Iida came back inside to the confused class. "I checked the physical cables. There is no damage from here to the edge of the island."
"Even if it was, it wouldn't explain why both landline and cellular don't function." Yaoyorozu stated, looking worried. "Maybe there was a storm?"
"Can't be, my air force confirmed it." Koda had a few birds land on his shoulders. "Although a few have been picking up a small electrical current in the area, but there's no storm clouds forming."
Everyone turned to Kaminari. "It was one tractor and a sneeze, that's not enough to affect an entire island!" He complained.
"What about an EMP?" Sero asked. "You know, or a solar flare?"
"It would have passed after an hour for the former, and been repaired with the extra parts if the latter." Mineta said. "There's no way to actually sustain those anyway."
"An electrical current without an identifiable quirk or mechanical source." Tokoyami looked deep in thought. "There's only one logical explanation." They all turned to him. "Magic, possibly a Bloodline." The class sighed.
"Look, just cause that witch said hell was real doesn't mean any of us believe her." Ojiro said. "Some of us still think she was just a very crazy quirk user."
"Don't you dare make us use the summoning seal!" Dark Shadow yelled back. "Please don't, we despise Ronove, but we will prove our point!"
"Maybe off island?" Iida asked in thought. "But that wouldn't make much sense either. The sheer range alone would be suspicious."
"Maybe a boat?" Jiro asked. "Anyone see someone approaching the island?"
"Not from what I've seen." Shoji answered. "No incoming ships either."
An electrical current with no source jamming their signals with no approaching enemy. It didn't make sense. There was no way they could have snuck on, they kept someone by the docks to check every boat that came through. How would-an explosion rang out, along with screaming. The group ran outside, seeing two smoke stacks and a flying bus in three directions. "We are under attack!" He shouted. Priotizie, take charge of the situation. "Ear Jack, Tentacole, locate Kettei and Bakugo, get them notified and grouped up. Creati, backup Tentacole, we all know about the danger magnet."
"On it!" Jiro responded without hesitation. "Bakugo should be where the biggest explosions are."
"I'll head over to the beach, it's where Suzuki was last seen." Shoji ran there, followed by a determined Yaoyorozu.
"Invisible Girl, Tsukuyomi, Pinky, Can't Stop Twinkling, Sugarman, go to Area one by the mall. Shoto, Tailman, Charge Bolt, Red Riot, Anima, go to Area two by the forest." The former team was set with small scale quirks for the mall and larger quirks for nature. "The rest of us shall take on the third section." He readied his engines. "Let us save this island, like the heroes we are!"
"Plus Ultra!" Everyone cheered. It was official, he would take on the vice representative spot the second the new school year started. It was finally time to start making the Ingenium name proud.
==
Hoyo attacked the area with boredom. Right now there was no art, just making it noticeable. When the heroes arrived? Then he could have his fun. There was no point in making so many toys if there was nothing to put them against.
"I have a visual, there's a villain wrapping everything in some sort of red tape." A voice called out from above. A bird kid flying while covered in something black.
"I would like to report a copyright claim!" A tape user swung in and stood on a table. "You can either take it like a man and surrender, or we'll put you down with force." The boy shouted, aiming elbows at him.
"Look on the bright side." A sparkly kid came on. "It looks better on you than on him. With his gaudy look."
"Wait, are we fighting Ex-Military? He has a lot of gear on him that makes me think Black ops, like Snake from that video game." A pink girl asked, making her way next to them.
He waited until he confirmed that there were four people, aiming long range attacks straight at him, before he cracked his hands. "Let me clarify a couple of things." He started. "First off, I'm a super villain. I've done a lot of work for the title I deserve as such." Like killing and mass riots. "Secondly, copyright claim? I'm older than you, if anything you're copying me."
"I had it officiated long before I met you pal. U.A. is great for coming up with Loop-!" He had enough of this idiocy, and wrapped him up.
"Thirdly, how could I ever be a copy of something I am clearly superior to?" His victim became another soldier for his army. "Fourthly, you were right. I am an Ex-Military. I worked on missions for assassinations. Which is easy when you can make anything from as big as a tank to as small as a smoothie cup, a minion." The entire mall came to life, an army cracking knuckles, necks, and glaring.
"Yeah, that is cooler than just plain tape." The pink one muttered, getting some sort of white goop on her hands. He swore he could've heard the tape user shout 'come on!' from his prison.
"It seems we must deal with an army of soldiers." The raven kid muttered, a shadow coming out of him. "Revelry in the Dark."
"And finally." Mummy said with a dramatic pause. "Killing the sparkly one first, I'm not gaudy, you son of a bitch."
"I never thought villains could have such thin skin." Sparkly rolled his eyes, lighting up that belt of his, likely a support item. Just another tool he could use to his advantage.
==
Slice checked out her nails, waiting for a bunch of kids to show up. Running distraction was annoying, but there wasn't much they could do when ordered to by Nine. She just wished she could have been there by his side helping him in this time of need, but Ten seemed trustworthy enough.
