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Chapter 12: Class 1A's Plus Ultra

"Walls of Zeus!" A massive wall of lightning appeared in front of the students. Kaminari was using this wall to stop Aizawa from seeing him. The lightning wall was 45 meters tall and wide enough to split the facility between Kaminari and the class.

"AAAAAHHH!" Bakugo suddenly screams. "So, you are serious then, eh, shit lord? You are REALLY are a traitor and REALLY trying to kill us?" Kaminari hesitated to answer. "ANSWER ME!"

"Bakugo, I would not have killed you. If you go back to the gym ruins, the spot where you and Kirishima were-."

"YOU THINK I GIVE A FUCK ABOUT THAT?!" Bakugo yelled taking Kaminari back. "YOU WOULD HAVE JUST KILLED EVERYONE ELSE INSTEAD, BUT NOT ME?! YOU THINK I COULD LIVE WITH MYSELF IF YOU DID THAT?!"

Kaminari became angry. "You are on the wrong side Bakugo! Look at all the people who have become villains! Only a small portion of them are actually insane. MOST VILLAINS ARE OUTCASTS FROM SOCIETY. People who were bullied for the way they looked...people who couldn't accomplish their dreams because society did not allow them to. THESE PEOPLE BECAME VILLAINS BECAUSE THEY WERE PUSHED AWAY. So many people who need to be saved by heroes, but the 'outcasts' do not get help. LOOK AT TORU! HER FATHER ABUSED HER FOR YEARS BUT BECAUSE HE HAD MONEY HE GOT AWAY WITH IT. Most heroes are just money hungry glory seekers! Most villains are people who were abused and bullied by society. Don't you see a problem with that?!"

"SO, JOINING A LEAGUE THAT KILLS INNOCENT PEOPLE IS YOUR ANSWER?!"

"MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT INNOCENT. THEY ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM. THEIR MENTALITY TO JUDGE PEOPLE ON SUPERFICIAL THINGS AND DESTROY LIVES BASED ON THAT JUDGEMENT ARE WHY MOST VILLAINS ARE CREATED. ALL THAT ALL MIGHT DID WAS PUT A BLANKET OF FEAR OVER THESE PEOPLE SO THEY COULD NOT LASH OUT AGAINST THE PEOPLE THAT DESTROYED THEM. LOOK AT YOU AND DEKU. YOU SPENT YOUR ENTIRE CHILDHOOD BERATING HIM BECAUSE YOU HAD AN AMAZING QUIRK AND DEKU DIDN'T RIGHT?! YOU DESTROYED HIS SELF-ESTEEM AND ALMOST RUINED HIS DRIVE TO BECOME A HERO! WHERE THE FUCK DO YOU THINK THAT ATTITUDE COMES FROM?! IT'S THE ADULTS IN THIS SOCIETY WHO MAKE IT OKAY TO DO THAT!"

Bakugo paused. For all the talking he usually does, he could not find an answer to that statement. There was truth to everything Kaminari said. Kirishima walked up and placed his hand on Bakugo's shoulder. "Don't think for a second, you can use Bakugo to justify what you are trying to do! What Bakugo has done is awful and anybody else who has discriminated against people are just as bad. But like Bakugo, PEOPLE CAN CHANGE. SOCIETY CAN CHANGE. COMPLETELY DESTROYING IT WON'T CHANGE ANYTHING. IT WON'T PROMOTE EQUALITY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YOU'LL JUST BE SWITCHING THOSE WHO ARE CONSIDERED THE OUTCASTS"

"My father wasn't allowed to create his own career or be promoted in his job after working there for 15 years! Do you know why?! It's because he didn't look like a good businessman. All through school my father was bullied for his appearance. You think it would have changed when he got into the adult world, but it didn't. My mom left us because he couldn't support us. After all of that he killed himself. He worked so hard to get promoted but the job wouldn't let him because of WHAT. HE. NATURALLY. LOOKED. LIKE. We NEEDED help, but no hero would help us." Kaminari breathed heavily. "If you aren't in a burning building you don't need help, right?! It brings no glory to help a salaryman get a better job. That won't improve your hero ranking so why would a hero do that?" Kaminari said sarcastically. "To create a new society, you must destroy the old one. Hero society has been corrupted beyond belief and it needs to be destroyed to usher in a better era." Kaminari continued to explain.

