causing the pair to look at one another. "Ochako, can you take the weight off of Kujo-san? We need to investigate what that was. Maybe it's the pros?" Ida said as Ochako nodded silently to herself, tapping Josefumi with her fingers, removing some of his gravity, making him easier for Ida to carry.

The two left the downpour zone, only to watch All Might, who had appeared out of nowhere, punching away a massive black-bird creature through the roof of the building as Midoriya, Todoroki, Bakugo, and Kirishima backed the pro hero up. He looked battered, beaten. It was as if the number one pro hero had fought something that was his equal.

If that had been the case, that was a terrifying prospect. The two were close enough to hear the conversation that was brewing, but they didn't know if that would help any. "Well, Villain, how about we hurry up and finish this?" All Might stated, staring down a man with many hands, a killing intent so fierce oozing off of him that Ochako physically flinched just by looking at him alone.

The villain in question, a man with bluish-white hair with severed hands covering his body, began scratching his neck as he let out a dry, angered exclamation. "You cheated!" the man barked, an audible sneer following those words as he continued. "You've weakened? Not that I can see… we're completely outmatched. How dare you do that to MY Nomu! You cheater!" The villain snarled, scratching away at his neck as if it was plagued with flees, his killing intent increasing tenfold. "He's not weak at all! They… they lied to me?!" The villain spat, his scratching only continuing.

All Might stood there, steam evaporating off of him as he smiled. "Well? Aren't you going to come and get me?! What happened to clearing the game…?" All Might taunted, which seemed to strike a nerve with the villain. "If you can take me. Then bring it on!"

Ochako and Ida watched as the other four of their classmates watched in abstract awe and confusion. Why weren't they backing him up? Were they scared? Well, that was fair enough. If she was in their shoes, which she technically was, but not fully, she'd be standing there with them, scared as well. She turned her attention back to the villain, who seemed to shutter in rage, the black mist from before lurching back, ready to pounce. "Well? What's keeping you?!" The hero said, still standing in the smoke cloud as the villain scratched his neck.

"If only we still had Nomu! If only! He was taking those hits so well…!" the villain spat as the black mist spoke up.

"Tomura Shigaraki. Calm yourself. It's apparent that Nomu did manage to deal some real damage," The black mist creature spoke as Ochako paled. He wasn't wrong, and that was the scary part. All Might was beaten-up and battered, with scuff marks and even some blood around his mouth. Whatever did that to him had to be his equal.

And if they had something that was his comparative equal, where was it now?

"Was what they're talking about the same thing that All Might launched through the ceiling?" Ochako thought as Ida looked disturbed, staring with calculating eyes at the villains. Every part of him wanted to run in and kick the villain, but he couldn't, seeing as he was holding Josefumi. That, and he didn't want to get in between All Might and a clear shot at victory.

The only question plaguing his mind was this: Why was All Might just standing there?

The black mist villain continued to talk to the man named Tomura with a cold, calculating tone of voice. "The kids are holding back for some reason. And reinforcements from the school are bound to arrive in a few minutes," The mist villain started, and with a menacing, cold tone of voice, continued; "but if the two of us double-team him, we still have a chance."

Shigaraki seemed to agree with that, as his scratching stopped. "Yes… yes, yes… right… right… right…" The villain ranted, his eyes glaring at All Might, a heavy breath exhaling from him. "We can do this… the final boss is standing right there."

The other three walked away, but Midoriya still stood there, his hand balled up into a fist as he stared forward at All Might. The villains rushed at the giant as Shigaraki shouted, "THIS IS REVENGE FOR NOMU!" The mist villain looked big and imposing, and Tomura was running at full speed toward the pro hero.

Then, Izuku leapt toward the mist villain and Shigaraki, his arm sparking and his veins a bright red. An angered expression on his face as Kirishima watched with wide eyes. "MIDORIYA?!" The redhead yelled out, confused as All Might stood there, his smile widening as Shigaraki's eyes widened.

"He's fast!" The villain thought as he reached into the mist villain, his hand reaching over to Izuku, unbeknownst to the verdette teen.

"GET AWAY FROM ALL MIGHT!" Izuku shouted with anger in his voice as Shigaraki's hand came closer to his face, when suddenly, a bullet shot through it, causing the villain to lurch his hand back, and for Kurogiri to see Snipe, a member of U.A's faculty, and the other pro heroes, along with the blond-haired girl from earlier standing with them at the top of the stairs.

"Sorry everyone," Snipe said, the smoke pouring off of his gun as Nedzu, who was sitting atop Class 1-B's teacher, Vlad King's shoulder, spoke up next.

"We're a little late, but we brought everyone we could. If it wasn't for Kira, we wouldn't have known," Nedzu said, hopping off of Vlad King's shoulder.