"I knew it, my gut was right! A woman was attacking this spot!" Shouted a grape headed boy. "Thank you Iida, your choice in teammates will be remembered for generations!"
"Even when I do right, I still bring shame upon the Ingenium name." The engine knight groaned, slapping his helmet.
"Don't worry, it's not your fault, we just have bad luck." Spoke a frog girl leaping onto a food stand and keeping a steady eye on anything she could do.
"Yeah, you can't account for the gender of the villains that attack us." The guy in the yellow suit continued. "It makes it hard to know when Mineta's perverted nature will get in the way." Oh, she was fighting a pervert. At least he would be easy to take down.
"So I have a question." An astronaut looking girl came in. "What's your backstory?"
"I … what?" She asked, confused about her.
"Look, a boy I'm friends with and a girl I'm enemies with gave me a lot of introspection." She said. "Just assuming you're doing this for shits and giggles is wrong of me, so I want to know what life choices drove you to where you are."
"Huh…no one's ever talked to me like that before….except one other person…" Almost like her first time with Nine.
"I still can't believe all the villains we fight are half and half for tragic and insane." The yellow suit muttered. She found it rude, but true.
"Well if you must know." She started. "I was pretty much alone for most of my life, grew up a 'proper' girl in a 'proper' household, arranged marriages, never having a choice other than ones made for me. Eventually I ran away, was swept off my feet by my dashing boss, and now I work for him."
"OH COME ON!" The frog girl looked like she wanted to bury her head in the sand. "Can we leave romance out of our lives for one single minute!?"
"Honestly it was more of a platonic worship than a romance." She shrugged. "He's asexual so there's not much going on in that direction."
"So platonic relationships can make someone crazy too…oh no…I'm already there…" The frog girl looked at herself horrified. "There was no escaping it. It was inevitable for me. I chose my path, and I've doomed myself."
Stalling these guys was easy, they just wanted to talk and chat. "Wait a second." The knight kid paused in realization. "She said boss … this was a planned attack … the phone lines. We can't call for help. Three attacks obvious enough as this … this is a distraction!"
"Thank you Iruma! Your way can work for more than just yourself!" Looks like Slice wasn't the only one swept off her feet.
"Whoopsie, you found me out." She shrugged, her hair raising. "But it's not like you can afford to leave me alone, otherwise I'll just start slitting people's throats." She swung it around, sharp needles shooting at the group, everyone being forced to dodge or get cover. She'd spare them if she could, especially Astronaut Girl.
==
Chimera didn't really have to do much. The moment he walked into the open area, everyone screamed monster and started running. In fact all he did was throw a bus to make it visible for the heroes. Yeah he was a freak of nature, big deal. He could still kick ass and that was all that mattered.
"You should probably stop whatever you're planning now." A neutral sounding voice came up from behind him. Some kid with two toned hair split down the middle.
"Do I look like a man with a plan?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Looks can be deceiving. There's no accounting for what you're capable of." The kid continued.
"If that was a jab at me Todoroki, I swear to god!" A yellow headed kid came out. "Look, the point is we can talk it through, you know, violence isn't always the answer. Especially with him around." He pointed at the two haired kid.
"You're either the nicest or stupidest group of kids I've ever come across."
"I like to think it's both." A tailed kid with a gi came out as well, taking a boring ass stance. "But I will be asking you to surrender."
"Look, can we skip the one at a time thing and have anyone still hiding come out?" He asked the group. "Because I barely have enough patience as it is, I can smell them from here, and this whole kumbaya bullshit you're going on about is just pissing me off more."
They looked at each other, before motioning to a redhead with lovely fashion sense for a kid his age, and some boy riding a deer came out of the woods, leaving him more confused than before. "You better say your prayers now, cause we'll crush you with our manliness!" The red head shouted out.
"Yeah, well I got something far greater than that." He let his talons and claws grow out. "The entire animal kingdom is what gives me my strength. I'm a living force of nature you can't possibly beat."
"Then you simply are a fool." The rock headed boy declared. "You may get your strength from animals, but you lay no claim. For I am their king, an almighty leader of the forest. If you strike, we will declare war on all of your kind before-"
"And you die first." He stated bluntly, malice in his voice as he decapitated the deer in a single swing. "You haughty bastard." In response they all came at him at once. The redhead and tail boy tried to rush, only for him to punt them out of the way. After that failed they tried to freeze and electrocute him at the same time, only for him to shrug it off. "You can't face the might of every animal to exist!"
"..." The bulky brat sounded off some sort of screech in the air, although he could only hear it due to his canine-like hearing. He tensed, turning to a stampede, once more ignoring being encased in ice. Time for a real challenge.
==
"Come on, Explosion man!" Jiro shouted, dragging Katsuki as the little boy he was looking after trailed behind. "We need to get here grouped up."
"Don't call me 'Explosion man', Ear Lobes!"