"The era you want to usher in will bring nothing but death and fear, Kaminari. Our generation of heroes can change society if-." Kirishima tried to calmly explain.

"A GREAT MAN LIKE ALL MIGHT COULD NOT INFLUENCE SOCIETY TO NOT BE JUDGMENTAL. YOU THINK THAT ANY OF YOU CAN DO IT?! HAHAHAHA."

Aizawa puts his hands on both Kirishima and Bakugo's shoulders. "It was a good attempt but Kaminari's hatred for hero society is so powerful it almost broke Shita's mind. I don't think you can change his mind."

Deku puts his fist on his chest. "WE ARE THE GENERATION THAT'LL SURPASS ALL MIGHT. We will use the mistakes that our elders made as lessons for us to change society. Stain already exposed how flawed our society is, however, using the previous generation's mistakes as a guide, we WILL fix our society. That's our generation's PLUS ULTRA KAMINARI! WE WON'T LET YOU STOP THIS CHANGE EVEN IF YOU ARE OUR FRIEND!"

This last speech from Deku fired up the class and they were ready for anything Kaminari could throw at them.

"Thunder Clap!" A portion of the lighting wall shot out with incredible speed but was redirected in a lightning rod before hitting any of the students. Tsk. These stupid lightning rods are an issue. I can't go under them easily either, but that's really my only option. Kaminari thought to himself. He began blasting under the ground to hide himself from Aizawa and remove the lightning rods. Class 1A was prepared for this strategy. Shoji created multiple ears to listen in on the ground. Jirou's quirk is infinitely better for this, Shoji thought to himself. Shoji began to have a cold sweat.

Deku noticed this activating his Full Cowl. "What's going on Shoji? Where is he?"

"I… I don't know! It sounds like multiple tunnels are being dug at once! He's too deep underground for me to hear clearly!" Shoji's eyes widened. "Aizawa-"

Kaminari had used a move called "Electric Shuffle." It's a huge electric ball that sends out smaller electric blasts from a larger ball until the main ball is completely dissipated. He summoned three of these orbs and sent them in different directions to give the illusion that multiple people were digging underground. Kaminari flew out from the ground under Aizawa. Aizawa just had enough time to jump, preventing his legs from being grabbed but as he looked down, Kaminari blitzed past his field of vision. "Lightning Human," Kaminari said as he blitzed behind Aizawa. "Lightning human" was a technique that allowed Kaminari's body to act like the electrical currents in the air giving him incredible speed and flight capabilities.

Deku clenched his fists instinctively using 30% of One for All unlocking that as an upper limit for his quirk. "Delaware Smash!" He sent a gust of wind at a rapid pace towards Kaminari. Kaminari acknowledged this attack. He'd be able to touch Aizawa, but not have time to stab through his skull before the wind hit.

"Impulse Jam!" Kaminari yelled as he barely touched Aizawa's neck before being blasted back by the wind. Kaminari was shocked about how strong the blast off wind was and became staggered for a second.

Bakugo came flying through the air rapidly spinning towards Kaminari. "Howitzer Impact!"

Kaminari reacted understanding he'd be utterly decimated by that attack. "Tether!" This was an attack that held a person in place with electrical currents.

Bakugo was immediately stopped mid spin. "EHHHH?!"

Kaminari put his palm out infront of himself. "Coming in the sky was a mistake, Bakugo. Discriminate Shock!" A bolt of electricity flew out of Kaminari's hand electrifying Bakago.

"AHHHHHHHHH!" Bakugo screeched in pain. Just as the bolt hit Bakugo, Deku had jumped into the air.

"St. Louis Smash!" Deku screamed as he spun for the roundhouse. Kaminari detaches the shock from Bakugo and moved himself out of the way of Deku's kick, sending a shockwave of wind blasting off the top of hills into the training area. Damn it! He's so fast! Deku thought to himself as the kick missed. Kaminari didn't have time to readjust before Iida's foot found itself in Kaminari's back, sending him flying towards the ground.