A couple of the students who were at the top of the stairs looked with wide eyes as Tsuyu was taking a prone Aizawa, whose elbow was missing skin, his head bloodied, and his arm bent backwards. Kira looked on with a bit of repulsion in her chest at seeing Aizawa crippled again, however, she stomached it.

Mina looked over at her and smiled brightly. "K-Kira! You did it!" Mina said as Yoshihara rolled her eyes, holding her forehead.

"I'm still light-headed from before, but that doesn't matter. I did my part, now it's time for them to do theirs," Yoshihara said, crossing her arms as a cavalcade of pro heroes stood behind her. Shigaraki stared up with fury in his eyes.

"Ahhh… They're here… game over. Guess we gotta try again another time, Kurogiri…." Shigaraki said as the mist villain was about to warp him out when several bullets were shot in his direction, which caused him to raise his hand in a vain attempt to block them.

"Only ne'er-do-wells we got a shot at wranglin' from this distance are those two buffoons!" Snipe shouted as the mist villain hastened its attempts to warp Shigaraki out of harm's way, only for his gaseous form to be sucked back.

"?! I'm getting dragged in! Wait a second…" Kurogiri thought. "This is…!" The person who was sucking him back was Thirteen, who had been severely damaged thanks to what the mist villain did after Josefumi, Ochako, and Ida had been teleported away to the downpour zone. Despite their efforts, however, Shigaraki was still able to get in, and then, he addressed All Might.

"I may have failed here, Symbol of Peace. But the next time we meet… You're dead, All Might!" and with that, the villain disappeared.

"What in tarnation…" Snipe muttered as Nemuri frowned.

"They just fled? And after such a dramatic invasion…? That makes no sense. Surely they'd fight to the bitter end," the ravenette commented as Nedzu hummed.

"They took us completely off-guard. But, in the meantime, let's concern ourselves with the student's well-being," Nedzu stated, looking over to Kira. "Thank you for telling us what was going on. You stay here and wait for your fellow students to join you up here," Nedzu stated as Kira nodded, watching as they walked down to meet All Might, Kirishima, Shoto, Bakugo, and a downed Midoriya.

Ochako and Ida watched with awe as the whole thing transpired, and Kira, who had still been light-headed, glared at where the portal once was. Anger, anger was what she was feeling, an emotion she was all too familiar with. Despite not being able to feel emotions, anger was universal. A group of villains attacked the USJ and were able to flee.

Had things been different. If she hadn't passed out due to a panic attack, she would've done something about it. She would've made sure they wouldn't have been able to. Alas, the past has already happened, the future was now.

However, that didn't mean she still didn't have some questions. While she couldn't ask them, she could think them over.

"That man. He was the so-called Janitor. He had the same haircut, and the same hair colour, but his face was obscured this time. I knew it was him based on those two things alone. But my question is this… how? How did he get past the security protocols that U.A. has… unless… he wasn't the one who actually stole whatever information he needed." A frown took over her facial features, and then she narrowed her eyes toward the fountain. "What if… he had a mole," Kira thought, watching as several pro heroes from U.A's faculty began to arrest any villains they could take back for questioning.

Kira couldn't sense the rogue Stand user anymore, meaning they were most likely dealt with. That was probably thanks to Josefumi. He would have to ask him later on who the Stand user was and what their ability could do. After all, they could be related to that pesky Stand bullet that they were investigating in their spare time. Any information was good information.

It didn't take long for the students to be gathered, and for Yoshihara to see the damaged form of Josefumi, which caused her chest area to squeeze after seeing what the boy had to endure. Cuts, bite marks, and so much blood. She was almost thankful that she had passed out when she did. Still didn't mean she liked it, though. She felt vulnerable, and she hated it. "Poor Kujo-san… I just hope he'll be okay," Yoshihara thought, following the rest of her classmates outside.

The students were escorted out of the building and were questioned by police, basic questions such as 'where were you when the attack began?' and 'do you need medical attention?' both of which were pretty easy to answer, she was allowed to board the bus, get back to U.A., gather her stuff, and leave for home on an early dismissal for obvious reasons.

Josefumi had been injured but would recover just fine thanks to Recovery Girl, as would Izuku, whose leg had been broken. Aizawa wasn't in good shape either, one of his eyes had been damaged to the point where he could've lost sight of it. Thankfully, it wasn't THAT bad, but he would have to deal with that eye being weaker than his other. All Might was fine, as she thought he would be, so there were no worries there.

School would be out for a few days to let the tension pass over, and it would start up again next week on Monday. The media was going to have a field day with what happened at U.A., so she knew exactly which channels she was NOT going to watch over her extended break.