"Then get yourself a name other than King Explosion Murder!" She shouted back.
"That sounds like an awesome name!" The kid looked up at Bakugo with sparkly eyes. Oh shit, Bakugo actually got a kohai. "I want to get myself a name just like that!" The future generation was gonna be worse off than them, wasn't it?
"You check after him, I need to fight villains. I'm the main attacker here!" He argued.
When all else fails, use the goading approach. "We're going to meet up with Kettei, who is a danger magnet of unprecedented calibur. You want to waste your time on small fry?"
"Why the fuck are we standing here!? The big boss is obviously going after Dodger by this point." Denki was right, when you got to know him the boy was very easy to manipulate.
Almost on cue, an unmistakable gust of wind was blown in their direction, a familiar fluffy wolf-like creature dashed by them before coming to a halt. "Our friends are over here, it's safe for now."
Shoji ran up just a few seconds later, someone following behind. "Katsuma!" A little girl shouted, running past Iruma and Shoji. "Are you hurt, you need help?"
"Mahoro, my quirk heals. I literally never need help." He deadpanned. "If anything I should be asking if you need help."
"Yeah yeah, let's just get to safety." She looked over at the blue haired kid. "You mind escorting?"
"It's probably best that he doesn't." Shoji advised. "He has a habit of attracting trouble rather than-" He cut himself off, turning in a direction. Jiro's ears gave her a sound as well. "Footsteps, two heavy people, walking in our direction."
"Knew this was a good idea." Don't lie here, you wanted to run off and fight.
"Stay behind us, we don't know what we're fighting." Iruma spoke, small sparks forming on his body.
They got closer and closer as she changed her jacks to move into her boots. Two figures walked into the clearing. The first was a man with horns and black hair, looking with a blank stare at the group, his clothes ragged and edgy looking. The second that followed was a man with a white suit, white hair, and life support gear. "Told you my nose spotted them, any of them the target?"
"Let's see … Ear Jacks, Limb Manifestation." He was listing off their quirks. "Explosion … a rainbow colored sun?" He looked at Iruma. "So much stored up energy inside that one, but there's something to it…like it's more than one quirk." The hell was he on about?
"Nope, it's just my quirk, superpower!" He shouted out suddenly and quickly, weird. "Who are you?"
"Nine and Ten." The man spoke without missing a beat, turning his gaze. "Illusions and … ah, that's the one." He coughed, adjusting his tie. "Congratulations, we'll give you a choice. You can walk away, and we'll leave this Island alone without any casualties."
"Or resist us, and we rip apart everyone on this Island before tearing out your quirk." The horned one spoke with a savage grin.
Bakugo blinked in confusion. "First off, it's a little late for small talk when you blew up three areas. And you can't just tear out a quirk you moron, only All For One could do that." He argued, his hands sparking.
"A world where people can and have stolen quirks, and you assume only one person is capable of doing so?" The air around them started to feel a bit thick. Not just from the threat of a second All For One, but from sheer anger of the two 'heroes' on their side.
"You … have his quirk …" Iruma muttered, his body switching to an attack stance as he sparked. "Why do you want Katsuma's quirk?"
"Medical condition. It has no cure, but if I have it then I'll stave off the negative effects indefinitely." The man shrugged. "I would have used the father's … but he only had Type A."
"Dad …" The children teared up, the girl angry. "You stay away from us!"
"Not an option." He spoke coldly. "This is your last chance to back off, we don't need to kill kids."
"Fuck off." Bakugo shrugged off the danger with a spark. "I'll end you both instantly."
"You don't care about hurting people, which means you're just like All Forty One…"
"Kid, if you're going to philosophize, let me tell you now." The two villains started to shift. The tubes in Nine started to glow and bubble as his eyes turned purple, and Ten grew wings and a tail, his fangs more feral. "In this world the strong rule and do as they please. And right now the six of you don't stand a chance."
"….That's all I needed to hear." Iruma's body flared up even brighter. "Now I know I don't have to hold back." Jiro rarely fought in these 'villain fights', the one with All Might at the USJ being the most intense thing she's seen in person. What followed would be a close second.
Iruma blinked out of existence, his fist pushing against a yellow barrier that wasn't there a moment ago, before being launched back. Bakugo quickly followed suit, attacking from above even as the sound damaged her own ears, only for lasers from the villain's to force him off course. "Hmm … Ten, you want the explosive brat or the feral puncher?"
"Something in me says to stay far away from the wolf kid, so he's all yours. His stench is the most putrid one here." The man's-... no, the monster's body shifted. His veins became a bright blue, his skin turning pink with steam. His muscle fibers expanded outside his body and bulked him up, as blades of bone became a pseudo armor and weapon. "So what do you say, battle maniac, care to come and face a demon!?"
"I'll be sure to send you right back to hell!" Iruma and Bakugo may have been the craziest and strongest in class, but somewhere in the back of her cynical mind, she didn't think anything less than All Might could save them now.