"Ugh!" Kaminari grunted in pain as he almost landed on the ground. Tsk. Way too many people! Kaminari thought as he found his bearings.

"Aizawa look at him!" Yelled Shukuchi.

"I cannot." Aizawa said calmly. "I'm blind. I can't see anything."

Kaminari began to laugh hysterically. "Impulse Jam stops the electrical impulses sent by brain temporarily by sending my own currents in there. I can only stop two nerves, so I told my currents to stop the two nerves leading to his eyes."

"Damn it! Are you kidding me?!" Shukuchi shouted.

"No sir." Kaminari said as he began to think to himself. Getting in close against this many people is not going to work. Iida, Bakugo and Deku are not as fast as me but they are definitely fast enough to catch me if I'm not paying attention. If either Bakugo or Deku hit me cleanly, I'll probably end up losing from the damage. The light from the "Wall of Zeus" is stopping Tokoyami from rampaging with his quirk. Shukuchi, Aizawa and Shita are in the middle of the triangle because they can't fight right now. The weaker students are protecting the lightning rods. I guess Todoroki is also guarding the lightning rods. I need to destroy the rods so I can use my long-range attacks. If all else fails, I'll just use Circuit Cataclysm again and accept that I'll be depleted. Kaminari began to make his move to destroy the lightning rods. He put both his palms together and slowly pulled them apart making a line of electricity. The electricity began to multiply and formed itself into a sword. "Sword of Zeus". "Your rods won't be able to absorb electricity that is directly connected to me. Goodbye." He quickly swung the blade and it hastily extended until it was big enough to cut all of the class and the lightning rods in one swing.

Bakugo jumped out towards Kaminari and pointed his left arm towards the sword. "DIE!" A massive explosion left Bakugos hand dissipating the lightning. At the same time, he angled his right arm and blasted himself towards where was Kaminari. To Bakugou's surprise, Kaminari was no longer at the hilt of the sword. Kaminari flew towards one of the lightning rods. It was being guarded by Urakaka, Mina Ashido, and Satou. Kaminari smiled cockily. Good. Weaklings. He thought to himself. He was moving incredibly fast.

"Now!" Mina yelled to Satou and Urakara as Kaminari began to move towards them. Satou was holding Mina blushing a bit and he threw her into the air as Uraraka activates use her quirk on Mina. Mina began to release her acid as she spinning and flying though the air creating a sprinkler of acid rain falling around the Lightning rod. Kaminari stopped all his momentum to prevent himself from getting his body melted. Mineta's grape whip connected to Kaminari's jacket as Kaminari stopped.

"YES!" He shouted as he began to swing the grape whip with Kaminari attached to it.

"Damn it!" Kaminari yelled. He sent a massive volt of electricity through the grapes. Kirishima tackles Mineta out of the way and the charge was powerful and it blasted Kirishima causing Kirishima to pass out.Kaminari takes off his jacket in midair to get the sticky grapes off of himself. It was too late. His momentum already carried him to Tsuyu frog tongue and he could not change directions fast enough. "Contamination!" A coat of electricity covered Kaminari like an electric fence.

Tsuyu drove her tougue into Kaminari's stomach with incredible force but she electrocuted herself at the same time. She screamed in pain from the electricity, but she hit Kaminari hard enough to send him flying into Bakugo who had chased Kaminari into the sky.

"I thought you said it was a mistake to fight in the sky! HA! DIE." Bakugo yelled as he put both arms in front of Kaminari.

"Lightning orb!" Kaminari created a ball of electricity in front of himself and blew it up. The explosion from the ball of electricity negated some of the impact of Bakugo's massive explosion. The explosion still sent Kaminari flying towards the ground doing massive damage.

Deku jumped into the air towards Kaminari to intercept his flight path. "20% Detroit Smash!" Take note that this was actually a 30% smash but Deku was not aware that he broke through his barrier. Deku fist connected with Kaminari's side, creating shockwaves around them both and then sending Kaminari flying into the ground coughing up blood. Deku was electricuted by Kaminari's electricity in the process nearly knocking him out from the pain.