In the meantime, she had many things to do. Just because school was out, didn't mean she could lie down and rest. After all, the Stand Bullets weren't going to solve themselves.

Meanwhile, back in Yokohama, in the same dingy bar that Shigaraki had been in before with Kurogiri and the Nomu before the raid, the aforementioned manchild hit the ground, bleeding from the wounds he had taken from Snipe's gun.

"Ow…" Shigaraki groaned, laying on the floor in a pathetic heap. "I was shot, both arms and both legs… we got crushed…" Shigaraki moaned, trying to get up, anger in his eyes as he continued. "He got Nomu too. Our cannon fodder was taken down in a flash… even those kids were strong…. Same with that Stand user. She kicked the bucket thanks to whoever had to deal with her…." Shigaraki continued to groan as the same man wearing the orange pinstripe suit from before sat in the darkness, scowling.

"So… Makoto failed, huh… that can only mean one thing. U.A. has a couple of Stand Users as well…." The Boss muttered to himself, taking a drag out of a cigar. This had been an interesting development. He wasn't aware of this, and with Makoto dead, he would have to appoint a new leader of the debt collector division. Not a complete loss, but still one that hurt Damnatio Ad Bestias. He watched as Shigaraki writhed on the floor, looking up at the T.V. monitor in front of him.

"The symbol of peace is in perfect health…! You were wrong, Sensei…." Shigaraki groaned as The Boss helped the man up off the floor so he didn't look pathetic. Kurogiri took it from there and warped him to a chair so he didn't have to make his wounds any worse.

"No. I wasn't wrong. We merely got ahead of ourselves. Yes… we underestimated him. Good thing the League Of Villains came cheap. Anyway… What of our creation? Nomu? Did you retrieve him?" All For One asked as Kurogiri was the one to respond for Tomura.

"He was sent flying, and unless we ascertain his precise coordinates, no amount of warping will let us find him. I just couldn't spare the time back there," Kurogiri responded, clenching a misty hand with disappointment in his eyes.

A new voice spoke from the television, an annoyed, yet sophisticated voice, not unlike All For One's, though gruffer sounding. "After all the trouble we went through to make him as strong as All Might. Hmph… well, that's too bad… A real shame."

The Boss simply hummed, taking the cigar out of his mouth before tapping it on a cigar tray. He clasped his hands together, looking over the form of Shigaraki, who was using the counter as a balance to keep himself propped up. "Strong… right…" the man started, levelling a glare at the TV. "There was one kid who seemed just as fast as All Might…." Shigaraki continued, earning a quizzical 'Oh' from the T.V. screen.

"Without that pest, we might have killed All Might. But that kid… that brat…!" Shigaraki bemoaned as the T.V. Screen spoke up again.

"No use crying over spilled milk!" All For One rebuked before continuing. "This endeavour was not a complete loss. Find stronger troops, and take all the time you need! We can't move freely! That's why we need a symbol like you. Tomura Shigaraki! Next time the world will know of the terror you represent!" All For One said through the monitor as The Boss cracked his neck side-to-side.

"All For One. I believe we now have a permanent deal. U.A. has taken something from me, and now it's become personal. You can expect Damnatio Ad Bestias to help you with every endeavour from here on out. The same goes with Shigaraki and whatever he wants," The Boss declared, taking another drag out of his cigar.

Behind the screen, All For One smiled, a cunning, demented smile. "I'm glad to have you onboard…We will keep in touch. Though I'm sure you are busy," All For One stated as The Boss nodded, still keeping to the shadows.

"Of that, you are correct. For now, I believe this is farewell. I have things to attend to. Whenever you need me, I'm only a phone call away." And with that, The Boss left, a sneer on his face as he left the building, crushing his cigar in his hand. Makoto's death was an embarrassment to him. He wasn't going to let some brat get in his way, nor was he going to stand by and let whoever did this get away with it.

He had some research to do. He was going to find out just who those two Stand users were, then he was going to make their lives a living hell. "Mark my words you brats. I will find you, and I will kill you."

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[In case you wanted some information on Die Very Rough, here you guys go]

Stand User: Makoto Takiyama

Stand Name: Die Very Rough

Status: Utterly Defeated

Abilities:

Paralyzing venom: Once any of Die Very Rough's goblins have bitten their target, they can inject a paralyzing venom into their target's bloodstream, preventing them from running away. However, it can be easily countered, as destroying the goblin that put the venom within the body will immediately nullify its effect. However, because the goblins travel in packs of 5 at a time, attacking the right one isn't exactly easy.

Surface phasing: Die Very Rough can phase through any surface, be it floors, walls, windows, or doors.

Stats:

Destructive Power: C

Range: A

Speed: C

Persistence: E

Precision: C

Potential: C