"GOD DAMN IT!" Kaminari yelled in pain and frustration. Kaminari exploded out of the crater he was in. The circuits powering the lights and the air conditioning in the training ground began to spaz out. Kaminari had a smile on his face but it quickly disappeared when he saw Todoroki on the floor smiling. Kaminari's hand slowly dropped. The circuits stopped have excess electricity flow through them. He understood exactly why Todoroki was smiling. Todoroki can create meters upon meters of ice with his quirk. Now that he has seen Kaminari's attack he could simply make a large dome of ice that the electrical explosion could not completely go through. This is one of the reasons Kaminari wanted to assassinate them all in one swoop earlier. Todoroki can stop his strongest attacks. Even the second variation of the attack won't work. It'll take too much time to charge so the students can just run away from the electrical gathering and Todoroki would contain the explosion with his ice, Kaminari thought to himself.Class 1A and Kaminari were at a stalemate but if the fight continued the class would eventually win. Though most of the heavy hitters were hurt, they were still able to fight, and Todoroki was still completely fresh. In his annoyance with his realization Kaminari began to think. Wait. Where are the Nomu who were supposed to reinforce me? The nomu sent to the Support and Management should have finished rampaging 5 minutes ago! No way the teachers in that department culd beat the amount of nomu sent there. The strong nomu were sent to the General Studies and Hero Departments so that should have cut off support. Why aren't they here yet?! Kaminari thought in confusion. Just as he finished that question in his mind, Aizawa's walkie talkie began to work again.

"Aizawa! Hello!" Said the voice from the walkie.

Aizawa grabbed the device. "Yes! Yes. I am here. We are at Training Ground C! Everyone, status!" Voices began to report one by one. The consensus was only 16 injuries, no causalities. Aizawa and Kaminari were shocked. "There were over 5 dozen Nomu that invaded the school! How can so little be injured?!" Aizawa asked

Recovery Girl came onto the mic. "Futari…or some creature that looked like him. He… he rushed in and slaughtered all the nomu he could find. There is blood, torn limbs, and slashed walls all over the school. Out of the 67 nomu that invaded the school, he killed 35 of them. Probably 36 because he's probably the one who killed the Jammer nomu."

Fear weighed on Kaminari's soul. He killed 36 of them?! That's impossible. There is just no way! Only a high-end pro hero could do something like that and they are all fighting at Tartarus. Kaminari thought panicking. Then everyone's hairs stood up as if to tell them to run away. The weight of the nervousness and fear was like iron boots. The wall nearest everyone imploded inward. Growling resonated throughout the training area. In the smoke, there were red lights barely separated. Then as they got closer it was clear that these weren't lights, they were eyes. Everyone besides Shukuchi and Aizawa were afraid. Out of the smoke walked a nightmarish version of Futari. Futari's normal brown skin had been replaced with night black, veiny skin. His teeth were sharp and about 2 inches longer. His nails were longer and sharp as well. His abs looked more defined. His eyes color was dark red, vastly changed from his normal caramel eyes. His pupils were skinnier and longer like a cat's pupils. His hands had blood from the nomus all over them and it dripped off of him. Class 1A looked horrified at what they saw except Aizawa because he still could not see and Shukuchi who had a straight face because he has seen this before. "Class 1A, we are evacuating back to campus!" Shukuchi yelled as he picked up Shita and began to get the students to run away.

Futari's neck rotated upwards to meet eyes with Kaminari. Once their eyes met, Kaminari instantly felt the blood lust and malice emanating from Futari once their eyes met.

Futari let out a monstrous yell while looking at Kaminari. "Lightning human!" Kaminari yelled as he turned around and began to fly away.

"Falcon." Futari mumbled in a distorted, warped but strangely deeper voice. Beautiful falcon wings grow out of his back as and he takes off after him. Futari's take off leaves a crater in the ground and before Kaminari's next breath, Futari's foot drills into his face sending him flying through the wall of the training ground building and into the forest. As Kaminari was crashing into all the trees, he could hear a second warcry and felt ashockwave from the training ground. Futari was coming to end his life.